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Piece tie Wasblngton monument era* opened. 14 years a«o, 2,062,000 jwrsons have ascendeJ to the top of the shaft. In spite of efforts to protect the monument from vandals taro of the large memorial atones In the Interior were defaced recently by the removal of the letters of Inscription. The work was done by m> men, who “wcaped before it was discovered. Sergeant Hoff, the fambus sharpthooter of the siege of Paris, died in that city the other day. HeVad acted os Janitor of the Arc de Triomphajor a number of years. At the time of the fclege of Paris he became a terror to the Prussians. He used to 0o out at night, crawl along on his hands and knees, and approach the Prussian lines, where he wbuld shoot any oX the enemy who exposed themselves.

For some years there has been manufactured in Austria a product called coffee of figs which is much ' appreciated in Germany and in Aus-tria-Hungary. Its nutritive power Is considerable. It is obtained by drying fruits—especially figs—and mixing them with .coffee. It acts as a coloring agent and diminishes the excitant quality at the coffee and corrects ita bitter taste. Several establishments in Algeria now manufacture 1 fig coffee which is already much used

In Europe.

It has long been the popular impression that the Chinese language, like the Chinese people themselves, was a curious compound and almost beyond the comprehension of an Occidental lit. But It Is a matter of interest to know what some of its peculiar filOcultles are, as they were stated ty Professor Herbert Allen Giles, the English Orientalist. It seems that there are really two distinct Chinese languages, the spoken and the written. The former may be easily acquired, but the latter, the "book language," is

.% study of a lifetime.

A French company is running a telrgmpb line across the Sahara desert, lot instead, of stringing the wires on toles'it is planting them underground. The wires are inclosed in an ‘ armored table, .which is buried between two and three feet in the send. To save putting a trench a specially designed has been constructed which opa allt the required depth in the (round, pays oat the cable from a puiiey. and, then'covers'if np with the mrth ejected in opening the alip. This ngenious apparatus is then followed >y a roller which packs the dirt down m the cable. All the dangers which . hreaten the Ufa of an. overhead teletrap b line are thus avoided. The line

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The work of counting the tarns of the United States is facilitated by machines working antomatlcalky. The system consists in recording vn cardboard, by means o< holes perforated at suitable plan*, the Indications of the separate census returns or bulletins. Tbq cardboards are then placed in a machine .which automatically turns up the data fed Into 1^. The me chine has a series of points corresponding to a)] possible positions of the perforations. Wherever a hoi* exists it Is traversed by *se o( the PM»lv whl/h passes through it iato contact with a cup of fuicksilver placed betawj the dartboard, and this costact/compMes an electric circuit that Beta on a registering apparatus.^ Unless,a cart has been pertorated gt a given polftt am retard Is made. There art five spits of cards—for Individuals, for famines, tor aiortafity. for farms and for bar* vesta. At the last census there wpas need. Inround numbers, about fi.fita,•00 farm cards. 115.000,006 barrest tarts. 76,000,000 individual carts, 16,MBMf* family carts ' and IJOO.OO* mortVmy carts. Some 8000 to IMOT sards can be handled by each teashine without error. The system (has described in its larger oatilnss i been perfected in many details sad 1* regarded as fulY successful,

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CHAPTER XTY. -— Continued. The feminine portion of the population was Strongly antagonistic to Nell on account of her undoubted claims to beanty; and tbe strong feeling agalast her was undoubtedly the result of simple Jealousy rather than a solid opinion founded upon her own conduct. The

the women,-were not inclined to warm partisanship on behalf of the girl, who had always displayed a marked Indifference to their attentions. There was many a young man In the crowded conn that day who found a secret

salve for his wounded vanity In ths thought that the girl who would vouchsafe him so much as a look

thought tb

who would £

come to grlefvbetween two admirers, one of whom yras not n lover to be proud of. while the other had brought himself Into a dangerous position. On tEe'whple, therefore. It was Miss Bests! rather , than Nell who carried the sympathy Of the ordeal. When the little, thin lady, with the pinched face and the faded hair, stepped Into the witness-box and kissed tbe book with grave and dignified reverence, there waa little or no laughter at her odd costume cf fifteen years before, at the - •girl-of-tbe-period” abort Jacket, buQcbed-up gown and Tyrolese bat which, once so •‘smart” and up-to-date, had now become such a quaint relic of tbe past People pardoned her eccentric dress, her prim little manners. In consideration of the goodness of heart which bad caused the little Wdy to bold out a helping band to tbe poor scapegrace and to champion the cause of the man of the people against the

gentleman.

Every ear In the court was strained

to catch her words, but tfie little woman spoke out well. In a thin, almost shrill vole*, Indeed, hut with a dis-

tinct utterance which made

rord carry from end to end of tbe "I understand, madam, that

very ball.

t person who Is known to have spoken to Jem Stickels before

hia death r said the

were the last person who Is known i Jem Sti he coroni “Yes, sir." answered Mias Theodora,

e cott

heard of his accident, learn how he waa" “He opened the door to yon himself, 1 believer “Yea sir; be did.” "And he was very snrly to you, 1

believer

“Yea sir. be was rather. He was much excited, end said that we should hare to answer some questions tomorrow morning.” At these words every man and woman in the court felt stirred to a deeper —- ere tw " “He said you would be asked some questions? What did yon suppose him to mean by that?’ “I hardly thought about it. He spoke In a wOd way. He "was very angry and excited. All 1 thought about was trying to pacify Min." “Did It occur to you at all that he had any idea of making away with

himself r

, This queaUon evidently took the witness by surprise. Miss Bostal stared at the coroner in frank perplexity. It

the '

was clear that 4

t notion was new to

“No, air, I certainly did not think

that.”

“Yon had no idea what be meant?" “Well, sir. I thought he meant t# refer to the story that has been abauttb? story of s«ne. robberies. not fas from where he lived. He often used to say he knew who the thief was." At this Ingenious reply, which slipped out of the witness's mouth without her haring any idea of the ' l.^he was throwing down, a great sensation shook the listening crowd, and called forth cries of silence from the poicc.

usual state? man who Is teel command

of himself?" asked the coroner, much to the disappointment of tbe listeners, who were more Interested in the mystery .lying underneath the story than In tbe death of Jem Stickels. "Oh. yea! He seemed quite himself. We were surprised to find him like

that.”

sr-ifeiL be had received? Did be make any

"He was much excited, yoi be seem otherwise In hit ui X mean, did be speak as a a In perfect health. In peitec

'Soar whfla 1 eras there.” 'And now. madam, l most ask you Mother qie*tk>n. How fah h h from your boa* to the spot where lb« deceased was found.

“K yon go by the fields. It must be tbe tit a mile And a half. By tbe road. >. should think nearly two mDea"

At this point the

police nodded to'the coroner, to express

his sssent to his ctlcnlaUM!.

“And now ten me. if yon please, what time it was when you left the cottage, when yoa saw tbe last of tbe

deceased, that is to ssy?"

“It was.-about ten minutes pan acr-

-How did yon fix the time?”

ning-r

i return home. And It was

and l

and twenty minutes past

my father then five

seven."

you reckon t a quarter of '"Yei. It Is about three-quarters of a mile, by the way we came over the

fields.”

There was a short pause, and the listening crowd, now more on the alert than ever, waited breathlessly for the coroner's next question. It came in a rather surprising form. “Caa .you tell me. Miss BostaL whether'you and Miss Claris remained In each other s company free ment yoa returned bom father’s return T’ Miss Bostal reflected. "* “Not quite all the time,” she answered. “I tore my dress on a nail as

tbe b rls to

while I ran up to my room and mend-

ed It"

"And bow long were you upstairs?" “About ten minutes or a quarter of an boar, I should think.” “You have no way of fixing the

bad no reason to take particular of the time; but 1 " '

it was 1

qusrter to eight when nto the dining-room and

elng tb: es and

that

minutes

T Went down ini

lit the fire.”

“Was Mias Claris there?” ’ "No. She came ta with the tea not long afterward." “And what time was that?" “I cannot tell exactly. But I think It was soon after eight” “And during that time that you were

Id the dining-room by yourself, did

bfar her moving

"I don’t remember noticing.

g about in the kitebe

I you enT"

thinking of

tb« fire. It wonld not

I

you door and the time she brought In the

“Altogether, then, I gather

what you have a era of an hour

time you left Miss Claris at tbe back-

hour elapsed between the

hearing her during that lime! “I certainly did not see her.

There waa another Intent'pause. “When you did see her next—when she brought In the tea. that Is to saydid she seem agitated, or was she calm?” “Shs was very much agitated. She bad baca crying all the time, I think

“I must thank you for the clear way in which you have given your evidence. Only one more question. Would it be possible, do you think, for a person to get, say, to the place where the body was discovered and back again in three-quarters of an hour or a little

more?'

The crowd In the court Deemed to draw a deep breath of unanimous consternation. Only the witness seemed to ignore the drift of the question, wonld be absolutely impossible, sure.” she-answered In surprise.

I am sure. "And yoi

more 1

, “As sure as I can be, considering that I took bo particular note of the

time.”

“Thank yon. That is all I have to ask yoq at present, though It is possible we may hare to recall you. Gentlemen.” he went on, turning to the Jury, who were already springing up with their questions. “X think It will be better for you to bear tbe erldeuce of the doctors before you ask this witness any further questions.” They sat down again, and again there was a buss and a bum of excitement in tbe court, and people looked at one another and began to ask one another whether it waa true that Nell Claris had been brought from tbe station, and whether she would be called as a witness. Tbs

hree-qnarters of an hour?” as I can be, considering

uory was growing more mj Tbe bun subsided na tbe <

doctor who

saw roe ooay Delore it waa moved took the oath and gave his evidence. He had noticed nothing to give him • due as to the cause of death In the first cursory examination he waa «m» to make ont of doors. "You afterwards, with tbe assistance of Doctor Clarces made a thorough examination of tbe body?” “And were yen tbenaWe to come to somy definite conclusion T" “I was. In the right side of tbe bead I found a small wound, and. after probing for some time I found a bullet Imbedded in the cerebellum." CHAPTER XV. To say that you could hare.heart a pin drop in the crowded court at Btroan when the doctor announced

of poor Jem Stickels is to understate the deathlike silence which fell upon

the dense mass of listener*.

Not one man da twenty among the' crowd had been prepared .for this sensational disclosure, which bad. indeed, been communicated to no one but tbe I police. This new fact threw such a sudden light upon .he case, thrusting oft. as it did. ah possibility of hit bav-

“I looked at my watch when we got lag com* to bis death through acdnek Ms* again, to sen It It waa time -dent, that every man and woman p

ent needed a moment'a breathlnj

to grasp ' thus abi

abruptly presented.

In tbe mean:

i his <

the doctor went

which was technical and uninteresting to the majority. But the crowd was able to fasten on to the Important facta; that the shot bad been fired from behind the man. and from the right side of the road, supposing the victim to have been coming toward Btroan; that the injury could not have been self-inflicted, and the crime had been committed within a very short time of the discovery of the body. "Can you give us an opinion, doctor, as to tbe length of time which mast have elapsed between the firing of the shot and your inspection of tbe body?" "My opinion U that death had takes place within an hour, and probably within a much shorter period." w “Can you give us your reasons for this opinion?"

warm. At

body wsd sti it was a cold night, and the body was lying In a very open situation, tbe cool ig process would be very raold.” “Can you un us the tlmF exactly when you made this first examination of the body and came to this opinion?" "It was sixteen minutes past eight

Ived al

lay at be tween twenty and five-and-twenty minutes past.” 'And the body bad. la your opinion, been lying there about an hour?’ "Or considerably less." “Yon wonld suppose, then, that death had taken place at about what time? Or Is it Impossible estimate than that

> get a

loser estimate than that?”

“It is difficult to say exactly, of onrse. But I should be strongly in-

course.

dined to put the time of death at eight o'clock, or even later.” "At, in fact, a few minutes before the body was first discovered by the

boy?"

“A very few minutes.” j There wss another sensation among the listening throng. "I should even have expected.” went on the doctor, “to hear that the boy bad heard tbe report of a firearm." Every one looked toward the unhappy boy. Charles Wnllett, who. ha? ing gi^en bis evidence. w«* now sltting in court. On tbe suggestion of one of the Jurymen be was called and questioned again. Bet be maintained, with bot blushes of confusion at the notice thus directed to him, that he had noticed no noise; that he had seen or beard nothing to attract his attention until be came npon tbe man lying on his face at the side of the road. “At least " He stopped short, and from crimson became very pale. Then be beard a murmur in the court behind, and be began to loo^ scared and to tremble, j 'That's right, my boy." said tbe coroner, encouragingly, "think well before you answer, and then tell ns everything, even the slightest thing that name under your notice." "Sir,” said the’boy. turning red and white alternately. “I did hear somebefore I turned the man, but 1 never thought of it before this minute.” “It was what 1 took for Mr. Wells shooting at the birds, sir. He’s always about there with his gun, and to

statement, drawn forth so tardily and so unwillingly. Hearing, ak he said, the firing at the birds so often, tbe soond had no significance for him. and it had not even struck him as singular that the farmer should have been out

shooting so late.

There was a shade of disappointment In the court at the Idea that Jem Stickels might have been shot by accident, after all, In mistake for a sparrow. Bat this notion was quickly put to flight by the calling of Mr. Well* hlm*elf. who was ia court, as a witness. He was never out shooting after dark, and on the previous day he had been at Canterbury, and had'nat

returned home until past

. This new link in

dence. *

clue ti

nine o'doc

new link in the chain of erice. fcnnlng'aa it did an important e to the exact time of Jem’s death, resulted In a little conversation between the coroner and the *up«tatendent of police, and In the calling of Mrs.

Mann as a witness.

"Your husband ha* told us. Mrs Mann, that tbe deceased passed you on his way to the back door. And we have beard that be said he was going to hare hi* pipe and his glass of beer. Now did you notice in which direction I did." answered Mrs rout woman, who could persuaded to give her evidence

except in a Whisper.

"And did be go in the direction of the Blue Lloar .v“No. sir." . There waa another murmur, quickly

oppress ed-

"Whlcb way did be g “Be went Into tbe 1 iad a wash, and then nis room, which be w— - — wooden steps a* is In tbe wash-house. And I watched him for fear be should leave his candle a-burnla’. Which be did. so I goes up and puts It out, so ildn't bum t* waste like.'' >w long was he there T’ Ibis tbe witness could not unto give a straight answer. “She couldn’t ’ardly say;" “she didn’t rightly know." “It might be a ’alfj»our,-" it might be more. She eventually admitted that It could scarcely be

leas.

now possible to

ideal" i to <

. —lest ——_

which ce could have reached the spot

— * '-antes

Bo that it sc*;—— —~ -• w--——— . tUt the Utne of Jem's death at a tb between ten minutes to eight, wbten was about tbe earliest moment by

Wold b

he was found, and ten mint jrblcb was the time at which

I bo:. Charles Walletl, had dUcov*

'me body

To be,Continued.

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