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SYNOPSIS.
Lawrence J5IaUoly. lawyer. K"es to
PiUsLurp; with Uk- form! not-s In the
ISrimson rase to ki! tlio !cj'Mtion of
Jnlm Cilnxiio. inil!!otiiir. In th- lattcr'.s
liimif In- is iittr:i--l-I liv :i pu-lure f :
V'onnc: Kirl. v.-ltnm t!.- iiiilli'inaire explains j
Is Ills Krani1(!au:;!it r. A la!y n-iu-sts
i:i:iliclv to liuy Ixt a Pullman ticket. H-idvi-s
!t nwT -!-v-n anil retains lower
ii. lie Jimls a lrunl:en man In lovr
en a-;I retires in lv.er ni'ie. Me au:t
Iciis in luu-er .soven anil limls liis olotlu-s
and !a missitr-r Tin- man in low I tTi
Is rninl tmiKlere-l "ii utnstantial evi
dence points t l-tli l!l:ik-Iey :tnl tin
uiiKtiown m.m wlio had M-li:mKl eloth'-s
iritli l-'m Klakele" limitni-:; nt-rest 1
In a snil in lilue. Th- train is wreclsitl
Blnir.iev is int"fi from tin- luirnin-i ar
l.y tl.e K.rl in blue. His arm is !n.1cn.
i hey ;-o to tin- Carter ;!: for break- j
fast. The srirl nr to l
Alison vies:, j
Ills j irtner's sweetlieatt. 11t peculiar
nrtioi". mvstifv tin- lawyer. She drops
her kiM lusr ami Hl-il:-l-v puts It in ins
pocket. IJlakclev jeturns Iionn II- funis
liat !. is under siir-:llanei Mvi-i;
pictures of tlic ti.i'u tak n ..i.M bof-ip. !!
wreck iovo-iI to Ii'aka-l v a inati N-'ipIii-.!
from Mie tr-iin witli liis Milen :ii p
Mlakeiev !arns that a man n:im-l Sa'.-
livan Iejpel from tin- train n-ar M-
titnl spr.iinol his an'ile. I If ?ay-d some
Jii:e :ii the f'arlT place. While making
Inipiiries at Carter's. ISlakcley lituls Ali
son ami kisses her.
CHAPTER X!X.
At the Table Next.
McKnight and Ilotrhkiss were
sauntering slowly down the road as I
caught up with tlioin. As usual, the
little man was busy with some ab
struse mental problem.
"The idea is this," hi was saying,
his biows knitted in thought, "if a
left-handed man. standing in the po
sition of the man in th picture,
should jump from a car. uould he be
likely to sprain his right ankle? When
a right-handed man prepares for a
leap of that kind, my theory is that he
would hold on with his right hand,
and alight at the proper lime, on his
right foot. Of course "
"I imagine, although I don't know,"
interrupted McKnight. "that a man
cither ambidextrous or one-armed,
jumping from the Washington Flier,
would be more likely to land on his
head."
"Anyhow," I interposed, "what dif
ference does it make whether Sullivan
used one hand or the oilier? One pair
of handcuffs will put both hands out
of commission."
As usual when one of his pet the
ories was attacked. Ilntchkiss looked
aggrieved.
"My dear sir," he expostulated,
"don't you understand what bearing !
this has on the case? How was the!
murdered man lying when he was j
found?"
"On liis back." I said promptly,
"head toward the engine."
"Very well." he retorted, "and what I
then? Your heart lies under your!
fifth intercostal space, and to reach it j
a right-handed blow would have struck
either down or directly in.
"But, gentlemen, the point of on-,
trance for the stiletto was below the i
heart, striking up! As Harrington
lay with his head toward the engine, a I
pc rson in the aisle must have used
the lelt hand." I
McKnight's eyes sought mine and
lie winked at me solemnly as I unos-1
tcntatiously transferred the hat I was
carrying to my right hand. Long
training has largely counterbalanced '
heredity in my case, but 1 still pitch .
ball, play tennis and carve with my j
left hand. But Hotchkiss was too busy
with liis theories to notice me.
We were only just in time for our j
train back to Baltimore, but Mc
Knight took advantage of a second's
delay to shake the station agent v. arm
ly by the hand.
"I want to express my admiration
for you." he said beamingly. "Ability
of your order is thrown away here.
You should hae been a city police
man, my friend."
The agent looked a trifle uncertain.
"The young lady was the one who
told me to keep still." he said.
McKnight glanced at me. gave the
agent's hand a final shake, and j
climbed on board. But I knew per-1
fectly that he had guessed the reason J
for my delay. i
He was very silent on the way
home. Hotchkiss. too. had little toj
say. He was reading over his notes!
intently, stopping now and then to'
mnke a penciled addition. .Tust be-1
fore we left the tra
to me. "I suppose
the door that she tied to the gate?"
"Probably. I did not ask her."
"Curious, her locking that fellow
in." he reflected.
"You may depend on it. there was a
good reason for it all. And I wisli
you wouldn't be so suspicious of mo
tives. Rich." I said warmly.
"Only yesterday you were the sus
picious one." he retorted, and we
lapsed into strained silence.
It was late when we got to Wash
ington. One of Mrs. Klopton's small
tyrannies was exacting punctuality at
minis, and. like several other things.
1 respected it. There are always
some concessions that should be made
in return for faithful si rvice.
So. as my dinner hour of seven was
long past. McKnight and I went to a
little restaurant downtown where they
have a very .decent way of fixing
chicken a la King. Hotchkiss had de
parted, economically bent, for a small
hotel where he lived on the American
plan.
"I want to think some things over,"
he said in response to my invitation
to dinner, "and. anyhow, there's no
use dining out when I pay the same,
dinner or no dinner, where 1 am stop
ping." The day had been hot, and the first
floor dining room was sultry in spite
of the palms and fans which attempted
to simulate the verdure and breezes
of the country.
It was crowded, too, with a typical
summer night crowd, and, after sit
ting for a few minutes in a swelter
ing corner, we got up and went to the
smaller dining room upstairs. Here it
was not so warm, and we settled our
selves comfortably by a window.
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Over in a corner half a dozen boys
on their way back to school were rag
ging a perspiring waiter, a proceed
ing so exactly to McKnight's taste
that he insisted on going over to join
them. But their table was full, and
somehow that kind of fun had lost its
point for me.
Not far from us a very stout, middle-aged
man, apoplectic with the
heat, was elephantinely jolly for the
benefit of a bored-looking girl across
the table from him, and at the next
table a newspaper woman ate alone.
the last edition propped against the
t botUe before i,er her nut for
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coolness, on uic turner 01 me tuuiu.
It was a motley Bohemian crowd.
I looked over the room casually.
'.hiie McKnight ordered the meal.
Then my attention was attracted to
the table next to ours. Two people
were sitting there, so deep in conver
sation that they did not notice us.
The woman's face was hidden under
her hat, as she traced the pattern of
the cloth mechanically with her fork.
But the man's features stood out clear
in the light of the candles on the
table It was Bronson!
"lie shows the strain, doesn't he?"
McKnight said, holding up the wine
list as if he read from it. "Who's the
woman?"
"Search me," I replied, in the same
way.
When the chicken came. I still
found myself gazing now and then at
the abstracted couple near me. Evi
dently the subject of conversation was
unpleasant. Bronson was eating Iit-
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You."
tie. the woman not at all. Finally he
got up. pushed his chair back noisily,
thrust a bill at the waiter and stalked
out.
The woman sat still for a moment:
then, with an apparent resolution to
make the best of it. she began slowly
to eat the meal before her.
But the cpiarrel had taken away her
appetite, for the mixture in our
chafing dish was hardly ready to
serve before she pushed her chair
back a little and looked around the
room,
1 caught my first glimpse of her
face thin, and I confess it startled me.
It was the tall, stately woman of the
Ontario, the woman I had last seen
tin Richey turned j cowering beside the road, rolling pcb-J "The papers? What papers?" I par
it was the key tojbles in her hand, blood streaming ricd. 1 needed time to think.
from a cut over her eye. I could see
the scar now. a little affair, about an j
inch long, gleaming red through its i
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And then, quite unexpectedly, she
turned and looked directly at me.
After a minute's uncertainty, she;
iiowcu. letting ner eyes rest on iumu
with a calmly insolent stare. She '
glanced at McKnight for a moment,
"then back to me. When she looked
away again 1 breathed easier.
"Who is it?" asked McKnight under
his breath.
"Ontario." I formed it with my
lips rather than said it. McKnight's
eyebrows went up and he looked with
increased interest at the black-gowned
figure.
1 ate little after that. The situation
was rather bad for me, I began to see.
Here was a woman who could, if she
wished, and had any motive for so
doing, put me in jail under a capital
charge. A word from her to the po
lice, and polite surveillance would be
come active interference.
Then, too. she could say that she
had seen me, just after the wreck,
with a young woman from the mur
dered man's car. and thus probably
bring Alison West into the case.
It is not surprising, then, that I ate
little. The woman across seemed in
no hurry to go. She loitered over a
demi-tasse, and that finished, sat with
her elbow on the table, her chin in
her hand, looking darkly at the chang
ing groups in the room.
The fun at the table where the col
lege boys sat began to grow a little
noisy; the fat man, now a purplish
shade, ambled away behind his slim
companion; the newspaper woman
pinned on her business-like hat and
stalked out. still roe woman at ms
next table waited.
It was a relief when the meal was
over. We got our hats and were
about to leave the room, when a
waiter touched me on the arm.
"I beg your pardon, sir," he said,
"but the lady at the table near the
window, the lady in black, sir, would
like to speak to .you."
I looked down' between the rows of
tables to where the woman sat alone,
her chin still resting on her hand, her
black eyes still insolently staring,
this time at me.
"I'll have to go," I said to McKnight
hurriedly. "She knows all about that
affair and she'd be a bad enemy."
"I don't like her lamps," McKnight
oocerved. after a glance at her. "Bet
ter jolly her a little. Good-by."
CHAPTER XX.
The Notes and a Bargain.
I went back slowly to where the
woman sat alone. She smiled rather
eddly as I. drew near, and pointed to
' the chair Bronson had vacated.
"Sit down. Mr. Biakeley," she said,
"I am going to take a few minutes of
your valuable, time."
"Certainly." I sat down opposite
her and glanced at a cuckoo clock on
i the wall. "I am sorry, but I ha'e only
a few minutes. If you " She laugh
ed a little, not very pleasantly, and
opening a small black fan covered
with spangles, waved it slowly.
"The fact is," she said, "I think we
are about to make a bargain."
"A bargain?" I asked incredulously.
"You have a second advantage of me.
iou Know my name" I paused sug
gestively and she took the cue.
"I am Mrs. Conway." she said, and
flicked a crumb off the table with an
overmanicurcd finger.
The name was scarcely a surprise.
I had already surmised that this
might be the woman whom rumor
credited as being Bronson's common
law wire. Rumor, I remembered, had
said other things even less pleasant,
things which had been brought out at
Bronson's arrest for forgery.
"We met last under less fortunate
circumstances." she was saying. "I
have been fit for nothing since that
terrible dav. And vou you had a
broken arm. I think."
"I still have it." I said, with a lame
attempt at jocularity; "but to have
escaped at ail was a miracle. We have
much, indeed, to be thankful for."
"I suppose we have." she said care
lessly, "although sometimes . I doubt
it." She was looking somberly to
ward the dcor through which her late
companion had made his exit.
"You sent for me " I said.
"Yes. I sent for you." She roused
herself and sat erect. "Now. Mr.
Biakeley. have you found those pa
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When Every Thing Looks Bad
Then Is the Time to Bring Out the
Ginger Jar and Take a Good Dcse
of Its Contents.
Do you feel gloomy, melancholy, de
jected? Do things look blue? Are
collections slow and are bills piling
up? Is your establishment stagnating
from a lack of energy, ginger, enthusi
asm? Then, says a writer in the Book
keeper, ginger up!
Are you up against it in every sense
of the term eligible for membership
in the Down-and-Out club? Does It
seem as if the crack of doom is about
to enter the city lines? Have you ac
cepted failure as the Inevitable end
and do you now wait patiently, but
fearfully, for the coming of the sher
iff? Have you given up the battle? If
you haven't, then don't! Don't do it
anyhow.
But ginger up! Send the office boy
scampering after the ginger Jar. Get
it out oi that corner where It has
been hidden for over a decade, un
touched and covered with dust and
cobwebs. Open it and take some
goodly portions of its contents. There
now! You feel better. A smile lights
up your countenance. A determination
"Mr. Biakeley." she said quietly, "1
think we can lay aside all subterfuge
In the first place let n? refresh youi
mind about a few things. The Pitts
burg police are looking for the sur
vivors of the car Ontario; there are
three that I know of yourself, the
young woman with whom you left
the scene of the wreck, and myself.
The wreck, you will admit, was a for
tunate one for you."
I nodded without speaking.
"At the time of the collision you
were in rather a hole," she went on.
looking at me with a disagreeable
smile. "You were, if I remember, ac
cused of a rather atrocious crime.
There was a lot of corroborative evi
dence, was there not? I seem to re
member a dirk and the murdered
man's pocket-book in your possession,
and a few other things that were
well, rather unpleasant."
I was thrown a bit off my guard.
"You remember, also," I said quick
ly, "that a man disappeared from the
car, taking my clothes, papers and
everything."
"I remember that you said so." Her
tone was quietly insulting, and I bit
my lip at having been caught. It was
no time to make a defense.
"You have missed one calculation,"
I said coldly, "and that is the dis
covery of the man who left the train."
"You have found him?" She bent
forward, and again I regretted my
hasty speech. "I knew it; I said so."
"We are going to find him." I as
serted, with a confidence I did not
feel. "We can produce at any time
proof that a man left the Flier a few
miles beyond the wreck. And we can
find him. I am positive."
"But you have not found him yet?"
She was clearly disappointed. "Well,
so be it. Now for our bargain. You
will admit that I am no fool."
I made no such admission, and she
smiled mockingly.
"How flattering you are!" she said.
"Very well. Now for the premises.
You take to Pittsburg four notes held
by the Mechanics national bank, tc
have Mr. Gilmore. who is ill. declare
his indorsement of them forged.
"On the journey back to Pittsburg
two things happen to you: You lose
your clothing, your valise and your
papers, including the notes, and you
are accused of murder. In fact, Mr.
Biakeley. the circumstances were most
singular, and the evidence well, al
most conclusive."
I was completely at her mercy, but
I gnawed my lip with irritation.
"Now for .the bargain." She leaned
over and lowered her voice. "A fair
exchange, you know. The minute you
put those four notC3 in my hand
that minute the blow to my head has
caused complete forgctfulness as to
the events of that awful morning. I
am the only witness, and I will be si
lent Do you understand? They will
call off their dogs."
My head was buzzing with the
strangeness of the idea.
"But," I said, striving to gain time.
"I haven't the notes. I can't give you
what 1 haven't got."
"You have had the case continued,"
she said sharply. "You expect to find
them. Another thing." she added
slowly, watching my face, "if you don't
get them soou, Bronson will have
them. They haw been offered to him
already, but at a prohibitive price."
"But." I said, bewildered, "what is
your object in coming to me? If
Bronson will get them anyhow "
She shut her fan with a click and
her face was not particularly pleasant
to look at.
"You are dense," she said insolent
ly. "I want those papers for myself,
not for Andy Bronson."
"Then the idea is." I said, ignoring
her tone, "that you think sou have
me in a hole, and that if I find those
paners and give them to you you will
let me out. As I understand it, our
friend Bronson. under those circum
stances, will also be in a hole."
She nodded.
'The notes would be or no use to
you for a limited length of time," I
went on, watching her narrowly. "If
they are not turned over to the state's
attorney within a reasonable time there
will have to be a nolle pros that is.
the case will simply be dropped for
lack of evidence."
"A week would answer. I think."
she said slowb'. "You will !o it. then "
I laughed, although I was not espe
cially cheerful.
"No. I'll not do it. I expect to
come across the notes any time now.
and I expect just as certainly to turn
them over to the state's attorney
when I get them."
She got up suddenly, pushing her
chair back with a noisy grating sound
that turned many eyes toward us.
"You're more of a fool than I
thought you." she sneered, and left
me at the table.
(TO IIB CONTIXfKD.)
has been inoculated In your system
You oecoine enthusiastic. It is con
tagious and your employes are en
thused, too. You rally; you fight. ."1
will" becomes your motto. "I can't"
is thrown into the waste basket, where
it belongs. You win! You mu3t win!
It's natural.
Led by the Nose.
An analytical chemist was retained
as a skilled witness some years ago.
where there are questions of analyt
ical chemistry. There was one case
where a farmer had bought some ar
tificial manure, and be was being
sued for the price of it He resisted
payment on the ground that the ma
terial bad none of the qualities of
manure at all. The expert chemist
was one of the witnesses, and had
stated that, although the substance
had the smell, it had none of the
chemical qualities of manure. Under
cross-examination he was asked, if
that was so, how did he account for
hundreds of the best farmers having
taken the manure for many years
"They must have been led by the
nose." returned the witness.
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Brood sows on the average farm
may be almost entirely supported by
waste products. And those same
waste products form the best sort of
balanced ration. Skim milk, butter
milk, windfall apples, parings, a run
In the orchard, with shade, and after
the litters are weaned and growing
nicely, a run in-the stubble to clean
up every kernel of grain, and in the
clover fields after hay has been cut.
Sow some rye for fall green forage
for the poultry. It lasts until snow
comes and Is there In the spring for
early picking. It makes fine pasture
for the turkeys even if at quite a dis
tance from the house. It disinfects
the soil and is a good crop to sow on
the poultry runs this month to rid
the soil of impurities.
Train the colts, don't break them.
Many a good, horse has been spoiled
by breaking him when a colt. Get
his mouth accustomed to the bit be
fore a harness is put on him. Be
gentle and patient and you can make
a good horse out of almost any colL
"Candling" eggs upon their arrival
In the city results in throwing out
many thousands of dozens each year.
Five rcr cent, of them all are culled
as "dirties" and sold at a reduced
price causing the loss of millions of
dollars every year.
The best medicine for poultry Is
good care. Cleanliness, light, warmth,
dry houses, sound feet and pure wa
ter are better than the whole list of
remedies. These are the "ounces of
prevention" thtat save the "pounds of
cure."
Unless free from lice, no flock will
thrive as It ought, and the owner
shou'd help the chicks rid themselves
of these pests by providing proper
inst baths and occasionally dusting
them himself with insect powder.
It Is a good plan to give the young
ptgs a good start along early in life.
Very many make the mistake of
crimping the pigs, thereby expecting
to get more lean meat. The muscles
grow when the pigs grow.
There are yet a few dairymen who
think they can judge a cow by her
conformation. To satisfy yourself,
keep the accurate record of every cow
in the herd and see how form and per
formance coincide.
A poultry house need not he artifi
cially heated to be warm enough for
the hens to be comfortable and lay
eggs, but it should be built very tight
and snug, so as to exclude all drafts
of cold air.
It is easier to make a man a better
: dairy feeder by suggestion than by
command. That's why the test asso
ciation is so valuable. When he sees
bow it helps he is a willing learner.
Mnirh ilahllnq mnnftc Mladhims
an ir ninntj with pnnrao tnnnnrp.
and deluge with water. If water can
not be had, withhold the manure, as
manure alone Is drying.
Eggs and meat are the foundation
of the poultry burines. Let us aim for
this standard more, then we will have
better "standard breed" and more
I profitable poultry.
The safest rule is to commence
feeding in good season if the pastures
begin to fail and not wait until the
cows actually begin to fall In milk
production.
To supply good food for the dairy
it is necessary to exercise fore
thought and plan for the fall season
which is sure to come every year.
Many horses have sore shoulders be
cause their owners try to fit their
horses into their collars rather than
getting collars to fit their horses.
There are bee-keepers all over the
United States who, with a favorable
locality and good management .are
making an excellent living.
Probably no single cause tends more
to check milk secretion than the fail
ure to remove all the milk secreted
at the time of milking.
A tread-power rigged up to run the
separator will save a lot of hand labor
and give the ram or bull much needed
exercise.
Ducks and geese should have plenty
of fresh water to drink as soon as
they are hatched.
There is no one stated ration that
should be fed to poultry or laying
hens in winter.
Are you getting the best possible
results from your bees?
A cow that has a good appetite,
oats heartily and keeps thin in flesh
while giving milk is usually a good
one to keep.
To make butter of good quality the
fundamental principles of cream ripen
ing must be understood.
Whole grain fed constantly to
young chicks will sooner or later
give them leg weakness.
Cheviot ewes rank above the aver
age in -their prolific qualities.
Cows tfcat are enacts! to
proit mast kave liberal rattoas of tke
kinds of food adapted to their needs.
They must aave dry, comfortable aad
well ventilated sleeping places and be
kept, free from excltemeat caused by
exposure and neglect The practise
of allowing the dairy kerd to run
over the farm and be herded by dogs
and children and compelled to eat
frosty clover and forage cannot be
made to return a profit, even though
they may consume waste fodders aad
forage.
Saving the best ewes is not the only
thing. He must not la-breed, but must
buy the best sire he can find, not only
in bloodlines, but also in individuali
ty, a ram that looks like a sire, with
strong head, well-sprung ribs, and
large heart girth, a ram with a strong
bone, two good ends and a good,
straight back. The breeder must not
consider his pocketbook.
Potato growers who "feed" theit
potatoes well, and give them good
care, and select the best potatoes foi
planting do not need to change their
seed stock every few years in order
to maintain the yield, because by sc
doing they maintain the yielding pow
er in the potatoes they already have
Every thinking fanner knows thai
there are certain essentials that can
not be neglected at any season of the
year if the cows are kept In condition
to give milk, and that if any or all
of these essentials are neglected there
is sure to he a falling away In the
milk yield.
In making a kerosene "emulsion"
of any kind for the eradication of
lice, mites, flies, etc.. great care must
be taken to see that the combination
is surely emulsified or serious re
sults may follow and more hide be
"oradicatcd" than anything else.
Two things that deserve constant
attention at this time are the bits
and the blankets. Never allow a
frosty bit to come in contact with the
horse's mouth and never leave the
team without being well and com
fortably blanketed.
For the average dairyman It la
cheaper to raise his own cows than
to buy them. Besides, if he has good
cows to begin with he can more wise
ly select the calves because of an inti
mate knowledge of the work of th
mothers.
The black rot of tomatoes Is a dif
ficult disease to control. Application!
of Bordeaux Mixture, if begun when
the tomatoes are just forming and
continued until they are fairly well
grown, will prevent the disease.
It has been predicted by an author
ity that the time Is not far distant
when the small dairyman will not be
able to afford pasture. If this time
6hould come, then indeed would the
silo come into its own.
- While the value of the birds to the
farmer, orchardist and planter has for
years been recognized. It is believed
by the authorities that their impor
tance in preserving the forests is not
generally known.
A hen should be fed some grain that
she doesn't have to scratch for. Al
though exercise is necessary to keep
her in good health, she needs time to
rest and dust herself in the middle of
the day.
Some hens are born layers, others
acquire the laying habit, others get
credit for being good layers when
.they are not. The trap nest picks
them out and leaves no guess work.
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weak characteristics in your herd by
breeding animals that are uncertain.
The progeny is sure to inherit all the
fruits of the parents.
As a rule very little can be done
for dopy chickens. The cause of this
condition is usually constitutional
weakness: lice, or, error in feeding
and management
Hill selection of potatoes may some
times be beneficial for the purpose
of selecting the best strain where the
potatoes consist cf two or more
strains.
Selling the breeding stock because
feed is dear is just as sensible as
selling seed grain because you can get
a good price for it. Think this over.
Is the binder properly stored away
for t'.ie winter, or will the first snow
storm still find it just where it was
left when drawn out of the field?
During the hot months pansles will
not bloom much; try cutting the plant
back for fall flowering. Hot weather
blooming weakens the plant.
One good cow is superior to three
poor ones in the dairy; the differ
ence is the cost of the feed and the
product of the cows.
We would like to see more bee
keepers at the state fairs, and have
them put up a display of bees and
honey.
Any good type of colt will sell fen
more per pound when three years
old than a calf.
Better quarters for the poultry need
not mean more elaborate or more ex
pensive houses.
Hogging oft the corn Is a cheap waj
of corning off the bog.
When once pure bred stock has a
place upon your farm you will wondei
how you got along so many years
without it
Weighing the milk is the best
means of registering the capabilities
of a cow and her yield.
It's a bad policy to build such an
elaborate barn that one has to buy
ordinary cows to fill It.
Without the heln of our wild birds.
j fanning would fie Impossible.
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NEED MONEY FOR GOOD WORK
Plans of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis.
What "a Million for Tuberculosis
from Red Cross Seals" will do In pro
viding some of the 275.000 bed3 need
ed at once in the United States for
consumptives, is explained In a recent
bulletin of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu
berculosis. There Is just about one
bed for every ten Indigent consump
tives, and If all tuberculosis persons
In the country are counted, both rich
and poor, hardly one for every 25 or
30. If sufficient hospital accomoda
tions are provided only for those
who are too poor to pay the fuH
price for their treatment, fully 275,00
more beds in special institutions for
tuberculosis would he needed at once.
The immense outlay necessary to pro
vide and maintain so many beds In
hospitals, make It Imperative, the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis de
clares, that such Institutions be erect
ed from public money, either muni
cipal, county or state. In order to
get appropriations for public hospitals
for tuberculosis, agitation is neces
sary, and in order to create a cam
paign of agitation, organization is de
manded. But in order that an organ!
zation may carry on an effective cam
paign, funds are needed.
These funds it is proposed to secure
in as many communities as possible
from the sale of Red Cross seals.
THE RIVAL CAPTIANS.
Chimmie G'wan, you're no ball
player. Yer couldn't ketch a foul If
It was moultin'!
Patsy Gittout, you couldn't ketch
a fly if it was stuck on sticky fly-paper
till it was dead as mrlaiMes!
Deadlock.
"Who is that man who has been sit
ting behind the bar day after day?"
Inquired the stranger in Crimson
Gulch.
"That's Stage Coach Charley. He's
in a peculiar predicament. He went to
town last week and got his teeth
fixed. Then he came here, and, bein
broke, ran up a bill on the strength of
his seven dollars' worth of gold flllla.
Charley won't submit to havin the
nuggets pried out an the proprletc
won't let him git away with the col
lateral, and there you are!"
She Probably Could.
Senator La Follette, apropos of cer
tain scandals, said at a dinner Id Mad
ison: "These things recall the legisla
tor who remarked to his wife, with a
look of disgust: 'One of thoso land
lobbyists approached me today with
another insulting proposition.'
"The wife, a young and pretty wom
an, clapped her hands. 'Oh. good!
she cried. 'Then I can have that sable
stole, after all. can't I. dear?' "
A business firm advertises a shirt
without buttons. That's no novelty.
Many a bachelor has worn them for
years.
When It's
"What for
Breakfast?"
Try
Post
Toasties
Serve with cream or
milk and every member
of the family will say "rip
ping good. And doa't
be surprised if they wait
a second helping.
"The Hemtry Lingers"
I
Ccrtal
Battlo Crook, Utah.
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