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I Topic 1 ICS 01 m the Times Technicalities are for the purpose of getting nieu out of Juil. Dot for getting them la. When people llc for trouble, eome sort of esoteric Intuition leads tbem right to tlie spot - TVhVaTuTilJ.itunVn?unu"uTTuiTrj,.H.l. than their thoroughness r I . ai-im M ..V. ..1 An Its egg t the bottom of well was advised to lay low. "Pr. Wendol declares that men are more beautiful tbnn womeu." Doctor, you make us blush. Itochctte, the Purls swindler, waa once a waiter. The processes of evolu tion are slow, but sure. No woman would ever agree to the proposition of not saying auythlug un til she had something to say. Paderewskt't w Ife has paid $7,500 for four chickens. The curious thing about II Is that she didn't get them lu a fusil loiuibrti res tnu runt "Ohio Scientist Dies lu Guatemala Whllo Studying flora." reuds a head line In an exchange. Flora must have reheated his liiijtiUltl veiiesH. A Louisiana Congressman rend an nrlglnul iMiein of eight stanzas in the House I lie other day and escaped un harmed. Tho other members escaped first. Mine. Gould says she lias had all tho matrimony she wants. She ought to re member, however, that there are some much better brsnds than the kind alio tried. A widower In Ixtngjiort, N. J., mar ried bis housekeeper In order to keep her In the family, lie had a mistaken Idea, prliHa, that he wss doing some thing striking and novel. 'IT) at suppressed excitement In agri cultural circles growa out of two star tling facts. Long Island farmers have organized a potato trust, and a Califor nia Cblnamau has produced an odor less onlou. I'erhaps the new gun that shoots 2,00,(X0 bullets an hour will be a use ful adjunct to higher civilization, but It doesn't appear as If thure would be much left for It to shoot at after the first hour or so. The Washington bank president con victed under the pure-food law of sell ing a liendacho cure containing danger ous drugs blames the President for his conviction. Mr. Roosevelt's friends sin cerely hope he Is guilty. "He never said, 'Go, boys,' but al ways 'Conic, boys," " was the splendid eulogy that Bishop Potter pronounced over the boil of a Sew York fireman who lost bis life on duty. But such heroism as bis Is not unusual In the fire department, for It Is true, ns the chief of the brave man says, that ev ery fireman knows Mint he risks his life at every big flro, and does his duty In spite of It. It has been supiMtsed that smoking makes mirh slaves of Its victims that they rarely seek to lighten the yoke. National figures In regard to the to bacco industry Indicate the contrary. When the financial panic of last Octo ber appeared, the production of cigars decreased a hundred and forty-six mill ions In a single month, anil In D.tpiii- ber dropped off to the extent of another hundred million. The manufacture of cigarettes was also greatly lessened, There was evidently a d.-slro to econ omize, If not to break off the habit. Valerian lirlba.vitlofT, who died re cently In Paris, was callisl "the father of newspaisT Illustration." The prae- tli-e of Illustrating news articles was, of course, common to many weekly priM-rs long ls-f ire Mr. Grlbayedoff reached New York tu the early eighties but it was he who first saw and mas tered the dllnVulf of making Illustra tions for the dallies, and his work gave an enormous Impetus to what mav be called the graphic retorting of news. Through no fault of th, distinguished Russian artist, his Innovation also gave ltns'tus. If not origin, to a new kind of "faking"-the "Illustration" "drawn ...mii hi.-si.!). ri'imris, wiilcn, ns the New York Nation remarks, might us well lie ilrnwn from the Imagination Many of the so-called newspam-r "ar tlsls" of the day might profitably study the faithful work and the admlralil skill which Mr. GrlbayriliilT put Into ns drawings. Judge Whitman ilcclnrcs that In hi judicial t'sperleiiee be never knew i imnieiicii criminal to reform, and be cites tlie chaplain of one of the gren State prisms as inPiilttiiig th.it all cf forts tu save lial.ltual criminals ar ... .. ...i .,.. -iinu-'i. dimge vtmiumn even fixes III ss the age nftiT which the hope f ro. rormaiioii is groundless, and any cxten "ion or merry a mistake. He insist that our treatment of linrd.iM-d rrlml iinls Is far too easy for the prottvtlon r the public ft-,,,,, them, ami fur tit. Usui . en goo.i nature or our Jurors lie l.laini'S the system which allows l.ti.M m tl.i... ...... I..., s " " m.'-i- ociwiiMi uie coin inlssl.in nf it crime and the trial (.f t;, men nrrestcl for It. Ills lllnstr.i tlm .-, ii..- ,.,i n nin I.-,, iDtnim prNon In Manhattan, but be exempts the Pistrir Attorney of New York County from re spoi.sibillly fur the eondiili'in t'.cn The ef.'e, t of the delay Is to make pc. Jde forget the crime, so that when the .trial cuiiirs the one pi rsonal appeal in the enso Is nf sympathy f..r the prison er who must face a long term In prison or perhaps the electric chair. If the Jury Is severe with him. If trials could lie held when the crime was still fresh enough In the public mln.l to excite liorror, Judge Whitman believes tha our verdlcta would be far less foolish ly Softhearted and the protection society from men w hose only source of be far Income Is through crime would greater. In tu address ou "Education In Eng land" the VVbltelaw Iteld said Unit although many ao-ealled "frills" are provided by the English elementary schools, they are not pcr u:ltteU to take the place of easentluls. "Whatever else a Indon child umy learn at a provtded arbour (lu Ameri can parlance. common school), ue must and does learu to read, write aud cipher." "Nothing I apt to strike an Auiericuu more, when he comes to know .1,- i.r.1iii-t of Knellxh elementary in these essentials." Thoughtful Ameri cans are struck by the success of hu roiean elementary schools In teaching essentials, because they are accustomed to a considerable lack of success In this respect on the part of American schools. It Is a pardonable breach of confidence to say that the "Companion" receives many Icttera. the suhstitnce of which shows that the writers sre Intellectu ally alert and have been to school, but which sre Inaccurate and essentially "iiiie.liintU" in style and elllng. There Is no reason for deMrnte lam entutlon over the fact, and this Is not the place to suggest revisions of the school system or to offer technical ad vice on education ; but it Is Important to Insist on the fact, and to .keep it continuously before the minds of par ents and teachers. Euroiean schools are harassed by many problems of ad ministration and ownership from which America haa always happily been free. We have plenty of money to pay for good schools ; In almost every communi ty the taxpayer gives the school com mlttee what It asks for. Yet notwlth standing the freedom and generosity which our schools enjoy, they do not succeed as they should, and we have many lessons to learu from the common schools of the enlightened parts of Eu roj. Improvement will surely come If all questions of school administration and system ar based upon the post late that the business of the common schools Is above all things to teach all children to read, to write, to cipher. To a writer for the New York Times a French soldier expresses his amaze ment at the ability of the British sol dier to shake hands with bis enemy after a fight, whether be Is conquered or a conqueror. lie declares that the I.atln races have so little of this virtue that they hardly uuderstaud Its exist ence. One day the Frenchman, who was In South Africa during the Itoer war, saw two British oflleers walking through the camp with a Itoer, all three engaged In earnest conversation. He turned aside so as not to have to salute one who, he supposed, had nine to give Information lu regard to the Boer outposts. Pres ently he mot one of the two officers. "Be sure to tie ou time for luncheon," said the Englishman. "We're going to make a noble spread for the Boer you saw with us." The Frenchman's anger broke out. He declared that he would not sit at meat with a trajtor. "Who's a tr.i!tor?" retorted the offl er, much amazed. "The poor man's captured, and he's had such beastly bad luck, we thought a lunch would cheer him up." 'From that day," remarked the Frenchman Hfterward. "I saw what made the British great. The Boer war was carried on with the bitterest feel ings between the two nations. To see the English now, building up the coun try In the same spirit that moved the oltlcers of that regiment, Is a wonder to us Latins. "We do not forget and forelve easllv When my Italian friends are annoyed with me, they still reproach me with the murder of Conrad of Ilohenstnufen by Charles of Anjou In cleveii huudred aud something." The I Sllflrr. I met her while crossing the street. Her cheeks have a wonderful flow She is pretty and stylish and neat. But her glance it a positive blow ; ror she screws up her features, as though She hnti-d the sight of a male. And 1 shrink -though inquiry will .how She is merely adjusting her veil. To see her at home is a treat That only the fnir ran bestow; At the play she is perfectly swoet,' But abroad sIih's the picture of woe See her lips, how tli.y twist to and fro' ! she suffering pain? Is he pale mm iiiiysirai anguish? Not i She Is merely adjusting her veil. If she stick out her tongue when you nieer. Hon't think you're Insulted, and go. If she gasps like a fish in the heat Don't run for assistance go slow. With practice, you'll probably grow Quite hardened, ami not even quail At the sight, but may tell yourself, "Oh. She is merely adjusting her veil!" On the loveliest countenance, lo ! This hideous er)snt must trail, la it toothache? Mumps? Chewing gum? No She it merely adjust iiig her veil! - Puck. The Time tor Illsspprarlnar. The seamy side of modern Inventions Is touched iih.ii In the Toronto Gln!. story tsdow : An old fisherman was rowing in his boat one day w hen an automobile canoe sprung a leak near him. and immiiliati ly sunk. , To the Indignation of the canoe's oc cupants, the old man pnld no heed to them, but rowed calmly on his way However, the wrecked canoeist, '',. aged to twlm to him. and as ther clam bered Into his bot, . f ,,., , tercl : "Confound It. why didn't you lend us a band? Couldn't you see that we were sinking?" The fisherman stared h;,rij Bt 'Blessed If I didn't think ye was one o them new fangled submarines" ai,i he, grsvely. ' Mlu Rome actresses look upon m.trUaon, as a sort of progresses gaai. ' it4kAAAf The Firm of Girdlestone 7 JislPl IsJ ' A. CONAN DOYLE CHAPTER XII. (Continued.) "Cut down! You don't mean to say you sre paid In proportion to ths rotten "There ain't no use siskin' a secret of it .i,n. friends." said Migga. "That's just how the land lies with us. A voy back I snoke to Mr. Girdle tone, sud I says to him, says I, 'Give the hip su overhauling.' says I. sua nood, says he, 'but it will mean so much ou your wage.' says he, 'snd the mste's uire as well." I uul it to him strsigni hut he stuck at that. So Sandy and me. we put our heads together, .Urn "'' ecii Ii' was Seller lo use uueen pounds snd the risk, then come down to lwkIvb bounds snd safety "It is scandalous!" cried Tom Pirns- dale hotly. "I could not have believed it." "It's done every day, sod will be while ihert is insurance money to be gained. thid Miggs. "It's an easy thing to turn s few thousands a year while there are old thins to be bought, snd offices which will insure them sbove their value. There was D'Arcy Campbell, of the Bilvertown what s trade that man didl He was smart! Collisions was his line, and be worked 'em well. There warn't a skip per out of Liverpool as could get run down ss tut ral at be could, "Get run down?" "Aye. He'd go lolloping about in the Channel If there waa any fog on, ateer- iug for the lights o sny steamers or hcadin' round for all the fug whistles if it wss too thick to see. 8ooner or Utter, at surt ss fate, he'd get cut down to the water's edge. It wss a fine game! Half ysrd o' print shout his noble conduc iu toe newspspers, snd mayoe a leaner shout the British tar and unexpected emergencies. It once went the length o t subscription, lis ! ha !" Miggs laughed until.be choked. And what became of tola British tar asked the German. "He's still shout. He's in the passen ger trade now." There's many a way that it done. sir, the mate added. JTiere a load in a eruuky vessel wl' grain in bulk without usin' partition boards. If you get a little water in, as you are bound to do with a ship o' that kind, the grain will swell aud swell until it bursts the seams open, snd down ye go. Then there's ignition o' o.i I gas ahourd o' steamers. That's a safe game, for nobody can deny it. And here are accidents to propellers. If the shaft o' a propeller breaks in heavy weather it's a bad lookout. I've known ships leave the disks with their propel lers half sawn-through all round. There's no end o' the tricks o' the trade." I cannot believe, however," said Tom stoutly, "that Mr. CirdleStoue connives at such things." "He's ou the waitin' lay," the seaman answered. " "He doesn't send 'era down, but he just bangs on, and keeps his in surance up. He's had some good hauls that way, though not o' late. There was the Belinda tt Cwpe l'alinaa. That was five thousand clear, if it was a penny. And the Soca too that was a bad busi ness! She was never beard of, nor ber ciew. Went down at sea, and left no trace." "The crew, too !" Tom cried, with hor ror. "But how about yourselves, if whst you say is true?" "We are paid for the risk," said both th seamen, shrugging their shoulders. "But there are government inspectors?" "Ha! ha! I daresay you've seen the way some of them do their work," said Miggs. Tom's mind wss filled with consterna tion at what ha had hesrd. If the Af rican merchant were rspable of this, what might he not be rspable of? Waa bis word to be depended on nnder any circum stances? And what sort of firm must this be, which turned so fair a side to the world and In which he had embarked his fortune. All these thoughts flashed thtough his mind ss he listened to the gossip of the garrulous old sea dogs. A greater sbock still, however, wss in store 'or him. Von Baiunser had been listening to ths conversation with an smused look upon his guod-humored face. "Ah !" aaid he suddenly striking in. "I will tell vou something of your own firm which per haps you do not know. Have you heard that Mr. Ezra Girdlestone it about to be married?" "To be married !" "Ii, yes; I have heard it this morning at Fxkermann'a office. I think it Is the tslk of the city." " "Who's ths gal?" Miggs akM :.i. languid interest, "I disremember her name," Von Banm sei answered. "It is s girl the major has met the young lady who has lived in the same house, and is what they rail warder." "Not not his ward?" cried Tom springing to hit feet and turning at white a. a sheet. "Not Mis, Harston? y01, don't tell me that he it going to marry Miss Harston? "That Is the name, sure enough." Miss Harston it is. 'It is s lie sn infamous lie!" cried, hotly. Tom "So It may be," Von Baimiser answered imnori:;."h0rJ D"'r"h n good ''I1 ' tr" ,h,r' villainy In r died Tom, with Wild eyes, "the blackest ; l.ainy that ever was done np earth Ml go-1 ae, hnn to-night. I ,hall know the truth!" He rushed furio,,,,' downstair, and through th. bar There Ix,ndon:"heer.ed;",1!,K.;ie,b;.;r 1 am on fire to be there'" Th. i -.ran, : on , bo, ..hey J as fast as the hnr.. ..i.i . . y neiir me iioor. .... . as the horse ,.,,i.i , . for. reading N h, , 0,,1 Hie Instant that the nh puH prang off. .,, rng Wip.. . m?idM. ;,:'r:ir.?,::J"r h' - 'id apiieared at th. "No. tir." "Miss Harston Said excltedlv. Is she at boie?" lie "No. tir. The, h.v, both gone away." was sway I Yes. Gone int ik. . Ears, toe, air.' k. tns. . . . """" A "And when are they coming baciT be asked, in bewilderment. "They are not cumins bsii." -Impossible!" Tom crieJ D despair. "Whst is their sddreaa theor They lisve left no address. I am sor ry I can't help you. (insight, sir." Tom Dinisdals stouj uim, the door step looking blankly iutu tbe night, lie felt dated and bewiMnvd. What fresh villainy waa this? u jt a conflrma tion of the Ueriuau'e report, or was it a contradiction of it? t'olJ beads stood upon his forehead as h thought of the possibility of such a ih. -1 must Bud ber," he cried, with clenched hands, and turned away bearish into the turmoil i. , ,r .ii - " - -f !K"ZuUiu,u street. CHAPTER XIII. Rebecca, the frethH-oiuplexloned wslt ing maid, waa still standing behind the ponderous ball door, hatening. with a smile upon ber fact, to young Diumdale's ret resting footstep WUrQ another snd a brisker treed caught Ler ear coming from the opposite directioa. The smile died sway aa she beard it, and ber festures assumed a peculiur n predion, in which it would be bard to say whether fear or pleasure predominated. She passed her hands up over her fait and smoothed her hair with a quick, nervous gesture, glanc ing down at the aaoit time at ber snowy sprou snd the briut ribbons which set it off. Whstever her intentions may have been, she bed no time to improve upou her toilet before a key turned in the door aud Ears tiirdlestoua stepped into, the Oe'aw tier shadowy figure, for toe gas was low, be uttered a hoarse cry of surprise and fear, and staggered back wnraa against the dwr post. Dout be afeared. Mister Eirs." she said in a whisper: "its only me." vvuat uuikei you ataud about like thatr lou gave oie units s turn." 'I didn t mean for to do it. I've only just been snsweriug of the door. Why, surely you've come is before now and found me in the hall without making much account of it." "Ah, lass," snswered Ezra, "my nerves nave nad a shake of late. I've felt queer all day. Look bow By band shakes." -Well, I'm blessed!" said the girl with a iiuer. turning up the gas. I never thought to set you afesrd of anything. Why, you looks at shite as a sheet 1" "There, that's enough!" he answered roughly. "Well, sre tliey gone?" "Yes, they are gune," ahe answered. standing by the side of the couch on which be had throwa himself. "Your father came about three with a cab, and took ber sway." "She didn't make a fuss?" "Mske a fuss? No, why should she? There's fuss enough Dade about her, in all conscience. Oh, Eirs, before abs got between us you was kind to me at times. I could stsnd harsh words from you six days a week, if there was a chance, of a kind one on the srrnith. But now now wbat notice do foe take of me?" She began to whimper til to wipe ber eyes with a little ditcolortd pocket handker chief. 'Drop it, woman, drop It !" cried ber companion testily. "1 want information, not sniveling. She twined reconciled to go?" 'Yes, she went quiet enough, the girl said with a furtive A 'Did you bear my htber say anything as to where thay wen going?" 'I beard him tell tW cabman to drive to Waterloo station." "Nothing more?" "No." "Well, if b won't tell you, I will. They have gone down to Uainisihire, my lass. Beds worth it the name of the place, and it is a pleasant little corner near the tea. I want you to go down there as well to-morrow." "Wsnt me to got "Yes, they nerd some one who is smart . . . , 1 I .1 TV a nil nanuy 10 seep uouse iur mem. jurrv is some old woman already, I believe, but she is old and useless. I warrant you wouldn't take long getting things thip- ahaue. My father lutenot to stay down there some little time with Miss Harston." "Aud bow about you t the girl asked, with a quick flash of tuipicion in her dark eyes. "Don't-trouble about me. I than stay bfblnd and mind the business. Some one nn, st be on the spot. I think Cook and Jane and William ought to be able to look after me among them." "And I won t see you tt all7' the girl cried, with a quiver in her voice. "Oh. yes. you shall. I II be down from Saturday to Monday every week, and per haps oftener. If buslneet goes well I may come down and stay tot some time. Whether I do or not may depend upon you." Rebecca Taylfortn started and uttered an exclamation of surprise. "How can It depend upon me?" she asked eagerly. Well," said Esra, In a hesitating way, it may depend upon whether you are a good girl, and do what you are told or not. I am sure thst you would do any thing at all to serve me, would you not I "You know very well that I would. Mis ter Ezra. When you want anything done you remember It, but if you have no use for me then there is never s kind loog on your face or a kind word from your litis. I could stand your harshness, i could stand the blow you gave me, snd forgive you for It, from my hesrt, but oh ! It cut me to the very soul to be standing by snd waiting while you were making up to another woman. It waa more than I can bear. Never mind, my girl," aaid Ezra In a soothing voice. "That, all over and done with. See what I've brouuht you." He rummaged iu his pocket and produced a liltle parcel of tissue paper, which he laniiru 10 ner. It was only a small silver anchor, with scotch pebbles inlaid in it. The woman's eyes, however, flashed a. .he looked st it, snd she raised it to her lips snd kissed It iiuiiBieiy, tthat am t to do down at Beds- wonnt she asked. "I want you to be tl.irston'e com' pnnion. Shell be n).,y ,nJ will need some other woman in the house to look after her." "You are still thinking of her, then! .-.. uiusi nave this; she must have tuat i Everything else it aa dirt before ber. I'll not serve her to there! You can knock nie down If you like." "Hcbecca." ,aij yrrt llowI,( "do you hate Kate Harston?" "From the bottom of my soul," she answered. "Well, if you hnte her I tell you that I hate her a thousand ti'nies more. You thought that I was fd of her. All that it over now, and you may set your mind at ease." "Why do you want her sn well cared for hen?" asked the ....nlclously. "I want some one W, feels towards her ss I do to be by her side. If she were never to come bark from Bedsworth it would be nothing to me." "Wbat makes yon at me so strstigely?" ah aaid. shrinking swsy from his intense gage. Never miod. Ton n Vn will under stand many things t which seem strange to yon now. At present If you will de wast I ask n .iU obiige ass "Tea. I will go There's good lass. Give as t ties, my girl. You have the right spirit la you. I'll let you know when the train foes to-morrow, an! I will write to my father to expect you. Now, off with you, or you'll have them gossiping downstairs, Uood-nlghtr' "Goodnight, Mister Exra." said th flrl, with her band upon the handle of the library door. "You've made my heart clad this night. I live in bops ever in hope." "I wonder what she hopes shout." ths young merchant said to himself as she -I .1.. A 1 t I I Mil 111 I . . .,. ' - a..-5- 'B,Yf T ?iuA. Hue must ss of a I . . ... very ssiiguinv iiisNsiiiion. A gin use that might be invaluable down at Beds worth. If we bad no other need for ber, she would be sn excellent spy." He lay for some little time on the couch with bent brow snd pursed liis, musing over the possibilities of the future. While this dialogue bad been going on In the library of Kccleston aqua re. Torn Dimsdale was still wending bis way home wards with a feeling of weight in bis mind snd a presentiment of misfortune which overshadowe.! Ms whole soul. In vain be assured himself that this disap pearance of Kate's wat but temporary. and that the rumor of an engagement be - tween ber and Esra was too ridiculous to lie believed for a moment. Argue it aa h. .... . , , . would, the same dead, horrible feeling of impending trouble weighed upon him. Im- nossihle as it was to imagine that Kat. was t'aise to him, it was strange that on the very day that this rumor reached his ears she should disaprar from Ixjiidnn. How bitterly he regretted now that he had allowed himself to be persuaded by John (Jirdlestone into ceasing to communi cate with her. He began to realize that he had been duped, aud that all these speciorm promises as to a future consent to their union bad been so many baita to amuse him while the valuable present was slipping away. What could be do now to repair the past? His only course was tu wait for the morrow, snd see whether the senior partner would appear at the offices. If be did so, the young man was deter mined to have an understanding with him. So downcast was Tom that, on arriv ing at I'hilllinore Gardens be would have slipped off to bis room at once bad he not met bis burly father upon the stairs. Bed !" roared tbe old man upon bearing his son's proposition. "Nothing of the sort, sir. Come down Into ths parlor. Your mother bss been waiting for you all tbe evening." (To be continued.) ELEPHANTS ATTACK MISSIONS. the Iaeoavealeares. of Fares ST la Ceatral America. The) Iter. Mr, Oranthum. In charge of the Weeleyan mission at Louiaguudl. sends particulars of a raid made by a era or elephants, wtlch resulted In the loss of life, according to the Rhode sia Herald. He says: "I shall be glad If you will make known through the medium of your pajier the following Incident and my comments on It In the bone that public sentiment may be aroused against j a condition of things In which many ' suffer for the' sake of a fad of a few, who si are none of the misery thnt their bobby lufllcta upon others. In May last the rintlve gardens on this farm suffered serious damage from the Incursion of a troop of elephants tbnt visited seven nights In succession. In this reaped we are not tho only suffer ers, for I am constantly hearing of the same kind of tiling throughout the neighborhood. We have no lawful means of protecting our crops, and ap plications for damages are Ignored. "On Friday morning two old natives aud a plccanln, who bad been sleeping In a skenn erected In the lands, awoke to find that ten full grown elephnnts and three calves were within a few yards of where they lay. The natives tied In terror, pursued by one of the beasts, which was apparently enraged at the sight of human beings In such close proximity to the calves. Tbe ple- aunin was Juat on the point of being tusked, but saved himself by rualilug on hands and knees through the branches of a fallen tree. The elephant tossed tbese aside, and continued In pursuit of the old men. One escaped. but the other was overtnken in about 100 yards, and the vicious beast trans fixed blin through the back, the pro truding tusk plowing deeply Into the soil. "The furious animnl then proceeded to rip Its victim to pieces, splitting one leg from buttock to calf and an arm from shoulder to wrist. He Just lived long enough to urge his friend to fly back to the kraal, or no one would be left to tell tie tale. "We are told that in strict self de fense they may Ik; tired Ux.n. Are we then to wait until one of the brutes Is in the act of charging usn us ere we pull a hasty trigger, which Is more likely than not to be our Inst? And what Is the use of firing at one angry elephant when several others are standing by ready to take up the cause of their companion If It docs fall? "It Is popularly suppos.il that ele phant, will not nttark a human being unless they sre molested by h in : tbey will invariably do so If the her, contains any calves. A 11" '- " pon the head of lions-Leasts that rirely Initiate an attack i."-n humnn beings, and whose depredation, arc generally enflned to cattle kraals and span, nf donkeys. Why. then, should efophants. which In this distrust area much greater scourge than Hons, be protected, and the . - ' criminal offense?" Hard " "pea. v "Itlch. Isn't he?" "Fabulously." "Where did be get It? "He's the imin who applied the car . . "... . i..iu to d.Kirs of safes and window pi I " .....I- ,1IU1S t VailllS, HHIKMIH 11. . ill lliri,' burglar proof."- Houstoe solutciy Post Pa's Kiperlenre. Willi.' Say. pa, whnt Utile" s a scheme? Pa V scheme, my sou, wiucum' usually f'l""" throiign stiortiy that after you Invest money In It. ttalck Hrtaraa Tomson Was pr. Puffs treatment of your rich uncle satisfactory? Juhnsoo Quite so. i came iuio uie fortune recently. Tha speed of tte otter under water Is lightning like. No Dsn can get awaj from It ' j ST mbm aMBasK a ai r as it Improvise '' Home. While most farm homes art lucking In tbe conveniences that make for comfort. It Is possible for thcin to have many of these conveniences at a snnll cost. Ofttlmes tlie man of tbe house does not consider bow very luconven- , .,t tue woman bus It. so cannot see le neMty of puttlllK n Improve- ..., , ,,, K .. ... . .,,,, , motifs In the house, while with bis own , , A. , . ,'?rk ,ie .'" fuly allve to th Value f I 'uoor-savirig tn-vires ,,ow manT steps the tiousewtre must take In ber dully tasks (hut might be saved with a little rearranging of the kitchen and other rooms of the house! For Instance, the cistern or well is usu ally located at some distance from the house and the woman Is the one who usually has to carry the water. At a stnull cost a pump can be pluced In the kitchen, so that with the same amount of pumping she can get the water with out walking for It. Then, too. a sluk conveniently located In tbe kitchen Is a convenience often lacking In tbe farm bouse. It Is now possible to arrange a ws ter supply In tbe bouse at compare tively small cost, so that running wa ter, both hot and cold, can be bad In any part of the house. Tills makes It possible to put In a bathroom a lux ury that baa almost become a necessity with tbe city householder. To save the wife's steps and ber strength Is to save her health. Stop and think how many ml lea the house wife In tbe ordinary farm home must walk In preparing the three meals a day. In all Justice tbe march of agrl cultural Improvements should not over look the welfare of the farmer's better half. A little rearranging and Iniprov lng will easily mnke things more con venlent and add comfort and happi ness for ajl concerned. Goodall's Farmer. A Clip for the Liars. , Many driving accidents are tbe re sult of the lines getting under the horse's tall In such a manner that the driver la unable to dislodge them, and In his efforts to do so control of the animal Is lost. In some Instances this mattej is provided for by a guard built on the car riage or wagon which effectually inalntulns the lines at a point above cue KUB RUNS. the horse out of reach of his tall. A woman is the designer and paten tee of an Inveution of the nature of an attachment to the harness which accomplishes this object ss well as the guard on the vehicle, and Is not nearly so obtrusive. It is made of metal and of such a shnpe as to be readily se cured to that part of the harness Im mediately over the horse' haunches. A pair of upturned clips hold the lines In a position where It Is Impossible for tbe horse to flirt his tall over them. Cattle aad Hide Esports. According to a British authority, which contains some tables on the sub ject, the United States has a larger number of hogs In proportion to Its population than Australia, New Zea land, Canada or Argentina, but the number of beef cuttle to the thousand of population la smallest In tbe t'nlt ed States. Hides, however, have been declining In price In tbls country. Under the prestnt revenue law goat skins, calfskins, kips, horse hides ami other raw material for tunning come In free of duty, but there Is a tax of 15 per cent on bides of adult beef cnt tle. Notwithstanding this fart the ex ports of shis?s have Increased from 4!.Oo7 pairs, valued at 1!K),574 In 1N!)3, to 0..TJl.r.27 pairs, valued at $11 T8,.123, In l!Ki7. Belter Ibaa Reareerowa. According to recent experiments by Shinllas Tetard, a widely known French agriculturist, wheat and other cereals can be protected against the ravages of crows, which are pnrtlm lurly fond of t! Kraln when its sprouts are Just pushing above tbe ground, by treating the sieds before they nrc sown with a mixture of con! tar, petro leum nnd plienlc acid. This treatment, which delays the growth of the seed for a day or two, but cnusvs no damage. Imparts an odor which Is Insufferable to the crows, but which disappears after the sprouts have attained a larg er growth, when they sre no lunger subJiH't to nttark. Hemrrir for Brittle Hoofs. For brittle liisifs In a horses even when so brittle that they will not hold a shoe the following Is reported as an excellent remedy: Two parts oil .if tar w ith one part balsam of fir. mlxi-d and j applied every oiner tngiii to the ex treme top of hoof. Dm. who has tried It says that In six weeks be cured completely a case ns altove. Hoc llalslaa- la Siberia. F.fforts have f-n made In Siberia to Improve and extend the brmslitig of swine, with a view to make the ani mals and the pork r.alucta aa article for exportation. The vast filt risn plains offer favorable condition far raising swine stock, aniona which th cheap grain snd the plentiful residue of the butter production are partlce larly Important. Tbe Siberian itot rs Iters have now commenced to con serve the pork and Intend to astll It In foreign market. a fjjFl rrs.rl. ef Seesi lied. 3t It Is lwvs.s itiienMiiimM " iu crop new ly broken sod In a dry year. The sod usually contains but little moisture, and tbe process of breaking causes one to lose an appreciable por tion of It, says a Colorado bulletin. Suggestive plan: Plow sod Isnd not leoa than three nor more tbnn d?t Inches deep, turning sod down aa fiat as possi ble, and thus prevent Its drying out too soon. Follow as dowry with disc bar row as practicable, and this with some form of packer, either single or double roll. Tbls will level the sod land sbove, and firm the soil In the lower portion of tbe furrow slice, restoring the capil larity where plowing bus arrested It TMs firmed tiuder-surface soil Is thus etisr'd to draw moisture from Mow ami five gxsl, normal root develop ment. -TzKoxe an ii pucker wan eitu- er an acme or a good smoothing bar row to produce a good earth mulch to arrest surface capillarity and check evaporation of soil moisture. Follow with the seeder. All small grain should be drilled In with a press w heeled drill, followed up with a good spike-toothed or smoothing harrow. It Is almost nec essary that all tillage operations on sod be with tbe furrows rather than across them to avoid teurlng up the sod and drying out your seed bed. IK not seed broadcast Make each tillage op eration thorough plowing, disking. Arming, harrowing and seeding. When tbe new crop Is up. cross hsr- row to preveut tbe formation of crust, and giving tbe young crop a cultivation. Follow up each rain with a good harrowing as long as character of crop will permit Early In June prepare seed bed for the fall and following spring's seeding. Try to heresfter seed ouly on ground, wh'-'i has been given "summer culture" treatment Remember that roots of all cultivat ed crops make their best growth wbea you provide: A firm mellow. A warm mellow. Soil well supplied with plant food. A ventilated. A moist Methods of farming which (a) con serve the moisture, (b) prepare a good seed bed, (c) reduce tbe evaporation to as near tbe minimum as possible. (d) use good vital acclimated seed, (e) employ a crop rotation which has stock foods prominent, contain st least one money crop (f) and practice thor ough tillage of tbe ground, often tide tbe farmer over bad years aud Insure bis success In good years. riwlmsllsg Aalaali, The alaiigliterliiar of iliililiula for rmxt by electrocution is being experimented by Ur. I.educ, a French scientist, who bus been conducting bis Investigations In the French ubuttolrs. He bus been using the Intermittent low-tcnslon cur rents and says be Is satisfied that the system is painless, the central func tions of perception being first destroyed uiul then those of circulation and res piration, so that there la neither suf fering nor reaction In the animals thus killed. Tbe doctor is endeavoring to devise some piece of apparatus by which tbe killing of cattle may be ac complished by electricity with economy aud celerity. Feed for Horses. A colt or horse will live and develop on good bay alone. He will thrive bet ter u i Kn a two-third ration of hay and the rest straw. If given a ration of outs with these be will still do better. If this grain ration will be changed occasionally to corn aud bran, ground barley, etc., tho advantages of a mixed ration will be strongly In evidence. Dairy Joltlaas. Stock needs plenty of light Insuffi cient light In the barn makes tbe place unhealthy. Calves need salt as much as older stock, and It Is a mistake not to keep It before ttieiu at all times. If the teats of the cow have a tenv dency to be sore or dry, rub a little pure vaseline on them. Tbe Iowa State Dairy Commission has discovered that It takes from 0 to 12 cents to make a pound of butter. One writer estimated that $HK) worth of butter bears off from the soil less of Its valuable elements thuu S cents' worth of bay. When confined to the stable cows should be watered at least twice a day. The water should be clean and the chill taken from It Grooming dis?s much to quiet the cow and gain her confidence, and experi ments show thnt from 2 to 8 per cent may be gained In milk and fat production by regular grooming. A case Is related of a valuable cow being cured of a bad cose of bloat, produced from eating apples, by a dose of two tablcspoonfuls of gunpowder. Tbe same remedy also cured a bad casr caused by dry clover. It never pay a to use a cheap grade of salt In butter. If yon have hrn.i salt for table use, buy a little fine suit to be used, especially In salting tho but ter. Barrel salt is too coarse and dis solves too slowly to make good butter salt. Some cows are not good for much ex cept to ral' culTes. Tbe quantity of milk Is sll right, and It seems to fat ten calves ss well st thnt which Is but ter fat. A pis.r quality of milk also aeim a, tit thrive, but It won't leak ksittrr. Tin) n.ara UAf la warmed by thw f ssli It cohssa.tw. and If through ex issrure te eol4 or rain tbe ti aipcraturs) of tb bwly I redured, more food la required to Isr-p up tbe Inside wsrmtaj.' and If tli demand for food fuel Is kepi up, lltt: or none la left for milk pro sVwtlm !. WW you oJ-