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1 * D ead P ast By MRS. LOVETT CAMERON ^ « * 9 * * * * * * * * * * 6 * * * * * * * * * ■ " now ’“ i ' j r r r ; - tem. „oultrvm en o f the eouu well known , poultrymen try? Eggs are the basis o f the poultry lu- du.try. E gg farming Is the most p ro f itable branch o f poultry culture. But In order to get eggs we have to keep hens as a sort o f necessary Incumber- a n c e For Y h E I I I k W »1 E E K L Y I Rii . ________ Barb W ire Cat*. When a horse has been injured on wire the first thing to do is stop the flow o f blood; this may as a rule be done by bandaging it up tight. It may also frequently be best to apply powdered alum or common saleratus, both o f which will generally be found effective. In a fe w hours, consider able swelling will set In; this should he reduced either by applying cold w a ter frequently, or, what Is really bet ter, applying pure kerosene oil, not only to the wound, but also to the swollen parts. No bandage should be kept on where kerosene Is used, as It 602— Mauritius Tiberius, Rome, died. will then cause the hair to fa ll off tem porarily, and as soon as It is safe to 1213— Possessions o f Knights T«m(i in England appropriated b; do so, the sore should be carefully crown. washed with soft water and castile soap. This ought to be repeated dally 1415— Henry V. entered Londo« «¡J victory at Agincourt. until the sore heals. One o f the best healing medicines for horseflesh that 1490— Perkin Warbeck, pretend« « English crown, executed. I have ever used can be put up at any drug store, as follows: One-half pint j 1542— English defeated Scotch it bs of alcohol; one-half pint o f spirits o f | tle o f Solway Moss, turpentine; 1 ounce o f pure glycerine; 1547 Henry I I. of F ranee forbid pi ing any book relating to Hij mix all together in a large bottle and Scriptures. shake well before using. Apply only with a feather at morning and night. 1572— John K nox died. then he looked away for a minute, and C H A P T E R X V I. Felicia, when ihe drove away from added rather quickly, “ I am a ‘poor re Mra. Talbot’s door, had been quite cer lation’ o f Brian Desmond’s, Miss Grant- tain that, iu apite of her warning. Itoy ley, an out-at-elbows younger son of a would yield to the temptation of going cousin of his mother's, whom he has j taken pity on. I am his bailiff or agent, to call upon Mra. Desmond. Felicia had learned a good many les whatever you choose to call it. at Kep- sons of life since the month of Septem plngton. I am only in town now to see ber, when she and Mra. Talbot had kill him on buainess. I suppose I ought to ed time and pursued health together at have told you that before— but, one has the Yorkshire seaside village. She had a sort of false shame.” w “ I don’t see anything In it to be gone through her experiences and they grab had not been pleusaut ones to undergo, ashamed of,” said Felicia heartily. " A Tl but, at the same time, they had been man need never mind working for his ing beneficial to her, in that she had by now living If it is in an honest w ay," and completely got over her fancy for the she felt she liked him all the better for T "wicked man” with whom she had Im his little confession. turt- “ I don’ t know much about work,” he agined herself to be deeply in love. y.*i ! — Lord Augustus W ray had not come answered, with a smile. “ I am afraid 0 well out of bis love affair with Miss I am rather lazy up there— there isn’t past Grantley. A fter an infinite amount of much to do, you know. It ’s a very idle roaw trouble, Felicia had persuaded her fath life, I fear.” I "Still, whatever there Is to be done. er to give a reluctant consent to her en wil gagement with this penniless scion of a I am quite aure that you do it, Mr. Halkes. Papa, this is needy aristocratic house. H e had con Ah! here is my father. S '“ sented provisionally, that is to say, If the Mr. Raikes, a gentleman I met in York ton HI m ! 1 young people would wait two years, and shire last summer.” t were in the same mind at the end of that “ Oh! A h ! W ell, my dear, you had drs period of probation, then, Mr. Gregory better ask Mr. Raikes to dinner. I f you ■ri Grantley agreed that he would give them are doing nothing to-night we shall be 1 his blessing, with something substantial delighted to see you at 8 o'clock sharp.” The sore should never be bandaged. 1580— Sentence of death announced j 1 added thereto. Felicia was overjoyed; Edgar Raikes was upon the point of M ary Queen o f Scots. D« By daily washing It will in this way this concession upon her father’s part pleading another engagement, but a cer Louis XIII jF LI pn heal up very rapidly. I can person 1615— M arriage o f seemed to her to surpass her wildest tain wistful glance into Felicia’s dark France with Anne of Austrii jttera I ally testify to the effectiveness o f this hopes. T w o years to a young and enthu j 1 eyes made him change his mind, and he simple remedy, as we have made use 1018— Charter granted for the c - * l b « j t siastic girl who loves seems but a small murmured his acceptance and thanks. th ] o f Virginia. thing to secure the whole happiness of Mr. Grantley stepped Into his daughter's of it In numerous cases, with the best is o f ro 1 her future life. Hhe embraced her fath bronugham. results, where every other remedy w e 1630— Great earthquake In Peru. OO rail* to er Joyfully, and was overwhelmed with tried failed to heal up the sore on the 1638— The site of N ew Haven, C or “ This man, at all events, is honest,” gratitude at his goodness.” Felicia said to herself, and then she re bought from the Indian* for j howi horse.— Agricultural Epitomist. _ in Not so liord Gus. The state of his membered that she had liked him when ether s. r centa and some trinkets. ap finances was such that he could in no they had met him at Keppington, and as too P r a c t ic a l G ate F asten er. 0 1652— Province of Maine taken ni»' way afford to wait two years for the afterward, too, when he had called upon th A sw ing gate is somewhat o f a nui a field protection of Mnssachusetti tv realization o f his dreams. Ills debts them at the hotel, only that his attention sance, unless it is arranged with a v ili1 made a county called Yurkahn e , othei pressed upon him daily; duns pestered seemed to have been absorbed by Mrs. hing t fastener that will act as desired. The n and pursued him from morning till night, Talbot. 1700— Philip V. proclaimed King She recollected how foolishly who re idea Illustrated Is a simple one, as n he had raised the last shilling he could piqued and anoyed she had been that tr Spain' itter h tl will be seen. Take a strip o f one by realize; he was, to use his own words, this had been the case, and how angry 1739— Porto Bello taken by Adm:i p ract } b "stone broke." T o request such a one with herself she had felt afterward, be four material and cut it o f convenient mptuo to wait for two years for the fortune cause she, Felicia, whose heart was at t length, as shown at figure 1. It must, 1747— Robert Livingston bora. n storj which was to come to him with the lady however, be long enough to extend be that time presumably in the possession « 1748— -Isaac W atts died. hired o f his affections was like asking a starv of Lord Augustus W ray, should have yond the cross bar D and the upright I lng man to do without food for another ■.4c - been so lost to self-respect as to have piece at Figure 2, both o f which pieces 1759— Fort Duquesne, now Plttibr-h® roa r month, and promising him a good dinneV Pa., evacuated by the FrmA gmlate felt Jealous— yea, commonly jealous, be are double— that is. one on either side 1 at the end o f I t I * cause a goou-iooking young man, who 1774— Robert Clive, ex-Governoi it 8 » o f the gate. T w o iron pieces (b) are Lord Gus kissed his Intended very af e was a perfect stranger to her, should dia. committed suicide. ■ bolted to the boards 1 and 4, as shown, fectionately, wruuk his future father-ln have taken no notice o f her, and should 1783— British troops evacuated Sr^ 8en* la w ’s hand, and professed himself deeply The fastener works in this manner: . * ■ -, have seemed to find pleasure in the so York City. B P Impressed with his kindness. Then, hav T o unfasten, pull the hoard 1 to the ciety of her friend. tl Ing got in the good city of Bath a second first l««n«d .. 1 left, which raises the end opposite 1 on 1789— Paper money wiring to hia bow, he put himself Into a J account o f the placing o f b, and when C H A P T E R X V II . Franoe- udyin g 11 train and betook himself to that aucient c 1792— The Scheldt opened to «U w sir “ I have brought a friend of mine to town. tions. pay his respects to you, Mrs. Desmond,” tl old ri “ I should have preferred Felicia, of said Mrs. Talbot that afternoon, as she 1795— K ing Stanislaus of Poland iBg « el course," said Lord Gus, to himself. “ She entered K itten’s pretty drawing room in posed by Catherine of Russia eaj _ , is young and she suits me; but I can’ t ^.owndes Hqttare. f 1804— Franklin Pierce born. . . .Thl^ w wait two years, not two months in K itten herself had Just pome In from thousand perished in inundat^ p-r( fart, for any woman; and there is al her solitary drive. She stood in the cen »I of the River Nile. hg i , ;l ways Mrs. Cogger— I don’t much like ter o f the room pulling off her long N the idea— but two years] Oh, no, I gloves; she looked just a little bit sad 1809— Fanny Kemble, celebrated actreip couldn't do It at any price— not good and weary, but her whole; face bright born. _ t a t Ili their enough!” 1814——Treaty signed at Ghent m£ j ened when, glancing past Gertrude, her So, a week later, Felicia received W ar of 1812 between the Bit eyes lighted upon the young man who letter from her lover, with the Bath entered the room in her wake. States and Great Britain. ‘ b. postmark upon it. H e was afraid shp “ R o y !" she cried Joyfully, running for bridge Gerry, Vice Preside«: 1 « • would think him a great brute, he wrote • * ward with outstretched hands to meet the United States and one tU th « but then, he had never been good enough him. signers of the Declaration «" on i Tk fo r; she was sure to meet with some one “ K itten !” dependence, died. ssfrst fa r more worthy. As for himself he •f "Oh, how glad I am to see yon! Do 1816— Philadelphia theater lighted *88 e . bad thought It wisest and best to offer released drops toward 1 and finally i i i : you know, that I thought you had for gas, first in this country. wn,” * hia hand to a lady whom he had known rests on the board marked 3. A close gotten me, and that you were never 1 ' for many years, and who was good study o f the illustration w ill show how 1826 — Treaty signed between GrestJhon coming to see me!” G * •nough to take him as he was in all hia ain and Brazil for suppress/seelr simple the plan Is, and how readily it "Ho you two are great friends al * F. unworthiness. Mrs. Cogger had couseut the slave trade. ready!” said Mrs. Talbot, in a voice of may be put In operation on any swing- I I e ed to become his wife, and they were to at 1829— Camden, 8. C., nearly desffl goa disappointment. “ And I thought that I lng gate, provided alw ays the gate Is be united early in the following month by fir e ....N e w England ill? ” was going to introduce you to a new et properly bung and works smoothly.— H e euded by piously praying that heaven beauty, Sir R oy!” custom of celebrating Tbar-erybo Indianapolis News. would watch over his dearest Felicia lng dty. n.” "M rs. Desmond and I have known and make up to her for all the sorrow each other since we were children,” ex C at Rone nnd A n im a l Food. 1837— Siege of H erat begun bj^I ad he felt constrained to bring upon her. 1 sut . • slang. Just the day the fow ls are brought That was Felicia's lesson. Hhe suf plained Roy, and then he thought no * vote» Into the bouse and confined to the run 1841— Faraday’ s diseovevy of the! J fered very keenly at first, but she got more about her, but sat down on the How glad she Over It, being chiefly assisted by the sofa by Kitten's side. o ! a small yard they begin to pine for trio current presented to facta concerning her rival that came to seemed to see him again; she who used Royal Society. e j8 animal food which they had in abund W1 to snub him and laugh at him. and turn her ears. Mra. Cogger was 00; in stat ance on the runge. It is this lack 1852— Countess of Lovelace, dnugl.____ her back upon him In the old days; how nre aha was short and Inelegant; In fea - V i b< that Is at the bottom o f the egg fallin g the poet Byron, died. ture, plain aud uninteresting; her man delightful it was to be welcomed like off rather than any other cause, as 1855— Robert Runyan, Inst maH nera were said to be vulgar, and her tern this by her. w ill be discovered. I f one w ill take the scendant of the nuthor o ff “ You nre very much changed," he per violent and excessively jealous. Mrs fa grim's Progress,” died, trouble to look Into the m atter It Cogger, however, was undoubtedly rich said, almost Involuntarily. V r at tion at Montevideo. must be understood, however, that ani " t e a ! I suppose I am. A woman does she was the widow of a Bristol merchant who had left to her an income of six change, no doubt, after her marriage, mnl food does not mean anything in 1857— Garrison of Lucknow reamT th Sir Colin Campbell. thousand a year. H aring purchased and I have been to so many places, and »lie shape o f meat one can get. There ih Lord Qua, she proceeded to pay her have seen so many new things and so are plenty o f meat scrapes on the 1861— Mason and Slidell in money down for the doubtful acquisition many people abroad. I think I was a .. ! ta Fort Warren, Boston. 0 market that are good enough fo r fer In a truly liberal fashion. Hhe paid his very ignorant little person, Roy, when »¡I i tilizer. but decidedly not o f value for 1863— Battle of Lookout Mounttii ^ i 11 debts, and she made handsome settle my dear old daddy was alive. You see, feedin g poultry. I f one can arrange Missionary Ridge. ^ j ments upon him, so that he derived some I was always a child to him. and now l w ith the local butcher to supply what 1870— Bavaria enters the North ^ T l substantial conaolationa from his mar am a woman. 1 seem to have jumped 1'; meat Is wanted for the fow ls he w ill man Confederation. |gA| riage in exchange for the lack o f those from one to the other, to have had no blot have no trouble provided he buys meat 1874— G. S. Bangs first propoMd, anc personal charms that a man la apt to girlhood!" and she half sighed. è mi He bent down and looked anxiously at think desirable in the wife of his bosom that is not tainted and does not lay In hour trains between N l» lig e s Ei’- "K itten , are you happy?” Perhaps the one soft spot in her heart her. a supply too large. Green bone an and Chicago. ?e St "A s happy as a woman can be who was the feeling that she had for Hoy— swers the same purpose to some ex 1882— Thurlow Weed died. P< j h n: Roy, who had never wished to marry has married a man she loves with her tent, but It Is hard to grind and must 1884— Grand Opera House at St 18 W1 di her. and whose heart was still constant whole heart,” she answered proudly and be ground fresh to be o f value. With burned. a little defiantly. to the love of his boyhood. Hhe felt ol a small supply o f animal food, green When he came bark an hour later to that ahe would do a good deal to save 1891— E. Bulwer I.ytton, BritishsrinX' bone and green food o f some kind one him from pain, and yet she feared that a her house to dine with her, as she had ister to France, died. " ought to have a good production of certain amount of suffering must lnevit asked him to do, he found her standing W h e r e I t le I'e e ftil, 1894— Five villages in Sicily d a r j 8’. re dressed in her ball dress under the light ably be in store for him. eggs throughout the winter, follow ing ra tle n t— W hat do you think of thli by earthquake. .. .Public •’ Perhaps It win be better that he of a swinging lamp upon the landing out- | fMltll cure business, doctor? St any plan o f feeding that has a reason tions abolished in Spain. ._**o r< side the drawing room door. As he came should see her and realise that she has able amount o f variety. nt l>octor—Oh, it's all right In som« 1898— Steamer Portland sunk o f £ jjl forgotten him and Is happy In her new up the staircase she seemed to him a A COOP ANNEX. cases. England coast. 115 live« l i « " . S e e d I’ o t u t o e a . Ft life ; It may he the best cure for him in surpassingly fair vision o f youth and Patient— For example? Hawaiian commission the poultry house proper, thus saving the end.” she said to herself, and at this beauty in her soft, clouded raiment of E very one knows that when seed vt Doctor— Well, say when a person the expense for lumber. This coop Is potatoes are allow ed to sprout and the meeting in Washington. moment her brougham drew tip at the white lace, with the glitter of diamonds .» Imagines something ails him and then three feet In width, and any length de- sprouts are broken off, as they often 1899— Thomas H. Ismay, found door of her father's club In Pall Mall upon her neck and arms. "Punctual to a minute,” she cried gay- Imagines he Is cured o f it A s It did so a gentleman was coming W hite Star line, died.. .1 Iuclnnatl | sired, but figured so that the lumber are when the potatoes are kept In a slowly down the steps of the club. He ly, as she preceded him into the drawing Euqulrer. B ill" Anthony, hero o f ti*' w ill not cut to waste. dark cellar, the tuber Is perceptibly to glanced at the lady in the brougham room. "A h , how I do love people who explosion, died in poverty- Hake the fram e o f rough lumber, weakened, the yield lessened and the once quite idly, and then again more at come punctually to dinner! How do you A s O t h e r « See IT«. nel H. Elbert, ex-Gov** tl using any odds and ends one may ripening retarded. T h e best w ay to tentively. Felicia, too, looked keenly at like my dress, Roy?” Green— l>o you believe there ts real Colorado, died. have around the place: cover roof and keep seed potatoes is In cold storage. pt 'It is perfect," he said gravely, look him. W here had she seen that face with ly such a person as the fool-killer? United States landed T f sides and ends with tarred paper. For It Is important that the tem perature 1901— the pleasant gray eyes and the refined ing not at her dress, hut at her. the I B rown— E r— by the way. how old 1 ima to preserve or<^,r u14* s*i “ I dare say 1 shall not dance much,” regular features? Suddenly there came ventilation, a six-inch space is le ft the should never fa ll below 35 degrees, expe Frederick Alfred Krupf j bark to her mind the breezy hill slopes she went on in a tort of hurried manner are you? entire length o f the house at the lower nor should It rise much above 40 de 1902— G reen— Forty five. German gun manufacture above Keppington Hall, the flickering that puzzled him, "only with you and able, end and this Is covered w ith w ire net- crees. In a press circular sent out by B rown— W ell, If there sunshine through the branches o f the with Brian.” Then, after a little pause 1903— Germany officially recogjJA hi ' i the Ohio station It is advised that the beech trees, the blue distance in the val tha added In rather a strained voice: | have retired from buslnes* “ * Republic o f Panama. _______________________ j twreu in one end at the hljjh side near ley below, and the great atone house "B y the way, after all. you will have «••ed potatoes should be shoveled over ment announced of th Professional Advtcs. top A t th* lower Part o f the frequently, as this prevents sprout sleeping In Its solitude near by; and then to put up with only me for dinner, Roy; Chicago railroad strike. the stranger who came strolling up the I have had a note from my husband, in T h e new doctor had been called in un<*er Ihe ventilating space the ing to a certain extent w h ere cold hill to address them, and whose persist which he statee he will be unable to get I to see a lady with a swollen Jaw. | hoards are arranged so that the one storage Is not available. P lanters are R n raoron t N e w « N ote« ent attentions to Gertrude had somewhat back to dinner, being detained by busi- _ __ Does It hurt you to talk?" asked nearest the ground Is hinged to the reminded, how ever, that under certain T h e Russians are better striW mortified and annoyed her. nesn. I hope you will not find it dull I the p ill"d isp en ser one above It fo r ease in cleaning the conditions this sprouting process may they are soldiers. * She half put out her hand and smiled. alone with me. Shall we go down?” coop. The door tn one end is made Y es ." she replied. Everybody In Russia seems to! o « used to advance the early ripening H e offered hia arm in grave silence Th e gentleman atopped at once and took “ Then don 't." said the M D. “ T w o o f any size desired, although the o f the crop, i f the tubers are placed ning his freedom except the C«ar.I it and they went downstairs to dinner. off hia h a t •m ailer the better, tw en ty Inches A t last Sweden and N o rw if'^ g | "Surely I can't be mistaken; It Is Mr. "H o w odd it teems to t»e sitting down dollars, please." stem end dow n In single layers In •quare being a good aize.— Exchange agreed to a complete divorce Ralkea. la it not ?" to dinner alone with you like this!" she •hallow trays in a slight and modern M ean IH «p o «itio n . mony. Edgar Raikee hiked down at her oddly cried, with a brave effort to seem gay ately warm room, they w ill send out "H e 's got a mean disposition ” P ou ltry Notes. ■ m s moment; be drew himself a little and happy, “ Do you remember our T h e average Russian begin« short, stubby green sprouts, which “ W h at makes you think so?" from the brougham door. Hhe ask Innrheone by the river and the sand- It Is pretty hard to feed the hen manifestoes and ukases with 1 ^ 9 w ill remain In that condition for “ I told him I wanted to learn ho n il wi uri he n had been at Kepping wichea anu cherry piea I lists I to coax circulars. too much If the food Is o f the right 4 1 whether weeks, *nd I f the p o ta to «« are than to run an aort lely old Ketiah Into making, that I might ---- ao ------- --------- . . . auto „ _ and . he didn't offer to •ort- Improper feeding does mors The Tammany T ige r Juat planted without breaking th « sprouts, m always thsrs,” and bring them out to you in tbs corasr o f | lo* n “ >• W*. — Cleveland Plain Dealer, harm than excessive feeding get its body through, but caught* t o ___I yea. I a th «y w ill «ta rt Im m ediately. 1« th« door. it ' 4 J * * * * * * * * * + the meadow under the willow treeel** How nice it was! the softened lamp light, the fruit and the flowers, the dim background of pictures and old oak in the empty room— for the servants had ! left them— and Kitten, in her white j dress, with the light shining upon her corn-gold head, sitting opposite to him while they capped each other's reminis cences of those happy days long ago in which Brian Desmond had had no ex istence! "Brian will be here very soon now,” she said, glancing at the clock. "H o w T h e B e rn L a n te rn . I wish he would come back; let ua go upstairs and wait for him in the drawing Lanterns are undoubtedly the safest room.” things to use In the barn, and If they There was a sound of wheels at the are hung properly and protected ns door, and the bell rang. F o r one mo- Indicated here there w ill be iitt!e or no rnent K iten ’s face was radiant; if it had j ^ not been „ „ „ for very shame ahe would have danger from fire. Tak e a piece o f inch Hown'downsUi™ b T g^ eet' her Teturnlni board and from It cut a circle tw elve prodigal, but the consciousness of her Inches in diameter; then buy a piece matronly honors prevented her from do o f galvanized w ire netting fifteen Inch es wide and four feet long, then a ing anything so very undignified. There seemed to be a little delay piece of bright new tin eighteen Inches downstairs; no manly feet, conscious of square, a hook with a flat end, so it outrageous lateness, came tearing up the can be screwed to the wall. Then build stairs two at a time— instead, there was a shelf fifteen Inches wide and twen a measured tread o f heavy steps followed ty Inches long. Nall the shelf In a quickly by the swish of a woman's silken skirts against the banisters; the foot convenient location In the barn, then man threw open the door, aud there en on the wall back o f the shelf nail the tered— Gertrude Talbot in amber satin piece o f tin which acts as a reflector and black lace, with a huge bouquet in as well as protects the wall. her hand. Fasten the hook on the wall above “ Ah, my dear little woman!” she said, the tin. Then make a cylinder by nail affectionately and gushingly, "here I am ing the w ire to the edge o f the circular again, you see! how too— too lovely and delicious you look In that perfect dress How well It suits you. I have just com* from Felicia’s dinner party— I thought I would drive round by your door, and car ry you off with me to Lady Hunter’s; your brougham, I see, is waiting for you, dear, so I can dismiss miue and we can go together, and you must follow us In a hansom, Sir Roy.” “ But— you are very kind, Mrs. Tal bot; but I cannot go with you; my hus band will be coming back,” stammered Kitten, confusedly. Gertrude smiled more than ever, show ing all her gleaming te«th, and flinging up her black gloved hands with an ex pressive gesture. "Oh, my dear child, how delinciously young and fresh you are! Don’ t you see GOOD BARS LANTERN. that— that naughty husband of your« had no more notion of going to Lady piece o f board, lacing the ends o f the Hunter's to-night than your footman wire together with stout twine. Set had?” this on the shelf and slip the lantern “ W hat can you mean— have you seen inside of it, hanging the bale o f the him?” faltered Kitten. “ Ah, I understand men better than lantern on the book. The w ire cylin you do, child; they are all alike, every der protects the lantern yet does not one of them— dear creatures, and w« shut off much light, and by having the can't do without them, the more’s th« hook curved there w ill be little danger pity, but unreliable all of them! Seen o f the lantern falling, even under quite him, my dear, of course I have; I passed a hard blow. The Illustration shows him a few minutes ago, walking with a all o f the details for constructing this very good-looking woman— it was hi« arrangement.— Indianapolis News. sister, no doubt," she added, locking a little away from her victim. B u y in g M ix ed F eed«. "Y'es, It was his sister,” answered K it W hy any feeder o f farm stock ten, very calmly, half turning to Roy; should buy mixed grains is more thau “ it was stupid of me to forget it, but one can understand, unless he Is too of course, I remember now. Brian told lazy to do the m ixing himself. Tim e me that he was dining with her to-night.” “ Then had we not better go on to th« was when screenings were Just what ball?” said Gertrude, considerably taken was claimed for them, the smaller aback; Brian Desmond had no sister, and grains which dropped through the she knew It, but the young wife's cool sieves when screening was done for ness and courage struck her dumb. the first grade o f grains. Now screen “ Yes; we will go together to the ball, ings are quite likely to be the sweep assented Kitten, and she went. ings from the mill floors nnd contain “ Do you want to break her heart?" whispered Roy, angrily to Mrs. Talbot anything from nails to tobacco quids. Any o f the grains used for feeding as they went downstairs. "Oh, dear, no! only to open her eyes, stock of any kind can be bought w ith she answered, with a careless shrug ol out mixture and one can tell by exam her beautiful white shoulders. ination if they be reasonably pure. (To ha continue!.I They cost some more than the mixed feeds, to be sure, but they are cheap S cien tific F a rm in g . est In the end, for less has to be fed. A clerk In the Department o f A g ri O f all the bad mixed feeds the ground culture said: feeds are the worst, for it is practical "Ho you think that scientific farpilng ly impossible to know wbat is In the Is a bluff? You demand acme lllustra mixture, that Is, for the ordinary ob tlons o f the good that is accomplished server to ascertain. In feeding poul by the scientific method? Very well. try It has been demonstrated tim e and "W h en clover was first Introduced again that it pays to pay 25 per cent into Australia it grew there beautiful more for the grains by themselves ly, but It never seeded. T h e soil was than to feed the m ixtures bought in all right. T h e clim ate was all righ t that form. W hat, then, was the trouble? F i n i s h i n g O ff C o o p s . " A scientist studied the matter, and One o f the economics in the poultry this Is what he found: " H e found that the native Austra business Is to have coops which may lian bees had tongues too short to be used for any desired purpose w ith reach the clover's pollen form ing or out making it necessary to in any wny gans. These organs in red clover are subdivide the main poultry house. hidden deeply in the heart o f the tube Coops for sick fowls, coops for the like petals anil they can only be fer roosters, coops for the broody hen and tilized by the long tongued bumblebee. coops to finish off the birds which are I f red clover is not visited by bumble to go to market later. One o f the best bees. who bear the golden pollen designs for the latter purpose can be grains from one blossom to another, it built on the sunny side o f the barn or never seeds— it cannot be grown. The scientist, aw are o f the fact, soon put his finger on the barren Australian clo ver's trouble. He Imported a lot of long tongued bumblebees. These bees flourished, and Immediately Australian clover, which had promised to be failure, became one o f the country's richest and finest crops.” — Chicago Chronicle. I