IIKENSIBE
BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
MM "Dan ft-aw," "The Bnflloh OrpVan HomM'd tbe Hlll'e." "Uai RlTen,"
" McaMwferauk," " tmpttt and Suohnt," "Cousli Maude," etc.
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
It was a sore trial for Maddy to write
ti Lucy Atherstono, but she offered no
rcinonst ranee, and so accompanying the
I'ieture was a little note, filled mostly
with praises of Mr. Guy, and which
would be very gratifying to tho uusus
liecting Lucy.
Now that it fully decided for Jessie to
go with Maddy, her lessons were suspend
ed, and Aikenside for the time beU g was
turned into a vast dressmaking establish
ment. With his usual ceuerositj Guy
had giveu Agues permission to dral
upon his purse for whatever was feeder.
pit her for herself or Jessie, with the del
nite understanding that Maddy shoull
have an equal share of dress and atten'
tion.
"It will not be necessary," he siiii, "for
you to enlighten the citizens of New York
with regard to Maddy's position. She
goes there as Jessie's equal, and her
wardrobe must be suitable."
No one could live long with Maddy
Clyde without becoming interested in her.
and in spite of herself Agnes' dislike was
wearing away, particularly as of late she
had seen no signs of social attention on
the doctor's part.. He had gotten over
his weakness, she thought, and so was
very gracious toward Maddy, who, nat
urally forgiving, began to like her better
than she had ever dreamed it possible for
Ler to like so proud and haughty a wom
an. Down at the cottage in llonedale
there were many consultations held and
many fears expressed by the aged couple
as to what would be the result of all Guy
as doing for their child.
A few days before Maddy's departure,
grandpa went up to see "the madam ;"
anxious to know something more than
hearsay about a person to whose care his
child was to be partially intrusted. Agnes
was in her room when told who wanted
to see her. Starting quickly, she turned
ao deadly white that Maddy, who brought
the message, flew to her side, asking in
much alarm what was the matter.
"Only a little faint. It will soon pass
off," Agnes said, and then, dismissing
Maddy, she tried to compose herself suffi
ciently to pass the ordeal she so much
dreaded, and from which there was no
possible escape.
Thirteen years ! Had they changed her
past recognition? She hoped, she believed
so, and yet, never in her life had Agnes
Remington's heart beaten with so much
terror and apprehension as when she en
tered the reception roocs -where Guy sat
talking with tho infirm old man she e
membered so well. His 'snowy hair was
parted just the same as ever, but the
mild blue eye was dimmer, and it rested
on her with no suspicious glance, as, par
tially reassured, she glided across the
threshold, and bowed civilly when Guy
presented her.
A little anxious as to how her grand
father would acquit himself, Maddy sat
by, wondering why Agnes appeared so ill
at ease, and why her grandsire started
sometimes at the sound of her voice, and
looked earnestly at her.
"We've never met before to my knowl
edge, young woman," he said once to Ag
nes, "but you are mighty like somebody,
and your voice, when you talk low, keeps
makia' me jump as if I'd heard it sum'ers
or other."
After that Agnes spoke in elevated
tones, as if she thought him deaf, and
the mystified look of wonder did not re
turn to hia face. Numerous were the
charges he gave to Agues concerning
Maddy, bidding her be watchful of his
child; then, as he arose to go, he laid
bis trembling hand on her head and said
solemnly: "You are young yet, lady, and
there may be a long life before you. God
bless you, then, and prosper you in pro
portion as you are kind to Maddy. I've
nothing to give you nor Mr. Guy for your
goodness only my prayers, and them you
have every - day. We all pray for you,
lady, Joseph and all, though I doubt me
be knows much the meaning of what he
says.
"Who, sir? What did you say?" and
Agnes' face was scarlet, as grandpa re
plied: "Joseph, our unfortunate boy;
Maddy must have told you, the one who's
taken such a shine to Jessie. From the
corner where he sits so much I can hear
him whispering by the hour, sometimes of
folks he used to know, and then of you,
who we call madam. He says far ten
minutes on the stretch : 'God bless the
madam the madam the madam !' You're
sick, lady; talkin' about him makes you
faint," grandpa added, hastily, as Agnes
turned white as the dress she wore.
"No oh, no, I'm better now," Agnes
gasped, bowing him to the door with a
feeling that she could breathe no longer
In bis presence.
He did not hear her faint cry of bitter,
bitter remorse, as he walked through n.e
kali, nor know she watched him as he
went slowly down the walk, stopping
often to admire the fair blossoms which
Vladdy did not feel at liberty to pick.
"He loved flowers," Agnes whispered,
as her better nature prevailed over every
other feeling, and, starting eagerly for
ward, she ran after the old man, who,
eurprised at her evident haste, waited a
little anxiously for her to speak. It was
rather difficult to do so with Maddy's in
quiring eyes upon her, but Agnes man
aged at last to say :
"Does that man like flowers the one
iwho prays for the madam?"
"Ypr, he used to years ago," grandpa
replied ; and, bending down, Agnes began
to pick and arrange into a most tasteful
bouquet the blossoms and buds of May,
growing so profusely within the borders.
"Take them to bim, will you 7" and her
hand shook as she passed to Grandpa
Markliam the gift which would thrill
joor Jos'ph with a strange delight, mak
ing him hold converse a while with the
unswn presence which he called 'ehe,"
ar. l tliea whisper blexsings on the mad
am's h H'l.
Three iiys after this, a party of four
leJt Aik''nide, which presented a most
fur.orn a.iJ cheerless appearand to the
pas T-by, who were glad almost tbe
eervaats when, at ths expiration of a
vec. Guy cam back and took ua ti& old
en life of solitude and loneliness, with
nothing in particular to interest him, ex
cept his books and the letters he wrota
to Lucy ; unless, indeed, it were those he
was going to write to Maddy, who, with
Jessie, had promised to become his cor
respondent. Nothing but these and the
picture the doctor's picture the one de
signed expressly for hiui, and which trou
bled him greatly. Believing that ha had
fully Intended it for the doctor, Guy felt
as if it were, in a measure, stolen prop
erty, and this made him prize it all the
more.
Now that Maddy was away Guy miss
ed her terribly, wondering how he had
ever lived without her, and sometimes
working himself into a violent passion
against the meddlesome neighbors who
would not let her remain with him
in peace, ana who, now that she was
gone, did not stop their talking one whit.
Of this last, however, he was ignorant,
as there was no one to tell him how peo
ple marveled more than ever, feeling con
fident that he was educating his own wife,
and making sundry hateful remarks as to
what he intended doing with her re
lations. Guy only knew that he was very
lonely, that Lucy's letters seemed insipid,
that even the doctor failed to interest
him as of old, and that his greatest com
fort w-as in looking at the bright young
face which seemed to smile so truthfully
upon him from the tiny casing just as
Maddy had smiled upon him when he
bade her good-by.
CHAPTER XV.
The summer vacation had been spent
by the Remingtons and Maddy at the
seaside, the latter coming to the cottage
for a week before returning to her school
in New York, and as the doctor was then
absent from home, she did not meet him
at all. Consequently, he had not seen
her since she left Aikenside for New
Y'ork. But she was at home now for the
Christmas holidays was down at the cot
tage, too ; and unusually nervous for him,
the doctor stood before the little square
glass in his back office, trying to make
himself look as well as possible, for he
was going that very afternoon to call up
on Miss Clyde.
The doctor was seriously in love. He
acknowledged that uow to himself, con
fessing, too, that with his love was
mingled a spice of jealousy, lest Guy
Remington should be expending more
thought on Maddy Clyde than was consis
tent with the promised husband of Lucy
Atherstoue. He wished so much to talk
with Guy about her, and yet dreaded it ;
for If the talk should confirm his suspi
cions there would be no hope for him. No
girl in her right mind would prefer him
to Guy Remington, and with a little sigh
the doctor was turning away from the
glass, when Guy himself drove up in a
most dashing equipage.
Guy was in the best of spipits. For
an entire half-day he had tried to devise
some means for getting Maddy up to
Aikenside. There was to be a party at
Aikenside the very first since Guy was
its master. The neighbors had said he
was too proud to invite them, but they
should say so no more. The house was
to be thrown open in honor of Guy's
twenty-sixth birthday, and all who were
at all desirable as guests were to be bid
den to the festival. First ou the list was
the doctor. Guy was all engaged in the
matter, and after telling who were to be
invited, added rather indifferently: "I'm
going now down to llonedale after Mad
dy : It's better for her to be with us a
day or two before. You've seen her, of
course."
No, the doctor had not ; he was just
going there, he said, in a tone so full of
sad disappointment that Guy detected it
at once.
''I have not seen - Maddy since last
spring, you know. Is she very much im
proved?" asked the the doctor.
"Yes,, very much. There is no more
stylish-looking girl to be seen on Broad
way than Maddy Clyde. I took her to
the opera once, last month, and the many
admiring glances cast at our box proved
pretty positively that Maddy's beauty was
not of the ordinary kind."
"The opera !" the doctor exclaimed ;
"Maddy Clyde at the opera! What would
her grandfarher say? lie is very puritan
ical, you know.'
"Yes. I know! and so is Maddy, too.
She wrote and obtained his consent be
fore she'd go with me."
Here an interval of silence ensued, and
then the doctor began again.
"Guy. you told me once you were edu
cating Maddy Clyde for me, and I tried
to make you tlnnK 1 rlnln t care; nut I
did, oh, so much! Guy, laugh at me, if
you please. I cannot blame you if you
do; but the fact is, I believe I've loved
Maddy Clyde ever since that time she
was so sick. At all events, I love her
now, and I was going down there this
very afternoon to tell her so. She's obi
enough. She was sixteen last October, the
the "
"Tenth day," Guy responded, thus
showing that he, too, was keeping Maddy's
age.
"Yes, the tenth day," resumed the doc
tor. "There's 'most eleven years' dif
ference between us, but if she feels at all
as I do, she will not care, Guy," and the
doctor began to talk earnestly : "I'll be
candid with you, and say that you have
sometimes made my heart ache a little."
"Ma!" and Guy's face was crimson,
while the doctor continued :
"Tea, and I beg your pardon for It ; but
let me aak yon one question, and upon its
answer will depend my future course with
regard to Maddy : You are true to Lucy?"
Guy felt the blood trickling at the roots
of his hair, but he answered truthfully
a be believed :
"Yes, true aa atee!," while the generous
thought came over him that he would
further the doctor's plans all be possibly
could.
"Then I am satisfied," the doctor re
joined "and aa you hava rather assumed
tbe position of her guardian or brother, I
I aak oar Jrmiaaion to offer bar the We
which, whether she accepts It or not, In
hers."
Guy had never felt a sharper pang than
that which now thrilled through every
nerve, out he would not prove false to
the friend confiding in him, and he an
swered calmly :
"You have my consent; but, doc, better
put it off till you see her at Aikenside
There's no chance at tue cottage, with
those three old people. I wonder she
don't go wild. I'm sura I should.'
"nd you'll manage It for me, Guy?
You know; how. I don't. You'll contrive
for me to see her alone, and maybe say a
word beforehand in my favor."
"Yes, yes. I'll manage It. I'll fix
it right. Don't forget, da yafter to-mor
row night. The Cutlers will be there,
and, by the way, Marcla has got to be a
splendid girl. She fancied you once, you
know. Old Cutler ia worth half a mill
ion." And Guy tore himself away from
the doctor, who, now that the ice was
broken, would like to have talked of
Maddy forever,
But Guy was not thus inclined, and in
a mood not extremely amiable, he went
dashing down toward llonedale. For
some unaccountable reason he was not
now one bit interested in the party, and,
were it not that a few of the Invitations
were Issued, he would have been tempted
to give it up. Guy did not know what
ailed him. He only felt as if somebody
had been meddling with his plans. He
contented himself with driving like a sec
ond Jehu until he reached llonedale,
where a pair of soft, brown eyes smiled
up into his face, and a little, warm hand
was clasped in his, as Maddy came even
to the gate to meet him.
She was very glad to see him. The
cottage with its humble adornings did
seem lonely, almost dreary, after the life
and bustle of New York, and Maddy had
cried more than once to think how hard
and wicked she must be growing when
her home had ceased to be the dear old
home she once loved so well. She had
been there five days now, and notwith
standing the efforts of her grandparents
to entertain her, each day had seemed a
week in its duration. Neither the doctor
nor Guy had been near her, and capri
cious little Maddy had made herself be
lieve that the former -was sadly remiss in
his duty, inasmuch aa he had not aeen
her for ao long.
Maddy was getting to be a woman, with
womanly freaks, as the reader will read
ily see. At Guy she was not particularly
piqued. She did not take his attentions
as a matter of course; still she thought
more of him, If possible, than of the doc -
tor, during those five days, saying to
herself each morning : "He'll surely come
to-day, and to herself each night : 'He
will be here to-morrow." She had some
thing to show him at last a letter from
T.nev Atherstone. who hnd prflHimllv rnmm
to be her recular corresDondenr. and
whom Maddv had learned to love with
ll the intensity of her girlhood. To her
rdent Imagination Lucy Atherstone was
but a little lower than the angels, and
the pure, sweet thoughts contained m ev-
ery letter were uoing almost as mucn
towards molding her character as Grand
pa Markh'am's prayers and constant teach
ings, aiaddy did not know it, but It was
these letters from Lucy which kept her
from loving Guy Remington. She could
not for a moment associate him with her
self when she so constantly thought of
im as the husband of another, and that
other Lucy Atherstone. Not for worlds
would Maddy have wronged the gentle
creature who wrote to her so confidingly
of Guy, envying her in that she could so
often see his face and' hear his voice.
while his betrothed was 'separated from
him by many thousand miles. Little by
little it had come out that Lucy's mother
was averse to the match, that she had
in her mind the case of an English lord,
who would make her daughter "Mv
Lady"; and this was the secret of her
deferring so long her daughter's marriage,
In her last letter to Maddy, however,
Lucy had written with more than her
usual spirit that she would come in pos-
session of her property on her twenty-fifth
birthday. She should then feel at liberty
to act for herself, and she launched out
into joyful anticipations o' the time when
she should come to Aikeiside and meet
her dear Maddy Clyde.
Guy began to talk with Maddy, asking
how she had spent her tim;, and so forth,
This reminded Maddy of the doctor, who.
she said, had not been to iee her at all.
"He was coming this norning," Guy
rejoined, "but I persuaded him to defer
his call until you were 1 1 Aikenside. I
have come to take you bek with me, as
we are to have a party dfc after to-morrow
evening, and I wish jou to be pres
ent." (To be continued.,
The Auto In Xew York Slate.
New Y'ork State lias now one auto
mobile for every 200 of its Inhaoitaius.
Over 40,000 automobiles are now regis-! II. M. Cottrell, after years of expe
tered In New York State, which had, Hence and observation, says that cow
according to the ceiisu of 190."), a pop- pea hay Is nearly equal to alfalfa In
ulaticn a little over 8,000,000, --vhich feeding value, and contains nearly one
Indicates approximately the percentage half more flesh and milk making ma
estimated above. At the beginning of terlal than clover hay. It Is rich in the
ti.o .-nrrent vear there were ?X? au- mineral matter that is needed In forin-
toinol.ilcs registered in New York, and
on May 1, :.SC,1, showing that 4,213
automobiles were registered during the
past four nioiiths, as against ;i,0.'!( dur-
ing the same period of l!HM-a gain of
1.212. During l!t05 the Secretary of
State registered S.C23 automobiles; In
190G, 11,733, and he estimates that this
year over 1S.0O0 automobiles will be
registered at Albany. Approximately,
tlie aUtoinODllOB SOU in .eV 10rit Will .
total ln value $5,000,000.
Wlndoru of Experience.
Newjiop (wearily) It must be time
- n r.
''-' "i '
Mrs. Newpop IMd
you near nig
clock strike six?
Newpop No; but the baby has fal
len asleep.
Paid For.
Stella Do you believe that Miss
Oldun came by her complexion hon
estly? Mabel I know she did. I saw thf
receipted bill for It
Same aa th other.
ITotner I thought I had at least oca
unselfish friend In Grlggsby.
Mrs Homer Well, haven't you?
Homer No. Only this morning
wan tad to borrow $10.
Portable Cot for Hoar.
Following Is the description given by
the Wisconsin Agricultural Station of
a valuable portable hog cot which will
be found of use on the farm. The cot
Is six feet wide, eight feet long, six
feet two lnchea high In front and three
feet fe?gh In the reur.
Th floor li built first, with 2x4s
as stringers, and the frnme Is hold on
the floor by blocks at each corner. The
large sized house Is provided with two
doors In front and a temporary mov
able partition and a temporary mov
able partition In the middle so that the
cot can easily be adjusted to accom
modate two lots of swine at the .same
time. On n level with the glass, win
dows, there Is also a drop window,
preferably hung on hinges, fastened at
the top for ventilation and sunlight.
The lumber required for the house
Is as follows; Twelve pieces, two
Inches by four Inches, sixteen feet long,
for frame. Four pieces, one inch by
twelve Inches, sixteen feet long
(rough), for floor. Thirteen pieces, one
Inch by twelve Inches, sixteen feet
long, for roof and ends, len O. G.
SMALL SIZE HOO COT.
battens, sixteen feet long, for sealing
cracks between boards.
The total cost of material to build
the cot with floor, door, and windo
i complete amounts to about $12.50. For
! neatness, economy, durability, and
comfort to animals, this type of cot is
excellent. 'Where it is desirable to
, keeD a number of hotrs in one lot the
large size Is preferable. The cot will
accommodate from three to five mature
"' i OCTe"
to nlne- Although the Wisconsin sta
"on na3 a 'arge hoghouse with feed
room, scales, etc., the cots have been
found a convenient means of enlarg-
ing the faculties of the piggery,
To Feed the Horse,
A common way of feeding dray
horses nnd other street teams In the
clty l8 1Uu8trated here. A sack is
made out of good
strong ducking of a
circumference that
will allow of Its
being pulled over
horse's nose and
leaving sufficient
room for him to
work his Jaws eas
ily. This sack Is
anywhere from a
foot to fourteen
The bottom Is made
ft'g
bL""k
nose bao.
lnche9 ln ,enSth
of ood stiff piece of harness leather
cut out and sewed firmly into the hem
of the ducking. A leather strap Is
riveted into one side of the mouth of
the sack, and a buckle is riveted on
the other, so that the whole may be
strapped on to the horse's head, as
shown. In order to feed a horse must
be unchecked, and he soon learns to
place the sack on the ground, where he
can push his nose to the bottom of it to
ilean out the last of the food.
For the farmer who takes a day to
go to town these sacks will be found
vory handy, as a horse can be fed with
thenl without any waste of grain pro-
vi(ling he ,3 UIM.heoklKj. A little cau.
t. B,,,,, ,m ,, , tho. Dni,
on a horse not accustomed to It, as it
may cause him to Jerk back. How
ever, after he has once eaten a meal
from It he can be considered well
brokenMn. Iowa Homestead.
Coirpea Hay
i"g bone, blood, flesh and milk. These
qualities make it especially valuable
for feeding growing cattle and pigs,
dairy cows and fattening steers and
hJf?s. The cowpea enriches tbe land
on which It grows, the same as alfalfa,
clover and soy beans. It makes hard
"" mellow and aids In holding loose
together, and stands dry weather
Te1'
Breeding- Tin for Em.
The Maine experiment station has
discovered a hen that laid 250 eggs In
one year. In fact, she laid 251 eggs In
& year, counting from Thanksgiving
.1 x mi 1 I -I., Tl.l. ,
came from a selected family of 200-
, . . , ,, .
egg layers as the original foundation.
In the same family there were a num
ber of bens that laid over 240 eggs in
a year.
Condiment for Hoa-a.
The most valuable "condiments" for
nogs are ashes, salt and copperaJL A
big breeder says he once a week rakes
up tho cobs In the feeding yard and
burns them, thus giving the swine soma
charcoal ; occasionally he hauls In a
load of coal ashes, and salt and cop-
'peraa are mixed with wood ashes and
kept a trough where tha hogs can
at tfeem at any tim a.
A VI I
3 &
For lrv it Mock,
Dip or wash the animals with a 1 or
2 per cent wuter solution of n tar dls
Infectnnt, such, as kreso. A convenient
way to apply the remedy in the larger
animals Is with a spray pump, and in
sheep or hogs by dipping. Whatever
method Is lined, tho coat and skin must Street railways with cars operated
be thoroughly wet with the solution, by manual power are In use at Mom
After treating the' ho", the stables, basa, In East Africa. The light, nar
sheds or sleeping quarters should be row-gauge tracks are laid through the
sprayed with about a 1 per cent water street, and the cars are for hire, like
solution of the disinfectant, or white- cabs, or ar the private property of
wash may be used instead. This Is officials and wealthy residents. They
necessary In order to prevent reinfect- are little four-wheel cars with one A
lng the herd from the surroundings, two cross-seats, and each Is propelled
If there Is much litter around the yards by two natives. Spur tracks are run
It Is advisable to nio the herd to into private grounds, so that persons
other corals. Tar dlsi jtectants In 1 an take the cars to their doors.
or 2 fsr cent solutions do not destroy
the efts or nits, hence it is necessary
to treat the animal again In ten days
or two weeks. Stockmen sometime
ask If the feeding of sulphur to lousy
animals will not drive away or de-
stroy the lice. The feeding of small
doses of sulphur will do no harm, nor
will It help In getting rid of the lice,
and It cannot be considered a remedy
for this class of disorders when used
In this way. Sulphur Is effective, how-
ever, when used externally, and the
addition of four ounces to every gallon
of tar disinfectant solution used great
ly Increases the effectiveness of the
remedy. Field nnd Farm.
Foxtail and Pivvreed.
Both these weeds are annuals; that
Is. they grow from seeds each year or
season and the plants die aft- ripen-
ing seeds. Th way to keep them down
is to prevent the plants from ripening
seed and making sure that are no seeds
In the grain sown upon the farm. Fox-
tell Is troublesome, because it springs
up ln cultivated fields after the crops
are laid by, and then it conies up ln
stubble and In meadows nnd pastures,
Late cultivation of corn fields, and
mowing the stubble, meadows and pas-
tures to keen seeds from formlne Is
the way to attack this weed. Judging
from the way these weeds spring up,
whenever conditions are favorable,
there must be great stores of thera In
cultivated fields showing the seeds are facture of telegraph poles of glass. The
long-lived. Pigweed quickly springs up required strength Is secured by a re
in corn or potato fields, after culti- iiforcemeut of strong wire threads,
vation has ceased. These seeds ripen One of the principal advantages of
from August 13 to November 1, so it these poles would be their use In tropl
wlll take vigorous measures to get rid cal countries, where wooden poles are
of them. In fact, the only way to get soon destroyed by the ravages of In
rid of these weeds Is to cut them down sects and where climntlcal influences
before seeds mature. If a crop of are ruinous to wood. The price of the
them Is left to mature ln corn fields, poles Is $0 for a pole of the length of
and then the seeds plowed under the about 23 feet. The Imperial Post De-
comlng season, you have stored away
enough seeds to bother you for the
next ten years.
Farm Management.
Economy Is wealth. Extra and un
necessary expense is a millstone around
f the neck of many who otherwise would
succeed, iscnarge me unproniame
employe. Stop every leak of unneces-
sary expense. Money saved Is money
made. Money Invested ln improved
machinery Is economy. Money Invested
In the best seeds and appliances Is
economy. Time wasted, labor wasted,
is extravagance.
A successful farmer says he does not
have to Inspect a farm to see whether
it pays or not. "Just give me a
chance to look into the barn. The con
dition things are kept In is all the go
by I want." The barn is a telltale on
the careless or wasteful farmer. In
fact, economy in farming begins at the j
barn In the proper handling of food, t
caring for the manure, care of tools
and harness and the care given to the
live stock stabled there. There Is al
ways a best way to do things, and tho
best way is generally the paying one.
Money ln Peanut Halnlng;.
Texas farmers are getting 90 cents a
bushel for peanuts, and with a yield
of from fifty to sixty bushels to the
acre are calling It "big money."
The acreage in peanuts for another
year will be large, as this price will
i .. : iw.n . ,.4- in . . I
U....K u.ie umu Ul. iruia p
M
ine tanners oi minimi! nave recog'
nized the commercial value of the pea
nut, and have this year Increased the
area planted to 78,743 from 37,110
acres last year, and It Is reported that
a much larger area will be planted to
this tuber next season. Thus far most
of the peanut planting is done ln the
provinces of Magwe and Mylngyan.
Barn Door Prop.
I have a few large barn doors that
are hung on hinges, and when I open
them I have always had to get a stick
OPEM
CONVENIENT BABN DOOB PROP.
or something to keep them open ; so I
thought of this little thing. I took f
2x4 scantling and put a hinge on th
end as shown In the cut. Then It If
always with the door. Exchange.
gawrfnut and Soli. !
Prof. W. S. Masey says sawdust from I
resinous pine decays slowly In the soil,
and will sour the land when decayed.
Even hen used for bedding In stables
the uaonure Is not worth half as much
as tiat with ordinary bedding. Look
about the remains of sawdust accumu-
lated about abandoned mill sites that
are cmmon In the piney woods, and
you vill see that It takes a long tlms
for ajy vegetation to start where saw
dustM Ven scattered.
!
The administration of the Prussian
railroads has recently experimented
with wireless telegraphic signals on
the line between Berlin and Beelitz,
empioylnB a traln of four cnrs carry,
,ng antonnje nn(i receivlng apparatus,
the tranBmlttIng opparatus being In-
8talo(1 between Berlln an(1 Sangerhau-
Ben TnJ transmlttlng wire was sn
ded telegraphic poles for a dis-
tance of 2(J0 feet nbout a foot bNieatn
th. nr(nnrv t(wrnnh-wlreB. within
a distance of about seven and a half
miles, on each side of the transmitting
station, the signals were clearly and
distinctly received on the moving train.
Birthmarks, which have always been
aah a -rrwl n aa I r i iA I Kl a fi tA T1AUT alfl H
...
on the autnolty ot two Paris physl-
clans. to y'el(1 t0 tne nctlon of llum.
Tne new method, says the Scientific
American, has proved equally success,
ful 1,1 tho 0a8(s of nJuUs and children,
The mark9 ore effaml by the slmPle
application of a plane covered with
tarnish containing radium. The actiou
18 regulated by the length and fre-
luency of tne applications. The appll-
cations are said to be painless. The
treatment may be applied to an Infant
'luring sleep. The doctors add that
the birthmarks most easily cured are
those which are most highly colored.
A factory has been established at
Grossalmerode, a small city In Ger
many, near Frankfort, for the manu-
partment, which has control of the tele
graph and telephone lines In Germany,
has ordered the use of these glass polra
tn one of Its circuits.
Dr. Marage recently presented before
the Academy of Medicine at Paris the
results of an Investigation of tha
Bmount 0f work performed by oratort
an(1 Binfjers. It appears from his ar,
perimpnt8 tnat a bnsa vo,cp ln ortW
to produce the same impression npw
the ears of hearers ln a hall, requls
the performance of Jrom 17 to 18 times
more work than Is required for a bari
tone or tenor voice. The bass vole Is
always at a disadvantage with regard
to the amount of work It demands.
Thus Dr. Marage finds that whereas
men are always more fatigued than
women end children by an equal ef
fort of the voice, men with bass voices
suffer the most fatigue.
Mixed IlejrKixru.
Mrs. Annie Besnnt, the famous the
osophlst, was being Interviewed by a
reporter during the Theosophical So
ciety's convention In Chicago.
Mrs. Besant smiled broadly at one
of the reporter's questions.
"So far as theosopby goes," she sald
"you are a very Igxorant young mav
This Ignorance puts you at a dlsaA
vantage, doesn't It? I fail to see how
you can write a theosophical article
of the slightest value."
frowned at the confused youth.
"What yoii write will be ridiculous,"
-
h( ,,,.. rdnil0Ufl as the plight
of the two beggars.
These beggars
knew no more of reading and writing
than you know of thcosophy, and when
they got their placards mixed they
were not aware of It. The public was
a good deal amused to see on the
placard of the first beggar, a blind man,
the words, 'Result of a Fall from a
Fifth Story Window,' and on the
placard of the second beggar, who had
lost both legs 'A Jealous Woman's Ke
venge.' "
Tbe SIlTer Lining.
"Your nephew, that's studyln' to be a
factor ?"
"Well, now, he ain't by any means
as useless as you'd naturally think,"
philosophically said honest Fanner
Hornbeak. "When he conies home on a
mention I make him not only kill tihe
chickenB, as occasion anises, but dress
'em, into the bargain ; and what little
knowledge he lias already got of Bur
gery enables him to do a more artistic
Job than any of the reM of us can do,
In eplte of all the practice we have had
In an unscientific way. A college edu
cation, Enoch, has Its bright side, even
IX It does cost considerable." Puck.
Caruao Happy.
( Caruso has been telling the people In
Berlin of his great success In the Unlt-
ed States, where, he savs nhm n-
ilV mininnirp n.mi kuk
to Bing two BonR9 he Kot cherk for
,3000 and Rot 6SOfK) frora a phnn(m
graph flrm for fonr wnlch
of ft percentage on the sale have
alrefldy brought him $4,000 additional
n one year-
j '- .
About the best luck that happens to
any town Is that all of those who look
I n antumn scent and wish, the
'could paint It, can't