THE GIRL WITH
A MILLION
By D. C. Murray
CHAPTEU VIIl.-(Contlued.
well. Mid Mr. Frost. "What U no
now, sir?"
"I ram over with Dobroskl from Bel
glum this morning" said O'ltourk..
Wlth Dobroskl r returned the visitor.
I (tart to-nicht." rtnmH n'n.n.k.
I promised Farley to ia hack ain
Of course Maskelyne aaw through that
little eubterfuge, and of course O'Bourke
knew be would.
To-night r aald Maskelyne. "Tou'U
T-J ti . . r .
Aswrvasi ua an Introduct nn frnm m. I A ... '
to you. ui y. i... v. - v: " "" woD oi"
- . I v auvw 11 IU I Iff
oe onus k out Djr com
ing b'rt while you aod I ara together
ho Deed Dot know that wa bar met to
day. Ho hai a plan which will eerve our
purpoao perfectly. With hia name behiod
It, I think It certain that our people
win accept it.
me," returned hia friend, with
rolling seriousness.
In atajrlni at the Lancham." Maa-
kelyne aaid. "There'e a lady there an
American whom I knew at home. Bbe'e
going to visit Brussels, and except for
her maid abe'a alone. Neither aha nor
her maid speaka a word of French, and I
IT. .v.,i,.j r u i . . . ui.iu iu a worn 01 rencn, ana i
Mi Vnd VI, ,T nightmare rap- .hall be obliged If you'll put yourlf at
t i'V V. - . r -ryce In case .be want, anything."
.-. unit iu 11, 01 a eon. ne
Id. "As a fool-tran. it hu merits:
tut It won't act"
There are great advantage, to yon and
to me In thia plan, wild aa it looks." re
plied O'Rourke; "but Dobroskl must be
handled with extreme care. I aend him
to you in the first place because I can
truat your acuteneaa and your self-interest
I want him to be treated with per
fect deference. I want him to be greet
ed with enthusiasm. I want at Brut an
air of consideration fur hia plan, and
then fiery acceptance of it. I am going
back to Belgium. I hare Important busi
ness there, and I shall be compelled to
leave the matter in your hands. Per
bapa if you manage It to my satisfaction
I may be of service to you. I am not
altogether without influence, and I may
hare something to do with the Domination
of the auditors."
"I am at your service, Mr. O'Rourke,"
be aald, "and I will do my best. To tell
the plain truth, there baa been a good
deal leaa in the business than I looked for,
and It carriea a good deal of danger
with It."
"I think we hare aald almost all we
have to say," O'Rourke said, rising. Frost
booked him forward with beckoning finger.
"Not all on my aide. Listen to tbi
and don't flare out, now. There's an
empty house In the Old Kent road. Now,
don't flare out, I'm going to give you
nothing but the number. You'll do your
self a very considerable aervice with the
British government, and you'll provide
something for the Times to get up and
bowl about, and you'll be of the greatest
use to me on the other aide of the water.
Come now, Mr. O'Rourke. It'a a capital
thing ail round good for you, good for
the newspapers, creditable to the police.
and good for me. You stand secure in
the confidence of the government, and
they'll catch nobody. The stuff's there
to be seized, and for no other earthly
purpose. I ought to know, I reckon. And
we do want a splash of some sort real
bad."
"la everybody absolutely safe?"
"Absolutely safe. I guarantee It."
"Very well. Good afternoon. Frost,
"Good afternoon. Shall I aee you
again before you go?'
"I think not, I shall probably start
to-morrow. Remember. The utmost def
erence and enthusiasm for Dobroskl." Mr.
Frost nodded and took his way. A very
Bnlehed rascal la Frost," said the patriot
to himself when the visitor had been
shown out of the front door. "But capa
ble. It took me a year to find him out,
though I was guided by that shifty eye
f his. It la surprising to notice how
very few of these fellows think it worth
while to atudy manner."
CHAPTER IX.
There was only one thing Just now that
troubled O'Rourke. He wanted to get
back to bis heiress hunt, and he did not
want to leave Dobroskl in hia lodgings to
"Certainly, certainly," cried O'Rourke.
Io I know her?"
"I think not," answered Maskelyne.
She's a youngish widow, rather pretty.
and ainfully rich. A Mrs. Spry."
And what atate of riches might a poor
man like yourself care to call sinful?"
"Well," said Maskelyne. with a smile.
I think two millions may deserve It."
Two millions!" O'Rourke whistled
and then laughed. "Dollars?"
"No Sterling."
"Two millions sterliagt Maskelyne, I
ask you aeriously, aa a man of money,
do you think there ia such a sum? To
an Irishman and a journalist It sounds
fabulous.
"Yea. It's large. Isn't It? But people
seem to go for all or nothing in our part
of the world. They're not afraid of risk
ing what they have. They are not afraid
of risking what other people have, either.
The poor girl'a husband only died aix
months ago."
Ia due time O'Rourke sent out for a
cab and drove to the Langham, carrying
hia simple baggage with him. Maskelyne
received him. and wore hia customary
manner with perhaps an extra shade of
gravity.
And now for the lady," aaid Maske
lyne, when the repast was over. "I must
Introduce you." He rang the bell, and on
the aervant'a entry, made him convey his
compliments to Mrs. Spry, and to ask if
it would be agreeable to her to receive
him. "You may say." he added, "that
Mr. O'Rourke la with me."
The man came back in a very little
while to may that the lady would be pleas
ed to receive Mr. Maskelyne and his
friend, and led the way to a handsomely
appointed sitting room. The lady before
whom O Rourke stood bowing a moment
later waa small and plump, and carried
her head on one side with a pensive co
quetry. She had large eyes, and a rather
coquettish little nose, turning up at the
tin. When she smiled she showed While,
small and regular teeth. Her hands were
small, delicately white, and very helpless
looking.
"Prettylsh !" aald O Rourke to himself.
"Bhe's worth a score of Miss Hutler.
But perhapa he aaw her through an at
mosphere of dollars.
"Of course you know of Mr. O Rourke
already?" aald Maskelyne. "He is one
nf i ha notabilities on this side of the
water, and is pretty often beard of on
onr own,
"I have the pleasure to know Mr.
O'Rourke already." said the lady. In her
Durrim voice soft, languid, American.
I beard him apeak at ew lorn, i was
very much impressed by your address,
Mr. O'Rourke."
They set out for the railway station.
where they were Joined by the young
widow, who wore a traveling dress of
tweed, cut in such a manner as to dis
play her pretty figure to the best advan
tage, and a wondrotisly enticing little cap
of tweed to match the costume.
The bustle of departure began to grow
rapid and urgent about them. Maskelyne
shook hands and went his way. and
ment la Imitation of t!ie dealing of erk
of cards. "Ina't it time you dropped
that? llaveu't ym lot enough by ibis
time? What should you have done it I
had not turned up?"
"I don't know." Frost answered, care
lessly enough. "But I waa thinking at
the very minute when I heard you knock
at the door, and saying to myself, 'I'll
drop It.' I'll tell you the truth, Zeno "
'Tell me aa much of the solid truth si
your constitution will allow, but do not
call me by that name. WroblewkoS will
answer. It'a a Jawbreaker, but It s very
easy when you come to know it. Well."
said Mr. Zeno, smiling still, "thia Is thf
advantage of talking over things. I have
lived In New York a year or two. ion
knew me there. You meet me here. I on
know me to be a safe man man to be
deoended unon. You Introduce me to
Dobroskl Well, at what are yon
staring?"
'I will see you boiled In oil," returned
Mr. Frost with extreme slowness; I
will aee you roasted on a gridiron, I will
see you cut up so extremely fine that
nlcroscone won't find you and then I
won't introduce you to Itobroskl."
Zeno got op from hia seat, and kneel
ing on the floor nnstrapped his portmsn
teau aod took therefrom a raior case, a
amall metal soap bowl and a brand new
shaving brush. Frost watched him In si
lence.
Zeno took off hia coat and threw It
acrosa the back of a chair, tnen produced
a pair of scissors, and taking a great
handful of his beard, sliced It off before
the glass; then another, and another, and
another, nntil he waa close croppea ail
over the cheeks and throat and chin. Next
he attacked the mustache, and cropped
that also so close aa the selsHors would
go to the skin. Then pouring a little
hot water Into the metal bowl, he began
to lather himself with great energy, and
then to shave. Even to himself the
metamorphosis he produced must have
seemed more than a little droll. Under
the raior he came out no longer Greek
nit austere in contour, but chubby, with
far rnnn 1 cheeks, and a chin very curl
oiisl thrust forward and pointed, and
beneath the lower lip and the base of the
chin there waa a good half inch In lengtn
less than one would have expected to find.
The chanre was amazing, and when Mr,
Zeno drew a spectacle case from a waist
cnar ruvket. set the glasses on bis nose,
and, removing a wig, appeared with half
n Inch of aandv natural hair below It,
and a forehead an inch higher than It had
heen. the disguise looked impenetrame.
He took a handkerchief from hia coat
pocket, rubbed a corner of it on the aoap
in hia shavinc bowl, and applied it vigor-
...I. in his line. The corner of the
hanrikerchlef went crimson, and Mr.
Zeno'a cherry llpa grew pallid and dry
He soaped and moistened another corner
of the handkerchief, and swubbed at his
The handkerchief became
black, and the eyebrows sandy, like the
hair. Then he resumed hia coat, set the
two candles upon the table, drew a cnai
between tbem, and aat down.
(To be coutinued.)
- arar- ...
at - .W VsaA .
ti k t
The '"
o-v,. p,-i.lent s" t month
at the Michigan SUM Agricultural Col
lege U o chr r the
- i..mi farm nr. ...
cuuditloua oi . .. . I ia nr much more eaally done
,uture m-- - , - wben the pIanU are ,oulllt.
THE OPENING DOOB.
of
bring there any mad theorists and blood
thirsty dynamiters who might choose to Q,llomU nd the charming widow found
a carriage. It waa empty, and the young
gather about him. But Dobroskl himself
saved him from this dilemma.
"You will not think, sir," be aald on
the second morning of his stay, "that
I do not value your hospitality. But
I shall be more free to move If I am
away from you, and shall still, after the
publicity of our Joint arrival here, be
able to communicate with you with per
fect freedom."
O'Rourke waa more than politely re
gretful at parting from Dobroskl, but
he recognized the wisdom of the pro
posal, and the old man took lodgings
at a . auiet hotel much frequented by
Continental peoi'1 ho not ' the
ennsniring class. This left O'Rourke free
man made no demur about accompanying
the lady, and the lady Rave no signs of
displeasure at being accompanied.
There waa still a sort twilight In the
streets. In wnlcn an onjects couia ne
plainly seen, but the gaa was already
alight within the atation, and a lamp
burned in the carriage roof.
'I don't think," aaid Mrs. Spry, "that
women ought to be so helpless aa they
are. It'a the fashion to be helpless. We
can't get outside the fashion can we
now? But it's the tyranny of mankind
that makee It."
"Don't you think, returned O Rourke,
arlth hia brinht face beaming and his
to en hack and pursue hia suit, and he manner at the same time full of gentlext
bad written a hasty looking note to Dob- deference, the sweetest good-humored po
rokkl to say that he was unexpectedly Uteneas and gayety in combination
railed to the Continent, when a serving "don't you think that ladies tyrannize
.M hrnneht no the card of no less a Inver ua much more than we over tbem?
person than bis friend Maskelyne. "You don't think that," she returned.
He hardly knew what to make of the setting ber little head rather more than
visit, and could only conjecture that rver on one side, and looking at him out
f.-L.i.. here to make some sort nr her hii. eiDressive eyes. "You don't
...l nr rrotest with respect to I ,,,. think It. Mr. O'Rourke,
a. ..i. But he stood with look of l think It," declared Mr. O'Rourke,
frlendlr expectancy on his face, and held ,nd at that Instant the train began to
inrn ... ' u-.l. r.w - I A I ... .a .1.- Il . tn
.1. J.w,. nf HIS room uavB wuu uw uauu I anna out OI
while he reached out the other in welcome 0wu part I don't object to the tyranny
to hia friend.
h. Maskelyne, oia renow, wnat
..,.. vnu In London. Come In, old
nnme ID.
Maskelyne hook handa eordially
enough, but with extreme gravity, a grav
i.. ..niianal even for him.
"twhrnaki'a Btaylng with you. I be-
lleveT be aald. questlonlngly. "I have
i.rtant message for blm. I follow
ed blm to Brussels, but could learn noth
It waa
CHAPTER X.
night In London, and
m.r rain falling. Mr. George roet
in a dins apartment illuminated by a
single candle, by the light of which be
waa scribbling unmeaning pnraaee on a
dirty eheet of letter pa;er.
"No grun, no tunas. minj-mra
nrnnned last nixht. I II never
uuuuuw r- r-
touch a card again. I wonder how often
Id
Ing there until I found out last nignt iwor ,0 that. But , m,n'a luck
... and he had come over together, v..n. .nm. time. It can't go on
that ha waa actually staying with ... ... -
i - . ... ...
A knock at the atreet aoor orose iu.
thread of hia growlinga, but he went
on pacing still, and did not bear step
which came blundering np the ataircase
and halted outside his door.
-r-rr.. in " ha cried, in eiarneu an
. ..nnlnf on the panel, and
slatternly servant girl pushed her head
round the dg of the door.
"Here'a somebody for you. Mr. Fri.
Ith a nortmanteau.
'2'rT araa. until thia morning,
t- "t wanted to show these peo
ple here that an Irishman Isn t afraid
S .ympatbl.lng with him. Thsy were
talking about our getting Into hole, and
no ner. t Janenne. and emed to think
that I dr
a W - A, m 1
i. its atttrtnr now 7 Mak-
" rjrrfj " - , ,, . ..a
lyne asked. "I want especially to find
blWhatr cried O'Rourke, gsyly. jlttlng
a hi. desk W write the addre-a.
"la Maskelyne .I" among the anarch-
Ut"!T - .,a r..k-i.n. "I'm aa aut
-ISO," sm.o ,ki. aech
look at
Gentleman
didn't giva bo name.
..fit Mn. Hnwn and have a
him." returned Mr. frost, taking n P h I.
r. aenarate flighta of dirty
wooden atai. n''P,,',rouhJt,.h,l0
the hall. Frost, holding Die ..
. . . a a i i rial iiam
.,der there a. ..-her. " " advanced toward b. . .h.dnwyj agur. ot
guest. "It ayou. o.
"Come opstaira.
pooe ?
expressed any inwnru Mt
. . .. manner aeciarra iu . .k
Oicw ITnnfn. I lUlr """ - ik nnetmanteaO.
You re going os" - . i Th. ram, wii .
Jr -ld O'Rourke la a casual fri.nd- hlm. ,d tb. dingy apart-
ment at the top of the aowe wa. r.
. .fci. .h. nalace yoo continually
.11 .vents for a time." ..fc, ,h. meet, with the faint-
4t I IF DO. a li I llfal HI mmm-m w .
nhr cried the other to Dims.". " - b, , tnru 0f eonrja lorei ace
.loally applylnf lot,ln p,pr Mlf ktoTok "I bad expwted from your
trSSSfSS .ooaln. round I U.ng J 1. L'" 1 Xl
. . a, MT Mil B I lUt I . i.e. --m sa Vn ftl
his frleaa. balle, wita " , ... t
. . t ..n have beea at It again, i
P'you go Uck to J.a"r MkedJ. ?uita,. aki
, Her I.earnlnaT Cwvld
Make llee or Help Other.
nad any one hapTencd to ask Miss
simmniiA which nobody ever did
how ber passion for atudy came to ber,
she would bave boon unuble to explain
It. Her father and mother, and thel
parents before them, had been plnlu,
bard-worklns people content with the
very amall knowledge necessary for the
accomplishment of tuelr dally tanks.
IVrliana the gift came flown to ue
from some far-away anceMtor who,
treiidln bla narrow path of humbla
duties, knew himself a citizen
Ood'a great universe.
However It waa, alie held it aa one
lcnorant of lta value might treasure
some rare Jewel, becauwe the eye ao-
liirhted In lta apleudor of color, ut
what It might niean, of the power of
It to change ber life, file knew uothlng.
Once In a while some one for whom
she served, learning by a chance ques
tion that she bad taken Chautauiuii
courses for ten years, or that she wai
attending an evening class In rencn,
was stirred to brief curiosity.
"What a typical New Kngmnder!
they generally said. And occasionally
they gave her a ticket to something
and then forgot all about her.
Mlxs Simmons always aoeppted the
ticket with a stiff word of thanks, ana
conscientiously attended the lecture. I
made little difference to her whether
the subject was "Radium and the The
ory of Evolution" or the latent point
lar novel. It offered an opportunity
to "Inform ber mlud," and she listened
with the same unquestioning patience
It ri which she read aa hour every
night
The greet events of life often come
. . tf u.
OUr floor Ciatl in uouueil-grny. iuma
Simmons, going to begin a week a sew
ing at the Van Dykes' and fretting be
cause the bottom of her poor skirt waa
draggled," was as far as iiosslble from
guwslng that the was to be the
greatest one of her life. At noon,
when Kstrlna Van Dyke came In from
acuool, she did not glance up. Katrlna,
however, waa used to commanding ait
uatlons.
"Can you read French ?" she asked.
"I've go a horrid exercise to do, and
I'm stuck." It was like Katrlna to
look for and usually discover what aha
wanted wherever she happened to be.
Miss Simmons looked up.
"Why, yes a little," aha anawered,
embarrassed.
"Then," Katrlna commanded, "abow
me this."
She pulled up a chair and opened her
book. Mis Simmons bent over It, a
nervous color In ber thin cheeks. Sup
roue she could not! But shyly and
hesitatingly, then more and more con
fldently, alie did.
Finally Katrlna shut the book with
a bang. mats nu nguu
you, Misa Simmons," ahe aald. durtlug
off.
But left alone. Miss Simmons sat
with a great light dawning In ho eyes,
fl he had never dreamed that It meant
the power to help other people 1 Sud
denly, acrom the gray of common day a,
she aaw the blue of tender akiea.
Youth's Companion.
at
aide.
sop-
9
V m .a '' . - ,
?A' sir
I
Uestraylaar Baraorkv.
Like all biennial, the burdock la eaa-
lly destroyed In cultivated flelda, It U
In by-places, such as fenea aides, lanes,
corners around the buildings, pastures,
and the borders of woodlands, that bur
docks give trouble. But even In these
they are not difficult to destroy. Farm
ers who go over their flelda twice a
year will soon bave nu burdocks. In
cutting them care should be taken to
strike below the crown. Every plant
cut In tbla way must die. The cutting
may be done at any time of the year
when the ground la not froxen, and It
While It
la not difficult to cut off a amall tap
root with the knife. It la much more
difficult to accomplish the name when I
the root has attained a diameter of
an Inch or more. Two or three years
read our times. AH "Uoa leaders
have told us that u is me
huckhono of tlw a- Wbli!gtoa
and Jefferson ware 'ru"!r
one. The UHui that bred Llu.-olu
was oue vast - if n,,,.,,,,., cmng will remove near-
only a auia l loaa. " - ,y all burdock, from the by-place, of
to-duy. not oru - " - fllrul.
he has been a pnu-w"' "uuu, u
r-t to exuress the unity between To C, y,mm a Batk
farm labor aud U luus. The Tne nfortuiiute pig baa always hsd
frmr to him If aiecnauic tne reputation of being the most un-
cleanly animal In existence, inia is
not entirely tne
fault of the pig.
as bts environ
ment la generally
accountable for
h I a cleanliness.
Pig ralsera sel
dom attempt to
a-ive the pigs a
bath, aa It Is al
most Impossible
to catch and bold
them, even for a
I bave never regarded my oplnlona as having
uy s,-lal weight In the community.
bave acquired the freedom of si-eevh which char
acterizes me through a knowledge that peopl
are not going to pay any attention to what I any.
This began la childhood, when I soon learned
that my eklers were obliged to apologia, for m.
to the neighbors upon the broad grounds that no
body could be held responsible for my remark,
because tbtra waa never any telling what I was
going to say. I never did oulta lean, to avoid
expressing aentlmenta until somebody el bad
expressed them and found they wera safe.
I alwaya did. from earliest childhood, when I
sat listening to the aaf. and aan. conversation of
the rlsltlng neighbor, who wer. dl.eus.lng platl
tude. In their company tone, get dreadfully tired
of tried and true aentlment and break out with
m, mutlnou. Idea or disturbing Qo h.t
fell like a bombabell la the camp of
resHx-tabla Cbrlatlan family of which I waa aa
unworthy member.
snubbed ana punisucu or
jcurr ?. aTBaraa.
... ff is at
in new or tne numoer oi i.u. . . r... but no, (t stuck
would atm that I might bave uroaen ' ,mmu.t. .
with me. and so. late In life. wUeU I taca-o ...dividual
hfiinu.lioTHee a nerson of anairs. 1 was .1111 rn,UM ,
rio BATH.
and business wan, hso Pt'llenis are
precisely those of tbf workman In the
towu, who dk'peuua w uw uu iu
duatrlul aud social coperaUou, He
must be aa educate!, a.sressive par
ticipant in the wwkor me, coiuiietlug
with the farmer ' EuroP. luvitlug
to his workshop of uiaoy acres tne
most skilful youug Irarulug from
technical studeuU ana me practical ex
perience of bis nelgMwra tue best that
la kuown about m "i""1
workers, meeting Is the friction of
i. -I nf Iiavs always learned their
-r, ,i. Aootber. The farm- minnt. Nevertheless a Missouri
er has until recentl beeo in social .tot.kman tackled the proniem anu suu
and bualiiesa Isolation. Now be Is a ceejd In planning an apparatna by
.in...n -,f thn wnrll often closer In i,ih the nlis are given a goou wasu
point of time, to tin neareat city than lllg befor, they are slaughtered. It
his grandfather wai to the farmer of iuould also prove equally a useful at
the adjacent town. The difference be- otuer times. Tbe construction and op-
tween the towusuuB and the country eratlon of the dipping tank, as It Is
.1 I .ml lntolMtl1lll I ..,UJ will hA 11 M1I.1V PTIUCUi UJ n
man in euucanuui " n,i..... gmni, ...
i. ...d in Industrial respon- lnnce at the acocmpanylng Ulustra-
1 .... . I .. .... ...I i. 1. wa.
aiblllty la rapidly duulnlaoing. inai tlon. Kewmu on mu i'uuu -
means tbe dimlnlsHI of the old real ter tank, which Is connected to an n--
....i..i .n-MvAmiee of farm life dined Inlet and outlet On tbe ln-
wblcb drove ambltloi and Initiative to dine of tbe outlet are tiny atalra to
I a ..a-t I M till
a .. ii. a. ...if ia nivauair lirtliari U
for strangers to meet, because, thougn i m.guv -
talk intelligently. I wa. quite a. likely to sa, something m,nn;uwr
else ever aald. and thua cause tbe impreaslon that there waa aomeming u
about our town. . ftf .
Well do I remember numerous vigorous enueavor. o ; . ie
. ' i .,. t wsan't to be taken account 01
anu sane people 10 uiiunamm "- - -- , .. . th wpra
came to summing up the cultured people of the place, and that they ver.
. t.i. nntlcn nr anvtuing i saiu.
uevrr uu an """i l" - -
Thia left me free to
.. Inst aa
aa, things, because If nobody wa. go ng to m.c. iu. - ,ha,
well exjrlem-e the r-llef of getting nu or a ii
seemed anxious to get out So I Just sam tnem. t nnBM the
I said that I didn't think much or woman s rmu . . ,ffeotatlona
new woman wa. a fake. I .aid I thought society a joke and the affect at ion.
of fashionable women disgusting. I aald I believed culture to be .tupld ben
n'l.U.'uI "wlhad run to aoed In n.cness. I sa.d kindergarten work
taught children to be affected and Insincere. I -Id I a opposed to young
people', religion, meeting, unless conducted by older people. l .M l wa.
opposed to lesson leaves; that I did not Ilk. audible prayer, except a. read
In a formal service. I Mid I was opposed to revival meetings.
This does not start the things that I said, but aa nobody paid any atten.
tlon to them. It did not really make any difference. But ong year, of saying
thing, with Impunity and not being actually run out of town, or muzzled by
order of tbe city fathera, ha. emboldened n.e, and I may really do aome dum-
Sowe'veVlnMe year, people have taken to looking with favor upon niy
open expressions of opinion, and I really believe It pays In the long run to
hold to your own Ideaa In spite of the effort of society In general to farm
you. Young people are likely to mistake bluntness for frankness, and aarea.m
for brightness. These mistakes It Is well to avoid, but If you bave an l.lea--a
real belief, an Instinctive objection to some popular theory, slick to It. ror
tbe world Is always coming to grief by stupidity following "popular thought
Juliet V. Strauss, In the Chicago Journal.
the city for ppportiuity to .how tbem- assist tbe pig In ascending. In prep-
r ' I ... t.ta .nnitnl" the nlar ia
selves. The advantage remains nuu arauou iur u --- - ,
Increases, for no nutter bovr near to- forced down the Incline into tne water,
gether modern InatrumenU of unity, and If bis common sense does not dl-1
the trolley and teKpUone, bring city rect blm on the Incline, be I. prodded
and country, broad tore, still remain from behind with a bar. In fact, in
broad, and product the coadltlon. or time mis -" 1 ",'A
free and lmleut Ufe.-Vouth'. fashionable with pigs, and t would
EISK FTJQITrVES FORGET THEIR TROUBLES; LEAD GIDDY LIFE IJf
PARIS.
alona In the south of France and else
where. By these and other means Hyde)
baa at thia time successively blotted
out so far as Paris I. concerned. tlie
ostracism which followed hi. conneo-
Companion. i
To nenm In .
The grajiHh ill siiuash bug i
difficult to manage. Satherlng the eggs
and the old but eilr lythe spring
Is luborlous butlt thoroughly
done. The bug. HTIfav.1 uiou a
piece of board laldiin tbe vines,
and may be gathereuil caught The
use of poisons wlllloH ,,0d In tne
case of the bugs, a tpey do not eat
fh. leaves, hut as- their beaks
not be surprising to hear of them tak
ing their dally "dip" hereafter.
Vrrmoat'e l,oou,iu mr
Various reports Indicate that this
has been the best maple season for
yeara. The average .ugnr per tree tan
ned ranges from 2 to 4 pounds. Last
year B.(X)0,000 trees were tapped, and
aa large a number this year. Five
thousand tons of sugar worth 1.0U0,-i
000 Is a crop of Importance to the
r.reen Mountain state, reumr"
through the outslfc V lbe leaf t0 Country Gentlemen, especially as the
national pure ixu mw u.vU
ectmd only to the oleo bill aa bring
ing about an immense reform In the
direction of commou honesty In mer
cantile transactions) absolutely forbid,
inn a. Vermont maple sugar
suck the Juices, anl will not consume
any of the poison, inja series or ex
periments In the aetlind of prevent
ing the attacks of t sbiiaah vine bor
er the preventative Employed were
f tii. ntol of half a tea-
l"i i n,- -,,v l " ..... Ltw i ...
siKioiiful to two gallosf water, corn- Bynip and product mat wuito .. ..oi
cobs dlr,ed In coal A and tbe kcro- actually and entirely what It professes
sene emulsion ; the irplieatlon of the to be.
parls green and the karosene was re
peated after every hard rain until
September i the cols were dipped In
coal tar again one In three weeks.
All three of the applications seemed to
be beneficial, with perhnpa a little
something In favor of the corncobs
to
lllarhwar o "
The "future American highway," ac
cording to an Inventor whose pamph
let Is reviewed In Knglneerlng News
will be a paved roadway i.o ieei m
total width, divided by longitudinal
.,.k. into eluht separate roadways.
as being cheapest aod n'wt convenient wf for pagsage )n reh direction. He
Tbe odor of tbe tar has no effec t on ,doll two io foot roadways for anl
the Insects, but iooftimea repels the 1 traction vehicles and a 4-foot
walk at each side for the stray pe
destrians who may still Indulge In the
antiquated method of locomotion that
nature furnished. Tbe rest of the
width Is devoted to sutomoblle roads.
As the cost of this remarkable blgh-.-mild
amount up to between
arpearauce of the 100,000 and $JfM),000 per mile, the In-
uwn. a Massa- -nntnr does well to can h
moth, causing ber to lay ber eggs else
where. '
Weea Cotter aterr.
Werrls are a coartnt source of
trouble to the gnrdoner, cropping up
aulcker than he can cut them down.
ioillng tne
1 sWasaaaaaawasaaai
and
wis
$&t Fyfi of
rbusi tta man has
Invented an Imple
ment Intended to
belp him solve th
problem and Hght-
ea the labor of
itopplng and dtg-
of tbe future.
Whatever tbe plana of the New
York District Attorney, William Trav
ers Jerome, may be In reference to the
the central
American lnsur-
. . ai .a
Black rot ha. b-n very destructive criminal pr.mecut.on of
..,nn,.er for several Bznres In the great ai
"a'ns ' and mean, of relief, even ,nce ac.ndal. It Is patent to all I'.r...
.llrtt will be welcomed by growers. wrtes a correnpondent In the r rencn
7.i..i..n h, the New Tork L...itl that no fear Is entertained In
gin? up the roots. ' now tnat the p.rm 'the mind of James Hazen Hyde, former
s -a - t l a nnmli n.V.1 HIUIIUU - . . . . -M t.A lm tail A 1 .1 10
unn nrnji - . a- u. nnrripd over winter vc nremaeni vi l,vM,w
weed cutter and irathw r aa .how. , In or "."J" d. a fact previously Asm,rance S.K-lety. or Richard I A . Mc-
iu - - that theaa Cnri who was OUSteO. ITOIU vuo yi-
doubted by h- th, MutuaL For more than
frinto the Thltby plants It I. ye.'r now M two ostracized mill-
... mnantflng lira""1"'.
-utter Is adjustable, a operated by
a lever which termw" . tu
handle of tbe Implement- Tl gatherer
In the IVir lU.T, IU
wise nrecautlon to dla- lonalre votaries or nign n nance u.
al
wv-f-ia m . a a.
ired to operx' ln'
a misneu ' me nexi
requ
o..fn a wise precaution io uir iuuiik -
"ltot ln V distracting
ona nosslble source or mi
to the can te aone v than be was at any time in New
!yrL Z ,t." Itork. 1. living an easy life. HI. most
serious effort at the present lime ia 10
Is plneea in me - ... tne cabbage seeds, as remoum """"'
. ' -e .,- fitter art pair of small. t0" . Ir,fa,nn Th, nhlra Df Tarla.
, . -UT. ,t will that after one poa "' ,7.7 , and I Hyde, who I. really better known In
i 1 a ' k " a a I n Pas noilfl vri i "t ' j
bringing the Impi- o xne -
null on tb - " "
X theVeed Is P the
ra'-a and carried on.
ai a
become known a. the king of tbe Parla
I-stln nnarter. To thia ena tiyne is
minutes In corrosive sublimate
tlon of 1 to 1000-strengtn.
Wlla Silk."
Among the peculiar product! of Man-1 bis money lavishly, and tbe
.t...ei. which are becoming better . . -irde of Bohemian palntera and
t m". . . nisnta benln a,. i....n tn the outside world since the ,,..... whlch he has gathered
When the neo . - - - ,K, nir. i. -wild silk." i m him as their oa
. wna9 iiDirvaa'n of TrarPtl ODfllinZ Ol li". irvuuu " ' -
out the cause y ... . - - ' h. . lnsPCt named Antheroea
trnn saint
lack of piani ,lvM np,m tbe Mongoll- , n,de TP, tn , beautiful and m.m-
to
alderable wood " s , ln utantern Mancbu- m0,h matl,n Avenue Henri Martin,
plants every ye" , ( w ,nnua, rr0,lllrtOn for a few , th. .paHons salon of bla beautiful
trlmmM and th u mot ,.,,.,, at 1.V0.O.000 co- boma Hyde give, regular entertain-
every fall.
factured Into pongee.
ments. which are the very acme of epl
mirean splendor. Hia favorite pastime
i. .ntertsin large parties or nis
Buckwheat Is a pt"(lj' crop and Tka Beat "' . Kn J giddy friends upon automobile exeur
:Zl on sandy soil to what may Is not tba large bog that (tn M V r
. . - - aanllf
Irmed a lumD." If'aP. a. the the on. that make, tbe largest qu.n
tfd in June and ttv of trk In tba shortest tlma ana
u with the Insurance revelations. II
the hero of the Impecunious horde,
long-haired youths of tbe boulevards,
de participates fuUy la the free and
ty life of the Iatln quarter. At the)
it artists' ball, Hyde made a big bit
lmersonatlng an Arabian gypsy.
Becently Hyde has shown a tendency
to re-enter aristocratic French society,
and among the fashionables of Parla
his princely w tne cellar is exciting won
der and admiration.
Kicbard A. Mct'urdy'a existence la
Paris bas been quite tbe opKslt of
Hyde's, though it is well Intended to
blot from the memory of the former
Mutual president tbe disagreeable ex
periences of a year and a half ago.
McCurdy'a life In Paris has amounted
almost to monastic retirement He la
aurrounded by an exclusive circle of
personal friends, and be la devoting
himself to simple diversions winco car
ry with tbem no distasteful memories.
He Is never seen In the gay centers or
Parla, 'and be la entirely unknown In
Boclety. He reada no newspapers.
When an effort waa made to interview
blm he sent word that be would feel
keenly any further notoriety In connec
tion with the Insurance ecanaai. ax
this time It Is learned from a personal
friend of McCurdy'a that wbile he Is
attempting In every possible way to
eradicate memories of tbe aanda!
which enmeshed him, he finds It diffi
cult to bsve any complete comfort la
his life.
James W. Alexander, ousted presi
dent of tbe Equitable Life, who was a
third prominent figure In the Insur
ance scandals. Is on a trip around tba
world with a party of friends.
Very Likely.
Jenka la this a monkey trick, to
turn out the Itghta and leaves as Id
tbe dark Ilka this?
Mrs, Comeup Indeed, I feel real ner
youa In tbla simian darkness. Balti
more American.
Rapid growth of the flnger nalla la
algn Qt good bealta.
hefore im t I .... . ti.t amount or roou.
thr.V-",' "pVea-'lTdurln, Apr., b. baa
IlB. U provide an ,bnnd,n, nlw months during which to
the gr n- " 1 -ben In blown . th. and of tha year. If na
forage ror "7 . ritim thm , from a good tocH
thererroo. - th
1-rowlng and si tht aoil
from growing, anu
a I " ' - . . slu aalnA
n.7n. of rapid groi one, wheat weigh 250 pound, coring
Beln !J. A f"'"" tbem mnBtha of hi! lift.
Tba Belglana a. potato oaten far
outstrip too Irish,
. .' ef the best eron.
!t " '''rrown for tbt parpoM,
that can bo grown iw K
Saa.e1kl tAUm Jaakaaw
A mountaineer of one of tha baci
counties of North Carolina waa ar
raigned with several othera for Illicit
distilling. "Defendant" asked tbe
court, "what la your namer
-Joehua." waa tba reply.
"Ara yoo the man who made tba aan
stand atllir
onick aa a flash csme tba answer:
"No. air; I am tbe man who made tba
moonshine." Harpers weeaij.
Tka r.a at It.
"Why did you do thatl" demanded
tha teacher.
"Oh. Just for fun," replied Tommy.
"But didn't yon know it waa against
tha rules r
"Sore I tsfa where do fun come
la."philadelphla Press.
Children ara natural, but their el
oera seem to be ashamed of themselves;
and their natural Instinct.