HE SUCCEEDS PEFFER. W. A. HARRIS THE NEW SENA TOR FROM KANSAS. A Virginian by Hlrlli and a I on federal* oncer t'nder l.ong.l reel He line* Weal In Pursuit «f HI* Vacation a* Civil Engineer. HE people of the whole state of Kansas and of all parties arc at pres ent felicitating themselves upon the excellent Judg ment displayed by the Populists In the selection of u Unit ed States senator to succeed Mr. Peffer. It Is the universal sentiment that the choice could not have fallen upon a more satisfactory man than W. A. Har ris, who received the nomination In the caucus of the controlling party. Mr. Harris may In truth be classed as a moderate Populist. He was formerly a Democrat and is known to be conser-# vatlve and reliable from every point 01 view. He la an educated man, a prac tical farmer and stock grower, and In thorough sympathy with western needs and conditions. He Is a Virginian by birth and was a soldier in the southern army during the civil war. Hla education was in the line of work as a civil engineer, and It waa thU occupation that brought him to Kansas soon after the war, where he waa employed in the con struction of the Union Pacific railroad. He was quick to appreciate and take advantage of the agricultural possi bilities of the new and thriving state, and hU Interests have since that time been closely Identified with those of his fellow farmers and stock raisers. He acquired a valuable tract of land In Leavenworth County, where he has resided since 1884, and Is one of the most prominent and extensive stock men in the state. The Harris family consists of a wife and five children. Of the latter there are two sons and three daughters— Page Harris of Dallas. Texas; Craig Manta, now tn x-lioo!, \!t*» I'ntirw* Mania. Mna laatalla Hyrnwa of N«w 'o»U C'UjT, and Mr* KIMatath t'tfuay MCMAItMt W r IlftHNM «| (Ml** A** •«« «A04Mf« xt A.* •*» j till, *A«* IW IA*** >•<*»• ««u A* at tut Mu* Utitu lUrtu mMUA4 iwM* •< I *» ** V* M j itM, iAnIU *ft«« A iuw«A «**<•>*•* 10 « HtMXMft **•*»* iAAmm* flu •Ml »*4t** «( »A* |tM*« ftUMft • Itf* • H K«w Hull) •«|0.;«*4 Nil (A*« (A** tA*« a# Al»w »*« •u*»A*4 10 ilu *« lA* At*M* •*»!•*•* ,‘M lUrtl* fr**4Ai •*«» A. •JTwt M »** **• * * Murray of Lawrence, Kas. She was I divorced from her husband u short time before her marriage to Col. Harris, ' and the husband instituted proceedings 1 against Harris for damages on a charge of alienation, but the suit was subse quently compromised without serious reflection upon either of the parties. The Harris home is at Linwood farm, . In Leavenworth County, twenty-seven miles west of Kansas City, on the line ] of the Union Pacific railway, and Is one of the most beautiful and desirable locations In the stale. The farm prop er comprises 300 acres of land, much of It In blue grass, which the Colonel prizes highly and in which he has j great faith In connection with the breeding of fine cattle. The family residence Is on a gently rising eminence situated nearly a quar ter of a mile from the main road. It Is distinctively a southern house, with broad and inviting porches, large halls, library, open fire-places, anil every thing suggesting convenience, comfort and refinement. There are delightful shade tr“es about the place, the build ings are all kept in excellent condi tion, and the broad lawn with Its rus tic seats and carpet of green give a hearty welcome to the visitor. Not far away are the houses of the herders of the famous imported short-horns the Cruikshanks of which Col. Harris has a herd well known to stockmen all over the United States. The cattle were Im ported direct from Scotland and are of the very best strains. Mrs. Harris has already spent one winter In Washington, while her hus band was filling the post of congress tnan-at-large, to which he was elected In 1892, defeating the Republican nominee, George T. Anthony, who had been a Union soldier. This was ac cepted in Kansas as a timely and com plete burial of the "bloody shirt" issue in politics, on which so many former battles had been fought and won. Two years later, to show that the Issue had not been entirely wiped out. Col. Har ris was defeated for re-election to the same office by Col. R. W. Blue, a Re publican and a distinguished Union soldier. This year the war again cuts no figure In the campaign between the two leading parties, and Kansas, the great, soldier state, sends to the senate a Confederate officer who was a pupil of Ptonawail J«i burn In lh« Virginia Military Inktiluta atul a mnnlM-r of Urn Wilt-ok a aiaflf In l,ong*trr*-t'* til’ \ talon Cal. Karri* la eountrw4a *1*4 boa 4r*4a at p*-i -* Wbaa 4r|yiap. iba •anpofof boa kb ia««i»*r *!**»* t**Ml *4 la Pa Pi • boat bat*, in * pw, bat at bk* *or»lop* Ju*i M*r bta tipbt hau l ta p‘a**a a bar* *u4a aalaf k* wait tba auauaphft* ran* *ua»*inu«* big bar 1 tan | par *#•• *4 f removing In the spring the wrap p.ng tbsl protected the tree# In the winter Recently I lead In n paper an article advocating leaving on the wrap piwg as a partial protection In th« s« u«m*r I leave mine up ail summer Mr Vurle If you leave them up they tffuid a great retreat fur the borer*. Mr Marne I do eot believe that there la any need ef having borers Ip sp m< hard, at sp> rabbit*. I palpi my Heap ellh paint containing among eth et thing* whit* farad o*l oil nb belt ir**a I and h#«# ib»m surslv#, when other | men have tried It and lost their en tire orchards. Men in my state have tried It and lost their trees. It may do well for some, but It is not a safe thing to recommend for all. There have been made in our state some experi ments along this line. Some of the or chards have survived, hut others have died, J. H. Hale of Connecticut, a vet eran orchardlst, has a formula that he recommends and uses with good re •uka. Other men have taken that for mula and had ruinous reaults from It. One man lost 40 acres of trees by It. So there must be something in conditions that makes the difference. I think that a tree will stand vegetable oils, such as linseed oil, but not mineral oils, like coal oil. I would not use mineral oils on my trees for a thousand dollars. H. M. Dunlap read a paper on cold storage and cool storage. Hand pick the apples carefully. It is important that packing should be attended to at once. When apples need sorting they need selling. Cool storage Is of more importance to the apple grower than Is cold storage, for It Is within reach of all. The cellar for cool storage should be so fixed that It can be ventilated easily and quickly, letting in cold air when the temperature in the cellar gets too high. A cellar should be so celled up that the temperature will not be affected by the rooms above It. We ventilate entirely for the sake of low ering ths temperature, and therefore as soon as the air Is cool enough we must shut up the cellar, so the cool air will not get out and warm air get In In its place, by a change of tempera ture on the outside. Cold storage, on the other hand, Is of great Importance to the commercial orchardlst. Heel (‘ulture In Vmiire. The United States consul at Havre, France, says: The beet crop pays the farmer better than wheat or any other agricultural product, and hence a large acreage Is under beets. In 1894 the area was 1,700,000 acres, and the pro duction nearly 18,500,000 tons, or near ly 11 tons to the acre; 50 to 60 per cent Vi nil l II IB ID UDCU IVI IUC ||| vvvvww— — sugar. The experience of French cul tivators Is stated to be that the cost of growing an acre of beets Is £2, omit ting the cost of fertilizing, which it in not always necessary to employ. It Is said, too, that the leaves and stalks left on the field will furnish much more manure, after they have been fed to cattle, than the beet requires. The bounty paid on sugar exported from Germany has led to less activity in beet I sugar production in France in the last two years. Nevertheless, the total quantity exported in 1894-93 was 186,- j 287 tons, of which 119,139 tons went to England. The advantage of beet culti vation Is that there is no waste; every part of the vegetable can be used in one way or another. The pulp, after j the Juice has been expressed for sugar, j is largely eaten by cattle and is found to be very nourishing. The leaves and j stalks, when fresh, increase a cow's milk; when dry they afford excellent winter food. "Altogether, the beet- j root or the residue after the Juice lias I been expressed supplies, with the leaveB and stalks, nourishment for cattle and sheep more abundant, perhaps, than any other forage that could have been cultivated on the land.” It is said that the leaves are frequently used for adulterating tobacco. The French ex perience is that all lands suitable for growing wheat will also grow beets; but it is necessary to avoid a soil too compact or containing too much clay. The report enters into some detail in the question of soils, position, manur ing (when necessary), modes of culti vation, harvesting and preserving the crop, and a few words are added as to the manufacture of sugar. Something is said, also, as to experiments being made in France, under the authority of the ministry of commerce, for ob taining illuminating alcohol from the roots. A Tkk Destroying Hint. There is no remedy for any animal or vegetable pest better than introducing a natural enemy to the pest, says the j Australasian. As an enemy to the tick that is now causing such destruction among the Northern Queensland herds the most promising appears to be the ! rhinoceros bird. "Iluphuga erylhrorhyn- I cbs." These birds gain their living by feeding on the ticks that Infest many of the wild animals in South Africa. 1 Among wild beasts their attention Is caiony aiirrug iu me rniunrt-ros, toe Cape buffalo, the sable antelope, and the wart-hog while among tha do mestic animals burses and oxen ars their favorites Mr. J 0. Millais, In his arurk. "A llrrath from tha Veldt," says >1 these birds, "It Is no uncommon night to see stl OX lying Stretched OH the ground on his back exposing tha under parts of his body to them " The rhin oceros birds base mils of horny feath rrs. and clasts of extraordinary strength and sharpness, by which they can ding ••turely They van hop backwards quite as welt as forwards, and they of ten mahe lung drops from the shoulder iw the foreleg or down the aids of the animal Thla bird could b* easily brought front death Africa to Queens laud and If It took in tick killing as tCJiflft* la Australia as It does In tha rape It would be of tWvak'Utabl* heneffl la tkw stwckswwers of ibe north. <•##•# tsS !•«>*« fleets and ducks should lay In f%b rusty t-et their houses b* mad* tissa. dry sad b* well lUtsred with ah wet .few of chaff and dw sot let them run wut early tn the morning. says Mouth- t am Plantar, If kept up until • a'cksck ike layers will generally bate laid and ya«t Will thus secure the eggs If turned owl they as til ftegwantly lay any whet* about the form, a* they am , «ce less about their egg# early tn the sea son There la money In rnUiag §»«•# and duche If the tight bind am kepi Personally, we prefer Towtoww* g«**a awd Pwktn dusks. They matitm earlier than other vsrtstles u4 cenaswuenUy •ell belter I THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON X. MARCH 7 ACTS 8: 26-4C “THE CONVERT." ! Uolilfn frit: “Then I’liflip Opened III" Mouth un«l Ifeguii at l he Scrip ture mimI I'retrliMl Unto Him *l«n»" tr..m Acts, i hapfer A. Veree 3A« MCMftRKNMK** re lated In today's les son took place In 37 A If. Places, road between Jerusalem ami Onr.n. The texf f ollow 4 3d. And Hm angel of I he Lord spake nnfo Philip, way hip, Ail.we, atul go to ward the woulh. un to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Oh zh. which Is dc>ei i. And he arose and wenl: and hehold, a man of Ktlllopla. a eunuch of grrat authority under Pan dace, Then the Uplilt said unto Philip, do near and Join thyself to this chariot. M). And Philip ran thith er to him, and heard him read the proph et Lsaias. and said. I'nder*?andcgt thou w hat thou readeat ? 31. And he said. Mow can I, except some man should guide rn» . And he desired Philip that he would come up miid slf with him L\ The pla«' of the Hcrlptine which he read was this. Me was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33. In his humiliation his Judgment was taken away: and who shall declare ins genera Hon? for his life Is taken from the earth. 31 And the euntieh answered Philip, ami said, | pray thee, of whom apeaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? .'{.*• Th«n Mhllln »,«< motif li 4 and began Ml llir sain” scripture, and pleached unto him Jcsue. V, And ae they went on their way, they came unto a cer tain water: and the eunuch said, flee, here In water what doth hinder me lo be baptized? 37. And Philip said If thou be lleveet with all thine heart, tt.u i mayeet. And he answered and sai l. I believe that Jesus Christ Is Ihe Hon of God. 3x. Arid he commanded the chariot to aland still: and they went down both Into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and lie bap tized him. 39. And when they were come up out of the water, the spirit of the I*ord caught away Philip, Ilia' the eunuch saw him no more: and h» went on fits way rejoicing, 40, But Philip wan found at' Azotus: and passing through he preached In all the cities tii: he rime lo Cesa rea. IIINTH TO THK TKAfll Kit. "God buries his woikm*i: but earrl»* on his work." As Stephen falls Philip catches up his mantle and labors In Ids spirit. We see In Philip th" trails of a successful worker. He live* in the at mosphere of heavenly communing*. No tice how closely these men walked and talked with God—Stephen <7. 77, 88), Philip IS. 28-29), Peter GO. 12, III 20: Kvery step In the onward movement of the Church Is taken under a divine direction. Tin worker keeps In telegraphic communica tion with headquarters. He is obedient and self-denying. Verses 21 '27, It Is it strange command, to go from the city to the desert; from a loving < ongregutfun. to preach to one foreign man riding In his chariot. Yet at the < all of God the true worker never h ltet-- and In the end he finds an abundant reward. II" Is aggressive. Verse 20. Not sharp or se vere, for he opens with a pleasant sen tence; hut earnest, eager for his work. He runs to meet the man: lie begins the conversation without waiting for an In vitation. The worker must seek men. without waiting for them to seek him. He Is scriptural. Verses 30-3!>. He finds his text In the word of God, and finds from his text a path straight to Jesus Christ. The worker tor Christ needs to he familiar with tils weapon, the sword Of the Spirit, the word ol' God. lie Is practical, both In his alms and methods. Verses 3.7-37. H<- seeks to !»a'l bis In quirer directly to Christ and '<> union with the Church. No merely tl<< orcti nil knowl edge, without heart exp-Hence and pro fession of Christ, satisbes him He Is hroad-mlniled. Verse'. s This mini was a Gentile, and at that Mr most peo ple, even most apostle*, would have hesi tated lo receive him Into the Church. Hut Philip hod learned from Ht-plien that III Christ there is neither Jew noi Gentile. Another example might he shown in the Kthloplan treasurer, as the dno*uv -cck er. 1. A noble seeker 2. A diligent seek er. S. A teachable seeker 1 A believing seeker. L A confessing seeker *t. A re - Juicing believer. Henry IV. as a Phrase Maker. Henry IV., the Idol of the French people, was also a king of phrase mak er*. During one of hla tour* through France he s-rlveil at a small village and ordered that the moat intelligent villager be aent to convnrae with him while he dined. When the rustic ap peared the king ordered hint to takers seat oppoatte to him at the table "What la your name*" asked the mon arch. "litre. I am railed Halliard," re plied the peaeaut. "What la the differ ence." said the king, "between galllard II. e.. a Jolly fellow) and palllard tl e • rah*)' • Hire, waa Hit- reply. ihete la but a table between the two ' % • lu pitfar Madame tlttteri ip' lug* I'm Mirr) air but I a*ter ai«i far* wlib mt buaimad e baaon*** \p pilcaat If I aere aa piattp a* »h- U I might Madame Mbe* Ifpllaaiat Yaa, madam mt enmprtNof t# t mo* ban lit blag gilt Madam# Jum alt ti. morrew ait nad I mar h > e % „, lb* for too M aaninr ui. T > > •tMAV It i at* 4 The total • Hi«d Kingdom I* n*oit bt «■ ,<«a a* tec Ta gat into in, ... ■ II teal damwal Kraal -1 »l, t. , 1 I* si The demand for b» b hat |. 4, 4r la ln*ra«atna awtt i ■« HI’, ■ u , ,jj nomna. tba light wa a 4 to» t(l | gbief 'ban that af ordtanr- dailtaM WHAT'S A PATTERAN? The WethiMl nr I.p^Ohi; » Trail VInIIiIp Only to Their Fellowii. “You don't know what a patteran Is?” Inquired surprisedly of the group about him a man at the Authors' club the other evening, says the New York Journal. "Why, that was one of the flrst things I learned when I began to study the gypsies. The patteran. or patrin, is what the Romanies use to Indicate the route taken by a party of their people journeying from place to place. It has a great mi ty forms which would pass unnoticed by those not Initiated. In some Instances a clod of turf, lying at the intersecting point of four cross roads, is sufficient to tell a straggler from the gypsy camp the direction to which his friends have gone. Only last summer, out In Penn sylvania. I came across it many times. Once I remember Just because some school children had kicked the clod into a ditch an old gypsy woman who had lingered behind to tell a fortune wasn't able to And her people for two days. Seeing I he clod at 'he cross roads, you know, the straggler will glance down each of the different ways until he sees a similar sign which shows him the right one. In every country where there are gypsies, there you will And the patteran imoug the Zlgeuner of Germany, the Zlncall of Spain, the Ccijanyok of Hungary, all those roving tribes which are descend ed from the original wanderers from the East and there Is very little doubt that the patteran dates very far back In the history of their race. Sometimes It takes the shape of a cross, scratched on the ground with a sharpened stick, the longer line of the figure being drawn In the direction In which the trail leads. A cleft branch or two sticks so placed as to point In a certain direction is also used. Stones, leaves and handfuls of gruss are occasionally employed, and many of the gypsy families formerly bad their own parti cular signs, understood by none but themselves. By following these pat terans or trails the flrst. gypsies on their way to Europe never lost each other. It Is strange that this curious practice of the Romanies has so long escaped the attention of the romanclst; but it is only comparatively recently that n writer of detective a'or lea made Ul» aetule man hauler trai k a gvpay deaptradu by mean* of the patlrraa tatptton* I utlMiiwvil line. 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