HKENSIBE
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MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Aathsr f "Nrs IViat." "11m Earlkh OrVjiu " "Homn'rail m Hie Mlli'dV "Lnt Ilr
" McMowkrMk," " Icaptat Saiihiat," "CmiIi Mutt," etc.
CH APTER XVIII. (Continued.)
How chatty and social ho was, tryinf
o cheer Maddy up and make her forgei
Ihat such a thirty ax death had so Intel)
found entrance there; talking of Jessie
rf Aikenside, of the pleasant little tim
the; would have during the vacation, nix
rf the next term at school, when Maddv
is one of the graduating class, would not
he kept in as strictly as heretofore, but
allowed to see more of the city. Maddy
f"lt as If she should die for the nam
ti'KKinff t her heart, while she listened to
him and knew that the pictures he was
drawing were not for her. Her place
was there; and after the breakfast was
over and Mora had cleared the dishes
a at. she shut the door, so that they
might be alone, and then standing before
(iuy. she told him of her resolution, oeg-r'-ns
nf him to IipId her and not make it
harder to bear by devising means for
her to escape what she felt to be an im
perative duty, tiuy had expected some
thing like this and was prepared, as he
thought, to combat all her arguments;
.i when she had finished, he replied that
of course he did not wish to interfere
with her duty, but there might he a ques
tion as to what really was her duty, and
It seemed to him he was hotter able to
j.ilge of that than herself. It was not
right for her to bury herself there while
her education was unfinished, wheu an
other could do as well. Her superior
talents were given to her to improve, and
how could she improve them in Hone
dale; besides her grandfather did uot ex
pect her to stay. Guy had talked with
him while she was asleep, and the matter
was all arranged; a competeut woman
was to be hired to take charge of the do
mestic arrangements, and if it seemed de
irable, two should he procured ; anything
to leave Maddy free.
"And grandpa consented to this will
fnglyY" Maddy said, feeling a throb of
pleasure at thoughts of release. But
iuy could not answer that the grand
'ather consented willingly.
"He thinks it best. When he comes
cack you can ask him yourself," he said.
At this point (?randpa Markham came
,ti, and to him Guy appealed at once to
know if he were not willing for Maddy
to return to school.
"I said she might if she thought best,"
was the reply, spoken so sadly that Mad
dy's arras were at once twined around
the old man's neck, while she said to
him :
"Tell me honestly which you prefer.
I'd like so much to go to school, but I
am not sure I should be happy there,
knowing Low lonely you were here at
home. Say, grandpa, which would you
rather now, honor bright V" and Maddy
tried to speak playfully. though her
heart-beats were almost audible as she
waited for the answer.
Grandpa could not deceive. He want
ed his darling sorely, and he wanted her
to be happy, he said. Perhaps they
would get on just as well without her.
When Mr. Guy was talking it looked as
If they might, he made it all so plain,
but the sight of Maddy was a comfort.
She was all he had left. Maybe he
shouldn't live long to pester her, and if
he didn't wouldn't she always feel better
for having stayed with her grandpa?"
He looked very pale and thin, and his
hair was white as snow. He could not.
live many years, and turning resolutely
from Guy, who, so long as he held bet
eyes, controlled her, Maddy sam :
"I've chosen once fr all. I'll stay
with grandpa till he dies," and with a
ronvulsive sob she clung tightly to his
neck, as if fearful that without such hold'
her resolution would give way.
It was in vain that Guy strove, to
rhange Maddy's resolution. She was
wholly decided, and late iu the afternoon
he rode back to Aikenside. a disappointed
man, with, however, the feeling that
Maddy had done right, and that he re
spected her all the mor for withstanding
'iie temptation.
CIIAPTEK XIX.
It was arranged that Flora should fnr
he preseut at least remain at the cottage,
and Maddy accepted the kindness grate
fully. She had become so much accus
tomed to being cared for by Guy that she
almost looked upon it as a matter of
course, and did not think of what others
Bight pcWMbly say, but when, in as deli
cate a manner as possible, Guy suggested
furnishing the cottage in better style, even
proposing to modernize it entirely in the
tpring, Maddy objected at once. They
were already indebted to him for more
than they could ever pay, she said, and
she would not suffer it. So Guy submit
ted, though it grated upon his sense of
the beautiful aud refined terribly, to see
Maddy amid o humble surroundings.
Twice a week, and sometimes oftener. he
rode down to Honedale, and Maddy felt
that without these visits life would hard
ly have been endurable.
During the vacation Jessie spent a part
of the time with her. but Agnes reso
lutely resisted all Guy's entreaties that
she would at least call once on Maddy.
who had expressed a wish to see her. and
who. on account of her grandfather's
health, and the childishness with which
Uncle Joseph clung to her, could uot well
eouie up to Aikenside. Agne would not
go down, neither would she give filter
reason for hr obstinacy than the appar
ently foolish one that she did not wish to
e the crazy man. Still she did not ob
ject to Jessie's going as often as she liked,
and she sent by her many little delicacies
from the larder at Aikenside. umif for
grandpa, but most for Uncle Joseph, who
prized highly everything coming from
"the madam." and sent baek to her more
than one strangely worded message which
made the proud woman's eyes overflow
when mire that no one could see her. But
this kind of intercourse came to an end
at last. The vacation was over. Jessie
had gone back to school, and Maddy be
gan in sober earnest the new life before
Those were dark, wearisome days to
Maddy, and when the long, cold winter
irti goo from the Nsw England hilts.
and the early buds of spring were coming
up by the cottage door, the neighbors
began to talk of the change which had
come over the yotmg girl, once so full of
life and health, but now so languid and
pale. Still Maddy was not unhappy, nor
was the discipline too severe, for by It she
learned at last the great object of life;
learned to take her troubles and cares to
One who helped her bear them so cheer
fully that those who pitied her most never
dreamed how heavy was her burden, so
patiently and sweetly she bore It. Occa
sionally there came to her letters from
the doctor, but latterly they gave her
less pleasure than pain, for as sure as
she read one of his kind, friendly mes
sages of sympathy and remembrance, the
Tempter whispered to her that though
she did not 4ove him as she ought to love
her hushaud, yet a- life with him was far
preferable to the life she was living, and
the receipt of one of his letters always
gave her a pang which lasted until Guy
came down to see her, when it usually
disappeared. Agnes was uow at Aiken
side, and thus Maddy frequently had Jes
sie at the cottage, but Agnes never canie,
and Maddy little guessed how often the
proud woman cried herself to sleep after
isteiuug to Jessie's recital of all Maddy
had to do for the crazy man, and how pa
tiently she did it. He had taken a
fancy that Maddy must tell him stories
of Sarah, describing her as she was now,
not as she used to be when he knew her,
but now. "What is she now? How does
she look? What does. she wear? Tell
me. tell me !" he would plead, until Mad
dy, forced to tell him something, and
having distinctly in her mind but one
fashionable woman such as she fancied
Sarah might be, told him of Agnes Kem-
ington, and Uncle Joseph, listening with
parted lips and hushed breath, would
whisper softly, "Yes. that's Sarah, beau
tiful Sarah ; but tell .me does she ever
think of me, or of that time in the or
chard when I wove the apple blossoms in
her hair, where the diamonds are now?
She loved me then ; she told me so. Does
she know how sick, and sorry, aud foolish
I am? how the aching in my poor, sim
ple brain is all for her, and how you,
Maddy, are doing for me what it is her
place to do? Had I a voice," and the
crazy man now grew excited, as, raising
himself in bed, he gesticulated wildly,
'had I a voice to reach her, I'd cry shame
on her, to lot you do her work, let you
wear out your young life and fresh, bright
beauty all away for me, whom she ruin
ed."
The voice he craved, or the echo of it.
did reach her, for Jessie had been pres
ent when the fancy first seized him to
hear of Sarah, and in the shadowy twi
light she told her mother all, dwelling
most upon the touching sadness of his
face when he said, "Does she know how
sick and sorry I am?"
The pillow which Agnes pressed that
night was wet with tears, while in her
heart was planted a germ of gratitude
and respect for the young girl doing her
work for her. All that she could do for
Maddy without going directly to her, she
did. devising many articles of comfort,
sending her fruit and flowers, the last
new book, or whatever else she thought
mijrht please her, and always finding a
willing messenger in Guy. He was mis
erable, and managed when .at home to
make others so around him. The sight of
Maddy bearing her burden so uncomplain
ingly almost maddened him. Had she
fretted or complained he could bear it
better, he said, but he did not see the
necessity for her to lose all her spirit or
interest in everything and everybody. He
smothered his impatience, and determin
ing to help her all he could, rode down
to Honedale every day, instead of twice
a wee, as he had done before.
Attentions so marked could not fail
to be commented upon; and while poor,
unsuspecting Maddy was deriving so much
comfort from his daily visits, deeming
that day very long which did not bring
him to her, the Honedale gossips, of whom
there were many, were busy with her
affairs, talking them over at their numer
ous tea-drinkings, discussing them In the
streets, and finally at a quilting, where
thev met in solemn conclave, deciding
that, "for a girl like Maddy Clyde it did
not look so well to have so much to do
with that young Remington, who, every
body knew, was engaged to somebody in
Kngland."
The wife of Farmer Green, Maddy's
warmest friend in Honedale, did her best
to defend her against the attacks of those
whose remarks she well knew were caused
more by envy than any personal dislike to
Maddy. who used to Ik- so much of a pet
until her superior advantages separated
her in a measure from them. Good Mrs.
llreeu was sorely tried. Without in the
least blaming Maddy. she. too, had been
troubled at fhe frequency of Guy's visits
to the cottage. Accordingly, next day she
started for the cottage, which Guy had
just left, and this, in her opinion, ac
counted for the bright color in Maddy's
cheeks and the sparkle in her eye. Guy
had been there, bringing and leaving a
world of sunshine, but, alas ! his chances
for coining ever again a he had done
were fearfully small, when, at the close
of Mrs. Green's well-meant visit, Maddy
lay on Iter bed, her white, frightened face
buried in the pillows, and herself half
wishing she had died before the last hour
had come, with the terrible awakening it
had brought : awakening to the fact that
of all living beings. Guy Itemington was
the one she loved the best the one with
out wliiw preem-e it seemed to her she
could not live, but without wnlch she now
knew she must.
What was life worth without Guy.
and why had she been thrown so much
in his way: why iermitted to love him
as she knew she did. if she must lose him
now? Maddy could not cry: there was a
tightness about her ryes, and a keen, cut
ting pain about her heart as she tried to
pray for strength to do what was right
strength to cast Guy Itemington from her
heart, where it was a sin for him to be ;
and then she asked to be forgiven for tbs
wrong shs had aawittiofly done to Luc j
Athertfone, who trusted her implicitly,
and who, in her last letter, had said:
"If I had not so much faith in Gut
should be jealous of one who has so mauy
opportunities for stealing his heart from
me, but I trust you, Maddy Clyde. You
would not do a thing to harm me, I am
sure, and to lose Guy now, after theso
years of cruel waiting, would kill me."
GoingNto the table she opened her port
folio, the gift of Guy, and with her gold
pen, also his gift, wrote to him what the
neighbors were saying, and that he must
come there no more; at least only once
in a great while, because if he did, she
could not see him. Then, when this waa
written, she went down to Uncle Joseph,
who was calling for her, and sat by
him as usual, singing to him the songs
he loved so well, and which thla night
pleased him especially, because the voice
which sang them was so plaintive, so fall
of woe. Would he never go to sleep, or
the hand which held hers so firmly relax
its hold? Never, it seemed to Maddy,
who sat aud sang, while the night-bird on
a distant tree, awakened by the low song,
uttered a responsive note, and the hours
crept on to t midnight. Human nature
couiu enaure no more, ana wnen tne crazy
a ...I uer,( ;ow a.ng ot mm wuo
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gasping cry as she fell fainting on the
pjjow
"It was only a nervous headache," sh
said to the frightened Flora, who cama
at Uncle Joseph s call, and helped her ; It might be added that there is scarce
young mistress up to bed. "She would be ' ly a farming district In the United
better in the morning, and she would States where more benefits canout be
rather be alone."
So Flora left her there, but went often
to her door, until assured by the low
breathing sound that Maddy was sleep
ing at last.
"I can't see him, Flora," Maddy said,
when the latter came up with the mes-
sage that Mr. Remington was there with bllitles ahead. Describing the 900 co
ins buggy, and asked if a little ride would operative organizations of peasants in
not do her good. "I can't see him, but ' Ireland which he was Instrumental in
give him this," and she placed in Flora's
nanu the note,' baptized with so many tltlon with commercial industries, fore
tears and prayers, and the contents of inB. mlt middlemen coninelllnsr rall-
which made Gay1 furious-not at her, but
Of f h A nntnh Ksxc It a ln,iillf iiiA Antr Alia
mi :kk x..a a..a '
mruujrouuic uciKUUVia. nuu uau tai cu w
talk of him, or to breathe a suspicious
word against Maddy Clyde. He would
see ; he would make them sorry for it ;
they should take back every word; and
they should beg Maddy's forgiveness for
the pain they had caused.
All this, and much more, Guy thought,
as with Maddy's note in his hand, he combined to consign In bulk and dis
walked up and down the sitting room, rag-1 rplh,ltB thotr ono in tho murker Thev
ing like a young lion, and threatening
am r.n i t tK n XI n tn lint" BAA
her; he would see her; and so for the j thelr operations. They combined to
next half-hour Flora was the bearer of 3wn breeding animals. They did Just
written messages to and from Maddy's . what you are doing here, brought scl
room ; messages of earnest entreaty on the ence Into farming by getting it into the
one hand, and of firm denial on the other,
At last Maddy wrote :
If you care for me in the least, or foi
my respect, leave me, ana ao not come
again until I send for you. I am not
insensible to your kindness. I feel it
all ; but the world is nearer right than
you suppose. It does not look well for
you to come here so much, and I prefer
that you should not. Justice to Lucy re
quires that you stay away.
That ended it. That roused up Guy'i
pride, and writing back :
"You shall be obeyed. Good-by, he
sprang into his buggy, and Maddy, listen
ing, with head and heart throbbing alike,
heard him as he drove furiously away.
Those were long, dreary days which
followed, and but for her grandfather's
increasing feebleness Maddy would almost
have died. Anxiety for him, however,
kept her from dwelling too much upon
herself, but the excitement and the care
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wore upon ner saaiy, rouoiug uer eje ut
its luster and her cheek ot its remaining
bloom, making even Mrs. Noah cry when
she came one day with Jessie to see how
they were getting on. I
Maddy was glad to see her, and for a
time cried softly on her bosom, while
Mrs. Aoah s tears Kept company wuo
tiers, ivot a wora was sum ui uuj, ex
cept when Jessie told her he was in Bos
ton, and it was stupid at home without
him.
With more than her ordinary discretion
Flora kept to herself what had passed
when Guy was last there, so Mrs. Noah
knew nothing except what he bad told
her, and what she read in Maddy's white,
suffering face. This last was enough to
excite all her pity, and she treated the
young girl with the most motherly kind
ness, staying all night, and herself tak
ing care of grandpa, who was now too ill
to Sit UD.
There seemed to oe no aisease
T'SniT nnrm him. nothinc save old age, :
and the loss of one who for more than
forty years bad shared all his joy and
sorrow, lie coma not me wuuuui uci,
and one night, three weeks after Uuys
dismissal, he said to Maddy, as she wa9
about to leave him :
"Sit with me, darling, for a little while,
if vou are not too tired. Your grand-
mother seems near me to-night, and so
does Alice, yourtlmother. .Maybe I n oe
with them before another day. I hope I
may if God is willing, and there's much
I would say to you."
(To be continued.)
Kneaped Two Kinds of Dealh.
"If I have got to be killed, it's thb
lightning route for mine, every time," ( estimate tne vaiue or me sugur ai
declnres Michael (.'Iridium, who was cents jier pound, the 007,224,000 pounds
knocked off a roof bv a shock from a of sugar manufactured were worth
high-power wire. "Never knew what $43,525,080. Probably the assumed
struck me There was a buz-z-z-z, like Prices both for beets and for sugar may
you hear in a planing mill, only dreamy be a trifle below those actually receiv
ed sweet like pretty music. Then I,ed. but these figures are Bufflelently
seemed to Is? having a delightful 8ail. accurate to indicate the magnitude of
Then I woke up in the hospital with th Industry.
my burned hands done up, and they
told me I had fallen off the gas house
roof."
Chisham had a remarkable escape
from two kinds of death. He and a !
companion were sent to make repairs !
on the gas-hnuse roof In Hangor, Me.
Chlsham knew that there were high-'
power wires on the roof, and to keep
his cwiirade out of danger took the
risky end of the job. He made a slip
and touched a wire carrying 12,0)0 !
volts. Instantly he. was seen to fall,
roll down the roof to the other, nearly
flat, and bound thence to the ground. !
He was picked up unconscious, but ral-
lied In a short time, and except for
bad burns on his hands was uninjured. J
Spain Is the sunniest of all the Eu
ropean countries.
11 -r m i lul 4"fa
Value of Co-Operation
Sir Horace Plunkett, member of the
British house of parliament, who has
been in tats country reeeutly, mild In
an address to agricultural students
tuat then wa(J ,.uot R slngle countY
""' Parish, In Ireland where the
, ' ' . . , , . ,
I farmers are not completely revolutlon-
I ,zln tne entlre business of farming by
Introducing co-operative methods." Aud
reallzed by a closer co-operatlou of the
farmers. The farmers are understand
ing each other better each year and
are coming closer together in nil mat
ters which pertain to their mutual in
terests, but there are still greater possl-
establishing for the purpose of compe-
j roads t ,d bptter faclt,es and
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dictating more favorable legislation to
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1 rinaiin m nn rl tin si , rPkrk 4 rhlni tirna
ral"au'c"L' """c ' AUC . , f .
10 miroauee a system oi a8ricuiiurai
! education which extended into every
branch of the industry, teaching the
farmer, for Instance, to purchase every
thing he requires, Implements and ma
chinery, of the very best quality. They
j mh,na tn rorUIno. fnr
V V O tr
schools. They had the sjime system of
Instruction and experimentation sup
nlied by your government
New Varletr of Tobacco.
A new variety of tobacco valuable
for cigar wrapping, was first raised In
Connecticut from seed brought from
Florida and which
originally came
from Sumatra. Af
ter very careful and
satisfactory tests
results have proved
beyond a doubt the
value of this vari
ety for growing
commercially. to
gether with the fact
that the seed comes
true to type year
THE PLANT.
after veir when saved under boe. The
j -
unuie oiu ouwaua b""
to this variety. It is a cigar wrapper
'variety of tobacco and adapted for
growing under shade in the cigar wrnp-
uer Droducin2 regions. The plants
rcaen an average height of about elgh
feefc flt the tme of maturltyf and tney
bear an average of about twenty-six
leaves before topping. The cured leaves
will average about
sixteen . Inches in
width by twenty
Inches In length, al
thoughHbe size varies
according to field And
cultural conditions.
The yield of the crops
of Oils variety Is high,
being as much as
1,000 pounds of cured the leaf.
tobacco to the acre under favorable
conditions. The percentage of the best
grades of wrapper iu these crops Is
corresponaingiy nin- uxcunuge,
Value of Beet Sugar Product.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
beet sugar industry In the United
States can be given by estimating the
vajue 0f the beets sold by the growers
to the factory's and of the refined
sugar placed on the market by the fac
tories last year.
If we assume that the average price
paid for beets In 1900 was .?." per ton,
the total value of the 4.2::i,112 tons of
beets harvested Is ?2I.1S0,.rtiO. If we
Rlpenlns Green Tomatoes.
Often when frost comes there are
many tomatoes on the vines that are
nearly full grown, but that have not
yet ripened enough to send to market,
I have picked such tomatoes and put
them In a cool, dark place to ripen
slowly and sent them to market when
the supply had run low and prices run
high, says a writer In New Kngland
Homestead. But for home use a bet-'
ter way Is to pick the smaller ones
from the vines and then hang up the
branch In the cellar, darkening the
windows and keeping the place cool.
They will ripen slowly, and one may
Indulge In ripe tomatoes In January,
when those grown In a hothouse and
not as large or any better flavor are
selling at 25 cents a pound or more.
Mry It.
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Wintering Cabbaae.
One of the slmnlest ways of keeping
cabbage Is to store In an orchard or presses the poison glands and Injects
some sheltered place, often alongside the venom through minute openings la
a fence which has been made tight by tnein- In striking Its prey (for what
a liberal use of straw. The cabbages ever charm the serpent may employ to
are stored with their stems on and are Ret Its victim within easy reach, it re
placed head down aud as dose together the venom to give the coup
as possible. Two or three tiers are grace), these fangs may often be
often made, the heads of the second broken, and nature has provided a foil
tier being placed betw-M'n stems of tho "upply of reserve weapons, which lie
lower, and so on, the piles being made" dormant in the gums, and which within
of any width and length desired. The
whole Is covered with leaves, salt grass
hay or straw and a little soil, rails,
brush or litter. Small unsalable bends
when stored In this way in November
will continue to develop during winter
and frequently sell as well as any In
Februarv. Small ouantltles may be
stored by plowing out two or three fur
rows ten or twelve Inches deep on a
well drained site and placing the heads
with their steins up as close together
as possible. Some prefer to lay them
but one or two thick, while others will
pile them up two to two and a half
feet high, bringing them to a point.
The pile is then covered with straw,
salt grass hay or a thin layer of straw
and then several Inches of soil. They
are stored before freezing, and when
the soil covering them Is frozen It may
be covered with strawy manure or any
other litter to keep the soil frozen un
til the cabbages are needed for sale.
An Electrlo Incubator.
Electricity has been applied to Incu
bation by Otto Schultz, an electrician
of Strassburg, and is the result of three
years of experimentation. The appara
tus is niade for 50, 100 or 200 eggs,' and
is designed to obviate the difficulties
connected with the ordinary form of
Incubator. The manipulation of the ap
paratus is very simple, and its mainte
nance depends only upon an uninter
rupted supply of electricity.
An automatic attachment keeps the
temperature within one-tenth of a de
gree of the normal temperature of In
cubation. The degree of saturation of
the air Is kept in the same manner.
Under ordinary conditions, ninety
chickens can be counted on out of 100
eggs Incubated. The quantity of elec-
ticlty required Is very small, for an In
cubator holding fifty eggs, ten to twen
ty watts being sufficient, depending
upon the temperature of the outer air.
For raising the chickens after they
are hatched, an electric "mother" has
been devised. The upper part Is de
voted to the freshly hatched chickens,
while the lower part Is arranged so
that the chicks can run around on the
ground and at the same time find heat
and protection when they desire. The
electric Incubator has already proven
very successful.
Test Seeds at Home.
The Department of Agriculture in
order to aid fanners to determine for
themselves without much trouble she
termination value of mhhU hna Issued
a short bulletin on the subject. A very
simple apparatus for sprouting seeds
described. It consists of a shallow
sis in which is placed a small flat of
rous clay. The seeds, after having
boen soaked, are laid between two
sheets of moist blotting paper or flan
nel. A pane of glass covers the dish,
u-Meh fihmiUl Iwi L-eot In n tpm?writ tn r
of about 70 degree-. Atmosphere of
an ordinary living room Is suitable If
tlia iiitTtiirntiis tw loft nenr n ufnvp nt
. ... I,,, i t
night. Several kinds of seeds may be
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tested at once at a trifling cost The
bulletin cautions the farmer against
extremes of heat or moisture.
Fertlller Tensts with Corn.
Fertilizer tests with corn in Virginia
show clearly that plowing under green
leguminous crops is a highly beneficial
practice and that where this is fol-
lowed only moderate amounts of fertll-,
lty win oe necessary to give increased
yields. When vegetable matter Is lack-
ing. however, heavy applications of fer-'Ir
tilizer
Soule.
seem advisable. Andrew M.
Farm Cleanlna'a.
There is no standard for judging tht
guinea fowl. They should, however, be
of uniform shape, great activity and
reasonably good producers of eggs.
Their entire egg crop is produced iu
summer.
Bitter cream conies from keeping
cream too long from cows that have
been milked since early last spring. It
is best to churn every few days, even
thouhg there Is only a small churning
on band.
In setting out the new fruit trees be
sure and leave plenty of space between
them. You must make allowance for
the growth of the years. Crowded trees
Interfere with one another and have
their fruit bearing possibilities checked.
The Kitato storeroom must be dark.
cool, well ventilated and dry. There
should be a double floor beneath where
large quantities are plied together.
There should also be opportunities for
ventlatlon at the walls, and at Inter
vals through the pile.
A good condition powder, to be fed In
limited quantities to the brood sow. Is
composed of a teaspoonful each of cop-
perns, sulphur and a nair cuprul of oil-'
meal. Give once each day for each sow j
welshing 250 pounds. It Is needless to I
say that all tonics should be given only
ben the animal Is out of condition.
MATTLESlfAKB FALLACIES.
erpent Is Vangerooi Kven After R
1 luoval of l'olaon KtnKM,
Another common , misconception
which Is upt to lead to serious acci
dents is the belief that a rattler is ren
dered perfectly harmless, so that It
can be handled with Impunity, by- tho
removal of Its poison fangs. These
fangs, two In number, are situated In
the ujiper Jaw uud lie flat, except when
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erect and the closing of the Jaws com-
two weeks will develop and replace the
'njurea rang.
' An acquaintance who returned from
a hunting trip with twenty-five full
grown rattlers In a box kept them In
his office for two months, confined be
hind a coarse-meshed wire screen. He
handled them most carelessly, aa he
had extracted the poison fangs, but
when shown that each of them had de
veloped a perfect pair of new ones
there was a sudden rise In the local
snake mortality. One was preserved
and sent to the Bronx Zoo, where It
shortly afterward gave birth to a largo
litter of young ones, which could easily
have crawled through the screen be
hind which the mother bad been kept.
As each of them possessed the poison,
apparatus In full commission and was
without the power to rattle, they would
have been even more dangerous than
tdult snakes.
Professional snakehandlers are ofteii
Ignorant of this power to quickly re
place fangs possessed by rattlers, and
this Ignorance, Bays Outing, led to a
serious accident to one of them at Bos
tock's, at Coney Island, last year. He
was badly bitten and narrowly escaped
death, his recovery being attributed to
the generous amount of whisky which
was Immediately administered to him,
which Illustrates another mistaken
Idea. It Is a pity to shatter a pleasant
Illusion, but alcohol, except In very
small doses. Is harmful rather than
beneficial as an antidote to snake-bite
poison.
As a f matter of fact, although the
symptoms of rattlesnake poisoning are
most painful and alarming, an adult
rarely dies from the bite of the varie
ty common in the North. The diamond-
backs of the South attain a much larger
size, and consequently Inject more ven
om, and their bite Is proportionately
more dangerous.
THE BALM OF SILENCE.
The young woman beside whom Mrs.
Lamson seated herself with a Jounce
smiled at the newcomer, but bad no
time to speak. "My laud," said Mrs.
Lamson, "if I wan't thankful when I
saw you as I came Into this car!
Thinks I, 'At least I'll have five min
utes' peace' that's all the time I ride
In this car before I make my next
j "uauK-
""'s perfectly ridiculous having to
change, anyway, Just to ride a few
' blocks- I,ut goodness me! I've forget
1 transfer, ana 1 couian t walk tne
Htn, so I ought .not to complain,
My ankles won't bear me up on the slde-
walks since I took on all this extra
heft.
"The reason I was so glad to see
you of course I'm always glad is be-
cause l ye ?d'n w'tn that 1W
woman and I declare I never heard
such a talker in all my days! I couldn't
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said anything, 'twouldn't be so bad, but
she doesn't. Just maunders on about
the weather nnd her rheumatism.
"Now we all know the weather Isn't
anything we can help; we've Just got to
l)ear ,t however )nil 'tis, and. as I tell
joah we've had a trial of our ia-
tIence thlg yenr lf ever we h(lrt No
. aml thon 1umnlnz rllrh, ,nto
heat whon we were aI1 UI1,(PIMarpd.
And raJn, VVelli there's no use dwell-
( ou lf fls' j sa
And when TOU me to rheumatism.
WB. ., chookv for i,er to tell me
her symptoms that's what 'tw
anybody that's endured what I have
right In my own family! I wish yon
could see Josiah's knuckles. I tell him
I don't see what he will do lf they keep
on. And he has it so In the back of
his neck and his elbows. I've rubbed
him and rubbed him til I've been about
dead. And do you know, day before
yesterday I had a sharp pain shoot
right through my elbow, and I said to
myself Mercy, this Is where I change!
(ood-by, dear! I in really rested. Just
riding this little way with you. ood
by!" ,
Royal Fanning.
On their way to Tarls recently. King
Haakon and Queen Maud, of Norway,
passed through CVienliRgen. They
were received at the railway station
by King Frederick, King Haakon's
father. A. courtier who was present
ells, what the monarch said.
"Well, Haakon." said King Freder
ick, "how do you like being a kIngT"
"I would rather ask you," retorted
Haakon. "I've been a king longer
than you." v
This was quite true. Frederic1 of
Denmark succeeded to the throne upon
lthe death of his father. King Christian.
on January 29, lOOfi, but Haakon was
elected king of Norway by the Storth.
ing on November 18. 1905.
We never see our way clear to pa
aouwn ior ma umureua, eimec.