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"Will you kindly accompany me to
my rooms sir':"
TUo apeaher. who touched my elbow
white I was passing along the street.
r one of the most Mngulnr looking
jMroa I over saw. Ills eye were
large aud dreamy, ids tody sttuill and
Jlellootely made. Ho was bent and
withered.
"Why should I do thntr I asked.
"Bccauso I desire your assistance.".
!'t any ono In danger, dying?"
1'Ko oue la in danger, no one is dy
ltC. aad yet it is a matter of ileTOV
boat which I wish your assistance."
"1 mn 6orry. sir, but-1 nm hurrying
Jo keep an engagement and enuuot
comply with your rciut."
"Yom engagement can wait. I can
not. I lmvo been many years coming
to my present ignition nnd do not lu
tein! to defer Mtltfylng myself ns to
b result of so mueli thought. Come."
"But you can at least ghe me miw
iA at to the nature of this aUtauce
yon reoulro."
"That can be Letter oxplnlnc.i in
practice than hi word. 1 am a ior
Jclker, and this crowded wrcct Is not
a fit pine? for cuauuuuicutlug what
pne way have to say. There are tco
Euiny people puvslug. Conic to my
ouae. There we will be alone. There
1 can explain to you that which bus
occupied the principal portion of my
life. I propose to honor you with a
jponCdcncc tii-ver before bcktowetl on
any living prsou. Only the dead have
ever received it. The jime lias :nw
arrircd for uie to impart It to the liv
ing." I .
What was my rurpric to find my
pelt following thla Ktrnngo creature as
f hough I had been his dot;. lie took
we through narrow streets, I mppos
ins every minute thnt he would dive
into some of the mean buildings by
iho way, hut ho did not. After a Jour
ney that accused liitcrmlnnbhVwc. found
poreelvca in r. thinly settled district,
End my conductor anally led the way
ito a largo brick dwelling that stoo.1
jtloee. The blind were closed, and tho
place bad every appearance of bring
tuioeenpled. Taking ine to a rear ro. : i
pit ths ground floor, he bade .me I o
pcati-d and announced his object. lie
pad no rosier cvnimen-cd to ajie.ik
Juan hi eye ilnsh'.Hl until they aecnicd
Jo me to bo I'he two live coal.
"I liare been experimenting." he
Mid. "for ; ars upon a new method of
preaiatlo::. I have doue away witii
Jhe hours heretofore required to incln
pjate and am now able to accomplish
iit work iu ten minutes. If you will
jtcp hi here, I will show you ray re
fort." He Jed mo Into n rear apaitment
without windows n::d with but tiie o:."
jioor through which wo entered. Vie
liad no sooner paised in than he turn
pd tha key and put it In h! pocket. In
the center of tho room was a Mjuare
brickwork resembling an oven.
Thin is my crematory." said my
ftrange host. "The heat Jh galvanic.
Von seo those wires. They conduct tho
current to tho Inner part, when? by a
new union of chemical forces hereto
fore unknown tho heat is generated.
TlUs door is tho aperture through
which the object to bo iucinorated en
ters by means of this rolliug carriage."
"I Jut, my dear sir," I protested, "I
asi not Interested in crematories."
"I nm," ho replied decisively. "I nm
About to test my Invention, nnd I need
flu assistant ua well ns a subject. I nm
going to experiment upoy yon You
will have the advantage over u dead
subject of being able to tell me exactly
wherein ray device fulls, wherein it It
wiccofisful."
"I? How could I tell you, being in
clneratsd;"
"Come, mount to tho carriage." lie
drew a revolver and hold it to my tem
ple. Trombllng, I mountod tho carriage
nnd lay flat on my back. Then there
was a creak of rollers, and 1 moved
forward nnd heard tho clang of the
furnace door.
Whether or not I lost consciousness
I do not know. At any rate, thero
was a blank. Then I heard the voice
ot tho operator outflldo ask If I bud
any suggestions to make. I replied
ihnt I would most respectfully suggest
that he open tho door and let mo out.
"Not until you have lourned from ex
perience the defects of my ovou," be
said. '
:tOkJjtJMtct!t.l.t0UL. -
"It s tho high degree of bent that I
wish j'ou to repprt on especially."
"It Is seven jluiea hotter than the
llery furnace Into which King Ncbu
clmdnerznr thrust the prophet Daniel!"
I exclaimed.'
"Excellent! I lmvo not yet turned
the heat on. If It Is hot now, what
will It be when In operation? Now I
will make tho connection."
"Hold on!" I cried. "1 have noticed
n defect in the brickwork. If you turn
on the heat, the oven will crack open "
"That's r,ucer." he wild. "I made
that brickwork myself. It's all right.
You're, mistaken. Watch everything
Carefully so that you can give me a
perfect account of all points to he
tested."
-.1 heard a click, aud very scon the
place began to warm up. Then It be
gan to get hot. 1 yelled to my tor
mentor to let me out. Then well, then
my wife shook me.
"Stop that hallooing! Do you want
to wake tho baby?"
"What confounded strance things
dreams arc!" I muttered. "I'gh! I'm
nil in n tremor and my heart is beat
ing a reveille."
It was a long while before 1 got
quieted down, nnd ns for sleep-up
more of thnt till the next night.
ANSEL LUI'TON.
A Cunlrnctnr.
"What dots your father do?" asked
the teacher of the new boy.
"lie's a contractor." was tho reply.
"A i all way contractor?"
"No. ma'am; it sausage contractor,
lie tic up the cuds after another mnn
has tilled them."
SllttRc n .Milk Pond.
Tho sll Is gaining friends every year,
and it will not be many years until ev
ery progressive dairyman will put ids
corn crop Iu a silo and thus get tho
best possible results from It.says Hairy
and Creamery. Corn Is the cheapest
feed that can be grown In tills eouutry
and iu the shape uf ullage is the best
food for dairy cows. Mr. I). M. Me
I'herson, Lancaster, Canada, keeps
seventy cows on l'J."3 acres of laud, and
these cows average 7,000 pounds of
mill: a year, and this great yield Is
mado on silage. Experiments have
proved tp Mr. Mel'hcrsoti that corn
fodder Is net as valuable ns com M
lage. The difference In hNhcril nmountu
to "00 ound.s of milk n day. In speak
ing of his system of keeping cows Mr.
McPhersou says:
"Actunl experiments have proved
that for every thousand pounds weight
of a live animal twenty-six pounds of
food daily nre required In n properly
balanced ration. That will give enough
as a heat producer and tlesh former
for either beef or milk. How can that
food be supplied at least cost? It Is
quite possible for every farmer to havo
each cow give r,000 pounds of milk a
tendon at a cost of only 50 to CO cents
per hundred pounds. I have reduced
the cost of producing milk to -10 cents
per hundred. Farmers are losing dally
what, If properly applied, means wealth
to them, nnd increase in wealth, if
properly used. Is increased happiness.
The balanced ration that is costing
you 21 cents a day per cow can bo had
for 0 centH by studying out tho require
incuts' of your cows and by loading
them both ways. Our railways ami
Ptenmshlps aro on that principle. I
claim that cows should give 0,000
pounds of milk per season. I feed
meal every month of tho year to my
cows because it reduces tho coat to.
keep aud lucreases production."
Metric Tvrnln'n I.ntaat Maxima,
Mark Twain lias added two now
maxims to tho world's already valua
ble collection, says Harper's Literary
Gossip. They aro ns follows: "Wo
ought never to do wrong when people
are looking" and "No real gentleman
will tell tho naked truth In tho pres
ence of ladles." These nuggets of wis
dom appear In his now novelette, "A
Double Marroled Detectlvo fitory,"
which Is completed In tho February
number of Harper's Magazine. The
London Academy Is so pleased with
these new witticisms that it Is moved
o suggest the publication of a "Mark
Twain's Own Iiook of Maxims," which
aught 'irtnlnly to be illuminating us a
practical guide to conduct.
Ailmlrnble Caution,
Rook Agent Is the head of the house
In?
Rorvant Yes; lie's in the library try
ing to write n letter oil u new type
writer be ha Just bought.
Book Agent (baiUly)-ril call again. 4
nilokntUwfit W V V
tkrtKirtcifi MtkrrpK'MCM
iwtt Oil. It !..- V
H Vftil!ielcth.' 'friM DAHt'CC 9
Nj cr toll ami IL BJfljJCfJiJi
Bj No toUfclitur- jf Sfjf H
KM lirnc net JAsNI 91
M rnlvVftp TRu N x m
M lopkiue liU Qx'jR V Ft
m iw. imt Lh,7 J&r I n.
IJ tafJit lwlc , ij Jvi? uVt.
Ji"W yy
SotJ
tywitr
Intim-
UlllM.
MJe by
Stmdifd Oil
Cempiny
I'lvtiins t'e iiupiiJi.
In India nn Ingenious scheme In prac
ticed for taking ducl.s on a Hue. which
Is attached at one end to a flexible title!;
stuck up In the mud, the oilier extrem
ity having n double pointed needle f
hone attached to It. The latter is halt
ed by stringing upon It some grains of
com. Presently along comes Mr. Duck,
swallows the needle and llnds himself
a captive the moment he tries to lly
away. In olden' times the Cape '
tlshermcn depended largely for bait up
on tho sm fowl they took on their voy
ages. T catch tltein they threw out
lUhlng Hues with hooks on the etui, to
which wete attached chunks of cod
liver. The. latter Hosted because of tho
oil they contained, nnd inurrea, gulls
and other birds swallowing them went
quickly pulled In. skinned und cbopiml
iu.
A Cjitlo on ."iinrrlnar.
Sardines aro n delicacy fit for any
tplcure, but tho other llidi was tliun
lummed up by an epigrammatic Cor-
nlshman: "Pilchards," lie ttald "are
IL-n iv-lvfi Wlicm tlim-'ri lirnl. Iliov'rn
1 awful, and when they're go' d they're
I r.,.1.. .,.l,1,ltln.. "P..II Mull Il-i.!!..
UUI UIIUUI.U M.. ..... V..1MV..V.
Illntirnrlcttltitf.
Kven the'cleigyiiiiiu. uoblo and In
spiring nn his vocation Is, hail now' and
then his bud moments. a
"Oil, Hlf," mild a ioor woiiiaii to a
Hcoteh nilnlfiter, who was by no ineanti
it popular preacher, "well tlo I like thu
day when yon give us the sermon."
"ludeedl" raid the mlulntur, lluvlilng
with pleasure. "I wish thero were
more llltu you, my good woman. It Is
leldom I hear such words from nuy
one."
"Maybe their hearing's stronger than
mine, sir," wild the woman piomplly,
"but when you preach I can always get
u good neat." Youth's Companion.
A C'tocli II nn r Hn)l.
A clock owned Iu England Is run by
balls which fall Into pockets on the
right side of a wheel, which revolves
and opeintes the works. The balls drop
into a drawer when the wheel revokes
,- enough. The cluck Is "wound up"
by puui.;g the bull In n receptacle 0:1
top of the clue!;.-j e ..".''era' Circular-
SS3S3SSSeSSSS0
A Unrlou nplpt. '
Hanover'ilVglstrar tlldcovercd a vcrj
curlotiii tlot'itmeut Nome (hue ago art h
was looking through n liiiiullo of pa
pers that date back to the. elghteeuiji
century. The tloeuuieiit Is n leeelpt
probably tlioonly one of Its kind In ex
Istence which was ghcu to it 1 limit
verliiu eitpiulii by it canon of Dulsbiiig
during Ilio .Seven Years' win.
"I, the iiudorslgiied," It reads, "hum.
by acknowledge that I lmvo received M)
j blows of it stick, which were Indicted
upon me by it lieutenant of Captain
It's regiment ait a punishment for Urn
uttipld ami frivolous calumnies which '
I have uttered Iu icgant to the iegl
uieiii of clniMKciirs, For my Impru
dent words I now admit that I nm pro
foundly sorry. I received my punish
Incut lying on u heap of Mttaw aud
held by twtt men, and I bear testimony,
to the fact that tho otlleer Mruck me mi
lgoroiiidy as he could with a stick
that was its thick as my HiiRer.
"in proper form ami with dim grati
tude I sign this receipt nnd mow that
nil Iheteln is true."
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