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A Political Vendetta
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WELDON J. COBB
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cald. gloat vault of the great rotten Con
chapter II.
A vision of
fairy-land; a ter aolidated Silver Company !
rac'd rise overlooking a vernal valley, a
Then the mask fell. He turned from
ata rely marble edifice, pa lace-like in rich sentimeut, emotion, tv the stern, merciless
facttie and minaretted roof thia set in mission that had brought him hither.
the midst of a ¿ardru full of sweetness,
He glanced toward the drooping man
taste nbd grandeur.
before him. put but hla hand and touched
t^n a lower level were as many as fifty bis limp and nerveless arm. The other
neat new frame dwelling» in various suddenly started - aroused by the touch.
•I ages of construction, but none occupied
He starei! in confusion, then surprise—
- death or desolation held dumb thia por and then the cold, haughty bearing of the
tion of the singular landscape.
aristocrat disguised hia recent weakness.
Again, at the lowermost grade of the
“How came you here?” he began.
grassy slope black, grim stacks arose
Gideon quickly produced a card. It
from a wilderness of frame and stone fac bore two words.; his simple name, in aim-
tory buildings—but there were no brist pk\ modest type.
ling. red-lighted windows: all was cold,
The courteous gentleman ever, he arose,
dark and lifeless. Here, too, was silence, his hat removed, hia voice modulated low
d.'ep and mournful—a dead or sleeping and respectfully.
city of industry.
“I do not know you------ **
There wa* light only at the palace on
“1 am nobody, nothing of myself,** an
the hill. Toward it. up the cindered nounce«! Gideon bluntly: “but I came for
road, smooth as a race course and bor a great purpose. Now. Albert Tremaine.
dered with a neatly cut stretch of sward, I have traveled a thousand miles to ask
a man plodded his way in the gossamer you a single simple question.**
moonlight—Gideon Hope.
The latter regard*»«! him as though hr
He was five years older than upon that were a madman—or a trickster spreading
eventful night when the star of his des some specious snare.
tiny had net in clouds of storm, disaster
“The question,** hr said, however, con
and svcrnw. but the stalwart fur:« was trolling rhe Instincts of caste—he. who.
yet straight as a sapling—that face, in his time, had l»een a nabob of the
which always reminded of the faces one nabobs.
sometimes sees on old Komnu medals, pre
“1 wish to verify rumor, report. You
served its original statuesque dignity and will listen to me patiently—till yon know
contour—only, the eyes were deeper set. the purpose that underlie« what may seem
the hj» closer drawn.
to you impertinence,**
He had pushed up his bat from his
“Proceed. sir.”
brow, as Chough he wery fevered and the
“You are the man. the multi-million
falling dew a grateful boon. Once he aire of yesterday, who was drawn into the
paused, to sweep with a glance, first sar net of a clever industrial ring, and—
donic and then almost sad. the deserted fleeced.**
factories, the silent homes, the towering
The other’s fare became ghastly. He
residence on the hill-top.
Immediately
this passing interest departed—his mind half arose, as if to resent the candid,
seemed to react upon itself, his head torturing remarks.
“Be patient.” said Gideon, calmly: his
drooped, and he resumed his way with the
firm, studied stride of a man with a defi eye and its power subduing his boot, as he
intended that it should. “I will be brief.
nite purpose, a goal in view.
Like a thunderbolt from pure heaven You were drawn into a ‘gentleman’s agree
had fallen the announcement of the chief ment.’ Thera was a ‘pool? Into it you
of police that dreadful night in the long threw your bolding*, your millions. You
ago—its memory wa* with this man now. tmated men whom you believed to be
as it bad been night and day. unceasingly strictly honorable. You were given this
place as your ‘share.* this town, with one
through the long, dragging years.
He recalled, eten now. words he had reservation : the mills here and the ma
spoken, questions he bad asked, mechan chinery were to remain the pool possm
sion.”
ically. like a man under a leaden spell:
“You are well informed.” bitterly inter
“Who shut my brother in that trap of
polated Mr. Albert Tremaine—“but all
death?”
the world knows now !”
‘‘It will never be known.”*
“You are a good man, a just man,
“Who was last seen about the worksF
Mr. Tremaine.” proceeded Gideon. “You
“The manager.**
fancied, in the arrangement thus made,
“His name?”
“One of his names is Percival Keene.” that you saw the opportunity of carrying
out a philanthropic plan, long and nobly
“W here fir he F
cherished. Yourself and your daughter
“Vanished—like the others.”
strove unselfishly for a model industrial
“You can give me his pictnreF
You
“Yes—but he has twenty aliases, a city filled with model workmen.
erected this magnificent home, you beau
eoya! fortune to dissipate in obacurity.”
tified yonder road stretches; you started
“I shall find him!’*
That had been hie object, his one mo Those substantial, comfortable homes for
your
workmen. I>id you not own it ail?
tive for life. Since then Gideon Hope
In ten years would not the natural rise
had hunted half the globe.
To his quick mind the truth was plain. in property doubly repay youF
Tremaine’s head sank low in humilia
His unsuspecting brother had visited the
works. Lad made some vital discovery of tion and grief at a thought of the reality
the company's rottenness—fatal informa promised, never attained.
“What happenedF continued Hope.
tion. which would mean prison and ruin
for the schemers. He had died with his “The men. your partners, on a given day.
voted to dismantle the mill, transfer rhe
Secret!
Who bad shut him in? It might never machinery to other distant works of the
be discovered. But there was one respon pool. That meant rhe ruin, the death, of
O’* town, its desertion by your proteges,
sible
head
of
rascality—“Percival
the blasting of your hopes. Practically,
Keane F
This sweet, soft summer evening Gid it pauperised you.”
“Yes!”
eon Hope knew at last that he had suc
ceeded -he had found bis man.
“Out of all. you can not now realize
Vp the hill and on be plodded. Now what was once a mere yearly salary. They
the elr-gant mansion was squarely before have tied up the active dividends. You
him: what a paradise*.
are a frozen-out, deluded victim—the jeer,
From a sumptuous lonnging room a the gibe of a directory of seemingly hon
colored lamp* th-ew opales*ent glinting orable men—really, polished scoundrels.”
rays across a sheltered, screened porch.
“Yes!”
A man. august and noble of visage, oc
“I have come to you,” said Gideon,
cupied a large chair.
quietly, “to turn the tables.”
Before him fluttered a feminine form
Tremaine stared at him in wonder.
arrayed in fleecy white, with a face so
“I have come to you,” continued Gid
radiantly rare and beautiful that Gideon eon. arising to his majestic height, some
Hope, pausing, bad eyes only for her for thing of the old flash and fire coming into
the moment.
his face and eye, “to enable you to regain
She put a newspaper, some cigars, a what you have lost, to make as the dust
cup of some invigorating mixture at the under your feet those who sold you. I
eltjow of the occupant of the chair upon aim at all, but I strike at one man—the
a delicate little stand.
head of the combination, Percy V. Kane.”
lie nodded, forced a dismal, wan smile.
At the mention of that name the fam
Fhe rarpased him tenderly, and vanished ous iron master grew whiter, and sick at
through the open French window.
heart. He gasped :
Gideon had come up the winding gravel
“Curse him—because of her—my child
walk slowly. Now. in shadow, he stood —deprived of the wealth, the position,
•nd watched the man as he sat alone.
the aspirations of a noble girlhood—curse
The latter arose with a fierce, restless him !”
sigh. He walked to the edge of the porch,
“I strike at one man !” repeated Gid
pressed his face to a north screen, and
eon, and bis own features seemed turned
bis vision could thus take in at one
to stone.
sweep all the salient points of the glori
“WhyF
ous landscape.
“I shall not tell you. My motive shall
But its beauties evidently had
no
not interfere with yours. I tell you what
charms for him—even at a distance his
I mean and what I can do: Within one
face and manner showed that what he
year, I promise, I swear, that the infam
saw depressed and excite*! him alike.
He threw out a hand with an express ous pool that wrecked your life shall I m »
ive gesture—like one in mute, choking baffled. beat»n, at your behpst—you, the
master; that this man. this fiend. Percy
de*l>air: tottered hade to his seat. His
head sank in his bands, his frame shook Kane, shall cringe at your feet—at mine
—for merry !”
with deep internal emotion.
“You tempt me—revenge!”
Gideon came up the steps.
“I inspire you—justice!” solemnly pro
He noiselessly opened the outer screen
door, silently approached th* table, and nounced Gideon Hope.
“Are yon a wizard, to pledge this?”
sank into a chair opposite the other—
“As you like—but I ran keep my word.”
unheard, unseen.
“You must possess a mighty weapon?”
His eye dwelt momentarily on the win
“Yea—polities !”
dow wj>ac<* where that fairy vision of
It was enigmatical, the reply—vague,
grace and loveliness had fluttered a mo
unsatisfactory—yet something of the mas
ment before.
His glance wandered past the exquisite ter genius in Gideon Hope’s nature flash
draperies, across a rug worth its weight ed out with searchlight distinctness and
In gold made In far away Persian looms, impressed the other fully.
“Is it worth the effort—are you suf
and then up the decorated wall to a ful!
ficiently interested to listen to the details
length oil painting.
This seemed to apeak—it waa In color of my plans—in confidenceF
“In confidence, of course. You are a
•nd expression the faithful presentiment
of the beautiful girl who had just passed remarkable man!”
“No—only a wronged one.
It Is a
before it.
mighty plan I have to submit. To shrink,
the ordeal ones fared would be craven.
CHAPTER III.
Gideon nope’« eye softened—a rapt You shall enter on this agreement with
longing sadness drove from his face some your eyes open. And then trust In me,
in my inspiration. In my power, abso
of its natural grim fierceness.
In those sweet eyes was a latent some lutely.”
The words thrilled, they were holy as
thing that reminded of the fair bright
spirit gone down to horrible death in the a hosanna, something of the spirit of a
prophet arrnurd brathil Into their mys-
tsricu« «Ignlfi-anc*
Trvmaiar n*gai«h*l («id-on ll«p« fix-
adly. 11« could imt irsst tbu man mh«r-
wi«r tbsp «vrtoualy. tlmugh « tlrsugrr.
an utter «1 ranger, to him. and lamiiertng
with hia very heartstring* I”
“To regain, to imuiali,'* hr muetnura*
■'There i« one vital element, one ran-
tral polut, that mwat be primarily scradrd
to, or the thing i* iuqxuuiible,“ «p«k«
Gideon Hope, oracularly.
"Ami that i»r
"Your daughtvr."
The aristocratic «-heel res ml—the gen-
tieman. the father, spike ill the chillis*
austerity nisnifrateil by tbe iron master.
"Sir!” he crlrtl.
"No listen. She is the pivot on whlra
all sutvess must turn she lhe uMitis|iring
that guide* controls. To my plan, blind
ly, unqiK-slioningly, she must lend her
beauty, her smra. her very life. A len
der. gentle ladv oh. truly! but from the
strong ordeal she will come unspoil««k anj
—victorious!"
"No!"
Tremaine clench«*! his hands.
“Sir." he said, with dignity, "this 1« a
wild leioptatioa. an unheard ot proposi
tion !"
"Then it is uselrw*“ said Gi<l<*in. slm
ply, taking up his hat. shrugging hia
broad shoulder* and turning to go.
"Wait."
Melancholy and pure
golden lx*ad*
dropped into a crystal dish, a «w«*-t, pa
thetic tone pierce«! the brief silence inter
vening.
At lhe open win-tow stood beautiful
Claire I'reins me.
“Walt, father." she said, simply.
And then she walked straight up to
Gideon Hope.
Her penetrating, questioning eyes rest
ed full up>n his own. so magnetic, so
clear, and yet so troubl«*!.
“Sir," she said, in a voi«-e that thrillsti
him, "I base hearJ your propiaitltm. I
will answer for myself. Injustice, «-ruelty,
has been done us. Father, l trust this
man."
She put out her fair, dainty hands, ana
rested them confidently, pleadingly. In
the strong, earnest grasp of Gideon Hope.
tTo be <*»>iin<ied I
WILD DUCKS IN THE SOUTH.
It
1« Called
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II ««««•*
lln«< m« T«l«« Galt t'«m«t.
The coast of Texas Iu the vicinity of
Portland Is the winter f«**tlng ground
for millions of duck* The hunters go
there by tbe more «luring tlie open m>a-
aou aud make tbeir beadquartera at
rortlaial, Gregory. Tarpou, lt««-kport
ami other pla-v-a clom- to the water* ot
the bay, says the Kansas City Star.
In previous years when there was no
game law In Texas to protect the wild
fowl, professional market hunters op
erated along tbe gulf coast aud slaugh
tered tb«‘ ducks by the carload each sea
son. This woeful dratructlou of wild
game In Texas Is now a thing of the
past. TbcMK who were engaged In ftie
marketing of wild ducks made au effort
before tbe last Legislature to have
these fowl exempt from tbe provision
of tbe law, but they were uot success
ful.
The owners of ponds and lakes which
afforded unusually fine f«**llng ground
for the ducks made big fortum-s out
of killing uim I marketing tbe fowls be
fore tbe game law was ena<-t«l. It 1*
relate<l that one Galveston clllxeu who
owns an Inland txxiy of fresh water
situated near the coast enjoyed an In
come ot from »4«>.<««> to piO.OOO each
year from tbe sale of wild ducks which
were killed by professional buutera and
sportsmen at bls lake. Tbe water is
shallow and wild rice grows abundant
ly along Its sbor«*i and In Its 1**1. Aa
s««>n as the weather begins to get -*xd
the ducks literally swarm upon the wa
ters of this lake. The owner. In addi
tion to having a number of prote*sb>nal
hunters
constantly
etuploye«l. also
grauletl jieruiisslon to sisirtsnien to visit
the lake, with the provision that they
were to leave on the ground for mar
ket purposes all ducks, over a limited
number. Hint they might kill. W. J.
Bryan has been on two hunts at this
lake. On each occasion he was the
guest of tbe lat«‘ Gov. Hogg. The sports
men and professional hunters do their
shooting from bliixls. The lake Is still
a favorite resort for duck hunters, but
the enormous annual revenue which It
formerly brought to Its owner la now
cut <»ff.
The law now provide* that no hunter
shall kill to exceed twenty-five duck*
In one day. .Marketing the fowls la
absolutely prohibited. Before legal re
striction* were placed upon tills spirt
it was no uncommon thing to »* pll«*a
of dead dueka laying upon the banting
grounds ami around the lodging plio-ra
of sportsmen. The fowls were slaugh
ter«*!, It is said, for tbe mere desire to i
kill.
It Is said by s|xirtstn n that one or I
two hours of g««xl Hlexitlng a day ought
,'o satisfy the most ardent hunter. IF
Is an easy matter to kill the limit of |
twenty-five ducks In one day. When
this Is accomplished the hunter usually
goes after quail, or, If the conditions
are favorable, he takes a look around
for deer.
In the artesian well region between
Portland an«l Brownsville the ducks
were more abundant this M-nson than
ever before. This probably Is due to
the fact that the water from the well*
has formed many small pond* an«! lake*
upon the ranches and the f«*edlng
ground is fine for the fowls.
F. tV. Fitzpatrick, consulting archl-
t&l of the International Society of
Building Comiiilsaloners, says the fire
loss In the United Htatca every year Is
0100,000,000 greater than the nmount
spent In new construction.
In this
estimate la Included the money paid
annually for insurance and the cost of
fighting Are.
The number of Cblnrwe arattered
throughout the world outalde of the
Chinese empire la (Iren officially at
6,708,120
RECORD DRF.AKINO CLIMB
Wnman ««-al»« Illahes« M< iwm «*I* I*
* llalght et aa,«*«»» Fee«.
Nllr«**»«
from
th«
Air.
A detail«*! a«**ount of lhe progivs» of
th«» worka now In course of erection <>i>
the falla of tin* Kvaelgloa at Nugod«!eu.
In Norway, for the Mqiaratlou of atmoa
pilerie nitrogen, on the aysttnu of
M.'exrs lUrkelaml am! Eyd* I* given
In La Naturo. Them- work* ar«* the
property of a French compauy. and the
available power la stated at Sd.ism
b--n** power. A amxmd undertaking on
a far larger arale la now iu course of
construction to make urn* of th«* falls
ot Itjukan. where uot less than 3MV
mio horse power will be utllls<*l. Pho
tograph* show that the buildings are
now cumiiletml. ami that much of the
machinery Is In place. The factory Is
contain«*) In two setatrate division*
the hydrtx-lts'lrie gctirratiiig atatlou
ata! (he chemlcnl works. Imtslts of
tla- revolving furtia«*-* with the Inter
na I electrode* and the flame are* urr
given.
I.et XV >• mew lien Iweuhatup.
Please do not get the Idea that the
Incutmlor 1» so everlastingly aulomatl.-
that you do nut uecd to give It any at
tention. The result with the use of an
Incubator Is a great d<**l like the re
sults with the use of other thing* They
will I»* In pru|x>rtlou to the effort you
make to a great extent. Of course I
am tad |ienk>tiall,v acquainted with you.
but aa a l«mg distance pro|x>altlon I
would a heap sight rather you would
turn your machine over to your wtfe
Tbe women folks have more natural
gixxl «ense in rulslug poultry, ami you
call tiet your lux.la they hxik after the
tteniilcs and dltuc* In whatever they
undertake. While a man that Is accua
tomtsl to dealing In big money often
overhsika aeemltgly Immaterial thing*
that g-> to make the uw of Incubators
and hnmdrt) it sui***«*—.M. .M John
sou. Nebraska.
Every mutt who work* oil * farm
ought to kn6w lu>w to car* fur hor*«<
Itjr "-•are’4 It la not meant that lis
should know Just enough tn feed a
horse, but lie must know how to take
care of a mare In foal. how to break a
cult ami bow to trait It to the twat ml
vantage,
lie should know all about
Itoraea* fret and something shout shoe
ing, too.
Many a man Ims dropped
Into a hue atul is-rmanent Job because
he knew these tiling* lloraes are the
moat valuable animal* on the farm, of
course, amt the man who can take the
best ear* of them I* the most valuable
help.
< ben**« In Fartaln*.
Farmlug la imi wliat II wua twcnty
yvar* ago front a n-vemie ataml|*ilnt.
(Viro ami cotton w«-ro thè malli prod
urla from whlcli thè fartuer drew lila
Incoine, and thnt, tao, ouly once a year
Now thè pi*«**« lina cbaugivl tip. In-
«temi of thè una crup, coltoti, tarmi-r*
bave iuvoked a multlplldty ut crup*
ami noi ouly gruw corti ami cottoli for
rvvenue. bui bave auppleiuented i»>ta-
tue*. tn>th Irl.h and aweet ; poncho« ami
la-ara. oiilona, indoli* In-rrlca, |n*anuta
ami rlbtmii cane, all of whlch brliig
money ut «il *ea»ui« of thè yaar. and
there la a contlnued market (or what
ho ha* to seti.- Sulpliur 8|>rliig* (Tea.)
Gaxette.
tirswlN« Date* 1« Teas«.
An esperh-ntvsl date grower of (’all-
tomia who visited the lower It Io
Grande region of Texas two year* ago
dls«s>vrmt large mimls-ra of «late ¡uilm-
(rw* Mime of them very old but all
of which were barren, lie proiswed u>
pollenlae the trees artificially and
share Ui the proeved* a pru|sialllon
which waa eagerly a<vepl<sl by the
owner* llundreda of tlnwe trees urr
liow lira ring delicious fruit. The poor,
crippled sml alck Mexican« of thnt ms '
tlon regard the man aa a sorcerer ami
when he visits them they fall u|M»n
their km-es and lieg him to cure them
of tbeir Infl rm It lr*
Maehl««» IlM Help«.
The machine it heel boe la a great
ttilug In the garden. It make* ganlen
work a real plcasuro If you have one
of the modern <*ombln«*l «trill and wheel
A CTwvee Rwnrher.
hue arrangements They are not nwtly
Clover that Is pastured until th" and not hanl to <i|»*rate. Any one that
middle of June amt then permitted to
haa a garden aa lilg aa a town lot can
make a ao-on«! growth will eacat>e I d - afford to have one, as It will save Its
coat the Itrst a«*nM>n and will last for
twenty years. You ran du a* much
work with one of them aa ten IlM’U
with hand bmw and do It better.
Frail
Jury from the midge and usually give
a better yield of seed.
When US i»er
cent of the heads are a dead brown
color the mower may be set to work
The illnwtratlon shows a
linger like
mowing inaehlne attachment for bunch
ing and laying the clover out of H m »
way of the horses.
To Prereot Tomato Rat,
The disease often attacks plant* that
are not sprayed. It 1« first noticeable
as small black or brown *|Mits on the
lea VPS and st«*m« of the plants. <»nir
ring first on the lower mid older Isaivea.
but with favorable w«*atber It tmreade
rapidly till the plant is <lcfollat<-«l amt
tile sjaita on the st<*ms have cmileac<*i
Into lrr«*gular blackish imtch«*s. If a
piece of bark with these spots be ex
amined under a high power nilcro**o|>e
Innumerable
small,
crescent shai«*<l
bodies may tie M*en. Ttx-ae are the
fruiting spores of the fungus Spray
with Bordeaux mixture.
Grt m Disk Harrow,
The disk harrow la ■ tool that la
almost ln<ll*|M-nanble on an up-to-date
farm, For working lan<l that I* Infeat-
ed with weeds that spread from tlielr
root systems the disk harrow la the
only harrow that should be uled. It
cuts the roots where they lie anti does
not drug them from one part of the
field ami transplant them In another.
With plenty of horsepower It will do
the work of a plow on some kinds of
soil. es|>ecliilly in fruit orchivds.
where a plow Is liable to tear MP luirge
roots atnl start suckers to growing ujt
where the root Is cut.
ftatlon for Cow«.
Experiments conducted last year at
the West Virginia Agricultural Ktatlon
go to show that, whip- n ration of grain
given to cows that are on pasture may
keep them In somewhat better physical
condltllon and keep up their flow of
milk, the Increase In butter fat Is not
sufficient to pny for the coat of the
grain ration. This would aeern to lie
on the assumption of a flush pasture
and that the cows would eel additional
gras* to take the place of the higher-
priced grain ration.
*
I.esnmlnona Crop«.
Traa
at
fh<»
MAY FIRE3.
Auelent Seotrh <'u««am XX til-h
valve* llamwa s*crl*ee.
Rarer«.
August is tlte time to l-aik for txirv-rs
l>lg the soil sway around the stems of
fruit trees to the depth of 3 Inch«*«.
scrape the hark with a knife, and If
any aawiluat or exuding gum Is found
It la time to get to work. I»lg out the
borer and wash the uncovered parts
with a mixture of mift <**w dung. Ilm««
wtxxl ashes nnd a little erode carbolic
add. Then return the aoll. The qulnra.
•Iwarf pear ami |*-ad> treea are yir-
tlcularly affect«-«! by this (»eat
(àrem
ling.
Lnat «vHiwm fanners of the South
west were greatly nlnnii<»«| over the ii|»-
(MMinincc of the wheat pinot louse, rotn-
iikjiily known ita the grt«en bug. They
Anni« * IVek I» U» »»»•«•« perstaten»
iiKiuiitaln èiliuber of her m * x ami no
irne who knows th«* history of la*r slrug-
gira against III for
um» amt renllaea
her I n <1 o ni I laid«
pluck will full to
feel a m * u «* <*f per-
Minai «allafnctlun
at ths au«*v«a of
her latest venturo.
It la reported from
Lima. Peru, that
Mia* Peck ha* as
cended I lun •■'« ran
tn t he height of
i'.t.mai feet, the
highest laiiiit ever
' attain«*! by man or woman.
Mias Peck hml previously rm" «••
South Aiiierh-ii twice to climb thia
mountain, tin an earlier trial alie waa
«ximpelled to give up the attempt after
reaching a height of 1T.B00 feet, owing
to the cowardice of her guhle*
By
reaching au altitude of 2fi.«O (eet Mia*
Pack haa aacended higher than any
other person, man or woman. In the
world. The previous r<*sir«t was held
by W. W. Graham, who reached a
height of S.t.Min feet In the Himalaya*
Ml«e Pis-tr began her m«im»f»ln Hltnle
Ing In IKH.t. when all" srsle«l the Mat-
terliorn
Mhe aacemlcd .MsUfit K-irnia,
In B-dlvla. ranchingV height of 'JOl-*8|0
feet. Itu'i«'nriiu. or Hiutacan, towers
above a m>i:ible group of v«dci>nle sum
mit* In the aonth «f Peru to lhe West
ward of the great plateau In which
Lake Tlteem-s II«-*
Ml«a Peck haa surmount«*«! almost
miiHVMlble obatsel«** chief among lItem
the lack of mean*. Ml«« l‘r--k »«« at
oli» tini» protesMir In a Western <*ol-
lege, hut for many years ahe ha* laa*n
<kvupl«a! aa a lecturer ami haa climb«*«!
many mountains for the ptir|«>ae of ob
taining material for her lecture*. It
has t»*en her ambition to climb lliias-
«mran. r«*puted the hlgli«*nt inmintaln In
the world, which all the climber* of
th« world had failed to ascend. Kha
haa ha<l the greatest difficulty In rals-
Ing funds fur her trip* but she has
l>er«lat"il Io the face of constant dia
«xiitra gemelli and has «tnrtmt on h«*r
mlMilon each tints with Im rely enough
money to take tier tlir-aigb her ach«d-
ule, with no allowance for acvhlent and
with hut M-anty equipment. 8<l«-ntlfl-
cally her equipment haa always Iw-eti of
th" t»*«t and no doubt she will bring
back some valuable observations. Iler
past two trl|M have been made with ua-
live guide* who proved almoat worse
than um -I«** a This time she had with
her l»o Kwlaa guides an«l It la doubt*
l«-ea tn their ex|a*rletir«- ami liardlmwa
that ah» «iw«-a her au<*n*a* — Ulb*n
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Kir John Klndnlr'a 'Mtatlatlcnl A"
cnmit of K-vitlaml'* «XMitalti* noth vs of
many old customs, which still contln-
t»*l to b«- oha«-rvi*| in the Highland*,
though they were even then fsat dying
out. From the "l"V«-nth volume of thnt
great work, which was publish«*! In
1701 and th» sucrmllng years, wo
Irarn. on the authority of the minister
of UnlliUKler, IVrthahlro. that the Ixiya
of the township aaaamblMl In a Ixxlv
upon lhe nnxirs on May «lay an<| pro-
<***!«! to dig a circular trench, leaving
th* smi II In the rvnter iin<llaturt»*l. mi
aa to form a low table of gr***n turf
sufficient In six«- to accomm-slnte the
whole party.
Ttii-y light«*! a fire and prvpaml a
cuatard of milk nnd egg* ami a largo
<>nt men I rake, which lhey bnki*t ti|xiti it
«tune |iln<**l In the «*iil*-ra. When they
liiul eaten the cuatnrd. they illvli|<*| th»
cake Into ns many «*|ual portfcUMl aa
there were persons In tin- asm-inhly nml
ilaulied one of tliom- piece* with char
coal until It wa* |x-rf«*-tly black. They
they p!a<**l all the pieces of the caae
together In n bonnet, and each In turn
drew one blindfolded, the holder of tho
Ixinnet tiring entltl«*l to the last pl«***.
The Ixiy who dr«-«» the blackened por
tion wa* <!<*>tlnnl to lie aner1fi<-<*t ami
waa compell«*! to leap three tint«**
through the flame*.
Although the <*-rrm«iny had drgen-
-■rat«*l Into a mere imstlme for hoy*. It
Is evident thnt It muat on<*> tipoti it
time have Involved the a-tmil mcrlfico
-if a human Ix-lng In order to render the
<■<■ tnlng summer fruitful. Gi'idiemnn'e
Magazine.
rained a t rettici-dot}* amount of dam-
age. but thia year It* ravage* were
much lea*. owing to the ap|>earmi<*e of
a paraalte b«*e which destroys the bug.
The her lays Its eggs on
the laxly of the gr«-en bug. I
which are shown tn the j
picture on the wheat leaf.
When the eggs hatch out
the larva* feed on the bug
until they be«-ome baaa, I
when they lay more egg*
on the bugs, nml this prix*-
«■as la refx*ate<l over nml
over. Th«* fx*ca are shown
(«urrlt'k.
ah«
In the picture, mat farmers
Mrs. Clive wua <*ii)pi«*tit na nn
should lx.ome familiar with them, so
they may recognize them aa one of aett'caa on tlie Ix»t»«l< > ii Mugí» Iwfora
Garrick np|»-nrml. and ns Ills blase of
their l»-st friends.—Exchange.
excellence threw all others Into <*om-
Grosvlntf Ma»*rla.
puratlve Inslgnlficamv* she never for
Mangels grown continuously on I the gave hint nml t«H>k every opportunity
suine lami for four year*, yielded over of venting her spleen. Kh«* was coarm*,
nine tons of roots, containing one ton rude amt violent In her temper and
of dry matter, while on land under ro spared tmhody.
tation they yielded thirty-four Ions of
One nlglit as Garrick was |ierforin-
roots and four ions of dry nintter per Ing “King I»*nr" she stiaal liehlml the
acre, at the New York Cornell Experi MTnew to obMTv«» him and, In aplte of
ment Ktatlon. From 2r«.<i00 to Ho.ooo the rouglim-es of her nature, was so
plants of mangels, rutnhngas and hy
d«*«*ply affc«tc«t that she mililied one
brid turnliM, and from 40.000 to tl<>,«to
minute mid s I iiimm I him the next, and
plants of carrots, per acre, are sug
at length, overcome hy his pnthetlc
gested as proper atnnda.
t<ni«*h<**. she hnrrleil from the place
with the following extraordinary trib
• pr.rla, to Kill Weed«.
It has been proved that such weeds ute to the universality of his laiwerw:
es falee-flax, wormseed, mustard, tum "Hang him! I believe he could act a
bling mustard, common wild mustard, gridiron."—T. I’.'a Weekly.
shepherd's purse, peppergrass, hall
Same Thin«.
mustard, corn cockle, chickweed, dan
"Misa Bloomer at-euia to keep bet
delion. Canada thistle, bindweed plan
youth still,” remarked Misa Good*
tain. rough pigweed, king head, red
"Well,” replied .Mias Chdln* "sha
river weed, ragweed and cncklebur may
be destroyed by apraylng the field with keep" her age quiet"—Philadelphia
Press.
a 2 or S per cent solution of copper
Natnre has provided a legnmlnona
crop for every pert of the earth where
It was Intended that man should farm.
Cow pees, soy bean* and Japan clover
In the South, crimson clover In the
Eastern slope, n-d clover In the Can
trai
tral states, alfalft
alfalfa In the
th West, and
Canada peas In the North show how
thoroughly the distribution haa been sulphate, using about eighty gallons of
water per acre.
effe«-ted.
Introduca wisdom Into a lova affala
and you arili break It up«