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. mlTfeflMllr' JFJ20M 0r Coal fishes aro of no valuo to your .garden. Grow plenty of tiny, and somo wheat and oats. Chicks In a large run will exercise more and henco keep warmer and .healthier. Do not feed the young chicks any thing for at least thirty-six hours aftor .hatching. Diversified farming and crop rota tion are the best antidotes for farm mortgages. Foul drinking water and filthy drinking vessels are a prolific source of trouble. -r The bonr should always havo a large lot to himself, and never bo con lined In dark, damp quarters. Rape Is sometimes sown on corn ground just preceding the Inst cultiva tion, and with timely rains the rape will furnish a great deal of pasture after the corn Is harvested. The farmer who has all tho land ho can well tend to has no need of moro land. He would be much happier with a reasonable amount of land, only enough, so . that It can bo well im proved, fertilized and cultivated. Some make n practise in setting out .nn apple orchard to plant peach trees between tho towb of apple trees, al lowing tho short-lived peach tree to lte before tho apple tree matures. Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or Rhodo Island Reds will grow into hens at maturity that will weigh from bIx to eight pounds when fattened for market, bringing moro than a dollar each. Horses comprise nearly 45 per cont. of tho total live stock value of the country, their figures being $2,27G,3G3, 000, as compared with $5,138,486,000 for horses, milch cows, cattle, swine, sheep and mules. In the selecting and buying of cat tlo select the most healthy looking animals, and then dotcrmlno positive ly with the tuberculin test as to whether or not they aro freo from tuborculosls. If you havo n patch of rye use It as n soiling crop for cows. You can begin to cut and feed it when It Is about a foot high. Cut only enough at a time lor two days' feeding, and store It In the shade, whore It will keep green. Tho first thing Is to have everything connected with the milk and milking as clean ns It Is posslblo to mako them. The other essential is to cool the milk as soon as posslblo aftor it Ha drawn from the cowb and hold it to a low temperature till It Is to be used. Many farmers milk cows of ques tionable cleanliness In vessels known to bo Impure and placo-tho milk nftor milking in n warm room, often noar tho kitchen sto've. Such milk is not only unwholesome for food at any tlmo, but It will soon sour and bo come unfit for human food. OIvo the hen n good dusting with Insect powder two or three times dur Jng Incubntiqn, nnd n good ono as alio comes off with the, chicks. Lice are a great enemy of young chicks, hence caro must be taken with tho setting lien nnd her nest to sco that no lice breed during Incubntion. Do not leave the cowb out In tho lot, as warm weather cpmos on, but keop thorn nt nights in tholr accustomed stalls .with plenty of soft, dry bedding It Is more convenient to milk n cow In her usunl stall than in an open lot, where she may wander nbout at will or bo disturbed by the other cows, The pen of breeding fowls should be furnished with clean nests and tho eggs gathered with clean hands. No urease or oil of any kind must touch them. Eggs fchould bo gathered fre quently nnd stored in a mild and not too, dry place to provent them from chilling nnd losing molsturo. They should be turned dally whllo hold and set as soon ns posslblo. Frosh eggs aro most fertile. Tho ground for tho future bean crop Is usually, If possible, fall or winter plowed, or nt least plowed very early In tho spring. Soils producing good corn crops grow fine beans. An Ideal benn soil Is a sandy clay loam en riched by bnrn fertilizers, or clover sods, nnd as It loves a loose, deep soil, nlthough shallow rooted, a manured clover sod put to corn tho season be fore and well tilled proveB an Ideal place for the growth of tho beau. fill II A clean cornfield honors and profits Its owner. Turning under cowpens adds humus to tho soli. An ncro of good land will grow many tons of stock beots. y Warm weather Is coming nnd you will need a good, cool placo for milk nnd cream. Mnny farmers make the mistake of plnntlng their npplo trees too closo to gether. An easy way to secure new grape vinos is to propagato them by layer ing. Keop dusting the setting hon with Insect powder, beforo and after sho hatches hor chicks. Tho careful man will turn and ox amino tho uddorn of all his owes In tended for breeding. Never allow the fowls to drink from a Btreara Into which the poultry yards and barn yards drain, Tho man who desires largo profits from his flock should provldo It with the best that good management will products. If you have no silo and cannot build one this year then plant an ncro or moro of beets or other roots for win tor green feed for tho dairy cows. Select a dairy breed of cattle whoso product and offspring will bring the highest posslblo price In any market, and you will surely bo successful la dairying. nut sometimes the largo gray louss gets Into the head and under tho wings of the chicks, then it is best to rub these parts with grease of somo kind. Lnrd and carbolic acid is good. Developing of now sections In sev eral of tho states of tho middle west for dairy purposes in Itself will call for moro extra dairy cows that all tho country can possibly furnish. A mixed grain ration of corn and oats, when fed with clover hay. Is moro efficient than n slnglo grain ra tion of corn for producing largo gains in an 84-day feeding period. Look woll to n supply of autumn bloomers by planting a bed or asters.. Tho aster has an almost endless va riety of colorings nnd blooms when most other flowers aro past tholr sea son of beauty. Clover hay, when fed with a mixed grain ration of corn and oats, Is moro efficient for producing gains than tim othy hay. In this tost clover hay produced 58 por cont. moro gains than timothy. Whllo box stalls aro safor than sin gle stnlls for stabling horses, they nro also moro oxpenslvo and do not offer merits not possessed by slnglo stalls so far as they may lnfluonco tho horso In taking on flesh. It is not rensonnblo to expect strong nnd healthy chicks from Immature, weak and unhealthy parents. Stand ard, healthy and vigorous breeding stock Is tho foundation of successful hatches. When bolng fattened wether lambs should havo somo succulent food In tholr ration, for tho reason that thoy will remain healthier and not bo troubled with tho common disorder cnllod stretches and will usually mako a better gain. You cannot afford to keep poor cows and tho best way to get good ones Is to ralso them yourself. Brood tho cows you havo to a full-blooded dairy male. If you cannot secure tho serv ices of ono go in with somo of your neighbors and buy one in partnership. With favorable soil and climatic conditions good crops of rnpo may bo obtained from broadcast soodlng, but whenever thero Is any danger of the surface soil bocomlng very dry dur ing tho tlmo tho seed Is germinating or when land Is at all foul, drilling will give much better results. Crnpes propagated from lnyorlng como truo to name. Hence when you start now grape plants In this wny chooso canes from your boBt vnrlotles. Well-rooted young grnpo plants will bogln to boar tho third year after set ting in a pornjanent row nnd with good cultivation and general good care, including proper annual pruning, they will bear good fruit every year, Increasing In productiveness with ago. In resetting plants it is of perma nent Importance to place tho roots in tho soil In as natural a position as posslblo, a llttlo deopor than thoy grew In the original bod, making tho soil hold them fast, fan shaped and firm. Holes too deep or holes too shallow aro both objectionable, tho ono bolng too apt not to bo closed at tho bottom, tho other forcing tho roots Into a matted condition. Tho way to reclaim a gully or an unnecessary ditch In a field Is to fill It with trash and keop It filled. The trash will hold It from washing any wldor or deeper nnd will gradually catch all soli and sediment that washeB Into It. By nnd by It will bo come filled with trnsh and soil and when tho trash decays this soil will becomo the host In tho field deop, porous and full of the beat available ulnnt foods. A Dimple or Two By JOANNA SINGLE (Copyright, 1010, by Associated Literary Press.) "After all, a man chooses," finished Dr. Everett Trnnsomo, "and If ho chooses to ruin his career by marry ing some ycllow-hondcd llttlo noth ing whom common sonso would show him was quite the wrong woman, tho failure of tho marrlago Is purely his own fault. I'vo no pntlcnce with such men. It Is Just ns easy to lovo a balanced, dignified woman with brains, whoso mental and social train ing would bo n help to him, ns to let himself be lured to the altar by ft rosy chcok and a dlmplo or two like poor o)d Trufton, for Instance" Ho spoko with tho settled assurance. of extreme youth and tnexpcrlonco, Mrs. Jlmmle, rcnlly, If "amusedly, in terested, listened to hor guest In wide-eyed politeness. Then sho sold she simply must dress for dinner and trailed off. Onco In tho hnll sho fairly ran up Btalrs to ' tho guest room whero hor pretty, pink-cheeked cousin wns ma king herself unnecessarily lovoly. 'I don't want to bo late at my own table, Roso, but I must tell you that Jlmmle has brought homo an enstcrn collego friend, and ho's to tnko you In to dinner. He deserves anything you may do to him, though heavon forbid that I put you up to any worse mis chief than your own fertile mind sug gests. You won't bollevo It, but ho has Just finished telling mo exactly what sort of a girl ho Intends not to marry." "Docs the description, by chance, fit little Rosle?" asked tho girl, de murely wicked. "For a moment I thought ho must havo been trailed by you somowhero when you wero east last summer and was revenging himself. Dut no, ho was quite serious." "Any man who is qulto serious doserves anything! Is ho worth while?' Roso tilted hor yollow head to catch tho mirrored effect of a roso in hor hair. "If ho's worth " "Ho'b all that hlmsolf and his do ting widowed mother think him!, Of flno family, good looking, with brains and manners carofully cultivated hero and nbroad; and with monoy. Dut vory young. It seems thnt his moth er intends to havo blm wed a Miss Minerva Farlelgh of Boston. Ho is out hero for n rest beforo beginning in tho fall the practise his father left him. Ho well I must dress! Rose don't bo outrageous but ho docs need a lesson!" Dinner went off conventionally enough. Roso tried tho sweet, fem inine, dependent rolo sho usually played till sho decided on what tho gamo was to bo! Sho drew Dr. Tran som out about hlmsolf and ho wns, naturally, deeply interested. Her questions nbout his work and plans wero, in fnct, bo intelligent that tho young man twisted his brond shoul ders, and turned his flno brown eyes on his neighbor In some surprise she didn't look llko much but n frail plaything ho especially disapproved of yellow curls. And In tho cheek nenrest him ho marked a deep and restless dlmplo. Her hands wero llt tlo and delicate. Sho was very slen der. Ho wondered If sho know how to take care of hor health? probably not. Ho was suro of It when, In tho drawing room aftor dinner, ho noted tho scandalous height of hor small heels. Ho determined to advise her. Dr. Transom played tho piano woll. Induced by Jlmmlo, who. knew all his friend'B paces, ho played Borne Boothoven, somo Bacho then a llt tlo Chopin the latter because he thought Miss Rose Thorno might enre for lighter music. Sho snt whore ho could seo hor by a sido glnnce. She wns not amused, evidently. Finally sho sauntered over to him and asked: "Can't you play something lively a gypsy danco, or somo ragtlmo?" Her eyes wero Innocont, nnd ho stared at her in dismay. But Jlmmle Roverfon grinned nnd pushed him from the stool. "I'll play," ho laughed. "You're too solemn. Pull up a rug or two thero, Jlmmlo. Now, Rosle, glvo us a stop or two," To the young doctor's scandalized fascination tho girl roso, nnd to tln wild tlmo of tho host's gypsy music begnn a whirling danco. Ho could not tako his eyes from the pretty witch in her gauzy bluo dress. At last, half oxhausted, sho stopped sud denly nnd camo panting to sit beside him. Ho thought nngrlly thnt tho exercise was bad for hor hoart; that some one should look after tho girl, and that ho would try to coax hor to wear common-sense shoes ho would do that much good during his stay nnd sho was little moro than a child. Ho wondered nt Jimmlo's letting the girl do so unfit n thing. On the strongth of his concern for hor un protected situation he asked her to drlvo with him next day. The doctor had been coaxed to stay on a month at tho Rlverton placo, nnd Rose began trnlllng him to tho boat of her practised ability, whllo ho told hlmsolf that ho was looking after hor properly. Sho rodo nnd wnlkod nnd drovo with him. Ho found sho could do most things thnt ho could, and many thnt ho could not; tho In telligence of her sympathy surprised him, nnd ho always Intended to speak to hor about tho folly of her ways. Sho dollghted him whon Bho did what ho lenst approved of oven to woar Ing high heels and dancing. So ho forgot his career, Miss Ml nervn, Boston, his mother, nnd tho universe. And, flnnlly, ho forgot himself. At lenst that was tho opin ion of his fnmlly beforo thoy really knew Roso. Ono of tho signs of tho doctor's ail ment wns that ho began to forgot to wrlto home, nnd had alrendy lonthoned his proposod stay to a week past Its supposed bounds. Back In the cast his mothor wont to cnll on Mlnervn. No; MIsb Far oigh had not heard from him foi omo tlmo. Minerva had long boon tncltly considered a daughter In the family. Not that Evorott had mado love to her ho did not know, In fart, what lovo was, nor how to mako It not until he mot Rose. And now thnt he had mot her, ho did not know thnt ho was making love, nor was ho awaro that he had learned ono of lovo's first losRons blindness to tho world and forgetfulncss of self. Llko the ostrich, hiding from his enemies by thrusting Its head in tho sand, ho was hiding from tils own heart. Mrs. Transom wrote her son a long lottor. Ho replied, saying ho was enjoying himself nnd really had decided to stay another week or two In fact, ho would not say Just whon he would re turn. Then It was that his mothor packed a trunk nnd decided that a little trip would do hor good. Sho doterinlnod to surprlso hor son and como homo with him it would bo a natural and motherly thing for her to do and sho would see tho girl who was keeping him. Tho wisdom of her sex wnrned hor that "girl," though unmontlonod in hor son's lotters, lny beneath his strange nnd sudden wish to dnwdlo in a mid-western town nt tho homo of a moro collego friend. Meanwhile Evorott Transom was becoming very gny and foolish, dis covering thnt ho had really never lived, thnt tho breezy westorn air was tho finest In tho world, nnd that westorn girls hnd much moro nt trnctlveness than ho would havo thought posslblo. And Roso wns growing quiet and serious nt llttlo seasons, few nnd far botween. be It admitted. Her interest wns no longor feigned. Sho began to be a llttlo afraid. This man with tho resolute eyes nnd unsmiling mouth would not bo flirted with nnd tako dismissal easily. Sho knew sho would be called to account. Things WOro nt thin nrn(tv nn nt lovorliko doubt and fenr, when ono loveiy morning Mrs. Transom, qulto unnnnounccd, got out nt tho llttlo station, and finding a cnb, camo out to tho Revorton place. It was a beautiful day, and seeing the big houso stnndlng out by Itself, whero she. could not miss It, sho nsked the driver to lot her down to walk a few blocks after her long Journey ljeshlos on foot, she would bo more of a suTprTsoT As sho entered tho drive, sho saw coming toward her n pretty dog cart. And In It, his hands holding looBoly tho reins which should hnvo been guiding tho perverso spotted pony, snt her son her cherished boy laughing nnd turning his faco ridicu lously close to a very protty, n most unnecessarily protty, yellow-haired girl who raised back at him In a mnn nor, which was, to say tho least, frank! Neither snw her. Rut tho pony did, nnd not to run over hor, shied. His BenseB roturnlng, tho young man looked up nnd saw his mother. Not believing his oyes, startled, full of what ho had been saying to Rose how he loved her ho Jorked tho reins tho wrong way and tho porvereo pony started sharply to ono Bide, bo sharp ly that In n twinkling tho enrt upset and dumped lovor and girl at tho as tounded nnd frightened old lady's feet Mrs. Transom tried to scream, but her volco refused to come. Then Dr. Trnnsom was on his feet, gathering Roso up out of the dust nnd Into hlB nrms, nssurlng himself alio wns not hurt, saying ho know not what until elio declnrod she was not oven scratched. Thon ho turned and dutifully kissed his mother. Sho looked sternly nt Robo. "Your now daughter, Rose," he ex plained swiftly. Roso, vory dutifully, received her futuro mother-in-law's frigid IcIbs. Tho Use of Cosmetics. AppropoB of tho extravagant uso of coumotlcB in Now York, a witticism la credited to Reglnnld Vanderbllt, A lady Mild to Mr. Vanderbllt at ono of the "comet suppers" at the Plaza: "There aro the throe Van Twlllcr girls." "Aro they all three still unmarried?" Mr. Vanderbllt asked. "Yes," sold tho lady. "They're rich and pretty, too, It's odd they don't go off." "Isn't It?" said Mr. Vanderbllt. "They use enough powder." To the Rescue, Inventor I havo n groat Idea here It I only had tho whorowith to carry It out. Finnncler 1 should think an ordi nary wheelbarrow would bo sufficient. "Mislaid." "Somo people, llko hons, can novor find nnythlng where thoy laid It yes terday," says tho Mobllo Resistor. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest From Various Sections. Tho Fremont postofilco Is to bo ro- tnodelod to tho extent ot $50,000. Sirpy county old sottlors will hold their annual picnic August 25 nnd 20. Ovor 800 ploneora nnd sottlors at tended tho picnic .of tho pionoers or Custer county. Tho school census of Nehrnska City sliows 1,748 children as ngnlnst 1.G41 last year. Lee Allison, living nnnr Union, Cass county, Is In a critical condition from the kick of a horse. Tho Leigh Flro dopartmont won first monoy In tho horso rnces nt tho firemen's tournament nt Howclls, Tho run was made In 2316 seconds. Tho Bchool census of tho city of Mc Cook, Just recently coinplotcd, glvca McCook 1,185 children of sohool ago, a gain of 132 over last year's census. Shorlff Chlrnsldo of Jefferson coun ty roturnod from Cllnto, Mo., with Harry Cray, who escaped from tho county Jail In Fnlrbury about n year ago. A human skull, with teeth nnd ac companied by other bones, has been found on tho plnce north of Lyons known as tho old "Jim Hart homo stead." Joy riders ran down n boy nlno years of ago, Onlncr Ilubboll of Waterloo, who was thrown thlrty-llvo fcot, nnd his skull fractured. He will probably die. Tho Superior board of education mado arrangements to ndd a full course of manual training nnd domes tic sclenco to tho Bchool course upon the opening of school In September. Ed Osborne, a farmer, nged about 24 years, living near Staplohurst, was nrrosted, charged with committing nn assault upon tho person of Anna Cor nellous, a German girl, 17 yonrs old. PasBongor No. 3, duo In Ashland, struck and Instnntly killed a man at tho west ond of tho Plntto River bridge and from papors on his person ho Is believed to bo Androy. Tho body was turned ovor to tho coroner. Word has reached Tecumsoh of tho death of B. W. Kaloy, for many yoarB a rosldont of Red Cloud nnd Inter in tho shoo business In Tecumsoh nnd In a genornl merchandise store at Elk Crcok, at his ranch In southern Idnho, Governor A. O. Shallenborgor hns appointed Messrs. Jess Fonts of Dll lor and John P. Thlcsson of Jnnson as delegates to tho second annual con servation congress, which convenes In St. Paul, Minn., Septombor C to 9. Kansas City dlspntch: Ward Mower, formerly of Beatrlco, Nob., wob found guilty of murder In tho second degrco In tho crlmlnnl court in KnnsnB City, Kan. Mower killed Nlel Mc Colg In a lonely ravlno In Kansas City, Kan., laBt winter. From nn Idea ho gained whllo dig ging wells, Edward Murrey of Lin coln hus Invented and patented n new typo of grnb bucket which may revolu tionize methods of excavation and hoisting work on a largo scale, as now practiced. County Superintendent Garland Lowls has Just comploted his nnnunl report of tho dlffarent educational flec tions In Custer county. It shows tho schools to bd In n flourishing condi tion with excellent standing. Several now districts hnvo been taken In dur ing tho year, making a total of 274. At Nebraska City Mrs. John Rousch went up stalrB with a lamp In hor hand to get somo medlclno. In coming down sho tripped and fell, Itho lamp oxploded and the houso was soon nblnzo. Tho woman was rescued although slightly burned nnd tho Iioiibo was saved, but tho contents wero destroyed, William Stownrt, living several miles south of Hastings, holds tho record thus fnr of tho host averago yield of wheat In Adams county this year for fifty ncroB or more. Mr. Stewart finished threshing sovonty ncrcs of wheat, which totaled 2,170 bushels or nn averago of thlrty-ono bushels per aero. While digging In tho sower ditches at Hartlngton E. L. Fleming, laborer was Instantly killed by a cave-In. Postmaster Schneider recently called attention of the postnl authorities at Washington that Plattsmouth was over the limit on postnl receipts and was entitled to freo delivery under tho law. Ho has received word to tho offect that a check hns been made and that his statement wns true nnd nn Inspector would be sent to look ovor the sltuntlon. Four days aftor he had loft Dodge, whero ho had been working on a fnrm, Joseph Kyulko was arrested In Now York city charged with tho murder of a hotel clerk who refused to insort a nickel In u iiiubIc box at his request. Kyslke hnd saved up money while working near Dodgo to go back to tho old country. He wont to tho Farmers' State bank and ordered a steamship ticket to Europe. When tho tlckot arrived ho decided he did not want to go by thnt route and acted ugly whon the agent de manded his commission on tho trans action. Ho paid It, howovcr, and left for the east, only to get Into serious trouble. Mrs. Eleanor Homo, widow of Colonel O. Horno and n resident of Syracuse for over twonty years, died last week, J, Armstrong, porhaps ono ot tho oldest men In thnt part of tho state, celobrated his nlnety-llrst birthday annlvorsary at Nohraska City. Benjamin Austin, a well known farmer who lives west of TocuniBoh, was taken to the Lincoln asylum for Insane for treatmont. Mr. Austin bo camo overheated in tho field and bo camo mentally dorauged, In fact, violent. WINS THROUGH IT Former Deck Hand Going toi United States Senate. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward of Flori da Who Has Been a Roustabout, Sailor, Filibuster and Gov ernor, a Fighter. Jacksonville, Fin. Ono of tho most picturesque- figures In tho southland and a man tho story of whoso Ufa reads llko n novel is Napoleon Bona parto Brownrd, ox-governor of Florida, who recently defeated United States Sonator Taliaferro In tho senatorial primnrlos held In Florida. Mr. Broward's Is a brilliant oxumplo ot achievement rnroly equaled oven In this day of Bolt-mado men. Ho wan born In abjoct poverty, his pnrontB bo lng ignorant "Florida crackers," and his schooling wns practically nil, yob ho roso to tho highest ofilco In tho commonwealth nnd now ho Is nbout to onter the United States senate. Ho is a big man, mentally nnd physically, nnd his honesty and Integrity havo novor bocn questioned. He won suc cess In polltlcB, ns ho did In civil life, by nhoer bulldog courngo and perti nacity and by keeping Ills word. Ho stands bIx feet In height, weighs moro than 200 pounds and is a born fighter. Ex-Governor Brownrd first attracted political nottco by his project to ro claim tho EvergladoB of Florida and making them Into farming lands. It was this Isbuo which carried him Into tho ofllco ot governor. Ho has, too, demonstrated that his schomo Is feas ible by converting a part of tho Ever Klndes Into productlvo farms, and thin mado him lmmonsoly popular. Tho father of tho futuro sonator lived In a log house on tho St. John's rivor and eked out a baro living for his wlfo nnd children. Broward'o parents died when ho was In his early .cens. When he was under 20 ho napoicon u. urowara. fv( bound for Boston. Thoro ho was paid) off and landed In tho dead of wlntor.i Ho had never soon n Buowstornf be- fore, ho wnB thinly clnd and sufforodj terribly from tho cold. An nttnek of, whooping cough laid him up nnd tooki all his monoy. Novortholoss ha soon ns ho could crnwl out ho shipped on( one of tho wintor fishing fleet boundj for tho Grand Banks. Ho ondurod; hnrdshlps without complaining, did his, work with a smile, and thus won tho friendship of tho men of the sen. Vn. lowing his work on tho Bnnks ho worKod his way back to Florida ob a Bailor. Noxt wo boo him nn a roust nbout on a steamor on tho St. John's river. Ho saved hla monoy, bought a pnrt Interest In n stonmboat nnd struck out for himself. His splendid fighting abilities wero winning him nottco, tho whllo his kindly disposition was win ning him frlondfl. Ho was elected ihorlff of Duvnl county, n position ho hold nlno years, and In which ho mado a record which attracted attention to him from nil pnrtB ot tho state. Tho exploit which mado Broward fa mous throughout tho United States and Cuba was his ability as a block ade runner to Cuba, during tho tlmo tho Insurgents wore fighting tho Span-, lardB thero beforo tho Spanish-American war. In company with his brothor and n third partner Brownrd built a stout, seagoing tug for salvage nnd wrecking work off tho Florida const. Ho was approached by Cuban ngonts and nsked to run guna nnd munitions Into Cuba. Tho work wns haznrdous In the oxtremo, hut tho pny was com menBurnto with tho risk nnd Brownrdi bocamo a filibuster. In nil he mndo, eight trips from tho Florida koys to Cuba and his perilous adventures and narrow escapes would mako a novel1 In thomBelves. Ho was chased by, Spanish gunboats, fought with sov eral of them and escaped capture and! death by a hair's broadth scores of tlmos. 1 This Baby a "Strong Man." Pembroke Center, Mass. ThlB townj has a marvel In bnyhood in Thomas! H, Bates, Jr., nged ten months and wolghs 28 pounds. Young Bntes has shown phenomenal strength. Ho de-. lights In trapeze, swinging numborlcssi times In succession. His biggest! weight feat Is lifting two flatlrons' wolghing 19 pounds. With tho 'nsslst nnco of nn Iron through which tho flatlrona are hung on young Bates per-i forms this feat, a wonderful achieve ment for his ago. ' Your hoik frlcndB "talk about you" at times; don't expect anything elso.i