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IS£)U fMEY THAT JIT IN DARKNE3S /&Wz) A3TORY OT £THE AUSTRALIAN NEVER-NEVER SSSn7 By Q yeHK mcKjE AUTHOR Or *THE DLVILS PLAYGROUND* TV/AIN." /h fJ) (^ ; CQPyj?/UiT/899. £y/I. jrOK£s CCMFAHy. CHAPTER VII nil FORESHADOWING OF MOMENTOC3 EVEXTR The first thing the squatter did on arriving at the station was to write some letters and send them to Burke town, some 325 miles distant, with a trustworthy messenger, who was to re turn again with any mail that had been sent after our party. It was too uncer tain work to wait until the boat came round to tho Macarthnr river with sup plies and general stores from Norman ton. And now Gibson, the drover, had handed over the cattle and taken his departure, three of his men going with him. They, like all the rest of nomadic Australians at the time, intended to have a look at the new goldfields in j Western Australia. C'hilcot with two ; or three others remained to look after , the cattle. Contrary to our hopes, how ever, Daly did not go. He had seen the fresh, fair face of Elsie Gordon and had | made up his mind to stay. Elsie, who I was rather a simple minded, good na | tured girl, received the overtures of this ! scamp at first with a coolness which i only served to heighten his regard for her, and made him go more warily to j work. His manner when he came in contact with htr was respectful and propriety itseJf. Altogether his be havior and gtneral bearing seemed al ien d for the better. At last she began to toleiate his worthless presence, and. it was plainly evident, to see in him what t.o others could see—attributes which lie did not jn ss. even betray ing a certain amount of gratification when in his company. "That's a cold blooded villain, take my word f'.r it," said Jack to me one day, "and some harm will corne of his being here yet. He's a schemer, and how any nirl can like that crocodile's smile< f his gets over me. 1 wonder how poor Savile t.- kes it. 1 thought lie would cut up rough seeing we all snpp- sed him to be rather swot upon Elsie. But either he do< -n't care or he's a much deeper man than wv take him for. de spite his faith in and weakness for paper snakes." "I i! v. r did thinic Savile was af( I.' I rcpiie t. "However. I believe . yon that Savile's worth a d,.': n •, ;h chaps as Daly. It's a pity LI. i >Y.( ■ n't F.eem to ree it. though At first n . pearcd to me she humored Savile i;nd his foibles, but now she laughs at him openly. 1 suppose time will show which is to prove the better man of tin; two." Perhaps the few weeks that followed wei e among some of the happiest ones we .'pent, for we were bnsy from morn ing till sundown. We put up a large stockyard with a "V," a branding, a killing yard, and also some outhouses. Jack staid with the cattle; Chilcot and I assisted tho squatter and some of tho others to put up a rough but com fortable house, somewhat apart from tho other buildings and overlooking the lagoon. Chilcot was it native born Aus tralian and, as I have said before, a quiet, gentlemanly, smart fellow and. like all Australians, a born horseman. When evening came and the cattle had been yarded—for we still kept them well in hand—we generally found cur way over to the squatter's house, for Mackenzie was fond of a quiet rubber at whist, and, as he had known Chil cot's people down south, he was glad to have it in his power to show him «ome attention. As for Jack and my self, he insisted, with that genuine whole heartedness of his, that we should always join the party; a privilege of which in our uneventful existence I was only too glad to avail myself. And it had come to this after all, that I, who had been in my old conn try palmy days a man about town and versed in the ways of the world, had gone carelessly on with a false sense of security and allowed my interest to be awakened for this beautiful and uncom mon type of womanhood, until it had deepened into admiration, then that which made mo her veriest slave. That I, a penniless rolling stone, with only my birth and education to recommend me, should think of aspiring to tho hand of Mackenzie of Tarragong's daughter, who would yet be a great heiress, was too presumptuous a con tingency to be entertained. And now, beginning to get my eyes opened to tho true state of affairs, 1 was not a little alarmed at the probable ending of my day dreams, foreseeing considerable trouble for myself in the future unless I could reason myself in to a more sensible state of mind. I would endeavor to see her in another light, would note her crudities of man ner anil, if possible, detect in her want of conventionalism and impetuosity only the fickleness of a shallow mind. To run away would bo to confess my weakness: surely it were possible to cure myself of this folly. But like many more I reckoned without iuy host. As for tho author of all this mischief, her manner toward me had never changed. Perhaps she was now a little less im pulsive and a little more womanly, but she was still the strange and unconven tional creature I had seen kill a snake with a stock whip, and flick poor Yarry with it when he had interfered with her chances of so doing. Still many were the pleasant even ings we spent together. As for Daly, with his handsome, cold blooded and supercilious face, all this probably suit ed his purpose, for he became positive ly civil to Jack and me, seeing it was the maid and not the mistress that had captivated his fancy. He seemed con tent to overlook the fact that we were welcome guests where he knew ho might not enter, but still I knew that with his naturally ambitions views and aspirations it gave him little thought now and again. I knew that though he had taken a violent fancy to the fair, blue eyed, comely Elsie Gor don the position she occupied as a de pendent was not quite to his liking. It was perhaps this that always took liiin over toward the squatter's house when there were but few present to see him. He seldom by any chanco went boldly up in the light of day as any honest suitor would have done. It was strange to see tho struggle between false pride and natural sentiment in this scamp. As for Elsie, I could see that her eyes were blind to Daly's real self. But it was Savile who came in for the natural Overflow of Daly's mean nature, for he no sooner found out the cook's weak ness for the person he had honored with his addresses than he seized every op portunity of turning his harmless fads into open ridicule 1 never met with a man who could keep his temper under such peculiarly trying circumstances as well as Savile, only at times be would j flush slightly under some particularly | pointed remark of Daly's and look at hi in Steadily with those W lice ring, pa tient eyes of his. I knew that Savile. who, like most men of great bodily strength, possessed e;i<- "f the be-t tem pers. was trying to bear with this man I feared that some day Daly would gc too far, and there would be trouble in the camp. About this time we began to see tlw signal fires of the blacks among the ranges. Mackenzie had given strict or ders not to interfere with thein so long as they did not stampede and meddle with the cattle. At last tlio longed for mail carrier re turned. There were two letters for me, one of them registered. This was from my mother's lawyer and conveyed the glad tidings that a cousin of my fa ther's. the fact of whose existence I had long since forgotten, had, after paying some few small legacies toliis more im mediate relations, made me his residu ary legatee, and the property would produce abbout £ 1, 500 a year. Fifteen hundred a year! A minute and a half ago a penniless bushman. now a man of independent means I And she, whom only a few hours lie fore I had been striving to banish from my thoughts, telling myself in a spirit which was false to my own convictions that I was simply the victim of a pass ing infatuation, could I not approach her as a suitor now ? If I were not from a monetary point of view a match for her. still was I not her equal by birth, and, I trust, those attributes which give to one the dignity of a gentleman? The other letter was from my mother. It begged of me to come home now that 1 had sufficient for all my needs. Ail cares as to my future worldly wel fare were removed. But was I going back to civilization again ? I need hard ly have asfrtd myself that question. No. If I had been left the wealth of the Rothschilds, I would have continued as I was—getting my weekly wage and working for it too. If I told any one in camp of my altered prospects, the fact of my remaining under such circum stances might appear significant. By a premature declaration I might also ruin my chance of winning the one girl in the world who now seemed to me worth winning. I also felt that if I n j j-.i "Well, Dick, I need hardly auk if you've had fjood newst" were to gain her love it must be by my own individuality. Norah Mackenzie was not one who would lie swayed much by worldly considerations. I did not know as yet how I stood with her. She had never by word or sign given me the slightest clew to this secret. If I accom plished the end on which my heart was set, how pleasant it would be to tell her that I was no pauper, but a man of fair means. These bright thoughts must have showed upon my face, for Jack, as he passed just then, looked keenly at me and remarked: "Well, Dick, I need hardly ask if you've had good news?" "Yes, good news, Jack." "Parker," said the squatter, coming up just then, "you're just the man I'm looking for. Have you had a kettleful of news? Good news, I hope? That's right. Well, what I wanted to tell you Is this: There's a 60 ton ketch coming ap the Macarthur river with iron, wire and general stores for the station, so I want you to keep tally of the cargo. You'll go with a couple of wagons, eight horses in each. I'm afraid, Savile, you'll have to go, too, for you're the only one who has ever been through this country before. Besides, as luck will have it, I've got to make a little excur sion southward myself to meet a party of surveyors traveling overland from South Australia so's to find out exact ly where my country is. I'm going to take Chilcot and another man with me. Wo can keep the cattle above the gap now that we've run the fence-across. I hear the police magistrate and his wife have arrived at the Macarthnr river, so I think I'll just send in my daughter and Elsie to wfftt with her till I get back. When the steamer comes found, it can take us all away. It was a very foolish thing of me to take her into this country at ail. It is impossible to take her with me now. It goes against my grain to leave her, but I can't help it." He seemed so genuinely vexed that I felt sorry for him, but I ventured to make a remark to the effect that if her safety depended on the vigilance and care of those who would go with her to the Macarthur he might rest assured as to her safety. "Thanks, I'm certain of that," he said. "However, it can't be more than 80 miles off—three days' journey. Gor don, Tyndall, Savile and Daly will go with you. Gordon will be in charge. I would go myself, but must make an early start tomorrow morning. Saville, you've been 16 years with me, and I never once found you wanting when duty was to be done. I'll see you before you leave." CHAPTER VIII. AN UULY INCIDENT. It did not take Jack and me long to complete our personal preparations for the Macarthnr river trip. We helped the teamsters to look over the harness, grease the wagons, weigh out some ra tions, and on the following morning shortly after daybreak we were steering north again down the creek. Savile was in the lead; Norah Mackenzie, with Elsie and Gordon, rode behind him, while Snowball and another black fel low brought u]> the rear of the caval cade, which included a few spare horses. The squatter had started out that morn ing to a certain point where lie- expect ed to meet the surveyors. I felt sorry for him as I canght sight of his anxious face when he bade his daughter good by. Jack and I rode our own horses, and Daly r.xle with . nc of the teamsters in the front wasron. It was a glorioaa morning, and as a faint breeze wis blowing not unpleas antly warm. It was toward the end of August now. The cool weather —snch as it was- - would be over beforean> titer month had parsed. 1 rode ■ n nntil my horse was abreast of Norali Mackenzie's. "By the way, Miss Mackenzie," I asked. "what'U yon do if the police magistrate's wife has not come round with her husband to the Macarthnr riverV" It was a question that was canning me some anxiety just then. '•Why, I'll take the place of tli• • p<>or man's wife," she answired. trying to look as if she really meant it when she saw the look of horror come into Elsie Gordon's face. "But soberly sjieabing. " she contin ued after a pause, "1 do hope tin* good lady has staid behind at Port Darwin. I don't know why I couldn't have re mained at the station until my father came back, but he wished me to leave, and of course he always does know l>est. However, if she has not arrived I'll go back again with you to the station and wait until he comes. 1 was sorry to leave; it is such u beautiful plae«\ and I so wished that we might have l>een able to explore those great cliffs which father said were like Sydney heads. I'll tell yon what—if we have to go back to the station, we'll make up a party and go there. It's such a pity that my father had to go away on that trip." Then, it is to be feared, I betrayed myself just a little, for I said something about hoping that the worthy police magistrate's wife had changed her miud about coming to the gulf. Whether or not the quick witted girl interpreted aright the uncalled for earnestness that marked the expression of the wish, it was impossible to tell. As it was. she changed the subject by remarking that she was glad I had received good news on the previous day. .She was sorry Mr. Tyndall had not got any. for that was hard to bear, despite what they said about "no news being good news." We talked about many things, and I discovered that despite what she had said about books her knowledge regard ing them was by no means inconsider able; only, her practical knowledge of th" life around us made her infinitely more interesting than any book. 1 real ized what a miserable fund cf so called knowledge a university man possessed concerning natural history compared to a bush bred girl who had not only read, bat was naturally observant. She show ed me sensitive plants that curled up and writhed as if in agony at the slight est touch, like living things, and flow ers that at noonday folded their petals •lose, so as to protect themselves from the vertical rays of the suit. Not only that, but she named and classified them, showing how they were the survivals of a still more wonderful type of Austra lian flora. Despite a false alarm of blacks on the second night out, caused by the horses stampeding into the camp, we reached the Macarthnr river in three days with out mishap. We camped at the cross ing, about two miles above the town ship. Gordon forded the river and rode into it. He had asked Jack to accom pany him, but the latter made some ex cuse, and one of the men went instead. They came back by moonlight. I did not turn in for the night until they came back. "The de'il's in that Macarthnr, I be lieve." said Gordon to me as I fetched him a pair of hobbles. "The govern ment cutter has come round from Port Darwin.but no police magistrate's wife, and I don't wonder that any decent wo man should refuse to live in a place like that. But the boat's in the river; we can load up in tho morning, and then take the women folk back again." It was news for which it was worth having waited up. In my satisfaction I told Gordon not to bother about his horse, but to throw some fresh tea into the billy that had just started to boil. The new township of Booroo'ooloo, as Gordon told me, had earned a most un enviable notoriety. Sleep was Somewhat fickle in her min istrations that night. Jack and I pitch ed our mosquito curtains within a few yards of one another, where we could cee Daly's gleaming white in the moon light some 60 yards or so off. alongside a little patch of golden wattle. It might have been fancy that once during the night led me to think some of the horse bells were ringing. Getting up 1 cried to Daly and went over in liis direction. It was always wise to make your pres erce known if you stirred about after nightfall, for more than one mas had been shot in mistake for a predatory black fellow through neglecting this precaution. As Daly did not answer, I concluded he must be asleep. The bells stopped ringing, and I turned in again. In the morning we had the greatest difficulty in awakening Daly. When he did get up, he looked as if he had never taken off his clothes and had a tired ap pearance. As the ketch lay some miles farther down the river, we decided to get to it at once, but remain on the same side — the eastern—as we were at present, be cause this would save the additional trouble of "double banking" at the crossing. We were soon traveling again, and passed on the opjiosite side of the river the little township of the Macar thur, a collection of half a dozen lit tle galvanized iron huts, nestling amid a wealth of great, spreading, shady trees and cycas palms—a lovely little spit truly to have such an unenviable repu tation. Then tho river widened and flowed still and deep in many places. We saw alligators, like huge logs, lying motionless, basking on the sloping bank, but on our approach they would slide off into the water and swim away. I had heard their peculiar bellow the night before and wondered as to its origin. We crashed through a strip of scrub and through a meadow of cane grass that rose high above our heads as we sat in the saddle. Then wo came to a lovely, high bank, on which grew some giant gum trees, and underneath in the stream lay the ketch. After a few mutual congratulations exchanged with the crew the boat was moored alongside the bank; then, plac ing a substantial gangway to the shore, we began to unload. Our intention was to stack goods on good high ground, cover them with a few sheets of gal vanized iron, leave some one in charge, then team the cargo up to the station at our leisure. We started to work in good earnest, every one assisting, so that by midday we had landed several tons of general stores. I noticed that Daly seemed in remarkably good humor. Ho worked hard and was positively defer* ential in his manner to Jack and me. We had dinner at 1 o'clock, and aft er it were enjoying a smoke, when I saw Snowball start up and listen. Sam son also sat up, and pricking his ears growled. This led Savile to remark: "That dog always puts me in mind of the British lion when some one's treading on his tail. There's something so noble and dignified about him." At this, Jack, who seemed to have regained some of his old spirit during the morning's work, rose to his feet, placed one hand on his heart, took off his hat. and bowed t'i Savile with the courtesy of an embassador. "Sir," he said, "as one f th-• wlm have the honor of r> t;tin.,- the Brit ish lion allow me to"— "Don't mention it, sir. " interrupted the giant graciously. "You're perfectly welcome—but pray, keep on your hat —the sun's strong and brains are scarce. Jack thanked him and resumed his seat. "Hello!" exclaimed Savile again "Do you see that dog? He says there's something coming." As at that moment three mounted troopers and a couple of black police rode right up and into the camp, this prophetic statement of Savile's would have been difficult to refute. I looked at Daly. There was a sickly, ugly, sneering grin upon his face. As for Jack, though outwardly cool I could see a look of apprehension in his eyes. Th> sergeant of the police, a tall, 1 lack bearded man. jumped off his horse and handed his reins over to one of the trackers; then another trooper dis mounted. "Good day, mates," said the police sergeant cheerily. "Aye, aye, thanks That's what I want. " He seiz. d a pan bikin which Savile had handed him and took a drink of tea. Then he sat down on his heels—as it is the fashion of many buslimen to do—and pulling ont his pipe began to smoke deliberately I notict d, however, that the other troop (Ts would not cit down when nsk- d. but waited patiently around, and that their revolver pouches were unbuckled. And then the sergeant of police b< gan to talk about the discovery of copjier by old Henry on the Cloncurry. They had just got word old Henry had struck it rich, and would probably sell his find to an English syndicate for a matter of £IOO,OOO. I was chafing and curious over this seeming waste of word.- The tortures of uncertainty were bad eu .trrh without being needlessly prolonged. 1 ; intuitively I knew there was tr.>ulv ; brewing—for Jack, I divined. That vil ; lain Daly had hatched some mnniti-.* plot, and all this was part of it- • f i come. As it was. the sergeant alway ' talked about the Cloncurry region and made remarks regarding it as if invii ing some of us to put him right, if h were wrong, in regard to what he w saying. To one of us at least it must have been a transparent ruse. At last the officer rose and. knocking the ashes out of his pipe against the bark of a tree, deliberately placed it in tlie band of his slonch hat. Then a sober expres sion came into his face, as if he had some nnpleasant duty to perform. "Who's in charge?" he asked. 1 indicated Gordon, as the modest or canny Scot seemed somewhat slow at claiming that honor. "Then, Mr. Gordon," said the ser geant. "I'm very sorry to trouble you. but which is Mr. Tyndall?" Jack took the pipe from lis month and quietly said that he was. I could see a trembled, wearied look in his eyes—that s>Tt of look which yon .fl "Tlint dog always puts mc In mind of the Urillnh lion." see on the face of a man who, after a continuous run of bad luck, sees at last the final shipwreck of his hopes. At a glance from the sergeant a trooper stepped tip behind my mate— in fact, he had stood suspiciously near him all the time. With a quick, light hand he drew the latter's revolver from its pouch and handed it to another trooper. Then, pulling some gleaming pieces of steelwork from his shirt front, he handed them to the sergeant. Wo all knew what they were "I'm very sorry," said the officer in a quiet, cool voice, "and I hope you'll be able to clear yourself, but I've got a warrant here for yon. John Farquhar son, alias John Tyndall, it's uiy duty to arrest yon for having murdered one named James Sexton near the Cloncurry on or about the Kth of March last. Just raise your hands so and keep your head, and there need be no trouble. That's right. Thank you. " Crirr, click, click, cliA! and the arrest was completed. How quietly, methodically and coolly those troopers performed their work! "Murder 1" repeated the prisoner with, as I thought, a return of that strange whimsical cynicism which char acterized him. "Remember that anything you say now may be used against you. " "Thanks, sergeant. I'm ready to go with you." I.TO EK CONTINUED. 1 Good Home Smtr. The/Mexican burros ascertain where to dfe for water by closely observing the, surface of the ground. One ob server writes: "We had found water in an arroya of a sufficient quantity to make cof fee, when we saw three burros search ing ■ for water. Tliey passed several damp places, examining the ground closely, when the leader halted near us and bewail to paw a hole in the hot, dry sand. Having dug a hole some thing over a foot in depth, he backed out- and watched it intently. To our surprise it soon began to 1111 with wa ter. Then lie advanced, took ji drink and stepped aside for his companions to drink. When they went away, we drank from their well and found the water to be much cooler than any we had found for many a day. There is no witchcraft about Mexican burros, but they have good horse sense." A StrniiKr Tent of Mnnhood. The ancient Clan Macleod used to exercise a strange test to prove the man hood of their chieftains. At Dunvegan castle, on the island of Skye, there is preserved the largo horn known a' "Rory More's Horn." This capacioun vessel holds rather more than a liottle and a half of liquor. According to the old custom, every laird of Macleod was obliged on his coming of age to fill this horn with claret and without once lay ing it down to drain it to the dregs. This was taken as a proof of his man hood, and he was then deemed a worthy successor to the lairds of tho past. Ilref 11 fill. "Men ..are queer animals," said tli» pessimist. "They are all nioro or leas ieceitfnl." "Oh, I don't believe that!" replied the optimise "I think there are plenty of people who strive to bo honest. I know I do, and I don't give myself credit for living uny hetter than the majority of men." "Then wiiy do you.nsk me how my health is every time we meet and stand around and look bored\if I tell yout"— LATE FORAGE CROPS. Mnv IS.- l.lstal. Ital Urfn! - Dwarl ris«t m» I*3*;»r<- II » f aiij llnrirj. l>mught Las \ rk.d «.» u. 'i Injury to t!i<- |ttntnn"< aud I. y t!ial Americas: Cultivator f. 4s it table tu refer ;o the ..uportau e of grow in* forage crojis t.> frttl gre n aud to cure for hay. It is not tow late to row f.«ld«r crops. We haw liail a fall crop ..f . .ru fodder from corn sown in July, ami fonic gothl crops of Hungarian gra.ss and millet sown even ns late a- Au gust, though we should prefer sowing these crisis in .May or • arly »ii June. The late sown crop may not l«e quite as heavy as au earlier sown <-n>|> would have bt-on. ami If cured for winter uae it nuiy not have as g.**! wcath. r for curing it properly, but a half crop niajr prove better than no crop, and it in now too late to talk alwiut sowing early Itvi and barley sown together as kite a- September will furnish a fad feed that will save au early attack upon the haymow or the silage pit. a.s they stand quite severe frosts without in jury and make a fair hay. though not the best, requiring more grain with them to make a well (tatam-ed ration than does good Knglish hay. For young stock, sheep and stock hotrs. we would certainly try the dwarf Essex or dwarf Victoria rape as a pas tare. It may be sown at any time up to the middle of August and is l>est grown in drills 2 l j to 3 feet apart, using 2'j to 3 pounds of seed to the acre. Or another way is to sow three pounds per acre broadcast between the rows of corn at the last time of cultivating It will be ready to turn stock into in from six to eight weeks from swing, ami if among the corn the animals w ill not touch the corn while they can find rape. If the animal* are allows! to get a fair feed In a pasture In the luornlng and not turned ou the rape until the dew is off. ami only for mi hour or so at first, gradually extending the time. : after a week they may be alloml to go to It as they will without danger of bloat. They should have opportunity to run out into another pasture when they wish to. which they will as soon as they have eaten enough. Lambs an«l j fattening hogs .■ that ! where nij»e is grown and fed where It ■tan is the droppings of animals, even when a part of them arc taken out to •the pasture Held, will leave the land in better condition than In-fore. It fur nishes feed until the ground fn-ezes In winter. Karl) nnd Late I'lnnlni The Kan.-as station carried on two experiments, one in the summer of I IS'JT and the other In the summer of 180J*. to determine the relative effect of early and late plowing on the moisture content of the soil. The experiment of IS9S indicates that the disk harrow may l>e a valuable means of <-onserv lng moisture, especially if It is used soon after the last rain preceding a period of drought. A fair comparison between disking and early plowing '-an not be made from this experiment, lo calise the good effects of the disking were largely obliterated by a heavy rain which fell July 3, before the ex periment with early plowing began. The results of the two experiments of IS!>7 and IsUS certainly show that, as far as the effect upou soli moisture is concerned, early fall plowing i» cer tainly much better than late, and es pecially is this true when there is a drought through the months of July and August. In addition to this, the much better condition of the soil ob tained by the early plowing should have considerable weight toward in ducing farmers to push their fall pki» lng as early in the season as possibly The experiment of ISOH also strikingly Illustrates the fact that all effective methods of culture to preserve moisture must break the connection for capil lary attraction between the surface and the subsoil, and the culture must be repeated after every heavy rain to continue the effectiveness of the treat ment. I'lantlns Strawberry Beds. Strawberry beds may IK- made either in April or August. Spriug is general ly regarded as the best time for mak ing a new planting. The plants are more certain to live, require less care, the beds become well filled and a full crop is obtained the following season, but young runners planted as early as Aug. 15, carefully nursed, not allow ing any new ruuners. will make strong crowns that will give larger lorries the following June than can IK- ob tained by spring planting. The yield, however, will not be so great as If planted the previous spring. Nearly all the prize fruit comes from August planting.—lowa Homestead. Spraying Will Sate a I'lrkJe » rop. The proof seems complete that pickles can be grown at a profit ui>on Long Island If on good soil, properly fared for and thoroughly sprayed. The New York state station recom mends no particular cultural methods, leaving these to the Judgment of the grower. It does say, though, with all emphasis, that thorough spraying. l>e tween July 15 and Aug. 1, as the season demands and continued at intervals of eight or ten days until frost kills the vines, will most effectually prevent mildew and allow the plants to maturi- Ihe lost crops the soil and surround Ings will produce. I ndlßpntrd Proof. She—This |KM-t says, "Love can ac complish all things." lie—Well, I married you, didn't It— Philadelphia North American. A Has«y Reply. "What'll I with this lot of raw re cruits?" asked the Pacific Islander. "Ban recruits?" echoed the chief ah sentmlndedly. "What's the u~e of bothering me with such foolish •» > tlons? Turn em over to the cook." No. 41 NOT MUCH OF AN EATER#! It Tim»U, *> He MM, Very LlttlM latMy Htm. Cat :j;:i B. V»" Morgan, every k'.lshnian U • f. likes to tell ► y when : 1» another V. . dittaa la II u at boiae tc> dinner on day and f I a paprr work hi liie h t- He asked the time, a;, i Caplaiu M rgaa told hiui tt ml Duitt. "I ■ I'll ku « k off and go homa to dinner tnea," t!:e paper hanger re marked. "Stay and plied. "I've had enough. 1 think." "Oh. take a aned back for an after dinner chat. Tm not much of an eater." he said, not noti iog the smile on the captain's fa<-o. "It taken very little to satisfy me. Say. yon ought to see the Webth eat." "Are they hearty eaters?" asked the captain. "Hearty caters?" repealed the fel low "Say. they eat like a lot of hoc*" —rittsburg News. IT WAS GENUINE. Tk» tlnalar* of Wllllaaa tkakr.- P'arr That IJalral Lar* Had At the time of the New Orleans ea l».s;tM>n. In th«- w.nter of A - rniral Luce was In command of the north Atlantic sqnadroa and waa sent down there to ady many people. one day a party cane aboard which included among ether* a very pretty girl and a very dignttl»d and learned Kughshmaa. A* Admiral I.uce waa entertaining them tn Ida cabin he asked the pretty girl If she would like to wee an original autograph of William Shakespeare. At this the dsgntfled and Larned Englishman pricked up his ear* and remarked that be had made a study of the autographs of Shakespeare and was positive then- was no authentic example In Vmerlca. Admiral Laee re pli.sl that he was very positive hia wa* authentic and that its genulnenea* had never been questioned. This made the Britisher quite mad. ami he deliver"! a lecture on the fraudulent autographs and manuscripts were brought over to America and exhibited a* orig inals. "Well." replied the ailmiral, "I am convinced that my autograph at Wil liam Shake-peare l* genuine, ami I am going to iave the pleasure af ahow- Ing It to this young lady." Wherenp on he went to his desk, took out hi* , Isltor's l-s.k. turned back a ftew page* and then |>ointed oot the signature. ••William Shakespeare, mayor of New Orleans, -'an. 12. ISBS-" The English man gave a painful gasp ami retired.— Chicago Record. rhr i IfTti Meaaaaa. It seems quite surprising that the an cient Romans did not acquire the art of printing with movable type*. Inasmuch as they came *o very near to tt. They had wooden blocks carved with worda In reverse, by means of which tbay stamped those word* on pottery, while the latter was as yet unbaked and soft. Incidentally It may be mentioned that they knew the modern method of mending brokeu pots by means of rlr cts. and many of pottery thna iwlDriil hare been dug up. In ancient Borne there waa one .laily newspaper, which akcd i-lay. one might mention the fact tliat the little boys of ROOM rears ami more ago were accus tomed t<> play knuckle ilown with mar hies of that material Just as children tlo now. (iMt'l Milk. Modern Medic luc says that goafs milk, eoutrary to the general Impres tdous, differs from cow's milk not la being more digestible, but In twing less digestible and less nutritious. al though It contains a larger amount of solid matter than cow's milk. It is Indeed the most indigestible of all milk. Coat's (u'ik has a [>ecullar and an pleasant odor and flavor, due to hirrte acid or blrrtnc. It contains an excesa of fat and Is therefore altogether too rich for a'j infant's diet. D«-rldr<*. An Atis. In colored waiter told a H«i#- ton man »t a hotel that In eastern Texas a v/hlte man had married a ne g, J womau. •"Was hf not derided*' asked tbe ltostoiuun in the classic speech of the "Hub of Culture." "He was, *ah." beamed the uegro. "I>ey rided him out ob town 0« a rail"* —Household Words. Thins* !»»*•■*« Farmer Mulders—What's yer son Hiram goln ter do when he gtta through college? Ta rmer Corntowacl He's goiu ter stay right here on the farm till tie sori-T begins ter realiae tba: tbey's one or rwo thine* he Kvarnin* r The Benedict WhrD I at a .c;ty fr< m home, my wife writ.-t to u. • * rr day The Bachelor Well, it s y "» fault Why n t yu«t leave h enough to last a few days *— l . IT* News Wknt Wade It M|M. "Why dun't yen put ot»t *b. be ask<-d sleepily "I bare." r» plied hi* wife «u t:.' :Sly "All that re: iaiti* t.. be (IDBe I t* to p. wd»-r your no-e " —Chirac* I' -t nrfltird l»f i;miw»r*«r* ~S.IV. \KI, x\ hat Is ' m-.+li "M.V -11. It If :e of the .. Its of matrimony and milliners' b Sl» Now don't a k any more •utestio..Co*o rado Spring-" Cazette.