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Prisoners and Captives
B y H. S . M E R W M A N
C H A P T E R V I I I . — {Continued.)
"N o w I remember,” Interrupted Mlaa
W in ter, with her p le e u n t laugh; “ of
oourae. I’ I m m don’t tell me any more.
M y stall was number— number two hun­
dred and slaty------ ”
— "F o u r ," suggested T ya rs In such a
manner that it was In reality no sugges­
tion at all.
“ T e a ; two hundred and sixty-four.
T h ere was an empty seat on my right
hand.”
“ And an old gentleman occupied that
on your left.”
“ M y father,” she explained, sim p ly;
hut In the tone o f her pleasant voles
there was something which made Tyars
look gravely at her with a very slight
bow as If in apology.
Os win Grace
glanced at his sister with raised eyebrows,
and she nodded almost imperceptibly. H e
had not heard o f old Mr. W inter's death.
In leas skilled hands
this
Incident
might have led to an awkward silence;
hut Agnes W in ter had not spent ten
years o f her life in a whirl o f society for
nothing. She knew that one's own feel­
ings are o f a strictly Individual value.
“ Y o u ," she continued, “ took the va­
cant seat.”
T h ere was something very like a ques­
tion In her glance. Oswin Grace did not
look pleased, and his eyes turned from
one face to the other searchingly. Then
she seemed suddenly to have received an
answer to her query, for she turned to
H elen and launched into narration gayly.
“ I w ill tell you,” she said, “ why these
details are engraven so indelibly upon
such a poor substance as my memory.
I t was rather a grand n ight; royalty
was present, and the theater was almost
fa ll. In front o f me were two men who
'Id not appear to be taking an absorbing
Interest in the play, fo r one wap draw­
ing something which I took to be a map
upon his program------ ”
“ I t was a map,” confessed Tyars, light­
ly-
— ‘ W h ile he whispered earnestly at In­
tervals to his companion. I came to the
conclusion that he was trying to persuide
him to go and look fo r Livingstone, which
suggestion was not well received. A t last
he turned round. I thought he was ad­
m iring, or at least noticing, the new
diamond star in my hair, but subsequent
events proved that he was looking over
m y head. I was disappointed,” she added
•side to Tyars.
“ I both noticed and admired,” be ex­
claimed in self-defense.'* “ Th ere were
tw o diamond stars, one much larger than
the other.
A ll except Oswin laughed at this feat
o f memory.
“ W e ll," continued Mias W inter, “ at
the first interval
this
Irreproachable
young man left his seat, came round,
turned back the chair next to me, and
•hook— hands with the man in the p i t !”
T h e pith o f the story lay in its narra­
tion, which was perfect. The lady knew
her audience as an able actor knows
his house. B y some subtle trick o f voice
the incident was made to redound to
T y a rs ’ credit, while Its tone was distinct­
ly against him. The easy, cheery, honest
humor o f voice apd expression was irre­
sistible. Even the Adm iral laughed— as
much as he ever laughed at a joke not re­
lated by himself.
“ H e was,” explained T y a rs in his un­
satisfactory way, “ a friend o f mine.”
A t this moment the door was opened
by Salter, who announced that dinner
was ready. A s they were moving toward
the door Oswin suddenly stopped.
“ W here is M uggins?" be asked.
“ On the mat,” replied Tyars.
“ He
was rather shy, and preferred waiting
fo r a special invitation. H e is not quite
a t home on carpets yet.”
“ I have heard about Muggins,” said
H elen to T ya rs as they went downstairs
together, “ and am quite anxious to make
his acquaintance.”
So Muggins was introduced to his new
friends, standing gravely on the dining
room hearthrug with his sturdy legs set
w ell apart, bis stump o f a tail jerking
nervously a t times, and his piqji-rimmed
eyes upraised appealingly to his master’s
face. H e was endeavoring to the best of
his ab ility to understand who all these
well-dressed people were, and why be was
forced into such
sudden
prominence.
M oreover, he was desirous o f acquitting
him self w e ll; and that smell o f oxtail
soup was somewhat distracting to a sea­
farer.
H e formed the subject o f conversation
while this same soup was being discuss­
ed, and T ya rs was almost enthusiastic
on the subject, somewhat to the amuse­
ment o f Miss Agnes W inter, who was not
a great lover o f dogs.
T h e dinner passed off very pleasantly,
and many subjects were discussed with
greater or less edification. Miss W in ter
seemed to take the lead, in virtue o f her
seniority over the young hostess, touch­
ing upon many things with her light and
a iry precision, her gay philosophy, her
gentle irony.
Adm iral Grace was the only person who
succeeded in getting a piece o f personal
inform ation from Tyars, and this by the
bluntest direct question.
“ I once,” said the old gentleman, “ was
on a committee with a west country baro­
net o f your name— a S ir W ilbert Tyars
— is he any relation o f yours?”
“ Yea,” T yars answered, with just suffi­
cient interest to prove bis utter indiffer­
ence. “ Y e s ; he is my uncle.”
v'bere was a short pause; some further
remark was evidently expected.
“ I have not seen him fo r many years,”
he added, closing the incident.
When M is W in ter’s carriage was an­
nounced at a quarter to eleven T yars rose
and said good-night with an unemotional
ease which might equally have marked
the beginning o f intimacy or the consum­
mation o f a formal social debt.
When Agnes W in ter came downstairs
arrayed in a soft diaphanous arrange­
ment o f Indian silk be was gone, and.
the three young people as they bid each
other good-night h) the hall, were con­
scious o f a feeling o f insufficiency. None
o f the three attempted to define this
sensation even to themselves, but it was
not mere curiosity. I t is worth noticing
that Claud T y a rs’ nams was not mention-
ad again hi the house a fter the front door
had closed behind him. And yet every
person who had seen him that evening
seas thinking eC him < ages them eA the
Impress o f his singular Individuality had
b€fon left.
“ ’A in ’t wot Pd call a sailor man, eith­
er,” muttered old 8alter, thoughtfully
scratching hie stubby chin with a two-
shilling piece which happened to be In
his hand aa he returned to the pantry
a fter closing the front door. ‘‘ And yet
there’s grit In him. Sort o’ ‘bad weather’
man, I ’m thlnkln’.”
Oawin’a reflection aa he slowly prepar­
ed for sleqp were o f a mixed character.
He was not quite sure that the visit of
hU late shipmate had been an entire suc­
cess.
H is own personal Interest in the
man had in no way diminished, bnt the
light o f feminine eyes cast upon their
friendship had brought that
difference
which always comas to our male acquaint­
ances when we introduce them to our
women folk.
C H A P T E R IX .
I t was not yet 9 o’clock the follow ing
morning when Claud T yars le ft the door
o f the qhalnt, old-fashioned bbtel where
he was staying. T h e usually busy streets
were atill com paratively empty. -Washed-
out housemaids In
washed-out cotton
dresses were dusting the front doorsteps
o f such old world folks as were content
to continue living on the eastern precincts
o f Tottenham Court road.
As the young fellow walked briskly
through some quiet streets In his dress
there was this morning a slight sugges­
tion o f the yachtsman— that Is to say,
he was clad in bine serge, and hit brown
face suggested the breesee o f the ocean.
Beyond that there waa nothing to aelae
upon, no clew as to what this powerful
young man’s calling or profession, tastes
or habits, might be. H e stopped occa­
sionally ‘ to look Into the shop windows
with the leisurely Interest o f a man who
has an appointment and plenty o f time
npon his hands. A n y one taking the trou­
ble to follow him would have been struck
with the singularity o f hit choice In the
matter o f shop windows. H e appeared to
take an interest In such establishments as
a general dealer’s warehouse. There was
a large grocer’a shop on the left-hand side
and here he stopped fo r a considerable
time, studying with great attention a
brilliant array o f American-tinned pro­
duce. A tobacconist’s was treated with
slight heed, while the wares of a large
optician appeared to be o f abeorblng in­
terest.
The doors o f St. Katherine’s Dock had
been open only' a few minutes when T y ­
ars passed through the building into the
London Dock. On the quay, under an
Iron-roofed shed at the head df the dock,
a red-bearded, clumsy man was walking
slowly backward and forward with that
Idle patience which soon becomes second
nature In men accustomed to waiting for
weather and tides.
When he perceived
T ya rs he lurched forw ard to meet him.
T y a rs acknowledged hit jerky saluta­
tion w ith a pleasant nod, and they walk­
ed aw ay together. Th is burly aon o f the
north waa the man with whom T yars
had exchanged a shake o f the hand one
evening in a London theater when Mies
W in ter was seated cloee by.
Th ey walked the whole length o f the
block, avoiding with an apparent ease
pitfalls In the
way— ring-bolts, steam
pipes and hawsers. A t the lower end o f
the basin, moored to a buoy In mid-dock,
lay a strange looking little steamer. H er
chief characteristic
waa
clumsiness—
clumsiness o f spar and general top-heav­
iness.
H e r bows were originally very
bluff, and being now heavily incased In
an outer armor o f thick timber, the ef­
fect was the reverse o f pretty. She waa
rigged like a brig, and her tall, old-fash­
ioned funnel, rearing its white form be­
tween the masts, suggested an enlarged
galley chimney.
Although she was the strangest looking
craft in the docks, where many quaint
old ships are slowly rotting to this day.
I t Was said among the dock laborers and
custom officers that the vessel had been
built at Trontheim , in
N orw ay, fo r a
steam w haler; that she had been bought
by an Englishman, and was now being
leisurely fitted out under the supervision
o f the red-haired Scotchman who lived
on board.
H er destination waa a pro­
found mystery.
Some thought that ahe
was to be a whaler, specially fitted for
the “ north water,” others boldly stated
that ahe was deatined to open up com­
merce with China by tha northeast pas­
sage.
“ I think,” said Tyars, critically, as he
stood exam ining the little steamer, “ that
you have got on splendidly, Peters. She
looks almost ready fo r sea.”
“ A y ,” responded the red-faced man,
slowly.
H e waa no great
conversationalist.
W ith his great bead bent forw ard he
stood beside the tall, atraight man, and
in hia attitude and demeanor there was
a marked resemblance to a shaggy, good-
natured bear.
“ You have got the new foremast np, I
see. A good bit o f wood?”
“ F in e !”
/
H e shook his bead sadly from aide to
aide at the mere thought o f that piece of.
wood.
“ And tha standing rigging is all up?”
“ A y .”
“ And tha running rigging ready?”
“ A y ; them riggers was fools.”
T ya rs smiled in an amused way and
said nothing.
A boat now put off from the strange
steamer and came toward them. A small
boy standing in the stern o f It propelled
it rapidly with half an oar. Presently It
came alongside some slimy steps near to
them, and the two men stepped Into it
without speaking. There was something
hereditary in the awkward manna* la
which the boy jerked hia hand np to his
forehead by way o f salutation. Th ey all
stood op in the boat, the older men sway­
ing .uncom fortably from side to side at
each fran tic effort o f the boy with the
half oar.
When they reached the eteamer Tyars
clambered np the eide first, stepping on
board with the a ir o f a man well ac­
quainted with every corner o f the ship.
H e looked aronnd him w ith an uncon-
•clous pride o f poeeeeeion at which a
yachtsman would have laughed, for there
waa no great merit in being the owner o f
each a ludicrous and strange craft. P e ­
ters, the red-faced eel lor, followed, and
a minute examination o f the vernal be­
gan- Below, on deck and no a loft the
tw o men overhauled together every foot
o f timber, every bolt and selling. The
taciturn old fellpw followed his employ­
er w ltboot vouchsafing a word o f pralae
o f his own handiwork, l ie did not even
deign to point out what had been done,
hut followed with hie heed bent forward,
hia knotted fingers clasped behind his
beck. A s it happened there was no need
to draw attenijon to auch details, tor
here again T yn .s displayed the unerring
powers o f his alagular memory. N o tiny
alteration escaped him. There eeemed to
be In hie mind a minute inventory o f t ie
ship, fo r without effort he recalled the
exact state o f everything at an earlier
period, vaguely designated as “ before I
went away.”
When the inspection waa finished the
two men walked slowly aft, and, stand­
ing there beside the high, old-fashioned
wheel, they gased forward.
“ I believe,” aald Tyars, at length, “ that
I have found the men I want— my first
m ate."
‘s
“ A y e ," said the old fellow, in a non­
committal voice.
“ A royal navy man.”
There was the faintest whistle audible
in the stillness o f the deserted dock.
Tyars looked down at bla companion,
whose gase was steadily riveted on the
foretop-gallant mast.
The whistle was
not repeated, but
the straightforward
sailor disdained to alter the form o f hU
twisted lips.
“ I had,” continued Tyars. calmly,« “ an­
other very good man— cook and steward
— but he died o f yellow fever.”
Peters turned slowly and contemplat­
ed his employer’s face before answering.
“ A y.”
“ T h is fellow was just the sort o f chap
I want.
Plenty o f hard work in him,
and always cheerful. Sort o f man to die
laughing, which, in fact, he did.
The
last sound that passed bis lips was a
laugh.”
Aa they were standing there, Peters,
the younger, emerged from the email gal­
ley amidships, bearing a tin filled with
potato peelings, which he proceeded to
throw overboard. Seeing this,' the prond
father eyed hie employer keenly, and
moved from one sturdy leg to the other.
H e clasped end unclasped his hands. A t
last he threw up hie head boldly.
“ And the lad?” he said, with some
abruptness.
T ya rs looked critically at the youth
and made no answer. H ia face hardened
In some Indescribable way, end from the
movement o f mustache and beard, it seem­
ed as If he were biting hie lip.
“ Th ere’s plenty o’ work in him, an’
he’s cheerful,” almost pleaded the man.
T yars shook hia head firmly.
Had
Mias W in ter seen hia face then, she
would have admitted readily enough that
he was a man with a purpose.
“ H e ia too yonng, Peters.”
The carpented shuffled awkwardly, his
lips close pressed.
“ Have ye thowt on It?” he inquired.
T yars nodded.
“ I'd give five years o’ my Ufa to have
the led w i’ us,” he muttered.
“ Can’ t do It, Peters.”
“ Then I wlnna go without him,” said
Peters, suddenly.
H e thrust his hands
into his trousers pockets* and stood look­
ing down at his own misshapen boots.
The faintest shadow o f a smile flick­
ered through T y a rs’ eyes. H e turned and
looked at hia com pen loo. W ithout the
slightest attem pt
et
overfaeerence, - he
aald pleasantly:
“ Yes, you w ill, and some day yon w ill
thank God that the boy was left behind.”
Peters shrugged hie
shoulders
and
made no answer. 'F o r the first time in
his life he had met a w ill equal to his
own In stubbornness, in purpose. And It
was perhaps easier to give in to It be­
cause In method It differed so entirely
from hie own. I t is possible that in the
mere m atter o f strength Peters was a
mental match fo r hie employer, but T y ­
ars had the inestimable advantage o f ed­
ucation.
The little boat was urged to the shore
in the usual jerky manner, while tha
clumsy, red-faced sailor stood watching
from the deck. H e notpd how Tyars was
talking to the boy, who laughed at times
in a cheery way,
“ A y ,” muttered Peters, with a short,
almost bitter laugh, “ there’s some that
is born to command.”
A s T yars passed out o f one gate of
the London and St. Katherine’s Dock, «
lady entered the premises by another.
They passed each other
unconsciously
within a few yards.
Had either been a
moment earlier or a moment later they
would have met.
The imposing gate-keeper touched bis
hat respectfully to the lady, who was
Miss Agnes W inter.
C a r in a
The brooders sold by manufacturers
are unsually all that are claimed for
them, but when one desires to economise,
a home-made affair can be constructed
by anyone with a little Ingenuity which
will work nicely. Take two boxes of
convenient size, three feet square by
flfeen or eighteen Inches high Is a good
rise, and set one on top o f the other,
cutting a bole through each directly
I d the middle. The bole In the Bottom
or floor o f the upper box Is covered
with an Inverted tin pall, or can, which
la perforated at Intervals o f two
Inches, using s wire nail for the work
and punching In. F it this can snugly
over the bole and place the regular
brooder lamp underneath It, resting on
floor o f the lower box. A little door
Is made in the side o f the lower box
so that the lamp may be properly at­
tended to. The roof o f the upper box
Is lined with canton flannel, as are also
M.
to r
C h ls lts .
When chicks are removed from vhe
Incubator to the brooder great eare
should be token that they do not be­
come chilled. The floor of the brood­
er should be covered with fine, clean
chaff. Fine sand and clean water
should he In the brooder from the be­
ginning. All the fine, dry bread
crumbs they will pick up every two
hours should constitute the feed for
several days, gradually adding rolled
oats, hard boiled eggs, crackad wheat,
johnny cake, millet seed, etc. Milk and
water should always bo kept In the
fountains.
When three weeks old
make mashes of bran, maal, middlings,
beef scraps, table refuse, «11 salted to
season and mixed together with skim
milk. A lfa lfa leaves may also ha
thrown Into the brooder tn the place
o f straw or chaff. The maah In the
morning, wheat at noon and cracked
corn or kaffir corn at night constitute
the main feed to keep the chicks grow­
ing.
.
M o r e O loo N o w
B o is e
M ade.
Butter men may well find food for
thought In the figures showing the big
Increase In the oleo output for the last
six months of the past year, says the
American Cultivator. There was an
average gain of m ore. than a million
pounds « month as compared with the
same period o f the preceding year. The
figure« Include both colored and un­
colored oleo, and the relative gain In
many dairymen that the product flnal-
the uncolored product suggests to
ly reaches the consumer In some mys­
terious manner, having acquired the
yellow hue without the payment o f the
10-cent tax. Nobody seems to be buy­
ing or using uncolored oleo In a retail
way, yet the output o f the product Is
Increasing to an enormous extent The
present high price o f butter Is, of
course, a stimulus to tha bogus but­
ter, Industry.
S k a t« o f Id e a l D a ir y C a w ,
HOME-MADE
BBOODEB.
the sides, except the front, which Is
left open and across It, three Inches
from the edge, Is nailed a strip (dou­
bled) o f canton flannel, which la cut
in strlpa an Inch w ide A walkway la
built from the ground to this opening
through which the chicks pass. Essen­
tial ventilation may be had by boring
a few tiny boles In the upper box at a
point furthest away from the lamp.—
Exchange.
H eed
C oop s
la
th e
O re h a r d .
The best orchardlsts are averse to
growing anything in the orchards but
the trees even when the latter are
young. They argue, and properly, that
the growing trees need all the virtue
there Is In the soli and that If the ap­
ple crops In future years are to be of
any value they must be provided for
during the earlier years of the trees.
Thgrs are fruit growers, on the other
bamA who Insist that a hoed crop will
be o f benefit to the trees, and that this
may be conaireded so under certain
conditions and up to certain limits.
I f the soil In the orchard la kept up
to the highest state o f fertility so that
the trees will not suffer the want of
the portion o f the fertiliser taken by
the hoed crop, then the latter can do
no harm. Indeed, It will be o f value
because the soil will receive a certain
amount o f cultivation which, perhaps
would nqt be given it If It were not
for the hoed crop. Work the hoed
crop In the orchard cautiously, and
watch the effect on the trees.
A
P n lt s k U
Whether she be a Holstein, a Jer­
sey or whatever she may be, you will
find the typical dairy cow with bony
head and strong jaw, long between the
eyes and nose, with broad muxxle. She
should have a bright protruding eye,
which means strong nerve force and
action later on. She should have a
thin neck and retreating brisket The
lines above and bslow must not be
straight, or she will steal from you.
She should be slightly depressed be­
hind the shoplders with a sharp chine
— not too straight a backbone. She
must have large organs o f reproduction
and large heart girth, wide between
fore legs and sharp on shoulders,
which gives large heart action and
strong arterial circulation. And last
but by uo means least she must hare
a good udder, tor one-half the value
o f a cow Is In her udder, which should
be long from front to rear.
H ,liw
(o r M a r R a c k .
I used a pair o f tha jointed braces
to a commonplace top buggy, writes
a correspondent Tha Illustration ex­
plains the position of. braces on rack
whan standard Is up and down.
Im p le m e n t .
' On soil that la Inclined to lump up
some Implement must be used whlcn
w ill level the soil readily, and at the
same time crush the clods. Such an
HOLDER FOE T H E H A T B A C K .
Implement can readily lie made at home
and be quite as effective as those which Fasten braces on outside of standard
must be bought for the purpose, if one and on Inside of bed piece. By taking
has a leaning toward manufactured ar­ brace and trying you can soon tell bow
ticles. This home-made ck>d crusher far back to fasten i t
and soil leveler can me made of a log
P le a D o W e ll on A lf a lf a .
o f hard wood by splitting it In half.
When your pigs weigh about fifty
The log should be about two feet In
(T o too continued.)
diameter to work to the best advan­ pounds each, turn about twenty-five
tage. Lay the two halves o f the log bead in an acre of alfalfa pasture and
F i n a n c i a l l y S p e a k in g .
side by side with the rounding part they will make a gain of about 100
Tom— What would you do If yoo
down and at either end, about a foot pounds each during tho growing season,
suddenly came into possession o f $50,*
from the end, spike a two-by-four strip, says an Indiana farmer. They wtll
000?
letting them project out sufficiently far need no other feed, but can be given a
Jack— I ’d take the first boat for Eu­
at one side so that an iron strip or supplementary feed o f grain If you
rope and buy a title.
hoop may be set over the ends. wish the gain to be better. From this
Tom— Buy a title?
Into which td hook the whlffletree you can figure up a fine return for the
Jack— Sure. Then I ’d come back and
use o f an acre o f alfalfa— 2.500 pounds
marry a girl with more money than
o f pork, worth at the low figure of $4
sense.
per 100 pounds, $100. But prices are
much higher now and you can get
H i s I n s ig n ific a n c e .
more for your pork. Again your hogs
Miles— What’s the matter
with
will almost always be free from any
Smawley?
disease.
Giles— Do you refer to the Smawley
that la president o f the Ruralvllle In­
surance Company ?
Miles— Yea.
Giles— Oh, he’s sore because he isn’t
big enough to be Investigated.
CLOD-CHUBHEB AN D
B e tte r
S till.
He bad proposed, but she hesitated.
“ I w ill work day and night to make
you happy,” he said.
“ No,” she protested, “ that would be
asking too much. Suppose you work
during the day and stay home at
night”
H e re d ity ,
LEVELER.
chains This Implement can be made
at small cost and unless the logs are
too heavy a good team o f horses can
handle It nicely. The Illustration
•bows the Idea clearly and how very
simple it Is.— Indianapolis News
P n w r v t i s Bans.
,
It eggs are cheap In the local mar­
Biggs— What a slow-going chap Hlx ket preserve ’them for use In the fall
and winter. The water-glass way Is
la.
Diggs— Y e s ; he evidently takes after the best Dilute the commercial solu­
tion With ten times Its bulk o f water.
bis great-grandfather.
▲ gallon w ill cover seventy-five dozen
Biggs— How’s that?*
Diggs— The old man was s dead one eggs Next winter they w ill bring only
s tow cents a dosan less than fresh
when H ix was born.
eggs Preserve only fresh eggs No
M o d e s ! y.
process can Improve a stele egg. Pack
Lieutenant— I have a very pretty In wooden or earthen vessels, putting
compliment for you— one o f the young tha eggs In from day to day with a
ladles thought I was the author of wooden spoon to avoid breakage. Keep
your latest poem.— Tales.
them covered with the solution and
keep
tha vassals covered and In a cool
Tea was cultlvatsd In China 2,700
plaça
years before the Christian era.
JWWWVWNA
Commenting on Benjamin Franklin’s
kite experiment, which proved that
lightning and electricity are the same, a
scientist says: “ It waa one o f tbs most
brilliant examples of luck yet recorded.
T o attempt the extraction o f lightning
flashes from a lowering sky was algaost
suicidal. Even at this lata day timid
persons occasionally fly to feather beds,
alt on glass-lagged chairs, or And refuge
In rubber boots during thunderstorms.
A repetition o f Franklin’s experiment
cost his immediate Imitator his life.“
Emil Jung, a professor in the Uni­
versity o f Geneva, says that snails per­
ceive the odor o f many substances, but
only whan not far away. In order to
prove this It la necessary merely to dip
a glass rod in a strongly smelling sub­
stance and bring It near the large ten­
tacles o f a snail In motion. I f It la put
close to these horns, the tentacles are
violently drawn back. As the animal
perceives the odor, It changes Its course.
Snalla also smell by means o f their
•kin. Contact Is not necessary, for the
mere vicinity o f a perfume causes an In­
dentation o f the skin.
An Englishman who Is a large em­
ployer o f labor has been Investigating
tae arguments o f those who say that a
workingman under modern conditions
becomes at au early age valueless. Hs
has kept s record o f all accidents that
have Incapacitated his men for throe
days and upward. The people engaged
In his employment are from 15 to «8
years o f ago, and he asserts that moire
accidents occur to men under SO than •
to those over 50. He says: “ I would
much rather Intrust an exceptionally
dangerous Job to a man over 50 than to
one o f 80 years o f age.”
Amateur entomologists w ill be Inter­
ested In a suggestion by Dr. F. E. Luts
for the preservation o f all kinds of
Spiders’ webs.
The webs should by
•prayed from an atomiser with artists’
shellac, and then, if they are o f the
ordinary geometric form, pressed care­
fully against a glass plate, the support­
ing strands being at the same time sev­
ered. A fter the shellac has dried, the
plates carrying the webs can be stored
away In a cabinet Even dome-shaped
webs may be preserved, in their orig­
inal form by spraying them with shei­
las and then allowing them to dry be­
fore removal from their supports. Many
spiders’ webe are very beautiful, and
all are characteristic o f the species to
which they belong, so that their perma­
nent preservation la very desirable.
Prof. SUvanus P. Thompson, who re­
cently visited the electric plant In Nor­
way, where soil fertilisers are made
direct from the atmosphere, deecriDee
the apparatus there used aa differing
from all others in that the flame o f
electric sparks Is caused to move rap­
idly through the sir Instead of having
the air blown ovar i t The result la tha
production o f a much greater Quantity •
o f nitric oxld In a gteen time. Tha
“flame disk,” formed between the elec­
trodes, swiftly expands and contracts,
being now only half an Inch and now
six feet I d diameter. T o make nitrogen
burn with oxygen, electric energy must
be pumped In, because, whereaA tn ordi­
nary combustion, such as occurs when
carbon combines with oxygen, heat Is
given ou t the formation of nitric oxld
Is an endothermic reaction; that Is to
say, beat Is absorbed. Prof. Thomp­
son estimates the nitrogen hanging over
the city of London alone as considera­
bly greater in quantity than all that Is
contained In the nitrate beds o f Chill.
CHITECH WITH SIXTEEN SIDES.
The curious structure shown in the
cut Is at Richmond, V t, and It is one
o f the most peculiar ¿hurch edifices In
America. It is a stxteen-slded build­
ing, planned for union services held by
sixteen denominations. It was built
as long ago as 1813 on the south side
( P o a ltr y t o i a t m .
o f the Winooski River and Is In an ex-
Never refuse a fa ir price tot a bird , cellent state o f preservation, having been
that you do not want tor breeding pur­ constructed o f hand-hewed timber. The
poses. A t the same time never sell a building has not been used for publle
good bird that you want yourself.
worship for over thirty years.
Do not feed the nowly hatched chick­
M e th o d .
ens too early ; wait at least twenty-
“
No
matter
what
opinion Is offered,
four hours. There Is sufficient amount
of feed In the shell tor the chick this you express a contrary view,” said the
Impatient friend.
length o f time.
i
“ Well,”
answered
Mr.
Btlgglns,
In feeding fowls always keep In view
the fact that the excess of food over .“ that’s a way I have o f acquiring
and above that required for warmth of knowledge. A man is mors likely to
body and egg production will be con­ give up all he knows on s subject If
verted into fa t — Journal o f Agricul­ you get Mm to warm up with a little
controversial Indignation.” — Washing­
ture.
ton Star.
C o w fM l
to r
F e r t i li s e r .
In green manure teats made at tbs
Kansas Agricultural Collage during
last fall cowpeas ware found excellent
to sow both In corn and wheat stubble.
The crop also makes good pasture, and
la a good winter covering. Since cow-
peas take their nitrogen largely from
the air by means o f tha bacteria which
grows on tbalr roots, tba soli Is actu­
ally mads mors fertile by the growing
o f this crop. It Is s hot-weather grow­
er, and quits hardy*
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Good
M o r a in e , J s d s t l
"Who’s dst old guy?”
“ D a fs me old friend Judge Whelan.”
“ Yer old friend I I s’pose you an*
blm’a visitin’ acquaintances, eh?”
“ No, merely sptnklng acquaintances.
I know him well enough to say * 000(1
mornln* to .him every few weeks.” —
Cleveland Leader.
T b ersA rs numerous sure-thtng confi­
dence games, but matrimony is tha
surest