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f ^»>)CH^CH-»^<H-<H-«4m-)»4-<H-»-f «f 04-«+«-f «>fiH««H-O-H«-f0 A House of Mystery OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE tH-JCH^*«H-.<H«+«>0>iCHi«>».-f -fft-f 0>«4-5H-0-»-0-H3-»-04-«-»-!CH-»-*- niAFFEB VI.-{Continucd). "Good-bye," siie cried. Thon sho be- <aiiio lost lo no*. I told th« cabman \vh<»re'to drive, and »at back in the vehicle, plunged In my own lliouglils. I wus like a man in u dream. Tnily my nit'^il'.s o\(xrri- cnces ihud been of a iii'isl exlraoj-din- «ry character. I had long heard and reaJ of the many romances uml Inij,'- rdicvj enacted during tho midnight houra ill London, and now. by a nuTL- accident, I had obtained p<!r>jOiittL kiiuw- k-dge of one, and had narrowly Odcap- «<' lo.sing my lif«. Tho mystery was most laiilalizing. Feeling weak, I .stop- ped at a public-houjo and had Mine brandy. Indeed, 1 felt sn unw<'lL that I sal in the bar-parlor fully hulf aii hour before resuming my dri\o. Suddenly I i«collecled that I might traHier something from the cabman; Iherefope, pushing oi)en the litlla trap- door in the roof, I inquired whe.re he bviii taken me up. "In Albert n«ad, BatlersiTa, .sir." Till.'? surprised m». for I h.iJ no idon ll'.nl 1 had been on iho -Surn'y iide of tho river. I e.<cplair»ed to the man my blindne.ss. «nd asked turn to describe lije lady who tad put me into his cab. "Vi'ell, sir." he said, "*he was very pretty Inde^xl, with grey eyt.-s and dark- ish hair." ".She was goed-lookingâ€" eh?" "Yeji. sir. I don't Ihink I'vo ever f.vn a niiKh prettier young lady." I siglied. How tantalizing it wa.s that my p<30r «ghll«>a eyes had been unable to g«^i3 upon )i*r. "I'kes.Tibe hw more closely," I urged. "I III anxious lo knowexacllv what she's like." "Sli« had lovely e.ves. sir. Her hair MSNued II bil untidy, but it w;ls a pretty shado of dari< brown. Her face sewmcd innotv^nt-liwkinK, like a child's. I wus surprised t* .<^o like that.'" "l.dce whiit?' "Half-drowned Hke. .She Iiad on a black .skill Ihul seemed soalciiig wet thixiiigh and covered with mud. She Iook.'<l in an awful plight, and yet lier fuC'i' was niciry and smiling. .Sho t4jok an<*tlH-r cub as soon as she parted fi-om you, and drwe *Xter us uavjss the Albert Bridge, aiul then down Oaliley Sli>}ol. 'Itiere she Jlopped the cab to speiLl; to scini* on«." "Who WHS it?" I gjked eagerly. ".\ woman. But I couldn't see dis- tinctly. They were loo far away, and turned-down Choyne Walk, so I didn't 6ee 'em any moi"*.'' "â- ^'ou say that her cIoUk's wei* very dirty?" "Yci, worse than yours, and grent .Six>ltl sir. they're bOtl enough. You'll want lo send 'em to Itie cleaners when jou ,get 'ome.'" What ttie man said was perfectly true. 'I'lie slime of the river emitted a sickening st<tich, but it fortunately ««!rveJ lo conceal one thing, nainely. the blood-.slnins upon my ooat. 1 laughtd nl thifi remark of liisi, but I had no intention to enter upon ex- planations. "from her appearance did my com- panion lead you lo believ* that she was a Indy " "Oh yo.s. sir. Thetv'.s no two opia- toos aUniL thai. .'<he wasn't a .shop- girl, or anything of that sort. Ky her manner you'd tell her ajs a lady among ten thousand.'' "rii-!>re «D.s no'hing noticeable nbout her whereby I might r<cugni/.o her again? Try and recolU-cl." "No. sir," an.swei'eili Ihe man's voice through tlie ix.Kif of the cab. "She was n very beautiful y<,ung lady, and thril's all I n<jliced.'' "Voud know her again if voii saw her?" "I .should jiist iny I would.'' laiigheil IIk man. "When n chop se<-.s a wo- man us lovely «¥ she \a it ain't likely 1">'11 forge! hei-. evi'u Ihounh Im' m;»v have a wite and 'arf a dozen kids, at Vine." "You're .sniillcii hy her Nviiily. it Si'eins." 1 laugb<xl. "Well, sir, not eMi;lly. Hut I iidmire pretty faces, and hers is Ihe pictliest I ve I'ver seen." "What's your name?'' "West, sir-T< ni West. Nunil'er G7.- «i. I stand on the rank at Hyde Park Corner.'' "Well,- Wcsl." I s'ii<l. hiking a card out of my case, and hanclui.^; il lo Iwm. "if you ever see Miat lady H;.'nin, and can find out wh.i uml what .sho is. an,l where sl>e liveis. 11! gi-. e \\,u a pres'Mil â€" sav twenty fK'"n'l"=' "Twenty (inid!' the man och-.»><l. with a whistle. "I'd like lo touch Ihe o«if. sir, and you 1><>1 I'll keep my wr'alher eye o|>en." "As jioon as you've four<l her. lei me know, and the money Is yours. You Hi'd-r^lHiid llisl's H b»ig:iin." "Miulit vou 8i"e, i-ir. I'll do mv vcrv fcsl." "If wii nnU knew the dHver <<t Ihe mU «Im Iguk after wo parted you might, perhap"*. learn somolhing." 'That's just what I'm thinking," he said. "The man who drove hor wius, 1 Ulieve. an oM fellow thai we know i'.s 'Doughy,' but I'm not al all euro. However, a.s soon as I set yoti down ri' go and fuid hijn. \ cabman Ls dif- ficult to recogni7/i> on hLs bo.x if he wears another ov<a'OTal, yoii see. That's «hy I'm not cci-tain thai it really was 'l>TU(i,3iy."' By the sharp d.^oent of Ihe roadway I knew that we were already in |vise..\ SIrcel, and a few inonicnis later I paid "â- nj man West and wa.-i ascending the stair to my own chambers. The. enlistment into my .service of this caUman. flie only [lerson who had sen Ihe mysterious Edna, wa-j, 1 congratu- li.tixl myself, a very .shrewd and clover crmimenccnient of the investigation which I lnt<.>nded, at all hnzarJs, to car- ry out. A cabman percili<'d ujkiii hij box, and driving hillier an<l thither IliTOUgh Ihe LoiuJon Ihoroughfare.s, i.s afforded cxi^Uciit oppcrtunilies tor nb- sorvatSon. and it seem.>d qiiil.? within the bounds of lyitvsil.ilily that if coii- stanlly on lhi> watch he might rccog- niaj her. Indeed, my only means of tracing her wa.s Hhwugh tlw intermediary of this man, who had .seen In-r and remark- e.i upon her marv<!llous b<?auty. He scr.itK'd a sharp, witty follow, and I tl.orefore unterUiiied e\ery confidence in hid efforts lo earn the prouiLsod re- ward. He was now on lus way lo lind hu colleague, the okl driver "Doughv, and if Kdna had actually talieii his cab 1 should, wilh-jut doubt, som bo ui |Ksses.sion of s.nie inforiiuili^jn. THiii-s, with a light step and reassured fieling, 1 a4C»^ideJ Ih.; .stairs, woiidiM-- iiig what old Mrs. Parker w<iuld say l-- my prutiacted absence, and Iwjw I .^Iwuld e.vplain il to 'her. 1 took out my lalch-key and opeiie 1 tlie doir. A.'? I entered the tiny lobby lliat serv- ed the dual purpose of liall and a place in whivh to hang coats, a startling s<,uiid brok.? upon my I'ars -the sound <:f a woman's cry. In an iiistant I drew back. Fresh mjstery greeted me. I stool there rig- i'l, cipeechless. agliasl. CH.un'un VII. Tho voice whicli greeted m<> was' that of a woman surjin.seil by my sudden Kiitrunce; and walking .swiftly forward 111 investigate, I patased into my ow-n duigy silling-ivjin. "I have a VLSiU)r, il seonui," I cc- clainied. stopping .short. "May 1 iwt know your name?^ Tliaro wa-s no nwiwiise. Insl.nclively I knew Ihal the woman 1 had Ihu.* dis- turbed WHS slill presenl in that room wherein I s(«;iil .so many lonely houi-s. Her startled cry was sullicienl to coii- vinco me thai she was tht?re for .some .s(\uet purpo.se. What, 1 wondered, t»uH it be? ".Speak." I urgitll. "Kimlly ex[>lain ycur busiiwss with me, ;ind the rea- son of your prasen<;e here." Yet she ulU-ied no word of respond, fliid uppart>nl!y did not m >ve. 1 advujiced, ciossing towards llie win- d< w. where 1 belicvW .she miisl ho .standing, bul with a. quick movement my niy.vterious visitor elude'l me. pass- ing me by .so near Ihal her warm biealh fanned my oliiek. and next iiislanl she had escajxxJ and sslammed the outer d<«)r of my chambers. 1 .ili.'od won.lering. Her prc-enee there wxs most extraorjinarv. The failhfiil Parker, Um, wa^s aiii»ent, a cir- cuuiwtance which ar.'iisivi 'Jiisgivings wiltiiii me. fould tins .sfrange fciiiaie visitor have enU.-r<sl the place with a false key; or was .she a meri> pilferer wliom I had disliirl>ei.l in her simivIi for plunder? N'umb<>r.s .if female thieves haunt the London slre<'U. and it >«s>ni- ed iiinie than liki'ly that she was one who had a.sccnd'.-d Ih" stairs on pre- toiic"^ of selling .something <ir other. .\l liny lale. I had reliiine:! at an un- e\(M'cleil moment, or she w<iiild' not have given ve/it to that iii,yoluntaj'y CI) of diiiinay. 1 groped .ilxjiit the fa- iiiiliar rwini in older lo n.scertiiin whe- Ihtr il were disonlered, but could find nolliiiig whatsoever out of place. I ci.lial Parker loudly by name, but all was .silence sa\e the quii.k lickin.!f of 111* timepiece upun tho iiianli'l.sh<>lf. Tho ckicJv of .»<l. Clement Oanes chimed merrily, then .slowly siriick Hie hour. I ooimtwl. and found that it wa.s eleven o'i'lo'k in Ihe iiKiriiing. How much had hapjieiu^l during Ihe past llttvn hours; I had twice nearly losl my life, and li« I. mori'over, allied m.v- .s^-If with the invslerious. iins.vn. lv<lr na. whose great lK>outy had cau,scd even a phleginnlic eobnian lo gaze up- oi hor in wrajit admiration. Having cast aside my lial. I .sank into my armeliiiir. muddy and dlily ju.s.1 n.<; I was. My heail where il had lx»en siruck in Ihe accitleiil. pain<sl m*^ con- yocrably. and 1 felt that I had a loiich <if fpver rom'ngon. Yelal! my ihiiighls were concentrated upon tho future and what the ciirioii.> allianoj with my strange jirolectre&s might bring upon me. .Surely no man had ever found him-self in a mor»> remarkable situation than I wa.s at that moment; certainly no man could be more mystiliod and puzzled. Deeply I pondered again and again, but could make nothing of that tangled web of slartUng facts. By no desii'c or inclination of my own I had fallen among what api^eared to be very undesirable company, and had iiivolunlarily proiiiLsed to U'como Ihe as.sislant of some per.s<iii w'iioiii I could not .see. The .strange oppression tlwit feli u-pon me .sieem«^ precursory of evil. .My wet clothes slicking lo me chilled nie lo the bone, ami, willi a sudden re- solve to .shake off the glooiny appivherj- sions .thai so<nned to have gripi)e<i my heart, I rose and pa.s.sed into my ovvn room lo w;ls1i and gel a change of cloth- ing. The prolonged ahsejioe of Parker '•au-s-^l me iiiiK*h wonder. She ne\'er went out imloH'? lo go into the .Slr.ind lo puri'h.Tso Ihe diurniil fUeak or tri- weekly chop which ccn.stilut<^l my chief ftUsU-nance; or. perhaps, on Sunday ufU*rnoon sho would, on rare occasion.3. g<. "lo lake a cup o' tea" wiMi her daugh- ter, who WiW? a musjc-hall arlwte, and liveil somewhere off tho Kennlnglon Moad. Ilavini; cleaned m.v.self, I pro:eode«l lo dress the wound on my hejid, my own medical knowledge elanding me in go xl sicad, and when I had satLsfac- Uirily baiidag«l it and put on a dry suit of clolhes, I groped iiboul through- Ihe .several small ro<)m.s which wore my h'xne. Nothing .seemed disarranged, nothing missing â€" only the woman who had ever been .so faithful lo mo and had treated ino .as b'nderly in luy help- le<.sn<^s as though I had l-»y»n her own son. In impalience I took a ci^ar, Ul il, an.l .sal down lo wait. No doiihl, when she rt'liiriied I .should (ind thai she tuid l<vn absent U(xjii .somo errand comii-cl- ed with her iiot-ovcr-exle-nsive cuisine. I 'our old .s''ul, .she never w.xs much of a co<)k. anil I always feanvi lo order fiesh dishes in conse<pieiice of tlii> ag<in- 10 ; of inilig.-stio-ii which I iiivariahly .â- suff«'iied after partaking <if Ihoiii. .She once, Indei'd, made me a bianc-juangc, and llavoicJ il with -spirit of turpentine instead of extract of ulinouds. .\rter that I wa.* coinix'lli'd !<â-º .slrik« ulan :- inang<; off my menu. L'nlike all other laundresses. Iiowever. she hud m> parli- I'lity for Old Tom. The llK)iighl gri?w ii| 111 me that my pr«imt.s<> lo the mys- l-rioiii IMiia. whoever she might bi\ wo-s u riLshly twlisli one, and must re- sult in s<jme very .serioiw contivtempa foj me. I had willingly given up my liberty of action and be<xjme Uii> iiLslru- nienl of a per.^n who hail, wilhoul dcitbt, im|>oseti iipon ;iur. II .s.-emod most pixibahle, now Ihal I re(k~;led, llwt .she was acliiig in concert wiUi the man who had so cleverly practise:! decep- l:<iii upon me and led me lo btdievi! that he was a poUoc-ooilstahle. Thai man, it now soeiued plain, had Io41oweti me from the lioi:jie of mystdry, allowed mo to wiinder sulliciently kiv ti lose uiy bearings, ami then got .;ii in from uf mo i») thai 1 might apiiroach and accost him. Tho wlio'e affair IiikI l.>oen c.irrii'd out with amazing ingenuity, and â-  every preonulion ha<l ap4)urenlly tx^en taken lo conceal Ihe ro-iiaikabl<' tritjitxJy. Yi't the chief features of the affair which puzzUxl me \va.>» Iho mo- live in einleavofing lo lake my life In that cellar besi.le the Thamiis. I liad surely harmed no one, and, being iiU lerly igiioriiiil of tho l:ou,se whi-reiii (he affiiir had Uikcn place, and also Unow- ing nil' to I'C blind, they certainly could not fear any ivvelalions lluil 1 might iiMike. It WH.S an enigma wtiich I slruve in vain In Milve. The lanlahzing darkne.s.'? In which I e.xistiil drove me to di'.s|H'ralion. Imag- ino t4i yourself my uII<t iH'liiIessivss, and my chagrin when I relh-cted Ihal |ould I bul have lookisl upon my mys- I lerioas pivile-'Iress and those who had I fallen vicliiiis of Ihe unknown .â- i.s.sa.v.in , liosv different wsuilJ have bi'<^n my po- l.sil'rtn. The events all seeineil like some j IiIiUniiis nightmare; yet now thai 1 .sil 'calmly writing Ihis narrative. e;icli iii- icdciil comes ba'.'k to me with a dLslmct- { iu>ss jiisl IIS thai which wholled my ap- ipt'tile for further explanation, and pixi- ; voUoil within me a de.sJre to have the liulh at whatcvi-r cost. Thai one could meet with such an adveiilure in .' Diidon .sevmeil almost Ivyoiid Comprehension, yel when one ivinembi-is llie many siraiige sloiie.s of crime which daily add horror lo the [lages of Ihe tiews))a|iers. il doi>s not seem so acluaily incredible a* il ill lirsl. appears. II has been caiculaUHl thai tor every murder discovortxl in our giant ineliopoLLs, three remain uiidi.s- (XiVi-red. Iherefi're the daily iiiimlc.i: v/I such crimes must U? very much, hirgcr Ihan is |X)pu!arly .»u|>(X>8ed. Neverthe- less. Ihe circiimslancos of Ihis midnight tragedy were Iiom every itoinl of vie\v (extraordinary, and b<:>ing enveloped in that veil <if my.stery. were to me a piiz- '//.< which il behoved me. if pii.ssible, lo .s-ilve. \\. Ihe opening' of Ihi.s luirralivo of remarkable fact-. I declared lIuil Ihe circumslanies were stranger than llio.se in which any ollwr living man lia I Ixhni placed, and 1 here rept'ii.t Ihal Ihe Iriilh wil' le [ fUnd even more extraoidiiiaiy Ihan the actual occuri-ence.s a.s 1 have related Iheiu. .\ssuredly no deteijtive- olllce ever had a mois> compliciih^l en- igma hi .solve than that which lia<l fast- ened ilself aloiit me. and certainly in tli«> annals of Scotland Yard there is no more curioiks iMiii.ince llmii lht> one wliiili I have ti<'re wrillenâ€" a.s siibso- qiKDl chapters will shiw. (To be Continued.) THE BIGGEST PAWNSHOP IT IS CO.NDLr.TKD BY THE FltKNCII GUVKRiNMDNT. The .'Mont do Pirte is Vast liislilulionâ€" Many Curious Pledges .\nioag C(>Uerlii>ii. Perhaps tlic most curious pledge <jf all i-i a silver live-franc pitv.v brought to the Mont de Piete by woi"king people who, when liny were married, had the coin blft>s<>d by tho priest. It is only in liours •:f great dLsintis that Uiis is lirouglil to tilt .Mont de Piele, wli'Te four and a half francs are always lent uiKin il. The csjjn is invariably i-edt^'UHxl. LlKli A BANK. .\l clo.sing Umc the do<)rs aw shut, as lliougli Ihe uislitiilion wimv> a baidc, and tho lx>ol<s made up. The pledges are taken fiom Uieir shelves, cliecked, and then placed in the Ivadquarli'i^ wag- gon imd driven off. Hoi'e they aro <'x- aiihne»l, registered and put away ujwn milt's of shelves, or in vast steel vaults, ae(X)rding lo their size imd value. On the ground Ikxjr one may see even aiitomobilas and tilings which no ordin- ary pawnbroker would even dn'oni of ac- cepting, T'hei^' aro lIvou.sanAs of bi- cycl*^ chesUiul roasters, perambulalor.s, and oven the furuilureof married couples without cliildroii, who may have left Paris for a pleasure tour. It Is quite the thing, by the way, for filiiiUMits to leave cases of bo<jl;s, and wcrkmen their tools, for safe-kc-plng. In tliis way not only aro Uio charges of I .sUirage <'onipany done away with, hut Uio depositor actually gets an adxance of money while his pixjperty is in safe ktv-'ping. MUCH JF.WKI.l.tRY. On tlie fii'sl lloor are ix)ws of immciLse sjifis <-nnfjiiniiig jewellery, and many P'ecis among them worth .'S.'iO.tHX). l-'or ni\ lady know*, when slie goes soulh to .Nicrt or M-entone or lo lake tlie waters of .\ix-les-Baln3, that Miei-o iti no place of safc-ke«>ping hko tlia (lovennneiil .Mont de Plete. Tltere are hiindivxls of thousands of wdtchos, OTul simply milesof gold chahis coileil up iiv c<jllon w<ki1 like lubenialing snakes. Storeys alxive conluin Hie wearing ap- parel of a great cily: then come inde- .scribably "misccllaneoiis" region.s, and highest of .ill one c<iines uiwii what the direi'tiu- sadly calls "tho region of sorrow anil privation." Hero are llie inattreescs and Ivsl ololluiig of the p«xn-, parted with only when their ownei's are in doisper- al« siroiis. .Vll liiHlding, by the way. is piosl carefully disinfected by up-to-tlate and scii'Ulific hygienic machiiiery before Ix'iiig put away. MANY HKNKW.\LS. The tuig vistas of walls are pigeon- holed tor Ixixus, and bundles. I'.ach time a renewal is made a ih'w tii'kel isslit^lhed .i\er live <)ld one. ('oiiiil these iBckets r.iid you will .see h'lW long the article liai' been tlw:re. 1 noticed one with ten tickets. There \Vas another lillle bundle < a which but Uuee francs ban txs>n lent, iind .\eli it wa_s coveriKl wilti a muis of licki'is <if initii'y hU'-s, because there is a Color tor etch' year. Alxiul Ihi-s' little liiuidle, by the way, Iheri^ is ii 'felory. Bliuzo. the director. iK.licing the. smalliiess of the loan and Ihe astoiiisiiing number of renewals. i-inisiNl a leMor lo be wrillen to the pleil- i;er. aiskiiig why llic bundle had n<il lus-.n ndi.sMiied.- The woman came to head- qii-arlnr.s and explained .she was lew poor. "11 is very valiiahli) to you. is it not?" \i Ulaize disked cmiou.sly. The po<)r woman burst into tears. ".\h. \;< iisi.'UC," she .sohhoil. "il is the only l.liing 1 have lo i-emiiul me of my mother." rills \\:\p loo mncli even f«ir a I'"rrMih â- 4< xcriuiieul ollliiiil. The dii-erlor pisiiMjilly gavi' her huek the bundle and paid U)i; il himself. 11 oonlaine<l merely nn <ild dimily petticoat. Oil THE FtRI t^^^^ W V^^^^^^A^^^^^ A QiF.ioNs \partmi:nts. (JueuM .\le\;iiidrii's private aparlmenls III Uiickingliam Palaee are of a slyle be- litling her e\alted iimk. The bedcham- li'j-is an iinmeji.si' room with a hfight of at leftsl Iwenly feel. In the cenlre <it oiii side stands the hi-dstisad- a massive afiajrof carved mahogany. 11 stands so liigli tioiii the groimil Ihal a cushioned •let) runs all loiiiul. (â- iirtains are pro- vided lo ericlo.s<> il entirely if m>cnssaiy. fii the ro<im alst) are a large ili-ossing- ialloand two huge wardroln's with plalc- ;tiass il<Kirs. luuli wiirdixibe is fully Wn f;>(H high and twelve feel long. On one ,«ide «f Ihe betlchamber is another room, liced with wtirdrolx's. On the oi)))osile side of Ihe bedchamlier are the hiilh- iiMiin sU|>erlily tilled up willi marble, onyx, and silver, and the Ixuidoir. di-co- lahil in rose pink and iiio.ss green, with .s;lk-liiing walls. Near at hand are suites .if nparlmcnl.s ncciipied by Prineess \ ic- toiia and Ihe lion. ( liarloth' Kiiojljs. her privnie (Sivrelary. AMI", vol'? Ar«" \>iu half as anxoiis, iK'ighlxu'. When a f<'llow's diwn and out To go down lo him a-simling. Aiid l».i lii'lp him riglil ah«iul. .\ i .veil «rt> to climl) the lulder Where .sonu^ lucky fellow .s<aiids. \nd give him a cordial greeting With the siivntjlli of iHilh your liand.s? H. Iii.siiraiice Odi'ial -"Of what coni- pliiiid did your falher die?" .Vpplicani â€""The jury loud hlni guilty." IKl-DlNii KAin.Y-II.VI'CIIliD PLLI.IuT.S. It hiis iMMjn held by some that, while eiirly-hulctjed pullets make tiie'heol win- In r layers, extra early one.s may not ba s«j pixililable. unhfiei fed in a special way IbixMigli the .summer; that, if fed slimu- luling food, they aro likely to lay a few small eggs, llieji n:oll pivmaUirely, wil-ll great injury lo their egg production; and thai, lliei'ofoi'e, they should be retarded di'.ring the summer, s<j thai they niuy oa- li.r on the win^ seosfm in full vitality. With tlio object of testing the triilli of tins Bl«lenM*Jit, a series of experiueTit« were conducted at (xiniell .Vgricullurai li.xpej-uiient .Statiofi, and the resuHs have ju.sl beeji issued in a buihMin, No. 2W. Four metliods of feeding wei'e i«5ort«l t.i. In the first pen, the pullets received a grain mixliux* morning and night in Ih ; litter, and wet mush at noon. In pen No. i, the grain mi.xluie was given niom- iU".- and night in the Ulbcr, and dry iiia.sll was given in a hopper, open at all tUne«. In pi'Ji .No. :(, where rhe pulleis were "re- tarded," ino stimulatuig ma.sh being gi\en). grain wius fed morning, noon ami uighl in lill«'r, and Us'f scrap once a day in a trough. In pen No. 4 (also "lehti-d- cd"), the graui mixture and beef ecrai^ v.ore fed in u hopijer, open at all Uinos. Ciril, oyster shell, and waU?r w^'re kepi before all the pullets con.stantly, and mangels and giwn bone ul inler\als. All of Ihe luilloLs were also allowed, alter- nuliely, II grass run, from the time Uio e.xixninienl slarledâ€" July 2^^h to Nov. 2iilhâ€" then <1o.s<h1 in pens, with wii-e-iiet- ting opejiings fcloth in cold weallier) US- UI March itilh. The oxperlmenl last«xl fcr 3ti'i day*. The grain mixt\ii«s wero coiiipo.sed of cracked c*jrn. wheal ami ouUs, fr.iiii July 28lh, l'.X«. lo January Ibth, r.«)7, and of the same, wISi U>» atldilion of buckwheat, n^in Januai-y I'.ltii lo I'ebniary IGth. 1907. The mash nii.\lure was made of corn meal, wlioat aiiddlings, btwf scrap, wlwul bran, alfalfa nioal. Tiio i-esiilLs per hen for the 'Mi day.<» were as follows: Pen I, average, 121.4 eggs: ix-n 2, 12'.).3 eggs; pen 3. 110.7 eggs; I<en I, lOT.o eggs. Observations re mouiiing. etc., weight of egg.s, fertility of eggs, etc.. wire also niad<', ajid results were summailsed at* follows, witli Uio caution, howwer, Ui«l they slvould in no cao-9 be reg;u-d<tl as Pxal until verllierl by rep'^atol expt'ri- nienls with va.slly more fowfe: l\ii-ci^l pulhHs made a IxSter piofit U~jin "re.lai'tied " piilletr;. Tliey ale 1>'S» food per Ivn. al less c«jsl per ho«i. Ilion "reUii-ded " pullets; pwduoed mow i-jfiiS, of a larger size, and al less cast [xir doz'.'n; gave better hatching re.sulfs; made a gi'eater penrMnilage of gain in w<,'ighl; had less mortality, and .showed Ihe lirst mature moll. The most pionlic [(ullote, ;i was found, did not alw ay.s lay tlw earti- cst iiopr>«i--fi'ii cio" mi'-ii g"^'- *"*"'''â-  ''*â-  sulls iii gain of weiglil. pi-odu 'Ijon of e-g.s, gain in weight of eggs, halehuig IK'wer of eg)i,-. diiys lo-l in nioiillmjl, iKorUilitv. hi-nllh and prolit per hem, than we' ma.sh. Wel-mnsh and grain-fe<l pul- 'eti, am-sumed cslighlly less f'Xjil, al K\s.-i cost, ajid pitxluced eggs at sligtiUy h*^' e<v!t per dozen than dry-mash and gram- fed puUels. lIopper-hHl piHleLs ale m-H-o Ihan haiid-f*^^l pullets. Pull.'l* having \Jiole qiviin. ale more grit and .shell Ihan those "having a proportion of gioiiiid grain. Karlitjsl produi'ers did not ;;iv« lis many eggs in early winter. Kflrly I'.vers gained a.s nipiiUy in weight a.* lho.se 1-H-guming liiler to lay. Prolicacy .sieni*! to make bill slight difference in weight of hen and of egg. IMl'LltlTIKS IN .WII'I'dCAN Sl'.KDS. Of 1.M7 sampU^s of nxl clover seed eo- ci.rexl ill the open niiiikel for purposf* of anulysici hv Ihe Lulled ••Utah's l>'part- meiil of Agriculture. IDS. or one-lliird, c.intuin<>d .s(>»«il <il dodd.'r. and '.2* eoii- laiiiol traces of yellow tref<iil .so(Hl. Of S'.t'.l .-samivies of alfalfa s«-wl .se-un^l. 191. or abtiiil oJie-lialt. contained .sis-d of ilodder. n.-) conkiine<l a trace of yvllow trefoil. 13i) contoilicil a trine of swi>et clover st7od. luid Hi coiitaiiioil a liiice of burr-clover seed. Of the alcove iinpuri- U>., the <inly no\iou.> one is Ihe dodder, but it is Very cseiious indeed. Of 1)4 samples of meadow fesi-iie .^«>od. 21) contained chess in amoiniLs varying from a mere traee up Ui over ninelie»« pel coiil., 4 conlainiM .sisxl of rye grn.ss, S were mi.shriinde,!. 4 ..f Ihem being Can- adi- blue gm.ss. 1 or'luird grass, and llw oilier a niixUire of orchard graess arul fisciie. Of r>r> .sjimpkvs of Brown's iiicrinis seefl. 1.', conlaiiied chesis. 2X cutilaiiKil from 8 to ;t per cent, of the wheal gi ass, s, .-^'V- eial i.-onlaiiied .swil of meiuhiw teseiie. Olid one ciinlaiiied more lliaii 24 [K'r cent. ,f meadow f«e><-ue and r.ve grasn, or '.29 .saiiijdos of Ki iilucky Idue gva.ss al' hut » conlain.il taiuida blue grass. ;ii iiuxsl of IlK-se samples. Ihe Iriuv of C.r.liuda blue grii.ss hiiind was iniiiialiiie .Msd. •showing Ilia! il wsis hiir\esU'»l willi the KciiUick.\ blue grass seed. In lid .siiiiiples. i:amida blue gras.n .s.-ed was found in qiiiiiililies ex'ceding 5 ix'r c-nl.. :»2 of llies«' being Canada blue grii.ss .seed Kiisbiaiiilecl Keiiliicky blue gre.ss. Wliito Ihaiik-s lo the S.n>iI Conliul \cl, I^Ml.'). Ihe Ciinadian .s<x<d timde is on a heller basis Ihail that across IIh' 1 order. Il is well for lis to he acqiiaiiiled wilh llv c<miiiionesl liiipiiiititvi in American .si-«vl. p.irliciiliiily in llu' ciim' of alfalfa. In dder, in »>.p*>ejiil. is a perslifriMUs weed, niid ivmnol he gi.ardiM Rgaiv^t hx- vlgl- lanlly.