Main
Chance
M o re d ith N ic h o lo o n
C H A P T E R V I I I . — (Continued.)
John turned out tbe light, and while
they waited tor the elevator to com* up
fa r them W a rry Jingled the colas and
keys In hia pockets before he blu rted:
“ I aay, John, I ’m an underbred, low
person, and am not worthy to he called
thy friend, and you may hate me all you
like, but one thing I ’d like to know. D id
ahe say anything about me when you
passed us this afternoon— make any com-
meet or anything? You know 1 despise
M yself for asking, bat------ ”
Saxton laughed quietly.
“ Y e « she d id ; but I don’t know that
I ought ta tell you. I t was really en
couraging.
She said. 'M iss Margrave
has a lot o f s ty le ; don’t you think aoY ”
" la that a ll? ” demanded Rarldan, step
ping into the car. ’
“ T h a t’s all. I t wasn’t very much; but
It waa the way she said i t ; and as she
said it she brushed s fly from the horse
w ith the whim and she did it very care
fu lly ."
In th* corridor below they met W hea
ton coming oat o f the side door o f the
bank. H e had been at work, he said.
Rarldan asked him to go with them to
the d a b fo r a game o f b illia rd « but he
pleaded weariness and aaid be waa going
to bed.
The three men walked up Varney street
together. T h ey were men o f widely d if
ferent antecedents and quailtim. C ir
cum stance« in themselves natural and
h a rm le*« had brought them together. The
Uvea o f a ll three were to be influenced
by the w«sharps o f one, and one woman’s
Ufa waa to bo profoundly affected by con
tact with a ll o f thorn. I t ie not ordained
for us to know whether those we touch
hands with, and even break bread with,
from day. to day, am to bring oa good or
evil. The electric light reveals nothing
tn tea sffiyPa book which waa not dis
closed o f old to those who pondered the
mysteries by starlight and rushlight.
Wheaton left them at the club door and
went on to T h e Bachelors’, which waa
only a step farther up the street. J
“ H ow do you like W heaton by this
tim e? " asked Rarldan, as they entered
th e club.
“ I hardly know bow to answer that,"
Saxtor answered. “ H e ’s treated ma w ell
enough. I t seems to me I ’ m alw ays try-
C H A P T E R IX .
A fte r the interim o f qniet that Len t
alw ays brings in Clarkson, tho spring
came sw iftly. T h a n waa a renewal o f
social activities which ran from dances
and tens into outdoor gath erin g« Evelyn
hod enjoyed to the to ll her experience at
hom e She had plunged into tho friv o li
ties o f the town with a «eat that waa a
trifle emphasised through her wish to
escape any charge o f being pedantic or
literary. She was glad that aba bad gone
to c o lle t « but ahe did not wish this fact
o f her Ufa to be the haunting ghost o f
her days; and by the end o f the w inter
ah* fait that aha hod pretty effectually
laid it.
In June M r. P o rte r began discussing
summer plans with Evelyn.
H * elim i
nated him self from thorn; h* could not
get away, he aaid. But there was G rant
to bo considered. T h e boy waa at school
in N ew Hampshire, and Evelyn protested
that it w as not wise to subject him to
tho intense beat o f a Clarkson summer.
T h e first hot w a re sent P orter to bed
w ith a trifling Mines« and hia doctor took
tho opportunity to look him over and tall
him that J t was Imperative fo r him to
n o t. Thompson came homo from Arisons
to spend the summer. H e and Wheaton
w ere certainly equal to th# car* o f the
bank, so they urged Porter, and ha finally
yielded.
Evelyn found n hotel on the
Massachusetts North Shore which sound
ed w ell In the circulars, and her father
agreed to It. When they reached Orchard
I « n e be liked It better than he bad ex
pected.
E very night he aat down with
cipher telegrams, and constructed from
Thompson’s statistics th* day’s business
I d the bank. H e received dally from New
Y o rk the dosin g quotations an tha share*
bs waa interest ad 1 « and aa ha walked
the long bote) verandas be effected s
transmigration o f spirit whieh put him
back in hi# awlral chair In tbs Clarkson
National.
In August W a rry Rarldan appeared
suddenly and threw himself fasto th * gela
t i « « e f tbs place ter a fortnight.
Mr.
P o rter asked him to ah at their table
gad marveled at the way Evelyn snubbed
him, even to the extent e f running aw ay
three daye with e o a » friends who
a yacht ana Who carried her to N e w
port tor a deuce.
During her absence
W o rry made all the other girls about the
pteea h ap p y; they wars aura that “ that
M ite P orter” waa trentine him ahohbily
and their hearts want eut to him. W a r
ry sulked when Evelyn returned aad they
had aa Interview between dances a i a
Saturday night hep.
&
H s sought for recognition as s lo ver;
shs bed not praised tbs sffsrts hs had
baso making to win bar approval by dill-
genes ht his office; ha took c a n to call
lu g erteti i loo to Ms changed habits.
“ B u t Evelyn, I am dotes differently.
knew— I want to fo «l that I ’ m M a ( tt
for you !
Don't you know that would
help ms and steady me? W on't you lot
It bo fo r you?”
Ha came dose to bar
and atood with hia arm « folded, but a h «
drew aw ay from him with « . despair toff
feature.
“ Oh, W a rry ," she cried, wearily, “ you
poor, fool ¡ah b o y! Don’ t you know that
you must do all things fo r you rself?"
“ Yea,“ ha returned eagerly. “ I know
that ; I understand perfectly ; but If you’d
saiy let me feel that you wanted It*----- ”
« 1 want you to succeed, but you w ill
never do It for any one, tr you don’t da It
Émr fo V u n w ttf a ” *1 i e ^ —¿sc • K
v
^
H e went heme by a^ early train next
■ an ting to recaise Saxton’s consolation
and to turn again to his law b o o k « M ar
grave, on behalf o f the Transcontinental,
had affUrad to compromise the case o f
tba pear Widow whose clothe* lines had
been Interfered w ith ; but Rarldan reject
ed this tender. H e needed something oa
Which to rent his mad s p ir it« niut he
g a r* hie thought to davlaing means o f
waa an elderly failure at tba la w who
ran errand« to the court« for Fenton and
sometimes took charge o f small collection
matteta for the bank.
▲ fear daye later, in the course o f bosi-
nesa, he asked l'orter w h it disposition
be ahonld make o f an application fc»t a
loan from a country customer.
iS ft a r
ran* fo r tbe past correapondeooa with
their client, and threw aaveral letters ta
Wheaton for bia information. W hoatoa
read them and called the stenographer to
dictate the answer which l ’orter had fit*
dies ted should be made. ~ H e held tba
client’* last-tetter in hie hand, and In
concluding turned it over into the w ire
basket which steod on his desk. As< It
fall fees downwards his eye caught m m *
figures on tbe back, and he picked It up
thinking that they might relate to the « luche*. The bottom pieces marked
latter.
The memorandum waa in B *P
1 are 11 tost long and 4 teches by l
ter’a large, uneven baud and read:
303
9099
T h e result o f tbe multiplication was
identical^ with the amount o f Peckhem’ s
took hold o f a new project. I t waa sug
gested to him by the inquiries o f a Bos
ton banker, who owned a considerable
amount o f Clarkson Traction bonds and
stock which he waa anxious to sal!. P o r
ter gave a discouraging account o f the
company, whose history be knew thor
oughly. T h e Traction Company had been
organised in the boom daye and its stock
had been inflated in keeping with the
prevailing spirit o f the time.
I t was
first equipped with the cable system in
deference to, the Clarkson h ill« but later
tbe company made the introduction o f
the trolley an excuse fo r a reorganisation
o f Its finances with an even more gen
erous Inflation. T h e panic then descend
ed any wrought a diminution o f
rev
enue; the company was unable to make
the repairs which constantly became nec
essary, and the local management fell
into the hands o f a aeries o f corrupt di
rectorates.
J
There had been much" litigation, and
some o f tbe Eastern bondholders had
threatened a receivership; but the local
stockholders made plausible excuse* fo r
the default o f Interest when approached
amicably, and when menaced grew in
solent and promised trouble i f an attempt
were made to deprive them o f power. A
secretary and a treasurer under one ad
ministration had connived to appropriate
a large share o f the daily cash receip t«
and before they left the office they de
stroyed o r concealed tbe books and rec
ords o f tbe company. T h e effect mi this
was to create a m ystery as to the dis
tribution o f th* hoods and the stock.
When P orter came home from his sum
mer vacation, thV newspapers were d a
mending th a t'step s be taken to declare
the T raction franchise fo r fe it
B a t the
franchise had been renewed lately and
had twenty years to run. Th is extension
had been procured by the element in con
trol, and the foreign bondholder« biding
their time, were glad to avail themselves
o f the political skill o f the local officers.
P orter had been casually asked by his
Boston friend whether there was any lo
cal market fo r the stock or bonds; and
he had answered tnat there was n o t ; that
the holders o f share* in Clarkson kept
what they had because they could no
longer sell to one another ami that they
ware only w aiting fo r th* larger outside
bondholders and shape holders to assert
themselves.
P orter had ridden down to
Boston with his brother banker and when
they parted it was with an understand
ing that tbe Bostonian was to collect for
P o rter the Clarkeon Traction securities
that Were held by N ew England banks,
a considerable amount. P o rter k n e w ;
and he went home with a well-formed
plan o f buying th* control o f the com
pany.
Timas were improving and he
had faith in Claifcaaa’a fu tu re; be did
not believe in it no noisily as Tim othy
M argrave did ; but he knew tbe resources
o f the tributary country, and he had,
what all successful business men must
have, an alert Imagination.
I t was not necessary fo r P orter to dis
close the fact o f bis purchases to the
officers o f the Traction Company, whom
he knew to be corrupt and vicious; tbe
transfer o f ownership on th* company's
books made no difference, aa the original
stock books had been destroyed— a fact
which had become public property through
a legal effort to levy on the holdlaga o f a
shareholder la th* interest o f a creditor.
Moreover, if ha could help it. Porter
never told any on* about anything he did.
H * even had several dummies in whose
names be frequently held securities and
real estate. One o f these waa Peckham, a
clerk in the office o f Fentea, P orter’s
lawyer.'
tlon o f tUirty-thres on anything; the
neareet approach was Clarkson Traction
Company at thirty-fire. The check which
had interested him had been dated three
daye before, and ha looked back to the
quotation lint fo r that date.
Traction
was given at thirty-three. Wheaton was
pleased by the discovery; It was a fair
assumption that P orter waa buying Shares
o f Clarkson T ra c tio n ; he wouk) hardly
be buying foreign
securities
through
Peck ham. T h e stock had advanced tw o
points since It had been purchased, and
this, too, was interesting. Clearly, P o r
ter knew what he wa* about— he had a
reputation for know ing; and if Clarkson
Traction wag a good thing fo r the preel-
dent to pick up quietly, why waa it not
a good thing for the cashier? H e waited
a d a y ; 'fraction went to thirty-alx. Than
ha called a fter banking hours at the o f
fice o f a real estate dealer who also dealt
In local stocks and bond« on a small
scale. H e chose this man because he waa
not a customer o f the bank, and had
never had any transaction« with the bank
or with Porter, ao far aa W heaton knew.
H ie name was Burton, and ha welcomed
W heaton cordially.
H e waa alone In
his office, and a fte r an interchange o f
cou rtesie« W heaton came directly to the
point o f hi* errand.
“ Some friends o f mine in the country
own a «m all amount o f Traction stack ;
they’ ve written me to gnd out what Its
prospect« are. O f course in the bank we
know in a general way about It, but 1
suppose you handle such things and I
want to get good advice for my fr ie n d «”
“ W ell, the truth is." «aid Burton, fi*t-
C H A P T E R X.
W heaton had not long been an officer
e f tbe bank before be began to be aware
that there waa
considerable
mystery
about Porter’* outside transactions. P o r
ter occasionally perused with much In
terest several email memorandum books
which * he kept carefully locked in bis
desk. T b e president often wrote letters
with his own hand and copied them him
self a fter bank boura, In n private letter-
bosk. Wheaton was naturally curious a*
to what these outside interests might be.
I t bad plquad him to find that w hile he
waa cashier o f the band ha waa net con
sulted la its larger transactions; and
that o f P orter’s personal affaire ho M m *
act.
One afternoon shortly a fter Portae’s re
turn from th* East, Wheaton, who wa*
w aiting fo r soma letters' to sign, picked
up a bundle e f checks from tbs desk of
one o f the Individual bookkeeper« They
were P orter’s personal checks which had
that day been paid and were now being
charged to his private account. Wheaton
turned them over m echanically; It w a«
not vary tong sine* ha had been aa lndl
vidual bookkeeper M m sslf; be had en
terad Innumerable check« bearing Porter*«
n a n » without giving them a thought. A *
tha slips o f paper passed through hia fis
g a r « b * accounted fo r them In oaa Way
or another and put them back sb the
teak, face down, as a man always doss
whs has besa trained as a bank clerk.
T h * test o f them he held and studied.
I t was a check made payable to Pacfc-
bem, Fan ton '« dark. Tha amouflt was
— too larga to be m m g d flor
C rttte D r a w
C rltletaaa
«a
M m «
S l a a t l T * W e a p o n o f the F oot . «•
■ tite r M ilk .
Bitter milk may originate from two
sources. The first source la dependant
upon the cow. while the second la due
to the growth of bacteria In the milk
after It baa bean drawn. The differ
ence between thaaa two claeaoaof bit
ter milk la that the first has a de
cidedly acid taste whan freshly drawn,
while the second class la sweat whan
taken from the cow, but the bitterness
Inches, the side uprights are 14 tost occurs after standing for a short Uma
Bttter
long; the cruse piece ft Is IS feet of and Increases In Intensity.
milk
when
produced
in
tbe
ndder
may
3-tech by 5-lnch stuff; No. 6 Is *
Inches by ft in ch *« and hi bevelled ea result from improper feeding with
the front edge to allow the hay to anch of our Colorado herbs as lupines,
alide over It easily, when being shoved artemlaia and the llkd, or with the
raw Swedish turnips, cabbages, ate.
on by the sweep. No. IS Is 8 feet by
S inches by 4 Inches, with the higher Bitter milk may be observed during
the last stage of lactation and has fol
end 8 feet above the ground, eo that
lowed the Infection of ducts with bac
when the stacker le en the ground the
teria which net on the protelds as an
weight box No. 14 w ill be about S
enxyma converting them Into peptones
Inches from tbe two pollare on the
and other products to which the bit
ter taste la probably due.— Field and
Fhrm.
A U s e fu l I M .
A family of barn owls w ill number
from three to aevan birds. I t la diffi
cult to believe what a lot o f vermin
and rodent* a family of owla w ill con
sume. An old owl w ill capture aa
much
or
more
food
than
a
dozen
cate
In
a
night
The
owlets are always hungry.
They
w ill eat their weight la food every
night and more If they can get
upper end of No. IS. Tbe rope for i t A ease la on record In which a
raising the stacker should be either half grown owl was given all the mice
inch or inch and a quarter.
tt could eat It swallowed eight one
The teeth on the stacker can be right after another. The ninth fol
made o f 8-lnch by 4-inch pine scantling lowed all but tbe tall, which for some
10 feet long and bevelled on the upper time hung out of the bird’s mouth.
aide to allow tbo bay to slide anally. The rapid digestion o f birds o f prey
Th * short upright tooth on the stack Is shown by the fact that In three
er head should he about ft feet long. hours the little glutton was ready tor
They are
bolted to the long teeth a second meal and swallowed four
about 8 Inches from the stacker bend more mice. I f this can be done by e
No. 6 and rest against the stacker single bird what effect mast e whole
head No. ft. The stacker arms No. -4 tem lly of owls have on tbe rodents of
should bo bolted to No. S with a large a community?
bolt about 12 luchos from the ground-
f o r * W a te r h r C M ia a M t t n .
C l« a a P a m h u r r » a « « J k t e .
In the big desert o f Chill there Is
a considerable
am ount o f brackish
water, hut no water that either human
beings or stock can drink. Science,
however, says the Los Angelas Timas,
has corns to the aid o f this rainless
section of th* country in the form
of" an ingenious desert waterworks,
consisting o f a series o f frames con
taining 20,000 square foot o f glass.
The panes o f glass are arranged tn
the shape o f a V, and under each
pane is a shallow pan containing
brackish water. The heat o f the su b
evaporate* tbe water, which condenses
upon the sloping glasa, and, mad*
purs by this operation, tt runs down
into little channels at the bottom of
the V and Is carried away Into the
main canal. Nearly a thousand gal
lons of fresh water is collected dally
by this m ean«
Honest, now,'don’t you like* to see
a farm kept clean of nil unnecessary
trash end the fields clean of weeds?
It really adds to the worth of the
farm. In the eyes o f the man pawing
by It Ip a better term than the one
beside It e f equal soil, though weed-
grow n and brushy.
A great many folks pay no atten
tion to the roadside« Where a hedge
la the outside fence, we have seen
hedge brush grow from roots that had
been exposed by road grading, until
travel had actually bean turned to
the opposite because of I t This
doesn't apeak very well fo r t i e care
fulness of the fanner. Of course there
Is always so much to do on a farm
that soma of tt never gets done— any
one who has fa m e d for aa short a
time as one year knows this— but the
time required to do a little cleaning
O r a v w M l l M ml I n i .
op is really shorter than a busy man
In an article on bees and auto by
believe« It Is getting started at the
Gaston Bouwsr In the Revue Heb
work that comes hardest The excuse
domadal!-* tbe w riter contends that
of tbe man who does not have a clean
these Insects carry on conversation
looking farm Is usually that hs does
among themselves and that, white this
not sure about selling, and It Is worth
la done by means of their footer« they
as much to him that way aa any. Ha
are not entirely dependent upon them.
does not figure In anything for satis
“ A whole colony," aay« Mr. Bouwer,
faction.— Farmers’ Mall and Express
“ In an an thou** or a beehive often
responds instantaneously to a signal
which may havs been given without
A great many horses aro laid up contact It Is Interesting to see an
every summer with sore shoulders. ant laborer for whom a burden is too
This can be remediad In a vary large heavy go to a fellow, make a sign or
measure with aenae aad cu r«
give a certain touch with his faster,
A good borea collar Is tho main part and then aee the second insect Join
of tbo hamoss and It should bo of the first In lifting or moving the ob
tbo very beet kind and fit the animal’s ject."
" N o ; Barnes has the reputation of be
ing pretty close-mouthed,” replied Whea-
ion.
“ I f your friends want to sell, bring in
the shares and I ’ll aee what I can do
with them,” aaid Burton. “ T h e outsid
ers a rt sure to act soon. This spurt right
now may have nothing back o f It. The
town’* full o f gossip about the company
and it ought to send the price down.,
Y ou r friend Porter'# a smooth one. H#
waa In once, a long time ago, but he
knew when to get out all right.” Whea#
ton laughed with Burton at this tribute
to Porter’s sagacity, but he laughed
discreetly.
H * did not forget that he
was a bank officer and dignity was an
The collar should bo kopt clean at
essential hi the busines« as he under, all times anti the horse’s shoulders
atood It.
( T o bo continued.)
C ..U
tor G rief.
T a n A cto r— Ah , Rudolp*, w hy th at
sad expression?”
Short A c to r— I caunot help It, mu
lord. I d ie In the flret a c t
T a ll A cto r— Oh, It m ight be worse.
Short A c to r— I t couldn't be. T lx -rff
la a real chicken dinner In the set-out)
A P iv a fo r t h « V r r lllr a .
“ D o yon resent the caricatures they
publish o f corporation kings?”
“ N o ," answ ered Mr. D ustin S ta x ;
“ o n ly I w ish th ey w ould be a Mule
m ore consistent, and not m ake us look
like Jolly fa t meu, when most o f us
a re figh tin g d y s i> e p e l«"— W ash in gton
well washed aad brushed dally.
Much duat and dirt arias In the
fields and on the roads daring tbe
warmeeaaon. and this ta caught and
held on the moist and swaaty shoul
ders and collar, there to form hard
lumps and ridgaa.
Every time the collar la put on tho
horse It should bo examined tor those
ridges and lumps. I f any are found
they should bo carefully brushed and
rubbed away.
A fter each day’s work, especially la
warm weather, bathe and clean the
shoulders with a mixture of warm
Moral: Respect tbs feelings of
water, salt and soda.
yonr horses and protect them ffo m
Hot water Is one of the beet known
filos.—Farm, Stock and Horn«
natural agents tor relieving soreness.
W h a t a D m < C ow W i l l M oke.
Sroera la P I«..
The following remedy for scouring
In pigs Is recommended by u veterin
ary surgeon: Wash thslr fssd troughs
thoroughly with hot water and soap.
Rinse with cold water and thou wash
with soda and watar. Do this every
morning. Their milk should bo kept
as cool as posstbte and free from con
laminating Influences.
Discontinue
thslr run on gra s« Put a little pow
dered sulphate copper la the water
they drink— not over two or thro#
grains to each pig,
E v e r y th in to-day depends upon
talking. II-la futile to aautlmantallaa
about th* vanity of speech or the so
lidity af notion, ilk # poor Carlyle.
Thare la no action that wa can profit*
ably perform toward a millionaire, u >
cept etrangllng him. If we can, at
every afternoon tea or society dinner,
aay everything that la oalealated to
make the wealthy people preaent feel
done «41 that Is Immediately practic
able and shall not have lived ta Vain,
O. K. Chesterton m ye la Hampton’s
Magaxlne.
Thus, U I were ea American, I
should turn off every conversation un
til it came Into oolllekun with the sub
ject of the tru st« It a you n g lady
began speaking to me and said: “ Have
you seen the Valaaqusx at Vienna V I
should reply (untruthfully). “ Oh. yeb
— magnificent when he worked In oils
— which reminds me that this oil trust
----- ’* and so on. It tba boa tea* said
with a smile, “ W ill you earve the
duck?” 1 should answer with unacru-
pulous enthusiasm,- “ Ob, I am quite at
home with the cold steel; in fact, the
steel truet, e ta " And If at last peo
ple began not to want me at dlnnor
parties, and timid conversationalists
tell back on the weather. I should
cry, “ Have they yet started a sun
trust, a wind trust, or a sea trust?
That seems to me much healthier
But you quite under
than ----- "
name Implies, full of Innocent confi
dence) might have begun to suspect
Thare la Indeed another reason why
wa must to a great extant rely (fo r
the present) on speech rather than
notion In our dealings with the mon
strosities o f modern wealth. Unless
onr action 14 mere lynching (and I
would never deny that there la some
thing to be said for that), Instead o f
what one calls political, tt w ill not bs
action against the vary rich, but In
their favor. They hold all the han
dles of the political machine; and tor
the purpose o f any prompt action they
have only to move th* handle« That
th* poor oould conquer the rich at
Inst 1 believe, because I believe In
Ood—and also in man. But that the
rich could conquer the poor by 8:20
to-morrow evening I am quite certain.
The whole press would bellow the
same tune over a million breakfast
table«
The servants of the rich would have
run a million errand« the solicitors
and agents of the rich would have
struck a m illion bargain« before tbe
ordinary stonebreaker had even found
hia pickax. The poor are sure—but
slow.
Add to this that worst and wildest
work of modem science (more blas
phemous than Its denial o f O od)— Its
Invention of scientific war. The ser
geant would obey the captain, the sol
dier would obey tbs sergeant, and the
democracy would lie dead about the
streets before aoldlej^ sergeant or cap-
t«tn had realised that they ware all
obeying a swollen and eynlcal pawn
broker.
L it t le E th el
(a g e d 2 ) — Turn
on.
gw an m q; supper la w eed y. G ran dm a
— W h y, dear,
you m ean
b r e a k fa s t
don 't you ? L lttfo .E th a i— ’■ « tou rs« I
does, but I tan’ t a a y I t
L it t le M y ra had been to p arties on
th ree con secu tive d a y « "O h, m am m a,"
aha cried, on h er retu rn
fro m
th e
th ird, “ ju st th in k. I 'v e bad Ice ernem
th ree tim e# tn con gestion ."
A n x io u s M oth er— H arold , don’t you
know those a re bad boys across th *
•trea t to r you to p lay w ith ?
L lt t lo
H a rold — Y e « m am m a; but don’t you
know th a t I ’m an a w fu lly good boy fo r
them to p la y w ith ?
“ W e ll,
B o b b y," said the m in ister
w h o w as m a k in g a d u ty call, “ w h a t
do you Intend to be w h ea you g r o w
u p?" " A n orp h an ," p ro m p tly re p lie d
Bobby, w h o w as s till su fferin g fro m «
dose o f paren tal d ls c lp lln «
A
Is e w n fs l B iH f lt a t ,
A certain prominent minister was
compelled not long ago to give strict
orders that, white he waa engaged
In the preparation of hia sermons,
hie young eon must be kept reason
ably quiet. In spite of this, however,
there arose one morning a most a »
tontshlng noise of hanging and ham
mering, which seemed to Indicate that
the stepm-heatlng pipes were being
knocked to pieces. Hurrying out o f
hia etndy, tho minister encountered
hjs wife.
“ My dour, what la tha world Is
Bobby doing?” h* aakod.
“ Why, ho !■ only beating on tho
radiator downstairs,” waa th* some
what surprised reply.
“ Well, he must stop It,” the min
ister said, decidedly.
*1 don’t think ho w ill harm It.
dear," his wife answered soothingly;
“ and It la tho only thing that w ill
kaap him quiet."— Harper’s Weekly.
The milk produced by the average
Mhmourl cow In a your w ill sell tor
O a r B etter«.
about $60 at the creamery or when
T h e Custom er— I say, d ’y e know y o g made Into fl rat-clam butter. A good
h a lf poisoned me w ith those Utuitlff. cow of tho dairy breed w ill make at
mushrooms I bad here last week?
least $80 cash Income every year. I
A M ysterious W h isper— Th en yog have a list o f about fifty Missouri
owe m e sixpence, ’ E rbert. I told yW termors who report a eaah Income of
so. — T h e Sketch.
)S0 to |100 a cow ovary your, and
those figures do not Include the In
D in «i
H ole«.
come from the sale of ca lve« and pigs
“ N o t a ll th e d iggin g up fo r garden la fad on tho sklm-mllk. “ But,” says o n «
done In the back yard.
“ m ilking is a tremendous task.” As
“ No.
One has to d ig up co n itd ige a matter o f fact. It take# only sixty
hours, worth 1ft coats an hour, to
a b ly a t tb e seed and h ardw are a to re «“
There are throe common methods of
m ilk a cow twloo a day for ton growing strawberries— la h ill« la nar
— K an sas C ity T im e «
m onth«
row matted rows or In wide matted
T rn o AW eetlea.
ro w « Wo prefer the second method.
Ho—And yon don't dial Ike mo cauflfl’
Arrange tho first strong runners by
I ’m poor, do yon, Sadie?
The annual honey crop o f Maryland hand, spacing them properly aad ao-
Traveler la Parlor Car—Porter, that
She— Why, Eddie, I couldn’t
love
,
pound« which la aa aver curiag each oaa In g o e s with a little
man la front w ill give you a quarto»
you any mom If your, father owned g
ts o f only 20 pounds to sash, hive of ■oil or a small aton« Than, whoa
for dusting him off. won’t hs?
candy stem
wa. Prof. Tbomna B Symons of tho each row la full, cut off tho addi
Porter—TsaM rl"
erpland Agricultural College believes tional manors that may grow. Keep
"W ell. I ’ll give you half a dollar to
.* »he average production o f each tho ground hood aad cultivated until
leave the dust ou him aad not brush
mrm should ho from 71 to 10fl
K off onto me.” — Somerville Journal.
Star.
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