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TOriCS OF THE TIMES A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. EeTINO ITEMS KUImImI aaa There l a aunilu of iNTomiam i. the lulled State treasury. This I an- wiuer iroug guarantee pf peace. An F.ngliahnian recently mid $t.2.V j"r come Uog. Think of the auto- uionne lie could have bought for that A tuMAU ki-lttutiat nnnoum-ee that he baa discovered bow human life mar be prolongs One good way la to get ent or Ruwtla. After the tobacco truat la busted It will be quite appropriate to eonln e fry cigar atore Indian with a big stick inareaa or a tomahawk. "Poverty." says Bernard Shaw, "la worse crtina tlin i. . ....... 4i wouiu be nloe of him If he were to get laws io prevent poverty. An eastern pnper aaactt that John i. hockefeller a barber la worth fino. WO. Will anmehoriy explain what una jonn u. can poaaibly bare for a bar Another chonia girl klllcnl In a motor accident. It la wonderful what clear crosa-awtlon vlewa of the Uvea of the Idle rich are glren by the erratic au tomohlle. Carnegie any there la no danger of war. We may be aure that ha iliMn't innke the statement for the purjoe of keepiug anybody from purchasing ar iiior plate. (' for the use of the Mikado have tieen purchased In Massachusetts. Aa long, however, aa Japan Isn't buying any Missouri uiulea It will be needleaa to worry. A Ituiwlan la reported to have mtd Ma place lu heaven for .V) ruble. 'will jar the purchaser if lie learns too late that tils couiou call for a aea In an entirely different locality. A Pennsylvania man and woman de- idod one hour after their marriage to try to get the court to annul the con tract. They were foolNli. With proper patience they might have got used to It In time. Between the opinion that we will lmre war with Japan and the opinion that we will not have war with Japan the reading public will soon come to the conclusion that one in an 'a opinion U J nut aa good aa another'. A magnzliie devoted to motoring In terest print au article on "Where Automohlllxts May Spend the Sum mer." We have already heard of sev eral who will aNnd It In a wooden overcoat alx feet underground. General Smuts, a Boer War veteran, reporta an Interesting explanation of the agricultural depression In Mouth Africa. In a went soeech lie said that o old man remarked to lilin that "the fault of the Transvaal la t tin t the ground la too low ; you have to liend jour back to work." King Otto of Ilavarln has been In sane since be snccet'ded to the throne, and for twenty years the country has i Imm-ii ruled by a regent. The Itavarhin constitution differs from that of some other kingdoms, where a provision Is Inserted to prevent liny man with an Incurable malady from Ucomiiig king. There has been talk recently of deism lug King Otto and putting on tlie throne his uncle, the regent, l'rlmv I.uitpold, who Is Ho years old. How delicate are the Instrument which record earthquake shock may be Judged by the reporta, which came almost simultaneously from many Mnirces, of the recent slight disturb ance In Kcuador. From Havana came the report that "the. seismograph this morning registered an earthquake fourteen thousand inllos distant, the waves propagating from southwest to northeast. The Indications are that the center of the dlsturhani'e was lo cated lieneiith the waters of the Pacific, Hear Central America." From other far distant points come similar reports long before the news came of the actual lis-atlou of the eairtluptake. The fnd of American steel and other millionaires for pearl necklaces and tlie scarcity of choice examples brings out the fart that a large part of the present supply come from the lioiird of orient al ruler, A dealer predicts the ap proach of tts time "when even the Indian rajah and the Chinese mandarin will have no more pearls to offer." In the search for objects of "bigotry and virtue" In which to Invest his suH-rtluous millions the American col lector hiiHf now progressed well-nigh around the glols. He has ransacked Europe for artistic plunder, picking tin old furniture and old folio and old portraits In P.ugland, old silver and old Sevres and crown Jewels In France, old masters ami old manuscripts In Italy, marbles In Oreei-e and caireta worth a 1,000-whare profit In I'nlon Pa cific from the harems of sultans. He lias now gone further afield as a bidder for tlie heirlooms of rajah. The government scientist has had a hard time from the start. There have In'ii many people ready t ridicule his efforts and to tight appropriation for hi benefit It would not be dlluc-tlt tn And plenty of evidence of hla opposi tion manifesting Itself In every session of Ongrefta since the first attempts at rclontlfie Investigation were made. The Secretary of Agriculture, therefore, reed not feel particularly disturbed be canse of tlie attack upon his depart ment It happens to be one of the youngest of the divisions of the govern ment and naturally must stand consid erable abuse for that reason. Hut ev ery other branch of the public service wnlcb undertakes any kind of scientific vrork has bad to run the same gantlet of faultfinding and ridicule, only to wis dasarv' recognition at Uat be accomplishments. It la: nine is. iv mat a g'ssl many (sopl wontler wiry the I tilted State, ah ml he called uioii to 'pay fills, a year to a tsxanlst and similar salaries to a t mologlst and au agrostolog!r, not t mention a plant physiologist and i-iioiii. tr mem la a force of 2..HI0 men employed by the I a partment Agriculture In aclentlnc work, the war rant for atich an army must be foun in the result of their invewtliratlon Secretary Wilson la rerted to have aald that tbcHe aclentltlc worker are auvlug the couutry aunually $2:i"0i0. 000. The chief of the bureau of forest ry gete a aalary of $.'l.5sl a year, an yet It la aald hla one department aavea for the people each year more than the whole Iiepartment of Agriculture baa coat elnce It in estab'lshed. Got ernment work In scientific llnea must be like that of private laboratories. Some of the costly experlinenta will yield no results of value. Rome of them wll bring alight rcturua for the outlay Hut the valuable discovery which will save thousands of dollata, which ncca aloually cornea from reeated exjierl mentation, often more than paya for tne eutlre expense of tho Invcstlga tlons. The net result of the scientific work which the UnltU States has done during Its exlstem-e la aatlsf;ictory. Its const aud geodetic survey was bitterly oppoaed. but proved Ita worth, It geological surveys bid fair to save th nation millions of dollars. Ita reclu matlon work la attracting the atten tlou of the world. Ita scientists are honored among their fellows. Ita posl tloua apical to men of the highest atandlng In afieclal branches of leant tug. There will always be those to re flect uism the value of the govern menta aclentlnc Investigations. Hut the accomplishments of the past have been sufficiently meritorious to alienee III advised opposition. BATTLE WITH AN EAOLK. Saapcaded la Midair Meats fol Ilia 1.1 f nit a Aifrr Bird. In midair, dandling over a cliff. In Kiowa county, ou a rope, William Fleck bad a desperate light with mother eaglo, while trying to secure her youtig which were In a nest In the rocks. Frank and Benjamin Fleck, his brothers, who were on the top of the cliff, were also attacked by the eagle, which flew around wildly and struck nt the Flecks reiieutedly. Hoth VU1 Ham and Frank were severely Injured The young men succeeded lu capturing the eagles alive. Last week the Fleck hoys went to visit on a ranch owned by the family In Kiowa county, near Elizabeth. While there they apent much time trumping over the high bluffa In the vicinity of Hilltop, several miles from their ranch. t waa while they were thus amusing themselves that they heard the crlea of the young eagles, which they deter mined to capture tlie next day. Provid ed with a ros, which was made fnat at the top of the cliff, Benjamin and TIIHII.I.IMU DATTI.IC WITH EAULK. Frank Fl-k waited while William Fleck went over tlie cliff on the roie to search for the nest. It kiii found In the rocks, ami William Fhi k was about to remove the eagles when the mother bird swisipcd down from high In tlie air. Flying around lu a circle the bird made the air ring with Its discordant cries, and riis-ntiilly struck at the throe men. Owing to .his perilous position William Fleck could do little save pro tect bis eyes with one arm while he clung to the rox with the other and was prartlcally at the mercy of the enraged mother bird. It wus not until Frank Fleck hnd twice slmt the big eagle that It ceased to fight, and after tlie first sliot It scattered It blood atsiut the three young men. It was an Immense specimen, the Flecks say. The mother bird lslng illioHed of It was easy to capture the young, whjch were brought to Ih-nver leiiver ; (Colo.) Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean. Japaa' Tmlmrnl of thm Rllad. New York State' philanthropists are studying the question of how to find employment for the blind. Japan has solved the problem In a simple way. Sightless person have a monopoly of a partUnlar occupation massage. No person with sight I allowed to prac tice nmssngp for a livelihood, and al though some of the Japanese are In other employment the bulk of them pursue the avocation which the Iwneviv lem-e of their country's luws has made their special preserve. Always elab orately polite, the JaiMUicse are ese etally courteous to their blind neigh bors, and the occupation of masseur la considered a most honorable one. Simple Spell far Them. Five girls In a fashionable boarding achool have formed a society to protest earnestly against the new sjielllng, says the Smart Set They sign themselves A lyase, Mayme, Grayce, Kathryne and Carry e. Oldvat Tkareh la Mew Tsrk. The oldest church building now atandlng In New Tork City Is St Paul's Chapel, the comer atona of which waa laid In 1704 au of pa I I MW 1 7 r mw S Jri ,1 ; IIKENSIDE av MRS. MARY , ." "Tto tarls trakaa CHAPTER XV. I rwinnait 1 Alaa for Guy I b could not brlUve h fd aright when, turning ber bead away for a moment whlla sh prayed for atrtngth, Maddy's aoswsr cams, "I can- net, Uuy, I cannot I acknowledge tht OT which baa stolen upon in. I kaow not how, but I cannot do this wrong to iAicy. Away from m you will lov ber again. You must Head this, Guy, than say ir you can desert .her." She placed Lucy' letter In hi hand. and Guy read It with a heart which ached to ita very core. It waa cruel to deceive that gentle, trusting ilrl writing so loving ly of him, but to lorn Maddy was to hi undisciplined nature more dreadful "till, and casting the loiter asids he pleaded again, thia tint with the energy of de spair, for he read his fat In Maddy' face, and when her lip a "nnd time confirmed her flrt reply,. wbfja h ap pealed to hi sense of hon.fr, ot justice, of right and told him be could and must for get her, he knew there nn hnn and man though he was, bowed hi head upon Maddy a hands and went atormlly, mighty, choking oh, which ahook bis frame, and evmed to break up the very fountain of hi life. Then to Maddy ther cam a terrible temptation. Wa It right for two who loved a they did to live their Uvea apart? right In her to force on Guy tie fulfillment of vow he could not lit erally keep? A m-ntal itruggle ar l way th more aevere, n Maddy' took all ber atrengtb away, and for many mln utea eh lay o white and still that Guy roused himself to car for ber, thinking of nothing except to make her better, It wa a long time ere that Interview ended, out when it did there was on Mad dy's face a peaceful expression which only the sense of having done right at the cost of a fearful sacrifice could give, while Guy' bore trace of a great and crush lng sorrow a he went out from Maddy'a presence and felt that to him h wa lost forever. He had promised her be Wuuld do right ; had aaid he would marry Lucy, being to her what a husband should be ; had listened while she talked of another world where they neither marry nor are given In marriage, and where It would not be alnful for them to lov each other. nd a h talked her face had shone like the face of an angel. For many day after that Guy kept hi room, aylng he wa lck, and refuaing to e anyone sure Jessie and Mr. Noah, he latter of whom guessed in part what ad nappenea. and linputlna to him far more credit than he derved, petted and pitied and cared for him until he grew weary of It and said to her savagely: "You needn't think m so rood, for I am not. I wanted Maddy Clyde, and tolH her so, but sh refused me and mad m prom ts to marry iucy ; so I'm going to do that very thing going to England In a few week, or a oon Maddy I bet ter, and before the aim of this year aeta shall tie a married man." After this alt Mrs. Noah's aympathy was In favor or Maddy, the good lady making mora than one pilgrimage to Honedale, wher sh expended all her ar gument trying to make Madrty revoke her decision ; but Maddy wa nrm in what h deemed right, and a her health began lowly to Improve, and there waa no longpr an excuse for Guy to tarry, he gave out In the neighborhood that be wa , at last to be married, and tarted for England th latter part of October, a , unhappy and unwilling a bridegroom, It may be, aa ever went after a brld. CHAPTF.K XXI. Maddy never knew how ill lived through those bright, autumnal day, when the gorgeous beauty of decaying nature seemed o cruelly to mock her an gulnh. At lat there came to her three letter, one from Lucy, one from the doc tor, and one from Guy himself. Lucy' he opened first, reading of the aweet girl' great happlne In seeing her darl- lng boy again, of her sorrow to find him ao thin and pale, and changed In all av hi extreme kindness to her, hi careful study of her wants, and evident anxiety 1 to please her In every respect. On this i Lucy dwelt until Maddy' heart seemed to leap up and almost turn over in it rasing, so fiercely It throbbed and ached with anguish. The doctor'a next waa opened, and Maddy rend with blinding teara that which for a moment increased her pain and sent to her bleeding heart an added pang of disappointment, or a aense of wrong done to her, she could not tell which. Ir. Ilolbrook wa to be married the same day with Lucy, and to Lucy' sister, Margaret. "Mnitgie, I call her," he wrote, "be rauae that name I so much like my first lov, Maddy, who thought I was too old lo be her husband, and so made me very wretched for a time, until I met and knew Margaret Atherstone. I have told ber of you, Maddy ; I would not marry her without, and she seems willing to take me a I am. We shall com home with Guy, who I the mere wreck of what he wa when I last saw him. He ha told me, Maddy, all about It, and though I doubly respect you now, I cannot say that 1 think you did quite right. Itetter that one should suffer than two, and Lucy' I a nature which will forget far doner than your or Guy'. I pity you all." This almost killed Maddy; she did not love the d-x-tor, but the knowledge that he waj to msrry another added to her misery, while what he suid of her decis ion was the climax of the whole. Had her sacrifice been for nothing? Would it hsv leen better if she had not sent Guy away? It was anguish unspeakable to believe so, anil the shadowy woods never echoed to so bitter a cry of pain as that with which she laid her head on the ground, and for a brief moment wi.thei hat she might die. There ws Guy's letter yet to resd. and with listless Indifference she opened it. starting as there dropped into her lap a small carte de visile, a perfect likeness of Guy. who sent It, he said, because he wished her to have so much of himself. It would make hiin happier to know she could s-imetlmes n..k at hl.-n, Just as he thould gsie upon her dear picture after It was a ln to love the original. And this wa all the direct reference he made to the past, except wher he spoke of Lucy, telling how happy she was. and how If anything could reconcile hlin to his fat, It wa the knowing how pur and good and loving wa th wife be was getting. Then he wrot of the doctor and Mar garet, whom he described a a dashing, tirtlllant girl, the veriest teas and madcap In th world, and the exact opposite of Maddy. Thle letter, so calm, so cheerful In It tone, had a quieting effect on Maddy, who lead It twice, and Uia placing It In her J. HOLMES mmm aim. M bosom, itarted for th eotr, meeting on the way with Flora, who lu seeking for her to graat alarm. Uavi JMph had had a fit b said, and fallen upon th floor, cutting hi forehead badly against th sharp point of th (tov. Hurrying on, Maddy found that what Flora had said was true, and ut immediately for th physician, who cam at one, but book hla head doubtfully he examined hla patient. Ther war all th symp tom of fever, h eaid, bidding Maddy prepare for th worst. Nothing In th form of troubl could particularly affect Maddy now, and perhap it was wisely ordered that Pncle Joseph' illness should take ber thought from herself. I'rom th vary first h refused to tike hi medicine from anyon ear her or Jessie, who, with her mother' permission, stayed alto gether at the cottage, and who, a Guy'i lster, waa a great comfort to Maddy. Aa th fever increased, and I'nrU Jo- eph grew more and more delirious, hi if for Sarah w.ro tart ruJiiig, tusk ing Jeie weep bitterly aa ah aaid to Maddy : "If I kaw wher thi Sarah was I'd go mllea on foot to find her and bring bar to blm. Something Ilk thia JsmI said to her mother when ah went for a day to Alk- enslde, asking her ia conclusion if ah thought 8arah would go. Perhaps," and Acne brushed abstract edly her long, flowing hair, winding It around bar jeweled tinier, and then let ting tb soft curl fall across bar anowy anna. Wher do you (iippo she la?" wa Jessie' next question; but if Agnea knew he did not answer, axrept by reminding her littl daughter that it waa past her bedtlm. Tb next morning Agne eye ' wer very red, a If she had been wakeful th enrir jilght, while her white face fully warranted tb bra dacha sh professed to have. Jsesl," aba aald. a they sat toaether at tbetr breakfast, "I am going to Hone dal to-day going to see Maddy, and ahall leav you Here," Agne wa not the same woman whom we flrat knew. All hop of the doctor had ong sine been given ud. and aa Jeesle grew older the mother nature waa atrong- er within her, auhdulng her aelflshneaa. and making bar far more gentle and con- lUerat tor other than ah bad been be fore. To Maddy aha waa exceedingly kind, and never more ao In manner than now, when they aat together talking In the humble kitchen at tb cottage. You look tired and lck," sh said. Your care have been too much for on not yet strong. I will 1 him till be wake, and you go to bed." Very gladly Maddy accepted th offered relief, end ntrerlv worri out with her con stant viglla. ah wa oon leeplng sound ly In her own room, " lora, in tb little hed, or back room of the bouse, waa busy with her ironing. Thus ther was none to follow Agne as ah went owly into th sick room wher Uncle Joseph lay, hla thin saea Ujirael to th light and his lips occasionally moving a he muttered in hi sleep, inere waa trance contrast betweea that wasted Im beclle and that proud, queenly woman but h could remember a time when In her childish estimation be wut th embodi ment of every manly beauty, and the knowledge that be loved her, hi sinter's little hired girl, tilled her with pride and vanity. A great change had coin to them both sine those days, and Agne, watch lng hi 111 and smothering Wk the pnin which aroe to her Up at tight of blm, felt that for the fearful change In him he wa answerable. Intelhvtual, talent ed, admired and sought by all he had been once ; he wa a mere wreck now, and Agnea' breath cam in abort, quick gasps, a glancing furtively around to see that no on waa near, she laid her hand upon his forehead, and parting his thin hair, aid, pityingly : "l'oor Joseph." llie touch awoke him, and starting up he atared wildly at ner, wnue unn mem ory of the fast seemed to be struggling through the misty clouds, obscuring his mental vision. "Who are you, lady? ho, with eye and bair like her I "I'm the 'madam' from Aikenside.' Agnes said, quite loudly. Flora passed the door. Then when she tnn gone she added, softly: "I'm Sarah Sarah Agnea Morris." It seemed for a moment to hurst unon him In It full reality, and to her dying day Agne would never lorj.t the ll0k upon hi face, th mile ot p'rfert hannl nes breking through the rin f tears, the love, the tenderness minified with dis trust, which that bsik betokened as he continued gaxing at her. hut to U(,r not a word. Again her hand rested on his forehead, and taking it new in hi, he held It to the light, laughing inriely at its soft whiteness; then touching the eoatly diamonds which flashed iinn m,i rainbow hues, he ssld: "VVhere', lmt tie ring I bought for ':" She bad anticipated I hi, "-! took from her pocket a plain gold run:, kept UIltn that day where no one could find It. and holding It up to him. said: "Mere It I. Ho you rememlier It?" "Yes, yes," and his li I'Fin to quiver with a grieved. Injured eiprelon. "He could give you diamonds an. I couldn't. That'a why you left tnc, wasn't it, Sarah why you wrote that letter I i -h made my bead Into two? !l"'l ever since, and I've missed )n mi much, Sarah ! They put nn- i" " .r, rrnry people were oh ! many uud they said that I was tnl. ' 1 was only wanting you. I'ui ool mn I , , I, darling?" His arm was around her ii". k. and be drew her down until bis lilw bed hers. And Agnes suffered it. !" ''ould not return the kiss, but she did not turn away from him. and she let h an rare U.-r- hair, and wind it round Ins lni'rv 11 liilTing ; "This is like Sarah's-J"'r'" farah, are you not?" "Yes. I am Sarah." sh ouid answer, while the rnile so pniufu' "J e would again break over his fc told how much be had missed her. "'"-d if she J had not come to stay n Dr .'.""d- "There's something be aaid; ".Tmelsxly dead, and -m, " f ""me body els wsnted to die-;" Maddy died ever ince tb Lord tr'vernr went way. Io you snow ' . - "I am hi etepmother. s. -s repue,j. .h...TWtn fro-L J.Kl l,!h"l 0 long nd mud that Maddy H lsrm ed by th. noise, cam. i t0 " hat waa th. matter. . . Agne did not '" reached th. doorway, - e trang po.lt Ion of a f cle Joph aull Muoothln ti cw which drooped arr.r him, and Agnss Mvtng U him : "You heard hla nam. waa Kerning ton. did yon not Jame. Remington? I.ii a udden rlatioa it cam apoaj Maddy, and ah turned to leave, wb.n Agnea, lifting her bead, called her to coin In. Sh. did ao, and (landing at th oppo it. (Ida of th bed, ah said, question ing!: "You ar Sarah Morrtr For a moment th eyelid quivered, thea th neck arched proud!', aa If It were a thing of whl.Jj alia was not ashamed, and Agne answered : "Yes, I waa Sarah Ag ne Morris; once for three month your grandmother' hired girl, and afterward adopted by a lady who gave m what edu cation I C--"e, i.!""-"' '.) la I Ut for high lif. which prompted mm to jilt your Carl. Joseph when a rlcner aaaa than h. offered himself to me." That waa all he ssld -all that Maddy v.r knew of her history, a It wa nv referred te again except that evening, when Agne said to her, pleadingly : "Neither Guy nor Jeaal nor anyon Deed know what I hsv told you." "They .hall not." waa Maddy's reply: and from that moment th past, ao far as Agnea wa. concerned, wa a sealed pag to both. With thia bond of confidence between them. Ague felt herself strange ly drawn toward Maddy. while, If It wer possible, something of her olden lov waa renewed for the helpless man who clung to her now Instead of Maddy, refuaing to let her go; neither bad Agnea any dispo sition to leav him. Sh should tay to tb last, so h aaid ; and ah did, taking Maddy's place, and by ber faithfulness and rare winning golden laurel In th opinion of th nelghlsira, who marveled at first to see so gay a lady at I'ncl Joseph's bedside, sttributlng It all to her friend ship for Maddy, Just aa they attributed hla calling her Sarah to a eraiy freak. Sh. did resemble Sarah Morrl a very lit tl, they said ; and in Maddy' presence they omtlms wondered wher (Ursh waa, repeating etrang things which they had heard of her; but Maddy kept th secret from everyone, so that vn Jeaal never inspected why her mother atayad day after day at tb. cottage, watching and waiting until th. laat day of Joseph' life. Sh waa alon with him then, ao thai Maddy never knew what passed between them. Sh. had left them together for an hour, whil h did om rrnds; and when h returned Agne met her at th. door, and with a blanched cheek, whl pered : "II 1 dead ; he died In my arm, blessing you and me ; do you hear, bless ing m Surely my ln la now forgiven?" CHAPTER XXII. There waa a fresh grave mad la th churchyard and another chair vacant at the cottage, when Maddy wa at laat alon. I'nfettered by car and anxiety for lick one, her aching heart waa free to go out after the loved onea over th. sea. go to tb elm shaded mansion ah had heard described so often, and wber now two bride were busy with their prepara tlona for th. bridal hurrying on ao fast. Sine tb letter read In th moky Octo ber wood, Maddy bad not heard from Guy directly, though Lucy had written sine, a few brief line, tailing how happy h waa, bow strong sha waa growing, and how much like himself Guy waa becom ing. Ouy bad left no orders for any cbangea to b made at Alksnald. ; but Agues, who wa largely Imbued with a lov of bustle and repair, bad Insisted that at I teat (he anile of room Intended for th bride should be thoroughly reno vated with new paper and paint, carpets and furniture. Thia plan Mr. Noah op posed, for ah guessed how littl. Ouy would rare for the chanaw ) but Agnaa wae resolved, and she had great faith In Maddy' taste, she Insisted that ah should go to Aikens'd. and pasa her Judgement upon she Improvementa. It would do her good, ahe aaid littl. dream ing bow much it cost Maddy to comply with her wishes, or how fearfully th. poor, crushed heart ached, aa Maddy went through the handsome rooma fitted up for Guy's young bride; but Mrs. Noah guess ed It all, pitying ao much the white-faced girl, whose deep mourning robe told the loss of dear onea by death, but gave no token of that great loss, tenfold worse than death. (To be continued.) A Between Maa wad Poo. "Uncle Moses" pride Id his native Tennessee I Intense. An ex-Governor of the State, who Is a writer of prose and verse) also says the old "darky's" tendency to overestimate) everything that conies out of Tennessee always re mind him of the little Inn In Cupar Fife, fUotlHnd, cnlli-d the "Hnttle of Waterloo," where the sign, which Is supposed to represent the battle, shows one brawny ScT.tsiiinn laying about hlro with a broadsword. "IH bestes' men, an' de besfes' wom en, an' de la-stes' bosses an' dwags I raised lu ol' Tennessee," Uncle Mose proudly maintains. "Yas, sub," he stoutly added, on one memorable occa sion, "an de wiistes", too!" It must not be supposed that Uncle Mose Is Inculpable of discrimination. He has reduced It to a fine art, the ex- Governor din-lares.' Not long ngo tlie old man went to see one of the great horses of the day raei against time, lie sent a blissful day at the track and In the padd.Hg, and the next morning apieared at the ex-Governor's office to talk It over. "Fus' ob all." he ts-gnn, "de boss man In de timers sum got up an 11 say, Stop er minute, .vnsien i.cern 01 Tennessee." an' 'Marse IM he stop, pen de Isms mint turn rutin' to de big stan' whar nil de white folk sot, an" he say: "'Ijidles ami geti'elnuliis, HolxTt J.. de great pacer Torn Tennessee, driven by tic onllest F.dwnrd Gcer. will now go ergln de wurl' rekld ob two. two an" a half. I l-g yer tcr keep quiet twell de rekld am busted." " "Come: come: know ne unin 1 sav Tennessee lhre." Interrupted tlie ex (iovernor. "Kobert J. was bred in Pennsylvania." I wn dsr; N.s," replied Uncle Mose, conclusively. "Is fillln' yer wot 1 beerd mvse'f. I'f foil want tcr make pome oiiteu It." he added, with Ironic Intleotioii. "In -ose yer kin range ue fuc' ter suit yo'se'f '." 'After that," M the eX-.ovcrnot and poet. In telling the story. "I did not lnterruv Uncle Mo.se. not even when be dnclared. '.Marse Hob. Wen dat Tennessee hos got goln' I cudden see blm 'tall 1 All I e-l shadder on de whitewashed fence beyond, a a' dot scudded erlong lak a March cloud fiyln' ercrost de face ob de Tennessee sun I" " fits Irrlatlaat I" "I oppose you think I ara an Idlotr "I haven't aald ao, have IT "No, but you look aa If I cmildnt ft you Into any argument over If Cleve land ruia Peaier. s law Harveatlaa. Every year th use of lee Increases It Is not merely a luxury, but becomes a necessity aa soon aa Ita value la known by experience. Ice In tb dairy la almoat Indispensable for holding milk and cream at a proper tempera ture. Ice ahould be cut with aaw Into blocka of regular alse, ao that they will pack solidly Into the Ice houae without leaving apacea between them. A regu lar croaa-cut saw with one handle re moved will anawer the purpos. The lee derrick I convenient and aafer to use for lifting the cskes from the water and hoisting Into the wag on or sleigh box. Us two strong white oak poles to make the derrick and sweep. The upright B, may be cut from any strong piece of lumber, or made up by spiking together two pieces of 2x4 studding. It should be 12 to 15 feet long and well braced at the base, aa ahown In the sketch. The bottom should be smooth in order to slide freely over the ice. The sweep, C. should be about 10 feet long, or over, with a rope attach ed to each end The sweep Is pivoted on top of the upright, B. from one quarter to oue-thlrd projecting over, where the Ice tongs ar attached. The remaining portion, with the rope, D, attached gives plenty of leverage for lifting the heavy eakea. After a "sea sou" of cutting Ice, the two Icemen proceed to lift out and load up. One seizes the tongs and catchea onto the floating cakes, while tb other man presides at the rope, D. Th alelgh should be In the handiest position to awing the, aweep around and land the cake of Ice Into the box. The combination atyle of Ice-house represented In the Illustration Is not the best for all purposes, yet baa aome features to recommend It The aides of the building are nine feet above the ground and the height of the dairy even feet The outside walls of the Ice-bouse are made of two-Inch planks, ten Inches wide, set upright with Inch and a half planks nailed on the InBlde, They are weather boarded on the out hMna COMBINED DAIBT AN0 ICE HOUSE. side and tilled with apent tan bark or other dry non-conducting material. The partition wall between the dulry and the Ice-house and between tbe cool room and the Ice-house la half the thickness, and not filled, thus forming cloaed air apacea between tb atutls. Montreal Star. Pronts la Pork. Why do not the farmers put up more of their pork, cur It and aell It In the summer? Thia would bring more profit than marketing the bog to the butcher. Tbe American Agriculturist baa made careful estimate of the waste In slaughtering bogs at home, which shows facta that will be profitable to the pork raiser. Take a hog weighing at home 2i M) pounds, on n basis of a o-ccnt mar ket, live weight. Its value Is $10. If fat, tbe hog loaea about 20 jer cent or 40 pounds, leaving 100 pounds edible portion. Approximately the dressing will las: Two hama, 80 pounda; two shoulders, 24 pounds; four strips ba con, 29 pounds; spare ribs, head, feet and backbone, 35 pounda, leaving about 45 nounda for sausage and lard. The meat to fie smoked will Increase about 10 per cent In weight In the pickle, but lose ahouf the some aa the dress ing weight. The follcwing are very conservative prices for a coun try -dressed hog: Thirty pound ham. at 14 cent. 4 20; pounds bacon, at 15 cents, $4.20 J 24 pound shoulder, nt 0 cent. $2.10; 45 pounds lard or sausage, at 124 centa, $.'.00; 25 pounda back bone, spare ribs, etc., at cents. $1.50; soap fat, shout 25 cents; total, $17.01; eot of bog, $10; profit, $7.01. Farmer Skoold Advertise. Tlie average fanner la too backward about advertising bis prcsluct. One' county paer ought to be used more a an advertising medium. It helps the editor and publisher to mnke a Is-tter pa;Hr, and this In Itself Is gss for a community, while the advertising. If one haa gswl stock or seed or anything of the kind to offer, will certainly pay. lour aaa flip. In 1!K1 the farmers grew scgar beet enough to make 4U tons of beet sugar, which, with the 272.f"TO tons of cane sugar made In Ioulslana and Texas, Is enough to supply the entire population west of the Mississippi Ry er and something over. In 111 we grew gOO.fs'iO.Oisi pounds of rice, sub stantially enough to supply home de mand. It Is th farmer's privilege to grow everything the people need that our sot la will produce, Secretary Wll- OIL let DxaatCK. Rit H7 fa Dreaa aag lata Paaltrr. Bird that are to be marketed ahoiill be penned ten days before killing ami well fed. Withhold all food for twenty. four hour prevloua to killing, but give plenty of clean water. Full crosj In jure th appearance and ar liable to) our. and when tbla does occur corre spondingly lower price mut be accept ea than obtainable for choice atock. Kill by bleeding In the mouth, bam the bird by the feet until projerly bl-L Leave bead and feet on aud do not re move Intestines or crop. For acalillng fowls, the water ahould be aa near the boiling point aa possible without boil ing 100 to 173 degree Fahrenheit ; pick the lega dry be tot scalding; bold by the head and lega and Immerse ami lift up and down Ave or alx times; If the bead la Immersed It turna the color of the comb and gives th eyea a shrunken appearance, which cause dealers to look on them with suspi cion ; the feathers and pin feathere should then lie removed Immediately, while the body Is warm, very cleanly ami without breaking the skin; then "plump" by dipping ten seconds In wa ter, nearly or quite boiling, and then Immediately Into Ice-cold water. The shaping of poultry Is a very Important point and will worth the extra trou ble. Tbe bird should be laid on Ita back on a table; the legs are drawn up agalnat the sides of the breast, a though tbe bird were rooatlng; th wing are alaa folded against the body. Then, while In thia position, a damp cloth la wrapped tightly about the carcass and fastened. Leave on a board to drain until tbe anlmnl heat la all out of the body. Pack lu hoxc holding about 100 pounda and Unci with manlla or itraw paper. Be sure to pack snugly, so aa to p recent mov ing about In any way. Turkeya ahould be hamled In th aam way, en-ept that they should al ways be dry-picked. E. K. P., lu Coun try Gentleman. Berrr t'altare. An authority says tlmt on an acrw of rich, cultivated land $500 worth of berries may be grown, and that an Here should produce at tbe rate of 2t)0 bush els. Cause for a ehort crop may be lalil at, the door of land deficient In fertil ity or plnnt food. Such land should have composted manure applied and turned under and top dress. A she) should also be broadcasted. Another reason Is Improier preparation of the soil. Plow-deeply and harrow until fine, light and mellow. Again, there I a poor crop when varieties are pin 11 ted that are not adapted to that particular kind of soil and climate. This can l determined either by the awi-exa of neighboring fanners of that locality, or by testing a limited number of plants. Failure often comes from set ting poor planta; only hardy, vigorous, planta should be purchased. Careless ly setting out plant will also catixe a shortage. They should not be exssed to tbe sun or wind before sorting. When put out the roots should be well spread and flue dirt firmed arou.nl them. Using Imperfect fertilizers Is anoth er cause. There Is a eer In plants. PIstlllates (female) must have stand nates (male) net with them to Inaur good crops. Cultivation must not l neglected. Tbe ground at all time must tie flue, mellow and free from weeds. Both frost and drought are enemle of a good .crop, and the most dllllcult to overcome. Berry fields well culti vated are several degrees warmer than uncultivated flelda, therefore less lia ble to damage by frost. Retain mulch ing aa late aa ptswlble on atrawberrle In spring. Reletting Ialry Cows. While there may be no Infallible rule by which a man can be govortied In se lecting a blgh-cinaa dairy cow, there re many point that will assist and If carefully considered will prevent dis appointment a rule. Remember that a cow la a machine and la Intended t change the different product a on w hlch ahe la fed Into aometblng of more value. There are two distinct typea of these machines. One manufactures or con verts feed Into beef; the other Inl milk. There la a very decided and pro nounced difference In the tyjie of the animal that makee beef and the one which manufacture milk. In the dairy type we have an animal that Is atigti- ar, thin, somewhut loose Jointed ami with prominent bones. She Is weilge- tiais-d from the front, with a lean bead, moderately long face slightly dished and a general contenti'd express ion of the features. The muzr.le le urge, mouth large, nostrils wide and open, n clear, run nrigni eye. a nronu. full and high forehead, ears medium lae, fine texture, covered with fine hair and orange yellow Inside. The neck la thin, moderately long, with little or no dewlap, and the throat la rlan. Wide apace lstween the jaws, the withers lean and sharp, the alionlder can and oblique and the chest deei ml wide, which Indicate vigor ami constitution. Field and Farm. Aathras aad F.arth Worms. F1"oin recent experiments It la cer- tain that earth worme sre responsible rr conveying the ajHires and anthrax frtj.n various burled careassj-s to the urface of the earth and thus bringing bout a reinfection. This process of r.lnfei'tlon wns urged by M. Louis Pas teur, but without success. i"ros Rotatloa. There sre om crop that will no. follow each other, nor will they follow certain other crops, while, on the oth er hand, there are some that will grow year after year op the same land and also follow any other crp Th Sire Halt Is Herd. If breeder snd dairymen would only realize that "the bull Is half the h -rd." and how thoroughly In tb course of years, for good or 111, the blood and characteristic of the bull Impregnate nd dominate any herd where he I used, there would be more care used In the aelectlon of the breeding hull. If he prove to be a good aire, hla In fluence for good will be felt for years t If a poor one. It will take years to elim inate from the herd the bad feature be) haa left behind. 'V a.
