-v "S V S. S -v. y V X '
THE IRON PIRATE
A Tlain Talc of Strange
Happenings on 1bc Sea
By MAX
coo
rilAPTKU X. (Continued.!
"We must not now," said KoJcrick. "Im
fore they mist their man. They've stopjxNl
Iho engines, and wo shall drop behind
the others. There's only one chan.v. ami
that it to snrpr.se them, liet's rush it.
and take tho o.Ms."
"If I went." said Mary, "w-hst could
fhoy do to mo? I'm Roin now; while
I'm tiilkiiiR to thorn thoy won't Ih l.Hkins
for you."
Sht ran uj the companion-way, ttnn.l
Inc at the top: whilo wo .M.-ko.l our pis
tol ami crept after her. Then w lay tint
to tho deck, at she ran noiselessly amid
fhips. and into the very center of the live
men. To our astonishment, tliey s:ive a
prrat howl of terror at the siht of her -for
she seemed hut a thin; of s'udow hov
rinc upon iho ship ami ho!:.l heidlo'ii:
forward: wh.le we ruslie.l in a !-.ly to
the hurricane d.vk and faced raol.i. He
turned very white. P in served him a t!ie
o:her. and hit him with his pitol, so that
lie roiled s'!i-'!.'s oT the narrow hrid-.
nd wo heard the thud of his head ac. litis;
tho iron of the en-'i:ie room hatch. He
liad scaree fallen when Mary, with the
laueh still upon her lips, reeled at the
si-ht of him. and fell f.ii:it.ii in my
arms.
The skipier pot th- whole situation at
the first lo.'k. lie catiu- io us with a coll
ide of ritles. We were now all cruchin;
together !v the wheel amidships, for
Marv had t''-.uere.l. Uv the full moon w
paw dark shadows acr.s the hitch. The
men were behind tho galley. The skipper
hailed them.
"You. Karl. Williams are you oomim;
out now, for me to Hoc you. or will you
swini at New York? You've pot a couple
of planks between you ami eternity. I'm
goinjr to fire through that iralley."
Ho raised his ritle at the word, and let
fo straight at the corner of the lijht wood
erection. A dull proan followed, and by
the shadow on the de.-k 1 saw one man
fall forward: his blood ran in a thick
stream out to the top of the hatchway,
and then ran ba k as tao ship heaved to
thf spas.
"There's one down nmonpst yon. said
the skipper: "but that's the U-pinnii: of
it; I'm poinp to blow that shanty to
jiipeps. and you with it."
He rais.Ml his ritle. but as ho did so one
of them answered for the first time with
his revolver, and tho bullet san; above our
heads. The skipper's shot was quick in
reply: and the wood of the shanty flew in
splinters as the bullet shivered it. A sec
ond man sprang to his feet with a shout,
and then fell aeross the deck, lying full to
be seen in the moonlight.
"That's two of you," continued the
skipper, as calm as ever he was in Tons
illolith harbor ; "we'll make it three for
luck." P.tit at the supgesticn they all
made a run forward, and lay fl it right out
by the cable. There we could hear them
blubbering like children.
They fired three shots as we rushed on
them: but the butt omls of the two mus
ltets did the rest. Three of them went
down straight as felled jioplars. Tin
others fell upon their knees and implore!
mercy; and they pot it, but not until tic
skip;xT. who now seemed r msi-d to all tic
fury of great anger, set to kieking them
lustily, and with no discrimination.
We had the other hands up by thi
They pot lliera below at the first break
of dawn, and the d-ad they covered:
while Paolo, who lay groaninp, we carried
to a cabin in the saloon, and did for his
broken head that which our elementary
knowledge of surgery permitted us.
As the day brought Kght upon the ris
ing sea, I looked to the far horizon, but
the rolling crestH of an empty waste met
my gaze. Again we were alone. The
right's work had lost us the welcome
company.
CIIAPTKK XI.
It was near noon when we had buried
the two stokers shot by the skiper. and
more on in the afternoon before the d.-eks
were made straight, and the traees of the
ncuffle quite obliterated. Put Paolo lay
all day in a delirium, '..ml Mary went in
and out, bearing a perirle hand to the
wounded, who alternately cried with the
Iain of it. and begged grace for their in
sanity. After th hour of lunch the skip
per called It oderick and me into the cabin.
"One thing is clear." he said; "you've
brought me on more than a pleasure trip,
and while I don't complain, it will be nec
essary at New York for me to know some
thing more or, maybe to leave this ship.
Last night's work must be made plain, of
course; and this second officer of yours
must stand to his trial. The men I would
willingly let go, for they're no more than
lubberly fools whose heads have been turn
ed. Put one thing I now make bold to
olaim I take this yacht straight from
here to Sandy Hook ; and we poke our
Iioses into no business on the way."
"That's quite right," I said ; "there'a no
reason now why we shouldn't go straight
on if we don't meet with anyone to ask
questions on the way."
We all went out on deck after we had
agreed to let him have his will. We found
the first officer on the bridge, looking
away to the southeast, at the black hull of
a steamer. I noticed that she steamed at
a fearful speed, and ahe showed no smoke
from her funnels.
"Skipper," I said, "will you look at that
hull? Isn't the boat making uncommon
headway?"
"You're right. She' going more than
twenty knots, I've seen that ship be
fore," ho said.
"Where?" asked Roderick laconically.
"Five daya ago, when she fired a shell
Into the Ocean King."
"In that case," said I, "there Isn't much
doubt about her Intentions; she's chasing
us!"
"That may or may not be," he replied,
as he raised bis glass again, "but she's
the same ship, I'll wager my life. Look at
the rake of her and the lubbers, they've
left some of their bright metal nhowing
amiddhijw J"
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NX
3
PEMBERTON
He indicated the dock h.v.isv hy the
bridge, where my plast showvd me n shin
ing tot in the cloak of black, for the
sun fell upon the phuv, and reflected from
it at from a mirror of gold. There wnt
no longer any doubt ; we were pursued
by the nameless ship.
"What are you going to do. skipix'r?"
ask.sl Kcleriek. as gloom fell upon the
three of us; and w stood together, each
man afraid to tell the others alt he
thought.
"What am I going to do?" said he.
"I'm goitig to see the boats cleared, and
nil hands in the stoke hole that have the
right there;" and then he tang out,
"Stand hy !" and the men swarmed up
from Ivlow, and heard the order to clear
the boats.
They hid all the grit of the old tea
.1 's in them. The thought of u brush-up
put dash and daring into them ; they had
the boats cleared, the water bane's tilled.
and tho life -belts free, with an activity
that was remarkable. Then they stood to
watch the oncoming of the nameless ship:
and when wo hoisted our ensign they
burst again into a hou se roar of applause
which rolled across the water waste, and
mus; have sounded as a vaunting mockery
to the men behind the walls of metal. Put
they answered us in turn, running up an
ensign, and a cry came from all of us
as we saw its color, for it was ttie lme
sahire on a white ground.
"Pussian. or I'm blind," said the skip
;er, for the nameless ship, which five days
ago showed her heels under the I'hilian
mask, now made straight towards us in
Pussian guise.
1 turned my eyes away to tho crimson
arch which marked the bun's decline; I
looked again to the east, whence black
harbingers of night hung low upon the
darkened sea ; I searched the hor.zon in
every quarter, but it lay barren of ships,
and soon the last light would leave us,
and with the ebb of day there was no se
curity against an enemy whose intentions
were no longer disguised. I say no longer
disguised. The skipt-r pointed to the
mast on the nameless ship, where the Put
s an ensign had hung ten minutes before.
It was there no longer; the black (lag t.ok
its place.
"Pirates I" said the skipper; and then
he whistled long and loud and shrilly at
a man who has solved a sum. "Gentle
men, I said I would resign this ship at
New Y'ork : w ith your permission I will
withdraw that. I will tail with you
wherever you go."
He shook our hands heartily, as though
the discovery of our purioso had uncloud
d his mind. Put we had no time for full
r understanding, for at that moment the
sir itself seemed torn apart by a great
oncushion. and a shell burst in the
water no more than fifty yards ahead of
is. Old Han fired his gun into the air
.vith a great shout. Yet we knew that
ill this was the cheapest bravado; and
when the skipjT touched the bell to stop
ur engines, I was sure that he wit wis...
The great vessel r.xb' still h;iip quarter
of a mile away from us; but the glass
showed mo the men ujMin her decks, and
onspiotious amongst them I saw the form
f Captain Plack standing by the steam
-teering pear. S-xm their launch was
naking for us. The boat came so near
that I could see the faces in it : and thnt
of the five I recognized, for I had seen
hem in Paris. The man who was in com
mand was the fellow "Koaring John ;"
ind when he was within hail he stood and
bawled :
"What ship?"
"My ship!" roanxl back the skipper,
again looking at the mist-clouds, and my
heart gave a bound when I read his pur
pose; we were drifting into them.
"And who may you be?" bawled the fel
low again, growing more insolent with ev
ery advance.
"I'm one that'll give ynu the best hiding
you ever had. if you'll step up here a
minute !" yelled the skipper. "Y'ou're com
ing alKiard, are you? And which of you
shall I have the pleasure of kicking first?"
"Oh, you're funny, ain't you, and pret
ty with your jaw. Put it's me that you'll
have the pleasing of speaking to, and right
quick, my mate, oh, you bet !" said Koar
ing John.
"In that case," said the skipper, with
his calmness well at zero; '"In that case
you, Han! introduce yourself to t'ue gen
tleman. Han's reply was instantaneous. He
had up with his shot gun, and the long
rutlian, who had reached forward with
his boat hook, got the dose full in his
face. At the same moment the skipper
called "Fire!" and the heavy crack of the
rifles and the sharp reiort of the pistols
rang out together. The very launch itself
seemed to reel under the volley.
"Full steam ahead !" roared f!aptaln
Y'ork, as the nameless ship replied with
a shell that grazed our chart room. Then,
Hhaking his fist to the warship, he almost
screamed : "Pested for a parcel of cut
throats !"
There was no doubt about It at all.
The moment the yacht answered to the
screw the fog rolled round us like a sheet,
in thick wet clouds, steaming damp on
the de-k; and twenty yards ahead or
astern of us you could not see the long
waves themselves. Shot after shot hissed
and splashed ahead of us, behind u ; now
dull, heavy, yet penetrating, and we knew
that the ship lay close on our track ; then
farther off and deadened, and we hoped
that she had lost us.
When I left the bridge It was midnight.
I was soaked to the skin and nigh frozen,
and the water ran even from my hair;
but a hot hand was put Into mine as I
entered the cabin, and then a thousand
questions rained upon me,
"I'll tell you by-and by, Mary. Were
you very much afraid?"
"I was a bit afraid, Mark a a little
bit! I oh, I nursed Paolo he'a dying."
The man truly lay almost at. death'
door; but hla delirium had passed; and
he slept, mattering In his dream, "I can't
go to tha city Black ; you know It let
me pet nlsis.r.1. II mult off! 1 fold you
thn Job was risk) ;" nml he and
turned m n.l fell into troubled shnntsT.
Ami I could not help a thought of sorrow, f rMf K J i" J f-V"V V MVjf1 .Ji--V-.
for 1 fe.-intl that ho would hang If ever I 0 5jV lC? ;''. ' 1 ' !tvl:, f
(5,,i,mi.." k.,.,-r i,.or. u vii-riOT '4'
v..,, , v,.r t,. .i... u.,k: . AvyOv - :v3?j r -
pleate heaven. Til you nil in Now If' rV V t - L - - " "
York It-fore ih.ve days." N useless temp, to I ,. ...
An. I he kop it word: for we sighted, ' "XZM 1 1 c ' . ... , .... ,
S.,,lv Hook and lo.rm had e to no 1L'-? -Tl ' . ' H.HI:ll.- H.Ml ll'IV ' 1
man that fought Iho iiu.xual light.
niAPTFIJ XII.
It wst about tl o'clock in the wen hut
when we brought the t Visit through the
Narrows. Then the greater hnrNr be
fore the city itself rolled out upon our
view: and at we steamed slowly Into It
the ciittomt took possession of us, and
made their search. It was n short basl
nest, for we satisti.sl them that Paolo
suffered from a malignant disease.
For oursi'lvet wo went o T to dine at the
Fifth Avenue lo;el. When dinner was
done I suggested that po.lcri. k should
I'llii. M .1 r- I tl I-...I..K fli, .ltf .ivt-litlrf nit.'
I should cot back to tho feltit. there
' - '
that 1 should get back to the t oltis
to secure what papers were left for me.
and to arrange, after thought, what my
next stop in tho followinf of Captain
Plack should ln
I wat driven to tho wharf very quickly,
and got iilmard the yacht with no trou
ble. There was a man keeping watch
upon her docks. I went to my own cabin,
getting my papers, my revolver ami other
tilings that I might have n.-vd of ashore.
At I wat rea.h to go back to the o! ti
ers I looked in Paolo's cabin, and. tome
what to my surprise, I saw that he wat
dressed, and seemingly alsmt to quit the
yacht. This d sc.oery set nio aglow with
expectation. If iho man were going ashore,
whther coul.l he g. except to hit atso
ciatet? Was not that the very clue 1
had N'en hoping to get? This thought
sent me forward into the fo'cnstle, where
Han was.
"Hist, Han!" said I, "give me a man's
rig-out -a j.rsey ami some breoch'-s and
a cap- quick." and. while the old fellow
star.sl and whistled softly, I lielM-d to
ransack his box ; and in a trice I had
dtess.-d myself, putting my pistols, my
papers, and my money in my new vlothet ;
but leaving cverjth.ng els.' in a heap on
the Moor. At 1 came on deck, I saw a
shadow on the gangway. Tho man was
leaving the ya 'lit ut that moment, and I
followed him.
Once out into the city, and having turn
ed two or three times to satisfy himself
that he had no one after him, Paolo
struck for Proa.lway. and thetnv with
staggering gait he m i.lo straight for the
powery. At last, after a long walk, and
when the man himself wat almost falling
from the exertion of it, ho stopp.sl Iwfore
an open door in the dirtiest of the streets
through which we had come, nml disap
peared instantly. I came up to the door
almost as soon as he had passed through,
and found myself before a steep (light of
steps, at the bo'tom of which through a
glass partition I could see men smoking
and hear th-m bawling uncouth songs. j
It was a fearful hole, civpcd by fear
ful men ; all nations and all sorts of vil
laint were represented there: low Eng
lishmen. Frenchmen. Pussiant, even j
Chinamen; yet into that hole must I go
if I would foll"W- Paolo to the end. I j
pulled my cap right over my face and
passed through the swinging d.Kir.
The r.H;n wis long nnd narrow; bank
ed its whole length by hetioh.t that had
once been covered with red velvet, but
now showed torn patches and the pro
truding wool of the stiitling. I passed
quickly to a Iretch near the door, and
tle-re sat wedged Hgiiust a fair-haired
seaman, wli.we iook stampoi nim to no a
Pussian.
(To be continued.)
Wasn't Mip lnif f
"Ingenuity, thy name Is woman!" hollcl.
sal.l the iiiiidui'tor, ns a plump wopinnj . boiled egg which Is done will dry'
laden with packages alighted from his quickly on tin; shell when taken from
cur. "Ho you know what she. illd? the kettle.
Well, after she had stowed her pack-j F.ggs which have Ixfti packed In
ages In her I:ip, she osMieil her bag, lni. i,)k stained and show the action
dug down Into It, brought up her purse 0f the Hint' on the Hiirfmv.
and gave me 10 cents. 'For two,' she if M)i egg Is clenn and golden In ap
snhl. I thought she Intended paying jHuirance w lien held to the light It Is
for the bundles nnd was about to toll ,
her that It was needless extravagance,
when she said: 'I'd like two trans
fers.' I grinned.
'Are you Hotting a transfer on jour
parcels?' I asked,
She replied In n very matter of fact
way: dii, no; t.ur. jon see, a rnen.i , M)li(.,,r of , lepnrtment of ngrlcul-
of mine Is going to meet me ut tlitlire t Washington, said the law ap-
corner aim 1 want to p' tier rare, ,
but It'll be an awful nuisance for ino ,
to get my purse again with nil these
bundles, ho I thought If you'd give mo
two transfers I'd save nil that trou
ble.' "I gave her two transfers. The com
pnny won't lose anything 'Jy It, nnd If
the friend doesn't happen to be wait
ing fn the corner. It'll bo something
In." New York Press.
(nose of the Stoop.
The Portrait Agont-One notice a
great tunny stoop-shouldered men In
this vicinity. Hue to hard work, I sup
pose? The Storekisi'per Nutliln' else,
b'goHli. Tot In nround the average crop
ur whiskers peculiar to these here
parts uin't uo ulnycure, I tell you I
Puck.
I'mnen tlonable.
"Let in see," Bald she. "What Is
It you rail these men who run automo
biles?" "Pardon me," replied the gallant
man, "I'm too much of a Kontleman to
tell you what I cull them." Philadel
phia Ledger.
Fallacy Kiploded.
"Talk Is cheap," remarked the man
with the quotation habit
"Not always," rejoined the practical
man. "My wife talked me Into buying
her a $50 gown this morning."
In After Yeara.
Mrs. Newed And will you love me
Just ns much when I am old, darling?
Newed More, I think. You probably
won't be so silly then.
If men were relatively as strong as
beetles they could Juggle wlUi wulgbti
at auveral toiu.
Itntv l IIimI IVncltet.
"For u bu.l.llug Knife take n com
mon case knlt'c a broken one will do
cut blade otT square about one Inch
from baft, sharpen this etnl not very
jtl.ln. but sharp. Keep tho normal c.lge
as Keen as hss1io. Now, to use It
I Set tho en. I e.luo squarely across the
I u'.Mii. li, or Koo.lllng. where joii wish to
set jour bil.l, ami with gentle pressure
cut through the bulk to the mh
t s- .... . t . . t . . . . I ... I .. !....
"''' ""' "''' noa,., jo-i
below where vnil have iiiiide the cross
w here j on have mini
Incision mid cut through the bark as
before, and before w Ith.lraw lug the
k-ilfo give It n slight twist, which will
th'vw the hark open for tho re.vpt Inn
of the bud. The bud U cut from the
scion of tho variety iloslro.l by start
lug the knife In the scion nhont one
four h of an Inch below the bod. nml
cutting upward to the sumo distance
above, taking oT tho bud with u shield
lri;o, piece of bark Mini u snitill shav
I'!.' of the w.s.,1 ,.f the sch.n. Insert
this In the Incision nliva.lv niinlo In
the stock an. I tie the barU to the s'ock
down over It tlriulv, but not too tight
tv. r txlug, anything nearly "HI d.
I hue itsel corn busks when other ina
ferial w as not ban ly."
Mnklnii n llrooali r nl II unit .
ll.te are the plans for u br.x.ler
that can he easily made by anyone:
Make n box . feet I Inches by .'t feet
s Indies an. I o f.ft high, using '2.
Inch p;c.vs for corner posts, ami
in atchc.l hoards for si. Hug Inside mill
s lips around tl Inches from litto:u
to support the t!o ir, which should be
nia.le of matched lumber and left so
It cul l be taken out and cleaned.
M ike door In eli.l level with tbx.r. nl
glass In upper l.alf of eu h side for
light. Top made to xlaut N'th ways
and .'itxnit half of each side hinged on
so as to iiinke fi'i'.llug and cleaning
easy. Plait large plc.f of sheet Iron
on underside of Moor with h.ilf Inch
strips between Moor mi 1 Iron. Cut ilxr
hi lower part of end ; plmv g.xd metal
txiwl lamp under shift Iron; bore sev
eral holes In floor over lump, putting
tin can punched full of holes over this
to kix'p out d'.rt. Place thermometer
on Inside and you will have a br.HIor
which will ,jlve tin' best of satisfac
tion. l-tftic I'oluifrs.
A stale egg will sink in water.
Stale eggs are glassy nml siu.xith of
shell.
A fresii egg litis n llmellke surface to
Its shell.
The boiled eggs which adhere to the
shell are fresh laid.
Fggs packed III bran for u long time
smell and taste musty.
Thin shells are ciiuse.l by n lack of
gravel nml lime among the lens laying
eggs.
After an egg has Is-en laid n day
'or inure the shell collies orr easily when
KM ; If dark or spotted. It Is bad.
Nrw Meal Us Worltlnn Well.
In addressing thu convention of the
New York State Proislcrs' Association
upon the new meat Inspection law uud
ita h.Mirliiir Mtwiii the iinxlnct loll nml
,, of mt.IltH, ,;(.,)rf,. P. MKh.be.
llr(ll t worklnir well and was.
.rvlnz as a guarantee of the hoalttl-
I fulness, purity nnd wholesotnenetts of
our live stock nun meats in ine mar
kets of the world. lie declared that,
to seenre the best results, hnsslers of
eviry state should take up vigorously
the question of Hie extension of mar
kets nnd should back the department
of agriculture In an Insistent demand
for nn absolute clIMent, vigilant, fair
and square meat Inspection.
Iloinrmaft Hnvr Horse.
The Illustration shows the best con
trivance for holding slabs or other
i" iii i ii nurf i
- - - saf
HANDY HAW HOUSE.
refuse wood while sawing It for kin
dling or fuel.
Sure War With Moll Weevil.
The best way to circumvent the Ik11
weevil Is to raise more corn and hogs,
more alfalfa and mule colts, more buy
and calves, more oats and chickens,
more wheat and turkeys, and build
more factories. With full crops of all
these things, the boll weevil would
have little terror for Texan. Ilonham
(Tex.) News.
Farm Notes.
Farmers who tnnke money by skin
ning the farm are like companies who
pay dividends by watering their stock.
The all around food for milk cows Is
grass. Therefore look well to the pas
tures and see that their quality Is Improved,
Wmifiaifiiias ii i in a r
v
frost. Those that are uiilii.liire.l are
best kept on shches In layers In a loci
(I. .11 where tin' tempi-rat lire does not
fall below in ilcgrees. lie careful that
t hey are not kept too w Mi ni.
Dried llerl nml Molilaar llil.
Prlcf notes me gln-n on the prodiic
II. .11 of two lee.lllig Mulls and fctl I'g
experiments with cows are reported
by the Wisconsin station. The ration
Used fol" comparison consisted t live
INUIlnls or hay, I lill ty -III e to lol ly
linds of hllnge, mi. I about eight
pounds ir a grain tn!liiie . o.isl -.t lug
or wheat bran, distillers' grains, nml
cottonseed meat III the proportion of
J:-:l. I Mb-. I beet pulp or molasses
beet plllp WHS Sllbst 1 1 II I C.I Tol' the
wheat bran In the ratio or ;i :'J hy
weight. Two tests were in i.b-, the lil'st
Including llfteeti cows nil. I the second
sl.
When wheat bran was replaced by
ill'le.l licet plllp hi the 1 1 ; . 1 1 h . I 1 1 . 1 1 III. II
t ilted there whs Ho nppic Inlde I'Tfef
once In the effect nf the two rations
Molasses boot plllp Mihstltut -.1 lu Me
tallic manner produced, however, about
I. per cent more milk nml s per cent
liu.re butter Tat. Poet pulp showed a
tendency f.i decrease the fat isuifeiit
of the milk. The results. I hen-fore.
Indicate that when wheat bran Is val
lied at $1S a (nn. ilrle.l beet plllp Is li..t
worth over $IJ and inol.iss, I t pulp
over $ PI a (on.
m-tiorl nit l 'rn lol.
Hero It a hiiii.ly way or iitichorln
feint posts in draws or low places: In
stead of hanging a stone to the p.ist,
AN. ll'illIM, I'OMIS IN lill.tWS.
take
f r m
a
loiihle wire ami ust- It In tie-
f a truss, ut Indicated In cut.
The plan Is so simple that little descrip
tion Is lust-ssary. If the cut Is very
deep, one can use n longer post, or
spike a I'X I until the Mist, and so put
the truss win- yet higher, and hence
that much more effective.
Why tii ii iik Trrra Up lies I.
These are the advantages ut planting
young trees; Th.-y can be trained to
the desired form better than older
trees, says Farming. A 1' or :t year old
trif It branched nod Iims had lis head
already roruusl by the nurseryman; n
yearling tr.t- i,f the apple, ear and
swift cherry. Is usually iiiibranchcd.
SouicMiiicn the nurseryman has headed
the tree t-si high or has not Im-cii care
ful enough about starting out the senf
r..ld limbs, and it Is dllhYult to cor
re, t the form of the head arter It has
hi -n started. Tin-re Is an uumlstak
Ilbie preference Tor low -headed trees,
due chletly to the tiis-d of is-onoiny and
elli.-h-ncy In spraying and harvesttng.
The single disadvantage of low head
ing Is greater Inconvenience In tillage.
This Is much inure than offset by the
nd vn nt ages. In the Judgment of most
growers. Within ten years the height
recommended for heading apple tnt-s
In the Fast has lieon reduced at least
two feet. The bearing of this tin the
matter of yearling trees Is that the
grower enn head a yearling trtsu where
he pleases.
lowprii fur Una;.
Thow? living where they can success
fully grow the (tiWS'il should utilize
this valuable crop as a cheap ration
for pigs. The pea Is rich In protein and
furnishes the needed growth, and dm-s
away with the necessity of inlllstuff.
Hi'lll three or four M-.-ks of seed per
acre the bitter part of May or the llrst
part of June, and give the needed culti
vation till the vines cover the ground
enough to check wis-d growth. Turn
the pigs Into the field when the pods
begin to ripen, nnd they will do the
harvesting, if the old hogs nre pas
tured on pens, they need corn or some
other carlKiiiaceous feed to give proMr
balance, for they cannot utilize so much
protein ns pigs. Try a patch of cow
pea pasture this year, and get your
hogs lu fine shape for the corn when
It comes.
Hard Montliei! Ilorsrs,
Here Is something of practical rnluc
to anyone driving a horse that pulls
on the bit: Fasten n small ring to each
side of the bridle and as near the
brow band ns possible, pass the lines
through the bit rings nnd snap them
Into the rings at the brow band. This,
with a common Jointed bit, will enable
a child to hold a puller or hard mouth
ed horse with ease under almost all
circumstances. It can be used on a
fust horse in double team or on both,
as desired. It Is cheap and easily ap
plied, and It won't make tho mouth
sore. It Is better than any patent bit.
Farm Press.
Walrr for flutter Washing.
Pulletln No. PW, on the " Effect of
Hncterla Wash Water of Putter," de
scribes a series of experiments show
ing tho ImiHirtnnee of puro water for
washing butter. Sterilized water Is
shown to be practical, cheap and profit
abli't Tho bulletin may be obtained
free by addressing the experiment ata
Hon, Manhattan, Kan.
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Stokes for murder ot t imet I ik. .Ir
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I'll v. ib-sl ro id by tire.
1H.HO Flit Ilic .Ireel li;;lillllg llllrodleed
j ill New Yolk.
' 1VI s:n,,- S.n, fit- . ..in l.l.-.l at i.io-r,
N. II.. of murder of lot brother III
I ll ru.
IS'.il I'ollisioii on I In. Noii ltiver railroad
lit Unstops. . Y, . II kill.-d
Tin- (iitnui sinimshiji Alo-siii a burn
ed al sea.
S', l'llst Pllli-.ll I ll inois ele. led In
l-oll'loll.
I'.MI'J Wireless Ilii-K-ll'e sclil llerost lllll
Atlantic.
llMI.'t Last river bridge opened.
P.MI.'i (heat Hlrike ill St. Petersburg.
A merlrnn Slnmliirils Annlyvril.
Justice P.rewer of I lie Friilol States
Supreme 'mil t . ill an address on I hit
larger and higher life of the mill. in. ut
New Poclielle. N. Y ., paid us I he usual
compliment of being a Hercules mining
nations, saying facet iously thai if no
didn't have a Hercules club, we lit least
I oskciisi-iI n big Hi i. k at Washington, but
this was not enough. Those responsible
for the country's future must ask, "What
are the ideals of the nation?" Are
seeking only iiialerlnl developini-nl, or ari
we striving for the higher life?" lie re
ferred to our pride in a big navy mid thn
ostentation of our ciiies over their build
ings, houses, it r I galleries nnd libraries
bought by the cubic yard. He believed
the nn I ion was ruiiiiiu.: deeper Into debt
each yenr. (.looting Washington's tare
well address, In- mi, I In- was on.- who
didn't rejoice in a great national d.-bt.
Nevertheless he I hiillglil llllll the growth
of ililellectual Kjiirit was 1,-MVellllig tha
crudeliess of I he ne.
A Nollil rioiillnic I'iMliiiliilloii.
A writer lu the Technical World Mag
azine tells of a new- engineering device,
invented by William K. .Murray of Lot
Angeles, ('nl., bv means of which il is
possible lo build ill the open sea struc
tures that usually re.piire solid rock foun
dations, such lis lu eak waters, light houses,
forts, bridges, etc, These will remain per
fectly steady, no matter bow- liirbulent
the sill face of the sea may be. This re
sult is obtained by immersing the lloaling
structures deep down in the still waters
in such a way that the surfaif vibration
rnniiot affect them. The simplest form Is
n hollow upright cylinder of Iron, with
a broad projecting flange. This base will
act ns a lever to counteract tiny horizon
tal pressure nt the top. In this way It Is
hoped that torpedo stations limy bp pine
isl fnr out to sen,, forming an luis-n-trable
barrier to an attacking fleet.
Again, l Is proposed to thus erect float
ing wharves, which would rise and full
with the tide.
Mrs. Naifft'a l'nlvrraltr lft.
Chancellor MaeCrai ken of tho Svw
York university announces that .4rs. Hun
sell Sage had transferred to the univer
sity titlo to fifteen acres of laud adjoin
ing thn university grounds, valued at
$:t(Ml,(HK). This will increase the campus
to thirty-seven ncres, and will enable t,
chancellor to carry out his great project
of grouping a number of colleges In a
great quadrangle. Tlin summer school
next year will bn enlarged. At present
this university has iiMO Instructors and
2..V24 students.