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P^V' DEATH : % ?LITTINO from dish to dish morning bath In baby's m himself in the butter ai himself on the sugar bow fly again is with us. His with millions of disease goes on his way leaving de forms in his trail. Sciec ments have shown that m tica, the ordinary house most industrious and spreader of contagion in Countless thousands have bered among his victims and his toll of I infants is appalling. War to the death must be waged t death-dealing Insect. No other duty is e to the housewife as the extermination And the task is much easier now thai later when the breeding process has m numbers. . Swat the fly! One of the most remarkable advance! medicine and sanitary science haa con knowledge of the fact that many of th< derous diseases of man and animals ar the bites of infected blood-sucking ic pioneers In this discovery were Theobal Kllborne, who showed a quarter of a cent the deadly Texas fever of cattle was ca bite of a fly?the Boophllus bovis, wh come Infected by sucking the blood of tie. This great discovery was soon folio of the*re!ation of the mosquito to malarli fever, the relation of the tsetse fly to s ness and other forms of trypanosomiasis, of the tick to tick fever, of the bug fever, of numerous ticks to anaemic dis< tie causing vast economic losses. In temperate climates it would appear largely Immune from blood-sucking infe Recently, however, the house fly has be be a danger If in a manner somewhat dl far as It is unable to penetrate the sk ? i /DOT COVERED WITH THOUSANDS 0/ jV^ fOOT COV?/i?0 y/JTH .AM^rih THOU J AM J OF M Af/C/?OB?C> ?? r ZffZA7?GZD VDSfor of Jf&i the construction of its mouth apparatus, ever disease germs it carries it 1b a I process, the chief danger being the cc nation of foods by bacteria carried on tl face of its body or in its bowols. Of all I the house fly is the most constant com man, tasting his food by day and frequt abode by night whether in the far nor far south, whether on the land or on the that ply on the great oceans. Its ve Musca domestica, suggests its relation to If the fly were a cleanly insect he n baps be tolerated, but from the doubl leads there is no question that he shoi terminated hip and thigh, for he spend day in the latrine or manure heap amid foul putridity that It lb possible to ima? dead, decaying, and diseased matter, fr at intervals he comes to bathe in your or to poise himself on your pat of butt? meat. Many of his habits have until been a riddle but are now becoming u and in consequence his presence is feared as many of his congeners who aken the dunghill for a meal of good animal blood. All modem experiments concur to i the principal breeding place of the ho the moist, warm manure heap, cesspool, although perhaps It must be admitted flies are more fastidious. If collectlor were destroyed the fly plague would largely in abeyance. As things are he in countless numbers and at a great rat The evolution of the house fly 'b coi from the moment that the female de] eggs in warm putrefying manure the through various stages of development a matter of hours the egg splits and grub creeps out. At the end of twenty-j it moults and passes into the second lai which in a day or two moults again a becomes a sort of chrysalis. At the eni or four days of chrysalis life the case < the fly emerges to commence its life wo in ten days or a fortnight it may he se: ture and commence to lay great batche As a rule breeding goes on rapidly bet\ and October, although under certain stances it may go on all the year rouni common observation tnat nies seem to in winter. This must be explained by th to hibernate, the first warm day wal from their slumbers. It Is a fortunate circumstance that liable to various forms of destruction, from the magnificent work carried out bj by the spider, and other insects, the fly to devastating diseases, particularly an condition set up by a fungus, the Empus This plant. In the form of a spore, ligh surface of the fly and begins to grow, out a slender process which makes it! tween the fly's scales, and thus gains ei its body. In the course of a few days t has invaded all its organs and tissues, sick unto death the fly may be easily may drop dead where it has alighted. As was said above the chief danger is that it may be a carrier of foul putre disease germs to articles of diet con: man. This is not a figment of the bri medical scientist: it is a proved fact long before accurate experiments prov? Reason for Haste. < There's an old story about an Irish- . man who was painting a fence, and | who worked fast so tbat he might get , the job finished before the paint gave ^ out. Our grandfathers laughed at that Joke, before our grandfathers bought razors. The new version came in yesterday: the setting is up to date, but the ( old point still sticks out. Our cor- , respondent says: "I have a touring car end I have a i WHERE MARRYING IS WRONG1 | Fellows of Oxford University. Eng- j land, in Certain Circumstances Are Penalized for Wedding Much Is heard of the taxation of bachelors; but little is ever said of the communities wherein matrimony Is deemed a punishable ofTense Per haps the most extraordinary ideas with reference to this subject may be said to be held at Oxford University in England There, for instance, * . "* i, taking his Ilk, regaling <=%? \ ^ id preening % ? , / 1, the house ^ feet covered * /' 4_ germs, he >> J? ath In many ^ .j' itlflc experi- * usca domes- . j fly, is the *Ze ' \ *** persistent * ' the world. . . been num- & leath among \/f\ 4 igalnst this *o'.? 10 important /* '?.*X of the fly. ? i It will be . *' ultlplled his -r 3 in modern w le from the ,> 3 most mur- e caused by % isecte. The - J-> jZ d Smith and r ury ago that ^ <0 \ i i.used by the 6P " ich had beaffected cat- _ fp^T wed by that jj.,. \ a and yellbw _ ^ y/(/'jf leeping sick- i " ' ' >M(|^ the relation <=? 43 %^'^T^q( to relapsing * ^ eases In cat- # . . %' that man is cted Insects. en found to fferent in so in owing to ^ Whatlassive /DOT COVERED WITH ntami- TH01/>3ArtD<S Of HiCROBE le surInsects panlon of tions and camps. There inting his that much of the typhol th or the lean and South African \ steamers no other theory. In Ann rv name, bo current that it was sp man. fly." light per- Accurate experiments c e life he try and elsewhere have d< ild be ex- carrying propensities of s half his Typhoid germs have be the most body days after it was 1 ;!ne, amid Bome germs it has actuall om which the larva is Infected th< milk Jug throughout the moultingf ?r or your adult or Imago stage as I recently Not only as a typhoid-ca nderstood, lleved to carry the diseae as much cholera, dysentery, and si have for- dren, a disease which bw human or of bottle-fed children in e at the present day. show that The necessity of rem' use fly is putrid organic matter an< or latrine. when we remember that 1 that some a&d rapid flights. In act is of filth A*68 were released and w be kept away within forty-flve m can breed on their bodies can 1 e. 'ns one from any place nplex, for ovor surface of a ster posits her ,n a da>' or two massei young go :. Within ||| = a minute 'our hours ? t * a val stage, 1 if U C f nd finally WW I 6 S ! i or three T ? 1 opens and n . n . . rk. with- Pearls, Rubu cually mas of eggs. 11====== veen June circum- Are your Jewels fading J- It is a "sick." and you should se disappear looked after, London Am eir ability All jewels are liable ;Jng them proper jewel nurse Bhoul the patient. What this " they are yet been definitely Eettle for apart ever, have a mysterious p< r the bird, to "cure" pearls that hav lg subject One of the most rema Infective Senorlta Valencia, a Sps a muscae. discovered her mysterloi its on the dent. One day she bov throwing cheaply owing to their d i way be- for a few weeks, and they ltrance to original beauty, he fungus So successful has she and now she Is now more famous caught or than as a dancer. She hs the czar to go to St. Pete of the fly the famous pearl necklac factlve or Empress Catherine, sumed by Another dodge for cui rln of the nursing them is to place Indeed, But It must be the ope ?d this to generally placed in a pe chauffeur. The latter Is a bright Italian boy, and an Invaluable servant. The other night, ten miles from home, but Inside the city limits, I observed that he was putting on a burst of speed. " 'Slow down a bit, Giuseppe,' I warned him; 'we'll be arrested if we keep on at this speed.' " 'Scusa me, mister Boss,' he answered; 'we're ten mila from home, fin' only got enough gas for t'ree mila. Eef we no hurry, we never mak' | set!'" I a fellow of All Souls College forfeits his fellowship. If when studying the classics, he should take unto himself a wife. In such event he must not only pay a penalty, but must also present his college with a memorial in the shape of a silver cup. with the further condition that on this cup shall be inscribed in Latin. "He backslid into matrimony." There is an aristocratic club in Lon don. the Bachelors of Piccadilly, whereof the members who so far forget their loyalty to the club as to roor covrxro wjth ^ TNOUSAHDS or MICROBES ? be the case it grown wh was already to the mil ^ supposed that occur whe ^ the fly stood from a du in some rela- Jug of mill tion to typhoid lem home ? fever, especial- of the hou ly the ttyphoid The flyof military sta- seriously ! seems to be no doubt daily or t d in the Spanish-Amer- spirited ci cars were explicable on paign agal ;rlca this belief became warfare w oken of as "the typhoid citizens' c< was arran, :arried out in this coun- market or emonstrated the disease- down to 1 the Musca domestica. to going r ien recovered from its The nrtl nfected. In the case of able marl y been found that where 10 cents s e infection may persist possible f< i and be present in the cold stora late as nineteen days. have chair rrier, the fly Is also be- flies to mi le germB of tuberculosis, from 10 c< ummer diarrhoea of chll* stocks wli eeps away vast numbers by the eai very civilized community bier cham sumer anc oving or destroying all Ten cen 1 filth comes home to us Washingtc the fly is capable of long tember pri ual experiments marked corner in ere captured half a mile tree whicl Inutes. That flies carry tember m< be readily shown by tak- A decrei and allowing it to walk the May fi lie nutrient Jelly. With- may seem i of bacteria will have supply ma V JEWELS i 1 r\?.L BS, Kjpais, unu v/i??ci k/iu< ; away? Then they are at the be e that they are properly times yea: iwers says. Rubles, to become "111" and a and the "< d be called In to attend stone Is f Illness" really Is has not fully dyec d. Certain people, how- given ano jwer which enables them afterward e lost their brilliance. vigorous ( rkable pearl "curers" Is health, an inish dancing girl. She Opals, t js power quite by accl- aids all s lght some pearls very quite unki ullness. She wore them gradually regained their He?Wc been In this work that they were as a curer of sick pearls and I can is been commissioned by She?H< rsburg In order to "cure" He?If e which belonged to the woman w rib, but fr ring sick pearls besides them In the sea again, n sea Itself. They are "I have rforated casket and lett "Mine a Close Observer Baffled. In order to provide a touch of real ism a muma DUgier was eiigageu iu blow army bugle calls In front of a motion picture .heater. Inside a stirring war drama was being flashed on the screen. "Have you noticed." said the street corner philosopher, "how that bugle enables one to pick cut men of military training?" His friend had not. "Walt until the bugler blows 'attention' again. A half dozen inen will marry are actually expelled and ostracized. The only saving feature of such expulsion Is that, by the payment of a fine of one hundred dollars, the offending one may retain an honorary membership. There is a similar organization in Germany, the Junggesellen Club Whenever there comes to the officials of this club any Intimation tba* a member contemplates matrimony, he is immediately summoned for trial In the club court, with the president as judge. The culprit Is allowed to plead IP iy?f??d with wjands of hjcrobes \ erever lta feet have touched. Plcturt ad the gross contamination which will n a fly weary with Its half-mile flight inghlll takes Its morning bath In your c at breakfast. This will bring the probto all, and by concerted effort the doom :ae fly will be sealed, swatting crusade has been taken up t>y a number of large cities, either offliy self-constituted committees of publictizens. In Cleveland a two-weeks caraInst the fly has just been closed. The as conducted under the direction of a ommittee of flfty-flve. A Bcale of prices ged to be regulated by the supply. The lened at 10 cents a hundred and went 0 cents a quart when the swatters get Ight. stic fly swatter was guaranteed a profited under this scale of prices, while 1 hundred as the top limit made It tmor a Napoleon of fly finances to fill tho ge warehouses with flies and ever aftef lpagne for breakfast. As It takes 10,000 ake a quart, the price per quart ranged ;nts to $10. A similar range In price in thin two weeks would set the country rs. The Cleveland plan gives the gamce enough, and the rights of the con1 producer are safeguarded. ,ts a quart was the price established in >n two years ago, but that was a SepIce. One female crawling out of a warm the month of April will 6tart a family l. without casualties, would have a Sep?mbershlp of about three trillions, ise in the price of flies from $10 a quart, gure, to ten cents, the September figure, great, but we must remember that the y have increased three trillion times. ARE ILL I ?es Suffer from Sickness ittom of the ocean for months?some rs?before the cure is completed, like pearlB, often lose their brilliancy, ioctor" has to be called in. The precious list thoroughly cleaned and then care1. Then in a day or two the ruby Is ther dose of tho dye. The "patient" is thoroughly massaged, and under this :reatment it slowly recovers Its normal d becomes as brilliant as ever, urquoises, topazes, sapphires and emeruffer from sickness, but the reason 1? aown. Th#? Materia! >men have no sense of humor, but then not Intended by nature to be huraoroui prove it. jw so? nature had intended it the other way, ould not have been made from man't om his funny bone. Their Location. a number of acres in the suburbs." re In my mouth." square their shoulders unconsciously. There, lock at that fellow! He jerks his shoulders that way at every bugle call. He's been a soldier." Rut the friend Bcoffed. "Soldier!" he said "1 know that i fellow He has the Saint Vitus dance." Time to Move On. "My chorus girl client requests a ! change of venue, your honor." "She can get a fair trial right here." "No doubt; but the people in this town have seen all her gowns." in extenuation of his offense, and upon his skill In presenting 6uch plea depends the amount of his fine, which ranges from one hundred to one thou sand dollars. The humorous feature of the fine consists In the application made. The money is devoted to a dinner, whereat all members appear in mourning attire. At the conclu slon of the repast the president sol emnly reads the sentence of expul slon, and the delinquent Is led from the room amid the groans and lamen tatlons of his erstwhile club fellows ]dairy| l : QUALITIES OF BROWN SWISS Not the Least Pleasant Feature In Connection With Breed Is Unusual Freedom From Dlaeaae. We are milking In our dairy about j 120 cows, about 75 per cent, of which are full blood or grade Swiss Cows, afi from our experience we have found them more persistent milkers than other breeds anc'l they keep in better condition on the: same feed, and, all around, are the most satisfactory cows we have been able to obtain. Tho herd average of milk Is 4.2 per cent. Of course, we have found what we considered unprofitable cowb Brown Swiss Cow. among the SwIsb cattle, but by judicious weeding have attained a standard of excellence of which wo are proud, says a writer In an exchange. Not the least pleasant feature In connection with the breed is Its freedom from disease. All the cowb In our herd are subjected to tuberculin test before being Introduced into It and are annually tested after becoming a part of It. It 1b a remarkable fact that while ten per cent, of all the common cows that we have Intended to put In our herd since we commenced testing have reacted, not two per cent, of the BwIpb grades and full bloods have reacted. As a farmers' cattle I think the Brown Swiss cattle are unexcelled; as a cattle to grade up native cows they *r? rrmnt nranntpntr and T am satis fled that, their more general Introduction among the common herds of the country will certainly help to Improve materially the quality of the dalrj cattle. KNELL OF OLD STYLE PAIL Farmer# Who Apply Intelligence and Scientific Methoda to Their Venturea Prove Merit. A wonderful system of ventilation has been devised for dairies, and Its general adoption by all farmers who apply Intelligence and scientific methods to their ventures proves Its merit. But pure air alone Is not sufficient for the cow barn. No dust must be permitted to accumulate, the barns should be kept In perfect sanitary form, and the animal must be subjected to frequent cleaning operations. Scientists have sounded the knell of the old-fashioned milk pall with Its flaring edges. The small-topped pall Is In favor. It ofTers less of an opening for bacteria that may fall Into the milk during the process of milking. Some bacteria Invariably are found In milk. The laboratory shows, however, that these germs are beneficial rather than Injurious to the human consumers. But the presence of bacteria directly traceable to tilth nnd Insanitary conditions Is at once a source of danger and a signal for medical warfare on the undesirable dairy. "Keep the cow stable as neat and aB clean as the kitchen," Is the slogan of the most progressive dairymen. They are In the ascendancy. The careless, old-fashioned dairyman sees plainly the handwriting on the wall. Keeping Milk. The best method for keeping milk is to keep it from the air, as many bacteria get into milk from the air. The bacteria in warm milk are in the ideal medium for growth and reproduction. A variety of bacteria reproduce by division, and a generation of bacteria may grow in 20 minutes. As thousands of bacteria can play hideand-seek through a needle's eye, one can appreciate the number contained In a drop of milk. They cannot grow and multiply if the milk is kept cool. Cleanliness Among Stock, Cleanliness is next to godliness? and ahead of it with the milk inspector. A cow appreciates punctuality in milking, as much as a man does in meals. Be sure there are no lice on the young stock when they are turned to pasture. Heifer Calves. Save all the good heifer calves as they come on, and keep them growing from start to finish. They will soon grow to be producing animals, and young cows with their first calves at ' their sides are in 6trong demand everywhere. Overlooked Opportunities. In certain states dairy farming is 1 easy, but the surprising fact in this | connection is that where the disadvantages are least the people show ' 'he least interest. Cow in Farm Profits. The farmer who makes the best profit with his cows and the largest crops from the farm Is the most successful, provided, of course, he does his without too great an expense. Da.ttir* for Calves. The calves will need pasture for ! best results. If possible set a Ber- j muda pasture for the calves, colts and lambs. It will doubtless prove the most profitable acres on your farm. Guard the Cow. No animal should be guarded more I carefully than the cow. She dally proTides milk as an article of food, and should she be attacked by disease or sulTer ailment of any kind the whole family may incur danger. It is more Important to look after the health or ?he cow than the health of the horse. Tuberculosis Bacilli In Butter. Butter which was made from tuberculous milk has been known to Infect guinea pigs from 10 to 20 days after :be date of Its manufacture. IMPORTANCE OF COW TESTIN. j Careful Study of Rftcorria of Herds In Test indicate That Silr.gs la Very Esaantlal. The Bureau of Animal industry of the Department of Agriculture ha? two men specially engaged In giving assistance to state officials In organising and conducting cow-testing assr> clntlons During the last fiscal year 33 new associations were formed and seven were discontinued. There are now 81 such associations In this country. the greater number of which the I dairy division has been Instrumental In organizing. These 81 associations comprise about 40.000 cows. An official of the dairy division In talking of the work In this direction, showed a record of two herds In one of the associations as an Interesting example of what Is being accomplished In enabling farmers to keep records of cost, production, etc., and to detect and remedy any shortcomings. In herd No. 1. 9,207 pounds of milk were produced at a cost of $51.04 for feed, while In herd No. 2. 5.482 pounces of milk wer produced at a cost for feed of $55.21. The former made a profit of $76.22 per cow, while the other made a profit of only $8.65 per cow. The more profitable herd was fed an abundance of silage, while to the other no silage was fed. This, of course. Is not the only reason for the difference; however, a careful study of the records of these herds Indicated that silage Is very essential. ' The owner of the unprofitable herd has been living next to a man who had n silo for a number of years, yet he did not real lze Its usefulness until he saw these figures, after which he built a silo at once. riOME-MADE MILKING STOOLS Two Handy Devices Shown In Illustrations Will Prove of Satisfaction to the Milker. 'FROM THE WISCONSIN AORICt'I/ j uma i.) We Illustrate two types of milking stool, both of which will give satisfaction to the milker. The stool shown In the upper picture Is the kind used by Mr. G. H. Smith of I^a Farge, Wis., who sent Ir the drawing. It serves as a seat and ?H 1 i ys I ^ Smith's Milk Stool, a solid Bhelf for the pall. This stool has a leg or support at the outer ena of the milk pall shelf. The stool In the lower picture Is the kind used by the editor of the Agriculturist for years. We had several of these stools and found them most convenient and comfortable. We gave them a good scrubbing once a week A~a Qrzz7 IL*Comfortable Milk Stool. and when not In use they were hung up In the stable. The space under the seat was used to hold a damp cloth which was used on each cow's udder before milking. Whitewash for Cow Stable. In preparing whitewash for the walls, ceilings, postB of the cow barn, etc., It is best to add some antiseptic Slack the fresh stone lime by adding water gradually and stirring It until is is a smooth, thick creamy body. Add a pint of crude carbolic acid for every ten gallons. If It Is to be put on by hand. It needs only a little more thinning with water. But if it is to be applied by a spray pump, much more water Is needed, and the wash must be strained through a cloth. The whitewashing should be done when the cows are not In the room. The doors and windows should be open to allow rapid drying. Ordinarily, it is not necessary to do the whitewashing oftener than every six weeks through the winter season, but let the fall application be done and very thoroughly. Buying a Dairy Cow. It Is a mistake to buy a cow for the dairy herd solely on the recommendation that she Is an "easy keener." meaning, of course, that she will consume but little feed. The only cow worth having in the dairy herd is one that has the room and ability to change a large amount of feed into butter fat, the more the better. Daipy Not ps The less filth in the cream, the longer it will remain sweet. The way to absolutely know what a cow is doing is to weigh and test. The feed and feeding is the first important point in successful dalrjing The heifer calf is a cow in the ma king. Handle and feed her accordingly. Remember that the cold rain is harder for the cow to stand than dry cold weather. Care should be taken that the cow does not have to wade through filth in the barnyard. To obtain a maximum supply of milk, small pastures, allowing frequent charges of feed, should be provided. From being a winter feed for dairy cows silage is coming to be an allyear-round feed for all kinds of stock. The best dairy cow is the one that will convert the forage raised on the J farm into the greatest amount of i butter fat. t That cows like a change of feed is j j shown by the way they will eat rot; ten hay, pull out old straw from the | sheds, etc. j The last two years nave euipuasized strongly the Importance of summer silage. When cows are running on pasture the manure Is not lost, for grass lands need the fertilizer quite as much as 6ome other fields. In selecting dairy cattle it Is always difficult to Judge accurately with the eye. The real test must be the weigh scales and the Habcock tester When fiUh gets Into milk or cream there are innumerable germs Intro duced, which If left to develop, at proper temperature multiply very rap Idly. If. from the st pn p pr> The stateliest c I r SSr n Through all th< Lut/wL 1\ Within the wei I I IfiHTS IjIVJIIIU Of countless fal y. Would lend thel So. If Earth's n 1 cfr If conqueror ar ' humble fol a Alone were left | Wbuld yet be b ft WjJ Would still And Convalescents . f( p By Donald Allen V (Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary " Press.) 0 If anybody had suggested to Miss May Forbes, of Forbes Manor, that d she wring the neck of the parrot she a had had for a pet for the last three h years, she would have given that per- a son a glance so awful that a congestive chill must have followed. That a parrot had a scream that could be heard half a mile away against the ^ wind. She could say that Polly want- r ed a cracker. She could hang head r downwards from her perch. When a stranger called, especially a subscription book agent with a large family d to support, she could Inquire in aggressive tones what in the devil he (] wanted. p That parrot had a score or more of a cute and cunning tricks, and there ^ was a bit of sentiment connected with her besides. A sea captain had (J brought her back from a far-off land, w presented her to Miss May with his u love, and had then sailed away again j with a shipload of kerosene in blue- p painted barrels and had never been heard of since. Not a barrel had come ashore. Not one of the crew r had turned up on South street to ex- p hlaln over his beer that the captain a was or was not doing as well as could v be expected under the circumstances. Mi88 Forbes was not one to crush out e sentiment by wringing a parrot's heck. y One day, while hurrying home for n fear Polly might be lonesome, the Q young lady stumbled over a barrel (j that some boy had left on the side- g, walk. She was carried home and the ' doctor called. He could find no brok- e en bones, but after long and serious t( thought he decided that she had p wrenched herself and must take the tenderest care of herself for many w days to come. And now, while prop- j, ' * Jf I i i t * 11 | 1 WJi: e COuld Watch the Bird by the Hour, p ped up in an easy-chair and tired of w reading, how the girl did bless the Ii memory of the man that had given her the parrot! She could watch the a bird's tricks and talk to her by the a hour. About the time that barrel had 11 brought about the wrench the Smythes had moved out from next a door and the Isllngtons had moved In. Miss May had been told that there d were a father and mother and son, the latter about 22 yearB old. He had h been brought to the house In a car- t riage. A few days before, while try- r Ing to beat the record of the high b Jump, he had twisted his ankle and s o-miM Kb dlsnhlari fnr weeks. One ac- 3 cldent was a wrench and the other a E .wist. r Young Mr. Hugh Islington did not t own a pet parrot. Had he been pre- a sented with one he would have brained her with an ax within the hour. His pet, outside of high jumping, was the violin. He could make one talk, t Ho could aiso make people talk for t three blocks around. Scarcely had he i been carried Into the house when that t violin began to wall out its musical ( notes. It walled high and It wailed v low, and as Miss May Forbes" wrenched ears caught the sounds she t started and exclaimed: "Gracious, mother, but what's hap- ' penlng now!" "Only the young man next door ' playing on the fiddle, dear." 1 "Only playing on the fiddle! Only! t Only! And I must be wrenched again ?wrench upon wrench! Mother, waken up Polly!" Polly was given a poke and she 1 opened her eyes and ears and screamed out. She had a rival at last. The ' Idea that something had come Into the neighborhood to compete with her i 1 voice maddened her, and she set out 1 to do Justice to the occasion. "Great snakes, mother, but what is | i ? -? . t_n?t? ?? i , tnat:" gaspeo youns isnugiuu no uc ceased to draw the bow to turn pale. | i COLOMBIA EME * World's Supply of Those Precious , Stones Now Comes from South American Republic. For Its supply of the precious stone of beryl variety, known as the emerald, the world relies upon the mines i of the republic of Colombia. From | j these mines the most valuable single emerald of modern times was obtained, now forming one of the gems of the collection of the duke of Devon- < shire. It Is a perfect hexagonal crystal, weighing eight ounces and eighteen pennyweights. Another line sped men, in the Hope caDinet, weigne an t ounces, while larger but less valuable gems are in various royal caskets. < The true emeralds of the ancients ' are said to have been obtained from the workings of Mount Zabarab, in Upper Egypt, although the reopening of the mines in the nineteenth century by Mehemet AH did not prove commercially profitable. In this district was probably mined the Jewel adorn- l I Ing the breattplate of Aaron, de- 1 arry heavens' mystic height, 'i ?rb? which now with pinions slow > hours their way oursue, till low ? t they drift down from our sight, n o'ertakes their waning light,? $ ne'er return the steady glow i nter lights, full well I know, P r soft effulgence to the night jjf[ ilghtlest ones were swept away, C id conquest were forgot. 3 Ik?accounted little worth? $? , the burdens (as today) ? orne; and loving hearts. I wot. g peace and gladness In the Earth. "It's nothing, dear?nothing 'tall,'" oothed the mother. "I think theoiks next door have a parrot?Just a arrot." "Think! Think! Why, of course hey have, and I am housed up hero rtth this twist and may be for a lonth to come! By the high jumpers f Jericho, but I won't stand It!" "But, Hugh dear " And he fiddled and fiddled and fidled, and the parrot yelled and yelled nd yelled, and the minister writing Is next Sunday's sermon in the bouse cross the street mopped his brow nd walked the floor and didn't say nythlng?not aloud. From the first wail of the violin and be first yell of the parrot It was Ivalry. It was violin vs. parrot?parot vs. violin. Oh, the sadness of It? )r the neighbors! From morning 'till night, day after ay! If the best Polly could do was 3 yell out that she wanted a cracker, he best the fiddler could do was to lay "Old Black Joe" over and over gain. The advantage rather rested ... -H_ TA A VtavA ff> rim tne viuun. n uiuu?. uu.~ ? leep o' nights, while Polly did. She Id her very best to realize that honor ras at stake, and that she must trlmph or perish, but two hours after irapllght would find her nodding and layed out, while the violin waa still ride awake at 11 p. m. "Mother, that wretch shall never onquer me?never!" Miss May would xclaim half a dozen times a day; nd like an echo young Mr. Islington pouId call out: 'Til bring her to her knees, moth' r?to her knees!" For a long month the battle raged. I'hcn a doctor who knows his bus!ess catches a patient with a wrench r a twist he Is not going to surrener his Inestimable privilege a day hort of four weeks. Even at the nd of that time he Is going to pay an xtra visit?fee $2?to warn him not ) try to climb a thorn tree without ulllng on stove-pipe trousers. But the day came when Miss May as permitted to walk out. Also Mr. sllngton! There waa a grove a quarer of a mile away. Miss May natu ally headed for the grove. Mr Isllngr>n naturally headed for the same lace. Miss May naturally carried Polly long to reward her for her heroic eforts to preserve the family honor, nd Mr. Islington carried his violin Jong that he might once more hear he sweet strains of "Old Black Joe" n the sunshine. The girl reached the rrove first and was softly meditating rhen a step aroused her. That young nan! That violin! They stood beore her, and as she shuddered the larrot screamed. "You?you?you!" gasped the wrenchess." "The girl with the parrot!" erclalmd the "twister" as he looked down ipon her. Could aught save the day? Could nythlng avert the Impending tragdy? Had It been two old men or wo old women?good-bye! But It .-as a good-looking girl and a not at 11 bad-looking young fellow, and they ad had a square fight and were a bit shamed of their petulance, and after gasp or two a bit of a smile came o their faces. Then the smiles broadned. Then grins succeeded. Then oily stood on her head and there re re two hearty laughs and Mr. sllngton said: "You are Miss Forbes, I believe, nd I congratulate you on getting out gain." "And you are Mr. Islington, I beleve, and I also congratulate you." "I hope my violin was not disagreeble to you." "And I trust that Polly's chatter id not make you nervous." He sat down beside her and he told ler about that high Jump, and she old him about the barrel, and It's on ecord at the county clerk's office that he even said that of all musical lntruments she preferred the fiddle, ,nd that he replied that no nlghtln;ale was In It compared with a parot. And they went home to tell heir mothers a lot of good things .bout each other. Hard on the Other One. One hot summer day a Kentucky leau stopped at a florist's to order a >ox of flowers sent to his lady love. it the same time he also purchased a leslgn tor the funeral of a friend. )n the card for his girl's box he vrote: "Hoping these may help you bear he heat." The other card bore the one word, "Sympathy." Very soon the girl telephoned: "Thank you so much for the flowers, )ut why did yo" write 'Sympathy* on he card?" When Honor Counts. She?Oh, yes; she married a man with a highly honored name. He?Why, I never considered Sploggs a highly honored name. She?Well, you should see the way It's honored at the bank.?Tit-Hits. If a wife can induce herself to submit patiently to her husband's mode )f life, she will have no difficulty to manage him.?Aristotle. ,RALD IS BEST scribed In Mosaic writings and forming part, possibly, of the Bpolls carried from Egypt by the departing Israelites. The huge emerald used by Emperor N'ero as a corrective for his poor vision; the engraved emeralds set in or,Irl nrnspnted bv Ptolemy to Lucul lus on his landing at Alexandria; the robes worn by Cleopatra and other famous beauties of the past, whose embroideries were Interspersed with emeralds, and the exquisitely graven seals of antique workmanship on view In museums and private collections all prove the esteem In which the emerald was held. Ornaments of emeralds have been unearthed In Theban tombs and excavated from Pompeii and Herculaneum, and in all ages the stone has been classed among the rarest of gems. British Like Cuban Cigars. Cuba's best customer for cigars la jreat Britain, which takes sixty milV !lon every year I