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SS,S5iSfaRIfci2i.. j Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COEVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON", TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1903.
VOL. IV. NO. 6.
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CHAPTER II. (Continued.)
"Very well, then. I went over to lunch
with Hastings, as you know, and after
lunch we had a game of billiards, and
then went into the stables to look at the
horses.. And such horses, too! -Well, af
ter we had left the stable and chatted a
bit, he ordered the chestnuts, round, .and
we started to come over here. How those
horses did fret, and prance, and rear!
But he took it as coolly as possible, and
soothed and quieted them, until they went
off like lambs.- They continued very quiet
for about a mile, when we came to a gate
where a girl was standing, and then they
shied and reared again, until I thought
'they' would have upset us in the ditch.
But Hastings was not a bit disconcerted;
he held the reins with one hand, and with
. the other took off his hat to the girl as
if she had been an empress. She was so
.di j uj u i i t
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:.ni..wi,!m no wi wh,w0ai
"How should I know?" 'answered his
"Well, then, it was our cousin,: Miss
Eyre; and I can tell "you she is nothing
to be ashamed of, either. I could see
. . how much he admired her, and was just
going to' tell him of our connection with
. her when- the chestnuts bolted, and, by
'" the time he got them in hand again, it
had gone out of my mind. However, the
... information will keep till another time."
"Reginald," cried his sister, white to
the lips with rage, "you will not dare to
tell' him that low-born girl is related to
us? you will not dare?"
"Reginald knows better than to do any
. thing so foolish," interrupted Mrs. Cham
pion. "But in case you should be tempt
ed to do so," she added, turning to her
son, "remember that not a tithe of that
five hundred pounds I promised you for
your last season's debts shall pass into
your hands."
"Oh! very well, that's enough,'" re
sponded Reginald, sulkily. "But I can
tell you one thing, Flo I believe he's tre
mendously cut with that girl, and that
he's gone off after her now."
And having uttered this remark with
the amiable intention of annoying his sis
ter, he? proceeded to quit the room.
. ;"I. think, Reginald gets more unbeara
ble every day," exclaimed Flora, an
. grily.
"Twenty-one is not generally a very
tagreeable age in a young man," remarked
her mothers ;- ' -
And so the fates conspired to keep a
.. -secret from Errol Hastings, which, as it
. turned out, was very important he should
know.; v , .- -He.
called at Hurst Manor the day af
. ter.; Reginald-lunched with him, and ac
cepted Mrs. Champion's invitation to stay
' and dine. " .
"Mrs. Champion," he said, as they sat!
together in the drawing room, "I am go- J
ing to beg a favOr of you and Miss Cham
pion." "I am sure we shall be but too happy
to grant it, if it is in our power," she re
turned - smiling. "
. , "I think of giving a ball at the Coart,"
Mri Hastings - continued, ''and before I
, issue my invitations I want to secure the
promise of your presence and co-opera-
. tion." -
t "A ball-at" the -Court; ."that will bet
charming!" ' exclaimed Miss Champion,
with unusual animation. -"Bachelors al
. -.ways give such charming parties; besides,
which, it will gratify my long-felt desire
; to'- go- over your house." . .
"If you really have any curiosity to see
mydomain,: I trust ybu will not wait for
the ball. Why not .ride' over this after-
uoon before dinner? Your-.brother, I have
no doubt,- will- accompany us.
Miss Champion looked a t "her mother in
a dutiful interrogative manner, and 'Mrs.
Champion replied immediately
e- "Certainly, .my Jove, if you persuade
Reginald. You look a' little pale-a "ride
will do all the good in the world'
... Reginald . being agreeable, the horses
were ordered round, and Miss Champion
" left" the room to equip.-
"Apropos of. the ball," said Errol,. "I
Jam expeeting an influx-of visitors to the
Court, and I shall , beg of your charity
to come and help me. to -entertain them.
. Sir. Clayton . and Lady Grace Farquhar
' are coming" for a fortnight, until their
place at Endon vale is ready, and she
has promised; to, play hostess for the oc
casion. Lady St. Ego and her daughters
will come up from Hertfordshire. Mr.
and -Mrs. Rivers, Lady Marion Alton and
. her. niece, and several bachelor friends,
.'so I shall need some assistance fn my
novel part of host." .
';. "When is" the. ball to take place?" in
quired MrsChampion. ' ..
"I hardly think I am justified in digni
fying my gathering by the name of a
ball; but I mean to invite every one round
. for twelve miles; and as this is such a
very quiet time of the year, I do not ap
prehend many disappointments. Indeed.
I only intend giving ten days', notice."
"That will be quite " enough," .Mrs
Champion agreed; "no one- thinks of giv
ing parties in the country . at this 'time
of year, and. a ball will be quite a boon
to the young people. I; prophesy your
entertainment will be a great success."
"I hope so," said Mr. Hastings. "I as-
' sure you I shall spare ho pains to make
everything go off well."
Flora came in at this, Juncture, looking
very handsome in her perfectly fitting
habit, and they all walked out of the
window to the horses, which were wait
ing at the door. He placed her in the
saddle, mounted himself, and bidding au
revoir to Mrs- Champion, they started
for their ride.
Reginald usurped the greater part of
' the conversation on the way, much to
his sister's annoyance, but she had no
intention of betraying any ill-humor be
fore Mr, Hastings. When they arrived
at nazell Court they dismounted, sent
the horses to the stables, and proceeded
to explore the house. Miss Champion not
paly expressed herself, but was in reel
NLY A FARMER'S
DAUGHTER.
By
' MRS. FORRESTER.
I ity, delighted with everything she saw.
Flora was rather silent as she rode
home. She was thinking how pleasant
it would be to be the wife of a man lute
; Errol Hastings, and the mistress of a
place like Hazell Court. He was speak
ing to her in low, earnest tones; and
as he passed the Farm did not turn to
look for Winifred. And Winifred, sitting
under her favorite clump of beeches,
book in hand, looked with wistful eyes
after them; and when he had passed out
of sight, without once turning to look
for her, she hid her face in her hands
and cried bitterly.
CHAPTER III,
Poor Winifred! it was only the day
before that Errol Hastings had sat with
her under those very beeches, and talked
to her in the low, fascinating tones pe-
i cunar io nun wura uuuichmhk
And she had fancied she read love in his
deep blue eyes. They had met more than
one,e hf advet ure jnt tt
1 her. And the previous day, as she- had
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! rnu ual" , " i, ' r71 fil
ing up, had seen him pull up.;his fiery
chestnuts, which had frightened her so
an hour before in the lane, and, throwing
the reins to the groom, jump down and
enter the little gate.
Winifred's heart beat fast as she saw
Mr. Hastings coming up the garden to
ward her.
"I have come to call on Mr. Eyre is
he at home?" Errol asked. '
"No," replied Winifred; "he has been
out since two o'clock, and I do not ex
pect him until the evening."
"I am sorry," Errol had answered, look
ing in her' face, asvhe always did .now;
"but if you will allow me to make his
absence to-day an texense for calling
again, I shall not regret it too much."
"Can I say anything to him for you?"
asked Winifred.
"I am afraid not," Mr. Hastings said,
smiling; -"it is on a question of a new
method of farming, which I fear is too
abstruse for me to discuss with you. But
I am interrupting your reading is your
book very engrossing?"
And as he spoke he glanced at the
cover of the .. book and observed with
some surprise that it was an old French
romance. ' - -
"Will you let me send you. some . books
to read?" Errol asked, gently. "I make
a point, of collecting all the best works,
both foreign and English, and it would
be such a pleasure to me to think some
one besides myself would take an in-
terest in reading them." '
"Oh, how kind you are!" exclaimed
Winifred, eagerly, blushing with delight;
"it would be such a treat to have! some:
thing new to read." ' -
"What shall it be Yli asked Mr. Hast
ings "history, novels, poetry, or theol
ogy? When you read Tennyson, look for
my favorite poem, 'Oenone; I am sure
you will agree with me in admiring that.
Do you sometimes indulge in romance,
Miss Eyre?"
"Sometimes,'" laughed Winifred. "Do
you?" - -;
"Yes," said' Errol. "I must plead guil
ty, although I am long past the age when
that youthful foible is permissible. But
when I am alone I like to sit and look
at a beautiful landscape, until my very
power of vision is absorbed in thought;
and I like to go back centuries, and live
in the past ages, that from their wide,
distance from us seem' golden. Do you
ever fancy you would like to have been
one of -the celebrities of the olden times ?
I should like to have been Alexander, and
conquered the world; or a Iieonidas. dy-
ing gloriously in battle; an undaunted
hero, like Alcibiades; an. emperor, like
Caesar; a Mark Antony, beloved by.
Cleopatra; or a Launcelot,; if 'you might
have been Guinevere."
. His voice -had dropped while he was
speaking, and as he uttered the last sen
tence in a low, thrilling whisper, his
eyes sought, hers with a passionate ex
pression'Of admiration.
Winifred colored deeply, and the tone
of her yoice. was haughty as she made
answer, looking far away into, the woods : f
"I. would not - have been Guinevere to
the noblest Launcelot who ever breathed.
Had I been chosen by such a godlike
knight as King Arthur, I think I could
have appreciated him. 00 well to requite
his love with falseness." !
"I beg your pardon I ought to have
remembered; but for the moment I did
not think of her falseness, I only recol
lected that she was beautiful and charm-'
ing." . . ;- , ; :
Errol had never once taken his eyes off
Winifred's face while he had been speak
ing. " And as he watched her, he thought
that of.all'the -women he had ever known,
none had such.a sweet'grace of womanli
ness as this one 5 Hei rose suddenly to
flee the temptation, t
"Pardon my intrusion, vMiss . Byre; -fX
have detained you already loo long.?' -
And Errol Hastings held out- his hand
to her. She put'her own timidly intoit,
and he clasped it for a moment with
a" strong, passionate' clasp, looking into
her eyes the while with a look that
brought the blood rushing to her face.
Then he turned slowly, .and went back
to his phaeton, her eyes looking dreamily
into . the distance. Her- reverie was di
verted by Nseeing a young farmer, Mr.
Tom Fenner, sauntering leisurely down
the road, hitting off the tops of the grass
viciously with his. stick. She had seen
him pass before, when she was talking
with Mr. Hastings, and-his presence an
noyed her. He came deliberately in at
the garden "gate, and walked up to where
she sat. '.
"Good afternoon. Miss Eyre," he said,
putting out his great coarse hand to her.
"I suppose I may come in now you are
disengaged ?"
Winifred was compelled to give him her
hand, sorely as . it chafed her that his
coarse, heavy touch should brush off the
tender clasp of Mr. Hastings' lithe fin
gers. . v,; '.
"Certainly yon may come in," she an-
i i 1 1 a. ;va. I- -J !
swereu, coiuiy; you migiu nave uuue u
when you pleased before. I was not par
ticularly engaged."
"Oh! you did see me, then? I-thought
you were too much occupied with your
fine new friend to look at me."
Winifred was beginning to get angry;
this man had never presumed to use such
a tone to her before.
"Do you want to see my father?" she
asked abruptly.
"No, I don't; I left him not an hour
ago in the turnip field I want to see
you." ,
"Oh, very well," remarked Winifred;
"but please let me know at once what
you want of me, it is time to go In and
see about the tea." '
"Oh, you weren't in such-a hurry just
now, wnen you had tnat puppy of
Hastings here," said Mr, Fenner, wrath
fully.
Winifred rose like a young Juno, with
such an imperial air of amazed indigna
tion that her companion quailed
"Mr. Fenner," she said "have you
any idea of what you are talking about?'
"Look here, Miss Winifred!" uttered
Fenner, with great earnestness "it's no
use your pretending not to understand
me, because you can't have mistaken my
meaning this last month. I've loved yon
for this year back. And so to-day, in the
turnip field, I spoke to Mr. Eyre, and
he said he had no objection, provided you
liked me, and I said I wasn't afraid of
that, for you had always been so kind
in your ways to me, which you wouldn't
have been if you hadn't meant as I did
"How dare you say I know what you
meant or gave you encouragement!" she
exclaimed, passionately
"Because you did!" he returned, with
temper. "If you didn't mean anything
by your smiles, and tricks, and ways,
you must be as false as fairj
. "Enough of this!" cried Winifred, impe
riously, "understand, once for all, that I
never had and never shall have, the re
motest feeling of love for you; and if you
wish me to entertain the slightest regard
for 'you; you will never again adopt such
a tone to me as you have done to-day.'
"So," he said, in an insolent tone, "you
could be all very well to Tom Fenner, the
farmer, until your fine new lover came
along; but you must turn high and mighty
directly you've been seen with a London
swell. But I can tell you one thing,
Miss Winifred," he added, with an in
suiting air that was indescribable,, "Hast
ings of Hazel Court don't mate with
farmers' daughters."
"You insolent, mean-spirited coward!'
she cried, stamping her foot; "leave this
place immediately, and never presume to
enter it again!" and she turned into the
house and shut the door,' Then she ran
up to her room and, throwing herself on
her knees by her bedside, she sobbed and
cried passionately.
At last she rose and went to her piano,
She sat there until it grew quite dark,
singing low, sweet songs to herself, un
til at" last the cloud was -chased "away
from . her "face, and bright thoughts be
gan to bring smiles in place of tears,
He must care -a little for me," she
thought, "or he would not have held my
hand so long, and looked into my face
as he did
Her thoughts were suddenly interrupt
ed by a ring at tne Deli, and sne paused
in her playing.
Some books for Miss Eyre, with Mr,
Hastings compliments, said a man s
voice, to 'the servant who answered , the
door.
When it was closed again she jumped
up and called:"
"Elizabeth!"
"Yes, miss."
"Give them to me, and bring the lamp,
please."
And she began with "'eager delight to
examine the handsomely bound volumes.
it was a nappy evening; ner new occu
pation chased all unpleasant memories
away, and when she went to bed she had
even forgotten the existence of Mr. Fen
ner. But the next day poor Winifred was
plunged into the depths of sadness again,
for Mr. Hastings passed, bending o-er his
saddle to talk? io her stately cousin, and
had never once turned to look for her.
1V0 be continued.)
THE PASSPORT IN RUSSIA.
Yon Cannot Move Abont the Conntrj
Without the Document. - ,
The' train - slows down as it crosses
the frontier, and creeps gently up to
the platform of the first station on Rus
sian soil. Furtively peeping out of
the window, you behold a number of
stalwart men uniformed In the Russian
style, and wearing the peculiarly Rus
sian top boots. The polite conductor
coeso-t11 compartment and bids you
get the passport- ready. After a few
minutes of waiting, during which anx
luty Is not diminished, an officer in
smart gray-blue uniform comes along,
attended by a soldier with a walfet. He
demands the precious document, and,
noting its foreign origin, casts upon Its
possessor a keen, searching glance,
Then-he looks for the all-important visa
vl mwuiwiucul ui me aussiau uuiciui stop runaways wnicn are caused' oy
in the country of issue; and on finding the animal taking fright, at some 'ob
it he passes coldly on without a Word. 1 ject on the street or road. While the
All this is very formal and impressive; - blinder in- common use on bridles pre
you feel as a prisoner feels when the j-vents- the horse from seeing' objects
chain of evidence is tightening around on either side, there is nothing to jshut
him; your thoughts wander backto the ' put .the view of janythlng approaching
past, and you wonder whether any In- which might tend to frighten the ani
discretion Mf yonin:,insignincant youth mal,, and it can also ttirn Its head If it
may not now,'. be brought up in testi-', hears i a noise; but . with this new de
mohy against you. v. vice the driver orrider has only to pull
CThe utmost care is taken in the study a cord lying" parallel to the reins and
and registration of these documents; ' a bellows-like "curtain is drawn over
every Russian must have his passport; both eyes to shut out the sight com
every foreigner entering or leaving the pletely. In this condition the animal
country must have it, -tooV Whether na- "catf " only stffndahd tremble ' until - the
tive or alien, you cannot move : about '' object causing the fright has passed,
the . country ; without the document; ' when the curtain is lifted by releasing
when you arrive in a town it. must be tne cord and horse travels on a
submitted to the local police; whev you" before;: The curtain is housed In a
leave that town the police'must inaorse ' 8md1.1 semi-circular leather casing pass
the passport with their sa'nctidh rtotn6'.T,nS"ovc; the 'animal's forehead just
journey. The system gives the atitbori-ia tbe, eyes, and. the operating cords
I ties the firmest hold oyer the people;
and wise Is the stranger who complies
carefully with every part of the formal-
ity. Chambers' Journal.
St. Vincent's hospital of New York
City has an electrical ambulance. It
can travel at the rate of ten miles an
hourf and cost over $2,000. It does not
differ materially from the ordinary
horse-drawn ambulance. .
To Train Grape Vines. '
It may be said that there are a dozen
systems of grape vine training in use,
all of which have their good qualities
and each, perhaps, superior to all oth
ers under certain conditions. The sys
tem of training from a single upright
growth is, however,-? admitted-to- be
after the most approved lines, and It
certainly gives results. .The Illustration
shews how the vine is trained in its
first year. It Is cut back to two strong
buds at the time of planting and is
set so that the buds will be just above
the surface of the - ground. A slight
stake is pressed Into the ground near
the vine and the vine Is fastened to
It with cord of a waterproof kind. If
the trellis is built during this first year
this cord is run to the first wire (the
top one) and fastened. The vine will
make the' growth about as shown in the
cut during this first year. The trellis Is
an' important feature of the plan. The
posts should be . set eight feet apart,
THAXNING THE GBAPE VINE.
and so that they will stand about six
feet out of the ground. Two wires are
used In the position, as-shown In the
cut, the wires being fourteen Inches
apart. In training Ihe vine for the
second year cut off. air that portion
above the top wire, and as the lateral
canes grow select the strongest opposite
each wire, one on . either . side of the
main stalk, and train them along the
wires; this gives . ust two arms, so to
speak, runnlng-iilbng each wire at the
end of the second yeafi from planting.
The third season the d fruiting buds
must be handled, and it is a good plan
to select every other bud to supply the
canes necessary for .thf . upright growth
from the arms. This upright growth
is shortened in from time to time dur
ing the growing season, so as to throw
the strength into the fruiting canes,
This system of training requires labor,
but it gives most excellent results.
Cost of an Acre of Strawberries.
For plowing, $3; harrowing, $3;
marking, 50 cents; plants (8,000) $25,
average price; plants are scarce this
year. Trimming ana preparing plants,
$5; setting plants, $4; cultivating with
horse, $7.50; hoeing six times, $18;
fertilizer, half a ton, $15; four tons of
straw, $20; applying straw, $5. . This
makes the cost about $100 for the first
year, ur course tne increase or plants
can be used to set a new bed the fol
lowing year, which will make the cost
one-fourth less. The straw is worth
as much as it costs almost to the soil.
In these figures we are actually giv
ing what it would cost the farmer to
hire the work done by men who "Enow
how to do it. If the farmer does the
work himself, he does not feel the cost
any more than were he putting In a
crop of potatoes. We advise setting
the strawberry bed near the buildings
so. It can be attended to without going
far. The usual gross sales from an
acre of , strawberries are about four
times the cost, of the acre for the first
year. Rural New Yorker.
Temporarily Blinda the Horse.
It has long been known, and put to
practical test time after time, that to
get a horse out of a fire the best plan
,1s to blindfold him,
and many "an ani
mal has been saved
In this way which
it was impossible
to remove from the
burning . stable in
any other manner.
It is now proposed
by a Nebraska In-
TO PREVENT FRIGHT ventor to 8 P P 1 y
bracticallv the same 'nrlnclDle to con-
rol fractious or vicious horses and to
are insertea in me on rings Derore
vae,olus luc
Small arms to Be the Knle.
In the future small farms will be the
rule. More and better products will be
raised on GO acres than are now on 120
acres. There are farmers to-day who
plant a 40-acre field In corn who could
take the same amount of manure they
used and put it on a 20-acre field, and j
get a greater yield ana or better qual
ity. Besides this, it will take only half
the time to plow and cultivate the 20-
acre field, which would further add to
the profits. What a lesson the market
gardeners are constantly giving to us
farmers. Why, some of them use more
barnyard manure on 20 acres than
some farmers do on 120 acres. The
crops the gardeners get are enormous,
and their land is constantly Increasing
In fertility.
Bxtent of Irrigation.
Exclusive of the rice-producing States
the Territory of Hawaii and Indian
reservations, the number of irrigators
in the United States in 1899 was 108,
218, an increase of 54,082, or one hun
dred per cent over the number report
ed in 1889. The number of acres Irri
gated was 7,539,545, an increase during
the ten years, of 3,908,165, or 107.6 per
cent... Of the total irrigated area, 5,94,
412 acres were in crops, and the total
value of the products therefrom was
$86860,491. The total cost of construc
tion of the Irrigation systems operated
in 1899 was $67,770,942. In the num
ber of irrigators California stands far
ahead of any other State, having about
one-fourth of the total dumber in the
United States. Colorado, however, ex
ceeds in the number of acres irrigated,
although not in the value of irrigated
crops. Of the total irrigated area, 7,
093,629 acres were watered from
streams, and 169,644 acres from wells.
The number of acres In crops Irrigated
in 1809 was 5,711,965 and the number
of irrigated acres in pasture and unma
tured crops was 1,551,308. The value of
the irrigated crop was $84,443,438. Of
the Irrigated area, 7,263,273 acres were
In the arid States, 273,117 acres in the
semi-arid region and 3,155 in the humid
region.
Cannectinx Pastures by Causeway.
It frequently becomes desirable to
have the pasture so arranged as to
let stock pasture on both sides of a
highway. The pasture is sometimes
located on one side of the highway
and yard and watering place on the
other. Much time is required to drive
cattle back and forth.
j.ne aimcuity can be overcome in a
very convenient way. Select a place
where there is a little rise in the
ground, say from 2 to A feet, the more
the better. Construct a wide ditch,
from 10 to 12 feet, so it will easily ad
mit a team to work with scraper down
at bottom of it Make it from 2 to
4 feet deep, as the natural condition
of ground will adroit. It must be con
6tructed .in such a way that it will have
natural drainage at lower side, other
"Wise, it would fill with water after very
heavy rains and be of no practical use,
. A plank bridge Is built across the
CAUSEWAY FOB CATTLE UNDER BO AD.
opening and the sides planked. It
should be made 5 to 6 feet high to
admit the passage of all kinds of stock
or even horses below. The earth taken
out in digging is used in constructing
the gradt- on each side of bridge. The
bridge, as well as grade or dump, must
be made as wide as required by law.
The. deeper it Is practical to make the
ditch, the less it will be- necessary to
dump upon the grade. A tight fence
must be constructed from the pasture
on each side of the passageway close
up to the bridge. I have seen such a
passageway constructed on the level
prairie, but In such a case Is only
.practical In every dry seasons, because
In a rainy, one the ditch . will fill up
with water. :Lewis Olsen, Kandiyohi,
in Farm and Home. '
'Agricultural Notes.
. Eggplant is a gross feeder, but easily
cultivated.
Interest in the apple box grows apace
In the east.
Bone black is said to be good fertil
izer for parsnips. )
Glve ft good, thorough cultivation be
tween the rows of strawberries.
Beets " will "stand considerable cold
weather and may be planted early
In a cold frame or sprout hotbed is
a good piace to start nma Deans on
sods. v
In butter and cheese making every
effort should be made to suppress dust
which, according to a dairy authority,
carries more infection than any other
source.
Bees carry pollen from one flower to
another while seeking honey. The real
benefactors are the bee keepers, many
of whom keep bees for pleasure rather
than for profit.- But for the bees many
fruit trees that blossom out full would
produce no fruit,
It has been demonstrated conclusive
ly that when an animal Is fed cn a
variety, Instead of on corn exclusively.
a greater gain In weight Is secured.
Corn will excel in the-production of
fat, but bone and lean meat sell in
the live animal as well as fat. rapid
growth being a gain In weight ' -
Preventing the spread of fungus dis
eases could be accomplished better by
destroying the branches and vines that
are cut away from trees -and bushes
than by the use ofother methods. It
Is not sufficient to remove the portions
of trees affected with black knot, Th?y
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guuuiu ue cimBigueu iu i lie names, as
no remedy is as sure in the destruction
of the spores as flrd ' -
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Little Pnd and the Bumblebee.
A round little lad stuck his nose one day
In a hollyhock big and red
That leaned o'er the walk in inviting
way
Just over his curly brown head.
He stood on his toes and poked in his
nose ;
To take o fits sweets a good smell, .
But quickly he stopped and on the walk
dropped
-With a lusty and agonized yell.
Forth from the flower a big bumblebee
Came booming and buzzing' like mad,
Resentful and angry mostly plainly was
he
At Pud Boy, the round little lad.
To have a fat boy poke in and annoy
A bee at a feast, I suppose.
Arouses his ire, and so, all afire,
He stings the fat boy on the nose.
And little Pud Boy, when his hurt was
' well
And gone was the terrible pain,
Remembered, and into a flower's cell
His nose never ventured again;
In fear he would flee at th sight of a bee
As fast as he could from the spot;
And then he would say in very wise way
" 'At bug's little foots is too hot!"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Boys Are Great Apple Eaters.
What would the boy of to-day do
without apples? Wherever you see a
lot of apples there are sure to be boys
around ready to devour them, and no
boy considers life worth living unless
his pockets are bulging full of the fruit.
The fruit-eating proclivities of the
boy has little reference to the state of
his - appetite. Whether he be full of
meat or empty of meat he wants the
apple just the same. Before meal or
after meal It never comes amiss. The
farm boy munches apples all day long.
He has nests of them in the hay mow,
mellowing, to which he makes fre
quent visits. Sometimes old Brindle,
having access through the open doors,
smells them out and makes short work
of them.
The, genuine apple eater comforts
himself with an apple in their season
as others with a pipe or cigar. When
he has nothing else to do or is bored
he eats an apple, sometimes several of
them. When he takes a walk he arms
himself with apples. His traveling bag
is full of apples. He offers an apple to
his companion and takes one himself.
They are his chief solace when on the
road. He tosses the core from the car
window and from the top of the stage
coach. He would In time make the land
one vast orchard. He dispenses with
a knife. He prefers his teeth shall have
the first taste. Then he knows the best
flavor is immediately beneath the skin,
and that in a pared apple this is lost
If you will stew It by all means leave
the skin on. It Improves the color and
vastly heightens the flavor of the dish.
The apple is a masculine fruit, hence
women are poor apple eaters. It belongs
to the open air and requires an open
air taste and relish. . x ... .
New Wrinkles in Paper. .
The great -variety of, articles, from
car-wheels to candle-shades now manu
factured out of paper, has suggested
the name "Paper Age" for the present
time- One of the amusing and Interest-
FINANCIAL CONCERNS ARE
s
OME recently published statistics
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tional banks and savings banks in the United States. In 1864 there
were fewer than 600 national banking associations and their aggre
gate capital was considerably less than $100,000,000. At "the end of
1865 the aggregate resources of the national banks, which then numbered
1,513, amounted to less than $1,360,000,000.
Now let us look at the returns made to the Comptroller of the Currency,
on Oct. 1, 1902. At that date the national banks numbered 4,601 ;-their total
capital stock was over $714,000,000 and their . aggregate circulation $380,
000,000. Their aggregate resources amounted to $6,114,000,000. The face
value of United States bonds now held by national banks Is about $457,
000,000 and the individual deposits exceed $3,200,000,000. The amount of
money paid Into the fedefal treasury since 1863 by the national banks , as
taxes on circulation, capital, deposits, surplus, etc., reaches $170,000,000. We
add that the number of shareholders in the national banks is 330,124, to
which total the New England States and Middle States, including under
the last-named term New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land and the District of Columbia, contributed more than 226,000 individuals.
Obviously the national banks are organized and supported by the rela
tively rich. Turning to the savings banks, which are intended for the rela
tively poor, we observe that the aggregate deposits in these institutions in
creased in the five years preceding Oct 1, 1902, from $1,940,000,000 to $2,
640,000,000. In the same period the number of depositors rose from 5,200,000
to 6,400,000. This is an astonishing exhibit when we consider that in many
States the savings of the poor are Invested In the stock of building asso
ciations. - It should also be noted that the federal government, through the
money orders issued by its postal department in 1902, did a' banking business
of upward of $313,550,000. Harper's Weekly. "
"Hans Breltraann" and Bret Hart.
The late Charles K. Leland, in his
chatty and interesting memoirs, tells
us that all the principal "Hans Brelt-
mann" poems, except the "Barty" and
"Breltmann as a Politician," were
merely written to fill up letters to a
friend, and that he kept no copies of
them; in fact utterly forgot them.
By his friend they were published in
a sporting paper. "The public" he
says, "found them out -long before I
did and it is not often that it gets
ahead of a poet in appreciation of his
own. work." Bret Harte appears to
have gone through the same experience,
for Leland relates .that one evening
after dinner, at the house of Mr.
Truebner, when "Bret Harte was ask
ed to repeat the 'Heathen Chinee.' he
could not do. so, as he had never learn-,
ed it, which is not sutb. an unusual
t
tain Young Readers I
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Ing forms In which paper may be cut
and folded is shown In the accompany
ing article froruN:he Scientific Ameri
can. If a flat strip of paper be taken, and
Its ends pasted together to form a. ring
and it be then cut along Its center line,
two similar but entirely separate rings
will be formed, unconnected in .any
way. If, however, the paper be twisted
as Illustrated In 'the uppermost view,
and its ends be pasted together to form
a ring with a single twist in it, this
ring, when cut along its center line,
will form two rings, one looped within
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SEPARATE AND LOOPED RINGS.
the other as shown In the third and1
fourth views.
Perplexing as this may seem at first
glance, the explanation is quite simple.
We may consider the upper edge of
the paper strip as one . ring, and the
lower edge as the other. Now follow
ing the edges of the twist as shown
In the second view, It is evident that
one edge has been twisted completely
around the other edge; or, In other
words, one edge or ring has been passed
through the other ring, which when
cut apart form two interlopped rings.
Immediate Results.
One day my little brother Insisted on
staying out in the rain. On being asked
why he did not come in he saidr
"I have to get watered so I'll grow."
Next day he said: "Yesterday I was
only up to my nose and I've grown to
the top of my head in the night, be
cause I stayed out in the rain." -
As He Was Called.
Our neighbor, little Arthur, aged"
three, was a notorious little runaway.
On being asked his name, he always
insisted that it was Baby. "But," said
one day, "what does mamma call
you?"
He replied with great earnestness,
Arfur tumhere!"
Failed to Take the Hint.
One evening my aunt had company,
and when her little boy's bedtime came
she said:
"Well, good-night, sweetheart."
The child looked at her a moment and
then answered:
"Why, mamma, are you going to bed
already?"
A Populous Line.
Teacher In History, to Harry, who
was not paying attention:
"How was the. 'Mason and Dixon' line
settled?"
Harry, sleepily: "Very thickly set
tled."
GROWING IN
Little Stories ar
Incidents that Will
Interest and Enter
NUMBERS AND .AMOUNT OF BUSINESS.
attest the Surprising growth of na
thing by the way, as many suppose."
The confusion in to. which many other
wise well-informed persons, fell with
regard to the 'personality Qf these two
writers was often V'ety ridiculous, for
instance, "an eldferlj? gentleman went
rushing about aski&g -to see or be in
troduced to Hahs.i-Bfetmann, whose
works he declared he knew by heart"
London Chronicle. .'
Slighted Opportunities.
"Some folks," said Meandering Mike,
"hasn't any ambition at all."
: ," What's de trouble?" inquired Plod
ding Pete. '
"A lot o' dese New York detectives
has been walkln ipto. millionaire's
houses to see " whether dey could be
burglarized An' after seein' how easy
it Is dey're goin' to go right along be
in' detectives." Washington Star.
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