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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.
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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.
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