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
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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.