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;.- - - . THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA U. C. HAYNS, Proa't P. G.TOKD.'CaBhier. Capital, $250,000, g Undivided Prunn > ?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent Kew Van.lt {oontalnlng 410 safcty-Loc? Boxet. - Differ, est 'Sixes are offered to our patrons and Ote public at 83.00 to 310.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, 61. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Kayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 14. 1902 NO.-20. - CL t By Percy It was noonday in a little country vil lage on the banks of the Hudson,, well -termed "the Rhine of America." From many a lowroofed farmhouse came the welcome sound of the dinner horn, calling the weary toilers in the fields to their mid-day meal. Relieved from their irksome studies, a merry stream of children trooped forth from the vii l*ge school, some repairing to their homes nearby, others flocking together in groups, to eat a generous luncheon beneath the shade of the great over hanging oaks. Their joyous laughter, echoing afar, rippled through the closed shutters of a small cottage not far distant, whose evident gloom strangely contrasted with Nature's gay, spring-like sp'len ' dor. It reached the ears of a group seated in the "best room" of the little house-a group .composed of three persons of varied ages; whos? coua ' tenances each expressed a different emotion. '; One, a spectacled .old gentleman, at-, ^tlred in clerical garb, ' who listened with manifest Approval to the matter pf fact tones of a strong minded look ing woman of perhaps 40, with re dressed malice and well simulated -charity struggling for mastery on her -Throw. The last of the trio was a slight figured child, whose" ordinary half . girlish, half-boyish face, surrounded by golden, curly hair, now seemed won drously mature and almost manly in righteous wrath, while the old der iah f^ORO.- ' "My child, what you suggest is impossible. You could not'live in this cottage all alone, now that your mo?hV er and brother are dead. You are . barely li years of age.and we haye de cided it to be for your best interests to -to stay-with Mrs. Andersen. "You mean, sir", that we are bound out. You might as. well say the word;* at once. Why should I fall from the status of a free citizen to that of a pauper and a slavs? Did not my poor mother leave all this property which you benevolent people have just sold for over $300? And if I went into this bondage, what oppo-tunity should I have for study and improvement? You know mother always wanted, me to go to college and be a teacher or a mu sician or an author or something great, but I don't see what chance I >.v have if I followed your plan." "What did I tell ye, parsr did I tell ye!" cried the shr woman with uplifted "That's what comes of sVaii to school when it tain't no five years old and amaki', ali its life to home/ V person what> .o-' ' . ~r~f"1' ' *" *?*WTtf. 'IX "Oh, Mrs, Anderson,. v_ the minister, who pride... himsc. -his knowledge, "education is' sure*^ valuable." "7 _ "Yes, I know, all. that-I allus thought so, t??. I'wuz gi'v a good eddi cashun/mys?lf.'but it warn't none of this newfangled-book'larnin' that this oostinate child's got. My-mother, at any rate, warn't no fool, which is more than you can say of some people's mothers, even if they be dead an' gone -though it tain't for us poor mortals to say where they're gone. I migat give a. mighty sure guess where some people's mothers is gone, what never taught them nothin but book-lamin'. but then, we're all poor, frail human beln's." "Doctor Wesley," here broke in th^ child, "if you think I'm going to stand here and have my mother's spotless name reviled and desecrated by that low-lived--" v "Low-lived, you little pauper in grate, you!" "Yes, low-lived, ili-bred, rude, un couth!" declared the angry young per son. "Oh, I know all about you, Mrs., . Anderson,' and I know why "you've got a grudge against her and me. Did you ever hear the naine of Francis Sum ner? Ah! you see* L-know-I read all the letters-" "Ye've been spyin', reading a pack o' lle?, have ye? Just wait tin I haye the'; charge of ye, and i'll lara ye to spy around things what don't belong to you." "I beg your pardon. As I am the only heir to my mother's property, they are now mine. 'And, doctor, let me tell you what they said. You know Francis Sumner and my mother were engaged to be married ;and broke it off. Do you know why? Because-" "Parson, if you don't shet that little liar up I will!*' '?Gently, gently, Mrs. Anderson," said he old man. "It's only natural for Clem to be excited after just losing two dear relatives, and you must make allowances. Now, Clem, we'll leave you to -rest aftpr all this worry anti trouble;' And : tomorrow j.morning Squire Morgan and I will come over, and we'll make all the arrangements for you to stay with Mrs. Anderson-" "I'll never go! I'll die first!" de clared his excited young hearer, pas sionately. "Oh, ye won't, hey? Jest wait. Me and my Hiram'U take some o' thet high spirits out of- ye^-: Good-by, ye little firebrand. Jest wait." That night a little figure stole to the window and looked out upon the road below and the sky above. All Nature was sleeping. "How still!" it murmured. "Oh. mother! Can you see me now? Am I right in fighting against this w;pman who lost you your life's happiness? And myself-how can I bear living with her and her ignorant husband ?nd children ?" The figure stole to a chest, and raising the lid drew out a suit of man ifestly homemade but neat-appearing clothing, and divesting itself of sev eral-lighter, but less serviceable gar ments, was soon arrayed in the former apparel. '.? "Poor Frank! 1 am indeed stepping1 into a dead man's shoes! But he has ho use for them now, and I-I could never wear them all the way to New York. New York! It is awful to go : ? ?. ?>.'..? -t.***** V Efl. J T. Griffith. out into the world alone, with not a Mend, Why not take mother's mon ey? It is now mme-but nb-it would be like stealing, and then they would nave some incentive to search for mc But I will take my own money out of my Iron bank-that's $18 and they don't know I have it. Oh, mother, the Bible, which they say gives, them the rignt to enslave and beat me, says one must not take his own life. But had not the same words often; dropped from your own lips, tomorrow I would be with you and Frank." The gray dawn was just appearing in the east, when a boyish form, crept out of. the house and swiftly fled toward the railroad station, four miles distant. "Farewell, old house-my own home, from which strangers drive '.me-fare well," murmured a voice trembling with emotion, and the. next moment .the small fugitive had disappeared in the darkness. 1 \ . The morrow's sun had nearly reached the meridian as it poured through the dim window panes into the dusky office of a prominent city lawyer, who gazed perplexingly down upon a small applicant, who stood hanging upon his scarce formulated answer. "Why, my boy, you are much too .ybung-T-you could not do the work you know nothing about office routine. You should first take some position at two or three dollars. Your parents should-" . * "My parents-all my relatives are dead, sir, and I am thrown upon my self for a living. I could not live on such w'ages;as you speak of, and see ing, in the paper that you.offered $S, I thought I'd try and get y?u'?o?give'me the place. I can write well and figure accurately, sir. Won't you give me a trial?" - The legal, light, hesitated. The plea, while earhest.had been made in such a dignified tone and manner that he could not, worldly as he was, turn the boy away as he had many another more hardy'one. And then he thought of his own child, surrounded by every luxury. "Well, my lad," he said, with a sigh, "I'll see what you can do. What is your name?" "Clement, sir," answer the bay, bold er <-hoM^h flushing somewhat. "Cleni - y OJ; orti ?tart I: af head eierk):, this him ?OWQti !J K . .'. .!.: undertone' r little " til eic- Jtst can -.. .. ind ii " '.Ail rigJi?.. -ir.'' .rssoiic; ?no ?]?r'r. ":.?t^y .'-"-'i .- n &'?3k .?rwvr ijio i>: '.ri .> r?"";-it. '? ?. .-?>v this -a. \.t ''-.i L : ?? .-.-.i, . .u. ?? can ne; Fuller, this was inuecu _ . ? opening for Clement, and he set to work with such will and energy as to astonish the ordinarily somewhat easy going employes of the law firm of Johnes, Clarkes, Robinson, Smyth and Browne, who wondered "how that del icate looking kid was such a hustler." However hackneyed the authority for the assertion, it must be said that perseverance Will always win in every branch of life, and the lad who had made such a favorable entry into the celebrated law office was no exception | to the rule. Before three years had fully gone by, his industry, had more than doubled his starting compensa tion. "Fuller," said Browne, the junior partner, one m arning, "isn't, today the date set for thc transfer of that town site of Pullman's?" "Yes," answered that individual without looking up. "But he provides the customer, and we only draw the papers." "We were to look up the title," re sponded the junior partner, sharply, and your report guarantees its clear ness. Are you -sure there's nothing in ?the .way?. No second mortgage?" "There is butrone .document recorded besides the original grant of CO years ago," said Fuller, in the staccato tones of a man who wishes his words to im press the hearer. He uttered a sight of relief as his inquisitor walked away satisfied, and, glancing around the room and meeting the honest blue eyes of Clement keen ly fixed upon hini, he turned ashen pale, and wheeling his chair around, abruptly left the room. Clement withdrew his gaze and bent it thoughtfully upon a law book before him. "You seem to be deeply interested in something, Clement," broke in upon him suddcntly. He looked up. "Will you stand a catch. question. Mr. Jefferson?" he eagerly inquired of the hew comer, somewhat irreleca?t' ly. "If it has a practical bearing," laughingly replied the latter, a young member of the bar, who was already noted as - being-, the one lawyer who could always anticipate the decisions of the judges of his circuit. "Suppose," said Clement, < "a man makes out a document-say a mort gage-can he draw another for the same property'upon the same sheet of paper?" "Hum-+' it's- a case that I cannot conceive -.nswpred the lawyer, cautious): hy should he want to?" "What J could he do, presuming, for exampie, that he had no other p? per within reach?" "Now I have what I want," said Jef ferson. "Clement, you may always con sider it a safe rule that 'in -law every wrong has a remedy.' In such a case the second deed, unless incom patible with, the first, would hold-bar ing fraud." "Barring fraud!" echoed the boy, as the attorney left. "But it.'wo?ld hold until .upset by a' court" /. ? "Is M* Brown in?" inquir? a voice at hjs ?lbpW";iiht?rr?pting'his?revery. ' "Yes, sir," ahsw?red Cl?nisnt, rising and facing a handsome stranger, who, at first Bight, scarce looked the 40 years a sharp observer would have pronounced him. "Then please give him my card and tell him I have a note of introduction from Mr. Pullman, a client of his." Clement started. This was the "cus tomer" thea. He took the card, anJ glancing at the scrolled name on tho small slip of pasteboard, the words "Francis W. Sumner" 'seemed to brand themselves on his brain. The card dropped from his hands, and reeling, he would have fallen had not the stranger caught him in his arms. "Young man," he murmured, in a kindly but trembling voice, "where have I seen you before? Your: face >s familiar.. Why docs my card affect you in thig'-manner?" . Clement scanned the deserted ante room in which they were. "Will you promise not to reveal a warning if I give it?" he whispered, and as Sumner assented, "Postpone buying thin property, on any ground you like, fe r one week." How do you know? Why? What reason why I should?" ejaculated the astonished caller, and then, after a pause, he- added calmly: "I will take your advice; but I shall want to know all before tomorrow." "Fuller," said Brown, th? next day, after a long interview with the custo mer, whose entrance to the legal pre cincts had resulted in such a curious encounter with the young law clerk, "Pullman's buyer holds off .on that deal." "What!" cried that ordinarily pomp ous individual. "What's his reason?" "Short of iunds," said his employer, dryly, noting his excitement. "Not re marKable for a man to find it hard to raise $50,000 all at once, is it? By the way, I've let Clement off for a day or two. You'll have to make some of the others do his work." Two days later Clement Travers was seated opposite the individual referred to, in, a Pennsylvania train speeding to New Tork. "Clement," said the latter, "how came you to detect the fraud in this matter? I can understand Pul'man and Fuller drawing that second mort gage for $40,000 upon the.back of the first one, but they had covered up their track-; so well that I don't see how you ?hst found a clue to work on." "Oh, as to that, it was their intima cy and something I overheard that gave me my first suspicion. At first [ couldn't understand why Fuller should want to risk his position for such a sum as he could secure in this ivav hilt nf rnnrcn Mc r^io acion. . iho?gfc clearly '..? . v ttfrU - lUlt? ?J ITUl ::cot, C'-m. Or _ ul. trough," he idded. "A clever guess, which has saved me hat forty thousand, and I shall see .hat you lose nothing by it, though lohnes and company's head clerk will. By the way, Clem, you have never told me your name. Why, what's the mat ter?" He peered into his companion's face, somewhat obscured by the dusk of evening, which was rapidly falling. Clem nerved himself. "Clement Harrison Travers," he an swered. "Clementine Harrison!" murmured Sumner, in startled accents. "Oh! Clem! I'm doubly fortunate in finding you: Your mother-it must be-the likeness, I see it now. Is she alive?" "Your name was the last word she breathed," answered Clem, mo?rn fullq. "A letter to you, the last lines she wrote. It explained-" "Needless! I always loved her, though parted by a lover's quarrel. That letter, have you' it with you?" "I have carried it constantly in .the hope of finding you," replied Clem, and then in a tone of anguish, "But oh! how can I b*ve it to you-you will' learn all!" "All! All what? Clement, can you betray your mother's trust? I must see lt." "Take it, then," replied Clem, sadly, "and with it my secret." Sumner perused the letter with min gled grief and bewilderment. "Whj;, Clem, how she speaks of you! 'Ah orphan to make her way' 'let her take my place!' " And then, reading tne truth in his companion's face. "Ah, Clem, why could I not see? My poor little girl! Image of her. What trials you must have had! But Cheer up. Your mother's friend will make amends-ha, she's fainted!" 'The three years' strain and the pres ent embarrassment had been too much lor the delicate girl, and her limp form lay almost lifeless at his feet be/or^ his sentence was finished. * * * * " "I don't understand this, Browne," remarked Johnes, one morning, per haps a year following, as he hold an open letter in his hand. "Our old lriend Sumner-writes that he's sent Clement on to Europe and married his sister. He, of course, means Clement's sister." "Nothing queer about that," an swered Browne, who, in such leisure moments' as an active attorney gets, dabbled in amateur biology and was a crank on Darwin. "Clem was a bright chap, though awfully dainty. Got rid of Fuller before he wrecked the firm for us, and saved Sumner big money. Why shouldn't his sister be attractive and all that. Science tell* us that inheritance-" "But. where did he get a sister?' persisted Johnos, impolitely interrupt llfg this flow of learning. "Clem told me. he had no relatives." "Don't believe it," answered Browne. "Survival of the Fittest don'i agree with it. Smart people and'hus .tiers ought.according to this theory, tc have enormous families, and if evolu tion--" "Fiddlestick?!" replied his partnei, 1 aa he took down "The Evidences of Insanity" from the well stocked shel/ and repaired to his sanctum.-Waverly Magazine. ARTIFICIAL FROST. --, This lg the Littst in firowlnjr FIOTTCI-?. Faster Than Nut tire. Borne curious and successful experi ments are now being made iaf Eur?po> with ether, the object being to asqW-; tain whether it can be usod to advan tage for the purpose of forcing hot house or other plants. The ordin?fy frost has stripped, the leaves from the plants, thus permitting them to take for. a season that .repose which all.' living creatures need. If vegetation could be arrested, and repose begun." sooner it is evident"that the. plant's would blossom much earlier n?xt sea son, and this is precisely what the experiments with ether are designed' to accomplish. 7} m '' lt a phial of ether is placed under! a lilac, an azalea or any other plant of a similar nature the vapor-of. this very volatile liquid will quickly en velop the branches, and thus will cause the leaves to fade, and at a giv&y moment will arrest growth in the same - manner as frost arrests it. In other words ether softens the period of veg?-k cation and produces the same effect as the first frost. The best results with eth?r can be obtained between July and the beginning of September? The plants to be treated should be placed in a dry room, or, better still, in a box-which is entirely closed and the temp'er?ture of which is not too low. Thc'ether is poured from outside into a vessel which is hung within, and the opening must then be prompt ly closed, so as to avoid any waste bf the vapor. This operation should- be done during the day, as ether is highly inflammable. They will blossom much sooner than" those forced in the ordinary manner: Prof. Johannsen of the Danish school" of agriculture obtained during the first fortnight of September blossoms ffbnv lilacs which he had etherized^jif gust, and similar excellent results have*, been obtained by Prof. Franz Ledien," director of the botanical garden in Dresden, and by Herr Seyderhelm, a' well-known horticulturist of Hamburg. Prof. Maumcne maintains that this dis- ; covery will certainly bring abouta*rlv olution in thc production of cut flowers ; and potted plants, since it will enable growers to produce them much moro rapidly and at no greater' cost than heretofore-New York Herald. - . QUAINT 'AND CURIOUS. atonal has ,t br?sh erlan taU'wa* a ?'>.U?>\ ' :.'?. ..? :.<.. ic ci:' . ilorcrv'ng tftfi I with a population I of 28,000. Berlin pays a salary to a profession al bird catcher, who keeps scientific educational institutions supplied with hirds, birds' eggs and nests. He is tho only man in the empire permited to do so. At Montalto, in the province of Genoa, in tearing down an old church, a small underground ro?m was found full of art objects of the Roman time, chiefly chiselled silver amphorae and vases filled with gold and silver coins. The plow is certr.inly the oldest and probably the simplest of agricul tural implements, being represented among the hieroglyphics on the an cient tombs of Egypt, dating back more than 4000 years. As eariy as the year 1000 B. C. the plow was described by a Greek historian as consisting of a beam, a share and handles. The following curious advertisement recently appeared in a London paper: "Gentleman wants board-residence. Real good home, in small family. No other boarders. Being overstout, therefore subject to many annoying re marks, advertiser prefers very stout people's company. No others need write. Referrences exchanged. Ad dress," etc. A syndicate comprising English cap italists has been formed to promote the sale of "tie silks,"-composed of. 50 percent wood pulp and 50 percent arti ficial silk. Samples'are teing submit ted to the New York wholsale neck wear manufacturers, and considerable experiment is taking place. In point of price this material shows advan tage over conventional fabrics. It* luster, feel and general appearance, closely resemble genuine silk. Wn Tlner-fanc'" KrRtirdfor Trntli. . The reporter who lied to the Chines* minister at Washington, Wu Ting fang, about his salary, no doubt de luded himself with the thought-if he gave the matter a thought at all,-that it was a "white lie" that would hurt nobody. But let us see the sequel: On the first occasion, when he called to interview the minister, he was ask ed what salary he received. "One hundred and fifty dollars a week," glib ly replied the youth. "It is too much, lt is altogether too much," said the more candid than polite Wu Ting-fang. "You are not worth more than twenty five dollars a week." The Chinese minister, it is said, learned later, through other news paper men, that the reporter had not spoken the truth, and that, instead of one hundred and fifty dollars a week, he r- i ved but sixty. Consequently, whe ?" again presented himself al thc L .inesc legation for information for his paper, he was curtly dismissed by Wu Tingfang with these words: i'You lied to me about your salary. ' li you will lie about such a thing as that you will lie about anything. I do noi trust you. I have nothing .to say. K you. I want to revise my former esti mate of your value. Instead of beinj worth twenty-five dollars a week, yoi are not worth anything, sir."-Success INSURES SAFETY IN DEEP MINES -? Protects Lives by Showing Danger Point in Gases. The apparatus shown in the accom panying illustration is intended espe cially for-use in measuring the venti lating current in a mine or other place "where it is desired to ascertain the amount or velocity of thc air passing, such velocity providing the essential "data., from which the volume can lie calculated at any distant point or sta tion, thus oftentimes acting to save the lives of miners when the ventilation fails to carry off the explosive gases from the minc. Hitherto the accuracy of such instruments, particularly iii coal mines, has been affected hy the deleterious matter carried by the at mosphere in which they have to bc placed, such as noxious gases, mois ture, smoke, greasy matter, exhalations from a number of men and animals, gases exuding from the pores of newly cut coal and the like. The inventor of this apparatus, Joseph Thompson, claims to have overcome this objec tion by excluding all the deleterious matter from the working parts of the apparatus, and, while employing elcc w;- hetidsj.iif j lilied with petroleum or umu o... : excluding dust and gas from the work ing parts and serving rrs a lubricant for the spindle. . Mirror Hold* the Mouth Open. Perhaps the invention of William Hare, as shown in the d.-awing, will elimiuate the expression "open the month wide" altogether, or at least, [TAT. PBOP TO PREVENT -CLOSING THE JAWS. make it uncpnimou enough not to an noy the dentist. The arrangement con sists of a steel frame of the shape shown, with mirrors fixed in different positions in the frame to direct the rays of light into a cavity in any tooth and reflect the interior to aid the dentist In his work. It will be seen that because of the shape and construction of the- device, when it is placed in the mouth the cheek is held away from the teeth bj the projecting brackets or re tractors, while the tongue is held from contact with the teeth by the inner por tion of the frame, thc teeth being ex posed through thc opening between the parallel ribs. Buckle and Lock Combined. Dog collars with locking buckles have the advantage of dispensing with thc padlock. The buckle is well made and fittec PADLOCK AND BUCKLE COMBINED. with an excellent lock, which is lt cated inside the tongue and out of th wny, the key entrance being at th side of the buckle and conven?eutl accessible. Invented the i.'oRtal Stump. The inventor of the gummed postai; stamp was a .Scotsman, Mr. .Taint Chalmers, of Dundee, who. in 1S.'J suggested the adoption of the preset system of affixing adhesive squares* paper to envelopes. Mr. Chalmers was ridiculed, an among others, medical men predict? that the constant licking of gum won be prejudicial to thc health of the X tion. It was not until 1S41 that tl plan of Mr. Chalmers received the se: 0U8 at tent iou of the posiothVe autbi ities. Many a mau who Is considered good story-'oller fails utterly when gets nonie to his wife.. The lawyer rather encourages ott people to tell him their troubles. PURE ATMOSPHERE FOR. BUILDINGS New Solution of the Heating and Ven tilating System. Pure air in rooms can only be ob tained by thorough ventilation, and as no provision is made in many build ings for a change of air except by HEATING AND VENTILATING SYSTEM. opening the windows, the latter are often allowed to remain closed in win ter, owing to the low temperature out side. Or, if they are opened and the cold air admitted, increased heat must then be provided to make the rooms comfortable again. An improved heat ing and ventilating system recently de vised by George H. Ennis solves the problem in a much better manner than is possible with the open window. The main feature of the apparatus, as shown, is the installation of a central ventilating shaft connecting with the several rooms. Inside this shaft is carried the direct heating pipe from the furnace, with branches entering each room near the ceiling. Thc hot air naturally rises through the pipes, aud is discharged into tho various vr. it ti'-; Slr Cor heating ls o'?:" ' . .... . j With this contrivance ii?; yaoo?.u0<.i.o may enter the boat and be driven along thc beach into the water, and when finally launched the same appa ratus which accomplished that work is used to propel the boat through the water. Any ordinary form of motor is used, being geared by chains to the apparatus shown in the rear of the boat. This consists of a gear wheel with concave face secured in a rigid yoke, with a tilting post carrying a second gear wheel, meshing in the first A second chain connects the lat ter gear wheel to the propelling wheel. At either end of the shaft carrying the rear gear wheel is a yoke, extending forward and ending in a handle, which serves to turn thc propeller after the manner of a rudder. In order that the driving wheel may serve as a prop'el LAUNCHES PASSENGERS FROM THE DBI BEACH._ 1er in the water it is fitted with a se rios of pivoted blades, which turu ai right angles to the plane of rotatioi during the lower half of their r?volu tiou To accomplish this a deflector i: ttached to the side of the fork, whicl throws thc blades out during half o the revolution and then returns then as they pass through the fork. How tu Prepare H Manuncrlpt. In preparing manuscripts use plai -white paper and good black ink. Don' use paper that is flimsy or transpareu or so spongy that the ink is likely t blur, nor sheels that are of difieren sizes or that have been torn out of notebook and left with the rough edge untrimmed. The two sizes of sheet that are most generally used are con inertial note and letter paper. If yo have to send out hand-written cop never write il !u pale ink, 01 in lea pencil or in backhand, which as a ni is extremely dilhcult to make ou Cultivate a round, clear, good-sized, a most vertical hand, and form the bab of leaving a wide space between tl lines. Write, of course, on only oi side of the panel, and if you find, ne? the end. that you are going to run few lines over what you thought woii lie the last sheet, don't squeeze tl linal lines together at the hottom the page or write them on the back it in 01 dei to save another sheet, both handwritten and typewritten co| leave a margin of at least an inch both sides of the sheet s well as at r lop and bottom.-Ladies' Home Jot nal LIGHTING DEVICE THAT IS HANDY May Be Used in Places Where Illumi nation is Insufficient. The primary object of the invention illustrated below is to produce a light ing device which occupies such a small space that It can be easily carried about and readily adjusted to a book or other object, thus enabling the user to read without discomfort in places where ordinarily a poor light or no light at all can be had. particularly out of doors on summer nights or in warm climates, on ship deck at night, in the sick room or in poorly lighted trains or walting rooms. In the case of our illustration it is attached to a pulpit to afford the preacher plenty of light for reading without injuring the eyes of the congregation by the glaring rays of an ordinary light. With the improved storage batteries recently Introduced very little discomfort is oc casioned in carrying the entire appa ratus to produce this light, the stand ! ard which supports the lamp being flexible and folding with the cord in side the case whicb carries the bat tery. When needed for lighting pur poses the support is opened and clamped on the book or paper, throw ing the light just where it is most use ful. Of course, for the purpose of pul pit lighting a larger size of apparatus SA Itch I?) _UUCO ?.HO ULIS brella ls taken through the house to a rea?: room for spreading out to dry, and in this case a trail of water is gen erally left behind across the carpets. The drip cup here illustrated is in tended especially to prevent this, as CATCHES THE STREAM OF WATER. well as the formation of the little pud dles of water wherever the user of the umb dla stops to transact business or cunt With a friend. The cup is of rub ber, with a thick end on thc lip of the cone to hold the flexible cup in place when slipped over the end of the um brella baudle. When the umbrella is opened as a protection for the person the drip eui) covers the cloth around the stick, the very place where the cloth is apt to wear out first. When the umbrella is in use the device contracts slightly and is hardly noticeable, but when the cup is in operation it expands and holds quite a quantity of water, which ls easily poured out by tilting the umbrella slightly before opening, The inventor is William W. Winter. Plant S1000 Years Old. In the town of Hilde?shelia, Ger many, is probably the wost uniqut plant in the world. It is a rush busl 1UU0 years old, and sprouts fron. '*? branches have realized fabulous suu.s Some years ago a rich Euglishmai offered $2?0,U00 for this entire tree but the sum was indignantly refused This wonderful plant clings amii thickly grown moss against the sid of the famous old Church of Si Michael, lt is claimed that it ha bloomed perennially since thc days o King Alfred, and this statement ha never been disputed, for its record ha been as carefully kept as the pedigrc of the bluest-blooded family iii tli kingdom. It is supposed to lia ve bec discovered by some mysterious mean through the medium of King Lout of Hildersbeini, as far back as 1022. Carneijle'ii Salmon Finheriott. Mr. Carnegie has just erected witi in the Skibo castle proundd in Scotian a magnificent saiincu and trout hate! cry. in which 150,000 ggs are incuba ing in well appointed boxes. In CO ruction also with b's Suilio and ol lr estates in Sutherlaudshire lie is tl proprietor of extensive salmon flsbinj in Dornoch firth, and along the Ky of Sutherland, and there are sever lakes, both natural and artifich throughout his domains that aro w< 1 studied with trout. *AN INGENIOUS UTENSIL? jf _ ? jf Flat Iron That ls Heated in a Novel \? A German manufacturer has just brought upon the market a new flat iron, heated by alcohol, as shown iq FLAT-IBON HE ATS D BX ALCOHOL. the accompanying cuts. The burner is to be pulled out of the iron and to be placed upon the heating grate. The receptacle is then to be filled with al cohol, as is the little tub. The alcohol In the tub is lighted, and the heating bar soon becomes hot, whereupon gases develop and escape through the BEATING DEVICE FOB SELF-CONTAINED _IBON._ holes of the heating bar. As soon as the alcohol in the tub is burned out the burner is placed back in the iron, where it is firmly kept by a spring ar rangement. Heated in this way, the Iron can be used for about fifteen min. ates before receptacle and tub have to be filled again with alcohol. Suppression of Dust. The absolute impossibility of entirely abating the dust nuisance ls admitted by all operators of speedy automobiles, but several devices to prevent the dust, or a great portion of lt, from reaching the occupants of the carriages have been tried by foreign automobilists, one of the most successful being that Shown in the accompanying drawing, from Automobile Topics. This is what may be termed a "splash board," or DISPENSING WITH THE DUST. air deflector. Two T-shaped brackets are fastened diagonally to the rear of the car, and upon these is stretched a light shield of canvas or other suitable material, mounted upon a spring roller, like an ordinary window curtain, the shield being ?f 31 agle of forty-five degrees with the ground. The forward movement of the car creates a strong current of air, which, striking the shield, is forced downward to meet the uprising dust, with'the effect that the dust cloud is broken up and is left behind. When not in use thc loose end of the shield is unhooked from the bracket, and the whole apparatus rolls up in a small compass. Steel Hods. Hods of steel are being introduced, which, beside being water-tight,, are said to be from twenty-five to fifty HODS MADE OF ONE PIECE OF STEEL. per cent, lighter than the -wooden hod. This feature is secured by the bodies being folded from a single piece of metal without the necessity of cutting "he metal. The Lobster's Last Ditch. The lands and waters are overrun with the wanton destroyers of choice game. The buffalo has been almost exterminated. So have some species of deer, and many varieties of game birds formerly abundant. The canned lobster industry has made thes-_ de licious crustaceans both scarce and puny. What do they who are makiug money by the destruction care whether for the next generation lobsters be come as costly as terrapin? Let us carefully gua. 1 Buzzard's Bay from the commercial destroyers, in the fond hope that good fishes will continue resorting to il for propagation,, and that the sportsman of the future may know the joy of bluefishing with hook and line in home waters, and our children may know the delight to the palate of a broiled fresh bluefish.-Bos ton Herald. A man never realizes how sick he has been until he gets the doctor's bill. y The reason women read the last chapter of a book first is because they jump at conclusions.