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* s ••••• % * o o 9 9 I tin th«- Hi * I <’ y fillowm g f’i M 1 ?!*(***• view at the li ,e .»f Mita knucke«! at the «'aineruiis • « J«* uni was admltte I. He was h agg r«t nu.l pule, but th «•yes revia!'•d l! u Invi haustible eta- rgy of spirit. He rrucMd th«- ru-«ui qu iekly to wber • F. lit!) BZlt by the western window and kis •e t ber hand with a tine deference “What has happened?" abe a¿ked. looking up at him. "Something has Come of all the mystery of these last few «lays. 1« It a story?" "Y«« h ,” aat«l he; “a love story about the prettlaMt girl that ever lived and the stupidest man that ever d!«l—and didn’t know It till oue day be wak«l up and saw that he was dea«l an«! came to life again. The occasion of this mir acle was a conversation with an ex celleut friend who for the dead allvi man’s gm«l suggestisl an exinslltlon to the wilds of Manchuria, where, I am tohl, there is a war In progress. In stantly the uwaketi«! individual per ceived that there was lighting nearer home In which be bad an Intimate con cern. In the midst of the battle be saw the prettiest girl aforesaid desperately threatened and surrounded by foes. Now, which battle was bls, think you? "It didn’t take him long to decide, und be began to look to his weapons. In his right hand there was a pen—a good weapon In Its way. but too slow for this emergency. So he reached up Into the air and selz«l an idea which hud the form and potency of a sharp sword. It had been within his reach anil dimly percelv««d for many months, but he had ta-en too sluggish to grasp It. Armed therewith, he hewed his way to the citadel of a powerful ma- glcian who sat by a barrel of bright gold, with which he worked his won ders. ’This sword for a share of that gold!’ cried the Invader, but the magi cian utter«l a cold ‘Ha, ha.” “Thrice and four times the man re turn«! to the attack, and each time the Ami at an «ut me same uour inert u e« e two men talking of this very mat ter One of them was Kendall's age though be looked younger. He spoke vigorously, smoked bar«! between while» uml walked the floor with uh air ot Zest in the exercise. The other was much ol ler. tlis face was deeply Hued and thoughtful. He sat by u broad, flat topped <:esk littered with manuscript» uud letters ami un «aid assortment ot reference books, big and little. “You have chosen the flower of the flo< k." said the younger man. “Kendall Is nut only a natural l«oru correspond •Ut. with the gift of getting the truth anil the much rarer gift of writing It but be is the very man physically foi this job. Heat and cold, rain and drought. go«sl food, bad fissl and n«i fo<si ut ull; swamps, mlerols-s uml bill lets 1 tell you Keudall eats them all and grows fat. The only thing that hurts him is a quiet life. 1 saw lilm hi Cuba and In the 1‘hlllppiues, and be was always In condition, always bright nnd cheertul und enthusiastic. B»'sides. he has u smattering of Japamne had u Jap classmate In college whom li« was very fond of. I tell you, Graham, with these arrangements of yours lyiil Kendall as your man you’ll get the only gootl stuff that will have com«' from the east since the war began.” "There are two points,” said Graham slowly. "We cannot ufforil to pay much; the expenses ar«' so heavy. He’ll come buck no richer except In reputa tion. Second, I wish that he had kept himself more in the public eye of late. He has sunk completely out of sight.” "There’s u reason for that, as I have told you,” said the other, biting his cigar viciously. "But you can boom him up. The public remembers him.” "Well," Graham resumwl pause, "I authorize you to proposition before him. You eiosest friend, Stetson, You only man who without offense show him the folly of his present course. Get him for me. I want him." "Without offens«' echo«! Stetson. "I don’t know. But I’ll do my duty. It isn’t right that N«l Kendall should wr«-k bis career for the sake of any woinun, though slu* were the best in the world.” "Telegraph him to din«' with you.” suggested Graham. "Take him to Ju lian's, where the okl crowd goes. Give him some raw meat and som<> good strong ‘man talk,* as Kipling calls It. That will fetch him." It was half past tl when Keudall and Stetson met at Julian's. Kendall was "A LOVE BTORY ABOUT THE I'KETTIEST OIHL THAT EVEB LIVED." weary with th«' day’s ungrateful toll and gloomy thoughts; Stetson was sword was sharpened upon bard facts alert and keen, with the eyes of a hunt and polished with much thought. And er. Fortune was kind; the right crowd at last he forced It Into the band of was there, the atmosphere of the seen«' the great magician and was himself wus perf«-t, mid Keudall, with hm next moment head and shoulders in the gold surprise, suw himself welcom«l barrel of red gold. as if from a long illnes« or the very “To be plain, Edith, I have done a Jaws of the grave. Ami in th«' exposi pretty stroke of business. I havo some tion of the scheme Stetson surpassisl money down and somo work to do and nil his own expectations. a good, safe contract for a sufficient "Jack," said Kendall at last. "I thank salary. Dearest, look out into the west. you from my soul. If this hour is the The tint In that sky shines up around turning point of my life, ns I truly be the curve of the world from a little lieve. the credit is largely yours. You bouse bowered In roses. It shines Into have awaken«! my manhood.” your cheeks. Come; there will be more "Thank the Lord!" responded Stetson color where the roses are. Let us go to ferveiitly. find them.” "You have made 4m error, however,” “I dare not," she murmured, trem Kendal! contlnu«*d, "a natural error, bling. which I will ;>olnt out to you. We have "A gentleman connected with an ex seen so little of each other In the past press company," said he calmly, "will year that you have lost track of me call for your baggage and your moth couipleB'ly and now’ know nothing of er's tomorrow about this hour." my progress. 1 have advanced a great distance, but you have thought of me An Early Betrothal. as standing still Just where you left In the early days of California the me. We ull make such mistakes. We daughters of the Lugos were sought In bold the pictures of our friends as we marriage by the best families of the last suw them uml forget that they state. It was a boast that they were must change.” even courted in the cradle, us when the “Do you mean that you’ve really got young officer Colonel Ignacio Vallejo, on with your work?” being In San Luis Obispo on the occa Kendall shook Ids bead. sion of the birth of a daughter to the "Very badly,” said he. "My work In Lugos, asked her father for the hand most respects lias gone back. It Is I of the day old baby, provided when the that have advanced, and I really ilidu’t time came to fulfill the contract the know It myself until this evening. There señorita should be willing. This seem Is my debt to vou. It Is the way yon ingly absurd betrothal took place. The li.iv«- so ik'-u of 11 «w-iu’s Ilf«' licit has child grew up to be an Intelligent as op« o<.I 1...1 « y« s Wk,1.’ Ja«k you’ve well as attractive young woman, mar b«'eu talking of I>•>« «’ g.imes. the liealth- ried her betrothed and became the ful atliusemelita and exi'i’clse-i 1 f Viiiith, mother of many children, among them which III us for the seri >u.« Im.-.oi« ss of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. the world. Do « «11 really I’a.iey lh.it Beauty anti the Bea*t. follow ing an arm« and living 0.1 h i •< A well known southern churchman meat and «¡«'wping hi six Indu s of diri.v water 111 tile I hi II oiii of nil ab:in«loli<* I was recently visiting New York, ac- treueii constitute II gre.it a- hi .'vein, n; cotnpanleil by his wife, who Is as beau that is worth will «• III llseif? My d«'.u tiful as her life mate is homely. They boy. 1 h.iv«' outgrown hik -I i tilings. I were walking down Broadway one sun iluve don«1 them in th«' p 1st. ami they ny afternoon, and the pair attracteil Is’iietite.l me as liilleh ns f.i «tliall, p much attention. One of two young imps a llttl«' more. It remains for in«"— "sports," evidently thinking to attract now that you hare brought these ea.-ly th«- favorable attention of the church less > iis buck to my reiiK'iiibrane«' to man's wife, in an audible aside ro tuk<‘ the good of them ami pr hit by the markeil that It was another case of patience, str« ngtb mid resoun-efiiliu-ss "the beauty and the beast.” Quick as uml wurnge tliut they taught in«'. I w ill a wink the husband turned and, as he begin tomorrow no, tonight, for then' swung his right to the speaker’s Jaw, are thr«' u kk ! hours liefore 12." scoring a knockout, said, "I am a man unt lint 11 n u t you goiug to take of peace, but I never allow any one to Graham’s o.Yei ?” call my wife a beast.”—New York “I can’t <• >iisi«ler It. Th«' war In th«' Tribune. east is no <1 >ubt an important matter laron genial. for those who ar«' eligiigm! In It. but not A washer worn an applied for help to for me. I’ertnlnly I ciui’t afford to look on nt It. I «'iiu’t nffoni to be a looker a gentleman, who gave her a note to ou right here and 11 >w. for tlu re is war the manager of a certain club. It rea«1 all arouml us. uml I stand arm«! In th«« ns follows: Dear Mr. X—Thl* woman wants wash thick of It. 1 have ilroppe.l my jH-n and taken up the swurd while you mid ing. 1 have sat In're at this table.” Very shortly the answer came back: "Wliat do you menn?" Dear Str—I dare say she does, but I ”1 mean that th«' first duty of every don’t fancy the job. —L«J don Tit Bit« man Is to the w «man In« loves; that all the labors of bls youth are merely pri'p- Brave or Reekie*« t aration; tlr«t lie endures hardships and When a young man on a small sal aces battles amt tights them it tne chmii'e com*'S for no oilier worthy pur ary and with the future very uncer pose than to learn how to light f >r her. tain gets married we claim he is as And I haven’t done It. I have been reckless as if be Jtimp««d Into water looking on mu! Jotting down notes that nnd couldn't swim. The romantic may I cull stories. I’m through with It. To call It courage, but It Is pure reckless- tie plain with you. Jack, there Is one n««ss —Atchison Glol«e. high and holy task tiefore me now, nnd A Vacuum. the Lord, through you. has given me School Inspector Now, my boy. what the grai-e to see It. Gixxl night. Give my resiHxtful thanks to Mr. Graham. is a vacuum? Smart Infant— Please, You will see me again when 1 have cut sir. It’s a place with no air In It. which aiy way out of the heart of this bat makes It very hot in summer. The pope lives there Punch He” 4 CHOICE MISCELLANY NLW btlOKl blURfES Ftiraot u l)l*tlosul«ihe«l Ululili. Hi«be«t Hallro««! In World. Ul THE HOUB WOMAN A .rJ t ASHION llnutrU llr<'u«.llluii. Th-- l it«- Gei.ei .1 Fl A Hug!. Lei- u-«1 It was «pt it- in the ««rti» e of th«'-«'ar t«4 toil with great gusto an expt'rlra«*« IM'gie he.’o fuuil I'ommitt«'. #\obo 1, had res« u«l au.«lh*ly iron In* h.ol «luring bls guta't citorial cam drowning, uobody had torn off a re< I'uign In Virginia against .1. S, Wise. ■ “Mr. Wise made th«' sLit«m»«nt," salii petticoat ami flagged a train hurtllnf tiie g'iigral, "that if I lin-l l«««n nam«: ou to destruction with Its freight ol Smith instead ut L *e I never would bumkn IP < m , no one hail lea|wd into • i burning building to save the Imix'rll«* have been hearil of. 1 '-mleavonsl t< ones within. comltat that theory ami in every speeel t There ww nothing doing, Not i I made during the campaign woilIC sound could be heanl save the Interes touch upon Mr. Wise’s uteuD'Ut an« mechanically adding itself up. would then briefly ref.T to some fa Suddenly but softly came tlirougl mous historical llgun-s in order ti tiie door a fat man. show that th«« n im«' Smith was not t< "You tin- ls«ss here?” lie des “I am in charge here,” responde«! th< “On« spoke lief ni* n birg« attewlant. courthoii"«. i« in « crowd "I want a medili and a slice of tin fund." "Yes, sir. Ou what grounds?" "Saved a whole community from yel w fever. What's the name of thb mosquito that carries the germs?" "Stegomyla fasciata.” “That's it. I was sitting on the bote veranda, ami one of them got on me- onl.i on«« that ever struck the town Sni.-ish! I swatted him. Look there." Ami the clerk after inspecting the re tnaius of the mosquito on the man* Carlyle*« SliillliiK. «•heck pinned on the medal and till«« A farmer in Manitoba wears on «mt a ch«««-k. Chicago Tribune. watch chain a blackemsl metal disk, which has attached to It the following Went the Limit. history: Some thirty years ago he was "My wife went shopping today an«, a taxiking clerk In a railway station in "lie had exactly $32.lit when she start Dumfriesshire. One day Thomas Car ed out." lyle, whom tie know by sight, took a "Ilow are you so sure she had J usi ticket for a short run by rail and laid that much?" down a shilling. The clerk, eager to “Because when she came back sh< secure a souvenir of his famous coun told m«' that was the amount she hai" tryman, put the coin aside and from spent.”- Philadelphia Press. Ills own pocket made up th«' deficiency. II«' left th«* railway service anil for a A Hot One For .John. long time was out of a situation. Citi- "Th«' word ‘cauterize.’ ” explain«*«! mutely, although sorely against the the teacher, “means to burn suddenly grain, he was impelleil to part with Ills and severely. Julius Green, you may last the treasured Carlyle shilling give us a senten«'«» containing th«' word But it would not stand the ringing ’«•nuterlze’ use«l In Its full meaning." test. Then the fact was made evident THE MAN tinti« HIM HAND. Julius cogitated for a moment, ther to the ex-railway clerk that somebody had palmed on the Sag«' of Chelsea a rural community, ami I n »tl«-«*«l a said, "Mary's glances scorched spurious slillllng! Thus the lack of drunken man standing righi i.p in th« wlu'n Io* cauterize.”- Judge value on the relic’s part enabled him front row of listeners. I took up tin to stick to It. Relatives sent him tc Smith matter and informe.i th.«-«' agri Manitoba, where In* prosper«»«!. and the culturista what a distinguished famllj fraudulent Carlyle shilling has long th«> Smiths had been. As I warm«! been his most treasured possession.— up to th«' subject I noticed that son:«« tiling seemed to b<- worrying that London Dally News. drunk! u man, ami mor«' than om «■ In seemed to b«> on th«« v««rg«« of Interrupt A Subway Mystery. A somewhat rare sort of abrasion on ing me. "I reminded my audienci' that u th«' top of th«' rail has uppeared in the New York city subway. This Is in the distinguished governor of the stat«« hai! form of transvers«» depressions, an born«« tin« name of Smit inch or mor«« in breadth ami an inch or many other men famous in more apart. So far no satisfactory pca< «« had I «orni* th«' desj reason for their existence presents it men. Meanwhile the <lrt self. If only one rail were affecteil the watch«! m«' with ill conceit cans«' might b<> thought a defect In the Finally he could stand it material, but this plainly is not the Lifting his hand ami bil.-in- case, since the depressions occur more with inebriated gravity hi* blurted out or less frequently over several neigh 'Shay, gen'ral, don't forgit thasli ol<! boring rails. Nor can they be uscribed Smith kill«l Pocahontas!'" — Lippin solely to curves or to the effect of pow cott's. er brakes or to acceleration, , while a -Vo Seeoml C. <>. 1>. Wedillng. considerable mystery lies in the com- Gov« rnor Blain-hard of Louisians parative immunity of steam railways, was desi-ribilig the prei autions that a where the conditions appear more I Daughter- I thought 1 saw th«« duke un- certain veteran physician had taken favorable and essentially different against the spread of a contagious dis e ronie in. Whore Is he? Father II«« has Just hml an inter only in the manner of applying pow«*r. case. It Is significant that these depressions •■Knowing, th«- pi'opk« he had to «leal view with me, and at present he is in ar«' found occasionally on girder rails the library trying to figure out whether with,” Governor Blanchard said, “he li«> loves you or not. carrying electric street cars, so that In saw that his rules were carried out all probability their cause must 1« befort* on«* of th«'"«* j>eopl«* left tlielt \\ hm Sure of It. sought In some unrecognized peculiari homes. They had tricked him in the “No, ma doesn’t need a mop,” said ty of electric traction. Railway Age. past. lie would not be tricked again little Johnny to the man at the door. Ho was like th«« t’nnnlen clergyman ol “How do you know?” ask«l the Frost Hukes Fat Turkey*. my boyhood. agent, "Cold weather makes fat turkeys," "This clergyman once married a cer "Because," said Johnny, "she wipes said the poulterer, "because In a warm fall the ground keeps soft, the vegeta lain huckster, who after the ceremony the floor with me!” — Detroit Free declare««! he was unable to pay a we«l Press. tion lingers on and the fields are full of worms and bugs. What's the re ding fee. and so, willy nilly, the clergy man had to let him off. Uhu or Anylxnly Klar. sult? The turkeys from sunrise till “Some years later th«« good man Nell Yes, Miss Pnssay is engaged to dark tramp th«' tempting fields on long foragi's, eating th«* worms and bugs, found the same huckster before« him Mr. Iloamley. It was quite sudden, which thin them, and walking all their with another woman. His first wife She told me she never expected to soft am! fine flesh Into tough, stringy had ili«l. Now ho desir«! to yoke with marry him, but— a second. Belle—She might have left off the muscle. "Th«« minister was willing enough tc word "him" and still be telling the "A cold fall, with early frosts and snows, freezes the ground and kills the remarry the man, but this time he truth.- Philadelphia Leti ger. bugs. Then the turkeys are not tempt woulil take precautions. I nline mill Effect. "So leading the bridegroom to one ed to wander. They loaf In th«> farm side he belli out his hand anil said in n “Charleyboy seems very dull and stu yard, gorge an abundance of grain low voice: pi«l lately.” ami put on flesh like a middle Qged wo ’’ ’My fee.’ "Yes, he says he has something Im man at n seashore hotel. But in a "■«)h. yes, of course,’ said the buck portant on Ids mind." warm fall, hunting the Irresistible bug, “That accounts for It. The poor thing the turkeys do their fifteen or twenty ster confusedly, ami In* placed a bank undoubtedly Is crushed.” San Fran miles regularly every day ami become note in the clergyman’s palm. " ‘Thank you,’ said the clergyman ciseo Call. athletes. For athletic turkeys there Is with a bland smile. ’That Is for th« no public demand.”—New York Press. iioodneaa. first time. Now we will have the fee Mamma He has no vices of any for tills occasion. ’ ” -Buffalo Enqnlrer Power of Radium, xind. Ills character is flawless. Why In an address before the British Sci :1. lon't you accept him? In the Wrong« Service, entific association Professor Darwin 1 laughter—But, mamma, it would be Governor Herrick, the Ohio execu said radium was a substance which to uninteresting to marry a man that five, was telling of a negro camp meet was perhaps millions of times more ing In southern Tennessee the other ?<>od! Brooklyn Life. powerful than dynamite. Thus It was day. estimated that an ounce of radium All Aired Pair. “A negro exhorter hail Just made a would contain enough power to raise "I wish, madam, you would not In great speech," he said, “and when he 10,000 tons a mile above the earth's got through he went down among the ««rrupt me every time I try to say surface. Another way of stating the congregation aad asked each one tc «omething. Do I ever break In when same estimate was that the energy you're talking?” come and 'J in do army of do Lord.’ needed to tow a ship of 12.000 tons a "No, you brute, you go to sleep!" "One of tiie congregation when tills distance of ti.OoO sea miles at fifteen Lotulon Bunch. question was put to him replied: knots was contained in twenty-two “ ‘I’s don«» J’ined.’ The Keanon. ounces of radium. Now, wo knew that “ ’Whor’d you J'in?’ ask«! the ex- She What do you think of this new th«' earth contains radio active mate horter. theory that all the angels belong to the rials, and It was safe to assume that “ ‘In do Baptist church,' was the an masculine sex? it forms In some degree a sample of lie Weil, tiie uieu inKe to go some t!.v mateiiais of the solar system; “‘Why, cliile,' said the exhorter, 'yob where now you women want the earth. hence It was nltnost certain that Hu ain't in Ibe'nrmy; yoh's In the navy'" Baltimore American. son Is radio active also. —Exchange As incr«liilous us It May soim many that lkmglus has the rlihest road In the world. It is u<«vei-tbel« » fact. This railroad truth ami l>< only about one half mile long, but value is doubtteas correeUy estin at flli.UMMMJO. Alongside of tl«<- pllng works of the I’opper Queen »melt er Is the road, which comes out of au »x«-avat«l hollow somew hat to the east of the sampler and runs out to the smelter on a roa«ib«l of some of the richest copper ore lu the world ami also thousands of tons <:f •-on«-entrates from other iniues ami mills. The railroad forms the surplus ore reserve from the l opper Qllet'i) smelter, to be drawn upon in case of accldeut at the Hista mines or on the railroad. The depth ol the tasl averages about fifteen feet and It Is thirty feet wide, ami nil I* on oxides, salphides, manganese, t cliite, etc., and concentrates that ter like nuggets of gold. It Is mated that the lied of this rich contains 100,fi00 tons of ore which In per «-ent copper ami Is valued $.■¡11 |M*r ton.—Arizona Republican. Docking Horse* President Roosevelt has rendered’ i good service In taking a pronounced stand against «locking horses. In Washington the custom is tabooed, am! tiler«' the horse Is quit«.« exempt from such barbarity. It is n cockney idea copied from th«' aristocratic snobs of England. It not only deprives the fior-e of much of Its natural grace, but of Ills weapon of <lefens«> against th«« fifes and other Insects, which are loft free to torture him. In Kentucky, to th«» credit of her peopl«« lx» It said, outside of a limit«! «et, th«« practice finds no favor, and at the agricultural fair«, where the high rst grades of horses of all kinds are shown, such mutilation is rarely seen. -Louisvill«« Courier Journal. Still Worse. Higgins You look worried, old man. Wiggins—I am worried. Congressman A. P. Gardner of Ham Higgins Don't owe anylmdy money, ilton, Mass, tells the following story: It was nt a little shooting party which do you? Wiggins—No, but several people owe was attended by some of the elite of that vicinity, and more than one of the rue money. party felt-a trifle nervous about a cer A Conclnalve Te«t. tain young Englishman, ns ho nnd his "How will you estimate the carrying giln seem«! stranger«. capacity of your flying machine?” Nothing occurred, however, until Mr. "By the amount of stock It will float." Gardner felt something poking him In answered the practical Inventor.— the side as he crept along. Turning Washington Star. quickly, ho found th«* novice prodding him with the muzzle an«! fumbling with Rather Tame. the hammers of Ids gun. Sho Was the football game interest- "Hi. Gtts,” he said, "before we get ng? on to th«* birds you might lust show me He—No. It was as bloodless an n ’ow you lot those ‘ore triggers down!" - french duel.—Chicago News. Reston Herald. Conarraanian ««ardner'a Escape. Ilin Pursuit. Blueline n Bnrenln. In the Ixxik of Iluth a shot' is men tion«! as being handed over to ratify a bargain, anil the custom in a sense s«s'ms to have ta**ti repeat»««! later, for in the year 1002 certain bishops were put Into poss««ssion of their sees by re celvlng a glove. These may have been richly Jeweled gloves, for such formed part of the episcopal habit, ami when some abbots thought fit to array them selves in similar hand covering pecul iar only to bishops they were forbid den their use by the council. More Theery—It’s an actual fact that "two can live ns cheaply ns one." Popley— But not ns quietly. Theery —How do you menn? Popley-1 w thinking of our twins.—Exchange. The Asme I ’«oiled Him. “May I ask,” Inquired the melancholy strnng«*r, "wlint Is your pursuit In i t»r "It depends," replied Subbubs, “up on whether I’m going or coming. It's the 7:43 train In the morning and the C 12 ot nJglit ”- Philadelphia Ledger What Thtr Left. l»retl> Dr-.-.pe.l Waist. A very smart ftenuxm waist h shown l.<<* e. .|v«"l m L «rj whit« silk tissue’ Ith «leep collar. <*uffs au« cliemisette of ■■i*nl>roid« r<sl mull luloru «1 with small «lots of grts'li velvet. A d«s'P «-rushisl glcdl«* of chiffon vi'lvei gives a smart toueh us well as th« small ls>ws fastened to th«' front wltl: tiny gold buckles Th«* m«sl«'l The furrows which a mortgage places on th«« farm are quite often to be found as much on the face of the farmer’» wife as oqt In the plow«! field. Bowing and planting good seed U one thing and sowing and planting It lu a well prepared seed ta«d Is another anti almost of as much Importance so far as the crop is concern«*!. The hog Is naturally a very clean an imal, considering that be belongs to the scavenger tribe, when be Is glveu halt a chance. Filthy hog yards in' often primary causes of alclt and dead hogs. _ which may be made dressy or not. ac cording to the material used in its con structlon. Th«' chemisette may bo modi removable as well as tin' cuffs, and I gisxl way to fasten them is by snai fasteners, which will allow them to lx removed and put in witli leas troubli and time than by the usual method ol basting. Til«' sleeve is a very fetching on«', being shirred in deep tucks ovei tin* elbow to tit the arm snugly and forming a moderate puff at the top Th«' front of th«' waist Is shlrre«! along the underarm seam and on the iron' edges, but with only so much fullness as to iH'cotn«' any wearer. A veiling French cashmere, chiffon taffeta ot mousseline would be suitable ns ma ti'i-ial W» arc of tbo opinion that Mr. Hub bard Is entitl««d to a far greater me«««! of reeognttlon for tho introduction of th«« famous squash which bears his name than Is Mr. Benjamin Davis for bls work In a horticultural way. A friend recently drained a large swamp on his farm, and, looking It over with him, we discovered that he hail thus exposed a four foot bed of most excellent peat. As be has to buy all his fuel at high prices, there should be something right there on bls own farm worth looking up. When a man grows a crop of grain ou his farm and hauls It off to market be has been drnwlng on tiie principal ol his capital and not using the Interest, been selling the phosphates, the ni Style* In Skirt*. trates, the potash and the humus of hta Skirts are to continue very wide al soli, which he must later replace If b« th«' bottom ami to be tittisl with cling would keep his account properly bal Ing closeness around the hips, all au anced. thorities ar<> ngreetl, but one cannot Young man, if you arc in debt and tell just what is to be th«» fate of the kilted and other skirts plait«! Into the are eating up today what you expect waistband. Assuredly they ar«' uel to earn and pay for next month try an ther so new nor so smart as the gored oatmeal diet for thirty days and get ami circular skirt, fitting smoothly square with the world and hereafter (1 »ver th«' hips with little if any plait pay as you go. 'The oatmeal will not Ing or shirring, but attaining wide. hurt you -In fact, will be a good thing rippling fullness at the bottom. for you. A poor man baa no busluess to run his face for footl to eat unless l.ace Bolero*. he Is a tramp pure and simple. Little boleros of lu'iivy lace or em broidery ar«« «letalis of certain chic l-’lve years ago wo top grafted twen empire models, and on th«« more ex- ty-five Duchess trees one year old with pensive coats this same hnndsome a dozen varieties of apples which art trimming Is repentad In a deep border not rated as hardy where we live. Th« around the bottom of the coat, though experiment to date is a success, the the cloth coat Is more often left plain trees being very thrifty and Just be or simply finished with braid or stitch ginning to bear. Tho weak point of a t»«l hqnila tender apple tree lies In Its root sys tem and trunk, and we have reasoned For Fall and Winter. that If these were made entirely hardy Nothing makes handsomer suits than the tenderer varieties might be raised broadcloth, and nothing is more fash ionable, although cheviots are exceed The com crop of the west Is bln ingly attractive this season and are enough so that no eight hour day will shown in groat numbers. Velveteen Is do for the gathering of it. II«lp 1« well liked, and there are n great many scarce, the ears many and big, much of novelties, among which pliti«l must al the crop badly down from the action ways be noted. In the illustration is of the storms, nnd it Is all Important shown a model which is exee«llngly to secure tho crop before the snows chic an«l smart and which is made of fall. It looks ns If the girls will have broadcloth in one of the new claret to take n hand In this good work, which reds, with collar and cuffs of velvet will mean for them three feathers In finish«! with a tiny «lg<> of cream their winter hat and a well developeil muscle which will come In handy latei on when they have to teach school 01 spank their own kids. <S* Zj The average quarter section farm should have not less than twenty acre» seeded to clover each year. This will keep forty acres of the farm In clover all tho time and permit the turning over each year of twenty acres of clover s«xl for the corn crop, this cour»« of treatment absolutely assuring verj large and profitable crops of corn Then there should be cows enough t«i take care of the clover as pasture and eat up the hay which would be produced. A farm so handled would not fall to make money for the owner and a lot of It too. It Is too bad that most men do not realize what a pest the Canada thistle and quack grass are on the farm until those things have got a good start and It becomes almost impossible to era«! Icate them. We know of an eighty acre farm In Iowa which is now covered with the thistle, which tho neighbors have seen develop from just a small patch, they regarding It with as much Indifference as though It was a patch ot blndw«N«d or purslane, when they should have been as much wrought up over this little patch of thistles as they would have been over a case of small pox In their community. A farmer leads a very Independent life, It la true, but his Independence should be BROADCLOTH SUIT. cloth, but It can be reproduced In nny curtailed when he makes a business of of the materials mentioned. The velvet raising weed seed to Infect hfs neigh finish Is equally appropriate for cheviot hors’ farms. nnd for cloth, while ngnln it might be There is a great deal connected with suggest«! that a skirt of plaid with n cont of plain color makes one of the ac the proper for«d!ng and dressing of cept«l features of the neason. The poultry for market. We were In a eoat Is n desirable one, button«l up commission house about Thanksgiving closely at the neck, which means gen last year where lota of turkeys were ulne warmth nnd protection, while the arriving for the holiday trade. Moat skirt Is eight gored, and each alternati of those birds had been taken right gore Is laid In tucks, while those bo from a grasshopper diet in the fields tween are laid In Invert«! plaits below and were lean, nnd many of them th«« stitched straps. Materia! reqttlr«l were very poorly dressed. The point for the medium size Is for coat one and which w« wish to make Is that these seven eighths yards fifty-two Inches lean and ill dresse«! fowls were almoat wide, with half a yard of velvet; for unsalable and when selling at all did the skirt five and a half yards fifty two not bring onehalf the price the fat an«l well dressed birds did. Turkeys Inches wide. Intended for the Thanksgiving trade should be rounded up at least two Her llapplnean. He—I shall be just miserable when weeks before the killing and dressing kept In a darkened place and be atuffed I have to go away and leave you. “Oh, Jack, if I were sure of that I’d with all the corn or cornmeal they will Ait: should be picked,dry and be clean f«*el so happy!"- Life. ly dressed. Thia applies to the feeding and marketing of all kinds ot poultry. HI* Tench. "That pianist has n metallic toueh.” "I've noticed that. He Iiorrows mon ey ot me every time lie comes to town • - -Detroit Free Press. "Are you fond of smelt»?" Mr. Smith—I' was held up and re “Never tast«! It." lieved of all my valuables on the way “Eli! Smelts are fish«'»." home from my lodge. Captain of Po “Ff"h««s! I thought they w«-re some lice—What did the robbers get? Mr. The Eskimos sing almost constantly kind of chi'o-e.” -Cleveland Plalu Smith—Everything except the pass when they are Indoors, between the In tervals of sleeping and eating D-»li-t word. Brooklyu Eagle. 1