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HILL AliP'S LETTER
Tric8 0:d-lV:hioncd Plan to An-
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Potato Jius.
CHILDREN ARE PAID TO GATULR LIEM
Nickel a Doren is the Price, and th
Little Ones Surprae Him. Col
onel Redding' Sucjjett.on.
I am trying Colonel Rcddlng'a plan
tu exterminate the potato bugs. He
say j begin early and watch for the
first onus that come. Make an Inspec
tion every morning and kill the largo
ktrlped ones before they lay their egga.
My crop Is about six Inches high. I
have six long rows in the garden and
the other morning I found the pesky
things had come. I killed about thirty
and then told the children the grand
children I mean that I would pay
the.ni a nickel for every dozen bugs
they found. That evening they killed
sixty and the next morning forty, and
this morning fifteen, and this evening
tea. So the three little girls brought
me in debt sixty cents and feel rich.
The bargain Is that they are to pay me
back for all I find and I have not found
but five yet, though I don't look very
carefully. Children like to work for
money just like grown folks. I re
member well the first half dollar I
ever earned. My father was clearing
land and told me I might have the
saplings If I would trim them up and
pile the brush and I might have the
wagon and team to haul them to town
and sell them. I had the evenings
after school and Saturdays to work
and soon had a load ready and sold It
to our school teacher for a silver half
dollar. I was rich, and as I drove home
I felt of it in my pocket every little
while to be sure it was there. I lik
to reward these little chaps, for It does
them so much good and makes them
love me. The love of an innocent
child is the purest on earth except the
love of a mother. I have no greater
comfort now than the glad smile of a
little one that jumps into my arms
whenever I come. It flatters my van
ity, for though I am old and ugly the
little ones will hug me and pat my
wrinkled cheeks and turn away from
those who are young and handsome.
The greatest Inducement for a parent
to be a Christian is to secure the sal
vation of their children and meet them
In heaven, for it is said in the scrlp-
, tures la three placesT "Believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved thou and thine house." Se let
the good mother not despair of her
wicked son who went unrepentant to
his death and may these words always
comfort her, "thou and thine house."
For the sake of ten good people the
Lord would have saved Sodom, and for
the sake of good parents He will save
the children.
Last year my potato crop was seri
ously damaged by these bugs, and by
the paris green, too, for I used too
much of it, and so I am taking Colonel
J Reddlng's advice and killing off the
PfWg striped beetles before they lay
'"'thelr patches of yellow eggs on the un
der side of the leaves. I instructed
the children to look for eggs and
they found only two leaves with eggs
on them. With a little sharpened
stick they dug around the base of ev
ery plant, and there found most of the
beetles, but I am already satisfied with
the experiment, and hope that I will
' not have to use paris green at all.
I shall continue my bargain with the
children, even if it is expensive. I
overheard them plotting this evening
about going to the drug store tomor
row and buying some ice cream, and
they agreed to take two saucers
apiece. These little girls are great In-
mentions, and I love to watch them and
u ruminate and ponder why it was that
; children, especially boys, get more self
! ish and deceitful as they grow older.
The devil seems to let them alone until
they got weaned from their mother.
The good and the bad are strangely
mixed in this world. New plagues and
pestilences keep on coming, both on
animal and vegetable life, but a kind
rrXvIdence has provided remedies and
given us minds to find them. But I
have found no way to keep the pig
eons from preying on my young peas
as they peep from the ground. They
utterly destroyed my first planting
'1.r&r.d have begun on the second. We
'have had a flock for many years, and I
. ever knew them to trouble the garden
before. .1 say, Colonel Redding, what
must I do about it? My wife says cov
, cr them with brush, and I will if I
can find the brush. The English spar
rows do leave us most of the crop, but
the pigeons don't leave us anything.
Reckon I will have to turn the boys
loose on them. The beans, onions and
arly corn are all right yet, and the
I Strawberries seem to have no enemies.
They 'make a beautiful show, a.nd give
. grat comfort.
In a we"k or two we wll have rip-"1
fruit in abundance, and shall send
Kornr to the preachers. Brother Yar
broiiRh Kays h docs not think It any
harm to tend pood things to a preach
er even on .Sunday. Strawberry cul
ture la pprcadlng rapidly In our town
and fimin of the neighbors aro trying it
as a business for profit. Dr. Fclton,
Jr., has put out thirty thousand plants
the last season. It was Isaac Walton,
the great fL-herman, who wrote in his
book en angling, "Br. Butler eays that
'doubllo-'s God could havo rcado a bet
ter bi rry than the strawberry, but
doubtless God never did,' and so I say
that God nevir made a more calm,
quiet, innocent recreation than ang
ling." My friends, Dr. lknhain and
Coloncr-Murphy heartily endorse Wal
ton en fishing, and will sit In a boat
half a day in a cummer's sun and
watch the corks and ruminate and
not catch enough fish for supper. If
1 was as fond cf It as they are I think
I would move to Florida and stay
there. I have caught more fish there
In one day that: In all my life up here
in N''lh Ceorpia.
I did not go to Dallas, the long spell
of grippe left me too dilapidated to
travel that far and give up my home
habits and comforts, but I read all
about the great reunion with keen sat
isfaction. There Is life In the old land
yet and love for the "Lost cause" in
the hearts of the people, the confeder
ates and their children and children's
children. May it never be extinguish
ed. Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
HE NATIONAL CAME.
The California League has adopted
the American League rules.
New York is trying to land Titcher
Arthur Clarkson, of Harvard.
Tom Clarke, Little Rock's right field,
er, is a full-blooded Indian of the Wy
andotte tribe.
Donovan and Smoot are the only
left-handed batsmen on the St. Louis
League team.
Bridgeport has secured Outfielder
Ladd, from Hartford, to whom the
player was recently awarded.
The new Toronto pitchers are all big
men, giants in stature, ihe smallest
being just under the six-foot notch.
Drill, catcher for Georgetown Univer
sity, lias been signed to play -with the
Kansas City team of the American
League.
Wrlgley will play third for Worcester
this season, and Joe Delahanty will
cover the middle bag. Madison is
slated for short.
The Cincinuatis shape up fairly
6trong in their present company with
Hoy, Dobbs, Beckley, Crawford, Beck,
Corcoran, Stelnfeldt, Peltz and Ber
gen. Dan Brouthers will not play with
New London after all. He repudiated
the agreement made by his agent that
he must bat over .SOU to receive any
alary.
W. W. Marsh, son of the Rev. M. M.
Marsh, while practising on the ball
grounds at Lynchburg, Va., in run
ning to catch a high fly, fell over a
fifteen-foot embankment and received
injuries from which he died. He had
jr.st signed with the Wilmington, N.
C, team.
The Supreme Court, Philadelphia, re
versed the decision of the Court of
Common Pleas, No. 5, in the case of
the Philadelphia National Baseball
Club vs. Napoleon Lajoie. This- de
cision upholds the validity of the re
serve clause in the National League
contracts
NEWSY CLEANINGS;
Kansas banks have 5S7.000.000 on
deposit.
Revenue collections during March
amounted to $21,227,535.
The shipyards of the Pacific Coast
are at work on scores of vessels.
The Philippine Islands will be rep
resented at the St. Louis fair.
The strike of dock laborers at ports
in Denmark now includes 8000 men.
The English- Tobacco Trust has
planned a vigorous campaign in the
South.
Germany has invited America to
send threfc army officers to the maneu
vers next fall.
Secretary Root has arranged to main
tain a light in the Statue of Liberty,
in New York Harbor.
Archdeacon Wilberforce is holding
"smoking churcfi services" in West
minster Abbey, London.
A number of Japanese officers ac
cused of looting during the operations
in China are to be tried by court
martial. r Fifty pounds' worth of games, in
cluding football, cricket, and ping-pong
sets, have been dispatched to Ceylon,
from London, lor the Boer prisoners.
The warden of the State Prison at
Kansas has written to a New York
City firm asking it to forward a hang
man's rope to be used at an early exe
cution. The Holland Submarine Boat Com
pauy has been notified by the British
Admiralty -that one of its submarine
torpedo boats has been accepted by
the British Navy.
The Municipal Council ov Havana.
Cuba, has decided to issue a new loan
of $28,000,000 for the purpose of re
deeming the first and second-mortgage
bonds of the city, to take up the float
ing debt and to provide money for the
payment of the city sewer and puv
iug contracts. -
reus
A Knil l;toii.
Have you lieiir l of tun kid with Uio lion's
ht-ariV
How hfi stood on tli roof one !,
And drttlimtly railed lit a Krim kthv wolf,
Who wiw pissing by clmnco tlint wiiy?
Ttin Incident happened la Aesop's tlaifl,
And tliti old initu urott) It down
So that youn and old ever afterward
MlK'ht read thin tnla of renown.
Thfl kid fairly pelted the old gray wolf
With Hplthxts Heme and strong,
Called him renegade, murderer, thief and
knave,
Then vauntlngly cried "begone!"
"You are wls," said the wolf, "that you
Choose your time,
And a place that Is hjgh and dry.
Fare yon well, valiant kid, we will meet
ajjuln
When you fall from your eminence high."
Now York Mail and Hxpress.
A Ilollr'n Day.
Lotta's dollies, Belle and Violet, sat
on the sofa facing one another. Lotta
had gone to sleep, forgetting to put her
babies to bed, and now every one
was safe in Dreamland and the dollies
could talk.
"Oh, dear, how tired I feel," said
Belle, yawning. "What a lot of things
I did to-day!"
"Did you?" said Violet. "I've been
in bed till supper time with a head
ache. Tell me what happened to you."
"Well, let me see," Belle said, with
a tired smile. "First I was sick and
couldn't get up, and Lotta fussed over
me and sent for Doctor Tommy. He
looked wise and gave me all sorts of
queer medicines. I didn't mind them,
for Lotta tooktthem all for me. Then
the doctor decided my leg was broken,
and he had to cut it oft make believe
cut it off, you know. What a time
there was over that leg!"
"When Lotta got tired of that, she
thought that I ought to marry that
cross old china soldier on the mantel
piece. He is such a stiff fellow, and I
know he doesn't like me, he kept
frowning so all the time. I don't
think he was ever married before,
while I have been married a great
many times and to a different person
every time. After that we kept house
under the piano, and had all sorts
of troubles, squabbles, fires and every
thing. I think we ended up with an
earthquake just before 'inch."
"You poor thing," . M Violet, "I
don't wonder you're tired. I hope that
was all."
"No," said Belle, sadly shaking her
head, "it wasn't. After lunch Lotta
and I went for a walk, and it made me
so sleepy looking at all the windows of
all the toy stores when Lotta held me
up to them. When we came home she
sat down to sew on some new clothes
for me and I had to stand up to be
tried-on and fitted. My, how ttred I
was! I fell over several times. I think
I must he getting worn out."
"No wonder," said Violet. "There
Bhe's asleep. I guess I'll sleep, too,
and we'll hope for a better tomorrow."
Brooklyn Eagle.
W1I1 Animals in lh Snow.
Pandemonium brook loose at day
light in the New York Zoological Park,
in the Bronx.
All night the six watchmen had been
patrolling the dens, yards and cages
ready to rescue any of the animals
overcome by the snow, but the big
snowstorm demonstrated, that the ani
mals are better able to take care of
themselves than the watchmen are.
When daylight crept through the
park and the wild creatures realized
the depth of snow the rejoicing among
them amounted to a riot. The wolves
howled till they were heard at Tre
mont, a mile away.
There was a six-foot drift in the
den of the Alaskan bears, and they
discovered a way to climb up on the
hill and jump down into the drift.
They went out of Bight every time
and came floundering out as white as
flour. One jumped on another's head,
and then there was a fight in the snow
that looked like a Canadian Pacific
rotary snow plough in full action.
When the watchmen went around to
the buffalo range the great beasts
were not in sight. Instantly there was
excitement. Out in the field were a
series of little mounds of snow. The
buffaloes must have frozen!
But when a watchman had climbed
into the yard and had carelesly kick
ed Into one of the piles of snow he
came to the sudden realization that the
animals were very much alive.
With a bellow - Black Beauty and
Romeo jumped to their feet, shook off
the snow drifts and pursued their dis
turbers to the fence. They had been
enjoying their nap under the warm
snow and were angry at being dis
turbed. After a while they lay down again
and the snow once more drifted over
them and covered them, only a little
round hole showing where their breath
steamed upward.
The elk and moose raced wildly
through the snow, charging everything
in sight. The timber wolves fought
each other in the deep drifts. The
mild-eyed prong-horned antelopes
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rollfd In the deepest part of their yards
and went fa.st iinb-ep with t ho snow
drifting over them. The foxeg roll
ed over till their fur was full of enow,
New York World.
lark, llii. talking; f row.
In the northern part of Connecticut
a a lovely little lake, almost four miles
In length. It sparkles iu the Bunshiiw
like a blue ribbon striped with silver.
On the north aro mountains, tall an3
woody, on the western bank many
hotels and cottages where people
from the city come to rest during the
summer. They row their boats fof
pleasure, and catch fish in the bright
water, or gather lilies with golden
hearts, and greatly enjoy the llfo on
the lake among the hills. On the east
ern shore are fine and productive
farms, which furnish good things for
the people in the hotels and cottages.
Mr. Beeman's farm was at the north
east corner of the lake. He was a car
penter as well as farmer, and had a
shop near one of his farms, where he
did all sorts of work with his valu
able tools. He had contrived an ar
rangement to catch fish, too, that was
not only a convenience to him. but
a great source of profit. Near
hi3 farm was the beginning of the
stream called the Asptuck. This is
the outlet of the lake, and rushes along
through the valley with considerable
force. Many mills are run by it
saw mill, grist mills and cider mills.
The trap Mr. Beeman constructed
was designed to catch the fish alive.
The trap was so arranged that they
entered a box-like affair, from which
they could not eucape. The water
flowed through it and the fish apparent
ly were contented and could be caught
at any moment. Mr. Beeman supplied
some of the hotels with bass, pickerel,
suckers and ells. It was a source of
income to him and no trouble, a3 all
he had to do was to open the door at
the top of the trap and take out what
ever was needed.
Some time ago Mr. Beeman thought
his fish were not so abundant as they
should be, so he determined to watch
for the thief. At last he saw a flock
of crows stealing some of the fish out
of the trap. They would wait for a
shiny beauty to come to the top of
the trap, then seize it and fly off
with it. The farmer brought his gun
and shot several of the crows; one was
merely lamed, as he was a very hand
some fellow he fitted the ring to his
leg with a little chain attached and
fastened the chain to a post where
Master Crow could sit at his ease. He
fed him and called him Jack. Jack
grew very tame after a little, and Mr.
Beeman grew very fond of him. He
fed him himself, and always bade him
good morning.
"Jack," he would say, "Say 'Good
morning.' "
Jack would cock up his head and
snap his bill over and over again; but
no sound came. When Mr. Beeman
gave him his food he repeated
"Thanks" several times, but the bird
made no sound.
This went on for a long time, and
Jack had never uttered a word. Mr.
Beeman clipped Jack's wings so he
could not fly, and gave him his liberty
He thought perhaps the bird would
be happier free. One morning as he
went out to find Jack he did not see
him as usual, and called "Jack! Jack!"
All at once over his head he heard
a hoarse and plaintive cry of "Jack!
Jack! Jack!"
He was very much surprised and
could hardly believe it was Jack really
speaking; but it was. Jack was in
trouble. He had flown into some
bushes, and was so caught that he
could not free himself. Mr. Beeman
went to the rescue. Jack, solemn as
ever, hung by one of his legs; in a
short time he would have been dead
No doubt he was. glad to be rescued,
for as Mr. Beeman took him out of the
brier3, and smoothed his gloosy feath
ers, he opened his mouth several times,
and said "Morning, morning; thanks,
thanks; Jack Jack!"
People came from far and near to
hear Jack speak. He was never shy,
but those three words were the only
ones he ever said. He began to be
very mischievous, and stole all the
keys he could find.
The farmer one day missed the key
of his tool chest. He got another,
and that was taken. The neighbors
began to complain of losing little
things, and at last Jack was discovered
in the act of taking a door key. He
was watched and followed. Chatter
ing and muttering his three words
"Jack," "Morning" and ".Thanks," he
hopped over to a corner of the garden
and tug away for some time. Then
he went to his perch and fell asleep,
Mr. Beeman went to investigate the
corner of the garden, and such an
array of stolen articles he found there!
keys, spoons, bits of tin anything
bright that had attracted Jack had been
carefully hidden.
Poor Jack! hi3 day cf freedom vrm
short. Once more the ring was pwt
upon his leg, and the little chain fas
tened to a tree. His proud spirit re
sented the loss of his liberty, and he
became sullen and peevish. His bill
snapped sometimes, and he seemed
about to speak, but he never did. Mr,
Beeman kept him, however, and gave
him the best of care as long as he
lived. New York Mail and Express.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
.Adrenalin, the newly-dlscovrM &-
live principle of the suprarenal glands,
will not become a common drug.
Every pound made requires the glanda
f 14,000 cattle, each single gland
weighing but two-fifths of an ounce
nd yielding but one quarter of a grain
f adrenalin. The new product has
promised much as astringent, opium
ntidote, etc.
Experimental proof has lately been
obtained of the repulsive force of light,
which is deduclble from Maxwell's
electro magnetic theory of light. Thn
value obtained from the experiments
indicates the probable correctness of
that deduced from theory. Thla result
of the experiments is not merely con
firmatory of Maxwell's theory, but.
what is of especial Interest to astrono
mers, it supports Arrhenius' theory of
comets' tails, namely, that they consist
of finely divided matter emitted from
the head of the comet and driven from
it by the force of the solar light.
In a lecture given recently before the
Royal Geographical Society Dr. Vaugh
an Cornish said that during storms
waves with periods of from eight to 11
seconds were observed, with lengths
from 328 feet to C20 feet. A ten-second
wave was 512 feet long. The sides of
these waves had an average slope of
not less than 1 in 10. A set of such
waves would have a height of 25 feet,
but there was generally a "swell" run
ning at the same time, which increased
the total rise and fall of the water.
It made the waves Irregular, and caus
ed waves of much larger size than 25
feet to recur not infrequently.
Coloring glass by penetration, a3 M.
Leon Lemal calls his interesting pro
cess, offers varied and attractive re
sults. Silver salt in small quantity,
but varying with the intensity of color
desired, is placed upon the surface of
the glass, which is then heated to 500
degrees or 550 degrees, baking for five
minutes, giving a yellow stain to a
depth of 150th of an inch, which is
increased to a 15th of an inch in eigh
teen hours. The yellow shows a beau
tiful greenish or bluish flourescence in
reflected light. Lace patterns can be
transferred to glass by this method,
colored monograms may be obtained,
and even collodion negatives may
be printed in various colors. Silver
and copper give a rd, white gold and
iron salts have been used for other
effects.
A remarkable Instance of a battery
of accumulators working under water
was recently given at the municipal
electric plant in Munich. The Btation
is situated on an island in the Isar,
and during the flood the water covered
the batteries. According to the Scien
tific American, one of the batteries
which ran the car lines was completely
cut out, and it was thought that the
other, which furnished light, would
have to be treated in the same way.
The flywheels of the engines were half
in the water. Nevertheless, as it was
almost indispensable to light at least
the principal streets of the city, it
was decided to try to operate the sub
merged battery. The attempt was suc
cessful, and the battery, which had
been constructed to give 6000 ampere
hours with a 600-ampere discharge,
was able to furnish 4000 ampere-hours
during the night. The remainder was
lost in discharges in the water.
I.onclon'i Tramway.
Since the London county council
took to buying and managing their own
tram-cars, they have materially as
sisted the taxpayers with the profits
therefrom. The report for the work
ings of the municipal trams for the
past twelve months shows that the
"rates," as local taxes are generally
called in England, have been" assist
ed" to the extent of $345,000 by the
profits of the past year an advance
of $145,000 over the assistance given
from the same source during the pre
vious 12-month. At present the Lon
don county council, which Is made up
of delegates from all sections of the
great metropolis, and tegislates on
matters which are of greater scope
than mere district questions, owns
all the tram lines on the north (or
Strand) side of the Thames, and those
on the south ( or Surry) side as well.
The latter they operate with a com
plete staff of their own officers and
employes, but the northern lines are
at present leased to several compan
ies at fixed prices, the total being a
trifle over $375,000 a year.
How to Drink from a Glai.
One of the new theories of hygieno
that doctors are teaching to persons
who have children to rear is concerned
with the comparative unimportant
duty of drinking out of a glass in the
proper way. The new way of drink
ing, according to the physicians who
teach it, avoids any contact of the lip
with the rim of the glass. The lips
tare held so that the rim of the glass
touches the outside of the lower lip.
By the usual method of drinking, the
glass is held between the two lips.
The newer way is urged by doctors
as a means of avoiding any possible
infection from using a gjass that had
been previously handled by a sufferer
from a contagious disease. Naw Yoric
Sun.