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The Great
Tontine
C H A P T E R X I II.
Next day Jack Phillimore made his
way to Ronald Ringwood’a chambers in
the temple. He found that light of the
law at home. Jack's name, of course, was
unite sufficient an Introduction.
Ring-
wood shook him heartily by the hand, put
him into an eaay chair, proffered him
tahacco in all ahapea, and then aaid:
“ Now you shall tell me what there la
to tell about dear old Bob; by the time
you have done that 1 hope you will feel
that 1 am no longer a stranger."
Jack Phillimore heartily responded to
his host's cordial welcome, and briefly
told the little there was to tell about Bob
Rlngwood.
“ By the way,” he continued, “ that
was a very curious bit o f news that you
sent me in your last letter to him. I
never heard my uncle 'make the slightest
allusion to being engaged In any such
big lottery a* you mentioned. O f course,
I understand that it is only a chance, but
I f It did come off it would be a tremend
ous windfall for him. I should think it
would enable him to clear Laketown."
“ That, of coarse, I cannot say, hav-
* lng no conception of the extent of his
liabilities; but since I wrote Lord Lak-
ington has taken steps to ensure that a
big slice o f that hundred and sixty thou
sand phunds falls to himself. I was talk
ing over the whole thing with Mr. Car-
buckle. one of the great ‘guns’ o f our
profession, and an old friend o f the Vis
count's, and he said it was quite one of
the smartest moves h# had ever heard
a t”
“ What the deuce do you mean?" said
Phillimore.
“ Why. surely you have beard that your
cousin, the Honorable Miss Beatrice, is
about to be married."
“ T e e ; to a fellow called Pegram, I am
told. And why on earth she is going to
marry him we can none of us understand,
unless it is that tbe boast has lots of
“ 1 can make that clear to yon in a
very few words.
Pegram senior la One
o f the three nominators left in the ‘Great
Tontine.’
His son is to marry Lord
Lafctaigton'« daughter, so that the Vis
count and Pegram senior may share tbe
whole hundred and sixty thousand pounds
between them as soon as they can prove
the death of the nominee o f Mias Cater-
bam. tbe third nominator left in. He
waa an old man of wandering habits, and,
as he has not been hoard of for some
time, the probability is that the result
o f the inquiries the Pegrams are insti
tuting will result in the discovery of his
decease."
“ What a rascally plot,” exclaimed Jack
Philiimorw passionately. “ I begin to see
It all now. Beatrice is sacrificing herself
and me for the sake of her father. Do
you know that I looked upon myself as
«g a g e d to my cousin when I left Eng
land some few months ago.”
, “ No, I cannot say I d id ; nor did I
knew of this projected marriage till about
three nights ago. I certainly did know
that Lord I-akington had a daughter, be
cause, as Mias Oaterham's representative
o f the 'Great Tontine,’ I made R my duty
to Inquire about tbe other competitors. I,
Ik e the Peg rams, am diligently searching
for Miss Oa’terham's missing nominee, al
though. of course in diametricnlj opposite
Interest to theirs; my object being to find
the old man alive, and theirs to find him
dead. Do you love your cousin Beatrice
In genuine earnest?”
“ Do I love her? What nonsense you
are talking: she is the only woman I
over cared a rash about in the course of
■ y Ufa. Have I not come home to claim
her aa my bride, and prevent this dis
graceful marriage, if possible?”
“ Then you will excuse my asking you
pne more delicate question. Have yon
been at all successful?”
“ N o ; my uncle won't listen to me. He
say* tbe marriage is all arranged, and
must take place, while Beatrice refuses to
ass me.”
“ W ell, Mr. Phillimore, you cannot be
f M to have done much for yourself as
yot. What do you My to entering into
partnerrfiip with me? I f some vague sus
picions I have formed should happen to
bo justified, there will bo an end to this
marriage at once.”
“ I will do anything to save Beatrice
from her imprudence.
She may never
bo mine; but I am convinced that she
I f marrying this man very much against
her own inclinations, and is likely to be
a very miserable wife in consequence.”
“ Just wait a bit, while I think it
over," replied Ringwood.. and be began
to walk up and down tbs room. T w o or
three minutes' thought, and he came to a
■top and said; “ Sow listen to me, and
don't Interrupt me till I have finished.
Ton can easily understand that to gain
such a sum as this aa unscrupulous per
son would not be likely to stick at any
tria d which he fancied might escape de
tection. A very clever man, upon hear
ing that I was acting for Miss Oater-
ham. remarked. ‘I can only say, that, in
your case, I should scrutinize the other
competitor* pretty closely.* That is how
J r a w to know so much abont your unde
and the I'egrams as I do. Now. although
noblemen at times have shown themselves
by no means exempt from the frailties
o f their baser-born brethren, still I am
not for a'moment insinuating that Lord
Ia&lngton would condescend to foul play
o f any description; but, about these Peg-
rams, strictly between yon and me, I
don’t feel Implicit confidence. They are
lawyers, and the old man especially has
tbs reputation of being a hard, crafty
man, very unscrupulous In driving a bar-
•
V*„ -,
coarse, foil through; or we may succeed
la finding each strong presumption that
he has dons so as to justify a postpone
ment of the marriage. That would suit
yoa; while, on my side. I should get rid
o f one o f Miss Oatoiham’s adversaries
perhaps.”
“ That Is a splendid idea. I will go
In with you heart and ooui."
“ Very good; thm the flrot thing ws
have got to do Is to ascertain. If possi
ble, who la likely to be old Pegram’a nom
inee. T have a friend who, I think, will
give ns a valuable hint on that point If
he can only be convinced that this mar
riage Is agalnat Mias Phllliume'n Inclina
tions.”
*Bnt when he hears all that I have to
tell him surely that will bo sufficient,'
replied Phillimore hastily.
‘Well, she refused to tee you. Is there
not any friend o f the family who takes
your part?”
“ Yea; Mrs. Lyma Wregia. Beatrice’s
grandmother. It waa she who sent me
word of this projected marriage, and
called me home from Malta. Beatrice has
lived with her ail her Ufa.“
“ W h a t! tee widow o f the famous finan
cier? That ia the w ry thing. It Is w ry
powible my friend Hemmingby, the ma
ager of tbe ‘V iw ck y ,’ knows something
o f her. Yon get a note from her, Wrong
ly backing up your case, and I think
Hemmingby will help ns. He knows these
Pegrams well, and almost hinted the oth
er night that he could make a pretty
terewd guess in what direction to begin
his inquiries.”
‘A ll right,” said Phillimore. rising, “ I
will get that letter from Mrs. Lyme
W regia to-morrow, and we will expose
these Pegram bandits before the week Is
out.”
C H A P T E R X IV .
Jack Phillimore was as energetic a
young gentleman of eight-and-twenty as
needs be. O f a restless and active dis
position, he was not at all the man to
sit with his arms crossed under any clr-
cn mstances. That he should engage in
this campaign agalnat the Pegrams with
with all his characteristic energy was
only natural. It was a fight for the hand
o f the girl he loved, wholesome anlmoelty
towards a rival that can always be de
pended upon in the glamor of a first pas
sion. He was in the Victoria road soon
after tw elve; and, asking for Mrs. Lyme
Wregia, found that lady, as hs anticipated,
in tbe drawing room alone.
! am afraid I did not play my cards
well yesterday,” said Jack, the first greet
ings passed. “ I s little lost my temper.
I a as tried rather hardly.”
Yea,” replied Mrs. Lyme W regie; “ yoa
had a chance and failed to take advantage
of it. There waa a moment when she
waa In a melting mood; and If yon had
only been tender wkh her then. I think
the chances are that ahe would have con
fessed everything, and we should at least
have known the ‘why’ of this strange
marriage.”
y
“ I must do my best to remedy the mis
take. In the meantime, strictly between
ourselves, you will promise me, Mrs.
Lyme Wregis. not even to hint, not to
breathe a word of what I am going to
tell you?”
You may rely upon my silence," Mid
the old lady.
^
“ It has been suggested to me that
there is something not quite right about
these Pegrams. and surely that is a point
that ought to be cleared up. I am given
to understand that the man who holds
possession o f tbe cine quite declines to
open his month on the matter nnlesa he
ia first firmly convinced that Beatrice is
in reality averse to this proposed mar
riage.”
“ Well, why do you not tell him that
she is so?”
“ Ah, yon see that, as a rejected lover,
he would hardly credit my evidence on
that point
There ia only one person
that I can think of whom he is likely to
accept as an authority, and that ia your
self.”
M e ! But who on earth, pray, is this
mysterious unknown? and when, where,
and how does be expect me to testify?”
You know Mr. Hemmingby, manager
of the Vivacity Theater, I think?”
“ Yea, very slightly;
Laklngton has
brought him up into oar box once or
twice. I am quke willing, if it pleases
yon, to admit that he seemed a pleas
ant, gentlemanly man enough; but you
don’t, surely, expect me to write and call
him to the family counsela?”
“ And yst if you do not, I don’t know
bow we are to get this clue that I re
quire.”
^
Bnt, my dear Jack, it is impossible. I
cannot write to a man I only just know
abont such an extremely delicate subject
a* this. You must see that yourself.”
“ Yea. I will admit it is very awkward;
but I do not know what else to suggest.
Yon would do a good deal to break off
this Pegram marriage, would you not?”
“ Most decidedly, although I should be
running la direct opposition to your un
cle. Still, I am convinced that Beatrice's
heart ia not in it, and that nothing but
unhappiness can come of it ; but I do not
see it ia possible for me to w rit« to Mr.
Hemmingby.”
“ Stop. I think I have It. You cannot
writs to Mr. Hemmingby; but there is
no reason why you should not write a
letter to me, which I can show to him
and which will doubtless have tbe same
effect."
“ I do not mind doing that, Jack,” re
plied tbe old lady; “ only, remember, I
must not be auppoeed to know that It ia
going to be shown to anybody, nor do I
want to know anything about wbat you
are doing for the preeent. It will be
quite sufficient for me to bear all about
it whenever you have that to tell to M L
Pegram’s disadvantage whitti shall make
this marriage impossible. Their attempt
ing to keep me hoodwinked about the
real reasons o f thia match ia simply a
gross piece o f disrespect on both their
parte. N o ; I have argued my best against
this marriage with each of them, and now
I trust I am abont to do something more.”
And so saying, the old lady rose, and
proceeded to writ# rapidly far twa or
three minutes. She folded up her note,
placed it hi an envelope, directed It, and
then, to Jack Phllll more’s astonishment,
proceeded to fasten It and stamp It.
“Thsre,” sha said, as sha handed It te
him, “ yon will find that all you w a n t; bnt
I prefer that It should go through the
poet, m that then may be no suspicion
o f Its having been written for Mr. Hem*
mlngby'a perusal. Drop It lata the pillar
bos."
you vary m ate," said Jate. m
he took the missive. " I t shall be pasted
as you wish. Armed with this, i f I hare
any luck, I shall beat that beast Psgram
yet; and now I will say good-hy."
Jack awaited the arrival of that note
of Mrs. Lyme Wrsgta’ which he had him
self posted, feeling a little disposed to
anathematise that lady’ s over-caution. No
sooner did it arrive than Jade aped to
the Temple, and, placing it In King-
wood's hands, suggested the sooner they
saw Mr. Ilemmlngby the better. The two
accordingly proceeded to the “ Vivacity,"
and were fortunate enough to find that
Mr. Hemmingby had not left the theater.
■‘ I gave you a hint,” he said, “ about
what I should do if I were in your place,
and I told you then that I had nothing
now to do with It, and as they were
both friends of mine, had excellent
for not meddling with what does not con
cern ms.”
“ Yes," replied Rlngwood, who had evi
dently got up his brief with great care;
“ but you would not see the young lady
r * * r - H v n e B vea ev.
sacrificed fraudulently to a Pegram when
k te wttetn your power to prevent it.”
Th is particular form o f four-horse
“ Allow ma to remark that I know evener 1s entered to work with one
nothing about any fraud; and as for the horse In the furrow and the other
lady, sbe te going to marry Bob Pegram three on tbe laud. T o get an even
of her own free will, and It te
draft w ill perhaps require some ad
ouely no bnslneM of mine oven If
justment o f tbe left hand double tree
te only marrying klm to please her
and tbe proper place to attach
the
tlons.”
chain to the plow beam can be found
H e took the letter that
Rlngwood
proffered. He read it carefully, and as by experim ent The two double trees
are o f the ordinary length and the
he concluded. M id :
“ Well, the writer speaks her mind pret ■tick used fo r evener needs to be tough
ty plainly. She te the young lady’s grand oak and five feet four inches in length.
mother, ia sbe not? It does seem rather The two pulleys should be large enough
throwing herself away,” continued the to allow a small link log chain to work
manager, “ a beautiful girl like Mias Phil through them. T w o bolts are required
II more marrying snch a one-boras looking for the pulleys, and two piece« o f strap
concern as Bob Pegram.
Still, though Iron tw o Inches wide, used as braces.
they won’ t match. Bob te a good-tempered Th e Illustration does not indicate ex
fello w ; they w ill have plenty of gold actly the distance« between the d if
dust, and I have no doubt will run to ferent points which should be as fol
gether pretty comfortably.”
low s; From the right end to the first
“ But still," burst in hot-headed Jack
pulley, 7 Inches; from the point of
Phillimore. “ you are an old friend o f Lord
Lakington’s; you would surely not see attachment o f the plow to the center
his daughter made miserable for life by of right hand pulley, 15^4 Inches; from
being married to a man she cannot care the point o f attachment o f ' the plow
About— a man like Pegram, whose account to the center o f the left hand pulley
of blmoelf, after all, te extremely doubt 8% inches. This places the two pul
ley« almost 24 inches apart. A t the
ful.”
“ Excuse me, Mr. Phillimore,” replied left end have three or more boles into
the manage;. “That Bob Pegram te what which the double tree fo r le ft hand
he repreeents himself to be, I can vouch team can be hitched.
fo r ; but you are a relation, and so have
F o r an even distribution o f the draft
a claim to interfere; to M y nothing,” he the proper point o f attachment o f the
concluded slowly, and with a slight twin left band double tree w ill depend sole
kle o f his eye, “ of a rather personal In ly upon tbe point o f attachment o f the
terest in the matter if I mistake not.”
chain to the plow. I f the chain la car
“ Be quiet, Phillimore," suddenly ex
rled fa r back. Its draft w ill be differ
claimed Ringwood.
“ Look here, Hem
ent from what it would be i f It were
mingby, you know just as well sa ws do
that this marriage is simply tbe amalga attached closer to the nose end o f the
motion o f the two last shareholders, as plow. AMuming that the angle o f at
they suppose themselves, in the ’Great
Tontine.’ I declare I think, under the
circumstances, that somebody ought to
see that old Pegram'* claim is all right.
I f Lord Laklngton te too Indolent to take
tbe trouble, then I really think that
Jack Phillimore, as Mias Beatrice’s next
nearest relation, is justified in seeing that
Miss
Beatrice's wedding settlements,
which, ia good truth, are involved in the
Tontine,’ are all right and genuine.”
‘Quite eo,” replied the manager. “ Still,
as I said before, what have I to do with
all this?’’
“Everything and nothing,”
replied
Ringwood. “ W e w ill investigate the Peg-
rams ; but what we want you to d o 'fo r
us, 1s just to give us a hint where to be
gin.”
f l a w or rou x -H oasE e v c w e x .
“And
now,”
exclaimed
Ringwood,
breathlessly, "what ia to be our first tacbment o f tbe chain to the plow is
move?"
30 degrees tbe left band double tree
“ I think.” replied Hemmingby slowly, should be attached to the main piece
“ that the history o f tbe illness of Mr.
o f the evener at a point about 26Mt
Krabbe, from tbe time he broke down in
inches from the point o f attachment
Pegram’s office and had to give up work,
down to the state o f his health in hla re o f the plow to the double tree. There
tirement at the present day, would very la no reason why this evener should
not work on any kind o f plow provid
likely pay for looking into.”
“ Crabb— Crabb; I never heard
tha ed that tbe lengths o f the parts « re
name before.” observed Ringwood. “ How adjusted to suit tbe distance o f the
point o f attachment o f the main tree
do you epell it— C-r-a-b-b?”
“ N o ; it is rather singularly spelt— from tbe fu rrow and thnt there Is'n
K-r-a-h-b-e— Krabbe. He was, till lately, rigid brace to which to attach the
old Pegram’s confidential clerk, and that chain.
is where I should begin, no matter why.”
T r e a t m e n t f o r P o t a t o Scab.
“ Well. Phillimore.” exclaimed Ring-
wood. rising, “ we must be very grateful
It la true that, as early as 1842 a
for what has been vonchsafed to as. German Investigator suggested that the
Good-by, nemmingby; I do not snppoM trouble was caused by a parasitic or
we shall get any more out of you.”
ganism, but later it was definitely de
“ No,” rejoined the manager, laughing,
termlned that the fungus, Sorosjiorlum
‘T h e oracle has spoken. When you hava
scabies, which he bad Isolateti, was not
worked ont the clue I have given you let
me know the result, and I will tell you invariably the caues o f tbe trouble. It
was not until 1890 that Prof. Bolle.v
what I think of you as detectives.”
definitely determined that potato scab
(T o be continued.)
was caused by a fungus parasite. Un
H o t O n io n s C n r e f o r P n e m n n n la .
til resistant strains could be bred up
H ot onions, according to a French It was necessary that some temporary
physician, are said to be a sure cure preventive be applied, aaya Form.
fo r pneumonia. Th e remedy is as fol Stock and Home. Treatm ent o f bca-
lo w s: Take six or ten onions, accord bles may be made by tbe use o f for
ing to size, and chop fine, put in a malin or corrosive sublimate (bich lo
large pan over a fire, then a‘dd the ride o f m ercury). The latter is per
same quantity o f rye meal and vine haps the most effective, but it should
gar enough to make a thick paste, [n be handled with thè greatest caution,
the meantime stir it thoroughly, letting as it la a very powerful poison when
It simmer fo r
five or ten minutes. taken liitem ally. The solution la pre
Then put In a cotton bug large enough pared by dissolving two ounces o f cor
to cover the lungs ami apply to ch»!St rosive sublimate in two gallons o f hot
as hot as patient can hear. In about water. When the poison Is well dis
ten minutes apply another, and thus solved, add tw elve gallons o f water,
continue by reheating the poultices, and making fourteen gallons In all. The
In a few hours the patient w lil be out potatoes, which should be reasonably
o f danger. This simple remedy has clean, should be put In a gunny sack
never failed to cure this too often fatal and the wholé suspended In the solu
malady. Usually three or four appli tion for an hour and a half. Then
cations
w ill
be sufficient.— Detroit empty them ont on a floor to dry thor
oughly before cutting and planttug.
News.
W o t W a l l Warned.
"N o w where did I lay my rat, I won
der?” fretted Mrs. Trousseau.
“ Your— er— rs t? " said her husband.
“ Do you mean that fluffy thing you put
on your head?”
“ O f course!”
“ I ’ m sure I don’t know, my dear;
but why call it a rat? Rabbit would
be better— It would sound more like
real bare.” — Llpplncott's.
T v * Classes.
“ I thought you said he waa an ex-
pert golfer?”
“ I didn’t mean he played It, I meant
he talked I t ” — Houeton P o et
W h is k f
Gunner— Th e Van Alberts have had
tbe M ine girl ten yeere*
G ayer— Good cook, or dose ahe know
their fa m ily secrets 1
W ash
to r
W a rs e r r
u ncle
•f
T o W o o l G row er*.
Don't uae binder twine or any other
kind In tying fleecea aave tbe »regular
wool twine. The trade generally made
extra efforts last year to have thia det
rlmeutal custom discontinued, and did
do much then to eradicate I t
Thia
year most o f the mills and leading
dealers reiterate their determination
not to handle wool tied with siasi
twine, as It renders the wool unfit for
dyein g; hence, i f growers or those pre
paring wool fo r market expect to find
ready sale and top prices for their
wools, they must adhere to tbls ad
vice. Higher prices and active compe
tition fo r tbe receipts. If properly and
carefully bandied, la confidently antici
pated In this market the coming sea
son, and shippers are also advised that
In order to realize the best results con
signments should he sold here on the
open market, where all buyers can com
pete fo r them.
T o H«14 the G at* O p**.
A piece o f timber 4x6 two feet long,
with a notch In one end 3x6 Inches, a
piece 2x4 two feet long with one end
beveled and a notch 2%x6 inebeq cut
In position as shown In sketch serves
HOLDS TH E OATE OPElt.
to bold tbe gate open.
The dotted
lines show the position o f the holder as
the gate is forced over tbe bevel. The
post should be set to correspond with
the height o f the gate when open. I f
the gate drags on the ground there
is something w rong; hang tbe gate a
little bit higher. Tbe end opposite the
notch o f tbe holder should be tbe heav
iest so as to keep the notch In position
on the gate.
C o a w r a lic
H o f* .
A hog is a bog frequently because he
is given no opportunity to be cleanly
and dedent. There are farmers who
believe a bog would die if not allowed
to wallow In mud and filth, while oth
ers are o f the opinion that the hog
should hare plenty o f clean water. The
hog needs a great deal o f water in hot
weather, and If he cannot get It he
«-ill take mud ns the next best thing.
A hog rushes to a mudbole to cool
off. H e comes out and tbe mud dries
cn his skin. Th e next mud bath be
takes adds another layer to that al
ready dried on, and in a short time
the pores o f his skin are completely
clogged with mud. Now. a bog cannot,
thrive with his pores all clogged up
any better than a man. I f a hog has
access to a deep pool o f water, as he
should In hot weather, he will keep
clean and thrive much more than If
he lies around In a inudhole made
filthy by continued use. Most farmers
who supply a bathing place for their
hogs make them so shallow that they
are soon converted Into mudbotes. On
our farm we usually keep from thirty
to fifty pigs, and they have a pool of
water fed by a stream, aud It is deep
enough fo r them to swim In
The
sides are dug down sharply, and were
laid with cobblestones for a distance
o f four or five feet from the w ater’s
edge. Th e pool was always clean ; wc
never have trouble with mange or lice,
and when on two occasions cholera
swept through the country our hogs
were not affected.
The hogs never
used the pool unlem the weather was
extremely hot.
A
S m o o th
F l*1 4 .
f o r A n n « B lis s ’* S ta te m e n t
M a t r i m o n i a l P h ilo s o p h y .
Uncle Joshua waa catching .flies. Un
cle Joshua’s method o f catching flies
was lo stalk them oue by one, follow
ing them about the room with a stealthy
ahuffle and bringing hla big hand down
with a ponderous alap, which nine flies
out o f ten easily evaded. I t must be
confessed that I f a fly waa caught. It
proved fatal.
Betty, watching Aunt Elisa beat up
a pau o f glugerbread In the kitchen,
listened to the shuffle and thump and
muttered exclamations till It got upon
her nerves. Aunt Eliza's face, over tho
gingerbread, waa full o f placid con
tent. Finally Betty could stand It no
longer.
“ Aunt Elisa,” ahe asked, "doesn’t It
drive you w ild to hear Uncle Joshua ,
catch flies?”
Aunt Elisa laughed. “ BleM you, no,
child. I t don’t hurt tbe Alee any. B y
and by, when I get round to It, I'll
drive them o u t
There ain’t more’u
h a l f . a dozen In there, ever, but hs
likes to think he's clearing them o u t ”
“ But be thumps ao,” Betty answer
ed, laughing, and yet persistent
Aunt Ellxa glanced at Betty's le ft
hand, and her wise eyes became grave.
“ There waa a time once,” she M id.
slowly, “ when Joshua's chasing flies
nearly drove me wild. It was the sec
ond year w e were married. I f w e’d
discovered nerves in those da ys I sup
pose I ’d have said it got ou my nerves,
and gone off to a rest-cure or some
thing. .As w e hadn’t I fought it out
myself.
“ Joshua was real kind and thought
ful and a generous provider— In all the
big things, I knew he was a man In a
hundred. And he waa patient, too, over
my quick speeches.
“ Then I thought about the other
men I knew. Ell Potter used to alt
with hla feet In the oven— I couldn’ t
have stood that, anyway. And Jacob
Jarvis waa the worst band for tracking
In mud you ever saw, and Jont K ll-
grove never would wear a collar, even
to church— and ao It w en t' It seemed
as If every man had to let off steam
somewhere; and when I thought It all
over, I concluded that HI m were about
the best o f the lo t; they don't last
more'n three months, anyway.
So a fter that when Joshua chased
flies. I ’d go and do something I ape
d a ily liked to do till 'twas over, and
presently It got so I didn't mind It a
b it Mercy aakes, child, the best man
that ever lived w ill have some little
w ay or other that you'll have to get
around. Th e secret Is In seeing how
little It la beside bis love.”
Betty, looking thoughtfully at her
ring, was silent. From the sitting room
me a thump and a triumphant ex
clamation. Uncle Joshua had caught a
fly.— Youth’s Companion.
H * t * l C e ll* .
The chief difference between the av
erage hotel cell and the average pris
on cell, viewed from the standpoint o f
social psychology, la that one Is locked
on tbe Inside to keep outsiders ont,
while tbe other to locked on tbe out
side to keep Insiders In. T b s occu
pant o f tbe botel cell to a fra id that
something w ill be done to him or that
something w ill be taken from him by
some one who ought to be In a prison
cell. That Is tbe theory o f I t
“Lock your door and leave your val
uables at tbe office.” cautions tbe oblig
ing innkeeper. “ I f you bad valuables
yon wouldn’t be here,”
observes tbs
w itty prison keeper. That ia to say,
the question o f valuables seems to en
ter largely into the matter.
It would be great to have a civi
lization which considered valuable only
those things which could not be stol
en, such as mental aud moral equip
ment. aklll aud goodfellowahlp. Then
we could be a little more sociable. W e
could talk to each other without but
toning our coats or feeling for our dia
mond studs every few minutes. Then
the man who w illingly secluded him
s elf in a stuffy hotel cell could be lock
ed In and made to stay there, on tbe
ground that something terrible was
the matter w ith him.— Success Maga
zine.
It worries the good farm er to see
his neighbors plowing tbe fields round
and round the same w ay year after
year. He knows that by-and-by there
w ill be deep furrows all over tbe farm,
and all the while these might be avoid
ed. How? Change the order of things
this spring by going out into tbe cen
ter o f the field where the dead furrow
Is and turning It full the first thing.
Then gee around Instead o f haw, an
is usually done, plowing back to the
place o f beginning. Keep this up to
the end and yon w ill bare no ditch In
the middle, but a field that la nice and
smooth and good to look upon. It may
be a little awkward turning round to
the right where one has always been
The B om — So It waa your grand*
In the habit o f tqrning to the left, bnt
you w ill soon get accustomed to it, aud mother's funeral kept you aw ay from
the office yeeterdayT Who officiated?
so w ill the horses.
Johnny— De umpire.
C h a m p io n
H o ls t e in
B a ll.
Satan danced In mad glee aa be
held the sheet and glanced over tbs
spring fashions
"W h y do you rejoice?" asked a sad
shade.
“ Somebody loves me,” smiled Satan.
“ Who loves you?”
“ Th e man who Invented styles fot
women."
S to ck .
Dipping nursery stock In lime-sul
phur wash or other Insecticides has re
cently been much advocated as a sub
stitute for fumigation with hydrocyanic
a d d gas. Th e station at Geneva. N. Y.,
finds, however, that this treatment. If
used at all, must be handled with care
to secure scale destruction without in
juring the trees. W ith the sulphur
wash, exposure o f the trees fo r too
long a time or at too high tempepvînre
resulted In In ju ry; w hile w ith any o f
the materials used,-exposure o f the
roots to the mixture resulted in serious
Injury to the stock. For nurserymen
tbs station still recommends fumigation
as most effective and least liable to
Injury, and would advise orcbardlsts
to u m the lime-sulphur as a spray
a fter tbs trees are set, rather than as
a dip when they are received.— Farm
J c o r m L
JOSHUA« r u n s .
Illinois State Fair, 1006.
it D*»**a*a.
A p p ly la « Llm o t * th * Soil*
Aa X rule all compact clay soils may
be greatly benefited by the application
o f one ton o f lime per acre, Just after
breaking up, either in fa ll or spring,
and thoroughly mixed with the earth.
Lim e should not be applied with ma*
nure o f any kind, bnt the latter (m a
nure) may be applied a a.a top d:
lng and worked In by cultivation o f
the crop.
One
application o f lime
•very A t # y e a n to usually sufficient
“ Is your mother a t home, iittls
g in r
'A n you the lady with the new
dreM or tbe one from tbe installment
h O U M f ______ _________________
\
T h e empty back seat o f a big auto
mobile to one o f the things that add
to the discontent o f a man on fo o t
I f there to so much fun In dancing,
w hy don’t fam ilias dance by
at home?