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—
Prisoners and Captives
B y
H . S . M E R R IM A N
C H A P T E R X IV .— (Continued.)
T f , ” he mid presently, “ you were my
slater, or If 1 were fortunate enough to
a right to comment upon yoor
actions, I should be »trongly tempted to
throw cold water upon your charity.”
“ O f course you woqld,” she replied.
“ N la * men out of ten would do the
I hope so.”
“ I am sure of It, Mr. Tyars, and,
moreover, I do not defend myself. It la
very difficult to find a channel for char
itable motive« to run in. A t any rate, I
do no harm to these old men.”
“ I have no doubt you do them a treat
deal o f food," he said, rather bluntly:
“ hut you are hardly the person to do it.
This is not the place for a lady to wan
der about in alone. W ait twenty years.”
She laughed, and stepped aside to bold
out her arms in expostulation.
“ I ’m not a girl,” she said: “ and look
at me. A thick veil and a clumsy old
ulster without a waist to it. I think, in
deed, it is foolish o f me to ssk you to
look."
H e did look, gravely, from the top of
her simple hat to the toee of her small
boots peeping out beneath the ulster.
“ It is no use,” he said, “ you. cannot dls-
guise yourself. No woman.” he added,
“ with your— advantages can.”
He was quite right. Plainness is easier
to conceal than beauty. There is nothing
more difficult to hide than a pretty face
and a graceful figure. They walked on
again.
“ If," she said, “ we waited for men to
tell ue what we can do and what we
cannot, a great deal of good would remain
undone.”
He would not argue; and his silence
softened her humor, for it betrayed a
determination to interfere no further.
“ It is not,” she said, continuing her
defense with womanlike persistence, “ as
if I dragged other people into it. 1 do
not, for instance, bring Helen here.”
As she said this she glanced up at him.
“ No,” he answered, calmly, returning
her gase.
They were now at the dock gates, and
the constable on duty touched the brim
o f his helmet in double recognition.
“ May I call a hansom?” inquired T y
ars.
“ Thank you," she said. "There is one
coming.”
While waiting for the cab she spoke
•gain.
“ I feel,” she said, lightly, “ like a run
away school girl. W ill you please tell no
tales out of school?"
“ Too can trust me. Miss Winter,” he
•aid, as. he helped her into the cab, “ to
hold my tongue. I t is one of the few ac
complishments I possess."
i
n C H A PTE R XV.
Claud Tyara had taken up his abode
la a residential club in London. This
change had been dictated by motives of
ooonomy. He said that' he found cham
bers In the Albany too expensive for a
man who was seldom in London. No one
to whom he made this statement was
pasted as to the extent of his income,
and the excuse passed readily enough.
He was certainly freer in his new
'quarters— free to come and go when the
opirit moved him, and to some extent he
took advantage of his newly established
liberty. His abaences were frequent, but
be was seldom away from London for
more than a night or two. He frequently
ran down to Glasgow, and once to Peter
head, where he spent two nights.
One morning in early December he was
partaking of a very hearty breakfast at
the Wanderers’ Club, where he had tem
porarily taken rooms, when
Matthew
Mark Easton was shown in. The Ameri
can was also a member of this club, which
was, singularly enough, composed of mem
bers of some university or another, duly
qualified by the power and means to sat
isfy the cravings of a roaming spirit.
Without a word he threw down upon
the breakfast table a letter, of which the
envelope had been torn. Tyars was quite
equal to the American in quickness of
thought
Preserving the same stoic si
lence, he tossed across the table another
envelope identical in every way, end ad
dressed by the same hand.
Then he con
tinued his breakfast. Easton spoke the
two words:
"Wednesday week.”
“ Yes; Wednesday week.”
“ The night,” eaid Easton, “ that we
fixed for Guy Fawkes.”
“ Yes. W e must have the meeting on
Tuesday night. We must go to this.”
Tyars laid his hand on the lettei. The
American’s quick little eyes were danc
ing over his whole person, even to the
tips of the quiescent brown fingers.
“ Must we?” be inquired.
Tyars looked up sharply.
“ I do not bellqve,” he said, “ that you
appreciate the importance o f Oswin
Grace.”
“ Good
sailor man!” answered
the
American, “ but too many women folk.
Tbey will give us trouble.”
“ Grace is worth It. He la something
mote than a good sailor. I cannot de
fine it, but he has something which makes
him just the man I want.”
Easton was silent. He had a great re
spect for his big, calm Englishman; the
sort of respect that one has for anything
larger than one’s self in the way of an
animal.
“ Well, then,” he said, "w e will go. I
shall call the meeting on Tuesday week
at my rooms as before. It is the last full
meeting we shall ever have.”
With that be rose and held out his
hand. When he was gone, Claud Tyars
turned to his breakfast again. He spent
the morning at the docks, and in the af
ternoon returned to his rooms tired and
rather dirty. In % few minutes all signs
o f fatigue and work were removed, and
he set off on foot to call at Brook street,
one of the best dressed men in Piccadilly.
There was a sailor-like frankness in
the way In which Salter, the admiral’s
butler, opened the door when the visitor
was fortunate enough to find any one at
home. The formal threshold question
was dispensed with by the genial welcome
or the heartfelt sorrow expressed by the
sun's brown and furrowed face.
He welcoassd Tyars with a special grin
and aa Ill-concealed desire f t grab at a
scrupulously back.
Salter had always endeavored through life
to adapt himself ungrudgingly to circum-
stances, and he succeeded fairly well in
remembering on most occasions that ho
was a butler, but his love for all marin
ers sms a thing he never fully managed
to conceal.
Land-lubbers he tolerated
■ow, and be liked a soldier, but his hon
est, dog-llke h u rt went out to all who,
like himself, loved a breese of wind and
the sweet, keen smell of spray. There
was a bond in mutual love, whether it be
o f dog or horse, o f sport or work, of land
or sea, and Tyars always felt an inclina
tion to shake honest John Salter by the
hand when he saw him.
To these feelings of sympathy must be
attributed the fact that Tyars forgot to
inquire whether the admiral
were at
home. That some one was to be found
upstairs in the drawing room was obvi
ous enough from Salter’s beaming coun
tenance ; but the maritime butler omitted
to give particulars.
Thus it happened that the surprise was
mutual when Tyara and Helen Grace
found themselves face to face alone in
the drawing room.
She had been seated at a small table
near the window and she rose to receive
him, without, however, moving toward the
door.
He came forward without appearing to
notice a slight movement of embarrass
ment on her part, and shook hands. Moat
men would have launched into unneces
sary explanations respecting his presence,
bis motive for coming, and bis firm re
solve to leave again at once.. But Claud
Tyars occasionally took It upon himself
to ignore the usages of his fellows.
“ I have much pleasure,” he said, with
grave Jocularity, “ in accepting your kind
invitation to dine on Wednesday week;
and I am yours truly, Claud Tyars.” .
Helen laughingly expressed her pleas
ure that he was able to come, and return
ed ta her chair beside the little table.
She was auite. her gentle, contained self
again. The signs of embarrassment, if
such they a-ere, had quite disappeared,
and she asked him to find a chair for
himself with Just that modicum of famil
iarity which one allows one’s self toward
the intimate friend of a brother or sister.
This he did. frankly bringing a seat near
er to the small table.
If^ he continued, “ it will be any sat
isfaction to your hospitable mind, I will
disclose the fact that my friend Easton
is also able to avail himself of your
kindness.”
"1 am glad,” she said, glancing across
at him with those gravely questioning
eyes of hers, which somehow conjured up
thoughts o f olden times, of quieter days
when there was time to think and live
and love. “ Mr. Tyars,” she continued,
“ I have an apology to make to you.”
He looked at her without speaking for
some moments.
In another man o i f
would almost have suspected a desire to
prolong the contemplation of a very
lovely, shamed face.
“ For what?” he said at length.
“ For disliking you— I mean for begin
ning to dislike you.
I don’t— I — that
was at first,”
— ----------------------—
“ I wonder,” he said, with quick mer
cy, “ if you know why you began by
disliking me.”
“ I think I do.”
He smiled and turned away his eyes
rather suddenly. There was a paper
knife lying on the table, and he took It
up, subsequently balancing it on his fin-
ber, while she watched him with vague
and mechanical interest.
"T e ll me,” he said.
“ Jealousy.”
” Ah?’
He glanced almost furtively toward
her and caught a passing smile. It was
now his turn to look ill at ease. She
maintained silence in a determined way
which somehow threw the onus o f the
pause on bis shoulders. A t last he threw
the paper knife down on the table with a
clatter.
“ You are right,” he said, almost blunt
ly. “ I have acted like— a— coward.”
“ And you are not a coward?”
He raised his eyebrows. The glance
of her eyes as they rested on his great,
stalwart frame canceled the interroga
tion.
“ I have never thought so until now.”
She shook her head with rather a
jvistful smile.
"Then I have reason,” she said, “ to
be Jealous. You are drawing Oswin away
from me?”
Before replying he rose, and during
the rest of their conversation he never
took a seat again, but continued moving
about th$ room with a certain strange
restlessness which is very uncommon in
big men.
‘“ What is your mission?” she asked.
Again he stopped. He stood before her
with his strong arms hanging motionless,
his great brown hands half closed and
quite still, as tbey always were unless
actually at work. He certainly was a
picture of strength, a perfect specimen
o f the human animal, as he had called
himself.
-
“ Arctic exploration,” he answered. “ I
mean to reach the north pole some day.”*
It happened that Helen knew a good
deal about Arctic matters. The admiral
had been bitten by the strange erase In
his younger days. Like many others, he
had for a time given way to the spirit of
exploration which is hidden somewhere in
every Englishman's heart.
Every book
of Arctic travel yet printed was to be
found in his smoke-scented den, and
Helen bad read most of them.
She knew, therefore, what the end
would be. T.o hear a man say that he
intends to reach the north pole is one
thing; to know what he is talking about
and believe in his intention Is quite an
other. 'To Helen Grace the fuller knowl
edge was given, and she sat looking at
Claud Tyars with a dull anguish in her
eyes.
“ And you want Oswin?” she whis
pered.
He did not answer, but turned away as
from something that he could not face,
and stood by tbs window, looking down
into tbs street.
Hs stood beside the window, not mov
ing a muscle. A ll this had been thought
out. This interview had been foreseen.
Oswin had asked that hs might break
the neift to his sister and father, but
Tyara had claimed the right himself. His
was the onus, and his must be the blame.
There was no desire to shirk responsi
bility ; indeed, he seemed to court it.
Helen Grace must be deceived— it was a
contemptible thing to do— and he would
have nons other but himself, H a stub
borniy took it all upon his own ahouf-
ders.
“ I suppose,” said Helen at last, “ that
he wants to go.”
-
“ O f course,” was the answer. “ What
sailor would not? But I persuaded him
— the fault is all mine.”
She looked up sharply.
“ And Mr. Easton?” she inquired, with
G r a s a r r w it h E le v a to r .
keen logic.
“ Yea, yes; but I chose your brother
H ere’s a plan o f granary to hold 8,000
The matter rests with
me, and— the buabels o f g r a in ; the walla are o f stone,
blame.”
and an elevator la arranged to w ork
“ What has Mr. Easton to do with It?” by horse power. A granary to hold
she asked; and ho knew that she was al
5,000 bushels w llj require to be 22 feet
ready prejudiced against the American.
“ He is getting up the expedition— the by 38 feet loalde. This w ill give six
blue, else 15 feet by 7 feet, and 0 feet
first one.”
high. This w ill also allow for a pas
“ And he goes with you?”
“ No,” replied Tyars; “ I have already sage across the middle o f the building 8
told you— he Is physically incapacitat feet wide, which w ill give acceas to all
ed.”
o f the bins and can be used for cleaning
She gave a little laugh— a very un
gialn, as w ell as storing small Imple
pleasant laugh for a man to hear from
the lips of a woman. Fortunately M at ments. Th e fioor should be raised four
thew Mark Easton was spared the cru feet from jthe ground to make It dry
and convenient fo r loading grain, as
elty of hearing it.
“ I like you.” she said, “ for
telling well ae to provide fo r the elevator, and
me. There were so many other ways of belting below the floor. Th e walla be-
doing it— so many easier ways for you— tag o f stone, Hhould be 13 feet h igh ;
but you chose to tell me yourself.”
this w ill provide fo r 4' feet below the
T o this he said nothing. Despite his
fioor. one foot for floor, then 8 feet to
capable air, despite an unusual rapidity
of thought which took the form of action the p la tes; this w ill give one foot clear
In emergencies, he was not able to reel over the bins. There should be a stone
center w all lepgthwlse under the floor
off glib phrases at the proper moment.
Suddenly her proud self-restraint seem to carry the floor Joists, which w ill be
ed to give way.
12 feet long and match on middle wall.
“ 1 suppose,” she said, softly, almost
pleadingly, “ that nothing will deter you?”
“ One word from you would deter me.”
he said, “ but 1 do not think that you
will say it.”
• “ No,” she answered, with a sm ile; “ I
am not going to ask you to let my broth
er off.”
“ I did not know how he was circum
stanced when I first met him,” said T y
ars ; “ I did not know of your existence.”
“ O f course,” she said, with a little
shrug of the shoulders, “ I am not going
OEAITABY W IT H FOWEB ELEVATOR.
to be silly and stand in my brother’s
way. Only it would have been so much T o give head room over the top Joist»
better could you have found some one— the roof should be a third pitch.
like yourself— without brother or sister,
Follow ing Is the required m aterial:
or any one to care much for him. It Is
1,250 feet roofing, one inch.
not only for myself----- ”
1,670 feet flooring, Inch, to be laid
She stopped suddenly. There was a
double.
moment of tense silence. Then be slowly
50 joists fo r floor, 2 Inches by 12
approached her until the little table alone
Inches, 12 feet long, 1,000 feet,.
separated them.
“ Miss Grace,” he said, slowly, “ what
19 Joists over head, 2 Inches by 2
do you mean?”
Inches, 24 feet long, 610 feet.
She was not the kind of woman to
650 feet lumber fo r bins, one Inch.
resort to subterfuge or useless denial, and
26 studs, 4 Inches by 4 Inches, 8 feet
she therefore held her tongue. A t the
long,
^
same time she began to feel very help
13 squares shingles.
;
less. With Oswin, with her father, and
150 feet Inch lumber fo r doors.
with all men whom she had hitherto
40 rafters, 2 Inches by 6 Inches, 18
known, she could hold her own, but with
Claud Tyars it was different. There was feet long.
in his presence a force which did not
T o arrange an elevator fo r
horse
take the form of words. He merely stood rower, a hopper that w ill bold at least
still, and his silence was stronger than
50 bushels should be sunk In the floor
any words she had yet heard. Then he
close to the door and at one side to
spoke slowly and quite gently:
“ You must tell me,” he said, “ what empty grain for the wagon. Th e ele
vator la an ordinary built elevator w ith
you mean.”
She glanced up at him appealingly be buckets standing upright and In the
neath her lashes, at bay and yet almost rear corner o f center bln. Th e box at
mastered. He softened a little.
bottom o f elevator must’ be close on the
“ Unless,” he added, “ it would be a ground to be connected with the deliv-
breach of confidence.”
| try hopper by a spout, w ith sufficient
“ No,” she answered, “ It is not that— '
for no one has confided in me— but I siope that the grain w ill run freely.
1 tie »leva to r w ill dtaobarge w ell.above
think------”
"
“ You are not sure?” be interrupted, the upper Joists Into a hopper in the
center o f the building, to which a fun
eagerly.
“ Yes, Mr. Tyars, I am sure.”
nel-shaped spout la attached, that can
He turned away again and went to .be shifted to deliver Into any o f the
ward the window. She mechanically took bins T h e horse power should be plac
up her work, and for some time both
ed at the end o f the granary, and d riv
were fully occupied with
their own
en
by a belt or shaft, passing through
thoughts.
The short winter day was drawing in an opening In the w a ll left for the pur
before Claud Tyars left Brook street. As pose. T h e details can be all worked
out by a mechanic, one essential Is to
he shook hands with Helen, he said:
“ I had the pleasure of meeting Miss have plenty o f slope for the delivery
W inter the other evening.”
hopper to box at foot o f elevator, even
"Yes,” said Helen, “ she told me.”
if It should be sunk Into the ground a
That was all, but they understood each
little.— Montreal 8tar.
other. A stress upon a single word, a
glance, a little hesitation, will say so
F e e t o f th e H o rs e .
much that cannot be set down In print.
T o get the most from a horse Its feet
The unfinished conversation was termi must be kept in proper condition; not
nated.
Claud Tyars knew that there only w ell aud properly shod, but cared
was some one else to watch and wait for
lo r by the owner lu the mutter at clean
Oswin Grace if be went to the Arctic
liness.
Th e beginning o f such care
seas.
He had only been in the room an hour should be the clean stable; that is, the
— a .dismal November afternoon— and yet stable clean o f manure, than which
there was a difference in his life as he uothiiq; Is worse fo r the horse to stand
left the door. It does not take long to in for auy considerable time.
When
make a friend.
the horse cornea In from a day o f work
(T o be continued.)
lu the fields, which are soft, or froui a
hard drive on muddy roads, look after
F r i e n d l y T ip .
“Th ere are many things you should Its feet and legs. Each hoof should be
avoid, young man,” said the bachelor looked over carefully and cleaned, and
philosopher, “ but there Is one In par the legs should be groomed as carefully
ticular
that
I
would
warn
you aa the sides. Tbeu there are the por
tions o f the coat which are covered by
a ga in st”
“ W hat Is that?’’ queried the unso the harness which ought to have good
phisticated youth.
care each tim e the horse is brought Into
“T h e w idow V h o firmly believes that the barn. F irst o f all, see that the har
she Is an example o f the survival of ness fit« well, then, a fter unharnessing
the fittest,” replied the old man, wttb wipe o ff the places touched by the har
a long-drawn-out sigh.
ness, using a moist rag or sponge. I f
there Is any suspicion o f a rubbing,
F e m in in e A t t r a c t io n «.
look to the cause at once and remove
, D olly— Yes, the prettiest girl In our I t Th ere Is no time In the work days
Sunday school sold kisses at 90 centi o f the horse when good care and watch
each to help along the church fair. fulness w ill do so much to keep him In
Somehow, the young men were shy good condition as during the period o f
about taking them at that price.
hard spring w o r t _____
Dick— No wonder. You must hav*
F o r C a llo o s e d S h o u ld e r « .
been trying to attract girls.
Young
A fa n n er In North Dakota gives his
men are not looking fo r 99-cent bar
method o f treatment and cure o f cal
gains.
loused shoulders o f # o rk horses In the
A L i f e S tu d y .
Dakota Farm er, which he says he has
Teas— B elle graduated
from
your used w ith uniform success, as fo llo w s:
cooking school last year, didn’t she?
“ I cut a slit In the front part o f the
Jess— Yes, but she’s going to take a collar opposite the callous, then cut
post-graduate course this spring.
another slit at right angles acroee the
Tess— Going back to school, eh?
first one. I then take out enough o f
Jess— No ; she’s going to marry a the fillin g to allow fo r callous. A fte r
poor young man at Easter.— Philadel soaking face o f collar In warm w ater
phia Presa.
I lay the fron t part, where cuts have
been made, on a plank or something
L n e k y f o r H im .
“ W hat do you think o f the man who solid, and pound face o f collar where
It presses on callout, w ith round-faced
stole that Immense sum o f money?”
“ W ell,” answered Broncho Bob, “ I hammer, t ill n sufficient hollow has
plan
w ill
w ork
’spose w e il bave io go ahead and been made. Th is
spend the time an’ moftey on a trial. whether collar has been nsed w ith or
Then when the horse
It ’s lucky fo r him It wasn't a boss.” without pad.
comas in from w ork I baths tba callons
— Washington Star.
In w ater as hot as can ba borne and
’ I t la not wealth, nor ancestry, but paint w ith ldotna. Yon w ill find this
honorable conduct and noble dlspo- plan w orth trying, and I w ill guarantee
sttlon that make man g r e a t — Ovid.
the collar w ll not ba In jn re ft"
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W a tc h
4
fo r
■
Seed
--- '
A d u lte r a tio n «.
Th e work o f different experiment sta-
tlous has shown that a large number o f
foreign seeds are contained In clover
and a lfa lfa seed. Including the dod
ders, whleh are so destructive to a lfa l
fa, aud a large number o f bad weed
pesta like the narrow plantain, w ild
mustard aud a boat o f new w eeds
One impure sample o f last year’s sup
ply contained thirty-two species o f fo r
eign seeds. Including both species o f
dodder, the plantains, many common
weeds, three species o f Western wteda
that are new In Ohio and as many
European weeds that hsve been here
tofore unknown Ip this State. A t least
a dosen new weeds hare* been intro
duced Into Ohio in a lfa lfa seed during
h alf as many years.
W h ile this Is unacceptable It Is still
more so to get only black medlck (y e l
low t r e fo il) plants as many have done,
where auppoeed a lfa lfa seed waa sown.
In these times o f high-priced
seeds
there is temptation to adulterate w ith
cheap seeds like the black medlck, etc.,
which have very alighe value as forage
plants w ith us; there la like disposi
tion to offer seeds with many weed
seeds, a t ^ o w prices. Both these dan
gers are rèa). Intending purchasers o f
such,seeds w ill do .well to be assured o f
their quality.
S k lfp la x
H ay
<•
D e a le r «.
During the last tw o years a number
or rogues lu different sections o f the
country have been offering a considera
ble advance on the market price o f hay
and thousands o f tons bave been ship-
|*ed to these people fo r which the pro
ducer received Uttle or no return. W ith
bay, as w ith other articles o f farm
produce. It is usually best to sell It as
near borne aa possible. In every farm
ing center there are reliable dealers
who w ill pay a fa ir price fo r such pro
ducts and pay spot «mah for them. True,
tbey sell them at an advance, but It Is
almost Impossible fo r the grow er to
reach these outside sources o f demand,
banca ba can better afford to let the
local dealer make a dollar or tw o than
be can to take any chances In shipping
himself, and especially to people o f
whom he knows nothing. Th e w riter
yearly sells bis surplus bay to a local
liverym an and gets the cash on d eliv
ery. Opportunities offer to bale It and
ship to the city at an advance on the
local price, bat w e have figured that
our labor, time and element o f risk In
the latter proposition la not warranted
by the higher price, so we "le t well
enough alone.” and It generally pays to
do this.— Indianapolis News.
Uncle P ete— Sambo, did yo’ aver sea
da Catskill Mountains?
Sambo— No,
sah: I ’ m seen ’em k ill mice.
’
“ Do you think his words have-any
weight?” “ W ell, be makes some pret
ty heavy speeches.” — Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tlck erly— W hy do. they say “ dabble
In stocks?”
Tapeson— I t must be on
account o f the w ater that la In most o f
them.— Smart S et
Customer— Is this h on e radish pure
ly vegetable? 'Rastas (th e w a ite r )—
Yea, sab, an’ It’s guaranteed ter be ab
solutely horseless I
Mrs. Glen V lller— H ow do you like
my new spring bat? Mrs. W ade P a r
ker— Lovely I Who made it over for
you?— Cleveland Leader.
A Breakfast Dialogue. Mrs. Talk-
words— Henry, yon were talking In
your sleep last n igh t Henry— Pardon
me fo r interrupting you.
A Sure W ay. “ W hat was It Frank
lin aald? ‘I f you’d have a thing w ell
done------’ ”
“ T e ll your cook you like
it rare,” Interrupted Subbubs.
A Carnegie Proposal. Father— Can
yon support her In tbe manner to
which she la accustomed? Suitor— Yea,
« l r ; i f you w ill raise an equal amount
Tess— Did he actually kiss you? Jess
—*kea.
Teas— G racious!
Jea%— Tbe
Id ea ! H a was n o t 1 think It was I
who was gracious to let him.— Phila
delphia Press.
“ T b ey say that Austria-Hungary baa
only one doctor to every twenty-six
Hundred Inhabitants, and still the
leatb-rate Is low.” “T h a t’s the reason.”
—Indianapolis Star.
H im — Darling, you don’t know how
beautiful you a re !
H er— George, I
have a very good m irror and am not
blind. W hat I don’t know Is how rich
you are.— Cleveland Leader.
Fond Father— Heaven bless you. sir,
fo r rescuing my daughter from a w a
tery grave. Think o f tbe risk you ra n !
L ife Saver— No risk at all, s ir ; I ’m
married.— Milwaukee News.
T b e Sick Poet.
“ A re you feeling
very ill?” asked the physician. “ Let
me sea your tongue, please.” “ It's no
B eat K a r a H a n d «.
Labor on farm s Is nearly alw ays uqe. doctor,” replied tbe patien t; ‘no
pressing a fter spring opens, but It Is tongue can tell bow bad I feel.’ ”
"H e re la an article about our cor
difficult to secure capable help. There
are many excellent opportunities fo r rupt police,” said the reporter. “ Ilo w
boys to secure good homes and fa ir should I 'head It?” “ Oh, Just say the
wages I f they are w illin g to serve a city has a bad c o m o f tbe blues,” re
year on farm s In the endeavor to learn. plied tbe great editor.— Chicago N e w s
F a ir W arning. W om an— N o w J f you
It may be mentioned that, w h ile many
suppose that “ anybody can w ork on don’t leave at once I ’ ll call my husband
a farm ,” the fact Is that even a large — and he’s an old H arvard football
number o f laborers accustomed to farm player. Tram p— Lady, If yer love him,
ing are undesirable. Th e beat farm don’t call him o u t I nsed to play wtd
Q
bands are those w h o require no super Yale.
vision, thus relieving the employee of
V ery ' Simple. Mrs. Chogwater— Jo-
the necessity o f leaving his personal ■lah, w hat is a prondnclamcnto? Mr.
duties In order to look after the help-
Chogwater— “ Pronouncing amen to”
anything you want indorsed. I should
O u tle t f o r D r a l a .
One o f the most common as w ell as think yon could tell that by looking at
the word ItM lf.
most efficient protections for the ontlet
Mrs. Upsome— Th e people that have
o f a main drain Is a plank box with
moved
Into the house next door to ours
w ire bars placed vertically across the
spend about half their time peeping at
us through their lace curtains. Mm.
Chillicon-Kearney— H ow did you find
It out?— Chicago Tribune.
H e Gave I t Up.
S;»eaker— I defy
any one in this audience to mention a
single action that I can perform with
my right hand that I cannot do equal
ly well with my left. Voice from the
Gallery— Put yer left hand in yer right-
hand trousers pocket.
DKAIIt OUTLET.
"W e ll, I ’ ll tell you the trouble with
Sterling. I admit that he’s a fa irly
good business man, but there’s a pret
ty big element o f luck In his success.
He’s Insufferably conceited, too, and
then It’s merely his hypocrisy that----- ”
“You seem to know him pretty well.”
“Oh, yes, we’ re great friends.” — Ex.
end about tw o laches apart. Such a
box should be made o f 2-Inch plank,
12 feet long and large enough to admit
o f the Insertion o f the tile into the
upper end. A protection o f this kind
serves a double purpose. It prevents
small animals from entering the drain
Proud Mother. A poor woman, In all
and w ill not be damaged by frost.
the pride and glory o f her maternal
Heart, declared to a kind-hearted listen
S n o k l n x M e a t.
“ Since the world was a
Th e best fuel fo r smoking meats Is er that-----
green hickory or maple wood, smoth world, there never was such a clever
ered with sawdust o f the same mate boy as my Micky, fo r he’s Just made
rial. Hardwood o f any kind Is prefer two chairs and a fiddle out o f Ills own
able to soft wood.
Resinous woods bead, and has got plenty o f wood left
should never be nsed, as they are like for another.”
Usurious.— Ikestein and Aaronburg,
ly to Impart bad flavors to tbe products
Corncobs are the beat substitutes for two money-lenders, met. “ Goot bittiness
hardwood and may be used If desired. resterday, Ike,” said Aaron. “ Ypung
Soft woods and corncobs give off large Sthoftely come to me to borrow >500.
amounts o f carbon In burning, and this I g ift it him at 50 per tbent, an’ de
Is deposited on the meat, making K duct a year’s Interetb and pay him
dark In color and o f rank flavor. Junl- >250.” “ Veil, you was a fool, Aaron.
!>er berries and fragran t woods are Vy, you should have lent It him for
sometimes added to tbe fire to flavor two years and paid him nottings.”
Composition on a Horse. A father
tbe m eat
going
Into his stable found bis tittld
G r o w la s N o t«.
Nut grow ing Is profitable, but It re son astride one o f tbe horses, with a
quires years to bring a nut tree to a slate and pencil lu bis band. “ Why,
stage o f grow th w here It w ill pay w e ll; H arry,” he exclftlmed, “ what are you
bence only young farm ers are Induced doing?” “ W ritin g a composition,” was
to devote land In that direction. W a l the reply. “ W ell, why don’t you w rite
nuts, chestnuts and butternuts w ill Im it In the bouse?” asked tbe father. “ Be
prove w ith cultivation. In a few years cause," answered tbe little fellow , “ the
walnut trees w ill be so scarce that the teacher told me to w rite a composition
on a horse.”
farm er who baa a grove w ill secure his
An Eastern newspaper says that Jack
own price therefor, the timber being
London was introduced In a cafe to a
exceedingly valuable.
musician. ” 1, too, am a musician In
T f e i a i c r Btoraaa s a l S a a r M ilk .
a small way,” London said. "M y ransl-
T h e prim ary cause o f sour m ilk la
i cal talent waa once the means o f sav
the grow th o f certain bacteria that are
ing my life.”
“ H ow waa that?" tlie
alw ays very numerous In the a ir and
I musician asked. "T h ere was a great
cannot be kept out o f tbe milk. These
flood in our town In my boyhood,” re-
are moat abundant during damp, heavy
' piled London. “ When the w ater struck
weather, which usually
accompanies
, our house m y father go% on a bed and
thunder etorm s; as inch weather la par
j
floated w ith tbe stream until he waa
ticularly flsvorabla to their develop-
rescued.” "A n d you?” aald the muat-
Hence, tbe popular notion that
j clan. "W e ll," said London, ” 1 aevom-
make milk soar.
I panted him on the piano.” — Wasp.