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pockerbook o r gold brick np to tno j latest Spanish fraud, and to g iro tt the; . widest circulation possible. Let th o 1 good man o f the house make a place for I It alongside his w ife ’s cook book, the ’ almanac, and the volume o f ready rem edies. When he leurns that he has a beautiful cousin Imprisoned In a con vent In Spain let him turn first to the Index o f the swindle book, look under "cousin” or “ convent," and there put the romance to the test before going ahead to learn by experience. Nearly all the successful deceits are o f proved antiquity. The confidence man does not Invent new tricks when he has at A. C O N A N DOYLE his hand old ones whleh bare proved their efficiency and which hare not lost ralue because o f their age and long service. A handbook of swindles, If It could be given general circulation, would aid In retiring the ancient frauds C H A P T E R X I I I . — (Continued.) to a deserved rest. In the days o f a “ I am sorry to be late, mother,” the lad state bonk currency, when counterfeits •aid, kissing the old lady. ” 1 have been were more numerous than now, such down at the docks all day, and have been works as “Thompson's Bank Note De busy and worried.” tector’’ served the same purpose In pro Mrs. Dimsdale waa sitting in her chair tecting jteople against bad money as a neaide the fire knitting when her son came handbook o f swindles would serve In in A t the sound of his voice she glanced fhe prevention o f deceits which con anxiously up at his face, with all her tinue to have an almost ridiculous suc motherly instincts on the alert. “ What is it, my boy?” she said. "You cess. N aturally the confidence man would be driven to greater Invention don’t look yourself. Something has gone wrong with you. Surely you’re not keep and a crop o f new frauds might be ex ing anything secret from your old moth- pected. but even these could be Incor porated In annual revision o f the hand ‘‘ Don’t be so foolish as that, my hoy,” book and much protection might be giv said the doctor earnestly. “ I f you have en to people who now seemingly find no anything on your mind, out with it. way to Inform themselves from the m is There’s nothing so far wrong but that it fortunes o f others. can be set right. I ’ll be bound.” Thus pressed, their son told them all that had happened, the rumor which he B U IL D E R OP S T A N D A R D O IL. had heard from Von Baumser at the Cock It W aa No« R o c k e fe lle r b at a a Ob and Cowslip, and the subsequent visit to Eccleston square. ” ! can hardly realize scure L a w y e r Nam ed Dodd. There was a time when the Standard it all yet,” he said in conclusion. **My head seems to be in a whirl, and I can’t Oil trust was nothing more than so reason about it.” Idea In the brain o f one man. The old couple listened very attentively W ho was that man? to his narrative, and were silent some lit H ow did his Idea originate? tle time after he had finished. His mother And what was hls purpose. In build first broke the silence. “ I was always ing the greatest millionaire-making or sure,” she said, ’th at we were wrong to ganization that ths w orld has aver stop our correspondence at the request of Mr. Girdlestone.” seen? “ It's easy enough to say that now,” T h e answering o f these three ques tions makes It necessary to d ig up the said Tom ruefully. “ A t the time it seem- ad as if we bad no alternative.” romantic story o f Samuel C. T. Dodd, “ There’s no use crying over spilt milk,” the legal builder o f the Standard Oil remarked the old physician, who had been trust, who rose from a log cabin In a very grave during his son’s narrative. Pennsylvania wilderness to be the first “ We must set to work and get things great corporation law yer In the world, right again. There is one thing very cer says Herbert N. Caason In the Broad tain, Tom, and that is that Kate Harston is a girl who never did or could do a way Magazine. One o f the main reasons why the dishonorable thing. I f she said that she would wait for you, my hoy, you may feel Standard Oil Is now In a state o f prac perfectly safe; and if you doubt her for tical outlawry la, perhaps, that Dodd la one moment you ought to be deuced well dead. The brain that created the pio ashamed of yourself.” neer trust and protected It for twenty- “ Well said, governor^” cried Tom, with five years baa ceased to think. Three ber.ming face. “ Now that is exactly my years ago Dodd resigned hls position own feeling, but there is so much to be as legal chaperon to John D. Rocke explained. Why have they left London, fe lle r ; and several months Ister he and where have they gone to?” “ No doubt that old scoundrel Girdle- died, with hls name practically unknown •tene thought that your patience would to the American people. soon come to an end, so he got the start Among lawyers S. C. T. Dodd was of you by carrying the girl off into the the “ man with the Iron mask.” H e was country.” the Inventor o f trusts. Ills clients bold “ And if he has done this, what can I a world record for the sudden acquisi d o r tion o f wealth. And yet Dodd lived “ Nothing. I t is entirely within his and died in com parative oblivion, with right to do it.” “ And have her stowed away In some out either fame or millions, when uo little cottage in the country, with that might have had both fo r the asking. Durlug the time that Dodd waa the brute Ezra Girdlestone hanging round her attorney In chief for the Standard Oil all the time. It is the thought o f that that drives me wild.” trust It paid $500,000,000 In dlrldemD. “ You trust in her, my boy,” said the It Increased its share o f the American old doctor. “ W e’ll try our best in the oil business from 4 per cent to S3. It meantime to find out where she has gone enlarged Its yearly output from a few to. I f she is unhappy or needs a friend trainloads o f oil to 22,000,000 barrels you may be sure that she will write to And It widened the scope o f Its activi your mother.” “ Yes, there is always that hope,” ex ties until it became the most Interna tional o f all corporations, carrying Its claimed Tom, in a more cheerful voice. “ To-morrow I may learn something at the oil to fifty countries with Its own fleet office.” o f a hundred steamships. “ Don’t make the mistake of quarreling It was Dodd who saved the Stand with the Girdlestones. A fter all they are ard Oil trust from Attorney General within their rights in doing what they David K. Watson o f Ohio In 1892 and appear to have done.” from Attorney General Frank 8. Mon- “ They may be within their legal rights,” nett o f the aame State In 1899. It was Tom cried indignantly, “ but the old man he who unlocked the doors o f foreign made a deliberate compact with me, which countries; who kept the Standard re he has broken.” “ Never mind. Don’t give them an ad finery at Havana In operation during tile Spanish w a r; and who. during tho vantage by losing your temper.” The doc- toi chatted away over the matter for Russo-Japanese war, secured such com some time, and his words, together with plete protection for hls company that those of his mother, cheered the young tt did not lom- so much as a quart o f fellow’s heart. Nevertheless, after they oil or a Inuipwlck. had retired to their rooms. Dr. Dimsdale Dodd brooded over the Standard Oil continued to be very thoughtful and very grave. “ I don't like ii,” he said, more like a man with one chicken. H e was not like the conspicuous men o f the than once. “ I don’t like the idea of the trust, who had other Interests. J. D. poor girl being left entirely in the hands of that pair of beauties.” Rockefeller had hls Iron ore mines and railways, bis church and hit Chicago C H A P T E R X IV . university. Rogers had hls coal and John Girdlestone and his ward were at copper, Flagler hls Arcadia on the Waterloo station. He gave orders to the Florida heacli, and Lockhart hls P itts guard that the luggage should he stamped, burg Iron mills. But I>odd was abso but took care that she should not hear lutely single-minded. He was a man the name of their destination. Hurrying her rapidly down the platform amid the o f one Idea and one Job. From an Insld» point o f view It was confused heaps o f luggage and currents of eager passengers, he pushed her into a he— the cort*orntlon law yer— who was first-class carriage, and sprang after her the central figure In the Immense trust. just as the bell rang and the wheels be I t was he who solved the hard prob gan to revolve. lems. “ W h at does Dodd say?" was the They were alone. Kate crouched up dally question at 26 Broadway. I f Into the corner among the cushions and John D. R ockefeller wished to consult wrapped her rug round her, for it was with R ogers or Flagler o r any o f his bitterly cold. The merchant pulled a note other partners, he called them to hls book from his pocket, and proceeded by office; but In most coses. If he wished th«- light of the lamp above him to add up columns o f figures, lie sat very up to see Dodd, he want to Dodd's office. right in his seat, and appeared to be as He ran to Dodd as a child runs to a absorbed in his work as though he were parent. among his papers in Kenchurch street. He “ I feel that I can’t do wrong," he neither glanced at his companion nor would o ften say. “ i f Dodd la behind made «n r inquiry as to her comfort. As she sat oppose* to him she could me.” not keep her syes from his hard, angular A » h o s t Vmder th e Sea. face, every rugged feature of which was The atory Is told o f a diver who saw exaggerated by the flickering yellow light tw o ghosts “ full fathom five” under • hove him. Those deep-set eyes and sunk the surface. l ie had gone down to the en cheeks had been familiar to her for years. How was it that they now. for wreck o f a large steamer and was i th»* first time, struck her as being terri crossing the main saloon when two ble? Was It that new expression which gray shapes o f enormous size came 1 had appeared upon them, that hard, inex shambling toward him. He did not orable set about the mouth, which gave w ait to make notes fo r the Psychical a more sinister character to his whole Society, but gave the danger signal and ! face? As she gazed at him an ineffable was at once pulled up. Told In the j loathing and dread rose in her soul, and cheerful light o f day. It seemed rather •he could have shrieked out of pure ter ror. She put her hand np to her throat a lame story, and another d iver went with a gasp to keep down the sudden in down to see what he could make o f it. clination to cmy out. As she did so her Tow ard him also came the shambling guardian glanced over the top of the note gray shapes. H e stood irresolute fo r a book with his piercing light grey eyes. moment and then, going boldly fo r “ Don’t get hysterical!” he cried. “ You ward, struck hls hatchet through— a have given ns trouble enough without m irror! T h e ghosts were only a dim ♦hut.” “ Oh, why are you so harsh?” she cried, reflection o f hls own legs, much en larged, o f course, as everything is that throwing out her arms towards him in eloquent entreaty, while the tears coursed s diver seee through the great frontal down her cheeks. “ What have I done eye o f hls helmet. that is so dreadful? I could not love The Firm of The wild birds ttint sing the sweet« st always hide themselres In the bushes. A German eeicntlst says that m ar riage develops «rill power. Also won't sower. The motto goes back on the coins again. W e hope the coins w ill not go back on the people again. Mrs. Paderewski paid $7,1100 for four chickens a few days ago. She ought to let her husband do the marketing. Cobalt stocks sre capitalized at $473,- 000,000. I f all that watered stock ever freezes over, the skating up there w ill he flue. It won’t be long until poor men may begin to complain that tho bankers and financiers are crowding them out o f the Jails. Secretary Wilson o f the agricultural department says the public cannot tell fresh eggs from stale. A fte r It has eaten them It can. I f we understand the matrimonial slt- natlon In the Panama canal zone, a leap-year girl wouldn't be able to get a proposal In edgewise. A preacher says girls should not ob ject when young men wish to hold their hands. Naturally this leads to the sus picion that tome girl baa been objecting. A Berlin detective went Insane be cause be waa unsuccessful ln his e f forts to catch a thief. Incidents o f this kind are not uncommon, but they are found usually in works o f fiction. A Georgia woman has been deserted by her fourth husband because he didn’t like her cooking. A woman with her experience ought to have been able to pick out a man who was able to fairs a cook. Some people escape the rocking boat, the unloaded gun, the exploding kero sene can, and the reckless chauffeur, only to get hold o f the carbolic acid bottle In the dark when looking for cough syrup. A returning arctic traveler announces that the north pole la shifting. Hence forth explorers canuot hope to bring back a splinter ofi the pole, but must content themselves with a piece o f the bole as proof that they reached the final “ farthest north.’’ Some Idea o f the present Importance and ralue o f great tracts o f timber land may be gathered from the fact that an Australian company hns secur ed a concession from ths Russian gov ernment to take out thirty million feet o f lumber a year from Siberian forests. Prlees are so high In Australia that the Siberian lumber can be transported eight thoiiKand miles to Melbourne at a handsome profit. T o find new names for old colors must tax tho Ingenuity o f weavers an j dyers, yet the demand for novelties never falls to bfe met. This year blue will ho known us “ hydrangea,” or “ bluet,” or twelve other things, and there sre fourteen nnmes for mauve, nine for pink, four for deep red and scarlet, and sixteen for green. Facing luch an array, a merchant, being only t man, may sometimes become bewild ered ; but probably no experienced “shopper" will ever entertain a doubt as to whether her new gown should be colored rose o f the Alps, mirage, ame thyst, mlnnet, Bengali, or Niger. A conspicuous American statesman hss lifted up his voice In the East to do honor to the great American pay roll. Hare are bis words: “ W e hare much to show the world as an evidence of America’s greatness, but I venture to •ay that there Is nothing that we should regard with as much pride as the Amer- loan pay roll. It lias no equal any- where. In a large sense It has made the American home, the American school, and the American savings hank the envy o f the world, tempting thou sands to our shores every day to share our prosperity and our contentment." The American pay roll— the listed re wards o f American Industry In all ranks and walks o f life— Is unequsled In any nation. It Is a proper subject <>f national pride, for It proves the comfort o f the average man o f America above the areroge man o f any other country. The American pay roll hns been some what neglected o f late by our moat con splcuous statesmen. It has not been often mentioned as an uplifting Influ ence. It hss not been numbered for several years among the ’’ forces that make for good.” Tet there Is no Influ ence more potent for moral advance ment as well as for material welfare. None hns soothed more anxiety, dried more team, produced more happlunia, o r prevented more crime. Other na tions appreciate Its benefits even while we do not, and their people come by the thousand dally to find places upon It. _________ When an engaging swindler o f fasci nating demeanor finds It possible to do business with a romantic fraud o r ven erable antiquity It becomes apparent that ordinary methods o f exposing these well worn deceits do not avail to prevent them from catching fresh vic tim s at regular Intervals. A majority a t the frauds could be catalogued. They have been In use for generations. They b a re been dramatized, "novelized,” and made the groundwork o f the Joke book. T h e y have been In every police court and In avery newspaper with such fre quency that It would be natural to sup- puss that one could not show Its face without being recognised from one end o f the land to the other. In Rflta o f a ll this ths venerable .Taud* hare only So lot down their nots and they catch fkesh fish. T his loads to the suggestion th a t It would bo highly desirable to haws compiled a handbook at swindles. your son, and I do love another. I am so grieved to have offended you. You used “ Must I wash my hands bsfore 1 tm be kind and like s father to me." corns to tbs tsbls, mamma r “ And s nice return you have made me. “ O f courts, Georgia.” ( heve to blame myself to some extent for “ Why, ain 't w t goto' to hava Angst having allowed yen te go on that moat bowls to-day, mamma r — T in k ers pernicious trip to Scotland, where yon etf this K m . 1 young adventurer by hla scheming old fail.er.” “ You may say what you like of me.” ■he said bitterly. “ 1 suppose that is one of your privileges as my guardian. You have no right, however, to speak evil of my friends.” “ You are h elm in g impertinent.” tie antwered. and resumed his calculations in his note hook. Kate cowered hack into her corner again, while the train thun dered and screeched and rattled through th#» darkness. Looking through the steamy window nothiug was to be seen save the twinkle here and there of the lights of the scattered country cottages. Occasion ally a red signal lamp would glare down upon her like the bloodshot eye of some demon who presided over this kingdom of iron and steam. Ear behind a lurid trail of smoke marked the way that they had come. T o Kate's mind it was all as weird and gloomy and cheerlaas even as the thoughts within her. And they were gloomy enough. Where was she going? How long was she going for? What was she to do when there? On all these points she was absolutely ignorant. What waa the object o f this sudden flight from London? Her guardian could have separated her from the Dims- dules in many less elaborate ways than this. Could it he that he intended some s\stem o f pressure and terrorism by which she should be forced to accept Ezra as a suitor? She clenched her little white teeth as she thought of it. and registered a vow that nothing in this world would over bring her to give in upon that point. There was only one bright spot in her outlook. When she reached her destina tion she would at once write to Mrs. Dimsdale, tell her where she was, and ask her frankly for an explanation of their sudden silence. How much wiser if she had done so before. Only a foolish pride had withheld her from It. The train had already stopped at one large juuction. Looking out through the window she saw by the lamps that it was Guildford. After another intermin able interval of clattering and tossing and plunging through the darkness, they came to a second station of importance, Peters- field. “ We are nearing our destination,” Girdlestone remarked, shutting up his book. This proved to be a small wayside sta tion, illuminated by a single lamp, which gave no information as to the name. They were the only passengers who alighted, and the train rolled on for Portsmouth, leaving them with their trunks upon the dark and narrow platform. It wa9 a dark night with a bitter wind which carried with it a suspicion of dampness, which might have been rain, or might have been the drift o f the neighboring ocean. Kate was numb with the cold, and even her gaunt companion stamped his feet and shivered as he looked about him. “ I telegraphed for a trap,” said he to the guard. “ Is there not one waiting*?” “ Yes, sir, if you be Mister Girdlestone. Here, Carker, here’s your gentleman.” At this summons a rough-looking ostler emerged into the circle of light thrown by the single lamp, and touching his hat, announced in a surly voice that he was the individual in question. The guard and he then proceeded to drag the trunks to the vehicle. It was a small wagonette, with a high seat for the driver in front. “ Where to, sir?” asked the driver, when the travelers had taken their seats. “ T o Hampton Priory. Do you know where that is?” “ Better’n two mile from here, and close to the railway line,” said the man. “ There hain’ t been no one livin’ there for two year at the least.” “ W e are expected and all will be ready for us,” said Girdlestone. “ Go as fast as you can, for we are cold.” The driver cracked his whip, and the horse started at a brisk trot down the dark country road. Looking round her Kate saw that they were passing through a large country vil lage, consisting of a broad main street, with a few insignificant offshoots branch ing away on either side. A church stood ou one side, and on the other the village inn. The door wfas open and the light shining through the red curtains of the bar parlor looked warm and cosy. The murmur of cheerful voices sounded from within. Kate as she looked across felt doubly cheerless and lonely by the con trast. Girdlestone looked, too, but with different emotions. The road was lined on either side by high hedges, which threw a dense shadow over everything. The feeble lamps of the wagonette bored two little yellow tunnels of light on either side. The man let the reins lie loose upon The horse’s back, and the Animal picked out the roadway for itself. As they swung round from the narrow lane on to a broader road Kate broke out into a little cry of pleasure. “ There’s the sea,” she exclaimed joy fully. The moon had broken from behind the clouds, and glittered on the vast sil very expanse. “ Yes, that’s the sea,” the driver said, “ and them lights down yonder is at Lea Claxton, where the fisher folk live; and over there,” pointing with his whip to a long dark shadow on the waters, ” is the “ Oilywoite.'* “ Ths what?” “ The Isle of Wight, he means,” said Girdlestone. The driver looked at him reproachfully. “ O f course,” said he, “ if you Lunnon folks knows more about it than we who arc horn and bred in the place, it’s no matter o’ use our tryin’ to teach you.” W ith this sarcastic comment he withdrew irto himself, and refused to utter an other word until the end of their jour ney. It was not long before this was attain ed. Passing down a deeply rutted lane they came to a high stone wall which ex tended for a couple of hundred yards. It had a crumbling, decaying appearance, as far as could be judged in the uncertain light. This wall was broken by a single iron gate, flanked by two high pillars, each of which was surmounted by some weather-beaten heraldic device. Passing through they turned up a winding avenue, with lines o f trees on either side, which shot their branches so thickly above them that they might have been driving through seme somber tunnel. This avenue termin ated in an open space, in the midst of which towered a great irregular white washed building, which was the old P ri ory All below it was swathed in dark ness. but the upper windows caught the glint of the moon, and emitted a pallid and sickly glimmer. The whole effect was so weird and gloomy that Kate felt her heart sink within her. The wagonette pulled up in front of the door, and Gir dlestone assisted her to alight. There had been no lights or any symp toms of welcome, but as they pulled down the trunks the door opened and a little old woman appeared with a candle In her hand, which she carefully shaded from the wind while she peered out into the dark- “ Is that Mr. Girdlestone?” she cried. “ O f course It is,” the merchant said im patiently. “ Did I not telegraph and tell you that I was coming?” "Ysa, yea,” she answered, hobbling for ward with the light. "And this la the young lady? Come In, my denr; come In. W e here not get things very «mart yet, hot they will mm ease right.* She led the way through a lofty hal* int-' a large sitting room, which, no doubt, hAd been the monkish refectory in bygone days. It looked very bleak and cold now. although a small fire sputtered and spar kled in the corner of the great iron grate. There was a (tan upon the fire, and the deal table .In the ceuter of the room was laid out roughly as for a meal. The can dle, which the old woman had carried in, was the only light, though the flickering fire cast strange fantastic shadows in the further corners and among the great oak en rafters which forme*, the ceiling. “ Come up to the fire, my dear,” said the old woman. “ Take off your cloak and warm yourself.” She held her own shriv eled arms towards the blaze, as though he; short exposure to the night air had chilled her. Glancing at her, Kate saw that her face was sharp-featured and cun ning, with a loose lower lip which exposed a line of yellow teeth, and a chin which bristled with a tuft of long grey hairs. From without there come the crunching o f gravel as the wagonette turned and rat tled down the avenue. Kate listened to the sound of the wheels until they died away in the distance. They seemed some how to be the last link which bound her to the human race. Her heart ‘failed her completely, and she burst into tears. “ W hat’s the matter then?” the old woman asked, looking up at her. “ What are ye crying about?” “ Oh, I am so miserable and so lonely,” she cried. “ What have I done that I should be so unhappy? Why should I be taken to this horrible, horrible place?” “ What’s the matter with the place?" asked her withered companion, “ 1 don’t see nought amiss with it. Here’s Mr. Girdlestone a-comin’. He don’t grumble at the place, I warrant.” The merchant was not in the best of tempers, for he had had an altercation with the driver about the fare, and was cold into the bargain. “ A t It again,” he said roughly, as he entered. “ It is I who ought to weep, I think, who have been put to all this trouble and inconvenience by your disobedience and weakness of mind.” Kate did not answer, hat sat upon a coarse deal chair beside the fire, and buried her ffcce in her hands. A ll manner of vague fears and fancies filled her mind. What was Tom doing now? How quickly h«t would fly to her rescue did he but know how strangely she was situated. She determined that her very first action next morning should be to write to Mrs. Dims dale, and to tell her, not only where she was, but all that had occurred. The re flection that she coulU do this cheered her heart, and she managed to eat a little of the supper which the old woman had now placed updn the table. It was a rough stew of some sort, but the long journey had given an edge to their appetites, and the merchant, though usually epicurean in his tastes, ate a hearty meal. (T o he continued.) K E E P G U N F IR E S E C R E T. H W T h . I n fla m e . o f Food. Linseed meal bus a tendency to maka a soft butter, provided the meal la fed In large amounts. I f fed In only me dium amounts, the butter fata are nor mal. It Is a valuable mllk-stlmulatlng food and ran be Used to prevent the formation o f excessively hard fata In wluter. The only disadvantage to the general use Is the price. H a lf or three- quarter* o f a pound o f llnaeed or oil meal lu a ration per duy w ill exert a very favorable lnflueuce upon the quali ty o f the butter. Corn meal, when fed In large amount* with con rue fodders, has a tendency to produce a firm butter. When mixed with other grains, a bet ter quality o f butter Is produred than If the corn were fed alone. Gluten meal, a by-product obtained In the manufacture o f corn starch and glu cose. produces a softer butter thnn corn meal. The gluten. It Is to be observed, contains more, o f the vital nutrient, protein.— Professor H arry Snyder, Uni versity o f Minnesota. A Good W h lte n M h . H ere la a well recommended white wash : For 10 gallons nae 25 pounds o f common lime slaked with boiling w ater; 5 pounds o f clean wood ashes; 10 pounds o f melted beef ta llo w ; 2 pounds o f common salt and one-half pound o f glue, dissolved. Add any dry mineral paint to color, such as burnt umber, yellow ochre or mineral red. K e e p in g a Gate fro m Sapping. Most farm gates are heavy, and a f Mix all while hot and appply while ter a little time they sag. When they warm, keeping It well stirred. get this way It takes a strong man T h e Sheep P ea. to open and shut one. Hern la a As a rale there Is very little mois remedy. Get a wheel, either big or little, from an old piece o f machinery, ture In the aheep pen from the ani Sheepmen aay tbat and bolt It to the front end o f the gate mals themselves. by heavy bedding, particularly at tb# beginning o f the season, tbe straw w in absorb all tbe urine from the aheep without there being any softness or rotting o f the straw, and the pens era often not cleaned more than once la a season without Injury to the stock. In such a way that the gate w ill be held level. Now the smallest child can open the gate for you. T ry it, for It Is a saver—eaves your patience, your back, and the gate.— N. W. 8., la Farm and Home. W h a t W as Learn ed h r th e Jnpnneee R o b i n s , K i l l e d f o r F o o d In t h e S o n lh . In ISnconncer w it h R o je a tv c n tk r. A million robin* were killed In Louis T o those who have enjoyed the op iana during the winter o f 1907-8, the portunity to gauge the Japanese char offender* being men and boys wlio shot acter at close range the recent state them for food. - W hile they are pro ment o f a prominent army officer— tected as song birds In Northern State*. none other, In fact, than Gen. W illiam | It Is * common Southern practice to Crocler, chief, o f ordnance— that abso- ! shoot them for the table, and In some lutely no inform ation regarding tha i States the hunters kill them In great effect o f Japanese gun fire on tha : numbers at tbelr roosting places. A armored battle ships o f the Russian , government expert suggests tbat the fleets lias been made public or has even I eastward movement o f the boli weevil leaked out, w ill not prove surprising, has been facilitated by the killing of says the Washington Post. T o tha , the robins. I f that Is shown to be so. army experts the fact appears to have the cotton growers w ill not receive been the occasion o f surprise and dis , much sympathy from the members o f appointm ent They bad long experi the Audubon societies.— Leslie's W eek mented with gnus and armor and bad ly. reached certain conclusions which they T r a n s p la n t in g T re e «. regard as practically definite. N ever In Revue Unlverselle. according to theless, they longed fo r more practical : another foreign contemporary, there Is demonstrations even than their experi a practical article of general Interest ments afforded o f the actual effect of on transplanting plants in full foliage modern rilled guns, using smokeless at night. The results o f some experi- powder and discharging ten and twen i menta by Rouault would make nnneoes- ty-four Inch projectiles at the sides and ! sary the customary transplanting o f de on the decks o f the modern battis ciduous trees In the fall or winter. He ships, carrying an armored belt of ; hns found that trees may be trnna- eight, ten or tw elve Inches o f Harvey- ! planted in full foliage In May or June, lzed steel, and with deck protected with with little or no Injury, providing the perhaps six Inches o f the same m.i process Is carried on at night. This terlal. hue been demonstrated to the entire W ould the armor-piercing shell, satisfaction o f some o f the most prom enrrying a large quantity o f high ex inent horticulturists o f France. plosive, or the nrmor-piereing shot, B r e w e r r S to c k F e e d . carrying a m aterially smaller charge, Dried brewers’ grains rank close to but with greater piercing capacity, create the greater havoc? Would gun hran in feeding value, containing a fire dlracted at the superstructure prove little more protein and fat, but not It Is more effective In tlie long run than quite ao much carbohydrates. that aimed at the armored sides? Would claimed that In 100 pounds of this feed It be possible so accurately to plac* there are 13.7 pounds o f protein. 36.3 the shots as to penetrate the lighter pounds o f carbohydrates and 5.1 pounds armor o f the docks, and If so, at what o f fat. M alt sprouts and dried brew ranges? These and a hundred oth“ i ers' grains are valuable row fe<-da. es vltnl questions the ordnance expert» pecially the latter. Sprouts are rich knew would be solved when Togo's Heel est In protein, hut not much relished by cows and should be fed only In lim met Rojestvensky's. W et brewers’ grains Thn t the Japanese fire wns merciless ited quantities. ly destructive they have had ampit are apt to Injure the quality o f the evidence. But no hint has come o f the milk. precise effects. No details are vouch safed. Japanese admirals and Japa nese generals meet and exchange com pliments and commonplaces with Amor lean officers, but never can they be Induced to part with one scintilla of Information which might prove o f valua to the Americans. They sunk the R n * slon ships and then they raised them. They gathered an Immense fund o f In valuable Information, In the opinion o f the American ex)>erts. hut they havt never imparted the smallest fact. P o » slbly to English officers, their allies they have given some hint on this all Important subject. And American offi tvrs are surprised and disappointed. Not *o they who know the Japanese O it a la W ea th e r ro r e e a e tla g . People have learned by experience ts make allowance for error In the pre dictions o f the W eather Bureau, but Prof. Schuster thinks that the allow ances should be officially stated. As tronomers, It appears, ar* In the habit o f givin g the value o f the “ probable e rro r" when publishing their observa tions. But, although meteorology lenda Itself more readily than any other science to the evolution o f deviations from the mean result, the weather fore casters have not adopted the custom o f stating tho probable error. Prof. Schuater looks forward to the time when weather forecasts w ill be accom panied by a statement o f the odds that the prediction w ill be fulfilled. Then, perhaps, we shall read In the weather column not simply, "rain to-morrow,” but “ 3 to 1" or ”9 to 1 fo r rain to-mor row." P op u la tion and Food. The statistician In the Department o f Agriculture of the United States es timates tbat In 1931 the population o f the country will be 130.000.000. T o sup ply the requirements o f this numl>er o f people w ill necessitate the production o f 700,000,000 bushels o f wheat, 1.250,- 000.000 bushels o f oats, 3.430.000.000 bushels o f corn, "00,000,000 tons o f hay ; and cotton, tobacco, fruits and vegeta bles In proportion. This w ill necessi tate bringing under cultivation an addi tional 150.000,000 acres o f land, and It Is estimated that we bave only 108,000,- 000 acres available for cultivation. Spraptnn F r o l« Trees. AH fru it trees should be sprayed while dormant, with lime, sulphur and salt, as a preventive o f San Jose sente to destroy the fungi. It la also claim ed that this preparation Is a good fer tilizer. and will help to keep tbe trees healthy. Qnlta a number o f Insects at tack only dead or decaying trees, and these form a breeding place for many other varieties o f Insect pests. D igested F e rtilis e rs . Manure la simply m aterials tbat hava been softened and decomposed (digest ed ) within the body o f an animal. T * apply such raw materials as bran and llnaeed meal directly to the soil would be o f no advantage, notwithstanding that they are excellent fertilizers, their value being Increased by feeding to stock. T o P re v e n t R n u w i r a . An Iron weight with a strap attached to It should always be carried In the farm wagon. The moment the horse Is stopped and the driver Is to leave the team, the weight should be dropped to the ground and the strap fastened to the horse. This w ill make It aafpr than to allow the team to stand un hitched. D em and fo r H o r s e -R a d is h . Annually 75,000 barrels, or 7,500,000 pounds, o f horse-radish are shipped from St. Louis to the Atlantic coast, to the Pa.dflc coast, to the lakes and to the gulf. F a rm N e w s a n il N o t e s . Uncle Snm received $11.500,000 last year fo r public lands o f all kinds. A gardener at Tacoma. Wash., last season marketed $750 worth o f celery from one acre o f ground. The explosion of a cream separator nearly killed Earl Adams and hla moth er, living near Trempelean, Minn. Emperor W illiam o f Germany sent fifteen coarh and cavalry horse* to tha International show. They were among tbe most beautiful animals ever seen In this country. W yom ing Is sending s large nnmbei o f her tough little bronchos to Alaska, as It has been found that they stand tbe rigorous climate up there better than any other breed. Night riders In Tennessee who wera arrested fo r burning tobacco sheds and shooting xt farmers were set free be cause a Jury could not be found In the county to try them. The government reports that 2,600. 000 cattle died In the United States last year, over h alf o f these succumb ing from exposure. T be total losses from all causes Is estimated at $24,000,- 000. Farm ing In New M exico has been given a great Impetus dnrlng the past few years by the work o f the farm ers' Institutes and many unproductive val leys have been turned Into rich grain and fru it fields. One o f the sights at the In te ra a tlo » nl Stock Show wns a pure white G allo way, sired by Scottish Standard, a thoroughbred Gallow ay bull out o f a Insect w ith S prlneb oard None. pure bred white Gallow ay cow. This la Among the curious Insects o f the a freak, but may produce a new type R etren ch in g . M alay Peninsula la one called the lan o f Galloway. “ Old Scads la in a tight place. J tern fly. which Is remarkable fo r its sudden leaps, made without the aid of fear.” S e lf-P res e rva tio n . ’’ W h at makes you think so?” Its wings. I t wns only a fte r the first "T h e man who can be coerced Into “ H e's doing everything possible to rut specimens o f this queer Insect were paying hush money la either a coward carried to London for examination, that or a criminal.” expenses." It was discovered that a ourlons projec Hadn't heard o f i t " ” 1 don’t class m yself with either and " I t ’s so; he’s broken the engagemetv tion on the front o f Its head, a kind I pay hush money.” between hla daughter and Lord Nuflln.* o f nose with a crease In it, was the •What for?” leaping organ. When bent back tinder — Houston Post. " I f I didn’t my w ife would talk to the abdomen and suddenly released It me from one pay day till the next."—« T h e R a n » « o f S in cerity, sent the Insect flying. Houston Post. Mrs. Fad— No, I do not believe In T h e W l.d o m o f «h e Bee. R . r l r lo rilm tln n a . artificial aids to natural appearances W e marvel St what we call the wis I think there Is something meretrlcknu "W h a t makes you think yonr Infant dom o f the hive bee, yet there Is one dangbter Is going to be a prima don about attempts to p a n off the false fo i thing she never learns from experience, na r the real. writes John Burroughs In the Atlantic, "Because," answered the Impresario, L lttls F sd — Ma. Tommy Is pi ay In» and that Is that she Is storing np honey “ she keeps vocalizing regardless o f tb * mousey with your new hair puffs I— for the use o f man. She could not surrounding conversation and never Baltim ore American. learn this, because such knowledge Is seeme satisfied with anything."— Wa not necessary to her own well being. L e n g Reneh. Ington Star. Gunner— Many o f our tin ga n go orst Neither does she ever know when she B a lt a Sa. has enough to carry her through the to Europa to reach the high Cte “ W h at do yon think at Edison’s G ayer— W all, w h at do th * Europa* » winter. This knowledge, again. Is not Important. Gather and store honey as crate house?” singers com# orar her* for? • be a ll right la the Gunner—Oh. they come orar bara b long aa there Is any to b* had Is bar street.’ ■ o tto, and hi that rule aha to sate. kn X ’B and V * .
