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twinkling, black eyes
"Would you honor me by coming as
my guests to the P&es?" he said des
perately, remembering that his credit
ought to be good there.
But old Mrs. Glendennin broke in
Water Bnnfdng
her white lace parakol and she setting I wouldn't bate anything to do vith
ms .hean afire wit ? the flash of her Anne Aliss Glendenin."
"Why ?" snapped Caldwell.
"Well, she bunkoed you out of that,
ten, that's all."
"But don't you vsee it was her ten, I
was paying it back. She put it " .
"No, she didn't. I" slipped , that ten
Best Means off Health
with: "We'll be delighted to be your into your vest pocket myself." John
guests, Mr. Caldwell, but won't you II. Raftery, in the Chicago Record-
humor us by taking , us to the Shel- Herald.
Durne t it's all the ;same to . you, I
suppose, and Anne has her heart set
on the music there. Haven't you,
Anne?" s . v v ro- . .. ,
And so to the Shelburne they went,
Steve trying to forget that he had less
than a dollar, living only each succes
FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY.
HP
SB
STEVE CALDWELL'S vacation
at North Harbor had not been
profitable. He had not rested,
had not found his afllnity
amongst the lawn-decked 'beauties of:
the place, was tired, remorseful and
"broke." Thursday, having counted
his small change and telephoned home
for enough money to pay his bill, he
determined to leave on the Saturday
nieht boat. He told himself that the
summer girls of North Harbor had
"worked him to a finish.". He called
himself "a mark," and vowed that
thereafter he would "vacate" in some
trackless, primeval forest, where the
wiles of women penetrate not and
where high balls and penny ante are
remote and uncanny memories.
Then he met Miss Glendennin and
the whole face of nature was changed.
The dowdy little summer resort be
came a paradise; he yearned to prolong
his visit; the horizon suddenly expand
ed, the skies lifted and he noticed the
Started in Charleston, S. C., in 1698 and
4y is Still in Operation.
Thfe city of Charleston boasts of the
first library in this country supported
by public funds. In the year 1698 the
sivft moment in her presence, hectic South 'Carolina Assembly-appropriated
with alternate joy and embarrassment, a substantial sum ofytnoney tor the
till they were well along toward the purchase of books for a publicHbrary.
coffee. -He urged the ladies to order The Lords Proprietors supplemented
this, that and the other-anything that the appropriation, later, and the library
would defer the catastrophe and pro- was governed by officials appointed by
long his rapture. On tenter hooks of the Assembly, under the oldest library
delight and terror, at last he saw Mow- laws of America. ; -
att strolling across the verandah. He In 1749 officers of a Library Society
hailed his friend as a deliverer, and were elected in Charleston, and soon
Jerry was soon chatting with them, had a membership of one hundred and
No, he would have nothing; he had sixty. At the .time of the Revolution
just dined; he was going for a sail this society owned between six and
with the Hild-ebrandts. Steve winked, seven thousand books, besides pam-
Care of Colts. -
Young colts are easily Injured and
'seem to use but little precaution for
To avoid Injury they
ri mit vn nnghiMc fhnt
personal sanitation, and - the danger- of disease may dA Vnt! 'mZ.
wire fences They should be eiven an
- To Mark Poultry.
The illustration' shows the shape of
a: leather leg band used by a. Massa-'
chusetts man,' It' was made from a
band sent us by hinT which one of his
grimaced and in a dozen ways tried to
send him wireless telegrams of distress
financial distress but Mowatt, cursa
him, either could not or would not see
them.
Matters were becoming desperate.
Steve saw the waiter making out-the
bill. He excused himself a moment
and tried to walk jauntily as he ap
proached the cashier's desk. He ex-
phlets and philosophical instruments,
all of which save about 200 volumes
were destroyed by the great fire of
1778. The society, however, preserved
its identity, began the labor of collec
tion, and in 1836 removed to the build-
ins which it now occupies. It was en
dowed in 1900 with the property, real
and personal, of the South Carolina
Jockey Club, including the historic
By G. T. Palmer. M. D.
$KSS$$g&8 HE human body contains a complete sewerage system In wnlch
poisonous and disease-producing refuse is constantly gather-
m J"B. auu juuyaruji&uiK me ueuiu. says invention, xne same 1 tR.
"., ' . ... - - a . ' ' - : - I said v. ... J.U . '
S ruie wmcn applies' to - municipal, sanitation will also apply sh0uid be turned out
to rjersonai ' sanitation. ana tup -. rmncrer- "HIspusa mmr
K5CS3?88& be forestalled by flushing out' this sewerage system with
.-v.vj.i.j,ui.,iiiI1u-i,-., ioe garnering 01 mm ,irom aUowance of ground oats at least twice
a n also be treated S
w"18 BU L yuieuiia gejueraieu vjf xiits ; oouuy - ineiauoiisin, coiieciea pets
in me excretory organs, win 3 eoparaize tne lives or tne millions or in
habitants of the bodythe living cells. Every action of muscle or of nerve
is accompanied by the iiestruction of - cells, which, . if not eliminated, will
"accumulate, like clinkers. .; ;. " ; ;VV;-'"-i r -'. ;5 -:
Aside from the mere "choking of the flues," we must bear in mind that
the body is constantly generating poisons, which, if eliminated freely, will
do no harm; but which, if retained, will be productive of disease. Such a
poison is uric acid, which is charged justly with causing rheumatism, gout,
constant headaches, dizziness, and a train of other symptoms, and it must
be seen that if the accumulation of refuse is the cause of such conditions,
the logical means of cure is its elimination.. Other' "products of matabolism"
create their own types of disease, and all may be prevented by the free use
of water. - r '::. . ;v.,;'-:-
A beginning of kidney trouble lies in the fact that 'people, especially hens had worn for two years. It was
women, do not drink enough water. They pour down tumblers of ice water made from a piece of , old glove,, kid
as an accompaniment to a meal; but that is worse than no water, the chill will do, as there is no particular wear
preventing digestion, and indigestion being a direct promoter of kidney
disease. A tumbler of water sipped in the moraine immediately on risinir.
another at night, are recommended by physicians. Try to drin'i as little
water as possible with meals, but take a glassful half an hour. to an hour
before eating. This rule persisted in day after day, month after month,
the complexion will improve and the general health likewise. Water drunk
with meals should be sipped, as well as taken sparingly.
LSATHBB LEG BAND.
on it, and was three inches long by
one-half inch wide. Orange Judd
Farmer.
plained that he had "left his money Washington Race Course, now. leased
by the Charleston Exposition.
The society's collection includes
; much that is rare and interesting sev
eral volumes of Incunabula, "Mr. Wm.
Shakespeare's comedies, histories and
tragedies, published according to the
original copies. Second impression;
London." "Printed by Thos. Cote for
in his other suit." Was he a guest of
the Shelburne? No. Then the cashier
was "very sorry to say, but," etc.
Steve grew red and gray by turns, but
he went back to his table and sat like
a graven image for a whole minute.
Then he twiddled his watch chain
furiously for another minute. Miss
Why
Clpnrtpimin whn ant nprt'tn Viim r Robt. Allot, and are to be sold at the
. w W UliU I . ' ,
punut iiuuic jyuus ticed the ruby Chinese ring he wore on sign of the Black Bear.e, hT St. Paul's
1i nit Tint Uc xvcic hrnlro flit vvVk-a I.. ... I . - . -
the air. But he was broke flat broke,
and rhapsodize as he might about her
beauty, her gentleness, her evident re
gard for himself, he could not see any
the chain. and leaned over to examine Church-yard, 1761." There are files of
it. Here was a brief but priceless
oasis in the desert of his troubles. He
felt the pressure of her perfect hand
upon his arm. He caught the vague
fragrance of her ebon hair. But Mow
att came around suddenly, shook hands
with Steve, and said good-by. Cald
well could have throttled him as he
stood an instant grinning into his face.
It was evident that Jerry understood
The awful predicament his friend was
newspapers from 1732 to date, a collec
tion of autograph, letters ; and one of
mss. , -
, t - Mines of "Wax.
In several parts of the world a res
inous substance, called ozocerite, and
bearins considerable resemblance to
beeswax, is found, usually in connec
tion with rock salt and coal. There
9 4 ,
Potato is m Art
By Alice Dynes Fealing, B. S.
1 E often hear the remark that some would-be cook "cannot
; boil potatoes." The truth is, few cooks prepare this dish prop
erly. :The girl who understands science knows that the potato
Innn Vvil . fill J 1 1 1 J3 M.1 1 J J t. t.t.
jas,, medium cooks .the starch and softens the cellulose of. the po
))tato. Physics has taught her that,, under ordinary pressure,
water never becomes any warmer after th boilins uoint (212 decrees
Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Centigrade) is reached; therefore she allows the
water, to remain, at boiling temperature until the heat has penetrated and
cooked the vegetable. She then removes the water at once and has' a mealy,
flaky potato. True, without her knowledge of science, she might obtain
the same result accidentally.
'iEJJ 453' 2r
The Corn-Fed Hojr
When the time comes that the cook
prefers cottonseed oil to lard for house
hold use, we shall expect to see what
is called the bacon , hog, with two
streaks of lean to one of fat, take the
place and sell for as good a price in our
markets as the corn-fed animals. W
do not mean that it will be necessary
to go back to the animals that weighed
400 or 500 pounds when slaughtered,
because feeders have learned that they
can be fattened at 175 to 225 pounds,
be well fattened," too, but the thin-
backed, scant-hammed and, peaked
nosed tribe do not find favor among
our marketmen. however .well they
may be liked by the aristocracy of Eng
land. And they do not care for them
unless they come from Ireland or Dec
mark. The Cultivator.
in, and was deliberately deserting him. mania- P' Algeria, Canada and
But the economical villain vp stPVP Mexico, but, says the Brooklyn Citizen,
no chance to say a word, much less to ozocerite has, so far, not been dis
make a auick nnd dpxtprnn "tnnoh covered in sufficient quantities to pay
He bowed crandilv to the-ladips find for mining anywhere except in the dis
was eone likp a flash trict of Roryslav, in Austrian Galicia,
A.s Pfliiiwpii tnmoA min i, .novo-. and on an island on the west coast of
Economical Fovltry Fatteninjj.
While the Maine Experiment Station
has got as satisfactory results from
But she is quite as likely to continue the feeding poultry In small houses add
cooking until the starch is partly dextrinized and a gummy, sticky potato yards, the ' Ontario Agricultural Col-
iM'lu Austria, ltussia,' iuiu-f " -. yra"i3v;iC . 1Alt: s-vp1 quite . xiKeiy - to enaea vor .xo.. nasten tne i lege, uas uoue. uepueuiy utier..yv ueu
twiuug yiuuesa uy auuing tuei -to;. tne nre;, tnus causing violent uoilmg, me iowis were connneu m smaii coops,
believing that she is thus attaining her object. She may cause the vege- Those fed in loose pens, with five
table to break by the mechanical action of the water, or the liquid may square feet space to each bird, gained
splash over on the stove or . pass off in steam, but in no case is the cooking eleven pounds per crate of twelve birds
accomplished in less time. Thus 'a knowledge of the "simple laws of physics at a cost of 7.44 cents per pound and
prevents, a waste of fuel, a point in economy well worth consideration.
a fleeting look of puzzled curiosity up
on the expressive face of his idol.
: "She's on to me," he thought," and
blushed like a schoolboy. Mrs. Glen
dennin was getting nervous. The
waiter had brought the finger bowls
long ago and was skulking near a pil
lar with anticipation of a liberal fee.
Steve's right hand wandered aimlessly
into his trouser's pocket.
"Eighty-five cents, count 'em," he
thought, grimly biting his mustache.
the Caspian Sea. In mining this min
eral wax shafts are sunk until a bed
or "nest" of ozocerite is struck. Then
connecting galleries are driven. There
is considerable danger, and many lives
have been lost in consequence of the
sudden forcing up of the soft wax into
the -shafts by the enormous pressure
to which it is subjected. It is used
largely for manufacturing ceresin,
which is employed, together with bees
wax, for making wax candles, as well
The Praise of Science;
Then his fingers stole up into his vest as in the manufacture of phonograph
REMORSEFUL AND BROKE.
pocket. He felt a hard, round bit of
metal, clutched it, looked at Miss
Glendennin and turned purple. He
pulled out a $10 gold piece and tried
to look his gratitude at her. He suc
ceeded in looking foolish, but she
smiled faintly and sighed with pleased
relief. The old ladv noticed nothing
cylinders, and for many similar pur
poses.
Stataes of Queens.
There are three queens commemor
ated by statues in the city of London
Victoria, Anne and Elizabeth though
most Londoners would be puzzled to
ing frown and asked, "What's matter,
JStevie?"
"I'm broke," said Caldwell.
"Shouldn't be surprised. So'm
But you're going home, aren't you?'
"Yep. Got to."
I.
met her twice and was sure he had Steve paid the bill and gave the bob- ?n? he efl , e ,las na1me?' ff"e
"made an impression." There could DmS waiter a dollar. When they
he no doubt as to what she had doner talked into the cool air Caldwell felt
for Steve had not known her a day as a man feels whose reprieve is de-
when he was telegraphing to his house leered at the gallow's trap. He was
for permission to extend his vacation. sure now that Anne, his Anne, was an
They said "No" very curtly, and he angel. Such tact, such sympathetic
moped. Jerry Mowatt,' who had come acumen, such considerate regard for
with Steve and who disapproved of his his feelings, his dignity, his vanity!
extravagance, saw his friend's lower- Me told her, in a whisper, that she
was a goddess. In the evening he
found that Jerry was yet out on the
water, so he borrowed a $10 gold piece
from the hotel clerk and hastened to
his tryst with Miss Glendennin. It
was midnight when he returned to his
'But you're sick of the hole, aren't room and found Mowatt in pajamas
you?" smoking a pipe.
"N-no-that is, I'd like it if I could "Jerry," said Caldwell, "I'm going to
afford it." mari-y that girl yes, Miss Glendennin,
But when Saturday came and he had lf 1 can and 1 think I can. You didn't
the check, just enough to pay hW bill, see.that I was broke o-day atdinner,
Caldwell couldn't make up his mind to did' you? Of course not. You found
go. To brace himself for the test he t easy to 0 blind, deaf and dumb all
Paid his last $5 to the hotel clerk and at once. But I forgive you. Do you
the next minute wished he had kept it. kpow what she did? She saw I was in
He couldn't go without another tete-a- a fix about settling the bill and she
tete with Miss Glendennin. He took managed to slip a $10 gold piece into
a walk that led him down toward the my pocket while she1 was examining
heuch past her cottage. Her mother this watch charm. I'd die for a woman
'as hi the verandah,' but Anno, his like that, Jerry." . ; .
loadstar, was at a lawn fete. He moped "But are you sure? How do you
back to his hotel. The next day was know?" t
Sunday. Caldwell, wnrshinin?? from "I made her admit it to-niffht. First
r i O I- ., I U1W VA.
kuw Mjss Glendennin and her sdiu uo, oi course, ana tnea to get shells as in more important things, and
bother go into the village church. He anSry when I insisted &n paying her the main idea in their scheme of color-
is left untouched in her lonely splen
dor in St. Paul's churchyard, says the
London Chronicle. The figure of our
late queen at Temple Bar is bejng
cleaned by the corporation, as is also
that of her son and successor at the
arae place, and it is to be regretted
that, while their loyalty leads them to
brighten the obstructive column which
bears these statues, it is not strong
enough to inspire them to remove that
beast that never grew (or that bird
that never flew) which crowns it. It is,
however, sad that at the church of St.
Dunstan's in the west, only a few yards
off, the greed of seat letters will pre
vent the king from seeing the fine old
effigy of one of the most famous of hia
famous predecessors, great Elizabeth.
Probably Edward VII: ' will regret
that a' three-guinea seat blocks his
view of the sister of Edward VI.
Birds' Eggs and Science.
It is not often that science acknowl
edges herself at fault in an apparently
simple matter, but she frankly does so
in regard to the color and marking of a
large proportion of birds' eggs. A rea
son there must be -for their infinite di
versityit cannot be an esthetic one,
and all we can say with any confidence
is that the ever-pervading instinct of
distrust is probably .exhibited in egg
By Garrett P. Seryiss
.a ENJAMIN FRANKLIN is mentioned In any history of modtrn
awWA times; Daniel Webster in any history of America. .
Thus writes Dr. Edward Everett Hale, In praising some of
$ X the great men of our country. s
J T Consciously or, not, he has pnt into one pregnant sentence the
t p f praise of science.
r J & For, if you ask yourself: "Why does Franklin's name appear
in histories which omit the name of Webster?" your only reply
TTiT can be: "Because Franklin's scientific investigations and discov
eries have made his name a household word in every civilized
land, while Webster's political services, great as they were, affected nar
rower interests and stirred the minds of fewer people the world over."
. And this is byno means a solitary instance; on the contrary, it may be
called an expression of a general law.1 All through human history it has been
so. and not only in modern times. 5 But a very few of the foremost poets and
great conquerers have won places as lofty in the temple of fame as those
occupied by the leaders in scientific thought and achievement.
Alexander's name is not more widely , celebrated than that of his master,
Aristotle. Homer has not lived longer on men's tongues than Euclid.
Columbus in some respects stands alone, although science may with more
reason claim him than any other branch of human effort.;
Is Shakespeare, with his universal popularity, after all more widely
known or respected than Newton? Would not more histories leave out the
name of Luther than that of Copernicus? . .
Does not Galileo's fame tower as high as that of his countryman, Michael
Angelo? If no account of the career of mankind could ignore Napoleon and
his victories, as little could it omit Laplace and his mathematics. " v
Put yourself in the place of an intelligent" reader 500 years hence looking
back upon the nineteenth century. Would he behold any figure among men
towering higher than that of Darwin? - ; V f ; " r - : '
The presidents ! and kings, and politicians and fighters, and spinners of
literary gossamer, and blowers of metaphysical bubbles, and hoarders of
gold and' banknotes' will then present almost a dead level, a little tumbled
perhaps with the excrescences of vanity, above which Darwin's fame will
rise like a pyramid. . , .
: Especially let the young man, stirred by an honorable ambition to make
the best use of this world's time and opportunities, remember that as the
ages roll by- the poorest figure of all Is cut by the mere' money-bags, the
"king" of this, that or the other form of "industry" and greed. Into the
jieaven - of lasting fame and honor it is indeed harder for the rich man
to enter "than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle." '
The hope of humanity on this earth is based upon the advance of science.
The human mind instinctively recognizes that fact, and this Is the reason
why the name of Benjamin Franklin is familiar in lands where - that of
George Washington is seldom heard and that of Daniel Webster Is forgot
ten. American and Journal. : .
sold at nine cents per pound. Those
fed in coops gained in the same time
fifteen pounds at a cost of 6.21 cents
per pound and gold at ten cents pfir
pound. Those kept in crates and fed
with cramming machine gained 21
pounds at a cost of 4.88 cents per
pound and sold at eleven cents per
pound. Equal parts milk and grain
were used.
"K'ent in, too, and sat droning in a back
Pew during the dull service. When
"ley came out he was on the walk,
oeaming, glorified with the reflected
Sht of her countenance.
n, we're so glad to see yon, Mr.
aidwell," she said. "We're going to
! a midday dinner at the hotel
ired of our cottage fare, you know,
ttave you tried the Shelburne cuisine?
ey Sfly it's wonderful.': . : :. ;.. ; ',
luey were walking now, he holding
back, but-
"But what?"
"Finally, when she saw that it would
grate on my pride to resist longer, she
took back her ten." . V :
Mowatt smoked furiously for. five
minutes. Steve, speechless with. ex:
citement, began to lose his temper.
' Well,V he bawled at last, "aren't
you going to say a word?" .-
"Steve," .drawled Mowatt, .: lolling
back in bis chair, "if I were you 1
ation has been the securing of safety
from many enemies by": harmonizing
them with their surroundings. But it
is a scheme full of perplexing' excep
tions, which any one can study for him
self- at this charming season. Pall Mall
Gazette. " ,
A Cheap Homemade Fence. -
I improvised this spring what was
intended to be a temporary fence, bit
have decided to let it remain. It is
made with smooth wire, is easy to
build, cheap, effective, and I believe
durable. The slabs are heart pine, and
light Such slabs cost here fifty cents
per 100., I used a twisted wire bought
some years ago for $2 per 100 pounds.
I estimate the cost as approximating
twenty cents per rod put up, including
cedar posts, set twenty feet apart.
Three wires were stretched the whole
line. I had been tearing down" some
old buildings and had a lot of slabs
five feet long, about three inches wide,
and a scant half inch thick. I wove
these in with the "wire and also dug a
ahallow trench to keep the lower ends
of the slats in placev I did not use a ...
wire stretcher but drew the wire pretty
tight and the weaving process took up
the slack. The fence as finished looks
neat, and stops chickens, turkeys, dogs
and larger stock. W. H. Rowland, in
New England Homestead.
Awkward. .
The awkward man may not be slow,
yet he always wants a day of grace..
Chicago News. V
To II an ST a Scythe. '
During one of their college vacations
Daniel Webster and his brother re
turned to their father's farm. Think
ing he had a right to some return for
the money he had expended on their
education, the father gave them
scythes and requested them to mow.
Daniel made a few sweeps and then
stopped to wipe his brow and rest:
"What's the matter, Dan?" asked
his father. ,-: .
"My seythe don't hang right, sir."
His father fixrd it and Dan went to
work again, but with no better suc
cess. Something' was wrong with the
implement, and it was not long bef ore
it needed .fixing again, when his father
said impatiently: "
"Well, hang it to suit yourself."
Daniel; with great composure, hung
it on a near tree, and retired from the
field. Philadelphia Times,
v : '
Thick as Leaves. ' . , ;
In Liverpool, which is the densest
and -unhealthiest district in England,
the population is 63,S23 to the square
mile. ' "
. All the heroes' are not married, but.
all the married men are heroes. ' '
How to. Begin Dairying."
In many localities dairying would be
profitable, but farmers are not used to
this kind of work, and , take to It slow
ly. The first thing to overcome is the
dislike for the work. This is a difficult
problem, as few men are really fond of
milking. If this can be overcome by
keeping: good; cows which , make the
business profitable, the next serious
problem is that of good roads. Poor
roads are a great detriment where milk .
has to be hauled to the creamery. Mr.
Gilkerson, of Northern Illinois, former
ly i dairyman in the Elgin district,
believes that large, roomy cows should
be 'selected, possibly Short-Horns or
Holsteins. He believes that a general
purpose animal, that Is, one producing
large quantities cf jinllk and also fairly.,
good beef, is the best. He admits
that raising one's own cows is the best
method, but, under present conditions, .
he thinks it more profitable for farm
ers to buy their cows from outside,
sources, selecting rangy animals with
milk characteristics. Get up a co-operative
creamery association as soon as
possible. Remodel barns so that win
ter dairying can be carried on, as this
is by far the most profitable. Ameri
can Agriculturist. ' -