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I THE RED STORM Or the Days of Daniel Boone M B y JOEL CHAPTER XXI. Continued.. "I a in not master of any own wife and chill," ba muttered. "The one threat ene me, and the other refuses to obey Ali my plana ara continually thwarted I am alwar to ba opposed by both mother and daughter. And ao It la wit tha Girty affair. Ha la good enough foi Innia; and In that matter I will hart ny way, In aptta nf raalataoca, tbreata, tear or entreaties." "You will never lira to aea Innla wad ded to atich a falsa knave," replied Mra. McKea. "Tha moaa will gather upon your hone firm." "He will noon own a great deal of land on the auuth aide of tlia Kentucky Hirer." "Just enough to bury hla vile body In.'" an!d Mrs. McKee. "Tha Indian bare promised It to Mm when IiooneNhorough. Hnrroilsburg and Logan ara leveled with tha around, and nut a whlta settler haa a foothold in thla country." relulned McKee. "That time will never ba." responded tha In. linn spouse. "Tha white atatlnna will remain long after tha red men have lost their power. Tha descendants of Ianle Hoone will build their houses In peace npon tha gravea of the Wyan dota, tha Shawnee, and tha Cherokee." "Accursed prophetess of aril! What will atop your diurnal croaklngs? Your noting rolra aounda In my ear when any great project la atarted that promisee well to all eyea but youra. Even at thla very moment nooneaborough may ba In flamea; for Oirty and Du Qtiesne hara already attacked It with hundreda of Indiana." "They'll fall and go away Ilka whip- ped dogs," reaponded Mra. McKea. With a threatening glai.oe at each, McKee a roe and left tha cavern, "Can Hooneshorough hold out agalnat ao many enemies?" aaked Inula, after pa ue. "Yea; It haa alwaya been ibla to de fend Itself; why shouldn't It now?" re plied her mother. "Long-Knife (Daniel Iloone) ! there, and ha la a very great warrior. Tha station can't ba taken whlla he'a alive. Wa will go up there and aea what they're doing." "To Hooneshorough?" aaked Innla. Tha Indian mother replied In tha af firmative. In t ahort time they both lamed from the subterranean dwelling, and walked In tha direction of tha ata tlon. CIIAITER XXII. Tha bold ploneera at tha fort awaited with painful anxiety tha return of tha heroic women who had deacended the alope to procure water from tha aprlng. Kliia Italian! and Matilda Fleming were the two In at of tha party to All their vessels with tha aparklmg fluid. Whlla they were In tha act of doing ao, a half-dozen Wyandota, headed by Oirty, rnahed from tha covert of tha aurround Ing ahrubhery, aeled the two maldena, and In aplte of their resistance and ahrieka, bore them away before the men at tha fort were acarcely a ware that anything had happened. Joel Logston waa the first to realise fully the new misfortune ehat had befallen tham. "Come on, men! To the rescue!" ha ahouteil, running to the open gate: while several young men followed him with equal Impetuosity. "Stop, I command yon!" cried rsnlol Boone, In tonea distinctly heard above the confused tumult of sounds "Away, away!" exclaimed Joel, with terrible earnestness. "I hear only the shrieks of those females. I listen only to their calls for help. Let ma go I am desperate." "Anil If yon go with those ready to follow you, who will defend the fort? Who will protect those who yet remain to us, ami have equal claims upon our exertions?" replied Captain Hoone. "And what would It avail if we should attempt a rescue?" said Reynolds, who bad been among tha flrst to ' follow Logston. "Wa can effect nothing rgnlnst hundreds of aavages; we should be cut down in moment, and thus would our Uvea be thrown away, with out accomplishing anything. Let na re main and trust tha two maldena to the care of Hod." Hy thla time tha rest of the women were at tha gate, which waa Instantly opened for their admission. Strange to relate, they hail, with ona or two ex ceptions, maintained their self-posses-alnn to atich an extent aa to bring with them tha several vessels of water which they had procured. While they were entering, atrong body of Indians, among which were aeveral Frenchmen, tried to rush In after them; hut a well directed lira from tha fort forced them to retreat, with aevere losa. Joel tagston appeared unlike himself; he threw down his rifle and leaned against tha atockades. gloomy, silent and dispirited. Ianicl Moons attempted to comfort him. "Look," ha aald. pointing toward the pnrenta of tha girla who had been cap ture.!, "they are striving to bear their grief with Christian fortitude. They ara struggling with Itoman firmness to master their paternal Instincts; to listen to the admonitions of duty; and how to tha stern admotlona of Providence. He a nun, Joel." "All thia trouble haa coma of that Frenchman," aald Lngston, bitterly. "I've never felt right since he'a bean among ua. It la vary clear to ma that he'a been nothiu' mora nor lea than spy on na ever alnca he'a bean here, anil you'll And It ao." "Such remarks, Mr. Lngston, ara ex tremely offensive to ma," as id Mr. Al atron. 'I can't help It." retorted JoeL "I know I'm right, and hava good reasons to aay what I do. I never like to hurt nobody's feelings, nor nothing of that aort; but I do like to tell tha truth, and to aea Justice done to all. Why did Kilns t;irty speak about thia La llland,. If he didn't know thia man, and what was ha doln'T Your Frenchman talka a greit deal about makla' hla fortin' on Kentucky land; and I know very well bow ha expects to make It. The land be haa ao much to aay about la right here where we atand; and if ha ever gets It nooneoWough'll be a pile of ruins and he'll walk over our aravea. Tlist'a what will happen, Mr. Alston, think of It as yon may. Twenty-four hours haven't pased alnca flirty offered ma two thousand acrea of land to Join tha Inglna against tha white atatlona." "I. Itlsml haa my friendship and es teem; nearer relationship. It la well known, haa bean talked of. I atill find It Impossible to believe all tha dark re ports which I hear of him. I bona yon will pardon ma if I act tha friendly part, until I hava ocular evidence of hla guilt, rejoined Sir. Alston. Daalel Uoooe rallied that he trust ad ROBINSON they wera all willing to make proper allowsnce la the case, considering how great had been hla friendship for tha man; but ao far aa hla own feelings wera concerned ha had no donbt of La IUand's guile I luring tha morning and the greater portion of tha forenoon, the defeudera of nooneubnrough wera conatantly em ployed In repelling attacks made at dif ferent points, and In many Instaneea conducted with much aplrit and resold lion; but about noon tha asaaulta cease. altogether. Whlla aach etood at hla post, tryln to assign soma plausible reason for thia and. ten suspension of hostilities, a whit. man waa Been approaching cautiously bearing a flag of truce. "It'a Oirty!" said Joel, raising hla rfifle. "Don't Are." exclaimed Hoone. "Let oa hear what ha haa to aay." Finding that ha waa not fired npon Oirty mounted a atnnip and addressed tha ploneera as follows: "I have coma to summon yon to anr render. It a no use for you to resist If you surrender promptly no blood will be ahed; but If you will not llaten to resaon, and glva na Instant possession wa will batter down your works about your eara with cannon that we momen tarlly expect; for. know thst wa are expecting not only canmn, but rein forcementa, also. What can yon do against eneh numbers? Nothing; every man of you will be slain." Shoot him down." cried aeveral of tha foreatera; but Iloone bads tham to forbear. Perhapa you don't know me?" added Oirty, with much pomposity of manner. "iou have asked If wa know you.' aald Reynolds, showing himself boldly Hear our anawar; wa know you well. We know you aa tha vilest of men llv Ing; wa know you aa cowardly rene gade, recreant to all that la nohla In the human character; wa know you aa a monater or wlckadneaa, and aa blond stained villain. Tha nama of Oirty ill ba apoken of with ' contempt by all thoaa who ahall hear of his treachery In all time to come. I have worth lesa dog that kills lambs: In- atead of shooting him, I hava named him Silaa Oirty, and ha haa never held up his head alnca; for ha knows that everybody despises him. You talk large ly about relnforcementa. What could you do with cannon? Buch cowardly wretchea would ba afraid to Ara them if you had aver ao many. Wa alao ex pect relnforcementa; and It will be well for you to ba off before they get here. Should you batter down our atockadea, aa you pompously thraten, we are fully prepared for that contingency, for we cava roasted a eenre or two or hickory etlcka. with which we Intend to sally out and whip you out of tha country as we would thieving curs. Heynol.la' aarcaatlc apeech nut the renegade In towering passion. He poured forth a rolley of threata. "I hava two at your young women In my power," ha added, "and It would be better for you to he a little more hum ble; but I ahall enter your worka and pay you off for your Insolence." "It a a thousand pities I hadn't made n end of you out In the woods there!" cried Logaton. "How does your head fool?" 'It will never be well till yours la ont f eight. I shan't Boon forget that mean trick you served me: it will go hard with you for that, Joel Logston!" re torted Oirty. )on't tempt me; yon make a Ana mark for my rifle at this particular line," sniil Joel, menacingly. Tin under a flag of truce," returned Jlrty. "I wish yon waa tinder the ground!" dded Joel, Impatiently. "Mind what you aay, 1 warn you, for no human power shall prevent me from ahooting on, If yon provoke me further. What enre I for a Aag of trnce, when It floats over the head of such a villain?" It waa easy enough to ba Been that Oirty began to feel uneasy ami fearful f consequences. If ha waa not more careful In hia apeech; he therefore prn- ently addressed himself to Daniel Hoone, and asked for an anawer to carry back to hla army. "Tell your red crew and your rnf- Aanly French alllea that Itoonesborongh will never ba given up while two atlcka f it remain together," replied the pio neer, promptly. "Thla la our Anal an- wer; begone." Oirty leaped down from the stump In rather undignified haste, considering that a waa under a flag of truce. Shouts of efiance and derision from the fort fol- owed him nntil ha waa again with hia friends. CHAPTER XXIII. Reynolds and Mr. Fleming were In the block-house nearest to the river. Andrew nd Exquisite Ebony were standing within a few feet of them looking call ously through The loopholes, At dif ferent parts of the structure stern faces wera seen, begrimed with powder nd dust. Kach heart felt that danger waa pressing, and every pulse throbbed Ith anxiety. The attention of tha dIo- era waa suddenly attracted bv an ex clamation of aurprisa from Exquisite Ebony. "What now?" asked Daniel Hoone. "Will yer look derf aald Ebony. Right afore your eyea." "I don't aea anythlug but tha river," rejoined tha captain, after looking momen from ona of tha loopholes. Don t yer aea, Maasa Iloone, It am changed Ita color: It am Just Ilka mud a ona darkey la like anudder, returned Exquisite. Tha pioneer looked again from the block h ousa, and tha truth of tha negro'a remarks waa at once apparent. The watera of tha Kentucky were no Ion iter of their natural color, but deeply col ored aa when, awollen with heavy rains. he locae red soil 1 washed away. For n Instant the pioneer was at fault. Thia Is atranee," be exclaimed; "what can you make of it. men? Ah! I tin- lerstand It all! They are digging a trench; they Intend to let the water In pn ns!" "You are right." aald I'lenilna. mount- nil r- "Roonesborougli is no better than lost." Tha pioneers looked gloomily at each other; they thought of their wives and hillren; brave mea wiped away tears. that, perhapa, were never guilty of tha like weakness before; but they were n t aelflsh tesrs; they flowed for those nn- hla to defend themselves latin aavaga barbarity. "Oirty mnst hava put thla Infernal Idea Into their heads," aald Reynolds. "Posalbly not; for I heard La Bland remark ones, that Boonea bo rough might ba aaaUy aaJermined, tad Ua wkol of ! oa drowned out ITle ao many rata, re plied Mr. Fleming. "Da women folks won't hava to go arter no more water," observed Ebony, philosophically. "No; da water will coma arter detn," rejoined Andrew. "Dar'a mora of da nilschWf!" t claimed Ebony. I "So there la; they're ahootlu' flamln' arrera at ua to aet tha worka on fire," aald Joel Logston. ! Tha women and children had learned by thla time what waa going forward, and every part of tha fort resounded with crlea and lamentations Hus bands ' and wives, parents and chil dren, embraced aach other tenderly, thinking that they would soon be parted forever In thla world. "Death must coma to na all In aoma form or other," aald Bonne, addreosln tha mournful and panic-stricken group, In calm subdued and solemn voice. "It la an Irrevocable law of Ood that all created beings should die. Seeing that death la something that cannot ba evaded. It becomes ua to meet It with firmness and Christian philosophy. So far as I am able to Judge, the term ol our earthly Uvea la drawing to a close. I must certainly regard It In thia aa light, nnlesa aoma means can speedily be devised to thwart thia Ingenuity o our enemies. I enjoin upon you all to ba calm In thla terrible emergency. Let the women and children all take ahelter in the block-house, and ba careful not to encumber and embarrass their brave defenders. I desire Implicit obedience, and if It la accorded, all may yet ba well." The forester paused, and the effect of hla words was instantly obvious; the fe males checked their tears, and the me grasped their anna with fresh resolu tion. "Mr.' Reynolds," added Boone, "take about half of our able-bodied men, gather up all tha plcka and ahovela, etc. that can bo found, and hasten to th enclosure on that aide toward th river; If our foes mine, wa must coun termine." Thia order waa received with loud cheers, and tha plan waa so promtain that every man felt a new hope spring' Ing up In hla bosom. "Cut a trench eight feet wide and aa long aa you can. within the atockadea, and wa will bailie them yet. Whlla you ara digging, tha rest of ua will keep sharp lookout that tliey don't aet ua on Bra. (To be continued A LONELY SPOT ON SUPERIOR LUhtbonae la tha Lake la Fifty Miles from Nearest Port. Out of Right of lund, perched on a pinnacle of rock far out In take Su perlor and visible only to lake cm ft which make Marquette and other ports along the south shore east of Kewee naw point or those which ply from one end of the luke to the other, la a conical gray atone tower rising 102 feet above the level of the water and from which every night during the Reason of navigation there IhiNhes white light every thirty aeconU, warning navigator of the danger zone. Thla Is Standard Uock light house, the loncKoinont spot on the big Inland Bea of which Capt. Chambers, of Mackinac Inland, la keeper, aayg the Milwaukee Sentinel. So Isolated la the lighthouse that the nearest port Marquette la more than fifty miles distant, while the nearest land of any description Is Manltou Is. land. In clear weather the light Is visible for a distance of over eighteen miles and In thick weather there Is a ten-Inch steam whistle to give warn Ing to passing craft. During the season of navigation the keeper and his assistants while at the rock look out on nothing but sky and water except when they sight a pass Ing ship In the distance or the light house tender visits them with sup plies. The rock Itself rlsps from two and a half to three feet above the level of the lake and Is but fifteen or twenty feet In diameter. This pinnacle marks the site of a dangerous shoal extend Ing north by wet and south by east for 2!X) feet, with a width of LfsK) fret. Close nroutul It, however, Is some of the deepest water In Lake Superior, soundings having been taken for IKK) feet In the early days of the lighthouse the keeper had only one or two as sistants, and there were pcrhxls of months that he never got away from his post. The government, however, aoon realized the undeslrablllty of such lonesome service ami the diffi culty of getting men who would stay on the nxk for so long a stretch. In later years there have lcen four men. Including the keeper, to care for the light and the fog whistle, and by an arrangement between them two are on duty all the time. The lighthouse can only be ap proached on one side, and then when the water Is smooth, for there Is an abrupt wnll nt the top of the pint. form, some thirty feet high, and the Ixuit and all the supiilloa are hauled up by a derrick. There have been many occasions when the returning keepers found a heavy sea running at the lighthouse, so that they could not approach, and have had to take chances of lying by for hours In their little craft not the safest thing to do on take Superior or of making for the nearest shelter, miles away. nirel la the If a ad, Kle. Prudent Aunt You should not be In too big a hurry selecting a husbmid. my dear. I don't think much of tha young men of to-day. Ethel Yes; but many a girl remains Ingle all her life by waiting for tha oung men of to-morrow. r'astldlowa. Stubl) The papers speak about "so ciety burglars" making a round of thla vicinity. Petin They must be society burg lars. Those th.it broke In our house Inst nltflit took only the prizes we woo t euchre. The British Automobile Association maintains a corps of "scouts" on the lost freijurnted roads, to warn auto loblllsta of "police traps." incidental ly, there are also stalwart witnesses 'n time of need. The Khedive of Egypt owns the most costly saddle In the world. It la made of black leather, thomrli mora ld than leather Is visible, and It coat fO,OU). John Jacob Aator a Income la awU- mated at fJO.Ouo a day. Thai War Make) Brooder. Tuoae who prefer the artlflclul meth od of raisins chickens can make a brooder out of an old packing case which will accommodate fifty chlcka at a cost of about a dollar. Such a brooder has given excellent results at one of the experimental stations when used In ahed or colony house. Details of construction of a brooder of this kind are shown In the Illustrations. The lower section of the brooder, which font ulna the lamp for heating, la a box HOMIMA.0E MiOOUUk three feet aiuure made of ten-Inch boards, which Is covered with tin or galvanized Iron. Above this cover, around the edges of the lamp box, one Inch stripe ara nulled. Two one-Inch holes are bored through the strips on each side of the box for the purpose of ventilation. floor of matched boards la laid on the strips. A hole eight Inches tn diameter 1 cut lu the center of this floor, and over It Is reversed an old tin pan ten inches In diameter, the aides of the pan being punched full of holes to allow free circulation of heat Over this la placed a table two feet six Inches square, with legs four and a half Inches high. Around the side of this table Is tacked a curtain of felt cloth from top to bottom at Intervals of Ave or six inches to allow the chlcka to pass in edhyboardsfourlncbes rdlu uu unnnnu BECTION Or BHOODKB, and out at will, the whole being sur rounded by boards four inches high and three feet long nulled together at the comers and resting on the floor of the brooder. When the chlcka are ten day old one of these board may be taken away and a bridge used ao that the chick may run from the hover to the floor of the room. Opts the atablo Wladows. If the cow have been stabled all winter they are likely to become un easy aa spring advances and long for outdoors. It Is an excellent plan to turn them out Into sheltered barnyards that are clean and so arranged that the cold spring winds will not blow over them. Olve them some roughage to munch over while they ore out If It Is not feasible to turn them out yet then arrange the stable so they may have all the fresh air ioss;b!e without causing the nlr to blow over them so they are likely to catch cold. The win (low arranged so that It may be oKned and the opening covered by the muslin sash will furnish this nlr without draught better than anything else. Es. pevlnlly give the cows sun If It can lie done. If there Is tin ojien shed on the place facing the sun Into which the cow may lie turned they will enjoy It Immensely. This little enre Just a few weeks before they lire tumed out to gruss will help affair wonderfully. Brarlaar Peace Post. Oftentimes It Is necessary or politic to curve the farm fence at a certain point, and those who have built such fences appreciate the difficulty of set ting the post at the sharpest point of the curve, so that it will not pull over. aV HOW TO BUACK A rt-NCE POST. Any of the ordinary methods of brac ing do not seem to answer the purpose. Au excellent brace may be made by the following plan: I'lnce the jsist In position, then dig a hole two feet deep and about six or eight feet from the post Obtain a heavy stone and fasten stout piece of wire to It long enough to reach to the post and wrap around It two or three times. Then bury the tone In the bole, covering It with the soil and tramping the will down tightly. The other end of the wire Is then wraped about the post tightly and held In position with staples. It should be drawn taut It will not be iosslble r the Kst to draw away from this brace under any ordinary conditions. The Illustration shows bow simple the plan Is. It hn liecn found licyond all (jues- on that It pays to thoroughly season Msts and pules of all kinds, or lumber hlih I to be used for construction purposes, says l'rofessor Itaker of tow, if lumber la put Into a build ing while green It docs not hold nearly as well under the nail, and Is almost sure to tie more or less Injured by arplng or dry rot Cut your post t the time suggested, peel them and rick them tip as railroad tie are piled. nd see If their Increased lifetime will not more than repay for the time which the atand idle. l li. BiTi'.v-Ms v - ' rn rrrr r m - I aj'i.... . X rfy Miaow foe Mtsasw. Taking one farm with another, there are few containing the soil nec essary to grow a profitable crop of pure timothy hay, hence it la best to use mixed seeds. What the mixture Slmuld be (leiieuds somewhat on the locality and the strength of the soil Where clover hay la mainly desired a mixture of alslke clover and timothy give splendid results, particularly on soil that Is Inclined to be wet Eight pounds of clover to the acre la the usual seeding for red clover, though on land that ha been In clover six pounds Is usually sufficient A a rule. there la not enough clover nay grown on the farm. Valuable as timotny is for horse, the clover hay I much more valuable for a mixed lot of stock : It suits the cows, sheep, calves and lambs better than either timothy or mixed hay, ami 1. very valuable for u"'ur'' V; Zll a nee we would not hesitate to feed mora or less of It to awlne as a varia- tlon In the rouKhaire from corn atover. Weia-hia Milk. There Is no good reason why the plan of weighing the milk to ascertain what each cow Is doing should be put off until fall. Start In with the fresh cows and keep It up n round to the time they are dried off again, and one will then have a valuable record of results. A nelghlHir whom we Induced to try this plan several years ago was glad enough to get rid of one-half of his herd of eighteen cows and buy new ones, for he found that those tie sold bad been robbing him for years; In the case of two of them they were a poNltlve loss while the others gave not enough profit In the twelve months to anywhere near pay for the time con- sumed In caring for them. The eyes of more than one dairyman have been opened by this simple exjiedlent of keeping a enreful record, by weight, of the milk furnished by each cow for a given period of considerable length. Thla Is necessary, for some cows are small milkers In summer, others In win- ter, and vice versa. Indianapolis New. Good Mllklast Stool, The milking stool on the average farm is of little value. Usually it is an affair with one leg, upon which the milker balances himself bo that he can fall readily, carrying the pall of milk with him, ahould the cow move quickly. A stool that will not tip over la readily made of a small box that is etrong. The box should be about fifteen inches high, unless tho cow is built low, in which case the box can be three inches lower. It should be from twelve to fourteen Inches square to form a com fortable seat Null two cleats on the Inside of the tiox exactly eight Inches from the bottom, then fit a bench or shelf on these cleats, with one end ex tending out the sufficient length and held in place with two legs. On this the pall I set while the milker occu pies the top of the box and straddlei the pall. This appliance la readily made. Is firm on the floor, and. except In unusual cases, no cow would be like- AN IIIKAL kill. KINO 8TOOU ly to upset either pall or milker. The Illustration show the affair very plainly. Hallos; Hay front Windrow. Either wild hay or timothy can be baled direct from the windrow, provid ed It Is In proier condition to be put In the barn ; otherwise, not, say Wal lace's Farmer. Clover hay must lie drier than either timothy or wild hay We have never tested this on our own farms, but we have seen eimugh of It In mwrntloti elMewbere to Inst If v na In making this statement We doubt whether under ordinary conditions It will be practical, as the additional work would have to lie done at a time when lalior Is usually expensive. We do not know of anv reason wbr this hay should not command fully as good a price on the market as hay that has gone through the sweat In the stack. Print reach Trees Low. The only rule to follow In pruning a M-ach orchard should be to keep the tree as low-headed as H.slble, says an eXiert orchardist; to keep all growth from the Inside of the tree, as that growth Is away from the light and sun. and therefore weak and unable to Is'iir good fruit Cut out all the weak limbs and twigs from the Inside of the tree. so as to admit tne sun utm allow a free circulation of olr through the tree. Cut back to one foot all the top or U- rlght growth of lust year, thus keeli ng the tree from growing too tall, and enabling It to carry heavier loads of fruit without breaking down, and to resist damage by wind, and allowing the fruit to be gathered with less trou ble and expense. t attla That Aro lasmaae. A discovery that may have an lm-U porta nt place In the world'a history, I tnougn oi apparent iriviai importance n Itself. I that native Japanese cat- tie. under natural condltloiia, are free rrom luiwn-u.om-, u.. came nn- ported Into Japan apsar to be highly sus.vpu.im. if 'n'liuoi.nv n me m.i rtsft,- . I .... I at ... m . . I discovery lies in tne possii.inty that D iiuui.MO ....... ... ""'J H- I s -t.i..f. f - ..it . : :z Z7 n z:, , .--.j ... .... ..... ...... nni-i. ngnlnst the white plague. The simplest way of killing l.icust or other trees Is to cut them down soon after the quick growth of the spring has lecn made, which would be some line lietween June 1 and 10. If you merely wish t kill tliera without re- I movlng them, there 1 no better way 1 than to girdle them around by cutting through the ap wood with an ax. Th use of salt about the roots of tree will 1 kill them, but It require a large quan- tlty to kill established trees. . . ; ; 1 . . It la better to look for a physician thaa for .ymp.th, whea ,o ales. I -j think I like him," said the young WOman w ho wa nibbling the betn of ner handkerchief, "but ' I j Daven't noticed any," aald th Tery dearest friend. i An. whtr' "Any 'but "I wa going to tell you, but I won't now. Oh. I like him, yes m a way I Jf you alway. imagine there', aomethlng .... nen any one cornea io s ,uu aeven nignt in me ween a on a many other time aa he can make any ex- cuse at all, I think I'm Justified." "That'a exactly the reason I don't uke him." "I thought you said you did" "In a way; but he Just tire me." "Why don't you tell him?" "I can't be rude, I don't like to hurt anybody' feelings, anyway, but hon estly I've tried to discourage him as much as I could. I wonder sometimes that he comes at all, I'm ao mean to him." "Why, you awful girl!" "Well, I Just don't want him. I wish he'd go away aomewhere to China, or Australia, and atay there. I let him g with me to a fitting the other day nl " "You never did that, Cora I" , "Why, yes; I oh, of course, I don't mean that I let him go In to Orlsby's 1U me, I Just met him accidentally h State street and he begged to walk 4 block with me. and sooner than atand 0n the street and argue about it I let htm. When we got to Grlsby'a I said, 'Now, you majr go,' and went in and left him. I waa mad at htm for insisting. lie 1 Just the most persistent" "I didn't think that was ao bad." "Well, you didn't hear all of it When I got in I found that I bad mistaken f time and I had three-quarter of Hour to wait The gin aald hair an hour, but they alway keep you wait Ing a little longer than they any. Rut I Kt into a big leather chair and open. Germany has 33.51H mile of broad- enuge railway lines. . ot(,ini,rircr. a well known ar- Lut r;rhann. Ohlo. lived all winter ,n the top of a dlc oak tree for his health. The nickname with the British pub lic for Half our, lately 1'remier, is Miss Fanny," und that for Joe Cham berlain Is "Monocle Joe." The adverse vote of Hath. Englaud, Jti Cortiegie'a offer of $113,000 for a public library was taken by means of lostal cards sent out by the City Coun cil. Telephones are being much used In large coal mines. In some cases where the galleries iienerate far from the shaft or mouth of the mine, the tele phone system are quite elaborate and extensive. Under the patronage of the "House- mistresses l Ilioil mere linn jum uvi-u opened In Hamburg the first of the schools to lie established in German cities for the Improvement of domestic ervants. Careful tests made In a German, well which haa been drilled more than a mile Into the earth show that the aver age rise In temperature Is alsmt one degree Fahrenheit for every fifty-five fpet ,n doI,,a' The Iridescent color In what la called "ieaeock coal are due to the presence of a film of Iron oxide. It wnnWj means the loss of a part of the volatile matter in uio coai aim oeiosena Inferior quality, Hallway traffic through the great Slmplon tunnel la carried on by the use of electric locomotive, but the grades are so steep that two are re quired to pull an avernge train at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, "Old Tom" Corwln, as he was famil iarly known. Governor of Ohio, United State Senator, and Secretary of the Treasury In Fillmore's Cabinet, used to say: "He solemn all the monti tnents are raised to solemn ashes." It Is said that the father of M. Fal lleres, the new President of France, wa a man of such unusual strength that he used to pick up a cask of wine, drink heartily from the btingholo, and then ask, "To whom shall 1 pass the cup?' Three giant brother named Phillip are among the new member of the Hrltlsh Parliament and all are Liber als. Wynford Is fl feet 8 Inches tall; Owen, 6 feet 7 Inches and Ivor, fl feet Inches. They are son of the Her. Sir Erasmus Phillip. The ilotu y. n Johnson, who has anl tha noats In tha lata Inhnr mini.. try of vVeat Australia of Minister of Public Work and Water Sunnlv and .ina - Tremler and Colonial Tren.nre hn, determined to resume his trade aa Uorkx carpenter . In Kalgoorlle. n'llll.m ll...n.. tf . ...... ., i. iniw, vr fifteen T.nn no was a large land owner, nnd affpr his death a lake wss named after him. The other day his skeleton was found near the lake, w ith the skull of his I dog lying on hi breast bone. They had Idled together In a blizzard. The native Bona and daughters of San Henlto County, California, cele- bra ted with great enthusiasm recently the raising of the first American Buz In the State, w hich wa hoisted In 1M0, near Holllster, In that county, by Gen. Fremont A new silk flag waa run up to the top of a tall Iron flagstaff. cemented la the rock. . , M ". ed a box of bonbon that that I bad aud found an Interesting story In a magazine and well, I believe it must have been an hour that I waited. Then the fitting took a long while. Hut I got it all settled at last and what do you think? There wa that Mr. Tan key waiting outside for me and it waa beginning to snow, too. He Just looked aa cheerful. I said. 'What have you been doing all the afternoon?" "Oh, Just walking up and down with one eye on the door,' he ald. Now, wasn't that alurd? And he wa nearly froa en. If he wa cheerful. HI hand Were It doesn't please me to have a man act in that Idiotic way. It Just exasperate me." "What are you looking at?" asked the very dearest friend. "I wa Just looking out of the win dow," aid the young woman, return ing to her chair. "Well, I Just told him he could go home, or about hi business If he had any to attend to." "Then how did you find out about hla hands?" ' "What do you mean? Oh. I saw when he took his gloves off. He teased me to go and have a cup of chocolate. No, really and truly. It disgusts me. What time have you got? I believe that clock must tie fast" "Just right Well, I slnmld think you could get rid of him If you wautod to." "I do want to, and I'm going to get rid of him. You Just see If I don't It'a getting worse and worse all the time. He'a been calling me up on the telephone lately about nothing.' "Cora, what Is It you re looking at out of that window? You've done noth ing but look out all the afternoon ever since I've been here. Are you ex pecting anybody? If you are I'm go ing." "No, don't go," said the young wom an. "There isn't anybody coming at least I gues not Mr. Pankey aald he'd call at 4, but it'a nearly S now and I wonder what on earth can be keeping him. Dut I don't care if he doesn't come." Chicago Dally News, he wa graduated he replied that the flrst time he was ever on a college campus In his life was In the Civil War, when, with his command, he took refuge from the Yankee bullets behind the brick walls of the College of Will iam and Mary, In Virginia. Sir Robert Hall, who ha been rank ing careful study of the glacial period, announces that the next great frigid epoch In the Northern Hemisphere will come about 200.000 years from now and cover all Northern Europe and the northern part of North America with Ice thick enough to overtop the highest mountains and fill the deepest valleys. The other day China had Its flrst great athletic meeting, when 3,000 stu dents, from forty-seven schools, com peted In various kinds of races , and sports at Canton. In a booth on the ground was a hospital corps composed of seventeen young Chinese doctors, ench with the Geneva cross on his arm. So strenuous were the romiietltora that there were many cases to attend to. TatPhea ou tho Anlrlune, Visitors to the circus and menagerie have noticed the two white? patches on antelopes. Those ss.ts are a signal which can be read by the unlmals which have noses to smell. Even ani mals whose sense of smell has been lost can read the message which the anteloiw gives to warn his friends of danger. The hair on these patches are long. white and ordinarily isilnt downward. Among the roots of the hair Is a gland which secretes a strong miiMk. Under neath the skin at this point Is a broad sheet of muscles which have the power to raise these hairs so that they stand at all angles like the petals of a huge white chrynntbemtim. When an ante lope sees danger this muscle acts and ttie patch flashes out like snow. In the middle of each Is a dark brown stsit the musk gland, which frees a great quantity of the musk, which can be de tected down the wind for a long dis tance ny another antelope. Even man can distinguish this danger signal for some yards. The antelope lias Ave different seta of glands, each giving forth a differ ent kind of nnmk for use In Its dally life as a means of getting or giving Intelligence. The two In the middle of each rump patch have Im-cii explained, but the piirixise of the others have not yet lieen fully accounted for. Wash ington Post. Ills Father's Man. Ions, A fanner In central New York state ha in his employ a man named George, whose understanding Is not very acute. One day as hi employer came out to the field where he was working George balled him: "Say, boss, who do you like best, Mr. Gorman or Mr. Carney?" naming two ministers whose churches sre In the neighborhood. "Well," said the farmer, "I couldn't say. "I never heard Mr. Gorman preach." "I don't like that man Carney." said George, "he brags too much. I WPnt to his church last Sunday and he didn't talk about anything but his father's mansions and brag about how much finer they were than any one else'e." Llpplricott's. at One lint Many. Servant A visitor to see you, sir Senator lilggum I'll bet he wants some favor. Servant It's a lady, sir. Senator Rlggum oht That means a half dozen favors. Philadelphia Led. ger. Helatlvo Neveaaltioa. "Is It necessary to enclose stamn.- asked the poet "More necessary, even, than to i close poetry," responded the editor. i niiaaeipoia Lodger.