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-Boy In HN Hand Peril." aaya tne
neadlluc. Never knew on tht wii
not.
(.ettlng out of ed In th morning
la often th hardest part of daye
work.
Ther ar lawyer la Congress who
will continue to M.-rlfl. their business
for $7.jM) a year.
. , i .. t...C4..t tS
"Miss Helen Oould Is closing up bom flml ,heP two.thlrlt of their friend,
of her favorite charltle." Why d.eu't M B p,, ,al,, n the dining room
ah begin wltU wiw she doesn't Ilk to of n (yan steamer there wert recently
mucbT assembled, by more chance, seven worn-
- ., . tS- en belonging to four different parties.
A. to th. startling rumor that the n i wM
north pole I. moving ";u,hw graduates, and the seventh had entered
what other direction could It poaalbly ... Mr,lwlt caMi
more?
i. an the reault of prejudice It It W-
iA bMft It Th harsh crltlclama of
women by nieo ami men by women art
to be viewed In thla light They betray
an utter sbaen.-e of ch obervllo
and resuming. Ami where the crltl
clama are not J svse they are to be dep
recated, aa tending to produce what are
called "men hater" and "women bat
era," and to give flee Ideaa of life.
The extension of the higher education
for women baa been ao rapid that
college courae la now Tlrtually aa open
to glrle aa to boys. Thirty yeara ago a
rtrl who waa studying Greek or trigo
nometry waa a aort of natural curloalty.
Now out of forty-six June graduates in
,h. It,..tnn niels' i-an "" rr.;
i - vlliire. and they will
The Firm of
Girdleslono
rilAITEH XV,
. n-v .....r.. ma over the crone, who
waa addreeaed by Oirdlestooe aa Jorrocka.
led the way upatalra and allowed Kate
to her room. If the furniture of the din
Ing room bad been Spartan In ita aimpllo
it. ihia waa mi more ao, for there waa
and etudled thero two yeara. Piiring nothing In it aave a email iron ofu"u
the rnvaire ther made one another ao much runted from want of use. and a nigh
- . : . . . -.1 ...ei-nees aiwiHrn box on wnlcn aiooa me ami,...
wa,T Down at Washington someo..,, - - tu ' toiM r-ui.i,,. In aplte of the poverty
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tble dreary abode? Hha knew Cart well, I bat It wm Melee attempt. ITer tip
and waa aura that be waa not man to I trembled, ber eye filled, and with cry
alter bia wave uf ijr. , . discomfort I of grief and despair which might have
of any kind without sow ry dVBnite ob- I moved wild beaat, ahe fled to ber room, '
Ject. It seamed to ber that tbia waa I and, throwing beraell npoa Ber ixm, nursi
new Bimh In th ot which waa being I Into auca acalding teara aa lew wouutt
a raw a round iter. I are ever cailea upon to aneo.
When ber guard aa bad left the room
CHAPTER XVI.
It would be impoaxible to describe th
auapenae in which Tom Diiuadale lived
durinc tbeae weeka. In vain be tried la
would be after that ahe said. "There aver manner to find aome wav of traclne
ain't no paper br, Dor p,u, neither, nor the fugitive He wandered aimleaaly
Ink. neither." I about London from one Inuuir olfice to
. . i -
rtnat, none! War Mra. Jorrocka, do I another, twlliuar hla atorv and anuealinc
have pity on me, tad tH m abeet, bow f(ir aaslataoce. He advert law! in papera
ami croaa-queetioned every one who might I
Kate aaked Mr. JrruCme for aheet of
peper. ibe crou ,uoob ber bead and
waggea Ber penduluu, jp deruuoa.
m iier iirui.tona thought aa yon
Whiit la thla country coming to, any-
haa gcctiacd poHMnaatere of not earnlug w
llx'lr aiilarlcs.
A war cloud Ina appeared over Cen
tral America, thla being the reifiilar
II.., a aiviritlnir In til a.'lieilule for t
war cloud to ap;a-ar there.
If Kvelvn rin h.?re hr nume rhanffel
back to Nel)lt a!ie will, to that extent
at bumf, earn our thanks aa people netting Into college forty yeara ago
t... i,.,!.!!,. h niin.i.Pi- at Thawa. wna easier than lb Is now, ao rar aa
Ititelleitiiai requirements were coihitu
Probably Kaiser YVIIbelin has mil-led. Rut It took moral wurnge of a high
Hons of loyal auf.Jecta who would be order to break away from all traditions
iiiiikt in tvn hia I, ill and trr to wor- of socletr which reiarded a biue-
ry along uncomplulnlnfly on I,0()0.0(iO stocking as both tlresnne and danger
a year,
1 ' .v.. . if. ta had never been
time of carefully arrwngeu, uuuurm ,,....,,.- chamber
written entrance exnmlnatlous for worn- . . c,rD,tlra, room waa
en"a colleges, held eacn year at aiairu g hv?n of rnt where ,h. would ,eft
tlmee In scores of towns ail over tne on, -.h, pas to her own
land, backward to the day when the ,nouihta. Aa aba lay In bed. however, ahe
candidate fur admission to the firxt -uuW bear far away the subdued murmur
class at Vassnr college, gathered In one of Oirdlestone's voice n1 lr'.!! toa
rm.iii. answered in concert questions In of the old woman, lliey were in ueep
i.im muthemntl.-a and history, and animated convene. Though they were
too far distant for ber to distinguish
word, something told ber that their talk
waa about herself, and the same Instinct
asMired ber that it boded her little good,
When Kat awoke in the morning it
waa aome little time before ahe could re
alise where ahe waa, or recall the eventa
which had mad auch a sudden change in
mis ' and restricted feminine acquire- ber life. The small window of her apart
menta to enough arithmetic for keeping mcnt waa covered by a dirty muslin blind.
Recretary Straus la fostering the ex- ho,lsPh()ld accounts, and enough She rose. and. drawing It aaide, looked
port of one article In which a balance to read ..r,)rnne. nut the new Vr ' ou.1-. ro.'n ... . ... ".f,n
of trade favora.Me to the I'nlteJ States . tt.m h. . Unvrarm ,Mr. the night Derore ana naa nopea U ims
ta eceellnffl. Imnortatit and has never ...... Prin t0 wbiin l,Vn,d be nvy
. ' " . . .... '" "i mi-ht m.ka amends for its onelinesa by
ItitMii, ttie old gracious nems ana pas- deeree of natural beauty. The seen
it was not wen
existed. This article Is anarchists.
hires fall Into neglect,
which now met her eyes soon dispelled
The (.erninn einiror hints that he n ,ne ()1J dyg t,)nt wnman .h,md tn MpecUtons of the sort. The avenue
woum like to nave nis salary as iving . h , d pon.,.,. Dllt no
of I'ruHsIa Increased ; hut there seems t(J niIe ,he 0M or ,0 ...Hjjhtp,, th,
to be no proli.nl Ml y that bo will go on ofn.p ,t wou,d be ,ve worHe f tbe
sirlke In case his dtMiianJ is refused.
t'p to date It Is estimated that Count
Honl do Custellnne has set the Gould
family back about $.'l,HH,(Klf. Consid
ered as an lur-Mttnient,' Count Until Is
the most unprolltuhle oue the Goulds
ever made.
I day should come when she had a bead
without a heart to quicken It or a con
science to restrain It.
Hlilps a thousand feet long are prom
ised within n few years. A firm of
Irish shlji-bulMcrs la making prepara
tions to lay the keel of auch a Teasel
next year. The biggest slilps now
sfloat are less than eight hundred
feet lorvr.
FOB BEAUTIFUL CITY TAEDS.
Art of tandaeape Gardealna; Not Yet
Fully Appreciated la America.
It Is commonly assumed that land- 1
scape gardening has to do only with
with its trees lay on the other side of tbe
bouse. From her window nothing waa
visible but a dreary expanse of bogland
and mudbanka, stretching down to tbe sea.
At high tide thia enormoua waste of
dreariness and filth was covered by the
water, but at present it lay before ber la
all ita naked bideousnesss, the very type
of dullness and of desolation. Here and
there a few scattered reeds, or an un
healthy greenish scum upon the mud, gav
a touch of color to the scene, but for th
moat part the great plain waa all of th
acme somber mud tint, with ita monot
ony broken only by tbe white fleck wher
eer oni and soil. sm, br la aome
ailver ! Tou ar rT wcome to It if
you will give m uj. materials for wrjtlnf
Otie teTTfr
Mrs, Jorrock in,..-! lonalngly with
ataklaai Batter ea'tae Kara,
There ar two prime essential In
making butter on th farm a profitable
know anything of tbe matter. There uusluea. In the first ro . '
r throw any light upon tbe mystery. No
one at the nffia knar anvthlnv of tha
he- bleared eyes it the few ahilllnra which moveroenta of the senior partner. To all
.a. .n aeia out t her. but sh shook Ber inquirle bra replied that be had been
head. "I duma't da it " sh said. lt' ordered bv the doctors to seek coinulata
as much aa tny ptct , WOrtb." repose In tbe country.
men I aliall iilk duwn to BedswortB I His father- haoama arlnual amiou.
myself." aaid K! anrrll. "1 have BO I ahmit tha iim. r.llnw'a hullh II. ata
doubt that th pwpi, D tb poatoffice will nothing, and hia sleep was much broken.
ui. iuer tai writ It. I loth the old people tried to inculcate Da-
Ibe old hug uurhi hoarsely to her- I r(m nil tiuwlaarattnn.
aelf until the acnf,y ginew of ber with- "That fellow, Eira Olrdleatone, knowa
ered nek atowl wt like whipcord. Bbe wbere they are." Tom would cry. atriding
waa still cbucklinund coughing when tbe wildly np and down the room with un
merchant came btrk into tb room. k.mnt hair and clenched hands. "I will
What then V at aaked sternly, look Ins lia hi. u,r.i it I t.. u
from on to tb wher. lie waa himself 0 him."
IjirirA arikiia- thiir vim nniifint nfrnrit in
engage a flrst-clasa landscape deslguer rma of guile and kittlewakee bad
for rltv lot. n.l that thr. la nn anniut iiiea lu tn. uup. Ul pica,,,, up wu-
"Southern women," aays Jotiu D.
Uockefeller, "are the handsomest In
the world." John I), proposes to spend
moMt of bis tlmo In the South after
this, Hiid It aiiM-ars that In addition
to the ability he bus aa a financier he
U a good deal of a diplomat.
in a rase In which a suit for dnmages
whs brought ag:iliiHt a corporation for
negligence resulting In the death of a
child, a New York Jury determined
itn Us verdict by toKsIng up a coin.
For this travesty of the duties of Judg
ment Impose:! on them the Jilile fined
Hip Jurors fifty dollar each.
in spending more than $100 ou a back
yard, say a writer In Country Life lu
America.
On the contrary, I maintain that 3
per cent of the entire cost of a bouse
and lot ought to be spent on the
grounds, and I believe that you cannot
have an appropriate graden for less.
Of course, you can get a lot 1UU by 150
feet planned and planted for $100 by
u tlrst-cluss nursery that bus a
ever bad been left by the receding tide.
Away across tbe broad surface a line of
aparkling foam marked the fringe of the
ooan, which stretched away to the horl
son.
A mile or two to tbe eastward of her
Kate aaw aome aign of housea. and a blue
stroke which Bickered up into the air,
This she guessed to be tbe fishing village
of Ia Claxton, which the driver bad
mentioned the nlaht before. 8 he felt
constitutionally item to merriment, and
hi was irrltat) by It In others. "Why
are you lamthint Mra. Jorrocka?"
I waa a-laugbing at her," th woman
wneeied, pointing sUb tremuloua finge
Hh vas a-kio' at tor paper, and savin'
a sh would go ind writ a letter at th
Ileusworth poatuSce."
"You must understand once for all."
Girdlestun roar4 turning savagely upon
the girl, -that fi ar cut off entirely
from th outer world. I shall give you no
loophole which nu may utilize to con
tiuu your intimacy with undesirable peo
ple. I bav fivfi orders that you ahould
not be provided itb either paper or ink."
Poor Kate lut hoi aeemed to be fad
ing away. Her keart sank within ber.
but the kept a bnv face, for ahe did not
wish him to are how hia worda had atrlck
en her. Sh bad desperate plan in ber
head, which would be more likely to be
successful could ib but put him off hia
fi.ard.
She spent th morning in her own little
room. About on o clock ahe beard the
clatter of boofi tnd th sound of wheels
on the drive. Coins down sh found that
it was a cart whirb bad come from Beds-
worth with furniture. There were car
pets, a chest of drawers, tables, and sev
eral other articles, which the driver pro-
reeded to carry upstairs, helped by John
(irdleiitune. The old woman was in th
upper room. It seemed to Nate mat sne
might never again have auch an opportu
nity of carrying out the reaolve which ahe
had formed. Kh put on her bonnet and
began to stroll listlessly about In front
ot the door, picking a lew straggling
leaves from the arreted lawn. Gradually
sh sauntered awiy in this manner to the
head ot tbe vmo, and then taking one
ift, timid glaiKt around, ah slipped In
among titer trees, md made th best of ber
v,ay, balf-walkitt half-running, down tbe
dark winding dm.
Oh, the Joy l th moment when the
great whit bona which bad already be
come ao hateful to her was obscured
among the treo behind ber ! She bad
some idea of thtrwd which she had trav
ersed tbe night Wore. Ilchind her were
all her troubles in front the avenue
"Steady, lad, steady!" the doctor re-
plenty-' of pure, cold water, and
then a good enough grade must be
turned out to make and hold custom
ers. The trouble with nine out of every
ten farm homes I they ar not equipped
to take car of uillk and creura. When
on goe Into this work to make
money, better put up a milk room,
wher pur water may be bad from
pumping or from a spring. Concrete
floor and walla may now be built as
cheaply a wltb lumber, and It Is a
great deal better than lumber. Don't
atop here. A barrel churn and a butter
maker will be utH-essary In turning out
a uniform product. It looke easy
simply sepHratlng the cream, churning
plied to one of thew outbursts. "There ' V? bU,tter CO'"e"- and Ml"- anJ
lnml unm gHsrQ ln moe uamiri, auu tue
Z ' -". ' - ; was not slone in th. world, and that even
be neat and pleasing, but your garden lo Ma ttTange anJ d,woIate p,,,, ther.
wm not nave persouuiiry. u is noi .r. bonellt hrHrt, to whom M , a.t r9.
iKiugh that a place shall respect the aource she could appeal,
Nvvs of landscape art and have plenty I She waa atill standing at the window
.. 1 .1 . 1 . - I ft - I ft ' . I !. a k.nflkina lit, ,1
iiunrii iiiiuiij(iiifiii iuu n-iinuu. it
ought to be dominated by the spirit
f a cultured iicrsonullty, so that your
visitors shall exclulm, "What an alto-
It Is a fine bit of chlvnlrous senti
ment which lends President Itismevelt
to decide tlmt the next new battle
ship In tht fulled States nnvy shall lie
named the "Forldn." Young Scimtor
Hryan requested tlil.i action a few days
before bis fatul Illness, ami the Presi
dent coulil have found no more fitting
way In which to honor the memory of
his brief career at Washington.
gether lovely garden ! And Itm't It Just
like Its owner!"
No matter bow cultured your person
ality may be you cannot express that
personality perfectly through the me-
Hoys nil over the country will envy
the pupils of a new school that tins
Imvii opened In New York. The toucher
Is the clown of a large vnrlety tlieuter,
who teaches professl'iiutl clowning to
bright boys and girls who are ready to
study hard. Two hundred sml fifty
children are enrolled. The clown Is so
busy thnt he has to conduct his school
y corresiMMiiience, nut n expects to
bavo a "graduation" and addrewt the
Miiirwnrtn puiins. .Meanwhile nmnteur
townlng thrives lu all the school of
the world.
hiirploycnr lialilllly. under Kngllsti
law. Is a serious matter. When a
workman is Injured, oven If the "ac-
lilejif may he pnrlly his own fault.
be is entitled to receive a S)ecincd sum
based on his average eiirtiliigs. If be
Mm as the result of his Injury, his le-
liciidciil ro-elve s much as be would
earn In three years. Tin' qmwtlou what
are a man' earnings wns lately (
til.il by the K.iigllsh court of appeal
A waiter In a restaurnut car ou a rail
wsy was actually paid by bis employ
ers twenty. live (millings a week, but
lie usiiMlly received ten or twelve still
lings a week more as "tlim." Tbe
ourt decided that his llm were n part
of his ciirnlnir, although thry ,, loi
come rrom bis employers, a Imi must pny
to thn dead wnlter's heir one liuiiilni
sod tlfly six times all that he eanied In
s wock about fourttvn humlre.1 dol
"srs lu all.
In a niectlng'of a prominent woman
ciiin. one or the niemlMrs made a tin
niopew criticism on the character and
performs ii. vs of man, who, she sold
k iiill 'iiiitly, m created linmi-llately
iiiii-r t!ie billies. And Iti I iirrent Liter
hi 'ire for April their was s Hyin,mlirii
bv a lot or anonymous philosophers.
s i' li lis ' inet cur enmliietor." "n ten
1'inent house comiii!w!nner." and
ii !,.e ili -v we:-e afraid or ashannsl to
Kiw tlieii- names - who cheerfully ex
press i i.. opinion t ii.it women, ns a sex
nro wholly dcHtltule of honor." It I:
m singular freak of human nature that
whenever a ihtsoii Usiin.-s Irritated
i.y ine cliarseter or conduct of another
.era. the fault Is ultimately sttrlbuted
to the offending arson's religion, ns
tloiisllty or orx. This blundering con
elusion may h the wml of prejudice
gainst a certain religion, nationality or
ex. or It may be the effect of sheer
allow ness and hxuoranc. But If It
when there came a knocking at the door,
and she heard the voice of the old woman
asking if ah were awake. "Breakfast
la ready," ahe aaid, "and the master is a'
wondering why you bean't down."
On tbia summons Kale hastened her
toilet and made ber way down the old
winding stair to the room in which they
lad supped the night before. Surely Jir
dlestone must have bad a heart of flint
Hum of trees and shrubs and flowers rot to be melted by tbe sight of that fair,
unless you have given years of atiuly fiesh face. Ilia features set aa hard as
these materials of landsciiite art and
to the art Itself. Landscape gardening
Is the eighth of the fine arts, differing
from the classical seven only In pre
senting the actual living things, where
as the others represent life. There Is
no short cut to the fine arts. The only
way In which you can express your
personality perfectly In any of these
arts Is to get a great artist to help you.
I hat way always comes high, and It
ought to.
The reason why Amerlcnn gardening
bus mit yet come up to the standa-d
of the P.uropenn Is simply that we do
not (iny enough. We employ lncoiiiieteiit
landscape designers or none; we beat
the nurseryman down on bis plans; we
are not willing to pay a first-class gar
dener what be Is worth. Yet we are
"dead game" when It comes to yachts,
automobiles, horses, docs and houses.
Why should not our wealthy men be
equally willing to pay for good gardens?
I Mleve they will. These things ar
adamant aa she entered the room, and he
looked at her with eyea which were puck
ered and angry.
"You are late." be said coldly. "You
must remember that yon are not in Kccle-
ion square. ' You are here to be disci
pllned, and disciplined yon shall be."
"I am sorry," she answered. "I think
I must hav been tired by our Journey."
The vest room looked even more com
fortless and bleak than on the preceding
evening. On the table waa a plate of ham
and egga. John Oirdlestone served out a
portion, and pushed It in her direction
She sat down on one of the rounh wooden
chairs and ate listlessly, wondering bow
all this waa going to end,
After breakfast (lirdlratnne ordered the
oli woman out of the room, and, standing
In front of the fire with his long Ires
apart and his hands behind his hack, he
told her in harsh concise language what
bis Intentions were.
"1 Wl long determined," he said, "that
if yov ran counter to my wishes, and per
sisted in your infatuated affection for that
H-aiiegrace, I should remove you to some
fuilililiwl ahiiM cm. , . I. . , .
............ ,..u i.iKiu reconsider
I nothing to be gained by violence. They
are on tbe right aide of the law at pre-
an3 r,a aiil i on fli wrong if you
do anything rash. The girl could bav
written if ahe were uncomfortable."
Ah, so she could. Fh must hav for
gotten us. How could she, after all that
baa passed?"
"Iet ua hope for tbe best, let na bop
for the beat," the doctor would say sooth
ingly. Yet It must be confessed that be
waa considerably staggered by tbe turn
which things bad taken. lie had seen so
much of the world in his professions! ca
pacity that he bad become a very reliable
Judge of character. All hia instincts told
him that Kate Ilartson was a true-heart
ed and well-principled girl. It was not in
ber nature to leave London and never to
send a single line to Jier friends to tell
them where or why she bed gone. There
must, he ws sure, be some good reason
foi her silence, end this reason resolved
itself Into one of two things either sh
was III and unable to hold a pen, or she
had lost her freedom snd was restrained
from writing to them. The last suppo
sition seemed to tbe doctor to be tbe mora
serious of the two.
Had he known the instability of th
Oirdleatone firm, and the necessity they
were under of getting ready money, he
would at once hav held th key to th
enigma. He bad no idea of that, but in
spite of bia Ignorance he waa deeply dis
trustful of both father and son. - He knew
and had often deplored the clause in John
Harston'e will by which th ward's money
reverted to the guardian. Forty thousand
pounds was a bait which might tempt
even a wealthy man into crooked patba.
(To b continued.)
he trick la done. That la where ao
th Ifors.
Rom on ha figured out that It coat
on tb averuge ou) one-half as much
to feed a borso a It doe to feed a
man; and that tb horse will do ten
time th amount of work tuut It I
powilbl for th man to do, If this
est I mat la correct, then a dollar'a
worth of food given the horse will pro-
due twenty tiuies a much results a
th aaiu amount of money will If ex
pended In ferd for man. Therefore,
when man domesticated th horse he
Immensely Increased hi own power of
Bocurlng results. When much farm work
la to be don ther ahould always tw .
eftijftVtaAs to' tii it ' Farmera try
to economize ou tb number of horse
and bv to Icav much work undone.
In tb event of hired help being scarce.
It I omctliiic possible to offset this
lack by Increasing tbe number of horse
kept In somo parts of the West and
Northwest, declare the Fanners' Re
view, th scarcity of help has resulted
In more borsca being used. Fir ar
bitched to a double plow, and on driv
er I thus enabled to turn two furrows
at a time and practically double the
work that one man baa to da Tbia I
the result of tbe complete utilization of
horseflesh.
Galde fur Oraar Saws.
A very simple method by which one
man rnn manipulate a drag saw to cut
muny full. Thn.rrp-.QJ msnt-Ut SuurrxfA rt'"' '? ! favfl ticvied by a west
af the right teniHrature; It must be
neither t sweet nor too aour. Work
ing and aaltlng butter to secure uni
form color and flavor la a very nice art.
Don't try to lenrn to do it lufalllbly
In two or three veeeka, but by all means
don t practice cm your customers. That
menna lose. It la better to wait two or
three months before you seek custom
ers. I And. before yon shlD. find out
how your commission man or prlvnte
customers prefer to have their butter
put up. Sometimes the packnge means
a difference of two or three cents
pound.
THEY EE3ULATE THE CLIMATE.
Marveloas Maehlaea Below Grnaad
la Iba Great Metropolltaa llotala.
All the modern hotel buildings In
New York have marvelous subterranean
departments, aays the Broadway Maga
zine. The rooms In all of them nowu-
gate, Ueda worth u4 freedom. She would I dnya are cleaned by pneumatic flexible
send both a telega, ,d tettpr to Dr.
Himsdale, and eipUa to biro her exact
situation. If tie kino-Warted and ener
getic phyaician once kn-t 0f it, h would
tuk care that ao harm Wfell ber. IShe
could return then, and f with a light
heart tbe worst which her piardian could
do to her. Here u th avenue en-
W ith a glad cry she quirkrned her pace.
and in another tnomrat would have been
In th high road, whrn
"Now then, wher in you a-comln'
to?" cried a gruJ voire from among tbe
bushes which flanked th (ite.
me gin sioppni an in I tremble. la
the shadow of tht trees there was a camp
pteol, and on tht camp thiol sat a sav
age looking man, d rowed in a dark cor-
all parts of the same outd.sr life. The i yoaT con,1,", n1 'rm better resolutions
more self respect a mnn has, the more
he values his family life, and the more
willing he is to spend as much on his
outdis.r living room ss on oue of tits
Indoor rooms.
The Tarrrl Battrrr.
K.arly In the nineteenth century, In
IMI!. Colonel John Stevens conceived
the idea of the construction of nn Iron
plated vessel of war with a sau.vr
shaped hull, propcllisl ,y screws so ar
ranged as to give a rotary motion t
the structure. The buttery was to be
of the heaviest ordnance of the time
and the plating heavy enough to resist
the shot of similar gun at short range
The main purpose of the craft was
h.irlsir defense, and the plan of action
was to moor the vess. ,v a ch iin lead
lug down through the IsiMotu ,,f t:.,.
ship at lt center .in, I o spin . r,,iiinl
tills center, rir'.m: gun nfi.r gun as it
came In the line of tire, thus Hiiliclpat
Ing the inter Timby turret, which I i
turn wns the serin of tlie modern mm
itor armorclad. Such a v.s.el wns ac
tually built half a .vnttirj- later by the
IJiLsttian government sn was a g,si,
representative of tw ,jr. stevena hst
tery. CoH(r's Magazine.
Han tm l.eaa I).,
All the mho borrow hare been shown
It seldom recompensed them
And that 'lis hard to stand alone
When there'i a Ilea against them.
Kansas City Times.
Ther are mighty few peopi, wno
don't occasionally tU stor.a
"i" to undo
ro th future. This country hou
awered the purpose admirably, and as an
old servant of mine, .Mrs. Jorrocka, chanc
ed to reside in the neighborhood, I had
warned her that at any time I might come
down and should eipect to find thin?
ready. Your rash and hearties, mnduct
has. however, precipitated matters, and
we hav arrived before her preparations
wer complete. Our future arrangemenia
will therefor be less primitive than they
ar at present. Here you .ln rs-n.aj,.
young lady, until you show signs of iss!
peiiian-e, anil or a willingm
me narm you have done."
'If you mean until I consent to marrt
your son, then I shall lire and die here "
the girl said bravely.
"That rests with yourself. As I aaid
ts-fore. you are under discipline here and
von may not find existence h !.) of
r.c, s It was in K.-eleston square"
nn i rut my nut id?' Kat
.tin hard
old woman in the hoi
grim rrom l.,ra to that ,,Tert. m he mil
himself join us for a .lay or two in ea, ,
'K?ra here:" Kale cried in horror. M.-r
r nef consolation through all her tr-m-lies
had been that there seemed to be
some chance of getting rid of ber terrible
.tor.
"And why not?" the d man asked an
grily. Ar y ao bitter against th lad
father r lU ,OCl", cf bi' own
Kate was saved from further reproaches
,L , mD,r';? ,b' old wo to clean
tb. tbl. Th. I..t ,m of intelligent
-f,rrr;Kh'a "T,n b,r ,'rrib"
and at th. mm ,m, hti aiw hpf
stoBiahmnt. What could th. fast-living
(fort aeaklnc maa ul tow a tut U
talked along th, o It, her fair skin
bristl
w
an torn and bletfln. with scratches from
im- Driurs. until ,,, ,niislil herself thnt
here was n In Ii 'there was
e asked. "1 I ot'.i smull i . .: i- .i.:. .1.
s' iv ulth , I """" door on rue sine ...... u
" " lth noting but ih. s .Lr I ... ...i .. .. .... . ....
1 ny rnilttay hw. " "
"lichee, s Is . omuig down. I had o,''..,i. " .7 "'lnl'le. ' "'
.iironjii ch a nil man wing
itnihl pn 4 whi u , guarded
"' "" ""inner 1 ,,s,n. The aicken-
mind
impos-
iipsj attached to an outlet found In
every room or hall and connecting by
n series of piies with vacuum pumps,
which suck the Impurities to tbe bas-
niont, where they are properly dUposad
of.
It Is lu the underground hotel worlo,
trance now, the high Ik-heo-eaten stone loo, that a stop has been taken toward
pillars, with the battered derioe upon the the goal which Howell' "Traveler from
top. The iron nt between was open. Altriirla" long ago saw aa attulnabl
the regulation of tbe temperature, the
control of the climate. In the basement
stories of these new pnlnces for trail'
slents you may see the thing In Its In!
tlul oieratlon Here Is a net work of
coils and ducts, and beyond them Hie
mouth of a giant air shaft From 400
above the surface of the street, high
hlL-h above the dust nncl the germ line.
duroy suit, with s blackened clay pip th alr B forwj ltlto thnt Bhaft. Qn the
....- ,u tu. nrr o. ... umma. ... wa d((Wn ,f encouIlter g room full of
wiauier-oeaien nunornnj tic waa pien-
tifllllv POVPI-mI arirh smaMnnv marks Inil
one of his eyes was lifhtlen and white Tul" trMm r"" "leHillly. Ita te.n-
from the effects of tb aw disease. II perature mnintaineu ny me ammonia.
r. now, and interposed himself between refrigerating plant, which Is also th9
her and the gate. center of the hotel's cold storage syr
My good man," she nid la a trembling ini. Itlown through these frigid col!
voice, for bia appearance was far from tiw ar then sifted through fllteVlng
reassuring. . wnn to to past ana to get , , ., r.l.Ww.l,.h arrant.
ft. .U ., -1 I ""."" - - "
: ' ZTZ "Ln Zl lirr ' H In racks which form . cont.nuou. V.
Her cmnanln. .,r.,rh no a rv S"aiel erics, 1 new u.r .r a.r.s.-s
diity haml. took th coin, stain it un obll.piely and thus chilled and purified
in the sir, caught It, bit it, and finally 1s conducted through large closed canal
plunged it into the depths of bis trouser Into smaller ones. Thence It la fanned
jHskeU. "No rotd this way. missy," he to the floors above, being there admit
ted to the rooms. On the roof of the
building another fan sucks out tbe vl
tinted air.
These wonderful floors below the
street In all the new totels, would fill
Sh was only 1 doien yard from th the average housewife's henrt with wild
lane which ld to freedom, so she made admiration and despair. Here are mnr-
a quick little feminine rush in the hope hi floors, here are tiled ceilings and
of avoiding this dreadful sentinel which -tt here sre class and marble tables.
bnrred her passage He caught her round nprt , galvanized Iron plate warmers.
, u,.'yef. and nurieo ner oacs wonrtprfu nmchlties for washing and
drying dishes, other wonderful mn'
chines for keeping silver speckles. se-
clnl dumb waiters connecting with the
dining rooms of the various private
suites, all sorts of flres for all sorts of
work, from charcoal broilers to gaa
boilers. Everything I aa benutlfully
clean as Is the operating wards of the
best hospitals. The cooks' white uni
forms are as shining as the tmrse't
rrlsp oik In well-kept wards. All this
Is enough to send the average women to
her home In a niotsl to regard her own
kitchen ns the limit of dirt, disorder,
Inconvenience and unhygienic. She,
poor thing, has no refrigerating plant;
she must take the l-e which the bi
company ehsds to give her. pure or Im
pure. She or her conk or ber mn lit
must patiently wash dishes mid sinr
silver and mix bread by hand. A visit
to this part of any one of the great ho
tels would be likely to convert half tli-s
home-keeping women of New York to
an advis-acy of hotel life.
said. "I've given niy word to th guv'
nor, and I enn't r luck from it."
"lou bnv no riglit to detain me," Kat
ciied angrily. "I hive good friends in
London who will nuke you in Her for
this.'
the wai
with such violence that she staggered
Serosa the path and would bav fallen had
she not struck violently agninst a tree.
Kate turned ind retraced her step
slowly and sadly jp the avenue. As she
glsneed hack she saw a gaunt, hard-featured
woman trudging up the lane with a
tin can in her hud. lonely and forlorn,
but not yet quit, destitute of. hope, ah
turned to the Hgbt among the trees, and
pushed her way through bushes and bram
bles to the boundary of the I'riory
grounds. It u , ft w,, at least
"it" feet in 1,.;,. -i.h . eni.inr that
Kat
"e c-nvl,t!on to, .session of her
without it , utter i
oMllty eiiher to t,.t away or to give the
least information ,0 ,ny one in the world
as to where ,h,,B, 0r what might le-
all her.
When !, ran, hack to the house, tired
and disheveled ,,. bfr journey of e
Ploration. t;irdl,on. w standing by
the dor to re,,, hrr with a sardonic
mil upon hi, ,ow d0 fon
' the ground ,hMir be asked, with
U nearest ?tnm,h , B,rit, which sh.
nlL".". h."tTi m bim. "And th. or
How a,d ,ou lik thrm aIir Ktt trtei
nt 1 na.at kj tk. mom brar. retort,
. Aa Attrarllva Gateway.
Thl rustic gateway, which was bnllt
at a small cost, may lie worth Imitating,
uiociineu, of course, to flt tbe surround
lugs. This one la
between two cedar
trees, and from It
a winding path
lead to a pretty
rustic cottage.
Such a rate would
be entirely out of
place at the en
trance to a stately
or formal building.
The euta give an
10 now tne gate Is made. Th.
two uprights and the cross-piece oh tho
top are of locust All tbe real la of
st-oar. rarta of tbe smaller branches
have been left on the leces that go to
AH up the gate. A gnteway tike thl.
vould not prov effective against plga
or chlckena, but would turn larger anl
mala. It la not only cheap and dur
hle, but decidedly attractive, because
Bt'STIO GATE.
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TWO CCDABB BTANO 0UARI1.
I.aa ( Fertllltr br l.eaeblaat.
Laud kept constantly aa a gnrden
lose much of 'Ita fertility by leaching.
A clover rotation I the best preventive
of this. There should be at least two
or three gnrden apots on each farm
kept rich enough so that one year' ex
tra manuring will bring It Into the
finest poamble condition for garden
truck. If fanner could alwaya plant
garden on two-year clover aod they
would ralae better crop and with less
stable manure and other fertilizer
than they now require. The clover
doe much more than fnrnluh srpen
manure to ferment In the soil. Ita
roote reach down Into the subsoil, thus
not only saving and bringing to th
anrface phtut food that would other
wise tie wasted, but also by enlivening
the subsoil, allowing the roots of crop
to go dceer. Clover sod to begin with.
If well eurlcietl. Is best for such crops
cileumM) anrf euolnnav that arm mi-
faye most, likely to- surrer mn
drought If la quite Impossible to mak
good gnrden crop unless the land haa
previously been enriched by a serlo of
heavy manuring. The fertility lost by
leaching must be constantly renewed.
so perfectly In harmony with Its sur
roundings. K. E. Miller, In Farm and
Home.
Color of Him aa Asset.
One of the moat potent factors, per
haps, that ahould be considered when
selecting a breed for producing eggs
for market Is the demand of the mar
ket at which the eggs are to lie dis
posed of, suys The Outing Magazine.
Some markets, notably New York City
and cities Immediately adjacent, pre
fer white-shelled eggs, and tbe best
trade In these markets will accept none
other. Boston prefers brown eggs, and
paya a substantial premium for them ;
and, taking the country over, the pref
erence la for brown egga by a large
majority. However. In many markets
no preference at all la expressed; In
fact, those Just mentioned are practic
ally tbe only markets In which the
color of the egg receives attention to
the extent of Influencing prices. Where
there is a preference, and whichever
the preference Is, one should keep a va
riety of fowla that lay eggs of tbe pre
ferred color.
Tesise Tied Talkers.
How many educated iieople there ar
who have no more than a peasant's
vocabulary. They do not use the
words that a peasant nses, but they
do not Improve upon them. They still
go on saying. "How amusing!" "How
lovely!" "How nice!" to the end of the
chapter. Nobody can be Interestlnf
who Is always working a limited iw
cabulary.-British Weekly.
Mea.arlag l.aad br Wrlabt.
The area of any piece of land, no
matter how Irregular the boundary
llnea, may be accurately ascertained by
means of a delicate bnlnnce as follows:
Make a drawing of the plat of ground
on pasteboard to a given scale, say 4
square roda to 1 Inch. Cut from some
part of tbe sheet of pasteboard a piece
exactly 1 Inch square, which repre
sents one acre, or 4 square rods. Also
rut out the plat aa drawn. Weigh the
square and the plat. Tbe number of
times the weight of the square Is con
tained In the. weight of the plat Indi
cates tbe area of the land. Kor exam
ple. If tbe square which represents one
acre weighs 20 grains, and the plat
weighs 240 grains, then the plat con
tains twelve acres. Scientific Ameri
can.
Tbe Cars at Wreila.
It is for the conservation of moisture
that we keep up the cullliitlon of the
crop In the summer, but the evniKira
tlou which ciin he cluvkisl by this
men ns Is small when .oinparcd with
the amount of water taken up from th.;
soil by an ordltinry growth of weeds.
We ran hardly estimate tlie lmtoit
ance of killing the weeds.
ran
J a
ONE-MAN SAW.
ern tun tier man. in
using these aaw
two men have
heretofore been
Dei-rosary, one at
each end of t he
saw. According to tha
new Invention,
there la rested
against a tree a,
rod from which I
UKMnded a cord.
At the end of the cord la an adjust
able clamp, to which one end of the
aaw Is secured. At tlie other end of
the saw la a handle. In operating the
saw to cut the tree, the end orns-ialf
handle la aupjiorted by the cord In the
same position aa If operated by hand.
mtn tbe employment n thla guide tha
necessity of an extra mnn to manage
one end of the aaw la eliminated.
A feed (omnia.
Feeding sheep and lambs for the
market Is very much of a lottery at
best. It Is the punmse of the feeder
to buy thin stock and, after feeding It
from sixty to ninety days, return it to
market at a profit. This la the hope
that Impels bltn to put In his time and
nbor, else he would not do It There
re three Important factors that enter
Into the operatlou. The cost of the
sheep or lambs on the market, the price
of the feed that Is to make them fat.
nd the condition of the market when
hey are returned for slaughter. The
first element Is a known quantity, but
tbe second and third are often a
chBnce. They have proved to lie very
much of a chance tbia aenson. The
original cost of the feeders was the
greatest on record, feed was high and
market conditions have not panned out
as good as generally expected. Irov
ers' Journal.
Idabe Maa Klads Sirs Wheal.
A new variety of wheat has been ills-
overed by a farmer living nenr Jull-
etta, Idaho. He says be found a few
kernels of tbe wheat growing wild In
Alaska, and being struck with their
lunipness, hardness and other appar
ent gMsl qualities, he brought home a
few kernels and planted them. From
those few kernel hev harvested enough
the first year to plant several square
rods of ground tl.e second yeor, tbe
yield from this planting being at the
rate of more than 100 bushels per
acre, well-tilled heads; the kernela are
arge, plump and hard and millers say
It makes good flour. a
To faavaa llama.
When hams are smoked, roll them In
stiff paper, cut your .brown muslin to
flt them snd sew It on wltb a large
needle and twine; then make a starch
of flour and yellow ochre, and with a
small whitewash brush rover them with
It Hang them up to dry.
To Cool lb Maaar Ilea.
When manure become heat.sl and
the odor of ammonia Is noticed there Is
then a loss of valnnlde fertilizing sole
stance nltrisgen. If the heat Is very
high force a crowbar down In the bono
In eeveral lilac and pour cold water
In to rediK-e the temperature.
If the cow la not by nature a heavy
and rich milker, all the balanced ra
tlona one can prepare will not make her
such. 80 with th hen. She will only
return for food and attention op to ber
original capacity.
Poaltrr Note.
Clean tbe droppings from under th
roosts frequently.
Uuckwheat la excellent for both
young and old poultry.
A laying hen ahould have constant
scccs to Hum or gravel.
(irlt Is the hen's teeth. I'rovhlo ho
with plenty of It, so that she may dU
gisst her fcsHl.
If yon exrsft the hen to lay freely,
you must feed her the kind of stuff
that will make eggs,
Feod only what the hena will eat np
clean. Any kind of feed loft from on
day to another Is apt to start disease.
Watching the Incubator carefully I
the way to get tbe best hotch. A little
cnrelessuess Is sure to produce diss
trous result.
Charcoal or burned corn occasionally
Ib a good conditioner for th fowl. It
prevents Indigestion and other die
to which they art hlr.