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W7. 'r WO W C5W1 A' DOCTOR'S;; MISSION, CHAPTER V. (Continued.) The life of a physician is certainly a very unsettled and unsatisfactory one. No sooner, therefore, had Barle Elfenstein retired to his library, after his lonely sup - per, and become deeply interested la a bsok, that a severe thunder shower, now Steadily speeding toward them, ushered la, by muttered thunder, and sig-zag lightning, than rat-tat-tat, came at the deor. and a call for services about two miles off. . "Well," be thought, as he vaulted up n his faithful horse Sultan, I can, per haps, have a view of his ghostship on our tray back, if we hasten." He touched his horse, and sped off in the darkness. Before reaching the home of hia patient, the storm was indeed over him. He lingered fully an hour, hoping it wsuld abate, but instead, its fury seem ed to increase with every . breath. His natient had fallen Into a quiet sleep, and he was anxious to be off. Donning his rubber coat, with its protecting hood well drawn over his hat, he started home ward. Pitchv darkness he encountered all the way, relieved only by the vivid flashes of lightning that darted hither and thither, ever the inky sky, while the wind, eerie like, soughed through the tall trees of the eronnds surrounding Glendenning Hall; then, seeming to gather force with each lull, broke loose again into fury, lashing, and thrashing the branches in a fearful manner. Suddenly a brilliant .flash of lightning caused his horse to shy to one side, while a crash of thunder almost appalled him. Raising his eyes instinctively towards the ky, they fell by accident upon the win dows of the Haunted Tower. I Inevitable. Your- hip is broken; your spine is injured, and you are a prisoner for months," was the doctor's serious but firm renlv. ; "Doctor, answer me one Question, and,' at your peril, . answer truly. Is there danger of delirium? Will'my mind give way under this awful pain?" "I think not. Your constitution is a cood one. and your nervous system not ' at all shattered: but Of course I do not say for a certainty, as these things are bevond a physician s knowledge. "If there is the least danger of .that within twenty-four hours I must know it, as I -have business of vital importance to transact."; . . f. : ..?-V.;- "There 'is no danger within that time. rest assured: so try and calm yourself, for the sake, of your friends," returned the doctor. . ihad changed , to the cabin of an ocean I gjr Reginald was silent a moment; then steamer, and the goblin of night into tne 1 j, eyeg re8ted half inquiringly upon his i ' - . mltAl VvMail - his e a r .u CA . U BY EMILY THORNTON ' ' Authorof Roy Russell's Rulb, "Glenroy," "The Fashionable Mother, EtcV .rranofnl form of Ethel Nevereau, his lovely fellow passenger of a few ' weeks before. - - .- : '" : j Ah, beautiful, lost Ethel! How He lonecdto see her.-to speak to her, to be near her, but he knew that for him such weeping wife and niece, then fixed them selves, as if in deep study, upon the face of his nephew, while bitter sighs escaped his white, trembling hps. "Drink this, my. dear sir, and it will, I hope, relieve you," said the doctor at Unique Post Poller. PniHnar nnsts bv ordinary means is a pleasure would never again be, so with j last) advancing to his side with some no an task, as any one who has a weary sigh he dropped the curtain and turned to his pillow, but not to: sleep evea, but to toss around,, and strive in vain- to banish from bis mind thoughts of the girl .who had unconsciously suc ceeded in leaving so indelible an impres sion upon his heart. Ha aid medicine, in a glass. "Answer, first, will it deaden tnougnti If it will I cannot swallow it, as I have a terrible problem to be solved before my mind can rest," was the strange reply. "Drink it. It may soothe pain, but, I assure you, not prevent reflection.1 CHAPTER VI. We left Sir Reginald Glendenning dashing in a wild and furious way, while in a fit of vexation, down the ramble or carriage way leading from the HalL The horse he sat upon was almost a colt, very wild and fiery, and as he had not been ridden for several days was partic ularly spirited on this memorable morn ing. The pathway over which they almost flew was very beautiful,- surrounded on either side by grand old trees, whose soft boughs meeting, made a perfect canopy of green above, through which flecks of bright blue sky might be seen, and through which also, rare slants of sun shine glinted, falling on drops of dew that lay upon the nodding grasses, or upon little clumps of flowers, whose cups lay open, ever turning skyward for a fresh supply of light or moisture. But Sir Reginald saw not, and cared not for the beauty that lay so ravishlngly around him. He had received an unwel come letter, sne presenting to him a duty, 5 -3fer I iff tried It will admit, but when some sim ple device like that sbown In the illus tration Is used, the work Is much sim plified. A frame about three feet high should be made of lumber four inches srniare: the rrame snouia ; ue awm. So th trembling baronet swallowed aitrhtoAn inches wide. Make a roller the potion, and then became silent and I gix inches In diameter and fasten to thoughtful. Dr. Elfenstein waited until the Upper part of the frame as shown he saw his patient canned and more plia- A ld bolted to lt near ble, then proceeded to replace the bone mdlcated. This chain of the broken hip ana arrange tne sui- - J -. . 1h smnnrfont for should be about four feet long with a the success of his surgery. , ' hook fastened to the free end. Near After giving explicit directions to Lady the other end of the roller bore two Constance and Mrs. Fredon, an old fam- holes, as shown, about three inches ily nurse, for his further treatment, he anttT ani eaeh hole one and one-half withdrew, promising to return by even- hg in diameter. To operate the de- . , , I vice olace lt near the post, hook the retiring Pta 81 ordered chain around the post i i Z mr T.aAv then use two barer one in each hole; Constance, merely explaining to the won- turn the roller with these bars and dering ones" that he must consult his the post will yield readily, and with wife upon a matter of importance. "Constance," said he, when he saw that his order had been obeyed and that they were alone. ."Go to my library and cet me from the locked drawer of my bookcase, a letter which lies upon the very top. The key you will find in my vest pocket." Lady Constance instantly did as he di rected, and the letter from his dead sis ter was once -more in his hand.- This time he read it in a different mood. In stead of anger, one could see intense sat isfaction in his eager eyes. "Now, I will tell you the request made of me in this letter," and he repeated to her the words read by his niece and nephew, as they stealthily possessed themselves of Itsh contents. XMa girl needs a home for a few months. I need some private assistance, and you need some person to aid you and the nurse in taking care of me, or at least, in amusing me. If this Ethel is willing to do as I wish, I will pay her for her services well, and thus my sister's desires will be carried out. What say you to the arrangement?", 'I am perfectly willing to acquiesce manner that the fowl's freedom of foot is not interfered with in her ordinary rambles about the barnyard In search of food, but the moment she tries to lo cate herself on a nest she finds a yawn ing chasm between them. She may hover around and over the nest, but It refuses to receive her ro tund form. This is because the wire prevents her frombending her leg, as is necessary to assume the sitting pos ture. It is said that after repeated ef forts to find a hospitable nest she gives up her task and forgets her dream ct maternity. " ' HOME-MADE POST PUIXEB. Of in what you think best," was the meek use of but a small amount reply of the wife. strength upon the part of the operator. "Then give me a paper ana pencu one who ig handy witn tools can TIT hi fflEttKS: Sy make this device, and it will pay !- " n h for Itself In a single season if many c"av"'1. - I lowing message, son alluded to: - "Sir Glendenning is ill. Yon can be useful here if you wish, so come instant ly. Answer. Will be met at station." . "Call the coachman; tell him ro taKe posts are to be pulled. Indianapolis News. THE RIDER WAS DASHED UPON A PILE OP STONES. What terrific spectacle was this that met his eyes? The words of the boy were fully conr firmed; the most horrid creature fancy could picture was surely dancing just within the tower in full, plain view. A hideous figure was jumping up and down, amid a glare of what seemed sulphurous light, while every now and then it sank down only to reappear, going through the same wild motions and capers, each ne appalling enough to strike terror to the hearts of the superstitious beholder. But Dr. Elfenstein was by no means a superstitious man. Ghosts, goblins, specters, all were to him mere vagaries f a crazed brain. Therefore, while tartled and horrified for one moment by this singular apparition, the next, he coolly reined in his horse, and thus stood Hil (vilmlv oontemnlating the scene. While still sitting there upon the back f his horse, lost in conjecture, the de moniacal hobgoblin, apparition, or what ever the evil srenius of the tiauntea Tower mteht be called, dropped from ight; the strange, lurid light disappear ed; darkness reigned over tne piace,.ex nt jih revealed by the lightning flashes, and the puzzled but undaunted physician nra free to urze his horse onward once more towards the peaceful cottage that he called his home. Once within the cheerful shelter of the library, he seated himself beside the ta hl drew nearer the wax candles, and again took up his book to read another chapter before retiring for the night. But h unon found that reading was impossi ble, for ever before the page flitted the Impish figure he had seen, with its horns. Its flaming eyes and hideous contortions. Closing the book then he leaned his head cainst the tall back of his chair, and thought long and deeply. At the close of his cogitations, as he laid himself down upon his bed for the night, one re sult alone was reached, namely: "There had been a murder committed tmn before within Glendenning Hall, nd the murderer was still unknown and at large. For some unaccountable rea son the tower was made to appear in the possession of evil spirits by some par tipm. al90 unknown." In his soul Dr. Elfenstein believed the dreadful apparition he had himself wit nessed that night was the work of some wicked nerson. wrought out, probably, to keep up the superstitious notoriety such mvaterT would bring upon a place. Finding sleep Impossible, the doctor gain arose and, drawing aside the cur from the window.s rased forth into the darkness of the night But while the art! raced furiously, and the sky ras shrouded by aa Inky pall, no light ap peared from the direction of the hall to whisper forebodingly of the specter of The young physician soon found him self pursuing another and an entirely dif ferent train of thought. This time the tnrm nasslnx before his eyes was trans ferred to the wildly lashed and foaming billows of the sea. His peaceful horns train.' which he meant not to fulfill, and now he was sullen, morose and angry. On, on they flew, past fountain, statu ary, groves ana neages, -unoi my L - "f terr;w events LnHn.n methods of sawing or. chop- bounded by the porter's lodge, ana aasn- IT. i". J J- nfl in this ed inte the open road away, away, Suddenly a large dog roused from a drowsy mornig ap by the heedless clatter of the horse's hoofs, sprang from a doorway almost to the flanks of the startled animal, barking savagely as ne did so. ' ' The suddenness of his appearing prov ed too much for the nervous organisa- Fassing of Saw and Ax. A United States Consul reports that Jerry and go with all speed 'to the office. In France trees are being felled by elec and see that this is sent at once. Have tricity not struck by lightning, as in him wait for an answer." tne time way the work being A short time elapsed only, when Mat- dong b R piatinum wire made white tht.xr returned with this message: I . . " j. will come to you on the four o'clock hot with a current of electricity and used as a saw. A tree is cut down in Tfew words concisely written, but on one-eighth the time consumed by the i - - , i n;Kla mnhi .minora msthnda tit SSWinZ OV. CnOp- tnem Bong a ioug uwu v. Tv-,ululllaj that the movements of the dread future plng. if trees can be felled in this could alone unfold. (To be continued.) Melting Snow. During the past winter a new device way their trunks can also be cut into logs and the logs into Doarus uj iAnnr wire Instead of the cumbrous saw. Is the coming wood or lumber sawing machine or mill to be slmpiy for removing snow f-m -city struts KTSS-Trunning a dynamo was put in use. It is called a snow- JLM. h.t a wire was put melter, a huge ma tion of young Tempest, who, at the sight I clealllng tne streets. Popular Mechan ic la Cttlieu u biivw- - - hont n chine for thoroughly to Jl TtJ that will go through tree or log eight . j -,,-, ahnvn AllMlr I ... " . 1 flmM an THSUL fl.S a BUW ! wmxc 1 sTd jump'ihat-he dashed his rider -say' -- is yet an undeveloped in- from th. saddle, and pitched nun over v - - rrr" 'ht m.UnV, what will it not do wnen xuuy his head, exactly upon a pne wue. i "v"-"" " that had been left by the roadside tor i rect contact witn tne suuw, removal, where he lay .in a moaning neap. While the horse paused not in his maa course, human eyes saw the misfortune, and kind human hands went to tne as sistance of the wounded baronet. . The slightest touch created the deep est agony, but that he must be carried home ..was evident to all, therefore a ut ter was easily constructed, and with as much tenderness as possible the sufferer The melter consists of a double-end furnace with a large grate area sur l mounted by a horizontal water-jacket matured? Burins: Stock Swine. Never buy an animal simply because he has a pedigree, and because he is Fedigree aione Silag-e Fatal to Ho: Corn silage is. a natural food for milking cows and growing cattle. It is useful in the ration of fattening ani mals.' It may be fed to horses with probable advantage, but it must be fed with extreme caution. If fed In regular amounts not ex ceeding ten to fifteen pounds per day, many experiences have been entirely satisfactory- If fed In unlimited amounts, and especially if the silage has been poorly made or has under gone some further degeneration, it has proved deadly in its effects.- Last win ter in Minnesota a man came to us at the Farmers' Institute with a sorrow ful tale. He had filled his silo with frozen corn and there was mold on the. silage. He had no hay. His horses had been gorged with silage, having no other feed. They ate a bushel or more a day. They gained in flesh for a time. Then they began mysteriously to sick en and die. Paralysis 'of the throat was one symptom. No remedy helped them. All died, I think, and he was a poor man, in debt ior his farm. This winter a friend fed silage. What they rejected was thrown out in a yard in a rack. From this rack cows gleaned. One day eight horses running in the yard ate all they want ed of this half-SDoiled silage. All died. The symptoms were peculiar, includ ing nervous spasms, and one veterin arian pronounced the disease hydro phobia. It may possibly have been, but I'fear the silage alone was respon sible. This need not deter any one from building silos. There Is abundant use for silage in the dairy barn, the cattle yard, the sheep pens, even in the swine pens. Let the horses have dry forage or silage In small amounts. Breeders' Gazette. Home-Grown Alfalfa Seed. Reports from Michigan farmers on plats seeded to alfalfa show the folly of using seed imported from Eu rope, rather tnan tne uouie-gniwu seed. The Imported seed has a less vitality and does not catch so well, and also has a lower per cent of ger mination. While these two points are enough to enable the farmer to see that the home-grown seed is clearly the best, there is one more serious objection to the imported seed. Most of it is found to contain a large amount of weed seed, the most troublesome ones being dodder and buckthorn. One man Invested something over a hundred dollars in European seed, the result from which was almost absolute failure, although different plats were sown in varying ways, some with a nurse crop, others without. Neighbors who used the home-grown seed got good results, as the past season has been an especially favorable one to get a good catch. Good Milking- Stool. John Jackson, in the Epitomist, writes: "I have used a milking stool made as described in the illustration for five years. The seat board, A, Is made of a two-inch plank nine Inches The letter of Miss Merkley,' whose picture is printed above, proves beyond question that thousands of cases of inflamma tion of the ovaries and womb are annually cured by the use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "The as Mm. PmnrHAM : Gradual loss of strength and nerve force told me something was radically wrong1 with me. I had severe shooting pains through the pelvic organs, cramps and extreme irritation compelled me to seek medical advice, The doctor saia that I had ovarian trouble and ulcera tion, and advised an operation. - x strongly oDieoteo xw wus wa to try Lydia is. AMnKnam's vege table Compound I soon found that my judgment was correct, and that all the good things said about this medi cine were true, and day by day I felt less pain and increased appetite. The ulceration soon healed, and the other complications disappeared, and inr eleven weeks I was once more strong and vigorous and perfectly welL "My heartiest thanks are sent to you for the great good you have done me."- Sincerely yours, Miss M aboabkt Mebexet, 275 Third St, Milwaukee, Wis. $5000 forfM tf original of aboM ltt trailing gnuininu oonnot boproaitna. o .rodcpnt.ahnnwi cross-section nn saie at a iuvv unta with two inverted L-shaped flues. The does not constitute merit, for there dimensions of the melter are the same are animals with pedigrees a foot long, on nrdinxrv fnick. : which would ruin any herd into which The melter is mounted on wheels, they were introduced. The next class and can be easily moved from place to the farmer's pig is that which Is o m nf nnrM. The water- not eood enough for the breeder of was softly raised, placed upon it, and so 1ftcket forms the bottom of an Iron hign-class Stock; this animal maybe a taken to the Hall, to which a messen ger had been sent ahead with the news, frame or box into which the snow may bit coarse, and not up to standards, ger aaa oeen seat shoveled direct from the street, or while another had rushed off for the doc- Dei snov JLUUU TV llivu tor. By-tbe time the sad procession had I rectly dumped. reached the grounds of the mansion Dr. Elfenstein was on hand, ready to super intend their entrance, and to manage their progress up the stairs to his bed chamber. ' , After a thorough and careful Investi gation, which caused great anguish, made evident by groans, mingled with curses. the doctor hastenea to repiy 10 an inpa tient demand, to know the exact trutn, The furnace burns coke, and Is large enough to hold a cartload at a time. but he is a good growthy or a prolific sort which the pork producer will be glad to have. The next kind includes the culls, runts and mrenor speci mens, which should be turned into W ia Tinivwi in direct contact butcher's meat as soon as possible; un " i : . j i i u with the heated flues, and is melted as der no circumstance K""u'u fast as a gang of laborers can shoveL they be usea as preeuera. American Farming1, "Gulling" the Public n Illinois farmer says: Comparing Plovers eggs are how. in season, th -omnosite picture of the American and the managers of the few remain- f-mer at the threshold of 1904 with "I am nanny to inform your lordship w gulleries of the United Kingdom likeness In 1889, there ;is good that the injuries, while severe, are not doing their best to keep the mar- gna for estimating his present necessarily fatal," was the honest reply, tet supplied, says the London Sport- double that of fifteen years "Shall I soon be over them?" was the Dramatic .News. One gullery Potentially he is the coming man. next question that issued anxiously from neTer less than 2,000 gulls' ggs leading to the farm are the pale lips of the sufferer. , tnrlnn verv sDrine. and these are - , mnn traveled. Inter- iTr ;ii i a. -aivwAs m inmrm -v - f -m. - w i nninv uiuic uuv xon wui nw x ""t 1" - to a credulous miblic as flvMonment and the yon. lour Hip is SO in J area mi juu - course f"""-" ' , , will be helpless for weeks, nay, monuis, i me ss " w - farmer is oemanuius "s" while your spine also has received a ter- I men In the trade know better, and Ufe Qf the nation. In response to rihl Trrench.' "Doctor, I cannot he here a single night; I must get up, and go around my house," returned the patient in great ex citement, striving to raise himself in vain, while great drops of perspiration gathered upon his pale brow. Men see yourself that it is Impossi ble. Yon most obey orders, and lie per fectly quiet, if yon ever expect to walk again." "I tell you I cannot lie here," shouted the sufferer. In the greatest agony of mind. "Ton don't know-what yon say when you demand R. I must, I will be around by night. It is of vital Impor tance." "I cannot help It. The dealings of Providence are mysterious, but also an equally, of course, they pay nominal prices and make big profits. Practical Philanthropy. "Very often, I suppose," said the In quisitive person, "yon are deceived by apparently deserving objects of charity whom you quietly help." "Yes, Indeed," replied the. wealthy philanthropist; "ifs just like throwing money away. Sometimes the very peo pie. you think will advertise you most never say a word about It." Philadel phia Press. Speaking terms are to be found on a card In the telephone booth. this demand a rising tide, of effort and accomplishment, is seen on every nana. To Break Up Sitters. ' The means of preventing a hen from sitting seems like a very humble prob lem to occupy the throbbing brain of an Inventor, but the matter has been recently attacked by a genius or Brit ish Honduras, who Is so sure that he has found a solution of this mighty matter that he has gone to the trouble of taking out patent papers in this and other countries. The apparatus consists merely of a loop of wire adapted to fasten to her leg and encircle th limb in such a MILKING STOOL. EACH COLOR TO ITSELF. How the Cherokee Nation Gets Over the Race Problem. The race problem In the Cherokee nation is solved to the general satis faction of the three races concerned and the intermediary mixed bloods. In the location of homes the Cherokee f ullbloods and negroes are mostly in . settlements. The intermarried whites largely are in towns and territory con tiguous to each other. The Cherokee speaking citizens much prefer to asso ciate together. In the nation there are thirty schools attended by fullblood Cherokee chil dren and seventeen by negro children. The negro blood schools are not so by legal requirement, but as a corollary " of their preference to live near each other. The Cherokee and negro do not intflrmnrrv or Sociallv. mingle. Two seminaries and an orphan asylum are attended by fullbloods and mixed bloods only, the colored high school by negroes only. In the incorporated school districts whites and Indians attend the same schools, and race prejudice and undue feeling on either side are being lost in fellowship and friendship cultivated in the class room and on the playgrouna. Both sides are better satisfied In the combined schools than they were when they were kept separate. Fullblood9 seem to mingle as freely with white renters and their families of good char acted as they do with mixed bloods. Of the 38,500 citizens of the Chero kee nation the best statistical informa tion gives about 8,500 fullbloods, 3,200 intermarried whites, 22,800 . mixed bloods and 4,000 freedmen. Kansas City Journal. 'Women Can't Remarry. Good society in Korea has many curious customs. One of these is that widows must not remarry. No widow in the really "smart set" would ever dream of remarrying, however young she may be or however soon the death of her husband may have followed her wedding. Married life in Korea is by no means an unmixed blessing to the woman, so perhaps perpetual wid owhood might not be objectionable if it were not for the necessity of per petually wearing mourning for the de parted. This means that during the whole of her life she is limited to blue, black, and green as colors for her costumes. wide and fourteen inches long. The stool board, B, is two Inches thick and nine inches broad and long and cut round. A three-eighth inch bolt, C, Is put through the middle, the head sunk and the nut left off so the seat will re volve. The seat is eleven inches deep. A hoop is fastened with staples on the upright board, B, to hold the bucket at a convenient height from the floor to its upper rim." Good Two-Tear-Old Milker. The Jersey Bulletin mentions a 2-year-old Jersey heifer which gave 204 pounds of milk in seven days, making over fourteen pounds of but ter, "with the temperature 30 degrees on the bad side (below) zero.-" Where could that have been? We saw about the same thing accomplished in Hood's herd, at Lowell, Mass., but the cow were housed in comfortable barns. . When Scalding- Pins. When scalding pigs put three hand fuls of pitch In the water and a hand ful In each succeeding heat. Little or no shaving of the pig Is required. Smoke the meat three days, having a very hot fire the first day and using two pounds of sulphur in the fire the last two days. Neither flies nor mice will touch the meat . Machinery of no kind should be al lowed to remain exposed to the weath er any. more than is necessary- Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them. Colton. Ayers To be sure, you are growing old. But why let everybody see it, in your gray hair? Keep your hair dark and rich and postpone age. If you will Hair Vigor only use Ayer's Hair Vigor, your gray hair will soon have all the deep, rich color of youth. Sold for 60 years. -1 am new aver 60 yesra old. sad I have wonder to owy one who oej It. An not a my bate In It. ll duo to Ayer. Hlr Vtaor." sJ BBkX1b BaeUU, Minn. flM s bottle. Alldrnggfttj. for J.O. AYSKCO., Twell, Hut White Hair
