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! The Firm of Gi'rdlesfone I BY A. CONAN DOYLE OfTAPTEH XVII. (Continued.) This Inst appeal of Kate's was in an swer to an expression of incredulity and doubt which bad passed over the face of the lady below. It was successful in its object, for the ring of truth with which she spoke aud the look of anxiety and ter ror upon ber face were too genuine to be mistaken. The lady drew her rein so as to brin;: the carriage as near the wall ni was possible without losing sight of Kate's face. "My dear," she said, "you may safely tdl tne everything. Whatever I can do to b"lp you shall be done, and where 1 am powerless there are others who are my friends and may be of assistance. Scully is my name Mrs. Lnvinia Scully of lin den. Ion't cry, my poor girl, but tell me ali about it, and let us see how we can put mutters rijrbt." Thus encouraged, Kate wiped away the tea-.-s w hich had been brought to her eyes by the unwonted sound of a friendly voice. I.aning forward as far as she coy Id. and preventing herself from falling by pass ing her arm round a great branch which shot across the top of the shed, she gave in as few words as she could a detailed account of oil that had befallen her. She described ber guardian's anxiety that sh should marry his son, her refusal, their sudden departure from London, her life at the Priory, the manner in which she was cut off from all human aid, and the reasons which made her believe that an attempt would be made upon her life. In conclusion, she narrated the scene which had occurred that very morning, when her gi.ardian had tempted her to commit sui cide. The only incident which she omit ted from her story was that which had occurred the night before, for she felt that it might put too sev':-e a tax upon Mrs. Scully's credulity. Indeed, looking back at it she almost persuaded herself that the sight which she had seen might be 6ome phantom conjured up by her own imagination, weakened as she was in mind and in body. Having concluded her narrative, she fcound up by imploring her new-fourfd friend to assist her by letting her friends in Loukn know what had become of her and where she was. Mrs. Scully listened w ith a face which expressed alternately the moBt profound pity and the most burning indignation. When Kate had finished 6he sat silent for a minute or more entirely absorbed in her own thoughts. She switched her whip up and down viciously, and her usually placid countenance assumed an expression so iierce that Kate, looking down at her, feared that she had given her offense. When she looked up at last, however, she smiled so pleasantly that the poor girl was reassured, and felt instinctively that ehe had really found a true aud effective friend at last. . "We must act promptly," she said, "for we don't know what they may be about, or what their plans are for the future. Who did you say your friends were'.'"' "Dr. Dimsdale, of Phillimore Gardens. Kensington." "Hasn't he got a grown-up son?" "Yes," said Kate, with a slight flush on her pale checks. "Ah!" cried the good lady, with a very roguish smile. "I see how the land lies. Of course, of course, why shouldn't it'.' I remember Hearing ntout mat young man. I have heard about the (iirdlestoue: also. African merchants they were in the city. You see I know all about you.' "You know Tom'.'" Kate cried in as tonishment. "Oh, don't let us get talking of Tom.' said Mrs. Scully, good-hu mo redly. "When girls get on a subject of that sort there's an end to everything. What I want to know is business. In the first place, I shall drive down to Hedsworth and I shall send to London. Hut not to l'hillimore Gardens. Hot-headed young men do fool- ith things under such circumstances as these. This is a case that wants careful management. I know a gentleman in London who is just the man, and who I know would be only too proud to help a lady in distress. He is a retired officer, and his name is Major Clutterbuek Ma jor Tobias Clutterbuck." "Oh, I know him very well, and I have heard of you, too," said Kate with a smile. "I reniemlter your name now in connection with his." It was Mrs. Scully's turn to blush now. "Never mind that," she said. "I can trust the major, and I know he will be flown here at a word from me. I shall let him have the facts, and be can tell the I)imsla!eg if he thinks it Ix-st. Good by, dear, don't be unhappy any more, but remember that you have friends outside v ho will very qui'-kly st all right. Good by !" and waving her hand in encourage ment, the good widow woke up the pony, which bad fallen fast asleep, and rattled awny down the lane in Us direction from whh'h she had come. pnssea away? rte dare not call In any man at the sate 'who appeared to he rwi local medical man, but his Inventive brain guard to prevent any one from coming out . i : ii: ... i . .. .....1 i .. i .... .. " ur in. viii our way to neowortii we met no less a person than the great Mr. (Jir- (llestone himself, ami we actually drove so clumsily that we splashed him all over with mud. Wasn't that a very sad and unaccountable thing? I fancy I see Toby smiling over that. Ever yours, "LAVINIA SCULLY." The major called u cub aud rattled away to l'hillimore. Gardens and thence to the ollice, without being able to find the man of whom he was in search. Ha taken a final step, John Girdlestone felt then rushed down the Strand as quickly as ne could, Intending to catch the next train and go alone, but on his way to Waterloo station he fell in with. Tom Dimsdale, us recorded in a preceding chapter, hud overcome the dilliculty, and had hit upon a device by which he might defy : both doctors and coroner. If all went us lit had planned it, it was dillicult to see nny chance of detection. In the case of a poorer man the fact that the girl's , money reverted to him might arouse suspi I cion, but he rightly argued that with his I gnat reputation no one would ever dream that such a consideration could have weight with him. Having sent the telegram off and so CHAPTER XVIII. At four o'clock Mr. Girdlestone stepped Into the I'.edsworth telegraph office and wired his short message. It ran thus: "Case bopeleKS. Come on to-morrow with doctor." On receipt of this he knew by their agreement that his son would come down. There was nothing for it now but that his ward should die. If he delayed longer the crash might come be fore ber money was available, and then how rain all regrets would be. It s-med to him that there was very little risk in the matter. The girl had had no communication with any one. Even of those around her Mrs. Jorrocks was in her doti;ge, Itebecca Taylforth was stanch and true, and Stevens knew nothing. Ev ery one on the country aide had heard of the invalid young lady at the Priory. Who would be surprised to bear that ah had more at his ease. He was proud of his own energy and decision. As he walked very pompously and gravely down the ullage street his heart glowed within him at the thought of She long struggle which he hud maintained against misfortune. He passed over in bis mind all the successive borrowings and speculations and make shifts and ruses which the firm had resort ed to. Yet in spite of every danger and diffi culty' it still held up its head with the best, and would weather the storm at last He reflected proudly that there was no other man in the city who would have had the dogged tenacity and the grim resolu tion which he had displayed during the last twelve months. "If ever any one should put it all in a book," he said to himself, "there are few who would believe it possible. It is not by my own strength that I have done it." When he was half way to the Priory he met n small pony carriage which was rattling towards Hedsworth ut a great pace, driven by a good-looking middle-aged lady with a small page by her side. The merchant encountered this equipage in a narrow country lane without a footpath and as it approached lum lie could not help observing that the lady wore an in dignant and gloomy look upon her fea tures which was out of keeping with their general contour. Her forehead was con traded into a very decided frown, and her ips were gathered into what might be de scribed as a negative smile. Girdlestone stood aside to let her pass, but the lady by a sudden twitch of her right hand rein brought the wheels across in so sudden a manner that they were within an ace of going over his toes. He only saved him self by springing back into a gap of the hedge. As it was. he found on looking down that his pearl-grey trousers were covered with flakes of wet mud. What made the incident more perplexing was that both the middle-aged lady and th page laughed very Tleartily as they rattled nwav to the village. The merchant pro ceeded on his way marveling in his heart at the uncharitableness and innate wick edness of unregenerated human nature. (rood Mrs. Scully little dreamed of the urgency of the case. Had she seen the Uiegram which John Girdlestone had just disnatched. it is conceivable that she might have read between the words, and by acting more promptly have prevented o terrible crime. As a matter of fact, with all ber sympathy the worthy woman had taken ii large part of Kates story with the nroverbial grain of salt. It seemed to her to be incredible and impossible that in this nineteenth century such a thing as deliberate and carefully planned mur der should occur in Christian England. That these things occur in the abstract we are ready to admit, but we find it very difficult to realize that they may come within the horizon of our own experi ence. Hence Mrs. Scully set no impor tance upon Kate's fears for her life, and put them down to the excited state of the girl's imagination. She did consider it. however, to be a very iniquitous and un justifiable thing that a young girl should cooped up and separated from all the world in such a very dreary place of se- lusion as the Priory. This consideration and nothing more serious had set that look of wrath upon her pleasant face, and ad stirred ber up to frustrate Girdle stone and to communicate with Kate's friends. Her inienlion had been to telegraph to London, but as she drove to Hedsworth she bethought her how impossible it would In- for her within the limits of a telegram lo explain to her satisfaction all that she wanted to express. A letter, she reflected, won hk if posted now, reach the major by the first post on Saturday morning. It would simply mean a few hours' delay in the takinir of steps to relieve Kate, and what difference could a few hours more or less make to the girl? She determined, therefore, that she would write to the ma jor, explaining all the circumstances and leave it to him what course of action should be pursued. Mrs. Scully was well known at the post office, and they quickly accommodated her with the requisites for correspond ence. Within a quarter of an hour she had written, sealed, stamped and posted the following epistle : "Dearest Toby Who do you think 1 have come across down here? No less a person than that Miss Harston who was Girdleslone's ward. You used to talk about her, I remember, and indeed you were a great admirer of hers. You would be surprised if you saw her now, so thin and worn and pale. Still her face is very sweet and pretty, so I won't deny your good taste how could I after you have paid your addresses to' me? "Her guardian has brought her down here and has locked her up iu a great bleak house called the Priory. She has no one to speak fo, and is not allowed to write letters. She seemed to be heart broken because none of her friends know where she is, and she fears that they may imagine that she has willingly deserted thr-rn. Of course, by her friends she means that curly-bended Mr. Dimsdale that you spoke of. The poor girl is in a very low, nervous state, and told me over the wall of the park that she feared her guardian had designs on her life. I can hardly believe that, but I do think that she is far from well, and that it is enough t) drive her mad to coop her up like that. We must get her out somehow or another. I suppose that her guardian is within his rights, and that it is not a police matter. You must consider what must be done. and let young Dimsdale know if you think best. He will want to come down to see her, no doubt, and if Toby were to come. too. I should not be sorry. "I should have telegraphed about it, but I could not explain myself sufficiently. I assure you that the jtoor girl is in a very bad way, and we can t le too energetic in what we do. It was very sad to hear the positive manner in which she declared that her guardian would murder her. though she did not attempt to give any reason why be should commit such ter rible crime. We saw a horrid one-ered i A Gate fop the Burn Doorway, When the horse stable opens Into the buggy room and it Is necessary to keep the door oien for ventilation, I find t,hat a small gate constructed of The letter was n thunderbolt to Tom, "sht muterlal Is tin excellent protec- In his worst dreams he had never imag- tlon against horses getting loose and ined anything so dark as this. He hur ried liack to the station at such a pace that the poor major was reduced to a most nsthmatical and -wheezy condition. He trotted along pluckily, however, and as he went heard the account of Tom's adventures in the morning, and of the de parture of Ezra Girdlestone and of his red-bearded companion. The major's face grew more anxious still when he heard ot it. "Pray heaven we may not be too ate!" he panted. CIIAPT ElTXIX. When Kate bad made a clean breast o: all tier troubles to the Widow Scully, and hud secured that good woman's co-operation, a great weight seemed to have eeu lifted from her heart, and she sprang from the shed a different woman. It vould soon be like a dream, all these eary weeks in the grim old house. With in a day she was sure that either Tom or the major would find means ot com municating with her. The thought made her so happy that the color stole back nto her cheeks, and she sang for very j lightness of heart as she made her way tick to the Priory. Mrs. Jorrocks and Ilebecca observed the hange which had come over her, and mar led at it. Kate attempted to aid the former in her household work, but the old rone refused her assistance, and repulsed hei harshly. Her maid, too, answered her I'rtly when she addressed her, and eyed her in anything but a friendly manner. She amused herself that morning b tckoning up in her mind what the se ntence of events would be in London, and iow long it would be before she heard from her friends. If Mrs. Scully had elegrnphed, news would have reached .hem last night. Probably she would write as well, giving all the particulars bout her. The post came in about nine clock, she thought. Then some time would elapse before the major could find L'om. After that, no doubt they would .ia ve to consider what had best be done, nd perhaps would go and consult with Dr. Dimsdale. That would occupy tne morning and part of the afternoon. They ould hardly reach the Priory before nightfall. Ezra would be down by that time. On he Saturday before he had arrived be tween five and six. A great dread failed iier soul at the thought of meeting the voung merchant again. It ran merely the latural instinct of a lady shriuking trora .vhatever is rough and coarse and antag onistic. She had no conception of the impending danger, or of what his coming might mean to her. Mr. Girdlestone was more gracious to her than usual that morning at breakfast, lie seemed anxious to efface r.4ie remem brance of his fierce and threatening words the day before. Ilebecca, who waited iiion them, was astonished to hear the way in which he spoke. His whole man- icr was less heavy and ungainly man isual, for now that the time ot action . . i- i . i i : - .. : was at hand lie ten uraeeu uuu imig- rated, as energetic men do. You should study botany while you ire down here," he said, blandly. "De fend upon it, one cannot learn too many lings in ones youth. Besides a knowl- . i t I , ....... V. i.e. flia edge 01 natural fccienic 1r.11.m-.-5 marvelous harmony which prevails hroughout the universe, and so enlarge? our mind. "I should very much like to know some- hing of it," answered Kate. "My only ar is that I should not be clever enough ;o learn it. The wood here is full of wonders. The . . . . i l tiniest musnroom is as esiraoruiuury nuu as worthy of stuiTy as the largest oak. Your father was fond of plants and ani mals." Yes, I can remember that. Raid Kate, ler face growing sad as her mind trav eled back to years gone by. What would that same father have thought, she won dered, had he known how this man oppo site to her had treated her? What did it matter now though, when she would so soon be out of his power? (To be continued.) injuring the buggies. The cut here with shows a light gate we have in use In our horse barn. It Is very simple In construction, but serves a very Im portant purpose. Were it not for this light gate we would find It necessary to keep the door closed between the horse stable and buggy room, thus shutting off ventilation. The gate ia hinged onto the rolling door with light strap hinges, explains a writer In the Prairie Farmer, so that when the gate Is not in use It swings SLAT STABLE DOOR. What fleet Men Thins ei sitae The success attending the us, of silage In the dairy business has created much Interest among beef cattle men Silage furnishes a succulent food which Is quite essential to the dairy sow in keeping her digestive system in good condition. The same will be found true for the beef animal. Twenty pounds of silage per day will supply all the bulk and water needed In a fattening ration. The other roughage may consist of either long fodder or mixed hay. The economy of using silage for fattening purposes is well brought out by Prof. A..M. Soule of the Virginia station, who has stated the following conclusions : "There was a difference of from to of a pound of grain per head per day in favor of the silage-fed cattle They also finished out better and in any discriminating market would eer talnly bring a better price than the dry-fed cattle. "Of the three forms of roughage fed, the silage wa eaten with the greatest relish, and there was absolutely no loss, whereas with the stover the loss amounted to 13.5, per cent and with hay 4.10 per cent. YVhere a large number of animals are fed this would make a considerable difference in the cost of ration, except that the shredded stover can be utilized to advantage for bed ding." Silage as It is put up to-day Is bet ter than when the practice was first started. Good silage of corn Is made when the grain hns passed the milk stage and has commenced to glaze a lit tle. Silage is made also from sorghum, corn and cowpeas and pea vines. Doable IlruoilliiK Coop l he double brooding coop shown in I DAIRYING IN DENMARK. Land Worked for Hundreds of Years Still Beats Ours. That American farmers and promoter! f agricultural' industries are rather lax in grasping their opportnuties, and are in danger of being outgeneraled iu the markets of the world, unless they improve their methods, is the belief of Dean James E. Rusuell, of Columbia University, New York. Dean Russell was recently a visitor at the state col lege, and during his stay there ad dressed an assembly of the teachers of the Inland Empire, who were attending the teachers' institute in Pullman. Rela tive to the problems just mentioned, he laid: Thirty years ago New York waa lending butter and cheese to the Lon don markets. New York butter and cheese were ruling out similar products from Ontario, and other parts of the world. Just thirty years ago Denmark began to think she could make butter and put it in the London market. The question was, How could she overcome the lead that New York already had in the London markets? She sent men to London to study, out tho ground; to find what LAnd&n wanted. Then she sot about to give them the required product. Denmark is a country of poor soil, which has been tilled and overworked for a thousand years. Nevertheless, the Uamsh population anntiallv sells in the markets of London $35,000,000 worth of butter. In 1903 the entire United States exported only $1,004,000 worth r butter. Jn addition, to the vast quan tity of butter mentioned, Doninark nds out one-fifth as much pork as we do, and just as many horses; and cer; ainly, we should load the world in the breeding of horses. In the meantime the Danish nation has taught the hens ow to work. Four hundred and fifty tnousana dollars worth of eggs were ex- the drawing Is four feet square and 'on "Ui"P. " ll'S " " around and fastens to the large door out of the way. For material In mak ing the gate we use Inch strips of good pine for the horizontal pieces. The up right pieces are light strips gotten out for fence pickets, I find a light gate of this character a good thing to keep poultry out of the barn during the sum mer months. three feet high at rear, two and one- half In front. It may be built of tongue and grooved stuff or straight-edge boards one-half or three-fourths Inch thick. The hinged lids sTiould have two cleats each to make them firm. In front Is a one-inch mesh wire netting and at the edges are strips of three quarter by one and one-halMiich stuff, of $3,092,000. In the last ten years Denmark has taken $8,000,000 worth of corn from Iowa and Nebraska, via New York, which she has fed to Danish cows and pigs, and then placed the lajter in the European markets in successful competition with similar products from America. "I said a moment ago that twenty years ago the competitor of Denmark The Colony Plan. If you want vigorous chickens and hens that lay do not overcrowd them. Forty or fifty In one flock are suffi cient. If you have more than this num ber by all means make a change, for your chickens are probably costing you more than they are worth. If you do not care to sell any of your birds then start Into the chicken business on the colony plan. Divide your flock Into colonies of about forty fowls each and build houses for them in different parts of the farm. For Instance, If you have one hen house on the east side of the barn, put another house on the west side. Then If you have enough birds put another house down by the calf lot and another to the farther end of the barn yard. A dozen different places will suggest themselves If you look for lo cations on your farm. If you have made a failure in raising chickens or your hens "don't amount to much," try this method. It will surprise and please you. Your hens will be healthier, will lay better and will require less feed. The reason for this will be easily seen when you have once tried It. Chickens, or anything else for that mat ter, cannot stand crowding. Also the colony plan gives the fowls wider range and encourages the birds to hunt for their living. Exchange. to insure rigidity. In one corner, as : was the State of New York. In these shown, is the nest, four Inches deep ! twenty years the Danish people have and fifteen or eighteen Inches square. increasel their exports from $1,000,000 according to the size of the hens kept. I t0 40;000.000- In. the same twenty The board floor, explains the Orange, York hVv ..,p.. ?nn nnn nnn r the last fifteen years Ontario has outbid New Yrork in the same way in the cheese market. Twenty years ago New Y'ork companies received Canadian cheese and put the N ew York stamp on it to get one cent more in the English market. Today the New Y'ork farmers are sending their eheese over the Cana dian boundaries, and paying two cents per pound in order to sell it at all." Showing the superiority of European methods of education in comparison with American eduoation, Dean Russell said: Wnrtamt la a 11 n Judd Farmer, Is covered with sawdust ' state a littJ, arr than th In,. or sand. Food and drink are more Kmnir nt Ftrn w.Kin.,fn .-j I M-VV. 1 OUIllllkUU milt readily supplied through the door, 1 having a population of about two mil- DOUBLE BROOD COOP. which preferably shown. lifts in front, as Corn Lend In it Wentern Crop. The statistical bureau of the Union Pacific passenger department Issues a statement compiled from government rejforts showing the value of farm lion persons. Thirty years ago Wur- temburg began to realize that her pop ulation was beginning to dwindle; that something had to be done to maintain her integrity as a state. So she set about building up a system of schools for all the people; that would help the boy who wished to be a carpenter, a plumber, or a fanner, in the same de gree, according to his needs, as they products In seventeen States west of the Mississippi in 1007 to have been would aseist the youth who desired to $1,091,000,000. Corn leads In produc- a lawyer, an engineer, or a phy- tion, being valued at nearly half a billion dollars. Winter wheat is next, valued nt $200,000,000, and domestic hay was valued at only $2,000,000 less. si-eian. Today Wurtemlurt has a uni versity giving courses of world wide fame; technical schools, weaving and manufacturing schools; two hundred and thirty industrial schools in towns and Her Itlht to Preach. Woman's Inborn right to preach has been recognized by ISishop Talbot, of Pennsylvania. A skirted itinerant ex pounder of the gospel used to gather a crowd every Sunday within sight of the bishop's cathedral and many of his Hock were s'en lingering under her snoll Ono nf tlip vest rvnien went to the bishop to remonstrale. He wanted and ?'"r brace !s 'P'ete. says Farm- something done to stop the preaching Ilracfnjc Corner PoMn. This method, while cheaply devised, Is used very effectively In bracing cor ner posts. Use as a brace a pole nine or ten feet long, four or five inches in diameter and square at both ends. Fit one end of pole to the post half way between Its middle and top and place other end of brace on a flat stone. Se cure one end of a wire around bottom of post, then take It to outer end of brace and back to post again, fasten ing securely. With a short stout stick twist wires together until very tight Rye, oats, barley and potatoes follow villages; schools for metal workers, and In order. The report also shows an In- workers in the textile trades; schools of crease In live stock of 2G0 per cent art of agriculture, of preparation for since 1870. bousenolrt management; and numerous j farm schools, and high schools through Color of I'kh. j out tho state. There Is no difference in the color of "Wurtemburp a stito but 1!ttl the yolk of the eggs laid by different '"iW.than the Inland Empire of East- breeds, nor Individual!. Hut the color " " ""'"tri"", supports all tiieao in stitutions, with an income of ten dollar per head of population. What would of the shell Is a matter of breed and mn ling, anu uie coior or tne yoiK is American citizens think, if in addition governed by the food given. The aver- to supporting agricultural colleges, they age lengtn or a nen s egg is 'Z.'Zt Inches; were asuea to support five hundred diameter at the broad end. 1.72 Inches; weight, nbout one-eighth of a pound. Farm Notes. Alfalfa seed Is now selling in many tecnmcai anil industrial schools for every two million of population t This is what is being done in the small state of Wurtemburg, and from the point of view of American citizens today, it is llmnit ininnfi.tilAi fk. - . - 1 . : parts of the West for 10 to 12 cents a of " h e Tmu.t aZT u" Pound. , I len to infer that his Country ham mil K Egyptian cotton land produces nearly to an eB-n before it can success ur times as much per acre as that of f,u11 eom,Pet with the old country in ne proaucta or industrial education." Answers ti Queries. By J. L. Ahlock. Wiwhinirton Experiment Sta tion, Pullman. fou this country. In four years a pair of rabbits could secure a progeny of nearly 1,500,000. A doe rabbit produces as many as seven families a year. METHOD OF BRACING. so near the cat neural. Oh, never mind." said the bishop, "she cannot hurt me. Let her preach. She must exhort somebody, and, you see, she has no husband. I warrant your wife gives you ninny a good sermon In the retirement of your Lome. All women like to preach." Cleveland Loader. era' Review. This brace comes in line with your fence and by fastening your wire or boards to It prevents It from slipping sideways. IIok for Cuba and Mexico. Some of the const country farmers while visiting Galveston saw that many hogs from distant jiolnts In Texas and Oklahoma were being shipped to Cuba n nil AIpYlen inn rotiirna.1 t,.A . . . ... - I "'ran: llll- He I notice you call a good many ' . " " , , ltpaKune of vonr n,i.,,:iir,f..i,r.i. on.nLs I ho no UI lu 'rArtB "uu ramiers to you rlo not consider tne a crank? She ral8e h", for Cul,an a,", MmI -Certainly not! A crank is a person -markets. It would pay the coast coun- witl, one idea, and I never heard any-: try, farm(": to the Mme thin- body accuse yon Pearson's Weekly, of having one! "They say Mrs. Youngwcri across the 'way has the most extraordinary pow ers of itersuasion." a week at a time." Baltimore Ameri ca n. If Yon Doubt It, Try It. A man once hacked himself for a large amount, which he subsequently lost, to move an ordinary brick attach ed to two 111 I Ips nf cord utonir Wol "Yes. I've known her to keep a girl roa(1 OTtaMe Chichester. He failed to move the brick, and It may be roughly estimated that the friction of the cord on the road Increased the weight of the brick (about seven pounds) and cord A government commission Is Strug' crlinir with the nrnhlpm of ertormlnnt. ing the nun butterfly, which has become 1 to a dpn1, wp,ht of "ot 'r short of a a plague In Bohemia- I a' " .Haverford, Pa. "Is it considered Many important drainage projects are that hog raising is practicable in the under way in the marsh land in Lou- northwestern part of the United Islana. which will ultimately make it 551"" 11. W. a great agricultural country. . 11 1S probable that there is no place . , , . , ,, , I in the United States where the prices A dairy train which recently went for pork produfta a. hih out from Lafayette, Ind jvered COO, in the Pacific Northwest. A condition miles on the Monon route, and 4,(KW of significance, too, is that the people people henrd the lectures which were ' this region are not sufficiently alive delivered from the cars. j to the necessity of their meeting the ' ,, . demand for pork products. Those who The Sacramento alley. In Cal for-'ara in th(l ..,:. -ra ' Iv.i" re in me ousiness are making monev. nla, shipped over $.",, HiO.OtfO worth of Conditions are improving, however, for oranges last year, and the growers of at the present time we note a growing that section estimate that the new crop tendency among farmers to pay more will be worth $l,O0,0O0 more. attention to this business. The Berk- It estimated that If the cattle sh.p- .Xttjh ZtX S pers of Iowa succeed In establishing making some headway. At the experi tlieir claims against the railroads for roent station we have about eoncluded excessive shipping charges in Chicago tD eross of these two breeds would thev will get back fully a half "million . ceiier man eitcer one bv itself.' dollars. Great Hritaln now imports every year about 9,XVK.iO bushels of apples, one-half of which come from the Unit ed States. Canada sends over about 3.000,000 bushels and Australia nearly all the rest Au effort Is being made to establish In the Ozark region of Missouri an ex tensive breeding station for farm an fmals. The project hns the approval of Secretary Wilson and Dr. Melvln, of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Kvrntnallr. Reporter I)o you ever contribute any thing to foreign palters? Comic Bard Why er yes; on look ing over the miscellany columns of the papers I find that I contribute lots of tuff to the London Tit-Bits. aaa Everything-. Prosperous Clubman When I first ar rived in this town, forty years ago, I hadn't a shirt to my back. Old Clubman Worse than that; yoa hadn't a tooth in your head.