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The Rajah dropped his cigar butt
in the snow and trod upon it.
"Possibly you will faveh us with
your company to breakfast in the
Rosemary, Misteh Winton you and
Misteh Adams. No? Then I bid you
a vehy good morning, gentlemen, and
hope to see you lateh." And he swung
up to the steps of the private car.
Half an hour afterwards, the snow
still whirling dismally. Winton and
Adams were cowering over a handful
of hissing embers, drinking their com
missary coffee and munching the camp
cook's poor excuse for a breakfast.
"Jig's up pretty definitely, don't you
think?" said the Technologian, with
a glance around at the idle track
force huddling for shelter under the
lee of the flats and the decapod.
Winton shook his head and groaned.
"I'm a ruined man, Morty."
Adams found his cigarette case.
VI guess that's so," he said, quite
heartlessly. Then: "Hello! what is
our friend the enemy up to now?"
McGrath's fireman was uncoupling
the engine from the Rosemary, and
Mr. Darrah, complacently lighting his
after-breakfast cigar, came across to
the hissing ember fire.
"A word with you, gentlemen, if
you.will faveh me," he began. "I am
about to run down to Argentine on ny
engine, and I propose leaving the la
dies in your cha'ge, Misteh Winton.
Will you give me your word of boneh,
seh, that they will not be annoyed in
my absence?"
Winton sprang up, losing his tem
per again.
"It's well. It's blessed lucky that
you know your man, Mr. Darrah!" he
exploded. "Go on about your busi
ness which is to bring another army
of deputy sheriffs down on us, I take
iL You know well enough that no
man of mine will lay a hand on your
car so long as the ladies are in it."
The .Rajah thanked him, dismissed
the matter with a Chesterfieldian
wave of his hand, climbed to his place
In the cab, and the engine shrilled
away around the curve and disap
peared in the snow-wreaths.
Adams rose and stretched himself.
rBy Jove! when it comes to cheek,
pure and unadulterated, commend me
to a Virginia gentleman who has ac
quired the proper modicum of west
ern bluff." he laughed. Then, with
a cavernous yawn dating back to the
sleepless night: "Since there Is noth
ing immediately pressing. I believe I'll
go and call on the ladies. Won't you
come along?"
"No!" said Winton. savagely; and
the Technologian lounged off by him
self. -
Some little time afterward Winton.
glooming over his handful of spitting
embers, saw Adams and Virginia come
out to stand together on the observa
tion platform of the Rosemary. They
talked long and earnestly, and when
Winton was beginning to add the dull
pang of unreasoning jealousy to his
other huttings Adams beckoned him.
"I should think you might come and
say 'Good morning' to me, Mr. Win
ton. I'm not Uncle Somerville," said
Miss Carteret.
Winton said "Good morning." not
too graciously, and Adams mocked
him.
"Besides being a bear with a sore
head. Miss Carteret thinks you're not
much of a hustler," he said, coolly.
"She knows the situation; knows that
you were stupid enough to promise
not to lay hands on the car when we
?Duld have pushed it out of the way
without annoying anybody. None the
less, she thinks that you might find
a way to go on building your railroad
without breaking your word to Mr.
Darrah."
Winton put his sore-heartedness far
enough behind him to smile and say:
"Perhaps Miss Virginia will be good
enough to tell me how."
"I don't know how," she rejoined,
quickly. ""And you'd only laugh at
me if I should tell you what I
thought of."
"You might try it and see." he ven
tured. "I'm desperate enough to take
suggestions from anyone."
"Teil me something first. Is your
railroad obliged to run straight along
in the middle of this nice little ridge
you've been making for it?"
"Why no: temporarily, it can run
anywhere. But the problem is to get
the track laid beyond this crossing be
fore your uncle gets back with a train
load of armed guards."
"Any l"ind of a track would do,
wouldn't it? just to secure the cross
ing?" "Certainly; anything that would
hold the weight of the decapod. We
shall have to rebuild most of the line,
anyway, as soon as the frost comes
out of the ground in spring."
. The brown eyes became far-seeing.
"I was thinking." she said, musing
ly, "there is no time to make an
other nice little ridge. But you have
piles and piles of logs over there"
she meant the cross-ties "couldn't
you build a sort of cobhouse ridge
with those between your track and
uncle's, and cross behind the car?
Don't laugh, please."
But Winton was far enough from
laughing at her. Why so simple an
expedient" had not suggested itself In
stantly he did not stop to inquire. It
was enough that the Heaven-bom idea
had been given.
"Down out of that. Morty!" he
cried. "It's one chance in a thousand.
Pass the word to the men; I'll be
with you in a second." And when
Adams was rousing the track force
with the bawling ghoul of "Every
body!" Winton looked up into the
brown eyes.
"My debt to yon was already very
great; I owe you more now," he said.
Bat she gave him his quittance in a
whiplike retort.
"And yon will stand here talking
it it when every moment is pce-
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So now we are to conceive the mad
dest activity leaping into being In full
view of the watchers at the windows
of the private car. Winton's chilled
and, sodden army, welcoming any battle-cry
of action, flew to the work with
a wilL In a twinkling the corded
piles of cross-ties had melted to reap
pear in cob-house balks bridging an
angle from the Utah embankment to
that of the spur track in rear of the
blockading Rosemary. In briefest
time the hammermen were spiking the
rails on the rough-and-ready trestle,
and the Italians were bring up the
crcsslng-frogs.
But the Rajah, astute colonel of in
dustry, had not left himself defense
less. On the contrary, he bad provid
ed for this precise contingency by
leaving McGrath's fireman in mechan
ical command on the Rosemary. If
Winton should attempt to build
around the private car, the fireman
was to wait till the critical moment;
then he was to lessen the pressure on
the automatic air-brakes and let the
car drop back down the grade just
far enough to block the new crossing.
So it came about that this mechan
ical lieutenant waited, laughing in his
sleeve, until he saw the Italians com
ing with the crossing-frogs. Then,
judging the time to be fully ripe, he
ducked under the Rosemary to "bleed"
the air-tank.
Winton heard the hiss of the escap
ing air above all the industry clamor;
heard, and saw the car start backward.
Then he had a flitting glimpse of a
man in grimy overclothes scrambling
terror-frenzied from beneath the Rosemary-
The thing done had been over
done. The fireman had "bled" the air
tank too freely, and the liberated car.
gathering momentum with every
wheel-turn, surged around the circling
spur track and shot out masterless
on the steeper gradient of the main
line.
Now, for the occupants of a runa
way car on a Rocky mountain line
there is death and naught else. Win
ton saw, in a phantasmagoric flash
of second sight, the meteor flight of
the heavy car; saw the Reverend Bil
ly's ineffectual efforts to apply the
hand-brakes, if by good hap he should
even euess that there were anv hand
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lurching, keeping to the rails, may
hap, for some few miles below Ar
gentine, where it would crash head
long into the upward climbing Car
bonate train, and all would end.
In unreasoning misery, he did the
only thing that offered: Ran blindly
down his own embankment hoping
nothing but that he might have one
last glimpse of Virginia clinging to
the hand-rail before she should lie lost
to him forever.
But as he ran a thought white-hot
from the furnace of despair fell into
his brain to set it ablaze with pur
pose. Beyond the litter of activities
the decapod was standing, empty of
its crew. Bounding up into the cabv
he released the brake and sent the
great engine flying down the track of
the newIine.
In the measuring of the first mile
the despair-born thought took shape
and form. If he could outpace the
runaway on the parallel line, stop the
decapod and dash across to the C. &
G. R. track ahead of the Rosemary,
there was one chance in a million that
he might fling himself upon the car
in mid flight and alight with life
enough left to help Calvert with the
hand-brakes.
Now, in the most unhopeful struggle
it is often the thing least hoped for
that comes to pass. At Argentine
Winton's speed was a mile a minute
over a track rougher than a corduroy
wagon-road; yet the decapod held the
rail and was neck and neck witn the
runaway.
Three miles more ot the surging,
racking, nerve-killing race and Win
ton had his han'e-br?adth of Izzd and
had picked his place for the izillloa
chanced wrestle with death. It was at
the C. A G. R. station of Tierra
Blanca, 'just below a series of sharp
curves which he hoped might check a
little the arrowlike flight of the runa
way. Twenty seconds later the telegraph
operator at thelonely little way sta
tion of Tierra Blanca saw a heroic
bit of man-play. The upward-bound
Carbonate train was whistling In the
gorge 'below when oat of the snow
wreaths shroaded the new line a big
engine shot down to stop with Are
grinding from the wheels, and a man
dropped, from the high cab to daak
across to the -station platform. v ,
At the same 'instant 'a runaway pas
senger car thundered out of the can
yon above. The man crouched, flung
himself at It in passing, missed the
forward" hand-rail, caught the rear,
was snatched from his feet and trailed
through the air like' the thoag of a
whiplash, yet made good his hold and
clambered oil
This was all the operator saw, bnt
when he had snapped bis key and run
out, he heard the shrill squeal of the
brakes on the car and knew that Jon a
Winton had not risked his, life for
nothing. -
And on board the Rosemary? Win
ton, spent to the last breath, was lying
prone on the .railed platform, where.
he had fallen when the last twist hail
been given to the shrieking brakes,
his head in Miss Carteret's lap.
"Run, Calvert! Run ahead and
stop the up-train!" he gasped; then
the light went out of the gray eyes
and Virginia wept unaffectedly and
fell to dabbling his forehead with
handfuls of snow.
"Help me get him in to the -divan.'
Cousin Billy," said Virginia, when all
was over and the Rosemary was safe
ly coupled in ahead of the upcoming
train to be slowly pushed back to Ar
gentine. But Winton opened his eyes and
struggled to his feet unaided.
"Not yet," he said. "I've left my
automobile on the other side of the
creek; and, besides, I have a railroad
to build. My respects to Mr. Darrah.
and you may tell him I'm not beaten
yet" And he swung over the rail
ing and dropped off to mount the
octopod and to race it back to the
front.
Three days afterwards, to a scream
ing of smelter whistles and other
noisy demonstrations of mining-camp
joy. the Utah Short Line laid the final
rail of its new extension in the "Car
bonate yards.
The driving of the silver spike ac
complished, Winton slipped out of the
congratulatory throng and made his
way across the C. & G. R. tracks to a
private car standing alone on its sid
ing. Its railed platform, commanding
a view of the civic celebration, had
its quota of onlookers a fierce-eyed
old man with huge white mustaches,
an athletic young clergyman, two
Bisques and a goddess.
"Climb up. Misteh Winton. climb up
and join us." said the fierce-eyed one
heartily. "Virginia, heah, thinks we
ought to call each otheh out, but I tell
her"
What the Rajah had told his niece
is of small account to us. But what
Winton whispered in her ear when he
had taken his place beside her is
more to the purpose of this history.
"I have built my railroad, as yon
told me to, and now I have come for
me"
"Hush!" she said, softly. "Can't
you w?it?"
"No."
"Shameless one!" she murmured.
But when the Rajah proposed an
adjournment to the gathering-room of
the car, and to luncheon therein, he
surprised them standing hand-in-hand
and laughed.
"Hah, you little rebel," he said.
"Do you think you dese've that block
of stock I promised you when you
should marry? Anseh me. my deab."
She blushed and shook her head,
but the brown eyes were dancing.
The Rajah opened the car door with
his courtliest bow.
"Nevertheless, you shall have it. my
deah Virginia, if only to remind an
old man of the time when he was sim
ple enough to make a business con
federate of a charming young woman.
Straight on, Misteh Adams; after you,
Misteh Winton."
THE END.
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Labor considered, sheep pay better
than' cows on the right kind of land.
Some one who has tried it says that
strong salt" solution is best for ridding
the hen house of Mce.
A Missourian has invented a clover
header which saves the seed and
leaves the straw on the ground as a.
mulch.
The city has got to be fed by the
farm, and the surest way of winning
the gold of the city is to stick to the
farm and raise what the city wants.
The dirt and harmful germs may be
in the milk;, even though you can't see
them; in fact, the most injurious im
purities are the invisible.
It is said that nine-tenths of Ameri
can men who have attained eminence
in the various fields of laudable activ
ity came from the farm. It takes the
farm to produce sturdy, strong man
hood. One of the finest exhibits of horses
at the Wisconsin state fair this year
was made by a company of six enter
prising farmers who organized about
two years ago for the breeding of fine
Percherons. Here is a hint for a group
of farmers in other places.
Scarcity of labor in the south is
forcing planters to look to machinery
for relief. Cane loaders and cotton
harvesters and threshers are being de
vised for the doing of work which has
always been performed by hand la
bor. The Russian thistle is a tumble
weed, whose greatest danger lies in its
habit of rolling for miles in a high
wind and scattering its seeds in its
path. The Canada thistle is a much
worse pest, for it is a perennial,
spreading by its root joints like Ber
muda grass and about as hard to get
rid of.
In spite of repeated appeals many a
farm has gone through the growing
season. again without a garden for the
supplying of the table with vegetables
and fruits. Not enough time to spare
to it, is the old, old excuse. But yon
have time if you will only" take it, and
It will pay. Make up your mind that
wife shall have that garden next year.
Wouldn't be a bad idea to plow and
manure the patch of ground for the
garden this fall, and thus have a bet
ter start for next year.
In the case of old fields that have
been allowed to grow up in pines,
green briers and other trash, because
the soil was not worth cultivating it
can be cleared and brought under cul
tivation by cutting, drying and burn
ing the trash and then letting cattle
and sheep range over the land to keep
the sprouts down. Under this method
the roots will die in two or three years
and rot so that the plow can be used.
If the plow is used at once after clear
ing, the roots will live for years.
Here is a proposition' for the farm
er to consider. Let bim give his an
swer, and then order his conduct in
accordance therewith: Two cows cost
$40 a year each for keep. One of
them yields 4,000 quarts of milk a
year, that bring $86. The other yields
1,200 quarts, that bring $26. The lat
ter loses about $14 and reduces the
gain on the former from $46 to $32.
Why do you keep that 1,200 quart
cow? You would be better off with
the one that clears $46, . for you
would only have half the investment,
half the work and half the feeding,
and you would gain $14 each year.
Dairy farmers have not yet half
waked up to an understanding of the
great practical importance of. weed
ing out the unprofitable cows from
their herds. Many a man would make
a fair profit that now faces con
stant loss, if he would keep only sueh
cows as pay a profit on their keep.
And the only way to ascertain which
cow is making the profit is by keep
ing an individual record of each cow
and testing the milk.
J. H. H. Gregory, the well-known
Massachusetts seedsman, tells how he
raises onions, which is by the follow
ing simple process: "Broadcast ten
cords of strong manure made fine, and
plow four or five inches under. Then
fine land well, and, unless very fine,
cross-plow shallow with one-horse
plow. Next, scatter 1,000 pounds to
the acre of onion fertilizer, and hand
rake it in, making ground as level as
a floor and very fine. Do this in strips
across ine piece, riant wun some
good seed drill and rake another nar
row strip; plant it and proceed. Plant
four and one-half pounds of seed to
the acre, dropping about 15 to each
foot Test machine first on barn floor.
As soon as onions break ground, at
the first hour the rows can be barely
traced, run the wheel hoe through
them and hand weed immediately
after. Do this if necessary four or
five times during the season. When
about all the tops have fallen down
pull, putting six rows in one. Hand
turn every other day, and house in
piles about two feet deep before heavy
frosts come. For northern plants
earliest sorts; the Gracker for early
yellow and Red Flat or Red Globe for
red. If crop does not promise well,
just before they begin to form bnlbs,
scatter 2,000 pounds nitrate of soda
to the acre, and ran the wheel hoe
over the bed to work it In. When tops
are large, substitute a single hoe."
A Pennsylvania farmer Is said to
have discovered a snail beetle that
feeds on potato bugs.
"No hoof, no horse," Is the old
adage, and it may. well include tre
legs.
In feeding hay to horses it should be
well shaken up and moistened with a
little water.
In feeding beef cattle a little oil
meal or stock food of some kind is good
to tone up the system and will assist
in the conversion of food to flesh, j
There Is a story from Maine that
skunks have been digging the potato
crop for the farmers there. There is
a strong odor of the improbable about
It' Out west here it Is Ukely that the
fanner will stick to the old methods.
The ewe that Is over six years old
is generally unprofitable. Weed out
the old ones from the flock If you
would make yonr sheep pay.- -Only in
rare cases of remarkably prolific ewes
shoal they be kept
The coding moth and woolly aphis
have wroaght untold damage in the
apple orchards of New Zealand, and
the government pomologist Dr. W. A.
Boucher, has just spent several
months in California searching for
parasites to combat the pests.
At the first indication of cholera
outbreak among the hogs, the diseased
animals should be quarantined, and all
avenues by which the germs could be
distributed by people, dogs, stray hogs,
etc., guarded against. Remove the
healthy hogs to a new yard, and tar
disinfectants should be used daily
about the .feed troughs, floors and
sleeping quarters. The dead hogs
should be burned, which is not a diffi
cult task if the bodies are placed on
top of a pile of wood that burns
quickly and makes a hot fire.
There is no more striking illustra
tion of the growth of the country than
the facility with which farmers are
handling and marketing their crops
this year. No longer is it necessary
for vast sums of money to be sent
from the east to move the crops, for
the farmers now have snug sums ol
money themselves, and banking facili
ties are afforded right in the thriving,
growing towns which are being built
up In every farming community. An
other improvement over the methods
of years ago, when the farmer had to
get his grain to the distant market,
no matter how low the price, is that
"now the farmers are able to hold their
crops for favorable prices.
Apple butter that's worth eating on
a cold day in winter Is made by boil
ing sweet cider down to about one
half. Add an equal quantity of good
cooking apples, which have been
peeled and quartered. Boil until the
apples are tender, then sweeten with
light brown sugar, or with half gran
ulated and half brown sugar; add
spices to 'taste. After the sugar is
added continue the boiling, -stirring
constantly meanwhile, until the whole
is of the consistency of a smooth
paste. Pack away in stone jars and it
will keep indefinitely. The addition of
the spices is merely a matter of choice
as many may prefer the plain apple
flavor. If the apples are tart and well
flavored it seems that the spices de
tract rather than add to the palatabil
ity of the butter.
Recent experiments have proved the
remarkable activity of the circulatory
system of trees. At the North Da
kota experiment station tests made
with poorly nourished young trees
have shown that when supplied with
a bottle into which tho roots were
placed they sucked in sustenance at
a raflid rate, chemical substances be
ing detected in the sap of the top
most twigs within ten hours. So far,
indeed, was it the case that the trees
drew up sustenance that it was found
possible to regulate to some extent
the growth of young trees by such
means, retarding their development
or making it more rapid, as might be
desired. It is all a matter of food
supply, the "patient" under treatment
showing a ready willingness to ab. orb
extra provender and to utilize it in
the building of plant tissues.
A French experiment station recom
mends the following method for the
preventing of the lodging of grain.
"It was found," says the report, "that
on very rich soil by mowing luxuri
antly growing grain when 30 centime
ters high, removing the upper 15 cen
timeters, and leaving the cut material
as it falls will not only prevent lodg
ing, but will also make a more uni
form crop in length of straw and size
of head and kernel. If after the first
cutting the growth of the crop is vig
orous enough to indicate danger of
lodging, it may be cut again about two
weeks later when the plants have
again reached the height of 30 centi
ceters. The mowing should be done
when the dew is off, preferably in the
afternoon. This method was success
fully applied in 1901 on Chevalier bar
ley growing on rich and well-fertilized
soil during a warm, rainy season." 'A
centimeter is the hundredth part of a
meter and is substantially equivalent
to four-tenths of an inch.
We were talking with one old farm
er the other day who has made a
splendid success of agriculture, and
who is looking forward to the time
when his two boys will take the heavy
end and run the farm. They are fine
toys, have been fairly educated and
take naturally to the farm. We sug
gested the sending of the boys to the
state agricultural college for the tech
nical and scientific training which they
would need to equip them for the
highest type of farming, and this is
what he said: "Yes, I suppose it
wouldn't hurt them any, but then, you
see, they are just where they can give
the best help on the farm now, and I
don't know as they need this extra
learning. They'll make good farmers
if they work the place as I have
worked it, for I flatter myself I know
a thing or two about raising crops and
handling stock. That scientific train
ing is all right for them professor fel
lows, but I'm not so sure that it Is
needed by as fanner folks."
Old Ironudes."
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one over which experts have been
laboring and experimenting for years
without success, has probably been
solved by Robert Eugene Turner, a
Norfolk boy, who Is yet to reach his
majority. That the invention, if
practicable, is destined to revolution
ize the modern typewriter, is the
'opinion of experts, men who have
studied the problem for years.
Years ago it was recognized that
the invention of an automatic car
riage return for the typewriter
would add from 25 to 30 per cent
to the speed of the operators an item
that tells in the business world. The
manufacturers of the leading ma
chines put experts on the problem.
No stone was left unturned to solve
the problem of the transference, re
direction and control of power. It
is said that one company offered a
handsome prize to the man in their
employ who would discover the prin
ciple, to be worked out later.
Mr. Turner, who Is a member of
the architectural firm of Hebard A
Turner, and who is a lover of mathe
matical problems and technical ques
tions worthy of solution, had his at
tention drawn to the matter. At that
time he was in his teens. He began
to think out the problem, conveying
his ideas to drawings. For three years
he studied it at spare times, day and
night
The young inventor grasped the dif
ficulties clearly. He finally solved
it, that of regulataing the power at
all times, controlling and reversing
it at will. Briefly stated, the regula
tion and control of the power is by
means of the space bar. It is unop
erative automatically until the car
riage has gone a certain length, but
by means of a key it can be ma
nipulated at the will of the opera
tor. Like all valuable Inventions, its
simplicity is the thing that attracts
attention. It can be added to ma
chines at a nominal cost; it will not
affect the durability of the machine,
will not add to the cost of repairs,
and is not easy to get out of order.
Its speed is suffcient for all practical
purposes.
The following statement in refer
ence to the invention was made by
Mr. Turner recently:
"It increases the mechanical con
trol of the carriage, making it un
necessary, for the operator to remove
his hands from the keyboard during
writing, a feature especially valuable
to touch operators.
A Roaring Lion in
Tattnall
County Is Haunted by a
Big Yellow Cat
Savannah, Ga. The lower section
of Tattnall county is pretty well
scared because a wild lion has been
seen in that vicinity. Mothers are
keeping their children indoors after
dark and posses of determined men
are trying to run down the unwelcome
visitor and put him to death. On
Thursday the lion was seen on Mr.
Brooks Harvey's place, between Mor
rison and Groveland. Mr. Harvey
could not kill him at that time, as he
did not have his gun. The animal
was seen by both Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey. It was very large and appeared
quite ferocious. Since then it has
been heard roaring in the vicinity by
several people at night As far as
can be learned, it has not carried
awa; any hogs or cattle and the peo
ple are wondering what it lives on.
Twe or three soarrhisg parties hare 1
"The mechanism causes the car
riage Ho return to the Initial writing
point automatically when the end of
a written line, is reached, and also
to return automatically from any
point in the line by pressing a special
key. Means for cushioning the im
pact of the carriage -to prevent a de
structive jar to the machine is amply
provided for, as well as an improve
ment in the runways and rollers bear
ing the carriage to reduce the fric
tion to a minimum.
"The momentum attained by the
carriage in its return stroke is atil
Ized to effect the line spacing, which
can also be done from the keyboard.
An Ingenious but simple device Is
Introduced, so that the setting of
either the automatic or nmnnal line
spacer will adjust the other to con
form in the uniform spacing of
lines."
An Interesting feature in reference
to the Invention is the youthfnlness
of the inventor. When the appli
cation for the patent was filed nearly
two years ago. or in February, of
1905, Mr. Turner was only a little
over 18 years of age. As he began
the study of the problem several
years before this, his youthfulness
can be appreciated. It was a mere
boy who had undertaken to solve a
serious scientific mathematical prob
lem. Robert Eugene Turner was bom in
Norfolk November 26, 1886. He is
the son of R. E. Turner, general su
perintendent of the Virginian-Pilot
After leaving the Norfolk high school
he devoted his time to the study of
mechincal engineering and architec
ture. Mr. Turner was nearly two years
in securing a patent on his Inven
tion, but it was finally obtained
through Walter B. Burrow, patent at
torney at Norfolk. Mr. Turner's
friends are confident that he has
a small fortune, to say the least, la
his patent
Superstition Rife.
"Magianism. rosicrucianism, gnos
ticism, occultism, together with Mo
saic and Hermetic mysteries, are
flourishing .in this country and
Europe. Packets, locks of hair,
wands, vagaries, fakes and morbid
mental states due to these are on
all sides. How can mental physi
cians keep up with the new brain
diseases? Superstition is now in
tensely alive, and all kinds of mind
distortion, born of prehistoric and)
barbaric ages, when men did not
know a single law of nature, are
rife, even, in the shadows of univer
sities and colleges." Prof. Larkin.
of. Mount Lome Observatory.
Mrs. Langtry Drops the "Lily."
Mrs. Langtry, who is now playing,
in a vaudeville sketch, will not allow
her manager to advertise her as:
"Lily" Langtry. Only intimates are
now permitted to call her by that
name.
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gone out for the beast, but they have
not been successful in capturing him.
About two years ago Mr. David Bea
sley killed a lion near Groveland. He
has It stuffed at his home now. This
one is said to be very much like the
one Mr. Beasley killed and many
think it is possibly his mate. Until
the new arrival is slain there will con
tinue to be excitement
School Gardens of Austria.
It Is stated that nearly 8,000 school
gardens exist in Austria, not Including
the sister kingdom of Hungary. They
are connected with both private and
public schools, and are used for par
poses of practical instruction in hor
ticulture and tree growing, and often.
contain botanical museums and
hives.
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whist any more it makes me irrita
ble." "That's foolish. It might as
well be whist as anything
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