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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-4-18, Page 7SYNOPSIS OF'PRECIIDING CHAP- would ge to lies ,eon, or, if he had 1.'.GRS,—Thu atcrY ()Pend Ili the north no sen, to the next of ]tin; but Deer - of England at White Cliffe, the restono_�lemon of Squire Cedai burnt Manor und Barbee() Grange ations have failed anhe 1,4 uxruhn-were his own, andiie could leave them ed maul; Ho is old, and in ermined to whom ba pleased, Many a dssorlp.• by the dread of the poet -house, Lord time of tbia wonderful baby had Lela Ilahysweath, the weiailhy =eater of emit over the tree to Sir Karl; but DeaPIng Horst, at thin point makes a whorl the tittle one was just a year proposal of marriage to Dolores Clief- old, Ale to gall Lord Rhyahvorth by Oen. The Squire urges -hilt Baugh- name, and to gladden tho dieart of ter to accept the offer and thus pro- Dolores by saying "Mamma," a ter: rade for her aged and pennilosS fath- rible and unforeseen event 000urred. er. Dolores given ,Lord Billysworth One I�eveinber evening, Lord dlhys- a temporizing anatyer 'un his propos- worth was caught in a. thick mist, al awakens leer to the fact that she and beingat some distance from home loves Sir Karl Allantnore of Scare- he was empellod to remain in hip wet dale—a lova of which she was not be- e1hoS ; e osiunoovas, lore fully aware. Lola de Ferias, a nauotght a the bad ofeverishseqecoldt, Likehe French refugee and a playmate of moat healthy man, he lawghed when Dolores' ahtldhood-dayg, also louse the Dolores 'pegged him to give up out- debores Sir Karl, and con'fesaes t0 door sports for a tame and take care Dolores. that she has Made up bar of himself. It was all right, be of mind to win him. Dolores and Lola firmed ; a cold Waa nothing. It would are known as the whiten and red roses, not bort him. or Doth are strikingly beautiful—Dol- result Theas that one: day he was ores, gentle, modest and Iovable, Is of the fair type; Lola brilliant and unable to rise from his bed ; nflam- passionate is of the dark type. Be- matioa of the lungs set in, and he tween the two epringn up a rivalry waa desoon brounlitht to the Habig c i e rge for tthe affections of Sir Karl. Dolores, modest and withdrawing constantly oobo'lero bolshero* ne- forth. husornd's iomashe until first imagines that Sir Mud abates m a .pro- the last she never left•hita. Whet rest o trivieal for, -Dole. At last, mulled by, she was compelled .to'take she ;took t tti het . as tinafly into thinking in Ma room. Site was the most es- thete, and that he prefers Lola, she sinuous and careful, the most gentle sings him a pathetic farewell which and loving of curses. he is at a logs to understand, and ac- You make even death Seem sweet, eepts Lord lbhyStvorth's.offer. It se Dolores," he wbispored to her, while only .when, betrothed to Lord Rhys- the death -damp gathered on his brow, worth, she has received a dower. of "Wo have not,boen long together, but land which pima her father in af- You have made me very happy" fluence, that she learn:# that Sir His little daughter was brought to Hart loves her. The truth in bitter ban, and he pitesed dway with. Itis to both. Dolores, with sweet resigna- head on the breast of the wite whom float decides to be a true wife to her he had loved so dearly and so well. betrothed. Sir Karl determines to Hia death, so sudden and unexpect- travel in France in an endeavor to for- ed, coming in the midst of his great get his disappointment. Lola goes °sappiness, and so soon after his Mar- to Scarsdale to upbraid him for not r+age, created a profound sensation in calling at Beaulieu, her mother's the county. fouple could hardly be - residence, to say good-bye. He does levee it at first. Its effect on Dolores not wish to give her groundd for was terrible. It seemed to her that thinking that he cares for her and she could never bear the common rem, isbrusque. She asks him to be tine of life again. It was a mystery friends. Sir Kari consents and leaves; to her, far above her comprehension, this sudden coming of death into the • midst of life, thio awful wrenching of CHAPTER .is. a .great human tie. She stood with weeping eyes by her husband's body, Two years had gone and few changed Was this indeed the man (who bad lov- had come with them. The old Squire od her with such lavish love Where a rich man now, through the goner- was the light that had shone in his • odity of Lord Rhyswortk. declared eyes for hwe dsinten anile Theer grimhertetherribledly mystoryder that be was growing younger ; lie was filled her with awe and wonder. She so thoroughly happy that Dolores felt .head never seen death before; it had every time she SaW 'Aim, ' she could been but an empty word to dear, She bent down to kiss' the silent lips. have made a sacrifice twice as great "I have been true to, you, my dear, for him. Hotlioroughly enjoyed his in thought, word and deed;" she said. life, and began to take his tavorite ''May we meet again in 'heavens" rides and walks. His was indeed anew The funeral of Lord Rhysworth was eats -thrice. an event Ione remembered , in the county. .There was not 'one" present tSir Karl had not returned to Eng- whose heart did not go out in warm. land. Scarsdale was still in. the hands est sympathy to the beautiful young of the servants, bola, 'whose letters widow. interested him because they were al- The Squire was deeply affected by ways full of news about Deeping his aid friend's death. Dolores ix married. Hurst, heard from him' often ; but in "" Wbo would hay o believed that I siiostld outlive him?" lee said.; and in none of Itis letters was there ever the his heart be knowv that. but for the. faintest allusion to his coming home. dead man's generosity and kindness, At Deeping Hurst itself there had been he would not have been alive. one event. Dolores had presented her They buried hire in the old family husband with a little daughter, a tin vault, where all the Rlep t When hifos g Y many generations had slept. ZVhan his beautiful child whom she idolized; and will was read, it was found that he Lord Ehyaworth bad been nearly be- left all that he could to his wife,— side himself with joy. After his long Burbage Grange, with an income of loveless life to have a sweat wife and five thousand per annum, which at Ler (tenth, was, to revert to his dough - infant daughter—it seemed a marvel ter, Kathleen, together with a large to Lim that Heaven had blessed him sum of ready money and several valu- so.. His loving fondness for (laugh- able investments, which made her ater was beyond conception; that daughter hehadcalr an' . To fees beloved y given beer - there had been, west or could be, such hurstManor: with two thousand per ry baby, he refused to believe. Little anninn, the money to accumulate Un- til was not likeDolores; she . .til elle attained the age of twenty- one. Nati the Rhysworth face, dark eyes Deeping Hurst, with its revenues, anal hair, and a mouth litre a rose- went to the 'next of kin Walter In. bud. It was touching to see the old ving now, Walter, Lord Rhysworth, Squire with his little granddaughter who was in India where be had held to him She was Dolores in her sweet an office under Government. A year helpless infancy over again. , The child thrived, and everything at Deeping Hurst seemed to promise uninterrupted prosperity and bappi- noss. Lord llleyswortb, in his devot- ed love • and affection for „big little daughter, settled Deerhurst Manor, with e bandsome yearly income, upon her. Deeping Hurst was entailed, and at least must elapse before kis could come home ; so he wrote to Lady Rhys - worth. asking her as a great favor to remain at Deeping Hurst until One re- turned to England. It way a respite to her. She had felt no great or passionate love for her husband, nothing but reverence aad kindly affection ;'but she bad been warmly attached to him for bis good- noas and kindness and she felt his death keenly. She knew that she had Comfort for Poor Sieepersil The Mystery Of Seep—Insomnia, a Warning of Overwork or Approaching Nervous Collapse Which is Not to b: Lightly Disregarded. "Steep is the, vacation of the soul ; hds immeresie practice. is the one which it is the mind gone into the play- gives most general satisfaction. This ground of dreutes; it the teleran- OOhatac'altNens'vei Food and has coma. Do ,tion of Plueelea, andi the solaeg ot tba have an e0ormoay sale in every part nerves; it ig the hash .of activities; of 1Is colatlnent, whe;rd nervous dt it is e. calming of the pulse 1 it 10 a orders and aleepleeaness are So pre - breathing much albwer, but much valent,. deeper; it is a temporary oblivion of Each and avler'y sufferer iroiii per- all corking cares; it 15 a doctor re- voila and physical exhaustion, thin, cognized by all kcbools of medicine, watery and impure blood, and the de- Lack of sleep puts patients en the mon insomnia, can begin tdtia use of rack of torture or in the mad houao, lir. Ghase'S Nerve Foodt with positive VIr in the rave. " ? nsteuranee taint the regular use o± i eleeplegAsass is a warning that the fills famonts food cure will gradually nervous force .of the .body is being and thoroughly build up and recou- exhitusted more rapidly than it 5 be- stalest the nerve cells and bodily ing created and points to ultimate su:.d and permanently aura sleepless- 'physical•bankrnptey. (rho nights do ne50 and irritability. 'not repair the waste of the day. Some You Must not °anfugo Dr, Obase's unusual effort must be made to over- Nerve Food with sleep -producing tome this state of affairs, or collapse drugs end opiate„. It is different Is certain. Solent'late have pointed out from any ntadeeine your ever need, and .pertain clomontd of nature as being Instead od tearing do{Net the tisssees peculiarly suited to the needs of an qnd deadening the nerves, it cureS by exhausted nervous system. Through filling every Dail wale new life, vigor 'the medium of the blood and nervous and vitality; As a spring tome end system thee° restorativess carry new invigorator it naarvelloii in tis ae 1!Se and vital energy to every nerve tion, instilling into weak, -worn, tired cell in tho human anatomy. 1 kerinan bedlam the strength, elentiolty. Wb,ilo these elenents of nature aro .end buoyancy of perfect health.. sh °omiained in various pieportionn it is cen!:s a boat, 0 boxed for $2,60, at all now gcmerally conceded byysiolansd dealers, air gent, postpaid, on:rceeipt Wit the p2,eseriPtieiii 'tea's by 1)r.' of Inco, hod, Eeluwittlibn, Ilatiel di Co. C3lrado loath, witch mnrgeliaiis sueeeas i:n' !ltolronteo foot the truest and best friend that it ;way possible ter -a woman to nave, It was sono little eamfert and relief 0 t her is d o c - l0 a o e e b h iia not to leave D Mg Burst Pat then. •It was a beaus t!fal bonze, and oho had been very hap y there, One was elapsed to think that Oho ?teed not go away with the pain of her lois strong upon her,pleas- cd that baby Kathleen should take with her, when she went, emu mem- 0;7 of hsr (ether's home. 'The first three menthe of her widowhood Ole passed in total neolusion with her child; and the respeot sbo sbowodfor hoe husband's monitory even for her ganernl approval, Bone and doatlt'had somewhat soared Lola, She did, not °are to go near Deeping Hurit, for the very thought of death (was horrible to her, While the three mouths of rigorous mourning lasted, she wrote frequent- ly to Lady Iihyawortb, being always very careful t0 mention the tact that alae had jest beard from Sir Karl; but she made no attempt to visit her. Only when the De°ping durst carriage bad been Aeon in the town did aim venture' near the place. Dolores was pleased to gee 'ter, She was young, and the long isolation had begun to tell upon her, It was cheer- ing to see a bright face and to bear the Sound of a laughing voice. Al - moot bet first words to Lola were an invitation to the nursery to sea baby Kathleen ; and Misa de Ferras'a first remark way— " What a great pity, Lady Ellyn - worth, it way not a boy 1" " What a great pity'": asked the young mother reproachfully. "Could aisyfhing be fairer or sweeter than my little Kathleen ?" No; but a boy would have aucoeed- ed to hie• father's estates ; and you need never have lett Deeping: Hurst:, "I would rather (have ray''daugh- ter," 'sail Dolerel, clasping the child toper breast; and Lola laughed. " Sentiment is delightful, but a Iarge income 5 better. Dolores, do you ever think about the future 1 It seems a strange fate to have mar- ried leo well, and to have lost your husband so soon. Do you ever_, think of the future? You have the best part of your life before you." "I have not thought of it." answer- ed Dolores in a clear low. voice; but her lovelyface flushed and her lips trembled. "My only thoughts have been of my loss and sorrow and my beautiful baby. I have had neither time nor -inclination for anything else." But Lola, ,looking steadfastly at her, repeated— The best part of your We nes before you. You are still very young; yore are beautiful and 'wealthy, .you ave all the prestige without the burden of your husband's rank; and you have only ono child.. I. say that your future will be more brilliant, If you choose to make it so, than even your past baa been" G$APTEIt %III., Fourteen months had elapsed since the master of Deeping Hurst was laid inhis grave; and one bright: sunshiny morning Lady Ithysworth took her book and called to the nurse to bring little Kathleen to her favorite nook under a noble cedar. The Squire very often Dame over to see lis daughter and to smoke hia cigar under the ce- dar -boughs, while Dolores read the newspaper to him and his little grand- daughter played at his knees; but on that morning it was Lola de Ferree lobo had ridden over. She had not slept well, she said, and fancied that the air of Deeping Hurst would do her good. Lady Rhysworth was pleased to see her. During the last fewmonths they had become •better. friends'. Dol- ores was so gentle and lovable that Lola could not dislike her ; and her ladyship seemed to look down upon bar from such a height of calm sup- eriority that there way no longer any rivalry possible between them. Lola feat .it so;besides, the friendship of Lady Rhys'tvorth was of great im- portance to her. She met at Deep- ing Hurst the very !hest society, so- ciety that Madame de Ferrasi': with her limited means, could not enter- tain. She enjoyed keenly all the comforts of a luxurious home; the trhousand and one things that add to one's enjoyment of tile. Nothing pleased Lola more than a visit to Deeping Herat 1 so tho friendship. of Miss de Ferree and Lek' Rhysworth. had ripened all the more since the mo old ved. feeling of rivalry had been re - On this fair morning Lola had look- ed more thoughtful, and watched Dol- ores with morn keenness than usual. "How beautiful the ,shade of this old cedar is 1" she said. "Your orna- mental trees are twice as large as ours, just as everything here is twice as beautiful as in any other place Xan will be Sorry to leave 5 1" 1 " Yes," answered Dolores, "And from all that I can -bear I havo not•much longer to remain. Lord Rlryaworth is expected homy at the end of this year." " I wonder " Said Lola, "how you can mention the mao's name 1 Were "tin your place y could not," " Why not 1" asked Dolores smil- ing. She was growing more accus- tomed to Lola's flights of fancy. " Think of all he will take from you, Dolorosa' never wee mine, and it is by noright•ymlietsi"n.i owWhy should that an - "1 I know it would anger me," re- joined Lola. "I should do one of two things—either hate him or -marry him." ' It 5 not so easy to marry a man," Said Dolores. The words were simple enough, and bed no particular meaning; but Lo- la's facie flushed crimson as she heard them. She know it was not easy to marry whom she would. She, chang- ed the subject. " You are still very young Dol- orea." "I am but too cognizant of the fact ; why do yon remind me of it?" " Because id the note Lord 'Ehys- worth' should marry, you will be the Dowager Lady Rhysworth'. I mall that nothing abort of a oalamity." "It would not disturb me , besides he may not marry" returned boleros, "Rely upon it that he will. "I.am quite mire that Lady Fieldersintends hint for hereldoat daughter -Aho apoake Of :11101 in sueb� tones of apnea-, bation,". it tvmuld be an excellent match," said body Itbyawortlet "I should like hint to marry wine nipe,.gtel front btine nthfnpf alghsorhoddhox+,ould It dowould be the ast " Would you not :tool jealous' of ane other Ludy Rhyswortb 1 I should!" " No- I aboaid feel terribly jealous if .any one Goold take even one .thought of mine from my baby ; but of Den, Lill; Burst I could never ba envious," Lola looked thoughtfully at her, " Doloroa," abs said, " why not mar- ry him yourself t' Yon would Tose nothing then.'' Lady Rhy/;worth raised her beau- tiful .ayea in Wonder. " 11" ' elle said "My dear Lola, Petit - slings issse inmarry hithe wmorld,would over make " But he was hardly related to your Husband—nothing more than wend or third cousin," " He was hardly a third cousin; but fie was the next of ban," replied Lady 1'thysiworth:. " To me it seems as though he bed been my husband's brother. Such a marriage would be an utter impossibility to ;rte," Lola sighed: She yaw that that Idea was out of the question, and at once decided upon changing her tee- tial'. I was merely jesting, of comae you would not marry him. It would not be at all fair of you to monopolize two.Lorda .of beeping Hurst, Lady Fielders would never allow that." " No, it would not be fair. I can Safely say that I shall never be guil- ty of that: injustice laughed Dot- oras. Lola` was busily engaged in pulling the petals from a rose; A faint flush mane to her taste. She did not look at Dolores as she was speaking, but went on hastily— " For my own 'part, I do net believe in aeoond marriages..I think that a man or a woman who marries again shows but little affection or respect for the memory of the one he: or she has lost." " I do not agree with you, Lola," said Lady Rhyswoeth, "Of course, if one loses the first cove of youth, and all that is brightest and best in life dies at the same time, a second mar- riage is' arriage'-is merely contracted for con- venience. Take a man who marries some girl whom' be loves with the only love worth having. Suppose she dies, leaving him many little children ; h° must marry again, so that they may have some one to look after them ; but, naturally, he would not love the second 'wife as be did the first. So it seems t0 me there are many cases lis which people are compelled to mar ry again..". "It may be so. But I would not be a second wife—I would not marry a widower," said Lola. She spoke with soma little vehemence and the rose - Petals fell in a shower over the grass. ' You yourself, Dolores," ehenontinued " with that little child to love you and to love—would you ever marry again 1" " How can I say? I shave never 1, even thought of it. You forget, Lola,i when you speak to me in that fash- ion, how recently my husband died.II Such an idea has never; occurred to me." " If I were M your place, 'should never marry. You have all for which people marry—rank and money." " Is that all? Is there no love in the case 4" asked Dolores. "You married for love," replied Lo- la ; "and according to your own the- ory, you cannot do that twioe." Lady Rhysworth made no reply. To Bs Continued. The Ring; or, How She Grabbed Wm, He was gazing with dreamy eyes in- to the far on ahead. "Ab, my darling," be murmured, "what matters it that sorrow and trou- ble must of necessity be lurking in the unknown future? While I am with you I think of naught but the present—the handful, superb present!" "So do 1, dearest," she replied. "But you'll take me with you when you buy It, won't you? Men ha"e such queer taste in rings.-. - Hissed His Train. Baxter—An awful accident happened at the station .this morning. hustle was hit by a locomotive and carried half a mile up the road. It Is not ex- pected he wiil'recover from his inju- ries. Scott—Up the road! Then It wasn't 111s train. It must have made Hustle mad to be taken bait a mile the wrong "Dear me, what a vivid literary stylet I can almost smell the Smoke!" • STEADY INCREASE. The death rate of the world is 67 tenni the birth rate 70 a minute, and this( seemingly 7tght percentage of galas in sufficient to give a net :M- oreau in population each year of 16200,000. , l A R'1t0FESSI0l FOR HIM. Fond Mother. of delicate dude -I think it 5 time Clarence selected a profession, What avould you advise: ? 01d Gont, rellecii,vely,-.'Iia might do ukipl'y, as, a typewriter girl, HMIitlt iprYaWetWitiViNti efidiVettkWdldigfidt Agnicuitural ►AA"JNh4VNMlaaVif11 itti'dkM ilh KINDNFnSS IN HANDLING COWS, Success in any undertaking Mite on. u few Atmple propositions, as tallows A knowledge of the maohine, any .ap- preo!ation of the details, abllits to direct the euergioa and torsos and Ab- ility to dispose' of the product. 151115 Production beyond natuz'al condi- thine belonga to the nervous tempera- meet. Winn a dream came of the possibility of adding to the normal, meet malting powers, the first step was taken in the fixing of type in aeoord with functions. tier° way the Initiatory atop, here the first crude recognition et distinct temperamenl:s, and their purposes, and out of this have carne the breeds and their abnor- mal development. Man has been all the while, the dominating the con- trolling factor. To -day the extremes of beef and milk type are before us. The cold, salf!sh pblegmatio on the one hand, Storing every ounce to tta own pur- poses, the making of growth and fat, and. the warm, sympathetic, "unselfish highly nervous organism, striving to spend itself for the direct benefit of others. It is motherhood intensified !n this supreme effort to feed the world. Six thousand pounds of milk yearly marks the minimum limit of individual self :Support ; 8000 to 12,000 Ib0 or more, the range of possible pro- fitable production, the limit being an unknown factor. For thee} great pro- duction there must be the dairy type, the loosely constructea, nervous or- ganism, the large, barrel, wide loins, large udder, great flow .of blood, and more than all, the certainty of intel- ligence. Milk and especially butter fat, are 3be best products of nerve force, and to be invited through intelligent contact. The mow and her owner must be friends. Kindness and sympatby must dominate every step. The per- fection of dairy cow machinery must be backed by an increasing desire to give forth to the utmost for the man who twine a day takes his place as her calf. :Whatever serves her com- fort or peace of mind promotes pro- duction, for motherhood knows no limits. Begin the education of the fu- ture cow by educating the dam. Take the calf M hand at onoa upon birth, and allow no trace of fat to get a foothold and divert the dairy tenden- eies. Grow with sole reference to fu- ture service. Begin early to' handle and train,and never play with the calves. Allow no caretaker to leave charge unless he is in full sympathy with your purposes, and has a. large appreciation of the problem. The channel of nerve force must be untrammeled and the seat of nerve force, the brain, undisturbed and under control,tf the largest yield is to bo forthcoming. Dealing with func- tions so abnormally developed and yet to be intensified, all conditions pos- sible to affect production must be, taken into account. Keep this thought' of motherhood continually before you,1 and better care, more sunlight, and in- crease of fresh air, kinder treatment land closer relations will be establish- ed. The dairyman of to -day will fail to- morrow unless be feels growing with- in him a spill{ of reverends for his dairy caws. Leaning for bis support' on these maternal functions, anseek-! ing all the while to increase the same h•e should never forget that it is out of the intelligence and unselfishness of his animals that he 5 being en- riched, and every instinct of manhood, should prompt a hearty recognition of the untiring service of those faithful servants whose only thought is to yield to the utmost M response to his friendly invitation: Study the problems rwith Bole referents° to the years to come. Increase of product and de- crease of cost per pound is inevitable and no man has determined the limit. He who succeeds along the line of tbo milk -making machine will be be who most thoroughly believes in it, moat firmly and respects it most truly. SHEEP RACK For outdoor feeding they are made simp',e and cheap ; all of the material rtgaired for a single rack is four boards, 12 feet long, two of them 12 and the other two six inches wide; four more o£ the same widths, ae in- ches long; utx posts. 2) inches long, for uprights in the corners and the center, of two by three scantling. Nail On boards to the uprights. wide mica at the, bottom, two Metes from lower enc, of scan Wog ; and the nar- row bonrde 10 inches above these ; that is, leave a space of 10 inches between the Iwo for the sheep to put their heads !n, It 5 a good plan to have a drop beard t0 cover this spade, hung by learner hinges, so that the bay may be put ilio the rack butore the sheep ere allowed to begin feeding. When adl is ready, lift the drops by turning them up and fastening with. a strap or otherwise. If desirable, cleats may be nailed aorose the end of the middle scant- ling on the inside, and a board floor put in two or theca inches above tha ground. The ends of the rank bad' better be boarded up, as sheep at- tempting to eat from the end erawd, out those near the corners at the sides. These racks may be hauled up- on a sled to any part of the farm. The plan is old, but popular, never'. theleag, WORTH KNOW.LNG. When poesiblo every garden should' have a hotbed. This 5 easier than most people think. The requisites ate; A few feet of dumber, a sash or two, Sonic hors° tnanure, a dry goods boy sunk in the ground and filled with manure, some muslin for a cover, hail you have a hotbed. In a hotbed you can start enough eabbnge hand tomo, to planta • fat year garden, and have radiab'ea in 100 days, Oneumbor Seed pat into cubes of turf four Inches sgaare Den tae Irlaoed in a hotbed. Whey will start to !;row as scop as the weather is waren i they oan he removed t0 the open !'round ; they Will grow right along. never will know they hada been moved and have ou- ounzbera p month earlier titan seed planted in open grouum. Aa 000n as the frost is out; of the ground onion petty ' can be put out. Scatter asoma strawy manure over thew and you will soon have bunch 001000, Pat barrels with both bear's out around hills of plc plant and you will have pia plant to nse'two weeks ear- Tier than in any other way. tin asparagus bed should be on the soutb aide el a bullding,, or tight. board fence. It should be oovored with coarse manure in the winter, which should be removed as soon as the frost is out in the spring. Peas can be planted as soon as the frost is out of the ground , A freeze wt t n .t butt them atter they are 011 Black sued onions should be sown eerily also tut'ntps and mustard. All Unit ha: been written applies to small early gardens. For the general garden °rope on ties fa, nt and for the market gardens we recommend a different system of Waffling. planting in rows instead of hods, the use of plow tri place of spade or seed drills and rollers in place of band 'towing. , THEY WERE HONEST MEN Aad Very Often Had Dealt With Die. honest People. "I think I am an honest man," said the man with a scar on his chin, "as honest as the average, but when the owner of a Boston newsstand changed a $10 bill for me and gave me $5 too much the sudden temptatiou overcame me. I crowded the money into my vest pocket' and hurried away." "And when at a safe distance you counted it over?" queried the man with the Shakespearean forehead. "Exactly."' "And instead of finding $5 too mueb you found yourself a dollar short?" "Two dollars short, sir" "_And you—you cussed?" "I did. "And hunted for something to bite on?" "Yes, sir." "And declared it the most damnable outrage of the twentieth century 00 an innocent, honest man?" "You've hit it. And now, sir"— "Ob, no explanations are needed," in- terrupted the other, with a long drawn sigh. "I've been right there myself, and as honest men you and I tattoo uo chance against the world and can only hope to receive our reward when we die." M. QIIAn. Cheerful View of It. '"Yes," said the gentle optimist, "I confess I amsuperstitious enough to wear a lucky stoup." "And do you really think It gives you luck?" "Oh, I am quite sure of it" "Did you Java it with you yester- day :i" "Certainly." "And in spite of it you lost a $5 gold - piece out of your pocket, tore your coat by catching it on a nail, sprained your ankle and failed to close the business deal of which you expected so much." "True," replied the gentle optimist, "but think o1 what might have hap- pened to me if I hadn't had my lucky stoue."- How She Acquired Them. "What a clear, melodious voice that young woman has!" exclaimed the ad- miring youth.. I"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "And what an air of queenly author- ity!" "Yes. Both voice and manner are easily accounted for. She was once a telephone operator in the main office." Southern Measurements, "How far 5 it to the next house, my friend?" "'Bout six acres." "Well, how much is that?" "I hasn't never counted it" "Wbere are you from anyhow?" "Well, slr, I lives 'boot a task an a half from whar we're standin at." litho the Bearded :roman Was. "We made a bet," explained the vis- itor at the dime museum to the girl ticket seller, who had a suggestion of hair on her lip, "and we want you to settle it. Is the bearded lady Your mother or your aunt?" "You are both wrong," said the girl quietly. "She's my father:' • An Awful Dilemma" "What w4S your greatest predica- ment?" asked the hotel ncquniutance. "My greatest predicament," said the Mug Kentuckian, "was in a shorty: tunnel. There was a pretty girl on one side and a flask on the other, and the tunnel was only long 'mental for me to put my lips to one." Why TI1ey Quarreled, Mr. Meddergrass—Eft Slocum an Bill Roeorn ain't sneakier now. Mrs. Meddergrass—Do tell! What's up? Mr. Meddergrass—II1 claims bis th'- mometer averages ten degrees lower'n Bill's in winter an 15 degrees higher in summer. Warm Times, "When Saturn rolled across the sky in a .chariot, where was tate sun?" in- quired the boarder who reads mythol- ogy. "I guess the sun was scorching," grin- ned the boarder who mane tree cont- turles last summer, --e• HNS IS SWINDLE, xHARPSR$ GET THE 0557 OF 7115 GERMAN 0Q3111,Slll. 'fie Glows to the Little Tailor With relit 2'ronkl.es, but the Advice Ile Ostti onir l'1tnlcen'Alatttory tt Crew Deal Worse, I hat some gas meters put into. may, cobbler shop to ?hake him a swell place, and silo vhas In only six days 'then a man .comes in und looks at her mit a candle und says; "Vhell, cobbler, I take feofty cent: from you for gas." I paid him, und he goes avbay, but in one week another Mon comes in shmst der saute und says dot bill vhas 45 cent and he joust collect. I paid him, und he says all right und goes avbay,. but in three days dot third man comes in und says der gas bili vhas seexty cent, ,I "1 IIAs' TO mow YOU rmne TIsaxs F00 A sworaa t." don't see how she vhas, und I don't Thant to pay, but he points his finger at me and yells oudt: "If you don't pay, oudt comes dotme, ter, und -I sue you nine times!" Dot scares me, und I pay, but I go to dot little tailor mud tells him about it und ask him how she vhas. "Hans, you vbas some chumps," he says. "Nopody comps for der gas bill but once a month. Dose chaps vhas some sharpers, und you vbas swindled, but if any more comes you shall gif 'em der boat." Vhell, dot vhas all right, and I go avbay und sat down In my shop. - No- pody comes for ten days, and den a man walks in mit a candle und' looks dot meter in der eye und says:, "Cobbler, I bet to make dot bill for 1,0417et dis month." vbas all K. 0., " I says ash 1 stands oop, "und I bar to kick you ten times for a swindler!" I gif him some boots, und be goes avbay, but in two hours a lawyer comes und says it shall cost me ten dollar for kicking der gas man. ]: sends for dot little tailor, und he comes und Says:. "Of course. What a fool you vhasl You don't do nottings to some swin- dlers, but vlien.der honest man comes you kick him. Yon vhas a lucky man to get oudt of it for ten dollar." Some other day a man comes into my shop mita package und a book, und he calls oudt: 4has dis Hans, der German cob= ipbnSh" "e vbas," I says. "All right. Sign dis book und gif me 70 cents for n package from Chicago by, express." He gets his money uud goes avhoy,. mad vhen I open dot package she vhas. only some cabbage bead. I goes by dot little tailor und tell him, und he says: "Vhell, i neffer see sooch hayseeds. Can't you tell some swindlers when you see him? If somepody else comes mit a package, you shall gif him der grand bounce." I goes home land puts om ome inwis- iblo patches, und in four days a man comes in ag'in mit a package und a book. "Vhere vbas dot Hans, der cobbler?" "Right here," says I. "Vhell, you sign dis book und gif me fealty cents for a package from Bos- ton." "You vhas a wiliain," I says, "land I shall gif you some grand bounces to do you ." I bgoodit dot man on der °bin und pull his hair und boot him, und he don't dght back, In one hour I know he vhas all right, und dot package vhas sole leath- er, und if I don't gif hien sefen dollar I rhos instate prison for life. Vhen I see dot little tailor, I blows bins oop, but he laughs und says: "If you can't tell 'somepody from somepody, you bad better hang yotu self." AI. Qu,tn. What Occasioned the Lose. "You had a little deal in wheat, I be- lieve?" "And it ended disastrously?' "It did." "Wbat was the trouble?" "The cinch bug." "You mean the chinch bog, don't you?" "No, I don't. The chinch bug fre- quents the wheatiield, while the cincli bug frequents tho board of trade, and the number of Beats that he nips would astonish you." Repartee. Elder Sister—Mr. B!llmore and you were in the parlor a long time Last night, but 1 don't suppose you used much gats. Younger Sister --The reason you didn't see any burning, Emily, was because Marcid carelessly bung his hut on the doorknob.' ` A Sodden Thing. Strawber—it's wonderful flow sud- denly you can stoke an automobile. gingerly--lan't It? I was 20 miles •trot? home the other' day, 'and mine • stopper' ra: slldslanly Y :dart to walk Home.