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-- - -- - - The Sea CHAPTER XXIII. follewLng morn.ag Mart La- waa awakened by feeling eouie one hi by tat aheulder. li opened 4 all. iMdra ayee, aud " Otehewa eer him. y bum," h cried, "jou lea enough. irate saw the bright aoBUght la throngs th window, and he a ty am to hi feet. It waa earn hof comprehended nat aaa i. bat at length the ecenee ou tin kefor ram ta hia mind, and he artea aad gased wildly lota aer race. "OtaWara. 1 kave a wlf.r "Tea. air," returned the girL looking lata ale face- "Dost you re y yea vera named ta Mary Blast" "Accursed foot that I wa7 muttered fee pirate, la anger with himse'.f alone. "I raaoirad that 1 would not drink much bat night. iHd I drink mu-h?" New Othwa knew jam where to take KBi in, for aha had wn him helped to ae many time after hi carousals, fcsd had aiao liitH bun talk the next eujg. tli at aha knew he never re embered anything that had tr-tn-pirl after he had becom intoxicated on the Bwvioua evening. "Too drank a food deal of wine, air." fee aoewered; "and joo know 'tai the strongest kind." 1b half an hour after thia breakfast raa aerred. and Marl eep.t for hi ife treat down. Mary refu.-el at fint, but ahawa told her ahe mutt. "And." aha Mded, "you muat not show one angry ok, aor apeak one bad word. Keep he pirate oo good term a with you, and P kelp cornea not to-day, I will fix your If praaanr the umi aa he was last Q ih u" At length Mary weut down, and at the aor of the eating room aha found her aabi" waiting for her. Uer first kjapaiee waa to ahrink away, but ahe re ksrmbered har promise to Otehewa, if 1 Va gave the pirate her hand. At ti.it gaeoaeat ahe fait a etrange degree of treagtk rone to hei aouL Perhap her koa overcame her fear. She saw Ole kewa standing by her, and when ahe aaw a calm that noble girl looked it gave twlannaea to herself. She allowed Lamm ft lead her to a seat, and then ait down k kla aide, aad ahe did not even ahud- Te meal waa finished the Viccaneer Mai hia bride had eaten alone, while ptefcewa waited opon them; and La coon tea a poa the poiat of rising, when the feeor waa ape tied arid Paul entered the apartment. BU he waa not alone, for behind aim came Jamea Foxl CHAPTER XXIIL Let aa po back ta the brig, and follow ae youth to hia preaeat position io that kail rooan. Barly la the morning Buffo Buralngtou bb down from the masthead, where had keea for over an hour, and sought ftte yiaag surgeoa. tad Informed hiui hat ha moat go back to the castle. "Aak ae aoestloBa," aaid Buffo, "bat jaaae wltk ma at nee. There are a era ef men or mora la the woods, and gear will ge with na. Can. It yoa smM aaea Mary.'' PmI waa bewildered, kat that waa rfh, aad ka 'prepared himself quick The boat waa planned with hia o n Irew, tke aama four whom ha nerd to hka wltk him, and then thjy aet off. palf way ap the river they pulled In to re akore. and, having landed. Buffo and Ml told th boatmen that they uilifht pKara to the brig when they pleaoed, tad tell the captain' crew to rouie np tt sua set. After thia onr hero and Burn gton at ruck off toward another path kvirh led to the castle, and when he Cached it Paul waa not a little sston hed at meeting a company of thirty rmed men all of them aoldiera, and Eie of them ia the splendid undrexa of an fantry colonel, to wham the youth wag troduced. "Now," aaid Buffo, spaklnE to Paul, "you lead ttieae mea to the back of the nail wooded hill by the castle. I muxt fa aad call Mr. Fox, who lies waiting lose at hand, and I may keep on to fearooue'a. If 1 do conclude to keep on fox will joih yoa and proceed at once to tee caatle, and I shall join you there in lea son for the denouement." Aa Burningtoo thus spoke he irarted air by a narrow croxa path, and i'aul karoed to Col. Tafailo, remarking as he lid an: "Do yon understand all this, sir?" "Perfectly," replied the officer. "Lead m on." There waa a promptness and dwioion Ihout the look and tone of the man Which forbade Paul to ask questiona. and he at once started on his way. In lost about one hour he reached the back j f the hill, which lay onay a few roda from the castle wait, and here, iri l, fkan ten miautea, they were jr.ined by fames Fox. The old reutletuau ahik the youth warmly by the hand and then Bropoacd they should at art at once for the caatle. It happened very fortunately ghat all the men who lived in the cots art th oat the wall had goue off to their work upon the other aide of the river. There they were engaged in gathering gechineal; so the parly approached tin gaaia building without alarm and even peached the posters without being diacor- Thia postern waa often left unlocked I) taw daytime, and It happened to be ao E, ae Paul opeued It aud panned in. r were some dozen men slaves giag about the buildings In that piirt Bf tke yard, but they gave no alarm, for taw lit Pan! firm, and hence supposed f CMtraa all was right Then when (key ramevto he threatened with death bf tfcw aoldiera If they made any noie,' gkey danrd not give warning, and all waa a far eafe. After this Paul and the old gajatienaa left the colonel aud hia men gai proceeded at once to seek Marl La Hhib) alCfc what sucreee we have aeri. Twe pirate started up when Its uw C yoath. ind when hia eye also rented fjMa fc! old gentleman whom he bad IMffta kard tn get ont of rha way he CMataM and turned pale. But he waa tS. fcaw without speech. ' "tTkat A you here. airT" ke Baked ef .p 1, wit fash log eye, - "I fagaje at Ike com ma ad of another." :aji arhe aaaN command here heeidee agaadly aad deaaatly cried the T dacaMsa, "Leave the kise, both -tiimi yeau say yeuaa geatletBsn. Scourge n'H that my first bomi-s of wedded Ufa hhouid be thus br"ka u upou." "S e.idrJ ."" exiLiiiiird lit j vJth, turn ing pai as death, and granping the hack of a chair f r aujpon. "IHd yoa say weddedT aakad Fox, la a ahriil whisper. "Ay," answered Laruon. with a de moniac etaile. Ttia sweet girl waa made my lawful wife last evening. It asanas to aatonuh you." "Lost! lost." gasped Paul sinking down into a chair and covering hia face; aad at the same tiiue the eyes of Jamea Fox seemed starting from hia bead. "No, no, I'aul!" cried Mary, forgetting all elke but her loved one's agony, and rushing to his aide, "No. no," ahe re peated, flinging her arms about hia neck. "Ixwk up look up! Last night a foul mockery waa aaid here agaiuat my wilL and the base prU-st pronounced me wife! But a kind anel has guard4 me." With one low cry of joy our hero wound bia arms almiit the form of the gentle maiden and drew her jxa hia buxom, Wuiie the hauls of the ud man were luxtiuctiveiy c.ai-el and raied tf ward heaven. ;;jt a.l tli did is-.t xe:n to ;;,t Marl I.arooa. lie ra.enl Lia eieu'-iied tita aai bronslit tl.ein down upon the t..li'. wl;h sjch force that tie d:!.ea lcad a-aia. ".u," l,e er "I"! know who rn!ea liere, ami ymi xhail know tie fate of !!.,.- who tre. d in u.y way! What ho! lirre. I a.iyl Jit-re The M,r na. quickly opened, and a Ceii:,ut smile bn J already l-ciai to work upon the pirate's face, but it paired away immediately, fur tlioe were not bis slaves that entered; they ere a colonel ami a score of aoldien! "Take that niani" uttered Fox, point ius to Lamoo as he spoke. There was a xhort xtruififle. and the buccaneer was a bound pnsoucr. "Now, Marl Lanwu," pronounced the old man, "your race has coma to an end! You know me. I think?" He gazed fixedly" into the pirate's face aa he apoke, and the bold, bad man cowered and trembled. Ua did know who it waa that spoke to him, and re vealed the fact. "y," he hiiwed, atanding now at eaaa, bile his brow grew black aa night with bMte and deadly vengeance, "1 know ye. Stephen Humphrey! But I am not goue yet! You muxt not think of triumph while I live!" "The less you think of life, my dear air, the !es you'll fee) of disappointment wheu the hangman takes you." There was aomething in the very calm, sober quiemena of thut remark which carried an ice bolt to the pirate's heart. "Stephen Humphrey?" uttered I'aul, a soon as he could command his siweca. at the same time letting go hia bold upon Mary, and turning toward the old gen tleman. "Yea, FauL" returned he whoa we hare known aa Jamea Fox, "I am Ste phen Humphrey. Do you remember ahe name?" "Uncle Stephen r "Yea," answered the old man, wlta a mile. "And I lived wltk yoa when I waa a diUdr "lea." "And Miry T whispered the youth, trembling violently. "Can ahe not gaeaaT answered the other, extending hia arms toward bar, while a atrange look overspread hia fea tures. The maiden tottered forward and sank upon hia bosom. She gaied up Into his face and la a vary lew whisper aba mur mured: "Father." "But yoa are not my father?" cried Paul, "No. nor am I any relation, save such aa my solemn pledce. Riven tn your djing father, ajid ay love make." CH A ITEll XXIV. By this time Mary and Paul had both become calm, and paxxing hia daughter over to the youth's keeping, Humphrey confronted the bound villain. "Marl Lron," he aaid, "I always knew you had a hard heart, but I never knew what a villain you were until you stole my children from me. For years after that d.irk day when you thus rob bed me i could gain no clew to your whereabouta, but at length I heard of the fearful depredations of the Scourge, and I heard ju.f name mentioned aa her captain, and nometiiiics Marl Lamou was lint the incarnation of that Scourge. I learned thai jog had a haunt at Manila. I then found Buffo IJurnington, ail to him I gave the tk of hunting you up. He joined yon. and when he flr ure that my child waa in thia place he wrote a letter to the Governor of Nagasaki in forming him of the facta. It was by the contrivance of him. t.H. that he and your party of honw hunter were appre hended. Arid now. Paul." continued she old man, turning to where the yonrh and haideii atood, "you know why Buniing ton did not want yoa to escape, aa you bad planned to do." "Ay." answered Paul, fervently. "I ace H all now. But 1 knew ut then how noble he was." "Noble!" cried Larnon. gnashing his teeth. "Oh, the traitor! Let me aet eyes upon him once agnin!" "And what will you dof" asked Hum phrey with a atnnge smile. "I'll have hl life!" hiaaed the pirate. For a moment the other regarded I.a rooo with a curious look, and then he placed his hand within the bream of hia frock, and took from there a curiously contrived boot, within the leg of which there waa a firm socket for a small-aiied foot. whie the apparent foot of the boot waa of solid cork. This he put upon his right foot, thus making hia left leg ap pear some Inchea ahorter than its mate. His next movement was to take from hia hat a wig of red. rriapy hair, and put it upon hi head. Next he preaaed hi fingers about the aocket of hia left eye, and fhnt ee, being of crista glaas. fell nut Into his hand. Then the strange man took a box from his pocket, from which he drew a sponge, and having paaaed thia several times over his face, and partlcu larl about the eeless aocket, he fumed toward the pirate captain and smiled. The mystery was solved! There atood Buffo Bnrnlnatoo. save In mere dreaa! The metamorphoets seemed even now 1ns poMiihl). for the l raa -form at ion waa com plete, UaraUy a featare aaeaaed left; aai yst O'etews hsd see It aS at her lrt eiasnieaf ioe of Bnff. At trm Mart Iruon seemed ksri y ta credit the eviteu- of bis va eetir, but "a the 5.le truth was opea ta bias, aad for a few aiumrata bis bead sank ui-.a bis bre:m. When he looked up his SLtrr had axaumed a dejected cast, for he aaw that at every point be waa met te.x.ud puwer of resist auc a. "Oh," be munere.1. "if Wards had done his work 1 had baea free from thia trap." "Yoa should have been mora careful how you did your work." aaid CoL Hum phrey. "Your whole plan of that night, when yoa atoia Into my room aad looked npoa the erar you gavt me ao many years ago, waa seen and overheard. I "Ay," aaid Otehewa, looking him full ' la the face, "I was awake that night, aad I heard your offer to Warda!" 1 Thia waa too much for the pirate j chief tain. To Sod that ha had beea the ' toot of aa old mia and a poor eiave -while he thought himself carrying all be i fore him at hia will struck him ao near : the heart that ha sink back apas chair and hoaed hia hesd. "Now, Marl I.arooo," apoke Hum phrey, in a aad tone, "we are about te part, to meet no more on earth. For all jou have d.ae against Die and miue. I free'.y forgive you, for I Caw n-reira back all i have hwt; but I cannot save ; you, for rhe la a you have so long otit rsirel. and the Mood you hava apil'ed. call for ju-t;ce. Ilveo grant you may rej'eiit before you d ei" As he reaaed he made a a'gn to tie eol-neL and Marl Laruon was led from the room. The pirate atnped as h reached the d mr and turned back. Ilia eye reted upon Mary, and a strange b-ik of adue stole over his features. P.ut in a moment more he aaw Paul, and Humphrey, and Otehewa. and the while of his momentary emotion euded. He waa cotiveyed to Nr;anki, and the 1 shole mtr mm V. fn. v., . , . M.l,. i bad brought Paul up iu the morning, were taken with him. There he and they were tried for piracy, condemned and ex ecuted uuder the laws. Of these four boatmen, three made their escape, but Billy Mason came up to the caatle. and Col. Humphrey gave him liberty and pro tection, for he knew that the yooth Bad been taken when a boy, and had aver aiuce remained on board the pirate's r ra se! from compulsdon. Paul and Mary were anxious to know the secret of all that had trauspired, and Col. Humphrey, now himself la looks again, apoke aa follows: "Marl Laroon, where real name la IV taney, loved your mother. Paul, but ahe would not marry him. She found be waa a bad youth, and ahe left bim. and then married with George Lattiuiore, a warm friend of mine. It waa through my instrumentality that thia latter match waa brought about, for t wved George, and I knew that Helen Laroon would make hiin a mom excellent wife. Helen was an orphan, worth some ten thousand dollars, aud I leave you to guesa whether thia latter Item had any influence on Marl. But 1 Introduced Lattlmore te the maiden, aad in a few nionnhe they were married, and from that momeut Marl lelaney swore vengeance. He went away to sea, and while ha waa gone yoa were born, and a bile you were yet aa In fant your mother died. Two yeara after that your father died. On kla death bed he placed kla boy la my bauds, and wltk bim forty thousaad dollars, to be kept for that boy'a aae. Yaur money la safe, PiL Au hag Sxwiw ikafi wwiiSneu avw. "When you had beea with me a abort time my owa child waa born my Utile Mary, here aad all seemed sunlight for while; but aooa cloud came. My weet wife died, and I waa left aloua with my children, for the gentle boy kad won my ktve, and In my heart he found the place of a son. Two yeara paaaed away, and my wounds were healed, when Mart came bark. He bad now taken a new name catling himself by the nam of the girl he had tried to win. He met me on the highway near my houe. and accnaed m of having stolen his love from bim. I told hi in all I had done, and also why I had done It. I told him of hia character, bia dissipation, and so on, aud In a moment of wrath be drew a knife and sprang upon me. He struck me in the shoulder, and cut a gasb the a hole width of my bosom, but the wound was not dangerous. This was In the spring. In the following autumn he came to my bouse in the morning, and by th help of an old woman whom he bribed, be got the children away. 1 knew It not umil night, for 1 waa not at home. I remember the day well; It waa a dark, diurnal day, and that night, after 1 had searched every nook and comer in vain, 1 sank down In utter despair. On the following morning one of my men brought me a piece of paper which bad tieea found stock into one of the crevWa of my carriage. It was a scrawl from Marl Laroon. and simply Informed me that he had my own child which he should keep out of revenge, and that the boy he took as hi own. it beinit the child of one who by right was hia. Of cour i I did all I could, but I could gain no j clew to my children, save to trace them I to Boston. Y'ears after that I heard of t LhnvKi. as you have already besrd m te 11. The ret you know. I have suf fered much, more than you can ever kaow. but all is bright now. Hereafter heaven shall bear thanksgiving with my prayer." Within a week th authorities at Na gasaki bad taken possession of the pi rate's laliiabie etnte on' Silver river, and Col. Stephen Humphrey had gone to the city with his'frienda. Of coor th faithful Otehewa accompanied ber loved mistreaa, and Billy Maaon went with Paul. When another spring oipened Its gifta of sunshine and flowers the great houso at Humphrey Park waa alive with joy oua spirits. The Colonel was young again, aud Paul and Mary were made one for H'e opoo the spot and amid the acenea w,4 e their earliest childhood waa spent. And young Maaon, who had ever prov ed himself a noble, fa ft hf til fellow, whis pcred a strange question Into Otehewa'a ear. She blushed and hung down her bead, and then told him to go to her mis treaa. Mary smiled at hia request, and sent him to her husband. Paul smiled, too. bnt hi ansmar was favorable, and I Billy and Otehewa were married; and If they had one thought in their souls j that could pomdbly rival their mutual love for each other. It waa the love and I devotion they ever felt for their noble . young master aad aistrem. It was aot until after he waa married that young Maaon knew of the, wealth he had gained wltk hia noble-iu led I IN wile. Ilia area eeaad wide, aad k a ka.g la resitting rast ha waa th bii'ii ef awn lis a a hesg rl tkew aaud J-..sl i;t so It tit I I Otrb was d.atuond )iUed her that amouas Bnder th rsrtf it negotiation ef th CoUioek The fimi Le.t i-t-g ta Peal an) hia bride were i.-iw-1 of at the am time, and yielded ta lb aama pre portion. Tb summer ram and paaaed, and aatnuia followed with it withering tourk upoM ail without; but within the bum ber dwelt our friend the cloud and etorm never ram. All there waa prads and joy, eipe-ieaced by auula that had Wartird the value of btartu's b I wing through leasous of bitter adversity. (The end.) WATER CURES THE INSANL Hovel awd HuxWl Treoteaassaof Le susaica Im .New fork Aeglstga. Basuie iAJ Uiaaue wuuieu axe uudea treauueut at the Uauiiattan. Htate Usa fulal ou Ward laisuid, lu hsaat rliet Here tb phyaicia.ua la charge hava of lata beea puttiag into practice tke' at novel aud revoiutiouarj treat j uieut ver attempted ia an iuaUtuuua fur the treatment of luuaUua. It la form of watar cure. A fiuUng, apparently lrrepreaaibla paueut ia taken Into Uie Uummm by two aitaiiuVauu aud placed In whal looks to be an rd.ar- porcelain bU iuu, uu nuicu rt-tLM a raiuik ira:n Tue put.eut la placed on Una aud by a aiuiple piM'ea the piaatic airip of tie frajie are lowered utiiil the raft be.xiuie a craJie, iu which lie patient reals. At Brat there la much kicking and aplanQiriS. but the atteudauU keep a firuj bo.d ou lie pat,ciit aud Uie Uoo tor at die warble table keeje Uia band ; ' on the lever and hi eye on the Uir- A London newsboy, 12 year old. uiouieter before ttiia. The water ta j it'e-air-t d au!cid. by u:t.n 14 Uie tub la eoutrolleU by Uiia lever aud broat with a po kct knife becuu'e !i U uiaiuulued ordiuxirily at a temper j '! anld rnly 4 ce iH' worth of pa ature of about 1W degreee. Souu th ! " and did not dure ro home to hi aooLhing eUex-t of the warm water oa LLe ends of the agitated nerve begin to tell ami the pa Lieut grow leaa vU lent aud Anally Ilea perfet-tiy caloj and content. Soon the patient alevpa j'ver a large farn la d vldf-d Into The length of time during which the rrmll lin'd tijts the t'e nand for the patient la left In the tub depend oa iflnil uaimliy far exce d this supply. Uie character of the diaeaae and Uie ) The irreiitet pea-D ie number of leap pbyalcai condJUon, Uouietlinea th rpart wm ocrlir twentieth etn tibjeet remalna only a few bourn, htry, the year 1!HM I elng tbf firU one, aouietimea for day and even weeke tn,i PTpry foi,r!n year following up to The loogeat time durtug wblch a pav ,( including 20 I. In the fame ccn tieut la kept conUnuouaiy In the tub niry February thro time will have la between three aud four week. Day jTP Sunday in 1020. 1918 and lOTd. and night Uie patient awing content J The cu,t()m of murrj:nK K rlg whMk edly In the cradle In the baLutub, takea 1;py e.mnt, rU dren of or ber meaila there and aleepa tlierat fpar, , lmr,HA)g rB,hrP than Soon tiie paUeut baa been trana :rpalng ln anrt 0 bpr psrtl) 0, formed into a tractable, peaceful bela ..ndIa ri,mhlng ra(.,,, aKPDrra. on tiie road to rapid recovery. L(m u.omUig ro obvious that law Of cur. there are many eond )flve b(l(n pntg , Tpjr)oni uun in watcn uie run not Data can- not be used advantageously. For three there are specialized batiia, which are equally effective la their way. Th lu bath for cataleptic and otiiar form of mental dlaturbance la eoa uutly In aae, and th hot air cab's aet, which la one of the Important adjuncta of th hydro therapeutic y tea, !s ssbstituud fsr drug ia raor tng pain. It haa been found quit a efficient, and thr ar ao depreeaiag. ftar reaulu. Otber aoceaaorle) ef tbe departmeol are the rain batti neoille l,ath warm nd cold pack, and the Scotch douch. The last la on of tl.a moat forcerl tonlca that can be employed. It ia re, fro, ,h- .,ku ,ki. the rarioua baths. The patient stand at a distance of alwut twelve feet. and the doctor, keeping one hand oa tbe lever which controla tbe cold water and the other on that which control the water heated to a fixed tempera ture, turn, on a stream of one and then Uie otber. The thermometer in front of bim enables bim to gunge the tern perature accurately, snd there ia aa In. dlcator by meatas ot which tbe ton 1 meaaured. llli l-Vara It -a Used A Georgia auteaman say that while he waa In the shop of an op tician In Atlanta he once overheard atuualng conversation twtween tba proprietor of tbe establlilitnent nd aa aged d.irky. who was Just leaving tba place with a pa r of new spectacle. As tbe old cl.ap ncared tbe door, hi eye lighted upon a most extraoniln.ry koklng liiatruiuetit conKpicuoiialv I'ngtie In th Pnnjnb l:a b 'en cla ni placeil UMn a counter. The veuer j f2 a,, many n '2ntY) !-1.iik In a aide negro paused for several mo I rrn:h. whi'e fltoler.t. which lias laid menu to gane In open-mouthed won- j 1intintrt low In Paleatlne. U now der at tills tiling, tbe like of which jugingln I'eisa. be had never seen before. After lung struggle with hi curiosity, ti waa vanjutbetL Turning to the op tician, he asked: -What la It. tmr "That is an optlia'mometer," rerj'ledi tbe optician, ln lit graveat manner. 'Sho.' iiiutfcrcd the old man to him aetf. as he backed out of tbe door, Ij la eye still fastened uou the curbme looking thing on tbe counter. "Sue) dat a what I was a f card It waap Int nifl'l. Ptrange ttieaiiings are to be rxtrr d from words, Tbe moat remarkable re sometime the result of de-p-ia tlon. If boy "can't think" of bia answer, be la likely to manufacture It A teachor tells. In the Brooklyn Eaglo, this story of "drswl ig out" the power dormant In the pupU's mind. He was eiplatnliig to farmer 14 who was atiidying latln, and bad been called on to recite, the fact that prrpoeltlnn of' en latenalfle th meaning of a verb. ' Talie cavo for Instance." he aaid. "It mean tn hollow out. Now what will a pretioaltlon do to It 7" "Intensify It. lr." "That" right Now what wwM as cavo airanr To holler wot louder." Il must e a fly In a new sndnw enp of frrertnm to know that she ay h Batwrty rofea ad ta aa "rettat." i 1 1 he gsme of ht"s n I ldtcl lu ta- urrxuiuoj of Ktis;.tB a inoU. Vou,ea ba e U", n Co us (:ue of t!ie I pain ing at Ilia luiperal Ibca- er. Iudu. lately. Py Lord KitcLe er'a order soldi r Ut fall vlcllait lo pbliiiai are now -iit Uoioe from lt d a. are driven to the great raKue fair with their feet lucaa d ia jtr boot to prevent Injury. The cost of living Las doubled In pain In the last few yeara, and cml-frjt-on la Increasing rap.illy. Auioiiioblle train are to be run on jragou road In German East Africa is feeder to the railway ll;ie On the nl-tit of rpt. 27 ten-foot djatk chasexl 30,000 be:rnt Into thtf irta of a IuU.n trawier and waa The progressive policy of the Ameer I,...,.-t;. ,...,. ot wollu,n lH.U)r Ctibt; ,, ,fae u.e cf t,lec. rl. ow,r in u e,m fa(.tlJ The e itl km at tin fi t' Btcitner that ivt-r ro--d th? Atlantic bave ti t'ti vi-ovfied off the cos st of Crk, after iiore than lifiy y a:V Smuicrsoti. TiionerUin t'liuich, I)eo:i, Vn and. Mas !" u-'.y u-cil an a fcdue loiiia for wl.l-ky wLl U bad bce j 1 nkvu frju lUe 'Z lna dur!"S a atbor with le- than 25 te.its. In Kngland Uie best re npily for !ar:n 3e;iofula:iou la licld to be :nnll farm LolcMngs. It I a ated tltnt when ' ., 'ortilddlng the marriage of girls under 'oiirteen. l.oul Taa, one of the beat known liamond brokers estimate the output I if tbe l)e Beer ndnos annually at ilO.OCJO.OUO. and of other mine at H,0tK),O0). Add to thia tbe cost of j abor, the pro.'its of the ryndicate. j -tc, and be thinks that the annual ' ititput of diamond la worth about r'i3.000.COO. A Monroe County man who Invested ','2!) Iu sheep last fall baa sold $'J27 laot-tb of wool, has 1!3 iambs that wlil , e:fb,f wh n Tva tort ,"-ket which at 4 rent, a ponml ,,ake 'hT T"'? from Ins flock of slieei, $.fl, and he (till has the abeep. Not one of thm 3ti pot away from bim. Kansas City Journal, I Proiinl ly the first treaty of peace to te typewritten !r the f-'oiit! Afrc.in feacp doctitrent. Tb1 signatures of tlii M fln !,!,pr """K rrt " Tbey arc all In d.ftercnt style. lotiis Potlia's la (b s-tibwl as b-lng In i 6w ,li,m!- nn, tVonh 1h" 0,hen ! I',nipw 1,at roni' T- l'-ry la the (ongacst ot a.i. wis speuea nts wnie ftjtllt Into thr'' ayl nhl'S, tie l:t i"y. Christian de Wet Is a.'so spelled Al'h a nm!l d. The Knglleb Clirn-h Mhsinnnry "5o :le!y cal's attention to Il:e fearful rav tn of p sti'ence In aever il coimtrl.M in which lis nz-nti are at work. In (.'Willi the sleepl-ijr ?l bii's has d''S il ited Hiio.n ami tiie northern s!iore if the Victoria Lai e. and Is f.ist de )opti!atlnx the S"e lei nd. The 2U1 WONJEtt-Ut r,:UlT CROP t Now Amounts tofivei- One llnndred Miiliooa Aiinuuily, Tbe census at.itMtic of l!tK) abow j bat the fruit crop of tbe I'tiltisi States low r,ifiKt aa one nr uie eijrut intwi tiiliortatit agricultural product of t!.e otintry. thus: (Virn. $SJ8 i.T.8 3Jii; hay, liHI.itiSlii; cotton (Including cot on-a-ed). $.170.708 74 1; wheuu f3 l!l.!J io, rj); oaU. $J17.0'.t8..8l: potatoes. H8 J3 8I4: nice table. $113 871.81.'; fruit. K 3 H.7t3. As 18: priMtueed a llglil Top of apple and peacbia, the noniui 'alue of the fruit croji certainly ei- ed $100.000.1100. J xiie census report show a number rf interesting tlilujf concerning this tuj rra) x(i re are over 3.7ai.OiXJ -rm In orchard fruli. aud no bra neb ,f agriculture bus iHiide the train that Vnit growing ba In the last decade. Hie acreage and percentage of gnln or the dlffennt varieties of d cldtioua Vnit are: Arn'es. 2.0!KMS and IIS teacbe. 1.000.000 and 217; prune and I. r'ti 3 t7.WNi.dnd ,T1I: tcrs, 117.000 uJ 2lfl; clierrle. 1 l:i,4 W and ll'.'iaprl uu and 217. Twenty four of the States report i fruit emp. eve editi ti.fi).ni III giuual value. California Imilltij; with tl 7iMM. 'mr Vn-k Is se oml with no.o) 1.000. Illlno a Bflh with 3 MI.. 01. and Florida twetity-flrst wlUi II. tt).Owa -Ulna, wit. iu vpia, ia vo ' tue list la normal era and reiorw Hit!) it .ca. in a. ;e.-'U Will 'U ! al t tb 1 st. as It jm'-b industry ia r.ip diy trowin,'. Uie low r.mk of l ioridi i due to incited freeiiii.' of ; i s orjn e tr- j In ap;io Mivurl led all the Hate with an acre.ij:e of 'ii.Oa(. Xi w York is " utiJ with l.Vootm ai re, and . Iil.mtl third wlt 131 .000 acre. Ser ! eral of tbe Stales abow a tremetxluu per cent of lm-reas , a Arkanaa aud Nebraska, 3a each; Washington. isa; Aialiama, ZM; Colorado and Wyoming. V..5i0; Idaho, I,WW; Montana, G.OuOj Miniieaota, &O0; I'tab, "00, and Saw Metlco, 1.200. Michigan lead ln peaches, and la third In cherrie and pear. Kansas, which 1 sixth In apple, leads ln chor rle, with Pennsyivaaia second. CaaV fonii lead In pear, with New Yorlr. evond. IJliuol rank nineteenth la peachea, aixtb ln cherries, and tliaj wlih Pennsylvanit for event plaea ln pear. California kads ln prunes aaal plums, with 08.000 acre. Oregon Is aa easy second, Illinoi 1 seventeenth, with 5.700 acre, California lm a prac tical nionojKily of apricot, 4-'.00 acres; olive, lf,0o0 acres, oti.l liga, l.trnO a'TC. California aiw dwarf It only cota pcilior iu the o.auge a-i I le non la dusty, I'ioii.ln. '1 lie figur- a aw ou ."0) Here of or.vn: ari l lo.tsiO of lemoii. as against -.. acre of or ange in Florida and i.-o acre leui'i:!. Caiifoniia thu bears ofT tho palra a a fruit -producing State. I M lltig la oranges, letnona, II-', olives, aprl-ota, pears, prune and plinns. and ranking high ln peaches and apples. A orange growing In Florida la the oniy frulg production that shows a de-Tease, and a all other on-hard crops k!iow a tra inondou Increase In ten years. It la Ukeiy that on the showing of the iipx census fruit will no longer be at the bottom of the list of eight principal agricultural products. I WH4T MADE THE SCRATCHES. CUES. , , , ,,,,,,, ,, Tr , TttTTttTTttvTTTTTTt . r The summer visitor had driven In ti the New Hampshire village with one af the selectmen of the town and hia wifa, The better half wtt a plump. goo htarted until, until re-ent!y quite co tented In her rural proaporlty; but laUe ly, stirred up by the Influence of a woimm'a club which held weekly reaeV I ng of paper on subjects ranging from "Tbe Contribution of Charles If. to ltrliglon" to "Thej Married Wonias hi Political Reform," alie bad bccotM nmbitloua for "culture. Her taat plunge bad been Into geology. "John,'' said she, "you see that Sal ledge of rock that Ilea bare on th road r "I npKM you're going to tell nat that It' an extinct volcano," luterrupw ed her buaband, who bad become fee miliar wltb bis wife' latest Interest "Of courm I ain't,' nld she, snlffl at bis sarcasm. "1 wiinted you to M those groove and ac-ruldies, but tt knowledge ain't acceptable to you, yoa, are welcome io remain In Ignorance. I sba'n't Interfere. "Well. I see the acrntcbe on th rock what of 'eiu? Are they the fowi prints of a prelilatorlc rattlesnakeif" "There! 1 knew you wouldn't know. Those are glacial scratches. When tb glaciers t ame down over New Engiand they moved slowly and ground th lwe rock ncrroaa the flat surface, making those scnitcliea and groove Once right here there was a sheet ol ice two hundred feet thick " "See here. Mar thy." auld ber bu band, "I don't cure bow much yon think thing like tlint but don't yog go telling 'em to thu folks here. Tli wbo bitppen to believe it would lie luia informed, and It would be your fault Those who hud any seiiae would know we never hud a winter such na jok rfpeak of not In a thousand years." Ill wife ant up straight in ludlgn tlon. "John Stulilm," said she, "yo just turn your buck on learning; believe you'd nil her not know any eV ucatlon. 1 want yoa to tiudcrtiind 1 don't speak about a thousand yean It waa n million year ngu, I gucwa, ;b.it Uiose scr.tH lies were ma lc." ".o, It w.t'n I. ' replied ber bu.diand, Hiictiy. 'T'Iiom! ai nitcliea was mini when we lliovcd the li.iptint liieeting Uouse In eighty-seven:" Vouth'a Cuiav i .union. r-im I uu y Uncle Jerry's memory hud begun ta play tue r (iraiiks wltb bim, but be ro funed to admit Uie fact, and atoutly ln .n,ed that he coJid reuiiuiber th.ugi as well a ever. Uu one occasion, while railing; at tba house of a fr.eml, he was Introduced ta a Strang r whose name was Kddy. lu tbe course of the cotiveratlo that followed be addressed th) traliger as "Mr. Whirlpool." "I beg your pardon." mihl tbe other, "but my name Is not exactly Whirl pool. It Is Eddy." "I beg your pardon for tbe mistake," n piled L'ncle Jerry, courteously. "I wa misled by the er similarity ol aound." Al iIim io t I'lai f. Oi'i up e I. Morn oa' v ,fe I t -:l you, my pl ica. Is by my hulmtid s (d . If he U d ing, I should he lb -re. IIopital Attemlaiit I know, ma-' dam, but si) the best p aces ar taken.' Couldn't you dto;i lu agi.uy Claciar nati Co.ntiiert lal Tribun, Coin p ring I i i,t eni ). "Yes." said the glrafle. i ve got t sore IhronL Can jou ian g tie ixiys thing uoiae tlniii IIihI'" "Well," np.l d tbe p. nt I rde. - baa my feet fr wib-turu auc." PhlUiaaV pbla LtHlgai.