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A remarkable increase in the use OF
oil as fuel on Russian railroads is shown
by recent statistics. In 1881 there were
used 1914 tons of naphtha, while in 1880
there were used 291, 1907 tons of naphtha
residues.
The molecules of ice are bound to.
gether bya very great force. To sepa-
rate them, that is to melt say one pound
of ice at thirty-two degrees F., requires a
power of 1923 foot pounds, or a
power equal to lifting the ice to height
of over twenty miles, or the exertion for
one minute Of over three horse power.
While digging Sc wer bitches in Albany,
Ga, recently, it is reported that work.
men unearthed curious rock formations,
which 60 to prove the assertions OF
geologists '!that many years ago that
part of Georgia was part Of the sea,
and was built up by gradual deposits OF
sediment from rivers and other sources" !"
The rocks found are said to be lime.
stone, and contain fossil sea shells and
impressions of shells.
A clever chemist has invented an auto.
matte sensitive paint, which is bright
yellow at the ordinary temperature, but,
upon being brought into a warmer atmos'
phere, it changes color gradually, and at
220 degrees, it becomes bright red. 1t
returns to the original color upon cool
ing and may be heated with the same
effect over and over. 1t is suggested
that this paint may be used with adj
vantage to detect rise IN the tempera-
ture of the fractional working parts OF
machinery.
What were supposed to be fossil
snakes, recently discovered in the pecu-
liar rock formations near Canon City,
Co.., q noted scientist now pronounces
to be the finest casts he ever saw of the
trunks of giant palms or fern trees of the
carboniferous age, on which grow leaves
twelve or more feet lorg. The smaller
specimens he regards either as rootlets
Of the larger trunks or new species OF
the palm family of that age. What was
supposed to be the dubious heads of rep.
tiles are now known to be the base OF
the trees where the monster roots started
out, and the supposed enlarged tail is
the top, from which rose clusters OF fern
like leaves.
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His Dog Retrieved tie Bomb.

A rather reckless Biddeford man, with
no respect for law or gospel, is said to
have devised scheme for catching trout
by the wholesale. which did not work as
well as be thought. He thought that .
bomb exploded in the brook would bring
all the fish in it to the surface, so that
be would only have to pick them up.
He provided himself with bomb power
fui enough to blast schoQner out of
water and went to local brook in which
there were said to be lots of trout. He
fixed the fuse, ignited it, and threw the
bomb into the brook. As he did so his
dog jumped in after it, seized it in his
mouth, got back to shore, and started
after his master, who was Logging it
across the field as fast as he could in the
realization of his danger. The man had
the good luck to get over tence, which
bothered the dog, and moment later,
hearing an explosion, he looked AROUND
to see his dog going skyward. Lewis.
ton (Mc.) Journal.
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ity she could not prove, probably would

lty she could not prove, probably would
no. oven acknowledge.
Her real ignorance Of what she had
done in her insane moments would be to
Justice. the audacity Of hardened guilt
1t would 60 i'll with her-she was
doomed.
would save her! I would save her!
At any cost Of fidelity, honor, or policy,
I would rescue this fair creature.
Beside myself with love-for 1 did
love her, welded wife though she was-l
cried out, vehemently:
Colonel Cain, love that woman!"
"A murderess?"
II cannot help 1t. must save her.
I will give you all I possess to disappear
from the city at once-to AFFORD me an
opportunity to get her beyond the reach
Of cruel, misjudging law"
sDon't try it, Doctor!"
started. Cold, clear reason tmmedi.
ately supervened to fevered delirium as
the strong tones spoke.
And from the shrubbery, his I'M
pressive face telling that he had over.
heard all my conversation with Colonel
Cain, the burglar, stepped Abner Ketch'
am, the detective.
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WORDS OF wIsDOA.

Great minds have Wills; feeble ones
have wishes.
Art is the education snd refinement Of
all the five material senses. IS
Genius is common sense intensi6 ed
common sense is the gift OF heaven; <,
enough of it is genius.
How soon the millennium would come
if the good things people intended to do
tomorrow were'only done to-day.
If tho keynote of a mans conduct to
Others had its.spring in fine self rever-
ence there would be no discourtesies.
A Spanish proverb says: "Be hospi-
pitable always, even to an enemy; the
oak does not refuse its shade to the
woodcutter." ...s
As the sword of the best tempered
metal is most flexible, so the truly gen.
erous are mos: plant aud courteous In
their behavior to their interiors.
How much trouble he avoids who does
not look to see what his neighbor says,
or does, or thinks; but only to what
he does himself, that he may be just ana
pure. -.-
We should hold fast to principles at
all cost and work dirs:tly in the line OF
our best ideals; thus will our con-
sciences be clear, our characters pure,
and our lives will be fruitful in the best
results. .
What great deal Of time aud ease
that man gains who lets his -nefghbor's
words, thoughts and behavior alone, con-
fines his inspections to himself aud takes
cs.e that his own actions are honest aud
righteous. .-
Love can be increased by judicious
culture, as wild fruits may double their
bearing under the hand of gardener,
aud love can dwindle and die out oy
neglect as choice flower seeds planted In
Door soil dwindle and grow single.
Infinite toll would not enable you to
sweep away the mist that settles in val
ley; but, by ascending little, you
NAV look over 1t. So it is with moral
imp oyement; we wres:le 6ercsly with
vicious habit which would have no hold
on US if we assembled into higher moral
atmosphere.
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Acadian Kag Carpets.

The pretty weavers in that fair land OF
Already that lies along the Teche bayou
seem to have awakened to the trades
value of the products of their loom.
They now send to New Orleans for sale
stufs hand woven and dyed the most ex.
ouisite shades of blue, to be used as
lounge covers, portieres and s!umber
rugs. They also make fine rag carpet,
beautiful and durable, weaving it on
their crude looms, and which visitors
buy in quantity for rugs aud prize not
only as souvenirs of the Acadiaus, but
for the fine, quaint fabric and peculiarly
delicate colorings employed New Or
leans Picayune.
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aI refuse to talk with you. Your spe-
cious story won my confidence, and you
have connived at my arrest" he cried,
hotly. II refuse to talk with you, or
anybody else."
was discouraged, but said, gently:
aYou mistake. I ain your friend-a
friend to your wife"
"Rah."
u would save her II could"
He was silent.
GTell mo what I wish to know"
GGo away. I will never open my lips
ON the subject of the murder again."
He was obdurate. I pleaded in vain.
1 returned upstairs with glum face.
GWell?n oueried Ketcham, anxiously.
reported my failure.
He looked grim and disappointed.
aNever mind. Ho will sDaak later.
Now, then, for the woman"
"Leonore?"
Eyes"
sWhere is she?"
he led mo to the detention room
looked gratefully ct him as saw its
comforts, and entered On apartment
with barred windows, but light and
| airy.
Seated at table was Leonore. My
heart bled for her as I saw her pale face
and her tear-dimmed eyes.
aOh, Doctor" she cried, as she sprang
to her feet and caught my hand, and
sobbed Historically.
ABE seated" said, gently; u wish to
speak with you"
Sho sat down. 1 summoned all my
o,,l oIpor IN
terical nature, and gradually led the
conversation to the painful theme that l
knew must bo dlscoursed.
II 7 doubted her at any time IN tho
past, doubted her no longer after she
had spoken.
She absolutely denied the murder-shs
was Mortified at the mere Idea OF her im-
plication in the crime.
Il loved him-he loved me. Why
should wish him to die?"
"But, Miss Leonore," I ventured
gently, snay it not be possible that In
your sleep when-when temporarily In
sane"
She stared at me In q dazed, curious
way.
aImpossible!" she replied. IL am
neither somnambulst nor lunatic. l
did not kill DR.. Seabury."
@Thcn who didP"
II do not know"
ado you know the evidence against
you?"
ayes, the knife found in my ROOM"
There are other proofs"
She looked up innocently.
II did not know it.
sDid not the detective tell youp"
sNo, Doctor"
1.-TWO witnesses positively assert that
they saw you commit the crime"
Leonore looked shocked.
"A cruel falsehood!" she gasped
zone is q BURGLAR Colonel Cain"
"A burglarP" she repeated reproach-
fully.
aThe other is "a friend-in fact, the
son Of your guardian. Theodore Sea-
bury"
aOh, impossible!"
aHe says, or rather could say
aWhy, DoctorI I do not even know
him"
aWhat?" I fairly shouted
mo, never saw him."
aNever saw hlm'"
aNever."
was dumfounded.
sNeyer saw your husband?" gasped,
reeling in bewilderment
my whom?" asked Leonore, In wild
amazement
aYour husband"
Her fair face blanched with positive
confusion.
Doctor" she bresthed wildly, awhat
farce is this? Are you trying to drive
me demented? I am not married-The-
odore Seabury Is not and never could be
my husband.
lro Bs CONTINUED
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Of the purple which kept his beauty for 100
years. But after awhile ths purple became
easier to get and that which had been q
sign Of imperial authority when worn In
robes was adopted by many people, and 30
an emperor, jealous Of this appropriation Of
the purple, made law shat any one exceptI
royalty wearing purple should be put to
death. l.'..-..
Then, as II to punish the world for that
outrage OF e1cludveuess God obliterated
the color from the earth, as much as to say.
IF all cannot have 1t, none shall have tn
But though God has deprived the race Of
that shell6sh which afforded the purple,
there are She's enough left to make rs glad
and worshipful Oh. the entrancement Of
hue and shape still left ali mp and down the
OF the sea have what roofs OF euameled por-
celainl They dwell under what pavilions
blue as the sky and fiery a. sunset and
mysterious as an auroral And ami NOS.
right In leading you for few moments
through this mighty realm Of God 80 neg I
lscted BY human eye and human footstepi
It Ia said that the harp and lutte were In. :
vented from the fact that In. Egypt the Nile /
overfowed its banks, and when the waters |,
retreated tortoises were left by the million
on all the lands and these tortoises died. /
and soon nothing was lsfN but the cartils9es !
and gristls Of these creatures, which tig6t-
ensd under the heat into musical strings
that when touched by the wind or foot oe !
man vibrated, making sweet sounds, aad %
the world took the hint and fashioned tho !
harp and am 7 not right IN trying TO maks
music out OF the shells and lifting them g
aasH & nom % a. Wmc9 20 tnrum sne 1unlians
o8 human connoiences 5+4 s,ss.s5
But lind the climax Of this eoncholo2y Of
the Bible In the pearl, which has this dist3nosj
tion above all other gems-that 10 requires ]
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A WEIRD MYSTERY
Tracing a Dark Crime.
BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON. M. D.

CHAPTER XxVL-(ContinuodD.
/ We had reached the Seabury mansion.
and he had recognized 1t.
aYes," I replied; ahere."
aBut-"
@Ask no questions"
"You are going in thereP"
sYes."
sWhy?"
"Follow me and see."
~Doctorl"
We had just entered the gate as Cain
uttered the startled word.
He had, too, grasped my arm ner-
yously, and scanned the street search
ingly.
aWhat is 1t, Colouel?"
II saw some one."
"A passer-by?" 'r
@No."
"a Alurker?"
Yes. A man. He passed the court
Sonder as If shadowing u.s."
sYou imagine that"
@No, he lodged out Of view as ]
booked"
@Nonsense!"
@I am afraid"
aOf what?"
"The police"
sHave not promised you protection?"
Cain acted reaSSured, but nervous.
led him to the side garden. Where
bower had been, and where broken
trellises and vines only now remained OF
It, chose rustic seat
SSit down." said.
He obeyed me.
The mansion looked weird and gloomy.
Cain shivered at my ominous proceed.
ings.
"Now, then, Colonel" I began, Eve are
here"
II don't like it."
@This was the scene Of the murder?"
~Yes."
@Proceed, and relate to me everything
you did the night OF the tragedy"
In low tone Of suppressed excite.
ment, Cain began his story.
BE told how he had tried the trellts to
each window and had failed.
Then he had pried open the pantry
window with the steel instrument l had
found under 1t.
/ A stray silvcr spoon only rewarded
search In q cupboard. Then he ascended
the stairs.
! Footsteps had startled him. He ran
down the hall. At its end an open win.
dow showed.
1 He reached it and crouched low on
yeranda- A minute later woman came
down the hall. She had light in her
hand.
+ She disappeared down side corridor,
and then door opened and closed.
"The balcony was on" continued
Gain, "looked out from two other win
dows. I chanced to look in. A man
stood near chair, as If rejecting.
sWho was it?"
@Dr. Abraham Seabury."
@And them"
~ started, for, as I raised my head to
lcok at him moro closely, became con-
Bcious that man was near me. He had
Just climbed the trellis. He glanced
eagerly into the room. Then"
"Who was he?"
Theodore Parker"
sThe Doctors SOM"
sYes."
aDid he sec you?" asked.
ale did. In flash he seemed to
recognize in me burglar, in him an
officer He sprang at me. About to
clench cry or alarm reached me.
glanced within the room"
aAnd saw?"
"a woman rushing upon DR.. Seabury."
quivered with suspense
@The samo woman you saw in the
hsll?"
<YeS."
@She was alone?"
sAlone She had in her hand knife
D creese. She lifted it. | saw it de.
scend-the Doctor sink back Thes
there was q crash and the lamp was ex-
tinguished."
"And the woman?"
! was in anguish. I anticipated his
answer. 1 knew that I, Interested IN
the beautiful Leonore, and striving to
save her, had placed the capping-stone
OF evidence that signified hS1 doom.
"Look! look!"
OF a sudden light appeared at one OF
the windows.
. A woman's form appeared and drew
down q shade.
. 1t was Leonore, looking sad and wear
fed, and as II about to seek rest after q
restless vigil.
"Leonore!" breabhed, wildly.
sWho?" demanded Cain. sharply.
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beIn Init Keep it. They make MIN learn by
heart difficult chapter in the book OF Exo-
dus. with all the hard names, because he mas
been naughty. How many disagreeao!e
good people there arei No one doubts their
5iety. and they will reach heaven, but they
will have to get fIed up before they 20
there or they will make trouble by calling
out to Us: "Keep of that gra@T "What
DO YOU mean by nlucking that foweer
'Show your ticket r
Oh, how many Christian people need to
obey nv text and take into their worship
and their behavior and their consociataons
and presbyteries and general assemblies and
conferences more onycha! I have some
presence Of some disagreeable Christians
and In five minutes felt wretched, and at
some other time have gone depressed into
the company of suave and genial souls aud
in a few moments l felt e1hilaraut. What
was the difference. It was the difference in
what they burned on their ceusers. The one
burned onycba; the other burned asafetlda.
In this conchoo yicai study OF the Bible l
also notice that the molusss or shelleh ami
mails furnish the purple chat you see richly
darkening so many Scripture chapters.
The purple stuff in the ancient tabernacle,
the purple girdle Of the priests, the purple
mantle Of Roman Emperors, the apparel Oh
Dives in purple and fne linen-aye. the
purple robe which in mocaery was thrown
upon Christ-were colored by toe purple OF
the shells on the shores Of the Mediterra-
mean. 1t was discovered by shspherds
dog having stained his mouth by breaking
one of the shells, and the purple aroused at-
miration.
Costly purplel Six pounds OF the purple
liquor extracted from the shellashes we're
used to prepare one pound Of wool. Purple
was also used on the pages of books. Bibles
and prayer books app cared in purple vellum,
which may still be found in some Of the ma
tioual libraries Of Eur ope. Piutarch speaks
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like a period and over it flourish iks the
swing OF teamster's whip, and we put this
interrogation point at the end OF question,
but in the Spanish language the interroga-
ton point Is twice USED for each question.
At the beginning of the question the inter-
rogation point IS presented upside down,
and at the close Of the question right side
up. When intdelity puts a question about
the Scriptures, as it always indicates igno-
rance. the question ought to be printed with
two interrogation points, one at the begin
ming and one at the close, but both upside
down. -, =,
THANK God for the wsalth Of mullu'ks all
no and down the earth, whether feeding
the Israelites on their way to the land flow
ing with milk and honey, or, as we are 1et-
ter acquainted with the moilusks, when
aunp to the beach Of lake or sea. There are
three great families Of them. II should
ask yon to name three OF the great royal
families of the earth, perhaps you would re.
spond, the house Of Stewart the house OF
Hapsburg, the house Of Bourbon, but tne
three royal families OF mollusks are the uni
valve, or shell in one part, the olValVe OF
shell Of two parts, and muitiValVe, OF snen
IN MANY parts and I see Col in their every
hince. in their every tooth, in their
every cartilage, in their every ligament, IN
their every spiral ridge, and in their every
color. prism on prism, and their adaptation
of thin shells for still ponds and thick coat
ing for boisterous seas. They all dash upon
me the thought Of the providential care of
God.
What is the use of all this architecture OF
the shell, and why is it pictured from the
outside lip clear down into its lsbvriuths OF
construction? Why the ininitv OF skill and
radiauce in she'll? What is the use OF the
coIoraud exquisite curve OF a thing SO in
significant "a sheilfish? Why, when the
conchoiozist BY dreige or rake fetches the
crustaceous specimens to the shore. does he
find at his feet whole alhambras and col.
seums and partAenons and crystal palaces OF
beauty in miniature, and these bring tolight
only an infnitesmal part OF the opulence in
the great subaqueous world. Liennau'
counted $500 species ofs1el's. but concholoxy
hal then only begun its achievements.
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HE-sYou don't mean to tell me
you are going to marry that old, bald
headed professor??" She-"He is
rather bald, but think how many
young men Of to-day are bald on the
inside Of their heads. Truth.
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*Leonore.-
ais that her name?"
Eyes"
"Well, she's the woman whom l saw
kill DR.. Seabury-she is the assassin!"
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A LITTLE learen leareneth tho
whole lump, but great big lcven
maketh the other fellows cake all
dough. Chicago Tribune.
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Boston, Mass. Novembe 9.-Last eve
ming, Michael Toole, the son of Mrs.
Hannah Toole of es West Third street.
South Boston, entered a liquor store on
Broadway, South Boston, and purchased
bottle of imported porter.
He took the liquor home, and his
mother, who was 55 years old, opened
the bottle and poured out some Of the
liquor, which she drank. Michael's
sister, Maggie, 25 years old, also drank
some of the liquor.
Young Toole went out, and at 1910 he
returned home to find both his mother
and sister lying unconscious on the floor.
Jumping on his bicycle, Michael went
for medical assistance. but when the
physicians arrived both of the women
were found to be dead.
The police were called in, and Medical
Examiner Draper was notified and went
at once to the house. The bottle from
which the women had drunk still con-
tanned a small quantity OF the liquor,
and this, with a portion of chocolate pie
of which the dead women had partaken
at supper time, were taken in charge of
by the medical examiner. An autopsy
today showed that the women were
murdered. Syanide of potash was the
poison and the dose was large enough to
have killed forty men. Today Michael
Toole and his sister Mary were placed
under arrest and this evening Stephen
Toole, another son of Mrs. Too1e was ar
rested and a.formai charge of murder pre-
ferred against him. In addition to the
poison in the stomachs of Mrs. Toole
and her daughter Margaret, consider
able was found, it is said, in the dregs
of the porter remaining in the glass from
which they drank. Thomas J.Toole, the
father, who has been ill some time died
this evening. An autopsy will be per-
formed upon his body probably tomor-
row.. He has been kept in ignorance of
family is one of the best known in South
Boston, has lived there for years, and
was in we'll to do circumstances
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TALES or BLOODSHED.
Thousands Added to the Victims Of
the Deadly Maxim.
RIFFIANS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED BY HUNDREDS.

Peasants in Russia Shot Down In Trying
The Report from South Africa Tells
of the Capture of Lo Bengula's Capital
but Is Discredited by Another Des-
patch-GeneraI Foreign News
London, November GA special des-
patch from johannesburg to the Pail
Mall Gazette says that the Fort Tuli col
umn, consisting OF 800 Bechuanaland po-
lice and number of Chief Khama's s
men. under command of Commander
Raaf, captured Buluwayo on November
2, the day after the column had repulsed
an attack made upon it by the Matabeles
under the command of Gombo, Lo Ben
gula's son-in-law, during which engage
ment Gombo is reported to have been
killed.
The Matabeles fought with desperate
fury, but they found it impossible to
stand up against the machine guns,
which laid the dead in swaths upon the
field. 1t was not until 1000 of the Mata-
beles were killed that the remaining
members of the Impis retreated and al
lowed their kings capital to fall into the
hands of the British.
This is the severest blow yet dealt to
the Matabeles, and it is believed that Lo
Bengula will now treat for peace. The
British loss was only five men killed.
Many of the horses of the troopers were
shot beneath their riders.
After Buluwayo was captured the
place was set on fire and burned to the
ground. The magazine, containing the
greater part of Lo Bengula's ammuni-
ton, was blown up. 1t is reported that
some of the Matabele Indunas, or COM
manders, committed suicide after the
fight at Shanghai, being impelled thereto
by the cowardlce shown by their men
during the attack on the British lager
The chiefs along the route to Buluwa-
yo sent presents of cattle and mealies to
DR.. Jameson, administrator of the Brit
ish South Africa Company, who, with
the Victoria and Salisbury columns, was
marching upon Lo Bengula's kraal when
the Tui column captured it. Two pow
erful chiefs beyond the border have
Joined Chief Khama in aiding the forces
of the Chartered Company.
Cape Town, November 9.-The report
of the capture of Buluwayo on Novem-
ber I'd has reached here. The report
that the place had been taken by the
British after their first important fight
with the Matabeles, rested on the au-
thority of a native runner who arrived
at Fort Victoria. 1t now turns out that
this first report was erroneous.