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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.