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( The Trail of the Dead: THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE a ' OF DR. ROBERT HARLAND $ By B.. FLETCHER ROBINSON and J. MALCOLM TRASER (Cep)rl(ht, I90S, by Joseph D, noulri) - CHAPTKU X. Graded chair toppled to tho ground n he rose. In three stride he '' out of the door. I turned to Moel with a demand for nn explanation. "Wnlt till llerr Gnideu return," he grunted sulkily. 1 have the stroncest objection to thoe llly trick of secrecy with which the professional police endeavor to magnify their most simple discoveries. I w apeoklng my mind strongly on the subject when my cousin reappeared. "Halm! what' the matter?" he asked I explained the position, while the fat Herman chuckled In an oily, Irritating manner. "I not the ufflelal always the name? Mid tirade, with a grim smile. "Come to the IlKht. ltobert, and Til explain." It was certainly an Ingenious discovery they had wade. lm the page upon which the map should have rested were several slight indentation, evidently the result ef marki wade hm the lot paper liy a pencil with a ftne point. With great care my cousin tore out the correspond ins map from hte gnale book end titled It Into the vacant place. Then, turning it slowly hack, he drove a pin through the thhi paper at the stmts Immediately above the Indentation on t4 iwge he low. The devil take him!" he cried. "Look Mosscl. ThU doesn't help us, after alt." It wan true enough. The phi-prick shewed, first. l.emdorf; then a cross road some ten miles to the east; and then llromberg. to the north, on the Iteriin-Tboro. ami C!nen, to the south, ou the Poen-lrankfurt railway. He had evidently been measuring and calcu lating Indecisively. "De not trouble yourself, Herr G ra don." said Mossel. with a wave of the hand that had more than a suggestion of iwtronage. "There are mill telegraphs. I will have him detained at whichever Hare he reaches I Khali return in half hii hour to n good supper, 1 trust, Mr. landlord." We followed him to the outer door, which opened to a writhing wilder of snow-flakes, for the fall had recom menced. The policeman turned up hi collar with a grant of disgust ami melted Into the darkness. We turned to meet the face of the landlord, white and drawn with a terrible anxiety. ".My Hon!" h gasped. "What of my son?" "Ilea vest pardon me!" cried Gradeii, "I had forgotten him!" "Tbl man he drove, that I about to lie arrested is he a criminal? Do not upare we, mem llerr." "Vor servant Our driver to-day will be telUttg the tale In your kitchen, of the death of the Prof. Mecbersky, of Castle 0ter. ThU kmr, whose naute is Maraac. killed him. That b why wo pursue. Yet, my friend, I see no dan ger for your son, unless " "Pale what, meln llerr?" "UmV he refused to assist In the est-uie of a murderer." "lie U an honest hoy, a good loy, but Tery stubborn. Ill horn were Wrrow ed; he bad promised to return tkem to night. He wouM never consent to drive this man to Itremberg or Gnesen, which la nt leant an eighteen hours' journey. Oh, meln Herr, meln Herr! what U hap peningout there in the snow?" "We are In the hand, of Providence, my friend," said my cousin gravely, lay ing his baud on the landlord's arm. "You cmu do nothing but pray thut It may be well with the boy." I wa very sorry for lteskl. An I made my toilet In my room upstairs, the danger of hi son grew upon me. I'ate accident, Providence whatever you i-boose to eali Itis a strange thing, for Indeed It ebooso In victim with a flae luipartlallty. When I entered our nupper rootn, I found my coualn eUally dhtturli od. Thl b a bad buliie alwtiit the landlord wn." b iwhl. "I've a good liilud tw follow the slelgb. though It'a little good that would do." "It an awful night." 1 grumbled, for Indeed tbo wind wu vhriekliig In the roof like a I ot fMtul. "iou'ro a hukw ebap, ltobert, with your confountl! HMHHeriaHM," he said. "Yet I'll wager you'd be the 11 rut to be off Into the atorui in a matter of life und death." It wad not exactly complimentary, but I let It ihim. Moel waa delayed. It was clone upon twenty minute more before he arrived, a auow-gwatUed, atamplng boar of a man, wIioko curies preceded him nn he rolhvl down the pannage to our room. "What'a up, Sloasel?" Gradeii dutimnd cd aharply. '"The wlrea, moln 1 1 err Graden, the wire! I'oUtausuml! but thla utoria Ima brought them down like clothe linos." "A peclal train, thou." "Thoy have not an engine In the ahed. I have been to see; it wa thut which delayed me." Graden drew a ahcet of paper from hi pocket and glanced at It awlftly, "There U not u train till ton In tlio morning." he nald. "He will be ut Ilrom berg, which U the nearer town, by eleven at latest. This l a branch line, and we could not get there under three bourn. It la now fcuven. Au old man na he I) could hardly travel through such a night without Btops for food. Again, this lad who drove him may have refused to pro ceed. We must chance It, vaj friends, and follow." "I thought you had already jwi decided when I naw the idolgln at the door," iwhl Miwel. "Slelgh, Moel? I ordered no ulelghi!" "Well, they're there. Two troikas with three good horaes apiece. Come and see for yourself." The iMdlceuitiu had spoken the truth. On the leeward side of tli jmri'li two sleighs were waiting. The light front the open deer behind us shimmered ou the drifting snow mid Hashed on the bells about the horses' necks. It was bitter ly odd. and I wns turning to retreat into the hall when a man wrapped In furs i'loved out of the dnrkiies. It was the keeper of the inn. his face grey-white, like the undersnie of a side. "Whose sleighs are these?" asked Gntdeu sharply. "Mine, Mr. KiielWitimn, mine. 1 fol low to smve my Ixiy." "And the horses f "The het In l.emdorf. Tby are private teams, lent by tho-e who bad tity umh my wmtow." "May we come with yon?" "I would ask for nothing better, meln llerr." Inside of ten minutes I was ready to start, with a borrowed cloak tlung over my thickest clothes, and a huge hunch of breiidtHiid-iiieat In my hand. Quick as I had been, Mosel And my cousin were alread) dressed and in consultation. We were to drive to the cross-roads, they told me, and then searate, the one sleigh, with Graded, Moel.and an ex perienced driver, taking the road to Ilromberg. which, being the shorter, was more likely to be the one Maniac had chosen; the other, containing the Inn keeper and myself, was to follow the Guesen road. I was not particularly pleased at the prospect of parting with my friends, but I made' no objection to this plan. We entered our sleighs, roll lug ourselves In the rugs. "Are you armed?" Graden called across to the innkeeper In UU little smt before we. "Ye, meln Herr. Do yon go 9rt, for you have the better team." The chase was up lndd! As we panned on to the plain outside the town, the gale that came charging out of froxen Ittiin leapt upon us with a howl uf furious joy. The tlakos that rose from beneath the curved runners ami the beating hoofs fled spinning Into the night. The sky hung low and black ami stark above the white sheet of roltiug snow. The little sleigh 'twlls grew silent In the heavier drifts, breaking out again where the track was harder. A hun dred yards ahead the sparks of Gul den's plH? tlasbed as they kindled In the wind. The fall bail almost ceased. My driver sat wpiarely liefore me, with a rein In each of nis fur-gfovod bands. 1 couhl not ee his face, but from his pro jecting bead and huuahed shoulders I could Imagine how he looked, peering over bis horses luto the 'light, with fear gripping at hi soul. I must admit that for myself I was (n a condition of petulant discomfort. The slightest movement seented to give en trance to some new draught that chilled my arm or ran trickling down my spine. Now and again a (lake of snow lodged In my neck or ear and melted Idly. Tired, cold and hungry, I lay amid my rugs, cursing the folly that hail led me to take a hand in a Imsiuewt that should have been left to the I-ollce. I had the keenest desire for a quarrel, but lielng to all con versational purposes alone, that reltel was IiniKMslulc. CHAITHIt XI. Within two miles of I.emsdorf we bad left the plain for the forest The moon wn obscured, yet a faint light filtered down front above, milling a reflection iu the snow, ami emphasising tbo black pillars of the pins that went sibling by. There wan now no trace of our companions save the mark of their run ner on the track; over the wood broml mI an utter silence, broken oufV by the swish of our sleigh and the murmur of the bells rising aud falling In a low, monotonous melody. It was a If we were passing through tbe waste places of a dying world. One of my feet began to grow numb, aud when I turned about that I might shelter it, the snow that had gathered ou my collar plunged down my neck, so that I shivered with cold. Hut on the whole I was reasonably wurm amongst my wraps, and a feeling of drowsiness grew upon me. It was Iteskl's volco that woke me. Wo had halted In a dim clearing In tlio woods. A score of yards away the sec ond sleigh was waiting. Hvidautly we had readied the cross-roads, where wo woro to part. "Any track" shouted my driver. "No," come Gradeu's answer. "The wind and the fresh fall have cleared them away. Are you all right, Hubert I" "I am exceeding uncomfortable, It that is whut you wunt to know," I shout ed back. Indeed, It was a silly question to ask me. My temper was not Improv ed by a dlstuut chuckle which I attrib uted to Mosstd. "Chqpr up, Kobort!" continued my cousin. "H you run across him, i you must do your best. Itoskl will see you through, never fear; but I don't think there is much chauco of your coming up with him,- for ho will havo taken tlio shorter route which we follow. Anyhow, remember that the rendezvous is at the 'Drel Kronen at Thorn. If you catch him, telegraph there; If the wires, are down, send n messenger. Do you under stand?" "You arc perfectly lucid." "Well, goodd.y." The snow spurted from under thelt horse's hoofs ns they swung nn to the north road. Then my driver shouted to his totim, mid wo, too, rushed forward, lint on the other truck curving south and east. Kor n minute I could hear their both tinkling nil echo in the dis Inncn. Then they died away Into si lenee. My Interest In the ehnse. suddenly ex paitilcd. Now that my cousin had desert cd me, It seemed an ugly, dangerous business. MiuniU" would stop nt noth ing, that was certain. Supposing wo should ehauee niton tils desperate ma nine, what then? My driver was arm ed, and hud the appearance of a bold, courageous ttnin. Was he so In reality? 1 sturrd up ut his back and wondered. We had Imu'lcil the half of n tulle, when from the black of the forest be fore us me a cry a llerce, chuckling hay that sent the hnrses plunging across the road. In the solitude of those Ice bound wooils It sounded the more threat ening, the more utterly umlUtiinnt. 1 sprang to my feet, gripping Iteskl by the shoulder. "What Is that?" 1 cried. "Wolves, meln llerr." "Will thoy attnek us?" "Calm yourself, meln llerr," he an swered grullly, his eye still set on the track before him. "The winter Is young, and their mouths are not empty. The tre of the horsws bad dropped to a slow trot. They advanced stltlly, with staring eyes and ears pricked forward. I remalued standimt. nsrrlng across tbe driver's scat at the white track that ran dlmlv away Iwtween the banks of pines. Suddenly from a snow-powdered thick et before us there burst a chorus of low snarls that grew Into the short, ntigry Iwrks of dogs disturbed. With a jerk the horses stopped, trembling aud squeec lug themselves together with the fear that was on them. "They have something there." cried lteskl, ami there was a shudder In his voice. "Otherwise they would not be so bold. Take the reins, metu Herr." He thrust them Into my hands and Jumped from the set. Ills pistol llasli eil. and 1 eaughta glimpse of forms scur rying over the snow. Then the darkness fell again like a veil. "What have you found?" I shouted. "Under the trees It Is bard to see." came back his answer. "l'erhs I was mistaken. Hut wait." J He struck a match, and his tal figure spraag ont In silhouette 4 moved slowly forward, shleldlftg th. with his hand. ! "Here are the footprints of tlw it was here that they gat There Is something by tbe tre. ' It Is not a bnc ah, m! bttt It a log, though It Hos so still. ' fear to apttmoeh how 1 fearl merer! It is a man! It U Ivrtl son!" We were on Mareae's trail tbl of tbe dtwil. At last It was all over. AbtwJ dared not leave my bold uoh the ened horss-s. Itekl carried bis on sleigh and Ian! him there Im-UI mi a rug i-rs the fare. He bad bH hlllsel from behind, poor lad. with a revolver shot In tbe bark of bis head. He bad refused to proceed, and Marnae bad not hesitated. That ws plain enough. I thanked God that we had been In time to save bim from the wolve. Yet there had been but a short delay. Kor when lteskl had -en bU dead he stowed llpoH tbe sleigb, he bad taken the reins ami sent his horses forward. He did not swHk. nor dkl I offer hi in con solation. Hut as I watched him sitting above me, ln-ering ahead like some old teak flgure on a vessel's Imiws, there was a grim Intensity about the man, a fixed resolve that was strange to wltue. So we lied through the night, down the Interminable avenue of pines, hearing our dead with us. It was one o'clock wlii'U vX lit uon a wayside Inn. Our clamor aroused lbs landlord, who directed hs to where a ket tle simmering ou the stove gave a warm ntaoh for tbe horse ami hot crnTee for ourselves. He was sleepily Incurious, nor did be Inquire what wa the thing beneath the rug which we carried with us. lint be gave us news. Marnae had left there less than two hours before. He bad lieen greatly ilelnynl by a colllslou with a tree, and some rough repairs had Wn necessary. One of hi horse, too had been slightly lamed. Yet lteskl showed no unusual Interest In the tale we heard. He spent his time with bis horses, grooming ami soothing them. It was not till they had reeled threettar tew of au hour that be called me out from my seat by the stove, and again wu swept away ujain the chase. It was at dawn that we sighted him. He was climbing a long slope, n black speck In the white riband of a road. Above him. long Hikes of orange cloud were slowly brightening nnd deepening In color. As ho topped tlio hill, the sun camo peering up over a moorland heaped with tumbled drifts. The sky Hushed mnl fudod to u deep eobalt blue. Hu day camo. It almost seemed us If our howo un derstood. They increased their puce without a touch of the whip, tugging ut the frozon.-twlstoil rein. A they, too, rose the hill, lteskl shoutod to them, aud thoy stepped briskly forwnrd. The fresh vnw had frozen, and wo traveled well, the surface crackling as wo crushed over It. We woro loss tluin a qtiartcr of a mllo from him when ho turned nnd no ticed us. We suw him spring to his feet aud lash his team, but the olT-slde liorsu was running stillly and hi pace scarcely increased. Ho loaned down, fumbling mid searching at his feet, while ho held the reins In olio hand. After that hu did not hurry, but drove steadily forwnrd, glancing ct us now und again over fcU shoulder, (To be continued.) jvi h5TJ 'i.-- flfw- ViJ w . j -,.,. V J. , , tefcj:& .-AiJZ&V''" ISroiiiiiiilsInu: llreru I'ooil. When green f,M Is sfimv or dllll cult lo obtain li mj to plan -iiue way so It will not bo wustod. Tbo follow In description Is of il feodljig Iwx Unit works well. Cut two plow fr tlio oinls. wii'li twonr) -four Inches long, getting proper eimo by using ooi lMs. Make J ho Iwrk of the bolder of llilu lnNmts four feet long nnd twenty four Inrhe wide mid null otto end (Hu lire..) In place, hinging tlio other end. using snin'l trii of leather to bold It shut. Cm or tin bolder with cimrse niosli wire netting ami bang It In a innenlent plnoe high enough so tlio fowl rannot nuwt mi It. jet o they mil feed from It readllj Cue hawr of wood, tin or leather us liidleuleil In the cut at llKliro U. Tills little feeding ..4 Tut fu TiT ptc at lover, t any Sweu . WHO oil a d iih HIHills tumios - - - - ..i ttwet lnwrUHt tHHt Mnls shouhl not Isi msrel from pen Ut tet, ns It will de lay emc prod or'ton ami aUo diminish the ssipply. I'nllet fM early Uylng sloHihl, if ihksMiIk, Ih brought up with in sight of their future laying run or lien. On tbe contrary. If It I wlehed to deluy the laying of u pullet, mid lo encourage growth for prlxe purpoMii, her Iiome must If t-limigtHl often. A sitting or broody Iimi may be Interfered with by removing her to a now wone mid fresh cwniMiiiliui u more roHsou able und huiumio wuy of checking her iimteriuil Instincts tliuii that of half drowning bur, shutting her up In dark ness or resorting to other cruul moth od. I'olnls till ItilUllin (Iresp, Ilnvu one guilder to four geese, nn iiiuru. Ghe them n good run. Do not try to change tlielr iioets, hut let them sot where thoy lay. Tune llrst iw nnd set under hens, a w goose will Houiotliiies lay thirty lo forty egg In the hoasou. Goelliigx should not be al IdwinI to nut In water or tall, wet Kraarf, but should have it good grase run. graH that la simrt nnd green. Peed dried bread moMetieil with milk. iswAed dry iioUtusM or cwokisl corn inonl. Do not feed tliem loo iniiiii nt first, mnl mix some grit hiuI hhih! with their feeils. . Hoop Itrinrily. Tlio fowls niiouli! bo plnciMl In n dry, wnrm mid well ventilated homo, mid liuvo plenty of frosli water nnd mm Idol liriin or other light food. Tnko of .'luu ly pulverized, fresh-burnt chiircoul mid of now yotiHt viuii I luce purtri, of pul verized two parts, of Hour one mid one half us iniicli ptilvnrl.od ciiycinio iim flour. Water enough to mix well, und roll into bill or pills tlto size of it nn zoliiut, ulro olio three tlinori n day. CniuiillHO Win-ill Croiis. Thu olllolul ('iiiindlmi Hprlng whwit crop report forwarded by Consul J, II. Wormim of Throw Itlvora hIiowh tlio wheat noroiigo Incrisucd by WK),00) over lust yeur'H rii-ord. Thla mines Mmiltolm ovor tho .i.000,000 nmrk for Hint cor en 1 itlono. Tlio bind howu to oiUh la l,irri,()ill ncros, nn IncreiiHo of V,T-1, wlillo tho hurley neroiigo Iiiih Hourly renched BOO.OOO, bolng, In fact, I7l,21!i, Tho total lncroiiHo In tho grnln flcrciigo over Int yenr In (Il5,al(l. Tho other crops also show mi tncroused ii cr cage. JO& t 'iSrfj 'l-i l III M....K. f.uM Ilk4klai. Sujs one writer Snssiifnis Is mio of tlio worst post thut Homo fanner. lmu In iMiiitond with. It may bo grubbed oiir after jeitr nnd every root taken nut Unit en ii ho, Mini still there will be iiiiiti loft Hint will sprout up, mid soon tlio sussiift-HN will ho thicker Hum etor, ami the men uf sussnfrus brush will bo enlarged rnther limn diminished. No miioiiut of grubbing wi!l criiiitiiciit ly rid i Held of sussnfrus. Tim most siirtTssful tuetliod of lighting sussnfrus I bnve over lrl,l U in mit nn tbe snroilt nt the ton uf lint eniiniil nnd to posture with en tlio mid sheep until tlio rmns iii. or ir the treiM nro lurgo. hoi them two ne Mich, ru.it niuir iim gniiiml nmi pasture until tbo nnits die. IT the In li t Is plowed mid the mots broken, thoy will sprout, but If w. luroil close the root die In u tw yimrs. l.iieiial Uealrorrrs. In Anteutliiu, as In Africa mnl Asia, the locust is a name of dread. IImiiikIi not to anythliur like the semo mtixil. and In South America there has arisen A lhio nf eomlMttlng the destroyer which limy prove of enormous vnlue In region nmre liable to devastation. Large number of hstist were foiiml deilit nlld inlenmsiiilcal oMitilnutloii sliowed that they bail been ibstroyoil i a imturHl ouoiiiy -h sMele of liy which ate Into Hie ImmIv of the liHiist. mid there deNltii it Innio wiilrh tie- cloKil into n life prinllgloiisly mult) piled. IUHrlinoHl me now being made to test whether this tit- emi thrive ill regions which are reeogulaed ns the H i Diluting places of the locust. The rgeiillue agrieiiltural ibiNtrtmoiit Is iiriedliig the tiles for thin iuirso. t.ioiigb under orfecllte control. I'olnlii Sirnlnu "nril a'JU per Acre. In the viTorbs to make (hitabi sproy line laitiltlar iiiHoin; Lbe faruier i,f lit. State, the New York oerlment sMlbHi at Geneva Iws been carry Iim: on msi eratlve text with farmers In all "art of tin Stale. Am h nemlt irf the sirny log carried mi by fori; one furmeix on .1 total of .tin acre, Hie average jtalii due to siiraylng was fifty eight btistoelt wr acr, n isit of mUhii $A (mt ncre giving it not profit of sImmK ?;. jn-r aero r.fter iwylng the e.iense of spraying A a result of this good work It la as sorted that the practice of spraying It on the Increase In Xmv York. HIiuMrr (or lliirn Wlmlim, Sliding windows In h bsrti, sueh a re freii"iitly new I for throwing loa nure thrioigh. are hardly oror quite tight, and iniieu eobl air la often al lowed to mli In mioii the animals In sliK Tlie Ami r lea ii .Vgrlenliurlst sine jtt the itse of this shutter, which ! made of mad-Led Isiard and hinged iiaii.v winikiw Hinrri.ii. at the t- p so that It can bo let dowl. .it night lo keep out cold air. The shut ter Is set at mi angle so that IU own weight wilt keep It closely shut; or II may he shut flat agilost the en I us and he tightly e!il by a hook. I'lllnpUlns fur lillllllis. PuiHtkln are good feed for lamb in tlio full, esfiec'ally when tliey are tnni hleil with Mier skin. cmusmI by worm In the liileetliie. Thoy will eat them If they are sliced or cut and sprinkled with anil, but It la holler lo provide liat-laittumed 1 roughs with compart meiita, (null being large enough to ro i-elve the liulf of a iumpkln cut In such fashion as to havo the plocea Hu Hut with tho Inside uiiporinost. Wnlrr or Work llorsrs, Give work lioios it pull of vviitor In tho iiilddlu of tho morning mid tho nft itrnooii. Thoy will ho betier for It. Help tlieni nlung mid you will liuvo bet ter siitlsfiiL'tloii, l'lloa und hot wentli.-r iniil(i) thoiii cranky und poor, (live tlioin a few ciirrolH mid it llltlo grass now mid then. Chick on IIiiiihc Tho Noonor you g"t Iho early hutch of ehtckuiiM on open rnugo.tho hotter It will ho for IIioiii, It Is pretty hard to touch brooder chicken not to go hack to Iholr original homo after you want to tuko tlioin away from the brooder mid put them In tho colony Iioiiko. Klthor tako tho brooder out of sight, or moro your chlcka to miother lot whore thoy can't nco It. Do not tnko thorn from tho brooder until they havo learned to got ou without nrtlflcliil boat, or they will Imddlo In tho cor ners and do tliomselvon mi Injury, lisy' iSW llendniiie Powders. These pnwdeM mid tulilel me to ho feared Hlld coll (leiiiiiisl Imsiiuso they do possess Iho uhlllty to liiitiuslliiloly rolloio most en kis of houdniiio. This ipiiillly In splriM eolilldeiiiv In lliein mnl luiTouso their eoiisiiiuptlou eiioruioiisly, The re lief mrorded Is teiuiMirury only mid U produi-eil by the opium, coculuo or nivt millld they ooutalu. Tho hitter Is it drug tiiifmulllar to the general public. but It Is a deadly Mdmiii, often produc ing dentil sitihleiily when liiken III Iho lieiiduihe HHdere or tablet coiijululii It. A wonkliess of Iho heart Is III ilui'isl when taken In dosee Iiki small to oaiiso Immediate doMlli mid It Is de noted to Ih rl'sininslble for Iho rapidly Im-roMslitg niinil'iT of siiildou deullis tlmt result from whut plisbiuiis mil lieart failure- without Httetoitlog lo say what caused the lieart to fall. 'lite 1 1 unia n Stomach. This Is tho greatest plesv of machinery eier in lonleil. It will stand more abus- tbuu a cnni-hredder. take care of food Hint rust a tin i-au. ledd drinks that wilt eat their way through a pine Isiard, handle stuff that a dog will not slop to taste mnl look nut for whatever I isuired Into It day or night- A elder mill would refuse to grind were It led treated Itelter than a fellow's stoumili and a tmnUlone wtHihl shale i.fT Iho lettering If It hml nwresl oier It Urn liquids the average man smr down Ids throat. People talk about spina ii trouble. There Is let stomach trouble. The trouble Is with the fellow will own the stomach, ted with tie nt.Hii ach Itself. Given half a chance, a two quart stomach will outlast a ten gallon Ian I -call or n iteiil leather sad-lie That tbe obi thing hemmet cho-gotl up occasionally or eteittHally wears out I mo wonder when II I tMUsldeml Imhv It I abused. Wn M I'else I'ruiilirl. James Wilson, the sei-reiarj of agri culture, was illdilng an autlqu-tied klml of farming. "It Is about a M-oH table and ogl l." he said, "as tbe weather reading of a (.'niectlriit farmhand I ueil in kmw. "ThU farwhaml oialweil that he tsHibl rend the weather lufalllbl. fin a walk with me owe afternoon a fng erimkeil, ami be said: "We wilt hale clear weather for twoMiy-four lamrs. Wlwii a fra croaks In the aflecwem you ma) Iw sure of twenty-four boors of sun shine.' "We walked on. ami In twenty inlu ultM or so a lasaiy sluiwer ciime up and we were both drenched to the skin. "'You are a Hue weather protdiel.' said I, ns we hurried texiiowaril tlirmigli the ilowiHKiur. 'You ough to lie ashameil of ymirself.' "(), well,' said the farmhand, 'the frog lied. It's to blame, not me Am I re mh il I do for the moral of Unit particular frog?" TIik Sourer- of Moro lllliir, The I'illpluos are being nualyxcd, cliiMllled ami dewrlbeil hy American othiHilnitH. Mlirilauao and Sulii were conquered In the mhhlle age b) Mo baninieilanx. wia eatabiuinsl a in-w form of government aud lutrHliii-e-l a written ciIh of laws. Previous to thli tlare was no wrtlleu history, but thenceforth the iUIIih or ehlet kid tlielr genealogies, and those, hr ol though they be, are the only aoiir.-es r.it Moro hlntory. Prior lo the Auieri-iui aniuUltton of the Ulamla the Inr-llii or genealogies wore rigidly kiqit out ot sight of all foreigners and lion Mohmu iiiedaiw, hut the ethnological survey has been siiocoaaful In getting coploa ot them; those have now mkmi trniislute-l. The Moro cuniprbH) various tribes, which widely ill (Ter. Tho language U Malaynn, but tlio elmnieters employed are Arable, which ninltoa tho work of IrniMllturatlon dlllleult. llurnlloo of Hi" llollcrllles, "Tlio migration of tlio tiutlerille la how hogluiilug Iu Central America," mild a iiuluro student. "Tho hiittorllloa, ou toward tho end of Juno, cross the Isthmus of Pauumii, Kor a wcol or more, In untold millions, thoy put out to nun. Thoy make a cloud, a dazzling cloud of gloaming 1-liiei ami greens, ladwocn tbo clear sky aud tlm cleat water. Hlrds follow them, chIIiik them by tho hundred. "Hoiiwtlinoa tlio wind drlvoi tlioin (MHtward, Thou they limy ho ciuiglit, like dead lenviM, In groat handful. "P.very Juno thlu inlKrutloii takoi pluco. Where tho huttorllleii coino from nnd wlilthur they go no man known." Plillndolphlii- Iliilletlu, A alck innti talks about urorytliluu; except deutu. J