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"A TRIUMPH" n TEA QUALITY PURE, CLEANLY PREPARED AND DELICIOUS BLACK. MIXED on ^ NATURAL GREEN) ** : ^\ ONLY NTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY time," aid the girl; "it's the long J. OGDEN ABMOUB. hours of th trams he's dying of . There'a never any rest for them, J - Ogden Armour, who now is you see. sir; winter and summer, > rth approximately 8350,000,000, Sunday and week day they have to <"<> no * fe egin as a poor man. He drudge on. He's u kind husband * rictl * n he started, but he and a good father too, and he will helped to make the Armour* one go on working for the sake of keep- of the greatest of American es- ing the home together, but it's little tates. of the home he see* when he has to ! Philip Danforth Armour, founder be away from it sixteen hours every of the great Chicago packing house, day. They *ay they're going to had not intended that J. Ugdu, give more holidays and shorter his youngest son, should assume Wirs, but there't) a long tiino spent executive control of the vast busi- in talking of things, it seems to me, ness that has ramifications in all and in the meanwhile John's dy- parts of the world. The logical >"g-" successor to the founder was Philip Frithiof remembered how Sigrid Danforth, Jr., but his death ia had mentioned this very thing to 1600 changed the plans of the elder, him in the summer when he had J. Ogden Armour was born ia told her of his disgrace. . | Milwaukee forty-Dine years ago. "Perhaps they will want the doc- Since he has taken charge of tho tor fetched. I will oome with you business he is known as "the head to the door, and you shall just and shoulders of the beef trust." see," he said. He went to the Public schools un-l And the girl, thanking him, til prepared for college, and then s. lu.i tit* tr id. mrfc i. *n KHB hand yon we a well glared think of PERRIN GLOVES fr Worn ht-.il* tl vfferir. p On the Farm Sour Whey Bad for Pics. knocked at her sister's door, spoke entered Yale, where he did not *.j We once visited a farmer who had erage farm operated under an n>- tensive system. In this case more revenue be secured from a ow during year than that produced to tto | [ i feeder steer or heifer receiving t!he I entire product of the mother rear- ing it. It is true that pedigreed animals, to some one inside, and returning, main to be graduated, asked him to come in. To his sur-| After especially of the beef classes, rer- an CHAPTEll XXX.-Cont d) ''Sigrxl and Swauhild have been away with Madame Lochertier, have thfy ntt" asked Cecily alter a i- Unce. "Ye*, they went to Hastings for a fortnight We shut up the rooms, and I went down to Herr Sivertsen, who wa* staying near Warlingham, a charming little place in the rey hills." "Sigrid told me you wer with bini, but I fancied she meant in London." "Ha ; anoe a year he tear* himself from his dingy den in Museum Street, anJ goes down to this "You are back at last," she said, "1 was getting quite anxious about you. Mr. Hallifield was taken so was opened by Mr. Boniface him- "VFhv. Cecil," he cried. "We have been quite anxious about you." I baby crying, I came in to help." "Frithiof saw me home becausej .- How about the doctor 1 Do they of the fog," she explained. "And want him fetched?" our hansom was overturned at Bat- I "jj o ; he name here about ten tersea, so we have had to walk ' o'clock, an d he says there is no- from there. Pleabe aek Frithiof to t hi ng to be done ; it is only a ques come in, father, we are so dread- t j on O f hours now." fully cold and hungry; yet he^will At this moment the poor wife insist on going straight home. I canQe j nto the kitchen ; she was still It's not to be thought of, ' said qu j te young, aud the dumb angu- Mr. Boniface. "Come in, come in, ] ^j, j n her face brought the tears about 75 pigs of various ago*. The *d for sale for breeding or for show , __ extensive European youngest were about two months old purposes can be profitably suclrted prise he found Sigrid in the little tour he returned to Chicago. The nd they ran in age up to about by their dams because of the higher kitchen she was walkin o and day after ^ mrriyml his fv , ix -OBth-> , price they brjng Th<) rcanng \ of j Bv i ted y m ^ viljt the gtock The farmer who lived near a town ! cheap feeders by the pail method yards. From that time he has o' about 5,000 bought slop from the Daa become an important quesfioa kitchen ; she was walking to aud Thewith, the baby, a sturdy little fellow oT a y' -old. I never saw such a fog." So once more Frithiof himself in the familiar house which place. We were out of doors most i always seemed so home-like to him, of the day, and in the evening and for the first time since his dis- bands with to Sigrid 'a eyes. found! "What. Clara!' her ' percevng worked lor tour or five hours at a translation of Darwin which be is very anxious to get finished. Hallol what ia wrong I" He sight well ask, for the horse was kicking and plunging violently. Shout* aud oaths echoed through the murky darkness. Then they would just make out the outline of another horse at right angles with their own. He was almost upon them, struggling frantically, and the shaft of the cab belonging to him would have struck Cecil vio- lently in the face had not Frithiof eized it and wrenched it away with all his force. Then suddenly the horse was dragged backward, their hansom shivered, reeled, and Anally fell on its side. Cecil's heart beat fast, she turned death)* white, and jut felt in the horrible nxitneot of (ailing a sense of relief, when Frithiof threw his arm around her and beM ber fast ; then for aa interval realised no- thing at all. so stunning was the riolcaoe with which they oaae to the ground. "Are you hurtf" asked Frithiof, anxivualy. "Mo," replied Cecil, gasping for breath. "Only shaken, iiow are grace he shook hands with Mrs. Boniface. "I am sure we are rry grateful she exclaimed, sister, "you back "1 was too late," said the girl, "sod they had locked me out. But it's no matter now that the gentle- man baa let roe in here. Is John to you," said Mrs. Boniface, when wor , again! she had heard all about the adven- 1 "H U not last long," said the ture, and his rescue of Cecil "I hrif*, "and he be that set on get- can't think what Cecil would have ' ting in here done without you. As for Roy. find- morta | tne fi re , f or he's But I doubt if he's ing it so foggy and having a bad 6treng th to walk so far." headache, he came homo early and is now gone to bed. Hut come in ami get warm by the fire. 1 don't, ..... , ........ lumum , know why we are all landing in kin<11 y if you willf . Eaid Mrs Hal . the hall. lifi elcl, leading the way to the bed- She led the way into the drawing- roora room, and Cecil gave a cry of ax- i frithiof followed her, and glanc- " Frithiof, you could help him in," said Sigrid. Will you, sirt I'll thank you tonishraent. for, standing on the hearth-rug was a little figure in a ng contro! t h e bed the awful worked steadily. hotel and in addition fed a great , W!th the beef producers. His first job was that of office- deal of whey, which he obtained | Dairymen, of necessity, have long from a neighboring cheese factory. ' practised rearing calves on Aim li. J. Ogdcn Amour. so exacting a taskmaster as his fa- ther, the struggle to the top was a long and wearying one, but when milk supplemented by grain, Lay, silage, etc., and some have even dispensed with pure milk feeding ia quite a large measure. Ae a general thing the pa if fed alf suffers from neglect and want ' of sufficient feed of the proper r character, but there is no secret to ' success in rearing calves on firm | milk and supplementary feed when { it is' combined with judicious toan* ageruent. - He also fed some skim milk and a little grain. He complained that many of his pigs suffered from what he believed to be rheumatism and many of thm, particularly of the younger ones, were limping around stiff ia their joint* and a few quite lame. A sniff at the barrels containing the whey and slop disclosed the cause of tbe trouble. Sour whey will cause stiffness in pigs and this man's whey wa* about as sour as fermentation oould make it. It had that queer sharp pungent odor, almo*t strong enough to knock a man down and it was swarming with bacteria, some of the stuff ac- tually foaming, where tbe barrels were exposed to the sun. The slop barrels were equally as bad. The farmer admitted that he never cleaned them out. but added th * 4 ls - y u stand ^ chance to slop to them from day to day as it;scape the Hesman fly, which does from town. Some of them Helps on the Farm* It is not bad practice to trea/ the wheat seed to a liquid spraying of one pound of formaldehyde in 40 gallons of water. It will prevent the smut damage. There is one big advantage ia sowing the winter wheat late, aod failurei r imp V* imo- retain Whet IBose Laadac! causes dfzzine: tottatioi Lvftj Then tl 4tt!l an Worn tins 3u1 prompt enrich Dr. W u'fferlr fit men Pink I lives hi of>eal Tita! o action. among nrtl. f "E>r have si nv.'t-bat wj a! grstion aneful times c Come t - Became ny'pos a ;'rc onstar * II! be seat thru I timfl. takfnf tt ; ' - - ' Ogden Armour had much like a wooden Noah in a toy ark came from town, smelled to heaven. The troughs in which the pigs were fed were equ- ally as bad They contained decom- position material of all kinds and the slop had been spilled over the sidea on the floor and even into the dirt forming a putrid mass. The pigs were allowed to run into a pasture, but were always fed in this filthy hole. We suggested to "Why. Lance," she cried, "yon up at this time of night I" red dressing-gown, looking vory Beized him for tha fim time ha c ^ uir * d fit-cla*s business edu saw a man upon whom the shadow i p :l ; of death had already fallen. "The Norwegian gentleman ia ""' p at this Urae ol mgnti" nf . re an<J wi)l be ,_ u into the and u] The little fellow flew to meet her kllohen> j h ni & the wife, be- PoM hi! charge of a gigantic and clung round her neck. gionina to swathe him in blankets. , - olftnt - Fr n> the fii-st he showed a turaj ut * * nd Hod you for tae night presently wftUc though I doubt I'll never get'warm I Once at the head of the packing pig ? % , e , til1 tf U _u MM .. M y more." i institution there was never again f 1 * 1 .*** . r * <MX> You are very kind, be sa*d, Frithiof carried him in gently and question about his financial sta-l" ml! n ht - but "but Sigrid would be frightened ii ^ him down -^ a cusn ioned chair bility. He gains especial reoogni- 1 P rk made fron) I didn t turn up, and kissing drtvn clo8e ^ ^ fl|XJ tion through the fact that he worked * lo P 9 ' which h * ro Lance, he set him down on toe - damage to the wheat^fields. Plow the garden this fall and see how it goes to be able to wo/k the soil which, in the early spring, had ' this fall plowing. Don't forget that the hogs can i be overfed. Overfeeding thf pork* era ia an easy matter and the ex- J cess of feed leads to disease* of the blood, liver and bowels. Using the tank heater need not Philip D. Armour, the elder did tbe farraer t ** he B" the place b wholly an act of mercy on the t long survive his favorite son * thorough cleaning up, scald his P rt of th dairyman it, too. has id upon his deatn J. Ogden was whe > babels and keep on hand only ' aced in full charge of a gigantic M much * oould be fed in its na- I rouno: her neci. 'ginning to swathe him in blankets. - olant - F ~n> the fii-st he showed a tural ut * nd [ you not better stay hew; 'Tha,^ ywu, sir," said the man, ' remarkable business faculty and Bour - ight " said Mm. Bonif io, I gpatefu j|_ n> t : urt a fancy j- V6 judgment ia affairs in exces of his A \ **> tke Blo f' . "I can't bear to think |ot to ^ ie in tBoro O y the fire, 7r*. mucfc f ** r **" while we do not its commercial (tide. The fall calf, colt and pjg will see rough weather, and now is a A food time to make preparations for their protection and the getting sort of feed fer lrt>em through t their best advant- fed while fresh him some difficulty to Then, before sne had time to think of the peril, he had taken her ID his arms and. rashly perhaps, but very dexterously, car- ried hr out of danger. "WB't you put me down 1 I am too heavy for you," she said. But, rn as she spoke, she ielt aim shake with laughter at tbe idea. "It's laid, wnuld Tree House. CHAPTER XXXI. Had it not been for the fog hie long walk might have mad* him | sleepy, but the necessity of keep- close nice wtih it four struggle to live '' i seta in is not relish and filthy little place!" he hard for years, despite"thT ad"vanT k*** 11 " tn y contain^ very little little place!" he hard for years, despite the advant- , ausfl thcy contain very little i I oould think yoj,age offered him through the wealth, ood valu * and mucn m t el that uije'.lier, Bessie, out'of his father. It was not entirely ** not fit even for ^s* 9 -. "hi'Ji'rn Miu'll nivo throuirh tlic lift ki fml,/,r no,,.. >,,.! K>r the first time she broke down 'oly nivo through the lift his father gave him that J. Ogden Armour has become one of the leading financiers of Am- and hid her face in her apron. But erica, and one of the nineteen Sigrd, who was rocking the baby richest men in the world, on Uo other side of the hearth, bent forward and spoke to him soothing- "Doi't you trouble about that y that we carry you for miles now ing every faculty on tbe alert and part Oiit, she said are safely out of the of sharply wuiclung every crossing her friuula. Though we are poor It is said that the Sultan of Tur- key is skilled as a pianist. It is "We will be probable that those who had to list- wreck," ae said. "Here ia a curb- and everv landmark made that out yet ther- are many ways in which stone, nod -yes, by good luck, the of tbe question. So he tramped wecan^Ljlp her, and I know a lady teps of a house. Now, shall we along pretty cheerfully, rather en- ring up tae people and ask them to joying th novelty ol the thing, but sh. iu-i you while I just lend a uand making as much haste as he could Ion account of Sigrid. He had just with the cabt" who will ,cvcr let her want. lie tbaiked her with a gratitude that w&a -aclinic . , ." 1>n> in b ""l club." he raid. "No, ao, it is ao late, I will wait reached the outer door of the model after a P*He, "she'll have no ex- here. Take cure you doa't get lodgings and was about to unlock pentes 'that way ; they'll bury me aur t." it with the key which was always very handsoie, which 'II be a sat- He disappeared into the fog and furnished to those whose work de- infection to l t , poor girl. I've of- she understood him well enuugh to tamed tam beyuixl th hwur of ten thought it when 1 saw a well- know that he would keenly enj.iy cUwing, when he was startled by to-do-looking funeral pass along- the difftculty of getting mailers aotiiethin^ that sounded like a sob side the tram.but I never thought atraight again. I by him. lie pauned and listaned ; it "I think accidents agree with oaroe again. you," she said, laughingly, wheo "Who i* there t" he said, Btraln- by and by he came back to bar, ing his eyes to pierce the thick cur- eeiiung unusually cheerful. tain of fog tnat hung before him. "I can't help laughing now to The figure of a woman approached think of the ridiculous way in which him. both cabs went down and both hors- , "Oh, sir," she said. "Have you es stood up," he said. "It is won- 1 the key and can you let me in t" derful that more damage was not "Yes, I have a key. Do you live done. We all nni to have escaped heret" with bruises, and nothing ia broken "No, sir, but I'm sister to Mrs. except the shafts." ' HalliAeld. Perhaps you know Hal- "Let us walk home now," said lifivld. the tram-conductor. I came Cecil. "Does any one know where- abouts w are t" "The driver says it is Battersea to see him to-nigtit because he was taken so ill, but 1 got hindered set- ting out again and didn't allow it would come , ..,,, M this. I'm only going in th-ty-five. which isn't no great ag to a man." "The work H> too much for you," said Frith, f. "Yes, air, it's the truth you speak, and there, ma ny another in the amo. boat along with mo. It's a cruel, hardhfe. But then, you see, I was makig my four-and- six a day, and if I . V e up 1 knew it meant starvation i r the wife and the children ; there >>housands out of work, and that i a ]i M a man think twice before gl n g in spite of the long hours." He had been talking agerly, and for the time his strenth had re- Bridge Road, some way from Row- time to get back to Macdougal's. | for the time his sti an Troe House, you see; but if you I'm in his shop, and th rule of turned to him, but no his head would aot be too tired it would his boarding houses is that the door "" certainly be better not to stay for is closed at eleven and mayn't be en to him gladly welcomed the war. Cahcs on Skim Milk. There has grown up a necessity for the spplication of economic me- thods in beef production. Though feeders may be produced from cows with calves at ths side on large areas of cheap grazing land, it is doabtful whether this method can successfully be employed on the av- The original cost of the ifachia- ery found on the scrap heap of many of our farms would set a' couple up in business in ver fortable shape. a* young ' corn- Many a man who howls for jus- tice would probably try toaneak up an alley if he saw it coming. Boys "Easy Pocket Send Port Card to- day for, bow to nuke and Girls Money M. II eon*. ~l> 1J. they, w tinned months Althou not t(> I decw felt an kackacl and al have 'd too i| Pills, i kelp so to" Sold Vv riyii boxes i Hams' Out. D0( Paris, ing th man-. Two d %r nan wl ten*! I While dr-i tl which 1 pouttry At o another cab." ! opened any more, and when I got So they set off, and with much there, sir, being hindered with the difficulty at length groped their fog, it was five minutes past." way to Biixton, not getting home | "And they wouldn't let you in t till long after midnight. At the asked Frithiof. "What an abomin- door, Frithiof said good-bye, and able thi ig - the man ought to be fcr the first time since the accident Cecil reoMtaaonrod his trouble. "You ssust not go baok without resting and having somelhiug to eat," she said, pleadingly. "Ton are very kind," he replied, "but I ean not oome in." "But I shall !> so unhappy about fen d you go all that long way back without food , come in. if only to pleas* ashamec of himself for having suoh a rule! Come in; why. you muat be half frozen! I know your sister quite well." "I can never thank said the poor girl, should h.tve had to stay out all night! There's a light. I see, in the window ; my brother-in-law is worse, I expect." \vut is wrong with hind" asked you enough, T 'I thought Something in her tone touched Frithiof ,j m and 44 that moment the door "Oh, he's been failing thia long dropped forward, and i, hands clutched convulsively atthe blan- kets. With a great cry the -,<. w jf a started forward arid flung er arms round him. "He's going!" she gobbet "He's going ! Johnoh, John !" "Nine per cent, on their ra iev ( thought Frithiof. "My Gcdl t 'hey wuld but see this 1" (To be continued.) The Opposite. "My dear, the coal is all out.' "Then the coal's very differe, from me." "What do you mean?" "I'm all in." telvjps I some cat. 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