tfHB FULTOfl COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
THE HEART .f
MIGHT WiilS
A STORY OF THE GREAT NORTH WiST
ILLUSTRATIONS 6y
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SYNOPSIS.
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Slleiz of PhIIv'h lumber -nip il.i , n
a IrartRer to the rump. Waller Hmiclry
lotroUuieo MiiiMi'ir to Jehn I ull v. ture
mn, a "the DlllliiKnrtli iAimhrr Co,
or nio of It." I'oiir.y Onlwny. u iniim
sin writer frem New York, rumen to
lliy'. llsmpilen of the Yellow rinen
Co. clninm title to the Khi Hell. 8iindry"
nut Harnpdr'n'p men tlKht over the U'
putel tract. The l'rearher Hope the flittit.
Snmtry Muds that l he deed to the Iviat
frU ha never teen rernrdid. ruppy
irt with Humpdrn and tail San.lry that
Hampden le crooked nnd that eiie'll Ket
him. 1 t'ppy gore to Salem In search of
evidence UKxlnul Hampden. Sundry's nu n
desert him for Ilanipiien. who hui effereil
more money. Hllcts noes to her friend
for Snnilry to lave the contract, r'oppv
tells rtondrv that ehe has proof of llutnp
! nilror bi'mis enti i' n hi eolliiilon Uh
th cornminiun. Une sees Hilcu and
Handry talkiriK toKether ami become
lealotin. The hm tlnil'er raft is Kturt'O oti
it way. but Is blown lip anil Sioi-lrv l
danirerously Injured. In Sandrv' dehinim
be fOvt-N l oppv A cl'lfl to hlH la.t. Mii
I'sHy ehow Sandrv I'oppv'a riot h of Ins
d'-lirtou talk. Poppy piuyf wilh llalnp
b'n. and Sundry relumes l.er aid Bio k
Ktwt I'oppy flint tl.nt S.indrv heUI up imi
iitcjntti of a rrr'okt d partner of his t.i.
iher fcr the prt.o of the Dllllmrswcrtl-.
I umber Co.. the aHsoeiote dyln the h.iiih
nutit. l'oppv mch back to lMlly's aiul
hints to Sardrv that she knows his ic rrrt
Kundrv lh called Kiel by Ms father's
sickness and Is with hint when he .lies,
flarelry m-tuls money to M i.vchlwn. In a
letter whirl. l'oppv hoiiN and copies,
rllleu In turn (tenia thai and oilier )npers
from lV'puy. To prevent Handrv iniin
endlnir K.iat for a lawver to flulil ll.imp
den. I'oppy em;aiies a lawer who txtuv-"
her to the. ropunosioT(er and H-impiI-n.
In the atomy of a man betrayed hv the
woman he lovei Hatnpd'-n derides to
"make a Pifht that will be reniemhered
II alonir the coast." (levitstullmc forest
fires. mv trlniinly kindled, threaten !ati
4ry'i holding and every available man
lum out to light them.
CHAPTER XXIV.
'Tight! Fight Like Hell!"
So began veiled hostilities between
these two. At first Miss. Ordway cov
ered her fury with a smilo and tried
every art of conciliation, but Silei
held far from her. Night tintl day she
kept the racket in her breast, though
for what tnd she did not know. She
knew only with her unfailing Instinct
that !t must never go cast to the
cities, or Infinite harm would befall
Fandry. Also, as unfailingly, the same
Instinct warned her not to show them
la him. even though their possession
might mean his safety. The primal
cunning of woman kept her from be
littling or betraying her rival.
Sandry was becoming more and
more anxious about the East Holt.
More and more he feared the contin
gency of having to fall back upon a
woman for help at the last, and this
was particularly galling to his man
hood. It had become a personal question
with him. tha "getting" of Hampden
Tho timber at the north was running
better than they had expected, and
Daily and Collins with tho lumber
Jacks from Sacramento and the Si
washes were doing splendidly. Still
the magnificent belt was the Dllllng
wortb's future and 1t was In grave
Jeopardy.
Krom timo to time he ran across
Hampden along the shores of the
b.ick water, at Toledo, or on the si
leii road. Here the Yellow Pines'
owner often rode to meet Miss Ord
way who had lessened her efforts in
bis direction since he hail given her
J I the material she needed for his
own undoing He was more wild
bout her than ever, and added to
h-.R enmity for Sundry the mighty
spur of suspicious Jealousy.
So July dragged out in blue heat
nd August blazed down upon the
hi!'
The eastern lawyer at Salem wis
ready to give up in despair. Not one
tiniest point showed Itself whereon
be could hang a thread of evidence;
ad one day Sandry, sitting on the
east porch, shocked the heart into
Hiss Ord way's throat.
"1 boliuve I will write to New York
for tin great Earnsworth," he said;
"!fs a mighty risk, for he'll bankrupt
me if he comes, though It's hardly
likely he'll bother They don't know
the chances for big work out here"
And the woman .shut her teeth
tard. wiii'e the blood left her fare
In pale anger. Siletz, on the step,
played v.ith CooiT.ah's ears and sl;e.
loo, lost a bit of color.
The next day Miss Ordway made a
Hying trip to Salera, stopped over u
train, and went on to Portland. There
fhn sought out the most well-thotight-of
legal firm in the city nnd
WT4S closeted for three hours in its
Jirivt.le offices.
She was much too shrewd to trust
the. ureat scheme in the hands of a
SaWn firm. Hut here she had bun
pled after all, for her newly allied
lawyer, a fine-looking, open-faced In
divtdtiiil. followed hur to Salem on
lh ut;xt train, hearing copies of her
V.iUK HAS VARIED TALENTS
Wtb-Footed Anirl Can Climb Trees
and Go a P. thing; Also Is
Valuable Prey.
Very talented Is the animal. He
can climb trees like a squirrel, swim
like a fish, uig like a mole and kill
t-hickeus like a weasel. In addition
ke la endowed with un unusually flue
fur. which makes him valuable prey
for the hunter. He's wore or less con
mon along woodland streams, and al
together too common In the neighbor
aood of the farmer's poultry yan'.s.
We call bim the mink.
Although he can dig as good a bur
row as any other animal, the mink
sometimes chooses to steal a muBk
rat's borne rather than build one for
himself, a writer In the Philadelphia
North American states. To avoid fu
ture trouble with the ousted muskrat,
the mink kills and eats bim.
Usually be prefers to make his
tome along the banks of a stream or
vt the foot of a waterfall. Sometimes,
whoa bis tastj for poultry becomes
sitiva'n't be will establish himself
(OT
mo cowanr
I mysteriously obtained proofs of
Hampden's guilt, which were as good
as warrants for his arraignment and
that of the amorous young commis
sioner. The "ring" was wldor than sho
had any conception of and reached
afur throughout tho state.
She was not half over the Coast
Kange on the one-horse railroad when
her lawyer laid the copied papers on
the commissioner's private desk.
"It's come at last." he said tensely;
"somebody's leaked."
And In a lightning flash the com
missioner know what had become of
his account book and the missing let
ters from Hampden.
lie slumped In his chair, drumming
with senseless fingers on Its arm.
He saw black bars across the win
dow with tho waving trees beyond,
and knew himself for that weakest
among men, a woman's tool.
So. tilled with excited determina
tion to beat Sandry with the Hamp
den case and forestall his sending for
Kaniswotth. which was the last thing
she wanted, Poppy Ordway again
rode up the valley. The mighty hills
were silent In the deadlock of an
Oregon summer. No breath of wind
found its way Into the sheltered val
1 s and the pines were still.
The tidewater slough was gray
with tho inland brine.
"Glorious!" she said to herself, lift
ing her gaze to the hazy mountains.
"And I'll save It for him even
against his will!"
She was sure she had succeeded
In her mission and. happy in the
knowledge, was eager to be out of
the hired rig.
And Sandry. as he assisied her out,
thought simply that she was the
most beautiful woman in the world,
for all the Joy of triumph lent sparkle
to her lovely features, deepened the
slumbrous blue of her eyes.
No word had ever been spoken
about that night at tho rollway and
Sandry bore a sense of guilt that he
had taken her avowal without open
reciprocation. P.nt the face of Siietz
held him hack. He scorned himself
and yet he knew he was blameless,
fave for that unguarded kiss in the
glade.
Hut did he wish to reciprocate? He
did not know.
Daily's camp droned on getting
out Its lops, flooding them down the
slough, binding them slowly into the
now familiar ocenn-golr.g raft.
The foreman himself was un
changed, though the world had
changed for him since that raiser-
I able "Yes" of Siletz In the darkened
room when he laid a gentle hand on
; her shoulder. To Sandry he was the
i same, for he had come, through the
I slow processes of the slmplp nature.
; to be his friend. The elusive line
' ness that, had shown plain to Sandry
i from the first in John Daily's heart
I was solid as a rock, a foundation, an
i abutment.
' They watdied Hampden's trail
' grow toward the East Hell with an
! exaggerated slowness, a flaunting of
j set-arity.
; And then, two days after Miss Ord
! way's return, the young commission
er and the Portland lawyer got off
' the train at Toledo and were driven
j out to the Yellow Pines. They bore
! lor Hampden the wildest agony of
j his strong life in the revelation of hi?
goddess.
They were closeted together the
whole of the night In the Yellow
Pines o!"ce and It was a strenuous
r.ight for the two stiargers. for
Hampden was a man to fear In bis
rages.
At first they held him by main
force, and later by argument and rea
son. ' Eight." suid tin; lawyer In the pink
dawn, "fight like hell! And bluff.
It's your only chance."
"Eight?" snarled Hampden hoarse
ly, "what for? This damned driv
eler has let her get the originals of
these letters of mine about the three
timber claims in 710, and they
alone'd put me behind liars! You're
the damnedest nss I ever seen!"
Anil the man's small, red eyes
glared at his accomplice with the
murder-lust. Hut the commissioner
had some spirit himself and tame
hack with defense.
"Fools? We're two together. It
was from you she got her first knowl
edge of the game. She fooled her
first suspicions out of you in her
horseback rides. Slio told mo so
tliat'g how you took her in on the
deals, she said."
Hampden eroaned and flung his
under the farmer s barn to be near his
food supply. He can track bin prey
like a hound. Hesldes poultry, he has
a taste for rats, mice, fish and frogs.
To aid bim in his fishing, the mink
has partly webbed feet. His sharp
claws help him In climbing trees, and
sometimes he will attack birds In their
nests. He Is a !ttle more than twelve
inches long, has a dark brown fur and
a light spot on his throat. fiefore
gealBltln became popular a single skin
of the mink was worth from $10 to $12.
Spray Keeps Off Enemies.
Many of the tropical species of a
sluglike mollusk (onchidium), found
on the rocks between tide marks, have
the back studded with eyes, and are
at tbe same time provided with a very
elKclent spraying apparatus which 'is
used with effect to repel tbe attacks
of that very remarkable creature, the
walking fian (perlopbthalmua).
With bulging eyes, this creature, for
several hours daily, leaves Its native
element and bunts along tbe strand for
Insects and "onchldlums." If the lat
ter see bim coming they ward off bli
at;ck by means of the acid spray.
head iu his arms on the pine table.
"All ritjht," he said at last. "I ll
tight."
Hut with the lust sight of the buck
board bouncing down the hill road
with his visitors to catch the early
train back to Salem, a light grew up
in his heavy face that would have
puzzled that astute man, the Portland
lawyer.
"Yes, by God!" he Bald In a voice
thick with menace. "I'll fight! And
I'll make a light that'll be remem
bered all along the coast!"
CHAPTER XXV.
Fire In the Forest.
The next day was thH ninth of Au
gust. The thermometer, hanging on
the eastern side of Sundry's olllce.
went slowly up to 108 by two o'clock.
Ma sat on the east porch In her
little rocker and Siletz braided her
mats on the step, while Poppy Ord
way watched her from a cushion
against the wall. The donkey tooted
faintly at the upper cutting, and
from time to time the dinky engine
trundled Its high-piled fiats down the
little track to the rollwuy at the
slough's mouth. The meu were all
out and (he summer silence hung
upon the cook-shack and the desert
ed cabins, empty ever since their for
mer occupants had turned their coats
for Hampden's two-year contracts.
Suddenly Coosnah. lying on the
step, got up and sniffed the air. Si
letz looked at him, her fingers ar
rested. Then he sat down on his
haunches, threw up his muzzle, and
begun to bay. a melancholy, lonesome
sound.
"Hush," said Siletz, "hush, Coos
nah!" And she, too, lilted her head
after the fushitm of wild things,
smelling the sultry atmosphere.
"Mother!" she cried swiftly. "It's
fire!"
The general croaked up and hur
ried to the steps, but already Siletz
was off and running up the valley
tow ard the cutting. When she reached
the donkey Sandry was standing be
side it, but the girl passed him with
out a glance, running to where the
foreman set a choker.
"John!" she cried; "Joh.i there's
a fire on the west ridge!"
Every man within hearing dropped
his work Instantly and stood up.
"Call In tli" men," said Dally as be
passed the donkey-engineer, "an' send
'em along We'll better all go. Mr
Sandry. Taiu't likely it's much, but
we got to stomp it out, whatever 'tis
I ben a lookin' fer 'em."
They all trailed down the valley on
a dogtrot. It took them the better
part of an hour, but when they went
down there was not a spark left
alight.
"What do you suppose started It.
John?" asked Sundry. ' "
"Oh. some darned little college
snipe from Corvallis. likely, with a
gun an' a cigarette. Or ruebhe it was
some camper stayln' overnight on
the ridge some greenhorn. An' It's
mighty dry-mighty dry."
They went back to the cutting,
though every jack of them lifted up
his eyes from time to time to the
ridges around. At supper the loggers
"It's Broken Out Again!"
discussed the forest fires of other
years, the topic, opened by tho inci
dent. It was a close night with a
dark sky. though tho heat had given
way to the sweet "coolness of the
coast under the mysterious ocean
wind, and Sandry from bis old seat
at tuble looked out at the western
ridge.
"John!" he cried, rising suddenly,
it's broken out again!"
Sure enough. Against the upper
darkness little red tongues licked fit
fully up and the men, white and In
dian, tumbled out (A the cook-shack.
It was twelve o'clock when they
turned in, and Sandry was puzzled.
The next day nothing happened.
Then at dawn of the day following
the camp awoke to see a fine, fairy
white haze all through the valley and
the crest of the west ridge, for half
I a mile, sending up fanciful pear!
plumes in the soft morning. This
REALTY MEN AIDED BY WAR
Millions Are Being Spent for New
York Rentals in Place of Going
to Europe.
After balancing fall rental accounts
recently brokers throughout tho ultra
fashionable district estimated that
more than $10,000,000 will be paid for
Manhattan homes during the coming
season by families that usually make
their abodes In Europe, tbe Now York
World states. Their aggregate liv
ing expenBos for tho year are placed
near $"0,000,0u0, most of which will
be spent In New York.
More than 2,000 such families have
rented apartments or private dwell
ing!! during the past few inontbjs.
Tho have paid an average of $4,j00
yearly rental, some paying at high as
$25,000. Their competition for lui
urlous living quarters haa forced nor
mal prices to the highest levels on rec
ord and old famlllos that have been
In the habit of resting costly homes
by tbe year, or for the social season,
have had to pay fancy figures.
This was illustrated recently when
time it hud gained a start and tbe
cump turned out In earnest..
'"John." said Sandry solemnly, "that
is no college boy with his clgaretto.
Could It b Ilampdcu?"
The foreman turned upon the
owner
"You hain't a real westerner, yet.
.Mr. Sandry." be said wilh a smile.
"You think Pampdcn'd reok his yelln
pine as fine timber as there Is In th'
whole state? He'd bury th" hatchet
an' come light with us like a brother
Hrst."
"Then what's setting those fires!
for It looks ss If they are bolng set
My God! look there! There'a an
other!" A merry, red eye winked and leaped
and died, to Jeap again across the
early twilight at tbe valley's head.
"That's damued close to our cut
tin'!" cried Dally starting down the
mountain on a sliding run.
And that last fire, burning strongly
where no brand could have dropped
even with a wind, marked the begin
ning of such a time of anxiety, of fear
that grew and mounted to heart still
ing panic, of superhuman labor, as
Sandry. a year before, could not have
believed possible a time to bo long
remembered In the coast country.
Hy eight o'clock next morning the
little wind from tho backwater had
freshoned with a devilish perversity,
blowing the creeping flames merrily
toward the north.
Dally sent Siletz on Black Holt to
Toledo, to ask for a dozen men to
holp In the fight.
Ho abandoned the one on the
ridge, for fire goes down hill slowly,
and set his men again In the valley.
Within an hour after Sllots left,
men began to arrive by the road on
horseback, In wagons, and later on
foot, for there Is no call like that of
"Fire" In tho big woods to bring re
cruits. They put themselves under
Daily's orders and foil to with a will,
boating out tbe surface flames, cutting
every sapling In sight, digging
trenches to head off any ground llres
that might be started.
But destiny was against the Dll
Ilngworth. The wind "unusual," to
use that overworked word of the .re
gion truly, for once grew steadily,
and despite tbe trained work, for ev
ery man knew this business. It rushed
the flames through the undergrowth
faster thsn they could handle It.
Dally, black with smoke und aBhes.
was everywhere. Sandry clung at his
heels, watching his methods, learn
ing everything he could, listening,
picking up. 'catching on with light
ning rapidity. He knew himself to
be Ignorant, and wbcro he was the
head with his Interest at stako be
must mane himself competent.
Py night Dally was grim and silent
hoarse with shouting, and ho stamped
Into the porch, where the women
watched the flames that flared red
against the night In a hundred
places on the west ridge and up the
hills on both sides at the rutting.
"Sietz, honey," he rasped, "I'll hsve to
call on you agin. They's a new
one over the first shoulder toward
the East Helt- up In th' old cuttln'
Ride down to Toledo an' tell 'em to
send th' town. We'll need 'em all.
I can't spare a man I've sent out
six to hunt th' devil behind this, an'
If I ketch him I'll kltl him, damn
him!"
"Son!" said Ma from the shadows.
So Siletz and Hlack Holt and Coos
nah thundered down through the
darkness to save the Dtlllngworth,
and the heart In the girl's breast was
thrtjibing with anxiety for Sandry
black as Dally, and as rough looking,
fighting with his lesser strength, a
Westerner at last by every sign.
Hy midnight the town was there
and Dally saw among the crowd Har
ris, his old saw-filer, young Anwor
thy and several more of those who
had deserted tu the god of gold. They
kept sheepishly In the background,
but they were there for tho common
good that Dally had spoken of they
would have answered a call from a
real enemy In such a crisis, for that
Is the way of the West.
Ma Dally, passing her interminable
tin cups of coffee she had brought a
great Iron kettle and boiled It over a
fire on the ground stopped before
Auworthy, the curly headed boy of
whom she was very fond, with a hand
on his shoulder.
"I'm mighty glad to see you. son."
she said kindly, and the young scape
goat had thu grace to blush,
Destiuy was against the Dilllng
worth. The wind leaped and shout
ed up between the bills and by mid
night tbe flames suddenly leaped up
as If a resit aint had been removed.
Huge, red streamers flung themselves
out ugaliiHt the black night sky,
reaching half way to the zenith.
Dense clouds of smoke leaped and
bellied to the heavens, while the roar
that appalls a woodsman's heart began
to sound throughout the hills.
.John Daily, working like a plant,
went white beneath his grime at
sound of It.
,rMy God!" he tried hoarsely, It's
goin' away from us!"
And Sandry, halted a pace away
by that cry of despair, looked upon
tho first really gret.t sight of hi life.
Mrs. Nelson W. Aldrlch, wife of the
late senutor from Itbode Island nnd
closely related by marriage to the
Rockefellers, paid at tho rato of $100
a day, more than $i!0,000 a year", for
Mr. Klngsland's furnished home on
the northeast corner of Fifth avenue
and Forty-sixth street, for tbe winter
season. Mrs. Kingsland herself leases
It under long-term contract from Wil
liam Waldorf Astor. A similar rental
Is being paid for tbe Judson Todd
home.
Tree Owns Itself.
There Is a tree In Athens, Ga., which
owns Itself. It has a deed to eight
feet of ground on all sides of its
trunk.
The tro-: formerly was owned by W.
H. Jackson. To prevent Its ever be
ing cut down, Mr. Jackson executed aJ
deed making tbe tree owner of tbe
ground around it.
This deed Is on file In Athens. It
ts the only one of Us sort In tbe
world.
A French scientist has Invented
microscope using X-raya.
"More men!" shouted the toteumu
hoarsely. "You Harris, go telephone
to Corvallis for more men.''
"It's done, Johnny." said Mu Dully,
panting In the light, her sleeves
toIIikI up from brown, capable arms.
"I sent S'lotz some time back. She'
calllu' fer ail the stations between. "
The talley was as lli.ht us day. illu
mined all up and down Its length,' and
three horsemen were loping up Its
level floor. Lean, lithe men they
wore, clad In sober khaki, and they
leaped from their honjes with busi
nesslike alacrity, dropping reins over
saddle boms Instead of on the ground.
Those three horses were well trained.
Intelligent aids, ready to stand for
hours In one spot, to rome at a
whistle, and tliuy wanted no drag
ging straps to hinder.
"We're forest rangers," announced
tbe spokesman, a quick-eyed, steady
young chap, to Sandry, "give me your
men."
"Thank th' lrd!" said Daily fer
vently, "tako command."
The newcomer talked a moment
with his two companions, motioning,
dividing localities, sketching a quick
plan. Then he gathered twenty men.
putting them uinler one of his aides.
"flo tip over thut rldgo." be direct
ed briefly, "am! cut a forty-foot fall
s'aight across (he dip behind the
fire. !o on and cut It up over the big
ridge. Don't stop to fight."
As the men hurried off with cross
cuts nnd axes, ho plunged Into the
smoke and lire, shouting terse com
mauds, taking meu from what set-mod
imperative tasks to put them at work
in places removed from the flrrt- dig
King trenches, cutting a great pine
here, n towering spruce or fir there.
"Good man." ranted Samlry to bis
foreman as they passed with axes
ami dripping sacks.
"Host thing In the timber. They
know th' woods an" th' fires an' th'
air currents. Wlsh't we had a bun
dred of 'em. They'd save tb' country
'Is goin' to bell with these flres."
Dawn came over the mountains In
blood red haze. And everywhere- the
men, like ants attacking some mighty
task, tolled without sleep
Dally had boon up for forty-eight
hours, yet he wont as strongly as at
the beginning, while Sandry.- still far
from hale, wns oolupeljed to drop lor
an hour's sleep. In fact. Mu did the
compelling, going Into tho smoke and
ashes after bim, bringing bim out
bodily with a II rm hand on his shoul
der. "You're spoiling me," he protested
j through soot-grimed lips, "and I can't
ufTord to sleep."
"Can't afford to go down fer good,"
said the general Btemly. "no steam,
no power. Food an' Bleep-fuel an'
water. Do you tend to your bilers."
And the owner, with a wry smile,
sank on a pile of gunnysacks beside
the Improvised rollway of tho upper
cutting.
When he awoke it was to find him
self under a light blanket of fanciful
weave which belon! to Siletz. The
shy, silent girl had been about him In
his Rleep.
When ho hurried to the work ho
saw here and there groups of Indians
The reservation had arrived In force
'Hut things were growing worse with
every hour.
Fire was everywhere, iu the earth
anil in thu heavens. It boated the
sweet winds to unbearable, scorching
blasts. It illumined the dun dusk with
dull, crimson light. It deserted the
cutting and swept forward toward tho
north, leading ashes and ruin, sullen
brands and smoldering logs that
flam"d forth vindictively from time
to time.
So dawn fount! them on that hot.
grim day In August.
Tin; loan, young ranger was every
where, and Sandry, In amazed appre
ciation, saw a trench shut off a
ground-lire, and the felling of a single
pine change the trend of a flood of
llaiuo that was going out of bounds.
Hut by twelve o'clock the wind
turned and headed south. With ap
palling tulsht the flood spread .up
the ridges, crept down Into tbe dip
ar d Joined the slow-burning menace
there.
At that the ranger fired three shots
Into thu air which brought one of bis
aids running out of tho smoke, punt
Ing aud disheveled from fighting
hand to hand with a growth of young
spruce.
"Go telegraph for the Vancouver
soldiers." he directed tersely, "this
Is going to beat all records."
(TO HE CONTINLKD.)
First Telegraphing.
New world's records for fast and
accurate telegraphing were mode at
the Interniitionul telegraphic tourna
ment In San Fraucisco a few weeks
ago.
diehard C. Hartley transmitted the
fastest and most perfect "Morso" by
ticking olT 40 railroad messages with
out an error In 28 minutes anil i:t fee
onds.'and beating the automatic trans
witters.
Guorgo W. Smith. Jr.. won the re
reiving cotil est by taking nnd trail
s-ribltig without an error 40 railroad
messages in 3t minutes aud 1 sec
i) uds.
"Metaphysicianess."
Mary Milford appears to have had a
weakness for coining words with un
necessary female terminations. On one
occasion she writes about "a young
creature full of grace und beauty, liv
ing in Loudon like a bermltess and
teaching her little brothers Greek."
ond elsewhere she tells of "a most
elegant young woman, ncgotiatrlx of
tho forgeries." Worst of all Is a pas
sage in a letter to Sir William Elford,
In which she says: "1 believe, my
dear Sir William, that you will not
need 'one to come from tho grave' to
Inform you that 1 am a metaphysician
ess (is there such a word?)"
Territory Unexplored.
In Arabia there Is a tract of unex
plored territory nearly Ave timet the
area of Groat Hritain, while nearly a
quarter of Austrslia awaits the loves
ligation of civilized man.
Women Executives In 8den.
Fifty women take an active part la
the municipal governments of Swed
ish cities. Seven of them are busy l
Stockholm.
1
Everybody's
Mission
By RF.W HOWARD V. POPE
ul tho Mom!? II M" IiMtituto
TKXT Ye nor. how larte u letter I have
written unto you with .nine own lnuel
Oul. (1. 11.
Few people realize how much Chris
tian work can ho accomplished by loi
ter writing. In
soino cases a let
ter Is better even
fir
iy man worus, lor ti
f , ' , can be read and
: ' reread, nnd pou-
dored at one s
7,
3
leisure. Henry
Cluy Trumbull
says that he was
led to Christ by a
personal appeal
from a friend in
a letter. What
preaching and the
ordinary forms of
church work had
not accomplished
for him was done
by a few sentences in a note. As be
reflected upon this he began to realize
the Importance of Individual work for
Individuals, and all his life long ho en
gaged in this form of effort.
A prominent business man In Wor
cester, Muss., went to his pastor und
said that he would like to unite with
the church. When asked how long ho
had been a Christian he replied (but
be hud taken the stop only a few days
ago, and thut he had been led to do
this at the rouuest of a ludy who hnd
written him on the subject, lie said
thut sermons hud not made much im
pression on him, hut thut this letter
from a person whom ho hardly knew
appealed to him so strongly that he
could not resist It.
A littlu mission Sunday school In
Connecticut orguul.cd a houit! depurt
mont. One of tho workers wrote to u
friend who was living In the forests of
Canada, fur from uny church, nnd
asked If she would not like to Join
their home department. Tho reply wns
favorable and tho literature v as sent.
Soon tile friend in Canadu wrote say
ing that she thought she could get
some of her neighbors to Join the Con
necticut school If she had the proper
literature. In a short time she suc
ceeded in getting 85 tnoro members, all
of whom became identified with the
little mifslon school In Connecticut,
throe or four hundred miles away.
They were so pleased with their
work that after awhile they organized
a Sunday school of their own. Soon
thfty outgrew their accommodations
and raised money and built a chapel.
Then they said, "Wo ought to have a
Christian Endeavor society," and soon
thut, too. wus organized. This wont
on for a time, but the more they stud
ied the llihle the more hungry they
grow, and by and by they organized a
church und secured a pastor. And all
this came from one letter written by
an enterprising worker in a little
school several hundred miles away.
Why should not Christians aim to
make their correspondence count for
the Master as well as their conversa
tion? There might bo some letters in
which It would not be advisable to in
troduce the subject of religion, but on
the other hand If the subject were up
permost Iu one'3 mind, opportunities
would frequently be found to say a
word for Christ, or drop a hint, or In
close a leaflet. .1 know a business man
who was writing a letter one day when
ho saw a tract on his table. He in
closed It and mailed the letter with
out much thought. Then the devil
whispered to him, "You have made a
fool of yourseir. What do you sup
pose that man will think of you for
putting a tract in a business letter?"
Helng a Christian, ho lifted his heart
In prayer to God, saying, "I.ord, did I
make a mistake?"
Hack came tbe answer, "What is to
hinder you from putting a tract In
every letter you write?"
"Hy tho grace of God I will," he re
pliod, and for tho remainder of his life
he followed this practice. He saw so
much good coming from this kind of
effort that he Dually withdrew from
business and devoted his life to writ
ing letters and sending out Christian
literature of various kinds.
I know a lady who. to help a drink
ing man, took him into her futully as a
hoarder. Soon he committed some
misdemeanor and was sent to prison.
She did not forsake bim In his dis
grace, but remembering the .Muster's
words, "I wus sick nnd in prison und
ye visited me," sho endeavored to help
him by writing encouraging letters.
Soon other prisoners requested that
she write to them, aud by degrees this
work Increased uutll Anally aho wus
writing betwoon two and throo hun
dred letters a ynur to tho Inmatos of
different prisons.
As booh as a prisoner was led to ac
cept Christ she sont him a Iiiblo and
concordance, and tried to Interest him
In Bible study. If they showed much
prollcloncy in this work sho entered
their name In a lilblo correspondence
school which took hur proteges at half
price. Many of her correspondents
became teachers of tho Iiiblo, and
some of them had large classes In
their respective prisons. Murderers,
inlidels and hardened men of ail kinds,
have been led to Christ by this humble
woman through hor prayers and let
ters. Sho is a farmer's wife, bus had
cnly an ordinary education and has
taken in sewing und washing In order
to earn money to pay the postage.
Faith Most Precious.
God accepteth our faith, not for the
measure of It, but for Its sincerity.
Faith evon in Its lowoBt degree la
precious; must be so, because, what
ever its moBRtire, it Is tho gift of Cod.
Uov. Daniel Moore.
Unity In Sympathy.
Is there not given to us 'tbe com
munion of saints?" May we not unite
our hearts more closoly than ever
with tbeso blessed ones through the
sympathy of a common worship?
Rev. T. V. Fosberg.
DAIRYING 111
WESTERN .CANADA
Accompanying Industries Aiso
Prove Highly Profitable.
The cheese Industry tlirnughnut
western Canada today is iu u highly
nourishing condition nnd Is hound la
a very short time to become much
more important. Tiio wur has created
a great demand for that article, ami
its use abroad bus given it a lot of
useful advertising. The article knuu
as Canadian cheese Is i.ow sought not
only by the soldier iu tho tronolic.H,
but by the ordinary civilian rimsttmitr,
who, having used it. is quick to :ti.
predate its vuluo. This meuiis that
after tho wnr there will be a domain!
created for It that would not other,
wise have boon. l' to the present
the wnr needs huve limited ihe lo u
supply, but wilh the Increased effort
that Is now being put forth It is ieip.-.
thut this will be met. As a matter of
course tno prices nre high, und th
farmers who contrl'iiitn to the c!:"iRi)
faotniios are making money.
The cheese scuson now ful'.j -ven
und there Is every prospect of on e;
cellont year bocuiiHi; the hlg'j prico
which obtained last your will ti:idou'it
cdly be maintained this sea-ton. We t
rrn Canada lias all tho nntutal m
sources for thu making of oho? i.e. lim
food and tho coo! nights, two tblims
essential, nnd In time It is bound in
become one of the finest choose conn
trleg of the continent.
Tho lower foothills of Albeilu. used
only at the present time as ranges or
for no purpose, will in time produce
cheese in groat (in.mtilies, and doubt
loss will soon equal the famous un
binds of Denmark.
The cool nights mean the bott"r
keeping of milk and cream anl
choose, urn! ihut Is a grcM thing fer
Ihe Indurttry, especially when com
blned with possibilities of cuttle fe. i
such ns exidt on the long slopes frn:u
tho Rookies eastward. t
The hog murket, v hich may he
classed us un udjunct of farming, is
un exceedingly good one. and tho hot
rost at whb-h the lood can he pr.v
dueed. coupled wilh the high prices
realized, make this imlio.try very pro!
itnMe .
One of the first thoughts thut occur
to the mind of the average prospective
Killer Is tho likelihood of suitable
markets. In this connection the fnl
lowltij; table will bo Illuminating. It
Is supplied by the P. Hums company,
packers and exporters, of Ca'gary. and
Fhows the average monthly price paid
for hogs for the six years Ml" to 1!'5
Inclusive. When one considers tho lo
initial cost of the land und the small
overhead cost of maintenance and
feed, these prices challontrn rompsri
nun. 1110 1!11 l'U2 1913 1914 lit 1 5
January. . " X s " $''"!
Feb 7 -1i R'4 RHj 8 .'
March. .. ' 8 8Vi 7i 7.1'i
April .... 7 M- S4 R-Ti R."i;
Mav 7 0 1'4 7 S.?1
Inne 7 S'i K fi.SS .:!0
July 7 Ri R f R 12
August ..S 8 R'-i 84 84 7.!T.
Spt 8 '4 9 S 7 S';
Oct 8 -8'i 84 ? 9--
Nov 74 ! S'4 7 OVi H.Vi
Doe 7s; R'j 8i 714 'U 8-"'-j
A farmor of Monarch. Alberta,
claims the distinction of being the Hrst
In the province to sell a carload of
hogs at the high price. of eleven cents
a pound, live weight. The sale was
made a short time ago at Calgary, and
at that time was a record, ullhou;;li
prices have since gone as high as
$11,124 Ppr hundredweight. With
such prices availuble for hogs the
rarmer has a markpt for everything
his farm produces, as there is prim
tlcally no farm product which cannot
bo converted into good hog flesh. The
uncertainty of results which attends
grain farming oven under most favor
able conditions Is removed when the
settler goes In for raising hogs, beef
aud dairy products. With Western
Cartuda's cheap lands, heavy crops, and
climate free from diseases of stock,
the stock farmer Is as sure of success
is anyone can bei Advertisement.
If They Told tho Truth.
"Mr. Chairman. I'm glad to say thai
1 can't make an interesting upeooli.
but even If I could 1 wouldn't wast.)
it on so much Intelligence as I boo be
fore me this evening sitting, as you
are, hall' dazed with food, alcohol an l
tobacco."
"Well, good-by, Mrs. I)lamontlba k.
I'vo had a dull wea'.tend. But I ex
pooled It, anyway. Ono of the things
we have to endure. Isn't It? Hop'
you'll get a better cook tho next tini
I come."
"You'd nover know this was a sec
t.r.dhnnd car, would you? The ensino
hasn't boon touched for five years, but
a new coat of paint luns given it a fine
appearance, hasn't it? Worth SfTIi
Sell It to you for $,"00." Life.
New Ciuse of Delay.
"Good gracious! Wlf)! We'll be
late for the theater! ren't you near
ly ready?" shouted tho husband from
the foot of tho otuirs.
"In a minute, dear," came back t'.io
reply.
"Does It take all this tlmo to put
your hat on?"
"Oil, I've had my hat on for a long
time." .
"Well, what on tarth detains you?"
"I'm putting op, my sputs!" Yotik
era Statesman.
As a doer-hunting state Vermont
now rivals Maine, with ti.O'iO door
killed in 1915. compared with from
8,000 to 10,000 in the Maine wilder
ness. - ;
riTH, ri'ir.irPHY, ri,t.i?jo fucunkss
Htiippvil UuU'klv, Till; Ter f nninU'inipt
iii-i !-n etTir. Kline's Koili p.r Mrjitlne IO"ie
IftillK rnHIIIIH. I.AteiHl'H'lAL HOT-ll.tf HIKR.
U.1ME WIMI'AM, lt,.d lluuk, M. J.-AJ'-
Toople who nevtn roqulre the serf
ices of a doctor lo not always
well. , i
Some chesty' men are naiTO
minded.
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