Il 11 FWI n w w w u
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way, which papa will*explain, the wkoU
of the Malliugford property cornea te
him In the event df Pauline'a marrying
under twenty-fire without her guardian’ s
consent; to, you see, we are going to be
very great people. I believe my mother
w a» not so well born as papa, and the
late baronet was so angry whan he
heard o f the marriage that he dislnharit-
ed papa, who at once changed his name
and worked hard to keep hia wife. I
By CH ARLO TTE M . BRAB M B
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hope you are not angry with us because
we are going to take away your wife's
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wealth.
O f course that Is ouly non
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souse.’ I know you are not angry; I ’ ve
hwmrd you say often how glad you woidd
have been to share what you have with
>
G ood Sm okehouee.
C H A P T E R X X I . — <Continued *
things quietly, yon would hare given e her.”
“ So you have born a rich woman, good deal nfcver to have aeen her at all,
T h e th rifty farm er prepares his o w n
Ethel pause^. Polling did not speak,
Paulina,’* he said, turning te her kind­ and wishid you had behaved differently and she felt a little anxious. Shs had pork fo r home consumption, and I f hn
ly. H a did not know yet how far this to Mias Maliett.
unintentionally stumbled upon the sub­ is abort o f cash w ith which to build an
estrangement had bean intentional on
but she knew it could not be up-to-date smokehouse be w ill appre­
Jack jumped up, his face beaming, ject;
her part, and ha would give her the and wrung Pelling’a hand.
avoided between them, so ska screwed
ciate the fo llo w in g plan, w hich w ill
benefit p i the doubt. “ I, too, hare fgUen
“ I could not say It myself, bnt that up her courage and went on:
on prosperous timea. Now, what are you is really just how U has been with me.
“ Perhaps I should not say what I am enable him to carry out his Ideas at
going te do? Shall I see you hom e! Or I am not good at expressing my feelings; going to say; but no real harm can come small coat. Buy an old but good up-
ahaH I call on yon to-morrow, whan yon but I know you am behaving very well from etraightforwardues. W e hare been j right piano box, and a fte r m aking it
w ill be quieter and calmer? Or will to me— much better than I deserve ■ and •uch good friends in the post that we smoke tight w ith paper, set it tn the
you come and look at my little place I thank you. And now what do yon wish need not stay to pick and choose oar desired place and d ig a trench ao that
a e wr
words to eech other, need we? 1 went the piping w ill enter at one end o f the
me to d o r
Than, for the first time, Paulina raised
“ G o right sw ay for n few months. to congratulate you on the recovery of box through the bottom. Th en take an
her head; and again Jack saw the « i -
W rite to mo now and again, and I will your w ife; hut there la something in your
pressioa o f the carved tigers* heads as take care that Mise Maliett hears what­ face that checks me. W ill you tell me old wash boiler w ith a good copper
bottom and have a tinsmith make a
all about ft?”
ghe answered her husband.
ever Is likely to bn o f nse to yon. G ive
“ 1 w ill not accompany you anywhere; her time to forget the Indignity you have t< “ I can’t teli you all about it,” he eadL hole in one side near the bottom, and
I would aooner klil myself—fo r I hate put on her and her love. I shall be “ I only know that my w ife refused to In this fasten a piece o f tin w ater pipe
you f*
oa band in the charkcter o f a benevolent hav* anything to do with me, and that
The shocked clergyman would hare patriarch, and the moment I see signs the is now in Paris.”
npokea; but Pelting stopped him cour­ favorable to our plot .1 will bring about
“ I f I were you I should go to Paris,
tho.”
teously hut firmly.
a meeting. Th e rest will lie with your­
“ Ten must pardon me; but this Is my self.”
" I suppose I ought— in fact, I know
•ffe lr. as you must acknowledge, and
I ought— and I have tried to make up
" H o w can I thank you?”
mine only.” Then turning to the raging
“ You owe me no thanks. Relieve your my mind to go; but I cannot.”
woman, he went on; “ In those circum­ mind oa that point. W hat I am doing
F or an instant he dropped his head
stances further discussion would be use­ I do out of my sincere wish fo r Miss upon hia hand, and a great rush o f pity
less;“ and only Jack, *who was watch­ M allett’s happiness. I f you really think set Ethel’s heart beating oddly.
Hs
ing him closely, guessed what wonderful
you owe me anything pay it in kindness pulled himself together with an impa­
self-control he was exerting te keep Urn- to your w ife after you sre married. Here tient exclamation.
s elf from exposing and upbraiding the
“ VVhat a bore you must think m e f’
is luncheon. W a will talk by and by
woman te whom he apeke. “ I will give
he said, quickly. “ Let us drop the aub-
o f your Immediate plans.”
you the address of my solicitor, and nil
J «ct I f I ever find you can help me In
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•
* , e
e
•
future communications must be made
• n j w*y. I will come so you at once. As
,
W
hen
they
had
finished
luncheon,
and
through him.’’ H e Wrote the address on
things are now, the less said the better.
n leaf o f his pocketbook, tore it out, and Jack had left, Pelling laid down on the And so you are to possess the wealth
placed It on the table beside her. “ And hard horsehair sofa, with hia hands under which Pauline has forfeited? I am very
new, Mrs. Felling, may I aee you to your his head, gasing steadfastly at the ceil- # 1**1 t o y , very glad— on all accounts
P tA X O BOX BMOKKHOUSK.
fng; and It was not until the evening, but one.”
cab?”
or four-inch stovepipe. Then buy addi­
She rose and drew herself up defiantly, when the waiter came to light the gas,
“ And that la?”
•■ d then swept from the res try; and that he was roused from his deep rev­
" I t will make Dornton’a taak harder.” tional lengths o f pipe and m ake the
welling followed her in polite atteud- erie. H e then pulled himself together,
Th e blood rushed over Ethel’s face In connections yourself, having an elbow
called for his bill, and having settled It,
hnce. H e returned in u few seconds.
a quick flush, and it left again as quick­ to go into the box.
“ And now, Mr. Dornton," ks said, " i f went out into the wretched night.
ly.
M ake the smoke fire In the boiler,
When Pauline left her husband at the
you will favor me with your company, I
“ I don’ t know what you mean,” (he the smoke w ill pass Into the box, and,
shall be glad to give and receive explana­ church door she knew that her schem­ said.
on a small scale, one w ill have a first-
ing had been futile, and that she could
tions.”
“ I mean that Dornton was beguiled by class smokehouse. A t little heat is re­
never again show her face at Mailing-
A fte r wishing the clergyman "Qood ford; bug It was not that which caused my unhappy w ife into doing as be did, quired to keep up the fire sufficient to
that ho was not master o f his own ac­
morning,” ' the twe men jumped into the
her the agony of mind aha was suffer­
tions, and that he would give a very g iv e the desired amount o f smoke,
cab which brought Pelling from the sta­
ing.
great deal to be assured o f your entire there la no danger o f the wash boiler
tion, and drove to a hotsi. They talked
She had lost Jack. The one pore, un­
forgiveness. H e has loved you all through being too fra il fo r the purpose. Th e
oa indifferent subjects until they were in
selfish cup o f jo y she had longed to taste
his mad folly. H e told me so himself illustration shows the plan perfectly,
possession of a private room, and the
had been snatched from her lips at the on the very day o f the wedding, before
the details o f the piping being shown
w aiter had finally retired, after receiv­
moment of raising.
Shs was stunned
li* could have known anything o f ths In the low er part o f the c u t — Indian­
ing orders for luncheon la half an hour. with despair.
change in your worldly affairs; so, when apolis News.
Then Pelling turned to Jack and be­
Shs paced up and down the platform
gan;
you think o f him in *the future, yon must
st Charing Cross station, watching for
A m o u n t o f C oro H c e e lr n l.
" I t seems to me that yon and I are Bsbette and concocting plans for ob­ not believe be was governed by merce­
fated te cross each other’s paths, Mr. taining what ready money she could be­ nary considerations.”
It Is w ell enough to lay dow n the
“ Thank you for your kind defense of
Dornton. I have heard you spoken of fore the grand denouement came. 8 he
rule that ten pounds o f corn w ill make
pretty often lately by a Mr. Maliett. a knew her jewels mast be worth at least him,” she responded, riaing a* her fath­ one pound o f pork, but rules may not
er
entered
the
room.
“
I
will
remember
particular friend of miae.” .
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fiva thousand pounds, and, though home
give the results expected unless ap­
“ Indeed?” said.,Jack, nncomfertably, o f them were heirlooms, and others had to do as you say:” and she turned gayly
plied under certain 'conditions. Some
to
the
door.
“
And
now
let
me
intro­
not relishing this sadden sad intentional been bought vqith money obtained by her
lotrodncRon o f t lw Malletts* name; for. dishonesty, she wpuld not scruple to ap­ duce yon to Sir Geoffrey Mailing of breeds o f hogs w ill produce more pork
on the same food than others, and
since his conversation with Lard Bum­ ply them to her personal use. Then she Mallingford Park.”
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even w ith a selected breed there w ill
mers, Jack f 'l t less prond than ever would draw st ones two thousand from
A few weeks later Ethel and her be some individual animals that w ill
o f his own share In the rupture with her bankers. She would go and do this
Ethel. H e thought; tod. that Mr. PeU- personally lest they might scruple to pay father were settled at Mallingford. All Increase more rapidly than others. In
,i«*g would not hays, heard much to his so, large a sum on a check. And so she the necessary legal formalities hdd been the w inter season, If the hogs are ex­
gone through, and the county families
credit from that source.
laid her miserable plans, refusing to
posed, tw enty or thirty pounds o f corn
“ I ir e s h it you are thinking,” Pall­ listen for one moment to the prompting had called upon Sir Geoffrey and his
ing observed; “ but you ere wrong. Mr. o f her better nature, which would even daughter. Lord Summers had suggest­ m ay be required to make f. pound o f
.M a lie t t has spoken o f you te me only. -now anggeat her return to the husband ed that the baronet should have a public pork. Care and management are Im­
reception; but Sir 'G eoffrey had sternly portant, as well as breed and food.
• » a promising man in year profession. whose only sin had been his poverty.
and emphatically opposed any such dem­
T h e other matter that is iu your mind I
onstration. So father and daughter had
H o ls t e r f o r W a s n B o x .
took the liberty of finding' out for my­
C H A P T E R X X III.
come down and been met at the railway
F o r main post (A ) use scantling
self. Now, I have a proposition te make
Notwithstanding all Pelling’ * efforts, ■tation by the family carriage, and had
te you.”
tho story soon got into the newspapers, gone qnietly to their respective rooms, 4x4; top piece (B ) use 2x4; fo r brace
and. It being tbs dull season, was seized after ahaking hand* with a few of the old (C) 2x4; length and height as desired;
C H A P T E R X X II.
upon with avidity by the goesip purvey­ servants whom Sir Geoffrey remembered have brace (C) on both sides; use com­
Pelling paused and looked attentively ors.
It was “ dished” and “ redisbed” in his brother’s time, and had eaten their mon wood windlass (D ) w ith Inch rope.
at the young man. H s knew there was day after day, with numberless distor­
first dinner at Mallingford as If they
not much generosity in giving Ethel up, tions, exaggerations and additions. One
had but just returned from a short visit.
us he could not marry her himself dur­ society journal had it that the beautiful
(T o m> continued.)
ing the lifetime of his wife, and, hav­ Mias M ------o f M -------Park, in Exbridge-
ing plenty o f true manlinasg, hs did not shire, had attempted to poison her hue-
P o p u la tio n o f th e P h ilip p in e s
mean ts make any show o f tho misera­ band, to whom she had been secretly
T h e density o f population in the
ble pain that was gaawing at his heart; married only a month or two, in order to
but he felt he should like to know what become the w ife o f a celebrated R. A., Philippines is 07 per square mile. The
sort o i man this was whose path he with whom she had fallen deeply in-love; inhabitants are usnally found on or
Intended to smooth for him as fa r as lay while another declared that the husband near the coast, except in the island of
In bis power; and, while he thought of presented himself at the altar with pis­ Luzon, w here about h alf the people
this, the memory o f Ethel’s face, pained tols, and, dragging his would-be succes­ live in the tw o rich valleys In the In­
and sorrowful as he saw it when she sor outside the sacred edifice, insisted terior. Only one-seventh o f the civil­
made te him her coafeesien o f love for upon a duel there and then, and wound­
ized population live inland, but the
this Dornton came suddenly before him, ed him dangerously in the shoulder, and
end he knew that the greatest kindness that the unfortunate man now lay in a w ild peoples are confined almost en­
In the archi­
he coaid do her would be to restore her moat critical condition, while the hus­ tirely to the Interior.
lever. Presently he said, abruptly:
band had carried off his reluctant bride, pelago there are 13,400 barrios or vil­
"Y ou have nearly
brokea
Ethel’s s veritable prisoner, on board hia yacht, lages, w ith an a verage population of
heart.”
for a twelvemonth's cruise in the P a ­ BOO Inhabitants. Th e averuge size of
*
FOB HOISTING THE WAGON BOX.
Jack flushed furiously, and half rose cific.
the barrio varies w id ely in different
Loop
ends o f rope to slip o ver poles
from his chair. Pelling motioned to him ' A t last Pelling, annoyed beyond meas­ provinces. A number o f adjacent bar­
to keep calm.
ure st these absurd stories, decided to rios form a pueblo or municipal unit, under bed. W hen raised sufficiently,
“ I asked yon to be patient with me,” lay bare the truth. W ith the assjhtance and thus tbgre la practically no rural secure by placing a bar across hooks
ho reminded Jack. “ M y motive should o f his lawyer, he drew up a concise state­ population. Th ree-fifths o f the popu­ F and B. P u lley can be attached to
excuse me to you. The pith o f the whole ment o f the real facta, giving his own lation lir e In villa ges o f lesa than rafters If preferred.
matter is this— was tho engagement be­ and Pauline’ * name in full, but suppress­
1.000 inhabitants and 4 per cent In
tween you and Ethel broken off in con­ ing Jack’s. H e carefully conveyed the
A b a s e s o f C o ld S t o r e * * .
tow ns o f o ver 5,000. Th ere are four
Idea
that
Pauline
believed
him
to
be
sequence of your infatuation
for my
<JoId storage has apparently been
dead,
and
gave
the
circumstance
to
her
tow ns w ith a population exceeding
wife, or had you ceased to care for her
overw orked. A t first the principle o f
before you met Pauline? As man to change o f name as sufficient to account 10.000 each, and 35 w ith a population
cold storage was used to carry perish­
for
hia
not
having
discovered
her
exist­
man, I ask you for a truthful answer.’’
exceeding 5,000.
Manila Is the only
able foodstuffs o ver the period o f plen­
ence
since
his
return
from
Africa.
This
“ I can't (pr the life of-me understand
Incorporated city In the Islands, and
ty and distribute them through the fo l­
he sent to two o f the daily newspapers,
by wkat right.” began Jack, hotly.
Its inhabitants number 210,028.
and,
thus
divested
o
f
all
mystery,
the
lo w in g months o f famine. But accord­
“ For heaven’s sake, don’ t waste time
ing
to investigations o f Boards o f
la splitting straws when so much is at story lost its charm, and no longer af­
B o re d T h e r e .
stake!” Pelling «aid, impetuously. “ You forded any Interest
H ealth In some o f the larger cities,
"D
id
n
’t
you
used
to
board
w
ith
ns
Pelling sent one o f these newspapers,
can’! and erst olid my right to interfere?
up to Mrs. G adfly’s?” asked the thin- cold storage plants contain food that
I will explain. I love Ethel M aliett as with his own letter specially distinguish­
has lain there from six month* to tw o
necked man.
ed,
to
Ethel
by
post,
and
ths
next
morn­
I never loved, never shall Jove, never be­
years
because market conditions have
’’ Yes,” replied Brightm an, curtly.
lieved it possible t i low#; and until this ing be called in Buckingham street to
not
suited
the speculators, and they are
make
matters
clearer.
“
W
hy,
don’t
you
board
there
still?"
morning 1 bad* the hdpS o f making her
Ethel’s frank candor once more over­
my w ife tome day, when shs had had
“ Because I
was.” — Philadelphia holding fo r greater profits. Th e result
la that consumers are likely to eat
tims to forggAv/pu, J,think my love for came the difficulties o f the situation; she Press.
som e very old stuff that may not be
her gives m e jh e right' to do what I can stood at the top o f the stairs with her
H e W e lt e d N o I.onarer.
to secure her'bapfftneas; sad I believe her hands outstretched and her face bright
conducive to good health, and that
"Y o n may refuse me now ,” said the farm ers and other producers are like­
happiness rests with you. V can’ t have with friendly Interest.
“ I have been longing to see yon,” she persistent suitor, “ but I can wait. ‘ A ll
her myself, o? I, do^ not think I could
ly to suffer u n fglr competition when
be unselfish enourfu'io give bar. up. I began, warmly, as they entered the room; things cGme to him w ho w aits.’ "
o fferin g new wholesome product*.
“
w
e
-have
both
so
much
that
is
wonder­
might, but I don’ t think i t Now to re­
“ Yes,” replied the dear girl, "and I
turn tn our point— w m your Infatuation ful to tell each other!”
P ic k le d P oets.
ghe looked at him steadfastly as he guess the first thing w ill be father; I
fo r my w ife- tho dfiljr. cans# o f the ee-
Preservation o f wood is becoming
hear
him
on
the
stairs.”
—
Philadelphia
stood
in
tho
light
from
the
window,
and
trangement between yen tw o?"
more general every year, says the K an ­
Jack was grsatly impressed, as hs un­ wkat she saw in his face quickened her Ledger.
sas C ity Journal. They a re even ex ­
derstood now why Pelting spoke with sor pulse with a sadden pity, but she would
P ro K reee.
tending this pickling business to fence
much effort, and he felt touched by bis bet give way td tke impulse that urged
“ H o w are you com ing on with your
devotion. Added to this was the feel­ her to consols him. She went on, a lit­
posts and telegraph and telephone
new system o f w eather prediction?"
ing ' o f shame that bad oppressed MM tle hurriedly at first;
poles. It w orks ont w ell In both o f
" I can see that your plessant news Is
“ W ell,” answered the prophet cheer­
ever since his talk with Lord Bummers.,
these. In the pickling o f ties, the rail­
lb
some
way
mixed
up
with
painful
ily
;
"
I
can
alw
ays
get
the
kind
o
f
’ •Corns— you needn’ t mind confessing
roads are using a great many of. the
your weaknene to am.” Peking wetit on, thoughts; so, as mine is altogether pleas­ w eather all right, but I haven’t quite
encouragingly. “ Blens yon, men, I know ant, I ska 11 speak first T o begin— papa succeeded In hitting the dates exact­ so fter woods, those which ordinarily
w ou ldn 't last more than tw o o r three
how Pauline can twist any man round came home last night, and he haa brought ly ."— W ashington Star.
year#. B y the treatm ent o f chemicals,
her finger If she likes to try! I sup- the moet wonderful news; It Is like a
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Bald a t th e B re a k fa s t T a b le.
pone eke wee smitten with yon, and fairy tale! I don’ t suppose you know yet
though, their Ufa la extended to at least
“ Explorers say there’s something t«n years. Th e movem ent first had its
spread bar nets te snare you, and you. that your w ife J# my cosin?” — Captain
not teeing the « a a re, found yourself Pelling started at ths words— “ I knew a w fu l in the silence o f the polar re­ origin about 1800, when attention was
enamored o f her without knowing bow you would be greatly pleased. M y fath­ gions.”
called by the governm ent that th a n
It happened.
And I darn any. If tke er ie not really Mr. Maliett— his true
“ W ell, w hy don’ t they take their w aa becoming a scarcity o f tim ber in
tenth ware known, whan tke first mad same ie Sir Geoffrey Mailing, sad hs is
w ives a lon gr*— A tlan ta Constitution. various sections o f the country.
bnrst was over, and yen thought out year wife's uncle. In some extraordinary
WEEKLY |
B R IA N
The ^fl/ife’s Secret, i
OR A BITTER RECKONING |
cm
li
) ‘r * » Seed D is t r ib u t io n .
Th e annual protest o f seed men
against free distribution o f seed by the j
Departm ent o f Agricu ltu re has been 1
sent to the P resid en t I t is signed by '
twenty-nine seedsmen, em bracing the
whole territory between the Rocky
Mountains and the N ew England co a st j
Th e protest states that the original In­
tention o f the la w waa to obtain seeds
unknown In the U nited States that
m ight prove valuable, and in this w a y
increase our agricultural productions,
but that this statesmanlike proposition
has been grievou sly distorted, w ith the
result that In the main the moat com;
mon kinds o f garden seeds have been
distributed.
1555— John Phllpot,
Archil as eoa o f
No donbt a great abuse has crept
Westminster, convicted af kasssy
into this m atter o f fre e seed patron­
sod burned.
age. I t has been need by a great many 1582— The Gregorian calendar adapted
unscrupulous politicians to make them­
at Paris, omitting 10 dayn
selves solid w ith certain voters. L ik e 1042— New Zealand discovered kg H a ­
inan.
a ll other public questions, there are
tw o sides. Th e distribution o f sugar 1044— Christina assumed goveesaaent a f
Sweden.
beet seed grow n on tb s Pacific coast
fo r experim ent all. o ver the country Is 1048— Oliver Cromwell ordered s i
a good featu re that w ill offset some o f I
plays stopped in England,
the undesirable ones. Not all the seeds 1653— Oliver Cromwell declared lord
protector o f England.
distributed sre common garden truck.
— F ield and Fireside.
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1683— Isaac Walton, author • *4 to «
“ Complete Angler,” died.
r r e S lm n C o t to a s o a d M e a l.
1745— Dresden surrendered to F rederick
Many mistakes are made In the feed ­
II . of Prussia.
ing o f cottonseed meal, feeders fo rg et­
1754— Mahomet V. o f Turkey dledL
tin g fo r the moment that it Is an ex ­
1764— T. H. Perkins, owner of the first
trem ely concentrated food and needs a
railroad in the United States,
pretty strong stomach to handle It;
born.
hence It should be ted sparingly to
1770— Beethoven, the great ■ o oielan,
young stock. A s a food by Itself It
born.
w ill not do fo r any considerable period,
1774— North Carolina adopted s consti­
hut as one o f a m ixture it has great
tution.
value even at a price as high aa $35 a
1775— American Congress first toter-
ton, provided the other grains nsed sre
• mined to build a navy.
not too high In price. A fine m ixture
1775— General Howe ordered tke meet­
Is corn meal, the grinding o f the corn
ing bouses in Boston torn 4|vwn
and the cob together and the cotton­
and need for fire wood.
seed-meal. Or, bran m ay be used when 1776— Congress adjourned front Phila­
the corn Is ground without the cob but
delphia to Baltimore.
In the latter case the ratio should be 1782— The
British troops e i treated
tw o parts o,f the cottonseed meal to
Charleston, 8 . C.
one part each of. the corn meal and t h e 117137 . New Jersey and Pennsylvania
w heat bran.
ratified the Constitution ad the
United States.
H o n e -M a d e C orn C it le r .
A N e w England paper gives this aa 1706— General Anthony Wayh# died.
an Idea com ing from Australia. T h e
— General George Washington died.
device is not exactly new, as It haa 1804—British Consul In Honduras for­
bid mahogany to be exported oa
been in use and described In Am erica
American
vessel».. . . Spain de­
here and there. Th e im plem ent ia
clared war against Great Britain.
1800— Divorce o f Empress Josephine.
1810— Lncien Bonaparte and fam ily
place themselves under protection
o f England.
1816— First savings bank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1829— Outbreak o f Civil W ar la Chili.
1832— Treaty 6t navigation and com­
merce concluded between United
H o i m i a d ì C o h n c e r n a .
8 tates and Russia.
made by bolting the blade o f a atrong ’ 183 6 -P a te n t office and pootafflea at
h eavy scythe to a sledge or sled, as
Washington, D. C., burned,
here shown. One o f these machines ta 1838— ChirtU ts meetings declared Ble-
claim ed to ent about tw o and a h a lf
gal in England.
seres per day. Americana w ill make 1840— Remains of Bonaparte, reotavad
some im provem ents on it, especially
from Cherbonrg to Paris.
tn the manner o f gathering the stalks 1848— Postal convention concluded be­
when being c u t
tween Great Britain and United
S tates.. . . Destruction of the Park
C os« a f P a t t t a * Up s tla x o .
Theater, New York City, by fire.
Th e question Is often discussed as to
1850— Many killed and injured in the
the cost o f putting up silage, says
explosion of the steamboat Angle
M ichigan Farm er. From a large num­
Norman at New Orleans.
ber o f records kept among
Illin ois 1854— St. Lawrence River opened to
farm ers it was found to cost about 56
American
vessels... .Seventeen
cents per ton. In some cases the cost
lives lost In sinking e f steamer
Westmoreland in Lake Michigan.
was as much as 76 cents per ton, w hile
In others as low ss 35. In fillin g a 1801— Prince Albert, husband e f Queen
Victoria, died.
Michigan silo this season where the
horn was heavy and bad to he hauled 1862— Fredericksburg. Va.. aaptared.
about 100 rods to the silo It cost 37 1864— Fort McAllister captured by Un­
cents per ton. T h e cost should vary
ion forces.
w ith the distance the silage Is to bo 1865— Thirteenth Amendment to V. 8 .
hauled. I f silage Is to be put up eco­
Constitution proclaimed.
nom ically an ensilage cutter should be 1871— Alabama arbitration commtmioa
used that w ill take the corn and handle
meets at G en eva.. . . W illiam M.
Tweed, the Tammany “ Boea,” re­
it rapidly.
arrested.
P r e d a e tlo *
of H a lt o i.
A n excellent authority on sheep
grow in g says: “ T h e environm ent that
conduces to the production o f the most
rapid-grow ing mutton Is not the one to
produce fine wool, and the greatest per­
fection can be attained In either wool
or mutton, as In anything else, only by
the single eye. L e t no one w ith the
best types o f male and fem ale In both
wool and mutton breeds have any mis­
givin g w ith regard to w here he Is go ­
ing to stand. Grossing Is s transitional
state that must * evo lve Into a fitting
su rvival o f types o f distinct attributes
and special qualities to suit particular
circumstances and en viron m en t”
D o n ’t
F o r*et
(h e
Squeak
Bag.
1874— Edwin Booth made his first ap­
pearance on the stage following
his retirement after the assassina­
tion of President Lincoln.
1884— W orld’* Fair opened in New Or­
leans... .Attempt made ta blow
London Bridge up wifh dynamite.
1891— Violent earthquake In Sicily.......
United States concludes arrange­
ments for reciprocity with Japan.
1§04— Great loss of life in a volcanic
eruption in the New Hebrides. . . .
Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jail
for contempt o f court.
1895— Samuel Gompera elected president
of the American Federation a f
Labor.
1897— Attorney-General McKenna ap­
pointed justice ot the United
States Supreme Court.
1001— Philippine
tariff
bill
passed
House of
Representatives.____
Marconi signalled across the A t­
lantic by means o f wireless teleg­
raphy.
As the Squash bug winters In the
adult state under rubbish, etc., cleanli­
ness becomes advantageous In avoid­
ing Injury the fo llow in g season. W here
the pest has been troublesome, collect­
ing the cucurbit vines a fter the crop
Is taken and destroying them w ill ba 1903— The Caban reciprocity hill be­
comes a l a w . . . . W . J. Buchanan
the means o f killing or starving many
appointed United State* minister
o f the Immature bugs.
to the republic of Panama.
1904—
Three killed, tn explosion on Unit­
G e r m a n y G o o d C a e to m e r.
ed States battleship Mamacho-
Germany Is a good customer o f a gri­
setta.... .Ex-M ayor Ames of Min­
cultural Am erica, especially her crops
neapolis, charged with malfeas­
and products o f the 8 outh. I>ast year
ance in office, eet free after a dis­
she bought ra w cotton to the value o f
agreement of the jury at hia third
trial.
9106 , 000 , 000 ; oil cake and cotton-seed
meal, $4.100,000; lard and oleom ar­
T b la end T h a t.
garine, $17,000,000; ra w tobacco, $ 8 ,-
This being In love takes ap more
000.000; corn, $7,200,000; wheat, $8,000,- time than an aching tooth.
o oa
When a man Is with a crow d o f
girts, he w ill do a lot o f fool things.
F a r m P r o b le m s .
“ Old age,” said an old man to-day,
W hat do yon do fo r thnmpa in pigs?
” 1« the w orst Joke e v e r playml an m e."
When la the beet €m # to w a ter a
Man learns from every experience^
borse?
except an experience w ith a woman
W hat does It coot t e produce » a In I t
pound o f beaf ?
A re yon aa active in payin g a bill
H o w much grain and hay M ould # yon owe as yon a rt in collecting a hJQ
Ida# yon?
w ork horse bo fed?
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