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" ' . V - The Wife, Children and With the one exception of Theodore Roosevelt, there 1b no man In the United Stntes whoso face and person ality ore familiar to more people than n;-e those of Wil liam J. l.ryan. The marvelous whirlwind campaigns which he conducted afler receiving on two occasions the Democratic nomination for the presidency, together with his many lecturing tours find his writings, have made hint known throughout the length and breadth of tho republic. A poor man and but little known outside his own State, he sprang twelve years ago into tho lime light of publicity when he made his famous free silver Bpeeeh In the Democratic national convention n speech which made hint the presidential nominee of his party. Slnco that time he has proved himself a marvel of tire lessness on slump and lecture pint form. lie has visited LOVE'S THREADS OF GOLD. In the night she told a story, In the night aiuljjl night through, While tho moon was In her glory, And the branches dropped with dew. Twas my life nlio told, and round It Itose the years ns front a deep ; In the world's great heart nho found it, Cradled like a child asleep. In the night I Rnw Iter weaving By the misty moonbeam cold, All the weft her shuttle cleaving With, a sacred thread of gold. Ah ! she wept me tears of (sorrow, Lulling tears so mystic sweet; Then she wove my last to-morrow, And her web lay at my feet. Of my life she made the story; I must weep so soon '(was told! But your name did lend it glory, And your love its thread of, gold! Jean Ingelow. His Social Fxperimcnt "Well, that spoils the evening for lie," observed Strong, gloomily linger ing a note which said that the grip would prevent a certain young hnly trout attending the opera that night. "Sorry Gladys Is sick no, confound It If I nnt! These eleventh hour excuses ire getting too frequent. 1 won't stand for It. I wonder If Elizabeth Miller will go," he mused, continuing bis dressing. "No, I'll stay at home to night. What right has a girl to make a fellow miserable, nnyhowV I come In." "And here's your niendin', Mr. How ard," said the young woman who en tered. She addressed htm according to a .custom in bis family before the death of his parents had given him Into an apartment bouse, where be had found a position for the faithful ser vant. "Thank you, Mary," said Strong, without pausing lit his wrestling bout with a collar button. "Mary, l have a couple of extra tickets for the thea ter to-night. Can't you get Pat to take vou?" "It's always Pat you're teazln' mo about, Mr. Howard, and there ain't a Pat not for me. 1 ain't pretty enough, and then I'm M. Sure, It's many a rear since I've seen a theater. All Bur money goes to the doctor. I'd have lo go alone." "No, Mary; you must not be neg lected In that fashion," be said, turning abruptly from the mirror. "Let me be Pat to-night." "Oh, Mr. Howard, I couldn't It wouldn't no, sir. Oh, Mr. Howard, It's Jokln' you are, after all," she ex claimed, as a Biulle spread over his face. "No, Mary, I never was more serious In my life. I am going to give you, Mary MclJinnls, the best time of your life. Put on your best bonnet and be ready by a quarter to S. You live t T" "On Third avenue, I'T"!?, back, three flights up. But, Mr. Howard" "No excuses, Mary. Now good-bye, or we'll both be late." Throughout dinner at the club that Olsht Strong's face lepcatedlv rtlaied WILLIAM J. BRYAN'S FAMILY AIID 5 BV -S . -'s. i 4 V'J 5 1? tm ir ',7 i t ' V. '4 i ' Farm Ee&idence of the Democratic ut the oddity of the experiment. Its uneonventionaliry did not worry him, for the wealth nnd social position of the Strongs put hint beyond the sting of criticism. "Opera to-night, Strong?" drawled young Castlewood, whom he particu larly disliked, dropping into a vacant seat. "No ; had planned to surprise Gladys Hastings with that new play Man ton's for a change, but site's sick. However ." "Well, you needn't waste nny time asking Elizabeth Miller," laughed Cas tlewood, "for I'm going to take her myself." "Oh, don't worry," replied Strong, nettled. "No offense, old man ; knew you were Inclined In that direction, though between two (ires at present. But, by the way," he added, aiming a parting thrust, "I bear that Count do Migny arrived here to-day, en route for San Pranclsco. Guess you've heard Gladys speak of him. Keep your eye on him. He's n clever chap." "Smooth might better describe him. I know absolutely that he's bogus," re plied Strong. "Oh, have your way," drawled Cas tlewood, departing. Strong was be tween two fires, and knowing It, re sented all the more these Insinuations. Which disturbed him more, the thought of ('astlewood'sreeentmarked attention wax: fmmm I V YOU WERE Ol'lKA." THE to Elizabeth or the arrival of the count? He could not determine. At first Mary was 111 at ease that night with Strong, the luxurious car riage, his evening dress and polished manners being strange to her, but his geniality soon put her at ease. On the way he stopped at a florist's. "These violets are for you, Mary, and the roses for another nice young lady who Is 111," he explained. "Thanks, Mr. Howard, and It's the lady with the beautiful eyes that is sick? Oh, I am so sorry," she ex claimed. "l'efl, she has beautiful eyes, Mary, but where did you see her?" "At the tea you gave iu your apart ments last year. She thinks everything of you, Mr. Howard. I could see that platn, and If she grows up to lie as fine looking as her mother, why, you'll you'll- Pi ,. if j: . .v a " F HOME. 1 ' "y. -t : uf I-'-.. 5 A 'I, 4k 1 1 Candidate for President. almost every nook and corner of the United States; he has made an extended tour of the world; he has con ducted a newspaper, rim a farm, lectured and written. And all tho time lie has retained his hold upon the admi ration and confidence of hundreds of thousands of persons. For these reasons, aside from any Interest felt in themselves personally, the members of his family are of more than ordinary Interest to the public. In the above engraving we present In the upper row Mrs. Bryan, who was Miss JIary Elizabeth Iiaird until she married the coming statesman at Perry, 111., in 18S4, W. J. Bryan, Jr., and Miss Grace Bryan. In the lower row are shown Mr. Bryan's elder daughter, Mrs. W. II. Lcavltt, wife of a Paris artist of some merit, and the handsome farm res idence of the Bryaus, near Lincoln, Xeb. "But her mother was not there," he said, .coming to her rescue. "Oh, yes, she kept saying Elizabeth this and Elizabeth that. She " "But I am not talking about Eliza beth. These flowers are for Miss Hast ings, the girl with the heavy auburn hair," replied Strong amused. "Oh, I remember her," she said dis appointedly. "I am so sorry. I thought It was I meant oh. I don't know what I nionn. I'm an old goose, Mr. Howard," she finally exclaimed, much distressed. They were now at the Hastings' where Strong has ordered the coach man to stop. "How Is Miss Hastings?" Strong in quired at the door. "Why why oh, she's better," re plied the well-drilled man, recovering himself. Strong left the flowers and returned to tho carriage with strange misgivings. Strong did not heed the many won dering glances his friends cast In his direction that night, for he was doing his best to make It a red-letter occa sion for Mary. Moreover, he was hav ing a heart-to-heart talk with himself, In which two young women prominent ly figured. What Mary said and what Mary did In a situation new to her Is another story, but when it was over she sighed as If waking from a beau tiful dream. ''Hello, Strong, got here after nil, I see," came to his ears as they were en tering the foyer. Turning, he saw Castlewood and Elizabeth Miller. "How are you, Elizabeth?" he In quired. "Miss Miller, let me present Miss McGinnls; and Mr. Castlewood Miss McGinnls."" Castlewood, gazing in wonder, forgot to bow, but Eliza beth greeted Mary cordially. It was a friend of Strong's. That was sutli clent for her. Soon, they passed on. "Oh, Mr. Howard! That's the girl with the beautiful eyes," exclaimed Mary. "Ain't she handsome, though! And you don't cart! you " "1 have ttot said I did not care, Mary," be said simply, but earnestly. "An, oh, Mr. Howard, there Is the girl with the auburn hair, too!" she interrupted. "Why, I thought she was tho sick one." "Gladys Hastings," Involuntarily came to his lips, as he followed Mary's gaze. In a moment, he was opposite her and their eyes met. "Oh, Howard I I thought we I thought you were going to the opera," she exclaimed Iu confusion. "You see, the count came nnd I was so much bet ter I couldn't disappoint him, as he Is here In New York for only one even ing. But pardon me let me present Mr. Strong Count de Mlgny." And then her eyes wandered haughtily to Mary. "And let me Introduce the Duehess of Kilkenny Miss Hastings and Count de Mingy," said Strong gravely, though smiling inwardly. The count's French manners brought forth a low bow, while Gladys scarcely nodded. "And wasn't that the girl?" asked the mystified Mary when they were In the carriage. "Yes," Strong replied, but he was si lent for a long time. "She was so uppish to me," Mary finally ventured, "while Miss Miller treated me as if I was a real lady." "And you are, Mary; a thousand times the lady that some one thinks she is," he said seriously. "But why dil you call me duchess?" "That Avas a little joke on the bo gus count," he replied, his face relax ing. "That will make both of them think a bit. But here we are at your home. And you say your father Is too ill to work, and you support the fam ily? Well, you are a noble girl, and I don't half appreciate the way you look after me mid my apartments," he said, as he assisted her from the car riage and slipped a $50 bill iuto her hand. "Thanks, Mr. Howard," she said gratefully, thinking it was her monthly tip of f 5. "This will help father a lot. Mr. Howard, you've given me the best time I ever had. I " ' "Tut, tut, Maw. It's been a si'lfish pleasure with me, I fear. I took you as an experiment and a lucky one it's proven. You have helped me open my eyes to the true woman the woman of my heart, I can never forget that. Good night." THE ART OF GARGLING. Sot the Same Tiling as the Process Usually Followed. The proper method of gargling is thus described by a writer in the Med leal Itecord : "The patient (at first under the guid ance of a physician) should sit well back in a chair, take a swallow of wa ter lu the mouth and bend the head as far back as possible. "Now he must protrude the tongue from the mouth (the tip of the tongue may be grasped with a handkerchief), and in this posture with protruding tongue he must try to swallow the water. The physician should control the patient's yaiu efforts, for it is Im possible to swallow under such circum stances. "The patient has the sensation as If he actually had swallowed the water. Now he must start to gargle, to exhale air slowly. One can see plainly the bubbling of the fluid in the wide open pharynx. "After gargling thus for a while the patient Is ordered to close the mouth and quickly throw head and body for ward. Thereby all the fluid is forced through the choanoe and nostrils, wash ing the throat and nose from behind and expelling all the accumulations that had been present with great force. "This should be repeated several times, as the first trial is not always successful and satisfactory. It is an act that must be learned. "When properly executed the sensa tion, as the patient will assure you, is that of great relief not had by any other method. It will be wise for the practitioner to try the method first on himself. Even small children who are at all clever learn the method readily and rather enjoy It." OTITIC OFFICE DIIDI5S; STEEl COOTI0lf5 CUM4X. With the announcement from Ne York that the Equitable Life Assurance Society Intends to erect the tallest building In the world arises the ques tion how far architects and builders will go before reaching the limit of their efforts to pierce the clouds. A few years ago the Masonic Temple In Chicago and the World building In New lork were looked upon as mir acles. They are commonplace to-day. The projected Equitable Life build ing Is to bo sixty-two stories high aud its top will be tK)0 feet above the side walk. The flagstaff crowning this stu pendous structure will be 150 feet above the roof, making the height to the tip of the pole 1,059 feet, or about one- fifth of a mile. The Eiffel tower in Paris Is seventy-five feet lower, being t)S4 feet above the ground. Following are the tallest buildings and other structures in the world : Stories. Feet, Eiftel Tower 08 Equitable building (pro posed) 62 000 Metropolitan building 50 003 Singer building 41 612 Washington Monument 555 Pyramid of Cheops 451 Se. Peter's, Rome 418 St. PauKs, London 3G4 Top of cross. An Uncanny Plant. On the shores of Lake Nicaragua lis to be found an uncanny product of the vegetable kingdom known among the natives by the expressive name of "the devil's noose." Dunstan, the natural ist, discovered it while wandering on the shores of the lake. Attracted by cries of pain and terror from his dog he found the animal held by black, sticky bands, which had chafed the skin to the bleeding point. These bauds were, branches of a newly discovered carnivorous plant, which has been aptly named the "land octopus." The branch es are flexible, black, polished, without leaves, and secrete a viscid fluid. Fan In Spare. I dreamed last night that I was pres ent at a committee meeting of the sun, earth, moon and stars. "I'm no coward," said the earth. "No, but you have two great fears," said the sun hotly. "And those are?" "The hemispheres." "You've forgotten the atmosphere, put In the moon. And the comet who had no business to be there, wagged his tail with joy. Conttdenco. Jackson Heaven bless him! lie showed confidence lit me wheu the clouds were dark and threatening. Wil son In what way? Jackson He lent me au tiyUr:Ua. Loudou Telegraph. Cultivation of Corn. Corn makes a rank growth both above and below ground, and for that reason requires treatment somewhat different from what Is given to wheat or oats. Planting In rows Is necessary not only to permit full development of the stalks, but also to give plenty of feeding room to the roots. Corn roots, If they have a chance, will occupy every Inch to the depth of from three to five feet, and the yield of the corn, will depend on the completeness of this occupation. The feeding ground, or, in other words, the corn root pasture, depends mainly on the preparation and cultivation ot the soil. It may be limited in many ways, so that the farmer, instead of us ing .from three to five feet of his field as soil, will use only a small portion of It If the land is not properly drained, either naturally or artificially, the corn roots cannot penetrate into the regions saturated with water, for the water shuts out the air. If hard pan comes near the surface the corn roots cannot reach Into that, and he may be culti vating but six, eight or ten Inches of the field as soil. If the land be heavy, and ploughed wet, full of lumps on the sur face or resting on the plough pan or bottom of the furrow, the corn roots cannot utilize these, aud hence his soil- s limited. If he has ploughed under, In a dry time, coarse manure, so as to shut off the supply of water from be low, the corn roots are again limited. It is, therefore, about as necessary for the farmer to understand corn roots and their habits and ways as it Is for the surgeon to understand the anatomy of the system, where the bones He, and where the arteries, veins, nerves and muscles are hidden under the skin. ' The corn plant, It will be seen, has no top-root. The first roots start out from the seed grain and eo down. DISTBIBUTION OP COBN BOOTS IN SOIL. After this the roots are sent out In whorls of from two to ten. As the Dlant advances toward maturity, these whorls rise closer to the surface. The first roots thrown out immediately above the primary roots run sideways and occupy ren or nrteen inches below the surface. These lateral roots throw out fibrous or feeding roots, which run in every di rection through the soil and oecttnv every Inch within a radius of from two to five feet. It Is evident, therefore, that if we plough corn immediately arier planting, or after it is first nn we can plough as deep as we like, and generally the deeper the better. When however, the roots begin to rise and occupy every square inch of soil within reach, it will not do to plough deep. Our cultivation must, therefore, be lim ited to the surface, and with the end In view of killing the weeds and forming tne mulch of dry dirt which will shut off surface evaporation, and spread out the water which Is continually rising from below within reach of the roots. Tho older and larger the plant the shallower should the cultivation be. In fact if the ground Is well prepared, ploughed deep when there is no dan ger of cutting 'off the roots, the only thing the farmer needs to do during the latter period is to maintain the mulch of dry dirt on the surface. Farm Help Lea Expensive. Farm labor Is cheaper than it was at this time last year and Is pretty sure to continue so for the season. There has been some curtallmeut In manufac turing throughout the country, the re sult being that a great many men are out of work. With this condition farm ers find that they can get heln moro readily now than they have been able to for several years. It Is ascertained that where contract have been made In the Middle West and Southwest for farm hands the rate of wages averages about $5 per month low er than that prevailing a year ago. A common rate of pay for farm hands at this time Is $25 per month, as against $30 last season. Competent men with experience in. special departments of fanning will command more, but not as much as In 1906 and 1907. Good live stock hands receive $33 to $45, but above this there are few men hired even for fancy farming or the specialties who are receiving more. Youths and Inexperienced hnmlsrants are offering their services for from $13 to $20 per month. I i- I I J 1 m- V Concrete Ontdoor Cellar. A simple method of constructing a cool, outdoor cellar In localities where, the common house cellars are too warm for use during the summertime, Is shown In the accompanying sketch. It la a cellar made under the ;pump, so that the water pumped by the windmill has a very cooling effect In places where It Is difficult to obtain Ice, it will prove Indispensable to the dairyman who keeps a few cows. An other important item Is the fact that a man does not find it necessary to pull up all of the pipes every time that he finds it necessary to repair the pipes aud pump. It Is constructed of concrete. The top Is re-enforced with one-half-lneh steel rods placed one foot apart each way and the concreta is about six inches thick. The sides are made by using a form and toe stairs are also made of concrete and, ara re enforced by small steel rods. The cosl; OUTDOOR CELLAR. Including the labor, amounted to about ?50. In the west and southwest it will also answer the purpose of a storm cave, which Is considered a fixture on all farms. Farm and LTouse. A New Swindle on Farmers. An entirely new but highly successful scheme to separate farmers from their money has been worked in South Da kota during the past few months. An oily grafter calls on a farmer and makes a bid for his land, .The figures are absurdly low at first, but by de grees are raised as high as $00 an acre, and the farmer consents. Then the visitor explains that he la only an agent, but that he can sell th land at the price named If the owner will agree to pay for advertising at the rate of 50 cents an acre. The "agent" promises orally that the advertising money will not be payable until the land is sold, but this stipula tion Is not contained In the contract that the farmer signs. In a few days he receives a copy oi an ad and not overcourteous demanj) ror money. v It Is said that twenty-two agrlcufi turlsts were caught with this bait in Brown County and that one of them gave up $320. Thunder and Milk. To many persons the curdllpg of milk in a thunderstorm is a mysterious and unintelligible phenomenon. Yet ac cording to scientists, the whole process is simple and natural. Their claim is that milk, 1 llk most other substances, contains millions of bacteria. The milk bacteria that in a day or two, under natural conditions, .wpuld cause the fluid to sour are peculiarly sus ceptible to electricity. Electricity in spires and invigorates them, as alco hol, cocaine or strong tea affects meii Under the current's Influence they fall to work with amazing energy, and in stead of taking a couple of "days to sour the milk they accomplish the task completely In a half hour. With an electric battery It is easy on the sam principle to sour the. freshest milk. Improved Shovel Handle. In a scoop-handle for shovels, spade and similar articles recently patented, an Illinois Inventor claims that ho uesigueu a aevico for tools of this kind by which the weight of the load can be more ef fectually balanced and the forward hand of the opera tor shifted in a more convenient manner to facili tate the operation BALANCES LOAD. of the tool in scoop- Ing and lifting. The operator is also relieved of the necessity of stooDlne so low as he does In shovels of the or dinary construction. He introduces a supplemental handle, which is secured to the handle of the shovel, the oppo site end extending forward of the rear end of the blade, being supported from the latter by braces. The supplemen tal handle is engaged by the forward hand of the operator; the latter beln thus greatly relieved of weight It avoids the twisting strain of the body caused by lifting a heavy load when the forward hand is placed low down upon the usual handle. The hand of the operator can be readily slid back and forth in the various manipulations of the scoop, rendering it more con venient and efficient In use, " adapting it to be used with decreased Dower and strain. The Coddling Btoth. About one-fifth of the first laving nf eggs by the coddling moth is on the fruit the rest being on the leaves and branches. The young larva that hatches from the egg is able to fel on the foliage to some extent and mav come, into maturity without entering tne mat although it rarely does so. ADout W per cent of the first brood finds Its way Into the apples at the calyx, while the rest eat In at other points, principally at the stem. Onlv about 28 per cent of the second brood enters at the calyx, the others eating. tn where the apples touch each other. or a leaf at the stem end. The aver-' age life of the adult Insect, or moth, is about four days.
