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l. m. grists sons, Publisher*.} 1 Jamil? fleirspaper: Jor the promotion of the political. Social. Agricultural and (Commercial Interests of the people. { tkk"s,'0'?'k TOiiVivicKiS^''' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKV1LLE, S. C. TUESDAY, M A 11( I I H. 1!)1Q. NO. li>. frmton [King / Copyright. 1909, by George I] Barr McCutcheon fj Copyright. 1909, by Dodd. 11 Mead <B Company Synopsis of Preceding Chapters. fc Chapter I?Truxton King arrives in Edelweiss, capital of Graustark, and 11 meets the beautiful niece of Spantz, a in gunmaker. II?King does a favor for utt Prince Robin, the young ruler of the , country, whose guardian is John Tullis, an American. Ill?Baron Dangloss, no' minister of police, interviews King and sai warns him against Olga, the gunmak- ?n er's niece. IV?King invades the royal ? park, meets the prince and is presented f to the lad's fascinating Aunt Loraine. of V?The committee of ten, conspirators nlt, against the prince, meets in an underground chamber, where the girl Olga is disclosed as one who is to kill Prince to Robin with a bomb. VI?John Tullis sh< calls on the beautiful Countess In- gr, gomede, who warns him that her hated f and notorious old husband, Count Mar- ,ei lanx, is conspiring against the prince. ? VII?King visits the house of the witch wa of Ganlook gap and meets the royal jn household there. th? CHAPTER VIII. jj? Looking For an Eye. ter & The witch was haranguing her hud died audience, cursing the soldiers, git laughing gleefully in the faces of her 1 stately, scornful guests, greatly to the \va irritation of Baron Dangloss, toward dot whom she showed an especial atten- hei tion. wa Tullis was holding the prince in his aft arms. Colonel Quinnox stood before dai them, keeping the babbling, leering I beldame from thrusting her face close th< to that of the terrified boy. The Coun- not tess Marlanx. pale and rigid, her won- gei drous eyes glowing with excitement, in stood behind John Tullis. go With incredible swiftness the storm a ( passed. Almost at its height there I'll came a cessation of the roaring tern- fro pest, the downpour was checked, the we thunder died away and the lightning it. trickled off into faint flashes. The sky to cleared as if by magic. The exhibi- dui tion, if you please, was over! I It is the most amazing thing I've tha ever seen," Dangloss said over and Ho over again. onl The Countess Marlanx was trem- ciu bling violently. Tullis, observing this, act tried to laugh away her nervousness, loo oAlnnl/lonoD' thof'tj till** hP I I said. "You can't believe she brought the about this storm?" roi "It isn't that," she said in a low era C~ voice. "I feel as if a grave perscmal danger had just passed me by. Not danger for the rest of you, but for me bul alone. That is the sensation I have? the feeling of one who has stepped lov back from the brink of an abyss just 1 ik< in time to avoid being pushed over. I 1 ik' can't make you understand. See! I am trembling." Th "Nerves, my dear countess?shadows! You'll be over it as soon as we to are outside." 1 Ten minutes later the cavalcade ^ei started down the rain swept road to- to ..... ,..l ?n^ nit,- ,1,-v V. n Lr * r ^ hjiviner bal been placed across the saddles occu jied by the ladies and th<' prince. The vin witch stood in her doorway. laughing a'? gleefully, inviting them to come often. t'? "Come again, your highness!" she ('r' croaked sarcastically. 8>r "The next time I come it will be An with a torch to burn you alive!" me shouted back Dangloss. To Tullis he C'1 added: "Gad, sir, they did well to W burn witches in your town of Salem. <'a< You cleared the country of them?the I*1 pests!" r'e Down through the lowering shades n* rode the prince's party swiftly, even 1 gayl.v by virtue of relaxation from the strain of a weird half hour. No one ? ' revealed the slightest sign of apprehension arising from the mysterious demonstration in which nature had taken a hand. Truxton King, for reasons best known to himself, soon relapsed into a thoughtful, contemplative silence. Between us. he was sorely vexed and disappointed. When the gallant start was made from the glen of "dead men's bones" he found that he was to be cast utterly aside, quite completely ignored by the fair Loraine. She rode off with young Count Vos Engo without so much as a friendly wave of the hand to him. Vos Engo, being an officer in theroy-.1 irii.ii'il irw1? nhnnil h\ order of Colo n?-l Quinnox. Truxton, therefore, had her back in view?at rather a vexing I distance, too?for mile after mile of ttie f ride to the city. He galloped along v beside the baron, a prey of gloomy c< nsiderations. What was the use? He had no chance to win her. That * was for story hooks and plays. She belonged to another world far above , his. ^ The baton's dry, insinuating voice broke in upon the young man's fal thoughts. "1 think it's pretty well understood that she's going to marry >* ? him " The little old minister had been muling King's thoughts: he had the po satisfaction of seeing his victim start m; guiltily. King managed to control him- vo self, asking with bland interest: "Indeed! Is it a good match, baron?" \vl The baron smiled. "1 think so. He ini has been a tritle wild, hut I believe gu iie has settled down. Speiidid family. He is desperately in love." eh "I hadn't thought much about it. Is fo she in love with him?" "She sees a great deal of him." was ea the diplomatic answer. "I "Would you mind telling me just m< who she is, baron?" Dangloss was truly startled. do "Do you mean. sir. that you don't ce know her?" he asked, almost harshly, he "I don't know her name." fo "And you had the effrontery to? My th excellent friend, you amaze me! I know that Americans are bold: but, gr by gad. sir. I've always looked upon SI them as gentlemen. You?" hi "Hold on, Huron Dangloss!" inter- d<j rupted Truxton. very red in the face. "You'd better hear my side of the ju story first. She went to school with th my sister. She knows me. but refuses th to tell me who she is." de (y T T w Story of Graustarft By GEORGE BARR IVrCUTCMEON ?*> Q Well, my boy, if she elects to keep ii in the dark concerning her name is not for me to betray her. Ladies her position. 1 dare say, enjoy these lie mysteries." it was dusk when they entered tierthern gates. Above tlie castle King d good by to Tullis and the countess, lvely saluted the sleepy prince and lowed Mr. Hobbs off to the heart the city. He was hot with resentnt. Either she had forgotten to say >dby to him or had willfully decided ignore him altogether. At any rate, ? entered the gates to the castle Hinds without so much as an indlfent glance in his direction. [Tuxton knew in advance that he s to have a sleepless, unhappy night, his room at the hotel he found second anonymous letter, unquesnably from the same source, but s time printed in crude, stilted lets. It had been stuck under the door. Leave the city at once. You are in 'at danger. Save yourself." This time he did not laugh. That it s from Olga Platanova he had no jbt? But why she should interest self so persistently in his welfare s quite beyond him. And what, er all. could she mean by "great iger?save yourself." -le indulged in a long spell of >ughtfulness. "No, by George, I'll : turn tail at the first sign of dan\ I'll stay here and assist Dangloss unraveling this matter. And Til up to that witch's hole before I'm lay older to have it <>ut with her. find out where the smoke came m. and I'll know where that eye nt to." He sighed without knowing "By Jove. I'd like to do something show her I'm not the blooming fTer she thinks I am." le could not find Baron Dangloss it night nor early the next day. bbs. after being stigmatized as the y British coward in the world, tnged his mind and made ready to company King to the hovel in Oank gap. iy noon the streets in the vicinity of i plaza were filled with strange, igh looking men. undeniably laborWho are they?" demanded King. There's a strike on.among the men f-""" " ??i,l t 11 iltlts lining IMV They'd better look out for these fel s." said King, very soberly. "I don't e the appearance of 'em. They look e cutthroats." Take my word for it. sir. they are. ey're the riffraff of all Europe." I hope Baron Danglos.s knows how handle them?" in some anxiety, n due time they rode into the som solitudes of Ganlook gap and up the witch's den. Here Mr. Hobbs ked. He refused to adventure far r than the mouth of the stony raie. Truxton approached the hovel ne. without the slightest trepida11. The goose herd grandson was ving a tlock of geese across the 'en bowl below the cabin. The leriean called out to him, and a mont later the youth, considerably exi'd, drove his geese up to the door, tile they were vainly haranguing h other the old woman appeared, tering shrill exclamations, she hurd down to confront King with blaz: eyes. Her horrid grin of derision uglit a flush to his cheek. I'll lay you a hundred gravvos that kettle and smoke experiment is a ft ^ FEEL AS IF A GRAVE PERSONAL DANGER HAS JCST PASSED ME BY." ke <>f tin- worst sort," lit* announced. "Hiive it your own way?have it ur own way!" slip cackled. "Toll you what I'll <lo?if I can't exse that trick in ten minutes I'll ike you a present of a hundred gavSlie took him up like a Hash, a fact lich startled and disconcerted him t ji little. Her very eagerness attired ill for his pioposition. With a low. mocking bow the shriv d hag stood aside and motioned i him to precede her into tin* hovel. "A hundred gavvos is a fortune n<?t sil.v to be won." said the old dame, low can I be sure that you will pay I* if you lose?" "It is in my pocket, madam. If I n't pay. you may instruct your < xllent grandson to crack me over the ad. lie looks as though he'd do it r a good ileal less money. I'll say at for him." "He is honest ?as honest as his undmother." cried tiie old woman, le bestowed a toothless grill Upon m. "Now. what is it you want to "I want to go through that kitchen, st to satisfy myself of one or two ings." King was looking hard at e crack in the kitchen door. Sudnly lie started as if shot. The staring. burning < >'?' was again looking straight at him from the jagged crack in the door "I'll get you this time!" he shouted, crossing the room in two eager leaps. The door in his violent clutch swung open with a hang. Tile owner of that mocking, phantom eye was gone! Like a frantic dog, Truxton dashed about the little kitchen, looking in every corner, very crack, for signs of the thing he chased. The old woman was standing in the middle of tile outer room, grinning at him with genuine malevolence. "Ha, ha!" she croaked. "You fool! Vou fool! Search! Smell him out! All the good it will do you! Ha. ha!" "By gad. I will get sit the bottom of this!" shouted Truxton. stubborn rage possessing him. "There's some one here, and I know it I'm not such a fool as to believe? Say! What's that? The ceiling! By the eternal, that scraping noise explains it! There's where the secret trapdoor is?in the ceiling! Within arm's reach, at that! Watch me old woman!" The hag was standing in the kitchen door now, still grinning evilly. She watched the caper young man puunu upon the low oeilinp with a three lepged stool that he had seized from the floor. He was pounding vigorously on the roughly hoarded celling when the sharp voice of the old woman, raised in command, caused him to lower the stool and turn upon her with plea tiling, triumphant eyes. The look he saw in her face was sufficient to check his en A LOW, MOCKING LAUGH CAME FROM IIEB LIPS. terprise for the moment. He dropped the stool and started toward her, his< arms extended to catch her swaying form. The look of the dying was in her eyes. She seemed to be crumpling before him. He reached her in time, his strong aims grasping the frail, limit figure as it sank to the floor. As he lifted her bodily from her feet, intent upon carrying her t<> the open air. her bony fingers sank into his arm with the grip of death, and?could he believe his ears!?a low, mocking laugh came from her lips. Down where the pebbly house yard merged into the mossy banks Mr. Hobbs sat tight, still staring with gloomy eyes at the dark little hut up the glen. A quarter of an hour had passtd since King disappeared through the doorway. Mr. Hobbs was getting nervous. The shiftless, lanky goose herd came forth in time and lazily drove his scattered Hock off into the lower glen. Presently Hobbs caught sight of a thin stream of smoke, rather black than blue, arising from the little chimney at the rear of the cabin. His eyes Hew very wide open: his heart experi encetl a sudden throbless mumeni; ins mind leaped backward to the unexplained smoke mystery of the day before. It was on the end of his tongue to cry out to his unseen patron, to urge him to leave the witch to her deviltry and come along home, when the old woman herself appeared in the doorway?alone. She sat down upon the doorstep, puffing away at a long pipe, her hooded face almost invisible from the distance which lie resolutely held. She was no more than a black, inanimate heap of rags piled against the door jamb. Uobbs let out a shout. The old woman arose and hobbled toward him, leaning upon'a great cane. "Win-where's Mr. King'.'" called out Hobhs. Her arm was raised, a bony linger pointing to the treetops above her hovel. "He's gone. Didn't you see him? lie went off among tile treetops. You won't see him again." She waited a moment and then went on in most ingratiating tones: "Would you care to coine into my house? 1 can show you tl'.e load lie took. You"? lint Mr. Hobhs. his hair on end. had *1r< tied tlie rein of King's horse and was putting bunt t<> his own beast, whirling frantically into the path that lid away from the hated, damned spot. |)uwn the mail lie crashed, pursued by witches whose persistence put t" shame the i;iVnrts of those famed ladies of Tain o" Shunter in tiic long ago. If he had looked over his shoulder he might have discovered that he was followed by a ruleless horse, nothing more. Hut a riderless horse i< a grewsome thing sometimes. t'HAI'TKU IX. Strange Disappearances. lint Hobbs halted his mail flight. He decided to return to the hut. His friend might be in desperate need of aid. Then, with his heart in his mouth, he slowly began to retrace his steps, walking where lie had galloped a moment before. A turn in the road caused him to draw rein sharply. A hundred yards ahead live or six men were struggling with a riderless bay horse. "I!y Jove!" ijaculated Hobbs. "It's bis horse!" As he drew nearer it struck him forcibly that the men were not what lie ll.'lil lllou^ni IIU'III Im lie. I in\ m-ic aii ?'vil looking lot. more like tin- strikcis Ik- had st-cii in lix- town varliiT in tli" ilav Kvi n as lie was turning the now thought nver in his mind one of them stepped <>ut of the little knot and, without a word of warning, lifted his arm and fired point blank at the little Englishman. A pistol ball whizzed close by his head. His horse leaped to the side of the road in terror, almost unseating him. Itnt Hobbs had fighting blood in his veins. What is more to the point, he had a Mauser revolver in his pocket. He jerked it out and, despite a second shot from the picket, prepared to ride down upon the party. An instant later half a dozen revolvers were blazing away at him. Hobbs turned at once and rode in the opposite direction, whirling to fire twice at the unfriendly group. Soon he was out of range. The only thing left for him to do was to ride at once to the city and give the alarm. Suddenly his horse swerved and leaped furiously out of stride, stumbling, but recovering himself almost instantaneously. In the same second he beard the sharp crack of a firearm f-?r rUu-n tho iinhi'iikpii nivinn to his left. A second shot came, this time from the right and close at hand. His horse was staggering, swaying; then down lie crashed. Hobbs swinging clear barely in time to escape being pinioned to the ground. A stream of blood was pouring from the side of the poor beast. Aghast at this unheard of wantonness, the little interpreter knew not which way to turn, but stood there dazed until a third shot brought him to his senses. The bullet kicked up the dust near his feet. He scrambled for the heavy underbrush at the roadside and .darted off into the roadside, his revolver in his hand, his heart palpitating like mad. Time and again as he tied through the dark thickets he heard the hoarse shouts of men in the) distance. At 10 o'clock the next morning Colo-' nel Quinnox and a company of soldiers, riding up from the city gates toward tile north in response to a call for help from honest herders who re Im?i aiuiCKs anu luuucnrs ui an alarming nature, came upon the stiff, footsore, thorn scratched Mr. Hobbs I not far from the walls of the town. The colonel was not long in grasping the substance of Hobbs' revelations. He rode off at once for the witch's hovel, sending Hobbs with a small, instructed escort to the castle, where I Baron Dangloss was in consultation with Mr. Tullis and certain ministers. The city was peaceful enough, much to the surprise of Hobbs. No disturbance had been reported, said the guardsmen who rode beside him. Up in the hills there had been some depredations, but that was all. "All?" groaned Mr. Hobbs. "All? Hang it all, man, wot do you call all? You haven't heard "alf of it yet. I tell you. there's been the devil to pay. Wait till the colonel comes back from Ganlook gap. He'll have news for >'(?u; UlKe 11 irnm me, ne win. i uui poor chap 'as gone up in smoke as sure as my name 's Hobbs." They met Baron Dangloss near the barracks, across the irk from the castle. He was in clo.e, earnest conversation with John Tullis and Count Halfont, both of whom seemed laboring under intense excitement. The arrival of Hobbs, a pitiful but heroic object, at once arrested the attention of every one. His story was heard by a most distinguished audience. "There is nothing supernatural about King's disappearance," said Tullis sharply. "That's all nonsense. He had money about him, and it perhaps turns out that there really was a man at the crack in the door, a clever brigand who today has got the better of our vainglorious friend. The shooting in the hills is more disturbing than this, to my mind." "This mystery coming on top of the other is all the more difticult to understand?I mean the disappearance of the Countess Murlanx," said Baron Dangloss, pulling at his imperial in phii 11 perplexity. "But we must not stop here talking. Will you come witl. me, Mr. Tullis. to the tower? I shall send out my best man to work on the case of the lady. It is a most amazing thing. I still have hope that she will appear in person to explain the affair." "I think not." said Tullis gloomily. "This looks like abduction?foul play, or whatever you choose to call it. She has never left her father's house in just this manner before. I believe, baron, that Marlanx has taken her away by force. She told me yesterday that she would never go back to him if she could help it. 1 have already given you try suspicions regard-) ing his designs upon the?ahem!" Catching the eager gaze of the prince, he changed the word "throne" to "treasure." Lorain*', her cheeks white with resolution. turned upon John Tullis. "You might leave the rescue of the countess to the proper authorities?the police." she said calmly. "I think It is your duty as an American to head the search for Mr. King. If Count Mnrlanx has spirited his wife away, pray who has a better right?" " tut we are not sure that he"? "We ate sure that Mr. King is either dead or in dire need of help." she interrupted hotly. "Colonel Quitmox is quite com pet? nt to conduct the search," he said shortly. "Hut Colonel Quinnox has gone forth on another mission. He may he unable to give any of his time to the search for Mr. King. It is outrageous. John Tullis. to refuse help!" "I don't refuse help!" he exclaimed. "But I'll tell you this?I consider it my nuiy its a man i<? uevoie mini streiiKth I have to the service of a wmnan in trouble. fnmo. baron: wo will K'? to the tower." fount Halfont intervened. Imstily proposiiiK that a second party In* sent out at once with instructions to raze the witch's hut it' necessary. "I shall lie happy to lead the expedition." said you UK fount Vos Kn<yo, howitiK deeply to the you UK holy herself. "You shall. Vos Knffo." saiil Halfont. "Prepare at once. Take ten men." Tttllis tinned suddenly to the resentful Kith "Horninc." he said Kently as the others drew away, "don't he hard with inc. You don't understand." "Y? s. I do." site saiil stubbornly. "You are in love with her." "Yes; that's unite true." "A married woman!" "I can't help it. I must do all i can for her." She looked into his honest eyes for a moment. "Forgive me," she murmured, hanging iter head. Then she smiled brightly up into his face. "Have your way, then. Remember that I am her friend too." The guard about the prince was doubled, orders requiring the strictest care of his person were issued by Count Hulfont. Baron Dangloss began to see things in a different light. Things that had puzzled him before now seemed clear. But late in the afternoon a telegram was brought to Tullis widen upset all of their calculations and caused the minister of police to swear softly in pure disgust. It was from the Countess Marlatix herself, sent from Porvrak, a station far down the railway, in the direction of Vienna. It was self explanatory: "I am going to Schloss Marlanx, there to end my days. There Is no hope for me. I go voluntarily. Will you not understand why I am leaving Edelweiss? You must know." It was signed "Ingomede." Tullis was dumfounded. He caught the penetrating glance of Dangiossaud flushed under the sudden knowledge that this shrewd old man also understood why she was leaving Edelweiss. Because of him! Because she loved him and would not be near him. His heart swelled exultantly in the next moment. ^ brave resolve was born within him. "We don't need a key to that, my boy," said the baron indulgently. "But I will say that she has blamed little considt ration for you when she steals away in the dead of night without a word. Unfeeling. I'd say. Weil, we can devote our attention to Mr. King who is lost." "See here, baron," said Tullis after a moment; "I want you to give me a couple of good men for a few days. I'm going to Schloss Marlanx. I'll get her away from that place if I have to kill Marlanx and swing for it!" At i o ciock mat nigni, accompanied by two clever secret service men, Tullis boarded the train for the west. A man who stood in the tobacconist's shop on the station platform smiled quietly to himself as the train pulled out. Then he walked briskly away. It was Peter Brutus, the lawyer, A most alluring trap had been set for John Tullis! The party that had gone to Ganlook gap in charge of Count Vos Engo returned at nightfall no wiser than when it left the barracks at noon. Riding bravely, but somewhat dejectedly, beside the handsome young officer in command was a girl in gray. Now she was coming home with them, silent, subdued, dispirited?even more so than she allowed the count to see. Colonel Quinnox and his men had been scouring the hills for bandits. They arrived at the witch's cabin a few minutes after Vos Engo and his company. Disregarding the curses of the old woman, a thorough search of the place was made. The old woman's story, reflected by the grandson, was convincing so far as it went. She said that the young man remained behind in the kitchen to puzzle himself over the smoke mystery while she went out to her doorstep. The man with the horses became frightened when she went down to explain the situation to him. He tied. A few minutes later the gentleman emerged to find his horse gone, himself deserted. Cursing, he struck otY down the glen in pursuit of bis friend, and that was the last she saw of him. To be Continued. BECOMING RECKLESS. Present Generation Now Is Said to Have Sworesworn Thrift. We have ceased to be thrifty. The nearest approach most of us make to that virtue is to get our banks to let us overdraw our accounts. Tile fathers have eaten grapes and the childien ate eating grapefruit. We used to buy tipples by the barrel; now we buy them as we would liny our jewels, eacn in us wpnrui.e We used to eat pot roasts; now we must have our porterhouse steaks. our wives used to help tl'.e general housework girl with the cooking: now we need two maids, a laundress, and a man to wash the windows. When we were boys we did chores and wore our father's old clothes: nowadays the American boy needs an allowance, stockings that match his neckties, and a tuxedo jacket. We used to think it an extravagance to keep a hundred and fifty dollar horse and a hundred dollar buggy, now we buy an automobile and mortgage our house to pay for it. "Kasy come, easy go." was the old motto; "Kasy come, gone before it comes," is the modern. One chief cause of high prices is trust?our creditor's trust. Kverybody wants to sell us something and charge it to our account. So we accommodate them and acquire a habit of reckless expenditure. What difference does it make whether eggs are .'I.', cents or so cents a dozen. if we do not have to pav cash for them'.' We are spendthrifts in the midst of a credit-system orgy. When we sober lip. prices will come down.? The World TiMlay. Mechanical Ingenuity. Many instances of mechanical ingenuity really remarkable to lis in these lays, when we are supposed tn have ailvaneed in learning, ate related by various ancient authors. The silver sphere, "a most noble ami ingenious performance," which was presented to Sultan Solyman the Magnilicent by his imperial majesty Ferdinand, is men tinned ny I'aums joyius as rimn nig and keeping time with tin- motions of tin* celestial bodies in various con illations, it was carried to fonstantinople by twelve men and there put tngt titer by tin- artist that made it. Alymeeides. an ancient carver, was so proficient in microscopic mechanism that in- made an ivory ship, with all its decks, masts, yards, rigging and sails, in so small a compass that it might haw been hidden under the wing of a lly. lie also made a chariot with four wheels and as many harnessed horses, which took up scarcely more room than the ship. tJeorge Whitehead, all Knglishman, made a ship, with all things pertaining to it, to move as if it sailed, upon a table. "All hands were aloft, a woman made good music on a lute, and a little puppy cried in the midship, all of which variety," says the old writer, "was pleasant and diverting." JUisccllancous itcadiitf). L ABOUT THE MOON. an' sal No Relation Between the Crescent and the Weather. ra' To explain the remarkable variatiuns in the place of the moon dur- l'al inp different months we must consider gU( the effect of the inclination of the ecliptic to the earth's equator. The n,y ecliptic is the path in which the sun a*v appears to circle the heavens once s?'' every year. a ' The ecliptic crosses the plane of the ''ul equator at two opposite points, called 't>t} the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. g,'r The sun arrives at the vernal equi- *a nox about the 21st of March, and at aMt the autumnal equinox about the 21st *s of September. During the interval the sun is north of the equator, and cal ? i. . i.. .u_ unl consequently us |iii111 iii-s nimi hi mi' heavens, as seen from our hemisphere. 'or Now the moon travels around the (,t'' earth in a plane not very much inclined (only five degrees and eight minutes to the path of the sun). Hut c,t the sun takes twelve months to cir- s'xl ele the heavens, while the moon takes gul less than one month. Accordingly, at one time we lind the moon near the sun and about two weeks later just opposite the sun. *>?! It is clear that when the moon is a ' near the sun, as at new moon, it will w ^ be north of the equator if the sun uns is north, and south if the sun is south. Hut when the moon is opposite the ca' sun. us at full moon, it will be north ^ of the equator if the sun is south, and south if the sun is north. 'y \Ve have just seen that from autuinn to spring the sun is south of w the equatyr. It follows that in winter Sai the full moon will be north of the on< equator; and will run high in the sky. T65 On the other hand, during the sum- cra mer. when the sun is north of the equator, the full moon will be south wa of it and will run low in the sky. "e; o. .......i..?,v.i i... thr inclination of the moon's orbit to the ^'K ecliptic, hut the inclination, being a ' small, may be neglected in a general K'a explanation. cu' The moon rises, on the average, *? about fifty-one minutes later every ?')< day. This interval is called the daily s'^ retardation. It is shortened or lengthened according to what part of the ^ac ecliptic the moon is near. In the ^ut latitude of New York the interval may to vary in length between twenty-three Uf) minutes and one hour and seventeen t*ie minutes. The retardation is greatest ^'n when the moon's path is steepest to wfl the horizon, and least when the path f're has the smallest inclination. Thi The latter condition occurs, with irespect to the full moon, about the "'s time of the autumnal equinox. At 'nt< that season the full moon travels in tra a path very little inclined to the horl- ^ zon. and so. for several evenings in UP' succession, will rise at nearly the hour s"c of sunset. This is called the harvest ro* moon. The next following full moon at in October also has its path, but little inclined, and its retardation shorten- '"u ed, and is called the hunter's moon. Some persons suppose that the nn' crescent of the new moon promises 'e" wet or dry weather, according as its the horns are so inclined that the hollow between them looks as though it could, or could not. hold water. Of course there is no relation between Fa the weather and the position of the new moon's horns. The inclination i of the moon can readily be accounted an for, at any time, when we bear in pal mind the fact that a line drawn from pos tip to tip of the horns must always nui be at right angles to the direction of ed the sunset.?Harper's Weekly. > arc NERVY EXPRESS MESSENGER. evt on. Bested Train Robbers In Two Game jnfi Fights and Saved Company's Cash. \ During the twenty-odd years of Wi duty as a detective, private and pro- ste fessional. particularly and principally dm for the Wabash railroad, I've fre- set quently been asked if the danger in- tw. volved in my work worries a detee- 'J tive. Candidly, all I've hail to say is. me it should not worry a good detective: as he isn't a detective if he hasn't en- gol countered any danger?at least, new arc to th? work? and, any way, the de- wa tective sliould not know what fear and ' worry mean. His art will make his He task "dangerless" to him. Personally, iitt as one may imagine. it is not the gal "dangerous" eases I hate most, but er> the "slum" jobs. those compelling pla you to drink cheap whisky, to sleep tie, in cheap lodging houses and to eat J bad food. Once in a long time the als detective gets what is termed ti "good in time." epl I'or instance, when he has to as- tie, certain whether or not a certain cor wealthy man is going to sell railroad net stock, straight or otherwise. It. in I a way. means for the dectective a the dress suit, a box at the opera and mo billiards, in the course of which the fur detective must make the rich gentle- in man's acquaintance. Once get him ke| to think you're "O. K." and a "good 'I fellow" it is easy to lead up to the wit main question at issue. Naturally, lire during the latter years of my service on with the Wabash. I got more of these wh "snaps" than I did in my earlier ca- mi: leer: in fact, it was only a few hat months ago that I had one of those I "good times." My duty was to go to pla the country, live like ii "swell," bet ha< on the races, pocket gains and charge eel the losses. pal Karly in the summer of the present Wi year I was sailing across Lake Michi- a i gan from Henton Harbor to Chicago of with a particular person I was after. on< once 1 caught him looking "hard" at wa me. We were alone. He was a mem- J her of several athletic clubs, and. in- sid asmuch as I'm not <iuite as young as am I once was. he could, if necessary, of have bandied me as though I were a am boy. I thought as his eyes were fixed tin m inc. "What a fine place to 'drop* tin me if he knew I was a detective and clo on his shadow!" However, I was pr? fully armed, and. in this instance, res nothing more serious than his arrest 'I occurred. pel "< ine day I was instructed t<> siil "shadow" a certain criminal, my su- tlx periln* statins. "Shadow So-and-So; mil bail man. known to have held up a po> train in Missouri: will do bodily harm!" I got on his "shadow;" my presence was enough to excite his ,,f suspicions. He came out of a road It house service. I. in turn, reeipmcat. , , . act ing with some of my experiences as detective for the Wabash rail- PR id. i ran through Kentucky in 1864 Sta 1 1 S6"i, oil the Kentucky Central," d Mr. New lands, after w arming up ids subject of experiences on the ed 1 roads, "and had to make some tiot ort turns' in order to keep com- to ay's money out of the hands of the whi ;rillas. see 'I remember, at one time, 1 lay in the car a whole day in North Benson, art: .. while the guerrillas on the other -ee e of the town and the garrison in bar federal fort on the other side dls:ed with solid shot, shells and bul- see * for the possession of the passen- ma ' train. The fort saved us, and ticl t night 1 packed up all the money and I got tiway over ten miles on foot froi icveral burned bridges preventing Httl train's escape?and took a hand- tigii for Louisville, Ky.. at the first ed iroken niece of track. slvi 'Another time, we left Covington gun Lexington, having Ex-Postmaster see* tieral Blair among the passengers, froi I Pete Everett's guerrillas opened see on tlie train from a small, dry ek b<d at Lit I rd s burg station, firs ty miles out, and the regular train rlet ird?they were on every train in stic ise days?had a rattling fight with alsf m before the guerrillas finally ton t. When the show was over Ex- eon ?tmaster General Blair picked up the >aby belonging to a young woman, hut 0 got off there, and went away, hul tuspected, with the mother, and an<l is undoubtedly prevented his own lint dure, and the train backed to firs rington for a fresh start. par Those guerrillas were undoubted- wet a tough proposition, and speaking los? robbers." continued Mr. Xewlands, hile I was with the Galveston and elai 1 Antonio railroad we were stopped ery ? night some miles out of El Paso, pro i. Two men, wearing masks, pro wled over the tender and ordered pro engineer and fireman to lead the sec y to the express car. They did so. er aching there, one of the robbers " ew some dynamite against the ear the >r, the explosion of which knocked due lole in the car and broke all the stoi ss in the outer doors. The robbers we led upon me and my companions ine come out. We did so. but. before ste] ying. I put my revolver just In- ma e the car door. be? 'They reached us and ordered us jusi k into the car. We again obeyed wir : as one of the robbers attempted of follow me into the car. I caught con my pistol, and. placing it against lan robber's breast, fired, and shot < i through the heart. The robber. Soa ile lying writhing on the ground the d twice at me and then expired. |S , p second robber and I then ex- SOa inged shots and he tried to drag giy, companion's body to the engine. nlti ending to uncouple same from the |jst in and thus make their 'get-away.' sah lile the robber was lifting the body SOn in the engine, I got a double-barrel ma >tgun and fired at the surviving thli >ber. He sank to the ground, but < once sprang up and ran away, the the following day his body was mpi ind in a brush, fifty yards from f00 scene of the attempted holdup; |jev y one buckshot had struck the j ^ low, but it had cut the artery over ?,h0 heart."?New York Telegraph. OW| the GUARDING WINDSOR. riot ish< mous Castle Protected at Every ma< Point By Soldiers and Police. 'or an unauthorized person to gain ma entrance Into one of the king's day laces in England is nearly an im- the isibility. It has been done, but the seei ruber of times could be almost count- eve on the lingers of a hand. har rVithin the walls of Windsor castle cer treasure*, of priceless value, and tres ;n if the court is not in residence no seei can enter without his presence be- slot ; known to the police. the rVhen the king is in residence at ner ndsor the guards are doubled. In- alr< ad of one man marching up and gur vn with a bayonet fixed between ton itry box and sentry box there are Col a. Cot Then there are metropolitan policen on duty at each gateway, as well royal gatekeepers in scarlet and (1 livery. In addition to that. ther?- Dai i plain clothes detectives and night tchmen. " t lunatic seldom gets farther than mo nry VIII.'s gateway at Windsor. The gre :!e police office is just Inside the ma te, and here is officially recorded ev- wri day anything of note that takes tur ce within the precincts of the cas- the bat V few yards inside the gateway are sha o the quarters of the officer who is the command of the castle guard. Tel- wh tones are installed all over the cas- the and the different entrances are inecteu wiw me main swhuiikwiu ??? ir the equerries' entrance. one f u paper knife were taken out of eth castle today it would be missed to- epli 1 row. Kvery treasure and piece of bre niture in Windsor castle is entered whl huge books, and photographs are pall >t of all the most valuable articles, sea: The sentries were always provided aim h ball cartridge until a guardsman in I d three bullets into a stone elephant gre the east terrace of Windsor castle, wot ich he mistook for a ghost in the spa ts of the early morning. Now they moi >e to depend on their bayonets. one t is very seldom that thefts take afa ce at royal residences. The police ie power to search all bags or par- ed s being conveyed from the royal rosi aces. Many years ago a sentry at trei ndsor castle managed to hook down tret valuable watch and chain from one mu the royal apartments with his bay- mai t on the end of his i itie. but he thir s quickly found out and punished, out I ..i.rlo U'fitnliman IHIPB nil illltv in- Das . the castle at Windsor every night I*cc I comes off in the morning. In case eha lire he would at once give the alarm, wer 1 in a very few moments the royal " men and castle guard would be on vol* spot and all entrances would be sac sed and guarded. The same system die vails at the chief of the other royal see idences. tha I'lie penalty for a soldier failing to fro form his duty when on guard out* tho < royal residences is so severe that fro: re are very few cases indeed on r? c- bes I of men having to be taken off their heil =ts.?London Mail. oth , 0 , has "One of the most important needs Sl China today is wireless telegraphy, is considered practically impossible establish the ordinary land lines ett? oss the great deserts between Fe- Wh i and the extreme northwest. Vol ODUCTS FROM COTTON SEED. irtling Revelation on the Value of South's Staple. How many articles are manufacturfrom the smith's staple?" is a quesi that caused a cotton oil mill man sit down today and figure out Just at can be produced from the cotton d. It will be quite a revelation to layman to know how many useful ides are manufactured from the d that are piled in the farmers' ns. Take a man and give him cotton <1 to start with," said this infornt. "and he can live on this one are in its various manufactured forms I by the things that indirectly come in this product. This may sound a le exaggerated, but it can all be ired out. Maybe you'll be surpris to Know tnat two forms or exploit are made from cotton seed; one, i cotton, from the cellulose of the d. and the other, nitroglycerine, m the soap stock of the oil. Let's how this is done: Starting with cotton seed we have t sand and weed seed, grabots and m seed. From the grabots we get ks. nails and large pieces of trash. i seed cotton. From the seed cotwe get cotton and seed. This ipletes the first round. Then from clenn seed we get many articles, first of all linters and meats and Is. The hulls are fed to cattle I make nutritious feed. From the ers we get two classes of articles, t. mattresses, felt, butting w ds, >er. rope and some form of underir and cellulose, and from cellu? is made gun cotton. From the meats come two large ises, namely, oil and meal. As evone knows the oil goes through a cess of refining, in fact, several cesses, and It is from these various cesses that different articles are ured. Including edible oils and oth inings I am going to name. Take the oil In Its first state and next process gives us two pro ts, summer yellow oil and soafl fk. From the summer yellow oil get the following: Salad oil, star. winter oil and white oil. Going a p farther we get from starine, oleorgarine. about which so much has n said in connection with the unt tax by the government; from the iter oil we get still another form oils; from the white oil we obtain upound oil used in compound Is. We left a few moments ago the p stock which was obtained from original oil. From the soap stock obtained fatty acids from which p Is made, roofing tar, paints and eerine and from glycerine is made o-glycerine. This completes the of articles made from the oil. The id oil is in several forms as are le of the other articles, but in the In the refining process gives those igs I have mentioned. I stated that from the meats of clean seed came the meal. The al furnishes stock food, and stock d furi.ishes beef and milk. I bee that you now begin to see why lid a few minutes ago that I would w you how a man could live if he aed cotton seed and, of course, had means of subjecting it to the vais processes. But I have not fin?d yet. From the meal also is de bread, cake, crackers and candy. Now that you have seen how a n may live, even from his infant s, when he may be nourished on milk of the cows fed with cotton il meal and hulls, and how he may n furnish the rope for his own * -rjrr it iu ir?toroctlncr to n Hrl thflt tain forms of sickness are also ited with the product of the cotton d. From the oils is made an emuli that is said to be very good in treatment of tuberculosis and vous diseases. And the time has ?ady passed when there is any arnent against the products of cotseed oil as a nutritious food."? umbia correspondence News and irier. A CITY OF MAGIC. mascus Seen From Jebel Kasyun Is a Dream of the Orient. The view of Damascus from the nntaln where Mohammed made his at renunciation is one of the rvellous views of the world." tes Robert Hichens in the Ceny. "Again and again I deserted mosques. the bazaars, the marble hs, the courts of the fountains, the dowy khans and the gardens by streams for that bare height on ich Abraham is said to have had unity of God revealed to him. An Oriental city of magic called by a slave of the lamp to realize >'s dream of the Orient; a city ereally lovely, exquisitely eastern, lemeral, to be blown away by a ath like a tuft of thistledown; not Ite. but delicately pale, with a lor holding the faintest hint of a shell flush: a city slender, calm, lost mystic in its fragile grace, set the heart of a great wonder of en. a maze of bright and ardent ids, beyond which lie the desert ceis?this is Damascus from the untain <>f Jebel Kasyun. It holds almost breatless seen thus from r. Damascus is a garden city touchby the great desert. Under Its ss one feels the sands. Beside its nbling waters one dreams of the nhiinc niirnep The crv of its ezzins seems to echo from Its sque towers to that most wonderful iK in nature, which is "God withman.' The breath of the wastes ses among the poplars as that louin boy passed among the mernts when he came and when he it. In Damascus one hears the two es. And when one looks from the ,..1 mountain iinon that eltv of am. cradled among the woods, one s far off the towny beginnings of t other magic, which looks out m the Bedouin's eyes. And ugh perhaps, with the pilgrims m* Samarkand, one loves to rest ide the fountains under the Iges of roses, one is aware of the or love, intercourse with which i made Damascus an earthly pa raff for them and for you." Bacon?I see the Dmdon suffrages have adopted colors. Egbert? lat are they? Black anil blue?? nkers Statesman.