I Topics of
the Times I
8am person aeeui to r through
lift on the, theory that it la naughty
be found out.
Lord Kelvin eem to have been one
of th men who were not ruined by a
Hillege education.
The seven maated schooner Thorn a a
W. Lawaon la a wreck. 1'robably
vaa built on a wrong System.
And atlll aouie people are unable to
understand why men who work in
tulnea ahould want to be well paid
'or It.
A man may be Just aa food a cltlssen,
mark you, If be paya aome other man
for ahovellng the anow off hla aide-
walk,
A member of the Belgian aenate has
referred to King Ieopold aa "a roj-a
falllvanter." Evidently tba Belgla
lexa mapcaty lawa are very lax.
Mr. Carnegie advocate an a suet cur
rency. It la acarcely necessary to men
tlon the circumstance that Mr. Carnegie
la an expert In all matter pertaining
to assets.
There are In New York 27,000 wo
men who are supporting their hua
bands. But they would probably rather
do that In denr old New York than live
tn luxury anywhere else.
"How to Collect Postage Stamps" 1
the title of a new book. It would have
a big anle among the imrent of 10-year-old
boya if Ita title were "How
Not to Collect Postage Stamra."
Football, with ita revised rulea pro
viding for open formation, was lesa fa
tal than usual In 1!M7, and much more
Interesting. Unfair play la bound to
disappear along with brutality, for pub
lic sentiment is roused against both
Mark Twain entertains a ' high re
gard for Mr. Carnegie personally, but
ha wishes to have it clearly understood
that he objects to his meddling with
the English language, by the careful
and persistent use of which Mark has
risen to greatness.
Pittsburg, now that the United State
Supreme Court haa decided the act of
consolidation with Allegheny to be con
tltutioual, rlsea to the rank of alxth
city In point of population. Boston
tbe next larger, with about fifty thous
and more than the Ova hundred and
fifty tbouaand claimed by the enlarged
Pennsylvania city.
air. Roosevelt, In tbe fiftieth year of
bis life, baa been President six years,
Washington at the beginning of hi
fiftieth year had not taken Yorktown,
At fifty Jefferson was Secretary of
State, Jackson was yet to light tbe
Semlnolea, Lincoln waa debating with
Douglas. Four only of tbe Presidents
before Roosevelt Pierce, Grant, Gar
Beld and Cleveland were Inaugurated
before they bad paased fifty.
Of the bunting accident reported the
past season, every on that baa yet
come uuder our notice baa been due
to aome cause so familiar that It ba
been mentioned year after year for
generations. They can all be umme
up aa "Didn't know It was loaded,
"Pulled the gun muzzle toward him
through a fence," or "out of a wagon,
r "In a boat" If hunters would keep
these few simple things in mind, many
'Ives would be saved every year.
For criminal carelessness la loading
flynamlte, caat Iron and oil on the same
freight train, with disastrous results.
Canadian courts recently fined a rail
road company twenty-live thousand do)
lara. In this country, aside from civil
lulls brought by damaged parties, rail
road companies are not often brought
to bonk for sucb offenses. Yet our laws
tnd courts recognize abstractly the
truth of what the Canadian Justice
aid: "It la the clear duty of railroad
companies to take all due care of life
and property, no matter what it may
"oat."
Literary Englishmen are mildly ex
filed over tbe selection of nineteen
name made by the trustees of the
British Museum to adorn the walls of
tbe remodeled reading room. Those
chosen are supposed to be represents
tlveof British literature from Ita origin
till the present. They are Chaucer,
Caxton, Tynd.ile. Spenser. Shakespeare,
Bacon, Milton, Locke, Addison, Swift,
Pope, Gibbon, Wordsworth, 8eott, By
ron, Carl vie, Macaulay, Teunyson and
Browning. Complaint haa been made
because no room waa found for Bun
yan. or Burns, or Fielding, or Gold
smith, yet no list that could be made
would please everybody.
At the last annual meeting of tbe
American Humane Society one of the
speaker pointed out the commercial
Justification of kindness to animals.
Of course no selfish Justification la
needed for kindness of any sort But
It adda Interest to the work this so
ciety is trying to do, to know that
the annual loss In cattle and sheep
from neglect Is. according to the com
putations of the Department of Agri
culture, aoniethlng like twenty-five dol
lars. And millions are thrown away
every year by the abuse of beast of
burden. The ensh value of goodness
Is an Idea pleasing to many moralists,
but the world la so ordered that the
Intelligent and the kindly act Is usually
he richest In practical benefit
SPIDERS A.XD THEIR HOMES.
We. Arc Srlealiae.llr Mm4 r Ike
l.lttle Insert.
At the 4'!!th corporate meeting of
the Boston Scientific society recently
Jsmes H. Emerson apvke on the subject
of "Spiders and Their Web.- Not
only did he outline tbe habit of the
spider tnd show picture of them and
their web, but be gar ao object leesou
In weba by making the esavutlat part'
of geometrical web In th same ntan-l
nef and in tt tame order a the spldr
would herself, aaye the Boton Trana-
crlpt. Many Interesting facta wera re
lated. The aplnnereta are of tbe sama
nature a the little cone with which
confectioner produc tbugar dealgn!
on f rooted cake; there are msny of'
them, each one connected with a gland
In tbe body of the spider. Sometime
half tbe body of th creature 1 used
for these glands. The plder can keep
tn thr.s.i, rr r-i: rua item to
gether Into one and It can produce dlf
rerent kinds of thread. Tbla la silk
and I used for different purpose, for
weba, to make net, to Inclos cocoon.
etc. The ordinary white thread l for
the neata. while that of the cocoon Is
oftentlmea colored. Then the thread
may be dry or sticky; It may be fine
and regular or coarse and rough, ac
cording to tha ue that tbe spider
wlnbea to make of It.
Next Mr. Emerson gave conslderatloi
to the. welia. " About half the spiders
do not make wet but catch their
prey, which consist of Insects, by
springing upon them. The webs that
are made are of different kinds and for
different purposes. The most common
and familiar one Is that which la aeen
In the grass on dewy mornings. This
Is merely a level floor on which tbe
spider may run out and catch hi food.
The web Is not of sticky thread. It
mar lost an entire season, but is re
paired and strengthened from time to
time. Tliese nests are furnished with
a tube of web, In which the . aplder
hi dea
The distribution of spiders Is a cu
rious feature, to which tho speaker al
luded In parsing. There are some, for
example, that live In the house. They
are never seen out of dixrs, yet they
have been carried to all parts of the
earth Just as rat and mice have been
Another kind of web Is In large
meshes, but of no definite shape. These
usually have a thinner portion
which Is the spider's nest. Insects fly
lng about get Into the meshes and are
entagled, but are not held by any glu
tlnous nature of the thread. In all
the cobwebs except the flat kind, which
have already been noted, the spldW
Uvea down on the under aide of the
web. Then there are dome webs, in
which the aplder lives within the dome
and run about within It to catch tbe
Insect that Is entangled. These webs
are ketit always clean, even bits of
leaves are taken out by the spider.
Then there Is a kind of web in which
great, crinkly, rough threads are
placed upon a framework of finer ones,
These by their roughness entangle the
files which the aplder catches and eat.
Then there are the geometrical webs.
This was the kind that Mr. Emerson
made with a large tatting shuttle and
string. The spider first establishes the
radial lines, then, beginning at the cen
ter, weavea outward a coarse spiral
These constructions, which are really
the scaffolding of the web, are of ordi
nary thread. Then beginning at the
outer edge of the web the spider weave
In the finer meshes of sticky thread,
biting out the original coarse spiral as
It goes along. Thla atlcky mesh never
goes to the center. These webs catch
the flies through their mucilaginous
quality. Most of the work Is done at
night, and a single night la lufllclent
for the construction of a new web. The
measurements are by the sense of feel
ing. Many details and Interesting facts
about the habits of these Industrious
creature enlivened the making of the
thread model, which waa two or tbre
feet In diameter.
Alexander tho Great, when on a cam
paign, ate tbe rattona of a common aol
dler.
Phi IX., during moat of bl pontlfl
cate, ate only an egg and bit of bread
for breakfuit.
The total commerce of the world In
l.sno wna about one a half billions of
dollars; In 1!X It waa more than
twenty billions of dollars.
Fleming H. Revell, the largest pub
llsber of religious books In this conn
try, ana pronaniy in the world, saye
the aggregate sale of Mood.v's sermon
has exceeded 2,.VH1,fsiO copies, placing
them next to the Bible as a seller.
Noticeable among other embalm!
bodies of dead and gone Egyptians In
Pierre Lotl's study Is that of a little
3 year-old girl, who stares down with
sightless eyes on her present owner,
as he sits writing his romances and
playa In the still watches of the night.
With the Persian one cannot discuss
his womenfolk. To ask a Persian about
bla wife la a grave breach of etiquette.
The most you can do Is to ask about
mother of bia son." If be haa only
daughters he does not mention them ;
they are a misfortune to be suffered
In silence. London Globe.
The number of foreign tourUta visit
lng Norway during May, June, July
nd August, VMM, was about 34.342,
gainst 20.S27 for Jtine. July and Au
gust, l!02, and lrt,77rl for the anme
months In 1H89. During the winter
season l'.HW-7 about 1.230 foreign tour-
sts are also supposed to have visited
Norway.
A. afaflstlclan baa lately compare.
the coat of an up-to-date battleship
dio.oui.om) with Yale rnlverslty'a
fund of $S.700.X10, the Nobel fund of
$r.nno.OiiA, the Rhodes bequest of 110-
usi.otm, the Peabody foundation of f3,.
Stm.tUKi, etc. For the cost of a hntfi.
ship we can build lifcl miles of railroad,
2.i 0 village si'lioolhouses or forty mod
el tenementa. New York Press.
In a little more than a hundred
years, according to government figures.
K ....1.11.. .1,. i.l t
from dac-WM. o l,,u,. an ,n- j
crease of ISO per cent. At the end of
s many hundred of centuries, In other
words, there were In the world In 1S(K)
only tMO.Otsi.OiX) of persons, and In 10(1
years, from ls) to llsst. to thl num-1
ber had been added 0.10,000,000 Boa-
ton Glob.
There la more
...,. ,,,. ..,. grsndpa, in hi prayer that night, ak
geniu. floating around ,B trwnbIi ton whlrh lhowtd B8W
tin common aenea. I l. v. ... ... i .v..
than thera la plain common aenea.
THKENSIBE
BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
et "Wa ton." "Tas Eatlto Othaaa . HMa M is "Lat
IbHkM.' " lat aa taaaaias." "-
cnArrnn xvn. (twinned.)
Guy wit puiil to himself. He would
not admit that during th past year hi
liking for Maddy Clyd bad grown to b
something stronger tbio mere friendship,
"r yei mai oia teeiing toward l.uoy
undergone a change, prompting bun
to go to ber when ah was sick, and
iu um aa sorry a n ought mat in mr-
rlag waa again deferred. Lucy bad no
suspicion of the change, and her child-
lik trust in him waa the anchor which
V, -1 .1 i.t. ..tn - . . l t . . i
uiui anu iru io ner in mi.unuu.
st least. If not In reality. He knew
iroin ner letters Bow much n bau learn
eu to us MaUJj (.'lyde, and so, b argued,
thera was no barm in hla liking ber, too.
Sh waa a splendid girl, and It semed a
pity that her lot should hav been so
I l.t . WH. . JJ
uuiuuij cast, mis wa uauaii in arm
of hi thought in connection with ber;
nd now, h stood thr in that cot-
ta. Mudrly's home, they eeiirrd to him
with tenfold intensity, for well be fore-
saw that a struggle wa before mm
o rescued MadJy, a he nieaot to
irom ner approacuing tat.
.No such thousht. however. Intruded
theinselve on Maddy' mind. She did
not look away from tbe present, eicept
It were at the past, in which she feared
sne naa errea by leaving ner granatnom-
rr too much alone. But to ber passionate
appeala for forgiveness, If sb ver bad
neglected the dying on, there cam back
.... . . .
only loving looks and mute caresses, tbe
ged baud smoothing lovingly th bowea
head, or pressing fondly the girlish cheek
With th coming of daylight, however,
tber wa a change; ana Jiauay, listen-
lng intently, beard what founded lik ber
name. Tbe tired tongue waa loosed (or
a little, and in tone scarcely articulate,
th disciple who for long year bad served
her Heavenly lather faithfully, bore tea-
tiinony to the blessed truth that Uou
promises to those who love Him are not
mere promises tbat 11 will go who
them through th river of death, disarm
lng th fainting soul of every fear, and
making th dying bed the very gat of
heaven. Thi tribute to th Savior wa
her first thought, while th second was
a blessing for her darling, a charge to
seek th narrow way now In Ufa' early
morning. Disjointed sentences they were,
but Maddy understood them all, treasur-
lng up every word even to the last, the
word th farthest apart and most pain- stay here with us. On, Maddy ! It coin
fully uttered, "You will car and forn m to look at you to hear your
wmfort voice, to know that though I don't see
Sh did not ay whom, but Maddy knew
whom she meant : and without then real
laing th magnitude of th ct, virtually
accepted th burden from which Uuy was
ao anxioua to save ber.
CHAPTER XVIII.
nesnma Msrkham was dead, and the
evke1 aleiffh. which lata In the after
noon plowed ita way heavily back
AlV.n.lH. eaerled on Mrs. Nosh. who.
with her forehead tied no In knot, sat
back among the cushion, thinking not
of th peaceful dead, gone forever to tbe
rest which remaina for th peopl of
God. but of th wayward Guy, who bad
resisted all ber effort to persuade him
to return with her, instead of staying
where he wa not needed, and where his
presence wa a restraint to all save one,
and that on Maddy, for who sake be
stayed.
"She'd b vummed," th indignant old
lady aaid, "if sh would not write to Lucy
herself If Guy did not quit such Join's,"
and thus resolving she kept on her way,
whil th subject of her wrath waa, It
may be, more tbsn half repenting ot his
decision to stay, inasmuch as he began to
hav an unpleasant consciousness of him-
elf being in everybody' way.
In the first hour of Maddy' bereave-
ment he bad not spoken to ber. but bad
kept himself aloof from the room where,
with her grandfather and Unci Joseph,
sh sat, holding the poor aching head of
the latter In her lap and trying to apeak
a word of consolation to th old. broken -
hearted man, whose band was grasped In
her. But Maddy knew be wai'tbere.
She could bear hi voice each time he
spoke to Mr. Noah, and tbat mad the
desolition easier to bear. She did not
look forward to th time when he would
be gone: and when at last he told her he
was going, sh started auicklv. and with
a guh of tear, exclaimed : "No, no I oh,
no !"
f.,t,i a. k!.,.,i k-.i;
th strange trio, "would you rather I
ahould .tayT Will It b pleasanter for
you If I do?"
Yes I don't know. I guess It would
not be o lonely. Oh, It s terrible to have
granamoiner aeau . was .Mnildy re
sponse; after which Guy would hav
tayed If a whole regiment of Mr.
Noah bad confronted him Instead of one.
Maddy wished It; that was reason
., .i! . , j,...
tion. to John, be .t.ved. therehv Htn.
certlng the neighboring women who came
in to perform the last offices for the dead.
and who wished th young man from Aik
enside was anywhere but there, watching
tbem all in their movement, a tbey
vainly fancied he did. But Guy thought
only of Maddy, watching her so carefully
that more than one meaning glance was
exchanged between the women, who, even
over the Inanimate form of the
dead
.lr l.tMfha. a h.l 1 -V. . 11
cur. wondering what would be the effect
on Grandpa Markham and Fade 'Joseph,
Who would take care of thm? kA
In case Maddv should feel It hoe H,.f. ,
t.y there, a. they half hoped she would.
they fell to pitying th. young girl, who
emed now o wholly unfitted for tb
Surden.
ro aiaddy tber cam no definite Idea
Of th futur during the two day. that
white, .rigid form lay in the darkened
carriage, whicb had been ent down for
th us of the mourner, hsd been driven
way, taking both Ouy and Mr. Nosh
rhen the neighbor, too, had gone, leav-
l. I. L l .J .U. kl I
...a wi, ... .... ...... u... ....
fitting by th evening fire, witn th grand-
f.tber and th. Imbecil. Unci. Jowph
then It wa. that sh. first begsn to feel the
i preeaure OI me ourcien oegso 10 asa ner-
. . .
lyrwwurB vi
'g of
tb two blple men w
...i r.j.i i
mvm.
waa young, and th world a ah bad aeen
It wa very bright and fair, brighter far
than a lif of laborlou toll, and for a
h" " tb latter alterna.
accep.eo m.u. aer o.ss, .oo
l",u . .
as u aiTining ner luougms, poor urais
-.wi. k. f.it -s.. k. ... ...in, tan
cottage; nut wnen, at last, th deep grv tmDi t out."
made for Grandma Markham wi occu- n2w ruT lor? HnW ,ho,,l', b "
pled, and th lounge In th llttl. front ' r; " . .rranf'ra'nur Maddy
room wa empty-rwhen tb Aikenslde ol, "r. . i.. " ...ded direct reulv.
. 1
diir. and give her wUiUD t0 m
proper decision ; that if it wer btit
migit b hpy there with tb.ai, but if
not, "Ob, Father. Father!" he'sobbe.i
oau Help m anu jv" io &ear it." j,
out could pray no aiore aloud, .nd the gray
not head remained bused doa U)ua
chair, wan i "'pa, in (,,, peeu.
liar way, took up the theme, begging.
a very child that Maddy ui,, ju,,llnf(J
to stsy that no young men with curline
. , .. I .,.. k - .....
1 nair, a aiMaiuuu , iu amen of musk
might b permitted to ra near her with
- enticing loons, oui urn she nilnht .u.
as li wa sua u " oia niaij furver '
This wa tbs subject of 1'
acta Juaeph'a
prayer, a prayer which let tnt lict le hired
ulrl to tittering, aid would h,iv. .,,,.
f ,. . . ,....tH k .
a siuiie irom "-raeii Dad iht not
felt all the strange petition Implied.
With waywardness nstural to peopl
in Ms condition. L'nel Jo..,k ii,a, c; .j
turned to Maddy tor tbs little aervir
u hi sister had toriaeriy rendered, and
ao, I whrch, since ber inness, Uranlin Sltrk
bam baa aone, euu wouia willingly do
still. But JosepB retuttd tn l.r k,.
Maddy must uotie bia cravat, unbutton
hi vest, and take ol his shoes, while
after he wa in bed. Middy must sit h.
. I . . . . .... u: l . , J
hi side, Homing ms nana until be fell
away to sleep. And Madily did it rheer-
fully, toothing blta iato quiet, and keeping
back ber own choking sorrow fur the ,L.
I of comforting him. Then, when tins nt
was done she aougtii ner grandfather, still
sitting before tbe kitchen firs and evi-
dently waiting for ber.
i "Maddy, me oiu man laid, "mme ait
close by nie, where I eta look Into your
face, whil w talk over what must be
done."
with a half shudiicr, Maddy drew a
(too) to her grandlattieri feet, and rest
ig ber head upon Bi knee, listened
wbll he talked to ber of the future; told
ber all her granumotner bad done; told
- I 0f bl own helplessness; of the trial It
wa. to rare for Lncle Joseph, and then
a faltering tones asked who was going
to look after them now. "We can't live
here alone, Maddy. W ran't. We're
0,j and weak, ud want someone to lean
on, oh, why didn't God take us with
her, Joseph and nie, and tbat would leave
yOU free to go back to the school and the
I jf9 which 1 know 1 pleaaanter than to
you every minute, you art somewhere.
- and by and by you ll conn In. I shan't
live long, and maybe Jowph won't. God's
promts ts to tnem wno Donor lather and
mother. It 11 Be narj tor you to stay
harder than it wa once; but, Maddy, oh,
Maddy! stay with me, ttay with me!
stay with your old grandpt!
- Maddy bad a brave younc heart, and at
to last, winding ber arms around her grand-
tamer neci, sne wmsperta: i win not
leave you, grandpa. I'll Way In grand
mother place
Surely Heaven would taswer the blesa-
ingi whispered over Middy by tht delight-
I ed old man, and tbe reung girl taking
so cheerfully the bjrifae from which many
would hav shrunk, should Us blessed of
I God.
with ber grandfather' band upon her
I B(.nd. Maddv could llmost feel that the
blessing was descending; but when. In
her own little room, th one where she
had lain sick for N many weary weeks.
her courage began to giv way, and the
burden, magnified tenfold by her nervous
weakness, looked heavier than sh could
bear,
"I will, I will, cried, while Into
I her heart there crept an intense longing
for th lov of Him bo alon could make
ber task a light one. If I were good
like crandma. I could bear everything,'
she thought, and turning upon her pil
low. Maddr prayed in earnest, childlike
prayer, that God would help her do right,
that II would take from her th proud
1 smrit which rebelled against ber lot be
I cause of It loneliness, that pride and
lov of ber own eae and advancement in
nreferenc to others' good might all be
subdued ; In short, tbat she might be God'
child, walking where He appointed her
to walk without a murmur, and doing
I cheerfully Hi will.
I It was broad noon ere Maddy awoke,
and starting up she loked about ber in
bewilderment, wondering w her she wa
and what agency bad been at work In
h wom. transforming it from the cold
comfortles apartment she had entered
the previous night Into the cheery-looking
'Bmner. witn a -""'"s iu.
0"P1. ,r" T',"'" uowo aVu
tne beartn, a rocsm ' wu up De-
fore It. and all trace or the little hired
girl a completely obliterated a if sh
had never been. ia ner griet jiaaay
seemed to hav forgotten bow to make
thins cozy, snd a, ounng ner grand-
mother', illness, her o . row. had been
left to the care of the hired girl, Nettie,
It nrl e ncu lected. rude sopect, which
had grated on Maddy'. finer feeling, and
md everything so uninviting. But this
morning all changed. Some .klllful
i,.nH had been buy there while she .lept.
and Maddy wa. wondering who it could
be, when th dm.r opnd cutiouly
tnd Flora' good humored f.ic. looked In
Flora from Aiketwue. .uao.iy anew
I nn t (1
hom he was inaei.ted for all
'his comfort, and with s cry of Jo, ,ht
welmed tb. g. r.. i-""
brought bacx somen, ... .... w,lu
which he bad panea ..
' M .h.;""!
bre? I.,d 10 '.. " nd
" n,e r""m finr.
"Yew. I mde the fire.
replied.
and fixed up th thing little, hustlin'
.. . .... ..... .s out of her.-
I" I. . Vt fit tin' for you to be
y wa. mad
- -KAt ,no"h way fr
" t;v,ni'le; then rontin
"""" tirKj y0j must he. Mis
' t ...uni n never to hear
Jiii iuv, 10 WI'TV . , . , . -
.hooch to b "' ria to
- put let me help yon
be ' r- ,d y00 must
dr- " ' . l,..kf,.f. all readv "
u HitnrrT. e um
pinra I rn Ores mi-
- 'SlJL T.
air ' aiiuui i - , ,
."' :i -itn. that tbe -na wa. not
dsrk a It bad s"1""' wae
. " "V" ,imp,e T toilet a!. tried to
od w( comforting ; ., -
i ry,,lne. and ask for
".. .w. fc.r whst "ti to b.
- ... t0J me WbT .n
-0U Bv - -
e.m. here" h aia ' .'-' "
kit making br ba. "
Gud wwulu U'-' 'iit'llujl in .11 , -
su
.1 I-' -,'lh her. Mr
If Mr. Guy', work. H thought I'd
" ter cou. a yoU .wuij bj M9
et thing, set w right. a you euuld go
back to febool."
Maddy f,lt her heart coming at la set
"fot. but she oswrd calmly, "Mr.
Jfuy Im v.ry kind-o are you all: but.
flora, I am not going back to chooi.-
-V going bck!" and Flora stopped
ner bcj.maknj. whil a be stared blankly
'V;1' "What b you going to do?"
Stay her and take car of grandpa,"
Maddy Mid, bathing her fao and neck
In the cold water, which could not cool
x mem.
"Stay here! You are era.y. Mi Mad
ay . 'Tsin't bo Dlac for a eirl Ilk vou
d Mr. Guy never will suffer it. I know."
r lor rejoined, ah resumed her work,
thinking she "should die to b BJOpee) op
a mat nutshell of a house."
ith a little sigh, as sb foresaw th
opposition die should probably meet with
irom luy, Mddy went on with ber toi
lt, which waa soon completed, as it did
not tike long to srrsnge th dark calico
uresa and plain linen collar which she
or. She was sot s fresh-looking
usul that morning, for excitement nd
fatigue had lent a paleness to ber chek
and a languor to ber who! appearance,
out t lora, who glanced anxiously after
Ber aa sb went out. muttered to berself,
"She was never more beautiful, and I
don't wonder an atom tbat Mr. Guy
tbinks ao much of ber."
The kitchen w. in perfect order, for
r lora had been busy there a elsewhere.
ill kettle wa boiling on th stove,
whil two or three little covered dishe
were ranged upon the hearth, a It waitinj
for someone. Grandpa Markham had
gone out, but I'nrle Joseph sat in hi ac
customed corner, rubbing his hand when
be saw Madily, and nodding mysteriously
toward th front room, th door of which
was open, so that Maddy could hear th
crackling on th hearth.
Maddy entered the room known at th
cottage a the parlor, the one wher the
rag carpet was, tbe six cane-seated chair.
and the Buxton rocker, and now th lit'
tie round table waa nicely laid for two,
while cosily seated in th rocking chair,
reading last night' paper and looking
very haodsom and happy, waa Guy I
(To b continued.)
SIMPLE DIAMOND TESTS.
A Meedle Hole la m Card Omm Mean
I Deleetlwsi Imllatloa Brllllaala,
'There are few persona," remarked
a Jeweler, "who are able to purchase
a diamond on the atrengtb of their
own knowledge and observation, and
without placing Implicit confidence In
the man who aells the stone. It la a
fact that even pawnbrokera hav often
been taken in by Jewelry and precious
atone fakers," aays the New York Sun.
"Although It takes many years of
actual observation and experience be
fore one can become a diamond expert,
there are a few simple testa which will
considerably aid a buyer of diamonds.
One test la to prick a needle hole
through a card and look at the hoi
through the doubtful atone.
'If the latter Is apurloua two holes
will be seen, but If It la a diamond
only one hole will be visible. Every
Imitation atone which resembles a dia
mond glvea a double reflection, whil
tbe diamond's refraction ia single.
"Thla la a delicate teat, because it k
difficult to eee even a sharp and de
fined object through a diamond. The
single refraction of the diamond also
allows one to determine an uncertain
atone.
'If the finger Is placed behind It and
viewed through the atone with a watch
maker' glasa, tbe grain of tbe skin
will be plainly aeen If tbe atone la not
a diamond. But If It la a diamond tbe
grain of tbe akin will not be distin
guished at all.
"A diamond In aolld aettlnga may be
Identified In the same manner. If gen
uine, the setting at the back cannot be
discerned, but If It Is a phony aton
the foil or setting will be seen.
"There Is no acid which ha any pe
eeptlble effect upon a genuine diamond.
Hydroflurle acid, If dropped on a atone
made of glass, will corrode It, but will
not affect a diamond one way or the
other. A trained eye can see the hard
ness In a diamond, whereas the lmlta
tlone appear soft to the vision of the
experts."
Proof Not Neede.
At General Benjamin F. Butler en
tered tbe lobby of the Boston State
House one morning he saw two nu'n
whom he knew engaged In a heated ar
gument "One moment, Geueral," said
one of them to him ; "can t you settle
a dispute? We are arguing as to who
la the greatest lawyer In Massachu
setts, and aa we can't agree we wIV
leave It to you
That's eoy. I am," ald Butlei,
with perhaps more trutn man mou
esty,
The two men were aomewbat taker
aback.
"Er er but. General, of course,
von know but but how can we
prove It?" tha first apeaker managed
to get out.
-Prove it? Prove It?" growled But
ler. "You don't bar to prove It I ad
mit If Woman' Home Companion.
kls
k wnm aftep dinner. I
Pm. h-But what do. 7our w.f.
say?
... She's
jonea ira, sne u.-u
tb cook. Brooklyn Life.
II. II.. Be.- ...... 1
Wedderlj-Tbe only wy to cur.
youtae f of an attack of lov. ia to run
yoniaeir or an i
Awrav
Kinvleton WhT d an t you ao nni
ifcn Lou we coJiung be girl you
when you were courting
married?
Veddetly I did I ran away with
her.
Pew )! Haaeat.
Bh waa an heiress and b. wa. pom
bat otherwise honest.
"How much do you lov me. dear?"
ah aaked, after tbe manner of ber ox.
"I love you," b. replied In a ton re
plete with candor, "for all you ara
worth."
asae Effeet.
Wm yon ever In love, Eddie?"
"Naw, but I fell out of r aecond
tory window ooctl"
ww. --. Problem. I
... k... .... i nenrlr full grown,
Smith-Excuse me. jou - -- , ,.,, fo ,nnrliPt.
ask how you manage to ba.a aucb d-, ,. am) ,
llclou thing to eat? I. , . . ,,.,, lnr. ... -1,,.
JoIf. quite almple. I .Iway. - - - whr
tbe cook before atnner, auu - " . oni1 ,irl(V, r,.
i s. V
s( ( s-Operallua.
Sir Horace pluiikett, Uicuiber of the
British huiisi of parliament, who ba
been iu thla country receutly, siild in
an addreta to agricultural students
that there wn "uot a lngle county,
not a parish, In Irelund where the
'armera are uot completely revolution
izing tbe entire busineos of farming by
introducing co-operative methods." And
it might be added that there I scarce
ly a farming district Iu tbe I'nltcd
State where more benefits ennont be
realised by a closer co-operation of the
furuiera. The farmer are understand
ing each other better each year and
are coming closer together in all mat
ter which ertuiu to their mutual In-
crests, but there are still greater mhs1-
bllltles abend, describing the IX si c-o-
Heratlve organlzatloua of peasant In
Ireland which be was Instrumental In
establishing for the ptirpoae of compe
tition with commercial industries, forc
ing out middlemen, compelling rail
roads to provide better facilities, and
dictating more favorable legislation to
nruament, done: "The first thing was
to Introduce a system of agricultural
education which extended Into every
branch of the Industry, teaching the
farmer, for Instance, to purchase every
thing he requires. Implement and ma
chinery, of the very best quality. They
omblned to consign In bulk end dis
tribute their goods in tbe market. They
combined to raise working capital for
their oKTatlons. They combined to
own breeding animals. They did Just
what you are doing here, brought acl
enc Into farming by getting It Into the
school. They had the same system of
Instruction and experimentation sup-
olled by your government."
w Yarlrtr of Totiaera.
A new variety of tobacco valuable
for cigar wrapping, was first raised In
Connecticut from eed brought from
Florida and which
originally came
from Sumatra. Af
ter very careful and
satisfactory test
result have proved
beyond a doubt the
value of this vari
ety for growing
commercially, to
gether with tbe fact
7
that tbe aced come
true to tye year
THE PLANT.
after year when saved under bog. The
name L'ncle Sam Sumatra was given
to this variety. It I a cigar wrapper
variety of tobacco and adapted for
growing under ahade tn the cigar wrap
per producing reglona. The plants
reach an average height of about eight
feet at the time of maturity, and tbey
bear an average of about twenty six
eaves before topping. Tbe cured leaves
will average about
sixteen Incbea In
width by twenty
Inches In length, al
though the size varies
according to field and
cultural conditions.
The yield of the crop
of this variety is high,
being as much as
l.CUl pounds of cured Tltg LKA.
tobacco to the acse under favorable
condition. The percentage of the best
grades of wrnp)er In these crop I
"orrespondlngly b'gh. Exchange.
Value ol Beet Sonne Prndncts.
Some Idea of tbe magnitude of the
heet snenr Industry in the 1'iiltcd
' stntPg cnn be given by estimating Ibe
value of tiie beets wild by the growers
to the factories mid of the refined
sugar placed nu the imirket by the fact
ories liiHt J cur.
If we SH-oime that the uvernie prl"e
paid for leets In was per ton.
the total value of the 4.J::I.1 12 tons of
I bnn-,UH $ji.isi..-,i;. If we
estimate the value of the sugnr at 'j
cents ier Hititid. the !h;7.221.i pounds
of sugar manufactured were worth
f l3,r,o.,,i in i. Probably the assumed
prices both for liceta and for suignr may
be a trine wiow tnose nnun")
fJ but tno figures are sulli'lontly
(accurate to Indicate the magnitude of
Dki industry.
Ripening '" Tmloe.
Often when frost come there are
many tomatoes on the vines that are
but that have not
high, says a
writer In New England
But for home use a bet-
ter way is to pica me ......
,
from the vlnce and then hang up the
hesnch In the cellar, darkening the
- boaolnir tlin ntace cool.
"U " , . .1 ' ,A n. ....
iney wn. r,,-..
Indulge In ripe tomatne. In January
. hothouse and
liv-l l-
lietter flavor are
not n. mi.r j
seiling . 25 rents a pound or more.
Try It.
Telerr Stored I. rrltsrs.
Where celery Is stored In cellar The
temperature should be kept low and
plenty of ventilation maintained. The
warmth aud datnpnesa of the ordinary
cellar have a tendency to cause the cl
ery to decay, but these conditions can
frequently be overcome. Celery will
readily absorb any odor that may be
r.,.-eent In tbe atmosphere of the stor
Ege place, and care should he taken to
i.rnvlde sanitary conditions. The plants
.bonld have most of their root at
tached, and a be! of moist ssnd In
which to set tliein should be provided.
MM
Tllal nil 111 Y llU'i I - f
Mlutil., rka.
One of the simplest ways of keeping
cabbage I to ctore Iu au orchard oi
some sheltered place, often alongside
a fem-e w hich ba been made tight by
a liberal use of straw. The cabbage
are stored with their (tenia on and ar
placed head down and a clotte together
a jicssUile. Two or three tier ar
ofteu made, the bead of the second
tier being placed between stems of th
lower, and so oo. the pile being mad
of any width aud length desired. Th
whole Is covered with leave, suit gras.
bay or straw and a little aoll, rails,
brush or litter. Small unsalable bead
wheu stored in thla way In November
will continue to develop during wluter
and frequently sell a well a any la
February. Small quuutltle may b
stored by plowing out two or three fur
row ten or twelve Inches deep on a
well drained site and placing th bead
with their stem up a clone together
a oble. Some prefer to lay them
but one or two thick, while others will
pile them up two to two and a half
feet high, bringing them to a point.
The pile Is then covered with straw,
salt grasa hay or a thin layer of straw
and then several Inches of soil. They
are stored before freezing, and When
the soil covering them la frox.cn It may
be covered with strawy ninuure or any
other litter to keep the soli frozen un
til the cabbages are needed for sale.
A. Kleelrle l.rnbstur.
Electricity has been applied to lueu
biitlon by Otto Schultx, au electr(clsn
of Ktrasnburg, and Is tbe result of three
years of exiH-rlmentatlou. Tbe appara
tus Is made for 50, 1(K) or 2 eggs, and
Is designed to obviate the difficulties
connected with the ordinary form of
Incubator. The lunnlpulatlou of the ap
paratus Is very simple, and Ita mainte
nance depends only upon an uninter
rupted supply of electricity.
An automatic attachment keeps the
temperature within one-tenth of a de
gree of the normal temperature of In
cubation. Tbe degree of saturation of
the air Is kept Iu the snme manner.
Under ordlnsry conditions, ninety
chickens can be counted on out of 100
egga Incubated. The quantity of eiec
tlclty required Is very small, for an In
cubator holding fifty eggs, ten to twen
ty watt being lulllclent, depending
upon the temperature of the outer air.
For raising the chickens after they
are hatched, an electric "mother" baa
been devised. Tbe upper part la de
voted to the freshly hatched chlckena,
while the lower part la arranged ao
that the chlcka can run around on th
ground and at the same time find heat
and protection when they desire. Tha
electric Incubator baa already proven
very aucceasful.
Test Seeds at Ilea...
The Department of Agriculture In
order to aid farmers to determine for
themselves without much trouble the
germination value of seeds hna Issued
a short bulletin on tbe subject. A very
simple apparatua for sprouting seeds
Is described. It consists of a shallow
basis In which I placed a small flat of
porous clay. Tbe seeds, after having
been soaked, are laid between two
sheets of moist blotting paper or flan
nel. A pane of glass cover, th dish,
which should be kept In a temperature
of about 70 degreea. Atmosjphere of
an ordinary living room Is aultahle If
the apparatus Is left near a stove at
night. Several klmU of seeds may b
teatod at once at a trifling coat Tha
bulletin cautions the farmer against
extremes of heat or moisture.
Fertlllrr Teas Is wit. tor..
Fertilizer tests with corn In Virginia
show clearly that plowing uuder green
leguminous crops Is a highly beneficial
practice and that where this Is fol
lowed only moderate amounts of fertil
ity will be necessary to give Increased
yields. When vegetable matter Is lack
ing, however, heavy applications of fer
tilizer seem advisable. Andrew M.
Soiile.
Farm Ulranlnas.
There Is no standard for Judging the
guinea fowl. Tbey ahould, however, b
of uniform shape, great activity and
reasonably good producera of egga.
Their entire egg crop Is produced In
summer.
Hitter cream comes from keeping
cream too long from cows that have
been milked since early last spring. It
is lest to churu every few days, even
tbouhg there Is only a small churning
on hand.
In setting out the new fruit tree b
sure aud leave plenty of space between
them. You must make allowance for
the grow th of tbe years. Crowded trees
Interfere with one another and hav
their fruit hearing possibilities checked.
The jMitato storeroom must be dark,
cool, well ventilated and dry. Tbera
should I a double floor beneath wher
large qiiantitlee are piled together.
There should also be opportunities for
ventlation st tbe walls, and at Inter
vals through tbe pile.
A good condition owder, to be fed In
limited quantities to the brood bow, la
composed teaspoonful each of cop.
Ieras, sulphur and a half cupful of oil
iigral. Give once each day for each sow
weighing 2.V pounds. It Is needless to
sny that all tonb-a should I given only
when tbe snltnat Is out of condition.
Alfalfa In the orchard should have
every show possible. Allow the fall
growth to lie on the ground, and then,
after the ground dries up In the spring,
tbe coat of dead Vitus should lie burn
ed. Tbere I no lietter money maker on
tbe farm than alfalfa.
The most money la made out of
horsea that are well bred and free from
blemishes. Why raise any other kind?
Aa baa been reteatedly said It take.
Just s much time and trouble and feed
to raise a poor horse aa a good one,
and see the difference in tbe price for
wb!?h tber are Bold,