F WICKLY’S WOODS
3E
By h. W. TAYLOR
“TT"
erybody, In those
sermons that
ha
preach------”
“ Through his nose, Liz,” suggested Mr.
W ickly, with a shout of laughter, bois­
terous as a boy’s.
“ Now don’t laugh that way, pa. O f
course he’ll heur you, aud know that
we’re making fun o f him. And 1 wouldn't
want to insult him so grossly.”
"Insult him, indeed! H e’s entirely too
sensible a fellow to be insulted iu auy I
such trivial way. W hat an everlasting |
worker he is! That professor, J. A lli­
son Huntley, must have an easy time of
it. I can’t see what’s left for him to do
This man seems to manage all the dig
C o n ve n ien t P i g P en F ro n t.
ging, and all the gathering up of fossils
T h e illustratiou herewith shows a
and all the writing in the field book. And
he carries the surveying apparatus him convenient pig-pen fr o n t
T h e feed
self with one rodmnn and one chainman trough is securely fastened at the
I ’ve seen them myself. Aud I'v e never fron t side o f the pen, and the aide or
seen I ’ rof. Huntley at all. Not a glimpse w all o f the pen Is hinged at the top
o f him.”
so It w ill sw ing o v e r the trough. A n
“ Yes! Isn’t that queer? None of us Iron rod Is passed through the bot­
have seen Prof. Huntley, although he
tom cross-piece aud inserted In another
has been here since the last o f March—
the 24th day exactly. I know, because hole In either edge o f the trough.
W hen feeding, the rod is lifted, the
I made the lettuce bed that day. I sup­
pose he feels too high nbove the Sand- gate swung back, and the rod is
town people to present himself among dropped In the hole In the back edge
them. I should think he’d come to hear o f the trough. T o let the pigs eat, the
his able assistant, Mr. Mason, preach of gate is swung tow ard the feeder, and
a Sunday, anyhow,” put in Mrs. W ickly, the rod pushed down into the hole In
with some energy and indignation.
outside edge o f trough. Such an ar­
"W h y. ma, he takes the train home
rangement w ill gave much annoyance
on Saturday morning or Friday evening!
O f course he wouldn’t care to stay over nnd g ive each pig a chance to get his
all these system s was 103,320,452. Tbs
avera ge cost o f construction par acre
in the arid region was $9.14, and the
average per Irrigation system was $2,-
710. T h e report says that the great
obstacle to the developm ent o f Irriga ­
tion in Texas and N ew M exico is the
present treaty between M exico and
this country, which prohllbts the im ­
pounding o f the w aters o f the Rio
Grande.
THE W EEK LY
O w n re s W a n t M o rs M o n t i.
A farm exchange says:
ing. in my opinion, can be clearer than
J
C H A P T E R I.
I t Is reported that In some sections
I Coming bm*k from the small dry goods that,” said Mrs. W ickly, holding the let­
w here there are many hogs their ow n ­
•lore that served the goverumeut for a ter in her hand, and very manifestly ap­
ers are positively refusin g to take less
YustotHce, John Wieltly, as everybody pealing to the young lady at the table for
than 4 cents a pound fo r them on the
familiarly called the head of the Wick- confirmation o f her conclusion.
The young lady at the table sat ab­
farm ; and buyers are finding them ­
iv family, was observed to be moving
lazily, drumming
at a significantly rapid pace, and to sently, and perhaps
selves “ up against a hard proposition,”
have his head extraordinarily high in upon her pretty, white front teeth with
as they put it, fo r the packers’ price
the tip o f the ebony handle of her pen.
the air.
w ill not allow the farm price de­
"W h a t do you think of it, L izzy ? "
Mrs. Wickly, at the kitchen table iron­
manded. But It looks as I f the fa rm ­
ing very diligently, saw him through the calls out Mr. John W ickly, without look­
ers are standing pat, ju d gin g by the
open window, dumped the smoothing iron ing up, and pretending to occupy himself
receipts o f hogs at the big markets.
Suddenly and heavily upon the scorched in picking a “ raveling” off his wife's
F or instance: F o r the week closing
section o f an old and worn blanket and blue calico dress.
w ith the w ritin g o f this the receipts
" I think that means more expense,”
ran through the sitting room and out to
finally the young lady spoke, and with­
at Chicago alone w ere (12.000, head,
the front (loor.
“ Now what is it you've got this time. out stopping the tattoo upon the pretty,
»g a in st 98,000 head the previous week, ®ne Hundred Y e a rs Ago.
John? You needn’t try to hide it.
1 white front teeth. " I t means car fare
nnd 92,000 head the corresponding
England levied an additional duty
know what it is, sir. I saw you start and hotel bills at Chicago. And then it
week last year. It w ill not be neces-! on salt.
out of the postofflcs on a trot the minute means contributions from the heirs to
sary to keep up such ligh t rec e ip ts ' T h e first iron bridge across the
pay the expenses that the lawyer must
you broke it open------”
more than a week or tw o to bring the R iver Tham es was opened fo r truffle,
“ Broke open the postofflce, ma? T h at’s incur in his trip to England. How many
packers to terms. And at this season proving satisfactory,
an indictable, offense punishable with of the heirs are there?”
that much more feed in g can dou b tlesij
T h e K in g o f Sweden acknowledged
"(Jive a guess!” suggested Mr. W ick
just to hear Mr. Mason preach! Isn’t
fine and imprisonment,” called out Miss
be done w ithout loss to the feed e rs.1 the Em peror o f G erm any in his new
there all the wise preachers of the great
Lizzie Wickly from her writing table in ly, winking at his wife.
“ Tw enty?” suggested Miss Lizzy, look
city for him to pick and choose among?
A t all events, w ith feedin g stuffs nt character o f Em peror o f Austria.
the sitting room.
“ W ait till I come and box your ears. ing sidewise out o f the corners of her And isn't it right, too, for him to put
their present price, bogs cannot and
Congress eounted the electoral vote.
all the coarse, mechanical work upon his
Miss Prunes and Miss Prisms. I was large brown eyes.
‘-hculd not be sold at less than 4 cents, For President— Thom as Jefferson, Re-
“ Thirteen hundred and eighty-four to employes? I don’t see why you people
talking about the letter— not the post
i f i-ost o f production is considered a publican, 102; Charles C. Pin ck n ey.
office. O f course I mentioned the post date; and some of the back counties to should find so much fault with I ’ rof.
factor in the business.
Federalist, 14.
hear from,” said Mr. W ickly, in a burst Huntley. I think he’s a splendid gentle­
office. But----- ”
T h e British captured tw o French
"T h at explanation is sufficient, ma. 1 of triumph at this surprising denoue­ man, and I am dying to make his ac­
H a n d lin g th e A p p le C rop .
w
a
r vessels and lost tw e lv e men in
quaintance. But I must hurry out. Mr.
won’t mark you ns low as zero for this; ment.
I f apples are picked too early they
“ Thirteen hundred and eighty-four!’
Mason is only across the street.”
because I want to let you off before you
are apt to lose their firmness and tlle engagem ent. The French lo,s was
Shaking her head at her mother. Miss
make a more inexcusable mistake. \\ hat exclaimed both ladies in a breath.
color; and If too late, the
keeping i fiftJ’ -seven men
"Thirteen hundred and eighty-four!’
Lizzy, pulling up the long gloves, aud
letter did pa get? Suppose you bring
John Randolph o f V irginia, enraged
quality is greatly affected. T lie proper
repeated Mr. W ickly, by way of empha
pulling down the long sunbonnet, ran out
the document in. and let’s all discuss it.
S W IN G IN Q F R O N T P IG P E N .
tim e to pick Is when tlie color Is by the acquittal o f Judge Chase,
into the garden, chirping a little fra g ­
“ You’d better f o on with your w rit­ sis.
moved fo r an amendment to the eon-
“ I consider that number an ill omen,'
ment of a love ditty.
ing. my young lady. You’re only trying
share o f the meal.
The illustratlo’n brightest aud w h ile the fru it Is yet
“ She won’t hear a word against that shows the fron t swung back so that hard. Do not let the apples stand out
that
U1‘ ght be re-
to find some plausible excuse for leaving said Miss Lizzy, again drumming upon
off. I know you, Miss. Now, I ’ll war­ the pretty, white front teeth and open­ Huntley,” said Mrs. W ickly with a laugh. the feed can be put into the troughs.—
a fte r picking, any longer than is abso moved by the President.
W ork was begun on a new c ity
rant that you haven’t written two pages ing the large brown eyes to their widest “ I believe the girl’s in love with a man Exchange.
lately necessary, especially i f they are
since you came in from hoeing the cab­ in order to see, or not to see, between the she never saw. So I do.”
to go to thecold storage. T h e Investi­ called "N apoleon,” w lileh the em peror
“ Oh, like enough! like enough! She
bage. Where is the letter, John? Don't greenish-gray leaves of the morning glory
P a r is G re e n and W e e v il.
gations o f the United States D epart­ ordered built near Fonteuoy, France.
keep a body waiting all day from her vines that ambuscade her as to the pry­ isn’t in love with Mason, though! Poor
That the boll w e e v il Is not to be ment o f A griculture show that the
ironing. You won’t have a clean thing ing eyes of the side street and the more fellow ! I absolutely pity him, Mutt. She driven out o f our Southern cotton
keeping qualities o f apples depend ns Seventy-five Years Ago.
teases and worries him to dentil, when­
for to-morrow— neither of you.
And remote curiosity of the front street.
’ W hy?” asked both her auditors, fac­ ever she can bring herself to bear his fields by the use o f paris green is the much on the handling before being
preaching at Mount Zion, too! Right
A new adm inistration under Lord
ing round toward her, and remaining so sm-iety for a minute! Now, she'll hoe conclusion o f the Bureau o f E ntom ol­ stored as on the conditions a fte r stor­ Palm erston was form ed In England.
under your noses.”
ogy
o
f
the
D
epartm
ent
o
f
Agriculture
“ So the preaching isn't through the in expectation of the somewhat delayed that garden till high noon if he stays in
age. I f you w an t your fru it to reach
T h e steam er W ill o’ tlie W isp w as
the house that long. I ’ve a mind to send a fte r extensive observations and ex­
minister's nose, like it was Sunday be­ teply.
the fancy markets, the straight and wrecked off Burn Rock, I .a m bay, and
“ Because it’s exactly the amount
him into the garden just to tease her a periments. This conclusion is based
fore last— we can survive Its being un­
narrow w ay o f deliverin g the best In eighteen drowned,
gave for (he land. And because,” Bhe little.”
upon the fo llo w in g facts: “ 1. Persist
der ours, can’t we, pa?”
the best condition Is the only w ay to
a fam ily o f six suffocated at th eir
And Miss IJzzy could be seen through went on after a slight pause, and wav
“ Better let her have her own way ent use o f paris green from the tim e
the "middle door” chuckling In a very ing her ebony baton toward the range about it.
I f she doesn’t like his com­ o f chopping until picking (In some realize that aim. C areful picking at home near P aris by the effects o f
mellow, little good-natured laugh, as she of hilly woodland that from the north pany, the less she has of it the better cases as many as fifteen applications) the righ t time, careful sorting and charcoal, acidentally Ignited,
Don M iguel, king o f Portugal, un-
sat at the small walnut writing table in and east reached almost to the village of she will be pleased. And I don’t want has failed to m aterially reduce the packing and careful d elivery are os-
sential steps in catering to the fancy nh]e «0 obtain money from other quar­
the light of the west window, away from Sundtown, “ that is the exact amount of her to get so she won’t speak to him.
numbers
o
f
the
w
eevils
or
to
increase
the sun, and shielded front observation the two mortgages upon it now.”
apple trade.
For his preaching and example have cer­
ters. levied a tax on all monastic or­
the yield. 2. C areful exam ination o f
o f the passing public by a dozen train­
tainly done a great deal in stimulating
ders.
H a n d j F a r m C art.
very
many
experim
ents
w
ith
the
poi­
C H A P T E R II.
ings of morning glory vines, now gay
her to more persistent work at her w rit­
A ll sailors o f H avre, Fecam p and
The daughter resumed the drumming; ing. And that pleases me. Besides, he son made by planters In T exas has
I have found that a cart w ith txvo
with a profusion of variously tinted flow­
and the mother, looking aghast at this lias obtained for her the writing up of a failed to reveal conclusive Instances
ers, too pretty to be also sweet.
wheels made as shown In the »lu stra- ™ ePP* w ere forclb|y enrolled
hrench service and merchant vessels
“ Why, It’ s a letter from the honora­ coincidence o f ominous circumstances, little summer resort pamphlet for some o f Its successful use. 3. Reasons for
w ere le ft w ithout crews.
ble Mr. Biler concerning nty— my estate, cust her eyes down at her husband.
of the railroads, and she is to get nearly the Im possibility o f poisoning w eevils
“ Nonsense, L iz," said Mr.
Wickly, a hundred dollars for it. Think of that successfully are to be found In the
you know,” said Mr. W ickly, endeavor­
Intense cold prevailed In norther:»
ing to put on an appearance of great un­ smiling a little, but slightly annoyed, too
nnd other work that it will naturally facta that only a very small percent­
Europe. T h e Baltic, as fa r as the e j a
concern, ns If letters of the import of “ whnt can that have to do with it? bring! That's how she can let you go to
could reach, was a plain o f ice.
age em erge from hibernation before
this one pnssed between the honorable That’s of no consequence at all. The Chicago this time.”
France decided to use Am erican
Mr. Biler and himself every day o f the laud has grown in value on account of
Mr. John gave a low whistle, and mut­ the squares are set upon the plants,
vessels fo r the transportation o f troops
seven on which Uncle Sam carries the the rise in timber lands everywhere. O f tering something to the effect that he that they do not drink the dew on the
to Algiers, as these ships could b»-
course you couldn’t have gotten such an supposed It was in reality i rof. Hunt­ leaves at n ig h t and that as soon as
mail about the continent.
.
.
. . .
gotten cheaper than French ones,
“ Now. John Wickly, you know there's 1 amount upon a mortgage If the cash ley's influence that was doing all these squares are set all feeding Is dons „
tlon by using the rear wheels o f anj
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more than that in that letter. Hand it value of tlie land wasn’t twice as much
fine things for their daughter, turned to within
the shelter o f the bracts
here, till I read It myself. Don’» you at least. And it lias again doubled in greet Mr. Mason, while Mrs. W ickly, (shuck) beyond the reach o f any poi­ old buggy with the axle clamped to
tbe fram e by clamp bolts to be a nice Fifty Y e a r s Ago.
suppose I could tell by the way you value— since the last mortgage, I mean.
declaring all her irons ice cold, ran back son that m ight be applied."
_ cart
.... fo r _______
_ purpose,
_________
almost ___
any
and ___
es- . T w o severe shocks o f earthquako
st-uck out for home that there was some­
“ H ow ?” asked the young lady, mean­ to the kitchen.
thing more than usual in this letter? ing to ask after the particular method
peelaliy fo r garden use.
I recently w ere fe lt In Columbia County, N e w
P la c e f o r th e R hecp.
(T o be continued.)
Now give It here, and corns in till I of the increase in value.
A
place for tbe sheep should be took the milk to the cheeBe factory York.
read it.”
“ I naked at the bank; and Zell told
found in the plans o f nearly every when all the horses w ere In use.— H.
T h e island o f Cuba w as declared It»
And the sturdy Mrs. W ickly held out me that you could have as much more
farm er. A small dock o f sheep can F. Jahnke, In Iow a Democrat.
n state o f siege, coasts and circum ja­
her hard and full-veined right hand in so upon the land whenever you wanted it.”
be kept on nearly every farm , while
cent w aters in blockade.
BALLOONING AT NIGHT.
Imperious a manner that Mr. John W ick­
Mr. W ickly glanced keenly
at his
Had W a x to B re a k a C olt.
n large flock would prove hard toman-
Congress conferred the rank o f lleu-
ly was constrained to drnw the docu­ daughter, and saw a gratified smile come
A great many people believe that tennnt general upon M ajor G en eral
age and care for. W hen the flock Is
ment from the pocket of his black alpaca into her eyes and spread sw iftly down
small It may be sheltered every night, the only w ay to break a colt is to W in field Scott.
summer coat and deliver It with a tri­ to her dimpled cheeks and her red lips.
“ N ight ballooning has a ohnrm that
umphant grin into the hard palm afore-
Slaves on tbe royal domains o f Por-
“ T w ice thirteen hundred and eighty- Is all Its ow n,” says Monsieur Santos- and thus losses from dogs avoided, as throw him, hobble him or tangle him
sn Id.
the night Is the tim e the rbeep-kllltug with straps or ropes. An Indiana horse-1 tUg „ ] w ere freed,
four are twenty-seven hundred and sixty-
Dumont,
who
hnd
plenty
o
f
experience
“ Now then, you read that and see if eight. And thnt means that my laud is
dog selects fo r his expeditions. T h e man tells how he prepares a colt for 1 Prussla was excluded from the con­
It doesn't mean something. Borne people worth more than five thousand. I begin w ith the old-fashioned spherical bal­ increased value o f sheep should con­ his first visit to the blacksm ith's shop
ference at Vienna.
loon
before
he
Invented
Ills
new
dlrigi
that I am acquainted slightly with have to feel somewhat like an heiress m yself,"
vince all that there Is money In rais­ by putting a strap around his neck,
Th e cortes voted that all pow er pro­
often expressed doubts on the subject of she snid smiling. “ I guess you will have ble a ir ship.
“ One Is alone In the
ing them.- W e may expect to see mul­ passing it along the near side and b e­ ceeded from the people, they p rm ltted
the great W ickly estates in England.”
to go to Chicago, pa, I won't hnve to black void, true, In a murky limbo
titudes o f farm s that are now sheep- tween the hind legs, then up and liberty o f belief, but not o f worship.
Here he leered triumphantly in the di­ mortgage my land for ghat, you know.” w here one seems to
float without
througfF the strap around tlie neck and
Congress approved the act to secure
rection of the walnut writing table and
Mr. W ickly drew a long breath o f deep w eight, without a surrounding w orld — loas soon sustaining fair-sized flocks.
In the general pasture there Is feed back to his hind leg. T h e idea Is to the rights o f citizens!) p to children o f
the morning glory vinos that just now and satisfying relief, and the thoughtful
began to rustle their green gray leaves puckers at the root of his nose rippled a soul freed from the weight o f m atter! that w ill be eaten by no animal. If not hold on to this strap while you lift Am erican citizens who bad been b oro
in the prairie breeze.
away in a smile that had the peculiarity Y et now and aguin there are the ligh 's the sheep. Breeders o f rams and ewes the colt's leg, and If be kicks or strug in foreign countries.
o f earth to cheer one. W e see a point lit for foundation stock are now ex­ gles pull on the strap until he falls
“ But after one glance nt the contents of starting in the region of his eyes.
o f this letter, I don't think any person
“ And whnt becomes of the omen of o f light far ahead. Slow ly it expands. periencing n season o f prosperity due down. This is an excellent w ay o f
o f mature judgment would----- ”
Forty Years Ago.
thirteen hundred and eighty-four, L iz?” Then where there w as one blaze, there to the Increasing number o f farm ers
frighten ing a colt h a lf to death, and
“ Now, pa, yon wait till I rend it,” calls
l ie laughed as he got up and stretched are countless bright spots. T h e y run th at have concluded to keep a few
T h e members o f the Illin ois G eneral
rendering him vicious.
E very colt
out Miss Lizzy, laughing still, but not himself as lazy people do, and then draw­ in lines, with here and there a brighter
sheep and are looking fo r m aterial ought to be bandied In such a w ay Assem bly voted to pay them selves lo
so gaily— in fact, with just the faintest ing down again ns to his nrms, shoulders
cluster. W e know that it is a city.
w ith which to begin.— Farm ers’ R e­ until, by the tim e he Is a year old, his gold.
sound of vexation in the Inugh or shade nnd head, emitted whnt might be termed
’Then again It Is out Into the lone view .
T h e report o f the capture o f Brnneli-
feet can be picked up easily and w ith ­
o f it upon her fair brow, perhaps. “ You a notably contented little grunt at the
land, w ith only a fain t glow here and
know I always get n different meaning conclusion of the yawn.
out the aid o f straps or ropes. The xille by Sherman was confirmed.
P o e « P u lle r .
out of those letters— every one o f them.
General G rant rejoined his arm y
"John de W ic k lif died in 1384," snid there. W hen the moon rises w e see,
heart appliances fo r breaking colts nre
T h e post puller illustrated Is a
And haven't the meanings that I got nut the young Indy, with due solemnity. “ He perhaps, a faint curling line o f gray.
a fte r a visit In W ashington. I). C.
the tfaked hands and a good baiter.
o f them been much more nearly the true nns the only member of the W ick lif fam­ It Is a river, w ith m oonlight fa llin g on strong and durable one. It w ill pull
President Lincoln made public the
any fence post. T h e tw o uprights are
meanings than those that you and ma ily at all noted, from its beginning down Its waters.
C h e c k in s H oot G a ll.
corespondenee which had pnssed oe-
got out o f them?”
2x0
Inches
and
3
fe
et
long,
mortised
to myself. W e stand as sort of mile­
W hen new apple trees are received tween him and Jeff D avis In the peace
"T h e re is a flash u p w a rd ’and a faint
“ W hy, Liz, Hint's about the size of it,” stones along the highway of the W ick lif
from the nursery they should be care negotiations carried on through F. P .
said John, sitting down in the doorway fam ily— he the great John, noted for roar. It Is a ra ilw a y train, the locomo­
fully Inspected to make sure that they Blair.
st the feet o f his wife, who wns already speaking nnd writing original and hetero­ tiv e tires, maybe. Illum inating for a
are not affected w ith root gall. This
T h e Rev. Dr. Garnett, colored.
deep in the mystery o f the letter ns to be dox thoughts; nnd I to become noted for moment the smoke as It rises.
disease Is now very prevalent In soma I preached In the ball o f representatives
oblivious to everything else.
“ You've exactly the same things.
N ow there
Then we throw out more ballast
been a great deal nearer right about them must be other likenesses in us. For of ami rise through the black solitudes o f
nurseries, and great care must be ever- j at W ashington. D. C.
than I have been, nnyhow. But then It course I don’t look like him."
cised. It Is a disease, that spreads | i ) r. |, W in slow A y e r exposed be-
tlie clouds Into a soul-lifting burst of
may be snid in view of this letter that
"Look like him!” exclaimed Mr. W ick­
through the soil, nnd a single tree f,ire the m ilitary trial at Cincinnati
the others were preliminary.
Hereto­ ly with a Inugh. “ I should say not. John splendid starligh t! There, alone with
may Introduce It into an orchard, the operation o f the K nights o f the-
fore the letters have been inquiries into wns as ugly an old mortal ns you’d find the constellations, w e aw ait the dawn.
where tt may undo the work o f years. Golden C ircle In Chicago.
family history, the tracing o f relatives in a day's ride— according to all the And when the dawn comes, red and
W e have several times Illustrated root
and relationships, aud so on.
But authentic likenesses of him.
H e must gold and purple In Its glory, one Is al­
E F F E C T IV E PO S T P fL E E R .
gall In these colnmns, and It does not
this------”
hnve had eyes like yours, L iz! Big round most loath to seek the earth again.
seem advisable to repent the »lustra- NiirtV Y e a rs Ago.
"W h y there's to be a great meeting of brotvn ones.”
"S ueli a picture would almost tempt In 12x3«-lnch scantling, and 2 Inches
Suffice It to sav
N ew s from China declared civil w ar
the heirs at Chicago next Tuesday!”
"Nonsense!" snid the young lady, ir­ the timorous to an ascent But its com thick and braced. Bore a 1-lnch bole tion at this time.
cried Mrs. W ickly, iu the greatest burst reverently. "E verybody knows that all
that It Is a gall appearing on the roots. Imminent.
panion
picture,
equally
majestic.
Is
less
iu
upper
end
o
f
uprights.
In
which
o f enthusiasm.
those old paintings from which the en­
and any tree affected w ith a protub r-
Congress repealed the Pacific m all
“ A meeting of the heirs!" exclaimed gravings are made, exaggerated the eyes Inviting. Ascending once In the gloom y insert a small pulley wheel. T ak e a j nnce o f this kind should be discarded, subsidy.
Miss Lizzy in amazement, and with real ludicrously.
W hy, they all have eyes tw ilig h t o f a late and low ering after- chain, fasten around low er end of j This Is the first thing to be looked out
It was reported the French m ihlstry
Interest very plainly depicted upon her exactly alike.
Look at our presidents, noon, 1 bad a v e ry different expert- i>ost: put chain over w heel; hitch hu-so
fo r In planting trees. The shape o f the handed their resignations to President
n*e.
to end o f chain. By this device yon
very expressive countenance.
for instance. Don’t you see that all of
tree is Important, but It is less Im MacMahon, w ho accepted them,
“ A meeting of all the heirs,” repented them down to Jackson had those same
“ Boon I had cause to regret m y rash ‘'nn P "i* a ulore solid post than by
portant than to know whether or not i T h e Indiana hlock coal region w n *
Mr. W ickly, with that grave judicial and big round black eyes, according to the
ness. I was alone, lost in the clouds, hand-
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Impartial nod of the head which discloses artist? Maybe that was the one common
the tree has a disease that w ill prove tied up by a strike o f miners.
P r o d u c t iv e Is la n d F a rm s .
the entire lack of any merely personal trait that made them all presidents. But am id flashes o f lightning nnd claps o f
deadly to Itself and to other trees in
G reat B ritain recognized A lfon so ca
In aorne respects, Am erican farm ers the same orchard.
atid selfish interest of the speaker in the more likely it was the peculiarity of the thumler, in the approaching darkne.-w
king o f Spain.
subject matter o f the discourse.
artist— it was his style in eyes.
Isn’t o f the night. On, on I w e n t tearing m ight take a lesson from those o f the
I llin o is F a rm s S e ll H ig h .
“ T h e heirs and their counsel meet that Mr. Mason yonder, ma? I wonder through the blackness. 1 knew that I Jersey Islauds in the English Channel,
W hy do Illinois farm lands sell for Fwenty Y e a rs Aqo.
there for the purpoee of— o f— what is if he is coming here? I f he is. I ’ m go­ must be going at great speed, yet felt j On one farm o f say forty acres, a man
the exact language of the letter on that ing out in the garden to hoe the beets. no motion. I fe lt m yself in great dan- expects to keep thirty cows, a large $125 to $200 an acre? Because they
I^ op old Damrosch, the muslc an. .11
point. M a tt?" said Mr. W ickly, jerk­ And you ran tell him that I'm engaged
Opera
ger. yet the danger was not tangible, herd o f swine, and employ five or six are productive. This year one Chris- rector o f the M etropolitan
ing his w ife’s apron gently, to call her for the present.”
W ith tt there was « fierce k ind o f joy. men. T h e clim ate Is very favorable tian County farm er gathered a field o f House. N ew York. died,
back to the things o f this particular por­
"W h y can’t you stay in and entertain
corn which yielded 119 bushels to the
L o ndon announced thp faM o f Khap_
tion of the great world. “ W hat is the your teacher and monitor. Miss Lizzy? W h at shall I say? H o w shall I de- for fodder crops, but a part o f the sue-
acre, T h e corn w s . sold fo r 37 cents fnm and the a„ b ,)lng t0 death o f Qen
exact language of the letter on that I don't understand this new departure as scrll>e It? Up there, in the black soli- eons o f the Channel island farm ing
a bushel s gross return o f $43 per Gordon.
point?”
to the garden, John." said Mrsr. W ick ­ tude, amid the lightning flashes and the la ow in g to the excellent stock kept
“ H eh! Why, lemma see! Yes! Here ly, mischievously. “ I used to have all thunderclaps, I was a part o f the and the care taken In saving manure acre. T ak in g out the cost o f grow in g
G rover
Cleveland
was
declared
the crop, there still remains a big la
It is! ’ For the purpoee o f determining the hoeing nnd weeding of the garden to storm !”
and tillin g the land.
President-elect at a join t scss on <>f
upon the first step to be taken; and if do until Mr. Mason came here to board.
tereat on the In vestm ent even If ths
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the houses o f Congress, the first Dem­
P r o s r t M and Coat o f I r r ig a t io n .
thought advisable, to select and secure And now I declare I hardly know a gar­
land be valued at $200 per acre. W hile
M ere woman la not counted aa a per­
Some one o f the counsel lor their heirs den when I see it. I heard him discours­ sonal entity in tbe cenaua o f Siam, but
T b e Cenaua Bureau has Issued a re­ yields ss large as this are exceptional, ocrat in tw enty-eight year«.
to go direct and at once to England and ing to L I»— ”
more
the queen appear» in bloom er» and a port on the condition o f Irrigation In they are becoming more and
make the proper examination of all the
“ Now, m a!" said the daughter, with a fancy blouse at public reception». -b* United States in 1902. showing that common. W ith Im proved se“d and Im­ fen Years Ago.
recorda so as to enable him to see exact­ very pretty frown due to the concentra­
F o r the first tim e the mail tra in «
by 13,415 systems with 59.311 miles o f proved methods o f culture, the aver-
ly what proofs it will be necessary for tion of purpose In drawing on her gar­ E lectric street cars, controlled
main canals and ditches w ere irrigat- age yield on good land ia increasing, brought Chicago m orning papers Into
S! 1
them to make in order to obtain poaaea- dening
gloves.
perhaps.
"N ow , ma! Danes, ran at a fast pace over
aion of the property.' There; that's the Didn't he hare all that about the abso­ eleven mile route lu and about Bang- big 9.48i,0*i acres on 134.03)1 farms. This Is one o f the reasons land la Dulnth and W est Superior on the d a r
The amount expended In cone tr a d in g
going up.
» r publication.
asset language of the letter. And noth lute necessity for physical labor for ev­ koka