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Show my life In my hand for your molher love." , "She was worthy of the peril." "God knows it." (To be continued.) THE MAID ef MAIDEN LANE Sequel to "The Bow of Orange Ribbon." ttPRINQVILLE. UTAW WHERE MONEY IS UNKNOWN. X5he INDEPENDENT. Miss Goelet gets $1,000,000 worth of gifts. "Them as has gift3." Trust recipe: To a large amount of water add a little stock and serve hot. Any girl baby born on the Isthmns now is eligible as a Daughter of the Revolution. Lou Dillon must have quite an ear for music, as she beats time with great regularity. From present indications it will take Mr. Harry Lehr a, long time to live himself down. Ia cases where the Boston man "shivers with apprehension," the Chicago Chi-cago man "throws a fit." All the world loves a lover and especially the tailor who makes a specialty spe-cialty of creasing trousers. A literary conspiracy between Czar Nicholas and King Oscar may be looked for. Both write poetry. The U. S. marines used cotton bales for bulwarks down at Colon, just as if cotton didn't cost anything this season. sea-son. Duchess May can tell the other girls to go and get them a duke apiece before be-fore they criticize her taste in coronets. coro-nets. Beware of emptying the contents of the cold water pitcher on the pet poodle. It leads to litigation and notoriety. no-toriety. A learned scientific man says that the earth will last at least 100,000,000 years longer and doubtless he thinks he knows. It doesn't worry a girl nearly so much to be courted by the wrong man as It does no, to be courted by the right man. The Philadelphia dog who mistook a stick of dynamite for a bone will never be caught doing that foolish thing again. The postoffice at Schuyler, N. Y., has been destroyed by fire. We are not informed whether it caught from a love letter or not. You can't cast oft troubles like last year's garments. You have to dig them out from the inside of your brain for that is where they are. A Denver, man eloped the other day with the hired girl. It was a mean trick to play on hi3 wife, with girls as scarce as they are at present. Just as we were becoming proficient with the jawbreaking names from the far east along comes a fresh variety of tongue twisters from South America. Amer-ica. D, M. Parry is afraid this republic is going to smash. We would respectfully re-spectfully prescribe for Mr. Parry a brisk walk, a shower bath and a good rubbing down. gan wa3 supposed to hold a mortgage on the earth, but it looks no was if he had lost the document, before he had time to foreclose. t Onr champion football team should challenge the Hungarian diet for a game after the season is over. Judging from their training the two bodigj should be well matched. Prizefighter Corbett says that foot ball is too rough for him. "Why, in this game a man hasn't a chance to defend himself," he adds. But what a lovely . chance one has to slug one's fellowmen! It's curious how moderate an expense ex-pense a dollar a day for drinks seems when you pay it out in quarters, and how extortionate a water tax bill of $24 for a year when you pay it out In a lump sum. It is a wonder that no great financier finan-cier has thought of the possibility, of organizing the eligible noblemen of Europe into a trust and forcing American Amer-ican heiresses to get their coronets at monopoly prices. The New York Sun's editorial on the Massachusetts supreme court decision de-cision denying a man liberty to get drunk in his own house is headed "Domiciliary Drunkenness" which sounds like Boston. Schwab's valet, dressed in heliotrope livery, Is so attentive that the young millionaire doesn't have to do anything any-thing but think. It wouldn't be surprising sur-prising if he were doing a good deal of thinking just now, too. A young man was arrested for making mak-ing eyes at a young woman in. a Chicago park. The fact that he kept it up for half an hour and that the maiden was observing the animals all the time leads us to suspect that she did not notice the difference between the Inside and the outside of the monkey mon-key cage. If a man is a chronic kicker ft shows in his countenance, and he grows uglier every day. -Look at the frog. Isn't he ugly? And he's always kicking about the water he is- in. Over In Germany they are going to raise a monument to Krupp, the gun-maker. gun-maker. It should be unveiled on the day The Hague Palace of Peacs is thrown open to the public. Only $650,000,000 of aqueous shrinkage shrink-age in steel stocks to date. Too bad this squeeze could not ha?e bees' utilized util-ized out where irrigation is needed. England has a club for women called the Stay at Home Society. It would be perfectly safe to wager that the men approve of this ersjaniiation. Now thst Lou Ulllon cas shown her ability to pull a wagon a mile in two minutes flat, it Is obvious that those who are waiting for the wagon won't find it necessary to wait long. "I hardly ever feel like apoiogizlng for writing dialect poetry," says James Wliitcomb Riley. O God bless you, Riley, you're doing quite well! The announcement that a New York woman spent $37,000 in cab hire in one year wiU not startle outsiders who have visited that city. How little we know we know nothing. This acciracy review department it for cooperation co-operation in information informa-tion on the enemiei of east errors and friends of forethought, to reduce mutually expensive ex-pensive mistakes. It is for mechanical, commercial com-mercial and professional profes-sional people; the individual in-dividual employer, employe and customer; and consists of extractt taken by permission from the copyrighted letters, th lectures, notebooks and libraries of Earl M. Pratt, Oak Park, rilinois. lie is hunting the whole world over for information of every day use to you, and he regrets his inability, personally to reply to contributors. So far as possible he wishes to hace in this space the very idea yon would like to findhere. You are at liberty to send him any suggestion you may ears to. His collection collec-tion was started in 1973 and now contains unpublished un-published information dating back to 1196, with systematic plans extending to 1953. Your short story of some example of forethought given to him may prove to be your most valuable gift to others. When Wondering Hindered Winning. A man was standing at one end of a street car and a lady was standing at the other end. There was one vacant seat and the conductor called the lady's attention to it, but she preferred to remain where she was. The vacant seat was between two ladies, and one of these ladies sat next to a man. The other lady by the vacant seat tried to get the lady by the man to move next to her so that the man who was standing could sit down by the man who was seated. The lady next to the man did not move, though the other lady pulled her by the sleeve and motioned for her to sit near her. In place of sitting down between the two ladies the man began to wonder won-der if the lady who would not move could be the sister or wife of the man who sat by her, and while .he was wondering another man back of him came forward and took the seat. Then the man who was standing soon saw the lady about whom he was wondering wonder-ing get off from the car alone. Would some men hesitate to sit between two ladies just because a person by motion mo-tion without words had hinted that it might be better to sit between a man and a lady than between two ladies? Dictionary-Directory. An office man came in and asked the manager for the dictionary. The manager opened his eyes and said, "Dictionary!" Then the office man corrected himself him-self and explained that he meant directory. di-rectory. The office man made the same error several times, then began to hunt for cause and cure. In his youth he had been a frequent user of a dictionary about the size of the directory which occasionally he borrowed of the manager. When he wanted the directory he wanted a big book and his voice was used to saying dictionary. As he started to borrow the directory direc-tory he would begin to think of other subjects .and unconsciously, let his voice box work without the attention of his head. When the voice box is left to manage man-age itself it follows the path of least resistance or previous ways due to habit. He conquered this to him an easy error by talking it over with himself and reviewing his mistake and advising advis-ing himself to be more cautious. We are able to form habits of caution cau-tion by starting, repeating and keeping keep-ing at it. You try telling yourself that you had better watch yourself when doing so and so next time and you may find it quite a help to your memory mem-ory and better judgment. Best Way to Find Truth. Babies are cared for in many cases just as well as the mother knows how to, yet in these very cases the babies often suffer much. What should be done? Good books on baby science reach a few. Scattered articles In periodicals reach many more. All who read do not apply because they do not see the practical side. Some never think of putting into practice the useful things found while reading. Here is one plan: First, want to know more. Study self, study baby, study baby's nest, clothes and surroundings. sur-roundings. Do not experiment much, but fall in love with "taking better care of baby." The next friend you meet may know something of great use to you and baby, but you do not know what that information is; neither neith-er does your friend. The only way to find unknown useful truth Is to ask questions and exchange valuable knowledge at every opportunity with everyone you can. Just Four Hours. A father found his daughter's desk clock stopped and when he asked her if she would like it started she said she would. He wound it up, looked at his watch and set the minute hand, but forgot to set the hour hand. As he set it down he glanced at it again to audit hia work and discovered his error it was just four hours slow. His auditing glance took no time no extra time as he did it while replacing replac-ing the timepiece, and his doing it saved his work on it and he is more cautious than ever, which means increased in-creased personal skill. Values of Common Sense. Doctors who keep well know that unapplied knowledge never does any good. One of the finest physiques in the United States is that of a profesh sor of hygiene and he lives privately just as he lectures publicly upon the subject. But personal hygiene is hardly hard-ly a medical subject. It is more a knowledge of personal peculiarities coupled with common sense. Oqp doctor doc-tor claimed a little judiciousness would prevent two-thirds of the sickness sick-ness he was called upon to prescribe for. Another told me that the application appli-cation if common sense would des'oy nO. if-nth ; of his practice. " - ' Unconscious Torturing. P ime of the kindest-hearted people in .she world make other people a great deal of trouble by doing things that they did not know would make anyone any trouble. I have a case on record where a man caused a great deal of trouble by sending a letter, making a certain request at a certain hour, and he should have known that that letter could not reach the party until after that hour. Here is where a little forethought becomes an all-around all-around blessing. i about subjects of which An Example in Self-Control. Having given a city daily some ideas on the cost of mistakes," from' which a reporter made a half-page article, I offered to give another daily newspaper newspa-per in the same town some other ideas on 'he same subject. The editor met my offer with skepticism, skep-ticism, cynicism and ill-will. My eyes began to open and I was just on the point of offering the editor a definition defini-tion of his manners when I recalled the belief for my private benefit that it Is better for both to overcome evil with good than for me to be a party to a bi-blunder. The one who gets angry generally gets left. I declared my earnestness and, insisted that my subjects were mutually useful. Then the editor called a skillful writer, I yas introduced, an appointment appoint-ment made, the interview given and a very readable column prepared. One of the best papers in New York City reprinted the article and a general gen-eral passenger agent of a Western railroad reprinted it for his employes. Many of my friends spoke about being interested in it. Newspapers here and there are reprinting re-printing that article and individuals are borrowing my copy to read. That skillful writer clothed my ideas better than I was able to and I was instructed in-structed on my own subject by reading read-ing my own ideas presented to the public by the man whom the editor called. "' Is not all this better than criticising a critic and leaving him in a mutually ugly manner? I think it is because I believe In leaving people in a way to go back to them without any hesitancy any time I wish to do so. Why the Sisters Changed Seats. Miss Little and her big sister and their mother were near me at a recent evening service. The speaker's voice was not at its best and his subject was heavy. Soon Miss Little's head fell into heir sister's lap. But the youthful brain rested about as easily as the head , that wears a crown. In a few minutes Miss Little coaxed her sister to change chairs with her so she could sit next to her mother: Then the little brain found rest and peace, and I caught anelement of popularity, pop-ularity, and began analyzing conditions: condi-tions: i The big sister was tall and slim and had on no wrap, and she was more Interested In-terested in the program than in Miss Little's personal comforts. The mother was large and fleshy and had on a fur coat, and she knew that the tired head wduld have been better off in bed than there, but the next thing to a bed for Miss Little was to be within the arm and against the heart of her best friend. Popularity is due to reputation, physical stability and warmth, and an interest in the personal comforts of others. I know of elderly people near whom I study to be, at every opportunity, oppor-tunity, because there is sunshine In their souls. , The Angel Wing Hat Girl. We had a picture frame which contained con-tained a picture we did not admire, though when I purchased it it was my choice of many. Sometimes pictures pic-tures do not wear well, the same as an ornament which you .may have admired ad-mired at first, but soon tire of. In selecting another picture for this frame, a rural scene with tnany people peo-ple In it wis chosen. One of the' first remarks of an observer was regarding the hat of a little girl which hung down her back in a way to resemble an angel's wing. The artist may not have intended any such resemblance, and my attention had to be called to it before I noticed it. When you see something useful or Interesting and new to you, please call my attention to it, because I may never see it except ex-cept through your instruction. If you read something in a newspaper and want to cut it out for your own scrap-book scrap-book or collection, tell . me where to buy it for my readers and my own personal benefit. Hot Air for Melons. One of my neighbors has a melon patch and for two years the cold summers sum-mers have made it nearly a , failure. As I go by it I have a chance every day to see the green, balls on the ground and think of various things. Certain men, as well as melons, need "hot air," as nothing else appears to be able to bring them out of their sluggishness. There is a place In this world for the enthusiast who does nothing but talk, for the animation of hearers and the benefit of sleepy ones. A great many people could have their ability increased ten, twenty or thirty, per cent by absorbing some of the enthusiasm of the enthusiast. Value of Recorded Information. When a person dies, a vast amount of practical and highly valuable"" Information Infor-mation is lost if unrecorded. Much of it may be and often ia recorded in someone's memory, but the choicest wisdom is lost. One may will his body to science, but rarely will one reveal experiences which are generally general-ly supposed to be dishonorable. Hara-ly Hara-ly one in a million will tfy to prevent suffering by any such method. Popular Things We Do Not See. An item had gone the rounds of the newspapers, yet a great newspaper reader had jumped it in some way and did not know about it, though nearly everybody else had read it. Never be ashamed of ignorance and never be ashamed of telling a person something they, know, or asking them if they know it. You will have more successes than failures. A Source of Forethought. He met a persoa unexpectedly, and after a short visit s&id good-by. then when oo late he thought about a subject sub-ject Ie should have brought up during the conversation. Before they parted had they asked each other if here was any subject on which they wanted want-ed to see each other about would it have helped? For a Restaurant Man. We have a cooking rr achine which is all right for a person or concern having enough work to keep it going, but for us it is an expensive piece of furniture, as we use it only occasionally. occasion-ally. Utensils must help more than they hinder In ordfr to retain their position. Two Kinds wf Humus.' 1 Professor E. F. Ladd, of the Nortl Dakota Agricultural College, says: late we have heard a great deal abou the necessity of humus in the soIL W have com a tn rmrlprfstnnd that hum'.' Is as essential In the North Dako soils as In all other soils If we would maintain their fertility. We have come to understand that humus is one of the great water holding constituents of the soil, that it is to the humus we owe many of the better physical qualities qual-ities of the soil, and 5 that it is from the humus the nitrogenous matter f the plants Is derived to be converted into nitrates to serve as plant food. There is one point, however, that has.lnahe hatching of one egg is almost not been sufficiently emDbasizedriduarsJiMA fenerations are There are different kinds of humTJsl the same as there are different kinds of animal foods. Some forms of humus are worth a great deal more in the soil than others. .We all recog nize the fact that clover hay is vastly vast-ly superior as an animal food to wheat straw. We say that clover hay, wheat bran, linseed and cotton seed meal are nitrogenous foods, and that straw, timothy, cornmeal, stover, etc., are" carbonaceous foods. So we have types of humus that are highly nitrogenous and other types that are highly cp bonaceous. A humus derived from wheat straw or. wheat stubbleV grains of any kind is very inferior. It furnishes no nitrogenous matter, Jt does not have the water holding and absorbing constituents as does the humus derived, from clover, vetches, brome grass,, etc. We thus see "that one of the advantages of growing clover in our crop rotation is that It gives us a better type of humus in the soil. One that will put the soiKJta better physical condition will hold a larger amount' of moisture, will furnish fur-nish " nitrogenous plant food, and will better unlock the available plant food in the soil than the humus that is derived de-rived from carbonaceous plants like the straw. - Why Cotton Seed Meal Kills Pigs. Why does cotton seed meal often kill pigs? The answer is not forthcoming, forth-coming, but the experimenters are at work on the problem and have been . at work on it for some years. As yet they have arrived at no conclusion con-clusion that is satisfactory to themselves them-selves or others. The caueo is doubtless doubt-less some property of the meal or seed that Is harmful when fed beyond a certain limit. The first attempts to solve the problem led to the belief that the cause was a mechanical one, the deaths being produced by impaction impac-tion due to the accumulation In the alimentary canals of -large quantities of the tufts of cotton clinging to some of the seeds. But tMs was not borne out by subsequent experiments and post-mortem examinations. - No matter mat-ter how- carefully the seed was cleaned the deaths resulted all the same when the -pigs were fed beyond a certain limit not well-defined, the seed or meal made from - it. It Is now believed that the seed and the meal made both produce a toxic effect, ef-fect, when allowed to undergo certain changes. When it is remembered that food remained In the intestines of the pigs for some days, it Is easy to see that it has an opportunity to ferment and produce poisons. There are many other materials that thus change in composition. , Thus the cassava root, from which tapioca is r:ade, contains prussic acid, which disappears in the process of heating. But the poison has been known to come back again in old tapioca. Coal Tar Colors Excluded. From the first use of coal tar colors col-ors in butter there has been- a great Outcry against them. The people that object to their use declare that these colors are very injurious to health. The makers of the colors have declared de-clared otherwise, and have asserted that if the colors were poisonous when used In large quantities, the amounts used in butter were so small that they could injure no one. There have now and then been reports of children chil-dren drinking the butter colors and being poisoned fatally by them. On this point we must say that the Farmers' Farm-ers' Review has tried to discover the truth of some of these reported cases, but has never been able to even get a reply from the families In which such tragedies were reported to have occurred. oc-curred. We have very serious doubts as to the truth- of these reports. But if the coal tar colors are injurious in any way they should not be permitted to be sold in any state. The state of Minnesota has taken that view, of it and has passed a law prohibiting their sale after January 1, 1904. Vegetable colors have been used in butter for so long that records do not trace their first use. The old and reliable source of this coloring is annatto and colors made from that plant are not proscribed pro-scribed by the laws of any state. It is likely that" many other states will pass laws against the use of coloring matter made from coal tar. , To Ohio ! Corn Growers. It now seems evident that the yield Of corn is to be much below an average aver-age crop In this state this season. Conditions beyond the control of the corn grower the late spring and the unseasonable weather during the greater part of the corn months have helped to bring about this result. The corn crop of 1903 is a matter of history. his-tory. , All that can be done now is to carefully save and utilize what we have. This should mean something more than picking the ears and allowing allow-ing the stover to waste In the field In so far as it's feed value is concerned. The presert crop is rot only a disappointment disap-pointment as regards yield but quite inferior as to quality. This for many a corn grower means poor seed, an uneven stand and a poor crop in 1904. It will mean this unless great precaution precau-tion be taken In selecting and drying out seed corn this fall. While mature seed should be chosen if it can be had, slightly immature corn carefully and thoroughly dried out by the fire,; is frequently more satisfactory than the former when handled carelessly. Given a. normal winter and it is probable prob-able that seed corn'of which niny per cent and upward will germi-ate next spring will not be easily secured. Almost any farmer can arrange for it now if he be alert. It has seemed best that this word of caution be sounded at this time by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. At the North, where the onions are to be stored for winter use, the whole crop Is pulled when three-fourths of the plants have turned yellow, shriveled shrivel-ed and dried in the neck sufficient to topple over. They are in fit condition for storing when no moisture is visible upon strongly twisting the necks. . Plant Lice. Plant lice are tiny insects usually rounded in form and provided with two little tubes which extend upward and backward from the abdomen, says a bulletin of the Colorado Experiment Station. Lice live upon the Juices of plants by thrusting their bills through the epfdc-mis of the tender twigs or leaves. The first brood in the spring is proauced from - eggs which were laid the previous falL The other generations, except the last, are females born alive, and as these young begin immediately to suck Juices and soon . bear other young, the number which may result In a single season ?fl 15lible. The first generations are wingless and live not far from the place where the eggs hatched. In time, however, winged Individuals appear. ap-pear. These fly to new feeding grounds and are the chief source of distribution. distribu-tion. Most lice are green and escape notice, but some are made conspicuous by their colors. The last brood in the fall lay eggs. These may be seen after ; the leaves have fallen as tiny black oblong objects on the limbs and about the buds. " An abundance of these Indicates that watchfulness will be needed the following spring. Generally plant lice are kept under control by their enemies, chief of which are the lady-birds and syrphus flies. Adult lady-birds may usually be recognized as oval red beetles spotted with black. The larvae are oblong, rough and commonly mottled red and black. They have three pairs of legs and a distinct head. The eggs are yellow and laid in patches where lice are abundant. The syrphus fly larvae are smooth, green or greenish white and without distinct legs and head. The eggs are white, , oblong bodies . which are laid singly ( on the leaves of infested plants. Where the enemies are abundant they will destroy de-stroy the lice and spraying is unnecessary. unneces-sary. From the manner of their feeding it is Impossible to kill plant lice with poisons. It Is necessary to employ some substance which , will kill by contact rind to apply it very thoroughly, thorough-ly, for every Insect which escapes the application remains to repopulate the food plant. These precautions are valuable: 1. Spray upward with force so as to wet the under side of the leaves. 2. Spray before the winged form3 appear to prevent distribution. "Telling" People About Spraying. . Our entomologists and horticulturists, horticultur-ists, says Prof. F. M. Webster, have been trying to instruct people, but still we are encountering criticisms every year; and when we remonstrate, we are asked why in the world we do not tell people these things. Why do we not tell people? If the Angel Gabriel had attempted to "tell people" he would have long ago worn out his trumpet and retired in disgust! Why do we not tell people? Why will not people read, and listen,' and remember these things that are as simple as the first letters of the alphabet? Tell people! peo-ple! Why, we are set sick of telling these things that we1 hate the sound of our own -voices, or the words as they appear on paper. How In the world are wefrto tell you if you will not listen, or listening will not remember? re-member? Why will you not read these things? I ask these questions because this Is really one of the most difficult phases of the problem. After we learn what. an insect will do and what it will not do, there is the unknown quantity to take into consideration, viz., what the people will do if they do anything. Now, I have no wish to discount dis-count the Intelligence of our people, and yet it always gives me the feeling that I am doing this when I repeat, time and again, the simplest statements state-ments and directions relative to spraying spray-ing for certain insects or fungous diseases. dis-eases. . The Corn Feed Problem. A dozen years ago the farmers of the corn belt that were engaged in the raising of hogs would consider no other feed for swine except corn. They began to feed the pis corn about as soon as they were weaned and continued to feed them corn till they were butchered. Corn was very cheap then except in occasional years when there was a partial corn crop failure. In those1 days corn was not only cheap, but freight rates -were high and it cost a great deal to get the corn to market. There was a saving sav-ing to the producer in marketing hi3 corn crop in the shape of pork. r Since that time there ' has been a great change in the position of corn relative to oats and other grains. There are many commercial uses to which corn is now p"t that formerly were not dreamed of. It now seems likely that the general ave-age of ,: corn prices will rise from year to year, responsive to the Increasing demand and the restrictive re-strictive area of country in which corn can be grown. The future t likely to see the oat and barley cr?s more largely used in the finishing of swine than is dreamed of at the present pres-ent time. At any rate we are about at the end of feeding pigs on a whole corn diet,. We cannot now figure. out a profit with such a course of feeding. For a long time yet hogs that do not follow cattle wiu be finished on corn, but we may expect to see that finishing finish-ing period grow constantly shorter. Men will also realize that a change to clover and grain other than corn will give them some benefits in the way of Increased stamina In their swine as well as more fecundity. The corn feed problem' is one that cannot be ignored longer, but is In course of Evolution by every swine raiser that is trying to make money. - Preparing Corn Land. In the cultivation of corn we find It Is better to prepare the ground in" the fall. Select a field that has had a crop on it, gang plow it first and work it down fine,, and leave It nnti! fall.- Then plow It again and leave until spring, when It should be cultivated culti-vated and harrowed. In winter haul out manure and spread it, putting on the ground , about ten or fifteen tons loathe acre. It may now be plowed and made ready for planting. Edward Curts. Indiana Dairy Convention. The fourteenth annual convention of the Indiana State Dairymen's Association Associa-tion will be held at Plymouth, December Decem-ber 10, 11. This town is located in the northern quarter of Indiana, which contains about one-half of all the creameries In the state. A good pro-gjram pro-gjram Is being prepared, and a large sleeting is expected. For further fo rmation address the secretary, H. Van Norman, Lafayette, Indiana. A HOVE STORY BY (Copyright. 1900, by CHAPTER III. (Continued.) A short time after Cornelia came home. Doctor Moran returned from his: professional visits. Nature had left the impress of her nobility on his finely formed forehead; nothing but truth and kindness looked from his candid eyes. On entering the room, he drew his wife close to his heart and kissed her affectionately. "I have had a morning full of feeling. feel-ing. There is no familiarity with Death, however often you meet him." . "And you have met Death this morning, I see that, John?" "You are right, Ava. I must now tell you that Elder Semple died this morning." " " - " "The dear old man! He has been sick and sorrowful ever since his wife died. Were any of his sons present?" "None of them. The two eldest have been long away. Neil was obliged to leave New York when the Act forbidding Tory lawyers to practice prac-tice was passed. But he was not quite alone, , bis old friend Joris Van Heemskirk was with him to the last moment. The love of these old men for each other was a very beautiful thing." "There is nothing to fear in such a death." "Nothing , at all. Last week when Cornelia and I passed his house, he was leaning on the garden gate, and he spoke pleasantly to "her and told her she was 'a bonnie lassie.' Where Is Cornelia?" "In her room. John, she went to Duyckinck's this morning for me, and George Hyde met her again, and they took a walk . together on the Battery." "She told you about it?" "Oh, yes, and without inquiry." "Cornelia shall not have anything "Very good. I must look after that young fellow." But he said the words without much care, and Mrs. Moran was not satisfied.. "Then you do not disapprove the meeting, John?" she asked. "Yes, I do. George Hyde has too many objectionable qualities. His father is an Englishman of the most pronounced type and this young man is quite like him. I want no Englishman English-man In , my family." "There have been many Dutch marriages mar-riages among the Morans." "That is a different thing. The Dutch, as a race, have every desirable desir-able quality. The English are natural nat-ural despots." The young man's faults are racial; they are in the blood. Cornelia shall not have anything any-thing to do with him. Why do you speak of such disagreeable things, Ava?" "It is well to look forward, John." "No. It is time enough to meet annoyances when they arrive. As for the Hydes, fatner and son, I would prefer to hear no more about them." Nothing further was said on the subject, but the doctor looked more attentively at his daughter than was usual with him. He was more silent than ordinary; and as ne went out, told Cornelia she would do well not to appear in public. "The city is in mourning," he said, "and respectable women who have no real business or duty to take them from their homes will pay the reverence of seclusion in them until after Franklin's funerai." A couple of hours later Cornelia was sitting at her tambour-frame, passing her needle slowly through and. through the delicate muslin. She was desiring no companionship, when Arenta entered with her usual little flurry and rustle. Arenta kissed kiss-ed her friend and took off her hat and cloak, saying, as she did so: "I have been at Aunt Angelica's all morning and we talked a g many ' people over that is, A . Angelica talked. ' "Now, I can tell you something worth hearing about Gen. Hyde. Listen! Lis-ten! "When Madame Hyde was Kather-Ine Kather-Ine Van . Heemskirk, and younger than you are, she had two lovers; one, Capt. Dick Hyde, and the other a young man called Neil Semple; and they fought a duel about hr, and nearly cut each other to pieces." "Arenta!" "Oh," It is the very truth, I assure you! And while Hyde still lay between be-tween life and death, Miss Van Heemskirk married him; and as soon as he was able he carried her off at midnight to England; and there they lived in a fine old house until the war. Then they came back to New York and Hyde west into the Continental Conti-nental army ard did great things, I suppose, for as -we all know, he was made a general. And will you please only try to imagine it cf Mrs. General Hyde! A woman so lofty! So calm! Will you imagine ber as Katherine Van Heemskirk ir a short, quilted peticoat," with her hair hanging in two braids down her back, running away at midnight with Gen. Hyde!" "He was her husband. She committed com-mitted no fault." "Cornelia, shall I tell you why you are working so close to the window this afternoon?" AMELIA E. BARR Amelia E. Barr) "You are going to say something I would rather not hear, Arenta." "Truth is wholesome, if not agreeable; agree-able; and the truth is, you expect Lieut. Hyde to pass. But he will not do so. I saw him booted and spurred, spur-red, on a swift horse, going up the river road. He was bound for Hyde Manor, I am sure. Now, Cornelia, you need not move your frame; for no one will disturb you. He will not be insinuating himself with violets and compelling you to take walks with him on the Battery. Oh, Cornelia! Cor-nelia! you see I am not to be imt out of your confidence. Why did you not tell me?" "You have given me no opportunity, opportun-ity, and, as you know all, why should I say any more about it?" "Cornelia, my dear companion, let us be honest, if we die for it. And you may as well tell me of your little lit-tle coquetries with George Hyde, for I shall be sure to find them out. Now I am going home; for I must look after the tea table. But you will not be sorry, for it will leave you free to think of " "Please, Arenta!" "Very well. I will have 'considerations.' 'considera-tions.' Gcod-bye!" Then the door closed and Cornelia was left alone. But the atmosphere of the room was charged with Arenta's unrest and a feeling of disappointment dis-appointment was added to it. She suddenly realized that her lover's absence from the city left a gTeat vacancy. She had a new strange happiness, new hopes, new fears and new wishes; but they were not an unmixed delight, for she was also aware of a vague trouble, a want that nothing in her usual duties satisfied in a word, she had crossed the tto do with him." threshold of womanhood and was no longer a girl. CHAPTER IV. Throwing Things Into Confusion. Prudence declares that whenever a person is in that disagreeable situation situa-tion which compels him to ask what shall I do?" that the wisest answer is, "nothing." But such answer did not satisfy George Hydev He was so much in earnest, so honestly in love, that he felt his doubts and anxieties could only be relieved by action. "I will go to my mother!" he thought. And this resolution satisfied him so well, that he carried it out at once. But it was after dark when he reached reach-ed the tall stone portals of Hyde Manor House. , The great building loomed up dark and silent; there was but one light visible. It was in his mother's usual sitting room, and as soon "as he saw it he began to whistle. She heard him afar off, and was. at the door to give him a welcome. "Joris, my dear one, we were talking talk-ing of you!" she cried, as he leaped from the saddle to her arms. "So glad are we! Come in quickly! Well, are you? Quite well. Now, then, I am happy. Happy as can be! Look now, Richard!" she called, as she flung the door open, and entered with the handsome, smiling youth at her side. In his way the father was just as much pleased. "Kate, my dear heart," he cried, "let us have something some-thing to eat. The boy will be hungry hun-gry as a hunter after his ride. And George, what brings you home?' We were just telling each other your mother and I that you were in the height of the city's follies." "Indeed, sir, there will be few follies fol-lies for some days. Mr. Franklin is dead, and the city goes into mourning."....: mourn-ing."....: "'Tis a fate that all must meet" said the General, 'but death and Franklin would look jeach other in the face as friends He had a work to do, he did; it well, and it is finished. That is all. What other news do you bring?" "It is aid that ftirabeau is arrested arrest-ed somewhere for something. I did not hear the particulars. And the deputies are returning to the Provinces Prov-inces drunk with . .ieir own importance. import-ance. Mr. Hamilton says 'Revolution in France las gone raving mad and converted twenty-fjur millions of people into savages.' " T haie the French!" said the General Gen-eral passionately.. "It is a natural instinct with me. If I thought I had one drop of French blood in me, I would let it out with a dagger." George winced a little. He remam-bered remam-bered that the Mcra.ir. - 'ere of French extraction, and he aered: - "After all. father, ? must judge people individually. . ere race is not much." - "George Hyde! Whc are you saying? say-ing? Race is vcrytbinf. It is the ctrongest and decrest of a'l human feelings. Noth:::g" concuers its prejudices." "Except love. I 1 ave heard, f at'aer, that Love never asks 'of what race art thou?" or even 'whose son, or daughter, art thou?'" "You have heard many foolish things, George; tl at is one of them. Men and won. en marry out of their own nationality at their peril, I took Primitive Conditions in Settlement in Southeastern Utah. There have arrived in this city two young men who have made the trip across the continent from the Mississippi Missis-sippi river In a canvas-covered wagon drawn by a pair of mules, writes a Los Angeles correspondent of the Pittsburg Gazette. Their experiences have been varied and Interesting often hazardous, but never more unique than when passing through southeastern Utah. . In that section of the state have settled set-tled a few score of families, regardless of the fact that the nearest railroad is 350 miles away, and that there is absolutely ab-solutely no market for the product of their ranches. They raise what they want to eat, their ranches support their ever-increasing herds, and they expect to realize fortunes from their cattle and lands when a railroad penetrates the fastness and traverses that section. Meantime money is almost an unknown un-known medium of exchange. Cattle and grain are the units of value. The young men say that in one settlement set-tlement where they stopped there was not a dollar In money, all told, in the town. At they visited a nearby ranch to buy . one of the numerous chickens that were running about the place, j "What have you to barter?" asked ! the woman of the house. "Cash," was the reply. "What, cash money?" was her astonished as-tonished inquiry. "Do you want a she chicken or a he chicken?" was the next questiqn. They informed her that they would take a "he chicken." "Then, If it's cash money you have, you may have It for fifteen cents, but where in the world did you get money?" They told her that they had just come through Colorado and got money there. They neglected to add that they also paid 75 cents apiece for chickens there. "Oh, yes," she remarked, "I've heard that they had money in Colorado." Colo-rado." PRIZES OF THE BRITISH BAR. High Salaries and Large Fortunes Are the Rule. The Lord High Chancellor of Great , Britain is second only in position to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and he enjoys an income of 10,000 a year. The Lord Chief Justice of England has a salary of 8,000 a year. The Master Mas-ter of the Rolls has a salary of 6,000 a year, and the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary Or-dinary have the same. The lord Justices Jus-tices of the Court of Appeal and the judges of the High Court earn 5,000 a year each. The masters of the High Court are chosen either from barristers barris-ters or from solicitors, but all the other officeholders to whom we have alluded must have come from the bar. The Attorney General makes much more money than any of these dignitaries. digni-taries. His salary is only 7,000, but he has fees as well, sometimes to a very large amount. The Solicitor Genera Gen-era has 6,000 a year besides his fees. Of course, the double work, le gal and parliamentary, which these officers have to undertake is most arduous, ar-duous, requiring an iron constitution and a mind that requires but little time for r-. The private practitioners practition-ers in s- o v cases make larger incomes in-comes t;:u: a cf the official persons at the zr. i .s not, indeed, many who ' " f Ifr r there may b -ers who are a ers who are cii.e . ! five figures, but one or two lead-Ihis. lead-Ihis. The lead-M lead-M e the public .1 often make In ordinary cases more than from 5,0v0 to 6.000 a ! year. Larger fortunes are frequently made by men who specialize In pat ent cases, who are engaged in rating appeals and compensation work, or who practice their profession at the parliamentary bar. Cornhill Magazine. Maga-zine. STRANGE DISH ON MENU. Young Woman Who Christened It Is Under Grave Suspicion. A very earnest young Englishman is Prof. Francis H. Tabor, superintendent superin-tendent of The Boys' Club ot Tenth Street and Avenue A, says the New York Times. His sociological labors and the fact that he has redeemed whole regiments of East Side boys do not wholly detract from the grave impression made by his manners and presence, nor fail to strike awe to the hearts of society. Prof. Tabor, who is a Cambridge man, was recently asked to dine at the home of a friend to meet a son just returning from student work at the famou English university. The daughter of the house and her girl friends designed special menus for the occasion. When the time came i to write In the various items, "dev iled turkey" served as a bone of contention. con-tention. "It looks horrid, doesn't it?" said the daughter of the house. "This is my first dinner party, and I don't want to spoil it by- offending so serious ser-ious a man." "What shall we do?" exclaimed a companion. "We can't call it 'peppered,' 'pep-pered,' 'griddled,'- 'curried,' or 'sauted,' 'saut-ed,' because it's just 'deviled, that's all as hot as Satan's residence." "I know! We'll just use dashes." When the much-traveled professor explored his d. ; inty menu th'. evening, even-ing, he was somewhat surprised to flxd that among other excellent dishes was: "D d Turkey." The rest of the diners believe that the bud's mischief savored of too much wit to have been born out of mere ignorance. Entry by Nomination in Navy. The writer of an article in Page's Magazine on Lord Selborne's new scheme for the trainirg of British naval officers makes some pointed remarks re-marks on the present methods of entry en-try to the .ivy. He states that the j proposed mode of entry by nomina tion is a relic of admiralty paonage, rhich the board is unwiilirg to relinquish; re-linquish; but, whether the admirals like it or not, it must soon go the way of all such antiquated privileges. Open competition is sure to come within the next few years. The result re-sult of this entry Dy nomination will be to keep the naval service as far as the officers are concerned in the family circles of the admiralty and their friends; so that parents without influence inside of that charmed circle J will have no chance of getting their Loys into the navy, however desirable ta boys themselves may be, or however how-ever ready the parents may be to incur in-cur the heavy expense of educating their boys for the service of their country. |