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ISS ACTON stood by the een ter table In the library with a match int her hand. The big room was as dark as a cave. Duo could see absolutely nothing. But yIwhat was it that she heard? Seurely o0mo one was moving soiftly over the hC'v carpet. " 'Do's there?" cried the girl. 6nly ainswer was a sound of scurryluig feet. Iroie one was ri ping toward the door c41iniiitilafltiug With the conservatory. Instantly the knob clicked sharply, but the door did not open because it was locked, as Miss Acton well knew. The girl had an limipulse to scream and another to run away, but her trongest desire was for light. She eared darkness nore than the mys tery that It Id. It reqUired less the than the tick of a Clock for her to turn on the gas in the drop light and strike the utzich abat was ready in her hand. The gas jgnited with explosive suiidenness. All ,that was in the roolu seenemd to lea into being out of the vantishting sha ows. With his back against the conserva tory door and I his outstretched hands upon tho wall as If to steady htii sto( A young inIan, tall, lean and pale. le vore a long black overc'conIt. but it was hung open nud reveialil th garh of a convict. bliss Aeton let liir Ieitt II bret hi es cape froiu her lips with a sound like a sigh of relief. "Do not be alarKid." she said. "I know who you art, and I will not L)e tray you. Sit down, and we will de cide whIt it Is 1 best to Ido." The conviet's gntz.. was bent upon her with painful iitensity. Sh seated herself' by tie t10bh-, tt1 be 110 advtutted towatrd her with the hesitating stealith itless of a1 vat. "Bolue oile will votine," lik. 8tdiai In It Whisper. "No," sIe rphli-d. "M3' Ittitit, has gont. to her rota, and tlh sirvaiits hav their dutis. 11owever, if you tre afrald, you 1i1ay loctk that d(oor." She 11n(14-n11ed the (-neI by whtlehl fshe had entered, and i hattIy telw iIt. Then he 1lun1g bltits.'lf itnto n ailt Ly chair hear to hers and1ti IN id is eye't's Upoln hrit' I stetAdiitastiy as their uIa ture woutl allow. Tey wet dull blue eyes, butt the ext'raot'rIditiartty r'aph lIt y of their restless play gave thetn an etfect of bril tliey wIthh lullitetl well tie chtaractetr of his fae. it was a shrewd face lackinug the' highier eleinenits of In telligence, yet far: abev" the leviel of mnere tinimual truttItinig. escatpedi," she saidt, ''hut I (lid not sup poso' that y'ou woulid dare to ('orno hierte. Tot I betlie vi thaitt your fathler' expect ed you tand tha:t hie wtent away to avoid the risk of titettintg yout." The conviet said notlutg, but the in tensity of htis faeial t'xpr'essioni was a distinict coltitribu'it ion to the coniversa tioni. ''You don't utnderstan~d," said the girl. 'Trobably y'ou dotn't kntow who I amn. Let me tell you the' whlo situiatiotn in a few words. You: kntew of your (ia ther's seconid tuariage'?'" "Certainly." "Hle nltarried ttty aunt, tand I camte here to live with thet'n 1by your1 ftatth'r's greiat kitndness. We kntew that lht hatd a sion, andl~ tht his namtte coulttd tnot be imentionted In tis house, hut niel iter Uny aun14t nor tulyself' hadti the slightest knowletdge of the' i caust (of the estr'anigementtt betwee'~n you and him. It wtas only~ by' neehlent't that I found out wher'ie you1 were." "How did it haptlpen?" lhe asked. "Through youtr let ter to him last spring -the otie that he returne'd un olpenetd. I nloticed the Sing Siug post mark on it when it cant". Of courso I did not theun knowt it was fr'om you, but he wrote the retutrn (ditreclto upon tho envelope. I(' stat at this table, and1( after'ward I sa1w upont thet bloitter' a part of the address reuversed, of course but legible. "'The State Prtison,' andA your niiddle namite, 'I rvlug.'" "Arthur Irving Vane. Well 't"' "Then I knew that you wereo a con viet, and it was easy to guess that your crimie andit y'our disgrae htad caused your father to r'enouneo you. But let mte tell you a secret; he loves you yet. I know It; I amn sure of It; and that Is why lIn going to help you tonight, though he woultd never forgive me if he knew it." "And you read of my13 escapte?" "Yes. I read a few days tago that a conviet namted Irving had escaped with two others. I knew, of course, that y'ou had1 drtoppied your' tast nameu for your famrily's stake when you wer arrested." There was a moment's silence. Then khe young man leaned forward, with bie taco close to ber's, and askedI in a Low, intense voice, "What are y'ou go ing to do for mue?" "What do you need?" sho asked. "FoA hiding place?" He spranhg to his feet so suddenly hbat the girl was frightened almost to the point of crying out. "Money, money I" he whiupered. "hat's what I need. With monoy enough I can get out of this countryt zd begin a new life on theo other slde pf the world. If I go back to pr'ison, it will kill all the good that's in me. If I don't-if I get clean awvay-who ktnows what I can make Qt myself?" "I believe that there is mJuch truth An What you say," she roDlied. "If ~ poud have advised you before you btke out of prison, I would have told F.O to servo your septonce and then beinlto annQW, neia Imm kltlata unununn The Return Of the Disinherited, By Howard Fielding. CoP'i Iioll'P, 1119, 9 D il' A naII11ls' W. illooKi" . rou afire ealitured lol no yout will hauve o serve years andl(] y'ar InI addition o Yonr original;1 senltenlce. I eaniot 18k you to do that. It Is very wrong >f me, but 1 shall help You to escape. Iow 1inuch imoiey' do youI nleed?" "More than You 41an11 get, l'inl arl'i'd," raid he gloornily. "I musitit ma1ke Aus ralla somehow." There was a safeo hullt Into the wall if the libirary. MIs-s Actun walked up o It, tutived (the knob of the voinina lull Itick alil Sw illig opell the ironi lootr. itilln v an a secold door of h11 i ltwtil. v-1110h tho girl openled by ul4':anls of a key that she took from her jueket. Thelire were. blooks (if accoulnt onl each 4d of tlw afe within and between be01 tire little draWelrs vIth pigeon rlsabove mdi below. 'Miss Actua, eooi a rioll oifI nititi'y from the lowest if the draw-lrs andl handed It to the .onillt, w\hit counited It rpdy "Fill Iu hil) redl." snid Iw(. "I ennl levet~l doq It with this." "It Is 1l1 t it t b tel1.gs to mie," She mhd. "-W 4-ourwt wo valmolt touch your. a1ther's mloliey." Al inwarll struggle convuls.ed the "Why lot '" he s-.hul it last. "You 31ay that he stIll love' 1ine." "It would not he honel'stt, She rItepliild. 'It would ie thlft. Can't you 1uk. this do?" "Aistralla Is aI long wa-fly off," said be. "I think my father uiglit to c4oin ribute lit -so l tthIl tg." "N41," s hit Ish Illrmly; "I wi ll not con sent, mull you shmlt 1 ou t ask tlie." "I'll afraid it's all up with fue," aild the c n itI, Slulk n itl i t h1 i.1% .\ iss A.toll n--flcti-4l deepily. "It i'l thssib leSi that 11ifl Iaske'd mlly ul She i i ghi (lot ,Inw hng fil- u ," Sli ai "but I c ien't go to her now hv itIs t lhereo 11r 1,0o1 01 I the a111y. IThty .lght lokiIn hwre If I opened "There etinly ar0 people Out ther.",1 hi lwT. I le fird tOem talk in~g filr the. last ft.w in11in tes.. iut I coubll hid . ytu kn9w." "T E l Miss Action, "Alid pvr hla s tiat' the 1l-I t wtay. (h t behild thi l c'r't11 ains Ill, tel wil tow." The th- r-:1 hat ly. MIlsg Acton los d t1 A nn d ril 4f the safe and1#t puit tlw it y InllotH o6 t I'cktt. As slle tuillrisw d a a Av She saw hliter c OII o nll staIlnig u th hI s face Il his h110sand, wilb- his 1I1 was llhein by covul "Whty, what' loednte? as 4~llke tiw fi.ir f tes l mpahy. IOH~ht "t'sdnothin" lo rtpatd ounly' onl you'l locktLV that doo. Youe id't tru1s tue (1. 'Iy'm'oldbyo Ando yet locthere was s1me be whotui dh sin onek ia~ll tle r!whon oiue.h Dit good tere' 11 i e , - 'hr' Mllis13 11et3 aoik the iey o' ti inner yOaii door11 fro i er okeI nd. ~ d "Yu; se thaut 301 trust yIu, s "Thnkgyou, tha n you, athousand acieoion (' hat11 of poys. utill Misoetn aked tiedout Tito th'hll -e wihwsno ih -adws"ral "No, no," exclaimed Mildred. "Itun artoundi4 to the window. I10 will escape that wity. Aunttle, call tho servauts." She ilew to the outer door, dragglug Vane after her. In a imoment he was rieig Irouin1d the1 house. Mrs. Vatne liad rut i lttothglh the hall to collect a plosse. of malile dependents. Mildred, left alone, hastened to tboI library door and listened. Instantly t t RI SAW VANE HOLDINO TIHE OULPItT BY THEl COLLARI the door was opened aind tle conviet Spltang out into the hal0l. "ilm much obliged to you for sending the O1 hers a way," he called out as he tied by her. "You're a pretty bright girl--I don't think." Milidred felt that this was "'twitting I on facts." Of course she should have known that eIt- would listen at the door. h'liat she hadn't thought of it, but lid deliberately cleared the way for hi,s escape, Ient at unbearable sting i to his ta unt. Sie could not stop him; 1 he thad pushed her aside as If sie had I l)etn ia Iper pattern of a dress lutng 0 ott a stlt.k. luit site simply had to do soi-titing to show that site had at last wakd ip to the realities of the situa tion. Slzing the tlr-st thing that came I() hna, site hr1-4d it wIth desperate resentietiil at ti lu-ad of the fleeing I ras'al. It ('bn3111-41 to bo i a small but leavil1y L ituii 'ittnte (it petry that sofme one Li had h-t 40n tie t wel at tIe foot of the ( ntut11 sltaIlse. It Woult have beeit n~o 111t:11 inissIb-Il na practiced han11d, but it wtnan's had mtarksmatnshlip is pviverbil. ''lhe book lissed tihe hir glar lilt stri-k squarely between the y eyfs of1 I ir. Arthur Irving Vane as ilt a gitle-inanii lea pod up ite steps leading u to the front (loor. lIe hadl luad al gine"e % thl-rugh thel l11brary-3 whllow and, haldL Ittrnied i the real direc-tion of tle tlet' v tilght. Thiissi hlluded1 \'anetq1 V110Just Ilong 1 -lioigh Itl Ip- elmit the rascal to dodge 1 htim. A instnt i iiter both t 1n ha4d vanishted inl 0it thiiess that shrouded I thel lawn. lirlit"' i-at down ott the st(. aid burst luit,) tears of rage. She paid lit) aitteionb when-1 her- 11un1t, with the serv iults it her vahe, rushied by to join in tio- pIurs-uit. NOt till sihe) hteaiid the C vo lef Valine, r4eturn1ing, dlid she raise Illi IlitilI. "uit vill leg tle young lady's par- v ot frw all thit yi live s-aid and '1 dune,'' was wlhtt i ltred hteard. the 'ni hrit 1hv thel Si olh uite111r.it "itreogizeI/ this fe.llo~w,"' the yottng I1tvin.. lils beoine is ntly ia few milb.-s fiot here, itzl It Is ntot stranige that hito liit."' 'I It titti not apoloitg!zei to mfe,'" sah1 ~ NI lllred. "I d1on't deserve it." * *' + * *4 * * Wl'ut-i thi- thler NIr. Vaneilt returnedC~ to l hisa lsmi on. th followitug day, he li-arid the sltry of is sin's adventure. O it lust ntothing bty M1ildred's tellin1g. ''the 3(4u ig intttaillpt-arted as hter res. etto -t t'in ithtie ci ti te-s of ai desperate brig andt. Thein fact thati b oth Dtlr. Vanue'si (yes wVere sligitly diseolotred evildence-d is hei4-'.smi - ( t tne who4 kntew nothing abotut the itnchdent of thte book. It traitspired tht the (quarreli be tweent fathter andt sont tutrned~t ulpon a qutestiont of martriatge, Vanue juinlor ob jectitg to unt iting hihuself for life to the bride selected for hint when both were ChIldrlent. As a mattetr of fact, the fathtetr's views had somtewhiat alter ed int thte 'ourIse of years, and1( he was ready to seize uipoin the adveture here nlarraited ats it prt'ext for the beginning ,of at recoeillaiti on whtich becatme comn plete a few mnonthts later, when thte younig phytsit'lant witht Mildred's full atihoiatt tin, suiggestedl iter as a sb) st ittute for thte dauttghter-int-law thaft thie elder- Vaine had otriginially chosen. I~Ondto's Ment Sussply. So fart as the wholesale ineat mat kets ia Londoni are concerned each suce coedinag. yeart shows a hutge increase in lie quat it y impor01ted fronm America antd te (colonies antd a gr-adutal dimnu tiotn in the hona1 tule Itngllsh sutpply. 10ver-y annuai re(por-t repe(ats tite same story and pr-oves thatt dealers are rely' itg mor-e and moreO ott br-eeders abroad. Of the tmeat sold last year- at Smnith field only 27.8 pet- centt was countr-y killed, the petcetage in 1898 being 27.8, and1( 15.5 per cenit as atgaintst 19.7 per cent town k iliedi. Thtus btut 42 per gentt of the entire consumnption was fotritthominig from the pr-ov-inces. Fot ein 'outies supl~ied 14.2 per- cent, Amteric-a 23 per centt atnd Apsttralia itnd( New Zeaitd 201 per cent. Pr-obably the contihlinig -ontsiutters will never know ho(w mutch-l of thte last mientioned Ititms they pahl( fot- at (11e!rate of best IEnglish fed aind atte it the belief that it wa~ (the roitst. beef of o1(d England. "(Oice 114e possibllitihes of the Ar 1 tit intpitary arie toroutgly undt~erutoodl, miany of the thloutsantds bar ely- existinig inthe strenuousi life of thie gr-eat cities w sill tur tto h4 ee cutltutre, which woll repattys thtt itttellgentt and careful worker-,' says P'rofessor L. 0. lloward, apjropos of ltnterestintg revelations of the t we'lfth cetnsus, lit r-egard to theo ma~gitud tte of atian-ht intetrests in this 0cotrtty. Any titte ft-rm July 1 to Autg. 10 or a 15 will (10 to plant thte Early TIriumphl~ o potato, accordIng to tite Georgia Cul th-ivator'. Tihe later thei yarlety the earline It shoutd ba ninttued H KNEW THE GOOD OLJD MAN ORIGINAL, UNIQUEc, FE&IILESS. Bill Arp TOlM, About Slimoino Peter Itoihardson, a Famuotus Methodist Preacher In- Georgia. I have not found more entertaining -ending lu a long time than the "Lights ad Shadows of Itinerant Life," being he autobiography of Dr. Simon Peter .!chardson. For fifty years he was on he go from the Blue Ridge to Key Most, from Dalton to Brunswick and 1l the intermediate country. He know noro people and was cvown by more han any man of his day. He was 'riginal, unique, fearless, honest in I Lis convictions and ready at all times to saintain them. He never complainoJ, over shirked a duty, traveled thousands if miles on horseback and sometimes n foot, crossed swamps and forded treams at his peril, was fed and shel ered by the poor. What faith, what eal, what diligence, and all for what -a sense of duty and his love for the laster and the Master's work. No arthly reward was gained or ex pected, 1 Dr he and his family often sulfured he pinchings of poverty and even the alamity of having his house burned nd all its furniture, and his wife and hildren had to sleep in the barn upon he cotton seed. But he never faltered and was always ggressive. He fought a good light nd kept the faith. He woulI have ucceoded in any of the learned pro- I ossions and acquired both fame and ortuno, for he had great mental force, uick pet ceptions, personal magne lim and was a holy terror to evil oors. M r. Lucien Knight has reviewed the Ittle book with charming and truthful iords. As he says, there is not a page iut shows the genius, the faith and the umility of the man. Ho was not lound through prejudice or early raining to any creed, but made his wn and oven dared to impugn the in onsistencies of John Wesley. His an ipathy to Calvanism was intenso. The Ica of mankind being responsible for liam's sin shocked him and he would ave stricken the words "original sin" nd " total depravity " from every reed and prayer book. The doctrine f lost infants provoked his bitterest %rcasm. But these things are not in the book any invidious extent and it contains ut one sermon and that is in the ap endix. The charm of the book Is the L-eital of his experience aB an itinor nt-the lights and shadows of a busy fo and his mingling with the great ion and ministers of the oldon time, >r lie was side by eldo with such men a Judge Longstreet, Bishops Pierce, 'aine, Andrew, Capers, Soule and tvanaugh, with Drs. Horing, Means, arks, 10vans, Anthony and Glenn, ith Lovick Pierco and Allan Turner nd in natural mental power and put it for co he was their peer. The hook ,ill make you weep and laugh by turns. 'elating his first experience in 18-0, !hcn he left Dublin for his circuit, he mys: That night I was sad as the rave, for I had just waked up to the ualities of my sItuation and felt Con eious- of my inability to meet, the ex ectation of the church. After supper went out inl the dark to pray, kneel rg in the corner of the fence. The ogs found me and I was forced to got n top of Iie fence. ii -om theirc they ba-ed me to the shed that was built ver the potato banks. The barking f the dogs aroused the buys and they ame running with a torch, shoutingy We've got him. WL've got him !" ukpposing that I was the samte negro rho had been stealing their potatoes. 'hey sooi e orted me to tho house, miid convulsions of laughter. and the ouing lady thought, I was intensely Ii e reoe to adini-teir the sacra ient to any one who sold or drank whuis ey. At a revival once a church metm or, who was well o1f but vetry stingy, egan to shout with great vehomene., ud Simont Peter stopped his exhorta ion and pre-emptorily orden di him to top or leave the c'hurchi for no matn had nty right to shout who had niot paid is qu~arterage. D~urrng -econstructAt ays a Pederal cap~tain forbade hIm to reach, unless he would pray for' the residert, " And so I prayed that the ord would take Ont. "f him and his ilLes the hearts of beasts and ptut in hem the hearts of men or' remove hem from oillee. The captain never ,sked me again to pray for the presi lent,. I have never been convinced hat we did any wrong in seceeding or ighting, and I can see no good reason tow why we should not do it again." speaking ot original sin, he says: '"Mr. Nesley declares that all the chIldren ire born under the displeasure of GJod and are subject to spir ituail, natural and eternal death. This to me is a horrible doctrine." Speaking of rev iv ale, he says :" A revival is a solemn farce that does not produce a radical reformation. lFaith without works is a low form of Calvinism that has guietly stolen into Methodism and~ p~araIlyz:d her power." Whben the earthquake of 188ti came the doctor was preaching at a camp meeting and says : " The people be came tnuch alarmed and we had no tr-ouble in getting mourners to llack to the altar." A Campbeillite proacher got itt a doctrinal controversy with Simon Pe ter, in Augusta, and Dr. Landrum took it up. Simon Peter says : " Brother L'ndrum is a very lovable man and a very popular preacher, hut In his ser mon ho is like a pig in a china shop. 11o used invectives and persontalities and took in Catholics, l!dpiscopallans, l'resbyteorians and Jews and stirred utp the town. Hec sent mnc a note and two of his sermon8. I replied that I was running fire down at, Bt. James and~ had no time to look after his watorworks, hut when my revival closed I would take him ln out, of the wet and hang him on the fence to dry, then set him atira and take him into the Methodist, church." Butt this is enough of the book. Those who except to road it would not like for me anticIpate too much. We had the good doctor stationedl hero for two years andl it was always a pleasuro to meet him and convers:e with him, for he was groat of heart and great of iind. I never hear-d him say a foolish thing, andl hardly ever make a coin nplace rmar-k. lie was a profound thinker and his terso, vig or on. reminded me of l30s well Johns Ika I see that i, . Itabins has edited the boo0k and th M It is putblishedl at Nash vIlle by the othodi1st house, hut I do not, know the price. It is g ood reading from the prefaco to the end. Two Mississippi girls have challeng ed those Alabama gli-ls to answer the following Bibleo nlgma. It 1s a good one and kept tme p~onder-ing for a (lay or two. I can't neglect the childr-on and this enigma will prp-lex the preachers, too. I have lost or nmislaid the verses sonit to mc, but the follow ing is in subta~nce tihe same God made Adam ot of dhisl, But int His wisdotm made me~ Ii r., ie mnan my hnOdy all com'te.t0 fut vave me neither hands nor feet. No living soul in me did dwell, Nor was 1 doomed to Heaven or hiell; Biut later on old Adam came And gave me what is still my natne. And later still (God chose to give A living soul in me to live, In course of time lie did reclaim That soul and left me just the same. As whent first made-without a soil And now I roam from pole to pole, A boon to man though out of sight, For i miy death I leave him ainl. 131t.1 ARMP SCIENTXPIC MI82IkELANY. -Normal air Is found by A. Gautier ,O contain 2-10,000 of hydrogen, which s added to by exhalations froan soll, flants, animals, etc. -A now lElnglish Idea in decorating ka(d lighting Ia the placing in walls of ,ransparent panels faced with photo fraphs of famous pictures, through vhich filter subdued electric light. -houses are tuade incombustible In us3a1 by painting with a solution of iluminuam sulphate followed by one of )otash. Sulphate of Potash is formed 6nd insoluble alumina Is precIpitated n the pores of the wood. -The red cell-sap of plauts has been ately found by Overton to depend ipon the presence of sugar, an inter .sting test being to grow two plants of lie ordinary bladderworst in separate lishes of water containing different >roportions of sugar. Low night tem eratures favor the development of uch colors, v ld thib Is thought to ac ount for the reddish coloration of lpino species and the yellowish-rod ,Ints of evergreen leaves in winter. -in the earthquake measurements ,arried on for several years by Prof. Jranori, a horizontal pendulum selsmo rraph has been fixed to the top of a 'rick wall of the Tokio lEngineering ,oliege, another being placed on the ground. In the five years ending with 1898 ten moderate oarthquakes were recorded. The records show that an 3artLtuako of slow vibrations (those lasting about half a second) caused practically the same motion in both places, while one of rapid vibrations 1aused twice as great motion at the 1op of the wall as on the ground. It Is noticed that destructive earthquakes renorally damage only the upper story f two-storied buildings. -Some Interesting life analogies in nert matter, which may even be I Yarded as constituting an elomentary Porm of life, have been pointed out by J. It. cuilaume. These include the atIgue of metals and changes to resist lestructive forces. An illustration of ,he latter is the hardening of metal at ,he poilt of constriction just before )roaking, and this etYct Is so marked hat if the bar, before actual rupture, s turned down to a uniform diameter, t will invariably break at some other )lace if then subjected to a breaking oad. Eiven more striking is the pro ective change of the gray iodide or hlorido of silver in the 13ecquorel pro ess of color photography. The silver alt takes the color of the light strik ng it. and thus retlects the radiation hat, if absorbed, would destroy the alt by reducing it. --lianana llour is a food whose value cems to have been overlooked in Eu ope and the United States. The ban 6na was estimated by Humboldt to be 4 times as nutritious as the potato, md rilehton Campbell has found it 25 lmes as antritous Ms the host wheat >read. Analysis has shown the nitro 'enaous matter of time lour to be about he same as that of wheat lour. Ban ina Hour, sold under the name of M us 6rina, is extensively manufactured in Jentral America, Colombia and Vene uela, and Is used like ordinary flour, ixcept that, its lack of gluten unfits it or bread. It, is especially recoammend d'for children and adults with weak utomachus. A teaspoonful in a cup of ~hocolate or cocoa facilitates the diges ~lon of these drInks, and a sustaining Irlnk is said to be made by adding a ~enspo(onful to an egg yolk beaten up n milk and sweetened with sugaar. -Not co11 nuest of arms has elevated )ateen Victoria's reign above that of il other monarchs but conquest of dis 3ase. This reign, the pubilic health ~ommnittee of l'dinburg point~ Out, has >on pro-eminently one of reform, the 'actory Acts having cr-ased the hard et of children by for-blding lonug hours >f toil, the repeal of the Corn La~ws saving brought cheaper and bottcr ood, whiie impiroved drainage, better vater supply, impllroved dwellings, ahorter hours of labor, and the increase >f parks, have broight improved icalth. Witha better health has come ncreased resistance to infectious die ase. The deaths froam consumptIon in Fnogland and Wales have fallen from IX in 10,000 in 18:18 to 141 In 1894, and it is absolutely sale to say that the dimi nution of the difoerent forms of tuber culosis alone is new saving more than 100,000 lives every year in the lBritish Isles. -An attcampt to explain the myster ious pihenomenon knowan as " globe lightning" has been made by Prof. Max Toepler, inventor of a well known elec trical machine and discovearer of the stratilled brush discharge. A study of a'l puIblished records leads him to the conclusion that this is a form of contin uous atmospheric discharg~e simiin- *ct the "brush arc discharge ' of the L. - ratory. A lightning flash leaves bubo ad a track of heated and possibly IonIzed air, along which follows for some time a slow continuous discharge, causing a glowing for scyeral seconds or even half a minute of any [poiant of the trackt offering enuiliclent resistance. Motier of the track (romn wind or electr-ostatic foroes amay give the usually udescrlhbed taravelng of the fireball, Another lightning flas;h often follows, andl the thmunderclap is usually reported as the explosion of the ball. D)Amago from globe lightning should not, he ga-eat, its cut-rent sta-ength being found to range between 2 and 20 amnperos, while that of an ordinary II sh may reach 10,000( am peres. -T'Jhe many uses that are being found for aligi n, ai gelatinous promduct d iscov cr-ed ao few years ago by Mr. l0. C. C. Sanfor-d, are givIng ariso to ga-eat ex pectations of wealth (roan ocean waste. When sea-weed is steeped in sodium carbonate lea- twent3 four hours it be comes a amass havIng foutton times the viscosity of starch and thirty-seven times that of gum arambic, and on flter ig this gives soluble algin, or' sodium alginate, and a residuum of cellulose, Algin may be pressed into acheose llke cako which moy be kept Indefinitely ir a cool drying roomn. This reomarkable material has already proven valaiable for sizing fabrIcs, as a mardant in dye ing, as a food foa- thIckonIng soups or lea conversion into jelly, as a preventive of boiler Incrustation, with sea-weed carbon as the host, non conducting cov erinag for bollers, and in comnbination with laron as a remedy lear hitherto in curable aanaemina and chloroesls. Algk cellulose, or algulose, Is also proving useful, as it can be hardened, turmed and polished, mnakes an excellent trans parent panper, andi is a cheap insulatoa forenlentricity. TII6 WORK OF ALCOHOl1. Ingersoll's Fanous Arraignment of tMe Liquor Orimo and its FearthiI Consequences, One of the greatest temperance ora tions ever delivered in the English language was delivered by Ingersoll in a case where he was defending a liquor dealer. It was as follows: "I am aware that there 1 a pre judice against any man engaged in the manufacture of alehol. Ibellove that from the time it issues from the coiled and poisonous worm in the distillery until It empties Into the hell of death dishonor and crime, it demoralizes everybody that touches It, from its source to where it ends. * I do not be lieve anybody can contemplate the subject without becoming prejudiced against the liquor crime. " All we have to do, gentlemen, t8 to think of the wrecks on either bank of the stream of death ; of the suloides, of the insanity, of the poverty, of the ignorance, of the destitution ; of the little children tugging at the faded and weary breasts of weeping and despairing wives, asking for breati ; of the talented men of genius it has wrecked, the men atruggling with im aginary serpente, produced by this devilish thing; and when you think of the jails, the almahouses, of the asylums, of the prisons, of the scaffolds upon either bank, I do not wonder that every thoughtful man is prejudiced against this stufT called alcohol. " Intemperance cuts down youth In its vigor, manhood in its strength, and age in its weaknees. It breaks the father's heart, bereaves the doting mother, extinguishes natural affec tions, erases conjugal loves, blots out filial attachments, blights parental hope, and brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength ; sickness, not health; death, not life. It makes wives widows; children orphans; fathers, fiends, and all of them paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes epidemics, invites cholera, imports pestilence and em braces consumption. It covers the land with idleness, misery and crime. It 1llie your jails, supplies your alms houses, and demands your asylums. It engenders controversies, fosters quar role and cherishes riots. It crowds your penitentiaries and furnishes vic tims to your scaffolds. It Is the life blood of the gambler, the element of the burgar, the prop of the highway mnan and the support of the midnight incendiary. It countenances the liar, respects the thief, esteems the blas phemer. It violates the obligations, re verences fraud and honors infamy. It defames benevolence, hates love, scorns virtue and slanders innocence. It in cites the father to butcher his helpless offspring, helps the husband to mas sacre his wife, and the child to grind the parleidal ax. It burns up men, con sumes women, detests life, curses God, and despises heaven. It suborns wit nesses, nurses perjury, defiles the jury box, and stains the judicial ermine. It, degrades the citizen, debases the legis lator, dishonors statesmen and disarms the patriot. It brings shame, not honor ; terror, not safety ; despair, not hope ; misery, not happiness; and with the malevolence of a fiend it calmly surveys its frightful desolation, and, unsatisfied with its havoc, it poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals, blights confidence, slays reputation, and wipes out national honors, then curses the world and laughs at its ruin. " It does all that and more-it mur ders the soul. It is the son of villainles, the father of all crimes, the mother of abominations, the devil's best friend, and God's worst enemy." -Two proposed amendments to the State constitutIon are to be voted upon at the approaching general election. One of them relates to the drainage and reclaiming of swamp lands in the State, and the othber is dusigned to en able certain municipalitiles to Increase theIr bonded indebtedness. -The three principal ofli::ers of the new State government in Arkansas form a tri, of very famous names. When the government is Inaugurated, JTelferson Davis will be Governor, a Crockett Secretary of State and a Mon roe State Auditor. COHSUPTION Do not think for a singl'e moment that co nsu m ption will ever strike y ou a sudden blow. It does> not come that way. It creeps its way along. Firstyo u think it is a, little cold, nothing but a li tt le hacking cough ; then a little loss in weight then a harder cough; then the fever and the night swveats. Better stop the disease. while it is yet creeping. Better cure your cough today. You can do it with The pressure on the chest is lifted, that feel ing of suffocation is re moved, and you are cur ed. You can stop that little cold with a 25 cent bottle; harder coughs will nieed a 50 cent size; if it's on the lungs the one dollar size will be most economical, Im us,ijg~ Ik now i ,,n Iw Ar'a F'ort ~'ears ag. I feelI suro~ it, savod ' i. , 9 lot, t sn lim a, Dr. Hathaway Treats All Diseases, II1s Method Invariably Cures All CatarrhalBronchlal, Lung, Stom. ach, Liver, Kidney and Other Com plaints, as Well as All Diseases and Weaknesses of Women. In Dr. Hathaway's most extensivo practice, CoV ering a period of more than20yoars,he has been called upon to treat all manner of diseases of men and women and along the whole line of - human ailments he has been uniformly suc. cossful. Dr. Hathaway's me. thod of treatment gets directly at the seat of Purifies the trouble, purifies the blood the Blood, tones up the whole system and neutralizes the poisons which produce the dissed conditions. P All Diseases IYearly he restores to perfect Treated. thousands of sufferers Treatd. foin atarrh, BronchItis, As tlina, Ilay Feover, Ljung Comlplaintsl Stomach, Liver and 1tidny Diseases, Pl-es, Tumors, 0an cers, Eczema and all manner of skin affections. Diseases of )r. Hathaway also treats with W mens tie greatest success all those Women many distressing weaknesses and diseases by which so miany women are aftileted. Eleotrioni Dr. Iathaway's oflces are fitted with all the latest electrical and ApplIances. otIler appliances, in the use of which, as well as the microscope, no has world wide fame as an expert. All of the medicines used by Dr. Hathaway are compounded in his own laboratories, under his personal' direction, and special remedies are prepared for each in dividual case according to its requirements. Examination Dr. Ifathaway has prepared a xank soriosofself-xamiliatlor blanks Blanks, applying to the differont diseases which he sends free on application: No. j, for Men; No.2, for Wonien; No: 3, for Skin Diseass ; No. 4, for Catarrhal Diseases; No.5, for Kidneys. Consultation Dr. Hathaway makes nocharge for consultation at either hiv s Free. ofilce or by mall. J. NBWTON HA TIA WAY, M. D. Dr. Iathaivay & Co., 22wSouth Broad Street, AtlantaGa. MENTION TIlS PAPIII WHEN WHITING. SOUTHERN ..R AIL WAY. Cend' M4 Ieedule of 'asdenger 'Reatese ,a64$ June 10. 1000. Qreenvll b4W ngton and the F~ast. e.12 3 N31o. 4 Neirthbound, ally Dally. Daily. lantas 1. 70 a12 00 In. 1150 tlanta, . .8 50 a 1 00 P ...... 112 50 " ainesvillo... 10:15a 2 25 P .......2 18 a * Athens...... 9 a. " 19ula. 68 i45 p ... " ornella.1. ..* 26. a ........ ....... ....... S occoa ....... 1)a 888 p....... 82 " lo c ...p... 1 p 4 28 astrenvia. 2p 7 22p.. " irtinurg 8 p 818 P ....... a " ne ... 4 20 p0 P ......7 a In g ..s 4,88 P 7 P ....... 89a " ast 1 2-. .. ) ........ ....... 8 51 a " au O .... p3 8 18 p ....... 9 as Ar.Greensboro 0 65 p 10 47 P ....... 12 p Lv.Gronsboo.. ......11 45 p1 .... Ar.Noolk $... ... . 8 25 a ......... Ar. Dnville 11 25 p1l 513 p .. 89 A-r Vl _ -o no a. T7 A or.ghinm.on. ....... 042 a. . p 3Ar. tli'tfe R . 800 a .11 ' Phila phin. ....... 10 15 a ...... 9 50 New rk ... ....... 12 43 m ...... 628 Fro 0~ti to ~Gli0eo Illo; also0 to 'kliant4 No. 35INop. 37 No.11 Stthbouind. mtaily. Dialy. Dialy .. . II'=o i 4 1-47p ""'. hiladelphi. 8 50 a 655 p....... " itimoro.... 0 2. a 9 20 p...... " ashington.. 11 15 a 10 45 g I*. Richmond .. li 10 Cv. DaUville 5 480 .150 a 10 T V. Norfolk - UO00a8 5p.. r. reenboro.. 6I 35 p 5 15 a ... ...... Lv. Greensboro i 10 P 7 05 a 7 l7a ... Ar. Charlottoe.... 9 45 p 9 26 a 12 5m .... tLv.Gaetonia.1042 p 10 07 a 1 12 p .., " lackaiburg .. 11 28 p 1045 a 208 p.. (altnoy.... 114 pl106S a 224 p.., "mranburg .12 20 a 11 84 a 81 p.., r .*eenvllle.... 1110 a 128 P ...., Sonoca ... 2 2 ,11 p ,,,,, 6Toncoa ...M28 aI2I15p 5Q .... SCor nela..... ........... . ... "Luiut.........4 18 a S8 14 a 8 p... Ar. Athens...... ........ ....... gy. G3ainiosville... 4 861 a 38 p 8 20 P ... Atlaunta, W.T 810 a 4 55 10 00 p ... "Atlanta,O.T. 5 10 a 1156 p 000 p.. Ar.Rtome....7 40 a 626 p 280 .... "Chattanooga. 9 45 a 8 40 p 5456 ... ~r.OincinnatI.... 7 830 p 745 a 680 .... Loisile...710 p7 40 a 70 .,. "Birmingham. i1 36 a 10 00 p ...... Ar. NowvOrleansl 7 45 p 8 80 a ....... Ar. C3olumibus.Ga! 0 80 a 8 26 n . ..... " Macon ...8 8 a 7 00 p 12855 ... " flrunwick... J0 00_at. ~ 80 a .1 .acksnivillo.If0~(j0f p.... .. 80 ,.... a ly$fl aTTON. Ua... Lv.. Navnnah ..... .. 4 6a ...Lv.. lackvle. .Ar .. T 0 11 00p Lv .harleston.Ar TWa 8 55a 16:) a " . Branchyllle . '' 4 20 8 1 05a 700 n ".. Columbia .. " 10 2256 83 a ".Newherry.. " 980p 5p t950 a~ ".Groonwood.. 8 ip. 10 15 a " . .. 11lodge .... " (l T5pOi v.Abevllo.Ar U 10p 11 15 a liv.... eltn.. .Ar 1y p 285p P10 -45 a Lv.. Anderson . .Ar 7 TI'5~p 12 20p Ar- ..Greenville. .lv 5no0 1Ii4 p 5 :22p Lv.. .(4reenvilie.. Ar 26 I~ 887~ p 6 13 P Ar Spartanbur~g Lv 12 28 a 11 841 75np -. ......A shovile.... " .. 00 g 41, a......Knoxvillo..." " l .Ar.. lin'-iinati.. Lv . 7 ; 0 p . .. Ar. Lokiiive...IA! y ~ 4 "A" a. mi. "P"1 p. m. "M" noon. "N" night. Trains leave Kingville, daily exoept idy for Camden 10:15 a. ma. And 4:45 p.m. eitnra ~gleave C:omden for Kingville, daily exoept Suday,8 8:t. a. in. and 2:50 p. am. Als ow 5r 8u tsr da* Iy except Suindaly 10:26 a. . an~d 4:4. i. Returnming leave Sumnier at 45 m. an 7:00 p. mu.. macking COnnect~iion at Ringvlle wit trains hetiween Columbia and Ohar1 ton. Trnin. leave Soir tanbui. via 8 . & O, vision dily for lendaie, .Onosvilelenng Oolmiumbia anid intermediate points at 11:450. m. amid 6.15 1). m Tram, leave T1occoa, Ga.,* for Elbsto. Ga., y :1 p. mn. except Sunday, 7. m. ltuning leave Iibertonm daily 0:00 0,.a ex'ept t-uiiny, 1ui0 p. mi., making oohne. tion at.. Tocoon wvith trainis between Atlanta, Groonville and tho hast. Ubmo.aimakoc .in:o Seamerois in daily servio. botiwoon Norfolk ad Baltimore. Neos. l37 an d 138-Daily. Washingtn an Suh west ern Vestibule Limmited. Thronghi slepig arshe wonNew York an dNew leas, ia asingon lastaand Mn Ory, amid aiso betwe'en 'l1w ork and M~ viaWashin gton At.lant andBirmingham elegant. PUI lIAMAN 1,1 BiA 1tYQ3 T!O(NUAlshotlweeni Atlanta and Nwo JtIrat elams toroughifare conohes b Washinigtoen amnd Atlanta. Leavin ingtoni eceh Monday, Weudnesday an a tourist sleeping car will run through Washington amnd San Franoiso WI os chango. Dining cars serve all mealS en Flumnau drawmng-room sleepig ca tween Grensb~oro an Norfoi neotionatN Norfolkc for OLD PO1NISa Also at A tlanta with Pulinman D. 1H. ml Ohat tanooga and Uinoinnati. Nos. 115 and 86t-Unitedi States Fas NM ii olid between WVashigt on andNe p4 esin g comnposedl of co)aches.l thbroug yn ba ehan ge for passongers of all classes. Fj Craw nug-roomi slee igears between NwTv san New Orleanq, vi Alanta and Montge1r *n betwveen Oharlotte and AtlantA I incars serve all meals enrout, Ss. 11~ li4 andl l2Pullman sougean between Aitnimond and Chariot te via uothhlound Nos. I1 and 88, nor~hqu sg Pand 18. Oonneetion at Atlant& ii was u'lalman Irawing-room slepn S0aville; also Pullnman oaeep g oat ?b Aht S~an oksonviio. A NON J. O.CUl