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THE VERMONT PIICENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1902. BRATTLEBORO DEATH-BED MARRIAGE. Orrln A. Klmball Dled 20 Hours After HIs Marrlage to Mlss Lottle I. Wcllo.

Orrln Abncr Kimball, uS, trwiaurur of tho Emursoii Plano compuny of Boston, dtod Wcdnusday night, April 16, on a rnnch near Phicnlx, Artzona, of consumntion. Tho body wns tukun to Uoston. Only 20 hours bofore his dcath, whlle dlssotutlon was hourly oxnuetud, ho was marrlcd to Mlss Lottlo I. Wells, aged 41. Sho had been a meinbcr of his fnmlly for soveral years.

Mr. Klmball had been in Arizona slnce January. llo npent the wlnter of 1U00-1901 In Arizona, and tho win-tor before that In Florida, as he could not stand tho rlgors of tho New ling-land cllmato. Mr. Klmball was born in llanovor, N.

March 25, 1814. On Oct. 10, 1SG1, ho enllstod in company 11, Cth Vermont volunteers, and scrved three years. He began buslness llfo ln his natlvc town in tho furnlturo trade. Later ho went to Brattleboro, whero ho was employed by tho Estey Organ company.

Ho went to Uoston in 1872, to work for the Emerson Plano company. Soon afterward he was placed In charge of tho ilnishlng dopartment of the works, and thls posltlon he held until the purchasc of tho plant ln 1879 by the prcsent Emorson Plano company, which consisted of hlmself, P. H. Powers and Joseph Gramer. Slnco the re-organization ln 1879, ho had held tho position of treasuror and gen-oral snperlntendcnt of the factory, purchaslng all the materlals, besldes establishlng agencles.

In politlcs Mr. Klmball was a stead-fast Itepublican. His llrst wife was Mlss Helen M. Butlor of Brattleboro, by whom ho leaves two chlldren, a daughter, Mabel Kimball, and a son, William S. Kimball.

Mrs. Kimball dled two or three years ago. Mr. Kimball had a charmlng hotno at 470 Warren street, Roxbury. Soveral years ago Mr.

Klmball bought the Chandler place, so-callcd, in North Hlnsdale, on tne main road, two mllos below Brattleboro and only a short dlstanco from tho monument. He had the honso robuilt into an attrae-tive rcsldence, and for a number of years tho Kimball famlly spent the summers at the farm. The property was sold last ycar to Fred C. Galo, who now occupies it. Stadent Conference at Northfield.

The student summer conference of members and friends of tho Youug Men's Christian association of Canada and the east wlll be held at East Northfield June 27 to July G. Meet-Ings will be held each mornlng and evening in the auditorium and at sun-set on "Itound Top." Among the speakers who will address tho conference are Hev. G. Campbell Morgan, Itobert E. Speer, Profs.

Edward I. Bosworth and Henry C. Kink of Ober-lln college, Itev. John Kelman of Ed- inburg, Prof. Woodrow Wilson of Prlnceton universlty and Bev.

Charlcs W. Gordon of Winnipeg. John R. Mott will preside and will also addross the conference. The sunset mect-tngs on "Itound Top" will be dcvoted to the presentatlon of the clalms of the various Christian callings on stud' ents of ablllty by men whose exper- lence in tho different departments of Christian work glve their statements peculiar force.

Each morning a mis slonary institute will be held for the promotion of mlssionary life and ac tivlty in college, whlle conferences on tho promotion of tho organized Christian work in college will equip tho offlcers of the student associations for their work. Normal Biblo classes to help leaders of student classes or groups wlll be conducted each day under the leadershlp of Henry B. Wrlght, Profs. Bosworth and Klng, W. D.

Murray and C. C. Michener. Tho afternoons will be devoted to athletics and other forms of recreatlon, whlle the evenlngs close wlth meetlngs of college delegatlons for prayer, dis-cussion of the subjects considered dur lng the day and the appllcation of the truths to the personal life of the dele gates. It is expected that from 700 to 1000 students will be in attendance.

The arrangements for the conference are under the direction of the Stu dent department of tho internattonal committee, 3 West Twenty-ninth street, New York clty. Three earthnuakes Prlday night wrecked Quesalteuango, a clty of 000 population in Guatemala. The town of Amatelan was also destroyed. It Is reported that 500 persons wore killed. I "Let tho COLD DUST do your worr." I I GOLD I DUST Mats will clean anything clettnable clothes and dishes, pots and pans, floors and doors in fact, anything from cellar to attlc.

GOLD DUST lightens labor, lessens care. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, I Chlcaeo. New York, Boston.

St. Louij. Makers ol OVAL FAIRY SOAP. LOCAL NEWS. THE FROST HERBARIUM.

It Has Becn Aldded to the Qotanlcal Collectlon In the Universlty of Vermont. From tho Burlington Freo Prcss. Some Important nddltlons havc becn recently inado to tho botanlcal col- ectlons of the universlty. hargoly through tho lnterest and efforts of Prof. L.

R. Jonos, tho accompllshod occupant of tho chalr of botany, tho famous Frost herbarium of cryptoga-mous plauts, Hchons, fungl, mosses, algae, has been deposltod In the sclonce butlding. Tho collcctor of thls herbarium, Charle3 C. Frost, was shoonuiker in Brattleboro, up to the iime oi ms recom. uuaui.

ituconiiug Intereated ln botany, he diBcoverod tho old motto "no sutor," etc "let not tho cobbler step beyond his last." ln the Intervals of his work at his bench, he took up tho study of liotnny, mastered Lntln, Germnn and French, ln nddltlou to his motlier tougue; col- lected a librnry of betweeu onc nnd two thousand voluinos upon sclentlflc subjects; and mado collectlon of dried plants, chieily of tho kinds abovo mentioned, which gavo hlm world-wido fanie nmong botanlsts. HIs attalnments In his speclnl depart ment wero recognlzed by eloctlons to a numbor of sciontiflc socletlcs In Amerlca and Europe; nnd ho was, we bcllcvc, considered tho hlghest ntt-thorlty upon cryptogamous plants ln the Unltcd States. HIs son, to whom his collectlon descended at his recent dcath, in order that it mlght be safely proserved and ho at the samo tlme avatlable to botanlsts, for sclentlflc study, consented that It he transferred to tho caro and keeplng of tho Universlty, together wlthnhundredbooksand pamphlets, on botanlcal subjects. Tho Universlty llbrary has also re- a copy of the "Uryologla Europaea," tho standard Germnn work on mosses ln seven volumes, lllus-trated wlth C41 plntes, as the glft of Dr. George G.

Kennedy of Bondville, who was ono of the botanlsts in attendance at the recent meetlng of tho Vermont Botanlcal club at the Universlty. Dr. Kennedy has also given to the llbrary a valuable Italian dictionary in seven volumes and a flno copy of Dunto ln foitr volumes. Mrs. Fredcric S.

I.ee, a daughter of tho late Frederick Blllinga, has given to the llbrary thlrty-seven volumes of a standard Germnn journal of bacterlology; and over a hundred other volumes of standard botanlcal revlews, and magazlnes. have been added by purchase, Hicludlng the In-dex of tho known plants of tho higher ordors, in the world, propared nt tho Royal bntanlcal gardens of Kew, England, in two volumes. The bot anlcal dopartment of our State Universlty Is bocomlng widoly known and takes a hlgh rank among the collegcs. LARKIN G. MEAD'S MISSISSIPPI.

A recent number of Art and" Trade, a montniy journal published In Florence, Italy, ln the Interests of couv mcrcial interchange between the United States and Italy, contains the doscrlptlon of ono of Iirkin G. Mead's most notable works: "Our Amerlcan readers wlll certaln- ly remember tho colossal frleze rebro' sentlng the dlvlnitios of the- Olynipus, that Professor Larkln G. Mead sculp- tureil in his Florentine studio for tho World's Fair of 1893. The same distlngulshed artlst Is now nt work on a marblo statue, begun some years ago which Is Intended to portrav tho Mlsslssippl river in all Its mlght anu glory. And well does it indeed sot forth the princlpal characteristics of our regal river, both for tho size of the work, which is equal to the ono of the famous Michael Angolo's navid, and for the might of tho conceptlon.

"Tho river-god ls half stretched on rocks representing the Illlnols lead- mines nnd the shores of Ohio. to which his right foot is oxtended; source or pure waters pours maiestic ally Into the river bed from beneath the god's left elbow; his hands hold a remarkahle net and a blg bunch of inuian corn, from which an alllgator peeps out, thus showlng both the oeneiiclal and tho dangerous product- lons of the mighty stream. On tho god's head a tobacco-leaf wreath inter mingled wlth pinc-cones for the od dies and whlrlpools, and wlth wator- lllles for the qulet nooks and trannull waves of the river, symbolizes the various aspects of its course. And the samo attitude of reposo which marks in our mlnds the greatness and majesty of the Mlsslssippl, marks to our eyes its lraago, as concoived by t'roiessor JUeaa. "Wo do sincerely wish that tho powerful statue of the great rlver-god mny some day cross the seas to flnd a stiltable abode In lts own nnd natural haunts, rnther than remnlnlng In tho shores of the Arno, however fnlr nnd dellghtful they mny be." THE GOLD FEVER.

Wealthy Capltallsts Organlzlng Conv panles to Work Deposlts In the Deerfleld Valley Blg Prlces for Farms. Fcw peonle renllze tho cxtcnt ur tho dctfrce of tho Intorest that prevnlls In tho towns of Readsboro, Whitingham, wilmington, Somerset nnil Stamford over the beRlIihlng nf tho developinont nf tho Kohl ileposltH long known to ex-Ist ln those towns. These deposlts nro nractlcnllv lncx- hmistablo. conslstlng of wholo mountalns of inmrts! rook which hundred nf nssays show runs from to JM0 per ton nnd iivoniKltiK from $1 to 2I whlli-In tho west muny of tho most sticcrssftil mlncH work iiunrtz which rutiH from $5 to Jln por ton. '1 wo mllls are ulronilv ln succossfol oporntlon nnd work on othors hns nl- roaily boKim.

Farms thnt two years niro could not hnvo boon hoI1 ut "t)c. un ncro liavo loon sold nt 5m por ncro nnd othcrs nro unpurchnsnble. C. A. Cook ot Uoston wns In Ilonnlnc.

ton thls wcok complotlnt? tho oreanlza-tlon of the Readsboro Oold MlnlnK Company which has leen Incorpornted under tho laws of Arizona wlth cnpltal of Thls company has nlrendy so-curod optlons on ovcr IO.OiiO ncros of mln-Iiib privlloRos nnd expects to havo sovoral oro crushltiK plants nt work by the llrst of AiiBiist. Tho company Is backod by wonlthv New York nnd Uoston capltnllsts biit wll'l be otllccred by Vermont men nnd If the npnvs words cotmt for anythlnp tho company hns sptendld openlns and somowhcre, probably ln the town of Itondslmro, wlll prow up a now I.eadvlllo. Doadwood or Cripplo Creok biit moro en-dlirluK than nny of tho western mlnlns cltlos for It wlll be dopendont not on narrow voins, but on mountalns of Rold boarlnR utinrtz. A syndlcato of Troy mcn has boon formod and wlll shortly be lncorporat-od under the lnws of the statn of Vermont, wlth a cnpltnl of JlOfl.000, to er-oct nnd opcrate cold mlnlnp plant ln tho mountalns nonr Readsboro. Tho syndlcato hns purchased one-thlrd of ono of the vclns In thc Rendsdoro mountalns owned by the Davls Mlnlnc and PeveloplnK company of thls clty.

A spoclal meetlnB of thls concern was held In Its otnce In the Illum bulldlnR nnd recelved roport Klvlnc the restilt of two rtins In tho mlll of the company at ReadsWo. The results wcro declared very satisfnctory. I5.v-prmliicts wero niso rounil, copper, plattnnm nnd some sllvcr. The mlnos nre In the mountalns of Readsboro. clKhtcen mlles from North Adams.

and threo and one-half mlles from Readsboro vIIIhko. The WIImlnRton narrow buhbo rallrond runs from Tunnol statton to Readsboro vlllaRe. Two other eompnnlcs have clalms thore also, the Rrown Mlnlns company nnd the Mountain Mllls company. The offlcers of the Davls company are: Presldent. W.

C. Davls of Readsboro: vlco presldent. Krederlck Paradlse of Stamford. Vt treasurer. II.

L. DoFreost: secretary, Theodore T. Chase of thls clty. Mr. Davls wns for years mlnlnc oxpert nnd metallurKlst for Marctis Dalv In his Crlpple Creek nnd other mlnes.

lHennlnKton Reformer. SPRAYING FRUIT TREES. Vermont Experiment Station Bulletln. Apj)lcs at J3.no to SS a barrel last fall and twlce that thls sprlng are apt to muKe ioiks nuerested ln frult trecs. Tho Vermont Kxperlment station sayB the mall Is IloodeU wlth lniulrles nbout spray-InB.

und ln responso to the Reneral lnterest the followlnB lnformatlon hns been sent out. Questlons on other polnts may be aililressed by lettcr or postal card to Kxperlment Station, Burlington, Vt. Tho flrst rciiulstte, says thls bulletln, Ih a Kood ray pump wlth the nocessary rlBBliiB. The outdt can be bought of the manufncturers or of thc Implemcnt dealers, and wlll cost nnywhero from $10 to J2U0. A flrst-class outllt costs $15 to $25.

Just at thls tlme of year the spray-lng needed by frult trees ls chlefly for tho preyentlon of fungus dlseases. For thls purpose a plaln solutlon of coppcr sulphato, one pound ln 10 to 20 gallons of watcr may be used. Bordeaux mlx-ture Is equally as good, but It Is more bothcr to mnke. The llrst spraylng should be given nt once, before tho blossoms open. A little later, Just after tho blossoms fall, another Bprnylng should be Blvcn.

Thls Bhould bo Bordeaux mlxture In every case. Bordeaux mlxture may bo made of varylng proportlons and strengths. The stnndard mlxture con-slsts of pound copper sulphato, pound stone ltme. 10 Bnllons wnter (6 poumls sulphate, 4 pounds llme, 1 barrel water), Dlssolve the sulphato and slack tho llmo In separate vessels, dllute each wlth nbout half of the total water to bo used and then pour tho sulphate solutlon Into the llme water whlle stlr-rlng vlgorously. Contlruie tho stlrrlng for a mlnute to lnsure porfect mlxture.

It deterlorates on standlng and should be used soon nfter made. Kecp tho mlxture clean to nvold clogglng of pump nnd nozzle. Straln tho solutions nnd hnvo tho stralncr on suctlon tubo of pump. A qulck. convonlcnt way to dlssolve copper sulphate Is to suspend lt in cheeso-cloth or slmllnr bag Just below tho surface of the water.

A thlrd spraylng two weeks later, wlth Bordeaux mlxture, wlll be a paylng In-vestment. Even a fourth and flfth spraylng, nt Intervals of two weeks, wtll somctlmes pny handsomo dlvtdcnds. In all sprnylngs, cxcept the flrst, some parls green Bhould bo used. Add ono pound parls green to 200 gallons of wnter, or four ounces to tho barrel. If thero Is danRer of hud moth tho parls green mlght better bo used In tho flrst spraylng also.

At a meetlng of the Vermont Poultry nnd Pct Stock association held ln Burlington lt wns voted to hold the next ex-hlbltlon In St. Albans In Jnnuary, Offlcers were elected, lncludlng John Bul-lock, presldent, nnd II. M. Barrett, secretary nnd treasurer, both of St. Albans.

Senator Blnckburn of Kentucky hns ln-troduced Jolnt resolutlon ln tho United States Senato approprlatlng money for marble busts of tho lato Senator Justln S. Morrill of Vermont nnd tho late Senator Voorhees of Imllana, Tho memorlals nro lo bo placed In the beautlful Congresslon-al llbrary, the structurc whoso construc-tlon Senator Morrill dld so much to pro-moto Burlington Freo Press. Tho I'nran Stevcns plot nt Flfth nvenuo and 41th street. New York clty, has been sold to syndlcate, and on Its slte wlll be erected a 20-story hotcl, one of tho llnest structures of the klnd In the eountry, by the New England Hotcl company, of which Perclvnl Clement, presldent of the Hutland rallrond, ls presldent. The New York Trlbune estlmates tho vnlue of tho plot nt $1,000,000 and flgures thnt the hotel wlll cost more.

It ls reported that ovcr 200Q lmperlallst soldlers Bent by Marshal Su agalnst tho rebels, were ambushed ln a narrow de-llle and all were killed or capturcd. Tho sltuatlon ln tho rebelllous dlstrlct ot Southern Chlna Is increnslngly nlarmlng. The vlccroy of Canton has tclegraphed Pekln, urglng the tmmedlato forwardlng of relnforcemonts. Iick of news from Qeneral Ma nnd Mnrshal Su ls takcn to lndlcate that the rebels have surrounded the Imperlal troopa and cut off communl-catlon wlth these forces, INSTANCES OF LONQEVITY. Cases In Modern Tlmes Where Persons Have Llved to Extreme Old Age.

The uvcrage duratlon of human life soems, at flrst, to have becn nbnormalty hlgh, nnd then to have sunk qulte low, only to bo ralsed agnln. Of courso no ono ls ever llkcly to e(ual tho 9G3 years nttrlbtitod tt Methusclah, or tho 9C2 years of Jared, but thero scoms to be no good renson why tho ago of 110 or so should not bo renchcd ln tho futuro a groat deal moro ofton thnn It now Is. ln tho 17th contury tho iiverngo ngo to which manklnd llved wns only Just ovcr 13, but then they hud to contcnd agalnst wnr, fumlhe, pestllence nn well as doctors. Tho averaBo nt prcsent ls nbout as, which Includcs of course, lnfunt mortnllty. Further, It Is computed that ln Kimland.

nt tho liresent tlmo, out of 1.000 pooplo over 100 rench the ngo of 715, 3S rench S5, and two attaln to 95, whno one porson In nbout every ti.O'iO booomos a centenarlan. ln fonnor tlmes, however, a mnn of 5" wnx consldercil old, and a rosldont of 100 mado a town ir a vlllnge famous. We ilo not, however, proposo hore to deal wlth mere contonar-InnM. but wlth men who havo llved tii ages of 120 and upwnrds. Tho record probably ls hold by Mlchnol Solls, who, nccordlng to tho Iincot, was Uvlng ln Ilogata In 1STS.

Ilo claltned to bo at that tlmo 1M vonrs old, nnd, Dr. iouls Hernnndcz, mnn of over elRhty years of ago, who Invrstlgatcd tho oaso. knew hlm as centenarlan whon ho hlmself wns a boy. But tho slgnattiro of Mlchncl Solls. who Is hnlf-breed.

ls cxtant on a document roferrlliK to tho hulldlng of a Franrlscnn convont nt San Salvudor, under the dato 112, so that he was not qulte so youtiB as ho woutd wlsb peojile to bellovo. Thore Is very little doubt nbout tho nuthontlclty of thls ro-mnrknblo case. The l.ancot lnvestlBated It throughly In ls's, and rnme to the concluslon that the mnn was ot lenst 160 years old then. lt wns In that Dr. Ilcrnnndez mado Inqillrles, nnd In lS9r ho wnn stlll allve.

so that his ago, lf he dled ln thnt yoor. was only two years short of two conturles. Mlchaol Solls attrlbuted his extraordlnary longevlty to his regular modo of llvlng. He used to eat one menl a day, and that he allowed to get qulto cold before he touched It, whllo lt consisted of tho stroiiBost nhd most nourlshlug foods obtalnable. For two days ln over woek, however, he fiislod, nnd on these occnslous only drnnk lnrgo iiuantltles of wuter.

A muu who runs a close secoud to Michael Solls wus born in tho parish of Bolton, ln Yorkshlre, ln the year 1J00. Thls was Henry Jenklns, who wus brought up to tho buslness of a llsher-man, which emplojiuent ho followed for over H0 years. On the occnslon of trlal ln Vork, itnolvlng tho qucstlon of a cus-tom which had been lollowed for years iincouuted, Jenkins was culled, as belug the oldest muu in the parish, to givu eidence. ln addltlon to hlm wore cnllcd two other men, both on tho verge of hundred, who bolh declared on oath to thc JiiUro that Jenklns wus un old man wlioii they wero little bos. Tho age of thls modern Methuselah wus exuctly eurs less than that of tho reul patrlurch, tor ho wns luid to rest lu Bolton C'hurch In the year 1CCU, when be wus 1C9 yeurs old.

The interestlng thlngs in hlstory which thls old man suw huppen wero cx-traordlnary. Vhen ho wus born, l'opery wus by Iaw the cstabllshed rcllBlun. Ilo saw the papal supreinacy thrown off, two queeuu beheadinl, the monasterlos dlssolvod, und tho l'rotostunt rellglon be-come tho luw of the land. Then l'opery cume ln uBaln, and wa tlnally over-thrown forever. DurltiK his tlme the wholo navy of Spain wus destroyed by tho Kngllsh, and tho republic of Holland was formed.

He was, ln fuct, un oye-wltness of thu most stlrrlng scenes of modern hlstory. Next cumo tho famous Thomas 1'nrr. Thls man llved during tho relgns ot ton soverelgns of Kngland, und holds the rccurd ln that particular, Jenklns havlng been elght relgns not lncludlng tho Comnionweulth. I'urr wus llvlng at the same tlmu us Jenkins, havlng been born ln Ms3, nud he dled In 1, whleh mnkes his ago 152 yeurs. He wus a husbundman.

und followed thls ealllng steudlly for 130 yeurs. Ho wus twlce murried, the secund tlmo when ho ought to havo known better that la, when ho wus uged 120 yeurs. The offsprlng of thls marriage wus a son, who uppurently ln-herlted his fathor'B reelo for longevlty, for he managod to keep ullve forllUyeurs, and had son who mudo good uttempt to emulato his grnndfuther, by llvlng to tho ago of 127. Womcn havo their sharo of longevlty Just as men have, but they do not attaln tu nearly the same ages us their worse halvcs. Tlic oldest woinan llvlng ut present, that ls thc oldest known, ls probably Mrs.

Nancy Ilollllleld. Sho Is a lady of color, anXl has attalncd to tho age of ono hundred and twenty-ono years. ller cnso wus Investlgatcd by tho Rev. C. Lee some slx years ugo, and ho then found her ago to bo one bundrcd and tlfteen years.

Tho gcntleman, who dled ln his nlnetleth year, remetnbcred Mrs. Ilollllleld as his nurbe, and that sho had ut that tlme scverul chlldren, so that tho estlmate cannot bo fur short of tho mark. Sho llves near Ellenboroiigh, North Carollna. A lady who was llvlng In 1M)I ln Hungary must, If sho be llvlng now, run Mrs. Ilollllleld very close.

Besldes, sho holds a unlque record the fuct thnt sho and her husbund cclebrated In 1S9I their century of marrled life. Her husband at the tlmo was one hundred and twcnty, and tho couplo had for many years been ln the rccclpt of a penslon granted them In recognltlon of their mu-tual tldellty. Thls marrlago ccntcnary Is ierfectly nuthentlcated, as tho record of tho marrlago ls entered In tho reglster of Zsombolzl ns havlng-' takcn place In May, 1791, when both Jeun Szathmary nnd his wlfe had reached tho marrlageuble ngo. So far as we know thero ls only ono cnse whero man and a womnn huve gono through tho marriaBo ceromony ufter havlng reached tho age of ono hundred yeurs. Such a weddlng took place, us rccordcd ln tho parish reglster of Dublln ln tho year 1772, between I'at Stephens, uged ono hundred and nlno years, und Mrs.

Berry, -who had attained to tho respectable ago of ono hundred and two years. Tho professlon of BOldler seems, curl-ously enough, to swell tho ranks of the longllveil. Ono would think that tho hardshlps of ono or Boveral campalgns would not tend to prolong life, but to dimlnlsh lts length. So iirobably it does ln tho majorlty of cases, yet thero are soldler eentenariuns ln most of our work-houscs, nnd rotlred offlcers frequently llvo to bo elghty or ninety. Thero is a casd however, of a man havlng been a soldler for ono hundred and tcn years.

Thls was ijohn Cheosslck, who dled ut the hospltal at Muruno, near Venlce. When only elght yeurs old ho entered as a llfer ln tho Austrlan reglment of Stahren-berg. Ho fought under tho Kmperor Charlcs VI. agalnst tho Turks, during tho relgn of Maria Theresa; in 1711 agalnst Prussln; agalnst tho French ln Boheinla In 1712, nud In 1711 servcd In thb wars of the Low Countrles. In 1711 or 1715 ho qultted the Austrlun nrmy a 1 entered tho servlccs of the republic Venlce, In thls servlce ho wus engaged In several navnl expeditlons, pnrticularly In that agalnst tho Turks, when the command wus in ino hanas ot uen.

Uinoj and on May 1, 1797, he entered tho hospltal for Invultds nt Murano, whero ho dled In 1820, aged ono hundred and Beventeen yearB, havlng seen elghty-sevon years of active servlco. If to these wo add tho twenty-thrco years which ho spent In his rctlrement beforo ho dled, but during which he was stlll a soldler, though not on tho nctlvo Hst, lt amounts to the extraordlnary total of 110 years of mllltary life, an lnstance absolutely unlquo In hlstory, Nlcholes Savln a survlvor of tho Qrando Armce, dled Iq 1S95 at tho ngo of one hundred nnd twenty-slx. Thls Frenchman llved nt Saratoff on the Volga, whero he had settled after his release, havlng been captured by Cos-Backs during the retroat from Bereslna. Savln, who was born In Parls In 17C3, used i to tcll (lrst-hnnd storlcs of thc relgn of terror, nnd well remembered wltnesslng the denth of Louls XVI. Ho Is nuthentlc enough, his ngo havlng been vorltled by tho Czar In 1887, on which occnslon he wns presented wlth ono thousand rublcs.

London Standard. Interestlng Experiment ln Irrlgatlon. Ono of tho Interestlng nnd Important Irrlgatlon projects recently recommendcd to Congress by the secrctnry of tho In-terlor Is tho St. Mnry dlverslon canal. Thls projcct contemplatcs taklng tvotor from St.

Mnry river, In norlhern Mon-tana, which would othcrwlso pnss north-ward Into Hudson bay, and carrylng It over a low, Intervenlng rldge to tho hend-wnters of Mllk rlvcr, a trlbutary of tho Mlssourl. Its lower basin Is gently rolllng eountry well ndapted to ralslng hav, onts. wheat, nnd barley. Owlng to the nrldlty of the cllmute, Irrlgatlon Is ncicossary for sui'cessful fnrmlng. but Mllk river, the only nnurcc nf stipply.

Is xtrpinely low In summer when water ls most needed. By the construction of an cnrth embankment. i feet lu he! ut tho outlet St. Mnry lake sutllelent wnter to Irrlgato nrren of land can be By the bulldlng of a canal 27.4 mlles lonR thls wnter ean bo turneil Into the upper Mllk river nnd used on the Irrlgnblo beli'W. The rost of th(se works wlll be to thnn Iier ncre, and tho vnlue of the latnl reclalmed, at $25 an ncro, wlll be f3.mn.000.

nnd wlll sustnln population of 10.000. For the completo devclop-mn of tho maln Irrlgatlon system for the Mllk rlvcr valley. It Is estlmated thnt nn expendlturo of $3,500,000 wlll be iipcc snry, nnd that over 500,000 neri-s of Innd whleh Is now only flt for" grnzlng ptirposes, can be brought to hlgh state nt nltlvatlon, nnd hnvo total value of H3.000.ori0. The land thus provlded wlth wnter wlll be cnpnble of sustatnlng a pc.pulotlon of lSO.KOO. Interestlng Facts About the World's Sugar Productlon.

"The World's Sugar Productlon nnd fon-imptlon. Is tho tltle of a mon'gruph just issued by the United Slat. treasury bureati of statlstles. lt disc'i-ses the sugnr prfiduetlon nnd con-Hutni'tlon of the world during tho post cent iry. nud espeelally during the last half '-entury.

In which thoburdenof sugnr produitlon has bei-n transferred from cnne to the sugnr bcet, nnd In which the worM hns so lnrgely Increased lts con-sumi 'lon of siignr. The world's sugar prodi.etlon has grown from 1.150,000 tons In l(w to S.KW.OOO tons In 19fi0. During the ime orlod. the world's population has trown. nccordlng to the Iwst rrom j0.fp00,0no to nbout 1.5n0.0"0.000.

Thus. sugar productlon has Incrensed about fi50 per whlle population wus laerenslng but nbout 50 per cent. ComlMi nearer homo and conslderlng the Vnltod Stntes alone. It Is found thnt the nsumptlon of sugnr. which.

Im 1V1. is only 22 pounds per enplta. wns, In 19i over fiS pounds per rnplta. On strlklng fact shown by the stitlstlcs presented In thls study Is the ildly Inerenslng proportlnn of the world enlnrged sugnr conumptlon. whlrb ls supplled by beets.

Acrordlng to the fnrures presented by thls study. beets whleh supplled In 1S10 less than 5 ent. of the world's sugnr, In 1900 supp'ld 177 per cent. of the greatly In-rre'fi eonsmnptlon: whlle cnne, which then 95 per cent. of the world's sugnr -onsumptlon.

now supplles but 33 per eiiit. Stnted In qunntltlcs, lt may le sali! that tho world's cane stiBar supply has gr wn from 1,100.000 tons In 1SI0 to 2.S50.OO tons In 19on. nn Incrense of lfi) per whlle that of beetR has grown from .000 tons In 1810 to 5,950.000 tons ln 19u0, Increase of 11.800 per cent. Sold cveryhere ln cats alltlm. Madsby SUndird 011 Company URE Rlclt neaLcbo and reUoro all tlio troablea lncl-dent to Llitlloua sUtoof tho ajiitem, auch as Dizzlneai Xausea, DistreM after eatlng, in la tha Blde.

kc. Whlle their moat rciuarka eucceaa has been shown in cutiog SICK Ilcadachi yet Carter's Llttlo Llver Tllla are equally uablo in ConBtipallon. curlng and pro-ventlug tlieralio correctallUsordcraof lirer and figulato tho bowels. Evcu lf they ouly HEAD Acbe they vonld bo almost prieeleu to thoae who auffer romthla dUtroaslng complalnt; but ortu-nately theligoodnosadoca notend thoaa who onco ti7 thoia wlll flnd thesa Uttls pllla vala-al)leinoiuny ways that they wlll not bo wll-llng to do wthout hem. But after all slclc head ACHE lathebaneof somany llves that herolswhera we maVe great boaat.

Our pllla curo lt wtilla othera do ut. Carter's little IlTcr rills aro very lraalt and very eaay take, One or two pllla make a doie. They aroi ttctly vcgetablo and do not gripe ot rarge, bu iy their gentleactlon pleasaall who Jiaothenj. Iuvialat25centa; flveforjl. SolcJ cy draggli a overywhero, or aent by malL CAItER MEDICINE New York.

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