!
The Firm of
Gi'rdlesfone I
BY
A. CONAN DOYLE
OfTAPTEH XVII. (Continued.)
This Inst appeal of Kate's was in an
swer to an expression of incredulity and
doubt which bad passed over the face of
the lady below. It was successful in its
object, for the ring of truth with which
she spoke aud the look of anxiety and ter
ror upon ber face were too genuine to be
mistaken. The lady drew her rein so as
to brin;: the carriage as near the wall
ni was possible without losing sight of
Kate's face.
"My dear," she said, "you may safely
tdl tne everything. Whatever I can do to
b"lp you shall be done, and where 1 am
powerless there are others who are my
friends and may be of assistance. Scully
is my name Mrs. Lnvinia Scully of lin
den. Ion't cry, my poor girl, but tell me
ali about it, and let us see how we can
put mutters rijrbt."
Thus encouraged, Kate wiped away the
tea-.-s w hich had been brought to her eyes
by the unwonted sound of a friendly voice.
I.aning forward as far as she coy Id. and
preventing herself from falling by pass
ing her arm round a great branch which
shot across the top of the shed, she gave
in as few words as she could a detailed
account of oil that had befallen her. She
described ber guardian's anxiety that sh
should marry his son, her refusal, their
sudden departure from London, her life
at the Priory, the manner in which she
was cut off from all human aid, and the
reasons which made her believe that an
attempt would be made upon her life. In
conclusion, she narrated the scene which
had occurred that very morning, when her
gi.ardian had tempted her to commit sui
cide. The only incident which she omit
ted from her story was that which had
occurred the night before, for she felt that
it might put too sev':-e a tax upon Mrs.
Scully's credulity. Indeed, looking back
at it she almost persuaded herself that
the sight which she had seen might be
6ome phantom conjured up by her own
imagination, weakened as she was in
mind and in body.
Having concluded her narrative, she
fcound up by imploring her new-fourfd
friend to assist her by letting her friends
in Loukn know what had become of her
and where she was. Mrs. Scully listened
w ith a face which expressed alternately
the moBt profound pity and the most
burning indignation. When Kate had
finished 6he sat silent for a minute or
more entirely absorbed in her own
thoughts. She switched her whip up and
down viciously, and her usually placid
countenance assumed an expression so
iierce that Kate, looking down at her,
feared that she had given her offense.
When she looked up at last, however, she
smiled so pleasantly that the poor girl
was reassured, and felt instinctively that
ehe had really found a true aud effective
friend at last.
. "We must act promptly," she said, "for
we don't know what they may be about,
or what their plans are for the future.
Who did you say your friends were'.'"'
"Dr. Dimsdale, of Phillimore Gardens.
Kensington."
"Hasn't he got a grown-up son?"
"Yes," said Kate, with a slight flush on
her pale checks.
"Ah!" cried the good lady, with a very
roguish smile. "I see how the land lies.
Of course, of course, why shouldn't it'.'
I remember Hearing ntout mat young
man. I have heard about the (iirdlestoue:
also. African merchants they were in
the city. You see I know all about you.'
"You know Tom'.'" Kate cried in as
tonishment.
"Oh, don't let us get talking of Tom.'
said Mrs. Scully, good-hu mo redly. "When
girls get on a subject of that sort there's
an end to everything. What I want to
know is business. In the first place, I
shall drive down to Hedsworth and I shall
send to London. Hut not to l'hillimore
Gardens. Hot-headed young men do fool-
ith things under such circumstances as
these. This is a case that wants careful
management. I know a gentleman in
London who is just the man, and who I
know would be only too proud to help a
lady in distress. He is a retired officer,
and his name is Major Clutterbuek Ma
jor Tobias Clutterbuck."
"Oh, I know him very well, and I have
heard of you, too," said Kate with a
smile. "I reniemlter your name now in
connection with his."
It was Mrs. Scully's turn to blush now.
"Never mind that," she said. "I can
trust the major, and I know he will be
flown here at a word from me. I shall
let him have the facts, and be can tell
the I)imsla!eg if he thinks it Ix-st. Good
by, dear, don't be unhappy any more, but
remember that you have friends outside
v ho will very qui'-kly st all right. Good
by !" and waving her hand in encourage
ment, the good widow woke up the pony,
which bad fallen fast asleep, and rattled
awny down the lane in Us direction from
whh'h she had come.
pnssea away? rte dare not call In any man at the sate 'who appeared to he rwi
local medical man, but his Inventive brain guard to prevent any one from coming out
. i : ii: ... i . .. .....1 i .. i .... .. "
ur in. viii our way to neowortii we met
no less a person than the great Mr. (Jir-
(llestone himself, ami we actually drove
so clumsily that we splashed him all over
with mud. Wasn't that a very sad and
unaccountable thing? I fancy I see Toby
smiling over that. Ever yours,
"LAVINIA SCULLY."
The major called u cub aud rattled
away to l'hillimore. Gardens and thence
to the ollice, without being able to find
the man of whom he was in search. Ha
taken a final step, John Girdlestone felt then rushed down the Strand as quickly
as ne could, Intending to catch the next
train and go alone, but on his way to
Waterloo station he fell in with. Tom
Dimsdale, us recorded in a preceding
chapter,
hud overcome the dilliculty, and had hit
upon a device by which he might defy
: both doctors and coroner. If all went us
lit had planned it, it was dillicult to see
nny chance of detection. In the case of
a poorer man the fact that the girl's
, money reverted to him might arouse suspi
I cion, but he rightly argued that with his
I gnat reputation no one would ever dream
that such a consideration could have
weight with him.
Having sent the telegram off and so
CHAPTER XVIII.
At four o'clock Mr. Girdlestone stepped
Into the I'.edsworth telegraph office and
wired his short message. It ran thus:
"Case bopeleKS. Come on to-morrow with
doctor." On receipt of this he knew
by their agreement that his son would
come down. There was nothing for it
now but that his ward should die. If he
delayed longer the crash might come be
fore ber money was available, and then
how rain all regrets would be.
It s-med to him that there was very
little risk in the matter. The girl had
had no communication with any one. Even
of those around her Mrs. Jorrocks was in
her doti;ge, Itebecca Taylforth was stanch
and true, and Stevens knew nothing. Ev
ery one on the country aide had heard of
the invalid young lady at the Priory. Who
would be surprised to bear that ah had
more at his ease. He was proud of his
own energy and decision. As he walked
very pompously and gravely down the
ullage street his heart glowed within him
at the thought of She long struggle which
he hud maintained against misfortune. He
passed over in bis mind all the successive
borrowings and speculations and make
shifts and ruses which the firm had resort
ed to.
Yet in spite of every danger and diffi
culty' it still held up its head with the
best, and would weather the storm at last
He reflected proudly that there was no
other man in the city who would have had
the dogged tenacity and the grim resolu
tion which he had displayed during the
last twelve months. "If ever any one
should put it all in a book," he said to
himself, "there are few who would believe
it possible. It is not by my own strength
that I have done it."
When he was half way to the Priory
he met n small pony carriage which was
rattling towards Hedsworth ut a great
pace, driven by a good-looking middle-aged
lady with a small page by her side. The
merchant encountered this equipage in a
narrow country lane without a footpath
and as it approached lum lie could not
help observing that the lady wore an in
dignant and gloomy look upon her fea
tures which was out of keeping with their
general contour. Her forehead was con
traded into a very decided frown, and her
ips were gathered into what might be de
scribed as a negative smile. Girdlestone
stood aside to let her pass, but the lady
by a sudden twitch of her right hand rein
brought the wheels across in so sudden a
manner that they were within an ace of
going over his toes. He only saved him
self by springing back into a gap of the
hedge. As it was. he found on looking
down that his pearl-grey trousers were
covered with flakes of wet mud. What
made the incident more perplexing was
that both the middle-aged lady and th
page laughed very Tleartily as they rattled
nwav to the village. The merchant pro
ceeded on his way marveling in his heart
at the uncharitableness and innate wick
edness of unregenerated human nature.
(rood Mrs. Scully little dreamed of the
urgency of the case. Had she seen the
Uiegram which John Girdlestone had just
disnatched. it is conceivable that she
might have read between the words, and
by acting more promptly have prevented o
terrible crime. As a matter of fact, with
all ber sympathy the worthy woman had
taken ii large part of Kates story with
the nroverbial grain of salt. It seemed
to her to be incredible and impossible that
in this nineteenth century such a thing
as deliberate and carefully planned mur
der should occur in Christian England.
That these things occur in the abstract
we are ready to admit, but we find it very
difficult to realize that they may come
within the horizon of our own experi
ence. Hence Mrs. Scully set no impor
tance upon Kate's fears for her life, and
put them down to the excited state of the
girl's imagination. She did consider it.
however, to be a very iniquitous and un
justifiable thing that a young girl should
cooped up and separated from all the
world in such a very dreary place of se-
lusion as the Priory. This consideration
and nothing more serious had set that
look of wrath upon her pleasant face, and
ad stirred ber up to frustrate Girdle
stone and to communicate with Kate's
friends.
Her inienlion had been to telegraph to
London, but as she drove to Hedsworth
she bethought her how impossible it would
In- for her within the limits of a telegram
lo explain to her satisfaction all that she
wanted to express. A letter, she reflected,
won hk if posted now, reach the major by
the first post on Saturday morning. It
would simply mean a few hours' delay in
the takinir of steps to relieve Kate, and
what difference could a few hours more or
less make to the girl? She determined,
therefore, that she would write to the ma
jor, explaining all the circumstances and
leave it to him what course of action
should be pursued.
Mrs. Scully was well known at the post
office, and they quickly accommodated
her with the requisites for correspond
ence. Within a quarter of an hour she
had written, sealed, stamped and posted
the following epistle :
"Dearest Toby Who do you think 1
have come across down here? No less a
person than that Miss Harston who was
Girdleslone's ward. You used to talk
about her, I remember, and indeed you
were a great admirer of hers. You would
be surprised if you saw her now, so thin
and worn and pale. Still her face is very
sweet and pretty, so I won't deny your
good taste how could I after you have
paid your addresses to' me?
"Her guardian has brought her down
here and has locked her up iu a great
bleak house called the Priory. She has
no one to speak fo, and is not allowed to
write letters. She seemed to be heart
broken because none of her friends know
where she is, and she fears that they may
imagine that she has willingly deserted
thr-rn. Of course, by her friends she
means that curly-bended Mr. Dimsdale
that you spoke of. The poor girl is in a
very low, nervous state, and told me over
the wall of the park that she feared her
guardian had designs on her life. I can
hardly believe that, but I do think that
she is far from well, and that it is enough
t) drive her mad to coop her up like that.
We must get her out somehow or another.
I suppose that her guardian is within his
rights, and that it is not a police matter.
You must consider what must be done.
and let young Dimsdale know if you think
best. He will want to come down to see
her, no doubt, and if Toby were to come.
too. I should not be sorry.
"I should have telegraphed about it, but
I could not explain myself sufficiently. I
assure you that the jtoor girl is in a very
bad way, and we can t le too energetic
in what we do. It was very sad to hear
the positive manner in which she declared
that her guardian would murder her.
though she did not attempt to give any
reason why be should commit such ter
rible crime. We saw a horrid one-ered i
A Gate fop the Burn Doorway,
When the horse stable opens Into
the buggy room and it Is necessary to
keep the door oien for ventilation, I
find t,hat a small gate constructed of
The letter was n thunderbolt to Tom, "sht muterlal Is tin excellent protec-
In his worst dreams he had never imag- tlon against horses getting loose and
ined anything so dark as this. He hur
ried liack to the station at such a pace
that the poor major was reduced to a
most nsthmatical and -wheezy condition.
He trotted along pluckily, however, and
as he went heard the account of Tom's
adventures in the morning, and of the de
parture of Ezra Girdlestone and of his
red-bearded companion. The major's face
grew more anxious still when he heard
ot it. "Pray heaven we may not be too
ate!" he panted.
CIIAPT ElTXIX.
When Kate bad made a clean breast
o: all tier troubles to the Widow Scully,
and hud secured that good woman's co-operation,
a great weight seemed to have
eeu lifted from her heart, and she sprang
from the shed a different woman. It
vould soon be like a dream, all these
eary weeks in the grim old house. With
in a day she was sure that either Tom
or the major would find means ot com
municating with her. The thought made
her so happy that the color stole back
nto her cheeks, and she sang for very j
lightness of heart as she made her way
tick to the Priory.
Mrs. Jorrocks and Ilebecca observed the
hange which had come over her, and mar
led at it. Kate attempted to aid the
former in her household work, but the old
rone refused her assistance, and repulsed
hei harshly. Her maid, too, answered her
I'rtly when she addressed her, and eyed
her in anything but a friendly manner.
She amused herself that morning b
tckoning up in her mind what the se
ntence of events would be in London, and
iow long it would be before she heard
from her friends. If Mrs. Scully had
elegrnphed, news would have reached
.hem last night. Probably she would
write as well, giving all the particulars
bout her. The post came in about nine
clock, she thought. Then some time
would elapse before the major could find
L'om. After that, no doubt they would
.ia ve to consider what had best be done,
nd perhaps would go and consult with
Dr. Dimsdale. That would occupy tne
morning and part of the afternoon. They
ould hardly reach the Priory before
nightfall.
Ezra would be down by that time. On
he Saturday before he had arrived be
tween five and six. A great dread failed
iier soul at the thought of meeting the
voung merchant again. It ran merely the
latural instinct of a lady shriuking trora
.vhatever is rough and coarse and antag
onistic. She had no conception of the
impending danger, or of what his coming
might mean to her.
Mr. Girdlestone was more gracious to
her than usual that morning at breakfast,
lie seemed anxious to efface r.4ie remem
brance of his fierce and threatening words
the day before. Ilebecca, who waited
iiion them, was astonished to hear the
way in which he spoke. His whole man-
icr was less heavy and ungainly man
isual, for now that the time ot action
. . i- i . i i : - .. :
was at hand lie ten uraeeu uuu imig-
rated, as energetic men do.
You should study botany while you
ire down here," he said, blandly. "De
fend upon it, one cannot learn too many
lings in ones youth. Besides a knowl-
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edge 01 natural fccienic 1r.11.m-.-5
marvelous harmony which prevails
hroughout the universe, and so enlarge?
our mind.
"I should very much like to know some-
hing of it," answered Kate. "My only
ar is that I should not be clever enough
;o learn it.
The wood here is full of wonders. The
. . . . i l
tiniest musnroom is as esiraoruiuury nuu
as worthy of stuiTy as the largest oak.
Your father was fond of plants and ani
mals."
Yes, I can remember that. Raid Kate,
ler face growing sad as her mind trav
eled back to years gone by. What would
that same father have thought, she won
dered, had he known how this man oppo
site to her had treated her? What did it
matter now though, when she would so
soon be out of his power?
(To be continued.)
injuring the buggies. The cut here
with shows a light gate we have in use
In our horse barn. It Is very simple
In construction, but serves a very Im
portant purpose. Were it not for this
light gate we would find It necessary
to keep the door closed between the
horse stable and buggy room, thus
shutting off ventilation.
The gate ia hinged onto the rolling
door with light strap hinges, explains a
writer In the Prairie Farmer, so that
when the gate Is not in use It swings
SLAT STABLE DOOR.
What fleet Men Thins ei sitae
The success attending the us, of
silage In the dairy business has created
much Interest among beef cattle men
Silage furnishes a succulent food
which Is quite essential to the dairy
sow in keeping her digestive system in
good condition. The same will be found
true for the beef animal. Twenty
pounds of silage per day will supply
all the bulk and water needed In a
fattening ration. The other roughage
may consist of either long fodder or
mixed hay. The economy of using
silage for fattening purposes is well
brought out by Prof. A..M. Soule of
the Virginia station, who has stated the
following conclusions :
"There was a difference of from
to of a pound of grain per head per
day in favor of the silage-fed cattle
They also finished out better and in
any discriminating market would eer
talnly bring a better price than the
dry-fed cattle.
"Of the three forms of roughage fed,
the silage wa eaten with the greatest
relish, and there was absolutely no
loss, whereas with the stover the loss
amounted to 13.5, per cent and with hay
4.10 per cent. YVhere a large number
of animals are fed this would make a
considerable difference in the cost of
ration, except that the shredded stover
can be utilized to advantage for bed
ding." Silage as It is put up to-day Is bet
ter than when the practice was first
started. Good silage of corn Is made
when the grain hns passed the milk
stage and has commenced to glaze a lit
tle. Silage is made also from sorghum,
corn and cowpeas and pea vines.
Doable IlruoilliiK Coop
l he double brooding coop shown in I
DAIRYING IN DENMARK.
Land Worked for Hundreds of Years
Still Beats Ours.
That American farmers and promoter!
f agricultural' industries are rather
lax in grasping their opportnuties, and
are in danger of being outgeneraled iu
the markets of the world, unless they
improve their methods, is the belief of
Dean James E. Rusuell, of Columbia
University, New York. Dean Russell
was recently a visitor at the state col
lege, and during his stay there ad
dressed an assembly of the teachers of
the Inland Empire, who were attending
the teachers' institute in Pullman. Rela
tive to the problems just mentioned, he
laid:
Thirty years ago New York waa
lending butter and cheese to the Lon
don markets. New York butter and
cheese were ruling out similar products
from Ontario, and other parts of the
world. Just thirty years ago Denmark
began to think she could make butter
and put it in the London market. The
question was, How could she overcome
the lead that New York already had in
the London markets? She sent men to
London to study, out tho ground; to find
what LAnd&n wanted. Then she sot
about to give them the required product.
Denmark is a country of poor soil,
which has been tilled and overworked
for a thousand years. Nevertheless, the
Uamsh population anntiallv sells in the
markets of London $35,000,000 worth
of butter. In 1903 the entire United
States exported only $1,004,000 worth
r butter. Jn addition, to the vast quan
tity of butter mentioned, Doninark
nds out one-fifth as much pork as we
do, and just as many horses; and cer;
ainly, we should load the world in the
breeding of horses. In the meantime
the Danish nation has taught the hens
ow to work. Four hundred and fifty
tnousana dollars worth of eggs were ex-
the drawing Is four feet square and 'on "Ui"P. " ll'S " "
around and fastens to the large door
out of the way. For material In mak
ing the gate we use Inch strips of good
pine for the horizontal pieces. The up
right pieces are light strips gotten out
for fence pickets, I find a light gate
of this character a good thing to keep
poultry out of the barn during the sum
mer months.
three feet high at rear, two and one-
half In front. It may be built of tongue
and grooved stuff or straight-edge
boards one-half or three-fourths Inch
thick. The hinged lids sTiould have two
cleats each to make them firm. In
front Is a one-inch mesh wire netting
and at the edges are strips of three
quarter by one and one-halMiich stuff,
of $3,092,000. In the last ten years
Denmark has taken $8,000,000 worth of
corn from Iowa and Nebraska, via New
York, which she has fed to Danish cows
and pigs, and then placed the lajter in
the European markets in successful
competition with similar products from
America.
"I said a moment ago that twenty
years ago the competitor of Denmark
The Colony Plan.
If you want vigorous chickens and
hens that lay do not overcrowd them.
Forty or fifty In one flock are suffi
cient. If you have more than this num
ber by all means make a change, for
your chickens are probably costing you
more than they are worth. If you do
not care to sell any of your birds then
start Into the chicken business on the
colony plan. Divide your flock Into
colonies of about forty fowls each and
build houses for them in different parts
of the farm. For Instance, If you have
one hen house on the east side of the
barn, put another house on the west
side. Then If you have enough birds
put another house down by the calf lot
and another to the farther end of the
barn yard. A dozen different places will
suggest themselves If you look for lo
cations on your farm. If you have
made a failure in raising chickens or
your hens "don't amount to much,"
try this method. It will surprise and
please you. Your hens will be healthier,
will lay better and will require less
feed. The reason for this will be easily
seen when you have once tried It.
Chickens, or anything else for that mat
ter, cannot stand crowding. Also the
colony plan gives the fowls wider range
and encourages the birds to hunt for
their living. Exchange.
to insure rigidity. In one corner, as : was the State of New York. In these
shown, is the nest, four Inches deep ! twenty years the Danish people have
and fifteen or eighteen Inches square. increasel their exports from $1,000,000
according to the size of the hens kept. I t0 40;000.000- In. the same twenty
The board floor, explains the Orange, York hVv ..,p.. ?nn nnn nnn r
the last fifteen years Ontario has outbid
New Yrork in the same way in the
cheese market. Twenty years ago New
Y'ork companies received Canadian
cheese and put the N ew York stamp on
it to get one cent more in the English
market. Today the New Y'ork farmers
are sending their eheese over the Cana
dian boundaries, and paying two cents
per pound in order to sell it at all."
Showing the superiority of European
methods of education in comparison
with American eduoation, Dean Russell
said:
Wnrtamt la a 11 n
Judd Farmer, Is covered with sawdust ' state a littJ, arr than th In,.
or sand. Food and drink are more Kmnir nt Ftrn w.Kin.,fn .-j
I M-VV. 1 OUIllllkUU milt
readily supplied through the door, 1 having a population of about two mil-
DOUBLE BROOD COOP.
which preferably
shown.
lifts in front, as
Corn Lend In it Wentern Crop.
The statistical bureau of the Union
Pacific passenger department Issues a
statement compiled from government
rejforts showing the value of farm
lion persons. Thirty years ago Wur-
temburg began to realize that her pop
ulation was beginning to dwindle; that
something had to be done to maintain
her integrity as a state. So she set
about building up a system of schools
for all the people; that would help the
boy who wished to be a carpenter, a
plumber, or a fanner, in the same de
gree, according to his needs, as they
products In seventeen States west of
the Mississippi in 1007 to have been would aseist the youth who desired to
$1,091,000,000. Corn leads In produc- a lawyer, an engineer, or a phy-
tion, being valued at nearly half a
billion dollars. Winter wheat is next,
valued nt $200,000,000, and domestic
hay was valued at only $2,000,000 less.
si-eian. Today Wurtemlurt has a uni
versity giving courses of world wide
fame; technical schools, weaving and
manufacturing schools; two hundred and
thirty industrial schools in towns and
Her Itlht to Preach.
Woman's Inborn right to preach has
been recognized by ISishop Talbot, of
Pennsylvania. A skirted itinerant ex
pounder of the gospel used to gather
a crowd every Sunday within sight of
the bishop's cathedral and many of his
Hock were s'en lingering under her
snoll Ono nf tlip vest rvnien went to
the bishop to remonstrale. He wanted and ?'"r brace !s 'P'ete. says Farm-
something done to stop the preaching
Ilracfnjc Corner PoMn.
This method, while cheaply devised,
Is used very effectively In bracing cor
ner posts. Use as a brace a pole nine
or ten feet long, four or five inches in
diameter and square at both ends. Fit
one end of pole to the post half way
between Its middle and top and place
other end of brace on a flat stone. Se
cure one end of a wire around bottom
of post, then take It to outer end of
brace and back to post again, fasten
ing securely. With a short stout stick
twist wires together until very tight
Rye, oats, barley and potatoes follow villages; schools for metal workers, and
In order. The report also shows an In- workers in the textile trades; schools of
crease In live stock of 2G0 per cent art of agriculture, of preparation for
since 1870. bousenolrt management; and numerous
j farm schools, and high schools through
Color of I'kh. j out tho state.
There Is no difference in the color of "Wurtemburp a stito but 1!ttl
the yolk of the eggs laid by different '"iW.than the Inland Empire of East-
breeds, nor Individual!. Hut the color " " ""'"tri"", supports all tiieao in
stitutions, with an income of ten dollar
per head of population. What would
of the shell Is a matter of breed and
mn ling, anu uie coior or tne yoiK is American citizens think, if in addition
governed by the food given. The aver- to supporting agricultural colleges, they
age lengtn or a nen s egg is 'Z.'Zt Inches; were asuea to support five hundred
diameter at the broad end. 1.72 Inches;
weight, nbout one-eighth of a pound.
Farm Notes.
Alfalfa seed Is now selling in many
tecnmcai anil industrial schools for
every two million of population t This
is what is being done in the small state
of Wurtemburg, and from the point of
view of American citizens today, it is
llmnit ininnfi.tilAi fk. - . - 1 . :
parts of the West for 10 to 12 cents a of " h e Tmu.t aZT u"
Pound. , I len to infer that his Country ham mil K
Egyptian cotton land produces nearly to an eB-n before it can success
ur times as much per acre as that of f,u11 eom,Pet with the old country in
ne proaucta or industrial education."
Answers ti Queries.
By J. L. Ahlock. Wiwhinirton Experiment Sta
tion, Pullman.
fou
this country.
In four years a pair of rabbits could
secure a progeny of nearly 1,500,000. A
doe rabbit produces as many as seven
families a year.
METHOD OF BRACING.
so near the cat neural. Oh, never
mind." said the bishop, "she cannot
hurt me. Let her preach. She must
exhort somebody, and, you see, she has
no husband. I warrant your wife
gives you ninny a good sermon In the
retirement of your Lome. All women
like to preach." Cleveland Loader.
era' Review. This brace comes in line
with your fence and by fastening your
wire or boards to It prevents It from
slipping sideways.
IIok for Cuba and Mexico.
Some of the const country farmers
while visiting Galveston saw that many
hogs from distant jiolnts In Texas and
Oklahoma were being shipped to Cuba
n nil AIpYlen inn rotiirna.1 t,.A . .
. ... - I "'ran: llll-
He I notice you call a good many ' . " " , , ltpaKune
of vonr n,i.,,:iir,f..i,r.i. on.nLs I ho no UI lu 'rArtB "uu ramiers to
you rlo not consider tne a crank? She ral8e h", for Cul,an a,", MmI
-Certainly not! A crank is a person -markets. It would pay the coast coun-
witl, one idea, and I never heard any-: try, farm(": to the Mme thin-
body accuse yon
Pearson's Weekly,
of having one!
"They say Mrs. Youngwcri across the
'way has the most extraordinary pow
ers of itersuasion."
a week at a time." Baltimore Ameri
ca n.
If Yon Doubt It, Try It.
A man once hacked himself for a
large amount, which he subsequently
lost, to move an ordinary brick attach
ed to two 111 I Ips nf cord utonir Wol
"Yes. I've known her to keep a girl roa(1 OTtaMe Chichester. He failed to
move the brick, and It may be roughly
estimated that the friction of the cord
on the road Increased the weight of the
brick (about seven pounds) and cord
A government commission Is Strug'
crlinir with the nrnhlpm of ertormlnnt.
ing the nun butterfly, which has become 1 to a dpn1, wp,ht of "ot 'r short of a
a plague In Bohemia- I a' "
.Haverford, Pa. "Is it considered
Many important drainage projects are that hog raising is practicable in the
under way in the marsh land in Lou- northwestern part of the United
Islana. which will ultimately make it 551"" 11. W.
a great agricultural country. . 11 1S probable that there is no place
. , , . , ,, , I in the United States where the prices
A dairy train which recently went for pork produfta a. hih
out from Lafayette, Ind jvered COO, in the Pacific Northwest. A condition
miles on the Monon route, and 4,(KW of significance, too, is that the people
people henrd the lectures which were ' this region are not sufficiently alive
delivered from the cars. j to the necessity of their meeting the
' ,, . demand for pork products. Those who
The Sacramento alley. In Cal for-'ara in th(l ..,:. -ra ' Iv.i"
re in me ousiness are making monev.
nla, shipped over $.",, HiO.OtfO worth of Conditions are improving, however, for
oranges last year, and the growers of at the present time we note a growing
that section estimate that the new crop tendency among farmers to pay more
will be worth $l,O0,0O0 more. attention to this business. The Berk-
It estimated that If the cattle sh.p- .Xttjh ZtX S
pers of Iowa succeed In establishing making some headway. At the experi
tlieir claims against the railroads for roent station we have about eoncluded
excessive shipping charges in Chicago tD eross of these two breeds would
thev will get back fully a half "million . ceiier man eitcer one bv itself.'
dollars.
Great Hritaln now imports every
year about 9,XVK.iO bushels of apples,
one-half of which come from the Unit
ed States. Canada sends over about
3.000,000 bushels and Australia nearly
all the rest
Au effort Is being made to establish
In the Ozark region of Missouri an ex
tensive breeding station for farm an
fmals. The project hns the approval of
Secretary Wilson and Dr. Melvln, of
the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Kvrntnallr.
Reporter I)o you ever contribute any
thing to foreign palters?
Comic Bard Why er yes; on look
ing over the miscellany columns of the
papers I find that I contribute lots of
tuff to the London Tit-Bits.
aaa Everything-.
Prosperous Clubman When I first ar
rived in this town, forty years ago, I
hadn't a shirt to my back.
Old Clubman Worse than that; yoa
hadn't a tooth in your head.