THE IRON PIRATE
A. Vlain Talc of Strange
Happenings on the Sea
By MAX PEMBERTOJf
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"And who may you l-o, matri, tli.tt ?r.
don't go fur to shake hands ltli Roiling
.1 0 1 n ? Jii mo in lriiii if ou wa mv
"ii l it iin iu tiitw ii witii i t.i fivt
1'iir. Why don't you teach tin- lit 1 1 He
brew manner, old J fo; but there," and
this lii' said ii In- opened tlii' door w il.T,
"o long a (Mir skipper will have i . do
wi;h shiner li sdl and land barnacle,
what can you look for? walk right along
Il.T.'."
Tim man who called himself "Roiring
John" entered t!n apartment before u.
bawling at tin' top of hi vobi, ",l,.f...
thi Jew, h n I hi parduer conic aboard '."
mill tlu'n I f.Miiiil myself in Hit' trsngct
i-ompatiy an. I tin' : range! place t have
' farm
A till
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CH APTF.R I.
Tho train m ! slowly over tin" smdv
iP.irsli which lie between Cal.ii aiiil Urn
lo.nc. Roderick w.i asleep, an I M iry's
I n :ty li.-.i.l h.iil f ti n again: ! ou!i on.
A I reclined nt greater I.-nu: h on tin'
cushion nf t!' stuffy iini'.irnii'tit, I
llxuiclit how s!rntn.-e company wo wore
fiien l-ing carried over tin' .In!!, ilrvar
pasture land of France. t. tin" lii:!!!. tho
music an.l ;!n' 1 ; f of tin' cri-.it capi.al.
Roderick anil 1 had l-en at liiu Col
lect, t '.i :nlr i.ljt--. t.i.t !n-r. frond. drawn
I!:.- rl'WiT in affection because our oon.li-
II ti s in k i : It hu1 kin. in )io.'.sion and
i i pur p wo, in ambition an.l -n idleness,
vere very like K.wlorirk wim an or
1 lian "4 ji'ars of n'. yotinc. ri.'h. il r
i: ? to know Iif.-, caritii: for no man, not
. il pin;ii;!i to nviliz." ilinci-r. a g-i
I i ow, a c'luli'man. II in .n-r was hi
fiily ivtri'. Hf cave tj hr :r'H).-.h of
iin unJjviiloil line.
Far inysi'Sf. la "J." whon th str.insv
II iti-i of whi.'b I am ,S;it to writ"' hap
p tiiil to mi'. Mi f.r.ln r h i. I li ft in o
i.".il.iiNi, ivhi.-h I .Ir.w upon wVn I w is
.f a.-o; h;it. siinmo that I ,!i ul.l write
i . I had si.Mit mere than t ln.mm in four
Jrars. an.l my s.-Iumiht. tin1 w.;h
norm- tew til ous.in t po-.in.H. ai uu- rt':na;u
.! to nn. Of what a my future to be,
1 knew not. In the s.':i'l. puriniso of
my life. 1 nai'l only, "It will come. t!ie
ti.le in my affairs whii-h taken t the
inert in thi Pari when I gi without
a in -w ithoiit aim, h.t !"
"An.l you m.-an to run him i!wn?" I
afke.l. "What iutenvt have you in him?"
"At the moment none; but in month
the interest of money. An ur yoti
an.l I talk of it now, there will he tif;
rver -n't eye on. So x.xui a I .Mill. I
nee iiiinc iieariy tlimusti I Mo IiatiKine at- H xrrs ,'on enleiit a 1 1 . 1 llr.'.itn
moii,-re of t.lia.i smoke an.l heavy
v;or, I ma.le out the form of i or
oish! men, not nitt.tit a men iiuai;.v il
In a ila.-e where they eat. hut .ii 1 1 1 g
on their haun.-he hy erie of low nar
row tahle. I.ii.l roiiml the four i..' of
the apartment. Kaoh man o!e, ha.k
on hi
MoB-Klltlna llnlltl.
farti ict' w tin Will 1 1 ii' I r iiw ti
Itoc know, tho nl, I win- ,if luiti'lii'tlnir
Tin-
follow Ine nrraiiKi'iurnt, lllutniti'.l lit
tho tVttivtilitiiilir, tiuikc tlu liilmr oun
parathi'l.v omit. Tho top pl.M'o U 'Jso
Ini'Iii'. ami TJ f't lotiu. Tli inortli'i'
for tho stipimttt to fit ly nn tntulo flvo
Onion lirolnv.
Tho ncrloil ln'iwi'i'ii killli'K fri"l In
MotitMtiii Im plaeoil nt Ht In I'.'o lav.
wliilo I ln llnio iriiili oil lor onion In
mature Irmii noi'illntf I I l" ! . I'1"
i1.ijn. Mini Ii' nnliiiiM tiro Mi'l I Imtnnn'i'.v
I Ipo their kiTplnjf iiiinllty I liilut'i'il.
iii'iiil'illni; to a ri'Mi t pi i pnl e.l y II.
W. FUlior. of I In Monlanit Station.
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l HO l'M'I'lllll'IH HIO I'l'IHIUI'll 111 lll'l.'lll
(for omiIi j I'll r. iiihI y lohU i;lrii by both
liirthoil of ctlllufo.
tioiierally neiiklni, llio jlolitu from
traiisplanti'il onion ojo from to
L'l'it per -tit larger than from nonl
how ii In tho llolil, w lii'to tln-ro W lIM but
llttlo or tin IiiiToiino III roNt of labor.
'I'lio tratiplaiitlii: lnsiiti-l mi i-voti iTop.
tho maturity of tho orup tin, I tho kivp
Inc 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 1 .v of tho onion. I'rl.o Taker
K'lvo tho larui-Nt iivornto J loltl of Iho
ti I i ' t '!! vniU'tli'N grown, ami mm nuo
Inohofi from tho i-mN of plooo. mil aro,,f "'" k,,x,'-'. Ui-mikIi u-t ttuatly
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iniMiiniui 'ilii. o.ieri-,1 lor n.m Hiipe 01 iiiruer ClaiiKet: earn tl.'l.l In'tort him a
him before I V, -ember oome upon u !" j (treat m.-tal .Irinkinc eup, n ooare knife,
1 l.oke 1 nt him n nt our who dream lone roll of pine tolmiiii, an.l a mnall
iliv.im. lint he not tlin.'h. i nvl bmnlle, whioh I doubt not w.i h
'Tonight I ha!l bo with him; within' portable property. Kaeh. t.x, wa ilni
fht'e day I w in alt or lose all : for h.n n rtaetly a hi fellow, in a ooirio red
us-ret will ! mine. If I fail, it l. for hirt. neaman'ii trouwr of amnle blu
own pile of dirty pillow and otiohalf Itiili iii', 2' Inrhoa w Ido nt
txittom, by Itu-lie at top, ttiti only
ono bolt I luivloil t hobl thorn to
trottior nt top. Tho upright aupport
nro 22'.j. ittiil aovon foot long; cros
pliw. ll2,i. "'til "tie otnl thl
ttmilil N Imltott on upright plooo.
you to follow uji the thn-ad whioh 1 have neree. n U-lt. and eaoh had ome bauble of ib'wtl low otinugli ho that botli-tl will .-t
unravelled by three yeani hard work, k braivlef on hi arm, an.l om :iane vT It. Tho lov.-r I :t' j2 nt Htaplo.
I tare you nk iNmm witti mo i nuvi rine upon hi liueera. Thev were men
marked by time a with lonn aervi.-e on
the ea ; men soarred. burnt. onie w ith
him at eieht oYlook ?"
"iMpe I rik ! Hvir, there can't (h
mii'-h d.inff'T. tnii-e of creat cut and !ahe tv i-ived
"There i every danger ! but. o. the on the open fa.v ; men fierce Linking a
i cirl i waking'" paintisl demon, with teeth, with none,
It wa true; Mary lookivl up suddenly; wi'h four linger to the hand, with three;
! :i we thundered pa: the fortification of i men whose laueh was a horrid growl.
Pari. Ilvlerick shook himself like a
sreat !'ar ; the perfect Foot K'gan hi
banter, and rvire. for a cab a the lights
of the rat:on tw-inkhil in tln semi dark
nev. I could siTir.v believe, a I watched
j
TJi
whose threat oh. lied the heart to he.r,
whose vi-ry word seemed to poi, !i the
air. who made the great rwm like a cage
of beast, ravenous and ill socking.
Martin Hall put himself at hi e.io the
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i 111 mi.i.s. tnai ne was uie iir.iu mm unu , hmmih-ih ruii-nii. ii iim.ie ins way , ,i . ... ,
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spoKi u lo me m hi i i. - unu- , .i mt- iiF..ui an. i s.iMin ;s-ior
; utes S'fore. Stilt less iMuId I convim-e one who fonvd from me individual tio-
mvsflf that he had not many .lays to live. I tnv, strange -Linking was h
T
tifVllt KUH IIAMilNO Titr it. HI.
fl mil should lead on to fortune
And in
this supreme f illy I lived the day, tmw
In the Mediterranean, now cruisine round
the roast of Kngland. now (lying of n sud
len to Paris. A journey fraught with
folly, the ch.Id of folly, to end in folly.
f.) might it have been aaid; hut who can
f iretell the sujireme moment of our liv-s,
vhen unknowingly we stand on the
threshold of action? An who should ex
I ect me to foresee that the man who was
to touch the spring of my life action sat
lu fore me mocked of me, d.ih!e.l the Per
fect F.hiI over whose dead 1-o.ly I was to
tyad the paths of danger an.1 the intri
cate ways of strange adventure?
P.ut I would not weary you wi;h more
of th.-e facts than are absolutely neivs-
sary for the understanding of this ;ory,
furpa-jsing strange. Mary and Roderick
sleit, while the Perfect Fool and 1 fai-ed
cio-h i:her, sick to weariness w.th reflec
tions u;hui ttie probability of being late
or arriving before time. At last he s;nke.
and. speaking, seetnej to be the Perfect
Fixil no longer.
"They're both asleep, aren't they?" he
asked suddenly. "Would you mind mak
ing sure, for 1 have a favor to ask."
jJe was lookii-F at nie with a fitful
jL'.:ding look unlike anything he had
- nhown previously. I assured him at once
thi: he might speak his mind; that, even
if Roderick should overhear us, I would
pledge my word for his gxd faith.
"I wanted to speak to you some days
n?o." he said earnestly and quickly, as
I;! hands continual to play with a paper.
""It must seem curious in your eyes that
I. who am quite a stranger to you, should
have been in your company for some
weeks, and should not have told you more
than my name, Martin Hall. As the thin
stands, vou have been kind enough to
rauke no inquiries; if I am an imiostor,
you do not care to know it ; if I am a
rascal hunted by the law, you have not
l.een willing to help the law; you do not
know if I have money or no money, a
liorne or no home, people or no people,
jut von have made me shall I say, a
friend?"
lie asked th question with such a gen
tle inflexion of the voice that I felt a
nofter chord was touched, and 'n res-xjnse
I shook hands with him. After that he
continued to speak.
"I am very grateful for all your trust,
lielieve me, for I am a man that has
known few friends in life. Vou have
tgiven me your friendship unasked, and
it is the more prized. What I wanted to
way is this, if I should die before three
days have passed, will you open this
packet of papers I have prepared and
sealed for you, and carry out what is writ
ten there as well a you are able? As for
the dangers, they are big enough, hut you
are the man to overcome them as I hope
to overcome them if I live !"
The sun fell over the lifeless scene with
out as Martin Hall ceased to speak. I
lutl thought the man a fool and witless,
flighty in purpose and shallow in thought,
and yet he seemed to speak of great mys
teries and of death. In one moment the
jester's cloak fell from him, and I saw
Lhe mail beneath.
"Tell me, are you quite certain that you
are not talking nonsense?" I asked. "If
you are njt playing the fool, Hall, you
must be more explicit. In the first place,
liow did you get this absurd notion that
you are going to die into your head? sec
ondly, what is the nature of the obligation
you wish to put upon me? Why should
you, who are going to Paris, as far as I
know, simply as a common sightseer, have
jiny reason to fear some mysterious ca
lamity in a city where you don't know a
iOIll?"
"Why am I going to Paris without aim,
do you say? Without aim I. who huve
vailed years for the work I believe that I
tihall accomplish to-night! I will tell you.
1 am going to Puris to mwt one who, be
fore another your has gone, will be want
I'd Ly every government in Europe ; who,
Jf I do not put my hand upon his throat
In the midst of his foul work, will make
graves as thick as pines in the wox there
l.cforo you know another month; one who
I mad and who is sane, one who, if he
krew my purpose, .would crush mo as I
-i uh this paper; one who has everything
that life can give and seeks more, a man
who has set his face against humanity,
uud who will make war on the nations,
who has money anif men, who can com
mand and be obeyed In ten cities, ugaiust
whom the jiolioe might as well hope to
fight as against Lhe white wall of the
Hotith Sea; a man of purpose so deadly
that the wisest In crime would not think
f It a roan, in short, who is the product
1 cul minuting vloe him I am going to
So are the fateful things of l.fe hidden
from us.
CIIA1TEU II.
The lights of Paris were very bright
a we drove down the poulevard de t'a
puoine. and drew up at length at the
Hotel Serilie, which is by the o;'m house.
Mary uttered a hundred exclamation of
joy as we pas-se.l through the city of
lights: and Roderick, who loved Paris,
condescended to kevp awake !
"I'll tell you what." he exclaimed, "the
beauty of this pla.-e is that no one thinks
here, except atmut cooking. Suppose we
plan a nice little dinner for four?"
"For two, my ih'ar fellow, if you
please," said Hall, with mock of state
he was quite the Perfect Fool again. "Mr.
Mark Strong condescends to dine with
me lou't you. Mr. Mark?"
"The fact is. R.deriok." I explained,
"that I made a promise to meet one of
Mr. Hall's friends to-night, so you and
Mary must dine alone."
Hall ami I mounted the stairs of the
ci.zy little hotel, whose windows overlook
the core of the grvat throbbing heart of
Paris, anl so until we were alone in my
room, whithe' he had followed me.
"Quick's rtie word." he said, as he shut
the door, and took several articles from
his hat box. "One pair of ieelaele. one
wig, one set of curio. ties to sell lo I
look like a second-hand dealer in odd
lots, Mr. Mark Strong?" i
I had never seen such an utter change I
in any man made with such little show
The Perfect Fool was no longer liefore
me: there was in his place a lounging,
shady-looking, greed -haunted Hebrew. The
haunching of the shoulders was perfect ;
the stoop, the walk, were triumphs.
"It's five minutes from here," he said.
"and the clocks are going eight you are
right as you are, fr you are a cipher
.n the affair yet.
He passed down the stairs and I fol
lowed him. So good was his disguise and
make-pretense that the others, who were
in the narrow hall drew back to lot him
go, not recognizing him, and ske to me,
asking what I had done witk him. Then
I pointed to the new Perfect Fool, and
without another word of explanation went
on into the street.
We walked in silence for some little
distance. Finully he turned, crossing a
busy thoroughfare and stopped quite sud
denly at last in a narrow street. He had
something to say to me.
"This is the place," he said. You carry
this box of metal" he meant the case of
curiosities "and don't open your nioutb.
Keep a hold on your eyes, whatever you
we or whutever you hear. Io I look all
right?"
"Perfectly but Just a. word r If wo arc
going into some den where we may have
a difficulty in getting out again, wouldn't
it be as well to go armed?"
"Armed 1 pish '." and he looked un
utterable contempt, treading the passage,
with long strides, and entering a house
at the far end of it.
Thither I followed him and found my
self at last on the third floor, before a
door of thick oak. Our first knocking
upon this had no effect. Then I heard
a great rolling voice which seemed to echo
on the stairway, and so leapt from flight
to flight, almost like the rattle of a can
non shot with its many reverberations.
For the moment Indistinct, I then be
came aware that the voice was that of a
man singing and walking at the same
time.
When the noise stopped at last, there
was silence, complete and unbroken. IIa.II
stood motionless. After that we heard
a great yell from the same voice, with
the words, "Ahoy, Splinters, shift along
the gear, will you?" A mumbled dis
cussion seemed to tread on the heels of
the hullabaloo, when, apparently having
arranged the "gear" to satisfaction, the
man stalked to the door.
"Hullo the little Jew and his kick
shaws; why, matey, so early In the morn
ing?" The exclamation came as he saw us,
putting his head round the door, ami
showing one arm swathed all up In dirty
red flannel. He was no sort of a man
to look at, for his head was a mass of
dirty yellow hair, and his face did not
seem to have known an ablution for a
week. Hut thero was an ugly jocular look
alsmt his rabbit-like eyes, and a great
mil rk cut clean into the side of his face,
which were a fit decoration for tho red
burnt, pitted, and horribly repulsive coun
tenance he betrayed. I looked at him
and drew back repelled. This he ;iw,
and .with a flush and a display of oi
great stump of a tooth which piv'rudtd
on bis left liu. he turned on ma.
ntnl slinvotl down to 1 nt oinl. Sta-
llvo slxtivtith Inch rod
I Iron, a tut long enough to clinch. (Icil
w hero chain Is fastcncl I niiulo of
' t!mi eighth Inch Iron. Tho oinl of tho
appear to be. He sat at the head of the lover I Iron. i'.'.Ms Is-nt, n shown for
rude table, but not as the others s it, for j giimhrel stick to rot on, wbllo lifting
thero was a pile of rich looking skins i pig to tlio pde honks, which aro mide
lear, tiger, and white wolf--beneath him. lrce -inoieh f.. Im.-L nn.l fin-tli
and so ,
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ii--.-j iiui mr rri.i-i ,111-11 an nniii null 1
and he alone of all the company wore
black clothe and n white shirt. He wa
11 short man. bla.-k benrded ntnl smooth
skinned, with a big noe. altii'Mt nn in
tellectual forehead, small, white-looking
hand, all ablaze with diamonds, about
wnose nne quality mere coiini not tie two
opinion; and. what wa even more re-'
markable, there hung as a pendant to hi I
watch chain a grout unnit ruby which '
must have N-en worth five thousand
Iiund. One trademark of the n alone
did he nis.'sji. In the dirk, curly rinjilets
whioh fell to his shoulders, matted there
as long unoomtied. but typical in all of
the man. This then was the fellow upon
who every .word that company of ruf
fians appeared to hang, who obeyed him.
as I observed presently, when he did so
easily on ii;xt 1ii-o. II. hN one h-ilf
Inch, N'tit to hub) giiuibrol stick. A
hook not shown In cut inmlc of otio
half Inch Iron. nttnchoH to II ainl pro
vide u fulcrum for tho U-vor A for
dipping Isig In tho barrel ainl raising
oiiroits. to tho gambrcl honk. Monch.
15s 1 Mj Ineho. 2 Inches high. S foot
long. Parrel to bo sot In tho ground
oniMitiarter Its length.
'o 1'rofll In Farm Alrnhnl
Tho pepartinent of Agriculture,
through Iir. II. W. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry, has undertaken
to iluciite the fanners regarding tin
Uin1111f11ctu.ro of denatured alcohol. Two
is
udvertlsoil 11 a winter onion. Tho I
ling hull's of thl variety, however,
kept Miorly lnM-niiHO the growing nel
son whs not long eiiugh to iroN'-ly
liiiiturv them. Tho uso of well lotted
manure Iticrenscd tho yield of Ixith
Held sow n iiiid transplanted onion.
SiiggeMloii nro Included for making
hotbeds.
Milk
THE WEEKLY
I
17IU Timothy Pickering of Mussa
ihuaett became I 'out lllrt liT (ellirnl
of I'nlleil State.
IT'.'l lloiinpnrte ileclnred lltt innsul.
IS I I (Jen. Ja.-ksoii. with ' ikxi T.'tltle
sis' nillltlii, drove the llritisli from
Peiisncola.
Tho Hollander evidently breed and ISIS Smith Thoinps ui of New York l
feed for milk first of nil. Tluif they I cnine Secretary of the Navj.
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n,,iiT-,-w 't,.i- .J mi' mi0 IIIIIS. ' J'lh(
) lelits or their cows. I lint larga milk
Siege of Silmtrla rnie..
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lnvrj..jr
much a lift his hand the man of whom bulletins on the subject huve Ist-n
Martin Hall had painted su -h a fantastic sued.
piiture, who was, as I had Iwen fold, o.ni
to be wanted by every government in Eu
rope. Hall was the first to sjs-nk, and it wa
evident to me that he cloaked his own
voice, putting on the nasal twang and the
manner of an Fast end Jew dealer.
"I have come, Mr. P.la.k." he said, "as
you was gisul enough to wish, w.th a few
From Ir. Wiley's dIs-uNloti of the
subject the conclusion Is reached that
the manufacture of iibuhol on n very
small scale Is not likely to prove prof
Ruble, and tsi-nuso of revenue regula
t'.ons It Is evident that the farmer must
ls content with producing the rnw m.i
teriiils. The bulletin on the subject o
little things beautiful things which cost ' sources nn.l manufacture sjiys :
me moosh money
"Ho, ho! sung out ( aptain fllai-k,
"here is a Jew who iid much money
for a few little thing: fok nt him,
boys ! the Jew with much money! Turn
out hi pockets. Itoys ! the Jew with
much money! Ho, ho!"
His merriment set nil tiie company
roaring to his mood. For n moment their
"The principal uses of Industrial nl
coliol are Illumination, heating, motive
jsi'.ver and the miiiiiifiicturo of lanuor
varnishes, smokelins Mvler. tneillcln i
and pharmaceutical preparations, vino
gar and ether. When Industrial iiL-o
hoi Is made tit n prl.-e nt which It can
cotiis-te with petroleum and gnsollm
play was fnr from innocent, for one l.ght- It dotlbtlos will bo preferred for the
ed a g-eat sheet of paper and burnt it puriMises nleove mentioned, because of
undi-r the nose of my friend. I remem
tiered Hall's words, and held still, giving
banter for banter. In what sort of a
company was I, where mere seamen wore
diamond ring. Hall gathered up his trin
kets and proceeded to lay them out witli
the well-simulated tuning of the trader,
(To I continued. )
I'asslrd.
"I don't know whether to be offend
ed at Miss Smythtrs or not!" declared
Stux, sorlously.
"Whut's the mutter?" asked his
friend.
"About 11 o'clock last night when I
was calling on her," he continued,
"she said In the sweetest kind of way.
'Mr. Stax, what In the world does that
funny word "akldoo" ineun?'" Detroit
Free Presa.
Her Foritrl I uliirni,
Mrs. Nexdore Your husband seemed
to be In u very good humor this morn
ing when he left the house.
Mrs. Nugget lld he?
Mrs. Nexdore Y'es, I couldn't help
wondering what wus the chuho
Mrs. Nugget Oood gruclnus ! I
know! I forgot to usk hi in for any
money ! Phlludelphlu I.-lger.
An t'ntlerband Trick,
Creditor Ho you wurit nn extension
of two weeks. What would happen If
you were to die before the time
fliipHen?
Debtor Sir, I 11111 too tniicli of a gen
tleman to do that!" Translated for
TuleH from Flletfeiide Rlfitter.
A Woman's Wuy.
Jack I apologize for klsslijfi you.
W11J you forgive me?
Jill Never!
Jack Was tho net ho unpardonable?
Jill The kiss wasn't, but the apology
Is. Cleveland Leader.
Its greater safety and more pleasant
odor. I'nder the present conditions It
Is not probable that Industrial alcohol
can le offered iiimhi tho market nt much
less than 40 cents a gallon of D. s-r
cent atrength."
I)r. Wiley expresses the belief, how
ever, that by paying attention to un
used sources of raw material and with
Improved met hods of manufacturing
and denaturing this price can bo dl
ml 11 1 shed
To Kill Animals of I. loo.
A bulletin recently Issued by the Ok
lnliouin experiment station gives tho
following formula for making kerosene
emulsion to rid farm animals of lice
Hard soup, one half miiiiiiI; ketimeni
(cheap grade) two gallons; water, one
gallon. Cut the xonp In shavings and
boll In water until the soup la dis
solved. Remove the Hoap solution from
the fire and ndd kerosene, and churn
or Hpruy back until a thorough emul
sion la made. To Met emulsion add
seven gallons of water, and usJ this
for spraying or dipping. This, emul
sion may b applied to any of tho fnrm
animals by menus of a HiHinge, brush
or apray pump, without any Injury
whntevcr, find when thoroughly ap
plied It will rid the Ktoek of lice. This
emulsion nmy also bo lined to free poul
try from lice. Place tho emulsion In n
vessel of convenient nI.o and dip the
fowls, being nun to get nil portions
of the body wet, and hold them In the
dip one minute. After treating tho
fowl tho emulsion may ho used to
spray tho rooHtu and coops, and In thin
way rid them of mites and lice.
Tint I. ale.
"Ah, darling," sighed tho romantic
youth, "I would gladly Iny the world at
your feet."
"Hut of course you can't," replied tho
practical maid, "for It's there already,'
Chicago News,
M liiomer.
She What's In a name?
He Not much; I've often neon wom
en that Just hated each other drinking
out of the Hfiuie "loving cup." Detroit
Free Press.
The Church of Kngland hat aa In
come of 175,000,000 u year.
Olnsrnir In Missouri.
According to the Missouri experiment
station bulletin, tho cultivation of gin
seng for the Chinese market has he
come an Important Industry In that
State, notwithstanding the fact that It
takes five or alx yearn to mature a crop.
While tho crop is exceptionally valu
able, the cultivation of ginseng has
been found to poHHoas disadvantages
the same aa moat other cultivated
crops. It appears that aeveral fungus
diseases have broken out In the gin
seng plantations, some of which aro
extremely serious and Infectious, largo
areas often being destroyed in a sin
gle week. However, tho particular or
ganisms causing the damage have been
recognised und methods for keeping the
diseases under control have now been
worked out
flow, seemingly regardless of butter fat
IhTit ntage, pays tlicui Is proved hy
their prosperity. The dairyman hero
think It neocH,ir) to pay small piL-os
for dairy cows that niinunlly yield
from i'I.ihui to t.iHM s,uiids of milk.
What tho financial result to him Is, tho
wretched record show only too plalifc
ly. lie Is tho worst paid farmer In tho
laud. What could lie not do If, Instead
of breeding, buying, feeding and mtlk
lug cheap cows, ho wer- to breed, f.t'd
and milk cows of the 11,,'iisi to 1 l.."ikl
pound class? Tlu Krleslauder and
other Hollander, with their gigantic
cows, make money on milk pimu,v.
on soil that costs from Jt.Vm to J.'.iniii
an aor or rents nt from l.Vi to Il'iki.
Tki Onion MnaKot.
The ouloii maggot and cabbage ning
got can only ho distinguished by an
export, ns they mv tery nearly alike.
The maggot Is tiie larva of a small fly.
There I no known "sure" remedy that
can ! applied. Sprinkling iwdori'd
Mtlphur around the plHiits Is a partial
remedy, but It docs not always bring
relief. Maklm; a smalt twle near each
onion nnd otirlng Into ntch hole half n
teiiNMinful of bisulphide of carbon,
covering tho holes with earth. Is claim
ed to ls a remedy, but such th.d 1
eipotislvo and lalnirloiis. I.Lpild ma
n urn applied to tho plants Is claimed
to be a remedy. The Is-st prowuttvoj
Is to grow tl tiloiiH on laud that has IKC Dynamite i-tplolons nu.'d by
not ti'fore prodiiii'd a crop, hut of
iurse such can not ls done until next
senson. This change of location ,,f the
onion patch Is tho only partial solution
of the maggot problem.
1H.I7 It,.,) ni Allon. Ill
killed.
1S.VI Prel..-iit Pierce turned t'trsl .
of Washington sipn du -l.
IS.V -Treaty of Zurich untied.
IHlll - Federal naval slid liulltitry force,
lllnler t 'oiiiinoilore Dupoiit nnd lien.
Slierinnu, ctj'ttircd fori nt Pott
Royal rut rntn-e.
ISlll (Ji ll M,s Mellsil resigned his colli
inn ii i In (he nriuy,
l.si7 First woinnn's suffrnge society
formed In I iiiK 1" oil.
lsttti llciltiorn Viaduct, Ion, Ion, opened.
1S7I ApncliM In. loin stroked tngo
near Wli-keiibiirg, Arm. Mia, mil
killed nil pnseliger. Milling t Ill-Ill
F, W. Iirmg, the author.
IS7.'I t'nptnin nn, I crew of ihe Virginia
recti!r. nt Santiago ib- Ctibn.
S7." Nti-nnu r City of Wa, o burned nJf
tilr!on bar.
ISTll I Viiti nuinl Ft posit In. I. Pliilidel-
phln. closed; total sdinisslons. U.'.K,-
;io
1NNI Sarah llernhart male her Ameri
can debut st Itooih'a theater, New
York.
l.S.s',1 President prods lined Montana a
Stnte of the Fliion . . . . Roiiinu Cath
olic isMitrtiary in Auier.es celebrate, I
nt 1 1 .i 1 1 i in. i re .
1SIMI llritisli torpedo !hi.iI Serpent
wrecked on S,iunili coiit ; l'it live
lost .... Revolt ngaiusl President
llrogan In Honduras suppressed
Sa.nst r'rnct Snjipnrf.
For fence p.ists or snplK.rt that will
not rot off or break off, for picket or
nine wire, take two boards L'vl, cross
at the fop so ns to leave a crotch for
top wire. Fasten together with S pen
ny nails. Put a crospte.-e In tho mid
die for ml. bile wires to rest on and
fasten with staple and a enmspbss' at
bottom for bottom wires to rest on and
fasten with staple. Then anchor with
a small stake on each side to prevent
HITPOKTS FOB KENCE.
wind from tipping over, and you have
a gisid post for picket fence. Nail or
wire jsist to the stake. This makes an
excellent sist for repairing an old
picket fence. Farm Progress.
Studlnar Kvaporalail (rrom,
The Massachusetts Ismrd of health
has liocn conducting extended Investi
gations as to the comiKisltlon of tho so-
alled evasirated creams offered In the
local markets, and has discovered that
most of these are misnomers. Numer
ous determinations show these prod
ucts to bo merely unsweetened con
densed milk, which, while MMsosHlug
tho consistency and appearance of
ream, have neither tho taste nor phys
ical characteristics.
Dust llalh la Important.
Do not forget tho dust bath; It Is a
I, .nt, lnvore fiml will fro fill ti.u',n.il
lltTflf iu,j, ...... ..... - .... ,,,. .1 ...
keeping the fowls free fro,,, lice and - ri.'j.T
' ' ""I Ol UKI
anarchist In Paris.
ISil.'l Thirty persons killed and Injure I
by sunn-hiit's bomb in Itnrceloui
theater F. II. Weeks of New
York, ellibi-x.ler of $l,lMI,llHI, sent
to Sing Smg prison.
l.HII.V Miss CotlNllelo Vltllilel loll and
Duke of Miirlboroiisjh married in
New Y'ork.
I Hp" Attempted nssnslnnt Ion of Presi
dent Morales of l!rail.". . . Fniti- I
Slates, Russia and Inpnn signed
treaty for protection of seal in
Retiring Sea.
1SPH -TIlModoro Roosevelt elected (Inf.
rrnor of New York .. .Turkish troop
in Crete forcibly remov-'d by Russian
admiral.
l.H!i-r. S. cruiser Charleston wrecked
on const of Luton, Philippine Islands
Ndmlral (iiorge Dewey married
to Mrs. Mildred II. Ilium nt Wnsh
Ington, D. C.
lis - Cnnadian parliamentary election
carried hy a l.iliernl majority.
1101 -LI Hung Chang, Chuii-se slates
man, died In IVkln. . . .Fniled Sintes
and (treat Krilalii signed Isthmian
canal treaty.
US'):! Reciprocity treaty between I'lllt
ed Slates ntnl Newfoundland signed
....Spanish cabinet resigned.
1IK13 President Risisevelt sent to Con
gress his message on Cuba, ... I'nite l
States recognized Panama govern
ment. 100.V-Itritlsh sipiadron, commanded by
Prince Louis of Rnttenberg, visited
New Y'ork.
Oeorge Westlnghouse, the Inventor, has
received the degree of doctor of engi
neering from the Technical university of
Merlin.
Tho health oflioer of Cleveland, Ohio,
has forbidden the use of slates and
sponges in the primary grades of the pub
lic schools on tho ground that they are
unsanitary,
Tho woman's college of Raltimoro has
appointed Miss Caroline Shawe as pur-
mites. Any ordinary box obtainable
at tho grocer's will answer tho pur-
sse. it must no Kepi ury, mien witti
road dust or garden soil (which must
lie secured In dry weather before
freezing), to which should be added
scientific nnd sanitary administration of
the entire establishment.
Judge Carpenter of Denver has decided '"
that the board of education may not in
terpret literally the clause In tho teachers'
contracts permitting dismissal nt phms-
from time to time a liberal allowance ure. Some good and sulliclent reason must
of sulphur. Somo use wood ashes In
place of dust.
I'olnla In I'runlnv.
In pruning tho trees all stems half
an Inch or moro In diameter should lie
covered with somo waterproof sub
stance, like grafting wax or shellac of
tho consistency of cream. Tho Imrk
and outer wood will thus be preserved,
and tho wound will In a season or so
bo covered with new hark. If this nro-
autlon Iki not taken the end of the
branch may decay from exiKisuro to
wind, rain, heat and cold.
bo given la-fore a teacher Is discharged.
A new metric chart, representing geo
graphical measures of tho International
metric system of weights and measures
has been prepared by tho bureau of stand
ards of the Department of Commerce and
Lalsir and will 1st furnished free to any
school In which tho system Is taught.
W. L. Schlater iis been appointed di
rector of tho museum of Colorado col
lege. For four years he was deputy su
perintendent of tho Indian museum In
Calcutta and for ten years diiector of
Ihe South African museum at Cape Town,
He has published a series of volumes ou
the fauna of South Africa,
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