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M oil Tho f}ma ConfOund 1t.

30 all the time. ConfOund IL.
This conclusion was quite surprise
to himself. Why Margaret's poverty
should affect him was q problem des-
tined for future solution. When he was
leaving her at supper time he asked per-
mission to call around In the evening,
but she shook her head resolutely.
"No; it will not be worth while. goto
bed at eight O. clock. Don't look 30 hor-
rified. I know it is q nursery hour, but
after you've been here day or 50 you
v III feel the effects too, and be very glad
to creep into bed even that early. Be-
sides, the doctor ordered rest and quiet
when came here, and I'm obeying his
command TO the letter. I dare ,ay I'll
see you tomorrow. II you want diver
sion this evening 90 to the club house;
you'll find all the men there assembled
smoking their pipes, and discussing the
prospects for fishing tomorrow. You
may gain much information"
Brian did not follow this advice. In
stead, he spent the evening in high
state Of discomfort, and went to bed at
half-past eight.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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The Ranie Plant and Its Use.

According to the Age of Steel Mr..
Walter T. Forbes, who is we'll known
to many of our readers, claims to have
solved the problem Of decorticating
ramie, and is now in England showing
specimens of the plant before and after
being subjected to this process, and
also in its different stages from the
yarn to the manufactured articles.
Professor Waterhouse, Of Washing.
ton University, says that the ramie
plant was used in the manufacture of
textile fabrics as far back as the time
of the elder Pliny. The professor is
confident that Pliny did not refer to
either cotton or silk. The language
of the Roman writer makes it plain
that he referred to ramie when he de-
scribed the dresses worn by tie ladies
of his period.
In this country there is growing
interest in the culture of this plant.
A citizen of San Diego, Cal., will plant
enough to test its adaptability to that
section, and the new decortlcator made
in st. Louis Will be tested by an
American in Guatemala or a planta-
tion OF thirty acres of ramie. In Texas
there is "Ramie Fiber and Land
Company, which has decided to cul-
tiyate the plant extensively and see
what can be done with it. About 1O,-
900 acres will be planted at once. An
acre yields 500 pounds at cutting,
and from three to five cuttings year
can be made in that region.
It is possible that new and i'm
portant industry is about to be started
in the South. The only difficulty here
tofore with ramie has been its decor
tication. If the problem has been
solved there would seem to be no rea-
son why the plant should not become
the rival of cotton and silk. k.--Atlanta
Constitution.
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and in Switzerland the steam engine
snorts and pufs around and up the
sides ofpeaks where it was formerly
considered hazardous for asure.footed
Alpine climber to attempt to worm
his way. The engineers of the United
States have been equally as enterpris.
ing as those of Europe and the Span.
ish Republics of Sonth America. They
have proven that there is no mountain
too broad to be tunneled or too high
for them to send o locomotive to the
summit. The plateau on the top OF
Pixies Peak was once thought to be
almost as inaccessible to human beings
as are the canals of Mars to mundane
navigators. To-day all is changed.
Since 1891 the locomotive has made
its regular trips up the sides OF the |
"Pride OF the Rockies" seemingly do |
ing it with as much ease as the "regu'
lar" makes the journey from the Union
Station at Klrkwood.
At one time the Pixies Peak "cog
was the "most elevated" railroad in
the world, It's upper terminus being at
a spot 14,147 feet above the beach
line at Galveston, Texas. Since the
Peruvian railway, mentioned above,
was built the Pixies Peak "elevsted'
takes back seat. 1t is still wonder
in engineering, however, being nine
mil IS long (high), and having several
grades of twenty-five per cent. The
engines used on this queer railroad
weigh forty tons. st. Louis Republic.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

The fire of hate usually flashes in
the pan.
Sympathy and severity seldom go
hand in hand.
Specials don't run on Regular time;
likewise genius.
Every man is a volume if you know
how to read him.
The prodigal son may later on sup.
port the whole family.
Keep your wound covered and it
may heal without scar.
If some men were to lose their rep
utation they would be lucky.
Good actions ennoble us, and We
are the sum of our own deeds.
A close second to the Golden Rule
is this: ''Mind your own business.
1t requires only one to start quar-
rel, but it requires two to keep it up.
The wise man expects everything
from himself, the fool looks to others.
The coward reckons himself eau
tious. The mlser thinks himself fru-
gal.
Many a man exhausts himself doing
uphill work after he has reached the
top.
1t is a misfortune not to know when
to keep silent when others want to
talk.
Opinions grounded on prejudice are
always sustained with the greatest vio-
lence.
No woman ever confded to her
maid who did not live to regret her
garrulity.
Religion pure and unde6led never
has to carry banner to let the world
know its name.
Some men are so particular that
they need whole kit of tools just
to make mistake.
Those who never retract their opin-
ions love themselves more than they
love truth.-The Southwest.
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appendage of Carter's Mountain. The
road from Charlottesville begins to
wind around the base of the mountain
at the crossing of Moore's Creek. The
ascent is long and somewhat tedious,
for, though the mountain is only 300
feet high, its sides are steep and the
making of roadway century ago
was no easy task. The climb is atleast
O mile and half long and the whole
distance through dense wood. The
present owner of Monticello has built
q wall Oh the outer edge of most of the
roadway, which renders it safe for
travel even at night. But in the days
gone by it must have been somewhat
risky business to make the ascent after
sundown. During Mr.. Jefferson's
sixty years OF residence at Monticello
he was visited by perhaps half of tive
nobility of Europe. Presidents ani'
princes alike climbed the steep ascent
to visit, as German Baron called it,
"the finest mansion on the American
Continent.
The great glory of Monticello is its
situation. Mr.. Jefferson could have
had but one reason for seeking such a
site for the erection of his home. The
vast acreage of his original estate was
away below the mountain, stretching
for miles below it's base, but he chose
this strange and at that time almost
inaccessible spot for his home. I'm
doubtedly it was because of the glori-
Gus view from the summit of the hill.
Mr.. Jefferson inherited the Monti cello
estate from his father, Peter Jefferson,
who was one of the tilst to settle in
Albemarle County. William Randolph
and Peter Jefferson were the first white
men to inhabit that region. Both
took up enormous tracts of land and
there founded two of the most DIS
tinguished families in Virginia. Mr..
JeAerson's boyhood was spent at Shad-
well, his birthplace, but upon his re.
turn from William and Mary College,
which was about the tine he reached
his majority and came into the posses
sion of his estate, he began the con-
struction of the present Monticello
mansion, which was about the year
1764. The first ste1s were necessary,
to wit, the construction of a road to
the summit and levelipg off the su M
NIT to find standing room for the
house and outbuildings. In this way
a space of two or three acres was
cleared and graded and the work OF
construction begun.
Monticello was not built in day;
on the contrary, it was the work of
many years. At the time of his COM
ing into his inheritance Mr.. Jefferson
was the owner of about 200 slaves.
Among these were artisans of all kinds,
as was the fashion of those times.
There were carpenters and iron work
ers. stone and brick masons and brick
makers among the lot, and the big
mansion was almost all the work OF
Mr.. Jefferson's slaves. They quarried
the stone for the foundations and the
surrounding wall, they hewed the tim
ber for the frame, they dug the clay
md burned the brick on the premises,
and step by step the great mansion
reached its completion. 1t is crafty
ing to the visitor to know that with
but few exceptions Monticello is pre-.
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leries are all of carved mahogany. II

leries are all of carved mahogany. It
should be said here that the chandelier
referred to, in the hall. is Of gilt
bronze and was formerly in the palace
OF the Empress Josephine at Malmai-
son. In the olden days this great
hallway was veritable museum. It
contained cases of geological, min.
eralogical and geological specimens,
collected by Mr.. Jefferson throughout
a long series of years. These have
long since been scattered, but there
yet remain on the walls some family
portraits which are of great interest
and value, being originals Of Sir
Joshua Reynolds and Anthony Van
Dyke. Jefferson had also number of
fine busts of both bronze and marble,
but the only one of these left now is
that of Voltaire. There are also set in
the wall of this vast hall two large
mirrors of the time Of Louis XIV,
brought by Mr.. Jefferson from France.
At the end of the large hall, separated
from it by more glass doors, and ex-
tending to the other front of the house,
is the grand salon, which was the
reception hall of the old days. This,
also, is thirty feet high, and at one
time its walls were covered with
articles of interest and value which
have long since disappeared.
The ceiling of the entrance hall is
magnifcently decorated with an eagle
in low relief, surrounded by eighteen
stars, which was the number of States
in 1872 when the ceiling was con-
structed. The floor of the grand salon
is tessellated, being inlaid with stain
wood and rosewood at cost ofS20OO.
To the right and left of the main hall.
way are entered the various rooms of
the mansion. Here is the great dining
room, the ceiling of which is also thir.
ty feet high, with an alcove arched off
for large sidebosrd. The huge man
telpiece is decorated with paintings
on china and is surmounted with a
heavy gilt bronze clock, presented by
the King of Spain to Napoleon /. Over
this is an original portrait of Jefferson
by Stuart. Leaving this room you
pass, through glass doors again, into
the tea room. These doors can be re-
moved at will and the two rooms
thrown into one for State occasions.
Opposite the dining room across the
entrance hall was the room of Mr..
Jefferson. This room is also thirty
feet high. Mr.. Jefferson's bed was
built in o recess between this and a
smaller room, whioh he used as study.
This study was half circular in shape,
with a much lower ceiling. The bed
was simply frame which stood as it
might be in the space occupied by
folding doors. 1t was peculiar freak
of Mr.. Jefferson, and every biographer
of the great statesman has made hu.
morous references to it. When Mrs.
Jefferson was alive she used the larger
room for her boudoir and dressing
room, while Mr.. Jefferson wrote and
studied and lived in the smaller room.
There was no connection between the
rooms except over the bed. When Mrs.
Jefferson prepared to retire she did 30
in her own apartment and Mr.. Jeffer.
son did the same in his, and then they
both crawled into bed from their re-
spective rooms. Adjourning this set
of rooms and on the same side of the
hall are the library and reception
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Memory OF Bees.

On August 16, says a correspondent
in Science Gossip, We took quantity
of honey in frames from the tops ofthe|
hives (super honey. The hives are in
an orchard at the bottom OF the gar
den. When cleared of bees the frames
of comb are usually carried through
the garden to a disused cottage at
distance of seventy yards from the
nearest hive. On arriving here we|
found number of bees, which had
preceded us, flying round the COTTAGE
awaiting the arrival of the combs,| J
which, however, still remained in the
clearers in the orchard. No honey had.
been taken since June 2lst last, and
no bees had been noticed near the cot'|
tage in the interval.
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cisely as Mr.. Jefferson built it and left
it. There is yet about it an air of Col
onial grandeur which neither time nor
modern ownership and surroundings
can ever efface.
The first glimpse of the inner sane
tiiJ of Monticello is had when the Wis
ltor reaches the top of the mountain
and discovers the porter's lodge.
This brick structure and brick and
iron gateway is of modern origin, but
it occupies the site of the original en-
trance to the grounds. After the Wis
itor has driven in he closes the gate
and straightway rings the old planta-
ton bell which announces to the peo-
pie at the mansion that guests are
coming. The same bell did duty in
Jetferson's day. A few hundred yards
from the gate, the road winding
through dense shrubbery, we come
to the family burial ground, where lie
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the several generations of the Jeffer.
sons who died while the estate was in
the possession of the family. The
tomb of Jefferson-that is to say the
tomb that now exists-is compare
lively modern. It was erected by
Commodore Levy to replace the orig
inal tomb, Clipped and practically de-
stroyed by vandals and relic hunters.
1t is an exact copy of the original and
is solid granite cenotaph about eight
feet high from its foundation stone.
Inscribed on one of thel faces OF the
tomb is the following, written by JET.
ferson himself, as his epitaph, and
found among his papers after his
death:
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az much interest as do the
and grounds of the mansion.

and grounds OF the mansion.
important feature OF the lattd
the serv.nts' quarters. Mr.. Jeffef3
house servants numbered thirty.seVS
and they were quartered in what re1
sembles military barracks, built OF
bricks, in the slope of one of the ters|
races of the lawn. Thus, from thej
mansion the quarters were not visible,
for their roof was converted into aj
platform upon which people would go
out and sit. Connected with these
quarters and leading from the cellar
of the mansion was an underground
passage or covered way, the roof OF
which furnished walk from the house
to the pavilion. The object OF this
passageway was that the servants
could get from their quarters to their
duties in the house without having to
cross the lawn. But nothing could be-
more comfortable than were these
quarters. They were built of brick,
each compartment having two rooms,
and the whole front was composed OF
series of archways and pillars, form
ing an arched portico. The same
idea was carried out on the other
side of the mansion, for under or
into tho opposite terrace was built o
big brick icehouse, huge storehouse
and fuel room, and this, too, was
connected with the cellars Of the
mansions by an underground passage
or covered way, forming walk to an
other pavilion with seats, which was
the roof of the ice and storehouses. This
last pavilion is covered in the summer
with an awning and provided with
chairs and settees, where gnests mayj
sit and enjoy the magnificent scenery
which has so added to the fame OF
Monticello.
With all the glories of Monticello,
historical and material, it must ever,
be source of regret that it's construct
tion, its improvement, its possession,
for nearly half century. should have.
impoverished it's great owner; for, inl
spite of all the magni6cence with
which he was surrounded, notwith-]
standing the wealth he was supposed
to possess, Notwithstanding the emolu-]
ments of his public carear, he died, as
the world knows, poor man, and
worse than poor, for he was hopelessly
in debt. When he left the Presidency
in 1909 he found his big estate encun-
bered with a floating debt of over
$40, This was added to few
years later by the failure Of friend
for whom he had endorsed for over
500, 900. This last blow plunged him
into the depths of poverty, and he
was rescued from bankruptcy by his
death. Congress afterward came to
the relief Of the family by appropriate
ing 800, 900 for the purchase of Mr..
Jeferson's library and public papers,
which are now a very important fea-
ture of the Congressional library. The
only land now left of Monticello is the
mansion grounds and 425 acres at the
base of the mountain.
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rooms, and on the same floor are two
smaller rooms known as the Monroe
and Madison rooms. They are SO
called because the two Presidents al
ways occupied them on their visits to
Monticello. There are many other
guest chambers, as there needed to be
in the days of Mr.. Jefferson's hospi-
tality. So commodious was the house
in fact that Mrs. Randolph, Jeferson's
daughter, has in her letters frequently
stated that on many an occasion she
provided beds for fifty to sixty guests.
The second story of the mansion, if
it may be called such, is a curious
architectural hodge-podge. In that
portion of the building are located
the various guest chambers, and it
was Mr.. Jefferson's hobby to have
them all open out upon balustraded
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His Last Call.

Lieutenant F. G. Fisher, who took
part IN the Chitral campaign, says
that at Malakaland there was a man
with the enemy who had been q marker
in a native regiment. When the at
tack developed he stood on the top CT
r sungar with red flag i'll his hand.
Every one, of course, took pot-shots
Mt him, and as the bullets whistled
past he signaled, "Miss, by the right ="
or "by the left !" until one caught him
'ull in the chest. He staggered fer a
moment, signaled "Bulls-eye," and
then dropped dead.
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pavillons, which extended clear around
the house. This WAS because OF the
magnificent view to be obtained from
these pavilions. Over the main salon
a dome was built, and IN this dome
was q large circular room designed for
a ladies' parlor and reception room,
but instead it was always nsed as
billiard iroom. Then again Mr.. Jetfer.
son was great lover of flowers, and
in the angles formed by tine four wings
of his house he had built little glass
Enclosures for flowers. These are still
in existence.
But, after all, the elegance OF the
interior does not convey to the vlrltor
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A Railroad Above the Clouds.

There are several places in the world
where the iron horse actually climbs
up mountain sides to spots which are
situated far above the clouds. In Peru
they have built railway over one Of
the most elevated ribs of the Andes,
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The namber OF criminals condemned
in the courts of the German Empire in
the eleven years ending with 1892 was
3.973,667.
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MONTICELLO.
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
THE HOME OF JEFFERSON.
The Historic Mansion Even to the In
terror and Furnishings Preserved
Almost as the Great States
man Left 1t.

n II ONTICELLO is three miles
Y II from the town of Char.
wi lottesville, Va, and issitu-
ated upon the top of what
is known as Southwest Mountain, an
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The Chinese National Anthem is so
long that people take half u day to
listen to 1t.
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Here was Buried
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
AUTHOR OF
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
Of the
STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM
and
FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Born Feb. 2, l743.
Died July 4. 1926.
The morning times., 1896-12-04

and the invitation WIS repeated. but
still no one came. and after rcpeate knock
lnss the door was opened and there stood
Mrs. Cline. shivering with the cold and
clinging 10 an old carpet bag
Her first request was to know il any one
lad seen Mr. Cross. He was a carpenter.
she said. and she had stayed at his house
last night and had wandered away this
morning 20 see the man who keeps the
state house. she had left her new white
apron and this caused her n great deal of
uneasiness. If Mr. Cross could not be found
she wanted la know where her cousin Will
liam tOrson, lived. He, she said was going
Ia The state hous" with her and have her
wrongs set right
The old lady, who said she was proud of
being Jrseyite, exhibited an old faded
photograph OF snail country grocery
store with herself in the foreground, which
she said was the property her relatives had
cheated her ont Of But more than the loss
OF her real estate, she morrncd the loss of
her new white apron at Mr.. Cross house"
The old women is about fifty-five wears
old. and said she could neither read nor
write and had lost her way. She stead
fastly affirmed that she had had an inter-
view with the .head man" and he had
promised to recover her estate. She could
not he induced to remain until her supposed
cousin was located by the police. and as
she was harmless individual bent only
on seeing the 'maD who owns the State
bnuse,' she was directed TO the office Of
her relative, whose name was found in the
directory.
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SOWING THE WIN d."
Empire stock Company Presents
sydney Grundy's Strong Play.

SNWNS oiuuuS - StTOuS 1-tdN.
Last night the Empire Theater Company
presented Sydney Grundy's picturesque
prohlcmatical drama, Sowing the Wind"
Although the play has been seen several
times in Washington II seems that its Lold
upon the public is a. strong as ever.
In spite Of the EOvclty of the other two
pieces presented earlier in the week. the
attendance last night was the largest of
he week. Nearly every Part of the pretty
Lafayette Square Opera House was filled
and the character of the attendance OF the
social and official distinction which only
Washington can sum on.
The Grundy play has tecn discussed so
prolifically in The PAST that there is / 9th
ing new To otc IN connection with ITS
strong story and the virile treatment of
The dramatiSt. 1t is problem play on
The sexual responsibility ,urst on. tut ii is
dealt with in n chaste and stimulating man
ner and the story IS kept o rcrsistcntly and
consistently in the foreground that the
the appeal to the head.
The east is not a long one, but il drafts
on the best abilities or the Empire COM
pany and presents them in their happieSt
roles. AS the WHOEVER BrabazOn Jack Gil
mour has a tn hOrOuenly congenial role which
he has acted with distinction for several
seasons. His performance is Guilc is good
as Mr. Miller's, to whom we are still in
Gebtcd for the structural conception of the
character.
ViGla Aliens ROsamund is all her own.
She created the part on us first !smerican
presentation and her delightfully."- performance
Is rich in the unmistakable evidence Of
original power. IL is decidedly the best
part in her repertoire.
In the balance uf tnc cast are Mr. Cromp-
on as tine lovable meddier, Mr.. Watkin;
William Faveshan as Ned Annesley, +. Y.
Backus as Lord PEW orth, partn ne evident
ly feels incapable of distinguishing as did
air Inomps on, for he makes no apparent
effort; EOeert Edcson, who is as good as
the best Sir Richard yet seen in the play;
Nav Robe. on as Mrs. Fretwell, ami Ida
Conquest as Maud. The scenery used is
beautiful and appropriate and The cos
tunes are attractive reproductions OF u
pic CturesQuc period.
"Suwing the Wind" Will be repeated this
evening and tomorrow afternoon.