Topics of
the Times
i
textiles the oi-lll'sts the undertaker
alibi f.ivor tin wore general use of ker
osene lamps.
IfcsW'
1
Mother must I a (itiii disease,
which sum ie.ple catt'li more easily
than others.
The orchids used at the VsnderMIt
we.tllne M!f.Sf.VVi -iMKt -U a-t.iu
money la now In general circulation.
ha - an unlimited supply of thla force. 4&a4AYau.
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It cam be couverteu into eiecinc- "'-
and combined ami stored for use as
readily here as lu leiinisrk. The ullll-,
tatlon of this win,! power would lessen
the drain on our diminishing woisl and
coal supplies, and supplement the wster; J
power aa a means of furulshlng tne
land with electric energy for commer
cial pun1"--
The Firm of
"It aeema to Die that one-fourth o
the business men I know are driven aa
fojr fiends, racing along to keep ahead
of the all but Infernal demand of
amiable American women." mi 4
I- fi . i I. L. ft . I na wnmfrfl '
by a Columbus (Ohio) contributor
Collier's Weekly. lie does not con line
bla arraignment to any locality. TW
extravagance it national In scope,
aid. ' It Is squandering Ufa and will
Girdlestono
Whenever a woman trice lianl to
make you tbfnk abe Is very nappy, you
can safely gamble she has tbe blues end In wreck." Tbouaands of women
bad. will reaent tha Columbfis man's State
ment Anil vat ri.iean this aounJ
Kin Edward smokes cigars eight IIUm . hm. the
iiicm-a in .eiigin. ai..i tney cost mm ou nf th. -,,, ,d
leuts an Inch. It U awfully expensive m ,. t one not(.h ,tK)Ve
to be a king.
It la altogether likely that the build
ing Inspector of P-oyertovvn. pa., will
now, if lie la alive, get busy and do
Hue lintpectlng.
An eminent scientific H-rwin predict,
'tluit (lie limine cnt " III illwipiietir with
in the next ten years. The cut muy
:! : a.1 r, but Klie will simie back.
It hua slemly hocuine necessary for
the greut Hleuiimblps LiiHltauia and
Mauritania to go Into dry docks for
repalra. . Untiling with .Neptune la a
Vying business.
Those London auffragettea who at
tempted to invade the bouse of com
mon In a furniture van may ie re
garded as having made moving spec
tacle of themselves. .
her husband s nurse." What he means
la aparent. More, we have, seen It
demonstrated. The business man,
proud of his wife, proud of lis fom
lly. Is anxious to maintain them in the
highest possible plane. When the man's
incetne falls to keep pace with the In
creased demands upon him, his pride
keeps him devising menus, sweating
Mood to give what Is exected nf blm,
what Is accepted without a thought.
According to the Columbus man. It Is
time for a change. "The fact of the
matter la that our entire American
notion of the atatus of woman needs
revising," be declares. "We are doing
her a wrong by permitting her to cul
tivate selfishness to the point of bru
tality." The subject la a grave' one.
Without a doubt "there are thousands
In bondage to American petticoat
finance."
1
Y
A, CONAN WML
falsa, 7"
t"i T either true "
know."
"And hi thl. ,.Ilor, tb0B,- tb. -
"""" ou r-,oll tbtl is- - .
will be so affected u," (ather J
you will be .1,1. t0 ,4 '
manner that mi 1 h - a,.hl " '
h.. h. .hL.k r: yrT.. oie out
" ' - - win (ja gtnx r
ui invir mnnty,
"Vou have aa unplt '
ting it." said Kar with 7 UU
-out you nave the . r;,At- . .
"I have another i,il LV-A" fcMd
the old soldier, flushiu, ourpl 1,h
.Ion. .-I've an ide. thJ,P,fl "I?''
years younger I'd see t?u . "
1 M.I W ... 0I"""
such
rilAITEIt VI.
T. iTlatlon of the real stst of the
film's finances was a terrible mow to r-sra
through thst
Til . -.
scheme to a man with blue H004 1
veins, you acoundrel I"
Esra Ml b. k in his !. n W0,
outwardly composed, but l ?
dangerous glitter in his ev d bl"
had turned from a healthv si' 10 d
yellow tint.
"You won't do It r he aae?1- .
"Io It I D'ye think a mB
vbo's wom
Her Majesty', scarlet jarirt tw''
Ten girl graduates of a Western
school made their own graduating
dresMes at a cost of ll.lK). They proh
ably won't remain single until another
leap year rolls 'round.
Cleveland has an ordinance provid
ing that every loiif of store bread shall
hear a label giving Its exact weight.
It would be cruel to apply the ordi
nance to some home-made brend.
A French professor la demonstrating
by menus of a heavy cannon ball and
a camel s-halr brush that the earth re
volves upou Its axis. We hope some
body will make haste now to prove
that (Mir planet Is not a flat arrange
ment supNrted by plilurs that stand
on nothing.
WHERE RES HAIR RULES.
Nerthesatera leollaad Posad t
Partial to Tata f'elor.
Ited hair Is found In distinct excess
north of the Grampians, and especially
In the northeast of Scotland, says the
Ixindon Mall. Mr. Tocher, Peterbe.ul,
who hai made the question of pigmen
tation a special atudy, and hna Just
been helicd to conclude a color survey
of the school children over 50,000
of Scotland, announced this as oue of
hit reaulta.
In most Kurojiean countries, be said,
there is a distinct predominance of one
tyie over the others. In north Ger
many and Sweden it Is the blonde type;
In Italy the brunette. No such pre
dominance Is found In Scotland. Dark
hair and fair are present In equal pro
portions. The dominant color among
Scottish children Is brown, and It has
Olrdlerone. To a man of bis ovsroear- j - fc ,urh ,
In. tempestuous dbpositlon fsllur. and T.' n '.h!h.".n'!! I It for all
novertv were bitter thing, to face. Al TV. I,k
hi. lif. he had reckoned, a. a mattei r of K a,,,,, , fc but yo.
don t know me !
The young merchant sat attlntly l J
chair, with the same livid ler va
face and savsgs expression l D'"
if. i.. t,j.u. 1M.......1. . .tnA at the
i.- . lit- fclm.lf .. a I Mmivw v.u.irnma .w--
i.e ,..ur "'"-, -- - .nd of the table, etoo,,!,,, forwara so s
sler in diamond. It happenad I that ha h, hmU hl,
nrotulierant snd Ma wtr. rrV "'i"' "
a bristle with Indignation.
"Whasaa ht had you to eom. to me
a-tth aueh a uroDoaal? I rfnn't art Up for
txlna a saint, but I've soma atorala, suco
.i ..j i n them.
II rt.. lit 1. flaw, and pecu iarltle. of D.T,r
"v.M aiiv UUII f iBIUIV IW IH rj w V4 - . U I I a mas VrMinK
. s, L a. i I iu iuow n.uini Kgunru, man " "
r ?.nd, ,'!L "'.jfL i?' r: .. ,rth ..a i
t..T.t T i.i 7 - ,i I on-our own road.' I'm not particular,
With such opportunities Kara mads rapid ... , ... ... m-wher.
were few dealers In the trade who had a I V ' ,. v.in'a well-
oetrer grasp or tn. sunject. . .. . ..hat eurlows
.u. ,M. ,1... ,k,i. ....-ers should
w.a strutting down St. James street. . . .f. . f.. ,oJ
- - - - -
course, thst when hi. fsther pa"1
he would be left slmoat a mill.onaira. .
alnsle half-hour's conversation bad shat
tered this di-lu.ion, and Jaift him face to
face with ruin,
He
dealer
was acquainted with ons of ths part
ners of the firm of t'usaer A Stolta w
am toe largest hnport trade lu preclon.
atone. Through bia kindness he received
practical instructions in the vsrlnty and
value of diamonds, and learned to detect
lBBrave4 DKeblaaj fUw.
A went !rvfa!!3i: fctfjildi' u Im
proved ditching plow, esie-lally adapt-
eoaeloalo that It era of th. hlW m
thst abe should be kept a-Hud-
r -
i. ... Tom. thanks to hta position
as on. of th. Arm. waa abl. occstonally.
i ...i.. at avar oracsutlon. to penetrate
7 .k. A ...n'a Hafanalvs Work. If
torougB
, queexloB of Importance arose at f
...t ilurins tha absenc vf I
i.. nartner. what more natural than
that Mr. Dimsdale should volunteer to
- .11. tn b-eieston suuare m order
.quaint mm with the fact. And If 't
hspieued that the gentleman was not to
v.. i...,a thara. haw vsrv natural that the
vouog man should wait half an hour for
' ... a a L. ... I1 a k aa
him tnd that mum n'"i nrui
. . a a n I KBUiitai infatPVlatW al
tnenai 'JZ-.T I f. hii. tiiin ...r rtit.-he. or
those, the more so for th.ir raruy. nejf - " " . . . . .
btlhtenI the duU routine of Kate's araininf ancuea. I te aevico is or very
wnr. life, and aent Tom Decs to loa oiui-a i anun cuupirw uv aim i niui . ii-
fuil of snlrlt and booe. The daya were I fectlte service In any character of aoIL
ac hand when the memory of them waa to I it la eiex'lallr adapted to be drawn
hine out like little rifts of light In ths I by a traction englu or cistan, says
dark cloud of exlatence. . I Scientific American. Aa ahown la the
And now the tmie waa coming whs. it nKravlf ,t wmllri( a u,tm A
as to DO OSCiaeq woruwr, ui a i- ... i. . a
stroke, ths credit of the houso of Olrdle- . ,
.1 Ka aarf. a wh.th.r ths upward Inclination from tho cleaner B,
" . IT-!.. )... I. .lun.,l.. I.
attempt waa to plunge them Into deeper - . m
and more hopeless ruin. An unscrupulous provided with two diverging wings. The
sgent named laingworthy bad been die- pun" of the cleaner Is to travel over
witched to Kuasi well primed with In- the surface of the ground and remove
structions aa to what to do and now to the excavated material from the edge
do It. He had been In th employ ot f the ditch. The beam A la hlnired to
an TCngiian corn mercnani at the cleaner, so aa to provide for a cer-
and had some knowledge of the Russian , nt of
9r-: aim T nrisj t r i 'a . I
Tk (at mrr the Baa.
According to the report of the Statt
Game Commlttalon of Ivnnsylvanla foi
1!7. song and Insectivorous blnls In
that state are increasing and gnm
birds lieoHiiIng scarcer. Hear and Wi,
ere fAb'tiVj" lu. leasing.
Boara ars now protected In rennsyl
vaula bjr, legal dime season durln
the spring and summer month.. Dur
ing the season of 1ISI7 there were killed
In the state deer.
Dr. Jonejib Kalbfus. chief game pro.
tector of the atate, reeommenda th.
placing of a bounty on the scalp of th
Uumestlc cat aa well as on those of tu
wildcat
"There la no grenter destroyer ol
bird life," he declures, "than the bouiM
cat"
Tho legislative appropriation foi
bounties on noxious animals and bird
was Itisufflcleiit to meet the demand
upon It last jenr. A much larger ap
proprlntlon Is called for, and the addi
tion ..9f,,fjhj .etetii hi-f-M.-t gaTTli"
frock coated and kid gloved, with pr.v
tuberant chest and glittering shoes which
peeped out from benesth th. daintiest of
gaiters. Young Qirdlestone, who had been
on the lookout from a club window, ran
across and Intercepted him.
In ao unsociable a manner.
CHAPTER VII.
There were rejoicings in Phlllimore
Gardens over Tom's engagement, for th
i. .. . . ..- . .n I A
How are you. my dear majorr he ,a PPi wre ootn near,
cried, advancing upon blm whh out- ' u M . k
stretched hsnd snd as much show of Proudly to call her Th, physiclsn chafed
i-enialitv sa his nstnra nermltted. first over the Idea of keeping th mat-
"How d'ye do? How d'ye do?" said the ttr wet . from Olrdlestone. A llttl
other somewhat pompously. He had made reflection served to show him, however,
up bis mind that nothing waa to be don ,b ther w" o ba gained by
with the young man, and yet he was re- forming him, whll Kat.a life, during
luctant to break entirely with on whose ,m '''n tht ,h ' ,orrea to remln
I'arents who attempt to follow their
children out In the world, as they scat
ter about, generally meet many dlsap-1 t0 hown how far brown la really a
K)intmeiits. When children become blend or ralr and dark,
grown they should hove sutflelent Inde- The proportion of red hair through-
pendent to let go of the maternal out the country la a little over 5 per
gingham strings. The sooner that chll- cent high compared with the contl-
dreii learn to bear reaimnxlhllity the nent. One cannot overlook the refer-
better off will they and the world be Mice of Tacitus to the red-haired Cale
donians. Some curious facts brought
Washington, according to an KngUah I "S" BKi?st that red hair Is not
Investigator, was descended from King I tlrely or strictly a racial trait. It
Kdward I. of Great Britain, through I mnT have some ixxnillar physiological
his great-great-grenr-grnndniother,
Margaret Hutler. The difference be
tweeu the Itrltlsh and American point
of view on such mutters Is Illustrated
tn a passage In a letter, In which the
Investigator explains that the result of
his research Is surprising, and "ought
to delight all Americans," as If even
lienr kinship to royalty could have
innde Washington any greater than he
was. He might have lieen a king him
self In his own right If he had wished.
under his roof, would be mora tolerable as
long a. be was kept In Ignorance of It,
After breakfast on morning, the doc
tor aaked his son to step with him intd
th library. "You must do omethirga to
keep you from mischief, my boy," b said
at last, brusquely,
"I'm ready for anything." replied Tom,
K, 1 ftin' ntilt. ..i. a.-ha f am S t a ,1
j'u ruunu 10 me own ntria i r.
i m .l , : . i
iiBi-e, me major said, "hut It rather too
purse wa. well fined.
"I've been wishing to speak with you
for som days, major." said Ears. "I
wi.h to speak to you quietly on a matter
or Dunnes., tan you meet tn. at Nelson's
Lsfe at four o clock? I know the man-
eger, and hell let ua ha v. a privat
room.
Cuba Is making slow progress to
ward self -government. Tho first time
the I'nlted States Intervened In the
behalf of order It had to remain In
control of affairs more than three
yenrs. Then a Cuban congress and a
Cuban president assumed power. Ev
erything went smoothly until the elec
tion of a uew president, when the 011-
ponents of the administration were
kept from the polls In so many dis
tricts that an Insurrection soon started.
1 lie l nlted States had to Intervene
the second time. In Septemlier. l'.HKl
It has lieen busy since then straighten
ing out the tangle Into which President
I'alina Involved the Island. President
KiNwevelt announced to Congress the
oilier day that our work would he com
pleted on February 1, Usui. This will
Ih In less than two years mid a hnlf
from the nnoliitiii,.it of the American
provisional governor. As the election
of u new president ami congress Is to
be under the supervision of the Ameri
can olthvrs In Cuba, It Is likely that
there will le fair play. The next test
of Cuban ability will come In f,,ur
years more, when the Cubans try again
to ch.sise a new president. If It should
happen that the Pulled States I.hs to
be called In a third time, there are
many persons who believe that It
should not retire so quickly, hut should
remain long enough to assure the coun
try against Insurrection every four
ears.
if not pathological connection.
The Llsiee of the Fa tare.
A prophetic satirist who writes for
Punch foresees In the near future the
following newspaper paragraphs:
We have Just received an Interesting
volume, "Day Tours on the Nen totilc."
giving particulars of the many delight
ful walks which are offered to prac
ticed pedestrians by the latest addition
to the White Star Line of ocean grey
hounds. The opening foursome over the links
laid ou the upiT dock of the new t'u
narder Encyclopedia was bcitin to-day
Just after leaving Queonstown, Herd
and Massy opposing HraJd and Taylor.
The course Is only a nine-hole one, but
Is thoroughly sorting, the water hax
ards being particularly difficult of ne
gotiation. Motorists will lie glad to learn thnt a
tine macadam surface has been laid on
the lower deck of the new White Star
Liner Pneumatic, enabling passengers
to make half-dny excursions to some of
the most lieautlful and Interesting narts
of the vessel. Including the anchor, the
engine room, and other places of In
teresf.
The White Star Line announces tin
maiden voyage of R. M. s. Epic, fnill
Nout Hampton, on Wednesday, ()-t 1
The streets throughout the vessel are
lighted liy electricity, while motor buss
es run ts'tween the dining saloon and
prlncliittl cabins. 1 he company's coach
es meet all passengers at the gimgwnv
ami convey mem to their cabins free'of
tin charge,
far. Nelson', at four. Right you arel"
It wa. clear to him that some service
or other was expected of him, and it
was obvlou.ly hi. came therefore tn lis no
back and not appear to bs too eager to
enter into young tjirdlestone a views.
When he presented himself at the en
trance of Nelson' Cafe the voune mer
chant had been fuming and chafing In
iu anting room tor nvs and twenty mln-
lies.
"I'll tell you why I wanted to hav a
chat with you, major," Esra said, having
orex opened tne door mmdenly and glanc
ed out a. a precaution agaln.t eaveadrop
per. "I have to be cautious because
what I have to say affeete th. Intereat nf
the firm. I wouldn't for the world have
nyoue know about it exceut vouraalf. Wa
have a difficult enterprise on which we
are about to embark," Exra said. "It i.
on. which will need great .kill and tact,
though It may be made to pay well It
properly managed. For thl. enterprise
we require an agent to perform one of
the princrpal parts. Thla agent must noe-
seas great ability, and, at th. same time,
oa s man on wnom we can thoroughly
rely. You are ore pa red to put youraelf
at our order, on condition that you are
wen paid lor it r
Not so fast, m young friend, nnt an
fast !" said the major. "Let'a hear what
It la that you want m. to do, and then
m ready to say what I'll agre. to."
Tbue encouraged. Eira DrtreeriaH tn
unfold the plan upon which th. House of
Glrdlctoue depended. Not a word did he
say of ruin or danger, or th. reason.
wnicn nan induced uu. speculation. On
the contrary h. depicted th. affair of the
firm aa being in a most flourishing condi
tion, and this venture ss simply a small,
umHiiiiinu uiisuooi irom their bualnesa,
undertaken as much for amusement a. for
any .prion, purpose. Still, be laid atress
uin toe tact that though th. .um in
question was a small one to the firm, jit
It wa. a very large one In nth..
leninark, a low country lying be
tween two sea., hus plenty of wind,
and It Is utilizing It on a scale that
ha. never been equaled U-fore. Wind
mill have Is-en used for time out of
mind to pump water and to grind
grain. Their appropriation of the un
limited power rushing by tlsm lias
lieen restricted, as It has not keen pos
sible to store the power or tv combine
effectively the fort of several wind
mills or make the hnrrlcnne's surplus
energy do duty In days of culm. These
defects are cured by converting the
wind power Into electricity and equal
ling in use through tho storage bat
tery. lHMimark la taking advantage of
this to convert Its wind power Into
electric power for commerclnl purposes.
It la stated that a wind of fifteen mile
an hour will produce eight horse power,
anil that a twenty mile gale will de
velop eighteen horse power. Aa the
power of many windmill can bo con
cent rated and made to serve a single
plant, there I Infinite possibility tn
thla resource In any section blessed
with frequent wind of considerable
force. The t'nited State baa abundant
wfnd swept territory. Th seashores.
prairie and highland tverTh
The Par Seal.
The fur seal is a land iinlmnl of per-
erie,i tasies, who, living at sea. has
had his pgws changed Into filpiers verv
ime tne long hlnck kid gloves of a worn
at, m. i. .... ii ...
"-in. uer ii mi Kicmeys are
exactly the same as those of a "hecr
and Just as gisl to ent, but his flesh
Although Just like fat mutton to look
m, m in us una i ip t ant oful from his
iiHtut or eating fish. The whole nn,-W
age Is put up In a pan of thick white
rat to keep the body wnnn. while froi
IK. .LI. I
-.ui it'""" n ueavy crop of hcautl
rui Drown fur, prote. ted with largo fla
on oeanng natrs. ninklng a glossv sur
face which slides through the water
without rrlctlon.
1 I .. m t
,n,""J leiiriess. overflowing W(h
fun. a perfect little athlete, marvelous,
ly strong, the fur seal Is the most de-
ngnirui or nil wild creatures. Itnf n
though they live at sen. the seals, be-
ing neavny clothed In fot, skin an
nair, nnd the temperate latitude mnr
too warm for comfort during the sum
nier months. Sim they cannot shed
uieir garments like ourselves, they ml
grate to a subarctic climate, gatherin
in immense multitudes where there a
flaherle to support them. Their rath
I flftr pounds of cod every day, which
for a creature the !r.e of a iheep 1
ruiisiuerauie.
aa mt I.araHr.
"Ha la a loyal friend, ImM
Te n .Ten wears the tlea hi. gtrt
fivaa s:si ax (.araWaalM -JLaaa ctty
very large one in other m.n.
eyes. As to the morality of the scheme.
. ,i aDlcn tira omitted en
tirely to tonch upon. Any comment upon
that would, he felt, be superfluous when
desl.ng with such a man as his com,-.
on.
"And now, major." he ennrl,,i.i
vlded you lend u. your name and your
talents to help us In our .peculation the
". " l-rpsrea to meet you in . mrmt
liberal spirit In the matter nf ..
tlon. f course, your voyage nd your et!
j- r nanusomely palrf. You will
have to travel by ateamer to St. Peters
burg, provided that we ehoos, the Pral
our imaginary
Mountain as the scene of
nd. 1 hear that there It high play going
n aboard those oat.. and with ,"?
e l-known iki.l yu wi,l no doubt he
find,
on
w
able tn m.lr. Ik. ....
, "Jse a remunerativa
one. We ca en 1st. th.t . .u . "
ar,n k. i i, . . most you
will be In Russia about three monu
veiT'f.', ,n ,","f"t 1U,t 11 M he"
very fair if they were to rusr.nt.. .
wo hnndrei, .nd fifty poS ty
ould increaw to fiv, hundred ea, 0f
success; of course, b,
P -ie success surh .. wouj b, k ,
ttend your exertions." '
a,.Wi'". ,hT ,'0"B"- man M finlh"l. the
nrepls,, his o f p(rt h. V T
Hated, and his hodv roekin, 1 T. ,'
Uckw.rd. and forsardT 'r
a"Bldtv".-hi' ""''T ",r" ,h 1 nd
stand you. he sn J. "Ymi i.i.
.o to Russia? Youhav'thaJ:;:
4k "". In th. bo.tr
youTil':."0 My' ',r0U th"'k -th
"Quite so. If t ivi.v ,,
certain !,r T '
jouwm. to ,.k.eut wlth-.
JWn.,. right. Mfcr." E. ,M n
w.r.r l " lttfi ! fa.
r .
. " " Waal" .
"First of all, what do yon thUV of
thl.T th doctor asked abruptly, hand
ing a letter over to bis son, who opened
It, snd read aa follows:
Dear Sir It ha com to my knowl
edge through my son that your boy ha.
abandoned the study of medicine, and
that you sr. still uncertain aa to his fu
ture csreer. I hav long had the Inten
tion of seeking a young man who might
join In our business, and relier my old
shoulders of some of tbe burden. Esra
at gas me to writs snd propoa that your
son should barome on. of ,ts. If he bs.
sny taste for bu.lneaa ihnll b. happy
to advance hia Intereit fa er.ry way. He
would, of course, Uv. to purchase a
shar In the concern, vhich would amount
to .even thousand prand., on which be
would be paid Interea at th. rat of five
per ceat. By allowng thla Intereat to
accumulate, and Inventing also his .hare
of ths profits, he mlaht In tlm absorb a
large portion of the tusineas. In case he
joined us upon thi. footing we ihouid
hav. no objection to hi. nam appearing
a on. of the firm. '
"With kind regard to your family, and
hoping that they enjoy th. great blessing
of health, I remain, .incrrely yours,
"JOHN GIRDLE STONE."
"What d'y. think of that?" the doctor
asked when hi. son ai finished reading
it
"I hardly know." said Tom. "I should
like a little time to think it over."
"Seven thousand pound i a good
round sum. It I more flum half th total
capital which I have lavnted for you.
Ou th other band, I have heard those
who ought to know say there I not a
sounder or better managed concern In
Iiondon. There's no tlm. like the present,
Tom. (let your hat, and we'll go down to
Fenchurch street together and look Into
it."
It waa a proud day for the ex-medlcal
student when he first .ntered the count
ing house of the Afrln firm and realised
that he was one of tl gT(.rnlng po""
In that busy esta)i,hmei,t Tom Dlnif
dale's mind wa. an Intensely practical
one, and although h. ha fnd the stu ly
of .clence sn irksotn, nutttor. be wss able
U throw himself ,lto buHini.HS ,ith un
common energy and devotion The clerka
soon found that th ranhurned. athletic
looking young man Intended to be any
thing but a sleeping pr,nPr. and both
they and old Oilray resprd blm accord
ingly. Olrdlestone railed fiim nto the office
one day, and congratulated him upon the
progre.. which he ,a, "My
mar young man," he Mid to him in hi.
imtriarchal way, "i am MigMrA to hear
i.h'.K? Whi,h Llentify yourself
with the Interest, of the firm. If 0"t
yu find work allotted to you which ma.
appear to you to he mh' mnnial. you
mu-.t understand tmt , iimp, due
wh,T i ,hRt rou noM master the
rni" ro,n T,ry ,o,,nd4"
To" n'hin 1 betf"'',, Mid
wo'r'k" ;'n,i,l.T ,0 th """ ot m?
rZli I h 'u "ntendene. of the
r- "hould wi.h you to bsv. a thor-
I In. "? .f ' ,he U U. of the ship
ping, and of ,he " d unlading
Ids' :r'k, -'f th. .'0"ge of
good, when n,M. hm ,ny of o-ir
hips, re Ir hntM wl,Vfdown
yia o-rloTk everything
In one rrret Tom iHmsdal. was Itn
wlThTh. ? ,h;",",-r connection
cut to 'l- fw i'ho,,, that It I. diffi
cult to any how h. rouij v.r4 found op-
,,,r h'" hroh thebar
mreMU? "y" him from Kate. The
s ricte 0Mf ,h" m"r-'"' h'd bTln
M ni I m m i i n'1 " Invitation, from
the inn n" "'" r 0,h''' friends who pitied
'he Inn.Hne of the gr L repulsed by
hls.nl,h Ko h"
t fv M ,,h",,,h WM .ach a. to Ju
l.k of e "L "0,rin ta'
rail, a Z rtm- WM pf'rt.'
Prine, n th. 0, nag in
r.00 nd ev on her walla
asI k'. ,h ' a foo" T
.... n. ton off to r'a'o
snguag wnicn wouio o mvaiuacio i .fc . . i,,,,,,-,,, . ., ,K... goshawk to tho outlawed class la r
rh.rnrter I - - " " .r-
1.1 I. hi. .i,-X..t
of an English gentleman of scientific u,"" 1 prowueii wun a cut
quested.
tastes h. waa to establish himself In som
convenient village among th I'ral Moun
tains. Ther h. waa to remain eom littl
time, so a to arous confidence In the
propl before making hi pretended dis
covery. He was then to carry bia rough
diamonds t Tobolsk, a th nearest large
town, and to exhibit them there, bat-king
np his assertion by th evidence of villag
ers who had seen blm dig them up. Th
Qirdlestone knew that that alone would
b .nffioient wh.n telegraphed to England
to produce a panic In th scn.ltlv. dia
mond market. Ilefor any systematic In
quiry could be made, LangwortLy would
hav disappeared, and their llttl .pecula
tion would hav com off. After that th
sooner people realised that It waa a boat
ting edge at Its lower end, which serves
THC PLOW IN vac.
larflaa; Seeds lae'our.
Any oue who Intend to start seed.
Indoors need, a knowledge of various
facta coox-ernlng each variety th
length of time needed for germination,
tbe time required for the plant to reach
the blooming or fruit ago atage, and
whether It can be transplanted to tb
open ground with- safety In early
spring, or not until considerably later.
For Instance, says Suburban Life,
chrysanthemum seeda will germinate Id
from Ave to ten daya, but the planta re
quire a very long season of growth be
fore flowering, and the person who get.
ahead of Jack Froat must sow th
tha hatter for tba con. n I r. tors. In an tr the earth more or less deeply seeds not later than March 1 and
case, there seemed to be no possibility I n" P!ow drawn forward, and I earlier, If possible. With varletlet
that th origin of th rumor could he carry tne excavated material to the wnicn germinate quickly, grow rapid-
traced. Meanwhile Ears Olrdlestone had I surface. At Ita forward end tbl blade ly and bloom early, the sowing ahould
secured his passags In th Cap malt I la braced by means of a support D, be delayed at least a month, to avoid
steamer Cyprian. On th night that b I which If fastened to the beam A. At the trouble of repeated transplanting
left he sat up som tlm. In Mi library th forward end of the beam A Is s I to present the eeedlliig Dlanta from
. t- I . ft - 1 1- i . ftV. - ft I I
ai riaaivu aijuar. ia..u nrr lu. uiai- - - b. j. , . It. K.tf .ggr" and Weak.
upper eud to draft bar F, extending to
the rear of the beam A. In this elevlr
bar are a aeries of apertures adapted
to receive a link to which a pulley block
Alreadr Lsdl treaaoas lit.," coiinecteu. iuii oiocs serves to i
Determlaed Not to Be Qaittar. celve the cable that la passed to the
"He shall walk the quarter deck ai windlass or drum of the traction en-
hi. i.Hiiv n.ftwi tn An- I sine, for the mimosa of drawing the
" J --i I An . !.. .....I. i. ...j
Rewritten, brought down to date, car forward. Owing to the lightness of ' vT . T . . . . " .
n-t ..n. t. mi,.M n.l.n -ml this Dlow. It mar readllv be loaded '" n.nercuiosia. ana in tne Lniiwi
of Fonner President (Jrover Cleveland, upon a truck and transported from only 10 per cent, and we will
t;r for the last time with hi fsther.
(To b continued.) '
YOUNG BICKASD CLEVEULITD
Asserira lias the llealtblaat Tattla,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ay
tbe United States has tbe healthiest
cattle of any nation on the face of the
earth. This Is owing to our rigid sys
tem of Insiiectlon and our prompt meas
ures to eradicate diseases. In Europe
have Inspectors In Europe, nnd not one
animal Infected In sny way Is permit.
1 - L- . - . . ,. .ft.. It -.1. .- . ft V. . . .
Illigni renu; nn iiac .noui uir iuii- B.f Or.l.ft. Fowli.
nlng rabbits aa bla daddy used to no. N varieties of fowla are better suit- ft'irl tn K. Llnnn.1 tn thla fvilintrv
l ..l I 1,1. ...nt . . ... . I " """l''"
w.,,,, v .tr.nniin " jei to tne requirementa or farmers ana
mm
I'hllneophlcal.
"TU'IJ pardon, nin'am," snld tbe but
lor, "but your eon hoa Just eloped with
the' parlor mnld."
"Oh, that Isn't so bad." rejoined Mrs.
t'ppson. "He might have fijied with
e co-ikand I never could hav re
placed her."
A rieiara fa Adaslre.
Artist What kind of picture do yotj
admire most?
Friend Uare engraving I particu
larly admire the landscape on the bad
of a llOObliL
Give It
XutHe rtaymond, that hole waan
la ytair st.ltai thla mornln
Bttf OKriNOTON.
btirstlng to-day In the rahhlt preserves ..- than iinrred and White Plyta
near here, according to n rrlnceton "-1 outti Rocks, White
patch to the IVieton Herald. Three I Wyandottes and
hundred acres of the estate of William lB g on'lngton.
McFnrland were turned Into a rabbit uoth Barred I'iym-
preecrve and there the ex-presldenf, hlu I -m, Rock and
son and C. R. Prle-t, of Princeton, J vvhlfe Wj-andottj
m-lt-h the aid of dogs, traced the Jump- tare to ha found In
tug. frisking animals to their lairs and I ever v locality, and .ji fW,t
shot and bagged thean until their game I eggs from ttem
sacks were heavy. 1 may be bad at rea-
The ex-presldent dropped the first 1 souable cost No
rabbit of the season, a feat that has variety teem to
been credited Mr. Cleveland for several
seasons past. Young Richard Inherits
his father's skill as a hunter, for he,
too, got a goodly share of the prizes,
After a gnme dinner at Woodslde the
party went out again and had even
greater success, gathering In a number
of qtinll and woodcock. So well did
the ex-presldent stand the trip thnt he
saye he'll take another this week. The
ex-pn-aldent Is extremely fond of these
outings, and If they all do him as much
irood as to-dsv'a thev uliould prove a
valuable asset to his health.'
Young Cleveland started out deter
mined to excel the Roosevelt boys In
the hunting game. He has watched the
records of the president's sons In their
hnntln- trine, their horseback rldea
with the army and their football ex
perlencce. He appreciates that they
are strenuous, but a-sserts that his aim
Is lust aa true and sure as theirs. He
even expressed the Idea that a compe
tition between the sons of the president
and those of ex-presldents would not
he a had Idea.
He said: "I don't see why there
Isn't Just as much sport In shooting
rnbWts as bears. They are so mm
smaller that It takes a hotter aim to
hit one. and then there are so many
more of them. You don't have to hunt
days to find one."
Richard has accompanied his father
on other fishing and hunting trips, but
In other years he has not tieen old
enough to tie considered a real hunter.
Now he has reached tho mature age of
10, and If his horoscope rends true he
has much success before hltn, of which
this his first day of real hunting Is but
a forerunner.
Saturn Is young Cleveland's ruling
planet. He soys he doesn't mind In the
least If the rings of that planet are
foiling In. He's Interested to know
whether It Is peopled, tut thinks Its
chief Importance to him lies In the fact
that It assures his success, for even
though a boy. young Cleveland b am
bitions, and hopes some day to be
known not alone as a "president's- son."
According to the horoscope young
Cleveland will :ave a tost of friends,
hi enemies will never do him much
harm, nnd while he will be slow to
overlook an act of Injustice, be will
rarely mention one.
Holstelaa Preferred.
The Iowa State board of control will
soon have l.OtiO Holsteln cows at Ita
different Institutions. Different breeds
hsve been used heretofore, but it has
been decided to have only one breed
and Holsteln wss selected because of
It mllk-givfng qualities. Last year
the cows at the lows Institution gave
LI nearly a quarter of a million gallons
"'I I of milk and this amount will be In
creased.
OUrlNUTO! IIE!.
have a greater
hold on the farming community than
the Rarred Plymouth Rock. The Or
plngtons are comparatively tiewcomers,
but have rapidly mode their way to a
first place In the utility class. Part leu
larly may this be said of the buff vari
ety. Ruff Orpingtons are one of ninny
varieties and probably the most popular
3t the Orpington family. They are rap
Idly replacing many wornout strains
and mongrels on our farms and have
taken a front place In the utility poul
try rank as winter layers and market
fowls. There is
great demand for
eggs and fowls of
this breed. They
have light-colored
legs and white
flesh. Chicken, are
hardy and grotf
rapidly. Eggs are
of medium or larg
er size, according
to strain.
White Orpingtons are a most promis
ing variety and sre likely to become
popular on account of their merlla as
layer and table fowls. Exchange.
tady rf Blackhead Disease.
The blackheud disease which has be
come so destructive to turkeys In the
past few year has been under Investi
gation by the experiment station at
Kingston, Rhode Island. A small para
site, microscopic In size, Is tho cause
of the trouble. It lives In the tissue
of the turkey snd causes Irritation
thnt result In the death of the affected
bird. The Rhode Island experiment
showed that more than four-fifths of
the young poults exposed In Infected
yards die before they are six weeks
old. The disease bos been popularly
supposed to be confined to birds over
sis weeks. It Is notably a disease af
fecting young turkeys, but one from
which the older turkeys do not escape.
Of the one-fifth that do escape or sur
vive Its ravages at least ten to twenty
five per cent may die throughout th
year at almost any age.
The eradication and prevention or
the disease la somewhat difficult but no
reliance con be placed on any drug to
cure a bird tnai is aireuny iniecieu.
Since the blnckhead disease Is less pre
valent In dry situations It Is apparent
that sandy, well-drnlned lands are bet
ter for rnlslna turkey than the heavier-
moist clay soils.
A Qaeer Pet.
In a country town In northern Penn
sylvania there lives a little old man
who sell milk, carrying It from bouse
to house morning and evening In a
small handcart There . la nothing
strange about that, but bla companion
on these dally tr!ie Is tbe very strang
est you ever beard of an old gray
goose, who follow blm about In th
most dignified manner and atanda
watch over tha cart, letting no one o
oear It In his master'! absence. Ill
nam la Major, a tat his master say
Meaaartnar.llar Siaeka.
To flud the number of tons In long,
square stucks, multiply the length In
yards by the width tn yards, and that
by holf the altitude In yards. Then
divide that by fifteen. For circular
stacks multiply the square of the cir
cumference of the stack In yards by
four time the altitude In yards and
divide by two. The quotient will be
the number of cubic yards. Divide by
fifteen for the number of tons.
Fence Posts.
Wyoming experiments In preservlnn
fence posts show that when the posts
were dipped In crude petroleum and '
burned off so that the char comes above
the ground when posts are set, they
will keep Indefinitely.
Process Batter.
The government Inspection of reno
vated butter last year showed a total
production of 0.1,01 h ,o pounds of such
butter, on Increase of 13 per cent over
the preceding yenr.
farm Facts aad Faaeles.
Hogs need clean, pure water as much
as the rest of the stock. See thnt they
get It
Perhaps you do not realize It, but
tbe dearest animal on your farm Is th
cheap scrub.
Which do yon keep? The cow that
make more than she ents or the cow
that eats more than she mokes?
It 1 Impossible to plant an orcharo)
or a windbreak In tbe winter time, but
It Is possible and profitable to plan on
or both.
Fungous diseases and Insect pest,
can be kept from taking the profits ol
tbe orchard this next season by faith
ful, Judicious spraying.
Tbe five to eight quarts of milk a
day cow will never return the farmer
an adequate profit, unless the percent,
age of butter fat la high.
An argument tn favor of the opes
head In fruit trees Is that the fruit on
such trees does not rot so- badly as that
on trees with dense bend.
First the framework, then th trim
mlnga. So with stock-raising. Feed
to get tbe biggest kind of growth, then
lay on tbe fat aa fast aa possible.
A dairy cow must be given more feeo
than Just enough for her own support
If she Is to be relied upon to give any.
thing for tbe support of her owner.
Tbe conditions under which the pig
are kept hoa aa much to do with deter
mining the quality of pork which will
be produced has the quality of the
food.
If there Is anything that makes a,
disreputable outfit It la an old flea-bitten
burse hitched to a rattletrap of a
buM7, when the occupant of tb bugga
isns for a robe a patched quilt
la cultivating the plum and cherry
orchards) remember that It must ba
ihallesr enough to avoid breailng th
aoahaj trw the broken root send np
sua a i