S a BLE TO GET HELP.
E OF THE DRAWBACKS TO
WESIERN FA...4INQ,
o,„ ot Thia Condition-Harvee! la
>racticallx Bimultanaoua and Get-
Inif to N«w Fielde of Labor Takes
k bat Money W orker Maa Earned.
\ peculiar situation In which there
protit for neither employer nor em-
>ve i* fouud in the harvest si-usou
the heavy cereal-producing States
the Missouri and West Mississippi
Heys, says a writer in the Boston
auscript. Search from the Mlssls-
,pi to the mttle ranges and north
(1 south through the full extent of
f wheat country reveals only occa-
>nal ».rain ranches with acreages
iltiplled Into the thousands and pro
pions of harvesting machines el
iding in length the parades of great
•«■uses. The real wheat country is
, good to be blocked out into acre-
es commonly more than a section,
larter-section farms are exceedingly
siuent, and those of -UM) acres the
liter has found to be a popular size
mughout the wheat country.
Prairie farm machinery has reached
ch a development uud diversification
crops, tending to distribute the farm
>rk evenly through the seasons, has
rived at such a stage that two men
n successfully operate a standard
•m from the close of one harvest
ison until the opening of the next,
e gang plow anil disk harrow, the
lr-liorse grain drill and wide-reach-
; drug, together with weeks of time
which to do the work, enable one
m to seed seasonably from one to
ieral hundred acres of grain. And
? tale of the prairie corn crop is one
swift methods of preparing the seed
1. of planting and of cultivating, and
a long, fair fall for the picking. But
r smooth running of affairs on the
airie farm—herein lies the peculiar
nation—is broken at harvest time,
lere is yet an imperfect adjustment
farming methods to prairie condi-
mH—<me which needs, to remedy it,
[her a vastly clever mechanical ln-
ntion or much further progress in di-
rsification of grain crops.
Invention, successful with cutting
id then with binding grain, has
lkesl at the third operation—shock-
f. Only rumors of success with
Bekers are heard.
Inventors have
lght to get around the problem In
nd In conceiving the '‘header” and
pat thrasher-harvester. The header,
;tenslvely used on prairie farms, cuts
e grain high up and throws It un-
lund into a parallel wagon ready to
carried to the stack. But, requiring
ven men in its operation—one to
lve the machine, two for each of two
•cessary wagons and two for the
ick—the header does not simplify
bor matters.
The process of diversifying the grain
op—growing not only wheat, but. as
r as conditions permit, barley, oats,
elz. flax and other crops which rli>en
different periods—is going on. The
11 seeded for years for no other small
•ain than wheat is beginning to de-
and rotation in crops. But wheat la
it the staple grain on the prairies,
mi when the harvest time comes,
it fle/d by field with many days ln-
rvening, or even weeks, does the
irm's crops ripen, but practically at
ice. The harvest should be as near-
instantaneous as possible. The two
en on the 400-acre, or even 100-acre,
inn need help.
The situation is unprofitable to the
nployer of farm labor because th«*
orkers in the prairie towns and cities
) not find it convenient to drop their
■gular employment to hasten to the
irmer's aid. And few workmen can
fford to lie without regular employ-
lent through tlie year for the sake
f the week or ten days’ special bar
est work the farmer will provide,
his person must depend for his bar
est help upon the temporarily unem-
loyed gathered from the four quar-
frs (more strictly speaking, from the
astern liaifi of the country. «Indeed,
be gathering is gratis. Press anil
Jilway officials are effective agents,
'he press delights in the stories of
rent wages, in the vast interest of the
Western harvist. The railway official
as a future freight Interest and a
res« nt passenger Interest of linpor-
ince. But the situation has a vast
isadvantage for the farmer in that
he far scattered hands cannot be
Hu-lied swiftly and surely. The bar
est cannot wait.
The situation Is even more unfortu-
ate for the harvester drawn from
broad. He is not told that the tai
lored wages are the highest offered—
hat low wages are quite as frequent
s those which have made copy for
he press correspondent or been skill-
wily advertised by interested people,
md to those unfamiliar with Western
ffairs it Is not explained that the pe-
lod of harvest service In a particular
ommunity terminates In two weeks,
?n days or a week. And it is not
ublished that the belt of simultaneous
arrest is sufficiently wide—several
undred miles—to reipiire in crossing
1. for the purpose of following up the
arrest, a material if not a major por-
ion of the earnings of the service.
The harvest service ends when the
rain is cut. It does not include hous-
ig grain, as in the East: prairie grain
1 not housed. The harvesters from
broad rarely find even brief employ-
nent stocking bundles in the field. The
leailer. used exclusively In wide dis-
tlcts, does away with bundle stack-
n< anil leaves no more work but the
trashing when the cutting Is done.
ln<l where the binder has held sway
nd the harvest hand has been a
'tncker instead of a member of the
leader crew the thrashing is done
r°m the shock. What stacking is
iracticed is done leisurely by the farm-
T *nd his regular help. Those unfa
miliar with Western conditions are
old that once the harvest is over the
hrasbers are in demand. Such a state-
to»nt is misleading. It takes no ac
count of either the limited number of
“arresters that could possibly find em
ployment aa thrashers, or the reduction
io wages that takes place Immel .itely
harvest la over. The self f-
UM (.lower—a device f< r self st >.
““form part of every Western tluaeu
«"at,,n1^fa^ra“7^Prvf;'T‘hin'i
I
settled community «-an take « ¿7 ?o '
HOUSE UHL RE I UAS BORN
SOME BARGAINS IN CLOTHING THAT
op*r»Uo« without outside help.
* Round the h
!• old darted houa. th. They were happy days—God rest
PLEASED BOIH FATHER AND SON.
them
And the wind unhiLr^"1*’
LtFT HANDSDNEsS.
—for my f«-et had ue'er bx-eu
,k
t . UI,Il,,«iere<l wanders
straying
Aa«! L»ft-M1ednt.MSaiJ |o iui
E was a plain, ordinary citizen, with a smile, and a friend asked him
Ever,
.'he brok,U
Where th» soul is bniiüed
______________
nn<l broken
Lverj
rafter.
I>e
alu
,
nJ
sash
au
d
huger
nheriv
why be laughed.
ed from
Racefc
by the brambles ot tunnoil;
tuarka of Time is showing.
h
ha" h**" written a trout left
And Decay u running riot o'er the rub- , Ne er the long years of anxiety my tern
plea had been graying.
handed people, hut as no one ha. here
buh-covemi Boor
One of the most durable woods to
“Becan»» I am happy.” repll«! The Man. “I'll tell you about IL
thers .a ‘ Nor. my weary form trowed earthwara ■yewmore. A statue made from It uow
sMtitles‘° <Je‘ermlne br «W«us of Her. . rotting pfil.r
Death th» heavy haud of toil;
My boy needed a new overcoat, aud 1 had *10 laid away, and I waa
sgcl
l>eaiu
is
falling.
in
the
museum
of
Glzeb
at
Cairo,
la
prof i
fluently they
was thru
theu a wouder
wonder palace,
palace. From
afraid that tb» ten wouldn't cover the need. What do I know about boys’
Over yonder saga the mantelpiece da Earth th.
Li.
determined to uuder-
known to b« nearly tktMW year* old.
«astern window gating
overcoats? Ills mother buys hla clothes, and. God bless her, she pinches
X 1 XUMk "** ’Mde "baervatS
jected and forlorn;
I beheld th. new moon haugiug like s Notwithstanding this gr«-at age. It Is
There
is
helplesaaess
pathetic
and
th»
along and makes *2 do the work of *4. and how am I to know? I didn't
shining silver horn;
upon 1.02» operative, and soldier* and
aMert«*d that the wood Itself la en
vmc. of O)d Arv (,alUn<
And tar down upon the heavens bright tirely souud and natural lu appear think 1 «rould «lo much with less than *12. and I couldn't spare *12 very welt
per reni’in“1“ n°r“1*1 PP°POr,1'“>
<
»rom each crumbling bit of mortar la
"The Hoy and hla mother cant« to the office, and The Boy and I went
th. evening star waa biasing;
Per cent In men «nd 5 to 8 IM>r
t ,
ance.
the house where I »«, bom.
to a clothing store. It was a new experience for me. I saw 'lZ in red
Both were shining, just to please me.
women. Further research re« ealed the
A new fuel la being manufactured figures on some boys' oven-oats, and almost bad heart failure; found later
o'er the house where 1 was born
fact that the proportion of left-handed Her» before th, ancient areplace> whara
In California which is made from that the figures meant age. not dollars.
People among criminals i. verv muHi
I have pa«s«<i from it forever All the twigs and leave« of the eucalyptiM
th» dust of years is lying.
"Well, he tri«>d on one. It waa gray and warm and had a belt, and camo
higher. So that Prof. I.ombroso re
wonder and the glamour
I first saw the futur- pictured aa 1
tree mix«! with crude petroleum. It down to th» top» of bls tiroes, and he waa so tickl«l be ju»t giggled. He
Of the little eastern window from the Is said to burn freely and give girod
gards left-handedness as a new char
watched the embers glow;
kept finding new pockets, and he threw his cheat out and aald: 'If I could
world have worn away;
Here 1 Iaj t0 boyish dreaming, while
wT“"
results. rilea made from this tree are
I
have seen its disappointment; I have Immune from attacks by the teredo, just have thia one. papa ' I asked the clerk and he aald 'five dollars.' Five
th» shadows Bitting, flying.
with savages, among whom left haml-
dollar« for all that expanse of coat! I gasped like a drowning man. and said:
heard its empty clamor;
" ere a hundred ghosts of faucy as
edness is not uncommon. His re
And the house 1 once thought wonder and last longer than yellow pine. The 'Boy. don't you want something else?' He look«! shy. and said he alwaya
they
wandered
to
anti
fro;
demand for them Is greater than the wanted a pair of golf glove». Got 'em. too; good ones for 25 «ronta. and Th«
searches in thia direction led Prof
ful—bow pitiful to-day!
knew 1 of the unirer»« which
Irombreso to inquire whether there is Little spread
But who knows? Perhaps eternity may supply.
Boy said that mamma was going to get him a new sweater lot»» day.
itself around me
bring a realising
not also what one might call left-sided-
I An Innovation in the line of railroad
In a canopy ot azure and a sea of
" ‘We'll get It now,' 1 said, and the clerk flung out a daisy, white and
Of
the
thing»
my
fancy
painteil
oret telegraph service haa trocn put Into blue, *1.50. and I paid. Say. I gue«s Boy thought 1 was going to die right
waving corn;
ness— that Is. whether there are not
childhood
’
»
early
morn;
use on the New York Central Railroad
people who have a greater sensibility .Lil my world was on the hearthitone
the gift of prophecy was. between Utica and Albany. By the there, and when I told him that he ought to have one of those tasseled caps
where my childhood dreamiug And, mayhap,
on the left side than on the right. He
to go with the sweater be absolutely looked scared, and Mid he dliin't know
after
all,
arising
found me;
discovered that left-sidedness exists In
In my heart when I lay dreaming in means of the apparatus a single wire he could have It. It was a beauty—59 cent»—made of mercerised silk, they
I was king—and my dominion waa the
can be us«l for telegraph aud tel« said. The Boy kept the coat on. You couldn’t have pried it off him. He
much larger proportion than left-hand-
the houae where 1 wae born.
house where I was boru.
phone message« at the same time. giggled again and want«! me to feel In the pocketa. and then he wanted tn
—I-eslie’a Weekly.
edness, and that left-handed people do
While the operator Is ticking away kiss me on the street. He aald he guewaed the boys at school would think
not have more of this sensitive left-
a telegraph tn Morse «ro«le another per he hail a pretty go.«! father.
sfdedness than right-handed people. In
♦
son can telephone a mes«age without
lunatics this sensitive left-sidedness is
"When we got back to his mother he waa «o exclt«! that he couldn't
the slightest Interference.
talk plain, atul he tnlx«l pockets an«! loving u.a father and mercerized silk
almost more the rule than the excep
In a recent rejrort oti the resulte of cap and golf gloves tip scandalously. Then she glan«ro«l around to b« sure
tion. the conclusion being that left
exteml«Hl measurements of mental that nobody was broking, and lean«! her h«*ad up against me and said; ’You
hand«! people are more numerous
traits In the two sexes, Prof. E. L. mak<> me so happy. de»r.*
among criminals and sensitive left »
“And It all cost *7 34. and I figure that there waa one thous-nd dol
Thorndike sakl that In the measure
sided people among lunatics. Lom- » ♦
ment of abilities the greatest differ lars' worth of good f«-llng in It. I am happy, and yet I f«>l like a cheat
♦
broso remarks:
♦
ence found was the female superiority when I think that I ever begrudged my family anything ”
"As man advance» In civilization and
A thousand dollar»* worth of Joy for *7 34. Yes. there are Itargalns for
In the tests of Impressibility, such as
culture he shows an alwaya greater
the rate and accuracy of periroptlon. th<we who will look for them. Des Molnca News.
right-sidedm*ss as compared to sav
“Now, even to the unthinking.” «>n-
BREEZE stlrr«! the foliage of I Caleb Frye laughed. "They're weeds verbal memory anti «(«elllng. In these
ages, the masculine tn this wav out
cluded the merchant, “this sounds pre
the trees at the liase of the thnt I'm mighty glad to get." he said. matters only about one thlrd of the
numbering the feminine and adults
posterous. But Just the same, It actual
hills. The air had a touch of "This Is the Aster linariifollus, and I boys reach the median mark for girls.
outnumbering children. Thus women
ly happened, and had not the dye
!
In
general
the
girls
were
found
to
rubbed off of the little captives, and
and savage races, even when they are chill in it. for the October day In this never before have lieen able to find
be
mentally
lets variable than the
not properly left handed, have certain Southwestern Dakota «■ountry was any that were white. Most of them troys.
Governor Bailey, of-Kansas, Is a thereby their Identity established. I
are violet iu color, anil the white ones
gestures and movements which are a drawing to its close.
great liellever In corn binds. He owns don't doubt that the grafter would
The
War
Department,
co-operating
A man was lying at full length on are as rare as albino blackbirds."
species of left-handedness. Some time
a farm of several hundred acres which have died Indepemlently wealthy. All
"You're a great one for flowers, birds I with the Sheffield Biological Lairora he refuses to sell, holding that corn of w hich only adds one more proof to
ago Delaunay observed that the man the grass that the early frost had
holds out the right arm, which the touched and killed, The man’s hands and the like, Mr. Frye," said the ranch tory at Yale, has detaih>d 20 men from land will soon be more valuable than the ever current fact that the public
I the Hospital Corps of the army to
really wants to be humbugged that
woman takes with the left; that the w ere supporting his chin and his eyes man. "but I never could see anything
go to New Haven under charge of an wheat producing ground. His proper they are anxious for It. The only real
woman buttons her clothes from right were looking far off across the rolling in ’em. excepting on«1 chokes the wheat I assistant army surgeon,
ty
is
worth
more
than
*75
an
acre,
he
and submit
to left, while the man does so from prairies, which here met at the base and the other steals the fruit."
thinks, and will rise to *100 in five difference being degree,"—Washington
Post.
"Well, 1 found something rarer than to experiments lntend«*d to determine years.
left to right, and that women and chil of the Black Hills. There was pain In
I whether physiological economy In
dren, when they trace a lint- or turn a the gazing eyes. The voice of a her the aster to-day." answered the stu [diet cannot be practlc«l with distinct
Borne sixty four miles off the coast A. T. 8TEWARTS CARPET WAR.
key, for Instance, of a watch, initiate mit thrush broke the silence. Instant dent. "1 found a hermit thrush that betterment to the l«>dy, and without of Tunis a cluster of little islands has
ly
the
look
of
the
man's
eves
changed
was
willing
to
sing
In
Octolier
with
all
the movement from right to left, while
loss of strength and vigor, Brofra lieen discovered. One was found to How the Merchant Started the Milla
at Glovoraville, N. Y.
the adult man does so always from left Pleasure and surprise took the place the sw«-etness I have henrd It alng In »or Chittenden of the Sheffield Scien lie inhablt«l by a former French ser
With sll Ills wonderful shrwwdneea,
to right. Thia explains why. in early of pain. Whf.t a wonder was this, a June on Mount Washington, at the foot tific School says there Is ajtparenlly geant, Clement, who bad disappeared
times, and »till among people little hermit thrush singing in Octolier its of which I was born."
some fourteen years ago, and a small A. T. Stewart, mercham prince, occa
"Those flowers are lovely, Mr. no question that people ordinarily
civilized, such as Arabs, the writing song of the springtime!
numtier of natives. The Islands have sionally caught a Tartar. Mr. 8tewart
Frye,” said Frances Darrow, "even It consume much more f«rod than there
The
man
rose
and
looked
toward
the
was preferably from right to left,
tieen annexed by France, and Clement lived to see the decadence of the Amer
Is
any
necessity
for.
aud
that
thia
ex-1
Mr. Driver does call them weeds. Tell
which is the habit of children until cor copse w hence the sound came. There
appointed resident inspector of fish ican trade In foreign carpet», flrat large
me where they grow, that 1 may get < esa la. In the long run. detrimental to
rected. Delaunay even went so far sat the bird. Its brown back reddened
ing and of the harbor, registrar aud ly undertaken by him In New York.
I
health,
and
defeats
the
very
obj«-cts
In the last rays of the sun. The bird some In a day or two."
The manufacture of Axmlnlatsr and
In his observations as to dls«-over that
teacher.
1
aln>«l
at
“They are growing by the spring
sang ecstatically for a full minute;
moquette carpets by hand In foreign
antique chronometers were wound
It
la
not
known
Just
how
long
mos
Electromagnets
promise
to
come
Into
just lieyond that bit of swamp where
then sunset and silence.
countries was one of the slowest of
from right to left, while modern ones
quitoes
can
live,
but
their
average
life
common
use
for
lifting
heavy
pieces
Caleb Frye rose. He listened a mo the big tree was blown down In the
trade proceeeew Two men aud a boy
are wound in the opposite direction.—
j of Iron In factor!«« and rolling mills, is much longer than is ordinarily sup
ment, hoping to hear once more the last storm.”
were employed at one loom, and they
North American Review.
"I never knew so much of nature, j IiiHtead of the present hooka and posed. Thousands of them live through could make but one and a half yards
voice of that prince of singers, but
winter,
hlliertiatlng
or
asleep
In
dark
chains
a
large
pl«-e
of
metal
Is
sus-
no sound came save the slight rustling Mr. Frye,” said Howard Deane, “but
plucea In liarns or house cellars. In a day, according to the New York
Ilog knew His Business.
of the russet leaves. Caleb Frye turned from the enjoyment that you s«-em to pended strove the Iron or st«-l obj«-t
Times. Alexander Smith and Ills part
A certain officeholder decided to buy and walked with shambling gait east get out of It I lielleve It must tie worth to be fittml, a current Is run through sparsely settled localities, where they
a dog. In reply to his “ad.” a man ward away from the hills. He strode cultivating. Some day 1 wish you'd thia, rendering It magnetic, so that It cannot find such places for shelter, ner, Halcyon Skinner, of Yonkers, In
vented a loom that made eleven yards
calle«! at his office with an intelligent- on for twenty minutes, and then, teach me how to get into the good simply picks up the obj«'t and holds they live through the winter In hollow
a day when attended only by a young
trees;
end.
even
though
the
tempera
I
It
until
the
current
Is
turned
off.
A
looking animal, that he Immediately rounding a bit of timlier. came upon a graces of the Mother.”
girl. This revolutionised the carpet
took a fancy to, though he deemed It
That night Caleb Frye went to his magnet weighing 850 pounds can carry ture may fall far lielow freezing, they Industry. Stewart, quick to perceive.
advisable to first Inquire Into some
room early. He studied for a while a load of five tons. The time required are not winter killed, but on the ap Immediately acquired control of the
thing of its characteristics.
and then became restless. He wan I for fastening a load to a crane by the proach of warm weather become ac output of Alexander Smith A Sons
"What can he do?” be asked.
dered out on to the porch and turned present methtxls Is eat I mat«! to rep tive again. Mosquitoes are frequently Carpet Company, and through his enor
“Oh, sir. he can do anything,
the corner of the building. He beard resent one half the cost of handllug seen flying alrout In the woods liefore mous dealings that concern grew toon«
voices and listened Involuntarily. The tlie material, so that great saving In the snow has wholly left the ground. of the largest of Its kind In tlie world.
you've lost anything, sir. lie'll go direct
voices were those of Howard Deane handling material la apparent. There —Popular Belence Monthly.
to the place where you lost it. Hell----- "
The Smiths had llttlw to say. Alex-
A hundred pounds of Hiutiergria has ander ami Warren B. went quietly
an«l Frances Darrow He did not mean Is a numlier of the«e el«*tromagneta
"By the way, I've just missed my
inow
In
iwe
at
different
«f«»el
plant«
’
been
aoia«
<l
at
Boattie
as
stolen
prop
to listen, tmt what he henrd mad«- him
glove. ID» you s'p s > he «■ OTfl find It?"
along filling Stewart's order» and ln-
If w« must havu Iioouiuitoe« at all, erty. The appraised vain« is *3u an
koo«v that wh«t lm«f hern in hit heart
"Certainly, sir. Just let him sniff at
creased
their plant.
Inaainuch aa
people w:l!l regret that the new. «pedes ounce, or *48.0<)0 for the hundred
must die.
your hand."
Stewart had financed the company
A
hundred
pounds
of
pure
of
these
inseds
which
Dr.
William
L.
I
pounds.
Caleb
Frye
went
to
hla
room
and
The officeholder hehl his hand to the
right along, he thought he owned It.
threw himself on his bed. The win- Cnderwo«.«! ha« dl»«>ver«l Is a native gold would not be worth as much by One «lay Smith (It was In 1873) called
dog's nose and the animal trotted se
And
were
a
hundred
pounds
of
the
Maine
woods
instead
of
more
*ldj>0<>.
«low was open, Ilownward through
renely off. Presently he returned, aud
<m Stewart nt tils store for funds. "If
the night came tlie voices of migrat- populous parts of the country. For of gold tn be stolen at Seattle a great you want any more money out of me,
with a joyous wagging of his tall «le-
this mosquito does not bite, altlHiugli »fir would lie made altout ft. Amber
heard
the
calling
of
ing
birds.
He
poaited his off«ring at the otthehoid-
you've got to do something for it,"
plover and the "chink” of the black- It Is so large that If It were given gris 1« a«arcer than gold. It 1« more said the merchant.
“I’ve been too
er's feet.
to
biting
It
would
be
a
terror;
and
of
an
uncertain
quantity.
It
1»
harder
bird. "The birds ar<> flying from the
liberal with you. and I'm paying too
At the same moment the ell k of the
coming winter," be thought to himself, moreover, Its larvae f«-«-d eagerly upon to find and harder to tranaport. It la much for your carpets.
You must
typewriter in the next room ceased.
"but for me the winter has already the larvae of other sp«’lea of mosqui found floating In lumpa In the ocean, come away down In your price»,”
I A girlish form appeared In the door
toes.
For
thia
reason
experlinmts
are
and
occasionally
In
the
Intestines
of
come."
Smith said he would think It over.
way.
The next morning the ranchman and being made to determine If the new the apermncetl whale. There are, how The Sloane», who had started In the
"My sash ribbon." crl «1 a high sweet
his two men guests stood on the porch. mosquito will thrive In the climate of ever. few aperm whnjea available, and carpet business In 1R43 In a small build
voice, "my sash ilblron! The «log has
Mother Driver came out. “Where's southern New England. It has receiv the lumps of amlicrgrls have been ing opiMielte the city ball, were not, up
my sash ribtion!"
Frances, Mother?” asked ths ranch ed tho name of Eucorethra Under- growing »career as the whale» have to this time, of great consequence In
The officeholder’» face turned a dull
woodl. Its manner of disposing of decreased In numtier.
man.
the trade, but when Smith left Stewart
red. He cast a furtive glance at the •AW HIM COMING AND WAVID A HAST).
"She's Just left for school. Rhe went the larvae of othw mosquito«» Is cal
to think over money and pries» he
man, dived into his pocket and ltau!«l
POOR ENGLISH 8PARROW&
culated
to
make
sufferers
from
recent
early
because
she
wanted
to
get
soma
great, rambling ranch house On the
walked straight to the fUoane estab
out a bill.
mosquito
bites
gleeful.
"The
victim
of
those
white
weeds
down
by
the
nipped In Cnnsrx Dp» Th»p War» »old lishment and made a dicker. The next
said. veranda was a young woman hardly
“
I
guess
the
dog
’
ll
do,
he
Is
caught,"
says
Doctor
Underwood,
I
past girlhood. She waved him a wel spring, and it takes her out of the
for Hon<«t«rd.
morning Stewart learned to his dismay
quietly.—New ? ork Times.
"shaken violently a few times, and
come, which he answered with hla way.”
“
At
least
soma
member» of the spar that the entire output of the Yonkers
»wallowed!”
John
Driver
paled
suddenly.
"My
hand, but In his eyes there came the
row family have tieen enjoying their mills had tieen turned over to the
look that was there before the thrush God. mother!" ho said. "Bill and I set
ease and s great deal of luxury In Sloanes, and he was no longer carpet
New "Hock of Age«."
a spring gun trap there last night for
aang.
A missionary lately returned from pretty, bright brass blr<! cages within king.
Caleb Frye had come to this Da a bear. I meant to have told every- India expresse«! the opinion that re the past few weeks," remark««! a down
It was a aevere blow to Stewart’s
body aliout It. but 1 forgot."
ligious work was going on very slowly town business man, "and every time I business, aa well as to his pridtx For
numlH’r are made in this city, where kota country in search of health. He
Caleb
Frye
shot
out
over
the
prairie.
the trade rivals the clothing Industry was a student bent on following a life Tlie ranchman an«l Deane followed, there on account of the difficulty In see the busy little creatures now, 1 un revenge he built an extensive carpet
in point of capital invested and num which meant confinement. He had but strive as they could they could not translating the spirit as well as the consciously find myself anxiously ex fnctory at Groversvllle, N. Y., with a
amining their feathers, wondering the capacity of 2,<KM),000 yards annually,
ber of people employed." sai«l a lead broken down, nnd the doctors had sent k«-op pace with tlie long limited stu text of the Gospel.
while, If they numbered among the but by some strange perversity of fate
"Take an lnntance," he said.
ing cigar-box manufacturer recently. hint from New Hampshire to this far- dent, who ran not as a man runs, but
hundn-d or more fortunate ones that a he died on the very day that the first
tri«Ml to teach my converts the
•Tlie material out of which the is-st off country to get his health He was as a doer that Is hounded.
clever grafter succeeded in pawning roll came from his looms. At the same
quality of cigar boxes are made come« a homely man. young. It Is true, but
Caleb Frye rounded the timber. hymn:
iff on this ever cre«!ul<ius public of ours time Smith quit hltn no one supiioaed
“ 'Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
principally from Cuba and is known as looking old. He was thin to attenua Across the open he saw the girl walk
aa the real thing In the way of a chirp the Yonkyni manufacturer had a dol
Ix»t me hide myself in Thee.”
Spanish cedar.
A peculiarity about tion and of awkward carriage. His ing toward the spring He shouted
”1 had a native Bible student trans ing canary bird. The fellow who did lar he could call his own. His Inde-
this wool is that it always retains the eyes did a little something toward re gaspingly an«l ran on. The girl heard
deeming
his
face
from
positive
ugli
late
it Into the vernacular. To make the trick baa my congratulatlona. He pendenee proved that he was rich. And
flavor of a good cigar. Indeed, some
and turned. She saw him coming and
jieople claim that it improves the fla ness. for there lay in their depth» waved a hand encouragingly, thinking sure that be had grn«p«-d the spirit of la Ingenious, at any rate; and 1 coxil«! w hen Warren II dl«d the other da. the
the words, I took bls translation and not help thinking, when 1 saw him world was startled to learn that the
vor. and the reason given for this something of gentleness.
In the ranch house, the home of old he was trying simply to overtake her had It translate«! back into English caught with the gooda on. too, how quiet,
unassuming, hard working
contention Is that it grows In the sanie
John Driver and his motherly wife. to walk by her side. She stooped to by another student. It then read:
wewver had laid up a fortune of *32,-
much
real
talent
an«!
rare
qualltlca
of
localities as the finest Havana tobao Caleb Frye had made himself a favor pick a flower, and the student gained
•‘ 'Very old stone, split for my bene- enterprlae had gone Into aeed. Home- <100,000.
,.o "—I’hilndelphia Ledger.
ite. There he had met pretty Frances some ground. Then he shouted. "Stop, IIJ. let me nbsent niy«elf lieneutli one how, I felt provoked that It should
stop,
the
gun!"
but
the
wind
bore
hla
The Ubiquitous Flea.
Darrow, the school tea« her. who made
of thy fragments. ”--Detroit News- have tw-en wnste«i upon a poor little
The Changing World.
She was a pretty and winsome little
her home there and refused to “board words away, and the girl did not un Tribune.
flock of innocent aparrows.
"The world is not the same.” I said.
round" t>ecause she so dearly loved derstand.
"Aa it turned out. complaints ha ve colonial lady of four summers, but, says
"As in the days gone by;
He rould rail no more. His voice
Tlie
Great
T«-lr««*o|>e»
<>iil«i«ine.
"Mother
”
Driver.
Caleb
Frye
had
not
been coming In thick and faat. C«m- the Cornbill Magazine, she began her
The beauty of the acene has fled
Remarkable result« in star pliotogrn- plalnta that a\man ban. for some time first con vernation with the gentleman
known any woman Intimately In hla was spent with running, but his limbs
Uid things hare gone awnr.
whole life. He knew nothing of them. carrie«! him on. The girl bad entered phy with comparetive y Inexpenatv» past, lieen peddling around town Eng- just out from England in thia unprom
The langhter seems to lack the zest
He had bad no time for anything but the bush«-« near the spring. The man apparatus have tieen r<-port«*d by Pro- llah sparrows that. It haa since lieen ising fashion:
And tears the honest woe
"The fie»» bite me a lot In the night.”
They had when earth was at its l-est.
the studies which held him chained. tri««! once more to call. The voice was femior Sehaeberle. Ill» tel«**cope w>«» discovered, were artistically dlpi»-d
•'Heer me. that la very sad!” Then,
So many y*»r« ago. ’
Here In the f«rothllls he had the time a whisper, but on be ran. and In an ■ parabolic reflector of diort foctl». th» Into a pretty, bright, canary colored
The snn that rod» his
and the opportunity, and be fell in other moment had burst Into the copse mirror l*lng 13 Inches in diameter, dye. and dl'.|ioae«l of at a dollar or wishing to administer consolation even
He saw the glistening of the wire of wdtb a focus of 2o Incoes, and expo*,
All smilingly l>rok«l<ir,wn:
love, but be made no sign.
more a head; the latter depending upon In these trying circumstances, the gen
that had bloonie«l so gay
tleman from England added. "Do they
The meadow
1-
Only a «bort time after Caleb Frye's the trap The girl was within a foot area of five minutes gave star lmnges i the gi-neroalty of hla vlctlma.
and brown.
Lay withering
bite you in the day time, too?**
coming there had srriv«l from the of it. His voice came hack. "Stop!"
that were beyond the reach of the 3fl-
With
each
purchase
was
given
a
slip
_
1
'
»
wind
a
whisper
came
And through the
Startled, she stumbled forward. Frye Inch Lick telescope and that reqtilred
“No.”
Eaat a young fellow, handsome, athlet
of
paper,
upon
which
waa
written
the
In mockery of my lot:
nature with every- sprang toward her. and in a flash was rx|Hi«ur«-w of two hour» with the .'Id- rules which were to lie atrenuoualy ad
“Why noti”
—
is
still
the
same,
ic
am!
glft«l
by
"The world, yon "ee-
„
‘Well. |
you see In the daytime they’a
thing which had been withheld from In front of her. His foot caught, he Inch Cro»»ly reflector, f'tnrs fainter j her«! to. Exai-tnesa, he explained, lie
But you. alas, are not.
«wayed.
and
the-«
there
can
e
a
deafen
wer»
busy
biting grandma.”
than
the
seventeenth
mug
iltude
Caleb Frye.
_ Washington Star.
Ing neceaaary. owing to the unusual re-
Grandma lived In England. Then,
Howard Deane had come to the ing report 1 ,e girl fell backward, Included.
1 qulrcmenta of the peculiar aped«-« of
The man’» han»!« were
An Elaborate Explanation.
ranch on a l«n,i pro«p* acting errand, fainting.
^canary blr«l which he preaented. I’poli little by little, the visitor f'.om that
Not the Ordinary » ort.
asloned I by Borne East thrown Into the air, and then he lay
•So your flying machine is a
He wa
"Ile't »Inuit the poonet i ctor I ever the |«t|«er waa written a very few country got at the little girl's theory.
In which Imagination and geography
ur«" Mid the sympathizing friend
ern capitalists to buy ile made John prostrate on the ground.
saw.
” ««1«1 the first managrr; “a regu things to do for the little creatures In
John Driver and Howard Deane
-Certainly not." answered the e
Driver's bouse his beadquarte a. and
5 their too small worsleti r»K«> The were quetrly mingle«!. Knowing that
lar
bam.
”
It waa night In England when It w-aa
with th* oh! ranchman ha«l look •d over raised him tenderly and carried him
tist. "There are o
"Perb»p» he'll gi t over hl» fault« In rules consist«! chlefir of "d«in'ts for
How- Into the open, placing him gently on
«lay In Auairall». she had pictured the
the
whole
territory
for
mile*.
canary
blnla
"
one
r«-nd
‘
Avoid
parts that won't wor
time." aiigge«te«l tlie other.
ard iroane should hare left three the dry grass of the prairie. There
strong light.' aiol went on to explain fle-i as a wondering Jew. dally bopping
fere with the rest
at
can
’
t
“
Not
much!
H*'»
»ham
w«*ks I*fore. bnt be llnger«L Caleb wae a gaping wound In bla side. At tie cured.”—Philadelphia Pt
Itliat the bin! waa very young, and the world In pursuit of bla laborious
But. taken as ■ wh'
y-ry, looked at Frances Darrow, and that ln«tant the voire of a bird came
j that like all young things, strong light I livelihood.
■ucccm through the
from the thicket Caleb Frye opened
|*o««<>fn<
•
Hustn-
•«.
knew
the
rreson
for
the
lingering.
i was Imd for the eye». But the 'don't'
high."—Washington
F««r P »IxniBSd«,
his eyes "Ifa summer." be murmured.
Tb» L uit«-d Mates postal de ■ariment I that provml the fellow's umlolng and
Ban Franclaco'a city engineer lt>-
to »"I.
“I am going up the mountain path; handles 7.2óo.'»»> letters and ranis a . «|
evening.
John
Driver,
hla
Many Chano
1 xwvr «a A
that Optol
<-!« <l « an Item of *73i.<««> for ehil-
Deane Join«! the girl on the the hermit thru»hes are singing."
year—s niimlier atsoit equ.il to that
Samuel W. Hamn UPH». Wtw
id rei
Ipltfll
urg. P*- w* fl ltd
dr«'n'« play grounds In hla report on
In a moment hts spirit waa beyond of Gr«*»1 Britain. Germany and I'rari
Getty*t»
country »tore near
1
■
wltl
w blr
jr, and in poreb
ni-edtd linpruvrnimta.
the
mountain
top.
and
tn
him
had
come
fp
rpppntl;
taken
together.
advertised for a wif
nst
nl ha
-What
eternal summer and eternal »ong —
■
rpf'rived an
It's alm«n>t a» «l.itb «¡it for a mml-um
mint Here «
the course of a fpw
sth till!
, Frye?” c*
of white Chicago Record Herald.
ilng Ita
tn preibct what I« going to happeu a*
U
• r tro '
»were from X?» Wl ’OtDPD.
Caleb >
g rare.”
‘st d n
It I« for a hUtorlan to record w hat ban
nth A tt” t
Alaune«
aoft water la one ezcum
Ibp kind
/*((.•
itappvokX
for
d/.nklng
hard
ack »
J the raiKhmaB.
ila
-IL
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vention,
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