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A u th o r o f
“ The Story o f Sarah“
“ The Ship of Dreame“
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Alfalfa Seed Field With Check Ridge* and Fence Line* Burned Over to D*-
»troy Hibernating Larvae of the Chalcla-Fly.
(Prepared by the United States D epart- I the regular seed fields are sufficiently
m ent o f Agrteulturv).
advanced for oviposltlon.
The alfalfa-seed destroyer, known as j This cutting should bo done with
the chalclsfly, does Its destructive | the'harvesting of each hay crop, be­
work In clover or alfalfa seeds, from fore the seed crop is grown.
the Oulf coast to the northern limits
It Is sometimes necessary to have
of the United States, according to the two or more Irrigation ditches run­
United States department of agricul­ ning parallel, making it impracticable
ture's specialist who has personally to cut the alfalfa between them. In
seen the widespread devastation of such cases it is economy to fence
this pest. By harvesting severely In­ the ditches and use this land as a
fested crops, by cleaning fence lines small summer pasture, thus prevent­
and ditch banks, and by winter culti­ ing the development of alfalfa seed
vation the grower of alfalfa seed may pods and the chalcis-flies.
help to control this Insect. A new
Winter Cultivation.
Farmers’ Bulletin. (No. 636) entitled
In the process of harvesting the
-The t'halcia-Flv *n Alfalfa Seed," seed crop many pods containing in­
gives the details of these methods fested seeds fall to the ground. Here
o f control, and m ay be had free of they remain until the following spring
charge on application to the depart­ when the hibernating Insects emerge,
ment.
although cultivation with an alfalfa
The chalcls-fly under the microscope cultivator, at some time late in the
Is a formidable-looking insect but fall or in early winter, will sufficiently
when seen in the field it is frequently cover such pods and will prevent the
confused with the gnat. These pests emergence of most df the adults when
may be seen in great numbers flying the warm weather arrives.
over alfalfa-seed shocks and swarm- j
Destroying the Screenings.
lng over the sickle bar when the al­
A fter the alfalfa is thrashed the
falfa is being cut. The eggs are so j great mass of screenings which is left
small as to be invisible to the naked j frequently contains large numbers of
eye and are deposited through the ' seeds infested with hibernating larvae.
soft, green seed pods directly into If the chaff, together with the screen­
the soft seeds w hen the pods are about ings, is placed in a compost pile for
half-grown. Immediately upon becom­ three or four months, so that it will
ing a fly, the insect eats its way out become heated and decay, most of the
through the shells of the infested Insect life will be destroyed. Unless
seeds, then through the green pods. it is possible to treat the screenings
Large portions of the seeds are hol­ in this manner they should be burned
lowed out in this manner, when they before the growing season opens in
are still green and growing.
the spring.
The infected seeds which still con­
Many of the alfalfa seed pods
tain the living larvae of the insect along check ridges and fence lines
may be recognized by their abnormal may be destroyed by burning off the
shape and usually by the dull brown weeds and alfalfa. This should be
color. Some of the infested seeds, done either in the fall or early spring.
however, retain their natural color,
In purchasing alfalfa aeed, farmers
but they always lack the glossy ap­ should insist upon having seed which
pearance of normal seeds. The ex­ has been well cleaned after thrash­
tent to which alfalfa seed is damaged ing and should never plant the un­
by the fly is not generally apparent, cleared product in new fields.
owing to the minuteness of the insect
and because its destructive work is
Easy to Make Good Butter.
accomplished within the growing
The buttermaker should realize
seeds. The alfalfa-seed grower can that it is just as easy to make good
only estimate the percentage of his j butter as it is to make poor butter.
crop destroyed by opening a large 1 The main secret is to keep the milk
Alfalfa-Seed, or Clover-Seed Chalcls-Fly— A, Adult; B, Larvae; C, Pu p a -
Much Enlarged.
number of the seed pods and observ­
ing the Infested seeds
Harvesting Infested Crops.
An alfalfa field is frequently found
with such a severe infestation by
chalcis-flies that the grower considers
It of insufficient value to be harvested
and simply drives in a herd o f cows
to pasture the crop With regard to
the control of the chalcis-fly for the
protection of future seed production,
this is a costly mistake. Obervations
show that many of the pods burst
open, while others are trampled to
the ground. Here great numbers of
infested seeds offer favorable condi­
tions for the hibernation of the chal-
cis-fly larvae. These, as mature flies,
will infest the seed crops the follow­
ing spring. Under such circumstances
the crop should be mowed, removed
from the field, and staked. It may
then be used as rough fodder; and
if the remaining straw is burned In
early spring the hibernating larvae
will be destroyed.
Cleaning Fence Lines and Ditch Banks.
The following facts emphasize the
Importance of cutting the alfalfa along
ditch banks and fence lines, as well
as in the fields;
1. The earliest seed pods are found
to develop on the isolated and vigor­
ous growing plants found in such
places.
2. The earliest pods have an espec­
ially large percentage of the seeds
Infested with chalcis-fly larvae.
3. The chalcis-fly larvae are able
to pass completely through the first
geaeratlon in the earliest pods before
utensils clean. Use only good salt
This is an exceedingly important mat
ter. A good way to test it Is to dis­
solve some In hot water. If the sail
has a bad flavor it will be easily de­
tected. Sometimes a sediment will be
seen in the bottom of the vessel. A
bad odor in butter many times Is
caused by the use of poor salt
The Kicking Horse.
The cure of a "kicker” is a difficult
task. There are many remedies ad­
vised. but even the best is sometimes
ineffectual. It may arise from vice,
or from excessively nervous disposi­
tion. One of the common appliances
used is to swing a bale of straw be­
hind the horse, so that he may kick
until he Is tired, without doing Injury
to himself. The bale will swing to
and fro, and irritate to the point ol
persuasion that there are more profit
able vices than kicking.
Sort the Apples.
If apples In the bin or storage cel­
lar are assorted occasionally and the
rotten and speckled apples thrown
out, it will lessen the number of dis­
ease spores among the good apples
and check decay. These spores are
produced from a fungus which pro­
duces ro t
Clean Milk and Butter.
It Is impossible to produce clean
milk in dirty surroundings, and equal
ly Impossible to produce good butter
where the milk has been exposed to
miscellaneous odors.
Copyright by
CHAPTER
The Ccutury Co,
XVI—Continued.
The keeper went into the office with
a somewhat hurried "Good night," and
soon Abo found himself alone again,
the light iu the kitchen beyond, no
sound in the room save that of the
booming of the surf, the rattling of
the windows, and now and again the
fall of a clinker in the stove.
The old man was surprised to find
that be could not fall back into that
blissful slumber again. Not sleeping,
he had to think.
He thought and
thought- sober night thoughts— while
the oysters "laid like a log In his
stuminlck” and the coffee seemed to
stir his brain to greater activity.
"Suppose," said the Intoxicated
brain, "another big storm should
swoop down upon you and the bay
ehould break up, aud you and Samuel
should be imprisoned on the beach for
two or three months with a handful
of men-folks!"
"M oo! M oo!" roared the breakers
on the shore. "Serve you right for
finding fault with the sisters!"
Come to think of it, if he had not
been so ungracious of Miss Abigail's
concern for him. he would now be In
possession of a hop pillow to lull him
back to sleep. Well, he had made his
bed, and he would have to lie on IL
although It was a hard old carpet-cov­
ered lounge. Having no hop pillow,
he would count sheep—
One sheep going over the fence, two
sheep, three—
How tired he w-aa!
How* his bones ached!
It'e no use
talking, you can't make an old dog do
the tricks of his puppy days. What
an idiot be had been to climb that
practlse-mast! If he had fallen and
broken his leg?
Four sheep. Maybe he was too old
for gallivanting, after all. Maybe he
was too old for anything except Just
to be "mollycoddled" by thoughtful
old ladies. Now, be honest with your­
self, Abe. Did you enjoy yourself to­
day—no. yesterday? Did you? Well,
yes and— no! Now, if Angy had been
along!
Angy! That was why he could not
go to sleep! He had forgotten to kies
her good-by! Wonder If she had no­
ticed it? Wonder if she bad missed
him more on account of that neglect?
Pshaw! What nonsense! Angy knew
he wa'n't no hand at kissln’, and' it
was apt to give him rheumatism to
bend down so far as her sweet old
mouth.
He turned to the wall at the side of
the narrow lounge, to the emptiness
where her pillow should be. “ Good-
nighL mother,” he muttered huskily.
Mother did not answer for the first
time In nights beyond the counting.
Mother would not be thero to answer
for at least six nights to come. A
week, thought this old man, as the
other old man had reflected a few
hours before, Is a long time when one
has passed his threescore years and
ten, and with each day sees the shad­
ows growing longer.
Abraham put out his hard time-
shrunken hand and touched In thought
his wife's pillow, as if to persuade
himself that Hhe was really there in
her place beside him. He remembered
when first he had actually touched her
pillow to convince himself that she
was really there, too awed and too
happy to believe that his youth's
dream had come true; and he remem­
bered now how his gentle, strong
hand had crept along the linen until
it cupped itself around her cheek; and
he had felt the cheek grow hot with
blushes in the daakness. She had not
been "mother" then; she had been
"dearest!” Would she think that he
was growing childish if he should call
her "dearest” now.
Smiling to himself, he concluded
that he would try the effect of the ten­
der term when ?#• reached home again.
He drew his hand back, whispering
once more, "Goodnight, mother."
Then he fancied he could hear her say
in her soft, reassuring tone, "Good­
night, father.”
Father turned his
back on the empty wall, praying with
a sudden rush of passionate love that
when the last call should come for
him, it would be after he had said
"Good-night, mother,” to Angy and
after she had said "Goodnight, fa­
ther," to him, and that they might
wake somewhere, somehow, together
with God, saying, "Good-morning,
mother,"
"Good-morning,
father!”
And "Fair is the day!"
empty aud his blankets neatly folded
upon IL
The sunrise patrol from the easL
who had Just returned, made reply
that he had met Captain Abe walking
along the eurf to get up au appetite
for his griddlecakes and salt pork
Samuel sat down suddenly ou the
lounge and opened his mouth.
"Didn't ho have enough exercise
ylst'day. for marcy's sake! I*ut' nigh
killed me. I waa that lin'd Ins' night
I couldn't sleep a wink. 1 declar', of
'twan't fer that fool news|>uper a■
coinin' out ternlght I'd go homo tor-
day. Yor agwluo acroet, haln't yer,
Havana T"
Havens laughed In response. Sam­
uel glowered at him.
"I want home comforts bark," ho
vowed sullenly. "The beach haln't
| what It used ter bo. doin' on a pic-
j nlc with Abe Rose Is like soilin' yer
teeth into a cast-iron stove lid covered
with a thin layer o' puddln'. I'm
agoln’ home."
The keeper assured him that no ono
would attempt to detain him If he
found the station uncomfortable, and
that If he preferred to leave Abraham
behind the whole force would take
pleasure In entertaining the more
active old man.
"That old feller bates n phono
grnph," affirmed the irishman. " It ’s
good ter hear that he'll be left any­
how for coinp'ny with this storm a-
comln' up "
Samuel rushed to the window, for
upstairs the panes had been too frosty
for him to see out A storm coming
up? The beach did look gray and des­
olate. dun-colored In tho dull light of
the eurly day, with the winter-killed
grass and the stunted green growth of
cedar and holly and pine only making
splotches of darkness under a gray
sky which was filled with scurrying
clouds. The wind, ten), had risen dur­
ing the night, and the increased ronr
of the surf was telling of foul weather
at sea.
A storm threatening! And the pleas­
ant prospect of being shut In at the
beach with the cast iron Abrnhnm and
these husky life-savers for the re­
mainder of the winter! No doubt Abe
would insist upon helping tho men
with the double duties Imposed by
thick weather, und drug Samuel out
on patrol.
"When dew yew start. Havens?"
demanded Samuel in shuklng tones.
"Le's get off afore Abe gits back an'
tries ter hold me. He seems tor bo so
plagued stuck on tho life over here,
he'll think I must be tew.”
But, though Havens had to wait for
the return of the man who had gone
off duty yesterday morning, still Abe
had not put In un appearance when
Samuel and the life saver trudged
down the troll through tho woods of
tho bay.
As he stepped Into the
scooter Samuel's conscience at last
began to prick him.
"Yew sure the men will look arter
the old fellow well an' not let him
overdew ?"
But the whizz of the flight had al­
ready begun and the scooter's nose
was set toward Twin Covea. her sail
skimming swiftly with the ring of the
steel agulnst the ice over the shining
surface of the bay.
"Law, yes," Samuel eased his con­
science; "of course they will. They
couldn't hurt him, anyhow. I never
seen anybody take so kindly ter hard­
enin' as that air Abe."
CHAPTER XVIII.
Samuel's Welcome.
The shore at Twin Coves was a
somewhat lonely spot, owing to
stretch*** of marshlund und a sweep of
pine wood that reached almost to tho
edge of the water.
Samuel, however, having Indicated
that he wished to be landed at the foot
of a path through tho pines, found
himself on the home shore scarcely
ten minutes after he had left Illenk
Hill— Havens already speeding toward
his home some miles to the eastward,
the hay seemingly deserted except for
his sail, a high wind blowing, and the
enow beginning to fall in scattered
flakes.
Samuel picked up his grip, trudged
through the heavy sand of the nar­
row beach, and entered the sweet-
smelling pine wood. He was stiff with
cold after the rough, swtft voyage; his
feet alone were hot— burning hot with
chilblains. Away down in his heart he
was uneasy lest some harm should
come to Abe and the old man be
caught in the approaching storm on
the beach. But, oh, wasn't he glad to
be home!
His house was still half a mile
away; but he was once more on good,
solid, dry land.
"I'll tell Blossy haow that air Abe
Rose behaved,” he reassured himself,
when he pictured his w ife’s aston­
ished and perhaps reproachful greet­
ing, "an' then she won’t wonder that
I had ter quit him an’ come back.”
He recollected that Angy would be
there, and hoped fervently that she
might not provo so strenuous a charge
ae Abraham. Moreover, he hoped that
she would not so absorb Dlossy’s at­
tention as to preclude a wifely minis­
tering to his aching feet and tho appli­
cation of "St. Jerushy lie " to his lame
and sore back.
The torture of the feet and back
made walking harder, too, than ho had
believed possible with the prospect of
CHAPTER XVII.
relief so near. As he limped along he
was forced to pause every now and
again and set down the carpetbag,
The Deserter.
At dawn the station was wide awake sometimes to rub his back, sometimes
and everybody out of bed. Samuel to seat himself on a stump and nurse
crept downstairs In his stocking feet, for a few momenta one of those de­
hie boots in his hand, his eyes heavy mon-possessed feeL Could he have
with sleeplessness, and his wig awry. made any progress at all If he had
He shivered as he drew close to the cot known that at home, no matter If
fire, and asked in one breath for a there waa company, there would at
prescription for chilblains and where least be no Abe Rose to keep him go­
might Abe be.
Abe’s lounge was ing. to spur him on to unwelcome
action, to force him to prove hlmseli
out of sheer self-respect the equal. If
not
the
superior,
in
masculine
strength ?
Abe had led him that chase over
at the station. Samuel was convinced,
"a purpose” to punish him for haviug
so soundly berated him when he ley
abed. That woe all the thanks you
over gut fur doing things (or "sum*
folks.”
Samuel hobbled onward, his brow
knit with angry reseutmauL Bid over
a half mile seem so long, and had he
actually txwin only twouty throe hours
from home and Blossy? Oh, oh! his
bock and his feet! Oh, the weight of
that bug! Ilow much ha needed sleep!
How good It would be to huvo Blossy
tuck him under tho covers, and give
him a hot lemonude with a stick of
ginger In it!
If only he hud hold of Abe Itoso now
to tell him his opinion of him! Well,
ho reflected, you have to summer und
winter with a person before you can
know them. This one December day
and night with Aim had t>eun equal to
tho revolutions of a dozen seasons.
The next time Samuel tried to do good
to anybody more than sixty-five, he'd
know IL The next time be wits per­
suaded into leaving Ills wife for over
night, he'd know that. too. Various
manuals for the young husband, which
lie had consulted, to the contrary not­
withstanding, the place for a married
mau was at home.
Samuel sut down on a fallen tree
which marked the halfway point be­
tween his place and lire bay. Tire last
half of the Journey would seem short­
er. and. at the end, there would be
Blooey smiling a welcome, for be
never doubted but that Blossy would
be glad to see him. She thought a
good deal of him, nor had she been
especially anxious for that week of
separation.
His face smoothed Its troubled
frowns Into a look of shining anticipa­
tion tho look that Samuel s face had
woru when first he ushered Blossy
Into his tidy little home and murmured
huskily:
"Mia* Darby, you're master o' tho
vessel naow; I'm Jest fo'cnslla hand."
Forgetting all his aches, bla pains,
his resentments. Samuel took a pep­
permint lozenge out of his pocket,
rolled It under his tongue, und walked
on. Presently, as he saw the light of
the clearing through tho trees, he
broke Into a run—an old man's trot—
thus proving conclusively that hia
worry of lumbago and chilblolus had
been merely u wrongly diagnosed case
of homesickness.
He grinned as ho pictured Abe's dis­
may on returning to the station to
find him gone.
Still, he reflected,
maybe Abe would have a better time
alono with tho young follows; ho had
grown so plagued young himself all of
a sudden. Samuel surely need not
worry about him.
More umt more good natured grew
Samuel's face, until a sociable rabbit,
peeping at him from behind a bush,
decided to run a raco with the old
gentleman, and hopped fearlessly out
into the open.
Give Y o u rse lf
a fair Chance
Tho thrill o f health and vitf-
>r can only Iu* uxpononcod
when tho digestion is nor­
mal, the liv^r active and the
bowels regular.
A n y dis­
turbance o f these functions
should suggest an im m ediate
trial o f
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strength m aker ot well known
ability, and w ill help N ature
restore health and v ig o r to the
entire d igestive system.
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Beat Household Gods.
Tho man of high descent may lov*
the halls and lauds of his Inheritance
as a part of himself, as trophies of his
birth and power; the poor man's at­
tachment to the tenement ho holds,
which strangers have held before and
may tomorrow occupy again, has a
worthier root, stuck deep Into a
purer soli
Ills household god* are
of flesh and blood, with no alloy of sil­
ver, gold or precious stones.—C'harle*
Dickens.
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W r it * fo r lt«M>k o f the g y a
XI or in* By a K«iua4y Cu.,Cfeu-ago.
Almost Perfect Ideal.
A faithful friend of all that Is best,
a bravo sufTrrer from Incurable bur­
dens. In a private letter sends this con­
fession, which wn commend to those
(TO BK C O N T IN U E D .)
more favored of circumstances, less
consecrated In the center stances of
MADE UP OF SMALL THINGS life; "My Ideal Is every day to spread
a llttlo truth, a little kindness, a little
Even the Most Insignificant Words beauty, but alas, how oflen I fa ll!"
and Acta May Be Productive of
Joy or the Reverse.
Dr. Fierce’ s Fleasunt Pellets regu­
late and invigorate stomach. liver ami
A wild bird's song Is a little thing bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules,
— lost In tho deeps of a frowning sky easy to take as candy.
And yet as It falls on a listening
When You Give Castor Oil.
ear and leaves Its message of melody,
Pour the oil Into a pan over a mod­
earth's green seems brighter and life
Is sweeter, all through nn autumn day erate fire, break an egg into Jt, and
The coo of a bubo is a little thing—• stir It up. When thoroughly mixed,
meaningless sound from a vacant flavor with a little salt, sugar or cur«
mind.
rant Jelly.
But ‘tls the only sound that all nn
tlons heed; the one clear language all
races know.
A mother's love Is a little thing—too
soon, alas, forgot.
But It typifies to blind humankind
the love anil trust and hope divine
that bear with patience cnlm and
sweet tho wilful wrongs in these lives
of ours.
A passing smile Is a little thing —
lost In c world of toll and care.
ham ’s V egetable
And yet tho soul with gloom op­
pressed and tho life grown weariod
with burdens hnrd will happier be In
the afterglow of a smile that Is
Elkhart, Ind.:— “ I suffered fo r four­
warmly kind.
teen years from organic inflammation,
A kindly word Is a little thing—a
f o m a l o weakness,
breath that goes and a sound that
pain and irregulari­
dll-S
ties. Tho pains in
But the heart that gives and the
my sides 'W ere in­
heart that hears may know that It
creased by walking
sings arid sings and sings till at last
or standing on my
It blends with tho wild bird's song,
fe e t and 1 had such
and the coo of babes tn what men call
awful bearing down
the celestial choir.—Utica Saturday
feelings, w a s do-
Globe.
pressed in spirits
MRS. WILLIAMS’
10HG SICKHESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink«
Compound.
Recovered Napoleon’s “ Loot.”
Perugia, who stole tho Mona Lisa, Is
not tho first who for patriotic reasons
has despoiled the Louvre— tho great
picture gallery of Paris, which ac­
quired the majority of its treasures
by "patriotic” plundering.
In 1815,
after the fall of Napoleon, the allied
powers of Europe gave orders that the
art treasures carried oil by the con
queror should bo restored to their
original owners. Fifteen states sent
commissioners to Paris to claim their
property, and moro than 2,000 pictures
wore taken from the Louvre, together
with almost Innumerable statues, or­
naments, knlckknacks, and so forth.
The gallery was left with only 270 pic­
tures and had to bo closod for a while
until the vucant spaces could be filled
by gift or purchase.
Limiting His Credulity.
"Do you believe that George Wash­
ington chopped the cherry tree?"
“ Yes,” replied Mr. Orowcher; “ I’m
willing to believe anything they tell
me about American politico, provided
they don’t put it in a party platform.''
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Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound a fair
trial and also the Sanativo Wash. 1 have
now used tho remedies fo r four months
and cannot express my thanks fo r what
they have done fo r me.
“ I f these lines will be o f any benefit
you havo my permission to publish
them.” — Mrs. S a d ib W i l l i a m s , 455
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
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that Lydia K. IHnklintn’s Vcgeta-
bio Com pound will help you, writn
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