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( Il.\1'1'hai XXI.
"1 do hope everything will bo all
right, Aunt Phipps."
It was Chris who spoke, and he was
very nervous!))• buttoning a glove of a
Suspiciously 11ght ani fight character.
fie wies speakeig k Olive, who sut quiet -
1; watching him: they ww'o In a room
in the hotel, and in that teem u small
bible was already partly set out for a
corn ng feast.
Of ,ours', tho hotel kw'w alt about
it 11 It had been printed on ail tho
menu cards, and on every wine list, and
if each particular waiter had had it
stamped upon his napkin, it could not
have been known with greater certain-
ty that Mr. Christopher I)ayno was to
to married that day. With every desire
ti appear cool and collected and to hide
e fact, he had himself proclaimed it,
es it ween, if nut exactly from the
house -tops. at all events all over the
Mouse itself.
fie had got up at an absurdly early
t►• ur, and hams rung bells v`ole►Itly, and
hod k,sl things, and found them again
beforo he had done. demanding to ku•ew
what had become of thein; ho had al-
ready) worn a shiny place on a new
waistcoat by taking out his watch every
halt-minu'e or so, to be sura that he was
tot !ate; and he had hung ahnut on the
landing outside Olive's door, probably
lilted with a suspicion that she might
les taken suddenly ill on such an oc-
casion as this, and have no one at hand
te support her. livery servant in the
establishment knew all about it, and
WAS perfectly certain that "she' must
be nice; a satirical page of ne experi-
eno:' whatever, and a mere babe as to
years, was cuffed severely by the head
waiter (a large man with a correspond-
ingly large family) for daring to suggest
that. they might be sorry for it. Alto-
gether a day of days for that tans!!
motel.
'1 do hope everything will be alt right,
Aunt Phipps,' said Chris again.
"\Vhy, of cotiree it will,' said Olive,
looking al him with a smile. 'I never
maw a bay so excited in all my life. Why,
the churoh won't run away or bo burnt
dt•wn; and Lucy won't forget what day
et la, or bo late, or anything of that
sort; and the breakfast will be ready to
the moment. Have you got the ring?"
Instantly, of course, Chris slapped
bin elf violently in various places, and
lo•ek.d with a blank face at Olive. Gra-
dually his face cleared as he fished
up the little circlet and held it up with
"By Jove! -that gave .mo a turn," ho
exclaimed, with 11 of relief. "Only
fancy turning the church, and
not being able to finish (ho ceremony;
leery fainting, and Odloy going into
hysterics. Positively frightful; jolly
lucky thing you asked about it. How
did you feel when Uncle Phipps mar -
raid your
"lt-11.'9 a long time ago; I almost for-
get,' said Oliva hurriedly.
"It can't be so long ago -because
you're atilt young, you know," said
Chr s. "Why are you always so sad and
quiet, Aunt Phipps?" he asked gently.
"You're always folly kind -and sytnpa-
thel'o--aril all that -and toelay your
eye, are cshining, and you took -you
look quite young. You don t think no
rude. do you, Aunt. Phipps?"
"No, of course not," sho replied. "You
and Lucy always scorn to d., mo good,
Chris -room to bring to mo something
1 never had -or something that. i lost
years ago. 7'hevo's a brightness and a
sun -hero about you that 'mikes the
world a better place to live in.'
"1 should think so," mold the boy. "its
A splendid place this morning, at any
rat e---b+causo all the dreams 1 ever had
%lave swauo true. 1 dont care to think
about it; fan almost afraid 10 pinch
myself. for fear 1 should wuko up and
And that I've been dreaming. Just
think what It swans; I'm to marry Luey;
we aro 10 go on a heneymeon; rind we
en' to coma back to a most splendid
little flat, iiorgoously furnished-"
"On the hire system, Chris,' said
Olive, wit!► a emi!o.
"Well -what docs Ihnt matter'?" he
asked. "What's the good of spending a
lot of money on furniture. So far as
that g wo might have gond into
a; ar•tm.'nts, or have Mopped at a hotel,
or anything; It doesn t matter a bit
when► we live, because that lent the
imp a tanl part. Only, Lucy wanted
th'ny;.•► that were her own, as She snid-
er nearly her very own while the In-
slianrnte havo to be paid -and there
ynu nre. And you know, Aunt Phipps,
there never was smell a fiat for con-
venienco-and all that kind of th ng."
"It's the most marvellous flat that ever
was bull in all the world," said Olive,
laughing.
"l.oek et theeludy, for in.slance,'said
('brie, sprclding out hies hands. "It's
a:t vary well for Lucy 4) say that y.,u'vo
pot bi shit the door before you can sit
�k w•n at the dark, and to move Iho ink -
eland on to a chair before you ve got
room to write -hut (!oean't that chow
flue
ocilelneos of It? It's the very ideal
flat for pair of lovers; do what you
will, you can't help silt rig cl ase to each
olive- in every roan of it."'
"Buell on purpose, I've no e'oubt," said
Olive• gravely. "1 was Only e-'rry, my
dear b)y, bent you road to furnish it as
Vou (t'd; but one can't reways get in
ones money easily,' ala added, with-
out koking at hen. 'There aro certain
-certain f•'rrnal:tl-a, you knew -and it
didn't seem quite worth whsle spend-
ing a lump sum-e11d it? Mt we'll keep
up the instalments, and It will bn just
es tttnugh you had bought e•utr:ght."
"Of coureo it will," he replied. "Be-
t:tefe3. 1 don't mean to depend on my
fortune only; I'm going to work. Just
ar sem as ever thio honeymoon is over
tw'.'re going M cottk down to real
q ty things."
°1' ial brava," sho said. "Don't de.
pend on the fortune only, Chris; slick
to work,"
"But the fortune Is all right --isn't 1t4"
he asked, with just a faint shade ot
anxiety. "You know you mid -
"I know what I said, Chris -and the
t.a-tuno is all right," replied Olive. "it's
newel time we went; and teet•er., wo go
1 want to give you a little weed ng
e n e
sent, -something to go on with -g
your hand."
lb steadied out his hand, o she
alit Into it an envelope.
hundred pounds, Chola, sho sad slow-
ly. "Dunt bo reckless -and deli t for-'
ge.l to work. God blew ynu!.,
She turned away abruptly, and look-
ed out of the window. In her
was ono despairing thought; in es
a groat fear. Too lata now to go back;
'leo late 10 expose tie fraud, and dash
down this boy's house of cards. This
was the last of the money, save for a
few pounds -and she had told him that
the fortune was all right. How w'us she
tc. go on? Aural
"Its awfully kind of you,
Phipps," said the boy slowly." t
,eUi
seems stupid, I know -but I was i b
tush a bit- nervous about the money -
and just a bit abo'r't, too. Thank hof.
u
again, Aunt Hems." Then, scetng
she d.1 not movo or speak, he sad soft-
ly. "1"m awfully sorry you had such a
bed timo when you were younger -I'm
sorry to ever
have been your
thinkthat
sadness pin dlife, I
mean.'
She turned round with a bright face.
"No sadness to -day, Chris, if you
please," she said. "This is Lucy's day
-a day of sunshine. Come along; as
you aro not responsible for your actions
tc-day, i must look atter you. And may
1 bog that you will not go downstairs
two or throe at a time; it is most un-
dilmifled, although it may please the
'wat'ers"
Hidden away at one corner of a very
old and staid square in Chelsea is a
c! u•ch, Gdx,dnees only knows how it
ever got there; that is to say, whether
the church decided to settle near tho
square, or whether the square grew
rcund the church. Be that as it may,
the church has a little strip of ground
be,ido it. with a few old tombstones
and some patriarchal trots. Occasion-
al'y on Sundays an old man unlocks a
door grudgingly, and ring; a boll -that
is, when he doesn't forget; and they dig
up another old man from somewhere,
and he preaches to as ninny people as
care 10 oomo. After that they shut the
church up again, and the ancient bell-
ringer pmbably gem back to bad. On
this particular day somebody managed
to convey to this old man that there
\ons to be a wedding; and they got him
out of bed, and dressed him with some
violence, and sent him. In a condition
iLctwcen surprise and sleep, down to tho
church. Even then ho would not have
believed it, but that the other ancient
one also nrrivod to perforin the cere-
mony. And gradually rho betlringer
grew interested
otter anis rtant &Soilsentered into, the;
()dley leeko silence in in a wild per to
Martin.
'rill thankful 1 never listrncd to any
of lha'e words that wus s; okon to me
at ditter.nt tines,," she said. "Mush bet-
tor as it is; I never could have b ,: no a
day like this. yen ---it's all forbeet.
Mr. Blake; if 1 had been p hedbd 1
shawl only have had to keep the men
afteteeirds. them wouldn't have Ir • r.
any 'werN1y goods 1 Theo endow' at.,ut
any of 'en that I've known; 1 d have
had to do the endowing."
They weio to go ,'right from the
clench to the hotel for tho breakfast;
'Lucy was already dressed for her jotu-
noy. So te:ey all went back again in a
truest allot -mat fashl-,n; it was but a
short dis'ance, and they had plenty of
Lme. lit fell out that Olive and Martin
Blake walked togettxr
"You should to a happy woman to-
day, Mas. Phipps," said .martin. "You
are it has all oome right -hasn't it?"
"1 hope so. Mr. Blake," she said slow-
ly. Then, turning upon hen quick;y, in
quite an altered vote. she oxclain ed.
'Yes -yet -I am a happy woman. You've
always believed mo to be stern and
sluing. and calm and cool, haven't
ye,u? Well, to -day an light-headed and
light-hearted; today 1 am nearer to
happy tears than I've ever been in all
my life. lk,as that surprise you?"
Ile looked into her face for a long
moment in silence. "No," ho sad at
last, "it doesn't surprise me In ties least.
There is scenething about you, Aunt
I't:il.,us-you see, 1 call you by the name
everyone calls you -something ubout
you 1 haven't fathomed yet. Cooking
into your eyes to -day, I seem to bo look-
ing Into U:o eyes of someone waking up
-conning out of a long and troubled
sleep."
"That's just what $t is," said Aunt
11�hipps, in a low votoe.
The breakfast was a very mcrry one..
All the waters exported tram, and (von
the sarcastic pageboy melted at sight
of the bride and evidaantly began to have
dreams regarding •rho future. Once or
twice during the mead Olive Varney
found herself thinking involuntarily of
what the future was to rhokl t•.:r the
young people, and of how that prom-
ise of the coming of tho fortune that
did noi west was to be fulfilled. But
the new Olive Varney stirring in the
old one told her, recklessly enough, that
cit this day of all otherssuohthoughts
weld out of place; so many difficulties
had been overcome, in such astounding
ways, that it was surely possible some
new' way could be found now. Sto
strengthened herself with that new
strange thought --strange for her of all
pooplo in tiro world -that love would
teach her what rtes did not at present
understand.
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!ThcFrm
In the first place, even If you aro a
bellringer arid belong to a church, you
don't get n bridegroom taro Christopher
Dayno every day. Tho way in which ho
!tame -set that unfortunate old man. and
arked questions. and declared that the
church clock was wrong, nml that ho
was certain they hadn t made a note of
the particular event of that day, and
would come to -morrow or 811110 other
lune, was really enough to have turned
the ancient ones hair greyer than :t
wars. Although he had a valve idea
that something In the naturo of foes
evould presently he knitted -ening, he was
(isidelly grateful to think that even
weddtngs did not last for ever, and that
he would presently bo able to shut up
'(ho church again.
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WHAT 1' \V1ail)S DO.
\Veal9 injure) the farmer chlel y In
two ways. Fist, ty offend ng has idea
of the beautiful, says Vern n 11. Davis,
Assistant Profess• •r of Horl.cubtw'e,
Chio College. 'l',tu injury is an an,oite
merit Inc'or in tha va'u-' of the !mei; and
iui•tllettnore, it is tine that is reit by the
whole community. A farm with weeds
!a not only les, valuable itself, but it
reukee every other taint u1 111') cornmti-
t:ity less valuable. Seiylnd, le. 11t -e ciop
(kiss. 'Iles is tho loss that iro'n'y, else
n11)14? COrltrnOrl (stoma's). The farrll'd
profits are lessened in a number . f
ways. tho nest. important of which aro
the toilet -el -1g:
(I) Weeds rob the Foil of mo'stur-'.
The aneamt. of water that must be tak-
en up by tho rooks of any plant and
exhaled out into the air through the
leaves is enormous. Experiments have
shown that for most of the cultivated
grasses from three to live hundred
1•ounde of water must actually pees
through the plunts to produce a mingle
14)Un d, of dry atter. In seasons of
(Irouth, when there le scarcely enough
moisture) to sup^ly the cultivated crops,
it is easy to understand the injury done
by rho presence of a Largo number of
aeldittonal weedy plants. This is doubt-
less the most important of the weed in-
juries, for it must, not to forgotten that
the moisture in the soil Ls tiro all-im-
portennt thing. Ask the average faniner
why lio cultivates his corn and he will
'ay "to kill the woods,' when, as it mat-
ter of fact, it is, or should bo, for rho
purpose of conserving the moisture in
the soil. The weeds are killed as an in-
cidental matter. A perfectly clean corn-
field needs cultivation as well as a
woody ono.
(2) Weeds crowd the cultivated plants,
depriving them of light and spaoe in
bo'h soil and air. If coin or wheat aro
plant& Leo thickly they cannot deve'op
properly, because the plants do not get
enough sunlight, and the roots do not
have sufficient fending space. Smiler
results will bo apparent, it the extra
planks aro weeds.
(3) Weeds rob lip soil of fool elements
required by other plants. While there
is usually more than enough plant food
for all plants in almost every soil, the
amount in a readily available form is
limited, and the greater th. number of
plants among it is divided the slower
and low. vigorous will bo the growth
of all.
(4) Weeds harbor injurious Insects and
dL9eaces. The overgrown fence rows
1,nd dikter; furnish mist ideal places
for many of these troublesome enemies
to live through tho winter.
(5) Word, sometimes injure by killing
farm stock or by rendering their pro-
duct; unsalable. Mountain laurel, wild
parsnip, and a few oUrer plunts found
es weeds cn certain localities sometimes
kill stock outright. Wild on on. a very
serious woad in bonne places, often tan-
dem milk and its products unsalable.
(6) Weeds render certain products of
the ftlrm unsalable. \Vohs In hay re-
duce ',Le value, and the presonco of weed
seeds In oornmercial farm and garden
:evl not only reduces as value, but
(hems the way for introduction of a
wad pest into a new locality, from
which it can, perhaps, never bo eradi-
cated.
. ether (nJurias w.11 suggest themselves,
but Utero are, perhaps, the most, import-
ant.
At the very last moment, amici all the
bustle and excitement of departure, it
happened that Oliva wag left alma in
the room for a moment, with the ne-
traains et the feast spread out forlorn -
le on tl:o table. At the moment It
;o epee more dimcult than ever Lo face
teal problem of the future; new that all
,the laughter was done, and tho last
handshakes had been given, and they
were gond, the world seemed suddenly
desolate and hard. And then it was
that the door opened quickly, and Lucy
came tn.
it was not in Olive to make advances;
that had never been her way. She stood
quite All, watching the girl; and for a
liniment Lucy seemed repelled. Then,
with n little exclamation that was halt
a laugh and half a sob. sho ran for-
ward
orward with her hands outsh'olched. And
all in a moment was gathered close,
close to the lonely bead of the other
woman.
"My dear -my dear!" murnrured Oliva,
"1 (thin t know you cared."
"You seas to bo the one grant frame!
we have in the world," said Lucy. "And
1 wanted you to knew -you six.cinlly-
110 changed his mind, h,wever, a mo -
pont or two Inter. For snrneono cnmo
in out of the sunlight outside and ad-
vanced down the church towards where
the impatient. young ran was waiting.
omone so dainty and ao wonderful,
thnt the old man rubbed hie eyes and
looked about him. and roalized, as ( very-
ene elso had done long before, that this
was no nrdinnry wedding. Indeed ho
stood watching her as she camp down
11►e length of the gray okl place with
hos eyes fixed alway., on the boy, and
log an to think it was rather n pity thy
didn t have weddings of the k-nd eve -'y
day. He quite regretted that he had not
tree! his hand at a peal or two on the
bells.
Martin Blake carne with her; Martin
was to give her away. Ile keiked at her
as she went on a 3'op or so in advance
of him; ho could not take his eyes from
her face. '('here was no echo in las
heart to•.lay; all that was done with.
Ih realiz• d now that, as if from V10 be-
ginning, thts thing tread linen alat)ped
out anal arranged; ho stood outside tho
story. The boy was everyth'atg; the love
that had oomo into her lite, while ehe
was still little mere than a child, meant
Chris, and Chris only.
'Tho Princes: comes into the sun-
shtno to -day," h' whlapereed, as he saw
tier step from the grey shadows tit the
church into a broad hand of light. That
tell nil about her and enveloped her.
"Yes ---into the sunshine," she whis-
px-rel In reply, with hT eyes still fixed
straight before tier.
alley was there, with her gray hair
pushed into something of order under
a new an I st•Irtling bonnet; Odiey with
a very ee 0 :c face. and w•th eyes only
for 1 c: darling. As a mt4v' of fact all
e. -c•med to ho fixed upon that little
lieure, standing in the sunlght in
f"oral of the old clergyman. and Ii3'en•
ine+, a itet wide solemn ere fix'sl upon
ha face, to the beaut ful ol•1 words that
meant se melt ?o her. (:his fount the
ring at the pnop(u' moment, not with -
red some agitation -and a) it all ended
happily. It was only in the vestry,
1 ow• luappy I and"
For a long minute after (ho door had
elected again Oliva stared out of the
window through a curious mist. And
in that minute there came back to her
the words she once had said bosales her
dead father:
"Even las he robbed and ruined ma
and.,mino-5o in the time 1e Dome ynu
shell rob and ruin her who( bears hle
annum.... You shall humble her to the
duet, ex he heisted enc. , . "
She shook her head, and s(orneel by
it.hat action Lo shake the bars out of her
eyes; laughol softly; and went out in-
to ti.o sunshine.
(lb bo Continued.)
4, -
TWO FAT IlOi''4.
7hr0e Hundred and Sixty Pounds le
Their Combined Weight.
The two heaviest bey'. til the work!
live on a farm In 'Texas, and, although
their wiled ages do not exoe.l f ,urleen
years. their c,mbined weights total
344) pounds.
'Tho elder toy-Willinrn Ashcroft --
lint el a veritable mountain of Il•sh and
weighs 255 manila, yet. extraor.Lnary
still, ho oontinues to put on flesh at
the rale of 20 pun(IS n year. Ion i9 5
feet 2 Inches high and has a waIMt moa-
suremont of 53 inch's;. in Kele of hid
Ai7..0 and weight, however, ho moves
about without any iny)nvenience.
At his birth William weighed gee
pounds, and when only one year ak1
weighed 52 founds. At five years of
age ho was as largo as a full-grown
pints, 111.9 weight being at that lien) 137
to 11)1)(13.
11 s brother Ernest is a close rival. At
birth he weighed 10 pounds, but new,
whilst only four years of ago, he turns
the ecnlo at 106 pounds. Ile is 3 fent
7 Inches high, and has a waist measure-
ment of 36 inches.
The mo.et r•'marknblo Lhng about the
eheeneenennl sive:•► of these two toys is
that their poernls are of ordinary sta-
ture. Their father is about 6 feet and
weigh 168 pounde, and their rnether• i9
5 teem 10 Inchon and weighs 150 eoun-bs.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashcroft have five other
children. all girls. and none of then
show any signs of unusual physical
growth or development. On the con-
trary., the girls are delicate and unusu-
ally light of weight for their ages.
SHRED
Try a Seasonable Diet and Give
Your Stomach a Chance.
Shredded Wheat with Strawberries will be found
wholesome, appetizing and much more nutritious than
meat ; also with raspberries, peaches and other fresh
frustil.
It Will Tone Up Your Liver anti Stomach.
Sold by all gr:tcers
E
A good cow should hold out w 41. She
should give u good flow test twills out
of the twelve.
1)•ut't breed the cows to any are that
hi;ppeta 4) bo available. Renternber the
bull is half the herd.
The calf Is a baby. Too many farm-
er*, forgot this and treat the calf as they
exo the older members of the herd.
Dairying is a sclenoo that ia0 being
more thoroughly studied too -day than
eve' before. ' It has in it a great deal
Snore than most people dream.
Dairying brings in constant inceine.
The man who sells crops of any kind
has to wait until lie can market his
product once a year. Tho dairyman
has an income nearly or quite fifty-two
weeks in rho year.
The care that the heifer gets the first
few limos she is milked detenn se's in a
large measure w'iether silo is going to
enjoy the milking operation. The kick-
ing cow is not born -she is made that
way by the owner or milker.
As socol as the calf will eat dry ground
ked begin 4o feed a small quantity, and
increase it as the calf grows in the
pcwer to consume and digest it. At Ws
joint ono must use his judglpent, and
re rule can be given.
The dairy steeer deers not make as good
beef as the Loof steer.
Keep down the dust in the stable dur-
ing the ie:king operation.
It is more profitable to have tour cows
of great. producing power than to have
eight cows of ordinary producing power.
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Perhaps n 1. w m••re pao:lo would try
to le good if they didn't bump into ao
malty nth re who overdo the thing.
When you get cometh ng for nothing
the something and nothing are nearly
when nam(, mem being signed and aiwsyr synonymous.
itAIT FOR YOUNG CIIiCKS.
TIIE GREATEST BIGAMIST
HOW "PROFESSIONAL ifUSBANDS"
DECEIVE TiIEIII VICTIMS. .
r
FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
KEl\>s til' Niel!. file\ Ilt:LAXWB
elluttLe.
IlappeulnUs 1u the I'nie aid Isle of
Interest to Li -Let-
tuce.
Half the world's tilt .t a"e 13ri1'sh.
There ate L1UO miles .: uvarh(ad WSOli
in London,
Theis, aro ro fewer than eight New.
meek 111 do United Kangtenu.
Ono roan makes u fortune to eight
(hut become bankrupt In Englau.J.
Everybody in Eugiand g.VOi ou an
average $f.76 away In charity yearly.
The 1n11itary u.se 01 the flag u1 Itri-
tain is as aid as the N n•nu.0 Conquest.
It is acknowledged (hut, roughly, KO
At ha trial it trans -Aoki that he had
groat ti oununds of dot ars upon his
"wadding." engaging a whole Il..or at
the Queens Hotel for the fesliv,tiee, and
presenting Iho officiating clergymen)
with a tea of $2,500. All 'this ostenta-
tousneas was, however, more y part of
ai settled policy, which colls:teed in lav-
tsh:y scattering thousands ot dollies in
order to gain thousands.
Robert Taylor wail anJther profes-
sional bignnust who worked on similar
lines, although ho lacked Vivian's edu-
cated and polish:d +manners -being, in
fact, a coats', ill•terato boor. 1'et ho
secc-oded in wooing and wedding a
ntanber of loofah women irpmany walks
of life, from mill -girls to the daughters
of well-to-do trades; oople and %;rotes-
s1o11a1 mien.
Taylor posse<ssod, however, a remark-
aLle talent for weaving around 'Outwit
all air of mystery and romance, such
as is dear to 1)10 feminine heart the
world over, and to this doubtless les
owed much of hs success. in reality
merely a runaway apprent'ce, he pre-
t(anded to bo the eldest son of a peer of
tlla realm, w.th immense landed estates
•n different parts of England. The title -
deeds to these he alleged to be oentaated
Ir' a small tint case, which he carried
evcrywh•ro with hien, never letting it
out of his p,)s=mss ion.
On the strength of these altoge'h:r
mythical documents he settled enornl-
eus sterns on the women ho vieliinizod.
To a domestic servant, for instance,
WHOM IIE iROBBED OF $200.
all her savings, he made over by deed
ct gift $'3(10.000. This was at Manches-
ter. The very next week he played the
salvo trick on a Liverpool widow, so -
curing $200. Then he went to Newcastle,
where he wooed and wed tho pretty
No Meige Dangerous .Crim gds rslst
Thaws These Deceivers of
Women.
What ratan, living or dead, has gone
through the ceremony of marriage wap
the greatest number of womevl?
Tho question is a hard one to answer.
But it is curtain float \Vitzhofl, known
to the police of two oontinents as "the
n.an with one hundred wives,' would
Mand a g' od chance of corning out at
the top of the loll 11 a census of tlx:
world's "bigamists" oould be taken, says
L(•n,ion Tit -Bits.
It is alleged by seine that the t'rran
11; ne, who was brougidluo at Bristol on
sensational charges of bigamy and de-
frauding women, is identical with this
much-marrie I scoundrel. This, h;wever,
Ilyee vehen eptly den'i'm, and it is cos -
Bible that In s•o doing he /speaks
truth, seeing that a cable from iluffalo,
N. Y.. whl:lt was published in the Lon-
don papers in Decemtcr, 190(1. stated
Asa succulent, troch and palatnhl± that the real Wilzhoff had been arrestol
tern of green fund, one on which chicks In that city and sentenced to a long
and old fowis, also, for the matter of
that, thrive and do well on, rape an-
swers the purpose most admirably. 11
s
rashest and devoured eagerly by
birds of all ages, and poultrymen, who
are sometimes at a toes W know Just
want tm provide in this line, should
spend a few cents. for it is chimp
emnuh, witht,a reliable se(x( house. and
grow a small crop for their maturing
heeds. Many wh•► have limited space
for their flocks, have often teen puz-
zler) over this question of green food.
1•'or them we would suggest the follow-
ing plan, which is a record of ours, and
which we think n very good o'ne.
Tho difficulty in providing chickens
with green food, nets in the fact that
they will eat while there is greed in
s.ght, unless, of course, they have un-
limited range. Tho nim ds to provide
a constant supply. Take throe bonrLs,
say 12 inches wide, by 6 feet long, I
Inch thick, using ono for the bottom.
the other two for tho setae Nail tee
getter tsecur••ly, and fill in the ends with
pieces 11 inches by 12 inches, then fill
up with good earth to a depth of six
inches, scow your ord. atter which the
top +houef he) covered with a fine wire
netting. 'Through this the birds will bo
b110 4) Just keep the tops of the juicy
plants nibbled off, and if watered oc-
casionally,
ilcasionally, If the summer !w dry, the
supply of groat fond will last all through
the summer. Tho baby chicks, of
course will not bo able ti get at the
rape in a box of this kind, but the raps
can In that caF.e be fed to them and, of
uIurvn will grow much quicker. The
rale could be started In a hot bed and
thus be available long before it could
be planted out of doors. \\'hen differ-
ent broods of chicks are kept in revue
rate runs (nes they should be) one of those
t'.xes placed half way between the two
runs, would provide, not all they would
eat. but enough for them 4o get along
with. more would he d4Airable.
For old birds, rape is a fine fond, it
can be sawn broadcast and allowed to
attain full height, lefore the fowls are
permitted In fend in it, and then every
other day is all It will stand, unions of
o urse the path L3 very extensive. The
small fencer is then advised to grow
box palettes of rape. or ierger patehee
if he can, the larger ble(der is remind-
ed of 115 value. Thy. and site for your-
self, as others have done.
terra of Inrprts;nntent.
It is believed, h,wcvor, that Ilyne 's
the man who -o amazing matrimonial
eseapadee in London, Manchester, and
esewhero filled so many columns of
the papers day after day for s'veral
woks on end in the autumn of 1905.
The theory was then started that he
was
1)AIR1' N(YTF.S.
Keeping a record of his cews makes
a better dairyman of any farmer.
It a cow is to be kept clean the stall
vi hero she stands must not be too wide.
DE.N'I'ICAL \3.'11[1 \\'ITZIIOFF,
and then, as now, ho st,uiry denied it.
But even assuming that he Is not, he
stems to have established a potty fair
ro.y)rd of ha own.
Suave, plausible, outwardly affection-
ate, vvtele inwardly utterly call eue,
th so prefcssional deceivers succeed in
gaining a woman's love where rally
pal men fail. The reason is not far to
seek. \teaking love is not wt h them, es
it is with most men, a mere inc dont in
their livers. It is their business. their
piofesson. And a professional in any
wa k of life, given ordnary capabiiit.e's
and opportunities, wilt always b at an
amateur.
Not infrequently they will add murder
to their other mimes, and that Without
the least ormpuncti,n. Thus Karl
Koch. the profeesskonal bigamist who
was electrocuted at New York a year
or two buck, was known to have foul-
ly done to death three at twist of his
sexty-two "wives,' and was suspected of
k:?ling Feveral oUrere wh
ab•nrts It was (.nund :inpass;
The man Creasman, a
typ tcnl murderer -bigamist. 1
albog'•ther seven women, mu
et Ihern on her wedd.ng-nigh
Inv, her body in a cement-li
which he kept for over a y
hcuso at Kemal Rise. Then,
oevery was imittent, Ito bk
brains to nvo'd arrest.
The impuden'e of s me of
almost surparees belief. Thu
inn. the notnri'Iis adventure
posed himself upm the best
Ihrrninghnin til 18*1. tried 1
of h's :score or so of "wives"
at Cei urt, an enterprise in wh
nearly succeeded.
Ill•: FLEW AT HIGH C
Two of his v'ctitn.s, at
:adzes of title; while from
w draw of a rich aonmaster,
ort in obtaining no tens a
t313,0n0. Tho Dirrninihara
whom he diem!, a certain
was nl-n an harem in her
but tier fortune was saved
arrest of Use "dootor" e@
ler Dent. of the British sh:'piling conies
under time heading ,"!'ramp -tonnage."
A ratan named Fret. Bnllington cut
los wife's throat in a railway carrage
to London road station, Mancite,L r.
Leeds is suffering from a slump u► the
building trade, and there aro more
tt:ort 6,000 empty 11ou1'e3 and hund,ets
of (reply shops.
Aceoding to Mr. Ilaldane's figures,
the annual cast of the Blilsh and Ger-
man armies respectively is $245,000,11)0
and $270,000,000.
It is reported that Prince Arthur. son
et the Duke of Connaught, o betrothed
to the daughter of an weaned l:ngbsh
duke.
Over $280.000 has now b -en subs -rib
al to the fund for repairing Watches.
for cathedral, but $150,000 is still re-
quired before the work can bo c•.mplr4
eel.
Negotiations for drydocking luso ,Feat
Cu;narders at Birkenhead aro earl t' be
in progress between tho Cunard Com-
prny and Messrs. Cammcll, Lard &
Co
Four hours after the new giant stsnn-
•sr Rotterdam, of the Ilolland-American
ih1o, left Southampton for Rotterdam 'a-
pig_on flew on Loan' and was kept by
lite crew as a mascot.
'1'hc) Bakewell police have arrested a
young man named Wilfrid Ward on a
charge of murderously Usenet ug Ila
father, whom he is alleged to hove way-
laid on a lonely moor and attacked w hili
a. bludgeon.
Two young mon, accompanied by a
dog. were attacked by an otter near
Hempnall, Norfolk, and after a long
fight, during which the dog was drag-
ged into a pond by •the water animal,
the latter was killed.
it appears that since tar macadam
has ben used in Battersea, deaths from
summer sickness has decreased in the
area so treated. This Is inferred to bo
daughter of a rich shop -keeper. 'l'he due to the fact that tar inacaulain is an
day after this latter "wedding" he vis-
ited a local re g•stry office and engaged
uo fewer than twenty-three indcor end
ouki..or servants, all at high wages, for
the tutus establishnleet of leanselt and
his "wife.' T1:en he &remits:0d, after
borrowing $20 from has Nth -len -law.
Arrested et last, ho was trial on a
single charge of bigamy, although more
than thirty clear cases weto capable of
being easily proved against hire, with
the result that he only o eivet the ridi-
culously inadeuaq'c sentence of two and
a halt years' imprisenmenl. Ile Out but
a Torry figure in tho dock, exhibiting
the most craven fear of his "wives.
who mustered in force in the court. and
RAM of whom loudly threatened what
they wou'd do t0 him if only ll:oy could
got at him.
Many more cases might bo cited, but
they ell present similar features, and
but little good is to be gained in pro-
lenging the list. The moral of it all
ought. of course, to le obvious to oven
the most feather -headed woman. Nev.
erlhek'ss, it is to lie leaned that the
trade of the professional bigamist will
continue to flourish for so lung as we
meet aro confuting end men cunning,
which means practically 1:11 the end of
time.
CZAR'SW'II'I AND MOTHER.
The Dowalier Corrine Stell Refiner Iler
l'tssiwt for Dancing.
At every Slate hall In Russia the ma-
zin ku is (lanced instead of The cotilh•n.
and It 1s so dillicult thnt few worsen ex-
cept. Russians can ever do it really well.
The Czarina snakes no pret nsiun to
spe:inl skill in dancing, although 6110 is
extremely stately ani impx)sng in lead-
ing n grand march. Did the Dowager
Czarina still retains her paesion for
dancing, and spends her nftoin ons
sknt'ng and h r nrghte dancing. Thera
es no more Ionutful sig'it at Cuurl than
to see the Meager Czarina and Prince
Dolgonouki, for so ninny years the ntns-
l. r of ceremonies. dancing the mazurka
4•gether. h,th being the omlodine nt of
grace and dIstincton, and lak ng the
h.tricato steps with an e4150 orlon sling
end delightful to behold.
At Item small ltteasinn Court balls sup-
1er is served in Iho Hermitage Picture
Gallery. where long tables nM sot. in
rte midst of wonderful pictures. and
hid•'n with Imperial gold plate. 'There
on even gnki (1131109 for the fruit and
gold vaecs for the flowers.
The Czar never .its down nl supper
et..nn r..1l.sei nn out the
r of Iho
com fart
tit, and..
o guests
speak it
nbeerax-
rnore so
constant
n hurry-
effective dustlaver.
Horse maiming is still prevalent in
Staffordshire. Ilecently Mr. William
Ohne found a valuable mare in he rnea-
d(•ws badly wounded, after having dis-
ooveroi two hcryes in a similar state
1n the same field a few days before.
A bid of £82,000 !ought the Chilton
[.edge estate at Hungerford, once the
home of the Whitelocko family, one of
whose members (Sir Bulstrode 3.Vhitea-
locke) earned hst,rical fame as the con-
fidential secretary of Oliver Cromwell.
Only one man in tho cam( London
outside the Tower possesses the pass-
word which enables him to answer the
challenge of the sentries at any tirno.
11 !s the Lord Mayor. and the password
Is given to 111111 by the auth'.erity of the
King.
in the village of illutkwell (Somerset -
:shire). has leen revived Iho ancient cus-
le rn known as wedd ng loll. This con-
sists of stretching a rope ,across tiro
mai as the bride and brisegroont aro
returning from the church. and de-
manding toll before they aro allowed to
pass. ti
OII. IN 'r1E FAIL No11711.
Keeps Gaping From (round, Bel Its
Source Ilitrd In Find.
'Th,' country that rine prises from
Alhab•ts•a Landing clown to the Arctic
bed River is lull of vegetation," says a
artier it the Geographical Journal, "and
will ie my opinion ono day be sealed.
le all the mission gardens at 1)30 differ-
ent post... that I passed I saw wheat and
barley glowing. p:ot'oes,kltuc ,tri
r -
raps, carrels and y go-
table that olio grows in one's own gar-
den at home.
+The c,uiitry !s thickly timbered near
the hanks of the river, and there aro
few place; in which you do not fine
large patches of prairie. You pass by
a great oulrtish of natural gas, and nit
Is uoz'ng out for miles along lire r ver
frank. An earth movement has Laken
place, resulting in a line of fault, wh ch
is marked for more thnn 100 nit es Meng
the batik (if the Athabn-ca River.
"Out of this oil has 10411 no,.ng. we
do not know for how 1 ng, nal no (ne
has yet found the re-erv.hr of oil which
may exist thyro. A German neve, the
Ci ant von ilammerstein. has spent a
great deal ref pts awn money ani time
In trying to find the r+as'ertoir, and
nest sincerely lobe that lie may be s Ic-
Cf&'fIll.
"Cone and asphalt tire t, b^ cern tee
crywhere. and there are groat salt pleats
not far distant.'
iety 1111.4
there is
!react of
1 fete of
magnifi-
1 iniee.
an nobles
Ible, an•l
d jewels
n1illk)ns.
lnight in
e of the
first wife
he dress
'43 newer
:hues he
its money
or acquires a let of of:,..r 1"ogles.
PUZZLING THE POSfN1:\N.
Probably the longest address ever
veal* n eon an envelope is (he'►which
is 5tat01 by the Indian popert to have
Nen put on a letter dispalchd by a
\I•,' anmicdan plea ler L, 11 rio,,h• w. It
ran thus: -
If the Almighty pleas s. k't th a en-
%olnne. having nrrivol rat th c ty •.f r'ril-
••t.t'a, In the neighl►)rb .I ..r ailietea
fah, at the conning -it .yrs•• • f e ; Ijo�1n-
die and Alin'tael 1. 1 'ref h u+1 . bra
••ffered to, en 1 e 1 I . 'i;• hap y light
of my' eyes, . f „11:• •r: •n11• tied
b•)u'.c h tit the hear'. '.1 : 1, ,t
%It, may hs life 1e epee \\ ;• t'• es
10th of Iho b1ee e•1 Ramses !n til • Ir
1266 ofih'Hegira e,faur
disprllChevl tut bearinc1. 11 • .:!r
cut les* of lithe, paid tee p .tet- ;: -14
received the letter, c• r o 1' e• ,•1 I1 le
having alsvlained I: , , 1 • 1 ••r •I ,;t,
oonsklering tl fel)
convey ycer•eeit ei n ' 1n 1 sou
will know ties to 'o. u -;a ct .11d- - t