I
THE CHARITY GIRL
By CFFIE A. ROWLANDS
CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.)
When Frank wn gone, at Brat aha felt
if ah niut rush madly after blin,
but ilia restrained birwlf ; and fortunate
ly aba fot bar (ntVr't neruisalon to re
luro to her aunt, and try to cheer tha
pour woman up. Roderick waa back at
hi-r home, aud proved a courteous and
kind friend to hi bruther'e wife. Ila be
sought ber Dot to peak to her father
about tha marriage, urging all aorta of
reaaone for tha delay. Roderick alio ad
ied her Dot to confide la bia mother;
and, bearing in mind frank 'a wiahes, aba
did all tba young man dvised.
So tha daya went by. Four moothf
war apent : tha tiuia waa drawing near
for her father's annual winter vialt to
the Riviera, and Conatance felt aha ought
to accompany him, when auddenly the
current of her life waa changed by two
v-venta, the flmt of whli'h brought tha
f!or to ber cheeks and tha thrill to her
lieart, the second of which plunged tha
girl a aoul Into tha deepest, darkeat nils
erj a woman ran ever know.
JuHt aa the letter in which ahe had
written. In timid, gentle worda. tha ma
trrnit! hope ahe might aunire beraelf of,
a blow fell upon her which all but
crushed out ber life, aa It euccesafully
broke her heart. One day a woman pre
sented herself at Lady Anstruther'e houae
and asked U ace Mia (iaacoigne. Mar
lull, who guarded and ahielded her
young niistreaa ir everr tneana In ber
power, would have refuaed thla woman
-admittance, but Constance took tha mat'
ler into ber own bands, and a meeting
followed,
When Marshall went In to look after
thu girl, thinkinc aha bad given tha
atranger enough of ber time, aba found
t'onttance atanding before the fire, ber
fare ashen white, her eyea ataring and
fipremionleia, like tha eyea of tha dead.
"Marshall," ahe aald, wlih tonea that
were husky with emotion, "Marahall, I
I have been deceived. 1 am not Frank'e
wife!"
"Not Mr. Frank'e wife! Oh. come.
Mlaa Conatance, you are altogether
wrong! Why, didn't I aea you a-etand-in'
befora the altar with my own eye,
rod didn't I hear you awear to belong
o scb other "
Constance put out an ley-cold hand.
"Dear, tnia friend," aha whispered,
between ber pallid lips, and then aha
ok up a plei of paper and gave it to
Marshall.
"Head that, and you will aea I am Dot
wong," aha aaid, with a wintry imlle.
"The wedding you assisted at wjs only
force. Here I the certificate of Frank
Anatruthrr'a firar marriage, as, firat and
only one. for that woman who haa Juat
left me la Uia lawful, legal wife."
, "I will not bdievo it! I will not be
lieve It? So cried Marshall over and
over again, while the poor girl crouched
down by the fire and rocked heraelf to
and fro, aaking turself lu a wild, mad
way. wb.it win to become of ber.
"Mr. Roderick will put thia straight,"
aria Marshall's irrdict. and for a brief
time a flame of hone aprung up in the
-wretched rreature'a oresst; but alaa! it
-anon died down and waa crushed out for
ever. Itonerlck took tha matter up Immedi
ately. He (ought out every clew, follow-
-ml the truth up to tha bitter end, and,
lastly and aorrowfully. had to own bia
l-rother a liar and villain.
Const anca aeemed turned to atone. She
shed no tears, aba made no moan ; ahe
We h rwlf with a pride that waa some
tti'na biarveloua.
"What waa to become of her? What
of her child?" Tha question haunted ber
day and night.
Fortunately, .her annt'a health became
o bad, ahe waa permitted to atay burled
in tha country house without further mo
leKtatlon from her father, who went off to
Monte Carlo and enjoyed hlniaelf, doubly
free from bia daughter'a presence. Lettera
arrived from Frank by every mail, but
they were toeaed Into the fire unread.
"'1 leave you to communicate with
-your brother," the girl had aald In her
one and only Interview with Roderick,
and the hot blood of triumph bad surged
into hla veina.
How well hla evil. Jealous plan had
'-worked! Better than hs could have
hod or dreamed. Frank waa milea
way: he could not atand forth and re
fute tha horrible Ilea. Conatance, bound
up In pride and misery, refuaed to do
ahe ahould have done, writs to him di
rect, and ao learn the real truth. Ilia
two puppeta worked at bia will and hast
ened his revenge.
Revenge on the brother he had alwaya
hated; revenge on the woman be had
loved In a wild, unreasoning, passionate
way, and who bad shrunk from hla very
filtmUhiu in a manner that had chilled
him to the heart. It waa a cruel, wicked,
unmanly act the act rather of a demon
than 'hat of a man.
Aa day after day went hy. the time
-approached for the birth of Conatancs'a
viamelrss child. She had made no plans,
arranged nothing. Roderick did every
thing. He It waa who guarded the girl
In her mother'a houae, where, with no one
bout her but Marshall, Dot even a whis
per of her condition caught tba wind;
he aurrounded her with every comfort.
very cars, but be never saw her, and
be sent blm no thanks.
, The, dss her chjld waa hvrw v-r-,V.!!
nme to him; she bad no liking for Rod
erick In fact, so great was ber anger
an.i hatred toward poor Frank aha could
rarcety bring heraelf to address an one
-w.-..a wWi V:r ; :S,-rc mu'uwti
Jng else to do, and even the old woman.
in common Justice, admitted that Rod
erick waa acting with mors than a broth
er' tovs to ths unfortunate girl.
"She refuses to see the child." Mar
shall said, "and when I urge ber, all ahe
ays la. 'Let It diet Let it die I' Wa
can't do that, you know, air. What are
w to do?"
Roderick had already foreseen thia con
tingency and waa prepared.
"The child must be removed. I know
woman who will take It and be thank
ful for the money. Tba mother will
never aak for It. never wish to si It"
And thus, deopite Marshall's longing
to keep ths helpless, haplesa child, waa
the matter arranged. Conatance never
asked after ber baby. snH rhsi was
iuid by her faithful maid what had been
done with It, ah mads no sign, either
hy word or look. Tha doctor who attend
ed hei had been taken Into confldenc by
Itoderick, and be pitied ths poor young
mother from the bottom of hs heart, for
hs saw that a blow had been struck
which could never be healed.
Constance was scarcely convalescent
befors sh received a visit from her fatk
er. who waa In a atsts of much perturba
tion. "Knew how It wonld he," he said, when
he Brat aaar the girl's white face. "Bexed
up hers with a dying old woman enough
to kiil you In reality. And who could
havs put this into ths papers? Anstruth
er says It must have been some officious
person In ths village who thought yon
were 111, and must needs kill you."
Constance took the newspaper from her
father' hard, and read the announce
ment of her own death in a short para
graph. Fo waa silent for a moment,
an J then, aa ahe handed It back, aba skid,
w'th a faint amile:
"It la a pity you have to contradict
It. f iber."
"Kb I What nonsenss ! Now, Con, I
shan't let you stop hers any longer. I
never saw such a change In any girl !
Pack up jour trunks at on"e and come
away! Why, you look forty!"
Ilfw Utile did poor Conatance think,
as she journeyed to London with her
fjih-r. that at that very time Frank
Aiisirnther was reading the account of
her death, not only In a newnpaper, but
In a loving, tenderly indited letter from
h's bi other Roderick, who bad bit on thia
Idea of separating Frank from hla wife
as being .the bent. If he bad hinted at
anjr.hir.g else, Frank would have rushed
back to Kngland at once, but with Con
atance dead and buried, what waa there
to bring him back?
Roderick'! ahrewdness waa verified ;
Frank never came home. And when the
London aeaaon was at Ita height, and
Constance Gascnigne waa winning fresh
laurels for ber beauty and wit, the news
arrived of an outbreak of fever in Bur
mah, and Frank Anetruther'e name wat
among the dead. They called him a hero ;
they sent home accounts of bia courage
self-sacrifice, and bravery, and Con
stance'a heart turned with a despairing,
yearning agony to tha man ahe had loved
c well, and ahe longed to be burled wrh
him, abut out of the world forever. She
saw Roderick as little aa ahe could. It
waa from hia lipa that ahe learned of her
child's death ; the woman who bad taken
it bad reported alwaya how delicate it
waa, and the end, alwaya expected, had
come at laat.
Then it waa that Roderick spoke; that
he showed himself in his colore. !(
pleaded for her love ; be told her how he
bad adored her ever since their child
hood's daya ; bow he had given place to
Frank against hia longing, and entreat
ed her to forget all and become his wife.
When he left ber that day Roderick
knew hia plan had failed; come what
might, Conatance would never be bis wife.
To lend aid to hia final coup he had lied
to ber about her child. He knew that
It lived, although It neglect and poverty
could have killed It the poor little thing
had its share. Stung to the quick with
the bitter words that came from Con
stancy lips at bia offering of love, he
determined ahe should never be told the
truth. He bad one interview with the
woman who had charge of the child, and
after giving her a !arge aum of money
and sworn her to secrecy, hs went out of
England, and waa lout to the world that
knew bim forever. He had lived for one
thing only during the apace of foor years,
and when be knew he had lost bia tri
umph, he cast ths dust off bis shoes ad
vanished.
Then came the time of George Fraser'a
wooing, tha miserable hopeless time when
Conatance learned that her hand waa the
price of alienee over her father'a dis
honor and dishonesty. The reat we know
up to the day that Audrey came to Din
glewood aa maid to Sheila Fraaer.
face and lipa, and beard the mean rat
came from the sorrow stricken heart.
Constance Frsser turned pale, too, hot
tba sight of ber child' face gave her
courage. Aa though aba had read It la
large letters, ahe knew the truth then.
"It may not he ao bad. Sheila. These
things are alwaya eiaggerated." ahe aaid,
as she put her hands tenderly on Au
drey's shoulders. "It seems to tus In
cludible that Ji V ahould have been at
tacked like thia. Surely such sssa caa
have no enemies."
"He haa ben robbed of all the Jewelry
and raoney he bad onthat will be a clew,"
Shtlla aaid. apparently with Indifference,
but watching Audrey keenly aa ahe apoka.
All at once ahe aeemed to realise that
thinga were not so bad for her.- Thia
audden illnesa of Lord John'a might,
after all, prove a good friend to her.
At any rate, it would separate hint
from Audrey, and that waa a rret deal.
She noticed with the keenest pleaaure
tho anguiah that had dawned on the
young girl'e face. She must not let her
step mother notice ber hatred of the girl
that had stepped In between ber and her
happiness.
"Hut I am forgetting," she said. In a
frank, pleaaant manner. "I have to offer
all aorta of congratulatlona to you. mam
ma. Why. It la like a fairy atory. And
ao thia pretty little girl is to be my
later?" She bad come up to the alender
drawn-up figure. "We mint be good
friends, you and I. Audrey," ahe aald,
gllblly. "Let us seal that bargain with
a kiss."
Constance Fraaer'a delicate face flush
ed. Thia was not what ahe had expected;
ber generous, noble heart was deeply
touched and ahe trembled visibly.
"Thank you, dear Sheiia." waa all aha
aaid; but ahe gave the girt a look of
unutterable gratitude. "You havs al
"iys been kind to me. I I should
Ilk' to think you and my Audrey were
friends."
Sheila stood silent for a moment, than,
laughing softly, ahe pressed ber lips to
Audrey's cheek.
"There! It la done!" she said. "And
Dow for the latest news of poor Jack."
Audrew had stood motionless all
through thla little scene ; but ber mother'a
hand felt the tremble that ran through
the young frame. She fathomed only too
well all that her child was suffering. As
the door closed on Sheila, and they were
lone once more, ahe wrapped ber arms
round the alight figure.
"My darling!" she said, In tones of the
deepest tenderness.
Audrey gave a little cry. and turning,
clung to her new-found comforter and
protector.
"Oh. mother, mother!" she whlapered,
brokenly: "and I I lore bim ao! What
ahall I do if he dies?"
Then, with those loving arm at ill
bout her, ahe wept out the atory of her
simple love. It waa an old and a new
atory ; and though ber heart waa torn
with anguish at thla calamity that bad
befallen her beloved, the girl'e sorrow was
inexpreaaibly aoothed by the remem
brance that the heart ahe leaned on now
beat only for ber, and would be her
henceforth and to the end.
(To be continued.)
riffle
CHAPTER IX.
"And you are my mother?" Tbey
were the only worda Audrey could utter.
Sbe was bewildered, amaxed; ber heirt
was beating with a nervous excitement
in which pride and Joy mingled largely.
Shu felt as though she were in some
sort of dream, or waking trance; every
now and then she passed her hand over
hr eyes as though to clear away the oon
fusion that exlated.
She waa kneeling beside Conatance
Frawr'a alender figure, the pretty, white
hands were clasping hers, the soft, m Hi
es 1 voice waa ringing in her ears, And
'his waa ber mother ! She Audrey
Maxse the waif and stray, the namele.s
nobody, aha waa thia delicate arlatociat'a
child I
"You are my child, my darling. My
own, my very own !"
Audrey gave a little cry and nestled
cloec to her new-found mother.
"It la too beautiful, too beautiful to
be real !" waa all she could say ; and
then, aa ahe felt the soft, tender lipa
pressed to ber brow and cheeks, she be
gan to wake from ber dream.
"Tell me, tell me bow It all happened,
how you found that I was not dead."
"It waa your face that first aeemed to
whler hope," Mrs. Fraaer ' replied.
When you came in that morning it waa
aa though Frank atood before me again.
You have hia very eyea; the expression
in them ia exactly what lived in hia. I
began to wonder, to dream. I waa not
happy till I had learned your history.
Now you know why I have had ao many
long rhata with dear Mrs. Thorngate. I
determined to confide In her; I knew I
could truat her, aa. Indeed, that haa been
proved. At once ahe took matter Into
her own banda. She communicated with
her husband, who made every investiga
tion about you, my darling, and dlacov-
rXA f,"rv" f. I'M TV-rr pvt . -r-v:
placed in the home through tha influence
of Sir Henry tlulatrode, certain thinga
belonging to the woman aupposed to be
your mother were deposited In the eoee
if iLu uitfuvu, Iiaa ifuua. I imiuea
thene few poor things an old satchel,
t riioie, a bundle of old lettera; and In
the satch-l, hidden away In the lining,
we discovered the certificate of your birth,
together with the last letter Roderick
muat hare written to the woman before
eho died. Oh. my darling! my darling!"
she cried, holding Audrey pressed close
to her. "Horr .-in I ever describe the
exquisite Joy that came to me when I
knew what heaven had sent me? I
seemed to live again to grow, as I once
was, strong and full of courage. Klsa
me, my child, my baby I Kiss me, and
let me hear you say you have forgiven
ire for my cruel desertion of yon !"
"Forgiven you ! Oh, my poor, dear,
sweet, new tvh-( Sou'i say such a
thing ! When I remember how yon must
have suffered, how cruel that wicked
nian haa been to hide me from yon all
these years, I feel almost mad."
That eventful night ended la more ex
citement, for the report epread to the
house of the discovery of Jack Olendur
wood, Insensible and horribly wounded,
nd In the tumult that ensued Sbella
worked off some of her Violent feeling,
She broke In abruptly anon the length
ened conference bet wen Audrey and her
mother, and blurted oat the news with
out any warning; bet her eye glistened
gladly aa ah saw the color leave Audrey'!
TO END PLANT DI8EASE.
Idealist Establishes Hospital la a
North Dakota C'nlleae.
A writer la the World To-Iay lias
called attention to an Important work
In the lnterrxta of farmer and fruit
grower, which I being carried on at
the North Dakota Agricultural College,
In the direction of eliminating the dis
eases of plant and tree and ao suc
cessful ha I'rof. II. L. Itolley become
In erndlcatlng the 111 to which vege
tation Is heir that he la called by the
western agriculturlat the head physi
cian of the vegetable kingdom, any the
Rochester Iteuiocrut and Chronicle.
I'rof. I (o I ley conduct!" wtint be call a
plant hospital In connection with the
college. At thla hospital are found all
sorts and condition of sick and un
healthy tree and plants. A large area
of ground I sot apart for the remedial
operation, under the Immediate auper-
vlalon of the head physician, who liu a
corps of asHlatant who might not In
appropriately be classed a trained veg
etable nurse. A portion of the ground
I used for experiment on soil that
ha been affected by flax "amut" or
other parasite and varloua healing pro
cesso are tried experimentally, but
practically.
Wheat rust Is another of the evil
which Trof. Holley I atrlvlng to miti
gate. If not entirely eradicate. Just
now he Is testing the theory that the
carberry plant la the progenitor of
wheat rust, and lie aeema to have es
tablished the correctnes of the the
ory. He ha recommended the use of
a dilution of formaldehyde aa a bath
for seed wheat, and It I estimated that
the Introduction of Hie prots baa
saved the farmer of the northwest
million of dollar. He has already
worked out a process of administering
formaldehyde to fruit treea as a con
stitutional remedy for apple blight,
with marked auives. '
The Dakota vegetable physician la
Arm believer In the ability of some
plants of given specie to wlthataivl
the attack of plant disease, and hi
Investigations along thla line are of In
terest He collects grain, plant and
seeds from all quarter of the earth
and spray them with culture of the
different kind of disease to .which
they' are supposed to lie subject. Sueb
plant a survive thla drastic process
are carefully aegreg.tted ami their semis
eimwanly, hia process l alow, but Prof.
Itolley ha met with sufficient encour
agement to warrant continued experi
ment. The work done at the Dakota Agri
cultural College la one which would
eeem to be worthy of emulation In oth
er state and manager of eastern ag
ricultural experiment station ar
watching It with Interest.
WW
no- i.
TV car. Hb-hlch. fruit I. ban
I. the orchard or plant.t.oa and
muring bou-bJoMO' thelm-
""" factor 1
ot'krtnlnuig 1 1
"WDg quality.
"" It la ths on
'K'W shore U.
thert that kP
the tbh'k skinned
fruit, uice the ap
ple inA ...n. liU-
nmn. from tb. attacks of the common
mold Thtm fruit do not often ae
cy u Ion aa the skin I whole unU-a
t!7 . weakened by overr'peneaa or
by othe, adr condition The least
"braalga or In the skin the
mold, j foothold, nd. once atarted, the
decay nkely to eontluue under the
"o"t ftvorabls transportation condi
tions, It b well known that decay In fruit
traomt and In storage geuerally de
"lops fr,(1I1 wound on the aurface.
though few persona know how com
mon thene Injuries sre. The common
est Injuries are caused by puncture
of Insert,, by tbe stem of one fruit pen
etrating another, by cut from tbe On
Ker mils of tt handler, by rupture
mused by the rapid growth of the
frtilt, by windstorms or by cutting tbe
urfaealn some way. In the first Illus
tration decay I
shown starting
from a cut on the
surface of an ap
ple; In the iec
oud figure decay
occurs around a
codling moth In
Jury. There ha been
gradual Improvement elnce the be
ginning of the fruit Industry in the
methods of handling the cropa. The
early crude method of harvesting and
packing are firing way to better nieth
oda In tbe orchard and In tbe pack
ing hoojies. There need to be further
hnprovement ilong these line In every
branch of tin fruit Industry.
ratal sg Ta oka are.
Tankage bit been found to be a val
uable hog feed by a number of our sta
tions. Thq low station, for example,
fed corn ajidunkage at the rate of 05
part of th4 former to five part of the
latter. Tht ttnkage wa worth $32 per
ton and eofcuined about 42 per cent of
jroteln ini llper cent of fat ; the price
of corn nlaJwn $22 per ton. The
ex perl met
mm conducted for a period
of 49 da. The bog weighed 205
pound atfb end of the experiment
tin.,. t 1 hh,..!.!.. l,nk,M Klft
1 1 u cue rmiu
pounds of An was produced at a cost
of $4.50. t-Aile with corn alone 100
pound of aln was produced at a cost
of $5.1(1. fteae result, therefore, show
a aavliii (46.6 cent per month per
hog lu fsor of tankage when fed In
connect fcn with corn under the condi
tion minioned. Reside thla. It ahould
b reninbered that the manure also
becameBor valuable on account of
the aniout of protein fed.
I Vitality leeds.
The petilstent vitality of seeds bai
often bea noted, and, while there la
some tionx aa to tbe reliability of re
port of vheat taken from Egyptian
grave a ancient date germinating
when plaited, muny notable, If less
wonderful example of nature' preser
vation of e life of seed a come to life
from tins to time. One of the most
noteworthy of- these refers to seed a
taken from Fort Conger, about 400
n-.IIea froathe pole, by the Peary party
in lHim, having been exposed In this
not thtrn climate for a period of alx
teen yean, their presence there being
the result of the Greeley expedition In
1.H.S3. Package of lettuce and radish
wis wen brought to the United
states, inl, after a further period of
six yean, fere planted, and, while the
iettmv ad bad lost Its vitality, fully
0'ie-half of the radish seed germinated
and Kre to maturity and perfection.
Broke t'a Ills nreasss.
Ptubb Great Scott, man, what
the matter with youT
Penn 1 1 fell over a cellar door Kst
eight.
Btubb Bat yon look a though yon
bad been clubbed. Cellar door don't
club people.
I'enn Tea, but there waa a polio
man aleeptng on tba cellar door.
re Tklaw.
Gunner And you aay that tall man
ta playing for the heart of the beauti
ful Boston belreaa. What chance haa
be? Why, she baa a heart of Ice.
Ouyer Oh, he'll capture her all
right lie I aa official ( Um lea
trust
Farsa Seeds.
In the winter most of farmers take
time to think over the work for the
coming season and to plan out what
they will do when the frost gete out of
the land la the aprlng. The drat mat
ter to be irttled Is that of fam semis,
most of which ahould be ordered early
ji winter. Thla la necessary for several
reaaona, on of which la that tbe seed
may be tested aa to germinating ability.
If tbe tint aeed selected falla to give
l.u iWe Is t'i'A.feHo'or'.irr'nna
secure mori seed, which should In turn
be tested. The value of the seed in
the field regulate to a great extent
tbe Size ul lite iiop AMMiuie from it.
and thli Is better understood now than
t waa tea year ago.
rail Allalfa aeealaar.
Th. feim.vlvsnla Experiment Sta
tion haa galued much experience in fall
and aiirlna- seeding of alfalfa, aud aay
that the prluclpal objection to aprlia
sowing la that weed caue up ana
hk nut th voiin tUnt before tbey
get a good atart Tbe fall eeded al
falfa on drv luud wa able to witn-
tand the severs winter climate per
fectlyIn fart, better than the com
mon red clover. Under average condi
tion, from 20 to 30 pounds of seed
should be sown to th acre. Manure
gave better reaults on Pennsylvania
anil than did commercial fertiliser.
Lime did not give satisfactory remilta
In some Instance It gave no appre
ciable results, and In others It waa de
cidedly harmful, but In no case It ap
plied to advantage. Peep, well-arainea
soils are the best for growing alfalfa.
Tklaks Ho lloat .
A Nebraska farmer thluka the Pu
rees are tbe beat hogs. He says: The
n..mc ho haa tbe ability to make a
pound of pork on as small an amount of
train as any hog. By nature ne is a
better rustler, a hog that is better aoie
to take care of himself than any other.
a qunllty that haa been essential on
hiiv farm. When I got my Urat red
sow I bad tho Poland Chinas, and It
waa noticeable bow the red ones were
uo acd about In cold weather when
the Mack were piled up In tbe nest
This very thing made It poss'ti ror me
red sow to nroduee a better and strong
er litter of pigs than the black, and
they are better producera or larger ut
ters. Tbey do not need the care that
tho white bog doea to keep them from
getting mangy, In this Western country.
T tkia Umua Poaltrr.
Stock hlined without Ice hould be
MickeJ In clean cne. which hould be
lined with fresh wrapping paper. Some
careful ahlpper wrap each hira in
waxed paper, aud auoh care usually
paj-a, a the tock so packed reacnes
market In the best condition. Occa
sionally bird will soften up so much
en route that blood will run from the
mouth, thus soiling much of the con
tents of the case. To prevent this a
piece of pner may be wrapped around
the head of each bird. Mark all pack
age with the name of tbe ahlpper, kind
Hil l number of birds, and net weignt
No ahlDinent of poultry, dressed or
alive, should be made to reach tbe mar
ket later In the week than Friday morn
ing, except by special arrangement witn
tbe dealer.
Peollrr Supports a Tows.
Thirty-five hundred dollars a day for
eggs alone la what Petaluma, Cal., re
ceives In cash on the average every day
In the year. Petaluma has a popula
tion of about 6.000, but with Its mil
lion feathered Inhabitants, according to
the last chicken census, that of 1000, It
I from a hen's point of view the me
tropolis of the world. In Petaluma al
most every one who ha an acre or two
of land makes a business of raising
chickens, while other make a business
of raising poultry on an enormous scale.
Petaluma I also a cash town. Its mer
chants pay spot cash tor all kind of
farm product, from a dozen of egg
to a hundred cases, or 1,000 tons of
bay. The poultry Industry has put
business on a solid, cash basis.
Oinr ALEXAKDEB XOWI CT TO OFFICIAL K0BES.
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MILESTONES IN EOWIE'S CAKEES.
1S88 Land at Saa Francisco with
$100.
1800 Arrive In Chicago and begins
preaching in the street. '
1802 Establisbe a divine bea!Ug ml-
Ion.
1804 Open headquarters and estab-
llahea a bank and newapaper.
1800 Inaugurate metropolitan cru
sade. Mobbed by hoodlum.
1000 Purchaae site of Zion City and
conducta cruaade In England.
1001 Starta fectorlea at Zion City.
Declarea himself to be Elijah, th Restorer.
1002 Negotiates for Mexican denta
tion and Texas land. Refused credit by
Chicago merchants.
lOoa Reclves large tithea from his
people In the famous collection barrel.
Lead the Zion restoration host of 3,000
workers In New York. Creditors press
claims snd Zion placed In banda of a
federal receiver.
1004 Departs on mission around the
world. Return six months later and
take title of first apostle of his church.
1003 Gets an option on 700.000 acrea
of Mexican land and makes trip to com
plete colonization plana. Stricken with
paralyals on hia return. After a second
stroke leave for West Indies.
1000 Make Wilbur Glenn Voliva dep
uty general overseer. Repudiated by
Voliva and hla people.
Alfalfa Alkali Soil.
Prof. Ten Eyck ys that no crop It
better adapted for taking alkali out
of the aoll than alfalfa; but for pas
ture It will probably be better to sow
Rromua Inermls with the alfalfa, elnce
alfalfa iione I considered an unsafe
pasture for cattle. A liberal applica
tion of barnyard manure will help to
put this land Into condition for seed,
ing. I'roUhly the early fall will be tb
best time to seed.
Apple .
Tbl It try third season In what may
be termed experimenting with boxes
for ahlpptgg apples. Have shipped to
commlssiu, bouses In Pittsburg. Cleve
land and ether points, and without ex
ception tht fruit In boxes has netted
20 per cent more than when shipped In
barrels, from 20 to S3 per cent
mora thai when sold to local dealers.
Tbe box sjed Is made np of 12 by 14
Inch elm bead and one-half Inch No. 2
pine, tbe length (Inside) sixteen Inches.
Three botes cost leas tbsn on barrel.
E. n. a, la Farm and Fireside.
Orala Ralloas for Skeep.
F. B. Mumford, of tbe Missouri Ex
periment Station, In presenting a sum
mary of all tlie work that has been
done at the experiment stations on the
feeding of sbeep, howed that sheep
produce more meat froai a pound of
grain than any other class of farm ani
mal. In fact It waa shown that a
pound of mutton can be produced from
about half aa much grain aa a pound of
beef. Even the mortgage-lifting hog
require more grain to produce a pound
of human food than the aheep. With
tho combination of corn and clover hay
for food, and dry shed for shelter, sheep
will always give good account of them
selves and respond readily to the care
given them.
Stalks ta Take See 4 Pram.
The kind of stalk from which to
make selections Is one free from suck
er snd possessing a tolerably largn cir
cumference at the base and gradually
tapering toward the top, as this Is the
type that stands drouth best and la not
as apt to be blown down as a high,
siender one. In selection, weight should
N attached to good root and leaf de
velopment of the mother parent aa all
nourishment and growth are largely de
pendent upon the thoroughness with
which these two organa do their work.
Poor root or leaf development la Indica
tive of meager growth and small, poor
ly developed production. All selection.
should be made from perfectly healthy
pinn.s.
Tessa Favors Bama nui.
A Texas aian thus tells sin h.
Ileves the Barred Plymouth Rock tbe
best all-purpose fowl rslsed In Amer
ica : It answers every requirement In
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If given proper attention will prosper
tinder almost any conditions. As mar
ket Mrds the fowl are of an attest!-
rmr fir, wWa frca- t2j- Uuj
weigh two pounds until full-grown. The
color also meets the market require
ments. If given reasonable care, tbey
ranK wlih the best nonsettlng breed
aa layer and aa mortgage lifters tbey
excel other live stock raised for mar
ket purposes.
Faria Blatee.
GooJ corn Is not sn accident It
ttie I cent t of skill.
A Western man has dlscoveted that
bis poultry doe much better when pro
vided a bed prlng on which to roost
Ila says they rest better and thus are
made more profitable.
The vitality of an ear of aeed corn
can be learned In only one way tha
"germination test"
With abeep aa with all food animals,
fie greatest profit Is In early maturity
and early marketing.
Under average conditions mutton can
be produced at a less cost per pound
thsn beef, and tha fleece ia clear add!
flotial profit
All waste from tha kitchen la whole
some and suitable aa food for pigs, Dut
a swill barrel that la never empty ta a
bad thine to have around.
GOOD
ilSboft Qtoflesi:
An Indiana woman, aa she examined
the fowl brought from the market, said
to her little son: "Did the grocer tell
you thla turkey waa quite freah?"
No'm," tbe boy answered. "He just
said to hurry home with It aa fast aa
I could."
Augustus Thomas, tha playwright
tella a story of an Irishman wuo, want
ed to be naturalized. "Have you read
the Constitution of the United States?"
asked the Judge befora whom be ap
peared. "I have not," says Pat "Have
you read tbe Declaration of Independ
ence?" asked the Jud2 "No, str," said
Pat "Well, what have you read?"
asked the Judge, testily. "Well, yer
bonor," says Pat "I have red hairs
on my neck."
A statute forbids tbe burial of hu
man bodies In the city of Albany. Bish
op Donne, It Is said, was very anxious
to have passed a special act permitting
the Interment of his remains, when be
should die. In the cathedral at Albany.
After quite a struggle tbe good man
succeeded In getting bis act passed by
the law-makers, but what was his as
tonishment and chagrin to observe a
most extraordinary provision In the
text After the usunl verbiage there
was a clause that ran something like
this : "We do grant that Bishop Doane
be burled within the precincts of the
cathedral at Albany. Thia act to take
effect Immediately."
President Roosevelt likes to leave
the White House at times and make In
formal calls on bis friends. One night
last winter ne strolled np to Attorney
General Moody's tvjg- fts:j .yte
bell. Tho negro butler came to tba
door. He peered out suspiciously and
aked: "What you-all want?" "I
aietuiii ii'se to wee MT. Mood'." "Jlr,
Moody ain't In to nobody." "Oh, I
gtiese he will see me. Tell him tha
President Is here." "The President?"
said the butler, suspiciously. "Yea,
the President" The bntler pulled the
door almost shut He looked at Mr
Boosevelt'e alouch hat with dlslalnful
eye and Inquired, scornfully: "Presi
dent of what?"
In a little out-of-the-way street In
Boston la a small drug store, the pro
prletor of which Is a peppery little old
Irishman, and most of hi customers
are fellow countrymen. Not long ago
ona appeared and desired to purchase
10 cetita worth of sulphur. The drug
gist weighed out tha proper amount
and waa about to wrap It np when the
would-be purchaser Interrupted : "Sura
an' la that all I get for tin eentar
r'J'J Urr" y,'n "Psct
IngT" tha druggist retorted, "it is not
but I know a place where I ran ret
mora than that for foive cents" the
other asserted. "Ta dor tha lini. old
fellow exclaimed, dashing tha chemi
cal back Into tha box. An' I know
a place where ye'll get a lot mora than
thot for notbuV at all!" 0
SKELETON OF T0LTEC KINO. .
Iateresllaa Remains of Prekletorle
Man Kxhnmed la Mexico.
For the last two weeks Leopold
Batrea haa been excavating one of the
mall artificial hills to the southeast
of tbe Pyramid of the Sun. This 1
one of the tumuli that form tbe row
of the Street of the Dead. Here have
been discovered rooms which are ap
parently a part of an ancient temple,
with rooms and patios. Below these
stairways lead to a large room some
thirty feet In length. Apimreutly there
are other rooms on thla level connect
ed with one another.
These are the first subterranean
bouses that have so far been found
In tbe valley and they show that In
this burled city tbe bouses were two
or three stories high. The upper sto
ries bad been destroyed by Ore, but
the lower remained untouched, aud
upon them there still remained the red
paint which was tbe characteristic
coior of Teotlhuaoan.
Among tbe Interesting things found Is
the skeleton of a man supposed to
have been one of the ancient Toltec
king. Besldea the human skeleton
was that of a tiger, and both were
painted red. In addition to these
there were also found large quantities
of sea shells, obsidian beads, Jade and
obsidian Idols, knives, snakes and pol
Islied stone masks representing heroes
who lived 3,000 year ago. Many spiral
hell were also encountered which had
hole drilled through them showing
that they bad been used as beads.
They were beautifully polished.
Many copper, bronze, chlchehulte
and pertte objecta were also found
among the others, showing that the
dead man must have been of great Im
portance In hla day. Many of these
were beautifully polished and of ex
traordinary alze. Mexican Herald.
if.
Tha yokToTchTiiTSwaT, easy M
tha will in- neck,
"In tha D.y of Scott," recently pub
llhed, there are two anecdote about
Sir Waller Scott's children tn eococc
tio -wits V.3 powii, "Tha Lady of tbe
Lake."
Ona day bis daughter waa met by
Jamea Ballantyne, the publisher. In
her fathers' library, and asked what
aha thought of the poem. She replied
that aha had not read It and added :
"rapa aaya there la nothing so bad
for young people as reading bad poet
ry." Scott's aon Walter returned from
achool one day with evidence of bar
ing been engaged In a fight Hla fa
ther aaked him what he had been fight
Ing about He replied that he had been
called a "lassie." and had resented It,
A little) questioning ahowed that
young Walter's aenoolfellowa had nick,
named blm "The Lady of tha Lake -
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never bad a ch.nea to
oata, "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Assay Mai Eaew.
Ia tha army of the Haytlan rwpubllo
chalra are provided for the, is 0f an!
trlaa when on dutj.