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The Firm of
Girdlestone
A. C O N A N O O YLI
C H A P T E R V II.— (Continued.)
T V old ' mut was pale and nervous.
T V on* weak point in his character wa*
Ida affection for his son, an affection
which he strove to hide under an austere
manner, but which was none the l<
genuine. He had never before parted with
him for an/ length of time, and he felt
the wrench keenly. As to Ears, he was
flushed and excited at the thought o f the
new scenes which lay before him and the
daring speculation in which he was about
to embark. He flung himself into a chair
and stretched his thick, muscular limbs
out in front o f him.
“ I know as much about stones.” he
said exultantly, “as any man in London.
I was pricing a bag of rough ones at
Van Helmer’s to-day, and he is reckoned
a good judge. He said t V t no expert*
could have done it better.”
"You deserve great credit for your
quickness and perseverance,” replied his
fa tV r . “ Your knowledge will be inval
uable to you when you are at the fields.
You will promise to be careful and to
avoid quarrels and bloodshed.”
“ I won’t get into any rows if I can
V lp It,” his son answered. “That’s not
my game.”
“ B at if you think that there Is no mis
take; if your opponent is undoubtedly
about to proceed to extremities, shoot him
down at once, my dear lad, before V has
time to draw. I V v e heard those who
V v s been out there say that in such cases
everything depends upon getting the first
shot. I am anxious about you, and shall
not be easy until I see you again.”
“ Blessed if he hasn't tears in his eyes!”
Bara exclaimed to himself, much aston
ished at this unprecedented occurrence.
“ When do you go?” his father asked.
“ My train leaves in an hour or so. I
reach the steamer at Southampton about
three in the morning, and she starts with
the full tide at six. Well, good-by,", said
the young man, rising up and holding
out his hand. “ Keep your eye on Dime-
dale and don’t trust him.”
“ Good-by, my son, good-by!”
T V old merchant was honestly moved,
and his voice quivered as he spoke. He
stood motionless for a minute or so until
t V heavy door slammed, and then he
threw open the window and gaaed sorrow
fully down t V street at t V disappearing
cab. H is whole attitude expressed such
dejection that his ward, who V d just en
tered the room, felt more drawn toward*
him than she had ever done before. Slip
ping op to him, s V | placed her warm,
tender hand upon bis sympathetically.
“ He will soon come b a d , deer Mr. Gir
dlestone,” she said. “ You must not be
uneasy about him.”
As she stood beside him in her white
dress, with a single red ribbon round ncr
neck and a band of the same color round
her waist, she was as fair s specimen of
English girlhood ms could have been
found la «til London. T V merchant's
features softened as V looked down at
her fresh young face, and V put out his
hand as though to c a m s her, but some
unpleasant thought must have crossed hi*
mind, for he assumed suddenly a darker
look and turned away from V r without
a word. More t V n once that night she
recalled that strange spasmodic expres
sion o f something akin to horror which
aased over V r guardian's features as
gased at V r .
C H A P T E R V III.
Tbe anxious father had not very long
t » wait bfore be heard tidings of his son.
Finally there came a long epistle from
Kimberley, t V capital o f the mining dis
trict. in which the young man described
his eight hundred miles drive np country
and all the adventures which overtook
him on t V way.
“ This place, Kimberley,” he said la his
letter, “ has grown into a fair-sised town,
though a few years ago it was just i
camp. “ Now there are churches, banks,
and a club in It. There are a sprinkling
o f well-dressed people in t V streets, but
t V majority are grimy-looking chaps
from the diggings, with slouched hats sn<l
colored shirts, rough fellows to look at,
though quiet enough as a rule. Though
Kimberley la the capital of the mining
fields, it is not there t V t t V actual
mining is done. That goes on in a lot of
little camps, which are dotted along the
Vaal river for fifty or sixty miles. The
stones are generally bought at the camp
immediately after they have been found,
and are paid for by checks on bonks in
Kimberley. I V v e , therefore, transferred
our money to t V South African bank
here.
Keep your eyes on t V t fellow
[Mmsdale, and let him know nothing of
w V t Is going on.”
He wrote again about a fortnight after
wards, and his letter, as it crossed t V
Atlantic, passed t V outward mail. whi.h
Sore t V news o f the wonderful diamond
find mads by an English geologist among
t V Ural Mountain*.
“ I am now ou a tour among the
ramps,” he said. “To-morrow I push on
to Delparte’s Hope and Larkin’s Flat. I
am well received wherever I go, except
by the dealers. They hear t V t I am a
London capitalist, and fear that I may
send up t V prices. They little know 1
bought stones ail the way along, but not
very valuable ones, for w s must husband
One day news arrived o f the great dis
covery of diamonds among t V Ural
Mountains. T V first Intimation was re
ceived through t V Central News Agency
in t V form o f t V following telegram :
“ Moscow, August 22.— It Is reported
from Tebotak that an important discovery
o f diamond fields has V an mads amongst
t V spurs o f t V Ural Mountains, at a
e t vary far from t V t city. T V y
m id to V v e V a n found by aa English
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geologist, who has exhibited many magnlfi-
cent gems in proof of hi* assertion. The*«
«tones have been examined at Tobolsk,
and art pronounced to V equal. If aot
superior, ia quality to any found «rt»i-
where. A company has been already
formed for t V purpose of pun-ha a lag the
lead aad working the mines.”
The crisis at t V African fields was even
more scute than had been anticipated by
the conspirators. Nothing approaching to
It V d ever been known in South A fr
before. Diamonds went steadily down in
value until they were selling at a price
which no dealer would have V lieved pos
sible, and the sale of claims reached such
a climax t V t men were glad to got rid of
them for t V mere price of the plant and
machinery erected at them. T V offices of
the various dealers at Kimberley were
besieged night and day by an importunare
crowd o f miners who were willing to sell
at any price in order tq, nave something
from the general ruin which they Imag
ined was about to come upon the indus
try.
Some, more long-headed or more
desperate than their neighbors, continu' d
to work their claims and to keep the
stones which they found until prices might
V V tter.
As fresh mails came from
t V Cape, howerer. each confirming and
amplifying t V ominous news, these Inde
pendent workers grew fewer and more
faint-hearted, for t V ir boys V d to oe
paid each week, and where waa the
money to come from with which to pay
them? The dealers, too, buan to take the
alarm, and the most tempting offers would
hardly induce them to give hard cash in
exchange for stones which might prove to
V a drug on the market. Everywhere
there was misery and stagnation.
Ears Griddlestone was not slow to take
advantage of this state of things, but V
waa too cunning to do so in amanner
which migh call attention to himself or
his movements. Ia his wanderings he had
cams across an outcast named Farintosh,
a man who V d once been a clergyman
and a master of arts of Trinity College.
Dublin, but who wax now a broken-down
gambler with a slender purse and a still
more slender conscience. He still retain
ed a plausible manner and an engaging
address and these qualities first recoin-.
mended him to the notice of the young
merchant. A couple o f days after the re
ceipt of the nesrs from Europe, Ear*
sent for this fellow and sat with him for
soma time on the verandah of the hotel
talking over the situation.
You see,” mid Ears, “ I have t V name
here o f having a long parse and o f know
ing which way the wind blows. I f I were
to V seen buying, others would follow
my lead, and prices would soon bq as hign
as ever. Now what I purpose is to work
through you, d'ye see? You can go the
round o f the camp# and buy in stones on
the quiet without attracting much atten
tion. Beat them down as low as 'you
can, and give this hotel as your address.
When t V y call here they shall V paid,
which is V tte r than having you carrying
the money round with you.”
The clergyman scowled as though he
thought it was anything but better.. He
did not make any remark, however.
“ You can get one or taro fellows to V lp
you,” mid Ears. “ You know who would
V likely men. I can’t expect you to work
all the camps yourself. O f course, if you
offer more for a stone than I care to g i v ,
that’s your lookout, but if you do yo*ir
work w ill you s V ll not V the loner. You
shall have a percentage on business done
and a weekly salary as well.”
How much money do you care to in
vest?*' asked Farintosh.
“ I ’m not particular,” Ears answered.
I f I do a thing I like to do it well. I ’ d
go the length o f thirty thousand pounds.”
Farintosh was so astonished at the mag
nitude o f the sum that he sank back in
his c V i r in bewilderment. "W hy, sir,”
he mid, “ I think just at present you
could buy the country for that.”
Ears laughed. “ W e’ll make it go as
fat as We can,” he mid. “ O f course you
may buy claims as well as stones.”
“ And I have carte blanche to that
amount?”
“ Certainly.”
“ A ll right. I'll begin this evening,” mid
the ex-parson, and picking up his slouch
ed V t , whfch he still w orj somewhat
bioader in the brim thah his comrades, in
deference to old associations, he departed
upon his mission.
Farintosh was a clever man, and soon
chose two active suordinates. These were
a navvy, named Burt, and Williams, a
young Welshman, who had disappeared
from home behind q cloud o f forged
checks, and having changed his pa me had
made a fresh start in life to the south of
the equator. These three worked day and
night buying in stones from the more
needy and impecunious miners, to whom
ready money was a matter o f absolute ne
cessity. Farintosh bought in the stock,
too, o f several small dealers whose nerves
had been shaken by the panic. In this
«ray bag after bag waa filled with dia
monds by Ezra.
H e was becoming somewhat uneasy in
his mind as to bow long the delusion
would V kept np, or how soon news
might came from the Cape t V t the Uml
find bad been examined into and proved
to V a myth. In any case, he thought
that he would be far« from suspicion.
Still, it might be as well for him by that
time to V upon hie homeward journey,
for he knew that if by any chance the tru«
facta leaked out there' would V no hope
o f mdhry from the furious diggers. Hence.
V incited Farintosh to greater speed, and
that worthy divine with bis two agents
worked so energetically that in leas than
a week there waa little left of five and
thirty thousand pounds.
Ears Girdlestone had shown his power
of reading character when he chose the
ex-clergyman as his subordinate. It Is
possible, however, that t V young man’s
judjgnent had been inferior to his power«
of observation. A clever man a* a trusty
ally is a valuable article, but when the
said cleverness may be turned against b<a
employer t V advantage becomes a ques
tionable one.
It waa perfectly evident to Farintosh
that though a stray capitalist might risk
a thousand pounds or sd on s speculation
of this sort, Rothschild himself would
hardly care to invest such a sum as had
passed through bis hands without having
soma ground on which to go.
Having
formed this conclusion, and having also
turned over In his mind the remarkable
coincidence that the news o f this discov
ery in Russia should follow so very rapid
ly upon tbs visit of tbs Junior partner of
the Hoose of Girdlestone. the astute cler-
tegan to hav4 boom dim pereep-
mi Iks truth. Hanes, ha brooded a
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good deal as he weat about hie w ait, aad
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cogitated deeply in a manner which was
once again distinctly undesirable ia qo
very Intelligent a subordinate.
These brooding« and cogitation* culml-
noted In a meeting, which waa held by
him with hi* two Hub-ageat« in the private
parlor of the Digger’* Retreat. It waa a
low-roofed, smoke-stained room. Round
a solid, old-fashioned table in the'cant**,
of this apartment eat Ezra’» staff of as
sistants, the parson thoughtful, but self-
satisfied, the others sullen and inquisitive.
Farintosh had convened the meeting, and
hi* comrades had an idea that there waa
a * * « sheep B ara «
something in the wind. They waited for
4 g qqfl sheep barn la a poor
him to speak.
Tbln may seem to be absurd, but the
"W ell,” tbs ex-clergyman told at last, ‘ fget* support ench a statem ent There
“ the game is nearly over; and we’ll aot he jg no question but that many flocka are
wanted any more. Girdlestone. off to
dered uab<MltUj , nd th erefor» lex«
England in e day or two."
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Burt and Williams groaned sym pathy |Pro,I“ ctlv«
reason o f too clo
housing.
In
few
sections
do
sheep need
•rally. Work was scarce in the diggings
during the crisis, and their agendas aad taore than a windbreak and rain abed.
Some o f onr bast shepherds have kept
been paying them well.
“ Yes, he’s off,” Farintosh went on. their flocks fo r decades with only such
glancing keenly at his companions, “ and Sheds aa would prevent the flock being
he take« wth him five and thirty thousand exposed to direct winds, rain and snow-
pounds’ worth of diamonds that we •torn) a
bought for him. W e have to do the work,
Th e cut shows the type o f sheep
and then are thrown aside aa you would barn found on thq farm o f a succes
throw your pick aside when you are dons
fp l shepherd, which might ha copied
with It. When he sqjis out in London
w ith success
In this Instance the
and makes his pile, it won’t much matter
sheep
are
kept
upon
forage crops grown
to him that the three men who helped him
In four adjacent lota Th e flock may
are starving in Griqualand.”
“ Won’t hd give us somethin’ at part be turned Into any lot at pleasure.
in’ ?" asked Burt, the navvy. He was a
It is well to have this building
savage looking, hairy man, with a brick- •quipped with a large ventilating win
colored face and overhanging eyebrows. dow In the end near the gable or tw o
'Won’t he give us nothing to remem small windows such as shown In the
brance him by?”
sketch. These, however, should be
“ Give you something!” Farintosh sa il
with s sneer. “ Why, man, he says you
are too well paid already.”
“ Does he, thongh?” cried the navvy,
lushing even redder than nature had
made him., “ ta that the way he s pea as
after we makea him? It ain't on th#
square. I lilies to see things honest an’
above board betwixt man an' man, and
this, pitefain’ Of them as. has help« yo
over ain’t that.”
Farintosh lowered his voice and beat
further over the table. His compaafons
involuntarily Imitated his movement, un
til the three cunning, cruel faces were
looking closely into one another’s eyas.
“ Nobody knows that he holds those equipped w ith a sash that may t
stones,” said Farintosh. “ He’s too smart closed In severe weather.
to let It out to any one by ourselves”
Many farm s where sheep are kept
“ Where does he keep ’em?” asked the
• are equipped with a barn cellar in
Welshman.
,
_
„
. . ! • which the flock baa beta kept with
" In a safe la his room. This, said
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Th e barn r a la r Is
Farintosh, taking s small key from his '
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/ ta x la the NwrthWMt,
Th e second factor making for the
new prosperity may bo termed “ the dis
covery o f flax.” For years there had
been a few scattering flax fields, bnt
it waa only In the middle *90*8 that the
Northwestern pioneer awoke to the dis
c o v e r that linseed o il waa o f more
truly golden hue, not only than the
wheat flald, but than any gold-bear
ing quarts California ever saw. And
no the endless golden yellow o f the
fields In Angqst and the tinkling bells
in September or the flax field.
Thooe who have never heard the
ringing o f the flax bells have missed a
truly wonderful sensation. Th e round
seed pods, smaller than peas, which
contain the seed, give a fain t metalllfl
sound which a s one drives or walks
through a field, setting thousands In
motion, seems like myriads o f Infinitesi
mal bells tinkling so faintly as to be
all but Inaudible.
N or Is the mere
sight o f a flax field in the mellow Au
gust aeon to he forgotten. Im agine a
100 -acre field, filled with flowers o f a
blue more delicate than vio lets And
o f its profitable character one Illustra
tion w ill suffice. In June, 1900, Qle
Jannaen bought 100 acres In the heart
o f the great flax belt fo r 910 an acra
on the crop payment plan. Ole “ broke
up” that fa ll and the next aprlng 195
acres and planted it in flax. In round
numbers, he thrashed In the fa ll eigh
teen and one-balf bushels to the a cre;
sold It fo r 91-39% a bushel, total,
$3,500; a little more than tw ice enough
to pay fo r his land out o f hla drat crop.
Not only waa the flax immensely profi
table Itself, but It removed from the
country the stigma, “ one-crop country.”
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HE WEEKLY
'W W W W W V
1487— Murder o f James I. of Scotland.
1525— Imperialists defeated the French
at battle o f Pavia.
1544— Diet o f 8 pires opened.
1547— Coronation of Edward VI., when
only 10 years o f age.
1587— Thomas Cavendish passed the
Straits of Magellan.
1021— Miles 8 tandiah chosen captain of
Plymouth colonies.
1746— Brussels taken by Marshal Saxt.
1770— William Scarbrough, one of the
builders of tbs Savannah, the first
steamer that crossed the Atlantic,
born in Belfast, 8 . C.
1777— Col. Neilaoa, with a party of
American militia, defeated Brltieh
troops under Major S to c k to n .....
American Congress commissioned five
R o r lo d
major generals.
Th e Department o f Agriculture has 1778— Lord North’« conciliatory bill prw
undertaken n series o f experiments In
seated ia Parliament.
tended to answer. I f possible, tbe old >780— New York ceded her rights in
question, “ H ow long can seeds remain
. western lands to tbs United Staton.
bar lad In the soil and still retain their 1781— Congress appointed Robert Morris
power o f germination?”
superintendent o f finance.
Many extraordinary stories have >798— Brltieh flag raised over Corsica.
been told o f tbe prolongation o f tbe vi 1797— Trinidad captured by the British
tality o f seeds during many years, and
under Sir Ralph A bercrom by....
even centuries, but very few actual ex
French and Austrians resumed hos
tilities in Italy.
periments have hitherto been made, v
Dr. Beni has reported that he has 1808— Qhio admitted to the Union.
found seeds that responded to germ ln a-11809— Drury I-«»»* theater, T/mdou, ds-
tlon tests after having been burled
strayed by fire,
pocket, “ is a duplicate, and «rill open Ji* * n exce^ ent place for sheep If rightly
twenty ye a rs Tbe seeds buried by tbe 1810— Andreas Hofer, the Tyrolese pat*
safe. I took s moulding from his key 1 « r a n g e d . Th ere should be plenty o f
experts o f tbe Agricultural Department
riot, shot by tbs French.
while I was speaking to him.”
openings to the sooth, allow ing sun to
The navvy laughed hoarsely. “ I f that I reach all parts o f the stable so as to at the Arlington farm last year w ere 1818— British and Canadian soldiara
captuted Ogdenaburg, N. Y.
don’t lick creation for smartness!” he keep it thoroughly dry.
Thorough packed w ith dry clay In porous d a y
pots, covered with saucers and placed 1814— Henry Kirks Bro«rn, who produc
cried. “ And how are we to get to this ' drainage Is essential.
ed the first broaae statue ever exe
•afe? It would serve him right If we
There most be ventilation at the at varions depths from 6 inches to
cuted In the United States, born at
collar (be lot. I t ’ll teach him that If
3Vi
fe
e
t
There
are
82
complete
sets,
rear o f the stable. A bad practlep la to
Leyden, Maas.
ain’t honest by nature he's got to be
keep the sheep in stables on stable in 3£84 pots, representing 100 spe
when he deals with the like o f us. I like
1834
— Uplted States concluded an In
cies,
84
genera
and
84
fa
m
ilies
Tests
straightness, and I ’ ll have I t !”
H e manure, says Farm and Home. Th e are to be made at tbe end o f o n s two,
demnity treaty with Spain.
„ „ . great
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_ fermenting manure destroys the color
brought his
fist down upon _______
the table
three, five, seven, ten, fifteen, twenty, 1858— City of Corinth, Greece, badly
to emphasise this commendable sentiment. | «^ 1 texture o f wool. A hint which has
damaged by earthquake.
It’s not an easy matter,” Farintosh j been worth many dollars to me is to twenty-five, thirty, fo rty and fifty
1802— 'T h a d ” Lincoln, favorits son o f
y
e
a
rs
said thoughtfully. “ When he goes out he use only long straw, hay or weeds for
the President, died at tbs White
locks his door and there’s no getting in j bedding sheep. I f short straw or saw-
H Iv « IV u m S p a w n .
House.. . .Jefferson Davis inaugurat
at the window. There’s only one chance dust is used it gets into the fi
Th
e
arrangement
here
shown.
If
and
ed President o f
the Confederate
for us that 1 can see. Ills room is a bit Is an everlasting nuisance
properly adjusted, is excellent; b n t
States at Richmond.
cut off from the rest of the hotel. There’s
says tbe Gleanings in Bee Culture, in 1883— Arisons territory
formed from
a gallery of twenty feet or more than
r e o s « * » ! « C a tt le r e e d t a g .
tbe first place It is difficult to bend tbe
New Mexico.
leads to i t
Now, I was thinking that
Th e Missouri Experiment 8 tatlon at nails, and. In tbe second place, it
if the three of us were to visit him some
1864— Second Confederate Congress met
Colombia has issued a very elaborate
of Richmond.
evening, Just to wish him luck on hi. jour- j
a
ney, « f it were, and if, while we were in
»»ndsom ely Illustrated bulletin on
I860— President Johnson publicly de
the room something sudden was to happen the most successful methods o f fatten
nounced tbe reconstruction commit
which would knock him silly for a minute ing cattle, by Dean H. J. Waters.
tee and declared Congress to be In
T h is bulletin summarizes the expe
or two. we migat walk off with the
rebellion against the government o f
■tones and be clean gone before he could rience and conclusions o f abont 1,000
tbe United States.
raise an alarm.”
o f the most experienced and successful
1807— Maximilian entered Queretaro.
"And what would knock him silly?“ cattle feeders o f Missouri, Illinois and
1888— House of Representatives resolved
asked Williams. He was an unhealthy, Iow a, and contains also a summary o f
to Impeach President Johnson.
scorbutic-looking youth, and his pallid the results o f a large number o f testa
1874— Business section of Panama de
complexion bad assumed a greenish tings ; w|th different kinds o f feed, different
stroyed by fire.
of fear a . be listened to the clergyman. ^
Qf catt|e etc
by tbe
Of
1880— Attempted assassination of tho
words. He had the makings in him of a
Czar of Russia'.
mean and dangerous criminal, but not of Experiment Station o f Colombia.
I t considers such practical questions
a violent one— belonging to the jackal
1881— Orange Free Stats declared to bo
if* il s or nuire.
as the most profitable age to fatten cat
tribe rather than to the tiger,
neutral territory.
brought his great fist down upon the table tle, the proper weight, the best season would be more difficult still to bend 1892— Charles Bradlaugh expelled from
, Burt laughed again in bis busby rrd o f the year, the best method o f pre them all w ith exactly tbe same curve,
the British House of Commons.
beard. "You can leave that to me, mate," paring feed, the best o f shelter, the for it would be important to have tbe
1884— Gen. Gordon entered Khartoum.
In tbe third place,
be said.
market demands, the best sort o f bee spaces s ilk s
1887— Congress passed a bill to retire
“ Meet here at eight o’clock to-morrow roughness, etc. It Is Illustrated with one would have to bore a bole In order
the trade dollar.
night,” said the leader. “ We can get it cuts o f the different types o f beef to drive them Into the fram e for tbe
1804—
Capital of Honduras captured by
over by nine, and we will have the nigh: cattle. Including excellent Illustrations reason that tbe hammer bead would
the insurgents under Ortes.
for our escape.
I ’ ll have the horse« o f the fa t steer herd exhibited by the strike one side o f the line o f penetra
1890— The Confederate States' museum
ready, and it will be strange if we don’t
college this season at the Interstate tion o f tbe wood, bending the nail
dedicated at Richmond, Vs.
get such a start aa will puzzle them.”
Fair, Kansas City, the Missouri State over. Takin g It ail In all, the ordinary
So having arranged, all the details of
1808— Court of inquiry began its Investi
the American Royal, staple Is much easier to Insert and
their little plan, these three gentlemen | _ r-
gation into the blowing up of tho
departed In different directions, Farintosh Kansas City, and the International fa r cheaper.
battleship Maine.
to the Oriental Hotel to give Ezra j i « L iv e Stock Exposition, Chicago. These
t » o * t l « a o t B « « h !v e a .
evening report, and the other« to the min steers won nine championship prizes,
Beehives should never be faced to
ing camps, which were the scenes of their seventeen first prises, sixteen second
ward tbe north. In a northern lati
labors.
prizes, seven third prizes and two
tude n northern exposure In winter is
(T e ha eon tinned.)
fourth prizes. Every steer won V a t
almost sore to cause the loss o f the
every show excepting one steer in one
colony, by tbe rlgorons north winds
T a b l e R e p a r te e .
show.
blowing In at tbe entrance, and the
“ Say,” confided the red-bordered nap
confinement o f the bees, caused by tbs
kin, " I am really smitten with the pret
A a lo t la .
ty stenographer who lunches here every
I f roots are stored In a pit In tbe entrances being shaded on mild, sunny
day, but she throws me over as soon field a high, dry place should be days when the bees In tbe hires fac
as ahe rises from the table.”
chosen. I f the ground Is .clayey tbe ing southward fly freely.
President O’ Brien of tbe American As
“ Yes,” sighed the salt cruet, " I ’m roots should be placed on top o f the
sociation has signed Gerald Hayes as
■Is# a a d C a p a c ity l a C tateraa.
sweet on her m yself, bnt she always ground. I f It is gravelly and drainage
In digging a round cistern, 8 feet In umpire.
is good a shallow pit abont 5 feet wide
gives me the shake.”
Tbe Northern Baseball League has
and o f necessary length may be shov diameter and 17 feet deep, w ill hold 202
J iever.
barrels
o
f
81%
gallons.
I
f
10
feet
In
“ ®d. . an,ild*a °* ent,rln« 8t* p * “ >
eled o u t T b e roots should be carefully
sad Minneapolis.
Amateur— W hat do you think o f the
diameter
and
11
feet
deep,
It
w
ill
bold
placed In n gable shaped pile abont 8
Jack Palmer of
Newcastle, former
artist Albino who painted a spiderweb
205 barrels
feet w ide and as long as convenient ▲
champion
of
England,
lasted four rounds
on the celling so naturally that a cham
thin layer o f straw should then be
before Tom Burns o f America in a Lon
V a r a Notes.
bermaid spent a whole morning trying
laid ever the pile and this covered with
Do not have the sheep pens “too don fight.
to sweep it off?
•lx or eight Ithrbes o f earth. Another warm. T b e natural coat o f the sheep
B. C. Cowdln has leased the racing
C ritic—Th ere may be such artists,
and thicker layer o f straw and a final makes it able to endure severe weatb-
Tbe Pippin and Countorpana
bnt I don't believe in the existence o f
to tke Newcastle stable. Both are 2-year-
layer o f earth w ill complete the work. er.
such a chambermaid.
old fillies.
Ventilators should be placed at inter
I f tbe members o f the poultry flock
The Lake Michigan Yachting Associa
vals
o
f
ten
or
fifteen
fe
e
t
which
should
which seldom or never lay could be
T k m Is H o p «.
Husband— When I see all these bills be closed when sweating has ceased. weeded out, the feed bills would be tion has decided to start the annual
Mackinac cruise of the Chicago Yacht
I am tired o f life. Do yon think tbe T b e p it should not be opened on warm less and tbe egg profits more.
Club on July 25. ”
days
In
winter.
A
ditch
for
drainage
time w ill ever come when we shall be
Change tbe hog pasture often. H ave
The youngest and smallest ski rider
should be cot around tbe p it
Roots a small house built on skids so It can
out o f debt?
' who participated la tbe national tourna-
stored
In
this
w
ay
dp
not
keep
as
well
W ife (ch e e rfu lly )— W h y not, dar- j
be dragged around to a new pasture ment at Duluth waa Carl Talsen, 11 years
ling? Yon know that you are currying as when stored in a good cella r; there as desired.
I f hogs are fed long in of age, of Ishpeming.
fore. they should be fed oat as early as
an exceptionally large life Insurance.
one place tbe grass is killed o u t
I A t the meeting of the biennial congress
possible.— New York Cornell Expert-
One poultry raiser says he feeds °* th* National Trotting Association the
A, H o t O a a .
nent Station.
roupy chickens whole corn that h a s ! (1<X)r, wer* °P*ne<J to amateur racing un-
T h e Poet’s W ife — My husband read
dar thè aseodation's rulee.
been well soaked In kerosene, and
this poem at ■ public celebration be
A p p le T ree
The raclng discutaion in Kentacky hai
Treatm ent recommended fo r canker bathes tbe swollen heads and eyes
fore thousands o f people. Alas 1 It won
been ended for thia sssson by gran ti ng
tbe last poem he ever wrote.
o f apple trees by oh* o f the experi with • mixture o f equal parts o f kero llcenses to tour truck»— Churchill Downs
T b e Editor— I see. D id tpey lynch ment fixations la to paint the affected sene and lard.
and Dongiaas Park, Latonla and Lou la
trunk w ith a combination o f One pint
him or shoot him?
In tha highly fertilised garden tbe vili«.
w h a le 'o il soap, three pints slacked aim ia to keep crops coming on In
C. 0. Wheeler of New York is building
N ot t e p a l T eod or.
lime and fon r gallona-of w a te r; thicken rapid succession as possible. Plan so * mot0T boat for the purpose of defending
G ratefu l Patien t— Doctor, I owe my
to right consistency w ith wood as bee or as to hare one variety ready to taka
n L u id S î ü î
life to yon.
H«* MMn .h iiiw a. _ .
won loot jrwr by c m Dixie and baa b*#n
w ith Bordeaux mixture; thickening ..
D octor—T h a fa nil rig h t bat I
.m . VU^ 9t. P * " ? . * * » * * baa
dtêiim gti for by the British Matee Beak
w ith lime until lOta whitewash.
matured and harvested.
take it in payment fo r m
Clul
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