HIS OBJECT LESSON , D(?G W,TH PECliMAR. taste
AT LAST MR. WESTON UNDER
STOOD WIFE'S PERSISTENCY.
She Took 8omo Pains to Let Him
'Ki.ow He Had Forgotten Some
thing, and a New Record
Was Established.
On tho day ot tho beautiful pink and
cvhlto wedding, Mr. Weston klsBod Mrs.
Weston 173 times. Mrs. Woston kept
careful tab. On tho second day ot
tholf wedded llfo tho tab bounded tip
to 202 tho record. And. Mrs. Weston
tins that blessed dato underlined In
red. After that camo tho decline.
And then at last camo tho woful,
woful day when Mr. Weston aroso
taxcitedly from tho breakfast tablo.
"Great Scott!" ho cried. "It's tho
idato of tho Ferndalo lots sale. I must
hurry."
"Albort!" called Mrs. Weston, stand
ing suggestively In tho doorway.
"Haven't you forgotten something?"
Weston patted every pockot. "N-n-no.
Got car tickets, gloves, grocery list
got everything I know anything
nbout."
"Very well," said Mrs. Weston, In a
strange, low voice. "You may go
ahead, then."
As Weston descended tho steps
three at a tlmo tho door of No. 10
Langcd with a crash. Whon ho reached
(the offlco tho clerk addressed him.
"'Your wifo rang for you a bit ago,
sir."
Weston hastened to tho 'phono.
"'Don't you think by this tlmo that you
forget something, Albert?" asked his
wifo. . . .
Weston wont through his pockots
again. ''Nopo everything present, or
accounted for."
At 11 o'clock sho put tho samo
query. Weston began to bo worried.
"Look hero, Clara, if I have forgotten
anything, toll mo. I don't know what
you'ro up to."
"Oh, don't you," camo tho snapping
answer; and Weston experienced a
mysterious feeling of uneasiness.
At 12 o'clock ho wats astounded to
Ihavo his mother-lu-law call. "I'vo come
down to sco you about Clara," said
the Irate lady. "Sho complains that
:you have forgotten "
By the tlmo that Weston finished
sputtering his indignant surprise tho
minister appeared and asked for a prl
vato .iudlenco. "I am greatly pained
to learn that so valued a member ot
my flock has forgotten "
"Forgotten!" roared Weston. "I'll
forget myself If you pcoplo don't leavo
mo alone."
After tho minister had abruptly de
parted, Mr. Cox of Cox & Bagby, at
torneys, entored. "I havo been re
tained by Mrs. Woston," ho declared.
"I will say, however, that her grounds
of complaint aro as yet somewhat
vaguo to me. It seems that you havo
forgotten "
"Forget it forgot it forgot it!" bel
lowed Woston, wild wfth rago and
worry. "I'll go and seo my wifo and
find out just what I forgot."
On tho way homo Weston strained
his Imaginative faculties, but could
not recall tho fateful omission. Then
it was that ho conceived a really bril
liant idoa. Stepping into a dry Goods
a tore ho purchased a spool of red silk
thread and securely tied a yard of It
nbout his llttlo finger. When he en
tered apartment 10 pretty Mrs. Woston
sat red-eyed with unshed tears.
AVeston advanced with a broad, nerv
ous grin upon his faco.
"How foolish it was for mo to for
get that I hud placed a red string upon
my finger tc remind mo that thoro was
.something you desired mo to get
matched," ho rattled.
But Mrs. Weston began to cry softly.
"It was not that," sho sobbed.
Weston took her into his arms nnd
kissed her. "I declaro I haven't
kissed you to day," he murmured. "But
I can't for tho llfo of mo think of what
I havo forgotten."
Mrs. Weston clung to him, weeping
happily. "That was it!" sho cried.
"What?" puzzled Weston.
"Tho kisses," she pouted.
"O," said Weston, with a long sigh of
understanding.
Tho next day tho No. 214 was regis
tered In tho llttlo morocco-bound book
of secrets. It was tho record date,
and as such Mrs. Weston underlined it
in red.
Animal Didn't Like Anybody or Any.
thing Except Birds' Nest's
and One Cat.
"I onco know a very cccon'trlc'dog,"
says n writer In Bailey's magazine.
"Ho was a rcnl old English spanlol,
with long body, short legs with great
bono, grand head, Jaws and teeth llko
a wolf's almost and long oars that
would meet his noso. Poor follow!
Ilia toupcr was certainly unamlablo,
but I think this waa caused by tho
state of his health.
"Ho was ajory curious animal,
never showing much attachment to
nny one; ho would blto his best
friends on tho least provocation.
Nothing, though, offended him so
much as being laughed at that was
an Insult ho uovor forgavo. If you
began to laugh at him ho would growl
In a very ominous manner and If you I
persisted In it would snap at you and fi
give you sucn a bite that you would
not care, to try again.
"If you wished to pleaso him you
had to got a lot of old birds' nests nnd
give them to him, ono by one. Ho
would carry thorn about for somo tlmo
and then ho would sit down and tear
them to plocesi Ho was not particu
larly fond of going for a walk with
any one, but if you got somo nests
and gave him ono occasionally ho
would trot along with you as happily
as possible.
"Anothor curious habit of his was I
that ho would novor get out of tho
way for any one. When ho was trot
ting along ho nover moved from his
lino if ho saw any ono coming, but if
ho saw they did not intend to move
would begin to growl nnd look so sav
ago that pcoplo usually mado haoto
out of his way. When ho happoncd to
bo running down n hill he did not
growl, but merely ran against pcoplo If
they did not clear out his great
weight usually upsetting them, of
which ho took not tho slightest notice
"A great friendship arose between
this dog aud a flno cat wo had and
It was very amusing to sco them to
gether. Ho would walk up to the cat
and begin to lick her all ovor and
then sho would rub all around him,
purring and seeming to bo very fond
of him, when all of a sudden she
would Btop, look up in his faco and
spit at him, at tho samo tlmo giving
him two or threo sharp scratches, tho
only notice of which ho took wa3 to
closo his eyes so that they might not
bo hurt."
CONFIDENT CAN DOUBLE
YIELDS OF FARM CROPS
Wyoming Soedman Tells How Soli Can Be Made le
Produce More Scientific Methods and
Patience Required.
New Precious Stone.
Tho turquoise is likoly to havo a
very strong rlvnl In a new stone dis
covered in tho northenstorn part ot
South Australia. Tho samples so far
brought to AUoInldo aro much llko tur
quoises, but they aro ullghtly greener,
and can bo secured in far larger size.
Another important dlscovory Is of blue
and varl-colored corundum with such
gems as sapphires, oriental amethysts,
oriental emeralds, transparent rutllo,
tourmalin, topaz and monazlto, Tho
llnd waB mado near Mount Palntor,
about 7f miles to tho east of Farina,
in tho Flinders rango. Tho outcrop of
corundum is about llvo chains wldo
and ovor 150 feet high, and tho gems
wero found In tho alluvial near by.
A Defeated Conscience.
Georgo W. Martin, secretary of tho
Kansas State Historical society, tells
a story about an early day Kansas Jus
tice of tho peace, who will bo name
less here:
"This J. P.," said' Mr. Martin,
"would marry a couplo ono day as
Justice of tho peaco and divorce them
tho next as notary public."
Ono time, as tho story ran, n man
surrendered himself to this J. P.
"An phwat's the matter?" asked the
Judge.
I killed a man out hero on tho
prairie In a fight," was tho roply. "1
wont to give mysolf up."..
"You did kill him, sor?" asked the
J. P.
"Yes, sir," was tho reply.
"Who saw you?" asked tho J. P.
"Nobody."
"An' nobody saw you kill "im?"
"No, sir. JuBt wo two were there."
"An' you're shuro nobody saw you?"
reiterated tho J. P.
"Of course I'm suro," was tho reply.
"Thin you're discharged," said tho
J. P.., bringing his fist down on tho
table. "You're discharged. You can't
'criminate yourself. Fifty dollars,
pleaso!" Kansas City Journal.
A. doubling of tho present produc
tion of farm staples Is lu sight, accord
ing .to Prof. B. C. Buffum of Worland,
"Wy., who Is a plonoor In tho sclenco
afaoed breeding.
"Wo already havo practically dou
"blofl ,tho ylold of corn by selection nnd
-plan brooding," Bald Prof. Buffum,
who iwds in Chicago tho othor dny,
"but we need not Btop with corn, as
wo can deal with all othor crops In n
similar way. Tho roason that this has
not "been dono earlier Is that plant
breeding has been utilized heretofore
mainly for tho production of curiosi
ties. Mon who brought out anything
now woro 'wizards.' Fow saw any
practical value In whnt was doIiii;
done. Much was accomplished in an
esthetic way with reforenco to Im
provements of flowers, but tho groat
farm crops woro noglcctod.
"Tho condition of our agriculture
and Its Improvomont Is being given
serious consideration by all thought
ful men. It is tho foundation of our
social economy, for productlcn. from
tho soil means tho creatlcm of new
wealth. Tho high cost of living Is, In
my opinion, duo to conditions result
ing from tho neglect of the farm. Tho
city has hold out alluring charms to
the country youth In tho form of
.greater advantages for education,
more of tho comforts of life, moro ex
citement nnd moro liberties to tho
individual with regard to llttlo vices
that would causo ostracism among
provincial friends, but nro overlooked
in a crowd of strangers.
"This rush to tho clt.ies hns brought
nbout a lack of balanco In tho busi
ness of tho country. It has given riBO
to an unnecessary amount of nrtlflclal
but ho has not glvon much attontlon
to practical features that appeal to
tho farmer.
"Alfalfa la tho basis of western ag
riculture, yet It has never boon podl
greed or Improved by scientific breed
ing. Like 'TopBy,' It 'Just growed.'
It Is u mongrel plant, with probably
tho grcatcGt value of any mongrol on
earth. I now havo In my breeding
gardens, 70 varieties and strains ot
alfalfa, including those raised from
seed from ovory part of tho world
where tho plant Is grown, In addition
to my own hybrids. Tho method pur
sued in improving alfalfa Is to make
crosses and hybrids botweon all of
UiesQ varlottos and then select tho
ono that shows tho best quality, com
bined with tho groatest productive
ness. This last season I had two hy
brids that grew to a height of threo
feet In 00 days from tho dato of plant
ing tho seed. Any ono who hai
grown alfalfa can appreclato tho sig
nificance of these figures. By fixing
somo typo of this sort I can put lntc
tho lunula of tho farmors Improve
muntB that greatly will Incrcnao tha
ylold.
"Thoso who aro trying to improve
alfalfa havo threo objects In vlow
Tho first Is to dovelop a quick grow
ing, heavy yielding strain. Tho sec
ond In to obtain ilno Btcms, with n
largo perccntngo of leaves, for tha
leaves nro of tho most value to the
stock farmer. Tho third object Is to
gain power to resist dlsonso. One
troublcsomo dlsonso Is known ns leal
spot. It 1b a new fungus disease af
fecting many plants that can bo made
immuno by proper trcatmont. This
dlscaso is general nnd Is causing
Children's Tragic Fate.
Aftor a bravo battle for llfo, Arthur
Shlbley. a little five-year-old boy. has
died at Now York. Along with a com
panion, llttlo Robert Lomas, ho was
shot by somo Inhuman ruffian whllo
tobogganing In n city suburb. Young
Lomas died almost Immediately, but
poor Shlbloy, with a rovolver bullet In
his lungs nnd another in tho heart,
lingered a wook in agony. The- doc
tors said that ho wanted blood, nnd
some was transfused from his moth
er's veins, but tho youngster, though
brave, was conscious nil tho tlmo that
ho was doomed. Nobody saw tho
tragedy, and when tho youngstors woro
found both wero nearly dead. They
wero beautiful children, with long
curly hair, strong, sturdy and plucky
llttlo fellows, who played In tho buow
all tho winter.
ETMMER
TB-MMBR
"SPOf?T
F'Jfr'EHT
n2FORT"
FPBGULT.
How Crossing of Wheat Improves Plant.
Only One Question Necessary.
Tho conversation had languished
for a moment or two.
"Havo you heard of tho civil p.or
vlco examination for ambassadors?"
Inquired tho man with tho fur on his
overcoat collar.
"No," replied tho man next tho car
window, "I haven't hraid of it. Aro
they examining 'cm now?"
"Yes. They ask 'era Just ono ques
tion." "Only ono question? What's that?"
" 'Aro you a multimillionaire and a
free spender?'" Cleveland PJaln
Dealer.
England's New Form of Oath.
Tho now oaths act, which Is de
signed to do away with tho old unsan
itary habit of "kissing tho book" lu
English courts of justice, camo into
oporation on January 1, and caused
consldorablo embarrassment in police
and coroners' courts owing to tho un
familiarity of its terms and procedure.
A witness has now to hold n Testa
ment (tho Old Testament In tho case
of Jewish witnesses) ln his right hand
nbovo his head and ropent tho follow
ing words; "I swear by Almighty
God that tho evidence I will give
shall bo tho truth, tho wholo truth
and nothing but tho truth."
The Oft-Reported Demise.
"Why did you name your cat King
Monelik?"
"Because," answered Miss Cayenne,
"tho creature Is supposed to havo at
leaet nlno lives."
Didn't Worry Him.
Kind Man Madam, won't you take
this seat?
Lady I cannot decolvo you, but I
am a suffragette.
Kind Man Then sit In my lap.
'business. Thero aro too many mid
dlemen, all of whom must sharo the
profits from land and labor.
"Tho great hope of the future la
hotter farming. VnBt improvements
have been mado In our crop nnd stock
production through experimental In
vestigation, scientific study, nnd agri
cultural education. Tho physical
sciences, soil management, fertilizers,
Improved machinery, and somo of the
principles underlying crop production
and animal feeding nro being worked
out, and, as a general statement, It
may bo said that farming Is our most
stnplo and prosperous business.
"At present thero Is a strong move
ment for tho Improvement of tho
staplo farm crops and I do not bo
llevo thoro is a question but that tho
work now going on will result In a
doubling of tho yield in tho mountain
region of arid America on land that
is eithor irrigated or not irrigated.
In speaking of doubling I am taking
tho government 'avorago' yield as the
present standard. I know tho avor
ago yields through many yenrs of ex
perience, and nlso realize what can
bo dono by tho best methods of fnrm
Ing. Tho grent Industries of tho west
aro tho production of llvo stock and
fruits. With tho breaking up of tho
rango wo aro now producing bettor
llvo stock at loss hazard. Anything
that onnbles tho ranchmnn to increase
tho production of stock food would
bo ono of tho greatest factors in In
creasing tho wealth of any region.
"Cereals can be Improved much
faster than llvo stock, but, novertho
loss, tho development of horses nnd
cattlo In tho pant has been much
moro notablo than tho progress In
grains. At a recent convention tho
statement was mado that It would re
lulro about 8,000 years of live stock
breeding to duplicate tho advance
mado with grains In ono year's work
it my experimental fnrm. The reason
'or tho dolny with regard to grains
'n that It Is only n few years since
ho prlueiplo of hybridization linn
jeen discovered. Ilurbank has done
more In this line than any ono else,
much trouble, especially whero alfal
fa nowly has been Introduced.
"Tho old statement that wheat Is a
direct gift from God to man noeda
somo modification In tho light of ro
cent discoveries. Wheat Is a splendid
gilt, but development was necessary
before It could fill all of man'B needs.
This fact, howovor, does not In nny
way detract from Its vnluo as a bene
faction to mankind'. It had boen sup
posed for a long tlmo that tho truo
wild form of wheat was not known,
but wo havo dlscovored that ono of
the early forms Is olnkorn, which la
found wild In Mesopotamia. About
threo years ngo Dr. Aaronsohn discov
ered a wild ommer growing in bnrron
places In PnlcBtlno, nnd tho fact that
It enn bo crossed with othor whent
Indicates that It may havo boon an
ancestor from which havo como Im
portant Improvements.
"At the Worland ranch wo havo
boen working with winter and Bprlnn
wheat, oats, barloy and ryo. Although
operations hnvo boen going on at tho
present site, only threo yenrs, somo
romarknblo results havo been ob
tained. From tho depart mont of agri
culture 1 obtained a black ommer,
which Ib an early form of wheat, dif
fering from tho common grain In that
It remains In tho hull when threshed,
llko barley. By throwing this grain
under unusual conditions a 'sport' or
mutation, was obtained from which
tho yield was heavier and bettor than
from tho original.
"Emmor is bearded, llko barloy, bo
wo crossed it with winter wheat for
tho purpose of eliminating tho bonrdB.
From this cross has arlson a romark
nblo Bcrlos of now types of grain. Bo
tweon S.O00 and 10,000 variations wore
obtained. From thoso I havo select
ed 10 of tho best, which are being de
veloped so as to bo of practical value.
In addition to working with what nro
known as 'food' grains, 1 havo do
voloped a typo of wlntor wheat that
appear to bo suporlor to tho popular
turkoy red, now gonorally grown
throughout tho northwest."
CARNEGIE'S FIRST $10,000
i - 1
tea
Andrew Cnrnoglo, who hna given to public
uses n sum exceeding $150.000,000 moro than
$2,000,000 n year for every ono of tho 72 ho hns
lived told whllo in Chicago recently how ho
mndo his first $10,000 by borrowing sovcrnl hun
dred dollars and paying It back nt tho rato ot $6
n wcok.
Mr. Carnegie, who stopped In Chicago several
hours whllo on his way to California, with oyos
twinkling, nBked Mr. Leach, superintendent of tho
Pullman Palaco Car Company: "How much did
you got whon that melon was cut a whllo back?"
"I don't hold nny shares, sir."
"That's too bad. Didn't let you In on It, oh?
I romcttbor I was working for tho Ponnsylvnnla
railroad uhd a fellow named Woodruff camo
around with a couplo of lltto sleeping car modoU
wrapped up In a cloth. " 'Why.' 1 said to him when 1 saw them, 'wo'ro going
to need these some day In tho railroad business.'
"Tho outcome waB thnt tho Pennsylvania railroad ordorcd a couplo. And
lator, when I saw Mr. Woodruff ngnln, ho said to mot 'You seem llko a bright
young follow, Cnrnoglo. I bcllovo I'll lot you In with mo on this.
"'All right.' I said; 'I'm willing.'
" 'I think I'll glvo you an eighth, Interost, Jio told me. And ho named a
sum of a fow hundred dollars I would havo to pny. I didn't havo tho monoy,
but I went to ono of my employers and askod him to lond mo n fow hundred
dollars.
"'All right, Andy, yc3; you'ro n good boy,' ho said. 'I guoss I can lot
you havo It.'
" 'I'll pay you back $5 a week,' I told him. For I know I could navo that
out of my salary. It had Just been raised to $40 n month then, I 'bcllovo. So
ho lot mo havo tho money nnd that's how I got my start. I mado 910,000
off that stock and later got into tho Pullman Company.
"Tho United States is good enough for mo. I don't want to" go to honvon
yet I wish I had an option on tho trip to heaven so I could go whon I
pleased.
RUSH FOR PEARSON'S GOLD
m- 1
Slnco Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons ot Chicago an
nounced thnt ho would mako a gcncrnl distribu
tion of his fortuno on April 14, his nlnotleth birth
day, tho Intermittent stream of lottors has grown
to a steady torrent amounting to moro than COO
dally.
Dr. Pearsons has glvon nwny $4,000,000 In n
ucoro of years and vows that ho will dlo -pcnnl-lesu.
So far ho has aided 47 colleges.
"Look at this room," ho said In despair re
cently nt tho sanitarium in Hinsdale, whoro ho Is
spending tho wlntor.
In ono corner lay a stack ot college cata
logues; in another pamphlets from religious insti
tutions; tho drnwcrB of his desk nnd tables woro
plied wl'h letters, many unoponed, nnd tho con
tents of two wasto paper baskets had ovorllowod
nnd lay In a heap on tho floor. "And hero comes tho postman," ho added, with
resignation.
Tho clerk nt tho resort entered tho room with a sack containing 250 let
tors. Ono was accompanied by a stamped envelope.
"Thoro, that's better," the philanthropist said, as ho glanced through tho
noto. Thon ho wroto "No" at tho bottom nnd droppod it In tho lcttor box.
Most of tho notes wero from individuals, como picturing nt longth tho
writers' needs, others asking breezily tor tho loan of a couplo of thousand that
could bo put to good use.
"I glvo almost nothing to individuals," Dr. Pearson unld. "It Is to tho col
leges in tho new west and In tho poor sections of tho south that most of my
money will go.
i "I havo bo arranged my affairs that at my death thero will not bo ono
cent to qunrrol over. I don't know yet how much I shall give away In April,
but It will bo to thoso on n list nlrendy mndo out. At tho Unlvorslty ot Copen
hagen thero Ib un ondnwmcnt fund 000 years old, not ono cont of which has
been lost or wasted, and a German mission society hns maintained n $50,000
fund for moro than n century. All my glfta.nro 'to bo glvcu with this ond
In view."
NAME LODGE AS CHAIRMAN
Do3plto tho opposition of Sonntor Elklns tho
senate commltteo to Investigate tho high cost of
living In this country will bo bonded by Sonntor
Lodge. Tho other mcmhors of tho commltteo nro
Galllngor, McCumbor, Smoot, Crawford, Simmons
and CI ii r ko of Arkansas.
Tho question as to whothor Sonntor Elklns or
Senator Lodgo should ho tho chairman was sot
tied in n conference between Vice-President Shor
mnn, Sonntor Aldrlch, chairman of tho flnnnco
commltteo. which favorably reported tho resolu
tion providing for tho Investigation, nnd Sonator
Elklns, who wnB tho author of tho resolution.
Tho results of thnt conferonco woro stnted by
Vice-President Sherman, whon ho announced tho
personnel of tho commltteo. Ho explained that
ho had offered tho chairmanship of tho commlt
teo to Senator ElkltiB becauso tho latter wob tho author of tho resolution that
was adopted, und thnt Senator Elklns has declined on account of tho pressure
of othor work.
Senator Elklns Inter explained his reasons for declining tho honor in pri
vate conversation. Ho snld that whon ho introduced his resolution ho did not
have ob much work on hniid na ho lias now nnd hnd considered then ho had
tlmo. to conduct tho Inquiry which ho proposed. Slnco thon tho ndmlnlstratlon
bill for tho nmondmont of tho Interstate commerco laws has como up beforo
tho committee on Interstnto commerco, of which ho Is chnlrmnn.
That Is taking bo much of his time at present, ho Bald, ho has no tlmo to
dovoto to tho Inquiry Into tho high cost of living. Ho told tho vlco-prcBldont
that ho could not ovon cotiflldor being n moinbor of tho commltteo.
After Senator Elklns had declined tho chairmanship tho vice-president
tnlked ovor with him tho poreonnol of tho commltteo. It is believed that his
wishes aro Bhown In tho appointment of Bomo of tho mombors, but tho Wost
Vlrglnln senntor didn't wnnt Lodgo to bo tho chairman.
SOCIETY WOMAN A CANDIDATE
The club womon of Topokn, Kan., created a
BonBntlon in city politics when they announcod
they would run Mrs. F. W. Watson, n past presi
dent of tho City Federation of Women's Clubs, as
u candidate for tho ofllco of comralBBlonor.
Tho commission form of government has re
cently been adopted lu Topokn nnd tho first set ot
flvo commissioners will bo elected tho (list Tuos
day In April. Tho primary election will bo hold
ono wcok enrller and If Mrs. Wntson Is ono of
eight candidates to recolvo the highest numbor of
votes, Bho will thon bo nomlnntod far election.
Tho women supporting Mrs. Wntson Intend to
hold inoothigB in overy wnrd to tench tho womon
of tho city tho value of tho commission form ol
govonmout; to instruct them ns to tho politic
niiil minlffirnt tnllH rif thn vnrlnna n.wi!.in. ' - -
....i. ,.... ......... - - ...w 1"I1UIUIIIU3 lUl
city ofllccB, and to Insplro in thorn n greater interest In municipal affairs,
Thoro la cvldenco on nil sides that Mrs. Wntson will havo many men
Hunting In hor causo Signed to Mrs. Watson's politlon for nomination aro
tho nnnies of somo of tho prominent business men and politicians of tho city
Besides tho Federation of Women's Clubs many other women's organiza
tions aro Mocking to Mrs Watson's support. Tho Topeka momhorB of tho
Kansas Press club, a society of women In tho Catholic church, and tho women
of tho East Side Progressive league havo pledged their allegiance. .
Mrs. Watson, who is u past preBldont of tho City federation nnd tho wife
of a wealthy nurseryman, lives in n beautiful home, holds nn important tsqclal
position, entertains n great deal and alwaya wcurp Ijenutlful gowm?,