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FRANCIS Copyright. 1906. CHAPTER XXVI. - The blue autumn night haze had almost the consistency ot a cloud when Hordon leaped th wall and set his face toward the iron-woiks. Or, rather, it was like the depths of a translucent oa In which the distint electric lights pf Mountain View avenue shone as plurs of phosphorescent life on ons pand. and the great dark bulk oJ Lebanon loomed as the massive foundations of a shadowy island on the other. Farther on, the recurring flare from the tall vent of the blast-furnace lighted th haze depths weirdly, turning the mysterious sea bottom Into fathomless abysses of dull-red Incandescence for the few seconds of its duration a slow lightning flash submerged and ba.f extinguished. Gordon was passing the country colony's church when one of the torch -like Cares reddened on the night, and the glow picked out the gilt cross at the top of the sham Norman tower. He flung up a hand Involuntarily, as if to put the emblem, and that for which It stood, out of his life. At the same Instant a whiff of the acrid smoke from he distant furnace fires tingled in hi3 nostrils, and he quickened his pace. The hour for which all other hours had teen waiting had struck. Love had called, and religion had made Its silent protest; but the smell in his nostrils was the smoky breath of Mammon. ths breath which has maddened a world: he strode on doggedly, thinking only of his triumph and how he should presently compass it The two great poplar-tree3, sentlnel- . ing .what had once been the gate of tho old Gordon homestead, had been spared through all the industrial changes. When he would have opened the wicket to pass on to the log-house offices, an armed man stepped from behind one of the trees, his gunbutt drawn up to etrike. Before the blow could fall, the furnace flare blazed aloft like a mighty torch, and the man grounded his weapon. "I beg your pardon, Mr. Gordon I I took ye for somebody else," he stammered; and Tom scanned his face eharply by the light of the burning Cases. "Whom? for Instance," he queried. Why-e-yeh I reckon it don't make any difTrence my tcllin you; you'd ought to have It In for him, too. I was layln for that houn'-dog 'at walks on his hind legs and calls hisself Vint Farley." "Who are you?" Tom demanded. Kincatd's my name, and I'm s'posed tobe one o' the strike guards; leastwise, that's what I hired out for a little spell ago. I couldn think of nare a better way o' gettin' at " Gordon interrupted briskly. "Tell me what you owe Vint Farley. If your debt Is bigger than minj, you shall have the irst chance." The gas-flash came again. There was black wrth In the man's eyes. "You can toe It up for yourself. Tom-JeC Gordon. Late yeste-day evenin, when me and Nan Bryerson drove. to town for your Uncle Silas to marry us, she told me what I'd been xnistrustln for a month back that Vint Farley was the daddy o her chillern. He's done might' nigh ev;rthlng short o' killln her to make hr swear em on to you; and I allowed Td Jest put off goln back West till I'd fixed hl3 lyin face so'at no yuther woman'd ever looli at It." Gordoi. staggered and leaned against the fence palings, the red rage of murder boiling In his veins. Here, at last, was the key to all the mysteries; the ource of all the cruel gossip; the foundation of the wall of separation that had been built up between his love and Ardea. When he could trust himself to speak, he asked a question. "Who knows this, besides yourself"" "Tour Uncle Silas, for one: he allowed he wouldn't marry us less'n she told him. I mijfhf nig b'lieve he had hl3 suspicions, too. He let on llke.it was Farley that told him on you, years ago, when you was a boy." "He did? Then Farley was one of the three men who saw us up yonder at the barrel-spring?" "Yes; and I was another one of 'em. I was rlKht hot at you that mornin1; I tore was." "Well, who else knows about it? TJrother BUI Layne. and Aunt M'randy, and Japhe Pettlgrasa. They All went In town to stan' up with me and NAn." Tbn Tom remembered the figure coming swiftly across the lawns and the call vof the voice he loved. Had Jafihetb told her, and was she hastening to make such reparation as aha eould? No matter. It was too late now. The fierce hatred of the wounded savage was astir In his heart and it would cot be denied or silenced. jGive me that gun, and you shall have your first chance," he conceded. "I make but one condition: if you kill him. I'll kill you." "I was only allowln to sp'ile his face some, and a rock'll do for that. You can have what's left o' him atter I get thoo and It'll be enough to kill, I reckon." At the moment of weapon-passing there came sounds audible above the sob and sigh of the blowing-engines a clatter of horses' hcofs and thegrinding of carriage wheels on thn pike. Gordon signed quickly to Kincaid and drew back carefully behind the bole of the opposite poplar. It was the Warwick Lodge surrey, and It stopped at the gate. Two men got out and went up the path, and an Instant later, Kincaid followed stealthily. Gordon waited for the next gas-fiare, and by the light of It he ihrew the breech-lock of the repeating rifle trj make sure the cartridge was in place. Then he, too, passed through the wicket and went to stand in the shadow of the slab-Moored porch, redolent of memories. He had forgotten the lesser vengeance In the thirst for th greater that he had come to Hin their misfortunes into the faces of thy father and the son. and to tell them that .tho work was hto. He heard only the voice cf the savape in his heart, and that was whispering, "Kill! kill!" It was close on midnight when tha dosr giving on the porch opened and the two men stood on the threshold. The younger of the two was speaking. "It's quieter than usual to-night. That waa a good move getting Ludlow and the two HMiersons jailed. I was in hopes we could snaffle old Caleb with the others He pretends to peacemaking, but as long as he 13 loose, these fools will hang to the idea that they're fighting his battle against U3." "It Is already fought." said the older man, dejectedly. "My luck has gone. When Henniker puts U3 to the wall, we all be beggars." The young man's rejoinder was an exclamatip.i of contempt. "You've lost your nerve. What you need most is to go to bed and sleep. Walt for me till I've made a round cf the guards, and we'll go home. Better ring up the surrey right now." He left the porch on tho sido nearest th furnace, and Gordon saw an ctlve figure glide frem the shelter cf a flask-shed and go In pursuit He followed at a distance. 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K n LYNDE ty Francis Lynds Farley when KIncald should have squared his account The leisurely chase led the round of the great gates first, and thence through the deserted and ruined coke yard to the foot of the huge slag dump, cold now from the long shut-dawn. Tom looked to see Farley turn bark from the toe of the dump. There were no gates on that side of the yard, and consequently no guards. But the short cut to the office was up the slope of the dump and along the railway track over which the drawings of molten slag were run out to be spilled down the face of the declivity. There had been no slag-drawing since the new "blow-in" earlier In tho day; but while he was watching fo keep Farley In sight in the intervals between the gas-flares, Gordon was conscious of the note of preparation behind him: the slackening of the blast, the rattle and clank of the dinkey locomotive pushing the dumping ladle Into place under the furna'ce lip. Farley had taken two or throe scrambling steps up the rough-seamed declivity when the workmen tapped the furnace. There was a sputtering roar and the air was filled with coruscating sparks. Then the stream of molten matter began to pour into the great ladle, a huge eight-foot pot swung on tilting trunnions and mounted on a skeleton flat-car; and for Gordon, standing nt the corner of the ore shed with his back to the slag drawers, the red glow picked out the man scrambling up the miniature mountain of coooler scoria this man and another man running swiftly to overtake him. He looked on coldly until he saw KIncald head off the retreat and face his adversary. Instantly there was a spurt of fire from a pistol in Farley's righ hand, a brief flash with the report swallowed up In the roar fron:, the furnace lip. Then the two men closed and rolled together to the bottom of the slope, and Gordon turned hl3 back. When he looked again the trampling note of the big blast-engines had quickened to Its normal beat, the blowhole was plugged with Its stopper of damp clay, and a red twilight born of the reflection from the surface of tho great pot of seething slag had succeeded to the blinding glare. Where thera had been two men locked In struggle there wa3 now only one, and he was lying quietly with one leg doubled under him. Gordon set his teeth In angry disappointment Had Kincaid broken his compact? The first-long-drawn exhaust of the dinkey engine moving tho slag kettle out to Its spilling place ripped the silence. Gordon heard and he did not hear: he was watching the prone figure at the dump's toe. When It should rise, he meant to fire from where he stood under the eaves of the ore-shed. The murder-thought contemplated nothing picturesque or dramatic. It was merely the dry thirst for the blood of a mortal enemy. The puffing locomotive had pushed the slag-pot half-way to the track-end bef ire Farley sat up as one dazed and seemed to be trying to get on his feet Twice and once again he assayed it, falling back each time upon the bent and doubled leg. Then he looked up and saw the slag-car coming; saw and cried cut as men scream In tho death agony. The end rails of the dumping track were fairly above him. Gordon heard the yell of terror and witnessed the frenzied efforts of the doomed man to rise and get out of tha path of the impending torrent Whereupon the murder demon whispered In Ms ear again. Farley's foot was caught in one of the many sears or seams in the lava bed. It was oniy necessary to wait, to withhold the merciful bullet to go away and leaves the wretched man to his fate. Like a bolt from the . heavens. Into the very midst of the cold-blooded, murderous triumph, came a long-neglected form of words, writing itself in flaming letteds In his brain: "Thou shalt do no murder." And after It another: "But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, Co good to them that hate you." Something gripped him and before he realized what he was doing ho was running, gasping, tripping and falling headlong, only to spring up and run again, with all thoughts trampled out and beaten down by one: would ho still be In time? There was something wrong with the dumping machinery of the slag-car, and two men were working with it on the side away from the spilling slope. Gordon had not breath wherewith to shout; moreover, the sarety-valve was still screeching to gulf all human crlei Farley was lying face down and motionless, with the twisted foot still held fast In a wedge-shaped crack m the cooled slag. Tom bent and lifted hlrd; yelled, tugged, strained, kicked fiercely at the Imprisoned 'shoeheeL Still the vise-grip held, and the great kettle on the height above was creaking and slowly careening under the winching of the engine crew. If tha molten torrent should plunge down the slope now, there would be two human cinders Instead of one. Suddenly the Ireiizy, so alien to the iiordon blood, spent itself, leaving him tool and determined. Quite methodically ho found his pocket-knife, and hj remembered afterward that he had been collected enough to choose and open the sharper of the two blades. There was a quick, sure slash at the shoe-lacing and the uippled foot was freed. With another yell, this time of glad triumph, he snatched up his burden and backed away with It in tha tilting half-second when the deluge of slag, firing the very air with shriveling heat, was pouring down the slope. Then he fell In a heap, with Fark-y under him, and fainted as a woman Tr.ight when th thing was done. CHAPTER XXVIL Mr. Vancourt Henniker wa.i r.oi greatly surprised when Tom Gordon asked for a private Interview on tinmorning following tho final closing down of all the Industries at Gordonia. Without being in Gordon's confidence, or in that of American Aqueduct, tho banker had been shrewdly putting two and two together nnd applying the result as a healing plaster to the stock he had taken as security for the final loan to Colonel Dubbury. "I thought, perhaps, you might wish to buy this stock, Mr.( Gordon." ho s aid, when Tom had stated his business. "Of course, it can be arranged, with Mr. Farley's consent to our anticipating the maturity of his notes. But" with a genial smile and a glance over his eyeglasses "I'm not sure that we care to part with It Perhaps some of us would like to hold i: and bid It In." "I recken . o i don't want It, Mr. Henniker. You'd understand that It isn't worth the i-aper it Is printed on when I tell you that I have sold my pipe-pit patents to American Aqueduct." "Then the plant doesn't carry the patents? You've kept this mighty ret, among you!" "Haven't we!" said Tom, fatuously, ly. "I know just how you feel like a man who has been looking over th-? fdge cf the bottomless pit without r;;:owlng It. You'll let me hav .'.

stock for the face of the loan, won't you?" But the president was already pressing the button of the electric bell that summoned the cashlar. There was no time like the present when the fate of a considerable bank asset hung on thnotion of a smiling young man vwhoe mind might change in the winking of an eye. With the Tarlcy stock In his pocket Tom took a room at the Marlboro and spent the remainder of that day, and all the days of the fortnight following, wrestling mightily with the lawyers In winding up the tangled skein of Chiawassee affairs. Propped in hi3 bed ot

Warwick Lodge, the bed he had r.ot left since the night of violence. Duxbury Farley signed everything that was offered to him, and the obstacles to a settlement were vanquished. o:ii by one. When It was all over. Tom bean !o draw checks on the small fortune realised from the s.'.le of the patents. On; was to Major Dabncy, redeeming his two hundred shares of Chlawassee Limited at par. Another was to the order of Ardea Dabney, cov?ring th Farley shares at a valuation based on the prosperout period before the cra3h of '93. With this check In hi3 pocket he went home for the first time in two weeks. (To be continued.) In April tha coats of cattle become dull and dead, and will rub off easily, disclosing the close new coat underneath. In "Farming It." Judge Henry A. Shute describes how he discovered this fact. On morning, in rubbing down his Jersey cow, he found that with his fingers he could pull the old coat off In tufts, and that sho apparently enjoyed having it pulled. Without really thinking of what I was doing, I wrote my initials, II. A. S., on her back by pulling out the dead hair. Seeing how easily I could do this, I drew, or rather pulled, on her side near the curve of the belly, a grotesque figure of a, small boy, then a circular brand on her shoulder, and three X's on her flank. Then I quietly led her to the hitching post at the side of the house and awaited developments. In a moment my wife came to the door with wide-open eyes. Tor gracious sake, what have you been doing to that cow?" sh? demanded. "Oh. nothing." I replied. "That's tho way range cattle aro branded. Thn cow had a good many owners, and evidently each one branded her." "It's no such thing!" she retorted hotly. "You did it yourself. That explains why she bellowed so this winter." She had bellowed a good deal when I took away her calf, but I did not say so, for I always like to get a rise out of my wife. ( "I think It 13 just horrid in you. and about the crudest thing I ever heard of, and you have just spoiled her looks." Now out of the corner of my eye I could see old Cyrus, the neighborhood nuisance, peering over the fenco and listening to the conversation. After giving -him tlmo to satisfy himself thoroughly, I led the cow back to the barn, followed by my wife, and there illustrated the matter by drawing on the off side of the animal a serpent and a circular brand, while tha delighted animal stood with eyes half-closed in ecstasy. Much relieved and amused, my wl!e went back to the house, laughing over the ridiculously decorated animal. But the affair did not end there. Old Cyru3 brought a charge for "Cruelty in burning, cutting, branding and otherwise torturing a certain Jersey cow." and I was arrested and brought to trial. At the close of the trial I assured the court that the cow was then and there in transitu, and that I should call her as my first witness, and asked the court to adjourn to the square. I stripped off the blanket, and there In plain sight were the various marks on the cow's hide. At my request tho court and the attorney ran their hands over her and found no scars. "Now to show ycur honor how these marks were mado " "It Is unnecessary," said the court. "I have owned cows myself, and perhaps I can Illustrate as well as you;' and utepplng forward, with rapid hands he fashioned upon her side the word "Stung." at which there was a roar of delight from the crowd. -Respondent discharged," he continued, "and court is adjourned." Drflnlne au Art I'atron. "Is your husband so very fond of art?" "Art! Ho doesn't know a Raphael from a hair cut." "Why, I understood him to say that he was an art patron." "Patron! That man wouldn't trade a club sandwich for a Bougueaureau! What doe3 he mean by calling himself an art patron?" "Why, he says it costs him ten thousand a year to pay for the bogus mas-' ters the scnooth dealers coax you to buy, and that make3 him an art patron." Cleveland Flaln Dealer. Siberian Caiuei. The native camels of Siueria are a source of constant wonder to travel-, era. On the Mongolian plateaus, for Instance, the thermometer often registers a temperature of 40 degrees belew zero, but the cameh do not mind it at all. walking about a3 blithely a3 if tho weather were as balmy as spring. On the other hand, the temperature cn the Gold desert In summer is sometimes 140 degrees above zero, and the beasts mind the heat just as little as they do the extreme cold. As a Ilule. "I've noticed one thing while journeying through the vale cf life." "And what 13 that, Mr. Biffkins?" "A3 a rule the man who can quote Snakespeare by the yard can also make a Ü3t of all his real and personal property In the correspondence section of a eouvenlr postal card." Birmingham Agc-IIerald. J I ail Time to Spnre. Passenger I say, conductor, does your bu3 ever go faster than this? Conductor If er ain't satisfied yon can git aht and walk. Tassengcr (with a sweet smile) Oh, I'm not In such a terrible hurry aa that, you know. Exchange. Thirty-eight In every thousand Englishmen who marry are over 50 years of age. It 13 now denied that spinach i3 the vegetable richest in iron. It is lettucecabbage. , A square-rigged ship may become a wreck-tangle in a storm. Never Judge a woman's disposition ly the size of her smile. , .

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NEW YORK. Dr. A. II. Doty, health officer of this port, and his assistants are untiring in their efforts to prevent the cholera plague from gaining a foothold In the United States. Every person on every vessel that arrives from the infected districts of southern Europe Is examined with the utmost care and not a suspicious case gets beyond quarantine. Several cases of cholera already have teen discovered at the quarantine station, and the steerage passengers on the boats that brought them were removed to Hoffman Island.

NEW GUINEA PEOPLE

Natives Found Entirely Ignorant of Use of Metals. No Form of Government Exists Among Them Except Advice-Giving Council of Elders Bark Paved Streets. The Hague, Holland. The latest expedition in New Guinea under Prcf. Lorentz, which succeeded in ascending the range of snow mountains, has published some interesting particulars about a non-Malayan race living to the south of the mountains. These people have Caucasian or European features, although their color is black. They speak a language entirely different from that1 of the surrounding MalayoPolyneslan tribes; indeed, it Is the first time that such a race and language have been encountered in the Dutch Indies. The people were cntlr.ely ignorant of the use of metals beforo the Dutch expedition came Into their territory; but once having, made the acqualntance(of European knives, they clamored for them and would bring quantities of fowls and game, pigs, fruit and fish to exchange for steel knives Or Iron of any description. All their own Implements were of stone, fish bone, bone and wood, sometimes beautifully carved. Prof. Laurcntz fays that this, Is perhaps the last race of people existing in the world still in the "stone age." If. from this fact. It were to be argued that they must be on a( very (ow level, indeed, it is surprising to hear that, on tho contrary, they have reached a fair standard of civilization.CHICAGO FISH ESCAPE HOOKS 6,000 Black Bass In Lincoln Park to Bo Unmolested Bison Foretell Hard Winter. Chicago. Shade of Izaak Walton ind piscatorial enthusiasts, hear ye thi3 C.000 . black bass have been planted in the ponds of Lincoln park, but there Isn't any fishing yet Thi3 announcement Is made by Cy be Vry, who looks after the weal of inimal kind and the birds and fishes in the great pleasure ground. In former years the custom has bqen to permit fall fishing In tho ponds, but this year there will be none of that because it is the Intention of the park authorities to encourage the bass venture this on the word and authority of Cy De Vry. "Yes, sir, we are going to have tho finest black bass in those ponds to be found any where," ho said. "I got the Idea some time ago that the ponds could get along very well without bullheads, goldfish and the like, and the result Is tht the commissioners got busy and wo procured several thousand bass from the Illinois fish commission. We emptied 3.000 in the north popd, and the balance went Into the south pond." Having disposed of the subject of fish, the head animal keeper turned to the more weighty one of mammals In the zoo. "See the buffalo, the elk and the moose," he said. "They are taking on their fur much earlier this year, and that means we are in for a long and a cold winter. I have been watching those animals and the bears and the rest of the furry tribe for several weeks, and their hides present every indication of an early winter. "I see this, too. In the behavior of the beavers. The little fellows are Lecoming more restive and I rather Imagine they would prefer the Job of building their bark houses up In the northern country than posing here In Lincoln park for the amusement and Instruction of the public. Let the coal men cheer up, for, as I have said, there' will be a long winter and a big crop of ice." HAIR CUT BY

Continental Barbers Eschew Use of Scissors cn Demands of Fastidious Customers. London. "I am compelled to g to Paris or Vienna when I want my hair properly cut. The u?r of the razor Instead of scissors, whlcU i.-' an infinitely superior way of cutting hr. seems almost unknown In London." So says a Londoner, who comphJr.s of the dlnicuUy of obtaining a really satisfactory and artistic "hair cut" at the hand3 of an English barber. Inquiries In the West End revealed Fonie interesting facts concerning the use of the razor in tho place of sclsFors. "Although the practise has been i vogue in Paris and Vienna for a great many years," said a tonsorial expert with a wide experience of hair cutting and hair dossing, "it is very uncommon In England. I only know of one or two places In London where hair is cut with a razor "Th. ndvantaeoa nf the process T

CHOLERA PLAGUE OUT OF AMERICA

They are not nomadic, but live in well-built villages, where even the streets are paved. Some tribes use for this purpose the bark of trees, while others simply place palm leaves over the roads to keep tho dust down. Their villages and houses are kept clean and near each house gardens are Ranted, in which many kinds of flowers are grown. These people are extremely fond of flowers, and always wear some in their hair. They successfully practise agriculture, and their decorative art is of considerable beauty. Strange to say, nothing at all like any form of government could be detected. There are no chiefs, and the only thing approaching known institutions is a sort of council of the oldest men of the tribe. These, however, do not rule the people, but their advice Is asked In important matters. Notwithstanding this, the utmost good order prevails, everything beinj done according to custom. Their family life Is peculiar. Every person dwells alone; the young unmarried men have separate houses, the wives have their own homes quite apart from their husbands. When a married man wishes to speak to his wife it Is not etiquette for him to go to her house and call on her, nor to speak to her when he meets her in the village. He must Inform a woman neighbor of hers that, he wishes to tall: to his wife, and the go-betweon then arranges a meeting for them in the near-by forest. Taking these facts into consideration it Is not surprising to learn that domestic peace la never disturbed, occasions for quarreling being-extremely rare. , The Dutch explorers named this race the Kaya-Kaj'a. because on meet

FRESHMEN EAT LIVE FROGS

Forced to Believe So, tut Get Oysters Instead Other Novel Amusements. Philadelphia. The latest device for torturing freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania is to blindfold the victim, .and, after propping open his mouth with a small oblong block, to tell him that he 13 on tho verge of having a frog dropped down his throat, and then In its stead to feed him a jarge raw oyster. Raw eggs are used vrhen oysters are not available. Thi3 method was found to work effectively' after twenty blindfolded freshmen had been forced to chase frogs In the lily ponds in the biological gardens. A small hazing party, at which three "freshies" were introduced to several novel and entertaining amusements, proved to be merely preliminary to a well organized and concerted attacit on all the first year men In the dormitories. Beginning at 1 o'clock in the morning, they scoured the dormitories from the new Provost tower, at Thirty-sixth and Spruco streets, to the apex of the Triangle in search of freshmen, and by 5 o'clock, when their operations ceased, more than a score of sad, humbled and forlorn "freshies" crept quietly back to the rooms, dripping with the wet and mire of the "frog ponds" In the Biological gardens. College had lost Its tosy glow for them after four hours of torment at the hands of their upper classmen. "Come along, freshlo boys," the sophs coaxed, ris they jimmied doors and climbed through w!ncow3 by means of ladders conveneniently at hand from the recent building operations. All were allowed to put on clothes, but the more obdurate, who refused to dress were forced brusquely out Into the chill night air clad only in pajamas. Those who were dressed wore their coats turned wrongslde out and their trousers turned up to their knees. All were blindfolded, and marched in military formation to th? "Biological gardens." They wore forced to imitate boiling teakettles, to offer supplication to the RAZOR STYLISH ur.ourptfopablf. With a razor you can 'th!:f Ion?:, ?trcng hair in a manner rwUc Import iblo with scissors. Th3 beauty cf tt" practice when properly carried cat is thu you cinnot possibly detect, rfter th' thinning process. vh-?re th- ions hair ends :r.id tho rhoil Iwi:. Tr.r.r1!;.- or.!j tha clde of hU head aro ti-ravd with a razor. Holding a coiv.b in thr hair and the edge of a razor jnst below it, you delicately shave down on the hair, gradually yet purely thinning It with perfect uni-foimit-. "For pro; .In who wear their hair long nnd thick, yet do not wish it to appear in the least untidy, the method cannot be surpassed. "Tho Parisian wears his hair more loosely than the Englishman; he likes it to stand away from the crown 'of his head in a distinctive fashion These various forms of coifTure are almost Invariably due to skillful use of the razor."

ing the natives they always shouted those words, and it was thought that It probably was the name of the race. Afterward it was discovered that the words meant "good friends" and were Intended to convey their peaceful Intentions toward the expedition.

BIG BEAR KILLED BY WOMAN Mrs. Weston Adams of Stoneham, Me., Outruns Bruin, Gets PJfle, and Shoots Pursuer. Norway, Me. Tho bravest woman In Stoneham, near Norway, is Mrs. Weston Adams, who has lain low the biggest bear seen hereabouts for many years. Alone, blueberrying, on Spreckland mountain. Mrs. Adams, a frail but courageous woman of 30 years, ran across Bruin in a startling manner. She had nearly filled h2r pall with berries when she heard an angry growl and looking up saw a huge black bear standing on a ledge less than 20 feet away. Mrs. Adams stood her ground. She knew that to run would be a signal for tho bear to attack. The bear growled ferociously, and Mrs. Adams tried to drive it away by shaking her pail of berries at It. Fearing that the bear would attack her any moment, the brave little woman did some quick thinking. She remembered that bears cannot run fast down a steep hill and knowing that her rlße was below her she waited until the bear had turned its head, attracted by a noise further up the mountains, and then she ran for her life. She planned it well. Rruln angrll? pursued her, but Mrs. Adams had a good start, because of Its lumbering gait the bear could not overtake her. Just In the nick of time Mrs. Adam3 came to the tree where she had left her rifle, and taking steady aim sent a bullet into tho oncoming bear. moon, sing song3 and cheer for the sophomore class. They struggled until breathless wjth imaginary foes and were forced to deliver orations on absurd subjects. In the Biological gardens they were forced to rush furiously through the shallow ponds overgrown with lilies, In chase of frogs and, with the thought of frogs well in their minds, they were subjected to the torment of imaginary swallowing of batrachians. Auto Ambulances for Insane. New York. The first automobile ambulance ever built for the exclusive handling of insane patients Is shortly to be put In service at Bellevue hospital. Tho psychopathic ward at Bellevue receives most of the cases of suspected insanity from all parts of the city. Heretofore insane patients were brought to Bellevue in patrol wagon1? by the police. Now the police will have nothing to do with the handling of suci cases. Two trained nurses will go out on calls with the ambulance. This Is expected to result in more humane and more intelligent handling of patients. This new service will cost the city about 58.000 a year. . Pumpkin Weighs 125 Pounds. North Yakima, Wash. L. A. Dash Is tho owner of the largest pumpkin displayed in North Yakima this year, measuring six feet and four Inches in circumference, more than two feet in diameter and fourteen inches in height. The pumpkin, which is of tho French variety, weighs , exactly 125 pounds and was grown without "milk feeding," which is frequently used to causo extra growth. The seed from which the giant was raised was imported from Paris. i Not a Thing. ' The good dog that is given a bnd name hasn't anything on the sedate, sensible girl who get3 the reputation of being a flirt. RATTLERS WEIGH 50 FOUNDS Jersey Hunter Makes Big Consignment cf Pveptiles to New Ycrk Zoological Carden. Newton. N. J. Harry Tracer'?, rnnual shipment of rattlesnakes, fifty IKJunds of them, got away from here safely. Tho rattlers, safely boxed with :i wire netting nailed ight nil around, are destined for the Xew Ycrk zcoloslrr.l garden. The snakes' buzzing sounded L'!:e distant sawmr.l all the tlmo the -ire was being tacked on. The charnci.er of the shipment was noised n round, and by the lime tho express err caro along half the town was trying to get a peek at tk box. "We have had one fine season for rattlers." said Trauger. "I don't think I've seen more fir.ee I'e ben in the buslnes3. Don't tell me the rattlesnake Is d!tsaprrIns:- It ain't so in Süsser. There wasn't a day Jn tho mountains I didn't tee hi lenst one. and so I picked out onlz U big onea" .......

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SUPERIOR MILK PAIL HOLDER Relieves Farm Hand -of Labcr and Strain of Clasping Receptacle Between His Knees. In order to relieve a farm hand of the labor and strain of holding a milk pail clasped between the knees, a pail holding device has been Invented conBistlng of an attachment that may be strapped to the leg and to which the pall may be secured as desired, says Scientific American. The pail holder consists of a foot base, on which the 6hoe of the operator rests, and a vertical rod which extends upward to the operator's knee. The foot plate Is strapped to the shoe and the rod Is strapped to the calf of the wearer. Mounted on a rod Is an eye adapted to receive a hook carried by a central hoop on the milk pall. A clasp is arranged to slide on the rod and Is provided with a projecting lug adapted o be moved Into engagement with an iye formed on the upper hoop of the Milk Pail Holder. milk pall. By means of these two securing devices, the pail may readily be attached to, or disengaged from the rod. NINE GOOD RULES FOR DAIRY Regulations Given at Meeting in Boston by P. M. Harwood for Proper Care of Milk. At a meeting held in Boston in the Interest of pure milk, under the auspices of the state board of agriculture, Ihe Woman's Municipal league of Boston, the Massachusetts Agricultural college and the state dairy bureau, nine good rules for the care of milk were given by P. M. Harwood. I 1. Take in milk and cream as soon rs possible after being left at your floor and place In the refrigerator. 2. Keep milk and cream cold until ready for use. The. bottom of the refrigerator Is colder than the Ice container. 3. If ice cannot be had, wrap the bottle in a wet cloth and stand It in a 51sh of water by an 6pen winddw, out 3f. the sun; , evaporation of the water will cool the milk. 4. Keep milk or cream covered until wanted, and in the bottle In which It Is delivered; In open bowls or pitchers they will absorb odors from tood and collect files and dust. 6. Pour from the bottle only what milk or cream 13 needed for Immediate use. 6. Milk or cream that has become rarm should never bo poured back Into the bottle of cold milk. 7. Utensils used for milk should be cleansed with cold water and then with boiling water, thoroughly drained ind allowed to become cold before being filled with milk. 8. Wash and return all milk or cream bottles dally. 9. Have a separate quart of milk for the baby, what he does not uso others may have. GOOD POINTS OF DAIRY COW Animal Should Possess Rather Thin, Pliable Elastic Skin Udder Is Important Feature. A good dairy cow possesses rather thin, pliable, elastic skin. A coarse, harsh handling skin is a poor indication. When cows possess these qualities of skin they are rarely good producers. . Much attention should be given the udder of the dairy cow a large udder does not indicate that it Is a good one. They are often very fleshy; a good udder should be elastic and pliable, and shows many folds when milked out. The teats should be placed equal distances apart and which Is generally always the case if tho udder I3 symetrlcal and well, proportioned Large milk veins are good indications the more winding and branching they are the better the indication. The veins do not carry milk, as many think, but carry the blood from the udder to the body and the more blood that passes through the udder the more milk there is produced because tho milk Is produced from the blood. Price of Dairy Cows. The crcat demand for dairy nrod ucts has caused the price of good j dairy cows to De very nign. iieports from associations of dairymen show that It Is imposlble to buy first class dairy cows at even $80 a head. With such a demand for cows In old dairy districts, there will be few good cows moved Into new dairy territory. So, the dnly way new districts can be supplied must b3 by breeding up the common stock by the use of good dairy bred bulls. Dairying Done Right Pays. Every farmer who goes at dairying right soon becomes prosperous and in every region where-4airying becomes rx'enflve farms increase in value and ) the people have money. There Is n:e work about It, to bo sure, yef ' ere is fome pay, too. Butter Making. To get the best results from the milk set it as soon as poslble after It is drawn and at a temperature of 40 degrees. Churn at as low a temperature as possible, and stop the churn when the -granules are the size of be?ns. The trade demands color in the butter, so it must be put in. Blanket Cow While Milking. Blanketing each cow while milking r will reduce her nervousness and vltcnlng.

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VENTILATING A COW STABLE Bad Plan to Allow Draft 1o Play on Animals in Barn, Yet Fresh Air Is Necesary. It Is a bad plan to allow a draft on the cows while stabled. At the same time it is necessary to get plenty of ventilation. The accompanying illu-

Letting In Pure Air, - - -.1 tration shows a method that I hav used in my new dairy barn which hag proved very satisfactory, writes A. C Hallway In Farm and Home. The window, a. Is hinged at the bofr torn and can be opened from the tOA thus allowing the air to come In at' the top without a draft. The wlndo is held open at the proper distance by a piece of thin strap iron with a nunv ber of slits cut In it. as shown at b, These slits fit into a small piece ol strap Iron, c on top of the window. MAKE BUTTER IN CITY H0ME9 No Reason Why Example of Farmel Cannot Be Followed Milk Other wise Be Wasted. There seems to bo no reason why the city dweller should not follow thi example of the farmer In making hii own butter, says Popular Mechanics, Cream, it Is true, is much higher In the city than In the country, but so II butter. With such a churn as shown In the illustration the housekeeper can take the ci ?am which sours and is oth Churn for City Homes. erwlse often wasted and turn It InU a pound or half of butter in from two to five minutes. Art of Buttermaking. Good butter . i.? obtained only through proper care of the cream from which it Is made. fThis Is as art that Is not hard to learn, and If will pay every butter maker to le&rs It. The best customers aro willlnj to pay ahlgh price for butter of th best quality. This has peen demon strated time and again in all the blf markets, and It 13 a strong argument against making any but the host . Milk and all its products are very perishable and must therefore be han died with great circumspection. Thf man or woman who makes a fine quality Is worthy to be called an artist Preparation for Milking. ' Milking time is an Important thinf In connection with farm dairying Everything should be In readiness fof this work, says a dairy report. Th pails in which the milking Is to b 1 done must have been prevIou.My Ecald ed and cleansed if the product Is t be pure and remain sweet for anj great length of time. Some peopl wait 'till the time for milking befon they clean the milk vessels. This is f wrong way of doing. The vesseU should always be cleaned Immedlatelj after the milking Is done, bo that they will have time to dry out and cool Sunning them on days when the sue shines in good practice. 1 Demand for Gcod Butter. There Is such a thing as getting 9 first-class prlca steadily for butter of ordinary grade. It must be held up tc the standard; texture, flavor and neat ness of packing are all to be con sldered if the best price is to be unl formly obtained. A first quality in all farm producta is what ' reaches th zenith of prices, and with butter thhj is especially true. TV T.rs The cow that can't feed Is sur it test the fence. The successful dairyman is a 6t dent of conditions. Plenty of sunlight In the cow stablf tends for healthy animals. It will take a lot of feed to get them back into paying condition if they an allowed to get thin. Do not let the summer milkers ru down in condition, and go into wlntei quarters thin in flesh. Give the cows a chance to get U Jder the fched every night now. If toe cold, keep them in the stable. The best cows arc never cheap, and are seldom for sale; so It pays to giv the heifer calves the test of care. Never send a boy or dog to bring tho cows from the pasture unless you are very well acquainted with joui dog. t - A quart of milk by actual chemical analysis, is tald to possess as much nutritive value as a po"cd ot beef steak. . If the kim milk is fed at homi practically all the fertilizing constitu cnts of the feed used may be turned back to the soil. Keep the bearings clean, and well oiled, and the machine level and your separator will run easier, do bet ter work and last longer. Tho dry cow ELou'.d have a little bran or oil meal the same as the milker. She should always be in a good condition at calving time. Seme people believe that the feed governs the mt content, but a cow to a normal condition will give tho satat amount of fat at all times. p,y careful selection the quality cf even common dairy cows may b r"-at'v Iriroved and their averag Zorn cf milk materially increased. .

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