•*> the Assembly. I have made them double ■sstBris I s l l t t a t Wash Water. H 0 R R 0 R S I H L IT E 0 7 thsir offer to me, but la the public docu­ In a bulletin Issued by the Kansas ▲ R U S S IA N CO U NTESS. ments the money is to stand at the or|g> State Agriculture College, C. W. Mellok, iual figure. This recognition of my ser­ assistant dairy husbandman, arrives .it vices, together with my little savings, will the follow ing conclusions regarding tho make me pretty comfortable in my old effect o f bacteria lu wash w ater for age, and leave a competence for my butter: I t la both practical ond eco­ B y A N T H O N Y M OPE widow. Aureataland has bad a fun nomical to sterilise wash w ater to- alone; if there had been any grit In the people they would have made a nation of “ A w ise man w ill make more opportunities butter If can be coqlqd and used im­ themselves There isn’t any, and I'm not than he fin d s ." — F ra n cis Bacon. mediately. Otherwise, the practice Is going to slave myself for them any longer. a useless expense. A filter fo r cream­ No doubt they’ll be very well treated, and ery w ater Is on I t a source o f contami­ to tell the truth. I don't much care If nation and filth unless frequently clean­ they aren't. A fter all, thty’re a mongrel ed and refilled with fresh filtering ma­ lot. C H A P T E R X X I I I . — (Continued.) in the land o f my adoption has gone far - P a m W a te r t « » i r . te ria l W ater melted from lee, even ” 1 know you’ll be pleased to haar of I oowl4 not pretend to regret tbs dead to justify the President's favorable mti- In establishing a w ater supply aye- though kept at OO degrees Fahrenheit, thla arrangement, as it gives your old man. Indeed, 1 had been near doing the mate of my financial abilities. masters a better chance of getting their ten» fo r a farm , the first thing to bo may become filled with bacterial growth name deed myself. But l shrank before My sudden disappearance excited some Ihis calm rmhlessness. Another long remark, and people were even found to money, for, between ourselves, they’d nee- determined la the kind o f power to bo If allowed to stand fo r a few hours in , pause followed. Then the President said: insinuate that the dollars went the same er have got it out of me. A t the risk used In making the supply o f w ater a wooden task from day to day w ith­ and out thorough cleaning. Great care “ I ’m sorry for all this, Martin— sorry way as I did. I have never troubled my: of shocking your feelings, 1 must confess , Tauabia f or the uses o f man jrou and 1 cams to blows.” self to contradict these scandalous ru­ that your revolution only postponed the beast W ind power Is the most corn- should therefore be taken in the n ttil-1 | HH>n, though gasoline, as wall as horse “ You played ms false about the money,” mors, being content to rely on the hand­ day bf repudiation. “ I hoped to have asked you soma day , .___. __ __ sat ion o f such w ater fo r cooling pur- K said bitterly. some vindication from this charge which to « jo in u. here. As matter, stand. I « “ d tread power a te » » r e a n d mors poses There la a direct relation W "Yes, yes,” he answered gently; “ I the President published. In addressing am more likely to come and find you: for, «> mlnff lnto “ »• Aa to " hlch power tween the bacterial oostent o f the don't blame you. You were bound to me the House of Assembly shortly after his when released, Christina and I are going « * " ■ » • » used ** < *“ only be said that wash w ater need and th* keeping qual­ Ikk no ties. O f course you saw my plan?” resumption o f power he referred at length to bend our steps to the States. And we Jocal circumstances and conditions w ill ity o f the batter. W ater kept at a low “ I supposed your excellency meant to to the circumstances attendant on the hope to come soon. There’s a little diS- always determine this, temperature from 40 to SO degrees Fah r­ keep the money and throw Sie over.” late revolution, and remarked that al­ “ Not altogether,” he said. “ O f course though he was unable to acquit Mr. Mar­ culty outstanding about the terms on | The Illustration la a design o f a. enheit fo r a few hours Inhibits the Je- T h at the Uvea o f Russi an women ay* I was bound to have the money. But it tin of moat unjustifiable intrigues with which the Golden House and my othar water system where the supply comes velopment o f bacteria, or destroys from frequently mixed w ith tragedy, la property are to pass to the *»*w «overn- ^ froin „ tubular w ell and the w ater la was the other thing, you know. As far the rebels, yet he was In a position to as­ one-half to fonr-flfths o f those pres- shown by the history o f the 23-yefr-old aw the money went, I would have taken sure them, as he had already assured those w idow o f the late Count Romanoff. E r i t f « ^ « - > » » . « ent to whom Mr. Martin was primarily re­ •are you came to no harm.” ---------- Th e countess Is the eldest daughter, by It all up iu public. Also I have had to sponsible, that that gentleman's hasty “ What was It, th e n r bargain for the recognition of Johnny A lf a lf a ■■< H a * o r a w ts s . a morganatic m arriage o f Grand Dnka “ I thought you understood all along, flight waa dictated solely by a conscious­ Carr's rights to the Colonel's goods. When A lfa lfa pasture tor hogs has proted Sergius, who was Mown to pieces by with some surprise. “ I saw you ness of political guilt, and that, in money all this is settled there will be nothing to to be very profitable. A bog grow er ■ bomb over a year ago. She waa mSr- rival with Christina, and my matters, Mr. Martin’s hand were as clean keep me, and I shall leavs here without drive you out of the country as hia own. The reproach that had fallen says In the Indiana Fa rm er: “ From ried to Count Romanoff In February, much reluctance. The first man I shall place too hot for you/' in the fair fame of Aureataland in this March 1 to November 1, I keep ?00 last year, and when be was murdered come to see will be you. The truth la, me you didn’t suspect about matter waa due not to that able but mis­ head o f hogs. Including some twenty- * few month* later aha waa forced to my boy, I ’m not the man I was. I ’ve pot guided young man, hut to those unprinci­ her till quite the end.” five breod sows, la a-atx-acre patch o f *tand by and witness the crime. Then too much steam on all my life, and I must she?” hC answered with a smile; pled persona who, in the pursuit of their pull up now, or the boiler will burst. a lfa lfa and cut the a lfa lfa twice, av- »he was seised In her S t Petersburg be getting clever to deceive- two designs, had not hesitated to plunder and “ Christina sends her love. She is as er aging at these tw o cuttings more than home and made s secret prisoner by wide-awake young people. O f course despoil fr.endly traders, established in the WATEB TANK !H THE BASH. anxious to see you as I am. But you 32 Inches In h eight These hogs ware the officer In charge o f the soldiers. v it sll along. But you had more country under the sanction of public must wait till I am dead to make love to last grit than I thought. I ’ ve never been so faith. and barn are practically on level In this a lfa lfa patch all the time every She resisted him and escaped her. Ever your sincere friend, day except when the ground was too J ob « and has since been biding ir ■early done by any man as by you. I ’: ground, hence the necessity fo r ele­ The reproach to which hia excellency “ M A R C U S W . W H IT IN G H A M .” •orry, M artin ; I liked you. you know. But eloquently referred consisted in the fact I London, As I write, I hear that the arrange- vating the supply wholly or In part so w et to permit them- to run on I t liMng « mustn't interfere with duty,” he that not a cent of those three hundred ment la to be carried out. So ends A n -, that w ater may be easily distributed, fed each o f them three or four ears at went on. smiling. “ What claim have you thousand dollars which lay in the bank W OM EN AS EXPLORERS. reataland’s brief history as a nation; so The yards for the stock In this Instance corn s day, so I do not claim that 200 a t mg hands?” that night was ever aeen again! The ends the story of her national debt, more occupy a slightly lower elevation than bead o f bogs could be run on six scree “ Decent burial, I suppose,” I answered. theory waa that the Colonel had made happily than I ever thought It would. I O s * • ( T k » C ro w M H o r lk tr a L a k * He got up and paced the room for a away with them, and the President took confess to a tender recollection of the Is occupied by the house and barn. of a lfa lfa alone that length o f time. M g e r w ith R a ik a a t . moment or two. I waited with some anx­ great pains to prove that under the law sunny, cheerful, laay, dishonest little The supply tank In this case is made I always feed corn to my growing hots Th e arrival o f Mr. and Mra. Steph­ iety, for life is worth something to a of nations the restored government could place, where I «pent four such eventful o f good lumber, and Is placed on a along with alfalfa. O f these bogs, ISO en Tasker at T ort Klm o on the east young man, even when things look black* not be held responsible for this occur­ years. Perhaps I lova it because my ro­ good, frost-proof brick w all which ox- head averaged above 300 pounds on No­ coast o f the a rctic peninsula, adds an­ «at, and I never was a hero. rence. I know as little about the la # of mance waa played there, sa I should love tends about tw o feet above the sur­ vember 1. In wet weather I tarn the other to the Hat o f women explorers. “ I make yon .this offer,” he said at last. nations as the President himself, but I any place where I had seen the Signorina. face o f the ground, and also descends hogs Into s corral where a lfa lfa hay i s ^ y * the New York W orld. As prob- ■ “ Your boat lien’ there ready. Get into her felt quite aura that whatever that ex­ to a point about four feet below the ■tacked, and they seem to relish I t ns 1 ahly the first w hite woman to (T H E E N D .) g o ; otherwf alted coda might say, none of that money -----V ------------------------------ ... ---------------------------------- — M was, ws usasq a u v u v j northern Labrador, she baa fa irly won “ I see,” «aid I, “ And you will ma»*% woiild ever find Its way back to the di her spurs In a field o f adventure fo r P R E C IO U S S TO N E S A S C U R E . keRT’ rectors’ pockets. In this matter I muât which her sex has o f recent years “ Yes,” he said. *n ■ say his excellency behaved to me with Praacrlba# as M ed icin e A m r shown a ram aptitude. M rs Tasker’s .<“ Against her will?” scrupulous considération ; not a word l a t h e S e c o n d C 'e a t u r y . He looked at me with something like passed his lips about the second loan, fea t w ill recall M rs Hnbbard’s ven­ Truly, anfong the ancient volumes ture Into Labrador In the track o f her about that unlucky cablg, or any other there are none which yield better enter­ "W h o can tell what a woman’s will will dealings with the money. husband’s Ill-fated expedition and the For all be be in a week? In leas than that she-will said, my account o f the matter, posted tainment to the student o f human arctic voyage o f M rs Peary. Th e re­ marry me cheerfully. I hope you may to the directors immediately after my de­ ture and Its foibles turn o f M rs M ax Fleiscbmann from grieve as short a time as she will. those dealing with parture, stood unimpeached. a honeymoon spent In the arctic re­ in my inmoat heart I knew it was true. The directors, however, took a view preserve mankind from ailments and gions shooting polar bears Illustrates I had staked everything, not for a wom­ opposed to his excellency's, and relations disease, says the Westminster Gazette. new feminine ideals o f a wedding jour­ an's love, but for the whim of a g ir l! For became so strained that they were con­ And though the present day Is said to ney. a moment it was too hard for me, and I templating \he withdrawal of their busi­ furnish better opportunities to the The exploits o f Mias Mary Kingsley bowed my head on the table by me and ness from Whittingbam altogether, when on the low er N iger still challenge com­ bid my face. Then he came and put his events occurred which modified their ac­ quack doctor and the valetudinarian than any form er period In the w orld’s parison with masculine standards. A c­ band on’ mine, and said ; . tion. Before I lay down my pen I must “ Yea, Martin ; young and old, we are all give some account of these matters, and history, a glance through some o f the companied only by native attendants, •like. They're not worth quarrying for. I cannot do so better than by inserting a medical works o f four or five centuries she penetrated fo r long distances But nature's too strong.” letter which I had the honor to receive ago shows that It would be difficult to through the bush- la the face o f fr e ­ “ May I see her before I go?” I asked. from his excellency, some two years after beat some o f the suggested cures and quent dan gers In her writings she “ i es,” he said. I last aiw him. I had obeyed hia wish prescriptions. showed rare Insight and sympathy with “ Alone?" in communicating my address to him, but ARRANG EM ENT F O B W ATE R 8U PPLY. W e have come across some Inform a­ the native potfit o f rl4w, which mslo "Yea,” he mid once more. “ Go now— up to this time had received only a short tion gathered In an ancient volume tell explorers have not alw ays dons The I f she can see you.” but friendly note, acquainting me with the surface. The space below the tank Is a change, ss much ss the green al- reputation made by Miss Annie Peck I want up and cautiously opened the fact o f his marriage to the Signori na, sad lng o f the marvelous properties o f pre­ used as a sort o f creamery room. fa ifa .” cious stones in curing disease. The ss a mountain climber is world-wide. door. The Signorina was lying on the expressing good wishes for my welfare in In this system the water Is forced bed. with a shawl over her. She seemed my new sphere o f action. The matters compiler o f the volume -tells hts read­ Httrasrea i « « la d ra in U a d a . From the Matterhorn to the Peruvian from the well through the “pipe ( A ) by to be asleep. I bent over her and kissed to which the President refers became to ers that In the second century, A. D.. Th e loss o f nitrogen from four grain peaks, what difficult summit baa she tier. She opened her eyes, and mid in a some extent public property soon after­ a . famous medical man cured King windmill power, directly to a forty- farm s in ten years amounted to from left unsealed? She was the first wo- barrel galvanised tank ( B ) located in weary voice: ward, but ear tain other terms of the ar­ Necho o f Egypt o f digestive troubles three to five times more than was re man to climb Orizaba, and abe scaled “ I# it you, Jack?” rangement are now given to the world for by causing him to wear, tied around his the garret o f the residence. From here moved by the crops, say* Harry Snyder ( Mount S a n ta . In B olivia, to a height It may be piped to any part o f the T e s , my darling,” mid I. “ I am going thé first time. neck, “ a dragon cut out o f green Jas la a report to the experiment station ‘ o f 20,500 feet, almost exactly that o f I must go or die; end whether I go or house. An overflow pipe ( E ) taps the The letter ran as follows ; per.” And whoaoever wished fo r valor o f the University at Minnesota. T h l* 1 Mount M cKinley, which Dr. Frederick die, I must be slone.” tank near the top and conducts ■* the “ My Dear Martin— As an old inhabit­ She was strangely quiet, even apathet ant of «Auwatelaud, you will be inter­ and daring had only to wear a diamond w ater to the large cypress supply tank. loes was due to the rapid decay o f t h e ' A. Cook has just conquered, It As 1 knelt down by her A e raised ested . in the new* I have to tell you. about bis person. “ But If taken Inter­ By this method the freshest water re­ humus and the liberation o f the nlt.*o-1 1 » mountain Mlmbtng woman now nally in any shape or form It Is pole herself, and took my face between her gen. which forms an essential part o f asks no odds o f man. Miss J. E. Dun- I also take pleasure in hoping that, in mains In the galvanised tank in the hands and kissed me, not passionately, spite o f bygona differences, your friendly onous.” tbe humus. Th e losses o f nitrogen from «an. whose explorations In Tibet car- g a rre t The pipe ( G ) leads from this but tenderly. Ten centuries lster an Italian med these grain farms were practically the rled her Into regions previously unvls- feelings toward myself will make you supply tank to wherever the water ’.s “ M y poor J a c k s h e m id ; “ it was no glad to hear news of my fortunes. same as from the experimental plots at [ Itud, was the first European woman leal celebrity caused his patients to required fo r use. to hog lots, stock use, dear. It is no um to fight against “Y ob are no doubt acquainted generally wear rubles “ fo r to make them cautious the University Farm. Th e results o f * • CCOM the Cbangla pass, which Is tanks, etc. By this plan there Is a with tbs course of events here since yon and to d rive aw ay Idle and foolish the tests on the small plots are In sc- nearly 18,000 feet above the sea, 1,400 "Y ou love me?" I cried in my pain. nennanent supply under pressure so left us. As regards private friends, I thoughts” cord with the field teste