The Firm of
Mestone
A. C O N A N DOYLE
C H A P T E R V II.— (Continued.)
The old man was pale and nervous.
The one weak point in his character was
bis affection for his son, an affection
•which he strove to hide under an austere
manner, but which was none the less
genuine. lie had never before parted with
him for any length of time, and he felt
the wrench keenly. As to Ezra, he was
flushed and excited at the thought of the
new scenes which lay before him and the
during speculation in which he was about
to embark. He flung himself into a chair
and stretched his thick, muscular limbs
out In front of him.
“ I know as much about stones,” he
said exultantly, "as any man in Ix>ndon.
I was pricing a bag of rough one* at
Van Ilelmer'n to-day, and he is reckoned
a good judge. He said that no expert
could have done it better.”
"You deserve great credit for your
quickuess and perseverance,” replied his
father. "You r knowledge will be inval
uable to- you when you are at the fields.
You will promise to be careful and to
•void quarrels and bloodshed.”
" I won’t get into any rows if I can
help it,” his son answered. "T h at’s not
tny game.”
"B ut if you think that there is no mis
take, if your opponent is undoubtedly
•bout to proceed to extremities, shoot him
down at once, my dear lad, before he has
time to draw. I have heard those who
have been out there say that in such cases
everything depends upon getting the first
■hot. I am anxious about you, and shall
not be easy until I see you again.”
"Blessed if he hasn’t tears in hi« eyes!”
Ezra exclaimed to himself, much aston
ished at this unprecedented occurrence.
"When do you go?” his father asked.
"M y train leaves in an hour or so. I
reach the steamer at Southampton about
three in the morning, and she starts with
the full tide at six. Well, good-by,” said
the young man, rising up and holding
out his hand. "K eep your eye on Dirns-
dale and don’t trust him.”
"Good-by, my son, good-by!”
The old merchant was honestly moved,
•nd his voice quivered as lie spoke. Ho
•tood motionless for a minute or so until
the heavy door slammed, and then he
threw open the window and gazed sorrow
fully down the street at the disappearing
cab. His whole attitude expressed such
dejection that his ward, who had just en
tered the room, felt more drawn towards
him than she had ever done before. Slip
ping up to him, she placed her warm,
tender hand upon his sympathetically.
"H e will soon come back, dear Mr. Gir
dlestone,” she said. "Y’ ou must not be
uneasy about him.”
As she stood beside him in her white
dress, with a single red ribbon round ner
neck and a band of the same color round
her waist, she was ns fair a specimen of
English girlhood as could
have been
found in all London. The merchants
features softened as he looked down at
her fresh young face, and he put out his
hand as though to caress her, but some
unpleasant thought must have crossed his
mind, for he assumed suddenly a darker
look and turned away from her without
a word. More \hnn once that night she
recalled that strange spasmodic expres
sion of something akin to horror which
had passed over her guardian’s features as
he gazed at her.
C H A P T E R V III .
The anxious father had not very long
ta wait bfore he heard tidings of his son.
Finally there came a long epistle from
Kimberley, the capital of the mining dis
trict, in which the young man described
his eight hundred mile« drive up country
•nd all the adventures which overtook
him on the way.
"This place, Kimberley.” he said in his
letter, "has grown into a fair-sized town,
though a few years ago it was just *i
camp. Now there are churches, hanks,
and a club in It. There are a sprinkling
of well-dressed people in the streets, but
the majority are grimy-looking chans
from the diggings, with slouched hats «nd
colored shirts, rough fellows to look at,
though quiet enough as a rale. Though
Kimberley is the capital of the mining
fields, it is not there that the actual
mining is done. That goes on in a lot of
little camps, which are dotted along the
V s tl river for fifty or sixty miles. The
•tones are generally bought at the camp
Immediately after they have been found,
and are paid for by check« on bonks in
Kunl>erley. I have, therefore, transferred
our money to the South African hank
here.
Keep your eye* on that fellow
Pimsitale. and let him know nothing of
what is going on.”
He wrote again about a fortnight after
wards, and his letter, as it crossed the
Atlantic, passed the outward mail, whi.-h
bore the news of the wonderful diamond
find made by an English geologist among
the t ’ ral Mountains.
” 1 am now on a tour among the
ramps,” he said. "To-morrow I push on
to Delparte’s ll«»pe and Iinrkin’s Flat. I
am well received wherever I go, except
by the dealers. They hear that I am a
I,ondon capitalist, and fear that I may
send up the prices. They little know 1
bought stones all the way along, but not
very valuable one«, for we must husband
our resources.”
One day news arrived of the great dis
covery of diamonds among the Ural
Mountains. The first intimation was re
ceived through the Central News Agency
In the form of the following telegram :
"Moscow, August 22.— It is reported
from To'H>l«k that an important discovery
o f diamond fields has been made amongst
the spurs of the Cral Mountain«, at a
p o in t not very far from that city
TYiey
are «kid to bars been found by an English
/ l a i In t h * N o r t h w e s t .
I geologist, wno has exhibited many masnifi
good deal as he went about his work, and
cent gems In proof of his assertion. These cogitated deeply in a manner which « ’as
The second factor making for th «
stones have been examined at Tobolsk, once again distinctly undesirable in so
new prosperity may be termed “ the dis
and ere pronounced to be equal, if not vtry intelligent a subordinate.
covery o f flux.” For years there had
superior, in quality to any found else
These brooding» and cogitations culmi
been a few scattering flax fields, but
where. A company has been already nated in a meeting, which was held by
It was only ln the middle ’90’s that the
formed for the purpose of purchasing the him with his two sub-agents in the privato
Northwestern pioneer awoke to the dis
land and working the mines.”
parlor of the Digger's Retreat. It was a
covery that lluseed oil was of more
The crisis at the African fields was even low roofed, smoke-stained room. Round
truly golden hue, not only than the
more acute than had been anticipated by a solid, old-fashioned table in the center
wheat field, but than any gold-bear
the conspirators. Nothing approaching to o ' this apartment sat Ezra’s staff of as
it had ever been known in South Africa sistants, the parson thoughtful, but self
ing quartz California ever saw. And
before. Diamonds went steadily down in satisfied, the others sullen and inquisitive.
so the end less golden yellow o f the
value until they were selling at a price Farintosh had convened the meeting, and
fields ln August and the tinkling bells
which no dealer would have believed pos hi* comrades had au idea that there « ’as
G o o d S h e e p lin n , a P o o r One.
In September or the flax field.
sible, and the sale of claims reached such something in the wind. They waited for
A good sheep baru is a poor one.
Those who have never heard the
a climax that men were glad to get rid of him to speak.
This may seem to be absurd, but the ringing o f the flax bflls have missed a
them for the mere price of the plant and
"W ell,” the ex-clergyman said at last,
facts 9iipi>ort such a statement. There truly wonderful sensation. The round
machinery erected at them. The offices of
the game is nearly over, and « ’e 11 not he
no question but that many flocks are
seed pods, smaller than peas, which
the various dealers at Kimberley werft
wanted any more. Girdlestone’. off to rendered unhealthy and therefore less
contain the seed, give a faint metulllc
besieged night und day by an importunare
.n
an.
in
a
n\
or
two.
I
productive
by
reason
o
f
too
close
crowd of miners who were willing to sell
sound which as one drives or walks
at any price in order to save something ¡rally. Work was scarce in the diggings hou,ln*
In few •ectIoM do
need through a field, setting thousands In
from the general ruin which they imag during the crisis, and their agencies aad ,nore than a windbreak and rain shed, motion, seems like myriads o f Infinitesi
ined w’as about to come upon the indus been paying them well.
Some o f our best shepherds have kept mal bel Is tinkling so fulntly ns to be
try.
Home, more long-headed or more
“ Yes. he’s off." Farintosh went on. Ilh<’ lr “ « * » for decades with only such all but Inaudible.
Nor Is the mere
desperate than their neighbors, continued
glancing keenly at his companions, "a n l «beds «■ would prevent the flock being sight o f a flax field In the mellow Au
to work their claims and to keep the
he takes wth him five and thirty thousand exposed to direct winds, rain and snow- gust soon to be forgotten. Imagine a
stones which they found until prices might
pounds’ worth of diamonds that we . storms.
100-acre field, filled with flowers o f a 1437— Murder of James I. of Scotland.
1 m better.
As fresh mails came from
the Cape, however, each confirming and bought for him. We have to do the work, j T h e cut shows the type o f sheep blue more delicate than violets. And 1525— Imperialists defeated the French
and
then
are
thrown
aside
as
you
would
barn
found
on
the
farm
o
f
a
success-
amplifying the ominous news, these inde
o f its profitable character one lllustra-1
at battle of Pavla.
throw your pick aside when you are don. ; fu, sUepher(1 whl(.h In|
l|t
^
pendent workers grew’ fewer and more
tlou will suffice.
In Juue, 1000, Ole 1544— Diet of Spires opened.
w.th
It.
When
he
sells
out
ta
London
wIttl
8luve88.
ln
lM
tanc.
the
faint-hearted, for their boys had to oe
Jannsen bought 100 acres ln the h e a rt. 1547— Coronation of Edward VI., when
and make« his pile, it won t much matter 1 .
paid each week, and where was the
to him tlmt the three men who helped him shee'’ * • ke',t
" o p s grown o f the great flax belt for $10 an acre |
only 10 years of age.
money to come from with which to pay are Starving in Griqaaland.”
I ln follr adjacent lots. The flock may on the crop payment plan. Ole "broke 1587— Thomas Cavendish passed the
them? The dealers, too, began to take the
"W o n ’t he give us somethin’ at part- i he turned Into any lot at pleasure,
up” that fall and the next spring 135 ;
Straits of Magellan.
Alarm, and the most tempting offers would
in’ ?” asked Burt, the navvy. He was a j It is well to have this building acres and planted It In flax. In round
<021— Miles Standish chosen captain of
hardly induce them to give hard cash in
savage looking, hairy man, with a brick- equipped with a large ventilating win- numbers, he thrashed ln the fa ll elgh- j
Plymouth colonies.
exchange for stones which might prove to
colored face and overhanging eyebrows, d o«’ In the end near the gable or two teen and one-half bushels to the a c r e ;'
be a drug on the market. Everywhere
1740— Brussels taken by Marshal Saxe.
•‘ Won’t he give us nothing to remem small windows such as shown In the
there was misery and stagnation.
sold it for $ 1 * 80 % 'i I m M . total, 1770— William Scarbrough, one of the
brance him by?”
sketch. These, however, should be $3,500; a little more than twice enough
Ezra Griddlestone was not slow to tak"
builders of the Savannah, the first
"G ive you something!” Farintosh sail
advantage of this state of things, but he
to pay for his land out o f his first crop, j
steamer that crossed the Atlantic,
with a sneer. "W hy, man, he says you
was too cunning to do so in amanner
Not only was the flax Immensely profl-1
born in Belfast, S. C.
are too well paid already.”
which migh call attention to himself or
table Itself, but It removed from the 1777— Col. Neilson, with a party of
"Does he, though?” cried the navvy,
his movements. In his wanderings he had
lushing even redder than nature had
country the stigma, "one-crop country,
American militia, defeated British
come across an outcast named Farintoah,
made him. " Is that the way he speaaa
troops under Major S to c k to n .....
— W orld Today.
a man who had once been a clergyman nfrer we makes him?
It ain’ t on the
American Congress commissioned five
and a master of arts of Trinity College, square. I likes to see things honest an'
major generals.
B u r le d S e e d .
Dublin, but who was now a broken-down above board betwixt man an’ man, and
The Department o f Agriculture has 1778— Lord North’s conciliatory bill pre*
gambler with a slender purse and a sti'l this, pitchin’ of them as. has helpe ye
undertaken a series o f experiments In
seated in Parliament.
more slender conscience. He still retain
over ain’ t that.”
tended to answer. If possible, the old 1780— New York ceded her rights in
ed a plausible manner and an engaging
Farintosh lowered his voice and bent
question, “ How long can seed3 remain
western lands to the United States.
address and these qualities first recom
mended him to the notice of the young further over the table. His companions
burled in the soli and still retain their 1781— Congress appointed Robert Morris
involuntarily
imitated
his
movement,
un
merchant. A couple of days after the re
power o f germination?”
superintendent of finance.
ceipt of the news from Europe, Ezra til the three cunning, cruel faces were
SOIL! NO SHEEP FOLD.
Many extraordinary stories have 1793— British flag raised over Corsica.
looking
closely
into
one
another’s
eyes.
sent for this fellow and sat with him for
"Nobody knows that
he holds those ] equipped with a sash that may be been told o f the prolongation o f the v i 1797— Trinidad captured by the British
some time on the verandah of the hotel
tality o f seeds during many years, and
under Sir Ralph Abercromby. . . .
stone«,” said Farintosh. "H e ’s too smart closed ln severe weather,
talking over the situation.
French and Austrians resumed hos
to let It out to any one by c u rs ive , "
| Many
where shwp are kcpt eveu centuries, but very few actual ex
"You see,” said Ezra, " I have the name
tilities in Italy.
“ W here doe. he keep em I asked th.
equ,I)pe)I wlth „ barn oellar ln periments have hitherto been made.
here of having a long purse and of know
Dr. Beal has reported that he has 1803— Ohio admitted to the Union.
ing which way the wind blows. I f I were
.
which the flock has been kept with
“ In » « . f e n hi» room
Tim , s ad varyln)? „ w s a
T h e barn cellar Is found seeds that responded to germina 1809— Drury Lane theater, London, de
to be seen buying, others would follow
Farintosh,
taking
a
small
key
from
Ills
i
..t
.
.
.
stroyed by fire.
tion tests after having been burled
my lead, and prices would soon be as hign
,8he! P ", rl* htly twenty years. The seeds burled by the 1810— Andreas Ilofer, the Tyrolese pat
as ever. Now what I purpose is to work pocket. " I . * duplicate, and will open he an " C^,leUt
safe.
I took a moulding from his key arranged. There should be
plenty of
riot, shot by the French.
experts o f the Agricultural Department
through you, d’ye see? Y’ou can go the
while I was speaking to him.”
j openings to the south, allowing sun to
round of the camps and buy in stones on
at the Arlington farm last year were 1813— British and Canadian soldiers
The
navvy
laughed
hoarsely.
“
I
f
that
reach
all
parts
o
f
the
stable
so
as
to
the quiet without attracting much atten
captured Ogdensburg, N. Y.
smartness I” ho ( keep It thoroughly dry.
Thorough packed with dry clay in porous clay
tion. Beat them down as low as you don’t lick creation for
pots, covered with saucers and placed 1814— Henry Kirke Brown, who produc
cried.
"And
how
are
we
to
get
to
thin
drainage
Is
essential,
can, and give this hotel as your address.
ed the first bronze statue ever exe
There must be ventilation at the at various depths from 0 Inches to
When they call here they shall be paid, safe? It would serve him right if wa
cuted in the United States, born at
3Vi feet. There are 32 complete sets,
collar
the
lot.
It
II
teach
him
that
if
he
rear
0j
stab|
e
a
bad
practice
Is
to
which is better than having you carrying
Leyden, Mass.
ain’t honest by nature
he s got to he k
the 8heop ln 8tal(,ea on 8tahIc. ln 3,584 pots, representing 100 spe
the money round with you.”
„
, „
cies, 84 genera and 34 families. Tests f834— United States concluded an in
The clergyman scowled as though he when he deals with the like of us. I like
demnity treaty with Spain.
and I 11 have It I
He .
_ . . .
are to be made at the end o f one, two,
thought it was anything but better. He straightness,
brought his great fist down upon the table fermenting
manure destroys
the color
three, five, seven, ten, fifteen, twenty, 1858— City of Corinth, Greece, badly
did not make any remark, however.
to emphasize this commendable sentiment.
texture o f wool. A hint which has
damaged by earthquake.
"You can get one or two fellows to help
twenty-five, thirty, forty aud fifty
" I t ’s not an easy matter,” Farintosh been worth many dollars to ine Is to
1802— "Thad” Lincoln, favorite son of
you,” said Ezra. "Y’ou know who would
said thoughtfully. "When he goes out he use only long straw, hay or weeds for years.
the President, died at the White
be likely men. I can’t expect you to work
H iv e F r a m e S p a c e r«.
H ouse... .Jefferson Davis inaugurat
all the camps yourself. Of course, if you locks his door and there's no getting in ( bedding 9heep. I f short straw or saw-
The arrangement
here
shown. If
ed President of
the Confederate
offer more for a stone than I care to giv-, at the window. There’s only one chance dust Is used It gets Into the fleece and
properly adjusted, Is excellent; but,
States at Richmond.
that’s your lookout, but if you do your for us that I can see. His room is a bit jg an everlasting nuisance,
cut
off
from
the
rest
of
the
hotel.
There
r
says the Gleanings ln Bee Culture, In 1803— Arizona territory
work well you shall not be the loser. You
formed from
a gallery of twenty feet or more than
P r o fit a b le C a t t le F e e d in g .
shall have a percentage on business done
the first place It Is difficult to bend the
New Mexico.
leads to It. Now, I was thinking that
The Missouri Experiment Station at nails, and, In the second place, It
and a weekly salary as well.”
1804— Second Confederate Congress met
"H o w much money do you care to in If the three of us were to vi.it him some c u m ,,,,,, has Issued a very elaborate
at Richmond.
evening, just to wish him luck on his jour- I
.
.
vest?” asked Farintoah.
t*
a .t «. khm
in
aQd
handsomely
Illustrated
bulletin
on
*
. a
18GG— President Johnson publicly de
" I ’m not particular,” Ezra answered. ney, ns it were, and if. while we were in
the room something sudden was to happen- the niost successful methods o f fatten-
nounc'd the reconstruction commit
" I f I do a thing I like to do it well. l ’il
which would knock him silly for a minute . *n£ cattle, by Dean H. J. Waters,
tee and declared Congress to be in
go the length of thirty thousand pounds.”
or two, we migTit walk off with the | T h is bulletin summarizes the expe-
rebellion against the government of
Farintoah was so astonished at the mag
stones and be clean gone before he could rlence and conclusions o f about 1,000
the United States.
nitude of the sum that he sank back in
| o f the most experienced and successful
1807— Maximilian entered Queretaro.
his chair in bewilderment. "W hy, s ir.’ raise an alarm.”
"And what would knock him silly?* cattle feeders o f Missouri, Illinois and
he said, " I think just at present you
ISOS— House of Representatives resolved
asked Williams. He was an unhealthy, 1 Iowa, and contains also a summary of
could buy the country for that.”
to impeach President Johnson.
scorbutic-looking
youth,
and
his
pallid
the
results
o
f
a
large
number
o
f
tests
Ezra laughed. "W e ’ll make it go as
1874— Business section of Panama de
fai as we can,” he said. "O f course you complexion had assumed a greenish tinge wIth different kinds o f feed, different
stroyed by fire.
of fear as he listened to the clergyman s ggpg 0f eattle, etc., conducted by the
may buy claims as well as stones.”
1880— Attempted assassination of th»
"And I have carte blanche to that words. He had the makings in him of a Experiment Station o f Columbia.
Czar of Russia.
mean and dangerous criminal, but not of
amount?”
It considers such practical questions
1881— Orange Free State declared to bo
a violent one— belonging to the jackal
"Certainly.”
as the most profitable age to fatten cat
neutral territory. v
" A ll right. I ’ll begin this evening, said tribe rather than to the tiger,
brought his great fist down upon the table tle, the proper weight, the best season w’ould be more difficult still to bend 1882— Charles Rradlaugh expelled from
the ex-parson, and picking up his slouch
Burt laughed again in his bushy rid ! o f the year, the best method o f pre them all with exactly the same curve, |
the British House of Commons.
ed hat, which he still wore somewhat
for it would he important to have the 1884— Gen. Gordon entered Khartoum.
bioader in the brim than his comrades, in beard. "You can leave that to me, mate,” paring feed, the best o f shelter, the
In the third place.'
market demands, the best sort of bee spaces alike.
deference to old associations, he departed he said.
1887— Congress passed a bill to retire
“ Meet here at eight o’clock to-morrow roughness, etc. It Is Illustrated with one would have to bore a hole In order |
upon his mission.
the trade dollar.
to
d
rive
them
into
the
frame
for
the
night,”
said
the
leader.
"W
e
can
get
it
cuts
o
f
the
different
types
o
f
beef
Farintoah was a clever man, and soon
1894— Capital o f Honduras captured by
chose two active suordinates. These were over by nine, and we will have the night cattle. Including excellent Illustrations reason that the hammer head would ¡
the insurgents under Ortez.
I’ ll have the horses o f the fat steer herd exhibited by the strike one side o f the line o f penetra-1
a navvy, named Burt, and Williams, a for our escape.
189G— The Confederate States’ museum
young Welshman, who had disappeared ready, and it will be strange if we don’t college this season at the Interstate tion o f the wood, bending the nail j
dedicated at Richmond, Va.
from home behind a cloud of forged get such a start as will puzzle them.”
Fair, Kansas City, the Missouri State over. Taking It all In all, the ordinary J 1898— Court of inquiry began its investi
So having arranged all the details of
checks, and having changed his name had
Fair, Sedalla, the American
Royal, staple Is much easier to insert and
gation into the blowing up of th*
inode a fresh start in life to the south of their little plnn, these three gentlemen
Kansas City, and the International far cheaper.
battleship Maine.
the equator. These three worked day and departed in different directions, Farintosh
night buying in stones from the more to the Oriental Hotel to give Ezra iiis L iv e Stock Exposition, Chicago. These
L o c a tio n o f B e e h iv e «.
needy and impecunious miners, to whom evening report, and the others to the min steers won nine championship prizes,
Beehives should never be faced to-
ready money was a matter o f absolute ne ing camps, which were the scenes of their seventeen first prizes, sixteen second ward the north. In a northern lati
prize's, seven third prizes and two
cessity. Farintosh bought in the stock, labors.
tude a northern exposure ln winter la
(T o be continued.)
too, of several small dealers whose nerves
fourth prizes.
Every steer won at
almost sure to cause the loss o f the
had been shaken by the panic. In this
every show excepting one steer ln one
colony, by the rigorous north winds
T a b le H e p a r te e .
way bag after bag was filled with dia
show.
blowing ln at the entrance, and the
"S a y,” confided the red-bordered nap
monds by Ezra.
confinement o f the bees, caused by the
R o o ts fo r F a r m A n im a ls .
He was becoming somewhat uneasy in kin, " I nm really smitten with the pret
I f roots are stored In a pit In the entrances being shaded on mild, sunny
his mind as to how long the delusion ty stenographer who lunches here every
be day8 when the bet's In the hives fac
would be kept up, or how soon news day, but 9lie throws me over as soon field a high, dry place should
might entne from the Cape that the Urn I as «he rises from the table.”
chosen.
I f the ground Is clayey the ing southward fly freely.
President O’Brien of the American As
find had been examined into and proved
"Y’ es,” sighed the salt cruet, " I ’m roots should be placed on top o f the
sociation has signed Gerald Hayes as
S l » e a n d C a p a c i t y In C l « t e r n « .
to be a myth. In ary case, he thought sweet on her myself, but she always ground. I f It Is gravelly and drainage
umpire.
In digging a round cistern. 8 feet ln
that he would be free from suspicion.
Is good n shallow pit shout 5 feet wide
gives me the shake.”
Still, it might be as well for him by that
diameter and 17 feet deep, will hold 202 I The Northern Baseball League has
and o f necessary length may be shov
abandoned all idea of entering St. Paul
time to be upon his homeward journey,
barrels o f 31% gallons. I f 10 feet ln
N ever.
eled out. T h e roots should be carefully
and Minneapolis
for he knew that if by any chance the true
diameter and 11 feet deep. It w ill hold
Am ateur— W hat do you think o f the
placed ln a gable shaped pile about 5
Jack Palmer of Newcastle, former
facts leaked out there would be no hope
artist Albino who painted a spiderweb fee t wide and as long as convenient. A 205 barrels.
champion of England, lasted four rounds
of mercy from the furious diggers. Hence,
before
Tom Burns of America in a Lon
ho Incited Farintoah to greater speed, and on the celling so naturally that a cham thin layer o f straw should then be
F a rm N o te «.
that worthy divine with his two agents bermaid spent a whole morning trying laid over the pile and this covered with
Do not have the sheep pens too don fight.
worked so energetically that In less than to sweep It off?
E. C. Cowdin has leased the racing
six or eight Inches o f earth. Another warm. The natural coat o f the sheep
C ritic— There may be such artists, and thicker layer o f straw and a Anal
week there was little left of five and
makes It able to endure serere weath qualities of The Pippin and Counterpane
thirty thousand pounds.
but I don’ t believe In the existence o f layer o f earth w ill complete the work.
to the Newcastle stable. Both are 2-year-
er.
Ezra Girdlestone had shown his power such a chambermaid.
old fillies.
Ventilators should be placed at Inter
I
f
the
members
o
f
the
poultry
flock
of reading character when he chose the
The Lake Michigan Yachting Associa
vals o f ten or fifteen feet, which should which seldom or never lay could be
T h e r e Is H o p e.
ex-clergyman as his subordinate.
It is
tion has decided to start the annual
possible, however, that the youpg man’s
IIunhand— When I see all these bill* be closed when sweating has censed. weeded out, the feed bills would be Mackinac cruise of the Chicago Yacht
judgment had been Inferior to his powers I mu tired o f life. Do you think the The pit should not be opened on warm less snd the egg profits more.
Club on July 25.
of observation. A clever man as a trusty time w ill ever come when we shall be days In winter. A ditch for drainage
Change the hog pasture often. Have
The youngest and smallest ski rider
ally is a valuable article, but when the out o f debt?
should be cut around the p it
Roots a small house built on skids so It can
who participated in the national tourna
said cleverness may be turned against his
stored
In
this
way
do
not
keep
as
well
W ife (c h e e rfu lly )— W hy not, dar
be dragged around to a new pasture ment at Duluth was Carl Taleen, 11 years
employer the advantage becomes a ques
ling? Yon know that you are carrying as when stored In a good cella r; there ss desired.
I f hogs are fed long In o f age, of Ishpeming.
tionable one.
fore.
they
should
be
fed
out
as
early
as
A t the meeting of the biennial congress
one place the grass Is killed ou t
It was perfectly evident to Farintosh an exceptionally large life Insurance.
possible.— S ew York Cornell Experl-
that though a stray capitalist might risk
One poultry raiser says he feeds of the National Trotting Association tha
A H o t O n e.
nent Station.
doors were opened to amateur racing un
a thousand pounds or so on a speculation
roupy chickens whole corn that has
T h e Foet's W ife — My husband read
der tbe association's rales.
of this sort, Rothschild himself would
A p p le T r e e C a n k e r .
been well soaked ln
kerosene, a n d , Tbs racing discusaion In Kentucky has
this poem at a public celebration be
hardly care to invest such a sum as had
Treatm ent recommended fo r canker bathes the swollen heads and eyes been ended for this season by granting
fore
thousands
o
f
people.
A
la
s!
It
w
a
j
passed through his hands without having
o f apple trees by one o f tbe experi with a mixture o f equal part» o f kero licenses to four tracks— Churchill Downs
some ground on which to go.
Having the last poem he ever wrote.
and Itouglass Park, Latonia and Ix>nia-
The E ditor— l see. I)ld they lynch ment stations Is to paint the affected sene and lard.
formed this conclusion. And having also
trunk with a combination o f one pint
turned over In his mind the remarkable him or shoot him?
In the highly fertilised garden the ville."
C. C. Wheeler of New York is building
whale ol! soap, three pints slacked aim Is to keep crops coming on In as
coincidence that the news of this discov
N ot I fk h I Ten der.
ery in Russia shoold follow so very rapid
lim e and fou r gallons o f w a te r; thicken rapid succession as possible. Plan so a motor boat for the purpose of defending
G
rateful
Fatlent—
Itoctor,
I
owe
tny
ly upon the visit of the junior partner of
to right consistency with wood ashes or as to have one variety ready to take the British international cup, which was
won last year by the Dixie and has been
the House of Girdlestone. the astnte cler life to you.
w ith Bordeaux mixture, thickening tbe place o f the crop which has beeo
Doctor—
That’»
all
rig
h
t
but
I
can't
challenged for by th* British Motor Boat
gyman began to have seen« dim pereep-
I w ith lime until Ilk » whitewash.
matured and harvested.
take
It
In
payment
for
my
Mr
view,
Clul
uou wi lit« truth, lieucs. he biooUed a >
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