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C H A PT E R V.—«Continued.) “ Now supposing.” continued the senior partner, with a smile on hia thin tips, “that each a report got about. Suppose, too. that we were a t this time, when the market was in a depressed condition, to invest several thousand pounds la them. I f these rumors of an alleged discovery turned out to be entirely unfounded, of course the value of the atones which tire held would go up once more, and are n ig h t very wall sell out for double or treble the sum that we invested. Don't you see the sequence of evehta?” •* “There seems to me to be rather too S uch of the suppose in it,” reuiaiked Ears. “How do we know that such rumors will get about; and if they do, how do we know th at they will prove to be no- founded?” “ How are we to know?” the merchant cried, wriggling hie long lank body with, am usem ent “Why, my lad. if we spread the rumor ourselves we shall have pretty gcod reason to bet.eve that they are un founded. Eh, E a rs ! Ha ! ha 1 You se? there are some brains In the old mau Ezra looked a t hia father la coosid- abl* surprise and some admiration. Yhy.” he exclaimed, “it’s diahonsaL I’m “ Dishonest I Boob T The merchant m a pped his fingers “ I t ’s fineaee, my boy, commercial finesse. Who’s to trace it. I should Uke to know. I haven’t worked out all the details— I want your co-ofi- eretion over that—b u t here’s a -ouch sketch of my plan. We send a man we can depend upon to some distant part • f the world, Chimboraso. for example, or the Ural Mountains. It doesn’t soot ie r where, as long a* it Is out of tbe way. On arriving at this place our ugent /“ * * • • report th at he has discovered a diamond mine. We should even go the length, if he considers it necessary, of hiding a few rough stones in the earth, which he can dig up to give color to 'h is storyC O f course the local press would be fall of this. He might present one of the diamonds to tbe editor of the noar- **t paper. In course of time a pretty colured description of the new diamond fields would b id its way to London and thence to the ( W 1*B answer for It th a t the immediate effect is a great drop in the price of stones. We should have a eecond agent a t the Cape diamond Helds, and be would lay our money out by hay ing ta all th at be could while the panic laste^L Then, the original scare having proved to be all a mistake, tbs prices naturally go up once more, and we get a long figure for nil th at we hold. T hat’s w hat I moan by ‘m ak.nj a corner In dia monds.’ There is no room in It for any miscalculation.” “I t sounds very nice,” his son remark ed, thoughtfully. “ I ’m not so sure aoout its warking, though.” “I t .most work well. As to r as human calculation can go there is no possibility of failure. Besides, my boy, never lose sight of the fact that we shall be specu lating- with other people's money.* We ourselves have nothing to lose, absolutely nothing.” “ I km not likely to lone sight of it ,” said Ears angrily, his mind coming hick to his. grievance. . “ 1 reckon th at we can raise from forty to fifty thousand pounds without d.fflrulty. My name is, as you know, a s goqd as th a t of any firm in the city. F u r nsarly forty years it has been above sta te far suspicion. If we carry on ojf plans ;at once, and lay this money out Judiciously, all may come right.” “I t ’s Hobson’s choice.” the young man remarked. “We must try some bold stroke of Che sort. Have you cboeen the right sort of men for agents? You should have men of some standing to set such reports going. They would have more weight then.” ” - • John Oirdlestone shook his bead de- epondingly. "How am I to get a man of any standing to do such a piece of bus!* ness?” he said. “Nothing easier,” answered Ears with a cynical tough. “ I could pick out a score of impecunious fellow* from tbe d u b s who would be only too glad to earn « hundred or two in any way you can xnentipn. I shall go myself to tbe dia mond fields. As to our other agent. I have the very man, Ifajo r Tobias Clutter- buck. He is a shrewd, clever fellow, and fw's always bard up. His social rank you have willfully wasted the money.” “Brilev# me. I have tried te act for tbe best. The good name of our firm to ev erything to me. I have spent my what* life ta building it up, and if the day should come when it moot go, I trust th a t I may have gone myself. There Is nothing which I would, not do to pre- tV | «he? 'Ifon meat glvs my to r* '« both^ “ I low la it that you haw n*W to lea u»?*’ TVu *»ked reproashft ta rn f e t yon never have an accident k “Mr. tiirdlMtape think* th a t'' vlth them, while your two new uninsured been too idla lately, and that 1 Upper* run each other down." atay at home. I am afraid ^ t “ Well, what more can I d o r replied aome little time hefora i can *tea •he merchant. “They are thoroughly rut- to Kensington.” en. I h aw done nothing for them for Tom consigned her guardian on /ear*. Sooner or later they muat go. I breath to a region warmer e w a tl -annot do any more." arena of th at gentleman’* com “ I d make ’em go down quick enough,“ speculations. “ Which nay are j muttered Kara with an oath. Why don’t luc?" he naked. on make old Mlgga bow a hole la them, “ I wa* going to Victoria atr w pot a light to a barrel of paraffin? change my book, and than to rhe thing’* done every day«. W hat’» the atreet.” , \ mo of being mllk-aad-watery about i t r “What a at range thing !” the young man “ No. no. E a rn !” cried bit father. “Not exclaimed. " wa* going in that direction that, not that. I t’» ona thing letting too.” It seemed the more strange aa ha J |\ f j j ; i J 8 » '- v w I uattece take their coane, and it la an was walking In the opposite diroetlon ■ * -< - - J other thing giving pooKive orders ta seoc- when she met him. Neither seenmd In- h s C jy •‘T-»*%« le a ship. Besides, It would pot ue In dined te make any comment upon the i Mlgga* power. I t would be too danger- fact. , - n riin r n n n n n n r As thay walked on, threading their way H enteve mm* C ookers, “Please yourself,“ said Kars with a among the vehicles. Tom took bin com- meet. “You’ve got us into the mesa and panion’a hand In hit, and they exchanged 1 T he cheapest and moat economical you muat take ua out again. If the worst one him grip, which each felt to be of the b eater ever used w as one of my own How sunny and construction. 1 m ada n fram e of 2x8- comta to the worst I’ll tell you what I’ll nature of a pledge. jo. I’ll m arry Kata Hurston, wash my bright the dull brick-lined streets seemed inch pine seven feet long and twenty- lands of the firm, leave you to settle mat to those two young people th at after- K,Ten Inches wide. I p u t a bottom on ters w.th the creditors, and retire with noon. They were both looking into a th |a of ^ o . 18 galvanised Iron, letting » . . . . . . the forty thousand pounds.” w ith which ru m p * t-k rh a M m »f1 tA h * An# Ion # vin f i threat the junior partner took up hia has and swaggered out of the office. After hi* departure John Girdleston? spent an hour in anxious thought, arranf- ing the details of the scheme which he had just submitted to his son. As he ant 'll* eye chanced to fall upon the two let ters lying on hia desk, and it struck him that they had better ha attended »o. It lid not suit hia plans to fall back upon hi* credit just yet. It has been already thin, little particles of cream on the top of th e scum will dry and do not churn Into the b u tter, but will rem ain In th e ir hard s ta te end e ith er show apecks in the b u tte r o r come to the top of tb s w ater In washing. T he trouble can be hindered by strain in g the cream before churning. T he o th er way Is earned from leav ing the cream sta n d too long before churning. If a- little of the milk le Study H a t te r o f Feeds. Fifteen hundred pounds. “In the United Metropolitan. John? Let me see. Their present rate of inter est is four and a half?” “Four. s.r,” said John. “F our! Dear me, John, that is poor Intebest, very poor indeed. I t Is moot fortunate that I made these Inquiries. I w as on the point of drawing fourteen hundred pounds from on* of my’ corre spondents as a temporary convenience. For this I should pay him five per cent. I have no objection. John, as you are an old aeiwant of the firm, to giving you tbe preference in thA m atter. 1 cannot take more than fourteen hundred—but 1 shall be happy to accommodate you up to that sum at the rate named.” John Uilray was overwhelmed by thin thoughtful and considerate act. “ It toi really too generous and kind, air,” ha said. “ I don’t know how to thank ybu.” “Don’t mention it, Jokn,” the senior partner said grandly. “Tha firm to always glad to advance the interests of ita em ployes to any reasonable manner. Have you your check book with you? Fill <t up for fourteen hundred. No more, John, 1 cannot oblige you by taking any more.” John Gi rdlestone's private residence te Eeriest on square was a large and sub stantial house in a district which the wave of fashion bad passed over in it* westwerd course. The building wai> *t,*rn and hard, and massive in its external ap pearance, but the Interior was lu iury it self, for the old merchant bad a due ap preciation of tbfe good things of this World Indeed there waa an oriental and almost barbarous splendor ibout *ha great rooms, where the richest, furniture war Interspersed With skins from the Ga boon, hand-worked ivory from Oh] Cala bar, and the thousand other Strang* val uables which were presented by hia agents to the African trader. After the death of hia friend. Girdle- stone bad been aa good as hid word. He had taken Kate Harston away from the desolate house at Fulham and brought her to live with him- From tbe garrets of th at palatial edifice to the cellars she was a t liberty to roam where she would, and do what the chose. No cares or responsi bilities were imposed upon her. The do mestic affairs were superintended by a stern housekeeper, who arranged every detail of housekeeping. The young girl had apparently only to exist and to be happy. John Oirdlestone had been by no means overjoyed upon tbe return of tbe I>imu ds lea from Edinburgh to learn that hta ward hud been thrown into tbe company Of her young cousin. He received her coldly, ahd forba de her to'vistt Bhillimore Gardens for some t.me to come. H* even took tbe precaution of telling off a confi dential footman to walk behind her on all occasions, and to act either aa an es cort or aa a sentry. It chanced, however, that one day, a few weeks after her return, Kate found an opportunity of recovering her freedom. The footman had been di-tpatched upon some other duty. So she bethought her- aet/ th at a book was. to be bought, and some lace to be matched, and several oth er Important feminine duties to be ful filled. It happened, however, that as she walked sedately down Warwick street her eyes fell upon a very tall and squar> shouldered young man, who f i n lounging In her direction, tapping hto stick listless ly against the railings, as is the habit of idle men. At this Kate forgot incon tinently all about tbe book and tbe lac*« while the tall youth ceased to tap the railings, and came striding toward* h*-r with long spr.ngy footsteps and * smiling face. “ Why. Cousin Tom, who would have thought of meeting you here?” she eg- claimed, whan the first greetings had been exchanged. “ It to a most surprising thing.” I t to possible that the incident would not have struck her os so very as tonishing after all, had she known (M l Tom had spent six hours a day for the tost fortnight in blockading the entrances t# Ecpleston square. . “Most rem arkable!” said the young hypocrite. “You see 1 haven’t anyth!** to do yet, so I walk about Loudon a good deal. I t wa* a lucky chaoes th at seat me te this direction.” “And how to the doctor?” K ste ashed really I don’t know what be would do If he knew about it. He would curtain- ly make IU very uncomfortable for me to live with mm. Remember 1 am nearly twenty now, so in a little more than a year 1 shall be entirely tree. T h at ta hot rery long.” | . “ I don’t know about that,” Tom said, doubtfully. “ However, If you will be biore comfortable, of course, th at rattle* the qbestlon. It seem. rather h e r* though. W hen g rain to high in price, the ralsnr of stacks needs to study th e m at te r of feed m ore th en a t any o ther time. I t does not pay to give foods th at m erely fill up, and th a t to w h a t the tem ptation to in tim es w hen prices a n inflated for th e moot valuable feeds T he m an th a t u n d erstan d s the con stitu tio n o f feeds will generally find he can beat the high prices by raising some kind of a crop th a t will give him a big supply of cheap feed. T hus, the m an th a t h as a good blue g rass pasture can conserve It, fertilise It and make It produce a very large am ount o f nu tritio n s feed th a t will, fo r aome of his stock, m ake It possible to greatly cut down on the g ra in ration, though th li cannot be cot out entirely. The men th a t have been feeding corn extensively to steem will .h a w to balance th a t com w anes t a x i aim coom b . -------------------------------------------------------- w ith clover, a lfalfa, soy beans o r some the ground, pud ou tw o lengths of th ing else to decrease th e am ount ot stovepipe and w ired It fa st to tbe rod. corn used, to r protein In corn comet a piece of sheet Iron w as set up be- very U gh, on account o f the large f0re the fireplace to «control th e d ra ft am ount o f starch th a t baa to be paM and keep th e fire. fo r to get a little protein. T his b e a te r w as located n ear foe w| n 4 m[)i and storage ta n k and I could „ „ u from e ltb er. j heat the " I t’s only for a time, Tom ; and you ^ brush o r trash . I boiled pnmp- may tell them at. bom* by all m eans No a -, kina and sm all potatoes fo r fatten in g P a p e r w it* P e a t O p ia io a a . T he oddest new spaper In the worlfi ls oue nam ed th e W ocbenbiatt, which is published in G runlngen, a sm all town of some 1,200 Inhabitants In th e can* ton of Zorich, In Sw itzerland. I t to th e foundation, w hile I moved the tan k about an d used It for various p u r poaea p or a tim e I used It In a sheep «mature, then to mix m o rtar In while building, then as a pond for little d ’jcfcs, aa i could easily tip It over »octal Democrats« Pages 1 an d 2 bo-* f* * * ! , nng to the L iberate and p ag e. 8 and 4 Wben corn I . husked and the stover o the Socialists, and the two p a rtia l ritredded a t a je r y lnf ibuae one an o th er h eartily In Its page« C0Bt lver t b*t of huskUig y “ ._______________ p ractice m uat commend Itself to every c k a r * « i t i p th e B tu . ' j fa rm e r on account of tbe g reater con- “Doctor." said a shrewd-looklng man, sentence w ith w hich tbe m aterial may bow m any feet of gas does It take to be bandied and fed, and tbe ability to Jll a m an?” ' • preserve tb e m aterial from dam age by "T h at’s a queer question,” replied rains, etc., say s D irector H. J. W aters, he doctor. “ Why do you wish to Mlooouti experim ent otatlon. Not only :nowT* so, b a t th e g reatest single objection to _ " T f . M,r.*‘ . „ refused by stock fo r bedding, and still Yes, boasted Mrs, New coin, ‘‘when j.a T i th e m anure In s condition to be my husband returned from Europe he i,aI1died easily by a m anure spreader, .weighed Just fifty pounds more than _____ when be sta rte d .” t o *. S ta b ile « H eeeee. , “G racious!” exclaimed Mrs. De Stylo, W e can. learn from th e Jap an ese a w ith a yawn. “Did the custom s officer» th in g o r two about stabling horses. In forget to search him ?” . th a t country horses a re backed into -------- ------------------- — th e ir atalto ; then a door to closed at w n a t i t t**a4s t «. • th e head, w hich has a g rain and hay ,r . — VVcdfieriv -rarara Y e* I x n a * * , An acra contain« (UTSUtaO square A n v .v ,Bebea ° f ■n r fa c A «Od Sn llK* Of ra in know* ‘h a t U le In aome eenae a “good *nck pin," but how it cam e to be eon- *,d«r*d »oeh and w here th e p eculiar >»<1 curiously a ttra c tiv e symbol origl- Q* ted u know n to com paraU veiy few persons. T he sw astik a In one o f th e g re a t re ligious sym bols of th e w orld. I t h as been recognised ns s religious emblem by m ore people, very likely, th e n h s s the cross Itself. As such symbol It Is very m any h undreds o f y ears older th a n the C h ristia n e ra . in fact, i t la perhaps, th e very ea rlie st of religious »igna o r ch aracters. I t h a s been re vered all over Europe an d Asia, and long before th e daw n o f C h ristia n ity our pagan an cestors looked u p to It. as th e emblem of w h a t they w orship ed. I t Is one of th e oldest things In history, and th ere Is scarcely a land In whose ruined tem ples It is not found "S w astik a,” the nam e given It by the B rahm ins and B udd h ists of India, la a S anscrit word signifying “o f good fortune.” In th e P all tongue It Is “au h ,” which m eans “I t to well,“ or “so be It,” which to m uch th e sam e m eaning a s th e S an scrit word. T he Japaneee call It “m an jl” and th e Chi nese call It “m an jl” a n d th e Chinese h a e w - tt- a m Mwnan” e s “w an.” T h e French call It “la crelx p attee,” the tooted croaa, w hile th e ancient E ng lish nam e to “fly-fot,” m eaning e ith e r four-footed o r m any-footed. T he m ost pussling an d most in ter eating th in g about th e sw astik a Is th a t It to found In n early all p a rts of th a world. In tbta country aa well aa In E urope an d Asia, w herever archaeolo g ists dig up th e b u rled cities o f th e rem ote p ast. D raw n, p ainted, c u t woven, scratch ed o r otherw ise design ed, not only upon b u rial u rn an d sacri ficial atone, but also upon ntenslto and objects of everyday nse, the catio n s symbol appears. I t h as been found am ong relics th a t m ark th e bronze age In Europe an d some an tiq u a ria n s believe they have discovered th e fact of Its existence In th e so-called polished atone age of he expert- k pv+tHf*!« from tbe sections, ry r la n a ry for fru it zer to he u la rly af- stash may nuriate of y used In il applies- isde upon to to the P rof* 9<hlleaian found it a t Htoaar- ,,k ,n tb * buried cities th a t u nderlay th e ancient Troy, of w bicb Hom er M °ff- nrhlcfa Indicates Its existence a t * P*rIo<1 from 3.000 to 8,300 y ears ago. Those who look upon th e region to be northw est of In d ia a s tb e prim al borne of th e blonde races o f tb e w orld 11,110 rol>,1‘le r th a t an cien t land a s be- ,n* tbe birthplace of tb e sw astik a. K. p - ° re g , an em inent E nglish a u th o rity , a r*uea th a t “ It w aa a much-used and fo ro rtte religious symbol am ong tb e M r |tor A ryan races, an d waa Intended bJ them . In tb e first Instance, to rep resent In a cruciform sh ape an Ideo graph o r symbol suggested by th e fork- m eat. sd lightning.” O ur prim al w h ite for- and gral«. bears w orshiped D yau ao ltar ( J u p ite r ) , treat help th e sky fath er, an d tb e jagged light en a t the nlng w as th e n a tu ra l emblem of th is in F arm aw ful power. n space a. W ith the successive em igrations of ------------- the A ryans from nortfiern India all over Europe, th e sw astik a spread and. adopted as a symbol of B uddha In tb e ' seventh cen tu ry before C hrist, It w aa la te r carried Into C hina and Ja p a n . T he A rabs an d Jew s knew It not, n o r, a n p r did tb e ancient E gyptians, but they w ere not o f A ryan blood. L. T hus th e ham m er of T hor, the S can ------------ r dlnavlan d eity for whom T h u rsd ay to I In a t h. nanied> waa th la very sam e sw astik a The p a rt * h lch the m aiden o f to-day Is using to r may b*, ornam ent a sum m er s h irt w aist. It has need hn " S T " edge m ore o r lera complete of all tbo * thf 0.! ? i i " . n a tu ra l sciences, and hia to tbe only Z " * * * 1"1 occupation th a t denis w ith th e sciences.' " >h rP ° d f °"r' T h a t education drives th e young man **ch * a " * c re o o g u te e d r b , r ** from th e farm proves nothing except “ “f® * , th e , whl,m ," n *v er' th a t all men cannot be farm ers, for w . ™#,e V * * * " ! ^ v" « " n t f» "« 1 moat have all tbe trad es and profee- » * ""•* » > » • buf ° ° «™ - slons filled. B ut ag riculture to more >«ons « ,to «um w as exceeded. Bays tb e im portant th an all o th er callin g , com- 0 r ? L f tT ? ton’ blued, for tbe farm er feeds an d clothe. H untingdonshire : -M ay. 1 0 0 1 -P a ld In the world. T herefore tb e b etter the ch arf * tak ,n * °P a d '" ^ actedLwomnu. farm er knows bis business the better T**0“ 10* 1! " Ä“ w b ,Pp1n« hpr n e r t will tbe w orld be clothed and fed. I * * 6 «billing. « p e n « ." A fter whip- - ping people according to th e s ta tu te r u n ]«•«••. I tbe au th o rities som etim es gave them a Cream kept too long m ay bscotne lette r recommending constables and b itte r and be fall o f wählte flake*. o th e rs “to be s r ch aritab le a s th e law O at» a re good for laying bens. Do ^ __________________ _ not be a fra id they will s a t too m any off. c m u t? n * a * t o * r tn Or««*, them. | O ur clotbus a re all alike, and th is Sheep a re a p ersistent agency of Im- monotony h as led to nollm lted extrava* provem ent to the land on tha farm s Y*nces. W hat has not been done to where they are k e p t m ake th e etern al pinafore frock took Bncceaa In livestock raisin g depends »Hglnal? New elaboration» a re Invent- on producing a b etter «train of anim ate * d a,ly ’ aacb ona “ ore th a n w ith each breeding. ‘be l a s t but nobody to deceived. I t te nt . h -n - . «till the old pinafore, only a little mad- W odderly Yes, I guess so. Anyway, ^ therefore, th e sam e num ber of never W t a y w ife know w hat I r—11», lncfaH * wat* r. v A gallon con ln* or 2 * 5 ______________ _ ta in s 277.27 cubic Inches of w ater, and s te w T ra in s B ar#»*. an Inch of ra in fa ll m eans 22,622 gallons Impossible to get a good «apply o f In the m a tte r of tra in speed A ustria, 0g « « te r to th e acre, a n d sa a gallon bones. I t to a good scheme to m ake ar- ^ ä s ÄTsr-i*: •£!»“• - — v •*»-«— ' ------------------ ------— — wtM n ■ m ao fal,a 10 « ttrn c t atten-
