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ESTABLISHED 1855. " YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. " ~~ NO. 98.
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. THE MTSTE
AGA1
By ANNA KATH^
Author of "The Leavenworth Cas
and Ring,"
Copyright, 1900, by Anna Katharine G
Synopsis op Previous Chapters.
In order that new readers of The Enquirer
may begin with the following
installment of this story, and under*
stand it just the same as though they
had read it all from the beginning, we
here give a synopsis of that portion of
which has already been published: i
The story opens with the close of a
ball after daylight in the- morning.
While the guests are leaving the house '
Frederick Sutherland dashes out frantically
and disappears in the woods on
the other side of the -road. Agatha
Webb is found up stairs murdered.
? The body of Batsy, the oook, is found '
hanging from a window. Philemon ;
Webb, Agatha's husband, is discovered
sitting before a dining table asleep, (
with a smear of blood on his coat
sleeve. Philemon being charged with 1
the murder, his mind, alrady feeble '
? gives way completely. All Agatha
Webb's money has been taken. Mtes
Page, standing on the lawn, points to a
spot of blood on the grass. Frederick
Sutherland, who has been a wild fellow,
promises nis father to reform; also
w to give up Amabel Page, whom he has
been expecting to marry. Miss Page
tells Frederick that she followed him
on the night of the murder and saw
him secrete )1,0C0 in a hollow tree. She
declares that he shall either marry her
or she will proclaim him a murderer.
She Is about to leave him and the town
when she is held as a witness. The
past life of Agatha Webb. Six children
have been born to her and all died in
infancy. It is learned that the money
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new bills. A storekeeper produces one
of them that a strange man with a
flowing beard gave him the night of the
murder. The problem now is to find
the man with the long beard. Suspicion
falls on the Zabel brothers. Frederick
visits the hollow tree and finds
the money gone. Wattles a gambler
from Boston, demands $950 of Frederick
in payment of a gambling debt.
CHAFTEB Xm.
r A WOMAN IX HIS PATH.
Mr. Sutherland was busily engaged
with a law paper when his son entered
his presence, but at sight of that
son's face he dropped the paper witli
an alacrity which Frederick was too
^ much engaged with his own thoughts
to notice.
"Father," he began without pream
ble or excuse. "I am iu serious and
immediate need of $950. I want it so
much that I ask you to make me a
check for that amount tonight, conscious
as I am that you have every
Y rigjlt to deny me this request and that
my debt to you already passes the
hodhd of presumption on my part and
indulgence on yours. I cannot tell you
why 1 want it or for what. That belongs
to my past life, the consequences
of which 1 have not yet escaped, but
that you will not be the loser by this
' material proof of confidence in me I
feel bound to state, as 1 shall soon he
In a position to repay .ail my debts,
among which this will -necessarily
stand foremost."
The old gentleman looked startled
and nervously fingered the paper he
had let fall. "Why ?do you say you
will soon be In a position to repay me?
* What do you mean by that?"
Tho fliieh **rhlr?li find riflt V-pt Sllhsid
ed from the young man's face ebbed
slowly away as be encountered his father's
eye.
"1 mean to work." he murmured.
"I mean to make a man of myself as
soon as possible."
The look which Mr. Sutherland gave
him was more Inquiring than sympathetic.
"And you need this money for a
start." said he.
Frederick bowed. He seemed to be
losing the faculty of speech. The
clock over the mantel had told off five
of the precious moments.
"I will give it to you." said his father.
and he drew out his checkbook.
But he did not hasten to open it. His
eyes still rested on his son.
*1 "Now." murmured the young man.
jfa "There is a train leaving soon. 1 wish
to get it away on that train."
His father frowned with natural distrust.
"1 wish you would confide in me."
* said he.
Frederick did not answer. The hands
of the clock were moving on.
"I will give it. but I should like to
know what for."
"Impossible!" groaned the young
man. starting as be heard-a step on the
walk without
"Your need has become strangely imperative."
proceeded Jhe other. "Has
Miss Page"?
Frederick took a step forward and
laid his hand on his father's arm.
"It is not for her." he whispered.
"It goes into other hands."
Mr. Sutherland, who had turned over
the document as his son approached,
breathed easier. Taking up his pen he
r dipped it in the ink. Frederick watched
him with ever whitening cheek.
The step on the walk had mounted to
the front door.
"Nine hundred and fifty?" inquired
the father.
"Nine hundred and fifty." answered
the son.
The judge, with a last look, stooped
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THA WEBB.
lRINE GREENE,
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Etc., Etc.
reen. '
over the boob. The hands of the clock
pointed to a quarteitto 10.
"Father. I have my whole future In
which to thank you," cried Frederick,
seising the check his father held out
to him and making rapidly for the
door. "1 will be back before midnight"
And be flung himself down
stairs just as the front door opened and
Wattles stepped in.
"Ah!" exclaimed the latter as his eye
fell on the paper fluttering In the other's
hand. "I expected money, not paper."
}
"The paper is good." answered Frederick,
drawing him swiftly out of the
house. "It has my father's signature
upon it."
"Your father's signature?"
"Yes."
Wattles gave it a look, then slowly
shook bis head at Frederick.
"Is it as well done." said he, "as the
one you tried to pass off on Brady?"
jf reuericK criugeu ttuu iui a wvum
looked as If the straggle was too much
for him. Then be rallied and eying
Wattles firmly said:
"You have a right to your distrust
but you are on the wrong track. Wattles.
What 1 did once it would be Impossible
for me to do again, and 1 hope
I may live to prove It As for that
check. I will soon prove Its value In
your eyes. Follow me up stairs to my
father."
His energy?the energy of despair
no doubt?seemed to make an Impression
on the other.
"You might as well proclaim yourself
a forger outright as to force your
father to declare this fo be his signature."
he obsefYe^ 4- * -fri
"I know It" said Frederick.
"Yet you wllf run that risk?"
"If you oblige rae."
Wattles shrugged his shoulders. He
was a magnificent looking man and
towered In that old colonial hall Tike a
youthful giant.
"I bear you no 111 will," said he. "If
this represents money, I am satisfied,
and I begin to think it does. But lis
ten. Sutherland. -Something has happened
to you. A week ago you would
have put a bullet through my head before
you would have been willing to
have so compromised yourself. I think
I know what that something Is. To
ave yourself from being thought
guilty of a big crime you are willing to
Incur suspicion of a small one. It's a
wise move, my boy, but look out! No
tricks with me or my friendship may
not hold. Meantime 1 cash this check
tomorrow." And he swung away
through the night with a grand opera
selection on his lips.
Frederick looked like a man thoroughly
exhausted when the final echo
of this hateful voice died away on the
hillside. For the last 20 hours he had
been the prey of one harrowing emotion
after another, and human nature
could endure no more, but demanded
rest.
But rest would not come. The posiIn
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UVU 1U nuivu uw ?.V
tween Amabel and the man who had
just left was of too threatening a nature
for him to dwell upon any thought
save how to avoid the doom menacing
him. Hiding himself In his room, he
sought a way of escape. But one presented
itself. It was a cowardly one,
but anything was better than to stand
his ground against two such merciless
antagonists as had arisen in his path.
So he resolved upon flight.
Packing up a few necessaries and
writing a letter, which he left on his
table to be given to his father in the
morning, he made his way down the
stairs of the now darkened house to a
door opening upon the garden. To his
astonishment he found it unlocked, but
giving little heed to this in his excitement
he opened it with caution and,
with a parting sigh for the sheltering
home he was about to leave forever,
stepped from the house he no longer
felt worthy to inhabit
His intention was to take the train
at Porcliester, and that he might
reach that place without inconvenient
encounters he had decided to make
use as far as possible of the path
through the fields. This led him north
and along the ridge that overlooks the
road running around the base of the
hills.
But he did not think of this or indeed
of anything but to step on quickly,
for it was too desirable for him to
leave on the early morning train for
him to forfeit this chance of doing this
by any unnecessary lagging. But he
was not destined to take that or any
other train out of Porcliester at present,
for when he reached the fence
dividing Mr. Sutherland's grounds
from those of his adjoining neighbor
he saw drawn up In the moonlight just
at the point where he had intended to
leap the fence the form of a woman
with one hand held out to stop him.
It was Amabel.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Ptefritattcotw ^carting.
SOUTH CAROLINA GAME BIRDS.
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Efforts to Prevent the Extermination of Quails
and Partridges.
In order, says a Charleston dispatch, '
to protect game birds, which were 1
threatened with exetermlnation in this
state, the legislature of South Carolina
at its last session passed a law prohib
iting dealers from selling or offering for j
sale, partridges or quails killed within 1
the state for a period of five years. The
law does not attempt to stop the sale
of birds brought in from other states, j
and the act has just gone into effect. ?
It has caused many complications, 1
and among other things has opened a i
blind tiger market for birds, which in a \
measure will equal the blind, tigers
where liquor is sold. The hunting as- i
sociations and game preserve clubs
recently organized, have undertaken to
see that the law is enforced. The deal
ers in Charleston and the managers of (
restaurants will be watched, but par- '
trideres are still beine served and sold.
Dealers who are asked about the work- j
lng of the new law say it does not in- i
terfere with their business, as the j
birds are in constant demand and for j
that reason they have to keep on hand j
large supplies, which are ordered from ,
Georgia. It is evident that the law is |
not giving the, greatest protection to
the birds, but that they are being killed |
as usual, and the blind tiger market is ,
thriving. ,
In recent years the frequent storms \
along the coast have thinned out the J
partridges to a remarkable extent, j
Floods caught the young birds and.de- ,
stroyed them, and instances are known ,
where two broods in one season have j
been entirely destroyed. Higher up in
the state the same cause of destruction ,
did not operate, although from one rea- i
son or another the birds were being ,
killed off.
The greatest enemy to game birds in j
tldsstate.lsthe man with the trap. Ne- \
groes in the coast country who knew i
that good prices were paid for birds, .
found it rather a poor plan to,go out ^
and shoot them, so they revived the old plan
of trapping. For u long distance
leading to the trap a line of corn would
be carefully put down, and this would f
run right up under the cage. The
hirds would ga under the cage without
hesitation, eat the corn and then find
that they could not escape because they .
never tried to sneak under the edges
of the trap, trying instead to climb
or fly out. Another form of trap would .
spring and fall when the covey was
under. With little or no trouble the ,
Negroes could catch an entire covey, i
and the profits were large.
Hunters who find these traps demolish
them with the pfeatest satisfaction.
Not long ago a Charleston hunter while
out one day followed his dog when the
latter had pointed. Going up cautiously
he saw the cage; He kicked over
the trap and allowed the birds to fly
for their lives. With the two barrels
he caught four birds, which was a good
record considering the fact that the
cpvey scattered in a no^en directions.
The same hunter, while out on a three
days' hunt, smashed 14 traps in a'
very small territory.
There Is another class of hunters who
try to find a covey huddled up in a
heap. Frequently the birds run together
before being flushed, and a man
with a good eye can find the covey and
kill almost every bird In it with a single
barrel. This unsportsmanlike busi- !
ness has helped to decrease the stock.
This season the hu liters say there is
a good stock of birds, notwithstanding
the onslaught made on them In the
past. There was dry weather during
the hatching season, which was propitious,
and the young ones were 'not
drowned this year. With proper protection
for five years the stock can be
put back to its former fine condition.
WHIPPING POST IN DELAWARE.
Nine Prisoners Underwent Punishment Last
Thursday. .
Crows of morbid spectators found
much to Interest them at the quarterly
whippings of culDrits in New Castle
jail-yard, Delaware, last Thursday.
The youthful prisoners who had their
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uauivo Uk UIOCU WJ L11V owing VI wiiv VMV V
nine-tails, were John Auker, who has
not yet turned the age of 15, and William
Bradley, 17 years old. Each received
ten lashes across the bared back,
and after this mandate of the court
has been carried out by Sheriff Taylor,
the lads were led to cells to serve four
months. This penalty they brought on
themselves for stealing three cases of
perfume, valued at $3.4 The goods were
stolen from a car of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. About 150 persons,
seme of whom were women, and many
visitors from other states, gathered in
the jail yard to witness the whippings.
Auker was the first of the young culprits
to be led to the whipping post by
the warden. His slight form and
youthful face caused pity for him. His ,
eye was tearful, but his courage was
admirable. As Sheriff Taylor began
to ply the cat across his bared back ,
the muscles of the boyish criminal
quivered perceptibly. Although Sher- i
iff Taylor plied the lash lightly, great ,
red welts were raised across the white ,
flesh, and in one place the tender flesh ,
was broken. Young Auker bore his <
punishment with fortitude, and did not (
utter a complaint.
Bradley, who is* three years older
than Auker, took his chastisement in
the same cool manner as his companion.
Red seams were formed wherever J
the "cat" fell on his back, but the
blood was not drawn. The boys acted
as if accustomed to the punishment,
for they took their dose of justice with |
the same complacency as William
Smith, an old-timer, who has served j
time in Cherry Hill and other peniten- (
tiaries, and who received ten lashes <
for stealing a cow. The weather was
raw, a cool wind blowing from the Delaware
river, making the rawhide bite
more keenly on the bared backs.
While Auker and Bradley were being
whipped Charles Dumpson, a Negro,
convicted of murderous assault, stood
an hour in the pillory, making grimaces
at the boys at the post and at the
spectators. Altogether ten prisoners
were whipped by Sheriff Taylor on
Thursday, eigtil of whom received 10
cuts of the "cat" each, while'the others
received 20 lashes. Four of the prisoners
chastised were Negroes.
Auker is not the youngest prisoner
who has suiTered at tlie Delaware whipping
post. Two years ago a Negro lad
14 years of age received 10 lashes for
petit larceny.?New York Sun,
BETTER THAN A PLEDGE.
?
How Dr. John Wesley Brown Helped a Man
to Give Up the Liquor Habit.
) A Cleveland man tells this pathetic
Ind characteristic story of the late
Tev. Dr. John Westley Brown, the incilent
occuring while he was rector of
Prlnlty church In this city. The story
was told the narrator by the doctor
himself.
; One evening a stranger called at the
rectory on Superior street adjoining the
church. He was a well dressed, well
appearing man, but evidently in deep
trouble.
' "Dr. Brown," he said, "I have come
to you for advice and assistance. I am
^ victim of the drink habit I have
In excellent position?I am cashier for
p. wealthy corporation? and I know I
cannot retain It unless I reform. I
Want you to draw up a pledge for me?
make It as strong as you can, please?
ind I will sign it, and you will witness
\t"
Dr. Brown leaned back and looked
Kt the man.
"How long have you been drinking
to excess?" he asked.
| The man told him it was five or six
Fears; ever since he obtained his present
position. He only drank to excess
When he was with his friends. He
never thank at other times. When he
was with his friends be would forget
bimself and overstep the limit. Sometimes
he didn't go on a spree for a
Whole month; but the attacks were
rrftwlnc- more freauent. He seemed to
be losing his will power.
"My friend," said the doctor, "you
don't heed a pledge. I see In you a victim
of good comradeship. You are
far from being an ordinary drunkard.
If you signed a temperance pledge and
broke It?as you undoubtedly would do
?It would still further degrade you In
ydttr own eyes. I do not advise the
pledge.'
The man looked dumfounded.
"But what am I to do?" he faspdd.
The doctor drew a card from his desk
and rapidly wrote a few lines.
"There," he said, "read that."
This Is what the man read:
"To my friends: I am becoming a
victim of the liquor habit. If I do not
quit I am sure to lose my position and
ruin myself. For God's sake, don't ask
nna fn rlrl r?lr with vftll "
"There," said Dr. Brown, "sign that
and I will sign It as a witness. All I
ask of you is to show the card when
temptation Is at your elbow, and If
you fall come here and tell me about
It. There! Good night."
It was a full month before the man
returned worried and dejected.
"I expected you long before this."
said the doctor, as he greeted the
stranger. "Tell me about It. Did you
show the card?"
"Yes," replied the man. The first
time was the very next night after I
calted on you. A good friend, a railroad
man, came Into the office and after I
had checked up his accounts said:
'Come, Charlie, let's go over to the Oyster
House and have a drink.' Well,
sir, I was reaching for my hat When I
remembered the card. I took It out
and handed It to him. I thought he
would never finish reading It. He looked
at me and looked at the card. And
then he slowly put his arm down on
the counter and said: 'Charlie, I'd sooner
cut that hand off than ask you to
drink again.' Well, sir, I showed that
card several times after that, and every
blessed man I showed it to took lc
seriously. Sometimes they'd say, 'All
right, old boy.' Sometimes they'd lay
It down without a word. And then?it
? ??? loof t,<o>v>+?T fnrirnt ahouc it. and
here I am."
"You are doing well," said the doctor.
"Have courage and try and make the
interval a little longer the next time."
It was three months before the man
came back. The next time it was six
months.
"And now," said the doctor to the
narrator, "it is nearly two years since
his last call, arid I have every reason
to believe that he will not find it necessary
to come again. So you see, I was
quite right. It wasn't a pledge that
he needed.?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Disappointed Ambitions.?The boy
OAmo froq t mpn flro
lime clIJl Ul 11UI1S ox ovtuv 0...
curious to recall. Howard Pyle wanted
to be a locomotive engineer. Senator
Benjamin R. Tillman says that, in his
case, a good surgeon was spoiled. The
lad who is now known as Dr. T. DeWit
Talmage aspired to be a stage driver
at 10. Leonard Wood longed to walk
a quarter-deck. The poor boy, Andrew
Carnegie, in far-off Scotland, was itching
to get to New York and become the
owner of a great newspaper. If George
Dewey had had his way as a boy, he
would have been a brigadier in the
Spanish war instead of sinking Montojo
at Manila. Bronson Howard was
disappointed that he was not a globetrotter.
Wm. Jennings Bryan, had he
been permitted, would have become a
Baptist preacher. William Dean Howells
recollects that his greatest ambition
was to drive mules to tow a canal
boat. So the world may congratulate
Itself on the results of many a case of
disappointed ambition.?December Success.
PRAISES BOER OFFICERS.
Captain Reichman Says DeWct Is a Butcher
By Trade, But a Remarkable General.
Captain Carl Reichmann, who was
with the American military attache
with the Boer army in South Africa,
reached "Washington last night from
New York, and is preparing an elaborate
report on his observations of the
war in the Transvaal. Captain Reichmann,
when interviewed, spoke in high
praise of the Boer generals. Referring
to the news that General DeWet had
succeeded in dealing the English a
heavy blow by the capture of 400 British
troops at Dewetsdorp, Capt. Reichmann
said:
"I know General DeWet very well.
He is a butcher by trade; but a remarkable
general. The British will
have a hard time catching him. He
can keep them on the run for sometime.
I am not surprised at his latest
move."
Pnnfnlrr Reichmann said that he
thought that It would depend upon the
Boer people whether or not their opposition
to the English would be prolonged.
He suggested that General De
Wet would be able for sometime to
give the British trouble, but added
that the Boers were a hard people to
understand. He said:
"They might surrender at anytime,
and again they may continue to fight."
Captain Reichmann left Lorenzo Marques
September 26, and arrived In New
York last Wednesday. He traveled Incognito.
He said he had received good
treatment by the Boers; but the necessities
of the camp had compelled him
at times to sleep In the grass without
a tent, to be his own butcher, cook,
shoemaker and harnessmaker, and
keep In the saddle most of the time.
He remarked} concerning the report
that he had led the Boers In one of
their engagements:
"I thought the American people
would have more faith Jn the honor of
an American officer than to believe
such a ridiculous story/'?Washington
Dispatch.
"ALMOST PERSUADED."
Chinese Emperor In 1898 Discussed Adopting
Christian Religion.
The Rev. T.J. N. Gatrell, In charge of
the American Bible society depository
at Pekin, asserts that the Chinese em1peror,
during the reform period of 1898,
went so far as to discuss with his ad
visers the desirably of adopting
Christianity as the national religion.
He spent pouch time dally in the study
of the Bible, and frequently retired to
a quiet place to pray to the true God.
When thus engagedN the eunuch had
strict orders not to disturb him, arid no
one, not even the grand secretaries,
were allowed to approach that part of
the palace. The emperor told some of
the reformers that he was convinced of
the truth of Christianity. When one
of them asked him what he considered
was the best religion he replied that
there was only one religion?meaning
Christianity?and if there was any other
he would like to have it explained to
him.
Dr. Gatrell says that the new emperor
ordered 150 volumes from the Bible
society at Pekin, for his own use and
fnr rtlntHhiitlnn amone his advisers. 80
that they might have the opportunity
to study Christianity. Of these 89 were
publications of the "society for the diffusion
of Christian and general knowledge
among the Chinese." Others were
publications of the different missionary
boards, among them four sermons
by Mr. Moody, and an illustrated life of
Christ, which the emperor afterward
ordered to be rebound in new covers
with very expensive brocades. Two or
three of the books he ordered treated
of the difference between the Protestant
and Roman Catholic religions.
Dr. Gatrell does not know who made
up the list of books wanted by the
emperor, but from certain signs he assumes
that it comprises selections from
the catalogues of several different missionary
societies. At several of the
missionary stations the attendants remember
that eunuchs from the imperiat
palace called for such catalogues.
Other books which the emperor read
with great interest were the Life of
Peter the Great, the History of Japan,
and an account of the recovery of
Prance from the Franco-German war.
?Curtis in Chicago Record.
SOME BAD CHINESE WAYS.
Justice, as obtained in the Chinese
courts, is a farce. A case occurred
while the writer was in China in whi^h
a Chinese judge, sitting with an English
magistrate, declare-! that he was
obliged to give judgment against the
evidence, or he should lose his appointment!
The criminal law of China provides
that an offender can only be punished
if he confesses his guilt, and if he is
tardy in conforming to this condition,
he is compelled to confession by a series
of tortures of the most painful and
clvvlui v^nai
Superstition is rife from end to end of
the land, and leads to cruelty and brutality
of the worst description.
The system of "squeeze" and extortion,
which exists throughout the east
is found in so aggravated a form in
China, that it stifles enterprise and prevents
expansion of trade and leaves
the masses of the people barely with
the necessaries of life, while their superiors
in position become wealthy by
corrupt accumulation.
This system of "squeeze" of course
applies to the question of railway construction.
One of the most intelligent
Chinamen the writer mot in Shanghai,
offered him a concession for a railway
from Pekin to Chinkiang, the foremost
condition being that the sum of ?120,000
in cash should be paid to a leading government
official at the cutting of the
first sod.
As a further illustration, it may be
pointed out that out of the 13 railway
concessions already supposed to be
granted (extending about if,600 miles),
not one has as yet been commenced.
Capital punishment prevails to an extent
few people have any idea of in this
country. An important Russian official
the writer met on his way from Pekln,
stated that one of his countrymen had
been murdered in Manchuria by a Chinaman.
They wished to punish him in
such a way, and at such a place, as
would convey the strongest warning to
others; but they found that it would
be useless to execute him in his native
town, as no less than 2,000 people had
ended their lives in this way in the
previous 12 months.?Emerson Bainbridge,
M. P., in The Contemporary
Review.
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TOOK CENTURIES TO BUILD.
Cologne Cathedral Was In Progress of Erection
632 Years. / "
While the first stone of Cologne Cathedral
was' laid on August IS, 1248,
and the body of the edifice was not
opened until August 15, 1848, 600 years
later to the very day, it was not, however
until August 16, 1880, that the
splendid structure was finally reported
completed, having thus occupied in
building the record ^ime of exactly 632:
years.
The castle of Kingsgoberg, which
stands at the southern extremity of
Jutland, took 204 years from the laying,
of the corner foundation stone to the
rigging of its .master's banner on its
highest flagstaff. Its foundation stone
was the skull of its builder's bitterest
enemy. Three months after its laying
Count Jhorslng, the builder of the castle,
was killed. His son was then In
swaddling clothes. He did not continue
his father's work until aged 24.
On his 25th birthday he was thrown i
into prison by the son of the man
whose skull lay in the earth as Klngsgoberg's
foundation stone. In t^iis
manner master ?iter master of Elngsgoberg
was stopped putting another
stone toward the completion of the/,
founder's work till civilisation inter- '
vened.
Between Perth and Kingussie in Scotland,
on the direct John o' Groats to
Land's End road, stands Murthley castle,
a magnificent Elizabethan structure,
designed In the early part of the
present century. It is not likely to be
finished, however, building experts declare,
for at least another decade.
Only a few miles distant, on the main
road, Is the vast, unfinished palace of %
the Dukes of Athol. It was begun by .
the fourth Duke, who died In 1830, who
planned It on the most sumptuous style. - - ?
Whew.completed It wHI' be one of the
finest private residences In the Kingdom.
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busily building a great mansion on the
island of the name. It is not yet completed,
nor is it likely to be for another
10 years. At' the end of that period, ' t
Mount Stewart, vas the place is to be '
called, will be one,of the most gorgeous
establishments in the world.
. Rastormel Castle, in Cornwall, took
90 years to build, of which period exactly
one-third was occupied in excavating
. the foundations. The solid
rock upon which it stands is almost as
hard as iron. Indeed, "Restormel"
means in Cornish, "the palace of the
iron rock."
Milan Cathedral was begun in 1385'
and finished under N^polon in 1805?419 '
years.
The Duomo at Florence was commenced
by Arnulfo in the year 1294,
the last block of marble being placed
in position in the facade in the presence
of the king on May 12, 1887, a period of
593 years.?Stray Stories.
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COTTON SEED INSTEAD OF UNSEED.
Another Discovery Thet Is Full of Rich Prom'
fsa.
Prof. Frederick A. Thomas, a New
Orleans chemist, has discovered a process
by which cotton seed oil may be
degummed and made to possess all the
properties of linseed oil, according to
the New Orleans Times-Democrat. As
over $250,000,000 worth of linseed oil IS
consumed in this country, the discovery
Is of great commercial importance.
There Is In operation In New Orleans,
says The Times-Democrat, a plant,
with a daily capacity of 1,500 gallons,
and plans are being drawn for a plant
which will occupy two city blocks and
which will turn out 50,000 gallons per
day. The capitalists who will put the
oil on the market are prominent citizens
of New Orleans.
The great need of a substitute for the
costly linseed oil was first suggested to
Prof. Thomas, by Walter Scott, a boss
painter of New Orleans. At that time
a great many experiments had been
made but the results were unsatisfactory.
The crude cotton oil could be degummed,
but as the paint would not
dry in a year, the oil was useless.
Prof. Thomas began studying the
problem over 12 months ago. For
months his experiments met with no
success. He succeeded in removing the
gum, but it left the oil in such a state
that it would not dry. Prof. Thomas,
however, had faith that he was on the
right track, and invested over $25,000,
his savings of a life-time, in experimental
apparatus.
After months of investigation and experimentation
the secret was discovered,
and a company was organized to
put the oil on the market. The Thomasprocess
removes all the gummy constituents
found in cotton seed oil and
leaves it the color of red wine, says The
Times-Democrat.
It is then clarified by chemical treatment,
and comes out a light amber,
containing all the valuable qualities of
the finest Calcutta oil and certain virtues
peculiar to itself. Samples of
woodwork painted with paint mixed
with the new oil are said to equal inc
gloss the finest enamel.
The paint withstood a heat of 185
degrees, and was subjected to a degree
of cold below zero, and was submerged
in water for two days without deterioration.
The degummed oil becomes
thoroughly incorporated with dry leads
and paints and does not float on top,
as does the linseed.
It dries on out-of-door work in eight
hours and in 12 hours on indoor work.
The invention, it is claimed, will revolutionize
the cotton seed and linseed,
oil business.?New York Commercial.
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