’ village street his heart glowed within him of all her troubles to tbs Widow Brull«,
W h a t B e e f M e n *• «•
r a t S IIa * e .
at the thought of the long struggle which and had secured that good woman's co-op
The success atf*»*
• the use o f
he had maintained against misfortune. He eration, a great weight seemed to have
silage in the dairy busmens bas created
passed over in hia mind all the successive been lifted from her heart, and she sprang
milch Interest among beef cattle men.
An editorial In The Independent dis
borrowings and speculations and make from the shed a different woman.
it
Silage furnishes a succulent food,
misses the subject o f “ useless learning”
shifts and ruses which the firm had resort vould soou be like a dream, all these
which is quite essential to the dairy
and allows that ail advanced learning
ed to.
dreary weeks in the grim old house. With
may be considered useless on a strict
sow lu keeping her digestive system in
Yet in spite of every danger and diffi in a day she was sure that either Tom
test except for specialists. A student
good condltlou. The same w ill be found
culty it still held up its head with the or the major would find means of com
nom e rule It coming to Ireland, but forgets bis mathematics, his chemistry
best, and would weather the storm at last. municating with her. The thought made
true for the beef animal.
Tw enty
He reflected proudly that there was no her so happy that the color stole back
<t la uot violating the speed limit.
and his physics as he forgets his Latin
pounds o f silage j>er day will supply
other
man
in
the
city
who
would
have
had
into her cheeks, and she sang for very
and («reek. The value to him o f any
all the bulk uud water needed in a
the dogged tenacity and the grim resolu- lightness of heart as she made her way
The easiest way to a woman's heart o f these studies is occasional and indi
fattening ration. T h e other roughage
i
tion
which
he
had
displayed
during
the
back to the Priory.
now is to knock the people who are rect. W hat he gets from them is “ sim
may eonsist o f either long fodder or
last
twelve
months.
“
I
f
ever
any
one
Mrs.
Jorrocks
ami
Rebecca
observed
the
knocking the big hats.
A G a te fo r th e B a rn D o o r w a y .
mixed hay.
The economy o f using
ply a wider outlook and
a
larger
| should put it all in a book," he said to change which had come over her, and mar-
When the horse stable opens into silage for fattening purposes is well
breadth o f life.” I f one o f them is dead
himself, “ there are few who would believe v . l« l at It. Kata attempted to aid tb . , he b
room
d
,t
n
n
vM
tirJ
to
The scientist who says a man gets so are the others. "Th e defenders of
_
_
_
_
_-
----l. _
_
_
_
_
_U. I. I ...... I. kilt t ku AlA
brought out by I»rof. A. M. Soule of
it possible. It is not by my own strength former
in L
her
household
work, but the old
keep the door open fo r ventilation, I the Virginia station, who has stated tha
a new set o f brains every sixty days I-atin and Greek have no business to
A. C O N A N OO YL1
¡»that I have done it."
crone refused her assistance, and repulsed
evidently aims to please.
When he was half way to the Priory her harshly. Her maid, too. answered her find that a small gate constructed o f follow in g conclusions :
admit that they are at all more dead
he met a small pony carriage which was curtly when she addressed her. and eyed light Qiaterlil Is an excellent protec
fo r practical purposes than the advanc
‘T h e re was a difference o f from A
It would be much easier for some ed study o f biology or chemistry or as
tion against horses getting loose and to .5 o f a pound o f grain per head per
rattling towards Bedsworth at a great her in anything but a friendly manner.
I»ace,
driven
by
a
good-looking
middle-aged
men to practice what they preach if tronomy."
injuring
the
buggies.
The
cut
here
She
amused
herself
that
morning
by
At least one well-known
day in favor o f the silage-fed cattle.
lady with a small page by her side. The reckoning up in her mind what the se with shows a light gate we have in use
tihey would do less preaching.
teacher o f modern languages has ar
merchant encountered this equipage in a quence of events would be in London, and lu our horse barn. It Is very simple They also finished out better and in
C H A P T E R X V I I — (Continued.)
gued that little can be said for their
any discriminating market would cer-
This last appeal of Kate’a was in an- narrow country lane without a footpath, how long it would be before she heard In construction, but serves a very im taiuly bring a better price than the
T h e undertaker got the St. Paul man usefulness If we consider that term in
and as it approached him he could not from her friends.
If Mrs. Scully had
who fasted thirty-one days to “prove ronuectlon with the" ortl'nary deinamU *w" to
portant
purimse.
W
ere
it
not
for
this
" « T “ 10“
‘ ««r^duiity and help observing that the lady wore an in telegraphed, news would have reached
dry-fed cattle.
i ...
.
,
.
,
.
. . doubt which had passed over the face of
that mind is superior to m atter."
Ilf«.
Au Amark-an traveler would , h„ |a(ly M o w
/, wa, au0CMaful in iu dignant and gloomy look upon her fea them last night. Probably she would light gate we would find It necessary
“ O f the three forms o f roughage fed,
find French useful In trance, but m e e t, ollject for , h„ rin(f of truIh with which tures which was out of keeping with their write as well, giving all the particulars to keep the door closed between the the silage was eaten with the greatest
There are men in every community
about her. The post came in about niue ( horse stable and buggy room, thus relish, and there was absolutely no
Americans never see France, and those „ h<, 8|M)ke and the look of anxiety and ter- general contour. Her forehead was con
who are too often influenced by the
Then some time «butting off ventilation.
loss, whereas with the stover the loss
who have studied French In books are ror upon her face were too genuine to be traded into a very decided frown, and her o'clock, she thought.
lips were gathered into what might be de would elajwse before the major could find
force o f some other fellow ’s habit.
The gate is hinged onto the rolling amounted to 13.5 per cent and with hay
unable to make their reading knowl- mistaken. The lady drew her rein so as
scribed
as
a
negative
smile.
Girdlestone
Tom. After that, no doubt they would door with light strap hinges, explains a
e<lge count for much in conversation. to bring the carriage as near the wall
stood aside to let her pass, but the lady have to consider what had best be done, w riter In the P rairie Farmer, so that 4.1(1 i*»r cent. W here a large number
It is rarely that anyl>ody but the
Oil the other hand, n French waiter M » « • possible without losing sight of by a sudden twitch of her right hand rein
and perhaps would go and consult with when the gate is not in use it swings o f animals are fed tlil* would make a
prophet himself remembers the date he
« ’ ho canes to this .xnintry to live asm \
*,lc<‘- . . . .
considerable difference In the cost o f
brought the wheels across in so sudden a Dr. Dimsdale. That would occupy the
predicted the w orld would come to an
picks up enough English for his pur-1
de,r-” t* h i “ I1'
"**[
manner that they were within an ace of morning ami part of the afternoon, Fhey
ration, except that the shredded stover
* .
. v,
,
. tell me everything. Whatever I can do to
end.
can be utilized to advantage for bed
poses. He is a specialist to that extent. | M p vo„ >hal|
done< and where I am going over his toes. He ouly saved him could hardly reach the Priory before
self by springing hack into a gap of the nightfall.
ding."
I f all airships could lie equipped with but not an exemplar o f the needs o f an IH>werloss there are other* who are my
hedge. As it was, he found on looking
Ezra would be down by that time. On
Silage as It Is put up to-day Is bet
wings like those worn by the price o f educational system. The truth Is. as friends and may be of assistance Scully down that his pearl-grey trousers were
the
Saturday
before
he
had
arrived
be
ter than when the practice was first
meat there would be something doing The Indei>eiident ¡wlnts out, that no j is my name— Mrs. Lavinia Scully of Lon- covered with flakes of wet mud. What tween five and six. A great dread filled
scheme for a general education w ill don. Don’t cry, my poor girl, but tell me
started. Good silage o f corn is made
In ueronautics.
made the incident more perplexing was her soul at the thought of meeting the
stand the test o f utility. When we turn »>* »bout it. »»“ * let us see how we can that both the middle-aged lady and the
when the grain has passed the milk
young merchant again. It was merely the
stage and has commenced to glaze a lit
In order to marry the man o f her to the sjKvial we pass from the general, j P11* m»tters right.
page laughed very Heartily as they rattled natural instinct of a lady shrinking from
tle. Silage is made also from sorghum,
not all want to become'
Th “
K»* '
• » » » the
choice a Texas woman has forfeited an and . If wc do
_
.
ta.
.
• iears which had been brought to her eyes away to the village. The merchant pro whatever is rough and coarse and antag
corn and cowpeas nnd pea vines.
estate o f $800,000. H ereafter let no professors o f («reek, neither do we by fhe nnwonted wund o f a friendly voice. ceeded on his way marveling in his heart onistic. She had no conception of the
want to become engineers, Hence the ^ Leaning forward as far as she could, and at the uncharitableness and innate wick impending danger, or of what his coming
body ask what is love?
D o a b le B r o o d in g C oop .
might mean to her.
exclusion o f the classics dc
not solve preventing herself from falling by pass- edness o f unregenerated human nature.
Good Mrs. Scully little dreamed of the
The double brooding coop shown in
Mr. Girdlestone was more gracious to
I f those anarchists manage to plant a the puzzle, but leaves It to l>e consld- ’ ing her arm round a great branch which
urgency of the case. Had she seen the her than usual that morning at breakfast.
the drawing is four feet square and
bomb under the New York Stock E x ered in anotlier form. This Is not to shot across the top of the shed, she gave telegram which John Girdlestone had just
He seemed anxious to efface the remem
three feet high at rear, two and one-
change, It would lie a good tip to buy say, however, that modern educational in » » few words as she could a detailed dispatched, it is conceivable that she brance of his fierce and threatening words
half In front. It may be built o f tongue
ten deludes have not been productive of account of all that had befallen her. She might have read between the words, and
stocks for a quick rise.
the day before.
Rebecca, who waited
‘ described her guardian's anxiety that she
and grooved stuff or straight-edge
¡good. There have been some aubstan- j
by
acting
more
promptly
have
prevented
a%
upon
them,
was
astonished
to
hear
the
should marry his son, her refusal, their
boards one-half or three-fourths inch
SLAT STABLE DOOB.
Possibly If tohe anarchists w ere com tial gains, but by this time various ex-1 sudden departure from London, her life terrible crime. As a matter of fact, with way in which he spoke. His whole man
thick. The hinged lids should have two
all
her
sympathy
the
worthy
woman
had
ner
was
less
heavy
and
ungainly
than
travagant
ehilms
that
have
been
made*
around and fastens to the large door
at the Priory, the manner in which she
pelled by law to take a bath every dar,
In
taken a large part of Kate’s story with usual, for now that the time of action out o f the way. For material In mak cleats each to make them firm.
they would be glad to leave this coun should be pretty thoroughly discredited. was cut off from all human aid, and the
front is a one-inch mesh wire netting
the
proverbial
grain
of
salt.
It
seemed
was
at
hand
he
felt
braced
and
invig
reasons which made her believe that an
ing the gate w e use inch strips o f good
try o f their own free will.
and at the edges are strips o f three-
D A N G E R IN E A R L Y R IS IN G .
attempt would be made upon her life. In to her to be iucredible and impossible that orated. as energetic men do.
“ You should study botany while you pine for the horizontal pieces. The up quarter by one and one-half-inch stuff,
conclusion, she narrated the scene which in this nineteenth century such a thing
right pieces are light strips gotten out
We can Imagine that after a man
as
deliberate
and
carefully
planned
mur
are
down
here,"
he
said,
blandly.
"
De
to insure rigidity.
In one corner, as
D a li* D r a in a n d B rin g « o n N e r v o o a ' had occurred that very morning, when her
had lived a hundred and twenty years
der should occur in Christian England. pend upon it. one cannot learn too many for fence pickets. . I find a light gate shown, is the nest, four Inches deep
W reck *.
gi ardian had tempted her to commit sui
That
these
things
occur
in
the
abstract
o
f
this
character
a good thing to keep
things
in
one’s
youth.
Besides
a
knowl
on sour milk he would feel that he had
Somebody w ill have to revise the an cide. The only incident which she omit
and fifteen or eighteen inches square,
lived at least three hundred and twenty. cient proverb that “ early to bed and ted from her story was that which had we are ready to admit, but we find it very edge of natural science teaches us the poultry out o f the barn during the sum
according to the size o f the hens kept.
difficult
to
realize
that
they
may
come
marvelous
harmony
which
prevails
mer
months.
early to rise make a man healthy, occurred the night before, for she felt that
The board floor, explains the Orange
A New York man has been declared wealthy and wise.” It does nothing o f it might put too severe a tax upon Mrs. within the horizon of our own experi throughout the universe, and so enlarges
T h e C o lo n jr P l a n .
Scully’s credulity. Indeed, looking back ence. Hence Mrs. Scully set no impor our mind."
Insane because he believes he is the the sort. It makes him Insane.
“ I should very much like to know some
I f you want vigorous chickens and
at it she almost persuaded herself that tance upon Kate’s fears for her life, and
greatest mun living. And the strange
Dr. Savory, the W ench
scientist,
put them down to the excited state of the thing of it," answered Kate. “ My only hens that lay do not overcrowd them.
part o f It is that he doesn’t even hold said so to the members o f the French the sight which she had seen might be girl’s imagination. She did consider it. fear is that I should not be clever enough
Forty or fifty in one flock are suffi
some
phantom
conjured
up
by
her
own
an office.
Academy, and I)r. Forbes Ross, in an imagination, weakened as she was in however, to be a very iniquitous and un to learn it."
cient. I f you have more than this num
justifiable
thing
that
a
young
girl
should
*The
wood
here
is
full
of
wonders.
The
of
his mind and in body.
ber by all means make a change, for
Dotrkfbobors are taking out their nat Interview, upheld the view
Having concluded her narrative, she be cooped up and separated from all the tiniest mushroom is as extraordinary and your chickens are probably costing you
uralization papers, and if they will only French colleague.
world in such a very dreary place of se as worthy of study as the largest oak.
sound
up
by
imploring
her
new-found
more than they are worth. I f you do
According to him, early rising makes
learn the folly o f undressing In a snow
friend to assist her by letting her friends clusion as the Priory. This consideration Your father was fond of plants and ani- not care to sell any o f your birds then
-
t
bank when It Is 40 below zero they may for men to 1 Inefficiency. I f we were al in London know what had become of her and nothing more serious had set that mals."
lowed to go to sleep and to wake up
Yes, I can remember that,” said Kate, start into the chicken business on the
become fairly useful citizens.
and where she was. Mrs. Scully listened look of wrath upon her pleasant face, and
D ivide your flock Into
when we liked, nerve illnesses and h alf sith a face which expressed alternately had stirred her up to frustrate Girdle her face growing sad as her mind trav colony plan.
the ailments In the w orld would be the most profound pity and the most stone and to communicate with Kate’s eled back to years gone by. What would colonies o f about forty fow ls each and
DOUBLE BROOD COOP.
Officials of the Uni tad States Steel
that same father have thought, she won build houses for them in different parts
abolished. It is only a plowman or a burning indignation.
When Kate had friends.
Trust are to be deprived o f bonuses
Her intention had been to telegraph to dered, had he known how this man oppo o f the farm. For Instance, If you have Judd Farther, Is covered with sawdust
yokel who has no lira in work to do who finished she sat silent for a minute or
hereafter and required to work mere
London, but as she drove to Bedsworth site to her had treated her? What did it one hen house on the east side o f the or sand.
Food and drink are more
can rise early with impunity.
But more entirely absorbed in her own
she bethought her how impossible it would matter now though, when she would so
ly for the salaries they get. This may
bam, put another house on the west readily supplied through the door,
then. It is pointed out, he goes to bed thoughts. She switched her whip up and be for her within the limits of a telegram soon be out of his power?
result In further wholesale disposal o f
side. Then If you have enough birds which preferably lifts in front, as
at 8 In the evening. “ People must have down viciously, and her usually placid to explain to her satisfaction all that she
(T o be continued.)
yachts.
countenance assumed an expression so
put another house down by the calf lot shown.
a healthy heart to rise early," said Dr.
wanted
to
express.
A
letter,
she
reflected,
fierce that Kate, looking down at her,
and another to the farther end o f the
Following the example o f his master, Forbes Itoes. "M any a person with a feared that she had given her offense. would, if posted now*, reach the major by
•P R E S ID E N T A POOR D R E S S E R .”
C o rn L e a d in g W e a te r n C rop .
______
• barn yard. A dozen different places w ill
a Chinese form erly employed by Luther weak heart has Jumped up, awaking When she looked up at last, however, she the first post on Saturday morning. It
The statistical bureau o f the Union
smiled so pleasantly that the poor girl would simply mean a few hours’ delay in S c o u t o f N a t i o n '« C l o t h i n g C a r p e n suggest themselves if you look for lo Pacific passenger department issues a
Burbank has ruised, so the story goes, early, and fallen back dead.
cations en your farm.
I f you have
t e r * P o in t * O u t W e a k S p o t*.
“ Few brain workers o f any value get was reassured, and felt instinctively that the taking of steps to relieve Kate, and
no less a freak of nature than an odor
statement compiled from government
w hat difference could a few* hours more or
‘President Roosevelt is a poor dress made a failure In raising chickens or
less onion. If, ns the report has It. up early. One or tw o novelists boost she had really found a true and effective less make to the girl? She determined,
reports showing the value o f farm
♦riend at last.
your
hens
"don’t
amount
to
much."
er.
His
clothes
have
the
*uo
more
no
Mint
their
best
work
Is
done
in
the
the flavor has been retained, Western
“ We must act promptly," she said, “ for therefore, that she would write to the ma less’ and ‘from the mills to the inau’ try this method. It w ill surprise and products In seventeen States west of
early
hours
o
f
the
morning—
but.
then,
science must bow to Oriental subtlety.
the Mississippi In 1007 to have been
we don’ t know what they may be about, jor, explaining all the circumstances and look."
please you. Your hens will be healthier,
tliey don’ t say how they rest for the
$1,091,000,000. Corn leads In produc
or what their plans are for the future. leave it to him what course of action
w
ill
lay
better
and
will
require
less
•Secretary
T
a
ft
dresses
well
for
a
should
he
pursued.
Under the law, all immigrants who remainder o f the day.
tion. being valued at nearly half a
Who did you say your friends were?"
Mrs. Scully was well known at the post- fat man. but he should avoid the din feed. The reason for this will be easily billion dollars. W inter wheat is next,
“ I f a man wakes up and remains
"I)r . Dimsdale, of Thillimore Gardens.
are admitted are on probation for three
seen
when
you
have
once
tried
it.
office,
and
they
quickly
accommodated
ner
Jacket.
His
girth
makes
his
dress
valued at $200,000.000, nnd domestic
years. I f in that time they become pub awake for some time, he sliould then Kensington."
her with the requisites for correspond vest look like a belt."
Chickens, or anything else for that mat
“ Hasn’t he got a grown-up son?”
hay was valued at only $2.000.000 less.
lic charges, commit misdemeanors, o: get up. But i f lie is awakened before
ence.
Within
a
quarter
of
an
hour
she
ter,
cannot
stand
crowding.
Also
the
“
Speaker
Cannon
is
a
total
loss
as
“ Yes," said Kate, with a slight flush on
profess anarchy, they may be deported. his sleep is exhausted, the tendency is
had written. sealed, stamped and posted far as clothes are concerned. Once In colony plan gives the fow ls wider range Rye, oats, barley and potatoes follow
her
pale
cheeks.
to go to sleep again. And this shows
In order. The report also shows an in
T h e Department o f Commerce and La
“ A h !” cried the good lady, with a very the following epistle :
and encourages the birds to hunt for
“ Dearest Toby— Who do you think I a while he looks pretty good, but most
crease In live stock o f 250 per cent
bor intends to make practical applica that forced early rising is wrong.
roguish smile. “ I see how the land lies.
tbeir living.— Exchange.
“ No man should lie forced to get out Of course, of course, why shouldn't it? have come across down here? No less a c f the time----- "
since 1870.
tion o f tills law, with the help o f the
"V ice President Fairbanks is a diffi
police, to anarchists and others who off bed at 0 :30, have to% be Idle half the I remember hearing about that young person than that Miss Ilarston who was
C o lo r o t K g g * .
B r a c in g C o r n e r P o *ta .
You used to talk cult man to drape correctly. Ills cloth
pass the entrance examinations and day, finish with a hard spurt, ami then man. I have heard about the Girdlestones Girdlestone’s ward.
There is no difference in the color ot
T his nietluxl. while cheaply devised,
be dragged out o f bed again In the also. African merchants they were in about her, I remember, and indeed you ing Is o f costly material, but In full
later turn out badly.
were a great admirer of hers. You would dress he looks as com fortable as a man Is used very effectively lu bracing cor the yolk o f the eggs laid by different
the city. You see I know all about you."
early morning.
be surprised if you saw her now, ao thin hanging from a tree."
ner posts. U ie as a brace a pole nine breeds, nor Individually. But the color
“ Y'ou know Tom ?" Kate cried in as
“ Ninety jier cent o f the early risers
Plans are maturing for the erection
and
worn and pale. Still her face is very
tonishment.
"Senator Beveridge Is a swell dress or ten feet long, four or five Inches In o f the shell is a matter o f breed and
sweet and pretty, so I won’t deny your
o f a statue o f Alexander Hamilton in end by differin g from Insomnia. And
“ Oh, don’t let us get talking of Tom ,"
diumeter and square at both ends. F it mating, and the color o f the yolk is
er.”
Washington. It Is rather curious that many o f them get the habit because said Mrs. Scully, good-humoredly. “ When good taste— how could I after you have
‘T im W oodruff looks like a cozy one end o f pole to the i>ost h alf way governed by the food given. T h e aver
the intellectual prodigy whom Mr. tliey con not sleep. They are like the girls get on a subject of that sort there’s paid your addresses to me?
between Its middle and top nnd place age length o f a hen’s egg Is 2.27 inches;
“ Her guardian has brought her down corner."
Bryce characterizes ns “ the greatest fox In the fable. They want everybody au end to everything. What 1 want to
other end o f brace on a tint stone. Se diameter at the broad end, 1.72 Inches:
here and has locked her up in a great
Now
you
know
what
the
chief
sar
else
to
follow
their
pernicious
exam*
know
is
business.
In
the
first
place,
I
constructive statesman o f the nation"
bleak house called the Priory. She has torial scout o f the Merchant Tailors’ cure one end o f a w ire around bottom weight, about one-eighth o f a pound.
shall drive down to Hedsworth and I shall
should be represented at the capital pie."
no one to speak to, and is not allowed to National Exchange thinks o f
these o f post, then take It to outer end o f
send
to
London.
But
uot
to
I'hillimore
Finally,
Dr.
Forbes
Ross
declares
by no monument, when so many lesser
F a rm N o te *.
write letters. She seemed to be heart
brace nnd bnck to post ngnln, fasten
Gardens.
Hot-headed
young
men
do
fool
that
“
a
man
Who
wakes
up
o
f
his
own
men appear In marble or enduring
broken because none of her friends know statesmen as fa r as clothes are con
A lfa lfa seed Is now selling in many
ing
securely.
With
a
short
stout
stick
ish
things
under
such
circumstances
as
cerned.
Hughey
Ardlelgh,
official
han-
where she is, and she fears that they may
bronze. Perhaps, however, It will be accord w ill do double the work o f the
parts o f the West for 10 to 12 cents »
these. This is a case that wants careful
imagine that she has willingly deserted dlcapper o f the organization, is the tw ist w ire , together until very tight pound.
hard to make a monument which would •man who forces himself to get up early. management.
I know a gentleman in tbc-m.
man
who
discovered
the
weak
spots
In
O
f
course,
by
her
friends
she
overtop his own great work, the “ Fed The thick-headed, sleepy clerk Is the London who is just the man, and who I
Egyptian cotton land produces nearly
man who gets to the office first In the know would be only too proud to help a means that curly-headed Mr. Dimsdale Washington’s wardrobe. He made his
eral 1st"
four times as much per acre as that o f
morning. He is not worth Ills wages. lady in distress. He is a retired officer, that you spoke of. The poor girl is in a report at the final try on o f the cloth
this country.
A fte r all, John Hay did w rite ‘T h e T lie brightest man Is the nwin who Is and his name is Major Clutterbuck— Ma very low, nervous state, and told me over ing carpenters who Lave been in ses
the wall o f the park that she feared her sions at the Park Avenue Hotel
In four years a pair o f rabbits could
in
Breadwinners," a novel that had con late because be has overslept him self." jor Tobias Clutterbuck."
guardian had designs on her life. 1 can
secure a progeny o f nearly 1,500,000. A
siderable vogue twenty-five years ago.
“ Oh, I know him very well, and I have hardly believe that, but I do think that New York.
doe rabbit produces as many as seven
heard of you, too," said Kate with a she is far from well, and that it is enough
“ I attended the President’s recep
It was published anonymously before
fam ilies a year.
smile. “ I remember your name now in to drive her mad to coop her up like that. tion in Washington a few weeks ago,"
the author had made a reputation as
HIS CHARGE.
connection with his."
M ETHOD or BRACINO.
Many Important drainage projects are
W e must get her out somehow or another. said Hughey, “ and the clothing dis
one o f the greatest Secretaries o f State
It was Mrs. Scully’s turn to blush now. I suppose that her guardian is within his cords I saw there made me yearn for
under way in the marsh land in Lou
the country ever had, and the secret
“ Never mind that," she said.
" I can rights, and that it is not a police matter.
a pair o f overalls. I had all I could and your brace Is complete, says Farm
isiana. which will ultim ately make it
was kept, although suspected, until at
trust the major, and I know he will be
last Mrs. Hay has consented that the
The one special charge which Mrs. down here at a word from me. I shall You must consider what must be done, do to keep my chalk In my pocket ers' Review . This brace comes In line a great agricultural country.
and let young Dimsdale know if you think And the tailor that lias to make alter w llh your fence and by fastening your
credit which belonged to her dead hus Ii<K>ke gave her husband on the eve of let him have the facts, and he can tell
A d airy train which recently went
best. He will want to come down to see
band shall be given to him In an ac her departure for a fortn igh t’s visit to the Dimsdales if he thinks it best. Good- her, no doubt, and if Toby were to come, ations In that bunch w ill need more w ire or Isinrdk to It prevents It from out from Lafayette, Ind., covered 000
slipping
sideways.
than
one
piece
o
f
chalk."
by,
dear,
don’t
be
unhappy
any
more,
but
count o f the book In “ A Manual of a friend was her fern— her beautiful,
miles on the Monon route, and 4,000
too, I should not l»e sorry.
American Literature,” recently pub wide-spreading fern. “ Don’t forget It remember that you have friends outside
people heard the lectures which wsru
" I should have telegraphed about it, but
who
will
very
quickly
set
all
right.
Good-
H
o
a
r*
f
o
r
C
u
b
a
a
n
d
M
e
x
ic
o
.
lished.
I could not explain myself sufficiently. I
while I ’m away visiting, will you, Hen
delivered from the cars.
H e r R lich t to P re a c h .
by !" and waving her hand in encourage assure you that the poor girl is in a very
Some o f the coast country farmers
Woman’s inborn right to preach has
ry?" she pleaded; and Mr. Locke an
The Sacramento Valley, In C alifor
Too little attention has been given swered that the fern should be forever ment, the good widow woke up the pony, bad way, and we can’t be too energetic been recognized by Bishop Talbot, o f while visiting (Jalveston saw that many
nia, shipped over $3,000,000 worth o f
which had fallen fast asleep, and rattled in what we do. It was very sad to hear
to the effect o f deforestation upon the
hogs from distant points in Texas and
m his mind till she returned.
away down the lane in the direction from the positive manner in which she declared Pennsylvania. A skirted itinerant ex
oranges last year, and the growers o f
water supply, and therefore the Presi
pounder o f the goefiel used to gather Oklahoma were being shipped to Cubu that section estimate that the new crop
Therefore, when on the evening of which she had come.
that
her
guardian
would
murder
her,
dent, senators, congressmen and gover
and M exico and returned home Im
a
crowd
every
Sunday
within
sight
of
her arrival she noticed with a start that
w ill be worth $1,000.000 more.
though she did not attempt to give any
nors o f States should carefully read
C H A P T E R X V III.
pressed with the Idea that If It paid the
the fern was not in its accustomed
reason why he should conqpit such a ter the bishop’s cathedral and many o f his
It is estimated that i f the rattle ship
At four o’clock Mr. Girdlestone stepped
and digest the resolutions sent them
North
Texas
and
Oklahoma
farmers
to
flock
were
seen
lingering
under
her
place, she turned reproachful eyes on
rible crime. We saw a horrid one-eyed
pers o f Iowa succeed In establishing
into the Beilsworth telegraph office and
by the Union League Flub o f Chicago.
raise
hog»
for
the
Cuban
and
Mexican
spell.
One
o
f
the
vestrymen
went
to
man
at
the
gate
who
appeared
to
be
on
her husband.
wired hi* short message. It ran thus :
their claims against the railroads for
Greatest stress has heretofore In^en laid
‘Now, my dear, let me tell you,” said “ Case hopeless. Come on to-morrow with guard to prevent any one from coming out the bishop to remonstrate. He wanted markets. It would pay the coast coun
excessive shipping charges In Chicago
upon the waste o f timber which, unless
try
farm
ers
to
do
the
same
thing.—
or
in.
On
our
way
to
Bedworth
we
met
something done to stop the preaching
Mr. Locke, glibly, “ If ever a man kept a doctor." On receipt of this he knew
they will get back fu lly a h alf million
It is stopped, w ill soon bring absolute
no less a person than the great Mr. Gir so near the cathedral. “ Oh, never Galveston News.
his word. I did. That— er— fern was by their agreement that his son would
dollars.
dlestone himself, and we actually drove
want. The reason for this, of course,
on my mind day and night. I scarcely come down. There was nothing for it so clumsily that we splashed him all over mind.’’ said the bishop, "she cannot
Is that the financial loss that will he
G reat Britain now imports every
I f Y „ D o .b l It , T r y It.
ever f 'r g o t It. I watered it— oh, I must now hut that his ward should die. I f he with mud. Wasn’t that a very sad and hurt me. Let her preach. She must
Involved is readily gra*i>ed by even the
A man once bncked himself for a year about 9,000,000 bushels o f apples,
have watered It four o r five times the delayed longer the crash might come be unaccountable thing? I fancy I see Toby exhort somebody, and. you see. she has
fore her money was available, and then
dullest mind. But the destruction of
no husband.
I warrant your
w ife large amount, which he subsequently one-half o f which come from the Unit
first tw o days. I wanted to be sure
smiling over that. Ever yours.
how vain all regrets would be.
forests that preserve the water re
gives you many a good sermon In the I oat. to move an ordinary brick attach ed States. Canada sends over about
“
L
A
V
I
N
IA
S
C
U
L
L
Y
."
It had enough.
It seemed to him that there was very
sources o f every section o f the country
The major called a cab and rattled retirement o f your home. A ll women ed to tw o miles o f cord along a level 3.000,000 bushels and Austral la nearly
“ Then the water began to run out oi little risk in the matter. The girl had
and regulate the flow of streams will
road outside Chichester. He failed to all the rest.
away
to Phillimore Gardens and thence like to preach."— Cleveland Leader.
the saucer, so I left It alone— entirely had no communication with any one. Even
I k » productive o f damage not lees seri
move the brick, and It may he roughly
to the office, without being able to find
An effort is being made to establish
of
those
around
her
Mrs.
Jorrocks
was
in
untouched, my dear, fo r the next three
the man o f whom he waa in search. He
ous. When they are gone we shall I k »
estimated that the friction o f the cord In the Ozark region o f Missouri an ex
or four days, Just as you would treat her dotage. Rebecca Taylforth was stanch then rushed down the Strand as quickly
N ot a I ra n t.
at the mercy o f great floods, compared
on the road Increased the weight o f the tensive breeding station for farm an
and true, and Stevens knew nothing. Ev
a person who had overeaten.
He— I notice you call a good many
to which even the animal floods in the
brick (about aevpn pounds) and cord imals. The project has the approval o f
ery one on the country side had heard of as he could, intending to catch the next
o f your acquaintances ernuks. I hope
‘ T h en when It began to look a trifle
train
and
go
alone,
but
on
his
way
to
Ohio valley, due to deforestation o f the
the invalid young lady at the Priory. Who
to a dead weight o f not fa r short o f a Secretary Wilson and Dr. Melvin, o f
dry I watered It sgaln, very fa ith fu lly ; would be surprised to hear that she had Waterloo atation he fell in with Tom you do not consider me a crank? She
mountains in which that river has its
tom— Fry'a Mags line.
the Bureau o f Animal Industry.
but It began to look curious, very curi passed away? He dare not call in any Dimsdale, as recorded in a preceding — Certainly n ot! A crank Is a person
rise, will seem small. These w ill wipe
The Irrigated districts o f Egypt com
with one Idea, and I never heard any
ous. 8o I Just took It round to the local medical man, but his Inventive brain chapter.
f l o o d P o i n t . In H o , S e le e t ln n .
out water power o f Inestimable value,
The letter was a thunderbolt to Tom. body accuse you o f
prise 5,340,000 acres and support 10/
having one!—
florist, and he said he'd better look had overcome the difficulty, and had hit
When
you
have
selected
a
well-con-
render arid vast tracts o f country now
000,000 persons.
upon a device by which he might defy In hia worst dreams he had never imag Tearson's Weekly.
after It fo r a week or s a
atltuted hog yon invariably have one
jrnsperons. Injure agricultural lands and
ined anything so dark as this. He hur
Owing to a prolonged drought in I t ,
“ H e told me that both Jennings and both doctors and coroner. I f all went as
that
Is
extrem
ely
good
through
the
comniunities, and menace commercial
ried
back
to
the
station
at
such
a
pace
dla the productive ares o f wheat land
Wilkinson had brought their wives’ ht had planned it, it was difficult to see that the poor major was reduced to a
"T
h
ey
say
Mrs.
Youngwed
across
the
heart
and
chest
for
here
la
where
he
and manufacturing industries In cities
any chance of detection. In the case of
has shrunk from 9,000,000 to 5,000,000
ferns to him the day before— same kind
and towns on the banks o f rivers. I f
a poorer man the fact that the girl’s most asthmatical and wheezy condition. way has the most extraordinary pow lives, and he cannot be strong and rug seres.
as yours. H e says ferns are something money reverted to him might arotase suspi He trotted along pluckily. however, and ers o f persuasion."
ged If he lacks In this essential p oin t
the Ohio river floods destroy $100.000.-
The wool growers o f Utah received
like children— they miss the person they cion, but he rightly argued that with his as he went heard the account of Tom’s
“ Yes. I'v e known her to keep a girl
000 worth o f property, as has been esti
T h e F e r t l l l . e e B n a ln e ...
about $6,000.000 for their wool and
are used to, my dear."
great reputation no one would ever dream adventures in the morning, and of the de a week at a tim e."— Baltimore Am eri
mated. deforestation will result in the
parture
o
f
E«ra
Girdlesffone
and
of
his
The
total
fertiliser
production
o
f
the
mutton last year. Prices for wool s t
“ 1 think very likely they do," said that such a consideration could have
destruction o f many times more. Con
red-bearded companion. The major’s face can.
t'ntted States Is placed at 4.000.000 the shearing stations averaged about 21
weight with him.
his wife, dryly.— Youth's Companion.
gress should not only remove the tariff
grew
more
anxious
still
when
he
heard
- Having sent the telegram off and so
tons annually, valued at over lon.noo,- cents per pound. Owing to vigorous
A government commission Is at.og-
on paper and wood pulp, which fur
There are so many people In the taken a final step, John Girdlestone felt of it. "Pray heaven we m ay not be too
000.
It Is estimated that Nashville. action on the part o f the growers, scab
gltng with the problem o f exterm inat
nishes one important reason for attacks world off the kind who discover that more at his ease. He was proud o f hia la te !" he panted.
Tenn.. has «3.000.000 Invested la the Is reported to be almost extinct In tha#
ing the nun butterfly, which has become
on the for*-ets, hut should repeal the you have gray hairs coming in you/ own energy and decision. As he walked
ch aptef T X ix .
States
fertiliser business.
timber and stone act and create nation
very pom pou sly and gravely down the
When K » t , bad made a daaa bnait a plague in Botemla.
al forests In the W hite and Appal
achian mountains and in the West.
I The Firm of
M e s to n e
f