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K * *& é 6 6 6 **ê***& 6 S 6 **6 ********6 *é& *< ¡A D ead P ast ! •" Æ """ By MRS. LOVETT CAMERON C H A P T E R V I I 1.— (Continued, i The next week passed away aloly, sach <lay seemed to be double its own length. K itten neither ate, nor slept, nor spoke. She lived in a sort of dull dream, and did what she was told. Brian Desinoad went and came, backward and forward, from town to cottage. The funeral was to be in London, the great naturalist was to be buried in Westmin ster Abbey. The nation wished It to be ■o, and Kitten, when she was asked, made no objection. She never even expressed a wish to go up to London to gaze once again upon the dead face of her ather. Brian marveled at this, for to most women “ last looks,” ‘last days,” a "last fare w ell” are things which have a morbid fascination; but Kitten was above and beyond all this. Her father's face « « ahe had last seen it in life, full of eager thought and bright with the intellect o f his great mind, was a sufficient mem ory to her. She did not wish to efface that pleasant lmnge in her mind by any tnoie painful vision of him. " I f I could get him back,” she said to Brian, " I would walk barefoot from hero ell the way up to Loudon to see him; but what is the good of my going to see what would not be my Daddy at all, but only a sad shadow of what I have lost!” So she stayed at home by herself all day. In the cottage with its white drawn blinds, while the choristers were sing ing solemn requiems in Westminster Abbey over the dead man whose funeral hundreds of great meu came from miles away to attend. Outside, the July sun came hotly down In the cottage garden, the bees mur mured drowsily us they burled them selves in the brown bosoms of the sun flowers. The dog lay stretched asleep In the sun on the stone steps, the cat, curled up on the kitchen window sill, purred contentedly to herself; there were gossamer threads spun across the lawn and the flutter of winged creatures through the bushes and among the trees. K itten peeped out from behind the blinds, the deathlike stillness of the house oppressed her; presently she stole out In her new crnpe into the garden, breathing more freely and naturally when •he was under heaven’s own blue once more. H er heavy, sable skirts brushed behind her across the grass as she wulk- •d— she had nothing on her head, the sunshine came down upon tier yellow hair and lit up the small, childish face that looked all the younger and wnrter for the deep black of her garments. Kezinh saw her go with a groan. “ She might have waited for an hour,” said the old woman to herself, with Indignation, “ then the ceremony would hnve been over and I could have drawn up the blinds all over the house. I t ’s hardly decent for her to go out now, ami there •he goes wKh her yew crape n-sweeping • II across the grass nml gravel, with never a thought in her to pick it up out o f the dust! But sbe always was an ex travagant lass, with no thought to take care of her things.” J C H A P T E R IX . Desmond wns beginning to be eonsld erably exercised In ills mind. The prob lem concerning the fate o f his ward Seemed more insoluble than ever. It was now nearly a fortnight since Professor Laybourne's funeral, ami he hail been • ble to come to no conclusion whatever, • s yet, about his (laughter. He had gone down a great many times to the White Cottage, staying there, generally, not longer than twenty-four hours and then returning to London to look after her temporal Interest. Everything was now tairly In order. Kitten was not left a pauper; when all came to be settled It wns found that her fortune amounted to •bout nine thousand pounds, which wns left in trust to herself until she wns twenty-one, or until she married, when It reverted entirely to herself. In these days, when he came down to the cottage, he was very pre-oeeupied and very silent. There wns a hush In the empty rooms, a perpetual gloom In the unlittered chamber where so lately the naturalist's books and papers and Instruments were strewn nbout. And Kitten herself was silent. She moved •bout the house like a little white wraith, with dark circles about her blue eyes •nd a piteous droop of the rosy, childish mouth. But, llttla by little, as the days wore on, her youth began to reassert it self. I t was on the occasion o f one of his brief, although frequent visits, that soon • fter his arrival at the W hite Cottage a letter was brought to him. H e opened It and with some surprise read these words: “ Dear Sir— As an old friend o f the late Mr. Laybourne's, I venture to write to yon to ask you to come and call upon me. In order that we may consult a little concerning the future of his daughter, In whom I take a sincere interest. As • woman of a certain age and o f some experience In life. I trust you will not think I am presumptuous In this offering to give you my counsel— the poor child's condition seems to me at present to be somewhat melancholy. Perhaps If we were to talk it over together wo might be able to arrive at some conclusion con cerning her. W ill yon come and see me •t Krierly Hall at 11 o'clock to-morrow- morning? Perhaps it would be as well not to mention to your ward that I have w ritten to you. Yours faithfully, “ SI A B O A B E T tilt A N T L K Y .” A man who Is driven to his wit's end by perplexity will, like a drowning one. catch at any straw that is likely to • id him In his need. Brian wrote briefly bsck by the messenger that he would wait upon Miss Grantley at ths appoint ed hour. Frlerly Hall, as he approached It in the morning sunshine, looked bright •nough to please any man's taats— the venerable red-brick building slept warmly In the golden light, a belt of thick wood formed a dark, dreamy back ground to its pointed gables and quaint- twisted chimneys. "You will not send her to achool, then?” Mias Grantley asked, her face • Utile bant forward and her qulst hands v* crossed upon her handsome brocaded gown. There Is a kindly smile upon her lips. Brian thinks she is a" sweet, moth erly woman, moved by a real Interest for Kitten's welfare. “ No; I do not think I can do that. Miss Grantley. I do not think my poor friend, her father, would have wished it; besides, Kitten Is both too old and too young for a fashionable boarding school. She would be gnhappy, and it would spoil her; she is so young and fresh, and original.” "W h at can they see In that Ignorant, ill-brought up child?” thought Margaret Impatiently, but aloud she murmured: “ N o doubt— no doubt! But then, since you say the relative you wrote to is un able to give her a home, what do you pro|(ose to do?” " I have uo plans. I am going abroad. I suppose I shall take her with me.” "A lon e! My dear Mr. Desmond, for give me for saying it, but it Is impossi ble that you can travel abroad with Miss Layhourne— not by herself.” “ Would she want a maid, do you mean?” “ A maid— that would go for nothing, a staid middle-aged governess or com panion, perhaps.” "Good heavens!” exclaimed Brian, "w hat a terrible suggestion! You could not expect me to travel with a governess, Miss Grantley.” "Y o u cannot travel with that girl alone, Mr. Desmond,” persisted Margar et Hruily; “ she Is too young and too pretty.” " I never thought of tbnt;” he leaned back In his chair and looked both per plexed and annoyed. M argaret looked down at her lap and smoothed out the folds o f her brocade with thin white fingers, a little smile stole into her quiet, even-colored face. “ There Is one idea, but perhaps It ha» not occurred to you; perhaps I ought not to mention It.” “ Nay, pray do; I shall be thankful in deed for any suggestion.” For half a minute or so she was silent, still looking down at the silk she was smoothing out; her fingers shook a little too and her heart beat. Margaret Grant- ley wns acttmly nervous. “ W hy don’t you marry K itten Lay- bourne?” He was silent for very amazement. He could only sit still and stare at her for a few moments; he wns absolutely speechless. Then he got up and slowly paced once up and down the room. “ I hope you are not angry with me, Mr. Desmond?” said Miss Grantley softly. "A n g ry ! my dear Miss Grantley— oh, no, certainly not— but— but I confess such an idea lias never occurred to me before—-and— and It has taken my breath away,” and he laughed a little. "There would be nothing wonderful In it, you know,” she continued, encour aged been use he did not seem to be an noyed; “ she Is very young, but then you would hnve the pleasure o f forming and training her, anil she is pretty, and the daughter of your old friend, and she has a little money, and altogether— oh, no, It would not be unsuitable at all.” “ I think,” said Desmond, slowly, “ that if you will forgive me, I will go away now. I think 1 should like to think it over a little by myself. You hnve been very kind and very straightforward with me, Miss Grantley, and I am deeply grateful to yo*.” And then he took his leave of her. "H e will do It,” said Margaret to her self, ns she watched his tall figure walk quickly awny down the lime tree ave nue. “ H e had never thought of it be fore, but now he will do It, and I shall get rid of that danger for B oy!” As to Brian, he was walking away to- wnrd the White Cottage with a very storm of confusion at his heart. “ W hy not? why not?” he said over and over again to himself, and he re called the golden summer week of his first visit to the Cottage, where he had wandered loverlike with her through tlie fields, when he had told himself that If he choose he could wake the love- light In the grave child eyes, " f could make her love me!” lie said to himself now, with a certnln exultation. And then across the waste o f years that lay between, there came back the faint echo of words which long ago he himself had spoken. “ I will never mar ry,” he had said once, and once more there came back to him the glow of an swering Joy In those dark passionate eyes that he had once loved so well. H e dashed away the memory with a frown. " A il that is over, why should I condemn myself to eternal solicitude for the sake of a past that has faded? And all these years— six whole years— and never a line! Heaven only kuows if she is even alive. One can love but once like that In a lifetime, but why should I not make the best o f what is left to me? Oh, my Rosamond!— never mine!” he sighed, but the sigh ended in a smile, for he caught sight of Kitten looking out for him by the garden gate. less as though she had no life In her. He came up quite close to her and spoke her name. "K itte n !” he was certain that she had been quite unaware of his near presence, and yet she did not start nor move. Only her eyes flashed up suddenly from her book^ and fixed themselves gravely upon h,s face. “ Strange self-contained child!” lie said to himself, “ who could fathom her nature, or understand the hidden workings of her mind!” “ Kitten, your eyes remind me of those of the Holy Child in Raphael's picture at Dresden,” he said, speaking his thoughts aloud; “ they are inscrutable, full of strange dreams and forebodings. W hat are you W in te r H o m es fu r T u r k e y s . thinkiug about?” W hile the idea o f the turkey is to " I was thinking about Happiness,” she roost high, this p rivilege cannot alw ays answered gravely. "Happiness! Happiness!” he repeated, be accorded ir a strutture is to be pro "who can tell what it consists in? Your vided fo r the birds in which to roost. dear poet could not tell,” he said, tap I f they are to roost in the trees, then ping the edge o f her book lightly with they may choose their ow n limb, it bis finger. is u good plan to make the turkey "N o ,” she said reflectively. "^Ie did house low, but placing the roosts as not know, neither did Solomon, nor any high as possible without humping the other wise man or old. I have heard my Daddy say that not one o f the sages birds up against the roof. T h e ven tilation In such a house must largely or philosophers could define It.” “ And yet Kitten Layhourne thinks she be provided from the bottom, and tù li wit ltry and solve the mystery,” he said is done by having a row o f windows lightly. " I don't think you really care to know.” she said reproachfully, turning her face a little away from him. "D o I not? T ry me then— I promise not to laugh at you, and what Is more. If your notions of happiness are to be gratified by mortal mau, I will endeavor to supply the coveted article.” “ W ill you? W ill you really?” she cried eagerly, and a bright color lenped up all over her fair, small face. “ Ah ! and you can— you only can— now that uiv dear Daddy is gone it is you only who can prevent me from being unhap py.” "M y dear little girl, what is it that I can do for you? W hy did you not tell me before? You know that it is my duty as well as my pleasure to make you happy.” H e was touched by her simple eager ness— touched and remorseful, too. In that In some way he must have failed already In his trust toward her. “ W hy do you go away then?” she an swered him quickly, lifting her , -ire, not over eighteen inches high at the grave eyes up to his. “ A re you not my bottom, so arranged that they may be guardian, ns if you were my father? Am lifted up to perm it u current o f air to I not your ward— your child? Does a enter. father leave his child? And you go These window s w ill also light the away so often, so often; and when you floor o f the house, and a larger w indow are gone it is like death! Stay with me may be placed oil the opposite side, always, always; let me be with you, but higher up. In order properly to and then I shall hnve happiness. 1 know light the house. Th e turkeys w ill be of uo other to wish for.” A moment or two of intense silence. anxious to get out o f the house early He looks away from her face over the Iti the m orning to roam, so a fte r they lush green of the garden— a bee, heavy- have gone to roost sprinkle a little laden. boomed noisily by; the faint cry grain In the chaff on the floor to keep of a child far nway in the village broke them busy iu the m orning until they the stillness. Years afterward he could ore let out. Turkeys on the range must hear these sounds ngaih, and the wild be well fed during the period they are storm that raged at his own heart. And under cover, particularly at this tim e then a spoke, a little unsteadily and un o f year when tlie feeding on the range certainly; "Come down from that tree, K itten; Is poor, and when It Is essential to how can I talk to you up there? Here, keep them In good shape and able to put your little foot into my hand, so, fatten readily a little later.— Indianap and give me that hutetul book and jump oils News. down.” F o r D r iv in g H o gs . She obeyed him, springing lightly to This is another idea which the one- the ground ns he told tier, and as she did so, the passion of the man's nature mr.ti farm er w ill find exceedingly use flashed into life within him— he caught ful If he has to d rive hogs for any the light figure in his arms; the soft purpose. It needs but one experience gold o f her hair lay upon his arm; her w ith tlie beasts to convince any man o f sweet face rested against his breast, and the difficulty in m aking a hog go where he held her close upon his heart. The desired. The hurdle described w ill help sweet rapture of her presence filled him w onderfully In this work. Use slats with a mad sense of joy and delight; he o f one by three m aterial nml make a bent ills face to press his lips upon hers, 1 hurdle tw o and one half feet high and but with a sudden effort put her nway from him again— in very manliness he about four feet long. M ake It o f light could not abuse her sweet innocence and w eight material, so that It may be easily handled. In either end piece, childish purity. “ Child.” he said, “ there Is but one at top and bottom, hocks may he placed way in which you can be always with so that the hurdle may be attached to me. The world is cold and hard and cruel, and in no other manner will it scree to leave us in peace together— my Kitten, my fairy, swee, cnlld-woman, you must be my own— my wife. Do you un- derstaud me. K itten?” (T o be continued.) S q u are. “ Do you rem ember that five I bor rowed last year, old mau?” “ I certainly do. Going to pay It?” “ No, I w ant you to g ive me a re ceipt to show that w e’ re square.” “ But w e're not square.” “ Beg pardon, old man, but w e must n r am. f : fob p r iv in o hoos . be. Didn’ t you tell Smith that It was worth that much to find out the kind IKists I f required at any time. Then o f a mau I am?” — D etroit Tribune. make handles to make It c o n v e n ie z in m anipulating It. One should he on N a tu r a l T h o u g h t. “ This milk Is warm, m am m a," anld the center upright near the top and the city boy, tasting milk in the coun one oil either stile o f the upright In about the middle. These handles are try for tlie first time. "Y es, my son,” replied the parent; made by fashioning a strip o f wood “ I suppose it is Just fresh from the large enough to get hold of, and then nailing It on to a block and through cow.” M ade light, lu "O , I thought they’d made a mistake the hurdle material. and put hot w ater instead o f cold In the manner described, one can drive a number o f hogs with ease and also it!” — Yonkers Statesman. ward off the quarrelsome boar If a T h o se R u ssian N a m es. member o f the herd. In the Illustra “ Th ey have changed one o f those tion the small cut at the le ft shows very prominent Russian arm y corps the completed handle and the one at commanders again.” the right the manner o f fashioning the “ W hat's the new man's nam e?" bolt through the block o f wood, and “ Go 'long— I haven't mastered the the end o f the nail or screw going name o f his predecessor y e t."— C leve through the slat. land I’ laln Dealer. A t th e S ea sh o re. “ Being from the West, Mrs. Rrlese, C H A P T E R X. The days slipped away, and still Des you have never before heard the boom mond saiil nothing to his ward. Perhaps ing o f the breakers, I suppose?” “ No, but being from the W est, I he dreaded and deferred the moment which was to commit him forever to a have heard the breaking o f the boom course of action from which his heart ers— many a tim e and o ft !” — C leve recoiled. Perhaps he only waited with land I.eader. the faint and forlorn hope that something would happen to decide his fate for him. E xp erien ce I'n coveted . And then one day. Kitten herself, with “ Do you know the sensation o f be her own unconscious words, cast the die ing kicked by a m ule?" of her own future. "N o 1 don’t— and please don't try H e found her in her favorite seat, be to show me what It is.” — Cleveland tween the gnarled arms o f the cherry tree. The small black-robed figure sat Lender. coiled up Just above the level o f his head. N o R oom fo r IVouht. H er hat had fallen to the ground, her W h ite— W h y do you think Smith favorite poet was upon her knee, her looks upon m arriage as a failure? gohl-crowned head was drooped, her G ra y — 1 heard him say not long ago small white hands clasped upon the that he would never go to the peni edge o f tlfh open page she studied. She was Intensely still— a sort o f warm si tentiary fo r bigam y. lence, the soundless calm of an August H is L a s t H ope. afternoon surrounded her. An insect K n lck er— So Henpekt is going to hummed sw iftly by, • leaf stirred upon | sue fo r breach o f promise? ths tr*a above her, or a distant bird ut- Booker— Yes; Mrs. II. once promised tered t Jalot and tremulous note, bat I Klttsk, herself was as absolutely motion- | not to marry him.— N ew York Sun. W o r ld * « M ilk P ro d u c tio n . I t Is estimated that the total w eight o f cows' milk produced In the world Is 26,400.('00 hundredweight, distrib uted as follow s: United States. 6,100.- 000 hundredweight, Russia 3,500.000; G erm any 3.tHJ0,000, France 200,000, England 200.000, Austria 1,700,000. Italy 1,450,000, C anada-1.300,000, H ol land 1,200,000, Sweden and N orw ay 800.000, Sw itzerland 700,000, Denmark 600.000, Belgium 600,000, Australia 330.000, Spain 500,000 and Portugal 500.000, T h e production o f milk In Europe Is 1S. 450,000 hundredweight from 45,000,000 cows. T h e number of milch cows In the w orld Is 63.800.000— 15,940,000 In tbe United States and 10.000. 0 0 0 ,In Russia. T h ere are only six head o f homed cattle In Spain to each 2*4 acres o f cultivated land, while la France there are thirty-four and In England flfty-slx. Thla shows the poor condition o f cattle breeding In Spain, and explains ths constant In crease In the price o f butcher's meat for public consumption. itu s k io ji Corn. By fa r the most serious task Iu rais Our Audubon societies have now ing corn Is the m atter o f husking it In succeeded in getting every sort o f bird the Held. Up to date uo practical ina p retty w ell protected except the stork. chine udapted to this purpose has ap — N ew Y ork E ven ing Mull. peared. Many have been tried, but N otice a list o f deeds John D. Rock they usually fall short in some im port efeller has done in a year. A list o f ant particular. None o f them has be Individuals would be more to the point. com e popular, and a fortune awaits — N ew Y ork E ven ing Telegram . the man who perfects a thoroughly The only returning Russian general practical corn busker, which w ill be us successful relatively as the modern who has had a triumph at St. P eters busker is fo r corn fodder, says Orange burg unfortunately achieved It by get Judd Farm er. W hen corn Is to be ting killed.— N ew York E ven ing M all. husked direct from the standing corn. A C aliforn ia paper Rays bad w a ter It should be allow ed to mature quite kills as many people as bad whisky. thoroughly, particularly If It Is o f a M aybe It does, but w e don’t have to variety with large ears and large cob, buy It at 75 cents a pint.— U onceverte containing a high percentage o f mois (W . Va.) News. ture. This must be determ ined by e x Senator D epew says It Is not wise amination. Some seasons husking be fo r corporations to contribute funds to gins the latter part o f September, political campaigns; indeed, it’ s quite w h ile In others It Is not safe to begin otherw ise i f tt gets found out.— Hous husking until the middle or end o f Oc ton Chronicle. tober. T h e tim e w ill also depend i f Mr. R ockefeller can convince the la rgely upon the variety. E arly ma | coal barons that there are things better turing kinds have small cobs, and they he w ill can he husked much earlier than late- than “ m ere money gettin g” have done the country a real service.— maturing and large-ear varieties. Corn when first placed iu the crib contains Chicago News. I t begins to look ns If Secretary 13 to 33 or 40 per cent o f moisture. A common practice In the great coru T a ft didn't sit upon that Chinese boy States is to start through the Held cott long enough while In H ongkong m arking a “ d ow n” row. Husk two to accomplish Its complete collapse.— rows to the le ft o f the w agon and the D etroit Journal. one row that Is under It. Go around a Some men are born infamous, some good-sized "la n d " In this manner. T h e gradually lose their reputations and next tim e through the field and every some h a te their reputations tnken succeeding tim e th ereafter have the aw a y from them by com mittees o f in team straddle the last husked row vestigation.— Houston Chronicle. next the corn that has not been I f It is true that VV. T . Stead says It husked. T his w ill prevent the neces Is every husband's duty to whip his sity o f picking iqi a down row each w ife once In a while, evidently anotu- time, and w ill enable the busker to do er term In ja il for \Y. T. Stead m ight his work. T h e ordinary wagon box be wholesome.— Buffalo Courier. w ill hold from tw en ty-five to thirty H erea fter the B ee f Tru st is to pay bushels. W hen the corn is exception a lly good, a skillfu l busker w ill be able for the Inspection tags which have to more than fill one wagon box in been costing the governm ent $70,000 a h a lf a day. T h e capacity o f a box year. Rather, the b eef consumers are m ay be Increased by putting on addi to pay fo r them.— Atlanta Constitu tional sideboards. On the righ t side ol tion. the wagon box It Is desirable to place one or tw o extra boards to act as bump boards. T h e busker w ill not need to use so much care In th row ing in Ills work. A good busker so gauges the distance from the row In the w a g on box that It Is not necessary for him to look w h ere he throws his ear. M iguel Gomez insists that Uncle Sam ought to take a hand in the Cu ban situation. It looks as i f U n d o Ram would get tired filling the jo b o f w et nurse a fte r a while.— Birm ingham News. China's determ ination to get her rail roads out oi! the hands o f the foreign ers may be due to W u rin g -fa n g 's ob F e r t i l i z i n g th e G a rd e n . servations o f the part our railroads T here is no better w ay to fe rtilize play In the governm ent.— Pittsburg the garden than to haul fresh manure Dispatch. from the stables and spread over the T hree burglars in N ew York claim surface during the winter. Contrary to the common belief, there Is never a to have robbed 4t)0 homes. It's a great tim e when manure Is so rich In plant record, but It looks dltn beside the rec food as the day It Is made, and th* ord o f three Insurance companies, who sooner a fte r that It can be got to the have touched about 4,000,000 homes.— place where It Is to be used, the more M ontreal Star. value It w ill add to the soil. It Is al The denial from Secretary T a ft that most Impossible to put too much m a he is on the outs w ith Chairman Shonts nure on a garden. W e w ould not hesi is welcom e news. Another change In tate to put it a foot thick on the sur that official fam ily Is the one thing face, for It w ill leach only so much the governm ent cannot afford at this more plant-food Into the soil, and by time.— Pittsburg Dispatch. plow in g tim e next spring w ill be set P at C row e now admits that he In tled down until It can easily be plowed under to furnish humus fo r the better tended to kidnap John D. R ockefeller ment o f the physical condition o f the nnd hold him for a $2,000,000 ransom. soil. W ood ashes makes an excellent P at C row e talks like a man who does know the Rockefellers.— N ew fe rtilize r fo r the garden, but It should not he saved and applied on top o f the I Y ork E ven ing Telegraph. soil a fte r It Is plowed In the spring, as W hen one observes how Stoessel, potash Is one o f the plant-foods that alive, is disgraced by his governm ent, m ay be washed too deeply Into tlie and K o : tradeuko, dead, is honored, one soil to be reached by the roots o f g a r may be excused fo r surmising that den plants, many o f w hich are shal good Russians must he like good In low-rooted. dians.— Indianapolis Sentinel. A lw a y s learning something. M r. F a t t e n in g S te e r ». T h e old method o f cram m ing cot-n M cCurdy now Inform s us that a mu Into a steer regardless o f w hether or tual insurance company Is an eleem os not he digests It, depending on hogs ynary Institution, which fact Is infer- to pick up the undigested corn, Is a eutially set forth In Its circulars.— poor as w ell as an old method. T o put N ew Y ork E vening Telegram.- on good fiesh and to put It on fast a T h e Pennsylvanians who used odious steer should d igest thoroughly all the libel laws to g ag the newspapers have food that he takes Into his stomach. uNvakened the people o f Philadelphia T h e food should he prepared carefully so w id e aw ake that it is plain they In order that p erfect digestion should w ill never agnln sleep without one eye take place. Less corn and more en open.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. silaged foods should be used In fin One o f the life Insurance pr-sidents ishing a steer fo r the m arket, for the old Idea that corn is the only food that j who wns authorized to fix his ow n w ill finish n steer properly is demon ' salary d rew the thie at $400 a day, strated to be a mistaken one by e x Sundays Included. This moderation is perim ent stations conducted by respon tempered w ith the Idea o f a frequent sible men selected by the g overn m en t raise.— St. Louis Grohe-Democrat. E x h ib it in g F r u it « a t F a ir « . One o f the handsomest and most at tractive exhibits o f fru it we hnve ever seen w as that shown by Lucas County at the Ohio State fair. T h e fruits, which comprised practically the whole list o f those available at that season, w ere neatly arranged on a large table about tw en ty feet square and In such a manner that the combination o f v a rieties and colors at once attracted a t tention and prompted comment on the beauty o f the products. T oo frequent ly color on exhibition tables is over looked.— Exchange. L a n d th a t S h ou ld R e D ra in e d . I t Is estimateti that there are about one hundred million acres now unpro ductive which can he reclaim ed through dikes and drains. This land would have a productive capacity equal to four times that o f the State o f I lli nois and would considerably exceed the productive area w hich can be re claim ed by irrigation. Coet o f F i l l i n g S iloe, T h e cost o f filling silos was esti mated by the Illin ois Station from rec ords obtained from nlueteen farm s In various parts o f the Stats and the fig* aree showed a range o f fo rty to ssvsnty-slx cents per ton, the avera ge being flfty-slx cents. The Supreme Court o f Kansas has gravely decided that a pool table is a billiard table. This is one o f the most notable decisions since G eorge E. Cole, then State Auditor, held that theri- w ere 30 days in February.— K an sas | C ity Star. Mark T w a in 's opinion that the p eace o f Portsmouth “ Is entitled to rank a * the most conspicuous disaster in po litical history” marks Mark T w a in a * the most conspicuous Dick D eadeye !a the United States.— Syracuse Post- Standard. Hon. W illiam E. Chandler feels pret ty sure that neither this session nor next session w ill bring forth any rate regulating legislation to which the rail- ' road companies anil the $13.000.000.000 1 behind them seriously object.— H art- ! ford Courant. Mrs. Russell Sage has donated $75,- 000 fo r a public school building at Sag Harbor. A fe w more o f such offen sive perform ances and Uncle Russell w ill be com ing In fo r some hot shot from the anti-wealth agitators.— M il waukee Sentinel. That N ew Y ork man really ought not to feel proud o f his record o f 400 burglaries in the last tw o years, w ith loot o f nearly $1.000.000. Look at the Equitable I-lfe Assurance Society; it has more than 600.000 policy holders. — M inneapolis Star.