Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1907 — Page 2

A SMILING VILLAIN.

CHAPTER XXlV.—(Continued.) They were very different at first, and it was Gerry who had to begin for them, but in the end Moyra got the full story. Vem had spent the night before with Delia, and they had both been very anxious to see all they could of the ball from which they been debarred. Por a long ttsse ihey bid watched the light* through the trees from the drawing-room window, bnt it had been very unsatisfactory, and persuaded Vera to go into the garden and watch at closer quarters. Moyra caught her breath as she listened. She guessed that they must have followed Miss Prior sound the house, although each had been ignorant of the other’s proximity. , “It was just about supper-time we scent across,” Del da' Went on breathlessly, “for there was nobody dancing nor any music sounding, and the hall was quite deserted. We walked right in—didn’t we, Vera?—and nobody saw us, so It isn’t sconder -thieves -did-ths-same. It wan while we were in the hall we heard somebody crossing the upstairs corridor, so we mb away into the portico, but it was no «ae, only just Bertram, who went off to ~lKe irupper-robm, I think.” "No, he didn’t, Del da, because- —— “Ob, yes, of course ! I remember now, because we went round to the side of the house and peeped through the conservatory glass to see what was going on there. They’d started dancing again, and we eould hear the music beautifully. Oh, it was tantalizing! And wasn’t it then, Vera, that-—-—" She looked at her fel-low-culprit, who took up the tale instantly-

“Yes, I was staring in right against the glass in file door that leads into the garden, and all of a sudden somebody's eyes looked right into mine from the ether eide. Oh, I was frightened!" “She shrieked and jumped back, and I saw that it was Bertram who was looktng out. Of course we thought he had seen us, and we just flew. But just as we got inside the shrubbery Vera must needs got stitch, so we had to stop until she was all right, and while we were waiting" —dropping her voice mysteriously—“we saw somebody come out of the darkness just by the orchid-house and cut away across the lawn to the avenue, and then about three minutes later we saw — we really did, Moyra—we saw Angus.” "Nonsense 1” Moyra said, her lips growing stiff and cold. But the girls protested in the truth of their statement. “He came out of the shrubbery, as if he had been hiding Ahere, and walked after the man who had gone to the avenue. We saw him distinctly. He was in evening dress and had that fur-lined coat on. We both knew bim at once." Moyra”sat silent. This ferrihle corroboration of Miss Prior’s assertion nearly overwhelmed her. Of only one thing she was conscious. She must let no one else suspect what she already knew. She counselled the girls to be silent, and to say nothing more unless they were absolutely obliged, and she read them an unusually severe lecture on their naughtiness.

“Yon sec, if you had dpne what you were told, and gone to bed, you would not have got mixed up in what did not concern you. I hope it will be a lesson to you both”—a reproof which Delda took in good part. But Moyra’s little efforts to stem the tide of vague suspicion that seemed tending in one direction were unavailing. Even ns she sar with the girls the sound of voices announced the Rector’s return, and a few minutes later Hammond appeared with a message that Miss Beresford was wanted in the study. .i Moyra obeyed the summons with a 11Ttle shudder; there* was a fatality connected with that room. Once before had she gone there to learn the shadow that had fallen on her path. Was she again to hear of deceived love, of faith and honour betrayed?

“Bat it is not true, no matter how strong appearances are against him. I cannot but believe he is honorable and honest,” she told herself with the bitterness of despair. In the study she found the two Fentons. Terry, a keen-eyed, alert-looking man, whom she guessed to be a detective, and her father. They all looked very grave, but Terry and Billy looked also indignant. Moyra fancied. It was her father who spoke first. “Moyra, we have sent for ybu to settle a point of dispute. Do yon know whose writing this is? Have you ever seen it before ?” He lali an envelope before her. The vising color in her cheeks showed that Moyra at once recognised the handwritb*. “I believe it ia Mr. Robertson’s writing,” she answered very quietly. “And thta?” The Rector laid a folded sheet of paper before her. Moyra looked at it. and then raised her eyes to her father's. “I should say it was the same.” Tarry uttered an impatient exclamation, and Billy leaned forward eagerly. “That letter might easily have been lying about for ttdu or blown out of n window o**something like that," he begaa. The detective turned on him quickly. “The post-mark on it shows that it arrived in London ou Monday, air,” he/said decisively. “No—there can be no aoubt that Mr. Angus Robertson was lurking about the bouse last night, snd it is greatly to be feared that he is Implicated in the Jewel robbery. The proved dmctt are as follows; He was seen'on the ten o’clock boat coming from Cat wham by several people, who also allege that Be seemed anxious to avoid observation. He wst recognised by two dr more persons as be walked from the ferry in this direction, and a Mias Prior" —referring go his notes —“has given information that she saw him crossing the lawn between the two houses Shortly before eleden. Evidence of his presence is proved by this defter addressed to him, and apparently

By VIOLET M. FLINN.

written by his father, which has been found in the shrubberies.” “But supposing he was here,” Billy said argumentatively, “it do-\sn’lT prove that he came to nab my father’s jewels. At that rate you could say I was implicated because, while I was upstairs, apparently changing my collar, I might presumably The whole thing is absurd.” “The strongest evidence lies in this letter,“ the detective continued, as If Billy had not spoken. “It runs as follows: “ ‘My dear son—What a slow coach you are! Had I been on the spot the whole business &ould have been over and done with months ago. Why don’t you force the game, and hurry events up? I hate delays; they are always fatal. Slow and sure was a muff. I believe in audacTfy— m“~eTeeTrTfytng go; —But—do;deav boy, hasten matters. lam growing Very impatient to hear that the jewel is yours. Why not make an effort during this ball, when attention will he rlistraced and he usual guards will be relaxed. If you don’t hurry, I shall come over and do it myself, so I give you warning. I know you hate to have your game spoilt. But after all, dear boy. I’ll do my best to believe you know best. You are opthe .spot, and know the ins and outs better than I can, in spite of your graphic descriptions. But in all our ups and downs -and adventures, we have never gone in for such a ticklish piece of work before, and it behooves you to be careful. But be sure you cable so soon as you can. It will be the happiest moment of my life when I read that the coup has been made and the victor's triumph is yours. ‘“Your affectionate father, “ ‘ALEXANDER ROBERTSON.’ ”

CHAPTER XXV. There was a long silence when the detective’s readingceased. The Rector stood erect and stern, Mr. Fenton glanced irresolutely from Billy to Moyra, the one hot, flushed and indignant, the other cool, white and, save for the tightly clasped hands, apparenty unmoved. “I again say you cannot accuse a man on such Billy said. Mr. Fenton fidgeted nervously. He was a kind-hearted man, but he naturally enough felt the loss of his diamonds, although at the same time he hated the position in which the Beresfords and he found themselves. Billy had strongly advised him to let the matter drop, and bear his loss as best he could; and now, seeing from Moyra’s expression how much this revelation of Robertson’s presumed duplicity affected her, he yvished he had taken his son’s advice. But when he began a remark to that effect, the Rector would not hear of it. “Certainly not! Such a proceeding ought not 40-be suggests. Justice must and shall be done. Suspicion lies upon one whom you met under my roof and in the guise of my friend ; suspicion lies even upon my daughter for haying betrayed the trust confided in her” —hjs voice growing very cold‘and stern —“that suspicion must be removed or confirmed. Moyra, will you bring Bride here?" “I have told you again and again, Rector,” declared Mr. Fenton, irritably, “that I do not think Bride is to be blamed in any way. I would much prefer that she is left out of the matter entirely:” Moyra rose very early the next morning, before the rest of the household were stirring. She had passecl a very wakeful and disturbed night, but in the dark watches, while Aileen slept peacefully at her side, she had come to a resolution which as soon as she was dressed she carried out. She went down to the school room, that looked very cold and cheerless in the light of the candle she carried. She lighted' the lamp and put it on her writing tnble, and then, with infinite pains, she wrote a leter. pausing often to wipe away the tears that obscured her vision. “Dear Angus —A very dreadful thing has happened. Mr. Fenton’s celebrated diamonds hiv» been stolen, and you have been suspected of taking part in the robbery because somg -people are saying they spw you in the grounds that evening, and also a letter has been found which was written to you by your father, and which they say you must have dropped. I am quite certain you could give a satisfactory explanation of all this, and I am writing to ask you to come hack at once and clear 'yourself. I kno-v you can do it. I am sure that you know nothing of this dreadful thiug, that you are as innocent as I am. “Ever vour sincere friend, “MOYRA HEREFORD.”

The dressing bell rang as she finished the letter, and. sealing it up. she ad dressed the envelope to the hotel at whit! Angus had been staying. Rut the Lon don mail went, and the letter was stir in Moyra's pocket. She had forgotten all about it in the new trouble and frtyh anxiety that had fallen upon the household. Bride had disappear^! Her bedroom was unoccupied when Moyra took up her breakfast tray, bu: for the moment she was not alarmed Bride was very fond of attending earl.\ service, and Moyra supposed she had done so. But drawing up the* blind even as she was thinking she ought to have stayed in bed and not faced the cotd morning air, Moyra cffught sight of an envelope bearing her own name pinned on the dressing table. She tore it open. It was from Bride, and was written in pencil and blotted wi*** tea-**, "Dear, darling Moyra—l am going away because I have brought trouble and disgrace on you. But indeed I never meant to tell. I did not know I had unit he said so. He was so clever; I. wish I had been a better girl. I have always been a trouble and anxiety to you. But you must forgive me. “Always your loving BRIDE.” \Vhen Moyra could move —for at first she seemed paralysed—she went straight to her .father, who was alone in the study. Her white face terrified him, and the name she uttered, as ahe watched his eyes travel down the sheet, and his healthy coloring change to a deathly hue, increased his terror.

% "Bertram Charter!*,” was the name she 'uttered. - - Her father sprang to his feet as if ha had been struck. “Moyra, what do you mean? You can’t think that Bride ” He stopped, his white face and anguished eyes turned to hers. __ “I don’t know—l know what to think. I feel as if I could not bear any more,” she cried helplessly. , It was Aileen who came to the fore in this-crisis. Her practical common sense and clear-headedness were the means of restoring their customary optimism to the stricken family. “Of course she hasn’t eloped with any one,” she cried decidedly, as they held & hasty oouncil of war. “She has been frightened and has lost her head, and has gone off to get out of the way. We all know what Bride is. No doubt she imagined she would be put into orison because she couldn’t keep a secret. Terry, you go to the postoffice and telegraph to the Hamtitons and ask if she Is with them. Word the telegram carefully so that Smith can’t gossip about it We must not let people suspect she has run away yet. Moyra, you. must tell the maids not to talk about her going, and, children, don’t say any thing ,of all this to any one. Father is the right one to tell the Fentons. Probably we shall soon get -a-telegr-am saying thatshe.iadther with Aunt Pat or with the Hamiltons.” Terry’s return with the disquieting news that the reply telegrams had said that Bride was not with her, friends or her aunt reduced their spirits to their lowest ebb. Moyra found it impossible to remain in the house, and when Terry got out his bicycle and prepared to ride to the railway stations in the outlying districts, she insisted upon going to the ferry herself,..—' “I must do something,” she told Aileen piteously, “I seal as though the inaction and suspense would drive me mad. Oh, where is she,* my poor, misguided Bride?” (To be continued.)

SHOULD HE PAY WIFE WAGES?

Clubwomen Disagree as to a Husband's Duly in This Res'peet. Ought a wife to receive wages? Is the service performed by a woman in the home worthy of the same remuneration as work performed in the office of the feminine professions, says the New York Evening World. ' * Philosophers of domestic economy are (jiscussing this point and New York’s prominent club women- take issue on tlie question. Mrs. Harry Hastings, whose study of economic questions, in addition to public and literary matters, has made her name one of the best known in New” York, takes sides forcibly against the wage proposition for wives. “Wages for the wife are impossible,” said Mrs. lickings to-day. “There la no standard by which you can measure the services of the wife and mother in the home. “Immediately a wife should accepJ wages for her service she would Assume an inferior position.” “But do you not think asking for money places her on the same inferior basis?” Mrs. Hastings was asked. ‘There should be no occasion fog that,” said Mrs. Hastings. “The wife is entitled to a knowledge of the disposition of the husband’s money. She should have a fair part for the maintenance of the house and a fair part for herself, independent of the household arrangements. “Men are more fair-minded now, and It is the common thing for the wife to receive an income. When I began housekeeping such a system did not exist. Woman’s advanced position in the world has changed all this. It is not necessary now for her to make a wage bpsis for her home.” Mrs. Sally Morris Cory, club woman and writer, says that wives should be paid wages. “There is certainly no degradation in a woman receiving wages from her husband,” said Mrs. Cory. “If there is a woman living who is entitled to a regular income it is the wife. “I have seen the practical illustration of this idea in my own experience, and I know that the happiest woman and the- happiest home is the one where the wife receives a regular income. A _—

“When a man marries he promises jo endow his helpmate with his worldly goods; therefore, it is only just that the wife should receive her part of the weekly income without question.” , “But do you consider the wife receiving a part of the income as wages?” Mrs. Cory was asked. “Do you put meh an arrangement on the basis of paid service?” “Call It wages if yon like." said Mrs. Cory. “I only know of my own experience. My father gave my mother a cgular allowance, but we knew that die was a good wife, and had she not been he would not have been foolish ‘nongh to give her the regular part of bis income.” “It has been contended." it was sugrosied. "tint such a monetary* arrangement will kill romance.” “Romance has absolutely nothing to !o with It. People can't live oa romance. There Is .always the practical side to consider. “It is pare sutlmeritnllty to put the husband and wife’s financial relations basis but that of regular payn>ent. There is no degradation In her receiving ivhat is hers by right.”

Caused by Kissing.

Eva —Do you consider kissing deleterious to the he 1 1th? Jack—l don’t know. 1 kissed a girl one time mid black sjwts came before my eyes. Eva —Gracious! Was It heart dlAwtm? Jack—No; she wore a veil. The passport system dates bnct to the time of the crusaders •<

LINING UP FOR 1908.

OUTLOOK f FOR NEXT YEAR'B PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. Pr«tdrat Rooievelt’r Attitude a> the Tariff Question Likely to Eierelao a Strong Influence Upon the National Republican Convention. The practical instructing of the two delegates from one of the Michigan districts to the next Republican National Convention admonishes us that from now on we may expect a gradual lining up of the forces that will contend for supremacy, first in the convention and afterward In the National osmpnign of 19QS, The reports from the National capital are at present conflicting but interesting. It is said that the men who,conducted the last campaign will endeavor to control and dominate the next campaign, while opposed will be found the Congressional Committee and the so-called anti-administration Senators. But these lines cannot be distinctly Lil cL'Y 11, IW XiunITIUUU ’Dttvrl Ultttx 'llttzf nounced himself as unequivocally for the President’s renomination, and Mr. Cortelyon is giving no ostensible comfort to the supporters of Mr. Taft. It seems more likely, then, that the two contending forces at the National convention will be divided on the issue of tariff revision. Tfierertls no doubt where Mr. Taft stands, nor is there any doubt where Mr. Cannon, Mr Fairbanks or Mr. Knox stands. We may go further and say there is no doubt, or should be none, as to where the President stands. To be sure he has not said much about the tariff during the last few years, but his utterances of three or four years ago are as true to-day as when spoken. At Logansport, Ind., in September, 1902, the President said:

“At all hazards, and no matter what else is sought for or accomplished by changes of the tariff, the American workingman must be protected In his standard of wages—that is, in his standard of living—and must be secured the fullest opportunity of employment.” Two months later, at the Union League Club banquet, Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1902, he’ said: “No nation has ever prospered as we are prospering now, and we must see to it that by our folly we do not mar this prosperity.” f In his famous speech at Minneapolis, April 4, 1903, the President gave much attention to the tariff. We quote several paragraphs, as'follows: “We have prospered marvelously at home. As a nation we stand in the very forefront of the giant international competition of the day. We cannot afford, by any freak or foily, to forfeit the position to which we have thus triumphantly attained.

“If a tariff law has on the whole worked well, and if business lias prospered under it and is prospering, it may be better to endure some inconvenience and inequalities for a time than by making changes to risk causing disturbances and perhaps paralysis in the industries and business of the country. % 1 ■. “The present phenomenal prosperity has been won under a tariff which was made to protect the interests of the American producer, business man, wage worker and farmer alike. For three years the President stood pat on these sentiments, giving forth no other opinion or suggestion, In either message or speech; but last year, during the Congressional campaign, he again fearlessly gave to the country his tariff views in a letter to Representative Watson, from which we quote as follows: -“We stand unequivocally for a’protective tariff, and we feel that the phenomenal Industrial prosi>erity which we are now enjoying is not lightly to be jeopardized; for it would be to the last degree foolish to secure here and there a small benefit at the cost of general business depression. But whenever a £lmi rate or schedule becomes evidently disadvantageous to the nation, because of the changes which go on from year to' year in our conditions, and where it Is feasible to change this rate or schedule without too much dislocation of the .system, it will be done; while a general revision of the rates: and schedules will be undertaken whenever It shall appear to the sober business sense of our people that, on the whole, the benefits to be derived Aom making such charges will outweigh the disadvantages; that is when the revision will do more good than harm.

“Let me add one vrord of caution* however. The question of revising the tariff stands wholly apart from the question of dealing with the so-called ‘trusts’—that is, with the control of monopolies and with the supervision of great wealth in business, especially in corporate form. The only way in Which It Is possible to deal with those trusts and monopolies and this great corporate wealth is by action along the line of the laws enacted by the present Congress Afd Its immediate j>redecessort. The cry that the problem can be met by any changes in the tariff represents, whether consciously or unconsciously, an effort to divert the public attention from the only method of taklnfe effective action.” r, Any candidate with such sentiments as ure quoted above should be acceptable to every producer mm d wage-earn-er.—American Economist. v :

PROSPERITY ON THE FARMS.

Deposits of Farmers Keep Coastry Banka Supplied with Money. The country banks, the number of which is much greater than in former years, - are well supplied with money, and the deposits of farmers are heavier tn the aggregate than was ever known before. Though the crops in general are not as abundant as in 190 G, which was one of the banner years of great yields, they bring high prices, and the products of the soil were never more remunerative. More than in any former period the government takes a practical interest In agriculture, and many of the most important issues of the day, like Irrigation and water transportation, touch directly the interests of farming. At Syracuse, N. Y„ last week was held a conconditions of the State. One of the speakers was Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, and a letter of some length was sent by President Roosevelt. Secretary Wilson referred to the education of farmers’ sons and stated that the Southern States are ahead of the Northern in this respect. In Georgia

.and. Alabama schools- of agriculture have been opened in every Congressional district, to serve as feeders to the agricultural colleges. -<The secretary spoke of the necessity of rotation in crops, and said that the department had found on the seventieth parallel of latitude, in Siberia, the plants that will -enable the wheat growers of the far north to keep up the fertility of their land. Abuse of the soil, in Secretary Wilson’s opinion, is the commonest drawback to American agriculture, and it exists in every State. The soil is drawn upon for more than is returned to it, and progressive impoverishment is the certain result. Few pastures are main-, tained in what can be called first-class order. Within a few years, the secretary believes, the farhier will furnish material for making paper, such as corn stalks, cotton stalks, flax, straw, hemp, ramie, and perhaps some grasses found abroad, while plants will be grown to furnish heat, light and power. Fuel from alcohol derived from potatoes or beets is quite practicable. The United States is trying to save 100,000,000 acres of forests for present and future use, but the prospect would be better if the. policy had been adopted years ago. Imports of wood cost $20,000,000 more in 1900 than in 1905, and the price of lumber shows the drain upon the remaining sources of supply, -An up-to-date farmer rotates crops, tile drains his lands, keeps up good fences, pastures and garden, breeds draft horses, with mares and growing colts for farm work, keeps dairy cows or mutton sheep, or both, reads good liferatiye and maintains a comfortable home. Neglected lands can be brought back to full fruitfulness.

The letter from President Roosevelt said that for the future welfare of the people all available agricultural land will be needed, and that any decline in agricultural interests would be ominous. In New York there has been J !t falling off in the value of farm property, but a remedy exists in the scientific study of soil adaptation, an extension of animal husbandry, proper fertilization, the teaching of practical agriculture and the strengthening of farmers’ organizations. The United States Department of Agriculture, in connection with the Department of Commerce and Labor, the President remarked, should be in close contact with the farmers and their representative organizations. As the country is aware, the Agricultural Department-is carrying on a work greatly broadened, and in a vigorous, effective manner. Its duties have been multiplied with the gratifying result that it counts for more iu all directions. St. Louis Globe Democrat.

No Selfish Policy. The tariff policy of the party in power is nearly as old as. the party itself. The party has constantly supported the great policy from the days of Abraham Lincoln. It gave to it Its allegiance. It adheres to It not from any sentimental consideration, but because in Its judgment It lays the foundation of confidence and prosperity; because It tends to build up American industry, diversify the employments of the people, enlarges the opportunity for capital and labor, and Improves the markets for the products of the farm. It is neither a selfish nor a restrictive policy, for its benefits are generally diffused throughout the country.— Shelbyville (lud.) Republican.

Will Not Go Behind the (letnmi. Although the surrender which has been made is attended by some reservations, designed, at least ostensibly, to circumscribe its scope, these are likely to be found wholly Illusory, and hereafter it will be the rule to admit German imports at the exporters' valuat ion. 4—»—__ Only In the event of some gross and glaring inconsistency will the appraisers, under the system now established, feel called upon to go behind thp returns for the purpose of arriving at a valuation of their own.—Trenton Gazette. •The Norwalk “Reflector” discusses the question of tariff revision and raises the question as to where It will begin and where It will end. It will begin when a Republican Congress is convinced by testimony other than that of free-trade Democrats that it is necessary and end short of that point where it would In any way impair the principle of protection to American Industries and American labor.—Tiffin (Ohio) Tribune. ’

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1290—Jews expelled from England. 100O —Columbus arrived a prisoner at Cadiz, Spain. 1589—Paris attacked by Henyy IV. 1605—The Gunpowder plot discovered. 1674—New York city evacuated by the 1681—Algiers bombarded by the French. 1685—La Salle and his followers left the Lavaca river on the Gulf coast in search of the Mississippi. 1687-—Gov. Andros of New York arrived at Hartford and demanded the surrender of Connecticut’s liberal charter. —Landing of William 111. at Torbay. V 1701 —City of Philadelphia chartered by William Penn. 1715—Treaty signed by which the Low Countries were ceded to Emperor Charles VI. 1736 —Earthquake destroyed Lima and - the port of Calleo. 1755—Nearly 60,000 persons perished in earthquake at Lisbon. 1765 —Stamp act came into force.... Governors of all the Colonies except Rhode Island took oath to execute the Stamp act. —r—--1772 —First town meeting held in Boston. 1775 —St. John, N. 8., captured by American force under Gen. Montgomery. .1775 —Washington defeated by Gen. Howe at battle of White Plains, N. Y.

1783 —Washington issued his farewell address to the army. 1785—Last session of the old Continental Congress opened in New York. 1789 — Lettres de Cachet abolished by the French National assembly. 1790 — Gen. St. Clair routed by the Indians on the Wabash river. 1803 —-Frigate Philadelphia ran on a reef and officers and crew made prisoners by the Moors' 1806 —Revolutionary outbreak in San Domingo.

1810—France removed its restrictions against American trade. 1814—American force started on expedition to take Montreal. 1825 —First boat reached New York City from Buffalo by way of the Erie canal.... Opening of the Elbe canal celebrated at Albany. 1841—'Sir Alexander Burnes and twentythree others Cabul. 1844—The Royal Exchange, London, opened by Queen Victoria. 1852 —Franklin Pierce elected President -—“-of the United States, 1854 — Russians attacked .the British at Inkerman. 1855 — Dr. Livingstone discovered the great cataract, which he named Victoria Falls. 1861— Gen. George B. MeGlellan appointed commander-in-chief of the United • States army, 1862 — Gen. Grant began his advance on Vicksburg. 1861 —Nevada admitted to the Union as the thirty-sixth State. 1867 —John Morrissey, pugilist, elected , to Congress from New York. 1873—Second trial of “Boss” Tweed began in New York. 1875 — Richard P. Bland of Missouri in-. troduced free silver bill in the House. 1876- —Many thousands of people killed by a cyclone in Bengal. 1880 — United States and China concluded an emigration treaty. 1881 — Denver became the permanent cap ital of Colorado. \ 1885 —Canadian Pacific railway opened between Montreal and Winnipeg. 1889—North and South Dakota admitted to the Union. 1892 — Monument to the Chicago anarchists who were executed for the Haymarket outrage dedicated in Waldheim cemetery, Chicago. 1893 Bill repealing the Sherman silver purchasing act passed by Congress and signed by President Cleveland.

Transmutation Now a Fact.

Prof. Otto N. Witt of the Technical high school at Charlottenburg, Germany, an authority Bn radium experiments, now asserts that the latest experiments of Prof. Ramsay show that the influence of the energy contained in radium emanations well-known elements like copper can now be converted into others just $s well known. This proves that the ancient alchemists were on the right track. Four years ago'Ramsay discovered that radium emanations changed to helium and later that this is the source of all the inactive elements. Latterly Prof. Boltwood of Yale has shown that a new element exists in the uranium minerals, where radium is found, and which is the parent of radium. This new element gives off both alpha and beta radiations, produces no emanations and resembles theorium. lonium is the name proposed for this substance. ■ "TVI ■ II 11-HI- I »■ A commission agent in the Paris fruit markets recently shipped a basket containing 63 selected peaches to London. The price for the lot was 9510, or about $9 each. ’>