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The wild bird that mg tfi sweet
always themselves In the bushes.
rtuge develops will ower. Alia won't
rr.
Th motio r nck on th 0''1,
sgnlu. We hope the coin will not go
back on tlii people gain.
Mm. Paderewskl paid $7,300 for four
chickens few days ago. She ought to
let her husband ilo th marketing.
Cobalt stock are capitalized at $175.
OnO.OoO. If all tljnt watered stock ever
freei.-s over, th skating up there will
He flue.
It won't be long until poor men may
begin to complalu that the tmnkers
Mini financier are crowding them out
of the Jails.
Kocrclary Wilson of the Agricultural
department ay the i;.'ll' cannot tell
fresh msi from male. After It lias
c;il ii them It can.
If we tiinli ist.ind tli.' matrimonial Bit
nation la the Panama canal gone,
leap-year girl w.iuldu't be able to get
proposal in edgewise.
A preacher says girl should not ob
ject when young men wish to hold their
hands. Naturally this lead to the sus
picion that some girl hni been objecting.
A I'.erllu detective weut Insane be
cause he wa unsuccessful In bin ef
fort to catch a thief. Incident of till
kind are not uncommon, hut they are
found uaiially In work of Ac tion.
A Oorglu woman ha been deserted
by her fourth husband because he
didn't like her cooking. A woman with
her experience ought to have been able
to pick nut u man who waa able to
hire a cook.
Home :'cjile escape the rucking boat,
the unload. 'd gun, the exploding kero
sene can, und the reckless chauffeur,
only to get bold of the carbolic acid
bottle In the dark when looking for
cough syrup.
A returning arctic traveler announces
that the north pole Is shifting. Hence
forth explorers cannot hope to bring
back a splinter oft the pole, but must
content themselves with a piece of the
bole n proof that they reached the final
"farthest north."
Siime Idea of the present Importance
end value of great tracts of timber
laud may be gathered from the fact
that an Austrnllnn company linn secur
ed a concession from the Kussliii gov
ernment to take out thirty million feet
of lumber a year from Siberian forests.
Price lire so high In Australia that
the Siberian lumber can be transported
right thnuinnd miles to Melbourne nt a
tiandsomo profit.
To find new names for old colors
must, tax the Ingenuity of weavers and
dyer, yet the demand for novelties
never fails to be met. This year blue
will tie known its "hydrangea," or
"bluet," or twelve other things, and
there are fourteen names for inniive,
nine for pink, four for deep ml mid
scarlet, and sixteen for green. Kaclng
uch an army, a men-hunt, being only
a man, may sometime become bewild
ered; but probibly no experienced
"shopper" will pypr entertain n doubt
as to whether h"i- new gown should be
colored rose of the Alps, mirage, ame
thyst, minuet, ltngrill, or Niger.
A i-onsiilcuou American statesman
ha lifted up bis voice In the Knsf to do
honor to the great American pay roll.
Here are III words: "We have much
to show the world ns nn evidence of
America a greatness. Put I venture to
my Hint there Is nothing that we should
regard with as much pride as the Ainer-
Iiyiii pay roll. It lias no txpial any
where. In a large sense It has mini
um American home, the American
a-lsiol. and the American savings bank
the envy of the world, tempting tlioii-
sands to our shun- every day to shar.1
our prosperity niul our' contentment."
The American pay roll - the fisted re
wards or American Industry In nil
ranks and walks of life-is umsiinlisl
In any nation. It Is a proer subject f
national pride, for It proves the comfort
nf the average man of Anierb nlsive
Hie avernge man of any other cointry
i or (Miieru iiu pay roil lias iKS'ii snme-
ivhat neglected of late by our niot con
pii'iioii Kiniesiiieil. II n.'IS not ix-ea
nften nientioiMsl ns nn uplifting Infill
en. e. It bus not been rmmherr-d for
several year nni'!g the. .''forces tli.it
make for g-sl. Vet t lirf- is no t: flu
piicp more potent for n-fral inlvamv
inent ns will n for murliil welfnie,
None bus sisitbed more anxiety, dntsl
more tears, proilu. -ed more ImptMnis,
or prevenlcil more crime. :?it tin
tions nppreclnte Its benefits even while
we do not, and their people come by
Hie th-nis.ind daily to llnd places upon
It.
When in engng'.iig swindler of fns.ii
lia! ' ,; ilc;iie.iiir llmls It possible '.o do
biisiniss witli a romantic fraud or ven
erable nnti'pilt.v It becomes nppinut
that ordinary method of existing
tii-e well worn ili-'e is d i imt avail to
prevent llieiii from ciitihuig fn-sli , -finis
nt reginar Intervals. A m:i I. rit v
if the frauds could Is- e;,t.il.g:.sl. Tiny
Ii.-imi been ill use f ir generation's. Tliey
have Iss'ii drama! ! is, "n. i cll.il, ' iiud
uiadi' the jiroiindwork -f the joke lx.'.
They have been In oety poliie iniirt
and in eery newspapir with sueli fre-Ueii-'.v
tluit It would be natural to sup
oc that one istuld not sliow Its face
wltlsuit N-liig rpoigulieil from one end
of the land to the other. In spite of
II tbl the venerable fraud rmve only
to let down their net nnd thty catch
fresh fish. ThU IeiU to the suggestion
that It would be highly rb-stnihle to
have compiled a handlsnik of awtndle.
taking In ewrithlnc from the dropped.
w. ...M t.et. k nn tu til
Inteat Spanish fraud, and to give It the
blest dr.-ulutlon ioHlble. U-t the
good iiwiii of the bouse make a place tr
It alongside his wife's ck t"k. the
almanac, end the vo'imie of ready rem
edies. When lie learns that he ha a
beautiful cousin Imprisoned In a con
vent lu Spnlu let blm turn flrt to th
Index of the awludle book, look under
cousin" or "conveut." and there put
.'V sH-- . Iiefore fidng
ahead to lrn by erierlen.-e. Nearly
all the successful deceits are of proved
antiquity. The confidence man doc
. . - . M...An lia H ! lit
not invent new irons --..
hi band old ones which have prov d
their ethYlency and which have not lost
value because of their age and loin
service. A handbook of awlndles. If It
could be given general circulation,
would aid In retiring the ancient frauds
to a deserveJ rest. In the day of a
state Uink currency, when counterfeits
were more numerous than now, audi
works as 'Tliompson' Hank Note I
totor" served the same purrs'" In pro
tecting people ngalnst bad money as a
handbook of swindle would serve In
rhe prevention of dwelt which con
tinue to have un almost ridiculous sue
Nt urn II y the confidence man
would be driven to greater invention
ii nd a crop of new fraud might lie ex
po-ted. but even these cnulil lie incor
porated In annual revision of the hand
book and much protection might be giv
en to psple who now seemingly find no
way to Inform themselves from the una
fortunes of others.
BUILDER OF STANDAKD OIL.
Was No Boekefeller bot aa Ob
nn l.awrrr Nanira Dodd.
There waa a time when the Standard
Oil trust waa nothing- more than an
Idea In the brain of one man.
Who was that innnT
How did hla Idea originate?
And what wo hi purpose, In build
ing the greatest mllllnnalre-maklrHf or
ganization that the world ha ever
seen T
The answering of these three ques
tion make It necessary to dig up the
romantic tory of Samuel C. T. Dodil,
the legal builder of the Stnndard Oil
trust, who rose from a log cnbln In a
Pennsylvania wilderness to be the lirt
great corporation lawyer In the world,
says Ilerls-rt N. Casson In the Broad
nny Magazine.
One of the main reasons why the
Standard Oil Is now In a state of prac
tical outlawry Is, perhaiw, that Isidd is
dead. The brain that created the pio
neer trust and protected It for twenty
five years has ceased to think. Three
year ago I said resigned hi position
a legal rlinMrnti to John I). Rocke
feller; and several months Inter he
lied. with hi mime practically unknown
to the Ainerleiiii people.
Among lawyer S. C. T. Isnld was
the "man with the Iron mask." He wu
the Inventor of trust. Ills client hold
world record for the sudden Hcqulbl-
tlon of wealth.. And yet Dodd lived
and died In mmpnrntlve oblivion, with
out either fame or millions, when ho
might have had both for the nuking.
Iniring the time that lodd was the
attorney lu chief for the Standard OH
trust It paid $.iiHMH'.HK) In dividend.
It Increasi'd lis share of the American
oil business from 4 Ier cent to So. It
enlarged It yearly output from a few
trainload of oil to 2,(HH),(MK) barrel.
And It wldemsl the si-ne of It netlvl
tie until It Is'i'iune the most Interim
tlonal of nil eorMi'it tions, carrying It
ill to fifty countries with It own fled
of M hundred steumship.
It was Dodd who saved the Stand
ard Oil trust from Attorney General
David K. Watson of Ohio In lwrj nnd
from Attorney (lenernl Frank 8. Mon
nett of the same State In IN! 1:1. It was
he who unlocked the doors of foreign
countries: who kept the Standard re
finery nt llavnnn In operation during
the Spanish war; nnd wlsi, during the
Kusso-Japntipse war, secured such com
plete protection for bis company that
It did not I os.. n iiiiieh us a quart of
oil or n biuipwick.
lodd brooded over the Standard Oil
like a tnnn with one chicken. He was
not like the conspicuous nien of the
trust, who had other Interests. J. 1.
Kis'kefeller bad his Iron ore miiips nnd
railways, his church and his Chicago
university. Roger had bis rout und
copMT, ringler his Arcadia on the
Florida bench, and I .ode hurt bis Htls-
burg Iron mills. Hut lodd was ubso-
iiueiy Kiiigie-minilisi. lie wa a mini
of one Idea and one Job.
From an Inside Miint of view It was
he-the fororatlon lawyer who was
the central figure In the immense trust
It was be who solved the hard prob
lems. "What does lsld sny?" was the
dully question at P.roa.lwny. f
John I). ItoekefelliT wished to consult
with Rogers or Flagler or any of hi
other partners, he called them to hi
olliiv; but In most cnsi-s, if h,. wislnil
to we liotld, lie want to Itodd's olliiv.
He ran to i.l, as n child runs to a
pa rent.
"I feel that I can't do wrong," he
would often say. "if i,Md Is behind
me."
' A .h...l I niler the Srs.
The story Is told of n diver who saw
two ghosts "full fathom five" under
he surfi He had g i,ie down to the
wris-k of a large steamer and was
crossing the main saloon when two
gray shnH's of enormous size came
shambling toward him. lie did not
w.ilt to make notes for the Psychical
Society, but gave the danger signal and
was nt once pull, -d up. Told In the
cheerful light of day, it :u,., rather
a lame story, ainl another diw-r went
down to see what lie could make of It.
Toward hltn also came the shambling
gray shape. He Mood irresolute for a
moment and tin n. going boldly for
ward, siinek his batebet through a
mirror: The glios: 0,llv a ()m
reflection of his own legs, mtieli en
larged, of course, ns everything is that
a diver sev through the great frontal
eye of bis helmet.
I.eorae's Idea.
"Must I wash my hand before
come to the tab'e, mamma?"
"Of course, troorgle."
"Why. ain't ws goln' to hate finger
bowl to-day, niauiui T lonkeri
SUtvsuiaft.
The Firm of
Girdlestono
A. CON AN OOYLE
CHAPTER XII I. (Continued.)
-I am sorry to be late, mother.- the lad
..id. klasing the old lady. "I have W-en
down at tli. dock all day, and have been
busy and worried."
.Mrs. Itinisilnle wa sitting in her chair
ocide the fire knitting when her on rame
In At the sound of his vol. she glanced
anxiously up at his face, with all her
motherly Instincts on the alert.
"What 1 It. my boy?" she id. You
Sot.'l 'cn.it -ycerstttf. . Sotpetbln has gone
wrong with you. Surely you're not keep
ing anything secret from your old moth
er." "Don't lie so foolish a that, my boy,"
aid the doctor earnestly. "If you have
n thing on your mind, out with It.
There' nothing so far wrong but that it
"an be set right. I'll I bound."
Tim pressed, their son told them all
that had happened, the rumor which he
had heard from Von Itnumser at the Cock
and Cowslip, and the iibse.uent visit to
Kccleston square. "I can hardly reallxe
It all yet," he snid In conclusion. "My
head seem to be iu a whirl, and I can't
reason about it."
The old couple listened very attentively
to hi narrative, and were silent some lit
tle time after he had finished. Hi mother
first broke the silence. "I wa always
ure," she said, 'that we were wrong to
stop our correspondence at the request of
Mr. tiirdlestone."
"It's easy enough to say that now,"
said Tom ruefully. "At the time it seetn:
ed as If we had no alternative."
"There' no use prying over spilt milk.
remarked the old physician, who had been
very grave during his son's narrative.
We must set to work and get things
right again. There is one thing very cer
tain, Tom, and thnt is that Kate Harston
is a girl who never did or could do a
dishonorable thing. If she snid that she
would wait for you, my boy, you may feel
perfectly safe; and if you doubt her for
one moment you ought to be deuced well
ashamed of yourself."
Well said, governor! rrled Tom. with
berming face. "Now that la exactly my
own feeling, hut there is no much to be
explained. Why have they left London,
and where have they gone to?"
No doubt that old scoundrel (iirdle-
itene thought that your patience would
soon come to nn end, so he got the start
of you by carrying the girl off into the
country."
"And It he has done this, what ran I
do?"
Nothing. It 1 entirely within his
right to do It."
And have her stowed away in some
little cottage in the country, with thnt
brute F.zra tiirdlestone hanging round her
all the time. It is the thought of that
thnt drives me wild."
You trust In her, my boy," said the
old doctor. "We'll try our best in the
meantime to find out where she has gone
to. If she is unhappy or needs a friend
you may be sure that she will write to
your mother."
Yes, there is always that hope," ex
claimed Tom, in a more cheerful voice.
To-morrow I niny learn something at the
office."
"Don't make the mistake of quarreling
with the (iirdlestones. After all they are
within their rights in doing what they
appear to Imve done.
"They may be w ithin their legnl rights,
Tom cried indignantly, "but the old man
made a deliberate compact with me, which
he has broken.
"Never mind. Don't give them nn ad
vantage by losing your temper." The doe
tot chatted away over the matter for
some time, and his wurds, together with
those of his mother, cheered the young
fellow s henrt. Nevertheless, after they
had retired to their rooms. Dr. Dimsdnle
continued to lie very thoughtful nnd very
grave. I mm i like ii. ne said, more
than once. "I don't like the hlea of the
poor girl being left entirely In the hands
of that pair of benuties."
CIIAPTKR XIV.
John Cirdlestone and his ward were at
Waterloo sthtion. He gave orders to the
guard that the luggage should be stamped,
but tiNik enre Hint she should not hear
the name of their ib-sti tint ion. Hurrying
her rapidly down the pint form amid the
confused heaps of luggnge and currents
of eager passengers, he imh,., her Into a
first-clnss carriage, nnd sprang ftPr her
Just as the bell rang nnd the wheel be
gnn to revolve.
They were nlone. Kate crouched up
Into the corner among the cushions and
wiiipiw'd her nig round her, for it was
bitterly cold. The merchant pulled a note
book from his piskef, nnd proceeded by
the light of the lamp nlmve him to add
u, column of figures. He snt very up
right in his sent, nnd npsnred to be a
absorbed in Ins work ns though he were
among hi twin, in Fem-liureh street. He
neither glan.-ed nt hi companion nor
nn.le nny inquiry ns to her comfort.
As she Hill opposHe (o him ,(
not keep her e.ws from his hard, angular
fa -e. every rugged feature f w!lj,., waj
I'Xang.M'llted by the lliekering vew light
lime him. Those deeset eves nnd sunk,
en ,1 L. I,,,,! I f in.' . . .
I " ooiiouir in l, t for
(years. How wns it that th.-v mcv. for
(lb- lirst tin,.-, strn.k her ns being lerri
,ble? Was it tti.it ,,,. cpreion wll,h
, hnd nppenre.1 iiH,n them, t hat hard Inet-
01 able set about the t (),. whirl', rn,
a more sinister ,lnrn,t..r fn , nh..le
I fare? As l. r,, , ,,im n) j,,,.,,-.,,
I loathing niul dread t,,,. j .r ,,, nl)(
' -I'Pek.Hl t of ,.,; .r.
' " ""r "ami up to .r i,r,,.lt
with a gasp t !,." ,!. ,,. ,,1I1 .
iliiiatiou to ,ry out. A . ,,, ko ,
guardian fin need over the lop of the note
boos ,th Ins piercing ,r,t e,.,.v
"Ism't g-t hysterical ; ,e cried. "Yon
S'icii iis inniM.. em,,,,, I,
hat."
without
"Oh. why are yon o ImrsliV ,h cried
throwing out her Rrm, ,.,. him
elispient entreaty, while the tears .-nursed
down her cheeks. "W,M have I Hone
that is so .Irrnilful? 1 oolll(, , .
your son. and I do love another. I ,m M
jneved to have offended y. y0
to J kind and like . fnlh(.r , ni(1 -
having allowed you to g ,
STsTZ '"I K"""n, 'her. ,o
b.r. thro,D Into th. company ol uia
4
young adventurer by hit scheming olJ
father."
"You may say wlmt )oU like of me."
he said bitterly. "I i,MMe that ia one
of your privilege ,n). jUsrdian. You
have no right, however, to si- vil
my friemU."
"Y'ou are Is-eouiing inqiertinent. he
l antwered. aud .vsui j,in calculation
i in his note bMk. Kme cowered hack into
j her corner again, while the train thun
I dered and screeched unj rattled through
th" darkness. I,ooking through the steamy
I window nothing wns to he seen save the
Mian iir.ii;..; j.;;, ul fj, O'""1
the Si-attered country I'ottag.'S. Occasion
ally red signal In,,,,, ,.nlllj .nre down
uisin her like the lil,M.M,t eye of aome
demon ho presided over this kingdom of
Iron and steam. Fat behind a lurid trail
of smoke marked the y that they had
com. To Kate's mind it Wa all a weird
and gloomy and clin-rhns even as the
thought within her.
And they were gl.smiy enough. Where
was she going? lw n( u she going
f..r? What wa she to do when there?
On all these isiiuls she was absolutely
ignorant. What was the object of thia
sudden flight from London? Her ruardian
could have separate.) ,,.r from the Dims
dnle In many I-hs elaborate way than
this. Could it be that he Intended some
system of pressure and b-rrorisin by which
sue should be for.d to accent Kira a a
suitor? She clenched her little white
?S" :h.,;:fr:,i ,,f it, ,ud r .Sacred
a vow that nothing in this world would
ever bring her to give iQ UMn thnt point.
There was only one bright pot In her
outlook. When she retched her destina
tion she would at once write to .Mrs.
Dimsdnle, tell her where she was. and
ask her frankly for in explanation of
their sudden silence, 4low much wiser if
she had done so before. Only a foolish
pride had withheld her from it.
J he train had alretdv stunned at one
large Junction. Looking out through the
window she saw by the lamu that it
wa Oulldford. After another Intermin
able Interval of clattering and tossing and
plunging through the dtrknes. they came
to a second station of importance, Petera
fleld. "We are nearic our destination,"
(irdlestone remarked, limiting up hi
book.
Thi proved to be a iniall wayalde sta
tion, illuminated by a tingle lamp, which
gave no information at to the name. They
were the only passenger who alighted,
and the train rolled on for Portsmouth,
leaving them with their trunks Usm the
dark and narrow platform. It wa a dark
night with a bitter wind which carried
with it a suspicion of dampness, which
might have been rain, or might have been
the drift of the neiglilsiring ocean. Kate
wu numb with the cold, and even her
gaunt companion stamis-d his feet and
shivered as he looked about him.
I telegraphed for a trap," said he to
the guard. "Is there not one waiting.'
"Yes, air, if you be Mister tiirdlestone.
Here, Carker, here's jour gentleman."
At this summon a rough-looking ostler
merged into the circle of light thrown
by the single lamp, and touching his hat,
announced in a surly voice that he wa
the individual in quentiun. The guard
and he then proceeded to drag the trunks
to the vehicle. It wait small wagonette,
with a high seat for the driver in front.
"Where to, sir?" axknl the driver, when
the traveler had taken their sent.
"To Hampton Priory. Do you know
where that is?"
"Retter'n two mile fno here, and close
t. th railway Una." sn!bo wma. "There
hain't been no one livif there for two
year at the least."
"We are exieeted and all will be ready
for us," said tiirdlestone, "lo as fast
as you can, for we are cold." The driver
cracked his whip, and the horse started
at a brisk trot down the dark country
road.
Looking round her Kate now thnt they
were passing through a larte country vil
lage, consisting of a broad main street,
with a few insignificant offshoots branch
ing away on either side. A church stood
ou one side, and on the other the village
inn. The door wa oen tnd the light
shining through the red curtains of the
bar parlor looked warm and rosy. The
murmur of cheerful noieet sounded from
within. Kate as she looked across felt
doubly cheerless and lonely by the con
trast, (milestone looked, too, hut with
different emotion.
The road wa lined on either side by
high hedges, which threw a dense shadow
over everything. The feeble lamps of the
wngonette bored two little yellow tunnels
of light on either side. The man let the
reins lie loose Umiu The horse's hack, and
the animal picked out the roadway for
its. If. As they sw unf round from the
narrow Inne on to a broader road Kate
broke out into a little cry of plensiite.
"There's the sea," the exclaimed Joy
fully. The moon had broken from behind
the clouds, and glittered nn the vast sil
very expanse.
"Y'es, that's the set," the driver said,
"and them lights down yonder is at Lea
Claxton, where the finlier folk live; and
over there," pointing with his whip to a
long dark shadow on the waters, "is the
"Oily wolfe."
"The what?"
"The Isle of Wight, be means," said
(iirdlestone.
The driver looked at him reproachfully.
"Of course," said he, "if you Liinnnn
folks knows more about It than we who
are born and bred in the place, it's no
mntter o' use our tryin' to teach you."
With this sarcastic comment he withdrew
Icto himself, ntel refused to utter an
other word until the end of their Jour
ney. It wa not long before this wa attain
ed. Passing down s deeply rutted lane
they came to a high nt,,,,, null which ex
tended for a cotqile of hundred yard. It
had a crumbling, denying appearance, as
far a could be judged in the uncertain
liht. This wnll wan broken by a single
iron gate, flanked 1,T
two high pillar,
eneh of which wn surmounted by some
weather-beaten tiernldie device. Passing
through they turn.-d up winding avenue,
with line of tree, on rithcr side, which
shot their branch.- thickly above them
thnt they might have been driving .through
si me somber tunnel. This avenue termin
ated In an open apace, in the midst of
which tow. -Jed t great irregular white
washed building. whi,-h wa th obi Pri
ory "All below if fcl thed in dnrk
ncv,. but the upper wind,,-, caught the
glint of the n.i,, iited a pallid
nnd sickly glii,er. The wliol" effect wa
o weird nnd e,v ,,,, Kate felt her
henrt sink within ,r The wagonette
pulled up in fr,,t nf , door, and (iir
'lleitone Ssi,.,l ,er , .n,!,,.
I here had b,.,.n j,,, r nny svmp
toms of welcome, h, ,, ,,v pulled down
the trunk the ,,.r n.,,.,,,.,1 end a little
old woman npi- re,l i,h a candle in h"r
hnnd. w hi.-h she cnref,,!!, shaded from the
wind while she peerfj ,)Ut into the dark
ness. "I that Mr. C.ird!, ne 7" h rrled.
'Of course it I,- tl)R merchant said Im
patiently. "i,i(l , Bot (..uraph and tell
you that I wa, eominuT"
. ye,.- ,h tnnrrfr hobbling for
ward with the tilU .Vnj thia la the
ymir.g ldy? com, mJ dMir; pome In.
have not got thBft very mart yet.
Fhe led th way through a lofty bab I
into a large sitting room, which, no doubt,
had been the monkish refectory in bygone!
day. It lisiked very bleak and cold now.
although a small fir sputtered and spar
kled in the corner of the great iron grate
There wa a pan upon the fire, and the
deal table In the center of the room wa
laid out roughly a for a m.-el. The can
dle, which the old woman bud carried in.
wa the only light, though the flickering
fire cast strstige fantastic shadows in the
further corner and among th great oak
en rafter which forme- the ceiling.
old woman. "Take off your cloak and
warm yourself." She held her own shriv
eled arm toward th blase, a though
he abort exposure to the night air had
chilled her. (ilanelng at her, Kate saw
that her face was sharp-featured and run
ning, with a loose lower lip which exposed
a line of yellow teeth, and a chin which
bristled with a tuft of long grey hairs.
From without there came the crunching
of gravel aa the wagonette turned and rat
tled down the avenue. Kate listened to
the sound of the wheels uutil tbey died
away in the dixtam-e. Tbey seemed some
how to be the last link which hound her
to the human race. Her henrt failed ber
completely, and she burst into tear.
"What' the matter then?" the old
woman asked, looking up at ber. "What
are ye crying alKiut?"
"Oh, I am so miserable and so lonely,"
i-riitl. --'Whir Live I i-mo. !-!.;
should tie so unhappy? Why should I be
tuken to thi horrible, horrible place?
"What' the matter with the place?"
asked her withered companion, "I don't
see nought amiss with it. Here' Mr.
(iirdlestone a-comin. He don't grumble
at the place, I warrant."
The merchant wa not In the best of
temper, for he had bad an altercation
with the driver about the fare, and wa
cold into the bargain. "At it again," he
aaid roughly, a be entered. "It ia I who
ought to weep, I think, who have been
put to all thia trouble and inconvenience
by your disobedience and weakness of
mind."
Kate did not answer, but sat upon a
coarse deal chair beside the fire, and
burled her face In her hand. All manner
of vague fear and fancies filled ber mind.
What wa Tom doing now? How quickly
hA would fly to her rescue did he but
know how strangely she wn situated. She
determined that her very first action next
morning should be to write to Mrs. Dims
dale, and to tell her, not only where ah
was, but all that had occurred. The re
flection that she conltl do this cheered her
heart, and she managed to eat a little of
th supper which the old woman bad now
placed upon the table. It wa a rough
stew of some sort, but the long Journey
had given an edge to their apetites, and
the merchant, though usually epicurean in
hi tastes, ate a hearty meal.
(To be continued.)
KEEP GUNFIRE SECRET.
What Waa Learned by the Japaaes
In Knc.iunlep wlih HoJel vrnsky.
To those who have enjoyed the op
portunity to gauge the Japanese chiir
ucter ut cIoho rango the recent state
nieiit of a prominent nriny officer
none other, In fact, than Hen. William
CroKler, chief of ordnance that ubso
lately uo Information regarding the
effect, of Japanese gun fire on tlw
urmored buttle nhtji of the ltussiun
fleet bus been made public or bus even
leaked out, will not prove surprising,
say the Washington Post. To thv
army expert the fact appears to huve
been the (amnion of surprise nnd ill
appointment. They bad long experi
mented with gnus and nrmor and bad
reached certain conclusion which they
regard a practically definite. Never
theless, they longed for more practical
diMiiotiHti'atlou even than their exjierb
incut afforded of the actual effect ol
, ,., , . , , , on trnnsp hinting plants In full foliage
modern rilled guns, using smokele . . 1 ' ...
. i i. V . . . at n ght. The results of some oxpeii
pouder nnd discharging ten nnd twou- . ,. ,
1 I ... ....( l.v ir.iiuiiitt u-oiilil innL-n iirm.M-e-
ty-foiir Inch projectile at the side and
on the (leek of the modern buttle
ships, currying nil armored belt of
eight, ten or twelve Inches of Harvey
l.eil steel, and with deck protected with
lierli.'ips six Inches of the same ui.i
terlal.
Would the arnior-plerclng shell,
currying a large qiiuullty of high ex
plosive, or the iirnior-plorclng shot,
currying a materially smaller charge,
but with greater piercing capacity,
crente the grenter havm-? Would gun
fire directed nt the superstructure prove,
more effective lu the long run than
that aimed nt the annonsl sides? Would
it be possible so ucciiriilely to place
the shots a to penetrate the lig'.it"t
armor of the decks, nnd If so. nt whnt
ranges? These and n hundred olh"!
vital questions the ordnance exs?rti
knew would be solved when Togo' fleet
met KoJcHtvensky's.
Thnt the Japanese fire was merciless
ly destructive they huve had iimpie
evidence. Put no bint bus come of the
precise effis-t. No details are vouch
safed. Japanese admiral and Japa
nese generals meet nnd exchange com
pllmeiits and comiiMinplnce with Amor
lean ulllcers. but never enn tbey lm
Induced to part with one scintilla of
Information which might prove of value
to the American. They sunk the Hus
sion ship nnd then they raised them
They gathered nn Immense fund of In
valuable Information. In the opinion
of the American expert, but they have
never Imparted the smallest fact. Po
slbly to P.iiglish ('Ulcers, their alllo
tbey have given some bint on this nil
Important subject. And American olfl
cor arc surprised nnd dls:ipilntei
Not so they who know the Japnnes.i
Ilrtren.-hlna.
"Old Sen is Is In n tight place, i
fear."
"Whnt makes you think so?"
"He' doing everything possible to raw
expenses."
Hadn't heard of It."
"It's so; bo's broken the ptigngometr
hctnts'ti hi daughter nnd Lord Nullln.'
Houston Post.
The Minuter of Slneerllr.
Mr. Kail No, I do not believe It:
nrtifliial nld to tiaturnl appearand
I think there Is something incretrbioiii
nlsoit attempts to pass off the fnlse for
the real.
Little Pad Mn, Tommy I plnylnj
mousey with your new hair puffs I
Ilaltlmore American.
Ua Meneh.
QnnnerMany of our singers go over
to Europe to reach the high C's.
Ouyer Well, what do tha Europe I
singers rome. over here for?
Gunner Oh, they conn ovtr ber U
raach tl X'l tod V.
..
Taa laatuear f
I.lnaetsl meal bus a tendency to make
a soft butter, provided tht meal I fed
In large amounts. If fed In only me
dium amounts, the butter fat are nor
mal. It Is a valuable milk stimulating
food, ami can lie rued to prevent the
formation of excessively hard fats In
wluter. Tim only disadvantage to the
general use In the prb. Half or three-
quarter of a pound of llnseel or oil
meal In a ration per day will txert h
very favorable Influence upon the quali
ty of the butter.
Corn mcnl, when fed In large
amounts with coarse fodders, has a
tendency to produce a firm butter.
When mixed with other grains, a bet
tor quality of butter I produced than
If tli corn were fed alone, (iluteu
meal, a by-product obtained In the
manufacture of corn slan-li nnd glti
cose, produce n softer butter than corn
meal. The gluten. It I to be observed,
contains more of the vltnl nutrient,
protein. Prof ssor Harry Snyder, t'nl
vcrslty of Minnesota.
Keeping a ala from Snaa'asf,
Most farm gate are heavy, nnd nf
tor a little time they ng. When they
get this way It tukes a strong man
to open and shut one. Here Is
remedy. Get a wheel, either hlg or
little, from an old piece of machinery,
nd bolt It to the front end of the gate
0OO0 VSK FOB A.I OLD PI.OW W1IEK1.
In such a way that the gate will be
held level. Now the sinullest child can
open the gate for you. Try It, for It
Is n savor saves your patience, your
back, nnd the gate. N. W. 8., lu Funn
and Home.
Hoblns Killed for l-'ood In the Month.
A million robins were killed In Iiuls
lana during the winter of 1907-8, the
offenders being men and boys who shot
them for food. While they nre pro
tected its song birds In Northern States,
It Is a common Southern practice to
shoot them for the tnblo, nnd In some
States the hunters kill tl i In grent
numbers nt their roosting places, a
government expert Kiiitgests that tic
eastward movement of the boll weevil
bus been facilitated by the killing of
the robins. If that Is shown to be so,
the cotton growers will not receive
much sympathy from the member of
the Audubon sodctles. Leslie's Week
ly. Trannilitiitlnii Tree.
In Iteviie I!nlvcrelle, according to
another foreign coittcinpornry, there Is
a practical article of gciiernl Interest
incut by Kouiiult would make iinnoce
snry the customary transplanting of do.
cldiious trees In the full or winter, lit
has found that trees may he trans
planted In full foliage In May or June,
with little or no Injury, providing the
process Is carried on ut night. This
has been demonstrated to the entire
satisfaction of some of the most prom
inent horticulturists of Prance.
Hrewerr Slock Fred.
Dried brewer' grains rank close to
brun In feeding value, containing a
little more protein aud fat, but not
quite so much carbohydrates. It Is
claimed thnt In 100 tHiunda of this feed
there are iri.7 (suinds of protein, 3H.3
pounds of carbohydrates aud 5.1 pound
of fat. Malt sprouts and dried brew
ers' grains are valuable cow feeds, es
pecially the lutter. Sprouts are rich
est In protein, but not much relished
by cow and should lie fed only In lim
ited quantities. Wet brewers' grain
are apt to Injure the quality of the
milk.
Population and food.
The statistician In the Department
of Agriculture of the Pnlted Ktnte e
tlmatc thnt In ltd the population of
the country will lie irK,KHi,(si0. To sup
ply the requirement of this number of
people will necessitate the production
of 7O0.OH0.000 bushels of wheat. I."-".-(g)g
bushels of nut. .1.-."i0.nOO.(KK)
bushels of corn, 'U0,0(ift,0(Kl ton of liny ;
and cotton, tobacco, fruit niul vegeta
bles in proportion. This will necessi
tate bringing under cultivation nn nddl
tlonnl l.-n.ooo,'"10 ''re of land, nnd It
I estimated that we have only Iiim.ooO,
fHKl acres available for cultivation.
Insect with Sprlnahnnrd IVose.
Among the curious Insects of the
Malay Peninsula 1 one called th" lan
tern fly. which Is remarkable for It
sudden leaps, made without the aid of
It wing. It was only nfter the first
specimen of tills queer Insect were
cnrrled to London for exit ml nn t inn. Hint
It whs discovered that n curious projec
tion on the front of its head, a kind
of tiose with a crease In It, w.i the
leaping organ. When bent back under
the abdomen and suddenly released It
sent the Insist flying.
The XX le.l.nn nf the Bee.
We marvel nt what we call the wis
dom of the hive bee, yet there Is one
thing she never lenms from experience,
writes John Burroughs In the Atlantic,
and thnt Is thnt she I storing up honey
for the use of ninn. Khe could not
lenrn this, becnuse alien knowledge I
not necessary to her own well being.
Neither d. she ever know when she
bn enough to carry her through the
winter. Thi knowledge, again. Is not
Important, fiather and store honey as
long as there Is any to be had Is her
motto, tnd lo that rule h Is safa.
OT?7
XPS3J
Weather Koreeaatlaat.
People have learned by exerienc f
make allowance for error In the pre-
dlrtlons ot the V.'cnfher P'jr-fu. h"t
mivi ahotild be olllclnlly stated. As
tronomers, It apiie.nrs, are In the habit
of giving the value of the "probable
error" when publishing their obwrrs
tlons. But, although meteorology lendi
Itself more readily than any other
science to the evolution of deviations
from the mean result, the weather forw
CHSter have not adopted the custom
of stating the probable error. I'rof.
rMuister looks forward to the) time
when weather forecasts will be accom
panied by a statement of the odds that
the prediction will be fulfilled. Then,
perhaps, we shall rend In the weather
column not simply, "rain to-niorrovr,"
but "3 to 1" or "0 to 1 for rain to-morrow."
-A r.oiii "'M'eTV..
Here Is a well recommended white
wash : For 10 gallon use ti.'i pounds of
common lime slaked with boiling water;'
3 pounds of clean wood ashes; 10
pound of incited beef fallow; 2
pounds of common salt and one-half
pound of glue, dissolved. Add any dry
mineral paint to color, uch ns burnt
timber, yellow ochre or mineral red.
Mix all while hot and appply while
warm, keeping 't well stirred.
The Sheep Pen.
As a rule there Is very little mols
tnre In the sheep pen from the ani
mals themselves Sheepmen say that
by heavy bedding, particularly at ths
beginning of the season, the straw will
absorb all the urine from the sheep
without there being any softness or
rotting of the straw, and the pens are
often not denned more thnn once In a
season without Injury to the stock.
"penrlnar Prnlt Tree.
All fruit trees should be sprayed
while dormant, with lime, stilphnr and
salt, as a preventive of Ran Jose scale.
to destroy the fungi. It Is also claim
ed that this preparation Is a good fer
tilizer, and will help to keep the trees
healthy. Quite a number of Insects Mt
tack only dead or decaying trees, and
these form a breeding place for many
other vurlctles of Insect pests.
Uln-ealed Fertilisers.
Manure I simply materials that have
been softened nnd decomposed (digest
ed) within the Ixidy of nn animal. To
apply such raw materials as bran and
linseed mcnl directly to the soil would
be of no advnntnge, notwithstanding
that they, are excellent fertilizers, their
vnlue being Increased by feeding ta
stock.
An Iron weight with n strap attached
to It should alwnys be carried In the
farm wagon. The moment the horse
I stopped nnd the driver Is to leave
the team, the weight should be dropped
to the ground aud the strnp fastened to
the horse. Tbl will make It safer
than to allow the team to stand un
hitched. Ilrmnnd fiie lloreltndlsh.
Atinuully ".".( barrel, or 7,f0O.O0(
pounds, of horse-radish are shipped
from St. Iouls to the Atlantic coast,
to the Pacific const, to the lakes and
to the gulf.
Kirm phi nnd Kntea,
t'lide Sam received $1 .r.OO.onn last
year for public land of all kinds,
A gardener nt Tacomn. Wash., Inst
season marketed $7."0 worth of celery
from one acre of ground.
The explosion of a cream separator
nearly killed Earl Adams nnd his moth
er, living near TretniH'leiiu, Minn.
Emperor William of Cermnny sent
fifteen conch and cavalry horses to the
International show. They were among
the most ben ut If ul animals ever seen
lu this country.
Wyoming Is sending a large n umbel
of her tough little bronchos to Alaska.'
as It hns been found thnt they stand
the rigorous climate up there better
than nny other breed.
Night riders in Tennessee who wern
arrested for burning tobacco sheds and
shooting at farmers were set free, be
cnuse a Jury could not bo found In
the county to try them.
The government reports that 2.H00..
000 cattle died In the Putted State
Inst year, over half of these succumb
ing from exposure. The total losses
from all causes Is estimated ot $lM,(KK),
(too. Farming In New Mexico has been
given n grent Impetus during the past
few years by the work of the fanners'
Institutes nnd many unprmluctlve val
leys have been turned Into rich grnle
nnd fruit fields.
One of the slglit nt the Internation
al Htock Show wn a pure white (Sallow-ay,
sired by Scottish Standard, a
thoroughbred (Inllowny bull out of a
pure bred white (inllowny cow. This la
a freak, but may produce a new type
of (Jallowny.
Self-Preservation.
"The man who ran be coerced InU
paying hush money Is either a cowanf
or a criminal."
"I don't clns myself with either and
I pay hush money."
"What for?"
"If I didn't my wife would talk to
mo from one pay day till tin; next."
Houston Post.
Knrly Inillenllnna.
"Whnt makes you think your Infant
daughter is going to be a prima don
na?" "Itecause," answered the Impresario,
"she keeps vocnllr.ing regnrdless of the
surrounding conversation and never
seems satisfied with anything." Wash
Ington Htar.
qnlta So.
"What do you think of Edlpon'a con.
crete house?"
"Seems to be all right la U ab
tract"