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^ ^ ^ " ISSUED SEWII-WEEKL^ t. m. geist s sons, Publishers. I % jfamilg Ketuspaper: <jj[or (he promotion off (he polilitai, Social, Agricultural, and (Eontmettial Interests o(( (he people. {mil cent8ANCE" Established tsis. YOBKVILLE, S. C? SATURDAY, APRIL 5,1902. , K"Q. 28. fCAsi I?113 CHAPTER XIII. t S^"" """ UCH are the facts that, with t an almost incredible talent c 35?5d for investigation, bad been r collected and prepared by the r fat maD with the jovial face who had 1 taken Prosper under his protection, M. t Verduret. t Reaching Paris at 9 o'clock In the f evening, not by the Lyons route, as he r had said, but by the Orleans train, M. c Verduret hurried to the Archangel. 1 where he found Prosper impatiently c expecting him. "You are about to hear some rich de velopments," be said to Prosper, "and see how far back Into the past one has to seek for the primary cause of a c crime All things are linked together v In this world of ours. If Gaston de Clameran bad not taken a cup of coffee In a little cafe at Tarascon twenty years ago. your money safe would not A have been robbed three weeks ago. b "Valentine de la Verberie is punished in I860 for the murder committed for h love of her in 1840. Nothing is neg- 0 lected or forgotten. Listen." b And be related all that he bad discovered. referring to a voluminous ^ manuscript which he had prepared. e with many notes and authenticated v proofs attached. 0 "I wonder how you discovered all v these infamies," said Prosper when be c had finished. 0 The fat man smiled. "When I under- t( take a task," he said, "I devote my ? whole attention to It. Now. make a * note of this: When a man of ordinary ^ intelligence concentrates his thoughts and energies upon the attainment of " an object, he is certain to attain that 8 object. Besides that. I have my own method of working up a case. To be sure, one needs some light to guide one in a dark affair like this, but the fire 0 In Clameran's eye when 1 pronounced v the name of Gaston ignited my lantern. From that moment I walked straight ? to the solution of the mystery as to a E beacon light." 0 Prosper's look showed that he would " like \o know the secret of his protect- C or's penetration and at the same time be more thoroughly convinced that ? what hp heard was all true?that his innocence would be more clearly proved. * c "Now. confess." cried M. Vcrduret. ^ "you would give anything in the world g to dud out bow I arrived at tbe truth!" _ "1 admit ft. for it is marvelous." M. Vcrduret enjoyed ITosper's bewll- Q derraent. To be sure, be was neither n ^ pood judge nor a distinguished amateur; but admiration is always flatter- ^ lng, no matter whence It comes. "Well," he replied. "1 will explain my t| system. There is nothiug marvelous about it. We worked together to find a, tbe solution of the problem. You know my reasou3 for suspecting Clamerun K had a band iu the robbery. As soon as g 1 bad acquired this certainty my task tj was easy. What did 1 do? I placed t] trustworthy people to watch the par t( ties In whom I was most Interested tj Fanferlot as Joseph Dubois took charge of Clameran. and Nina Gipsy never lost sight of Mme. Fauvel and her niece. ? "I understand it all now," said Pros- L pe\ "And what have you been doing dur- m lng my absence, my young friend?" b asked M. Verduret after a pause. o At this question Prosper blushed a . "Alas." he stammered. "I read In a newspaper that Clumeran was about to t< marry Madeleine, and I acted like a y fool!" "What did you do?" inquired Yerdn ^ ret uneasily. "1 wrote an anonymous letter to M Fauvel Informing bini that his wire ^ was In love with Raoul"? M. Verduret brought his clinched list ^ down upon the table. "Stupid!" he exclaimed. "You have ruined everything!" f He arose from his seat and strode up ^ and down the room, oblivious of thr lodgers below, whose windows shook with every angry stamp of his foot. Prosper remained silent as long as t he could and then uneasily said: "1 ant afraid 1 have embarrassed ^ you very much, monsieur." "Yes. you have dreadfully embar . rnssed me. What am 1 to do? Shall I ^ hasten matters or wait? And I am bouud by a sacred promise. We had f better go and advise with the Judge of Instruction. He can assist me. Come . with me." y As M. Verduret had anticipated. Pros ( per's letter had a terrible effect. When t M. Fauvel opened his mail the morning after it was posted, the fatal missive fell into his hands. Cnmnihinn nlinnt thp writinc struck blm as peculiar. It was evidently a * disguised hand, and, although, owing J to the fact of bis being a millionaire, be was in the habit of receiving anonymous communications, this particular letter filled him with an iudefmite pre- * seDtiment of evil. With trembling hand and abrolute * certainty that he was about to learn some new calamity, he broke the sea! and. opening the coarse cafe paper, was j. shocked by the following words: t Dear Sir? You consigned your cashier to prison. ] You did well, since you were convinced of his . dishonesty and faithlessness. But even if he stole &5C.000 francs from your safe, docs it follow that n be also stole Mmc. Fauvcl's diamonds? e If ;;? l n -/ By... ;>? Cmile ill = Gaboriau ilf ? This was a stroke of ITgbfnlng to a nan whose life hitherto had heeu an inbrokeu chain of prosperity, who ould recall the past without one bitter egret, without remembering any sorow deep enough to bring forth a tear. EVbut! His wife deceive him! And. imong all men, to choose one vile nongh to rob her of her Jewels and orce her to be his accomplice in the uln of an innocent young man! For lid not the anonymous letter assert bis to be the fact and tell him how to onvlnce himself of its truthV M. Fauvel determined to show the etter to bis wife. "But suppose It be true!" be mutter d to himself. "Suppose I have been nlserabiy duped! By confiding In my rife I shall put her on her guard and sse all chance of discovering the rutb." There was one simple means of veriest Ion. The letter said the diamonds iad been pawned. If It lied in this Instance, he would reat It with the scorn It deserved. If. n the other hand, it should prove to e trueBreakfast was announced. At table J. Fauvel talked incessantly, so as to scaDe any Questions from his wife. ?bo. lie snw, was uneasy at the sight f his pale fare. But all the time he ras talking he was casting over iu his nind expedients for getting his wife ut of the house long enough for him o search her bureau without her perelvlng blm. At lust he asked Mme. 'aovel If she were going out before inner. "Yes." said she. "The weather Is readful. but Madeleine and 1 must do otne shopping." "At what hour shall you go?' "Immediately after breakfast." He drew a long breath, as If relieved f a great weight In a short time be rould know the truth. After awhile he beard the carriage oil away with his wife and niece, lurrying Into Mine. Fauvel's room, he pened the drawer of the chiffonier rbere she kept her Jewels. The boxes obtaining superb sets of Jewelry vbicb be had presented to her were one! The anonymous letter bad told he truth! Perhaps Valentine had put her dla londs in Madeleine's room. Without stopping to consider the Inellcacy of what he was about to do be urrled Into the young girl's room and ulled open one drawer after another. He did not lind Mme. Fauvel's dla tonds. but Madeleine's seven or eight oxes. also empty. Was she. too. an accomplice? Thlsl lew broke down his courage. M. Fauvel well knew that the fact of he diamonds being stolen wus not sufcleut ground upon which to bring an ccusation against the accomplices, [appily he could procure other proof. Ie began by calling his valet and 01ering him to bring hint every letter jilt should come to the house. He ten wrote to a notary at St. Remy ) send hint a telegram containing au leutie information auoui me vigors linJIy and especially about ltaoul. The reply was as follows: The Labors are very poor, and no one knows iy member of the family nameil llaoul. Mmc. agors had no son. only two daughters. The next day. among tlie letters rbicb bis valet brought lilin. \yas one earing tbe postmark of Vesinet. lie peued tbe envelope witb great care ud read: Dear Aunt?It is indispensable that 1 see you >d*y.' Come to me. I will explain why I give ou this trouble instead of calling on you. Kaoul. "1 bave tliem now!" cried M. Fauvel. rembling witb satisfaction at tbe near rospect of vengeance. Eager to lose uo time, be opened a rawer, tool; out a revolver and examned tbe bummer to see if it was in orer. Lie imagined himself alone, but a igilant eye was watching bis moveaents. Gipsy, uuder strict instructions rom M. Verduret. stationed herself at be keyhole of tbe study door and saw 11 that occurred. M. Fauvel laid tbe istol on tbe mantelpiece and resettled he letter, which be then placed where be letters were usually left, not wishng bis wife to know that it bad passed hrough his hands. lie was only aheut but two minutes: but. inspired by be imminence of the danger. Gipsy lurted into tbe study, rushed to tbe " - - - * al. . \ ? 1 1 ~ uantel mid rapidly extracted me uuum roni the revolver. "There!" she murmured. "Tl:ls peril 3. for the present, averted. and M. r'erduret. whom 1 shall warn through 'nvaillon. wilj now perhaps have time o prevent a murder." She descended to the bank and sent he clerk with a message, telling him o leave it with Mme. Alexandre for d. Verduret. An hour later Mme. Fau'el ordered her carriage and went out. d. Fauvel took a hackney coach and ollowed her. "Great heavens!" cried Nina to herielf. "If M. Verduret does not reach here In time, Mme. Fauvel and Raoul ire lost!" TO BE CONTINUED. X' Mrs. Polly Allison, who died at her lome near "Wingo. Ky., aged 95,v was he widow of a soldier of the war of 812, who died 45 years ago, and had Irawn a pension ror 30 years. She had io children, never joined a church, nevr cooked on a stove or rode on a train. JHiocrllanrmto grading. CHEROKEE CHAT. Struck l>y Lightning?Dr. Black For the Senate. Etta Jane, March 31.?Last Saturday morning, about one o'clock, during a rain storm, the house of Levi Woods, colored, on W. C. Kirby's place, was struck with lightning and he and his family had a very remarkable escape from injury, if not death. The bolt struck ..je gable end of the building, tearing off some plank, then run down one of the studding. shattering it and splitting the bed post and one railing of the Dedstead on which one of his daughters was sleeping, without doing any other damage or injury to any of the family or anything in the house. We are told it didn't even wake up his wife. Mr. Boyce Whisonant, son of Hon. C. W. Whisonant, of Wilkinsville, returned from Charleston last Saturday night. Besides taking in the exposi- : tion, he stood a civil service examination the 26th instant. Miss Annie Miller's school closes to- < morrow and she will return to her home at Newport. She has made a host of friends during her stay amongst our j people, and they hate to see her leave. : Mrs. Harriet Hughey, aged about 90 i years, died last Saturday morning at i her home near Weaver postofflce, in ^ this county, and was buried at the ( Stroup graveyard yesterday. She was < a Miss Morgan and was born in Fair- 1 field county. She leaves several chil- , dren, grandchildren and great-grand- j children with an almost unlimited host < of friends to mourn her loss. The present cold snap will no doubt , test the fruit crop. i Dr. John G. Black, of Blacksburg, is ( announced as a candidate for the state j senate from this county, and it is ) thought by some that he will have but little if any opposition. He is well and j favorably known to most of our York < county readers as coming from a gener- ] ation of statesmen who have added lus- i tre to the state. ] Miss Mamie Jeffries, daughter of Mr. < William Jeffries, has Deen selected as sponsor to represent Camp Jeffries U. C. Veterans, at the Greenville reunion this summer. 1 Messrs. Jim and Bob Smarr, of Hopewell? were on this side of Broad river last week on a horse trading expedition. 1 Some of our farmers speak of plant- J ing corn this week if the ground is dry enough. < Some patrons of this office have rea- i sons to thank Hon. A. C. Latimer, M. I C., for the speech on rural free delivery i of mails, sent tnem recently. Miss Sadie May Inman, daughter of < Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Inman, got her foot 1 right badly cut last week and will be 1 confined to her room for some time per- ? haps. Mrs. Mary Estes and Mrs. Laura 1 Estes, both of whom have been sick for ! a long time, we are glad to say, are im- ( proving and able to be up. Mrs. Dr. W. M. Smith, formerly of 1 this section, but now of Gaffney, was ] lying very low at last accounts. She 0 was a Virginian and married Dr. Smith during the war. t The communion meeting will com- t mence at Salem next Saturday at 11 i o'clock a. m., and the Lord's supper will < be administered on Sabbath at 11 a. m. J If the weather is suitable preaching 1 may be expected on Saturday night and 1 also on Sabbath night. Rev. W. H. < White will officiate. The public is cor- 1 dially invited to attend any and all of i these services and to take part in them. 1 The church session will be open during the meeting and will be glad to con- 3 fer with any one on matters coming 1 before it and especially to advise with < and help those seeking the way of sal- i ration. j. l. s. 1 ROBIN REDBREAST. ' > 1 How the lilttle Brown Dwnrftt Re- < paid Ellen For Her Kindnemt. ] In a small house by the roadside lived 1 a woodcutter, his daughter Ellen and 1 his son Thomas. The father and son y went out every day and ffut wood, while 1 little Ellen was at home doing the ( housework and knitting stockings to sell in the village. One day when it was snowing, Ellen made a round circle on the pane of glass, to look out. 1 When 'she looked out, she saw a robin searching for food, and it was almost frozen to death. She took it in and < warmed and fed it. That night when ' the woodcutters came home she told < them, and Thomas said, "It will be i quite a feast." But Ellen said, "Oh, no." Then her father said she could ] keep it. After supper she washed the .< dishes and went to bed early, for she < had to cook breakfast. ] Next morning when Ellen came down, ( the fire was burning, porridge cook- 1 ing, and everythink done, and Ellen i was surprised. When the rest of the ( family came down, she did not tell ] them, and when they had gone she < went to make the beds. When she got ] there, they were already made. She came down to wash dishes, and when i she got there they were finished. She i was surprised, and it went on the same i all day. 1 That night Ellen thought she would watch. She peeped through the kitchen door and saw a dwarf, dresjsed in brown trousers and a red coat. She : did not tell anybody. It went on ev- i ery day, and one day the robin sat on the window sill and chirped as if it ; wanted to get out. for the sun was i shining. Ellen let him fly. j One day Ellen went to sell the stockings she knitted in the village. She i came home at night, her pennies in her pocket tinkling as she sang to the yellow moon. As she came to the side of ; the hill it opened like a door. Inside was like a room, In which were many dwarfs like the one which had worked for her all winter. One said, "There is a human being watching us." They all looked and suddenly rushed toward El len and said: "Did you come to steal w our treasure?" She said, "Oh, no." th The robin that she fed all winter n* rushed through the crowd and said: be "Oh, that is Elleh, who fed me all win- er ter. Come, let us fill her basket with our treasure." They ran and filled the hi basket with their treasure. w She thanked them and walked home, hi her basket becoming heavier and heavier. She knocked at her door; and her T father came to the door, and taking the w basket, thought it very heavy. He v< asked from whom she received the d< treasure. He and Thomas were very d( giaa ana nappy ever tu.ier. rmeu never vj had to work so hard, and Thomas and her father never had to cut wood.? m Lillian H. Schrieber in Brooklyn Eagle, m . ? . sc PRIZE FIGHT LAW. h< si Section of Statutes Bearing on the Question. Charleston is still hopeful of having the big pugilistic contest in that city, though arrangements with the principals have not yet been made. Should this be done there still remains the nt probability of interference on the part lo of the law. Following is the law relating to prize fighting: UI "Section 257: It shall be unlawful for P, any person or persons to engage in u prize fighting, or to be a second in a prize flgnt within the limits of this state; and any person violating the pro- * v ision of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding three years, g or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. And any person or persons, eitner upon their responsibility or as officers or agents of any . club or association, who shall aid or tr abet by offer of any purse or money or "J either valuable Inducement, or by let- j*. ting or giving the use of a house or JJJ grounds, who shall in any way whatso- , ever effect or cause a violation of this , section, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- r, demeanor, and upon conviction shall be if punished by imprisonment not exceed- :? ing six months or by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars." ar The liability to a $,000 fine and three th rears' imprisonment will make the prln- til cipals pause before making final ar- er rangements. The fight is supposed to be a "glove contest," wnicn tne sports re bold Is different from a prize fight.? ' Columbia Record. n on IMPROVED SPRINGFIELD. ^ hi It Will Takf the Place of the Kragr- ur Jorgenaen. ^ No longer are the American soldiers se to carry rifles designed by foreigners, to says a Washington dispatch. The edict has gone forth from the war in; iepartment thh't the Krag-Jorgensen on rifle is to be discarded and the Spring- T1 leld rifle of file make of 1901 is to take su its place. .* - nc The new rlfle?? said to exceeed all bl< ithers in range, energy and penetrating a sower, and at high-angle firing its bul- wl ets will be effective, it is estimated, T1 it 4,500 yards. th The famous Mauser rifle of the Boers lie s credited with having killed British ge soldiers at 3,700 yards. Lieutenant-Col- tr snel Connyham, of the Gordon Highanders, was killed at 3,500 yards and th :here are many well-known cases of su English officers and men falling at from pu 1,000 to 3,200 yards. se The new American rifle is the prod- ed ict of the skill and ingenuity of the be jovernment officers at the Springfield Pe irsenal. It may be said to be a devel- no jped Krag-Jorgensen, inasmuch as be nany of the essential features of the CP ECrag weapon are retained, while im- SP lortant improvements have been add- cu ;d. The muzzle velocity of the bullet tas been increased from 2,000 to 2,300 'eet a second. This is enormous velocty for a ball trom a thirty calibre gun. The old breech-loading Springfield fields a muzzle velocity of about 1,280 1 reet a second. The Mauser on a calibre )f seven millimeters, or less than .30 ab nch, affords a velocity of about 2,200 cb :"oot-seconds. The new American gun 1711 las a heavier ball than the Mauser, noving at greater muzzle speed, and ,s1 :he result Is naturally, greater striking * 1 rnergy for the United States bullet, ha Even if the Mauser ball possessed ini- t'< :ial velocity equal to the American, the m' atter, owing to the greater weight, ha .vould, as the distance increased, great- ra y preponderate in smashing and pen- th ?trating power. th cp A HIT FRIGHTENED. Why Held Ron Away From General ^ RonecrnnN. w< Whltelaw Reid, our special ambassaJor to the coronation of King Edward Al If II. was the hero of a little episode ivhich jolly old General Rosecrans was p' very fond of narrating. It seems, according to the story, that bl VIr. Reid, at the time a young man, was serving as war correspondent for the 011 Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, with th Rosecrans' army in West Virginia. He pi lid some good work, too, but one day w "Old Rosey" was astonished to see in the paper over the initials "W. R.," a cb lespatch describing the hopeless bar-: barism and ignorance of the natives th af that part of the country, in which, by way of illustration, the writer said: ,n "So absolutely stupid are these people in that actually it has never occurred to 8'1 them, although they are such bitter B' foes to the northern cause, to cut our st telegraph wires." Said Rosecrans: C'1 "I sent an orderly to fetch Mr. Reid? P? inrui*...i nnll Ulm nnrl TG vviiuey mc uuya uocu iu vein *?? I said to him, 'Do you know that I UI ought to have you shot?' e(^ "Mr. Held looked unpleasantly surprised, and so I added: 'Apparently you w don't realize what you have done. Here T1 Is a letter of yours which I have been le: reading. You might just as well have ru stood on top of a tall tower In Cincin- in natl, and shouted through a trumpet to big enough and loud enough to be heard w' In Richmond, 'Why don't you. cut Rose- th crans" telegraph?' Upon my word, I re don't know how to deal with your case. cc Come over with me to the quarters of w the judge advocate general.' m "I took him over to see the judge ad- ti( vocate general of the department, to In hom I showed the letter clipped out of ie paper, with the headlines and slgiture cut off. Said I: 'What ought to i done with the newspaper correspond- I it wno published that? Shoot him?' i "The judge read It through gravely, i mded It back to me and said: 'No, I ] ouldn't do that. You ought to hang ] m.' " 'I think you are right,' I replied, j hen I rode back to my own quarters . 1th Reld and had a very brief conu-sation with him, saying: 'I haven't ( ;cided, young man, which shall be j me with you. I'll see In the morning. | ood night!" ( "I Inquired for Mr. Reld the next ornlng, but, to my great astonish- , ent, ne nad lert camp ior me nurm ime hours earlier on the fastest horse ? could obtain. I have never seen him nee."?New York Herald. A MUSTY OLD FAKb. itnllhitandInK Repeated Espoiiurea It Still Lives. It Is surprising that some Intelligent , swspapers are still printing the folwlng musty old fake: Few readers of newspapers clearly iderstand the law governing newspair subscriptions. The decisions of the nited States supreme court on this ibject are: Subscribers who do not.give express ( >tice to the contrary are considered i wishing to renew their subscrlp- ( jns. < If subscribers order the discontin- j ince of their periodicals, the publishmay continue to send them until all e dues are paid. 1 If the subscribers neglect or refuse to t ke their periodicals from the postof- \ :e to which they are directed, they e responsible until they have settled ( eir bills and ordered them dlscon- 1 lued. < The courts have decided that refus- j g to take periodicals from the office, removing and leaving them uncalled ' r, is prima facie evidence of inten- 1 )nal fraud. j If subscribers pay in advance they t e bound to give notice at the end of e time if they do not wish to con- 1 lue taking it; otherwise the publish- c is authorized to send it, and the sub- { ribers will be responsible until an ex- . ess notice, with payment of all aragages is sent to the publisher. The latest postal laws are such that t iwspapers publishers can arrest any , ie for fraud who takes a paper and fuses to pay for it. ( rr 3 iU'" man nrV?A Q 110 W Q 1 Uliuer 11119 law, cue Iiiaii *f?iv * s subscription to run for some time ipaid, and then orders it discontind, or orders the postmaster to mark "refused" and have a postal card nt notifying the publishers, is liable arest and fine, the same as for theft. There is no such laws as the foregog and never was. Each and every ie of the paragraphs is Incorrect, lere never was any such case in the preme court and such matters are it in its jurisdiction. Nobody is liae to arrest and fine for not paying for newspaper, but of course everybody ho takes a paper ought to pay for it. lis is one of the most ingenious fakes at was ever perpetrated on the puband does credit to the inventive nius of its originator if not to his uthfulness. No newspaper has a right to asbume at a subscriber wishes to renew his bscription unless he so states. A iblisher has no right to continue to nd his paper after it has been orderstopped, whether the arrears have en paid or not. Refusing to take pars from the postofflce when they are it wanted is not fraud, but everydy's right. It would be difficult to owd more misstatements in the same ace that this collection of "laws" ocpies.?Spartanburg Journal. COUNTRY AND CITY MILES. Fuaom Why One Seemi to the PeilcHtrinn Much Longer Than the Other. "I have observed a curious thing iout distances," said a thougthful tlzen recently, "and I have heard any persons comment on the same lng, but I have never seen any sat'actory explanation of it. In fact, { cnnnnup rtpnrlv pvprv nerson who has , ?- * id an opportunity to contrast condl- r >ns as they exist in cities with the ore open conditions in rural sections is observed the same thing. At any te, most men are inclined to regard e city mile as somewhat shorter than e country mile. Of course, there are any things which will suggest themlves in explanation of this matter, we think about it seriously, and yet ey are not at all satisfactory when i weigh the problem analytically. "Suppose we walk the distance. long the line of the city mile we find ings which will crowd into the mind, ctures along the way, pretty trade splays in show windows, handsome llldings, men and women bustling ther and thither, and a thousand and ie other things common enough on e city thoroughfare, things which oduoe a series of psychological effects hieh deaden to some extent the idea distance, and consequently, the ty mile is seemingly shortened. On e other hand, the country mile, to e average person who has no taste r the artistic and can see no beauty the ruggedness of fence corners and the tracements of the hedges, is mply a long and barren stretch. lit thus far I am threshing over old raw. This is the common view of e matter, and no doubt the psylological processes play an important irt in determining the impressions ceived with reference to distances ider the different conditions assum "But here is the particular thing I ould like to call your attention to: le city mile will be made in much ss time than the country mile. As a lie a man will walk a mile in the city two-thirds the time it will take him walk in the country. Ordinarily it ould seem that the shoe would be on ie other foot. There is so much to arst his attention, to stop him and to insume his time. In the country the ay is clear and there is nothing for a an to do but hustle for his destlnaon. Of course, the walking is better the city because of good sidewalks and the life of the feet is not so heavy. But the main reason for the shorter time required, In my opinion, Is found In the stimulus which the city pedestrian receives from the excitement around him. Everybody is going at a breakneck speed. Everybody is hustling. There is noise and bustle, and in spite of the fact that his attention is arrested, and in spite of being bumped and jostled about by men and women going in the opposite directions, in spite of delays at crossings caused by passing cars and vehicles of every kind, the pedestrian is worked up to a quicker movement. "Excitement Is the thiner that dead ens the idea of distance and makes it 3eem so much shorter in the city than In the country, and excitement is the thing which causes a man to walk a mile in the city in Just two-thirds of the time required to walk the same distance in the country, and the difference between a dirt road and a paved 3treet for walking purposes has but little to do with it,"?New Orleans rimes-Democrat. GOOD BEAVER ENGINEERING. \<lnitrnlile Work by a Colony of Tliene I.lttle Animals In Colorado. At the last meeting of the Academy >f Sciences a member reported a case )f almost human intelligence exhibitid by a colony of about thirty beavers n El Paso county, near Palmer lake. A short distance from the town the leavers had constructed a dam in a shallow creek that fed the reservoir :hat supplies the town with water. The 3am and the beaver houses had been at :his point for many years and formed me of the places visited by sight-seers. \t length the dam became a hindrance :o the settlers who used the water of .ne creeK ior imp.ti0n ana oiner purjoses. It was necessary to break it so ;hat the water could be utilized. The people on several occasions broke the iam in the daytime and as often would he little animals repair it during the 'ollowing night. The beavers, becoming disgusted with ;he way things were going, decided to nigrate to a more secluded spot. They lisappeared suddenly, the entire body joing away together. They went up :he stream about two miles until they 'ound a point where the mountain ange could be crossed with comfort Sere they climbed the range and des:ended into another stream, one mile )eyond and constructed a dam. Dr. J. B. Kinley, the Denver scientist, vho went to the scene and made an investigation of the affair, says that he relieves that the beavers held a consulation, and before abandoning their old lome sent a committee of at least two? jerhaps more?out on a re'connoiterlng expedition. He found evidence in the vay of tracks and other things to prove hat this precaution had been taken, rhe scouts went in several directions md finally hit upon the place to. locate ind the route thither and reported to :he folks at home. He said that the nost experienced engineer could not rnve performed his work with greater ikill than did the scout beavers. He lid not believe that any of the rodents lad ever before been so far away from lome and that they discovered this advantageous spot for their new dams ind houses as a result of a thorough nvestlgatlon of the country. Of all the streams in the country iy-tA nf oil tho nnlnta a Inner fltrpflTl selected there Is none so eminently suitid for the purposes of the beavers as he one they chose. The present abode >f the little animals is especially adapt:d for their work and they have conitructed the finest beaver dam ever >een by any student of natural history. The place selected is a point where Na:ure saved them much work and where :hey can be protected against the veather and surprise by the enemy. They went to work in the new field ind in a very short time had construct?d their dam and erected their houses. The dam is well and strongly built and s pronounced by all who have seen it ;he finest dam in Colorado today. There is less brush and more dirt than vas ever seen in a beaver dam before. A short time after this dam was flnshed some hunters set fire to the brush md burned out much of it, so that the lam could be broken, presumably to inable them to easily catch the trout inclosed in the lake. Quickly was this epaired. After a second experience of :his kind the beavers rearranged the lam entirely so that the water is allowid to pour over the top of the dam for :he entire distance. Thus the brush incT wood are kept wet all of the time so that it is now impossible for the plot:ers to destroy the dam at any point jy setting fire to it. This dam is ab solutely level on top, la aoout t>uu ieei ong and Incloses about 15 acres of wa;er. Several members of the Academy of Science of Denver, who were Interested oy the reports of Dr. Kinley, have visted the dam and all are loud In their expressions of admiration for the renarkable intelligence exhibited by the leavers. Some of them believe that :here are at least fifty in the colony, vhile others place the number at about 10?at dusk, when they begin at about nit, the doctor having counted about :hirty at one time. From some of the people living In the ;ountry the Denver students of natural iclence gathered Information that led nany of them to alter their notions In espect to the habits of the beaver, rhey say that the beaver uses his tall dmply as a signal?both of danger and 'or other purposes. Actual observations nade reveal the fact that while at ivork the beavers obey a boss who siglals the rest either to begin or quit ,vork. This signal is made by slapping :he water with the tail. As is known, :his signal is also used on the approach >f an enemy, whether man or beast. With remarkable alacrity and unanimty the signals are observed by all oI :he rest. No evidence could be shown :o prove tnat the tail .is used (as is commonly believed) for a trowel to smooth down the mud used In construction. Professor Hayes related the method of work on the part of the beaver In the face of danger. Sometimes when persons are near the beavers will discharge work If it is urgent, such as repairing a broken dam. In such exigency the work is done beneath the surface of the water and ground. All that can be seen is the constant appearance of the sticks and brush above the water and near the point where the dam is broken. This is made possible by the existence of tunnels under the dam and along the edge of the stream through which the beavers bring their material. Mr. Borchert, of Denver, who watched this mode of work in the face of danger, said that when all the sticks J J1.4 U/, J In tuiu uin iieceooarj uau uccu pui m place in this manner and it was necessary for the finishing touches to be made, he saw one of the beavers appear and, going to the top of the dam, perform that task alone and with perfect calmness as well as despatch. He patted the mud, arranged the sticks and rounded up the dam just as well as if had been done when no danger was at hand. Dr. Kinley believes this beaver had been selected to risk his life to do this work. Some of the trees felled by the beavers, it was found, were as large as a man's calf, and were cut down with surprising speed and neatness. The frugality and providence of the beaver was shown in that they had plenty of material always at hand. There were pile's of brush and sticks ready to be used in case it was necessary to discharge work in the face of danger, and after an accident to the dam. The durability of the dam has suggested to the farmers of the state the propriety of raising beaver for the purpose of constructing irrigating ditches throughout the arid sections. The proposition has been seriously referred to one of the irrigation organizations ? nlon a# ArAAo^nro In tha motfpr was discussed. It was decided that it was far more feasible than the scheme of the southerners to train monkeys to pick cotton. The houses constructed by the beavers at their new city are marvels of ingenuity and skill. They show that the beavers had an eye to convenience as well as security. From any point of their operation these houses may be reached by subways. The houses are so built as to admit of ventilation, while it would be impossible for a coyote or even a badger to molest them. Dr. Kinley says it would be impossible for a man to build a house that would suit so admirably the purposes for which these are used with such material as the little animals had at their disposal. ?Denver Times. * SUCCESSFUL INVENTIONS. Some of Them Have Brought Great Fortunes. . Some of the largest fortunes appear to have been derived from the in dention of trivialities and novelties, such as the once popular toy known as the "Dancing Jimcrow," which for several years is said to have yielded its patentee an annual income of upward of 175,000. The sale of another toy?"John !?a 1ma1/v InvonMr trt UI1{J1U ?CUIiUllCU HO luvn; iutv... .. the extent of $100,000 a year as long as il continued to enjoy the unexpected popularity that greeted It when first placed upon the market. Mr. Plimpton, the Inventor of the roller skate, made $1,000,000 out of his Idea, and the gentleman who first thought of placing a rubber tip at the end of lead pencils made quite $100,000 a year by means of his simple Improvement. When Harvey Kennedy introduced the shoe lace he made $2,500,000, and the ordinary umbrella benefited six people by as much as $10,000,000. The Howard patent for boiling sugar In vacuo proved a lucrative investment for the capitalists who were able to remunerate the Inventor on a colossal scale. It Is estimated that his Income averaged between $200,000 and $250,000 per annum. Sir Josiah Mason, the Inventor of the improved steel pen, made an enormous fortune, and on his death English charities benefitted by many millions of dollars. The patentee of the pen for shading in different colors derived over $59,000 a year. Many readers will remember a legal action which took place some years ago, when in the course of the evidence it transpired that the inventor of the metal plates used for protecting the soles and heels of shoes from wear sold 12,000,000 plates in 1879, and in 1887 the number reached a total of 143,000,000, which realized profits of $1,150,000 for the year. The lady who Invented the modern baby carriage enriched herself to the extent'Of $50,000; and a young lady living at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, devised the simple toilet requisite, known as the "Mary Anderson" curling iron, from which she derives royalties amounting to $500 a year. It was the wife of a clergyman who designed an improvement for the corset and made a fortune out of it. The gimletpointed screw, the idea of a little girl, brought millions of dollars to the clever inventor. Miss Knight, a young lady of exceptional talents, was gifted with wonderful mechanical powers, as will be seen by the complicated mechanism of her machine for making paper bags. We are told she refused $50,000 for it shortly after taking out the patent.? Scientific American. tfr Four persons, representing four generations, dwell in the same house in Kansas City, Mo. Tne great-grandmother is 52 years of age, the grandmother is 33, the mother is 16,'and the baby is a month old. iff" Eight thousand tons of gold have been mined throughout the world during the present century.