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APPLE PROFITS GREAT.
Former Mail Carrier Extols Life of
Up-to-Date Fruitraiser.
Portland One of the most interest
ing addresses delivered before Portland
Apple Growers' association was given
by I. A. Mason, a prominent Hood
River orchard is t. The subject was
"The Apple from Start to Finish." the
speaker giving the large audience pres
' ent a clear, concise story of apple pro
duction from the practical standpoint.
Perhaps the most interesting part of
Mr. Mason's address was that in which
he gave exact figures on the proceeds
from an Oregon apple orchard. In his
Hood River orchard he has just two
varieties, Newtown Pippin and Spitz
enberg. In 1906 his receipts from the
Spitzenbergs were $835 - an acre, and
from the Newtowns $750 an acre. This
was the only year, he said, in which
the Spitzenbergs brought larger returns
than the other variety. In 1907 the
average returns were $250 an acre ; in
1908, $1,200 an acre, and in 1909, $500
an acre. This year his trees are 13
year old.
"These figures are exact and not col
ored in any way," said Mr. Mason.
"It will be seen that my orchard has
brought me in gross receipts of $700
an acre as an average for five years.
All expense of maintenance amounted
to about $200 an acre, leaving a net
profit of $500 an acre.
"This, of course, is paying 10 pr
cent on a valuation of $5,000 an acre.
It looks big, but it is nothing more
than any young man who gets hold of a
good piece of Oregon apple land can do.
It can be done in the Willaimette val
ley. If you willl only select the right
land, plant the best varieties and give
them proper attention.
"You will notice that my orchard
brought in only $500 an acre last year.
This, I believe, was because the crop
was bo heavy the year before. The ex
traordinary cold snap of last winter
also contributed to it. But I want to
say right now that this year gives
every indication of being one of the
best that Hood River has ever experi
enced. I believe confidently that my
orchard will again bring in at least
$1,200 an acre.
"In raising apples it must be borne
In mind that it takes time before the
trees begin to pay. You will get a
small crop in five years, and a better
yield each subsequent year. But all
that time you have been paying out
with nothing coming in. It will take
the crops of the seventh and eighth
years to bring you out even. Then
you are in clover. It's all velvet after
that." .
Mr. Mason advocated planting not
more than three varieties in one orch
ard, and said two are better, if the
right two are selected. He also de
clared that in Oregon' he does not con
sider the slope of the ground as mak
ing a great deal of difference, lust so
the soil is of the right quality.
Say Eugene-Coos Bay Road Assured
Eugene F. B. Kidder, one of the
promoters of the railroad from Eugene
to Coos Bay. via sluslaw, has returned
to this city from Minneapolis, where
ha has been conferring with people
who are backing him. He will be fol
lowed in a few days by J. II. Thomas,
a civil' engineer, who has built several
lines in ' the Middle West, and John
Balrd. another railroad man, who will
be associated with Mr. Kidder in this
enterprise. All have left good posi
tions in Mineapolis to take up this new
work, and will make Eugene their
home with their families.
They say that as soon as the survey
and right of way are secured a Urge
railroad corporation is ready and wil
ling to build the road. A fund to
complete this 'work is now being sub
scribed and the promoters say it can be
raised in a few days.
These men have come here at the In
stance of the Lane County Asset com
pany, a body of local business men,
who have worked hard on the proposi
tion for the past year, and who now
believe that their work has begun to
how fruit
To Establish Paper Mill.
Hood River It is possible that Hood
River will be the place selected for a
paper mill. William Goodnough, who
baa a farm in Hood River, and who is
an experienced paper mill man, net
with the board of directors of the Com
mercial club recently and outlined his
plans, and the matter was further tak
en up at a mass meeting. Mr. Good
nough believes that Hood River would
afford an ideal site for a mill of this
character.
10,000 Ranch In Union County.
Elgin The Bloodsworth ranch four
miles Northeast of Elgin, owned by J
O. Fisher, wasjsold this week to Harry
Hug for the sum of $10,000. The ranch
contained 200 acres of farm land and
40 acres of timber land. Fisher came
here last fall from Washington. He
bought the place from John Bloods-
worth, who hometteaded it in 1875.
New Company at Halfway.
Baker City Articles of incorpora-
tlon have been filed for the Pine Mer-
cantile company to do business at
Halfway, Or., with a capital stock of
$00,000. The company will also
handle real estate. J. B. Wood, Isaac
McMullen, J. R. Hunsacker and Frank
Clark are incorporators.
The Oregon Library commission will
be glad to loan program material to
teachers for Lincoln's and Washing
ton's birthday. The only charge will
be postage. Address Oregon Library
commission, Salem. -
START BIG PRUNE ORCHARD
Syndicate Will Plant Big Tract Near
Capital City.
Salem One hundred and sixty-five
acres of raw land have been purchased
by a syndicate of Salem business men
in the center of one of the best fruit
districts in the vicinity of Salem, the
Rosedale district, and it will be set out
at once . with Italian prunes. The
trees have been ordered for 50 acres of
the purchase, and they will be planted
at once.
The land is located seven or eight
miles south of Salem, and will be trav
ersed by the Oregon Electric when
that line is extended on to Albany.
The purchase was made of Arthur Ed
wards by Charles McNary, Dr. T. U
Smith, Harry E. Albert and Frank
Durbin, an attorney, a dentest, a
banker and a bop grower and buyer.
It is the first time that a group, of men
have entered the prune business in so
systematic a way in this vicinty.
The whole tract is not to be set out
at once. The best methods will be
adopted and studied with a view to
making money. Other improvements
will be put on the tract, including a
unique summer home, which may be
occupied from time to time by one or
more of the families of the men who
are the proprietors of the model or
chard. It will be a plantation for
farmers and prune growers in Marion
and Polk counties to emulate, and as an
educational feature alone it will be a
valuable asset to the prune growing in
dustry in those counties.
Weather Bureau- Discontinued.
Baker City The weather bureau
which has been maintained here since
July 1, 1889, will be discontinued, for
the present at least, according to in
formation received by D. C. Grunow,
the observer, from headquarters at
Washington. All the instruments and
records of the station were destroyed
in the fire which wiped out the whole
quarter block, and there is not any
money available at present for the es
tablishment of another bureau.
Potato Rate Reduced.
Salem An order has been issued re
ducing the rates on potatoes and onions
to the same general level as the grain
rates on the Southern Pacific road,
which is one of the few roads in the
Northwest that has charged more for
the transportation of potatoes and
onions than for grain and mill feed,
The railroad commission has decided
that these charges of the Southern
Pacific are unreasonable.
New Car Shops at La Grande.
La Grande The Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company has unofficially
announced that new shops are to be
built here during the coming summer.
The plans are all completed and draw-
ings and details are ready for the be
ginning of the work as soon as possible
in the spring. -
Tides Uncover Agates.
Newport The recent high tides have
uncovered here large areas of agate
bearing gravel, and when the weather
permits large crowds may be Been on
the beaches searching for the agates,
which have made Newport famous.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices Bluestem,
$1.16; club, $1.06; red Russian,
$1.04; valley, $1.06; 40 fold, $1.10.
Barley Feed and brewing, $28.60
29 per ton.
Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36.
Oats No. 1 white, $31.6032 ton
Hay Track prices Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $18(Ti)20 per ton; East
ern Oregon, S2122; alfalfa, $1718
clover, $16; grain hay, $160)17.
Butter City creamery, extras, 87
39c per pound; fancy outside creamery,
8537c; store, 2022Xc Butter fat
prices average 1 He per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eggs FreBh Oregon extras, 81
32c; Eastern, 17H22c.
Pork Fancy, lie per pound.
Poultry Hens, 16X(17c; springs,
16kiC($17e; ducks, 21(1222 )$c: geese,
12 14c; turkeys, live, 2225e; dress
ed, 22X6e80c; squabs, $3 per dozen.
Veal Extras, 1212Xc per pound.
Fresh f ruits Apples, $13 per
box; pears, $I1.B0; crn berries, $8
9 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices
Oregon. 70(i90c per sack ; aweet pota
toes, ZiQ$2C per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, $11.25
per dozen; cabbage, $1.752 per hun
dred; pumpkins, l4((le per pound
squash, 2c; tomatoes, $1.6U($2.25 per
box; turnips, $1.50 per sack; carrots,
$1.25; beets, $1.60; parsnips, $1.60,
Onions Oregon, $1.50 per sack.
Hops 1909 crop, prime and choice,
20(.f.22Hc per pound; 1908a,' 17Xc
1907s, 11 Kc
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c per
pound; mohair, choice, 25c
Cascara bark, 1 He per pound.
Hides Dry, 18c18Xe per pound
dry kip. 1818He; dry calfskin, 19(
21c; aalted hides, 1010Xc; salted
calfskins, 15c; green, lc less.
Cattle Best, steers, $5; fair to
good, $4.60(i?4,75; strictly good cows.
$3 764; fair to good cows, $3(0)
3.50; light calves, $56.60; heavy
calve. $4($4.60; bulls, $3.603.75
tags, 13C14.
Hogs Top, $9; fair to good, $8.60
8.75.
Sheep Best wethers, $5.50; fair to
good, $6f?5.60; good ewes, I.755
lambs, $66.60,
ADJOURN IN DEADLOCK.
Miners and Operators Unable to
Reach Agreement.
Toledo, O., Feb. 7. Unable to ef
fect an organization because -of the
deadlock on the admission of miners'
delegates from Illinois, the joint wage
conference of the bituminous coal oper
ators and miners of Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania adjourned tonight sine
die.
No provision was made for another
meeting. The adjournment , it is de
clared, does not mean necessarily a
suspension of work at the expiration
of the present contract, April 1. .
This would affect all bituminous dis
tricts controlled by the United Mine
workers, as they decreed at their In
dianapolis convention that no district
should sign a wage Bcale until the
scales for all districts were negotiated.
Both sides have declared, however,
that they will not recede on the Illinois
proposition. .
Some plan may be worked out to get
the miners and operators together
again before April 1. It may be it call
for another convention or the selection
of a representative scale committee. -
A meeting of the executive boards
of the miners was called for tomorrow.
The night session lasted only a short
time.
As no one had anything to say, the
futility of continuing the session was
xpressed by President Lewis. His
suggestion for dividing the responsibil
ity for adjournment was followed. A
delegate from the miners moved to ad
journ and one from the operators sec
onded it.
A call by states resulted in the only
unanimous vote recorded in the meet
ing.
REICHSTAG HAS TREATY.
Friendly Spirit to Govern Tariff Ad
ministration.
Berlin, Feb. 7. Chancellor von
Betbmann-Hollweg today sent to the
reichstag the following communica
tion regarding the German-American
tariff asgreement :
'The American government has de
clared that .the livestock question is
withdrawn wholly from the negotii
tions, on the condition that the unlim
ited enjoyment of Germany's eonven
tional tariff be conceded to the United
States.
'It further agrees that the advan
tages of the American minimum tariff
shall be extended unrestrictedly to
Germany after March 81.
'That the customs administrative
features of the existing tariff arrange
ment shall remain in force.
"That this extension of the mini
mum tariff to Germany secures to her
treatment in accordance with the most
favored nation clause.
'That the American customs admin
istrative regulation shall be applied to
German'goods in a friendly and con
ciliatory spirit
'That the present agreement re
specting the labeling of wines shall
remain in force; and
'That the customs administrative
provisions respecting the marking of
goods shall be applied in a friendly
and conciliatory spirit" .
Flood Cleanses Paris.
Paris, Feb. 7. The fall of the river
Seine was more rapid today. The ap
pearance of the city is approaching the
normal, but the subways system is still
inoperative. Water remains in the
tubes, which, after they have been
emptied, must be cleaned and disinfect
ed. The progress towud the restora
tion of the lighting, telephone and tel
egraph lines is slow. The work of dis
infection and other precautions against
an epidemic of typhoid has been so
thorough that some of the newspapers
predict that Paris will not only es
cape contagion but will emerge from
the flood cleaner than before.
Xne superintendent oi sewers re
ports that from the examinations
which he has been able to make, few
of the sewer mains burst, the ruptures
occurring in the branch pipes leading
Into buildings.
Despite the attempts of some of the
opposition papers to make it appear
that dissensions prevail among the
various relief organizations, investiga
tion indicates that all are co-operating
with zeal. Foreign contributions to
the relief fund today reached a total of
about $700,000.
Watch Case Trust Sued.
Cincinnati, Feb. 7. A suit for
$375,000 damages has been filed in the
District court here by the Dueber
Watch Case company against the Key
stone Watch Case company, of Phila
delphia, and other concerns alleged to
be member of an illegal combination
within the meaning of the Sherman
law. It is alleged that the defendants
combined to restrain trade by issuing a
circular forbidding dealers handling
tneir goods to sell cases made by others
Hena Working Overtime.
Chicago, Feb. 7. One million eight
hundred thousand strictly fresh, new
laid eggs are arriving in Chicago ev
ery day from Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis
souri, Texas, Tennessee and Nebraska,
They arrive injeases of 30 dozen each.
60,000 cases being received daily. So
there is no immediate danger of
egg xamuie nere. . me weather .is re
sponsible. It has been so mild and
favorable for the production of eggs in
the South and Southwest for the last
three weeka that hens are fairly work
Ing overtime.
To guard against disease germs in
the dust masks have been adopted by
the New York street cleaning depart
ment for Ita sweepers.
Xbe Redemption
f)&vid forsot
By CHARLE8 FREDERIC q683
Copyright. 1900. bx The Bowen-MerrUl Company.
CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.) ;
His Interest and excitement culmi
nated In an Incident for which the lis
tener wu totally unprepared. The
speaker who had been exhorting his
audlenoe upon the testimony of pro
phet and apostle now appealed v nis
ewn personal experience.
"Look at me!" he said, laying nio
great hand on his broad chest 'I was
once as hardened and desperate a man
as any of you; but Ood saved mel Bee
this book!" be added, holding up me
old volume. "I will tell you a siory
about it I found it In a log cabin
away out in the frontier State of Ohio.
Listen, and I will tell you now. i nau
left a lumber camp with a company
of frontiersmen one Sunday morning.
to go to a new clearing which we were
making In the wilderness, when I sud
denly discovered that I had forgotten
my axe. Swearing at my misfortune
I returned to get It As I approached
the cabin which I had left a few min
utes before, I heard a human voice. I
paused In surprise, crept quietly to the
doo rand listened. . Some one was
talking In almost the very language
in which I have spoken to you. I was
frightened and fled! Escaping into
the depths of the forest, I lay down at
the root of a great tree, and for the
first time in my life I made a silence
In my soul and listened to the voice
of God. I know not how long I lay
there; but at last when I recovered
my consciousness I returned to the
cabin. It was silent and empty! but
en the floor I found this book."
"Great heaven!" exclaimed a voloe.
So rant had been the attention of
the hearers that at this unexpeoted In
terruption the women soreamed ana
the men made a wide path for the fig
ure that burst through them and rush
ed toward the platform. The speaker
paused and fixed his eye upon the man
who Dressed eagerly towara mm.
"Tell me whether a red line is drawn
down the edge of a certain chapter!
he cried.
It la." replied the lumberman.
'Then let me take It!" exclaimed
David, reaching out his trembling
hands.
"What fort"
"Because It Is minet I am the man
who proclaimed the holy faith, and.
God forgive me, abandoned It even as
you received It!"
The astonished lumberman handed
him the Bible, and he covered It with
kisses and tears. In the meantime, the
crowd, excited by the spectaoular ele
ments of the drama, surged round the
actors, and the preacher, reaching
down, took David by the arm and
raised him to the platform.
"Be quiet, my friends," he said, with
a gesture of command, "and when this
prodigal has regained his composure
we will ask him to tell us his story.
Of what was transpiring around him
David seemed to be entirely uncon
sclous and at last the fickle crowd be
came Impatient.
"What's de matter wld youT" said a
sarcastio voice.
Speak out! Don't snuffle," exclaim1'
ed another.
"Tip us your tale," cried a fourth.
"Go on. Go on. We're waiting,'
called many more.
These Impatient cries at last arous
ed David from his waking dream, -he
drew his hand over his eyes, and be
gan his story. For a time the strange
narrative produced a profound impres
slon. Heads drooped as If in medi
tation upon the mystery and meaning
ef life; significant glances -were ex
changed; tears trembled In many eyes;
these torpid natures received a shock
which for a moment awakened them to
a new Ufa.
But it was only for a moment They
were Incapable of the sustained effort
of thought' of ambition, or of will. Im
presslons made upon their souls were
like those made on the soft folds of a
garment by the passing touch of
hand.
To their besotted perceptions this
scene was like a play In a Bowery
theater, and now that the dramatic de
nouement had come, they lost their In
terest and sauntered away singly or In
little groups. In a few momenta there
were only three figures left In the light
of the flaming torch. They were those
ef the lumberman, David, and Mantel,
who now drew near, took his friend by
the hand and pressed it with a gentle
sympamy..
"Where did you come from?" asked
David, In surprise, as he for the first
time recognised his companion.
. 1 have followed you all the even
ing," Mantel replied.
"Then you have heard the story of
this bookr
"I have, and I could not have belter-
ed It without hearing."
"Can you spare us a little of your
UmeT said David, turning to the lum
berman.
"I ewe you an the time you wish
and all the service I can render," he
replied.
Tou have more than paid your debt
by what you have done for me to
night but who are your .
1 am only another voice erylng In
the wilderness."
- "How do you support yourself?"
aaked Mantel, te whom such a man
was a phenomenon.
"We do not any of us support our
selves so much as we are supported,'
he replied.
"And this life of toll and self -dental
had Ita origin In those .words I spoke
In the empty lumber oampT" aaked
David, Incredulously.
"It Is not a life of self-denial, but
that was Its beginning." .
'It Is a mystery. I lost my faith
nd you found It and now perhaps
are going to give It back again!
A.U Rlehu Kcaerrca
The lumberman turned his search
ing eyes kindly -on Mantel's faoe and
said, "And 'how is it with thee, my
friend; hast thou the peaoe of God?"
The directness of the question star
tled the gambler. "I have no peace of
any kind; my heart la full of storms
and my life Is a ruin," he answered,
sadly. "-
Did thee never notice," said the
lumberman, gently, "how nature loves
to reclaim a ruin "
"I shall never be reclaimed. I have
gone too far. I have often tried to
find the true way of life, and prayed
for a single glimpse of light! Have
you ever heard how Zeyd used to
spend hours leaning against the . wall
of the Kaaba and praying, 'Lord, If I
knew In what manner thou wouldst
have me adore thee, I would obey
thee; but I do not! Oh! give me
light! I have prayed that prayer with
all that agony, but to me, the uni
verse is dark as hell!'.'
There. Is light enough! It is eyes
we need!" said the evangelist
"Light! Who has it? Many think
they have, but It is merefanoy. They
mistake the shining of rotten wood for
fire!"
And sometimes men have walked
In the light without seeing It as fish
swim In the sea arid birds flying In
the air, might say, "Where Is the sear
"Where is the alrr"
"But what comfort Is It If there Is
light and I cannot see It? There
might as well be no light at all!"
"The bird never knows it has wings
until It tries them! We see, not by
looking for our eyes, but by looking
out of them. We say of a little child
that It has to 'find its legs.' Some men
have to find their eyes."
It is an art, then, to see? Can you
Impart that capacity and teach that
art?"
'No, It must be acquired by each
man for himself. We . can only tell
others we see.' We see by faith."
"And what is faith?" ,
"It Is a power of the soul as much
higher than reason as reason Is high
er than sense."
'Some men may possess such pow
er, but I do not"
"You at least have an Imagination,
"Yes."
"Well, faith Ms but the Imagination
spiritualized."
Mantel regarded the man who spoke
In these terse and pregnant sentences
with astonishment "This," said he.
"is not the same language In which
you addressed the people in the Bat
tery. This Is the language of a phi
losopher! Do all lumbermen in the
west speak thus?"
The evangeliBt legan to reply, but
was Interrupted by David, who now
burst out in a sudden exclamation of
Joy and gratitude. He had been too
busy with reflections and memories to
participate actively In the conversa
tlon, for this startling Incident had
disclosed to him the whole slow and
hidden movement of the providence of
his life towards this climax and op
portunlty. He was profoundly moved
by a clear conviction that a divine
hand must have planned and superin
tended this whole web of events, and
had Intentionally led him from con
templating the tragic Issue of his sin
ful deeds and desires, to this vision
of the good he had done In the better
moments of his life.
' With that Instantaneous movement
In which his disordered conceptions of
life Invariably re-formed themselves,
the chaotic events of the past shifted
themselves Into a purposeful and com
prehensible series, and revealed be
yond peradventure -the hand of God.
And as this conclusion burst upon
htm, he broke into the conversation of
Mantel and the lumberman with the
warmest exclamations of gratitude and
happiness.
They talked a long time In the quiet
night asking and answering questions.
The two friends besought the even
gellst to accompany them to . their
rooms, but he said:
"I have given you my message and
must pass on. My work is to bear
testimony. I sow the seed and leave
Its cultivation and the harvest to oth
era."
"CHAPTER XIX
Too busy with their own thoughts to
talk on the way home, on entering
their rooms Mantel threw himself Into
a chair, while David nervously began
to gather nis clothes together and
crowd them hastily Into a satchel.
"What's up?" asked Mantel.
Tm off In the morning. I am going
to nna pepeeta.
"Do you really expect to succeed?"
"Expect tot I am determined!.
am going to And Pepeeta, take her
back to that quiet valley where I lived,
and get myself readjusted to life.
need time for refleotlon, and so do
you. What do you say? Will you
join me? I cannot bear to leave youf
You have been a friend, and I love
you!"
"Thanks, Corson, thanks. Tou nave
come nearer to stirring this dead heart
of mine than any one since well, no
matter, l reciprocate your feeling.
shall have a hard time of it after you
have gone."
"Then Join me."
"It U Impossible." .
"But why? This Ufa will destroy
you sooner or later." .
"Oh thafs been done already."
"Think of your mother."
"Mantel, you are carrying this too
far. A man is something more than
the mere chemical product of his an
cestor's blood and brains I Every one
has a new and original endowment of
his own. He must live and act for
himself."
"I cannot bear to leave you, Man
tel. Join me. Such feelings as these
whldb stir us so .deeply to-night do
net come too often. It must be dan
gerous to resist them. I suppose there
are slight protests and aspirations In
the soul all the time, - but these to
night are like the flood .of the tide."
"Yes," said Mantel; "the Nile flows
through Egypt every day, but flows
over It only once a year."
And this is the time to sow the
seed, Isn't it?"
So they say. But you must re
member that you feel this more deep- -ly
that I do, Davy. I am moved. - I
have a desire to do better, but It Isn't
large enough. It is like a slx-inoh
stream trying to turn a seven-foot
wheel."
"Don't make light of It Mantell"
"I don't mean to, but you must not
overestimate the Impressions made on
me. I am not so good as. you think."
"I wish you had the courage te be
as good as you are." ..'-'
"But there is no use trying to be
what I am not If I should start off
with you, I should never be able to
follow you. My old self would get the
victory. In the long run, a man will
be himself. "Nature Is often hidden,
sometimes overcome seldom extin
guished.' " .
"What a mood you are in, Mantelt
It makes me shiver to hear you talk
so. Here I am, full of hope and pur
pose; my heart on- Are; believing In .
life; confident of the outoome; and
you, a better man by nature than I
am, sitting here, cold as a block of
Ice, and the victim of despalrt I ought
to be able to do something! " Sweet as
life is to me to-night I feel that X
could lay It down to save you."
Dear fellow 1" said Mantel, grasping
his hands and choking with emotion
Tou don t know how that moves mel
It can't seem half so strange to yon
as It does to me; but I must be true
to myself. If I told you I would take
this step I should not be honest Not
Not to-night! Sometimes, perhaps. I
haven't much faith in life, but I swear
I don't believe, bad man as I am, that
anybody can ever go clear to the bot-
torn, without being rescued by a love
like that! I'll never forget It Davyt
never! It will save me sometime; but
you must not talk any more, you are
tired out Go to. bed, friend, brother,
the only one I ever really had and
loved. You will need your sleep. Leave
me alone, and I will sit the night out
and chew the titter cud."
It was not until Daybreak that Da
vid ceased his supplications and lay
down to snatch a moment's rest When
he awoke, he sprang up suddenly and
saw Mantel still sitting before the
open window where he left him, pon
dering the great problem. They part
ed, one to break through the meshea
and escape, and the other I
In Australia, when drought drives
the rabbits southward, the ranchmen.
terrified at their approach, have only
to erect a woven wire fence on the
north side of their farms to be per
fectly safe, for the poor things He
down against It and die In drove
too stupid to go round, climb . over,
or dig underl It is a comfort to see
one of them now and then who has
determined to find the green fields on
the southward side no matter what
it costsl .
Weak and bad as he had been, Da
vid at least took the first path which
he saw leading up to the light
'-j (To be continued.)
, . In Chlcasro'a Paolcertee. , v, -Kate
Barnard describes In the Sur
vey her experience in a Chicago pack
ing house and draws a humanitarian
lesson from what she saw.
1 watched a hog sticker in a neck
ing house stick 800 hogs an hour, tea
hours a day. All day long the glitter
ing dagger rose and fell, and each time
a hog died and the rich red blood
flowed and splashed over the man's
arms and hands. He looked up at me
and smiled this human brother of
mine and even as lie smiled the glit
tering dagger unerringly hit the Jugu
lar rem. Two years later he went
mad but his hand never ceased Ita
auLuiuauc icuon, even wnen me light
of his brain went out, and he felled
five men before they could wrench
from him the terrible dagger dag
ger no more cold or nnfeeling than
those who crushed his life. What an
indictment against those who would
fasten on their brothers the long work
day. SunBhlne and human fellowship
daily would have saved this man. But
we returned him to his maker, a ma
niac we coined his brain into gold.
It was such arguments as these which
secured our laws to prevent disease."
No Eacape Via Temperament.
"Mabel Is getting nast the marrlare.
able age, isn't she?"
"Yes, and it's too bad she hasn't
any talents."
"Whyr ; ,. "
"She won't be able to . tell her
friends that temperament prompts her
to give up matrimony and devote her
self to art" St Louts Star. .
Modern Komanoe.
"Doll heart, tell me something,"
murmured the swain.
"What Is it?" Inquired the lady. :
"Do you really love me?"
"Do I really love youT Ain't I giv
ing np alimony tor you?" Louisville)
Courier-Journal. - - i
Tkee. He Went. -
"I think I must be going," remark
ed the young man for the tenth time.
"Ton do not appear to be going,"
declared the young lady, after In
specting him carefully. "Ton seem to
be perfectly stationary." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Hie Better Halt.
"I'm Introducing a brand new inven
tion a combined talking machine, car
pet sweeper and letter opener," said
the agent, stepping briskly Into an of
fice. ...
"Got one already,'' answered the pro
prietor. "I'm married." Bohemian.
If a boy la brought np to suit his
father, he la too old to ery after ho
is tlx, but if he la Mother's Darling,
he Mubbera when he la r'1rrn