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Laura Jean Libbey has Just finished
her eightieth drama. L ife must be all
p la j to Laura.
President Roosevelt’s barber speaks
five languages. Even at that we ll bet
be doesn't do all the talking.
Putting a monetary vaJue on a kiss,
It strikes us, would be like charging
an admission at the gates of heaven.
When he said, “ We are trusting in
God,” was Prince H elie de Sagen think
lug o f the motto ou the Amerlcau
coins?
We never could understand where
there was anything romantic about
making love through a matrimonial
bureau.
Hall Caine is w riting the story of
his life. I f he is a prudent man he
wiV not permit M arie Corelli to read
the proofs.
It has been discovered that an In
diana man led a double life on a salary
o f $10 a week, but he hasn’t given the
secret away.
“ The man women love,” says a Lon
don woman's paper, “ is the man who
understands them.” Alus! Is no man
really loved?
Chancellor Day should be able to
gather in a lot o f believers on bis state­
ment that it is as easy to be happy on
earth as in heaven.
O f course, the question o f preserving
the forests cannot be expected to In­
terest the housewives so long as the
fruit crop is not a failure.
Kxcesblve talking, says a London
clergyman, is responsible for the In­
crease in insanity, it would be inter­
esting to know whether he regards him­
self as a cause or effect.
John D. Rockefeller has declined to
purchase a sword which was o f his­
torical value. I f it had been a box of
golf bails used by the first golfer John
D. might have been willing to nego­
tiate.
Nevertheless, other men will in fu­
ture years sell short on the board of
trade, confidently believing nobody may
be waiting to close the door us soon as
they get their noses conveniently in­
serted Into the crack.
Lord Cromer’s book on Egypt, which
has recently been published, is a great
work, like Grant's “ Memoirs” and Cae­
sar’s “ Gallic W ar.” When men o f ac­
tion tell In simple language what they
have done, they enliven history and
give sinews to literature.
Lord Cro­
mer’s work has won him the nlck-
uume, “ The Great Prose Consul.”
men In the church It may possibly ha
accounted for on the same principle
that there are more men than women
in the penitentiary.
Among the arts and sciences In which
America leads the world is dentistry.
Frank Marshall White, in an article
on “ Marvels o f Marlorn Dentistry,” In
the Cosmopolitan, says that for the last
twenty years the lending dentists of
almost every capital In the world have
l>een Am ericans; that
this country
abounds In schools o f dentistry that
are not equaled in Ix>ndon, Paris or
Berlin, and that their students come
in part not only from all parts o f Eu­
rope but from all over the world. Mr.
W h ite’s article describes the recent ad­
vances made In dentistry in this coun­
try, d w e llin g on the Improved crown
and bridge work, the wonderful cor­
rections o f oral malformation, the use
o f the X-ray In dentistry, and the most
recent improvements In filling cavities.
This last is especially interesting, as
many sufferers will be overjoyed to
learn that they can now have a gold
filling adjusted to a cavity w hile they
are walking around town and attend­
ing to their business. In order to ac­
complish this marvel the dentist takes
an impression o f the cavity in wax,
makes a mold from the wax and pours
melted gold into the mold. When the
patient ealls again the gold filling is
cemented in the cavity in a moment
and without pain. The idea is not en­
tirely new. though the execution is.
Such “ inlaid” fillings have been made
with porcelain
for
years,
but the
trouble with gold was that it would
shrink In cooling. Now, however, the
shrinkage is prevented by air pressure,
and the long-desired achievement has
been accomplished. I f science w ill now
only find n way to prepare a cavity
without pain dentistry must become
immensely popular. These dental tr i­
umphs recall the rude dentistry o f old
times— not only the lead-filled cavities
o f ancient Egypt, but the bungling at­
tempts o f a century or tw o ago. The
American people have become accus­
tomed to a likeness o f George Wash­
ington, with a peculiar puffiness o f the
upper and lower lips, which Is due to a
«e t of false te^ h , made in Paris from
measure o f his mouth taken, it Is
said, by himself with a tape line. Den­
tistry cannot be too highly appreciated.
It is said that no man is any younger
than his arteries, and It might be said
with equal truth that no man’s health
is any better than his teeth.
Poor
teeth mean poor digestion, poor diges­
tion means poor nutrition, and poor
nutrition leaves the whole body a prey
to disease and decay.
THE
P IA Z Z A
G IR L .
D e a n W a a C o n v e r t e d to W l a d o m
H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n f o r G lr la .
of
‘There have been six girls in the o f­
fice this morning,” the dean remarked,
glancing keenly at the gray-eyed girl
before him, “ who have said that they
were w illin g to do anything to earn a
little money.”
The gray-eyed girl did not flinch.
‘ But I am ready to do anything,” she
answered, with a smile that emphasized
the significant word.
The transitory nature of life In Alas­
The dean turned to his desk and rum­
ka Is shown by an incident in I)r. F. maged iu one o f the pigeonholes.
A. Cook’s account o f bis ascent o f
“ There are several ladies on the
Mount McKinley, “ T o the Top o f the campus who are in need o f some one
Continent.”
lie was in search o f a to sweep their walks every day and
town on Yentna River, when “ at about wash the piazzas once or tw ice a week.
10 o’clock we saw a big dory d riftin g Are you w illin g to do that? O f course
down the stream. A corpulent miner, it will not bring you in much, but it
with ail kinds of things was in the Is all I have to offer at present.”
boat. T o our question, 'H ow far to
I shall be glad to do it,” the girl
Youngstown?’ he answered. ‘It used to replied. “ M ay I have their addresses?
be twenty miles above, but It just Thank you very much.”
moved. I have the town in the dory,
The dean, leaning back in his chair,
and am taking it down stream.' ”
watched his visitor as she crossed the
‘anipus. Six other girls had refused
Mr.Asquith, the new
British pre­ the work that morning.
‘‘ But it re­
mier, was a lucky “ find” by Mr. Glad­ mains to be seen whether she does it,
stone. He entered Parliament In 1886. after all,” he said to himself.
A single speech, which proved his pow­
She did do i t ; every morning fo r nine
er as a debater, led Mr. Gladstone, in days he passed her on his before-break­
1892, to offer hirn the Important post fast constitutional. She alw ays spoke
of home secretary, with a seat in the brightly, with no apparent conscious­
cabinet, although he had not previ­ ness o f broom or mop.
ously held any office. He remained at
“ Means what she says, gives honest
the home office until the Rosel>ery gov­ work, no false pride,” the dean thought
ernment was defeated In 18M ; was In with satisfaction. Then suddenly the
the opposition ten years, and has l>een piazzas had a relapse; when, tw o weeks
chancellor o f the exchequer since De­ later he met her, he asked about It.
cember, 190r>. He has therefore served
‘Oh,’’ she explained, “ I'm doing ty p *
but five years and three months in all w riting for Prof. Sumner. H e asked
as an officer o f the crown. T o have me if I could do it as well as I could
attained the chief place in the govern­ sweep walks, and I told him I could.
ment by two steps, and In s i short a It
la fascinating work— copying the
time, is almost unprecedented.
notes o f Ids experiments.”
I ’ ve no doubt,” the dean declared,
There was recently held In Detroit
‘that you Intend to perform experi­
the first convention of the Congrega­ ments o f your own some day.”
tional Brotherhood o f America, whose
“ I ’m going to try,” she laughed.
object Is said to be “ to revitalize the
When he readied that point In his
interest o f the men In the church.” favorite study, the old professor al­
The necessity for such a work seems to ways stopped.
have been emphasized by the first ses­
And did she?” somebody was sure
sion o f the body, at which only 200 of to ask.
the 1500 delegates were present. Fur­
No.” he fumed, “ she went and mar­
ther on Rev. Dr. Washington G lad­ ried a young upstart o f an instructor.
den, o f Columbus, Ohio, made an ad­ She swept his piazza for a while, till
dress in which he said: “ There should he made a reputation, and she copied
not be such a predominant feminine ills notes, and I ’ve no doubt did half
Influence in the church and Its work.” his work— he always said so.”
There is no doubt that there la a
“ It seems a pity,” the sympathetic
marked predominance of womea^ ^iot listener, lured on so far. would prob­
ouly in the Congregational body: but ably begin, only to be vehemently inter­
In most Christian churches and denom­ rupted.
inations. Possibly the predominance Is
“ P ity? W here's the pity? W h at’s a
more marked now than formerly, but ft p ity? She helped a man do his work
has existed in every age. The founder In the world, and brought up three
o f Christianity Himself was surround­ sons, any one o f whom would have
ed chiefly with women who “ ministered washed piazza floors cheerfully to get
unto Him of their substance,” and who an education. One la building bridges
were the last at the cross and the first out West, one Is helping bnfid brains
at the sepulcher. It Is a bold pastor, In the East, the third is still In col­
therefore, who hopes to see any other lege. I ’d like to kn »w how a woman
condition In his church. Home pastors could put her education to better use.”
are jealous of this prominence o f wo­
Then he w ould smile and look out
men In the early history o f the church. across the campus, with its group o f
One o f them ia reported to have said girls.
In a sermon on the resurrection that
“ I used to doubt the wisdom
of
women should not become vain because higher education for girls.
The girl
Christ appeared first to a woman, for who washed piazzas converted ms.” hs
It was. no doubt. In order that the newt
would finish.— Youth's Companion.
might spread the faster. On the other
hand, a grateful pastor out In Nebras­
T k , T i m . to C a l l.
ka. after reporting the aplendld work
Mr*. Dunlelgh— It I* very singular
the women had done in raising money that your mother alw ays happen* to
fo r foreign
missions, devoutly
ex­ call on me when I am o u t
claimed : “ God bless the women— and
IJ ttle Floaaie Dlmpleton— Oh. wa
help the men !* This sentiment Is com­ can *ee from our front w indow when-
mended to the favorable consideration e rer you go away.
o f Rer. Dr. Gladden. The prominence
• f the women in every church w ill he
When a friend Is In trouble, don t
no reproach to religion aa long as annoy him by asking If thsre Is any­
another well-known fact la kept In thing yon can d o ; think up someth in f
ffg k
1C Ihasa are more women than appropriate, and do i t
i The Firm of
GirdlesYone
A. C O N A N DOYLE
C H A P T E R X X .— (Continued.)
“ O f course. What could be more de­
lightfully simple? Friend Burt here does
his work ; we carry her through the gar­
den gate, and lay her on the darkest
part of the rails. Then we miss her at
the house. There is an alarm and a
search. The gate is found open. We nat­
urally go through with lanterns, and find
her on the line. I don't think we need
fear the cor "er, or any one else, then?”
“ He’s a ..arp ’uu, is the guv’nor,”
cried Burt, slapping his thigh enthusias­
tically. “ It's the downiest lay 1 have
heard this many a day.”
"M r. Burt can do his part of the busi­
ness out of doors.
We can entice her
out upon some excuse. There is no rea­
son why any one should have a suspicion
of the truth.”
“ But they know’ that she is not inad.”
"They will think that she did it on
purpose. The secret will be locked up in
our three breasts.
After oue night's
work our friend here goes to the colo­
nies as a prosperous man, and the firm
ot Girdlestoue bolds up its head once
more, stainless and irreproachable.”
“ Speak low !” said Ezra, in a w hisper.
“ I hear her coming downstairs.” They
listened to her light springy footstep as
it passed the door. “ Come here, Burt,”
he said, after a pause. “ She is at work
oc the lawn. Come aud have a look at
her.”
They all went over to the window and
looked out. It was then that Kate, glanc­
ing up, saw the three cruel faces survey­
ing her.
"She’s a rare, well-built ’un.” said
Burt, as he stepped back from the win­
dow. “ it is the ugliest job as ever 1
was on.”
“ But we can rely upon you?” Girdle-
stone asked, looking at him with puck­
ered eyes.
“ You bet— as long as you pay me,” the
navvy answered phlegmatically.
C H A P T E R X X I.
The grey winter evening was beginning
to steal in before the details had all been
ai ranged by the conspirators.
It had
grown so chill that Kate had abandoned
her attempt at gardening, and had gone
back to her room. Ezra left his father
and Burt by the fire and came out to ttie
open hall door. The grim old trees looked
gaunt and eerie as they waved their naked
arms about in the cutting wind. A slight
fog had come up from the sea and lay
in light wreaths over the upper branches
like a thin veil of gauze. Ezra was shiv­
ering as he surveyed the dreary scene,
felt a hand on his arm, and looking round
saw that the maid Itebecco was standing
beside him.
“ Haven’t you got one word for me?”
she said sadly, looking up into his face.
“ It’s but once a week, and then never a
word of greeting.”
“ I didn’ t see you. my lass,” Ezra an­
swered. “ How’ does the Priory suit you?”
“ One place is the same as another to
me,” she said drearily. “ You asked me
to come here and 1 have come. You said
once that you would let me know how I
could serve you down here. When am I
to know?”
“ Why, there’s no secret about that.
You do serve me when you look after my
father as you have done these
weeks
back. That old woman isn’t fit to man­
age the whole place by herself.”
“ That
wasn't what
you
meant,
though,” said the girl, looking at him with
questioning eyes. *‘ I remember your face
now as you spoke the words. You had
something on your mind, and have now,
only you keep it to yourself. Why won’ t
you trust me with it?”
“ I have a great deal to worry me in
business matters. Much good it would
do telling you about them!”
“ I t ’s more than that,” said Rebecca,
doggedly. “ Who is that man who has
come down?”
" A business man from London. He has
come to consult my father about money
matters. Any more questions you would
like to ask?’’
“ I should like to know how long wre
are to be kept down here, and what the
meaning o f it all may be.”
“ W e are going hack before the end of
the winter, and the meaning of it is that
Miss Harston was not well and needed a
change of air. Now*, are you satisfied?”
He was determined to allay as far as pos­
sible any suspicions that the girl might
have previously formed.
“ And what brings you down here?” she
ar.ked with the same searching look. “ You
don’t come down into this hole without
some good reason.
I did think at first,
that you might come down in order to see
me. but you soon showed me that it
wasn’ t that. There was a time when you
w as fond of me.”
‘‘So I am now. lass.’’
“ Aye, very fond 1 Not a word nor a
look from you last time you came. You
must have some reason, though, that
brings you here.”
"Th ere’s nothing wonderful in a man
coming to see his own father."
‘‘ Much you cared for him in London.”
she cried with a shrill laugh. “ I f he was
under the sod you would not he the sad­
der. I t ’s my belief as you come down
*fter that doll-faced missy upstairs.”
As the light faded and the grey of
evening deepened into darkness Kate sat
patiently in her hare little room. A coal
fire sputtered and sparkled in the rusty
grate, and there was a tin bucket full of
coals beside the fender from which to re­
plenish it. She was very cold, so she
drew her single chair up to the blaze and
held her hands over it. It was a lonesome
and melancholy vigil, while
the wind
whistled through the branches of the
tiees and M a te d drearily in the cracks
and crannies of the old house.
When
were her friends coming? Perhaps some­
thing had occurred to detain them to-day.
Thia morning such a thing would have ap­
peared to her to be an impossibility, but
now that the time had come when she had
expected them. It appeared probable
enough that something might have delay­
ed them. To-morrow at latest they could
not fail to come.
She wondered what
they would do if they did arrive. Would
they come boldly np the avenue and claim
her from the Girdlestones, or would they
endeavor to communicate with her first?
Whatever they decided upon would be
sure to be for the best.
She went to the window once and look-
id m i l It pr
i«$ t e ^ • wild Light.
' Far away In the southwest lay a great
cumulus o f rugged clouds from
which
«lurk streamers radiated over the sky. like
the advance guard of an army. Here and
there a pale afar twinkled dimly out
through the rifts, but the greater part
of the heavens was black aud threatening.
It was so dark that she could no longer
see the sea. but the crashing, booming
sound o f the great waves filled the air
and the salt spray came driving in
through the open window. She shut it
and resumed her seat by the fire, shivering
partly from cold and partly from some
\ague presentiment of evil.
An hour or more had passed when she
heard a step upon the stairs and a knock
came to her door. It was Rebecca, with
a cup of tea upou a tray and some bread
and butter. Kate was grateful at thia at
tention. for it saved her from having to
go down to the dining room aud face Ezra
and his unpleasant looking companion.
Rebecca laid down the tray, and then to
her mistress’ surprise turned back and
shut the door. 'Hie girl’s face was very
pale, and her manner was mild and ex­
cited.
“ Here’s a note for you.” she said. “ It
was given Mrs. Jorrocka to give you, but
I am better at climbing stairs than she
is, so I brought it up.” She handed Kate
a little slip of pui>er as she spoke.
A note for her ! Could it be that her
fi ¡ends had arrived and had managed to
send a message to her? It must be so.
She took it from the maid. As she did
so she noticed that her hands were shak­
ing as though site had the ague.
“ You are uot well, Rebecca,” said Kate,
kindly.
“ Oh, yes, I am. You read your note
and don’t mind me.” the girl answered in
her usual surly fashion. Instead o f leav­
ing the room she was bustling about the
bed as though putting things in order.
Kate’s impatience was too great to allow
her to wait, so she untwisted, the paper,
which had no seal or fastening. She had
hoped in her heart to see the name of her
lover at the end of it. Instead of that her
eye fell upon the signature of Ezra Gir-
dlesfone. What could he have to say to
hrr? She moved the solitary candle on
to the mantelpiece, and read the following
note roughly scribbled upon a coarse piece
of pa p er:
“ My Dear Miss Harston— I am afraid
your confinement here has been very irk­
some to you. I have repeatedly requested
my father to alleviate or modify it, but he
has invariably refused. As he still per­
sists in his refusal. I wish to offer you
my aid, aud to show you that I am your
sincere friend in spite of all that has
passed, if you could slip out to-night at
nine o’clock and meet ine by the withered
oak at the head of the avenue, I shall see
you safe to Bedsworth, and you can, if
you wish, go on to Portsmouth by the
next train. I shall manage so that you
may find the door open by that time. I
shall not, of course, go to Portsmouth
with you, but shall return here after drop­
ping you at the station. I do this small
thing to show you that, hopeless as it may
be, the affection which I bear you is still
as deep as ever. Yours, E. Girdlestone.”
Our heroine was so surprised at this
epistle that she sat for some time dang­
ling the slip of paper between her fingers
and lost in thought. When she glanced
round, Rebecca had left the room. She
relied the paper up and threw it into the
fire. Ezra, then, was not so hard-hearted
as she had thought him. He had used
his influence to soften his father. Should
she accept this chance of escape, or shobld
she await some word from her friends?
Perhaps they were already in Bedsworth.
but did not know how to communicate
with her. I f so. this offer of Ezra’s was
just what was needed. In any case, she
could go on to Portsmouth and telegraph
from there to the Dimsdaies. It was too
good an offer t o he refused. She made
up her mind that she would accept it. It
was past eight now and nine was the
hour. She stood up with the intention of
putting on her cloak and bounet.
C H A PT E R X X II.
Ezra and his father had composed the
letter together, and the former handed it
to Mrs. Jorrocka, with a request that she
should deliver it. It chanced, however,
that Rebecca, keenly alive to any attempt
at communication between the young mer­
chant and mistress, saw the crone hob­
bling down the passage with the note in
her hand.'
“ W hat’s that, mother?” she asked.
“ I t ’s a letter for her,” wheezed the old
woman, nodding h£r tremulous head in
the direction of Kate’s room.
" I ’ll take it up,” said Rebecca eagerly.
“ I am just going up there with her tea.”
“ Thank ye. Them stairs tries my rheu-
raatiz something cruel.”
The maid took the note and carried it
upstairs. Instead of taking it straight to
her mistress she slipped into her own
room and read every word of it. It ap­
peared to confirm her worst suspicions.
Here was Ezra asking an interview with
the woman whom he had assured her that
he hated. It was true that the request
was made in measured words and on a
plausible pretext. No doubt that was
merely to deceive any other eye which
might rest upon it. There was an under­
standing between them, and this was an
assignation. The girl walked swiftly up
and down the room like a caged tigress,
striking her head with her clenched hands
in her anger, and biting her lip until
blood came. It was some time before she
could overcome her agitation sufficiently
to deliver the note, and when she did so
her mistress, as we have seen, noticed that
her manner was nervous and wild. She
little dreamed of the struggle which was
going on in the dark-eyed girl’s mind
against the impulse which urged her to
seize her imagined rival by the white
throat and choke the life out of her.
" I t ’s eight o’clock now,” Ezra was say­
ing downstairs. ‘T wonder whether she
will come?”
“ She is sure to come,” his father said
briefly.
“ Suppose she didn’ t?”
“ In that case we should find other
moans to bring her out. We have not
gone so far to break down over a trifle
at the last moment."”
“ I feel as cold as ice and as nervous
as a cat.
1 can’t understand how >ou
look so unconcerned. I f you were going
to sign an invoice or audit an account or
anything else in the way of business you
could not take »t more calmly. 1 wish
the time would come. This waiting is
terrible.”
Ezra, leaning back in his chair with
the firelight flickering over his haggard
but still handsome face, looked across at
his father with a puzzled expression. He
had never yet been able to determine
whether the old man was a consummate
hypocrite or a religious monomaniac. Burt
lay with his feet in the light of the fire
and his head sunk back across the arm of
the chair, fast asleep and snoring loudly.
"Is n ’t it time fo wake him up?” Ezra
asked, interrupting the reading.
“ Yea, I think it la,” hia father answer­
ed.
Ezra took np the cwndle and held it
over the sleeping man. “ What a brute
he looks P* he said. “ Did ever you aee
such an animal in your life?”
TTie navvy waa certainly not a pretty
sight. Hia muscular arm* and legs were
ail a apraw l, and his head hung back at a
I strange angle to his body, so that his tlery
| red beard pointed upwards, exposing all
| the thick sinewy throat beneath it. ills
eyes were half open aud looked bleared
aud unhealthy, while his thick lips puffed
out with a whistling sound at every ex­
piration.
His dirty browu coat was
thrown open, and out of oue of the pock­
ets protruded a short thick cudgel with
a leaden head. John Girdlestone picked
it out and tried it in the air.
“ 1 think 1 could kill uu ox with this,”
he said.
“ Don’t wave it about my head.” cried
Ezra.
“ As you staud iu the firelight
brandishing that stick iu your long arms
you are less attractive than usual.”
John Girdlestoue smiled and replaced
the cudgel in the sleeper’s pocket. "W ake
up, Burt,” he cried, shakiug him by the
aim. " I t ’s half-past eight.”
The uavvy started to ins feet and then
fell back iuto his chair, stariug rouud
him vacantly, at a loss as to where he
might be.
“ I ’ve been asleep, guv’ nor,” he said
hoarsely. “ Dird you say it was time for
the job?”
"W e have made arrangements by
which she will be out by the withered ouk
at nine o’clock.
“ Conte ou, theu !” said the uavvy. “ Who
is a-cowiu’ with me?”
“ We shall both come," answered John
Girdlestoue, firmly. "You will ueed help
to carry her to the railway line.’’
“ Surely Burt cun do that himself,”
Ezra remarked.
“ She’s uot so very
heavy.”
Girdlestone drew his son aside. “ Don’t
be so foolish, Ezra,” he said. " I t must
be done with the greatest carefulness and
precision, au<l uo traces left.
Our old
business watchward was to overlook ev­
erything ourselves, and we shull certainly
do so now.”
“ It’s a horrible affair 1” Ezra said, with
a shudder. “ I wish 1 was out o f it.”
“ You won’t think thut to-morrow morn
iug when you realize that the firm is
saved and no oue tire wiser., lie has gone
ou. Don’t lose sight of him.”
They both hurried out, and found Burt
standing in front of the door.
It was
blowing half a gale now, aud the wind
was bitterly cold. There came a melan­
choly rasping and rustling from the leaf­
less wood, aud every now and again a
sharp crackling sound would announce
that some rotleu branch had come crash
iug down. The clouds drove across the
face o f the moou, so tliut at times the
cold, clear light silvered the dark wood
and the old monastery, while at others
all was plunged iu darkness. From the
open door a broad golden bar was shot
across the lawn from the lamp iu the
hall. The three figures with their long
fantastic shadows looked eerie and unnat­
ural in the yellow glare.
“ What if she fails to come?”
From the spot where they stood they
had a view of the whole of the Priory.
Kate could uot come out without being
seen. Above the door was a long narrow
window which opened upon the-staircase.
On this Girdlestone and his sou fixed their
eyes, for they knew that on her way
down she would be visible at it. As they
locked, the dim light which shone through
it was obscured and then reappeared.
“ She has passed I”
“ Hush !”
(T o be continued.)
N ot all the courage o f w ar is ex
pended on the battle-field. A man died
lutely in Calcutta who performed a
deed which contributed greatly to save
the Indian Empire. A t that time, In
1857, he was a mere lad, employed as
an assistant in the telegraph service.
His name was W. Brendiah, and he
sent, at the risk o f his life, a dispatch
from Delhi to Uinballa, which bore the
first news o f the outbreak. This mes­
sage, repeated to every town which
ould be reached, proved o f priceless
value. Colonel Edward Yibart, in hia
Sepoy Mutiny,” tells the story o f how,
to quote the judicial commissioner o f
the Punjab, “ the electric telegraph
saved India.”
It was the custom to close the tele­
graph offices on Sunday between the
hours o f 9 and 4. On M ay 10, 1857,
as the operator at Delhi was about to
lose his station, he received a mes­
sage from the Meerut office announc­
ing an uprising In that section. At 4
o’clock, when the office was reopened,
connections with Meerut were found
to be interrupted.
The telegraph force at Delhi consist­
ed o f the chief and two young assist­
ants, Brendish and Pllklngton.
The
office was situated outside o f the city,
about a mile from the gates.
On discovering the break in the con­
nections, the chief sent the two lads to
test the cable across the river. They
found that they could signal to Delhi,
but not to Meerut, and reported the
fact on their return. It was too late
to do anything that night, but the next
morning Mr. Tod«!, the chief, went out
him self to investigate the line.
He
never returned, and although his fate
Is unknown, there is little doubt that
he was murdered.
T h e office was thus le ft In charge o f
the tw o lads. Signs o f trouble began
to be evident close at hand. Brendish,
stepping from the door, met a wound­
ed officer, who cried out to him. "F o r
God’s sake get Inside and close your
d oo rs!”
The revolt crept closer ami closer.
The boys felt that their lives were In
d an ger; soon they became sure o f It.
But before they fled to n place o f com­
parative safety they waited to send
out to the Indian world the news of
the revolt.
Brendish ticked out the
message
which caused Sir Edwards to say:
"L o o k at the courage and sense o f
that little boy! W ith shot fallin g all
round him. he s ta y «! to manipulate the
message that was the means o f saving
the Punjab.”
The government rewarded Brendish
for his services by givin g him a life
pension, and the other day the old man
died in the India he had helped to pre­
serve.
X »
S ym p ath y .
" A physician’s profession Is an ex­
ceedingly trying one.”
“ Yes.” answered the doctor.
“The
worst thing Is that you can’t own up
to being under the weather youiSielf
without exciting suspicion.” — W ashing­
ton Star.
Bees help to make the crops and pay
I the farmer for the privilege. They ars
little trouble to keep aud may he the
source o f a good Income.
A Spanish professor, according t%
German newspapers, has made the dls
covery that the sunflower yields
a
splendid febrifuge that can be used aa
a substitute for quiulue.
W. J. Monroe, o f Iowa, has the
smallest colts ever born In that State.
Although agriculture in Am erica Is They ave Shetland twins, both inares,
young compared with some o f the Euro­ and oue weighs eighteen pounds and
pean and Asiatic countries, It has been the other tw elve pounds.
developed to such an extent that the
A lfa lfa seed has a light ollve-greea.
older countries look to us for Ideas and color and is about the same size as red
methods to help them solve the farm clover seed. The dead and worthless
problems they have to meet. Our sci­ seed are the brown-colored ones. Brown
entists and Investigators are among the seed Indicate old seed, and is not apt
foremost In the world and as an agri­ to give good results.
cultural nation w e need stand aside for
A first-class quality o f red clove*
none.
T o he sure, agriculture owes seed should be o f fa ir size, purple and
many o f Its greatest scientific discov­ yellow colors predominating, and al­
eries to English. Genoan and French ways with a luster.
I f It Is small,
experimenters, but In aggressiveness with many shriveled browu seed in 1L
and practical development o f
Ideas It should be rejected.
America is one o f the lenders.
Egyptian cotton lias been successful­
Other nations are sending their sci­
ly grown in New Mexico and Arizona
entists to Am erica to study how we do
by the Bureau o f Animal industry. Sev­
things here. Our country presents most
eral million dollars’ worth o f this cot­
o f the agricultural problems to be met
ton is Imported Into the United States
with In the countries o f the old world
each year, and Its growth here wlU
and we are finding out how to solve
mean a great saving.
them, and the old world wants to know
how we do It. A Japanese expert Is
Y e l l o w R a n t P a r n n lio o n W h e a t .
now In the United States to Investigate
An Instructive account Is published
our methods o f Improving worn-out
in the Experiment Record o f the De­
soils. He says: “ W e have In Formosa
partment o f Agriculture o f the manner
over 500,000 acres under cultivation
in which the yellow rust parasite acts
and we want to find out how the United upou susceptible and resistant varieties
States goes about It to Improve the con­
o f wheat. In an experiment with Mich­
dition o f Its land, so we can improve igan Bronze wheat, and “ rust proof”
our country.” This is but one Instance Eingorn, young seeding» o f each were
o f where we are sending our Ideas Infected by placing spores on the leaves.
abroad.
In the Michigan wheat the germ tubes
W e have every reason to be proud of passed Into the Inner tissues and devel­
our agTlcultura1 advancement, much o f oped rapidly, producing pustules in
which Is due to our State experiment about ten days. In the case o f the re­
stations and federal Department o f Ag­
sistant Eingorn wheat the germ tubes
riculture.— Goodnll’s Farmer.
made good their entry, hut almost In
the beginning showed, through the mi­
M a c h in e f o r W a s h i n g C a n s .
croscope, weakness and starvation, and
The old method o f cleaning milk were unable to make further progress.
cans, lard cans and sim ilar receptacles The wheat plant continued to flourish,
w ill In the near future be superseded except for the small dead area where
by a very Ingenious apparatus Invent­ the fungus entered the leaves. The rea­
ed by a Boston man. As shown In the son for this resistance ds unknown, but
Illustration this can-washing machine Is supposed to be due to some toxic
washes the cans and automatically de- principles In the host plant.
A m e r ic a n
A g r ic u lt u r e .
K e e p A h e a d o f th e W e e d s .
The Importance of keeping ahead o%
the weeds Is realized by every success­
ful agriculturist. A t the beginning o f
growth in the spring weeds start up
and lead the farm er a merry chase as
long as the grow ing season lasts. He
must keep at them or they w ill get the
start and go to seed, thereby Increasing
their numbers many fold. “ Eternal vig-
hance is the price o f liberty” In the
fight against weeds.
A thoroughly
practical farmer receutly remarked
that he thought the problem o f weed
eradication one o f the most important
tihe farmers have to face. It is Indeed
one of considerable moment.
B r e e d in g :
W ASHES
M IL K C A N S .
posits them on the floor, where the han­
dles can be conveniently grasped, avoid­
ing the labor o f liftin g them. The cans
travel while being cleaned on a mova­
ble aha In, each can being placed over
an upright nozzle which holds It In po­
sition. The various nozzles are con­
nected to « supply pipe through which
is forced a cleaning fluid or steam. The
latter Is forced out through the nozzle,
thoroughly cleaning the interior o f the
can. The nozzles also act as guides to
deposit the cans on the floor after they
have traveled the length o f the chain,
the operation being performed automat­
ically and smoothly without injury or
accident.
D a rn
D ead
A n im a ls .
In the attempt to stamp out bog
cholera and other contagious diseases
among live stock the m atter o f burn­
ing all dead animals Is one o f consid­
erable Importance. Outbreaks o f dis­
ease have frequently been traced to the
careless disposal o f the carcass of an
Infected animal. Burning is much more
effective than burying, as the germs o f
some diseases, as anthrax, for example,
retain their v irility for a considerable
length o f time. Then in burying car­
cases, unless they are placed very deep
In the ground, there Is always more or
less danger o f their being rooted or dug
out. Dogs will dig open such graves
and hogs will root them out.
Those who have attempted to bury a
hog or horse w ill readily appreciate the
statement that It Is easier to burn than
bury them.
A little kerosene and a
brush heap w ill soon dispose o f a car­
cass. w ith the certainty that all germs
are destroyed.
Rome recommend the
construction o f a specially arranged
furnace for this work, but on the ordi­
nary farm this would doubtless be an
added expense. It will not be a diffi­
cult matter on any farm to gather
enough trash, such as brush, old rails,
etc., to burn a dead animal and the ex­
pense Is Inconsiderable. Anyway. It Is
the only safe way to Insure against in­
fection.
Iit c m llit
H ow
C om .
W i r e F e n c e . M u r d e r C a t t le .
"T h e time o f thunder Btorm* Is com­
ing,” said a farmer, “ and I am liable to
lose a cow or two.
My barbed-wire
fence* are to blame. In fact, you might
call a barbed-wire fence a cattle mur­
derer.
'T h e wire, you aee. attraeta the light­
ning. The lightning, playing like a gold
anake along the fence, leaiai out wher­
ever there's a cow handy, and I'v e got
another lot o f fresh meat on my band*.
“ In the old rail-fence days a cow
killed by lightning waa unheard of.
But now. If you go to Insure your stock,
you pay a higher rate If your fencing
la o f w ire.”
M o re
H o rn e M e a t .
In 1006 56.000 horses were slaugh­
tered fo r food In Paris, furnishing
about 12,000 tons o f meat. Form erly
horse meat waa eaten by only the poor­
est classes, but now It la no longer
regarded aa refuse meat, and Its con­
sumption hy the working classes Is rap­
idly Increasing throughout Europe.
S to m a c h
W o rm ,
la
Sheep.
The Louisiana Experiment .Station
report* the successful use o f bisulphide
o f carbon fo r stomach worms In sheep.
One drachm o f the btanlphide waa mix­
ed with an ounce o f raw linseed oil,
and that shaken np with an ounce of
lime water and given as a drench.
For
th e
F a rm
D a ir y .
W ork In breeding for milk production
at the Canada experiment rarms seema
to show that ( a ) superior d airy cow*
may be found In all breeds; ( b ) pure
bred females are not essential to suc­
cess In dairy farming, but a pure bred
bull should always be used.
It e m .,
It needs faith In your occupation to
bring abont complete tucceee.
D a ir y
In breeding dairy cows a man should
have a definite object in view.
Too
many shift from beef to dairy when
dairy products are low, and then shift
back again from dairy to beef when
beef rises in value. By this method a
man Is constantly shifting from one
breed to another, and as a result he is
getting a herd that is good fo r neither
milk nor beef. A man must have an
Ideal toward which he Is breeding and
then bend all his energies to that end.
This shifting from one breed to another
is a suicidal policy that w ill ruin any
man and any herd.— Kansas Experi­
ment Station.
O rm i
An
fo r
M eadow s.
excellent combination
of
graa»
seeda fo r a meadow Is two bushels o f
Send all surplus poultry to market orchard grass, tw o o f meadow fssenc,
as soon as the fow ls are In proper con­
half bushel Kentucky blue grass, h alf
dition.
buahel meadow foxtail, adding h alf
Don't borrow too rrrach. It Is mors buahel o f redtop If the soil Is moist.
satisfaction both to yourself and your The above Is for one acre. The seed
neighbors fo hare tools o f your own.
Is costly, but M will pay. s e such a com­
W hile cow-peas are best adapted to bination w ill afford a succession o f food
I f you want to succeed In a com­ light, warm soils, any good corn land during the entire summer.
Do not
munity the hatred and contempt o f will grow the crop lh the latitude where grow any other crop on the land huff
some men is ss necessary as tbs ne­ the peas will mature.
the gra m
a r e d of others*
A