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1 PIACER UONEY- .MOOMS ^HAEOLD /Vl MÀCGRÀTÌ4' Pictures ri& y & * i MUSKROOM IN DEMAND Five hundred franc«. On ths word of gas. The room was bare and cheaply a gentleman I mean mademoiselle no furnished. He took off hla coat but harm. I am known to her. All she retained his bat, pulling It down still has to do is to appeal to you, and you farther over his eyes. Ills face was al can stop the car and summon the po ways in shadow. A round chin, two QOOD PRICE MAKES CULTIVATION full red lipa, scantily covered by a WORTH CONSIDERINO. lice.” The chauffeur drew In his logs and blond mustache were all that could be leaned toward his tempter. "Monsieur, seen. He began to walk the floor Im If you are not jesting, then you are a patiently, stopping and listening when* Exercise Orest Care In Making Flret i madman. Who are you? What do I ' over he heard a sound. He waited Bed, Using Horeo Manure, With I know about you? 1 never saw you be lose than an hour for the return of the a Small Proportion of Long, fore, and for two seasons 1 have driv car. It brought two men. They were 8trawy Litter. en mademoiselle in Paris. She wears well dressed, smoothly-shaven, w ith beautiful jewels tonight. How do I keen eyes and Intelligent faces. Their know that you are not a gentlemanly i host, who had never seen either of his (By E. KNEKLAND. Agriculturist Copy thief? Hide home with mademoiselle! guests before, carelessly waved his right, 1811) You are crazy. Make yourself scarce, hand toward the table where there The» great demand for mushrooms Is monsieur; in one minute 1 shall call were two chairs. Ho hlmeelf took hla not only constant, but far below tho the police.” stand by the window and looked out supply, and as they ■ell for from 30 to “Blockhead!" as he talked. In another hour the room 60 cents per pound their cultivation is English of this order the Frenchman was dark and the street deserted. worth considering. perfectly understood. "La. la!” he In the meantime the prlma donna Any one who has a bit of space la cried, rising to execute his threat. gave a sigh of relief. She was home. tho cellar where th« temperature» can Courtlandt was furious, but his fury It was nearly two o’clock. She would be kept at 57 degrees Fahrenheit can was directed at himself as much as at sleep till noon, and Saturday and Sun easily raise mushrooms. Make a first »■JF < the trustworthy young man getting day would be hers. She went up the bed on tho ground in a semi dark cor down from the limousine. His eager stairs instead of taking tho lift, and ner. using great care in tho selection ness had led him to mistake stupidity though the hall wms dark, she know of material to bo used for tho bed for cleverness. He had gone about the her wav. She unlocked tho door of Use horse manure, composed largely afTair with all the clumsiness of a boy the apartment and entered, swinging of short manure, with a small propor who was making his first appearance th' door behind her. As the act was tion of long, strawy litter, adding loam at the stage entrance. It was mightily mechanical, her thoughts being other or rich soil at th«» rate of one bushel S disconcerting, too. to have found an wise engaged, she did not notice that of soil to four or five bushels of ma SYNOPSIS. honest man when he was In desperate the lock failed to click. The ferrule nure. This mixture should be pro • of a cane had prevented that. pared by stacking, turning, shaking Fleannra de Tucana wat singing In with fine courage all sorts of danger Paris, which, perhaps, accounted for IM She flung her wraps on the divan and restacklng every three or four ward CounlandCs anp »ra*?-•• there Mul ous wild animals; but at this moment and put the rosea In an empty r bowl. days until it is In condition for pre timillionaire. he wandered about where fancy dictated He might be In Par s on-» he hadn’t the courage to face a po The door opened softly, without ; noise, pa'ing the bed These operations per day and Kamchatka the next. Foil ■•wing liceman and endeavor to explain, in a Next, she stopped before tho mirror i mit of the escape of noxious gases mil the opera '■ •• goes 1 • foreign tongue, a situation at once so over the mantel, touched her hair provent burning. Keep moist, but not costed by a pretty vounc woman. She gives him the address <‘i Flora l»«-sim ■••«♦. delicate and so singularly open to mis lightly, detached the tiara of emeralds too wet, aud in about two weeks the vocal ri\a! of Twina. an 1 Fl »rn gives him the address of Eleanors.. whom he is construction. So. for the second time . . . and became us inanimate as tn his life he took to his heels. Of marble. She saw another face. She material »III be ready for use. The oxer mined to see. the first time, more anon. He scram never knew how long tho Interval of bed should be* 13 to it Inches thick (two to three feel wide. Slid long as CHAPTER III—Continued. bled back to his own car. slammed the silence was. She turned slowly. desired> after being thoroughly pound Oh. stubborn Dutchman that he had door, and told the driver to drop him "Yes. It is I!" said the man. been! blind tool! To have run away at the Grand. However, he did not re <d down so as to become firm Instantly she turned ugain to tho level and Instead of fighting to the last ditch for turn to the hotel. compact, and th n covet mantel and picked up a magazine re his happiness! The Desimone woman . with long straw. If th« material Is Mademoiselle <la Toscana's chauf volver. She leveled It at him. was right; it had taken him a long feur scratched his chin in perplexity. la proper ■ hap»* th»- mercury in tin “Leave this room, or I will shoot.“ time to come to the conclusion that In frightening off his tempter he rec •hc-rnn-mc ter (which comes ixprc Iv Courtlandt advanced toward her ■be done him an ill turn. His jaw set. ognized that now he would never be lor this work) wIII rise to 100 degree .«lowly. “ Do so," he said. "I should and the pr ssure of his lips broke the able to find out who he was. He should or more, then slowly fall. much prefer a bullet to that look. ” sweep of hie mustache, converting it have played with him until mademoi Wht r. 91 degrees Is reached time ' I am In earnest." She was very Into bri.-tlir.g tufts, warlike and reso- I selle came out. She would have known for planting the »pawn has come If white, but her hand was steady. late. instantly That would have been the He continued to advance. There Eng H»h mushroom spawn Is used What of the pretty woman in the time for the police. To hide in the followed a crash. The smell of burn bre; ik It Into places two Inches square Taverne Royale? What about her? At car! What the devil! Only a mad- , ing powder filled the room. The Bur and plant nine lnc!i»-s apart each way whose bidding had she followed him’ man would have offered such a propo B«- ttire to firm ind two inches deep One or the other cf them had not told sition. The man had been either an mese gong clanged shrilly and whirled manure over tho «pc.cn. und w ■ i Idly, Courtlandt felt his hair stir in the truth, and he was inclined to be . American or an Englishman, for all .liter th>- i pawn has been planted a terror. lieve that the prevarication had its his accuracy in the tongue. Bah! Per “You must hate me Indeed,” he said wee k or t< n days It : h ul ! b sin "run source in ’he pomegranate lips of the haps he had heard her sing that night, alng;" then spr ad a coat of rich, Calabrian. To give the old barb one and had come away from the Opera. 1 quietly, as the sense of terror died loamy soli an inch thick over the bed away. He folded his arms. "Try more twist, to learn if Its venomous moonstruck. It was not an isolated i ought to be halt a dozen the- surface I m Ing made rtnoolh und point still held and hurt; nothing case. The fools were always pester- ! again; there firm; cover It with It' r and keep the would have afforded the diva more de Ing him. but no one had ever ottered bullets left. No? Then, good-by!” temperature at 57 d- grecs Fahrenheit He left the apartment without another light so uncommon a bribe; five hundred Th«- b«-d should be- kept covered until When the taxicab joined the long . francs. Mademoiselle might not be v ord or look, and as the door closed exhausted Mi-ny failures nr<- caused line of carriages and automobiles op lieve that part of the tale. Mademoi behind him there was a kind of fluallty While r.’.uhrnoms by eve rw.ntr-lng posite the Austrian ambassador's. selle was clever. There was a stand in the clicking of the latch. thrive best In a soil which will not The revolver clattered to the floor, Courtlandt awoke to the dismal and ing agreement between them that she disquieting fact that he had formu would always give him half of what and the woman who had fired It leaned crack, but. k« 11 moist enough to pres- lated no plan of action. Tie bad done ever was offered him in the way of I heavily against the mantel, covering together nicely, still it should nut bi wet. On the other hand. If allowed no more than to give the driver his bribe«. It paid. It was easier to sell ' her eye«. “Nora, Nora!" cried a startled voice to become tro dry the bed becomes ex directions; and now that he had ar his loyalty to her for two hundred and rived. he had the choice of two alter fifty francs than to betray her for five ! from a b- I room adjoining. “What has hausted before- the crop is harvested natives. He could wait to see her , hundred. She had yet to find him un happened? Mon Dieu, what Is it?” A Always use lukewarm water The come out or return at once to his hotel, truthful, and tonight he would be as pretty, sleepy-eyed young woman. In mushrooms should appear In six or a night-dress, rushed into the room. eight weeks unless the re- Is some de which, as subsequent events affirmed, frank as he had always been. would have been the more sensible But who was this fellow in the Ba She flung her arms about the singer. fect In mute-rial, temperature or moist ure, In which ca««- they may remain course. He would have been confront varian hat, who patrolled the side "Nora, my dear, my dear!" "He forced his way in. I thought barren for two or three months and ed with small difficulty in gaining ad walk? He had been watching him mission to the house. He knew enough when the madman approached. For to frighten him. It went off accident then turn out excellent crops. of these general receptions; the an an hour or more he had walked up ally. Oh, Celeste, Celeste, I might nouncing of his name would have con and down, never going twenty feet be have killed him!” veyed nothing to the host, who knew yond the limousine. He couldn't see Th« other drew her head down on PLOW SHOE IS QUITE HANDY perhaps a third of his guests, and the face. The long dark coat had a her shoulder, and listened. Sho could many of these but slightly. Rut such military cut about the hips and shoul hear voices in the lower hall, a shout Device Shown in Illustration Makes the Task of Moving Cumbersome • n adventure was distasteful to Court ders. From time to time he saw him of warning, a patter of steps; then ths Implement Easy. landt. He could not everstep certain glance up at the lighted windows. Eh. hall door slammed After that, silence, recognized boundaries of convention, well; there were other women in the save for the faint mellowing vibrations When taking n plow to and from the ■nd to enter a man's house unasked world be«ides mademoiselle, several of the Burmese gong. fields, It is no easy matter, The plow was colossal impudence. Beyond thiB, others. (TO 1IE CONTINUED.) shoe device illu»trat<d make« makes this he realized that be could have accom He had to wait only half an hour for plished nothing; the advantage would her appearance. He opened the door LIVE ON FISH THEY CATCH much ea.icr, writes Creel Q. Chandler of !>arrow. la., in the Missouri Valley have been hers. Nor could he meet and saw to it that she was comfort — her as she came out, for again the ably seated; then he paused by the Remarkable Breed of “Banker Ponies” Farmer. To make It you need a piece odds would have been largely In her window, touching his cap. of scrap Iron one-quarter Inch thick, Natives of the Coast of favor. No, the encounter must be ono inch wide and 12 Inches long. “What is it, Francois?" North Carolina. when they two were alone. She must "A gentleman offered me five hun Bend it as shown in the first diagram, be surprised She must have no time dred francs, mademoiselle, if 1 would On the coast of North Carolina there after making a hole in each end. Next to use 1: ready wit. An idea pre permit him to hide in the car.” are several miles of low, sandy shore take a board 2x10 Inches, six feet long, sented itself. It appealed to him at "Five hundred francs? To hide In where nothing grows except a coarse that moment as quite clever and the car? Why didn't you «all the po grass, a few salt water weeds and wild feasible. lice?" parsley. On these banks lives a strange “Wait!” he called to the driver. “I started to, mademoiselle, but he breed of half-wild horses known as He dived among the carriages and ran away." “banker ponies." These creatures are cars, and presently he found what he “Oh! What was he like?” The generally about twice the size of Shet sought—her limousine. He had taken prlma donna dropped the bunch of land ponies. Every year the herd the number into bis mind too keenly roses on the seat beside her. owners drive the "bankers” into pens, to be mistaken. He saw the end of his “Oh, he looked well enough. He had brand the foals with the proper mark, difficulties; and La went about the af the air of a gentleman. He was tall, and catch some of the older animals fair with his usual directness. It was with light hair and mustache. But as to sell to the dealers only at rare times that he ran his head I had never seen him before, and as North Carolinians say that the beasts Into a cul-de-sac If her chauffeur was mademoiselle wore some fine jewels, must be starved into eating grain, hay regularly employed in her service, he I bade him be off.” or grass, for they have always lived would have to return to the hotel; but "Would you know him again?" on the rank salt marsh grass of the Handy Plow Shoe. If he came from the garage, there was "Surely mademoiselle.” marshes and on fish. They catch the hope. Every man is said to have his “The next time anyone bothers you. fish .for themselves at low tide; with nnd bore two hole« one inch from each price, and a French chauffeur might call the police. You have done well, their hoofs they dig deep holes in the side, ten inches from one etd, tho prove no notable exception to the rule. and I shall remember It. Home.” sand below high-water mark, and when same size as those in tho strap. Bolt "Are you driver for Madame da Tos The man in the Bavarian hat hur the tide falls they greedily devour the the strap firmly to the board, bevel the cana?" Courtlandt asked of the man ried back to the third car from the fish that are stranded in these holes. underside of tho front end, and tho lounging in the forward eeat. limousine, and followed at a reason Often they fight brlsky over an espe sled Is finished. The plowman stands The chauffeur looked hard at his ably safe distance. cially tempting morsel. on the board behind tho plow to bal questioner, and on finding that he sat She shut off the light and closed her In captivity these strange horses are isfied the requirements of a gentle eyes. She reclined against the cushion Intelligent, but seldom are even In ance IL man, grumbled an affirmative. The once more, striving not to think. Once, temper. Once tamed, they make ex limousine was well known In Paris, her hands shut tightly. Never, never, cellent draft animals, for they have FACTS ABOUT RUNNER DUCKS • nd he was growing weary of these never! She pressed down the burning a strength that is disproportionate to endless Inquiries. thoughts by recalling the bright their size. Foals that are bred from Will Produce 200 Eggs Far More Eas “Are you in her employ directly, or scene« at tho ambassador's, the real "bankers" In captivity make valuable ily Than Any Hen—Proposition do you come from the garage?” generous applause that had followed animals- strong and Intelligent for Any Poultryman. • “I am from the garage, but I drive her two songs. Ah, how that man mademoiselle's car most of the time, Paderewski played! They two had Did Literary Work at Night. (By L. M. BENNINGTON.) cwpecially at night. It is not tnadame cost the ambassador eight thousand Mrs. Catherine Gore, who wrote 70 Among all the openings for making but. mademoiselle, monsieur." francs. Fame and fortune! Fortune novels between 1824 and 1861, worked money on the farm, I doubt that there “My mistake.” A slight pause. It she could understand; but fame! What on a strange plan When J. R Planch« is another to which so many are look was rather a difficult moment for was it? Upon a time she believed she visited Paris In 1837 he found Mrs. ing with eager interest and with such Courtlandt. The chauffeur waited had known what fame wm ; but that Gore living In the Place Vendome writ real hope as hundreds are giving to wonderfngly. "Would you like to make had been when she was striving for ing novel plays, articles for maga the raising of Indian Runner ducks. five hundred francs?” It. A glowing article in a newspaper, zines almost every description of lit This Is largely because nearly every "How. monsieur?” a portrait in a magazine, rows upon erature flowing from her Indefatigable farm produces eggs, every family In Courtlandt should have been warned rows of curious eyes and a patter of I pen. He says: “’How do you man by the tone, which contained no un- | hands upon hands; that was all; and age It?’ I asked her. T receive, as our land eats eggs, and the Runner Is pre-eminently an egg producer. usual Interest or eagerness. for this she had given the best of her you know, a few friends at dinner Given a duck that will lay 200 eggs “Permit me to remain in mademoi life, and she was only twenty-five. every evening. They leave me at far more easily than any hen can do selle’s car till she comm. I wish to The limousine stopped at last. The 10 ■'r 11, when 1 retire to my room ride with her to her apartment.” man in the Bavarian hat saw her j and write till 7 or 8 In the morning. it, and the fact that tho eggs of tho The chauffeur laughed. He stretched alight. His car turned and disappeared, j Then I go to bed till noon, when 1 mature bird are one-half larger than I is legs. “Thanks, monsieur. It Is It had taken him a week to discover j breakfast, after which I drive out and those of the average hen, and we very dull waiting. Monsieur knows a where she lived. His lodgings were pay visits, returning at I to dress for have a proposition calculated to make l.ood joke.” on the other side of the Seine. After j dinner. As soon as my friends have any egg producer sit up and open hla A vd to Courtlandt’s dismay he real reaching them he gave crisp orders to departed I go to work all night again.” eyes, and one which every egg-pro ducer ought to try out to see whether ized that his proposal had truly been the driver, who set his machine off at ac-ce. ted as a j<«t. top speed. The man In the Bavarian Men are great pretenders; sons« for him the Indian Runner Is a better money producer than the hen. “I am l < joking I am In earnest. hat entend his room and lighted the evei pretend to understand womca. POWDERY SCAB OF POTATOES Farmers of United Ststee Loee Over »30,000.000 Every Year From Dises.e of I ubere- That tho fanners of the United Hiatus lose over thirty million dollars every year from |>otato diseases Is a statomeut that th« (lulled Htat«-a de partment of agriculture considers as under the mark rather thau other wise. Tho Hat of parasites responsible for thia loss la a long oue Early blight, late blight, scab, blackleg, wilt, powdery dry rot, and others are al ready wide-spread, and new troubles are discovered every year Heveral of the worst plant diseases have come Io us from foreign countries, and It was to exclude these unwelcome visitor« that congress passed lust year a quar antine law under which potatoes from the British Isles, Germany. Austria. Newfoundland. St Pierre nnd MlqutV- Ion aro now excluded on account of th« wart disease, a dreaded peat which transforms th« tubers Into Ir regular, unrecognizable, black, warty masses Powdery scab of the potato resem bles to the untrained eye the common scab, but Is In reality a markedly dif ferent disease, apparently of greater Potato Attacked by Powdery 8cab. Importance. As far as la known, It la not generally distributed In the Uulted Slates, although II han been found Every cf- In on» or two localities fort should be made to prevent tho spread of this new disease by th« destruction of nil Infected potato»-« It causes the formation of round pus tules with raised edgoa, which may vary In size and number. (Sec- Ulus trutlon) If they are numerous, the whole surface of tho potato may be come covered and tho -■). s destroyed. These pustules contain when muture or at harvesting time a brown dust. This powdery substance consists of countless small spore bulls, which may remain alive In the «oil for several yeam and Infect tho future crops. Th« question now before the de partment of agriculture is whether this scab Is of such a dangerous char acter that tho exclusion of potato*« from all foreign countries will be justified. Such a quarantine» would Involve Canada and probably nearly all European countries not already under the wart disease embargo. ON^THE WHAT TROUBLED JIM MURPHY Not Tobacco Heart, as Physician Had Dlagnos.d, Out the Effects of Cabbage Plant. They were talking uts-ut the doctor and his dlagt-osls tn the lobby of s Washington hotel the other evening when Congressman Thomas <). Fatten | of Now York told of an Incident that happened In Gotham Home time ago. he said, an esteemed citizen who wasn't enjoying hl» usual appetite and cheerfulness, consulted s physician, and w as told he bad to bacco heart. The Information b-> Im parted to his sympathetic friends A tew days later one of his friends met (he doctor on th« street "Hay. doc." remarked the friend, “did you tell Jim Murphy that ho had to- bacco heart 7" "Jim Murphy," repeated 1 th« doc tor. thoughtfully. “ "V.-a Yes. 1 believe lief I did. Whyr "Nothing," was the smiling reply of th«- friend. "Only If you had «»er I smoked one of bls cigar» you would have mad« the diagnosis cabbag« heart ’’ Philadelphia Telegraph Distressing Symptom. Doctor,” said Dennis, the old squires valet. "don't you think the mnsthcr Is getting mighty thin?” "No harm In that. Dentils," said tta« doctor; “ho was too fat. He’ll bo healthier when he’s thinner." "Lolkely he will." said Dennis, dia appolntedly; "but Ol won’t be able to wear hla ould clothes then -4)rlL Timely Warning. "What’s this game you’re tryfn’ to Inter-luce Into Crimson Gulch?" asked Bronco Bob. "It’s called pinochle.” rr piloti th® traveling salesman. "Well, put It away If ■<>m« of the boys was to see all them aces cornin’ out tn the- same -leal, they’d be almost ■are to get rattlod an' start »hootin' " Efficiency Test. “The head of our concern decided to have everybody undergo an efficiency ATTENTION TO SETTING HENS examination and apportion the jobs ac cordingly " Fowl Should Be Clven Plenty of Wa- "How did It turn out?" I ter and Corn—Dust With Insect “Th« office boy won the manager's Powder to Kill Vermin. job and the manager couldn't pass st all.”—Louisville Courier Journal. A sitting hen should have plenty of water every day; she should also have A Concession. plenty of corn to keep up her body Grumpy Htrupbauger (loudly)—I heat—just about all sho can eat. It wish you’d move those confounded ve- confined closely don't forget her grit, Uses out of the aisle. and a bit of fat meat occasionally will Indignant Sitter Those ain't valises help her to keep warm, lie sum to —those are my feet. dust her with Insect powder, at least Grumpy Straphanger (mom cheer twice, to get rid of all Hee. Give» her fully)—Well,’ you might at least pile just what eggs sho can cover nicely, one on top of th« other. remembering to take Into considera tion her size and the cold weather. TOO LATE. Better give a hen 11 eggs, which she can cover nicely, than to give her 15. which sho cannot keep warm. If you have trouble In getting a hen to sit whom you want her, move her after dark; then cover her closely ao th« nest will be dark all the next day, and so tho hen cannot stand up. But an egg or so under her and leave her alone over tho second night. After that sho will usually sit contented. Gentleness and kind'treatment are necessary In the successful handling of sitting hens. Any roughne«s shown causes them to become loss and untrustworthy on th« rendering them llablo to break their eggs. If nothing mom. Keep them quiet, comfortable nnd well fed; give them as much chance to exorcise ns you can. and If the eggs arc good you will get pretty fair hatches even In very cold weather. Th« Victim I If your sitters arc wild and Inclined wsted the fellow see that you've ar to fly from the nest every time the tress goods from 'hat stole a piece of me, and I’ve come to attendant comes Into their presence, |«t my goods try hanging a curtain In front of the Tho Desk Sergeant I'm sorry, but neats until they get settled down to io's just been put under bonds to keep business. Home-times. particularly so he peace. with Leghorns, It 1 h necessary to leave tho curtain hanging all through th« Solace. period of Incubation. Always go to "Aren’t you worried about these pub th« nests of the flighty hens after Io questions?" dark. If you have no special sitting- "Yes," replied Farmer Corntoeeel. room and must hav« other hens lay *Rut I’m thankful fur this much ing In tho vicinity of your sitting There’s enough of ’em so that when hens, collect the eggs after dark. fou get tired of worryin’ nbout one you !sn rest your mind thlnkln' about an- Freedom for Colts. »th or."—< ’ou rler-J ou rnal. It Is not best to keep th« colts tied op day after day, nor Is It boat to al- Assistance. low them to run with tho mothers "Is your boy. Josh, any help on ths while tho latter am at work In the farm ?” fields. Keep them In a lot that has "Yes,” replied Farmer CorntosseL food fences, where thoy can run and "He has told me a whole lot alsiut »lay and yet be in tho sunshlno. runnln' an automobile that’ll be a great help when I get one.” The Colony Plan. Delay Insured. Where the hens are kept in colony “The doctor told me I must quit eat louses they may be moved to differ- ing rapidly.” tnt grain fields as soon as the crop "The habit Is hard to conquer." las been harvested, and find plenty of "Y« h ; but I have managed It. I bed for several weeks. make- It an absolute rule never to tip a waiter."