Ligonier Banner., Volume 44, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 July 1909 — Page 2

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AUTHOR'S NOTE. { ki ; The material facts in thia story of circumstantial evigences sre drawn fram an aclusl re “tordel case, only euch change of rames and locsl color being made as to remove them from the classification of legs! re ; ports to that of Rction, All the essential points of evidence however, are retaired

T ™ HE Calf Bkin club had as. ‘((' ‘%-\ setnbliod early for its wi 'k § x’;? iy Eeapinn and eave 'y hem J:. } ber was In hin nrogetomaed C.‘ a,;“ plvce with Judge Grower r:' in thke vhalr When the ragline business was fin lebed the chalrmian rose and uajd : We now wil Redr from Todge BtoakKes who weo trus! hus & slory rela tive 1o ciseumptantial evidence Judigo Bloakee " ludge Stankes a lafge man of -dig vified predones. Whose silver Ha'y aione bespoke Bis 90,years, rose and began A = e My story Ik of the troulded davs In Missoursi followltse upon the.tivil war. when faetional Faacor 71 ran high and the conquerss ahd the con C s :, s\-,,.: 79b?'_'f;*:‘ _l;‘ tward Rinils fr With secrel susiicion FE Lad ‘lust Bung 4o my shineis In » ittie: tows 1 the southern part aof the #late which Bl been the Rk { of factlneal wWarlare now ecapfured by L -’%:, now hold Uy Price. and ".n peatudly preyed Upan by the roving bands of lererilura of elidios fede Among the mioat paved feaders of thege intter was (ol i Parrar - Ancong the northers avmpathizers he wak classed with Quartied] and the Youn gers, bt when the sirugele was over he settiod dows guistly in the litle town of Chester and hls tall form, his fluwing mosisigohes his ("LZ:I,‘ £ hat and daone éoat hecame hio as (he costume did many ancther warrior af tha okt cauge ] “Cel. Farears houssholl consisted | of Lot one Hanghter 17 years of age ard of LAt rare 15 ;u'-f?‘ beautly which s 0 afton Crops Gut in AL adventurons and warline #lock Her pams wWas Liacila and ’n ina Bl the -heart of evary Yuuyng ihan oA flane I iy &it feil &t the Beat glance, and as 1 ook back down the long siretch of yaarg | ochn mes the hlack hair the rosy e and the fSashing eves of Lo eile Farrar aa 1 watehed her in stlent adoration in the meoting hn':_v«-n" upom: the strest or fiving along on her pony which seemed as full of life and splvits aa its falr rider “It was silent adoration upon thepart of us all, for never a giance did the fair Lucile have for any of us. But when Melvin lessure came to Chester ilt was different. Something fn her woman's heart must have drawn. her toward him, for all the indifference and all the scorn were gone and _they gave themselves up willingly to a love that quickiv ran the gamut from passing fnterest to pas sionate devotion. - : “The very mention of a suitor for his daughters hand was sufcient to send Col Farrar {nto a rage terrihle to witness. He noted the growlng intimacy of Lucile and Lessure with jealous anger. Hut he could not watch her alwavs, and many 8 time when he was away looking after the interests of his extensive plantation near the town we Jess fortunate youths saw Lessure starting on long walks with the fair Luclle - . “Melvin Lessure inherited all the firey fmpuisiveness_ of a long line of French ancestry and was not the vouth to brook long this uncertain entente of his lovemaking. He had a hig plantation several miles from Chester and had moved into town for the social advantages that looked large to us then. He was amply able to support matrimony in a style equal to-the best in the community. He was handsome, studlous aud courtly in” his manners and seemed to' be eligible from any point of view. The local Madame Grundy could find no reason why Melvin Lessure and Lucile Farrar were not a perfectly matched couple. ; - “But the rock on which their happtness seemed destined to break was that of factional rancor. Col. Farrar was of the south unreconstructed and unreconstructable. Gaspard lLessure, Melvin's father, had cast his lot with the north and had died at his own doorway defending his property against the enemies of his adopted ﬂag_ : e : ; 555 ~ “Melvin Lessure was no match for Col. Jim in brawn or bluster, but he hesitated not to go to him with his suit, and the storm he provoked I give you as it was later reconstructed through the searchings of the law. “‘Never, by the Almighty, never!’ roared the colonel. ‘Before 1 would see my daughter married to one of the accursed gisa&mns& my country I would slay her with- my own hands, Get out of my sight and never dare to ralse your eyes to a daughter of she Farrars. = = .

One Idea of Model City

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P ety AROAN 51 AP S e.A v e ‘ "Mueivin Lessure gzﬁ:sd with white taoe, < ienrhed hands and gritted testh while Lucile thraw herseif &t her father's feel and wsepingly heggod and Implored him o mitignte the hareh smentetoes Ml he east her rudely from him owilh & curse, and turning o Lessure with murder-in his ‘&.v.= il . : : : ‘, Y O &}"*):' Yo =want 1y caugh Lop A Why | shot sour father down in cold Do beeguse he diTored with me politicalls In you think 1l do iess for sam for trying o rob me of my dagphter? B 0 It owas v owha killed .my father,” returned Lessure in a valce beneath the gulel of which lay the e nee flxednoss of 8§ stern, unbending resalve. Then, Col Farrar 1 tell you that I wiil have your datghter and | wiil avenge my father Are you mine tiil death, Luecile? “'1 am )‘amr% gil death said the girl as she went over and placed her arm proudly about his peck. “Very litts was seen of Lessure in town after that and it was whis pered that he was staying outl on his farm and keeping out of the irate colonel’'s way - “About two weeks after his unsuc cossful interview with Farrar, which was unofsed abroad as soch things are {n a small town_ Lucile Farrar disappeareqd,and the tongues began to wag in earnest. When for & week she had ne! turned up the towns _peo ple, who had little jove for Farrar at best, were ready to belleve anything His threat egainst his daughter was known and the bolder ones did not hesitale to whisper that he had put it into execution Theése hints took form by degrecs and at Jast 4 witness came forward who told of passing the colonel’'s house, situated on the edge of town, late at night, and of hearing low moans and pleadings. At last suspielon took such flerce root that the sheriff headed an-in vestigating party | Col Jim was away and they had free run of the premises, " ; ! "“The search led to a cave In the side of the hili, once used as a cellar but long ‘since abandoned. There they found torn pleces of a dress, a bioody hatchet and some tangled locks of black hair drenched with blood The dreds and the halr were easily idemtitied as belonging to Lucile Far rar, 9 hatchet as the property of the colonel, - “When charged with the crime his knees tottered and he nearly fainted. He made no dlrect denial but moaned and cried ltke a child. During the trial that followed he seemed stunned and oblivious to what was golng on. “l will admit that the courts of to-day would be Joath to accept so inadequate a corpus delict!, .but our blood was hot in those times and it seems to me we hanged more than we do now. Service was had on Lessure and he teatified to the facts of the quarrel and the threat. Upon this evidence and the prisoner's failure to ‘deny they found their verdict of guilty and fixed upon the death penalty. . ~ “As the day of execution approached Col. Farrar continued in a state of almost total -insepsibility. But when the sherift came to read the death warrant he roused and ralsing his hand to heaven, sald: : “ ‘Before my maker 1 swear that 1 am guiltless of my child’s death’ - “They led him to the scafoid and on the way he passed Melvin Lessure who was watching the scene like a bird fascinated by a snake. Col. Farrar requested <he sheriff to stop, and

1 court, and they should be enly one lroom thick with & window ta front }and- back, and & door on a corridor i parallel to the street, and having as i many windows as the number of | rooms. { Every 300 yards there should be | streets running at right angles to the }nrst. The avenues ought to be as { wide as the houses are high in order !that the latter should have as much‘

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extending his hald to Lessure ex- | clatmed: 'Young man, 1 have wronged | you aud I have no wish to leave this earth with the {li will of any man | I ask your {mgivonm for standing | between you and my poor child and | for-the death of your father which I! believed to be in the live of duty to | ward my country’ - - ‘ “lLessure trembled viclently but 414 I not: reply or ralse his eves. The | march to the scaffold contipued. A | deputy was forced to suppert the tot tering form of Farrar while the shoriff | adjusted the black cap Then the! sheriff stepped back and all was in | readiness for the fatal word when Lessure sprang forward and cried in | an agontzed volce: . . "'Step! . 1 alone am gnﬂ!y»—-{g aloue!” . - i "The officers of the law called him | forward and demunded an explanation | He deciared that Lucile was not dead | but that they had run off and been married and his wife was then living | in conceaiment in St Louts, for féar ! of the wrath of her father aund until be could settle up his affairs and | joln her. But he had not divuiged to |

BOTH STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

Proper Respiration Adds to Each, But Is Too Little Understood. . : There will be fewer flat-chested wo men and much less nervous prostra tion when proper attention is giving to breathing, says an exchange. As Delsarte has sald, there should be “strength at the center, freedom at the surface,” and this freedom is but acquired by learning to use one's lungs at will- By developing and enlarging them the thoracic cavity is increased, and upon the degree of this power depends expanslgn. In order to control one’s nerves one must learn to command one’s involuntary muscles, which are diaphragm, the heart and . the iptestines. By breathing deeply and cqg;.romug one's breath and so increasing ome's lung capacity, the heart action is stimulated, and this supplies the nerve centers with fresh blood, and the nerves act upon the muscles and the brain upon the nerves and muscles. _ln order not to have any waste of nerve force, the chest should be kept

sunlight as possible. About every half mile there should be an open square. The avenues should be planted with groups of shrubs, six to ten feet high, alternating with pedestals ornamented with sculptures and supporting baskets of flowers. All the roofs should be flat, with plants, flowers, chails, and tables, and, of course, with an awning that could be rolled up when not needed.

To this plan another expert says there should be added an interior court, where a good part of the family

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ee A D io A& 405 AN A B i her a plan which had formaed in his brafn to revenge himeel! spon her father hoth for his issgifing words and fisr the death of ik ows parent. He had cut off & portion of ber hair while she slept and dipped I in the bieod of & lamb. He had aiso sprink ted biond over pleces of her dress The hatehot was easily procured There he had placed in the cave dur iog one of Col. Farrar's pumerous abd sonces from the house and there also he had himself emilted the mosns which had been heard He would have carried Lis hellish plot through to the end but that the colonel’s plea for forgivencvss at the galiows un nerved Rim - , e - "This confession was made partly At the pluce of exceution and partly afterward in the fail As soon as it becume clear that Lessure had an impartant statement to make the aheriff turned to fhe-colonel to take the in signia of death from his head Far rar, unobserved by all who were in tent upon the words of Lessure, had sunk Into a sitting posture . The sherlff stepped up to him and ralsed the biack cap. He was dead” “Lassure was immediately placed

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under arrest. He blew his brains out in his .cell that night with a pistol procured, no one knew how. Lucile went mad on hearing of the tragedy, and was confined some time in an asyvium. BBhe recovered and ended her days in a convent ! : “That, gentlemen, in my story ™ . There was a stirring of chairs and a general lghting of pipes which had bean allowed to go out {n the rapt attentién that prevailed while Judge Bloakes was b;x-ﬂkinx, when Judge Grower arose and said: 7 “1 believe 1 voice the sentiments of the elub 1n extending thanks to Judge Stoakes "’ : (Capyright, 138, by Josrph B Bowies)

active by deep inhaiations, thus loos ening the tension of unemployved mem. bers. The persistent and regular practice of a breathing exercise will not only do this, but will give poise and self-confidence. " : : The movements of respiration stand in a doudble relation to the nervous system, belng required to Introduce oxygen into the blood, which takes up the oxygen, and freeing itself of the carbonic acld it contains, the latter thus acts as a powerful stimulus to the lung nerves. ' One should remember to avoid col-lar-bone breathing, to cultivate the raised and active ckest, and to gain control of the diaphragm in order to bave complete mastery of breathing. It is not mnecessary to take a long, tiresome trip to some far away place in order to be taught to care for oneself, for nature will come to one's aid with joyful alacrity in one spot as well as another. : , But knowledge is not the only thing required. It is its =application that counts, and this means steadfast de termination. x 2 ,

life is passeq in somn Europeun countries. :

Busy Man,

“Mamma,” asked little three-year-old Freddie, “are we going to heaven some day?" “Yes, dear, I hope so,” was the reply. “I wish papa could 850, too,” contiaued the little fellow. “Well, and don't you think he will?” asked his mother. “Oh, no,” replied Freddie, “he could not leave his busi-ness.”—Tit-Bits. 5

Romances of Progress

-Bv Albert Payson Terhune GUTENBERG—Father of Newspaper and Book.

Jokn Gutentwrg som of an exiied pobleman of Maing, had an idea. The good people of Strasburg. whers the young man lived, early inihe Bftoenth ventury, gave jHlles credencs Yo any of his thearies Fur Gutenberg was shat would nowadays Yo kpows 38 8 “Betrichquick” crank He had fosted several schemon, borrowsd money to perfect them, and had in every case failed o sccomnplish more thas ihe tmporerishing of himeel! and Bis Nackers : - Gulenberg's newest (dea dad come o bim oo secing a full set of playisg rards which had beet constrocied by means of stamps. or dics. instead of by hand To the world st large thia labor paving process seemed wonder ful. Bot L meant nothing more than that 1o ABY OB except Gutenberg. I 3 sef Klm, bowever to thinking If a eollection of blocks with art ous designs carved on Ithem rould be need o mark 12 carda why could pot & similar et of blocks be made, each bearing one of the letters of the al phabet, and used for printing words, sentences. cven whole pages® For centuries a provess had been in use wherehy such words, phrases and pletures were carved umn»q«m@ bicks of woad, amearsd with ink covered with paper and subisted to a aquecse from s sort of cider press A Discovery and' The result war & Mow §t wes TOF TR R O . Made v £y reproduction of : o : the rarved letters or figures Kings had been wont tn use monograms carved on wood oF metal o elamp signatures to siate documents. In Ching. as early as 170 A. D a Tar more advanced form of printing flourtshed than Furope was destined to know for more than 1,000 years thereaflter ‘ ‘ But Gutenberg's dea far oulstripped anything thus far dreamed of Por he planned (hy means of many dupll cates of ench letter of the alphabet) the first fortn.of “movable type” By placing, of “setting,” these block Jet ters in correct position he could make quickly tn hig “torm " . : The press he devised war of two upright timbers, with cross pleces con. necting them at hottom and tap with two other cross timbers. of which the lower supported the “form’ of type A large wooden kcrew. ran from the upper timbeér down to the center of a wooden block or platen.. When the “form” was put in place and inked a sheot of paper was damped and laid over it and the screw turned unti] the pressure stamped the inked printing

SHAKESPEARE ---The Man Who Revolutionized Literature .

A youth of 20--the official “bhad boy” of the sedate town of Stratford-on-Avon-—was again in trouble. o This time oun a more serious charge than the heating of night watehmen or pil fering of frult or other time honored customs of the place - He was ac cused of no less an offense than the stealing of deed from the park of Sir Thomas Luey, chief magistrate of. the community. Nol 50 very many years earlier this had been a crime punishable by death. Even now—in 1586— it entailed heavy. penalty. The youth thus accused was Will Shakespeare, son of a formerly well todo merchant who had fallen on such financial {ll luck that this eldest w%&/o! his' had been obliged to leave school at 13 and go to work Young Shakeapeare was accused Dot only of stealing 8t Thomas deer, but of writing A scurrilous poem cogcerning the august magistrate himself. Altogether, Stratford became 100 bot to hold bim. He ran away to London. But for that deerstealing episode the world might never have heard of Shakespeare And the mareh of progress-—in. literature and language as well~would have lacked its greatest impetus. Though so young. Shakespeare had been married for about two years. His wife, Anne . Hathaway, was eight! years his senlor. Perhaps for this reason, perhaps from poverty, he left her and his children behind when he went to London. Practically penniless, the fugitive reached the metropolls and cast sbout him for some means of livelihood. But he had no love for routine drudg. ery nor ¢xperience in higher occupa- ; - tions. So he quicke P:?:::y st ly drifted to the ' theaters and re newed acqualntance with some of the actors with whom he had caroused at Stratford. He picked up a few pence by holding the horses of men who came to see the plays. Later he leased out this hostler job to a number of street urchins, who became known as “Shakespeare Boys.” From holding horses to picking up bits of work inside the theater was but u step. And in time he was playing small parts in various plays of the day. And so. for five years, went on his hand-to-band battle against poverty. Play writing at that time was the crudest sort of art. Indecency, illiteracy, wretched English, poor plots and dreary stupidity were the drama’s chief characterists. England, in fact, was far behind many other civilized pations in culture and literature. | Among the tasks allotted to Shakespeare in the theaters where he acted was the rewriting of old plays for use on the stage and. the adapting andi “building up” of parts to suit certain famous actors. At this he whieved]

Sure Proof. : “They say Thelma’s husband is a very amiable man.” “Amiable? 1 should say so. I have known that man to laugh at a joke when he was taking down the stovepipe.” . g : ¢ ; Different. : “He studied art with you, I Dbelieve?" “He did not.” “But he says he did.” “He les. I gave him art lessons, but he never studied.” < e

letters on the paper I was & simple primitive affalr, but 11 revolutionized fristing and made poseibls all fateq books and newspapers. Atd like mos! si+ps In progress, I Was . achieved throagh wafering : A - The plan dawsed on Gutenbery about 1448 Lo was then 2 years old For four years be toiled st bis inves tion He mortgaged or sold Every thing he owned, squandervd his whole fortune, borrowed every peany he conld lay hands on He was reduced 1o poverty. Sil he worked on. Hi wile was forced 10 scrape togeibes snough fucds to keep her husband and herseif frms staryation The wives of gepldsea have seldom had a 5 expecizily pleasant time in life They bave upsuaily borpe the hrunt of worry, wark asd unspeakable bhard sbif. while thelr husbands fsally reaped sil the credit and fame | Getenberg induced 8 Eoldemith Jokn Faust by name (o sdvance hir 1898 guilders o perfect the labor ol wakicg presa and pe Then 1a 1458, he ol o work printipg a jiible o : This was a labey Z:t;tm _“" ,'imﬁ' of Bve yeémrs I W invention. wak the first oo #rver printed. and came out tn 1458 The sxperiment was proved & succrss Primtiog was at las! o RKopwn art Ha B 0 ons was especially enthusiastic The publie did pot realize that the discorvery amounisd fo mueh Faus Avmandod the return of (e money he had lent ii;aﬁr:z’m'xg could nol pay Faust seized all the inventor's prop eriy, inciuding type, presses and oth o mackinery, and set ua'd printing estabilisbment on his owa account Thus, alt 54 Ggtenberg was. “broks robibed of his invention and obliged to siart }ife sl over again He began afresh, with more bLor rowed money, on a new set of ma chinery., and was finatly able to re sume pripting books Hel fow a new difficulty arcse Herstofore a gulld of copyists had made a living by writ ing out coples of books for public sal: Monks also had gained large sums by Hlaminating such books. The inven tion of printing, of course, robbegd both these classex of emplovment Hence artisans and churchmen .at tacked Gutenberg sicloumiy. - Worn out, childiess, alone, impor erighed, friendiess other men enjoy tng the fruits of his lifetime of labor puGr oid Gutenberg in 1485 dicd, hav ing won the usual earthiy martrrdom and lmmarial faime that seems the diral reward of nearly all great Prog tess-Makers ; i - - oprrighted ) e

!m instant and marvelous suceess.—a | Buccess - thal nooe” hut the greatest genius of kis country could ever have }-a?hié‘wﬂ*d for he not only revised the | pluys in question, but transformed E'tho:-n_a into vital, - brilllant productions ~—classics for all tme~couched iw sublime verse and diction and so %“hﬁi?)’ changed from their original form as to be practically new. Many |of the best plays attributed to Shake {:mare were thus rewritten by hHim gfmm others’ mand®eripts Nearly all the rest were taken almost bodily from old books, stories, poems or legends. This is not regarded as pla- | glarism, sinoe 1o each “horrowed” plot %S!ukmmr'é gave & new smetting and g treatment and new diction and clothed 1t In his own beauty of style. In faet, of all his plays. “Love's Labor Lost” {perhaps the poorest of the lot) ts sald o be the only one that was whol- ( ly original with him . . How . the Dhalfeducated, harumBoarum country bßoy ever amassed the %@d}}ffﬂliﬂﬁ~hﬁ write such classics has always been and always must remain & 4 ik ! g 1 Honsred and Per :rn:‘:a. ryurm‘in‘.fln‘: = pociten. revolutionized not écn!y the drsma but all literature as - well England -took and held a posltion in culture equal .to that of any nation. Queen Ellzabeth delighted to do the new- genlus honor. Great men vied for the chance of becoming his patrons. His fellow sctors and play‘El".'ixmfs in turn envied and hated him. . Hut he pursued his chosen way un;tmeﬁing.' continuing to write {or re- . write) great plays and to act in them. glk@ was an indifferent actor and was gsm,r‘«umm with no great parts. For instance, he played the Ghost in | “Hamlet.” Adam in “As You Like It,” | and similar minor roles. His salary as an adtor was about $5OO a year. !Por the -first few years his annual reward as a playwright was barely $lOO. But as his plays grew in favor he waxed rich. ' : : - In 1589 he ieft London and returned to Stratford, where he wiped off old [scores and earlier disgrace by buying the finest estate in the town. There, until the his death in 1816, he lived in luxury, courted by the children of the men who had once perse‘ycqted him. Even in death his genjus [‘showed itself, for he hit on a clever plan to save his remains from the disinterment so common at that time. This four-line verse, said to have been ihi‘s latest poem, was cut on his tombstone, and its wording has ever since Ivgnarded his grave from molestation: E"’(Bond friend. for Jesus' sake . forbear To dig the dust inclos-ed here, Blest .be the man who spares .these ; stones, o ! ? But curst be he who moves my bones!™ | ‘ (Copyrighted.) ; |

Al That Was Left. Church—=Did you see the hotel fire? Gotham—Yes. “Totally destroyed, I suppose?” “Everything but' a few sheets of writing paper on which was printed in large letters: *This Hotel is Absolutely PFireproof.' "—Yonkers States man. e i v “Sneaks.” “I see that steel shoes are now be ing advertised.” “Steal shoes, eh? Must be thess rubber-soled kind.”

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The compisting of & lew miles of govérament road sow in course of ‘i’*"afa’r-."fia‘.e}“, m#r? af Havaes, and the Bnisting s of some miles e B which wofk I 8 now heing pustied wesl 3 thatl city will wmake of three prov inres of Cuba before the pre l_s:'-:;'.v_‘;‘ir G out tunless existing plans abte de wmyed o etecelions obe -&G’y._f:a'*\“:-'ifi; 3‘4{*& fully apened for the frat tipe the fouring car. - . ‘ In each of thesd three provifees - Pirar del Rio. Havana and Matanzas —~Aghure s aiready compivie and in use n o nelwork of - r ~:;-'7»'.;rmsam.k from the Tespesiive .pr ¥ incial eapltais, Pioar del Ris city, Havana self, and the towh of Ma'apzas, e hetice the Nighways reach castward with Bantisgs de Cuba itself as Whelr ohied . tive poin! What Las been jacking beretofore has };«.ﬁ proper congec:, ton betwesn thess provineiai syw tetas and this i 3 now beipg rapidly suppiied L Government roads in Cuha o are pothing isss than f?iﬁrzi"fl’;f‘:'-“f*‘.r.; hogie vardswide, white and "‘-"'ff,‘ without, grades over six per cent cthal maxt i being Infrequenty withonl aharp curves, finisbed ail in Teiford mans adam and equipped - with “eulverts, drains and the hes! of bridges Over these highways arch ancient laureis, royal poncianas and other flowering trees. which make trave!l & cool de wEht the year arodnd -~ Wets one to asrend tn @ balivon he would discover that dark-green ritbons of foliage la!d arross the facé of the land wark the routes of government roads over Cuba. o e ‘These roads invite the automahilist to explore the .fairest country Imaginable; they lead him forth up gentle hilla and along the flanks of steeper highlands: into smiling, fertile val. leys where royal palm groves stand; by the shores of intensaly biue seas; or. agaln, within sight of green wooded mountains, @ark - and - irreguiar against a iuminous sky - : No desecription ean do the landscape of Cuba fustice. To be belléved it must be seén in all ltg fairy-like caloring and unuvsual combinations -of hill and vale, palms, pines and hanging merolds, wild wastes and. produc tive farmiands, sea, sky and mountain alternating or perhaps blended into exatic pamorama. | - e For instance. in a few hours; starting from Havana, {t s possible to cross Cuba from the Atlantic ocean on the north shore to the Caribbean s#a on the south. The distance from Havana to Batabano is but 30 miles or &. A fine road runs all the way, through very pleasant country, now level, now brokeén. by 'the. Managus hills, through which the highway finds & passage mmong thick clusters of trees without asgending a heaviel grade than five pér cent. 'Batabarg is the center of the spohge fishing industry and there {5 much ot intefest in the old town and espe clally)in the port itself, which Is some four kilometers distant from the town proper. : S NS Or froms Havana the car.may turn westward E’“Ybuewivng the north o:o’uti via Mari . Arroyo - Arenas, Punta Brava, H¥o Colorado, Caimito and Guanajay to Mariel, loveliest of Pinar del Rio’s few ports. On a hill over Jooking %cgﬁgmnse. ‘the Yay (round and perfict as an illustration In & primary geéography) and all the fertile, cultfvatsd Mariel: valley Is the “Rubens palade’” a minfature Alham-

To Improve Quality of Potatoes. jAn extensive: dealer in potaties in Betmuda hu%pipped to Avoca, Steuben county, ¥ew York, 125 bushels of a choice variety of this year's crop, to be grown iy that locality, the crop to be shippedTback to Bermuda to use as seed fof next season's planting. This ﬁ% is adopted to obtain hardy and ¥ us seed and in case the experiment is as successful as {t fs believed it will be it is: probable that it will be repeated on a much

larger scale in succeeding seasons. Most of the seed has already been placed among leading growers, who hg;e contracted to grow it for 40 cents a bushel. Last year a Bermuda grower put this method to trial at Waterville, Long island, and the idea is eviden'tly _gaining favor. : : His Reason. Daughter—Pa, why do you hang around the parlor while Mr. Sikes is calling on me? - B Fathor—l'm afraid you'll say some thing to him that'll make him a barden on mesfor the rest of my lifel—

bral intended o be 8 private pleasute _pesort. ol tecently purchased by the T.ku? srnment for hospiial putposes. Astomobiine climd the kill 1o its very docr . The prospect from the bulld : f.-?.;-: Gnper balconies §s almos! utireal; i bioks like 3 vast curisin prepared for soine gigantie theater Westward still from Guanajay the . government road runs on to Cabanas, ‘renter of the Dest sugar-producing re Cgion ib the west eountry Very ahort :‘zy 1 will reach Hakia Monda toward . which ¥ is working raphdly L The maln government road, which | pene will unite Ploar déi Hio city sod fsvana, is Snished to a point a Hitle Eherond Ras Cristobal, %25 kilomelers tromm Havana An excursion into the [ west by way of that main road s »'uw.tv!?. while To the north are the mountaing of the Organc range. balit Lon o a foundation of hard blue lHme | stone. byt honeycombed with faces whers dndians runawar siaves and | bandits once W 4, and iater. the Cu ban revolntionist made his ambush, culy 1o sally forth on gliven signal o Churn the towns of the svaliey pass {the froteha or defeat the Spanish- In cdrawn battles aw famoua az Cacars Cilrara Now American orange ErowP prw from thelr sstiales sirabg all | W ';; the line of the rallway, plenle Ll the caverns thern : ; W hen the ‘\‘ k§§szt:§f?§=.;'# of road be tween Ran Cristoabal and Plnar ded i!%fn on which work Is progressing. P are fAnished- the touring car will be admitted to the waorld's most {amons Uohiero region, the- genuine Vusita i Abajo Foads traversiog ail that { western end of the 13land are either { Antshed or rapidly Sciahing San Di ‘v:» de los Manos will then be acces sibie 1o the n‘:mm;'}b%‘«* turaing north trom Pasa Keal Esperanza, on the -gorth const, like Coloma oa the i soutl, can be reached from Pinar del Kﬁt' westward still bevond (hat ety Tother roads will be opened 1o Guane There are other roads ex tending esstward and to the south Cars should siow ‘up on approach ‘ng hamliels atdd sHlages This Is a [ vourtesy which should be the more readily arcorded. becausse it is not de ¢ mauded. but merely confidently ex [ pected as a watter of course. - e Few if any accidents have occurred [ on coumtry roads or in country towns i of -Cuba and because of this circum: stance the automobilist {s welcome ieverywhere -Half the charm of his [travels in this island wiii be gona ' when the ivery grin of appreclation | fades from faces of urching who wave after him and the countryman In the {field, like the housewife in the hut's [ doorway, ceases to regard him with lapproval as he comes and goes f 1t is customary in Cuba for persons ‘meeting on the road to salute each | other. Occupants of a car are recomi mended to try the effect of greeting | every passerby. The surprising varl | ety of smiles and grave Inclination of {head and body they will receive in Lrecognition . makes -the effort well i worth while : : ! The tourist will not find & knowl j«ig‘e 6! Spanish necesgary in travel !mg-' over Cuba. He should, however, i Jearn to pronounce properiy the name i of the place he means to reach before isett!nc out upon any excursion. I ; to say it tries his tongue too severely, i he should have the name written on | card In plain characters. Then, in | case of doubt as to his way there, he | need but pronounce the name or show ithn card to persons he meets. If he i will wave his arms about -in helpless | fashion and gaze all along the horizon ;anﬂous!y, while repeating the name iér exhibiting the card, it will be per. i fectly understood that he wants tc know the route to the place he mentions. - The tourist will find everybody willlng to help him; there will be npo attempt to misinform him. The Cuban who direcis him may not speak a word of English, but he will “converse so eloquently in pantomime that the traveler, even without any knowledge of Spanish, will understand. : * Keep Lime in Water Trough. . A little lim~ sprinkled in a watering trough used by borses or live stock will keep-the water sweet and prevent the formation of scum.

Another City for New York.

New York state now has 47 cities, The latest addition to the list is Lackawanna up in Erie county, near Buffa. 10, whose first charter Gov. Hughes signed a lew d#¥s ago. Lackawanna dates its growth from the establishment of the big plant of the Lackawanna Steel Company, from which the city takes its name. “While ity population,” says the Rochester Herald, “barely entitles it to urban clas. sification at present, there is eyery 4ndicatien that {ts progress will be rapid, and that in the next ten years it will fake its place among the better kno'n cities of the state.” Ar Impression of Zanzibar. A cur'ous sight is told of by a gen. tleman who was lately in Zanzibar. “Perhaps the most vivid impregsion that I brought away from my hurried visit to Zanzibar,” he says, “was that of geeing the native carpenters in the Cathedral carving the memorial to Bishop Smythies, and planing with their toes, which were decked with silver rings!” ,