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li HONEY JVDON HAROLD Piciures CD. SYNOPSIS. Eleannra de Toaoana was singing In Farla, which, perhaps, accountf-d for TA ward Court lumll'a appearance there. Mul timillionaire, ho wandered about whoro fancy dletHti'd. He nilKlit he In I'nrla one day and Kamchatka the next. Kollowlnu tha mwra he goes to a cafe and is ac costed hy a proity young woman. Shn Itlvea him the addremi of Flora D'-almone. vocal rival of Tom-ana. and I'loia alvwi him the oddn-ps of Kleanuru. whom he Is determined to eo. Courtlandt ent'-rs Eleanora'a apartnu nta. Ehe orders him jut and shoots at him. The next ilay Paris Is shocked hy the mysterious dis appearance of Ihe prima donna. Realizing that he may he suspected of the abduc tion of Klcanora Courtlnndt arranges for n alibi. Kleunorn reaiipears and aecuie-s Courtlnndt of having abducted her. His alibi Is si.tlsfartorv to the police and the charge la dismissed. CHAPTER V Continued. "No, none at all, moiibieur," quickly and decidedly. "In my opinion, then, the whole of fair le a hoax, perpetrated to vex and nnoy you. The old man who em ployed the chauffeur may not have been old. I have looked upon all sides of the affair, and It begins to look like practical Joke, mademoiselle." "Ah!" angrily. "And am I to have no redress? Think of the misery I have gone through, the suspense! My voice Is gone. I shall not be ablo to sing gain for months. Is it your sugges tion that I drop the Investigation?" "Yes, mademoiselle, for It does not look as If we could get anywhere with It If you insist, I will bold Monsieur Courtlnndt; but I warn you the magis trate would not hesitate to dismiss the cate Instantly. Monsieur Court landt arrived in Marseilles Thursday morning; he reached Paris Friday morning. Since arriving In Paris he bas fully accounted for his time. It Is Impossible that he could have ar ranged for the abduction. Still, if you ay, I can bold him (or entering your apartment." "That would be but a farce." Nora rose. "Monsieur, permit me to wish you good day. For my part, I shall pursue this matter to the end. I be lieve this gentleman guilty, and I hall do my best to prove It. I am a woman, and all alone. When a man bas powerful friends, It Is not difficult to build an alibi." "That Is a reflection upon my word, mademoiselle," quietly Interposed the minister. "Monsieur bas been imposed upon," Nora walked to the door. "Walt a moment, mademoiselle," aid the prefect. "Why do you insist ' upon prosecuting hira for something of which he Is guiltless, when you could bava blm held for something of which be is really guilty?" "The one is trivial; the other Is a erlous outrage. Good morning." The attendant closed the door behind her. "A very determined young woman," mused the chief of police. "Exceedingly," agreed the minister. Courtlandt got up wearily, lint the chief motioned him to be reseated. "I do not say that I dare not pur sue my investigations; but now that mademoiselle Is safely returned, I pre fer not to." "May I ask who made tbla request?" sked Courtlandt. "Request? Yes, monsieur, It was a request not to proceed further." "From where?" "As to that, you will have to con sult the head of the state. I am not at liberty to make the disclosure." The minister leaned forward eager ly. "Then there Is a political side to It?" "There would be If everything bud not turned out eo fortunately." "I believe I understand now," said Courtlandt, his face hardening. Strange, he had not thought of It be fore. Ills skepticism had blinded blm to all but one angle. "Your advice to drop the matter Is excellent" The chief of police elevated bis brows Interrogatively. "For I presume," continued Court landt, rising, "that mademoiselle's ab ductor Is by this time safely across the frontier." CHAPTER VI. Battling Jlmmle. There I a heavenly terrace, flanked by marvelous trees. To the left, far down below, Is a curving, dark-shaded, turquoise body of water called Lecco; to the right there lie the queen of lakes, the crown of Italy, a corn flower sapphire known as Como. It la the Place of Honeymoon. Rich lovers come and Idle there; and lovers of modest mean rush up to It and down from It to catch the next steamer to Menagglo, Eros was not born In Greece: of all barren mountains, un stirring, Hymettus, or Olympus, or whatever they called It In the days t the Junketing gods, la completest. No; Venus went atourlng and abode a wnue upon tnis same gracloue spot, once dear to Pliny the younger. Seated on one of the rustlo benches, his white tennis shoes resting against the lower Iron of the railing, a Bavarian- dachel snoozing comfortably across bis knees, was a man of fifty. He was broad of shoulder, deep of chest and clean-shaven. He had laid aside his Panama hat, and his hair waa clipped closely, and was pleas antly and honorably sprinkled with gray. His face was broad and tanned; the nose was tilted, and the wide mouth was both kindly and humorous. One knew, from the tint of hie blue eyes and the quirk of his Hps, that when he spoke there would be a bit of brogue. He was James Harrigan, one time celebrated In the ring for his gameness, his squareness, his endur ance; "Uattllng Jlmmle" Harrigan, who, when he encountered his first knockout, retired from the ring. He had to his credit elxty-one battles, of which he had easily won forty. He had been outpointed In some and bad broken even In others: hut nnlv rtnoa j had he been "railroaded Into dream ' land," to use the parlance of the game. mat was enough. He understood. Youth would be served, and he was no longer young. He had, unlike the mnny in bis peculiar service, lived cleanly and with wisdom and fore sight: he had saved both his money and his health. Today he was at peace with the world, with three 6ound appetites the day and the wherewithal to gratify them. Today "Battling Jlmmle" was for gotten by the public, and he was happy in the seclusion of this forget fulness. A new and strange career bad opened up before him; he was the father of the most beautiful prima donna In the operatic world, and, diffi cult as the task was, he did his best to live up to It. It was hard not to offer to shake hands when he waa presented to a princess or a duchess; It was hard to remember when to change the studs In his shirt; and a white cravat was the terror of bis nights, for bis fingers, broad and stubby and powerful, bad not been trained to the delicate task of tying a bowknot. Dy a judicious blow In that spot where the ribs divsrlcate he could right well tie his adversary Into a bowknot but this string of white lawn was a most damnable thing. Still, the puttering of the two women, their dally concern over his deport ment, was bringing him Into conform ity with social usages. One thing be rebelled against openly, and with such firmness that the women did not press him too strongly for fear of a general revolt. On no occasion, however im pressive, would he wear a silk hat. Christmas and birthdays Invariably called forth the gift of a silk hat, for the women trusted that they could overcome resistance by persistence. He never said anything, but It waa no ticed that tbe hotel porter, or the gar dener, or whatever masculine head (save his own) was available, came forth resplendent on feast days and Sundays. Leaning back In an Iron cbalr, with his shoulders resting against the oak, was the Darone, altogether a differ ent type. He was frowning over the pages of Bagot's Italian Lakes, and he wasn't making much headway. He was Italian to the core, for ail that ho aped the English style and man ner. He could speak tbe tongue with fluency, but be stumbled and faltered miserably over tbe soundless type. His clothes bad the Piccadilly cut and bis mustache, erstwhile waxed and militant, was cropped at the cor ners, thoroughly Insular. He was thirty, and undeniably handsome. Near the fountain, on the green, was a third man. He was In the act of folding up an easel and a camp stool. From a window to the villa came a voice; only a lilt of a melody, no words, half a dozen bars from Martha; but every delightful note went deep Into the three masculine hearts. Harrigan smiled and patted the dog. Tbe Italian scowled at the vegetable garden directly below. Tbe artist scowled at tbe Italian. "Fritz, Fritz; here, Fritz!" The dog struggled In Harrlgan't hands and tore himself loose. He went clattering over the path toward the villa and disappeared Into the door way. Nothing could keep blm .when that voice called. He was as ardent a lover as any, and far more favored. "Oh, you funny little dog! You merry little dachel! Fritz, mustn't; let go!" Silence. The artist knew that she was cud dling the puppy to her heart and his own grew twisted. He stooped over his materials again and tied the box to tho easel and the stool, and shifted them under his arm. "I'll be up after dinner, Mr. Harri gan," he said. "All right, Abbott." Harrigan waved bis hand pleasantly. He was becom ing so used to the unvarying state ment that Abbott would be up after dinner, that his reply was by now purely mechanical. "She's getting her voice back all right; eh?" "Beautifully! But I really don't think she ought to sing at the Haines' villa Sunday." "One song won't hurt ber. She's made up her .mind to sing. There's nothing for us to do but to sit tight." The artist took the path that led around the villa and thence down by many steps to the village by tbe wa terside, to tbe cream-tinted cluster of shops and enormous hotels. Below, In the village, a man entered the Grand hotel. He was tall, blond, rosy-cheekod. He carried himself like one used to military service; also, like one used to giving peremptory orders. The porter bowed, the director bowed, and the proprietor himself became a living carpenter's square, hinged. The porter and the director recognized a personage; the proprietor recognised the man. It was of no consequence that the new arrival called himself Herr Rosen. Ho was assigned to a Bulte of rooms, and on returning to the bureau, the proprietor squinted his eyes abstractedly. He knew every woman of Importance at that time re siding on the Point Certainly It could be none of these. HImmel! He struck his hands together. So that was It: the singer. He recalled the hints In certain newspaper paragraphs, the lit tle tales with the names left to the Imagination. So that was It? What a woman! Men looked at her and went mad. And not so long ago one had abducted ber In Paris. The proprietor threw up his hands In de spair. What was going to happen to the peace of this bucolic spot? The youth permitted nothing to stand In bis way, and the singer's father was a retired fighter with boxing gloves! In the ballroom that evening that little son of Satan called malice-aforethought took possession of Nora; and there was havoc. If a certain Amer ican countess had not patronized her; if certain lorgnettes (Implements of torture used by said son of Satan) had not been leveled In her direction; if certain fans bad not been suggestively spread between pairs of feminine heads, Nora would have been as harmless as a playful kitten. From door to door of the ballroom ber mother fluttered like a hen with a duckling. Even Celeste was dis turbed, for she saw that Nora's con duct was not due to any light-hearted fun. There was something bitter and ironlo cloaked by those smiles, that tinkle of laughter. In fact, Nora from Tuscany flirted outrageously. The Barone sulked and tore at his mus tache. He committed any number of murders, by eye and by wish. When his time came to dance with the mischief-maker, be whirled her around savagely, and never said a word; and once done with, he sternly returned ber to her mother, which he deemed the wisest course to pursue. "Nora, you are behaving abomin ably!' whispered her mother, pale with Indignation. "Well, I am having a good time . . . Your dance? Thank you." And a tender young American led her through the mazes of the waltz, as some poet who knew what be was about phrased It. By way of parenthesis: Herr Rosen marched up the hill and down again, something after the manner of a cer tain warrior king celebrated In verse. Tbe object of bis visit bad gone to tbe ball at Cadenabbla. At the hotel be demanded a motor boat There was none to be bad. In a furious state of mind be engaged two oarsmen to row him across tbe lake And so It came to pass that when Nora, suddenly grown weary of the play, full of bitterness and distaste, hating herself and every one else In the world, stole out to tho quay to commune with the moon, she saw blm Jump from tbe boat to the landing, scorning the steps. Instantly she drew her lace mantle closely about her face. It was useless. In tbe man the hunt er's Instinct was much too keen. "So I have found you!" "One would say that I had been In biding?" coldly. "From me, always. I have left ev erythlng duty, obligations to seek you." "From any other man that might be a compliment" "I am a prince," be said proudly. She faced him with that quick reso lution, that swift forming of purpose, which has made the Irish so difficult In argument and persuasion. "Will you marry me? Will you make me your wife legally? Before all the world? Will you surrender, for tbe sake of this love you profess, your right to a great Inheritance? Will you risk tbe anger and tbe Iron band ot your father for my sake?" "Herr Gott! I am mad!" He cov ered bis eyes. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Stories Old and New. Some men are born story tellers, some achieve the story telling faculty, while others who constitute the great majority can only sit In amaze ment and lUten to tbe man who can glibly reel tbem off, one after another, as If they were all new, fresh and original. You can recognize a good story by tbe number of times you meet It, for the good story is picked up and repeated, Interchanged, en larged, Improvised and spread, until It Is liable to reappear, as natural, or lu disguise, at the four corners of the earth, and at widely separated periods of time. Thai's what makes tho modern story teller such a dollght, because until he finishes you cannot know whether you are about to meet sn old friend or be Initiated Into novel mysteries. Tho redeeming fea ture of It Is that every year another crop of listeners grows to maturity for whom the old ones are always now, and who. In consequence, must be the perpetual Inspiration and the liv ing encouragement to the story teller. Kept Alive by Electricity. The attention of surgeons at the General hospital, Birmingham, Eng land, has been occupied by the most remarkable case of a lad eleven years of age. He was admitted to the Insti tution suffering from a tumor on the brain, the removal of which necessi tated a most serious operation. While the surgeons were at work the patient stopped breathing and arti ficial respiration was resorted to. Dur ing the course ot the operation a large portion of the skull was removed, and when the pressure from the brain was lightened the lad began to breathe again. An electrlo battery was ap plied to tbe chest, and the muscles be ing thus affected tbe breathing motion produced proved sufficient to keep the lad alive. FARM ORCHARD Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations of Oregon and Washington, Specially Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions Lime Is Shown to Benefit Nearly All Oregon Soils Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis Lime increases the number of soil bacteria in certain types of soil, while it either does not affect or else reduces the number in other types. These important facts, which have an intimate relation to the question of soil fertility, were secured in a series of experiments conducted by the de partment of bacteriology and chem istry at the Oregon Agricultural col lege. A report of the experiment has been published in Station Bulletin No. 118 by tho experiment station, and copies may be had free of cost by all residents of the state who send in a request for them. The bulletin was written by T. D. Beckwith, bacteriologist, and A. F. Vass and R. H. Robinson, research as sistants, who conducted the experi ments upon which it is based. The purpose of the experiments was to learn something of the kinds and num ber of bacteria in a few widely differ ent types of Oregon "soils, und the effect of lime and of water upon these numbers. Also to determine the am monifying power of these soils with varying moisture content in order to learn the best possible condition. Other purposes sought in tho studies Soil Treat roenr Herroistor) Normal Hermistoi? Lime Redmond Normal Red mond Lime Moro Normal Moro Lime O.A.C. Normal 0 AC .imt Beaver Darr? Normal Beaver Dam Lime Clatskanie Normal Oafs kerne Lime Diagram ahowlns tha number ot bartrrla In " much. aw n.naurtj portion anowa me and experiments were to make a com parison of the ammonifying and nitri fying powers of the six types of soils selected for the tests, and to correlate the number of bacteria present and the amounts of ammonia and nitrate nitro gen produced. Effects of soil acidity and of lime upon ammoniflcation and nitrification were likewise observed. Much has recently been said in re gard to the physical and the chemical effects of lime upon soils. The first two effects are disposed of in order to clear the field for the experiments as follows : "Lime flocculates the finest particles of soil and promotes a granular struc ture. It improves the tilth, increases aeration, and improves the water cir culation. Lime is supposed to in crease porosity In light, sandy soils and so Increase the water holding power. "Chemical effects of lime in soils are as liberating agents of unavailable plant food, changing it to soluble, available plant food. It neutralizes acids and keeps the soil in an alkaline condition. Leaching may also be pre vented, since the acids of humus sub stances is somewhat soluble, while their lime compounds are compara tively insoluble "The biological effects aro due to the fact that lime is an essential cle ment of all the higher plants and prob ably of all the lower forms. It cor rects tho acid condition of the soil. which causes a diminished food supply, and has a direct physiological effect on the plants themselves, promoting that neutral or slightly alkaline condition which is most favorable to most culti vated plants. Lime aids the growth of many kinds of bacteria, especially those which convert organic nitrogen to nitrates and those thut assimilate atmospheric nitrogen." Six types of soil wcro selected as follows : Type 1, a fine, sandy soil from Hcrmiston, high In lime content, and low In organic matter. Type 2. another sandv soil that was high In lime and low in organic mat- Henry Ford, the auto man. will lunch with the prcsldont Aa a par tial return for a sauare meal be mlnht give the president one of bis cars. It will be quite a Job to convince the consumer that cheaper meat Is a national calamity. When you sea a mini nil rlnnlilnil un rowing a boat can vou snv ha la on pleasure bent? Sometimes what apama vnnA ttmrtnr for political leaders Is merely veneer ed and stuffed with sawdust ter, from near Redmond, being a sam ple of the uncultivated soils of that region. Type 3. Silt loam from Moro, well supplied with lime and potash, taken from the sub-experiment station. Type 4. A silt loam from the college farm at Corvallis deficient in lime and nitrogen. Type 5. Bcaverdam soil from near Sherwood, classed as muck soil, low in lime and high in organic matter. Type G. Peat soil, high in organic matter and low in lime, taken from the fresh water tide lands of the lower Columbia. The number of bacteria in each of the six types was first ascertained as reckoned in the number of millions per gram of soil. Lime was then added at the rate of two tons per acre-foot of soil, and at the end of four weeks the bacteria were again counted. ' Nat ural conditions were similatcd as near ly as possible in laboratory work, and counts were made by the plate method. The number of bacteria present in the Hcrmiston sample was about two million per gram. (A gram is about the weight of a nickle five-cent piece). At the end'of the test the number had been reduced by about one quarter of a million. In the Redmond soil the number be fore and after lime treatment coincid- Bacteria in millions per gram of soil ' 4 S E 33 r- H3 SsCtisBaSl sttrihafaBstA Ornrnn anlla under normal ronditlnna, and when inemuv or arrreaiw aa Innurnccd bjr lime. ed almost exactly with the numbers in the Hermiston Bample. The Moro sample showed slightly more than two million normally pres ent, and the treatment with lime did not affect the original number either way. There were about three million bac teria normally present in tho beaver dam soil, and at the end of four weeks' treatment with lime there were about four million present. In the peat samples there were nearly three million bacteria normally present, and after the lime treatment there were four and one-half million present. It is thus seen that acid soils and soils with a large amount of organic matter make a heavy increase in the number of soil bacteria they contain by applications of lime, and that soils high in lime content and low in or ganic matter are not materially affect ed in bacterial content by lime' treat ment. The relation between the number of bacteria in the soil and the ammonify ing power of the soil has not been definitely settled, but experiments con ducted in connection with the bacteria experiments seem to show that it is close and Important. Tho amount of ammonia present in soils that had had their bacterial content increased was increased at an almost equal and uni form rate in some cases, whilo in oth er samples it was not increased either so largely or so uniformly. But that tho relation of these two elements of soil fertility has an important bear ing on the fertility of Boil seems well estubliBhed. The wholo series of experiments performed in these soil studies will do much to define the limits of profitable application of lime to the fields of Ore gon, and Incidentally determine the time, manner and extent of applica tions. Coming at a time when Inter est in liming soils Is exceptionally keen, the report should be very help ful to the individual farmer when he considers tho question of liming bis lands. Whilo labor Investigations are In the air a lot of men are giving testimony In union suits. They really are cool If you get them light enough. One of the Ironies of life Is to work nil week In the sweltering heat and thon have It rain on Sunday. The height of IndolenceA Morris rlialr, a linen suit, a funny paper, grnpe juice and an electrlo fan flood ing you with balmy zephyrs. A man stole a razor the other day and got away without boing caught. Of course, It was a safety razor. TEACHING EWE TO OWN LAMB One Method Is to Take Skin From Dead Animal and Place Over One to Be Adopted. (By E. M. NELSON, Oregon Exportment HlBtllUIl. Nearly every year one lamb or mrtrA dies, even out of the small flocks that run on the general farm. In such cases the ewes may be made step mothers. But of course It will be nec essary to get the ewe to own the Btrange lamb. This may be accom- pusned In either of the following ways: The skin may be taken from the dead lamb and placed over the lamb to be adopted. Ewes recognize their lambs by tho scent and the odor of tho lamb skin will make the ewe be- Hove that the Iamb Is her own. The skin should be removed in about forty eight hours, or sooner If necessary. The ewe may be caught and held every two or three hours for the now lamb to suck. In a few days, general- Good for Mutton or Wool. ly five or six, tho ewo will own the lamb. Sprinkling a little of the ewe'a milk over the lamb will bo a great help in this method. GREEN PEPPERS ARE POPULAR There Are Numerous Varieties and They Have Been Greatly Improved In Recent Years. Green peppers are fine. They can be grown on any good garden soil, but should not be put out till the ground Is warm. Tho varieties of peppers un like the egg-plant are numerous, and therefore have been greatly Improved of late yenrs. The Upright Sweet Salad Is a fine pepper. It Is bright scarlet In color, mild and Bweet. Magnum Dulce Is by far the largest pepper in cultivation, and tho most prolific; no other variety gives such Urge Bpeciin?ns. It is very sweet and perfectly reliable Ituby King Is one of the standards and has for many years been deserv ing ot first place among the varie ties of peppers, but In many respects it Is not equal to tho above described kinds. Chinese giant Is very large, but not as prolific as tome of the other large varieties. WATCH THE HORSE'S TEETH Very Often Elongated Molars Prevent Animal From Masticating Its Food in Proper Manner. If your horse shows difficulty In eating or loses flesh without apparent cause, It Is tlmo to examine the teeth. Very often elongated teeth prevent a horse from properly masticating Its food, thereby rendering it Impossible to obtain much benefit from It Ulcerated teeth also are a source of great trouble and prevent a horse from eating well. Snmotlmes broken teeth cut the sides of a horse's mouth and form painful sores, which, ot course, Interfere with nmstlcatlpn. It Is a good plan to examine the teeth of all horses two or three times a year and In the case ot broken or elongated teeth, treat them with a fllo. If the teeth ot a valuable animal are badly affected It should be treated by a veterinary surgeon. Reduce Hog Dlsesse. There Is no doubt that If the loca tions of all hog housos and bog lots on our farms were more carefully chosen, all focdlng floors constructed of concrete, sanitary hog wallows pro vided In the yards, disinfectants used more frequently and freely, and the pasture system of maintaining the swine herds during the spring, sum mer and fall seasons followed, that hog cholera would bo greatly reduced. Keep Your Temper. Keep your temper about the farm work and especially when dolni chores. The farmer that gets mad and thrashes everything that does not happen to move thus and so Just as ht would like to have It Is a weak man In every way. His wife knows It th boys and girls know It and lose tbeli respect for their father, and he knows It himself. What's the aseT Keep cool. Good Advice. It doesn't cost any more to foed a four-gallon cow than a two-gallon one. And a two-gallon cow la worth Just aa much to the butcher as the four-gallon ono. Queer thing, Isn't It? The moral Is, send the two-gallon cow to the butcher. Is Considered Best, As regards the different kinds of farmyard manure, cattle manure Is considered the best ss It decompose gradually, and Is not liable to Induce scab on the potatoes, aa frequently happens with the stronger horsed ung. .
