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CORVAL SEMI-WEEKL.Y. Slrrs.1..?!7.! Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1901. VOL. II. NO. 13. F?OIVL PQORHOUSE BY MARY CHAPTER XVII. For more than an hour there had been unbroken silence in the dingy old law office of Mr. Worthington, where Henry Lincoln and William Bentler still re mained, the one as a practicing lawyer and junior partner of the firm, and the other as a student still, for he had not yet dared to offer himself for examina tion. Study was something whichHenry particularly disliked; and as his mother had trained him with the Idea that labor for him was wholly unnecessary, he had never bestowed a 'thought on the future, or made an exertion of any kind. Now, however, a different phase of affairs was appearing. His father's fortune was threatened with ruin; and he sat in the office with his heels upon the window sill, debating the all-important question whether it were betfV to marry Ella Campbell for the money which would save him from poverty, or to rouse him Belf to action for the sake of Mary How ard, whom he really fancied he loved. Frequently since the party had he met her, each time becoming more and more convinced of her superiority over the oth er young ladies of her acquaintance. He was undoubtedly greatly assisted in this decision by the manner with which she was received by the fashionables of Bos ton; but asie from that, as far as he was capable of doing so, he liked her, and was now making up his mind wheth er to tell her so or not. At last breaking the silence, he exclaim ed: "Hang me, if I don't believe she's be witched me, or else I'm in love. Bender, how does a chap feel when he's in love?' "Very foolish, judging from yourself, returned William, and Henry replied;" "I hope you mean nothing personal, for I'm bound to avenge my honor, and 'twould be a deuced scrape for you tfiid me to fieht about 'votrr sister.' as vou call her, for 'tis she who has inspired me, or made a fool of me, one or the other." "You've changed your mind, haven't yon?" asked William, a little sarcastical ly. f "Hanged if I have!" said Henry. "I was interested in her years ago, when she was the ugliest little vixen a man ever looked upon, and that's why I teased . her so I don't believe she's handsome now, but she's something, and that some thing has. raised the mischief with me. - Come, Bender, you are better acquainted with her than I am, so tell me honestly If yon think I'd better marry her." With a haughty frown William replied: "Ton have my permission, Bir, to propose , as soon as you please. I rather wish you would;" then taking his hat he left the office, while Henry continued his solilo quy as follows: "I wonder what the old folks would ay to a penniless bride. - Wouldn't moth er and Rose raise a row? I'd soon ntiiet the old woman, though, by threatening to tell that she was once a factory girl. But If dad smashes up I'll have to work, for I naven t Drams enongn to earn my living by wit. I guess, on the whole I'll go and call on Ella; she's handsome, and besides that has the rhino, too; but how shallow!" and the young man broke the blade of his knife as he stuck it into the hardwood table by way of emphasizing his last words. , . Ella chanced to be out, and as Henry waa returning he overtook Ida Selden and Mary Howard, who were taking their accustomed walk. Since her conver sation with William a weight seemed lifted from Mary's spirits, and she now ' was happier far than she ever remem bered of having been before. Mary could not find it in her heart to be un courteons to Henry, and her manner to ward him that morning was so kind and affable that it completely upset him; and jvhen he parted with her at Mr. Seidell's gate his mind was quite made up to offer her his heart and hand. ""Iahall have to work," thought he, "but for her sake I'll do anything.'' " An hour later he sat down and wrote to Mary, on paper what he yrald not tell' her' face to face.. Had there' been a lingering doubt of her acceptance, he would undoubtedly have wasted at least a dozen sheets of the tiny gilt-edged pa per, but as it was one would suffice, for she would not scrutinize his handwriting -she would not count the blots,, or mark the omission of punctuating pauses. An Ardent declaration of love was written, : sealed , and directed. " Restless and unquiet, he sat down to await bis answer. It came at last his rejection, yet couched in language so kind and conciliatory' that he could not feel angry. Twice tVee times he read it over, hoping to find some, intimation that possibly she might relent; but no, it was firm and decided, and while she thanked him for the honor he conferred upon her, she respectfully declined accepting it, as suring him that his secret should be kept Inviolate. "There's some comfort in that," , thought he, "for I. wouldn't like to have it known that I hnv. hfn rofiiaail K n poor, unknown girl," and then, as the con viction came over him that she would never be his, he laid his head- upon, the table and wept such tears as a spoilt child might weep when refused a toy too - costly , and delicate to be trusted in its rude grasp. ; Ere . long there was a knock at the door and hastily wiping away all traces of his emotion, Henry admitted his fath- . vi, njuu uau cyme iu lam ui xneir luture -'i - " i it ii ....... ecu wurav luau her bad feared. But he did not reproach his wayward son, nor hint that his reck less, extravagance had hastened the ca lamity which otherwise might have been avoided. Calmly he stated the extent to " T, U.1.U . (I LIE au.viwu, auuai Ullll though an entire failure might be pre- venteu a snort time, it wuuiu come at last; and that an honorable payment or his debts would leave them beggars. "For myself I do not care," said the wretched man, pressing hard his aching temples, where the gray hairs had thick f ened within a few short weeks. "For . myself I do not care, but for my wife and children for Rose, and that she mst miss her accustomed comforts, is the keenest pang of all." TO PALACE J. HOLME'S All this time Henry had not spoken, but thought was busily at work. He could not bestir himself; he had no energy for that now; but he could marry Ella Camp bell, whose wealth would 'keep him in the position he now occupied, besides supplying many of Rose's wants. Cursing the fate which had reduced him to snch an extremity, toward the dusk of evening Henry started for Mrs. Campbell's. Lights were burning in the parlor, and as the curtains were drawn back he could see through the partially opened shutter that Ella was alone. Re clining in -a large sofa chair, she sat, leaning upon her elbow, the soft curls of her brown hair falling over her white arm, which the full blue cashmere sleeve exposed to view. She seemed deeply engaged in thought, and never before had she looked so lovely to Henry, -who as he gazed upon her felt a glow of pride in thinking that fair young girl could be bis for the asking. "And so my little pet is alone," said he, coming forward, and raising to his lips the dainty fingers which Ella extend ed toward him. "I hope the old aunty is out," he continued, "for I want to see you on special business." Ella noticed how excited he appeared, and always on the alert for something when he was with her, she began to tremble, and without knowing what she said asked him what he wanted of her r "Zounds!" thought Henry, "she meets me more than half way," and then, lest his resolution should fail, he reseated her in the chair she had left, and drawing an ottoman to her side hastily told her of his love, ending his declaration by saying that from the first time he saw her he had determined that she should be his wife! And Ella, wholly deceived, allow ed her head to droop upon his shoulder, while she whispered to him her answer. Thus they were betrothed Henry Lin coln and Ella Campbell. "Glad am I to be out of that atmos phere," thought the newly engaged young man, as he reached the open air, and be gan to breathe more freely. "Goodness me, won't I lead a glorious life? Now, if she'd only hung back a little but no, she said yes, before I fairly got the words out; but money covereth a multitude of sins I beg your pardon, man'am," said he quickly, as he became conscious of having -rudely jostled -a -y oang ldy ,, .wh was turning the Corner. - Looking up, he met Mary Howard's large' dark eyes fixed rather inquiringly npon him. She was accompanied by one of Mr. Selden's servants, and he felt sure she was going, to visit her sister. Of course, Ella would tell her all, and what must Mary think of one who cauld bo soon repeat his vows of love to another? In all the world there was not an indi vidual for whose good opinion Henry Lin coln cared one-half so much as for Mary Howard's; and the thought that he should now surely lose it maddened him. The resolution of the morning was for gotten, and that night a fond father watched and wept over his inebriate son, 1 . CHAPTER XVIII. From one of the luxuriously furnished chambers of her father s elegant mansion Jenny Lincoln looked mournfully out up on the thick,' angry clouds which, the live long day,, had obscured the winter sky. Dreamily for a while she listened to the patter of the rain as it fell upon the de serted pavement below, and then, with a long, deep sigh, she turned away and wept. Poor Jenny! the day was rainy and dark and dreary,' but darker far were the shadows stealing over her -pathway. Turn which way she would there was not one ray of sunshine which even her buoy ant spirits could gather from the sur- rounuiug gioom. tier only sister was slowly but surely dying, and when Jenny thought of this she felt that if Rose could only live she'd try and bear the rest; try to forget how much she loved William Bender, who that morning had honorably and manfully asked her of her parents, and been spurned with contempt not by her father, for could he have followed the dictates of his better, judgment he would willingly have given his daughter to the care of one who he knew" would carefully shield her from the storms of life. It was not he, but the. cold, proud mother, who so haughtily refused Wil liam's request, accusing him of taking underhand means to win her daughter's affections. "I had rather see you dead!" said the stony-hearted woman, when Jenny knelt at her feet and pleaded for her to take back the words she had spoken. "I had rather see you dead than married to such as he. I mean what I have said, and you will never be his. Jenny knew William too well to think he would ever sanction an act of disobe dience to her mother, and her heart grew faint and her eyes grew dun with tears, as she thought of conquering the love which, bad grown with her growth and strengthened with her strength.. There was another reason, too, why Jenny should weep as she sat alone in her room. From her father she had heard of all that was to happen. The luxuries to which all her life she had been accustomed were to be hers no longer. The pleasant coun try house in Chicopee, dearer far than her city home, must be sold, and no where in the wide world was there a place for them to rest. Mr. Lincoln entered his - daughter'; room, and bending affectionately over her pillow said, How is my darling to-day?" "Better, better almost well," returned Rose, raising herself in bed to prove what she had said. "I shall be out in a few days, and then you'll bny me one of those elegant plaid silks, won't you? All the girls are wearing them, and I haven' had a new dress this winter, and here tis almost March. , - Oh! how the father longed to tell his dying child that her next dress would be a shroud. But he could not. He was too much a man of the world to speak to her of death; so without answering her ques tion he said: "Rose, do yon think yon are able to be moved into -the country? - "What, to Chicopee? that horrid, dull place T I thought we were not going then this summer T' No, not to Chicopee, but to your grand ma Howland's in Glenwood. The physi cian thinks yon will be more quiet there. and the pure air will do you good. Rose looked earnestly in her tatners face to see if he meant what he said, and then replied: "I'd rather go anywhere in the world than to Glenwood. Xou've no idea how I hate to stay there.: Grandma is so queer and the things in the house so fussy and countryfied and cooks by a fireplace, and washes in a tin basin, and wipes on a crash towel that hangs on a roUr!" ; Mr. Lincoln could hardly repress a smile at Rose's reasoning, but perceiving that he must be decided, he said: We think it best for you to go, and shall ac cordingly make arrangements to take you in the course of a week or two. Your mother will stay with you, and Jenny, too, will be there a part of the time;" then, not wishing to witness the effect of his words, he hastily left the room, paus ing in the hall to wipe away the tears which involuntarily came to his-eyes as he overheard Rose angrily wonder "why she should be turned ont of doors when she wasn't able to sit upP' I never can bear the scent of those great tallow candles, never," said she; "and then to think of the coarse sheets and patchwork bedquilts oh, it's dread ful!" Jenny's heart, too, was well-nigh burst ing, but she forced down her own sor row, while she strove to comfort her sis ter, telling her how strong and well the bracing air of the country would make her, and how refreshing, when her fever was on, would be the clear, cold water which gushed from the spring near the thornapple tree, where in childhood they so oft had played. Then she spoke of the miniature waterfall, which not far from her grandmother's door made fairy-like music" all the day long, and at last, as if soothed by the sound of that far-off water, Boseriorgot her trouble, and sank into a sweet, refreshing slum ber. ,- ' ,. - In a few days preparations were com menced for moving Rose to Glenwood, and in the excitement of getting ready she in a measure forgot the tallow can dles and patchwork bedquilt, the thoughts of which had so much shocked her at first. .,. " .7 Put in my embroidered' merino morn ing gown, said she to Jenny, who was packing her trnnk, "and the blue cash mere one faced with white satin; and don't forget my best cambric skirt, the one with so much work on it, for when George Moreland comes to Glenwood shall want to look as well as possible; and then, too, I liKe to see the country folks open their mouths and stare at city fashions." - 'What makes you think George will come to Glenwood?? asked Jenny; 'I know, and that's enough," answered Rose; "and now, before you forget it, put in my leghorn hat, for if I stay ions I shall want it; and see how nicely you -cantfild atbe -dress I wore ot- Mni-Baa--! sell's party!" Why, Rose, what can you possibly want -of that?'? asked Jenny, and Rose re plied: - "Oh, I want to show it to grandma, just to hear her groan over our extrava gance, and predict that we'll yet come to ruin!" -- : -,v.r -:,:- -'- Jenny thought that-if Rose could have seen her father that morning when the bill for the dress and its costly trim mings was presented she would have wished it removed forever from her Bight. Early in the winter Mr. Lincoln had seen that all such matters were settled, and of this bill, more recently made, he knew nothing. . ' . . " -." I can t pay it now," said he promptly to the boy who brought it. "Tell Mr. Holton I will see him in a day or two." The boy took the paper with an inso lent grin, for he had heard the fast cir culating rumor "that one of the big bugs was about to smash up;" and now, eager to confirm the report, lie ran swiftly back to his employer, who muttered, "Just as I expected. - I'll draw on him for what I lent him, and that'll tell the story. My daughters can't afford to 1 wear such things, and I'm' not going to furnish money for his." r -y . Of all this Rose did not dnsam, for in her estimation there was no end to her father's wealth, and the possibility of his failing had never entered her mind. (To be continued.) - Punishment Postponed. -Fatner (sternly) Now, sir, come with me. I'll teach you to tell the truth, and - - -, Willie Pa, do you always tell the truth? - . Father I do. Willie Well, pa, tVe other day you said "the child Is father to the man." Suppose you hand that strap over to your father, now. Philadelphia North American. " : . A Sense at ecuritx- "Doesn't It worry you to have your husband spend so much time in the cor ner store talking politics?" r . "No," said the woman with the weary look In her eyes. , "I know that when he is talking politics,: he isn't letting anybody sell him bad mining stocks or gold bricks, or green goods.- Jt keeps his mind occupied, and perhaps it is better so." Washington Star. Words of Avfnl Import. "What , would you do If you was to git. convicted of a penitentiary of fense?" asked Plodding Pete. "I'd never serve me term," answered Meandering Mike. "Maybe you'd have to." - "No. De law would lose its grip on me right dere. : As soon as I heard de judge say 'Imprisonment wit' hard la bor" I'd drop dead." Washington Star. No Lack of Mascots. "No," candidly, admitted Noah, "the ark Is not exactly a Herreshoff fin-keel. I didn't know anything about alumin um when I planked her top sides, and her canvas Is not cross-cut, nor does she carry a spinnaker. mi,' ne auuea, complacently, "we are right in it when It comes to mas cots!" Brooklyn Eagle. - Otherwise with the Poor. '"' "'I feel sorry for the rich. "Why?' "When a rich man gets a counterfeit quarter he can't remember where he got his dollar bill broken." Chicago Record. - - ,;;.-. -. 0titdreiiS ' Something; About Knives. All boys have knives in their pockets, but some of them are -so doll they are not of much use either to their owners or to their owners' neighbors. A boy without a knife, as I know from ex perience, is very miserable and in a poor way to get all the enjoyment out! of life. Of course, girls do not use knives so much as boys do, but they frequently have to borrow of their brothers or their friends when they want to sharpen pencils or cut their jumping ropes or gather pussy willows. Do not think I would urge selfishness upon my readers, but persons who bor row knives are often very careless with them, losing them or keeping them much longer than they need. - -What I want to tell you is the very simple thing of how to keep a pocket- knife sharp. With a little trouble and patience a knife can be sharpened and kept In good order, but it is surprising how few boys know how to do this. In the first place, if the edge of the blade is badly nicked, or if the sides curve out it should be ground on a grindstone until the nicks all disappear. - Be sure PUTTING ON A KEEN 1 DUE. to put plenty of water on the stone, so that the heat arising from the friction will not take out the ."temper" of the steel. Hold the blade firmly so that the stone will grind from the top of the blade nearly to. the edge.-- When the grinding is done the sides of the blade should curve In. The blade may then be said to be "hollow ground." If the stone is allowed to grind to the edge the blade will become too thin and will Now place the blade in a fiat position on a whetstone and grind with a circu lar motion. - Treat both, sides In this way till a slight fringe appears on the edge. If the knife does'not need grind ing it can be "whet up'' in the same way,-with the exception of bearing a little" more strongly near the cutting edge when rubbing across the stone. Either water or fine oil may. be used on., the stone, which should be . kept clean. - Last of all rub the blade care fully on a strop or piece of soft, smooth leather, which will remove the fine fringe on the edge and will polish the blade. In following these . directions you can put an edge on your knife blade that will require you to be care ful -of your fingers.-Chicago Record- Herald. : - - . - Kites for fishing. Kites have been used with great suc cess as a means to stop partridges ris ing and flying from cover where, it is wished to keep them for shooting the birds will not rise when, kites are fly ing above them,' fearing, doubtless, at tack. . - ; - .' - -- And now the kite has been used for fishing. . . ... The credit of discovering the possibil ities of 'air-line fishing is due to Edward Horsman, the great kite expert and manufacturer. ' -' The advantage of fishing from a kite Is that the fisherman may stand on the shore while his bait Is dropped far out at sea; also that timid fish are not scared by seeing fishing rods or boats when an air-line Is used. "For kite fish ing, strong kites are flown, the string carrying a small pulley, through which the fish line runs. One end of the fish line is held by the fisherman on shore; the other, which is weighted, ''drops from the pulley as the ascent is made, and dips into the sea. f At the moment when a fish snaps at the bait and is booked, the fisherman feels the pull on his line, the kite is quickly hauled in, and the fish is dragged In at the same time. Mr. Horsman has caught many a fine fish in this way: Pearson's Mag azine. ; ''-'li'. ' : -St', - Points for Growing Girls, Some one has suggested fifteen things that every girl can learn before she is 15 years of age. Not every one can learn to play or sing or paint well enough to give pleasure to her friends; but the following "accomplishments" are within everybody's reach: Shut the door and shut it softly. : Keep your own room in tasteful or der.' . ''' " " ' - - ' Have an hour for rising and rise, r Learn to make bread as well as cake. - Never let a day pass without doing something to make somebody comfort able. Never go about with your shoes un buttoned. Never come to breakfast without a collar. Speak clearly nough for everybody to understand. ; . Never fidget or hum, so as to disturb others. Never fuss or fret, or fidget Pitts burg Press. " - ' - - .-.;, Snail Helped Its Sick Friend. The great Darwin, who learned so much about animals -and their ways, tells many wonderful stories about them In the books he has published. In one instance he attempts to show that lower animals have reasoning powers by citing the actions of a couple of snails that were placed In a walled gar den. This garden was absolutely de void of vegetation, and the poor snails began to suffer for want of food. One of them became ill. Then the stronger of the two evidently concluded that something had to be done. It seemed to hold a conversation with its sick companion and hurried away. The persons watching their actions conclud ed the sick snail had been deserted and left to die. Not so, however. The strong snail laboriously climbed over the wall and found a delightful gar den adjoining, full of green leaves and plants. Then it turned back, crawled to its sick friend and "talked" with it again. At last the two started over the wall, and in time were lost in the paradise that had been found. What the Moon Is. "I wonder what the moon is made of?'' queried little Ethel as she paused to gaze at the large, round orb. "It ain't made of nothin'," replied her 5-year-old brother. "It's a hole In the sky for God to look through when he wants to see what's going on in town." ; As Thins Happen. "This is a topsy-turvy world," . Said little Johnny Greene; "The way as boys are treated Is certainly quite mean. .-. A fellow's hustled off to bed Before he's sleepy, see! And he's next morning hustled out While sleepy as can be." Forgets Where the Place Is. Small Harry had lost his pencil, and his mother told him he should have a place for everything and keep every thing in its place. "1 do, mamma," replied the little fel low, "but sometimes I forget where-the place is." : : . Tit for Tat "Mamma," said four-year-old Margie, "I'm not going to invite you to my wedding when I get married." "Why not, dear?" asked her mother. "Because," replied the little miss, "you didn't invite me to yours." A Good lieflnitlon. Teacher Can you tell me the mean ing of the word "lazy"? small wuiie xes'm. .it's what -a fellow is who always wants his little sister to do. things for him. - . " DENTIST DROPS THE FORCEPS. Indianapolis Man Palls Teeth with - - Thumb and Finger. Dr. Charles- E. OonghUn of Indian apolis has discarded the forceps' In pulling teeth and has adopted the prim itive rules of the Chinese- by using nothing except his thumb and Index finger for the purpose. ' ? He believes that the sight of the forceps consti tutes the harrowing part of tooth pull ing, and that many nervous persons are almost as shocked at the sight of the instrument as they would be if a revolver were presented at their heads. He can take out the most firmly rooted double tooth in a few seconds, and that without causing pain, comparatively speaking. . ; "It is all done with, the thumb and forefinger of the right hand," he said, "and does not require any great strength,, for it is not performed by main force." - "In pulling a tooth by hand it is first worked around with a gentle motion, and there is absolutely - no violent wrenching or tagging. In a surprising ly short time the largest and most firmly rooted molar will show evi dences of being loosened. The motion is then continued with an increased pressure outward from the pivot of the tooth, as it were, until it seems actu ally to come out of its own accord. It is brought out with a final circular twist, not more violent than the gen tle working which is required to loos en it, and it is all over before the pa tient "realizes that his tooth Is being extracted. ; "'',".-.-". ,"It is ridiculously easy when you have got the hang of it. The tooth al ways comes out, and my patients tes tify that It is a comparatively painless process, the movement of the tooth be ing so gradual as not to produce' any shock even to the most nervous per son. -"- . ' '. -.. : . -' "I learned the process from a Chi nese practitioner. It has been practic ed by . the Chinese from time imme morial. , Our method seems as crude and as barbarous to them as theirs seems antiquated to us. - "In many cases we are getting too far away from nature with our compli cated apparatus and highly . scientific way of going at things, and I have found that extracting teeth by hand is not only better for the patient, but also for the practitioner, for a man of sym pathy must necessarily feel some of horrors caused by the forceps in an extremely nervous person, and just to the extent that 'be is unnerved he Is Incompetent to perfprm his duty well." New York-Sun. -. . : ' " .... Hart Joh. ' Carpenter Well, .. boy, have ground all the tools, as I told while I've been out? . you you. Boy (newly apprenticed) Yes, mas ter, all but this 'ere 'andsaw. An' I can't quite get the gaps out of it! Punch. ; " : , The Wonderful Change in Scaddles. "How it it Scaddles, who used to be so down on war, Is anxious to enlist and go to the Philippines right off?" "I don't know, and what makes it odder is he only got married a couple of months ago, - too."r-Phlladelphia Times. ' -v, -The pain of parting is experienced by the small boy when his mother at tempts to comb his hair. The Old Bail Fence. In the merry days of boyhood when we ' never knew a care Greater than the mumps or measles or a mother s cut of hair. When a sore toe was a treasure and a stone bruise on the heel Filled the other boys with envy which they tried not to conceal. There were many treasured objects on the farm we held most dear. Orchard, fields, the creek we swam in, and the old spring cold and clear; Over there the woods of bick'ry and of oak so deep and dense, Looming up behind the outlines of the .--,' old i ) 1 ra I fence. On its rails the quail would whistle . in the early summer morn, Calling to their hiding fellows in the field of waving corn. And the meadow larks and robins on the stakes would sit and sing Till the forest shades behind them with their melody would ring. There the catbird and the jaybird sat and called each other names. And the squirrels and the chipmunks played the chase-and-catch-nie games. And the garter- snake was often in un pleasant evidence In the grasses in the corners of the old j . i j 'a" I 1 ! ' fence. As we grew to early manhood when we thought the country girls In the diadem of beauty were the very fairest pearls Oft from spellin' school or meetin' or the jolly shuckin' bee Down the old lane we would Wander "with a merry little "she." On the plea of being tired (just the coun try lover lie). On a grassy seat we'd linger in the ' moonlight, she and I, And we'd plant a future picture touched - with colors most intense As we sat there in the corner of the old , jail fence. Denver Post. Question of Too Much Land. There are lots of land owners in ev ery section of the. country who are lacd roor. They own and control more lund than they can work to advantage. They .hang on to it like grim death until the sheriff comes to their, relief or they are fortunate enough to find some man who has a sum of money large enough to pay one-third down and a bank account good enough to take the risk of getting the balance to gether hi one and two years. . There are plenty of large farms throughout the country which could be made to pay for themselves within a few years if divided up properly and placed in the hands of ambitious men who would appreciate an opportunity to secure and pay for a home of their own. Another benefit would acrrue from a change of this kind. The condition of society would be much benefited. As a rule, either in city or country, the best communities are those in which the people own their own homes. It pre vents that floating element from pre dominatingpeople who have but lit tle interest in their surroundings, as they are here one year and somewhere else another. It is a fact that values are higher, the moral tone -better and the people more' happy and prosperous in communities where there are small farms which are owned by their occu pants. Stockman and Farmer. - Golden Cashaw Pumpkin. The Golden Cashaw pumpkin Is one of the best of the newer sorts, both for pie-making and ' for stock-feeding. When the pumpkin is matured the skin is golden orange in color. The flesh is fine grained, rich yellow in color, sweet and rich In flavor. This variety Is one of the sorts it would pay to grow alone, that is, not in the corn field, by anyone who had a large herd of cat tle to feed. Grown alone the yield is materially increased. Indianapolis News. Green Pea Louse. - The Department of Agriculture has issued a report on the ravages of the green pea louse, giving warning that this insect, one of the most important of those which have ravaged the crops of the country during the last two sea sons, will widen its range geographi cally and Increase the amount of de struction. " ;' Since its first appearance in May, 1899, at Bridges, Va,, its devastation has steadily increased and It has now become the cause of great loss In the principal .pea growing regions of the United States.- The estimated loss it caused along the Atlantic coast States in 1899 1 estimated at $3,000,000 and OOLDBS CASHAW PUMPKIX. In 1900 this had reached $4,000,000 by the middle of June. In some farms in Maryland 80 per cent or more of the crop was destroyed. Vigorous efforts are making to control its spread and the official bulletin gives a detailed de scription and means of fighting it Frnit Note i. Handle fruit as if you were handling; ; eggs. , It is the duty of every farmer to plant fruit trees. Cut out from the pear tree all limbs which show blight. Most fruit growers say that clay soil -Is the best for the pear. Blackberries are a profitable tarry to raise for the market The best sol! for the raspberry Is a rich, well-drained, deep soil. The number of known species of plums runs up into the hundreds. Land that will produce grain and . vegetables will grow blackberries. Plums should be thinned to about six inches apart after the June drop. , Plant different kinds of fruit trees, so ; as to be sure of a crop of some kind. Pears and plums are just as hardy as apples and just as valuable to raise. Strawberries will grow In every State in the Union. Have you a bed of them? Fruit trees require to be cultivated and pruned, but they will repay all care and attention. Training raspberries and blackberries on trellises is recommended by some growers. When fruit has been thoroughly1 ; thinned it attains the largest size, great est beauty and deliclousness of flavor. For Unloading- a Hayrack. An easy way to unload a hayrack without lifting it off is to set four posts in such a manner as to be far enough apart one way to miss the running gears of the wagon and far enough" FBAMK POB THE HAYRACK. apart the other to hold a 16-foot racltr Top boards are nailed to the posts. These are pointed at one end and by driving through between the two pan els the rack is lifted from the wagon, being gradually raised as the wagon passes along. Exchange. -: Quality of Potatoes. The demand for quality is by no means confined to fruit, as many farm ers think. One might say the consumer has no means of knowing if a certain variety . of potato is likely to cook up ntealy or be soggy, and that is true so far as the appearance of the tuber goes, but here is the way the consumer treats the matter:-Be gets a small supply of potatoes from the grocer and finds them soggy and tasteless. The next time he goes to the grocer he tells him in unmistakable terms that no more, potatoes like the last are wanted. The grocer in turn lays down the law to the commission man from whom he buys, who in turn looks up the source of sup- ' ply, and either writes the grower thaj! . no more of the variety should be sent or says nothing and sells them to whom he can at any price he can. Thus the producer pays the penalty for not tak ing quality into consideration in potato-. ' growing. Test varieties in the soil you intend to use, and know what you are doing. If the soil is sandy or gravelly loam and the plot has the proper care, there is no trouble in producing qual ity. - Sorghum as Forage Crop. If sorghum is wanted for fodder, says Orange Judd Farmer, sow June 10 or after and let it remain in the field until the lower blades Lave dried up and the seed has just passed the dough stage. Cut with a mower when the dew is not on and put into shocks at once.. Build shocks eight feet high' and eight feet in diameter and leave in the field until wanted. Sorghum put up in. this way M'ill make excellent feed un til warm weather next spring. After that the juice begins to sour and it must not be used. Some feeders con sider one acre of sorghum worth two acres of ordinary field corn, if an or dinary wheat drill is used for sowing sorghum seed, stop three of the holes and leave three open. The crop can be cultivated once. When cutting time, comes- go into the field with a self binder and cut as oats or millet The objection to this method is that In most of the humid States there Is danger of sorghum spoiling under the band. In Nebraska and Kansas and further west, where the air is dry, this objection does not bold. The crop is easier handled In bundles. , ; Pasturing in Sprayed Orchards. The statement was recently made in an agricultural paper that several cases of swine-kllling by pasturing In spray ed orchards were on record. There is certainly some mistake about this, for the matter has been repeatedly-tested, and it has been found that it would re quire the consumption of nearly half a ton of pasture by an animal for it to obtain sufficient poison . from under sprayed trees to Injure It Moreover, swine of all animals are the least af fected by poisons of any pasturing ani mals in orchards that have been spray ed, provided only spraying has been done, and there has been no large quan tity spilled over a small area. In the latter case animals would be likely to be made quite sick. Exchange. . ' Vanquishing the Burdock. ' One man claims to have freed his premises from burdock burrs by keep ing them mowed and cut off all sum mer, never permitting them to form leaves. It ended tbem. Another said he put a very little gasoline on each plant by the use of a small oil can, and every plant to which the oil was ap plied went the way of all the eartlu '