(X ' 1' I THE PHTURG DISPATCH. ' SECOND PART. ' t- 1 PAGES frT0:i6. f pPOPULAfi CANDIDATES fOR GOVERNOR, !The Democratic lightning Will Strike One of Them if it - "Doesn't Bring Down a Dark Horse. -;n..tTi ros TIrl BISFATCS.1 ENJJSTLVANIADem- ocrats regard the contest for the Governorship, which it to he fought out next fall, at a .most hopeful one, even in the face of a big Borer ma jority last year. They regard the Democratic gains in that campaign outside of Philadelphia ss most, encouraging, and they expect to show; some .extraordinary results in that city also. The peculiar condition of the Repub lican -campaign for the Gubernatorial nom ination is looked upon as particularly en couraging for Democratichopes. The partv leaders loot .upon that contest u -virtually settled by the declaration of Senator Quay in favor of a personal friend gainst a most powerful field of candidates, any one of -whom they Eay would probably, upon his own merits, elect five delegates to Senator Delamater's one, but who have been stripped of every chance in the fight by the active interfer ence or State Chairman Andrews, under Senator Quay's own eye. The Democrats ee in this condition of nff.iirs the embryo of a Republican revolt, which, assisted by dissatisfaction with Qmy among those whom he has been compelled to turn down in the distribution of Federal patronage, a probable ouen independent fight against the forced nomination of the Senator's can didate?, and some other and possibly deeper complication, such possibilities oi Demo- JZz-Qovernor PaUlton. MSW era tic success as have not appeared in State politics tor some years. In view of the situation it is not surpris ing that -the public is watching with deep interest the development of the active, but sot bitter, struggle which is in progress in theDesicratic party for the honor of lead ingil in the ensuing campaign. In all the discussions.' private and public, relating to this struggle five names have freely ap t'prared,tthose or ex-United States Senator jm'Uliam A. Wallace. ex-Governor .Robert ' EiPattison, Representative Samuel M. vVnerTy, of Cumberland county; ex-Lieutenant," Governor Chsnncer F. Black, of YorkJ-and Swte Senator Simon P. Wolver ton, of Sunbury. Senator VTiallace long-ago announced bis candidacy, .and the open.declaration of the Lawrence comity convention in lavor of ex. Governor Pattison's nomination, has vir- -- EX-GOVER2TOB PATTISON'S BANK. tually added his name to the list of those which will appear in the contest. Mr. Wherry's conspicuous ability and lorce as a legislative leader, and his service to the party in very recent years have given a sub stantial character to tbebacking of his many friends. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Black las a following which will command pro found resnect and is bound to be felt, and Senator "Wolverton's friends do not propose to let his candidacy lack a vigorous support Most of these gentlemen have been before the public eye foryears, but a glance at their careers and surroundings is of especial in terest at this time. In his model home at "Willow Bridges" few men so fully typify in daily life the American scholar and philosopher as Chauncey Forward Black. Surrounded by every comfort and with everv convenience Simon P. Woltertan. at hand, "he is the picture -of contentment. His tastes are simple, his habits studious and his inclinations literary. With a vast capacity' for labor and an industrious bent, he is constantly employed among his books, and the product of his efforts is an accumu lation of useful manuscripts and valuable data on historic and political subjects. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Black is a me thodical worker, and his study is a model of elegance and comfort. With three sons, each inheriting the inclinations to political investigation which was transmitted through him from his distinguished father, his charming; and accomplished daughter Louisa, and nis wife, a ladv of ereat ac complishment and personal beauty, com- j pletes the family, and as they gather about the wood-fire in the study or cluster in the drawing room, they comprise group which might divert the mind of any man from politics and implant that spirit of happiness and contentment which is the ruling char acteristic of the place. His sons are Jere miah S., a leader in athletics and scbolar 'shio at Princeton College; Dawson, who has recently entered the Farquhar Shops, at York, "preparatory to a mechanical and scientific career, and Cbauncey F., Jr., who, with his books, is acquiring a rudimentary education under the watchful,, care of nis father and mother. Chauncey Forward Black, is descended from a famous ancestry. .His grandfather, Henry Black, served the public as a mem ber ot the Legislature, an Associate Judge and in Congress, and in each field he left a record lorability and integrity that isapriee les s heritage. His father, the late Judge Jere minh S. Black, left a record which to the end of time will adorn the pages of history and lend luster to the period in which he was an actor on the stage of life. His maternal ancestors were the Forwards, his grandfather being Chauncey Forward, a man of distin guished ability and a brother of President Tyler's Secretary of the TreasuryWalter Forward. Both families resided in Somerset county, where Chauncey Forward Black was born oa Kbvember 21, 1839. Mr. Black's education was obtained in various institutions- Under the direction of his distinguished father and within the watchful care of his loving and pious mother, he attended select schools in his childhood at Somerset, and subsequently spent some time at the academy in that town, the college at Hiram, O., where the late President Garfield was a tutor, at the Monongahela Academy, Morgantown, W. Vs., and at Jefferson College, at Canons burg. Washington county. Pa. He began the study of law in the office of the late Edwin JI. Stanton, the special counsel for the Government under Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black, and afterward the great Secretary of War during the War of the Rebellion. Alter one year spent in Mr. Stanton's office he went to Fayette county, where he was admitted to the bar. ' But his tastes w ere in another direction. During his residence at Uniontown he be gan writing for the county paper, and de veloped, not only remarkable ability bui wonderful facility in this line of labor, and after contributing to various journals and periodicals he became an editorial writer on the Dew York Sun in 1873, a relation which he maintained until in 1882, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State. Mr. Black has always had a fondness for politics, and even before he had reached the age of majority had won a widespread repu tation as a political -writer. Jfor many years he had been an attendant at State con ventions and aided in the drafting of plat forms and the lraming of party doctrines. Id 1879 he was a delegate to the State Con vention, and in 1880 was one of the dele gates from the Nineteenth Congress district of the State to the Presidental Convention which nominated General Hancock for Pres ident. He voted on the first ballot for his personal friend, Justice Stephen J. Field, but on the second joined with the other members of the Pennsylvania delegation in sunnort of Hancock. His election to the office of Lieutenant Governor in 1882 opened np for him a new field oP-userohiess, and he had 'displayed such ability in the office thai at the expira tion of his term he was- made the candidate; without bis own effort of even suggestion, of a large proportion of the party for the Chief Executive office of the State, and was nomi- nated for Governor on the first ballot in fhe eonvention over ex-Senator Wallace by a vote of 193 to 129. The canvass which fol lowed was unusually spirited. Mr. Black on the stump displayed a surprising capacity for leadership. Socially, Mr. Black is one of the most genial of men. Plain, practical and com panionable, he takes delight in dispensing the hospitalities of his beautiful home. He was married in 1863 to Mary C, youngest daughter of the- late John L. Dawson, of j; ncuusuip xxiu, r ayeiie county, wno in nis time represented his district in Congress several terms, was the author of the home stead law, and was a famous orator. There are fexr men of his age who have contributed as much to the public service of the State as Robert E. Pattison. He was born on the Sth of December, 1850, in Tnan tico, Somerset county. Md. His father, Rev. Robert H. Pattison, D. D., was a Methodist preacher, and soon after the birth of his son was transferred to the Philadelphia Confer ence, where, under the watchful care of a devout and devoted mother, the boy received n careful and conscientious training. In 1870 he graduated from the Central High School with honor. Immediately on the consummation of this event he began the study of law in the office of the late'Hon. Lewis C. Cassidy. It may be justly said of Robert E. Patti son that he never wasted au opportunity. While be was a student at law he was an active member first oi the Fire Zouaves and subsequently of the State Fencibles, and in each of these organizations he was con stantly improving those faculties which sub sequently won him distinction. He was the spokesman on all social occssions,and made such a reputation as to have succeeded the late Colonel James Page as President of the Fencibles, a distinction which, at the time and considering his age, was not the least of the compliments which have been conferred on him. , While Mr. Pattison always took a deep inferest in politics, his first active work in that field of usefulness was in connection with the Reform Association during 1871-2. In September of 1872 he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice oflaw. In 1876 he was prominently mentioned for Clerk of the Qnarter Sessions Court, and in 1877 was presented as the unanimous' choice oi the Democrats of Philadelphia for the office of Auditor General ot the State. But the nomination went to another, and in the same year Mr. Pattison was nominated for Controller of the city of Philadelphia. It' was not Usual for that city to elect Demo crats, but Mr. Pattison had made so favora- -ui- ble an impression on the public that party lines were broken download the Republican candidate, James W. Sayers, was defeated by a majority of 1,92. This was the beginning of an eventfnl and cseful public career. He at once inau gurated a thorough reform in the conduct ot the office. His legal education and train ing taught him that the office was quasi judicial instead of clerical. With this in mind he laid out a course of action which served to protect the people from the public plundererawbo had been'for years despoiling them, and when the time for selecting his successor arrived he had made so favorable an impression that his renomination was made by common consent The opposing candidate was E. Harper Jeffries, a gentle man of the highest character, and notwith standing that it was a Presidental year 1880 Mr. Pattison was elected by a majority of 13.593, while President Garfield lad a majority of 20,883 over General 'Hancock. In 1882 the Republican party -was dis tracted - by internal dissensions, and the Democratic leaders were inspired with hope. In this aspect of Affairs the. Democratic convention met in Jnne of that year to. nominate a candidate for Governor. Sev eral names were, presented, among them be ing JamestH. Hopkins, of Pittsburg; Eck ley B. Coxe, of Luzerne; S. P. Wolverton, of Northumberlandcounty; Robert E. Mon aghan, of Chester, and others. The dele gates of Philadelphia, with a practically -unanimous voice, presented the name of Robert E. Pattison. The record which he had made as Controller of Philadelphia,and the reputation he had achieved as afearless, able and faithful administrator of public functions made a favorable impressiononthe convention, and after a sharp struggle he was nominated. The contest was a memor able one. Governor Pattison was elected by a plurality of 40,202 votes over his prin cipal opponent, General James A. Beaver, the Republican candidate. Governor Fattison's inauguration on the third Tuesday of January, 1882, was the be ginning of a new era in the State of Penn sylvania. He soon drove from the Cap itol the agencies of corruption and the ele ments of evil. From the beginning of his administration he was hampered at every step. Thongh the popular branch ofthe Legislature had a majority in accord with HOJT. CHAUNCET P. his political views, the State Senate stood as an intrenchment for the opposition. Agents of monopoly filled tbe seats and con trolled the proceedings of the body, and they were vigilnnt and earnest in the work of their masters. But Governor Pattison set his face against every form -of official venslity.and .resisted 'every step in the -direction of corporation usurpation. It was -an irrepressible-conflict, but the archives of the State serve as abundant evidence of his success. Governor Pattison retired from office on the 18th of January, 1887 and carried with him into private life the confidence and re spect of all his fellow citizens. He at once directed himself to the affairs of life, and, like that other illustrious Democrat, Grover Cleveland, glided into professional practice so silently that the transformation was un noticed. But a man who had shown such marked parts could not remain obscure long, and in 1888 he was appointed by President Cleveland at the head of the commission to investigate the Union Pacific Railroads. His report on this ques tion is among the valuable contributions to the statistical literature ot the country, and won for its author an exalted place in the opinion of the leading statesmen not only of his own part; hut all others. Upon the completion of his work as the head of the Pacific Railroad Commission Governor Pattison returned to Philadelphia and entered upon a new field of labor, in whirh his success has been as marked as in either of the others. He was made Presi dent of the Chestnut Street National Bank and the Chestnut Street Trust Company. Both these concerns have met with phenom enal success, and it is not invidious to say that a considerable portion of the success is attributable to his administrative ability and integrity. Among the Pennsylvanians whose suc cessful lives exemplify tbe possibilities of American youth, William A. Wallace is conspicuous. He was born in Hnntingdon on Novem berr28, 1827, and eiglit years later his father, who was a lawyer, removed to Clearfield. At the age of 16 years he began the study of law, and during the four succeeding years THE -WHEKRT HOMESTEAD, divided his time between that employment and performing clerical work in the county offices. He was admitted to the bar in 1847, and by painstaking effort and conscientious application he triumDbed.and at a compara tively early age had achieved a striking suc cess in his profession. In 1862 Mr. Wallace, having broken his health by assiduous application to profes sional labor, was nominated for State Sena tor by the Democrats of the Clearfield-Blair district Tbe district was Republican by a considerable majority, and the invasion of tbe State by Confederate forces during the pendency of tbe icanvass multiplied tbe chances "of Republican success. But Mr. Wallace received his partv-vote in tbe other counties of the district and in Clearfield ran so far ahead of his ticket that his election by a very considerable majority was secured. He was re-elected in 1865,1868,1871 and PITTSBURG, SUKDAX 1874, and was chosen President of the body' at the organization in 1871. When Mr. Wallace entered .the Senate he had a broad reputation as a lawyer, but he' soon became widely known as a man of broad and comprehensive mind and a saga-, cions politician. In 1865 he was elected Chairman of the Democratic State Com mittee. The narlv was demoralized, and he directed himself to the organization of the lorces. xu tnis ne succeed ea so wen wm was re-elected in 1866, 1867, and again' in 1368. In the contest of that vear. memor able fee General Grant's first canvass for the Presidency, Pennsylvania was the pivo tal State, and the canvass was conducted with such marvelous skill as to attract the attention cf the whole country to the chair man as a skillful manager and an able politician. The Democratic candidate for Auditor General that year was defeated by less than 4.0,000 -votes, though the enfran chisement of the negroes had added .more fhaa that number to the strength of the Re publicans; and Grant's majority wai less than 29,000 at the November election. In 1872 Mr. Wallace was electeddelegate at large to the Presidental convention at Baltimore which nominated Horace Greeley for President He was among those who Toted against the choice of the convention, but subsequently supported him with all the zeal and earnestness which characterized his political work. The same jenr he was elected Vice President rf the Texas .Pa cific Railroad. The company wanted to secure tbe services of -a mister legal mind. The Democrats having secured a majority on joint-ballot ot the Legislature in 1874, Mr. "Wallace was by-common consent made a candidate for -United States Senator at the electionjn January following. The ques tion was raised that because Mr. Wallace was a State Senator he was ineligible to election -to the other office, and the Question was widely discussed. Bnt this expedient,' like air others, tailed to innnence the .Legis lature, and at tbe Democratic caucus he re ceived all the 121 votes excent 6. which 'were divided among the other candidates. His election followed by the full party vote. Mr. Wallace took his seat in the Senate of the United States on March 4, 1875, and almost immediately assumed a leading posi tion in the councils of his party. His ad vice was sought from the beginning, and BLACK'S HOME, TOEK. during his third session he was elected Chairman of the Democratic caucus. Sub sequently he was elected Chairman of the Congressional National Committee on.Or ganization, composed ot one Senator or member from each State. He nerved on the important -committees of Finance, Appro-. pnations ana xoreignieiaiions.- Aiter his retirement from the Senate in' 1881, Mr. Wallace resumed'the practice of law, having meantime risen to the foremost rank among the lawyers of the State. He was concerned in the conspiracy trials in which certain miners were accused of con- Samuel ZL Wherry. spiracy, and the question of organization and conduct of labor unions was up for judi cial consideration. As counsel for tbe coal operators he made a strenuous fight against the conspirators and succeeded in convict ing some ot the leaders. Afterward he ap pealed to the Court for leniency to the con demned, holding that the moral effect of the conviction was more potential for the pur pose aimed at than the harsh execution of tbe law. A characteristic incident occurred pend- KEAE SHIPPENSBDBQ. ing the trial of-this justly celebrated case. Mr. Wallace was counsel for the Sheriff of the county as well as attorney for the operat ors. While the case was under consideration the operators applied to the Sheriff for a requiition on the Governor for a military contingent to guard their property from an imaginary attack. The Sheriff took them to see. Mr. Wallace. After the case was stated he remonstrated against the introduction oi martial law or military methods into tne county. "We will hold the countyresponsi ble for any damage to our property," they said. "The county is amply competent to pro tect all the citizens in their rights and prop erty, and if an application Is made to the Governor for troops I will go in person to Harrisburg to assure the Governor on my personal responsibility that there is no oeea- KEBEtTART 16, 1890. sioB for military interference, and that snch meddling will be resented by the people' 'aid Mr. Wallace. -That was the end of the matter. Mr. Wallace turned his attention io the 'development -of the resources of ' his section, and the development pi. the bituminous coal field has been largely due to his energy and effort He is the President of the Beech 'Creek .Railroad, and is' largely concerned in tbe coal operations of the county. In 1882 the Democrabof the Thirty-fourth Senatorial district became involved in a bitter contest, which threatened to sacrifice -the district and. greatly damage the party in J . - EX-SEKATOB -WALLACE'S the State. In order to avert this danger Senator Wallace was prevailed on to accept the nomination. The result-was most satis W h hftA Mk 4MV ' lTll A MAS 1 WB b BalU- factory. The full party vote was polled, and the Senator was enabled to do valuable work during the term in the Senate. He led in the effort to get the Sonth Penn road the privileges which were- needed to con struct a line through the St3te, and pro cured the passage of the arbitration law for the settlement of differences between em ployers and employes, and which has been instrumental in averting many strikes since. Mr. Wallace has a pleasant and elegant home in Clearfield, and is a quaint and hos pitable gentkniau. He has two sons living, both of whom are engaged in business with him, and two daughters, one of whom is the wife of President Judge Krebs. of the Clear field Court He is fdnd of reading, and his library is a model of excellence, and shows conclusively the wide range over whichhis mind runs. He is of a retiring disposition, though always kind and generous in his im pulses, and takes delight in advancing the interests of his friends, particularly young men, whom he likes to have about him. Representative Samuel M. Wherry has, in an unobtrusive but an unusually credit able public career, shown all of those qual ities which should belong to the high office of Governor. His most bitter enemy never accused him of a dishonest act or a dishon orable thought, and by common consent he has made the most respected and strongest leader the Democrats ever had in the House of Representatives. Tbe following summary of his career np to the timeofhis electionto tbe State Legislature, written by himself for Smull's, Hand Book, at the re quest of the editor, for publication among the biographies of members for the session of 1887, is characteristic: Samuel McCune Wherry, Cumberland ;eouny,was born January 5, 1513. near Bhlp pensburr,'Pa.rEraduated rronrPrinceton Col lege in 1860; .studied law under Hon Frederick Watts, Car!fte: was a member ot tbe Constitu tional Convention of 1S72-3; edited Carlisle Volunteer, 1S77-S; all the time a farmer lor revenue only. Mr. Wherry was a conspicuous member of the Constitutional-Convention, and was one of the leaders in the debates and pro ceedings. Of his work during the session of the legislature in ids tne loiiowing ex tract from a Harrisburg correspondent, who had watched Mr. Wherry's course with the admiration which it deserved, gives a very fair and not overdrawn picture: "But Mr. Wherry, of Cumberland, was the one con spicuous member of the House. The job bers feared him, the honest legislators leaned upon him. All, except those who blindly hated him, respected him. Even the most powerful Republican leaders were glad to mollify his opposition, although he is a stanch Democrat Mr. Wherry is a man of slender build, with a rather thin and pale face, and a most peculiar voice; he is not a lawyer; that is, he never sought admission to the bar, although a law student; but he knew the law as well as the best lawyer on the floor. He seldom spoke long, and when he did he fired off what he had to say like a succession of sharp ringing pistol shots; but his sen tences were models of terse perspicuity. He knew what he wanted to say and how to say it, so that one saw through it as through limpid glass. In the closing hours oi tbe session the honest portion of the House looked to Wherry with an almost childlike confidence, knowing that he had given hours of study to every hill of importance on the calendar, anil that he knew inst where to strike a bad bill at its weakest point He did not disappoint them, and questionable and bad bills went down before his incisive and clear statements like stricken ten-pins." " t - Mr. Wherry never solicited, an hobor, po litical or other.' At the last State conven tion at Harrisburg, while not a member oi the convention and therefore not eligible, Mr. Wherry was made temporary Chairman' against his earnest protest. But he never shirks a duty when once assumed. To small things as well as great, while on hand, he gives his best powers. His naturally bright intellect was improved under the wisest and best course of education American schools and colleges could furnish, and has contin ually developed under constant study and readme. He is a most voracious reader, and is never a moment without a book or Eaper in his hand. Political economy is is hobby. He has worked hard on the tax problem for the last three years. Mr. Wherry said to a friend once that he has always' attributed his success in life to his straightforward and perfectly frank manner of dealing with men and issues. He is as unyielding to friends as to enemies in mat ters of right and duty. .Mr. Wherry liyes.in the old Wherry mansion on a beautiful farm near Shippens burg, and is a prosperous farmer. -He has a charming home lite, and a wife who would preside with disrnitv and success over the Executive Mansion "at Harrisburg, should the State honor itself by electing him Gov ernor. ' . Simon P. Wolverton, whose name is prominentljrmentioned in connection with the Demicratio nomination for Governor, was born in 'Northumberland county on January 28; 1837. His father' was a farmer, and his mother a woman of keen Intelligence, and great natural ability, who, appreciating the value of education, directed her son's mind into the channel which has since given him such marked distinction. At the age of 17 years, with Snch equip ment as could be obtained from the public schools, young Wolverton began life as a school teacher, and with the money thus ac quired commenced preparatory instructions to fit himself fox college. With this view he entered the academy at Danville, and con tinued to prosecute his studies there during the summer months, teaching the balance of the year, until.1857, when he was admitted to 'the freshmen class of theLewisburg Unl-. versity. After taking a two-year's course, he graduated in 1860 with honors, alter which he went to Sunburyr and took; charge of the academy of that place, simultaneously entering tbe office of Hon. Alexander Jor don, an eminent jurist, as a student at law. He was admitted to practice in April, 1862. ;&iSeptember, 1862, "Mr. "WolTerton raised a company of emergeoey raen of which he served as captain, which.was attached to the Eighteenth 'Regiment, P. V. .In June, '1863. he was elected Caotain of Company F, Thirty-sixth .Regiment, P. T., under thel call of Governor Cnrtin for 90 days' Ben to resist the invasion by the Confederates under Lee. , ,' In 'November,. 1878, Mr. "Wolverton was elected to .the State Senate to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Hon. A. II. Dili, who had been nominated for Gov ernor. In 1880 be was re-elected for a full term, and in 1881 was again re-elected. His HOME, CLEAEFrELb. district was Republican by considerable majority, but, notwithstanding, he was F AlAiltAf A A fcl 4f A .1 -1- jaI-. A cjcuvcu nuu uiuc. .as 1113 elections uju. placs each time during a Presidental can vass, when party lints were closelv drawn, his vote shows the esteem in which he was held by those who knew him. During the two years of his Senatorial service Mr. Wolverton occupied a Dromi- nent position in the chamber, and ranked as one oi tne leading lawyers of the body. In 1887 he was nominated by the Democrats of Ex-Senator Wallace. both Houses for United States Senator, and he was the choice of his associates the same year for the office of President pro tetn of the Senate. During bis SenatonaL service he introduced and procured the'passageof many important measures of legislation, among them being the act which enables women to exercise the right of property. Mr. Wolverton ha always taken an act ive part in the material development of his section, and was among the principal mov ers in the construction of tha Danville, Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Railroad, and tbe Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg Railroad, of which company he is the Pres ident He has been counsel for the Phila delphia and Reading Railroad Company 'for 20 years, and has participated in mosto'f its important suits of late years in his own and surrounding counties. Mr. Wolverton. was married November 29. 1865, to Elizabeth, D. Hendricks, daugh terof Benjamin Hendricks, of Sunbury. A son and two daughters, Simon P., Jr.,Mary G. and Elizabeth K. Wolverton, are the fruits of the union. H. H. C. DWAEFING PLANTS. A Peculiar Japanese Process and a Descrip tion of the Work. Tick's Illustrated Mazaitne. AU have heard ot the queer practices of tbe Japanese and Chinese in dwarfing vari ous trees and shrubs; but few, however, have a correct knowledge of the extent to which this dwarfing process is carried. The term dwarf does not fully express the char acter of these objects, for they are not dnly JPinus Parviflora. dwarfed, but so deformed as to be mon strous. Why any people should have de voted themselves to such a practice, or found a pleasure in it. Is inexplicable. There plant monstrosities are interesting as indicating the great vitality of some kinds of vegetation, and showing to what unnatural conditions they can be subjected, and yet live, and live for many decades, and attain a century and more of age. The illustration shows one variety, called the pinns parviflora, that is about one-eighth its natural size. Tbe original of tbe picture is said to be ISO years old. The Japanese also dwarf the Irnit trees, but they do not try to make monstrosities of them, but merely to enable them to gather the fruit more easily. .. m, - , . 1.1 M'xne loiiowing statements are given as a summary of the methods emplovedin dwarf ing plants : . First The stems and the branches are twisted aitificially in every direction, either in a waving or serpentine, form, or coiled as a helix, and this hasthe effect of greatly di minishing their apparent length. Second The branches are pinched very frequently.and thetems are oiten cut down, whereby they become enlarged in such a manner that the trunk forms a thick stump whence grow branches more or less slender. Third The plants are deprived of the Up root Fourth The roots .which replace the tap . root go out oC the ground for a great length, and are burled in the. soil only at their ex tremities in such a nfanner that the truck is supported by numerous feet or legs. i -WEITTEH FOE SYNOPSIS OF rUECEDIXG CHAPTERS. Thesto: iry t idot opens at Bryngellr. on the Welch young LadyHonoria. bis titled wife. 7 UDnaon DarriBEAr is ta London barrister, is taklnz an outinsr ouoria. his titled wife. She married him ize, nas uttie wireiy leeiing, frets abpnt poverty, and makes her hnaDand generally miserable. Geoffrey is cnt off by the tide one day, and Beatrice Granger, tbe charming, beautiful, but some what eccentric.' daughter of the rector of Brvneelly. undertakes to row him asbore. The canoe upsets, and Geoffrey is knocked senseless. Beatrice rescues him, and he is taken to- the. vicarage tto recover. Here LadyHonoria. and Geoffrey have several scenes, after which the former bni dies off to Garaington to visit wealthy relatives, leaving Effle with her papa. Geoffrey and Beatrice learn to admire each other. 'Squire Owen Danes, honest, stupid and very neb, is madly in lore with Beatrice. She can scarcely bear bis society. Elizabeth, Beatrice's sister, is ambk tions to become Mrs. Owen Davies. The latter makes up his mind the crisis Is at band, and ap points a meeting with Beatrice. CHAPTER XIL THE T7BITIN O ON THE SAJ7D. Geoffrey found himself very comfortable at the vicarage, and as for Effie she posi tively revelled in it Beatrice looked after her, taking her to bed at night and helping her to dress in the morning, and Beatrice was a great improvement npon Anne. When Geoffrey became aware of this he remon strated, saying that he had never expected her to act nurse to the child, hut she replied that it was a pleasure to her to do so, which was the tnitb. In other ways, too, the place was all that he desired. He did not like Elizabeth, but then he did nor see very much of'her, and the old farmer clergyman was amusing in his way, with his endless talk o( tithes and crops, and the iniquities of the rebellions Jones, on whom he was going to distrain. For the first day or two Geoffrey had no more conversations with. Beatrice. Most of the time she was away at the school, and on the Satdrday afternoon, when she was tree, he-went out to the Red Rocks curlew shoot ing. At first he thought of asking her to come too, bnt-.then it occurred to him that she might wish to go out with Mr. Davies, to whom he still supposed she was engaged. It was no affair of his, yet he was glad when he camo back-to find that she had been out with Effie, and not with 2Ir. Davies. -On Sunday morning they all went to church, including Beatrice. It was a bare little church, and the congregation was small. Mr. Granger went through the serv ice with about'-as much liveliness as a horse driving a machine. He ground it out prayers, psalms, litany. lessons all in the same depressing way, till Geoffrey felt in clined to go to sleep, and then to watching Beatrice's sweet face instead. He wondered what made her look so sad. Hers was al-wr-ysasad face when in repose, that he knew, but to-day it was particularly so, and, what was more, she loosed worried as well TVEITINO IS as sad. Once or twice he saw her glance at Mr. Davies, who was sitting opposite, the solitary occupant of an enormous pew, and he thought that there was apprehension in her look. But Mr. Davies did not return the glance. To judge Irom his appearance nothing was troubling his mind. Indeed, Geoffrey, studying him in the same ray that . he instinctively studied everybody whom he met, thought that he had never seen a man who looked quite so oxlike and absolutely comfortable. And yet he never was more completely at fault The man seemed stolid and cold indeed, but it was the coldness ot a volcano. Jiis heart was afire. AH tbe human forces in him, all the energies of his sturdy life, had concen trated themselves in a single passion for the weman who was so near and yet so far from him. He had never drawn upon the store, had never frittered his heart away. This woman, strange and nnnsanl as it may seem, was absolutely the first whose glance or voice had ever stirred his blood. His passion for her had grown slowly; for vears it had been growing, ever since the gray-eyed gfrl on the brink of womanhood had conducted him to his castle home. Tt was no fancy, no light desire to pass with the year which brought it Owen had little imagination, that soil from which loves spring ith the rank swiftness of a tropic bloom to fade at the first chill breath of change. His passion was an unalterable fact. It was rooted like an oak on our stiff English soil, its fibers wrapped his heart and shot his being through, and it so strong a gale should rise that it mnst fall, then he, too, would be overthrown. For years now he had thought of little else than Beatrice. To win her he would have given all his wealth, aye, thrice over, if that were possible. To win her, to know her his by right and his alone, ahl that would be heaven I His blood quivered and his mind grew dim when he thought ot it. What would it be to see her standing by bim as she stood' now, and know that she was hiswifel There is no form of passion more terrible than this. Its very earthiness makes it awfuL " The service went on. At List Mr. Granger mounted the pulpit And began to read his sermon, of which the , text was, "But of these three the greatesth. charity." Geof frey noticed thathe bungled over some of the words, then suddenly remembered Bea trice had told him that she had written the sermon', and was all attention. He was not disappointed. Notwithstanding Mr. Gran ger's infamous reading, and his habit of dropping his voice at the end of a sentence, instead of raising- it, the beauty of the thoughts and diction were very apparent It was indeed a discourse that might equal ly well have been delivered in a Mahome dan or Buddhist place of worship; there was nothing distinctively Uiiristian abont it, it merely appealed to the good in human nature. But of this neither the preacher nor his audience seemed to be aware. In deed, few of the latter were listening at all. The sermon was short, and ended with a passage of real power and beaty or rather St did not end, for, closing the MS. sheets, Mr. Granger followed on with a few im promptu remarks of his own. "And now, brethren," he said, "I have been preaching to you about charity, but I wish to add one remark, charity begins at home. There is about a hundred pounds of tithe owing to me, and some ot it has been owing- far two yean and more. If that ' fir " " ' IffisssssssRCnvKw IlliL j& P8s&W Pr-MWSft ft-masR THE DISPATCH. coast Geoffrey Blnsbam, a very promising: at Brvnzellv with his little daughter. Effle. and fnr&nA-znectAd fortune, which aid not material tithe is not paid I shall have to put dis traint on some ot you, and I thought that I had better take this opportunity to tell yon;. so," Then he gave the benediction. The contrast between this 'business-like speech and the beautiful periods which had gone before was so ridiculous that, Geoffrey very nearly burst out lauching, and Beat rice smiled. So did the rest ot the congre gation, excepting one or two who owed tithe and Owen Davies, who was thinking of other things. As they went through the churchyard Geoffrey noticed something. Beatrice was a few paces ahead, holding Effiie'shand. Presently Mr. Davies passed him, appa rently without seeing him, and greeted Beatrice, who bowed slightly in acknowl edgment He walked a little way without speaking, then Geoffrey, just as- they reached the church gate, heard him say: "At 4 this afternoon, then." Again she bowed her head, and he turned and went As for Geoffrey he wondered what it all meant; was she engaged to him, or was she not? Dinner was a sometfhat silent meal. Mr. Granger was thinking about his tithe, also about a sick cow. Elizabeth's thoughts pursued some dark and devions course of their own, not an altogether agreeable one to judge from her face. Beatrice looked pale and worried; even Effie's sallies did not do more than make her smile. As for Geoffrey himself he was engaged iu wonder ing in an idle sort of way what was going to happen at 4 o'clock. "You is all very dull," said Efiie at last, with a charming disregard of grammar. "People ought to be dull on Sunday, Effie," answered Beatrice, with an effort. "At least I suppose so," she added. Elizabeth, who was aggressively religious, frowned at this remark. She knew her sister did not mean it. "What are you going to do this afternoon, Beatrice ?" she asked suddenly. She had seen Owen Davies go up and speak to her sister, and thongh she had not been near THE SAND. enough to catch the words,, scented an as signation from alar. Beatrice colored slightly, a fact that es caped neither her sister nor Geoffrey. ''I am going to see Jane Llewellyn,"' she answered. Jane Llewellyn was the crazr little girl whose tale had been told. Up to that moment Beatrice had no idea of going to see her, but she knew that Elizabeth would not follow her there, because the child could not endure Elizabeth. "Oh, I thought that perhaps you were going out walking." "I may walk afterward." answered Bea trice shortly. "So there is an assignation," thought Elizabeth, and a cold gleam of intelligence passed across her face. ( Shortly after dinner Beatrice put on her bonnet and went out Ten minntes passed, and Elizabeth did the same. Then Mr. srr. j && Making Sure ot the Meeting, Granger announced that he was going up to the farm (there was no service till 6) to sea abont the sick cow, and asked Goeffrey if he wonld like to accompanv him. He said thatheraightaswell.it' Effie could come, and. bavinglit his pipe, they started. . Meanwhile Beatrice went to see the crazy child. She was not violent to-day, and scarcely knew her. Before she had been in, the house ten minntes the situation devel oped itself. Tbe cottage stood about two thirds of the way down a straggling street, which was quite emoty, for Birngelly slept alter dinner on Sunday. At the top of this street appeared Elizabeth, a Bible in -her hand, as thongh on district visiting in tent She looked down the street, and seeing nobody, went for a lit tle walk, then, returning, once more looked down the street This time she was rewarded. The door of the Llewel lyns' cottage opened, and Beatrice' ap peared. Instantly, Elizabeth withdrew to snch a position that she could see without being seen, and, standing as though irreso lute, awaited events. Beatrice turned and took the road that led to the beach. Then Elizabeth's irresolution disappeared". She. also turned and took the road to the cliff, walking very fast Passing behind, the. Vicarage, she gained a point where; the beach narrowed to a width of not more thai "WP8- ,, WmXsfftK. ZJ&7Zr.' 'FMtotimm, .m I , Sill Kf I1' UH l " ItliVlltrJIlkU -.iJr-tff ftMMlsrTMl fli-ll 1 --. -M - . ,t .m
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