BED STREWN WITH ORCHIDS.
NEXT AFTER THE QUEEN.
Prisoners and Captives
By II. S. MERRIMAN
ClIAPTnU XXIV.
fhere are many people who go through
life without ever knowing what It is to
fight a gale of wind.
There ia breath of heaven of which
th sole niessan U death. It la a wind
with do Ane-soundinc name, for it be-
to
H-ra I b Tfcelr Uaavjr.
When the people have more money
than they know what to da with they
sometime develop a remarkable In
genuity to devising method of squand
ering it. a In th cuse of the French
marquise, who, according to the pajwr.
ha her bed strewn with rare and ex-
i l ... i ir. fnilaw louUite. orchids at a cost or several
iuui ut ourrur, auij Pr"" " i
him thousand dollara a week.
t wi aereed." be continued, ni I Even more remarkable 1 the story
chanically, "that the live of all toij 0f t wealthy Frenchm.in who dine
never to be endan&ered for tn ax '"twice week at a famous Parisian rea-
m
r t
it' tlu ortlilaU have decided to
oo. Tyare said that.
Slowly the two followed him.
..-.., ifiM w .r 1 1 a ! r.f tha nnnp.
. Muiaub . , , 1 -
A '"rJ . . . .i,.. n..i. nn havlnil
i.... . . . i .i - . I u i t- - ... tha steu- I -
imga lu me uunn, wiifit wu i...- i Birja(-uru ins gr.ji.s . - i tmAAt. aiii .UK a
1)1.1. !
......as am. ui no .null.." . u.u.. . peu .uruuj u. a. - - , , . . ... Vaw, BM- -., t'- - ' . W1i,.lnif
few mm and atood apart witn averieu aouu i.. u singes of farm wor.
them. It blows for ail montba of the
year. It veer from aou lb -sou lowest to face.
northwest hv north, and It la born upon "Can
the gray Icefields round the pole, tor I look ing up auddenly and leaving ""Iqualla or a large chicken, of which he
many hundred mllea It ravea acrosa tna baby's fare and throat fully eipoaea to lMtm ons mouthful. Ill .leasert con
froiea orean. gathering deathly coldnena I the rruel wind, "whether 1 can nrni a I ., - . an. - ,. f -of.
a on having i.uu. a f ,re grwln more
lally prepared poj.ular all tM ,.. They are ul t
at every league. On ita ahouMera It car-
rlea tool of anow, and then atriklng land
It ragea and tear, bowla, tuoana and
"ream aroaa northern Kurope into far
froaen Aala. In paaaing it rlotbea all
Ituaala in white, and atill ha plenty to
par for bleak Siberia, northern China
and Japan.
a huge Joint of meat from which he to final iulti..i..n A uiuu of long ex
vou tell me." aaid the woman, cut one tiny alio. Then follow four nerleiire ,... ... .hm;
- ' . . . .. . I ... ...... I - -j m u. tu. . . . ji.l
The main t m for or
are that it -,.rk closvr to young
"III .
corn without coverl" it. "
ground with.., mtury that 1 too wet
to be plowed with u01 ''k W
not throw but leave
iwlging near bere7 . f,. while durina hi mal he Juat
n a(iare.ea i'avioi, wno w. ....... .m.nm ... ,,,, , Kttt,a n, ...
Ing In front of ber. II mad. no iiiw. "" " ' ' ... .
but prewntly turned away with a con- P" "' '
ueep limper
inuke dip
ping coinpnlMory in the atate lu order
to eradicate the acab.
A man la quite liable to make a mla-
tnke when he attempt to grow three
cropa of corn In rotation. Thl la tak
ing a atop backward.
There la more clean corn ground thla
year than uauaL The cultivator can
not do IU bent work wueu ralua are
plentiful and abundant
With, the bay loader and the horae
bay fork hay ought to go Into the barn
rapidly. When hay la cured It cannot
be put away too fast
the
1Pa BUI.. If
I'll. J.V-a-.ll I J l II I II m n I J 1 ' I .... . . m I " V V Ii . I - - H."-
vulaiva movement of lipa and throat, aa II rt champagne. At tue conciuaion or ground alwaya In ulln c . Make a box 0 feet long, feet high.
h wera awallowlng wltb an etiort. inen earn meat, tor w ui. u uw - , i aet to run varying mttut uu""" 18 Inchea wide and put a floor In It
be rained bla voice anil, a.i.iring nui nanda i to tne neau waiter, t to me to the corn ,woi-r lu i" ui.u.i- Vnt . ... . ,.,..
romnaninna renerallv. h aaid. with the I waltae hn hna af tended him. t'2 to the I ,.t . . t I- tlut nroDCF way I ... .... ..... . . ....
A few north. man... to live . i . n.ltlon " . T " . men , - .u lU omer ena Wltn looae Doit, ao
1 uiim u. - r i woman caauier ami ai to ine iwnrr. um l two raiui .. .n.. i. .
on in aurh number aa to aava eifermlna- , nh-HUnc; . .. . ' .. l"B .. . i.., i.. '"u vau nuJu"1 " euaiiy to auu tue aize
' m wbi ni iiiriri in ritrni n at n lit n w
tion, and that la all. .More tban a thirl
of them are partially or wholly blind.
Their eilntrnce ia a romtant and unequal
truggle againut thla aame wind and ita
pkileaa aiixiliarle anow and front. The
earth yield no increaan here. A little
aparae vegetation, aiiftiricnt only to nour
ish miaerahle reindeer and a few horae ;
acattering of pine trees, and that I all.
Although no aanctifying apirit ran be
aaid to walk uton the watera, the aea
alone aiiitain life, for men, dog and
reindoor eat fih. not dried but frozen,
when they can get It,
It wa acrosa thia country, and In fare
of thia wind, that a party of men anj
women nude their way in the lata aum
hut aeveral year ago. Ry lute iiimmer
one mean the fimt fortnight in July In
theite high latitude. These traveler
were twenty-one in number ixteen men
and five women. One woman carried a
Imhy a Jnil bird born In prison un
Iiaptized. It did not count, not even a
half a person, to any one except Its
mother. .Men and women were dressed
alike in good fur clothing, link's J trousers
tucked into felt boots, long blouse-like fur
roats, aud cap with earHap tied down.
Hoot, trousers, coat and even capa boro
algns of d.image by water. When north
orn rtibena Is not frown np it ia in a
fate of flood, and traveling, except by
wafer, is almost Impossible. These peo
ple had come many miles by thi romps r
atively easy method at Imminent risk,
for they hnd traveled north on the bosom
of the flood. Since then they have liter
ally burned their vessel In order to cut
olT pursuit.
The men drngffed light aledgea, three
to a aledffe, and four resting. The wom
en carried variou more precious burdens
delicate instrument, aurh a com
passes and aneroids. Iteneath the fur
cap throbbed some singular brains, from
under the draggled brim looked out aome
at range face. There waa a doctor among
them, two army officer, a judge and oth
a lnt farm tt cTfravnirnnCit waa I n .. .. . hi ....f i.lntv deeu ill
'Will you all go on? Keep the aw "J" . II "i iinil. ""'" .lu ul" "T '
direction, north by-west according to th. - UBV . - rw 3 rm"'d ot u ZU vet
compa... I .hall catch you up before recently burled her huaband In M-D,- ,ut.u a way to UU larg weU. yet
,vening.M 0,)0 c,ffln- Tb caaket waa made of t the weeds are t lu bund u'fol'e
He atood quite at 111, like a man hewn richly earvea mattogany, who aoim goto they become too large the aw i "-
out of atone upright, emotlonle ami trimming (a aingle anon coating i.
quite determined awaiting tne luinn- 7."0) and lined with allk which la aaid
ment of bla commands. All around nun I ... i.aT8 cont 75 cent an IikU.
The nlzajn of Hyderabad ha a aet of
false teeth for which he paid a Madraa
dentist 13,500 and IHxIe W. Thompaon, tue gg. are mon nearly rigid and
a wealthy rancher or Hani isaroara, pHnot i, olia. .dnpted to tue in-
Cal., not long ago apent s:i,750 on a eoualltv of the irrmind.
aaddle, which la of the flwat emboaaed I yor harrlna- awar the young corn,
hi companion waited. It almost seem
ed a If they expected the Almighty to
Interfere. Kven to those who hava tasted
the bittereat cup that life baa ever brew
ed, thl seemed too cruel to be true toe
horrid! And the wind blew all around
them, tearing, raging on.
At last one
it. It waa
factory in thla as well.
Wbeu corn I checked It I noi prac
ticable to plow aero tue OeiU wuu me
lUk if th- .ii.i, la ruu acroaa ine
rowa, It will be very lueonveuleut, aa
of the hog. The ataiichlon la the aame
aa for cowa, except the one you move
ahould not have a bolt through It, but
a notch cut In lower end to catch over
bolt When you are throufh rlnlnr.
e man had the courage to dc leather, heavily and moat elaborately I cuttlng the dirt a'r frolu anc 'r
he who had spoken to I'av- mounted with alUer. Henry O. Mar- i..i .,.. ......u-atlon. laying by,
I...LI . .k ,K- J J.i. I . . "l IU' - . ;
... i.mu u...u ... v. ,i,aii Mvmned ai.isio on a grana piano, i consider ,m .ii. vas
He wenl toward one of the .ledge, and MM nted ny 8ir u Alma. J
proceeded to dsentungle the trace thrown , , . .. lue "e'. but nre
L... . i.... i... i . Tndema and .tudded with precloua .yvereir i.cti ..hvu
IUJ. l.an a hair ha,l hn "" "" "'""" "
called. The men tep,-d .ilently forward "tnea. Jnn an IU-era ha a piano, a
and drew the cords across their shoulder miracle of painting, precious metal
The women moved away first, stepplnj and Jewels, which font him $30,0()0.
softly on the silent snow, and like phan-1 One of the most retnarkaole case of
turns vanishing in the mist and windy tur extravagance on record waa the In-
moii. 1 he men followed, dragging then
noiseless aleiljtes. The doctor stayed be
hind for a moment. When the other.
were out of earshot he went toward I'av
loski and laid his mittened band upon hit
arm
tly auierlor to
laud ha been
severely Hacked. a by hard rains, noth
ing. In my ot.lnion. will take tue piaco
of a four-shovel cultivator or tue i isi-
ed pattern, and they should not be lesa
than Ave Inches wide-
Box AND BTANCHtOX FOB RINOIXO.
dulglng by the Sultan of Turkey of a
chllil' whim. One day the Sultan
loosen stanchion. The hog will alwaya
step back, then lift out the loose
Htanchlim so he can go through. Sim
ply catch the Bug In stanchion to hold
him and then use the tongs. Have a
narrow shoot at rear end of box so you
Kattrnlnit ou f Vnultrr
In thn fi.ftniiliitf nf noultry for mar
found his small son In tear because, tet t ahvuvs a Vd I,luu t0 confine CHu- ,,rve hog Into It euslly. Furm
rhoniri tm.hn.l rieen ririitnlseo to ne I i... ...... ... .. ...ii mi.. rrt.rit in or- I " uiur.
" " - i nu uu ua iu uuue iuiai. 'i""-
niaile an admiral, be could not see his I .i... .i... i.un iIumh niiiv no
I W I IUIIL . UV7 ilflU at' - ,L . 1 . .
.... I ... i.t , , , I I ...... I.aI.,I.I .... . r.n.ll...il.. uh... ....m I . i i .. -I'll.. I -- - - -"
nergnis, ne said, witn pamtui nesi ""s o ...t.u.... -u.j ..v,... compllsh the best posliuJ rruu. . . ,,f ,n..t-
t.l.,n "l A.. I. I .... . Il lila nnn.nl nln.l...n TU Sultan I . .. . .... l la I
..-I .,1 " ..".-r.j " .......... ratten nu coon snouia eo un ia .,.oi.... i.. ..i.....i.... i.
promptly had the vessel 1 brought up and gllt ,, tIry nl)d the birds must for tlle fnrlI1 Merinos fd In a bunch.
will be easier."
lavioskl turned and looked at thr moored In front of the Doima-hairtcheh. 1 1,.... .n times. More
speaker in a atlipid, bewildered way, ai . the rlilhf. rrnt AMUt. Tn nr.l.r .. .. lu. LpiiI
if the language used were unknown tc h" "'"" k-V- i V -1! '. ule.l""' or. ' i'
him. Then he smiled suddenly. In a alck- cleHn' else U)e "w', " ' T
enlng way: it was like a cynical amilt "u" "-'ij r come aick and will not in sucu wum
upon the face of the dead.
"Go!" he aaid, pointing to windward
where their companion had disappeared.
io with them. I yet each one of us dc
hi duty. It will be a consolation, what
ever the end may be."
The doctor waa bound In honor to one
thla man In all and through all. H
down a newly constructed bridge,
which at the Sultan's bidding was done
at a cost of $5(X),(XX).
THE WORLD'S OLDEST CITY.
The
of
ers who had not been allowed time to be- obeyed now, and left Serglu I'avloskl
come anything, for they were exiled while alone with bia mad wife and hi. helplesi
students. babe. A he moved away he heard tht
The whole party pressed forward In il- woman prattling of the aun and th bird
lence with tight-locked lip. and half-clos- and the flowers.
ed eyes, for the rushing wind carried a I He turned his fare resolutely north
fine blinding .now before It. Only one ward and pressed forward into the icy
Uaiaaaraa Drra hy Baal
Tarana Still Rslats.
If you were auddenly asked to name
the oldest city In the world which 1
still In a flourishing condition, what
would be your answer?
In nine case out of ten, the person
to whom such a query might be pro-
while the large, openwool breeds scat
ter like cattle. For herding with cnttle,
the larger breeds are preferable, as
they do not spoil the grass, unless In
large iiumlters. For fence pastures,
used for sheep alone, the habits of the
niefluo favor close feeding. For weedy
ground sheep should be kept on scan
pasture. If there la plenty of sweet
grass they will not touch the weeds,
If grass is scarce" the weed
cropped low.
It Is a good policy to change the feed
of a nhnin frm.uantlir L'u,uw.l ull i.
may be placed w ith jntt orough space thg Dece fof ,
tlon take on flesh. Where there are
a number of fowls to fatten coops are
arranged on a wide itelf which form
the Iwittiim. then when It I to be
cleaned simply lift It up and set In an
other nlnce. leaving the shelf free to
cleno thoroughly. Any box of light
material will do for th fattening coop
with wire netting to within six Inches
of the bottom. Acrosi this space a bar
BansfM BardeM-4'aatta a Ma
King Edward, when Trlmv of Wales,
once said of tho Harotiesa Hurdett
Coutts, who latidy celebrated her U-J
birthday, "She Is, after my mother, the
most remarkable woman In the king
dom. Ills words become still more
true as the long life draw to Its gra
clous close. v
Her grandfather, Mr. Thomaa Coutts,
was an eccentric man and set the fam
ily an example of (tecullar marriages.
For bis first wife he chose ui brother'
housemaid, and for his second a beau
tiful actress. Iioth marriages were
happy ones, and on his death he left
hi Immense fortune to hi tecoud wife.
She had no children by him or by her
second husband, the Iuk of St. AI
bans; and on her death he passed
on her great wealth to her step grand
daughter, Angela Georgia, whose
sweetness and ability had wou the re
gard of the sensible duchess.
Th girl had not been brought up
as an heiress, and her plain Christian
education stood ber tn good atead In
her sudden change of circumstance.
When she found herself tn a day the
richest woman In England, she threw
herself not Into gaiety and display, but
Into Intelligent charity. She built aud
endowed St Stephen'a Church lu Lon
don, and put under Its wise care prl
mary and technical schools, workshops,
lecture courses, aud Instruction In cook
Ing and housekeeping years before oth
er recognized these needs.
A list of ber charities would cover from one of the two hundred listed
almost every effort for the Improve- manufacturers who hare put on the
ment of men, women and children. She market 3H) different styles of boxe.
has endowed bishoprics, built model approved by tho department. cohUiik
lodging house and markets, plantedi from fifty cents to four dollar, each.
and opened London churchyards as I 'atrou. of rurul routes will be pcr-
recreatlon grounds, sent a whole vll- niltted to construct their own boxes,
lage full of poverty-stricken people provided that In doing ao they conform
from Scotland to Australia, endowed a U t"e requirement of the department
reformatory for women, endowed a geo- as to size, durability, safety aiut pro
logical scholarship at Oxford, built up tectlon from tlie Inclemency of the
the Irish fisheries and other Industries, weather. In order to maintain tho
'
besides giving wise personal aid to government protection of the mall
thousands of the needy and suffering. placed In rural boxes the patron mtitit
She proved herself her grandfather's secure the npproval of the lowtmnster
own child by making In 1N.N! a mar- for tlie office which nerves the route.
Secretary Metcalf of the IVpartmeut
of Comuier.-e and Iibor ha order,
the coast survey to make an Investiga
tion to ascertalu whether there ha.
beeu any horizontal displacement of tl
earth', crust on the Pacific coast a. a
result of the earthquake of April IS
last This will U uecearr In order
to rectify existing charts and maim. In
India, after the earthquake of 18.7, re
vision of the trlangulatlon showed dif
ference In distance of 25 feet and 13
feet In height. I'rof. (huorl of Japan,
who I Investigating the effects of the
earthquake la San Francisco, say
that If accurate observations had been
taken of the smaller shock which have
followed the great shock. It would he
easy to predict when the earth would
again tremble. He predict that small
shocks will continue to invur for two
year, or more, but that there will not
be another great shock In that part of
tne country for fifty year.
Postmaster General Cortelyou ha
Issued an order rescinding the regula
tion under which patrons of rural mail
routes are comielled to purchase boxes)
person spoke at times. It wa the woman wind, but a muffled, gurgling shriek brok pounded would bark back to Egypt
Oreece, or Rome. He would be wrong.
The oldest city In the world la Damas
cus.
Tyre and Sldon have crumbled on
the shore; Ha a 1 bee la a ruin; Palmyra
Is buried In a desert ; Nineveh and
Babylon have dlsapieared from the
Tigris and the Euphrates. Damascus
remain what it was before the day
of Abraham a center of trade and
travel nn Isle of verdure In the des
ert; "a presidential capital," with mar
tlal and sacred associations extending
through thirty centuries.
It was near Damascus that Saul of
Tarsus saw the light above the bright
ties of the sun ; the street which Is
called Strait, In which It was said
"he prayed," still runs through the
city.
The-city which Mohammed surveyed
from a neighboring height and was
afraid to enter "lecause It was given
to man to have but one paradise, and
for his part he waa resolved not to
have It In thla world," la to-day what
Julian called the "Eye of the East" a
It wa In the time of Isaiah "the bead
of Syria."
From Damascus came the damson
our blue plums, and tlie delicious a prl
cot of Portugal called damasco; dam
ask, our beautiful fabric of cotton and
silk, with vine and flowers raised upon
a smooth, bright ground; the damask
rose introduced into England In the
time of Henry VIII; the Damascus
blade, ao famous the world over for
Its keen edge and wonderful elasticity
tlie secret of whose manufacture was
lost w hen Tamerlane carried the artist
Into Persia; and that beautiful art of
Inlaying wood and steel w itli gold and
silver, a kind of mosaic engraving and
sculpture united -lled damaskeening
witn wuicn boxes, bureaus, and
sword are ornamented.
who carried the baby, and ah Interlard
ed her Inconsequent remark. with
anatrhes ot song and bursts ot peculiar
cackling laughter. Suddenly aha mat
down on a boulder.
"I will alt here," she said, "in the
warm aun.
The whole party stopped, and one of
the women answered:
I ome, Anna, ahe said, "we cannot
wait here." Still speaking, she took ber
arm and urged her to rise.
"Hut," protested she who had been ad
dressed aa Anna, "where Is the picnic to
be?"
i ne picnir, Anna i'avloskl, ' said a
small, squarely built man, coming for
ward and speaking In a wonderfully deep
and hnrmoulous tone of voii-e, "is to lie
held further on. Vou must come at
OIK.
"I think," she anld gently, "that I will
wait here for my husband. I expert him
home from the oflii-e. He will bring the
newspnper.
They were all grouped round the worn
an now except one man, and he atood
apart with his hack turned toward them.
lie had been dragging the foremost .ledge,
and the broad band of the trace wa. atill
across hi. shoulders. He had been lead
Ing the way, and seemed in some .ubtle
manner to be recognized as chief and
pioneer.
Again the woman who had first spoken
persuaded; again the broad ahouldered
man apok In his commanding gentleness.
It waa, however, of no avail. Then after
a few moment of painful heltatlon, he
left the group and went to where the
leader atood alone,
"l'svlo-kl," he aaid.
'. doctor. He never turned his
bead, but stood rigid and stern, looking
straight before him, scowling with eyes
from which the horror now would never
fade. Into the gray, hopeless distance. No
marble statue could reproduce the strong,
cold despair tuat breathed in every limb
and feature.
"Something, aaid the doctor, "must be
done. We are behind our time alreadv."
"I suppose It la my duty to stay witb
you7 said I'avloskl. "I cannot leave
th party? I cannot stay behind?"
1 he little man made no answer. Hi
silem-e was more eloquent than any
word could have beeu. A dramatic
painter could acarrely have found a (ad
der picture than these two friend who
dared not to meet each other'a eye. And
yet. In a moment, it wa rendered infi
nitely sadder by the advent of a third
leron.
Swathed as she wa. In furs. It wa.
difficult to distinguish th.it thi was a
woman at all, and yet to a rlose observer
her movements, the manner in which she
set her feet upon th ground, the augge.
tion of gra.vful curve. In limb and form,
letrayed that she was indeed a young
girl. Iler face confirmed it guy t,t..
eyes and a rosebud ino.it h. round cheeks
delicately tinted doiplt the wild wind,
and little ii of golden hair .tragcling
nut beneath the ear flaps, and (learning
gainst the dusky face.
"I," said this liitle woman, "will stay
with her. Sergius, I n ill try and take
ber bark. We will give ourselves up. Jt
iln's not matter. N :,. that Hans is dead.
I have nmliiug to live fur. I have no
husband."
The little doctor winced. He was not
a nihilist at all, and never had lvn; but
in personal ap.ern.- h. had resembled
one. There was something horribly real
In tha words that came from the girl's
rosy p. Sergius I'avloskl shimk his
head and moved a step or two toward
the group half bidden by a fine driving
snow.
"X" he answered. "W arranged It
tiefor leaving Iondm. There la-on'y
ne thing to be done."
Tb doctor aod the girl exchanged a
down his strong resolution. Without
atopping, he glanced back over his shout
der with a gasp ot horror. Sergiu. I'av
loskl waa kneeling with hi back to th
north ; but he wa Dot kneeling on the
now, for the doctor saw two fur-clad
arm waving convulsively, and between
the sole of I'avloskl' great snow boots
he rsught sight of two other feet drawn
up In agony.
"Oh, God!" exclaimed the man, aloud
"forgive him !"
And with bloodshot eye and haggard
lips he stumbled on, not heeding where
he aet hi feet. He fell, and, rose again
scarce knowing what he did. Despite the
freezing wind, the perspiration ran down
hi face, blinding him. It froze and hung
there in little icicle on bia mustache and
beard
And In the agony of his strong mind
hi brain lost all power of concentration
Ilia lips continued to frame those four
words over and over again until they be
came bereft of all meaning and lapsed
into a mere rhythmic refrain, keeping
time with th awiug of bis sturdy legs.
(To be continued.) -
OLD MAIDS AS MOTHERS.
Most Splaalrra IHaplas- Pareatallam
Waea la C ksrit af klldrea.
A woman may not lie exiiecially de
voted to children, or feel any acute de
sire to poHsesH them, and yet, nine
times out of ten. If she has to take some
small boy or girl shopping or walking,
she will, half unconsciously, lieglu play
ing mother.
There are certain ways of pulling
down little skirts and settling caps that
are distinctly parental and ihishcnhI ve,
a manner of graxping small hands and
answering shrill question that pro
claim to all the world, "This Is my Jew
el." Few parent can avoid a trace of
cir-coiiHclMi pride when treating the
community to a sight of their offspring.
Hut let a spinster take a small relative
In charge, and she will out tlier the
most ileinoiiNtrative mother of them all
In her airs and gesture.
Her "lear" Is a masterpiece of Indul
gent pnrentnllsm, and If the unnppre-
dative youngster shouts out, "Aunty,"
a look of sharp mortification come
across her face. She buys little hoe
and socks w ith an air of mature delib
eration teni?red by a half biiiii.ir.uii
tenderness, and the clerk. If she knows
her business, asks questions about the
iige and size and smiles sympathetically
over tlie small garments.
A woman may restrain herself from
obviously making believe in the strict.
but lfore a coiinterful of frilled cups
or Dtltchy little tnnihcra nhe Is a moral
cward and cannot resist the alluring
ii in tit U of motherhood. She may love
her Hiltisterlnxd a ml enlg In her free-
loin, but down Is'tieuth the eternal fem
inine Is awake and clamoring for it
birthright. Chicago Tribune.
.Not Incoaslateaf.
Nell Vou don't menu to sny you're.
going to marry hi in 7
P.elle-- Ves.
Nell Tlie Idea! Why, you said yon
wouldn't marry hliu If he were tlie last
man on enrth.
Pell- (snapplly) Well, my graclou"!
he Isu't Is be?
Her Sareaatle laageiiloa,
"Mr. Slopay," said the landlady, "f
am astonished that a man like von
should live In such an Inexpensive
apartment. I should think that with
your financial status you could take a
more elegant
hyr-really, Mrs. rtentham."
stammered tne lodger, "you must know-
that I am not able "
les, I know you re not Vou never
pay your rent anyhow, so why don't
yon get a plenty while you're getting
It?"
And she sailed majestically forth.
I leveland Leader.
!aar.
"I don't feel like myself today."
'I.et me congratulate you." Cleve
land Leader.
Oar na Joaa Pallia.
j. .tin rump fi.usa, the conductor
has lw-en g.ijtette.l "olu.-er de I'ltistme.
"on pu pie or r ran.-e. This dlstlnc
..i.u ... .. ...
f'" wusn tne golden palms
mm ros.-iie or tne trench Academy
He Is the only American who has
colved this decoration. He Is also a
nicmlwr of the Koynl Victorian Order
of England, having tNsn d.vorated by
his majesty five years
wit,
Pater Tan you sii,rt niy oVinghter
l.i the style to which she Is a.rus
tomed. without having to borrow mon
ey and getting In debt all the time?
Suitor Yew. ir.
pater Then take her. If.
I Hivif yuan
no do. Cleveland Leader.
s.
betw een It and the wire netting o tbnt
the hen can get her lead out to feed.
A narrow trough ilwuld be kept In
front of the coop aod be filled with a
variety of grain lnelxturu so that th
fowl may help V' when It desires.
These coop are Vy Inexpensive, easy
' -f
TUB rATTE.MMQ COOP.
to make and will prove very economi
cal. The Illustration sbowa the Iden
very plainly. Indianapolis New.
become tired of one variety of food.
The hay may be varied wltb corn-fod
der, or even straw occasionally. The
grain should by all means tie varied
rlth roots, oil cake, bran, etc. Thla
method of feeding stimulate their ap
petite and keep sheep from "getting off
their feed." Sheep often go a long
time without drinking, especially If In
goon pasture, auu wneu tne Cowa are so
heavy that they can fill up with wet
gruss In the morning. Put when they
do want to drink, water Is ns necessary
to their bealtli aud comfort as to that
of other animals.
Tomatoes aad Mlrate.
One hundred pounds to the acre of
nitrate of soda applied to the tomato
crop when the fruit is beginning to set
will largely Increase tlie yield aud has
ten tlie time of rljieiiliig. Spread the
nitrate broadcast or between the row
Just before a shower, and then cultivate
It Into the soil. One quarter of
ounce to a plant Is about right In small
gardens. Kxperliuenta at the New Jer
sey station have shown that nitrate
Valaa at a natter Tow,
The value of i cow considered as an
Investment waiiatelv figured out by II
l . Ouerler, th Illinois expert Start
ing w ith a poor cow. one that produced applied about the middle of June had
2X) pounds of butter a year, be reckons a much greater effect on the crop than
tne rood cost at M) and tho labor at the same amount antdled earlier lu the
$12. TsO, while the butter Is worth only season. A dressing of 100 pounds per
, or less thaa the market value of acre Increased the crop one-third above
the food consumed. The fancy butter that of a plot not ao treated. Nitrate
cow produces 400 pounds of butter per of aoda la a very quick working fertl
year, and on the same basl of reck- Her. It produces rank, dark green fo
oning nets her owner Interest on $X), llage, which obstinately reilst the at-
nesidea paying fur the food and labor, tacks of Insects and of mildew. We
The price of butter In both case Is have found nitrate excellent also to
reckoned at 20 cents. The fancy cow produce early asparagus, but care must
consumed somewhat more food than be taken not to apply too much.
the other, but the difference was more
than offset by the increased amount of
kimmllk. According to Mr. Ouerler.
the fancy cow Is better worth 4X) than
tue ordinary cow taken as a gift
" f Ma I, lea Batter.
in a recent reiw,rt published by the
lowa state dairy commissioner, the av
erage cost of producing one pound of
butter Is given as follows:
In the creamer, that makes 40.000
poutiits of butter a year. It costs 4 cents
io mage one ix.und of butter, and lu a
creamery producing- .VM po'il It
costs 8.4 cents to make one pound ;
wune in creameries making l.Vi.ooO
pounds er year It costs only 1.S3
Cents. In Soma rf i.a irerv liirirp con.
n,r ..... ...... - --
tral plants, that are nr.ducltig over
Itio.fMi pound of butter tier year. It
costs 1.4 cents p,.r pound. These fig-
Method for Teat Ins KK.
A simple method for testing eggs.
which comes from Germany, Is based
upon the fact that the air chamber la
the flat end of an egg Increases with
age. If the egg Is placed in a solution
of common salt It will show an Increas
ing Inclination to float with the long
axis vertical. Hy watching this tend
ency the age of the egg cun be deter
mined almost to a day. A fresh egg
lie In a horizontal txwiitloii at the bot
tom of the vessel ; an egg from three to
five days old show an elevatlou at th
flat end, so that Its long ail forms an
angle of 20 degrees, and an egg a
month old float vertically upon the
pointed end.
Waea to Itoek I.amba.
The docking of lambs should take
place when they are 2 or 3 day old.
tires clearly show that th- larger the or course, It may be done later, but the
creamery the cl,am-r butter can be '"J111" resulting Is less at the age
. . 1 m n ...... I I...... Il-l J. . .
........ni mini III n I. ueu UOCKing 1
deferred until the lambs are several
week old bleeding Is usually profuse.
In some Instances It will cause the
death of the lambs unless It Is stayed.
The flow of blood may be chocked by
tying a cord tlalitly around the adher
ing portion of the tail, and better still
by searing the wound with a hot Iron.
manufactured, and they also show that
i takes aiKiut 4ii cows, tributary to
one factory. U'fur. a profitable cream
ery business can l( .staijitbed.
farm oe.
A man make a mistake when he de
pends on a scrub bull to head hi herd
of cow s.
If you want to make the strawstack
s-nefit the cow. i,t aiine of It under
uer for bedding.
Waale I. aad la tors Klrlda.
Most corn growers plant more acre
to corn than they harvest Investiga-
It Is claimed that although the con- tlon has shown that there are twenty
ditloti of f i mm ami climate in Japan
ffers no serious obstacles to sheep
farming, there were In 1W1 o11'
beep In that country.
At a recent public ile of mule teams
nd other farm stork in Hancock coun
ty, Indiana, the mule averaged I -US a
sunn. This was the average price set
five acres and often a much larger area
of Idle land In every corn field of ll)
acp". This Idle land results from the
failure of seed here and there through
out the field to grow. It Is cultivated
Just the same as If It were projwrly en
gaged. The farmer, therefore, wastes
lalsir and lose the ne of the land.
I.w .... v... . , .. k. I vvliMra a larire screafla of corn la i...
, i'J .ri.rr inetnaulrea. 1 It' ir-n it- - - - - - - ' -
and paint on the box the words "Ap
proved by the Postmaster General."
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson an-
tiouiH-es his purpose to enforce thor
oughly tlie new meat Inspection law,
aud suld he would go personally to Chi
cago to organize the Inspection force
himself to the noble charltle of her In that city. He said every packing
devising. He ha been a member of house would have to satisfy hlui before
'arllament alnce 1XS3, and Is a man lie would pas It as sanitary, and that
whose opinion command respect there the civil service commissions already
nd elsewhere. had a numlier of Inxpectors selected.
The whole long life of the baroness Supervision and Inspection would lie
rlage which set all Kngland ngug. She
was then 07 years old, and she married
an American gentleman of 30. The
marriage seems to have 1hoii a roman
tic one on both sides. He had tunde
her acquaintance In the course of ad
ministering the Turkish relief fund.
nd after their marriage he devoted
has been one of wise and unselfish de
votion to good works, and a constant
testimony to the glorious possibilities
In the hand of a rich woman who la
extended "from the pasture to the
package," and the government stamp
uiton the can would be a "guarantee,
not only of the healthfulness of the
filled with tlie true Christian spirit, animal, but also that the product waa
prepared In sanitary surroundings ami
with the addition of no deleterious
chemical or preservative."
By direction of President Roosevelt
orders have been Issued that violation
of the eight-hour law by contractors on
public building shall lie rejHrtxl by
A ton of coal produces nearly ten army ami uavy officers or other gov-
and find It more blessed to give than
to get
thousand cubic feet of gas.
St Petersburg la to have a school of
agriculture for women only.
The first lighthouses bad fires of
wood and coal kindled on top of them.
eminent o Ulcers detailed to take charge
of auch buildings. These report will
be turned over to the Department of
Justice, that prosecutions may follow.
Labor organizations have reorteit
many violations of the law to the Pre-
The smallest bone In the human body hdent, who had Commissioner of Labor
Nelll Investigate them. He found the)
law being freely violated, and It wa
decided to get the co-oieratlon of tb
army and navy officer to check the
practice.
Is to be found within the drum of the
ear.
The small steel screw used In watch
making are worth six times Uiel
weight in gold
"Hoch der Kaiser" for be is now a
grandfather at forty-seven. It Is rap
Idly becoming the style for great men
lo be grandfather before they are
fifty, according to the Springfield He-
publican. Mr. Bryan is a grandfather,
and be la only forty-six. Mr. lioosevelt
I forty-eight and has, bis chances of
arriving In the grandfather list before
1.1s fiftieth birthday. Yet many eopIe
atill look upon all three ns young men
who have but lately blossomed out In
the world'a affairs.
Lord Kelvin baa recently celebrated
tla birthday. Though one of the most
eminent of the world' scientists, Ixird
Kelvin has a most modest view of bla
own attainments. He once walked In
cognlto through some electrical worka.
and asked a workman the simple ques
tion, "What I electricity?" "I am sure
don't know, sir," the man replied
Well, I don't either." said Ixird Kel
vln. He said the other day that,
though be had studied bard through
fifty year of experimental Investiga
tion, he could not help feeling that he
really knew no more than be knew
when be first began.
It I rather Interesting to know that
large number of button supKsedly
made of born or bone or some such sub
stance are In reality made out of the
common potato, which, when treated
with certain acids, become almost as
bard as stone. This quality of the po
tato adapts It to button making, and a
ery good grade of button la now made
from thla tuber. The potato button
cannot be distinguished from ' others
save by a careful examination, and
even then only by an expert, alnce they
are colored to suit the goods on which
they are to lie used, and are every whit
as good looking a a button of bone or
vory.
The monkey ts catching up. He Is
climbing the evolutionary ladder with
n agility to 1 expected of one of bis
rlxireal habits. There Is a spider
monkey in Itreslau, Germany, which
has been operated on for cataract and
now wears glares. For more than a
ear after It wai received nt the "zoo"
It was very healthy ami lively; then It
lecame very quiet, ceased to plHy, and
crouched in a corner. It was examined
nd found to be suffering from cata-
act, so It was Immediately taken to the
ye hospital and ocrated on. In less
han a month It was fitted with a pair
f spectacles, which It wear with be
coming gravity.
When a wife admits ahe ha a mis-
Iclon, how all the other women beevtn
Interested t
.Many a firm has failed because
It
A surplus of $2(l,lS7.ir.O Is shown by
the Treasury Iepartment's statement
of the government's financial transac
tions during the fiscal year ending
June 30. The receipts were $o!eJ,r!l.
714, being $.1.4!s),HT3 more than In the
prior year. The Increase! Is lu custom
and Internal revenues. The expendi
ture for army, navy, pensions, Interest,
civil and miscellaneous were compara
tively lower than during 1004-05, tut
were more than offset by the Increased
expenditures of f23.B04.180 for public
works. Including the Panama canal dis
bursement The big $100,0(10 Itf-lncta gun. with a
range of twenty-one miles, which wa
made by thl government, has been dis
carded. It bating been found that, with
the power of smokeless jiowder now In
use, It would not stand the strain of
fire and consequently would 1ms more
dangerous to those w ho fired It tban to
the enemy.
In making a promotion In the naval
bureau of supplies and accounts, Secre
tary Bonaparte refused to appoint a
man who had been passed over a wom
an, who bad a higher official record.
The woman, Miss F. O. Thomaa, got
the place. ,
The capital of Alaska waa ch.
from Sitka to Juneau. Thursday whn
Got. Hoggatt rented room at the court
miiidings at Juneau for an office. The,
Attorney General decided that this mi.
tlon effected the change.
At the War Department Thtirsdar It
was announced that Secretary Taft had
granted iermlt to three companies to
withdraw from the Niagara Itlver wa
ter for power. It permits the Niagara
Lockport and Ontario Coint.anr to i,.
port from Canada the equivalent of
2.-.000 horse power from the Ontario
Power Company of Canada, and a Ilk.
amount by tlie Niagara Power Company
'in ii. Canadian
same name.
company of tha
A statement Issued hy the Depart-
ment of Coimner.i. an, I t
. ...... ,,in! I.HJH mo
orelgn commen-e of the I'nite.1 v...-
In the fiscal year Just ended aggregate.1
2 I70.o.a,rs-,. ,f th trade with Port.,
tlM - t 1 .. .
v.. a.... iiawaii, widen wa Included
n our Mrelgn ooramerc. pror to tlnHr
innexatlon, were added, tha t-.i.i
would materially exceed $.1,Ofa),ooo ok,
llotn Import ml export excee.1
of any earlier year. The total Import
were I1.2241Xm5.00O ami ... a.
Ing pta.-ed tn the ring to ll J"t t,,e S",8t lota la aa important J
a ,1 . . I Hum I
44,0O0,OW,
uii lu.t m ot. .1 . i
a wrio-
wasu't flmu.