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tem hnTLeo suddeirfee crieen eves the
iirst toguiEt the 1742t21-,teisr ever alarming
fseare,- ern - - --
Perirape that ere:Liman Ai e nieeeen.hF
-heart, clad 73tireedeinte et:111th. 111Q-
1ngriS11 life currents that had Rein der -
Mein so levee.
At laet Pre.Jest evas biniself again, a
nem fern to commandwheat no tiiiii-
citifies eini/01 doted; fertile in eeseurces
bold in their succeeeful upplication.
Tl weeks of prieatien h the piii-
ate, ittingean. laetrile:1 mailer in uneer-
tainty as to his Sate, had evidently tiot
etielled tine wonderful .sPirit in the Vete%
• "it is ',ail enough," he saidi, "butit
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• . . . . He had an inspiration that already Br.
CHAPeeell XXXVI'. to . •
. . balk hie 'big game, and even steal his Jack was in a, fair Avay to, grasp the eit-
Fer a brief interval there was a dead wife, away off 4i) the other side of the uation. When circumstances were not
?Silence in that weird placeworld, in Chili. Still, bitter as were the to his liking, he bad a, way of eonteoll when the season for grazing has ar-
.
thoughts thus stirred, he realized that ing them, just as Bertjantin Franklin rived01 course, with 'swine, that sea-
Liwd Beckett still gripped the ancient
that Lord. Hackett's repentance must be most lutrnessed the inildning, or !verse Fon is not until the crop is practically
lantern. and lie raised it so the ma.ture.
sincere4se he would never have risked' adapted electricify to mercantile_ needs.
light would. fall fully upon tlie partY eie if i -. . • e ie - • Various methods of harvesting the
. 1 ii n4ne effait, to sal, e his 01 - me I here was so much of cairn confi-
before them.
s a 1 ...
' ce de
..e, „ 1 nin his manner that Larry's sink- crop have been practicede
, s for in-
. Eye looked. into eye, and the eaeernees i istance, cutting with the field Mower,
manifested vvas but an index ti) the Besides, there Was a bluff, hearteriess ing spirits were instantl3r buoyed uls, self -rake reaper, the binder, the, corn
in his 'speech and manner He that Vent far waited, eage1rly to bear more.,
h
seul, arveeter and the bean harvester. Which
toward winning the doctor's heart. I Kai Wang, once mere cOld ' and inn
No one seemed to breathe; Avis was
e passive outwardly, however the fires of of these modes wili answer ll
' best wi
. like a figure turned to stone. "Ah ! he has been a friend, indeed,"
human passion raged within, at once depend largely upon the way in which
ce4.7, ,eThe ieueele,tor the:hiyagmn-, NA:1$ ,, rAg,,:,, said.. Avis, softly in his Oar, , . i
approached , --Dr:, Jack. - -: - ,.•' - the crop is grown, and . the exact use
ged and unkempt; Ins beard had not "The'Iiest of good fellows. With whose
lle w ae pei haps the only one who in- that is to be made of it, The mower IS
been trimmed or combed these many help I was enabled to save my fair best suited to harvesting a crop broad-
cast and to be cut for bay. •The self -
rake reaper can best be used in cutting
thd mem for hay,- for soiling, for silage
C. for seed. The binder is .best adap-
ted to harvesting the silo crop or the
seed crop, but eau only be used sells-
factorilY 'in . harvesting tall growing
varieties. The corn harvester can .best
be used when the beans are 'grown in
the line of the row with 'corn for silage,
hut may oleo be used in harvesting tall
growing varieties &own in rows without
admixture. The bean harvester is only
used when harvesting the crop for seen,
and is exceptionally well adapted to
harvesting the small varieties.
- The cutting of the crop for soiling
may begin at the season of earlybloom,.
and, eontinue until- it approaches ma-
liteitee For soilingeit is+ralsebly at its
best when the pods are Mill -ring. For
silagethe crop may be harvested ' any
time from full bloom to early. maturity,
but cutting toward the latter Siege , is
preferable, since more grain is then fur-
nished and the greater woodiness of the,
steins is less objectionable when fed es
silage than when fed as soiling food. For
hay, the crop ehinild be cut when.in full
bloom or probably a little later, but
assuredly' before the leaves begin to fall.
' Soy bean hay is not easily cured. 11
the plants are emeh exposed to the sun
after being cut, many of the leaves will
•be lost and the stems do not readily
Jose their moisture. Much handling in
the curing is also attended with much
loss. of leaves., '.I'he • aim should be to
cut when free frornAew, to rake when
sufficiently' wilted after -the tedder where
one has been used, and to put upin
small' cockS narrow and high until 'cur-
ed: In'these. it is usually necessary to let
the Plants remain for several days. The
crop is eat nea4y ,so easily damaged
by rain as competes. The average yield
Of cured ney is'abeat two 'tons per acre.
-'Ass,the .stalks yield up their moisture
Might be' worse." It
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The method nf harveetine ,s.hy beaus
wdel depend on the use that i to
made Of them.' 'When grazed down by
ehep or cattle, it, is simply a matter 01
turning in the animals,. But cattle waste
much of the crop, hence, if geaeed down
by this lass of stock, the animals
should be removed when they have sat-
isfied their 'needs. Swine and sheep
may be given access to the crop at will
weeks, and the absence of light and cousin from the Ilussian's junk at Can_ juitively guessed what the latter meant
neurislaing food had given him a gaunt,
Niggard look, decidedly at variance
with the natty attire and well-groomed
appearance •of a gentleman like -Dr.
EVens.
Larry was lost in doubt and fear -
Larry, who had believed it would never
be possible to deceive him with .regard
to this comrade in whose genial com-
. Paint he had spent so many years of his
, eventful tile, and who was dearer to him
than a brother. .. , ..
Not so the wife..
Trust .eyes of love to see through the
disguise of, prison life and neglect.. No
i3ooner had she ;beheld the gaunt figure
than she knew him, and ' that she failed
to immediately cry out was due more. to,
.her emotion than any lingering ' doubt.
All these dreadful weekslYshe had be-
lieved herself bereft of this "kind and
valiant husband, and had almost kerne
ed to consider herself what she seemed
•e -Dr. Jack's widow. And now, to sud-
denly see him' in the- flesh, this man
who was her. king. her lover, her all in.
all; whose equal, in her mind at least,
the world had never • known -to -meet
him thus with hardly a word of warn-
ing caused a fearful shock.
Dr. Jack Was stating at them in deep,:
eit perplexity. So .well had Kai Wang
managed thendisguise that It was im-
possible for him to discover their idea-
lity. .
Had he once turned his attention to
that worthy, he might have known him;
but something about the smallest figure
had caught his attention, and he stood
as though riveted to the spot, watching
the brightest eyes, watching a pair of
almost nervelesg arms • teaching un to -
Ward him, while lips ported; and from
, between them came a cry, almost d sob
of joy : • • . . '
"Jack 1 Oh, my: husband 1" •
Then it was that a great light flashed
over his soul. 'There was an awakening
that, electrified him, body - and mind.
Heart spoke to heart,e,amid the glad
paean of rejoicing over the lost that eves
(M
(ed. , e )
"Avis,' eny darling .girl 1 Avis here to
mute her poor ,Jack 1" he exclaimed.
It Was an affecting' scene when she
flew ,-to hi and wrapped her loving
(iy„,,
aems ar his nelc
E, while he pressed
her to his'iswart. .
Even Lord .Rackett had to wink vio-
lently to disperse the briny tears that
• began to gather, .
Jack was but as shadow of his former
stalwart self. 'Weeks '0! rigid prison
fare had . robbed him of .flesh arid
'.strength, -but the old .determination and
courage glowed in his eyes and was ex-
pressed in • his every stroke looking to-
ward escape. • . - •
They could not.have crushed thatin a -
score of years. When • it left him, life
would go also. .
How tenderly she passed her hand
aver his sunken end bearded cheeks,
uttering little cries of dismay because he
was s� thin and'showed such marks of
genie physical suffering.
*But his laugh was almost as hearty
as of yore.- .
"A mere trifle„ dearest, and which
gives me no concern whatever. • Once
• out of here, I'll soon recuperate. .leut
who are these friends? Surely I should
-ekreaw that 'figure,- deepite the .dress. Its --
can be no other than Larrysfaithful old
Larry 1 God bless him! Give me your
hand, my dear boy: How .glad I am to
see you in flesh Heaven only knows.
Many tintes I have feared that you had
perished on tliat fearful 'night; and I
cursed ntyseif for having led you. into
such a trap." .
, 13y' this time Larry° had found 1115
voice. He was danoing about the other
as though leo full Of.. electricity ' to .ee-
j main 'S'fill, clutehing.Jack's hand in both
of his -Avis held the 'other -and Slink-.
ing it repeatedly in a manner that Oanie
' ‘
, from the, heart. • , .
wiley couldn't do it, Jack.' deer hOY 1
Takes more than a molt of Mack Flags
to dewn me, d'ye know. Yes. we got
away with our lives. although, by Jove.
I've been laid on the 14lielf for wepairs
ever since. '. And the papers went With
us, by Jove. They're safe in the hands
el.. the Ilritieli Cowed at,' Canton, safe
from Pone -heir and bis crowd. Avis
took them 11(1 PC Wiesen." ,
• "And I had the personal' pleasitte, et
, loeking .thein. up," Said Plyniptim,
' pushing ferviard. .
ne. hick Hived it hini and :Amok his
hotel. ,
l'in, heard tied voice. before,but in
,
smelt tegeery I wouldn't know my bro-
ther. If 1 latil one."
"And yeti have no reason tO remem-
ter that eters, with imellting but sown
and hatred: lett that wag all in the etaet,
! Merl, 1 lit il;(1, 14,014 liseinie to wipe out
fee. iii •4•eui-4,-. ie()11144,ion. 1(1 1110 IPA of
!Hy ability. VtIttr %if" litte feel:elven nie..
Auld eilaeed her e-)nlidenee in me.. and 1
' holie ilo 1,11 -IVO ':c.;‘)111.' hand Lfilc;6." ,
TiVil Ja,i'% ,L111("W„ '
The! f#Orq MI6'611(11 like a :tenni
lie teem -mei -1A teee. 'Mend oti
Med pe:einta 114.; men tAtill tittle
by his confident remark that the case
ton," babbled Larry, quite unconscious
of any conceit in hie words. _was not so bad as it Might appear.
This capped the climax with jack. 1 "you made hole up yonder, excellent
comrade. .When, will it be done, so we,
• "My wife'S fieends are mine, and 11
am right glad to shake bands with you,' too, may fake our departure from this
Plympton. . iill-conditioned place ?" he asked,' in his
Perhaps he remembered that the last pleasant Chinese fashion.
time they came together was after al "1 am happy to sew it is already corn
railroad wreck, when Loi Beckett, eed,e pleted, and I meant to use it this night,
ing nim wounded, assisted him up the but was deterred from doing so by the
bank and to a place of sty. • . unusual tramping of many feel in the
Then came Kai Wang, gravely ex-' apartments above."
tending his long -nailed fingers, and1 Again Larry felt a mad desire to leap
and crack his heels together with
bending over as though- salaaming be- '11)
fore a potentate, while his sallow fea-, sheer joy.
tures were convulsed in a broad grin',1 How the clouds were dispersed when
such as Larry- had never before seen a genius took charge of affairs.
upon his countenance.
I No doubt the little man had an 'exalted
• It 'Weie '•a' 'reception,- in fact and ..Dr.' idea of •Jack's powerssince he Waked'
.upon 'the.. doctor as -es-wizards' whose
Jack, ragged and gaunt and •unkempt,
did the honors with as much eclat
touch could transform baser metals into'
as
though dressed In a claw -hammer coat gold, and • accomplish miracles; hut ex-
perience had led him td lean -upon such
and with a diamond in his immaculate
shirt -front. - . la .companion in time of trouble with full
Sonie men rise above circumstances confidence as to the result.
'and environment, and seem at home
.Then the prisoner of the dungeon set
,"'
everywhere. . to wait to show what he had .accom-
,Dr. Jack possessed this peculiarly' plished in the time of his incarceration.
•
enviable quality to the highest degree. I The,ma.gnitnde of his work astonished
thein all, and Kai Wang, seizing hold of
Still, however pleasant, this was not
business, and there were serious (Tues.. the interstices in the wall, ran aloft
tions awaiting their attention; geese with the agility of a native. juggler.
tions- upon the answer of which hung! He vanished from their eyes above.
their destinies, their -lives,. Jack, meanwhile, seemed to be wrest -
It was a grand and glorious thing ling with some knotty problem, and
*
that they had been thus enabled to .find from the serious Manner. in which his
Dr. Jack, and. all honor must be given
eyes rested upon his devoted Wife, it was
'
to Kai Wang for the wonderful man - „evident that Avis must be the main cause
,
nee in which he had led them ,on to. of his 'concern.'
success; but the- end was not yet .in' The fact struck Larry -suddenly, and
sight. 1 he .felt actually weak under It. floW
They were still in the dungeon 'under were they to ,get Avis out of the -dun-
,
geon ? Possibly she might climb as.
the great imperial Palace of Pekinge and
well as the best of them,- for he had
safety could only be. found somewhere
her to possess inbre nerve than
beyond the walls oftheForbidden City-. known
To accomplish this flight' without de- might be •required for such an under-
lay was the subj-ect that now e»grOssed • taking; but the Chances of a. fall were al -
Kai Wang's .intelligent attention. ways present, and even. the remote
They saw him 'turn and glide towaed prospect of such a catastrophe was quite
the door, and Larry decided that he Mid enough to awaken a feeling of alarm
Suddenly remembered the ponderous in the little man's . breast. '
key in the lock. . He .had forgotten, hoWever, with
Why he shouki • utter such a shrill whom he had.. to deal. • •
Scream and dart fonvard so sudilenly;', The magician had not deserted 'them
just. as a cat pounces on a nimble-
-"Something came down .from above,
footed rat, might have been a mystery' sonleilliog that uncoiled like a great
to them, only that Larry caught et (leet- snake, and struck at Larry's feet. ee
Mg glimpse of •a mocking yellow face'. "A rope!" he piped, with intensa de -
beyond 4the opening, which was almost light permeating his raSnyvoice.
immediately shut out as the ponderous' And a rope it -was, sure enough. •
door crashed shut. Where. Kat Wang had secured it was
They 'saw Ka Wang reach it. and, a blank myseery to one and all. .
.clutchinn the clumsy. 1 nob pull with the He . might have discovered it provi-
-energy of a 'madman; pull until -the dentially„in the apartment above, or, as
veins stood out upon his yellow brow 'seemed more Probable, have unwatind
like blue, whipcords, and the sinew S in it from his own person, 'where it had
his arms seemed almost ready to snapbeen securely hidden under his flOwthg.
Rut, alas,' the ungenerous door 're- robe, At any rate, there it was, appar-
lused_to_respond te his wooing, and re-. ently as good a- hempenerope as ethe
mined fast. Evidently thatelreacherous •whole province of Chili could boast, arid
key, turned' by another hand on the in their eyes the finest in the world.
outside, had gotten in its deadly .work,1 Dr. Jack clutched it with an exclama-
and they were trapped.. . bon of 'delight.
•• • It was, as though his prayer was
answered.
CHAPTER XXXVII. "Larry. do pen go up e a then our
friend, Lord Beckett. • Ai 'hall try
It had been a revelation to Limy to while you hold the lin bove, in case
witness this excess of. physical energy of accident."
on the.part of the Chinese statesnian and They grasped his meaning, and leev-
friend or the viceroy, Li Ilunij' Chang. ing him in the act of securing the neose,
Ile had usually been so sphinxlike and about his wife, started to, climb' the
impassive, even under °the most aggrte, ladder which Jack had rudely cut in_ the
vetting circumstances, that when he thus wall.
cast aside his mask to attack the resist- I Larry came near losing his nerve near
ing door, with so nineh zeal. Larry al-, the top, When his foot slipped., and he
most felt like throwing, aloft the Chinese could not see an inch beyond his nee();
winter hat which adorned his head,' and a tumble at this time would have beat
giving a lusty "huzza."
It was an inspiring sight to him. doiibly unfortunate, since Plyinpton
nnist have shared in the* disaster, being
e
Kai 'Wang, was 'evidently nearer „the just below.
I
by a
vored
'point of being "rallied" than ever before Ere anything serious resulted from tbe
in his long and eventful 'career. Islip, an arm .shot down from the black-
Perhape he had had his perves' shaken ness aboveand a set of long fingers
by the sight of that sleeping prisoner of hooked ,upon the little man's garments
the other dungeon. and Was hardly him.' just back of Ins neck.
self. • 1 Pressure being brought to beer from
Avis had witnessed this odd break on ' above, Larry' was safely landed; and
the part of their guide with no little Lord Beckett quickly joined him.
wonder, Mixed with consternation. • 1 The latter had been ;hied enough to
She had gienvn so accustomed to i;ely to some extent upon the rope. be -
placing unlimited faith* in Kai Wang lieving Kai Weng must have made it
that his sudden and unexpected repulse fast abovo
r -
sent a ehill ever'
I Avie gave 'them less trouble, than they
Involuntarily a .11w try of snare) ,burst • had expected, though her husleand• be -
teem her lires as the hoiTor of the situte; low did not breidhe eeisy until .the ('hi
tion made ilself lc lt Hee nerves he& nese-elad figure had (mite vanished from
been winiught up to a desperate pitch, view, and he heard the welcome • signal
and this' (Master capped the climax. from Larry that all was well. '
Even bold Lord Beckett, felt a thrill Of. , There remained only himsell..
aetnal dismay when he wet:41)M the It WaS high thne he wee going, for a
situation ,end realized what a fearful confuelitir of noiseout, in the corridor
condition of affair had arisen. n .. portended •the speedy errival 'of a (le-
tt must. hedeed be a peculiar nitim''d deacinnent of soldiers„ probably arouse(
that would not have experienced a sink- by.. the stunning report of the escaped
ing sensation, after contemplating the guard.
disaster. — •
Here they had come to rescue Evans
from dui 11100 vile, with the. result that
they now Aare& hie prtsOn,
r,hineeeveil:ranee is net, a thint;
be IighlJy defied, and woe to thatesoifi
.!evrefelted and unfortunate en to hill
beneath, the diepleaeure of native'forcen,
()Iwo they* gain' the upper hand, for no
More vindictive or nivel tyranny exiefee
Strange ee. it HOW appetite the one
Seim, would be expected least to grapple
with the new and Ovekeliehning preh-
• Coolly, Jack knotted the lantern to the
rope, and sent it aleft.
Ile needed no assistance in traversing
li.
the route hd Wn
e'had fashioned h t3 OW
hands, eince eliery Minute portioi of it
eletegei familiar to ifie totieh as hie own
feature. . ,
The clamor Wan now at 'the door.
Jack was, near the top and propeeding
as calmly as though merely paeeing up
to continue bis labors above.
A glance upward had assured WM that
the ethere knew eneugh to extinguish
.4 !
.the light, having evidently ' heard the
shouts below. - -
And as he climbed, a voice came steal-
ing. down to him from the void aloft, a
voice so _filled with anxiety and devo-
tion • that it thrilled him through and
through, even though it onlyuttered
his name :
"Jack oh. Jack !"
• The door of .the dungeon was burst
open and a, heterogenousernass of men
'pushed in. who bore flaming flambeaux
-men who . were 'armed with nonde-
script weapons, after the manner of the
Chinese Imperial Guard, and .who seem-
ed burping with a niad desire far an
oppertunity to slay, according to the
tenete-of their' religion. •
Thatespeelacie, as seen by _those above,'
was one never to be forgotten. • .
_ Again Kai Wang lowered his strong
arm, so that Dr. Jack might take no
chances. • •
. _Meanwhile, those below were running
around the dungeon, peering into every
corner, overturning the humble pallet,
even smashing the crockery water -
bowls, as though in fear lest the objects
of their search should have taken refuge
t
h
e
r
feei
n
.
.
Who ak
Men me didbolical noises - to
scare away the unseen demons of the
air, and who burn mock Paper money
by tons in order to conciliate the Fung
Shay. or espirite_ofethe dead, would not
be apt to prove themselves above' such
a ll''re(1-)lie.
nflheir cries .01 chagrin, however,
It become evident that they had met with
a grievous disappointment in finding the
place devoid of human occupancy.
As luck would have il, some smart
Aleck chanced to discover the ladder cut
In the wall, and, raising his eyes, was
juet in time to see a pair of human legs
dtiiigling in the air, as Dr. hick made
uidTiiseedeexriyt.
His ovwas
gi
.eated ta his 'fellows,. andliciji)1Y°rimirli-
encenstuelda
c°urhultoe
ctiti of ‘tvllfle,
Tnone of these brave war-
riors had a very determined itching to
climb up that odd 'adder,' fearful lest
the resourceful American might be lying
In eveit et the loplieedy to tap them on
the head as fast as they came within
reach of his arm.
Perhaps this lull in matters offensive'
Might be of Considerable importance to
the Tugitivel, Since a minute of Hine IS
• often 'worth a. fortune in 'cash.
(To be continued).
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free from dust, dirt and all' foreign sukytanoos,
el•ead Pelekete only. • 40ta 50e estlii 00e lior Jb, At all Grocer*,
HIGHEST AWARD ST., LOUIS, 190L.
eery slowly, there should be no haste
in storing or the mass ntay heat and
spoil. This may be prevented by stor-
ing the bean ,hay and some kind of ce-
real Straw in alternate layers. This
will also Improve tbe palatibility of the
straw. The hay when well cured has
a high feeding value.
The crop may be threshed with • the
Bali, with the bean thregher or with the
grain separator. The bean thresher
does the work well, but is slow. The
grain separator when used calls for a
readjustment of the concaves and of the
teeth of the cylinder, to prevent break-
ing the crop. On good land the yield is
fully 20 bushels per acre. The beetle
must not be put ii deep bins or they
evill heat and spoil.
••••••••••••=1.
PASTURING MEADOWS.
, keornmon prectice among farmers of
the present day, and more so the eastern,
farmer, is to pasture, the meadows as
soon as the hay crop' ie cut 'off, wretes
Mr. P. Wiley. It is an old practice•and
e bad one. It has been practised .for
'generations, but not to suefi an extent
as at present. To turn stock immedi-
ately 'upon the meadow is a sure ruin-
ation of next year's crop of hay and re-
lieves the farmer but little in the long
run. • In Jury and August pasture gets
short, .espedially in a dry yeai• and to
see the green grass growing is indeed it
great temptation. Qn very rich soil I do
not say that it is notecroper to pasture,
providing that the young shoots are
given a chance first to gain size and
luxuriant growth.
Every farmer ehould sow- plenty of
fodder corn in early spring and sum-
nier so it can be fed during the short,
age of pasture. In a great many sec-
tions, no doubt, fermers have learned
from experience the folly of early pas-
turing el meadows. I believe it perfectly
right to -allow stock to graze on mowed
meadows not earlier than September 1,
providing it is not carried to extremes.
I have obeerved ins a great many in-
stances when winter Set in that the
ground would be gnawed.as smooth ns
a house floor. This leaves the young
cia,nt roots unprotected and the dam-
age done is'-extensele..
. I have a number of neighbors, success-
ful in a way, whose first •act after re-
movirig the hay is to turn in every head
of live stock they have. Experience
has !shown this is very unprofitable. hiNk
method is td allow the stock to pasturfl
the grass for moderately abort inter-
vals at a: time. In this way there is
sufficient top left to insure winter pro-
tection to the roots, some soil rebuild-
ing and a big hay crop the succeeding
year.
•
USEFUL INFORMATION.
Germanand are said to have advain-
ages over metal and enamel, the prize
cipal ono being that they are much
! cheaper. They are made in.a solid piece
1 and one can be turned out complete in
about five minutes.
1 "Lamp oil" is the, secretive title un -
1 der which the British House of Corn-
, mons yearly covers up $200 worth of
snuff purchased for the use of members
and officials, and kept at the entrance
ic the Ilouse. All are free to replenish
their private stores.°
SIIE AGREED WITH PAUL.
"I hope. it isn't wicked to say it," . re.
marked Mrs. Ganham, "but there's on9
thing the Apostle Paul wrote that I wish
lie hadn't written. It's. his, telling the
women they must keep silence in the
churches, and that if they want tO learn
anything they ce.n ask their husbands
at home. I believe everything' else he
wrote, but somehow I -I can't quite see
my evay clear about that."
"He says that in One of his letters to
the Corinthians, doesn't he?"
"Well," said- Mrs. Fladgers, rubbing
her nose, "I .used to think just as -you
do about it, but -I've changed my mind,.
You know .I've got a niece that's xnar-
ried to a rieh lumberman? Yes it's
Matilda, and he's a good man, too. Well,.
about six years ago they fixed things
up for a ,trip to Egypt, and nothing
would do but I° mustgo along. So
I went. While we were sailing down
the Mediterranean -Sea we stopped "at
ever so many towns. and one of them
was Corinth. We took a ride through
the town, and I took particular notice
ef the women.
"I want to tell you, Mrs. Gunharn;
that they're about as ignorant a look-
ing set as I ever saw in all my life,
and -1 don't blame the Apostle' Paul one
bit, for telling those Corinthian women
to keep quiet and let their men -folks do
-the talking. . •
"When you've seen a thing for your-
self, Mrs. Gunharni, you've 'a good deal
better, able to judge, and .e know now
that Paul was tube'
TRY IRELAND FOR LOtsiG LIFE.
e,
Ireland enjoys the distinction of p
sessing more centenarians than Englan,d,
France, and Germany combined. She
ad 497 tit the Jasti census, whereas
France had only 243, England .146, and
Germany. 75.,Spain takes second place
in this respect, having 401 centenarians.
As both Spain and Ireland bayer the re-
putation of being very easy-going coun-
tries, one must conclude that the, "way
to live a hundred , years" is to avoid
haste in all things, and lead as quiet a
life as possible. Scotland's centenarians
numbered 46 in 1901. One man, named ,
Matthew Fowlds, of Farwick, near Kit-
marnock, celebrated the handredth ea-
'niversary of his birthday' last month in
his native village, where he has spent
the whole of his life. The remarkable
thing about dhim is that he.is still a skill- ,
ful hand -loom weaver, and looks good
for another twenty years at least.
Interesting Bits of Knowledge About
'Most Everything.
Street beggars in the London area are
5es0h,n100a0ated yteoarm. aske between them $1,-
6A boy's hair grows one-half slower
than a girl's. In boys the average*rate
et growth is three feet three inches in
six ycars. During his twenty-first and
twehty-fourth years a Man's hair grows
quicker than at any other period.
One of the familiar and pieturesefue
sights of 'Paris is the postage -stamp
market, „which is held, both in SUMIner
and winter, ender the trees of the
,Champs Elysees. Here stamp collece
tore, „meet, buy and sell, and discuss
Pr•Wie14:iie rtethe telephone wires, are over-
landrate of. about 16,000 miles a second.
Where the 'wires are through cables
under the sea the speed is not more
than 6,000 miles a second.'
The reason why opals are often dost
from thleir settings is that they expand
with heat more than other precious
stones, arid, censequentIy, force Thpen
the gold which holds them in place,
With: the result tlmt they ultimately fall
• .
out.
The British soldier carries a helrriet
which weighs nearly ,1g, pounds; 'the
helmet of the Prussittee infantryman
weighs only a trifle over 14 ounces;
while the Italian is still better 'off with
a kepi which turns the scale at between
11 ounces and 12 ounces.
Glass bath -tubs are being made in
Towne -"He's very wealthy:"
Towne -"Yes, and very -stingy and eeo-
nomical." Towne -"You don't know •
that. You mustn't judgea man by his
clothes." Mrs. Towne -"Certainly not,
I'm . judging him • by '. hie wife's clothes.'
Wife -"I want to talk vith you about
some things we need for the house."
Husband -"What are-, they?" Wife -
"Well, te begin with,, dear, don't you
think we need a new bonnet?" ,
"What elid you think of my lecture?'
asked a speaker of an old farmer. 4`P
was right enough," said the farmer,
moodily, "but a couple of hours' rail
-would have done At good; irwies rathei
,dry."
romomonarWeri*
His 'Wife -"john, -dear, the docto,
says I need a change of climate."..
flusband-"All right. The weenie
prophet says it will be colder. to -mot
TOW."
It takes two fools with but a singli
thought to generate a full-sized. cast
of mut al jealousy.
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MAN IN IDE CONCIIME.,--1