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I^H^H^^Etrt! The within your breast, go leaping when your soul is best? HhBH[ the street there comes to you a Bli-rie or a the echo of a song whose happy ^H^^Bheasures fall ^^ ^^V-the chords of memory, and rouse B Btncm into {hey send a surging thrill as rich as drum or fife! boyheart! The hoyheart! r It may be but a rose That nods ;n careless glee at one as idly on he goes: but instantly he sees a street that wanders . up and down win Trf?the sleepy fences of the quiet ' little town; k. Op mavKo 'tJo o ? K?-? -? ?? ? ? vvuuii > i uau ? uvic in? branches spread And bui.d an arching canopy oi branches overhead. v How Jano Lost I I?? _ ~ Aj?g Ey M. SIL lyyf I rf? "S *1- ft.gr.Mt.s-r.fi.tf.tr.*r.*f** ** ' IUJ9 !-!? u (jnieci ii. submitting to ; (jSJ. t|,e mt^uyent readers of I the New York Weekly the iiouowiug spivy lui'iuvui, coming under the writer's i immediate observation, is eh to set forth gaming in au i orm as to show the iucouf some in evading all moral lity in matters of this kind < they imagine the advantages t their favor. i aveling through the State of a few years ago I baited In j iliage, comprising, perhaps, j or three thousand inhab- i , gala day which marked my i ere. for a traveling circus i had arrived in town that o the great delight of the i id people from the surround- < y. who were flocking in < the direction of the enchant- < dressed out, with the ex- < some few shabby specimens. < mday best. iculty I had my horse prov- < ml afterward elbowed my < .u>v the ''Pavilion," as it was \ called by the noisy vender of tickets. I succeeded in securing a seat at the < feet of what I considered to be a < freshly married couple, into which I : ' contrived to wedge myself in a very ] uncomfortable manner just as the band tm "Vonl-oa Dnnrllo " ouu'.n Uj? xuimvv. i^wvt.v. *&h, my! Ain't that splendid?" cried < "the young wife, with a sudden burst of ] enthusiasm. It ought, with justice. 1 have been pronounced little short of 1 execrable. The young farmer, as his appearance , indicated. made 110 reply, but looked , straight toward the entrance wheuce , he expected the troop to emerge. The young wife looked vexed at his indifference to her appeal. , "I don't b'lieve you've got a mite of , an ear for music, Albert!" she at , length said, petulantly. , "No, Jane." he replied, with stolid ( composure; "I never had much of a ( hanWrin' fur it. I'd rather see the ( clown and them other carcis chaps, 1 had." , I drew the inference from appear- ] ances that the wife laid greater pre- , tensions to intelligence, taste and re- 1 flnement than her liege lord, and I became immediately more interested in , the rustic young couple?the one with her vivacious black eyes, pretty face ( and loquacious tongue, and the other | with his generally unruffled stolidity, 1 except when some stereotyped wit- . /ImnnArl frnm tho litis nf tllO I clown, when he would open with a broad guffaw, which showed there could exist 1:0 disease, constitutional or otherwise, in his robust, expansive chest?than in all the spangles and 1 trappings of the circus troop or the stale jokes of the incorrigible merry man. The feats of horsemanship, of ground ' and lofty tumbling, seemed particu. larly to astonish and delight Albert, ^ who had unquestionably never witnessed a similar exhibition in all his life; while Jane infinitely preferred the comic songs and the pantomime that concluded the performance, declaring emphatically that she didn't like to see them ride horseback standing up, nor tumbling over their heads backward aud forward, as though they didn't know which end they belonged onto. It made her so dizzy like. Interested in the unsophisticated pair, I kept my eye on them as they made their way out of the tent in close proximity to a small side show, on the canvas of which was daubed in coarse, flaring colors half a dozen monkeys and a mammoth snake, not omitting a very rude likeness of what they were pleased to call "the famous Australian children," where a sharky-looking, glibtongued individual, in plaid vest and pants, with unbecomingly long hair and .a knowing twirl to his mustache, stood mounted on a barrel, haranguing the gaping and jostling crowd with a graphic account of the wonderful children. who had doubtless never seen Australia, and the several other remarkable objects of human interest then and there on exhibition: the whole of which, the greatest and most unrivaled attraction in the world, might be witnessed by the admiring beholder for the meager triito of twenty-five > cents. Albert and Jane?I was never able to ascertain their surnames?were standing just in front of me. listening, with open-mouthed wonder, to the persuasive falsehoods of the feliow on the barrel till the crowd began to hand up their quarters, one after another, and drop in. when I heard the wife whisper, excitedly: 4,Do let us go in, Albert, before everybodyjmt's i? and the place is tilled up. Youx* got five dollars and a half, and five will buy my new dress and trimmings." The argument was not to be resisted, and the more prudent but less decided Albert came down with the dust?a bright, new fifty-ceut piece, which he looked at twice with affectionate reluctance before handing it up to the wily sharper, who still occupied his position upon the barrel. I did not follow them in, for I knew <hey would both come out disgusted jritb the swindle toon enough; but,, fe1. ??? * I i fHEART. stu wa The boyheart! The boy heart! 1 " The embers in the grate May paint for one the picture that will bring the thoughts elate? _ air A nieturfc of the mcadowlands which reach A beside the brook, yip] And blend into a forest where there's many ' ... a leafy nook, Where every tree that waves its arms, and Alu swings and sweeps and sways you Is wafting shouts and laughter from the jj^] boy time summer days! . ber The boyheart! The boyheart! I Pray that you have it yet! boa A-many times its tugging thrills will leave . your eyelids wet; A-manv times its sudden beats will set your RUi] blood aflame bis When out of all the other years will come ^ a whispered name; A-many times you'll walk the ways you wandered when a lad, Alb If God has but been good to you and left and the heart you had. -W. D. Xcsbit, in The Reader. 0IUan "1 ? s lerlfa Dress 8; s $? iwrcnv * af" JWjl Clio ?? LUTLi quo ? < r nevertheless, I determined to wait near one the entrance and watch the result. wit As the dissatisfied spectators begun jnt< to steal out, mostly with indifference and or disgust, and sometimes angry disap- to polntment depicted in their faces, to ban the cracked tones of a barrel organ, the digi long-haired orator descended from his i?y temporary rostrum and dexterously < drew three cards from his pocket. lion "Gentlemen and ladies," he ex- A claimed, patronizingly, holding up the getl three cards to view?a queen, knave bac find ace?"I am about showing you a I nice little game, where, if you are so the inclined, any one of you, or every one and of you, might make your fortunes in con an hour, providing your eyes are sharp enough. Kere it is." of i And he opened his little game of me. three-card monte by first exhibiting a tha card, and then laying it carefully, face ligli iown. on the barrel head, with a corner get dightly bent, so that only a very keen It observer would notice it. It was the uns lueen of diamonds. as j He next showed up the knave of of clubs, and, laying that down by the sen ]ueeu, followed the same formula with Ne> the ace of spades. He then adroitly commenced the process of changing the positions of the I ?? o lunef on/t t?jnto 1 iT-illfT \ ? LiUUO ill <1 lUpiVt U1IV4 i r manner for a brief space, when he ab- 7 ss ruptly inquired if anyone could guess \Y\ which was the queen? |(^ The sharp eyes of the young farmer's wife were upon him. and she had closely kept track of the queen from the ^ * turned-up corner she had at lirst notod. . ma I "I can:" she cried, confidently, put- tlje ting, herself forward among the crowd jj( 5f masculine lookers on, much to the annoyance of the less demonstrative ^ Albert. 5 "Well," returned the sharper with ^ rreat urbanity, "here is an opportunity of'j to win money if you are sure. There is five dollars," he added, laying a j^r note representing the sum specified on the barrel head, "that not one of the company present can point out the ^ jueen among those cards." tjle The young woman stood fidgeting, UQj( t>ut I could tell by the expression in " JCI t tier countenance that she still enter- nQt tained unshaken confidence In her detective powers. ^ No one. however, offered to accept W0J the wager. Ym. "Well," said the sharper, after an . eloquent pause, "I think you must all . be in independent circumstances in ^ this place, as none of you care to make cou money." His restless eye roved from face to ^ face, as though he were taking a brief Inventory of their thoughts, and finally a^0 rested on the eager, excited features af the young fanner's wife. TUl "Do you think you can pick out the 1M)S queen, young woman?" "Yes. I do," she answered, promptly, for and with nervous confidence. fr0] "Well, then, if you are quite sure why do you not accept the wager?" U She turned and whispered* a few j>oi racer words to Albert, but the stolid fellow shook liis head dubiously, as j0?.j though vaguely impressed with a faint t^e conception of something wrong. "Albert thinks I'd better not," she jjjg replied, with a disappointed look; "but j,lg I can tell you which card it Is." 030 "Be kind enough, then, to oblige us in t by telling," said the sharper, blandly. The young woman touched a card ? at the suggestion, and the gambler nU(i turned it up. tke It was the queen of diamonds, sure j^e enough. neJ "There," he said, with cool indilTer- teU enee, "you perceive how easily you mu could have won." fee The young wife threw a swift glance spe at Albert, half indignation, half tri- Bui uinph, as much as to say: "There, you feu stupid! Didn't I tell you so?" The adroit angler saw that his hook was baited, and he commenced manipu- ^ lating the cards, seeming not to have mo noticed the corner that was so slightly fj10 bent. Uk( He went through the same proceed- ^,ro Ing as before, leaving the five-dollar trj( lio/l fi ret it flllli A xiun: ?> nrxc wc *u?u *?? xc*II turning toward his watchful but still jar confident victim: ket "Do you think that you can point it jlol out this time':" tl,e The confident young woman, who Sj)f, saw the same corner turned up as be- w fore, answered his question quickly in aw the affirmative. rul "Well, then, the offer is still open to whoever chooses to close with it." The young woman turned to her husband and whispered something iu his ^ ear. kll( I could not q.tite make it out, except the from guesswork. pit Albert shook his head. She expos- am tulated. ca He shook it again, and she grew im- saj patient?even angry?at the restraint. in "I know which is the queen." she at p^ length said, with angry vehemence; pP] "and if you don't bet now. when you wo are sure to win, I won't never " wj "But I never did bet," expostulated an Albert, in seeming trepidation at the Gf half-expressed threat of his indignant jt better half. ail, "Well, then, there is the money you can get, if you've got the spunk of a 3 chicken left in you." icfi "I'd rather not bet, Jane," he said, ST< r pidly. "I never did, and I don't nt to." 1 Well. then, give me the money and me do it," she answered, with an of feminine bravado. I < Ibert hesitated, as if reluctant to i 1 Id the point. [f you don't give me that money, ! ert, I won't stir a step home with j to-night!" and she stamped her . le foot with angry impatience at Al- ! ' t's obstinacy. suppose the poor fellow could not p tlio tlirmflit 5a unlmnnv n ter latlon to a day so pleasantly bei. and ho reluctantly surrendered purse. "1th nervous fingers the young wife ned the purse, while the vanquished ert stood ruefully regarding her, I, removing a live-dollar note?the t y one it contained?she laid it with j air of triumph beside the other. Please draw your card, inarm!" said I ^ sharper, with a cool indifference, j iarently, as to the result. | lie had kept a sharp eye all the j ile, as she supposed, on the one * h the slightly turned corner, and , 1 Je her selection accordingly. Im- i t tie her astonishment on turning the j sen card to find, instead of the I r en of diamonds, the knave of c 1)5! or a moment she gazed at it like j demented. Then she looked up . h an expression of angry inquiry 1 j > the smiling face of the sharper, t 1 as some of the bystanders began t titter she turned toward her bus- r id with a lialf-liumiliated, half-in- I 1 nant expression, and, seizing him * the arm. exclaimed: Pome, Albert, let's go right straight * ie!" j t ml as they started hurriedly off to- t her, she hurled scornful glances i k upon the uusympathizing crowd. , J followed on a few steps behind to ? T l)o/l ctulilml mr hnrco ! I nunc x ii?ui oiavivu ??*.* , the last words I heard the dis- * ifited young wife say were: Vlbtrt, I know I have made a fool t nyself, and I hope you will forgive j I feel so angry with that sharper , e t I could wring his neck with de- i it. And, only think of it, I can't ? my new dress I" a was indeed a severe lesson to the c ophisticated young couple, as well | 1 timely rebuke upon the depravity i gambling, which will undoubtedly fl re them as a warning through life.? j c v York Weekly. a P 11 1 ii ??' I, ? 0*<l f PT1F1C ? I c t Doornkloof, in the Witwatersrand i J field of the Transvaal, a bore hole r been drilled down 3500 feet, thus ; j. ting oue of the few perforations of c carta s ouier crusi yyuh-u wtcuu ? t ?. t e iftening of the braiu. brought about * laek of mental exercise, causes the ? th of one-third ofthe rural laborers ^ England, was the remarkable state- p it made in a court in London by c Duke. remation makes remarkably slow gress in England, partly because of ^ decision of the court In 1894, that, p ess express instructions had been t by the deceased, an executor could r cremate the remains. r c he largest electrical sign in the r Id is on the North River, In New e k Harbor, the individual letters be- * 6ixty-eight feet high, yet its opera- ^ i for five hours a day only costs $3 , j power. The lamps or wmcn ? is i c iposed are of four-candle power. a German physician lias discovered j t the air of the Egyptian desert is ut as free from bacterial life as polar regions on the high seas. c jercle bacilli are killed when ex- t ed six hours in the sunlight. He a siders the desert especially suitable rheumatics and patients suffering * in kidney diseases and tuberculosis. ! f e : Is stated that Emile Wenz, of j ras, France, has recently applied ? photography with success to geoical pictures, and it is predicted that field geologist of the future will I a kite and its camera essential to r outfit. M. Wenz succeeded in tak- : e good photographs from a height of t feet, and found them very valuable c he production of maps. lectric waves measured by Hertz? ' ' I named after him?were found by F great scientist to be 130 feet from j ^ top of one wave to the top of the f ;t. The waves used by Marconi in c .'graphing across the Atlantic are | J ch longer. They are said to be 000 j ^ t or more. They travel at the same , t ed as light, 1S4.000 miles a second. | r t the light wave measures only a - willlonths of an inch. Vegetable Sponges. a lie vegetable sponges that are com- t nly sold In drug stores and used in n bathroom are produced by a vine 1 ? a cucumber, which any one may [ w in his garden. In tropical coun- ( 's these vegetable sponges are *uused for dish rags, being particular useful for scouring pans an<l ties; and it lias been suggested that . isewives in the North should "grow ir own dish rags." since a clean mge could be used for each dislishing performance and then thrown j ay, thus relegating to history the ' ( >bing out of greasy cloth.?Carden . gazine. , . 1 Valuable Feather*. 1 'he splendid snow-white heron ; ( )\vn as the American egret, one of f ] > few kinds which bear the aigrette j inies of millinery and commerce, is j ong the waning species of Ameri- , ? a victim to inexorable fashion, 1 ,*s Herbert K. Job, in Country Life ] America. In 11)03 the price for ' imes offered to hunters was $'Jli : ounce, which makes the plumes rth twice their weight in gold. There : 11 always be men who would break j < y law for such profit. No rookery i i these herons can long exist, unless ] be guarded by force of arms day 1 d night. j 1 tfore than one-third of all the Ainer-; i ,n export trade has been in the two 1 \ ;at cropst cotton and wheat* I 1 OPPOSE REGULATION Southern Manufacturers On Record As Unfavorable to Interference RESOLUTIONS OF ATLANTA BODY Ntw Hampshire Man Leads a Losing Fight in Committee For President Roosevelt's Programme, and the Convention Unanimously Stood Pat on the Existing Laws, Supplemented by Examination of Railroad Books. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The National Manufacturers' Association on Wedneslay passed resolutions upholding the tend taken by President Parry, against he exercise by the national governoent of rate-making power for the rail oads. An interesting fight on the railroad ate question has been waged behind dosed doors and in the hotel corridors iver since the convention began, and vas not setMed until Wednesday afterloon. Beth the executive and rcsolulons committees held lengthy mectngs for the consideration supported he position of President Parry, against he exercise by the government of the ate-making power, taken by him iqa lis annual address. E. B. Pike, of New^ Hampshire, chairman of the standing onimittee of the organization on interjtate corainerce, led the fight in behalf >f the exercise of the rate-making lower, presenting lengthy resolutions o that efTect. This afternoon the resoutions committee refused to endorse Mr. Pike's position and presented a esolution to the convention which was inanimously adopted with much apilause. the advocates of the pending egislation before Congress not pressng their position in the open convenlon. The resolutions follow: rvtrbuiveu, iuul lavui iuc av.u?c mforcement by the legislative departnent of the general government of all xisting laws to prevent the giving or icceptance or rebates or special favirs (through whatever device) to or by avored shippers, and we call upon the ntpr-Stntu cnmmwp rommission to ipply all the remedies at their disposal ? provided by the original inter-State ommeree act and the Elkins act .mending the same. Rseolved. That if the existing laws or the*detection and punishment of he giving or acceptance of such relates are insufficient or defective in ny respect, we favor the enactment if such further legislation as may be leressary adequately to deal with the vil and to secure this complete prevention. Resolved. That in order to carry into ffect the provisions of the foregoing esolutions. Congress be asked that irovisions be made foe the necessity xamination of the books of the railoads and corporations something afer the manner of the national bank xaminations. for the purpose of deecting and eliminating special favors ?W> Jlonrimlnotlnno acrainat Small >itu UIOV.1 lUllilUklUliO MQUIUWV VUV nd less favoraed shippehs.and also that irovlsion for adequate punishment be irovided for improper disclosure of onfidential information so gained. Manufacturers Meet. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?More than 300 ?f the 3.000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, accom>anted by 100 ladies, assembled Tueslay at the opening of the tenth anlual meeting of the Association. Repesentatives from almost every section >f the country were present. The lmtortance of the gathering was indicatd by the fact that the membership repesents a large majority of the $13,>00.000,000 of invested capital of the Jnited States, and by the additional act that among the questions to be liscussed during the three days' sesion are inter-State commerce and reIprocity. Statue to General Forest. Memphis, Tenn.. Special.?To the acompaniment of martial music and in he presence of thousands of citizens md visitors, the equestrian bronze rtatue of Gen. Nathan B. Forrest was inveiled Tuesday afternoon in the >ark that bears the Confederate general's name. The statue is the work ?f the Sculptor Niehus. It was cast in 'aris. Declares Reports False. Berlin, By Cable?The Foreign Office, eplying to an inquiry regarding the xcitement at Tokio over the report hat German troops had occupied Haihou, in the southern part of the Shanung Pensinula, says the report is rholly incorrect and one of several retorts designed to make it appear that Jermany is attempting in Shantung rhat Russia did in Manchuria. The lerman government is doing nothing n Shantung outside of fulfilling her reaty agreement with China, which has heen communicated to both ho Washington and Tokio govern* aents. w Big Telephone Merger. Indianapolis, Spe^'al.?F'jve thousnd telephones controlled by the Jnited Telephone Company will herefter be operated in connection with hose of the Central Union Telephone Company, terms of agreement between the two companies the United ompanies secures connection not onv with the toll lines of the Central Jnion, but with those of the Amerian Telephone and Telegraph Co., vhich covers practically all the States ast of the Rocky Mountains. Two Touch Live Wires. Newport News, Va., Special.?Earl }llchrist, a telephone lineman, and Ashley Harris were accidentally elccrocuted. Gilchrist was working on a pole when wires in his hand came in :ontart with a live wire and he swung "rom the pole dead. Harris was walkng on Huntington avenue when he picked up the end of a broken electr'c ight wire, "ring instantly killed. Gilchrist was a Lynchburg man. Harris was a son cf former State Senator karris, of Americus, Ga. Both men were unmarried. Charged With Perjury. Covington, Ga. Special.?No little excitement was created Tuesday afternoon over the arrest of Chief of Poice Bradford Bohannon and Policeman P. W. Skelton, on warrants .charging :hem with perjury in connecfy?; with he recent sensational gaml>r raid n this city. They were plaj* " "pder MOO bonds. Both have ber the police force for a numlpec-^^^^^ and well MANUFACTURERS ELECT OFFICERS' Former President Parry Again Unanimously Elected. Atlanta, Special.?The tenth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers cr.me to a close shortly after noon Thursday, after sc lecuag .New YorK as me piuee iui iuc convention for 190G. re-electing D. M. 'Parry, of Indiana, as president, and ordering that the Association shall be Incorporated under the laws of New York State. Vice presidents, one j from each State represented, wore ; named by the States, the vice-presi dents from the 12 States having the largest membership in the association constituting, with the president and secretary, the executive committee. After re-electing F. H. Stillnian, of New York, treasurer, the roll of States for vice-presidents resulted as follows: Alabama, G. 13. McCormick: California, H. D. Morton; Connecticut, A. ; H. Bullard; Delaware, G. R. Hoffe?h- 1 er; Georgia, David Woodward; Illi- ! nois, Elliott Durand; Indiana. E. H. , Dean; Kentucky, M. C. McXemicher; Louisiana, R. J. Words; Mississippi, G. C. Draper; Michigan, 13. T. Skinner; Missouri, M. J. Cleave; New Hampshire, E. P. Pike; New Jersey, R. J. Jinkinson; New York, Ludwig Nissen; I North Carolina, D. A. Tompkins; Ohio, ^ohn Kirby, Jr.; Pennsylvania, D. C. Ripley; Rhode Island. P. E. Hays; i South Carolina, E. A. Smith; Tennessee, H. L. Chamberlain; Wisconsin, H. S. Smith; Iowa, G. R. Eastabrook. The vice-presidents who will constitute the executive committee will be those from New York, Pennsylvania, 1 Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut. Wisconsin, Missouri and Tennessee. Cry of "Thieves" in Council. Philadelphia, Special?Amid scenes of disorder unprecedented in the annals of Philadelphia's legislative body, the city council voted to lease the city's gas works to the United Gas Improvement Company, for a term of 75 years, or the total sum of $25,000,000, the money to be paid in various amounts before the end of 1907. Council Chambers and committee rooms were crowded with excited citi> zens, protesting against the lease. The climax was reached when the vote in common council was announced after three hours of debate. The moment President Geo. McCurdy announced ! the vote, a great uproar was started In the gallery, which was crowded to the door. From ill over the gallery came hisses and cries of "Thieves!" The outburst was somewhat startling 1 to the presiding officer, who made a v^Jn effort to Quell it. Depends on Rojestvensky. Tokio, By Cable.?The reported de parture of Vice Admiral Rojestven- i sky from Hon-Koe Bay northward re- j news the popular expectation of a navfil action in the near future. It is believed that Admiral Rojestvensky, having filled his coal bunkers and resupplied his fleet Is now in a condition 16 assume the aggressive, if he so desires. It is the opinion of some that Rojestvensky may make a demonstration in the vicinity of the islands of Formosa and the Pescadores and then enter the Pacific en route for Vladvostock. This is, however, purely speculative. Everything depends upon Admiral Rojestvensky's plans, which, while as yet undisclosed, may include an extended stay in Southern waters. The General Assembly. Winona, Ind., Special.?Two meetings were held preliminary to the formal opening of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. In the audience were Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court, and Win. Jennings Bryan. Justice Harlan is here to urge the construction of a Presbyterian cathedral at Washington. Mr. Bryan is here to attend the meeting of the presidents of Presbyterian colleges. He spoke at the foreign mission conference. Dr. Plunkett Moderator. Fort Worth, Tex., Special.?Dr. J. E. Plunkett, of Augusta, Ga., was elected moderator by the General Assembly ' of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States. S. M. Neel, D. 1 D., the retiring moderator, delivered 1 his farewell sermon at the morning session. The afternoon session was devoted to committee reports and other routine work. The question of union or closer relations with other Presbyterian bodies will come up at this meeting, and it is expected that an interesting debate will take place. Sudden Death From Drinking. v Columbia, Special.?A white man about 28 years of age named Charles Christmas died very suddenly at 1408 Wayne street between 5 and 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death is supposed to have been due to alchohol poisoning, as the man was a hard drinker and was seen to drink a half pint of whiskey just before entering the house where he lived and where j his death occurred. He walked into the house and in a few minutes fell I in a fit, and before medical aid could reach him he was dead. Coroner Walker was notified and after viewing the remains had the body removed to the undertaking establishment of J. M. Van Metre. Burglar Captured. Chillicothe, Ohio, Special?When Officers Weigand and Maughmer attempted to arrest a colored burglar, the robber fatally shot Weigand and escaped, although Maughmer fired five shots without effect. A posse finally captured the man, who appears to be a half breed Indian and ?ive3 his name as Oscar Evans fronSGeorgia. Telegraphic Briefs. | The executive committee of jjjPPanama Canal Commission has^recided to buy ships as material for tas canal in Europe if they can be purchased abroad I more cheaply than in the United States. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will meet in Washington on Thursday. Secretary of War Taft is conducting the inquiry into the charges made by Minister Bowen and Assistant Secretary Loomis against each other. MUCH IN MONOPOLY f Fruit Traffic Thoroughly Under the Control of One Crgan'zation ARMOUR MAN ADMITS CHARGES Entire South Atlantic Coast and Parts of the West Are "Exclusive" Territory For the Armours?Under Contracts With the Railroads. Washington, Special.?Before the Senate committe on inter-State commerce, which is investigating railroad rates, President George R. Robbins,. of the Armour Car Lines Company, admitted that the company had twenty or thirty exclusive contracts with railroads for fruit transportation business, and acknowledge a monopoly of that traffic in parts of the West and South. Wherever these exclusive contracts applied, he admitted, the producers and shippers of fruit had to accept the rates laid down by the Armours. He claimed that his company was a private one, and therefore not subject to the interState commerce laws. The Armours, he said, had exclusive contracts with all the South Atlantic coast Mil ways, and exclusive contracts in EzM Tennessee. Fruit producers and Rippers on these exclusive lines hadJFo accept the rates of the Armour Company, but Mr. Robbins said they satisfied 80 per cent, of the shippers. C. W. Robinson, representing the New Orleans board of trade and the Central Yellow Pine Lumber Association, testified that Eastern trunk lines should be restrained from diverting the grain of the Northwest from its natural outlet at New Orleans. He advocated enlarged powers for the inter-State commerce commission. Mr. Robinson said that the railroads operating in the South had advanced yellow pine lumber rates, and charged that there were indirect rebates or discriminations by manipulation of rates. He referred to practices of billing lumber to small towns ana men re-Dining 10 aesiiuations, by which a cheaper rate for a long haul is granted. This, he said, is discrimination against shippers. Hearing in Car Shortage. Washington, Special. ? Testimony given Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Inter-State Cbmmere had much to do with the inadequate supply of private cars that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars to North Carolina strawberry growers. Most important of all wag the admission of George P. Eobbins, president of the Armour Car Line, which has an exclusive contract with the Atlantic Coast Line, that the company had failed to deliver a sufficient number of cars In North Carolina, and that it is now adjusting claims that will amount to $75,000. Mr. Robbins said the loss to the company would be more than it had made and would make in many years from the Carolina berry business Race to England On. New York, Special.?A splendid fleet of sailing yachts swept across a starting line at Sandy Hook light ship at 12:15 p. ra. Wednesday, and with the Queenly American schooner Atlantic leading the way headed out into the broad Atlantic Ocean on a race of 3,00# miles to the English coast for a $5,000 cup offered by Emperor William of Germany. When last seen as they vanished into the mist they were strung out in a line six miles long, heading southeastward and pointing as nearly as possible to a wind that was dead ahead. A quarter of a mile astern of the Atlantic was the 90-foot American yawl Aisla, which was having a hot brush with the German schooner Hamburg, while all three of the leaders were slowly dropping the Philadelphia schooner Hildegarde. Next was the Endymion, holder of the trans-Atlantic yachting record. Almost a mile astern of the Atlantic and more than half mile astern of the Endymion were the Tnistie ana rieur ae i^ys. ouuug out behind were the American bark Apache, the British topsail schooner Sunbeam, and Ave miles astern the leader was the American three-masted schooner Utowana. Bringing up the rear was the British clipper ship Valhalla. These two had been delayed by a bad start/ Don't Lower Alabama Rates. Montgomery, Ala., Special.?The Alabama railroad commission adjourned ifter a thorough investigation of the railroad rates in this State and after declining to make any reductions or allowing any advance in the tariffs now prevailing. This does not represent the attitude of President B. B. Comer, of the commission, however, who offered three motions in quick succession, which called for reductions in the fertilizer rates and the rates on numerous articles of common use, are produced in Alabama. < Buying Refrigerator Cars. Chicago, Special.?The Rock Island Railroad Company has contracted for seventeen hundred refrigerator cars. The recent inquiry into private refrigerator car lines by the interstate commerce commission and the conditions revealed are said to be responsible, which will inaugurate its own refrigerator service in the fruit and pny"ice trade of the West and South. Nan Patterson Signs Stage Contract. Philadelphia, Special.?The Inquirer says that Nan Patterson was in tne city and signed a contract to appear In a New York music hall. It is said she arrived here in the afternoon and returned to Washington immediately after the negotiations had been closed. Killed by His Son. Norfolk. Special.?James Jenkins, the Gilmerton, Norfolk county, man who was shot by his 16-year old son Sunday, while the father was beating the wife, is dead. The boy has not been arrested. Gettina Ready For Industrial Parliament. Washington. Special.?District Commissioner Henry L. West, who has been elected chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Industiial Parliament; Acting Secretary of Agriculture Willit N. Hays, and Dr. Walter C. Murphy, of this city, were in conference arranging the programme cf speakers for the parliament, which begins here May 23. Acceptances have been received from prominent men of Southern and Northern States. THE COMMON HOUSE FLY f?* ^ Whence He Comes and /, \ \ **) Whither He Goes. \ **/ :::: Br Harold somcrs, m. a. :::? IIE common house fl.v Olnsj{ en Domestical is .1 creature O T Q of such secretive habits, si 1 f that although from tho >fOW very earliest times lie has been with us. and the most ancient writers have mentioned and described him. still very little was known of his origin and history. It remained for the eminent Boston biologist. Dr. A. S. Packard, in 1873. to make known its origin, habits and transformations from the egg through the larva state with Its two changes to pupa state, then to the perfect fly. Near the first of August the female Jays about 120 eggs o? a dull gray color, selecting fresh horse manure in which to deposit her eggs, and so secretes them that they are rarely seen; it takes only twenty-four hours for them to hatch into the first form of larva, a white worm one-quarter of an Inch in length ami one-tenth in diameter. They feed on the decaying matter of their environment, and two change# or casting of skins occur before they turn into the pupa state; this change comes very suddenly. The eutire period from the egg to the pupa state i# from three to four days. If moist food Is wanting when in this condition they will eat each other and thus decrease their number. Heat and humidity greatly assist their development, a# upon careful computation each pound of manure around stables and outhouses develops under favorable conditions over KM) flies. It Is no wonder that where these conditions exist we have such a veritable harvest of the fly pest. In the pupa state when the fly 1? about to emerge, the end of the {>upa: case splits off. making a hole through: which the fly pushes a portion of it# head, but here it seems to encounter a difficulty; the pupa case Is too stiff and hard to pass through, but nature come# to its assistance, and a sort of bladder like substance forms behind the head, which swells out apparently filled with air; it acts as a means of pushing away the pupa case and releases the ny. \\ uen me uy ursi euin ji-s n iuu9 around with its wings soft, small and baggy: It is pale and the colors are not set; its bead rapidly expands and the bladder formation passes away? within a few hours the wings gro^ ! arid harder., it Is now a perfect fly. The whole time from the depositing of the egg to the perfect fly is not over ten days in duration. Many persons who observe small files In midsummer suppose they are the young, but such Is uot the case; they are tiles that are imperfectly nourished in the larvae and pupa states, and do not attain full size, in fact, they are the dwarfs of their race. The male fly <]iffers from the female in the front of the head between tbe eyes, being at least one-third narrower, though iu size the female is rather smaller. In the pupa state they are often fed upon by the larvae of some of the beetles, notably that of the carpet beetle. whose pupa, the dreaded buffalo "moth," will attack the young fly in I the pupa case and eating it possess the case for itself. Adult Hies like most other creatures have parasites of minute size that prey upon them; these can often be seen as presenting small red specks over the b,vly of the fly. The fly hibernates in winter, but with his usual secretive habit it is very difficult to find him in his winter quarters. With the first chill of autumn , the flies feeling the cold, seek temporary warmth in houses, and clustering together form bunches iu the corners of walls and other places. 'They are then sluggish and not so active as in the warm weather. However, they do not make a permanent stay indoors, but on the first mild, sunny day, seek the windows to get out anil find their permanent winter hiding place; many prefer to make their homes In the t roots of grass on lawns where they hide themselves so effectually that the ice anil snow of winter does not destroy tliem in tlieir hibernating state. If in the first warm days of spring when the snow is gone and the grass on the lawns becomes dry and warm, Jong before the yellow dandelion shows its head, a close observer may see numbers of Mies crawling up on the grass to get the welcome sunshine, their wings standing out stiff and useless, but they scon acquire the power of lllght in the warm rays of the sun. A. great many days, however, elapse before they appear in the homes of men. where they are such unwelcome visitors. In recent years the medical profession have demonstrated that while the fly itself docs not propagate disease it is one of the most industrious carriers of disease germs which by contact adhere to his feet, hairy legs and body, distributing them to innocent victims. If every housekeeper could know all those interesting facts which have never before been brought to their attention they would realize the importance of securing tho very best fly exterminator. Steam*hij> Company. Th"> numb:, of steamers owned by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, cr Japan Royal Mail Steamship Company, is seventy. of 230.230 aggregate tonnage, with another steamer of 7200 gross tons r.ow building. The proQts for the half year ended September 00, 1904, afier deduct iilg fully for depreciation, insurance and repairs, were $713,400 net. A dividend of $090,000 was paid on $11,000,000 capital. The value of the entire licet is $12,291,003. Outline Even. "With great pains and against nnyh opposition the students of California University constructed a huge white "C" in concrete on one of the hiii.s that overloocl; the university. Rut one morning it was seen to be a decn crimson. having been presented wait the colors of Stanford in the night by students from the rival university. Cold storage of fruit in the United Slates has grown to enormous proporIticns, nearly 3,000,000 barrels of apples having been stored last year, .. . X /