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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
COrn-Bean and Pea WeeviI-Ginsenr
Culture

l. What is the best method of keen
Ing weevils out of beans and
peas? If treated with bi-sulphide Of
carbon will 1t injure them for table use
2 Can you give some information on
ginseng cultures the preparation of the
soil, etc.? Do you plant the roots, seeds or
cuttings? When to plant; the best method
OF cultivation? How soon after planting
may 1t be dug, and what season of the
year is the best time to dig II for mar
ketI W. Landiss
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
lbion View. Tenn.
(Reply by T. Greiner.)

l. No better remedy for the pea and
bean weevil is known than bl-sulphide of
carbon. This drug evaporates so fast and
entirely that no trace of 1t, either in smell
or taste, will be left after the seed have
been aired few hours 2. Ginseng grows
naturally in the woods, where there is
some shade. and soil largely consisting
of mold. Thus, If you wish to try ginseng
culture, surround your plants as much as
possible with the same conditions. OF
course, it Is a plant of very slow growth,
and at best it will take years TO raise a
crop of marketable roots To grow it from
seed is still slower work than to plant the
roots. l would not pay fancy prices for
the roots, either; otherwise the chances
of profit would be very small; and, to tell
the truth, am not an enthusiast on gin
seng culture for proft-Excha nge.
There is nothing better for destroying
weevils in corn than the same remedy sug-
gested for beans. The bi-sulphide of car
bon is cheap and can be had of any drug
gist. But be careful not to inhale its fumes
or carry flame near the building where
the fumes are generated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

with young Lebaudy. That Is why no
conteDted himself with sending an officer
of his household to the actress home to
congratulate her on her victory
She is one of several actresses and titled
ladies who own racing stables. among
them being Mrs. Langtry, Countess
Ugarte, once queen of Naples; the Vicom-
Jesse d'Harcourt ard the Princess Monte
nuove, the latter sharing with Nile. Marcy
the distinction of being the only members
of the fair sex to carry off one Of what are
known as the blue ribbons of the Euro
pcan turf, the princess having won tine
Vienna Derby, her husbands horse being
among those defeated.
The only winner who had been sighted
previous to this year was Edmund Blanc,
who won the Grand Prix twice This
slight was because NJ. Blanc not only is
one of the three owners Of the great gam
bling place at Monte Carlo, but has an
unenviable turf record, repeated attempts
having been made to lynch him on the
COURSE for having pulled" his horses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

where his father was Killed. Fred Ben
Old not die, but broken limbs and bruised
joints kept him o cripple for eight months.
He finally recovered, but he never ex-
planned the accident.
There was a story Of a midnight hunt
for burglars, during which the young man
stumbled over the railing, but the Bells
neter told any details. The fall is as much
o mystery as the other one four years be-
fore, though Fred Bell is not naturally a
close mouthed fellow.
Nobody knew that there was strife in
the big house until the other day, when
Fred Bell fled q petition in the superior
court praying for the removal Of his
mother as the guardian of the persons and
estates of her children. He asked to be
appointed in her stead, and charged bis
mother with drunkenness and in
decency." He had much to say about the
domination Of the old negress in the
household.
There are other stories connected with
the old place, tales of extraordinary orgies
that made the big house infamous 90 years
ago. Nanny Pleasant knows them all,
but Nanny Pleasant does not tell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

which they had come The runaways yyers
scarcely 30 yards behind the cyclers, and it
looked as if tho latter would be run down,
Ford and several others shouted warn
ingly to the riders. The latter turned in
their saddles and saw the frightened team
gailoping down upon them.
The road mt this point "a narrow and
banked on either side. The cyclists were
In trap, as there was no chance of escnpe
by Jumping from their wheels There was
only one way out of the dangerous predica-
ment-they would have to ride for their
lives.
Ride the hardest you know how, girlsP'
cried one OF the young men quickly.
Down low over tile handle bars went the
four heads, and the two tandems shot for
ward. The Misses Bovine enjoy the repu-
tation of being the fastest wbeelwomen in
Greater New York. Dressed and his mate
are regarded as one of the speediest tam
dem teams in the metropolitan district.
At first the runawuys drew nearer and
nearer to the cyclists, but when the latter
struck their gait the horses ceased to gain.
1t was hair raising race. The tande,ns
flew along the hard macadamized road
side by side, the young men coaching and
urging the girls to their best efforts.
1t was nip and tuck between horses and
wheels until the cyclists struck the hill
near Bayside. Then the runaways, drag
ging the swaying blackboard, gained upon
the riders in the climb upward. The horses
were almost upon the tandems when they
reached the level road again.
We'll pace you! Hold US close!' yelled
Dressed to the girls.
Then the tandem with the male riders
flashed to the front. The young women
Tapped the rear wheel of the first tandem
with the front wheel of their own and the
two machines jumped forward ON dead
sprint.
The runaways were being gradually left
behind when, quarter Of a mile beyond,
the cyclists struck the long hill slopinR
down to the Little Neck road.
1t was an over with the horses then.
Over the brow Of the hill shot the tam
dems, and with q swirling cloud of gray
dust trailing behind them went whizxipr
down the slope like twin meteors.
Some distance beyond the foot Of the
hill the cyclists slackened epeed and turned
into the Little Neck road out Of harm
way.
a moment or two later the mad team
bleeding from the jabs Of the broken polo
OF the blackboard, dashed by, all that was
left OF the blackboard dragging behind
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

on tho coast. Tho Comstocks had yielded
up their $500, 900, 600 worth OF bullion, and
1t was his share of this that enabled old
Sharon, the most vicious probably Of cir
Gle OF rich men tho like of which had not
existed since the ancient regime, to defy
evory law and convcntionality. Thomas
Bell, who owned tho house of mystery,
was another Of this ilk.
1s was In this house that the saddest and
most dramatic romance OF tho west began.
Senator Sharon brought to the house q
beautiful, delicate, refined young southern
woman who was then known as Sarah
Althea Hill, and who later became tho
vito OF. Judge Terry. Sho was the girl
who claimed sharon ms her husband and
produced the contract Of marriage that the
California courts decided was written by
him. lt was In this house, according to
tho testimony, that the contract was drawn
up, and Nanny Pleasant was q witness
to 1t.
Ono morning In October, 1892, Thomas
Bell was found dying at tho foot of the
great staircase. Somehow he had fallen
over the baluster rail Mt the head of the
stairs. he died without telling how it hap
pened. IL seemed impossible that IL should
have boon nm accident, yet Bell was yeputed
to lie worth ST., 200, coo, and nobody could
understand why he might have thrown
himsell over the railing 70 the marble floor.
There were dark whispers OF a still more
terrible explanation, but nobody knew and
nobody dared voice an accusation.
-Four years later his Oldest son, Fred
Bell, went over tho same balustcr rail ON
the. thi-G. e.: ard fell 10 tho hnu holnvv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10
cuogAT EBIH's EXECUTION.


Greeks may DO called partly civilized, but
their murder law is simple and effective.
It is thnt one who sheds the blood of q
member of the tribe must die, either by
his own hand or tho hands Of his relatives.
Such was tribal law centuries ago, and so
1t will remain until the last Greek disap-
pears.
The fateful day came Chokat had
nerved himself for the ordeal and had So
lected his brother and father for the execu-
tioners. They three and Chokat's squnw.
wailing miserably IN treble tones, rode to
the Place where the Young brave *as to
pay tho penalty of his crime.
The oldest squaws of the tribe-hags,
they were-had scooped out grave under
tho branches Of u big cottonwood. Around
this In hugo semicircle were the braves
Of tho Creek Nation, immovable as statues
and silent.
The execution was simple and quickly
performed. Chokat's father pinned an oak
leaf directly over his sons heart, and then,
without word of farowell, ono marched
to the edge Of the gITve and knelt, and the
other, followed by tho other son, stalked
Assistance about Is feet'in front Of the con-
demned prisoner.
Not an Indian In the, circle moved or
spoke word. They watched the proceed
ings calmly and silently. That was all,
Meantimea young brave.bound Chokat's
hands behind his back. A. second placed
In the grave Chokat's ri1eAhis cartridge
belt, his hunting knife. Then the two ran
quickly back to their places i'm the circle
Chokat's brother and father were already
In position, facing the murderer. The
faces of the two executioners were 1mmo-
bile. They raised their rifles without
speaking word to each other. Then tho
father gave low exclamation, two gun
reports sounded almost simultaneously,
and Chokat Ut last good Indian, pitched
forward into the grave
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10
THE OCTOPUS DIVING BELL AT WORK.

ating $500 candle power light. This en-
ables those il, the bell TO see for "a distance
of at least 100 feet from the bell under
water.
The most wonderful part and of the
same time the part which, next to its Ca
pability to resist weather pressure, gives
the bell Its value and it's power is an ar
rangemsnt which makes it possible to
move the bell about the bottom of the sea
independent of any cable connection with
the surface Attached to the cage aid
worked from the interior are several long
automatic arms. These, it is claimed, are
used to move the machine about or can be
used to manipulate any tool it is desired
to Use. They are also used for the lifting
Of weights. These aims and the arched
ends make it possible to anchor the ma
chino with equal security ON an uneven
anu an even surface
1t is claimed for it that there is but lit
tie danger of accident. Tho bell is ballast
ed with water, and if anything should get
out Of order the water ballast can be let
out and it will come to the surface. The
interior of the apparatus is lighted By in
candescent lamps. The fraxpe of the be-
has been tested to withstand q water
pressure at depth of ], I56 feet, so that
there is no danger of it's collapsing while
at work at the extraordinary depth of 25o
feet
This bell is not the mere dream Of a
crack Drained inventor. II is reality,
practical device. 1t has been tested in
actual work, and has proved to he suo-
cess. With it the steamer Pewabic, which
fer more than a quarter of century has
been lying on the bottom of Lake Huron,
her bull filed with skeletons and rich
cargo, has been found and visited.
The Pewabic was sunk off Thunder Bay,
Lake Huron, in 1865. More than 100 lives
were lost in the disaster and S14O, 600 in
specie and copper ingots as we'll During
the last 80 years many times the value of
the steamer and its cargo has been spent
In trying to, locate the wreck, but without
the faintest trace Of success.
The Pewabic was a Lake Superior
steamer and was bound for Lake Erie
points The exact cause Of her sinking IL
shrouded in mystery to this day, but facts
bear out the ramor current at the time
that the safe Of the Pewabic was looted the
night before she sank. When OF Thunder
Bay, she fell in with the Meteor Of the
same lire, and as was customary in those
days the two boats drew close together to
exchange malls and papers.
AZ the Investigation which followed the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10
A HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
Many Strange Tragedies Have
Occurred In This Dwelling.


In II Sarah Althea Hn Began Her @.
reer. Millionaire Bell Net HIS Strange
Death aad His Son Just Esesped . Sim.
liar Fate.
San Francisco's house Of mystery Il
opening OF last.
The old Bell mansion on the west side
OF OctAvia street, between Suffer and
Bush, IL about to give up its secrets. For
quarter Of q century this old house or its
tenants have been mixed up in almost ev-
cry sensation that has stirred the Pacific
coast. 1t has always been the house Of
mystery.
The Bell house is no tumble down, rat
tletrap Of q ruin, with shattered corners
Tor ghosts to crouch In, or crumbling walls
Tor tho wind to bowl through. On tho
contrary, s9ys tho New York journal, 1t
IL Q magnificent modern dwelling, ono
OF the most commodieus apd beautiful in
San Francisco, which IL noted for its mag
nincont homes.
Obviously it Is tho home of wealth and
taste 1t looks Ike sign for respectable.
ity and conventionality, and yet the story
OF that boHso Is interviewer with man
killing and suspected murder, fraud and
crimo, scandal and family quarrel.
just now It Is ruled by an old negro
woman, who somehow exercises tyrannical
power over the widow Of the man who
owned 1t and his children. This woman
was once slave, the story goes. She Is
now on her doathbed, and possibly that
fact gives courage to the eldest son Of the
dead man to bring suit against his mother
that Tire darkness Of that household may
be dissipated and the old black bag be
forced to loosen her grip upon the divided
family and its fortunes.
Everybody In tho west knows this negro
woman. who has trailed through the courts
Ike black shadow in case after case in
yolving the richest families on the Pacific
coast
+ AlnmTny Pleasant Is the name they all
Know her by. How she came to California
10 lost In the mGzes Of the tangled stories
that nrc told Of early days on the coast.
y 10 IL enough to date her back to tho time
!Then Senator William Sharon was in the
flush of his fortune, squandering millions
IN his'evil pleasures. 1t was boom time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

monds. The police say that there nrc ut
least 10 indictments against Kitty in Chi
cago.
She usually works the stations md
cheap hotels, and can bite diamonds OF
shirt bosoms in a iinsh. She Is "A petite
and neatly dressed young woman, with
dark brown hair and refined face. Her
dcmeaDor Is modesiy pcrsonifind, and she
speaks with the voice Of a refined woman.
Yet, according TO the police, this limo
cent looking girl is one of the most expert
Of Chicago's "badccrs.'' Kitty was M
rested on "A dispatch from Chicago. saving
she was wanted there for robbing Archi-
bald Hollcnback Of u diamond stud valued
at $40
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10
FEAR THEIR YOUNG WIVES,
Aged Husbands Who Take Precautions
Against Being Poisoned.

Against Being Poisoned.
Chemists sometimes have queer expert
ences. The following facts were told by q
professor in western university: "For
about ten years I have made speciality of
examining and reporting upon cases of
real or suspected poisoning. As number
OF my cases have been connected with
murder trials, have had considerable no.
tice in the daily papers. This reputation
for making analyses for poisons has
brought me queer class of patrons Ey-
cry year have one or more old men come
to me with samples Of food to be examined
for poison.
These men without execution have
married young wives, ant when the hus-
band Is taken sick and does not recover as
quickly as he thinks he should he begins
to suspect that his young wife wants to
get rid of him and is poisoning him grad
ualiy through the medium of his food. OF
course he does not want his wife to know
Of his suspicious, so he quietly gets sam-
PIE OF the food he suspects and comes to
me and tells me very secretly that he
wishes to have an examination for poison
made. Now, the odd part is that though
l have made humber Of such analyses I
have never found poison present in apy
case. Then the husband is very much
afraid that his wife will find out be sus-
pected her, and he gets out of my lsbsr
atosy in the quickest and quietess manner
possible. 50 every year I expect to see
some elderly man coming apprebensiyeiy
up my Office Stairs with well concealed
sample of food about him to be examined
for poison. Every, year he comes, every
year make my analyses and find no r.oi-
son, and every year the old gentleman gets
Information that he considers cheap at the
price,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

pose as the heir 10 a drkc1om or any Other
gli.tsring haubic Of an cffete monarchy
HIS trsil has been srr.nklcd with the fragile
hearts Of feminine admsers. Even as tho
detective was In the nct Of nrrcsfing hi;n
he was rcaaing telegram from n woman
In Saginaw. Mich, asking him to "cufne
back 60 n,c, my love-" o. words 20 that
effect
While in the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad depot seeking a friend TO iEaii him
out he encountered a fashicnahly dressed
woman, who soorped him for n chat.
That's only mash Of ,ninc,'' said The
actor, with a wink 10 tho detective who
had him in charge.
Perhaps IL was tho misfortune rather
than the fault of Alice DO Lacey that she
fell In love with the handsome mummer
and olopcd with him. She was the iC-ycar-
old daughter If Peter de l-accy.of New
York, who Is rcputed to 10 worth e., ooo.-
600. DE Lacey oIyrs race horses. but gained
a considerable part of his millions ms a
boot maker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10
HyrnotizinE By Telerhnne.

dispatch from Ravcnna, o., says: Ajo
Joboe, Hindoo hypno,ist, has performed
remarkable feat over the telephone from
Gallon, 100 miles distant. WEl;air Nor
gan, at this end of the line, feI in heap
on the floor when Joboe spoke to him
from Gallon. DR. White, a reputable. ply
stefan, pronounced him in perfec. state
OF hypnotism. He said afterward tho hyp-
notist over the wire had the same effect as
at close range, and that the sensation was
just tho same. Joboe recently came to
America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10
RODE FOR their LIVES.
How Two Tandem Girls Raced
With Death.
MAD RUNAWAY TEAn BEHIND.

Trapped In . Marrow, High Banked Road,
the Heavenly Twinsr Of the Brooxiyn
Cycle Path scorchcd - They Never
se'rehed Before. ,Saa -.
"The Heavenly Twins" IL tho uasne By
which are known two of tho most Slashing
tandem girls of all the vast throng Of cy-
clists who haunt the Copey Island CYCLIC
path, that far famed stretch of macadam
which leads straight from tho heart Of
Brooklyn to the sea.
They arc tao Misses Claudia and Rebecco
Bovine Of the City OF Churches. They ride
a diamond franc tandem, which, as you
know, bars skirts unless they are very
short ones. But tho Misses Bovine affect
knickerbockers, mannish jackets and der
BY hats. They dress exactly alike and al
ways create a sensation when they speed
down the cycle path.
The twins have the reputation Of being
the fastest girl tandem team in Greater
New York. Their machine is geared very
high, and they arc we'll seasoned riders.
The other day they We're thankful- for
their skill and endurance. for they were
compelled to ride for their lives. For two
miles they had a race with death.
Behind them tore runaway tenn of
NOfSSs. Iiuu tue Dlcyclc women IalcercQ
or had their wheel been faulty, "tho Hcav.
emily Twins in all probability would never
have been seen on the road again.
There was another tandem, ridden by
two young men, escorts of tho twins,
and side by side for two miles the men and
the women sped till ablo to turn of the
narrow, high banked road which hemmed
them in while they sped for q place OF
safety.
One Of the young men was Herbert II.
c. Dressed Of 153 Hull street, Brooklyn,
who is well known amateur rider The
young people were ON their way from
Brooklyn to Sea Cliff. Tho party crossed
the Long Island railroad tracks at the
Broadway crossing, on the outskirts oi
Flushing, just as the gates were lowered
for an approaching train.
At That moment Clayton II. Ford of Bay
siGo drove up in blackboard behind a
team of spirited blacks. Ford stopped near
tho crossing and jumped out to tighten q
girth strap OH one of the horses Just as the
train thundercd by.
The team took fright and, turning,
bolted down the road in the direction from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

helmsman testified that the officer on duty
had given him an order which caused the
two boats 70 como together with tremen-
dous force. The Pewahic sank like stone,
and half Of her 500 Passengers went down
with her. Many wero also killed by the
flying wreckage and splinters.
As soon as the disaster became known
divers began their search for the boat, bus
unsuccessfully. Not one of them managed
to get anywhere near the wreck, despite
the fact that one of them descended to q
depth Of III feet, the record to this day for
diving with an armor.
The first test with the bell was made
last summer in Lake Michigan, about 25
miles from Milwaukee. The bell was low
cred with six men and remained at depth
of $50 feet for six hours. This so pleased
the inventor and those interested with him
that it was decided to try this spring for
the Pewabic's treasure
A steamer was accordingly fitted out and
went to Thunder Bay, where after q short
search the party was rewarded by not only
locating the missing steamer, but by bring
ing to the surface q barrel full Of her valu-
able cargo of copper ingots.
Smith located the wreck in about 40
minutes. He began by sweeping the lake
bottom with wire, carried about in cir
Gle. The work had proceeded but q short
time when it was found that the circle had
suddenly grown much smaller. AS was
hoped when this discovery was made the
sunken steamer was the cause Of tho re-
duction of the sweep of the radial wire.
Smith reports that there Is a huge swarm
of whiteish all about the wreck. He ex-
poets to find soon, in addition to much of
the valuable cargo, the skeletons of some
of the 40 passengers who were carried down
in the wreck.
The success which has attended the ef-
fort to locate the Pewabic has fired the
owners OF the bell with desire to locate
tho North German Lloyd steamer Elbe,
which was sunk by a collision with tho
steamer Craithie on Jan. 80, 1885.
The raising of the Elbe has been peo-
nounced impossible by the most expert
enced divers of the world, but the Success
full experiments with this remarkable west
ern diving bell go TO show that it may not
be impossible. As evidence of the bell s
owners confidence to get results from an
attempt, enc of them may be quoted:
1.-The North German Lloyd company
has paid in the last two years $4,000 for
efforts to recover the Elbe, and all it
has been able to 90 is TO locate tho upper
works of the steamer. These are down III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

feet, and this Is the greatest dcuth to
which any divers6bave attempted to worl,
previously The company las reported
that it believes tie task of raising the
boat impossible of accomplishment. The
bell we are using is capable of withstand.
ing the water pressure at a depth of 600
feet. am informed the Elbe has aboard
n large amount of specie, and the boat it.
self is worth $500, 200, besides a valuable
cargo. The recovery of this treasure is
not, to my mind, much more difficult
undertaking than the raising of the cargo
uf the Pewabic'