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5 V The; Wi d ow ' s W2 ate, 51 By "WIlMCT PRICE. - j-axaa uaskias used to can nei to eunl the junk shop," but her hus Tbandt always spoke of it as "'the. nm- el This difference of -definition explained by the fact that Jonas XTankfas was .at born collector, while Id wifte wast born abolitionist, ;,U cota a wordmay,.b,e applied to one who oad long .straggled against slav: cry to possessions! vf T dant see the ?ot3 of all those tSttess rJatterin no the attic and collecting HrV ahe used -to remark. wseua artlcie so far, aa I can T J' - i -. n- -'TnMrBB lots otthlngs In the world t&ax, afnft useful, .bat we can't get wJUiamt 'em 3us the same," Jonas jwua.wswei; -who sageiy nouaing Itead. BalLthls supply was nerer . wifflirteiiQy -satisfactory to silence his ife criticisms. Ab boy Jonas had gone through tJi nial -symptoms of the disease? of cJbt2iig;there l were drawers full o? , mlaerals, shelves loaded with staffed 'ami stuffy birds, books of stamps and aatesraphs, and rows of ipha stabbed insects. His mother had gfsftpdl over She accumulations of the boy, a ills wile "later complained of t2Jboar!il6tgs of the man. , BatMjT((pt developing into a mln raktfcJEt or an ornithologist, as his arljr tastes- - might ' have betokene'd, Jonas .became, a hunter of auctions, 'when bo Sroald pick up odd pieces of f aaraltar rare bits of china, and any csriamk relics of the past. By pro xeasiiHa lie was si farmer, b;- lnciina "UN a. collector, . by temperament aXaal somethins of a miser, butln all 2il' (fiffefeat capacities he combined Soodl sat ere and shrewdness. Oa Wednesdays he used to address blsr-wifa aa "Martha," for after the "wedf washing and Ironing were finished-- she became "careful and trou bled about many things" to an ex tent that bo3sd ill for animate and inanimate objects ' alike. Jonas learned ta secrete his particular treas "tcs? Jast bsTors the weclily "clear Ingap day, came rounoV " TJaa chiel. 3oy of the old man's bcaxt anS the delight' of bis eye was aa old axniron ..which had somehow Sox appaeattd Iron its mate, and lsd a n?e d lale nsslessness on the top ahelf of the Kaskins garret. , It u of carious shape and design wzasgkt iron twisted Into all man xte of curves ani angles, the whole ararmoaziied by a sphinx's head. The peculiar pointed ireaa ge&r under "wMca the metallic face gazed enig Tnalfcany iato tbe . future had led Jbsaas lfttsMas to give his forsaken aadirask the name of "the widow." -Be bad ransacked the' neighbor- any tl L U VJ I tu UUCAi CI t.U mfsKfag xaate;bnt. in Tain. Ke'had, "Wlla a lot of miscellaneous trash and txeasjue la aa old curiosity shop, and Ibad'aanBsaeed publicly that he would sne twBBty oo liars to any cue wno Uroald supply its lost companion. .'This laTishnress -was especially Hote-wnrrthy bsrause, -al though he was xepaied to bare "a neat JItMe fortune, .ao.pablie charities or private indi viduals bad erer been known to prof It by ibis prosperity. One day .it .Teas anrrotmced that "there was to -be a rummage sale in the toaza ball, lor the benefit of the .JQdvale Orphans Home, and Jonas -and! Sarah Haskins. exulted in secret at the prospect. HerefiTny -chance to pick up some tMug swrl" chuckled one. "-Ai Jsst I. can get rid of some of fSe old thing3.!- rejoiced the other. Tbe day before the sale was Wed-newday--.an ominous fact if Jonas bad csaXy jremembEred It, but for once lie fbrgoC bis weekly greeting ;of "Good znoraiog, Martha; " and hi3 Bfnd belas full of plans for an on bxashtt against an army of weeds in Ilea TiotaSn ntf ,bea Earab saw him off for the battle Held, armed with a hoe, she betook bexself to the attic. - "Talk aboat. areedbT! " J guess .it ain't nsc essary to so outside o' this, house to do'sarae pullin apl she soliloquized, ax 'with discriminating fingers she se lected the least conspicuous of Jonas' treasures. ' TTbas rabbish sale is -just what Ie besa waiting for to get rid o' aoine) o these aatiques an horribles. I guess I can da a little collectin my treH that losas will never notice," and aba crowned the miscellaneous pile she , bad ..gathered: together with the pretioas andiron. To do her Justice, she- did ast realize the extent of her b as band's devotion to the curious piesc of metal work. , As Jonas bad driven off In the tin eari, she bad to be content with the wbeelbarrow. She filled it to over "ftewiE chnekling the while at the pictare she would present trundling th oawieldTy-' load through country, laaes and Tillage streets. ' ' " : . 2 don't care what folks says." she reassared hers&l "It'll 'am to bave eoi4thin to talk' about; Any wajv for a charity though I sness most. o.. the trash I'm cartln' away Is more blessed to givs than to reeelwej " : "With this benediction to her spoils aba save her bead a tos.s to express coateaxpt. of public opinion, and with soma ewayias of the load, as if Jt were the cargo of an overfreighted boat, she pushed the squeaking vehi cle: orar the rough, roads to the town Tbe aeat -morning at breakfast Joaaa announced bis intention of lookfag in at the sale.., "Shouldn't "wonder if r picked up somethin pret ty fair.--be said.. "Doin business wftb folks in .this town is like tradin' wiZJ Indiana. They'd give you old ,'inabosany chaTrrs for a string o'-glass bea&a. They weed out pewter por- rfiasera and spin la wheels as if they waa aorrel In a bay field, when any baby could ten 'era that spinin' wbeeXs is as acarce as hens' teeth." Aboat noon Jenas took a fat roll b!22s oat of bis Improvised bank r and Started for the rummage sale. It was the first time this method C conjuring money out of, people's . poc&ets bad been tried in the neieh- XKiraaod. and Jonas was bewilderedj UL1 -. .4 -.Jit V .1 by the . chabliQ scene . to .which the respectable old1 town hall " had lent itself. - ' : ' . .. . , Second hand clothingriroken down furniture, clumsy kitchen utensils and delicate trinkets Jostfd:one an other in their efforts t6Jtract the undecided- purchaser :v. But ' Jonas turned a blind eye to , such : obvious appeals.' Like the magnet In the song, v . .. From needles and nails and knives he'd turn. - ' . ,. ..... For he'd set his heart on a silver churn, or a pewter, candlestick, tor-'a brass knocker, or. anything of unusual shape" or make .that cpuld.not be found any dsy in the week at a hard ware or dry goods shop". Suddenly a light seemed to kindle the . pale blue eyes that roamed searchlngly round the rroom. "At last!" he called out triumphantly. "I knew I'd find the widow's husband if I looked long enough, an there he is !; Fetch me down that there, and iron, will you?" and with his stick he indicated what seemed to him the exact duplicate ef the sphinx andiron in his garret at home. The saleswoman, knowing nothing of the source of her supplies, reached for the long coveted treasure and put It Into Jonas' clutching hands. He looked into the unresponsive counte nanced the iron sphinx, and passed bis 'fingers' over I with clumsy ten derness. "'- ' "I reckon you're the widow's hus band that she's been waltin' for nigh cn'to twenty years," he remarked, la- cmonically. "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance." . After, this, discovery Jonas was too much excited -to search for further plunder; consequently the rest of his own recent possessions, which were scattered about in various corners, es caped his notice. With a magnanim ity, inspired by the "widow" rather, than th9 orphan, Jonas put a reluc tant but determined hand into his pocksi. Ke handed four crisp bills to the bswildered woman. "I've al- ta.j o taw uiai in give twenty aoi Iars for the widow's mate, an I'm gon to co :t, ne said, with decision. "Why, that old andiron's marked only fifty cents, and It isn't worth that!" expostulated the saleswoman. "That don't matter to me. I promised to give $20." to persisted, "so here you be." Sarah Haskins was sitting at home, waiting, with some trepidation;1 Tor her husband's return. It was scarce ly possible that his eagle eye should not have fallen on some of his own property at the sale, and she was try ing to frame an explanation of its presence there when the door slammed and Jonas stood in the room. But in steady of showing reproach, his face shone with good nature and delight, a fact that seemed the more incom prehensible when his wife saw, hud dled under his arm, his own treasured andiroD. "Well, I guess I've rummaged to some purpose this time," he said, chuckling. "Here's the mate to my widow up stairs that I've been lookln for for the last twenty years!"- ; i- He set it down on the table and turned to go out of the room. "O Jo nas!" his wife gasped, and could say no more. The words of explanation' would not come out of her dry and trembling lips. : "I'm just goin up to the museum to get the widow ! " he sang out cheer fully. - i "Oh, dear, oh, dear, he'll never forgive me!" walled Sarah. "Oh, HI never.never touch his old things again if he only won't be terrible mad when he finds out!" ' 'She heard his slow tread going up, up; then followed the distant shuf fling ' steps of one" who sought for something. Sarah Haskins winked fast and rocked her chair violently. "I think I'll go down-street and see how the sale is goin'," she announced to her self, as If she were explaining her con- duct. to. a third person. "I'll Just leave a line for Jonas." ? ; . She went hastily, to the table draw er and took out a scrap of paper and a pencil. With nervous fingers she wrote, still conscious of overhead gropings. f ' She placed this message conspicu ously on the table, then snatched her bonnet and shawl from a neighboring hook and disappeared. - : ' About ten minutes later,' when Jo nas slowly plodded down stairs and found the sitting room empty, his mystified face took on' a still deeper look of wonder. "What ails al the women folks?" he queried. "The widow's disappeared, and now wife's gone." Irt V His eyes fell on the bit of paper with the hastily scrawled words. His head felt giddy and confused from stooping to look" urder things, and he 'seemed' unable to control his thoughts. "While he was searching V for hi3 spectacles his memory jumped back to a story he had once read in which a wife had decided that she (jildrert at .4 . Judge Willlard H. Olmsted, who, as a Judge of the Court of Special Sessions, New York, has handled countless cases coming before the Children's Court, says: ' -. , "Children essentialy are not bad. ? . '"But they present a serious problem to the community. "The-answer to the problem of the child brought befora the Court is the educating of its parents. ...--; "Foreigners "predominate in the Juvenile cases, but this does not mean the American boy is so much better than the others. . . - "New York is overwhelmingly a foreign city, and It would be strange if the greater number of cases. were not furnished by this element. . . j . "If we could get the immigrants to scatter on comin-j to America, Instead of colonizing, we would be taking a giant "Colonies shut out advancement and retard th nhvspi mental and moral progress of the child. .... .... "Some children are very materially helped by a sound whip ping, though I do not advocate It in all cases. ' "We are working under the disadvantage of not being able M, commit a certain class of youthful offenders, because the religious institution where it is held they should be sent al ready is filled. , "The House of Refuge Is a model reformatory, and no boy sent there Is In danger of coming out with a criminal bent "The principal trouble with the children is their bad envir onment. ' . . ' iA . , couldn't stand her husband's peculia rities'7 ahy longer;." and had Tfilsap-' peared, leaving a . wrjtteij f ; message saying that. If ha, wished to find her she was at the bottom of the nearest pond. " v ,'": ; 'vT' - The absurd, thought flashed across his confused brain that. Sarah, might have adopted the same melodramatic means of escape. His knees began to tremble a3 he sank, helplessly. Into a chair. - Then - he read the message, and ' as its -meaning penetrated' his 6low; comprehension, his sense' of re lief united with his sense, of humor to make, him laugh as --he -had ! not laughed for years. " . "That's a good , 'un! '. he cried. "That's a good joke on me! Half a dollar was too much for you, was It?" he continued, reaching-out for the andiron. "Now, look here, don't yon ever tell Sarah Haskins how much I paid to get you back." Then his voice dropped from its tone of com mand to one of half-humorous con fession. "I was kind - o f raid," he said, "that that written . message might be to tell me iwas a widower, Instead of which" and he laughed again " 'twas only to tell me that you was the widow ! "-The . youta'a Companion .' : ' TIRO NDV5TRJ A caterpillar, according to a scien tist, eats 6000 times its weight each month ' " '" - Parchment paper is made by dip ping ordinary unsized paper for five or six seconds in dilute sulphuric acid, and then washing. . How to burn smoke," avoid sparks and eliminate combustible matter are requisites of railway locomotive builders in Holland. A)l railway lo comotives before acceptance must be provided especially with a contrivance for burning smoke and preventing sparks emission. . "'Monsieur Lippmann, who is widely known for his many experiments in color, photography, hopes so far to improve his new process that it will not be necessary, as at present, to view the developed plates through a special apparatus in order to cause the colors to appear. One hundred thousand gallons of water sterilized by electrically gener ated ozone are used daily by the Pittsburg Homoeopathic Hospital. Dry alf la passed through the ozonizers and the ozone produced Is mixed with the water by. means of aspirators. Three ozonizers are used for steriliz ing . water, while two provide ozone used for sterilizing- instruments and bandages. The pollution of streams by factory waste is being shown by the investi gations of the United States Geologi cal Survey to be unjustified. -The experiments proved that the sewage can be purified at moderate cost, and that the valuable materials recovered may make good this expense, while in some cases there should be a good profit, as in the recovery of wool fat and potash from, wool scouring liq uor. French . interest in Frofessor Beh ring's researches for the treatment of tuberculosis has drawn from him a new statement on the subject, from which it appears that the investiga tion of his preventive system of im munising against the disease has tak en a decisive step forward. Until a few weeks ago, says the London Globe, the professor's system has been confined to animals, and tbe di rector of the Pasteur Institute at Lille claims to have succeeded in im munising goats by means of it. Ben ring himself now announces that he has taken the definitive step, from which . he had previously shrunk, of inocculating a number of persons at different times, and is now watching developments. Mother Sees Son Slain. A mother's vision was the primary cause of the discovery of the murder of her" nineteen-year-old boy, Thur man Walker, of Goodland, Kan. The confession of the murder was given the Pueblo police by Clarence Nunn. So strong was the dream of the mother that she sent another son to Colorado ,to hunt for the lost boy. On September ; 12 ' the body of the youth was found In" the Arkansas River near .Nepasta with a strap drawn tightly around ihe neck. . The mother in her dream had seen the boy lyiag cold in death on the prairie, while a companion galloped away on' a horse In the darkness. ; Nunn Is alleged to have told the police that he lured the boy to take an overland journey, thinking Walker had .some money. , All he got was saddle and ?8, which he took from the body after shooting him as he slept. The body was ' too heavy to carry, so he put the strap around the neck and dragged it to the river. riew York Telegram." - ' car Y ....... - - . ;fv mm I rol ttad. r i' L I.. .: , 1 ... I Pan Decadent. ' Ift olden times Pan piped his lay, . But in these days of triolets, . ' , I fear he's thrown -his pipe away ' And substituted cigarettes.. - ' " . Life, l ' ' Manful. ...When, a man neglects auty.he says: "I . was too busy," but usually he was too lazy. Atchison Globe. . Bobby's Amenities. "Bobby, did you give a piece bt your cake to little Sam Green?", . "Yessum, but I punched his face first. Birmingham Age-Herald. 1 The Best Messenger. . Silicus "I never send a man on a fool's errand." Cynicus "No; it's a better plan to go yourself."- Philadelphia Record. Blindness. First4 U. S. Senator 'Jvat Is. .a. blind partisan?" Second U. S. Senator "One who doesn't know the color of money." p.trjr jfatural Cause. Little Willie-"Pop, why do they call political jobs plums?" . Wise .Father "Because, my son, It's generally a grafting process which produces them." The Why.. , Blobbs "The sparrow Is a nuis ance. I wonder how it would be pos sible to exterminate him?" Slobbs "Make him fashionable for women's hats."-; Philadelphia Rec ord. , So Are Yon. . "The professor says my bathing suit is rather exiguous." "Is that a compliment?" "I don't know. I'm going after the dictionary now." Kansas City Journal. Disinterested. Bacon "Did you ever notice how disinterested he seems to look when he's talking to himself ?" Egbert "Oh, yes;- he's probably giving himself some advice." Yon keVs Statesman. Youthful Ingenuity. . "I want another box of pills I got for mother yesterday."- "Did your mother say they were good?" "No but they justfit my airgun. Fllegende Blaetter. Her Reward. Professor (tohis aged cook) "You have now been twenty-five years In my service, Regina. As a reward for your fidelity I have determined to name the bug I recently discovered after you' Fllegende Blaetter. Pointed. First Drummer "My firm made half a million in 1907.!' Second Drummer "My firm made more than ten "millions." "You must have a very "irofitable line?" "Pins." Puck. The Household Budget. He "I wonder if we can get along all right." She "Certainly. We can buy the auto with the money father left me and you will surely make enough to pay for running it, don't you think?" Puck. The Bright Side. Achilles was bemoaning his vulner able heel. "It isn't as bad as though your Christmas stocking had a hole in it," they assured him. " Herewith . he cheered . up. New York Sun. Timely Supplies. 'Peahs ter me, Br'er Simpson, yo' am doin' a pow'ful lot ob joobilatin' oveh one po', measly coon.". " 'Tain't only dat, Br'er Johnsing! Ah done got a fo'-days' job fo' nex week." "Dat explanifies hit." "Sho! Now Ah -kin t'row up da job." Judge. On the Safe Side. ' Visitor "Well, son, what will you be when you grow up?" Tommy (aged nine "A soldier." Visitor "But you wlll .be in dan ger of getting killed." Tommy "Who'll kill me?" Visitor-'Why, the enemy." Tommy "Then I'll be the enemy.,'' Catholic News.; - Grounds For Complaint. "Any complaints, corporal?" said tbe colonel, making one morning a personal inspection. .. . . - . "Yes. sir. Taste that, sir," said the corporal promptly. The colonel put the liquid to his lips. "Why.", he said, "that's the best soup I ever tasted!" "Yes, sir," said the corporal, "and the cook wants to -call it coffee." Argonaut. " ICew Parts. ' ' The Customer "When I bought a car from you a few weeks ago you said you would be willing to supply a new part if I broke anything." The Motor Agent "Certainly, sir. What can I have the pleasure of pro viding you with?" The Customer "I want a pair of new ankles, a floating rib, a left eye, three yards of cuticle, a box of assort ed finger nails.; four molars and a tunny-tone." Pick-Mc-Un. CUBAN GOV. INAUGURATED ' 1 "' ." ' 1 ' " r '.1 ProTIsional Governor lagoon jEs corts " General Gomez td the Palace For the. Inauguration Ceremonies , and Then Sails From the Island on the: New Maine Cuban Gunboat . Sees the Americans Safely Off. ' ! Havana, By Cable. Major Gen. eralJose Miguel Gomez" was" inaugu rated President of the restored Cuban republic. .Thursday" at hoon: and with in an hour after he had taken s the solemn oath of office administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the American officials who had been in , control of affairs since tne autumn of 1906 had departed from the island. The American provisional Gover nor, Charles E. Magoon, who escorted General Gomez to the palace and there turned over to him the reins of government, sailed, on - the new Maine. The Maine was followed by the battleship Mississippi and the army transport McClellan. A swarm of small vessels joined in the proces sion out of the harbor. A Cuban gunboat also accompanied the ships some - little distance to sea with a band' on board playing from time to time the Cuban national an them. ' Earlier in the day Governor Magoon and President-elect Gomez were seated side by side in the car riage, en route to the palace in the Vake of . a galloping escort of rural guards or native cavalry there was rsllence eh thee part of the holiday throngsiwhojjyaed - the sidewalks. Hats were lifted as the carriage swept by, and the salutes were return ed in the same manner by tbe Gover nor and General Gomez. At night fireworks burned through out tbe city in the same profusion that characterize the 4th of July in the United States, and the - cafes were gay with musie afid singing. About . 3,000 troop are still on the island under the command of Major General Thomas L. Barry. These will be returned to the United States as fast as the transport service will permit, the last of the troops leaving on April 1st. Cuba begins her new period of in dependence under conditions which seem as propitious as could be evolv ed. Peace reigns from the western extremities of Pindar del Ria to the eastern promontories of Santiago province, and no disturbing element is anywhere in evidence. TWO MORE JURORS ACCEPTED. Nine Men Are Now In the Jury Boi to Hear the Cooper Trial Fourth Venire is Ordered. Nashville, Tenn., Special. The ninth day of the trial of Duncan B. Cooper, Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp, for the murder of former Sen ator Edward W. Carmack closed with two additions having been&taleie' the jury, which now numbers 9. The two recent acquisitions are Gus Knipfer and P. O. Beirman. Up to Friday Night, 1465 tales men have been examined in an effort to get the 12 men. Of -those who qualified tbe 9tate challenged 13, the defense challenged 23 and the court summarily excused two after they had been declared satisfactory to both sides. It is conceded that the action of ihe State in charging two talisment with perjury has greatly reduced the chances of getting a jury at once. Many of those summoned say they may have expressed an opinion at the time the murder occurred, and for fear of an indictment, they disquali fy themselves. After hearing testimony in the case of Juror Whitworth, whose health is said to be such that his life would be endangered by the confinement inci- Ment to the trial of the ease, Judge Hart was disposed to excuse him at once, but the State asked that a de cision be withheld until the next pan el was exhausted. . Bulgaria Complains of Turkey's At titude. Sofia, By Cable. The Bulgarian government has delivered a note to the representatives of the powers, complaining of the irreconcilable and uncompromising attitude of Turkey and declaring that the Porte must be responsible for the consequences. The note does not solicit the intervention of ihe powers but draws their atten tion to the tension of the situation. Desperate Man Breaks JaiL Wilmington, N. C, Special Jap B. Walker, a white man in jail at South port, charged with the murder of Sheriff Jackson Stanland, of Bruns wick county last December while re sisting arrest by a posse headed by the sheriff, made his escape from the prison at Southport by braining the night guard, J. B. Fountain, with some heayy instrument procured in some unaccountable way after he had escaped his cell into the corridor. The guard was disarmed of his pistol and all the icartrdiges he carried and a white man named Butler, held as an accomplice of Walker escaped too. ... ' "'"., European Powers Keepin Peace Be tween Turkey and Bulgaria. Paris, Special.--rAn official note issued here -sets forth that the powers . of Europe are earnestly . con tinuing their efforts to prevent un outbreak of hostilities between Tur key and Bulgaria, an outeome-threat ened byrthe recent mobilizations by both countries concerned. Foreisn News. Mrs. Carry Nation met a hostile reception at Canterbury Music Hall, London, on last Monday night and was egged. There is a quarrel again between Peru and Chile. The difficulty came to general notice when the Peruvian government a few months ago re fused ; to permit Chile to place a tablet on the monument erected by Peru to the memory of her soldiers who lost their lives in the war of 1879. - ' . , IHfl Wondferf ul Advancement in Agriculture : in the Last Twelve Years Washington, Special. In no sec tion of, the country, probably has there been more wonderful advance ment in agriculture within the past ten or twelve years than in the South. The belief is expressed by officials of the - Department of Agriculture that the Southland is bound to take that plaee in agricultural develop ment she merits. ' A spirit of re-awakening is coming over the Southern farmer. The agri cultural progress , in . the South has been marked by a material prosperity such as, "periiaps,' has never before been enjoyed by the farming element of that part of the country. The fi nancial condition of the Southern planter began 'to take - an upward tendency about 1897, since which time the situation-has steadily im proved. The production of cotton that great staple crop of the South1 increased 53 per cent., from 1896to 1908, and the value of the crop 133 per et. The Southern farmer, long debt-ridden, has to a marked degree been again placed on his feet as it were by the increased prices he has received from his cotton crop of late years. As a natural consequence he is devoting - more time and attention to building himself a better home, to the education of his children and, he is in fact, deriving more of the com forts of life than ever before. Work of the Department. The agricultural progress of the South really dates back to a few years ago when the Agricultural De partment inaugurated an educational campaign .for a diversification in the crops. The application of practical scientific methods to Southern agri culture in the opinion of Secretary Wilson has done more to uplift land than any other.- factor. . ' Officials of the Department ojf Agri culture believe that;the-advent , of the weevil was in reality a sort ofbless ing to the South. . While it was dis astrous in its effect upon that great staple crop, it at the same time made the farmer realize that he must not - -- ' .. .... devote all of his land to cotton, but must depend to. .a considerable extent upon other crops. The South was qjick to absorb the scientific knowl edge so freely given by the. Federal government and is rapidly recovering from past mistakes Secretary Wil son is 'a great believer in the doctrine that the foundation of this nation's Drosneritv is an enlightened ajrricul- lure Secretary Wilson Pleased. "I am happy to have an opportun ity to express through The Associat ed Press," said ' Secretary Witeon "the ' Agricultural Department's good will toward the South and its desire to foster in every way the ag ricultural prosperity " of that great and favored region. I have always taken a great interest in the agri culture of the South, not only be cause of its extremely - interesting possibilities, but because I have felt a keen sympathy with a people I I IftADCD CUIDDETDC A ' $165,000 BY THE Washington, Special. By far the largest specific allowance of repara tion ever ordered by the interestate commerce . commission " ' was made Thursday, when that body approved a settlement agreement of $165,000 COURT OF ADMIRALTY RESPONSIBILITY New York, Speeial. Just which ship was responsible for the' Nan tucket collision in which the White Star liner Republic and the Italian liner Florida figured and which com pany shall pay - the xlamages will be decided by the court of admirality. Both companies have filed suits. That of the owners of the Republic claim ed damages of $2,000,000 and recited in" legal form the story of the recent sea disaster. The blame for the col EftECT VVIRELESS TOWER AT WASHINGTON . Washington, Special The Navy : Department opened -bids for locating a wireless tower at Washington for communicfrting with ships at sea. The specifications require that the tower or station shall be capable of trans mitting messages at . all tjmes and at all seasons td a radius of 3,000 miles in any navigable direction from Wash ington The messages are not to be interrupted, by , atmospheric . distur KILLED THE MAN HE Lenoir," Special. -Mortimer a town in Caldwell county, in the Harper's Creek neighborhood, was the scene of a shooting scrape Friday. The -participants in the battle were Depu ties Sam Smith and Zeke Garland and Dolph juid .Keith Pritchard. ; The trouble, arose .over, the arrest ei W. W. Honeycutt, for "whom the officers had ..; a capias xor .,. retailing. i ae prisoner told the-, officers, to 30 with him up. the -mountain to see-.'. the struggling bravely "to overcome th resulfs'af'a devastating war. I fe that- they needed such help as the De. partment could give them; and I have lent a willing ear to their appeals. It is very gratifying to me to see the cordial spirit of appreciation mani. fested by the people of the South for the work the Department ia try. ing to do." Under Professor W. J. Spillman, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, who lias charge Of the farjnnwnagemerit investigations in the South,' much haa Kami' tfiffiA 4sv amisy.m.w. 1 . 4 a . OJa terns of farm management, looking to. the restoration of fertility, the bringing back of humus into tbe soil, aud'theHBUggestionsf. impToVed ro tations.' "One of the-most important meth ods adopted' in 'fighting the cotton boll weevil" said Professor Spillman "is the diversification of crops and the introduction of new crops. Since the farmers have begun to rea lize that the weevil will in a few years spread over the 'entire cotton belt, they have become interested in other crops as they never were before.- In many sections truck growing has developed amazingly.' This is es pecially the -ease along the seaboard, andj along the principal lines of rail was connecting the South with the large industrial centres of the North. In other sections farmers have turn ed their attention to the production of hay. While not enough hay is grown in the South to supply the de mand, the quantity of the home-grown product has increased to a remarkable degree since the Department of Agri culture began its propaganda for di versified, agriculture in the South as a means of fighting the boll weevil. In some sections, especially in Alabama and Mississippi, alfalfa has become an important crop. Last spring one small town in Mississippi sold- over. $3,000 worth of alfalfa seed. Fiv6 years" ago there was hardly an acre pf this crop in . that vicinity, r 'Stock Raising, i'lanyother crpps formerly grown in .small- acreages only have been sown on . an "increasingly large scale for t.h -bast few VeaTslJvThis "is esie cially true of corn, cow- peas, and beans. The cow pea crop especially than formerly. This crp is used both for hay and as a seed; crop, for which there has been a steady demand at good prices. - " "Southern farmers also are turning their attention tp stock raising. Cat tle have not been much raised in the South,' both because forage crops' were, not extensively ? grown and be cause of the presence of the tick which spreads the dreaded Southern cattle fever. The government, both State and national, is now making an effort to eradicate this tick, with every promise of success. This will permit of the development of an im portant new industry in the South which is affected by the boll wee vil. - . '. . Xtt Apparently it will only be a short time bof re the South will adjust its agriculutral industries tpjthe changed conditions brought about by the 1 ad vent of the boll weevil, and wil be even more prosperous than it was when cotton was king. At the same time, owing to improved methods of culture, and increased acreage, the cotton erop will probably be even greater than it is now." DC DCCI I MHPn RAILROADS INVOLVED in satisfaction of the claims on ac count of unreasonable rates on lum- ber shipped from Southern mills, in volving about 125 cases and 11 dif ferent railroads of the South. These are said ' to be about one-third of claims to the same 'kind pending before-the commission. TO FIX THE FOR REPUBLIC WRECK lision was placed on the Florida. The owners of the 'Florida also filed a libel suit and a petition for a limi tation of liability to $224,000 against the Florida.. Later the Florida's owners applied for and obtained an order from Judge Adams in the Unit ed States circuit court staying all suits for damages against the steam ship Florida on the ground that their petition for limitation of liability had been filed ahead of the $2,000, 000 libel suit of the Oceanic Steam ship Navigation company. bances ' or interference by neighbor ing stations. At the same time the department asked for bids for two sets of . apparatus to be installed ou naval vessels to be capable of trans mitting and receiving messages at all times, . seasons and' latitudes, to and from a distance of '1,000 .miles, and to receive messages .from the' Wash ington station at a distance of 3,000 (miles at all times. ' TRIED TO LIBERATE Pritchards, and he would fix up his bond. HoneycutjE'sjvife went vith them, the woman going ahead of the officers:. One of the Pritchard 's re turned with the woman, and the other went out in the woods, and demanded of the officers: 'Turn Honeycutt loose or I will kill both of vou." and began to fire. He aimed to kill Dep- ttty Garland, and - shot Honeycutt through the heart, killing him instant' ly. The second shot took effect in Garland's face.