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man was above reproach and begged him not to be too hasty in his contemplated action, agreeing finally that when the carpet was removed if the search did not restore the missing money he himself would give him twenty dollars rather than have his young friend and guest subjected to the humiliation of arrest up- on such charge. As it was the money alone he wanted, the gentleman readily agreed to this arrangement ,and subse- quent search failing of result the hotel man paid over to him twenty dollars and he lett town during the course of the day.
 ''In the meantime the young railroader, unconscious that any suspicion had been directed toward him, had taken his run out on the road. Returning to Columbus late in the afternoon he went directly to his bath in a barber shop close to his hotel Imagine his surprise and cha grin when, in removing one of his shoes, he saw the twenty-dollar gold piece which his roommate had lost that morning drop from his shoe and roll off on the floor. A close inspection of the shoe showed that near the top of the upper the lining was torn. The coin had evidently rolled into the shoe as it lay or the floor. and when the shoe was taken up 1t had slipped through the torn lining in such manner that it caused no discomfort to the foot. and when the shoe was inverted in being removed from the foot the coin slipped out as naturally as 1t had slipped
 Now this is a true circumstance and Is vouched for by many of the best cit- izens of Columbus. among them Hon. E. s. Moore, who was Mayor of the town at the time. It Is such a case as must cause the thoughtful man to reflect that there is great probability that many an innocent person has been convicted upon less substantial evidence; In Missis- sippi larceny of twenty dollars consti- tutes grand larceny, punishable by not less than two years in the penitentiary, and had this young man been arrested and searched nothing but the Governor s pardon could have prevented his serving a term in the penitentiary, and yet he was innocent.
 This story recalls to mind an incident which occurred in Montgomery few weeks ago.
 The wife of a well known citizen of a neighboring city was in Montgomery, and, while shopping on Dexter Avenue, she passed a prominent physician who was holding his watch fob in his hand. On throng the Avenue the visiting woman unconsciously jostled against the physi- clan in passing.
 The next minute the physician missed his watch and looking up the street he saw the watch and fob hanging from the dress fxings of the woman.
 He walked up to her, and lifting his hat said:
 Pardon me, madam. but you have my watch"
 The woman was indignant.
 "I do not know you, and know noth- ing of your watch" she exclaimed.
 But you have the watch, madam" !" quietly replied the doctor smiling 1,iI3s .,o woman restorted, andI'
 And I am Dr. -, of Montgomery" cut in the man. ''I'm sorry to have em- barrassed you, but want my watch which is hanging to your shirt-waist."
 And he pointed to the swinging time piece.
 The face of the woman flushed and good-natured apologies were exchanged.
 Experiments at Auburn.
 An Advertiser reporter talked with a gentleman last night who spent a day recently at Auburn and was shown over the experimental station by Dr. J. F. Duggar, Professor of Agriculture at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The vis- itor expressed himself as being very much impressed and even surprised at the ex- tent, variety and importance of the work in progress on the station at Auburn.
 There is nothing spectacular about many of the most valuable experiments. and many of them have to run through five or six years before they are of in- terest to the general public and often methods are so thoroughly scientific that they are not understood or appreciated except by persons we'll informed in the principles of scientific agriculture, al- though the results are very simple and easy of application in the ordinary meth ods of farming. and of the most prac- tical and immediate value to the farmers of the State.
 "The experiment that was of most in- terest and that was specially commented on," he said, was the effect of inocula- tion as shown on plant of crimson clo- yer. The iplat was laid out in two equal parts and each part had received the izer was sown with seed from the same box at the same time; they were identical in all details except one was inoculated by sprinkling over 1t some soil from a field where inoculated clover had previ- ously grown. On the part of the plat not inoculated the clover was about six inches high, the leaves yellow, the tops color. The ground appeared almost bare from a shore distance; while on the in- oculated section of the plat the clover was from eighteen inches to two feet in height, the leaves were large and dark rich green, the tops or flowers were large and of very bright red. The ground was covered almost knee deep with fine, lux uriant growth of clover.
 "The Professor of Agriculture explained that he anticipated most valuable results to the agricultural interests of Alabama from this principle of inoculation in a few years, when certain restrictions from patents are removed. It Is German dis covery and is comparatively recent. Some of the first successful experiments with 1t made jn the United States were made at Auburn. Inoculation is effective with leguminous or soii clover Vetch and peas.