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Meredith Nicholson
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CHAPTER X X .
Wheaton aat in hi* room the next
evening, clutching a copy of a Gasette
extra in which a few aentencea under
long headline# gave the latest rumor
•bout the mysterious disappearance of
Grant Porter. Within a fortnight he had
received several warnings from hla broth
er marking his itinerary eastward. Sny
der was evidently moving with a fixed
purpose; and. as Wheaton had received
Brief notes from him couched in phrases
o f amiable irony, postmarked Denver, and
then, within a few days, Kansas City, he
Surmised that his brother was traveling
on fast trains and therefore with money
In hia purse.
He- had that morning received a postal
card, signed “ W. W „” which bore a few
taunting sentences, in a handwriting
which Wheaton readily recognised. He
did not for an Instant question that Will
iam Wheaton, alias Snyder, had abduct
ed Grant Porter, nor did he belittle the
situation thus created as it affected him.
He faced It coldly, as was his way. He
ought not to have refused Snyder’s ap
peals, he .confessed to himself; the debt
he owed his brother for bearing the whole
burden of their common youthful crime
had never been discharged. The bribes
and subterfuges which Wheaton had em
ployed to keep him away from Clarkson
had never been prompted by brotherly
gratitude or generosity, but always by
his fear of having so odious a connection
made public. He was face to face with
the crucial moment where concealment
Involved complicity in a crime. Hla duty
lay clear before him— his duty to hia
friends, the Porters— to the woman whom
be knew he loved. Was he equal to it?
I f Sayder were caught he' would be sure
to take revenge on him; and Wheaton
knew that no matter how guiltless he
might show himself in the eyes of the
world, his career would be at an end; he
* could not live in Clarkson; Evelyn Por
ter would never see him again.*
The Gasette stated that a district tele
graph messenger had left at Mr. Porter’s
* door a note which named the terms on
which Grant could be ransomed. The
•mount was large— more money than
v James Wheaton possessed; it was not a
great*,-deal for William Poster' to pay.
It h a! already Occurred to W heaton that
* ha might pay the ransom himself and
carry the boy home, thus establishing
forever a claim upon the Porters. He
quickly dismissed this; the risks of ex-
giosnre wore too great. He turned all
Chess matters over in his mind* Clearly
the best thing to do was to 1st tbs climax
come. Hia brother waa a criminal with
a record, who would not find it easy to
'idrag him into tha m in. His own ca
reer and position hi Clarkson wore unas
sailable. Very likely the boy would be
found quickly and the incident would
i dose with Snyder’s sentence to a long
Imprisonment. He would face it out no
matter what happened; sad the more he
thought of it the likelier it seemed-that
Snyder had overleaped himself and would
coon be where he could no longer be a
H e went down to dinner late, in the
clothes that be had worn at the bank
all day and thus brought upon himself
the banter of Caldwell, the Transconti
nental agent, who sang oat as ha entered
tiis dining-rgpm door:
“ What’s tht matter, Wheaton? Sold
■ o r pawned your other clothes? Come on
now and give us the real truth about the
kidnapping.” said Caldwell with cheerful
Interest. “ You'11 better watch tha bank
o r tbe fame gang may carry it off next.”
“ I guess the bank’« safe enough,”
Wheaton answered. “ And I don’t know
anything except what I read In the pa
pers.” He hoped the others would not
think him indifferent; but they were
. busy discussing various rumors and theo
ries as to the route takeo by the kidnap
ers and the amount of ransom. He threw
in hia own comment and speculations
from time to time.
“ RarMan's out chasing them,” said
CaldweU. “ I passed him and Saxton
driving like mad oat Merriest street at
noon.”
The mention of Karidan and
Saxton did not comfort Wheaton. He re
flected that they had undoubtedly been to
tha. Porter bouse since tbe alarm bad
been sounded, and he wondered whether
his awn remissness in this regard had
beea remarked at the Hill. Ilia fingers
w e n cold as be stirred his coffee; and
whee he had finished hs hurriedly left
iM
off randomise swept ovar him, but It waa
followed by a wave of terror. Evelyn
wept aa aha tried to tell her story-
“It is dreadful, horrible!" hs fitresd
hlmselg to say. “ But certainly no harm
can come to the boy. fto doubt in a few
Yveak— — "
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He felt easier when be got oat into
the coel night air. Hla day at the bank
bad been one long korrsr; but tbs clang
•f tha cars, the lights in ths streets, gave
him contact with life again. He must
hasten to offer his services to the Porters,
though he knew that every means of as
sistance had been employed, and that
there was nothing to do but to maks in
quiries. He grew uneasy as his car nsav
ed the house, and he climbed the slope of
ths hill like one who beers a burden. He
bad traversed this walk many times In
tbe pest year, in the varying moods of a
lover, who one day walks tbe heights and
la the next plunged into the depths; and
latterly, since his affair with Margrave,
be had known moods of conscience, too,
and these returned upon him with fore-
j
boding* now. If Porter had not been 111,
there would never have been that Inter
view with Margrave at ths bank; and
4 Grant would not have been at home to be
kidnaped. It seemed to him that the trou
bles of other people rather then his own
* errors were bearing down tbe balance
r s fa i net bis happii
Evelyn came Into the pdrior with eyes
#> rad frani weeping.
"Oh. hare yon no
l , g ig w » r she cried to bias. Ho had kept
e e hi# overcoat aad held his hat la Ms
Her grief stana Kim ; a gn a t wavs
J
She threw hemelf in a chair and bar
team broke forth afresh. Wheaton stood
impotentiy watching her anguish. It is a
new a id strange sensation which a man
experiences, whan for the first time he
aee tears in the eyee of the »roman he
iovee. Evelyn sprang up suddenly.
“ Have you seen VVarry 7“ she sake!—
“ has he coaie back yet?“
• v \
“ Nothing had been heard from t^em
when I came up town.” He still stood,
watching her pityingly. “ I hope you un-
dei stand how sorry I am— how dreadful
l feel about It.” He walked over to her
and she thought he meant to go. She had
not heard what he said, but she thought
he had been offering help.
“ Oh, thank you! Everything ia being
done, I know. They will find him to
night. won’t they? They surely mutt,“
she pleaded. Her father called her in hia
weakened voice to know who was than
and she hurried away to him.
Wheaton’s eyes followed her aa she
went weeping from the room, and he
watched her, feeling that he might never
'see hei again. He felt tbe poignancy of
this hour's history— of
his
having
brought upon this house a hideous wrong.
The French dock on the mantel struck
seven and then tinkled the three quar
ters lingeringly. There were roses in a
vase on the mantel; he had aent them
to her the day before. He stood as one
dosed for a minnte after she had van
ished. Ha could bear Porter back in
the house somewhere, and Evelyn’s voice
reassuring him. The musical stroke of
the bell, the scent of tbe roses, the fa
miliar surrounding* of the room, wrought
upon him like a pain. He stared stupid
ly about, as if amid a ruin that he had
brought upon the place; and then he went
out o f the house and down tbe elope into
the street, like a man in a dream.
While Wheaton swayed between fear
and hops, the community waa a thrill Yvith
excitement. Rewards for the boy’s return
were telegraphed in every direction. The
only clue was the slight testimony of
Mrs. Whipple. She had told and re-told
bar story to detectives and reporters.
There waa only too little to tell. Grant
had walked with her to the car. She had
seen only one of the men that had driven
np to the curb— the one that had In
quired about the entrance to Mr. Por
ter’s grounds. She remembered that he
had moved- his head curiously to one aide
aa he spoke, and there was something un
usual about his eyea which she could not
describe. Perhaps hs had only ona eye;
she did not know.
Raridan and Saxton, acting independ
ently of the authorities in the confusion
and excitement, followed a slight clue
that led them far countryward. They
lost the trail completely at a village fif
teen m iles'a*.:;, and after alarming the
country drove back to town. Meanwhile
another message had beea sent to the
father - of tha hoy, stating that tha ran
som money could be takes by a single
messenger to a certain spot in the coun
try, at midnight, and that within forty-
eight hours thereafter tbe boy would be
returned.
He was safe from pursuit,
ths not# stated, and an ominous hint was
dropped that it would be wise to aban
don tha idea of procuring the captive's
return unharmed without paying the ram
asked.. Mr. Porter told the detectives
that lie would pay the money; bat the
proposed meeting was sat for the third
might after the abduction; tha captors
were in no hurry, they wrote. The crime
was clearly the work of daring mete, and
had been carefully planned with a view
to quickening tbe anxiety of ths family
of the stolen boy. And so twenty-four
hours passed.
“This is s queer game,“ raid Raridan,
on the second evening, as he and John
discussed tha subject again in John’s
room at tbe dab. “ I don’t J«st make It
out. If the money waa all these fellows
wanted, they could make a quick touch
Of it. Mr. Porter's craay to pay any
ram. But they seem to want to prolong
the agony.”
“That looks queer,“
said Saxton.
“There may be something back of i t ; bat
Porter hasn’t any enemies who would try
this kind of thing. There are buaineae
men here who would like to do him up
in a trade, but this is a little out of tbe
usual channels.” Saxton got up and
walked the floor.
“ Look here. JVarry, did yon ever know
a one-eyed man? It has juat occurred to
me that I have seen each a man since I
came to this part of the country; but
the circumstances were peculiar. This
thing i* queerer than ever as I think of
it/’ -
“w *nr
j& s’JSNfejj -
“ It waa beck at the Poindexter place
when I first went there. A fellow named
Snyder was in charge. He had made a
rata’ neat of the house, and resented the
idea of doing any work. Ha seemed to
think he was there to stay. Wheaton
had given him the job before I came. I
remember that I asked Wheaton if it
made any difference to him what I did
with the fellow. He didn't seem to care
and 1 bounced him. That waa two years
ago and I haven’t heard of him since.”
"W ho’s at the Poindexter place now?”
“ Nobody; I haven’t been there myself
for a year or more.”
“ Ia it likely that fallow is at the bottom
of this, and that he has made a break for
tbe ranch house? That must be a good
lonesome place out there.”
"Well, it iroa’t take tong to find oat.
The thing to do is to go ourselves with
out saying a word to any one. Let's
srabe a still heat of it. The detectives
are bnsy on what may hs real does and
this is only a gneaa.”
“ I can’t imagine that fellow Snyder
doing anything so dashing aa carrying
eff a millionaire's eon. He didn’t look
to am aa if he had the nerve.”
“ Tt’s only a chance, but it’a worth try*
lug.”
In the lower hall they met Wheaton,
who was pacing up aad down. Hs was
afraid of John Saxton; Saxton, ho felt,
probably knew ths part hs had played in
the street railway matter. It seemed to
him that Saxton must have told oth on ;
probably Saxton had Evelyn'« certificate
pat away lor uao when William Porter
should be fbetored to health. This went
through his mind aa John and Worry
stood talking to him.
“ Wheaton,” sold Saxton, “ do yon ro-
that fallow Snyder srho waa la
charge of the Poindexter place wtaa I
n a n iu
Kora* 9**
“ What—oh yes!” H b hand row quic
ly to his carefully Had four-in-hand'and
he fingered it nervously.
•
"You may not remember It, but ho had
only one eye.” .
“ Tea, that’s so,” said Whdaton. as If r
calling the fact with difficulty.
“ And Mrs. Whipple aaya these era«
something wrong about oaa of the ayes of
the man who. accosted her and Gyant at
Mr. Porter's gats. What becaara of teat
fellow after he left the ranch— have yon
any idea?” Karidan had walked away to
talk to a group of men in the reading
room, leaving Saxton and Wheaton alone.
“ He went West tha last I know of
him,” Wheaton answered, steadily.
“ It ha* struck m* that he might ha In
thb thing. It’e only a gneaa, but Raridan
and I thought we’d run out* to the Fbin-
dexter ranch and aa* if it could possibly
be the rendezvous of the kidnapers. It’s
probably a fool’s errand, but it won’t
take long, and we’ ll do it unofletelly
without saying anything to the anthorF
tics.” His mind was on the plan and he
locked at hia watch and called to Raridan
to come.
“ I believe I’ ll go along.” raid Wheaton,
suddenly. “ We can bt bate by noou to
morrow,” he added, conscientiously, re
membering his duties at tha bank.
“ All right,” said Warry. “ Wa’ra tak
ing bag* along in case of emergencies.”
A boy came down carrying Saxton’s suit
case. Wheaton and Raridan hurried out
together to The Bachelors' to get their
own things. It was a relief to Wheaton
to have something to do; it waa hardly
possible that Snyder had fled to ths ranch
house; but In any event he waa glad to
get away from Clarkson for a few hours.
(T o be continued.)
TV* CoYtyes as • Ferttllasv.
The cow paa lx a large baanllke
plant that produces n large amount of
forage. It lx valuable as a grean food
or for plowing under for green ma
nure. It has bean used successfully
for Improving wornont soils, especially
those that era light and sandy In tex
ture. Its greatest advantage for this
purpose Is Its ability to gather nitro
gen from the air aad mineral elements
from subsoil. When tha crop Is plow
ed under, thasa are left near the sur
face, where they will ba available to
M eat R e f r i s e r « to r.
shallow-rooted crops and those which
Tha accompanying Illustration shows
cannot get nitrogen from tha air. It
the plan o f refrigerator with meat
has been little used for hay In tha
chamber attached, the accompanying
North, because It eannot ba readily
illustration is given. Provision must
dried In this climate. It makes a good
green feed for milch cows between
August IS and September 15, or it may
ba preserved In tha silo by mixing
with corn fodder. For groan manur
ing, tha seed should ba soRn broad
cast In lata June or early July, at
the rate o f ona and a half bushels par
acre. It la especially valuable for
growing in young orchards.
When
wanted for foddar It should bo sown
in early June. In drills I ft feat apart«
at tha rate o f ona bushal seed per
sera.
F ly R e se ller.
TH E DRIN KIN G H AB IT.
We
» r e B x m e d is s th a L l q s i l Re
q u ir e m e n t! e f th e O r s s a l s a .
It would be idle to deny that the
drinking habit has reached almost the
proportions o f a pastime among ns.'
We no longer drink only when wa are
thirsty. W e drink when surrounded
by our fellows to promote good fel
lowship Juat as we drink when alone
to escape from boredom; we drink
when we are merry and we drink
when we are depressed. In short, we
drink much and often.
Each has his favorite tipple. Tea,
that mild distillation o f the Orient, is
the beverage o f gossip and literature,
suggesting placid- rumination and a
quiet setting. Soda, ginger beer and
the thousand and one concoctions of
the corner soda fountain tempt the
abstemious, above all in hot weather.
Wines and more ardent spirits admin
ister a fillip fe the nerves o f those
w ho are addicted to the use o f alco
holic stim ulants Each after his fash
ion Indulges in some kind o f excess.
The secret o f this Indulgence in
liquid refreshment o f various sorts is
to bs found largely In the fact that
each season sees a multiplication of
tha beverages that are agreeable to
the taste. W e drink not because ws
are thirsty, bat because the flavor la
piestsing to the palate, and In doing
this soma physicians contend wa a n
exceeding tbs llqnM requirements of
ths organism. In considering this
matter editorially tha Lancet re
marks:
“ The thirsty person who cannot sab
isfy hla thirst unless the beverage
contains what is in reality a drug has
really acquired an unhealthy habit,
or, to put It plainly, a disease. Tet
what else ts the alcohol o f the various
alcoholic beverages, the caffeine of tea
and coffee, the glueoside or quinine of
bitters, or even the ginger o f ginger
bear or o f ginger ale, the aromatic oil
o f the liqueur, the carbonic acid gas
in soda water, tha citric acid of the
lemon and so on but a drug? All
these clearly convey something Into
the organism over and above water it
self; they cannot quench thirst in the
sense that water d o e s ”
The medical Journal goes on to as
cribe the great growth o f this habit
o f drinking liquids other than Yvator
to the fear that water may contain
disease entities. It ends with a warn
ing that persistence In the habit fre
quently manifesto its ill effects in a
disturbance o f function which may
result in harm to the entire organism.
R o th sc b ilS ’ s R otes.
Tha greater financiers or business
men frequently give to the public
wise maxims for success. But It is
not always definitely known whether
these maxims were formulated when
the particular Captain of Industry
waa a barefooted boy selling news
papers or since arrival at tbe pinnacle
o f tame.
axraiaxnaToa
w ith kkat c h a r m e .
be made for tha circulation of air so
that It will not become stagnant at
any point and by com ing In frequent
touch with the Ice will be kept cool.
The relative sixes and positions o f
the ice chamber and refrigerator era
shown and these can be made larger
or smaller In proportion to meet the
requirements.
Keeplaar th s W h e a t P a ss.
One o f the most Important factors
in growing improved wheat for seed
la to keep the wheat - pure. Many
farmers are careless on this point,
often planting new seed on old wheat
Q q ftla n R ich .
T s D estroy W o eS ek ea k s.
A Pennsylvania farmer gives this
experience with woodchucks (ground
h o g s): He had aat several hundred
early cabbages, and in going through
his patch early one morning he found
several plants missing. vHe found tha
FORMS OF HOOFS.
FI*. 2.
Fig. L
weight
to
fall
largely
Into tha Inner
Tha form o f a horse’s foot deter
mines the peculiarities of the shoe half o f tha hoof. In motion tha hoof
that is beat adapted to I t . Viewing Is moved In a circle. Horses that era
the foot from tha side tha regular posi “ too-wide” era likely to Interfere when
tion is that shown 4n figure 4, In
which tha weight will be borne to bast
advantage. Looking from the front
the regular form Is that shown in
figure 1. tha wide toe being Indicated
by figure 2, and the narrow too by
figure 8. With the regular or normal
shape tbe weight falls near the cen
ter of the hoof, and la evenly dis
tributed over the whole bottom of
the hoof. The toe points straight for
ward and when the horse is moving
forward In a straight Una the hoofs in motion. In the third form (figure
are picked up and carried forward 3) the weight o f the body is directed
In a line parallel to the middle line on the outer half o f the hoof. The
o f the body. A pair of hoofs of tha Irregularity o f form causes a paddling
form shown In figure 2 allows tha motion and frequently interfering.
%
e
I
Fig. 4.— Regular Form \ß Shown in B.
ground, thus allowing it to become
mixed with volunteer wheat the first
year. This mixing o f varieties causes
wheat to detrtorato' In yield and qual
it y . When wheat is grown for seed
It should be on clean land, which Is
free from volunteer wheat and from
other volunteer grain, rye being espe
cially objectictoable.
Care must be
token In harvesting'and thrashing tbe
seed wheat to keep It from becoming
mixed with other varieties of wheat
Again, in order to maintain the qual
ity and yield of wheat It Is necessary
to maintain the fertility of the sdil'
and to give the land good culture.—
■'armors’ Mall and Breeze.
It ts. therefore, tbe more interesting
to read the rules formulated before
final success by Rothschild— the Roths
child, the man who founded the house
and wa's Europe’s greatest financier.
He placarded the walls of his banka
and counting rooms with maxima.
Here are a few o f them:
A OeeS Gate Tlsrhteaer.
Carefully examine every detail o f
This can ba put on any wlra gate.
your business.
Nearly everybody knows how to make
Be prompt in everything.
a wlra gate as shown In tha cut, sa
Take time to consider, and then d »
cide quickly.
Dare to go forward.
Be brave In the struggle of life.
Make no useless acquaintances.
Pay your debts promptly.
Learn how to risk your money at
the right moment.
Employ your time well.
Be polite to everybody.
Never be discouraged.
Then work hard and you will ha
OATS TIOHTEHKa.
certain to succeed.
“ How did you gat the money to bay
peinte to finish your big picture?"
asked tha sympathetic intimate of tha
struggling a rtist “ Pawned my co a t”
“ Ohi And how mach did you get for
ynur picture7” "Nearly enough to «a t
m t” —London Olobn.
The Kan «as* Agricultural College has
experimented with the various chem
ical formulas to repel file# from live
stock and recommends the following
as fairly satisfactory:
Rasln, 1H
pounds; laundfy soap, two cakes; fish
off, one-half pint; enough water to
make three gallons. Dissolve reein
In a solution o f soap and water by
heating, add tha fish oil and tha rest
of tha water. Apply with a brash
If to ba used as a spray, add ona-half
pint o f kerosene. This mixture will
cost 7 to 8 cents a gallon and one-half
pint Is considered enough for one.ap
plication for a cow. At first it will be
necessary to use two or three appli
cations per week until tha outer ends
o f tha hair become coated with the
resin. After that retouch those parts
where tha rasln la rubbed off.
1842— First commencement exercises ot
Harvard College.
1888—Expedition under Sir Vflllam
Phipps sailed from Boston for tbe
conquest of Canaria.
174 #— Cornerstone o f ‘King's Chapel.
Beaton, laid.
1786—Gcv. Hutchinson’s house in Bos
ton waa mobbed.
1782—British evacuated Savannah.
1804— Francis IL, Emperor o f Germany,
abdicated to become Emperor of
A u stria .. . .The President ordered
two gunboats to cruise off tha
coast of Georgia and South Caro
lina to protect the coast of these
Statea
1812— United Statea frigate Constitu
tion captured and sunk ths British
frigate Guerriero.
1821— Mohawk and Hudson Ralroad.
first in America, waa opened.
1822— The flrat iron ferry boat propell
ed by steam waa put in commis
sion in Boston.
1222— Banka o f tha United States re
sumed specie payment
1246— Smithsonian
Institution
at
Washington founded.
1242—Oregon Territory formed by act
o f Congress
1261— Nicaragua routs opened between
New Tork and San Francisco.
1262— Tuscany declared In favor of
united kingdom o f Italy under Via
tor Emmanuel.
1881— Gen. Frsmont declared martial
law in S t Louis.
1882— First negro regiment raised in
Pennsylvania started for tbe South.
. . . . Mississippi
River
declared .
open fo r trade.
1282— Arequlpa destroyed by earth
quake
1172— New operation in surgery, since
known as Battery’s operation, flrat
successfully performed in Rome.
G a ...,T h ir d National Bank of Bal
timore robbed of 9200,000 in cash
and securities
1984—Grover Cleveland’s letter accept-
« lng ths presidential nomination
made public.
1887— Ferdinand, Csar o f Bulgaria, as
cended the throne.
-
1882—Ex-Judge Terry assaulted Jus
tice Field at Lathrop. Cat, and
wad killed by a deputy mars hat
1121— Earthquake in Martinique; 242
Uvea lost.
1222—Sever# tornado at Lamed, Kan
s a s ....F ir s t Chinaman deported
from San Francisco under ths
Geary a c t ....F i r s in Minneapolis
destroyed 12 , 200,000 ia property
and rendered 1,600 persons home
less.
1224— Twelve Uvea lost In ths wreck
o f a Rock Island train near Lin
coln, Neb.
1128—Gold discovered in the Klondike.
....T h e Sultan of Turkey refused
further concessions to Crete.
1828— Peace declared between the Uni
ted States and Spain.
1800— Tbe allies reached Pekin and
forced an entrance to the city.
1802— Expedition for the relief o f N or-
denakjold’s South Polar expedition
aaUed from Stockholm on board
the Frtthjof. . . .Lord
Northcote
succeeded Lord Tennyson as gov
ernor general o f Australia.
1901— Liquidation of old French Pana
ma Caned Company c o m p le te d .... -
Ainsworth R. Spofford, former li
brarian of the congressional li
brary, died. . . . Persia appointed
diplomatic representatives at Ath- #
ena, Greece, for ths flrat time is
2,229 years
woodchucks’ hole under the wall— In L a s t Y e a r ’ s B slld la a r O p e r a « « * » * .
fact, several holes— near his cabbage
The total cost of the buildings
field. He armed himself with several •racted ia tha principal cities of tha
steel traps and used all his cunning United Statea ia 1908 was $546.487/-
In setting them In the burrows o f tha 890, according to the geological sur
woodchucks, but after several morn vey. In 1907 the cost of buildings in
ings of patient waiting, capture by these same cities reached a total o f
trap proved unsuccessful. But, having 1828,148,890. The decrease in coat In
beard that they were very fond of 1908, therefore, amounts to |79,6ffl,-
salt, he mixed a liberal quantity o f 600, or 12.73 per cent.
x
parts green In about a quart of salt
Tha relative rang o f the cities in
and placed a handful near each bur cost o f building operations is inter*
row. He was not troubled again that •sting. New York is flrat, the cost of
season, and this has been his remedy its buildings exceeding the coat of
ever since.
those o f its closest competitor, Chi
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cago, by $60,584,682, or more than 76
T k« Dateh Mnlrh.
Shallow cultivation conserves tha par cent. If the coat o f operations in
moisture and prevents It from escap Brooklyn, tha third cHy in' rank. Is
ing from the surface. Every time rain added to that for New York tbe total
falls the loose ground absorbs more will ba 8168,684,622, or 30 per cent ot
than does the hard soil, as the letter the 49 e4t\pg Included in the table.
Ban Francisco ia fourth in rank.
permits tbe water to flow, off. When
the rain goes down lnio the soil, and Philadelphia is fifth and BL Louts la
the soil Is then loosened, the capillary sixth. Seventh In rank Is the small
tubes are sealed and the flow of water though rapidly growing city o f Sant*
upward Is arrested. A loose top soil, tie, which speflt more far its buildings
therefore, not only permits of securing in 1908 than Pittsburg, which waa
a large share of water from each rain, eighth, Boston, which was ninth,
and othar cities much larger.
but also retains It.
D estru ctive R ats.
According to a recant report o f tha
blologlaal survey o f tha Department o f
Agriculture, rate destroy annually
8100,000,000 worth o f AMerlcan grain,
all that needs an explanation Is that ft In aatlmnted that one rat will aat
wlra No. 2 Is common wrapping wire.. «0 cants’ worth o f grain In n year,
Put around post A And make long while of oatmeal It will consume flJ O
enough to ranch post B. Ron • «tout worth. Rat-proof construction, eaps-
stick or Iron rod through wlra No. t, claly tha use o f concrete foundations.
drawing It toward post A. In thin Is urged, aa wall w soma rational
way tha gate can ba made as tight as method of disposing of garbage and
staring food.
W i l l Otve Away W h o le T o w n .
Because the timber in Carter Couaty,
Missouri, has practically all been out.
the town of Oraadto In that oounty.
once a flourishing village ot 100 In
habitants, with churches, schools and
a bank, la to bo given away entirely.
Tbe whole town la owned by the Mis
souri Lumber and Mining Company,
which controlled nearly ail the timber
lands In Carter County. Blaoe the tlra-
r baa been out and rawed the luma
bar company has no further use fo r
Oraadtn, where its sawmill* ware to-
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