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("aTJkTl THE IRON PIRATE A Via in Tate of Si range Happenings on the Sea By MAX FEMBERT01T ooo- riTAPTEn XVII. (Continued.) Ilia anger vit fieri, terrible a a tor nado. Ilia teeth gnashed, bia bamli ehxk. he rolli d la hit rhair like a treat wounded beast : but when be saw that I waa un nioved, be fell quiet again, and aaid in a low. coaling voie : "Ion'a rouiuel dm. laiL ta do what I bar meant not to do. You're here for good or III. These m.'U are nothing to brought ahovels and picks, which they car ried to the higher plana of anow. "We're got to die. both of ue." laid th American at last; "you en me. Black. there lan't much ei we kin look for. Uo on. lay me right bera aa I lay now; but 111 rise ages you. and the day II come Tb oVk waa a ff babel of sounds.' ef groans, of weeping. Tb. .hips surges bimaelf seemed paraiysra ii .k. -.,.. around him. But snov all tbia terror. I know of nothing which truck ma with auch fearful sorrow aa the aight of a fair young English girl lying k- ,h. H.w.r of the area! saioou, nrx aruti extended, her nut-brown hair soaked Id ber own blood, while run OT' h.r. end tou could bia Mara falling upon ber dead face, and bia ravlug n Incoherent and aluioet those of a maniac Meanwhile another arena waa pnaaing on the bride between tha mso Joho nd the captain of the Uetloolc. "What do you want aboard of my ehlpr cried the latter: sad "Roaring J,.hn" an.wered bim with mocaiug leer ! IV.1.. fjmm aboard to bang you, to he. In on !" The men with tbe young officer cocked their revolvers at this, and I aaid in a mad freniy which would not oroos a ln, ! "You scoundrel. If you touch another '1 when you'd giv every dollar ye'r. worth soul ber. Ml .hoot you myself; lor ir i - v,i ..n " I bad my revolver on uie. w IO uiUJ, nijiriu.". - 1.111:... .kll.ln.nT" I fried and waa I a Dusiuess vi ............ - - 1 loucneo man 00 me - " 1 - . . . you: they're laiy hogs that the world', about to plead with bim: but at signi aga.u. auu TitZ'tkna who was wen ria or let em die, ana save your or me no raiseu on mi, u . - - .,.i f the own rarca... You'v. been her. days now away. II. atood foaming and muttering, mor. aurprUed. tb. U.el -the first man that ever lived among ut hi. band, clenched. Tb. ha.t. of th. Ionic. '''''"'V '"VvoS talk to without .Ignlng our papers. Tou'v. a men waa not half ha, .nough for bin: -Jon cub. h. cned. if you talk to straight notion that mV band', .gen Eu- and when they began to dig h. hurried m. I'll skin you allv.I but I aald quick- rope. and. for th. matter of that, agen them tb. more, until a great pil of anow ly: the world, too; those that .hare with me had been thrown out. "O h"" V"' un ....1 . , .... ..I.. f .,k4 ,k. .v.. rer Into ah I nc on thia ship. Glv It them now (... .k. ... h.t vmi rfc. trenrh and .hnvel the anow outcklT and aav. your live., for you bav. no al tm.k ur. th. rk nf ll.ll.'who nut the Loon him. II. watched them, ailent In ternativ.. If you glv. th. money up. you ... i .: r .l-. -i..k k. ,.m. hi. h,.f m.h.n hi. h.id onlv was hav. div word that they won t touch you (. "111 in ui. cijiiiu mm uikii. " 1 ' , I ... . . . . m , 1 m m. . Hlu,.t. I ... him there, uncovered he rare a ahrlek of agony, "As there, a heaven above, eiclalmed th,,.t, k. ,1. 1 .1, .i that .-hl.h pxui like the rivet rrv of a man I the young captain, "they aball pay night 1 wrote duath against hia nam, a. going befor. hi. Ood. and ceoned not to this day's work with their lives. I hand I wrote It agnln.t your, when you entered I echo from height to height until long mln- my aped, over under tbis proteat ; but my room In I'aria. There'e reaaona why lute bad pa.ned. Black gave a great don't deceive youmelvea half th. war- I've broken my word in your caae. though atart. and ahlverlng aa a man struck ships in Lurop. snail totiow you wiinin a Vou'll never knuw 'em : but there's no I down with a deadly chill, ha passed from week. reaaon why you ahonldn't swesr to go I the grsv. to the beach. through It with me. There's my papers. Hlgn 'em now. or yon II. a corpa. before an hour on the clock." lie leaned over bis writing table and put Into my hand, a rough ahpet of parch' ment, CHAPTER XVIII. It waa on the next afternoon, near to th. sntting of tb. sun, that Doctor Onbart came to my room with great newa for me. TV, i- .lk .V.- MH k.d . . t.t I lui. uii.iiirn. wiiu inn uim uni wm- But my eyea were dimmed with . . , . ..,,, the reatlcu excitement of th altuatlon. . . . . . . I . '. , , . ... vu The aileiic. of th. room was terrible to bub Jn Europ ; Mm hg . ' I), . """'" '" put to sea again. Now he can't do that, if. while already In th. ton.tj. My n . , , th, ,h at wi k th9 Ihniliflil. aAe la . In. 1 1 sa l 1 1 fS I M f A tTl V I r '" i ""'"' y ! hands quiet, and thafa excitement. II. Lome, to m, friend. took b 'J ha. determined to .nil to-night; but. be tep which was the last mad dcelgn of a f ... driven man. "Oive me the pen : !" I said suddenly. lie put the pen into my hand., and 1c tied back with a chuckle of satisfac tion ; but the movement cost him the game. I clutched his pistol with a light ning grasp, and covered him with it. "If you raise a finger I'll .hoot you like a nog," I cried. Then the man, who was no craven, sat motionless in his chair, and his fac might have been cut from marble. "If you rain, your voice to call out, or If anyone comes to tbia room, you die where you ait." I aaid. "Boy, you're the first that's bested Black," he aald. "I'm caught like a rat In the hole. What do y. want? Name It, and I'll know how we stand !" for. w. talk of that, w. mu.t hav. tb. condition.." "What hav. you to askT .aid I. "Simply thia," he an.wered. "Tou hall glv. your word, a. a man of honor, that you will make no attempt to leav. the ship without permission. . "I accept." Then .lowly th. great engines begun their work, and w. swept out to th. open aea. n. dined that night in the aaloon II. turned away, and presently the ruf fians with mo had lowered money to tht valu. of a hundred and fifty thousand pounda into their launch. When at laat w. put off again, and tbe launch waa full of tha Jewels and th. money, it aeemed that I bad paased through a bideoua dream. On th. .econd day after th. robbery of th. Bellonlc, w. .topped a second and then a third ahip; though I saw nothing of It, as all the fighting was on th. star board aide, and my cabin was to port; but there was a sharp fight on th. third morning with a Cape-bound vessel, nd again towards th. afternoon with on. of the North German I.lloyd boats home ward bound to Bremerhaven; Oxbart, coming to my rooms, delighted to glv. ni. th. detail, of these captures. 4 (To be continued.) h.,k lor peralST. Th lllu.tr.,;nn show, a rack to b. umhI either c... deuurniug cattle or ringing bog,. 'Wr silla u threw pl-o I long tn(j 4 Incuc oj m iu ur. mortUKM for bottom of I' 8 Ul('he" iu alle of teT to allow tb. aWtea nu Bottom board t drop lnl v r'our iHNt 4 lacbt by 4 Inctie an4 5 ff't Inche. km and two pota 4 Inrue. by 4 ,,-, and 3 fwt 8 lucbea long are tened to tb. alll. Threw cnj. jiitHv, ., . h t by 4 Inchea ana 4 tt 2 Inches i.mg are mortUed at tb. eti(Ui to revive to of po- The capa art of oak. oak plecw n front of tlM cap, w.h,.h h(,Mt the stanchion, la i inches by 2 inches. anl 4 feet 2 Inchea 'ong. The ower oak pl la tront ot tho stanchion is 2 Inches by 4 Incbe and 2 feet lontt The lumber la 2 Inchea tMch and 7 f.t long for aldea. On. board 2 Ineheg by 17 lache and 7 feet netsRsJU l If I ACK ro PIHOBNINO. I Trtatsif.t f lh II. W. bar. but littl mora) definite knowledge of tbe soil aud tbe prtuclple. Invulvui In Ita trenfim'ut than W bad lity year, ago, aaya tb. BoleutluY American. Fertility la uot nitrogen. l'!nilloruB. and Dotdsalum alone. tbiugb the potential value of any tleld. or Ktate, or eouutry, from tu agrlcui t'iral ataniljiolnt, U nieusured by then. ct tiatltueut eleineut In Its soil; yet It lia been deuioimt rated that soils which coiitnlu an abuudam-e of then elemeuta, ' aud which are potentially capable of producing crops for ceuturle. perbapa, are not capable of producing prolltabl. crops without tbe addition of further amounta of the, constituent. Tb. chemical Inrestlgntor Is, therefore, Pom lulled to take Into consideration other fucta than this, lie niut. If be would cover the whole Meld, know something of geology, of botany, of physics, of bloloirv. tit hacterlolozv. and of the other natural aclencea, because cheni lutry alone la not capable of fully com posslng the problem; thua, the oppor tunity for specialising In any brancn bna been very great, and It la- because of tbe broadnesa of the aubject, and the opportunity, aa already pointed out. aud the necessity, also, for glvlns Imme diate help from the knowledge that we have that has prevented In a degree a broad atudy of the fundamentals essen tial for enabling genuine progrea to be made. 8NAKE OFTEN USEFUL. upon tbe deck, a eommodiona place light- H'M,U ""' rrtJ ed by electricity, and In every way l.nurl- w "d Mot III. Ally r'rlend aad ously fitted. The walls of It wee. n.n.led 'ny gtor"l, ar tlu r bincKanauea in whit, and gold, and were covered with t,mt uave attacked human belngH, and curloua design., old heroes fighting, old full-grown iecluieu might conoelva- gods drawn by liona at their chariot.; bly Injure a wenk, small child, snya the Jason seeking th. fleece in a golden Sun Francisco Chronicle. Even at Ita barque; Orestes fleeing tb. Furies. Tb. great At development this snake Is In- "I want my life-now that I refuse to '" 'SX'Z.JTi lth" of .1 cnmble of doing more than caue an sign that paper. You ran give tha order that no man's to lay a finger on me, and you will?" II. thought moment, looking atralgt down th. barrel of the Colt. Then he said: "Tes, I can't avoid that I'll glv. you that." "And my liberty on the first occasion offering." "No," he replied very alowly and atern ly : "they'd tear me to pieces." There waa no doubt that h. bad right in this. I put th. piatol down : then I -offered him my hand, and be jumped up from bia seat, grasping It with a great clutch. "You're a sound plank of a boy." Th. sound of firing, rapid and oft re peated, cam. to us from the eh ore of the rove below. He went to hia window and I saw the whole bay lit with silver light from a full-risen moon, and th. distant peaka as grim beacons above a land ot rest. Out on th. .now there waa a hun gry crowd of starving aoula, crying for bread; and those to whom thpy cried an swered them with their muskets, dyeing the glittering whit, with many a red stream. "For heaven'a sake, help those men. If ynn have anything hut th. Instinct, of a tirnte In you !" I cried. There waa a pause; befor. he answered me. Then he snatched a rifle from a case and said : "Take that pistol and com. on. There's blood to let." I followed him down th. passage to the tx-ach, where he blew a whistl. sharp and shrill. "That'll wake 'em on Hie ahip," he ex plained. "I'm not afeard ot these, but there's fighting to be done now don't show till you're wanted." II. advanced toward, th. snow plain and sang out : "John, yoo there, Dick hands to quar ters, do you hear me? Mov. right quick, or I'll move yon !" They put down their arms from their shoulders In blank amaaement, and list ened to him as he went on : "There's enough down for on. night, I reckon, and I'm not going to be kept awake by your firing." TUey cam round him .lowly and sulk ily, and he drove them to th. big honae. with fine round phrase. I lurked near him. but an American saw me and cried : "Pay. Cap'en, hev y took to adoptln' that boy el y seems so fond of?" "Shst your Jaw. or I'll shut It for yon!" replied Black. "Ia th boy your affair?" ... , 1 . , . .. - I caiceriate, an some ot ns Wishes to know particier ir nea signed or no." "Oh, yon want to know, do yoo? Let them as makea complaint step right her " Only four Joined the leader; but the aptain euiMenly snatched my revolver from me, and fired four shots: and for each shot a man dropped dead on th teach ; but th American stood untouched. The appalling brutality of th action seemed to awe th rest of the crew. They rood motionless, dumb with their rage; but when they recovered themselves they rushed upon ns with wild ferocity. I heard a shout from the water Snd. look ing tner. 1 aaw loctor Osliart In the launch; and there waa a Maxim gun in th do we ot ner. "I iinr mat oraon : roared BUck In awful passion; and instantly, aa he drop ped flat and I Imitated him, there was hail of bullets, and the main part of th crowd fell shrieking. Tb victory wa. awtul. instantaneous. Aa th. men fled toward, the hills. Black called after thern "Bring to, yon carrion, or I'll win yoo out, every on. of you t Any man who'll sav. hia throat, let him com. her. I" At the, word, they turned back to a man, and cam cowering to th water's edge. Thirty ot their fellow, lay dead or wounded on th stones. "Where", your leader?" asked niack, and they pointed to th American, who lay with th blood pouring from a wound In hi left thigh. "It.', there, I he?" screamed th lnf elated man. "Well, III car hia Ilk. a bam. Ot torches, some of yoo, and ice him to.' JLU helped aim la hia gbaatly work, and piano. The dinner Itself ,.. .Hmi..hi- unpleHHunt constriction of the muscles served, and waa partaken of by the deaf of K10"'" Irnon. and the tnles of Ita and dumb engineer, by the doctor, the ottneka on men and women ending In Scotsman and myself. Black talked with, serious eonneitiencea to nnvthlus ex- out reserve befor. me, knowing well that I could do him no Injury. He relied mostly on the doctor for advice, and dia- eusaed everything with him in th. beat of tempers. "My plan la this," h said ; "we're short of oil, and Karl her. I. beginning to get uneasy. I ehall knock over a couple 0f whalers In these sea. and fill the tanks. Then, as they're looking for us In mid Atlantic, we'll get aouth of Madeira, and run against two or three of the big one. making for Itio or Hueno. Ayrea. W. ahall pick up a good bit of money; and It'll be a month before they get on our course that way, for I mean to let 'em down light when It'a not a case of eavln. our own akin." W. paased th. Danish settlement of Oodthaab early on th. next morning, though so far out at sea that I could mak. nothing of It; while we lost th. eoaat of Greenland altogether before th. day had paased, a hasy ahower of dust lik. .now greeting our coming to tb. Atlantic and to a perceptibly wanner lat itude. During thia day, and until we aighted the Shetland., the small screw tender kept our course, and w. exchanged signals with her every morning. Finally w. sighted the coast of Ireland and I know not if I hav. ever had a greater pleasure than that distant view. It waa aa though I had passed from a dead land to the land of man. from th. silent ways of night to tb. first break ing of th. day. CHAPTER XIX. It waa not until daybreak on the fol lowing morning that w reached the track of ocean-bound ahlpa ; but our voyage wa altogether in favor of Black, for the ..in had acarc. risen when Itoctor Osbart got m from my bed to aee what he called my first Introduction to business. "There's th. Red Cros. Line's Bel lonlc not a mil. off on th. starboard quarter." cried he exultlngly, "and we're goln to clear her." I dressed anyhow, almost aa excited as h waa, and stepped on to the gallery. All eyes were turned to th. north, where, now almoat abreast of us. there wa. th. long and magnificent bull, of the great liner. Kb. went at a tremend.ms pace and was rapidly lesving us. when th. great gun forward aent a ahell ploughing th. sea fifty yards ahead of th. Bellonlc. The effect of the call waa seen upon th great vessel, whose deck, wer soon dot ted with black ol.Jecta. whll. thre. mor. men appeared on th. bridge, and th. aig nal flags rsn np. "Olv. It hlra for'.rd." roared Black; snd the shot that answered hia command truck th. quivering hull not twenty feet from the windlass and you could aee th. spllntera carried fifty feet In the air. whll. th. shriek, of (error cam. over th. sea to fit. creaming like wV beasts, the men turned the handles of the Maxim guns; the balls rained upon th defenseless liner as hail upon a aheepfold. I saw atrong men reel and fall their length as death took them; th. breex bor. to m. th. wailing of women, and tb. eoba of chil drfi. Th. flag dropped and th. signal waa made to us to com. aboard. rIW,'V,:r ,h 'unrh. TO" ' J'bn !" cried Black. ,nd tak. every .hilling you can lay hand. on. and hang np that aklp P" for a thln-aklnned fool." v3n,'ibM"'f TC "U "bllrt ,0 you 11 b. .mused;" and suggested It to "Tea, h ,hll go" h p,.,. M,f afclard- 'h" him h..Idmhtt Pnt ot T 7 l!I It? ",U""1 They bundled m Into th l.onch; but they would not Roaring John" himself drove m np ,h, ladder. Beven of as at tart stood oa the bridge, and w.r far, lo f,c with th captain of U. BelWnic. and tout ot hu cept Itself may be put down as Imagi nary. The copperhend la venomous. It be longs to the rattlesnake family. Is hIukkIru In Its movements, principally nocturnal In Its hublts, seeking by day to avoid notice. It will not bite un less greatly alarmed or provoked, nnd the popular theory that It Ilea In wait to strike human beings from behind la entirely without foundation. Recently a New Jersey man boast fully attempted to "charm" a copper neaa and whs stung by It Usually Its victims nre those who unintentionally aisturrj it while tlwy are handling brush or stones In the woods, or while clearing swamp land. Each of these snakes performs a talnnble service to man In destroying smn.11 ppts, such aa moles and mice. The blacksnake ents the garter snake and the coiinerhond and rattlesnake, following their trails by scent, avoiding their poison fangs and crushing them to death. It Is also a famous tree climber and a notorious robber of birds' nests. The blacksnake may lie tamed. The eopiierhend also eats the garter snake, which Is the prey ot many turn and mammals. J ne garter snake Is among the most courageous 0f serpents. Xotwlthstand Ing Its diminutive size It shows small rear of man. though Incapable of Injur nig mm, and It strength and agility make It a frequently victorious oppo nent of many nnlmals greatly exceeding It In bulk. It Is most prolific, a single female producing from twenty-five to sevenry-nve young nt a time. W hlle the fostering of even the small and nonpolsonous serpents Is not likely to become popular, they are of great vaiue to me farmer In keeping dow ..nrmiui nmninis, to combat which nn a large scale no cheap nnd effective men us nas neon round. Jtie narm they do Is llmlto.! k destruction of birds, but In the warfare ior existence mat continues through nut tlm lir. nf .11 ...I t . . . " " niiiiuiim me Dims are nn wiinom means or offense and de fense. Were snakes the only enemies the winged trills had to fwir. there would be no need of passing uw, fop i'ii''r protection. A study of life In the fields and for ests will show that, however strong the ...i..u, uisiiKe or man ror his ser- ruinf f.illM I 1 1 1 is, mey nre bI ... -... .no nines ratber than bis em llandlcappii ft, 1 ... . ue onese citlxen who was headed to. ni II 1 11 wuu'n. nave I time to catch the next tral -r r.u ..uuw- tie nsked. addresgln i-i.i.Tiinin on me corner. "You have the time," replied the -. ui you utm t seem to speed." n 2 a off! have th. "Yes." ! A-e. admitted tha rv, al.l ... . lust rell,r.t.l .... '' 1 nnre Tersary of m, sojourn on earth" I congratulate you." rejoined th old bachelor. "At that ag. , J TL ' to worry about her Inability" S S husband and begin. t ' l! v unfff I fool 1 WTWm. as. Elderletgh There sr. Z man never for,t. wlDS a rToungWht are tbert Eldelelgh Hi, TT long Is used for the bottom. for stanchions In front use one board '2 Inches by 10 inches, 5 feet, 6 Inches long; -one board 1 Inches by 10 Inches, reet 2 Inchea long, ror one gate use two pieces 2 Inches by 12 Inchea, 4 feet 4 Inchea long, cut sloping to Ot the .'rame, it . put on with binges. The ftatK'hlons In front are bolted at the bottom between a 2 Inches by 4 Inch piece, and the sill, leaving a space up and down In front 5 Inches wide. Two nd a half feet from the bottom of the stanchion slope, cnt a place for the animal's neck. The 2 Inches by 2 Inch oak piece I. bolted to the side of the ?ap with block! to allow the top of the stanchions to open and close and work with a lerer. The lever, which :ar be made of wagon tire, Is S feet 0 Inches long. A ft-lnch hole la punched In the top of the lever, a second hole 1.1 'j Inches from top bole, and the third bole 11 Inches from second bole. I'be uppr bole It for attachment of two ton straps, cm on escb side, which art fastened e the left hand stanchion. Eroin the lowtt hole two pieces of Iron II Inches long go to the right hand stanchion. When the stanchions are cloned bore one or two half-Inch holes In post bark of lever. In which to use aii Iron pin to hold the stanchions In place. Montreal Star. A Waifs a Swiss Toale. Raising 1,(NK) bogs a year without eer having any sign of cholera In the herd U the clultn put forth by M. Bar ber of Iilooiulngton, Neb, lie makes a siieclalty of this Industry and has 300 acres of alfalfa, where the hogs are rnlsed. "My hogs are raised In the Held from the time they are pigs till they ere about 8 months old, when I put them o.i a feed of corn," said Mr Barber to a representative of the Kansas City Drovers' Telegram. "If fed In summer time 1 soak the corn. Hut the alfalfa U the most lmiortant feed they get. and Is the one great thing that keeps them healthy all the year around. In aP the years that I have been raising nnd handling bogs In thia way, I never had a case of hog cholera on my farm. This Is due to the alfalfa, which keeps the hogs healthy." Improved Batter Cfcsrs. The old fashioned band butter churn, so long associated with fresh air and country life, seems destined to be overtaken by other up to date churns aud which require less labor to oper ate. Tbe old-fashioned churn was a chrjisy affair, and not a little "elbow grease" waa re quired to manipu late It In the Il lustration Is shown one. of newer band chums, which Wafer aad Salt fsr Cow.. Eight rations of water a day Is the average (jnaatlty required, for a cow, and the milk given Is about 87 per rent water. In tome pastures there !s no water, tlx cows being supplied nl(ht and morning, which forces such cow to drink fout gallons at a time In order to be supplleL As the cow does not know that the must drink four gallons, she may m less, and she will reduce her milk mpply accordingly, MEW CIlLB.t nevertheless contains most of the principles of the older churns. The only change la In tbe application of the power mechanism. In this machine tbe power Is so placed that little effort Is required to operato It. A foot pedal la added, and the hand power Is entirely different from the old method. Instead of forcing th. paddlo up from the churn after every descent with the hands, springs are placed beneath the hand grips which do the forcing automatically. It would be possible to operate this churn end at the same time read 1 book or news paper. Ysaaar Farmer. Gotaar to Cities.' A recent news telegram from York, ru., aaya: "With the return to the county commissioners to-day of the last registry r.Tsessor's book It waa ahown by the totals that the population of voters In the county has decreased In kl v nwiiitliii nenrlv 4(M TIia . I, l,.i, .... r.im.i. i.i - -'" ........,, -Bt "' i..tiniuiii. niB .nnlntion . ...-n,,,.. k. . , -u jr - nn , tlu eomnuioner, t0 tbe desertion of T""1". l"" ""Ul,17 01 lhA farm, by young men. most of whom .u...uB hii 10 hid rni ot nairy i, i,.--! , i.Kiin,ii..i.i. other cities under the Impression that they can speedily make fortunes. "In the borough of Red Lion sixty voters have gone to the city within six mi nt lis. The decrease In population Is greater than In the borougha. Tbe total registration In tbe boroughs and town ships of tbe county last spring was 22, 802. Tbe present registration shows 388 less." cows. An result of these trials, It Is recommenfcd that dairy cows be given at least on ounce of salt per day. Ex ceptionally heavy milkers will require more than this. The uniform results obtr.lned with all cows employed In these trlah indicate that salt In addi tion to that obtained In their food Is absolutely essential to the continued health of 1 dairy cow, while producing milk. It a evident moreover, that the imnnnl . . T 1. 1 K MM. 1. A, 7" "" " " ""I' Heaovatlafc. Won Soil.. I-'" uirrrtr will srrntlr varr In dir. I n,f w 1 c,.iii,..n 1. n n nt loctiities, It being more at Mgh 24, on tbe renovation of wornout soils, deration! u,d at places remote from MJ . the sea. Agricultural Epltomlst A Kettle Soppnrt. At butr&erlng time ami whenever wc,''r Is to be heated It Is a bother to the kett or t0 hang It with chains. A simple hoop with three or four legs welded on. saves the time and trouble. Any black smith will ntake It for a few cents If you famish an old cart tire for hoops rru oor. A swt. I. "To build up and maintain fertility In the soil, feed a large part of the crops, and return the manure to the land. If manure Is not available, plow under crops grown for the purpose. Plow deep, but do not subsoil, Orow leguminous crops for the nitrogen tney add to the soil. "Commercial fertilisers and lime may be Important means of Improving the soli but the fertiliser requirements of different soils and . different crops In different seasons are so little under stood that we are not yet In a position to make positive recommendations that "How many children have yooT "Two living and oue writing Jokes for a daily pnj-r." Cleveland Leader. Is Maude taking a dsy off to cole- brate her birthday?" "No; abe'a tak lug a year off." lliwton Transcript You surely don't meet them' social ly." "Oh, 110; only, to bar. a good time, you know." Ia Angeles News. Redd I see they have a new dance, called the automobile dance. Greene- Is It a breakdown? Yonkers States man. That handsome Jack Savage kissed me laat night" "I thought he would. He told me he felt awfully sorry for you." Cleveland I'laln Dealer. What are you taking for your coldf "Nothing." "Nothing?" "Uut my dear fellow " "Nothing. I any, not even advice. Fine day, Isn't It T Cleveland Leader. Upson Do you get that "run-down reeling" every spring? Downs Every spring! Why, I've been bit by an auto once a week for the last two months I Detroit Free Tress. Neighbor Herr Huber. come horn. Immediately. Your wlfo haa auffocut- ed herself with gas. Huber Heavena! There'll be a nice gas bill to dpt. Wiener Salonwltxblntt "Did you say your new doctor's nam. waa Steed T' "Yes; Doctor Steed." "My! I'd be afraid to engage bim; sounds as If he were a great charger." Philadelphia Ledger. 1 Mr. Jawback (savagely) I wish you were somewhere I'd never be able to see you again. Mra. Jawback (sweet ly) Well, at any rate, It's nice of you to wish me In heaven. Cleveland Lead er. ine Did you ever see the Homer twins? He Yes. She Don't you think the boy Is the picture of bis father? He Yes and I also, think the girl Is the phonograph of her mother. Chi cago News. Nervous Porter (In a single breath. to hotel doorkeeper) I s'pose yer don't appen ter know nobody wot ain't stop pin 'ere wot ain't sent for no one not to move no luggage nor nothlnk. do yer? Sketch. urst Millionaire Hard lines these days.. Second Millionaire Yes : our relatives are waiting for ne to die to gel our money, and the rest of the world doesn't want to wait that long. New York Sun. Jack Some of the greatest bachelors of tbe age tell ua that marriage la a flat failure. Eva (evasively) Welt er all married couples don't have to live In flats. Some can live In cot- tugea. Illustrated Bits. Hubby My pet, you will pardon me, but aren't these griddle cakes a little burnt? Wlfey (almost In tears) O, Tom! And I tried to make them so pretty for you with that pyrograph set you gave me. Hoston Transcript Igal Repartee. Lawyer 1 aay, doctor, why are you always running us lawyers down? Doctor (dryly) Well, your profession doesn't make an gels of men, does It? Lawyer Why, no; you certainly have the advantage 0' ns there, doctor. Tbe Just Judge. "Judge," said Mrs. Starven hi the magistrate who had re cently come to board with her, "I'm particularly anxious to have you try this chicken soup." "I have tried It" replied the magistrate, "and my decis ion Is that the chicken baa proved an alibi." "What fishing on the SaliL-r ex claimed the clergyman, reprovingly. "Don't you know that little boys who fish on the Sabbath go to the bad place?" "Huh. I guess dat's right" replied the bad boy, disgustedly. "I couldn't a struck no worse place dan dls." Philadelphia Press. "There U no siwrt In a cumbersome machine," be bantered. "Give me the blooded horse. Why, with a horse can take the fence every time." The motorist laughed. "Take tbe fence, eh? Why, thot la nothing. With nn automo bile you can take the fence, the gate, tie tree, the pump, and the barn all In two or three seconds." Chicago Dally News. WEI5 RZ3T IS EEaCLUKU. isllaaj si laewrlalalr Asoal Ho., lias Murk a Mar Klaa. "When HHple full Into the habit of wandering whether they bav. doue rou tine things It Is high time for tli.ui to consider tbe advisability of a rest," said a physician. "There Is no sur.'e sign, to my mlml. tliMt tbe system Is becoming overtaxed than this feeling of uncertainty. "I waa staying with a friend th other night. sjH-nding the ulght wlhU bim, lu fact He's a man whom I know pretty well, and I thought at dinner and through the evening, from a little nervousness In bis conversation .,,4 manner, that things weren't all right with bim. but I wasn't absolutely cm. vinced till bedtime approached iv. were alttlng upstulrs In bis stn.lv 1,1. family having retired, aud he asked -.m mi excuse film while be. aaw that the house was locked up. It was night and I could follow bis tin,... around the various rooma on ti, - floor. He stained to me to I n,,,.. aarlly long and. without beluir mi.i. tlve. I really became Inter.-!.-! . know whether be wasn't making th. rounds twice. Elually 1 Leant 1,.,.. lnl. .1. . ' """ " .u, rrior, a room I was sure he bad visited at least once before. When be came upstairs I asked, laughingly bow many times he had seen that each window was fastened. Hut he wasn't u a muguing mood at all. "'It's a funny thing, old man.' he said, 'but I've been fool enough to look at each window two or three times. Do you know, It would strike me after I bad left a room that perhaps I hadn't put. the catch properly on one of tbe windows there, and back I'd hav. to eo to make sure. Ilelng In there ivt examine the other windows again. It's oeen mat way ror half a dozen nights. Somehow, doing the set things doesn't se:n to make the Impression on me that one would expect This lack of sureness Isn't confined to locking win dows, either. I flnd myself at the oince wondering whether I have given such and such Instructions Instruc Hons that are so much a nart nt m dally work that I give them median- Ically and then forget them. Xlns times out of ten I find everything la all right but I'll) not quite happy till I do. I guess I must be getting old maldlsh In my old age.' It was my turn to be serious then. I explained to him that his forgetful- ness all came from being overtaxed. From habit he worked like an automa ton, doing thia. thut and the other thing In his business or home life, but a great number of bis actions were without the cognizance of the brain. He needed rest, and If he did not take It he would break down. I got bim away from cares for a bit, and the next time I saw him he laughed as heartily over the Incident of the much-locked windows as I pre tended to. He doesn't know It. but be hud a narrow escape. I'm telling this story that It may serve as a warning to an overstrenuous age." New York Press. LEGAL mrOEMATIOH. enough, it B engiiy moved then from """ to brn, or to a neighbor's. Iarm n4Home. Tb Deellas ot tb Peaeh The introduction of new varieties, budding, and the attacks of Insects, aa well as diseases formerly unknown, have curtailed the useruluess of the peach tree and con titled It to certain localities. Budding or grafting the trees, whether apple, peach or pear, la t.ilr Cora la Me.lro. Kaffir cor,, 1. being cultivated aiio -Mfully t tlle state of Oaxaca, Mex ico, and It. !tivstlnn Is to Im eTti..l. 1 hi. . .-1, 1. . .I... m I t.,,f . ,m.l...i . . ... - mrii, umno ui 1 n ,-riniu. iiou ui ine original I'1, remit,!,, onlv the nmlatiira ,f I vsrletv mil nisv Intnrli,. . 1 1 . !'.- ------ " - 1 " ' - .'vi nn 1 lit? 1 ai - urw rn If. wants, anil antu.al. tn. I nerfoct ons m-oll .. i. - . -, . w . ...... m aumiiiagca rarnie, for planting during the dry of the variety, to every portion of the ""BVU, country. aUttlac ' Cltras Fralt. fpllttli foil ""I of citrus fruit frequently Prsveatlas; D lark lea. If the stock raiser will get and keep now be,vy rains when these occur before his stock all the time, sulphur Just ahoot the ripening season, espe- one pound and saltpeter one ponnd and c'Bllr during the latter portion of Octo- mix with ten pounda salt he will never ber, tnn p ,, itoif. 0r the Florida have blackleg In his hr.i .... . .... "Crimea, station. When splitting Is In Dskota Farmer. I bad It In my OOS to Dtin.1- nhvalcsl Conditions tha I hnr1 sorer. I . . . .. flnl ' I - auu vra. 1010, uii spin, open from the bloom end, of this remedy and never lost an animal ""ually, ir. loaves rery share and I after tha nsa nt If fro.. .. ell deaM gt on ,ides of the wound, cleanses the blood and regulates tha " ' ndltlons which cause this bowels and tb. saltpeter tcta on th. Putting r. hevond Our Control the kldnevs sn nmln. .v . TurvkmA . I .j vuk wl lua v eni "ro7 for it likewise teems to b. be- I the poison of blackleg. At least that If ,ona 0 iblllt. tbe way I reason It out Breaklnst tb titiwm. 'Alaska la a land of adventure and romance," said a gold miner. "Many queer things have happened In Alaska," e continued, smiling "many wretch ed things. Sfuiietlmes It has been nec essary to break sad news to mothers at home, and sometimes this news has been broken with wonderful skill. "An Alaskan called on a woman In New Hampshire to tell her of her son's death In the Klondike. "Yes, lady,' be said to the weeping mother, 'I was with him to the end. seen him die. And I tell ye. ma'am. aa be wua dyln' be looked Jest like an angel.' "'Did hef the mo.ther sobbed. "'He certainly did. ma'am,' aald the Klondlker. 'Swlngln' back'ards and ror'arda In the air thar yed V thought he had wings.' "Kansas City journal. Proa-rasalaar riasly. Lovett 1 suppose a fellow ought to nave a great deal of money aaved np oeiore ue minus or marrying. Marryat Nonsense! I didn't have a cent when I married, and I'm getting along One now. lovett That ao? Inatallment plan? njarryaj les, and we've only been married and keeping house for a year now, and I've got the engagement rin all paid for now. Philadelphia Presa. Ms Kasw Better. "Very pleasant out this war nnw Isn't Itr growled the sarcastic Mr Hacklota. as he plowed through th. snow and mud. "Not very, to be sure" rntit ..k bubs, "but there's one eomf .1 . )t " "UU1 "",UhJL Wb" ' fwrtul liar yon arer-Phlladelphla Press. An ounce contributed to tfla hsl rt-il ness of another Is a pound adrfad your own, Evidence of earnings of persons pro ficient In trade ta held, In Central Foun dry Company vs. Dennett (Aln) 1 L. n. A. (N. S.) 1150, not admissible upon the question of damages for negligently killing an apprentice. A right of action for negligently kill ing a person Is held, In Jordan ve. Chi cago aud Northwestern Itallroad Com pany (Wis.) 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) HKi, to be an asset of his estate sufficient warrant appointment of an adminis trator. That the maker of a note understood that it waa to carry Interest Is held, la Merrltt vs. Dewey (III.), 2 L. It A. (N. S.) 217, not to authorize the In sertion of an Interest clause without the maker's consent after tbe execu tion of tbe note. Tbe use for agricultural purposes, by adjoining land owners, of otherwise unused and un fenced parts of a rail rood right of way Is held, In Roberta vs. Sioux City ft P. It. Co. (Neb.), 2 L. It. A. (N. 8.) 272. not Inconsistent with, or adverse to, tbe enjoyment of the easement The right to tbe custody of a child In accordance with a Judgment In a habeas corpus proceeding is held, In Willis vs. Willis (Iud.)i 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 244, not affected by ftn appeal. although the statute provides that an appeal shall stay all further proceed ings on the Judgment A woman taking her brother Into her home and without benefit to her self nursing . and performing other menial services for him during bis last Illness Is held In Mark vs. Iloardman (Ky.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 810. to be entitled to an allowance of their value out or hia estate, although there waa ho express contract that payment should be made. A waiver with respect to confidential disclosures made to a physician by in sured concerning his last sickness la held, in Western Travelers' Accident Association vs. Munson (Neb.), 1 L, R. A. (N. S.) 1008, to have been ef fected by a stipulation In a contract of life Insurance to the effect that proofa of death shall consist In part of the affidavit of the attending physician, which shall state the cause of hia death, and such other Information as may be required by tbe Insurer. tb llamat. Natars. "Oil, how rich he Is!" sighed paujier. "I wish I wui him." "Your wish shall be granted." ..i.i the genie, suddenly appearing. "Do toa mean It?" ' "No. no!" cried the pauper, hastily. Just let me be me with his mono. Philadelphia Press, Mtbv ns. t She Did you ever taste on. mother's mince pies? H Oh, real I tasted or. . think, for a weckl Yonkera gutea.
