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CHAPTER XIII.
Pauline made an effort to look unlike
keraelf; but hers wait an Individuality
not easily hidden under a large plaid
traveling wrap and a plain black bonnet
nil roil. At any rate, Mr. Daws wit
not deceived by them, and guessed whi)
bit risitor was the moment he wu
shown into his dusty little private office
He remained standing silent and mo
tionlesa, with his bright, beadlike ryes
Witching her from under bla heavy brows
until aha felt almost hysterical.
"I have come with reference to an ad
vsrtisement iu this morning's Time. alie
bsgan. "I believe you inserted Itt"
"No." She looked incredulous for l
moment, then said: "Then, if you did not,
you know who did, and you will favor
ma with their address,"
-What for?"
"I wish to see them."
"Why?"
-Why:" Pauline draw herself up
proudly, for she was getting irritted. as
he answered. "I think that ia my busi
ness." "Not at all! It is ours."
"You will surely not refuse to let me
have the address of the person who put
that notice in this morning's Times, when
I te!i yon that I came on Sir Geoffrey's
behalf. I am. in fact, a relative of his.
It saya It is for Sir Geoffrey's 'decided
Jvautage." But how?"
"That's my client's business. Lawyers
never reveal their clients' affairs."
"But, if you will neither tell me your
self nor give me your client's address,
how can I find out for Sir Geoffrey what
tha advantage is?"
"Send him here himself."
"He can't come. He ia very 111," ahe
told the lawyer.
"Then we must wait until he's well."
"You will absoultely tell nobody but
himself what thi:i wonderful advantage
ur
"No one."
Pauline rose from her chair, and they
looked steadily at each other for a few
seconds. She gathered her energies for
her last effort. She placed her hand on
the table between them, and leaned for
ward slightly.
"What ia your price for the address
I want?"
Daws' eyes glittered. Two thoughts
passed through his mind before he an
swered: "You have shown your fear by
the offer of a bribe; and heaven save
the Frenchwoman if I betray her, for
you will certainly murder her!" Then
he apoke:
"The information yon ask for la price
less." "I can give more than you think, per
haps. One hundred pounds?" A pause.
"Two hundred three hundred four
hundred five!"
"I have answered; it is priceless."
She looked for one instant aa If she
would spring on him and tear the secret
from him; then there came the aullen
look of one beaten and baffled, and ahe
turned without another word, went
down the rickety stairs, and re-entered
the cab which had been waiting for her.
Pauline had counted confidently on
making a bargain with Messrs. Daws &
Raven. She believed that some unknown
person had accidentally found out cer
tain facts of her past life which she had
pressing reasons for keeping secret, and
he thought ahe had only to offer them
good price for their silence and the
matter would end there. Now that she
was once more in her own room, wrap
ped in s warm dressing gown, and with
leisure to think, she began to see that
there waa something more than the mere
freed of gain prompting her unknown ad
versary. Thia fighting In the dark waa alarming.
If ahe only knew from what quarter
to expect the attack ahe might be able to
make aome sort of resistance; as It waa,
there waa nothing to be done but sit
down and calmly await the onslaught.
On one point only could she make op
ber mind ahe must hurry on her mar
riage. Let her once be Jack's wife, and,
no matter what phantoms should rise
from the paat to threaten her, ahe would
t least be anre of his love; for ahe
would love him so dearly, she would be
so gentle, so winning, that he would not
be able to withhold his love from her,
even though he should grieve to find her
other than he had thought.
And ao that evening she got Jack'a
consent that they should be married a
fortnight hence, on the 18th of Septem
ber, the day after ahe reached her twenty-fifth
year.
CHAPTER XIV.
Ethel was certainly very courageous.
She was also strong, young and healthy,
nd had an unusual amount of self-pride,
11 of which kept her from giving way
under the load of grief that came upon
her after Jack's faithless behavior. But
she felt her sorrow none the less deeply,
nd hid It from her father'a sight.
Captain Pelllng had been away nearly
week on a visit to an old friend, and
Ethel was feeling the daily monotony of
ber life very Irksome aa she once more
set about making her father s coffee.
There were letters on the table, but
she did not feel particularly curioua
bout them. As ahe placed the coffee pot
on the table the writing on the envelope
next to ber own plate caught ber eyes.
The blood ruahed to ber fuce, and, with
nervous haste she picked up the envelope
and opened it. She read the Invitation
card, and the flush fade slowly, leaving
a expression of sorrowful contempt on
her face.
"Poor Jack!" ahe aighed. "I wonder
If he thinks a few civilities of this kind
will make amends for his conduct in the
paat? Does he Imagine he can repay 014,
for the loss of bla love Dy iioiuing out
the hand of friendly patronage? Can
be believe It would give me pleasure to
nend an evening In watching his atteu
lions to his handaome hostess?" She
threw the card from ber with an lmpa
tlent sigh. "How contemptibly foolish It
Is of me to care so much after all this
timet Perhaps dad would like to sat his
The Vifc's Srctj
OR A BITTER RECKONING !
By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEMB
j.
old home again: and, as It does not really
matter much whether I go or not, I will
do as he wishes about it."
As she heard her father'a atep on the
stairs ahe turned as brightly as usual
toward him to say, "Good morning."
Then she held his envelope behind her
playfully, saying: "A thousand guesses,
and you will not guess where this letter
is from, papa.'"
"I ahall not make ouv -to tell me."
"It ia an invitation to Malilngford
for the seventeenth of thla month from
Miss Mailing herself, for ball."
"A ball:" he repeated. "Why in the
world should Miss Mailing Invite me to
a ball?" He looked at the envelope
curiously, and then said: "It Is addressed
to "G. Mallett. Esq.,' and in Jack Dorn
ton's writing: Oh, I begin to under
stand."' he went on. In a voice of genu
ine relief, as he took the card from the
envelope. "I feared for the moment that
Summers had been doing a kindness, as
he calls it, aud persuaded Pauline Mail
ing to iuvite her poor relatives to her
balL But this civility ia evidently due
to Dornton's good nature, and is sent in
all good faith, to 'the Malletts, old
friends of mine,' as he would say in de
scribing us."
Who la Summers, papa?"
Lord Summers is your cousin's guar
dian."
"Of course I remember the kind-
looking old man we met at the Exhibi
tion last May."
"Yes. I've been In constant dread ever
since that unfortunate meeting that he
would seek me out and try to do sonie-
thing for me. That was why I was ao
annoyed when you told him you copied
In the galleries; I thought he might
pounce on yon and worm our address out
of you."
Do you think he would tell Miss
Mailing about my copying at the gal
leries, papa?".
No doubt of it; he ia an inveterate
talker."
Ethel had a sudden conviction that
Miss Mailing had used this information
to obtain their address, if Lord Sum
mers had not, and believed she had at
last found out to whom she was indebt
ed for her anonymous letter. This be
lief did not increase her desire to go to
Malilngford; but ahe held to her resolu
tion to leave the decision in her father'a
hands.
"Do you want to go to the ball?" he
asked.
"I don't care one bit about it, if yon
don't want to go, dad."
I don't care about the ball, either;
but I should like you to see the old place,
EtheL If we were to go to the ball I
ahould most likely run up against some
one who would remember me aa Geoffrey
Mailing, and there would be quite a little
sensation over my reappearance; but this
invitation entitles as to call on Miss Mail
ing, in any case. Send an acceptance,
my dear; we can follow it np by an ex
cuse on the morning of the 17th. In the
meantime we will run down one day and
leave our cards and take a look round
just aa ordinary strangera, and no one
will think we are anything else."
Ethel waa glad the queatlon was set
tled in this way, for ahe, too, wished to
see the old house that should in justice
have been her father'a. Mr. Malett open
ed the other letter and threw it across to
her.
"Read it out, EtheL It's from Pelling.
I've talked so much that I've no time to
eat."
Ethel read the letter, which ran aa
follows:
"My Dear Mallett I aend some birds
by to-night's train; hope they will arrive
all right. I am tired of this place, but
can't get away under the promised fort
night. My old friend haa taken a wife
aince 1 laat saw mm. cam wue nas
three sisters at present staying with ber;
and, as they are all of the genua 'blue
stocking,' my life has been a burden to
me 'since my arrival here. Sport Is ex
cellent, but just the least bit monotonous.
The house ia full of pleasant people
and yet I miss your society more than I
could have thought possible; and I am
really anxioua to get back, to our work.
Tell Miss Mallett not to forget her prom
ise "
"What promiae was that?" Mr. Mal
lett asked.
"I'm not quite sure what he means,
unless " Ethel blushed slightly.
"Never mind; finish the letter to your
self, my dear, for I must be off directly."
After seeing her father off and finish
ing the letter, Ethel did not feel alto
gether happy. She was afraid Captain
Pelling had set too high a value on her
words, and she tried to recall exactly
what ahe had said when he had called
to Bay good-by. What had really occurred
was this. When Ethel put her hand into
Pelling'a he held it while he said:
"I wish I could flatter myself by be
lieving you would miss me a little while
I am away, Miss Mallett; but perhaps It
would be a welcome miss, for I know
I'm a terrible bore sometimes."
He looked so wistful that Ethel felt
quite a thrill of sympathy for him, and,
on the impulse of the moment, respond
ed: "I'm sure I shall miss you, and I shall
be glad to see you back again."
And Pelling had left her with a face
so glorified with delight that she bad
feared aud wondered continually what
such glorification might mean, and had
alternately blamed herself for her Im
pulHive words, and him for his misinter
pretation of them.
Pauline was rather staggered a couple
of daya later when she received affirma
tive replies from Mr. and Miss Mallett;
but she was in such a whirl of excite
ment by this time that so small a peril
as a visit from her uncle and cousin pass
ed by unheeded.
It was now the 8th of September, and
she was to be married on the 18th. Ba
bette was the only member of the house
hold who bad been taken iuto her mis
tress' confidence with regard to her ap
proaching marriage, and the vivacious
French woman was delighted At the
' prospect of going up to town every day
between then and the ISth, to after
the piles of new finery Indispensable at
such a time.
CHAPTER XV.
The 1.1th of September bad come, and
to Bahctte's groat discomfiture Messrs,
Da A- Raven had not yet discovered
S r Geoffrey's address. Only live days
remained to the date of the wedding she
had sworn to frustrate.
She had been to town to get some
luce for her mistress, nnd Incidentally (o
Interview the lawyers, and was now re
turning dispiritedly to Mallingford. At
the station, as she was about entering
a conveyance, she beard some one be
hind her asking for a fly to go to Mall
Insford Park. She turned to look at the
inquirer, and for a moment stood staring
at a tall, well-bred looking man. evl
dently on the wrong side of fifty, with
a sweet faced girl of eighteen on his arm.
She recognised the girl aa the young lady
she had followed from the Museum to
her home, anil whose name she had dis
covered from the neighboring trades peo
ple by her mistress' orders about two
mouths before. Then she remembered
posting a letter to this young lady for
her mistress, nd next she recalled hav
ing seen Dornton's letter to the same
person a few days Inter, and In a olin I
fashion without knowing why, she con
nected their appearance at Malliugford
with those letters, and a wild hope
sprang up in her heart that this elderly
aristocrat and his pretty daughter had
come to Malilngford to help on her pur
pose of preventing Miss Mailing's mar
riage. Babette was soon deposited at Malilng
ford House. She made herself presenta
ble, and went down to Miss Mailing's
boudoir on the ground tlo r on the pre
tense of discussing her morning's pur
chases with her mistress, but really with
the determination to hang about the
neighborhood of the reception rooms, and
witness if possible, overhear the Inter
view between Miss Mailing and these
Malletts.
The windows of the tsuidoir overlooked
a long stretch of the principal drive.
When Babette reached the room It was
empty. She placed herself to watch for
the arrival of the fly from the village.
She saw it come up the long avenue
and stop at the main entrance. Then she
went to the hall and bujied herself look
ing for an Imaginary missing shawl
among the numberless wraps lying about.
The hall porter, for some unknown rea
son, was not at his post, and an inexpe
rienced footman informed Mr. Mallett
that Miss Mailing was not at home. Ba- '
bette, thinking she saw the chance of
help from these people gradually slipping
away, came forward boldly.
"Are you sure you are right In de
nying Miss Mailing to this gentleman.
Philip?" she asked. In a low voice. "I
think you have made a mistake. If you
will follow me, monsieur, I will see if
Miss Mailing haa returned from her
drive."
She took them to the boudoir, stoo.I
for a moment In thought, and then flew i
off to the picture gallery. As she ex
pected, she found Jack and Miss Mailing
In the deep recess of a window at the
far end. She announced:
"Mr. and Miss Mallett In your bou
doir, mademoiselle!" j
Pauline sprang from her chair and
stood glaring at Babette as If she were
a messenger from another world. The
words "Sir Geoffrey" rose to ber lips,
but she remembered In time that his in
dividuality was not known to any one
but herself, and ahe checked the name
with an effort.
"I am not at home." she told her
maid. "I left word to that effect."
"Yes, so they said, mademoiselle; but
I hardened to be In the hall, and I
thought I heard the gentleman ask for
Monsieur Dornton; so I offered to see
if he was In."
(To be continued.) ,
Vhat a Holiday Ought to Be.
Gen. Ferdinand W. Peck, the Chi-
caeo capitalist, nays, according to the
New York Globe, that the way the av
erage man spends his annual vacation
la all wrong.
"It's only now and then," he said,
"that a man finds out what a holiday
ought to be. We all think that it
means going away from home, drink
ing more or less and wearing our
bodies out by walking, or cycling, or
mountain climbing, or something like
that That sort of thing Is supisjsed
to be a great rest to a tired man who
works with bis brains. How a vaca
tion spent in that way could possibly
be of benefit to a professional man
who has to use bis brains I have never
been able to understand. Very likely
a professional ass might be benefited
In that way, but It's all nonsense to
say that It rests a lawyer's, or editor's,
or author's, or even a politician's
brains. Ia my opinion, the best and
most beneficial way In the world for
the man who makes bis living solely
by the use of bis gray matter to spend j
bis holidays Is simply to ao the gentle
loaf In some green and shady spot far
away from the madding crowd, and to
keep himself In touch with the out
side world by having bis favorite
newspaper mailed to him every day."
Himilarltr.
"They call these 'dog days,' " re
marked the man with the wilted collar
and palm-leaf fan.
"Any particular breed of dog?" spoke
up the warm-weather wit.
"Yes, I should say 'greyhound.' "
"Why so?"
"They are so long."
All Trouble.
"May I ask what you are looking
for?" said the clerk In the ticket ollioe.
"I arn looking for trouble," replied
the man who was running his finger
over the big wall map of the world.
"Looking for trouble?"
"Yes, sir, I am bunting up Russia."
Ueualtlve Houl.
"There are two mosquitoes singing
In this room and It's making me nerv
ous to the point of insanity."
"I wouldu't let the hum of two lit
tle Insect affect me that way."
"But, man, they're not singing la
harmony." Cleveland Leader.
What the world needs Is more work
ers and fewer dreamers.
Tile Mutual Life should bo renntned
"The McCurdy Living." Atlanta
Journal.
All friends of free government
should unite to advlso and assist the
people of Russia. Putin News.
Making Billy Loeb ottlolnl purveyor
of all government new Is rather a
Into adoption of the Russian method.
Pittsburg Pout.
Our Audubon societies have now
succeeded In getting every sort of bird
pretty well protected except the stork.
New York Mail.
1 President McCnll any that there are
two side to the Insurance business,
but he seems to hate awfully to show
the Inside. Atlanta Journal.
Now that "Pat" Crowe I safe In
Jail, there hardly seems to be any rea
son for retaining the Omaha police
force. Kansas City Times.
The Czar Is bunding out pardons 11
freely a a candidate elves 11 way elec
tion cigars. And bis object Is the same
to win popular favor. Kansas City
Journal.
As we understand It, the public
would have been willing to forgive Put
Crowe If only he hud kidnapped Mr.
John A. McCnll or Mr. Richard A. Mo
Curdy. Atlanta Journal.
Also It should bo borne In mind tint
if Irritated too much McCnll, McCurdy
et al. may decide next time Just to let
the blSmed old country go to the bow
wows. Ind In 1111 polls News.
Robert A. McCurdy any a life In
surance company Is an eleemosynary
Institution. This Intimates that the pol
icy bolder will get his dividends In
heaven. Pes Moines News.
Arizona preachers want a clause In
the State constitution making prohibi
tion perpetual. At that rate the bal
ance of Arizona probably won't want
statehood. Atlanta Journal.
. Goldwin Smith, to encourage matri
mony, believes that two votes should
be given to every married man. Now
what has the woman suffragist to say
to that? Houston Chronicle.'
Minneapolis 1 a well advertised
town, but the recrudescence of Poe
Ames Is not one of the advertisements
to which the thoughtful citizens point
with pride. Pnluth News Tribune.
It Is no doubt Interesting to Mr.
Bryan to learn that had he been elect
ed in 1MK1 or KMX) It would have been
a great Joke on the companies In
which he was Insured. Kansas City
Star.
The cotton growers have shown the
Wall streeters that they can do some
thlng despite the money they have up
there. The South Is getting to be
line on "showing." Columbus (Ga.)
Ledger.
It Is announced that the cashier of
the Enterprise Bank at Pittsburg left
a confession,' and the depositors will
at once proceed to feel glad that some
thing Is left. Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph.
A Kansas man who invested $7,.r00
In a farm cleared up a net profit of
J.'i.fiOO In two years. Almost, but not
quite, as good as bring president of a
life insurance company. Colorado
Springs Gazette. J
It Is Important not to forget that the
grafter Is a grafter, first, last and al
ways, and that he calls himself a
Democrat or a Republican merely as
a matter of convenience. Chlcugo
Record-Herald.
An exchange remarks that In all his
89 years of successful life I'ncle Rus
sell Sage has never been accused of
handing out tainted money to churches
and charitable organizations. Duluth
News and Tribune.
Joseph II. Chonte tells us that we
are working too hard and too fast and
doing too much. He would probably
be jogging along at the same clip as
the rest of us If he needed the money
as badly. Buffalo Times.
Cabinet ofllcers have been Instructed
by the President not to talk to report
ers. And there are four Presidential
aspirants in the Cabinet fairly burst
ing to tell the public the things they
are doing. Cruelty could not go to
greater length. Milwaukee News.
The Rev. Dr. Huntington, of New
York, says that one Is not authorized
to assume that there are any "female
angels," while the fact Is that every
man has known one female angel, and
many men have known dozens, while
no man has ever come across a male
angel. ..ouisvlllo Post.
Paul Morton contends that publicity
is the only certain cure for corpora
tion evils. In a few years the news
papers will be printing certificates like
this from prominent trust magnates:
"The doctors could do nothing for me.
I was run down and nearly all In,
when chance put me next to n bottle
of your celebrated keep-lt-bef ore-people
remedy. I do not hesitate to say
Hint It saved my constitution and by
laws." St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Friends of President McCall of the
New York Life say he Is a poor man
nnd In debt. If that bo true, Mr. Mc
Call ought to ask those friends to
kick him. He was simply a fool to
waste all the money he got. Birming
ham Ledger.
The story that Cole Younger, the ex
bandlt, had reformed was premature,
and now, alas! Is not likely ever to
come true. He has secured a street
railway franchise and started out to
bond and otherwise exploit It Port
land Oregonlan.
Ventilating I nr Shocks.
Sometimes a streak of foggy or
rainy weather will cause the stack of
corn In the Held to mould badly, which
may bo overcome If a ventilator Is
used. The ventilator rack are made
of rough lumber or, If one has access
to the wood, pole could be cut which
would answer the purpose quite
well.
This rack I not of necessity used In
the Held, but can be used near the barn
after the stacks hnvebeen garnered and
In this way a considerable quantity
can be stored. It consist of four up
right piece each ten feet long, which
are used as corner posts; cross piece
are fastened on all shies sit or eight
Inches from the bottom, these piece
being three feet long; a set of shorter
cross piece Is provided for placing at
about the middle of the rack and an-
con SHOCK VrSTlI.ATOB).
other set near the top, the latter pieces
each being eighteen Inches long. The
Illustration shows the construction or
thla rack clearly.
I.oaara bjr Insert a.
Pr. I. O. Howard, entomologist of
the Department of Agriculture, "ha
Just tiiailc public some startling state
ment of the property losses caused by
Insects. He believes they aggregate
over $:tim,(Ni,(KS a year. The Rocky
Mountain locust, or Western grasshop
per. In 1ST! nte up $ 1oo.inio.mio worth
of growing crop. The chinchbug alone
has eaten $.i:io,OM000 worth of corn
and wheat In the Western States since
1S.V). As for the mosquito, apart from
the losses believed to be due to Its per
nicious activity In the spread of yellow
fever and malaria. It Is an Immense
depredator of real estate values. A
New Jersey newspaper recently esti
mating that It extermination In that
one State nloue would add to It real
estate valuation not less than $1oo.mn.
It certainly would pay to wage a con
tinuous war of extermination against
all these Insects."
FevdlnaT Floor for Hoc.
When one has a number of hogs to
feed the trough Is not always the best
thing to use for the purpose, for the
swine are apt to break it down or else
are unable to get the food fast enough
to suit thorn, and so get to quarreling.
One of the best methods of feeding Is
a large pan or floor made of cement
and rough logs; this may be of any
dimensions desired, although it Is best
made Just wide enough so that the ani
mals can feed from both sides, which
will accomplish much in the way j of
keeping them out of It with their feet.
Make the frame of rough lumber or of
log cut In half and some six or eight
Inches high.
Fasten this frame securely at the
corners and also fasten securely to the
floor so thnt the swine will not root It
np. Then make a floor Inside of ce
ment not making It very thick, but of
about the same grain as would be
used for a stable floor. If desired the
frame may Include a board floor over
which the cement floor Is laid. The
edge will prevent the corn from being
pushed aside and trampled upon. It Is
not intended to use this feeding floor
for slop or for soft food of any kind,
but only for grain, roots and rouglmge.
The Illustration shows the plan clearly
and any one can easily build such a
floor, which, If carefully made, will
last for years.
Value of (juuil Itoxla.
After careful Inquiry It has been
found that the average haul of the
American farmer In getting his prod
uct to' market or to the nearest ship
ping station Is twelve miles, aud the
average cost of hauling over the com
mon country roads Is 25 cents a ton
per mile, or $'l a ton for a twelve-mile
haul, says Portland Oregonlan. An
estimate places the total tons hauled
at 300,000,000 a year. On the estimate
of (3 a ton for twelve miles this would
make the total cost of getting the sur
plus products of the farm to the local
market or to the railroad no less than
$900,000 a figure greater than the
operating expenses of all the railroads
of the United States. If anything could
make an argument for good wagon
roads tbla statement, surely mar.
KKKDI.NO KI.OOH. '
Comfort la Ihe Host Hon.
In repairing our hog house we
found that a roll of building paper and
one of tarred paper were the best In
vestment we hud made In some lime;
the one was used on the wall and Hi."
oilier on the roof so Hint much undo
expensive repair were saved. Then
we found It was policy to nrriniKo the
sleeping corner lii such t way that It
was Impossible for It to get liny of the
tilth or the wet which the swine gath
ered during the day. It was placed so
tlmt none of the slop got Into It and
about the only way It got soiled wa
when the swine trampled through It
with their muddy feet. Even then by
taking It out Into the sun each day It
made a good bed for a number of
night. A hog I a strange animal,
stubborn, of course, but It will not long
muss It bed If the latter I clean nnd
comfortable. Much of the nastlne of
hog I due to the neglect of their
owner. We also arrange the sleeping
corner so that It Is out of the draft,
although the house Is properly venti
lated; a a result there are few if any
case of chills -and cold among our
swine. All till extra good care melius
healthy swine, it I not well to work
on the plan that If the hog escape
cholera they 'are dolus; well. Ex
change.
Wintering Fall Catvea.
If the calf Is worth carrying through
the winter it I certainly worth caring
for properly and by properly I meant
good food anil water and proper care.
If the calf Is strong and henlthy It
ought to pay well for the best atten
tion that can be given It; llrt of nil It
need a dry, clean place, nut warmed
by artificial heat, but 11s warm a lack
of draughts In a coiiifortabde stable
will make It. The early days of the
calf. Just after wcnnllig. sre of great
Importance to It ami too much care
cannot 1m taken to see that the milk
given It I absolutely fresh and puro
and fed In proper quantities.
As a rule, the enlf will properly take
care of eight pounds of milk per day.
which amount rsli.be gradually In
creased until nt a month old It Is con
suming twelve pounds dully. About
this time It ought also to tx-come In
lerested In hay nod after a while will
begin chewing It cud. A calf built up
In this manner during the winter will
be In excellent shape to turn out to
pasture In the spring and get most of
its living until fall, when you will have
a splendid animal, one you will bo
proud to add to your herd.
Ilarveatlnei lb H-t Crap.
Formerly beans were pulled by
hand, but now the work Is done almost
exclusively by machinery In the inalu
districts. The bean harvester or cut
ter, shown here, Is a two-wheeled ma
chine, having two long steel blades, so
adjusted that as the machine passes
over the ground they sweep along Just
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at or below the surface and cut the
bean stalks or pull them up. The
blades are set obliquely, sloping back
ward toward out another.
Proper Stomas of Apple
To decide properly to which kind of
storage the grower or buyer shall send
his fruit requires the best of Judgment
for many factors must be considered in
making the choice and upon their Just
balancing will depend, to qulto an ex
tent, the profit or loss In handling the
crop. Growers, generally, are more In
terested In storage this year, probably
than usual. To all growers, to thoso
who usually hold more or less of their
fruit for winter sale or home use, and
to the buyers who must plan for the
best keeping of the purchased fruit,
the bulletins of the agricultural experi
ment stations will be of Interest and
value. One of thoso discusses critically
the factors which Influence the keep
ing quality of apples, as ascertained
through many years' experience at the
station or by correspondence and In
terviews with the leading apple hand
lers of the country. It also gives de
tailed results of the storage of 1(15 va
rieties of apples, In the ordinary tem
perature room of the station fruit stor
age house, or In a cold storage build
ing, with notes upon most of the varie
ties as handled by practical storage
men.
Fuultrr, Truck, Fruit Farming;.
Likely there Is not another combina
tion which may bo taken np by the
fnrmer, which promises better returns
on the amount of capital Invented, for
those who are situated right for it,
than poultry raising, gardening and
fruit culture. Iu order that the very
best prices may bo realized for the
product of such a farm, and thcreforo
the greatest posslblo prollt, it Is neces
sary that this bo located at or near a
thriving city of perhaps not less than
15,000 or 20,000 population. To bo sure,
a profitable business of this kind can
bo conducted near a much smaller city
than this If there are not too many
there that are also engaged lu tho same
business.
Poultry da one of tho best paying
branches on the farm and Is kept fully
In keeping with Its Importance by dele
gating the work attached thereto to
competent help and plenty of It