It Is a rapid age In which we live. So now are the
new Cunarders thnt oin; has not hail time 'to lose wonder
over 1ho.se gigantic lineM, to cease to nmrvel at their
Immensity of length awl tretiif tidous power. It looked
as though thes "fHl feet steamships were to be the lust
word In marine roust ruction, and th.it their f!S,(KX horse
power marked the limit of motive strength. But now,
while one is yet marveling at these new marvels, It Is
announced thut the White Star Steamship Company has
length, Displacement,
Nam. Kate. feet. tons.
Ciat Kuslern 1858 USD 27,000
Britannic 1874 453 8,500
T'uihria 1885 500 10,500
Campania 1.S93 600 18,000
Kaiser Wilhclin W Crosse l.S.'I'.l 625 ' 20,800
Dentschlitnil U)00 (1(12 23,000
Kaiser Wilhelin II 1!03 678 20,000
Adriatic 1007 723 aS.OOO
Limitnnia 1!W7 700 43.000
New While Star Liner I90S 1,000 ahout.GO.OOO
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lie I unfiled at his cliih, and drovi to
Cavendish wpiare In the afternoon. A
footman Informed lilin that Mrs. Mow
muy whs hi Home, ami ne was siiown
Into the drawing room and left to his
own reflections. After an Interval of
about live minutes she came In.
the three years which had passed
since lie had seen her had scarcely
changed her at all. lie noted the small
head perfectly poised, with Its crown of
fair hair, the slightly tilted chin, and
the gray eyes that had lingered In ills
memory ever since she had dismissed
him. Now he saw them light up with
pleasure at the sight of him. She smiled
radiantly.
"Gooff:" she said, "Is It possible?"
"It's more than possible, It's an ac
tual fact," he replied. "I got back to
England a week ago."
She looked at him with her head on
one side.
"You're not changed," she pro
nounced, after a pause of Inspection.
"You are," he answered.
"Am I? In what way?"
"In a very Important one. When I
eft you you were a girl ; now you're a
married woman."
"A change for the better," she laugh
ed lightly.
"Of course! Especially when your
husband Is so celebrated a man."
"Oh, celebrity has lis penalties," she
answered, mulling. "You see, my bus
band Is so Immersed In his work i:ud
has so many Hclentllle meetingsto at
tend that I see very little of him. At
times I am tempted to wMi that he
was not quite so distinguished."
"An Ill-natured friend," he said, I
rneenuiiy, "iniorineii me this niornln.
that you crept under the lens of his
microscope In order to attract his at
tention." "Horrid! Who was It? Well, In a
way ; suppose I did. At least, I took
II lively Interest In all bis doings. 1
hud made up my mind to marry him,
and found the Infusoria the best way
of iiecomplls'lilng my purpose, You see
$n frank."
'"Very frank. And now that you have
accomplished It, 1 stipso you are
quite happy.'.'
"Not quite. One can't be quite happy
In this world, can one? You see, a
scientific man can't bo always looking
down the microscope at one object. So
lifter a time he took me off the slide
mid began looking at the othor--Infusoria."
"Kitty! You don't mean !"
Shu broke Into a ripple of laughter.
"You absurd boy!" she cried. "How
could you tlhlnk ! Hut you don't
know the professor. He Is older than
1 am, of course. And 1 don't suppose
lie had ever looked at a woman before
well, before 1 put myself under the
lens. Ami now that he has actually
married one of us - has gone through
the ceremony, so to speak I am sure
lie considers that he has done his duty
by the sex for the rest of his days. No.
Ho has gone back to the other kind of
Infusoria horrid little things with
wiiggly tails. He finds them more at
tractive. You see how frank I am."
"Then lie franker still," he replied,
"and tell nie why you married him?"
"Well, It was a kind of rxierlii:eiit,"
he admjlted. "I wanted to know how
It felt to tie the wife of a celebrated
man: and besides I fell In love with
him."
"And was there nothing?" he asked,
In a slightly lowered tone, "no thought
no memory of ?"
"Of?"
"Well, of me?" he said. Muling down
little toward her and looking keenly
Into her eyes.
She blushed a little.
"None at all," she answered, hurried
ly. "Don't be foolish, Geoff. All that
boy ami girl nonsense was over ever so
long ago."
He straightened himself.
"Oh, well he said, morosely. 'Tm
TO BTJUD VESSELS ONE-FIFTH OF A MILE
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF OCEAN LINERS,
afraid I must be going. So glad to have
seen you, Mrs. -Mowbray, l'ray give my
kind regards to your husband and tell
him how greatly I regret "
"Now you are more foolish than ever,
Ceolf," she laughed. "I'm not going to
let you go so soon. You must come
often, and we must see a great deal of
one another. I get so bored at times.
Sit down and have some tea, and tell
me all about South Africa."
At tea their tete-a-tete was Interrupt
ed by the appearance of the professor
and his sister. The professor was an
elderly man, stooping slightly under the
weight of his years, a trllle short-sight
ed, and with little puckerlngs about his
right eye due to years of research at
the microscojie. Ills sister, almost hi
own age, rigidly erect in black satin
had obvously no touch of his absent-
nil ndedness. She was even unpleasant
ly alert; and Geoffrey, as he caught her
eye fixed upon hhn wltih suspicious In
quiry, felt absolutely uncomfortable,
and was glad when tue time came when
be could take his departure gracefully,
"Good-bye, Oeoff," said Kitty, as she
shook hands. "Itemember now we ex
pect to see a good deal of you as long
as you are In town."
"Delighted," murmured the professor
'I in a busy man myself. But my wife
will always be glad to entertain you."
Geoffrey lost no time in availing him
self of the Invitation so frankly ex
tended. At theaters, at concerts and
In the park, he was constantly to be
seen In Kitty's society. Her manner
CONSTANTLY TO 1I1C SKKN IN KITTY'S SO-
tantalized him. She was always friend
ly, always glad to see him; and there
were times when he thought that thel.1
Itlmacy was becoming more than mere
friendliness. But Kitty was elusive.
She knew how to skate daintily over
thin ice. to turn a diliicult situation
with a laugh. It was slow work. But
in proportion to Its dilliculty, his de
sire Increased until it became a pas
sion, wasting his days and giving him
sleepless nights. He hated the profes
sor now. and mingled with his hatred
was a touch of contempt for the man
who, ssessing such a treasure, did not
know how to value It.
He was sitting at tea with her. His
manner was moody and abstracted
After a pause he looked up.
"I'm going away," he announced, ab
ruptly. "Going away!" she cried, Involuntar
ily. "When?"
"To night."
"To-night! Why?"
"Why not? I'm doing no good here
I've ben a fool for staying so long."
She strove to laugh, but the effort
was a failure. She was conscious of a
momentary sense of restraint. Then
she was actually frightened as he roso
and came over to her.
"You know why I am going." he said,
tensely. "What right had you to play
with me all this time to hold out ii
promise?"
"I gave no promise," she Interrupt
ed, quickly.
"No, you didn't; not In so many
words. You hadn't the pluck for that.
You didn't mean anything really. You
were content to play."
She was fascinated by his earnest
ness.
"But, Geoff," she whispered. "If I
were not playing?"
He knelt beside her, and his fingers
tightened upon her arm.
"If you were not! Kitty! Do vou
mean what you are saying? Come with
me then come to-night. I've made all
arrangements to leave for Paris. We
li if -k fa M
LONG.
contracted for the construction of two steamships that
are to have the amazing length of 1,000 feet each, a
length 210 feet greater than that of the Lusitanla and
320 feet more than was the length of Brunei's great
failure the Great Eastern. These two steamships ara
Intended to be far ahead of anything yet designed. Ex
traordinary speed will not be sought for In these larger
vessels. About twenty knots an hour will be their
gait
Indicated
horsepower
of engines.
7,050
5,500
14.300
80,000
80,000
86,000
88,000
40,000
68,000
Speed,
knots.
14
13
13
20
22
23
23
23 .
24
20
can catch the 11 o'clock from Victoria,
Will you come?"
"Oh, how can I? Yes. No. I don't
know !"
The sound of the opening door star
tled them. He stood up swiftly, just in
time, Miss Mowbray, the professor's
sister, entered the room. When shi
saw them her eyelids narrowed. Half
an hour later Miss Mowbray confront
ed her brother In his study.
Geoffrey had Intended to send In the
note by the servant. But seelmr the
professor, a flash of mischievous hn
mor made hhn hand It to him.
"For Mrs. Mowbray?" he said. "Do
you mind? Thanks, so good of you. It
contains a few arrangements for our
expedition this 'evening. We are irolna
to the theater." "
The professor took It In silence. nn,
watched him as he turned away. Then
he went Into the house and entered the
drawing room. His wife was leaning
against the mantelpiece. "
"From Mr. Arnott," he said handinc
it to ner gravely.
She opened It with assumed careless
ness. It contained a desperate appeal.
For a moment she felt an Intense Indig
nation that he should have dared to
make her husband the bearer of such n
message. Then the fire died down, and
she thought of what life might possibly
come to mean with a man who loved
her and who did not merely accept her
as a fact In the routine of a somewhat
colorless life. She raised her eves to
meet those of her husband.
"Thomas," she said, curiously, "aro
you busy this evening?"
I have a meeting," he answered du
biously. "
Is it very important?" she asked,
with a slightly mocking stress upon tho
word.
"It has a certain Importance."
"Then you wouldn't give It up If I
asked you?" she said slowly.
Some instinct told hhn that the ques
tion meant much to him.
"I would," he answered, quietly.
"Oh, Thomas!" she cried, surprised.
"But your meeting! Why?"
"Because, my dear," he answered.
courteously, "I consider It more im
portant to please you. Do you really
wish me to give It up?"
"Mr. Arnott and I am going to n
theater," she said. "I do wish you
would come with us."
"I will," ho answered.
She let the letter fall Into the fire.
and watched Its edges curl and blackeu
In the flames.
"Ho Is to call for us at 7," she said.
The theater party was not a success.
Constraint reigned in the box. Arnott
strove hard for a word with Kitty, but
she gave him no chance. She kept her
husband constantly at her side. When
It was over, Arnott shook hands, a de
feated man.
"Good-bye, Mrs. Mowbray," he said
"I shall not see you again. I leave for
Paris to-morrow."
"A pleasant Journey," she answered.
When he had gone, the professor,
conscious of the evening's restraint
looked at her anxiously.
"I'm afraid you have not had a pleas
ant evening, my dear," he said.
"No matter," she replied. "I'm so
happy, Thomas. Take me home."
Black and White.
Not a Sololat.
The late Theodore Thomas was re
hearsing the Chicago Orchestra on the
stage of the Auditorium Theater. He
was disturbed by the whistling of Al
bert Burrldge, the well-knowu scene
painter, who was at work In the loft
above the stage. A few minutes later
Mr. Thomas' librarian appeared on the
"bridge" where Mr. Burrldge, merrily '
whistling, was at work.
"Mr. Thomas' compliments," said tha
librarian, "and he requests me to state '
that If Mr. Burrldge wish to whistle
he will be glad to discontinue hla re
hearsal." To which Mr. Burrldge replied, su
avely: "Mr. Burridge's compllmentt
to Mr. Thomas; and please Inform Mr. '
Thomas that, If Mr. Burrldge cannot properties requisite to form and grow
whistle with the orchestra, U won'r bone and the protein that makes mus
whlatle at all." Success Magailne. cle and other tissues.
I.'leetrlo Farming.
Although agricultural machinery
originated in the United States and the
American farmer used patent mowers,
reapers and threshing machines long
before their European contemporaries
In the same field of labor had put aside
scythe, rake and flail, the possibility
of Introducing electric power in farm
work was first recognized In the Old
World.
This has probably been due to the
fact that the farmers of America,
thrifty and far-seeing, recognizing the
economy and reliability of the small
oil engine, failed to perceive how any
saving could be effected by generating
electric current and distributing to Its
motors in outlying positions.
When, however, the mains from some
large electric power company pass with
in reach of a farm or estate the condi
tions arc much more favorable, - and
this state of things must already exist
In a measure which wUl beHargely ex
tended in the future. Current German
newspapers contain an interesting ac
count of the application of electricity to
a group of farms in Saxony. The elec
tric current is brought from an adja
cent town by overhead wires carried
on wooden poles. Two receiving sta
tions are arranged, from which tbee)ec.
trlelty Is distributed to the farm build
ings and to convenient positions 'n the
fields for the purpose of driving thresh-
'ng and other machinery.
Sixteen fixed electric motors are in
stalled for chaff- and root cutting, oat
crushing, pumping and for operating
machinery used in the manufacture of
Potato sI)lrit
In additlod to this pow-
er equipment, six portable motors arc-
Provided, which may be used for driv
I lug PumPs. circular saws, threshing ma-
oulnery nU(l "So forth, at any point
wnere tue'r sen-ices are required. The
uousea auu" buildings on the farms are
811 m "V electricity, 9 ar: lamps and
i about 1,000 glow lamps being used for
fe Purpose.
11 must e pointed out, however, that
tbls exan'I,Ie could only he followed in
Unlted States en a very large es:.ite
or a group of adjacent 'nms. and it is
(louDtful whether such a scheme could
be made a commercial success for the
operation of farming machinery pure
and simple. It would appear that wood
sawing, pumping and other operations
requiring power mils': be- la -hided If
the results are to compare favorably
with those at present obtained by the
use of oil or steam engines. But the
Saxon experiment is full of interest.
ana displays a curiously progressive
splrlt ln a country wliere ':,rm feupe9
re almost unknown, and shepherds and
cowherds are still living amid pictur
esque realities.
Comparative Food Values.
An English journal, The Lancet, ln
discussing the comparative food value
of roast beef and turkey, says that it
may be said that, weight for weight,
the flesh of the turkey is more nourish
ing than that of beef; but the latter is,
generally speaking, cheaper than the
former. The moisture in beef, how
ever, exceeds the amount present in
the flesh of the turkey, and the latter
contains a better percentage of proteid
or flesh-forming substance. In either
case the percentage of moisture Is sel
dom less than 70 per cent.
In lean beef the amount of fat Is
much the same as in a not too well-fed
turkey, but it must be pointed out that
the flesh of poultry differs from that
of beef and mutton In not having its
muscular fibers permeated by fat, and.
moreover, the fibers iu the flesh of the
fowl are short and rarely yield to the
disintegrating action of the digestive
processes. A large amount of fat in
either case is apt to interfere with the
digestibility of the meat. The fat of
beef Is more digestible than the fat of
the turkey. The fat of birds, in fact,
is harder, and owing to its tendency to
become rancid, is unsuitable for the
dyspeptic patient.
The Lancet believes that the most
important difference from a dietetic
point of view between beef and turkey
is that, whereas beef contains a high
percentage of extractive matters, tur
key contains hardly any at all. The ex
tractive matters in beef account largely
for Its peculiar and imrrked flavor, and
owing to their absence in poultry gen
erally, and In the pheasant and part
ridge, the flavor of these meats Is deli
cate. But there is no doubt that the
extractives of beef, as well as mutton,
are valuable, for not only are they
flavoring agents, but they also act as
perhaps the most . powerful stimulant
to gastric digestion. '
Learned by Hard Knocka.
So long as the home market .s not
fully supplied there :s no 3am in ship-
phig away.
As a rule the offspring of Immature
and pampered animals are predisposed
to disease.
A proper rotation and wise tillage
will do much to kep (he soil supplied
with available fertility.
Better methods, better stock and bet
ter tools have dco'ed tu productions
of more than one farm.
Oats contain largely the mineral
Quality of Grass Seed.
The Maine law regulating the sale of
agricultural seeds requires that grass
seed shall be sold under a guarantee as
to purity. Bulletin 13S of the Maine
agricultural experiment station, which,
doubtless, many of your readers have
received, gives .analysis of the seeds
which were collected by the Inspector
and those sent to the experiment sta
tion by correspondence In 1U0G. The
dealers are very generally conforming
to the law and the purity of most seeds
Is now guaranteed. The'uuestion nat
urally arises In the mind of a farmer,
should a seed be strictly pure, and, if
not, how nearly pure should it be? -
The purity of seeds varies greatly
with their kind. It is possible to grow
timothy seed so clean that It shall car
ry practically no foreign weed seeds.
It. Is not as easy to grow any of the
other grasses or clovers so clean. There
Is no need for the sower to ever buy
timothy seed that Is much less than
90.5 per cent pure. Samples have been
examined by the station the present
year which contained not a single for
eign harmful seed.
The best red clover seed will fre
quently carry as much as 1 per cent
of foreign matter, although these Im
purities are usually comparatively
harmless. It Is, however, poor policy
for the sower to buy a red-clover seed
that is less than 98 per cent pure. The
best grades of alsike clover will run
about 98.5 per cent pure on the average.
It Is doubtful If the purchaser should
buy an alsike whose purity Is less thaD
97.5 per cent.
Redtop Is the moat difficult seed of
all. It will, of course, coutaln more
or less chaff. It Is difBeult to grow red
top ' free from timothy, and the seed
cleaners find It difficult to separate tim
othy seed from redtop after It has once
been Introduced. Samples of redtop
carrying as high as 12 or even 15 per
cent of timothy are not unusual. If
one could be sure that the Impurities
were harmless like chaff and timothy
It might be safe to buy a redtop even
as low as 85 per cent pure. Unless one
Is assured of the character of the im
purities, it is unwise to buy a redtop
less than 95 per cent pure.
Donble-Edg-ed Saw.
To make one saw take the place of
two, and at the same time preserve Its
durability, Is the recent Invention of
an Indiana man.
Every carpenter
Includes two saws
In his kit one for
cross-cut and one
for cutting with
the grain. He can
now dispense with
one saw, as it Is
possible to put the
two blades having
different teeth on
the one saw, as
HAS TWO EDGES.
shown in the Illustration.
The smooth top edge always seen on
saws Is changed to a cutting edge, simi
lar to the regular cutting edge, the
saw thus having teeth on the two longi
tudinal opposite edges. The handle is
hinged to the blade Instead of being
rigid and can be reversed as it becomes
necessary to use either blade. This
saw Is also an economical saw, as It
saves the expense of purchasing two
saws.
Grasa Better than Drag;.
A famous veterinary surgeon de
clares that grass beats all drugs In
creation as a cure for sick horses and
mules. Horses should have a few
quarts of cut grass dally, from spring
until fall. The prevalent notion that
it is harmful Is without foundation.
Grass is to horses what fresh vegeta
bles and fruit are to the human family
News anil Farm Notea.
The profitable line of production Is to
maintain good health with early ma
turity. More than half a million emigrants
from Russia have passed Into Siberia
the past year to engage in wheat rais
ing. A farmer near MeEwan, Tenn., is dis
playing an ea.r of corn twelve Inches
long, weighing three pounds and con
taining 1,380 grains.
A grain farm at Murray, Iowa, ship
ped twenty-seven carloads of timothy
seed last fall, for which the farmer
received from J1.50 to $1.75 a bushel.
A Kansas man claims to have Invent
ed a fence-weaving machine, run by a
two-horse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a mile of fence a
day. ,
The United States produced 14.000,-
000 bushels of rice last year ou-a half
million acres. The culture of rice is
gradually creeping north and some very
good grain Is reported ln Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work to
pump .the water out of the famous
Zuyder Zee and turn it Into dry land.
When this work Is accomplished there
will rise where 4,000 fishermen now
sink their nets farms and homes for
50,000 Hollanders.
A Washington dispatch says a genius
has invented a dope which when used
as paint for farm machinery will pre-
vent rust and decay. This might be
good news for those farmers who use
the fence corners as storehouses , for
their farm machinery, but the proba-
bility Is they are too lazy to apply the
dope.
R, W. Crouse, a graduate of Iowa
asrleulturnl eollese. has been nr,!,,-
State lecturer on animal husbandry for
Virginia. Another Iowa boy has gone
to the Massachusetts agricultural col
lege as assistant In animal husbandrv.
The demand for college graduates ln
the high class agricultural lines at sal-.
ones ruiu5 iruui -ji.vuu to J,uw a
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THE WEEKLY
1619 Two sisters burnt at Lincoln, Eng
land, for the alleged crime of witch
craft.
1624 England declared war on Spain.
1629 Third parliament of Charles I. dis
solved. IGSO First Assembly of New Hampshire
met at Portsmouth.
1689 Habeas corpus act suspended for
the first time in England. .. .Jamel
II. landed in Ireland.
1702 The Daily Courant, the first Brit
ish daily newspaper, issued in Lon
don.
1776 English soldiers plundered Boston
....Americans bombarded the Brit
ish in Boston. .
1784: Blanchard, the aeronaut, made his
first ascent from Taris in a. hydro
gen balloon.
1785 John McLean, associate justice of
the Lnited States Supreme . Court,
who dissented from the majority
opinion in the Dred Scot decision,
born in New Jersey.
1795 William Lyon McKenzie, first
... Aiayor of Toronto and . an ardent ad
vocate of Canadian independence,
born -in Dundee, Scotland.
1796 Napoleon Bonaparte married to
Josephine Beauharnais British
Parliament passed Irish insurrection
act.
1797 Albany became the capital of th
State of New York.
1799 Napoleon laid unsuccessful siege to
Acre.
1S05 Jacob Crowninshield of Massa
chusetts became Secretary of th
United States navy.
tSll The "Ludilite riots," resulting from
a depression in the hosiery trade,
began in Nottinghamshire, England
and continued for several years.
1815 Kingdom of the Netherlands con
stituted, and William of Orange pro
claimed King.
1825 Pasturing cows on Boston com
mon forbidden.
1833 President Jackson signed the tariff
and force bills.
IS36 Texas proclaimed her independenct .
of Mexico. ,
1848 Louis Philippe escaped from
France to England.
1856 Nicaragua declared war against
Costa Rica.
1S63 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
married to Princess Alexandra of
Denmark.
1804 Ulysses S. Grant appointed lieu
tenant general.
1865 Parliament at Quebec adopted th
confederation scheme. .
1867 Mexico evacuated by the French
....Attempted assassination of King
Victor Emanuel at Milan. .. .Presi
dent Johnson vetoed the tenure of
office anil military : district bills,
which Congress passed over his veto.
1S70 First woman jury in America as
. sembled in Wyoming.
1875 Moody nnd Sailer '- opeued - their
great revivriTmeetiugs in London.
1S77 William M. Evarts appointed Sec
retary of State. "
'SSO .-inti-Chinese convention held la
California. k
1891 England and France connected by
telephone.
1S92 Business suspended in the north
west by a blizzard..
1899 Opening of the Great Central
railway of England.
1903 i zar issued a decree granting re
ligious freedom in Russia.
1907 An explosion on the French bat
tiesilip Jena killed 117 persons.
NUBBINS OF FARM NEWS.
Farming in New Mexico has been given
a great impetus during the past few
years by the work of the farmers' insti
tutes and mauy unproductive values hart
been turned into rich grain and fruit
fields.
Frank Donnelly of the town of Oak
Grove, Barron county, Wis., was bitten
four weks ago by a vicious boar, and
blood poisoning set in. from the effects of
which lie died after three weeks of suf
fering. Forty young Indians have been received
at the government Indian agricultural
school at Wahpeton, N. D. Most of the
young students are from Fort Berthold,
W a few"-uf -thein art from. the. Sisseton
reservatlon - ' ' .
A movement has been started for the
"L .'.T
meefmg has been held in Sioux Falls and
about 90 per cent of the managers have
expressed themselves as favorable to the
v'm
Prof. Shenperd recently shirmed to Rn-
shi samples of North Dakota corn for
the Purpose of aiding corn growing In ,
tut country. The Russian experiment
Btatlons "e d?ln th same thing as our
uwu! 'eS to pusa the corn hnutt
northward.
Because of the heavy demand for pria
on twine the warden of the Minnesota
State prison has been authorized to work
the prisoners overtime for three- bourn
each day, allowing each man who work
25 cents for the three hours. The suddIj
oi twine now on hand has already bee
rear la larger than the supply. aold