Yhe Roupell Mystery
By Austyn Q ranville
CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.)
"Have you ever known of a case where
a man wu forced to commit an act
against bis inclination?"
"Certainly ; . but I have never known
of Its going to the length of a murder."
"Nor I, I must confess, though that
does not prove that this was- not just
such a case though I don't believe it
was. But you will admit perhaps that
ne person's hold upon another may be
strong enough to compel him to enter a
house for the purpose of stealing a
paper."
"Certainly It might; and you would
contend, I presume, that this person hav
ing so entered the chateau, ws compell
ed to violence to escape the consequences
of detection ?'
"Exactly," replied Cassagne. "Now the
question is, not who is the accomplice,
but who Is the principal? The principal
3s the party primarily interested, and he
forces the accomplice to obey. The ac-
.-' "I must confess that did not even occur
to me."
"Well, It occurred to me; and in any
event it will be time well spent to look
over the record of the trial. Philip La
Seur may have called witnesses to testify
in his own behalf to speak, for instance,
of his former good character and who
knows what we may learn from them?
Go out and get a cab, while I take down
the number of the case and put away
these books."
"To the Palais de Justice."
, As they ere about to step into a cab, a
newsboy approached them, crying:
"Horrible murder 1 A body found in
the Seine!"
"Buy a paper, D'Anburon," said Cas
sagne, as he leaped into the vehicle.
D'Auburon did as requested, and jump
ing into the cab after bis friend, spread
the sheet just wet from the press out
upon his knees.
'Ah I" he ejaculated, "this plot thick
this time had been standing by clapping
ber hands, and seemingly evincing aa
much delight, when a wig or a 'pair of
handcuffs was unearthed from the depths
of the detective's capacious pockets, as
the child, herself.
Mme. Kosi Cresson. from whose face
all trace of amusement had now vanished,
and who sat easily in her chair prepared
to listen to the detective, was a woman
with a history. Married at an early age
and cruelly deserted by her husband, she
had teen thrown upon her own resources.
There were many occupations open to her
by which she could have earned a living.
She could have found employment in
dressmaking had she chosen, for she was
an expert with her needle. . She could
have taught the piano, or set. up as a
translator of foreign documents, for she
was a very fine linguist. Her personal
charms and accomplishments were great
enough to have induced many a theat
rical manager to take her up, and proba
bly she would have drifted on to the stage
if it had not been for a slight incident
which turned her from It, and presenting
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CRIME 07 HUUTLNCr.
This Is a Plea for tha Old-Fashlaaa
Sportsman.
No one who knows anything about
the trade of making; and selling books
will misunderstand the motives of tha
nature writers who are protesting at
every possible opportunity against tha
wicked practice of hunting game with
gun Instead of a kodak, says the Lou
isville Courier-Journal. Tbey know tha
wintering Cabbage. power of prlater's Ink. They need ad-
One of the simplest ways of keeping vertlslng and they secure It. But tba
cabbage Is to store in an orchard or nature lovers, whose excitement oyer
some sheltered place, often alongside the crime of hunting Is due to the'ef-
a fence which has been made tight by forts of the writers, are doomed to dls-
liberal use of straw. The cabbnges appointment and are somewhat deserv-
nre stored with their stems on and are jng 0f ridicule. They should know bet
placed head down and as close together ter than to take seriously the gentlemen
ns possible. Two or three tiers ore wno champion the cause of the coyote
often made, the heads of the second anj the timber wolf for the vulgar par-
tier being placed betw.en stems or tne pose 0f raising goads and who denounce
T'axlnak tf i?itOnifuilnii.
Sir Horace Plunkett. member of the lower, and so on. the piles being made the savagery of the sportsman because
an opening in an entirely new field, de- British housn of parliament, who has ot any width and length desired. The every line that Is printed unon the suh-
cided her to adopt her present calling. been ,n ma country recently, said In whole Is covered with leaves, salt grass 0f ujer Tiewg increases the prob-
complice, the mere tool, we cannot hope I ens with a vengeance. Whom do you think
to find first as we have no clue to mm. the murdered man is?
But we may reason as to who his prin
cipal is, and so we may find them both.
The accomplice will be found when the
principal Is brought to light."
"Go on," again said D'Auburon, as the
detective paused.
"I can't go on," answered Cassagne.
"I have just got so far and there I have
stuck. 1 am in the position of a hound
who scents a fox somewhere, but knows
not in what direction to look for him."
"But It seems to me that he cannot
be far oft."
"Very likely. He may be right under
our noses, and we not able to discover it.
But our opportunities for investigation
are not yet exhausted by any means.
There are two people who may be said
to be interested parties, sufficiently inter
ested to be instigators of the crime, and
both must be found, if possible."
"And they are?"
"Henry Graham's wife and their son,
the latter of whom has long since grown
to manhood. Do not forget that, under
the American law, both of them would
Inherit it Madame Roupell died intestate.
I shall now try and find them."
"Whom will you look for first V
"The son for reasons too many to
enumerate."
"Where will you search for him?"
"In Paria."
"Why In Paris?"
"Because the priest told me the woman
who brought him up went to Paris; he
aides he was a wild young fellow, and
all wild young fellows come to Paris
eventually. It is simply a question of
time."
"Where shall you begin to look for
him?"
"Where all young men of his stamp
-eventually are known. Take my word
for It, we shall find some record of Henry
Orabams son, Philip Graham, on the
records of the police." .
"I cannot guess."
"It is Vougeot, the detective whom the
prefect of, police placed on the track of
Jules Chabot"
It was not a voluminous document, the
report of the trial and conviction of
Philip La. Seur. To be sure, no one from
a perusal of it could have argued the
identity of the poisoner in the case with
the Philip Graham of Belliers. But were
the facts gleaned from the evidence con
clusive? Certainly not. There were
points of identity, however, which were
quite marked ; the age of the prisoner
nearly corresponded with that of the man
they were looking for; he had not been
all his life in Paris ; he had neither father
nor mother living but beyond that there
was little enough about his family his
tory.'' The court had offered to appoint
a lawyer to defend him, which offer the
be
stored by plowing out two or three fur
rows ten or twelve IncheB deep on a
well drained site and placing the heads
with their stems up as close together
as possible. Some prefer to lay them
but one or two thick, while others will
pile them up two to two and a half
feet high, bringing them .to a point
The pile is then covered with straw.
salt grass hay or a thin layer of straw
bilty of sales.
The project of preserving game to tha
and that amateur photographers and
makers of books shall have an oppor
tunity to study wild animals and bird
will hardly appeal to any consideraola
number of law-makers.
Of course hunting as a form of recre
ation for human beings would not be
Indorsed by a congress of wild animals,
but was pork packing aa a legitimate
Industry ever Indorsed by a hog? Did
a right-thinking hen aver look with fa
vor upon the pastime of en ting fried
chicken a la Maryland t Was a steer
ever known to regard the raising of cat-
CHAPTER XVII.
Shortly before ten o'clock on the fol
lowing morning, Cassagne and D'Auburon
entered the bureau, where under the di
rect supervision of the commissary the
records -of the department of police are
preserved for future reference. Cassagne
was evidently well known to the officers
of the bureau. In a few minutes such
books and indices as he required were
placed at his disposal.
D'Auburon stood by intently watching
his principal as be turned to the index
page of a huge volume. .. Reaching the
letter "G" he ran his eye rapidly over the
names, which were arranged in the order
of their date of entry. He started in at
the top of the page full of confidence;
as bis finger traveled down the column,
however, his face grew perceptibly longer.
When he reached the bottom, he gave au
dible expression to bis disappointment by
exclaiming
"Philip Graham either was never un
der police surveillance at all, or he chang
ed his name when he came to -Paris."
As the detective uttered these words,
an idea suddenly occurred to D'Auburon.
. "Look mder the name of the woman
in whose charge he was placed. If he
took any other name than his own, what
more natural than he should take hers?"
"That's a good suggestion," said Cas
aagne. "Her name was Marie La Seur,
as I recollect' it yes, that was it. Marie
La Seur. I'll trouble you for that 'L'
volume." '
D'Auburon handed It to him, and the
search commenced afresh. Presently Cas
sagne exclaimed: -v
"Her is Philip La Seur. I shouldn't
be surprised if you were right. Page
fiftv-three." i
minute. Don t De disap-
nnable speech in his own behalf, which
in all likelihood had been the means of
sensibly .Influencing the court, for in
pronouncing sentence, the judge had ex
pressed his regret that the prisoner had
misused his talents to commit the crime
with which he stood charged. Though
be examined all the' papers connected
with the case, Cassagne was unable to
discover anything by which the identity
of the two peraons could be more fully
established. 1
'"We have yet the locket," he said, at
length, ,"hich perhaps may help us."
"But it is the locket of Henry, not
Philip Graham," said D'Auburon.
"I have not forgotten that," replied
the detective. "But a family likeness is
a strong thing sometimes. This portrait
of Henry Graham is undoubtedly a . good
likeness. Recollect that Dr. Mason, tne
laundress, the jauitor at Blols and the
priest at Belliers have all recognized it as
bis portrait It was taken when he was
quite a young man. Sometimes ' father
and son, at the same age, Very closely re
semble each other. If there should be a
strong , likeness between the portrait and
Philip La Seur whom should you take
the latter to be?"
"Why, Philip Graham, of course, as we
have all along hoped; but what of that?
We have no portrait with which to com
pare It"
"You forget," replied Cassagne, "the
admirable collection of photographs at
police headquarters."
"Which is under the strict surveillance
of the prefect of police. Do you sup
pose be would allow us to look at them,
when our success means his defeat? Not
exactly; why, we could never get beyond
the door."
"I will take care of that," replied M
Cassagne. .
M. Cassagne, on parting with his
friend, buttoned up his coat with the
air of a man who prepares himself for
energetic action, "and passing across the
river, plunged into the most intricate re
cesses of the Latin Quarter. Before
crossing the river, however, he had stop
ped at a famous confectioner's and pur
chased a box of bon-bons. What did M.
Cassagne want with such things?
Arrived at a house in the Rue Bat
tincy, M. Cassagne stepped inside the
hallway and pressed bis finger on a small
white button. The Bound of an electric
bell ringing upstairs was almost Immedi
ately followed by a voice exclaiming
down the speaking, tube :
"Who is there?"'
"Is that Madame Cresson?" inquired
the detective, In a l5w but distinct voice.
"It is." J
"I am Alfred Cassagne. Let me come
upstairs. I want to see. you about im
portant business." '
A clanging sound was beard, and a
One day she entered the Bon March a(HrpK. tn alenum-al atnnonts hay or straw and a little soil, rails,
to do some -topping. She had 1 made her c brugh 0f mtpr Smal, un8&labie heads
purchases, pa.d for them and had reached the when stored In this way In November
:r..Tl.;'S aZ, .S '"Z farmers are not comnletelv revolution- will continue to develop during winter
. Ar''?."..": ,..., " r.m h and freouently sell as well as any In
irouiea dv one 01 me uwrwaiacis, wuv e cumo iuaiuvoo ,vi - -
" . .... - I PnVtmsrk an C m nil MKntlf Itlaa fit ft V
RppuRAn her nf tftkinr a niece of sitk irom introuucmsf co-ODeratlve methods. And twiuwji cum.. Hmw-.
the counter. Indignant at the charge, Bhe it might be added that there Is scarce
made an impassioned appeal, on the spur y , farmlnir district in the United
of the moment, to a gentleman standing states where more benefits canont be
near Her appeal was successful. The reallzed D a c,oger operation of tnc
gentleman accompanied her Into i the office f understand-
of the manager, became voucher for her , ,
u ff..j i h.if nn Ing each other better each year and
hour's time to produce the stolen prop- a coming closer together In all mat-
erty. The time was accorded him, and ters wnicn pertain to ineir mutual in
he left the office, to return with the piece terests, but there are still greater possl-
nf nillr In nimahnn. which he had COm- hlllrloa ahuil Tac.tIHIntv tha (Wl mv.
pelled a notorious female shoplifter to operative organizations of peasants In and then several Inches of soil. They 1 fof the dell5erate purpose ot making
boots of their hides, beef of their flesh
and glue of their hoofs, as Just and
humane 1
It la easy to exaggerate the cruelty
of hunting and to picture the sports
man as a savage, satiating his thirst
for gore by shedding the blood of th
Innocents. But, getting down to bras
tacks, the deer, although somewhat ap
pealing to the eye, Is not a whit mora
Innocent than a fat hog wallowing In
a mud puddle and enjoying life with- a
teat never experienced by the timid,
nervous beast of the forest, accustomed
from Infancy to start at the snapping
of a twig and bound away at the aight
"f an enemy.
disgorge juBt as she was being bowed out ireland wnlcn he wag instrumental in are stored before freezing, and when
Dy an ODsequious snopman 10 ner rarrms. egtabllghlnfj for the pUrpo8e of compe-
uu mnver BLr, luo - 4- tlton wlth commercial industries. fore
Brabant from your books, monsieur, he .,,
had observed, laconically, when the man- t middlemen, compe ling rail-
rer Insisted that one of his best cus- roads to provide better facilities, and
tomers had been insulted. dictating more favorable legislation to
"That woman's real name is Bergeret parliament, done : "The first thing was
I thouEht everybody knew her. Now you to Introduce a system of agricultural
will please pay this lady five hundred education which extended Into every
francs, 'and let her come with me. I can branch of the industry, teaching the
the soil covering them Is frozen It may
be covered with strawy manure or any
other litter to' keep the soil frozen un
til the cabbages are needed for sale.
prisoner had refused and had made a not promise you she will institute no action farmer, for Instance, to purchase every-
An Electric Incubator.
Electricity has been applied to Incu
bation by Otto Schultz, an electrician
of Strossburg, and is the result of three
years of experimentation. The appara
tus Is made for 60, 100 or 200 eggs, and
Is designed to obviate the dLtficjultles
tor damages. h PK,.,ir, implements and ma
The manager was thunderstruck.
nZMaLZ,::-yon may hav combined to consign In bulk : and Jlls- connected with X -
heard of me Good morning." iriuuie xneir gooas in me uinrKeu xuvy iiii'uuaiui. ........ .
Then he took little Celeste Cresson In combined to raise working copltal for paratus is very simple, and Its mulnte-
his-arms and, accompanied by the grate- their operations. They combined to nance depends only upon an unlnter-
f ul young mother, left the store. She 3Wn breeding animals. They did Just rupted supply of electricity,
was half fainting when he lifted her Into wbat you are doing here, brought sci- An automatic attachment keeps the
a cab. He felt that It would be sheer nce ,t0 farmiDl. Dv eettine it Into the temperature within one-tenth of a de-
brutality to leave ner. ii seaieu u.u.- Khoola Th had the game By8tem 0f
SLth"rif,S: '-tructlon and experimentation sup-
Mme. Cresson sat up and told him her Ped by your government"
sad history. She must find work soon, New Varletr "" Tobl,co.
she confessed, for her money was nearly k new yarlet o( tobacco valuable
exhausted. Then it was that he told her wrapping, Wa. first raised In
IT'VZ ruThose bar Connecticut from seed brought from
stores would give you business, if I spoke
gree of the normal temperature of In
cubatlon. The degree of saturation of
the air Is kept In the same manner.
Under ordlnnry conditions, ninety
chickens can be counted on out of 100
eggs Incubated. The quantity of elec-
tlclty required Is very smnll, for an In.
THE SYSTEM DID NOT WORK
to them. I also will give you employ
ment." '
That was how Mme. Cresson became a
female detective, and at the time of this
interview had become the most famous in
her line in Paris.
(To be continued.)
The Cameo.
The true nature of a cameo Is very
much misunderstood by the public gen
erally. Most people think It Is the stone
Itself, when In reality the method 01
TBK PLANT.
Florida and which
originally came
from Sumatra. Af
ter very careful and
satisfactory tests
results have proved
beyond a doubt the
value of this vari
ety for growing
commercially, to
gether with the fact
that the seed comes
true to type year
Educational theories which survive ,
may generally be considered to hav
some good In thorn. Nevertheless, even
"l Quite satisfactorily. An Instance is glv
en by a school teacher, who relates hei
experiences In a late magazine. Bha
was teaching a country school, on th
ty warts ueing sumcieui, acpenaing i
upon the temperature of the outer air.
For raising the chickens after they
are hatched, an electric "mother" has
been devised. The upper part Is de
voted to the freshly batched chickens,
while the lower part Is arranged so
that the chicks can run around on the
ground and at the same time find heat
and protection when they desire. The
electric Incubator has already proven
very successful.
cutting Is what produces the cameo, arter year wben gaved under bog. The
The real meaning of the word Is un- nam Uncle Sam Sumatra was given
known, its uerivauon nuvins t0 tnj8 varety, n is a cigar wrapper
Teat Seed a at Home,
The Department of Agriculture In
order to aid farmers to determine for
prairies of Nebraska. The pupils wer
mostly children or French-Canadians.
In those days the Idea of teaching th
very little ones by means of pictures t
represent the words was regarded at
the best system, and primers teemed
with columns of words In big print, and
descriptive pictures opposite.
One day a little black-eyed French
Conadlun mun child, who was so this
and tiny lie could almost be taken foi
a spider, came up to my desk to "saj
been discovered; but, correctly speak- variety of tobacco and adapted for themselves without much trouble the bis lessons." His eyes shone, and h
Ing, cameos are small sculptures exe- growing under shade In the cigar wrap- germination value of seeds has . Issued beamed all over with an "I'vc-got-IP
cuted in low relief on some substance per produclng regions. The plants a short bulletin on the subject. A very expression. Incongruous as It may seem,
precious either for its beauty, rarity ot roacn nn average height of about .eight simple apparatus for sprouting seeds little Frederic had a terrible bass volea
hardness. feet at the time of maturity, and they Is described. It consists of a shallow Ho knew his letters, and as I point,
There are emerald cameos, turquoise Dear an average of about twenty-six basis In which Is placed a small flat of ' ed to the letters, of a word he roared.
cameos, shell cameos, corai cameos, leaves before topping. The cured leaves porous clay. The seeds, arter Having "i-n-kl" lie loouea at tne picture or
Indeed, nny substance that lends ltseii wjjj average about
to carving In such minute detail oaa sixteen Inches In
be used for cameo cutting and nearly wjth by twenty
all precious stones, except diamonds, ncbe9 jn length, al
bave been so used fos Intaglios, but though the size varies
never for cameos. Emerald is the most according to field and
common precious stone from which cultural conditions,
cameos have been made, and there ar Tne yiejd of tbe crop9
sonievery lino emerald portrait cam- of tblg variety Is high,
eos In existeuce, notably those of "being as much as
Queen Elizabeth in tue uritisn mm j oOO pounds of cured the leaf.
urn. Shell cameos were first made In tobacco to the acre under favorable
the fifteenth century. conditions. The percentage of the best
Banded onyx Is generally used foi grades 0f wrapper in these crops Is
caaneo work because of Its hardness correspondingly high. Exchange.
and coloring, and It Is this fact that hai
caused the misapprehension, the ston Vaina of Beet s Product.,
being used so much In making cameo.' 7nl ?. J?
that it has now become better known beet sugar Industry In the United
..-...,, than hv Its rl-ht name States can be given by estimating the
St Louis Globe-Democrat -
been soaked, are laid between two
sheets of moist blotting paper or flan
nel. A pane of glass covers the dlBb,
which should be kept In a temperature
of about 70 degrees. Atmosphere of
an ordinary living room Is suitable If
the apparatus Is left enr a stove at
night Several kinds of seeds may be
tested at once at n trifling cost The
bulletin cautions the farmer against
extremes of heat or moisture.
"Hold on a
pointed if it shouldn't prove to be the black door which had hitherto prevented
man. L seur is a common t-uuugu uame, i ingress to tne stairway, released Dy a
and there are over two millions and a
half of people' in Paris to draw from.
Here's page fifty-three; now let me see
what it sajB."
The two men leaned over the bopk as
they scanned tbe page before them. Then
they read :
"Philip La Seur, placed nnder police
aurveillanc by order of the commissary."
"We have him I" exclaimed D'Auburon,
In a tone' of triumph. "W hav him
now, for certain."
"Not too fast my friend ; not too fast
Let's see what this foot not Is."
At th bottom of th pag was written
n red ink :
"Toulon, seventeen years? forgery."
An expression of intense disappoint
ment spread Itself over th face of th
detective. D'Anburon, also, understood.
Philip La Sear could hav served oat
but little more than half his sentence.
Consequently he could hav bad no hand
In the commission of the crime.
For a few minutes both men wer en
tirely nonplused. At length Cassagne,
who bad again been thinking deeply, ex
claimed: "I shall not be satisfied until I hav
examined th state papers relating to this
trial, at th conclusion of which rump
La Seur was sent to Toulon."
"Ion will wast , your time," replied
D'Anburon. ,
"I shall not How do yoo know there
may not hav been a commutation of sen-tacT
spring, swung Slowly back upon Its
binges. Tbe detective stepped on to the
stairs, and, closing the door after him
with some care, ascended to tbe second
story.
A small, dark-complexioned woman,
apparently about twenty-five years ot age,
opened the door of one of the apartments,
and invited hlin to enter.' The room was
neatly furnished and was evidently one
of a suite. At a table near' one of the
windows a little girl sat doing sums on a
slate. She had the black hair of her
mother; a beautiful, saucy, piquant
mouth; eyes of 'a deep, scintillating blu;
and a little figure that was the very per
fection of childish grace. She arose on
th entrance of the detective, and ran
toward bun, holding out both hands.
"Ah I Papa Alfred, how do yon do?"
she exclaimed. "Hav you brought me
some bon-bons?"
"A kiss first" cried the detective, lift
ing ber in bis arms.
Mil Celesta Cresson having complied
by placing both arms around his neck
and putting her charming mouth to his,
he set her down on th floor and bade
her search for tbe bon-bons. In tba course
of which she brought to light a great
many article of Papa Cassagne' pecu
liar calling, all of which she placed in
ber apron, declaring sh would never sur
render them.
At length, having found ber bon-bons,
her playmate was at liberty to address
to th young mother, who all
Motherly Wlidom.
Anxious Mother Mr. Willing may be torlen jast year
a geilllcuiuu, uij ucui, uui jvu iuu I
afford to marry a man who wears plat
ed links In his cuffs.
value of the beets sold by the growers
to the factories and of the rellned
sugar placed on the market by tho fac-
Fertlller Tcaata with Cora.
Fertilizer tests with corn In Virginia
show clearly that plowing under green
leguminous crops Is a highly beneficial
practice and that where this is fol
lowed only moderate amounts of fertil
ity will be necessary to give Increased
yields. When vegetable matter Is lack
ing, however, heavy applications of fer
tilizer seem advisable. Andrew M.
Soule.
If we assume that the average price
paid for beets In 1900 was $5 per ton,
th totnl vnlue of the 4.230.112 tons of
Pretty Daughter But how do you harvegted is JSI.lSO.fiOO. If we
know tnat ne aoes, mamma : 'nBHrnnte the vnlue of the sugar nt 4Vi rpnunnnMv cood tiroducers of
Anxious Mother Whenever ho calls centg immii the 007,224,000 pounds Their entire egg -rop Is produced
iu mi crc.....s ,v I---- 0r sugar manufactured were miroi summer,
on your shirt waist tne next morning. 14325,080. Probably the assumed
Krrm Ulranlna-a,
There Is no standard for Judging tht
guinea fowl. They should, however, be
of uniform shnpe, great activity and
In
Her wiaa. . 1 prices both for beets and for sugar may
Teas Yes, I wish all men were bach- be a trifle below those actually recelv-
elors. i'ed, but these figures are sufllcleutly
jess What! How could we get mar- accurate to Indicate the magnitude of
rled If they wo. d to be?
Teas Oh t I don't mean permtnently,
but Just long enough to learn to sew
on buttons and to mend their clothes.
Philadelphia Press.
tha Industry.
Ripening Green Tomatoes.
Often when frost comes there are
many tomatoes on the vines that are them
nearly full grown, but that have not the growth of the years. Crowded trees
yet ripened enough to send to market interfere with one another and have
Bitter cream comes from keeping
cream too long from cows that have
been milked since early last spring. It
Is best to churn every few days, even
thouhg there la only a small churning
on band.
In setting out the new fruit trees be
sure and leave plenty of apace between
You must make allowance for
It Hnrt Him.
"Gee whizz! I wish I could find th I have picked such tomatoes and put their fruit bearing possibilities checked.
fellow who stole my umbrella " them In a cool, dark place to ripen Tbe potato storeroom miiBt be dark,
"Oh! cut It out! Why do you mak slowly and sent them to market when foo( wen ventilated and dry. There
a fuss over a little thing like tbatF tha supply bad run low and' prices run gnouia be a double floor beneath where
"Little thing? Why, man, I actually high, says a writer In New England iarf(e quantities are piled together.
bought that umbrella." Philadelphia Homestead. But for home use a net- Tbere should also be opportunities for
tress.
bottle of Ink opposite. "Bottle," h
finally decided.
I had to say It was Ink.
"V-n-t tub."
I explained that It was vat
"P-l-g hog."
I wu obliged to say It was pig. Fred
eric was discouraged. How could In
know It was pig when they always saM
iog at home?
The little voice trembled on the next
word. "P-a-i-1." A long wait thei
faintly, "Bucket." .
I knew the children all sold bucket
but I mild this word was pall, ant
Frederic was almost In tears.
The next word was horse, and oppo.
site was a picture of a little colt and
Its mother. Frederic spelled "11-o-r-s-e,"
1 and I pointed to the picture. This tlm
he hesitated not a second. "Colty!" he
'oared, triumphantly. '
I snid, "No," very gently,
"Mure," he hazurdod, looking at th
mother.
"No, deary, It spells horse," I had
to say.
Poor little fellow! I was as discour
aged with the "system" as he was. 1
said he might lake tho sajne words foi
the next lesson, and he returned to hit
seat. crestfallen. In a few minutes mj
next class was Interrupted by tht
heavy voice of the gnme little fellow:
"Say, teacher, we got a horse ai
home, an' It ain't got no colt an w
got a mare, an' she's got the nicest Ilk
Vcolt!"
Alas for the book-makers! Theli
wisdom was confounded by the working
knowledge and experience of a tin
6-year-old farmer boy!
The Noose. ,
Teacher (expectantly) Now, chll
dren, how many of your can tell m
what a lasso Is?
Will la Minri-lrr11v raising hi hand)
ter. way la to pick tbe smaller ones venUatlon at the walls, and at Inter- please, ma'am, It's a long rope with I
A Babr.
A baby that which makes
happier, love stronger, patience great-
from tha vines and then hang up the val, through the pile.
branch in th cellar, darkening tne
running nose at the end. Judge.
hom "r,utu ,u lu" " t . a good condition powuer, 10 te red in 1
winaow ana neepii. u- Urn,tl,, nnantltlea to the brood sow. la """
1 .
"Have you a smoke nuisance In youi
town?"
1 "In our town? it is usually on out
weighing 250 pounds. It Is needless to front gallery ! The young man wb
say that all tonics should be given only calling on my daughter Is cigs
"bcn tha animal la out of condition, rett smoker." Houston Post
er. band busier, nlghti longer, day. bay will ripen f composed of a teaspoonful each of cop-
shorter, tba past forgotten, th. futur, '""J" '"tThln.r.nd tra"' ,H,phur and ' h.alf fupfuI of 011
brighter. Rupert's Magazine. """" l. L VV. ... mal- ul onco "cu ua' ,or e"rQ "w
not aa large or any better flavor are I
Tou don't have to b a carpenter to selling at 25 cent a pound or mora,
build a fo tuo I Try it