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fiOVEINS W EXECUTION fount Tolstoi Declares this the policy of Czar’s Government. liiWN DEEDS ARE COMMON n Author Declare# That He Can No Longer Endure the Crimes Committed in Russia. I ondon, England—The Daily Chron three close columns of the icle i llll, . ... i passionate and severe mdict in'ii' ever penned 'by Count Leo Tol j t he Russian author, in which he * ’ all his old vivid skill, of the S resent system or ‘government by ex -1 „ f j o n" m Russia, the article con eJ dint , with a noble appeal to the leper Mature of his countrymen. During the course of the article, the count writes: ..j c an no longer endure it. I write [lis * * * either that these inhu uui deeds may stopped or that my connection with them may be snapped ' nd [ be put in prison, where 1 may nearly conscious that these hor fon-; are not committed on my behalf, o- still better (so good that I dare not even dream or such nappiness), that ij. ' may put on me as on those twen or twelve peasants, a shroud and a can and may push me also off a ' oenctl so that my own weight may lighten the well-soaped noose around my old throat.” Aftei describing wholesale execu t;ons in gruesome detail, Count Tol stoi says: All this is carefully arranged and planned by the learned and enlight ened people of the upper class. They arrange to do these things secretly at (lavbreak and they so subdivide the responsibility of these iniquities among those who commit them that each may disclaim responsibility, and not these dreadful things alone, but all sorts of other tortures and violence are perpetrated in the prisons, fort resses and convict establishments.” With regard to the government’s contentions that there is no other way to suppress the revolutionists, Count Tolstoi! while admitting that the rev olutionists’ crimes are stupid and rep rehensible in the highest degree, ac cuses the government of doing the same thing for the same motive and adds: • All the revolutionists bombings and murders do not come anywhere near ihe criminality and stupidity of the deeds the government commits.” “JOCK”" FLEMMINOIs DEAD. Won Fame by Taking Cruiser Talla hassee Through Northern Fleet. Halifax, X. S— “ Jock” Fleming, who won renown during the United States civil war by taking the confederate cruiser Tallahassee out through the eastern passage in Halifax harbor, in 1864, eluding the northern fleet that was lying in wait, is dead at Ketch Harbor. He was 98 years of age. Fleming had been a pilot for over 60 years and while he figured in many adieu lures his most famous exploit was that of the Tallahassee. The Tallahassee was trapped in Hal ifax harbor while coaling, by a strong northern fleet, and was given forty eight hours by the British admiral within which to escape or surrender to the British flag. In the dead of night Fleming took the southern cruis er down the eastern passage, a shal low unused channel on the eastern side of the harbor used only by fish ing boat, and when morning broke the Tallahassee had vanished. NEW COLLEGE AT MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. One of the First of Its Kind in the County Opens September Ist. Milledgeville, Ga. The American Cotton College, an institution for the education of young men, farmers, warehousemen, cotton buyers and oth ers, in the science of classifying and grading cotton, has been instituted here bv Prof, J. H. Dickinson and Mr. fC L. Wall, the well known cotton and expert, and will begin oper ations on (September Ist. Suitable quarters have been secured and a lat ’ge attendance at the first sessions ts assured. The new college is one of a very * ew of the kind in the country. Lasses will be taught by correspon dence as well as by person and this eatun* is sure to become popular. PARDON THAT WAS USELESS. Seventeen Years After Man Had Completed Sentence. j olumbus, Ohio. Eighteen years Iter George Swanston completed his n --year sentence in the penitentiary for violating the United States Pension laws, a full and complete par lJ!t arrived at the institution. CHINESE IN BOX CAR. N ‘ ne Men Had Been in Closed Car * rrorn San Francisco to Baird, Texas, k Texas.—A deputy sheriff ro .\j the seals off a box car at Baird, exas - an J arrested nine Chinese, there, who, it is alleged, '-L being smuggled into this coun- * * le c ar came from San Francis p° and arul w as consigned to Pittsburg, be ~ was about half loaded with * n sac^s and the Chinese had a '. nit fort -y gallons of water in cans, 1( J X °* crackers and a couple of ’ ■ ot bread when arrested, which the!- \ iiat was left of the provisions e > started with. dynamite put on track. n y People on Birmingham Car Nar- rowly Escape Death. 4ru e mingharT5 ’ Ala. Before Officers sticks ! ni Kates could remove the *refl ti°) ‘ VJ3ain ite which they discov er kri 0 a Gate City car track, a tear f' 1 forty people turned a Mthin °! ner - The car was checked The rr, . Went .y feet of the dynamite. Luukr* !Ve f° r the attempted outrage dynauij, ' n> A. negro, found near the ih sight*' f sca l )ed as the officers came ’ Trough he was fired upon. SEEK EO Of THE EARTH. International Race for the North and South Poles, New \ork City.—When Commander Robert L. Peary boards his steamer Roosevelt at Sydney, Cape Breton, and starts on his expedition in search of the North Pole, an international race to the uttermost ends of the earth will be on. Peary hopes to carry the stars and stripes to the North Pole, while a Brit ish Antarctic, expedition, commanded by Liept. Ernest H. Shackleton, is trying to place the union jack of the British empire 90 degrees south. Al though the British expedition has a year handicap in point of time, Peary hopes to win the race. Lieut. Shack leton and party left London on July 30, 1907, on board the Nimrod, orig inally a Newfoundland sealing vessel of 227 tons, but which has been refit ted as a steam barkentine. Shackleton is an officer of the Brit ish navy and before leaving London, King Edward bestowed upon him the Victorian Order. He was a member of the British Antarctic expedition of 1902-03 under Captain Scott, and with his commander and another member of the party accomplished a sledge journey with dogs to a point 82 de grees 17 minutes south latitude, dur ing which they were absent fioiji their ship, the Discovery, ninety-three days, and covered a distance of 950 miles. FINDS JOBS FOR IMMIGRANTS. Government Starts Big Employment Bureau for Foreigners. Washington, D. C. —Interesting work is being done by Secretary Straus, of the Department of Com merce and Labor, fdr the immigrants coming to this country by the forma tion of a gigantiG free employment bureau. Nine hundred thousand postal cards have been sent to all employers on rural free-delivery routes, whether they be farmers or artisans, asking if help is needed in their communities Already more than 1,400 replies have been received, although the cards were sent out only a short time ago. The immigrants after going through the channel of immigration reach a stage where they are suspicious of every person. It is expected that it will restore their confidence and ma terially aid them when they can be made to see that the employment bu reau is under the' control of the Gov ernment and is designed for their es pecial benefit. That the foreigners are beginning to appreciate the work, which in reali ty is in its infancy, is shown by the success in New York city. The office in New York was opened about Feb ruary 1. So great was the rush of applications one day last week that the presence of the police was neces sary to restore order. There were 551 new applications* for work during the week. Of this number 97 immi grants were sent to farmers in vari ous States and secured remunerative employment. MRS. CLEVELAND GRATEFUL. Ex-President’s Widow Acknowledges Condolence. New York City.—So great has been the number of messages of condolence received by Mrs. Grover Cleveland since ihe death of the ex-president, that she has found it impossible to make personal response to all of them. Therefore, she has given to the press the following communication in acknowledgment of these messages: Westland, Princeton, N. J. —In our great grief there have come to my children and myself from all over our country and from other land3 expres sions of condolence in our bereave ment and of a participation in our sorrow. My heart is touched by these and by all the tributes paid to Mr. Cleveland In word and act. I am deep ly grateful for the comfort that God gives in this way. I regret that the multitude of these messages renders it impossible for me to send a per sonal word of thanks for each. The press has kindly offered to bear for me this expression of my own and my children’s gratitude and appreciation, and I hope it will reach all who have thought of him and of us. FRANCES F. CLEVELAND. LIABLE TO PROSECUTION. Doctor Must Not Prescribe Denatured Alcohol. Washington, D. C. —That both the physician who writes a prescription for denatured alcohol and the drug gist who (prepares the prescription and sells the medicine to the patient are liable for criminal prosecution, is held in a decision rendered by Com missioner of Internal Revenue Capers. The decision is the result of the ac tion of some- druggists who prescribed denatured alcohol for external medic inal purposes not knowing that to do so is a violation of the law. BELLS IN 46TH STORY. Metropolitan Building to Have Four of Largest in the World. New York City.—Four of the largest and costliest -bells in the world are to be placed in the forty-sixth story of the new tower of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company’s building, in Madison Square, and from a position about 650 feet above the pavement, nearly twice as high as any in the world, their deep tones will announce each quarter of an hour. They will give what is known as the Cambridge quarters, four blows each quarter of an hour, eight blow s each half, twelve blows on the three quarters, and sixteen blows each lioui, followed by a striking of the houi. FACES SHORTAtiE CHARGE. Former Cashier of Pensacola, ria., Bank Will B$ Tried. Pensacola, Fla.— George C. Scuda more, alleged to have embezzled over fifty thousand dollars from the Pensa cola Bank and Trust company, of this city of which he was cashier, has been placed in jail, having -been brought here from the state asylum. Two commissions passed on his san ity declaring him to be insane and he was committed to tL e NOMINATION ACCEPTED Thos. Watson Formerly Notified by Populist Party. MADE ELOQUENT ADDRESS In Atlanta Defending Policies of Party—Six Thousand People At- Y tend the Meeting. Atlanta, Ga. —Honorable Thornes F \Vatson of Georgia was notified Thursday of his nomination for the presidency by the populist party, the notification speech being made by Judge Jay W. Forrest of Albany, N. Y., and in an address which covered national issues in a vigorous and com prehensive fashion accepted the nom ination. Previous to his being noti fied of his nomination Mr. Watson ad dressed the Georgia state convention of the populist party. The notification meeting was held at Ponce de Leon Park at Atlanta, and the hall was crowded. About six thousand people being in attendance. After Mr. Watson ascended the plat form, Dr. W. W. Landrum, pastor of the First Baptist church, Atlanta, of fered a fervent prayer, and when Mr. Watson was presented to the audi ence, the band played “Dixie,” and be cause of the continued applause it IHO>*. TllOi \ WATSON was several minutes before the speak er was able to begin his eloquent ad dress, in the midst of which he he ceived frequent applause, holding the close attention of the entire audience. In his speech of acceptance Mr. Watson referred repeatedly to himself and his political comrades as “we Jef fersonians,” indicating faintly the change In title which it is predicted will ultimately be made in the peo ple’s or populist party. The change, it is said, will not be made by any sudden act or resolution. The name Jeffersonian, say the au thorities, will gradually come into general acceptance ,and will eventual ly supersede the present name which the party headed by Mr. Watson bears. Mr. Watson’s speech was a clear exposition of the principles of tttb pop ulist or Jeffersonian aarty. With forcible diction, Mr. Watson advocated and condemned, upheld and criticised. He declared himself in fa vor of municipal ownership, in direct reference; though municipal owner ship (with its corailary, government ownership) is condemned by many populists as creating a government political machine, a gigantic oligar chy, which it would be impossible to overthrow. He condemned corporations and capitalism in specific terms, excoriat ing them for their greed and for the insatiate maw which they feed with human life annually greater than the losses of the civil war. He attacked President Roosevelt as an alleged big stick president who stands pat with the stand patters. He criticised the president for not issuing government notes and break ing the money corner in Wall street that caused the panic last fall. He condemned protective tariff, be lieving that trusts are the offspring of monopolies and that trusts can never be stifled until monopolies are done away with. He denounced the new national currency law, the Aldrich-Vreeland bill, saying that the national government has surrendered its sovereign power to individual bankers when the consti tution expressly forbids even to states the right to issue currency or to make other than gold and silver their legal tender. He attacked the interference in state government which federal judi ciaries have been practicing of recent years, arrogating to themselves a right which does not exist. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Watson was given a great ovation. MORE COAL FOR UNITED STATES. Army Officer Found Large Deposit in Philippines. Manila, P. I. —Captain Hubert L. Wigmore, an army engineer, employ ed to develop the government coal fields on the Island of Batan, who re turned to the United States in the transport Buford, has uncovered im mense deposits of coal, sufficient for use by the government for years to come Army and navy tests show that the coal is superior in every re spect to the Australian and Japanese product. . tt Mining experts now in the United States are purchasing machinery for the further development of the mines mayobTues newspaper. Charges Criminal Libel Based on Car toons and Articles Published. Philadelphia, Pa. —Mayor John E Reyburn of this city has instituted proceedings against E. A. Van Valken burg, editor and president of The North American, and six members oi the staff of the newspaper, charging them with criminal libel. The charges are based on articles and cartoons ap pearing in the newspapers during the last two years. BITTER BALING /DVOCATED. Railroad, Compress, and Cotton Men Confer Before Commission. Atlanta, Ga. —Improvements in the methods of baling and handling cot ton, so as to insure the greater pro tection of the staple while en transit, was discussed#bv a number of rail road, compress and cotton men before the state railroad commission. Among those who appeared before the commission were Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton As sociation; John Xisbet, of the Savan nah cotton exchange; J. S. B. Thomp son, of the Southern Railway Com pany, and Mr. Kittridge, a writer on textile subjects. All the gentlemen present agreed that some reform in the present cot ton bale was necessary for the protec tion of the farmers, the common car riers and all who dealt in cotton. Mr. Nisbet pointed out that no other staple received so little care and pro tection from the time it left the farm er’s hands until it reached the spin ner. Mr. Nisbet is a native Scotch man, who studied the cotton business in Egypt and has for forty years been a cotton merchant in this country. The object of the railroad commis sion calling this conference was to endeavor to set on foot a movement which would crystalize the sentiment in favor of better cotton baling. The loss and damage to cotton in unpro tected shacks, on station platforms and at places of transshipment would largely <be obviated if a better system of baling and covering could be de vised. The railroad commissions of other states will be urged to take up this problem for the protection of the peo ple and in order that the cotton bale may reach its destination in more marketable shape. STATE SANITARIUM FOR GEORGIA. Bill Pending in House Calls for Estab lishment of Such an Institution. Atlanta, Ga. —Whether Georgia is to have a State Sanitarium for the treat ment of tuberculosis will in all prob ability be decided by the General As sembly this week. There is pending a ibili in the House, by Dr. Whitley, of Douglas, which cails for the establishment of such a sanitarium. Recently there was held in the hall of the House of Representatives a meeting, at which time addresses on the subject of the treatment of tuberculosis were deliv ered by Dr. Willis Westmoreland, President of the Board of Health; Dr. Whitley, the author of the bill; Dr. Clarke, of Macon, and Dr. Hardman, of Commerce. Each spoke in advo cacy of the measure. Dr. Whitley will arrange to have a vote taken on his bill, which has been reported favorably by the committee, during this week. Great interest is attached to this proposed sanitarium, by reason of the new southern remedy for the treat ment of tuberculosis. It has been found that cotton seed oil, one of the richest vegetable oils in the world, when made up into an emulsion proves a great fat producer and health preserver for those afflicted with the great white plague. There are numbers of cases throughout the South that are being beneficially treated by this cotton seed oil emul sion, and in the event Georgia estab lishes a State Sanitarium this won derful vegetable oil as an emulsion will be given a test in the sanitarium. HON. JOSEPH ML BROWN IS NOTIFIED. Committee Formally Tender Him the Democratic Nomination for Governor. Marietta, Ga. —In his first speech since he announced his candidacy for governor, Hon. Joseph M. Brown, ac cepted the Democratic nomination, tendered him by a committee of 35, through J. R. Smith, chairman. Mr. Brown’s speech dwelt largely with what he termed “agitation” against capital, which he said, though not wholly responsible, had its part in •bringing about the recent panic. He charged that threats of a 1 per cent tax on the gross receipts of corpora tions had frightened capital out of investments in the state and increas ed the hoarding of money in deposit vaults. He explained his candidacy as the result of a demand on the part of the people for a cessation of this agitation and a policy of conservatism and encouragement toward vested rights. Quoting from the platform the plank, guaranteeing that all capi tal Invested in legitimate enterprises shall have equal protection, Mr. Brown pledged himself to use all the powers of the constitution to enforce the pro tection and obligation recited. He commended those ' portions of the platform in reference to the im partial enforcement of the constitu tional suffrage amendment, and pledg ing a restoration of the county unit plan. - , STATE GLEANINGS. At the annual convention of the Georgia Woman’s Suffrage association held in Atlanta the following officers were elected: Mrs. J. J. Ansley, o. Eastman, Ga., President, to succeed Mrs, Mary L. McLendon; vice presi dent, Miss S. A. Gresham, of Waynes boro, Ga.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. DeLaey, of Buena Vista, Ga.; recording secretary, Miss Katherine Koch, of Atlanta. Ga.; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Matthews, of Atlanta, Ga.; and auditor, Mrs. Alice Daniels, of Atlan ta, Ga. R. L. Sandin, a prominent planter, residing near Donalsonville, was kill ed by being run over by a Coast Line freight train near Bainbridge. A petition is being circulated in Savannah in support of a bill to pro vide salaries for justices of the peace in Chatham county. Since the old fee system was modified justices have been receiving starvation returns from their offices. The W. C. T. U. of Savannah decid ed to celebrate July 30th, the Red Let ter day of the order, with a suitable program. It was on July 30, 1907, that the Georgia legislature passed law' which made Georgia a dry state, and the members of the W. C. T. TJ. want to celebrate the anniver sary of that victory. SOUL-BUILDING. Souls are built as temples are Sunken deep, unseen, unknown, Lies the foundation stone. Then the courses framed to bear Lift the cloisters pillared fair. Last of all the airy spire, Soaring heavenward, higher and higher, Nearest sun and nearest star. Souls are built as temples are— Based on earth's eternal law. Sure and steadfast, without Haw. Through the sunshine, through the snows, I p and on the building goes; Every fair thing finds its place. Every hard thing lends a grace. Every hand may make or mar. —Susan Coolidge. THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. The automobile had broken down at least five miles from the nearest place at which it was possible to get help. Trenton and Miss Bassett sat in side, sheltered from the storm and wrapped in comfortable robes, while the chauffeur hunted for the trouble and slapped his arms around himself to keep from freezing. It had not been very cold when they started. The blizzard had come up suddenly, and the snow' was falling- so rapidly and drifting so badly that their chances of getting through would have been very poor even if the car had not gone to the bad. “What are we to do?” Miss Bas sett asked. “Well, we might get out and tramp through the snow either to Woods ville or to Midvale,” Trenton re plied. “You do not seem to be taking this matter very seriously.” “Yes, I am. You don’t know' how serious it is to me. I happen to own this car, and standing out here in a snowdrift all night isn’t likely to do it a bit of good.” . “I’m so sorry that I am likely to be the cause of financial loss to you. If I had refused to come it would not have happened.” “Yes, it w'ould.” “I don’t understand how' it could.” “Do not flatter yourself, Miss Bas sett, that I should have sat down and moped if you had declined to come. There were other girls w r ho w'ould have been glad to be invited.” “Then I suppose you had already thought it out when you came to me.” “Thought out what, please?” “You had gone over it all in your mind—had decided if I had declined to come you would come with one of the others, since you had satisfied yourself that you had only to ask any of them in order to receive an ac ceptance.” “No, to be candid, I hadn’t thought much about it. There was no occa sion for that. You see, I knew you w'ere coming.”. Miss Bassett turned and looked out at the blinding snow that w r as whirling past, driven try a wind which was increased in velocity every min ute. The chauffeur was standing w'ith his back turned to the storm, apparently at the end of his re sources. He seemed to be half fro zen, in spite of his big fur coat and the cap that was drawn down over his head. “Why don’t you send him off in search of help?” Miss Bassett asked, turning to Trenton. “I have been thinking of doing that. I am glad you have suggested it.” “I can’t see why you should wait for suggestions from mj in a case of this kind.” “It occurred to me that you might i think I "was conceited if I sent him away.” “Why should 1 think that?” “You shouldn’t, but I was afraid you might. You see, I didn’t want to have you sit here and wonder, after I had sent him off, what reason I had for supposing that you preferred me to him as a companion.” “I have no doubt that many chaf feurs are estimable men—much more so than are the men whom they serve; but I have never been in the habit of turning to them for social diversion or companionship.” Trenton felt that it would be wel\ for him to turn his attention for a moment to the chauffeur. He got out and held a brief but earnest con ference with his man, after which the driver started down the road through the storm and in a few minutes dis appeared. “How long do you think it will take him?” Miss Bassett asked after Trenton, shivering and looking wor ried, got inside. “I haven't any idea,” he replied. “If he gets through at all it will be extremely lucky for all of us. The storm is getting worse and worse.” Miss Bassett drew back as far as she could in her own corner, pulled the heavy robes around her, and looked out at the world, which was rapidly disappearing under an ava lanche of snow. It was beginning to get dark, although the} had hardly been on the road an hour, and it was barely 2 o’clock when they had left home. Trenton watched her out of the tail of an eye, and made himself com fortable in his own corner. Thus they sat for half an hour in absolute siledce. It had growm quite dark, and Trenton began, at last, to won der how long the lady was likely to be able to keep from breaking down. Just then he spoke :< “There must, at least, be a farm house somewhere near here,” she said. “Vgry likely there is,” Le replied. •'Of course I would not ask you to put yourself to any trouble or in convenience on my account, but if you.thick it would be dangerous for you to remain here alone alj night you might accompany me in an en deavor to find some better place than this in which to w r ait for the rescuing ✓party.” “If you care at all for my advice, I w'ould suggest that we remain here. You can make yourself entirely com fortable. We are much more safe where we are than w'e w'ould be wan dering around in this storm. I know people who sleep outdoors every night in the year. The doctors say it is a good thing to do. Do you feel at all cold? If you do, there is an other robe here that you can have.” ‘Tm not cold, thank you, but I do not care to remain here any lpnger, however comfortable or beneficial it might be to w'ait.” “Very w r ell. I will accompany you if you feel compelled to take your chances in the storm.” As they w'ere getting out of the automobile they heard the jingle of sleigh bells, and a moment later a team attached to a bob-sled ap proached them. The chaffeur had found a farmer who was willing to go to the rescue. After Miss Bassett had seated her self in the sled and been w'ell wrapped up, Trenton lifted his fur cap and bowing very politely, said: “Good-by. I hope you may find pleasant lodging for the night, and I offer you my sineerest apologies for any discomfort you may have suf fered or may have to face I will make arrangements in the morning for your safe return to the city.” “Aren’t you coming with us?” she asked. “No. It would be better, would it not, if I remained here?” “Oh, very well, if you think so.’ she replied. “You may go ahead, driver, if you are ready.” “On second thought,” Trenton said, “I believe I will go.” Without waiting for an invitation he got into the sled and the farmer urged his team forward. The chaffeur sat on the seat v.’ith the driver. Trenton gradually worked his way through the clean, sweet smelling straw until he w'as very close to Miss Bassett. The biting snow blew into their faces and the wind howled through the trees by the road side. The sled tipped dangerously every little while as they went over drifts or got off the road, and almost before she was aw r are of it one of Miss Bassett’s hands lay in Trenton’s grasp. They were very near together, and the storm was blinding. Besides, the backs of the driver and the chaf feur were turned upon them. Slip ping one of his arms around her, Trenton, with his face close to hers, whispered: “After all, the good old-fashioned bob sled has some excellent advan tages, hasn’t it?” She did not say anything. It was not necessary for her to do so, for both of his arms were around her and she could not have spoken if she had tried to. But-she did not try. She had no desire to put her an swer into the form of words. —S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. A Few “Don’ts” and Some “Forgets.” Don’t imagine you’re on the road for fun —it’s business you are look ing for. Don’t spend your money like a drunken sailor. Remember there is “nine years of plenty and nine years of destitution.” Don’t flirt with the girls in the de partments. You lose prestige. Don’t forget that you must be a gentleman at all times. Don’t forget that it is cheaper to travel on mileage than it is to pay cash fare. Don’t forget to check your baggage before you leave. 3 Don’t forget that if you sell goods in the morning, try to do business in the afternoon, as to-morrow may be a “bum” day. Don’t forget to write your firm daily if you do business or not. Let them know you are alive. Don’t forget to wear clean linen. It looks good and costs little. Don’t forget to use good English, as it leaves an impression on your customer. Don’t forget to send your order in correct. “Stuffing” an order is poor policy. Don’t try to sell more to the buyer than he can use in your line; don’t attempt to tell funny stories to people that you are not very intimate with. —Pittsburg Traveling Man. Agricultural Pest in France. So great have been the ravages caused by the dodder —a leafless, twining, parasitic plant—that a de cree has been issued by the French President prohibiting its importation into the country. It is a veritable agricultural scourge, attacking and destroying hops, vines, clover, peas, tomatoes and many other kinds of agricultural produce. Once having founds its way into any district, it is most difficult to get rid of, and con stitutes a permanent source of anx iety to the farmer. Cutting down, burning and poison have all been tried with unsatisfactory results.— London Globe. Tolerably Startling. It is not on record that there has been a more surprised woman in Maine this spring than the wife of the Bowdoin professor when she came home the other evening and found her husband taking care of a baby that had been left at the door. —Ken- nebec Journal. ** 1 1 " 1 - The railways of Siam have a total length of 485 miles. .