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By H. S.
CHAPTER XXII.
Matthew Mark Kaston was a quick
thinker if not a deep one, and It is those
who think quickly who give quickly. This
toan had something to give, something to
tear away from his own heart and hold
out with generous, smiling eyes, and, be
fore Miss Winter's door had closed he
kind him, the sacrifice was made. He
Jld a hansom cab and drove straight
o Tyars' club. He found his friend' at
Work among his ship's papers, folding
and making up in packets his receipted
bills.
"Morning," said the Englishman.
These papers are almost ready to be
handed over to you. All my stores are
on board."
"Ah 1"
Tyars looked up sharply, and as sharp
j returned to his occupation. Easton
was grave, and Tyars knew that he had
tome with news of some sort. He waited
fcowever, for tie American to begin, and
continued to fold and arrange his papers
"I have," said Easton, sitting down and
tADDing the neat toe of his boot with hi
cane, "hit quite accidentally upon a dis
covery "
"Poor chap !" muttered Tyars, abstact
edly.
"Which will make a difference in your
crew."
"What?" exclaimed Tyars, pausing in
the middle of a knot.
"One rule," continued Easton. his queer
little face twisting and twinkling with
dome emotion, which he was endeavoring
to conceal, "was that no sweethearts or
wives were to be left behind."
"What are you driving at?" aske
Tvars. curtlv. in a singularly lifeless
voice.
"Well, old man, I have discovered a
sweetheart."
Tyars threw the pampers in a heap and
rose suddenly from his seat. lie waiaeu
to the mantel piece.
"Of course." he said, "your discovery
can only relate to one person."
"Yes ; vou know whom I mean."
Tyars nodded his head in acquiescence
and continued smoking. The little Amer-
lean sat looking in a curious way at this
large, impassive, high-bred Englishman,
as if gathering enjoyment and edification
from the study of him.
"Well." he drawled, at length, "you say
nothing !"
"There is nothing to say."
"On the contrary," returned Easton,
"there is everything to say. That is one
of the greatest mistakes made by your
teoDle. I have noticed it since I have
been in this country. You take too much
for granted. You let things say them
selves too much, flnd you think it very
fine to be impassive and apparently indif
ferent. But it is not a fine thing, it is
silly and unbusiness like. Do you give
tip Oswin Grace?"
"Certainly ; if you can get him to stay
behind."
"He will run his head against a wall if
be can. That is to say, Is there is a thick
enough wall around."
Tyars hesitated. "I am not quite sure
that it is my business," he said. "I hate
meddling in other people's affairs, and,
after all, I suppose Grace knows best
what he is doing."
"Men rarely know what they are doing
under these circumstances," observed Eas
ton. He waited patiently, hat in hand, to
"hear what Tyars had to say. While hs
stood there, Muggins, the bull-terrier, rose
from the hearth rug, stretched himself and
looked from one to the other in an in
quiring and anticipatory manner. lie
took it to be a question of going for
a walk, and apparently imagined that the
casting vote was him.
"All right," said Tyars, suddenly, "I
will speak to him again."
"To-day?" pursued Easton, following
up his advantage, "or to-morrow at the
latest."
"Yes; to-morrow at the latest."
Then the American took his departure,
and Muggins curled himself up on the
hearth rug again with a yawn of disap
pointment. Oswin Grace was seated in the bright
little cabin at a table writing out lists of
etores. Many of these same stores were
piled on the deck around him. and there
was a pleasant odor of paraffine In the
air. Tyars closed the cnbin door with his
tlbow.
"I do not see," he said, slowly and un
comfortably, "how you can very well go
with us."
Grace laid aside his pen and raised his
keen, gray eyes. His brow was wrinkled,
Lis lips set, his eyes full of fight.
"Because," suggested Grace, In a hard
voice, "I am in love with Agnes Win
ters?" Tyars nodded his head and stooped to
pick up his gloves, holding them subse
quently close to the bars of the stove,
where they steamed gayly. There was a
silence of some duration, and every sec
ond increased the discomfort of Claud
Tyars.
"And you," continued Grace, at length,
sery deliberately, "love Helen !"
Tyars stood upright, so that his head
was very near the beams. He thrust his
gloves into his pocket and stood for some
seconds, grasping his short pointed beard
meditatively with the uninjured hand.
"Yes." he said, "I do."
Grace returned to his ship chandler's
bills with the air of a barrister who,
having established his point, thinks it
prudent to allow time for it to sink into
Ihe brains of judge, and jury.
"I do not mind telling you," he added,
carelessly, almost too carelessly, "that
Miss Winters is perfectly indifferent oa
the subject."
"Do you know tli.it for certain:'' asked
Tyars, sharply.
"She told me so h-r-lf," answered
Grace, with a peculiar little laugh which
was not pleasant to the ear.
He waited obviously for a reciprocal
confidence on the part of Tyars; but h
waited in vain.
"Of course," he said, "I have no desire
to meddle with your affairs. I ask no
questions, and I look for no spontaneous
confidences. It will b better for you to
1 se sight altogether of the coincidence
that I am her brother."
Tyars had seated himself on ths corner
f the cabin table, with his back half
tamed toward his companion. lit had
and veHves
MERR1MAN
picked up a piece of straw, of which there
was a quantity lying on table and floor,
and this he was biting meditatively. It
was as yet entirely a puzile to him, and
this was only a new complication. He
could not understand it. Just as better
men than Claud Tyars have failed to un
derstand It all through. For no one, I
take it, does understand lovo, and no man
can say whither it will lead.
"There need," continued Oswln Grace,
perforating a series of small holes In his
blotting paper with the point of a cedar
wood pencil, "be no nonsense of that sort
I am going to take It upon myself to
watch over Helen's interests; they are
much safer in your hands than in mine."
Still Tyars said nothing, and after a
little pause, Grace went on, In measured,
thoughtful tones, carrying with them the
weight of deliberation.
mere is one point," he said, "upon
which I think there must be an under
standing."
"Yes," said Tyars anxiously.
"Any risks extra risks, such as boat'
work, night-work up aloft these must be
mine. From what you have said, I gath
er that your intention was to be skipper,
and yet do the rough work as well. When
anything hazardous is to be done, I shall
do it. You must stick to the ship."
"I have no doubt," said Tyars, seating
himself at the table and beginning to
open his letters, "that we ace all con
structing a very fine mountain out of ma
terials Intended for a molehill. I, for
one, have no intention of leaving my
bones in the far North. There is no rea
son why we should not all be back home
by this time next year."
"None at all," agreed Oswin somewhat
perfunctorily, adding, with a suspicion of
doubt the next minute : "Suppose we
succeed
"Well, what then?"
"Suppose we get there all right, rescue
the men and go on safely; we get over
the elemental danger, and then we have
to face the political, which is worse."
"I do not see it," replied Tyars. "We
sell the ship at San Francisco. Half
the crew expect to be paid off there, the
other half will disperse with their passago
money in their pockets, and very few of
them will find their way back to England.
Our doctor is a German socialist, with
several aliases; our second mate a simple-minded
Norwegian whaling skipper.
The exiles do not know a word of Eng-
h, or pretend they do not, and none
of the crew speaks Russian. There will
be absolutely no intercourse on board,
and only you, the doctor and myself will
ever know who the rescued men really
are. The crew will Imagine that they
are the survivors of a Russian ivory hunt
ing expedition, and if the truth ever
comes out, it will be impossible to prove
that you and I knew better."
"But It will not be easy to keep the
newspapers quiet."
"We shall not attempt to keep them
uiet. It will only be a local matter.
The San Francisco papers will publish
ibelous woodcuts of our countenances and
column or two purporting to be bio
graphical, but the world will be little the
wiser. In America such matters are in-
eresting only In so much as they are per
sonal, ana there is in reality nothing
easier than the suppression of one's per
sonality. There is no difficulty in kick
ing an Interviewer out of the room, just
as one would kick out any Intruder; and
we are quite Indifferent as to whether
the American newspapers abuse us or not
after having been kicked. As to the de
tails of the voyage, I shall withhold those
with the view of publishing a book, which
is quite the correct thing nowadays. The
book shall always be in course of prepara
tion, and will never appear."
In this wise the two men continued
talking, planning, scheming all the morn
ing, while they worked methodically and
prosaically.
The eleventh of March was fixed for
the sailing of the Argo, exploring vessel,
and Easton's chief thought on the sub
ject was a vague wonder as to what he
would do witli himself after she had gone.
The Argo was to pass out of the tidal
basin into the river at one o'clock, and
at half-past twelve Easton drove up to
the dock gates. He brought with him the
last items of the ship's outfit in the shape
of a pile of newspapers, and a bunch of
hothouse roses for the cabin table, for
there was to be a luncheon party on board
while steaming down the river.
He- found Admiral Grace strolling
about the deck with Tyars, conversing in
quite a friendly way, and endeavoring
honestly to suppress his contempt for
seamanship of so young a growth as that
of his companion. The ladies were below,
inspecting the ship under Oswin's guid
ance. "She is," he said, addressing himself to
the admiral, with transatlantic courtesy,
"a strange mixture of the man-of-war
and the yacht do you not find it so,
"She is," answered the old gentleman,
guardedly, "one of the most complete ves
sels I have ever boarded though her
outward appearand is, of course, against
her."
"One can detect," continued the Ameri
can, looking round with a musing eye,
"the influence of a naval officer."
The old gentleman softened visibly. At
this moment the ladies appeared, escorted
by Oswln Grace Miss Winter first, with
a searching little smile in her eyes. Eas
ton saw that she was very much on the
alert.
"I feel quite at home," she said to him,
looking round her, "although there arc so
many changes."
"So do I ; the more so because the
changes have been made under my own
directions."
They walked aft, J. ax ing the rest of the
party standing tog-ther. As they walked,
Oswin Grace watched them with a singu
lar light in his clear gray eyes; singular
because gray eyes rarely glisten, they only
darken at times.
Presently the vessel glided smoothly be
tween the slimy gates out Into the open
river. The tow-line was cast off, and the
Argo's engines started. The vessel swung
slowly round on the greasy water, point
ing her blunt, stubborn prow down the
misty river. She settled to her work with
a docile readiness, lik a farmer's mar
oa ths outward road.
CHAPTER XXIIT.
Had an acute but uninitiated observer
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he or she could scarcely have failed to no
tice a certain recklessness among the par
ty assembled. Admiral Grace was the
only one who really did justice to the
steward's maiden and supreme effort, and
he, in consequence, was singular in fail
Ing to appreciate the witticisms of Mat
thew Mark Easton and Oswln Grace. This
was, perhaps, owing to the fact that when
we have passed the half-way milestone in
life, we fall to appreciate the most brll
Haut conversation. It Is just possible
that Admiral Grace did not think very
much of the wit taken as wit pure and
simple. Ills position was not unique.
Once or twice Easton's words recurred
to Miss Winter: "I Intend to be intense
ly funny, and I guess you will have to
laugh. This was her cue, and she acted
upon it.
The meal came to an end and a move
was made. There was nothing else to do
but to go on deck. The moments dwin
dled on with the slow, dragging monotony
which makes us almost impatient to see
the last of faces which we shall perhaps
never look upon again. Presently, the
town of Gravesend hove in sight, and all
on the quarterdeck of the Argo gazed it
It as they might have gazed on some un
known Eastern city after traversing the
desert. And then, after all all the wait
lng, the preparation, the counting of mo
ments, and the calculating of distances
the bell In the engine room came as a
surprise. There was something startling
In the clang of gong as the engineer re
plied. Helen was the last to rise. She stood
holding the shawl which Oswin had
spread over her knees, and looked round
with a strange, intense gaze. The steam
er was now drifting slowly on the tide
with resting engines. There were two
boats rowing toward her from Gravesend
Pier, one a low, green-painted wherry for
the pilot, the other a larger boat, with
stained and faded red cushions. The
scene the torpid, yellow river, the sor
did town and low riverside warehouses-
could scarce have been exceeded for pure,
unvarnished dismalness.
Already the steps were being lowered.
In a few moments the larger boat swung
alongside, held by a rope made fast in
the forecastle of the Argo. A general
move was made toward the rail, lyars
passed out on the gangway, where he
stood waiting to hand the ladies into the
boat. Helen was near to her brother ;
she turned to him and kissed him in si
lence. Then she went to the gangway.
There was a little pause, and for a mo
ment Helen and Tyars were left alone at
the foot of the brass-bound steps.
"Good-by," said Tyars.
There was a slight prolongation of the
last syllable, as if he had something else
to say; but he never said It, although
she gave him time.
"Good-by," she answered, at length ;
and she, too, seemed to have something
to add which was never added.
Then she stepped lightly Into the boat
and took her place on the faded red
cushions.
The Argo went to sea that night. There
was much to do, although everything
seemed to be in its place, and every man
ppeared to know his duty. It thus hap
pened that Tyars and Grace had not a
moment to themselves until well on Into
the night. The watch was set at 8
'clock. For a moment Tyars paused he-
fore leaving his chief officer alone on the
little bridge.
"What a clever fellow Easton is !" he
said. "I never recognized it until this
fternoon.
(To be continued.)
ROUNDUP OF WILD HORSES.
in Male of Wnshlnirton to
lie Cleared of Grass Consumer.
One of the most exciting chnses, If It
may be so called, that has taken place
since the era of the grand buffalo hunt
ended on the great plateau, is the pro
posed round up of 18,000 wild horses In
Douglas County, Washington. As sched
uled, 400 cowboys will take part In the
ride after these wild creatures of the
range. The purpose Is to rid the range
of this great band of grass consumers
and the effort, presumably, will be to
dispatch rather than capture the horses,
These untamed and practically tin
amable animals nre the product of na
ture left to Itself on the great range for
thirty years. The stock Is Interbred
and, of course, underbred, and has no
lace In tho economy of civilized f,
While Its extermination will be n gain
o the legitimate stock breeding and
raising interests of the section over
which the horses have so long roamed
at will, the Instincts of humanity nre
shocked at the cruelties that will be In
flirted through the menns by which this
purpose Is to le accomplished.
Perhaps this Is the best that can be
done at this stage of nffalrs to rid a
wide section of the country of a verita
ble pest to the stock Industry. I.Ike
many other scourges, the remedy for
this plague of wild horses lays In pre
vention. The careless settlers of thirty
years ago who allowed their ixmles to
run uncared for on the range year after
year were culpable in this matter. The
result has been a multiplication of un
profitable animals that have eaten out
the grass on the range for years to the
detriment of the Interests of a legiti
mate stock industry. Now comes the
necessity of repairing the consequences
of the settlers' carelessness nnd a
"roundup" looking to the extermination
of thousands of these wild creatures,
with such cruelties ns will be necessary
to accomplish that end. The chase will
be nn exciting one. no doubt, and the
ultimate result will be beneficial.
Ttone nnd Sinfw,
"Do you see that distinguished look
ing man over there with glue-colored
whiskers? Well, be furnlhes the bone
and sinew of the nation."
"You don't say. Is he the head of
a physical culture college?"
"Nope."
"Recruiting station?"
"'Way off."
"Then what Is his liner
"Why, be runs a 8 cent lunchroom."
Protected Milk Pall.
That many of the odors and much of
the dirt which gets into milk Is during
the process of milking, most of us know,
hence every precaution to overcome
this should be taken. One of the best
methods of protecting the. milk In the
pail Is to arrange a coyer of tin and
cheese cloth. Have a tin cover made to
go over the pail loosely so as to allow
for the space taken by the cloth strainer.
The tin cover should be higher In the
center than at the sides (see small cut
THE PKOTECTED MH.K PAIL.
to right ) and a hole about four inches
n diameter made in the front center
through which the milk is directed.
Then have plenty of cheese cloth cov
ers large enough to reach five or six
Inches over the side of the pail, where
it may lie secured by a tape or by slip
ping a hoop of sheet iron of proper
size over it, and pushing it down hard.
Put on one of these covers, then the tin
cover, and you are ready for mi Iking.
The cheese cloth will prevent any tilth
getting to the milk, and if these covers
are washed in boiling water and sun
dried they may be used a number of
times. The illustration shews the Idea
ilainly, the cut to the lower left show
ng the pail complete with tho strainer
uid the larger cut showing how the
cloth Is slashed at Intervals so It will
fit around the pnil without trouble.
Indianapolis News.
Handling Guinea Fowls.
Young guinea fowls nre quite tender
and need feeding frequently, say every
two hours, for a week or two. They
an be raised successfully if fed siini
itr to turkeys or young chicks with a
variety of feed, including small seeds,
tc. They must have pure water ami
shade and some animal feed, such ns
worms, grubs, or green bone. Mrs. Tate
wrote to Farm and Home that her
hicks are fed equal parts of bran, corn-
meal, crushed rice, and a little bone
meal, and some ground raw potatoes
each day after the first week. Chicks
are fed all dry food In hoppers, so none
Is wasted or soiled. They are fed all
they can eat of the dry corn, meal,
bran nnd crushed rice. Gravel and fresh
water nre kept before them all times.
Water must be In tin and galvanized
drinking fountains so chicks can Just
get their heads In, but not their feet.
Economy Horse Maimer.
This is intended for (J-foot stall and
can be any width. Stall posts are set
up In front of troughs also, two feet
back, with cross piece mortised Into
each, two feet from floor, for trough to
rest on. Trough two feet wide, 7-inch
breast plank, 9-Inch front. Entire
trough made of 2-Inch oak plank. Hay
board two feet wide, one Inch thick,
hinged to edge of trough. Rrace on
outer edge of board to Iwttom of
trough. I use an old buggy top Joint.
Board can be dropped down out of way
when not In use. Hack fits space be
tween stall posts, hinged at top so as
to swing back when placing grain feed
In trough. Rack is made of 2x2-inch
hemlock, corners smoothed off. Horses
will not chew hemlock. Rack can be
mads of Iron or any kind of wood. No
animal can toss hay from this manger
or waste any grain. C. E. Scroggs, In
Farm Progress.
Peaches Peeled with f.ye.
The method of the California Fruit
Canners Association at San Jose of
using lye for eating off peach skins as
a substitute for paring was Investigated
by a member of the California State
Ronrd of Health, r.y this process the
fruit is immersed in the hot lye and
quickly passed Info pure cold water,
which is constantly changing and
quickly washes away the alkali. The
process Is believed to be entirely clean
ly and the fruit healthful, the peaches
not being handled as they must be
when peeled by hand. Two cans of
peaches thus prepared were analyzed
with reference to acid content In both
practically the normal amount of acid
was found. It Is stated that the same
process Is used with prunes
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ECONOMICAL HORSE MANGER.
: :
Weeds in Corn.
The corn plant Is a gross feeder nmt
nccc;,t r.v.y of r."i:i;iv,i i'y.r.i tnr.y
be applied, but It will not thrivo in
partnership with any other plants, for
which reason It must be kept free from
grass and weeds, in order to have It
mature before frost comes In the fall,
which necessitates the frequent use of
the cultivator. The clean preparation
of the land before planting and tho
stirring of the surface soil after every
rain destroys weeds and grass, which
permits the farmer to accomplish such
task at the least cost, as he benefits
the corn crop while preparing the land
for another the following season. For
this reason, where largo fields are cul
1 1 rated, there can be-no substitute for
corn, and whether prices rise or fall
the corn crop Is a necessary adjunct to
farming In this country. On the farm
its value Is not confined to Its grain
alone, but the entire plant can be util
ized for some purpose. It is, therefore,
the most Inexpensive preparatory crop
known. Every farmer alms to secure a
crop of corn, and late planting Is re
sorted to rather than Incur total fail
ure. Success with a late-planted crop
depends upon the condition of the soil,
the variety and the mode of cultiva
tion, but the main drawback Is the ap
pearance of frost early In the season,
which, however, does not frequently
occur.
Poultry Instruction.
In response to the urgent demand for
instructional and investigation work
along poultry lines, the board of trus
tees of the Iowa Agricultural College,
at a recent meeting, created n new po
sition in the animal husbandry depart
nient, that of instructor In animal hus
bandry, in charge of poultry. Howard
Pierce, a graduate of Cornell Univer
sity, has been placed in charge of the
work. Mr. Pierce is one of the best
trained men in America along all lines
of work pertaining to the poultry In
dustry, and tho college authorities con
sider themselves most fortunate in se
curing the services of so competent a
man to build up this new and import
ant line of college work.
Plans are now being prepared for the
erection of the most modern and com
plete poultry plant to be found at any
educational Institution In America. The
plant will be located on the farm re
cently purchased for the dairy herd
nnd jwultry work. Roth instructional
and investigation work will bo com
menced with the opening of the college
year. During the first few years spe
cail attention will be devoted to the
most economical methods of feeding for
egg production, and of fattening chick
ens for market.
Hay Stacker.
Tlie liny derrick shown here Is for
stacking hay In tho field. The skids
nre 10x12 Inches, 1(1 feet long. The
two cross pieces nre 8x10 Inches, 8 feet
long, each set In 2 inches. The upright
ACKINO HAY.
post Is Sx8, and 5J feet high. The three
braces are -1x4, or round jwles. The
boom pole Is .'52 feet long, 4 inches at
top and 8 or 10 at butt. The chain can
be shortened to raise the boom or
lengthened to lower. The boom Is
swung by a swing rope, ns can be seen.
"A" shows the fork on which boom pole
Is swung. The bole in the post Is lined
with a piece of gas pipe with solid
plug In bottom. A G-tino grapple fork
can be used.
To Irlve Away the Green Fly.
Next to clean water for the destruc
tion of green fly upon the majority of
plants, gardeners value soft soap the
nost ; when judiciously used it Is an
unfailing remedy and attended with no
risk. Dissolved in water, nt the rate
of two ounces of soap to one gallon of
water, and the plants dipped in the
liquid, or syringed with It. so that it
reaches insects in sufficient quantities
to thoroughly wet them, It will do its
work in the most effectual manner. It
Is, however, a remdy that requires the
exercise of a little forethought. If It
Is to be used in houses it tdiouhl bo ap
plied in the evening, when the house
will be closed for several hours, and
when It will not dry up too quickly.
When the liquid Is to be applied to
plants or trees growing in the open air
It should be done In the evening " of
warm and still days. If there is only
a little wind blowing the liquid so
quickly disappears that It Is dried ip
before it has time to complete its work
of destruction.
Thirsty Lands.
According to an expert In the em
ploy of the Interior Department, the
enormous basin drained by the Mis
souri River absorbs no less than 88 per
cent of all the rain that falls upon It,
whereas the basin of the Ohio River
alsorbs only 70 per cent. The amount
of rainfall In the course of a year Is
proportionately greater In the Ohio
than in the Missouri basin, j.nd so the
former river, although much the short
er of the two, contributes more wnter
to the Mississippi than docs its gigan
tic rival from the west.
New System of Cheeae Making-.
A large cheese factory Is projected
In the province of Ontario, Canada, by
New York produce merchants, report
Consul Van Sant from Kingston. The
factory Is to be operated on an entirely
new system of cheese-making. White
cheese Is now In great demand at Liv
erpool, being 48 cents higher than col
ored. 1
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WEALTH FROM WASTE.
By-Prodncts Often More Valuable
iiiuii the Orlulnal Material.
Science has worked wonders In devel
oping wealth from waste. In the old
days the candleint'kera who used palm
oil had their own troubles with glycer
ine. If the caudle was blown out the
smoldering wick used to leave an offen
sive odor. It was the glycerine that
caused this. Naturally, the only thing
to do was to take It out of the candle,
and the next thing was to get rid of It
down the gulley into the creek. People
complained ; but what else was an hon
est chandler to do? Latterly they have
been figuring on the matter, and some
of them have come to the conclusion
that they used to let as much as $2,000
worth of glycerine get away from them
every week.
In the last five years the soapmakers
have learned that they can realize more
money out of the glycerine than, they
can out of the soap they make. Some
of this glycerine is refined, but the
great part of the crude goes to the
manufacturers of dynamite, which Is
nitroglycerine mixed with Infusorial
earth, so as to weaken It.
Rack of the tin shop there used t
be a heap of shining clippings. The
heap of clippings Isn't , there .now. If
there are any bits of tin too small to
make the bucks of buttons, they are
pressed together to make window-sash
weights.
Nor Is that pile of sawdust back of
the saw mill any more. The butchers
want It for their floors, but that Isn't
the most economical use of It. There
are acetic acid, wood alcohol, naphtha,
wood tar (and all that thnt Implies) to
le had from the distillation of sawdust
to say nothing of sugar from, birch
sawdust.
Sheeps' wool Is dirty and greasy
when It comes to the mills. Wash II
with strong alkali In running water.
That Is what has always been done.
Rut a man in Massachusetts thought 11
would be a good Idea to dissolve the
grease with some such solvent ns naph
tha. He saved the naphtha to use over
again ; he recovered the grense, which
is the most softening and penetrating
of nil fats nnd is most valuable for
ointments, nnd he recovered carbonate
of potash.
After the wool Is once woven Into
cloth we may dismiss from our minds
all thought of effecting any more econ
omies. nen the stilt of clothes Is
worn to rags, tho rags are still as good
as new, for the wool Is picked Into
strnnds of fiber ngnin and woveif anew.
It isn't ground Into shoddy ns It was
during the Civil War. The wool Is
eked apart ns long as It has any
staple to It nt n'l nnd forms part of
he most expensive and enduring fab
rics. It may be mixed with cotton, but
when It comes to be a rag again the
cotton Is burned out either with add
or lient. the dust Is taken out and once
more behold nlisolutely pure wool, much
safer to wear than the new wool of the
tropics or semi -tropics. And when at
length there Is not enough wool to hold
together, still It goes Into our clothing.
With wood ashes and scrap Iron It
ceases to bo a fabric nnd becomes a
dye Prussian blue.
CURE FORGOT 'TWAS SUNDAY.
OrlKln or Sayliio-, "He Has Lost the
Count of Ills Baskets."
There is a very old saying In France,
"II a perdu le enmpte de ses panlers"
(He hns lost the count of his baskets),
which came about in this way :
The old cure of la Rtixerette was full
of good-natured humor; never troubling
himself over thnt he wished to forget,
and remembering the arrival of Sunday
only by the number of baskets he had
made, at least that Is what everyone
said, for he wns In the habit of mak
ing one each day. As soon ns he had
finished one he bung It on a nail. When
he counted six of them he knew the
Sabbath was come.
It happened one time, contrary to
his custom, that he employed two days
in making n secher (a kind of latticed
cage or osier basket In which to dry
cheese). This unusual work made
great havoc In his counting time.
It was good luck the next Sunday
morning thnt his housekeeper wns scan
dalized to see htm go to his work of
basket-making, nnd said to him: "Mon
sieur the cure, to-day is Sunday !"
''Rah !' tranquilly replied the good
pastor. "Count the baskets; there are
only four."
"That Is truth," replied the brave
woman, "but, monsieur, remember, you
passed the days of Thursday and Wed
nesday milking the cheese cage."
"Ma fol ! Thou art right. Marguer
ite," cried the honest cure, throwing
down his dear Implements of work,
"run quick to Geurtant (his sacristan)
to ring the first bell for grand mass.
I'll be ready in an Instant"
From this adventure arose the cus
tom of saying in many cantons In
speaking of anyone who has lost la
carte, or come out wrong In his cal
culations, or lost tho street or number,
"He hns lost the count of his baskets."
Toronto Stnr.
The llcKlnnlna;.
"Do you think attention to the streets
of a city Is the first thing in beautifying
a municipality?"
"At least. It paves the way." Haiti
more American.
llrenkfant IHaloarae.
Mrs. Talkwords Henry, you were
talking in your sleep last night
Henry Pardon me for Interrupting
you. Smart Set
The world extends the glad hand to
the lucky man, but all it bands the
victim of tough luck is a little celd
sympathy.