THE GIRL WITH
A MILLION
By D. C Murray
CHAPTER X.-(Cootlnn.d.
himself before tb mirror
"Did he knew
m -My'intr. : -,hiA. ' u
: . um i i. and ).. .1 j . : -
... vw 1 demanded
" " ar yonr j.j
It surf .v. ij la 00 '&t-
-mi 1. ! 'd tt" ubmUltd after
whlU. but looked round on rrt with I
lu.to00f ,, wh . ro" '
-now. " ""''V If W
"U own .hrlnking gas. ' f''00 th y of hiding bi. .m.
"Would you Ilk. to e It r. . H..L rr",n""- "lH)n't you thick tou t.
fcorrlbU ..p-too, ,. k wh7? " "0 .H.-.d Fro.,
n m ,0 Th. old m.
w.ye, and bi wor-
gna of eon-
rout', utter
W- " that b. railed a nac. or , " "j 10 " 1
over, "w you Introduce m. tw. . " "" " roar, utter
ro.k.r. HuWff. "0.55 ".r.bu.'rT eour,in d tb'
ch.nf,. .Bd hlad and whl.,W throiuh "I declare ' sahT h
rort stared at him .till. a. If he were
"Id. Thla gets m down, and kirk,
m. whll. I'm down. Walt a bit." he said.
Is;
pulled
... uunu. u a Dii, n an:
'Htm' "eowlll ,r,l" h' .urprl.
I II ahow you aonlrthlll., Il pull
" .uuuicwra, "whaf. tb matter with
iue man r
"tt'liii (- k- . . .
nm ill n 1 1 rr ! numiniwi r mnn
turniii, upon him with ameared and tear
ful faro and tragic feature. "Heboid tha
" or my jif,. mj father. preaerT-
" " ."imriun ane. lurew 11 try I
on tha table. Zeno took It. and after the With thla he fell ln . ,h.i. . .v
.Tt,7ei"anr; ,UrH "P " FrMt W'th M OPP n Vm. acDroZ h
moment. ...M-. JV" .l.T ' 7 ' up w "nTUI.iT. aobblnf.
.nl.r.- Z , i v'"l"'r'va w. an 100 not recall your friend." aald Dob
enlarfed cop, of th. on. which Anel. I ro.kl. ooklnt toward Frort.
Tn the I ! 'rT C "" L."." ' o. r.i..n, hi. he4 to
n jr. -ur.ui.. nia reiiow aroundre '. Intenea relief. "I
J!!::"ir t br ,hl,r h ? wr-- wrrbw
Dobroakl f.T It me.. I wa folnir to I wa. but lad."
lo 'ou rU 0lT- Th ln rlll. nohroekr.
. - .u.u .u in. neiunoornooa oer. mat look or Inquiry tar. way to on. of Dleaa
luinn t Men It and atudled It. Ther. ur and welcome.
I rememher," h. aald "I remember."
II. at retched out hand to Zeno and th.
raaral took It and kiaeed it
"My mother bleaiwd you with her dy
Inf breath," h. aald. "My father died
in .ilia, bleaainc you. My .later', chll-
pray for
Isn't on. of any Dot. lnon them that
haan't got copy of It."
"Dobroakl (tar. It your aald Zeno. In
new amaiement. "My good Front, I
bar. been aa cunning a. aerpent. I
bar. bad down there at Janenna a bunr-
iiiic py wno aid not know me, who waa I dren cherinh your memory and
et to watch nobroakl, euch a bungler you nlfhtly."
mac ne waa certain to nnd him out, and in. bewildered Froet anked hlmaelf
did find blm out, and I had him there I repeatedly whether th thing were true or
10 oniw attention rrom mycir. I talked ralM. Dobroakl released hlmaelf from
with Dobroakl aometlmea, a bit of broken the apy'. graap and walked to the window,
English, a bit of broken French. I fool- nd looked out on the rain. nl,hf Then
ed him completely to my own idiotic aelf- Zeno, turnlnc upon Froat. beran In Kn.
aatlafnctlon, and b. knew me all the time. Ilh a tory of th. utmost circumstance.
Oh. I tell you be i. master. Nerer a
Ign. A lira? . Not th. least, least, lit
tle, little .Ign for weeks, and h. knew
all tb. time! A master."
At that instant there cam. a loud
knocking at th. front door, and Frost,
putting hla head out of th. window,
peered downward.
"Who', ther.?" b. cried. "Tb. houM
b all abed."
"It I. I, Mr. Frost," raid a quiet vole,
below. "Can I .peak to you for a mo
ment?" Mr. Froat drew In hi. head so sudden
ly and incautiously that h. .truck It
resonndlntrly upon the woodwork of th.
window, and then the apy and th. traitor
faced each other. Th. same word waa
on tb Up. of each, and dropped In a
mere whisper: "Dobroskl !"
"Mrhig him here," Mid tb. pyr "W.
can tell between us If be knowa me. A
littl. courage. Take tb. bull be the
horn. We can an all If ther. I. any
thing to save do all if tber. la anything
to b. don, no."
With all this breathed in on. rapid
whisper ln Froat'. ear, h. pushed him
from th room. Whll. h. blunderingly
descended Zeno advanced stealthily like a
cat and restored the window and tb blind
to their old position.
"Do I wear anything; b could know?"
be asked himself. II. released with
rapid finger, a single button of hi. waist
coat, slid the bar of bi. watch chain
through tb. buttonhole and transferred
watch and chain to hi. coat pocket. Then
b .tripped bl. finger, of th. ring. b.
wore and put them In hi. purse, and a.
b. did so h. beard tb. jar with which
th. front door opened. Hi. breath cam.
hard and fast, and bi. fat cheeks were
blanched, but be Mated himself In a
battered armchair near th fir.
"Ar yon alone, air?" asked Dobroskl.
when Froat bad opened tb door, "Can
I apeak with you?"
"I am not alone, Mr. Dobroskl,' an
swered Froat. "I hav. a friend with me.
Will you com. In? H. would Ilk. to
meet you, dr. II. I. a countryman of
youra." v
"I will come In for a moment," aald
Dobroskl. II. entered from th rain,
which wa. driving down rapidly, and as
Froat . closed the door h. said. In tran
quil and ordinary tone. "Mr. Zeno I.
her. II. arrived In London thl. evening."
CHAPTER XI.
For a moment Front felt hollow, and
bad mm ado to .land upright. H. held
the handle of th door In on. hand, and
with th. other propped himself again.!
tbe wall.
"Zeno?" h. contrived to say, In a vole
which be knew to be much unllk. bi.
own. "Ab. Tbe py."
II. eipected some sort of instant con
demnation, for to bi. at.rtled mind the
statement that Z.no was ther meant
that Zeno waa actually within th. house,
and wa. of Itself proclamation of the
discovery of treason. II. had time enough
to be .hot, .tabbed, poisoned, abducted,
and tried for treasoa In hia own swift
darting, frightened fancy before Dobroakl
pok again.
"Vea," Mid Dobroskl, "he I. her. It
I. well that everybody should b warned
of blm."
"Of course," returned Frost, trembling
In hi. Ilmba, and .peaking with a ahake
In bi. vole. "II. Mem. to b. a danger
011 sort of fellow."
Dobroskl mounted th atalreaM In !
tenc, and entered Frost", room In obedi
ence to a wave of th. hand from th. regtv
lar occupant. Frost followed In tlm. to
m Zeno turn In bi. armchair and look
at th. n.wcomer with a casual air. This
wa. aueceeded by a .tart of aurpriM. and
Zeno arose .lowly and a If unconsciously
from hi. Mat.
"Thla," raid Frost, who knew not
what to make of Zeno'. aim, and wa.
newly frightened by them "thla I. Mr.
Dobroskl." II. wa. vainly casting about
In bi. mind for Zeno". alias, when Zeno
hlmMlf relieved him.
"I knew It," cried tb. py. in B.ngn.n,
which b. related with so natural an .mo
tion and so complet. an air of veracity
that It wa. hard to disbelieve blm, though
th. listener wa. certain h. wa. lying.
One or twice, at the mention of a name,
Dobroskl turned and asked after tb his
tory of It. owner.
Frost wa. eager and yet afraid to be
alon with Dobroskl. II bad been horri
bly frightened all aloug. When Zeno
had aeemed to stand on th. edge of a
fatal blunder In respect to hi. wife's na
tionality, hhi blood had auddenly run cold.
and h. had eyed Dobroakl in an agony of
apprehension.
"r.rhapa yon don't know," Mid Froat,
addressing bla fellow rascal, "what sort
of a musa you've got your feature. Into.
You'd better take one of them randies
into th. next room and get a wash there."
Zeno glanced at himself In th. di
colored glasa above tha mantelpiece, and
feigning to be surprised by what he uw
there, took up a candle and retired. A.
h. entered th. bedchamber h. .tumbled
against a chair, and in putting it out of
th. way propped the door open with It.
Frost approached Dobroskl
"I don't quite make out thla new. of
yours, sir, h. Mid, half whispering.
"Yon .ay Zeno I. In London. Wno haa
Men him?"
"He wa. seen and recognised at Char
ing Crow station by two of th. breth
ren," returned Dobroskl. "Unhappily he
waa missed and lost In th. crowd. They
uw him tak. a can, but In th. confusoin
they followed th. wrong vehicle.
Frost, standing with hi. back to tbe
light, dared to look Into Dobroskl'. eyea.
which were illumlnaterd by the flam, of
th. wlltary candle. II. could read ther.
no .ign of suspicion, but h. asked him
self what would have happened if Zeno
bad been tracked to bl. residence what
would happen if h. really had been track
ed there, and if Dobroskl were only play
ing with him, Th fancy turned him
cold.
lou nav neen looking at thl. por
trait?" raid the old man. striding past
Frost, and taking up th. photograph,
which .till lay upon th. table. "II will
be troublesome to us, most likely, but
w. ar. forewarned againat him, and fore
warned I. forearmed In th. proverb, of
many nations.
"My candle haa gon. out," aald Mr.
Zeno, presenting hlmMlf at th. bedroom
door with th candlestick In on hand
and a towel In th other. Dobroskl threw
a photograph on th table, and Zeno, a
be relit hi. candle at the other, glanced
at It. "Do you know thia man, friend
Froat?" he demanded, laying a Anger on
bl. own portrait. "II. 1. not a friend of
yours, I hope?"
"Why not?" asked friend Froat, husk
ily. "II. I. a scoundrel," returned Zeno,
Dlaridly, looking a. If he noticed nothing.
but keeping the keenest lookout on Dob
roskl through th. discolored mirror. "II.
I. a Iluui.a apy, that fellow."
"How 00 you know?" Frost demanded.
He crouched over th. fire and rubbed hi.
hand, above th. bias, to account for
tb. tremor ln hi. roic.
"How do I know?" repeated Zeno.
"Ther wa. In Milan a national commit
tee, and I wa. a member. Tbl. fellow
tried to bribe m. 1 know hi. face. I
hould know It In a million, but I hav.
forgotten what nam. h. went by. That I.
of no consequence. I know th. man. If
you doubt It, bring blm fac to fac.
with me."
"What do yon know of him?" asked
Dobroskl. "I. h. an abl. m.nT
"A fool," raid Zeno. "H. I. a Oreek
and h. cam. to m at first pretending to
b a rol. I talked with him and be
made fifty mistaken la a hundred worda."
"How long ago wa. thi.r Dobroakl
asked.
"8evn year, next An gust," responded
Zeno, after aa .laborat. calculation pon
hi. finger, and murh knitting of hi. aandy
brow. Id thought.
"You will t.ll anybody yon happen to
meet," raid Dobrortl, taking up hi. f.lt
bat from th tabl. and turning to Frost.
.11 that ail .noma mow iu 1
"I do not know." uid Frot. with .
teem .L.. . ..
"-s wueiner be knew you
or whether It didn't. Itut If an opinion
1 any Uh to you b waa no tuure taken
in insa I was."
Tob !" cried Zeno.
"Anyway." replied Froat. "I ain't fool
enough to a.k you to pitch your tnt oa
my premlae. just at present, Tb. beet
thing for yon to do i. to .lid. before
the old man ha. time to set a watch on
tble particular tenement"
"(live m. hi. addreM." aald Zeno. "I
will know whether h. suapact. or not.
I stall call upon him to-morrow."
To be continued. )
SZ W FAD Of ZAHSAB FARMERS.
rlle aalee DIswm l
lock aa rarsslaat Isawlasaeaile.
Never waa there such an epidemic of
public aalea 00 tb farm, aa thl.
spring. Seven auctioneer hav been
kept busy and other, are ln training
for auctioneer' achoola. Bom. of the
auctioneer, ar. "Colonel." Tbey claim
that title when tbey bar "cried" 1UU
aalea.
Rut It I. only the reault of the farm
era. getting rM) and of tb land boom
which cause, much change of location.
Central Kansas haa reached a tline
when the farmer who have made the I
home here, write an Abilene oorre-
Iondcnt of th. Kanau City Star, have
acquired more material than tby need
to run their farm, or are onxloua to
change their residence, and bo want to
have a "sale." They go to the county
Mat and make arrangement, with tbe
auctioneer, and bave their bill, print
ed. Tbe latter are put up tn the post-
office or are scattered ou tbe fence
post, of the vicinity.
The attendance on the public sal.
la usually good, nothing but bad weatb
er keeping the farmers of tbe vicinity
away, Tbe women frequently accom
pany their husband, and form an In-
terested portion of tbe audience when
the household goods and canned fruit
are soio.
The crowd that has looked over th.
poKteasJona of the household curlouaTy
and nodded at tbe varloua flaw. In th.
Implements of the farmyard baa also
had a rude sort of entertalnmeut .On
every sale bill lo large letters appear.
"Free lunch at noon," and some of
them have the additional legend.
Bring your tin cups." This Is Greek
to the city resident, but tbe farmer
know what It means. It Is a promise
that there will be great .teaming can.
of coffee, with pleuty of sandwich.
and perbapa pickles. The task of pro
viding cupe for a hundred or two visit
or Is a formidable one, aim me jiru
dent houttewlfe asks thnt the comers
bring cutis to use at this function. Tbe
habitual auction attendant la fully
equipped with tbe cups to use on such
occasions.
During the winter all sales begin at
10 o'clock, but as the daya lengthen tbe
noon start la more common. It all de
pend, upon the amount of material to
be sold. Sometimes there Is something
more than coffee to drink, but not
often.
Tbe amount of property changing
banda In tbla growing method of dis
posing of used farm material I. enor
mous, ln this county alono probably
seventy-five sales have been held since
the first of the present year, nnd they
have averaged more than 11,000 each.
or at least $100,000 worth of second
hand goods disposed of by farmers to
their neighbors. The same condition
exlats In nearly every well Mttied
county of the State, and so common Is
the custom becoming that It Is unlike
ly that It will show any diminution
for some time to come.
Cawoelaa? Great Sport.
The canoeist 1. the moat Independ
ent of men, according to Yachting. He
can push bla craft through a stream
three feet wide and five Inches deep
and be can safely negotiate any bit of
water that a catuoat or moderate alzed
launch would care to attempt Canoe
ing la popular because It brings It.
devotee out Into the open freedom and
kts them live their summer life as tbey
111. Th canoe doea fur humanity
what the bicycle failed to do. The bi
cyclist waa tied to roads, was depend
ent upon hotela and restaurant, for
food and lodging. When the bill wa.
steep he must alight and walk. When
the road was bad, or the foot of the
hill dubious, he must do likewise.
The canoeist suffers none of these re
strictions, be carries with blm his
place of abode, hta bed, his food and
the means of preparing It He la not
confined to well-worn highways, he Is
able to penetrate and explore out of
the way atreauta and p. ten his tent In
sMts Inaccessible to the sverage wan
derer. The ability of canoe to carry
their owner Into place where even a
rowhoat could not be maneuvered gives
to tbe paddler a point of view not of
ten obtainable by any one else. Even
In the vicinity of large cities he la
able to discover numerous plesaant but
unknown loeatlone reached by water
that he baa practically to himself.
rars.ee. Wei .
Of all men. our fanuer art m, m.
terested In the v-Wiia"0' "Ud enforce
ment ut mire food U -'t thit tuv
are particularly affw- DV '""d adul
teration, for tbcv take almost every,
thing tbey eat rlisM -10"1 ,h nnnd o
nature. Hut they i eun.rqea that
(he .tuff they prudu hH reach tlw
city neighbor who u " frwa, pur.
and wholesome p-'ol.
It la In a way 1 ifl tl. npou the
farmer that nult Wner. milts and
other thing which eooie from tha
farm of the count? ir Impure tUd
so calculated to 'nJu7 to the
life and health of Mtloo, 80 they
are doing ull lu tMr power to brin
about tbt best IcfUHwu "a thl. sub
ject. They also deiirt that the lev..
already enacted .hull put Intu etf -t
Therefore tbey wekvwe the sugceH
tlou of Dr. Wiley, rhW of the bureau
of chemistry of tb sVpartrm-nt 0f agri
culture at Wanhliifon, that the na
tional government aball act the stand
ard for pure milk l per cent of
butter fat
Our farmer ar. now producing milk
that average very closely to 4 per cent.
Few of them ar sjtlsned with auy
thing below that point. And they do
not Ilka to be told, u tbey have been
many times, that tbt iverag. for milk
wild In the market! of tb. country 1.
far below that .unlird. It I not
their fault that It , and they want
tbe crime, for it It little lea. than a
crime to thua debts) the milk supply
if the country, plteed where It belongs.
and punishment InDlrted accordingly.
The same thing It true touching all
other farm product. Tb farmer.
want It Just a pud nature gave
It to them when It reaches th. table
of the man who ut It
Nat What II Ashed.
In these dnya of Individualism In
thought and action the balance of oe-
clslon tips more and more toward the
personal. . Even In the matter of spell
ing, the ego asserta Itself In the face
of tradition and history, "nobby," In
Tlt nits. Is not the only person who
constltutea himself tbe final court of
apieal In the realm of orthography.
80 you fo to school, do you Bob
by?" i"ked the minister.
"Tea, sir," answered Bobby.
"Let me hear bow you spell 'bread.' "
"ll-r-e-d-e."
"The dictionary spella It with an 'a,'
Bobby."
"Yea, air; but you dldn t ask me bow
tbe dictionary spell It; 70a asked me
how I avell It."
Where fhll-e-phr TaJta.
-Who breaks, pay.' "
I'd Ilk to see yon try that on our
fc.red girl" Baltimore American.
1 u.w . - . . at all snouie aoow iu
and then with a aud.Ien forward rush be ,w!". . Wfob.wkoi.
threw hlmMlf at Dobroskl'. ft and - --7 'V.wT-. h.H. warmly wltl
By palling down tn. stove in hi
hall w,m yen again. Mr. v rooiawaaon. breaking through tb wall nnd
h. added, .baking band. , mlj r with 0T Hnn roof,, . conrlct
Breslan, la
grow rtc on
Llwe-SalpheMsIt Wat,
From experlwenti carried on with
chemically pure Unit and sulphur. It
appeara to th. autbor of a government
bulletin that solid tulphur Is not dis
solved by boiling fifteen minutes, but
that the best result! are obtained by
boiling from forty live to sixty min
utes. A boPIng period of one hour
Is sufficient to dluulre nearly all of
the sulphur, but tbe thlosulphates ar
somewhat Increaanl by a longer ierlod.
Rait apparently bit no Influence
upon the composition of th wash In
so far as tbe sulphur compound, are
concerned. The illirtit dlfferencea In
tbe coinMMltlon of the wash, a. tsed
by different lnvestljttors, have little or
no Influence upon the tlm. required
for boiling. Wb Vtae and sulphur
are used In equal quantities there I.
more than enoug!jlm to dissolve the
sulphur. The, 'tjjiae. may be
used In the proportli Ji he pound of
lime to one and oneqinrt pounds of
sulphur. About twenty-fl ounds of
sulphur to fifty gallons li 1 maximum
quantity. I
It appear, that tbe use at air-slaked
lime haa no Influence fen tbe comno.
itlon of the wash, and that th-sre la
Ikewlse practically no difference u
composition whether flowpri of sul
phur or flour of tulphur li mcA. De
tailed notea are alto given oa the com
position of lime-sulphur i.h with
particular reference to th different
Ind. of sulphur compounds, it Is
found that not all of th sulphur la
dissolved by the beat gf Derated by
caustic soda, but the suaiestlon Is
made that a wash containing ten
pounds of caustic soda and nineteen
pounds of sulphur par fifty gallons of
ater without lime may give satisfac
tory results.
Oardeata tsseatlaaa.
The main cabbage crop may be trans
planted during June or July, ana B
crop of millet or Hungarian pass may
be put In If desired. In some sec
tions the sweet otto crop does not
get fully transplanted before June.
Carrots, beets and psrsnipi g)uirt
lway be put In the ground nriy V(,t
It la not too late to mnke good crons
of them In June, provided rain falls
nrlng the time tb seed Is n. The
turnip crop Is one of the most Import-
nt. snd the putting In or tlie seed may
be deferred until any time Sftpr ,
good rain, but farmers mut prepare
their lands well fr lte crops, esjie
clally If the seeds ar tine or of a
kind that does not germinate quickly.
ood preparation It one of the essen
tial to good growth and capacity to
withstand drought
TaklBB Power 'r 'aa,aall.
If you have a windmill It can easily
be arranged to run the grlirlstini. boIle
ntr. feed grinder, etc. Tbe cut ahow.
a good device to convert the
perpend Icultf motion of the
windmill I"'0 horizontal
one. Tbe bar. b, I. connect
ed to the rinilnilll pitman,
a. so that It y I attached
at will. T whpl. c. and
abaft, . nlul', ,M of Iron
or steel. Th snort pitman,
b. may t of Iron or hard
wood. Tbe axle bar. d.
holds ahaft, . n1'1- Ix-nnlttlng
he i.ltn.sn. b. to revolt woeHcabould
1 of heavy Iron, flnnlr wired, and
braced to pump t ptatfonn.-Farm
and Home.
Unci owner Inter ln Ubll.b
Ing commercial forest slant.tlona, shel.
ter belts, windbreaks and nowbreak
and In planting trees t. reclaim ,hIft.
ing Bands and other ' 'nds, will
be given practlesl Mt"" by the
forestry Mrvlc of De?nt ot
Agriculture on applK to lt offlc.
at Waahlngton.
There I. medium ' which
It la bet to follow. B I1' to each
animal Joat what IU tmn
Ily assimilate and M
more, do less.
which
llaaav Bar. Davie.
Tbe Illustration .bow a device for
u iy box. which should be In every
ft.ililr. Thl box may be made of any
dliueiiaiou. dealred and rwacbe from
tlfe loft to Just ubuv the tuaugvr In
the .tull beiow, placing It at a height
o that the horse csn get at the bay
readily. Aa shown lu the cut the box
should be wider st the bottom than
at tbe top to prevent the hay from
lodging. The open span, below should
he titled with two or more light Iron
bars to prevent tb. animal from pulling
out too much ot the bay at a time
and wasting If.
ln tbe lower part of tbe drawing Is
shown the alatted bottom, which I
used In this box so that tb chaff and
dust may sift through. Tbe top of the
box. la the toft, should be covered
with a heavy slatted arrangement for
tbe purpoM of ventilation. It should
tm
ECONOMICAL HAT BOX.
be made of alata euffldently heavy to
bear the weight of a man If be should
step on It accidentally, and he hinged
at ou end for easy handling. These
hay boxe may be made of Inch ma
terial, and will cost but a trifle, com
pared with tbe saving of hay and their
convenience.
Th Meat W Bat.
The per capita consumption of meat
In tbe I'nlted Ktatea Is estimated at
170 pounds. The Australian, alone
urpas. us as meat eaters, and the
average ln their country la abnor
mally high because of the large num
ber of anlmala aa compared with tbe
sparse population, meat In consequence
being abundant and cheap. Following
the United States are Argentina, Great
Britain, Germany and France, ranging
from 140 to 81 pounds, and Italy
brings up tbe rear of tbe procession
with 27 pounds. In Germany tber. are
slaughtered for food each year under
official Insjiectlon numbers of horses
and dogs ln addition to the usual food
anlmala. In Tarts there were slaugh
tered for food during ten years an
annual average of more than 20,000
horses, mules and saxes.
60
K1W APM-a.
station. Is not
Pall tleaaty Apple.
One naturally execta a Kentucky
product to be handsome. So It Is no
surprise that the name Fall Beauty
has been selected
as appropriate for
a new appl which
baa originated In
tbe Blue Grass
country. The ap
ple, according to
the description by
the State experiment
only a beauty, but haa other good quali
ties. The apple are sometime deeper
on one aide than the other, but gen
erally quite symmetrical. Tbe weight
seems to average a fraction above half
a pound. Other potnta are:
Color, deep purplish red, sometimes
completely so, again only or largely on
the exposed side; strliied, with deeper
purple and pale waxen yellow ; when
fully ripe, with ocher yellow, tbe stripes
contracting and extending Into the cav
ity at tbe calyx end ; marked with evi
dent ocher yellow dots, these becoming
especially conspicuous where the pur
plish red Is deeiiest; region about tbe
calyx end sometime extensively waxen
yellow.
Flesh white at first, becoming creamy
when thoroughly ripe; flavor not atrlk
Iiig, but pleasant ; subacid ; akin rather
tough, thus calculated to protect It
from Insect and fungous Injury and to
render It a good shipper. Ripe Sept
22. While It Is sdapted only for fall
use. It ripens at a time when few ap
plea aa good are In a condition for
the table, the early onee being long
gone and the late ones not yet suffi
ciently ripe. It keeps very well, be
coming finally In October mellow and
agreeable as an eating apple. It cooks
well before this final change, making
good sauce, but proving especlslly ac
ceptable when baked. Unfortunately
tbe rut cannot show the richness of th
coloring of tbe Fall Beauty. In bear
ing It la a regular aa Rome Beauty
or Ben Davis.
WOUaW STILL XXBEL.
MIm Starr Hall, la 'a federal V al
tar ai, aealaas at Meaaloa.
IJIsa Mary Hall, of Augusta. Ua., an
unreconstructed rebel and the only
woman member In full standing of any
camp of Confederate veterans, wss
given an ovation during th reunion
of the grand camp. In Richmond, when
ever ahe appeared upon tb streets,
calm, serene and dignified, dressed In
th regulation gray uniform. Jacket
and campaign hat. with a walking aktrt
of the same material, carrying a tat
tered battle flag of tbe Confederacy,
marching on foot In tbe aun or the rain
with her brother, of the rank a, scorn
ing to ride In a carriage or on horse
back whll. tb other member of tbe
command plodded along oa foot
Her progres through th street wa
Impeded by the surging masse of hu
manity eager to catch a glimpse of the
elaetlasT Mllek Cw.
That on cow can be made to do the
work oX two haa been found to be
easily accomplished by tbe selection of
th beat Individual. A Vermont dairy
man, whose cow. produced 100 pounds
of butter esch per year, baa succeed
ed in getting 200 iiounda per year from
each cow tn the herd. Dairymen In
other sections bave done fully as well.
It la claimed that If one cow glvea
aa much as formerly did two, tber
I. a saving In stable room, labor and
care. Thla cannot be accomplished,
however, unless the cows are reared
on the farm, or purchased from Im
proved breeds. Feed, of course, I.
an Important matter, also, but a good
cow will give more product from the
food eaten than will an Inferior cow
that la fed tn tbe aorne manner.
Redtop and al.lke clover ar best
mAmntmA ta moist soils and will prov
profitable crop, on tbe low place In
th farm wher tlmotny or clover win
it An wall. If th around 1 uneven
or boggy, run a spading barrow or disk
over It until It Is brought down to fit
mtwlltlnn for seeding. Then sow eight
pound of redtop and four pound of
alalk clover per acr.
By cleaning up th farm you wtll In
crease lu alu and when It I cleaned
and cleared It will cultivate mor eas
ily and cheaply and give large return.
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MIS MAST BAU.
woman who, even after ' many year,
baa scorned to become reconciled to the
changed conditions.
Forced to live always with the Star
and Stripe waving above ber, Mia
Hall haa counteracted a heat ab
could this token of the ubmlsslon to
ber country by wearing alwaya balf
concealed among ber anowy curl
mall Confederate flag.
Mis Hall baa many priceless posses
sion banded down to ber from th
old day. Among tbera Is a valuable
ring which wa worn by a dearly be
loved brother. Another ring tn her
possession waa bequeathed to ber al
most from tbe battlefield. Stilt anoth
er carries with It a dearer and even
closer and more sacred memory than
that of the cause that was lost It la
tbe ring of her sweetheart, slain on a
battlefield.
OLDEST OT LIVTNa TBEE3.
Oa f th llstr eel Kaewa t.
B 1,105 Year. OU.
This bo tree (tbe flcus rellglosa) la
probably the oldest living thing tn the
world of which record baa been kept
by man, and, with tbe possible excep
tion of tbe sequoia, tbe oldest of living
trees, say tbe Century. It waa brought
from India by the Princess Sangha
mltta, and was planted by King De
wauanplya Tlssa In 2X8 B. C. It Is
therefore 2.105 years old. Tbe preser
vation of this tree has been an object
of reverent solicitude to succesalvo dy
nasties and either through Superstitious
reverence or because of Its worthless-
ness to a plunderer, It has been spared
amid all tbe havoc of repeated Inva
sions. As recently aa A. D. 1729 It
waa endowed with lands by Kaja
Slnah, a Kandlan chief.'
The bo tree'a age and Identity .are
matter of absolutely faithful reco.d
and when on recalls that In tbe rig
orous climate of northern Germany, tn
Hlldeabetm, there grows a rose bush
wblch ta 1,000 yeara old. It does not
seem so remarkable that In the balmy
climate of Ceylon this tree should have
lived twice aa long. It 1. gnarled and
unsymmetrlcal, because many of Its
branches have been cut off and sent
to dlstsnt temples. Tbl bo tree I
a branch of the tree under which Gan
tama Buddha aat when be attained
Nirvana and Buddhist, aay tbe pas
sion through which be passed com
municated Itself to the tree and caus
ed all the leavea to tremble.
Each of the million, of pilgrims
who bave tolled along the .acred way
wblch leada to tbl. .hrlne ha. hoped
to bear away with blm a leaf frora
tbe .acred tree, and happy la he at
whose feet one falls.
Tb leavea hang on a alender atem
and ar easily atlrred by tbe slightest
breeze, so each petitioner ta rewarded
for hla pilgrimage by feeling that the
tree responds to tbe fervor of his sou! ;
but few take home a leaf. Many bring
offering to tbe tree and on a number
of tbe rower leavea are sheet of gold
placed there by Jewelers and other
wealthy worshipers.
Araal aa Ml. Clreaa.
Matthew Arnold used to travel In
company with Mr. Arnold, hi two
daughters and tb agent whom be ele
gantly called bla "Impresario." Tbey
ususlly bad railway passes given to
tbem, and on several occasions, when
presenting these to the conductor, be
remarked In a condescending tone, "Oh,
the Arnold troop. I suppose!" "Just
s If we were a traveling circus," said
Mr. Arnold, with a hearty laugh.
rir.t t'aas.
"uffer1n, cata!" exclaimed th first
bom, "you euro do look tough, W'ata
don ttr
"Overeattn '," replied tb other.
"O'ont dt wouldn't glv yer a black
ey-"
"No J but dat wn d. cause o' d.
trouble. De bartender k etc bed me
spearln' d fre lunch." Philadelphia
Press.
T. ( Theaa.
Ye. Indeed," said Miss I'pplsrh,
-my grest-grandmother on my mother's
aid waa noted for ber proud and Im
perious bearing."
"How Strang," exclaimed Mis
Knox; "our servant girl's th earn,
wy." Philadelphia pre.
Th only tlm th average family
bors .how. off to advantage Is whea
It la Uklng part la a funeral procea-
HIGH PRICES FOB VISITABLE.
Halalasi Car Track far Mlaera
la Earlf II.fi l Maataaa,
Ray Woodworth, of Moscow, Idaho,
baa been visiting relatives and frleod.
In Dillon during th last week, says
th Anaconda Mundard. Mr. Wood
worth waa on of the early arrival
at Bannack, when the placer gold ws
discovered In (irasaluiier Gulch, and
also moved near Virginia City and re
sided there when that fatuous plscvr
field wss In Its glory.
Mr. Woodworth say that he came
to Bannack from Ienver la 113 ami
took up a ranch near what la now
known a Taylor Crosalng, between
Dillon and Bannack. He brought a lot
of garden seed along with blm, believ
ing that garden vegetablea would be
a delicacy so craved by th miner that
they would pay handsomely for them
and that he would make more money
with hla apade and garden rake thnii
with the rocker and pan. He succeed
ed very well near Bannack and when
there was a rush to Alder Gulch ho
went there and took up a ranch In the
Madison valley not far from Virginia
City, where he continued raising vege
tablea and selling tbem to the miners.
He raised the first wheat crop ever
raised In the territory of Montana anil
sold his wheat for 28 cents a kiiiiiL
"I lost $ 2.0H0 on one load of ruta
bagas and It waa this way." he said.
"I hired a freighter to haul a big load
to Helena, paying blm 4 cents a xund,
and told blm to sell them for 9 ceu:a
a pound, thinking that that was blgli
enough for them. A few daya after be
had left the ranch I beard thnt tho
vegetable waa retailing at 60 cent, a
pound and I aent a courier after him
to tell blm not to a.11 for less, but tb
messenger arrived at Helena a few
hour after b had sold tbe load for t
centa a pound. Tb dealer retailed
tbem at 60 centa I also lost some
money on a load of turnips. They frore
en route and I secured only 18 cent
a pound for them. I sold many o a
toea to tb Alder Gulch miner for 35
centa a pound, after cutting all the
eyea out of them to save for seed."
hatVekrh(NsrNaTh
While walking along a atreet In Cred
lton, England, a cltlxen was shinned
when something sprang at blm from the
roadway. He brushed hi1 hand over
bla coat and a large rat fell to the)
ground. The rat made further attack
on the man, who experienced some dif
ficulty lu keeping It off. Several passers-by
came to his ssslstauce, but it
was some time before they were sble
to kill tbe rat
Horbllng, near Bllllngsborough. In
England, had a cat of wonderful vital
ity. A One cross-bred Persian mys
teriously dlsapiieared from lta home,
and sixteen days later was found In
sn open field firmly secured in a ran
blt trap. Notwithstanding the animal'
long and painful confinement and ex-,
posure to the heavy ralna It was still
live It was. however, reduced to a
mere skeleton, and waa unable to walk,
but under proper treatment It recov
ered.
"In France." says a bird dealer, "the
banka of the streams are yellow with
honflrea at night. About tbe fires loaf
peasants, men and women, smoking,
chattering, sioonlng. They keep .tho
hiHza rol 112 all night ana at aawn me
ground Ib an Inch or two deep'wltt.
vt.T riles, fireflies, moths little crea
ture thst flew out of the darkness
Into those clear and gemlike flames,
fluttered forth again In agony, fell ami
died. The tiny corpsea are sold to tl3
French bird deslers at 4 oenta to ,
centa a pint and are resold for food
tn tha owners of pet birds, finches.
thrushes, canaries, nightingale and th
like."
A sculptor waa talking about free
statuary.
"I turn out a lot of It" he said.
"Not thst I like to. I bave to. Ko
many of our millionaire bave uncouth
tastes.
"I made lsst fall portrait busts of a
western millionaire and bis wife. Th
wife wears spectacles, and nnthlni
would do but I must put apectacle on
her bust I argued, but In vain. Thnt
bust stands ln the millionaire's spa
cious library to-day, and Bj)e-tacle
rest on Its nose.
"I did lsst month a bust In color,
a bust of a young girl. The m.irl.l
hair I glided, the marble eyea I paint
ed blue, and the marble Up snd cheek
I flecked with red. A hideous thing.
yet the family wss delighted.
"The freakiest of my freak statue
standa In a Boston garden. It la th
statue of the owner's grandfather, art
old Presbyterian divine. The age
man stands In the center of a bed of
Jonquils, and out of the top of his pin;
hat a Jet of water spurts, falling Into;
a marble basin that be holds In hi
bands, a basin wherein swim half a
dozen goldfish. The Idea of treutlng
one' grandfather like that
III. Lallahr,
"Our seashore hotels, with their
paper-like walls, afford strange revela
tions of married life,'' aald Henry E.
Dlxey at a dinner.
"At one of these hotels I heard a mar
ried man In the next room to mln
crawl Into bed, settle himself among
the pillows, and then say to hla wl,e:
"'Now, wlfey, atart up your curtain
lecture, or else I slia'n't get to sleep.' "
Kareaa fatrlatlsaa.
Tb other dsy a Korean gendsrm
went to tb offic wher subscription
towsrd the public debt ar being re
ceived, and having paid In hla money,
cut bl finger and with tbe blood wrot
an oath to support the movement ti
the beat of hia ability. Korea Dally
N
After all, tb only ur happinca
w hav to-day 1. tb knowledge that
w. don't know what Is going to ha
pen to-morrow.