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tremtnwad ef -pi teeners pnta Howard
tbsw-ct the Hard decree end finally «ei»
aa *S- ad i attf .- - fr m the baraased
PM *sMs Reatrft wife, d—-area her
I- e* i* her t ahead • t«i*nrer.r* and
ra a r* Je«Tiee P- H- rr*ow* to fcetp
artee Aw writ- raaemt te e dH-erre To
nave Hewaid aha *Jtee> tat ntwa she
krb that the -Idrr Je*rw doss not ln
l«e t te stead ha Me eee. 'irr #'»»
eh - db* arena hw pe’r A cat- appeal*
•e J _<J*» lire enter aft -* try fer Jeffrirr
At te take Howard • raee He terUart
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s*a»* The teaksr _rd Me w,f* cal: «*
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CHAPTER XVI.—Continued.
“Ah' I V«gls to understand Ton
V**» Robert Voder wood* Howard
know* yocr voter—hr heard you—talk
tel to him— Oh. Mn Jeffrie*' Am
vow the vosn who visited his opart
■teste that eight*"
The beaker* wife bowed her bead
and < oUapsed am a chair
"Tea." she c armored i® a lew ten*
Aar i* looked at her in amazement
"fly didn't yoa none forward at
once*" she cried “Think of the pain
which yoa might have spared ua'"
Alicia covered her !sm with her
handherrhief Sh was crying now
“The disgrace—the disgrace'" she
"tdarfiw-e*" echoed Annie stupe
fied Indignantly, she west on: "Dls
grace—to yon* But what of me and
H;«ward*"
"Can't yoa roailze what it means to
he asoocialed with such n crime*' she
cried Annie coo fern pro
to disgrace when a hu
ataheV
"H sssmrd so useless " moaned Al
VI*—"a aseieaa sacrifice la the face
sd Howard s coafeastern. Of course
—If Td known—tf Td suspected what
yow sell me—Td have come forward
aad laid everything—no matter at
what east" Tearfully she added:
"Awnriy yaa raaitze the position It
pats me In*"
A a** light shone la Ancle s eyes
Shat was this woman s misery to
her* Her duty was to the poor fel
low who was coon flag the hours until
At coat I OH him free His stepmoth
er dsasrrsd te mercy Utterly self
ish. dsenid ef a spark of humanity.
Am «ooM have left them both to
1' tia la order to protect herarif from
iliat aad rtllcalt Her face was set
"It must be done new "
Tea." es**.-jr*d Alicia te i low
tana that sounded tike a sob. “It mast
W tea* now* Ok. If Td only done tt
before—IT Id ealy told Mr. Jeffries
the vhalc truth" Too spook of How
ards sotartaga If bo dids t do It.
As has at lease tke roasctouaaeM of
M* art katcwcr tat 1—tke cod
stoat tear at brtttf found out Is worse
the* say kali the Imagination can non
Jars oa I dreaded It—I dread tt now
—social ostracism
kaaw—the whole
•teniae Still b
' l with the utmost
Kt rociiaM To
yvterloos woman
ektac was Howard's
I _
“*n yours the mUalrg wltaess w«
tears all been hunting for'" she said.
“I cm? teattere |f «ren now. How
did It fcappea -
“He aad 1 were once engaged I
brake tt off when f found him out.
After I married Mr Jeffries I met Un
derwood seals Foolishly. I allowed
ike old tatlmary to be renewed. He
took advantage and preyed oa my
friends I forbade him my bouse,
lie wrote wot a letter in which be
threatened to kti! \ himself { vu
slrmld tee mount It—I wanted to pre
«s* him I went to tets rooms that
oight I—didn't tetl Mr. Jeffries
When ttee truth Is known and I sc
knowledge that 1 visited This man—
eaa yaa too what It means?—what a
foes U»«r«n tea Everybody will put
tte war* construction on It—
Trust them far that!- said Annie
grimly Ste was sorry (or the worn
aa'a distress, yet. being oaly human,
ate felt a certain tease of satisfaction
te set-tag her sit Car a little of what
ate tend tees mad a to aaffer.
-TtetyTI aay that I—Ood knows
what they'll any*" want oa Alicia din
tmrtodly^"** hnahand will be
pwtette acandal bis social praatlgs will
—ok. I darn not think at IP-1 know—
my date h to that unfortunate boy. I
mustn't think at aqraaM"
I ff ttat Mr. Cm
teas able to do
■aw why I tept tt.
man M!- Moaning
The disgrace'—the disgrace!—It’s
ruin—degradation! It’s the end of
everything!—the end of everything!"
Annie regarded with contempt this
roor. weak, walling creature who
lacked the moral courage to do what
was merely right. Her voice was not
uaktnd as she said:
“I don’t want to disgrace you—or
ruin you. But what am I to do—tell
me. what am I to do?"
“I don't know,” moaned her com
panion helplessly
“Howard must he saved."
“Tea"
“Will yon tell Judge Brewster or
shall 1 r
Judge Brewster! Why should he
know T“ cried Alicia, startled. More
■ompoaedly and as If resigned to the
inevitable, she went on: "Yes, I sup
pose he must know sooner or later,
but. I—”
?hr broke down again and burst In
to tears. Annie watched her In si
lence
It s tough—isn't It?" she said sym
pathetically
‘ Yes." fobbed Alicia through her
tears. It's—it's tough!” Rising, she
■dried her eyes and said hastily: ' Don't
say anything now. (live me a few
hoars Then I can think what Is best
to be dene ”
Annie was about to reply when the
office door suddenly opened and Judge
itrewster entered. Addressing Alicia,
be aald:
“Pardon me. Mrs. Jeffries. I hope I
"Pray don't trouble. Good morning,
sir.”
As Alicia followed her husband out.
she turned and whispered to Annie:
"Come and see me at my home."
When she had disappeared the
judge came back Into the room and
Eat down at his desk.
"Well, that's done!" he exclaimed
with a sigh of relief. Rummaging for
a moment among his papers, he
looked up and said with an encoura
ging smile:
"Now. if you please, we will go over
that evidence—bit by bit."
CHAPTER XVII.
The news that Judge Brewster
would appear for the defendant at the
approaching trial of Howard Jeffries
went through the town like wildfire,
and caused an immediate revival in
the public Interest, which was begin
ning to slacken for want of hourly
stimulation. Rumor said that there
had been a complete reconciliation In
the Jeffries family, that the banker
was now convinced of his son’s Inno
cence. and was determined to spend
a fortune, if necessary, to save him.
This and other reports of similar
nature were all untrue, but the judge
let them pass without contradiction.
They were harmless, he chuckled, and
if anything, helped Howard's cause.
Meantime he himself had not been
idle. When once he made up his
mind to do a thing he was not con
Each Was Absorbed in His Own Thoughts.
' haven’t kept you waiting.” Noticing
her agitation and traces of tears, he
Icoked surprised He made no com
ment but turned to Annie:
"I have been talking to Dr. Bern
i stein over the ’phone.”
Annie approached him softly and
said in a whisper:
Tv» told Mrs. Jeffries that you have |
undertaken Howard’s defense.”
Judge Brewster smiled at his
wealthy client, almost apologetically,
Annie thought. Then addressing her. ]
! he said:
"Yes. I’ve been quite busy since I
saw you. I have put three of the best
detectives we have on the trail of the
woman who visited Underwood that
night. I don’t think the police have
been trying very hard to find her.
They’re satisfied with Howard’s con
1 fesslon. But we want her and we’ll
get her—"
“Oh!” gasped Alicia.
The judge was proceeding to tell of
other steps he had taken when the
door opened and the head clerk en
tered. followed by Mr. Jeffries.
”1 told Mr. Jeffries that Mra. Jef
I fries was here,” said the clerk.
"You might have told him that there
were two Mrs. Jeffries here,” laughed
(he judge.
The clerk retired and the banker.
> completely ignoring the presence of
! bis daughter-in-law. turned to fils wife
! and said:
"I regret, my dear, that you should
I be subjected to these family annoy
ances."
Judge Brewster came forward and
I cleared his throat as If preliminary to
something Important he had to say.
Addressing the banker, he said bold
; iy
“Mr. Jeffries. I have decided to un
dertake Howard's defense.”
Hla aristocratic client waa taken
completely by surprise. For a mo
ment he could aay nothing, but aim
I ply starsd at the lawyer as If un
able to believe hla ears. With an ef
fort, he at last exclaimed:
“Indeed!—then you will pleaae con
sider our business relations to have1
ceased from this moment"
The lawyer bowed.
“As you please," he said suavely.
The banker turned to hla wife.
"Alicia—come”
He offered hie arm and turned to
ward the door. Alicia, in distress,
looked bach at Annie, who nodded
reassuringly to her. Judge Brewster
rase and. going to the door, opened
it The hanker bowed stlOy and said:
tent with half measures. Night and
day he wonked on the case, preparing
evidence, seeing witnesses and ex
perts. until he had gradually built
up a bulwark of defense which the
police would find difficult to tear
down. Yet he was not wholly reas
sured as to the outcome until Annie,
the day following the interview In his
office. Informed him breathlessly that
she had found the mysterious woman.
The judge was duly elated; now it
was plain sailing. Indeed! There had
always been the possibility that How
ard's confession to the police was
true, that he had really killed Under
wood. But now they had found the
one Important witness, the mysteri
ous woman who was In the apart
ment a few minutes before the shoot
ing and who was In possession of a
letter In which Underwood declared
his intention of shooting himself,
doubt was no longer possible. Acquit
tal was a foregone oonclusion
pleased was the judge at Annie's tint
that he did not Insist on knowing the
woman's name. He saw that Annie
preferred, for some reason, not to give
it—even to her legal adviser—and he
let her have her way, exacting only
that the woman should be produced
the Instant he needed her. The young
woman readily assented. Of course,
there remained the ‘'confession.'' but
that bad been obtained unfairly. Il
legally. fraudulently. The next Impor
tant step was to arrange a meeting at
the judge's house at which l.. Bern
Bteln, the hypnotic expert, would be
present and to which should be Invi
ted both Capt Clinton and Howard's
rather. In front of all these witnesses
the judge would accuse the police cap
tain of browbeating his prisoner Into
making an untrue confession. Per
haps the captain could be argued into
admitting the possibility of a mistake
having been made. If, further, be could
be convinced of the existence of doc
umentary evidence showing that Un
derwood really committed suicide he
might be willing to recede from bU
position in order to protect himself.
At any rate It was worth trying. The
judge Insisted, also, that to this meet
ing the mysterious woman witness
should also come, to be produced at
such a moment as the lawyer might
consider opportune. Annie merely de
manded a few hours' time so she could
make the appointment and soon re- i
turned with a solemn promise that
the woman would attend the meet
ing and come forward at whatever
moment called upon.
Three evenings later there was an
Impressive gathering at Judge Brew
ster's residence. In the handsomely
appointed library on 'the second floor
were seated Dr. Bernstein, Mr. Jef
fries and the Judge. Each was ab
sorbed in his own thoughts. Dr. Bern
stein was puffing at a big black cigar;
the banker stared vacantly into space
The judge, at his desk, examined some
legal papers. Not a word was spo
ken. They seemed to be waiting for
a fourth man who had not yet ar
rived. Presently Judge Brewster
looked up and said;
"Gentlemen, I expect Capt Clinton
In a few minutes, aud the matter will
be placed before you."
Mr. Jeffries frowned. It was great
ly against his wish that he had been
dragged to this conference. Peevish
ly. he said:
i ve no wisn 10 De present at tne
meeting. You know that" and yet
you sent for me.”
Judge Brewster looked up at him
quickly and said quietly yet de
cisively:
"Mr. Jeffries, it is absolutely nec
essary that you be present when I
tell Capt Clinton that he has either
willfully or Ignorantly forced your son
to confess to having committed a
crime of which I am persuaded he is
absolutely Innocent”
The banker shrugged his shoulders.
"If I can be of service, of course,
I—I am only too glad—but what can
I say—what can I do?"
"Nothing." replied th« Judge curtly.
"But the moral effect of your presence
is invaluable." More amiably he went
ou: “Believe me, Jeffries, I wouldn't
have taken this step unless I was ab
solutely sure of my position. I have
been informed that Underwood com
mitted suicide, and to-night evidence
1 confirming this statement is to be
placed in my hands. The woman who
paid him that mysterious visit just
before his death has promised to come
here and tell us what she knows. Now,
if Capt. Clinton can be got to admit
the possibility of his being mistaken
it means that your son will be free
in a few days."
“Who has given you this informa
tion?” demanded the banker skeptic
ally.
“Howard’s wife," answered the
judge quietly. The banker started and
the lawyer went on: “She knows who
the woman is, and has promised to
bring her here to-night with docu
mentary proof of Underwood's sui
cide.”
“You are depending on her?” he
sneered.
"Why not?” demanded the judge.
"She has more at stake than any of
us. She has worked day and night
on this case. It was she who aroused
Dr. Bernstein's interest and persuad
ed him to collect the evidence against
Capt. Clinton.’'®
The banker frowned.
"She is the cause of the whole mis
erable business,” he growled.
The door opened and the butler, en
tering, handed his master a card.
“Ah'.” ejaculated the judge. “Here's
our man! Show him up."
When the servant had disappeared
Mr. Jeffries turned t<^hls host. With
a show of irritation he said:
“I think you put too much faith in
that woman, but you’ll find out—you'll
find out.”
Judge Brewster smiled.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Art at $600 a Square Inch
That Price Ha* Been Demanded for
Drawing by the Famous
Leonardo da Vinci.
•
Let no one say that art does not
pay. when right in Fifth avenue It Is
offered at >600 the square Inch, which
is considerably more than the lots
that front In that exclusive thorough
fare would bring.
8troll Into the new galleries at
636, and In a dingy little ^ame, with
several other patches, you will see a
drawing by Leonardo da Vinci In red
chalk. It Is only >K Inches square,
and, taking out the trimming of Its
upper corners. It contains ten square
inches.
The price Is >6.000. It Is entitled
“The Head of a Young Man.“ and.
small as It is. the skill of the Italian
painter Inspires every line of the tiny
There Is sot far Any a small draw
ing by Rembrandt, which Is there
through the courtesy of the new own
er, who bought It for $15,000 before
the dealers had a chance to hang it
and has permitted it to remain in the
show. The drawing, partly in sepia
and here and there with a touch of
crayon, was intended as a study for
a painting and is entitled "Christ and
the Two Apostles.” It is eight by ten
Inches.—New York Herald.
In the Year 2,000.
Transient—Who’s that prosperous(
looking fellow over there?
Native—That's Squire Shuwell. the
millionaire ditch-digger. Everybody
laughed at him years ago when he re
fused to become s doctor or a lawyer,
and even turned down the corre
spondence schools’ offer to make him
a window dresser or an electrical en
gineer. Tima proved his wisdom, and
to-day, ns tbs only unskilled laborer in
this section, he can command almost
fabulous prices.—Puck.
CONVENIENCE OF DIVIDING
FALL AND SPRING HOG HERDS
By This Method Farmer Will be Able to Distribute His
Time Equally, Economize in Room, Sell When
Markets Suit Him And Furnish Customers
Kind of Pork Desired.
(By C. C. BOWSFIELD. Illinois.)
Every farmer, who raises as many
as 100 hogs in a year, ought to divide
them into spring and fall herds. By
this means he will be able to distrib
ute the labor to suit his convenience,
economize in room, sell when the mar
ket suits him. and furnish his custo
mers on short notice, any kind of pork
desired, from suckling-roast to prime
bacon.
The thoroughly practical man can
turn hogs into money very rapidly,
but the business needs to be on a scale
extensive enough to enable him to
properly divide his fields and build
ings. and to make- thorough experi
ments. with different types, and differ
ent kinds of food.
1 have observed two or three bad
failures recently, which were caused
primarily, by the old and erroneous
idea that hogs do not require much
ground room or forage.
In raising pork for the market, the
farmer ought to keep in mind these
vital points: Cost of feeding, danger
of disease or sickness, and range of
market prices.
Starting the season with 50 to 100
pigs just weaned, the owner should
provide pasturage of some kind. 1
would give this lot of young animals
one mess per day. of brain and shorts
moistened with slops, skimmed milk
or whey. This is ample in a grass-lot
of five or ten acres.
Clover is excellent for forage, but
artichokes and rape are better. A
TTf’
Berkshire Gilts.
little corn soaked in water is good
when the pigs begin to’show growth
What they need above all else, how
ever. is the range, with Just about
such a line of food as would be re
quired to give young cattle a steady
and rapid growth. Field-peas ought
to be available toward the end of
summer. The hogs can be allowed to
do the^harvesting themselves.
This will give firmness and sweet
ness to the flesh, and could be used
right through the fall, instead of corn.
My preference would be to give the
final month to a dressing up with
corn. This crop being ready in Octo
ber. the fattening process can be
rushed through the month of No
vember. or until conditions are right
for marketing.
The clearest profit is made in ten
months, at which age, the hogs ought
to average 250 pounds. Animals that
get good pasturage, and about such a
diet as I have described, are pretty
sure to escape disease. It is essentia!
to have plenty of pure water in the
hog lot.
The farm should include three or
four small fields, securely fenced, so
that one kind of forage could be
rested, while the other was used. Then
again, if the owner detects fever or
other sickness in the herd, it is easy
to segregate those animals which are
affected. Prompt action along this
line, may prevent heavy loss.
Dipping is another essential, and as
it is neither difficult or expensive, it
ought to be attended to, twice each
summer. With this kind of hog farm
ing. cholera will not be knewn. and
the stock will get a steady growth,
from beginning to end.
If the -weather be severe, when it
comes to the last month of feeding,'
the hogs should be kept in clean;
roomy pens, but even to the last day, i
they should have some succulent for
age-plant to eat. Clover or alfalfa i3
suitable for this, and carrots are ex
cellent. in connection with the corn,
or peas.
It is for the good of the animal, and
of course for the owner’s pocket, that \
a program of this kind be marked out. |
Feeding 50-cent corn, for six or eight
months, will not do. Farmers must
learn that forage is natural to the hog. ,
and that it will give the growth at a
small cost.
Allowing full rental value for the
land, the cost of all food supplies, and
the wage value of the time taken up ,
in the care of the stock, from the date
of birth, to the marketing 100 hogs
10 months old averaging 250 pounds,
can be turned off, at a cost not ex
ceding $700.
It may be done for a little less, but
if it is to be a business proposition,
let it be figured as a business man
would count the expense. With care- j
ful experimenting and observation, for
several years. I get no figures very
far from $7 for a marketable hog
weighing 250 pounds.
Keep Up Cow’s Condition.
To keep up the condition of the
cows and to supplement the pasture a
little wheat bran and flaxseed meal
can be profitably fed all through the
I summer.
ALFALFA PEST
WORKS INJURY
Weevil is Not Native to America.
Bat Introduced From
Europe, Asia and
Africa.
(By F. M. WEBSTER.)
The alfalfa weevil is not native to
America, but has been accidentally in
troduced from Europe, western Asia,
or northern Africa, where it is very
common, and where, while more or
less destructive to alfalfa, it is prob
ably prevented by its natural enemies
from working serious and widespread
ravages.
The insect winters entirely tn the
beetle stage, seeking shelter, before
the frosts of autumn commence, either
in the crowns of alfalfa plants, close
to the surface of the ground In the
W.M
The Alfalfa Weevil: Adults Clustering
on and Attacking Sprig of Alfalfa.
field or under leaves, matted grass,
weeds, and rubbish along ditch banks,
hay stacks and straw stacka Indeed
It is oftentimes found in barns where
hay is kept over winter.
It has been estimated that fully 80
per cent of the beetles that go into
winter quarters in tbe fall live through
until spring. With the coming of
spring tbe beetles make their way
forth from their hiding places and
attack the young growth of alfalfa as
soon as there is sufficient food for
them.
In ordinary seasons they appear in
March and the egg-laying period usu
ally lasts from March or April until
early July.
Some idea of the abundance of
these eggs and the extent to which
the pest may breed in vacant lots and
other waste lands where alfalfa has
escaped from cultivation and grows
as a weed may be obtained from the
fact that in one case a single plant
has been found to contain 127 of these
egg punctures in the midst of the egg
laying season, with the punctures
fresh and new. As one puncture may
contain anywhere from a tew to over
30 eggs, probably 10 or 15 on the aver
age. this single plant presumably con
tained between 1.200 and 1,300 eggs
at the time it was observed. If these
hatched and half of them developed
into female beetles and 80 per cent of '
the latter passed the winter, this plant '
might in a year give rise to over 150.
000 beetles.
| The alfalfa weevil has no natural
enemies, except frogs and toads, both
of which are by far too few in num
bers to greatly restrict the ravages of
the pest.
Cow of Quality.
It Is unofficially reported that a Jep 1
sey cow ownd by a member of the
American Jersey club, of New York,
in a year's test gave 14,452 pounds of
milk. The average daily was 39 6-10
pounds milk and 2 pounds and 1-7
ounces of butter.
Feed for Dairy Cows.
High-priced feed and low prices for I
milk or its products is a very unde
sirable combination, but it is some
times economy to submit to a present
loss, rather than allow a milk flow
to go by default
Pasture Is Essential.
Pasture is essential and it must not
be lo3t for the want of a little rape
seed.
Sheep on Pasture.
If too many sheep are confined on a
pasture they will eat the grass roots
right out of the ground.
AIDS FOR THE
HOG BREEDER
Two Pastures Better Than One
Vicious Animal Should he
Hilled — Provide
Shelter.
The breed of white hogs Is rapidly
disappearing from this country.
Free range for bogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run
ever our neighbor’s farm.
With good fence wire as cheap as
it is today it is an easy matter to di
vide up the bog pasture into convenient
lots.
Two pastures are better than one.
because while the hogs are feeding
in one field the other will be recover
ing and later furnish much more at
tractive feed than as if both pastures
, are used as one.
The vicious hag that Is forever
I breaking out and causing trouble for
one’s neighbor cannot be killed too
Quickly.
It is a good plan to provide sum
mer shelter for the hogs on a high
spot where the wind will have a full
sweep.
Feeding the Pig.
A little salt sprinkled with coal
ashes is as much relished by the hogs
as “Cracker Jack" is relished by the
bo.va.
The pig is merely a meat-producing
machine and the more he is fed—with'
good Judgment, of course—the more
meat he will turn over.
Pure-Bred Cows.
We cannot expect even the best
pure-bred to produce animals without
a blemish every time. It is always a
case of the survival of the fittest.
Remember the cow has a hard time
keeping up her usual milk flow and
fight flies, to say nothing of the effect
the terrific heat has upon her. v
Money in Cherries.
A Pennsylvania orchardlst culti
vates about eight seres of cherries.
mutely Early Richmond, Murillo and
May Duke. The crop last year
brought about $265 per acre, gross.
GARDEN OF THE GOOS
Great Scenic Feature of the
Pike’s Peak Regio
■Sentinel of the Plains” Stands Guard
Over Section Where Titanic
Forces Have Wondrously
Wrought.
Denver, Colo.—No scenic feature of
the Pike’s Peak region of Colorado
has such a world wide fame as the
Garden of the Gods. Passing through
its gigantic rock-portals, 330 feet In
height, one enters a region where
Titanic forces have been at play.
Here are cathedral spires, and bal
anced rocks weighing a thousand
tons; strange grotesque shapes, mam
moth caricatures of animals crouch or
spring from vantage points hundreds
af feet in air or gleam oddly from the
pines.
The gateway to the Garden rises to
twice the height of Niagara’s mighty
fall, framing in terra cotta a superb
picture of azure and tawny peaks.
Eagles nest in the rocky crags. Pur
ling brooks alive with mountain trout.
Against the turquois sky a flight of
birds soars almost out of sight, wee
bits of life amid the grandeur of
mountain tops and lofty minarets.
Pike’s Peak in a way stands sen
tinel ever the Garden of the Gods.
Pike's Peak is the historic beacon
summit which guided the early ex
plorers across the great plains, and
It rears its snowy crest in the midst of
a veritable wonderland. Here Nature
Is seen in her grandest as well as In
some of her most fantastic moods.
Great mountain peaks are here—mas
sive, gigantic—lifting themselves Into
the regions of perpetual snow. Here
are a half dozen stupendous canyons,
each miles in length, where the gran
ite mountains have been cleft asun
der and rock walls rise perpendicu
larly a thousand feet Here medicinal
springs gush forth for healing and re
freshment Here, too, was the play
ground of Titanic forces when the
world was young—rock forms of every
size, shape and color; rising In airy
pinnacles like the spires of a Milan,
or in solid shafts against which all
the forces of modern enginery might
Summit of Pike’s Peak.
beat in vain, or in lofty spires so slen
der that one almost fears to lean his
pu_y weight against them.
From the summit of Pike's Peak
the view is sublime. To the west is a
mountain wilderness. To the east is
a boundless plain. Against the west
ern horizon stretches an unbroken
snowy range, lying sometimes in a
sapphire haze and again silhouetted
against the clear Colorado sky. A
great, rock-strewn region lies at the
base, out of which gleam the wind
swept obelisks of the Garden of the
Gods.
Steamboat Rock stands about the
center of the Garden of the Gods and
on top of it is a number of powerful
telescopes. This rock Is about 30 feet
high and has the appearance of the
deck of a steamboat.
A large rock about 25 feet hlg{i,
standing in the Garden of the Gods,
is called the Chinese temple because
of its round shape and its temple-like
appearance.
EARS LIKE BANANAS ON CORN
Freak Crop of Maize Grows in the Gar
den of an Arkansaa
Farmer.
Hermitage, Ark.—W. C. Pierson o!
this place had two short rows of corn
in his garden that developed more ears
to the stalk than ever heard of before
in this country.'
The com was planted February 15,
and at first the usual number of ears
developed. Then came an extra sup
ply, until some of the stalks looked
like banana trees. The small ears were
pulled off when partly developed and
fed to the stock. As fast as the stalks
were trimmed of their crop of small
jars another lot came on. Some ol
the small ears grew In clusters like
bananas.
A New York Delicacy. /
New York.—Swordfish is, as gener
ally conceded to be. a New England
dish, as are Boston baked beans. Th«
demand for it is so great in-New Eng
land that the wholesalers often pay
as high as 20 cents a pound for it,
which has never jeen offered for 11
here. Few hotels serve it, because
they are never sure when they can
have It on their menu. At rare Inter
vals the Waldorf has made a specialty
of a swordfish dinner. Some large
wholesale dealers predict that, aj
more Bwordflsh have been sold here
In the last two years than ever be
fore. New York will some day have >
steady market for swordfish.
Hatpin Gouges Man's Eye
San Francisco.—The turn of a worn
wn’s head may cost Daniel Mack hie
eyesight. Mack attempted to make h
way through a dense crowd. T
an beside him turned her head! Th.
to“*j*te^ pln Projecting from her ha*
PMead through Mack1, right eveiw
through hU nose mid Into hla left
h°W dar® you touch my
hat! the woman crtai mm .v , , 7
tug on her headge„ ** fe,t th*