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?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
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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
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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|
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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
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' humble fol
a Alone were left
| Wbuld yet be b
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Convalescents .
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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,
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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
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