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^ creates bis own banger, as the drunk- srd creates his thirst, snd neither can be satisfied, even temporarily, except at s sacrifice. And the more frequently the victim seeks this satisfaction, the greater becomes the sacrifice. Health, hope, honor, one by oua, are offered on the altar o f the drug, and. Anally, the miserable life that Is left goes to com plete the Ansi sacrlAce. Perhaps, after all, the sacrlAce o f s wedding ring Is smell compared with some others fools make that they may know fo r a little while, the Joy o f madness. 1 Topics of the T im e i^ D oubt)«*» * -roe people think besven ta all rljfht because there Is to be no marrying there. Prank Gould speaks of "tl>e curse a t money.” Vet be doesn’t act as If he would rtjo ic * ‘t o aee the curse re moved." “Tangled W edlock" la the title o f a new novel. We take It for granted that the hero and heroine belong to rich families. President D ia l o f Mexico delivers inly one message a year. This circum stance should not be overlooked In try ing to explain why Diaz la given so many term s As regards the hen, furthermore, she has one conspicuous advantage over the oow. It la harrier to counterfeit, adul terate or otherwise Impair the uaeful- re * of her output The man who goes around croaking that the worst Is yet to come either has a weak spine or knows o f some thing thut he wrmld like to get at a marked-down price. A MlnnenpoliH man claims that he owns thirty seven acres o f land on the Ohk-ago lake front. C&ptnln George Wellington Rtreetpr w ill no doubt Ik- glad to extend sympathy. Arvordlng to the Buffalo Express, some one has Invented a scheme to In- sure umbrellas against th e ft The com pany tackling any scheme o f that kind will be kept buay at the paying teller's window. Mrs. Howard Gould says no woman can dress decently on less than $20,000 a year. In that case we fea r there are a good many women In this coun try wlro are not decently drented any at the time. A New Jersey wornnn has been get ting Into trouble because she iguinked her 81-year-old husband. Before H Gaseawny Davis extends any sympa thy he w ill want to know whether she •aught the rascal flirting or not. It Is stated that the heart o f a tartan beata fifty eight rimes a minute, and that o f a meat-eater seventy-live times. Thais tile meat-eating young naan with a vegetarian sweetheart can see how dlAlcult It Is at times for “ two hearts to beat as o n e ” litharges o f attempts to Influence Con gress by lm p n per means have lately been under Investigation In W ashing ton. Such acmiaattona are frequeutly made against persona wh<*e Interests may hs beneficially or injuriously a f fected by proposed legislation. F or tunately. they are sekkan sustained, be cause they are seldom Justified. There Is luuob legitim ate and fa r less Im proper lobbying In Congress and In the State legislatures. It Is proper for s legislator to seek Information on any subject on which he must vote, and It la proper for a law yer or a layman to give or even to volunteer the Inform a tion. Form er members o f Congress frequently ojien offices In Washington, ami offer their aervlces to |>ereons In te re s t«! In the passage o f law n They Twelve pay for their aervlces, and when they apiiear before congreesional com mittees w ith arguments In behalf o f their clients, they are as honestly en gaged as when they appear in the Su preme Court. But nrany unscrupulous legislative agents have been dishonest, and huve attempted bribery, and have causwl the word "lobbylat” to become a term o f reproach. In sune States at ternpta Improperly to Influence legtsla Hon constitute a felony. punlatiahle by disfranchisement and disqualification from bolding public office. T h e anti- bribery lawa are directed also against lobbyist* as well as against corrupt legislators. In the British Parliament registered and officially recognized leg Islatlve agenta perform those functions which reputable American lawyers un dertake by supplying the needed in for mation concerning private bills. In ad dition they are required to stand as sponsor for hills affecting private In terests ; but they roust not attempt p ri vately to InAuence the votes o f mem bers, being bound by the same ‘honora ble restrictions which forbid tampering with a Jury or bringing private pres sure to bear upon a Judge who must decide the rase. The scandals o f the old system which this admirable cue- tom has displaced In England were greater than any that havs disgraced tbs American Oongress. We welcome the story o f the enor mous meteor that fell Into the Atlantic “ Young men o f to-day are purely ocean a few days ago. narrowly mean ing a ship In Its dns.ent. It Is a pleas selAsh,” complained a weary and dis “ I know many, and ing variation from the conventional sea gusted hostess serpent story that usually appears with a very few exceptions they accept my hospitality and then decline to con about this time! o f year. tribute to the gayety o f my entertain ments.” H er companion, a man o f “ Always ready for sea duty, but years and experience, smiled quietly. afraid a t social festivities," Is the way "T h at's an old grievance,” he s a id ; the w ife o f Admiral Evans recently “ I remember hearing my mother sny characterized her distinguished hue the same thing Afty years ago. I re hand. Medical science would probably member. too. with what relish she used agree that the admiral has discovered to tell the story o f a spirited woman of which Is the greeter danger o f tl>e two. her acquaintance who administered Jus tice, as she saw It, on a certain occa In the early days o f San Francisco, sion. trading vessel* were often deserted by ‘“The woman bad married an English the eirtlre crew, who went hunting gold. man who had been an officer o f a crack There wag nothing for ilie captain to regiment, but who sold out when he do but at wind on ship and Join the rush. married. (Julte naturally, therefore The deserted khlps left on the bssch hla old comrades ware often at their were gradually filled round with aand, house, and to the disgust o f his wife, and were turned Into “ hotels." Re they answered your description o f the cent excavations for the foundation! young men o f to-day. orf the new Nlantlc block disclosed the One evening, when there were several keel and ribs of Che ship Nlantlc, o f her countrywomen am o^t her guosta, which sailed from Maine sixty years my mother's friend vainly tried to ago. It was beached at San Franetaco, make the dashing troopers come to hauled up on land, and used as a lodg time. But when she suggested cards It ing house. Wlmre It had stood was was ‘The Tenth doesn't plsy card s' erected the first Nlantlc block, which “ A suggestion o f music was met with was destroyed In the great Are two T h e Tenth doesn’t slug.' years ago. “ A t last one o f the American girls said something about dancing, and my Ueranla of averted disasters do not mother's friend tried to make up a set. get the attention that la given to dis Then came th* haughty declaration. asters uuaverted, hut they make more The Tenth don’t dance.' dheerful reading and lift one's faith In “ ‘ W ell,’ said the exasperated host- human nature. The other day a Long era, ‘s t any rate, the Tenth inarches!' Island Sound strainer caught Are, and “ And march It did,” concluded the there might have been another horror man, “ In defiance o f the English hus Itks the burning of the General Slocum. band's wishes.” But there was no I ons o f life, no panic. The pilots kept the steamer steady, the W r it e r s - C ram p . captain fought the Are In orderly man W riters' cramp Is a serious m atter ner, summoned hell», and transferred to people whose work requires that d * hundred passengers to another they use a pen very much, while for steamer. At a children's entertainment the unaccustomed w riter who takes nn In a New York dhuroh gauzy draperies afternoon off now and then to catch up took Are, Aatnes shot to the celling, with her correspondence It Is, to say and burning bits fell mi the children. the Ienst, very discouraging. The trou The audience sprang up, but the little ble Is more than muscular In this kind king o f the play Justified hla regal part, o f cramp. Very often a low, nervous lie cried, “ What are you all scared condition will cause It. Then one afssit? It's Jui* s little Are." Mesn- should take It as a warning that the wlblle a boy at the organ was playing system Is ran down and needs general "Onwer.t, Christian Soldicra." Ikurtrg toning up. Very often, however, th# the Aurry he did not miss a note. Tw o trouble la all In the way you hold your men stamped the Are out. Others Pen- opened the doors and started to mar Children now In school are not like shnl tti« women and children. Most ly to be troubled with writers' cramp, o f the people kept tlhelr places, and because they are taughf to hold the there was no panic. pen ligh tly and make all the move ments from the arm Inatead o f tho There are few things, certainly no hand. The old fashioned method article of Jewelry, that a bride prizes which most o f us learned o f holding more than her wedding ring. But s the pen between the thumb and fore married woman cannot always remain finger Is also very likely to encourage a bride, not even In Chicago, where a cramp. The muscles become tense some o f them try It by getting married snd hard, until Anally they contract an frequently. And the views o f a mar much that all control over them la ried woman later In life are apt to be loat The pen should be held between different from the roseate vislona of th# Arst two Angers, well up toward the bride. Pevha|>a even the wedding th# Joint. T h e trouble may often be ring Uses Its glamor, snd becomes relieved by putting the hand and wrist merely to many dollars' worth o f pre Into the hottest water one ran stand — cious money. That this Is true In cer Boston Herald. tain cases was shown In a Chicago court recently, when a man was on R ev ise s . trial for selling cocaine. A number o f Little drops o f water. wadding rings were shown In the evi Little grains of rand. Make the milkmen happy dence; wedding rings that wives who And the grocers Mend. had cessed to be brides had bartered fo r the drag. No more startling evi —The Bohemian. dence o f the power o f the drug habit ran well he conceived than th is T o barter one’s birthright for pottage were not to bed. Hanger Is nstnral sgough, and most he satisfied, tf possible, at SI M M * s a y Mcrtdea. But the drug Most perenta In rs ld n g don't know tbs difference training and the lack o f R. W atch s rot want a Mta. The Firm of ! ___________ » ' Girdlestone ! A. C O N A N DOYLE C H A P T E R X IX .— <Continued.) She went down the avenue and had a few words with the sentry there. She felt no bitterness against him now— on the contrary, she could afford to laugh at his peculiarities. He was in a very bad humor on account of domestic diffi culties. His wife had been abusing him, and had ended by assaulting him. “ She used to argey first and then fetch the poker,’* he said ruefully, “ but now it’s the poker first and there ain’t no argey- rnent at all.” Kate looked at his savage face and burly figure, and thought what a very °ourageous woman his wife must be. “ It ’s all ’cause the fisher lasses won’t lemme alone.” he explained with a leer. “ She don’t like it, knock me sideways if she d o ! It ain’t my fault, though, I al- lers had a kind o’ a fetch in’ way w i’ women.” “ Did you post my note?” asked Kafe. “ Y e s ; in course I did.” he answered. “ It’ ll be in Lunnon now, most like.” His one eye moved about in such a very shifty way as he spoke that she was convinced that he was telling a lie. She could not be sufficiently thankful that she had some thing else to rely upon besides the old scoundrel's assurances. There was nothing to be seen down the lane except a single cart with a loutish young man walkiug at the horse's head. &he had a horror of the country folk since her encounter with the two bumpkins upon the Sunday. She therefore slipped away from the gate and went through the wood to the shed, which she mounted. On the other side of the wall there was standing a little boy in buttons, so rigid and motionless that he might be one of Madame Tussaud’s figures, were it not for his eyes, which were rolling about in ev ery direction, and which finally fixed themselves on Kate's face. “ Uood-mornin’, miss,” said this appari tion. “ Good-morning,” she answered. ” 1 think I saw you with Mrs. Scully yester day V “ Yes, miss. Missus, she told me to wait here and never to move until 1 seed you. She said as you would be sure to come. I ’ ve been waitin' here for nigh on an hour.” “ Your mistress is an angel,” Kate said enthusiastically, "and you are a very good little boy.” “ Indeed, you’ ve hit it about the mis sus,” said the youth, in a hoarse whisper, nodding his head to emphasize his re marks. “ She’s got a heart as is big enough for three.” Kate could not help smiling at the en thusiasm with which the little fellow spoke. “ You seem fond of her,” she said. “ I ’d be a bad ’un if I wasn’t. She took me out of the work’us without character or nothing, and she’s a-educatin’ of me. She sent me 'ere with a message.” “ What was it?” “ She said as how she had written in stead o’ electro-telegraphing, ’cause she had so much to say she couldn’t fit it all on a telegraph.” “ I thought that would be so,” Kate id. “ She wrote to Major— Major— him as is a-follerin’ of her. She said as she had no doubt as he’d be down to-day, and you was to keep up your sperrits and let her know by me if any one was a-wexiu' you.” 'No, no. Not at all,” Kate answered, smiling again. “ You can tell her that my guardian has been much kinder to-day. I am full of hope now. Give her my warmest thanks for her kindness.” ‘A ll right, miss. Say, that chap at the gate hasn't been giving you no cheek, has he— him with the game eye?” “ No, no, John.” John looked at her suspiciously. “ I f he hasn’t it’s all right,” he said, “ but I think as you’re one o f them as don’t com plain if you can ’elp it.” He opened his hand and showed a great jagged flint which he carried. “ I ’d ha’ knocked his other peeper out with this,” he said, blowed if I wouldn’t.” “ Don’t do anything of the sort, John, but run home like a good little boy.” “ All right, miss. Good-by to y e !” Kate watched him stroll down the lane, lie paused at the bottom as if irresolute, and then she was relieved to see him throw the stone over into a turnip field, and walk rapidly off in the opposite direction U> the Priory gates. CH APTER XX. Late In the afternoon Ezra arrived at the Priory. From one o f the passage windows Kate saw him driving up the avenue in a high dogcart. Thera wns a broad-shouldered, red-bearded man sitting beside him, and the ostler from the Flying Hull wns perched behind. Kate had rush ed to the window on hearing the sound of wheels, with some dim expectation that her friends had come sooner than she anticipated. A glance, however, showed her that the hope was vain. From behind a curtain she watched them alight and come into the house, while the trap wheel ed round and rattled off for Bedaworth again. She went slowly hack to her room, won dering what friend this could be whom Ezra had brought with him. She had no- deed that he was roughly clad, presenting a contrast to the .voung merchant, who was vulgarly spruce in his attire. Evi dently he intended to pass the night at the Priory, since ‘.key had let the trap go hack to the village. She was glad that he had come, for his presence would act as a restraint uj>on the Ginllentonen. As the long afternoon stole away ahe became more and more impatient stud ex pectant. She had been sewing in her room, but she found that she could no longer keep her attention on the stitches. Bhe paced nervously up and {lown the lit tle apartment. In the roam beneath ahe could hear the dull, muffled pound of men’s voices in a long continuoua monotone, broken only by the Interposition now and again of one voice which was so deep and loud that it reminded her o f the growl of a beast of prey. This must belong to the red-beard«^ stranger. Kate wondered what it could he that they were talking cMlftpsn over so earnestly. City affairs, no doabt, or other business matters of Importance. Bhe remembered having once heard It re marked that many of the richeet men on 'Change were eccentric and alovenly In thoir drees, so tks newcomer might hi O more Important person than he aeemed. She had determined to remain in her room all the afternoon to avoid Ezra, but her restlessness was so great that she felt feverish and hot. The fresh air, she thought, would have a reviving effect up on her. She slipped down the staircase, treading as lightly as possible not to dis turb the geotlemen in the refectory. They appeared to hear her, however, for the hum o f conversation died away, and there \gh* a dead silence until after she had I> a h s * h J. .She went oat on to the little lawn whihe lay In front of the old house. There were some flower beds scattered about on It, but they were overgrown with weeds and in the last stage of neglect. She amused herself by attempting to improve the condition of one of them, and kneel ing down beside it she pulled up a num ber of the weeds which covered it. There was a withered rose bush in the center, so she pulled up that also, and succeeded iu imparting some degree of order among the few plants which remained. She worked with unnatural euergy. pausing every now and again, to glance down the dark avenue, or to listen intently to any chance sound which might catch her ear. In the course of her work she chanced to look at the Priory. The refectory faced the lawn, ami at the window of it there stood the three men looking out at her. The Girdlestones were nodding their h<ad8, as though they were pointing her out to the third man. who stood between them. He was looking at her with an expression of interest. Kate thought ns she returned his gaze that she had never seen a more savage and brutal face. He was flushed and laughing, while Ezra be side hip) appeared to be pale and anxious. They all, when they saw that she noticed them, stepped precipitately back frbm the window. She had only a momentary glance at them, and yet the three faces, the strange, tierce red one, and the two hard familiar pale ones which flanked it, remained vividly impressed upon her mem ory. Girdlestone had been so pleased at the early appearance of his two allies, and the prospect of settling the matter once for all, that he received them with a cordial ity which was foreign to his nature. “ Always punctual, my dear son, and always to be relied upon,” he said. “ You are a model to our young business men. As to you, Mr. Burt,” he continued; “ I am delighted to see you at the Priory, much as I regret the sad necessity which has brought you doum.” “ Talk it over afterwards,” said Ezra, shortly. “ Burt and I have had no lunch eon yet.” “ I am near starved,” the other growl ed, throwing himself into a chair. Ezra had been careful to keep him from drink on the way down, and he was now sober, or as nearly sober as a brain saturuted with liquor could ever be. Girdlestone called for Mrs. Jorrocks, who laid the cloth. Ezra appeared to have a poor appetite, but Burt ate vora ciously. When the meal was finished Ezra drew a chair up to the fire, and his father did the same, after ordering the old woman out o f the room, and carefully closing the door behind her. “ You have spoken to our friend here about the business?” Girdlestone asked, nodding his head in the direction of Burt. “ Yes. I have made it all clear.” “ Five hundred pounds down, and a free passage to Africa,” said Burt. “ An energetic man like you can do a great deal in the colonies with five bun dled pounds,” Girdlestone remarked. “ What I do with it is nothing to you. gov’nor,” Burt remarked surlily. “ I does the job, you pays the money, and there’s an end as far as you are concerned.” “ Quite so,” the merchant said in a con ciliatory voice. “ You are free to do what you like with the money.” “ Without axin’ your leave,” growled Burt. He was a man of such a turbulent and quarrelsome disposition that he was always ready to go out of his way to make himself disagreeable. “ The question is how it is to be done,” interposed Ezra. “ You’ ve got some plan in your head, I suppose,” he said to his father. “ I t ’s high time the thing was carried through, or we shall have to put up the shutters in Fenchurch street.” His-father shivered at the very thought. “ Anything rather than that.” he said. “ It will precious soon come to tha*” “ What’s the matter with your lip? It seems to be swollen.” “ I had a turn with that fellow Dims- dale,” Ezra answered, putting his hand up to his mouth to hide the disfigurement. “ He followed us to the station and we had to beat him off, but 1 think I left my marks upon him.” “ He played some hokey-pokey busines« on me,” said Burt. “ He tripped me in some new-fangled way, and nigh knocked the breath out of me. I don’ t fall as light as I used.” “ He did not succeed In tracing you?” Girdlestone asked uneasily. “ There is no chance o f his turning up here, and spoiling the whole business?” “ Not in the least,” said Ezra confident ly. “ He was in the hands of a policeman when I saw him last.” “ That is well. Now I should like, be fore we go further, to say a few words to Mr. Burt as to what has led up to this. I wish you to understand,” he said, “ that this is no sudden determination of ours, but that events have led up to it in such a way that it was impossible to avoid it. Our commercial honor and integrity are more precious to us than anything else, and we have both agreed that we are ready to sacrifice anything rather than lose It. Unfortunately, onr affairs have become somewhat Involved, and it was absolutely necessary that the firm should have a sum of money promptly in order to extricate itself from its diffi culties. This sum we endeavored to get through a daring speculation in diamonds, which was. though I say it, ingeniously planned and cleverly carried, and which would have succeeded admirably had It not been for an unfortunate chance.” I remember,” said Burt. O f course. Yon were there at the time. We were able to struggle along for some time after this on money which we borrowed and on the profits of our A f rican trade. The time' came, however, when the borrowed money was to be re paid. and once again the firm was in dan ger. It was then that we first thought of the fortune of my ward. It was enough to turn the scale in our favor, could we lay our hands upon it. It w is securely tied up, however, in such a way that there were only two means by which we could touch a penny of it. One was by marry ing her to my son; the other was by the young lady's death. Do yon follow me?” Burt nodded his shsggy head. ‘T h is being to. we did all that ws could to arrange a marriage. Without flattery I may say that no girl was ever approach ed in a more delicate and honorable way than she waa by m j *>n. Ezra. I, for my part, brought all my influence to bear upon her in order to Induce her to meet his advance« In a proper spirit. In spite of our efforts, she rejected him in the moat decided way. and gave us to under stand that It waa bopeleas to attempt to make her change her o»nd.’’ •Someone else, maybe," suggested Burt. “The man who put you oa your bach at tks sution,” Mid Eva. “ Tla! I ’ll pay him for that,” the navvy growled viciously. “ A human life, Mr. Burt,” continued Girdlestone, “ is a sacred thing, but a hu man life, when weighed against the exist ence of a great firm from which hundreds derive their means of livelihood, is a small ccnsideration indeed. When the fate of Miss Hurston is put against the fate of the great commercial house of Girdle- ptone, it is evident which must go to the wall. Our house has for nearly forty years been a bright spot in the darkness. I f it should fall now it would be a stum bling block and a scandal. You see, there fore, that greater interests are at stake than the mere dross of this world. Hav ing seen that this sad necessity might arise, I had made every arrangement some time before. This building is, as you may have observed in your drive, situated in a lonely and secluded part of the coun try. It is walled round, too. in such a manner that any one residing here is practically a prisoner. 1 removed the ludy so suddenly that no one can possibly know where she has gone to, and I have spread such reports as to her condition that no one down here would be surprised to hear of her decease.” “ But there is bound to be an Inquiry. IIow about a medical certificate?” asked Ezra. “ I shall insist upon a coroner’» in quest,” his father answered. “ An inquest! Are you mad?” “ When you have heard me I think that you will come to just the opposite conclu sion. I think that 1 have hit upon a scheme which is really neat— neat iu its simplicity.” He rubbed his hands togeth er. and »bowed his Tong yellow fangs in his enjoyment of his own astuteness. Burt and Ezra leaned forward to listen, while the old man sank his voice to a whisper. “ They thiuk that she is insane,” he said. “ Yes.” “ There’s a small door in the boundary wall which leads out to the railway liue.” “ Well, what of that?” “ Suppose that door to be left open, would it be an impossible thing for a ciazy woman to slip out through it. and to be run over by the ten o’clock ex press ?” “ I f she would only get in the way of it.” “ Yon don’ t quite catch my idea yet. Suppose that this express ran over the dead body o f a woman, would there be anything to prove afterwards that she was dead, and not alive at the time of the accident? Do you think that it would ever occur to any one’s mind that the ex press had run over a dead body?” “ I »ee your meaning,” said his son thoughtfully. “ You would settle her snd then put her there.” (T o be continued.) T H E W O R L D 'S P E R F U M E . An U d M trr Tow n I* la W h ic h m ln t c r c a lc d . K s tlra Few people— In Am erica at least— know that the town which might be said to supply the world with It» per fume la Grasse on the Ilivlera, about 12 miles by train from that center of gayety, Cannes. It holds a population o f Home 15,000 persons, the great ma jo rity o f whom are employed in the perfume Industry which yields an lu- eome to the town o f a million and a h alf a year. The little perfume city 1« set on the aide o f the mountain Rocavignon and iu the valley around it more thun 00,- 000 acres o f flower beds prod m e the petals from which are drawn the little drops o f sweet Incense that are sent out to nil quarters of the globe. E very available bit o f ground, say* Jane R. W hite, In The W orld To-day, has been walled In and the cassia or n »ebush bus to pay Its yearly tribute o f fragrance In return for the eare lav ished upon it. H ere and there the flowers run riot, but usually tluy Irri- tyiting ditches separate the neat even rows o f violets, jouquiis, jasmine, tu beroses, heliotropes, roses and laven der. One breathes a new atmosphere h ere; It Is as though the invigorating mountain air had been sprayed with ean de cologne. When one goes Into the factories of the town the process o f manufacture one notes I* much the same for all per fumes except those made from the rose or orange petals. Glass sheets, held by frames a few Inches apart, are smeared thickly with lard, and between these sheets the freshly picked blossoms are scattered, touching the frames, but not pressed hy them. In one day the oil o f the flowers exudes and the lard absorbs the precious drops. Before the grease is fu lly saturated- the flowers are changed many times, the number de l u d i n g upon the amount o f oil the flowers contain. I f the flow er* are plentiful they may be changed as often ns every six hours and In the case of the jonquils 30 time*, but Jasmine is usually changed 80 times before the layers o f lard are entirely saturated. A tta r o f roses and neroli, the base o f eau de cologne, are made by a d if ferent method. The [>erfume may be extracted by an ordinnry process of distillation If a very even heat Is main tained, but the usual method is the “ bain marie." A large kettle o f lard is Immersed In a tub o f water at the trolling point until the grease reaches a uniform temperature and la entirely melted. Into this warm lard the petals of orange blossoms or o f roses are thrown. The petals remain a day or less In this bath and then the wilted flowers are withdrawn and fresh one* added until the m ixture reaches the required strength. Women beat the m ixture Into a cream and the "bain m arie" rooms look like cake bakeries. T o make one pound o f attar o f rooes. which Is worth $200. 20.000 pounds o f rose petals are required. A thousand pounds o f petals are needed to make a pound of neroli. which averages In value $20 a pound. A ip «r ls l B ran d . Brown— I want to thank you «train fo r that cigar you gave me yesterday. I enjoyed It Immensely. Green— I'm glad you liked I t By the way, I have another o f the same brand If you car# to smoke. Brown— No, thank you. I didn't smoke the other one. I have a grudge against Jones, oo I gave It to him. i New F aro , L abo r. On* o f the greatest problems cos- fronting agriculture la competent farm help that can he secured ut a compen sation proportionate to th* net earn ings fo r the fanner. Manufactures, mining and railroads furnish employ ment to a vast number o f workers who are under trained foremen and tbelr wages are graduated according to the amount o f product they can turn o u t Manufacturers aud transportation cor porations are capitalized and the in vestment Is required to earn a flzed dividend for the stockholders. The earnings are expected to exceed the dividends, operating expenses and fixed charges to create a surplus fund to conduct affairs In emergencies and dur ing panics without stopping dividends. The farm er Is compelled to comjiete 'n the open market for help to conduct hi* agricultural operations. W hile the farm er is delighted If his Investment returns a reasonable profit, he has no r. course If the season'* results are con ducted nt a loss. The manufacturer in timer o f flnanclal stringency to protect stockholders discharges s part o f his force, reduce* their wages or runs his plant on shorter hours. The farmer can only protect himself from exorbl tant wages hy the purchase of costly labor-saving machinery. The world moves forward and the higher cost o f living, the Increase In value o f fsrui lands and the higher |>rl :es a t agricultural products w ill not soon revert to old low standards. The farm er w ill not find cheap labor o f fered In the market except by Ineffi cient employes. Agriculture is annually becoming more o f n business proposition and the standard o f labor advanced on the farm. The fa-m Inborer must under stand modem agricultural machinery and how to operate It to obtain employ Dent. Machinery Is too expensive to be trusted with Inexperienced opera tors, snd the man who can skillfully Imiidle modern farm Implements Is In demand on the farm at a wag* scale that w ill compare favorably with the employes In Industrial enterprises. Farm er* are now practical business men and the m ajority o f them keep books on farm operations and know the amount o f their profit snd loss annual ly. Farm ing as a profession Is becom ing more attractive and diversified snd labor needs to be more skilled to meet new conditions of agriculture. The In ducements are potential for young men to qu alify as farm laborers and the Held offers as brilliant prospects as any other profession. The farm er Is not so much In quest o f cheap labor . s efficient help and I* w illing to psy a wage scale proportionate to the ability and proficiency of the laborer as an up- to-date farm hand.— Goodall's Furmer. C a r r y ln z a T ra n k In R - I | r r . H* who ran movs his cars ran or and. P reS sete. Im p ro v e d C h ic k e n C oop . The diagram shows a convenient way to make a coop for the poultry yard, o f which the special feature Is its door. Procure a box o f tihe right dimension* and saw a hole, d. In one end. Then strengthen the box with narrow strip* o f wood, b c, on each side o f the hole. H I N 0 ELX6 S DOOB FOB ▲ COOP. b c. T h is met* as a groove for tha door, a, to slide in. Tl»us you have a sliding door, which opens and shuts with tha greatest ease. The front o f the coop Is Inclosed with lath, or nar row strip«, placed 2% to 8 inuhes apart. The top should be covered with a good grade of roofing paper to mako it waterproof. A coop o f this sort should be 2 to 2 ^ feet long, lfl inches deep and not less than 20 inches high, while 2 feet would be better.— Richard Moncure, in Farm ami Home. The Jndgp and |l W h eat. Maud Miller, in the summer’s heat, Raked the meadow tbjck with wheat. The judge rode slowly down the lane. Smoothing his horse’s chestnut mane. T o carry a trunk or any bulky ar “ With wheat at a dollar per,” said he, ticle In a small buggy, make s frame “This maid is about the size for me.” mit a t tw o pieces o f one and one-ho If by two-inch scantlings eight feet long. Then he smiled at her and she blushed at him. Nall a board across the ends as shown And over the meadow fence he clim. “ W ill you marry me, sweet maid?” hs said, .\nd she told him “ Yes,” and they wers wed. Alas for maiden, alas for judge. For old designer and wheat-field dmdga Lord pity them both and pity us all. For Maud didn’t own the wheat at all. And the judge remarked when he learned the cheat: “ Don’t talk to me about dollar wheat!” — San Francisco Argonaut. H ow H O W TO CABBY T H E T B C S K . In A o f tile accompanying Illustration. Place the free ends beneath the seat and under tlie foot rest In front, letting the fram e extend behind the buggy. The trunk or box. explains l ’ralrle Farmer, ean then he placed on the end o f the frame behind the seat, o f the buggy. It should be tied on. E ss* V a r io u s ly The Isavon It A n im a ls D o c t o r T h e m s e lv e s . Man might often take from the lower animals a lesson as to the cure o f him self when 111. A ll sorts o f animals suf fering from fever eat little. He quiet in dark, airy places aqd drink quantities o f water. When a dog loses his appe tite he knows where to find chlendent — dog gras*— which acts a* a purgative and emetic. Sheep and cows, when ill, seek certain herbs. Any animal suffer ing from chronic rheumatism keeps as fa r as possible in the sun. I f a chim panzee be wounded lie has b«“on seen to stop the bleeding by a plaster of chewed up leaves and grass. P re srrrrd . Eggs are preserved In many other ways Iroaldes cold storage. Often the preservative Is effected by excluding the Hlr by contthg. covering or Immers ing the eggs, some material or solu tion being used which may or may not be a germicide. An old domestic meth od Is to pack the eggs In oats, bran or sa lt; another consists in covering the egg* with lluie water, which may or may not contain salt. In Germany sterilization is effected by placing In boiling water from tw elve to fifteen sec onds. Sometimes they are treated to a solution o f alnm or salicylic acid. Oth er methods consist In varnishing with a solution o f pennangnnate o f potash, varnishing with collodion or shellac; packing In peat dust, preserving In wood ashes, treating with a solution o f boric acid and water glass, varnishing with vaseline, preserving In lime w a ter. preserving in s solution o f water glnsa. The Inst three methods have proved most successful. In fertile eggs w ill keep much better than fertile eggs by sny manner o f preservation. C o R $ « * e r '$ E rro r. The consumer Is often to be blamed for th# milk souring quickly. First- class milk .left st his bonse In a clean bottle and at a low temperature may be sonr or o ff flavor tw elve hours later because it was left standing In a warm kitchen fo r a few minutes or was poured Into a pan that had been When you know a successful man, washed In the dlshpan and wiped on a you also know o f some little weakness towel that bad done service for an that keep* hits from succeeding a kinds o f dishes for several days. Also Ilk should not he loft standing In the great deal bettor. •an a minute after tbs milkman lg Maks Ms hair stand F aro . A lfa lfa was an uukuowu crop a few yenrg ago. Now it la one o f the most reliable and profitable o f Texas crops. It has not been long lin e* the onion waa produced only In a few short rows for fam ily use. Now th* ouloo crop la on* o f Texas’ liest advertisements. T h * effort to raise for the market me dicinal plants began with one enter prising citizen o f Grayson County only a few years ago. Now this line is be ing taken np snd will be carried on for all It la worth. The list la growing longer, and the prices o f cotton and other farm products are better than they used to lie, and the man with tha hoe is growing more independent. Tha sugar beet la now being tested. Colo rado holds first place In the production o f beet sugar in the United States, with 422.732.330 pounds o f sugar from 138,3(]fl,30<l acres, while Michigan and California are closely matched for sec ond plm-c, producing UI5.0on.iHK) uml ltH,000,000 isninds, respectively. The sugar hoot crop In this country last year brought $4,500,000. The preseut year w ill be an impon tuut season for ex|H-rlmcnts with the sugar beet In Texas. Let the tests he made under as g<s>d conditions as pos sible. There Is really no doubt as to the rtSmlts In localities where the soli Is o f the right density and quality. I^amls that produce fine cropa o f beets o f the ordinary variety or the “ biggest turnips In the w orld" are quite sure to break n few records In sugar beets if given a fa ir test.— Galveston N ew s F arm H in t«. The horse Is man's heat friend, there fore he Is deserving o f a friend's treat ment. Don’t forget that the barnyard ma nure Is tlie best all-round fertilizer you can obtain. Pasture makes the rhea pest hog feed on the farm snd clover makes the brer bog pasture. Don't let money act as a padlnek on your heart and shut In all the kindness and happiness The animal that has a full, bright eye la apt to be healthy. And a moist nose Is another Indication o f health. The men who keeps bis trembles to himself Is better thought o f than h* who burdens his neighbors with them The neighbors have their own troubles to think about L ittle things on the farm amount to as nrnch In the end as they do In any other business, yet the farm er as a m is does not pay as much attention to de tails a* does the city business man. T alk over with the good housewife all the undertakings a t the farm. She w ill have some good advice to offer. The burning o f straw and stalks, eg. cept In special rases. Is s wasteful prac tice snd has no place in Judicious form . » Every farm should have a p air ot rale*. It Is th* only w sy for th * farmer to know exactly where he stands In hla buying and selling. Farm machinery pot In repair before the busy seesnn opens mesne money In the pocket When it Is pat sway tn th* fall Is s better tim e for re p a irin g,