A WELSH MILKING SONG.
PI winter through
loved her true,
But tarried;
CU1, when the blossoms laughed upon the
bough,
ta shadow cool
Her milking stool
I carried,
rVhile Owen went calling, calling home the
cows.
Chen a they ran
around her can
I hoosheii them, hooshed them all into the
shed
rVith buck and bellow, black and yellow,
dun and sallow, white and red
On litter good
to chew the cud '
Tn Mllict.
Chen to the milking each in turn be led.
Vr Uuien Melyn" ("The Yellow Cream")
Her touch of silk
"IV
Had eased of milk
Each udder:
Yet beating, beating on in wild unrest,
My heart of doubt
A boat without
A rudder
Still rode the sighing billow of
breast ;
Till Owen, her eyos
With soft surprise
I I '-urning.
Read all the trouble WTitten in mine
own,
And lucky fellow, lucky fallow, lucky fel
low that I'd grown
Her pride forsook,
Oave back my look
Of yearning,
Then, brightly blushing, from my arms had
nown
Alfred Perceval O raves, in London Athenseus,
fBy Wit of Womanj
By BARRY SHIEL. f
With his back to the Are stood
Pugglea, the office-boy, his hands
Jeep in his trousers pockets, his legs
wide apart, regarding the clerks with
a patronizing air.
"Have you heard the latest, fel
lows?" he asked, with the air of one
who Is In possession of a secret, and
longs to have the pleasure of sharing
It with some one.
The clerks, however, were busy
and paid no attention to him.
"Kitty is getting married," he an
nounced. The effect was instantaneous. Nine
heads were raised simultaneously,
and seventeen eyes Baxter had a
glass one looked at Puggles In evi
dent astonishment.
"Kitty," it should be explained,
was Miss Gregory, the pretty type
writer who, for several months, had
condescended to brighten the dull
city warehouse with her charming
presence. The period of her servi
tude, however, had come to an abrupt
termination a month previously by
virtue of the fact that a relative had
died, leaving her a legacy of $50,000.
As has been said, Puggles' and
nounccment created quite a stir; and
perhaps the flush that mounted to
the cheeks of Frank Reynolds, a
blond, good-looking young giant,
was a trifle more pronounced than
any of the others; but in the general
astonishment no one noticed that.
"I thought that would make you
Bit up," said the boy, with a grin.
"Look at Baxter; he's going to faint.
The news has been too much for him.
Baxter was well In with Kitty till I
cut him out."
"Jones," said Baxter, In quiet, ear
nest tones, "will you klpdly hand me
that ruler? I've got writer's cramp,
and I understand exercise is good for
It."
By a strategic movement Puggles
got between Baxter and the door,
where he stood grinning.
"I'll kill that boy some day," said
Baxter, resuming his seat.
"He needs a jolly good thrashing,"
said Jones. "There's been no holding
him since he got Into long trousers."
"Oh, hasn't there?" exclaimed
Puggles. "Look here, Jones, you
needn't put your oar In. Every one
knows you tried to hang your hat up
with Kitty, but she told me she de
clined to have anything to do with a
fellow who parted his hair with a
towel."
This allusion to Jones's scanty
locks raised a laugh, and had also
the effect of putting that gentleman
in a rage. He made a rush at Pug
gles and caught him Just as he
reached the door. Lifting the boy.
he flung him on the counter face
down, heels up.
"Hold his feet, Gregson!" yelled
Jones.
Gregson, an alert, bright-eyed
youth, complied.
"Now, hand me that ruler, Baxter,"
cried Jones. "I've got writer's cramp,
too."
Baxter did as requested and Jones
applied the rod in orthodox fashion.
"How do you feel now?" inquired
Jones when the operation was ovjr.
"It's a capital joke, Isn't It?"
Puggles walked to his desk, In
sinuating that, given time and oppor
tunity, his vengeance was sure.
Just then Wilson, who had gen
on with his work as if nothing un
usual had taken place, looked up
from his desk.
"Now, that we's got all the pre
liminaries," he said, "perhaps Pug
gles will tell us how or where he
got his Information about Miss Greg
ory." "Who told you?" demanded Jones
Impatiently.
"My brother," responded the boy,
now feeling himself again. "He's a
compositor on the Record, you know,
and he set up the announcement yes
terday for to-morrow's issue."
"Who's the lucky man?" asked
Baxter, unable to conceal his curi
osity. Puggles looked across at him and
grinned.
"Tom couldn't remember the chap's
name," he said, "but he recognized It
was Kitty through my talking
about her at home. Oh, It's her, right
enough! I'm awfully sorry for you
fellows," said the boy, quite ser
iously. "That's very kind of you," re
turned Wilson. "Look out! Here's
the governor!"
A moment later the occupants of
the counting-house were Industry
personified. But it was with scarcely
an undivided attention that they ap
plied themselves to the columnt of
figures.
When Miss Gregory had conde
scended to brighten the dull city
warehouse with her presence, all ob
served with Joy that the lady's left
hand was unadorned with Jewelry
of any description, and the general
Jealousy that arose in the matter of
Paying her attentions must have been
highly gratifying to the lady's van
ity. She accepted them all, but ap
peared to favor no one in particular.
For reasons of his own, however,
Frank Reynolds had cherished a hope
"-lafinlteslmal, perhaps, but still a
hope. He had gone on cherishing It
until the news came that Miss Greg
ory had come into a small fortune;
wen It was nailed down.
During the last few weeks he had
contrived to avoid her; although
some of his friends were hers, also,
and there had been plenty of oppor
tunities of meeting. He could not
bear the thought that his love should
be open to any suspicion or mercen
ary motives.
And now came the news that she
was to be married! Well, he hoped
the man, whoever ho might be, was in
some degree worthy, and that she
might be happy. As for himself, be
would never be happy again!
"Great heavens!"
Frank Reynolds started up from
the breakfast table the following
morning as if he had received an elec
tric shock. There in the Record, in
unmistakable black and white, was
his name, coupled with that of his
divinity! What villainous practical
Joker had played him this trick?
"A marriage Is arranged, and will
shortly take place, between Mr. Fran
cis Reynolds, of this town, and Miss
Katherlne Gregory, only daughter of
the late James Gregory, of Walms
ley." The young man stood motionless,
as If turned to stone. An awful sense
of shame came over him, and a vision
of apologies and unpleasant explana
tions to be undergone.
"What scoundrel has played this
wretched trick on us?" he exclaimed,
when he was able to speak. "I must
put a stop to It at once. And I must
go and see Kitty and apologize to her.
Ah! if it were only true!"
In a highly perturbed state
mind the young man choked down the
protested. "You know my meaning
well enough. If It hadn't been for
this money confound it! I'd have
tried my luck long ago. As ft Is, I
can only apologise to you for my
name being coupled with yours. It
I knew who did It I would horsewhip
him!"
Miss Gregory clasped her hands
nervously, and looked" at the young
man In a somewhat quaint way.
"Would you?" she said. "Oh,
dear!"
"Would you be very sorry for him,
Miss Gregory?" asked the young
man sarcastically.
"I that Is " Miss Gregory
broke off, blushed, and then hurriedly
resumed. "Well," she said, "I sup
pose I deserve to be punished. But
a horsewhipping I don't think I
could stand that. Don't you think
a lighter punishment would fill the
case?"
"I But, really this Is beyond
me!" said Reynolds In a bewildered
tone. "You can't mean "
Miss Gregory pointed dramatically
to the announcement In the Record.
"Exactly!'' she said, in a rather
faint voice. "The culprit stands he
fore you. The writer of that para
graph was myself!"
"You?" gasped Reynolds.
"Yes; I. And now, before you con
demn me, let mo make a clean breast
of It. You see, when I first took up
my employment In the counting
house there were such a nice lot of
fellows there that I didn't know
which I liked best.
"I tried several of them for a while
but I soon found out that I liked one
better than all the rest. I felt cer
tain he liked me, too, but he was so
dense and bashful that things didn't
progress so fast as I should have
liked. All the same, I felt pretty
sure of him that Is, until the legacy
came along. Then " She
paused.
"Yes, then," prompted Reynolds.
"Oh, then It was dreadful! He
avoided me In every possible way. The
rest of the fellows In the office
seemed anxious to keep my acquain
tance, but he wouldn't let me come
near htm. I saw how It was, and,
though I honored him for it, it made
me desperate. I began to see that I
should probably get the proposals of
most of the others, and and I didn't
want them."
Her voice faltered. "Please go
away now!" she supplemented quite
vehemently, as the young man made
no sign. "I'm sure you must hate
and despise me! I "
She got no further, for at this
juncture the manhood of Mr. FranclB
Reynolds came to his rescue. He
placed one hand gently over her
of i mouth, the other clasped her waist.
"There is only one thing that I
Raining Turkeys.
The farmers of the United States
generally could profitably increase
tho number of turkeys they produce.
This class of poultry always sells
well, and anyone who can give tur
keys a good range can make a profit
from them if he handles them cor
rectly. Tho excessive death rate during
'.he first few weeks of the poult's ex
istence Is the leading drawback to
turkey raising, but most of the
trouble which is so common at this
tage can be avoided by careful and
ludlclous management.
Be sure that the young do not
get chilled while hatching or shortly
afterwards, and have their coops
made perfectly tight and free from
drafts and dampness. Locate them
In a well drained spot where the sun
shines unobstructedly for the greater
part of the day, until the arrival of
sultry summer weather. This mat
ter of freedom from dampness Is
very essential.
Keep the poults confined to the
! coop or to a covered run on damp,
chilly mornings until all the dew
j has disappeared from the grass and
I weeds. Aside from such times, the
j youngsters may be allowed entire
I liberty after they are five or six
lays old. The mother turkey should
t be restricted, for a time at least,
j within limited range by means of a
string or some other convenient
method of this kind.
. Vermin are frequent source of
' trouble and loss with poults and tur
keys. This Is a matter deserving' of
I more attention than it usually re
I ceives. as lice are generally numer
ous on turkey fowls. One of the
! best things that can be done is to
give the setting hen a thorough dust
, Ing with a reliable brand of louse
1 powder two or three days before the
j eggs commence to hatch; this not
only frees the hen from the vermin
but prevents the poults from con
tracting the vermin from their moth-
stock of this class and during jLhe
past year many excellent animals
hare been selected and kept for
raising. Much of course depends
upon this selection; the cows for both
milk and butter are greatly Im
proved by careful selection and feed
ing. The feeding is Important. If
an animal Is stinted and starved and
chilled during a period of Its growth,
it will never fully regain what. It has
lost, no matter what good treatment
It subsequently receives. Successful
breeders recognize this fully and
provide for the winter, and are par
ticularly careful to keep their young
stock vigorous, healthy and growing
through all the trying portions of
the year. This midway treatment,
before stock begins to produce, is
often as Important a matter as selec
tion. Pure breeds are not, of course,
necessary to success. It Is not pos
sible for every farmer to have pure
breeds. He may be a number of
years breeding up his hprd to a satis
factory high grade standard. Good,
milking cows of every breed, and of
no particular breed, possess certain
qualities In common which guide the
farmer In the selection of dairy stock.
According to the late Professor Al
vord, of the Department of Agricul
ture, they have generally neat, well
balanced heads, light fore and heavy
hind quarters, mild, gentle eyes, slop
ing shoulders, rather than upright,
large udders, good-sized teats, with
well developed milk veins and mel
low skin and soft, glossy coat.
Tho milk of young cows is gen
erally richer than that of old ones.
The most profitable age of the milker
Is supposed to be from four to nine
years. Yet for many years after
that cows may be splendid milkers
and highly profitable, but their milk
becomes relatively somewhat poorer,
and the animals eat more, especially
during the winter. As animals grow
older, having once become lean, they
are more difficult to fatten.
WOLF AT THE DOOR-i NEVtB MUD STAND FACTOR! SMOKE."
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SUGGESTIONS FOR THE BUSINESS MAN.
Don't talk about your competitor.
Don't waste valuable moments on details that a subor
dinate can handle.
Don't walk a mile to save a nickel If you value your
time more than pennies.
Don't shake hands with a man as If it hurt you.
Don't wait for fortune to smile on you. Fortune doesn't
smile all the time. When she does she usually favors those
who hustle, and not those who wait.
Don't show yourself too anxious to get an order. The
customer will see It in your manner and he will make the
bargain, not you.
Don't allow your clerks to smoke while on duty.
Don't work all the time. Remember, even machinery
needs rest.
Don't show many different kinds of goods at once.
Don't be satisfied with customers you have without at
tempting to get more. The successful man uses follow-up
letters and other means to accomplish this purpose.
Don't worry about things that may happen. They may
be opportunities, not trials, by the time they reach you.
Don't be satisfied until you bring everything to a com
plete finish. Chicago Tribune.
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THE AMERICAN CARRIAGE HORSE.
The Figures on tho Lines Are the Ideal Measurements in Inches.
remainder of his breakfast, and hur
ried off to the abode of his divinity.
Arriving there, he was ushered into
the Bltting-room, and In a few mo
ments Miss Gregory came in, looking
like spring itself.
The usual civilities over, Reynolds
pointed to a copy of the Record,
which lay open on the table.
"Have you looked through the
Record this morning?" ho inquired
with painful hesitation.
"Why yes," she answered. "There
is a very amusing article on the Suf
fragists, written by "
"I mean have you seen this?"
he interrupted, handing her the pa
per and pointing tragically to the
announcement.
MIbs Gregory took the paper and
scanned the notice carefully. If
Reynolds had expected anything in
the shape of, an outburst of anger or
annoyance, he was entirely mis
taken. There was no frown on Miss Greg
ory's forehead, but her Hps twitched
and in the depths of her brown eyes
there appeared a gleam of merri
ment. "Good gracious!" she said. "Who
ever could have inserted that?" And
then her features relaxed, and she
laughed whole-heartedly.
"It is very good of you to take It
in this way," he said a trifle respect
fully. "Of course, the Idea is so ri
diculous that you cannot help laugh
ing at it."
"Oh, I don't know that it is ridicu
lous! I Buppose I shall bo married ; phasis
soma day." "How did they look?" said Jones.
"I should think so! But It wouldn't Puggles sidled toward the door,
be to me." "Just the way Baxter used to look
"It wouldn't? Then I must return at Kitty!"
am sure of," he said, very earnestly;
"and that is, that I love you as well
as over a woman was loved since the
world began. As to this" he point
ed to the paragraph "I should be a
scrupulous fool indeed if I did not
now offer to make it true. Kitty
my dear, courageous little Kitty
will you be my wife?"
When Puggles entered the office
that morning the assembled clerks
were discussing, amid some excite
ment, the paragraph in the Record.
"It's either a misprint, or there's
another Francis Reynolds," Baxter
was saying in high tones. "Why,
he hardly got a look in with Kitty
while she was here, and since she left
they've never so much as met."
"Well, anyhow," observed Greg
son, "his lordship will be here pres
ently, I suppose, and then we can
ask him."
"Bet you anything you like he
don't turn up at all!" interpolated
Puggles cocksurely.
"Why?" a?' . Wilson. "What do
you know, ggpryoung mystery mon
ger?" "Ive just seen Kitty and Reynolds
walking arm In arm," sad the boy.
The clerks stared incredulously.
"Where did you see them?" asked
Wilson.
"On the lawn in front of Kitty's
house. Reynolds had his hat off, and
they were walking like lovers. And
tho way they looked at each other!"
Bald Puggles. with Drovoklnn em-
er as soon as they are hatched.
Watch the fowls carefully from time
to time throughout the summer for
Indications of the presence of ver
min, and give them treatment for
same frequently.
Bread crumbs or bread and milk
make one of the best poult feedB for
the first few days. After the first
few meals an egg, hard boiled and
chopped fine, may be added by way
of variety. Also, commence feeding
oatmeal and cracked corn or wheat,
and greert cut bone or meat In some
form. Feed often and a little at a
time for the first few weeks. Fre
quent and careful feeding Is very
important. A supply of good grit for
grinding the food, should be con
stantly accessible to the poults from
the beginning.
your compliment, and say it's awfully
good of you to assure me of that.
Men are not always so outspoken."
"Now, Miss Gregory, you &rn wil
fully misunderstanding me!" ex
claimed Reynolds, looking with min
gled vexation and longing at the tan
talizing figure before him. "You
know perfectly well that I that to
make that announcement truo,
I'd "
He turned to pick up his hat.
"I'd better get out before I make
a fool of myself!" he said savagely.
Her eyes met his, smilingly.
"One moment," she said; "let me
understand about this. Your state
ments strike me as being slightly tu-
At the same instant that Puggles'
head disappeared an ink-pot smashed
to fragments against the door.
"I will really kill that boy one of
these days!" Batxer aunounced.
From the New York Evening Journal.
A Strange Profession.
"Photography is a strange profes
sion," muses the young man.
"Because it develops negatives?"
asks the young woman with a know
ing look.
"Not that exactly. But, as an ex
ample, the other day I had my pic
ture taken In my riding tqgs not
on a horse, you know, but JuBt stand-
volved, If I may bo allowed to say so. I txas In my riding outfit with mytfrop
At first you say the idea of marriage i held In my hand. And to-day the
With me is ridiculous, and then you i photographer writes me that the plc
declare it commends itself to you." I turos are ready for me and that they
Reynolds colored. are all mounted." Herald and Pres-
"Ynu art making fun of me," he byter.
Feeding the Herd.
Now, a word about feed. This Is a
subject to which you will have to
give special and careful attention.
You must not only look to the needs
of your cattle, but you must endeav
or to get their rations as nearly as
possible from products of your own
farm. Economy Is one of your
watchwords. But you must make It
a study and It will take you several
years, says a writer In Holsteln
Frleslan Register. Look first to the
needs of your cows, and next to the
cost of the feed. Your heifer calves
should be fed sweet skim-milk for
about six months, and you can mix
with it a little corn meal and oil
meal, or these can be fed separately.
After six months, if on good pasture,
they will require no feed; but as
fall comes on they should not be al
lowed to run down and become poor
before winter feeding Is begun. This
feed should consist of bran, shorts,
oil meal, etc., with fodder, hay and
straw for roughage. I would feed
no corn. A few weeks before your
heifer Is due with her first calf you
should begin feeding her a mixture
of food rich in protein. Do not over
feed her, but gradually Increase the
feed until by the time she drop3 her
calf she will be getting about all she
wants to eat. You will find that she
has made a very large udder and
will start off (vltli a large flow of
milk. For a few days after calving,
feud lightly, gradually increasing,
and you will find her responding
well to your attention. There is no
danger from milk tover with the first
calf; but from then on, and especi
ally with the third and fourth calves,
you cannot feed so heavily before
calving, neither will she require it;
tor by this time the habit of milk
giving will have been well formed.
Good Milker.
Hlgh-srado cows are uot any too
plentiful and prices for such stock
aio high. Young milch cows that
will yield from thirty-five to fifty
pounds of milk per day are worth as
many dollars. Farmers and breeders
have recognized the demand tor fiaa
Farm Poultry.
In speaking to the farmers of
Greenfield, Mass., not long ago, Pro
fessor W. P. Brooks, of the State
Agricultural College, considered
poultry keeping from the standpoint
of the farmer. New England he be
lieved to be one of the best sections
for poultry keeping, because of the
markets and the quality of the soil.
Less than one-fifth of the poultry
products used In Massachusetts are
now raised In that State.
A sheltered location on sandy soil
waB recommended for the poultry
buildings. Glass fronts were to be
avoided, a better plan being to leave
the south side of the house entirely
open. Hens In such houses are more
hardy and will lay better than those
In coops with gloss fronts. The
front should be protected by cur
tains in severe weather. Experience
at the college has proved corn to be
a better egg producer than wheat
and Is less expensive. Animal food
la of great Importance, more so than
vegetable matter. Rye was found
to be a great egg producing food,
but usually Is too high In cost.
When to Plow Clover Sod.
A correspondent says that some
of his neighbors claim that the best
way to handle clover is to take off
a crop of hay and then plow under
the second growth. He auks whether
It would not be more profitable to
take off both a hay and seed crop.
By all means, take off both crops; by
doing this we allow the clover roots
to make their fullest development.
We should get around two tons of
hay per acre, beBldes the seed crop,
which ordinarily Is worth mueh'-more
than the green plants. It has been
found that clover roots contain a
larger percentage of nitrogenous
matter when ieft to mature seed,
than when the crop Is removed ear
lier, or when the field is pastured
after the first cutting. Many lose
sight of the fact that It la the clover
roots that distribute the nitrogen
most evenly through the soli. In
diana Farmer, f
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Cartoon by W. A. Rogers, in the New York Herald.
SOMETHING NEW IN 5WINDLE5.
Amazing Progress in tha Higher Branches of the Criminal Art is Shown
by the Elaborate Cleverness of the Ruse Used to Separata a
Pennsylvania Hotelkeeper From His Hard-earned Wealth.
Some progress in the higher brunches of criminal art is argued
by the following narrative of how u Pennsylvania hotel keener was led
to part with $15,000 of his hard earned wealth under the delusion that
he was betting it on n prize fight gotten up for the amusement of a
party of Chicugo and Philadelphia millionaires. Of course the fight
was arranged solely for the benefit of the hotel keeper. The "million
aires" :re represented in tile Rogues' Gallery.
The elaborate cleverness of this swindle also orgnes that the conn
try is getting educated. A novelist und thousands of newspaper re
porters have explained again and again the trick of the "wiretappers,"
Which has trapped many a man that would not have bet a dollur on a
straight horse race. Gold bricks are seldom sold nowadays, and the
green goods game appears to be so generally known by this time that
a confidence man is driven to his wits' end for devicesto part the come
on from his hoard. One cannot help thinking that i lie same amount of
ingenuity expended on nominally legitimate schemes for getting some
thing for nothing or directed into absolutely honest elfort would have
paid the Inventors of the fake prize fight much more handsomely than
their originality in crime did reward them.
New York City. Swindling opera
tions which have netted more than
11,000,000 a year for the last three
years will be reveaied, the police be
lieve, through the capture of Freder
ick Gondorff. vwowr.
Gondorft .was arrested on the
charge of having swindled Frederick
Holznagel. a Scranton hotel proprie
tor, out of 115,000 on a fake prize
fight, and It is said the evidence will
implicate him In the robbing of Will
iam F. Walker, who looted the New
Britain Savings Bank of more than
$500,000.
At the examination In the Tombs
Court every effort will be made to
have Gondorff held on the complaint
of Holznagel, In order to give the de
tectives an opportunity to locate the
band of swindlers. Although using
Holznagel's charge to hold Gondorff,
the detectives of the Central Office
are after much bigger game, In the
shape of bonds, valued at $120,000,
which were part of the loot stolen by
Walker from the New Britain bank.
These bonds, consisting of $49,000
of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail
road securities, $35,000 of Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul bonds, $15.
000 Rochester and Pittsburg bonds
and a number of other smaller par
cels, have never been disposed of,
and it is declared that they are still
In the possession of the members of
the swindling band to which Gondorff
is suspected of belonging.
Band Had Immense Resources.
The Immense resources of this band
Is illustrated by the story of Holzna
gel, who declares that, while they
were duping hlm, they made a flash
of $230,000. He says that this was
In genuine currency and not Btage
money, aa he personally handled the
cash, and declares that It would have
been Impossible to deceive him.
According to Holznagel the swind
lers pursued the same tactics with
him as they did with Walker. wJth
the exception that they usea the prize
fight game, Instead of the wire tap
ping scheme. One of the band, who
went by the name of Webber, stopped
at Holznagel's hotel In Scranton and
gained the bonlface's confidence by a
legitimate huslness proposition.
Webber represented himself as n
bond salesman. Holznagel Is Inter
ested In some coal lands in Tennes
see which he Is anxious to sell. On
learning this. Webber told Holznagel
tht he knew some millionaires who
were also Interested In coal lands,
and that he might be able to dispose
of Holznagel's holdings.
The specific millionaires mentioned
were tho Cudahys, of Chicago. Web
ber, after some correspondence, ar
ranged a meeting with "Mr. Cuda
hy's secretary," by the name of
"Blair." It was while the business
of disposing of the coal property was
being dlscn: ! that the swindling
game wan broached. Blair said that
his employers were "sporty," and
that they had a prize fighter by thi
name of Sullivan whom they wer
willing to back for any amount. Blair
said they were In Bridgeport, Conn.,
and that Sullivan was with them. He
then vjnfolsled a sclera, by which
ne and Holznagel Were to win $2o"
000 trom the "Cudahys." He
said that he knew a prize fighter in
Boston, Collins by name, who could
defeat Sullivan. Holznagel agreed
that It was an easy way to get money
and the prize fight was arranged,
Holznagel put up $5000 as his por
tion of the bet. Blair furnished tha
other $15,000. The "Cudahys"
backed Sullivan for $20,000. The
fight was pulled off In the Bridgeport
Fair Grounds. Of course Collins
lost, but Blair declared It was on a
fluke, and begged Holznagel to back
him for another fight.
Got $10,000 More.
i ine "ouaanys" offered to bet three
to one on the second fight, and Holz
nagel hurried to Scranton to secure
more money. He returned with $10,
000, which he put up on Collins, and
again he lost. It was at this fight
that $230,000 was bet, Blair ostensi
bly making wagers amounting to
$75,000.
After the fight the "Cudahys"
turned the money over to Blair, their
secretary, telling him to deposit It
and send checks to tho winner. Blair
then made a proposition to Holznagel
that they run away with the money.
He told Holznagel to go to Albany,
to the Ten Eyck, where he would
meet him and divide. Holznagel
went, but Blair failed to meet him,
and Holznagel came to New York
and consulted Lawyer John M. Cole
man, of No. 115 Broadway, who laid
the matter before District Attorney
Jerome. Holznagel was taken to the
Rogue's Gallery, where be identified
the pictures of Frederick Gondorff
and James Morgan, alias Deafy Mor
ris, as the two men who posed as the
Cudahys. The arrest of Gondorff
followed, and he was identified by
Holznagel as one of the band.
The arrest of Gondorft Immediate
ly led the police to connect the men
of the hand with the Walker swind
lers. His brother, Charles Gondorff,
was arrested shortly after Walker's
flight, and was charged with having
been a party to the swindle, which
looted the New Britain Bank. Charles
Gondorff was held for trial and after
ward was released on $26,000 ball,
furnished by "Bob" Nelson. He is
now running a gambling house In At
lantic City.
Walker, however, refused to Impli
cate any one in his stealing. He said
that he did not remember the names
of the men who swindled him. His
taciturnity destroyed the last, hope
the Plnkertons had of recovering the
money. Frederick Gondorft's arrest,
however, has changed the prospect,
and it Is now believed that the $120,
000 In bonds may be recovered.
Value of Cement For Wells.
Unsanitary dairy wells are a men
ace to health, and us the country be
comes 'more closely settled more and
more care is necessary to provide
good watsr. The director of the
Chicago Hygienic Laboratory re
ports that of one hundred and fifty
three wells on nearby dairy farms,
examined by the Inspectors, only
eleven were touud to be safe for do
mestic purposes. In all cases tho
safe wellB were those lined with co
ntent, with cement covers, and pro
tecting flange of cement several feet
out from the well. In some of the
wells used for washing nllk utensils,
a high percentage of colon bacteria
are found, and In some cases tug.
iiur could be detected microscopi
cally and by the odor. American
Cultivator.
There Are 3000 More Women
Thau Men in Evanston.
Chicago Is Evanston the uni
versity suburb, destined to become
an Adam less Eden? The question
was presented with great force to the
authorities of the suburb when the
census takers completed tho annual
school census of. the city.
The new census shows a surplus of
almost 3000 women in a population
of less than 25.000. There are 13,
837 women and 10,896 men In the
city, a total of 2 4,673. and a major
ity of 2971 for the women.
Stub Ends of Ken-s.
Honduran Government troops re
captured the town of Choluteca. orac-
i Ucslly ending the revolution.
W. J. Bryan was initiated into the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben. a secret so
ciety of Omaha and Nebraska busl
i ess men.
Au apostolic constitution Issued by
Pope Plus X.. at Rome, makes sweep
ing changes In the government of the
tathollc Church.
The battleships Maine and Alaba-
I ma were suddenly ordered to Inter
rupt their cruise around the world
and remain at Manila
Mont Blanc 'limbers
Were 130 Last Year.
Geneva. Statistics have Just been
published showing that during last
year 130 AlplnlstB climbed to the
summit of Mont Blanc. Twenty of
the climbers were English and eight
were Americans. Fourteen of the
climbers were women, the majority
being English.
The ages of the Alpinists varied
from fifteen to fifty-five years, and
among them were a prince, a general,
two. barons, a priest, several doctors,
lawyers and a Swiss chimney sweep.
Prominent People.
Mr. Bryan Is younger than Mr.
Roosevelt, by almost two years.
Henry Phlppa, the Pittsburg mill
ionaire, has donated $300,000 tor the
study of Insanity.
The Prluce of Wales, at Quebec,
gave 10.000 to be used In maintain
ing the Plains df Abraham as a per
manent memorial.
The sons of Governor MrCord. of
Arizona, and Commodore Kltson, of
St. Paul, are earning their living as
laborers in Everett, Wash. loung
Kltaon's part of his father's estate
was $2, 00", 000.