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ipTBOUSSNDnr MIAN WHOCWtt Author of BheAMMEUR OMSMAN RAFFLES. Etc. !_ ■aUSrRATIONS T bv O. JRWUS MVERS CHAPTER XlV—Continued. —l3 Tove cocked his head at both ques tion and answer, but inclined it quick ly as Cazalet turned to him before proceeding. went in and found Henry Craven lying in his blood. That’s gospel—it wr - so I found him —lying just where he had fallen in a heap out of the a her chair at his desk. The top rl-at-hand drawer of his desk was o; a, the key in it and the rest of the h; ch still swinging! A revolver lay as it had dropped upon the desk—it jj £i; upset the ink—and there were ridges lying loose in the open (jr.-.-ver, and the revolver was loaded. I swept it back into the drawer, turned key nd removed it with the bunch. I; there was something else on the >t silver-mounted truncheon a man’s cap was lying on the Hour. 1 picked them both up. My : nstinct, I confess it, was to re- E; , every sign of manslaughter and to we the scene to be reconstructed jr- one of accident—seizure—any thing but what it was!” paused as if waiting for a ques ts None was asked. Toye’s mouth t have been sewn up, his eyes „ t like hatpins driven into his head. The other two simply stared. "it was a mad idea, but I had gone mad,” continued Cazalet. “I had hat ed the victim alive, and it couldn’t change me that he was dead or dying; that didn’t make him a white man, and neither did it necessarily blacken the poor devil who had probably suf fered from him like the rest of us and only struck him down in self defense. The revolver on the desk made that pretty plain. It was out of the way, but now I saw blood all over the desk as well; it was soaking into the blotter, and It knocked the bottom out of my idea. What was to be done? I had meddled already; how could I give the alarm without giving myself away to that extent, and God knows how much further? The most awful moment of the lot came as I hesitated—the dinner-gong went off In the hall outside the door! I remem ber watching the thing on the floor to see if it would move. “Then I lost my head —absolutely. I turned the key In the door, to give myself a few seconds’ grace or start; it reminded me of the keys in my hands. One of them was one of those little round bramah kes’S. It seemed familiar to me even after so many years. I looked up, anil there was my father's Michael Angelo closet, with its little, round bramah keyhole. I opened it as the outer door was knocked at and then tried. But my mad instinct of altering every pos sible appearance, to mislead the po lice, stuck to me to the last. And I took the man's watch and chain Into the closet with me, as well as the cap and truncheon that I had picked up before. "I don’t know how long I was above ground, so to speak, but one of my father’s objects had been to make his retreat sound-tight, and I could scarce ly hear what w as going on in the room. That encouraged me; and two of you don’t need telling how I got out through the foundations, because you know all about the hole I made my self as a boy in the floor under the oilcloth. It took some finding with single matches; but the fear of your neck gives you eyes in your finger ends, and gimlets, too, by Jove! The worst part was getting out at the other end, into the cellars; there were heaps of empty bottles to move, one by one, before there was room to open the manhole door and to squirm out over the slab; and I thought they rang like a peal of bells, but I put them all back again, and apparently . . nobody overheard in the scullery. "The big dog barked at me like blazes —he did again the other day — but nobody seemed to hear him either. I got to my boat, tipped a fellow on the towing path to take It back and pay for it —why haven’t the police got uld of him?—and ran down to the bridge tver the weir. I stopped a big -ar with a smart shaver smoking his Pipe at the wheel. I should have anight he’d have come forward for he reward that was put up; but I pre sided 1 was late for dinner I had in tcwn, and I let him drop me at the Jrand Hotel. He cost me a fiver, but ll oi a waistcoat lined with notes, u I’d more than five minutes in hand i Paring Cross. If you want to srow. it was the time in hand that L v >' me the whole idea of doubling to Genoa; I must have been half up to town before I thought of had told the whole thing as he v ays could tell an actual experi : that was one reason why It rang 'ue to one listener at every point, the sick man’s sunken eyes had need from their sockets in cumu amazement. And Hilton Toye and shortly when the end was reached. ou figure some on our credulity!" his first comment, don’t figure on anything from Toye, except a pair of handcuffs a:; a first installment!” r HRM OF MUCH SIGNIFICANCE rase “South of Panama" Mean* tuch More Than Merely a Geo graphical Location. ' uth of Panama” 13 a phrase has a mighty significance. It > not merely geographical loca lt signifies vast virgin areas of : -nd and upland contrasted with '' valleys and lofty plateaus pop 'd and cultivated through centu- Brass Buttons No More. The Grenadiers and some of the r British guard battalions are now f ng up the brass letters on their •er straps and wearing instead * ime of their regiment worked in ' : °n on cloth, as the men of the i Flying corps have always done. - > shards are also to have the brass •itons on their tunics replaced with outtons. and the practice may be 1 nded throughout the army. - ht soldiers will not be at all sorry, .hey have to spend a good deal of Toye rose in prompt acceptance of he challenge. “Seriously, Cazalet, you ask us to believe that you did all this to screen a man you didn’t have time to recognize?” “I’ve told you the facts.” “Well, I guess you’d better tell them to the police.” Toye took his hat and stick. Scruton was struggling from his chair. Blanche stood petri fied, a dove under a serpent’s spell, as Toy e made her a sardonic bow from t e landing door. “You broke your side of the contract, Miss Blanche! I guess It’s up to me to complete." “Wait!" It was Scruton’s raven croak; he had tottered to his feet. Sure,” said Toye, “if you’ve any thing you want to say as an interested party.” “Only this—he’s told the truth!” “Well, can he prove It?” ’I don’t know,” said Scruton. "But I can!” You?’ Blanche chimed in there. T es, Id like that drink first, if you don’t mind, Cazalet.” It was Blanche who got it for him, in an instant. “Thank you! I’d say more if my bless ing was worth having—but here’s something that is. Listen to this, you American gentleman: I was the man who wrote to him in Naples. Leave It at that a minute; it was my second letter to him; the first was to Austra lia, in answer to one from him. It was the full history of my downfall. I got a warder to smuggle it out That letter was my one chance.” "I know It by heart,” said Cazalet. “It was that and nothing else that made me leave before the shearing.” “To meet me when I came out!” Scruton explained In a hoarse whisper. “To—to keep me from going straight to that man, as I’d told him I should In my first letter! But you can’t hit these things off to the day or the week; he’d told me where to write to him on his voyage, and I wrote to Naples, but that letter did not get “You Broke Your Side of the Con tract, Miss Blanche." smuggled out. My warder friend had got the sack. I had to put what I’d got to say so that you could read it two ways. So I told you, Cazalet, I was going straight up the river for a row —and you can pronounce that two ways. And I said I hoped I shouldn’t break a scull —but there’s another way of spelling that, and It was the other way I meant!” He chuckled grimly. “I wanted you to lie low and let me lie low if that happened. I wanted just one man in the world to know I’d done it. But that’s how we came to miss each other, for you timed it to a tick, ii you hadn’t m'sread me about the river.” He drank again, stood straighter and found a fuller voice. “Yet I never meant to do it unless he made me, and at the back of my brain I never thought he would. I t v ought he’d do something for me, after all he’d done before! Shall I tell you what he did?” “Got out hiß revolver!” cried Caza let in a voice that was his own jusiifi cation as well. “Pretending it was going to be lus check-book!’’ said Scruton. through his teeth. “But I heard him trying to cock it inside his drawer. There was his special constable’s tranche n hanging on the wall—silver mount. J, for all the world to know how b- and stood up for law and order in the si; it of men! I tell you It was a joy o feel the weight of that truncheon, a >d to see the hero of Trafalgar Square fumbling with a thing ho didn’t un derstand! I hit him as hard as God would let me —and the rest you know —except that I nearly did trip o' r the man who swore it was broad day light at the time!" He tottered to the folding-doors, and stood there a moment, pointing to Cazalet with a hand that twitched as terribly as his dreadful face. “No —the rest you did—the rest you did to save what wasn’t worth sav ing' But—l think—l’ll hold out long enough to thank you—just a little ' He was gone with a gibbering smile Cazalet turned straight to Toye at It means barren and burned moun tains and dreary deserts mingled with forested and watered slopes, grassy llanos and pampas and flowering sa vannas. It means the mixing of almost for gotten aboriginal races and surviving Indian types with the intellectual and refined descendants of early Spaniards and Portuguese and the later sprin kling of adventuresome Germans. Italians. English and Americans It means an ancient civilization, fas cinating Incan ruins, old-fashioned elbow grease in keeping the brass shiny The change is being made not because England is running short of brass, but because experience has shown that the metal shines in the sunlight, and catches the eye of the enemy's snipers. English Female Magistrates. The female magistrates just appoint ed in South Australia are being de scribed as the first m tne British em- Dire Woman Justices, however, were not unknown in England centuries the other door. “Well? Aren’t you going too? You were near enough, you see! I’m an accessory all right”— he dropped his voice—“but I’d be prin cipal i* I could instead of him!” But Toye had come back into the room, twinkling with triumph, even rubbing his hands. “You didn’t see? You didn’t see? I never meant to go at all; it was a bit of bluff to make him own up, and it did, too, bully!” The couple gasped. “You mean to tell me,” cried Caza let, “that you believed my story all the time?” “Why, I didn’t have a moment's doubt about it!” Cazalet drew away from the chuck ling creature and his crafty glee. But Blanche came forward and held out her hand. “Will you forgive me, Mr. Toye?” “Sure, if I had anything to forgive. It’s the other way around, I guess, and about time I did something to help." He edged up to the folding door. “This is a two-man job, Cazalet, the way I make it out. Guess it’s my watch on deck!” “The other’s the way to the police station,” said Cazalet densely. Toye turned solemn on the word. “It’s the way to hell, If Miss Blanche will fjrgive me! This is more like the ether place, thanks to you folks. Guess I’ll leave the angels In charge!” Angelic or not, the pair were alone at last; and through the doors they heard a quavering croak of welcome to the rather human god from the American machine. “I’m afraid he’ll never go bacic with you to the bush,” whispered Blanche. “Scruton?” "Yes.” “I’m afraid, too. But I wanted to take somebody else out, too. I was trying to say so over a week ago, when we were talking about old Venus Potts. Blanchie, will you come?” (THE END.) ONE ON THE FLOORWALKER Presumably He Knew Duties of Hl* Position, But He Was Not Pro ficient In Spelling. The worst thing about the following is that it Is true, and what’s more, that It happened in one of Pittsburgh’s stores. The girl, stylishly attired, stepped up to the still more stylishly-attired floorwalker and inquired where she would find the chiffon. The floorwalk er consulted a notebook. Her surprise came when he gravely told her that they did not keep chiffon. “Why!" she gasped, “you cannot possibly mean that." In her eagerness she stepped closer to the stylishly-attired man than Elea nor Gale says a stylishly-attired wom an should, and looked over his shoul der at the notebook. “Oh! I see,” she said, flatly, as she moved off to ask the girl at the glove counter about the chiffons. The man had been looking under the s’s. —Bal- timore Star. Trapping Partridges. How partridges are trapped in Vir ginia and North Carolina, in the win ter, is described as follows: A net measuring from 15 to 30 feet, and about eight inches high, is put down with stanchions; horizortally in the center is an opening similar to the hoop nets foi fishing; the opening in the net is cone-shaped, diminishing in size. The netter mounts a horse and starts at the distant side of the field, riding in a walk Dackward and forward, his objective point being the net. If he encounters a bunch of birds they will run before the horse. He then begins to so direct his horse as to drive them to the net, being always careful not <.o flush them. When he reaches the net the birds dis cover the opening and enter, the whole process being similar to driving sheep into a pen. When the birds are safe the netter dismounts and se cures his game. Food by Proxy. Most of us know some particular food or drink, the desire for which is stimulated in us by reading about it But the writing must be skillful, or if not skillful, artlessly good. The cruder method of the stage produces the same effect; all smokers have experienced the almost overwhelming desire to smoke which comes upon them when someone lights a cigarette on the stage; these strange and rapid restau rant meals of the fashionable theater, when a party sits down at a table and is whirled through six courses in about five minutes, surrounded by champagne bottles in ice buckets and trays of liquors, have an absurdly ex citing effect. Not a Nation of Singers. In this country, though we have pro duced many fine voices, we have never become a nation of singers. There are, it is true, in most of the leading cities, choral societies, but the singing of large groups of people is comparative ly uncommon among us. Here ls a matter for regret, for among all large bodies of singers where there has been more or less training the effect is beau tiful and inspiring. In fact, there are few things in music more impressive than the singing of hundreds of voices. Throttling a Scourge. Prediction is made by government health officials that in a few more years typhoid fever will be almost as rare as smallpox. This prophecy is based on the rapidly increasing use of the vaccine and consequent immuniza tion of entire localities from the die ease. Moorish and Spanish architecture in the sleeping cities and towns with strange peoples and conditions hark ing back to far centuries, hard by a new civilization, modern skyscrapers and boulevards in growing commercial entrepots and ambitious capitals with progressive peoples and conditions which rival the best that the old East and the new West of North America can show. Rugby school was founded and en dowed in 1567. ago. The countess of Richmond, moth er of Henry VII, was a magistrate, and tried many important cases, whilst in Queen Mary s reign a Lady Bartlet sat on the bench in Glouces tershire. Perhaps the most remark able case of the kind was that of Lady Berkeley, who was given a spe cial commission by Henry VIII to act as judge in her own cause in the trial of certain poachers on her estates. The dollar sign was derived from the letters “U S” in monogram. AL RULING DIES AT 6ABABOO ROME FAMOUS C! RCUSMAN IS VICTIM OF AN ATTACK OF BRIGHT’S DISEASE. WAS SICK ABOUT A YEAR Founder of Amusement Enterprise Since Grown to Great Dimen sions—Recently Built $125,- 000 Opera House. Baraboo. —Al. Ringling, 66 years old, died at his home here of Bright’s dis ease. He had been ill about a year. Mr. Ringling was the oldest of the Ringling brothers, owners of most of the big circuses of the United States, whose winter headquarters are lo cated here. Recently an opera house built at Baraboo by Mr. Ringling at a cost of $125,000 was completed. Mr. Ringling is survived by his widow and four brothers. They are Charles R., Evanston, 111.; Henry, Baraboo, Wis.; Alf., New York, and John. The fifth brother, Otto, died two years ago. Al. Ringling was the founder of the circus syndicate which has since grow-n to great dimensions. Always an eager spectator as a boy at the “one horse” shows, that for him came all too seldom to the village of Bara boo, the sawdust ring never lost its allurements for him. He learned the business of running a circus from car rying water for the elephants up to the big business dealings.' The Ringling Brothers by their amusement enterprises placed Bara boo on the United States map. At an early age the then boys became im bued with an ambition to shine as stars of the sawdust arena, and estab lished a small show in the back yard of the family residence. Success, though in a small way, resulted, and followed, practically undiminished, all through the later life of the Ringling boys. Their first real circus performance of record was given at Dubuque, la., at an early day, and from that time the fame of the organization spread. WILL HOLD MEET JANUARY 11 State Cranberry Growers to Hold Twenty-eighth Annual Conven tion at Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids.—The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers’ association will take place here on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Talks will be given by some of the most prominent cranberry growers of the state. Among these will be a talk by Jacob Searls, a local grower, who has devel oped one of the finest marshes in this section. A. U. Chaney, the New York representative, will furnish a paper on “Qualities Derived from Spraying.” O. G. Malde, who is in charge of the state experiment station near here, will give a report of the year’s work. C. R. Treat will speak on the advantages gained through using fertilizers. An drew Bissig will talk on “Marketing Conditions.” Miss Lydia M. Huyck and Charles L. Lewis will tell of the progress of the cranberry industry in the northern part of the state and C. M. Seeker will tell of the advantages and advertising gained through an ex hibit at the state fair. In the evening Mr. Malde will show a series of slides and give some information gained through experiments the last year. HOLD DOUBLE CELEBRATION Mr. and Mrs. George Yule Observes 68th Wedding Anniversary on New Year’s. Kenosha. —Mr. and Mrs. George Yule observed the sixty-eighth anni versary of their marriage at their home here on 'New Year's day. The celebration was the most interesting event of New Year’s in Kenosha. Mr. and Mrs. Yule were married Jan. 1, 1848. Mr. Yule is now 91 years of age and Mrs. Yule a few years his junior. The celebration took the form of an informal reception to friends and a gathering of the members of the Yule family at a dinner at noon. Mr. Yule is president of the Bain Wagon company, and one of the wealthiest of Wisconsin manufactur ers. Their one son, George A. Yule, was present for the celebration. Invited to Address Drainage Meeting Grand Rapids.—Atty. B. M. Vaughan has been invited to speak at the sixth annual National Drainage congress, to be held at Caiio ,111., Jan. 19 to 21. Veteran Policemen Quit. Oshkosh. —The Oshkosh police force lost two veterans Jan. I—J.1 —J. B. Ragatz and Cornelius McCusker. Mr. Ragatz has been on the force about thirty eight years, and Mr. McCusker about thirty-three. Gets Two Years for Robbery. Wausau.—Paul Wenzel, charged with robbing Joseph Rady of Green Bay, pleaded guilty and was given a term of two years in the reformatory ai Green Bay. Traps Big Timber Wolf. La Crosse. —The biggest timber wolf ever caught in La Crosse county was found iu Carlton Casberg’s trap at Holmen. The animal weighed forty pounds. Mr. Casberg also trapped eight foxes. He collected $36 bounty as a result of his hunt. To increase Water Supply. Grand Rapids.—The city of Grand Rapids will build anew water reser voir which will be of 100,000 gallons capacity and will cost about $2,000. Will Fight Hog Cholera. La Crosse. —The town board of Campbell, aided by the state depart ment and the County Agricultural school at Onalaska, will unite in an effort to exterminate hog cholera on French island. More than 150 hogs have died from the disease. Delavan Has Citizens’ League. Delavan. —Delavan has launched a new commercial organization, known as the Citizens’ Leagne of Delavana, headed by J. J. Phoenix. WAUSAU PILOT DENY COMPENSATION WIDOW OF WORKMAN KILLED IN QUARREL CANNOT GET AID. Industrial Commission Rules in a Number of Application for Money. Madison. —The state industrial com mission denied the petition of Mrs. Louis Blank, Sheboygan, for compen sation for Blank’s death. The husband was a workman at the Kohler factory. He quarreled with another man over the war and in a fight in the factory was hit over the head with a templet and died from the wound. The other workman was found blameless on in vestigation. Compensation was denied to Arthur Smith, lineman for the Wisconsin Telephone company, who was hurt in a scuffle at Menomonee Falls. The commission comments that the law doesn’t contemplate injuries due to sport voluntarily indulged in, aside from the regular work. The widow of William A. Donahue, watchman for the Edward A. Gillen company, was awarded $998 and $34.50 a month until $1,234 is thus paid. Donahue drowned. Compensation was reduced on the plea of intoxication. Bertha Bellen was awarded $3,000 for the death of her husband in the Interlake Paper and Pulp plant Appleton. WILL TAKE OVER PHONE CO. Patrons of Bangor Concern Have the Deal Practically Com pleted. Ls Crosse.—Patrons of the Bangor Telephone company practically have completed a deal whereby they will become owners of the line. The price will be decided on by railroad com mission experts. In 1914 the commis sion valued- the property at $33,000. The company owns the exchanges at Bangor, Mindoro and Holmen and all connecting rural lines and has be tween 900 and 1,000 subscribers. The proposition to sell the property was made by the owners during a recent hearing before the commission on a petition for an increase in rates from $1 to $1.25 per month. The commis sion rendered a decision granting an increase of 15 cents per month on cer tain lines. THREATENS RETALIATION Insurance Commissioner Cleary Would Tax New Jersey Companies Op erating in State. Madison. —The state insurance com missioner heard the complaint of offi cers of the Concordia, Milwaukee Me chanics and Northwestern National fire insurance companies of Wisconsin, that New Jersey threatens to collect taxes on money paid by these com panies for re-insurance in New Jersey companies. Commissioner Cleary as sured them that if this is done, the same rule will be applied to New Jer sey companies doing business in this state, which will make a larger tax than the SIO,OOO that New Jersey would collect for the eight years cov ered by its statute. The Wisconsin statute permits the reciprocal taxation. Five Indicted in Bank Failure. Racine.—After being in session at intervals for the past three months, the grand jury that has been investi gating the questionable business meth ods of the defunct Commercial and Savings banks, completed its work and returned a sealed verdict to Judge Smieding, in the Municipal court. Though no names were given out, it was admitced that fl/e indictments were found against men. Hearing Returned Before Death. New Richmond.—Owen Higgins, pio neer of the town of Stanton and a resi dent of St. Croix county since 1855, died after a lingering illness. Though totally deaf for years, his hearing re turned two days before his death. He was born in county Sligo, Ireland, in 1828. Next Meeting in Milwaukee. Madison. —Milwaukee was chosen as the next meeting place of the circuit judges of Wisconsin at the close of their meeting here. Judge C. A. Fowl er, Fond du Lac, was re-elected chair man; Judge A. H. Reid, Wausau, vice chairman, and Judge E. S. Park, Fond du Lac, secretary. Former Fire Chief Dies Suddenly. Kenosha. —Matthew J. Brady, 58 years old, former chief of the Kenosha fire department, and for many years prominent in democratic circles in this section of the state, died suddenly at his home here from pneumonia. He is survived by a widow and two sons, Hugh and William Brady, both of Kenosha. Receivers Given Time.. Oshkosh. —Upon petition, the receiv ers of the Paine Lumber company of this city were given until Feb. 1, 1916, to furnish an inventory on conditions. The receivers will continue operating the plant. Insurance Company Gets Permit. Madison.—State Insurance Commis sioner M. J. Cleary issued a permit to the Pacific Fire Insurance company, New York, to transact business in this state. La Follette in Wreck. Madison. —Senator R. M. La Follette was on the train wrecked at Urbana, 0., when Pennsylvania fliers came to gether in a headon collision, resulting in the death of three trainmen. Sena tor La Follette escaped uninjured. Burns May Take Sight. Fond du Lac. —When the cover blew off a kettle of soup, Mrs. Fred Willett, 371 Rosendale avenue, sustained burns that may cost her the sight of both eyes. Children's Fr end Dead. Kenosha.— Philip Giardino, aged 82 years and widely known as “Old Phil ip, the children’s friend,” died at the poor farm. He was the first Italian to settle in the ci*y, in 1875, and for thirty years was known on account of his kindness to children. Works Prisoners on City Farm. Madison. —District Attorney Sautoff plans to provide work on the city farm for prisoners in the county jail held for petty offenses. SPEND $20,000 FOR RAILROADTIGKETS NEW PASSENGER RATE CAUSES RECORD PURCHASE BY KENOSHA PATRONS. 25,000 RIDES ARE BOUGHT Demand for Pasteboards So Great That Hurry Up Call Was Sent to Printer—Fare Increase Goes Into Effect Kenosha. —Kenosha had a period of frenzied buying of railway tickets which resulted in the Northwestern railway company selling more than $20,000 worth of tickets to be used be tween Kenosha and Chicago. For the first time in the history of a Kenosha office the supply of tickets was exhausted and the company in Chicago was forced to go to the print er to supply the demand. In two days Kenosha people bought 25,000 rides be tween Kenosha and Chicago. Ever since .1862 Kenosha people have had the privelege of buying twen ty-five ride commutation tickets be tween Chicago and Kenosha. The new order changing the rates of interstate traffic, which went into effect on the Northwestern here brought the can cellation of this ticket, but under the ticket’s provisions they are good for a year from date of sale. Kenosha people simply stormed the office of the company and after the supply of tickets had been exhausted they took receipts from the company for deposits of money with the under standing that the tickets \youid be de livered. PLAN TC RETIRE JUDGES State Bar Committee Will Submit Re port at Association Meeting in Oshkosh. Madison. —W. A. Hayes, Milwaukee, chairman; Senator J. H. Bennett, Viro qua; Merlin Hull, Black River Falls, and o r her members of a committee of the State Bar Association, met here to consider a plan to retire judges at the age of 70 years. The committee merely discussed methods of getting information rela tive to this subject and will not make any report until the annual meeting of the association next July at Osh kosh. A Jffan to pension members of the supreme court bench when they had reached 70 years failed to get any sup port at the last legislature. The com mittee will investigate the system in Massachusetts under which judges are retired and then serve as special of ficers of the court. FATHER J. B. HEMANN DIES Head of Marquette Music School Suc cumbs to an Attack of Pneumonia. Milwaukee. —The Rev. John B. He mann, S. J., regent of the Marquette University Conservatory of Music, died here after an ilness of a few days. He succumbed to an attack of latent pneumonia, which he had pre sumed to be a case of the prevailing grippe. Father Hemann came to Milwaukee fifteen years ago. The remarkable growth of Marquette conservatory is due largely to his activities. Father Hemann was born in Cincin nati, March 21, 1858. He was educated in St. Xavier college of that city. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1879 and was ordained a priest in 1895. May Extend Time to March 1. Madison. —Under anew law passed by the last legislature, town and vil lage boards and common councils of cities may, by two-thirds vote, extend the time for the payment of taxes without the usual 2 per cent penalty from Feb. Ito March 1. It was report ed to the state treasurer that many town and village boards and city coun cils were preparing to extend the time for the payment of taxes until March 1. The new law will not interfere with the payment of state taxes by the dif ferent counties to the state treasurer. Draws $l,lOO and Disappears. Grand RapMs.—According to a re port from Junction City, a village north of here, Carl Harning, 70 years old, disappeared shortly after drawing $l,lOO from the bank, claiming he was coming to this city. City Will Build Dam. Madison. —The railroad commission granted a permit to the city of Spoon er to erect a water power dam on the Namekagon river. New Laboratory Instructions Issued. Madison. —Anew edition of instruc tion for the use of the state laboratory of hygiene has been published and copies are now being mailed to phy sicians, veterinarians and health offi cers in the state. Wausau Plans New School. Wausau. —The board of education of Wausau is planning to erect anew school building here, because the high school and one of the grade schools is overcrowded. Society Girl Slugged. La Crosse. —Arta Lund, 20 years old, prominent society girl here, was slug ged in the head by an unknown as sailant while walking to the home of a friend. She was found with an ugly wound in her scalp, but will recover. May Reopen Beet Factory. Janesville. —Arrangements may be made to re-open the Rock County Sug ar company’s plant, which has been closed for the past two season’s, for the 1916 beet crop. Heads Aggie Engineers. Madison. —F. M. White of the de partment of agricultural engineering, University of Wisconsin, was elected president of the American Association of Agricultural Engineers in session at Chicago. Calls Wireiess Story Myth. Fond du Lac. —“The report that the Soo line might adopt the wireless sys tem of dispatching trains is a myth," declared SupL C. M. Winter of thit city. SANITARY MILK PLANT Cleanliness Often Overlooked in Rush of Business. Score Card Used by Dairy Inspectors Should Be Posted Where it Can Be Easily Seen by Employees —Avoid Strainers. .During the rush of business the im portance of cleanliness In the milk plant is often temporarily overlooked. Asa ieminder of points often neglect ed in ihis way, a score card such as is used by dairy Inspectors in scoripg city milk plants, should be posted where it can be easily seen by the employees who, by studying it, can learn wherein they are lacking, from the inspector's point of view. The dairy division of the bureau of ani mal industry of the United Staten de partment of agriculture will send a sample score card on request. Many of the items on the card are self-explanatory, but there are some details in milk-plant sanitation which are not given on any score card. If the floors, walls and ceiling are smooth and are made of sound and durable materials, they may be easily kept free from dirt and dust. Con crete floors are very satisfactory, for they can be flushed often with wa ter, there is no danger of rotting, and if properly constructed there will be no cracks in which dirt can collect. Iron plates laid in cement are sani tary and are more durable than con crete. A separate room for handling the milk apart from all other operations is essential and all doors must be kept closed to exclude flies and impure air. It is better to provide pure air by means of a modern system of ventila tion. Even when the air is pure, the Tank for Storing Milk. vats, pasteurizers, coolers, fillers and other apparatus should be covered to pfevent all unnecessary contact with the air. The milk must be kept cool after it is received at the plant, and not be allowed to stand long before bottling. If not used at once the cans should be put into a refrigerator or the milk stored in tanks made for this purpose. These tanks must b? in a cool place or be surrounded with a jacket of ice water or brine. Strainers or cheese cloth are'more satisfactory and more easily cleaned than those of wire gauze, but the use of strainers of any kind should be avoicfcd as much as possible. Some dealers strain the milk after it is pasteurized before it is run into the filter. This may in crease the bacterial count and fur thermore is unnecessary if the milk is properly clarified or filtered before pasteurizing and if the apparatus is clean. A filter of cheesecloth and cotton, if used, must be changed several times during the day. The cheese cloth must be washed, sterilized and kept where the air is pure. It can be used a few days before throwing away, but the cotton, of course, should be used only once. As soon as the milk is put up all parts of the apparatus should be thoroughly cleaned by first rinsing in cool then washing with hot water to which washing pow der has been added, and finally steril ized with boiling water or steam. Covered Milk Pail. The pumps and pipes can be rinsed by pumping water through them im mediately after using. They must then be taken down and thoroughly washed; this can easily be done if there are several couplings in the !*Bes. All joints and couplings must be kept tight and free trom dirt, rust and corrosion. Battered and rusty apparatus or cans afford good lodging places for bacteria and, being hard to clean, should not be used. The pasteurizer is one of the most difficult pieces of machinery to keep clean, as the milk sometimes sticks to the sides and, if not properly cleaned, a cooked layer forms on the inside, which grows worse each day. Paint. A dwelling that is kept painted and repaired and surrounded by well-kept lawns, neat, substantial fences, nice dry, well-arranged walks and neat flower beds is a pleasant sight to look upon, and indicates that the owner is living for the sake of enjoying life and not working his life away for the mere purpose of hoarding a few dol lars. Sterilizing Milk. Milk can be sterilized by electricity. At the University of Liverpool (Eng land) it found that by the use of electricity the number of bacteria is reduced greatly, all the colon Da cilli the bacteria of bowel troubles— and their allies are destroyed; all the tuberculosis germs are killed; no chemical change nor change in taste is made in the milk. Ensilage for Lambs. Lambs that are being fattened need some kind of succulent food, and for this purpose corn-ensilage is a good substitute for roots. The expense of growing, and the additional labor re quired in caring for them, make the growing of root crops unprofitable for many of the flock owners, especially when ensilage can be produced more easily and for less cost per ton. Hay and the Dairy Herd. Where hay is high priced It doesn’t pay to buy hay to feed any but high grade dairy cows. The farmer whose herd is bigger than his hay crop sel dom can afford to keen low-grade ani mals. Ideal Greens for Hens. Cabbages, beets and mangels make ideal greens for bens during the win ter. Small potatoes and specked ap ples are also relished, particularly when the fowls are confined to their indoor quarters. Silage as Winter Ration. Investigations at the Missouri experiment station show conclu sively that cattle can be win tered economically on a ration made up largely of silage, ac cording to F. B. Mumford, dean of the college of agriculture, University of Missouri. In one experiment a ration of corn silage and clover hay with out grain fed to yearling cattle for 150 days resulted in a gain of 200 pounds for the feeding period of 150 days, at a total cost of $11.6"' or a cost of 5.5 cents a pound of gain, as com pared with a total cost of $15.- 75, and 7.8 cents a pound, when a similar lot of cattle was fed on 3ix pounds of shelled corn per head per day and clover hay. These results have been con firmed in other experiments, which all point to the conclu sion that when silage consti tutes the major portion of the ration ted to wintering stock cattle the cost of wintering is much reduced. NO CURE FOR ALFALFA WILT Unlikely That Any Remedy for Dis ease Can Be Developed—Rotation of Crops Is Advised. For wilt, a common disease of the alfalfa plant in the West, there is no known remedy. According to experts of the Oregon experiment station it is unlikely that any practical remedy can be developed, owing to the nature of the disease. Where it becomes seri ous rotation of crops is advised. Wilt is most prevalent on heavy soils, par ticularly where drainage is slow. This disease has been reported in New York and California and has re cently been identified in certain sec tions of Oregon. It is most serious where the stand of alfalfa is heavy and spreads fastest in the fall, when the surface soil is constantly wet. It also attacks clover. The moisture causes rot to develop on the stems near the surface of tho soil and this forms a point of attack for the wilt disease. A white cotton like mold grows over the surface of the stems and leaves affected. The roots of the plant are not, however, always destroyed. , REGULATING WATER IN TANK Device Shown in Illustration Adapted for Use Where Supply Is Se cured From a Spring. There are a number of devices to keep the water in a tank supplied by a windmill ai a given height. When one has a tank that is supplied from Regulating Water Supply. spring or supply tank, the device shown in the accompanying drawing is just the thing to use. The water is emptied into the drink ing trough through a rubber hose at the bottom of the tank, as shown. A cord is attached to the end of the hose and runs through a pulley to a float on the surface of the water. As the water rises in the tank this float bends the end of the rubber tubing as shown, and thus Bhuts off the supply.—Farm and Home. REDUCE COST OF BUTTERFAT Result Given of Experiment With Sil age at Kansas Experiment Sta tion—Feed Cost Saved. An experiment conducted at the Kansas experiment station shows that silage reduces the cost of pro ducing butterfat from 30 cents to 21 cents. The herds in this case were of sufficient size to give reliable data and eliminate the difference that might occur between two cows. The lot which were fed silage gave seven pounds more milk in the sum mer and 95.5 pounds more in winter per month than the herd which were fed dry feed. The butterfat was also increased by .46 in summer and 4.6 in winter. The difference in the cost of feed was even greater. The silage-fed cows saved 60 cents per month in the cost of feed. CLEAN WATER IS ESSENTIAL Important Factor in Dairy Feeding la Often Overlooked—Keep Free From Foreign Matter. An important factor in dairy feeding is the supply of water. In the sum mer with plenty of grass and green forage, and in the winter with roots and silage, the consumption of water is relatively less than when the cows are on dry feed, but cows must always have plenty of pure, fresh water if they are to produce pure milk. Unless the pastures and yards are watered by a brook or a spring, the water should be procured from a well, kept clean and not subject to surface drainage, and free from foreign mat ter and taints of any kind. Plant Trees. There is nothing better on the farm lawn than native trees. They thrive admirably, and in every community there are those well worth attention. The maple in some form is widely disseminated. Its leaf is graceful in outline, the flowers and fruit are dain ty, and the tree is charming in its autumn dress. Lamb Feeding. The successful feeding of lambs de pends largely on their being offered a great variety of foods while in the yards. “Greens” for the Hens. A good substitute for “greens” can be made by cutting up clover leaves and tops. Pour over these enough boiling water to moisten thoroughly. Cover closely and let stand till nearly cold, then add some bran and corn meal; stir well before feeding. Feed this several times a week when green food is scarce. Horse Will Never Lose Out. No matter how thick the autos come, the good horse will never lose bis place in the affections of men