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a 1 X X A l I A A. X A y A. ' A A J AJAJ AJI THE IRON PIRATE y ran ra? of Strange Happenings on the Sea yacht, and there hid learned from iHn I ,v i'S" jk3 I , $rrZjlx-T&'& tf- 1 of o-y Intention. 11 diJ not low aa In- . f v. .. KfjVVXi 'IV'T -Jf: slant In .eeklng tb .id of th. polie. but U At4 Sj I was even then astern of tb. Ubrador. . , J.S. t'SS I .n,l the kn .earch which tb New York " AY -JT " - !dr,b.d..i;w..irri.i. i. z3ZzftG: I By MAX PEMBERTOlf ooo- CHAPTER XXII. (Continued.) I rrft, and shouted hearty word of en- Vn man haa l.x.loil r.n a mora iw-1 couramment. and fell to rowing with fill siirht. Wa had struck the battleahlp treat Joy. Yet I remembered drearaln law amiiUhips wa liad crashed through and It aewned to ma that the voice I had the thinnest rout of lier ateel. She bad neard In my aleep waa tne voice or imoi heeled riKit over from the .bock, ao thnt who rried to ma aa ha had caat himaelf to th. g-im had caat free from tha carrla.ea, bia death In tha Atlantic. and the waa had tilled her. Thus for flfif terrible nnniita ah lay. and then, Waa th man dead? Had ha reall with a beavr lurch, aha rolled beneath ended that most remarkable Ufa of ev the wave; and Iher waa left but thirty enterprise and of crime: or had h by or forty atruirirliiii ou!. who battled for some miracle found aafety while I alept their live with the areat rollera of the Had the man fone out of my lif wrap. Atlantic. Of these a few reached th aide ped In th myatery which had aurrounded of our ahlp and wer ahot tber aa they him from th Hnat ? Or had be aimply raat nine to the ladder. himaelf from the dinghy In a fit or in For ourselves we Iny. our bow aplit I aanlty, and died the terrible death of the with the shock, our eneine room In fear-1 suicide? I could not answer th tremen fill dimmler. The other warxhlpa wer doua question; but I had not reached the yet eona- diatance away; but they opened I shelter of rbe ateamer rn'hlch had aaved fire upon u at hai.ird, and. of the firat m before I made the diacovery that the three shi-lls which fell, two cut our deck : belt of linen which had been about nd sent rlouds nf splinters of wood and Black' waist waa now about mine. of human flesh flying In tha wnoke-laden found that It waa filled with aome hard ir. At the fifth ahot. a gigantic crash and aharp atone. Instinctively I knew reannnded from below, and the atokera I the trurti; that In hla last hour the maa- rushed above with the new that the for I ter of the nameless ahlp bad retained hla stoke hold had Hire feet of water In It. I curlou affection for me; had made over The hand" received tho new with a deep to me aome of that huge hoard of wealth aroan. They bellowed lik bulla at Illack ; he must have accumulated by hla year they refused all ordera. II ahot down nf pillage; and I restrained myself with man after man, while I crouched for aafe- difficulty from raatlng the whole there and ty In the tower; and they lie came but then Into th water which had witnessed fiercer. Our end wa evidently near, hla battle for It. But th belt wa firm Anon they turned upon the captain and ly lashed about me, and w wer on th myself, and fired volley upon tha conning deck of th steamer before my benumbed lower; or, in their terrible frenzy, they handa could et the lashing free, pitched themselves Into the ea. It would be Idl for m to attempt to Through all this our on engine work- describe all I felt a tha captain of tha d ; and ao alowly did the great Ironclad steamship Hoffnung greeted m upon hi draw upon ua that the end of It all came quarter-deck, and hia men sent up rounds before they could reach us. Suddenly the of cheers which echoed over th waters, men ruxhed to the boats and raat them I stood for aome minutea forgetful of ev loone. Fighting with th dash of mad- erything save that I had been snatched men, they crowdi-d tha launch, they from that prison of ateel; brought from warmed th Jolly-boat and the lifeboat, the ahadow of the living death to the V watched their Insane efforta aa boat hop of seeing frlenda and country and after boat put away and wa swamped, home again. And then there came a great leaving the men to drown. When fi sense of thankfulness, and tear gushed o'clock came, Itlack and Karl and myself up In my eye, and fell upon my numbed were alone upon the great ahlp. Itlack handa. With many encouraging pat on nil led me by the arm and aald: the back, they forced me down their com- "Hoy, they've left nothing but the panionway to the aklpper'a cabin, and ao Unghy. The old ahlp' don; and It's to a bunk, where I lay inanimate, and time you left her." deep In aleep f,r many boura. Hut I "And you?" I asked. awoke a another man, and when I had lie looked at me and at Karl. He taken a great bowl of aoup my .trengrh followed me slowly, a on In a dream, to seemed to return to me with bounds, and th davits aft. and freed the last of the I aat up to find they had taken away my ooafa. Then lit went to hi cabin, and to clothe, but that th belt which Rlack had the rooms Mow; and I helped him to put bound about me lay at tha foot of tb a couple of kegs of water in the frail bunk, and waa unopened, rraft. with some biscuit, which we lashed. It waa not heavy .being all of linen When all was ready, the cnptaln went finely sewed ; but when at Inat I made up to the engine room and brought Karl to my mind to open It, I did ao with my th top of the ladder; but there the (Jer- teeth, tearing the threada at the top of man atnyed, nor did threats or entreaties it, and ao ripping It down. Thar fell move him. upon my bed aome twenty or thirty d;a- "He'll die with the ship," aald Itlack. monda of such alee and lustra that they "and I don't know that h Isn't wise;" lay sparkling with a thousand light Imt he held out hia hand to the genius of I which dasiled the eyea, and made me utter hia crime, and after a great trip the two , a cry at one of surprise and of admlra tlou. Whit atone they were, Brazilian diamonda of th first water; and when I undid the rest of the nam, and opened the belt fully, I found at least fifty more, lowed nlgbt and day for twenty-four hour; but he waa ahot In a drinking dea be for th detectives laid hand on him, and lived long enough only to send Mary a message, telling her that her pretty eyea had aaved the ("elsis from disaster In the J neat Ion If tt ft-dllng umJ lu i raftlug ailt nerta any iunu'ti-) on the tre aa to bardi caa and If to what ar tb Ut to uae. TueappleaetMlllnj a tIie foundation FINDS NEW BTJL2 OF THHEE. Invest Illaesters that IMa Irra ar uttea Triple. Mlsfortum-a, they any, never come) alngljr, ami ivrlulnly ttn-re la more than a germ of truth, in t til obi saying. Over and over Mulu It Iiu Ihh-u no ticed that wIm'U one great dUaster oocura It la cjulckly followed by a ik-o-ond aud then a third of similar Uo-orlj'tlou. Twlow In It! wa Uve aeeu tula occur. Klmt, Kan Frenelavo wa wrecked by earthquake ond Or; then lu the aauie mouth Veauvlua erupted aud destroyed many Tillage and bun- I I I M . w . h m a. a. 1 aat Tfc IraaalaMd Tralst. When I would go to fairy land, I'p atalra th station lie. Juat after dark tb good train leavaai An early atart Is wis. I tak a special sleeping-car, Uri.i.. K.sr Hurs Abrea.t. ; , " ug is uie lounuation n- . " .J fo' tree, at the .Won d..n..n.U nn Atlantic. On the next day, both the sk!p- r'vo four uu'"" .71 j" , '7" tbl at least the fr.t two ve.r. for per and Roderick made public all they fu" "" t of lluH re uot " r establlabln It-Lie ! " knew of Wack and hi crew, and a greater """-ar, a, au grnnuienc auco as mat .,7 ", . "'" sensation waa never made in any city. Hon tlm .evouinanylug Uluatra-I . " '"'u lr"- " Iat led to Kurope over half I tlou can i. lllltJ ''7 "ol Dwn lven the attention uuiVifr. . . iur ari..i i.i . . . , i II II It it .re ti bit. A A are orui- oeen to namine to Japane. e.-lt .book th n.vle. or narjr ,Irvi)g lntt ou tllB .n,,, bora- OI o.'k of our tnere haJ fw of ,uy niKrtanee 1 1 "Iw)' f .leep befor. tha train file on. There ia no far to bay. drtnl of live; thirdly. Valparaiso wa nt motber dwi-r coHec-, a klsa almost wiped out by a aerie of earth I Hefor I start away. And then ah tuck m in my berth In the matter of railway accident And turn th light down loi .... " . . C (' are HWI" Troin lua Iiiaiue " aim it na JU , ,.rr.ula ta the, disaster at lD lr,n oem to I known, and for some week. It paralyzed , J 2oW bit. fasten- " need to be agitated by bortlcul- 1' ,f' TU" hSL, f- Through all th. nigh, ... tram on to. Atlantic cru.r. o - - . f. ,u ... ri-nst. the last few year.. It baa been . ".""'V Tl r ..... . ' famou. run. man, nation, were sent In th. cours. or the custom of many nrn . im. " "u. ulu. lu" -'" And when the morning th. great ocean going ateamera : arm. i l ' "".,. " " U-ort from Franc J.1 a t l'L CWeUl 10 XM BtWD eX,,re"" "na Dy lU" I'm wakened by th.su were carnea Dy some or tne largeei oi in -.-11ing ncros m"" . ........... , - ..... . bridge disaster In Oklahoma. And then I find I'm man die bl death And In my little b asked daily befor all other question. "I. outNl,ie horse. A. ft mutter of con- , Jla"' 01 theae are known to be tcn ik. ..la. .u i.i..v 1 .. .. . .L . I Uer and henc ,.n. . ..... i . ........... ...-,., ven once one may attneu ineae io ine . .m, vi iuv iun iruiu . h,h n..ultl,.ri. Tli., ... Meanwhil. Hoderick and Mary, who ,.. but thllt pI;ln hal tree, dying out could be traced if we .k ng iSan of hi. IxZun l suffered all the anguish of euspenee, re- ,,,, . , l"B " . A, ... , knew directly to th n,.t. ki.,h tr""n m.i.ut'e or xni six ear ai turned to London, there to hearth, whol. " J1ln. If tu. olltalde horae. are J "to the .to. L. on which In Juljr R, uuib4.rt of ltt matter discussed In I'arliament. Several hnrtl "uthed It ba. a tendency to pull I been grafted. If we were fe by the buMpt of an ntlliltlllu. ( great I. often followed by those of two otn- go. Italy On come at la.t n. somehow horn ed: Po you suppose 'twas all a dream. As my big slater said? -Youth' Companion. Wsklsg Willie. warships and cruiser, were dispatched to out too tnr anu rrj uie - -"u .annus a. the 8otn ()f thff Bnuw ulonth tht Duke th. Atlantic, but returned to report th. In.lde hors.V noiith Tbl. can be ' ',eUbur' north- of Saxe,Coburir of , dl(M.a8e the III result of their mission Nor was my entirely overcome by n.aKlng I) I long- .Lred ?,frr ' 7U,,T exlstenc, of which wa. unknown to oldest friend content with thla national pr and attaelilm It further toward the J t"rked difference In the hardl- . t .. .m,lle,..te f.InlIv Th. action and the subsequent offer of a re- ,, of dr,n,r If one U drvng neaa of our tree. Rome of our pain. " , 'n,n,e,,,ate "'"'W- ward of tfTMNN) for the capture of th L "M ! tt.klng nur-rvmen .n. L, thlrd of the ""I"" was IrJ nameless ship or of her crew, for he put the best private detectives In the city at the work, sending two to New York and others to Tana and to Soezia. When th meek passed and I did not come, til thought that I had died In my self-ap pointed mission another of Itlack'. vic tims. It waa but a few day. after tbl. sor rowful conviction that Wack and I went fo London, and wer aeen by Inspector King, who had watched nlirht and day for the man's coming. The detective had Immediately telegraphed to the Admiralty, na to Itoderlck, who had reached my note, to nna that I had already left. TTien thlB immni ....t I...- Ml ' w the case with the ..... uii-ir opine aeetia I a ermont or northern New Vork. where It i. washed out of the mimic, of the cider mill. In aectlon. where they hare had for year. lars-e eedliiia- or- charda. While the fruit waa Inferior, jet the tree were hardy, and tbl. I. tbe only reutilrenMnt in ....t quality of the tree will alway. be In- fUrth day the "fe f Mr Bul,UOn C"1 nutneed by the .clon.-Twentletb Cen- ""T" fr,nl W CBUie t0 o hla death wa. quite unex pected. In 1001 a strange coincidence cauaed a stir In the United States. Mr. Otey. a Congressman, died suddenly. Three day later Mr. Cunimlngs, a New York Ilepresentatlve, expired, and on the tury Farmer. fob DRnixo roti horses. a sudden end. Tha coincidence goes further. Mr. Salmon had been desig nated to attend the funeral of Mr. r i Mother I hate to do It, Botrsyi Pras.ls.ai tb flam Tree. It ba. been frequently noticed that Cummlng. and Mr. Cummlng to at he bad hurried back to Southampton, ""'"en or vicious horse It la a good olu i"UIU lret ao not produce as good tend that of Mr. Otey. Never before there to hear of the going of the warships. P'n to run 1D out far enough that Quality fruit a a rule as the younger ia the history of the American House and to wait with Mary tiding of the last the driver can illp hi hand, through tree, and sometime, become very In- of Representative, had three deak great battle, which meant life or death the loops thui made and use them a ferlor an1 unproductive. In many case been draped In mourning at one and to me. I. ., i. ... ..... ......i . ,.,..i I the old trees would he lw.neflt.ul k. I rVi aa ma tim. . I . i' ' UI UOKirrs oi. U a.v un m uu.u- I " J - I " " '-' ..m.w. lxng w sat discussing these thlnrs. .,.. t.t k.. vere cuttlnar hnclt nnd hmildo. th.t i I .. v ... nA .... k,;.k, . . m . . ' mumuni liriVWg U"l I ....... ....... ... ". .... .au.. mil UUIIUUU w II nd very bright wer a pair of dark eye .. ... n.,Vi i n.it f.. b. . .... ...j .. . .... ... ...... that listened again to Koderlck'a atorv 1 lDe se,'on'1 ulu"rlln lne '""' . , " , , i' iree i.i -i.ubu v, mree irageoies in one oay . . . . ""rj, , , ,i . I better training tlmn haii h...t. iu .nil n.n. ..m .... na then to more or mine. Hut Itoderlck I nv" suoss mm a nu onuji nr i - ........ .... uu-1 o miiuun ion, an ou ine imsvu nan awoae rrom nia lethargy, and mem logi'mrr. ju wining, uu j.uwh innmj, i uere wan a is enthualara broke through all bis old tbe hand piece, of each off rein togeth- the long and spreading brunches, and child murdered in a waiting room at restraint. er. alao those of the near horses, which, compelling them to hend In abort and Dalston Junction, a stock broker waa To-morrow, why to-morrow, you'll as- If of eiial lengto, enable, the driver vU to tne trunk. Tbl. might not be run over by a train at Mlldmay Park tound I'0'"!"". My dear fellow, we'll go to handle four borse with a much practice for all varieties and It station, while a young billiard mark- but ai. and noting tbe effect of such prui !ng upon them. Iturul World. men parted, For ourselves, we stepped on the frail est craft with which men ever faced the Atlantic, and at that moment th 6rst of nameless ship. It waa a crashing aho but It had com too late to erv justice, w to wreck th ship of mystery ; for Ka had let tb hydrogen into th cylinder an eckc1. And In a cascade of Are, light Ing th sea for many miles, and makin aa day th newly fallen night, the golden citadel hissed over the water for on mo ment, then plunged headlong, and wa. no more. A Here flr It was, lighting sea an ky a mighty holocaust; th roar of treat conflagration ; the end of a mon rt rous dream. And I thought of another tire and another face th far of Mar tin Hall, who bad seen the finger of Almighty God la bl mission; and I said, Ills work la done !' Itot Black, rllrglng to the dinghy, wept a a man stricken with a great grief, an he cried ao that th coldest heart might bay. been moved "My ship, my ahlpT About midnight a thunderstorm got np from the south, and th. sea, rising some what with It, wetted na to th akin Th lightning, terribly vivid and Incesas nt, lighted up the whole sea again and again, showing each the other'a face, tb face of a worn and fatigua-atrlckeo man Ana th ram and th sea beat on until w ahivered. cowering and were numbed, Yet Hlack held lo alienee, moaning at rare intervale aa ha moaned when th area mhlp sank. It wa not until the sun rose over the long swell that we alept for an hour or more ; and after, th aleep w. were Ixith calmer. The captain waa very quiet and be gazed at me alien with the i jireseion I hsd seen oir'bl far when be stayed from bla men. -Boy," he eaid. "look welt at th sun, lest you never look at It agtin." "I am looking," I rplied ; "It Is life to me" "If, h continued, very thoughtful, you, who have years with you, should Iiv when I go under, you'll tak thla belt I'm wearing off Die; It 11 help yon ashore. If It happen that I Iiv with too. It'll nelp both or us. "We'r In th track of t earners," aald I ; "there a no reason to look at it that way yet. That'a your way, and th right one," answered ; Tiut I m not a man lik that, and my heart a gone with my ship; mr snail never see ner in again. Tbe captain pniieit himself together arirh a great rfort, and sat aft, sculling srlth th short oar In a mechanical and mltfsrether ahernt way. Black continued to brood, and when the un fell low In the weat, and rhe whole heavens wer as mountains nad peaks of rrlnis.m Are, I knew by bis muttering that the irenay of madness was upon him. II raved with Here threat and awful rloa at th American hi had buried, or mad oeaperat appeala to some appari tion that oanie to hhn In hla dreadful siream. nut at last h grew almoot incoherent. I was nigh dead with want if sleep and fatigue, for I had not rented luring the fight with th Ironclada, and I went to aleep at last. When I awok for th third time, tbe llnghy waa held firmly by a boat hook. nd waa being drawn towards a Jolly! imat full of seamen. I roe np, rubbing ny eye a a nan seeing a vision; but, when th mn shouted something to m la Herman, I had another eidamatloa on any lip ; for I wa alon ia th boat, and Itla.-k bad left m. Tfcen I looked acroae th sea, and I aw a long hlack steamer lying to a mile way, aud Ui men dragged ni late thai mw iiper black pearla. a fin em erald, and a little parcel of exquisite rumea. lo the latter ther waa attached a paper with the words. "Take these; they ar honetly com by. And let m writ wbfla I can that I hay loved you Itemember tills when you forget Captain Black." That waa all; and I Judged that the atonea wer worth five thousand pounds If they were worth a penny. The Hoffnung was bound to Konlm berg, but when th. skipper snd I had com. to understand each other by signs snd writing he, wlrb great consideration, offered to put Into Southampton and leave m ther. I pat off In hi. long-boat with a deep sense of his humanity and kind ness, and with hearty cheers from his crew. I should bay gone to th quay at once then, eut crossing th road I saw a vacht at anchor, and I recognised her aa my own yacht Celala, with Dsn aboard. To put to her aid was th work of a mo ment, and I do not think that I aver gav a heartier hail than that "Ahoy, Daniel p which then fell from my lips. "AhoyP cried Dan In reply. "Why If It ain't the guv i'nor P And the old fellow began to about ant to wav hla arme and to throw na about aa though h wer smitten with lunacy. CIIAITEn XXIV. I had sprung up the ladder befor. n.. had gathered hi scattered wita to re member that It waa there. It waa worth much to watch that honest fellow as he gripped my band In hla two great Daws. I aaked him if Roderick and Mar w.. aboard. They'r down below, as I'm stir. .nj th handa la ahore. but they'll -om. 1. I . . 1 - DL.II . .. . B..ru lur i ni. cviaii i ten em aa you've caneu in piuaiing 117 I can hardly aee our ot my eyea ror looking at you, sir." Toor old Dan did not oulte kno -k.. b waa doing. I left him in the mldat of his strange talk snd wslked softly down the companion way to th door of th aa loon, and I opened It and stood, t h..k not, befor tbera as one com from th dead. Mary, whoa chlldlah face looked very drawn, wa alttlng befor a book open upon th table, her head resting no on her handa, and a strange expression of melancholy In her great dark eyea. But Itoderlck lay npon a ofa-bunk, and wa. faat asleep, with the bwn reading lying crumpled upon th to town together to fdalm ,K. tt ru hleh tha Arim l-alf. nf.n,l I .u. ". "-- --- -'j n, ui l jje i.o,- .v.. in l i , . ,w,u .... nuvi Aarnor Liine. to as I Ti...k...a ft.... n. - noi ning oiAmencan money galore. You'r Timothy hurls the ono most corn- made lor lite, old man ; and we'll take ......... ..a , . , the old yacht north to OreenhTnd L " ' . the farm and found . . t im Tti(tL'r a rtW 1 1 1 1 t ri aa I'atinai-I. I . . . unt up th place and Hlack'a f,i... " " -"v - naiier i m, hich seems to have escaoed the vanla bulletin. Timothy sella for a The necessity of mnklng a knot In clads. and it'll be the finest trip we ever I h'Kber price In the market thnn other the end of the baiter every time the w- nny, ami is repruea a Doing pnrtlcu- What doea Mary say?" I ar.,l .. larlv minuted to horxns It U eflclont he still held my hand. ' I nn.teln and for thnt r..n., .i...t.l I don't mean to leave vou sirsln " . i .... .a - n,,.j . ; , "c a uiiu union oi a iiuro- nawered, and aa she spoke there .. .1 . . ... great aound of cheering above, and a f , MlK' great tramp of feet upon the deck and a ration can be found than aa we hurried up, the hands I loved to tll"oll,Jr hn.vf nd oata. It Is less valu- aee crowded about me, and their shouting n,,Ie for c",jle,1J .beep. Clover bay was carried far over the water, and wa. nelt to taiwthy hi common twe, and taken up on other .hipa, which threw the two nt4 re often found mixed w en- srcnngn,. upon ua. .0 that th. than either V '" -'ne. The nltro night wa. aa a new day to , .nd toaM nmJ of th. clover ni.t. i . w wouia oe wen to undertake it with er attempted to commit suicide by sxime care, selecting some few Indlvldu- exploding a canister of gunpowder In horse I. tied In the stall la done away Dakota ranchman. Where a hundred or more horses are awakening from the weeks of dreaming supplying i deficiency of protein In aa the coming of spring after winter's Ui. i...h.l c. i. dark. Yet. aa the child -face wa. all llht. . " ' .'" '" '""e m a flrst-clas carriage near Highbury station. To add to the peculiarity of theae triple tragedies the dny upon which they all occurred was a Friday. Italian are proverbially superstitious. No wonder, then, that almost every nnnor In tlint ennntrv ..,. mant,.,l with by the Inven- tlm .., ,., . , , , . -, i- - n 1 H' irio , 1 1 1 1 i - .on oi a ,orn j. c, ...... , ..ia.ii.. ..i. 11.11, n IIU 1. JHj,i- larly credited In bis own country with possessing the "evil eye," first became premier In 1802. No fewer thnn six "Willie simply w 111 not get up in th morning." A,,,., ),.,n,1 ... . , I t " of D)8 colleagues In the cabinet died iii.uuru lu lying tbem In the atalla each day is consid erable. The halter tis sliowa In can:; or imp, the illustration, la made of one ptece ed with radiant .mile., and honest hand. than t,n,0,1,-vV f. cattle and sheep, but of metal, through which extend two f(H) clasped mine, and the water, echoed th '" ""l w"",lwn triuiirjihant greetlnt I could not but think homes. during bis administration, three In one session and three In the next. Later Slgnor (ilollttl gave up the premiership and entered tbe home of fice. Almost at once bis predeces sor, Slgnor Nleortera, was taken ill and died. In 1903 Slgnor (Jlollttl again up tbe rein of government. He again of Captain Black, or ask myself. Ia the man really dead, or shall we yet heap nf hltn Krlnvln. .A. . and death and suffering; tbe master of 1' kl('kln mw that I have ever so satisfactory for slots. These slots are wider at one en1 tti.n er tha ntho. Ttv nl.nlnn . ro, throneh one of the .lot. .n ti. date known ,n Ita'y tht Day of liifl rtn tha mst m th rrtt va la A I become wedeed In the slot tighter .n ,8t,'r of flnanoe- SII,or Ro8nno. " as AntlKlrklnar Device. An arrangeimit which will cure tho formed his cabinet on November 2, the date known in Italy as the Dny of the Dead. A few day Inter bl mln- th natione, and th child of ambition? ' ,hown ln the keteh. Take a Or la his grave In the great Atlantic that he ruled in th mighty moments of hi power? Ah, I wonder. (Th End.) 80ULFUL 8ADNESS. It May Sometimes He Cared by Very I Material Remedies. No." aid Mis Lydla, mournfully. " strong strap such ; a. a benvy harness tighter. Tbe baiter tie I. nnlled at tbe bead of tbe stall In advance of the borse, so that the latter In pulling on the rope will force It more tightly Into mltted suicide. One more case which I. peculiar enough to lie recorded. In October, H02, the Vienna Jockey Club held Its I . . .. , ,. I IUD IUIW W 111 I Wl 1 V lb UIU1V IIKUIIV intO I . Iroond thl r!L . .lot Only a few second, are re- m(tlng on K" nn coure' around the w . ' Durin)r the previous meeting, which body juat in front o ' . . ' . , was the first held upon the course, no of the uddor. One " uuera fewer than five locker. h L.t.J uiib in ima pisiiiion mere l. no aan- . , must be very care ful In placing it first on tbe kicking .TIAF 15 FLA CL m and not buck la "Nothing I could expect another person It too tight Kh. will nrohnhlv oblect to understand. If I have aspirations, and Jump .round a little at first, but great depth If allowed to get hard cesslv. races. Answers. , ",jr '"i""'"on is unfortunately will soon becoim used to the arrange- and compact There Is but a .mall eer of the horse worklnir th. h.t. M and tb .uperstitiou. wondered ui woum naiien next, j ney nad not long to wait On the third day Colli vatlaa- Yoaaat Tree. of the meeting three rider, all e-entle- ine son win ury very rapidly .nd to men Jockey, were killed in three uo- Bossy Moo, moo! Wake up, Willie I .on. !... T . .. . - . - " . . . " " . 1 . cuusmer cueerruines ment and will not raise any more d!- space left for air in eolld soils, and Maehlae-red Chiekeaa. a "ulJ- I tUrbnnC. A n,a. K. ,,ot Initaail I ffOm thl. fact ther become hnt itul H p.. I Tn tafA .ml fatton tnu la U m.nkl. So it Is," assented Miss Serena. . ... M . I nviaf It IV i B IH'l 1,1 ttv IVtf I s - -- t . rv iirj L t J jui jrvr-n v. (I lUtruilUll 1(1117" .. ,7 ,w.p.e aon i always see tight lie gentle with the cow and treat -'f present It I In loose 11. (be lt so. some folks seeru most to con- her right ind In a few weeks you can lnK "uch a poor conductor of beat), it siuer us a credit to be as miserable Ink A iff fha .1.a M.MI .AMH I Will Allow OT1 ! V A ftltlintl rwrn-tln hi.h .Ztt . , rr0Of they,r I"'1 In -he begins to kick again. to hot. which soon cool, at usi to b. ' h'I,knowl fT a whlkwc II. X'arker, In Farm t only retaining the moisture al I used to be aspiring once, and sensl. ..t n.. readv in ti,. .. , .. tlve. n,l . ..... . ' uul ""'K l 'i could be r i Li . 11 a" at a Pasou whpn moisture I. esis?-lally - "ui on a ifixia Dig lor nairy l ows. desirable, Why, what', the matter? I only wild good morning!" Chicago Dally Xewfc Newly set tree, are always sunny world through my own little prl- Th "refnlly kept cow. on the De, benefited by cultivation b."a"e all v.te pair of blue shades. 8o I can ".t dairy frnl receive, four ounce. thelr rooaml can i "",aU,lze' "t -ally, mixed with their feed. not thrlr l . Z ZSZ . . " 1 l.n't that the pitman coming? Thpy ,he"- f'a h-tter. and the hence the necessity 'of summer aurfaee I had opened the door so a.nti. n... neither of them moved aa I entered the room. It was lo m th best m,i.m my life to be looking sgaio upon them, and I walred for one minute until Mry raised her head and our eve. met. Tb.n bent over the cafcin table and ki...l er, and I felt her rlln.in. ... though ,h never spoke, ber eyea wer wet -..a do, Tear.; ,nd -hen ahe Kniled '. - of ...... .uniiKiu snining through a rain- hower. In another moment ther wa K.thlng but th normlis. r,l . j,,,. h Joy on her face, smt th. m vt. pok. ' M.rk, I can't heli... i -v. ... - ... .n. Mini gain and I always guessed you'd come." -.eric. awok with a yawn, and nen be aaw tn h rubheH Ki. . ... Mid a. on. In a dream; -'"- r.v i .... . lomi yonr Th. tea whlc Mary made was very frrant. It waa a Ion .-j . rmild glv. them but tb. 0,nM iu of In turn, hear bat a tenta nart r ..' w. aaileti. and caevlei effort. u Well, now. suppose he should hand you ownpr ,hlnl" tlioy do better when they a ieuer wun a nundrellollar bill In 1 ' lmoi't than when the allow- it. don't you think possibly There ance ,m'!er. The cow are fed there I Don't fly off the handle. Of ,Ure tln'M end the salt I dl- course I know It isn't money troubles, vMwl hetween the three feeds. Fine but once when I was as blue as blue ta,lle ,aIt ' Invariably used. Tbe myseir and no money about It; all TOWt Pref It to coarse salt oul-I happened to have an unexpect- ed ten dollar hill . I rlna Paatares. make a difference. Yes trulv i J. " the I'rln 'Hns thpre ,s It did! I bought a new hat' with .twn,tatl,,n put stock on the pan wreath of pink roses, and came back I, !thPt Mr,y ln th "en"on' Thl8 stepping brisk, and holding my chin Dot U W' " tran.plng by the nigh, and feeling those roses down to 7 bnrm- A heavy roIIer the very tips of my toes. should I used over the posture field It wasn't till next day I remem V down ,no"tb the "ur- ed how miserable I'd been, and thTt ' th ffiowpr' ,f the fl,ld U cut k rose, oughtn't to heal , sufferlni . h"7' V"r7 w,n praM f be red r, t n b "Pint; and. I.ydla. I went " V. ' mxaUve- nl ri wl fall off In the the row. all alone by mvself t7 think V f m"k " mt " t0 what a go.v I was! That's why t " U' pa"ture to ,on' n 1.1 n-,e t a. J " J 1 now. Tou ana tv. too early or fun nit (.., . ii. a raroi Brevities. la . JriftV. . ma,PI,,, ,u NVer partu tb. .Ifalfa the fir-t l Pretty g.nxl test of soulful .a.lno.. year. . able flock. card you're uillln. VtT, . .fT- L.Mutton eatcr Increasing farter Here you've beard . wont rCl l mutton. saying! For a week? t - . I WU and poor seed cause many of - - " v til ivrri T I a t . . - Why. when m 'JZir, the "Ifalfa automobile? No. I hadn't t" . You can't ... fZ. IZ ?,? " gTn t,m' 't Tb" ' thine a. bare a clock compelling i"iii .ensiiire n ...i.i. . I n.,. ..... soul a. cash and iw can brald In Maine. How mine. Now doesn't It lIll.T n ' ' 'U Wln'CT klIIln ,D l0W'T npr-Touth'. Companion. 8o" that he well cultivated . and fertlllied m&n need. InocuUt- nerlln now ba. 0rer e.ono . "ig. xlmetess-di.i. indicating the di For rnn.n.nt putur.. tow er.ry tanc. tr,rerH, tnd tQ klnd of known t0 do WJJ rur Mctloa.FIia and Ttrm. cultivation of newly set trees. Polanalas Cslworat, Ilecent experiment, in poisoning cut worm., which have been working on wheat and alfalfa, have shown the fol lowing mixture to be .uperlor to .Dray ing with pari, green, a. formerly rec- ommetidea : Thoroughly mix while dry 1 pound of pari, green and CO pound, of wheat bran j make moist but not .loppy, by adding water In which a quart of cheap molasses ba. bwn dissolved. IMace thl. mixture ln .jioonful pile, where the worm, are working. It attract the worm, from tihe wheat and oat. It I. also good grasshopper poison. Bird Ik Farmers Frleada. Professor Cook of the national agri cultural department declare, that of the 300 different kind of birds, but three are the fnrmers' foes, the En gllsh sparrow leading. He held that while tne robin is looked npon as a destroyer of early fruit his diet I. but 1 pound of fruit to 9 pound, of In sect. Let the farmer w ho want, good colt. select the best grade mare, and breed them annually to one good type of horse. Of course, the quality of the dam alway. ha. more or less Influence upon the progeny, but no matter how good or how poor the mother, th. best Ire obtainable I. none too good. A Western report My. that a Wyo ming man ba. Invented a machine to eradicate scab without th proces. of dipping. The dip I. forced through hollow wire made In tbe form of brushes which fit over the .beep. Desultory. The origin of some word. Is queer. ly introduced into thl. country by an I almost to the point of laughable. Take enterprising Englishman. Tbe Technl- the word "desultory," for example, cal World has an article by Franklin which, as everybody knows, mean, dta- Horton, descriptive of it. connected, or Jumping from one thing "Fattening poultry by machinery," to another. Strange to any, we get it he .ays, "I. a new Industry In tht L'nl- 1'ro'n the Uomnu circus, where certain ted State., but already several hundred l'erformer. rode two or more hormn, persons are engaged In It and more ana would leap from one to another, than f!)00,0(i0 has been Invested In fat- Theae were called "desul tores," lu flat tening plants. In, and from thnt word came "dcmil "The system 1. called 'cramming.' It tor," which. In the same language, waa originated In France, where the n'ean one who goca from one thing to grower, of poultry still make a prac- another, a. in a rambling, disconnected tlce of taking small funnel, with rub- "Twh. ber mouths, filling thera with semi- lioaer-Ceiu llquod food and forcing the wet meal noney bee. .re generally credited down th. fowl-, throat after Inserting w,th Instinctive .kill In nf.kln.Tth. the tube In It. beak. The fat capon, cell, of the comb hexagonal In ahapl e"nvi.b TJZ 7nd bFran,,C "n bUt " ta bab,e ' "222 envl.b e place, and the proces. wa. tion I. merely the ordinary result of transplanted to England.- mechanical law Solitary LTalway. now mat it 1. in full use In America, make circular coll. m,l ik. . .. plain old fenn-fed chickens, even In- hive no doubt make them circular also, cubator-hatcbed. special-housed ran- but mechanical pressure force. thn tiej, win nave to atep backward and into a hev down before the chicken that eat. by naturallat, in .peaking of the matter. .uaiuun,-. UBl win tne mind and "ay. that all cylinder, made of .oft appetite of man next .uggest? tillable mihatsnc tw. . J! " - vriaav uraaKUllfll Pearll Woe for Tesas. UDder BUch C'rcumstancea. In the countle. of Matagorda. Whar- A Pasha of The., t.m. ton and Braxorla, Texas, are 4,iiio How many of the boys and girl. ere. or rea ceanr from which I. cut a"w what a 4'ra.ha of Three Tail." and shipped the wood of which pencil. That seems a queer title to give are made. Much of the wood I ex. to n officer of high rank, aud vet it i. ported to Germany after being out Into th custom In Turkey. A ttajtha ta tt. strips. It Is a very profitable Texa. In- OTef of a province, or a military duafy- commander, and bl. relative r.n. I. Indicated by tbe number of horse tall, borne on hi. standard, one. two. Korea of Habit. I see the old man ba. been hanging or three talU. .."th." rny 't ho,1V tall, being the hiehest r.nV the "Tea; be used to be chairman of h lyncning committee, and be', rit tn nang K)memingi Atlanta Constitution. Wfcr C'fceataat Pop. A boy want, the editor to tell him why a chestnut popg OVea when ronnt Ing, and why the popping make. noise. The chestnut pot open becaum the air In It I. expanded by the beat At tka Rlak. He saw th ladles look his way anil tn n.mseir n. mm I'll show them aome new fancy curves" f th flr" nd P""" become. Now he's laid up In bed, ' K1 that It bunrta the ahelL Th Houston Port. notoe la caused by tbe sniddon Don't blame other, for taking ror, I ti J5l pmrtII T"cnun Produce ..... r..v. i. . l VHJiua. . ..m it yuu giy j-our- sen w,. I. .v, .... . " uu contra rine. that Shaking of love, mtmt husband, and m.hle. a woman to err at a aJin. wire rpear to be Immune. hi ugh at a funeral.
