. ra
a oi^Pf ce
STEVE CALDWELL'S vacation
at North Harbor had not been
profitable. He had not rested,
had not found Ills affinity
amongst the lawn-decked beauties of
the place, was tired, remorseful and—
"broke." Thursday, having counted
his small change and telephoned home
for enough money to pay his bill, he
determined to leave on the Saturday
night boat. He told himself that the
summer girls of North Harbor had
"worked him to a finish." He called
himself "a mark," and vowed that
thereafter he would "vacate" in some
trackless, primeval forest, where the
wiles of women penetrate not and
where high balls and penny ante are
remote and uncanny memories.
Then he met Miss Glendcunin and
the whole face of nature was changed.
The dowdy little summer resort be
came a paradise; he yearned to prolong
his visit; the horizon suddenly expand
ed, the skies lifted and he noticed the
pungent perfume of young summer in
the air. But he was broke—flat broke,
and rhapsodize as he might about her
beauty, her gentleness, her evident re
gard for himself, he could not see any
Si
iin
W
' A
/ ,1/
REMORSEFUL AND BROKE.
way to cash oti the delirium. He had
met her twice and was sure he had
"made an impression." There could
be no doubt as to what she had done,
for Steve had not known her a day
when he was telegraphing to his house
for permission to extend his vacation.
They sakl "No" very curtly, and he
moped. Jerry Mowatt, who had come
with Steve and who disapproved of his
extravagance, saw ids friend's lower
ing frown and asked, "What's matter,
Stevie?"
"I'm broke," said Caldwell.
"Shouldn't be surprised. So'm I.
But you're going home, aren't you 7"
"Yep. Got to."
"But you're sick of the hole, aren't
you?"
■ "N-no—that Is, I'd like it if I could
afford it."
But when Saturday came and he had
the check, just enough to pay his bill,
Caldwell couldn't make up his mind to
go. To brace himself for the test ho
paid his last .$3 to the hotel clerk and
the next minute wished he had kept it.
lie couldn't go without another tete-a
tete with Miss Glendennin. lie took
a walk that led him down toward the
beach past her cottage. Her mother
was in the verandah, but Anne, his
loadstar, was at a lawn fete. He moped
back to his hotel. The next day was
Sunday. Caldwell, worshiping from
afar, saw Miss Glendennin and her
mother go into the village church. He
went in, too, and sat droning in a back
pew during the dull service. When
they came out he was on the walk,
beaming, glorified with the reflected
light of her countenance,
i "Oil, we're so glad to see you, Mr.
Caldwell," she said. "We're going to
have a midday dinner at the hotel
tired of our cottage fare, you know.
Have you tried the Shelburne cuisine?
They say it's wonderful."
They were walking now, he holding
her white lace parasol and she setting
his heart afire with the flash of her
twinkling, black eyes.
"Would you honor me by coming as
my guests to the Pines?" he said des
perately, remembering that his
ought to be good there.
But old Mrs. Glendennin broke in
with: "We'll be Jeligbted to be your
guests, Mr. Caldwell, but won't you
humor us by taking us to the Shel
burne? It's all the same to you, I
suppose, and Anne has her heart set
on the music there. Haven't you,
Anne?"
And so to the Shelburne tney went,
Steve trying to forget that he had less
than a dollar, living only each succes
sive moment in her presence, hectic
with alternate joy and embarrassment,
till they were well along toward the
coffee. He urged the Indies to order
this, that and the other—anything that
would defer the catastrophe and pro
long his rapture. On tenter hooks of
delight and terror, at last he saw Mow
att strolling across the verandah. He
hailed his friend as a deliverer, and
.Terry was soon chatting with them.
No, he would have nothing; he had
just dined; he was going for a sail
with the Hildebrandts. Steve winked,
grimaced and In a dozen ways tried to
send him wireless telegrams of distress
—financial distress—but Mowatt, curse
him, either could not or would not see
them.
Matters were becoming desperate.
Steve saw the waiter making out the
bill. He excused himself a moment
and tried to walk jauntily as he ap
proached the cashier's desk. He ex
plained that he had "left his money
in his other suit." Was he a guest of
the Shelburne? No. Then the cashier
was "very sorry to say, but," etc.
Steve grew red and gray by turns, but
he went back to his table and sat like
a graven image for a whole minute.
Then he twiddled his watch chain i
furiously for another minute. Miss
Glendennin, who sat next to him, no
ticed the ruby Chinese ring he wore on
the chain and leaned over to examine
It Here was a brief but priceless
oasis in the desert of his troubles. He
felt the pressure of her perfect hand
upon his arm. He caught the vague
fragrance of her ebon hair. But Mow
att came around suddenly, shook bands
with Steve, and said good-by. Cald
well could have throttled him as he
stood an instant grinning into his face. !
It was evident that Jerry understood
the awful predicament his friend was j
In, and was deliberately deserting him. |
But the economical villain gave Steve I
no chance to say a word, much less to
make a quick and dexterous "touch."
He bowed grandily to the ladles and
was gone like a flash.
As Caldwell turned round he caught
a fleeting look of puzzled curiosity up
on the expressive face of his idol.
"She's on to me," he thought, and
blushed like a schoolboy. Mrs. Glen
dennin was getting nervous. The
waiter had brought the finger bowls
long ago and was skulking near a pil
lar with anticipation of a liberal fee.
Steve's right hand wandered aimlessly
Into his trouser's pocket.
"Eighty-five cents, count 'em," he
thought, grimly biting his mustache.
Then his fingers stole up into his vest
pocket. He felt n hard, round bit of
metal, clutched it, looked at Miss
Glendennin and turned purple. He
pulled out a $lO gold piece and tried
to look his gratitude at her. He suc
ceeded in looking foolish, but she
smiled faintly and sighed with pleased
relief. The old lady noticed nothing.
Steve paid the bill and gave the bob
bing waiter a dollar. When they
walked into the cool air Caldwell felt
| as a man feels whose reprieve is de
| livered at the gallow's trap. He was
: sure now that Anne, his Anne, was an
angel. Sucli tact, such sympathetic
acumen, such considerate regard for
his feelings, his dignity, his vanity!
He told her, in a whisper, that site
was a goddess. In the evening he
found that Jerry was yet out on the
water, so lie borrowed a $lO gold piece
from lite hotel clerk and hastened to
his tryst with Miss Glendennin. It
was midnight when lie returned to his
room and found Mowatt in pajamas
smoking a pipe.
Jerry, said Caldwell, "I'm going to
marry that girl—yes, Miss Glendennin,
if I can, and I think I can. You didn't
see that I was broke to-day at dinner,
did you? Of course not. You found
it easy to go blind, deaf and dumb all
at ouee. But I forgive you. Do you
know what she did? She saw Z was In
a fix about settling the bill and she
managed to slip a $lO gold piqge into
my pocket while she was examining
this watch charm. I'd die for a woman
like that, Jerry."
"But are you sure? How do you
know?"
"I made her admit it to-night. Ff-st
she said no, of course, and tried to get
angry when I insisted on paying bet
back, but "
"But what?"
"Finally, when she saw that it would
grate on my pride to resist longer, she
look hack her ten."
Mowatt smoked furiously for five
minings. Steve, speechless with ex
citement, began to lose his temper,
"Well," lie bawled at last, "aren't
you going to say a word?"
"Steve," drawled Mowatt, lolling
hack in his chair, "if 1 were you I
wouldn't have anything to do with—
Anne—Miss Glendennin."
"Why?" snapped Caldwell.
"Well, she bunkoed you out of that
ion, that's all."
"But don't you see it was her ten, I
was paying it hack. She put it "
"No, she didn't. I slipped that ton
Into your vest pocket myself."—John
H. Itaftery, in the Chicago Record-
Herald.
Safest of All Safe Places.
Tlie fact that a nod iu one of our
great hospitals is the safest of ail safe
places for any one who is ill has been
driven home among the working
classes in London by personal experi
ence. The people who know best, those
who have again and again been in the
hospitals themselves, are found in an
ever-increasing crowd bringing up their
( sick to be cured, and clamoring lot
admission.—London Hospital.
Thick ita Leavea.
] In Liverpool, which Is the densest
1 and unliealthiest district iu England,
I the population is 03,823 to the square
I mile.
pga^fTFTcrO
P, PVSTRJ^^|
The artesian well at Grenelle, Paris,
took ten years of continuous work be
fore water was struck, at a depth of
1780 feet. At 1259 feet over 200 feet
of boring-rod broke and fell into the
well, and It was ilfteen months before
it was recovered. Allow of 900,000
gallons per day is obtained from it, the
bore being eight inches.
The English cotton manufacturers,
who have for so long a time depended
an the United States for their raw ma
terial, have raised a guarantee fund of
,$250,000 for the purpose of promoting
the cultivation of cotton within the
British Empire. It is believed that the
plant may be successfully grown in
many places, particularly in some of
the regions that England has acquired
in equatorial Africa. Major Austin,
who made a journey from Omduruian
to Mombasa, recently read a paper be
fore the Royal Geographical Society
in which he said that wild cotton
grows freely near the Akobo River.
When we need oxygen gas for the
calcium light or for medical use we
must now buy it from a manufacturer,
compressed into heavy iron cylinders.
It is possible that in the future we may
be able to make it as we want it, says
Success. M. Jnubert, a French chem
ist, has devised a substance that he
calls "oxylitb," which consists of cer
tain of the higher oxids of the alkaline
metals. When water is poured on this
substances oxygen is produced from
calcium carbid in the ordinary acety
lene cycle lamp. This property makes
It possible to devise n simple generator
which will produce fresh oxygen just
when it is needed, and only as long as
it is needed. M. Jaubert was led to j
his invention in the course of an at- J
tempt to make a simple renewer of air i
for submarine boats.
Part of the scheme of preparation for
the assumption of Japan's part as a
world power, and supplementing the
extraordinary activity of the Mikado's
naval agents, is the provision of facili
ties for building ships without the aid
of foreign countries. The most difficult
consideration has been to secure a com
plete armor-plate mill, hut according
to recent advices, the deficiency has
now been made up by the purchase of
a plant in England. The mills fur
pished are among the largest in the
world. No other mill, it is said, has
rolls of equal diameter, namely, forty
eight inches, and with these it is pos
sible to deal with an ingot direct from
the furnace and to dispense with the
intermediary process of squeezing un
der an hydraulic press. The English
engineering fraternity is congratulat
ing itself on having secured this valua
ble order.
The Salmon.
Whether we consider beauty of form
and color, garaincss, food quality or
abundance and size of individuals, dif
ferent members of this group stand
easily with the first among fishes.
The Salmonidoe are confined to the
northern hemisphere, and north of 40
degrees they are everywhere abundant
where suitable waters are found. In
North America alone not fewer than
sixty-two species and sub-species are
now recognized by ichthyologists.
Some of the species, especially the
larger ones, are marine and anndro
raous, living and growing in the sea,
and entering fresh water only to
spawn. Such are the five species of
salmon of the west coast of America.
Still others live in the small rivers and
running brooks, entering lakes or the
sea as occasion serves, but not habit
ually doing so. Such are some of the
species of trout, of the genera Salmo
and Salvelinus. Others, again, are
lake fishes, approaching the shore or
entering brooks In the spawning sea
son, at other times retiring to deeper
waters. Of these are the whitefislies
and herrings of the Great Lakes and
northward.—From The Mystery of the
Salmon, by Barton W. Evermann, in
Outing.
The Old Surf Hatli.
It is not so many years ago when
surf bathing of a very primitive kind
prevailed at the eastern end of Long
Island, and, for aught I know, at other
points. Every Saturday morning or
afternoon, as the tide willed, through
out the summer, big farm wagons
trundled down to the beach and were
swung around abreast of the line of
breakers. Old fish houses served the
purpose of modern bathing pavilions,
and the sea costumes were those of last
year's village street. A long rope was
drawn from under the seats and
hitched to the wheel, and then some
sturdy ex-whaler or life crew man, in
red lianuel shirt and old trousers tied
at the ankles, slipped his wrist through
the loop at the end of this primitive
lifeline, and, wading out, kept it as
taut as circumstances permitted, while
the women and children hung to it and
revelled and wallowed and shrieked,
rejoicing in their "Saturday tub."—
From Surf Bathing, in Outiug.
Eccentric Dunkard I'antor.
There took place nt Hancock, Md.,
recently, the funeral of Rev. Jacob
Weller, an aged Dunkard preacher,
who had been pastor of one of the
village churches for more than forty
years, during which time he never ac
cepted a salary or other compensation,
and never took up a collection.
Ho married more couples and bap
tized more people than any other
Dunkard prpafher. He was an orator
of unusual gifts. ft> is said that he
never wore a cravat.
AMERICANS LIKE FROG 3. >
They Now Eat Twice a Many ae the
French, So Cafe Proprietor Sayi.
"The eating of frogs' legs is consid
ered a la Franeaise," said an up town
restaurateur, the other day, to one of
his guests, "but as a matter of fact
more frogs at the present time are
killed for the table in this country
than In France. I have no means of
estimating how great the business of
killing frogs for the market has grown
In this country, but 1 am warranted
when I say that twice as many are
served for the American palate every
day as on the tables of the French.
"In France the frogs are raised for
the most part in what have been
termed froggeries. Here they grow in
our creeks and ponds, nnd are caught
by the hook or speared. By the way,
did you ever undertake to catch a
frog?"
"Never did," answered the guest.
"It is great sport," replied the pro
prietor of the cafe. "Ycu think that
you have got a whale on the end of
your line. A fly or a piece of red rag
will do for bait, and for that mntter
the bullfrog will grab at anything red
with more avidity than an animate ob
ject. He Is like his nnmesake in his
inclinations toward this particular j
color. But when you have him on the !
hook don't let him drop into the water
again, or the chances are that he will
get a foothold and It will he impossible '
to extricate him. I have often hauled j
In a bullfrog which had In his mouth
the broken ends of old hooks and other i
similar reminders of past attempts on
his life.
"Much of the old-time aversion to tile
bullfrog has been overcome by a better
knowledge of the little animal. Indeed, i
he is not half as had as he has been !
made out to be. It has been said that
he lives on flies nnd insects. The 3ame
thing can he said of chickens and all
kinds of birds. I am sure his habits
are not as indiscriminate and uncon
ventioual as that of the hog. and the
Americans have become famous for
the raising and eating of pork."—New
York Tribune.
WISE WORDS.
A teacher is not a taskmaster.
Good things always grieve bad men.
The man who thinks leads the crowd.
An iron key may open a golden door.
Some men are born with the brakes
set.
Heroes never see themselves in the
glass.
Deep digging must go before high
building.
The love is not faultless that falters
at a fault.
The stream of life rises not above
its source.
Culture is not character, out charac
ter is culture.
Logic will not illumine until it is on
Are with love.
You cannot estimate a man's message
by the size of his mouth.
The heart within to resist evil is
better than a fence without.
The only thing that comes to the
man who waits is the dust from the
processions.
The problem is not to get an educa
tion out of politics so much as to get
education into the politicians.—ltam's
Horn.
Statues of Queen*.
There are three queens commemor
ated by statues In the city of London-
Victoria, Anne and Elizabeth—though
most Londoners would be puzzled to
find the clligy the last named. Anne
is left untouched in her lonely splen
dor in St. Paul's churchyard, says the
London Chronicle. The llgure of our
late queen at Temple Bar is being
cleaned by the corporation, as is also
that of her son and successor at the
same place, and it is to be regretted
that, while their loyalty leads them to
brighten the obstructive column which
bears these statues, it is not strong i
enough to Inspire thein lo remove that
beast that never grew (or that bird
that never flew) which crowns it. It is.
however, sad that at the church of St.
Dunstau's in the west, only a few yards
off, the greed of seat letters will pro
vent tlie kiug from seeing the tine old
cfiigy of one of the most famous of his
famous predecessors, great Elizabeth.
Probably Edward VII. will regret
that a three-guinea seat blocks his
view of the sister of Edward VI.
Some Miracles.
Miracles happen every day Once
upon a time I gave to a friend a fox ter
rier that had a predilection for chasing
carriages and barking furiously at
them. One day a wheel ran over his
right hind leg, nnd for seven months
he hopped on the other three members.
Expert surgeons were unable to restore
the use of the injured limb. But the
accident did not cure him of his evil
habit, and with one leg in the air he
continued to annoy passing drivers.
Finally a horse kicked him on his left
fore leg, breaking the bone below the
knee. When this was put in splints he
had remaining only a right fore leg and
a left hind leg for locomotion. Then
came the miracle! Being deprived of
his left fore leg he suddenly discov
ered that the long inactive right hind
leg was as good as ever, nnd forthwith
proceeded to use it as if it never had
been hurt, chasing curriages as usual.
In time the left fore leg healed, and to
day Mr. Fox has four perfectly sound
legs, and is the ]>et of the neighbor
hood.—New York Press.
Swethin's Death Kate.
Sweden's last census records the low
est death rale yet attained by a civil
ized nation. During the last ten years
it only averaged 10.49 per 1000.—Phil
adelphia Public Ledger.
She Ventured.
She ventured in the briny deep
A little while ago.
And yelled for murder, fire, police!—
A crab had pinched her toe.
And though at that momentous time
Her screams were plainly hoard.
Yet when a lobster squeezed her waist
She didn't say a word.
—Judge.
A Family Treat.
4, 1 hear you were 'hard hit' when you
met Miss Cashley".
"Not half as hard hit as I was when
I met her father."—New York World.
A Philosopher.
"Say, don't alius be worryin' about
yer next meal! I.ook it me! I'm
alius cheerful tinkln' nboul my last
one!"— New York Journal.
Worldly Wisdom.
Father—"ln choosing a wife, one
should never judge by appearances."
Son—"That's right. Often tbe pret
tiest girls have tbe lest money!"—
Puck.
Pair of Them.
Canvasser (entering office)—"l would
like to see tbe manager."
Proprietor—"Which one—the office
boy or the typewriter?"— Chicago
News.
The Real Article.
"He is a true philanthropist."
"He gives a great deal of advice."
"Yes. But he is usually ready to
accompany his advice with enough
cash to put it cn a working basis."—
Washington Star.
Near to Nature'* Heart.
Professor Bugliunter—"Don't you
love tbe primeval forest, Miss Poppy
bat?"
Miss Poppy hat—"Ob! Of course,
Professor! But then I think a park is
much more stylish."—Puck.
Netting: For Himself.
Customer—"l want fifteen yards of
netting."
Clerk—"For mosquitoes?"
Customer—"Naw, y' idiot! F'r my
self. Th' mosquitoes have got enough
comforts already."—Baltimore News.
Itelan null Kuln.
Mrs. Kranlc—"Yes, I'm fond of pets.
I have five cats and four dogs that
just rule my bouse."
Mrs. McCall—"Ah! I've often heard
of 'reigning cats and dogs.' These
must be tbe ones."—Philadelphia Press.
Hl* Suggestion.
"How can I make my boarding house
more popular?" asked Mrs. Sawedge.
"You might," replied the star board
er, squaring up a bit of steak, "you
might advertise it as furnishing all the
advantages of a gymnasium."—Detroit
Free Press.
One on George.
, "And now, George," said tbe blush
ing but practical maiden, "since every,
thing is settled and I have consented
to share your lot "
"Yes, durliug!"
"Perhaps you'd better see about hav
ing a bouse put on It!" Baltimore
News.
Worse Yet.
"I don't suppose there's anything
that makes a woman more angry in
glancing over the report of a social
function at which she considered her
j self a prominent guest than to find her
name left out."
"Unless It is to find her rival's name
left in."—Philadelphia Press.
Identified*
"Golly "WOg? Not a hit of it. Why,
(t's Brown's new motor, with its speed
shield on and himself behind it."—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Distrustful Father.
"Herbert lias a lovely disposition,"
said Ethel
"Yes," answered Ethel's father.
"Herbert's disposition is too lovely. 1
shouldn't like to trust your future to
his hands. He is the sort of person
who will bo imposed on without result
ing It. I have known him to go to a
ball game and not want to fight tbe
umpire when be gave an unjust de
cision against the home team."—Wash
ington Star.
Tbe liest Melons.
Tlie best melons are not always the
largest. Many o£ the varieties grown
are for shipment to market, and must,
therefore, hecesßorlly possess thick
rinds. A good melon should he very
sweet, and should not be stringy when
sliced, nor should the rind be very
thick. The best flavored cantaloupes
are the small ones.
Novel Cold Storage rlnn For Apples.
We had a large bay tilled to breast
girt with hay and a big straw stack
out in the yard. Not knowing what to
do with the apples, we concluded to
pile them on the hay and cover them
with straw. We made a pyramid of
apples in the middle of the mow, drew
straw aud tilled up to the plates, tramp
ing it well around the outside. We j
left the apples alone until May 8 and
overhauled them. They were in much
better condition than we expected to Jj
And them. There were not many*®
lotted. Altogether the rot aud shrink
age amounted to about ten per cent.
They were shipped to a commission
house in New York aud sold for $3 per
barrel.—New England Homestead.
Care of the Blackberry*
The olackberry patch is often a
source of disappointment to those who
do not understand the nature of the
plant The average beginnner consid
ers It very importaut to encouruge the
growth ol' as many new canes as possi
ble for the following season's bear,
ing. This tends to weaken the parent
roots at the expense of the fruit. Only
a few new canes should be allowed
to grow to each new plant during the
season. Select those most thrifty in
appearance and cut all the rest out. .
When they become weakened from I
lack of pruning or cultivation apply
top dressing of well rotted hen manure
or hardwood ashes. Cultivate If loca
tion of patch will permit, and if not,
mulch heavily.—C. B. Barrett. In The
Epitomist.
Cultivating Peaches*
The peach is one of the best fruits,
yet it is very difficult to grow fine
peaches. When I was a small boy my
father had about 300 peach trees on his
farm, and the fifth year they began to
die and in three more years they were
all dead but five, and they looked sick
ly. 1 took all rocks from a potato
patch and piled them around one of
those peach trees, when It became
thrifty and bore line fruit for twenty
years. Now we cultivate our peach or
chard until the trees are four and five
years old, and then we make a rock
pile around them, pluclng the rockA
carefully as not to injure the barkT
aud we always have fine, healthy trees
and good fruit. I don't know whether
the rock would have the same effect
on different soils, but we think it
would.—A. N. Horn, in The Epitomist.
Birds and Fruit.
I The farmer docs not complain about
the pay he gives his hired men. He
realizes that to get their services he
has to compensate them for their labor.
The birds, however, are sometimes
begrudged the fruit they take, though
they have been working In his Interest
in destroying larvae, insects and bugs
for a long time before the fruit has
ripened. Even when they are taking
their pay in eating cherries, berries,
etc., they are still destroying insects,
and their stomachs will be found to
contain a large percentage of this kind
of food.
It Is only a small percentage of th(H|
large family of birds that offends iu /
this respect. Chief among them is the
catbird, robin, cedarbird, and oriole.
A farm would be poor indeed that
could not afford some fruit in payment
for the song of the robin, the cheerful
scolding of the catbird, the pretty,
quiet ways of the little cedarbird and
the brilliant plumage and song of the
oriole, particularly as most of the time
they work hard for their living.—ll. E.
Ilaydoek, in New York Tribune
Farmer.
Benefit* of Thinning Fruit*.
The benefits derived from thinning
fruits may be briefly summarized as
follows:
First—Thinning preserves the vitalitv
of the tree by lessening the production
of seed.
Second— Thinning, if systematically
and persistently done, will cause the.
tree to bear crops more reguarly. OlfjL
years are In most cases due to the fact
that the trees nre allowed to over-bear
one year and during that year, few, It
any, fruit buds can be formed. Most
kind of fruit trees cannot produce a
large crop and mature fruit buds at the
same time.
Third—Thinning lessens the loss oc
casioned by rot and other fungus of in
fection by contact. It also in a meas
ure prevents the appearance and the
spread of diseases by permitting better
ventilation and drying of the fruit in
side of the trees.
Fourth—Thinning will produce larger
fruit.
Fifth—Thinning will produce a better
fruit by admitting more sun
light into the tree.
Sixth—Thinning tends to ripen up th ( . I
fruit more uniformly. ]
Seventh Thinning will produce a
more salable and higher priced fruit by
reason of the increase in size, higher
color and general appearance.
Eighth Thinning will preserve the
shape of the tree and prevents the
breaking of overloaded branches.—
Maryland Experiment Station Bulletin
No. 83,