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VOL. XXIII.
1 IN THE CHINA SEA
A NARRATIVE
g llj fSKWABD
jj (PiIPTBHIHT I'M I1T
CHAPTER II.
('ONTINTEJ'.
"Y'nM umko a good detective," re
plied th officer. "Well, I'll toll yer
what, I'll go up and sort o' size up
the house Hint keep wutoh, while you
K ninl see thu cup'n. If tint oitp'n
thinks there's anything iu it, he'll
rgive yon some men. Anyhow, y'uM
better tell liiui where I am, so that 1
won't get iroil for not being round
when Kuiiuds eomos along."
"I'll lix that. What's your name
snd uuuiber'."
'VJiia Sykes, Number 12'.!."
"All right. Look out fur the In nt
tree and tape," I said, as I turned to
leave him.
I had not gone many Mops when I
beard the. rattle, of u ourriugc. 1
railed .Sykes, and ho came, plodding
bayk to inert me.
"What do you want now?''
"Sec if that carriage in empty, will
yon, 1 prefer riding to walking just
UQW."
i "Yer right, young feller. 'Tuint no
fun walking from here to heudipiur
tors thin time of night. Hey there!
Hey there, I tell yer!"
"What yer want? I ain't no fief,"
Thin from the driver of the carriage,
which hy this time gut fin..-i to us.
"Ho,ve yer pit a passenger?"
"Vluv. Dou't want none. (Join' to
tho stable."
i "Not yet, Pelo. Como hero and
drive this gentlemen to head iiiartors.
Hce?"
, "Sykosy, you make inn tirol!"
Sriiiuhlod "Pete, "as In- slowly turned
tho heads of his horses toward the
curb.
1 stepped into the carriage, and the
tired horses plodded away wiih me on
mj errand. Ollieer Sykes tramped up
Dank street and was wmi lost iu thu
durkue.ss.
liy the aid of n niateh I looked at
my. wateh. It win half past two.
Jn twenty minutes I was ut police
lieaditiurter.s. A burly doorman ad
mitted me and demanded my errand.
1 told him 1 wanted to talk privately
with the ollieer highest iu command.
"This way," he said. "Captain
Watson is iu the office. ''
Captain Wutsou was a grim, pray
old veteran. He seemed to me. to he
hu ideal man to hold watch and sway
jer the peueu of a great city in the
mysterious hours of night. Ho
greeted me cordially, and told mo to
fcit down and tell him i.;y story.
1 told him t vei ytliiiiK. I did Hot
omit any of tho minor details. I talked
rapidly, so he would nut get impatient,
lmt I was determined he f-liould s o
the iuiporuiuee of tho occasion. I even
told him about tin Claim: mil finding
tne at Phistei's, and how he acted a:id
bow he looked.
Tho ruptian sat with half-shut eyes
during this portion of my narrative,
and seemed to take very little interest
if, indeed, ho took any iu what I
was telling him. I heguu to feel dis
couraged. Hut when I began to describe tho
flirl which I did with a minuteness
of d itail that surprised even myself
his manner changed perceptibly. His
keen, cold ryes tci titini.cd my incests
I talked, and seemed to be rendering
his ears valuable assistance in taking
in all I said. When I had tiuished
and had told what I had done to make
it possible to identify the house, and
had told of my meeting with Oilict r
Sykes, the captain relapsed into his
old attititile of apparent listlessii"ss.
His head seemed to drop down into
his shoulders, and his eyes, now nearly
closed again, gave him the appearauce
f being very drowsy.
I was plunged into momentary de
spair. Surely, I thought, this kind
of tragedy was not so common in San
Francisco that tho police shut their
eyes to it.
I had about made up my mind to
ay something, when tho grizzled head
began to separate itself from the collar
of the coat into which it had sunk.
The keeu eyes looked at me, through
me, far past me. I saw that the cap
tain, instead of being indifferent, was
in a deep study. He slowly unfolded
his six feet of length, and, going to a
cabinet of drawers iu one comer of the
room, he took from a small closet a
photograph.
"We have showed this to so many
iu the last tw e::ty-four li'iiirj," ho : aid,
"and always without result, that 1 do
not even hope for sur.uss now. Still,
your description uo.aes dangerously
near."
He handed me tho picture. My first
glance at it sent a thrill of terror
through me. Iu my bliudness I had
stumbled uku a police mystery! A
feeling of nausea came over me. My
brain, usually cool, sooaie.l now to
leel. There was no doubt of it. I
held in my hand tho likeness of tho
girl I ha 1 jut left iu tho Chinaman':)
house. Oh, how I cursed myself for
a fool! fool! To come away and
leave that girl to the mercy of that
whelp of Satan! I could not speak
for a moment. Recovering myself,
with an etlVnt, I handed back the pic
ture and calmly said:
' Captain, that u the girl."
If there ha 1 beeu occasion to tin I
fault with Captain Watson tor inat
tention before, there was no oppor
tunity to do so now. lie strode about
as ii on the mop .-.it id opening a
treuieu Ions hit!'..' He to.udicd u
button iu hi-, do-!, that no doubt ran 14
a bull iu sown otuvi' routii. Ho ruiitf
0
OF ADVENTURE.
5tt
WV IIOI'KINS.
ItnllKUT DoSSl.R'K HnSS.1
tho telephono bell, and hurriedly
culled up thu superintendent. A dozen
blue-coated policemen, armed wit ti
heavy night-clubs, tiled in, 110 doubt
iu response tothe electric summons.
In a moment tho reply ring came on
tho telephone. A hurried consultation
took place between tho captain and
his chief. Captain Watson, in as few
words us possible, told my story again.
1 did not hear the replv, but it was
evidently decisive. The captain called
a sergeant aside and spoke in a low
tone. Then turning to me, ho said:
"There will bo no dif.ioully about
finding the house, will Here?"
"No. I made safe there. If you
ore going to stud there, 1 will go along
and lead the way."
"That will be bettor, periuips, al
though the location, ol course, is as
well known to tho police as this cor
ner is."
"Of coins.'. I!ut tho houses all
look alike, and have no numbers. I
will go."
"Very well. Then, sergeant, you
know what to do. Doctor, you had
better come back lo re; when it is over.
Tito superintendent will bo lu re and
may want to seo you."
I promised to return, and we went
out. Near the curb stood it pidrol-vugon-,
drawn by a team of splendid
horses. Tho driver of my carriage
bad, under my orders, waited for no'.
Six oliicers had beeu chosen to ac
company t he sergeant. These got into
the patrol-wagon. The. seiyoant uud
1 sealed ourselves iu the c.trri.cre.
"Ibive lii: l to the place whi le you
picked tne up," I said to do driver.
"1 can direct you better from there."
Wo were soon cluttering over the
pavements to the rescue.
Reaching Hank street, under my
directions, we turned toward Sand.
Wo drove morn slowly here. We
t. lined into Sand street and 1 showed
tiu scrgenut the landmarks I had
noted.
"I'oli. entail Sykes must be right
hero," 1 said, gn'.ing iilong tho side
walk. We s ion foil u 1 him.
"Hello, Sykes!" said the sergeant.
"Have you seen anything?"
"Not a thing."
"Is this the house?" s tid tho sor
geiiut, pointing to the one iu front of
which wo stood.
"Yes," said Sykes. "Tilery's the
tape around that tree."
"Hiug the bell."
Tho oliicers hud followed us. and we
went up the sloop iu a body. Sykes
gave a tremendous pull at the bell.
There was no reply.
"That fellow that brought me here
didn't 1 ing; he rapped. Let me see if
1 can imitate it."
I gave three cpiick raps and t n o slow
ones. We waited. Not a sound
broke the stillness save tho heavy
bl eat 'is of tho men around me.
"Creak dow 11 tho door," said the
sergeant.
The men united their strength iu a
gran I assault oil tho door, and the
hinge- gave way before them.
"Whew!" ejaculated the sergeant,
us the hot air came into bis lace.
"Wl.c.t 11 smell:" said Sykes.
"They're beasts, them fellows. "
Tho same dingy light was it. the
hall that ha! been there bcioiv. lut
no pet ling eyes were tin re to giuc
oil us
"This way," I said, bounding up
the stairs. "Hero is the room."
The door was not locked. Wo poured
in, and I made straight for the bed.
It was empty.
"She's gone!" I said, with my heart
almost iu my mouth.
''.Search the house!" commanded
the sergeant. "Hreitk down every
door and look i ito every coi ner. If
any one oilers resistance, shoot him."
Willi drawn revolvers tho officers
charged through tho house. I looked
at my watch. It was four o'clock.
Not more than an I. our an 1 a half had
elapsed since f had left an unconscious
patient in thy room, but she anil her
keepers had vanished as completely
as though they never bad exist id. 1
felt sick. I was not nceil' touted 1 1
this soil of thing. My mind he.'.au to
till with vague but horrible visions, in
which the gill's probable fate stood
out w ith awful distinctness. The sly
cunning of titc Chinamen and my own
stupidity helped 0 dismay me an I
added a stittg to the bitterness of my
thoughts.
"Where hits that imp takeu her,"
growled tho sergeant, as ho prowled
through room after room, prying into
corners and closets.
I ha I never realized before In w
many dark corners a hmuo really had.
Tho longer w e searched the more eager
we became i,:id the more weird the
situation became, l'.veiy creak i i the
obi llo.ir startled me, and tho voice-,
id the others us they spoke to each
other iu giuil tones made mo look
stealthily around. Mystery seemed
to bo in eveiy nook uud closet.
Ollieer Sykes was apparently the
most duiubfuiiude 1 policeman to be
found iu California. Ho knew that
no one had left the house for wasn't
lie right in trout of .t' Was ho blind,
that a young woman could be curried
past huu by seveiul Ch.uaiueu uud he
not kttow it?
" lint you don't know w hat was g
!); on in Uie leu." -.u.ilho s i. 'cunt,
"'this fel'.ov. . I." doubt, has made h
w.iy out too luck -door in 1 1' UoW safe
iu sotuu lieifchbur's houio. iut wu'li
find him. yet. We'll find him yet, or
else I'm no prophet!"
I had my suspicious of Officer
Sykes. Hut it is not always a good
plan to air your opinions of certain
people in certain places, ho I held my
peace. Rut tothisduy the escape of
that. Chinaman is the greatest mystery
of the whole affair. There was 110 use
looking any further. The house was
empty.
'J' ho sergeant gave sundry orders to
his men, under which they scattered
themselves through the neighborhood.
All patrolmen were to be asked if they
had seen unv one answering to the do-
! script ion of the girl or the h i Hainan.
lint I hud 110 hope 111 all the plans ho
projected. I felt a seuseof insecurity
ill the help of some of the poiiee, I
know that we were defeated.
I accompanied tho sergeant back to
headiiitiirters. In our absence the
siiperiulei dent had arrived. He
heard the report of the sergeant in
amazement. lie hastily wrote out a
message, rang a bell, and handed
I,., tin, I n l ilt, mi to 11 'i ollieer w ho
responded.
"Send that dispatch to every port
011 tho coast," he said.
Then he told 1110 the pitiful story of
tho girl.
Her name was Annie' lbtlstoii. Her
I father was one of tho wealthiest and
I most prominent men of California,
j His power and iulliieuco was felt in
I politics, State uud 11 itional. Tim
J social position of tho family was of
: the very highest. The homestead
was a tine large place at Oakland,
j Annie was tho hello of her circle of
: friends, which was very large. She
: was talented and brilliant. She made
j a lasting impression on any 0110 w ho
saw her. Her father's house was the
I constant scene of social festivity.
I Some one was always being enter
tained there. He had once been Seu
I utor, and his stately house ut Wash
: iugtou hud been noted for its opeii
) handed hospitality,
j In all this Annie shone resplendent,
I by til, beauty and accomplishment),
j I'otculates of foreign nations ha 1 been
'glal to sit at her feet and worship
! her. Proposals of mar. iug' had be. n
I made to her by representatives
i of European nations, and even
j by titled noblemen of weiltli. Hut to
j ail these she turned a deaf ear. She
' was uii American. She lovod America
i and Americans. Her greatest love
the love of her life must go to an
i American. All this, of course, was
I from the story that her people 1m l
i told the superintendent. There was
' not the least, doubt au to its uhs-oliite
1 truth.
1 Suddenly she was misse 1 from h"i
: Oakland home. She lift no word
j 110 sign. There was no reason for her
I going. No whim of hers had ever
I been tipposed. Hut sue was pone
utterly and completely. Her lather
and her brother had visited the police
of Oakland and Sun l'Y.iuciseo. It
had been discovered by the Oakland
police that a stranger an individual
of unknown nationality with a
w icked pair of eyes and a livid scar on
i tho right side of his face had been
I seen iu Oakland, ha l spent money
I fret ly, had been iu the company ol
I several of tie! most worthless char
I actors of the place nil 1 hud disup
! peared again. It was further learned
J that a person answering somew hat to
j the description of him, but wearing a
I board, boarded -i train for San frail -!
eiseo the night Annie Ralston w a
i missing, with a woman w ho wasclo.-e-!
ly veiled and seemingly totally help
j less and very ill.
j There the clew ended. No pet-son
I had seen them leave the train nt San
franeiseo, mr nt any other place.
I The police of all cities had been iioti-
tied of this, and a watch was being
! kept. Her mother, so the i.uperiuleu-
dent sai l, was now prostrated with
! grief. I lev father win well-nigh dis
tracted. Her lit'othcr, 11 man uta'ioui
thirty, who was more of a student
than a mull of tho worfl, followed
helplessly in his futher's wake, unable
to ussist, by even a suggestion, the
unraveling of the awful mystery.
! U was not to be wondered at, then,
j. that my recital of what I had soeiiitn l
'my ideutiticitioii of the picture had
stirr.il the police, force of 8.111 l'ruii
j eiseo even to its highest ollieer. I'is
I appointment was plainly visible on his
j i ice, at our failure to capture the
I Chinaman and Ins iotim. His white,
! sot lips, left Ko'doiibtof his ileteriuin
j jitiou to do his 'iituiost. There was tin
I doubt of his suitvrity.
j 1 left him with a sad heart. I fe!t
: iu homo way responsible for all this
1 failure. It was daylight. My driver,
I disgusted at my long delay, hud do
j parted. I injur le 1 a car uud stoo 1
! i.ioodilv on thu bhitforni, stolidly
t eiuoki.ig u'wl ruminating over the
events of tho night. Never befoii!
I bad I soeiued.'so suialt ill my own es
f timatiou.
1 ill 1!K CONI'INt'l l).
j Tli Ill-cut !-Vai;Ui-luitliin tCiupIr.
j A.vordrag to a recent writer thf
I great Anglo-Indian empire is com
j posed of niuo large provinces (Assam,
I Cengul, llenarc'.', lioiubiv. Human,
I Central I'l'oVinces, M t dviis. Northeast
Provinces, Punjab) undubont l!"t) dis
tricts, besides there air More than
! Cell I feudatory states. .sublet to the com
; trol of the thveiuo!-ionct;.! of India,
j i he urea is about I.H a'," s.piart
1 miles, uud tho population c!o-o on
' s7, i :;,( i,u 1. India po-.-eses almost.
! all climates cold 111 the Himalayas.
; hot aud temperate Kuropcaii cliuuitt
i 1 tho m uiut kins, tropical iu fetiga!,
the liutlges, tho lad is uud the coiiit.
j An Ancient CuliiiOul (oi.l Hill.
A grist tijiil at Wateitovn, Mar-s.,
is kno.vn t have been in use us fat
; bac! as lii to, w hen it is believed b;
; have been a town institution. It i!
now the property of the Waltliaol
Savings' I'eiuk, uud ti!l c., atonies t.
C.iii.l corn by means :' the npptr line
nv'.'ier 1 11!'' '. .'lie.-. UMir; wuicc s 11
motive fuwer.
PKOiflT L PECAN GROVES
NO OTHER BRANCH OF ARBORICUL
TURE PAYS SO WEUU
One Man Him Hai'tcil I lllf Arira in
Trom iiinl Kinectii 1'lieiu to MhIui Him
ltleli In Ten Yearn lulnrr.iliig Fuels
AImiuI thu i'rtiirt IiitliiBlry
The following extracts nro inmle
from ii paper which Herbert Post, ihe
distinguished authority on the subject
of pecan culture, prepared to be read
before the Texas Stale Horticultural
Society:
If It be I rue Hint "Every man Is a
public benefactor who will cause two
blades of grass to grow where only
one grew before." Hie same Is appli
cable lo tluit of plaining peenn groves
capable of rai ning millions of dollars.
True ll is. ilia I no other branch of
III linrieiiliure carries with it sin li
Value ns this, the out lay uud income
Hot being equalled by nii.v other Indus
try of such magnitude.
It is a common expression for im ii
of middle age lo say "l am loo old
to plant pecans." Ago lins nothing to
do with It, except from ll selllsh sliiild
poiiil. Old men inny plant pecan groves.
Why not? They me securing the bene
.fits of others' labor be lore them, mid
they lert.iiuly owe something lo the
coming general ions. Iu no other way
can he invest money with equal safe
ly, Willi surety of income for his chil
dren mid children's children while Ihey
live, even for many genera I Ions fol
lowing, ns can be done by pluming
jlifty lo loo acres in the large thin
shell pecans.
Says a iii.iu in Oeorglu. "I inn sixty
nine years old. bin I am planting pe
cans for myself mid partly for poster
ity. A in, in who plants fifty acres
will be a rich man iu leu yens, for
under cull it a I ion the trees will begin
to bear in six years uud will be prolil
r.ble when ten years old."
I.Ike the olive, the pecan tree is of
lmig life and will hour as long ns they
live. I low long wo don't know, bin
wo do know of an old tree being killed
ley lightning in Texas a few years ago,
when cut down lis rings showed it to
bo upwards of six hundred years old.
Tor the last fu'ieeii years of Its life
ihe annual yield iivcravinl ten bushels
of line pecans, Helling a handsome in
collie iiiiini.'illy. iinly in eeri.iin lo. ali
ties cull the olive be grown, bill the
pecan, beiu of the same family of
1 1 1 hickory uud walnut will grow
i here 1 bey do wil Ii prolil.
Kxpci iciiee has 1 a tight thai great ad
vantage was gniin d by cultivation,
closer plaining, low bonding of Hie
tires and planting llieiu by the equi
bit. nil triangle inethud by which they
gel 17 ti n s to I be ncrc, planted -'0
.VJ'I foot apart, without crowding and
Jdxici II Inure lives ilia ll by the square
lnelhed. No greater iinpioveluciil has
been made hi tree plaining for rapid
grow ih of tho lives, not only while
. hi 1 1 u. bin during growth to their tun
liirily, than the use of dyiiamiie.
At :i eosi of iiboiii twenty cents, a
charge of dynamite will pulverize the
ground lo 1 lie depl h of ei'-lll feci Willi
11 diaiiielel' of four or live feel, givinu'
results oblailicd by no other results
so cheaply.
I nenli i j led trees do hoi iniike mil
form grow ill uud uiv unfavorably ,if
fei led by ilioiilh. t'uilhulcil through
mil Ihe season gives Ihe Ipos contin
ued vigorous growth: they are health
ler. produce better fruit, and have a
greater uniformity of growth year uf
lei' year, as drouths have llo ill effects
Upon thelll. Iu a dry season Hie
groves and orchards should be kepi
iu Liood lilih until the crop of fruit
mid wood nro mature or iiuiil the rains
come.
Iniring a wet season cultivation
should nasc early enough for the
growth to be checked so Ihe wood may
ripen for winter. Particularly is ihU
Hue when Ihe trees are loaded Willi
fruit.
Planted Jil.x'JK feet apart with V-'o
trees to tlio ncrc, gives all Increased
alualioti of nl least one hundred dol
bus per acre annually, for when the
trees are leu years old their earnings
til leu per cent, upon each valuation
Mill make the Milue exceeding one
thousand dollars per acre, with annual
Increase for years lo follow, and the
owner would be unwise to sell bis
grove at thai price. A large annual
income from the same ground can be
made by growing vegetables or other
low growing crops.
All conditions favor the pecan. Is
not subject lo bllghi iii bloom after
tho spring frosts. No insect pests
such as oilier fruit trees have, rarely
ever are hl-v,u down nor decay. The
finest thill shell seedling lulls are the
Posts Si-led-, a universal favorite for
planum:. These arc grow n mi i olaied
cultured trees, of Well kjlow 11 plolllic
liess, annual l eaiers. reproduce thciii
selvcs. collie ill bearing when the trees
lire six years old, earn at least live
dollars pit- tree when ten years old.
continue to in. lease (heir annual clop
until Ihe lu es ;,re fully matured when
(Liny to forty years old continuing
in bearing during life.
Pecan groves c.innoi run away, can
not I in ti up. will not ilei'uiilt iii pay
linlil. limine being the best pay master
ill Ihe world. A valuable feature also
Is that the inns can lie kept for mouths
withoui loss pays belter llimi bank
ing a I'.iiii, Inning a capital of SJod,.
mm will not earn as much annua!!.'
as will inn acres in thin shell pecans
c. 'suns but ..". i. Placing the earnings
of such a -grove when tell years old
in less than half their acual famines
of eaji tree. nr. ay Sj.0 ea h. the
ineoniec'.. eils that of the bank's year
ly earnings :u ten per cent, upon the
capital.
The principal expense of tile pecan
;luw j U lie- gathering and s-dliug Hie
ci.'p.wh.h- Ihe bank iiiusi earn nt least
clghi nv eeiii upon its capital for the
juuniul txi'iusv oi vvmlucUu thu busi
ness. Heavy losses may be Incurred",
while the rale of interest deelVUSCS.
With the isinn investment (he earn,
ings increase annually, giving royal
iiieoines for gemr.iiioiis and every
owner may le his own bunker.
The pi can mil Is n iiiiiveral favor
ite wherever known find lio oilier nut
call lake lis place.
. Nets have a higher nutritive yalm
than do tlio fiilii which are made up
of Ihe Meshy covering of Ihe seed,
Mich us tin- peach, plum, prime, olive,
pear or apple. Nut meals ,iunv nearly
approach tH. grains In food ill no Hutu
do common fruits. The pi can mil
is rich iu hydro earboiiaei ous com
pounds and mineral salts which mo
found In bread mid butler niid eggs
111 a concent nited. ailraeiive uud eas
ily digested I'nriil.
Kill.'il liv n I. Inn In n Itullwny suilOin.
Particulars of Hie horrible d' aih - f
Mr. '. H. I.'.vall iu t'ganda have just
readied this coiiniry. .Mr. K.vall was
n promising young liistrlet Superiii
lendeiit of Police who had lately
joined tin- Moiubassa iiailw.iy from
India. Some lew Weeks ago he was
killed in bis !.. d ill a railway carriage
by a lion, ll appears that Mr. liyall
ami two friends slopped In llm car
riage to watch lor the lion, uud Mr.
K.vall had Hie first Wateh. otic of the
oilier wai h.-rs named Mr. Pareiiil
woke up in the night and fell a big
beast walking ml him. which wok"
him, mid be iai-ed his lead mid
rubbed his face against the beliy.
At the lime, s.i.vs the East Africa
and Pg.-iinla Mail, from which we
ipiole tin- sloty. the beast had got its
fore paws on Mr. Kyall's bed. and oil"
hind leg on I'areini s body. Ills com
panions hoard a erv from liyall Pa
reiiii put out In:- I' M I out mid tried to
gel a gun which v,;i- on the table, but
li ii bed Ihe boil again, so he
scrambled up mid jumped nut of I In-window-
uud hid In hind some bush.
Afterward lb" slaimiiinasler and
sonic oilier lin n wein lo i;.,- carriage
wiih a lug lire, and found the door
shlll. It was linn found that Mr.
liyall was gone. The ran, ago uiih
all Hi" blankets and oilier ihu.gs was
covered wiih blood. A I ila.v l.-iil solii"
III I WilS found i ll the Hillside of III"
carriage, jusi under the window'.
There were al-o many I0..1 marks of
the lion nud some marks of lion's eubs.
The nilcr two men are scarcely yet
ill le to realize III" tragic expe-ieiiee
which 1'eslllled ill Slteh a 1-tTiblo
death for their 1 rude. London
Clllillliel".
W Milled Hi. Tell. H inline.
Oil" of I lie operators ill a eelllr.il ex
change nlliee was i.isl rueii d lo ring
up Hie Weulher P.ureaii and gel Hi'-'
lcmier;itiire the 01 her day. TI p'T-
alor lo'ilo'd ii' the number, rang the
bell, illlil. ,'ll'ler the llsllld hcll'is Mile
exchanged, said:
"felilpel al in c. please."
"Whiii:" e.une iii a lone of surpii--'
from ihe oilier cud of ihe vv ire.
'fempermuie!'' repealed Ihe opera
tor. "T e in p e r a I 11 r e! hat's
your ti'iiipeiaiuie to day':"
There was a inoineiii of silence, then
"Who's speaking';" from the Weather
Hiiivnu cud. Tli" npernior mid him,
mid again asked for Hi" temperature.
"liood heavens, gill, vvli.il do you
want 111.V temporal nro for':' was Hie
response.
'What's your number':" asked cen
tral. When she bad beard it she m"r
nuireil a feeble apology and rang off.
It wasn't Ihe Weather I'ou . all. - New
York Commercial Ad', er' i-er.
Tim l.rllllirr llell I iilii'iillliy.
There is iumilier .-id- t" '"" leather
belt w hich is jusi now . ureal ly i'f
fcetc.l by hu 11. ill bell "i -.Ispellders.
A Walnut si reel phi si. iu 11 says of it:
"The bell is very nice in a great many
way s, and certainly it is more sightly
when a man wishes to remove Ids
coat, lint il is 11 HUT. in' '" digestion.
Iu order to keep i In trousers in p isi
tioll il is necessary I" have the belt
buckled ill so t:gln... thai ll cail'l help
having 1111 injurious elliei. In lmt
weal l er the great. -si freedom of
movement should be observed, and the
looser a man's doilies are the hotter
il is for him. These bells, loo, seem
to grow narrower each tear, and when
they are buckled ligluly lliey form a
deep groove around Hie body, which
retards circulation ami has a bad effect
upon ihe digestive organs. Many a
mull wn complains because his food
doesn't agree with him might over
come the dilliculiy by discarding his
belt." Phil.nli lpliia lb-cord .
The full lillt'll HunllH-.K III Tnrli.V
Iii ihe village of llodia a 'inn;
named Ismail, aged l-'o jc.ns. is i.i
sindi good health that be I n-iplelil ly
walks to Harliu. six hums' distance,
lo sell eggs, lor In- is a poultry fann
er, lie has had tinny four wives. i.
last of whom he married only a few
days ago. Th" bride is siiy years Ins
junior, and lh" marriage was ce'e
hrated with much solemnity, lo Un
sound of drums and Lies and of vol
leys from lir. arms. The whole vil
lage was ell fete The wedding pro
cession imhidid all Ih" male progeny
uf the patriarch ' -i idegrooio. consist,
iim of 1 in Miiis. g' iiidsoies and great
grandsons. The 1.0 ,ber of his female
progeny (s not siai.-d. -Constantinople
'IVrdjuinaiii I lakik.it.
t'.riiln Wml ci Iimik I I veil.
V.rain Workers. iie.oi.ug to stmis
I It s which have In en I'liblishiil le
oviitly. are long lived. l ive hundred
and thirty emiin in im n and women of
ile present century vvei" taken, and
their duration of life gives an aver
ago of about sixty eight yens and
eight months.
I. out 4ilirlc.
'I he aier.igo 111:111 w ill pay half n dol
bir to see u show of ti'ewmks and Ucg
l.Ht b look at the suiis, 1. --Somen illi
Journal,
si
S
"tPCftf
'Hie Ic.l'iry 1 1. 11I iv.i .li. I'.i.
W ei ds are injurious because limy lib
Foib soil moisture, Use plant food,
crowd and choke Useful plants, In
crease the labor mid expense of clean
ing seed, iiiieifere wiih ihe regular ro
taiioii of crops, harbor spores of inju
rious fungi mid ofl'eiid Ihe eye of nil
good farmers. Tiny also interfere
with mowers, binders and other imple
ments iu inking otf th" crops, mid their
pivsei makes some crops dillh ull to
( lire properly.
1 11 nliii. nl nl' SI p Will. S.iili.
Careful experiments have been llillde
for the purpose of ii.-oenmiiiug how
long a time should intervene between
(he lilsl altd seeollil dipping of sheep
for the cure of M-ab. Thus 11 was us
ceriaiiiid that ii "reipiires four days
lor a in w ly deposited egg lo hatch, and
Ih" eiiliiv lini" elapsing from egg to
"gg Would be folirli'ell ol' lifleell d.'I.VS.
As there would be eggs 1 ; all stages of
llli llli.il ion Upon Ihe sheep w hen ll Is
dipped for the cure of scab, 11 s ml
dipping should follow imi sooner Ihau
live nor later than ten days after Ih"
lirst dipping."
I ri Igiil Inn llnl.'..
The n.vmisiile n'al 1 Weekly Kind"
prints Ih" following seven irrigation
rules:
1. fh" inure cull iv alioll the less
water is vipiiivil.
2. Irrigation furrows should gener
ally le t be over ihlee inches deep.
;; 1 1.1 i.'"i let 1 he w aicr lie aroiiinl
the loins of plains.
I. I o not i. ver irrigate; two thor
ough soakings a nioiiih . re usually siif
Ii. icnl.
o. Ho iml water trees r vim s when
iu blossom. ii"i' tiuiil the iriiil has
properly sei.
it. Irrigate preferably on cloudy days
or at lu-lii.
7. I io led apply w ater w hen the soil
Is hoi.
A S111111111T 4 iil.iny Hiiiiai',
The 1111 shows a practical coop for
a summer colony nf h.-iis that are l" be
given t -co rang" in a pasture. The
lop is 1,,. roosting room, access to
w hich I n- cleaning can be bad by let
ling down a hinged door in the rear.
A srviVIKU Mrs Cllof.
The space below . .111 be Used din
ing rain sloiins. ihe hinged front pro
tecimg ibis mid also ll.. roosiiiig room
from rain, while giving free ciiviiln
Hi 11 of air. A row of n. -is Is placed
III Ihe lower space, aeii-s being hud
by a hinged d el the end. A half
a d".eii coli-iiics of hens m such coops
ecu I e seal tei'od about 111 rough bind,
such I laces being spec... ilv enjoyed
by poultry. American Agi n diurist.
An l.ii'i iHui-e ll oli i'iiol..ii I liiili-r.'i.
When I was keeping poultry sonic
years ago an cpiilcmic of 1 In. Io n chol
1 ra biok mil in the iieighbo: hood and
wrought c iisideiMl'le damage before it
was recognized and a 1; 1 . -i 1 .... I of ileal
m. nl ilcv srd. TI.,- i.imilv 1l.1ci.1i- bad
lai.eii an inter, si in my llncl.. ami
IV In 11 I dil of the alllclion ili.l g II. s.,-,1 ii
as 1 '.lolern. His ret la s. v. h.'b ap-
piar In-low. Were V el v slleeessl id Willi
birds "ol alnady beyond lie leach of
help, and probably prevented Hie v
titiclioii i f my i iit lit' Hock.
The poultry hoii-c was thoroughly
cleaned, the rubbish from liesls uud
lloor bullied, and a whitewash of
freshly burned b ne wuli about a ties
serlspooiiful of 1 rude carbolic acid to
each pailful appl.ed to every surface
possible of access. The whitewash
was applied while slill hot. so ns 1,1
uiilir.e I c germicidal ipialiiy of fresh
bine. 'lli" roosts, yard and every
availaolc spo were then llisinfceled
wiih a s'lay of carbolic uchl and
water, at Hie rale of iiheiil a tiiblc
spoonf 11I 10 1 in- gallon.
S.i mill h for disinfection; now for
treatiueiil. A ica-p loiiful of iissiifctida
nud a di s i rlspooiit'iil ,,, Dpsoiii sails
were thoroughly mixed with the soft
loud enough for my Hock of twenty
live The few birds 1ii.it did not waul
local vv 1 re it. .si , with sails ami asso
leiida and placed in lie sunlight. At
intervals of about a week two other
llis't.l'eetinll.- Were given. M. O, Kilills.
ill New England I Inmost cad.
loii-iin: lu-v ' (it,...
Ill ra;s,u lalves on w hey avoid two
extremes. .!,. not feed 11 loo sw.el or
l..o soul' ll should be moderately
;i .id. iioiluiig 1 1 n In-isi on your
I bees,, im.l,. keeping a p-l ieclly clean
sieiege w Lev val. and if lie fails to
call and s aid it every day. lake a
ib-en ha nl 'o 1 in- i ni ay for your
p. 1 lion of ! 1 1 have known farm-
lis o go 0, ihe fa. t.'IV to gel sweet
whey cieiv fo enooii. for immediate
feeling 10 ciilv.s. but the vointg ani
mals did 11. u p.u 1 uiilarly lluivi- nil it.
'the 111:1 en My t.ed il lo their calves
when ihe vv hi is t vvei.ty four hours
old ll depend 011 Hie receptacle Ihe
swill has been k'li ill. whether it is
then iu a proper sta'e for best results.
1; ii has l ecu stored :u a filthy bey
vt or barrel, it i- ui.fr to feed to any
domestic aniuvil lu hot weather even
utter daily washing and scalding of the
storage tub. care should be taken that
tin- whey docs 111.! gel too sour. Keep
il iu a cool, aivv place. Above all. do
Hot depend on w Iu v :done for the suc
i. s.t'ul le.uili; nf c.iivcj. If you do,
they will become pot bellied ud
stunted. Hive them the range of
nine iinsinic narliallv shaded, so Hint
half of their sustenance at least will
be from grass.
Teed them vvhev three times daily ill
a clean, elevated trough, or fixed buck
ets. If they do not thrive suttieieiitly
on this, add a little oil meal. Keep
calves bv themselves, and do m t tol
erate swine or sheep in th" same en
closure. The Idea is to ke p eulvm
growing nud developing iialnriilly if
ymi would obtain lea It by, vigorous;
cows. Cinmped ipiai ti rs. lack of va
riety in food, nud iiisiilileient iioin ish
niniil make ii'inv. uiiiuolilalile heifers.
lieorgo I!. Newell, in American Agri
culturist.
Vi'lililiile I he Will.
The Illustration shows a plank frame
covering the well, with small boles
I nircd on all sides lor ventilation. The
WKI.I. 1'I.ATldlIM AM' VI'NTII.AWlt.
holes of inch plank should be covered
by a piece of wire mesh or Helling In
keep out annuals mid insects. I'm tho
wire iietiiiig inside the box. farm
and Jlome.
1 lip Ai'iilr.v In XVI nle r.
ll Is not so much whai vv c should do
in the npiary in mid w inier. us 11 is
what We should llol do. 'I'll" bees may
have 1 11 badly neglected in a ill limn,
lllld Heed illlelllioll to save I Ill-Ill. Yet
we are det.irr. d from supplying their
wiinis owing to il .minimi of iho
weather, lins should In- in Hie very
midst of ih"ir ipii.-l slumber wiih good
ami ample stores surrounding ibe eliis.
ler in ready (each al this scasuii of
ihe year, if we me in 1. mm in iheiu
IK pl'olil. 1 1 lie colonies Ihe following
spring. ll is belter I" lei si lne colo
nies siarve mil and die raihe- than lo
undertake 10 go through ihe npiary In
supply 10 any extent provisions, ami
thus arouse the bees lo activity dur
ing mid winter. Su. li untimely inolcs
laiinii will usually be followed by in
jury rather ihan any good. Not only
docs il endanger Hie welfare of bee.s
by Iceiliiig iu mid wioier, but for Ihe
same reason v.v should imi iu any way
do any work vv 11 h t hem 1 hal vv ill a rouse
I lu-lii to activity during ibis period.
Pees vvhi II ill good e -lelii ioll ale ill 111"
iiiosi j 1 1 b -1 ilorui.iiii s'ale dining tho
mid w ml. 1 oiiihs.iiml limbing should
occur with 1 lu-lii in change ibis .uii.li
11..I1. lu lling 1 in- hives. ,,r handling
I l.i-lli in any way. should be avoided
ev en if ih" v. eat In r is iim- ami lin y an
nul for a il. I v. oiihl 11 it apply ibis
rule in any oile r lime. Inn jusi as soon
as mid vv ,:iier is w ell past I w ould
milk" careful inspection nf every col
ony .lining line vv 1. 11 her. when lheh"es
are out for a good My. furnishing plen
ty of candy in a! 1I1 s'mrt of stores.
lines begin to buw euiisiib ra Lie activ
ity during the in.. mil nf IVbrunry iu
any locality, and ii thus seems that
they arc 011 the ab ii to gel ready fur
their spring ' nil, and indeed 11 Is ,il
together I .-s.iry lint I he v should. -
A. II I 1 1 II'. in The Agriculiur.il Epl-
tnlllist.
Illnl. tin Hit- Iliu 1 yiiinn.
Care is ihe great ess. -nihil ill dairy
ing. Millet is good to increase the limy of
milk.
I'o not Use beef cows if J oil WHlit til
succeed ill dairying.
Tin- feeding lllld miikii g should f
doll" al strictly regular intervals.
Milk should be removed to Ihe 1. airy
room as soon as drawn Hum the inws.
Observe and enforce the utmost
cleanliness about the cows, stables and
dairy utensils.
The time to dehorn a calf wiih any
chemical dehnriier is before the horns
grow through tho skin.
Wheal is practically of the salif
iable as barley or corn, pound for
pound, for feed iu Ihe daily.
Any ixircines uf temporal lire In tho
milk or main, ciiher Ireezing or heal
ing, lire injurious to the hunm miulo
from ii.
one of iho greatest triumphs nt but
ler making Is to produce 11 11 article 011
a high grade, and have it mi wlUiour
any vaiianoii from ipialiiy fieiu day
lo il.iv .
If a "baby" separator i Used iho
milk ought to run through It As soon
as convenient after leaving Hie udder,
and ihe cream l aftiTwanl properly
limiured.
Pastures, yards and all places where
milch cows are kept should h,. fr,.
from decaying substances or anything
that will product, iioxiuiis smells.
These will reappear iu the milk If they
arc present.
first class butler should not carry
any inure curd than can possibly bo
I helped. Its presence relldel s detel ior-
I alioii more rapid. Salt is a good pre
servative, but the poorer grades must
! always be avoided, as tin y are dotri-
mental to he keeping tpialities of the
j luitif r as well as the flavor tind appear
ance.
f-.roiimnlpftl Alcltl.nn Wuini.ii.
All Atchison woman goes to illf
f rent resort every summer, iu order
that she may not have to get any new
K jwus. AUhisou tilubo.
I lillllill
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