Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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: H THE DEAD * * Is my team plowing That 1 wan used to drive, . And hear tho barneea jingle. When I waa man alive? ' Ave, the horse* trample, The harncM jing'.ea now; No change though you lie under The land you used to plow. 18 my gin nappy, I That I thought hard to leave, And has she tired of weeniu; As she lies down at eveY 1 11 A i: 1 II White BBS ??????? 11 Kit 10 are different colors jg and degrees of falsehood, i O ' 11 o Just us there are different i X colors and degrees of t SfOW other slus. There 1s, I blacntsc of all, the malevolent liypo- 1 crite and slanderer, who can twist i truth into falsehood, and falsehood Into seeming truth. And there Is the down- j right liar, who falsifies ou purpose to 1 deceive. There is another downright I liar not quite so bad?lie falsities from 1 a low of the marvelous, and a burning desire to nppoar what he is not. Some J people lie because it is their dispo- 1 sition to deceive. Others lie because 1 they lack the courage to tell the 1 truth. And there are other lies?some- < times called "white lies" which are ? mere lies of convenience. In their ut- ] tern nee there Is no evil intent. They l are told Just as a man whisks an im- I pediment from his path with his walk- i ing stick. They nre told to save I trouble of explanation: or. perhaps, to avoid reprimand. At first a lie of this ? kind may not seem a very sinful thing; ^ but unfortunately for the misguided l mortal who entertains the petty sin. t It Is one that does not improve upon ( acquaintance. Like many other evils t which might be mentioned, it is likely ' to grow to alarming proportions ami t consequence. There is one safe ground i ?and only one?Truth?Absolute Truth 1 ?under every circumstance and on all ( occasions. c Sarah Powers believed herself to be a truthful girl. She had not the dispo- t sition to wittingly deceive. Had it s been plainly intimated to her that she was a liar she would have been shocked beyond measure; and yet her c rule of life in this respect was not yuru anu unswerving, as we shall c see. I* "Sarah," sniA Mrs. Towers, coming to the room on winter morning, where r her daughter sat, "did you see any- t thing of a twenty-dollar bill on the mantel-shelf last evening?" Her voice y and manner showed that she was un- \ MA pleasantfy exercised. % j "A twenty-dollar bill," repeated I H Sarah, with wide-open eyes. "No." J "You didn't see anything that looked like one?" i "Like a twenty-dollar bill? Certainly 1 B not." f "I certainly left It In the sitting I room, on the shelf; and 1 know that I \ set the large glass lamp down on It. s that it shou'd not blow away. I for- e gof^.nll about it until this morning, p Oh, I tnust not lose it!" mother, twenty dollars Is not a large sum/' f . '^ordinarily, no, my child; hut Just noi^^it is consiclerahle. Yonr father's accounts do not balance so favorably this season as he had anticipated. In t fnct,\Sn/ah, he cannot possibly spore a me an^ more if he is to meet his bank li paper. Where can the bill have gone to? And I promised Mrs. .Tudkins ten s dollars to-day. I)o you think it could v uflpB have possibly got knocked off and e blown away?" e |. We may as well remark just here, that Sarah Powers had been lying. 1 Falsehood was not certainly In the r jipui'i or mo young nnd sunny-faced t girl; but hor tongue bod spoken it. The facts were simply these: ? On the previous evening Robert n Ven/.le bad called to visit Sarah (Rob- p ert was a clerk in tbo store of Powers j & Dunbar and was Sarah's accepted lover, lie bad displayed qualities of r head nnd heart which bad recommended him to the favorable consideration v of her parents, and though he as poor, yet lie bad business tact and energy. It was understood by the careful s father there should be no formal en- a gngemont at present. Sarah remein- p bored that she and Robert had sat together upon the sofa and looked over li 9 an illustrated magazine. While thus 1 occupied, It occurred they would see <1 better, if the large lamp which stood l In the middle of the shelf were moved t out to the end; and she arose to do It. 1: T'pon lifting the lamp she saw a piece i: of paper whirl out and circle down un- t til it was drawn into the fire of the grate directly beneath. 1. "What was that?" asked Iloberf, wlio 1 bad Hcen the wblrliug paper. n "I don't know. I'm sure. It's horned v np, whatever it was," answered Sarah. ? Khe saw the charred tinder like frag- <1 inents whisked up by the draft, and f then she added, "I guess It e.s nothing ? of Importance. It wouldn't have been n there if it had been." i And after this she h%i resumed her s scat. Now Sarah remembered all this ! very well; in truth, the question of her mother had startled her; but she had i rot seen a twenty-dollar bill. We can Imagine the amount of mental reser- 1 ration employed In this decision. Her j f.rst impulse was to avoid ft disagree- t able exposure. If the bank-note had been destroyed, as she now saw it most 1 have been. It bad been through no fault of hers, and moreover the loss J? could not possibly be helped. , HUJB4ND. "Ay, she lies ("own lightl*. , She lies not down to veep; 4 Your girl is well contented, ? Be still, my lad, and sleep, i , ? Is my friend hearty, - * Now I am thin and pine, l And has he found to sleep >a A better bed than miue? > , "Yes, lad, I lie easy, I lie as lads would choose; I cheer a dead man's sweetheart; Never ask me whose. w v ^ . L. ' K ? & I in \m m ' ww. gyg Upon reflection, when Sarah saw how nuch trouble was upon her mother, she was sorry she had not confessed lie whole truth at once. But it as ;oo late now. She had taken the tlrst 'nlse step, and she could not retract without a disagreeable exposure. "Who could have knocked It off?" she said, In answer to her mother's ast question; "and where could it have down to? 1 certainly saw nothing of a jank-note." Mrs. Powers searched in vain, and it noon she told her husband of the oss; and they both searched, and Mr. Powers questioned his daughter?not svith the thought that she had deceived, but in hopes that some fortotten incident might occur .to her. Hut Sarah dared not confess now. <he lacked the courage; and she lacked he courage because she was yet to eallr.e how very small evils can grow ;o enormous consequences. Mr. Powers returned to his store in i thoughtful mood. He knew that his a'ife must have left the bank-note inder the lamp upon the shelf, and hat it had been there the previous iveniug. 13he was not a woman liable u uusiutie in memory 01 bucii a matter. | Cbe only other person who had boon he sitting room that thu3 besides Ids laughter v/as Robert Veazle. Perjaps Robert might have seen the note. Jn arriving at the store he called his lerk into the counting-room. "Robert, did you see anything of a wenty-dollar bill on the mantel in toy lifting room, last evening?" "No, sir." "You saw nothing that looked like >qe?" The young man hesitated and color>d. Then with a forced smile? "Perhaps Sarah may have seen It." "No; I have asked her and she knows tothing about It. She saw nothing of he kind." "I?I certainly saw nothing, sir." Mr. Powers was not at all satisfied vith l^s, tress the matter then. He dismissed 1 lis clerk, and sat down and reffected. 1 Vnd his reflections were not pleasant. That same evening Mr. Powers called ipon Mr. Selvidge, the tailor, to eolect a bill for cloth. The tailor was ortunately in funds and he paid the till. With the money he handed out vns a twenty-dollar bill of the Blackitone National Bank, new and crisp, xaetly such a bill as Mr. Powers had riven to his wife. He asked Selvidge where he got It. "Robert Veazle paid it to me this orenoon." VFor what?" "For a new roat." Mr. Powers went home nn<l showed he bill to Ids wife. She declared. In moment, that it was the hill she had ost. Where had he found it?" The merchant asked if she could be ilent and discreet for a time. And I vlien she had assured hiui that she ould, he told her how the bill had ome into his possession. i They were both greatly shocked, 'hey had not believed such a thing losslble. If Robert Venzie could be a I lilef, whom could they trust? ' On the following day Mr. Powers l ailed Robert into the counting-room gain. There was that in his em- ] doyer's look and tone that made the i outh tremble. Mr. Powers showed liiin the bank- < lote, and asked him where be got it. | "Is that the bill I gave to Mr. Kel- \ idge'r" 1 "It is." Robert did rot answer readily. lie topped to think. And when he did tiswer lits employer's searching, susilcious gaze oppressed him. "Mr. Powers, t saw that bank-note 1 n the drawer with another just 1 ike it. I happened to have twenty lobars of my own in small hills in my n ti/1 ? nxi/irt 1 ? 1 , MU-. M. IUUUV lilt' tTAVUllll^C, aking tlio crisp, new bill, nnd putting 1 11 its place my worn ones. Keforo tlio uoney was deposited I think you took lie other one." "Robert," sold the merchant sternis*. "I did take a bank-note exactly Ike tliis?the only one I saw with our noney that day?and I gave It to my vife. She placed it beneath the large :lass lamp upon the mantel shelf In air sitting room. She did this just beore sitting down to tea, and forgot all ibout until the following morning, ind then It was gone. On that even* ng only you and Sarah were In the Ittlng room. Sarah saw nothing of it. Cow what am I to think?" "Are you sure that Sarah knows lotlilng?" "She declares positively that she mows nothing at all about it! I trust ou would not hare me believe tbat ny daughter could " "No. no. no!" broke In Robert, quicky. Then he gasped nnd trembled. "What more have you to say, Rob>rt?" "Nothing, air.'* J"-'- ' .1 1 "Nothing?** "You can leave me." * l And the young man -went out, pale, bowed and stricken. The merchant saw, and woe sorry. It was a grief to him deep and heartfelt. I^ater In the day he went out and told llobert-^ might go home. "I will send for you when I want you." "Mr. rowers!" "What would you say, Robert?" ^ "Nothing." "Then you may go. I will send for yon when I am able to see y<rti again." And Robert Venzie went out from the store; but he dared not go home to his widowed mother. The fear that came crushlngly upon him was of Snral). Did she love him so little that she could sec him thus suffer and be silent? Wns it possible that?but^e dared not think. lie must wait until these first overwhelming emotions were passed. That evening Mr. Powers and his wife talked the matter over: and after long and careful deliberation it tfhs decided that Robert Veazle should be denied the house, and. of course, lie must he discharged from the store. They would not publicly expose this, his lirst known crime; but they could never give him their confidence again. And they must inform Sarah. That was the hardest part of all. Tl^ey would have it done at once. She came In and sat down. "M.v dear child." said her father, all tendernes and compassion, "we har^n painful duty to perform. >Ve must tell you of Rohan's entire unwortbiness." She clasped her hands and gasped for breath. What did her father mean? He told her the story, directly and clearly, of his discovery of Robots guilt; and he told how broken' and penitent the young man had ^fipeared. This latter he added by way of showing that the crime was, ticknowledged. Pale as death and,with eyes frightfully fixed, Saral^?tlskcd If Robert had not mentioned fi'er name. "lie only jr^cd me." said her father. "If I had spoken with you?If you could not thrpvr some light upon the mlS8i\rg mor I answered him promptly, P -you knew nothing whatever about lTio rr.til* ? *. i o gum ?? mo ?)i|>ai vui JivMii iu?it moment. llis shame and remorse " "Stop, stop!" cried Sarah, starting to her feet. She stood for a little time like one frantic, with her hands clutched In her hair, and her teeth shut. Then she staggered forward, and sank upon flier knees at her father's feet. "Oh, father! father!" she moaned, "have mercy?have pity upon me." "My child!" "No, no?lift me not up. Let me tell It all with my head here in your lap. Oh, I am a miserable, wicked girl! 1 did It all! I did it! Robert bus suffered rather than betray me." And when she . could controt^^H* speech she told him the story hjurnlng paper,; and she Agd liovv she had been led to falsify anT prevaricate. That was not a time for chiding. Poor Sarah wor Ilka one whose heart was breaking. She had come to think now of Robert. He would despise her after this. Mr. Towers looked at his watch, presently he whispered to his wife, and then arose and left the room; and shortly afterward left the house. In half an hour he returned. "Sarah," he said to his daughter, who sat with her head upon her mother's shoulder. "Robert is in the parlor. Go in and see him." There was a fearful struggle, but the better genius conquered, and Sarah went to her injured lover. By-and-by Robert and Sarah came Into the drawing room. They had been weeping freely, but they seemed very happy nevertheless. Sarah came and kneeled hv tier ri'iront's foot "Father?mother?will yon pardon and forglvo as Robert has done?" "Yes?yes, my child." "Then I will try to deserve your confidence henceforth. Oh, I do want to he happy once more, and never, never?H Robert caught ho. to his bosom and lield her there; and her father came ind rested his hand upon her head. "I know it Is n bitter lesson, dear rhild: but I believe blessing will follow it. It is possible that from tlds time you may be happier than you nave been."?Wnverley Magazine. Chineae ami Christian Morality, To the Chinese we are always the barbarians and they themselves are the redned. Their civilization is far more complex than ours. The ethical basis of the condition that modern Europeans and Americans consider civilization Is based on the Christian precept ordering men to do unto others as they would be done unto them. That system means the revolutionizing of out brute nature from the outset, because nature is seltiso. The Chinese moral code seeks no such rude reversion of the natural order. It recognizes the instincis of men and lays down rules to regulate those instincts. The rules thus /cn&ercd necessary provide for almost every contingency In life save the possibility that the good Instincts in the heart may he stronger than the vicious ones. Their extent and universality, bow ever, ore stupendous. Tlioy are monument* to the perseverance of the Chinese philosopher*, and the modern Chinese think them more praiseworthy than our basic rule, which obviates the necessity of regulating conduct in all emergencies by any special regulations. The Chinaman is probably far more careful in observing ninety-one out of ?very hundred of bis own complex rules of life tbnn we arc about our sols basic maxim.?World. V ? jsODTHmSr^ \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. | New Agent at Newberry. James P Sheely has been appointed agent of the Southern at Newberry to succeed S. H. McLean, who was transferred to Union. Mr. Sheely has been In the' service of the Southern for a period of 16 years, having served as ticket agent at Newbeity for the past four years. 0 o Condemns Bishop Potter's Saloon. The Rev. Albert Q. Wardlaw, pastor of tha First Presbyterian Church, of Union, preached a sermon last Sunrl Q V n I evV* f In tlfTiInK Ka omrnrnltt nrtn. I U.J a** IU nuiv-u 11*3 OOfUlCV WUdemned the "Potter saloon" In New York. Mr. Wardlaw haB Just returned from New York, where, with a friend, he personally visited the place. He takes the ground that tenv>tatlons to excessive drinking are already too great and he scores the act of the bishop to a degree in lending the influence '' the church to the whiskey traffic. Wofford Soon to Open. Wofford College v/ill open for tho term of 1904-05 on toe 21st day ot September, and the outlook la enoouragihg for a large attendance at the opening occasion. Dr. Coleman Waller, who was elected to the chair of biology and chemistry and who was subsequently granted a year's leave of absence hi order to pursue further study at Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, will assume his new duties r.s professor when the college opens, succeedIng Professor Williamson, who has occupied the chair only temporarily. Held for Woman's Murder. Butler Holt, who was arrested at Newberry, has been Identified bv Ber tha Medliri, of ColumNa, as the man who Is cuppo8ed to have murdered Maud Allan in Columbia two weeks ago. The wcman was found dead in a house which she had been ocvupylng with a man whose description was the only clew the police had. Holt some time ago married a young woman of Newberry known as Lula Allen, and with her left the Monday before thf body was found in Columbia. He was arrested and the Medlln woman, who nad testified at the coroner's inquest, was summoned from Columbia. | v -t ..?r "Blue Gums" Not Poisonous. Ever sir.ce the negro has been a known quantitiy in the south, a mem- I bar of the race having "blue gums," has been an object of much curiosity and fear. The fear is so pronounced, however, that there are a great many people who would as willingly run the risk of being bitten by a rattlesnake as by a "blue gum" negro, his bite being considered extremely poisonous. This listingulihing mark in some members of the race is easily noticeable, the cark blue, almost black, gums oeing in striking contrast tv the shining white teeth. One of the most foremost physicians of South Carolina, when questioned on the rubject, stated that the bite of a "blue, pum" notrn to nn ?"?? dangerous than that of a negro having red gum?. It is only a fable which has been handed down for generations, and apparently cannot be forgotten. Negro Kills Whit# Boy. Allen Porter Heathlngton, eighteen years old, son of M. J. Heathlngton. was shot and killed a day or two ago by a negro named Sam Brown in the Toogoodoo neighborhood, Colleton county. Young Heathlngton was remonstrating with Prown about some work,when the negro drew a pistol and shot him In the head. The killing has caused Intense excitement and the whole county h being scoured by poeses. BlocMhourds were secured from the city of Charleston and put on the trail. When Informed of the affair. Governor Ileyward at once telegraphed the sheriff of Colleton county, offering him troops and anything he desired to prevent a lynching. The governor also telegraphed prominent citizens of the county asking their co-operation to prevent any violence being done the negro ahould bs tfe caught. ? Tried to Kill His Wife. W. P. Leaphart, a well known young farmer of Laurens county, has been arrested on a very serious charge. The crime with which the young man Is charged Ir assault and battery with intent to fc'll. upon his wife, serious resuite ensuing because of Mrs. Leapheart's delicate condition-at the time of tho assault. The warant for Leaphart's arrest was sworn out by D. 8. Con well, the father of Mrs. Leaphart. I^eaphart was released on a bond of 9600 for his appearance at the preliminary dial which was set to be held at Prosperity. The preliminary, how ever, wa7 afterwards waived by his' attorney. ,i, I When Sheriff Buford drove up to ! Leaphart'g house to make the arrest, { Mrs. Lea j. hart strenuously denied the charges against her husband, he also protesting his Innocence. * A Complicated Affair. A Columbia dispatch says: The appearance of a woman calling herse'.l "Mrs. Dougall" in Blacksburg, has been followed by the arrest of W. J. Dangoll end Mrs. Hattie P. Rice op a grave charge and incidentally a sensation. About three years ago Dangell and Mrs. Rice,,took up their abode in Blacksburg and being apparently highly respectable people were woll received. They Btated that they wire brother and sister ana Mr3. Rice claimed to be a widow. When Mrs. Bouk&Ii arrived a short time ago the couple was not at home and Mrs. Cougail, it seems, gained entrance to their house anil awaited their return. She claimed to b'o DangeM's wife Einl when the coupl? arrived she caused warrants to be issued tor their arrest, wiiicn followed. The BlacKslmrg magistrate held them in bonds of $600 each to appear before the court of scuaion3 in Cherokee cci.nty. It is stated that Mrs. Rice has hue three lor.utr husbands, and is drawing a thousand dollars alimony from the ia3t, wnion cca.es In the event of her remarries*. Mrs. Dougall tails from New VcrK. Attorneys for Dangell and the Rice woman made efforts to hare the bill reduced. Mistook Wife for Burglar. In Brunson, Hampton county, last Monday night J. B. Bennett shot and killed his wife. He was awakened' by a noise he supposed to be rats and looking toward a window in their bedroom saw some one whom he supposed to be a burglar. Drawing a plsto] from under his pillow, he shot-what proved to be his wife through the heart. She died Instantly. Mr. Bennett was Implicated in a murder in 1895 and was pardoned on condition that he should never return to the state. His wife has been living near Brunson this y&ar, and it seems mat uennett bag made frequent 1 visits to her and some of them quite prolonged. LAWTON DECLINES TO 8ERVE. Ill Health Qiven ac Reason?Wooten Heads Inquiry Court. Col. A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, who was to have been president of the court of inquiry appointed by Governor Terrell, to investigate the Statesbovo matter, asked to be relieved from duty, and the governor named Col. W. E. Wooten, of Albany, to iiet as president of the court, and namod Lieutenant Jordan F. Brooks, of Savannah, retired, as a member of the court to succeed Col. Lawton. Major R. L. Wyly, of Thomasville, who was named as a member of the board, did not receive his official appointment, because it was ascertained that military courts of inquiry, under the lav/, may consist of but three mombers and a recorder. The board, as finally constituted, Is as follows: Col. W. E. Wooten, of Albany, president; Lieutenant Col. W. W. Barker, of Atlanta; Lieutenant Col. Jordan F. Brooks, of retired, and Captain Warren Grice, of Hawkinsvillc. recorder. v*u*vruor icrreii endeavored to persuade Col. lAwton to act as president of the court, but the latter declared that his health would not permit, whereupon his resignation was accpted. DEATH FOR TWO SOIDIERS. Ware Riding on Top of Cqach Against Orders?Struck by Bridge. Two soldiers, members of the military company of Durham, N. C., were instantly killed Friday while returning from the national guard encampment near Moorehead City. Four soldiers?Burney Warren, Bunch Johnson, F. Cates and Will McDade?wire sitting on top of the coach against orders. They had been drinking. When within two miles of Goldsboro, on the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, their heads stmck the covered bridge at Stoney creek. Wlarren and Johnson were instantly killed, their brains being dashed out. Gates is seriously Injured and McDade slightly. The bodies did not fall from the train. The discovery of the accident was rrade by the dripping of blood past the windows, the wind spraying It on the soldiers inside. GOVERNOR TERRELL DELIGHTED. Says Georgia Exhibits at 8t. Louis Make a Tremendous Hit. Governor Terrell, who arrived in At* lanta from St. Louis Tuseday, says Georgia is the cynosure of all eyea &t the big exposition and that the Oeov* jla exhibits are nothing short of mag* nlflcient. , "I ws3 too busy to go over the grounds," said the governor, "but I saw all the Georgia exhibits and heard a great deal about the manner In which the exposition visitors were talking of them." "t .1 lags PLAN TO OTiUZc NOISES. AaTh?ra Alt!Wop?rly 4Hnn?d to Eaeo Oflicr and Mada.AcAwabl*. The proposition of Mra, Amelia Holbroolc before tLe Professional Woman's League that children should be taught not to scream off tbj key, but that mothers should carry a tuning fork and give 'Miem the proper note, or if there are several of them, they should be taught to cry in unison, la not, to acoustic experts, a preposterous proposition. ' "We know little of the laws and properties of sound and- what might be done with discordant and unrelated noises," snys Mr. Kltchlngs, who makes acoustic apparatus :or instruc tion Id physics. "Take l tuning fork of large alee and set if vibrating, auit one in the same key across the room will soon give out tiie same sound. Tho disagreeable noises of a city?the roar of wagons, street cars, the *1/ road, the cries of peddlers - might, if properly attuned to each other, he rendered agreeable instead of discordant and a nuisance. A municipal league of harmony, like the ono ior 111% might in time bring It about. There Is considerable waste energy in noise that might be utilized. For example, it would be possible to arrange the com*, hlnatlou of a safe lock so as to open it by singing n certain melody. The^..^ notes would set corresponding metals ^ vibrating; these womd communicate with electric power which, in turn, would move the tumbrils of the lock nnd the bolts would turn back. "A set of whistles on board ship might be arranged to stand for the 'different points of the compass. In a fog the whistle corresponding to the direction In which the vessel was sailing would be blown. On board other ships there would be a set of reverberators Indicating in the same way the points of the compass. By running over these the one in harmony with I he' whistle would be picked out.^wifl at once inform the second vewj61 the direction of the flrsf nnd so a collision wuuiu ue nvoiueu. a warsmp migut communicate with its consorts and the enemy be unable to read the sic nals."?Chicago Tribune. WORDS OF WISDOM. In the good old times charity began A at home. To ovoid this evil, modern aristocracy builds mansions and palaces, but not homes. 1 Though we may have worked hard to achieve any great movement, we may not alwuys be fortunate enough to reap the benefits arising therefrom. Active love is attainable only for him who doe: not place his bapplnesq in his individual life, and who also gives free play to feeling of good will towards others. There are loyal h:artj, there are spirits brave, There are souls that are good and true; Then give to the world the beat that you i:uve, jf?i And the best will come back to you. ? H When it is not om^ thing, it is an-tjyMRi other thing thut breaks into calculations and bankrupts them^^^H Blessed is the man who cxpectej^^^^l nothing but what happens/ for he not sorely disappointed all Abe days h llveth in the laud. J / "Never trouble trouble till trouMe troubles you" has iu it nine of pliilosiopby than of poetry. Whenever possi. ble, rest the bands, rest $lie head, rest the heart. Never take up a< burden that is just as well off whoae It is.?Julia Thayer. The mnn who has r.o enemies, nor very warm friends, is like a nrtcrhie* tree that bears indifferent fiuit. Actlvlty begets strife; tlrmness, rein* forced by intelligence, brings victory, "Every man's work shall be tried by fire." and the good only remains. There are acts in the lives of a'.l men which are at variance with their other acts; and we should not judge a man by a single act any more than we should judge a country by a particular town. Let us get all the elements that make the man before judging him. riling Atraonpberlo Nitrogen. Foreign investigators have been studying the methods proposed by a company located at Ningarr. Falls for the fixation of atmospheric nltrogcu by electrical discharges. As is well known, nitrogen is one of tke most valuable elements utilized in the commercial arts and Industries, especially In agriculture, and yet It is one of the most difficult to obtain. From time to time schemes have been proposed for utilizing bacteria, and chemical and electrical methods for fixing the ntiuos* pherlc nltvogen, hut the electrical process recently perfected appears to offer the most economical end y* aetioa! means. The efficiency of the process has been greatly increased, the cost uow being reduced to about 1.5 cents npr nonarf. Rmv?n?? i? i? pendent on the cost of ejectrlc'power, and probably current cfln be obtained oh cheaply at Niagara Falls as at any; place on the face of the globe* - ? - "x Cnrtou* Feature* of Life. ft A new kind of school Is about to be started by the authorities of (jlinrlottenburg for tlie benefit of children who, though not exactly ill, are so. . weakly that they are very liable to be attacked by disease, more especially tuberculosis. The school, which Is to accommodate from 120 to 125 children, is to be built In' the depth of the Junferuheide Woods, near Berlin, and the children will remain there the whole day, special arrangements being made to supply them with their meals. Tbey are only, to receive from two to three hours' instruction daily, and are to spend the rest of the day In taking healthy exercise In the forest. The experiment. If found successful, will result in a per- ' manent school being *stablh^?dA~~-.J London Standard. - *