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L CHAPTER XX.?(Cintinued.) k 'Well, my son?" 1 "I was in that gambling house, father, B V man ascended the stairs just ahead ol A |w. It was to obserre and study the feaH tores of this man that I followed him. ] H loon after forgot what led me to do so. SB t can remember no more?no more!" . "Why did you desire to follow this man DH to observe and study his features?" asktd the banker. was requested to do so by one I canHi ** now name. I failed, utterly failed, OH to my mission. But I will not believe thai HHs t am guilty of that terrible crime. 1 #erer before beheld that dirk. No, no, 1 H un not guilty!" H "That you are not, my boy!" exclaimed f husky voice, and the tall form of Sella ?js, who, unobserved, had descended th? M ktairs and'entered the cell. H "Thank God!" cried Robert. K "It was it my request that this young V man was following and studying the fea tures of a would-be assassin," said th? H detective; "though I little dreamed thai P his doing 6o would lead to what I wa? utrivkig to avert. The object of the fiend B torho drove that dirk blade home was nol | | only to murder Terry, but also to place 1 the halter about the neck of Robert KelW logg. His intent was to remove one and r let the law remove the other." I "Pray," said the inspector, "who maj fou be?" "At home," was the quiet reply, "I am f known as Lang Sellars. By profession I ~ ; v am a detective." "What!" exclaimed Hunt. "Lang Sellars, the Southern detective? Allow me to grasp your band, sir!" . "With pleasure, inspector." "You visit our eity in purtsruit of youi eaUing, Mr. Seljars? Surely not to re t' move the mystery surrounding this case. You could not have heard of it." "I noticed a record of the crime In a morning journal," the detective said. "J will call and talk matters over with you before, I leave the city. I am here on a matter in which I may need aid. But 1 must make haste "now." "Glad to aid you at any time, Mr. Seliars. I will place half my men at yom disposal." "Oh, thanks, many thanks. I may nol need them. Certainly not more than on? wfll t?/vn nl/moa oIIatv tma +a cw1 [Ut l*TU, TV III JKJ U CU4VTI 1UV wv ow . tbe dirk with which the assault of Terrj was committed?" "Certainly. I have it here." And the Inspector produced it. "Ah,-ha J" observed Sellars. "X silver cross embedded in the hilt Let me see?" And he withdrew a dark sheath from an Inner pocket "Yes, see!" And he thru si tbe blade of tbe weapon where it had reposed prior to a certain event that was -_rv on his mind. "A complete fit A silvei cross on the hilt of the dirk. A silvei cross on the scabbard! May I retain this * few hours, inspector?' "Certainly." The surprised banker had been standing near has son, a listener and observer; bnl fcere Robert introduced him to the deteo r\ tire. /| "I can hardly understand, Mr. Sellars. yet I think my brother has written m? concerning yon. Do yon not reside ir Wilmington?" i. J "My nome is tnere," answerea ti*e ae .1 tective. "You will understand all wher Sy^, I have explained; but there is not tim? now. I have matters in hand tihait cannol ' he deferred. I witih you and your son tt ?eeompawy me." "Rot Robert cannot be released until?" "Ob, thatis all right now," said th< txtm-cdor. -"The-4?y ia - free. I am pex^ lectly satisfied that Mr. Sellars' assumption of the case ia correct. Though had the blow proved faital " "Robert would have been released be fore night, inspector. There is no ast' , umption in this case?on my port." The clock in the inspector's office struct "the hour of eleven, as Sellars, accompanied by the banker and his son, steppec ' Into the street. )_ "The bank has not been opened to-day,*' . aaid Mr. Kellogg. "I bad Earl post s notice on the door this morning. How?ver, I have my key and we can gain admission." "I have no wish to visit the bank," saic J, Sellars. "Shall we go over to the hotel T "\T/i 'Mr K xro must wvm }x>me, and at once. There is no time t< "My home! Why, I do not at all under ?tand -that!" exclaimed the banker, fillec with astonishment. j?: "Nor could you be expected to, at thii m- / if me. All will be made plain to you soon.' Bv~'' "Earl left the station just before yot E returned, father. He called to expresi H his sympathy." . "Yes, yes, I presrnme he has gone to inE form his mother of the situation. Pooj B Elinor! She was nearly overcome whez ft I told hef of the fearful calamity that had I befallen us. We will cause her heart t< 1 rejoice. Here is the carriage." ft The three men entered it and the ve hide rapidly rolled away. R "What time did you return, Mr. Sellars?" asked Robert, p?~' "I arrived on the 10:30 train from a Bk visit to Richmond." BK i-rai hprp nrpvi<inn +<i th*H jg tim??" said the banker. H "For a few days." B "I see you carry a small package nndei your arm," observed Mr, Kellogg. "Dc WS -not forget and leave it in the carriage V when we enter the house. Th<? urchins ox the streets of Chicago are of an uneerf tain quality." i "I shall hardly forget it," said Sellars calmly. "That package contains the contents of the one which Collector Elsworth of the- express company was robbed on the -t-tvontv-wventh of June." "Impossible!" exclaimed the banker. "Oh, no; I assure you it is a fact. But please request your driver to touch up his 'torses. Minutes are very valuable just Snow." The amazed banker did as requested ?ud leaned back in the vehicle with eyes tveted on the countenance of the great active as the baj team sped on. CHAPTER XXI. ' Once on the north side of the river, ,Thomas guided his team eastward to Dearborn avenue, and out that residence thoroughfare the vehicle rolled 09. When within half a block of the banker's residence Kobert observed: t "There is Earl just entering the house Not n moment later the carriage was brought to a halt before the gate, and the three men descended therefrom. "Mr. Kellogg," said the detective, laying a baud on the banker's arm as they passed up the walk. "110 ordinary ordeal confronts you. It wii] require all your resolution and firmness of character to ' ' ' * I . . ' " '.. onrtfrnnt if Tt trn a tn fathom two mV8 teries that I accompanied Dr. Strong to Chicago. I have fathomed both." "Two mysteries! You accompanied Dr. Strong to Chicago? Really, I " "Let explanations come latfr, Mr. Kellogg; there is no time for them now. I ask of you only that you maintain your composure, and believe that I make no move unadvisedly. Unlock the door cautiously, Robert. We must enter silently and without a word." The outer door was noiselessly -swung nr?or? onil tViroo man ontfipprl thp RDa* clous ball. "I think, Mr. Kellogg," the detective said in almost a whisper, "that you " A woman's scream followed by the loud report of a revolver, cut short tne sentence and sent Sellars flying up the stairB, Robert close behind him, and the aged banker with the exclamation, "My God! What does that mean?" closely following. The door lending to the widow's apartments was standing open, and smoke from a revolver was escaping into the hall. Through the door rushed Sellars, Robert following. The room had no tenants, but the door leading to the inner apartment also stood open, and in it, with a smoking revolver clutched in his hand, stood Earl. To grasp the revolver from his hand and thrust him before him into the room waa the work of a single instant. On the carpeted floor before a trunk that was standing with open lid, and half its contents strewn upon the floor, lay the form of a man. Standing with blazing eyes, disheveled hair, and half her raiment torn from her form, gazing with a look of malignant bate down upon the object at her feet, stood Elinor Kellogg. "That ends the wretch!" were the words that had escaped her lips as the detective rushed into the room. "Not yet, not yet!" exclaimed Sellars. '1 must have a statement from this man's lips. But first!" Before he was aware of his intent, Sellars had the wrists of Earl securely shackeled. "Watch him," he said. "Ah, your father !" "In God's name, Sellars, what means this?" "That wretch wag murdering my mother when I ascended the stairs," said Earl. "He was choking her to death over that trunk. His motive must have been robbery. I fired to save my mother's life. Yon can see from her appearance." "Dear Elinor!" exclaimed the banker, approaching her. "My son states but the truth. That fiend entered the house and stole up the stairs while I was searching for something in my trunk. How dare you, sir! Ah, I have seen you before." "Very probably, madam," responded the detective; "many times, perhaps. I was a friend of Andrew Kellogg." The widow's pale lips twitched, "Once seen, you are not one to be forgotten," she said. "You are Lang -Sellars, the Southern detective." "You are quite right, madam. Your memory serves you well," said Sellars, Who had raised and laid on a sofa the body by the trunk. "Sit there, Earl! Robert, run quickly for a doctor. This man yet lives. Whisky may revive him." "God grant " the widow halted right there. "I will repack my trunk," she said. "Some of that villain's bloodmayhave " "Be seated, madam. That trunk must now give up the secrets that it contains. Your race is well nigh run." The madam Bank into a chair with a moan. "Elinor, dear," eaid the banker, approaching her, "I understand nothing of all this. Surely there must be a terrible mistake somewhere." "Yet you allow this man to insult me In your own house?to search my trunks? to villify me! Can I have no protection? I, who teri#rty nursed your wife and daughter? I, your intended wife?" "Here, Mr. Sellars," said Robert, who had returned with a decanter of whisky, handed the detective a glass partly filled with the fluid. "I .dispatched Thomas for Dr. Hewit," he said. "Doctors can be of no use in this case," moaned the man reclining on the sofa. "That shov was fatal. I shall soon breathe my last. There is internal hemorrhage. I have heard nearly all that you have said. I am " "Wait!" exclaimed Sellars, "Step forward, Earl. Do you recognize this man? Did you ever see him before?" "Yes, yes, I have. But where? Where? Oh, I recall it now. He.is the gentleman in blue, the one who visited the bank and inquired of the cashier if he had kept a record of the numbers of certain bills. He is a detective, or at least he claimed to be one." "Do you recognize him, Robert?" "I do, Mr. Sellars; he is the man of_the park, the man of the gambling house/who assisted me down the stairs." "And the man who thrustvuiis dirk blade into the hrpast of Lawrence Terry," observed SellarRrTfaWkiBW^ blade and sheath before the eyes of the rapidly sinking man. "Now," continued the detective, as he affixed a heavy black mustache that he produced from an inner pocket, to his upper lip, "he is the man who assaulted and robbed Collector Els worth. And here in this package that I hold in my hand is the money he robbed him of." "You?you have been to my room?you have been trailing me, Seilars." "Yes, Juan Zayola, and 1 have trailed you down." "Then you know " "That package contains the bills enclosed by Ten> on the twenty-seventh of June, and for which Elsworth receipted, Mr. Sellars?" asked the banker. "Oh, no," was the reply. "It contains the money of which the collector was robbed?Mr. Terry never handled the bills enclosed here." "T otn /?Amn!ofn1r n+ oan ATr SftHo** "The collector did not bear from the bank the package for which he had receipted. Watching his opportunity, Earl ?here he is?made a convenient exchange of packages. The collector unconsciously bore from the bank a package of worthless wildcat bills. In most of the case9 the banks of issue were defunct. Earl brought the money for which the collector had receipted home; it is lying at the bottom of the madam's trunk." "Will wonders never cease!" exclaimed the banker, gazing steadfastly at his teller, who sank into a chair with a moan. "Earl, be continued, guilt is written on your features. Your trembling limbs denote it." "I was aware years ago," said Sellars, "that Elinor Kellogg had a penchant for buying up wildcat bills. There are thousands of dollars of this same currency in that telltale trunk." "You are a very remarkable man," obBprvprl thn Tri^nw tritb ivhnt rnlmnOSS 8he could assume. "Pray what more can you relate of ray past?" "Much more, madam, much more. Your maiden name was Pearl Almepro. You are of Spanish descent, und early in.life were an equestrienne in a traveling circus. Some of jTour liuht finery of those r days of yore 1b In that trunk and scattered npon the floor." "Indeed!" exclaimed the madam with wide-open eyes. "On the sixteenth of June, 1839," continued the detective, "yon were married to Juan Zayoia, a traveling magician, he was then. This is the man." "Marvelous!" exclaimed the widow absently. "Up to that time naught could be said against your character. From that date your nature became changed. You did not became the legal wife of Juan Zayola. He had a living wife and child." "The wretch!" "You ascertained this within a week and left him. His wife had already committed suicide, leaving the infant child behind." A deep groan eman^ed from the lips of Juan Zayola. "Give him the stimulant again, Robert. I think I hear the doctor ascending the stairs. "The child was a male. You secured the infant and raised him as your own. He grew to manhood believing himself your son. He Is now known as Earl Kel jopg"My God!" groaned the wretched man on the sofa. "I supposed that child had died in infancy. I left Richmond to fulfill an engagement; when I returned my wife had committed suicide and of the infant I could obtain no trace." "Ha, ha!" wildly laughed the widow. "I took care that you should not." "I have letters, newspaper clippings and photographs in my posseseion," said the detective, "that greatly aided me in my investigations. They were obtained from that open trunk. "Oh, the physician, doubtless. Here is your patient, doctor." "What new horror is this?' exclaimed Dr. Hewit, advancing. "Why were you, Lang Sellars, spying through my trunks? Why dogging me like a bloodhound on the trail?" "To bring home to your door, madam, at least some of the damnable crimes you have committed. You brought this Earl ??? a Trinro in ncinc him nt tflA nrnnpr timo, if occasion ever presented, to wreak vengeance on the head of the man who had dishonored you. When Zayola found that the money he had robbed the eolleo tor of was worthless, he began an investigation. He became satisfied that Ear) had exchanged the packages. He discovered you and believed he had acted under your guidance. He met you by appointment in the park and threatened to expose you unless you transferred to his hands the money the original package had contained. You laughed him to scorn. He brandished this dagger aloft. You struck it from hia hand, whence it fell into the driveway. The sheath being lighter bound' ed across the road. My eyes were on thai scene. I secured the sheath at that time"You required Zayola to remove twfl men from your pathway if he would han? die the money that lies in your trunk. H? nearly succeeded." . "Every word you have stated is false, I have money in that trunk. Identify it if you can. I defy you!" exclaimed the widow. (To be continued.).. WRECKED BY HAIR DYE. Salvation Army Corps Broken Cy by Vanity of a Member. Even the enthusiastic women who1 devote their lives to Salvation Army work are not above the vanities characteristic of their sex as a whole? that is, if one may judge by the deplorable outcome of a scandal In corps No. 2, which for years conducted its peculiar work in Elsey chapel on Jewstt avenue, Jersey City. Factional bitterness, caused by woman's gossip, has resulted in the disbandment of the corps. All Salvationists when they join the army, of course, are supposed to renounce the vanities of the world, and corps No. 2 was very strict in 3uch matters. One of the sisters one > 1 -1 ?9 iV.l it. /,V(M uay, uuwever, ouserveu uibl tuo of another sister purchased a bottle of hair dye. The mother of the child had beautiful black hair, and the observing sister began to talk the reBult of her observation over with other sisters, until It came to be the quiet gossip of the corps. Finally the 3toriea reached the ears of the sister with the black hair, and then there was a time, 'She went to the officer in charge of the corps and demanded that the originator of the hair-dye Btory be tried by court-martial. This was granted. There were interesting scenes at the trial, and the accused sister was acquitted. The accuser left the corps, taking many of her friends with her. The accused remained, but there were enough friends of her opponent left to make life unpleasant for her. Then she resigned from the corps, utKing many or ner irienas. me corpH after that could not pay expenses, members lost Interest In their work, and finally dlsbandment put an end to the trouble. TO BE BEAUTIFUL. Avoid worry and cultivate cheerfulness?perhaps this Is more important than face creama and sponge baths. Fresh air In the sleeping room and a daily walk, no matter if the weather i3 rainy, with the shoulders thrown back and the cheat expanded are very essential. Shun waist and c.iest compression. No woman possesses such v. high degree of beauty that she can afford to be careless of herself. It is one thing to have and another to keep. Ei-ery ono knows good health is the first impor tant help and to nave tnat or.e must pay attention to sleep, diet and exercise. For most people tepid waterr is better to bathe In than extremely hot or col<J. water. An occasional sali-water sponge bath Is excellent. If a woman Is working for a good complexion she should shun fried and greasy foods and pastry as she would smallpox and will make fresh fruits, especially apples, grain foods and cream principal articles of diet. A. tiimpie uiuoc?6o LXio,j ufs ueueaaary to fill out the face and neck to requisite plumpness. The face should be cleaned in softened tepid water and a pure soap and rinsed, then knead in a good cream, rubbing with the fingere. After massaging the face well wash off the oil left on the surface and lightly dust with powder. This never fails to improve the complexion and has been known to yield lasting relief in tases of neuraleia. Shepherd and Flock. "The Rev. Mr. Brassey Is an enthusiastic golfer, isn't he?" "Yes; and so are most of the members of his conerreeation. When he told them that in their lives they should try to make spiritual bogey scores they knew what he was talking about."?Puck. A- ' ; V ..." ' ::"'x.V-j;vr HBRlCDLTPiL. si ^ 3 tJJ Study the Cows. Dairymen should constantly bear in ^ mind that the value of a dairy cow consists in the ability to consume yfood at a profit, or, in other words, her ability to convert food into milk 01 in a manner that will leave a profit to her owner. Unless you weigh and " test each cow's milk and keep yourself, posted on just what sho is doing, you /> ?? n?ror fcnnw if she ia T>rofitable for you to keep. . ?J Because one cow will give more milk 18 or will make more butter 'than another n is no reason that she is the best and most profitable of the two, for she * may be consuming over and above the c< other cow more than enough food to offset the difference in her production. J It is also true that small eaters are *c not necessarily the profitable ones; in " fact, it is generally just the opposite; Ci large eaters, large producers. . It re- ?] mains only for you to study your cows ? and become acquainted with their in- " dividualities and wants, and in so do- ? ing you will be able to judge of their * value in jour dairy, putting you in a ? position to discard the unprofitable A ones.?Pacific Coast Dairymau- * Separate Quarters For Pigs. Whenever a barn has a barn base- ^ ment, as all should have, in that should be fixed the winter quarters for the hogs. As there is a strong disagreeable smell from the pigpen, the basement should not be where other stock is kept, and of course not near the house. Not only horses and sheep, -which are dainty in their feeding, but even the cow, which is les3 affected by foul odors, will refuse to eat food that has been where the stench from the hogpen could get at it. Yet we .have known farmers to allow hogs to run in the same stable with cattle and horses, and then won- f< der why the latter so often get "off ri their feed," and lose flesh. The hog n alone will thrive under such circum- s stances, though even the hog in its il effort to keep warm will crowd close tl around the larger animals to gather a heat from their bodies. In this way ii the hog is apt to be stepped upon or e kicked, so that the practice is not best c even for him. The pigs' winter quar- 1 ters 'should be made warm, and also d light, having a wall on the south side b with large double windows in it a through which the winter sunlight I may stream. If all the other sides are walled tight, and a bunch of chopped straw is put in one corner, the pigs will make their nest in that and sleep at night, but in sunny days they will ? huddle together where the sunlight J can fall upon tbem. This matter .of sunlight has much to do with the a healthfulness of breeding sows and * the successful rearing of their litters, f1 especially those farrowed in early ? spring. J Teat of Commercial Fertilizer!. Bulletin No. 145 from the New York $ Agricultural Experiment Station (Ge- 0 neva) gives the results of analysis of y commercial fertilizers for the spring a of 1898. There were collected from t different parts of the State 1183 sam- R pies of commercial fertilizers, repre- xi senting 739 different brands. Of these g brands 578 were complete fertilizers, and contained nitrogen varying from j, .12 to 8.21 per cent, available phos- ? phoric acid in amounts varying from E 3.69 to 14.28 per cent., and potash t varying* from .22 to 15.22 per cent. t Of the 578 different brands of. com- E plete fertilizers collected 397 were be- fc low the manufacturers' guarantee, in fl one or more constituents, in amounts i varying from .01 to 4.48 per cent. B The amount of nitrogen was below the i, manufacturers' guarantee in 168 brands c in amounts varying from .01 to 1.64 E per cent., and averaging .21 per cent. ? The amount of available phosphorio fc acid was below the manufacturers' v guarantee in 89 brands, the deficiency g varying from .01 to 2.13 per cent., and <3 averacrinsr .43 percent. The amount of potash was below 'the guarantee of g the manufactures in 140 brands, the s deficiency varying from .01 to 4.48 per i icent., and averaging .5 per cent. t . The retail selling price of the brands B of complete fertilizers collected aver- { aged $27.65 a ton; the retail cost of p the separate ingredients unmixed was a $18.52, or $9.13 less than the selling j price.?New York Tribune. A Vennin-Proof Koogt. j? Make the roost of 2x3-inch joists and set both ends in shallow boxes arranged as shown in the cut. One end e of each box is partly removed and the ^ s in-u'M JVii.1 ? ] LIMED SUPPORT FOIt ItOOST. 5 2 boxe3 are then filled with dry, powdery, air-slaked lime, Leaped up 8? that "tho roost rests entirely upon the ^ lime and does not touch tbe box at ^ any point. Vermin will not get to a roost protected in this way. * c Tillage of tlie Orchard. q Although there are different opin- h ions as to the amount of tillage an u orchard needs, I believe that thor- s; ough culture is the only satisfactory r: treatment, as it not only makes plant p food available, but is the best con- ri servator of moisture. The orchardist b must select a location and soil adapted tJ to the fruits he wishes to grow and ii put this in best condition before set- d ting, by thorough plowing and lining, t: To obtain best results, orchards need both moisture and fertilizers, but it mnpo nf+pn A a tlio lioiTrioaf. < '! rainfall usually occurs when it is at a: least needed, every effort should be b made to preserve it for future use. d A finely divided soil is capable of s{ holding an immense quantity of water, d If the soil is left to its natural con- m dition, this moisture will soon pass ct away, but by breaking up the surface pi at regular intervals, evaporation will a] be prevented and the moisture largely fc retained. Plow deeply in spring as A soon as possible, then stir thereafter w with spring tooth harrows, smoothing ei harrows, clod crushers or any implement which is adapted to the peculiarsoil. In the loose soils, shallow cul-' oi ii Sail II i " ' ' ' " ''Y:X---'~ t ration Is preferred, while in those iat are heavier, deeper stirring is ad sable. Weeds shoald never be alwed to become established. Stir ie whole surface of the orchard thorlghly about three inches deep every 70 weeks. The dryer the season, the 'tener stirring should take place, lowing for the first few years will ind to send the roots deeper, where -mill Aa/tana itiinrtr -in timA ftf icj niu oovnyu u* j ?. routh. The whole surface of the rchard should be tilled. A careful an can plow within two feet of the ' ees and not injure th4m. If catch crops are grown in the rchards, plow them under early, so >at they will decay as quickly as posble. The chief value of these crops ; for fall and winter protection and ot spring growth. Old orchard trees ;op growing before midsummer, igorous tillage from then on can Base so that new growth will ripen ifficiently to withstand cold weather, all plowing cannot be recommended >r clay soils, as these will puddle and ecome hard and stiff. Hoed crops in.be grown to advantage in young rchards, but even these should not e planted close to the treeB, and the istances should become greater every ear. After six or eight years all igorons cropping should cease.? . A. Porter, in Orange Judd Farmer. Double Barn With Mnch Loft Boom. Th? accompanying illustration hows a plan for a barn with double riveways in which the distinguishing A LARGE A2TD USEFUL BABIT.1 ' jature is the great amount of loft aom. Four gableB added to the lain roof space give almost another tory's capacity to the barn, making ; possible to use nearly the whole of lie lower floor for stock. With a silo nd the root cellar that will be found 1 the basement it will be possible to arry a large stock of the focfder that an be stored beneath the roofs, 'here are many conveniences abont a ouble barn, and when one is to be uilt the form here given will prove n excellent one to follow.?New England Farmer. * Two Great Agricultural Pe?t?. The two greatest insect pests known d the American farmer]) have been, reeivinc the careful attention of the )iyision of Entomology of the United Itates Department of Agriculture for long time. These are the chinch bng nd the Hessian fly. The department ias prepared and is about to publish wo bulletins treating respectively of he two insects and suggesting possiile remedies for ohecking them. The bulletin on the chinch bug is enitled "The Chinch Bng; its probable xigin and diffusion, itsjhabitp andde* elopment, natural modes and remedial nd preventive measures, with menion of the habits of allied European pecies." The bulletin was _ prepared mder the~direction of the entomolo;ist of the department, by F. M. Vebster, entomologist of the Ohio Lgricnltaral Experiment Station. The igricultural Department has received aany requests for information about be ohinch bug, and the bnlletin is inended to meet this demand. It gives aanynew facts concerning the life, tistory aDd distribution of the species, nd 'the whole subject of the practical tandling of its diseases, in order to ssist in its destruction, is treated at ength. It says that few inserts have aused such pecuniary losses, ac d that ,o other insect native to the Western lemisphere has spread its devastating lordes over a wider area of country rith more fatal effect to the staple ;rains of North America. It is widely '< listributed over the world and hiberlates in the adult stage. It is of gre;arious habits and migrates in spring, ummer and autumn. When and where t lays its eggs.Hhe period of incuba ion, the different stages of developaent, the development and habits of ks young, annual generations anctfood >lants, are covered by the bulletin. In addition, it treats of the influence of irecipitation and temperature on the nsect; its natural enemies, remedial ,nd preventive measures and describes he true and false ohinoh bugs. The bulletin says that it would aplear that this pest first made its presnce known in this country in North 3arolinaJin 1733, and mentions several erious outbreaks of the bug in the Vest. The estimated losses from its avages from 1850 to 1887reach 8267,100,000. It also says that it is beieved that the losses up to 1898 .mounted to fully $330,000,000. The tulletin contains nineteen illustraions, including maps, showing areas ufested by the chinch bug, and the irohable course of its diffusion over forth America. The other bulletin is entitled simply 'The Hessian Fly in the United Itates." It was prepared nnder the lirection of the department's entomojgist by Herbert Osborn, Professor of [oology and Entomology at the Agriultural College of Ames, Iowa, and ODtains many facts concerning thelife istory/ food habits and parasitic enelies of this farm pest. The bulletin ays that the Hessian fly probably inks next to the chinch bug as a farm est in the United States, and that its avages in other* countries have long een known. It received its name in lie belief that it had been introduced ato tbia country by the Hessian sol.1 V.rt wam s\f fV*o "Ramln- I 1C1 O UUilU^ IlUO M ai U4 wuu ? V* V ion. An account of its original habitat, a very wide distribution throughout ie wheat-growing regions of Europe ad America, and its meaus of distriution are given in the bulletin, with escriptious of the male and female inicte, the eggs, the larval forms and evelopment, food plants, natural enelies and remedies. The bulletin also >ntains a list of all the important upers on the Hessian fly that have ppeared in America, and each of the >reign works are of value to the merican student. It is illustrated ?* 4-twA r\lnfno on/1 1LU U liUiit/apiCUC, WWV ?S i Or gbt test figures.?New York Sun. Cofl'ee trees produce up to the age I sevsntj-fiye. DB. TAIMGEB~SEBMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BYTHE NOTED DIVINE. Subject: "Architect* of Fate"?Young Men Are the Holders of Their Own Destiny, and They Are Admonished to Build, on the Right Foundation. Text: "Ban, speak to this young man." ?Zecharlah ii.f 4. * There was no snow on the beard of th* prophet of my t<jxt and no crows' feet had left their mark near his eyes. Zeohariah nas a young man, and In a day dream he jaw and heard two angels tauttng anout the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem. One of these angela desires that young Zeohariab should be well informed about' the rebuilding of that city, its circumferenoe and the height of its walls, and he says to the other angel, "Bun, speak to this young man." Do not walk, bat run. for the message is urgent and Imminent. So every, young man needs to have immediate advice about the dimensions, the height and the circumference of that which, under Qod, He is to build?namely, His own sharaoter and destiny. No slow or laggard paoe will do. A little further on, and counsel will be of "no advantage. > Swift footed must be the practical and important suggestions, ! or they might as well never be made at all. Ban at the pace of five miles the hour, and speak to that young man. Bun. before this year Of 1896 is ended. Bun, before this century is closed. Bun, before his. character is inexorably decided for ?two worlds, this world and the next. How many of us have found out by long ahd bitter experience things that we ought to have been told before we were twenty-flve years of age. Now I propose to tell you some things which, it you will seriously and pr^yer/ully observe, will make you master of the situation in whlah. you are now placed and master .of every attnntfnn in which vou ever will be placed. And in order that my subject mar l>e ottmacterlo, begin on the outside edge of that advice, which will be more and more im? portant as the subject unfolds. Now, if yon would be master ot thesituation, do not expend money before yon get it. How many young men'Irretrievably mortgage their future because of resources that are quite snre to be theirs. Have the money either, in your hand, or in a safety deposit, or in a bank, or in a United States bond before you make purchases, or go Into expensive enterprises, or hitoh a spanking, team to a glittering turnout, or contract for tne bUliQlDg OI a mansion on moru.u* j mac or the .Hudson.. Do not depend cn an inheritanoe from your father or udele. The old man may live on a good deal longer j than yon expect, and the day ot your en-, forced oaymerit may oome before the day I of his decease. You cannot depend upon rheumatism or heart failure or senility to do Its work. Longevity Is so wonderfully improved that you cannot depend np'on people dying when you think they ought to. They live to be septuagenarians, or octogenarians, or nonagenarians, or even centenarians, and meanwhile their' heirs go into. bankruptcy, or, tempted to forgery, or misappropriation of trust funds, or watering of. railroad or. mining stock, go into the penitentiary. Neither had you better spread yourself out because of the fifteen or twenty per cent, you ex? ?? onlnvMhnant Mrmt of ?hn fif teen or twenty per cent. Investments are apt to pay nothing save tbe privilege of b?H> lng assessed to, meet the obligations of the company in tbe affair* of which yon get involved. Better get 3% per cent, from a government bond than be promised fifteen 6or cent, from a dividend wbloh will never 0 declared, or paid dnly once ortwlce, so as to tempt yon deeper'in before the grand smash up, and von receive, Instead of a payment of dividends, a letter from the president and seoretary of the company saying that they are very sorry. Do not say yon bave no eliance, bnt remember Isaac Newton, tbe- greatest astronomer of bis day, once peddling cabbages In the street, and Martin Lather singing on the pnblio square for any pennies that be mfght pick up. and John JBunynn .mending kettle), ana the late Judge Bradley, of the United States, Supreme Court, who was tbe son of a obarcoal burner, and Tarner. the painter, who was the 9on of a barber, and Lord Olive, who saved Indiato England, shipped by bis father to Madras as a useless boy ?rh/*m ha rwrtntnA tn ffflt rid Of. and Prjdeanx, tbe world renowned scholar and theologian, scouring pots and pans to .work hla way through college, and the mother of the late William E. Dodge, the philanthropist and magnificent man, keeping a thread and needle store, and Peter Oooper, who worked on small wages in a glae factory, living to give $500,000 for the founding of an institute that has already educated thousands of the poor sons and daughter? of America, and iowdltob, the scientist, beginning his useful learning and affluent career by reading the books that had been driven*ashore from a shipwreck at Salem. There is, young man, a great financial or literary or moral or religious success awaiting you if you only know how to go up and take it. Then take It or get ready to take it. The mightier the opposition the grander tbA riumph when you have conquered. Again, if you would master the situation, when angry do not utter a word or write a letter, but before you speak a word or write a word sin;; a verse of some1 hymn in a tune arranged in minor key and having no staccato passages. If very angry, sing two verses. If in a positive rage, sing three verses. First of all, the unhealthlest thing on earth is to get mad. It jangles the nerves, enlarges the Bpleen and sets the heart into a wild thumping. ' Many a man and many a woman has in time of such mental and physical agitation dropped dead. Not only that, but It makes enemies out of friends, and makes enemies more virulent, and anger is partial or consummate suicide. Great attorneys, understanding this, have often won thoir cause by willfully throwing the opposing counsel Into a rage. There is one man you must manage or uiio nuumu jrwu uug> wutrol In order to please God and make life a success, and that is yourself. The hardest realm that you will ever have to govern is the realm between your scalp and heel. The most dnngorous cargo a ship can carry is dynamite, and the most perilous thing in one's nature is an exJ)losive temper. I! yournature is hopeessly irascible and tempestuous, then dramatize plncidity. If the ship Is on firs and you cannot extioguish the flames, at Any rate keep down the hatches. When at some injustice inflicted upon you or some insult offered or some wrong done, tbebest thing for you to say is to say nothing, and the best thing for you to write is to write nothing. If themeanness done von is unbearable or you must express yourself or die, then I commend a plan that I have once or twice successfully adopted. Take a sheet, of pa^er. Date it at your hrttrm nfflna Then rut the wrouR doer's name at the bead of tbe letter page, without any prefix of "Colonel" or suffix of "D. I).," and begin wJth no term of courtesy, but a bold and abrupt "Sir." Then follow It with a statement of tbe wrong he has done you and of tbe Indignation you bave felt. Put Into It tbe strongest terms of execration you can employ without being profane. Sign your name to tbe red hot epistle. Fold it. Envelop it. Direct it plainly to the man who bas done you wrong. Garry tbe letter a week, or two weeks if need be, and then destroy it. In God's name destroy it. I like what Abraham Lincoln said to one of bis cabinet officers. Thut cabinet officer had been belied and misrepresented until lu a fury be wrote a letter of arraignment on/1 <n tflfCOOf nnCQihIp nhfil^P. ology told him what he thought of him. The cabinet officer read It to Mr. Lincoln und asked him how he liked it. Mr. Lincoln replied: "It is splondld for sarcasm and scorn. I never heard anything more complete In that direction. But do you think you can afford to send it?" That calm and wise and Christian interrogation of the president stopped the letter/and it was never seat. Young man, before you get trt on in life unless you are an exception among men, you will be wronged, you will be misinterpreted, you will be outraged. All your sense of justice will be in conflagration. Let me know how you meet that first great offense, and I will tell you whether your life is to be a triumph or a failure. You see. equipoise at such a time means so many thing.*. It means self control. It means" a capacity to foresee results. It means a confidence in your own integrity, it means a faith in the Lord God that He will see you through. Again, if you would be master of the sitation put the best interpretation on the character and behavior of others. Do not be looWncr for hypocrites in. ctaretw*. thieving among domestic servants, w feasance*In^offloe^ ^Thereto much In ItfwtO;" ';9 make men suspicious ot others, an4 *|5j that characteristic of suspicion become* Ml dominant a mail has secured his own tinhflnnfnMl and he has become an oflnWifflHI In all circles, religion*, eooomerdal. and. I,; M political. The ma.n who nfovea for a com- -j, mm mittee ofinvwtlgationiaganeraUyamortl derelict. Tbc man who goe? with bte n?f triJe inflated trying to discover Bometbin^M malodorus ia not a TO.-W'ft ?;enthhound! The w^wrld is ernors, goou oiaio mm; , tors, good rulers. Does some mffljxowl ... -^.vj out, "That bas not been my etpuipft^, ??3g| and I think just tte opposite " W?ty m brother, I so uu u van. ^ It wa* 'proposed to' -bleed OOV?Y 'gambta^objflc*^ But more and more ladles E rises Unsocial pronps which are lioil#;^? at the stakes of naaibllnfl;. A-L tor a lady to getinto the gameater 9 gWt -<J That opens tha door in a f as bl<3U?frlew?y? In on? of our great cities imitation* taMes. Tha^raetts fainted and fell under the table. guests arose, but eome one said: touch tbe belli Let us flalsh She would hive done eo herself, andwomji fas. vl wish us It she spoke/' The game for thirty minutes^longer. and then a dead twenty minutes. As the thalr^haudsin^urprlaeI ex^t^xe^o^,;^.^ lonng man, . seen owy etoviM-.rur;', Improving companionship. Do not tho last scion of noble family, afel~< -j-gts low with a biff name, but bad hftbi&QQH for he drinks andaweati and is dfeao*- V&lSfflB lute, take your arm to -walk dov^aWBBj^H street or spend aneveniug "jrttl*' ytojf'wS&m either at your room or his. room: -.&* -'\i member that sin is the moat exftensiVW^^H thing in Qod's universe. I h&?e readt * '49 that Sir Brasll, the kaipht, tlrad out " /tfSSi with^ the ^chaae^ bad ^a falcoco'ou hl?; : ,-^Jjfcl when' with ha wis or falcons they forth to brine down Iparttldges or jtortttt $3sj| or plgeoni, and b^ing Tory thirsty-cwne to . A a stream struggling irom 4?)rttek, and, ? 'j > leasing the falcon from his wdBt, he took 7 0% the bugle which bo carried, and, stopping <. Jg the mouthpiece of bis bugle with a.tuit of !&/,??? mnaq ha Tint this externDOrLzed ouo under the water which oame downdrop,1}*M from the rock until the cup was- full, and ? '; then lifted It to drink, when the . falconet* >' -. < > had reloased with sadden swoop dashed the cap from his hand. . By tho'JtJjl^' , ' process he filled the cup again and/***/'' about to drink when the falcpn by another li iffi swoop dashed down the cap. Enra^M at ~ this insolence and violence of the cried, "I will wring thy neck if'thou do?*f ^ ^skHt tbat uaaln." Bat, haying filled the ctip a , >'$f third time and trying to drink a third tlm'#-' the falcon dashed It down. Than 8Ir BraSll ' ,1 with his fist struck the hlrd, which ftat-4|fl^H tered and looked lovingly and -reproach^ tally at him and dropped dead.. Th0n$tr if Brasil, looking up to the top of tha.ro^jfU^M wnence unppea iub v?nr, mw a rrawMiiffrgM green serpent coiled fold above fold, the , venom from his month dropping lata that , v ^*>1 from which Sir Brasll hadnlled hii.-crtiB^v^^^ Then exclaimed the knight, "What a kind thing it w*8 for the falcon to dash down . ' r that poisoned cup, ard what a Bad thlnpr ~ $ tbnt I killed him, and what s narrow :?A escape I had!" So now there are no wottr - ;J certainly waters that refresh than w?te? that poison. This moment there oret'joa-".' sands of young men, unwittingly and not; knowing whut thev do, taking Into their . y#j bugle cup of earthly joy that which ' '5a deadly because it drips from the iaw# >1 -* ?14 fliA /lawll _/Aful' tlkikr-^?ju?3n Vi HUM U1U D?]n>UV, tuu uuiu, una W dove of God's spirit in kindly warning- .i^05J d as lies down tho cap, bat again It is flllei-. and again dashed down and again filled and again dashed down. Why not tnch> * j2a? away and slake your thirst at the clear, bright, perennial fountain that break*. from the Rock of Age.*, a fountain?o wfd? , and so deep that all ithe inhabitants' of <;7&4W< earth and all the armies of heaven.may*j stoop down and fill their chalices? : YOUNG BRIDE SENT TO PRISON/ " > A Pretty Girl Shoplifter Gets ? Sentence In Reading, Penn. .y'f'y{*%* Clara Hartmann, pretty and elght?oo -.;;^ years old, of Heading, Ponn., .who . m* wedded only a few months ago,' was sea-" fenced to serve two years In the penitentiary. on conviction of shoplifting. She pronounced a nuisance to the community ' '.'S, by Jud^e Endlich who sentenced ber. . V; \:f. Mr3. Hartmann was charged with steals ' J iap a man's hat worth $2. She priced th? \-,i hat and said her husbaod wore No. 7%. v?>?l When the clerk was not looking she piaoect it under her cape and departed.' While the jury was out she walked out ot the Court House. She had influential . friends, and they had a carriage in waiting " J"1"" nf ?ha rtitv A. rtemitv '' /? IU UilYD UV1 vuw Vk *MV v>?(' . M ^ sheriff intercepted her and "brought her 'v M back. Mrs. Hurtmann figured ia another cs- ( W capnde of this character which had a ter- V rible sequel. A year ago, when single, she I was arrested, charged with stealing a col- I larette worth $100. On the stand she I swore ttiut Edward S. Hover, a salesman, ' J made love to her in the far room and gave her the collarette. The jury acquitted her.. H Boyer bad beeu a ueauuy yuuug wuu. a deacon in a leading church and greatly JH respected. He had the confidence of lilt ' employers. His mind gave way under the . accusation and he died a maniac in about , H a month after the trial. The Grand Duke of Luxembourg Is the I oldest reigning raler in Europe. Ho is ift I | DIS eigui/-?^<-'uuu jcui,