GAZETTE
CORVA
SEMI-WEEKLY.
COKVALIilS, BENTON CQXTOTY, OKEGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1902.
VOL. II. "NO. 49.
T"VTOV Kstab. JTulT. 1897.
(Consolidated Feb., 1899.
GAZETTE Eatab. !;. 1862.
CHAPTER XXII.
Night bas quite closed in, a" night ex
ceptionally wild and violent, when once
mure the sound of wheels upon the gravel
without catches Vera's ear.
Perhaps she had been listening for it
is even in a measure prepared for it,
but even if so, this does not prevent the
sudden agitated change that overspreads
her face as she hears it. Her pulses
quicken unpleasantly and she half rises
to her feet.
An hour, two hours, pass, and she is in
her room dressing for dinner, when a
servant brings her a note.
"I have to thank you for the kind in
vitation which Griselda gave me. Busi
ness matters have compelled me to come
here again for the last time to-night;
to trespass, for the last time, upon your
hospitality. I beg you will not let my
presence disturb you; my stay will be bo
short that I dare to hope you will not
mark the coming or going."
A quick' wave of color dyes Vera's
face; Eihe lays the letter with studied
slowness upon the table near.
"My complimt i ts to Mr. Dysart, and I
hope he will diue with me to-night," she
says, calmly, but with an unconscious
touch of hauteur. How does he dare to
treat her like this, to persist in believing
or rather, to pretend to believe that
his presence is so distasteful to her?
What is he to her, one way or the other,
that 'she should care whether he was la
her house or out of it?
At dinner, however, she will have an
opportunity of widening his knowledge
somewhat. It will be the simplest thing
to let him see how utterly unimportant
an item he is in the scheme of her exist
ence. There is a brilliant light in her
eyes as she turns to receive the woman
who has now come back with an answer
to her message to Dysart.
There is a timidity in the woman's air
that warns her.
"Mr. Dysart 's compliments and thanks,
' madame, but he has already dined in
town."
"Fasten this bracelet," says Vera, hold
ing out her arm. She is aware that the
woman is watching her, curiously if ner
vously, and she so movea that the sudden
pallor Of her face, the sole thing that I
i 1 . 1 f, . I. n . . . .
hIiom' her liiniiriintion, shall not betray
her. 'iliat, will do; you can go," she
eays after awhile. She sweeps down
stairs almost in the servant's footsteps,
and into the green drawing room, a
smaller apartment than the usual recep
tion rooms, and now looking delicately
cozy beneath the touches of lamps and
firelight, and with the perfume of many
flowers hanging around it.
The wind, the thunder, the lightning,
still rage, but the rain has ceased, and
!n the murky heavens above, a pale, sick
ly moon is striving feebly to break a way
through the dense clouds. Suddenly the
door is thrown open by an agitated hand,
and the woman who had attended her
upstairs comes hurriedly, without cere
mony, into the room.
"Oh, madame, I thought you would like
to know that you should be told " she
stops, frightened by the expression on
Vera's face.
"Well?" says Vera, going a step nearer
to her.
"There is a ship in great distress, ma
dame somewhere out there," pointing
vaguely in the direction of the ocean,
"upon the rocks, they say! There is
scarcely any hope"
"But the life-boat?" cried Vera, sharp
ly, forgetting everything now but the aw
ful thought of death and death so near
out there upon those cruel rocks with
the boiliug, murderous waves leaping to
receive their prey.
"Yes, madame, but that accident yes
terdayyou will remember it? they say
it has disabled six of the men, and it is
almost certain death to go at all, and the
hands being short, there must be volun
teers, and who will risk their lives "
the towubred girl stops short with a
quiver, and covers her face with her
hands.
"Volunteers'. Wiere is Mr. Dysart?"
cries era. suaaeniy, witn proyucuc m
stinct. "Speak, girl!" turning fiercely on
her maid.
"Gone down to the beach, madame, to
see what can be done."
"Gone!" says Vera, slowly, as if dazed,
and then again, "gone!" A little convlu
sire shiver runs through her it is the
final breaking up of any lingering de
ceits, any last illusions, that she may
still have clung to.
"Order the carriage," she says, after a
minute or two, during which mistress and
inn id have remained silent. This sudden
waking-up has been so far a shock that
It has killed all immediate nervousness.
She feels chilled, calmed, strengthened.
The moon has in a measure conquered
the clouds, and now shines out with a
pale, watery luster, that rather adds to
than takes from the weird wildness of
the night. The thunder still rattles over
head, and vivid flashes light the black
ness. Here and there, as the carriage
passes by the outskirts of the wood, these
intermittent bursts of light show where
a tree has been felled, or the road ripped
up. or a small bridge carried bodily
away by the force of the swollen cur
rent underneath.
All through the deadly crashing of the
storm a booming sound may be heard at
long intervals. Half maddened by it,
and by that other greater fear. Vera lies
back in the carriage, pressing her fin
gers vow to her ears, now to her throb
bing brow, that feels as if it were burst
ing. Arrived at the entrance to the village, a
drive of about a mile from Greycourt.
the stops the carriage, and opeuing the
door springs to the ground. A sudden
gust of wind passing by almost dashes
her to the earth, but by a superhuman
effort she defies it, and half blinded by
the flashing lightning, and bewildered by
the raging storm, she turns aside, and
runs panting, struggling, down a side
pathway that she knows leads to the
beach below.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The wild scene that meets her sight
strikes terror to her heart. The mad
roaring of the waves that, monntains
high, rush impetuously inland to dash
themselves to pieces against the granite
rocks; the cries of the women; the hoarse
calls of the men; the flaming, restless
torches that fling a weird light upon the
picture; all serve to unnerve her.
And now a shout from the beach! A
dark object being dragged forward, a
valiant cheer, perhaps meant to reach
those miserable souls hovering on death's
brink, and so give courage to their failing
hearts; it is the life-boat, and now:
A tall figure has suddenly become
prominent; he seems to tower above all
those around him. He is evidently ad
dressing them with passionate words, and
now he springs into the baat, and with
renewed eloquence seems to compel those
present to follow him. His voice, in its
vehemence, rises even above the storm.
Not that the stricken girl crouching with
in the shelter of her rock needs that tes
timony to know that it is he whom her
soul loveth. ,
Vera staggers to her feet and stares
blindly into the semi-darkness. A hearty
cry goes up from those crowded together
on the beach. The mists' have cleared
away from the moon, and she can see
as well as those eager watchers that the
five black spots that were upon the rig;
ging are no longer there. '
They have been successful, then, s
far. They have taken those five half
dead creatures into the blessed lifeboat.
Surely, if the rescuers could go through
such a sea in safety, they can return.
A blessed relief comes to her, so sharp
ly, so unpreparedly, that she almost gives
way beneath it. The good ship, indeed,
is gone! Where the black, indistinct mass
stood a minute since, now all is bare
there is but sea and sky, and the memory
of it! But the lifeboat still lives.
Every on"ward dash of the tempestuous
waves drives the lifeboat the more sure
ly into shelter, until at last it touches
ground. A hundred eager hands are
stretched out to prevent the returning
wave from carrying it backward, some of
the men, more adventurous than the rest,
rush into the surging tide up to tlieir
w.iafa n ,1 oni.n ttin Knot' a nA ("J rtl O. I fjlf.
waists and seize the boat. and drag it for
cibly into safety:
Dysart, springing to land, helps out the
rescued men, now exhausted by fear and
exposure one of them, indeed, has faint
ed but there are kindly arms open to
receive them and kindly voices to bid
them welcome and to praise the God of
sea and land for their delivery from
death this night.
With a hurried wave of the hand he
turns abruptly away from the cheering
crowd and the dancing torchlights, and
makes his way through the heavy dark
ness toward the small pathway that will
lead to the road above. Stumbling, un
certain, and feeling altogether exhausted,
he nevertheless finds it, and puts out his
hand to grope for the rock that he knows
stands at the right side of it, where the
beach commences.
"Good heavens, what is this? He
starts violently, and then his fingers fast
en with almost convulsive energy over
the small cold hand that has been thrust
into his. A sharp little cry breaks
through the darkness, and then the cold
hand is hurriedly withdrawn, and two
arms are thrown round him, and cling to
him with passionate vehemence.
"It is you you! And you are safe!
Oh, Seaton! Oh, thank heaven, thank
heaven!" ?
Whose voice is it? Not Vera's? Vera!
and yet the clinging arms are warm, liv
ing, and genuine; the sobbing voice is
real; a small disheveled head is very close
to him very! What has happened? Has
he gone mad?
He is ghastly pale, white as the death
from which he has but just now so nar
rowly escaped, and across his right tem
ple there is a slight streak of blood, still
wet. This adds to his pallor. Vera, see
ing it, shudders violently, and involun
tarily, almost unconsciously, lifts her
hand, and presses her handkerchief to
the wound.
"Speak!" says he, and now the word
is a command. It rings sharply. There
is a very anguish of doubt in his tone
and his eyes, burning into hers, are so
full of desperate question, that they ut
terly unnerve her.
The strain of the past terrible hours
has been too severe, and now she sinks
beneath it. She bursts into tears.
"Oh, yes, yes, yes!" she cries, giving
him thus vaguely the answer he requires.
In a moment his arms are round her,
crushing her against his heart. To him
those incoherent words are full of sweet
est meaning. Yes. she loves him. Who
shall tell the joy this knowledge brings
him joy that is almost pain?
"Darling, darling!" whispers he, softly.
And then after a little while, '"I am too
happv. I do not know what to say.
cannot speak." And then again, "May
I kiss you?"
lie does not wait for permission, but
nresses his lios to hers dear lips, that
kiss him back again, with honest, heart
felt gladness.
(The end.)
The British marquis working before
the mast has turned up in St. Helena
on a sailing vessel plying between En
gland aud Australia, according to the
St. nelena Guardian. It is the Marquis
of Graham, eldest eon and heir of the
Duke of Montrose, 21 years of age. He
wants to find out all about the mer
chant marine and to earn a master's
certificate.
Japanese Clocks.
Japan Imports American springs and
manufactures clocks so cheaply that
only the very lowest grades can be im
ported. Live only for to-day and you ruin to
morrow. Simmons.
New Paper Tricks.
Nothing is more interesting than the
way in which our preconceived notions
about the physical world are overturn
ed by experiment It used to be as
sumed that a heavy body would fall
faster than a light one, until some wise
soul tried It and discovered that all
bodies fall at the same rate. And I
fancy that if questioned some people
would say that a piece of paper would
not float for any length of time on wa
ter, and certainly would not bear any
weight. But experiment proves the
contrary. Indeed, the number of things
that can be done with floating paper
will not only surprise old people, but
will furnish amusement for children.
A sheet of ordinary writing paper, if
properly adjusted, will float for an ap
parently Indefinite period. Four half
sheets which floated by way or a lesi
WHAT A SHEET OF PAPER SVIIX CARET.
were as dry on the upper surface after
having been on the water for ten days
as when I first placed them on the
liquid.
But what surprised me most of all
was to learn the weight these floating
papers can carry- One day while I was
experimenting with them I rather care
lessly placed a large wooden spool on
one of the' half sheets, expecting, of
course, to see the paper go to the bot
tom immediately. This did not nap-
pen, however, and my aroused curiosity
prompted me to add greater weight
Recklessly I laid a table knife and fork
on top of the spool; to my astonish
ment the paper still remained floating
and even when I placed on more
freieht in the shape of four 1-cent
pieces, it obstinately refused to sink. ;
Desirous of learning the exact carry
ing capacity of a whole sheet of floating
writing paper, I first placed a stiff piece
of cardboard in its center and then pro
ceeded to load it with the numerous
articles shown in the . illustration
ThaT"ahect"6f paper should "float for
ten days was surprising enough, but
that it should float under such a weight
was nothing short of marvelous. Con
tinuing my experiments along this line,
I placed a piece of wrapping paper thir
ty by forty Inches on the surface of the
water. On this paper I first laid two
slender sticks lengthwise; on these
sticks I placed a large tin bowl, and on
top of this bowl I seated my pet cat
which weighs just five and one-half
pounds. The result was that here pic
tured.
More in a spirit of mischief than any
thing else, I started a bonfire on one of
the floating sheets, and although the
flames burned fiercely they did not
even scorch the paper. Returning to
the weight test again, a delicate tower
of writing paper eight feet in height
was made and set upon four sheets of
writing paper. It floated beautifully.
and I ascertained that the actual
weight of this tower could have been
easily supported by a single sheet but
four were necessary to keep it bal
anced.
Later on I spun a humming top on a
half sheet of floating note paper, with
the almost certain knowledge that its
peg would puncture the paper as soon
as it came in contact with it; but my
almost certain knowledge was rudely
shaken, for the top continued to go
round and round until it stopped of Its
own accord and without accident.
Where Pearls Are Pound.
Old geographies make the Persian
Gulf the seat of the pearl industry, but
now many beautiful pearls are found
in different parts of America. In the
Mississippi River and its tributaries in
Minnesota and? Wisconsin quite a num
ber of people are engaged in fishing for
the mussels In which the pearls are
found. It is said that one pearl
found In every ten mussels fished from
the water. The fisherman does not
worry about this. He keeps the shells
and takes them to the button-factory
where there is always a demand, for,
as you know, boys and girls use up a
good many buttons in the course of
year and no one ever knows what be
comes f them. A floating button fac-
tory built on a boat travels up and
aown tne Mississippi, it stops ui
place long enough to use up all the
shells and then goes on where there Is
another mussel bed or where the fish
ermen accumulate a heap. Some of
the pearls are very valuable and have
been sold for as large a price as $50,
000.
Wllhelmina's Dolls.
When Wilhelmina was little she was
not allowed to share dinner with the
older members of the royal household.
Occasionally she came in at dessert
A SHEET OF PAPEB BEARING A CAT.
One day she sat by a courtly old gen
eral; and, after eating some fruit, the
little girl turned and gazed up at him.
Presently she. exclaimed: 1 wonder
youre.not afraid to alt next to me."
Everybody W vine room turnea i
the sound of her childish treble.
"On the contrary, I am but too
pleased and honored to sit next to my
future queeen. . repuea tpe general.
But why should I be afraid
Assuming a woe-begone expression.
the little girl replied: "Because all my
dolls have the measles they re all of
them down with it" ,- "
The f !Sad Boys. .
The "bad" boys are often the best
boys In the .neignDornooa. Ail iney
want is a chance to do something.
Don't . expect healthy, active boys to
want to be trad up in books and so-
called improving occupations continu
ally. If boys are not given good Ideas
to work upon, such as they always get
in kindergartensTmanual training and
other up-to-date schools, they are sure
to be in harmful mischief, because
boys with vim and "get there" in them
are bound to be busy. Give them tools
and materials fo work with; encourage
them to make 'Sleds, carts, boats and
various kinds pt playthings. Don't
ever give a "lad" boy up; give him
something to do.
"Three Cents' Worth, Please."
Little Flossie had been sent to the
drug store to ' get some dyestuff and
forgetting the name of it she asked
"What is it folks dye with?"
Oh. various' things," replied the
druggist,
stance."
"Heart failure, for In-
'WelL"
said Flossie, "I suppose that
Give me 3 cents' worth.
wiU do..
please." f , .
An Undressed Umbrella.
Little Sarah was playing with a vis
iter's cane a plain stick bent at one
end.
"Sarah, what are you doing with Mr,
Long's cane?"; asked her father.
'This Isn't a cane, papa," replied
Rt ah. "It's an umbrella with its
dress off."
Wanted to Be a Widow.
'Are you going to marry when you
grow up?" asked a visitor of 5-year-old
Bessie,
"No," was the reply, "I'm going to
be a widow, because they always have
such pretty black clothes and look so
happy." -
What Barber Shops Are For.
Little Elslef-Papa, where have you
been?; '.'-' .' i - '
Papa To Its barber shop, my dear,
Little Elsie -Oh,' I know! ?ou Vent
face, didn't you, papa?
Lilted the Moses Story.
Little Margie was very fond of listen
ing to Bible stories and one day she
said: "Mamma, please read that story
again about Mr, Moses and the bulls
rushing after him."
MACHINE ALMOST TALKS.
Automatic Screw Tool that Does Won
derful Work.
The most highly developed of ma
chine tools is the automatic screw ma
chine, and, like many another contri
vance for saving labor, its home is
New England. It is a development of
the ordinary steel-working lathe, the
intermediate step being the monitor
lathe. In which the various cutting
tools protrude from the side of a steel
turret like thirteen-inch guns from a
battleship turret In the nonautomatic
screw machine the turret is revolved
by the operator, so as to bring each
tool into play. Just as the turret on the
Monitor was revolved to bring one gun
after another into action. But in the
automatic machines the work is done
without human guidance.
In making screws, nuts, bolts, studs
and -other small pieces that must be
turned, drilled or threaded for watches.
clocks, typewriters, electrical instru
ments and other mechanisms, all the
operator has to do is to feed the
"stock" a long, thin rod of steel or
brass to the machine. The feeding
mechanism carries the rod slowly for
ward into the field of action. The
turret advances and puts its first tool
at work on the end of the rod. When
this tool has done its task the turret
withdraws "t, turns and advances a
second tool into action. Each cutting
tool around the turret has its distinct
work to perform one cutting a thread,
another shaping a head, another put
ting on a point, another drilling a hole,
still another putting on knurling.
The turret automatically brings each
of, perhaps, six tools into action, and.
when the work is finished, the com
pleted screw drops into a pan. while
the "stock" is automatically fed. for-
ward to begin tne complex operation
. A. '
again. A stream of macnine on pours
continuously on the work to carry
away the heat, and the little metal cut
tings collect in a heap under the ma
chine. Hour after hour this wonderful auto
maton goes through Its cycle of opera
tions, the turret clicking every mo-
ment as it brings a new tool forward.
Small brass pieces, on which only one
tool cuts, are dropped at the rate of
four a second. Large screws of com-
plicated design, upon which a whole
turretf ul of tools must work, are cut
from a steel rod at tne rate or one or
two a minute. So perfectly are these
screw machines constructed, says a
writer in iguccess, that an unskilled
workman can operate a row of them.
All he is required to do is to keep them
fed with "stock. In some shops girls
tend the machines.
Not a Bite.
"What! fishing on a Sunday T
And the parson's face was firm.
The urchin said: "G'wan. you jayl
I'm drownin of this worm."
Bid inn Attachment for Plows.
The illustrated device is a riding at
tachment for a plow, which a corre
spondent of the Iowa Homestead says
he devised a number of years ago.
Fig. 1 shows the attachment attached
to a walking plow and shows how it
is attached. Fig. 2 shows the attach
ment detached from the plow, and if
it is to be used for a harrow or other
implement where there is no furrow a
larger wheel Is substituted for the
small wheel, which would make It run
in a leaning position. This wheel is at
tached by a set screw and can be re-
ATTACHMENT FOB PLOWS.
moved easily, and the shaft is long
enough so the large wheel may be put
on the extreme end and thus make it
less liable to tip over.
The Corn Breeder. ,
Corn-breeding bas become a special
ized industry. The field for this branch
of farming is very great, as is shown
by the fact that the corn growers of
Illinois alone use over 1,000,000 bush
els of seed every year. Of course It Is
not necessary that this seed be secured
from the breeder fresh every year, but
seed will not as a rule remain pure
more than four or five years. It then
becomes necessary to again secure
well-bred seed. As yet the demand has
been but little developed. Farmers are
Just beginning to realize the Import
ance and benefit of Improved seed, but
even now corn breeders are not able to
supply the demand. That this demand
will increase far beyond the capacity of
corn breeders to supply there is no
doubt. A. D. Shamel, in Orange Judd
The Asparagus Bed.
We believe in mowing the asparagus
bed in the fall and burning it over to
destroy the beetles, eggs and rust that
may be there. Others who have grown
much more of it than we have prefer
to have the old stalks remain until
spring, as helping to hold the snow on
the bed. But in either case we would
cut out and carry away all the seed-
bearing plants before the seed begun
to fall. The little seedlings in the old
bed are no better than as many weeds.
If seedlings are wanted to set a new
bed, cut the stalks when the seed is
early ripe, and hang them up to ripen.
and sow the seed in a new bed from
which it may be transplanted at a year
old. We like good yearling plants bet
ter than two-year-olds. New England
Farmer.
Early Puritan Potato.
As a rule the early potato crop is the
profitable one, although the past sea
son good money was made from late
potatoes, and especially If the best ta
ble varieties were grown. The Early
Puritan, one of the new varieties, has
been tested in different potato sections
sufficiently to prove its merit The
akin is nearly white, most early sorts
f value having a pink skin. In flavor
THE EARLY PURITAN.
the variety Is first-class and the tuber
cooks well, being dry and mealy, anoth
er point bard to find among early sorts.
It is a good keeper also.
Teaching Lambs to Feed.
When a lamb is two weeks old it is
ready for feeding something In addi
tion to the ewe's milk. It is true that
hv feeding the ewe her milk will be
, mcrea8ed, but the first thing to do is to
; foed tte -g. for tne 0f the
lambs, which may be fed Indirectly
In this way from the first day of their
lives. The lambs are easily taught to
feed by themselves If they are.provid
ed with suitable feeding pens Into
which they may go through narrow
oseninzs too small for the ewes. This
; jB the simplest matter possible. To
' catch a lamb and take It Into the pen
and put a little of the feed provided
j mt its mouth is all that is needed; the
: iambs will do the rest; for where one
! eoes all will want to go instanter.
, Farmers' Voice.
8etting Strawberry Plants.
Any one who believes in fall setting
of strawberry plants bas opportunity
this year.. The weather since fruiting
has been such that the runners have
made a good growth, and there has
been moisture enough for newly set
plants. We think we seldom saw plants
set in the spring, and well cared for
during the summer, produce as many
or as handsome berries as we have,
ecu on those set the same year in Au-
gust Excepting some of the new varie
ties, one can get as many plants as he
wants, well known and standard kinds.
for a trifling sum If not for nothing.
at this season of the year in almost any
neighborhood. American Cultivator.
A voiding Peach Yellows.
It may not be generally known that
peach yellows Is found to every State
In the Union, with six exceptions, or
course, it is worse In some states tnan
in
others, but It exists in all States
where the peach is grown, except in
California. Mississippi. Texas, and.
parts of Alabama. Florida and Georgia,
and there Is no cure for It In orchards.
located In Georgia and In New Jersey,
there is apparently no difference In the
severity of the disease when at its
worst and, the trouble apparently at
tacks trees budded on stocks grown
from pits obtained from different sec
tions of the country. It Is safe to say
that with the possible exception of Cal-
Ifornia pits. It is as safe to select the I
pits lor Duaaiug stocks iruui me uurai
fruit on the most healthy trees in one's
own orchard as from any other source.
Working for Fertile Etga.
Poultrymen should keep before their
mind's ye at all times the fact that
the percentage of eggs hatched on the
farm in May and June Is much greater
than from those hatched anywhere,
under the usual conditions, in March
and ApriL It Is simply because the
hen on the range bas access to all that
is necessary to produce a fertile egg.
This being the case the cue should be
taken and every effort made to supply
the same conditions during the late
winter, as are found In the early sum
mer. Food In variety, with consid
erable green food and animal food, is
of the. first Importance; next comes a
comfortable house and plenty of room
In which to exercise.
Winter Treatment of San Jose Scale.
Winter spraying to destroy the San
Jose scale is most effective. Summer
spraying is usually necessary in addi
tion, but the insecticide cannot be made
as strong as in the winter season when
there are no buds to Injure. There are
several - remedies for the scale, but
crude petroleum is the best for use la
winter, and it may be used only slightly
diluted. The work must be thoroughly
done, every branch being touched with
the petroleum, and several applications
made if necessary. If done thoroughly
In winter it Is probable that only one or
two light sprayings would be necessary
In the summer.
Safety Milk Pall.
Many a pall of milk has been lost by
a kick from the cow just as the task
of milking ber was about finished and
many a stray bit
of dirt falls into
the open pail if the
farmer Is not ex
tremely careful In
his labors. John
Heustis King, of
Garrity, Ala., be
lieves that the pall
he has just de-
safett pail. signed will save
the milk in case of an upset, pail and
also prevent the gathering of impuri
ties. ,
In the picture the details of construc
tion of this improved pall are shown.
The top of the pall has a screw-threaded
flange, to which a receiving bowl is
secured bv a similar flange. In the
center of this bowl is a strainer, and
below the strainer is an open frame in
which Is placed a loose cone corre
sponding in shape to the under side of
the strainer. As soon as the pall Is
tipped over the flow of the milk toward
the strainer seals the cone and effectu
allv closes the outlet until the pail Is
righted again.
Millions of Eggs.
New York City, according to the sta
tistical expert of the New York Her
ald, consumes 2,283 eggs every minute
of the day. which means 100.000,000
dozen a year. The city may feel Inde
pendent of the hen so far as the hatch
ing process is concerned, but is entirely
dependent for its supply of eggs on
the moody creature who regulates her
output according as the weather hap
pens to suit her whims. These hens get
food and lodging for their part of the
work, and their owners receive $20,000,
000 a year for the 342 eggs that they
supply annually to each Inhabitant of
the city.
Bavarian Hops.
Although hODS hve been grown In
this country for a great many years,
they have always been inferior as com
pared with the best European hops.
and, as they bring a lower price In the
market and are not so desirable as the
Bavarian hops, cuttings of the best of
the latter were Imported last year.
These cuttings have been placed In the
hop-growing districts of the United
States and, according to the report of
the Secretary fo Agriculture, promise
to be far superior to the ordinary va
rieties grown, in addition to maturing
earlier and extending the picking sea
son. Shn in flood Condition.
A sheep should never be allowed to
fall off In condition. Its constitution
is weakened permanently. The clip
of wool Is seriously injured. No. ani
mal is so difficult to restore to good
condition as the sheep, and there is
none where a loss of flesh tells so
quickly upon Its outward covering.
J. F. Hancock.
Tuberculin in Herefords.
Dr. Geddes, representative of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, resident in England, tested dur
ing the past year 249 Herefords with
tuberculin prior to. export. Of
this
large number only seven reacted, and
it Is stated that of these seven he con-
sidered three -only "suspicious cases.."
NOW THEY MERELY SPEAK.
For She Knew All the
Time Who
It Was. .
Half a dozen persons in a big down
town office building enjoyed them
selves hugely the other day at the ex-
Dense of a young lady with whom all
0f them are well acquainted, and who
j3 located In a room adjoining the one
wniCh is the scene of their daily la-
Dora
The leader of the six Jokers went to
the telephone instrument and called
the 'phone in the next room. As was
anticipated, the young lady answered.
"This is central office," announced
the Joker. "We are testing the wires.
Will you kindly assist us?" Of course
all this was said In an altered tone of
voice.
"Certainly," was the sweet response.
"What shall I do?"
"Kindly place your mouth about two
Inches to the right of the Instrument
. t. 1nk ..flnd .hello
three times at short intervals."
The obliging creature at the other
end promptly complied with the re
quest The Joker waved his disen
gaged hand at his five associates and
bent double in the effort to repress
laughter.
"Now place your mouth one inch to
the left and repeat 'hello' four times.''
the Joker instructed.
The response proved excruciatingly
funny to the man at the 'phone, and,
although they could not hear what the
young lady said, his five companions
were not devoid "of imagination. By
this time they were holding their sides.
It required such a long time for the
Joker to regain control of his voice
that the victim had twice inquired,
"Is that all?" before he could say
"with your mouth just above the in
strument pronounce the same word
again." This was done.
The Joker could keep In no longer.
Though beginning to laugh, he man
aged to splutter:
"Now stand on your head and say
hello' "
With a shout he slapped the ear
piece on the hook and literally reu
Into a chair. The other five screamed.
Still giggling, the six merry men, a
little later, proceeded to visit the Im-posed-upon
damsel. As they reached
the doorway of her room she turned up
her nose disdainfully and remarked, in
chilling manner:
"Humph; 1 knew it was you an tne
time."
They speak now as they pass by, but
that's about all. Washington Star.
Small spaces can be made to pay; It
Is not necessary to take a half -page to
tell a good story. It is more import
ant to put interesting matter -in your
ads than It 'a to make them big and
boisterous. Press and Printer.
There never was a bigger mistake
made by any merchant than for him
to think that he had reached a point
where he could do without advertis
ing. He may not realize It, but when
he stops the more enterprising mer
chant is gradually taking his business
away from him. Jacksonville (Fla.)
Metropolis.
Newspaper advertising Is not only
more direct, but it offers more chances
of success than magaziue advertising.
The newspaper reaches so many dif
ferent classes of people that there is
always a wide margin for miscalcula
tion in copy. The big dailies furnish
many different sets of Ideas,- They
reach the sporting man, the society
folks, the merchant, the banker, the
laborer, the woman in the home, all
by matter that is specially prepared to
suit their tastes. The magazine, on
the other hand, furnishes but a single
set of ideas. It treats all matters from
one point of view the woman's, the
literary reader's, the educational, the
critical. Each magazine aims to ap
peal to one definite class; therefore
nice discrimination is needed in select
ing magazines to carry certain forms
of advertising. There is a very nar
row margin for errors. When the me
dium is fitted to the advertising. It Is
sure to reach larger numbers of peo
ple, however, and the leisure and in
telligence of readers are large factors
in returns. Printers' Ink.
Irish Tobacco on Sale.
Tobacco has been grown in no fewer
than twenty-five centers in Ireland,
and the leaves have been cut and dried,
and are now offered for sale. Its ex
cellence for smoking Is vouched for,
and there seems no adequate reason
why the weed should not boom contem
poraneously with the new Irish litera-
TOre; wuue possioiy iiere aim mere me
growing may bring wealth to the cult!
vators, and eventually who knows
become the envy of American trusts.
Still Useful.
Loanedit Borrowit. didn't you
get
my lawn mower last summer?
Borrowit Yes, I'm the man.
Loanedit Are you thinking of bring
ing it home this winter?
.Borrowit Hadn't thought of it I'm
going to lower the knives in that ma
chine and use It to shave the Ice off my
sidewalk. Indianapolis News.
When a girl hangs around a store to
Bee a young man her parents should
pull on the lines and yell whoa. Many
a disastrous marriage has begun In this
' way.
Pill'
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