THE IRON PIRATE
A Plain Talc of Strange
Happenings on the Sea
By MAX PEMBERTON
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CIIAPTEIt XV. Ma In rarls, with fifty or sixty other.
During some days I uj no mora of the do I mi ferocious look inf.
doctor, or of anyone about th ahlp un "Men," said Black. "1 to ,e" 700
an old negro, who bream my servant, lie that we're got a etranger with ua: but
waa out an uncindly looking man, being he' her to atay. and be'a my charge.
of great age. and aomewhat feeble in hia he lined?" asked a blear-eyed
action; but be never opened bla lip man, who bad eyed ma with much eurlo-
when I questioned hliu, and gar a plain Ity; but the captain answered:
"Ves" or "So" to any demand. "That'e my affar. and you keep your
It muat have been on the fourth day tnnmi. at ill if tou don t want m to cut
after my capture that the namele ship, I It out; he'll Join o bv-and-by."
which hitherto Lad not been apeeding at I "That'a agen rulea." aaid Itoaring John,
an abnormal pace, began to go very fast. "Agen what?" aaked Black In ton
r inaily, by the consciousness that to of thunder.
hip had stopped, and that ther wa Af(.n ruP, rrpllrd Iloarlng John:
much agitation on deck. I looked from nU brokt) mf jaW( 1Dj n) pay
my window and cbserved the rauae of the njm of rou gm,.1
confuaion, for tliere, ahead of ua a mil -jfavbe rou'r right. No Granger
or more, waa one of the largeat Iceberg 1(ayt nM.e unk ht Mcepe them
I have ever aeen. I watched Intently, hop- fron ,h mnet,ut , my own ideaa
Ing to see other berg that should tell me on ,hati and whpn th, ,me pomea I'll
how far w had gon toward the North, b(Je hy what' done. If any man would
but th night Ml suddenly. I had a no- lik, t0 dietttt to me, let him tep out."
tion that Captain Black wa running to Th, fellow dunk away under th
hiding; and hla hiding plac lay to the th., ts.ck wli master beyond sK
nonn. rar abovs to cour tven 01 qu,tlon. and b protected me,
oian-iound vessels, yy, ., baok wltn nlra t0 tne long pa-
i n time passed, the weatber growing Mfe wh(1 j had th ot jj
coiuer oay oy oay. me Derg mors " chamber, and there b bade me good
quent about my window; until on me nlKnt The doctor showed ma Into room
evening of the eventb day the hlp top- cut , ths IOid rM.k but wkn wjndows
pu au.bl.-nly. lb work or mooring waa towarJa ,he ,, Rut flrt ne ij.
not along one. On the neit morning I got I .... ., ,.. a
up at daybreak, and looked eagerly from ,upky Uf . youre th &nt man ,0 wnonj
mj apymg piace; out couio u BlBck tw ay , hour's grMi
uiitna cun 01 r'K a. uie amy urmg
j . . .. i i- - m i. TV.-
nioorea ag.'iinsi me very siue 01 n. CIIArTFR WI
"rV", ruu "' " ,H Hin irh Th In which I lay waa wondron.
nd I read an Invitation to dine with , . . , . . .,
. j I ort and downy; and tb cold gav me
Capta n II ack that evening. I welcomed . , ' ' . . .
.V,. . K l,.n ,h. n,.n ucrl' '"" "l "
.... . . . . . to find the aun trearalng through my
threw M-n the door and aaid, ' Tb JJa- . , , . . .,.,. '
, ' I rock window, and tna negro telling m
, that my bath waa ready. When w re-
IU led the way up th companion lad- turned t0 my .ipi, pac,( i found the
er, wuicn wa. in tact, a uroaa iairci.-. M tur,alnP1 off eaTng , comraodloua
laborat.-Iy lit wilb the electric lignt; i ana apartment( with .rmphgir,, a wrlt-
o brought m to the deck, whera tber lng tMt) and , 6rfp, In which coal
waa darknea aare in one aot above the fir burned brightly. Hut th greater ur-
ore-iurret. i uere a lamern u.rew . rri , prlM waf tha rom wndow
volume or wnite ngiit wnicn apreaa ouc oy,r , ,un,jt fjardi war to mountaIn
up-jn the wa, and .bowed me at one that peaka .nowpp,.,! ,D(1 .hining; and be-
w were in cove of .onie breadth, aur- twee f0 , vga of an endleM ,now
round.-d by pro.liglou.ly high cliff.; and pani whiu and dnng,
th. iigbt being focused atraight acro the Th( doc,or rawe t (ne wh,e , wgi t
tay, di-lo..d a cleft In th.-e rock, load- breakfast. "The captain endi you hi
Jng apparently to a further cov beyond, compliment.- he .aid. "The men art In-
I bad .carce lime to get other than clined , reaent ,he txceptioa that h
rough Idea of Ibe whole .ituation. for a en made In your caae. I am afraid It
u..m woilllig ai KBiiawnjr. i uc . Ill tn ..... . I. llnl.. .. ,
men gve way at once keeping In the coiU wiU th oSer th , .
men who bad first landed wer aurround
d by the other of Ulack'a coin pan v :
and wer being driven toward the hills,
and so to tb great deaolat piain of
snow where no human thing eojld long
retain life. Tb pirate bit lustily with
tb butt end. of their pistols; th holiest
fellow used their fist, and many man
they laid hi length upon th rock. Inch
by ln-n iney gar w.
wards th raviuea and rh counties mile
of now plain; and aa tb battl raged,
tb armed began to ahoot with murderous
purpose. !eath at lat waa add.-d to tb
horrors, and. a body after body rolled
down th rocky alop and fell splashing
into th water, those unwounded took
ninie at th aiffbt and fled with all poasi-
bl speed away up tb id of tb glacier
mount, and o to tbeir ueain iu tuai
froien refug beyond. ...
At 7 o'clock I dined aa nual I cloaed
my own door, and for thre boura or mor
I paced my charaoer, m err i ui. i
n.i..n and of design burning m a with
flr.
Of tb door about, th majority wer
closed ; but th Doctor' waa open, l be
gan to feel my way In tb bllndinf dark.
My first proceeding waa to run upon aom
si ght article ot lurnitur anu iw uro
It. Twic I went round m room, ana
could not put my hand upon tb rifle;
but at th third attempt I found them,
and gar a igh of relief, men an over
whelming terror truck me chill and pow
erless. My Igh wa ecboea iroin in cor
ner by the window; and a low chuckle of
laughter followed It. I iooa a a mao
petrified, my band upon a gun, but my
nerves straineu to i
ribl to bear.
In another moment th electric light
vld th chamber, and I aaw Black
aittlng at bla writing table, observing me,
a ap nnnn his llu. and all tb terrlbl
- -r . . " . , ii. i
malice of hi natur written in uis seen
mnA mnz-lrlns' eve. II bad a revolver
cocked at hi left band, but a pen In hi
rlirht: whil manuacript lay betor aim,
to that h muat bav been In th room for
ome time, and had xtlnguibea Hi ligbt
nnlv at mr coming. II leaned over tb
table, and drew near to It a lounge on
which the akin of a polar bear waa spread,
"Sit here. b ald, and at the blu
word my nerv cam back to me. "You'r
a smart bov. and bav Ideaa, but, lik
all little boy, your idea don t go rar
enough. I waa Just th am wben 1 wa
vour age, always trying to climb perpen
dicular ptaeea, and alwaya falling down
aa-ain. Silly lad, to put your bead Into
busineaa which never concerned you.
"I came her to-night to atop you
murdering fifty Innocent men," I aaid,
but he atarted up at tb word and raved
lik a maniac.
"And who made you Judge T Who
set you to watch me, or give your opln
lona on what I do or what I don't do?
Who asked you whether you liked It or
didn't lik It?"
(To b continued.)
I w
Rev"""-"-, I dcvlaed trap neat
OnJ lo , Z eitn " tlwt d.e. not ap-
i'y to an, ulyr TUe co,'"t"u.t
. iulre w niore man i
'on ther BNU"" .
itteuu
to givTi) 1 Ja DOt u"e tUe,a
!D of cou-tructlon and
care
itiey -. ...,nlS
"" them ti Ort thing 1 box
" or u "-hIlde.nd deep 2 feet
,on- Xail a t r ',nt'l, boar "Cr""
teriaL rut in oPnI ,n one end 8
Inclie. ... .d make the door 7x
-1""" II t.1 n
lnchua
Nail
iiiiall. blngea on
CLAIRE'S BEST MARK.
course of the aearchlight, and rowing
traight to the cleft in the cliffs, through
which they paused ; and so left the light
and entered a narrower fjord.. This sec
ond cove oened after a while into a
hike, above thug shores I observed many
twinkling liili:s, which seemed to come
from windows far up the fare of the cliff.
There was a rough landing atiige, cut in
the rock, and an iron atairway led thence
yon. '
"How baa an exception been made In
my rase, and what ia the offer?"
"Captain Iilark haa brought thirty or
forty Englishmen of your position to thla
plnee withiu tli. last three yean; not one
of them ha. lived twenty hour from the
tltu be set loot In the rock house. The
time will come when you must aign an
agreement auch a I have aigned, and
to the chamber, which evidently existed lnM, men have agned-and I don't be
lieve that you will refu
above.
Wben we had come to shore, and had
teen received there by aeveral men who
lielil lantern, the negro pointed to the
Iron stairway and told me to mount; he
following me to the summit, where there
waa a platform and an Iron door. The
door opened aa we arrived before It, and
there .landing by It I found th young
doctor.
"Com In," b aald, "they'r waking
for you."
Wa wer in broad passage lit by the
electric light a passnge cut In a crystal
lik rock, whose surface bad almost the
lustre of a mirror. The passage led up
to a second door thla one bo lit of fine
American walnur; and we passed through
It at one Into a room wher I wa as
tounded to see Indisputable evidence of
civilisation and of refinement. Tb whole
chamber wa. hung round with auperb
skins, the white fur of the polar bear pre
dominating; but there were couches cush
ioned with deep brown seal ; and the same
glossy skin waa laid upon the floor In
o mnny layer that the footfall was
noiseless and pleasantly luxuriant. The
furnltur otherwise waa both modern and
artist ic.
Th room had solitary occupant. One
glance assured me that I waa face to face
with Captain Ulack the Captain Black I
bad seen In Pari; but yet not the same.
for all the bravado and rough ueerb
which which then fell from hi Hps was
wanting. When b atepped forward and
lield out hia hand to me, I hnd the mind
almost to draw back from him, for I
knew that the man had crime heavy unon
liim ; but a second thought convinced me
of the folly of making a scene at auch a
moment ; o I took the great hard haud
.l Mt Vln. fi.lt In Ik. f .
"I am glad t see you," said be; "din
ner walta aa;" and with that we passed
Into another chamber containing a dining
table laid for four persona In a very ele
gant manner. The only aervant waa a
giant black, and th guest of th Cap
tain were the young doctor, the Scotsman
known as Pick th Ranter, and myself.
Tfc captain mad no attempt to con
ceal Information from ma. Th firit oc
casion of hia epeaklng during dinner waa
in anawer te a remark of mln that I
found th ream eery pleaaantly warm.
im, be aald, "you muat feel th
change. Yoo know where you are, of
course. This I th west coast of Green
land, and ther I Danish settlement not
fifty mile from you although w don't
leave cards on our neighbors Well, I
won't have you hurried, and you're my
truest until I put a certain atraight ques
tion to you. When that happens you
won t think twice about th anawer."
"Thla pleaaant party must disperse,
tie aaid to me later; "you can go to th
quarter we have provided for you, unless
you would lik to see mor of a.
"I should lik to see everything yon
cat show me," I replied, being a flam
with curiosity to know all that th strange
aituatlon could reach me ; and then h
mad motion for the other to follow
and w passed from th room.
The way from th dining room waa
through a long passage lighted with are
lamp at intervals, and having the door
of many room on the right-hand aide
of It. Several of thee door were open
and I saw th interior of well -furnished
bedrooma, of smaller sitting room, and
of a beautifully furnished billiard mom,
At th nd of the paaaage we descended a
flight of atalra to another landing. Thi
proved th way to a email stretch of
beech, and her 1 found eeeral aubataa
lial balldlng of atone, evidently for th
as of Iilack'a company. Toe largeat of
Che houses seemed te be a kind of hall,
well lighted by are lamp. Into thi w
Deseed, lifting a heavy curtain of kln
and seated there, on all nrta of rough
lounge and tenchee were th men I had
You lay It all down very clearly." I
replied, "but you can bav my ankwer
now If you like."
Itlack won't hurry you. Tou can't do
better than take thing eaay, and ae the
place."
The Idea of Inspecting the place pleased
me. 1 followed Doctor Oabart to the
beach. The coast-line waa lofty and in.
Inspiring. I stood entranced with the
vigor born of th life-giving breeie. At
laat be touched me upon the ahoulder, and
pointed to wher tb nameieaa ahlp lav
snugly moored.
"Look," h aald, "at the Instrument of
our power. Is not ah magnificent? With
ber we dery tn worm. Aboard her, w
are auperior to fleeta and nation; w
laugh at the fastest crilsera and tb big
gest warship."
II pok with tx-'raordlnary enthusi
asm, the great amp wa Indeed a beau.
teoua object, lying there golden, yet swan-
like, th gun uncovered aa tb men work
ed at them.
She 1 a wonderful hip," aald I. "and
built of metal I never met with."
Her hull la constructed of phosphor-
bronae," b answered, "and ah ia driven
by gaa. It waa one of Itlack' Inanlra
tiona to choose Greenland for hla hole;
it ia on or the few comparatively nnln
habited countries In th world wher coal
la to he had.
"Who are your mlnera?" I asked.
"Honest British seamen whose vovaa-ea
have been Interrupted. Wa give them th
alternative of work in the mine, or their
liberty on th snow yonder.1
nut how can they live In uch a place?"
"They don't live," said he. "They die
lik vermin."
CHAPTEIt XVII.
For om day I aaw no mor of Doctor
Osbart or of Captain Black. One or
twice I saw tb man "Four-Eye," and
from him gained a few anawer to my
question. II told m that Captain Black
kept up communication with Europe by
two amall crw steamer disguised a
whaler.
Ther were fifty prisoner In th mine.
If fifty men wer to be turned free, then
urely I could count on fifty kllie; and
fifty-one strong hands could at leaat make
om show even agalnat th ruffiana of th
rock bouse. Olv them arms, and a
chance ot aarprise, and wko know? I
aid.
It might have been a mad hope, but
yet It waa a hop. Unleea th man "Four
Eye" deliberately deceived me. Black
would connlv at th murder of fifty
British seamen befor another twenty
four boura had aped. These men would
hav all th anger of desperation to drive
them to the attack ; and I felt aur that
If I could get aom arms into their handa.
uie RiiPmpt would at leaat be Justifiable.
It Waa 7ero and A he Would Not Ex
rhena-e It for a Better.
High soliool wna beginning again, and
two fluffy heads were close together.
Senior Claire wna helping FreKhtnan
Lottie plan her program for the year.
"I knowi one thing I don't want," de
clared the younger girl, "and that'
French with Mademoiselle De Garnio."
"That' where you're nilntaken." waa
the prompt reply. "If you caa get Into
her elnaa, don't mlas It"
"But Maud ays nhe marks you way
down! Own up, now, what was the
beat mark she ever gave you?"
"Zero," snld Clulre, after a moment's
thought.
"Nonsense J I meant truly. You
never got a tero mark In your life."
"It Isn't known. I never told before.
Twaa In my freHhman year flnal ex
am, too."
"Hut you passed?"
"Oh, yes ; on my year's work. Twaa
like this. I was In high feather as noon
as I saw the questions, and began
scribbling down the answers In a hur
ry, but when I was about half through
I noticed that most of the class were
nibbling their pencils and looking wor
ried. Just then I aaw Matne Norton
smiling at me, and before I thought
my Hp had formed a word! Almost
before It wa out mademoiselle said :
"'What did you say then, Miss
Beardsley?
"My face was like fire I ' wag so
startled but I looked her In the eye
and answered :
" 'One word ray.'
"She kept perfectly still for a mlnnte.
Then she told the class very quietly
that she was sure I had not meant to
he dishonorable, but that she must con
sider my case before she acted.
"Well, I settled down to my work
again, not much worried. I was sure
mademoiselle liked me too well to
flunk me for a little thing like that,
and I was certain I was getting all the
answers right. Two days went by and
I thought I'd heard the last of It. Then
she took me alone, and told me she had
been obliged to give me tero on my
exam."
"Claire!"
"Yes; she said I knew the rule, and
I had broken It She believed I had
said Just what I told her nothing
more; but other pupils, with less sense
of honor, might communicate during
examination and give the same explan
ation when It wasn't'true. jhe would
have no right to punUh them If she let
me off. 1
..J!'i,,ay "rRk' ,Mt n,Knt-' '' MM.
thinking about you. Clnlre. I derided
I must help you to lenrn that not even
those who love us can save us from, the
consequences of a broken la-
then two big tears rolled down her
Inside to t..n V door' Gtt ome
,mal1 prlug and turn ,ome
spring,, , " , bfllf-luch spindle 2V4
or 3 Inch... i..n. Fasten one ena to
d". th other to lde. so that when
th door Is rwb1 ln the wrtn wl"
U "'rung enough to P"' " baclt nut
Faaten u t. trt short nails or screws
Ploce e e.t spring, b, like those
ud in m-sets it the opposite side
of door on the of ne8t box' Ralse
this st,ri,, .nd have It Just long
et"gh to nroa Ibe door two-thirds
open. Huve a uttle notch cut In door
to hold It up. n'hen the hen pushes
"
DCTAILS Of TAF WEST.
Dairy Freaaeta ef Oee Teaatr
I'olk County, Wisconsin, ba thirty
creameries and four cheese factories.
Last year these fuctorlea hnd over
2.0o patrons and the number of cows
owned by them was ruoru than 14.M),
In lis5 tho crea-jierles made 1,803.700
pound of butter, which sold for 1391
frfC, and the cheese factories made
oNO.K.1) pounds of cheese, which sold
for $53.3i.1. a totul of 1444.N1W. Most
of these creameries are co-oieratlve,
This Is a good Illustration of what
Intellgent dairy Industry will do for a
county when woll nursued. Of this
county Hoard's Dairyman says;
large portion of this country was
lumber wilderness thlrtv years ago. It
Is a fair sample of much of Northern
Wisconsin when taken hold of by the
hand of the dairyman.
The Cow la Wlsltr.
Cows need sun and light and air.
Don't shut them up In the dark. A
greenhouse Is a better place for a cow
than a basement
Take the chill off the water you
give the cows. Ice cold water takes
Just so much vltalty out of them.
If you bare time to do the extra
work, give the cow hot feed. There
Is the same difference for a cow be
tween a hot breakfast and a cold one
that there Is for a worklngman. Hay
cut short, steamed or cooked in hot
water, with a little meal added, makes
a good meal for the cows.
Keep a big lump of rock salt where
the cows can get at It all the ttaie.
More than half of the blood Is made
up of salt In one or another of Its
forms.
The Farmer Oetlook.
The farmer's standard of living Is
rising higher and higher. He sends the
common things of his farm to the
cities to become luxuries. He Is beco-jj-
lng a traveler; and he has bis telephone
and bis dally mall and bis newspaper.
Ills life Is healthful to body and sane
to mind, and the noise and the fever
of the city have not become the craving
of his nerves nnr hla Musi nf tho an.
her way int0 th nest the door will re- day pleasures of life. A new dignity
Heve this spring, nd when the hen naB t0 agriculture, along with Its
teps Into nest compartment the door economic strength ami th f.Fmr t...
closes. i.ut on , cheek so the door will a new horizon far hack f th. f hi.
not swing out Hinge a cover on top Dralrle and hi moil Tltu I na mhlVi la
of other end of box to gather the eggs Lor, promising than the sky-line of
and take the hen out Don't make these the cltv Hcr.rr T.mo- win
r "-- . uii f ssvrue
boxes tight, but leave plenty of change
of air. Loo,- aj em every hour when
the hens are buff. W. T. Wallls, ln
Farm and Homa
Ears Isjorea Them,
Several dealers have spoken to me
lately of unusual trouble with washed
eggs mixed In with current packings..
Dralaed Dottora Leads la Illinois.
During the last twenty-five years the
cultivation of large tracts of the richest
prairie lands In Illinois has been made
possible by the construction of large
oen ditches and by tile drainage. For
example, ln one county ln the Illinois
These waab eg . do not keep at ... VIKt bottoms 73.000 to 100,000 acre,
when th. - i. n ...,VMt.. t rkb alluvial lands have been re-
warm, an . . ,r.r.n. n.i.f.b. claimed by this method and rendered
put them In when shipped for any dis
tance to be held, says the New York
roduce Itevlew. When shippers have
local consumptive outlets which use the
eggs up at once It Is all right to wash
dirties, for such trade, but they are
bsolutely no good for distant ship
ment and a packer will soon ruin the
reputation of his brand by packing
them with rtnn trtwashed eggs.
It ought to be welt known that wash
Ing eggs removes the mucus which
closes up the pore of the shells, and
the air tben has ready access to the
contents, hastening decay.
fertile by the subsequent application
of potassium In which the soil was de
ficient. The same Is tme of a large
area In the northwestern part of the
State, where a party soli has been ren
dered more fertile by the application
of potassium.
"Give me the lunch-basket,- wlfey.
Don't you see we are sure to lose each
other tn this crowd?" Sketch.
Husband My dear Kuilly, why Is it
! am always In the wrong? Wife Be
cause I am always lu the right
Quips.
Elderly Coquette I don't like this
furniture. It Isn't suitable for my
style. Dealer What do you say to
something antique? Life.
"What are you In such u great hurry
for?" "I am going to the funeral of
my chief, and there Is nothing be hates
like unpunctuallty !" Fly Leave.
A race of men who had navar bo
fore seen a white man have been dis
covered In the arctic region. Thsy will
live to regret the Incident Mexican
Herald.
"But, captain, the most happy srar-
rlages are often made between people
who are quite owaltes." "That Is the
reason why I am lklng out for :i r'cU
wife 1" Dallas Poet
The Strenuous Life. Teacher How
long had Waahlngton been dead when
Itoosevelt was Inaugurated? Scholar
I dunno, but it hasn't been very
aeaa since Teddy has been there!
"Do you Intend to Inaugurate any
great reforms this year. Senator?' ask
ed the beautiful girl. "No," replied tho
statesman. "My present term will not
expire until 1000." Chicago IWord-
Herald.
And shall you carry out your plan
Of visiting Blue O rot to at Capri this
year, Trau Lammer?" "Ala, no.
Frau Spits; we are ln mourning this
summer, so we are going to the B.ack
Forest" Figaro. '
How much postage will this re
quire?" asked the young author. "It Is
one of my manuscripts." "Two cents
an ounce," answered the post ofllee
clerk. "That's first-class matter." "Oh,
American Tourist (suspiciously)
8ay, guide, haven't we seen this room
before? Guide Oh, no, Monsieur.
Tourist Well, nee here. We want to
see everything, but we don't want to
see anything twice! London Punch!
An Authority. Doctor (to I'at's
wire, after examining Pat, who had
ueru run uown Dy an autoj Mdaaui,
I fear your husband Is dead. Pat (fee
bly) No, I ain't dead yet Pat's Wife
Hush, Pat the gentleman knows bet
ter than you.
Dangers of Sjieech. Young Boston
lan, who has married a country wife:
My dear, I am going down to M. Ar
besque's tonsorlal pnrlors for a few
minutes. She Oh, Charlie dear! there
Isn't anything the matter with your
tonsils. Is there?
The food-inaiiector's wife was 'ook-
over her husband's notebook.
SALT ASH SUdAR BAGS.
Mr. Brews I.vara. aoMrthlasr Asssl
Their lloasekuld I m.
"Kay, mother," auld Itltla Brown,
"we won't have auy more suit bags;
will wer
"'No more salt bag?" said Mf.
Brown to. himself, having by thanow
overheard Letltla's remark. It toolc
hut little questioning to bring out In
formation on these tH.liit, and Inci
dentally there was elicited other bag
Information, which, to Mr. Browu, waa
even more Interesting.
Salt bags, it seems, are, In many
households, when empty, wa'iod out
and used as Ulan doths. But the
Brown family has given up houaekeciH
Ing and gone to boarding; It retains
Its apartment, Juat the same, but takes
IU meals In a neighboring good hoard
ing house. So nuturaliy. they wouldn't
he buying any more salt
Then Mrs. Brown said that, any
how, they hadn't been using salt bag
for some time, because lately, while
salt Is still put up In bags, they hai
been buying salt put up lu wooden
or in pasteboard boxes. They'd been
making their dish cloths lately, alio
said, out of sugar lHgs. Sugar, It
apiears, once never so put up, Is now
quite commouly sold In bags.
Casually, Mrs. Brown mentioned an
other use of suit bags that was new
even to Letltla, who knew something
about salt bags. Mrs. Brown suld thut
once they had a servant who used to
take the suit bags when they were
emptied and oien them out and wash
the marks out of them, and then for
economy's sake have them for hand
kerchiefs for her little brother.
And yet there remained the fact.
mildly bewailed by Letltla, that there
would be "no more salt bairs" for dish
cloths. Here Mr. Brown onniui f,
ay to Letty. "Well, what of It? Not
housekeeping any more, we shan't have
any dishes to wash and we shan't want
any dish cloths, salt bag or sugar
oag. nut he didn't say these things,
for he didn't want to hurt Ltitis'a
feelings by showing her how little she
looked ahead, nor did be want to make
her feel worse by showing her how
much more logical his mind. He sal.l
nothing, but Juat kept these things to
himself, but not without his usual mod-
est Consciousness of .iitu.rl..rl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
clieeks.
"You can't think bow It made me feel
to see her cry. 1 could have bugged her
right while she was gvIng Z VZ
Then I thought about hm
During th remaining hour of th day I lng to feel, and my heart went A
1 engaged myself In searching th bouse Hut Mademoiselle said-
AM t h a Ka. nWL-.a. I . t m . . ...
on th beach ; but, although I looked into
many of them, I found no sign of armory.
Auru i rememoeren that Black had a
wand f Winchester rifles In h!a tudy.
I had hopes that they would aufflce. with
knives snd any revolvers I might lay
handa upon, to hold a ring of men against
th company. Thl thought I bugged to
me all day, going often to the Iron plat
form above the creek to know If ther
wer any sign ef th release of th min
ers, or of preparation for getting rid of
them.
Toward evening, when I waa weary
with the watching, ther wsa the sound
of a gunshot below In th creek ! and I
went to my window, and saw th whole ef
a cruel seen. Some twenty of the sea.
men, black as they had com from th
coal ah ft, wer going a shore from a long
boat, while aa electric launch was bring
ing twenty nor from th outer erk
where the nameless ship lay. But tie
iTh.t t.
'"'oiner thing this
must teach you. We can ,J
conscience 0, onr ,,WDPPkl
Those we love have to suffer wl,h
"How many times do you aim.'
I've thought of that In the
years? 1 wouldn't give n tW .
for the higher mnrk ln X.S" f?J
rou wiI ge Into hcIaM,o And
Toung lady! she'll teach you 2
than French!" 7 n
The famous palace occupied h, .
Iste Oeorge W. Child., of the k ,1"
dlphla Ledger, which cost Mm
1.000.000, to be transformed l?
apartment bouse. lnto an
It Is asserted that th. a-
Cheap Porta hi Aavll
It may be made with four nolo or
pieces three Inches square, with ends lng
beveled and notched. Put each two "George." she said, "how do von t,ro-
I - - - ,
nounce the last syllable of this word
'butterlne'?" "The last syllable." tho
I Inspector answered. "Is always silent
St Louis Globe-Democrat,
"Did ye get damages fer being In
that railway accident Bill?" 'Sure;
fifty dollars for me and fifty fer the
missus." 'The missus? I didn't hear
she was hurt"' "She wasn't; but I
hnd the presence o' mind to fetch her
one on the bead with me foot" liar
HAitor rasst anvil.
pieces together In the form of an old- Per'a Weekly.
style A harrow, with bolt at point "Mamma, what's the use of putting
where shown, and a brace across the all those things for the baby hi that
middle. Then Insert a piece of rail- sterilizing machine?" "Why, 'Willie, so
country estxclally Pennsylvania roa(1 raI1 as ,on,lt aB tne 'ranie 'nw mor- that no bad germs will enter his sys
tho South and West Formerly N04"1 " ln tne ax of eacn of these tern." "That's what I thought But I
J A m - . III L. .. t . I Irnin. a n aa.l.i. l l I. . I . ,
A frames. It will be found very sub
stantial and handy to do many Jobs on
that require much hammering.
Beat Fertilisers for Fralt.
In very many cases potash fertlliera
Coaaamptloa f Tarker.
It Is eatlmated that 20,000,000 tur
keys or 200,000,000 pounds are con
suined in this country during Thanks
giving week every year. Many millions
of these pass through the Chicago mar
ket on their way to the towns of the
Middle Wet and to the Eastern com
mission bouses. About 700,000 are sold
In Chicago Itself during the week.
These turkeys come from all parts of
the
and
some of tb New England States bad
great reputations turkey producers.
but the supply bai fallen off contlnu
ally, while it th 1811,0 time the de
mand has greatly Increased.
Praser War to C'fcara
The agitation In churning should be ot
I ever the nercentage of this element h. I
---" we - - , hD. -rr--"doesn't come any more,
'jui. jua churning is to oe stopped I "u v?u rajiu-
while the butter U ' the granular panled by an Increase of sugar and a
form. In ni, to bare as thorouirh decrease of acid. Other things being
h.,i .... . I onus! the fruit With the larovar nor. I 1 Benl
rr: T; of .ar ,m brin the" h,Jn and grand entrance,
" i.ro viranj snouiu uov us vitr uj ue- I - - -
grees.
The buttermilk should be drawn from
the churn and th butter washed. The
butter must be removed from the churn
and salted while yt In the granular
form. Tb amount of salt should be
to the taste of the customer. For most
people one oun to the pound la re
quired, f H(
Plowlsa; C(t Dl.kla.
ba
know an easier way." "What's that?'
Why, while you were out I sterilized
the baby!' Life,
First Clerk Say, Bella, do you re
member the swell fellow who used to
come In every day last year, give us a
ve decidedly Improved the qualities """T n TV ' , ' . I
fruits. In nearly .11 cases' when- .VLZfl, '"f hJ'
Hiauumuiuci i .icvviiii . l-s ; Utt
Is hi era nil
mother dead? First Clerk No; he's
married to her. Harper's Weekly.
"I sent you the plan for the porte
price. In addition, less desirable varle- P"" "'"ii
ties may be brought up to a higher ' "' ","?r"
.t.tulnl..lhua alvlnir value. to mm. rupted urltcn, and what do you
good quality, as hardiness and prolific n,ean b Puttln' ,8nlTe' over the d"r?
oearing. . t,l.. ........... .
ii'iue aua on uii i uuuucipnia i ress.
Polaters ea Fe4a. Anh-.mohlllst to anothor wh h..
In experiments made In feeding I i,to ,wr. t k. t .
straw It was found that linseed meal mn ,n -. Tha Afflirt n. i...
. . I I
ami rui """" "V the machine) Yea, sir. That lady you
Idly than Unseed meal and hay, as the i. m- ira ru h hii ir t..
A North Dakota farmer estimates I straw proved the better substance foritt winHi imr h, ,,i
"at by diaklna- In Place of plowing a separating the linseed meal and prt- lMn hr amused while r, 1.1.... ,n.
Piece of flM ian(1 h lost fully $100 on venting and clogging In the stomach, infernal machine, Woman's Home
ui parley crop; tbat oy leaving nair corn nieai ana cui nay provea tanei Companion.
ui sera grain untreated witn formal- better ration wan cern meal ana it
aenyd h )oSt another hundred, and straw.
mat by Dot cleaning throroughly his . . . .
mjt . .. ... 1 Aii 1'lasarr
T,,I b lost ru7 more. All . nmrfm nt .,. papers for the next three months!"
I DMA flar anrtDfl m K rVm. I mm H"1 I . ste a i a -
"iur-i wero p ... - vj w.as- 1 . . I W IltiL . lOr I WOIHUTl n IT I r AHko.1 nrrsi
lul prIr,y bsndledland and seed for nw handle Myi , cha Qulgley. "I have just been nominated
dllo'WurofTKroP'Tr .n: Apple timber Is hard, tough and with- for a PUD,,C otRc" to 'altered, "and
H and land right alongside of It n7muen ,nd onc lt ,hllnw1 I don't want you to find out what kind
task Rrai'i r Cor.. u geidocn spllta or sheds. No other 01 " 4 "J "ul- -nicago xrih-
Th ttalks ronulred tO grow a crop mh., Is .a veil rifted fnr aaw h.n- un"'
0' 100 tunnels of corn contain about Aien, xhe supply In Michigan comes In "Darling," said the bride, "I had a
nfty-two pounds of potash while the Bhort oes Bx 0r eight feet long from terrible feeling of sadness come over
!n contains nineteen pounds or ser- .h.ndoned orchards. m thU afternoon a sort of feeling
enty-on u, n the stalks grow be- I . that you were doing something that
"re thMrs are formed, tney will ex- Horse laberttaacrs. wouia Drena my neart ir I knew of It
baust the potash In the soil, If It la Good sense and docility, as well as Think, sweet what were you doing,
deficient, , that when the ears are lack of sense and treachery, are mat- now, this afternoon nt 4 o'clock?"
mde ther 1. nttle potash left for ters of transmission by Inheritance. "Dearest" replied the husband tender.
"em. xhia ahowa the necessity for the This is tme or aumenta, nanits of ae- iy ana reassuringly, "at that hour I
088 liberal supp'T 0' potash In tion, disposition and all those things was licking stamps and pasting them
reclaim ra amo lands. which go to make a good or bad horse, on envelopes." Ladlee' Home Journal.
"Maria," aald 'Mr.. Qulgley, entering
his home In some excltemeut "I want
you to promise me not to look at the
..!(. Soil.
A1 tolli are formed from dlstnte-
rievee te Fee Laa ss Stock.
Clover Is good for feeding to live
Mast a' t Saiell Pastes.
TTsv favor hs. Iuum. & . .
r4, nd organic matter. Of stock and also splendid for renovating form of Dollen ooisonin. 4
tb hthr IS contain from on. to or feeding the IL There Is no f.rm Sta-lnSng Seat L. . . 1
"ore tba, Tl, cent It la only In that Is not capable of being helped br Z. J f7 aDd othr
M. of It that the amount the growing and feeding on It of cli ZxlxTZZiX
last Ua laVfir pr"t- Th. nest ver. This Is to be kept In mind and ritan 7 7 "t"
"conUln only from 4 to put In practice. Clover root. deep,y. ZVrZ'?
r nt k orflnl maner. uata and and so get. a large part or It. support . ml .tor. f ... , .
WnSrJto-oH. containing only from th. .ub.l ; and If th. grouMU ?ro Tof th. m'i ?d tolln
1 M tn Tb. Intelligent fanner well filled with clover root, when the P?J1 ?neM "
bonld .Z,. to ascertain what I. clover die. th. enriching of the soil Z7in L 'nd 0o.nfer
,nUn th7ll ad "Wly It re- by those root, must b. Immense. The ? 'T " ,UT,n
""mDerin, m. he can niaae no posai- I root, produce a nitrogenous .nrlchlnr I . . " ,u '. im
nnr. I with th h. mA.i 4 I provementa In seventy n) and failnri
Mr. Millais tells how rabbits swim
-rwhen compelled to : "They swim with
the head held as high as possible, while
the hocks of the bind legs appear above
the element at each stroke. The shoul
ders and front part of the body aro
hurled beneath the water, while the
rump and tall are high and dry."
Natural enemies ftf the nnlinnl world
are sometime found living together in
extraordinary communities. The suma
writer quotes this exjierlence of an ob
server: "On one occasion when ferret
ing 1 bolted a fox, a cat, a stoat and
several rabbits and rats out of the
same earth. The fox bolted first, after
giving the ferret a nip acrv?s the back,
from the effects of which It died an
hour later. Next came the stoat and
tben the cat both of which I shot. Then
followed the rabbits and rots promis
cuously. It was a largo burrow on
the bank of a deep dry watercourse,
and often held a fox when I ferreted
It afterward."
Interesting figures on the relative
agility of hares and rabbits are given
In a recent volume by J. O. MUlals.
"When running at ease," be says, "th
length of the hare's stride 1. about
four feet; but under conditions of fear
Its leaps extend to ten and twelve feet,
while some authors claim that It can
Jump ten ditches twenty to twenty-five
feet In width. Perpendicularly a haro
can Jump on to a flve-fojt wall, but
seems to be nonplused by one of about
six feet The stride of the rabbit 1.
about two feet; when necessary It can
make leaps of six or seven fet horl-'
coutally. About three feet Is the high
est tbat a rabbit can attain to even
when helped by the asperities of a
stoue wall."
Immaterial. ,
Aunt Hepsy was In ecstasies over the
young lady her nephew, Ike, was going
to marry. "I never saw her till lust
week," she aald, "but I fell ln love with
her at first sight myself. She's good.
sweet amiable and as pretty a. a picture."
"What's her name?" asked th. listen
er.
"Marja."
"Maria what?"
Aunt Hepsy wrinkled her forehead.
pnrsefj up her llpa,' looked at the asll
lng and gav. It up.
"I declare, I can't think of ber other
name."
Th. general laugh that followed thl.
confession nettled Aunt Hepsy.
Wnat. th. difference about her last
nam. anywayr she said explosively.
us oniy temporary. She'. Koine to.
change It!" Touth'. Companion.
He Kaew.
The pretty teacher was trying- to
plain th. difference between good con
duct and bad. "Good actions." she r.
plained, "ar. the lovely flower.. Bad
ones ar. th. weeds. Now can . n-
tie boy or girl tell me the difference be
tween now era and weeds? What .r
flowers? What are wee.lt 7"
'Weeds." aId Walter, who bad h.
struggling with the sorrel In hla moth
er', garden, "are the plant, that want
to grow, and flower, ar. th. ones that
don't"
Fretty Fall.
"McLnsh ha. been arreat.
drunkaunees and wants you to h.11 m
out"
Ball him out!" etacnlsted .
Pepper, who had heard tha r.m..w '
distinctly. "Good gracious, la h- .k..
fnlir Eiehang.. .
At least two-third, of th. nam.
-lS vltB faluV " I fmj liw
la tweuty four.
mn 700 meet ar. henpecked, bnt thae
don't know It