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RUPERT SARGENT
The Pirate of
HOLLAND
Author of The Count at Harvard," ate.
Copyright, 1009. by J. B. Llpplncott Company. All right reserved.
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CHAPTF.lt V.
Three day passed before snythtng fur
ther happened to disturb my equanimity
of mind, snd 1 was getting hack to my
accustomed serene outlook on lh beach
when at dinner 1 found a liny note lylnc
at my plate. Charles frequently stopped
at the renculn Club on hl way from
marketing, to cee If by chsnee any malt
had edced there for me. This time he
had dloovered the diminutive missive
aforesaid tucked Into the box that wa
reserved for me, and which usually con
talncd only the dally papers. The en
velope was co, nan and of a delicate chade
between violet and gray, and my name
was written on It In a fine, bold hand.
Inside was a single sheet:
"My Dear Mr. Pirate or Hermit (which
ever you art) !
-I shall visit the Ship Friday after
noonwhen the tide Is low."
There was no name, not eren a bare
Initial
I looked at my calendar I was apt to
forget the days of the week and found
that It was already Friday. I folded up
the note and put It In my pocket, hardly
knowing whether to be vexed or pleased.
The truth of the matter U taal i touuu
jillss uranam iasi viu uiitihi.
It seemed absurd, but she bad In come
strange manner changed the tone of the
beach. Instead of being a place tor caira,
solitary musing. It had assumed the as
neet of a stiot made for company. I had
sever before felt the- need of pointing out
the pink shades of the sands and in
golden crests of the rolling comber, nor
of requiring another' admiration of the
circling gutl. Now I did. and. the result
was that the more beautiful lh beach,
the more restless was I, and tbl did not
ult me at all I was not o dull a to
mica the causa of tbl change, and that
was the reason why the note both vexed
nd pleased me. I was veied that I
should be glad, and yet zlad that I was
In the way Of being further vexed.
I looked at the barometer after din
ner: It was falllnr. I glanced at the
ky: It was still a de-fi. dome-like blue,
but there were clouds stealing across It
that betokened storm. The wind was
veering Into the north-ast: we might
have bad weather at a moment'a notice.
At the appointed time I went op the
beach and clambered aboard tbe &lp.
There was no one on board. I descend
ed Into the cabin; that was empty. I
climbed tho stair, and. coming again on
deck, saw MU Graham starting aero
Jb causeway. It was low tide, and the
path was above water, covered with
hells and barnacle. I threw over a
rope-ladder that I had made and hung at
the side, and helped her on bojrL She
had on a soft, white lace bat that drop
ped at the edges and looked delightfully
fummery. Jler gown wa white: Indeed,
the, only color she wore was a ;old chain
and locket that hung low about her neck.
Sh pointed proudly to ber (tout tan
walking-shoes.
"I am wiser to-day," she said; "muc'i
more o! a sea-woman."
I had thought one before that I bai
tasted fully the cense of exploration of
th Ship, but now I found that I bad
not I.Ike two Inquisitive children play
ing at being explorer, we ransacked
every corner of the cabin, thumping the
board for secret hiding-place, peering
into the dim recease of the bunk. She
opened the braka-bound chest. "There
was nothing found In It?" she asked.
"Nothing,"
"It seem a shame. How are we ever
to find the clue if not In the chest?"
"We must look for It out of door," I
aid. "I'erbape If we wish hard enough,
the spirits of the old rover will come
back."
So I took cushion that lay with my
painting things and made her a seat on
deck, and 1 lighted my pipe, and told ber
all I bad dreamed about the Ship, and
bow I wa sure, if we only had sufficient
faith, that a man would come out of the
sea to call her again and bring her as
tine adventurea a any she bad known,
"How different you are from most of
the men I have met I" hs said. "Now,
jcro seem quite In your letting. It al
most make me doubt that I'm only Ix
Lour from town."
"You're not, you're a thousand mile
from town, in another world, In another
sphere. We don't talk the language of
town out here on the Ship; we talk a
different tongue." "
6he shifted so that she could look over
the sea, her chin still propped In ber
hand. "Talk that tongue," she said in
that little tone of command peculiar to
tier.
I talked of the sea and ships, of treas
ures hidden under the waves, of derelict
that floated for year without being
igbted, of the Ancient Mariner and the
Flying Dutchman and all the thousand
and one legend of ghost ship and their
crews. Meanwhile I watched her, took
in the dreamy lustre of ber eye gray
that shaded to blue the soft brown color
of her cheek and brow, the curling gold
of her hair beneath ber big white hat,
and the delicate little hand that pillowed
her chin. I noted the locket, oral and
flat, with her Initial 11. 0. intertwined,
And th star gold link of th chain '
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lastair
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that softly sttrrrd with her even breaths.
She was a child listening to world-old
stories, butI knew she was also a woiuau
who had come to change Alastalr.
I stopped, and for a time we both sat
silent, while the benediction of that glo
rious afternoon rented upon our spirits.
There seemed no limitation to the world.
The sea stretched out far pnst the Shift
ing Shoal and melted Into the sky, and
that In turn row Immeasurably high.
Only th white cloud. Hocked the deep
blue, casting patches of shade, silver
tipped, upon the waves, and that gave
us the lure of contrast.
llarbftra looked up I think It wa
then that I first called her Itarbara to
myself and over at me.
"The world Itself is co much more
wonderful than anything It contains, and
the beauty of it all so much greater than
any single beauty, isn't It?"
I could not agree, looking Into her
deep, serious eyes, so I held my peace.
" by Is It, I wonder, that we .only
thltik these things, only rvally livr, co
rarely?"
There was something In her word that
mail- roe hope; they seemed to cay that
she had often felt thus.
"One exist co much, but live so lit
tle," I said; "but I could Imagine clrcum
star en when one would be always liv
ing." ner eye changed, the depths In them
vanished, there lay only th surface light
that mocked me.
"One?" she echoed.
"Two," I answered. The moment of
thought was over; sh had changed a
swiftly a the -shadow of one of those
clouds flying beneath the sun.
"You are a great dreamer," she said.
"Are you also a man of action, I won
der?" "Give me the chance."
"01 re you the chance? Men of action
don't wait for the chance: they make It."
"If I were Canute, I would order the
tide to come In."
The red blood flushed her cheeks, her
eyelid dropped. I forget everything but
tne picture mat sne maue me wiruni
picture that I had ever seen or dreamed.
Next moment she sprang up. "Hut
th tide i tlll out," sh- said, "and alt
your wlshe will not bring It In. I must
be going home."
I was up and standing beside her, lean
ing on the bulwark. "Hut you will come
agtiin? You'll come agajn to the Ship
and take tea with me. or take supper on
the Ship? When will It be?"
"Walt; not for a day or two."
She crowed the deck, and, drawing out
a small handkerchief, held It to the
breeze.
"The wind Is from the northeast." she
said. "That mean a storm. We may
have to wait many days."
"Several, not many,1" I answered.
She gave a little cry; the handkerchief
bad blown from ber hand and over to the
shore.
"Get it for roe." she said.
The Inland sea was low; I recovered
the handkerchief and came back, to And
ber half way acroe the causeway.
"Thank you. This Is the second way
you devised of leaving the ship on foot."
"Hut it's not the best way." I antwerrd.
I went with her to the great gate of
the club and said good-night.
"Oh!" said she. "We forgot and left
the cushions lying on the deck. It may
rain. A good sailor should make thing
tight."
"I will," I assured her.
A storm was certainly coming; It sang
In the bough of the pine a I hurried
through them. It grew In the gathering
cloud that hid the beach, It roared In
the loud wave that threw themselves on
tii shore.
I crossed the mussel-backed path, and
climbed on the ship. A I picked up the
cushions something slid from them on to
the deck. It wa a locket, the locket she
bad worn on the chain about her neck,
and It lay open, face upward, looking at
ice, I sew a small, round photograph of
Itodney Isllp.
CHAPTER VI.
There wa no mistaking those fea
ture; they belonged a unquestionably
to the man in tweed as did the locket to
Itarbara Graham. Moreover, the photo
graph did him Justice, and showed an ex
tremely preposesslng, slightly ,mfl!ng
face, and that I considered added Insult
to the Injury.
I snapped the locket together and put
It In ray breast pocket; then I hurled the
cushion down the cabin-steps, pulled
oter the hatches, and left the Ship. I
wa in a very different humor from that
of an hour before.
All the way down the beach I pondered
the matter, How came the locket to
have dropped from the chain, how came
It to have fallen open when tli'e catch
seemed so strong? Hut these were petty,
trivial questions, tne merest introductions
to th great, all-abeorblng question how
came Itodney Isllp' picture there?
Ala, there seemed only on plausible
explanation, and I remembered th slight
air, of proprietorship, the amused smile
though at some bidden Joke, that had
(truck m when Isllp had com upon us
drinking te. So they were la nk like
lihood to he married, mid t ft ltoor Jok
that had lnn hutted hack und forth Ilk
a clmltlccoek Mween them.. I tried to
laugh ns one should who sees a rlottti,
head In nlr, stumble over n broomstick,
but the laugh mas not even a passable
Imitation. N
The storm wns coming, and I was glad
of It. 1 wanted no more of this fine
weather when a man was led tit hips Into
rose-colored drenim and frtiiey liliip-elf it
prince with the world As his reilm.
The rain began In spin against my
face The storm wns eowlng fast, and
the waves hatked angrll) at my fet. like
bound yelping. Hut I would not run. t
would not even turn up my ixwlKMllsr to
keep off the wet, I would walk stolidly
and let myself ho sonVed. for the poor-luuddle-linttllfd
Idiot that I Mis,
Hut what of her? Itarbara Graham
looked to me like a consummate tllrt,
pl)ng with me when sh w.ts n trill
weary of the cMtnpmiy of her accredited
admlrvr. I knew that women sometime
did such IhlUK, I did not otuslder that
she was the worst of her sex.but merely a
striking Instance of the sex's Insincerity.
Yet she had looked llko a child, as guile-
les as a maid In short skirts and braid
ed hair, when she hvl watched the sm,
and then 1 remembered those sudden
Hashing changes when the Imp of subtle
mischief had danced In her blue-gny
eyes. She was Just n bundle of mischief,
to whom a new man was simply so much
sport. Yet I enxled Isllp with all the
strength of my heart, which shows how
strangely Inconsistent t had grown.
Charles had foreseen the storm and
had made things tight about the cottage;
moreover, he had built a tire In the living-room,
which wns nlo the dining-room,
to take the chill out of the rapidly damp
ening air. Ordinarily, I would hate been
glad to get in aud chnnge Into dry clothes
and stand In front of the (Ire. snug and
comfortable, but now I wns as much out
of sorts as though the cottage had been
a house of rnrdt ami had suddenly tum
bled down about my head.
1'oer Charles! He was soon to feel
tlw rawness of my temper. I had no
sooner closed the door than I rnll-d to
him to get Into his oilskin and gu to
McCullosT with an rdr to him to hav
my horse at the bark door by 8.
"Yes, Mr. Kellx." said Chrte. "It'
golug to be a bad night, sir, asking your
pardon."
"I'm going to the Penguin Club,
Cbsrle," I answered, "ami I don't care
If the heavens fall on the way."
"Ye, sir, very good, sir." and Charles
departed, wondering, doubtless, at th
strange new master he had found. II
knew what I thought of the l'rnguln.
I changed Into my storm clothe
heavy riding breeches, with a leather
Jacket that buttoned up to my chin. I
put the locket In a little pasteboard box
and placed It In an Inside weket. Doubt
les Miss Graham valued that small gold
oval trinket with her monogram woven
on the outsldo and ber loier ensconced
Inside, and she should not have to wait
until the storm passed to Irani that sh
had not lost it. It would do no harm
for ber to he disturbed for a few hour;
then I would end It.
Charln en me batk and sad that Nero
would be around at S. I bad supper In
silent state, ami then sank Into gloomy
thought before the tire. Confound me
for being curb a simple, gullible fool, I
who had scarcely laid eye on a woman
before at Alastalr! That wa the trou
ble with the affair. In towu I should
have been prrisirrd, proiwrly gyved and
breast-plated, but here tie had come up
on mo In my own natural wilderness, on
my own simple bearh. In my Ship of day
dreams, where everything was s free
and open as th sea.
Charles eyed me askance as I pulled
my oilskin hat about my ears nnd vault
ed upon Nero Kirn the Kwr beast must
have looked at me suspiciously, for this
was no night for Tiding on any simple
errand. I must be the bearer ot tidings,
a figure stepped out of a rough-and-tumble
story. Hail I only known how that
night was to mtf me far afield, and
bow that ride be the first swift gallop In
to a strange and swirling enterprise!
The pine shot their water into my
face as I galloped along the narrow road.
Th sandy looting gave now and again,
and I Lad to let Nero's Instinct cave us
fiom foundering In the bogs which thi
heavy rain was making of the country.
The night wa black a pitch; the -wind,
rliH-n to a hurricane, sereevhn) through
the forrst In a thousand varied voices,
each more harsh and ominous than the
last. Several times, riding out from thi
middle of the roud, wet branch driven
by the gale flung themselves against ros
and almost thudded ru from my horse,
I crouched low, bending forward for safe
ty and that I might peer Into the murky
blackness of th road. Several timet
Nero stumbled and I almost pitched ovei
III head. i
The lights at the gate of the club wer
out; they were evidently not expecting
visitor. I rode Nero.to the stables, left
him with a groom, and strode Into ths
blub' main hall, I must have presented
a sorry spectacle; my tight-buttoned
leather Jacket, my rldlng-brerrhea nnd
boot, all oakrd and running with water,
my hair nnd faro dripping when I took
off my oilskin hat that buckled undor my
chin.
"Take my name to Mis Graham," I
said to tho clerk at the dttik, nnd he rec
ognized mo and sent a button to And
her. ' '
"Mis Graham I In the tun-parlor on
the porch to the right of the tnalfFdoor,"
reported the button, "and say sh wlU
see you there."
(To b continued.)
The Lost Word.
Bho And do you bolluvu that n wom
an always turns to tho last paga Aral
whon she picks up a look? HoWell,
I liavo no ri'uson to -doubt it. I know
It Is tho nature of tho fair sex to wan
the last work. l'lck-Mo-Up.
AT.3NTINA'3 FLOOD' OF IMMICHtANTS.
I8STI8C3WS 8Q? J 897 9 OS 9Q8
Growth ot Immigration Into Argentina.
1'coplo who think that all the liiitnlurants who leave Europe make n bee
lino for IVtnadn. or the Unit til State will be surprised, to learn that Anti""
Una received mure Immigrant In IOU.H than tho United States did In 18K7 or
1S9S. In IPOS Argentina received 3S5.7&0 stranger. Till wa nlmtit otiif
third tho number tho I'nltod States revolved that year, but In proimrtlon to
population alio I far ahead of the United State a a promised land for
European who leavo home, A ttlatico nt tho reference hooks In which these
tlKurea appear shows, however, that the rest of South America must not bo
JudKftl by Argentina. HraiU's Immigration I falling off and Chile's I In
significant. From the 7t,S92 forelKnrrs who mttlod In llraxlt In 1901, the
number of annual additions to tho population lias dwindled until tho last
census, In 1901. gives but 12.44? In the five year Including 1901 aud 190S
Chllo record n total of only 14,000 Imminent.
Ono ot tho main reasons why Argentina. Is io eagerly picked nut for set
tlement 'Ilea doubtlra In the determined efforts of Urn government to popu
late tho Island districts, As coon an the Immigrant land they nre pro
vided with good food and comfortable shelter for live days, The National
llurcnu of Labor finds places for them, If they are laborers or mechanic,
and they are dispatched to their destination aud supported for ten day free
of ehsrite under the direction of an ngenl of thn bureau. If after arrlvltiK
at hli original destination "the ItnmlKrant wishes in continue hi Journey
still farther by another railroad, ho Is provided with n ticket and conducted
to tho station by thn agent." As to the nutnlier of Immigrants, Armmtlim
received In 1865 11 77 Immigrants; In 1873. 4I.0tl; In J885. 108.72!; In
1597. 135.20S, In IU0S. 2:1,622; In 1907, 309.10J; and In 190, 2M.?(.0 Immigrants.
Naval o moors
and artillery ex
pert have morn
than it passing: In
terest In the an
nouncement that
Captain Kdinuud
IxniU Gray 7a.
ber ot years the Zallnskl method ot
firing safely ihslls loaded with dyna
mite, gun cotton or other high, explos
ives has been under experiment by
the United States and other nations,
with tho rr-fult that experts seem to
be. of tho opinion that for coast de
fense, at least, tho gun may have per
manent and Kreat valuo.
Zallnskl was born In Prussian Po
land. Dec 13. 1849. With his parent
ha camn to thn United States when he
wns 4 years old, and lie grew up In
thn village ot Seneca Kails, N. Y.
When the Civil War broke out, though
only It years old, he entered tho army
as a volunteer aid de-camp to General
Nelson A. Mite. In February, laS,
be wa given a commlsalon as second
lieutenant In the Seconu N- York
Heavy Artillery txvjviue of gallantry
displayed at the battle ot Hatcher's
Hun, Va. In September, 1SC5, ha wns
mustered out of the volunteer service
and In the following February was
gjven an appointment In the regular
army a second lieutenant of iu
Fifth United States Artillery. A year
later he was promoted to be first lieu
tenant and In this rank he served
nearly twenty-one years, when he wax
appointed captain.
Lieutenant Zallnskl turned tits time
to profitable experimenting. From
1880 to 1889 bis time was almost
wholly given to the development of
tho pneumatic- dynamite' gun.
Other Inventions Included an In
trenching too), a ramrod bayonet, u
telescopic sight for artillery and a
system of range and position finding
for sea coast and artillery firing. In
1894 he rotlrcd from the army and
ten years later was given honorary
promotion to tho rank ot major.
. ' ...
The Knllqskl dynamtto gun Is oper
ated by coinprwiHod n)r Dynamtto, It
ll well known, Is euslly exploded by
a sudden shock, ami because of this
ftfet W cannot be fired from an ordi
narygun or cannon. Thu gun la nbout
fifty feet long and Is fifteen Inches In
terior diameter. Thrco such guns form
tho equipment of tho dynamlto crulsor
Vesuvius.
'The Vesuvius received a teat of lior
effectiveness In actual warfaro boforo
tho harbor of Santiago, when Cor
vera's fleet was bottled up by tho
blockading1 vessels of the United
States navy, Under cover of darkness
one night sbo stolo up to within 600
yards of the Spanish fortifications
and dlocharged throo shells loaded
with gun cotton. Two ot tho thrco
shots exploded on the hill with ter
ride effeot, but nothing further was
llnskl, tho Invent- UlfJjSv
or of tho pnou QJfGMf't&th
matlo dynamtto Ww7W0fcr 9
gun. baa passed MwtJiid
away at his homo ff-y H
In Nw York 1,1 v
City. For a nutn- Iff
S-JUSS ill
attempted and the Vesuvius rejoined
thu tWnt,
Owlns; to the high trajootory of thn
dynamite gun's fire thn three mix
on the Vesuvius are sot pointing up
Into the air at an angle of eighteen
degrees from thn horizontal The
lube extend to thn bottom of the
vessel, and the loading I done there
with the magnxlno carried along thn
keel co as to bo safe from explosion
by n shot received frum tho enmity
Though the experts arn not yet con
vinced that thn Zallnskt gun Is csr
tain ot being useful In future war
fare, thay sen In It possibilities and
probably will continue Jo experiment
with it. At the least, thn Invention Is
conceded to have been useful In dm
onitratlng the possibility or tiring
large charge ot high explosive for a
long distance by means ot compressed
air.
MILK, ITS CAim AND UBC
('Iran Vr.i-I .trressnrr I'aaf rurlin
lliui I.I m Vtrr,
Vessels useij for mlllr must lx thnte
oughly clcunsed. Tins should bo rinsed
In lukewarm water nnd wahd with
hot water and mwp: then rinsed In
boiling water and sunned two or three
hours If possible. Milk should not lm
covered tightly; uso muslin or cheese
rloth for covers, whl h keeps thn dust
out and lets tho air through
The little pasteboard rovers that
como In milk bottles ore for that pur
pose. Milk should ha kept In a clean,
cool place; It absorb odors very
quickly.
Milk becomes sour through the ac
tion of bnclerla I'nsteurhlng destroys
the dlsflaso germs, but It does not do
stroy tho spores, llolllng the milk will
kill the sporas. but that makes thn
milk Indigestible for a child Thern
,ls even a question regarding the ill
gestlblllty of pasteurized milk. If It Is
necessary to pasteurize milk for n
child, n tablospnonful of ornnge Juice
should bn given through tho day. this
furnishing an oreanlo arid whleh Is
destroyed In tho heating of tho milk.
Fill sterile bottle or jara nearly full
of milk, cork thorn with baked rolton,
place on rings In n deep pan nnd fill
with cold water, so flint the wnter may
lo as high outsldo thn bottles as thn
milk Is Inside; put the pan over the
fire and heat until small bubbles show
nround tho top nf tho milk (this tern
poraturo Is nbout 1SS degrees Fahren
heit); remova In thn back of tho firn
and allow thn bottles to stand thorn
fifteen minutes, then reduro thn tem
perature ns qulakly ns possible, nnd
when tho milk Is cold remove tho bot
tles from tho water nnd keep In a cold
place. In summer milk should bo Has
teurlteuMwJee n day for bobli-s,
It n chilli's stomach Ik arid, llmo
wnter should he used wh tho intlk.
Tut n plrco of unalauod lime tho
slzo of n wnlnut Into nn earthen vessel.
Cover It with two quarts of wnter, stir
ring It thoroughly; nllow It to settlo,
then pour off thn wnter; ndd two
quarts of filtered water, stir, and when
It settles pour thn clear solution Into
n bottle. Moro wnter may be added,
St. Ixiuls Olobo-Democrnt.
I.eiiinntsrd,
"My husband alwnys Insists that 1
spond the summer at tho soashorol"
"I actually wish that my husband
would gst tired of seeing me around,
too." Houston Post.
SOMETHING F0II KVEUYHODY
Napoleon wild, lib matter hmv rav
ing or raging, ho never dnrcil to let
himself gut angry nbuva tho throat
Thn tidal movement In tho lVtltco
dlao river at Aiuhorst, N. S rcprn
cents three million horse pownr a day,
A proposition Is hnlutf cousldttred to
liarue It.
Ti'sts show that the wind uioveiimiit
ut IWlsnii mile nn hour against thn
side of a building will form 1Kb rublo
feet ot air through r unit sixteenth
Inch crevtrn In an hour
Tie Urgent mutable bridge yt
built In Aslajs a double leaf roller
lift affair, with an opening two hun
dred feet wide, erected by a Chicago
company for a railroad In Hurma,
Ghee Is used In India as I butter
In America and tCuropeau countries,
nnd In tact I butter, so prepared that
It never grows stale, Instance being
known ot Its preservation (or as long
as two hundred years.
Tentorium, a substitute for glass, Is
prepared by applying vnrnUli to a
finely meshed Iron wire fabric, Tim
varnish consists principally of good
linseed oil, In , which thn vertically
hanging wire fabric I mpoatedly dip.
pcil up to as many as twelve time.
A tank car of 10 barrels of eottnu
seed oil recently shlpMHl from Ken
tucky for tho Scscoast Canning Com
pany Is said to have arrived at Hast
port this wek In good condition Tills
being thn first attempt to ship oil east
In other than barrel pnckagNt. the ei
perlttielit was nWnlted with much in
teret. Kenuebeo Journal.
Thn Pari critic, Martin, once only
had taken his chocolate tit a plaesi
other than tho (Mfo Foy. and be then
found It not good. This happened at
the IteKonee, and thn young woman at
thn desk to whom he expressed his
displeasure, said. "You are the only
one to complain. All of Uin fjentle
men of the court who Come hem find
It good." "They alo say, perhaps,
that you are pretty," he replied, slow
ly. Years ago Mark Twain, who "has re
cently celebrated his ceventy-tlilrd
birthday, i.inl to be fond of telling
this story At thn dinner Ubln oun
day there was a party of guests, for
whom Mark wa doing his lwt In thn
way of entertaining. A lady turned
to the daughter bf the humorist, then
n little girl, and snld; "Your father
I' a very funny man." "Yes." re
sponded the child, "when wn have com
pany." A little girl who had n llvn bantam
prosented to her was disappointed at
tho smaltnnss ot thn first egg laid by
the bird. Her Ideal egg wns that of
tho ostrich, a sixelmm of which was
on a table In thq drawing room. Onn
day tho ostrich's kk was missing from
Its 'accustomed place. It was uIm
quehtly found near the stt where thn
bantam nested, nnd on It was stuck n
pleco of paper with tho words: "Soiun
thing like this, please. Keep pn try
ing." In recent years th most pmiperou
city In Germany has been Nuremberg,
where the consumption nf fresh meat
for 1D0R was more than 3s.000.000
pounds. This was an annual per cap
ita consumption of a fraction over 121
pounds, or about ono-thlnl of a pound
a day for man, woman and child. Tho
population of .Nuremberg Isjargely of
the wage earning class. In many of
the manufacturing towns ot Kngland
the working people da not eat beef
oncn a week.
Hrvaklng away from the tlmn hon
ored program ot essay and recita
tions, the graduating class of thn Os
wego N. Y.) high sohool decided upon
n novel plan of celebrating thn com
menccmeitt season. Thu students somn
time ago set about raising funds to
take tho cntlro class on a sight teeing
trip to Washington, which was all tho
graduation festivities they had. As
one paper puts It, "They proposo to
learn how tho government Is run, In
stead of telling how It should ln."
Santiago has oven from very early
times been a popular table delicacy.
Aristophanes was familiar with It, In
Itomau days thn sausages of I.ucanta
wnru In high esteem. They wero madn
(rnm pork nnd tho nuts of tho stono
lilne, flavored with bay leavo and
other things mora familiar. Hologna
wns celebrated for Its sausages long
before tho German snusai;o had oven
thought of Invading tho rest of tho
world, nnd until uullo lately It was
commonly culled In Kngland a' "polo
ny." In tho United States thn great po
tato State Is New York, with 42,000.
000 bunhcls; In 1907. Michigan follow
with 27,000,000; then Ponmiylvanlii
nnd Wisconsin with, about 23,000,000
ouch; Maine, 17,000,000; Minnesota
nnd Illinois nbout fourteen each;
Iowa nnd Ohio, twolvo enchj Now Jer
sey, eight to nine; Indiana, Missouri,
Colorado, California nnd Nebraska
about seven. Tho rest run (rom
Washington mid Kansas, wth six onch,
dawn to Montana nnd Texas, wltU.
from two and a half td three.
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