Cottage Grove leader., April 24, 1908, Image 6

g a a l t t r o f G r a ta S eed.
Tin, indeed,” said Kate, and turned througn ibe Intricate lanes whlcn lead up
under Its own power twenty-nve or ■ * * * * * * * * * * A A AA A A J
with some commonplace remark to Mrs. from the water side to the outskirts oi
The Maine luw regulutlng the sale o f
thirty feet above the earth for tbe re­
Wilkinson. Her heart was sore neverthe­ Stepney. It was quite dark by the time
agricultural needs requires that grass
quired distance at a speed o f twenty-
less, and she derived little pleasure from that they reached a long thoroughfare,
seed shall be sold under a guarantee aa
four miles an hour, near Paris. It was
the remainder of the performance. Aa lined by numerous shops, with great gas
to purity. Bulletin 13S o f the Maine
to Ezra, in spite of his great love for flares outside them. Many of these be­
in Abe air about a minute and a balf.
agricultural experimeut station, which,
music, he dozed peacefully in a corner of longed to dealers in marine stores, aud the
Mr. Farman used a forty-horse-power
doubtless, many o f your readers have
►
the box during the whole of the last act. numerous suits of oilskin, hung up for
motor, weighing tw o hundred and
received, gives analysis o f the seeds
None of them were sorry when Fauat was exhibition, swung to and fro in the uncer­
twenty-live pounds, attached to an aero­
which were collected by tbe Inspector
duly consigned to the nether regions aud tain light, like rows of attenuated pirates.
Anyhow, talk o f removing tbe mono plane. There were In addition a rud
and those sent to tbe experiment sta­
Marguerite was apotheozed upon a couple A : every corner was a great public house
from our coins didn't cause the late der, a pfopeller and some wings, besides
of wooden clouds. Ezra narrated the in­ with glittering windows, and a crowd of
tion by corres;>oudeuce In IlKKi.
Tbe
panic.
a seat for the driver.
T be W right
cident of the recognition in the stalls to slatternly women and jersey-clad men el­
dealers are very generally conforming
brothers have sailed In the air, but
hia father on his return, and the old gen
bowing each other at the door. At the
to tbe law and the purity o f most seeds
I f we can be surer o f one thing than they hare made no public exhibition o f
tleman rubbed his hands over it.
largest and most imposing of these the
E le c t r ic P a r a l o g .
Is now guaranteed. T b e question nat­
another It is that the Ben Davis apple tbelr machine, so It cannot be com­
“ Most fortunate!” he exclaimed glee­ mate and Dimsdale now pulled up.
Although
agricultural
machinery urally arises In tbe mind o f a farmer,
fully.
“
By
working
on
that
idea
we
might
“
Captain
Miggs
in?”
asked
McPherson
Is not a peach.
pared with this. T h e problems before
originated In the United States and the should a seed be strictly pure, aud. If
produce great effects. Who was the girl, of a rubicund, white-aproned personage.
the man who would operate above the
American fanner used patent mowers, not, bow nearly pure should It be?
A.
C
O
N
A
N
DOYLd
do
you
know?”
“
Yes,
sir.
H
e’s
in
his
room,
sir,
and
W ith elderly people, having the grip earth a machine heavier than air are
reapers and threshing machines long
T b e purity o f seeds varies greatly
expectin’
you.
There’s
a
gent
with
him,
“
Some
poor
relation,
I
believe,
wham
he
heart no resemblance whatever to any
how to overcome the attraction o f
sir, but he told me to send you up. This before tbelr European contemporaries with tbelr kind. It la possible to grow
trots out at times.”
thing like a good Joke.
gravitation, how to develop sufficient
“ We will find out her name and all way, sir,” and they were soon ushered In tbe same field o f labor bad put aside timothy seed so clean that It ahull car­
power to counteract the resistance o f
■cythe, rake and flail, the possibility ry practically no foreign weed seeds.
about her. Capital l capital!” cried John into the captain’s room.
W hile this Is a big country, the an- air, and how to maintain equilibrium.
Girdleatone, and the two worthies depart­
That worthy was leaning back in a o f Introducing electric power In farm It Is not as easy to grow any o f the
achlsts should be given to understand An automobile manufacturer who baa
ed to their rooms much pleased at. this rocking chair with his feet perched upon work was tlret recognized In the Old other grasses or clovers so clean. There
C H A PTE R A t.
that there la no elbow room here for studied this subject was not long ago
new card which chance had put into their tho mantelpiece. Opposite him, in a sim­ World.
It no ueed for tbe sower to ever buy
This episode had occurred about a fort
them.
hands.
ilar chair, was no less an individual than
This has probably been due to the timothy seed that Is much less than
discussing Alexander Grftham B ell’s &jght before Ezra's return from Africa,
During the weary weeks while Tom our old acquaintance, Von Baumser. As
fact that the farmers of
America, 99.5 per cent pure. Samples have been
A California Judge has Just decided statement that air ships w ill soon sail ind was duly retailed to him by his fath
Dimsdale, in accordance with his promise, a mercantile clerk in the London office of
at the rate o f two hundred miles an . if.
avoided Eccleston square and everything a Hamburg firm the German was thrown th rifty and far-seeing, recognizing the examined by the station the present
that a man doesn't have to get out of
“ You need not be discouraged by that,"
economy and reliability of the small year which contained uot a single for­
the way o f an uutomoblle, hut the man hour, and said that the air resistance he said. *‘ I can always keep them apart, which could remind Kate of his exist­ into contact with the shippers of the A f­
is most difficult to overcome. Using the
ence, Ezra continued to leave no stone un rican fleet, and had contracted a special oil engine, failed to perceive how any eign harmful seed.
knows better.
ind if he is absent and you are present—
saving could be effected by generating
results o f his experiments with racing
turned in his endeavors to steal his way alliance with Miggs.
T h e best red clover seed w ill fre ­
»specially as she has no idea of the cause
into her affections. Poor Tom's sole com­
“ Come in, my hearties, come in !” he electric current and distributing to Its quently carry as much as 1 per cent
A British statesman says that the automobiles, he computed that an air •f his absence—she will end by feeling
cried,
huskily.
“
Take
a
seat,
Mr.
Dims­
fort
was
the
recollection
of
that
last
pas
motors
In
outlying
positions.
of foreign matter, although these Im­
Balkan troubles menace the peace of abip wltb a cross section o f twelve f (nghted and preferring you."
sionate letter which he had written in the dale. And you, Sandy, can’t you bring
When, however, the mains from some purities are
usually
com paratively
“ I cannot understand how you ever
Europe. O f course they do. That Is square feet cannot be propelled two
yourself to your berth without being ask­ large electric power company pass with­
Blackwall
public
house,
and
which
had,
hundred miles an hour without an en­ came to let the matter go ao far,” his son
harmless. It is, however, |>oor policy
their specialty.
he imagined, enlightened her as to the ed? You should know your moorings by
answered
sullenly.
“
The
girl
belongs
to
in reach o f a farm or estate the condi­ for tbe sower to buy a red-clover seed
gine of tw elve hundred and eighty
reasons of his absence, and had prevented this time. This is my friend, Mr. Von
U8-
She was given to you to look after
tions are much more favorable, and that Is less than 98 per cent pure. The
The more the public rends about that horae power. Allow ing ten pounds per
her from feeling any uneasiness or sur­ Baumser from Eckermann’s office.”
and
a
nice
job
you
seem
to
have
made
“ And this, I think, is Mr. Dimsdale,” this state o f things must already exist best grades o f alslke clover will run
prise. Had he known the fate that had
young man Alfonso o f Spain, the more horse power, he found that the air of it.”
In a measure which w ill be largely ex­ about 98.5 per cent pure on the average.
convinced Is It that he Is too good a ship, motor, gasoline tanks, and such
‘‘ Never mind, my boy,” replied the mer­ befallen that epistle he would hardly have said the German, shaking hands with
tended In the future. Current German It la doubtful If the purchaser should
like things, must weigh more than six chant.
■nan for the Job.
“ 1*11 answer for keeping them been able to continue his office duties so Tom. “ I have heard my very goot vriend,
tons. How to keep these six tons In the apart If you will only push the matter patiently, or to wait with so much resig­ Major Clutterbuck, speak o f your name, newspapers contain an Interesting ac­ buy an alalke whose purity la less than
nation for Mr. Girdlestone’s sanction to sir ”
count o f the application o f electricity to 97.5 per cent.
Mr. Far- on your own* account.”
Some day we hope to see a Smith or air Is a difficult problem.
“ Ah, the old major,” Tom answered. a group o f farm s in Saxony. T h e elec­
“ I ’ ve said that 1 would do so, and I his engagement.
Redtop Is the most difficult seed or
a Johnson nominated for I'resideut, rnau's motor alone weighs nearly six
“
O
f
course,
I
remember
him
well.”
As the days passed and still brought no
tric current Is brought from an adja­ all.
It will, o f course, contain more
Just t o , find out whether the family pounds for each horse power. Other will,” Ezra returned, and events soon news, Kate’s face grew paler and her
“
He
is
not
so
very
old,
either,”
said
aeronauts bare used motors o f different •bowed that he was aa good as his word. heart more weary and desponding. That Von Baumser, in a somewhat surly voice. cent town by overhead wires carried or less chaff. It Is difficult to grow red-
would vote fo r him solidly.
Before his African excursion the rela
on wooden poles. T w o receiving sta­ top free from timothy, and tbe seed
weights, each apparently follow ing a
tions between young Girdlestone and his the young man was well was beyond dis­ “ He has been took by a very charming tions are arranged, from which tbe elec­
cleaners And tt difficult to separate tim ­
pute, since she had seen him with her and entirely pleasant woman, and they
A young Brooklyn man committed rule of bis own. T b e man who Anally father’s ward had never been cordial
suicide because he had stolen $11.25. makes a successful air ship— If one Is Kate’s nature, however, was so sweet and own eyes at the opera. What explana­ are about to be married before three tricity Is distributed to the farm huwd- othy teed from redtop after It has once
to convenient positions u the been Introduced.
Samples o f redtop
Possibly he bad a horror o f beiug call­ to be made— w ill Arst master the sub­ forgiving that it was impossible for her tion could there be, then, for his con­ months, the one to the other. Let me tell
ject o f air resistance, and then tbe to harbor any animosity, and she greeted duct? Was it possible that he had told yon, sir, I, who have lived with him so flelda for the purpose o f driving thresh­ carrying aa high aa 12 or even 15 per
ed a piker by bis acquaintances.
Mr.
Girdlestone
of
their
engagement,
and
long,
that
I
have
met
no
man
for
whom
ing and other machinery.
cent o f timothy are not unusual.
If
proper relation o f power to the work Ezra kindly on his return from his trav-
that her guardian had found some means 1 h av e greater respect than for tho ma­
Blxteen fixed electric motors are In­ one could be sure that tbe lmpurltlen
tls. Within a few days she became con
that It haa to do.
One o f the llnest things Oeorge Wash
jor.**
of
dissuading
him
from
continuing
his
•clous that a remarkable change had come
stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat were harmless like chaff and timothy
Ington ever did was to give the ladles
A couple of days ago yr® hardly hoped crushing, pumping and for operating
•ver him— a change, as ft seemed to her, suit— found some appeal to his interest,
It might be safe to buy a redtop even
G B E A T E N G L IS H HOMES.
a chance once a year to dress In « d o ­
very much for the better. In the past perhaps, which was too strong for his ever to be yarning here,” aaid Miggs. “ A machinery used In the manufacture o f as low as 85 per cent pure. Unless one
utai style and dance the minuet.
weeks had frequently elapsed without his love? A ll that she knew of Tom’s na­ nasty sea on, Mr. Dimsdale, sir, and the potato spirit. In addition to this pow­
Is assured o f the character o f the Im­
K a la te a T h a t I t T a k e a H a r t f o r -
addressing her, but now he went out of ture contradicted such a supposition. old ship so full o’ wather that she could
t o n e s to M a i n t a i n .
Again, if Girdlestone had learned any­ not rise to i t They were makin’ a clean er equipment, six portable motors aro purities, It Is unwise to boy a redtop
bis
way
to
make
himself
agreeable.
Some­
A St. Louis pastor tells the girls of
It Is a pathetic fact that there are times he would sit for a whole evening thing o f their engagement, surely he breach over us, and we loat nigh every provided, which may he used fo r driv­ leas than 95 per cent pure.
his Sock that they must not let young ueveral men In the United Kingdom
ing pumps, circular saws, threshing ma­
describing to her all that he had seen in wonld l*ave reproached her with it. His thing we could lose.”
men hold tbelr hands. I f some good who would consider themselves on the Africa, and really interesting her by his manner of late had been kinder rather
I suppose yoa’ U have h#r thoroughly chinery, and ao forth, at any |>otnt
D o x b l «-E d g e d
Saw .
men had tbelr way It wouldn't be any brink o f bankruptcy if they were re­ account of men aud things. She, poor than harsher. On the other hand, could it repaired now?” Tom remarked.
where their services are required. The
T o make one saw take the place o f
Both the skipper and the mate laughed bousea
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fun to be young and foolish.
and buildings on the farms are two, and at the same time -»reserve Its
duced by an evil stroke o f fate to a lass, hailed this new departure with de­ have chanced that Tom had met this lady
of the opera, and that her charms had heartily at the observation.
"That aII Ilt by electricity, 9 a rt lamp# and
mere pittance o f £1,000 pounds a week light, and did all in her power to encour-
proved too much for his constancy? When wouldn't do, Sandy,
would
it?” aaid about 1,000 glow lumps being used for durability, la the recent Invention o f
The man who slips a revolver Into — who would find It simply impossible ago his better nature, and to show that
an Indiana man.
she
thought
of
the
honest
grey
eyes
which
Miggs, shaking hia head. “ W e couldn't
his pocket before be starts away from to rub along anyhow on the Income o f the appreciated the alteration in his bear­ had looked down into hers at that last afford to hare our ealary cut down like the purpose.
Every
carpenter
ing. A t the same time, she was rather
It must be pointed out, however, that
home In the morning should always a simple millionaire, which would be
Includes two saws
puzzled in her mind, for an occasional meeting in the garden she found it hard that."
thla example could only lie followed In
take the precaution to kiss the children barely sufficient In some cases to pay flash of coarseness or ferocity showed her to imagine the possibility of suhe things,
(T o be continued.)
In h it kit— one for
the United States on a very large eabtte
good-by as If he were doing It for the the expenses o f the lordly pleasure that the real nature of the man was un
and yet there was a fact which had to be
cross-cut and one
or a group o f »d la ren t farina, and It Is
'ast time.
houses which they have inherited from altered, and that he was putting an un­ explained. The more she thought of it
POISONOUS S TIN G S A N D B ITE S.
fo r cutting with
the more incomprehensible it grew, but
doubtful whether such a scheme could
natural restraint upon himself.
tbelr ancestors.
tbe grain. He can
So
G re e t
mm
M any
be made a commercial success for the
As the days went on and no word or still the pale face grew paler and the D a a g r r N o t
John F. Steveus. former chief engi­
The Duke o f Devonshire, for exam
now dispense with
sad heart more heavy.
P e r s o n a T h in k .
operation o f farmin': machinery pure
neer o f the Panama canal. Is so de­ pie, has no few er than seven o f these •ign came from Tom, a great fear and
one saw, aa It la
Soon, however, her doubts and fears
The dangers to human life from tht and simple. It would aiqiear that wood
spondent over the future o f the canal stately homes— six In England and one perplexity arose within the girl’s mind.
possible to put the
She had heard nothing of the interview began to resolve themselves into some­ bites and stings o f poisonous reptiles sawing, pumping and other operations
that he feels almost like returning the In Ireland— each o f them fit for the re­
tw o blades having
tt Fenchurch street nor had she any clue thing more substantial than vague conjec­
salary he received while there--but ception o f a king, and In not one of at all which could explain the mystery. ture. The conversation of the Girdle- found In the Southwest are very much requiring power must lie In hided if
different teeth on
overestimated.
I
t
la
a
belief
among
the
results
are
to
compare
favorably
uot quite.
which, ns he confessed the other day, Could it be that Tom had informed her stones used to turn upon their business
H A S TW O EDGES,
the one saw, as
has he lived long enough to explore guardian of their engagement, and had re­ colleague, and always in the same strain. many people that tbs centipede, tbe with those at present obtained by the shown In tbe Illustration.
tarantula,
the
G
lia
monster,
the
scor-
use
o
f
oil
or
steam
engines.
But
the
There
were
stray
remarks
about
his
do­
A Journalist who has been Investi­ thoroughly. Probably he himself does ceived such a rebuff that he had aban­
The smooth top edge always seen on
ings ; hints from the father and laughter plon and a score o f other reptiles and Saxon experiment Is full o f Interest.
gating the matter reports that almost not know within £1,000 how much these doned her in despair? That was surely
saws Is changed to a cutting edge, simi­
t
i
x
j
L
u
the
sou.
'
rN
ót
iiiUcli
work
to
be
liiseclo
o
f
various
long
scientific
uuuie.i
1
aud
displace
li.
ioLi.ili
plogreflslve
any girl can quickly tlnd a good hus­ palatial homes cost yearly to maintain, impossible; yet why was it » a t be Had
lar to the regular cutting edge, the
ceased to walk through the square? She got out of him now,” the old man would are sure death to those who encounter ! spirit In a country where 'arm fences
band down at Panama.
It Is to be but the annual cost has been said to
knew that he was not ill, because she say. “ When a man’s in love he’s not over them. The facts are that about tho 1 are almost unknow n, and shepherds and saw thus having teeth on the two longi­
lio[>cd that he has uot made this state­ make a big hole In £100,000.
tudinal opposite edges. The handle Is
heard her two companions talking of him fond of a ledger.”
only really dangerous things that A ri­ cowherds are still living amid pictur­
In Westworth, Woodhouse, which Is la connection with business. What could
ment merely for the purixwe o f booming
A nice looking girl, too,” said Ezra
hinged to the blade Instead o f being
zona
has
are
the
rattlesnake
and
the
esque
realities.
only
one
o
f
his
four
palaces,
Lord
“I
the business o f some steamship com­
be the matter then? Her little heart was in answer to some such remark.
rigid and can be reversed ns It becomes
hydrophobia
skunk.
The
form
er
la
thought
something
would
come
of
it.
We
Fitzw illiam owns the largest private torn by a thousand conflicting doubts and
pany.
_____ ______
C o m p a r a t iv e F o o d V a lo e a .
necessary to use either blade.
Thla
saw them together at the opera, didn’t common to almost the entire United
house In England. It has a frontage fears.
An English journal. The Lancet, In saw Is also an economical aaw. as It
States, outside o f the cities, and the
we,
Kate?”
The London Chronicle reports a list o f 000 feet. Its hall Is so enormous tuat
In the meantime Ezra gave fresh man­
discussing the com parative food value saves tbe expense o f purchasing two
So they would gossip together, and ev­ skunk Is found In many countries be­
j f articles left on the hands o f the four suburban villas could be built In­ ifestations of the improvement which
o f roast beef and turkey, says that it saws.
ery
word
a
stab
to
the
poor
girl.
She
sides
Arizona.
Iiomlon and
Northwestern
Hallway side it, and its owner could live in a travel had wrought upon him. She had
may be »aid that, weight for weight,
strove
to
conceal
her
feelings,
and,
in­
The
G
ila
monster
Is
authentically
G ra ss B e tte r th a n D r a f t .
remarked
one
day
that
she
was
fond
of
Company by absent-minded passengers different room every day for six weeks
the flesh o f the turkey Is more nourish­
deed, her anger and her pride were strong­
moss
roses.
On
coming
down
to
breakfast
A famous veterin ary surgeon de­
credited
w
ith
quite
a
number
of
vic­
and forgetful consignees. On this list and still leave several rooms unseen.
ing than that o f beef; but tbe latter Is,
er
even
than
her
grief,
for
she
felt
that
Is one Item which will wring the heart The Duke o f Portland owns five regal next morning she found' a beautiful moss she had been cruelly used. One day she tims, but It Is not a very dangerous ani­ generally speaking, cheaper than the clares that grass lients all drugs In
creation as a cure fo r sick horses and
reason that It
seldom
o f the American newspaper man. It houses In England and Scotland, the rose upon her plate, and every morning found Girdlestone alone and unbosomed mal, fo r . the
.
,
. , former.
The moisture in beef, how-
afterwards a fresh flower appeared in the
mules,
Horses should
have a few
Is six tons o f wood pulp. But 3,800 value o f which runs into millions, and
r, l
I ev*r. exceeds the amount „resent In
■ame place. This pretty little piece of herself to him.
Is it really true,” she asked with a teased until It Is made to bite In self- the flesh o f .the turkey, and the latter quarts o f cut grass dally, from spring
cigars probably deserved tbelr fate.
which, with the attached gardens and courtesy, which she knew could only come
estate, keeps hundreds o f servants em­ from Ezra, surprised and pleased her, for quick pant and a catch of her breath, defense, and then In many cases tbe contains a better percentage o f proteld until fall. T h e prevalent notion that
that Mr. Dimsdale is engaged to be mar­ victim Buffers but slightly If the wound
It Is harmful Is without foundation.
“ Mostly o f Chicago,” is the way a ployed. A t Walbeck he has more than delicacy was the last .quality which she
or flesh-forming substance. In either
ried?”
Grass Is to horses w hat fresh vegeta­
Is properly cared for. The turantula Is
man recently described his residence. thirty acres o f kitchen gardens alone; would have given him credit for.
case the percentage o f moisture Is sel­
I believe so, my dear,” her guardian said to be sure death, but who ever
bles and fru it are to the human fam ily.
On another occasion she had expressed
Ills characterization seems reasonable. In the glass houses and garden proper
answered. “ It Is commonly reported so. heard o f a tarantula biting anybody’ dom less than 70 per cent.
When he -was six years old he cut off he employs about seventy men and » desire to read Thackeray’s works, the
In
lean
beef
the
amount
o
f
fat
Is
N e w * a n d F a r m N o tea.
books in the library being for the most When a young lady and gentleman corre­ There may be occasional Instances, but
one o f his toes with a scythe. When boys, and his horticultural bill fo r Ibis
The profitable line o f production Is to
port somewhat ancient. On entering her spond it is usually a sign of something of there la none on record In these parts much tbe same as In a not too well-fed
he wns eight he shot off two Joints of one house is said to exceed £0,000 a room that same evening she found, to her the sort.”
♦
turkey, but It must be pointed out that maintain good health with early ma­
Tbe sting o f the scorpion Is so cone
one o f bis Angers. He ran away from year.
the flesh o f poultry differs from that turity.
astonishment, a handsomely bound edition
Oh, they correspond?”
home when he wns 14. and the frost o f
Blenheim Palace, the Duke o f M arl­ •f the novels in question standing on the
Yes, they certainly correspond. Her mon as to excite no comment unless tho o f beef and mutton In not haring Its
More than h alf a million emigrants
a winter night took off three more toes borough’s O xford seat, is so colossal tenter o f her table. For a moment a wild, letters are sent to him at the office. I victim be an Infant and the Insect gets muscular fibers permeated by fat, and. from Russia have passed Into Siberia
and the tip o f his nose. At 25 be lost that the late duke used to declare he (»reasoning hope awoke in her that per- don’t know that I altogether like that under the clothes and stings him r e moreover, the fibers In the flesh o f the tbe past year to engage In wheat rais­
his entire right foot. A drunken half- spent £800 a year on putty -alone for haps this was Tom's doing— that he had arrangement. It looks aa if he were de­ peatedly. In that case death has been fow l are abort and rarely yield to the ing.
A ll this was an known to ensue In various Instances
breed bit off an ear in the Klondike, his window panes.
It actually '*ost taken this means of showing that she was ceiving his parents.”
A fan n er near McKwan, Tenn., la dis­
•till dear to him. She soon saw, however, unmitigated lie, but Girdlestone had gone that might be referred to. But there disintegrating action o f the digestive
a Dakota coni-sbeller took his left fore­ £,*100.000 to build In days when money
processes. A large amount o f fat In
that the books could only have come from too far now to stick at trifles.
have probably been hundreds o f people either case is apt to Interfere with the playing an ear o f corn tw elve Inches
arm, and slnee then he has Inst three was more valuable than It Is tod ay, It the same source as the flowers, and she
Who is the lady?” asked Kate, with a
stung by scorpions In this country this digestibility o f tbe meat. T b e fa t o f long, weighing three pounds and con­
Angers, a Joint from another Huger Is 348 feet long, has fifteen staircaaes, marveled more than ever at this fresh calm set face, but a quivering lip.
taining 1,386 grain s
and one eye.
ami when It was repaired some time proof of the good will of her companion.
A cousin of his. Miss Ossary is her year, and In few eases has the wound beef la more digestible than the fat off
A grain farm at M urray, Iowa, ship­
ago his grace found It necessary to sell
One day her guardian took the girl name. I believe. I am not sorry, for it lieen as serious as a bee sting, and In the turkey. The fat o f birds. In fact.
ped twenty-seven carloads o f timothy
Hundreds o f young women are la-lug his pictures and books to pay the cost, aside. “ Your life must be rather dull,” may be a sign that he has sown all his no case has tt been fatal. So fa r as Is harder, and owing to Its tendency to
seed last fall, fo r which tbe farm er*
trained all over the country for charity which smounted to more than £30.000. he aaid. “ I have takeA a box for you to­ wild oats. Do you know at or\e time, can be ascertained, no mature person become rancid, is unsuitable for the
received from $1.50 to $1.75 a bushel.
The Duke o f Northumberland »wns night at the opera. I do not care about Kate, I feared that he might take a fancy in these parts ever died from the sting dyspeptic patient.
workers. Philanthropy Is now recog­
•uch spectacles myself, but I have made to you. He has a specious way with him. o f a scorpion, though In a few cases
A Kansas man claims to have Invent­
nized as s profession, for which one five stately seats, at one o f which— arrangements for your escort. A change
The
Lancet
believes
that
the
most
and I felt my responsibility in the mat­ where the wound penetrated a large
needs s s|ieclal education ns truly as Syon House. Bentford — a staff o f will do you good.”
Important difference from a dietetic ed a fence-weaving machine, run by a
ter.”
blood vessel the pnfient has suffered In­ point o f view between beef and turkey two-horse power gasoline engine, which
for teaching. One o f the Arst lessons a thirty or forty men Is kept busy, large­
You need not be afraid ou that score,”
Poor Kate was too sad at heart to be
warm-hearted woman needs In dealing ly in the magnitlcent kitchen g a llo n Inclined for amusement. She endeavored, Kate said bitterly. “ I think I oa¿i gauge tensely.
Is that, whereas beef contains a high will weave and set a mile o f fence a
The sting o f the centipede Is cars percentage o f extractive matters, tur­ day. .
And yet the duke however, to look pleased and grateful.
with poverty Is to distinguish dirt from and frulthouses.
Mr. Dimsdale's specious manner at its
The United States produced 14,000,-
misery. T o one accustomed to clean spends only a small portion o f the
“ My good friend, Mrs. Wilkinson, is proper value.” With this valiant speech and probably not a dozen have occurred key contains hardly any at all. T h e ex­
surroundings, the Altli In which many year in this princely home, the rental coming for you,” the merchant said, “ and she marched off, head in air, to her room, in these parts in as many years, and tractive matters In beef account largely 000 bushels o f rice la s t year on a balf
isxir people live seoina Intolerable. It value of which probably exceeds the Ezra la going, too. He haa a great liking and there wept as though her very heart it is not o f record here that anybody fo:- Its peculiar and marked flavor, and million acres T b e culture o f rice Is
would break.
for music.”
ever diet! from a centipede's sting. The owing to their absence in poultry gen­ gradually creeping north and aome very
would entail absolute wretchedness on lord chancellor’s official Income.
Kate could not help smiling at this last
usual result Is the making o f a bad erally. and In the pheasant and part­ good grain la reported In Arkansas.
The Marquis o f Butte has five seats
the visitor. But. In |adut o f fact, the
remark, as she thought how very success­
C H A PTE R X II.
wound, follow ed sometimes by a slough­
families who live emlsslded In dirt usu­ in England. Scotland and Wales, and
Holland has set engineers to work to
fully the young man had concealed his
Tom Dimsdale’s duties were far from ing o f the adjacent flesh, and probably ridge, the flavor o f these meats Is dell
ally do so because It does not offend one o f them. Mountstuart, Rothesay, taste during tbe years that she had known light. Not only was he expected to super­
cate. But there Is no doubt that the pump the w ater out o f the famous
If
neglected,
blood
poison
m
ight
ensue.
covers
an
acre
o
f
ground,
has
lf»0
them. The poor woman wMots- aenses
extractlvea o f beef, as well as mutton, Zuyder Zee and turn It Into dry land.
him.
vise the clerk's accounts and to treat with
But the wound could scarcely prove fa ­ are valuable, for not only are they When this work Is accomplished there
are tortured by bad odors ami foul rooms and has actually cost over
She was ready, however, at the ap­ the wholesale dealers, but he was also
tal
If
given
attention.
Judging
by
the
sights manages that her rooms shall la> £2,000,000. repreaenting even at a mod­ pointed hour, and Mm. Wilkinson, a prim supposed to spend a great part of his time
flavoring agents, but they also act as w ill rise where 4,000 fishermen now
clean, no matter how bare they nay erate 4 per cent a value o f £80,000 a old gentlewoman, who had chaperoned in the docks, overlooking tbe loading of observation o f the Incidents o f the past. perhaps the most powerful stimulant sink their nets farm s and homes for
One can easily understand that Kate on the rare occasions when she went the outgoing ships and checking the cargo A case o f centipede stinging Is record­ to gastric digestion.
be. or how empty tier cupboard and coal year.
50,000 Hollanders.
bin. The friendly visitor who thinks his lordship’s income o f £230,000 a out, having arrived, the three drove off of the incoming ones. This latter portion ed by the Florence Blade ns follow s:
A Washington dispatch says a genius
of
his
work
was
welcome
as
taking
him
“ James D avis o f K elvin came down
that tidiness is a sure sign of comfort year Is not a penny too much for the together.
(. e a r n e d b y H a r d K n o c k s .
has Invented a dope which when used
The opera happened to be “ Faust,” and some hours s day from the close counting a week ago F rid ay fo r medical treat­
and dirty disorder an equally sure sign demand o f It.
So long as the home market ,s not as paint for farm machinery w ill pre­
the magnificent scenery and dresses aston­ house, and allowing him to get a sniff of ment, having been bitten by a centipede
of extreme want will make serious mis­
fully supplied there is no gain In ship­ vent rust and decay. T his might be
ished Kate, who had hardly ever before tao se* air. There was a pleasing life and
I Cun Mol S pell the .Mew VVmy.
the
evening
la-fore.
He
had
gone
to
takes In her dlsiomslug o f gifts. Maid
ping away.
good news fo r those farm ers who use
been within the walls of a theater. She bustle, too, in the broad, brown river,
1 cannot spell the new way,
a [xior woman to sympathetic and ex­
sat as if entranced, with a bright tinge with its never-ending panorama of ves­ bed and some tim e In the early part of
A* a rule the offspring o f Immature tbe fence corners as storehouses fo r
As once I used to spell;
the
evening
the
centipede
had
taken
a
perienced visitor: “ Thank you. mias,
of color upon her cheeks, which, with her sel« of every size and shape which ebb
For when 1 try to simplify
and pampered animals are predisposed their farm machinery, but tbe proba­
fo r praising my clean room and giving
sparkling eyes, made her look surpassingly and flow in the great artery o f national notion to become James' bedfellow for
bility Is they are too lazy to apply the
1 fail to do it well.
to disease.
life.
beautiful. So thought Ezra Girdleatone
the night, but James got too rough and
me the coal order In the same breath.
dope.
A
proper
rotation
and
wise
tillage
as
he
sat
in
the
recesses
of
the
box
and
All day Tom stood at the hatchway of the centipede tackled him fo r revenge
You aren't like most o f the rich folks,
I f indigestion seizes me.
R. W. Crou*e. a graduate o f Iow a
will
do
much
to
keep
ibe
soil
supplied
watched
the
varied
expressions
which
flit­
the Black Eagle, checking the cargo aa it He was In a sort o f stupor fo r a time
who think If you're too dirty to touch
Brought on by pie or cake,
agricultural college, haa been appointed
ted across her mobile features. “ 8he is was hoisted out of her, while McPherson follow in g the bite, having no power to with available fertility.
I ean’t explain the sudden pain
with a ten-foot pole you must be poor,
State lecturer on animal husbandry for
well worth having, money or no.” he mut­ and his motley assistants, dock laborers,
Is just a common ake.
Better methods, better stock snd 1 tet­
use his limbs, bnt It lasted only a short
and there’s no eml to what they'll give
Virginia. Another Iow a boy has gon*
tered to himself, and redoubled his atten­ seamen and Black Kroomen from the
ter tools have d om 'ed til* productions
time
and
he
got
up
and
applied
am­
you ; but If you’ re clean and detent.—
tions to her during the evening.
to the Massachusetts agricultural col­
coast, worked and toiled in the depths be­
I cannot spell the old words
o
f
more
than
one
farm.
monia.
T
his
was
all
he
did
until
he
no matter what It costs you you’re
An incident occurred between the acts low. The engine rattled and snorted, and
lege as assistant In animal husbandry.
To match the modern whim:
lucky people, who want nothing from
Oats contain largely
the
mineral T be demand fo r college graduates In
that night which would have pleased the the great chain clanked as It was lowered arrived here.
I f I should slip and bruise my hip
anybody."
Intelligent
philanthropy
old
merchant
hnd
he
witnessed
it.
Kate
'T
h
e
doctor
Wed
the
wound
and
ap­
properties
requisite
to
form
and
grow
into the hold. At one o’clock there was
the high class agricultural lines at sal­
I ’d hate to write it lim.
had been looking down from the box, a break of an hour for dinner, and then plied medicine and Mr. D avis was al­ bone and the protein that makes mus­
looks below tbe surface, and disco-era
aries ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 e
which
was
upon
the
third
tier,
at
the
sea
the
work
went
on
until
aix,
when
all
that real suffering may hare a clean
lowed to return the same day.
This cle and other tissues.
And when a man ia owing me
year Is larger than tbe supply.
of
heads
beneath
them.
Suddenly
she
hands
struck
and
went
off
to
their
homes
face and real comfort a dirty one. The
Twould fill me with regret
shatters the theory that a centipede In-
More hay and Ices grain makes the
gave a start, and her face grew a trifle or to the public house, according to in­
Charles W Troek o f Ridgeway, Ohio,
T o take my pen and ask him whan
helpful friend la sympathetic without
Jects deadly poison Into the person it farm easier to band's and In the end
paler.
clination.
Tom
and
the
mate,
both
fairly
a 7-year-old lad, w h ile wandering in
He’ll
pay
that
little
det.
being sentimental, end knows how to
sticks.
Mr.
D
avis
would
not
take
whis­
“ Isn’t that Mr. pimsdale down there?” tired by their day's work, prepared to
gives It quite as much profit.
the fields sat down on a little hummock
seek out tbe pain which hide# Itself,
she asked of her companion.
accept the captain's invitation, and to ky— which Is supposed to be good In
I cannot spell the new way—
There Is often more profit In grow­ which contained a bumblebee’s neat.
end how to Ignore tbe plea o f thoee who
such
case«.
T
h
e
centipede
was
a
large
“
Where?”
asked
Ezra,
craning
his
neck.
hfat him up in his quarters. The mats
Like Brander Matthews big;
W ithin s moment he was so badly stung
try to appear as dirty and miserable as
“ Oh, yes, there he is in the second row of dived down into his cabin, and soon re­ one. being about 8 Inches long.” — A rt ing little things *nd In fine products. In
I do not choose— I must refuse-*
that his body »w elled to tw ice It » six*
proportion. than In the great staples.
possible.
the
stalls.”
zona
Republican.
appeared
with
his
face
shining
snd
his
T o drop a “ g” from egg.
“ Do you know who the young lady ia long hair combed into some sort of order.
Without stock there can be no com­ and death soon followed.
A R e a l R l. - a .t n «
Henry Farman, an English aeronaut,
that he is talking to?” Kate asked.
" ! ’ re been performing my ablutions,”
plete utilization o f the farm product«.
Perhaps I'm sadly out o f d a t»
Enterprising men w ill make an en,
“ Blessings.” remarked Mr*. Peck,
baa lately won a prise o f ten tboimand
“ I don’t know.” said Ezra. “ I have he said, rolling ont the last word with
I f so I can but aigh;
W ith stock there can be no waste pro­ peiim ent o f raising thornless cactuo
seen him about with her a good deal late­ great emphasis and pomposity, for, like -usually com# to tie In disguise "
della re offered to tbe men who should
I cannot spell the new way.
ducts
on a commercial scale lo Riverside
'T h a t being the case, my d ear," re­
first "fly " one kilometer, o r thirty-two
I will not simplify.
_ . ly.” The "tattef wan a deliberate false­ many Scotchmen, he had the greatest pos­
Clover and grasses retain moisture county, California. T h is cactus It the
hood, but Ezra saw his chance of preju­ sible reverence for a sonorous polysyllable. plied her husband. "It"« up to r e « ta
hundred and eighty feet. In a machine — Cleveland Plain Dealer.
la tbe soli, render it porous and favor kind that haa had Its thorns brad a d
dicing his rival and took prompt advan­ "The captain." ha continued, “ haa been remove r o o t meek."___________
heavier than air. Farman's machine
Binging that w ill pat a baby ta
nltrodcatlon w hile filling with regrta- by Lath er Burbank and la raid to be
tage of H. “ She is very good looking.” far from salubrious this voyage.
He's
had ta run three hundred feet on the la apt to maka him ait up and bawl la bo added presently, keeping bis »y s »
Ground chestnuts take the place «1
e x trs n e ly valuable aa stack teed .
ay« complainin' o' hie bodily Inflm ltlea."
ground before It rose, and than It sailed after year».
floor ta men* porta o f Franco
The twe had
The Firm of j
M estone !
.
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