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Speck«
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B u tte r.
The white specks In butter may be
caused by one or two things. Som e-'
times when the cream Is set In shallow |
pans or If the cow does not give very j
rich milk and the scum of cream Is
thin, little particles «of cream on the
top o f the scum w ill dry and do not
churn Into the butter, but w ill remain
in their hard state and either show
specks In the butter or come to the top ,
o f the water lu washing. The trouble
can be hindered by straining the cream
before churning.
The other way Is caused from leav
1631— Roger Williams arrived in Boston
ing the cream stand too long before
from England.
churning.
I f a little o f the milk Is
1605— First number of London Gazette
skimmed off each time with the cream,
appeared.
*
this will, o f course, settle to the bot
1682— La Salle began his descent of the
tom. There it gets overripe and forma
Mississippi.
a curd that will be so hard that It w ill
1690— Schenectady, N. Y., attacked and
not break up In the churning, but
burned by the French and Indians.
makes white specks
In the butter.
1693— Nearly 2,000 persons killed by
Tilts can be hindered by a closer skim
earthquake in Sicily.
ming and by not allowing the cream
1736— Severe earthquake felt in New
to stand as long before churning.
England.
Straining the cream Is also beneficial
1762— Martinique taken by the English.
In this case.
1776— Americans took possession of New
S tu d y M a tte r o f F e ed s.
York City.
When grain la high In price, the 1778— The United States and France con-
raiser o f stocks needs to study the mat
eluded a treaty of alliance.. . .Dan
ter o f feed more than at any other time.
iel Boone taken prisoner by French
and Indians.
It does not pay to give foods that
merely fill up, and that Is what the 1783— Final cessation of hostilities be
tween the United States and Great
temptation Is in times when prices ars
B ritain .. . . Sweden acknowledged the
Inflated fo r the most valuable fe e d »
Independence of the United States.
The man that understands the con
stitution o f feeds will generally find he 1791— Bank of the United States incor-
ported.
can beat the high prices by raising
some kind o f a crop that w ill give him 1794— Boston's first theater opened.
a big supply o f cheap feed. Thus, tha * 1796— American ship Sedgley rescued 189
men from the sinking British ship
man that has a good blue grass pasture
Aurora.
can conserve It, fertilize it and make
It produce a very large amount o f nu 1807— Napoleon defeated the Russians at
battle of Eylau.
tritious feed that will, for some o f his
stock, make It possible to greatly cut 1813— American troops raided Brockville,
Ontario. . . . British Admiral Warren
down on the grain ration, though this
declared ( ’hesapeake Bay to be in •
cannot be cut out entirely. The men
state of blockade.
that have been feeding corn extensively
to steers w ill have to balance that corn 1814— 'Massachusetts prohibited impris
onment for debt.
with clover, alfalfa, soy beans or some
thing else to decrease the amount of 1831— Baron Aylmer entered upon hit
term of office as Governor of Can*
corn used, for protein In corn comes
ada.
very high, on account o f the large
1847— Col. Fremont proclaimed the an
amount o f starch that has to be paid
nexation of California and assumed
for to get a little protein.
the office of Governor.
1849— Republican proclaimed at Rome.
1850— Henry Clay introduced in the Sen
ate a bill to compromise the slavery
question.
1852— Over 800 lives lost in wreck ol
British troop ship Birkenhead near
the Cape of Good Hope.
1859— Senator Slidell of Louisiana pre
sented a bill proposing to place $.30,-
000,000 in the hands of the Presi
dent for the purchase of Cuba.
1861— Jefferson Davis of Mississippi
withdraw from Congress.
1867— Evacuation of Mexico by ths
French.
1870— Prince Arthur, third son of Queen
Victoria, received by President Grant
at the White House.
1873— Congress abolished naval ranks of
admiral and vice admiral.
1876— Manitoba abolished the legislative
council.
Good M a n s e r A rra n g e m e n t.
The sketch shows my hay and gralL 1881— British defeated at battle o f I d -
gogo river, Transvaal.
rack fo r cows, which Is a great help
when these two feeds are given at the J1885— Italians occupied Massowah.
same time, writes a fanner In Farm 1888— Amos J. Snell, Chicago banker, as*
and Home. The hay is put in space a, |
sassinated.
1893— Long-distance telephone communi
cation established between
Boston
and New York.
1895— Abdication of Queen Liliuokalan!
of Hawaii.
1898—
Letter of Spanish Minister Ds
Lome, reflecting on President McKin
ley, published.
1899—
Insurrection against the United
SEC TIO N o r cow S T A L L .
States government in the Philippine
Islands began.
and then the grain is poured In at b,
Ilay-Pauncefote treaty signed at
ard the cow eats it at e. The part 1900—
Washington.
o f the rack holding the hay may be
made* o f slats and will thus be easier 1901— Wilhelmina, Queen of Holland,
married to Prince Henry of Meck
to keep clean.
Both o f these racks
lenburg-Schwerin.
ore kept In place by 2x3 strips run
ning lengthwise o f the manger. Many
T h e P r o lo n (r a t i o n o f L i f e .
dairymen are using this device and
The centuries-long search for the means
find It all rig h t
of securing perpetual, or at least extend-
T h e E d u c a te d F a rm e r .
ed youth, is still being prosecuted by the
A farm er needs more education than »dentists. Dr. Moutier of Paris, studying
either a physician or a lawyer, for he the rigidity of the arteries, which is a
haa need in hla business o f a knowl- characteristic of advanced life, has by a
edge more o r less complete o f all the , Pe<’ia11* constructed electrical -apparatus
natural sciences, and hla la the only b~ n * b !
’ nC
PT
occupation that denis with the sciences. arteriai chanjfe9 and thlII# re8tore normal
That education drives the young man rondltions. which continue permanently,
from the farm proves nothing except "phe same treatment haa also been sue-
that all men cannot be farmers, for we ^eaafully used ¡1 » the treatment of patients
must have all the trades and profea- affected with neurasthenia.,
slona filled.
But agriculture Is more 1 Elie Metchinkoff, Paateur’a successor In
Important than all other callings com- the famous Past ear Institute at Paris, in
blned. fo r the farm er feeds and clothes a 1,00,1 entitled. “The Prolongation of
the world.
Therefore the better the Life." published by G P Putnam's Sons,
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♦». k
argues that much of the shortening o f Ufa
farm er knows hla business »he better
of oId
„ £
t0 .
w ill the world be clothed and fed.
of thf th-oaa through putre-
faction of the intestinal tract, which may
F a r s . S o ie s .
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be counteracted by certain arid«, chiefly
Cream kept too Ion* may becom* that exipting in *>ur mim. in confirmation
bitter and be full o f white flakes.
10f which he instances the long life of
Oats are good for laying hens. Do some races which lire mainly on jmcb
not be afra id they w ill eat too many o f 4iet.
them.
Sheep are a persistent agency o f Im
P r o h ib it io n C o n v e n tio n C a lled .
provement to the land on the farms
The national convention of the Prohf-
where they are kep t
bitten party has been called to meet at
F e rt ilis in g
th e
O rch ard .
Experience everywhere teaches tha.
an orchard will live longer, bear better
and be more profitable fo r being well
cultivated and enriched. The experi
ment stations have tried both methods
and have collected opinions from the
best fru it growers in their sections,
and the verdict in almost every case Is
that cultivation
Is
necessary for
healthy trees and first-class fr u it
Potash is the chief fertilizer to be
applied to fruit trees, particularly a f
ter they come Into bearing. Potash may
be had In wood ashes and muriate of
potash. I t Is most commonly used In
the latter form. An unusual applica
tion o f potash should be made upon
bearing orchards, 500 pounds to the
acre.
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C H A P T E R V.— (Continued.)
“ Now supposing,” continued the senior
partner, with a smile on his thin lips,
“ that such a report got about. Suppose,
too, that ws were at this time, when the
market was in a depressed condition, to
invest several thousand pounds in them.
I f these rumors of an alleged discovery
turned out to be entirely unfounded, of
course the value of the stones which we
held would go up once more, and we
might very well sell out for double or
treble the sum that we invested. Don’t
you see the sequence of events?”
“ There seems to me to be rather too
n uch of the suppose in it,” remarked Ezm.
“ How do we know that such rumors will
get about; and if they do, how do we
know that they will prove to be un
founded?”
"H ow are we to know?” the merchant
cried, wriggling his long lank body with
amusement. “ Why, my lad, if we spread
the rumor ourselves we shall have preity
good reason to believe that they are un
founded. Eh, Ezra ! Ha ! ha ! You see
there are some brains in the old man
yet.”
Ezra looked at his father in consid
erable surprise and some admiration.
“ Why,” he exclaimed, "it’s dishonest. I ’m
not sure that it’s not actionable.”
"Dishonest!
Pooh!”
The merchant
«napped his fingers. " I t ’s finesse, my boy,
commercial finesse. Who’s to trace it,
I should like to know. I haven’ t worked
out all the details— I want your co-op
eration over that— but here’s a .’ough
sketch of my plan. We send a man we
can depend upon to some distant part
o f the world, Chimborazo, for example,
or the Ural Mountains. It doesn’t mat
ter where, as long as it is out of the
way. On arriving at this place our agent
starts a report that he has discovered a
.diamond mine. We should even go the
length, If he considers it necessary, of
hiding a few rough stones in the earth,
which he can dig up to give color to his
etory. Of course the local press would
be full of this. He might present one
of the diamonds to the editor of the near
est paper. In course of time a pretty
colored description of the new diamond
fields would find its way to London and
thence to the Cape. I ’ll answer for it
that the Immediate effect is a great drop
In the price of stones. We should have a
second agent at the Cape diamond fields,
and he would lay our money out by buy
ing in ail that he could while the panic
lasted. Then, the original scare having
proved to be all a mistake, the prices
naturally go up once more, and wo get a
long figure for all that we hold. That’s
what I mean by ‘making a corner in dia
monds.’ There is no room in it for any
miscalculation.”
“ It sounds very nice,” his son remark
ed, thoughtfully. " I ’m not so sure aoout
its working, though.”
| “ It must work well. As far as human
calculation can go there is no possibility
o f failure. Besides, my boy, never lose
sight of the fact that we shall be specu
lating with other people’s money.
We
ourselves have nothing to lose, absolutely
nothing."
“ I am not likely to lose sight of it,”
«aid Ezra angrily, his mind coming back
to his grievance.
“ I reckon that we can raise from forty
tq fifty thousand pounds without much
difficulty.
My name is, as you know,
as good as that of any firm in the city.
For nearly forty years It has been above
atain or suspicion. I f we carry on our
plans at once, and lay this money out
judiciously, all may come right.”
“ It ’s Hobson’s choice,” the young man
remarked.
"W e must try some bold
stroke of the sort. Have you chosen the
right sort of men for agents? You should
have men of some standing to set such
reports going. They would have more
weight then.”
John Girdlestone shook his head de-
•pondingly. “ How am I to get a man of
any standing to do such a piece of busi
ness?” he said.
"Nothing easier," answered Ezra with
a cynical laugh. " I could pick out a
score of Impecunious fellows from the
clubs who would be only too glad to earn
a hundred or two in any way you can
mention. I shall go myself to the dia
mond fields. As to our other agent, l
have the very man. Major Tobias Clutter-
buck. He Is a shrewd, clever fellow, and
jhe’s always hard up. His social rank
would be a great kelp to our plan. I ’ll
answer for his jumping at the idea.”
"Sound him on the subject, then.”
“ I will.”
“ I am glad." said the old merchant,
"that you and I have had this conversa
tion. Ezra. The fact of my having specu
lated without your knowledge, and de
ceived you by a false ledger, has often
weighed heavily upon my conscience, I as
sure you. It is a relief to me to have
told you all.”
"Drop the subject, then,” Ezra said,
curtly
“ I must put up with It, for I
hsve no redress. The thing is done and
nothing can undo it, but I consider that
you havs willfully wasted the money.”
“ Believe me, I have tried to act for the
best. The good name of our firm le ev-
eiything to me. I have spent my whole
life in building It up, and if the day
should come when it must go, I trust
that I may have gone myself. There is
nothing which I would not do to pre-
ssrve it.”
" I see they want our premiums,” Ezra
said, glancing at the open letter upon the
table. “ How is It that non« of thoeo
ships go down? That would give us help.”
“ Hush! hush !” John Girdlestone cried.
Imploringly. “ Speak in a whisper when
you talk of such things.”
“ i can’t understand you," Mid Esm.
•etulanUy. "You persistently ever Insure
your ships, year after year. Look at the | she? Ton must give
love to tneia
(jeopard; it is put at more chan twice both.”
what she was worth as new. And th<
"H ow is it that you have never been
Black Eagle, I dare say, is about the to s«*e us?" Tom asked reproachfully.
same. Y’et you never have an accident
"M r. Girdlestone thinks that I havv
with them, while your two new uuiusured been too idle lately, and that I should
clippers run each other down.”
stay at home. I am afraid it will be
“ Well, what more can I do?” replied some little time before 1 can steal away
the merchant. “They are thoroughly rot to Kensington."
ten, I have done nothing for them for
Tom consigned her guardian under his
years. Sooner or later they must go. I breath to a region w anier even than the
1 cannot do spy more.”
scene of that gentleman’s commercial
“ J’d make ’em go down quick enough.” speculations. "Which way are you go
muttered Ezra with an oath. "W hy don’t ing?” he asked.
you make old Miggs bore a hole in them,
" I was going to Victoria street to
or put a light to a barrel of paraffin? change my book, and then
to Ford
The thing’s done every day. What’s the street.”
t
use of being milk-and-watery about it?”
"W hat a strange thing!” the young man
“ No, no, Ezra !” cried his father. “ Not exclaimed, “ was going in that direction
that, not that.
It’s one thing letting too.” It seemed the more strange as ha
matters take their course, and it is an was walking in the opposite direction
other thing giving positive orders to scut when she met him. Neither seemed In
tle a ship. Besides, it would put us in clined to make any comment upon tha
Miggs* power. It would be too danger fact.
As they walked on, threading their way
ous.”
H e a te r « a n d C o o k e r«.
"Please yourself,” said Ezra with a among the vehicles, Tom took his com
The cheai>est and most economical
sneer. "You’ve got us into the mess and panion’s hand in his, and they exchanged
you must take us out again. I f the worst one firm grip, which each felt to be of the heater ever used was one o f my own
How sunny and construction. I made a frame o f 218 -
comes to the worst I ’ll toll you what I ’ll nature of a pledge.
do. I ’ll marry Kate Harston, wash my bright the dull brick-lined streets seemed Inch pine seven feet long and twenty-
hands of the firm, leave you to settle mat to those two young people that after seven Inches wide. I put a bottom on
ters with the creditors, and /retire with noon. They were both looking into a this of No. 18 galvanized Iron, letting
the forty thousand pounds,” with which future which seemed to be one long vista it project one-half inch In each side
threat the junior partner took up his hat of happiness. So light-hearted were these
two lovers that it was not until they and fourteen inches at one end for a
and swaggered out of the office.
After his departure John Girdlestone found themselves in Warwick street once stove-pipe fitting. I spiked the frame
spent an hour in anxious thought, arrang more that they came down from the together and covered the corners with
ing the details of the scheme which he clouds, and realized that there were some heavy tins to prevent any leaking. The
had just submitted to his son. As he sat commonplace details which must be dealt bottom was nailed on with two rows
his eye chanced to fall upon the two let with in one way or another.
of eight-penny nails.
"O f course, I may tell my own people,
ters lying on his desk, and it struck him
I made a fireplace on the ground of
dearest,
about
our
engagement?"
Tom
that they had better be attended to. It
stone and blue clay, two feet wide by
did not suit his plans to fall back upon said.
three feet long and eighteen Inches
" I wonder what your mother will say?**
his credit just yet. It has been already
high.
I then piled up dirt one foot
shown that he was a man of ready re answered Kate laughing merrily. "Sh#
high and three feet wide at the end
source. He rang the bell and summoned will be awfully astonished."
"IIo w about Girdlestone?” asked Tot*v o f the fireplace for a flue, put stone
his senior clerk.
The thought of the guardian had nevar on the earth the length o f the galvan
"Good morning, John,” he said affa
occurred to either of them before. They ized iron, placed the tank on the foun
bly.
"Good morning, Mr. Girdlestone, good stared at each other and Kate’s face as dation and banked it up with dirt. In
morning, sir,” said wizened little John sumed sucb an expression of dismay that cutting a hole for the stovepipe I turn
Gilray, rubbing bis thin yellow hands to her companion burst out laughing
ed up strips of the galvanized iron for
"Don’t be frightened, darling,” he sa.'d a collar, then drove an Iron rod Into
gether, as a sign of his gratification.
" I hear, John, that you have come into " I f you like I ’ll go in and beard the libu
in his den. There is no time like the pres»
a legacy lately,” Mr. Girdlestone said.
"Yes, sir.
Fifteen hundred pounds, ent.”
sir.”
"No, no, dear Tom,’ she cried eagerly.
"W hat have you done with the money, “ You must not do that.” It was impossi
John?”
ble for her to tell him how especially
"Banked it, sir, in the United Metro Girdlestone had cautioned her against
politan.”
him, but she felt that it would never do
"In the United Metropolitan, John? to allow the two to meet
“ We must
Let me see. Their present rate of inter conceal our engagement from Mr. Girdlo
est is four and a half?”
stone.”
"Four, sir,” said John.
"Conceal our engagement l”
"F o u r! Dear me, John, that is poor
"Yes, Tom.
He has warned ms ss
intehest, very poor Indeed. It is most often against anything of the sort, that
fortunate that I made these Inquiries. I really I don’t know what he would do
was on the point of drawing fourteen If he knew about i t He would certain
hundred pounds from one of my corre ly make It very uncomfortable for me to
spondents as a temporary convenience. live with him. Remember I am nearly the ground, put on tw o lengths o f
For this I should pay him five per cent. twenty now, so in a little more than a stovepipe and wired It fast to the rod.
I have no objection, John, as you are an year I shall be entirely free. That is not A piece of sheet Iron was set up be
old servant of the firm, to giving you tho very long.”
fore the fireplace to control the d raft
preference in thie matter. I cannot take
" I don’t know about that,” Tom said, and keep the fire.
more than fourteen hundred— but I shall
doubtfully.
"However, if you .will be
This heater was located near the
be happy to accommodate you up to that
more comfortable, of course, that settles windmill and storage tank and I could
sum at the rate named.”
the question. It seems rather hard, though, fill It from either.
I could heat the
John Gilray was overwhelmed by this
that we should have to conceal it, simply
water quickly with cornstalks, straw,
thoughtful and considerate act. " I t is
in order to pacify this old bear.”
really too generous and Wnd, sir,” he
cobs, brush or trash.
I boiled pump
" I t ’s only for a time, Tom ; and you
said. “ I don’t know how to thank you.”
may tell them at home by all means. Now, kins and small potatoes for fattening
"Don’ t mention it, John,” the senior
good-by, dear, they will see you fronr the pigs, and cooked ground feed by
partner said grandly. "The firm is always
pouring scalding w ater on the meal In
the windows if you come nearer.”
glad to advance the interests of its em
“ Good-by, my darling.”
They shook hnrrclB and covering with old blankets
ployes in any reasonable manner. Have
hands and parted, he hurrying away with or carpets. One ligh t fire would take
you your check book with you? Fill it
the glad tidings to Phillimore Gardens, the chill from Ice water fo r the milch
up for fourteen hundred. No more, John,
she tripping back to her captivity with cows. I regretted that I did not make
I cannot oblige you by taking any more.”
the lightest heart that she had felt for a It o f twelve-inch plank, as that would
John Girdlestone’s private residence in
weary time. Passers-by glanced back at
have Increased Its capacity one-third
Eccleston square was a large and sub
the bright little face under the bright lit- j
stantial house in a district which tho
tie bonnet, and Ezra Girdlestone looking and furnished warm w ater for all my
wave of fashion had passed over in its
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down at her from the drawing room win stock.
westwrrd course. The building was stern
dow, bethought him that if the diamond • I found constant use for this small
and hard, and massive in its external ap
speculation Should fail it would be no tank the year round, continues the
pearance, but the interior was luxury it
hardship to turn to his father’s ward.
w riter In Farm and Home. I cut off
self, for the old merchant had a due ap
(T o be continued.)
the projecting part o f sheet Iron where
preciation of the good things of this
the stovepipe fitted on and le ft It on
world
Indeed there was an oriental
P a p e r w i t h D u a l O p in io n « .
the foundation, while I moved the tank
and almost barbarous splendor lbout *he
The oddest newspaper in the world about and used It for various pur
great rooms, where the richest furniture
war interspersed with skins from the Ga Is one named the Wochenblatt, which poses. For a time I used It In a sheep
boon, hand-worked ivory from Old Cala Is published in Gruningen, a small town pasture, then to mix mortar In while
bar, and the thousand other strang» val o f some 1,200 Inhabitants In, the can building, then as a poqd for
little
uables which were presented by his agents ton o f Zurich, In Switzerland. It li ducks, as I could easily tip It over
to the African trader.
the only newspaper In the place and la and put In fresh water with a hose
A fter the death of his friend, Girdle
at one and the same time the organ of every day.
stone had been as good as his word. He
the Liberal Conservatives and o f thi
had taken Kate Ilarston away from the
S h re d d e d C o rn .
desolate house at Fulham and brought her Social Democrats. Tages 1 and 2 be
When corn Is huBked and the stover
to live with him. From the garrets of long to the Liberals and pages 3 and
shredded at a very slight Increase In
that palatial edifice to the cellars she was to the Socialists, and the two partle«
cost lver that o f husking by hand, the
at liberty to roam where she would, and abuse one another heartily In Its p age»
practice must commend Itself to every
do what she chose. No cares or responsi
farm er on account o f the greater con
C h a r g e I t In t h e B i l l .
bilities were imposed upon her. The do
"Doctor," said a ahrewd-looking mat», venience with which the m aterial may
mestic affairs were superintended by a
stern housekeeper, who arranged every "how many feet o f gas doe« It take to be bandied and fed, and the ability to
detail of housekeeping. The young girl kill a man?”
preserve the m aterial from damage by
had apparently only to exist and to be
“ That's a queer question,” replied rains, etc., says D irector H. J. Waters,
happy.
the doctor.
"W h y do you wlah to Missouri ex|>erlment station. Not only
John Girdlestone had been by no means know ?”
so, but the greatest single objection to
overjoyed upon the return of the I)ims-
"One o f the guests In my hotel used the present method o f handling stover
dales from Edinburgh to learn that his
enough o f It to kill himself, and I want Is the difficulty o f getting It out o f the
ward had been thrown into the company
flehl during the winter and early spring
of her young cousin. He received hor to «end In a proper bill to hla execu
months without Injury to the lend and
coldly, and forbade her to visit Phillimore tors.” — London Tlt-Blts.
the grow ing wheat crop, which Is often
Gardens for some time to come. He even
sown In the corn In autumn.
H i n d o o W o m e n ^ m n g g l e d In .
took the precaution of telling off a confi
Moreover, shredding undoubtedly re
dential footman to walk behind her on
One hundred Hindoo laborers In the
all occasions, and to act either as an es frontier towns o f British
Columbia lieves the farm er o f one o f the most
cort or as a sentry.
have been discovered to be women disagreeable tasks on the farm — the
It chanced, however, that one day, a dressed In men’s clothing. They are* handling o f the coarse stalks In bad
few weeks after her return, Kate found
expert woodcutters and the tlmekeep* weather, and re lief from the necessity
an opportunity of recovering her* freedom.
ers say that the women are more p ain » o f digging this material out o f the snow
The footman had been dispatched upon
In winter. Likewise, It also makes It
some other duty. 80 she bethought her taking and Industrious than their hur
possible to feed the material under a
self that a book was to be bought, and bands.
shed or In the barn, using the portion
some lace to be matched, and several oth
ll r o a d H in t .
refused by stock fo r bedding, and still
er Important feminine duties to be ful
'•yes,” boasted M r « Newcoln. "when have the manure In a condition to be
filled. It happened, however, that as she
walked sedately down Warwick street my husband returned from Europe ht handled easily by a manure spreader.
her eyes fell upon a very tall and square weighed just fifty pounds more than
.
S ta b lin g llo r a « ,.
shouldered young man, who was lounging when he started."
in her direction, tapping his stick listless
‘‘G racious!" exclaimed Mrs. De Style,
W e can learn from the Japanese a
ly against the railings, as is the habit with a yawn. “ Did the custom« officer, thing or two about stabling horses. In
of idle men. At this Kate forgot incon forget to search him?”
that country horses are backed Into
tinently all about the book and the lace,
their s t ills ; then a door Is closed at
while the tall youth ceased to tap the
W h a t It L e a d « To.
the head, which has a grain and hay
railinga. and came striding towards her
W ife (re a d in g )— A scientist claims rack conveniently constructed, to which
with long spr.ngy footsteps and a smiling
that cryptococcusxantbogenlacus causes the nsg Is secured. When needed, the
face.
yellow fever.
door Is swung back and the horse led
"W hy, Cousin Tom, who would have
Uusbanl— Indeed 1 I always Imag forth. No one gets kicked, no refuse
thought of meeting you here?” she ex
ined
It
was
something
o
f
that
kind
that
m atter Is visible to the visitor, and It
claimed, when the first greetings had been
seems to be a sensible way to construct
exchanged.
" I t Is a most surprising caused lockjaw.
thing." It is possible that the incident I
s place for any home.
H is O m S e e r««.
would not bars struck her as so very as
Singleton— Do you beltev« It poealbls
R a in fa ll G a tla a t r.
tonishing after all, had she known that
fo r s man to keep secrets from his
Tom had spent six hours a day for the
An acre contains 6,272,640 square
last fortnight in blockading the entrances w ife?
Inches o f surface, and an inch o f rain
Wedderljr— Tes. I guess so. Any w av
to Eccleston square.
means, therefore, the same number o f
"Most rwnsrkable I” said ths young I never let my w ife know what I r e a l« cubic Inches o f water. A gallon con
hn****^** “ You see I haven’t anything think o f her.
tains 277.27 cubic Inches o f water, and
to do yet, so I walk about Ix>ndon a good
S lo w T r a l a « l a E n r o p * .
an Inch o f rainfall means 22,622 gallons
deal. It was a lucky chance that sent
In ths matter o f train speed Austri«, o f water to the acre. and. as a gallon
me in this direction.”
o f water weighs ten pounds, the rain
“ And bow is the doctor?” Kate asked Ita ly and Spain a rt at tha bottom
fa ll o f an acre la 226.220 pounds.
ly.
“ And Mrs, Dlmsdal* how is tbs Uf'
»
*
8uoceae In livestock raising depends Columbus on July 15. There will be a
on producing a better strain o f animals total of 1.512 delegates, the apportlon-
wlth each breeding.
.ment to the various States being based
The price o f a bone grinder I, not ',pon th* T0,e c“ ‘ foT Pralden ‘ in » « *
g re a t but It la sometimes unhandy or
A m e r ic a n C a a P r o flt « .
Impossible to get a good supply o f
bones. I t la a good scheme to make ar-
The American Can Company reporta
rangements with a butcher for bone* tarning» of $3,246.827 for the fiscal yeo^
before buying the grinder
I'
of over 1700,000.