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SEMI-WEEKUY, -SAZK'ia.Jb"lL,.ifA7i6-8. 1 Consolidated Feb., 1899. y cqkvallis, bejiton couifTY, obeqon, ruESDATi august 6, 1901. vol. n. no. is. POQRHOUSE BY MARY J. CHAPTER XX. (Continued.) Just then Ella came singing into the room, but started when she saw how ex cited Mrs. Campbell appeared, and how swollen her eyelids were. "Why, what's the matter?" said she. "I never saw you cry before, excepting that time when I told yon I was going to marry Henry," and Ella laughed a little, spiteful laugh. "Hush sh," said Mary, softly; and Mrs. Campbell, drawing Ella to her side, told her of the strange discovery she had made; then beckoning Mary to approach, she laid a hand upon each of the young girl's heads, and blessing them, called them "her own dear children." . It would be hard telling what Ella's emotions were. One moment she was glad, and the next she was sorry, for she was so supremely selfish that the fact of Mary's being now in every respect her equal gave her more pain than pleasure. Of course, Mrs. Campbell would love her best everybody did who knew her ev erybody but Henry. And when Mrs. Campbell asked why she did not speak she replied, "Why, what shall I say? shall I go into ecstasies about it? To be sure I'm glad very glad that yon are my aunt. Will Mary live here now?" "Yes, always." answered Mrs. Camp bell; and "No, never," thought Mary. Mrs. Campbell that evening tried to devise some means by which to atone for neglecting Mary so long. Suddenly a new idea occurred to her, upon which she de termined immediately to act, and the next morning Mr. Worthington was sent for to draw up a new will, in which Mary Howard was to share equally with her sister. "Half of all I own is theirs by right," said she, "and what I want is that n their twenty-first birthday they shall come into possession of the portion which ought to have been their mother's, while at my death the remainder shall be equal ly divided between them." The will was accordingly drawn up. signed and sealed, Mr. Worthington keeping a rough draft of it, which was thrown among some loose papers in his office. A few days afterward Henry, coming accidentally upon it, read it with out hesitation. . . . "That settles it at once," said he, "and I can't say I'm sorry, for I was getting horribly sick of her. Now I'd willingly marry Mary without a penny, but Ella, with only one-quarter as much as I ex pected, and that not until she's twenty- one, is a different matter entirely. But what am I to do? I wish Moreland was here, for, though he don't like me, he wouldn't mind lending me a few thou sand. Well, there's no help for it, and the sooner the old man breaks now the better. It'll help me out of a deuced mean scrape, for, of course, I shall be magnanimous and release Ella at once from her engagement with a ruined man." The news that Mary was Mrs. Camp bell's niece spread rapidly, and among those who came to congratulate her none was more sincere than William Bender. Mary was very dear to him, and what ever conduced to her happiness added also to his. Together with her he had heard the rumor of Mr. Lincoln's down fall, and while he felt sorry for the fam ily he could not help hoping that it would bring Jenny nearer to him. Of this he told Mary, who hardly dared trust herself to reply lest she should di vulge a darling secret, which she had cherished ever since Mrs. Campbell had told her that in a little more than a year she was to be the rightful owner of a sum of money much larger than she ever dreamed it possible for her to possess. Wholly unselfish, her thoughts instantly turned toward her adopted brother. A part of that sum should be his, and with that for a stepping stone to future wealth Mrs. Lincoln, when poor and destitute, could not longer refuse him her daugh ter. Mrs. Campbell, to whom alone she confided her wishes, gave her consent, though she could not understand the self denying love which prompted this act of generosity to a stranger. And now Mary was very happy in thinking how much good she could do. Mrs. Mason, her benefactress, should never want again. Sally Furbush, the kind-hearted old crazy woman, who had ' stood by her so long and so faithfully, should share her home wherever that home might be; while, better" than the .rest, William Bender, the truest, best friend she ever had, should be ' repaid for Ijis kindness to her when a little, un known pauper. And still the world, knowing nothing of the hidden canses which made Mary's laugh so merry and her manner so gay, said that "the pros pect of- being an heiress had turned her head, just as it always did those who were suddenly elevated to wealth." CHAPTER XXI. Mr. Lincoln had failed. At the corners of the streets groups of men stood to gether, talking over the matter, and as cribing it, some to his carelessness, some to his extreme good nature in indorsing for anyone who asked, and others, the knowing ones, winked slyly as they said, "they guessed he knew what he-was - about they'd known before of such things as failing rich;" but the mouths of those last were stopped when they heard that the household furniture, every thing was given up for the benefit of his creditors, and was to be sold at auction during the coming week. - When the day of the auction arrived, it required the persuasion of both Mrs. Campbell and Mary to keep Jenny from going, she knew not whither herself, but anywhere to be near and takeone more , look at the dear old furniture as it pass ed into the hands of strangers. At last . Mrs. Campbell promised that black Era, who had accompanied her from Chicopee, should go and- report faithfully all the proceedings, and then Jenny consented t remain at home; though all the day she . seemed restless and impatient, wondering how long before Uncle Ezra would re turn, and then weeping as in fancy she saw article after article disposed of to those who wonld know little how to prize it. " bout five o'clock Uncle Ezra came TO PALACE HOLMES home, bringing a note from Ida, saying that the carriage would soon be round for Mary and Jenny, both of whom must surely eome, as there was a pleasant sur prise awaiting them. While Mary was reading this Jenny was eagerly question ing Uncle Ezra with regard to the sale, which he said "went off uncommon well," going chiefly, he reckoned, "to a tall and mighty good-Iookin' chap, who kept bid ding up and up, till he got 'em about where they should be. Then he'd stop for someone else to bid." Who was he?" asked Mary, coming forward and joining Jenny. "Dun know, miss; never seen him afore," said Uncle Ezra, "but he's got heaps of money, for when he paid for the pianner he took out a roll of bills near about big as my two fists! -"Then the piano is gone? said Jenny, sadly, while Mary asked how much it brought. "Three hundred dollars was the last bid I heard from that young feller, and somebody wno was biddin agin him said 'twas more'n 'twas wuth." . . "It wasn't, -either," spoke up Jenny, rather spiritedly. "It cost five hundred, and it's never been hurt a bit." "Mr. Bender bought that little fiddle of yourn," continued Uncle Ezra, with a pe culiar wink, which brought the color to Jenny's cheeks, while Mary exclaimed "Oh! I'm so glad you can have your guitar again! Here the conversation was interrupted by the arrival of the carriage, which came for the young ladies, who were soon on their way to Mr. Selden's,-Mary won dering what the surprise was, and Jen ny hoping William would call in the even ing. At the door they met Ida, who was unusually merry almost too mnch so for the occasion, it seemed to Mary, as she glanced at Jenny's pale, dispirited face. Aunt Martha, too, who chanced to cross the hall, shook Mary's hand as warmly as if she had not seen her for a year, and then with her broad, white cap strings flying back, she repaired to the kitchen to give orders concerning the sup per. " Mary did not notice it then, but she afterward remembered that Ida seemed quite anxious about her appearance, for, following her to her room, she said, "You look tired, Mary. Sit down and rest you awhile. Here, take my vinaigrette that will revive, you.", . Then,, as . Mary was arranging her. hair, she said: "Just puff out this side a little more there, that's right. Now turn round, I want - to see how you look. - : "Well, how do I?" asked Mary, facing about as Ida directed. "I guess you'll do," returned Ida. believe Henry Lincoln was right when he said that this blue merino and linen collar was the most becoming dress you could wear, but you look well in any thing, you have so fine a form." - "Don't believe all -her flattery," said Jenny, laughingly. "She's only compar ing your tall, slender figure with, little dumpy me; but I'm growing thin see," and she lapped her dress two or three inches in front. "Come, now, let's go down," said Ida. "And I'll introduce-you to Jenny's sur prise first." . V'-v " V-- ' With Ida leading the way; they entered the music room, where in one corner stood Rose s piano, epen, and apparent ly inviting Jenny to its side. With a joy ful cry she sprang forward, exclaiming, "Oh, how kind in your father; I 'most know we can redeem it some time. Ill teach school anything to get it again.' "Don't thank father too much," an swered Ida, "for he has nothing to do with it, except giving it house room, and one quarter s teaching will pay that bill! "Who did buy it, then?" asked Jen ny; and Ida replied: 7" "Can't tell you just yet. I must have some music -first. Come, Mary, yon like to play. Give me my - favorite, 'Rosa Lee,' with variations." . . -. Mary was passionately fond of music, and, for the time she had taken lessons, played uncommonly well. Seating herself at the piano she became oblivious to all else around her, and when a tall figure for a moment darkened the doorway. while Jenny uttered a suppressed ex clamation of surprise, she paid no heed; nor did she become conscious of a third person's presence until the group advanc ed toward her, Ida and Jenny leaning up: on. the piano and the other standing at her right,1 a little in the fear.. Think ing, if she thought at aH, that it was Wil liam Bender, Mary played on until the piece was finished and then observing that her companions had left the room. she turned and met the dark, handsome eyes not of William Bender, but of one who, with a peculiar smile, offered his hand, saying, "I believje I need no intro duction to Miss Howard, except a slight change in the name, which, instead of being Stuart, is Moreland!" - Mary never knew what she said or did. She only remembered a dizzy sen sation, in her head, a strong arm passed around her, and a voice,, which fully aroused her as it called her "Mary," and asked if she were faint. Just then Ida entered the room, announcing tea, and asking her if she found "Mr. Stuart much changed! At the tea table Mary sat opposite George and every time she raised her eyes she met his fixed upon her, with an expression so like that of the picture in the golden locket which she still wore that she wondered she had not before recognized George Moreland in the Mr. Stuart who had so puzzled and mystified her. : During the evening William Bender called, and soon after Henry Lincoln also came in, frowning gloomily when he saw how near to each other were William and his sister, while he jealously watch ed them, still keeping an eye upon George and Mary. - At last, complaining of feel ing "blue,". he asked Ida to play, at the same time sauntering toward the music room, where stood his sister's piano. "Upon my word," said he, "this looks natural. Who bought it? and he drum med a few notes of a song. "Mr. Moreland bought it. Wasn't he kind?" said Jenny, who all the evening had been trying, for chance to thamk George, but now when she attempted to do so he prevented her by saying: Oh! don't don tI can imagine all you wish to say and I hate to be thanked. Rose and, I are particular friends, and it afforded me a great deal of pleasure to purchase It for her but," he added, glancing at his watch, "I must be excus ed now, as I promised to call upon my ward." Who's that?" asked Jenny, and George replied that it was a Miss Hern- don, who had accompanied him from New Orleans, to visit her aunt, Mrs. Russell. - .. He says she's an heiress, and very beautiful," rejoined Ida, seating herself at the piano. Instantly catching at the words heir ess and "beautiful, Henry -started up, asking "if it would be against all the rules of propriety for him to call upon her thus early." - I think it would," was George's brief answer, while Mary's eyes flashed scorn fully upon the. young, man, who, rather crestfallen, announced himself ready to listen to Ida, whom he secretly styles "an old maid," because since his first remem brance she had treated him with perfect indifference. That night before retiring the three girls sat down by the cheerful fire in Mary's room to talk over the events of the day, when Mary suddenly asked Ida to tell her truly if it were not George who had paid her bills at Mount Holyoke. What a silly girl," said Ida. "He was perfectly able and more than willing, so why do you care?" I do not like being so much indebted to anyone, was Mary's reply, and yet in her secret heart there was a strange feeling of pleasure in the idea that George had thus cared for her, for would he have done so if She dared not fin ish that question even to herself dared not ask if she hoped that George More land loved her one-half as well as she began to think she had always loved him. Why should he, with his handsome per son and princely fortune, love one so un worthy, and so much beneath him? And then, for the first time; she. thought of her changed position since last they met. Then she was a poor, obscure school mis tress now flattered, caressed - and an heiress. Years before,, when a little pau per at Chicopee, she had felt unwilling that George, should know how destitute she was, and now in the time of her prosperity she was equally desirous that he should, for a time at least, remain ig norant of her present condition.. Ida, said she, lifting her Head from the table, "does George know that I am Mrs. Campbell s niece?" No, answered Ida. ' I wanted to tell him, but Aunt Martha said I'd better not." ' . - . "Don't, then," returned Mary, and re suming her former position she fell into a deep reverie, from which she was at last aroused by Jenny's, asking "if she intended to sit up all night?" ; The news that George Moreland had returned and. bought Rosft-LiaoJn' piano besides several other articles, spread rapidly, and the day following his ar rival Mary and Ida -were stopped in the street by a group of their companions, who were eager to know how George bore the news that his betrothed was so ill, and if it was not that which brought him home so soon; and then the conver sation turned upon Miss Herndon, the New "Orleans lady who had that morning appeared in the street; "And don't you think,", said one of the girls'that Henry Lincoln was dancing attendance upon her? If I were you," turning to Mary, I'd caution my sister to be a little wary of him. But let me see, their marriage is to take place soon?" Mary replied that the marriage was postponed indefinitely, whereupon the girls exchanged meaning - glances -and passed on. In less than twenty-four hours half of Ella's acquaintances were talking of her discarding Henry on ac count of his father's failure, and saying that they expected it, twas like her. Ere long the report, in the shape of a condolence, reached Henry, who, caring but little what reason was assigned for the broken engagement, so that he got well out of it, assumed a much-injured air, but said he reckoned he should man age to survive; then, pulling his sharp pointed collar up another - story, : and brushing his pet mustache, wherein lay most of his mind, he walked up street, and, ringing at Mrs. Kussell a door, ask ed for Miss Herndon, who," vainas beau tiful, suffered his attentions, not because she liked him in the least, but because she was fond of flattery, and there was something exceedingly gratifying in the fact that at the North, where she fancied the gentlemen to be Icicles, she. had so soon made a conquest. . It mattered not that Mrs. Russell told her his vows were plighted to another. She cared nothing for that. Her life, had been one Ion series of conquests until now, at 25, there was not in the whole world a more fin islied or heartless coquette -than Evron Herndon. (To be continued.) . Introduction of Ices. - " . Ices are supposed to have been in troduced by Catherine de.Medici in the sixtenth century.; Still some assert that ice cream was first Invented by a ne gro named Jackson, who kept a small confectioner's shop in Soho, London, in the early part of the nineteenth cen tury, - i-V ; . ' , . J' . Sleep, Baby, Sleep! . "See here!" exclaimed Mr. Popleigh "I don't propose to have that burglar alarm in our bedroom. - We'll put down stairs in the hall." "Nonsense!" replied the wife. "Then we won't hear it when it goes off." "Neither will the baby. That's the main point." Philadelphia Tress. " Mormons in Mexico. The laws of Mexico provide that Mormon who wishes to take a second wife must present a certificate, signed by his first helpmeet, to the effect that she is willing, and he must also have. the express consent of -the second wife and her parents. Human Vocabularies. In rural districts many people use no more than 200 words; the ordinary man can do very well with a vocabu lary of 500 words. r.. A Perfect Face. - ' A perfectly formed face is one-third forehead, one-third nose and one-third upper and lower chin. .... Campinz Out. As a rule only plain, substantial food should be taken into camp. If you have planned to go Into the wild , in terior many miles away from any base of supplies, ample provisions should be taken along. These had better be purchased, however, at'the last settle ment where a store exists before turn ing into the woods. If camping under such conditions, it will be necessary in making up your requisition to know just about how much to allow for a day's rations for each man and figure accordingly. An ordinary vacation camping-out is a much more simple matter to arrange, as camp is pitched usually within touch of some farm, store or supply boat. In any event It will not do to depend on the fish you catch and the game you kill or the visit of the supply boat. Suf ficient canned soups, meats, smoked hams, vegetables, condensed milk and dried or evaporated fruits to last at least a week should be carried -with you Into the forest. V '. - . You will find it much more desirable and convenient to be provided with folding chafing dish or with one of the camp-kits of which there is so great a variety: on the market. T.The chafing dish occupies little space when travel ing, the stand, lamp, extinguisher, han dle and dish being placed Inside the hot water pan. A camp-kit consists of va rious necessary cooking utensils and a stove which fit closely 'into one- an other, the whole going snugly iuto a camp boning pot, the lid of which may be used as a wash hand basin, of into a A CAMP BY A BIVEB. basket which can be used for market ing purposes. - ; - H All cooks know the value of a brisk fire. -v- How to "builds one-- properly and keep it alight is the most important se cret of the woodsman. ... In building a fireplace, dig a hole in the ground from one to two feet and about four feet long, on a slope, if possible. - Line the bottom and sides with stones. - At one end of this space place your flrestand, The other end will make an excellent baking oven. The fire dying down will leave the stone lining red hot and a floor of hot ashes on which many deli cious dishes may be cooked. . When you have to have the heat for. a long time place the utensil containing the food to be cooked in the hot ashes at the bottom, fill up the sides of the hole around the pan with other stones, and thoroughly cover it with more hot stones and timber. By watching your fire and keeping the heat above the cover of your pot, the stones around the sides and bottom will retain their heat for hours. -. - - " ' n ' That your fire may be protected in rainy weather, build around the hole you have dug a wall of small timbers, plastering the ends jvith mud or notch ing the logs. Make the wall higher on the 'north and northwest, as the winds and storms which -would soon put your fire out come more quickly from this di rection than any other. . For further protection erect four posts, over which draw a piece of tenting, or lay saplings from post to post and make a covering of boughs, at a sufficient height to per mit the cook to stand upright. It is well also to prevent your fire from being ex tinguished by a sudden overflow to dig a trench around the logs. : Monkey and Violin. , It may surprise many persons to learn that monkeys, despite their cleverness. are not enduringly. susceptible to the influences of "higher education," for In finite is their Innate depravity. I found them ready enough to learn, but per sistent In refusal to display-their knowl edge when required to do so by their patient teacher. This peculiar side of monkey nature was forcibly Impressed on me when I tried to form an orches tra, or string band, among, the simians of my menagerie. . ." . - We were in winter quarters, and as it was my custom to devote my. spare time during the cold term to taming and training wild animals for the next sea son, I had a family , of monkeys eon fined in an apartment adjoining my reading,-smoking and music room. One morning upon entering the cot tage my ears were greeted by the sound of my 'cello. I paused, wondering what visitor had provoked my rfch-toned in strument to such "unseemly discord. Then I approached closely and through a" window saw a laughab.e scene. . Seated upon a chair, with a smoking cap on his head, spectacles on his nose and meerschaum pipe in his mouth, was Joe, the largest monkey of the" menag erie, sawing away at the 'cello with bow in hand.1- Several of the smaller monkeys were in postures of surprise Mid delight at Joe s performance. . had omitted to lock the door of the monkey room, and that accounted for the intrusion on my sanctum. . - Highly entertamed, I stood for a time silent spectator, until seen by a little nonkey, which notified Its fellows of my presence with a sharp cry. In twinkling the animals dashed from the room, Joe, minus cap, spectacles and ppe, bringing up the rear and carefully closing the door behind him. Upon entering the house I found all the monkeys safely -ensconced in their proper room looking as innocent as lambs, while the old ringleader was snoring and apparently sound asleep. From this occurrence the idea of trying to form an orchestra of monkeys came into my mind, for I well knew that such a troupe, even if it produced anything but melody, would be a strong attrac tion. Youth's Companion. . Holiday. If She'd have her birthday every week. . Just think! And when the year ia hrniiorli Her age would gain by fifty-two! " If Harriet could have her way It would be always Christmas Day; She wishes Santa Claus would come And make her chimney-place his home. July the Fourth is Johnny's choice The time when all the boys rejoice; But if that day were always here. "We'd 8oon .be all burned up, I fear. . And -merry old St. Valentine Would be the choice of Angeline; But, ah! I know if that were so. The postmen all on strike would go. So don't you think perhaps it's best For holidays, as well, to rest,-. And be on hand with joy and cheer Just once in all the great long year? St. Nicholas. USE OF DRUGS IN VERMONT, People of the State Seem Given Over Narcotic and Stimulating Potions. Dr. A. P. Grinnell, a prominent physi cian of Vermont, has been making a thorough canvass of the stores of that State with a view to ascertaining the extent to which the people are given to the drug habit The results of bis In -vestlgations are startling to those who have looked upon that state as a land of steady habits. In sixty-nine towns, from which the doctor obtained state ments of sales, it was found that the monthly sale of gum opium was 47 pounds 12 ounces; of morphine powder, 19 pounds 15 ounces; of morphine pills, 3,338 grains; of dovers powders, 25 pounds; of paregoric, 32 gallons and 1 quart; of laudanum, 32 gallons and quart; of cocaine, 27 ounces 1 drahm and 30 grains; of chloral, 32 pounds 4 ounces; of Indian hemp, 37 ounces; of quinine powders, '15 pounds 10 ouuees; of quinine pills, 74,200. - ... Where the Teturns were indefinite the amounts were put down as zero, and in summing up his.raport on, the subject, waft. -was' read before the ; Vermont Medical Society, the doctor stated that his figures should be multiplied by five to obtain the actual amount of drugs sold in Vermont monthly, for he had not included drugs sold from wholesale stores, nor those used by practicing physicians for their medicines or those used by manufacturers of medicines. Analysis of the-actual figures ob tained, without their being multiplied at all, shows that sixty-nine towns In Vermont pay for morphine alone, at a cost of 10 cents a grain, more than $1, 000 a month. Of the consumption of opium in the State the doctor says: "In the regular drug stores, and in 160 of the 172 general stores in the State of Vermont, there are' sold every month 3,300,000 doses of opium, besides what is dispensed in patent medicines, and besides what the doctors dispense, which gives one and one-half doses of opium to every man and woman in the State above the age of 21 years every day of the year. By dose mean one grain opium, one-eighth grain mor phine, one-half ounce paregoric and twenty drops of laudanum. The amount consumed ' each month means- a half dose for every man, woman and child in the State every day of the year." He further says: " -"In one place, so small that it hardly shows on the map, three and one-half pounds of gum 'opium, six ounces of morphine, five pints of paregoric, five pints of laudanum and three ounces of powdered quinine are consumed in a month." - Good Place for Lazy Men. Henry Sandham, the well-known Boston artist, who with his family now pleasantly located in the Azores, writes home most enthusiastically of the place and the air of hospitality Which is to be found everywhere. "Fan cy the joy of living," he writes; "in place where you do not breakfast till lLdine at 4 and have tea: at 10:30 where it's always warm and comfort able where everyone on the .' street bows to vou and runs eagerly to do you some .service; where there are great, large tropical gardens filled with every flower in the world, familiar and strange; where fish, the most delicious imaginable, are pulled from the sea onto the fire, and thence to your table where you can live like a duke for 90 cents a day and where you can go to church every day in the week If you are fond enough of sculpture and carv ing, fairer than you have ever seen elsewhere." Boston Transcript. Eyesight Still Unimpaired. We visited Uncle Amos last Satur day. . The old gentleman's memory in still unimpaired, and he was as chipper as a cricket t At dinner we inquired about his eyesight "Well," said the sturdy -veteran now ne am swear when he was drafted "I'm a little hardo' hearing,' but my eyesight is as good as it ever was.. - I think I'll have another potato." ; And with that He speared a doughnut with his fork and began to peel it Boston Journal. Forgot His Language in JaiL A Cherokee Indian, after having been in the penitentiary five years, Teturned to his tribe, but he had forgotten their language, v . Mxlcina- a Permanent Pasture. On many farms it would certainly pay to abandon the old pasture as soon as possible, and do the work necessary to get the -new field in shape. Most farmers are not Inclined to take for pasture fields anything but such mead ows that no longer yield profitable crops of hay. This Is a mistake, for they are, often times by this practice, turning land into pasture fields that is too valu able for that purpose, and which might be reseeded after the proper manipula tion,- and be made to yield large crops of hay. One of the best growers of hay in the country recommends the follow ing mixture for permanent pasture: Red clover, 6 pounds; Alslke clover, 4 pounds; Kentucky bluegrass, 3 pounds; orchard grass, 36 pounds; meadow fescue, 3 pounds; redtop, 3V& pounds, timothy, 5 pounds. These seeds are well mixed, and the quality given is the seeding for an acre. The seeding is done about the 1st of September, after preparing the 'ground thoroughly during the summer. If started at once the ground may be plowed now and sowed to buckwheat, which should be plowed under when in bloom. This would add the desired humus to the soil. After plowing under the buckwheat, just be fore the sowing of the grass seed mix ture, the ground should receive the fol lowing fertilizer: One hundred pounds of acid phosphate, thirty" pounds of dried blood, twenty pounds of nitrate of soda and thirty pounds of muriate of potash. This gives 180 pounds of mix ture to the acre, to be well harrowed in before the seed Is sown. After the seed is sown, the ground should be well rolled. - The first season after seeding, the grass might be cut, but the cattle should not be turned into the field until the second year. The Plum Curculio. In an old book we read some' - years ago a report from some one who tried the experiment of taking a rough board some six or eight feet long and coating it with coal tar, then nailing it to a pole that would raise the board well up among the branches of the plum tree. The odor of the coal tar was so offen- r.!,... , 1... ,-t. . l,A 1. .. Y r V "V . ;ieral heading of infertility of the eggs, many plums as the tree ought to standi va h iL, up under, although they had not pro duced a crop before for some years, and he had threatened to cut them down. The boards should be put up when the trees are in full blooms He was led to try it by the fact that an other had obtained a crop from a tree near which he put up a building and covered the roof with coal tar. If so simple a remedy will drive away those troublesome insects it should be known generally, as it is but little trouble or expense, though to be entirely effectual we think the tar should be renewed as often as every two or three weeks, as the curculio is about nearly from the time the fruit sets until it ripens. The poles or boards may be tied up to pre vent blowing down. Massachusetts Ploughman. Longfellow Bush Bean. The bush bean that is early is very desirable, especially for the market gar dener, and the Longfellow bush bean seems more nearly to meet the desires of the market gardener than any of the sorts now in cultivation. The pods are often six and one-half or seven inches in length, pale-green in color, straight and round. They are entirely free from the tough inside skin usually found on string beans. The flavor is delicate. In season It is often a week earlier than any other good sort. The vines yield prolifically, and the crop ripens uni formly In size and nearly at the same time. - Visit Successful Farmers. Nothing will contribute more toward success in any vocation than enthusi asm which is founded upon faith in .your own abilities to succeed in your own undertaking. . If anyone anywhere near you is making a success in your adopted line of work, or specialty, you should by all means visit him and see just how he manages, and why he suc ceeds where Others have failed.' Farm ing In all its branches as now profit ably pursued needs constant study, and during the. comparative leisure every one should review the past and plan for better results in future. There is no other method of learning about any farm subject equal to being on the farm where such work is practiced, and having it explained by those who have made it a success. It may be the ' LONGFELLOW BUSH BEA.N. manner of feeding stock, or a plan of preserving roots, ensilage or other fod der. A farmer may contemplate a sys-. tern of underdralns for his wet fields, in which case nothing short of a visit to some farmer who has thus drained his lands will enable him to gain so many valuable hints and suggestions regarding this important work. Such visits not only give new ideas, but are a wholesome recreation, and many a farmer who at first thought may say, "I can't afford it," will find by expert- . ence that he has spoken too soon. Take a day to go and visit some of the best farms in your county, and the way will open for further visits and a wider knowledge of the best methods of car rying your special line of work to a successful termination. Farm, Field and Stockman. A Handr Milk Ftoo'. The little stool shown in the accom panying illustration is ' unique In the way in which the legs are inserted, be ing spread over a large space, and It is impossible to turn the milk over. The drawing is out of proportion. The stool should be 12 Inches long and 8 Inches wide. The seat Is made of two Inch pine boards. Holes are bored almost through the board, but not quite.. These MILK STOOL THAT WaN'T U3ET. are in slanting directions, so that the legs -when, fitted will occupy the posi tion 'indicated in the drawing. Now take a pair of old broomsticks, whittle the ends so that they will fit Into the holes, drive them in tight and saw them off any length desired. Exchange. Infertility of Ezg. There has been much complaint the last season among poultrymen of the small portion of chicks hatched from each setting of eggs, whether placed in the incubator or with the old hen. Nat urally there are various reasons given for this loss, but mainly under the gea- Every one who has handled poultry knows there are various causes for in fertility. There may be a weakness In the structure of the hen orof the cock. Also the feed has a great deal to do with the fertility of the egg. A hen that Is overfed or kept very fat is not as likely to lay fertile eggs as one that is thinner. The food given to the laying hen has also something to do with the infertility of eggs, for hens kept largely on a diet of corn will produce eggs that are much more likely to be infertile than those from hens fed on a variety of foods. Meat foods and green foods are absolutely essential for laying fowls, if we would have from them eggs strong In fertility. The head of the flock should also receive careful attention, as he must be well fed and not permitted to run with too many hens. ' Cold Storage on Farms. There are few farms where a suf ficient quantity of fruit or vegetables is grown to warrant the erection - and operation of a cold storage plant; on the other hand, the suggestion that such a plant could be built and op erated profitably in any section where the fruit crop of a dozen growers was . very large is worth consideration. Such a plant could readily be operated on the co-operative plan at compara tively small expense to each share holder. With apples, for instance, it is only possible to get the highest prices for winter fruit by holding the crop in cold storage until late winter. As this is now done the grower obtains but a little more than he would in the fall sale of his crop when the storage charges and shrinkage are taken out New Varieties of Strawberries. Two causes contrinute much to the running out or rapid deterioration of new varieties of strawberries that are sent out with testimonials of large fruit and great yields. First, the large yields are obtained by heavier manur ing and better care than they get in or dinary field culture, and In the baste t.o obtain plants to sell, the vines that have been weakened by heavy bearing are again forced to send out runners, as many as possible, and all are taken, whether they are near the old plant or at the extremity of the runner, where we" think the young plant is but a weakling. American Cultivator. Clipped Work Horse. I have worked a clipped horse two summers and think I shall never work him another summer without being clipped. He used to sweat profusely, and the balr would twist up and make him look bad, and it would take a man an hour to clean him off and make him look decent. After clipping he hardly sweat at all. stood the work better, kept easier and was always clean. Michigan Farmer. ' J A , Raspberries and Blackberries. Head back the young canes of rasp berries and blackberries to three feet, . and the laterals also when they get longer. They may be pinched with the thumb nail and finger In a small patch, but this soon makes the fingers sore, and where there are many bushes to go over it is better to use a pair of shears or a sharp sickle. Exchange . " o c