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I The Grea t Tontine hr H AW LEY SM ART Arti*. 4 B o b ." " B o i to Vi to” Dto. CH APTER XV. Jack Phillimore, moat artistically at tired aa a smart young aailor, with hands carefully stained, had made hla appear ance In Rydland, and, putting np at a second-class Inn, had deferred Inquiries till the follow ing day. And now. Jack, unwittingly, began to experience the dlffl- culties o f the task he had undertaken. T o begin upon, he attracted considerable attention in the quiet little country town. Rydland had nothing to do with idilpe and the shipping in terest: it was a purely agricultural market tow n : and a thorough Jack tar sncti aa Phillim ore was a sight It rarely witnessed. The inhabitants, like asost towns o f its class, had plenty o f spare time on their hands except on mar ket day. The consequence was that R yd land came pretty generally to Its shop doors to look at the handsome sailor who was loafing shout Its streets Inquiring for Mr. Krahbe. The women especially were enthusiastic about the handsome seaman and Ineented facts and anecdotes about Mr. Krahbe with the most audacious ef frontery for the gratification o f talking to him. That evening Jack comforted himself with the reflection tkat he had done a rattling good day’s work. He had ascertained that eld Mr. Krabbe had bee« a clerk In Peg ram's office for some thing like five-and-thirty year*. Every body In Rydland knew him. a quiet, pleas ant. kindly old gentlem an; a man o f mid dle age when he first came to Rydland, but a very old man now. M r. Pegram took a cottage for him outside the town, and pensioned him off. and he lived there now. with a nurse to take care o f him.. On one point bad he failed, and that was in seeing Mr. Krabbe. H e had been out to the cottage, seen the nurse, but, he had not succeeded in seeing M r. Krabbe. The-nurse mas very civil, and would have apparently made no difficulty about his seeing her patient, only that he was asleep. H e slept, she «old, a great deal. Disturbing him made him very Irritable, and It seemed a pity to do so when h was very doubtful whether he would recognise Ills visitor when he saw him. O f course, •s Jack said. In his case that could not be expected. H e waa a distant connec tion whom. In all probability, Mr. Krabbe had never seen; still he should like to see the old man. The nurse told him if he called about noon the next day, the probability Is that he would find Mr. Krabbe awake, and that he could then eee him. Excessively well satisfied with his day's work, and the manner in which he had played his part. Jack laid out hla plans for the next da.v. H e conceived that he had nothing much to do now beyond see ing Mr. Krabbe; but, aa the train did not go till the afternoon, Jack determined further to call upon law yer Pegram, and bee what be could make out o f him. Ten o'clock the next day saw Jack in M r. Pegram '» offices, and respectfully in- qulring o f the clerke If he could eee that gentleman. A few minutes more, and the clerk, requesting him “ to step thla way,“ ushered him into the presence o f the Pegrame, father and son. "W e il, my man, you want to aee m e; « h a t is It? T h at is my eon and partner, M r. Robert Pegram ,” he continued, seeing Jack’s eye wander towards that gentle man ; “ you can apeak out before him Just na you would speak to me. N ow what is i t r “ W eil, your honor,” be replied, “ I ain’t much o f a band at a yarn, but, you aee, my father, be married a niece o f old Mr. Krabbe’s ; and so, as I was cruising in these parts, I thought Pd just have a look at the old gentleman, ’cause my moth er she thought a deal o f him, she d id ; and aa I bear he lived with you a many yaara, I thought, may be, your honor would tell me something about him if I called.“ "V e r y good,’’ rejoined old Pegram. “ I •hall be happy to supply you with all the Information you require about Mr. K rab b e: but. In the first place, let us know who you are exactly.” “ Jack Fluter, boatswain’s mate on board H er M ajesty’s - ship Casiope.” N either Old Pegram nor his son had tha slightest previous knowledge o f the name Casiope. and yet they both felt in tuitively that a common aailor would not have so pronounced the name o f a abip. “ And the name o f your captain la ,— r “ Fletcher, your honor: and a real smart officer he ia. I f be ia hardiali on the skulkers. he ia a good skipper to the chaps as does their duty. T h ey were tell ing me in the town, sir, that my great ancle served his biggest spell under your honor’s command.” “ M r. Krabbe was over thirty years In our office, and when he broke down last year we pensioned him off aa an old and valued servant. W s found a nice little cottage for him about three-quar ters o f a mils from the town, and got a practiced nurse down from Loudon to take care o f him. You moat know he baa broken down both mentally and bod ily ; however, you w ill be glad to hear that he is wall taken car* of, and every thing that can be done fo r a man In hla position la, we trust, done fo r him.” “ Yea, 1 am told everywhere (hat your honor has been very kind to the poor old gentleman. I went out to his cottage yes terday to eee him. but be was asleep, the ■nree said, and she did not Ilka to dis turb him. I was thinking If yoor honor •a w no harm in It, I ’d just ran out and try mid have a look a t him to-day.“ " H a r m !“ rejoined Pegram, aa ha once morn eyed the aailor kesnly through his spectacles; “ o f course not. Hla old friends, relatives, o r indeed anybody else, a re q site welcome to see Mr. Krabbe whenever they think l i t Aa I have as doubt hla nurse told yon, he sleep# a great deal, ia very irritable, and apt at tlmea to bo vary much pat oa t by easing rhe are virtually at re spare to him, h, aM aogaelatancea ha ann — tea er recollect; o f course. If, as ia very llba- ly. your presence annoys him you will o «t your visit abort.” Jack Phillimore, a fter leaving Pegram 4 Son’s office, continued to lounge about Rydland. gossiping with everybody ha came across, and still under the allusion that he waa admirably personating the British sesmsn. and considerably Increas ing his stock o f Information as regarded old Krabbe. Then he proceeded to the cottage. Passing through the garden, he tapped lightly at the door, which, a fter some slight delay, waa opened by the asms woman whom he had Been on the preceding day. She welcomed him with a smile and s a id : “ O f course you have come out again to see the old m an: if yon w ill just step into the parlor and sit down he w ill he in In a few minutes. I am afraid jo u won’ t make much o f him, for he la very queer and crotchety this m orning: but then he is always that, more or leas, and when It ia an amiable day with him It la gen erally because he U rather drowsy. If you will take a chair,“ she continued opening the door o f the parlor, “ I w ill bring him to you directly almost.“ Jack awaited w ith no little curiosity the appearance o f the old man, o f whom he had heard so much during the last four-and-twenty hours. H e had not long to wait. The door opened, and supported by the buxom nurse on the one side, and assisted by a stout stick, upon which he leaned a good deal, on the other, there appeared a sad specimen o f senile old age. The old nran dropped hia shuffle and came to a dead atop when he saw Jack. “ W hat,” he piped out in a th rill treble tone approaching to a falsetto, “ ia he doing here?” “ H e la come to call upon you,” shouted the nurse into his ear, “ and inquire how you are.” “ Much he knows about It.” piped the old m an; “ I call it a Tery cold day.” “ Yon are quite right,” bawled Jack. “ It ia cold, very cold, sir.” “ f o l d ! yes. I said ’cold.’ “ muttered the old man in his childish treble. “ W hat did be want to say it waa not cold for? Peopie are always so contradictory and stupid’’ ; and having thus relieved his mind, he shuffled towards an armchair by the fire, in which, with the nurse’s aa aistnnea. ha was speedily installed. “ I donot think you w ill be able to maks much o f him,” said the nurse quietly to rh illim o re; “ and if you really have any thing you wish to ask him, I am afraid you have little chance o f getting an an swer.” to telegraph to n»y sister that I until to-morrow, which w ill ba disappointment to hor.” . “Of course 1 will,** replied Ringwood “ I w ill drive out there almost at bncs A fte r the term s ' 1 1 have bean on with poor Miss Caterham, and knowing then: as I do, through you, there w ill be noth ing much In my taking your p la c ^ ia your unavoidable absence. B y tha way, of course. If Miss Chichester asks me what was thla secret which so troubled her aunt, there ia now, I suppose, no objec - g tion to my telling her?" ; • “ Ahem !— N o ; better not, perhaps,” re t o r M ix e A P e r n i o « . piled the more cautious senior. “ Too / 1%« farm er who can go adjust hla can tell her that Mias Catarham’a will work that he may dispense with the must explain everything.” help o f oue man la lucky Indeed, but Ringwood made hia way down to ftaw many a farm er has* done so by aim- a little later. H e made hia way np tha ply changing hla ayatem o f feeding and gravel walk, and knocked at the door. “ Yes, Mias Ohio heater wonld aee him,” caring fo r the sto ck ; also by so dis replied the maid, after disappearing for posing o f the grain and hay that In a few momenta, and he was duly ushered stead o f hauling many tona o f it to into the drawing room. market It la fed on the farm, and the A little time, and M ary Chichester en beef, pork, butter, cheese, etc., sold. tered, and Ringwood could not help think This allows tha fan ner to restore to ing that she had never looked better than the ground at least a part o f the fe r she did now, as she swept towards him tility In the shape o f manure. in her black draperies, and greeted h ia The barn plan shown herewith In with extended hand. H e had composed rather a neat little speech on hia way the tw o Illustrations, the ground plan down, with which tq introduce himself, and the perspective view. Is so ar but it all vanished as he looked at M ary’s ranged that one man may feed and pale, sad face, and all he amid w a s : care fo r the stock In a short time. As “ I am very, very sorry fo r you.” shown on the floor plan, the barn will “ I knew you would be sorry to hear o accommodate fourteen cows, tw elve the death o f my poor aunt,” she replied horses, has box stalls fo r both the “ Yon have, o f course, heard o f it fr o * Mr. Carbuckle. I rather hope to see him to the course o f the day.” “ I am here. Miss Chichester, aa M i Carbuckle’s deputy; sincerely as I sym pathise with you to your loss, I should hardly have ventured to intrude upon you until a few days later if it had not been for that. H e has only just returned to town, and is compelled to leave it again for a couple o f days, and begged me to run down here on his behalf. H e begged N > me say that he should coroe to you the minute he returned, and should, o f course*, ìt a l i attend the funeral.” “ Which I hope, Mr. Ringwood, yon w ill do also. You were a great favorite with my poor a u n t; but on one point I - — -- - sadly fear I was right, and that misera ble secret which you allowed her to bear M B A fg C»w »T A C kJ by herself really did hasten her death.” . g-»A*.U “ I sincerely trust. Miss Chichester, that on that point you are m istaken; as I told you before, I was powerless; my lips were sealed, as they are now. A few days more, and you w ill know everything.” “ K now everyth in g!” she cried passion .Jack Phillim ore had already recognised ately, and rising abruptly from her abair. the impossibility o f making anything out o f M r. Krabbe. H e had seen him, and "W h a t do I care about your mystery felt that if he sat th ei* and stared at him now? I wanted to know it before, that might share the trouble with her who fo r an hour he should make nothing more has been as a mother to me, that I might o f him. soothe and comfort her in her wretched Jack made hia way to the railw ay sta nervous prostration. I wanted to know tion and took a ticket to London.. He it, because I saw that bearing it alone had some little time to wait, and paid was the cause o f the weak, nervous state GOOD BASK FLAK. very little attention tb bis few feliow- Into which she had frettechgherself. Had lonngers on the platform. Certain it ia, I shared the burden with her it might— cows and horses, also a large ca lf pen. that when the train came up. and he who can say?— have kept her a little The Installation o f manure carriers jumped into a second-class carriage, be longer with me. I am blaming nobody,” and hay fork Is very easy, and these took no notice o f a sleepy looking youth, continued M ary, as sbe paced the room about sixteen, who got into the same com with impatient steps: “ but it is so bard w ill soon pay fo r themselves In the A feature, o f the barn partment, colled himaelf up in a corner, to think that a life we value might bars labor aaved. and apparently slumbered the whole way been prolonged by more careful tending.” not to be overlooked Is the arrange The to town. “ P oor Miss Caterham was so very res ment o f the feed room and silo. chute extends the entire olute in her injunctions as to secrecy that four-foot C H A P T E R X Y I. we dared not disobey her. A few days length o f the silo, and has small win Ronald Ringwood has held rather aloof more and then------ ” dows fo r light, a tight door below from the little cottage at K *w , for one “ T o o late. I tell you.” interrupted separating same from < the feed room thing, he really had nothing to communi M a r y ; “ I have no desire now to know to keep out dust and odors. The cate. A ll trace o f the miaeing Finnigan this miserable secret, and— and— I think railage Is dropped down this chute, and seemed lost, and both the detective em — I think— I had better say good-by,” and from there shovelled to the mixing ployed by Ringwood and Pegram ’s emis putting her handkerchief to l»* ' eyes. sary had given up all hope o f tracing the M ary Chichester hurriedly left the room. boxes— one fo r the cows and one fo r the horses. There are tw o bins In the missing man from Guildford, and return The day o f the funeral arrived, and a ed to town with a view to a fresh de little knot o f mourners, which Included feed room and two more may be locat parture. And, in the second place. Ring- Carbuckle and Ringwood. assembled at ed on the floor above and connected wood was fain to confess that be bad not the cottage at K ew to follow poor Mias by small spouts fo r drawing o ff the got on quite so well with M ary Chiches Caterhara to her grave. The deceased grain. These spouts may be located di ter o f 1st«. T h a t young lady resented lady’s solicitor was among those present, rectly over the m ixing boxes. A ll bay being kept in the dark as regards what and Intimated to Mr. Carbuckle and som* is supposed to be fed from above, one she termed the great mystery. She ar tw o or three intimates that he thought gued, as we know, and with considerable it would be most convenient, now all waa P m S I i s o f Kars*. reason, that it would be very much to her over, that they should return to the cot aunt's benefit i f there, was confidence be tage and hear the w ill read. “ It Is short Hens w ill not refuse to lay provid tween them on this point, and Miss Cater- and simple, and concerns you, Carbuokla ing the conditona which surround them ham consequently enabled to disense the slightly.” are favorable fo r egg production. Of thing freely with her, M ary Chichester. ( T o be continued.) course, ■ ben cannot keep on laying all But poor Miss Caterham had worked her the time, nor will some bens lay even T h e C o m p le te t ir a ft e r . self up into such a state o f nervous ap fo r a m ajority o f the time, but the prehension o f foul play on the part o f G raftin g is no easy matter. It calls her competitors fo r the great stake, as to for special qualifications. In the first farm er who provides the correct condi b* really not quite rational on that point place, one must be consistent. To start tions o f bousing, feeding and general management w ill find that he w ill not She coaid have put her fesra in no very out on a graftin g career under the be be en tirely without eggs at any time o f definite ahape had she even tried to tell lie f that we may permit ourselves oc them to any one. She would have cer the year. O f course. It is not the hen’s tainly expressed a strong opinion that the casional lapses into virtue, makes fo r nature to lay at this tim e o f the year, Pegrams, in seeking Terence Finnigan. tim idity, fo r a certain unprofessional but I f sbe Is com fortably housed and were seeking him with murderous purpose. uncertainty at critical moments. Eter well fed, the fa n n er w ilt find that the She had a hazy idea that even her own nal vigilance is the price o f success In hen a fter all really has little senti life might be aimed a t ; oblivious o f the grafting, as In other occupations. In ment as to just which season she shall fact that she had disposed by w ill o f order to succeed. T ake one form o f her chance in the “ Great Tontine,” aa graftin g and stick to It, and all other produce her eggs. Getting eggs Is not entirely a matter well as all her property, in favor o f her things shall be added unto you. o f feeding, yet i f we feed correctly the niece, and that consequently her death Then, again, the earnest grafter rec wonld merely put M ary Chichester into hens w ill not have that as an actual her place aa a shareholder in the "T o n ognizes that. If he Is to make a i« r - obstacle to laying. Maturity and vigor tine,” the decease o f a nominee being the manent success, he must keep himself are twq important things In the hens only thing that virtually extinguished the In good condition. Ills home life, there that are to be heavy winter layers. ■hare. She would further have told you, fore, »must be an Ideal one. Some o f Keep the hens In a thrifty, vigorous although she had no knowledge on the onr most famous grafters have had subject, that she thought it quite possible loving w ives and golden haired chil condition, and be sure and feed a va riety. These things count fo r a great Lord Lakington also had his emissaries dren, w ere home every evening promptly deal toward success. Corn, oats and working on hia behalf. Ringwood was sitting In his chambers the morning after Jack Philllm ore’a de parture for Rydland pondering over the “ Grant Tontine.” H is reflections were cot short by a sharp knock at his door. In reply to bis “ Corns in,” tha door open ed, and hla clerk appeared: “ Mr. Car- buckle has juat sent over, air. Hla com pliments, and w ill yon coma across to hia chambers at once." “ A ll right,” replied R in gw ood ; and tak ing up hla hat ha proceeded at ones to comply with Mr. Carbuckle’s request. “ T h is ia a very sad business, Ring- wood.” exclaimed Carbuckle. “ O f course, poor old lady, at her time o f Ilfs it ia not a thing to be surprised a t ; but I can not help blaming hiyecelf for not having been oot to eee her since I got back. M ary Chichester says In her letter that the ‘O rest Tontine* has killed her.” "Y o n are speaking, o f course, o f Miss Caterham ; you do not rarely mean to say that she is dead, poor thing?” “ Yea. I am sorry to say such la the csss. I hava just received a note from M ary Chichester Informing me o f the fact. I want yon to ran down to K r w to toll M ary the whole stats o f ths case; gay that I shall coma out to see her aa aooo aa I return; and that I shall, o f coarse, bs present a t ths funeral. A n y little thing that aha wants assistance and advice about ia tha meanwhile, I am rare y o « will undertake for her. D o thla for m * Uke a good fallow, or aim I shall hart at 6, and never touched a drop In grafting, one must have good man ners. a devotion to one’s duty, a sterling honesty o f purpose, and a continuous self-respect. G rafting, in its most ex alted form. Is In reality an art. To be come pre-eminent in It one hns to have an abounding faith that a new victim is born every minute. Grafting, Indeed, may only he acquired by a certain amount o f fasting and prayer, and pro longed patience.— Thomas I * Masson, In Success Magazine. n ia r n »r »x l»x . “ Strive on. little man,” said benevolent old gentleman, “ and day you may be ITesldent.” “ Aw. that’s s pipe,’’ scoffed youngster In the green sweater. parents spoiled me chances long “ And how did they spoil chanoep?” "W h y. dey forget to name me the some wheat are the three principal grain feeds, but there are others that may well be fed by way ,of variety arid the meat and green stuff In some form should never be neglected. G ive any kind o f meat scraps or prepared meat foods, as It pays. T r y to keep the hens under conditions as near like those In existence at spring time as you can, and you w ill not suffer severely from an egg famine. Th is Is bothlng Impos sible, and briefly, only means comfort able housing, a variety o f feeds, green stuff and meat scraps, and sanitary quarters.— Agricultural Epltomist. D e e t r e e t lo e b y K a le . the .T h ere are those who declare that “ Me nothing Is created In vain, and thfit ago." rats and mice are In some way a benefit It Is hard to see Just your Lo mankind. how. Th e statistician o f the Agricul Bill, tural Bureau st Washington computes that they create $15,000,000 damage a fear. Th at Is the real money damage, ' M o v ie s D ey, raying nothing o f the annoyance. As Bacon— Didn’t I notice yon were an offset, the rat catchers o f the world moving np at your boose, to-day? tell about $1,000,000 worth o f skins per Egbert— Y es; all bat tbs hired nuuil year, and the fu rriers work them and — Yonkers Statesman. rail them fo r five times that sum. It Is intim ated that a fall-grow n ra t w ill L ife does not make na, w e m ate U fa W t six bushels off corn per year. d a ft how/*_________________ W O M E N W A R ON D B O D O E E T . fin d le e * I t t e k k l e g a n d H o eseelem a * lmar U e e le re d B a « ( o r tb o Boni. » ; bay chute being provided for each two sta lls The milk room being located aa It Is the milk may be taken to it at once. In this room should be located the separator; also plenty o f clean water If possible running water should be provided. The shop Is a very neces sary room, and If w ill save many small repair b ills In It may be stored the n ails bolts, etc. In the horse barn the harness room Is located In the center, which makes It handy to all parts o f the sam e Th e two box stalls provide room fo r both male animals as well as sick and ailing ones T h e hay bay la supposed to be open clear to the roof. However, some farm ers may wish to arrange this space different. The partition sepa rating the cows from the center sec tion Is boarded or plastered up tig h t except the ca lf pen, to separate the cows from any odors dust or dirt from the other anim als The box sta lls however, In both the cow and horse barn are so constructed that the In mates may have a good view o f the other alnmala. They like company, and w ill do better’ l f they can see their neighbors The floors o f the cow stable, the milk room, feed room and silo are o f cem ent the gutter being formed In the floor and having a four-inch drain at the rear leading to the manure pit. Th e stalls are made to lit both long and short cow s The first stall In front Is four feet wide and live feet long. Th e rear stall Is three feet six Inches wide and four feet eight inches long. The stalls then slope from front to the rear, each stall being slightly shorter. Stalls are now con structed in so many different ways that It is hardly worth while to men tion them, every cow man having bis own view s o f the matter. However, it Is wise to so build them that the stall may be easily cleaned and washed- This construction w ill comply with all sanitary requirements o f Inspectors. The floor o f the horse stable may be o f cement or clay. The location, the local supply o f materials, etc., w ill o f course govern to a certain extent the material enter ing the construction o f any building, and. In fact, all buildings. Th e barn as shown Is tw elve feet to the eaves and thirty-eight feet to the peak; the silo Is thirty-eight or forty feet high. The barn should, o f course, have a good foundation o f stone, brick or cement. On many farm s It has been the practice to build a small shed here and there and the stock is scat tered all over the farm. This causes an unnecessary lot o f labor to care fo r th em ; also an unsightly appearance to the surroundings. In constructing a barn o f this sort It will not be neces sary to do all the work before the same may be used, but a portion o f It may be left until time and perhaps your purse w ill allow it to be finished. — W allace's Farmer. Seamy T e m p o r a r y Seeekehmmee. I f one butchers only once a year, rays a correspondent o f Farm and Home, It Is not necessary to build an expen sive smokehouse, fo r almost ss good The State Federation o f Pennsylva nia Women has placed ltaelf on record aa against the “ drudgery” which Its members say la the mistake o f the houaewife o f to-day, according to a Pittsburg dispatch to the Npw York Tlmea. It was decided that there was entirely1 too much washing and Ironing, cleaning and scrubbing In the life o f the average houaewife, and, w hile there could be no objection to a little mend ing and darning, It was certain that something must be done to cut down the scrubbing and cKnnlng. It was decided to raise a fund o f $15,000 to endow a scholarship at the State College o f Pennsylvania, to be known aa ths K ate Cassatt McKnlght memorial fo r “ permanent domestic science.” Many ringing addresses were made In favor o f this move. Intended to teach the girls how to mend, etc., make the home happy. It would seem, however, that the mop and the scrub brush are not to be Included In the curriculum. Mrs. Anna O. TUIlnghast o f Titu sville brought down the house by exclaiming tragically: “ W hat effects, think you, w ill an end less round o f cleaning and scrubbing, washing and Ironing have upon a hu man soul? How fa r toward the ideal In moral and spiritual development w ill such a soul be able to advance?" I t was thought best not to include the scrub brush in the resolution, and some o f the more calm members, after due deliberation, presented tlje follow ing resolution, which was passed: “ Whereas, Believing that the safety and continual blessing o f our country rest upon the sanctity and com fort o f our homemaker, and that fo r the ac complishment o f these desired condi tions w e must act In sincerity and co operation; therefore be It “ Resolved. Th at this Federation o f Pennsylvania Women raises $15,000 fo r a permanent domestic science scholar ship at State College, this fund to be properly Invested In good securities ss fast as accumulated, the Interest accru ing thereon each year to be used fo r the purpose aforesaid, this scholarship to be known as the K ate Cassatt M o Knight memorial.” T h e R a t a M e a a e e ta H e a lth . Men and women who keep their own bodily health good by adequate at tention to the laws o f modern hygiene have in themselves ample protection against the diseases spread by rats or other germ carriers, even when the germ is that o f the plague. Unless ex posed to the infection fo r too long a period, or too repeatedly, the dean, healthy body Is fa irly safe against the attacks o f the rat’s hostile parasites. D irt and overcrowding In cities and dwellings where sunshine la not per mitted to freely flood the Infected places with its germicidal rays— these are the conditions favorable to the growth and propagation o f the rat and (he parasites o f the rat. Although the outbreak o f the plague In Canton In IBM caused the death o f many thou sand* o f natives o f the poorer classes, none o f the American or English resi dents was affected. Daring ths year that elapsed, after the plague appeared in Ran Francisco In 1007. only one hun dred and fifty cases developed, because o f the prompt enforcement o f up-to-date sanitary regulations. Th e aw ful visi tation which decimated London In 1664 was so noticeably confined to the slums, where underfeeding had weakened bodies and overcrosdlng had developed dirt and vermin, that the disease was called the “ poor man’s plague.” Nevertheless, we can not rest easily, nor can we keep ths barriers and de fenses ndequnte. without g r e it v ig il ance. w hile In the Orient the disease remains virulent. Alw ays there Is ths possibility o f plague-stricken rats reach ing us In such numbers ns to spread the bacilli broadcast.— Success Magazine. T h e A d d ress. An Irish girl serving In the capacity i f cook for a fam ily In Massachusetts recently received a visit from a cousin from the “ ould eounthry," who, on leav ing. promised to write soon. Th e Irishman evidently looked about blm pretty carefully while In Somer ville. fo r In due time a letter arrived SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE s m o k e h o u s e . addressed as follow s: “ Mies Bridget Callahan, results ran be obtained from a de “ A t Mr. N----- ’s, vice such as the one shown herewith. “ Private Way. It Is made by taking both ends ont of “ Dnngerous Crossing, a barrel and mounting It upon a box “ Somerville. Massachusetts, or above a fireplace* In the ground. “ IT. S. A ." T h e meat to>be smoked Is hung from — Success Magazine. the sticks laid across the top o f the W e D o u b t s R e e d e r o# “ P o o c h . ” barrel, the fire built underneath and A hearty laugh had gone almost the Ud put on. around over the story o f the fisher man jvh0- hwate the place on ths T e In c re a s e F r o lt Y ie ld . One orchardlst is said to hare In lake where he had had good luck, cut creased the yield o f his orchard from a nick In the side o f his boat. “ A l fifteen to 250 bushels In the follow ing most around.” fo r the Englishman sat manner; He reduced the tops o f the solemn and silent. About five minutes trees one-fourth; then In the fa ll he later, however, he awoke with a roar plowed between the trees. A fte r ma o f laughter, and when asked the trou nuring well he planted corn, beans and ble, re p lied : “ W ell, wouldn’t It be a pumpkins, and harvested a nice crop corking good Joke If that fisherman got o f each. The next spring he repeated a different boat ths next time he went the same form o f cultivation, and that o u t!" * - ■1 ■ « ' j year, In addition to the good crops of N ot Y et. corn, beans and pumpkins, harvested When tailors see three-cornered beta seventy bushels o f good apples. The next spring he manured for the third In Plcadllly and Bond street It w ill time and planted potatoes, which did be time enough to lay In a stock o f not do well, but he harvested 260 busII- pink drees saltings. But unless w e are mistaken, this sort o f thing w ill not els o f fins apples from the orchard. trouble the present generation. Th e present rage Is fo r quiet tones.— ^Tailor Chranplem B a tte r C ow Di Pedro’s Estslls, champion batter cow and Cutter. o f ths world, with a record o f 712 There are a tremendous number off pounds In tw elve months, was klllsd men w illing to furnish $50,000 worth by an accident at ths Missouri Agricul o f experience I f the city w ill furnish tural Collage farm. In
