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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • laying for you. Not to much tag you lie stopped quickly. Thera waa u ua« In telling about bia design« againat the privateer. The game had only begun, and no one could foreeee the end yet. .“ Don't diadain ua, young mau." laughed BY Captain. Kvefa. He waa In high good humor because of hia escape from so form CYRUS TOWNSEND idable a trap. “ W e’d be worth nigh on to a hundred thousand'pounds, I take It, to BU>. A x O a s t L ot ' s A M A" your Yankee cruisers, to say nothing of A OssUr si Pkiisasehr." *' TV, the guns for the Ellen, if you could over r r C om pa nt . AU rights haul us. .Well, you would hare had ua sure if It hadn't been for this young lady." A t this a pang of regret shot through the heart o f the fair Ellen. Her lover C H A P T E R 111.— (Continued.) the top of the midshipman's head, and - looked so melancholy nnd miserable. ' A l The schooner had been observed by the his nerves had not quite steadied them most for a second she wished she had approaching steamer, which did not alter selves since his encounter with Smith, but not interfered. The emotion was more its course on that account. ' There was no his aim was sufficiently good. He jnst than transitory, too. Ellen was devoted to her father, but cared little for the harm to he expected from a small sailing grated the head of young Robinson She was not schooner by a blockade-runner, and knocking him senseless. As the young Southern Confederacy. Southern born, nor was he. H# lived the'Greyhound was looking for just such man fell he involuntarily pulled the lock a vessel in order to get pilotage through string. The shell exploded in the water there, however, and, like many people in The A-shai>ed hog the inlet, across the sound, and up far to leeward of the Greyhound. The similar circumstances, he drifted with the fled and improved to State. lie had resigned his command In Jones' Wharf, she came on hopefully and people on her imagined the midshipi the army before the war. He waa not a summer and winter conditions. fearlessly. Her captain, however, was had been killed. greatly pleased when he saw the private The boetawain, however, was equal to native of the United States Ind, naturally Improved form has a permanent floor, a signal flying from the foretopmast head the emergency. He rallieid the men on enough, did not care particularly for the door In each end, and a ventilating of the schooner. lie immediately set the the forecastle of the Upshur in a moment country. He waa a shrewd man. He ayste^). It Is constructed by nailing answering signal in accordance with the The gun was rapidly sponged, loaded, and saw, or thought be saw, abundant oppor inch boards on alx Joists, 2 in. x 4 in., agreement and having approached within once pore aimed at the flying steamer., tunities for making money out of the war, 8 feet long fo r the floor. Beneath the hailing distance he slowed down and Evers fired at the gun captain again. This hence hia outfitting this privateer. polata are nailed three stringers, Having considerable money on hand stopped. time he missed. The thirty-two pound 2 in. x 0 ip., 8 feet long, which aerve aa just before the outbreak of the war, he “ What schooner is that?" he called out. shell exploded high in the air, carrying '“The Confederate privateer schooner away the long, slender foretoppaat of the had bought a new and very swift vaaael, runnera fo r moving the house: N ext la Petrel” shouted Smith his voice thrilling blockade runner. One or two of her peo which he intended to use, with others in spiked a piece 2 In. x 8 In., 0 ft.' 4 in. with excitement. “ What ship is that?” ple were hit by fragments of iron, but which he had an interest, in the cotton long, at the (tads o f the Jolats, having trade. Being a farseeing man, even be the bottom o f the 2 In. x 8 In. even “The blockade-runner Greyhound*” an she was otherwise unharmed. •wered the captain of the other vessel. By this time She was doing justice to fore hoatilities commenced, he had deter “ Good I We've been waiting for you the name she bore. She was slipping mined, so soon aa war waa declared, to for nearly a week.” through the water at a terrific pace. The turn his steamer into a privateer and . “ Have you anything ,for us?" third shot from the Upshur hulled her, blockade-runner and prey on the federal “ Yes,” answered Smith, “ we're ready but, luckily for her, the shell failed to ex commerce, j l e had promptly ordered a to pilot yon in.” plode. The fourth shot missed, the fifth new and expensive armament for her in “ How's the Ellen T fell far astern. The blockade-runner was England, which had been sent to New Providence, In the Bahamas, and which “ She’s in fine shape,” answered Smith out of range. the Greyhound was bringing thence. He Just then a woman stepped to the side The Greyhound had been heading had a large Interest in the cargo of that e f the deck by the captain. straight out to sea to get away from the __One of the Upshur's boats had been pressing stranger. So soon as he was sat blockade-runner as well. He was a thrifty called away. Six men, all heavily armed, isfied that he hsd nothing to fear from man and loved to turn a penny. New Providence being an English set dropped into it. In the stern sheets sat the schooner. Captain Evers consulted Midshipman Krown. Midshipman Robin- with Whitley as to what he should do tlement, Major Jones happened to have son and llob Gantlin were to remain in next. He could either go back, out to relatives living there. Ilia daughter had HOC tX)T charge of the schooner. Jha the Grey sea. or to the northward or southward been spending several months in that bound approached, the tarpaulin covering along the coast. He was in a dilemma, place. She was a woman of unusual ca the long Tom on the forecastle of the as was the mate also, as to which would pacity, and her father had taken advan with the bottom o f the Joist .which w ill tage of her presence there to transact n allow It to project above the floor 8 Upshur had been removed, the gun had be the best course. Inches. It w ill also extend out 7 Inches been loaded, and everything made ready Perhaps I can help you,” said the large part of his business through her. for its instant discharge. The smaller young lady whose quickness had saved It was she who bad paid for and recaived at each end. This 2 In. x 8 In. forms guns iu broadside were also loaded and them. “ I know these coasts thoroughly. the armament of her namesake: it was a plate to which the rafters and roof lightly secured. The men left on the I f you go to the north, you will be apt she who had arranged for its shipment, boards are nailed. Th e 7-Inch exten schooner had been instructed previously to meet a Yankee cruiser off Hatteras and she was now actually in charge of the sion o f the plate at the ends supports just what to do in various contingencies, Inlet.- Ten miles farther down there is Greyhound— strange position for a young the lower corners o f the roof, which when Smith, in the uniform of a Confed another entrance to the sound through lady ! O f course, upon Captain Evers and otherwise would be easily spilt off. erate officer, stepped over the low rail and which I think we might manage to scrape his mates were devolved the duties of rhese 2x8’s, besides strengthening the sailing the ship and delivering the cargo, aat down in the stern sheets of the boat. our way." house, raise the rafters and roof boards but she. representing the owner, was su In three minutes his boat was brought “ You saved us once. Miss Ellen,” said to alongside the blockade-runner. The Evers. “ I want to thank you for telling preme in other matters. Therefore, al nailed to them at least 8 Inches off the English captain, whose name was Evers, us so quickly about this Yankee. Your though he did not realise it, it waa really' floor and theveby m aterially Increase met him at the gangway aa he boarded advice Is good. T o the s’ ntfi'ard we’ll go.” she who had captured Mr. 8mith rather the floor space and thé capacity o f the her. house. I f the house Is to be used in So to the southward the prow of the than Captain Even. Well,” said the captain, “ you mads a extremely cold weather a movable door “ Captain Stanley, I believe,” he said, Greyhound was turned. Far in rear of extending his hand. her and dropping farther behind every brave attempt and failed handsomely.” Is necessary. The Illustration shows • “ No thanks to you, captain.” Stauiey was the name of the Confeder minute came the Upshur, now with all sail door 2 feet wide and 2 f t 0 In. high, “ What’s that?" ate captain of the Petrel, for whom Evers set. Although it was perfectly useless, “ It waa entirely due, as I said, to this made to slide up and down and held was looking out. she kept up a fire at long intervals from in place by cleats. It la suspended by "The same,” said Smith gravely, mo her long gun forward. Not a shot came young lady.” a rope which passes through a pulley “ I — I — am very sorry,” began Ellen. tioning his men to come on board. near the blockade-runner, however, and “ W hat!” exclaimed the captain, look at the top, and Is fastened to a cleat The first one had scarcely set his foot she ripped merrily along. ing hard at her. “ Come, now, Mias Ellen I at the side near the roof. on the battens on the side, however, when You’re not sorry that you were not cap the woman who had stood by the side of Another Important feature o f this C H A P T E R IV . the captain during the hailing, and had "Now, sir,” said the captain, turning tured, surely! Why, that would aboat honse la the ventilator, which Is a kept back of him during the conversation to the unfortunate Smith so soon as he ruin yoar father, I tske It. Ha owns small cap covering a hole at the top at the gangway, suddenly stepped into foil had a moment’s leisure, “ perhaps you will most of this cargo, and without the guns and the center o f the roof. Th e hole view of the Greyhound's visitor. Smith have the kiDdness to explain your pro we’re fetching him the Ellen wonldn t be Is made by sawing o ff opposite ends o f worth— what do you call it?— a cent.” turned at the same instant and the two ceeding.” two roof boards and covering It w ith “ Certainly I am not sorry about that, were face to face. The woman screamed. The American officer had been held “ Mr. Smith! Captain Evers, you are (Irmly by three sailors on the Greyhound. but I feel very sorry for Mr. Smith. I a cap. betrayed ! This is a Yankee !” So soon as he had discovered that it was knew him before the war, when my father Klaar o f th e C k le a c * L iv e Stoek S kew As soon as Ellen Jonea had called out. useless he had ceased to struggle. He was in the army. W e’re old friends.” Prim e Lad X V I., “ king o f Hare- “ Thank yoo," said Smith gratefully. Captain Evers, who was a quick thinker, was a wise young man and knew when fords," owned by W arren T. McCray, “ Friendship played you a sorry trick, tar an Englishman, realised that some was tbs time for a policy o f non-resist o f Kentland. Ind., form er president o f thing was seriously wrong. He acted ance. So long a« there was a chance of then,” said the English captain. “ I could not help It," exclaimed Ellen the National Grain Dealers’ Associa with the promptness of a sailor. The the Upshur sinking the blockade-runner bead of the first of the boat's crew was he had devoted his attention to her. Now indignantly, as If she sought to Justify tion, attracted much attention at the International live stock show. Prflne just peering through the gangway. W ith that the Greyhound had made her escape l»er action to her lover. I don’t blame you. Miss Ellen,” put in out a second's hesitation Evers, who was he devoted hia attention to Ellen Jones. a powerful man, seised him by the shoul It was not thus he had hoped to meet Smith promptly, “ you did what was right, der and heaved him overboard. The man her again. When she had confronted him as you always did.” (T o be continued.) in the bow of the boat below was so as on the deck of the ship his surprise at tonished that he let go the ring bolt with sight of her had been so great that for A n i m a l * S h e d R e a l T. his boat hook and a wave washed the bow the moment he had lost his presence of Human beings have a monopoly on o f the boat a few feet from the blockade- mind. I f he had acted more quickly, he might have got his crew aboard, in which laughter, but It is not so with team. runner. Brushing aside Ellen Jones as if she case there would have been a pretty melee Animals weep and in many instances had been a straw— indeed, his impetuosity on the decks with the rfiance that the fo r the same reasons that cause man to almost threw her to the deck, for she reel Upshur could run aboard the Greyhound shed tears. Among the creatures which ed back against the fife-rail— Smith and end it all with her snperior crew. cry most easily are the rumluants, with sprang at the captain. The two were That moment of startled surprise in which whom the act is so well kuown that locked in a desperate struggle in an in Miss Ellen had burst upon him had prov ed his undoing; not the first time in his it has given rise to a trivial but accu stant. tory that a woman had brought about rate expression, “T o weep like a calf.” “ Four bells!” shouted the captain, such a result. A ll hunters know that the stag weeps, straining like a madman in the arms During the first few moments of the and we are also assured that the bear o f the American. “ Full speed ahead!" sharp engagement Ellen also had watched she<ls tears when It sees its last hour “ On board here, everybody!” roared the schooner. She had grown deadly approaching. ! Smith in the midst of the struggle. white when Captain Evers' first shot Other officers on the Greyhound, how The giraffe Is not lesa sensitive and knocked over the midshipman. This in ever. had marked everything that hap deed was war. and the sight was not regards with tearful eyes the hunter pened. The first mate was a renegade pleasant to her. But she recovered from who has wounded it. Gordon Cumming Yankee and aa keen as they make them. the shock presently, and when the escape says o f an eland which be bad pursued A t the first indication of treachery he had of the Greyhound appeared assured, and fo r some tim e: signalled the engine room. The screw Captain Evers prepared to interrogate his "Flecks o f foam flew from its mouth; was already in revolution and the Grey prisoner, she stepped to his side. abundant sweat had given to Its gray hound began to forge through the water. “The explanation. Captain Evers," re Mr. Brown here made a mistake. He plied Smith courteously— there was noth skin ail ashy blue tint. Tears fell from started to pick up the man the captain ing to be gained by discourtesy and Mr. its great black eyes and It was evident Lad X V I. is directly descended from o f the blockade-runner had thrown over Smith was a very polite young man any that the eland felt that lta last hour two grand champions, his sire being board. By the time he had the astonished how— “ is simple. We captured the Petrel had come.” Prim e Lad. grand champion at the sailor safe in bis boat the Greyhound was a week ago. W e found out you were com Doga weep quite easily. The same la W orld's F a ir In 1003. and his dam in rapid motion, and he could not over ing in and lay in wait .for you. Tbat’a true o f certain monkeys. As fo r the being the world famed Lorna Doone. haul her. all." elephant, there is abundant evidence o f Meanwhile half a dozen sailors had The “ king” Is three years old and has “ How did you find out we were coming, the ease with which It w eej*. Sparr- thrown themselves upon Smith snd had -uade dean sweeps In competitions. may I ask?” man assures ns that It sheila tears dragged him from the captain. All was “There was a letter to yon on board not yet lost, however. Smith had pre when wounded, or when it sees that It ■ • • e l o f FreoslMST o o B a tte r. with signals, directions for pilotaga, and pared for the contingency which had aris cannot escape; its tears roll from its A series o f trials were made at the half a chart.” en by certain orders which be had given "They did not destroy the mail bag, eyes like those o f human beings In a f Vermont Experiment Station, wherein to Midshipman Robinson. These orders fliction. then?" milk was divided Into tw o lots, one-half were being carried out. A huddle of men Tennant, speaking o f captured ele allowed to freeze and the other han “ They tried to. but I — we secured It.” forward on the Upshur were swinging the have been dled In the usual m anner; then churn "T oo bad. Where was the other half of phants, says that some long thirty-two pound pivot. Whitley, the the chart o f which you speak?” aAed the known to remain quiet, lying on the ed, the butter worked and scored. Yankee, was watching them, however. ground without manifesting their grief Neither skimming, ripening nor churn “ Captain Evers,” be cried, “ they’re go captain curiously. ing to fire on ns!” Naturally, Smith was looking at the otherwise than by the tears that bathe ing appeared to be Impaired. Not so, It happened that a couple of rifles lay woman before him. At the mention of the their eyes and ran constantly down. however, with the scoring. The aver on the cuddy hatch cover oft. Someone half chart and the captain’s question he Aquatic animals, too, are able to age scores o f tw o sets o f fifteen lots had been fo o tin g that morning. Evers noticed a quirk, involuntary movement of weep. Thus ail authorities agree In each w ere: Frozen butter, 98.2; nor was a dead shot. He ran aft and picked Mias Mien's hand towards her bbsorn. saying that the dolphins, at the mo mal butter, 93.6. Freezing tended very up one o f the weapons. The Greyhound “ I don’t know,” be answered, quickly waa going faster every moment. The se looking away and hoping that the girl had ment o f death, draw deep sighs and slightly tp lower the grade o f the but shed teanrtabumlantly. A young female ter. yet freezing Is not necessarily a riousness of the emergency hsd beeh com not noticed his glance. municated to the engineers snd they were butter-making. It "la that the Petrel yonder?” aaked seal has also been seen to weep when menace to good working for dear life. Fast se they might Even, pointing aft towards the panning teased by a sailor. slionld not be Inferred, however, that go. however, they were still within easy schooner fast dropping from view. Infrequent creamery receipts, delivered range o f the thirty-two and would be for "No. I don't mind telling yon that, A P ia iln . more or less frostbitten, w ill maks as some time. A well-placed shot would end either. W e sunk the Petrel. That schoon U ttle W illie — Say, pa, this paper good s butter as t f they bad been de the usefulness o f this Greyhound in short er yonder is the United Statss revenue tells about a dog being placed on • livered unfrozen. i cutter Upshur." •cent. Getting the thirty-two pounder trained “ She's the living picture of tbs Petrel, - F o r P o u lt r y la a e e ta . Pa— W ell, my ton, wbat o f It? to hia satisfaction. Midshipman Robinson though, according to my description of A pint o f crude carbolic add, mixed IJ ttl« W llllq— Oh, nothing; only If squinted along tbs breech for a last nicety her,” said Captain Ever«. “ She is. In fact, she’a a sister ship, one dog can be placed on a «cent. I ’d with a gallon o f kerosene, makes an o f elevation before polling the lock-string. A t that instant Captain Evers fired. He and wa did our beat to turn bar Into an ilk# to know bow many could be placed excellent spray fo r poultry houses, and had a small enough mark at which to aim. exact duplicate of the Petrel. Wa ware on a dollar. It to tbs cheapest. y lQ H T U fQ TU BERCU LOSIS. Lady the Sea- — — . . . . . . ..W . o f R iv e r B a sk *. Th e statement la constantly met that forests are very efficacious In the pro tection o f river banks from undermin ing snd steep slopes from sliding. The exact reverse Is tbs case, says tbs En gineer. A s every river euglueer knows, nothing Is more disastrous to s river bank on an alluvial stream than heavy trees. This Is due partly to the great weight, but in large part to the sway ing effect o f the wind end the enor- moua leverage o f the long trunks, which pry up the ground and facilitate the tendency to undermining. One o f the regular policies o f river control Is to cut down these trees fo r a distance back from the edge o f the bank wher ever complications w ith private owner ship do not preven t Snags and drift- wood In the channels have always been among the most serious obstacles to navigation on streams flowing between forest-covered banka Likewise where railw ay or highway grading cuts the. akin o f unstable mountain slopes, the presence o f large trees Immediately above tends pow erfully to loosen the ground and causs It to slide; snd In *ueh cases it Is necessary to cut down the timber. sahl that to-duy tno cura tive treatment o f tuberculosis finds it self little departed from the principles o f Hippocrates, who 400 years before Christ advised patients to “ go Into the hills and drink goats’ milk.” Modern methods with tuberculosis are still largely advisory and are regulated by the four essentials: A ir, food, rest, con trol, says the American Review o f Re views. And, although this regimen Is filled out by certain measures tending to alleviate and aid. without these four essentials the physician o f to-day Is able to do little. T h e International con gress on tuberculosis, which meets at Washington this fall, w ill have nothing beyond to offer. Th e single specific tar tuberculosis is yet to be found. O f course, “ new cures” are evolved constantly. W e have had the "vege table-juice” cure, the “ stuffing" treat ment and various ‘inhalatlous.” But one and all prove, upon real trial, to be either worthless or else o f only su perficial value. However, it must not be con jectured that the curative treatment o f tuberculosis has not advanced. The principles are as ever, but they are be ing more thoroughly applied and their effectiveness furthered. An unremit ting study is being made fo r s better understanding and appreciation o f the fresh a ir and proper food, the rest, the careful supervision. Fresh s ir maintains Its position as first among the requirements In the treatment o f tuberculosis. Th at the fresh a ir may be unimpeded snd ab solutely Incapable o f contamination the outdoor pavilion Is mumming the per fect type. Th e tent Is losing ground, not even the moat radical styles can he fu lly ventllnted a t.a ll hours o f all aeneous with the precision o f the mod- ernly constructed pavilion. The tent Is hotter than the pavilion, colder than the pavilion and dnui|>er than the pa vilion. Th e pavilion Is also being ac corded precedence over the cottage plan. Beet l« x * r . One o f the most Important o f the In dustries developed In recent years Is the production o f sugar from sugar beets. More or less desultory work was done on sugar beets aa fa r back aa 1807. In 1892 only alx factories were In operation in this country, the combined output o f which was a little over 27,009,000 |>ounds o f sugar. According to the National Magazine, there are now no leas than sixty-four factories Iu operation, with a combined output o f approxim ately 500,000 short tons o f sugar manufactured from beets, STOBIES OF STATESMEN. with a factory value o f $45,000,000. One most Important factor has been the production o f a high-grade sugar “ U nde Joe” Cannon was discussing beet seed. F or mahy years American growers have been dependent almost Jocularly our society leader's claim exclusively on foreign countries for our that too many statesmen appear to rely on their un- sugar beet seed, but fo r three or four couthneas— on the years past the Department o f Agricul absence o f socks, ture has been encouraging the success etc., fo r their ful grow th o f sugar beet seed In this fame. country. It has shown that the seed “ I would point can be greatly Improved by breeding, out.” said he. tests o f bsets from American-grown “ that neither Cae seed running as high aa 17, 18 and sar nor Alexan sometimes 20 per rent sugar. der wore socks, and If I attacked T h e Crop M o r t f i c * I f a t r a . 0. C A N N O *. New York society A s every Informed person knows, the i frankly as this person has attacked chief trouble, at the bottom o f almost all the other troubles. Is that many public life, I might— but. after all, per bad o f the raisers o f cotton are In debt. fect frankness la Invariably a It is a remarkable fact that many cot thing. You have heard, perhaps, o f the ton raisers continue In debt (about a young man who admitted perfect frank year behind the w o rld ) as long as they ness? Calling on a pretty girl, be said: “ ‘I f there la one thing that I rever live. O f course the Insufficient price o f cotton baa had much to do with ence In this world, perfect frankness la th is ; but not all. Th e policy o f adher that thing.' “ ’Y e a r said the girl. T h en I ’ ll at ing to cotton whether it be low or high In price also has to do w ith It. once grasp the opportunity to urge you W hatever the cause, the fact Is fu lly to shave off your mustache before you agreed upon. I t la further conceded eat another soft-boiled egg.’ ” that I f .the raisers o f cotton were aa Senator Tillm an, discussing Interna nearly upon s cash basis as men In other lines usually are they could then tional marriages the other day, aald assert some authority In fixing the pertinen tly: “ W hat are we price o f cotton, because they could hold It until the terms suited them.— G al coming to? A friend o f mine, air arrant veston News. foe to monarchies, roared out In a T h e C o lo r* o f KB s*. speech last w eek: A. R. Horwood, o f the Leicester “ ‘D o w n trodden (E n glan d) Museum, remarks that the colors o f birds' eggs can. In a large aa they are number o f cases, be traced to the ne I still fa ll to cessity* o f “ protective resemblance.” stand how they W hite eggs are usually laid by birds endure to be taxed nesting in botes in trees, or In dark sit to support idle, ex uations, like owls, woodpeckers and travagant and dis fam some pigeons Most birds nesting on or solute royal near the ground lay eggs o f an olive- ilies.’ “ Then my frie r d green or brown ground color. The eggs o f grouse, ptarmigan, and so forth, re wlj>ed bis heated semble the heather among which they brow, and hurrying B- *■ are laid. Those o f the ringed plover, home, sent In a little tern and oyster-catcher resemble stock assessment o f $10,000 In order to the sand and shingle o f the beach. help the president o f tbs Dash R ail The lapwing’s eggs closely simulate road purchase a titled aon-lu-law.” bare soli or dried bents. The young chicks show sim ilar “ protective" colors. W o m a n S tu d en t* In A la a ee. A telegram from Straasburg states that the government o f Alsace-Lor raine baa laid before the authorities o f Strassburg University a scheme for ad mitting women to study there. This scheme was discussed by the senate o f the university and waa accepted In principle. It Is therefore probable that women w ill be admitted to matriculate at the beginning o f the w inter session.— Ber liner Anzelger. T h e L ife Plant. Bermuda possesses ■ plant o f the house leek fam ily which has curious properties. When the leaves begin to ►hrlvel and fade they put forth new shoots which In turn bear leaves that continue to grow fresh and green for many weeks. Th e leaves are about tour Inches long, rich green In color and o f waxen texture. I f one o f the leaves Is pinned to a wall Indoors It w ill begin to sprout within three or A a V a la See* It . four days, be It winter or summer. The Tank#— I t must be great to be a limit o f existence o f the life plant seems Harvard man. dependent upon the quantity, o f hast Styne— W hy so?- and light which the plant obtains. . “Th e streets up there are so crooked that people can’t tell whether you’re walking straight or not.” — Yale Rec ord. AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ! atawaiwaMwato ia wiawiaw Not one cow In fifty that Is confined In the dairy barn gets as much water as she needs. A strange dog running through a herd In a field w ill lessen the milk flow for the next milking from 8 to 10 per cent. Cow barns should be whitewashed Inside at least three times s year, and this job should Include every foot or tbs stalls and mangers. D riven to D rta k . Artlat— My next picture at the acad emy w ill be entitled “ Driven to Drink.” Ilia Friend— Ah, aome powerful por trayal o f baffled passion, I suppose? A rtist— Oh, no; It’s a boras ap proaching a Water trough 1 A Surprise, When a woman calla her husband up by telephone without bis knowing who shs to, she Is always surprised to sea how politely he addresses her at first. — Som erville Journal.