Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1898 — Page 3

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Can Our Coast Be Blockaded?

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He Met Vanderbilt.

George W. Vanderbilt passed a greater part of the summers In Bar Harbor till recently. While walking from his home to the village one cold, rainy day In September he met a ragged little urchin near the camp of the last representatives of the Passamaquoddy tribe, whose wigwams are located not far from Mr. Vanderbilt’s home. The boy’s clothing was thin, and his little toes were blue and red from the cold. As Mr. Vanderbilt passed him he stopped and said: “My little lad, why don’t you put on your shoes this cold day?” The half-frozen urchin started as if he had suddenly stepped upon a sharp stone, and, flashing his eyes at the man of millions, who was a stranger to him, said, half angrily: “Say, mister, do you take me for a Vanderbilt?” and then broke Into a run to warm his freezing toes.—Bangor Commercial. Among the many expenses borne by railroad companies the ice bill figures quite prominently. For instance, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad it is expected it ywill take over 50,000 tons of ice this year to meet the requirements of the service, The greater portion is used in connection with shipment of perishable goods, the balance in the passenger train service. A great deal of this ice is put up by the company in its own ice houses, but as the past winter has been so warm, a very large proportion will have to be purchased.

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Nut Trees.

The age at which any nut trees come into bearing depends on the care given to the trees. Some authorities state that fifteen or twenty years are necessary to bring them into full bearing from the time the nut is planted. This is a mistake, as trees that have been well cared for should bear a bushel of nuts in ten years, and the amount will increase rapidly each year after that time. Some may enjoy raising these trees from seed; to be sure, it is rather a slow process, but it is Interesting work. When planting the nuts, if they have thin shells, be perfectly sure that they have not dried out at all. The best plan is to get them as soon as they ripen and plant them at once. When this Is not possible, keep them In moist sand or sawdust until they can be started. Butternuts, walnuts, hickory nuts and filberts, being hard-shelled, will keep In growing condition much longer, but should be planted in the fall, as they germinate better when allowed to freeze, as that cracks the shell. The fall planting Is nature’s own plan, and the nearer we follow her ways the better results we may expect Another thing, do not plant the nuts deep; nature drops them on the surface and gives them a thick covering of leaves in which the dirt catches as it blows about then the snow covers all and helps the leaves to decay and form a covering of leaf mould for the tree to grow in. It Is not practicable for any of us to try to raise all these kind of nuts, but select the ones most likely to succeed in our climate and by proper care and attention make a success of it. We may not reap the benefit- of our labors, but our children will, and theirs after them.—Vick’s Magazine.

Longfellow at Cambridge.

In 1836, when Lowell was a sophomore, Mr. Longfellow came to Cambridge, a young man, to begin his long and valuable life in the college His presence there proved a benediction, and, I might say, marks an epoch in the history of Harvard. In the first place, he was fresh from Europe, and he gave the best possible stimulus to the budding Interest in German literature. In the second place, he came from Bowdoln College, and in those days it was a very good thing for a Harvard under-graduate to know that there were people not bred in Cambridge quite as well read, as intelligent, as elegant and accomplished as any Harvard graduate. In the third place, Longfellow, though he was so young, ranked already distinctly as a man of letters. This was no broken-winded minister who had been made professor. He was not a lawyer without clients, or a doctor without patients, for whom “a place” had to be found. He was already known as a poet by all educated people—Edward Everett Hale in the Outlook.

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He Must Have Forgotten.

“So that’s the son of old Rockingham, the millionaire, is it?” “Yes; any one might guess that, after seeing the amount of attention that is paid to him by the ladies.” “I suppose so.” “Well, why don’t you go on and say it?” “Say what?” “That he probably couldn’t earn $25 a month If he had to work for a living. That’s what folks always say about rich men’s sons, isn’t it?”

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PAYING THE PENALTY

CHAPTER XV.—(Continued.) “Pray excuse me if I am intruding,” said the physician; "but I am the bearer of a letter of introduction from one brother to another, and as my stay in yonr city will be but a few hours, I must deliver it at once. I ean see at a glance, sir, that yon are the elder brother of my townsman and friend, Amos Kellogg,” and the doctor presented his missive., Stephen hurriedly drew from its envelope and perused a closely written sheet of paper. “Well, well, I am glad to see you, doctor. You follow closely a letter I have this morning received from my brother. Dr. Hewit, allow me to introduce Dr. Strong of Wilmington, North Carolina, the family physician of my brother Amos. This young man is my son, Robert. Draw up a chair for the doctor, Robert.” After grasping the bands of the three men present, Dr. Strong seated himself in the proffered chair with the remark: “Yes, my departure from Wilmington was very sudden. Your brother informed me that he had but just written you, but he desired me to bring his nieces back with me if the invalid could undergo the journey. My business here is not of a nature to detain me for an hour. It was merely to place a son in your medical college. I desire to return on the evening train. I have left patients at home who will need my attention.” “We were just discussing my daughter’s unhappy condition,” said the banker. “Dr. Hewit pronounces her unable to take the journey. He regards her case as almost hopeless.” “My God! Is it so bad as that?” exclaimed Dr. Strong. The banker himself was surprised at the physician’s vehemence. “I have little hope for the patient,” said Dr. Hew’it. “I had just stated to Mr. Kellogg that in my opinion Janette could not survive the journey. Of course I did not then know that a physician would attend her.” “I am extremely glad to have met you here, doctor. If the patient is not utterly beyond hope and we can give her a complete change of atmosphere and surroundings, the result might justify the risk of the removal.” * “True! The case has thwarted me at every turn. I shall be glad to have you visit the sufferer with me.” “Let us go at once,” said the Wilmington physician. “I will accompany you,” announced the banker. Robert, who was greatly gratified over the arrival of Dr. Strong, accompanied the party to the carriage, and took a seat beside the newcomer, at that gentleman’s request.

But a short time elapsed before the banker and the two physicians stood by the bedside of the patient. The widow had been greatly surprised at meeting the Wilmington physician on the floor below, and she followed the party perhaps with no little apprehension as to what might be the result of the doctor’s visit. No sooner had Dr. Strong's eyes rested on the wan, pain-drawn features of the sufferer on the bed, than involuntarily the words escaped his lips. “Very like! Very like! The cases are identical.” “This gentleman is Dr. Strong, dear,” said Mr. Kellogg. “He is from your uncle’s home in North Carolina and has called to see you.” “I am very glad to see you, doctor,” Janette said faintly; “but—but—l think I am beyond help.” “Beyond help! Not a bit of it, my dear girl. Not a bit of it!” said the doctor as he raised one white hand and placed a finger on the pulse. “Why,” he continued, “doctor, her pulse is much better than I would have expected. Her condition, with such care as she will receive, will justify her removal.” “You will agree with me, I think” (these last words in an undertone to Dr. Hewit) “that it is a last resort. Certainly there is no hope otherwise. God helping me, I will save this girl.” “Your will is mine, doctor; I place her in your hands.” “Removal?” moaned Janette. “Oh, doc-

tor, I shall soon be removed—but ” “Certainly you will be, dear; I am not going back to North Carolina alone, and don’t you believe it, little girl. I shall have company. Do you know who will accompany me? I do. Two sisters, Laura and Janette are their names. They are going to visit their North Carolina cousins and find fresh sea breezes that will bring back roses into pale cheeks and strength Into weak limbs. Oh, it is all settled. We shall leave on the three o’clock train this day.” “Why, it cannot be possible!” exclaimed the widow. “In her condition she could not ” “Madam,” and Dr. Strong’s voice, firm and decided, silenced her, “two physicians have decided what is best in this case.” Elinor’s handkerchief immediately found its way to her eyes. “Oh, doctor,” exclaimed Laura, “I thank God for this! I know that our dear friend, Dr. Hewit, has done all that could be done for Janette in this climate, and aunt and I have nursed her night and day. There must be a change. Papa —you ” “It is already decided, my child. You must now make haste and prepare for the journey. Take nothing but what you will need at once. On your arrival at your uncle’s we can forward all else.” “See, see!” cried Laura. “Janette seems bright and hopeful already. Are you not pleased, sister?” “I am content,” said Janette. “I am willing to go if it is best. I—l live. I dislike to leave dear aunt; but—” “It is for the best, my child,” Dr. Strong said, stroking her soft hair. Elinor Kellogg had repaired to her apartments, sobbing. “Robert,” said the banker to his son, who now entered the room, “you had best remain at the house and assist Laura and your aunt in packing what is needful. Your sisters start South at 3p. m. I will go with the doctor and engage sleeping car accommodations.” “Gladly, father, gladly!” “Let us go at once,” Dr. Strong said. “There is one other matter I wish to attend to. But first” (here the doctor produced a phial from one of his pockets, filled a glass one-third full of water, first rinsing the glass, then into the-glass dropped ttventy drops of a fluid), “here, my dear;” and Janette, resting her head on the doctor’s arm, drained the glass. The physician handed the phial to Laura. “Twenty drops in one-third of a glass of water,” he said, “each hour until we return. It is now eleven o’clock.” The doctor lingered behind as the others descended the stairs. Robert and Laura were standing beside him. “I can and will save the life of your sister,” he said; “but one of you must be constantly at her bedside until she is removed from the house. Allow nothing to pass her lips save these drops. Nothing! If she evinces a disposition to partake of food, you, Miss Laura, must prepare it personally. Your aunt, I fear, is too sympathetic. She is so anxious for your sister’s recovery that she might desire to give her wine or something she should not have.” “Aunt gives her some every day,” said Laura. “I have given her some. Dr. Hewit prescribed it in small quantities.” “She must have no more until we are

ea route for the South. Nothing, save as I have informed you. Your failure to see that these instructions are carried out to the letter will cost Janette her life. Say nothing to your aunt of what I have told you unless she tenders something to Janette, then state that I bade you allow nothing save the drops in that phial to pass her lips. Can I rely on you?’ “You can, doctor,” said Robert. “Certainly,” Laura said. "Remember, not an instant but one of you must be at her'side. The servants might tender her something.” Five minutes later Thou as was driving the party rapidly from the banker’s residence. Dr. Hewit left the carriage at his office, while the others went on. A half hour later a private compartment In a through sleeper was secured. At one o’clock Mr. Kellogg re-entered the bank, where the doctor was to meet him an hour later. The physician himself was conferring in a room at his hotel with the man who had accompanied him from Wilmington —Mr. Sellars, the Southern detective. For thirty minutes they sat in close conversation, at the end of which time the doctor arose and, taking the detective by the hand, said: “I must go now, Sellars. Have you everything needful? Everything you require?” “Yes,” was the reply, “everything. You will certainly see the young man?” “Yes; he will be waiting for me.” “All right. I will take up the case tomorrow.” At 2:10 the carriage containing the doctor and Mr. Kellogg was again before the Dearborn avenue residence. The doctor was first to ascend the stairs to the invalid’s room. He glanced anxiously at the figure reclining on the conch. “Oh, you are ready, my girl!” he exclaimed. “You have improved fifty per cent already. Miss Laura, she has had nothing ” “But as you directed, doctor, though aunt three times ” “Never mind—you can relate that after we are started. You are ready?” “All ready, doctor.” “Oh, a minute with you, Robert,” the doctor said. And walking to a window facing the street, he handed the young man a letter. “You will find the gentleman whose name appears on the envelope at the place stated. I wish you to call there at ten o’clock to-morrow morning and present it. He is my friend and will state to you his desires. You may trust him implicitly. You may be able to aid him greatly.” “I will present the letter at ten o’clock,” said Robert, as he glanced at the superscription on the envelope. The name ‘that appeared there was of one unknown to him. The envelope bore this address/ “John Thorn, Esq., “Sherman House.” The widow accompanied the party when Janette was borne to the carriage. She appeared greatly disturbed. Evidently her heart was near breaking over the peril her dear niece was about to be subjected to. She khised her a tender farewell as she did so, also Laura, and entered the house sobbing as the carriage was driven away.

At three o’clock an iron horse exhausted a volume of steam as it pulled its laden cars from beneath the depot shed. A happy Wilmington physician sat in a private compartment of one of the sleepers. His eyes rested tenderly on the features of a sleeping girl in a berth before him. A smiling young lady was seated by his side. “Oh, doctor,” she suddenly exclaimed, “I feel that you have rescued Janette.” “From a peril, my dear, of which you little dream. In twenty-four hours she would have been a corpse.” “And now’?” “Safe, thank Oovl, safe! We baTe left peril behind us and are southward bound.” CHAPTER XVI. At ten o’clock on the morning of the sixteenth, Robert Kellogg repaired to the Sherman House, w'here his first step was to scan the hotel registered arrivals of the previous day. He soon found the name, “D. M. Strong, M. D., North Carolina,” and directly beneath it in bold letters was that of the gentleman to whom he was to present his letter—“ John Thorn, Georgia.” “Is Mr. Thorn of Georgia in the hotel?” he asked of the clerk. “In his room, I think,” was the reply. “Please send up my card.” The porter was immediately dispatched wfth it. He soon returned, and Robert accompanied him to the second floor, where he was ushered into the room occupied by one who, for many years in his particular line, was one of the most remarkable characters that the South has ever produced. The man to whom he presented his letter was Lang Sellars of North Carolina, alias John Thorn of Georgia. Sellars was at this time in his fortieth year. He was of no ordinary physique, being six feet two inches in height, strong and compactly built, and almost as upright when standing as the long-leaf pines of his native State. “I was expecting you,” he said as he motioned the young man to a chair. “Dr. Strong and your sisters left the city at three o’clock yesterday, I suppose.” “They did, I am happy to be able to state that my father this morning received a telegram from the doctor, saying Janette was bearing the journey well.” Sellars w r as presumably reading the doctor’s letter. In reality he was studying the features of the banker’s son. Features, the contour of the face, the shape of the head, the expression of the eyes, the appearance of the individual, in fact all these combined, were to the Southern detective an index of the character of the man.

“The doctor,” he said presently, “did not inform you as to the nature of my business in Chicago?” “He did not,” was the reply. “He merely requested me to present the letter you hold in your hand. Whatever your business, if I can in any way aid you, I shall be pleased to do so.” “Thanks, young man. many thanks. My friend, Dr. Strong, has saved the life of your sister, and I feel that I can rely on you. I shall therefore be candid. First, then, I am not John Thorn, neither am I from Georgia.” “Why, then, my letter is not in the hands it was designed to reach. You should not ” “Rest easy, young man. Your letter has reached its destination. But John Thorn was a name borrowed for an occasion. Throughout the South I am known as Lang Sellars, and am, by profession, one of that unfortunate class known as detectives.” “Is it possible?” exclaimed Robert. “I have often heard and read, of the mysteries unraveled by that wonderful man. I am glad to have met you, Mr. Sellars. But why, pray, the name, ‘John Thorn,’ on the hotel register?” “Oh, with some ffctectives it is often necessary to record on hotel registers other names than their own. Somehow, I find that Lang Sellars has become known outside the confines of the ‘Old South State.’ For certain reasons I do not wish it known that I am in Chicago. The morning journals, as you are aware, publish a list of-arrivals at hotels. I had no wish that the name, Lang Sellars, should appear in that list.” . “I see.” “I should probably be visited by- your police officials, who, in the matter I propose to take in hand, have so far failed. And there may be others in your city whom I wish kept in ignorance of my presence here.” " “It is perfectly plain to me now, Mr. Salla rs.” “Yes? Well, I thought I could make it so. I am here for a double purpose. Partly to bring to the bar of justice the man, or

men, who assaulted and robbed the col. lector of the Union Express Company; partly, well, of that hereafter.” “If I could but be of aid to you. But I think you will find it a difficult matter to even obtain a clew.” “Oh, as to clews—clews are sometimes very obscure. A general knowledge of the facts as they occurred and a certain intuitive perception has before now led to the detection of the perpetrators of grave crimes. I shall not wait for clews in the matters I have'ln hand, though in one of them ■” “What can I do,Mr. Sellars?” “There is one young man I desire to have a conference with. On yesterday I visited the offices of the express company and interviewed Collector Elsworth, with whose statements in regard to this robbery the detective force of your city are familiar. He yet adheres to his statement that the man he believes to have assaulted and robbed him bore a striking resemblance in form and features to Earl Newberry.” “Earl Kellogg now.” “Yes, I understand. Well, later in the day I paid a visit to your father’s bank. I saw, of course, both the cashier and the teller. Earl I have seen many times on the streets of Wilmington.” “Oh, then he recognized you.” “Not at all. I was John Thorn when I entered the bank. I presented little the appearance that Ido now. I had no,wish to be recognized.” “You saw my father?” “As he entered the carriage before the door of the bank with Dr. Strong. You were of the company. I desire that your father be kept in ignorance of the fact that I am here, or have taken up the express case, or ” The detective did not finish the sentence. “My father kept in ignorance? And why, pray?” “Oh, for several reasons. But one will suffice —I prefer to co-operate with younger men, those more matured and of your years.” (To be continued.)

BOATS DRAWN BY MOTORS.

Electric Power to Supersede Horses on a French Canal. With the exception of the Erie canal experiments nothing has been done in this country as regards the electric haulage of canal boats, but in France there are perhaps as many as half a dozen different systems in actual operation, some of them hauling over 1,000,000 tons a year. If electric power is superior to horses for street cars, why is it not recognized as superior to animal traction for the heavier work of hauling canal boats. The system described here is now being Installed on the Aire and Deule canal. The method is peculiar in that what might be termed an electric horse is used to draw a trsn of loaded boats, the power being derived from an overhead trolley. This electric horse is in reality a form of independent electric motor carriage which travels on ordinary paths or roads dispensing with rails. An eigfat-horse-'power motor is all that is required, thus being geared to large driving wheels. These wheels are of iron, with aloe fiber rims, which gives the whole a certain elasticity and increases the adhesian. The electric locomotive is steered by the front wheels by the motorman in the cab, through a series of bevel gears. The electric horse weighs about two tons and can draw' a load of 387 long tons at a speed of about a mile &d a half per hour.

Another system by the same inventors, which is also to be used on this same canal, consists of an adjustable propeller and rudder, which may be attached to any canal boat, thus transbrat. The propeller consists of a motor hermetically sealed to its armature shaft, passing out through the casing and carrying at its extremity a threeblade propeller screw, which makes 300 revolutions per minute. The ordinary rudder is removed and the propeller attached in a very few' minutes. By this method a speed quite equal to that attained by the electric horse is reached, but a slightly greater power consumption. The current will be supplied from power stations at each end of the line at a pressure of 500 volts nt the boats. These two systems are lower in operating expense and maintenance than any of the other electric systems. Over fifty boats a day are to be hauled;rand the yearly tonnage at present is estimated at over 3,000*000. After charging off 6% per cent, for depreciation the investment will yield a fair rate of interest. So for one more service the horse is fast being displaced by electric power.—Philadelphia Record.

Nature’s Gardens in Alaska.

The most extensive, least spoiled and most unspoilable of the gardens of the continent are the vast tundras of Alaska. Ever summer they extend smooth, even, undulating, continuous beds of flowers and leaves from about latitude 02 degrees to the shores of the Arctic Ocean; and in winter sheets of snow flowers make all the country shine, one mass of white radiance like a star. Nor are these arctic plant people the pitiful, frost-pinched unfortunates they are guessed to be by those who have never seen them. Though lowly in stature, keeping near the frozen ground as if loving it, they are bright and cheery, and speak Nature’s love as plainly as their big relatives of the south. Tenderly happed and tucked in beneath downy snow to sleep through the huge white winter, they make haste to bloom in the spring without trying to grow tall, though some rise high enough to ripple and wave in the wind and display masses of color—yellow, purple and blue—so rich they look like beds of rainbows and are visible miles and miles away. * * ♦ And in September the tundra glows In creamy golden sunshine, and the colors of the ripe foliage of the hearthworts, willows, and birch—red, purple and yellow—in pure bright tones are enriched with those of berries which are scattered everywhere as if they had been showered down from the clouds like hail; their colors, with those of the leaves and stems, blending harmoniously with the neutral tints of the ground of lichens and mosses on which they seem to be painted.—John Muir in the Atlantic.

Making the Moth Work.

Few suspect that the common moth may be utilized as a decorative artist, but he may be, if only one be watchful, patient and acquainted with the creature’s habits. The larva of the moth has a habit of spinning about itself a sort of sac from the material upon which it feeds. As the worm grows it enlarges this sac by the process of splitting it and inserting new material. Now, if a moth-worm that has inclosed itself in red flannel be afterward transferred, sac and all, to white flannel, the growing insect will slit its red flannel covering and enlarge it with a portion of the white flannel. If, then, the worm and the sac be transferred to blue flannel, the creature will in course of time enlarge the sac with blue flanuel, and thus clothe Itself patriotically In red, white and blue. A cable’s length is one-tenth of a nautical mile (6,080 feet). The longest mile is the Norwegian, which Is within a fraction of seven times ours.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS.

From the Free Press. Detroit. MichA prominent business man recently expressed the opinion that there is one thing will prevent women from completely filling man’s place in the business world—they can’t be depended upon because they are sick too often. This is refuted by Mrs. C. W. Mansfield, a business woman of 58 Farrar street, Detroit, Mich., w’ho says: “A complication of female ailments kept me awake nights and wore the out. I could get no relief from medicine and hope was slipping away from me. A young lady in my employ gave me a box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. I took them and was able to rest at night for the first time in months. I bought more and took them, and they cured me as they also cured several other people to my knowledge. I think that if you should ask any of the druggists of Detroit who are the best buyers of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilla, they would say the young women. These pills certainly build up the nervous system and many a young woman owes her life to them. “As a business woman I

am pleased t o recommend them as they did more for m e than any physi-* ‘ cian, and I can give Dr. Williams’ Pink" Pills for P ale People cred i t for my

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general good health to-day.” No discovery of modern times has done so much to enable women to take their proper place in life by safeguarding their health as Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. Acting directly on the blood and nerves, invigorating the body, regulating the functions, they restore the strength and health to the exhausted woman when every effort of the physician proves unavailing. For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other diseases long supposed incurable, these pills have proved their efficacy in thousands of cases.

Her Strong Touch.

“My daughter’s music teacher says she is making fine progress now. At first w'e were afraid that she wouldn’t have strength enough, but she’s developing a wonderful muscle.” “Yes, I heard her practicing this morning and it struck me then that you had made a wise choice when you decided to have her become a pianist. You see, If she doesn’t succeed at that she

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