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INTENDED ASSASSINATION. It was quite by chance that I halp pened to drop into that particular es tablishment. I had been spending a considerable part of the afternoon in the reference department of the British museum, in connection with some lit erary work I had at that time in hand, and was feeling somewhat exhausted after the labor entailed in poring over the numerous tomes I had found It nec essary to consult for my purpose. I stepped into the first cafe that I came across on leaving the museum, in order to obtain what I considertd nec essary. The room in which I found myself was a dreary little apartment, dismally lighted, with none too cleanly a look about it, and at the time I entered was entirely devoid of customers. The cup of coffee that I got proved a capital one and 1 sipped it with relish. Having in due course finished my lit tle repast, I was about departing, when the attendant, who had, as I thought, more than once eyed me rather closely, placed a small card on the table in front of me and without any accompanying remark walked away. It was about the size of a gentleman's visiting card, and peering at it in the uncertain light I saw inscribed in small characters upon its surface the words, arranged just as I place them: LEAGUE OF THE LIFELESS MEN. : 64 Delamore Street. To-night, 8:30. "Progre.s." *.... ......**.. ....... o. ..·..-......... 0..o.. The affair afforded matter for more than a little speculation on my way home, and, impelled by a growing de sire to know what it meant, I resolved to visit Delaemore street at the hour named, and try and find out. I knew nothing of the "League of the Lifeless Men"--had, in reality, never heard the strange name before-but that fact only served to make my curi osity all the greater. I happened to know the direction in w'hich Delamore street lay, and there fore experienced no difficulty in finding my way there. It wanted five minutes to the time specified on the card when I arrived at No. 64, and not having quite made up my mind as to the precise line of action to adopt, I stepped aside for a moment to consider. As I did so, a man, closely muffled, came up, and without appearing to no tice me, gave three sharp raps on the doer. In response to his summons a query was uttered from within, which I failed to catch. The answer to it, however, did not escape me. it was the word "Progress," the same which figured in quotation marks at the bottom of the card inad vertently given me at the coffee shop, and this demonstrated to me the fact 'which I had indeed before wuesaed for myself-that the word was simply a passport of admittance, for upon it being pronounced the portal immediate ly swung open and the stranger en tered. This decided me. Taking my cue from what I had witnessed, I, too, knocked three times, and uttering in rea ply to the challenge from within, the nystie word, was admitted without de Jnur. On entering I found myself in a kind of corridor, at the further end of which was a door opening on a room in which I straightway ventured. At the moment of my appearance the chamber was quite empty, but the sound of approaching footsteps reaching my ear almost directly, I had only just time to coneeal myself in the folds of one of the curtains, when several in dividuals entered and took their seats at the table. From my position it was impossible-to seewho they were or what t..y were like, bat I listened intently na order to get some idea of them and their doings from their conversation. In this I was only partly successful, for, speaking in low tones, the greater art of their utterances became inaudi te to me, but what I did hear was setf * <jAVU THREnE SHARP RAPS ON iTHE DOOR. Blent to convince me that the "league t-t-th lifeless men" was neither more hir olee than a secret assaspination so a:my, and that the present meeting was *eIaed for the purpyoe of reporting e dastardly work thatltp members w e in the habit of doing. ELach man's account of his doings w eridentl. listened to with brutal iQdet bT his companions, and the sub iance of the various r.arrtlos,. I took wa wa being jotted down in a book ispttO the purpcarr 3 A1t h I coulrd o catch sanytht. A1k.e s te account of what wit Sis lthas ghbastly recitals, such rx ` t *aepeted attack" sr' t " S iteet to make me un ±ai C*iad of the tre rble ae Slails -*ls begue bad renered at tFhe tm IV hg u*e I uaw that it meant one more life ft t.stI ruffians to take away. "Col. ('rawiey. 21 Rubicon street, W'. And the announcement of it was fol lowed b. the words: "To-morrow night at nine!" The meeting subsequently breaking up and the members dispersing. I was enabled to make my own departure unobserved. It was little I slept that night. the events of the evening keeping my brain far too actively employed to allow of any real rest, and it was a relief when daylight came and it was time to rise. Col. Crawley was not a gentleman with whom I was acquainted, although his name was perfectly familiar to me: therefore when I sent in my card to No. 21 I dispatched with it a message that my business was of an urgent na ture. On being shown into a reception-room I was confronted by a younglady, whose bright eyes and handsome face were a pleasure to gaze upon. I asked to be allowed to speak with Col. Crawley. "Oh, you may freely tell your busi ness to me," said the young lady, in response to my request; adding, in a charmingly artless tone, "papa al lows me to transact almost tll his af fairs for him." "What I have to say affects Col. Craw ley so intimately," [ answered, firmly, but with all necessary politeness. "that 1NOW TELLMsum' 4 A _ I it is most essential he shou-i hear it h'n.self." Evidently impressed by my manner, the young laL3 left the room, and short ly afterward returned with an elderly gentleman, whom I lightly guessed to be Col. Crawley himself. "My daughter tells me that you have something important to comnuunicate," said the officer on his entry, iLotioning me back to the seat from which I had risen on his approach. "Colonel," I said, as calmly as the seriousness of the case would allow, "it is my duty to tell you plainly, without mincing words, that your life is in danger!" "My life in danger!" echoed the offi cer, with a tinge of derision in his tone. "Impossible! I have carried it un scathed through half a dozen cam paigns, and it cannot be menaced now! Besides," he added, with a cheery laugh, "who cares for the lifoof a worn out soldier?" "I can tell you of one who does," whispered the young lady on his arm, looking lovingly into her father's face. "Now tell me, my dear sir, what you mean," said the old gentleman. "for you seem terribly in earnest." "Sir," I replied, "I happen to know that a conspiracy is on foot to take your life and that the assassins mean to make the attempt this very night. For some reason, of which I am quite in ignorance, you have incurred the hatred of a secret assassination society, and the members of it have decreed your doom. It is in order to warn you and prevent the execution of their foul de signs that I have come here this after noon." I related the adventure which had formed the subject of my narrative, explaining everything in its minutest detail. As I proceeded I noticed the veteran's features gradually relaxing, and directly I had finished, to my in tense chagrin, he burst into a fit of laughter that lasted several ruinutes. "Exeuse my rudeness," he said at the end of it, "but nobody enjoys a joke more than a soldier, and this is the best that I have heard for a long time. My dear sir," he went on, "you have stum bled across a monster mare's 'est. "The 'League of the Lifeless Men' is no more an assassination soeiety than the Salvation Army or any other similar confederation. It is simply a social or ganisation formed for the primary ob ject of playing chess, and tha only peo ple its members are in the. habit of daughterlng are theeppone tS against *bom they 1iappen to be pitted- for 1 give you my word, as an inveterate chsem player, that they art the moss skillful manipulators of the 'lifeless men' I have ever seen. "They mae now abeut to pyay a series of games with a kindred club to which I have the honor to belong, and a meet' ing is arranged for at my -house. this evening at nine, when I anticipate we shll get a deelsive beating. Their headquarters are at l Delamore stress, and the meeting at which you so ro maiut aly auted. was doubtless one called to nepart o their last turn eant. ¶Now that I hae explaied itn. to you a4 ye m there is no cause for alarm," a lueds te colonel, good h.au ' "I m asset neat that dyo ,d me 1 mr of staying to dyiler with aS wbg sia *imr wtkhi e after. tao kow aasthtug at the person that 1tr - i t , IIt, tCr l a a ter led to an en gag s.ent euicuJasm matelyr yr +ir t AGRICULTURAL HINTS. ROADSIDE ORCHARDS. Europe Has Many of Them Which Are a Source of Public Revenue. Land is not yet so rare in this country that we are obliged to cultivate that along the borders of our highways, but the time is not far distant when condi tions here in this respect will more nearly approximate those of other countries than they do at present, and we may then learn a lesson from the thrift of some of those "effete despot isms." In an article in La Nature (Paris, March 14), Emmanuel Raton;n tells how the roadsides in many parts of Germany have been made to yield a rich return to the state or to municipali ties by being planted with fruit trees. We translate part of his article below: 'In foreign countries orchards of fruit trees along the roads have giv'en the best results. In Wurtemburg, Sax ony, Bavaria, Hlanover, the grand duchy of Luxemburg and in Austria the frt,it tree roads have brought in important sums to the treasury. In Saxony the fruit tree budget is especially satisfac tory, and the benefits realized by the state under this have been estimated at nearly 2,000,000 francs ($400,000) for the last fourteen years. "In Wurtemberg the planting of for est trees along the roads has been en tirely given up. A law has been passed applying to all fruit orchards and sye tematizing their working. The owner of the neighboring land takes charge of the orchard and the road officials see to their protection and care. This serv ice is very well organized and does its work economically. It has been estab lished under almost identical conditlon in the ]'alatinate and in Bavaria. In these localities each ýoadman has his corresponding 'sylvicultor.' Every fa cility is given to these agents for in creasing their agricultural knowledge. They are placed under the surveillance of rural inspectors, who direct their la bors. This special corps is recruited, in part, by competition. These 'road sylvicultors' pass an examination and follow courses of instruction. They sometimes are given the necessary funds to complete their studies. "The course of study that is offered at Landschule, in Basse Riviere, has given the opportunity of enlisting men es pecially adapted for the care of trees. In Austria, Moravia and Bohemia the orchard roads, which are very numer ous, are in general planted with plum trees. In these fertile plains there are orchards of considerable size along the borders of the roads. The trees are set about six meters (19 2-3 feet) apart; they are the object of exceptional care, and it is not rare to see, especially in the region of Hradisch, young apple trees covered with straw up to the middle of their trunks. The old apple trees are carefully cleaned and painted with whitewash to preserve them from moss and from fungoid growths. At Drosing, in Moravia, along the roads the acacia alternates with the cherry and the apple. "In the Tyrol, where the culture of fruit trees is highly appreciated, the road orchards are numerous. It is not unusual to find in these regions, es pecially at Hoffgarten, orchards of 2,000 to 3,000 apple and pear trees. And not only are the carriage roads utilized thus, but the railway companies have fallen into line. Many of them have planted the edges of their embank ments and the spaces left between their tracks and the neighboring properties. "The efforts made by foreign nations in this matter of road orchards can scarcely be described without speaking of the grand duchy of Luxemburg, which is the cho en land o`ef lnem tree., Tree Vern ments of the 'f-* d aehy to develop fruit culture ire moat ~jiterwsting and remarkable, Nowhere have resources been better employed and encourage ments better distributed. The state has established an agricultural service, which has for its special object the fos tering of agricultural work and the di rection and execution of most of such Ipublie work as the planting of fruit trees, drainage, irrigation, experiment stations, the establishment of roads, etc."--lterary Digest. SHADED HIGHWAYS. Trees Add Beauty and Comfort to Every Country Road. During these hot summer days is when the traveler on a dusty, treeless highway sighs for "some boundless cgntiguity of shade," or at least for good roads bordered by trees whose sheltering boughs would offer some pro tection against the rays of the celestial scorcher, the sun. Trees add more than beauty to a country highway, although that feat ure alone should be a saficent ineen tive to insure their presence . But they ate comforting, as well, and tkeirhade helps to retain a degree of maistwre tlat retards the making of dust. The usual highway should be made beautiful and comfortable as well. Every negligent highway commissioner should be compelled to ride a wheel along a sun-blistered road, or, better yet, be harnessed to a load, as is the poor, dumb horse. This would bring him to a realization of the fact that a little shade along the road is a good and gracious thing. Make the highway beautiful.--Good Rloads. ~NeaMs tshe Co CoQmfetablm. To give comfort to the cow and pre vent the annoyance of her tail switeh ing in your lae ort about your head while ~ilklng, make a big sack open at one end anbae side. Before beginning pllkla gdea 1 itepeer theoowsoAhat the edoed end w·itll h her tal down be tweaea er °s. sabe ay t loike it at rstj buat whesn ' there ar o ies . tb otii w Wihen rSa the end or corer that her horns and strp i adt one ba . It Ia ready thenw fortb* tobe muiied.s The _kru** dof soak HOW TO KEEP APPLES. Chlef Requisite for lPreservatoa Is. a Uniform Low Temperature. On the subject of keeping apples MI. O. IV. Hawden, of Worcester, Mass., in a recent address, said: "If apples are expected to keep well they must be picked from the trees and Landled cares fully. Barrels and boxes are found the most convenient packages for apples, but should be washed and thoroughly cleansed and dried before using; care should be taken that no niails protrude through the staves. The fruit should 'be carefully placed in the barrels and gently shaken and pressed into them as compactly as possible to prevent any motion of the fruit after the barrels are headed; each sort should be marked and placed where the temperature is low and uniform if possible. If apples are to be stored for winter or late keep ing the sooner placed in a cool and uni form place the better. A fruit house or cellar made with a view for the pur pose is best, but most growers usual ly have to resort to their cellars. The chief requisites for the preservation of fruit from October to May or June fol lowing are a uniform low temperature, which in autumn may be obtained by giving abundant ventilation on cool nights, to be closed when the atmos phere is warm. Fruits shoud be main tained or kept in as nearly as possible its condition when gathered. The grad ual ripening process, or the fermenta tion of the juices premonitory to de cay, should be checked and kept in a dormant condition. When maintained nearly at freezing point the mellow ing or ripening process in the fruit nearly ceases. Fungi and mildew, the primary causes of decay, do not germi nate under these circumstances; the best late keeping results are promoted thereby. The prices at which apples are sold differ very materially between October and June and are often as one to fire; thus the growing price in the cellar is of fully as much importance as the growing fruit in the orchard."-Ice and Refrigeration. THE CABBAGE WORM. Paris Green Can Be Used to Advastage in Destroying Them. The most common cabbage caterpil lar is the larval form of the white bet terfly, so often seen about the plants depositing its eggs. Aside from this lar'a there are several others wbich attack the cabbage plant, being the larvae of several species of butterflies and moths. But while there are sev eral species of caterpillars on the plants, yet the habits of all are very sim ilar, so that the same remedies are ap plicable to all. Just as soon as the worms are noticed on the plants, paris green, either dry or mixed with water. should be applied. In this case it is perhaps best to make the application in a dry form by means of any of the many ways for making the application. A com mon flour sack will do for this purpose, if nothing better is at hand, although nothing equals the champion powder gun for the applica tion of any dry powders. When ap plied to the cabbage, the paris green should be diluted with about 2g parts of flour, the effectiveness of the appllca, tion depending not so much upon the amount used as the evenness of the di. tribution. The paris green, however, should not be applied to the plants aftet they have formed heads, but pyrethrum or insect powder should then be used instead. But the question is often asked: "WIlt not the paris green poison the plants and render them unfit for use?"BUttlte cabbage grows from within out, sad there is no danger frozpueasnsatedpi green, provided it is not app1ii.s-tei the heads are formed. By the t.a .-the outer leaves are taken off andtithe bage is ready for the table, thlre.--ieft no trace of arsenie,-II. F. Wiwi b Journal of Agriculture. AN EXCELLENT TRELU& Splendid Thing for G.orwes itS ?~ I have two rows 75 feet oQIga.f feet apart. Strong cedar stskaint six to seven feet long are t set .S apart over each row. A .i*: STRONG WIRE AND TWINE TRELLIS. stretched ten inches troib the ground and stapled at eachloaamtiother wire is stapled to the top at4h posts. Bind er or wool twine is then fastened to top of an end post, unrolled and passed under the bottom wire, up over the top wire and down again as illustrated. Bean runners readily find the striang and soon reach the top, when an oe casional turn over and under the wire horizontally will keep them out of the way. The wire is easily taken of and the parts removed, and the strings should be serviceable two seasons. I leave them standing until spring, when the vines became dry, very brittle and are easily brqkerlrom the twine . Ex periment has eo.iivined me nothing is gained by lincI ng the ends of. the vines; much is gained by a rieh sri, with frequent and thorough owuita tion.---Albet H.' Brigga, in Farm ad Home. Ias tbbse Take two tabesppsamtl .4 bita, two cupfuals of sugar. two beates. , a cpfnlt of mnilk, three canf atmk bopped: flavor wtth vanilla. PNt M a buttered tin and bake lt ai odrait oven.-Good Rounsekeeping. Geed ameas PIettlea. Don't vote for .maan who is ataigg to stand one wud 'n latfora. ' A SWJDY OF ANGER. issed on Over Two Thousand Answers to a Circular of Inquiry. President Hall, of the Clark summer school at Worcester, has given a nula her of striking lectures, but none more so than that on anger, which was de livered the other day. The address is based on the 2,184 answers to a circular inquiry which was sent out two years ago. These indicate that extreme vio lent anger is of more frequent rftcur rence than might be supposed. More interesting than this, however, are some of the conclusions based on the reports. Thus Dr. Hall says: "In children sometimes the hair bristles, actually stands up as in ani nmals. The mouth is affected, the teeth are shown, the lips are bitten, the tongue ran out (a curious, unexplained symptom). In 14 per cent. of children they spit, a very animal trait. Very often they turn about and spit, perhaps fronf the superstition that the act will revenge. They spit as though the poi soning instinct was left in the psychic system, as Darwin ascribes it. The neck muscles contract. Children bite themselves or others or a stick, the last to restrain their anger. I remember talking to a murderer at Louisville just previous to his execution. He said had he had his stick with him to bite, as was his custom, he never would have committed the crime. Then there is a desire to scratch, a type of the feline instinct. Man has lost his claws, but the instinct to use them remains." It appears from the record that the chief cause of anger is illness: then comes weariness, then hunger, then ex tremes of heat or cold. As to degrees of anger, Dr. Hall said: "Seventy men and boys and 26 girls and women are subject to wild anger out of 322 per sons reported. Only 26 were blind mad. Of those who want to'kill, the men far exceed the women. Then, again, t.h quick of anger are more than twice as numerous as the slow. The duration of the outbreak is about the same in both sexes." Here are portions of one or two char acterist.ic replies to this circular letter: A woman writes that a slum boy in it mission struck her in the face. "I had a new experience. I wanted to trample him, and rend and slaughter him. I believe I should have killed him had I had a weapon. I generally control my self, and only make a few withering re marks. But once I was so angry that I slapped my brother, and his look of surprise made me break into wild laughter, yet the anger was not gone." A Cambridge boy of 18 wrote: "When very mad I used to shut my eyes and go at the object of my wrath for all I was worth, and then I would feel weak and tired. There are some people I long to maul unmercifully; also, cats, for which I have a most particular hate. The boy I am maddest of all at has separated me and my best girl, prob ably forever. I am laying for him, and am ready to hang for it." In closing his lecture, Dr. Hall said that physiology and Christ are dia metrically opposed, for one says anrer is a good thing; the other says: "Turn the other cheek also." At the very end he said: "Psychologists should careful ly investigate anger in all its forms, and pedagogy should give it a sphere. that it may be turned into the path of honor. There must be codes for the tegulation of this passion as long as there are differences among mankind. There have always been courts and code and rules of honor, without which anger would be unbridled."-Hartford TI~es. CURED HER LOVE. `Waiea's Advice to Ride a Wheel Was Aedopted with Olowlae Results. Ministers are sometimes bewildered by the confidences of members of their flock., Some of them are particular as ~,a the callers they receive in the study or vestry. A well-known preacher of the true doctrine makes it a rule to see ii .member of the fair sex in the vestry u the object of the call shall be beforehand. '.,m -:ay, however, when he had $itsed a very eloquent sermon, a sad -eyed lady member of his congregation rfwed her way into his house on the p-ea of urgent business, and, in spite s his meat discouraging manner, in slated on informing him, with tears and aObs, that she had fallen hopelessly in love with a certain gentleman of her ae quaintance, and that she did not know what would become of her in life unless he could be persuaded to return her affection. The reverend gentleman rose impa tiently, and exclaimed that he should advise the lady to buy a bicycle and go out for a long ride every day until she was cured.' The damsel went away weeping, and saying that, alas! he did not understand that her love fever was incurable! The clergyman thought no more about the interview, which he had looked upon as being one of the dis agreeable details of his profession; but a month later, as he was walking along the street, he met a pretty, blooming, bright-eyed girl, who stopped him, and exclaimed, with enthusiasm: "I can never be suficiently grateful to you for your excellent advice; I have acquired a bicycle, and go long rides every day, and now I have no time to think of Mr- . and don't care for him at all."-N. Y. Mercury. A Uistorieal ast. TFtChei.-VWhat celebrated event co :a4s.,alt Plymo#th Rock? t F- know. ' mW hear you tell the class wl=U Niobody else seems to ýsited a new breed of chickens tes" ~.-land Leader. SArabic used in the Koran dif 1U mueh from the Arabic used in pzl sOnvsurmation and Intercourse #i t. bt uas the Latin differs from the .i la. 'The Koran Arabic is that of .--e .. ar . elasses; the colloqauia tof the common.people. -ý t of aon express teain con 1 . ýýg eaewat 1tr tichk fis NO MORE CUTTING OFFOF LIMBS Imbaltwlng ubstituted for Amputation the Latest in $urgery. A new and simple mode of treatment has been introduced in France by n hich, it, is claimed, a large proportion of in jured limbs now usually amputated cdea Ie saved. The method, which is due to lir. Reclus, was recently described be fore the French congress of surgery, and is thus explained: "Whatever the extent or gravity of the lesions, he (Dr. Reclus) never, under any circumstances, amputates the in jured limb, but merely wraps it in an tiseptic substances by a veritable em balming process, leaving nature to sep arate the dead from the living tissues. This method of treatment possesses the double advantage of being much less fatal than surgical exaeresis, and of pre serving for the use of the patient, if not the entire limb, at any rate a much larger part than would be left after aum putat.ion. lie advocates this very ,con servative treatment on account of the excellent effects of hot water, which he uses freely. After the skin has been shaved and cleansed from all fatty sub stances by ether, etc., in the usual way, a jet of hot water 60 to 62 degrees ('. (140 to 144 degrees), but not. higher, is made to irrigate all the injured sur faces and to penetrate into all the hol lows and under all the detached parts of the wound, without exception. This is the only way of removing all clots and to wash away all foreign bodies, together with the micro-organisms they may contain. The advantages of hot water at this high temperature are threefold: First, hot water at this tem perature is antiseptic, heat greatly in creases the potency of antiseptic sub.i stances; second, it is hemostatic (that is, staunches the flow of blood); third, its helps to compensate for the loss of heat rtsulting from the bleeding, andl es pecially from the traumatic shock. After the 'embalmning' process and the dead tissue has been separated from the living, the surgeon has nothing to do except to divide the hone at a suitable spot. According to Reclus the results attained are remarkable."'-Philadel phia Press. FEW DO ALL THE CHARITY. lamber Who Give Anything to the Poib" Is Limited. I was told many years ago by a per son of great experience, whose name would carry great weight if I were free to give it, that the number of persons who ever do anything for anybody al ways remains about the same. "They shift their gifts and their efforts," she said, "but they do not increase. Most people never give anytlin:g or work for anybody." I think that, making a little allow ance, this lady's experience taught her a profound truth. A great many peo ple do nothing for nobody, partly be cause they are too poor and too hard worked; partly because they mean to spend everything-and not too much, either, they say-upon themselves. As for those who give or work for other people, there are many classes. Some do so coldly, Is a religious duty, without being impelled in the least by the desire to helpthose who want help. I knew a man once who gave away con scientiously, but reluctantly, a whole tenth part of his large income as a reli gious duty. Some families inherit altruistic tre ditions; some persons seem born with an irresistible desire to learn and to understand the lives of other people. Now, when this instinct does not lead to the writing of novels it leads to works of charity. Some people give In order to get rid of disagreeable objects, as one tosses a penny to an organ grinder. I have sometimes thought that things would be made easier if we had a secret bureau at which people could put down their names for what they could afford. apart from giving doles to poor relations and checks to hospital Sunday. There would, of course, be a board of directors. Let us think it over.--London Queen. Faes About Cholers. The explanation of the German chol era epidemic of 1893, given by Dr. Barry,. is conclusive as to the danger of wa ter contamination. The outbreak in Hamburg, notwithstanding the iiew fil tered water supply there, was at first decidedly startling, but the otlicial. soon found that owing to a settlement of some masonry connected with a con duit conveying the water from the filter beds to the pumping station unfiltered Elbe water had got access to the supply. Dr. Barry arrives at four definite con clusions: 1. That cholera diffusion in variably follows lines of human inter course. 2. That increased steam com munication by land and water, espe cially between central Asia and Europe, has led to a rapidity in the diffusion of cholera hitherto unprecedented. 3. That cholera in its progress by way of river traffic has fastened on more cen ters of population than when its diffu sion has taken place overland. 4. That all "explosions" of cholera hace been found, on investigation, to have been referable to specifically polluted water supplies.-London News. From a City Point of View. She was from the city, where the lawns are well watered and well kept, And was on a visit to the country, where the grass is mostly hay, and very dry and dusty even for hay. "Papa," she said, thoughtfully, "the people never try to water the grass out here, do they?" "Of course not," he replied. "It would be too much of a task." "They leave it all to God to look aft er, don't they?" she persisted. He nodded his head, and for a fewt minutes she was lost in thought. "papa," she sad finally, asitf she bad solved a great problem, "don't you think Go ought to get an automatis sprinkler 'Chicago Post. -Bike---"So you saw a ghost? Did be say anything to you?" Sikes---"Yes, but I couldn't understand him." B]kes "Whyt" Sike--"Because I never stud led the dec kauguagPe."--N. Y. Heri4-,