UKENSIBE
BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Aatbsr ! "Ntri IWn,M "Tk( EoflUh Orfliani." " Hotfi) on the Mllli'dc" "Um RWan,"
"Moiowtrook." " tempest $at Sansbine." "taulo Mudt," etc.
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CIIAPTEK XXII. (Continued.)
Maddy was glad of the racking head-
he which kept her in her bed the whole
of the next day. glad of any excuse to
stay away from the family, talking all
but Mrs, Noah of Guy, and what was
transpiring in England. They had failed
1 remember the difference in the longi
tude of the two places; but Maddy forgot
nothing, and when the clock struck four,
she called Mrs. Noah to her and whis
pcred. faintly
"They were to be married at eight in
fhe evening. Allowing for possible delays,
It's over before this, and Guy is lost
forever.
Mrs. Noah had no consolation to offer,
ind only pressed The hot, feverish hands,
while Maddy turned her face to the wall
and did not speak again, except to whisper
incoherently as she half slumbered, half
woke :
"Did Guy think of me when he prom-
ised to love her, and can he see how mis-
erable I am?"
Maddy was indeed passing through deep
waters, and that night, the fourth of De-
ceiiiber, the longest, the dreariest she ever
knew, could never be forgotten. Unce
past, the worst was over, and as the rarest
metal is purified by fire, so Maddy came
from the dreadful ordeal strengthened for
what was before her. lloth Agues and
Mrs. Noah noticed the strangely beautiful
expression of her face when she came
down to the breakfast room, while Jessie,
as she kissed her pale cheek, whispered :
lou look as if you had been with
angels."
Guy was not expected with his bride1
for two weeks or more, and as the days
dragged on Maddy felt that the waiting
for him was more intolerable than the see-
ing him with Lucy would be. Kestless
and impatient, she oould not remain quiet-
ly at the cottage while at Aikenside,
he longed to return again to her own
"u " " luc
uuui uie anniversary oi iuai iraj u
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he had come from New York and found
uuy waiting tor her at the station. 10
stay that day in the house so rife with
memories of the dead was impossible, and
Flora was surprised :ind delighted to hear
that both were going up to Aikenside in
the vehicle hired of Farmer Green, whose
on officiated as driver. It was nearly
noon when they reached their destination,
meeting at the gate with Flora's brother
Tom, who said to them :
"We've heard from Mr. Guy ; the ship
is in ; they'll be here sure to-night, and
Mrs. Noah is turnin' things upside down
with the dinner."
Leaning back in the buggy, Maddy felt
for a moment as if she were dying. Never,
until then, had she realized how, all the
while, she had been clinging to an inde-
finable hope, a presentiment that some
thing might yet occur to spare her from
a long lifetime of pain, such as lay be
fore her if Guy were really lost ; but the
bubble had burst, leaving her nothing to
hope, nothing to cling to, nothing but
black despair ; and half bewildered she
received the noisy greeting of Jessie, who
met her at the door and dragged her into
the drawing room, decorated with flowers
from the hothouse, told her to guess who
was coming.
"I know; Tom told me; Guy is coming
with Lucy," Maddy answered, and reliev
ing herself from Jessie, she turned to
Agnes, asking where Mrs. Xoah was and
if she might go to her.
Uh. .Maddy, child. 1 m sorry you ve
come to-day," Mrs. Noah said, as she
chafed Maddy's cold hands, and leading
her to the fire, made her sit down.
; "I did not know it, or I should have
stayed away," Maddy replied ; "I shall
not stay, as it is. I cannot see them to
day. Charlie will drive me hack before
the train is due; but what did he say?
And how is Lucy?"
"lie did not mention her. There's the
dispatch," and Mrs. Xoah handed to Mad
dy the telegram received that morning,
and which was simply as follows :
"The steamer is here. Shall be at sta
tion at five o'clock p. m.
, "GL'Y UEMINGTON."
Twice Maddy read it over, experienc
ing much the same feeling she would have
experienced had it been her death warrant
she was raiding.
"At five o'clock. I must go before that,"
she said, sighing as she remembered how,
one year a,?o that day. she was traveling
over the very route where Guy was now
traveling with his bride. Did he think
of it? Think of his long waiting at the
depot, or of that memorable ride, the
events of whirh grew more and more dis
tinct in her memory, making her cheeks
burn even now as she recalled his many
acts of tender care.
Laying the telegram on th table, she
went with Mrs. Noah through the rooms,
warmed and made ready for th- bride, lin
gering longest in Lucy's, which the bridal
decorations and the bright fire blazing in
the grate made singularly inviting. ,s
yet. there were no flowers there, and
Maddy claimed the privilege of arranging
them for this room herself. Agnes had
almost stri;ied the conservatory ; y,ut
Maddy found enough to form a most taste
ful bouquet, which she placH u)0n a
marble dressing table; then within a slip
of paper which she folded a'Tot the Un.
ehe wrote: "Welcome to the bride."
"They both will recognize my handwrit
ing they'll know I've l-en here." she
thought, as with one long, last look at
the room, she walked away.
They were laying the tahle for dinner
now, and with a kind of d.zzy, uncertain
feeling. Maddy wafhed the servants hur
rying to and fro, bringing out the choices;
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rnina, aim me Pi""'""' ia iionor
of the bride. Comparatively, it was not
lorg since a little, frightened, homesick
a-irl. she first sat down with Guy at that
table, frtun which the proud Agnes would
have banished her; but it seemed to her
tin axe, so murfi of happiness and pain
had come to her sine then. There 8
a place for her there now, a pl.i-e near
Guy: but she should not mi it. sh
could not etay ; and she astonished Am
and Jeaaie, Juat aa they were going to
their dinner toilet, by announcing
I her intention of coins homo. Sho was
not dressed to meet Mrs. Uemington. she
said, shuddering as for the first 'time sho
pronotiuced a nam which the servants
had frequently used, and which-jarred
on her ear every time sho heard It, She
was not dressed appropriately to meet
an English lady. Flora of course would
stay, she said, as it was natural she
should, to greot her new mistress; but
she must go, and she bade Charlie Green
bring around the buggy.
One long, sad, wistful look at Guy's
and Lucy's home, and Maddy followed
Charlie to the buggy waiting for her.
bidding him drive ranidlv. as there wa.
every indication of a coming storm.
The gray, wintry afternoon was draw
ing to a close, and the December night
w-as shutting down upon the Honedale
hills in sleety rain, when the cottage was
reached, and Maddv. nnssinir nn frhe nnr
row, slippery walk, entered the cold
dreary room, where there was neither fire
nor light, nor friendly voice to rreet her.
No sound save the ticking of the clock;
no welcome save the purring of the house
cat, who came crawling at her feet as
she knelt before the stove and tried to
kindle the fire. Charlie Green hud of-
fered to go in and do this for her, as in-
deed he had offered to return and stay all
night, but she had declined, preferring to
J be alone, and with stiffened fingers she
laid. tie kindlings Flora had prepared, and
then applying the match, watched the blue
flame as it gradually licked up the smoke
and burst into a cheerful blaze.
"I shall feel better when it's warm."
she said, crouching over the fire, and shiv
ering with more than bodily cold.
There was a kind of nameless terror
stealing over her as she sat thinking of
the year ago when the inmates of three
graves across the meadow were there be-
neath that very roof where she now sat
alon.
I I Strike a ehf " she saM risintr tn
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hAr fvt A . , . .,,
shadowy corners filling her with fear.
iHmn fmlnH . ... tr,aAU.
Roon dispersed the darkness from
the cornera ani1 thfl fpflI. frnm tAAva
hoartt but it rou,d not drjve from
mind thoughts of wht miht f tht
ment be transpiring at Aikenside. If the
bride and groom came at all that night,
she knew they must have been there for
an hour or more, and in fancy she saw the
tired, but happy, Lucy, as up in her pleas
ant room she made her toilet for dinner,
with Guy standing by and looking on just
as he had a right to do. Did he smile
approvingly upon his young wife? Did
his eye, when it rested on her, light up
with the same expression she had seen
so often when it looked at her? Did he
commend her
taste and say his little
wife was beautiful, as he kissed her fair,
white cheek, or was there a cloud upon
his handsome face, a shadow on his heart.
heavy with thoughts of her, and would he
rather it were Maddy there in the bridal
room? If so, his burden was hard indeed.
but not so hard as hers, and kneeling on
the floor, poor Maddy laid her head in the
chair, and, 'mid piteous moans, asked God
to help them both to bear their lot.
The prayer ended. Maddy still sat upon
the floor, while over her pale face the
lamplight faintly flickered, showing the
dark lines beneath her eyes and the tears
stains on her cheek. Without, the storm
still was raging, and the wintry rain, min
gled with sleet and snow, beat piteously
against the curtained windows, while the
wind howled mournfully as it shook the
(loor an( svvepping past' the cottagtt went
screaming over the hill. But Maddy heard
nothing of the tumult. She had brought
a pillow from the bedroom, and placing
it upon the chair, sat down again upon
the floor ind rested her head upon it.
She did not even know that her pet cat
had crept up beside her, purring content
edly and occasionally licking her hair,
much less did she hear above the storm
the swift tread of horses' feet as some
one came dashing down the road, the rider
pausing an instant as he caught a glimpse
of the cottage lamp and then .hurrying
on to the public house beyond, where the
hostler frowned moodily at being called
out to care for a stranger's horse, the
stranger meanwhile turning back afoot
to where the cottage lamp shone, a bea
con lieht throueh the inky darkness. The
stranger reached the little gate and, un
doing the fastening, went hurrying up the
walk, his step upon the cracKimg snow
catching Maddy's ear at last and making
her wonder who could be coming there
on such a night as this. It was probably
Charlie Green, she said, and with a feel
ing of impatience at being intruded upon
she arose to her feet just as the door
turned upon its hinges, letting in a pow
erful draught of wind, which extinguished
the lamp and left her in total darkness.
But it did not matter. Maddy had
caught a sound, a peculiar cough, which
froze the blood in her veins and made her
tpinke with terror quite as much as if the
footwteps hurrying toward her had been
he footsteps of the dead, instead or oe-
nigin-.'. as she knew they did, to iuy
Kemington Guy. who, with garments su-
urated with rain, felt for her in the dark
ness, found her where from faintness she
ind crouched again beside the chair, drew
jer closely 10 Uim, in a imMiuuaii-u auuvi.
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painful, hug. and aid, on : so tenuerij .
Madly, my darling, my own; v e
will never be parted again
CIIAITKK XXIII.
Hour had gone by, and the clock hands
tinted to twelve, ere Maddy compelled
Uerif to hear the story Guy had come
to til. She had thrust him from her at
first, shaking to him of Lucy, his wife,
and Guy had answered her back: "I have
no w.fe I never had one. Lucy is in
heaven." and that was all Maddy knew
until the gr.t shock had spent itself
in t-ar and so!s. which became almost
convulsion a he tried to realize the fact
that Iaicj Atherstone was dead ; that the
bridal r-.be aU,ut which she had written,
with girlish frankness, proved to be her
hrud, and that her head that night waa
not pillowed on Guy', arm, but waa rent-
ing under English turf and beneath an
English kk y . Mio cotilil listen at last, but
her breath came in panting gasps; while
Guy told her how, on the very morning
of the bridal. Lucy had greeted him- with
her usual bright smile, appearing and
looking better than he had before aociJhor
look since ho reached her mother's home j
how for an hour they sat, together aJone in
a little room sacred to her, because years
before it was there he confessed his love.
Seated on a low ottoman, with' her
golden head lying on his lap, she had
that morning told him, in her artless way,
how much she loved him, and how hard it
sometimes was to make her lovo for the
creature second to her love for the Cre
ator; told him she was not faultless, and
asked that when he found how erring
and weak she was. he would bear with her
frailties as she would bear with hU J
talked with him, too, of Maddy Clyde,
confessing in a soft, low tone, how onca
or twice a pang of jealousy had wrung
her heart when she read his praises of hla
pupil. But she had conquered that; she
had prayed it all away ; and now next
to her own sister, she loved Maddy Clyde.
Other words, too, were spoken words of
guileless, pure affection, too sacred even
for Guy to breathe to Maddy ; and then
Lucy had left him her hart-bounding stop
echoing through the hall and up the wind
ing stairs down which she never came
again alive, for when Guy next looked
upon her she was lying white as a water
lily, her neck and dress and golden hair
stained with the pale red life, current
oozing from her livid lips. A blood vessel
had been suddenly ruptured, the physi
cian said, and for her, the fair, young
bride, there was no hope. They told her
she must die, for the mother would have
them tell her. Once, for a few moments,
there rested on her face n fearfully fright
ened look, such as a harmless bird might
wear when suddenly caught in a snare.
But that soon passed away as from be
neath the closed eyelids the great tears
came gushing, and the stained lips whis
pered faintly : "God knows best. Poor
Guy ! break it gently to him."
At this point in the story -Guy brokw
down entirely, sobbing as only strong men
can sob.
"Maddy," he said, "I felt like a heart
less wretch a most consummate hypo
crite as, standing by Lucy's side, I met
the fond, pitying glance of her blue eyes,
and suffered her poor little hand to part
my hair as she tried to comfort even
though every word she uttered was short
ening her life; tried to comfort me, the
wretch who was there so unwillingly, and
who at this prospect of release hardly
knew at first whether he was more sorry
than pleased. You may well start from
me in horror, Maddy. I was just the
wretch I describe; but' I overcame it,
Maddy, and heaven is my witness that no
thought of you intruded itself upon me
afterward as I stood by my dying Lucy
gentle, patient, loving to the last. I saw
how good, how sweet she was, and some
thing of the old love, the boy love, came
back to me, as I held her in my arms,
where she wished to be. I would have
saved her if I could ; and when I called
her 'my darling Lucy,' they were not idle
words. I kissed her many times for my
self, and once, Maddy, for you. She told
me to. She whispered : Iviss me, Guy,
for Maddy Clyde. Tell her I'd rather she
should take my place than anybody else
rather my Guy should call her wife
for I know she will not be jealous if you
sometimes talk of your dead Lucy, and
I know she will help lead my boy to that
blessed home where sorrow never comes.
That was the last she ever spoke, and
when the sun went down death had claim
ed mv bride. She died in my arms, Mad-
lv. I saw her buried from my sight, and
then, Maddy, I started home; thoughts of
you and thoughts of Lucy blended equal
ly together until Aikenside was reached.
I talked with Mrs. Noah ; I heard all of
von there was to tell, and then I talked
with Agnes, who was not greatly surpris
ed, and did not oppose my coming here
to-night. I could not remain there,
knowing you were alone. In the bridal
chamber I found your bouquet, with its
Welcome to the bride.' Maddy, you must
be that bride. Lucy sanctioned it, and
the doctor, too, for I told him all. His
own wedding was, of course, deferred, and
he did not come home with me, but he
aid: 'Tell Maddy not to wait. Life is
too short to waste any happiness. She
has my blessing.' And, Maddy, it must
be so. Aikenside needs a mistress; you
are all alone. You are mine mine for
ever.
The storm had died away, and tht
moonbeams stealing through the window
told that morning was breaking, but
neither Guy nor Maddy heeded the lapse
of time. Theirs was a sad kind of hap
piness as they talked together, and could
Lucy have listened to them she would
have felt satisfied that she was not for
gotten. One long, bright curl, cut from
her head by his own hand, was all there
was left of her to Guy, save the hal
lowed memories of her purity and good
ness memories which would yet mold the
proud, impulsive Guy into the earnest,
consistent Christian which Lucy in her
life had desired that lie should be, and
which Maddy rejoiced to see him.
(The Knd.)
Held In Hfserv.
Peppery Colonel fat the club card
tal,le) OkmI heavens, sir! Haven't
you pot a black suit?
Irrepressible Sub Yes, sir; but 1'rt
saving it for your funeral. Londol
Punch.
A Dead One.
"Apparently," said Stibbubs,
"the
7:34 is late this morning."
"Worse than that," replied the sta
tlon agent. "I'm afraid it's the 'late
lamented 7:..' There's been a wreclf
up the road." Philadelphia Press.
He Knew.
"Say. pnw." queried little Tommy
Toddles, "what is the bonr of eontes
tion?"
"The Jawbone, my son," answered the.
old man, with a side glance at bis wife,
Ills Literary lent.
The Maid Young Sprlggs, the poet,
Is awfully round shouldered, isn't be?
The Man les; thats bis literary
bent
It is estimated that there are 2,500
000 dogs In Great Britain.
Putting I'D Silage.
tMany people make the mistake of
cutting com too green for sllnge,
wmes ur- u' ""nga in American
' Agriculturist. At this stage there is
a larger percentnge of water, and the
Silage when taken out has a large
amount of acid, less starch and sugar
and hence is. less nutritious. Corn
planted in drills with stalks eight to
ten Indies apart will mature a good
proportion of ears.
Harvesting should not begin until
the ears are passing the roasting stage
and begin to glaze. JUnless the season
is exceptionally dry the stalks and
leaves will remain green, but too ma
ture or dry corn Is more liable to
mold. This may be found In spots
Around the sides or more generally
over the silowherever the air has gain
ed access to cause the fungous growth,
This condition may be improved by
tramping the material carefully In the
silo, adding water by sprinkling with
a hose, or if this Is not avalable dl
rect a stream of water Into the blower
or elevator sufficient to saturate the
cut fodder. This moisture assists the
material to settle and acts as a seal
to keep out the air.
There should be labor and teams
enough to keep the cutter running
steadily. Nothing is gained by cutting
a large amount of corn beforehand,
hauling and piling near the machine
to be handled over again. Aim to har
vest at the least expense a ton. This
will be accomplished as follows: If
band cutting Is practiced, cut and hand
directly to the man loading, not throw
ing on the ground In bundles, which
will require an extra handling. Let
each load come to the table of the ma
chine In turn, handling the corn direct
ly to the feeder. If the corn is long
and heavy an extra man is needed on
the table to assist.
Tower should be ample and In pro
portion to the size of the cutter. The
blower is replacing the elevator ma
chine, economizing space and largely
doing away with the stopping of an
entire crew to repair the elevator. If
the corn is heavy and the stalk larg
cutting in half Inch to one Inch pieces
will have the tendency to partially
shred the stalk, and there will be no
butts refused by tie animals.
Teh material in the silo should be
kept level and well trampled, especial-
J ly around the sides of the silo, and It
pays to have sufficient help for this
work. Where considerable silage is
put up it pays to have a corn harvest-
FILLING THE BIL0.
er and binder, which economizes hand
labor. The accompanyin- illustration
shows part of the outfit used at the
New Jersey experiment station In fill
ing the silo. for fall and winter feed.
The source of power . for running the
utter and blower Is a gasoline engine.
Avoiding Wa(u.
The first great lesson to be learned
is to avoid waste. Waste has been the
curse of agriculture. Why pay taxes
on land that Is not farmed? Why only
half cultivate the fields and so waste
both land and labor Why waste time
and capital In raising Inferior animals?
Why waste money In buying what
should be raised on the farm? Why
waste energy in trying to do more than
any one man can do right? On many
farms there is waste in a thousand
ways, ana no wonder tnat to some
"farming does not pay." The small
details must be looked after, and no
farm should be larger than what can
be properly attended to.
Bet Grafting Wax.
The following Is claimed to be the
best grafting wax, by an old orchard
1st who says be has tried a great
many: To four pounds of rosin and
one of beeswax add one pint of linseed
oil ; put In an Iron pot, heat slowly
nd mix ; pour Into cold water and pull
nntil it assumes a light color. Work
'nto sticks, and put into a cool place
intll wanted. Some prefer linseed oil
10 animal fat for grafting wax.
Manure for the Garden.
Let the barnyard manure for the gar
den be well rotted if it Is desired to cul-
tlvate
lt into the soil early In the
Epring; but If coarse, green manure nas
to be used, scatter broadcast during toe
winter, and rake up or mulch part of
it before plants are set in spring. Of
course, this applies to ground that has
plowed the past falL
Dran tot Poultry,
"Ilrnn is nn excellent food for poul
try in all stages of growth us well as
for laying hens. One groat point In
Its favor is its cheapness. It contains
a larger proportion of lime than any
other food at' the price, and lime Is
essential to growth of bone, muscles
t.nd feathers, us well as the formation
of shells for eggs. Lime which Is
found in food for some, reason is much
more eoslly assimilated than In the
form of oyster shell and the like.
Wheat Is a most excellent poultry food,
but the high price prohibits many
from using It freely. Bran and clo
ver used in connection with oats will
produce as good results. Clover and
alfalfa are rich In lime and should be
had at all times In the green state
when possible and In the form of well
cured hay the rest of the year. Cut
alfalfa and bran may be fed In the
form of a mash. Skim milk Is an ideal
thing' to moisten it with. Fowls, how
ever, will consume Quantities of bran
dry fed from a self-feeder and they
eat alfalfa or clover hay freely from
the stack or manger.
"Bran may be used mixed with the
cut grain n the self-feeder and per
haps this is the most convenient form
of all In which to use It.
"Some of the most valuable food
properties contained in the wheat are
left In the bran and its food value for
poultry Is not fully appreciated by
many poultry raisers or we would see
more of them using it in the ration.
If you feed bran, clover and alfalfa
you need on oyster shell ond very little
cut bone or lean meat. In fact a flock
will get on and yield lots of eggs wlth
ou any attempt to furnish meat If the
bran and alfalfa is fed." Poultry
Topics.
Overshoe (or Horses.
Horses undoubtedly require an over
shoe when the ground Is snowy and
coated with ice as much so as the
average human be
ing. Drivers, al
though anxious to
protect horses from
injury by falling,
have been unable
to procure practl-
cal and satlsfae-
tory overshoes.
Those made of rub
b e r prevent the
horse from slip-
STRAPS OTX HOOF.
ping, but they wear
out so quickly their cost Is prohibitive.
In the illustration is shown one which
seems well fitted to serve the purpose,
Invented by a Massachusetts man. It
Is made along similar lines to the
"grlpper" chain pluced on automobile IS52 Laval university at Quebec open
ties. The tread Is formed of a num- ed.
her of metallic links. When the over-
shoe Is adjusted on the foot the links
intervene between the hoof and the
ground, affording a firm grip. This
overshoe need not necessarily be worn
on the horse all the time, but in case
of sudden freeze can be quickly ad-
Justed In position and removed when
desired.
Result At Corn Breeding;.
From numerous experiments made
in Wisconsin there has been developed
strain of white dent corn which
grows on a very short, thick-set stalk,
and which matures a good-sized ear,
and the ears run remarkably uniform.
The growth centers In the ear rather
uiim in producing a uig siai at me
expense of a small ear. After four
years of careful, persistent work, there
ore numerous corn fields In Southern ,
and Central Wisconsin which vfill j
yield 00 to 80 bushels per acre, and
iw uusiieis nave neen reporreu several
times. tich results coming from a
State which a few years ago was con
sidered out of the corn belt demon-
strate what corn breeding will accom-
pllsh when curried on along sensible
il lies.
Clover and Fodder.
Clover and corn furnish a foddei
ration that can not easily be Improved
nnon for dalrv cows. Two factors
should be taken Into account when de-
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termlning the amount of grain to feed.
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One is the extent to which clover or
alfalfa Is fed, and the second Is the raoh in the year 341 r. C. It also con
production of the cow. The rule with firms the statement of the Greek histo.-lan
some Is to feed one pound of grain for Diodorus, of the first century B. C, say-
every three pounds of milk produced,
When clover or alfalfa form a large
part of the ration It would seem rea- that they formerly dictated terms in mar
sonahle to surmose that a less minnrltv riage. Since Diodorus no evidence had
of grain would suffice than the amounts
named.
Cheap Pertllllnar.
sma nr tha iit f,irma in tho r..
have been brought to the highest de- bw,.n in western IVmisylvania.
gree of fertility by the use of clover,11 .-Pootic lymphangms and the Mate
, , . . veterinary department is taking every pos-
lime and manure. The farmers who gible mpan t0 8tnuin out thp ,lisi.asp he,
have . accomplished such results have fore it hnH rniISP(j Rrpat loss to horse
aimed to save every pound of manure, owners throughout the State,
and also to preserve It in the best ; This disease has been known for a long
manner. Lime Is used extensively by time in India, China, Japan and the
those who know that lime is an essen- Philippine Islands, and more recently in
tlal ingredient of plants, and also be- South Africa. From South Africa it was
cause it Is excellent for increasing the ""Tied, after the Boer war. to England
clover crop. Clover enriches the land
by promoting the supply of nitrogen in
the soil, hence lime and clover make
an excellent combination.
I About 40 horses deemed incurable have
been destroyed. The others are in quar
The frame of this wire-winding ma- Bn,ine. The disease is a dangerous one
chine is constructed of 2x4 lumber, f anj hard to combat.
feet by 2 feet 5 Inches. Standards for
W ACII1JIE TO WI.-VD WIRE.
holding shaft, 2 feet 10 Inches. Shaft atiDg 1 197.385,225 of indebtedness de
for holding wire spool, 3 feet 5 Inches futtd. as compared with 10.02 failures
long with crank. For wheels, iwUl-
c- wheels will do.
WEEKLY
! 1253 The Alhambra, a famous Moorish
palace near Granada, founded by
Mohammed I.
1051 First school opened in New Eng
land for instruction of Indian chil
dren. 1 1731 -First issue of the South Carolina
I Gazette at Charleston,
i 1750 George Washington married to
j Martha Custis.
1703 Stamp act passed the British Par
liament. 1773 First provincial assembly of South
Carolina met at Charleston.
1777 Elizabethtown, N. J., evacuated
by the British.
1779 Lafayette sailed from Boston to
aid France in her war with Eng
land. 1781 French attack on Jersey.
1789 First national election held in tha
United States.
1791 Vermont adopted the Constitution.
1793 First balloon ascension in Amer
ica made by Francois ltlanchard.
1800 Cape of Good Hope taken by the
English. .. .Public funeral in Lon
don to Lord Nelson.
1809 Congress urged drastic measures
to enforce embargo act.
1S11 New Orleans militia called out to
suppress negro insurrection.
1815 British defeated at battle of New
Orleans.
1810 Safety lamp, invented by Sir
Humphrey Davy, first used in coal
mine.
1820 Large part of Savannah, Ga de
stroyed by fire.
1840 Henry D. Gilpin of Pennsylvania
became Attorney General of United
States.
1848 Insurrection at Messina.
1853 The Victoria nugget, weiching 23
pounds, sent by Australia as a pres
ent to Queen Victoria.
1801 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi
spoke in justification of secession...
Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1803 The Alabama sank the United
States steamer Ilatteras.
1807 Movement to impeach President
Johnson began in the House.
1S70 Postcards first introduced into
England.
1872 Congress arranged to issue 1 cent
postal cards.
1874 Statue of the prince consort un
veiled in London by the Prince of
Wales.
1S83Unit(l(, StatPS Spnntft pnssed a
presidential succession bill.
,KSo M .. , . . sno
8to..m in the vorthwest.
1891,nr,rnntional monotary conference
met at Washington
1803Lnst spike (lrivpn in (;ront Xo)(n.
erQ extPnsion to tl)e Pacific coast.
Woman First In Kifypt.
An Egyptian papyrus over L'.tXtO yearv
0ld, which has been brought to the Toledo
(Ohio) Museum of Art with other an
tiquities, is found to be of exceptional im
portance, as it establishes the date of the
reign of a Pharaoh hitherto unknown and
throws light on the condition of woman
in the fourth century, B. C. The name
01 me writer wno signs mm papyrus is
found .n another documenut in Strnsburg
university, which iieuis u uriiuiie wine,
!, , , ... .
consequently his reference to the Pharaoh
k-nliahllllHhl. nlnf.PS thp rpllfn of thB, i.hn.
ing that women were more important in
the social scale of Egypt than men and
heen found substantiating his statement,
New Disease of Horses.
A new and destructive disease of horse
new, thnt is, to this continent has
- ;- "
Agriculture has been combating it active
ly for several years. When or by what
agency it reached Pennsylvania has not
been discovered.
neoes of Paroling; D071,
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children at New York re
ports that 89 per cent of the 1.497 boys
and girls accused of various offenses and
paroled during 1907 Lave mended their
vays.
Tbe Failures of ll7.
Dun's Agency reports a total of 11,723
I failure diirinir l'MY7 tr,A-
0 the preceding year and $ 1 19,201,515
liabilities.