Hillsboro independent., June 21, 1907, Image 7

THE CHARITY GIRL
By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS
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Jack bad goo. tU bad waited on at
th lit tl cottage a weary week after tha
evening when Jaaa bad crept down and
a gently aa poaslbl had told bim of
Aodrty't ttrangt aversion to teeing him.
"It la only a whim," Jean aaid, hur
riedly : we maat humor ber."
Tbat aama Bight It was, when they
war alttiog alona In tha tiny dining
room, tbat Jack suddenly poured out tha
wool miserable story Into Jean a aara
tba story of that hall; of how ba had
bean boaitd Into driving over to at Mr,
Itenaon, who had narar aant for him ; of
all tha borrlbl thing h had heard about
Audrey and, lastly, of how ha bad ramt
npon her In tha lumnir house, with Bev
erley Kochfort at bar faet kiasing bar
aanda.
"Put yourself In my place, and Judge
aa I Judged. Do not view things as tbey
art now, or you will be harder upon ma
than I deserv," ht aald, aa ha leaned
hie weary, aching brow on hi hand.
"I will not ba hard npon you at all,
Ird John," Jean aaid, very gently: "for
, I think I abould bar been misled aa you
wer by euch apparently strong clrcuro
atantial evidence. I rn glad you hare
apoken out to me. and I only wish Au-
arey had dona tha a me, for then we
might bare arrived at the truth."
"What la It you mean?" Jack asked.
looking up at her, eagerly.
"I mean that I now am convinced that
Willie la right, and that there waa eotte
'plot connived against you both at that
call. I have no definite proof, only
woman' Intuition to work upon, but tha
shall be enough. Tbia must be sifted,
Lord John, sifted to tha very drege. I
lov you both," ah continued, tears dim
luing ner eye. You have been more
than good to me, and now that Audrey's
mother la gone I feel I must be friend.
sister and mother In one. You will
that I am right, and that you and my
dear one wer both the victims of some
conspiracy. On the fac of it the whole
affair la abaurd. Don't you love each
other better than all the world T I shall
write to Willie and tell him all my
doubts."
And the result of thst letter was to
put Willi Fullerton on tha track of
Murray, whom Jean aeemed convinced
could throw some light on tha subject.
A week had gone, and Audrey waa
wonderfully better ; It waa her first real
dsy of convalescence, and Jean was sit
ting with her, reading. Downstairs Jack
Was trying to comfort himself, when sud
denly a fnmllinr voice accosted him, snd
he found himself shaking bands with
Marshall. Msrshall, grown older, and
looking very wan in her simple black for
her beloved mistress. It somehow com
lorted Jack to see her; she seemed to
bring hack a little of the sweet influence
that had surrounded Constance Fraaer.
She had come direct from seeing Mr.
Fullcrton. who had briefly told her all,
and she now asked to see Audrey at once.
Let ma nurse her, my lord." she en
treated ; "her, my dear's own child. Will
you go up snd tell her I'm here, my lord?
I'erhaps I'd best not go straight without
eaylng."
Jack's fane flushed j be bealtatedi then
he roae and went out of the room. He
could not bring himself to tell Marshall
he was forbidden his wife's presence.
lie went steadily upstairs and stood
outside the door. The handle waa turn
ed, and from within came the sound of a
faint, low voice. He meant to have call
ed Jean, but the soup1! of that voice
stopped him.
It was Audrey speaking. Mia heart
beat violently, then turned as cold as
Iron In his breast. She was speaking of
him, but bow bitterly 1 Each word seem
ed to go through him life a knife. Jean
had been pleading hia cause, but ha only
beard Audrey's answer.
"I refuse to see him, Jean; I refuae it
hear hla nam mentioned again. V'es,
yea; I know you think me a foolish
child, fretful Invalid; hut I am more
than this. I may not be very old In
years, bnt I hsv suffered as much aa
any woman of fifty. Do you forget all
he wrote In that awful letter? Oh, Jean I
Jean I You don t know how his words
bavt struck home! He aays I have
wronged him I, who who wh
tier voice grew choked Tor a moment,
hut she aoon mastered her emotion. "No,
Jean; there can b no friendship or kind
ly feeling between ua. Aa he has Judged
me, so let m live; my pride and my
honor will support me without him. I
I trust I shsll never see him again
Urminatioa and common sens sh poe-
"ew, and withal how larg a heart!
lertainiy Willi Fullcrtoo waa to b to
ned i
"I am afraid aha will fret when aha la
toid all, Jean added, thoughtfully; "atill
It ia beat all should be knoara. f skatl
keep nothing from her. either now or In
the future," and to, when at last aha
spoke of Jack'a departure. Jean verv
gently but thoroughly put all the facta
oeror Audrey that Mr. Fullerton had
managed to glean about the masked ball
and Ita miserable results. Hh wta shown
Murray's confession, signed and attested
by Sheila Kraser. Sh was given all the
information there waa to giv. and than
nad written to hla sunt that nwwitng.
He was in terrible predicament. Jwn
yeara back he bad committed forgery out
In Africa; be had cleverly escaped de
tection, and had come to Enrland think-
Ing all danger gone. I'nlurklly foe bus,
hi movement and real name had been
discovered; be bed been tracked. If the
money wer not forthcoming In the neit
twenty four hour he would b handed
over to Justice.
Audrey, what can I do? What can
I do? I cannot sit her and know that
he, the boy I have loved. Is endened
to felon' cell. He baa been my Joy
my on delight, and Qua refuses to let
me help him."
Audrey ft her heart beeinnlna
heat with senes of pain and appreben
ion. Tb very mention of this man'
nam fell Ilk a black shadow on her
heart. Sh trembled aa ah recalled
th evil hi coliVblooded treachery ba
worked between herself and Jack; the
memory of hi paaalonat lov words
raised blush of she me to her fac even
now, but ah put her own feeling on
on aid to minister to Mrs. Thorngate'
sorrow.
"Will yon let m tskt thla off your
eoou!drr sh asked. "Hush! Not
word. W art friend, are we not? Reat
Jean very sensibly, and with more than
ordinary tact, went softly away, and left I a Pe. for, by God' will, I will
ner aion to fight tha battl out by her- "un from what you fear T
sell.
When they met again ther wer tear
stains on the girl's whit fac. but ah
waa wonderfully quiet.
Will you send for Jack'a mother,
please, Jean, and ask her to come home?
Now now I am alone I should Ilk her
advice. It I only right and proper as
nis wir i should consult his mother."
Ten daya later newa came to Mount
berry that Cralglands wss preparing to
receive her grace of Harborough. who
waa returning with her on. Lord Iverne,
and her daughter-ln law. Lady John Glen
d 11 r wood. and. aa may be supposed, th
villag waa greatly eierrlsed in Its mind
over this Intelligence, having had its
curiosity whetted considerably by the
vsgue snd unsatisfactory rumors that had
been circulated about the same said Lady
John,
Dinglewood House was ahut up, and It
waa understood vaguely that Miss Fraser
wss visiting, though whers no on exact
ly knew. It waa generally voted annoy
ing that Sheila ahould hav been absent
Juat now. She could have thrown light
on a good deal of what waa perplexing,
and hare, moreover, given th real ac
count of what had happened at the ball ;
whether it waa true that Lady John had
flirted and behaved so abominably, or
whether Dr. and Mrs. Thorngate were
correct In saying that somebody had Imi
tated hue ladyship's domino, and cleverly
tricked the whole room of guests Into
Imagining that It was Lsdy John who
thoroughly disgraced herself and her hus
band's name.1 Then Sheila, too, could
have given th exact history aa to what
had occurred between I,ord John and hia
wife, and what waa the meaning of all
the extraordinary rumors that had been
circulated.
Hut Sheila waa not on hand to be
questioned, and, in default of encourage
ment. It was really wonderful how aoon
the excitement and curiosity began to
die away and how readily everybody grew
to ronaider Audrey aa having been most
Injured by the trick that had been so
wantonly played upon her. In fact, by
the time Christmaa wss due. Lady John
and her doings were a theme too old to
be mentioned anywhere, and th affslra
st Cralglands would have been passed
over as slmost Indifferent and uninterest
ing, but that, Juat aa the Joy belli were
proclaiming the birth of a new Christ
child, the Icy Angers of the death enrol
wer laid upon th heart of Duncan. Mar
quis of iverne, and he was taken from
(To be continued.)
OLD STTLX CLOCKS SIMPLE.
till Maaafartared an told 1
l.alee. aad la Oood Dinaii.
Conspicuous by tbelr simplicity or
their qualntness or both among tbe
many -sample clocks of mor modern
design shown In tbe salesrooms of
clock-manufacturing concern were
few of the old styles. There were old
time, so-called Gothic clocks, once
favorite style; not very big clock and
with tbe top not flat but carried up to
a ridge line like a sharp pointed roof,
with the gable end to the front, and
having as Its base, on either aide, a
the top of the body of tbe clock, a little
spire, the lower section of the door of
tbe clock, below the dial, painted with
some sort of design.
There were cottage clocks, these
smaller than the Gothics, and like
these old-time clocks are simple, and
trim looking, with upright, square-cor
nered canes.
And then there were bigger clocks,
larger than tbe cottage clocks and larg
er than the Gothics, clocks with their
long door deeply recessed within a wide
bordering molding, tall, square, cor
nered, prlm-looklng and yet engaging
clocks, sue. as once, made of mahogany
or mahogany reneer, stood on many
and many a mantelpiece, clocks with
big dials and long bands and with
sonorous tick.
Among these large clocks there were
rome with cases leas severe In design
nd finished, with some ornamentation
aliout them and gilded half-columns.
one on either side of the case. In front.
clocks such as once adorned the shelf
of many an old-time parlor.
These old-style clocks were not old
clocks, but new clocks. Such as are
still manufactured and sold.
'Clocks are now made of many ma
terlals as to their cava and In Innum
erable atyles," said the salesman, "and
we are adding new styles all the time.
and the great majority of people buy
these clocks of later designs. But we
still continue to sell clocks of a few of
tnoae once familiar old styles. Some
his bed of suffering to a reign of peace I these old-style clocks we make with
ana rest. i modern snrlna Ininrovement. win,u
CHAPTER XXVIII
It wss a week einc they had carried
away all that remained of th one hand
some, merry young Lord Iverne and
buried him with pomp and solemnity In
th Harborough vault. A telegram had
winged Ita flight acroas the ocean to Mel-
bourne, rrom whence Mr. Sampson had
received a curt announcement of John
Olendurwood'a safe arrival a telegram
briefly giving the aad news of one broth
ers desth to another, but no answer had
been vouchsafed, and the lawyer could
not but entertain strong doubts ss to
whether the new Marquis of Iverne wss
gone still further on his travels, and to
their meats ire waa unread.
Cralglanila was very sad In those dsy.
The duchess seemed to break down alto-
gcther after her son s death,
their old-time cases and others of them
we still make with the old time cloc.
weights.
"Of all these new old-style clocks
comparatively few are sold In the city.
They go mostly to smaller towns and
to tue country. But It would not do to
say that they are bought by old-tlm
people clinging to old-time ways and
styles. They may find such buyers but
other buyers anywhere may fancy them
for their qnalntness or for old-time a;
aoclatlons."
Prnetlral Or. Hvy
This machine used it tbe tt
rlcultural Experiment Station t,
of two driving wheels, betwe t
U mounted the frame fur th taring
mechanism and platform. It ifri,,
by one horse, which walk brhy,
two rows that are cut t the Jitiaitl
The dividers pick up tbe to1
except such ss lies In tbs
s wsy from tbe machine, aad gife
tbe cutting apparatus which ,
two stationary side blades sliuoq
Is a movable sickle. wn'cn i th
corn and deposits It borliontaii, , t
platform which Is elevated al ll
Inches from th cutting apPtK 0n
the Inner side Is I guide cDalWhlcb
assists In directing the stalks
to the knife and tbe ptatfors, th
rear part of the machine Is ewidej
with a small wheel, abov whi u
tilting lever, by means of wblc1!a, dl
riders lu front can be raised (rm
ered to gather up the Msed until
It comes In contact with trie tWn
chain, which carries It backward until
it 1 cut and deposited on tM Pstiorm.
When there Is enouitb to tin .
shock the horse Is stopped and It two
men who follow the macDinv uit m
corn from tbe platform and m It Hp
around the shock pole and tie It
then start the horse again. then
returning across the field tbe bene It
if m li j-W
i s
111 XAi. I I I
stopped opposite tbe shock, to which
more corn Is added, and this k con
tinued until tbe shock la of tbe faired
size. When the shock row" bm been
started the shock pole U pained la so
as to be out of tbe way (see cut) while
the balance of the corn la being rut.
Metallic Prop-oat tloa.
When 'knighthood was In flower.'"
said the suitor with the cast-iron nerve,
the young man always came to see
let. despite the ladye fayre with plenty of steel."
an tms. aiie was gentle and kind to Aa
drey beyond description; she could not
hsve given the girl more love if she had
been ber own child. They were quiet
daya, and peaceful, and Audrey found
many little duties to perform which help
ed to make the hours fly. She wss very
pale and delicate, but she refuse,! to al-
agaln; I I low Jean to consider her an Inv.li.l . n,l I ... , '
Shall be happier when I know he I. far waa never wear, of B,in, .bom ,h, " l"'"",ar W,tD ,r" th
- - -' "" s""ig on a lour autfiess, eager to do all and anything In
of the world. Why doe he not start? her Dower to sllevlata tn. .hi!.
was oppressing the mother's heart. The
only distraction was Willie Kullertou's
weekly vitits, when his breexy, happy
manner teemed to change the very atmos
phere.
Snow had fallen heavily and It lay on
the ground during the whole month of
January and onward. Iespite this, bow-
hy does he arid to bia former cruelty
by staying berer
"Audrey, you are unjust, you are on
Ilk yourself; you Judge your husband
moat cruelly. If you could only know
bow be has anffered
Audrey broke In with a hard, bitter
laugh.
"I see he ha won your heart, Jean.
well, we will any no more, except that I
am firm, and that if Lord John haa any
pride left he will not force himself upon
me. but go at one.
Rut Jack heard no mor ; h did not
know thst th hard, contemptuous ton
suddenly broke with a little gasping sob
he did not ee th thin, small hands cover
th white, lovajy fac; be did not know
th.it ,'etn had slipped from her chair
and waa holding Audrey's weeping form
rlstped In her arm a. No, he knew none
of this, for he had gone straight down
stair, be had picked np his bat and Ul
ster, snd opening tbe door, be had walk
ed out Into th wind and rain, looking
neither to tb right aor th left, turning
bis bsik deliberately oo all that he held
dearest In I If.
Before th dawn waa broken Willi
rullerton bad followed Jack Glendur
wcod up to town, but though h searched
every rluh, chamber or well known haunt.
be nowhere found th man b sought, snd
when bt a wok from a well-earned night's
rest. It was to read a telegram from Mr.
Rarapvon. stating h bad received on
from Jack, who bad a lied th evening
before from Southampton In th Mlnoeta
for Australia, and might be absent for
years, perhaps forever. Bo after all,
Rtetla had been' partially successful, for
sh bad separated this nil and wife.
Well?" yawned tbe beautiful rlrl.
Impatiently.
And now that armor I out of stvle
I come witn plenty of brass. Will I
stilt?"
"No, you had better come with nlentv
of tin. Those are the klml of
With a deep sigh the Jilted Romeo
vanUhcd In the frosty night
Hotel
ever, Audrey would persist in going out
as much as possible.
It doe me good," she ssid to Jean,
who was fearful of every cold wind that
blew on her darling. "I must go, Jean,
I I feel aometimes as If I should go
mad In the hou
Sh bad tbia restless feeling on her one
afternoon toward the middle of February.
I ahall walk Into Mountberry. I want
to see Mrs. Thorngate do you mind.
dearest" sh asked the duchess, who sat.
half dosing, half dreaming, hy tha fir.
"Take car of yourself, Audrey. Tut
on (tout boots ! This snow is so pene
trating !"
Audrey walked briskly over th snow.
a slender, graceful figure In ber heavy,
black garments, her lovely face lovelier
than ever in Its somber setting. Sh
was warmly greeted by Dr. Thorngat,
who waa Just leaving th vicarag aa th
arrived. Audrey thought h looked worn
and troubled.
My wife will be rejoiced to se yon."
he said, and bia gas followed th girlish
form In an affect loo that waa deepened
only by admiration and reaper t.
Mrs. Thorngst was troubled, too, snd
though sh welcomed Lsdy Iverne with
sll her old love, sh was not herself.
Audrey felt pained and full of sympathy.
"I am rare yos would rather I did not
stay, dear Mrs. Tnorngat," ah said.
It was deputed to Jean te tell Asdry P'T. H!"t drawing oa her wrsps
V.. V... k,..K.n aa eon. Bnt sh let sgsin. iw "'""'-'-a l
. . , k. .v. k-w.i4iJ rat I mind, snd will be better a ions.
.M. xu ..me. Th. (It of weeping Mrs. Thoragatt'i snswr was to burst
tad don goed rather th.a harm. .. I Ulwt,?- - .v.
di urart vrutsat w.
"Oh. Beverley, say boy, ml boy ! Aad I
Tr" ..-.I' v" I ..r, UA ye honored yos, believed In
CKKTST wmm tw s - -
fallowing Jack's knrrled departure. r '
. u ken. and a will sat I Aodrey knH doww, by her friend
Cannons All Arnand.
Clerk (suspiciously! Tone
ouiKiie nn come apart. May I ask
what that queer thing Is?
Guest This Is a new patent Are es
cape. I always carry It. so In case of
fire I can let myself down from the ho
tel window. See?
Clerk (thoughtfully)-! 0ur
terms for guests with fire escapes, sir
are Invariably cash In advance. New
York rekly.
Hat ha is set ber. and a
eem. a we ssuet tblnk ! what will be
beet nndar the drroasstanee.
Tbe yotmg doctor bad a took of wrm
Uailretloa fa J Wbal eraf "
Let me bele yen. Tu ta all." M
begged, ber ra ys grwwl"
misty with pity.
It was very brief stsry. IttrerMy
nia.'t H,P Matter.
Daughter (In tears)p,llt. papa, what
have you against Charles? I ,ro sure
he would make a good husband.
Irate I'apa He's an Idiot, .ml i.
only after your money.
Daughter Ob. no, pap.; I know be
won Id marry me without a cent
Irate Papa-Would he? Then h. i.
a worse Idiot than I thought fele
Reallatle.
"The painter. Klexer. ha paints .
picture-of a winter landscape an
that If yoo look at It long you m
to get quite cold."
"That's nothing; y0n 0uitht tn
Sehmlrlnaky's 'Flight;' ft Is so re.i..H
that after the Brat look you are obliged
to take to your beeIs."-Meggendorfer
Blaetter.
He fee Ik SI.. I. aji.
Miss Elderlelgh Now that von ,..-
a buaband. I suppose yea haven't a mitu
gle wish nngritlfled.
Mrs. Wedderly (sighing) Only oo.
and that Is single wish.
Ob ( tk DraTMt.
Marvin la young Hlggina what yow
would ran a brav man?
Goodwin Well, be has been tb lead
er f our chsreh choir for three years,
N South Wale paid 1300,000 ta
four year U bsmotlea (or rabbit
Th Early Garden.
After all danger of frost li over,
which la usually about tbe tint the
apple tree are in btoswm, tomato
plants may be put out si they art ten
der and will not endurt tb frott if
sooner transplanted. Peu for a later
crop, Lima beans, string beans, aqMRh,
eggplants snd late cabbage, u well as
sweet corn and nietoos, ojsj tha' b
planted. Toe fardra crop fft.V. mt
need much room on which to growmay
be planted In row of tufflclent dis
tance spart to penult of using a wbeel
hoe or hand hoe (about IS Inches), but
corn, tomatoes, eggplants and Ulna
beans require from one yard to four
feet between tbe rows. To but
large garden on a farm la to titend
tbe bill of fare, and It can be arnnged
permit of working with a bor hoe.
but tbe auburban garden work mcjt be
don with a band hoe or a wheel hoe.
There Is more pleasure In working a
garden than may be supposed, and It
will promote tbe health of any one
who engages In such occupation. As
there are many details In gardening,
and several varietlea of each of tbe 41 f.
ferent vegetablea, the beginner should
procure books on gardening, which ran
be had of any seedsman, and also per
mit the seedsmen to select for him the
varietlea moat suitable for bia location,
aa an Inexperienced person can eiiiiy
make mistakes In his selections. The
seed catalogues describe methodi 0f
planting, but some varietlea of "fjfta
bles are better for stock feeding than
for the table, while some are early m
maturing and others are late.
Willi....- an .
- ouuetin by th South Carolina sta-
tlon
A MODEL 0TT OT7AJID.
Preparation of Coarse Fooda.
One of tbe Implements or machines
which farmers who visit the fairs lave
found In operation Is the corn abred-
der. It I revolutionizing tbe us, of
corn fodder, as It saves labor and pre
pare the corn stalks for the u 0f
stock. It removes the ears rrom ta),
busks, and tears the entire stalk Into
shreds at one operation, a rapidly a,
the stalks can be fed Into tbe nia!iine.
There are several kind, but etery
farmer abould have one, aa It will en
able him to use the leaves, busk tnd
stalks aa ao much bay. which w be
baled. If necessary. When fodder ti
thus nrensred th. cattle Will Dot reject
so much aa usual, and tbe shredded ha.
der uneaten Is suitable for bedding. or
as an absorbent In the manure heap.
The saving In feed by tbe snreuning
of the entire stalk will be an addition
to the nroflt of tbe farm, and win iIsq
enable the farmer to keep more stock.
lasMsti for P1.bs.
Soap sre made mostly fro Ma
lye. Instead of potaan. uw -- --k-s
being hard and the potash oP ft
Soapsuds, therefore, conUln " .
if sny. potash, but serve to
sect stucks to a certain eitmt Son,,
plants, like celery
to thrive when drenched "?7
with so.pm.ds. which I. probaW
to the fact that soas
such crops.
... Aa!
se strsw as -
laasla.
.mtt.r so ss to render It mora
cutter, - . Th cost sf
shla in the manor heap. T
rpt.o.oftheu.a....
be more ' '"Z.n rPT- is
value of the manur-
the manure win tae. fark
.nd eastuT bandied. It "J
ver with but litthj hb". " rtlos.
thoroughly dcotnpo
rOQtalna . details H r.r)r.llm
Wii!auion method of corn rultur
report observations uisd on a
number of farm oo, which th plan
a followed. "Where the plan wa
"Hotly adhered to the yield wa dou-
or mor than double that secured
" near by fields of eoual solid char
rs and where tne uaual methods of
culture wr. pr.ci.eeu."
lure different varetles of corn were
uud to have been used on tbeae Oeld.
variety, called Williamson corn,
" ,rown on 8eld except two, on
?' hlon "as plauted to Marlboro Pro
nc and th other to a variety aliullar
th. Wllli.mn lt w .
rd that with th Marlboro Prolific
'he also of ears and their number per
'"Ik were apparently uninfluenced by
he method of culture.
The peculiar or essential features of
Williamson plan ar aummartsed
aa follow; Deep and thorough prepar
atlon of dwp pUutngi ln.
frequent and partial cultivation In the
early of growtb ,n iurrraM 0f
J"0 per cent or mor iu tb number of
stalks per acre, postponing application
r fertilizers until corn Is given Its
second cultivation. Intentloual retaraa
tion of early growth of tbe atalk until
" alze is reduced oue-balf or one
quarter Its normal development snd
following this augmented development
of the ear by cultivation and heavy ap
plication of fertilizers made at appro
priate Intervals. Tbe corn Is plauted
four to six Inches below the soil sur
face and laid by four to tlx Incue
above the level, leaving the lower eight
to twelve Inches of tbe stalk below
ground. It Is suggest ed that the brace
roots under these conditions are prob
ably better able to perform their nu
tritive fuuctlona than when partly ex
posed. Hora. Breedlaa- la Wisconsin.
The present condition of tbe horse
breeding Industry In Wisconsin Is dis
cussed In a bulletin by the atatlon a
well aa tbe effecta and defects of tbe
Wisconsin stallion law. Tbe State law
Is quoted, with recommendations for
new legislation. A directory Is Includ
ed of owners of licensed stallions, and
a list of American and foreign stud
books, as well as samples of tbe score
cards used In tbe department of borse
breeding st tbe Wisconsin College of
Agriculture,
Tbe State breeding-stock law, In the
author's opinion, ahould be revised and
should demand, among other things, tbe
annual or biennial renewal of a license
fee, snd tbe sdoptlon of a list of dl
eases to be considered "hereditary,
transmissible, or communicable" and
which would subject a stallion to re
jection as unsound. Specific authority
should be given for the department of
horse breeding to refuse license to stal
lions known to be unsound and to re
voke licenses granted to stallions since
found to be unsound. There should
also be authority to revoke the llceuse
of "scrub" stallions of "unknown breed
Ing" and to refuse licenses to such
horses In tbe future. Tbe law ahould
provide for 8tate veterinary Inspectors
to Inspect public-service stallions and
require State veterinary Inspection of
all stallions already granted licenses on
the affidavit of the owner,
Florence was looking bar prettiest In
dotted muslin gown with white lilac
druuplng from her broad brimmed hat
Kb had known for long time that
tba well-drewed man who sat opposite
her lu the suburban train waa boldly
admiring ber face tn tbe mirror, and
at last, in spirit of oaring, su lined
her eyes and met th redaction of bis
fully, etesdlly. There were mischiev
ous dimples In her cheeks at Brst btai
a be leaned forward eagerly, some
thing tn bis glance scorched ber, and
she turned ber face away, lushing
crimson.
When the train reached tbe station
lie brushed past bim with eyea straight
forwsrd, but ss she hurried down th
street ah noticed by the shadow In
tlie window tbat be was close behind
her. It was probably chance, she told
herself, until, turning Into one of th
shops and pausing to make a purchase.
she saw bim lingering near. She hast
ened nervously to another department;
bo followed again and waited again.
eying her always with tbat long gaze
which changed to an Inalnuatlng auille
If ah accidentally looked ln his direc
tion. Florence began to be not only
athamed, but frightened. Paul Kings
ley'a mother was to meet her at this
counter, snd they were to lunch to
gKber. As she hesitated, remembering
this, the strsuger prweed nearer, and
with a sudden Impulse she turned to'
an usher.
"Tbia man la annoying me," sh said
ln a low ton.
"What do you mean, sir?" th usher
demanded, curtly.
"Ask ber what she means," ths ma a
muttered uuder his breath, "I don't go
where I'm not Invited."
For an Instant the usher looked aus
piciously at th pretty glrL Then a
new voice hailed Florence, and the
stranger, after one glance at tbe tall,
distinguished-looking woman who had
appeared, drew back hastily.
"My dear, I've kept you waiting,"
Mrs. Klngsley began, without noticing
the men, aa Florence promptly turned
away with her. "I'm late because I
bad to give Edith a farewell lecture
before I dared to let her go home alone.
She's such a child at twelve! She
doesn't see why, If a stranger stares
at ber, she shouldn't stare back again
as long as he does, and let him see bow
uncomfortable lt Is. Isn't she absurd?
"You aee, I can't bear to tell her all
the dangers a young girl runs In a city
C.ke this, and I wouldn't explain to
her, either, what kind of girls tbe one
who 'stare back again' are always
Judged to he; so 1 Just tried to make
It plain that It's an underbred, common
thing to do. And I took your name ln
vain, my dear. I told ber tbat any girl
who wanted a model for perfect be
havior ln public placea would do well
to watch a real lady like Florence CHf
ford." Youth's Companion.
(Did
Welstklaa- tk Bakf.
"How many pound doe th baby
weigh
Baby who ram a month ago?
How many pound from th crowning
curl
T th roay point of th rtlea toe V
Grandfather tie tb kerchief knot.
Tenderly guide tb (winging weight.
And carefully ever hia glass peer
T read th record, "Only tight."
Softly tb echo goe around :
Th father laugh at tht tiny girt ;
Tbe fair young mother slog tb worda.
While grandmother smooths th gold)
curL
And stooping abov tb precious thing.
Nestle a kiss within a prayer.
Murmuring softly, "Llttlt one.
Grandfather did not weigh yoa lair.
Nobody weighed tb baby' em 1 1.
Or the lov that cam with th helpleae
on ;
Nobody weighed th thread of car.
From which s woman's lift it spun.
No Index tellt the mighty worth
Of a little baby's quiet breath
A toft, unceasing metronome.
I'atlent aad faithful until death.
Nobody weighed the baby's soul.
tot here on earth no weight there be
That could avail ; God only knows
Its valu in eternity.
Only eight pounds to bold a soul
Tbat seek no angel'a allver wing.
Itut thrinei It In thit human gulee.
Within so frail and amall a thing!
Oh, mother ! laugh your merry note.
II gay and glad, but don t forget
From baby's ye looks out a soul
Thst claims a bom la Eden yi.
Ethel Lynn.
Valuable Weeds.
It t not a matter of common knowl
edge, says the Technical World Mag
arlne, that some of tbe weeds "Infest
ing" the land will produce the crude
drugs which to-day, In large part are
obtained by Importation from abroad.
Alice Henkel, an asalstant of the gov
ernment's plant Industry bureau, says
that the roots, leave and flower of
several of the weed species regarded
aa plague In the United State are
gathered, prered and cured In Eu
rope, and not only ror userui commoai
tiea there, but supply to a considera
ble extent the demands of foreign
lands. There sre weed In this coun
try against which extermination laws
have been paaxea wnico noiu in ineir
leaves; stems or roots medicinal prop
erties which have a value In the work
of preserving the health of the nation.
It Is possible, ln ridding land of weeds
In order that crops may be grown, to
make of tbe uprooted "peats" a source
of Income. Moreover. It Is possible to
maintain upon land given over aa
worthless for crop-growing purposes a
weed plantation, which, after the har
vest, will prove ttself to be not less
profitable than some of the tilled fields.
Grape llerrr Worm.
During the last two or three years
the grape berry worm has been an un
umtally serious pt In Ohio, aaya a
bulletin of that State, and along the
shore of Lake Erie has caused the los
of about one-third of the grape crop.
The egg are minute translucent bodies
found on the skins of the grape "
the summer, and the point of entrance
of tbe larvae Into tlie grape is sur
rounded by a patch of red ied skin.
In order that the most enVetlt. rem
edies should be directed against the
first brood, otierattons should begin
durln. the fall, consisting of clean
cultivation, the destruction of all trasb
about the vineyard, and tuorougn plow
ing. The authora are somewhat In
doubt whether fall or spring p.-."s
i. h. hut It Is found that aa g.sia re
sults can be obtained by plowing as by
burning. The most Import-iiii measure
of all Is believed to ie sprsj...
arsenate of lead or pari green. Tbe
arsenate of lead should be ucd at the
rate of three pounds to fifty gallons
of RnniMin mixture, n "
men.lerf that the first application o.
made In early June, the
a. the grape, are through blnnmli
and the third early In July. Th cot
of spraying an acre oi gr-
from $3.73 to 13.
t ia -riade on aandy soil.
tspeclsnylu.t'oa - kd
the soil Is sandy, tb us. of
lime will be found very ben'flclal. ss
auch soil. r deficient In "
lime will not serve ss substitute for
.tone lime, but abell Urns cl lent,
however, though the ne of .ton Um
should be preferred. Tht cost Is amall
Compared with the benefits derived.
NO SCHOOL UP TO 10.
Ti,. ti.. f th Cboctsw tribe. In
India Territory, have formed a good
road assoclstlon.
Lath. BiTtaak Say Cava, af Child
Life le Orered.c.tlea.
During tbe course of many yeara of
Investigation Into tbe past life of the
world, creating new forms, modifying
old ones, adapting others to new condi
tions, Luther Burbnnk ba been con
stantly Impressed with tbe similarity
between tbe organization and develop
ment of plant life and of human life.
In "The Training of the Human
Plant" ay the New York Tribune,
be tells bow tbe principles be has ap
plied to the culture of planta might be
applied to that of the human !ecles,
snd points the way to a grauder race
than the world has ever seen. Tb
United States be considers the most
promising field for the application of
such Ideaa, for "all tbat baa been done
for plants and flowers by crossing, n
ture baa already accomplished for the
American people." Hy the crossings
of types strength has ln one Instance
been secured; In another, Intellectual!
ty; In still another, moral force. All
tbat la left to be done falls to selec
tive environment
By environment sccordlng to the
plant wlsard, everything can be done
with a child. It Is Immeasurably more
sensitive aud resKnslv than a plant
Heredity, It la true, counts for much.
but heredity la merely the "sum of
nsst environments." Btored within It
sre "all the mysteries of the universe,'
snd the appropriate environment will
bring out whatever Is desirable In that
heritage. If It were possible to laolat
a dozen famllle uuder Ideal cond!
tlons, Mr. Burbank sajs, more could
be accomplished for the advancement
of tbe race than could now be accom-
nllshed In 100.000 years.
- . . . i
By an Ideal environment up to me
age of .10 years, by which time the
child's character Is nxeu. Mr. uuruana
means a country life, with sunshine.
love and beauty, well balanced, notrl
tlous food; music, plcturea, good time,
tb closest communion with nature
and no school. "Tb curse of modern
child life In America Is overeduca
tlon," he declare. "Tbe Injury
wrought to the race by keeping too
young children In school I beyond th
power of sny one to estimate. We take
them In this precious esrly age, when
they ought to be living a life of prepa
ration near to tbe heart of nature,
and we stuff them snd overwork them
until their poor little brslns sre crowd
ed up to and beyond the danger line.
Tbe work of breaking down tbe ner
vous systems of tbe children of tbe
United State I now well nnder way."
"Every child." Mr. Burbauk thinks,
"should hav mud pies, grasshopper
and tadpole, wild strawberries, acorns
and pin cone, tree to climb and
brook to wad In; and. snake,
huckleberries snd hornets, and any
eblld who has been deprived' of these
has been deprived of tbe best psrt of
Ms education."
Hlafc Kapleelve.
jkn Inventor has Juat produced a new
kind of blasting powder, tbe cost of
which Is $10 per pound.
Of Court It will Coat under the
besd of blgo explosive Telelo Blade.
A husband usually stays at boat too
much, or not nouga, to give satltfao
tlon.
INDIAN DIVORCES.
Pletnree.ne Names Brlsktea tk. fteet
Now that the Indians of the West
have been educated up to the stand
ard of suing for divorce the same as
their pale-faced brother and aiulera.
there will be an added plctureaqueneae
In the reimrts of such cases, due to
the peculiarity of the Indian name.
At present there are 20 cases pending
before the Circuit Court at Bonesteel,
8. D., and we learu from them tuit
the Indian Cupid hat much the same
troubles aa the wblte-wlnged god.
One of the cases Is that of James
Ghost Hawk, who sues his eloping
wife, Ileasle, who walked off with)
Walking Soldier, a brave of the Crow
Creek reservation. He also asks th
custody of his child, Mollle Three
Thighs Ghost Hawk.
Another case Is that of Alice Good:
Muskfat, who alleges that her mocca
alned master eloped with Flora Walkie
A She Jumps. She want a decree of
alimony of 10 ponies snd tbe restora
tion of her Inspiring maiden nanus
Alice High Kicker.
Poor Man Star Boy Is another In
dian who Is in trouble, HI wife. Jen
nie, ran away with a no-account In
dian named Walking Thunder, and n
witness of this base desertion he has
summoned three wltnessee. Three
Dogs, Kicks High and Three Moons.
Josephine Dog Soldier, alleging
cruel and Inhuman treatment recite
tbat her husband, Dog Soldier, bought
a coffin when abe was tick aud made
preparations for her funeral.
Josephine fooled him by getting
well, which so Incensed Dog Soldier
tbat be broke ber leg, threatened to
kill ber and finally drove ber from thu
tepee. Dog Soldier waa enamored ut
another woman, who rejected his suit
when she learned what be bad dune
to Josephine.
Holy Track, a comely squsw, allegvs
that her buaband. Never Stampede, be
lled bis name and atampeded wttit
Anna Buffalo Ple and never cam
bsck. As witnesses she name Mule
Drher, Three Toe and On Tall.
Other cases pending ar tin of
Helen Turning Bear vs. Fred Irt
Hand; Hollow Left Hand va Left
Hand; Picket Pin vs. Mary Picket
Pin; His Horse Standing vs. Whit
Whirl Wind; Sweet Horse v. Clara
Sweet Horse; Hall Fast Hone vs.
Mary Hall Fast Horse. While the
horse" eem to hsv the beat of It
In this, the cow Is not entirely neglect
ed. Grinning Cow I the nsme of a
witness ln the case of Kate R lt
against ber husband, who des-rte-l
ber, and James Hull Tall charge that
Bear Bull Tall, bis wife, hit bim over
tbe bead with a war club, kicked hint
out of tlie te;ee and to cap the t il
mat of hla Injured feeling and as
saulted extremities eloped with a
lover, Gus Stranger Horse,
tt.lt. a Y.aaaater.
Heffel linger, tbe fstnous "gusrd" at
Yale In tbe DO, now a prospcrotm
business man of the West, recently told
a story of a countryman who, with bia
wife, bad come down to New Haven
to see the "footbsllers."
The rural one had walked around th
stalwart Heffelflnger with an air of
critical curiosity, much aa be might
have surveyed a borse he wsa about to
purchase.
"Saryl" be called to bia wife.
"What la Itr
"Tbia feller' a nigh on to seven feet.
ain't ber
"Almost. Zschsrlsh."
"Weighs sbout 220, don't he?"
"I reckon he does."
"Well, well, well!" ejaculated th
countryman. "It do beat all bow foot
ball do develop 'em!"
He certainly is a line young man.'
aid tb wlf.
"Man!" observed th countryman.
Sary, one of them professor told mo
iBself tbat this feller's In bl fourtb
ear! I wonder what tbey feed 'em
r Harper's Weekly.
Women gossip about cscfe other1
lev affair, but men gossip about
ether business affair.
It la bard to tell If yoo bar pleas
od a girl by tb way ah smile at yoav