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12 THE OMA'IIA DAILY BEE : EH ID AY , NOVEMBER 15) , 1897. BEEF , BEETS AND BUTTER Thrco Articles of First Importance by Secretary Wilton , DEPARTMENT CF AGRICULTURE REPORT Client 1'roAtlctit of the Country , Snunr JUcct nxiiprlmonln nnil llulU-r toV nxiiorl Hovlorv of the j t Ycnrn Work , The annual reiwrt ot Secretary WlUon of the Department ot Agriculture. Just Issued , present * n comprehensive review ot the work ot flip several bureaus ot the ifcpart- nicnt during the past fiscal year. A sum mary Is qlvcn of the operations of experi ment stations and of the results ot expert Investigations , together with many rccom- mcnJatlcns to congress , the approval ot which Would Improve substantially the usefulness of the Agricultural department. Thrcj ioplcH treated by Secretary Wilson arc of special Interest to the fannorH ot the vest. These arc meat products , sugar beets arXl butter for foreign' markets. Concerning thrso topics the report nays ; \ _ -AVo , produce meaU of superbr quality " hioro- Pimply than any other TiaUon can put them on the world's market , owing to /the cheapness of our grains and grasses. The utalo experiment stations arc giving feeders v Information regarding the best methods of nutrition which will result In more ceo- 1 ncmlc practices. The Department of Agrl- > ' " culture Inspects live animals and dressed meats for export and ccrtlflCB to their free- "Uom from disease , supervises their condi tion through agents In foreign markets and ' 4s the advocate of exporters where discrim inations arc laid upon the movement of live stock arM meats In foreign countries. The department will In the future endeavor to help producers to find markets for surplus productions by getting and spreading Information mation concerning them and concerning what foreign markets require. During the past year all the beef expartctl to Kuropo and a great part of the pork and other meat products , have- been Inspected In accordance with the law , but the bureau has found It Impossible to' Inspect the largo amount of meat slaughtered for Interstate trade. Iho force now used In the Inspection m competi-nt and efficient and It should bo extended sufficiently to meet the Intent of Iho law 1 oklng to the Inspection of all ihc meat entering Into Interstate and foreign trade. T.e persons obtained by certification froni thu eligible list of Uio civil service as a rule have been more competent and ein- clcnt. than these obtained before the force was brought within the classified service. The work of Inspsctlon was In operation at 128 abattoirs and packing houses locnted In thirty-three cities The total number of nnlmalH Inspected was 12,319,107 , of which 1.1.SC6 animals were rejected at abottolra and 78,333 at stock yards. Pest mortem Inspection was had on 2G.GSC nnlm'ls ; 70,121 carcasses were rejected and 49,2Dri parts of carcisses. The meat Inspection tags or some other mark of Identification were affixed to 11- r > 10ifi2 ( qua-torn and 803,248 pieces of beef , 0,101,927 carcasses of sheep , 231.S79 of calves , C24.G5C of hogs , and to 311,947 sacks and pieces of pork. In the microscopic Inspection of pork tor trichinae 1,881,309 specimens were examined The number of sampk-s found Infected wis 13,325 , of which 3,243 were from carcasses and 10,082 from pieces of pork. The number of pounds exported was 43- G72.3C5 , of which only 1,001.783 pounds went to countries not requiring a certificate of microscopic Inspection. The cost of this inspection was $111,009.30 , on average per specimen examined of 5.94 cents , or an average of 0.25G cent for each , pound of microscopically examined meat exported. . -t HOG CHOM2HA. An experiment Is now In progress In Page county. Iowa , to determine to what extcn -and at vyhat cost hog cholera can be pre vented or contiolled'by sanitary regulations. J.-Tho legislature at its last session passed a . special act giving authority to destroy anl- * mals and to enforce necessary quarantine regulations. The funds available for this ex periment are not sufficient , but It Is hoped that the work may be autnclently thorough lu a part ot the county to Indicate what maj bo accomplished by the enforcement of such regulations. Experiments arc also being madeto Icurn what miy be accomplished b > killing only the plainly diseased animals and treating those exposed with hog-eholeia antitoxin It Is yet too early to form an Idea of the results that will bo obtained through these experiments further than testate state tlat the antitoxin evidently tas a bon- cllclal effect. The laboratory and experiment station arc now engaged upon Investigations looking to the production ot an antitoxin of greater tirotectlvo power and at less expense i than hai ) been possible herctof re. Tbo most pressing work of the nureau ot Animal Industry for the coming year Is the extension of meat Inspection to abattoirs en- pigrd In tlio Interstate buslines , which has not jet been Included lii the service. Until " all tbo establishments which kill for shipment - ' ment to other states have been Included , the object of the law In preventing the calo of diseased carcasses tor human food will not * > bo accomplished and thcie will be a discrim ination In favor of those who have received the Inspection and against those who have not been able to obtain It. OXI'KRIMKNTS WITH SUOAH MEETS. Seven tons of Imported sugar beet seeds Tvrru distributed lust sprlmr lu twenty-seven states , among 22,000 farmers , through the experiment stations of those states , to asccr- * tain where the sweetest beets can bo pro duced. Samples are now being analyzed at < ho experiment stations , and where they are not prepared to do the work the beets are forwurdod.to the laboiatory of the department at Washington. There In abundant encouragement - ment to lead us > to conclude that our country will wltbln a few years produce what sugar It requires. The department will collect all ttic faotE regarding the work of this season and publish them for general distribution. Tijo pioneer work will be pushed cneractloilly during tl'o next year. The work In the Investigation of sunar- prcduclng plants contemplates the analysis of simples grown by farmeiB In different parta ot tiio country from heecla fuinUhrd by IM department. Krotn arrangements which * lia\o already been made by these furmm It I ? Indicated that 5,000 or 0,000 samples of beets will bo sent to the department for an alysis during the months of September , Octo- * bcr 'iml Novt-mbcr , Preparations have been rrudu for the accomplishment of a Urge .v.iunount of chemical work , ami It Is hoped that valuables Information may bo secured thereby In regard to the quality ot soil and climate In ' different localities , where bee's can be pro- ' duccd with K high content of oiigar. A study of Ihe composition of bet-Is grown from hlgh- firadn teeils , under the direction ot the chem ical division , will also be conducted. These beets have been grown at six ot I hi' experi Biauons ot tun country , so mutributeu s to represent a wldo range of climatic con dition * . EXPUIUMENTAb KXI'ORTS OP I1UTTI3R Karly In the jear It became apparent that A considerable surplus of butter of the J\"gher \ grades would appear In our domestic markets , . This had never before occurred , and It was p'.iln that If such a condition pre vailed for any length of time the price of line butter would decline ; and ehould tliU happen with the best quality values would bo depressed through all grades of this com modity , ticfore midsummer the best of creamery butter was offered In almost un limited quantities la our largest markets at , prlcn lower than ever known (14 ( and lii cents ) and no material change occurred for 'xevoral weeks. I , therefore , decided to make a series of experimental exports ot line Amerl. con butter , for the pur-ose of promoting an Increased foreign demand for tula article , and In order to got more exact Information as to facts und conditions attending such ex ports than wan otherwise obtainable The export of butter from this country is nothing now. It began even as early an the jcar 1747 , and exceeded 1,000.000 pounds annually a hundred years ago. Then It In creased to 35,000,000 pounds In 18G3. and , dropping to 2,000,000 In 1870 , rosa to almost 40,000,000 In 1880. Since that time the qu n Uty oxni > rtc ( ] his been as low as 0,000.000 pounds a year (1S94) ( ) and ua high as 31,000 - 000 , the Utter tor tbo fiscal sear cudlug June 3V1897. New York City reports , tot the commercial y rs ending with May , but ter exports ot 643,000 packages ( about sixty pounds each ) for 1SSO , 292.000 for 1890 , 24,000 for 1895 , 199.000 { of 1896 , and 320.000 for U97. Since May 71897 \ , the exports from New York have been about 12 per cent greater than for the same months In 1890 , but prior to thn last year or two the butter exported was of low gfrade , as a rule , und made not so much with a view to establish ing a regular trade an to take advantage ot special and trans'ctenl conditions of the mar ket at home und Abroad , and to make profits on these occasional business ventures. The result has been to give foreign merchants , especially In Or oat Drltalti , the Impression the the butter of this country was poor In qilallty and thai ifo-fcRUlar supply could be depended upon. Shipments ot Iiultcr wcro therefore be gun early In the. season , unJcr the supervi sion of the cl.iIr division , and have tlnce been continued at Intervals of three or four wccka. The butter has been obtained from selected creameries. In the leading dairy dates , prepared with special reference to the ascertained requirements , of foreign buyers , and thus far all has been consigned to a rep resentative ot the.department at London , It has been disposed , of tinder his supervision , special efforts being made to test the de mands ofi the Lofidon market and obtain the opinions of wholesale dealers , tradesmen and consumers to the merits of the butter thus sold arid'ltB relative position , and prospective , In that market. The shipment Inado huve served the double purpoRo of securing useful Information for those of our own people , whether producers or doalert' , who'wlbhTo sell abroad , and of aiding to establish a better reputation for butter from Jthe United Stairs among pros- pectWn customem * > V , tadlnK English mer chants' have been thus' convinced , as never before , of the excellence of butter obtain able ill this country and the feasibility ot delivering It fresh and Unimpaired to British buxera. t In the endeavor to have all the butter In cluded In these trials plainly marked and made knovtTfnfe the product of the United States and tthus presented to the1 English consumer , , extraordinary prejudice has been met In London at every point. Merchants In stated that no good butter could come frotii America , made various unjust and absurd criticisms of the butter offered them , and even when convinced of Its merits , against their will , they offered to pay much less for It than they gave for butter of no bettc ? quality from other countries and sources of supply. Once In the hands of the trade , our butter was repea'cdly sold as English , Canadian or Australian and special efforts were required'to get any ot It Into the hands of consumers , under Its true name , through the usual commercial channels. FACTS AI10UT AMERICAN MUTTER. It Is too early now1 to formulate all the Itssons taught by these experimental re ports , but certain facts have already been dctcimined. Butter from the most remote cieamcry districts of the United .States , when properly made , can be so transported as to bo delivered In prime condition to con sumers In England ot n the continent of Europe fifteen or twenty days after making. The quality of selected Amcrlcin butter is quite equal tg'le ' cst offered In Lodon from any other country , although our sup ply , as a whole , Is not so uniform In char acter as that from some ether sources , nota bly Denmark. Despite allegations to the contrary , the butter exported by ithe de partment has been proved to contain less water and a greater proportion of pure but ter fat than any other butter for sale In the LonJon market. The products ot the United States and of Denmark have been found to be the only ab- rolutely pure butter Imported Into England ; all others , Including the product of British colonies , contain more or less Injurious In gredients , used as preservatives. Notwith standing the prejudices of London merchants and Uio maintenance of comparative low quotations for "states" butter , the creamery product of this country Is now commonly retailed at the highest market price , on a perfect equality with the best EnglUh , Danish and French butters. And English customers uro so well pleased that , whether knowing It -to be American butter or not , they fre quently make special efforts to get more of that particular kind , and are disappointed on finding the supply to be Insufficient and un certain. The retail price obtained for but ter exported by the department during the summer has been from 24 to 28 .cents per pourtJ. From the present outlook the whole mat ter of future foreign markets for American butter depends upon the question of price. English merchants are rapidly learning , and thciio of other countries cm be similarly taugh' , thatj { hey ean get all the butter they want from the United States , and of a quality unsurpassed , If they will pay enough for It. Dut the- supply of fine butter In this pcuntryv Is Irregular In quantity and our home demand fluctuates , so that the highest grades are at times obtainable at prices . \hlch offer a tempting margin for export , and a few months later the flame grade of butter sells for about as much In Chicago nd New York as It would In London. While these uncertain conditions exist , no regular export trade of Importance Is likely to be 'stabllshed. Neither merchants nor con sumers llko change of any kind In their supPly - Ply of butter. A reliable supply of uni form qualltj Is an essential condition to regular trade. It costs 2 or 3 cents a pound and sometimes more , to carry cutter from in Amor em creamery and sell It In Liverpool or London.1 A compjrlson of market quotations In Eng land o fl the United Plate * month by month will show that at times there are strong In ducements for exporting butter and none ai nil at other times. In July last the whole sale price of the best creamery butter In New York was 15 cents , while at the tame lima butter of equal quality was worth 20 tc 21 cents In London. From that time to the present writing butter has advanced over GO ucr cnt In value In this country , while In London the advance during the same period has been only 20 per cent. OPPORTUNITIES TOR NEW INDUSTRIES The United States paid $382,000,000 the last fiscal year for sugar , hides , fruits , wines , animals , rice , flax , hemp , cheese , wheat , bar- Icy , beans , eggs , tea , etc. , $0,000,000 for chicory , castor beans , lavender , liquorice opium poppy , sumac , etc. , and $2.000,000 for bulbs , nearly all of which could bo grown "nd prewired for use at home. The Depait- mcnt of agriculture will encourage the grow ing of these articles by the Introduction of reeds and by sending out farmers' bulletins giving Information concerning them. An American farmer can grow horeeH as cheaply as he oin grow cattle , iwo have a heavy and profitable export trade In cattle , and may have an export trade equally heavy and profitable In horses. The ilepaitnient Is piKicrlng facts regarding our horse Industry ot homo and the requirements of purchasers abroad , so that our farmers may learn whal foreign bujers demand. Salvation Oil , the people's liniment , Is guaranteed the best. It will UUIG you , TUOOI'S U'.UIMI.V WKLCOMUD KOMIC. AiiMtralliiim Honor tinItflu Jiilillcf Drliifliinrnt. SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. IS. The following Australian advices were brought by the steamer Marlpos-i , which arrived today fion Sydney , via Honolulu ; At tne Adelaide city police court October 18 W. Martin , the American cyclist , was sentenced to fourteen da > 8' Imprlsonmen with hard labor for having assaulted F. P Itldley a few daye earlier. Tbo bench rcfueei to Impceo a fine. The detachment of mounted soldiers which partlcliated In the JublloH celebration In Eng lnd icc"lved a public demonstration upon their arrival home , October 16. Their marcl through the street * of Sydney from the quay to Victoria barracks was lu the natuio of i triumphal [ irocesslon , vast crowds thronging the sidewalks and , cheering the troops. At midnight , October Ifl , the Ilia Warra company's fiteajuer Kanjuraka. ono of the best known vessels on the coast , while on the voyage- from Aden to Sydney , struck on a rock about 150 yards from shore , at a poln known as Pedro reef. The passengeiR were all In their berths at Ihq time , but for tunately tlo ( sea was calm and all weie ics cued by means of a traveling cage. In thi absence of rockets , lines were taken ashore by several plg , which swam ashore when thrown overboard , with nlgnal halyards at tached to. their hind Icg . The \essel was a total Ipas. . On October 7 , whu about 200 miles off the coast the foui-masted ship Kate Thomas , bound from Newcastle for San Francisco WBS Btruck by a squall and dismasted , It was towed Into Port Jacktsun op October 11. , , , ' ' Little Early Risers ewe blllou nes , constl * , tick hcntUcie. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED1' RUNAWAY A Story With a Moral for Uneasy Youths , . . . Ily 0. S. W. 1. Mr. Phlncas nudge sat drumming on u table In the library of his substantial and comfortable home on Brooklyn Heights , He was a stoutly built gentleman bf medium height , with a merry twinkle In his eyes , and a frank and engaging , expression of counten.nce. Just at that moment , however , there was a vague look of anxiety or expectancy on ils face , which his naturally contented , mppy-g > lucky disposition could not wholly conceal. Presently the doorbell rang and a servant appeared and handed Mr. Budge a card In scribed : "Mr. Christopher Waggloy , detective. " "Show the gentleman In at once , " com manded Mr. Uudgc , and A moment later a dappoi1grayhaired , shrcwd-lboklng gentle man stepped briskly Into the room. "Mr , Wcggles. I believe ? remarked Mr. Uudge , Interrogatively , "Waggloy , sir ; Christopher W.gglcy : , de tective , at jour service , sir , " corrected the daoper , gray-haired gcntlcrran. Mr. Budge glanced at the card again and said : "Dcg pardon , Mr. Waggley , Is that your "A STOUT GENTLEMAN CAM13 HURRIEDLY FORWARD. ' real name or a a disguise ? " "Ro.l name , sir , caly shortened. My folks named me Christopher Columbus Wag- tley , but I never could sec any use for the Solumbus , so I dropped it. " "All right , Mr. Waggley. now that point Is settled , we will proceed to business. I sent to Ketcham'n agency this afternoon for a discreet , middle-aged detective , and I bee you answer to the description almost as well 3 If jou had been measured for It. " "Thank you , sir. " "Now , my reason for sending for you Is this : I have two sons , Frank and Harry , aged 14 and 12 , respectively , who are be ginning to show symptoms of a de-slrc to break loose from the restraints of sctuol i ad parents and run away from home. " "Exactly , and you want mo to keep an eye on them and see that they don't get away. " "O , no , Mr Wag " "Waggley , " suggested the detective. "Mr. Waggley , you misunderstand my In tentions. Let them run away if they w.nt tj. Wouldn't have them stopped for the world. " For once In his life Christopher Waggley detective , was nonplussed. "If jou don't "want to keep them from running away why did j'ou send for me ? Can't they run away fast en oigh wiihout the aid of a defective ? " ho asliod. "Possibly , but I think It would be'better to have them chaperoned by a reliable , dis creet , middle-aged detective. Understand1 "Well , no , I can't siy I do , exactly , " re plied Waggley , with a puz/led look. "This Is different from any case I have ever had , but If jou will give mo your Instructions i will emlea\or to carry them out. " "Well , then , from what I have learned In the past few days I have reasons to believe tht my two sons , althugh treated with .ndulgcnco and well taken.care of at home , are on the point of starting out In quest of the supposed fun and freedom that await them In the outside world. I know about how they feel. I was troubled In the oamo way often when I was a boy , b"ut a brief and Inglorious runaway taught mo a lessen that has been of < he greatest service to me ever since ; and I am anxious , now that the fever of adventure is upon them , that my sons should learn the same valuable lesson. "Now , what I want of jou Is to keep an eye on their movements and when they start Vou are to go to , keeping track of them In their travels and reporting briefly to mo dally by wire. Of course you arc not to put jourself In their way , or allow them to- suspect that they are being watched , nor are jou to aid them or Interfere with their movements In ally manner , except upon In structions from me In reply to your dis patches , " "All right , Mr. Dudge , I understand ex actly what you want now. it Is a novel case , sir , but I think Christopher Wagglej Is equal to the emergency. " "I hope so , Mr. Waggley ; and now per haps you had better go , as 1 expect Frank and Harry home from school soon. They are bright , wlda awake , healthy lads , as jou will notice If you are In sight when they como In. " "Hint accepted with thanks , " gravely re marked the gray-haired detective , bowing himself from the room. Three days later the following message reached Mr. Uudge at his place of business In Brooklyn : "GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT , N. Y. , , . 'Mr. Phlncas Uudge , No. Fulton Street , Brooklyn , N. Y. : 'We're off. Further particulars later. WAGQLEY. ' " "Just as I expected ; just as I expected , ex actly , " muttered Mr. Budge to himself , as be read this message. "Didn't put them in Waggman's I should say , Waggley's charge a mlnutu lee toon. Hope they'll have as good a timeas I hod when I ran away from home. It will probably steady them down for tbo rest ot their lives If they do. " And then with a grim , smile he jilaced'tho telegram In ilia pocket and went on with * bis dally buslnccs routine as It nothing had happened. In the meantime Frank and Harry were being rapidly whirled' ' on an express train along the Hudson river toward Pougiikcopsle , for which place they had purchased tickets. When they left home t''py ' ' had a cash capi tal of $10 , They had expended $1 for a trav eling bag , ? 3 more for a tfaeup pistol and a box of cartridges and the purchase of u few other necessaries ( as they considered them ) for a trli | of that kind had reduced this sum to a trifle lets than $5. Their railroad tickets coit them $3 , so when they arrived at Pough- Keensle the two lads had barely $2 left. This was not a very extravagant amount to 'carry them through < iio rest of their projected trip , but Frank was full of resources , "From hero on , " ho announced , after counting tip their remaining cusb , "we've got to work our "riy , We'll need all the money we've got left to buy what we waut to eat between here and Chicago.4' "Chicago ? I thought yould California when wo started , " said Harry , disappointedly , "So I did , but I guets Chicago will be plenty far enough. Our funds bavo given out sooner than. I expected , and 1 don't fancy the Idea of working my way 3,000 miles , quite. " "Then don't let u work our way at all. Let's go right back home , " said Harry. 'ies , and got. shipped Just OB hard as If wo had gone clmrito Chicago or San Fran cisco ; I guess not 11 Besides , wo haven't got money enough toeven carry us back home. I move that wo gpt something io cat and then go for a wolkM We've got to spend the I time In some way till night , then we'll try ' to get a free rldo on a freight train to Albany. " Harry w t hunRrr , nod ho didn't wait for a second Invitation , t So Into the dining room they went , and twenty minutes later when they came out , thd first thing that Frank raid was : "WhewI What a hlgh-CTlccd placol Sixty cents gone at a.'lick and nothing to show for It. " "Got about as much to show for It aso b.vo for the rest bf tbo mney we've spent , haven't ' we ? " askdd Harrj' , with a tinge of tarcanm In his tones , "Well , I feel bettor , anyhow , and we've got $1.40 left to last us the rest ot the trip , " j raid Frank , carelessly , as they passed out through the waiting room to the , street. Shortly after the two boys left the sta tion , a darocr , gray-haired gcntleni'.n ' , who had been sitting on a bench , apparently pay ing no attention to anything except his news paper , stepped to the telegrcoh window and dashed oil the following message : "POUGHKEEPSIE , Mr. Phlncas Budge , Brooklyn , N. Y. : Parties here. Dollar forty left. Have to rough It unless you Instruct mo to Interfere. WAGGLEY. " When Mr. Budge received this dispatch he rubbed his bnds together and chuckled : "Have to rough It , eh ? That's right ; flo omi-fiood ! WasKley.is too .soft-hearted lor a detective entirely. ! ' III. Soon after darki Frank and Harry returned to the station , acid ? watching their chance , sneaked through the gate and started up the track toward a freight In.ln that was being made up. They Had not proceeded far when they were challenged by the yard watch man. "Here , j-oung i fellers , where are you golu' ? " he demanded. "Albanj , " answered Frank , baldly. "Not on this read j-ou ain't , unless you go laalde first and Uuy tickets ! Then you've got to wait for a passenger tn.ln ; you can't so on a freight , ' ' announced the watchman , authorltatlvclj- . "Guess that's theiman who owns the road ; we'd better get out.Vi said Frank. "I think you'd be.tter , and In a hurry , too , " and the watchmani advanced , thro.tenli.igiy swinging his heavyr club. ' "What's the matter here , Terry ? " sung out a short , thick-sat man , who at that mo ment came along swinging a lantern. "Couple of lads want to beat their way to Albanj' . Tjcy were trying to sneak up the track to get on a freight. " "Well , let them come along if they want to. I'm short a brakeman ; one ot my men his just gone bcme sick and there's no time to hunt up another ; I guess I can make these lads earn their passage between here and East Albany , " said the short , thick-set man with a hoarse chuckle. "Aio you a conductor ? " asked Frank. "Yes ; come on without any more chinning If you want to work your way. " Frank didn't fancy the tone In which the man spoke , but concluded it was best to accept the offer , and scon he and Harry wers bowling merrily along toward Albany , snugly ensconced In the caboose of the freight train with the thick-set conductor and a surly lookIng - Ing brakeman , The merry part of the business soon ended , however , and the hard work began , for Frank and Harry were compelled to twist brakes and assist In switching off cars or unloading heavy packages of freight at each station as they went along , and the sour looking brake man teemed to take special delight In 'put ting them through the mill , " as ho termed It. Thcro was llttlo chance for sleep or rest between stations , and when the train finally rolled Into'tho East Albany yard the next morning the two Uds were a sorry looking pair , with blistered hands , aching backs and eyes smart'infl from cinders and dust. Hero they left the caboose and their friends , the thick-set conductor and surly brakeman , without a word of goad-ibyo or regret and hastened across the railroad bridge to Al banj' , When they reached the other side a dapper , gray-haired gentleman , who had alighted from a westbound train several hours before , gave them a quick , searching glance , then paweil Into the waiting room , and a few bcconds later the following meesago was speeding over the wires to Brooklyn : "ALBANY , N , Y. . . Mr. Plilneas Budge : Birds junt arrived by freight tralp. Plumage somewhat milled , Any Instruc tions jet ? WAGQLEY. " But all that Mr. Budge when ho road these words was to smile grimly and put the mes- ago carefully an ay In his pocket with the othore. | IV. "Well , " eald Hnrry , as the two boys reached the Altmny end of the bridge , "I'm about sick ot thU kind of fun , " "So nm I , " eald Frank ! "imining away Isn't much ot n Joke after nil. I t lump hi wo wcro going to Imvc lots of excitement anil fun , but I haven't seen n great deal of It yet. I believe I'd BO back home now , but but " ' "But what1 "Well , I'm ashamed to. I'd rather starve , almost , than go baek and face father and mother , after the way we've acted and the way we look. " "Well , what shall wo do then ? I'm not going to work my way anotherfoot toward Chlcajo. " "Nor I. We'll look around and sco what wo can find to do In Albany. " So the lads went Into a cheap restaurant , washed and brushed themselves and ex pended 30 cents ot their remaining capltil for food , of which they were sadly In need , after their hard work on the freight train. They also deeded rest , but they wished to Improve every minute In search of some thing to do , as the few dimes they had left were scarcely sufficient to procure them another meal and n night's lodging. They applied for wo-k nt a number of places , only to be turned Way with a ahakQof , the head , or more frequently a roughly spoken "No.J > IKnally Frank said : "There's no use of hunting any further for work today. I think people are sus picious ot us because we've got this new traveling bag with us. Let'sipawn that and the , pistol and that will rilvo us money enough ( o last us till wo find something to do. " "All right , but you'd better unload the pistol first , hadn't you ? " "I didn't load It when wo started. I was afraid to , so I only made believe. See for yowsclf , " and Frank took thu now revolver from his po'clteC and offered It to Harry. Just then a policeman stepped up and tap ping hint "on the shoulder , said : "Carry a guti , do you , young man ? Uun aw. < y"froin home , too , I'll bet a cent ! Como right along with me , both of jou ! " Tw'o hours 'later Mr. Plilncas Bmlgo of" B coltlyn was on his way to Albany , with a telegram In his pocket , reading : "Boys In lockup. 1'retty sick of their ex periment , I think. Better come up and ECO them. Waggley. " The next morning , when the two lads , hag- gaidand utterly broken down by their night In a station house cell , were arraigned In the po'.lco court , the magistrate glanced down at t em with a frown ani said : "What arc your names ? " "Fiank and Harry Budge , " answered Prank. "Where do you live ? " was the next ques tion. tion.Frank hesitated a moment and ttien said : "In Brooklyn. " < "Ah ! T suspected something ot that sort ! What arb.you doing In Albany ? " "We are er traveling , " stammered Frank. "You prtbably won't travel much further , for 11 spell , any how. You have boon ar rested as suspicious characters with ( Ire- arms In your pcsbesslon , and as there Is no ono present to take jou In charge and glvo bill for your good behavior I s'lall have to " "But there Is ! " shouted a deep voice , as ttoo door of the court room opened and a stout gentleman came hurriedly forward. "Who are jou ? " demanded the magistrate ot the newcomer. "Their father , Phlncas Budge ot Brook lyn , " was the reply , and thu next moment the two lads were laughing and crying In their parent's urms. After a few words of explanation they were discharged and left the court room In com- nanv with their father and a dapper , pleas- ant-featured gentleman , whom he Introduced to them us "my friend , Mr. Waggley. " "How did you happen to get there Just In the nick of time , father ? " asked Frank , af ter they had boarded the train and were speeding homeward. " 0 , Mr. Waggley attended to that , " re plied Mr. Budge , with an odd smile. "I put j-ou In his charge before j-u left home , and " "And you know where we were all the time ? " Interrupted Frank. "Why , yes , of course. " "How ridiculous it seems , doesn't it. Harry ? " exclaimed Frank. "Well , this ex perience has cured me of all desire for run ning awaj' . In fact I was sick of ray bar gain before I fairly got started , but I wsa ashamed to own up after I had coaxed Harrj Into It. I don't want you to blame him. "COME RIGHT ALONG WITH ME ; BOTH OF YOU ! " father ; It was all my fault , every bit of It , " "Tut , tut , my B.n ; that's all settled , " sild Prank's father kindly. "I don't blame either of you. You have learned your lesson and 1C It docs you any good 1 am satisfied. Now let us turn over a new leaf and forever hide the old page with the happenings of the past few daj-s written upon It. Come , bojfl , are you agreed ? 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