C H A P T E R X.
is fam iliar to him.
I surmise that It
Claud Tyara walked through the nar must be worse than being In a Siberian
row streets, westward, without noticea prlaon one'a a e lf!”
ble haate. H ls gait waa neither that of
It la eaay to set down tbs words, but
the busy city merchant nor the easy to render ths slight twang, tha wonder
lounge o f the sailor out o f work. P res ful power o f expressing pathos that lay
ently he aeemed to recognise some fam il hidden in thia man's tongue, la a task be
iar landmark. H e turned suddenly up a yond any pen. Tyars stopped him with
narrow passage and, pushing open a a quick feature o f the head, aa I f to inti
swing-glass door, climbed a flight o f lead mate that ail thia waa no news to him.
covered steps.
On the second floor he
“ W hy,” he asked, curtly, “ ate
you
stopped before a door bearing on a small ahowerlng all this upon me?
Do you
brass plate the name, “ M. Nl. Easton.' think that I am the sort o f fellow to turn
W ithout knocking he opened the door, beck?”
and on his entrance an elderly man rose
“ Oh, no I” answered Easton In an alter
from his seat at ^ low table, and, after ed tone. Then he turned In hls chair
a quick glance, lowered his colorless eyes, and, unlocking a drawer In the pedestal
bowing gravely. Tyars returned the sal o f his w riting table, he drew forth sev
utation with a short nod.
eral leather-bound books, which he set
The elderly man then turned to go into upon the table In front o f him.
“ Oh,
a room beyond the small, bare office. n o h e said, turning the pages. “ Only
When he turned his back, this city clerk you seemed to be o f opinion just now that
was no longer elderly.
H U back was tha pastime o f staying at home and pall
that o f a young man. Addressing him ing strings had its advantages.”
self to some unseen person in the inner
“ So it has,” was the cool re p ly ; “ but
room, be uttered two words only— the that In no way altera the case as fa r aa
name o f the visitor waiting In the outer I am concerned.”
office— without prefix or comment.
“ Then I apologise,” said Easton, rais
“ Come in, Tyars l" called out a cheer ing his eyes without moving hls head. “ I
fu l tenor voice, im m ediately; and the thought, perhaps— well, never mind 1”
clerk, turning into an old man again,
“ W hat do you think?"
stepped aside to let the
visitor
pass
“ I had a sort o f notion that soma other
through the doorway.
interest had aprung up— that you were
T h e man who rose to greet Tyars, hold getting sick o f all this long preparation.”
ing out a thin hand acrpas the table at
“ And wished to back out?” suggested
which he had been seated, was singularly Tyars In hls high-bred indifference.
slight.
H U narrow shoulders sloped at
Aa be spoke be looked up and their
A larger angle from the lines o f his ain- eyea met. A strong contrast— these two
awy neck than is usually to be found in
pairs o f eyes. The one, large, p lacid ; the
men o f the Anglo-Saxon race. The hand
other quick, keen end restless. Although
held out was unsteady, very white and
Easton’s gaae did not lower or flinch, his
long. The face was narrow and extreme
eyes were not s t ill; they seemed to search
ly s m a ll; at school Matthew Mark Eas
from corner to corner o f the large glance
ton had been nicknamed “ Monkey” Eas
that met his own.
ton. Despite his youthful appearance it
“ I am afraid,” he said. Ignoring the
was some years since be had left school,
qneetlon, “ that I am getting a trifle skep
and indeed men o f his year at Harvard
tical.
I have had more than one dis
were mostly married and elderly, while
appointment. Our doctor— Philippi, you
Easton still retained hls youth. In addi
know— hag been appointed sanitary in
tion to this enviable possession there was
spector o f the town o f Lille, or something
still noticeable in his appearance that
equally exciting. H e has Intimated that
alight resemblance to a monkey by which
be had acquired a nickname singularly while fu lly sympathising with our noble
appropriate. It was not only in the small. scheme, he can only help na now with his
Intelligent face, the keen, anxious eyes purse and hit prayers. I do not imagine
and thin lips, that this resemblance made that his purse will assist you materially
Itself discernible, but in quickness o f to steer through the les on a dark night
glance and movement, in that refined and in the Sea o f K ara.”
“ It cornea, no doubt,” said Tyara, half
nervous tension o f habit, which is only
for the French doctor’s
found in monkeys and all the lower ani apologising
treachery, “ from his failure to realize
mals.
By way o f greeting this man whistled the whole thing. The nation took up the
tw o or three bars o f “ See the Conquering qurniDii o f the slave trade without a
H ero Comes” softly through his teeth, moment's hesitation, and that waa one
upon which there were undoubtedly argu
and pointed to a chair.
“ Smith,” ^ he said, raising h]s voice, ments upon both aides o f equal weight.
“ you may as well go to the bank now W e are not sure now that the compara
tively small proportion o f the human race
with those checks."
T h ere came no answer to thU sugges victimised by the slave trade has really
tion, but presently the door o f the outer benefited. The state o f Roaala and her
system o f government la a disgrace to
office closed quietly.
“ I call him Smith,” continued Easton tha whole world— yet the whole world
In a thin and pleasant voice spiced by a closes Its eyes to ths fact. The Siberian
distinct American accent, “ because his exiles. In my estimation, call fo r mors
name Is Pavloaki.
T h at unfortunately sympathy than those thick-skinned, dense
luxuriant crop o f gray
hair standing brained negroes.”
straight up gives him a foreign appear
Easton said nothing. H ls father had
ance, which the name o f Pavloaki would been a slave owner, but he fact waa
seem to confirm. Besides, It takes such unknown to T y a n , and be did not think
a long time to say PavleskL”
it necessary to mention I t H a d the slave
W hile he was speaking Easton’s face trade never been suppressed, M atthew
had remained quite grave, and, conse Mark Easton would have been one o f the
quently, very sad. There was a short si richest men In America. A s it was, ha
lence. Both had much to say, and they sat daily in this little office In the city
appeared to be thinking and searching for o f London conducting— to all outward
a suitable beginning. Easton spoke first. appearances— a small and struggling com
"1 see,” he said, “ that you are trim mission agent’s business.
I t was some
and taut, and ready as usual. The ex what characteristic o f tha man and hia
ecutive keeps up to the mark.”
country that Claud Tyara .should be al
“ Tea,” replied Tyars, “ my department lowed to remain In Ignorance o f these
Is in working order. The ship is getting matters.
on well, and I have found my first offi
Easton now turned to the leather-bound
cer.”
books, and the two men aat far into the
The slight, delicate man looked at his day discussing questions strictly technical
companion’s large limbs and half sup and strictly confined to the fitting out of
pressed a sigh.
H ls wistful little face the small vessel lying in the London dock
contracted into a grave smile, and he fo r an expedition to the A rctic seas.
nodded his bead.
Even in the discussion o f these details
“ I dislike you,” be said. In his peculiar each man retained hia characteristic man
ly humorous way, “ when you talk like ner o f treating outward things.
Easton
that.
I t seems to Imply an evil sense was irresponsible, gay and light, while
of exultation in your physical superior
beneath the airy touch there lurked a
ity, which, after^ all, is fleeting.
You
truer, firmer grasp o f detail than is pos
are only dust, you know. But— but it Is
sessed by the m ajority o f men.
H is
rather poor fun staying at home and pull
queer little face waa never quite grave,
ing strings feebly.”
even while speaking o f the moist serious
“ It has its advantages," said Tyars, in
matters.
Ills manner was, throughout,
an unconsciously thoughtful tone, which suggestive o f the forced attention o f a
brought the restless eyes to hls face at
schoolboy, ready to be led aside at the
Once. "Besides,” he added, more lightly,
slightest Interruption, while the relation
“you do not pull feebly. The tugs are
o f hard facta and the detailing o f long
pretty strong, and the strings, you must
statistics ran from his glib tongue with
femember, reach a good distance.”
out the least sign o f effort.
“ Y e-es!” Mathew Mark Easton had a
lingular habit o f elongating the little
C H A P T E R X I,
srord into several syllables, as if in order
More conspiracies have failed from Im-
to gain time for thought "Y e -e s ! I sup
pecuniousity than from treachery. I f a
pose it has. But,” be said, rousing him-
man has money In sufficient quantity, se
•elf, “ I have not been idle. That is to
crecy is easily purchased. Even If he has
•ay. Smith— Pavloaki Smith, you know.
enough money to buy a respectable coat,
He has been working terrifically hard.
be is already on tha high road to success.
Poor fe llo w l H is w ife is out there— at
U the conspirators assemble In swallow
Kara.”
tail coats and w h it« ties, they are almost
“ Yes, I know. You told me,” Inter
free from danger. Suspicion fixes beraelf
rupted Tyars, and bis manner
uncon
upon the Impecunious, the unfortunate,
sciously Implied that a fact once Impart
the low In station. She haunt* the area
ed to him waa never forgotten. “ H as he
steps, and flies at the luxurious sound o f
heard from— or o f— her yetT”
carriage wheels.
She never enters the
“ No, not for tw o years. H e believes
front door, bat if she wishes to reach
•he la alive still, and a report came from
the upper floor, creepeth up the back
Riga that she had been sent to K a ra .”
stairs. Under the respectable shade o f a
The Englishman listened without com
silk hat, gloved and washed, any o f ua
ment. H is strong, bearded face was not
may trespass where he with bnt a shabby
pleasant to look upon just then, fo r the
coat and forlorn boots will call down
nasal ve ja w was thrust forward, and
ignominy on hia head. W ell dressed, we
there was a peculiar dull glow In his
may steal horses; shabbily clad, we must
placid eyes.
not even look over walls.
“ There waa a child, you know,” con
There was in tha temperament o f M at
tinued the American, watching the e f
fect o f his words, “ to be born in prison— thew Mark Easton that small seed o f ag
In a Siberian prison, where the attend gressive courage which makes conspira
ants are the riffraff o f the Russian army tors, agitators and rebels o f sensible men.
Under tbs Influence o f such men as
— more brutes than men.
Th at would
Gland T yars and Pavloaki, ba waa capable
probably be a year ago.”
H e paused, his thin voice lowering to o f developing greet energy, and there Is
ward the end o f the sentence in a way little doubt that these taro, unconsciously
that rendered his Assert can accent singu working together, forced the Am erican to
assums a gradually Increasing weight o f
larly Impressive la its simple narrative.
“ I wonder,“ he continued, “ what has responsibility, to the dimensions o f which
peoome o f that tyflaed lady and that help- ha remained partially Ignorant
In persuading T y a n
to
espouse a
ass infant— new.
I t brings the thing
ora one, Tyars, in rather a bright cause o f which the particulars w ill ba
Easton
had, soma
it, to think that that man Baa— P a v hereafter narrated,
years previously, unwittingly cast
big
loaki, who cesses here a t half-past nine
out to hutch in a own lot with that cans# to a greater and
fuller extent than hia eaay going nature
to his lodging at five o’clock i that would ever knowingly hare allowed. Ha
I has a wife la a Siberian prison. had aat tha torch to a brand o f which tha
baas be has lived with flames soon enveloped him. M eeting T y
a n a t an International aquatic
after day |
• friendship had
K
tween them, both being lonely men with
no alatera or cousina to admire
their
pro wees.
These alight retrogressive explanations
w ill serve, perhaps, to make clear tile po
sition o f Matthew Mark Easton with re
gard to Olaud T v *re In the events that
follow. T o some extent the outcome o f
these past Incidents waa a dinner party
given by the American one
Noveaaber
evening. O f those assembled some are
living to this day, but others, though
young, are now dead, leaving to tha sur
vivors the memory o f a brave example,
the unanswered question o f a uatlsaa life.
Bred and lost.
| There waa nothing singular or remark
able about the fare provided. I t wan, in
fact, auppliad “ all hot” bjr a neighboring
confectioner, but the • guests formed aa
I unique a collection o f feast are aa could
! well be found even In the metropolis of
England.
Am ong the first tig arrive waa Smith—
"P . Smith,” as Easton playfu lly called
him. The old young clerk o f the little
office In the city, Pavloaki Smith, was
dressed In Irreproachable swallow
tail
coat and white tie. H e shook hands with
Easton, bowing hie gray head in a pe
culiar jerky manner, aa if they had not
parted at the office two hours before.
A fte r him came at
intervals
three
m en; the first elderly and stout, tha oth
er tw o younger, but all alike had that
peculiar repose o f manner which waa espe
cially noticeable In the man caliad P a v
loaki.
They were evidently foreigners.
They spoke English remarkably well, and
made few mistakes in grammar. Easton
received them with a few words o t wel
come.
‘T y a rs ," he aald to each In turn, “ has
found a gentleman who w ill serve aa first
officer. H e brings him to-night.”
“ Is,” Inquired the stout man, who was
o f a somewhat ceremonious habit, “ la
Mr. Tyara w ell?"
“ Quite well, thanks; at least, I aor-
mise so,” waa the answer.
The two younger men heard tha news
without comment. W ithout aw aiting an
Invitation Pavloaki drew a chair fo r
ward to the hearth rug and aat directly
in front o f the fire, holding hie tw o hands
out toward the warmth. In thia position
it became evident that he waa a contem
porary o f tha two younger men, who
presently moved toward tha fire and stood
talking together in their peculiar Eng
lish, while Easton and the stout gentle
man exchanged meaningless platitudes.
The three younger men
had
thus
grouped themselves together, and when
placed in proxim ity there was some sub
tle point o f resemblance between them
which could not at first sight be defined.
It lay only in tha eyea, fo r in build and
complexion there waa no atrlking llke-
nena.
Each o f theaa three men had a
singularly alow glance. Th ey raised their
eyea to one'a face rather a fter tha man
ner o f a whipped dog, and when looking
up there waa noticeable a droop o f tha
lower lid which left a apace o f whits be
low the pupil o f the eye.
I t may be
seen in men and women who have passed
through great hardship or an unspeak
able sorrow. Such ayes aa these speak
for themselves. One can tell at once that
they have at one time or other looked
upon something very unpleasant Fin ally
Tyara entered the room, closely followed
by Oswin Grace.
Thera were thus seven partakers o f the
good things provided by a neighboring
confectioner— four Russian*, tw o
Eng
lishman and an American.
There had
been no secrecy about, their com ing; no
mystery tape at tha door, Bo strange
sounding passwords. Moreover, the con
versation was o f a simple, straightfor
ward nature, without dramatic relief in
the way o f ambiguous and irrelevant re
marks respecting the length of some alio*
goriest night and the approach o f a sym
bolic dawn.
(T o * # con tin nod. t
T H E CACTUS CHEESE.
C ss
A it
G o o d C o m e O a t o f th e
T h o r a x P la n t o f th o D esertT
■festive Trap Has*.
▲ very simple trap neat la thus de
scribed by Orange Judd Fanner: One
side and part ot the top on one com
partment la removed to show the Inte
rior construction. Each compartment
s ho old be 18 Inches wide, 15 lncbea
high and 80 lncbea deep, while the nest
box la 12 lncbea square and 8 lncbea
deep. Every poultry raleer knows the
value o f a trap nest, ao It la not nac-
eaaary to enter Info Its utility. Any
number o f them may be constructed
aido by aide, and all equipped In the
same manner. The doorway at the
front la 10 lncbea wide and 12 lncbea
high, the door ia 12 inches square and
ia caught at one corner with a screw.
When It la set the doorway la open, but
When clover fields srs Infected with
the root borer, allowtag them to stand
but two years w ill help to subjugsts
ths pest In any locality.
Every farmer should have hls seed
corn testing patch, on which competing
selections from hls. own Qelds and va
rieties secured elsewhere may be sub
jected to a careful field test under hls “ Knlcker— Few girls keep up their
music after they are married. Booker
own eys.
— And yet some persona aay that mar
B r e a lt ie s a S ta ll K to k a r .
riage ia a failure.— New York Bun.
The chronic stable kicker, aside
Hls W ife— Have you had a bad day,
from being a nuisance, causes much
dear? The Financier— Yea, I lost over
damage and often injure# other anl
1250,000. And the w ont o f It la that
mala. To break him of tha habit, fill
nearly f 100 o f that waa my own mon-
a grain sack half full o f sand and
ay!— U fa.
awing from celling with rope, ao sack
Uncle— How do you Ilka your em ploy
will hang where heels or horse will
? Tommy— i think he’s bigoted. Un
have good play upon I t Tie him firmly
in the stall with s heavy, stout rope. cle— In what way? Tommy— Well, ba
,At the flfat kick the bag will swing tlnks dat words oughtar be spelt hia
sway, often aa high aa tha celling. If way all da time.
Molly— He la a student at one o f
kicked squarely. It w ill then return
and give him as good as ba sent This tha big colleges. Polly— Nonsense! He
will lead to a general mlxup between talked «rith ua for an hoar when he
the horse and sandbag, and tha sack was hare yesterday and never need a
o f sand' will hold Its own, returning all bit o f slan*— Somerville Journal
he sends, with considerable Interest
“This flower la strictly up-to-date,“
He will soon find that he la up against said the florist “ What do you mean
s losing proposition, and, learning this, by that?” asked tbe prospective cus
w ill be thoroughly cowed. Leave tbe tomer. "Why,” be explained, “ it waa
sack behind him for a week or more obtained by grafting.” —Detroit Free
and then remove. I f he should at any Press.
tlms show any tendency to return to
“ Is she pretty V they asked o f the
hls old habit o f kicking, arrange the
young man who was speaking o f bis
sack aa before and th e cure w ill be
fiancee. “ W e ll I don’t want tcuboaat,“
final— Successful Farming.
he replied, “ bnt she always gets a seat
In a crowded street car.”— Stray
B e a t k s s l s s t th e S ta b le «.
Many dairymen who are Inclined to Stories.
be exceedingly cleanly about the sta
bles during the winter give them lit
tle care during tbe rammer when the
cows are largely m illed In the pasture,
a plan o f milking many follow. There
are days and nights during the summer
IB V 1 C U B U T U T m a t .
when the cows mast be boused and tbe
when the hen has sprung It the door
milking done In the stables, hence If
falls and the oppoelte end to the screw
they have been neglected the milk Is
catches In an Iron staple which pre
surely to absorb any nndeslrabla odor
vents it from being moved by the cap that may exist
tive hen.
W e find it an excellent plan to clean
The top o f the nests are provided the stables thoroughly Just as soon as
with a few slats at the forward end tbe cows are turned out to grass, and
for light and ventilation, and each this thoroughness consists In washing
compartment has a trapdoor hinged at the walls with s strong solution o f car
the top so the hen can be removed fro to
bolic acid, then going over them tbor-
the nest The nest box Is provided
ngbly with whitewash. In this man
with two screws at each side Just for
ner all germs and odors are destroyed.
ward from the middle. These rest on
This Is by no means all, for each week
blocks with s V-shaped top.
tbe stables are thoroughly purified, so
The nest Is balanced so the weight
that there will be no possible odor to
o f a ben when she tteps on the front
spoil tbe milk.— Exchange.
edge will tip It down, thereby releas
Step s f a r H a r a e e e H o o k a .
ing the wire end that bolds the door
Old buggy steps make good harness
and allows It to fa ll Tw o pieces of
wire are used. One Is made fast to a hooks one gets at tho stores, writes
■crew eye driven in the front edge of sooks one gets at the stores, writes
the box and extends up nearly to the
under side of the top, where a piece of
cord Is tied to i t
The cord passe«
through a screw eye and toward the
'
front o f the boi, where, four itches
from the eye, It Is tied to the longer
piece o f wire that extends to the door.
The wire and string are adjusted so
h
the front end o f the wire passing
through a hole In the board w ill pro
ject a quarter o f an inch and rapport
GOOD HABincaa ncx « a .
the door. When the ben steps on the
box and drags the wire down that pall« an Indiana farjper. Cut off the step
the long wire In and the door drops. at tbe dottai line A, and nail tha hook
By opening the trap door at the top' It part up aa shown In B.
is easy to set the door again.
"Uaa Gao4 Tool* la liraTias-
Those who do spraying on a consider
able scale fully realise the importance
o f the very best outfits for the purpose.
Thom who have but little spraying to
do will find smaller implements which
w ill answer the purpose, but will no
tice that there la a great difference In
the prices for the same capacity Imple
m ent This difference represents the
difference between something valuable
and something made to sell, the only
value such latter Implements have Is
for use in the small agrden where but
a few trees or bushes are to be sprayed.
Better pay doable the price asked for
the cheap sprayer and get something
that may be depended upon to do the
work properly and effectively and
which will not be worthless the first
time the metal comes in contact with
the chemicals
A new table delicacy baa come out
o f Mexico, and a correspondent of the
New York Evening Poet says that it
can be produced with equal facility
and In unlimited quantities on the
hitherto practically barren plains of
the Southwest' The Mexicans call it
“ queeo de tuna,” which, being Inter
preted, means cactus cheese. The cac
tus plant Is covered with sharp spines,
which protect it from cattle and other
animals which would devour and ex
terminate it if it were not so guarded
by nature. It grows so abundantly on
the plains o f Mexico and our own
Southwest that for two or three years
H o w to T h r o w a Steer.
scientific experts have been trying to
Here Is a very simple but sure way
discover some use for it, being con to throw a large or stpall steer. Use
vinced that nature would not have rope, three-quarter Inch, about 25 feet
made so much o f anything that was
good for nothing. Their efforts have
b eei rewarded.
From the cactus,
despised and rejected o f men and
beasts, to the cactus cheese, guaranteed
to delight epicures who have learned
to like I t is but a step. The corre
spondent Intimate« that fondness for
this cheese, like that for some other
brands, must be be acquired, but oncp
acquired Its indulgence will be a Joy
forever.
One learns that the fruit o f the cac
tus "looks for all the world like a fine
r o a THBOWUfO
grade o f chocolate.” I t ia put up I d
long, Is best passing one end o f the
packages about the size o f a pound of
rope around the steer, and tying In a
butter, and, when wrapped In tinfoil,
hard knot i pass the rope back and
is safe from deterioration.
Another
around the body agtfm In front o f the
use to which the plant Is put Is the
hips, passing the end o f the rope under
manufacture o f syrup, and a sort of
the rope, so as to form a draw, extend
jelly can be produced which Is said to
ing the end o f the rope straight behind
resemble Scotch marmalade in the ease
the steer. By pulling 100 pounds on
with which It lends Itself to pleasing
the end o f the rope, « 1,000-pound steer
combination with bread or crackers.
can be thrown with ease.
Since the discovery that the cactus
could be made to minister to human
W ales.
needs, the Department o f Agriculture
Be slow to condemn an old sow that
has been experimenting with s view to
does good work.
learning whether It might be treated
More money Is lost by feeding bogs
so as to provide fodder for cattle. It
too long than by sailing too early.
Is found that If the plants are cut and
For making good grafting wax melt
left to “ soak In tbelr own Juice” for
half a day, the spines become harm together four parts resin (by weight) ;
less, and cattle are very fond o f the two parts beeswak; one part tallow.
I f you desire to hit the bull’s eye
cactus In this state. An attempt la
being made to develop a smooth type aim high and In doing so load so as to
o f cactus, and wblls It la posalbl# that, obtain more bnshels from fewer acres.
without cars, a harmless plant ao rel
In tbe spring tbs muscles o f a horse
ished by several animals besides cattle are soft and they tire easily. Let them
might become extinct. It Is believed take It easy until they become accue-
that « variety without spines might rtom*d to work and then you can “ puah
ha cultivated with p rofit
'on tha linea.”
I f ths sweet girl graduate o f last
June h a n ’t got a school or an engage
ment ring yet, it la high time for her
to stndy shorthand and hoatls around
to get a job at typewriting.— Somer
ville Journal
Ferdy— Really, Patrick, I ’d rather
ride Staggers than taka a spin In the
touring car. The Groom— Sure, t i e '
strange ye fale that way, sor, consider
in’ that Staggers Is o w n ly s wan-hose-
power hoes.— Pock.
“ He claims that he built the first
passenger elevators used In this coun
try.”
“ Nonsense!
The Mississippi
steamboats were running and blowing
up regularly long before be was born.“
— Philadelphia Press.
“ No, my little g ir l I can't lend your
mother any flour or oil or butter or
flatirons or lamps or potatoes or any
thing else that she sent you over for,
bnt go back and teU her I have a lot
o f trouble she can borrow.“ — Baltimore
American.
Mother— Gome now, Will, If you’ll
ily be good I ’ll give yon a penny.
Illle— No’m | I ‘ won’t be good for
■s’n five cents. Mother—Why, yon
»re good yesterday for a penny. Wll-
ay.— Philadelphia
First Girl— What are you waiting
>r? Why don’t you finish your letter
> Ella? Second Qlrl— I don't know
« hether to say “ Ever yours, with truest
1 ivo," or simply “ Yours affectionately.“
! ou see, I can’t endure Ells— I think
she’s detestable!— Tlt-Blts.
“ See here!“ snapped the landlord,
who had responded to the tenant’s har
ry call for a plumber, “I thought you
k e f S h eep I a S a t e r y .
aald tha water In yonr cellar was two
Sheep end wool are the seventh lar fast deep. “ It’s only a few Inches.“
gest Industry In ths United States. Tbe “ W a ll that’s aa deep aa my two fe e l“
number o f sheep in the world Is esti
retorted the tenanl “ and that’s too
mated at «00,000,000 ; of this number
much.”
onc-thlrd are classed merino*. The
Clara— Did tha papers notice your
Leicester breed o f sheep was founded
in 1802 by Lord Polwartb, o f Mer- father at the great banquet? Johnny—
tonn. Tbe Spanish merinos were first Yea. Clara— Well, mamma said aha
Imported Into England by George I I I could not see bla name on the lla l
In 1701. It is said that woolen goods Johnny— N o; but tbe list ends up with
were manufactured In Asia 2,000 years “ and others.” That means papa. They
before the Christian era. The domes always mention him that way.— Illus
ticated sheep were first Introduced in trated Bits.
to America by the Spaniards about tbe
Magistrate and M. P.— A fter mature
year 1500. The Robert Taylor clip ot and careful consideration of your case,
Montana, 500,000 pounds, is tbe lar I have come to the conclusion that you
gest clip in the United 8tates raised by are a lazy, good-for-nothing rogue- May
one grower.
l ask if you ever earned a shilling In
your Ilfs? Prisoner—Oh, yes, I have,
B i e e c r U s e o f G r a in s .
The feeding problem, in some sec yer ’onor. I voted ter yer 'onor once.
tions, Is quite as formidable In tbe —The Sketch.
summer as In tbe winter, and this is
Tom— Look at that crowd of women
particularly tbe case where tbe feeding trying to get In that department store,
is largely done in tho barn, which, by i oick— Yes, it's a regular crush. Tom
tbe way, is becoming more popular _ B u t Ifa so early. Why, the doors
every year among dairymen. What aren’t open y e t Dick— Yes, they’re tbe
grains one shall use depends largely | WOmen who followed the line o f advice
upon the methods which Individual in the advertisement: “Come early and
feeders hare found most profitable In avoid the rush.” —Catholic Standard
the past, but corn. In the summer ra and Times.
tion, must be sparingly used. Tbe
The' desperate man, weary of I l f *
stock foods or the concentrated grains, opened on upper window In tbe sky-
purchased already mixed, ought also scraper and throw himself ou l
He
to bo handled carefully and particu landed on top o f a load of mattr
larly so when little or no pasture Is with which a teamster happened to be
given the animals.
driving along at tbe moment “ Hang
the lock I” he exclaimed, as be rose to
T k e P a ras G s rd e a .
Do not plow tbe garden when th e’ him fe s l shook hlmsslf, and found that
soil Is so wet as to be Inmpy or It w ill he was practically uninjured, “ I might
bother all the first part of the season, have known this would b# ths result
Harrow very thoroughly and lay off o f Jumping from the thirteenth floor 1“
tbe space In as long rows as possible, | Mrs. Jenner Les Ondego had just re
planting in theee all vegetables except turned from her rammer vacation,
lettuce, radishes, etc. Rows should not «M y goodness I” she exclaimed, as she
be less than three feet apart so that inspected the alterations that had been
the horse cultivator can be used. I f made in the house during her absence,
tbe space le limited It Is, o f course, « n t i , isn’t the kind o f wall paper I
better to use the hand-wheel hoe and wanted. I t won’t harmonise with my
garden-drill machine and plant more complexion at a ll!” “ W e ll" Irritably
closely, bnt on the farm there Is usual-1 answered her husband, “ you can change
ly plenty of space that could be used your complexion a good deal easier
to advantage In the labor saving plan then we can repaper the whole house.”
o f wide rows.
— Chicago Tribune.
H en N s a a r e ■ ■ < G aaaa.
A clergyman who had accepted an‘ In-
Never apply unadulterated hen drop vltation to officiata at Snnday Services
pings, or any other pore guano, direct In S nelghborlng town entrosted bis
ly on seed* or plants; applied pare It new curate wtth ths performance o f bis
will destroy tbe germ on moat plants. own dutiee. On roturnihg bome he
Properly prepared fowl manure may be aaked hia «rife whet the thought o f tbe
applied with benefit to any crop, field curate’s sermon. “ I t was tbe poorest
or garden, broadcast or harrowed in, one I ever heard,” she replied, prompt-
but Is mors economically employed In ly— “nothing In It at all.” latter In the
the hill or drllL Aa good s plan as day ths clergyman, meeting hls curate, .
any, probably, Is to gather tbe drop- aaked him bow he had got on. “Oh,
pings aa often ae twice a weak, and vary «ra il” was tha reply. “ I didn’t
mix with about twice their bulk o f dry hav« time to prepare anything, ao I
earth.
preached one of your unuaad sermons.”