Prisoners and Captives
By H. S. MCRWMAN
among the first to greet him with that
C H A P T E R I I I . — (Continued.)
Lieut. Grace waa preeent and certain self-possessed gentlemanliness which he
entriea were made In the I o f book. The wielded so unconsciously.
And during the voyage home Lieut.
two servants of her majesty were prompt
and business-like in their queetlona. Tyars Grace had studied his companion with a
had taken the precaution of bringing the slow, comprehensive scrutiny. The two
log-book of the Martial, in which the commanders had not been thrown much
deal ha o f the whole crew excepting hlm- together, by reason of their duties being
eelf were1 faithfully recorded. The pro separata, but It waa not to this faot alone
ceedings were ship-shape and business that the naval officer attributed his fail
like, but as the story progressed the old ure to make anything of Claud Tyars.
commander became more and' mono tats*" He- had found this ex-wmugter calmly In
sated, to the detriment of his otii. ial punc stalled in the humble poet of second mate
tilio. When at last Tyars finished his to a merchant sailing ship. Moreover,
there was no attempt to conceal an iden
narrative with the words:
“ And this afternoon Lieut. Grace found tity which was, to say the least of It,
me asleep on the wheel,” the old sailor strange. Tyars appeared In no way con
leaned forward across the little cabin ta scious of an unanswered question existing
ble and extended an unsteady, curved In his Intercourse with the naval officer,
and there was no suspicion of embarrass
hand.
“ Yoor hand, sir; I should like to take ment such as might arise from anomaly.
by the hand a man with such a record
as yours. You have done a wonderful
C H A P T E R IV .
thing in navigating the ship almost sin
Things were jn this state between the
gle-handed as far as this. In nursing the two young men when, one morning In
poor fellows you have acted with the ten June, the Martial dropped anchor at
derness o f a woman: in the management Gravesend to await the tide. The news
o f your ship you have proved yourself a of her tardy arrival had been telegraphed
good sailor, and in your marvelous pluck from the coast, and the Channel pilot had
you have shown yourself a gentleman— thought fit to communicate to a friend in
fo r such I think you must be, though you the journalistic Interest a somewhat sen
shipped as second mate of a merchant- sational account o f the wonderful voyage.
man.
» I t thus happened that before the an
Tyars took the proffered hand, smiling chor was well home in its native mud a
his slow, unconsciously mournful smile.
stout gentleman came alongside In a
“ But,” he said, calmly ignoring the in wherry and climbed on deck with some
terrogation of (he old man’s glance, “ you alacrity. His lips were a trifle white
must, not give me the whole credit. There and unsteady as he recognised Tyars, and
are other records as good as mine, but came toward him with a fat gloved hand
they are finished, and so the Interest suf outstretched.
fers. Some of the men behaved splen
“ Mr. Tyars,” he said, breathlessly, “ you
didly. One poor fellow actually dropped don’t remember me, perhaps.
I am
dead at the wheel, refusing to go below George Lowell, the owner. 1 have ten
until it was too late. He knew It waa riggers coming on board to start unbend
hopeless, but he took a peculiar sort of ing sail at once. I have to thank you
pride in dying with his fingers around the in the name o f the merchants and of my
spokes.”
.
r self for your plucky conduct, and you,
Then the young surgeon of the Foam too. sir, as well as these men.” '
appeared and took charge of his second
So the voyage was accomplished, and
patient— for the terrier Muggins had, by Grace recognised the fact that the time
Tyars’ request, been attended to first.
had arrived for him to withdraw his eight
In the quiet days that followed the bluejackets. Their strange duties were
rescued man and his dog recovered from at an end, and one more little tale of
the effects of their hardship with wonder bravery had been added to the great roll.
ful rapidity. Muggins had a decided dis
He gave the word to his men and went
advantage of his master. He waa older below to get together his few belongings.
as a dog than Tyars as a man; moreover, As first officer be had navigated the ship,
his hardships had been greater, for thirst and for some minutes he leaned over the
is a terrible enemy and leaves his mark plain deal table in his diminutive state
deep sunken. Tyars had passed through room, with his elbows upon the out
a most trying period, but Providence had stretched chart.
chosen to place within his broad chest a
Across the great spread of ocean was a
heart semi-indifferent, semi-stubborn— the dotted line, but in the marks there was
hard heart of a fearless man. In his a difference, for three navigators had
place nine out of ten would have lost worked out t;he one voyage. As his eyes
their reason; Grace found him as nearly followed the line, day by day, hour by
hysterical as a strong will could well be. hour, in vivid retrospection back to the
Claud Tyars soon regained his energy, still, hot regions near the equator, the
and with the return of It came that rest young fellow realised that the voyage had
lessness which characterised his daily way been something more than a mere inci
o f life. He wished to be up and doing, dent In his life. The restless days and
holding Idleness as an abomination. A sleepless nights had been very pleasant in
few men had been put on board the mer their sense of satisfactory t o il; the very
chantman with instructions to keep near contrast of having too much to do in
their own ship under ail circumstances^ stead o f too little was pleasurable. But
and In consort the vessels were creeping above all, there was the companionship
slowly through the placid waters toward and friendship o f a man who Interested
the north. -
him more than any he had yet come in
I t happened that Lieut. Grace was soon contact with.
Looking book over the days and nights
to leave the slaver on a long leave o f
absence, and he was therefore selected they had passed, through together, he re
to go on board the Martial, with Tyars alised How little leisure there had been
as Joint commander, and a few men— for mere conversation. In the working
with a view to sailing for Madeira, where of the ship, in the attempt to fnable ten
men to do the work of twenty, there had
the crew woula be strengthened.
A t last the doctor announced that the been sufficient to keep them fully engag
rescued man was perfectly strong again, ed without leaving time for personal mat
and that the fever-stricken ship was puri ters. But it is in such a life as this,
lived together, that men really learn to
fied and disinfected.
“ But,” he added gravely, looking at know each other, and not in mere inter
Tyars, “ the dog is in a critical condition. change of thought, or give and take of
X do not consider myself justified in Al question and answer.
Lieut. Grace was in his small way a
lowing him to go out of my hands. He
student of human nature. Men who watch
requires constant medical attendance.”
“ Bosh!” replied Tyars, with much sol the sea and sky, to gather from their
changes the deeper secrets o f wind and
emnity.
“ I will give you five pounds for him,” weather, acquire a habit of watching lips
and eyes, gathering therefrom little hints,
said the doctor, innocently.
" I have not come on board this vessel small revelations, tiny evidences'.which,
when pieced together, make that strange
to sell my dog.”
The offer was increased, but to no pur- Incongruous muddle called Man. O f the
IK>se. Tyars was as faithful to his dog humafi being Claud Tyars he knew a good
as Muggins to his master. And so the deal— of the gentleman, the university
two returned to their vessel early one athlete, the traveled sportsman, he knew
morning, when a fair breese was blow absolutely nothing. Beyond the bare fact
ing. For the third time since her de that Trinity College had left its Inefface
parture from South America the Mart able mark upon him, the past history of
tial's sails were all shaken out, and be- this sailor was a blank" to Grace.
When he went on deck a little later,
n teth a cloud of snowy canvas she moved
away on her stately progress northward, leaving his baggage to be brought up by
while the ^ttle slave-catcher returned to one of the bluejackets, this thought was
the cursed coast which required so close still uppermost In his mind. He found
Tyars and Mr. Lowell walking together
a watch.
Tyars held a master’s certificate, and on the after deck; the former talking
by right of seniority succeeded to the com earnestly, while the owner Of the ship
mand of the Martial, vice captain and listened with pained eyes. They came to
first mate, dead and buried. In Lieut. ward Grace together, and he told them of
Grace he found a coadjutor of sympathet his intention to take his men up to Lon
ic mettle. Energetic, alert and bold, he don by train at once in order to report
ruled .the deck with cheery despotism, themselves at the Admiralty.
There were boats alongside— the riggers
and went below for r^st with the comfort
ing conviction that Grace would never were on board, indeed, they were already
at work aloft, and there was no cause for
shorten sail from nervousness.
The question before this little band of further delay. H e turned away with vis
men was the safe conduct of a valuable ible reluctance, and went forward to call
ship and precious cargo home to Eng bis men together. Mr. Lowell followed
land, and this they one and all came to and shook hands gratefully,. after, which
look upon in time with that breadth of he went aft to speak to the pilot. Thus
view which the circumstances required. Grace and Tyars were left alone amid
Man-of-war trimneeii waa out of the ques ships, for the men were busy throwing
tion— carpenter there was none, so paints their effects into the attendant boats.-
“ I hope,” said Tyars, .“ that you will
could not be, mixed, nor decks caulked,,
nor woodwork repaired. There was no not get'' into a row for coming straight
sailmaker, so things must perforce be al home without calling at Madeira on the
chance of picking up more men.”
lowed to go a little ragged.
“ I don't anticipate any difficulty,” was
A fter a long consultation with Grace,
Tyars had called together his little crew the reply; “ my uncle has the pulling of
round the wheel, and there delivered to a few of the strings, yon know.”
Tyars nodded his head.
There was
them a ’'short harangue In
his
best
“ Union” style. The result of this and a nothing more to be said. The two men
few words from the lieutenant waa that were already clambering down the ship’s
the island of Madeira was enthusiastic»^ sltje, eager to get ashore.
“ Good-by,” said Grace, holding out his
ly shelved. There were to be no half
measures on board the Martial. They hand. " I — eh— I ’m glad we got her
would take the ship home If there was no home.”
“ Good-by.”
»■£ f
watch below’ for any of them.
They shook hands, and Tyars Stood still
This program was ultimately carried
out to the letter. With the aid of good upon the deck be had trodden so bravely,
fortune, a safe and rapid passage was per while the little officer moved away to
formed, though, Indeed, there was not too ward the gangway. Somehow there was a
much sleep for any on board. No mean sense of Insufficiency on both sides. There
energy was displayed by Muggins among was something left unsaid, and yet neith
others. He gravely superintended every er could think of anything to say. Grace
alteration of sail, every bit of work re had not gone many yards when he stop
quiring all hands, and was never missing ped. hesitated, and finally returned.
" I say, Tyars,” he said, hurriedly, “ is
from his pest by night or day. When at
last the Channel pilot came on board, this going to be the end e f It all? I
gaslng curiously up aloft, where things mean, are we going to lose Sight of each
were anything but taut. Muggins was other now? We have been tarown togeth
’
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0
er In rather a singular way, and, under *
peculiar circumstances, we have got on
very well together— haven’t we?”
Tyars changed color beneath his sun
burn.
“ Yes,” he replied, with the awkward
geniality of a man accustomed to the
exercise of an Iron reserve over any emo
tion. “ Yes, we have got on very well.”
“ I don’ t think we ought to loos sight
of each other,” suggested Grace.
*!No; I don’t think we ought.”
*iThen will you come up and see us In
town? The guv'nor would like to m a ke
your acquaintance. Come and dine to
morrow evening. No. 106 Brook street,
Groevenor Square. You won't forget tha
V e n t il a t i o n o f F a r m l u l l d l n c i .
address?”
There
are no small buildings on the
“ Thanks; I shall be most happy. What
time do you dine ?”
~
— farm that canuot be amply ventilated
“ Well, I don’t know. I have been away by the simple plan here described.
from home four years; but come at Generally such buildings are o f the
seven.” ’
single or sloping-roof sort so that the
“ Seven o’clock; No. 105 Brook street. plan can be carried out at small ex
Thanks."
pense. In the rear o f the house, near
They bad reached the gangway, and
Grace now turned with a little nod of one corner, build an air shaft, made
acknowledgment, and began making his by Joining at the edges four boards
way down the unsteady steps Into the about eight inches wide. Set this Into
boat awaiting him. Tyars stood on the the ground or fasten to the floor If o f
grating, with one hand resting on the rail boards so that It w ill be firm. H ave It
of the ship, the other in his jacket pocket. open at the top, o f coui$e, and make
“ By the way,” called out Grace, aa the It three or four feet high. In the side
boatman shoved off, “ bring Muggins.”
o f It, next to the w all o f the building
That sage dog, standing between bis
master’s legs, wagged the white stump and about a foot up from the floor cut
that served him for a tail and dropped out a piece so as to h a m an opening
his pointed ears in quick acknowledgment the width o f the board and about six
of - the mention of his name in a way Inches the other way, and In the side
which he knew Jo be friendly.
“ He is not accustomed to the habits
of polite society,” remarked Tyars In a
shout, because the stream had carried the
boat astern already. “ He has got out of
the way of it.”
“ Muggins is a gentleman,” shouted
Grace, “ who knows how to behave him
self in all Societies and all circumstances.
You must bring him I”
“ A ll righ t!” laughed Tyara ; and he
smiled down at the upturned eager face,
the quivering ears and twitching tall of
the dog— for Muggins knew well enough
that he was under discussion, and wait
ed the verdict from his master’s lips.
K
y.
C H A P T E R V.
A t 7 o'clock that night the Martial
found rest at last, moored safely along
side the quay in the East India dock.
There was a little crowd of Idlers upon
the pier and on the gates of the Wdal
basin, for the fame of the ship had
spread. But more eyes Were directed* to
ward the man who had done this deed
o f prowess, for the humag interest Is,
after all, paramount In things in which
we busy our minds. For one who look
ed at the ship there were ten o f those
mariners, dock laborers and pilots who
sought Tyars.
“ He ain’t one of us at all,” muttered
a sturdy lighterman to his mate. “ A gen
tleman, if yer please.”
But gentleman or no gentleman, these
toilers of the sea welcomed the plucky
sailor with a hoarse cheer. The stately
ship glided smoothly forward in all the
deep-seated glory of
her
moss-grown
decks, her tarnished brass, her slack
ropes. There seemed to be a living spirit
of calm, silent pride in the tapering spars
and weather-beaten hull, as if the vessel
held high her head amid her sprucer com
peers. She seemed to be conscious that
her name was far above mere questions
o f paint and holystone. Her pride lay In
her deeds and not In her appearance.
H er sphere was not In moorings, but
upon tha great seas. She came like a
soldier into camp, disdaining to wipe this
blood from off bis face.
Tyars stood’ near the wheel, hardly
noticingvthe crowd upon the quay. Tbs
pilot and the dockmaster had to some ex
tent relieved him of his command, but
he still had certain duties to perform, and
he was still captain of the Martial, tha
only man who sailed from London in her
to return again.
When at last she was moored and his
command had ceased, he went below and
changed his clothes. When he came on
deck a little later Claud Tyars was trans
formed. The keen, resourceful sailor was
merely a gentleman of the world. Self-
possessed and somewhat cold in manner,
he was the sort of man one would expect
to meet on the shady side of Piccadilly,
while his brown face would be accounted
for by military service in a tropical cli
mate.
B le s s e d .
“ T h a t young groom,” said the min
ister a fter the ceremony, “ gave me a
$50 fee. W hat a blessing!”
BOM.ES AN D M AUKEB COMinNEU.
“ Yes,” said his w ife, w ith her hand
ont, “ It Is more blessed to give than pins each hold a small rope, eneircllug
to receive.” — Philadelphia Press.
the roller by drivin g them Into the
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holes beside the ends o f the rope. More
S e v e r e ly P r a c tic a l.
than one row o f holes can be need to
“ Do you believe In this reform busi
change distances. Tack strips length
ness?” asked Soured Sam.
“ When there is no other graft to be wise o f the roller to mark places In
worked,”
replied
Practical
Pete.-— row fo r setting plants.
Baltim ore American.
•
R ea rete.
Jocko— I shouldn’t have played that
at c.
Jumbo— O f co u rt« n o t Yon ought
to have known I could trumpet.— New
York Ye'egram .
C le a r .
H e— You think yon see through me,
do you?
/
She— C ertainly; I have something o f
a sense o f humor and yon’re such a
Joke.— D etroit F ree Press.
H ie
R e a eo n .
“ B ow ly calls his w ife ’s dog ’ Sim
ple L ife .” ’ v
“ Gracious! W hy?“ .
“ Because she leads I t ” — Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
O f all Am ericans those o f French
extraction spend the smallest propor
tion o f their Income oft /ood.
U b u w lu s
B la c k
R a s p b e r r ie s .
N o ReoBO djr B a t S p n j i s s .
Inches opart lengthwise and put In
T h e K iw h t N o te .
“ You can’t let that minor chord stay pins. T o mark the garden make these
In that march.”
“ W hy not?”
“ Because this Is m ilitary music and
must «11 be In a m ajor key.” — Balti
more American.
M ore
V
The amateur who wishes to try berry
grow in g w ill find the black raspberry
a good plant to begin with. The rasp
berry la In all probability
the most
honest o f berry growing plants. There
Is no waste, the berries are uniform In
size, and as soon as gathered they are
ready fo r the table, or fo r preserving.
A. plantation o f this fruit, once estab
lished, should last alx or eight y e a rs
It w ill grow In almost any soil except
a very s t iff clay, or one th a t' Is war
poorly drained that the w ater stands
on the soli fo r some tim e before being
drained away. I t la a heavy feeder,
so its soil must be fertilised every year
or two to keep up Ita maximum pro
ductiveness.
A northern exposure Is best fo r the
plant, fo r It suffers from extrem e beat,
and the direct rays o f the sun, more
than from extrem e cold weather. A
sloping ground Is preferred to either
the summit or base o f a hill. Th e black
raspberry Is propagated by burying the
tips o f the canes about August. Sim
ply dig a little hole w ith a spade, and
bend the cane so that the tip w ill lay
In the hole, then cover It w ith soil and
press It down. The w eight o f the soil
w ill usually hold the cane; I f not a
small peg may be used. In the fa ll
a young plant with a mass o f roots w ill
have been formed. Th e old cane p a y
be cut aw ay and the young plants w ill
be ready fo r setting o u t
In most
cases It Is w ell to let the young plants
remain until spring before transplant
ing. Proper attention should be given
to pruning raspberries. Canes o f tha
P L A N OF V E N TILA T IO N .
first season produce fru it the fo llow
o f the building opposite this hole In the ing season, but a fter bearing they may
shaft cut a hole o f corresponding slzft be cut away.
Cover those tw o holes as w ell as the
hole In the top o f the shaft w ith wire
B o l d C ro s s -C u t S a w to F i le .
netting so that no bird or small animal . Take tw o pieces o f one-inch board
can get In.
(h ard wood la best), w ide as saw in
This Is the shaft by which the air widest place, and as long as the saw
enters the building. Then bnlld an between the handles. Shape the boards
other shaft long enough to reach the with a “ b illy” like the cutting edge o f
floor up through the root so that It saw. La y your saw on one o f these
w ill come ont through the roof a foot boards w ith the teeth above the board
or fifteen inches. Th e top o f this shaft enough to file nicely, and straddle the
m ost be capped so that the opening saw, with a pair o f
six-inch strap
w ill be protected from rain. Th e lower hinges, near the ends o f the boards.
end is to be covered with w ire netting. Now open the hinges and remove the
Fasten this firmly at the root end and saw, and mark around the hinges to
w ith corner supports to the floor at show where to let them in the board
the bottom. The plan Is simple, easy the thickness o f the hinge.
Fasten
to construct and works splendidly. It hinges to this board, and then to the
is particularly good fo r
ventilating other board In the same manner. Now
poultry houses. In the plain Illustra yon have a pair o f Jaws In which your
tion A represents the shaft through saw w ill rest on Its back, perm itting
which the foul air passes and B the the teeth to come above the edge o f the
shaft through which the fresh air en ja w to file. Bevel edge o f boards. Now
ters.
get tw o legs fo r each board, o f 2x4,
or sticks from the woods, as I did, and
S evera l nice-sounding schemes fo r
getting the better o f the San Jose scale
have been suggested, some o f them
sincerely and some o f them by frauds
who bad a powder o f some kind fo r
lnjectlop Into the trunk o f the tree.
One w rite r suggesta that If Inexpensive
trees are planted around the orchard
It la desired to protect, the scale w ill
be kept o ff the more valuable trees.
This Is nonsense, and the plan w ill only
result In providing additional food fo r
the scale. A ny fru it grow er trying this
plan on any considerable scale would
not only fa ll In accomplishing the de
sired results, but would, In some States,
lay him self liable to prosecution fo r en
couraging the pest. Up to this time no
remedy fo r the San Jose scale has yet
been discovered except spraying, and
spraying persistently and thoroughly
season a fte r season. As fo r the pow
der and other things that are to be
( T o he oontin nert.l
Injected Into the trunk o f the.tree this
S p o ile d a J e w e l.
is plainly fraud and unworthy a mo
“ Mrs. de Peyster, excuse me, but Is ment’s consideration by any man o f
It true that your sou married a girl sense.— Indianapolis News.
you didn’t like?”
“ No— on the contrary, w e did like
C o m b in e d R o l l e r a n d M a r k e r .
her.
She was the best girl we ever
A neat attachment to a garden rol
had In the house.” — Cleveland Leader.
ler is the fo llow in g: Bore holes eight
The
w o r l d ’ s
TOB n U N O
T H E CBOS8-CCT SAW .
bevel to stand like legs o f a sawhorse,
and long enough to stand up to filo
easily.
Fasten your Jaw boards
to
these legs, from Inside o f jaws, with
screws or w ire nails. Fasten a strip
across tw o o f the legs at the bottom
to put your foot on w hile filing to help
to keep the horse steady. Put In your
saw and pull out on the legs to tighten
the Jaws on the saw.— Farm Progress.
P re p a rin g
P o tato
G rou n d .
A ll potato growers admit that a soil
that Is mellow and well-drained is ab
solutely essential fo r the best success
in potato-growing; this is more than
h alf the battle, and In this age o f In
sects and bacterial diseases one cannot
afford to grow potatoes fo r market un
less be can supply the soil and tbe soil
condition mentioned. Th e thorough
preparation o f the seedbed Is also Im
portant, and the best growers prepare
tbe soil as thoroughly as they would
fo r w h ea t F irst grade tubers fo r seed
and then constant cultivation to keep
the weeds down are tbe rest o f the es
sentials In successful potato culture.
In almost all sections, near large mar
kets, potato-growing is exceedingly
profitable, and the man w ith the soil
should raise the tubers.
N o t e s f o r th e B e e K e e p e r s .
Bees should „have some pure drink
ing w ater within easy reach.
Jam es
A.
G r e a t e s t
B a il e y , W h o
Aw ay.
sh o w m an
H oe
.
P assed
James A. Bailey, who died o f erysipe
las at Mount Vernon, N. Y „ waa un
doubtedly the greatest showman o f the
present day. Since
the close o f the
q iv il W ar he had
been contl nuoukly
in the business. In
which he amassed
a ’ fortune, conser
vatively estimated
at $8,000,000. HIs
extensive
travels
In
Europe
had
made bis name a
household one la
the old w orld aa
w ell as In the new
JAMES A. BAILEY.
and to his enter
prise millions o f people owe many Joy
ous moments In their Uvea.
Mr. Bailey, wbohe real name was
McGlnnla, came up from tbe ranks o f
poor boys and early experienced the
hardships o f life.
Born In Detroit,
Mich., fifty-nine y e a n ago, he set ont
at the age o f 11 to make bis w ay In
the world.
H e worked at fln t on a
farm fo r $3J50 a month and then be
came a bell boy In a Pontiac hotel.
Th ere Frederick Bailey, general agent
fo r the Lane A Robinson circus, became
Interested In him and gave him a place
on the advance staff o f the circus. Out
o f gratitude the young man changed
his name to Bailey. Many years later
when Frederick B ailey was old and
needy, his wants w ere tenderly cared
to t by bla form er protege.
In 1864 young B ailey quit the show
business and became clerk to a sutler
In the army. A t the close o f tbe w ar
he rejoined the circus, then managed
by Lake, as an a gen t In 1872 he be
came eqnal ow ner w ith J. E. Cooper o f
the Great London Show and traveled
with It all over the world, visiting the
Bandwlch Islands, Australia, India and
South America.
B ailey at this tim e
bad no serious riv a l besides Barnum
and the competition between them waa
fo r several years keen. In 1881 they
united their shows and after Barnum's
death Bailey purchased the interests o f
the latter’s heirs, becoming sole pro
prietor. Other shows w ere at different
times bought and added to the Bailey
aggregation.
Bailey bad almost the
whole responsibility and management
o f the Barnum A Bailey combination
and It waa hla Ideas that entered eo
deeply Into lta success, although B ar
num reaped the c red it
Therein la seen the difference be
tween the two. Barnum courted no
to riety ; Bailey shunned I t Th e latter
was unassuming and retiring— quali
ties one does not usually associate with
the business.
By those who know Mr. Bailey inti
mately, w ill be beet remembered fo r his
benefactions These, while numerous,
were secretly performed and this phase
o f hls life w ill appear new to many. B y
his employes be was beloved. H e was
one o f the most generous employers In
the country. H e educated the children
o f those who worked fo r him, and those
who had become aged In hla service he
never let pass therefrom. There are
men to-day about the circus who have
no possible work to do but to draw
their salaries.
H e never forgot a form er friend.
Once from Vienna, amid a m ultiplicity
o f duties, he sent a check for $2,000 to
a form er acquaintance, whom he had
not seen In five years, but whom he
had learned was In need. Often
at
Christmas he would distribute as much
as $10,000 among hla employes
In private life Mr. Bailey was blame
less. Hls chief Interest centered In hla
home, bis show and hls quiet philan
thropies.
C h e e re d
H im
Up.
When John Sharp W illiam s was
fighting to get tbe quarantine bill
through the House the other day the
Texas delegation fought It tooth and
nail. They denounced It as a viola
tion o f the constitution and to a man
predicted the dow nfall o f that vener
able document If the bill passed. The
House, however, passed I t
An hour
or so later Mr. W illiam s bumped up
against Mr. Slayden o f Texas In the
cloakroom.
Slayden looked at W il
liams w ith sad reproach, but spoke
not
W illiam s looked back at Slay
den apologetically.
Then he placed
hls hand on the Texan ’s shoulder.
“ Slayden,”
he
said,
comfortingly,
“ cheer up. To-morrow I am going to
Introduce a bill to re-enact the consti
tution.” ’
U n d e rs rr o a a d
T e le a r a p h le
L in e s .
There Is now underground telegraph
ic communication between London and
Scotland. Germany’s underground sys
tem dates from 1870. France followed
suit In 1879, as tlie result o f a great
storm that Isolated Paris In 1875,'-Up
to date her system has cost $.16,000,000,
but Is believed to have more than paid
for Itself. Lines constructed In 1880
are still la excellent condition.
Bees, like men, are good-natured
when they are making headway in pro
viding fo r the future. This accounts
for the different; receptions given to
an intruder at different times.
Beekeeping Is an Interesting scientific
O an | r in w ln * .
study aside from tbe pecuniary profit.
Recent Improvement in traction en
Th ere Is no more entrancing pursuit
gines and gang plows is making a great m hen one becomes really Interested In
difference In the manner o f breaking It, aside from lta financial side.
O b s e rv a tio n .
the soli on the larger level farm s o f
Beehives
are
now
so
constructed
that
T
o
behold
Is not necessarily to ob
the west. Borne o f the newer arrange
ments do the plowing and harrowing they may be opened and their contents serve, and the power o f comparing and
one operation. Under certain con removed o r changed about and exam combining Is only to be obtained by ed
ditions o f soil and season a drill la ined without m aterially Interfering ucation. I t la much to be regretted
hitched behind the harrow and a bar w ith the action o f the bees. They fre that habits o f exact observation are
ren field In the morning Is seeded to quently continue their labors even when not cultivated In our schools. T o this
grain crop at n ig h t Those o f ns who the comb Is held In the band o f the deficiency may be traced much o f the
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h are carefu lly prepared a large acreage beekeeper.
fallacious reasoning and the false phi
Honey la alw ays a ready seller and losophy which prevail.— W . Hum boldt
ready fo r seeding and got caught be
fo re drillin g w ith a three-day
rain the price per pound avers gee anywhere
Speaking o f hard tasks, bow would
storm w ill appreciate the advantages o f from 12 to 20 cents, depending upon
this manner o f doing business. I t has the locality and quality. A good hive you like to be a w idower and hare to
been frequently predicted that steam o f bees In tbe average locality w ill pro break tbe news to tbe children when
pow er fo r working the land could never duce about seventy-five pounds o f honey they are to have a new mother?
be applied successfully to medium sized per year and pay 60 per cent on the
T b e man who travels over the path
Get
farm s, but the problem la being sim pli Investment o f the first season.
behind yon looks wisely at your foot-
fied each year.— Farm, F ield and F ire posted on beekeeping I f you eeek a . prints, and seea where you could hare
pleasant and profitable occupation.
side.
• avoided many a pit-fall.
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