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Th* Eaatcr Rush.
Anent the Bader nah. Florence Kelley,
<he secretary of the National Consumers'
league, said:
“Our great store keepers are kinder than
•tore keepers used to be In the paat. Sales
men and saleswomen need to work too
long and for tbelr work they got too little
pay. I know an old gentleman—his mar
ried daughter keeps him now—who used to
work from 7 In the morning till 5 at night
In a little shop at a salary so ridiculously
tow I am ashamed to quote It to you.
"The shop was a small one. The pro
prietor didn't advertise No doubt he had
a hard time to make both ends meet. 11
he didn’t make them meet, though, 11
wasn't because he failed to overwork and
■underpay his three clerks
"To my friend, the old gentleman, one
flood Friday night, the proprietor said, re
proachfully:
" 'This la really too had. Johns. You
have been late every day this week
"Johns for once asserted himself—In a
■meek, clerky way.
" 'It la rather hard luck, sir. he said.
"To get home every night two hours late
for supper la no Joke. Still, sir, I don't
mind It during this Faster rush-' "
CAN’T STRAIGHTEN UP.
Stfdney Trouble Causes Weak flncka
and a Multitude of I’alns and
A rhea.
Col. II. S. Harrison, Deputy Marshal,
“16 Common St, take Charles, La.,
•says : “A kick from a I torse first weak
ened my back and
affected my kid
neys. 1 became very
bad, and had to go
about on crutches.
Tbe doctors told me
I had a rase of
chronic rheumatism,
but 1 could not be
lieve them, and
Anally began using
Donn’a Kidney Pills
for my kidneys.
First tbe kidney secretions came more
freely, then tbs pain left my back. I
went sod got another box. and that
completed a care. 1 have been well for
two years.”
Sold bp all dealers. 00 cents s box.
Foster-MIlbura Co. Buffalo, N. T.
"Pote" Hepburn's Page County Story.
Washington Correspondence New York
War Id.
John Baldwin ot Omaha, general
counsel for the Union Paclllc railroad,
Is In the city, and today had a chat
Vlth Colonel Pete Hepburn, the unter
tflfled statesman from Iowa.
"How ara you feeling, John?" asked
Hepburn.
"Fine." said Baldwin; “I never felt
fetter In my Mfe. I have Just discov
ered a new diet that Is Just the thing
\ have been looking for, my conscience
in clear and I have forgiven all my
■enemlea."
"What'a that. John? Forgiven all
■your enemies?”
“Yes, Pete, this new diet of mine
•has worked wonders with me. I am
at peace with nil the world, with ev
ery enemy forgiven and nothing but
smiles for the nnlversc."
"John.” said Hepburn, “you remind
me of a chap I used to know down in
Page county, lie didn't get to this
beatific condition by a new diet, but
he arrived there after he got religion.
He met a friend on the street one day
noon after be had seen the error of
Ihls ways, and had boen converted.
"‘BUI,' said the friend, ‘how be ye?*
•“Great* wild BUI. ‘I am great, at
peace, peace with aU the world. I have 1
•forgiven all my enemies land love ev
• erybody.*
‘“Forgiven all yoor enemies, Bill?
Ye don’t mean that do ye 7"
* “ ‘Yes, I do. I have forgiven all my
■ enemies, every one of them, even BUI
Jones and Tom Smith, blank, blank
'.heir blankety blanked hides.' “
Brave, Anyway.
T>anny B-. aow In the Soldiers1
'home at Hampton. Ya.. tells this one. He
eays that when bis company approached
the earthworks tn front of Big Bethel it
was met by a terrific volley from the fort
The captain gave the order to lie down,
which every man did except an old Irish
man, who did not hear the order.
He looked around and exclaimed: "My;
my! They’re all killed but me!"
Then, as he reloaded his ride, he said:
“I’ll have to flght hard to take that place
all by myself."
No Excuse for Them.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"They ear there* a fool born every min
njte."
“But that Isn't Die worst of It; there are
a whole lot of fools that were all right
when they were kora!"
A BUSY WOMAN
•Can Do Iks Weils of 3 or 4 If Well
Vrt.
An woman living Just'
outside of New Tn* writes:
“I am at feu tut tJbfng »M the house
work of a dairy farm, caring for 2 chil
dren, a vegetable nod flower garden, a
large number of fowls, besides manag
ing an eiteorttf exchange business
through the malls and pursuing my reg
ular avocation as a writer for several
newspapers and magasines (designing
fancy work for the latter) and all the
energy and aMIlty to do this I owe to
Grape-Nuts food.
“It waa not always eo. and a year
ago when Urn shock of my nursing ba
by's death utterly prostrated me and
deranged my stomach and nerves so
that 1 could not assimilate as much ns
a mouthful of solid food, and was in
even worse condition mentally', he
would have been a rash prophet who
would hare predicted that It ever would
be so.
“Prior to this great grief I had suf
fered for years with impaired digestion,
insomnia, agonising cramps In the
stomach, pain tn the side, constipation,
and other board derangements, all these
were familiar to my dally life. Medi
cines gave me no relief—nothing did,
until a few saoutha ago, at a friend's
suggestion. 1 began to use Grape-Nuts
food, and subsequently gave up cofTee
entirely and adopted Postuin Food Cof
fee at all my meets.
“To-day 1 ana free from all the trou
bles I hare enumerated. My digestion
Is simply perfect. 1 assimilate my food
without the less! distress, enjoy sweet,
restful sleep, sad have a buoyant feel
ing of pleasure la my varied duties.
In fact. I am a new woman, entirely
made over, and 1 repent, I owe It all
to Graiie-Nuta and Pus turn Coffee.''
Name given by Peatum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich.
There* a reason. Bead the little
book. “The Bead to WeUTille,” in pkgs.
A FEW REMINDERS.
Salt once a flay.
Feed twice a day.
Water once a day.
Wash the separator once a day.
Milk twice a day. (Some people
milk at night.)
Three hundred pounds of butter
yearly for every cow In the herd.
That pays. If it's possible for every
farmer to have such a herd, go after
It. You will find more pleasure lti the
work as well as more profit.
Those chunks of frozen milk on top
of the can at the creamery in the
morning don't Improve your test. Book
out for that. It will not be the butter
maker’s fault If your test Is below nor
mal. Don't let the milk freeze.
How about those heifers'.' You want
a dairy cow to begin milking at 2
years. Then, up to that age she needs
to be kept growing all the time. The
straw pile won't do It. Oct the heifers
In the barn, and, while grain Is not so
necessary, they need a good allowance
of choice hay and roots. Besides, they
need handling. Train the cow early.
It avoids trouble later on.
A cow may find something to eat In
the corn field this time of year and
around the straw stack, but the ener
gy she puts forln getting it uses It, so
there Is little or nothing left for milk
production. A cow running around In
the cold Is not making milk—be sure
of that. An hour or so in the yard ev
ery fine day lr. good, but the best work
is done In the stall. Don't think a
cow has to have a great deal of exer
cise to keep healthy. When she Is
making from twenty to thirty pounds
of milk a day she Is working hard.
Winter Is here. Now nature rests,
but man works on. We should not
have to work so hard but that we can
devote a few hours each day to a study
of our work. The laugh on the "book
farmer” Is a thing of the past. Tho
farmer today who has no books, who
docs no reading, Is an object of pity.
To succeed In farming u man must
always get up and hustle and do a lot
of hard work. But how many farmers
work early and late, wear their lives
out and never get a dollar ahead of
the game, Btfe Is not worth It. It is
well to work, and work hard, but work
without gain Is a crime. See where
the trouble Is. Plan your work. Intel- i
llgent labor always brings forth fruit.
-Kimball’s Dairy Farm.
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PLOWING UP RYE.
A small piece of ground in pasture
for sheep or hogs Is often neglected
like the garden, until the desirable
results cannot be obtained. This is
especially true If there is other work
to do out In the large fields, that
scarcely yield Interest on the money
Invested In them when growing the
ordinary crops. A small piece of land
can easily be put off cultivating un
til some more convenient time. As a
matter of fact, however, the small
pasture is one of the most valuable
■pieces on the farm and should be
given preference In cropping because
It Is fenced and In condition to be used
Jfor stock.
The spring often finds this pasture
field growing rye. This crop Is fed
down until something else is ready to
feed off. The rye soon becomes hard
and useless for pasture. The aim
should be, not to grow the crop to
imaturlty, but simply to get all the good
pasture possible. Just as soon as It be
gins to shoot heads, and the stork be
gins to feel Indifferent toward eating
It, then Immediately plow it under. At
this time there Is not such a growth !
hut that It can be turned under with
a plow. The crop is succulent and the
furrow slice turned upon It, packs down
tight, forming a good union with the
soli below the furrow slice. The dry
matter at this time being small and
the water In rye abundant, decay
qutckly takes place. In this way plant
food for the following crops Is set free
If, however, the rye matures the
ground becomes dry and such portions
as are not eaten upon being plowed
under cause the soil to lay loosely.
This loose condition together with lack
of moisture and little chemical action
taking place, makes the soil very poor
for the following crop.
From the foregoing the necessity of
doing the work at the right time is evi
dent, If a second crop is expected. It
Is certain that we should expect at
least two crops from an enclosed field
The second crop which very llkelv
will he corn In drills, rape or sorghum
should be In the ground sometime
early In June. Then this crop will
have grown sufficiently so that It ay
he utilized before the sheep will bo
turned into the fields In the fall On
the other hand, If the rye is permitted
to grow until mature the soli will be
left In condition so that the second
crop will do scarcely any growing
until fall, a time when feed usually
is more plentiful in the fields and
oasturec.
PLUM AND CHERRY ORCHARDS.
In April, if the weather is good trim
off and burn old wood in the plum or
chard, and also the "mummy" plurns
left on trees, as they will start rot in
new plums. Spray with sulphate of
copper, 1 pound to 25 gallons of water
which will kill plum rot spores B*»
thorough with the spraying, as spores
are lodged all over the tree, and are
also on the ground. This spraying
should be done before the buds swell
much. Dig up all sprouts from around
trees and stir the ground well. Trees
bearing heavy crops should be well fed
with stable manure.
| Before buds open begin spraying with
| Bordeaux mixture—make the trees
! white. After blossoms fall spray at In
tervals of a week until trees have been
given for or five sprayings. This will
help check curcullo.
| In June go over trees and thin plums
out, leaving them two inches apart on
I tree. This requires time and patience
which will be well repaid in the fall
j with finer plums than ever before
1 grown.
| Remove all dead wood from the
cherry orchard, but do not prune live
] wood if it can be avoided. The cherry
I tree is Impatient under the knife
Trim and shape it the first two vears
of its life, and then let it alone. It will
form its own top.
Spray with copper sulphate solution
j same as for plums, then with Bor
! deaux mixture before buds open, and
after blossoms have fallen spray the
same as plums. Cherries require less
1 feed or fertiliser than plums, do bet
I ter with less.
If possible set cherry orchard on
sidehill where there Is good drainage.
Cherry trees wlii not do well on
heavy, level land. A coarse, gravelly
soil is best. Olve plenty of light and
air and set trees at least twenty feet
apart each way.
I [Paper read before Minnesota ?tate
Horticultural society.]
CLAIMS AMERICAN EGG RECORD.
I CharlC3 rowers, residing at 8 North
Third avenue. Maywood, Chicago, claims
the American record for the number of
eggs laid by sixteen hens In one year, com
mencing March 1, 1905, and ending Febru
ary 28, 1908. This Is tho egg record vouched
'or by Powets:
Eggs. Eggs.
March . 298 October . 24,t
April . 48« November . 16S
May .,. 379 December . 248
June . 318 January . 2S9
July . 387 February. 312
August . 322 -
September . 388 Total .3.818
1 This brood Is mixed and was hatched In
the summer of HUM. Ten of thcac hena
raised broods in that time.
._ ~ —^
Tha Return of Sherlock Holmes
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
Copyright 1903, Copyright, 1905.
by A, Conan Doyle and Collier's Wookly. by McClure. Pkillips Ql Co.
V.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE
PRIORY SCHOOL.
E HAVE
li a (Iso m e
dram a t i o
entrances
and exits
upon our
small stage
at Baker
street, but I
cannot rec- I
ollect any- ]
thing more j
sudden and 1
startling!
than the]
first a p - 1
pearance of|
Dr. Thorn- i
e y c r o f t j
Huxtable, !
M. A., Ph. !
D„ etc. His
card, which I
seemed tdo |
small to
carry the
weight of ;
his a ca -[
deride distinctions, preceded him by a
few seconds, and then he entered him
self—so large, so pompous, and so dig
nified that he was the very embodiment
of self-possession and solidity. And
yet his lirst action, when the door hud
closed behind him, was to stagger
against the table, whence he slipped
down upon the door, and there was
that majestic figure prostrate and in
sensible upon our bearskin hearthrug.
We had sprung to our feet, and for
a few moments we stared In silent
amazement at this ponderous piece of
wreckage, which told of some sudden
and fatal storm far out on the ocean
of life. Then Holmes hurried with a
cushion for his head, and I with brandy
for his lips. The heavy, white face
was seamed with lines of trouble, the
hanging pouches under the closed eyes
were leaden in color, the loose mouth
drooped dolorously at the corners, the
rolling chins were unshaven. Collar
and shirt bore the grime of a long
Journey, and the hair bristled un
kempt from the well-shaped head. It
was a sorely stricken man who lay be
fore us.
"What ip it. Watson?" asked Holmes.
"Absolute exhauston— possibly mere
hunger and fatigue,” said I, with my
finger on the thready pulse, where the
stream of life trickled thin and small.
“Return ticket from Mackleton, in
the north of England,” said Holmes,
drawing it from the watch pocket. "It
is not 1? o’clock yet. He has certain
ly been an early starter.”
The puckered eyelids had begun to
quiver, and now a pair of vacant, grey
eyes looked up at us. An instant later
the man had scrambled on to his feet,
his face crimson with shame.
"Forgive this weakness, Mr. Holmes,
I have been a littleovervvhelmed. Thank
you. if I might have a glass of milk
and a biscuit, I have no doubt that I
i wealthiest. I am aware, Mr. Holmes,
j that you take a very high line in pro
fession il matters, and that you are
J prepared to work for the work's sake.
I I may tell you, however, that his grace
: has already intimated that a check for
£5,000 will be handed Over to the per
son who can tell him where his son Is,
and another thousand to him who can
name the man or men who have tak
en him."
"It is a princely offer,” said Holmes.
“Watson, I think that we shall accom
| party Dr. Huxtable back to the north
| of England. And now, Dr. Huxtable,
j when you have consumed that milk,
j you will kindly tell me what has hap
j pened, when it happened, how it hap
I pened, and, Anally, what Dr. Thorney
! croft Huxtable, of the Priory School,
near Mackleton. has to do with the
matter, and why he comes three days
after rin event—the state of your chin
gives the date—to ask for my humble
, services.”
Our visitor had consumed his milk
[ and biscuits. The light had come back
to his eyes and the color to his cheeks,
as he set himself with great vigor and
lucidity to explain the situation.
"I must inform you, gentlemen, that
the Priory is a preparatory school, of
which I am the founder and principal.
'Huxtable's Sidelights on Horace' may
possibly recall my name to your mem
ories. The Priory is. without excep
tion, the best and most select prepara
tory school in England. Lord Lever
sfoke, the earl of Blackwater, Sir Cath
cart Soames—they all have intrusted
their sons to me. But I felt that my
school had reached its zenith when,
three weeks ago, the duke of Holder
nesse sent Mr. James Wilder, his sec
retary, with the intimation that young
Lord Saltire, 10 years old, his only son
and heir, was about to be committed to
my charge. Little did I think that this
would be the prelude to the most
crushing misfortune of my life.
"On May 1st the boy arrived, that
being the beginning of the summer
term. He was a charming youth, and
he soon fell into our ways. I may tell
you—I trust that I am not indiscreet,
but half conAdences are absurd in such
a case—that he was not entirely happy
at home. It is an open secret that the
duke's married life had not been a
peaceful one, and the matter had ended
in a separation by mutual consent, the
duchess taking up her residence in the
south of France. This had occurred
very shortly before, and the boy's
sympathies are known to have been
strongly with his mother. He moped
after her departure from Holder
nesse hall, and it was for this
reason that the duke desired to send
him to my establishment. In a fort
night the boy was quite at home with
us, and was apparently absolutely
happy.
"He was last seen on the night of
May 13—that is, the night of last Mon
day. His room was on the second floor,
and was approached through another
larger room, in which two boys were
“I CANNOT IMAGINE HoW I CAME TO BE SO WEAK.”
should be better. I came personally.
Mr. Holmes, in order to insure that you
would return with me. I feared that
no telegram would convince you of the
absolute urgency of the case.''
“When you are quite restored-"
“I am quite well again. I cannot im
agine how I came to be so weak. I
I wish you, Mr. Holmes, to come to
Mackleton with me by the next train."
My friend shook his head.
"My colleague. Dr. Watson, could tell
you that we ate verj busy at present.
I am retained in this case of the Fer
rers documents, and the Abergavenny
murder is coming up for trial. Only a
very important issue could call me
from London at present."
“Important;' our visitor threw up
his hands. “Have you heard nothing
! of the abduction of the only son of the
i duke of lloldernesse?"
“What! the iute cabinet minister?"
"Exactly. We had tried to keep it
out of the papers, but there was some
rumor in the Globe last night. 1
thought it might have reached your
ears.'*
Holmes shot out his long, thin arm
and picked out volume "H" in his en
: cyclopedia of reference.
! " ‘Holdernesse. 6th Duke, K. G„ P.
CV—half the alphabet! ‘Baron Bevel -
I ley. earl of Carston’—dear me, what a
1 list! ‘Lord lieutenant of Hallatnshlre
since 1900. Married Edith, daughter of
Sir Charles Appledore. 18SS. Heir and
only child. Lord Saltire. Owns about
250,000 acres. Minerals in Lancashire
and Wales. Address: Carlton House
Terrace: Holdernesse hall. Hallam
, shire; Carston castle, Bangor. Wales,
j Lord ot tne admiralty, 1872; chief sec
retary of stale for-' Well, well,
this man is certainly one of the great
est subjects of the crown!”
i "The greatest and perhaps the
sleeping. Ttiese boys saw and heard
nothing, so that it is certain that young
Saltire did not pass out that way. His
window was open, and there is a stout
ivy plant leading to the ground. We
could trace no footmarks below, but it
is sure that this is the only possible
exit.
"His absence was discovered at 7
o’clock on Tuesday morning. His bed
had been slept in. He had dressed him
self fully, before going off, in his usual
school suit of black Eton Jacket and
dark grey trousers. There were no
signs that anyone had entered the
room, an 1 it is quite certain that any
thing In the nature of cries or a strug
gle would have been heard, since
Gaunter, the elder boy in the inner
room, Is a very light sleeper.
“When Lord Saltire’s disappearance
I was discovered. T at once called a roll
j of the whole establishment—boys, mas
ters and servants. It was then that we
ascertained that Lord Saltire had not
been alone in his flight. Heidegger, the
German master, was missing. His room
was on the second door, at the farther
end of the building, facing the same
way as lord Saltire's. His bed had also
been slept in, but he had apparently
gone away partly dressed, since his
shirt and socks were lying on the floor.
He had undoubtedly let himself down
by the ivy, for we could see the marks
of his feet where he hail landed on the
lawn. His bicycle was kept in a small
shed beside this lawn, and it also was
gone.
"He had been with me for two years,
and came with the best references, but
he was a silent, morose man, not very
popular either with masters or boys.
No trace could be found of the fugi
tives. and now. on Thursday morning,
we are as Ignorant as »e were on Tues
day. Inquiry was. of course, made at
once at Holdernesse hall. It Is only a
few miles away, and we Imagined that,
in some sudden attack of homesickness,
he had gone back to his father, but
nothing had been heard of him. The
duke is greatly agitated, and, as to me,
you have seen yourselves the state of
nervous prostration to which the sus
pense arid the responsibility have re
duced me. Mr. Holmes, if ever you put
forward your full powers, I implore you
to do so now, for never In your life
could you have a case which is more
worthy of them."
Sherlock Holmes had listened with
the utmost intentness to the statement
of the unhappy schoolmaster. His
drawn brows and the deep furrow be
tween them showed that he needed no
exhortation to concentrate all his at
tention upon a problem which, apart
from the tremendous interests involved,
must appeal so directly to his love of
the complex and the unusual. He now
drew out his note book and Jotted down
one or two memoranda.
‘‘You have been very remiss in not
coming to me sooner," said he, severe
ly. "You start me on my investigation
with a very serious handicap. It is in
conceivable, for example, that this ivy
and this lawn would have yielded noth
ing to an expert observer.”
“I am not to blame, Mr. Holmes. His
grace was extremely desirous to avoid
all public scandal. He was afraid of his
family unhappiness being dragged be
fore the world. He has a deep horror
of anything of the kind.”
“But there has been some official in
vestigation?”
“Yes, sir, and it has proved most dis
appointing. An apparent clue was at
once obtained, since a boy and a young
man were reported to have been seen
leaving a neighboring station by an
early train. Only last night we had
news that the couple had been hunted
down In Liverpool, and they prove to
have no connection whatever with the
matter in hand. Then it was that in
my despair and disappointment, after
a sleepless night, I came straight to
you by the early train.”
"I suppose the local investigation was
relaxed while this false clue was being
followed up?”
"It was entirely dropped.”
"So that three days have been wasted.
The affair has been most deplorably
handled.”
“I feel it, and admit it.”
“And yet the problem should be cap
able of ultimate solution. I shall be
very happy to look into it. Have you
been able to trace any connection be
tween the missing boy and this Ger
man master?”
"None at all.”
"Was he in the master’s class?"
"No, he never exchanged a word with
him, so far as I know.”
"That is certainly very singular. Had
the boy a bicycle?”
"No.”
"Was any other bicycle missing?”
“No."
“Is that certain?”
"Quite.”
“Well, now, you do not mean to seri
ously suggest that this German rode oft
upon a bicyle in the dead of the night,
bearing the boy In his arms?"
“Certainly not.”
"Then what is the theory in your
mind?”
"The bicycle may have been a blind.
It may have been hidden somewhere,
and the pair gone off on foot.”
"Quite so, but It seems rather an ab
surd blind, does it not? Were there
other bicycles in this shed?”
"Several."
"Would he not have hidden a cou
ple, had he desired to give the idea that
they had gone off upon them?”
"I suppose he would.”
"Of course he would. The blind theory
won’t do. But the incident is an ad
mirable starting point for an investiga
tion. After all, a bicycle is not an easy
thing to conceal or to destroy. One
other question. Did anyone call to see
the boy on the day before he disap.
peared?"
"No.”
‘Did he get any letters?”
"Yes, one letter.”
"From whom?"
"From his father.”
"Do you open the boj-3' letters'”'
"No.”
"How do you know it was from the
fathef?”
"The coat of arms was on the en
velope. and it was addressed in the
duke s peculiar stiff hand. Besides the
duke remembers having written.”
"When had he a letter before that’"
"Not for several days.”
"Had he ever one from France?”
“No, never.”
"You see the point of my questions
of counse. Either the boy was carried
off by force or he went of his own free
'.ill. In the latter case, you would ex
pect that some prompting from outside
would be needed to make so young a
lad do such a thing. If he had no vis
itors, that prompting must have come
in letters; hence I try to find out who
were his correspondents.”
"I fear I cannot help you much. His i
only correspondent, so far as I know
was his own father."
"Who wrote to him on the very
day of his appearance. Were the rela
tions between father and son very
friendly?"
"His grace is never very friendly
with anyone. He is completely im
mersed in large public questions, and is
rather inaccessible to all ordinary
emotions. But he was always kind to
the boy in his own way."
(Continusd Next Week)
Tha World’s Richest Men.
Kansas City Journal: No two coni j
pilers have made similar lists of th- i
millionaires of the world. China. Eng- i
land, France, Russia and the United !
States each claims to-be the home of
the richest man. The list compiled j
by James Burnley, the English author, !
is as follows: Alfred Belt, diamonds,
London, $500,000,000; J. B. Robinson,
gold and diamonds, London, $400,000,
000; J. D. Rockefeller, oil, New York,
$250,000,000; W. W. Astor, land. Lon
don, $200,000,000; Prince IJemidoff.
land, St. Petersburg, $200,000,000; An
drew Carnegie, steel. New York, $125.
000,000; W. K. Vanderbilt, railroads.
New York, $100,000,000; William
Rockefeller, oil. New York, $100,000,
000; J. J. Astor, land. New York, $75,
000,000; Lord Rothschild, money lead
ing, London. $75.000,000; Duke of West
minster, land, London. $75,000,000: J.
Plerpont Morgan, banking, New York.
$75,000,000: Lord Iveagh, beer, Dub
lin, $70,000,000; Senora Isidore Cousino,
mines and railroads. Chile, $70,000,000:
M. Heine, silk. Paris, $70,000,000; Baron
Alphonse Rothschild, money lending.
Paris, $70,000,000; Baron Nathaniel
Rothschild, money lending. Vienna.
$70,000,000: Archduke Frederick of
Austria, land, Vienna. $70,000,000;
George J. Gould, railroads. New York.
$70,000,000; Mrs. Hatty Green, bank
j log. New York, $55,000,000; James II.
Smith, backing. New York. $50,000,000.
duke of Devonshire, lend, London, $50.
000,000; duke of Bedford, land, London,
$50,000,000: Henry O. Havemeyer,
sugar. New York. $50,000,000: John
Smith, mines, Mexico, $45,000,000;
Claus Spreckles. sugar. San Francisco,
$40,000,000: Archbisnop Conn, land]
Vienna. $40,000,000: Russell Sage,
money lending. New Yoik. $25,000,000;’
Sir Thomas Lipton, groceries, London,
$25,000,000. _
Official statistics show that there are
17,000.000 children in Russia between the I
ages of 0 and 14 yetrs receiving absiw i
lutelv no education. '
Her Counter.
■‘Mabel,” said Archibald, “now that we
are engaged we should have no secrets
from each other, should we, dear?”
“No," said Mabel, after she had as-,
sured herself that her mother was not lis
tening in the next room.
“Well, then," he continued, "do please
tell me Just horn old you are.”
"With pleasure,” said Mabel. “But first
Archibald, please tell me just how much
you get a week.”
Archibald pondered. His mind rare
ahead into the future.
"Forgive me, Mabel,” he responded, "it
was none of my business to ask.”
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.
While It is a good thing to plant v,
tree, it is still better to take care of it.
To grow good crops of currants keep
the old dead wood cut out.
Flower pots should be set into .dishes
or upon pieces of glass to prevent
making spots where they stand.
The selection of trees for home use
and for a commercial orchard should
be different. The size, color and time
of coming into market makes the most
difference with a commercial orchard.
Agricultural colleges and experiment
Stations complain that they do not re
ceive the encouragement and co-opera
tion from leading farmers and fruit,
men that would give them the success
they deserve.
In setting an orchard it is a good
plan to obtain from the local nursery
man a list of the fruits best adapted
to that locality, and the order in which'
they bear. The aim should be to have
them regular and sure bearers and of
high quality.
It has been demonstrated that fruit
does not keep so well if it has been
forced in its growth. Fruit that has
grown on rank growing trees does not,
keep as well as £hat grown on less,
thrifty trees.
John Wanamaker says there is only
one way to advertise, and that is to
hammer your name and your business
so constantly, so persistently, so thor
oughly- into the people’s heads that if
they walk in their sleep they would:
constantly turn their heads to your
store. The newspaper is y-our best
friend in spite of your criticism.
Those who have to spray for canker
worms have been losing an opportunity
to catch the wingless moth by using
sticky preparations upon the trunk of.
the tree to stop her as she crawls up.
Sometimes the moth will drop to the
ground by a web when the tree is
jarred.
The plum curculio breeds not only in
plums, but in peaches, cherries, neck
terines, and apricots. It can be con
trolled largely by putting a sheet on
the ground and jarring the tree, and
destroying the beetle. It hibernates in
the ground, and many can be destroyed
by letting chickens and hogs run in'
the orchard. They breed only once a
year, and thus may be easily controlled
by active measures.
u;
There is no satisfaction keener
than being dry and comfortable
when out in the hardest storm.
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