CHAPTER XV.—(Continue r
Mr Wylis drew back and turned a
Arthur drew back la asoin'shiuent at •hade paler, for be feared this Woman
th» (Ifhl of h»r flashlug »,»». h«r quiver
when sb» was lu thee» tlgwriab mooda
Ing lipa. Hut lu an luataut th« tnuod And »be spoke In a low. aiming tone,
paaerd away, tha e/SS m»lt»d »g»in Into u.ors deadly than would have been a
Aovelik» eoftn««», and tha tips wreathed •brisk of passion.
tbamaalraa Into atnllaa.
“Cease thia mocking, or I will clutch
"What will you think of a»» for euh you by the neck, and never loo«e my hold
worda aa tboe»F* aha cried. "When you until I have strangled the miserable life
know thoroughly tha strange, capricie«» •>ut of y»ur body! |ton*t let me think of
creature I am, never la th« -*s»" mood ell the debt of hatred I owe you don't
for two hour» tof«lhar, you will raaaa to make me think of It, or there will be mur
loaa ma."
der ! I have served you In mans schemes,
“I’vrhaps It will maha ma lore you th» and do not try to cast me off 'he Instant
mor»." ha aaid. siulllugly. "And la your I have boc-itnc ueeleas to you, or to play
batrad. your draad of poverty so very In
me false; for If you do I’ll hare your life.
•urmouutable? Suppoee that I war» »«er If you fiy to the furthest ejtremlty of tbs
to become poor, would you C«WM to lore world "'
*
- - — —,
"Too ever becotn» |>«>r!" »ba echoed,
opening bar ay»» very wide “you. wh >
hara a <r«al »atata. and who will one day
ba Hir Arthur? How can you ever ba
poor?"
"Buch thing» bar» teen." b» aaid. »mil
In*
"Greet lord» bar» be»n radu<«4 to
b««ary. much l«»a almpla »Ire."
"Why do you wish to torture ma by
each thoufhtaF’ »te cried,
petulantly.
“Ilsve I not told you that th» name of
poverty makes ma ahuddrrF*
Thar» Was a cloud of »adn»»a upon hia
fora, but the »hail'iwa of night wore too
drop for bar to perceive It
Arthur wa» greatly afitoniahed at thia
•addon outburst. but ba attached no
waigbt to It. Imputing It to turbid petu
lane». Ko ba »;.ke to bar »--qhlng worda,
and rare»» I bar out of her a<ill»n hu nor,
and aha began to repast of baring apok
an ao freely.
“You muat not notl«-» my f‘«o|i»b
Word«." »«••». I ,
. I I.:,,... I |
know what I ... • 1 •
15, ■ >- 1» k
you would fancy that I wa» a i-rfe *.
monster . but proinlae that you will never
heed such humors."
Hours after Arthur had dapartad. and
after all el»« In the h*iuee wa« »»leap aha
•at In th» eolllttde of her own chamber,
her hair hanging It »ely almiit her shout
d»ra. a prey to ronfll>-Hltg emotions
"What could po*s»»a me to speak »itch
werd»F' she murmured. "In a less gan
•rous man I might bars aroused suspl
•Ions that I should never again ba abU
to sat at real. Hut be la too nolda, too
frank, to anapaet where he lov»a I WoMd
that I war» more worthy of him," *ha
went on. with a sigh; "ba la tha very
•out of honor so different from all other
men that I hara met. I wish he did not
love ms half so well, or that I did nar
love him at all. 1 spoke truly when I
told him that 1 never knew I had a
heart until ho crossed my path. What
made him harp so strangely upon pov
erty to-night? Hurely there Is nothing
wrong; things do go wrong, even with
dukes occasionally as ho nlmself »aid —
•ad great people are sometimes even sold
up Ilka little ones. 1 shall pay Mr Wy
lie • visit In ths morning and queetlon
him about Arthur's affairs'*
CHAPTER XVI.
Mr. TVylle had returned from his Cor
nlsb trip, and had resumed business aa
usual. Ha had been mors than a» l ¡»fid
with ths survey of the estate that ha al
raady grasped In Imagination. Ils had
given Mrs. Wylla a moot glowing des- rip
tloe of Ito pleturaaqiio grandeur, and of
the fine old Castle; and ba told her of the
•trangs legend that was ao near upon
being verified.
“I have heard something of It before
from Arabella.'* said that lady, nut n»v
er th» name of tha family. It la certainly
very strange"
In only one plot had he received a
•heck that for the marriage of Stafford
and Constance; but he felt pretty well
•Mured of Its ultimate »<i. re»»
"Th.
?«gg*rly upstart !" was hl» thought. "I
would glvs a thousand pounds to foil him
In that quarter; but I never allow prl
vats feelings to Interfere with business
It suits my purp-su- that he should marry
her. and so I shall do all that Ilea In
my power to promote the match."
Such were some of the tnoughta that
pas»»! through Mr. Wylie's mind a» he
•at st hl» desk
In the mld«t of hie cog!
tat Ions, Mrs. Castleton was announced
Ha ross to twcrlvs her wl h his usual
adulatory politeness, and handed her a
chair.
"Ho you have returned from your Cor
nlsh arpedltlon." she said; “and ths mar
riage la broken off.**
"And how does the little love making
progress?** lie asked, with a sardonic
grin. "Has the halt taken? Is the fish
hooked? Is It to lie lady I’enrhyddyn?*'
"Wylla." she said. In a quiet, grave
ton*, "we have concocted between us a
vile, despicable scheme to entrap this
young man. If I had strength of mind
enough to sacrifice my own selfish ambi
tion tor another's hippine«», he should
ns ver see me again ; hut I have not, and
therefore I go on. But you will not jeer
and »neer—at least, to my face. I«et ms
try and forget the part I am playing, and
decelvs my»stf Into the belief that I am
all that I pretend to he."
Mr. Wylie regarded her for a moment
in unfeigned amusement.
"What !" he
cried. after a pause; "do you mean to
aay that It Is a real case if s;«oona upon
both aidesF*
“Never mind what It Is!” she cried,
fiercely. “If It lie, so much the better
for your plots and plans. All I ask of
yon Is to answer me one or two questions.
The first la this- la Mr. I’enrhyddyn, or.
rather, bls father, a rich or a poor man?"
A quick glance shot from beneath his
eyelids; but he apok» In the same tone of
voice that be bad used throughout the
••■ vernation.
"How should I know? I am not bls
banker. A man of hie eetats cannot he
eery poor. Hla lawyer, If be would give
It. would be the best person to t° to for
•uch Information."
Rhe could enduro this btntsrlng ear
•asm no longer; and with flashing eyes,
and face all aglow, she sprang up like a
beautiful tigress. as though she would
leap upon him and rend bus with her
he to offetsd bi« friend. “Weft. I IS r>
•ng eastward," b» satd. com.ng to a halt,
"to the aristocratic neighborhood of tha
Curtain Road. 1 shall go to work again
va Monday morning, ao you srtli no »ure
to find me at the studio any day n»it
we»« Now ns sure to gtva aw aa early
call."
Stafford jumped Into a hansom, and de
sired tbe driver to set him down at tha
foot of the Curtain Road
He beguiled
tbe tedium of tbe way by opening tbs
portfolio be carried, and taking out tbe
two portrait aketebea be bad mad» In tbe
gallery at Penrbyddya. As be vtamlMd
them, a u»w idea seemed to suddenly
strike him. H» scrutinised and compered
the sketebes with tbe moat eager Inter
est. sod fell into a deep train of thought,
from which h» waa only aroused by tbs
•topping of th» cab at its destination.
Stafford's object In visiting »uch a re
mote nelghteirbwMi was to cudrsior to
find the shop el which Hir Munce had
bought th» picture of Circe Tbe circum
stance happened In this wise. The teat
time Sir Iwunce visited Loniion bu»i-
nros took him Into Eases
While stand
ing upon the platform of tbe Great East
ern Railway terminus, bls pocket wa»
picked. The thief was caught, and Hir
Lattnca was bound «»er to appear nest
morning at tbe police court. He did so;
.
..................-,w
» -wt
which lad him into the Curtain Road.
Paaslng a broker's shop, be was attracted
by the picture »o often mentioned, which
waa standing just Inside the door, and be
et»pp»«l in and bought it.
The direction Htafford bad received wa»
pretty »»act a broker'» »bop, about half
way up tbe road on tbe left hand aide,
going northward. About "hat »ituatlon
he 1-«
' '• I
11 III “f •’>■•; he
»,i
¡-'■■t'lr-.l
'.c-.,.'' « gr-.-u; «!-.•;- -i;-in
whose small paned wiudowa the dirt hung
In flakes.
**Tlil» must be the placw," thought Staf
ford, aa be entered the shop. His kn-x-h
upon the counter brought forth from sn
Inner den a sharp, wessened-fac» old
man. Stafford came to the point at once
by showing tbe sketch he had mad», and
^king him If he remembered selling siteb
a picture a few weeks ago to a middle-
aged gentleman.
"Well, I had It by me so long that I
•carcely remernler how 1 got it," answer
ed th» old man,
"If five shillings would aeslat your
memory, it is at your disposal," aaid
Htafford.
Th» old man grinned and held out hla
dirty hand. And the »liver key unlocked
t1
rusty |--r'«i« ->f l.i» mr ri -ry
Home time back, be said, be couldn't
esaetiy remember how long. It might be
four, or It might b» flve years, one eten-
Ing, after dark, a young girl brought It
Into the shop and asked him to buy It.
It had been painted, she said, by a young
artist who used to live In her mother's
house. It was her own portrait, and hs
lad given it to her . but her mother had
met with mlsf wtuoe*. and they were very
poor, and ahe wanted to sell the picture
for bread. "Well, I »aw that It was a
.leeent painting, ao 1 gave her fifteen shil
ling» for It. My eon took a fancy to It,
at I gave It to him, and when he died a
few months ago It came back loto my
hands, and one day the gentleman you
spoke of came In and bought It."
“And did you buy the picture upon th«
simple faith of tbe girl's story?" In
quired Htafford. "without endeavoring to
learn her name or addresaF*
“Well, you s»», it d -esn't do to be over
particular In our business," replied the
old man, with a knowing grin. Kite was
the prettiest little creature yon ever saw.
tbe very Image of the picture, and »hs
had her story so glib that I didn't put
much faith in It. Ko I got her to give
me a receipt for the money, and put her
name and address upon it."
"Have you that rwcelpt still?" Inquired
Htafford. eagerly.
“Well, I believe I have It somewhere,"
answered the old man.
It was a long search before the requir
ed document could be found. Upon •
dirty s- rap of paper was written. In a
peculiarly amall, neat lady's hand s re
ceipt for th» fifteen shillings
The sig
nature waa "M Mllllcent, HI,
Great
Tii-hfield street."
Htafford took posseasi.in of the paper
and left the shop, lie resol>ed to go to
No. ID Tlchfield street, and make In
quiries. Hailing • cab, be 1rove there at
once. But. aa he eipectvd, hie journey
waa useless; the people of the bouse knew
nothing of such a person.
Tbe on» Important result of the Inves
tigation was to dismiss from hie mind
every suspicion of Constance Grierson be
ing Implicate«! in the mystery. And away
he went to Harley street, quite Indiffer
ent to the reception he night meet at
the hands of her guardian.
Balked again. Misa Grier»on had left
tuwu that morning on a visit, and would
not return for a fortnight.
(To be continued.)
would bate eared to admit, even to him
self. Ebullitions of passion were of fre
quant occurrence; Indeed, an Interview
between these two seldom pa»«rd off with
out such; but b» had never before wit
ne«*..I In hey such appalling ferocity.
"Well," be said, trying to laugh off hie
palpable uneasiness, "perhaps we shall
I* able to talk more reasonable. You are
Ilk* a barrel of gunpowder. I was only
jesting
You wish to know whrther Hir
Imunce I’enrhyddyn Is a rich man; be la
not. But his son will Inherit enough to
keep yon like a lady. What made you
suppose him to be poor?**
"Because last night he kept harping
ii|*»n poverty; asked me If 1 could love
him as much If he were poor.”
"A mere lover's ruse to try you. depend
upon it; and If you fall Into the trap,
you hare lost him. It Is true that the
estates of Penrhyildyn are heavily mort-
gaged, and that the principal will be cali
co in within a few week«, but Hir laun«v
will 1» able to meet the demand. I ran
•bow you Indhputabl» proof of th» truth
of my words,** he cried, taking a paper
out of the inner lining of hla po>-kettxwk
■*C-ome ben« and read this."
She came to the table, and looking over
hla shoulder, read these words;
"To Arthur I’enrhyddyn, Eaq. t
"Hir Should all other means fall, your
father, Kir Isiunre, may obtain the sum
required by him on a certain date, by
• boning this letter to Messrs. Grouts and
Fry. Kollcltors. Bedford How."
When Mrs, Castleton returned to her
carriage she Immediately drove away to
the offi e« of Messrs. Groom and Fry.
Beil ford Row.
Hhe requested to see one of the princi
pals, and was shown into a private m->®
where Mr. Fry received her. Mbs had
coma, she said, with her most fascinating
smile, to make Inquiries r»s|>actlng a <-»r -
tain sum which she understood they were
Instructed to pay over tn Hir lmunrw ,
I’enrhyddyn upon a certain data Th»
lawyer was very cautious In hie reply. He
had received certain Instruct lone, but he
waa not at liberty to divulge them to any
person etcept Hir Istumw l’rnrhydryn.
Mrs. Csstleton having learfied all that
•he wished to know, made some trivial
etcuM and took her leave.
“It le all right, then." she thought;
“they have Instructions, and of course
they muat be those mentioned In the pa
per."
a
a
a
•
a
a
•
On that same morning, as Arthur was
turning ths corner of Arur.ilel street Into
the Htrand, ho felt a hand laid upon hla
shoulder, and beard a familiar voice pro
nounce hla name. Upon looking round ho
re-vignlied Kt afford.
“When did you arrive In town?" In
quired Arthur.
"Only the day before yesterday." an
swered the artist.
"And how did you leave mv father?"
"Very unwell. Had his health permit
ted, he would have been In London some
days back. There le no danger. I have
to thank you very much for your Intro
duction. old fellow; the kindness I met
at ri-nrhyddyn fastis waa more than I
ran Jescrlbe. Your father Is tbs truest,
noblest gentleman I ever met."
Arthur pr<-s«rd his friend's hand grate
fully. nad added, "How did he take the
tn-»« of the break with the Griersons?"
"Very philosophically; Indeed, I may
»ay. with much sati»factl<>n. Mr. Wylie's
visit put him out of all conceit with the
connection. By tbe-bye, I have a secret
to tell you about Constance Grlc.-»on.
You remember that she spoke of a prior
attachment to e-me one else? Well, I
am that some one else."
Kinds n Hoynl Humane».
"But why did you not tell me so when
I first spoke to you upon the subject F*
While at Kt. I’eterahurg l'rlncr Bia-
cried Arthur. "Under such circumstances ttinrck saw a w-ntry on guard in an tin-
I should never have thought of paying frrquotitrd part of tltr ground» of the
my addresses to the lady."
royal pitlm-e. Hr was guarding a small
At that moment their conversation was
Interrupted by • light pony carriage draw plot of grans. It wan not near any en
ing up close tn the pavement on which trance to the royal abode; It Iml nb-
they werv walking, and by a lady's voice wltcre; It |«>»**aard no apparent ln>-
pronouncing the name of "Mr. I’enrhyd- portnner. Yrt thru» was the man on
dyn."
patrol. When the time came for tha
The lady »■■- Mrs Cartieton, jo»» re guar«] to be ehanffrd another took this
turning h«>m» from her vlait to Redford
man's plac« and hrrr day and night a
Row, by way of th* Htrand.
With a
man did sentry go
None of the offi
heightened color, Arthur raised hie hat
ami hastened to the side of the carriage. cers quite knew why the practice waa
After a few words with her and Mrs. followed, except that In their time It
Freeman, he Introduced Stafford, who always had tmen customary to place a
bad been regarding Mrs. Castleton with man there. Bismarck, scenting a se
the most curious interest. With a fasci cret romance, did n«>t rest until he bad
nating smile, she »(tended be- hand, •olvi-d the mystery.
He at last dla-
which Htalford, with a low bow, just
covered that In the time of Catherine
touched. “1 do not like that man," waa
bsr thought.
It waa a rase of mutual the Great a pretty flower had been dis
covered growing there, and tbe em-
distrust.
“Who le that lady?” Inquired Hlafford. prraa. arcing It. ilestrod that It should
following her with hla eyes until she was not be destroye«l. A soldier was placed
out of eight.
there to protect IL Tbe flower died.
"Oh, a widow lady, to whom I have re It waa not succeeded by others, but
cently been introduced," replied Arthur, from that time forward a man waa
somewhat confusedly.
deputlaad to guard the »|vt w tie re the
"A widow I Take care of the widows,
flower bad been.
Teanrhyddyn. I should say that she waa
a very Hyren of widows, and with a tem
a Clwb »or a«rwoa»rs la Lowfiaw.
per of her own, too." He spoke half
Ttioae who have no friends In Ixin-
seriously, half jestingly, watching, mean
don and complain of Its great loneli
while. the effect of hla worda.
ness now bar« a club all to tbemarlvea.
"Your estimate of that lady la utterly
mistaken." answered Arthur, coldly; "a Tbe new organisation la called tha
more frank and artless creature do« not Eligible Itoclai Club. |ta object la to
bring together men an«l womeu who
»list.**
Stafford could perceive that to dilate sns lonely A vocalist and a playwright
furlbar uooa hla view of the lad», would have oMilled for membsratilp.
|RIIEF PLEADS GUILTY
Fillio Sin Francisco Boss Tbron
Hlmsell on Mercy of Court.
Da
Th» Maaar» Heap.
Though by fermeutativn and by fork
ing over tbe manure la mads fine and
« I able. It must not tie overlooked that
tbe process Is a gradual one. and benew
»very rain that saturates the heap car
ries downward tbe soluble parte as
•oon as th» manure Is deeompooed.
Tbr jet black liquid that flows off
from tbe heap la tbe richest of tbe
farm, and aa It passrs away th» raady
plant food which Is di»aolv»d in tt le
l-<st leaving behind a mass of matter,
often supplied to be th» most valuable
became» of its bulk, but which really
• ..<».■
r
l.a<|i:ng to
""
therefor».
I»< csrrfully pr<-a»-rve«l. It will be velt*»-
esa
It should I* protected
from
drench f rains and tbe Influeuw of
heat from tlie direct raya of the sun.
I'lenty of absorbent material abMld be
idd<-d to aliwirb the volatile matter,
and water le also beneficial to tbe
heap, pruvldnl that It does not drench
or flow off The manure heap sliould
be worked over occasionally. In order
to prevent "Are flanging." Thl« may
r«-«;ulr» additional labor, but the aav-
ng of th* «•»«•titlnl rlcmcuta of tbe
■ ire n'li
o re than a rompen
•at on for tlie time well expended. Tbe
principal rul«-s to be observed are to
preva-nt • •» by rain, preservation of
volatile matter with moisture and ab-
sirtsuita. have the manure flne. and
also to endeavor to have It thoroughly
decora powd.
t>lalwf»»<l<>a
of
StahlM.
In discussing tli» Importance of tbs
dlslnfax'tlon of stables and th» danger
of neglecting it [>r. Haring of Califor
nia points out that "negligence la prop
erly disinfecting stalls and staid»«
wb»re animals affn-ted with contagious
dlsvsacs have t<»en Is freajuently th»
cause of a roapiwarnnce of tbe die
va»»." Tbe germs of glanders, for ex
ample. may remain alive In stables for
several months after the diseased ani
mals have tieen rvtnowd, and If thor
ough disinfection Is not resorted to all
animals housed In the stable are sub
ject to infection from this source
"Many failure« to eradicate tuberculoali
from dairy herds by tbe rv|>eated appli
cation of tbe tuberculosis teat and tbe
prompt removal of all reacting animals
sre due to tbe fact that the stable«
were not dlalnfected ” Tutwrrulo«!«
spread« rapidly among cattle doaely
herded together. To prevent th!« sta
ble« should tie thoroughly dlalnfected at
least once « year.
eirnei» T»«| tor Basall S»»as.
The gravity method of seed sepsra
Hon here Illustrated le the old time
practice of “brining" wheat, barley,
oata. etc., before Bowing, but applied to
•ewla of much «mailer slae. eueb aa to
mato and eggplant aeeda. As used st
ttie New Jersey eipertment art at Ion. tbe
bottle at A In the cut rontalne pure
water, upon which many seeds ar»
seen aa floating and a larger number
at tli» bottom. Tlw-s» light floating
seed» are to I* rejected. In tb» bottle
at B Is a
per cent solution of com
mon salt (a very thin alrup would have
done aa well). In which eggplant seeile
■•»•
Tttlell»
Mauries Msterl I ock. tbe Belgian
writer, adduce« a number of Intervet-
log facta, in an article In Harper's
Mags tine to abuw that tie>w have tbe
[■«w»r of thinking Transported to Cal
ifornia. be says, our black bee com
pletely altera her hablta After on» or
two yearn finding that eummer la ;wr
petual and flowers forever abundant,
she will live from day to day. content
to gather tbe honey and pollen India
|>»neable for the day's consumption;
and her rweni and thoughtful obaerva-
tloo trlumpbi: .
" • r«-!ltary
rleoce. sb» will cease to make prorle
Ion for her winter. Buchner mentions
an analogous fact: la Bsrbadoa. tbe
bee wb<ise blves are In tbe midst of tbe
reflu»r!«». where they find suger dur
Ing tbe whole year, entirely abandon
;W-.i'T.slV«o"Yoe tl- •,-re '
" - '
A
llterb
Wire
Mo* I.
Here Is a barb wire reel that on»
can wind barb wire on Instead of sn
ol«l barrel, which Is slow work. We
present a lltile drawing of one that
’"an be ea»lly made by an Ingenious
farmer. It la mounted on wheels, and
can be drawn along by a man. while
s boy stead!«« the handle to k«-ep tbe
uxi roa a»aa wins.
wire from unwinding too rapidly and
kinking. For winding up wire 'that la
taken off of a fence, tbe machine can
•Ither be pushed or pulled, going just
fast enough to keep up with tb» wire
• « It 1« !>•'ng wound on tbe reel A
little rack like thia, «aye Tbe Farmer,
would be of considerable value to any
one who ha« any «mount of barb wire
fencing to wind.
Tbe
Melee
Aehls.
Still Declaras Himself Innocent of
Charge, but Changed Plea for
Sake of Family.
Sen Franc i»co, May Id.—- Abraham
Ruaf, better known as Abe Rud. the
scknowlolgwl adviser ol Mayor Kehmllt,
and once the rscognised dictator of
tnunicljwl affairs In this city, pleaded
guilty to tlie charge of extovtion in
Judge lhinne's department of the Hupe-
t aStonv*» ■■
tenco will be pionouncvd upon him two
weeks hence.
After a private tonfcrenc« with hia
four aattoincy» tn Jixige Thinn»*» ehflX-
here and after they had withdrawn from
hia csoe beouse of the leoolution he
ha«l taken to change his plea and avoid
trial, Ruef, to the utter astonishment
of the pruecculion, srnee in court and
announce«! in a dramatic a«ldrees that
after long and earnest conmdwndion he
hail determinoi to withdrew his plea
of not guilty and antrr a plea of gnilty.
He a»ked that the jury I* diannaoed
•nd the tiial abandone«!.
Ruef read hie »tatement from niann-
w-ript which he ha>l prepared in the
[irv-acnee of bis attorney« a few moments
before bulge llunii»'« i-hanilw-rs opened.
He showed in his voice, in the expre«*
• <>u of tn» fa< e, in hia quiet and geat-
lr.-ieA att ituiii- and l.y thu team that
again and again overflowed his eyre,
the great emotion and tbe utter humil
iation hr suffered
The pathrw of the
•cane waa communicated to the crowd
that throngel tbe courtroom.
Though Abraliam Ruef lisa fotmally
■irelard himself to lie guilty of the
charge on which he was about to 1«
tried, he neverthelrea proclaims his in
nocence. He confresre that he Is guilty
of having connived at U>c corruption in
municipal affaire, but he denies with
all the emphasis a man in his unhappy
pwition can command tlist be is guilty
of the crime of extortion chargd
against him. He declarre that hia sole
motive in accusing hlmsell in open
court waa to save the livre of tlicae who
•re ncareat and dearest to him, hia aged
father and mother, hia maiden sister
and a niece.
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Tbe melon aphis (Apbls gvaayptl) 1«
generally dlrtrlbuted throughout tbe
United States, but !« especially Injuri
ous tn tbe Houtbweet. according to a bul
letin issued by tbe United State« lle-
psrtmeut of Agriculture It attacks a
great variety of economic plants belong
ing to different famlllee Tbe natural
enemies of tbe ;>c«t are ordinarily not
sufficient to bold It In control. It may
b» destroyed by fumigation with car
CANNOT BELIEVE ORCHARD.
bon blsulphtd or by the use of pyretb-
mm. tobacco fumea. or keroaen« emul
Poasibls'Jurors In Haywood Casa Re
sion. Treatment with kerosene emul
veal New Prejudice.
sion has tb« advantage that It Is also
Boise, Idaho, May 16 — The unex-
destructive to a considerable variety of
other Insects which attack cultivated peeled uncovering of a vein of prejudk*
plants In conjunction with the melon •gainst Harry Orchard and hia testimo
apblk
Tala» e( Ka»lla«e.
Ensilage 1« valuable as a mean« of
dieting stock in winter, affording them
green, succulent food at that «esaon.
when nothing but tbe dry material can
ba bad. For that reason. If for no
other. It le a valuable adjunct to tbe
crops used for food. Th» farmer who
has no ensilage, but who store« In a
crop of sugar tweta, msngela. turnip«,
carrots or potatoes, will find himself
fortunate In having a variety. There
Is no difficulty in feeding roots If they
are properly stored. Roots are Injured
more by beat than by cold. Freexlng Is
not Injurious If roots sre not thawed
out too suddenly. By keeping them st
an even temperature they will
last
until tbe summer opens
Hor»e«e»b Is Feo«.
It would be, ;>erbape. Inaccurate to
■sy that horseflesh la becoming appre
ciated In France to an Increaalng de
gree.
Neceaalty may be aa potent a
factor In tbe case ae choice. But what
ever tbe explanation, there can be no
doubt that tbe consumption of bora»
flesb Is Increasing In Paris to an enor
mous extent In IKK) the yesr'a con
that sank In pure water were placed, sumption was about &.000 tons a total
with tbe result that’many remain at which one would scarcely expect to see
the top and thereby may be easily sep largely augment«-«! within a brief par-
arated and thrown away.
led. This however, la wliat has hap
pened. Tbe consumption at tbe end of
< are of II» m .
HMM had more than doubled. It stands
Bees abould be kept at a temperature for 1IMM st 11.000 tons Tbe number
ranging from <2 to 45 degree« abov« of horses was 40.000.
tero during culd westlx»r and th» hives
A Fine »ba«» Tree.
should be dry. Tbe light should be
The tulip tree, one of the most orna
excluded aa mu h as poaalbiat and tbe
hive« abould not be ex;*>»ed to euddea mental of our ehade tree«, succeeds
change« of temperature. An ample «up- well when transplanted, after tbe leaf
ply of boner abould t>e left at tbe end bude begin to ap|>ear. but It le pretty
of tbe «eason for tbe eupport of the sure to fall If removed earlier. Buch,
t>ee« during tbe winter. It Is not nee- at leasL Is tbe reported experience of
essary to put tbe hive under «belter <>ne who planted a row of them a mile
until winter a;>proachra. but It abould long, tbe tree« being all to eight feet
be In • cool location In auuuuer. If tbe high, of wblcb hardly one In a hundred
colony In each hive la not strong It will was lost. I’o«slbly. however, there was
tie of but little serví«-» until It Incrcaare something In tbe soil nr etroetton wblcb
In number. Too much warmth In win gave him sucreon. and tbe rule may
not work In all caees Tbe tulip le well
ter la not conducive to eucceaa.
worth experimenting with, fer when
grown tt le a handsome, sytametrlcal
India« ('nrw aa fnod far Maa.
Tbe dlgMtlblllty of cornmMl pre tree, with a peculiar leaf and a beau-
pared In different ways and of bom- ttflnl bloaeom
lay waa studied by tbe Maine station.
In some cases tbe corn products were
eaten with sugar, milk and eometlmea
butter, and tn others tbe diet was more
varied, though the corn product was Its
principal constituent Wheat breed
waa only studied for purpoeea of com
parison. In «vary case the dlgvwtlou
experimenta were made with healthy
VAS SliniSE 10 FIO? ECCTION
ny during the futther examination of
talesmen in the Steunenberg murder
case yoaterday le«i to the first sharp
wrangle between couneel and involved
the name of President Roosevelt in an
acrimonious iliactuwion.
Tbe jury bog was Anally fillexi with
IS talesmen subjected to examination
and temporarily parsed by both siilea at
9 40 o'clock in the afternoon and the
court announced that it waa in order for
both aides to exerciae peremptory chal
lenges. Counsel for Haywood aeketi
for a tew momenta* delay and for five
minutes they gstberwi around the chair
of the priaonei and engsgml in earnest
consultation aa to their course on the
torn occupying the jury box.
riie state eien-i»e«l its right tirvt and
excused William Van Oradale. a grocer,
who has lecupicti scat No. 2 since the
opening day of the trial.
George F.
.Maw, a young farmer with some strong
objectiona to the acte of ceitaln ele
ments In tbe labor unions of the coun
try, was then called to Hie vacant place.
The Mate |wtse«i him and he was still-
In the hand» of the drfense when ad-
jonrnmenf hont was reached.
The trial will not he resumed until
2 o’clock thia alternoon.
Paid to Join Plotters.
Kt. Petersburg, May 16.—A terrorist
conspiracy directed against the life of
Emperor Nicholae waa revealed today
by the arrret at Tsarskoe Selo of a sol
dier of the guard regiment, who today
coiitevseu to aixrpting a large bribe to
•aeist In the murder. All th« threads
of this conspiracy, which differs (tom
former attempts, are not In the hand«
of tbe tecret service men. Il la thought
that the money uee«j 1» a part of the
pr<ceeda of several political robberh«
committed last fall ami winter, when
big limits were made.
Probing Denver Land Fraud.
Denver, May Id.—The sprcial Feder
al grand Jury, tbe first to be bold in
Denvvr in many years, called to probe
Into coal and timber land frauds, con
vened here tnlfly. The work will be
in charge olF.mret Knaebel, special as
sistant to the attorney general, who has
devoted mort of hia time of the last
rear to land Investigations, and Ralph
Male«» la «be Ceew Bkeeto.
Harteell, acting United States district
If. when cutting corn, you will place
attorney. A doaen witns«ee< from Kt.
la one of your largest shocks about a louis and Milwaukee arrived today.
doaen of your cbolcaat watermelons at
Christmas when th« «now Is on th«
Drumhead Courtmartial Retained.
ground «nd the frost la on tbe plane,
Kt. Peterslrurg, May, 16 —The ensm-
you can alt by tbe roaring fire and eat
eil of the empire rejected the bill which
one of your melons wblek bsa kept sll waa passed April 90 by the lower houae
that tinea Is tha shock off corn.—rarm •bcliahlng trials by drumbead court
Juumsk
martial.