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HKENSIDE - v MRS. MARY J. HOLMES Aatkar d "lmfc.K"; FW hfll arl.m . ' M tk NUN 4- "Lm, I - ' ' c a, T 'kMearas.'' - Iotsom ss m CHAPTER VI!. (Continued.) "If I rould only take her aomethlng," he said, glancing ruefully around bl of lie. "Now. If aba were Jessie, out and raisins might answer but aha muit Dot at such trash aa that," and ba art him self to think again, juat aa Guy Rem ington rod up, bearing la bla baud a Bioat exquisite bouquet. "I thought you might b going down to Honedale, aa I know you returned laat night, ao I brought then fluwera for your ' patient with my compliments, or if you prefer I gtv them to you, and you can tbua present them aa if coming from yourself." "Aa If I would do that." the doctor answered. "Did you arrange It, or your , gardener?" ba asked, and when Guy ra - plied that the merit of arraugmrui, if merit there were, belonged to himself, he began to deprecate, hia own awkward neaa and want of tact. "Here I have teen cudgeling my bead thia half hour trying to think what I could take her aa peace offering, and could think of noth ing, while you Well, you and I art different entirely. You know juat what ia proper Juat what to aay, and when to aay it while I am a perfect bore." Guy regarded hla friend attentively, noticing that extra, cart bad been bestow ed upon bla toilet, that tba collar waa freaa from the laundry, and the new -cravat tied in a moat oneiceptionable manner, Instead of being twlatad into a hard knot, with the anda looking aa If they bad been chewed. "Doc," ba aaid, when hla survey waa completed, "how old are you twenty five or twenty-six?" "Twenty-five Juat your age why?" and the doctor looked with an expreaaion ao wholly innocent of Ouy'a real meaning ' that tha latter, inatead of telling why, replied : "Oh! nothing; only I waa wondering If you would do to be my father. Agnes, I verily believe, la more than balf In love with you; but, on the whole, I would not like to be your son ; ao I guess you'd bet ter take someone younger ay Jessie. You are only eighteen yeara her aenlor." The doctor aiared at him smaxed, and when be had nnished aaid with the ut most candor: "What has that to do with Madeline? I thought we were talking of her." "Innocent aa the newly born babe," waa Guy's mental comment, aa he con gratulated himself on bia larger and more Tarled experience. And truly Dr. Ilolbrook waa as simple hearted aa a child, never dreaming of Guy's meaning, or that any emotion save a perfectly proper oue had a lodgment in hl breast aa he drove down to Ilone- dule, guarding carefully Guy a bouquet, and wishing be knew Just what he ought to sny when he presented It. The perspiration was standing under Maddy's hair, and when the doctor step ped across the threshold, and she knew he really was coining near her. It ooied out uKn her forehead In big. round drops, while her cheeks glowed with a feverish heat. Thinking he should get along with It better if he treated her Just as he would Jennie, the doctor confronted her at once, and asked : "How is my little patient to-day?" A faint scream broke from Muddy'a lips, and she involuntarily mined her hands to thrust the stranger away. This Mack eyed, black-haired, thick-set man was not Dr. Ilolbrook, for he was taller and more slight, while she hnd not been deceived In the dark brown eyes which, even while they seemed to be mocking her. had worn a strange fascination for the maiden of fourteen and a half. The doctor fancied her delirious again, and this reassured him at once. Dropping the bouquet upon the bed. be clasped one of her bands in his. and without the lightest Idea that she comprehended him, uid. soothingly: "Poor child, are you afraid of me tha dtctor. Dr. Ilolbrook?" Maddy did not try to withdraw her hand, but raising her eyes, swimming In teara. to his face, she stammered out: "What doea It mean, and where ia he the one who asked me those dread ful questions? I thought that was Dr. Ilolbrook." Here was a dilemma something for which the doctor was not prepared, and with a feeling that he would not be tray (Juy. he said : "No; that waa someone else a friend of mine but I waa there in the back office. lon't you remember me? Please don't grow excited. Compose yourself, and I will explain all by and by." Maddy was disappointed, ami It took her some time to rally sufficiently to con vince the doctor that she was not flighty, a he termed It; but composing herself at last, she answered all his questions, and then, as he saw her eyea wandering to ward the bouquet, he suddenly remember ed that It was not yet presented, and placing It In her hands, he said : "You 1 ke (lowers, I know, and these re for you. I " "Oh! thank you, thank you, doctor; I am so glad. I love them so much, and you are so kind. What made you think to bring them? I wanted flowers so badly ; but I could not have them, be cause I was sick and did not work in the garden. It was ao good In you," an. I In her delight M.iddy'a tears dropped upon the fair blossoms. for a moment the doctor was aorely tempted to keep the credit thua enthu aiaatlcally given ; but he waa too truth ful for that, and ao watching her aa her yea glistened with pleasure, he aaid : "I am glad yotl like them, Mise Clyde, and ao will Mr. Remington be. He sent them to you from his conservatory." "Not Mr. Remington from Aikenside not Jessie brother?" and Maddy'a eyea now fairly danced a they sought the doctor's face. "Yea, Jessie's brother. He came hera with ber. He Is interested In you, and brought these down thia morn inc." "It was Jessie. I guess, who aent them." Msddy suggested, but tha doctor persisted that It waa Guy. "He wished me to present them with hla complimenta. IU thought tbey might pleaae you." "Oh ! they do. they do !" Maddy replied. -They almost make ma well. Tell hla bow much I thank him. and Ilka him, too, though I never aaw him." Tba doctor opened hla llpa t tell her ha had aeen him. but changed hla mind era tha words were uttered. Sh might not think aa well of Guy. ha thought, and thert waa no harm la keeping It back. So Maddy had ao auaplclon that tha faea aha thought at ao much belonged to Ouy Bemlngtoa. She had sever seen him, af aauraa, but aha hoped aha waald aoma time, aa aa ta thank hint far ' aaaa.tr la her graadfathar aad hia klad- SaukiM. i irneit. men. aa aba remem oerea tne niesuge she bad sent him, alia began to think that It sounded too fa miliar, and aaid to the doctor: If you pleaae, don't till Mr. Rem Ingtoa that I aaid I liked him only that I thank him. He would think it queer for a poor girl like me to aend auch word to him. He la very rich, and handsome, and splendid, isn't ha?" "lea, Guy'a rich and handsome, and everybody likea him. Wa wera in col lege together." "You were?" Maddy exclaimed. "Thea you know him well, and Jessie, and you've been to Aikenside often? There's nothing in the world I want ao much aa to go to Aikenside. They aay It ia ao beautiful." Msyna t il carry you uu iu-. icai day when you are strong enough to ride. the doctor answered, thinking of his light buggy at home, and wondering be had not used it more, instead of alwaya riding on horseback. Dr. Ilolbrook looked much older than he waa, and to Maddy he seemed quite fatherly, ao that tha idea of riding with him, aside from tha honor It might ba to her, struck her much aa riding with Farmer Green would have done. The doctor, too. Imagined that hia proposition we prompted solely from dialntereated motives, but he found himself wondering bow long It would ba before Maddy would be able to ride a little distance, Juat over the hill and back. He waa tiring her all out talking to her; but somehow it waa very delightful there In that alck room, with the summer sunshine stealing through the window and falling upon tha soft reddish-brown head resting on tha pillowa. Once he fixed those pillows, ar ranging them so nicely that grandma, who had come In from her hena and yeast cakes, declared "be was aa handy as a woman," and after receiving a few general directions with regard to the fu ture, "guessed, If he wasn't In a hurry, she'd leave him with Maddy a spell, aa there were a few chorea she must do.' The Aikenside carriage was standing at Mra. t'xinner'a gate when he returned, and Jessie came running out to meet mm. followed hv Guv. while Agnes, in the most becoming riding habit, sat by the .IhJa Innklne ss unconcerned at hla arrival aa If it were not the very event fnr which she had been Impatiently wait- I.,. J.l. wss a treat pet with tha doctor, and. lifting her lightly In hla arma, he kisaed her forehead and said : "I k. -en Maddv Clyde. She asked for you, and why you do not coma to see her. aa you promised." "Mother won't let me." Jeesle answer ed. "She saye they are not fit associates for a Itemlngton." There was a sudden flash of contempt on the doctor's face, and a gleam of wrath In Agnes' eye aa she motioned Jessie to be silent, and then gracefully received the doctor. (Juy seised the first favorable opportunity to inquire after Madeline. She wsa Impmvlng rapidly, the doctor aaid, adding: "You oncht to have seen her delight when I gave ber your bou quet." "Indeed." and Agnes bridled haught ily, "I did not know that Guy waa In the habit of sending bouquets to such aa this Clyde girl. I really must report him to Miss Atheratone." Guy's seat was very near to Atrnea, and while a cloud overspread hia line features, he said to ber In an axide: "Please say lu your report that the worst thing about this Clyde girl la that ehe aspire to be a teacher, and possibly a governess." There was an emphasis on the last word which silenced Acnes and set her to beating her French gRiter on the caj pet ; while Guy. turning back to tha doc tor, replied to his remark : "She was pleased, then?" "Yes; she must be vastly fond of flow era, though I sometimes fancied that tha fact of being noticed by you afforded al most as much satisfaction as the bouquet Itself. She evidently regards you as a superior being, and Aikenside as a second 1'aradise, and asking innumerable ques tions about you and Jessie, too." "Did she honor me with an inquiry?" Agnes asked, sarcastically, though she was greatly interested as well as reliev ed by the reply : "Yes; she said she heard Jele'a moth er was a beautiful woman, and asked If you were not born In England." "She's mixed me up with Lucy. Guy, yon must go down and enlighten her." Agnes said, laughing merrily and appear ing more at ease than she had since Maddy Clyde had been the subject of conversation, Guy diil not go down to Honedale hut fruit and (lowers found their way to the old red cottage, always brought by Guy's man, Duncan, and always accom panied by Mr. Remington' compliments. Once, hidden among the rosebuds, was a childish note from Jessie, some of it printed and some of It In the uneven hand of a child just commencing to write: It was as follows: "Dear Maddy I think that la auch a pretty name, and so dues Guy. so doea the doctor, too. I want to come see you, but mamma won't let me. I think of you ever ao much, and so does Guy, I guess, for he sends you lots of things, (iuy ia a nice brother, and la 'most aa old as mamma. Ain't that funny? You know my first ma ia dead. The doctor tells us about you when he cornea to Aikenside. I wish he'd come oftener. for I love him a bushel don't you? Yours respectfully, JESSIE AGNES REMINGTON. "P. S. I am going to tuck this In Just for fun, right among the buds, where you must look for it." This note Maddy read and reread until she knew It by heart, particularly the part relating to Guy. Hitherto she had not particularly liked her name, greatly preferring that It ehould have been Eliia Ann. or Sarah Jane; but the knowing that Guy Remington fancied it made a vaat difference and did much toward re conciling her. She did not even notice tha clanee. "and the doctor, too." Ilia attention and liklnga she took as a mat ter of course, ao quietly and so con stantly bad they been given. The day was very long now which did not bring him to the cottage; but aha mlased him much aa aha would have missed her broth er. If ahe bad one. though her pulaa al waya quickened and her cbeeka glowed when ahe heard him at tba gate. Tha motive power did not lie deeper than a great friendliness for ana who bad bean Instrumental la aavlag bar Ufa. They had talked ever tha matter af her examina tion, tha doctor blaming himself mora tha waa accessary tor hia Igaaraaca aa to what was required of a teacher; hut when be asked who was bia proxy, he bad again answered, avsaively: "A frieud fro-n llosiou." And tbU he did to shield Guy. who ha knew was enshrined in the little maiden heart aa a paragon of all excellence. CHAPTER VIII. Latterly the doctor had taken to driv ing in hia buggy, and when Maddy waa strong enough he !"k br with him one day, himself adjusting tbe shawl which grandma wraped around her, and pull ing a little farther on the white eunbon- net which shaded tha sweet, pale face. where the rosea were Just beginning bloom again. Tbe doctor waa very happy that morning, and ao, too, waa Maddy, talking to him upon the theme of which .be never tired. Gu, Remington, Jeaaia, and Aikenside, "I u pioe Mr. Guy will be bringing a wife there some day when be finds one," and leaning back in tba buggy Maddy heaved a little aigh, not at thoughta of Guy Remington's wife, but because aha began to feel tired, and tbua gava vent to her wearlneaa. Tba doctor, however, did not ao con strue It. For tbe first time when listen ing to her aa ahe talked of Guy, a keen throb of pain shot through hla heart, a something aa near akin to jealousy aa it waa puenibi fur liiui . tu feel. I'.ut all unused as he waa to the workinga of love, ha did not at that moment dream of auch an emotion In conneation with Made line Clyde. "Yea, Guy will undoubtedly marry," he began, Just aa over the top of tha easy hill tl... n .1 ; I. 1 .1 were visible, and the Aikenaida carriage ,n fu" blomu' " clo8 t0 the ro" appeared in view. "There he la now," I P""wMa, and then plow 3 Inches ha exclaimed, adding quickly: "No; dwP aowlng millet or Hungarian grasa, there's only a lady inside. It muat ba llnf heavily, and then harrow. (2) Agnee." Ia September plow tba millet under It waa Agnea driving out alone, for tha ' nd then aeed heavily with rye. Mow sols object of passing a place which had- tha rya under la May and again aeed a singular attraction for her, the old red to millet or Hungarian gran (or plant cottage In Honedale. Sbe recognlxed tha boa crop, auch aa cabbage or pota doctor. and gueed whom he had with ' toea). (3) Continue tha eloaa cultl- SS thP.nr.hur. tT TtllT' - to k!7 r shaw la, while ahe smiled her aweetest smile upon tba doctor. "Ob. what a handsome lady I Who la ahe?" Maddy asked. "That wa Jessie's mother, Mrs. Agnea Remington." the doctor replied. "She'll feel flattered with your compliment'." "I aaid what I thought. She la hand some, beautiful, and ao young, too. Waa that a gold bracelet that flashed ao on ber arm? I wonder It I'll ever wear one like that?" "Would you like to?" the doctor aaked, glancing at the small white wrlat, around which tbe dark calico aleev waa closely buttoned. "Y-a-a," came hesitatingly from Mad dy, who had a strong passion for jewelry. "I guess I would, though grandpa classes all such thing with the pomps and vani ties which I must renounce when I get to be good. I've seen only a bit of porno and vanity, but I muat aay that I Ilk what I have aeen, and wish to see more, It'a very wicked. I know," ahe kept on. aa she met the queer expression of the doctor' face: "and I know you think me so bad. You are a Christian, I sup. pose?" (To be continued.) JENKINS' CONUNDRUM, The obvious point of Wilbur D. Nea- blt's anitiHlng dialogue, which Is taken from the St. Louis Republic, la that you can drive a man to a conundrum. but you cannot make him guess It Mr. Jenkins was oiling hla lawn mower for Ita first trip, when Mr. Morse came along and leaned over the fence. 'That reminds me," he said, "did you ever hear that conundrum about the lawn-mower?" "What's tlif.t?" asked Jenkins, sour ly. "Who borrowed It last?" "No, no. The one about what Is tha difference between a little boy away off by himself yelling for bla ma and a lawn-mower ?" "Why should he yell fur bis ma and a lawn-mower?" "He didn't. He yelled for his ma, and the conundrum Is, 'What Is tha difference between blm aud a lawn- mower?' " "That's the conundrum, la It?" "Yea. Did you ever hear It?" "No, I never heard It." "It'a pretty good. Isn't It? What' the difference between a little boy way off by himself yelling for bis ma and a lawn-mower?" "You Juat said he wasn't yelling for his ma and a lawn-mower." "lie wasn't. He waa yelling for his ma, and ao what la the difference " "I suppose It makes no difference to any one except him and bis nia." "You don't quite catch It. He was away off nil by himself yelling for bit nm and a linvn-tnower, and " "Did he want her to bring It?" "Itrlng what?" "The lawn-mower." "lie didn't want any lawn-mower. He wanted his ma." "Well, did she come?" "That hasn't got anything to do with the conundrum. It Is " "What did you put It In for?" "I menu It doesn't make any differ ence whether his ma comes or not The qu.tlon la. What I the difference between a little boy away off, all alone by himself, yelling for hla ma, and a lawn" "Why, you keep saying he didn't yell for the lawn-mower." "He didn't He yelled for his ma, and the" "Oh. life's too short! I can't under- stand you." And Jenkins becan pushing his lawn mower about the yard, while Morse hung over the femv, purple w Ith wrath, and finally shouted across the yard: "One U a lawn mower and the other Is a lone ma-er ; but I hoin- you never guess It. for of all the lunkheads I ever aaw, you get the blue ribbon!" Hut Jenkins merely amlled grimly and kept on with bla lawn-mow lug. Tha Kollr wf Ielr. It Is one of tbe strangest things) !n life how few people have settled In their own mind what It la they really want or who will take the trouble In be T.appy. "I have often thought how much I should Ilk to do ao and ao," w bear people aay, and ulna time out of ten It la something they could very easily hav done, only they always pot It off. London ftiwrtator. Ba trn ta yeur word, yonr work aad your friend. Jean Boyl 0'Ra.U. Te Deatrsr Tblallas, Fait or kerosene, applied aftPr tm, ta flump of thlatlea la out don, wll us etroy them, but such met bud a slow and costly where tba field t la pnasea- ,on ' ,h .M"u' ott wtmrta nava been au'geated for their a indi cation. A pleca of root aiorg an loch long If left In tba toll will tnuke a foundation for a new crop, x pleca 2 lix-hea long will grow 8 to 10 feet In alx niontha, and weigh 3 or 4 pound, and from each email piece front forty to fifty beada will grow. An old rule ia to "plow tba land In June, drag twlca In July, plow 2 or 3 Imhea deep two or three time In August ami bar row each time." Any tool that will nit off tha tops In August or early In September will fleatroy tliem, aa they cannot llva If the tops are cut down. Experiment! made at the Illinois ela tion aucceoded In completely extermi nating tbem by observing the follow, lug rulee: (1) Cut the thlatlea when cut down from July until frost. If froat la not hera too soon the con stant cutting down of tba tblntlea as faat aa tbey appear will greatly ra duca their number or extermlne them. Boat far the Far at. Tha plank boat Illustrated herewith la made for general farm work and Is used lu winter to draw nianura from the yard and atable to the Held. It Is constructed of four ten-Inch, crooked ! J?le Planks. two and one-half Incbea who an Hx.'Vii-inon rranie pinnea nd bolted on for sides. It has an Iron daap male of old wagon tire, bent nd bolted or clinched, nailed across fh top of tba back end and top of the sides, aa Indicated tn hold them flrmlv In place. The front end haa a 2x8-lnch Piece bolted on top, Ita greatest utility Ilea tn tha hinged or awlveled tongue, made with two claape or clevlaea to hold It to the boat. On each side Is a chain brae made of four long Unka. attached to tba tongue with bolt awlvela. The enda of each chain brace are dropped onto tha bent- up end of a flve-elghthe-lnch bolt, tea lucbea long before bent "P. with the aqua re head left oa, which a put through a hole of the 2xS-lnch noaw piece at each end. They, are hooked up for a stiff tongue and unhooked when desiring to make a short turn. Being links, they will not bend or break when turning; therefore, are al lowed to drag until wanted up again. With this attachment, one can go down bill without bumping the team' heels and the boat can be turned or bncked up to a desired place better than aled. Thrashing Blacked Grata. In the majority of caaea It pays to stack grain In the corn belt, or In sec tions where diversified farming, In dis tinction from all small grain or one- crop farming, Is conducted. The differ ence In the coat of shock-thrashing and tacking and Btflck-thrnshlng, la com paratively amall, smaller than (he aver age fanner reallr.es. We bare a few flgurea on the auhject from the Mln newota F.xperlmetit Station wblch will be of teclal Inteiest In tlilx connec tion. The coat er bushel of shock thrashing wheat was 7.4 cent, whl'e the coat of stacking and stack. thrash. Ing was 10.1 cents per bushel, a dlf ference of 2.7 cents per hulie. n the per bushel coat mention! ill lulmr, machine cost, etc.. la taken into con sideration. Let us see what thl means; I'nder ordlnnry conditions atm-kisl grain will grade at least one grade abov grain that Is thrashed from the shock, and In a wet aciisoti tbe differ ence may be a 'great deal more thnn that. If you watch the markets you will find there Is usually a difference of 2 centa In the price of .No. i .v.rth.. ern and No. 2 Northern wliest. Thg meana that the gain of one gra.le. n wheat nearly pay the ex'ri cost cldent to atacklng and thrashing aa compared with shock thranhlrig. The Farm leehoase. An Icehouse should te so cotitnietei aa to have a double wall (or lr ,,,.,.) urroundlng that portion ho,rpound, and the cost of auh I but little eon,, pared with the protection iff,,, There aliould also be double door. Jt la not dlincult to keep Ice In a bul,Jin above ground If the double ,, used and the lee securely packed. . T Mh l ea" '"rk- There are countries !lc. pigs without com, and feed the of the dairy, with barley, oat. or roots, and make lean ham aM wblch are most choU. Thia ew,Untl for the great favor with which Ui Kn. gl!h bold Danish p,rk- Partes Cr. Generally speaking, fanner 0ti for the pun"" of changing Tnt Ing the ground and expect Utt, or nothing la return, viewed fromflnn clal atandpolut Thia yer the, w all agreeably surprised. Osta bo, br) yielding from forty to slit Del p,f acre, and ore eelllng read).; It centa per buabal. Tn straw h from W to $ per ton, which. u, make the oat crop of 19' mrr- of conalderabl revenue. KP-i Clt Democrat HOMEMADE FARM BOAT. tarleilrs ut Basal. There are several varieties of aniut thut ure kiiowu u tbe "stinking" smut, or bunt, atiiicklag the kernels l wheat. v.bl!e the variety known iu "hsse" simit attuck the whole bead, converting it Into a mass of loose, dusty spores. The loose smut of oat Is also another variety, and la very similar to that of wheat Itarley it attucked by two smut and rve by oue. Corn amut doea uot do aa much dam age as tbe other kinds, but Is more wide spread. There I uo known remedy for corn smut Experiments mude la treating the seed of wheat, oata, bar !. etc., how that by preventing amut the yield of crops la greater, even when the disease Is light, thua demonstrat Ing that there Is an effect exerted ou the producing capacity of the platits when amut la not apparently present Bumeleiitly to do some damage. All tha smuts except that which attact corn can be prevented by the farmer If he will carefully treat hla seed In some manner ao aa to destroy the sires, but. unfortunately, the majority of farmers do not use precautionary measures, and thus the negligence of only one or two persons lu a commun ity may neutralize the efforts of many. It should le the aim of every farmer to do hla part In the matter f rid ding the community of pest a. law la Iri I'lgeoa. FVoys sometimes have a hard tlmo catching their pigeons. The picture shows bow a trap can easily be made that will do the business. Attach the string to the edge of the door and run It through an eyelet at tbe top of tbe door frame and then to some place be hind the barn or a tree out of sight. When tbe pigeon enters, pull up the door and there be la. HoBs fee Slaachterlwar. Hogs to be slaughtered should not be fed twenty-four houra before al a ligh tering. They will not bleed freely. Nor should they become heated by chasing, or any other cause. It like wise baa a tendency to check the flow of blood. Nor should a bog be scald ed until fully expired. After the hog la bung up and the Intestines, lungs, heart and all are removed and washed out, spilt the bog right through tba center, leaving a small attachment near the tall ana ax me " i anout, ao aa not to overbalance Itiljigun'. W4,re wrtten at Tbe Grange, and as soon as the lesf lard la cola enotivh to be prlncljely removed, take It out This will Insure the perfect cooling of the meat. Thia last precau tion we learned from large lumbering concerna and puckers In the early day, when soiling dressed hogs. We have found It a safe practice. The heavier tbe hog tbe more essential It quick and perfect cooling. Never allow meat to freeze aolld, or puck It In a frozen condition, for It la aure to aioll. . Nebraska Farmer. Cost of Hauling- r'arra Prod art a. Frank Andrew of the United Stntea Agricultural Deimrtmeiit, writes; "In hauling products from farms In wagon there are opportunities for a saving in coat. In many rcglona In the United Statea the Improvement of a road, or a short, rough section of a. road, would allow much larger loads to be hauled than at present. If It were possible to Increase the average weight of a wneon load of cotton In the United Statea from three bales, as It now ia, to four bales, without Increasing the cost of hauling the load, the saving on the crop equal to the one picked In 10(5 would amount to $2.(0.0; and If the average load of wheat, now fifty-five bushels, were liHTeased by twenty bushels, the saving Increased In hauling a crop like that of l!Ho would be more than ,-." The Peach Tree Borer. The Insect that dcH.sits the eggs which hatch the jwiich borers Is a was-llke Insect, with transparent wIiik and a riclily-ornnmented body, handed and strls-d with gold, which deposits Us eggs nlsmt the base of the trunk. The e.'iM hatch out the larvae, lsre Into the sap wood and cause an exudation of gummy matter, , k i which appears In masse about the base of the tree. The larvae seems partly to live In till gummy substance and partly In the sap wood of the tree. Homelltnes three or four are found on the same tree, occasionally girding and destroying It, but alway inducing more or lews of a diseased condition and Impairing Its vigor. Al together. It Is a very objectionable and destructive Insect, ami the eggs are deposited both la the fall and spring. fall Feed for Cows. The profits derived from aolllng milch cow la at no time so great at during a drought In midsummer; yet most farmers retain tlielr green fod der until Just before winter sets In, and they do thia when they must know that If a cow is allowed to nearly dry ..., -1, .ll rp,K. up In tne miiama ""' " ablv not rei-over. in me mi grass usually abundant, aud there are pump klna and vegetables and grain In plenty, the corn fodder being but little needed. A Slew llhws. The flerman Colonial Icpartment la Investla-atlnc what Is claimed aa in discovery In German East Africa of new specie of llkworm, stated to b very productive. Germans, however, hav been anticipated in tne aiscorery alnc the worm nas ior -- been in us on the British side of fha rentier ewperfally In Uganda, ci- nerta In Germany, however, ar of th opinion that there la a larg rnrnr before East Africa for a atlk trad carried a by means of ttH worsa. Mrs. Michael Davltt la collecting the locsjmenr left by her lata husband with a view to having an authentic Life prepared. She aollclta tba loan of any letters or papers received from him by bis friends, and undertakes their prompt return. "Smokeless Sin" waa tha title Drat elected by Prof. E. A, Rosa for bla volume of esaaya on certain well-concealed politic evils. Hut at Prealdent Rouaevelt'a suggestion, tha book la to ba called "Sin and Society." Mr. Roose velt Indorsee It and ia godfather, to tba extent of an Introduction, aa well aa chrlstener. II. Fielding Hall, author of "Tbe Sou. of a People," baa In tha pres a volume failed The Soul of the World." The new book seems to he aa Interpreta tion of Buddhism and Christianity, un favorable to the latter. Mr. Hall' atudy of tbe Burmese la one of tbe most in teresting books In English on an east ern people. Chicago baa aoma yeara to spend be fore It can aurvey ita atreeta In tha fashion adopted by the London Daily News aa follow a: How many readers af Thackeray have paaaed down Young treet to tbe Kensington postofnee and have been aware that In No. 11 those Immortal worka, "Vanity Fair," "Es mond" and 'Teiideunl" first aaw tha light? Gower atreet, again, la a some what monotonoua atreet of proaperoue looklng middle-claaa bouse. Few peo ple know that la No. 110 Cliarlee Dar win wrote certainly not his "Origin of Specie," but bis famoua work on "Coral Iteefa." Again, In 56 Great Ltueea atreet Boawell wrote a consid erable portion of hla famoua "Life of Johnson.' At 6 Frfta atreet Sobo, W 11 Ham Haxlltt during the laat all montha af bla life wrote some of bla most not a ble esaaya Aa for Charlea Dickens, London teems with memories of that great novelist At 4H IKugbty atreet be began "Haruaby Rudge, finished "Pickwick" and "Oliver Twist," and wrote "Nicholas Nlckleby." At 1 Dev onshlre Terra-e be Unialied "Barnaby Rude" and "Domhey and Son" and wrote 'The Old Curiosity Shop." "Mar tin Chuxzlewlt." "The Chrlatmaa Carol," "David Copiierfleld," "The Cricket on the Hearth" and The Haunted Man." At Tavistock House be wrote "Bleak House," "Little lor rltt" and "A Tale of Two Cltlea." Hen ry Fielding wrote Tom Jouea" In a bouse on tbe alta of the present Bow itreet police atntlon, and Sniollet wrote "Humphrey Clinker" and probably "Peregrine Pickle" at Monmouth House. Cnoer Clieyne row. Itlchard- sona "Pamela." "Clarissa" ana "uran- 1Nort Ena Hammersmith, occupied for some time by Sir Edward Uurue-Jonea. At 1!4 Cheyne row the gage of Chelsea, Thoiuna Carlyle, wrote "The French Revolution." "The Life of Frederick the Rreat" "Past and Present" "Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches" and The Life of John Stirling." WORLD'S OLDEST CITY. Brick Taken Oat of Halns at Ria ls 7 Bear Data of 4 BOO R. C. In a sand swept belt of central Baby lonia, that country of ancient ruins. In a region dangeroua and deserted be cause far from water, and on the !or der of the territory of several hostile Arab trll.es. lies the low ruin of II I sin ya, aay Dr. E. J. Hanks lu Putnam' Magazine. Few explorera have ever visited It, and those few did bo at the tierll of their lives. Dr. Peters of New York, while excavating at Nippur, dis covered at Blstnya a clay tablet of an ancient date, uerman explorera are ' reported to have aaid that the ruins 'originated with the civilization of the Arabs. However, not only the age of the ruins but the name and history of the ancient city of which they are com posed continued a mystery until re cently. Christmas day, 1903, we began exca vating at Blstnya and the result waa tbe discovery of the oldest temple In the world. The walls of the tower ssn appeared, the summit was cleared and the first Inscription discovered Uhju the surface wus a brick stami?d with the name of Dungl of 27.V) B. C. Just beneath It were other bricks bearing the name of. l'rJur of 2."X B. C. a little lower a wared a crumpled piece f a-old with the name of Nuraui Sin of 3750 B. C and Just below that level were the large square bricks peculiar to pnrgn of 3x"0 B. C probably the first nf the Semitic kings of Babylonia. Al though we had dug but a meter and a half below the bricks of Dungl we had revealed several strata extending over the nerlod from 2730 B. C, or more than l.i years, and still eleven me ters of earlier ruins lay beneath us. We dug lower. Unknown types of hrteka anneared. and two and a half meters from the surface we came msin a large platform constructed of the pe culiar plano-convex brick which were the building material of 4.i0 B. C. A ! aad III Name. There was a dog case which et elted much attention In Berlin some yeara ago, sam a lormer resioeni oi that city. A citizen complained to the authorities against a nelghltor who, he said, to annoy blm, gave bis name to a mongrel cur. 'He calls my name,' he aid, 'and when I turn around he laughs and aaya be was calling hi dog.' -What' your namr asked th maglstrste. "'My name Is Penult.' "'And do you call the dog Schulttr be asked tbe other man. "'Yes, your honor, but I spell r with a T Sennits.' "Call blm without the T,' com manded the maglatrate, trying to look erloua. Th man did ao, tbe dog came to blm and an order to change th nam or b fined followed." It seldom pleas a tuau to b told af th goodness or greatneea of aootit CURB FOB 8EA SICKNESS. ) . Balluv Prescribes m Lasaktaat Class Kef Vaav Kr II. A new remedy ba been discovered for seasickness, according to the Lou don Express. An old Bailor haa proved that a pocket looking glass la aa In fallible cure. The looking glass cure must be taken Immediately the aufferer Btepa om board ahip. The prescription dlre.-fa the pa tient, when tbe first Indmlrable feeling cornea on, to take out the pocket look ing glass and look blmaelf fair aud aquar In tba eyea. Tbe result la alleged to be that the rolling of the ablp, and even the smell of tbe engines, will puss unnoticed, and a little persevere nca will transform a bad sailor lato a good one. An Express representative consulted, a west end physician yesterday ou the new cure, "It Is a very curious fact, and on for which It la difficult to account" aaid be, "that a casual glance In looking glasa may arrest aeaalcknesa. It may be that the woe-begoae counte nance la reaponalble for Introducing a vein of humor, and the sufferer re solves to 'cheer up. "Personally, I think there la a more scientific reason. It la well known among sailors thst the rise and fall of tbe horlson la responsible for the early etage of thia distressing malady. 1'hy. alciana In consequence often recom mend their patients to try to fig their eyea an aoma Immovable object, auch aa a ring oa their finger, or a book held firmly on the knee. Tbe looking glasa la probably the aarae kind of antidote to the movement of the ablp. "It would be necessary, of course, t bold the glass firmly and fix the gar ateadlly on the reflected Image. The looking glass remedy may ba something In tbe nature of a faith cure. If the attention can be absolutely con castrated oa tha Image In the glass ami all thought of lllneea banlabed, there la an excellent chance that the voyag will have no bad effecta. "With regard to the length of time required for tbe cure. It la a general fact that If alckneea can be auccessfully warded off for aeveral houra the aym toma are not likely to recur, except In caaea where no remedy will relieve tha unfortunate aufferer and sea and brain alckness are Interchangeable terms," Tbe wedding gueata bad assembled. the preacher waa lu readiness, and It lacked but fifteen minute or the time appointed for the ceremony, when the young man lu tbe case appeared at they door of th parlor and called th preacher out "Mr. Stedman," he aaid, "I'm In a terrible tlx. I forgot to bring tbe li cense. I left It at borne In my other coat" That la very unfortunate," tha preacher answered. "I can't marry you without It. Isn't tber some way of getting It here?" "Not In time!" groaned the hnples bridegroom-elect "The boarding lions where I've been living Is ten ui(lea from here. It would take two houra to go and get It" The preacher reflected a moment. "Can we reach the place by telephone ?" be asked. "Yea, air." Two minutes later they were stand ing before a telephone In another room. and the young man waa conversing with the landlady of bla boarding house. "Mrs. Guernsey," he aaid, "will yon please go tip to my room, take a fold ed paper out of the Inside pocket of a coat that hangs up In my closet, and bring it back with you to the phone? Hello. Central! Don't cut us off!" Presently Mrs. Guernsey reMir(ed that abe had found tbe document. "Thank you," be said The Rev. Mr. Stedman will carry on the rest of this conversation with you." He handed the receiver to the preach er, who asked : "Are you this young man's landlady. madam?" "Yea, air," she aaid. "Will you please open and read to me the paper you hold In your hand, or tell me what It Is?" "It'a a marriage Ib-ense, authorizing; any clergyman or other lawfully qual ified person to solemnize the niarrl u-o of George II. Bellmore and Ida Trav. rs." "Is It dated, signed and sealed?" "It I. sir." "Thank you very much. Now call a messenger and send tfle license here by the swiftest mode of traveling at once. That will do. Oood-by!" Then he turned to the young man. "Now, Mr. Bellmore," be said, "ther need be no delay In the ceremony. Wa will proceed with It, and when that li cense comes I will examine It, snd If there Is any apparent Informality in tbla arrangement I will marry yon again after the company haa gone." This program was carried out. and the marriage still bolda Youth's Companion. Her Own Bweel Will. Mrs. Gaddle (over telephone) Thia la Mra. Gaddle. I wanted to hav a talk with your wife tbla morulng. Mr. Merchant Oh, yea, Mrs. Gad dle. Well, I asked ber not to go ahop plug tbla morning aa abe had Intended, because the weather's so bad. Mrs. Gaddle Ah! then I'll be like! to catch her. Mr. Merchant Yes, If yu knov where she usually does ber shopping.-. Philadelphia Press. Two Folate of View, "A Boston woman says she has nr faith In I nek of a horseshoe. Klie hail a diamond oue and lost It" "Rut Isn't that a narrow view f take? Think of the luck It haa brought to the person who found It!" Ciena land Plain Dealer. We are aJl compelled to do a great deal of hard marching, but the vlctorl oua soldier baa an easier time of l than th soldier am a King from defeat. No man Is aa wretched aa be Uia tne himself to b.