Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1907)
CHAPTER XII. At Ostsml the pretty widow »how*«! sift»« of fat If u», and O’Rourke having •♦«•n her <*oui fort ably lurked away In on« flrat <daaa rar ria gw. with bls own traveling rug for a pillow, sought another Mrs, Kpry was heavy eyed when the awoke, aud yawned behind her little gloved hand aa aha stood upon the plat form wat.l^ng the aaalduoua O’Rourk«. •who buatletl hither and thither In her behalf In hla owu brigbleat and moat cheerful manner. **l «uppose your frlenda eipert you at • I forget the name of the place. Js tirntie? |g It Jattenne?** lie glanced at her quickly and with «o evident a aurprla« that she added "Mr. Maakwlyne told me you were going there. la that the name of the place?" '•There la a little place of that name.** said O'Rourke. "Maakelynw and I were there together a few days ago. I may go ou. or I may not. I «hall probably hate a day or two In llruaeala In any rare ” When th« hotel waa reached» O'Rourke eecu red rooms for bia delightful com pan Ion aud ordered for her at her request a cup of warm milk and a biscuit. Thia m<»«|eat refectloa waa conveyed to her bed chamber, and aha retired, purring an ar knowl»<lgiueut of obligation. If Mra. Npry had ixen charming the night before, aha waa atill more delight ful nett morning. O'Rourke made a gueaa aa to her age, and aet her down aa l»eing between three and four aud twenty. In which he haltered her Hearing In mind all the while how time waa flying, and how It behooved him to make the moat of chances which were likely to tw limited, ha turned the conversation to the lady's prolaible movetnenta. I>id she Intend to slay long In llruaarla? ho asked. "Well, no,'* aha ana were«!, wilh a bo coming Hille blush "There's only one thing brings me here. There's an old lady living here - a little hard up. I'm afraid, Mr. O'Rourke. Hhe's a relative of my poor dear late husband*»--a distant relative, but the only one he had. and he left her out In the cold. I'm afraid she's not very likely to bo very good friends with me. but I want to make It up with her If ahe'll let tn«." O’Rourke's alien lire and sympathetic face waa worth a volume of commonplace anawere to this statement. "And then." said the widow, "I’ve got a friend to see. and then I’ve A>ne with Belgium. I shall go and see Paris again, aud 1 shall try to pereuade my friend to go with rite. I haven’t seen her for two years, but she's the dearral girl In the world.'* "That." said O'Rourke, "Is a flattering dre« riplion Is your friend 1» BrusselsK' "No. From what 1 can learn, «he's gone and buried herself alive in solas dreadful quiet place; miles and mile« away from everywhere. I’ve («Miked it up on the map, and I make out Maaoor to be the nearest city. It’s a little place calle.! lloufoy." "I have been there." returned O’Rourke, with admirable naturalness. '"Hiere la only one English family residing there. I have the pleasure to know them." "Oh," said the lady, rapidly and enthu alaatically, "do you know Angela Butler? <»h. now. really! I ear. wluat a Inti* place the world is. to bo aural Well, now, I do wonder that young lleorge *.!aekeljrne never told mo that you knew Angela Butler." , "I only know them very slightly," aald O’Rourke. "I only met them a fortnight ago No; three weeks since." "Oh," purred the widow, making her beat and most at press! ve eyes at her «'ompanion. "I adore Angela Butler. |»<>n't you adore her. .Mr. O'Rourke? Ob. I'm auro you do." "I think her a very charming girl. Frank, clever, English—thoroughly Eng lish " "Oh, so very English.’' said Mra. Spry. "And you are going to lloufoy to see Miss Butler?’’ asked O’Rourke. "That is delightful news Indeed to me. We shall bs neighbors. I am going to Ja nenne to aee some old friends of mine, and Junrnne 1s the nearest village to lloufoy." ’That will bs plaaaant," aald Mra. Rpry. When aha had «aid thia ahe low ered her head away suddenly, and a sec ond or two later shot a moat vanquishing glance at O'Rourke. Hhe discharged her one little bit of actual business, and aha act out on a bright afternoon In early June, with the constant O’Rourke In attendance, for lloufoy, having previously advise«! An grla of her coming by wire. "Let me see. now," said Mrs. Rpry. holding her head on one side and looking up at O'Rourke thoughtfully. "How long will it taka thia train to reach lloufoy?" "It dore not go on to lloufoy," return ed O’Rourke. "It reaches Janenne in four hours and five minutes." "I think you know everything. Mr O’Rourke." said ihe lady, admiringly. Than, clasping her hands with a soft far vor. "Will you do me a favor, Mr. ■O’Rourke?" "Try me." aald O'Rourke, with hla esn admirable mixture of jest and earn eat. "Will you go to the telegraph bureau and write a telegram? In French, or these dreadful foreigners'll bungle It. From Mra. Rpry, Brussels, to Mias Angela Butler, the Chateau, lloufoy. To say that I shall t>e at what's ths name of the Station? -nt- when does the train get there? and to ask her to meet mo there. Because she might forget." "May I look at your books?" ha said. "(’ertalnly," she answered, taking up a loos« handful and handing them over to him. As she did so hie eyes met hera, and he drew them away with a sad reluctance. Mrs. Rpry blushed, and opened one of the pa ¡«er bound volumes. "Ah I" cried O’Rourke, brightly, a mo ment later, "you have bought ‘Fireflies,’ Iret." Rhe blushed prodigiously at this ivowal, and dropping her hands before i*or, she turned bar b«a<l away. O’ltourke aught b*r turn*Is aud hsl<l lb»in fur a i.Mn.-uf "Of me?" be said, tenderly. And b«*re, since they were alone In th« arrlage, and had still a food twenty miles to go before they reached their first «topping point, no man ran say how rap- >dly and bow happily O’Rourke’s fate night have l»e«n decided, If only tbs ad venture had happened In England, where 'he guards refrain from walking about he outside of thoir trains during transit. Hut at this Instant the door swung oj>en »nd the ticket collector entered, and hav Ing with a perfect atony gravity punch*«! iheir tickets, swung himaelf out through 'he dour on the other aide of th* car riage and wrnt on his way with a broad grin. O'Rourke saw th* grin, and for a moment, though he was a fairly good tom pored man as a general thing, felt v*nge ful. The obvious impossibility of pur suing the ticket rollactor along the foot- ’■rard did nothing to assuage bia auger tor tb« lime. CHAPTER XIII. "I should like," said Mr. Frost-—"I should particularly like to know what »our Individual caper really la." "Make your desire a little clearer." re turned Mr. Zeno. "I sprsk Engieh tol erably well, I think, but I have yet to learn Amer ban. Try English." Tbe two were «rated In Frost's dingy apartment. Th« tenant of the room was '■otter dressed than usual, bls clothes «»re better brushed, and ble linen was wtiffer and whiter than ordinary. A tall, •blny silk hat cocked lastly over one eye gave him a rakish air, and as he laan«d !«ck in a broken down rocking chair, with hie heels on the window sill, be oonlem plated the trim and well polished boots which ornamented hla feet with a look • >f obvioua satisfaction. The evening sun •hone through the dirty, uncurtained win dow, and gave hie sallow akin an unac customed glow. "What d«» you want to get at. at all?" demanded Front. "What do you want to know? What do you want to do?" "I want to know and do many things," returned Zeno. "Come to your point, my friend. Be more precise What do jou Want to know? What do you want to dor "You fioa’t put your head Into the lioa'a mouth and hold It there for noth in'," said Frost, turning a shifty glance uj»on him. "You could know every move ment that old madman makes, if that's »our only game, without putting your own skin In danger for a second. There nin’1 a thing b« fit»™ that I don't know, or couldn't know If I wanted tn, and what I know you could know at a very •light momentary eij»enditure." "Well," returned Zeno, "very well. You know the man in the photograph. You know At ha nos Zeno. Nobody else knows Atbauoa Zeno, my g«»od Frost. If \thanos Zeno la betrayed he Is betrayed by (¡eorge Frost. Is It worth while to talk of this any longer? Ho you think that 1 am not content with carrying my life in my own hand, and that I put It into you re? I>o you think that I am young enough and foolish enough to trust anybody without a chock? l^et me tell you why 1 employed you. I saw that you were clover, cunning and without scruple, and without courage. It io not a good thing always to choose a man without courage, but It Is a good thing in your case, because when you know that your Ilfs hangs upon your g«MHl faith you will l»e faithful. Now, Is it really worth while to talk of thia any longer?" "I own up," said Frost. "I sliall not trust you a bit more if you own up, as you call It," said Zeno, tranquilly. "I shall not trust you a bit less. I shall not trust you Iraa for this talk, because 1 ha|e never trusted you. 1 shall not trust you any more, because 1 never trust anybody. I am obliged to be In danger. Now, really, shall we talk of this thing any more? Is It really worth while?” "You’re not such a fool," Frost an swered. evidently ill at eara beneath Mr. Zeno'a amilw "you’re not such a fool as to suppose that I'm going to throw up a tolerable safety such as I’ve got hold of. I ain’t the man to quarrel with my rations, nor yet to get my skin pierced while 1 can keep It whole. I waa a fool to threaten you, but 1 wanted to know your game and that was all. If I ain't going to he let know it. I'm placable." ’Then," said Zeno, "we will go out and have some dinner. And you shall pay for ihe dinner, because you havs been a fool. Eh. my Frost?" "I’m game for that," said Frost. "Are you going to take your pan*el with you?" "Ah! the pared," aald Zeno. "The parcel is your aflair. I had forgotten. This is a little Invention of your own. You will bring it under the attention of the committee thia evening and It will secure you a little praise, I ran assure you." m "What la it?" Frost demanded. "Ha! ha!" cried Zeno, with a laugh, "you have divined Its nature. What -a cunning fellow it is, and what a cour ageous fellow it is!" "I say. look here," aald the other, shrinking closer against the wall, "you haven't got any of that stuff here, have you? I can’t stand It. Zeno. I won’t—" "What?” cried Zeno, laying a hand upon Frost’s collar. "You call me by that name! You are frightened, are you? and you forget, do you. my poor Frost? Never be frightened again, will you? Please! Never forget again, will you? Pleaae!" / "I hate the stuff," Frost declared. "I can’t bear to be about It." "I>o not mind the stuff, dear Frost." •aid Mr. Zeno, tightening his hold on Frost's collar. "Mind me. If you please. 1 see." "Yea," she answered, looking up with You will be very sorry If you call me a faint memory of the blush still linger by that name again." "I won’t forget again," he said, stem Ing In her eyes, "I heard a great deal of talk about It In I/ondon, and I want meringly. "But I hate the. stuff. I wiah you wouldn’t bring It here." » to boo what It’s like." "Pooh !" returned Zeno, with a brutal "A delightful book," said O'Rourke. *A lovely book, Ths author Is a dear Ho Is staying at Ja- friend of mine, nennb with hlo wife and thoir little boy. I am going down there to pay them a ▼loft." "Oh !" cried Mra. Rpry, clasping her hands. "How delightful to know such people! Ob, bow 1 do envy you that privilege !" "You will bo bound to moot him," O’Rourke id, "and onro to like hlm. I believe that Mies Butler and Mra. Farley are great frlenda." • "I shall be afraid of him. I'm oure. cried the widow, hiding her face In her hands, and surveying O’Rourke through foar fingerà. "X waa afraid at yon at disregard of his friend’s sensitiveness "What harm la there In thia?" He re leased Frost, and, crossing over to the other aide of the room, took from the sofa an unsuspicious looking parcel wrapped In brown paper. Retting thia upon the tabla, he proceeded to untie the knotted string which surrounded It, grinning and irimaclng at hla companion as he worked t the knots with his fingers. Frost glued himself to the wall and stared at the parcel with an Involuntary batting of the eyes. When at last the knots were con quered, the paper wrappages removed, and the contents exposed, he gave a sigh of relief, and wiped his brow with the back of bia hand. "Well.*9 he aald. with a ghastly ah tempt at a jocular air and tone, "there ain't any harm in that, so far aa I can aee." Zeno held up before him a packet of half a dosen books, held together by a < Io obi« strap, and differing slightly in six*. Fastened tn the two straps was a loop of sewn leather by which the par "I rel could be conveniently carried. don’t know," said Frost, "what you want to «cars me for. I’vs told you over and over again I can’t bear the mere eight of it," "(^ome here," «aid Zeno, laying the psrket on ths table and unfastening »b« buckles; "I havs something to el«dw you." Frost spproacbed with a slow swagger of unroiicgrn. Zeno, having laid down the streps on either side, opened th* topmost volume. "A dictionary," he «aid, "of French and English." Ha flut tered over ths first two or throe score leaves "Well," aald Frost, "where’s your In vention?" "Here," replied Zeno, and, turning over another Mf« of leaves, revealed the top of a tin bos, displaying at the same time th* fa«-t that the int«-r or part of the leaves was rut clean away, and that the apparent bundle of books was but a rase. 11« lifted the dictionary, and two inrhee of the tin boi st<»od dear. Then I m lifted the sw-ond book, which was •mailer than th* first, and held It up, a mere obloog frame. Then h* drew out th* tin <ase Itself, and balanced It In bis hand before Frost, who retired so rapidly that he fell over a chair backward. "Get Up," said Zeno, "it Is empty." Frost aroos, rubbing th* bark of his head, which had come smartly in contact with the wall. "I don't know," he said, "what you want tx> «rare me for." "Why," returned Zeno, showing the gaps in bls teeth again, "It is right that you ahould know that you are a coward." "There are some men," said Frost, ris ing slowly, "that can't stand snakes. I ain't sweet on snakrs myself, but I’d •ooner go to bed with a bugwhead of ’em than be In the same room with dynamite. And outside that, I don't know that I’m such a champion coward as you take me for. It's a natural repugnance; that's what It 1» ~n natural repugnance. I’ve read of men that have that same precise kind of feelin' in re«j>e<-t to rats, and roses, and all manner of things that you and m* don't mind at all." "Well," said Zeno, smiling still, "this 1s your invention, my brave Frost. I make you a present of the Idea. You ob serve" (be restored the tin boi to Its place again, and strapped the lnn<xent looking volumes together as h* spoke) "you observe that there is not the least ■tispl<-|oQ about thia. If any of your friend", who does not share your natural repugnance, should want to cross the Channel with anything that should not be oltserved. this may be useful to him." "Tea," replied Frost, taking the parcel in his hand and weighing it, "it looks innocent enough. It’s an ingenious idea, and I should think it would act» But it won't bold much." (To be continued.) YANKEE TRICKS OF CHINESE. Il«»w the Forelnwrr la Dealt with toy Dealers la Aatlqaltles. The wajr In which th» art trade la carried on In ll.lanfu la a matter of cnrloalty In Itaelf. aa.ra the Craftsman. Tlie shops of the deniers sra tiny rooms, dluily llghln.1 and a never fall ing aoun-e of wonder n> tho new arri val. Trifling bric-a-brac la heaped up In the front room, aome crumpled pa- |w>r paintings spread over the walla; not a sign that Important art objects would ever be forthcoming. The for eigner w Iwtee eyes are accnstomed to the niaguifl<-ent. glaringly gilt atom of Shanghai and 1'ekln haa not yet learn- e<1 that the true Chinese antlqu.irlau never ei|>»ea hla heart-loved treasure, to the prolaue eye. What lie display, o[>enly la cheap trash to allure the In- nocent and Ignorant. Woe to him who la trailed In thia pit fa II; he will never rlae to ace hluiM-lf treated to a good genuine ple<-e. It ri-iulrea patience, projier Intro duction. |>en«>nal ac<;uniiitaiM-e and tho power of wholly adapting one'a »-If to Chinese, u’,K>* to be Initiated Into the aanctum where true art wlelda the acepter; It U not the |a>salblllty that the foreigner may be willing to pay the price—or any price, that luduees the Chinese to lift tlie veil; but the certainty that he poaaeaaea a diacrlml* natlng know ledge ami Judgment. Only thia afford, a paaa;iort to the hall of adept, and to fair treatment. The shrewd Chinaman la well aware of the fact that lie can palm off on the Inex- l>erleiieed foreigner an Imitatlou at the aaiue prices aa nn original. Why, there, fore aliould be let him have the genu ine article of which he does not rveog- nl».o tlie value? THB 0LDSOAK1M »UCXBT «H0F. Slammer He,». The Illustration shows ou» of the most diatructlve of tlie summer lnae<t |>eeta, which attacks both fruit ami orna mental trees. It la known aa the yel low-neck caterpillar, atei la usually found In numbers along the bram-liea of trees, frwllng on the foliage until the limb I» entirely denuded when they migrate to another limb. The female ileieislte 111» eggs on the leaf of the tree, wlier- they, are usually hatched during July, am! the young Insects lee gin feeding on the leaven. The full-grown neitli Is shown In the up]>er part of tlie Illustration. The caterpillar Is about two techas long, sltb a dull yellow hand Just back of the black head Thin peel Is familiar lo most fanners, for It may hr found In nearly every section of tlie country. A good way to rid the trees of them Is by spraying with parla green, but If thia la not desirable been one of fruit on the trees, a torch made of cloth or small rags and aaturated with kerosene may tie applied to the Infested limbs and the Insects destroyed In tbla man ner. I»»« assMMe sto Joke. The old Joke about eating "hot dog" Is no Joke In Germany any more, for no leas than 7.000 canines of various breed, were slaughtered and eaten by the subjecta of Kalaer William last year, according to a report from Consul Gs-orge N. Ifft at Annaberg. The eat ing of borne meat seems to be quite general in Germany, for no less tbnn 182.000 boraee were slaughtered for human fo«id |n loon. •'Horseflesh Is very generally adver tised In the German papers," aaya Consul Ifft. "especially In those in large Industrial centers, and most Ger man cities have at least one market watch makes It a specialty, claiming for It a higher percentage of nourish ment than that of beef, veal, mutton or pork. Neither la It unusual to find adxertlscmenta of dog meat or tor the purcbaae of dogs for slaughter. In the city of Caaael recently the police. In searching for a lost dog. discovens! a private slaughter bouse and arrested the proprietors, who were apparently making a regular buslm-sa of stealing and killing dogs." In the city of Chemnltx alone, Con sul Ifft rvjKWts, <iliS dogs were slaugh tered for human food In 1006, tbla be ing an Increase of eighty-eight over the previous year. Ilcdse Trimmer. be-u a thing to laugh at In the past. It lusxl to |w thought that an almanac and oue or two patent ofllee reports were all a man needed to make him «/inpetent to "run a farm." We are getting past that day, and doing It at a pretty fast pace. In our tlrnea Think of the re;>ort Juat publiabed by the commissioner, ajipoluted a couple of year, ago In the State of Ixiulalana to Investigate crop peats, with particular refereace to the boll weevil and the ter rible Injury It has wrought to the cot- tou crop. For two years these commie- alonen have been studying aud exper imenting on tlie State farms In the lied river region, ami now they send word out to the world that they have iuo eedi-d In growing ratton that can not tie hurt by the boll weevil. Just (bow they have done this we must wait to learn. The great fact la that they have done It Think what this will mean in rnooey to tlie farmers of the cotton growing States! Nor will the benefit of their work stop there. Other people than the cotton growers are In terested In cotton. We all have use for the plant and Its products. From How dear to my heart are the bucket ■hop earning,. the poor man down In tlie most obacure When fond recollection present, them quarter of the city to the millionaire to view; In hla beautiful home, we all need cot The clerk, the mechanic, for wealth vain ton In aome form or other. And "book ly yearning. fanning" rata the cloud which has And every one elae I was able to do. bung over the men who grow the plant No longer they’ll com» with the bulk of and lets the sunshine out al! over the tbelr wages. world. And band them to me, when tor mar gin, I call; rout. Tests at CaaskrtSare. The university experiment station at No longer they'll find la the newspaper pages Cambridge. Masa., reports that a The new, that a backet chop', gone to variety of testa were conducted on tbe wall: light loam. The sprouting of seed, The well-furnisbed backet «bop, swell before planting did not appear very looking backet shop, useful for ordinary purposes. Plant Tbe backet shop reedy to g« to tbe ing entire tubers gave better results wall. than the use of cut seed pieces. Tubers weighing nine or ten to the pound, How oft have they stood by the ticker and waited or to 1% Inches In size, were most To learn wbat their profit, were going suitable for planting. to be 1 Seed Imported from Scotland pro- duced equally good crops the first and How oft to tbelr sorrow they’ve found they were fated so end years, while the third year the To leave all their profits forever with crop was much reduced. The second me. growth, Induced by weather conditions Their coin! How I eeiied It with hand, In 1904. had a very Injurious effect cn that were glowing. the cooking quality of the potatoes. The best results on poor light land -MILKMEN” OF BELGIUM. were ai-rared with a fertiliser applica tion consisting of 175 pounds of sul phate of ammonia. 350 pounds of super Queer Rl*a wf Milk Pegaiere Wka Ar» Mowtlr Glrla. phosphate and 150 pounds of sulphate There Is a land across tbe eea. sand of potash. On the light loam soil the beat yield was secured where thia wiched In between Holland. Pruaal.t same application of fertilizers, togeth and France, that Is more densely popu er with twelve tons of barnyard lated than any other country In the manure per acre, was used. The barn world. It la the kingdom of Belgium, yard manure alone gave good results. where there are a little more than 550 Inhabitants for every square mile of F*r«lt Galherer. territory. The lnhabltanta are of Professions! growers of small fruits French and German origin of about have been on the lookout for sonis equal proportions, are quite numerous su^h satisfactory device in which the enough to engage In great manufactur picked fruit can be ing Industrie«, but who are. neverthe- temporarily Mid lesa. pastoral In tbelr pursuit, and de by the picker pend on the soil for a livelihood. Many Thea» device« hare canala and a network of railroad, taken many forma, through the country enable the farmers the majority con to transport tbelr products to tbe mar sisting of baskets kets. and tbe climate In general Is de- and similar recep tacles. which are secured to the body of the picker. A vast Improvement In this line Is the fruit gatherer shown here, the Invention of a New Jersey man. It consists of a leather recep tacle which Is attached to the arm, one end overlapping the palm of the band, the opposite end being sealed. The open end Is shaped like a scoop. As the operator picks the fruit, such as berries, cherries, etc., he drops It into the receptacle. The device does not In any way Interfere with the free movement of the arm or handa, nor Is then- any likelihood of the fruit falling out of the receptacle. The trimming of a hedge la properly the work of an expert, many year, of practical experience being required be fore first class work can be accom plished. As a rule expert hedge trim mers employ a cut Cakkase Rot. ter having but a The disease known to the cabbage single pair of blades. A Virginia growers as black rot. or stem rot. haa man thought that ronte Into prominence within the last a trimmer could be tew yeirs, aud Is said to be a serious devised which hindrance to cabbage growing In sev would simplify the eral States. From a recent farmers’ trimming and as bulletin prepared by the chief of the sure greater accuracy. Accordingly he division of vegetable pathology. It ap- designed the Implement shown In the penrs that no i»ny Is kuown of curing Illustration. It comprise« a pair of the disease or of entirely ridding a knives, containing numerous cutting locality of It when ol«e It la well es teeth. The knives are attached to piv tablished. The whole subject of treat ot«! handles, one knife moving over ment may be summed up In one word tlie other. When the latter are grasp —preventing. The disease Is not con ed. one In each hand, considerable fined to the cabbage, but attacks a num power can be applied to the ratter, ber of sfieeie» belonging to the mustard whereby over a foot of the hedge can family. The planting of other crops tie trimmed In a single rat. It would for a long series of years Is said to be Impossible, with this tool, to trim t>e the only satisfactory way to get rid too much In spots, forming an uneven of this disease of the cabbage when It surface to the badge. The extreme has once become serious. length of the blades Insures an even Swmmer FeeSI»« of Ske«p. rat throughout. The summer feeding of sheep 1» not dltficult There Is no other animal that «'sett aa Stock Food. The New Mexico Experiment Sta can be shifted from field to field In tion lias laued a very creditable bulle summer to consume tlie weed» as can When handled In thia way, tin dealing with the composition and sheep. teedlng value of the prickly pear and they will keep the fem-e corners clean. other cacti. The splnea of the cacti To what better use could you put your are removed by singeing with a torch. wcexls than to turn tliem Into mutton? The protein content in the air-dry ma Inquires a grower In New England terial ranges from 2 to 10 per cent, Homestead. Hut do not overlook the tlie fruit being the riclieat part The fact that they also enjoy and thrive cacti compare favorably with many upon good grass. In order to keep a forage plants. Heretofore the great large number on a small farm you llfllralty In the way of utilising cacti ahould have small fields and change as forage has been the spines, but them often, for this gives them short, since they can tie removed by the torch tender grata, which they like beat, and a large amount of cheap forage la made also kes-iw them healthy by not allow available to the stock'nen of the arid ing them to remain upon one pasture plains. too long._______ Another peculiarity of the nrt deal er la that he does not talk alwut hla object«; the buyer of ancient art la ex pected by hlui to know all about them ns an ex|>ert and Is responsible for his own failures. If he Is dl*a|>|»ointed be must tul.e the blame himself. It has also become an established rule that antiquities must lie paid for. cash down, at the very moment of the sale; while, on the other band, there la hard ly anything that a Chinamail cannot obtain on credit. Another Interesting point la that In llalnnfu no discount Is allowed on any great work of art. except by small houses which may be In Immediate need of cash. All tile world know, bow dearly a Chlnamau loves bargaining aud haggling and how he advancea prli-ea to a [mint l>« never dreams of realising. Just for the pleas ure and excitement of a bargain. Hut for the real works of art such hag gling la not permitted and where the valuation la thought exceaalve a pie.-« may as well be given up at the start. How the pZ.-es are made Is a mys tery ; there are no fixed tulea and standards; everything depends on chance and circumstance ami not the rarity of a piece; a trademark with date or an Inscription consisting of a ■■ . , few characters always command, an Vweeea Workers. additional sum; In lengthy Inscriptions Earthworms have a special duty and the number of characters la carefully they perform It—the numberless mill counted and a conscientious estimate La ions of them aenttrred far and wide, put upon each of them. unseen and so obscure. They have cre ated all the loam and all the arable rropkesr retailed. kind of tlie whole globe. Patient—I have come to tel! you. They paaa through their bodies the doctor, that that young atock broker, fallen leaves am! decaying vegetable whom my daughter met at the sea four matter and by their labor rendering montha ago. haa now propoeed to her cultivation and harvesting possible. and they are engaged." When one kills an earthworm, an Doctor—Now didn't I tell you that agricultural laborer of the most re- you won Id benefit later by your change! aoactable class la deal rayed. —Maggandorfar Blattoc. Tk» Collie D or . Tb» Intelligence of the collie Is be lieved by many to rame as near to hu man thought aa that of any animal, and It 1» possible to teach them so many thlnga that some very remarka ble stories are told about them. They ar» for thia reason th» great Sheep dog. and no Scotch herder would attempt to get along without hla col lies, with which he Ilves alone far off on the hills, says the Circle. And that Is saying nothing of their bsautr and cikum as companion* TVrtCAL BI1CIAX MILKMAID. llghtfully temperate. Cattle Is one of tbe chief products, and tbe corn and fruit crops come next Many engage In Ashing, and in recent years the coal and iron ore mining has grown to feat proportions. Lumbering Is also carried on to a considerable extent But cattle raising and fruit farming appear to be the national occupation,. The Inhabitants seem naturally adapt ed to such tasks, and they are rarely more picturesquely Interesting to the traveler when thus engaged. Dairy products cut no snail figure In a coun try where cattle raising Is an Import ant Industry, and the milk peddler, of Belgium are without a doubt the most Interesting characters the traveler will meet In any country in Europe. All through Belgium you will meet the milk peddler, whether on ths city streets, the village, and towns or the country highways. And as a general thing they are the robust red cheeked glrla from tbe farms, with tbelr milk cans and Jar, loaded on carta in which dog, are the motive power. The pic ture with this article shows a milkmaid with her cart and dog. Milk and butter are ridiculously low priced in Belgium, and the peddler has got to make a lot of sales before a dol lar Is earned. However, the purchas ing power of a dollar Is a lot greater In Belgium than It 1, tn this country, so thing, about even up. Next In Import ance to stock and fruit raising la agri culture, and, although Belgium la not large, it*excels most of Europe. Better tkaa Tker Kavw, A congregation In a billy district In Ohio bought a small tract of land and •reded a church building upon It Then the question of Insurance came up. Mr. SI pew. tbe wealthiest member, who had contributed more than half the money needed for the new strndure, declared that be did not hellers In In surance. "This la the lord's building. He'll take care of It” be said. His view prevailed, and there waa no Inrarance. In a few weeks tbe building was struck by lightning and alasoat totally consumed by Hi«. Aa- And mfe In my pockets it speedily fell; Ala, I now my buelneta they’v, been overthrowing. The bucket shop bualnees that did ’eia up well. The lucrative btulnesa, tbe get-rlch quick bualnees. The bucket abop bualneta that did 'em up well. Alone In my Borrow, I aearce can be lieve It, I’ll profit no more as a bear or a ball; My business ia gone, and I ne'er can retrieve It, I find they have broken my wonderful poll. No longer I’ll rake la tbelr money and ■pend It. No longer bs oat when my castotnere call; The Legislature baa paeaed a bill that will end It, Forever the backet shop's gone to th« wall. The old aoakem bucket shop, cash getting bucket shop. The buckeoabop now that ha, gon, to tbe wall. —Detroit Free Freea. otber one was erected. Mr. Sipe, con tributing tbe greater portion of tb» fund, a, before. This time the de mand was almost unanimous that It b« Insured, but Mr. Sips» again objected, on tbe same ground. “If It burn, down again, brethren." be aald, “I'll agree to rebuild It my self." Again be carried his point In lesa than a month tbe new church was struck by lightning again, and although strenuous effort, were made to save It. tbe lose was almost total. "There must be some reason flor this, brethren," said Brother Sipes “I am going to find out what It la" Thereupon be employed a force of men to sink a shaft on tbe site of the twlce-dertroyed church. Within a few day, a rich vein of Iron ore was found, and the church property was sold for many times the amount needed to buy land tn another locality and build again. "I tell you, brethren." said Brother Slpea. “It pays to trust tbe Lord. He'» a great deal better business manager than anybody In this congregation." UF-TO-DATB LIVING. ElcWHcal Ho««e—-Every-itol»* toy C«rmt. K bm One of the delegatee to the electric light convention at Washington, who Is builder and owner of tbe famous "electrical bouse” at 8chenectady, N. Y.. described his wonderful bouse to the members. “To start with,” he said. “I had plans drawn for two houses, one with and one without a kitchen chimney. The cost of the chimney-lea house was enough less than the other to pay for the wiring and equipment, and after a couple of years’ experience. I can say—with my wife', authority— that nothing would Induce us to go back to coal and gaa In the kitchen there are an electric oven, grlddle-caka cooker, meat broiler, cereal cooker, water heater, egg boiler, potato steam er, frying pan, coffee percolator and a stove for ordinary cooking utenails. The whole outfit can be purchased for about 355. But this Is not the only way we can use electricity. In tbe din ing room there 1, a small electric table tor a chafing dish and percolator. On the veranda and tn the amoklug room electric cigar lighten make matches an unknown quantity. In the sewing room tbe machine la run and the fiat- iron heated by electricity. In tb» bathroom an electric abavlng mug fur nishes hot water In lees than a minute. An electric ndlator takes tbe chill off tbe room and an electric heater warms tbe water. I am not rare that I have given you a complete list of all our devices To 'bulkl a fire’ In our house means simply to turn a switch or to turn a plug, and the required de gree of beat, mild or extreme, is there In a few seconds. The possibility of regulating tbe degree of beat exactly a, wanted reeults In considerable econ omy of fuel. As to cost, I have kept careful records, and the average month ly bill for electricity for two years 1» 36.69 a month, or about 10 per cent more than we paid for coal or gas. And there are no ashes to carry away, no tires to build, no dust nor dirt. Th» electric kitchen I, as neat, clean and healthy as the sitting room. There la no doubt that the electric home will b» commonplace In a little while. Tbe Im mense Increase in tbe sale of all aorta of domestic electrical apparatus proves that" _____________________ Tk» I.ogtewl Rwelt. "What division did his heirs make of old Moneybag's estate when his will contest was decided?" 'There wasn't any division." “No divtalon r “No; the lawyers got the whs la e* It”—Baltimore American.