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Cy ANTHONY MOPE
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he find." Francis liacon.
f 1 II A IT 1 : 1 t X 1 1 1 . ( r on 1 1 n u ed . )
"How a ho wounded?" I aked. "Tell
me what the Colonel did to bim, and be
short."
"Y
Ir. The Colonel told Mr.
Carr wa to be k'it at tli nn.ii over
niKht; wasn't to leave It alive, sir, he
iid. UVII, up to yesterday It wu all
right and pleasant. Mr. Carr wasn't
very well, and the dsc the Colonel give
him didn't see in to mnke bim any better
quite the contrary. Rut yesterday after
noon he jot ram on ircou would tn. in-
how, III ,,r well ! So he got up and dress
ed. We'd tiiken all his weapon from
him, air, and when he came down dress
ed, and asked for hi horse, w told bim
he couldn't ro. Well, he just aaid. 'tet
out of the luht, I tell you,' and began
walking toward the hull door. I don't
mind any lug we were rather put about,
air. We didn't car to ahoot him aa he
stood, and It' my belief we'd have let
him piss; but Just aa he was going out,
In coinea the Colonel. 'Hullo, what's this,
Johnny r s.iy he. 'You've got some
heme on.' siid Carr. 'I believe you've
leen drugging me. (hit of the way. Me
re2or. or I'll brain you.' 'Where are
ou going r a:iya the Colonel. 'To Whit
tinvhum, to the President's,' aaid he.
'Not today,' any the Colonel. 'Come,
ie reasonable, Johnny. You II be all right
to-morrow.' 'Colonel M.Oregor, any
he, Tin unarmed, and you've got a re
volver. You can ahoot nie if you like, but
unless you do, I'm going out. You've
been playing aome dodge on me. and you
shall pay for it.' With that he ruahed
straight at the Colonel. The Colonel, he
stepped on one aide and let bim pas.
Then he went after him to the door, wait-
ed till he wa about fifteen yard off, then
up with bia revolver, as cool aa yon like,
and aliot him clean aa a sixpence in the
right leg. I town ciime Mr. Carr; be lay
there a minute or two, and then he faint
ed. Tick him up, dress hi wound, and
put him to bed,' aaya the Colonel. Well,
air, it was only a flesh wound, ao we aoon
got him comfortable, and there be luy all
uiitm.
"How did he get away to-diy?"
"We were all out, air went over to
Mr. Carr'a place to borrow his horses.
Well, when we'd got the horses, we rode
round outside the. town, and came Into
the road between here and the Colonel'.
Ten horse we'd got, and we went there
to give the ten men who were patrolling
the road the fresh horse. We heard from
thein that no one had come along. When
we got home, he'd been gone two hour!"
"How did he manage it?"
"A woman, air," aaid my warrior, with
supreme disgust. "(Jave her ten dollar
to undo the front door, and then he wa
off! . He daren't go to the stables to get
a horse, o he wa forced to limp away
on hi game leg. A plucky one he 1.
too," he concluded.
"I'oor old Johnny," nld I. "You
didn't go afier him?"
"No time, air. Couldn't tire the horse.
Itesidea. when he'd onee got home, he'
got a dosen men there, and they'd have
sept us all night. Well, air, I must be
off. Any answer for the Colonel? He'll
be outside the Golden House by eleven
sir, and Mr. Carr won't get In If he
comes alter that.
"Tell him to rely on me." I answer,!
Rut for all that I didn't mean to shoot
Johnny on light.
So, much perturbed In plrit, I act oft
10 lite barracks, wondering when Johnnv
would get to Whlttingham, and whether
he would fall Into the Colonel's bands
outside the (iolilen House, It struck me
a unpleasantly probable that he might
come and apoil the harmony of my even
ing, ii ne came mere lirst. the conspiracy
would probably lose my aid at an early
1. 1. .in, in. uai would happen to me I
uidn t know. Hut, as I took off my coat
In the lobby, 1 bent down a if to tie a
shoestring, and had one more look at my
irt ui vrr
The room waa thick with amoke. Me
chanically I ej tn chorus, straining ev
ery m-rve to hear a sound from outside.
I wa growing diizy with the movement,
and. overwrought with the atrain on my
nerve, I knew a few minute more would
be the limit of endurance, when at laat I
heard a loud shout and tumult of voices.
"What's that?" exclaimed the .Major,
In thick tone, pausing aa he apoke.
I dropped bis bund, and seising my re
volver, aaid :
"Some row In barrack. Major. Let
'em alone."
I must g o," he ald. "Character Au
reataland army at take."
"Set a thief to catch a thief, eh, Ma
jor?" said I.
"What do you mean, sir?" he stut
tered. "Let nie go."
"If you move. I ahoot. Major," said I.
bringing out my weapon. I never saw
greater astonishment on human counte
nance. He cried :
"HI, stop him he's mad he's going
to hoot !"
A about of laughter rose from the crew
around u, for they felt exquisite appre
ciation of my supposed Joke.
"Might you are, Martin," cried one.
"Keep him quiet. We won't go home
till morning!"
The Major turned to the window. It
waa a moonlight night, and as I looked
with bim I aaw the courtyard full of sol
dier. Who was in command? The an
swer to that meant much to me. The
sight somewhat sobered the Major.
"A mutiny!" be cried. "The soldiers
have risen I"
"(So to bed," said the Junior ensign.
I-ook out of window !" he cried.
They all staggered to the window. As
the aoldicra saw them, they raised a about.
I could not distinguish whether It was a
greeting or a threat. They took It as the
lutter, and turned to the door.
"Stop!" I cried; "I ahoot the first man
who ojm-ii the door."
In wonder they turned on me. I atood
.... .ii mew, revolver in nana. I Hey
milieu iiiiuilied together for an Instant,
then made a rush' at me; I fired, but
missed. I had a vision of a poised gob
let ; a second Inter, the missile caught me
In the chest, and hurled me bark against
the wall As I fell I dropped my wenpon,
and they were upon me. I thought it wa
an over; nut as they surged round, in
the madness of anger. I. looking through
uieir ranks, aaw the door ojien and a
crowd of men rush in. Who was at their
head? It wa the Calanel, and his voice
rose high aliove the tumult:
"Order, gentlemen, order." Then to
hi men he added :
"Each mark your man, and two of you
bring Mr. Martin here."
,1 was saved. To explain how, I must
explain what hnd been happening at the
(Jolden House, and how the night attack
had fared.
and murdered my beat friend. Well, we
mustn't use bard names,' be went on la
a gentler tone. I give in,' and. throwing
down his weapon, be asked, 'Hsve you
quite killed Carr?'
"'I don't know.' said the Colonel. Ira-
plying plainly that he did not care, either.
"'I suppose It ws you that shot aim?
I "The Colonel nodik-d.
"The President jrawued and looked at
hi watch.
1 "'As 1 hare no part In to-night's per
formsnce,' said be. 'I presume I am at
I lilierty.to go to bed?'
"'My men must stay here, and you
must leave the door ojien.'
"'I have no objection,' aaid the President.
I " 'Two of rou atav In this room. Two
of you keep watch In the veranda, one at
this window, the other st the De.irooin
window. I shall put three more sentries
outside. Oenersl Whittingham Is nt to
lesve this room. If you hear or see any
thing going on In there, go in and put
him under restraint. Otherwise treat hiui
with respect.'
u ... - ,..iti..i i.i
I man you ror your cinin, ' . - --.-- .,., ...mvlnir
the Pre.ident. 'also for the compliment "" ''arms. ...j the scco. !"
Implied In these precaution. Is It over sketch allows a gwform. Tl frame
this matter of the debt that your patriot- oi trap is two lneJ b) four
Ism baa drawn you Into revolt T D. I), and 1)., i,,,,,, and bolted at
"'I see no use In discussing publle af- corners as shown ;uui "Kht. ',oot to
rn Irs at this moment,' the Colonel re- nonr. Also ai,i.'l,,.i top boards are
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fflEEHMfe
m f (
'ws. rr t.M'
ltLi. Has
A ringing trap rj. M Is a necessity
plied. 'And my presence is required else- MtUy UuUl , T t edi;e of the
where. I regret that I cannot relieve f g rrate
you of the presence of these men, but I " " ' e' " " 71 1 ma-"' rowtUsl
do not feel I should be Justified in accept- fr',,U "UM "r.l n,,01t,htoi;i
Ing your parole.' ' Kr eud -UkI with slide ( 0,r
Th PrUunt ti not seem to be an- to raise Ul) us ln,ll.ted by dotted HUB
Front end ba 1 l"r' AA' umiie
irtred at this Insult,
"'I have not offered It,' he said slm- of two thick, str4if board 011 Inside
ply. "It is oetter you annum taae your cross cleats at toil Hid
own measures. Need I detain you. Colo- j0IM.j at i,,,,, ' bj
neir
"The Colonel did not answer him, but
turned to me and said:
" 'Signorlna Nugent, we wait only for
you, and time Is precious.'
"Looking up, I saw a smile on the
President's face. As I rose reluctantly,
he also got up from the chair into which
he had flung himself, and stopped me with
a gesture. I was terribly afraid that he
was going to say something hard to me,
but his voice only expressed a sort of
amused pity.
bottom. A. A,
,(,,.,,. bv two aironji
binges to frame il ind held up when
III use by the Iron 'damp t t?lisT Plac
ed down over ton of door ana rruine,
I). Doer bus a ceutral oiienlnn H. be
low which are rcTerl bolt ""lea, tor
faateuliii- an Iron lever, C. The top of
door also has wldt rleat. K, bolted at
one end with block behind to bold
It out from door, aotbe other end win
form a guide for leter C, which, when
pulled forward, t.artlally cloxea open
'The money, was It. Signorlna ? he nn'1 nrmly buius nog. wuu urm.
said. 'Young people and beautiful neoule I through the otienlnr. Lever L, la ran.
hould not be mercenary. Poor child, you tened while In use br a spike nnu in
had better have atood by me.' sorted as shown. In one of several boles
I answered bim nothing, but went out bored through sl,l cleat and door at
with the Colonel, leaving him seated
srv'n In the chair, surveying with some
apparent amusement the two threatening
sentries who stood at the door. The
Colonel hurried nie out of the house, say
ing:
"We must ride to the barracks. If the
news gets there before us, they may cut
up rough, lou go Home, lour work I
done,
"So they mounted and rode away, leav
ing me In the road. 1 here were no aigns
of any struggle, except the door hanging
loose on Its binges, and a drop or two
of blood on the steps where they had
shot poor Johnny Carr. I went straight
home, and what happened in the next
few hour at the Uoldcn House I don't
know, and, knowing how I left the Presi
dent, I cannot explain. I went home,
and cried till I thought my heart would
break."
(To be continued.)
WITH UNCLE 8AM FIFTY YEARS.
Z. Opening H u twelve Indies long and
tm .-
CH.UTKU XIV.
1 tl
1 sunn never torget that supjter a long
n . ...isioereu merely a a oela
gathering It would be memorable enough
,ui m-vvr iH-iore or since sat at
wun ten such queer customer
110115 or that evening. The omwr, of
meat
a my
tlio Aureatalnnd army
lot
were a verv mLi
ot-two or three Spanish Americans,
three or four Ilraiiliana. and the balance
.... r,c, , , tI1e ,,pe of their country
men am lunar '
" " ""'re wa an
honest man among them be sedulously
" line 10 instinct ion. AH this
might have passed from my memory, or
"' " ""ouiieu tianiiny with mv
general Impression of Allre.iml ..,.1 . k
the peculiar position in which I i,td
... ,,,,,, ,,,, a,.,jvj, f
' .' "'is naiKl ot careles,
reveler. I sat vigilant, resiles, nnd Im
, , soner, collected
and alert to my very fu.,.r til j
lously watched tli. ir U-aring
s on. 1 eel them on to ,.-nk of .e I'res-
" " " '" '" 1 eiiciied ..p,.n ninr
lours at.,1 covert threats nt bis base .
ivriitllii.l.i t ,x . 1
" " "r " sup)rt hi.
for six months, and were ripe rr
I" l., ?:r "'
" v.Munei a 11, 1 begin th
... . .. ... ui. own account; onv mv
Inability to produce ts fore their eve an.
rmiim'iita nt il. ..... .1. . . '
" ",r ,U,'J would 1 steu
to restrained me. u
Kleven o'cl.H'k had come and gone. The
Senior taptain had promised the Pre.l
... ... . ur u, 11 wa revlved In en
. .a. me nty man who h.
ored it by rising from hi seat
Tl. t. I... .. 1 . . '
.... .. .jr uo propoea the army, and
they had responded to their noble selves
A young man of weak expression and
quavering leg had proposed. "The com
merce of Aurentaland," coupled with the
....... o. .r. jonn .Martin. In laudatory
but Incoherent term, and I wa. on tot
leg. replying. Oh. that .peech of mine !
ror Qiacursivene, for repetition, for
"IMT itm.iiij, 1 auppow. it ha never
been equaled. I droned steadily away
a I went on the audience paid less ami
less attention. It was past twelve. The
well of my eloquence was running drier
and drier, and yet no sound outilde! I
wondered how long they would stsnd It
ami how long I could stsnd It. At 12:13
I began my peroration. Hardly had I
don so, w hen one of the young men start
ed In a gentle voice a ditty. One by one
they took It up, till the rising tide of
voice drowned my fervent periods. Per
force I topped. They were all on their
feet now. Hid they mean to break up?
In despair at the Idea I lifted op my
voice, loud and dlitinct, la a verse of th
composition, and seising my neighbor's
hand began to more slowly round the
table. The move waa successful. Each
man followed suit, and the whole party,
kicking back their ohalra, revolved with
lurching atepa,
CIIAITKH XV.
It 1 a sad necessity that compels ns
to pry Into the weaknesses of our fellow
creatures, and see to turn them to our
own profit. I am not philosopher enough
to ay whether this course of conduct
derives any Justification from its univer
sality, but In the region of practice I have
never hesitated to place myself on a
moral level with those with whom I had
to deal. I felt, therefore, very little
scrupie in mnsing use of the one weak
pot discoverable in the defence of our
redoubtable opponent, hi excellency the
PrcMident of Aureatalnnd. '
The President bad no cause to .,,
a trap; therefore, like a sensible man
ho chose to ind the evening with the
Signorlna rather than with his gallant
oilicers. It apiiear that at a few min
ute past eleven o'clock, when the Pre.i
dent wa peacefully listening to the con
versation of hi fair guest (whom he had
galvanized Into an afiected Uvellnes by
alarming remark on her apparent pre
occupation), there fell u,K,n his ear the
sound of a loud knocking at th. .....-
Pinner had been served, and the Presi
dent could not command a view of the
knocker without going out on to the ve
randa, which ran all round th.
nnd walking round to the front. When
the kgock waa heard, the Siguoriua start
ed up.
"Hon't disturb yourself, nrsv " .t.t 1,1.
excellency politely. "I gava g.H.oi, ..
ructions that I wa visible to no one
this evening. Hut I was won.lerln h.i.
er it could lie Johnny Carr. I want to
spens to in in Tor a moment, and I'll just
go round outside and aee if it is."
A be spoke a tap was heard at the
door.
"Yes?" aaid the President.
"Mr. Carr Is nt the door and particu
larly wants to see your excellency. An
urgent matter, be an vs."
"Tell bim I'll come round and speak to
.... umii mo veranua," replied the Presi
dent. lie turned to the window, and threw It
open to step t. lA., me tPn what fo
lowed in the Signorinn's word.
"Just then we heard a sound of a num
ber of horse galloping up. The Presi
dent stopped, and said :
" 'Hullo, what' up?'
"Then there wa a shout n,l . n.
of shots, ami I beard th. Colonel', voice
cry : lTI
"Iown with your arm: down t
or you're dead men !' '
The President took out hi revolver,
went back to the window, passed through
it. and without a w..r,l .1;..... a ,
could not hear even the sound of his feet
on the veranda.
"I heard one more shot then a rush
of men to the door, and the Colonel burt
.i n """St ""l rrn,vr and,
and followed by ten or a doien men.
..uV" h'm' t"rifld. and cried:
". is anyone Hurt?
He took no notice, but a.ked hastily,
"here I he?'
H : pointed to the veranda, and gasped:
He went out there.' Then t . a
to one of the men and said again :
is snyon hurt?"
"'Only Mr. Csrr.' h. nlll -rv.
rest of n were a precioue sight too care
ful of themselves.'
'And Is he killed?
" 'Hon't think he's dead, miss,' he said,
nut he s hnrt bsdly.'
As I turned srain. I tw. r .
dent standing quite calmly In the wlni
dow. When th Polon.l vi .
raised his revolver and ssld :
"'Do you yield. Oenersl UT.ltui.. .
We are twelve to one.'
"As he spoke, every man covered the
President with his aim. Th. I.tt.. ..I
facing the twelve revolvers, his own wea
pon hanging hv., n hl. wn h
Then, smiling, he said a little bitterly:
'Heroics are not la my line. McO-
or. I suppose this is a popular rising--.
that la t say, yoa have bribed the men
C'apt. ('haanray Has Ileen K.mploye
of t'onatreae for Half av f'entary.
There Is now on the bonne rolls a
mnn who lins been here for fifty years.
He Is Captain John T. Chnuncey, nnd
lie Is a sort of general foreman of the
pages, doorkeepers and other employes
whose business It is to do the errand
running of the house, says Congress
man C. F. Scott In the Iola Register.
He Is re-elected year after year by the
unanimous vote of both sides of the
chamber, and It la more than thirty
years since any effort was made to dis
place him. He came In first In the
Thirty-fourth Congress and Is one of
the few surviving witnesses of the
memorable contest which resulted, after
two months of excitement nnd bitter
ness. In the election of Nathaniel
Banks ns speaker. It sounds like a
voice from the (lend to hear. the old
captain tell about the events of that day,
when the know nothings held the bal
ance of power, when nolswly dreamed
of the possibility of a civil war, when
Abraham Lincoln had not tieen beard
of except. In a few counties In Illinois.
Of course Captain Chauncey has known
Intimately nil the great men who have
served In the House of Representatives
since that time, and what a long line
of them he has seen come "strut and
fret their hour uion the stage" and
then depart.
And how many strnnge and stirring
scenes, how many comedies and trage
dies be lins witnessed. He saw tho
only wedding ceremony that was ever
solemnized In tlio cliutnber of the
noire, or Kepresentntlves the tnnr
t-1 il . -
.,,.,! ... 11 puling coupio wlio apeared
mere one Sunday during the war, when
the room was used for church services
on the sabbath, and asked that the nup
tial knot be tied In the historic place.
He saw also tunny union soldiers
......igi mere wounded when the room
"... convene.! llo8I,ta, nt)J t(
ken out .lend. Once he prevented "'g
allrw.t no n ft , .... '
' ""'"j "i possiiuy a murder
u.R ...s.r or the House. Sltignl irly
enough ne of the participants was I.
U. C Lnn.nr, then a member of the
Home, afterward Senator from Missl..
P. a,.., a member of the Supreme
u ... V. . un,l Representative
" "r. Who was recently
engaged In n controversy , the
... closing nours of Coinm. n,i
the House had taken
a conference report 1
i-amnr entered the Iton. ..... .
Douglas, with wh... 1.. ... . "rK"".
bad trouble, h 'T ,P CVhnlHl'
"Ling remark wh'r u ' v If ,-M'-lTH,,.an
reached This
et and was als.ut to shm.t v. V.
t)n Channcey ,, , W,h"n CnP
nd rreve3:n teu7 '".red
What ixx,k ,,. " v:
had the a-lft, u,u wnte- " he
1
tbap roa at.toi.NO noos.
nine and one-half Inches wide at widest
pine near lower end, and lower end of
opening Is ten Inches above floor.
Crate Is four feet two Inches long, two
feet four Inches high, and one foot six
Inches wide. Inside measure. Place
trap squarely with rear end close up
to hog house door, with lever C thrown
back ; raise slide door, drive In a hog
and drop slide door belling bim, and
he will thrust b'l head through the hole
II. Pull lever C tight against his neck
and Insert spile to bold It there, and
you can ring with ease a hog weighing
nearly 400 pounds.
one or me most Interesting studies
In the Interstate live stock and horse
show held at St Joseph, Mo, was
found la the exhibit of shire horses
from the royal stable of King Edward
and Ix)rd Rothschild of Suudrlngham,
England. St. Joseph was fortunate In
securing this stable as It had not beeu
the Intention to exhibit the horses this
side of the Atlantic except In the king's
dominion, Canada. Ixiuls F. Swift of
Swift & Co., was Influential In pre
vailing Usni Manager Hock, repre
senting King Kdward, to exhibit the
horses, In two I'nlted States shows,
via., at the Interstate In St. Jo
seph and the American Royal at
Kansas City. "Our object hi bring
ing the horses to this side of the
Atlantic was primarily to stimulate In
terest In the big khires with the Cana
dians," said Mr. Iteck. "I'ntll within
a few years the shire has bsVn too
scarce and high priced for the general
run of breeders. They nre still high
priced, but are coming w ithin the range
of general breeding and are a profit
able animal to breed for the big draft
trade." These horses are flue speci
mens of the thoroughbred shire and are
attracting much attention and favor
wherever they are being shown. They
are all great, heavy boned, thick mus
cled animals whose very carriage and
liearlng and spring motion when In ac
tion announce them as something
above the ordinary In horse flesh.
1NEW3 OfENT,, BOOKS
Dest Preparation for Wheat.
If I could have my choice of ground
to sow on, says a Pennsylvania farmer,
I would choose a Held where a heavy
clover sod, or where cowpeas had been
plowed down and potatoi raised the
present year, using at least l.O(X) pounds
high-grade fertilizer 011 the iotatoes.
The imtatoes having been kept cleau,
and dug in good time. I would not plow
for the wheat, but harrow at least four
or five times, and then drill In the
wheat, drilling with It 400 pounds of
good fertilizer, with at least 3 js-r cent
quickly available nitrogen, 8 per cent
ihosphorle acid and 0 per cent potash.
Then In the spring, If It did not start to
grow promptly, I would sow broadcast.
150 pounds nitrate of soda per acre.
A heavy dressing of stable manure will
make a large stand of straw which will
make a large stand of straw which will
uot fill well unless one Is sure the
ground contains plenty of phosphoric
acid and potash.
The marked success of Olivet
flu. kel's poetic uarratlves of "Parsifal"
aud "Lobeugrlu" have Induced him to
continue the series w ith "Taunbauser."
It I said that Winston Churchill la
a mau with a suia-rstltlou. It Is as
sociated with the letter "C," the Initial
of his lust name, aud extemU to the
titles of hi books, as well as to the
place where he lives. Hi first pub
lished atory wa "The Celebrity," aud
hi first noteworthy success wa "Rich
ard Carvel" Following these came
The Crisis" aud 'The Crossing." and
thl year he ha published "Cculstou."
He Uvea lu Cornish, but bis hope that
the new Ilamushlre State electlou
would transfer him to Coucord, have
been ruthlessly shuttered.
Rurtou K. Stevenson, who la per
haps best kuown for hi two detective
novels, "The Holladay Case," aud "The
Marathon Mystery," both of which were
republished In England and Germany,
ha for the moment left the Intricacies
The thinnest and toughest leather
I made from frog' skin.
Out of every one thousand letters
used lu writing English E occurs 137
times. T is the next most frequently
used. ,
Yellow I far the most permanent
of any color lu flower. It I the only
Jiie not affected by sulphurous acid
fume.
Iu Italy you can tell where the
(K'usant women come from by tho size
)f their earrings. The southerner
wear the longest
Neither lu France nor lu Austria
are children ever iermltted to be re
vived Into workhouse. They are
bourded out with ieusaiit families.
The highest clouds reach ten miles
above our head. They are the white,
feathery forms which we see on a
ieur day. Although apparently mo
tion lei., they travel from seventy -five
to iiluety miles an hour.
Certain buttertlle nave marked
Jdors, some good, some bad. Dr. F. A.
Dlxey, a Itrltlsh entomologist, ineii-
or crime for those of diplomacy, aud tloti a white butterfly of England
iu "Afralr of State," gives a decide!? that haa the fragrant scent of lemon
vivid aud lively account of some Inter
national complications at a Dutch v. at
eriug place. American good look play
no small part lu the solution of this
tangle.
How did Charles Dickens propose to
verbena, aud bus noted many sjuMies
iu Africa with such odor as those of
:h(Kolate, vanilla and various dowers.
The agreeable odors belong to males,
being a charm to attract females. The
jflenslve odor, shared by both sexes.
end "The Mystery of Edwiu Drood," re protective, repelling enemies,
the novel which wa only half done There Is being exhibited !n Liver
when the pen dropjied from the dying lool a prodigious egg, that of a tall,
hand. This I a question which has tt.ghtless bird the Epyornls m.ixl
produced various foolish book aud mils which formerly Inhabited the
many useless essays, most of them be-.Island of Madagascar. The eggs of
ims immense creature are nearly a
yard lu circumference aud a foot lu
length, and their cubical contonts,
roughly speaking, are equal to six os
trich eggs, or 150 hens' eggs, or sixty
thousaud humming birds' eggs, or two
gallon of water. The market Price
The Selection of Seed Cora,
There Is no time which Is put In to
better advantage or which fetches a
larger return than that devoted to se
lecting the seed corn during the latter
part of September and tho first half of
October. The advantage which secur
Ing the seed ears at this time has over
the ordinary method of selecting at
husking time Ilea la the fact that a
choice of the earliest maturing ears
can be made, a distinction that is Im
possible when all of the crop Is ripe
aud ready to husk. For all the north
half of the corn belt that tyjie of corn
Is best which bean Its ears low on the
stalk. This mean as a rule thnt such
corn will mature early, and while the
ears produced niny not be quite so
large as those which one has to reach
above his bend after they are much
more likely to produce hard corn, which
will keep after It I put In the crib. The
siiniie and depth of kernel and form
and type of ears nre of very trivial Im
instance as coniiHired, with the main
question ns to whether the corn Itself
The risr Pea.
The pig sty la nearly alway filled
with material for absorbing manure,
but they are not cleaned as frequently
as should be the case. In winter. If
the yard contains absorbents, they be
come soaked during rains, and are dis
agreeable location for pigs. The pig
prefers a dry locatl.m, as It suffers se
verely on damp, cold days. The ma
terials In the pig sties will be of more
service If added to the manure heap
and a plentiful supply of cut straw
thrown Into the yard In Its place. The
covered shed, or sleeping quarters,
should be littered a foot deep with cut
straw, which may be thrown Into the
yard after being used, but the ynrd
should always be cleaned out after a
rain and dry material then added.
Ing the outcome of a catchpenny self
seeking. Let us hope that the contri
bution to the discussion recently made
by Dickens' youngest daughter, Mrs.
Peruglul, will deliver u from the tire
some flood of conjectures aud theoreti
cal conclusions. She defends the ac
curacy of Forster aud the stuccrlty ranges from J5 to H), only twenty
of her father lu communicating to his known sitociiueus being In existence,
old friend the plot which he had finally j "Having iersoually eateu some huu
determined upon. From till It apiieara jmh of species of caterpillars," say
that Edwin Drood wa In truth killed 'm. Daglu, a French entomologist
by his uncle aud here, In addition, "raw, broiled, boiled, fried, roasted
it should be cited the testimony of si unshed, 1 find most of these plea.
Charles Dickens the younger, who posl- ,,t to taste, light and digestible." Hut
tlvely declared that he had heard from the despised cockroach of our kitchen
his father' lip that Drood was dead. ( U what M. Daglu waxes most en
Mrs, peruglul Insists also upon the tl.uslastlc over. "Pounded In a uwr
novelist's genuine Interest In the psy-u-. pdt through a sieve and poured
chology of the situation: "he was quite iuta D(.ef tock. these creatures make
aa deeply fascinated and absorbed In a soup preferable to bUque." Never
the study of the criminal Jasjier as In thcles, a Chinese proverb runs to the
the dark, and sinister crime that has effect, "if your stomach Is delicate,
given the hook It title." The origin- abstain from the cockroach!"
allty of the story, he told Forster, was
to consist in the review of the mur
derer' career by himself at the close,
"when Its temptations were to be dwelt
upon as if not be, the culprit but some 1
other man were tempted." We may
well believe, therefore, that be did not
feel It to be necessary to the original
ity of hi story to use the hackneyed
device of keeping a supposed victim
alive to confront the criminal lu the
last chapter.
Homemade Post Drl.er.
The construction of this post driver
can be easily taken from the lllustra
NEW POST PBtVEB.
Ike hundred v.r- ., ' 1
I fw.- were
can t even .
first met wr Wnen
married.
seems
were
Ma
a Wam
Man." quoted h- .
made of dust" i
And woman." r. .
tsar la n.. . J""uu lu aemoral
' m,i wttaf man', dust,-
tion. It can le made to work by man
os horse power. If man ower only,
I" of a variety which will mature a use one pulley. This can be made dur
op in the latitude In which It is
COUSIN REBA'S INVESTMENTS.
She Kept Every Dlt of Her Stock la
Trad Employed.
"Cousin Reha was in this afternoon,"
Mrs. Wilson remarked at dinner.
"What Is she doing now?" the family
asked. Instantly Interested. ' But al
though the words were the same, the
tones were very different
Mrs. Wilson laughed. "I believe her
an-
latest Is lessons In Italian," she
swerett
"Italian Cousin Reba! When she
doesn't know anything of English lit
erature," Olive exclaimed. Olive was
at the age when any lapse from fash
ionable attainments upon the part of
her relatives was a personal grievance.
"What's behind It? An Italian Sun
day school?" Mr. Wilson asked. "There
must be a motive in her madness, for
Cousin Reba is the best business -wom
an I ever knew."
A chorus of protests met the state
ment
"Cousin Reba! Why, father, she
never could keep accounts In her life!"
"She's failed In half a dozen invest
ments."
The tortoise Is a great sleeper. One
was a domestic et In an English
house, aud when hi time for Hiber
nating came he selected a corner of
the dim coal cellar for his whiter
quarters. A new cook was engaged
soou after who knew nothing of tor
toises. In a few months the tortoise
woke up aud saiiled forth. Screams
soon broke the kitchen's calm. On
entering that department the lady of
the house found the cook gazing In
awestruck wonder, and exclaiming, as
with unsteady baud she iioluted to
the tortoise: "My conscience! Look
at the stone which I've broken the
coal wl' a' winter!".
At the cuose of a banquet given by
the Maharajah of Uwallor to the
Prince of Wales a centerpiece In the
fenn of a temple and decorated with
electric lamps aud flowers was hoist
ed to the celling by pulleys, and re
ten led a perfect model railway on the
table underueath. The locomotive and
train was eight feet long, and car
ried decanters, cigars, cigarettes and
matches. The train was started by
closing an electrical circuit As long
as this was closed by a spring the
train moved, but tho lifting of a de
canter or box of cigars resting on the
spring allowed It to act, thus breaking
the circuit and stopping the train.
"As tba Homaas Do."
Rlshop Dudley (Episcopal), of Ken
tucky, when bunting and Ashing, made
the acquaintance of a mountaineer,
who took a fancy to hlin without sus
jKH'tlng his calling. When the bishop
was about to go home he Invited the
Anybody with a story of misfortune man to Louisville to hear hhu
planted.
ood li..id of Fleece.
Ten pound to the fleece is regarded
large when It Is an average from year
ling lambs, t correspondent of In
diana Farmer wrlti that from a flock
of 1,000 yearling lambs of SM'alie A
eison flocks, of Putnam County, In
diana, IO.ikki jHMiii.ls of a very fine
quality of wool bfl been sheared this
season, and tlmt the wool is very even
In fiber and general condition, showing
that the sheep were fed regularly, and
cared for In very excellent manner.
tils even condition of the wool is Si-
ways a sure sign of regular feeding
ana care In management ami sucu wool
always bring the best price.
lug the winter mouths and be ready
for spring fencing.
can take her lu."
"Nevertheless I repeat my state
ment," Mr. Wilson said, quietly.
"Cousin Reba is the best business
woman I ever knew. She never let!
any stock He Idle every smnllest thing
Is put to work. It was so when we
were at school together, when as soon
as she learned a thing, she waa help-
preach.
"Preach? What you preach? Kin
you preach ez well ez you kin shoot an'
Ash?"
"Retter. No Joke. Come Sunday
with your best clothes, nnd I'll give you
a front seat."
The old chap was there, right up In
frout and remained until the bitter
end. after which he hurried forward to
( hrf ar-Makln t.nrdenlnsr.
Cheese-making has been shown by
recent bacterial research to be a sort
of gardening nn inverted gardening.
In which the plant are grown for the ng some one else who was backward.
suko 01 1110....J..0J me eon. .me 1.0- ..n,.r father gave Her a piano when : shake the bis ion's hand. "Pars,... i.
culiar qualities and flavor of the dif- gMe was twenty; she never played 'cried warmly, "I don't know a ere it
leieiii. uin-Hi .in', uvcii I'Kivcii 10 ne niticli iierseir. nut tierore a month was
due to the growth of various species ' past she had that piano busy two or
or oacteria ana 11101.1s in mom. Ana It three hours every day poor girls prac
nas oeen 101111.1 possiuie 10 produce me thing on It, you know. She would
e ..... . 1 1 1 .....1 e. - . 1 . , . ...
nn,.., u ,uc ir,,.i, iu.-.-c uuiu 1. .e learn new recqies cousin itetia was a
p for liarcor..
For the benefit of those who are nn
willing to purchase cap for covering
the cocks we wish to say that airaira,
properly cocked, will shed water Just ufacture.
as well as clover In fact, many larm
ers claim that It will shed water' even
fetter and thai it Is no more aimcuir. 10
cure than cloyPr In nT eaon' While
this may lie true, we urge the use of
caps for the r...on that airaira is so
niuch more valuable than clover, and a
mile extra nrcr lul ,,n "
uouey wen Invested.
milk of any locality by Introducing the
appropriate plants. In a recent pnwr,
for example, C. (Jorln! shows that the
familiar red and green patches which
characterize Oorgonzoln cheese are the
combfned work of a sjioclal mold, and a
species of bacillus. These organisms
are Introduced as the result of artificial
punctures, made In the process of man-
Price aad Valae.
The price of the cow does not Indi
cate her value as a producer, out-
edged butter Is something that depends
on bow It Is made. The cow gives the
milk, but upon the management of the
milk, cream and butter depends the
quality.
Ta III,, warssle.a Aaplee.
About 2,500 acres of pop corn are
A small tr uh a fair scstterlng of annually planted st North Loup, Neb.,
Maiden Rlua .pnles was sprsyed once the growers using four pounds of seed
after blo...,. L.x fallen with Bor- to the acre. The crop Is sold by the
deaux mixture with parls green added, I pound, and the average acre yields
and strain ,s. same mixture when 2,000 pounds, though double that
the apples were si lr" " balf grown amount has been recorded In a few In
crab apples. Tb bllTTel w" ,eft nn ,Unce"' The w" PrIp 'or the last
der tba tro. through spraying the ten years, has been a little more than
orchard the first time, and upon show- $1 a 100 pounds, giving a gross return
Ing visitors bow the sprayer worked of upward of fM an acre. During the
the tree wa "doused - seversi limes, same penuu iu average price or Held
Not one worm, .nnle can be found on corn has been 23 cents, and the aver-
the tree, thus showing the necessity of sge yield thirty bushels, giving a gross
T.ry thorough sprain. r,turn of 17 50 r cr
horn cook and before you knew what
had hapiiened she was teaching some
poor woman so that she could send
cakes to the Woman's Exchanga
"She was always nervous with
Corses, but she learned to drive so
that she could take out all the In
valids In town. She used to declare
that she never could sit still long
enough to learn to knit but I noticed
from what you said a while ago, that
she taught that cripple 1 Mamie Akert
a new sweater stitch. As for her books
and flowers and fruit snd preserve,
you know now tney go all over town.
She can't even go out West to see bor
sister without coming back snd stir
ring us all up on behalf of the mission
aries out there.
"If you know any life better Invest
ed than Cousin Reba's, I don't"
"I never looked at It that way,"
unve saiu, inougntrully. Youth's
Companion.
Taer Wsl the Strraaoae Klad.
Ilrlde I know you don't Move met
Oroom Whr, child, what makes you
say that?
Ilrlde Recanse you're not Jealous.
Why, Mayme Cray's been married
nearly a year, and her husband's so
Jealous that Im's shot at her twice ma
tried to kill himself three time. t
Cleveland Leader.
deal about your creeds and dogmatics.
nut 1 ve rix and sot with you every
time!"
Laaahed Too Sooa.
Fields I beat Lumpklns on a horse
trade In great shape yesterday.
Rarnes Uot your money yet?
Field He paid balf down and la
coming around with tho test to-mor-row.
Rarnes No, be Isn't ; he was buying
that horse for me. Detroit Free Press.
Brlarat Aaawera.
"Noah's wife," wrote a boy la an
examination, "was called Joan of Arc."
"Water," wrote another, "Is composed
of two gases, oxygen and cambrlgen.
"Lava," said a third, "is whst the bar
ber puts on your face." "A blizzard,
declared another child, "Is the inslda of-
a fowl."
The Itlsllarlloa.
"Do you say that as a lawyer or a
man?" exclaimed an exasperated wit
ness whom a lawyer was cross exam
ining. "If you say It as a man, It Is a
He and a slander, but If you say It aa
a lawyer It's not of the slightest con
sequence." London Telegraph,
rialsaaa.
Farmer Honk My nephew, who
graduated from the academy, week be
fore last Is a finished elocutionist
Farmer Hornbeak That so? Kill
him yourself? puck.
If a run should start on too. conlJt
roa meet It alt right!