a. Fletcher Roawsow
MR.TAUBERVS
DIAMOND
"HI. young fellow! Doea Inspector
oe live barer
Ha spoke roughly enough., and I re
turned hi, .tare with equal IrrttaUon.
Wh.aa a man may not Indulge In day
4rama on hla own doorstep the atate
of society wanta mending. He was a
big bully of a fellow, with a red face.
curled, white mustache, and a single
ye-glaas. through which be regarded
me with an air of extreme ill-temper.
"The inspector lodgea on the third
floor." I told him coldly.
"Do you live here too?"
I bad a mind not to answer him, but,
after all. It was not worth while mak
ing" trouble over an impudent ques
tion. "Tea," I said; "I rent the ground
floor and the studio behind. My name
la Phillips. I am an artist. For the
paat four years I have studied abroad.
If you would like to see my birth cer
tificate I will go and fetch It for you."
To my aurprlse, he burst Into a
shout of laughter, swaying his body
from aide to aide. It was quite a time
before be recovered himself.
"Good, lad good, lad." be chuckled;
Qd! but I deserved it. Allow me to
Introduce myself. My name is Gun
ton, sir Colonel Theophllus Ounton
and rm very pleased to meet you."
He held out bis band, which I shook.
without any great degree of enthusl
Is this Addlngton Peace at home,
60 you think?" he continued.
"I dont know," I told him. "I should
walk upstairs and find out it I were
you."
"There I recognise the practical
bead. Tou know him?"
"Tea."
"Then, we will go together. Tou
ean Introduce me."
I was offended at the noise and
bluster of the man; but be had
grabbed my arm. and I didn't want a
aoene at my own door. I led him up
the stairs, bis voice growing silent as
bis long capacity weakened. The In
spector's voice cried an invitation to
my knock, and I entered, with the col
onel puffing at. my heels like a loco
motive on a stiff Incline.
-Sorry to disturb you, Peaoe," I
aid; "but this is a gentleman by the
name of Ounton, and he appears anx
ious to make your acquaintance."
The little man rose from bis easy
chair, and stood looking at the stran
ger with an expression of great good
humor. For myself, I was about to withdraw
when the colonel's band dropped heav
ily upon my shoulder.
"Don't you go," he said. "A cosmo
politan, a detective and a man of the
world, as I am, form a unique combi
nation. And, by OadI gentlemen, we
ah all want all our brains over this af
fair." I glanced at Peace, who smiled and
nodded. So I stayed.
The colonel kindly consented to
take the most comfortable chair,
sighed, stretched out his legs, lit a
cheroot and then, without further In
troduction, plunged Into his story,
v "Perhaps you have beard of Julius
Tauberyf NoT Well, it's a name as
well known throughout India as the
TloeroT'e. He Is the bead of one of
the richest firms in Calcutta. Went
out there as a young man, worked
well, married well, and ended well In
all things, save his constitution, with
which be played the very deviL In
1900 he returned and took a fine Lon
don house in Portland place, together
with an old hall down in Devonshire.
A month ago the doctors ordered him
out of England for life. Rough on him,
waant It, seeing that be bad spent
two-thirds of his time out of it al
ready T But the south of France is his
only chance, they tell him; so, like a
wise man, he Is selling off his sticks,
and settling down at Mentone, with
out squealing to show bow much It
hurts him.
"Julius and his wife she's one of
the kindest-hearted women have
been giving some farewell parties to
their old friends. They had a lunch
today, one-thirty sharp, and a lot of
people turned up. After the ladles
had left us, the talk, as luck would
bars It, fell on precious stones; and
Julius Taubery is a crank on them If
there ever was one. His wife wears
the finest jewels in London, and the
old man is supposed to have many
thousand pounds' worth more locked
away, which he won't trust even her
men sitting behind her, for they can't
keep their eyes off her pearls. Sir
Andrew pulled out a magnifying glass,
und began examining the diamond.
" "I congratulate you. Taubery,' be
said, after about a minute. 'Tou have
acquired a historical stone!"
"Old Julius leant back, with a amlle
half-way round his head, but he didn't
say a word.
"This stone,' said Sir Andrew, in
the heavy, pompous way that he baa,
tapping It with bis magnifying glass
to attract attention, "this stone Is the
celebrated Hyderapore diamond, to
which first historical reference Is
maue in ice year 1dS4. it waa cap
tured by the Rajah of Hyderapore
from a ruling chief In the Deccan after
a battle, in which four thousand men
lost their Uvea. In 16S0 it was stolen
from the rajah's palace by a Spaniard,
who escaped to Bombay, where be was
robbed and murdered. The stone dis
appeared for about sixty years.
" "It subsequently came into the
possession of one of the East India
company's agents, who was stabbed to
death In his bungalow near Calcutta
about 1760. The diamond, which is
held to have Inspired the attack, waa
saved from the robbers by the appear
ance of hla guests and servants. The
widow brought It to Europe and sold
It to the Duo d'Alembert, who lost his
diamond and Incidentally his life in
me rTencn revolution, it turned up
again at the court of Napoleon III.,
being then In the possession of Henri
Marvin, the well-known financier. Un
til today I thought It was still In his
family.
" 'It is one of the very few large dia
monds that Is absolutely without a
flaw, and Its value in the open market
today would be approaching thirty
thousand pounds. Any one who takes
an Interest in historical stones might
be tempted to give even a higher
price; for there has been enough blood
spilt over It, gentlemen, to fill the
bath of its fortunate possessor.'
"He laid down the diamond on the
table and looked at bis host with a
malicious grin. But all connoisseurs
are alike; they are as covetous of
each other's pet treasures as so many
cats.
"All the time that Sir Andrew bad
been speaking, the fat fellow next to
me had been snorting and swelling
until, 'pon my soul, I thought he was
In for a stroke of apoplexy. I am the
best-tempered of men, but I have my
limits, and the old grampus was one
of them.
" 'Are you in pain, air?' I asked him.
" 'Yes, I am, sir,' he said, in such a
high, squeaky voice that all tbe table
could bear him. 'I object to listening
to the definitions of so-called experts,
wno cannot tell a diamond from a
glass marble. Experts? Humbugs,
that's what I call them I'
" 'Do you refer to me. Professor En
dlcottr began Sir Andrew, leaning
forward, with a very red face.
" 'Most certainly I do.'
'Then I must ask you for an ex
planation or an immediate apology
" 'A man who can make so ludicrous
an error deserves neither the one nor
tbe ether,' cried the professor, in great
excitement That stone has been in
the possession of the Princes of Pavav
loff for three hundred years. Prince
Peter, the present head of tbe family,
kindly allowed me to examine It when
I was in Moscow in 1894. I was not
aware that he had sold It I trust
Mr. Taubery, that you obtained It from
a respectable source; if not I should
be do true friend did I bide from you
my belief that it had been stolen.'
"If a man had said such a deucedly
Insulting thing to me I should have
knocked blm down there and then. I
would, 'pon my soul, without thinking
more about it But Julius lay back in
bis chair, smiling all over his face. 1
suppose those collectors get accus
tomed to each other's little ways;
they're a queer lot anyway.
" 'Tou can be quite easy on that
point. Professor Endlcott,' be said.
'Prince Peter was, unfortunately. In
volved in the late Dolorous kl conspir
acy, but bad time to slip across tbe
Russian frontier before the police
MM arreet him. I bought tte lsy MEANS OF EMPTYING BARREL1
mond from hla agent in Paris.' I
"'Tou Interest me deeply, Mr. Tau
bery,' struck in Sir Andrew, speaking
very softly, though we could all see be
was In a devil of a rage. 'Even I was
not unaware of tbe existence of tbe
Pavaloff diamond. If my memory does
not fall me. it la slightly disfigured by
a flaw on the eighth facet r
Certainly. Sir Andrew.' said our not only easy, but sure and safe. The
host; if you examine the stone you barrel to be emclLd U left In the
"-rt ? ,UCh " th C"-' WBon- or P'Med'on a bench, so the
There Is no such blemish on the )., ,, , Juat abotf , bam(, or
diamond I have before me. Therefore ,her vessel In v. hit you wish to
1 humbly suggest that you have been .tore the oil. A piece of three-quarter
deceived by this Parisian agent as to lmn no of .uffl,.,,in. ,.-,.. to ,,.
Nature's Balance of
Ides Illustrated Herewith Will Be
Found Not Only Easy, but Quits
Sure and Safe.
Many rurallsts now buy gasoline
and lamp oil by the barrel, and to
empty same Is no small Job. The
Idea herewith Illustrated will be found 1
! from the bottom of the barrel to be
emptied and across to the storage
tank Is secured and usi'd as shown.'
says tbe Iowa Homestead. C shows
the barrel of oil, D Is the storage tank
or barrel, and A Is a stout cord some
two feet longer than tho hose, H. The
card has a weight such as a small tap
, fastened to one end, and a bunch o
H. ill D I l
B fesa
COPPER PJVttt VALLDT
Emptying a Barrel.
AR up on the northwest coast
of America, In the land of the
midnight sun, Is a country
which still defies the hardiest
traveler; a land where huge
mountains rise sheer out from the wa
ter's edge on an Icebound, storm
swept coast; tho home of vast gla
ciers, unknown lakes and rivers, si
lent valleys and unpeopled wastes.
Ponder a moment on these lines from
rags at the other end. Insert the cord th. ab,0 p,,n of nB wllo bllt ll(.j the
n the hose, and allow the tap to pull ufe and tramped the trails across the
v luruugu, uucii me rags enter me Kreat unknown:
end of the hose. Place the hose in
the barrel, C. with the rags down, pull
the cord and rags through the hose,
and quickly Insert the end In the tank
or barrel D and the bose will empty
the oil In a shirt time. The rags
force out the air and the air pressure
forces the oil lu to fill the vacuum.
No! Ther.'a th Und. Illivi you awn
It?.
It's th riiftantrat lamt that I know.
From th bis. diiay muuntutna that acran
It.
Tn th rt.rp. nVnthtlk vnll.ya below.
Bum aay UihI waa tired when it mad
It;
Bom aay If a fln.l hind to hun;
It
its origin.'
"Professor Endlcott climbed to bis
feet with a grunt of dissatisfaction,
and leant over tbe table, thrusting out
his podgy fist to receive the Jewel. He
remained standing, with his body
swayed forward, so that the electric
lights above the sliver center piece
might shine the brighter upon what he
held. Presently he dropped his hands
to his sides and stood staring about
him like a plowman lost tn Piccadilly.
" This Is not the stone I examined
five minutes ago,' he stuttered.
"'Nonsense,' said old Julius, with a
shadow of fear In bis eyes. 'Nonsense,
Endlcott; look again.' !
" 'Can it be that two such famous
experts have made a mistake?" sneered
Sir Andrew. 'Can it be that a humble !
amateur like myself is right and that j
they are wrong? As I told you, gen
tlemen, the Hyderapore diamond
"'Hyderapore diamond be d df
squealed tbe fat man. This thing is a
fake, a clumsy Imitation. Taubery,
you have been robbed!'
"We were all on our feet in an In
stant amid a clamor of tongues. But
there was one man amongst us that
kept hla bead; one man who realized
that his honor was In peril; that Im
mediate action was necessary. His
name If I am not too egotistical Is
Theophllus Gunton.
"Fortunately I have a voice of some
power, and a manner that, when my
feelings are strongly moved, is per
haps not unimpressive. I commanded
and obtained silence. I begged them
to resume their seats; they obeyed. I
" 'Julius Taubery,' I said, 'has your j
diamond disappeared?' i
"He answered that it had, looking at '
the Imitation stone, which they had re
turned to him. In a silly, scared way. j
" 'Julius Taubery,' I continued, 'we.
your guests, lie unuer a stigma, an lra- 1 -one. a piece or sort rubber formed So. Indeed, does the wanderer feel
putatlon. We cannot leave the house Into a tight fitting disk answers ths once h., h. f,,.,,r v..,,,.. 1..
under such circumstances. Some one purpose some better than the rags, sternest moods or reveled In tho
must have brought the imitation stone However, old rags are always at hand, short but glorious summers of Alaska
with him for a purpose that it is need-! and the rubber Is not The rapid change, of climatic condl-
les. to define. The real Jewel I must j tlon, ln Arcf! aro conant
be in his pocket at this moment Let SOIL OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS " wonderment to the man
us, therefore, be searched.' j w who nfiVer pr,oullly p(.r,HBPWl
They all sat silent as mice under , Nltr0flen . obtained Through Nodules them Today he may roam over count
m7 y; tne V1. h t-, or Tubercle. Full With Myriads mile, of desolate, barren wastes.
.JL a'8MnC , ... . ... 1 of Bacteria. i where "now and frost still hold the
" lV T unflarofflmi that vstti aKIaav
" .'
It Is but a few years since the agrl- chance he pans.-B there attain within
CUltlirfil WnMH AOS InrAsmaJ Ska a feW WOPaffl' rlmn ivhaifi nnk K.
mav I ask vhrf' t . ma. - -- (.
wl ZJt vi'. - iv v . 1 leguminous crops obtained their nitro-; un tirm rays hare played their
- ' Keu I n mil tr n rna mariinm rW nnn ia uvn inn rn pa nr ntura saums
contest the ...v,,. .,. ... ,. , ,... ,,.i.. -v.
.UUCH.I.B, jri me average cuiuvai- ...... .oij iimiiKt-u.
or Is quite unaware of the fact It1 Marvelous Changes.
m V ha A .all . V. r. ... , . . IfAPn In thla valtuu V, -
.11 A . . . 1.1 - ""ricium, iu ia,l - -
easily capable of proof.
If two lots of, say red cloverseed
are taken and an equal quantity of
each is placed ln two pots with all
the necessary plant food exct-pt nitro
gen, the seeds will germinate and
grow much about the same, and that
is very little Indeed. If now we add
to one part some of the nodules or
tubercles to be found adhering like
pin beads to the roots of a red clover
crop, we shall soon see the difference
In the rapidly inert ased growth of the
plants In the pots ln quentlon.
Now each of the nodules or tubercles
In question Is cram full with myriads
of bacteria, and these bacteria It Is
which by obtaining nitrogen from the
air pass It on to the clover, roots, 1
eic. ana give to tne latter and to the far as the eye could reach, what elghf
ciover piants mat nitrogen without ; is it that meeta the gaxe? Luxuriant
wnicn tney could not live. Thus a ' grasses waving In the wind and count-
nil ft lovlimlnnm r.hU.h .! I I m -It .. . .
-" .iuii icijuiiiuh mi-. ijuwer an uursung into bloom,
rogen can be Infected with the nltro- i The tandnr green of sorlni shows
Alaska ywmm
I Isy-OX a I vanish from this planet ,t ih,!14
f - - ..r-W rBJlirJo"1 Dd
h: it vi xf-v i f j 1 ' J
The Idea Is a simple siphon, and the Myh: but inrrvs aum a would trad
novelty Is the manner of starting
same by pulling the rags through the For no Und on ",r"'-', I'm 00
to nn a cni.n in on ,.-
Take I.AXATIVM I1I111M1I 0..1
Priiin Ul rvruiid mttm.v II ll fnlU i.
UHUVa.4aiualurauwabLua. ij7
Austrian Girls to Lsarn o Cook,
Ctmlirry has never been 1,1111,1.. .
AiiMlilail ac bonis until hut S-;it,.iw
j when the minister of eilncallnn
! It to th t'urrlcultiin of grU' sehouil
; tinder bis control, both eirm..i,t,f,
! and advanced, lie furtl.r sllpii,,2
I that any girl tuklng up ,lTi,.rt
! guages or other elra sub)e't lb?i
; be compelled to Iiu IiuIh cookerr Is kw
school t-oursf. In order to curry !,
1 the Innovation as cheaply n
j rwslaurants are run l.i cohium iIub
tbe larger schools In populous rvnttri
, For Protection Against Autos.
! That pedentrlans on runil ruaila .
white patches on the buck of th,.
I clothing at night and that the bsikiof
; wagons be painted white as s prolw,
; Uoa against aulomolille. has bees Wri,
ously proiKtsed In Knglund.
and woe brtlde him who scoffs at it
Kven among the chosen ones and
hardy pioneers of today terrible In
deed are the signs written on many of
their bodies. Scarred and rugged vet
erans show, with a smiling face,
pluces where once fingers or toes
adorned their hands or feet, but which
have now gone for, ever, a token ol
man's struggle against Nature's
cruelty. Let those ho sit In a com
fortablo chair by the fireside at home,
In twenty degrees of frost, think wh
llro Is like In a tent with the ther
mometer reading 60 degrees or u d
grees below sero. tinly those who
have seen and felt It can reullie what
this means
Many Privations.
Probably 110 country on earth has
iurel so many people to ruin and d ' eorrects constipation.
structlon, In proportion to the num
bers vlsl'lng It
CONSTIPATION
Manyon's raw-Pie
lilla are aolili all otV
er luativesorciai
lira They cos IU
liver Into activity hr
geotle methods, tb
U j ixit scour; they
Dot gripe; thy do 14
Weukro; but thy da
start all the anemias
of the liver and Ota
K h In a way tin! nm
futs Ilia organs bt
lte.illhy cooditiuatrd
Munroo's Psw-Pn
Fills are a lonie to the stunuch. limioi
as Alaska has done oervee. Tbey Invigorate instead oi wsskas;
to my plan, sir? I asked him. 'Do
had not the courage to
point. j
" 'Then, I may take It that we are ;
brary upon this floor. As I passed the
door before lunch I noticed that there
was an excellent fire there. Professor
Endlcott and myself will retire to that
room. I will search tbe professor; the
professor shall search me. After that
the rest of the guests will come, one
by one, into the room, where we will
search them ln turn. Let us have no
delay. Professor Endlcott I am very
much at your service.'
"I went through that party, gentle
men, as our Transatlantic cousins
would express It, with a fine-tooth
comb. And I feel It my duty to say
that not one of them raised the small
est objection to the seventy of my
methods. They were like lambs, gen
tlemen, they were, by thunder! But
I obtained no result The Taubery dia
mond had disappeared.
"Poor old Julius was quite broken
down about It He placed the whole
matter In my hands. On my way to
Scotland Yard I remembered what an
old friend of mine had told me about
you. If you are ever ln a hole, Oun
ton,' be said, 'get Addlngton Peace
be la the man.' You were off duty. I
Inquired your address; I am here. And
now, what are you going to do?"
"Can you remember who It was
that Introduced the subject of precious
stones at your luncheon party?" asked
Inspector Peace.
" 'Pon my life I don't know," said
the colonel, polishing his eye-glass 1
with a red silk pocket handkerchief. I
It was one of the fellows at tbe other
end of the table, but I can't say wblcU
of them."
(CHRONICLES TO BB CONTINUED.)
to
short
time since nothing but snow lay deep.
In many of the great gold
which have tnkcii place In
years. The writer, during three sea
sons spent In that country, and in
trips extending from Its southernmost
portions to the Arctic shores, has per
onally been an ryewltness of many
pitiful scenes there. The time has
already arrived when fast steamers
make pleasure trips during summer,
and convey tourists ln comfort along
the southern coasts of Alaska, though
some of the finest fjords and scenery
on earth. Hut probably none of these
luxurious travelers has any Idea of
the privations suffered by many of
the old time pioneers who followed
this route on their way to the new
Eldorado. Nor ran they hope to real
ize what a winter Is like within the
Arctic circle. Mr K. W. Service has
more accurately described this than
rushes they enrich the blootl instead of Impon.
recent "lung it; they enable the stumacn to nid
the nouruhmanl from fond tbt is put las)
it I 'rice sj cent All Urugista
Driving Belt Long In Use.
A driving belt In an eng!ner1s
works at Smethwlck, England, hit
been In continuous use for Ihlrtyts
years, and has "traveled" a dlatattot
equivalent to seventy-four limes rouaj
the world.
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Maria ty Urm&r. Ko Hntanlnr Vmm
riii A. l V"lrjr. Try It lr k'J,
Wlry I;n til .rii.,!ld C;n.l. tut
lrll Ik,. m,d I.-. Murtu e
unitM&i14 Sv f'ttr !.- t.l a "-.iM
k-tiM ' - bttl ar4 In aim . nMfal rhtw-tM' tn
ana i4 bt lru(Ut . ml and We hi Soul
inu Mr Alt In a.kuii Tuba. m ft4 an
Murine Eye) Remedy Co., Chloagi
in an
Mum
J , .-. v s
Can Write His Name 394 Wiya.
Probably no summon tins undtgnas
so many changes as that of Sir lUny
I Slapleton Malnwarlng ( ronouiir4
JManncrlng). At l'i-over hall, his Ca
shire boiu.i, there Is a paper shovlci
the name written In 2'Ji ways. boa
don Mall.
DSTCUTC w.i... it. ruau,
rn I ciii I o 1 n..th.
"W lt. A,i,i,.4hi...im
aaamiMunaua. ItlglMnii rH.r.iRr. itnMaafiKat
Disenchantment Bay.
gen Dactenuip, and Inoculation here, forth on every bush, while birds, and
as in otner departments of human ar- j even butterflies, be port themselves
fairs. Is found of utility to man. where formerly no living thing was
1 seen. Down through the smiling val-
BAD MANAGEMENT IN FEFn? W runs a babbling stream, and In
j Its crystal waters numerous trout are
busy feeding. What marvel, too, has
Drought to lire myriads of mosquitoes
and other Insect life from beneath
those great stretches of snow and Ice
which lay for months upon the
gruuno: io man can tell nor any
pen aescnoe these manifold myste
ries of the frozen north. Here. In
these brief, sweet summer months,
the nomad may linger, gazing by day
Of course, the Idle horse will put on hr7h. . .1. . "'
... ' . . . Dreaming an air the purest and most
flesh of . mrt milrh tn.t.. nn . imini
Erroneous Practice of Withholding
Grain From Horses Whan Green
Stuff Comes In.
There Is not uncommonly woeful bad
mangement In feeding heavy horses;
others, too, for that matter. It Is toe
much the practice at tbe season when
green stuff comes In to withhold s
large portion of the grain.
stuff than If fed on hay In the stable,
but the condition becomes of so soft a
nature as to be little suited whers
dally toll Is required, or hard flesh
and muscles are absolutely essentia)
there.
with tbe h midline-
-OeaUemen.' says be, 1 wUl show DID GREAT THINGS AS BOYS
you something that may Interest you.
It is a new purchase of mine, and It
happens to be a remarkable stone 1'
"Ha pulled a green case from an In
side pocket flipped It open, and there
the thing was as big as a walnut Tbe
lights were on. It being dull weather,
and the stone blinked and sparkled
Ilka th sun on dancing water.
"M7 word. Julius, I said. 'But
that's a risky bit of stuff to carry
about with you.'
"It's going to the bank this after
noon,' be answered. 'So If you want
to examine the pretty pebble, gentle
men, tnla Is your last chance."
"Aad with that he took it from Its
case, as proud as a vnnn- hn.K.n
of his ftrst baby, and sent It round the
table.
"I was sitting on Julius' left Be
tween ns was a fat old boy, who was a
stranger to me. He took a long sure
at the stone, whistling softly between
oerore fie passed it
from timnA K
Notable Instances of Those Who
Have Accomplished Much In
Their Youth.
It Is well for us to remind ourse.lvea
not Infrequently of the historical fact
that some of the greatest achieve
ments ln the world have been made
by youth, and it will always be so In
human history. David had experi
enced some of the greatest emotions
before be was twenty, and was a king
at tbe age of eighteen. Raphael had
practically completed his life work at
age of thirty-seven. He did no great
artistic work after that age. James
Watt even as a boy as he watched the
steam coming out of the teakettle,
saw In It the new world of mechani
cal power made possible by the old
element turned and driven by a aim
pie appliance. Cortes waa master of
Mer",co before he was thirty six
Queen Mab when he was only twenty
one, and was master of poetry before
he was twenty-five. Patrick Henry
was able to shape tbe revolutionary
history of a new country before be was
thirty, and astonish the world by bis
oratory before he was twenty-six years
old. At the age of twenty-four Ruskln
had written Modern Painters, and Bry
ant, while still a boy of high-school
age, had written Thanatopsls. Tbe list
of achievements of youth ln all ages
In all departments of activity Is end
less. Christian Herald.
waa wafted nn
the breeze, coming from snow-tipped
peaks and down their slopes whlrh
are densely clad with hardy mountain
pines. But lot the wanderer In quest
of sunshine beware lest he overstays
his welcome, alnen nn .. .
Later on In the summer, when herb-! magician. King Frost, asserts his
age matures and holds no excess ol , sway, this Is no land for ths weak
sap, the case Is rather different, but lings:
even then to withhold the grain to j
any great extent Is bad policy and Is . Bnd m" ,h" to "r J""' breeding. Und
sure to tel! against the borso sooner j ThemiTTuklmEosoin. th.n, w,
or later sooner In the way of per I call my sons.
spiring and weakened state, and later
In but a poor state against winter.
For tbta Is tho stern law of Alaska,
any other writer
splendid lines:
In the following
that bltnda
Costly Virtue.
Joe" Cannon. aDronoa nf
said In Dan-
rMt from ,.. 1 - " "I Dcnsoen aiea si ine age or ininy-one.
UMt, mourM.iZ,. - D.er'r oat 'sfte having composed what may per-
" Andr.-V- JV, ' UDU' hap be called In some ways the most
nmm nimmit ma e-" ' 0 rn- entrancng
zneody ever written.
One Way With Late Husbands.
At Slelnach, Canton of Bt Gall,
Switzerland, a young married woman
whose husband was unable to tear
himself away from his favorite cafe
ln tbe evenings and was always very
late for dinner, took tbe dinner and
"planted it before her husband and
friends while they were playing cards
In the cafe.
"Continue your game as Ions
you like, but don't return boms and
macuro me, for I am gofns to bed
ne saia. ana waia-ed out of tbe care.
Ever Popular Bean Crop.
Michigan leads In beans: this has! "Uncle
been true for a number of years, but Waahlngton's birthday
tbe growth of the business Is chevllle:
nomenally heavy the past few seasons "Washington was veracious. V era
According to the latest federal census; city", I suppose, worked better In those
returns, Michigan produced In 1309 days. It's a virtue now that often
0,283,000 bushels beans, or nearly ' costs Its owner dear,
threefold the output of 1899; acreages I "A Danville man howled downstairs
In the years named, respectively 404,- rron his den tbe other night:
1 1 r . t 1 ...... . . M mrw . . . .
wii ana jo.xuu. , iorg was cred wno weni ana crone my new
Ited with 116,000 acres, or somewhat ' meerschaum pipe?
. . .. . I irr .irmi . .
ess man len years earner; Maine I inn mum, minnrui or the ap-
wlth 10,.iOO acres and a number ol
states of the middle west around 1,000
Th winter! th brlgntn
you.
Th whit land lork1 tight mm a drum.
Th cold rar that follow and flnds you.
Th slUnr that bludgeon you dumb.
Th snow that ar oM.r than hlatory,
Th wood wher th wlrd shadow
slant
Th alllln.aa. th moonlight, th tn ro
tary, I've bad 'm bood br-but I ean't
No more awe-Inspiring scene ran
be witnessed than that of the Ice
breaking up on some big river, such
as the Yukon, or many others In Alas-1
ka. when the pent-up waters burst'
their way In spring through many
miles of Icy fetters, with nn aceompa-i
nlment of appalling noises which be-!
wilder the onlooker. Or again, let the1
traveler gaze a whim at some spot!
where one of the huge glaciers ends
abruptly In the sea. towerln i,.rt
above the waters Hero vast masses:
of Ice constantly fall off ilHf m 1
b-SHly about, and form a continual!
source of menace to unwary mariners. I
The photographs which arrnmn..
this article were taken recently by a I
friend who traveled part of th. ...1
along the coast of Alaska with i.J
writer, and owing to their evii.... 1
iTmivey a goon idea of prevailing
conditions and scenery In th. ..Z
and silent north
Til i .
mn 11 now IWnr th .
First, that you may go about tho mat,
ter systematically; and. second That
you may get yUr orders for seed,
and plant, to tho seedsman In ample
Um. to allow for their proper miff!
Suburban Llfo. """ng.
Mosqultoss Attracted by Music
In some parts of India, where tno
qultoes abound. It la ImiKiHslble to pliy
tho violin because the music sttrscti
the Insects In great lymiliers Wbn
the first notes are beard, th root
qultoes sarm In clouds around th
player and make the movements of
the hand Impossible. Harper's Weekly
acres each. California, given over
largely to lima beans, was credited
with 158,000 cres, against 44.000 ten
earlier.
sr taal wbeo Lad r CmrtiiZ.. ThT I Charlemagne was master of Vance Tbe young husband bad to pnri th
th plaj to inUhZt 10 ""and tbe greatest emperor of tbe world night In th streets, as his wife T
wo- f at rii ass of thirty. sneUer wrote ' fused to allow htm tn .- . I wet thm tn..h
Chickens Relish Sour Milk.
Sour milk Is more relished by fowls
than sweet milk; sweet skim milk Is
best for mixing mashes. The birds
will drink more milk if given either
uniformly sour or uniformly sweet
than wben given sweet one day and
1 proach of February 22. shouted back
ln cheery tones:
"'I done It pop. I cannot lie.'
"Tou can't ehr roared the father,
rushing downHtalrs, strap In hand!
Well, you won't be able to sit either!
when I'm through with you, b'goah!'"
Have a Garden This Yea.
If there were not the Incentive of
having a garden from the pleasure
one gets rrom working In the soli,
there Is the added Inducement, these
modern dava. that It t it .
sour the next When tbe milk 1. ai war tn hin . ..
rated after sourlng, us. ths whey to In. Dec,,,'. to ' .Yard.:'.":
grow both vegetables and flowers ln j
Imagination Required
Bllklns-Vour friend Scribbler
" "Jon't sell, why don't you
him at omce work when you need .
Boomer No uso. A man who can't
succeed as a novelist hasn't Imaging
tlon enough for the ..uu "bu.t
The Wrong Idea.
Home snlesmen expect their Una tn
make a success of thom Instead of
them making a success of tholr llnl
I C. Ball. una.
Stiff Joints
Sprains,Bniises
are relieved at once y an appli' a
tlon of Sloan's Liniment. Don
rub, Just Ly on lightly.
".loan's UnliTi.nl baa dWn ninr
fotnt tlian anitliliig 1 ! triad
r atm (..Inn. ,,, haml liurtM
tnully that I lin.) u, u.i w..ia rlglll la
tli ImiiiI tllli.of th. VMr. 1 tltoitglll
at thai that I wouul hav. kt ltaa uv
h.n.l Uka '.IT, but 1 got a tK.lllai l
hud'a l.lniniMiil mihI ourtMl my baiM.
WlLtoa Y uuuta, Monia, Aia.
Cood for Broken Sinew
O. U. Josa. Ilahlwln, I. I , wrltml
"1 uant Hloan'a IJiilmaiit for bn.n
tnawa !. th. knna a. rnl I't a
fll and t mv ar.nt aatiBrrtollon naa
ahl. ui rrauma w,.rk In Um Uutu Uirt
waaka si uu th aociOauW"
SLOAN'S
LINIMENT
Fine for Sprain
Ma. Ksiav a. Voshi.. M Unniaraa
ft., I'Ul.in.M. N. j wrlinai "A
frl.n.l l.rali,..l hla ankl o hmMf
th.l t hiark. II. lauglit vlin
I tl. hi in that I wool. I hnta Mm out
In a wa.k. I ...llrl hlnan'a l.lnlniaul
ami In four ilaali wa working an.l
all Sluau's waa a right guud Unl-njant."
frit. 2tl.,
BOaaaal 11.00
nioan'a IVx.k
oa horvna, naitl,
hM ami
poultryMnifrM,
A1d
"a T I rrv
HHBMKLPsl
Comfort When Nnt h.-m-j
Credit is like a revolver
vn.,r nllln. . -""""earn
Kicainr enmr..a t
too do not n.
, w US4 Jt
All Taught Markmanahlp.
Krr,rjr town f "IF Imporlanca la
ths Tort i:iii,.,.. .ii. ..., nr Houth
Africa baa Its rllle rango. on which
military cotnpiinles snd school raitetl
practice. i:v,n boys 11 years old ars
uppllsd with rin., .n.i allowed M
auMiwi.
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