TIIE 0IT1ZIJN. AVEDNESDAY, AUG. 8, 1010. 1 THE LOCKED GATE More Effective Than the Intend ed Ride From the Station. Dy RUTH EDWARDS. "Well, 1 never!" Gladys sat down on the bank of the little stream nnd piss ed despairingly nt the rustic bridjre above her. "If tlint Isn't Just like hluil 'Ho Thoroughfare mid tbe Bute lock cd nnd too high to climb. Now, what on eartb nni I to dp auyway V" Tbe whispering wind nnd tbe lap ping waves gave ber no reply, nnd. pulling n letter out of tbe frout of bur blouse, she read it for tbo tblrd or fourth time thru day. It seemed to re store her self confidence. She laughed to herself wickedly. "Hum! Mrs. Gra ham Is a dear, but 1 fancy 1'vo fooled that conceited Jnck of hers. No, thnuls you; no four mile drive with him. I'm down here, to be sure, but I won't speak two words to him nil the time I stay if 1 enn help It. So! Oh. dear. 1 wish I had a boat!'' As if in nnswer to ber desire a red canoe shot out from beyond tho bend nnd came noiselessly down tho river A mnn sat In tho stern wielding the paddle with a swift grace. Gladys nroso among the long grass and the dnlsles. Her mind wns mado up. "I beg pardon," she cnlled as he came nbrenst of ber. "Can you tell me If there is n way of getting to Mr. Grahnm's estate except by this bridge? It seems to be closed." Tbo man In the canoe rested his pad dle across his Unees nnd gnzed at her admiringly. "Why, I" he began, then stopped. "There is an approach by tho road." he said, "but it is quite two miles to the other side." "Oh," she said, "I know! But I've walked so far nlrendy." She glanced ruefully down at her dusty pntent leather ties. "AVould you allow mo?" bo asked ea gerly. "I could take you across In my canoe." She blushed charmingly. "I hate to trouble you." "1 assure you it would give mo the greatest pleasure." bo said, with an other admiring glance. With a dexterous stroko or two he brought tho graceful little craft up to the bank and landed. He was tall and brown and broad shouldered, and as he stood looking down at her ho saw a little slender girl with tho longest eye lashes that ever drooped over a pair of gray eyes, in a dark blue foulard, bare headed In tbe golden sunlight, a big black hat held in one hand. On her forehead and nround her ears danced little truant wisps of curly hair. He helped her into tho canoe nnd piled the gay cushions at ber back, then stepped In nfter her. "Where are you going?" Bho asked as he pointed tho canoe upstream. "I understood you to say you would take me across," she ndded. with some statellness. "That's such a nasty place to land," he replied apologetically. "Ifs much better a little farther up." His dark eyes sought hers, and they both laughed. It was obvious to the most casual observer that tho sloping shore of the other sldo was most ad mirably adapted for beaching tho ca noe. "You seem well acquainted with the river," she said demurely. "Do you know tho Grahams?" He did not answer Immediately. "Yes; charming woman. Mrs. Gra ham," he admitted at last "Oh, yes; lovely. It's a pity her son doesn't take after her," Gladys re plied, with high scorn. Her companion grinned. "It's evi dent you know him." he said. "Well. I haven't seen him in years, but when I saw him last he was abso lutely the most disagreeable, most con ceited and altogether most hateful boy I ever carao across." Gladys sat up quite straight among her cushions with a sudden energy. "Poor Jack!" murmured her compan ion. "Still, If you haven't seem him for years it Isn't Impossible that he has Improved." "Improved! Well, I'm sure I hope so. There certainly was room for Improve ment. But I don't believe he has. The Idea of shutting people out by locking up that bridge tho way ho has! It's just like him. So afraid any one would get into his domains. Just as though any one with senso would want to." "Exactly. But possibly ho wants to keep out that class of peoplo supposed to bo braver than angels, you know." "Fools?" she questioned. 'Then they both laughed again. "You're not very polite," she said. "How can you expect me to bo sym pathetic when tho brldgo being locked has given me this pleasure?" "Oh!" sho exclaimed, with Incredu lous eyes. "Anyway, I forgive you. But if I'd had my way I shouldn't have been hero at all." "Now it's you that are Impolite," ho said. "Yes, and ungrateful," sho admitted frankly. "It's simply lovely out here. It's tho only pleasant thing about the wholo trip. Goodness, If you only knew how I hated to como! I wept day and night for weeks. But mother was adamant." no looked at her appreciatively, wondering how. any human being could be proof against eyes like thoso filled with tears. "Mothers aro Inconsistent at times," bo said. "Mine, for lustance, has been systematically Indulging nnd spoiling roe all my llfo and now has taken It Into ber bead that I must marry a girl sho has picked out for me, whother I want to or uot" "Why, that's just tho question on which mother and 1 differed." Gladys I gasped. "She nnd his mother arranged K nil years ago, It seems, and he's un 1 manly enough to keep her to her word, though he must know 1 hate him. You ! wouldn't find n girl doing n thing Uko ! that!" I "Wouldn't you, though? This partlc i alar young lady of whom I speak Is ! of so clinging a disposition that, ac cording to my mother, sho will never know happiness unless I brnco up nnd woo. Why In thunder sho should bo In lovo with a man bIio hasn't seen since sho waB a child Is moro than I can conceive!" no paddled angrily for a moment. Then ouco again his eyes met hers, nnd they laughed. "Wo seem to bo Dguratively as well as literally In tho same boat;" sho re marked. "Tho thought makes mo quite fond of you." "Ah, if I could but believe you in earnest!" ho sighed, with nu exagger ated gallantry. She darted him nnothcr look from under her lashes. "Weren't you smoking when I called to you?" she asked presently. "Why, there's your pipe. Do let mo (111 It for you. I lovo to fuss with pipes." "It's all I need to complete my hap piness," ho nssured her ns he handed her his pipe. "My pouch Is In tho left hand pocket of my coat. Can you get It? It's right behind you there." Sho leaned back and secured tho thin sergo coat, rummaged In his pocket and brought forth n chamois pouch elaborately embroidered with the in itials "J. G." In crimson. Sho looked nt tho inscription for n moment, then at its owner. no wntched her as sho pressed, tho tobacco into tho bowl with a delicate thumb. "There," she said ns she hand ed it to him. "Lean over and I'll light it for you." She shaded the sputtering match with her hand and npplied the flame to tho tobacco, nor face was very near his, and It was a face to set a man longing. She settled herself onco moro among the cushions. "Isn't this comfy?" she sighed, with satisfaction. "When I re member that walk from DIgby In all the dust I can't realize It's mo." "Great ScottI Did you walk from Digby?" "Yes. You see, they wrote that a certain person would meet me nt Grn hamsford, so I got out at Dlgby and walked. Anything was better than a four mile ride with tho person who was coming to meet me. That's why I'm here." "What a coincidence!" he exclaimed as ho knocked the ashes from his pipe. "At this moment I am supposed to be driving homo from Grahamsford with a young lady whom I didn't want to meet That's why I'm hero!" Sho was busy watching tho ripples that followed tho canoe. "It appears to me our mothers have been fibbing," she said musingly. "Bless their hearts!" ho exclaimed fervently. "I forglvo them, don't you? Besides, I am just discovering that your mother at least spoko tho truth And I mean to bo obedient in all things from this tlmo forth forevermore," he added boldly. "Amen." sho said, with mock so lemnity. "But how self sacrificing!" Then, with a look that set his heart beating, "Well, I will not bo outdone in filial devotion." Uer lashes flickered against her reddening check. With one stroke he beached the canoo among the shadows of the trees. An hour later Mrs. Graham came to meet them down tho long avenue bor dered with oaks. "My dear children!" sho cried joyful ly. "I see It Is all right. I know that rldo from tho station would be just the thing." Innuendo. When founded on fact tho malicious hint often does vastly more harm than the full disclosure. It has about It an air of mystery which brings on n train of Imaginings nnd begets groundless suspicions which would quickly melt into thin air were the whole truth known. Moro especially is this the case when tho evil hint is blended with words of commendation. "He's an honest and a temperato man, etc., but" Oh, that mean, vile, hypocrlt Icul little "but" that has severed so many friendships and befouled so many a fair uanie! Where so much of good is spoken and tho mean little "but" uttered with a regretful sigh It often looks like real pity. In reality It Is but decking out nnd garlanding the victim for tho sacrifice. The encomium Is used only ns a means of attaining a dastardly purpose. "With colors fair er painting their foul ends." Tho slan derer Is frequently but u clumsy blun derer; not so the skillful Innuendo man. Ho at least Is no bungler. Ho Is a real tactician, a genuine strategist nis Is verily the refinement of cruelty. Baltimore Sun. Building Superstitions. In remote times n sacrifice of some kind was always offered nt tbo comple tion of n building, either public or pri vate. Sacrifices were not only offered nt tho completion of structures of nil kinds. Tho foundations themselves were usually laid In blood, whether the structuro wns n castle, bridge, cottage or church. Originally tracing tho sub ject back to heathenish times tho sac rifice was offered to the god under whose protection tho building was placed. In early Christian times tho bloody rite wns retained, but was given another significance. lu thoso days it wns generally believed that no cdlfico would Btand unless tho cornerstone was laid in mortar mixed with blood. Usually tho blood was obtained by sac rificing a dog, a pig, a wolf, a black cock or a goat, and not infrequently some malefactor's blood was poured out to make tho ceremony moro Impressive. DAIRY- fl CREAMERY TO BUILD UP A DAIRY HERD. Requires Time and a High Ideal Must Be Constantly Striven for. To build up n dairy herd Is not a Bhort task. It requires In tho first plnce a fixed Ideal In the mind of tho owner. He must set his stnkcs nt a mark townrd which ho must endeavor to move constantly, advancing from year to year. Thcro Is a well-known dairy herd In Illinois, the owner of which has sot his mark higher and higher for years, every time reaching tho high est limit by following n set method. This man cares nothing for record ed pedigrees. Ho prefers pure-bred cows if they reach up to his mnrk, otherwise ho takes' thoso of any blood or breeding. When he buys a cow ho Insists on tho privilege of milk ing hor several times nnd testing her milk with tho Babcock tester. When ho began the dairy business, a poor man, he set his stakes at 200 pounds of butter a year from each cow. This was not to be the avorngo of the herd, but the lowest limit for each individual cow. As rapidly as the cows failed to reach this mark they were sold and replaced with bet ter ones. Calves from tho best cows were kept for members of the herd, nnd thoroughly tested after they came In milk, to bo retained or rejected ac cording to the test they showed. In the course of time the 200-pound mark was reached and the limit was raised 50 pounds, and by following the same method he built up his herd to the new mark. Then he set the limit at 300 pounds In a year, and toward this he is pro gressing 'as rapidly as possible, al though as the limit Is raised progress is slower. He has now been In the business long enough to select heifers from his own herd which come up to his re quirements. Although he ceased a few years ago to sell his milk to a butter factory, he still insists on tho butterfat test as to the merits of his cows, and his well-earned reputation makes his milk in such demand that he cannot supply all that Is called for. The dairyman who does not set a high mark, and test his cows regu larly and systematically, will always carry In the herd some cows who are kept at a loss, to reduce average of the herd. It seems like a strong statement to make, but It Is no doubt true, as was said by the dairy commissioner of a great State dairy, that if the poorer half of the cows of the Stato were sold off the dairy profits of the Stato would be doubled. If but tho better half of the cows wore kept the feed consumed by the unprofitable ones would bo saved, the work would bo halved and the profits from those kept would be more than double those of the herds as now con stituted. The volume of butter-and-mllk pro duction would bo decreased, no doubt, if this course were pursued, and tho consumer would ho called upon to pay higher prices; but the dairyman would double his profits, and that should be tho object sought In any business. Many dairymen arc trying to find tho mothod which will allow them to keep the largest number of cows on a given acreage. A much better object would be sought If they wero to try to secure tho largest possible" number of cows which will produce n pound of butter every day for ten months of their activities. Straw in the Manure. Owing to its abundanco, straw Is added to barnyard manure, but it can bo made more serviceable If made fine with the feed cutter before being used. While straw may soon rot after bolng mixed with mnnuro, yet in n line condition It is a much bettor absorbent and can bo forked into tho manure with advantage. When load ing and spreading mauuro thcro is a saving of labor even handling tlrat which Is fine, and the mnnure will bo moro valuable because blio loss of ammonia will bo arrested by tho uso of suitable absorbent materials. Essentials in Good Butter. First, cleanliness; socond, good feed; third, good breed ot cows. The best way to markot Is to prlvato cus tomers, says a writer In Dakota Farmor. In this way I supply about CO pounds n week, but do not uso any commercial coloring, as cows proporly fed and of good breed will color tho butter well enough. Dairy Notes. It Is much easier to prevent tho growth of horns on tho holfer calves than it Is to dehorn a grown animal. Whon the consumer can rest as sured that his milk won't novo dirt and filth sottlod in the bottom of tbo glass from which he drinks, bo will pay blgb for his milk. rqadmakingIf THE FARMER AND THE ROAD. He Is Withdrawing His Objection to Improvement of Highways. Tho problem of highways has prob ably concerned the farmers of this country moro than any other class of people, Inasmuch as upon them alone, for many years, developed tho build ing nnd maintaining of tho roads. From tho old tortuous woods roads following tho Btreams very lnrgely, or a blazed trail over the hills and moun tains, tho corduroys and slab ways through tho swnmps and lowlands to tho present good and Improved high ways graded and straightened almost to tho grade ot a steam railroad, tho farmers hnvo largely been tho factor bearing the burden of expenso, nnd therefore tho ones most to be reckon ed with. In tho early history of tho country tho blazed trail and first wagon roads were winding nnd long, often making tho dlstnnce double that which now is as tho country has been cleared and the roads straightened and graded. As the country was fettled and new farms were opened up now highways were built without much thought as to grado and lino, and to-day we have in many states, especially in tho oast, very crooked nnd I. regular roads. Gradually tho sentiment for bettor nnd improved roads has grown; tho coming of the bicycle" started tho movement with greater acceleration than any other one thing for many years; then the arrival of the automo bile has no doubt culminated in the climax of road Improvement by creating a greater interest with tho wholo people until all aro ready to lond a hand In the Improvement of tho highways. The farmers at first, have been loath to favor the more expensive Im provement of the roads believing tho movement was largely In the Interest of the manufacturers and users of au tomobiles, but be that as It may, as soon as an Improved road Is properly constructed through a farming sec tion, the farmer is brought at once to see the value of It In the great ad vantage to him In the movement of his produce to market, and since tho whole people are assisting In the ex pense, we farmers are withdrawing our objections and are willing to as sist The President on Good Roads. That the movement for road Im provement Is approved by the Presi dent of the United States is shown by the following extract from a letter written concerning the project of building a highway from Washington to Richmond: "I regard this as part of the gen eral good roads movement In tho country, and I have pleasure In say ing that there Is no movement that I know of that will have a more direct effect to alleviate the difficulties and burdens of the farmer's life, will stimulate the traffic, and add to tho general happiness of the people moro than tho establishment of good roads throughout the country. "I do not think that because this may have been stimulated by peoplo using automobiles It is to be frowned upon, for while persons using automo biles are by no means the most Im portant In the community, the fact that their sharp Interest has focused tho attention of tho public on tho movement entitles them to credit." Object Lesson In Road Building. A modern highway, 275 miles long, through the "short grass country" In Western Kansas would not only prove an Illuminating object lesson for the entire stato but for all tho country as well. The peoplo of western Kan sas have started a movement to af ford the world just that object lesson in road building. From Newton to tho Colorado line It Is proposed to construct a continuous boulevard along tho Arkansas river and call It "Tho Now Santa Fo Trail." Kansas City Times. Laboratory to Test Road Materials. Tho University of Alabama has completed a laboratory for testing road materials, and already a number of tests have been made for towns nnd counties throughout the stato. Tho purposo of this new feature of tho engineering department Is to bo of material assistance, to tho different communities and at tho samo tlmo give tho students practical In struction in road building, a branch of tho profession which is rapidly grow ing In Importance, Narrow Country Roads. Persons who aro making a study of good roads claim that tho highways of tho United States aro much too wide. In Germany the roads average from 21 to 30 feot In width nnd car ry an ouonnous amount of traffic whllo In our open country; In tho western Btatos where traffic Is com paratively light wo make tho roads CO to CO foot wldo out ot land worth $100 per acre, and nllow three-fourths of the highway to grow up In weeds Good roads aro also an encourage ment to walking and tho long dis tance leisurely tramps across coun try that aro becoming more nnd moro popular during tho season ot fair wouthor. Theso- tramps oxort a distinct and valuable influence in up lifting tho average, standard ot sound hoalth among dwellers In cities, whoro tho convenient stroet car dis courages travel afoot" The Origin of Oxygen. That eminent scientist Lord Kelvin maintained that all tho oxygen In the atmosphere probably originated from tho action of sunlight upon plants. When our earth was n globo of hot liquid it contained no vcgctablo fuel nnd probably no freo oxygen. But as it cooled off plants appeared on Its surface, nnd these began to evolve oxygen through the Tnedlum of tho sunbeams. Upon tho oxygen thus de rived wo depend for tho maintenance of llfo by breathing; When wo burn coal or other vegetable fuel wo uso up oxygen, nnd It Is to plants again that wo owo tho restoration of tho oxygen thus lost to tho air. If they failed to keep up n sufficient supply tho atmos phere would gradually part with Its oxygen, and tbe Inhabitants of tho earth would disappear In consequence of asphyxiation. In Westminster Abbey. Fox's tomb Is perbnps the most ridic ulous In tbo abbey, but others run It hard tbo naked figure of General Wolfe supported by one of his staff In full regimentals and receiving a crown from Victory; William Wllber forco apparently listening to Sheridan telling a comic talc nnd contorting his features in the endeavor not to laugh; tho Sir Cloudcslcy Shovel, In periwig nnd Roman toga, which excited tho mirth even of contemporaries, and all tho monuments erected by the East India company, with palm trees and other tropical exuberances, to tho memory of great soldiers, like Sir Eyre Coote. From tho point of view of good tnsto a dictator would bo Justified in dismissing these nnd many more to tho stonemnson's yard. Cornhlll Mag azine. How Pausanlus Died. Pausanlus. tho Greek general, died by self administered poison. When hotly pursued by those sent to appre hend him on a charge of treason and sacrilege he took refuge In tho sanc tuary of a temple. Unable to remove him by force and aso unwilling to violate tho sanctuary, tho officers wall ed up tho entrance and began to un roof tho building. AVhen ho could bo seen they noticed that ho was chewing something which proved to bo a quill filled with poison. By the time the work had sufficiently ndvanced to ad mit of their entrance he was in a dy ing condition. Secret For Secret. In the days of Louis XIV. even war riors bandied epigrams with one an other. The Marechal de Grammont bad tak en a fortress by siege. "I will tell you a secret" said its military governor after surrendering. "The reason of my capitulation was that I had no more powder." "And, secret for secret," returned the marechal suavely, "the reason of my accepting It on such easy terms was that T had no more balls." 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Not Necessarily Dirty When They Kequlrc Clennlng, "A watch isn't necessarily dirty When It requires cleaning," says a watchmaker. "It may need clean ing When It hasn't oven been worn. "A common cause of this Is that the oil In the works has dried up and become sticky, causing tho watch to go slow, or oven to Btop. In this case It not only wants cleaning, but also the nddltlon of fresh oil. "Tho best oil for this purposo Is obtained from tho Jawbone of the porpoise, and kindred flBh. Many watchmakers mix tho!r own oil from various kinds. "Clocks also Btop for no apparent reason. During a thunderstorm, for instance a clock may stop, only resuming work when minutes, days, or even weeks have passed. "Thunderstorms again, have been responsible for the restarting of old clocks which apparently had retired altogether from active service." Answers. Utilizing a Glacier. In France the Alpine glacier Ice Is spoken ot ns hottllle blanche, "white coal," because of tho mechanical pow er supplied by the streams to which It gives rise. One of the greatest of these "rivers of Ice" Is tho Glacier des Bossons, on the northern slopo ot Mont Blanc, nt Chamounl. Lately this glacier has become a source of suppy of Ice for domestic purposes. More than 100,000 pounds ot the glacier Ice is sent to Lyons every summer. It Is remarkable for Its ex treme purity. The Ice Is detached from the mass of glacier In blocks of suitable size by 'exploding gunpowder in drilled holes. Dynamite was tried, but It shattered the Ice. and also Im parted to It an objectionable yellow tinge. First British Paper. The British journal entitled to tho description "the first dally paper" was the Dally Courant of London, begun on March 11, 1702, by "E. Mallet, agaln3t the Dutch at Fleet Bridge." It was a single page of two columns and professed to give solely foreign news. Iron Tli'n ns Tissue. Sheet Iron Is relied so thin at the Iron ml Is that 15,000 sheets are re quired to make a single Inch In thickness. Light shines as readily through one of these sheets aa through ordinary tissue paper. Paris Taxes. Everything which enters the city of Paris Is taxel. All of the market women bring ng In fru'.t an 1 the truck gardeners bringing in their loads of vegetables have to pay the city tax. Bought, nnd which has been has homo tho signature of nnd has been mado under his per sonal supervision sinco its infancy. Allow no one to clccclvo you in tliis. Signature of X I X "'X J x KRAFT & CONGER HONESDALE, PA. Reoresent Reliable Companies (ONLY AN an
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