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fi /IIKENSIB,E BY MRS. M A R Y J. HOLMES / r ft " I n — h u n " T w Eattto O q l M " “ Bmm—m t m (to mihá»," “ La* I ► »♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a C H A P T E R V.— ( Continued.) to lend the mone^, end as grandpa was Conducting him through the wide, mar too timid to urge his needs, the result ried hall, ahe ushered him into the draw was that when at last the wheel was re Jnc room, where for a time he stood per placed, and Sorrel again trotting on to fectly bewildered. It «ms his first intro ward Devonshire, he drew after him duction to rosewood, velvet, and broca sad, heavy heart. telle, and it seemed to him as if he had Maddy's diaappolntment was keener suddenly been transported to fairyland than his own, and so after the sorrowful He saw the silk chairs, slyly touching one words, “ and I failed, too,” he bent him 'to see if it did feel like the gored, peach self to comfort the poor child, who, lean 'blossom dress worn by his wife forty-two ing her throbbing head against his shoul years ago that very spring. Then he der, sobbed bitterly, as In the soft spring tried one of them, examined the rare or twilight they drove back to the low red naments, and came near bowing to the cottage where grandma waited for them. portrait of the first Mrs. Remington, so natural and lifelike it looked standing out C H A P T E R V I. from the canvas. It was Farmer Green’s new buggy and “ This will last Maddy a week. I thank Fanner Green’s bay colk which, three you, ma’am. You have added some con days later than this, stopped before Dr. siderable to the happiness o f a young Holbrook’s office. NoUthe square-boxed girl, who wouldn’t disgrace even each a wagon, with old Sorftl attached; the room as this,” he said, as he passed into former was standing quietly in the chip- the hall. yard behind the low red house, while the Mrs. Noah received his thanks gracious latter, with his nose over the barnyard ly, and led him to the yard, where Sorrel fence, neighed occasionally, as if he miss stood waiting for him. ed the little hands which had d illy red Driving at a brisk trot through the him the oatmeal he liked so much, and grounds. Sorrel was soon out upon the which now lay hot and parched and help highway; and with spirits exhilarated by less upon the white counterpane Grand thoughts of going home, he kept up the ma Markham had spun and woven her trot until, turning a sudden corner, his self. Maddy might have been just as master saw the carriage from Aikenside sick as she was if the examination had approaching at a rapid rate. The driver. never occurred, but it was natural for Paul, aaw him, too, bat scorning to give those who loved her to impute it all to half the road to sock as Sorrel and the the effects o f excitement and cruel disap square-boxed wagon, he kept steadily on, pointment, so there was something like in while Grandpa Markham, determined to dignation mingling with the sorrow gnaw speak with Guy, reined his horse a little ing at the hearts of the old couple as nearer, raising his haftd in taken that they watched by tbelr fever-stricken darl the negro should stop. As a natural ing. Farmer Green, too, ahared the feel Sansequenc*. the wheels o f the two vehi ing, and*numerous at first were his men cles became interlocked, and as the pow tal animadversions against that “ prig of erful grays were more than a match for a Holbrook.” But when Maddy grew so Sorrel, the front wheel of Grandpa Mark bad as not to know him or his wife, he ham's wagon was wrenched off. and the laid aside his prejudices and suggested to old man precipitated to the ground, which, Grandpa Markham that Dr. Holbrook be fortunately for him, vlhs in that locality sent for. covered with sand banks, so that he was He's great on fevers,” he said, “ and is only stunned for an instant, and thus good on curin’ sick folks," so, though he failed to hear the insolent negro's re would have preferred someone else should mark : “ Served you right, old cove; might have been called, confidence in the young o f turned out for gentlemen.” Neither doctor's skill won the day, and grandpa did he see the sudden flashing of Guy consented. Remington’s eye. as, leaping from his This, then, was the errand of Farmer carriage, be seised the astonished African Green, and with his usual bluntnees he by the collar, and, burling him from the said te the recreant doctor, who chanced box demanded what he meant by serving to be at home: an old man so shameful a trick and then Wall, you nigh about killed our little insulting him. Madge t’other day, when you refused the A ll apology and regret the cringing stiffrut, and now we want you to cure driver tried to make some excuse but Guy r.” stopped him short telling him to see how The doctor looked up In surprise, but much the wagon was damaged while he Farmer Green soon explained his mea: ran to the old man who had recovered ing, making out a moat aggravated case, from the first shock and was trying to and representing Maddy as wild with de extricate himself from the folds of his lirium. camlet cloak. Nearby was a blacksmith’s Maddy's case lost nothing by Mr. shop and thither Guy ordered his driver to take the broken-down wagon with .a Green’s account, and by the time the doc tor’s horse was ready, and he on his way ▼lew to getting it repaired. { “ Tall him I want it done at once,” he to the cottage, he had arrived at the coo- said, authoritatively, as if he well knew cluaion that of all the villainous men out his name carried weight with it ; then, side the walls o f the State’s prison, he turning to grandpa, he asked again i f he was the most villainous, and Guy Rem ington next. were hurt. What a cosy little chamber it wt “ ’ No, not specially— jolted my old bones, some. You are very kind, sir,” where Maddy lay, juat such a room as a grandpa replied, brushing the dust from girl like her might be supposed to occu his pantaloons and then involuntarily py, and the bachelor doctor felt like grasping Guy’s arm for support, as his treading upon forbidden ground as he en weak knees began to tremble from the tered the room so rife with girlish hab its, from the fairy slippers hung on affects of excitement and fright. ' “ That darky ahall rue this job,” Guy peg,' to the fanciful little work box macle said, savagely, as he gased pityingly upon of cones and acorns. Maddy was asleep, the shaky old creature beside him. “ I ’ll and sitting down beside her he asked that the shawl which had been pinned across discharge him to-morrow.” “ No, young man. Don’t be rash. He’ll the window might be removed so that be never do’t again; and sprigs like him could see her, and thus judge better of think they've a right to make fun o f old her condition. . “ Feel her pulse, doctor; they áre fast codgers like me,” was grandpa’s meek expostulation. “ I was just up to Aiken er ‘most than you can count.” Grandma Markham whispered; and thus entreated, side to see Squire Guy, and------” “ What did you say? You have been the doctor took the soft hand in his own, its touch sending through his frame do Aikenside to see me?” “ Yea, and I was sorry to miss you. I thrill such as the touch of no other hand — I — it makes me feel awkward to tell had ever sent. Somehow the act reassured him. A ll you, but I wanted to borrow some money, and I didn't know nobody as likely to fear of Maddy vanished, leaving behind have It as you. That woman up to your only an intense desire to help. If possi house said she knowed you wouldn't let ble, the young girl whose fingers seemed me have it, ’cause you hadn’t It to spare. to cling around his own as he felt for Mebby you haven’t,” and grandpa waited and found the rapid pulse. “ I f she would awaken,” he said, laying anxioualy for Guy’s reply. Now, Mrs. Noah had a singular Influ the hand softly down and placing his ence over her young master, who was in other upon her forehead, where the great the habit of consulting her with regard.to Sweat-drope lay. “ Guy was a fool and his affairs, and nothing could have been I was a brute.” the doctor muttered, as more unpropitious to the success of he folded up the bits o f paper whose con grandpa’s suit than the knowing she dis tents' be hoped might do much toward approved. Beside this, Guy had only the saving Maddy’s life. When next morning the doctor came, previous week lost a small amount loaned under similar circumstances. Standing there was a look of deep anxiety upon silent for a moment, while be buried and his face as he watched the alarming reburied his shining patent leather boots symptoms of his delirious patient, who talked incessantly, not of the examination In the hills of sand, he said at la st: “ Candidly, sir, I don't believe I can ac now, but of the mortgage and the fore commodate you. I am about to make closure, begging fhe doctor to see that the («pairs at Aikenside, and have partially house was not sold, to tell them she was promised to loan money on good security earning thirty-six dollars by teaching to a Mr. Silas Slocum, who, ‘if things school, that Beauty would be sold to save work right,’ as he expressed it, intends théir dear old home. A ll this was strange building a mill on some property which at first to the doctor, but the rather vol has come, or is coming, into his hands.” uble Mrs. Green, who had come to Grand “ That’s mine— that's mine, my home ma Markham’s relief, enlightened him, stead,” gasped grandpa, turning white al dwelling with a kind of malicious pleas- most as his hair blowing in the April hre upon the' fact that Maddy’s earnings wind. “ There's a stream of water on it, had she been permitted to get a “ stiffl- and be says if be forecloses and gejg it cut,” were to be appropriated toward pay he ahall balld a mill, and tear our old ing the debt. I f the doctor had hated himself the pre house down.” Guy was In a dilemma. He had not vious day when he rode from the red cot naked how much Mr. Markham wanted, tage gate, he hated himself doubly now ano as the latter had not told him, be as he went dashing down the road, de naturally concluded it a much larger termined to resign his offtee of school in sum than it really was, and did not care spector that very day. And he did. gammoning around him those who had just then to lend it. “ I ’ll tell you what I ’ll do,” be said, been most active in electing him, he r after a little. “ I ’ll drop Slocum a note fused to officiate again, assuring them to-night saying I ’ve changed my mind, that If any more candidates came he and shall not let him have the money. should either turn them from his door or Perhaps then he won’t be so anxious to give them a certificate without asking a foreclose, and will give you time to look question. “ Put anybody you like In my place,” among your friends.” Guy laid a little emphasis on that last be said; "anybody but Guy Remington.” There was no probability of this, as word, and looking up quickly, grandpa was about to sa y: “ I ’m not so much a Guy lived In another town, and could stranger as you think. I knew your fath not have officiated had he wished. Bnt er well,” but be checked himself with the the doctor was too much excited to rea drought: “ No, that will be too much like son upon anything save Madeline Clyde’s bagging pay for a deed of mercy done ease. That be perfectly understood; and years age,” So Gay never suspected that d firing the, next few weeks his other pa the old man before him had once laid tients waited many times In vain for his his sirs andar a debt e f gratitude. The r e m it , while he sat by Mad4r*s all assn ha refloated the lane Inclined ha was worse or better. Even Agnes Reming ton was totally neglected; aud so one day she sent Gujddown to Devonshire to say that as Jessie seemed more than uau ally delicate, she wished the doctor to take her under his charge aud visit her least once a week,' The doctor Was 4ot at home, but Tom said he qxpected him every moment. So seating himaelf in the armchair, Guy waited until he came “ Well, Hal,” he began, jocoaely, but the joking words be would have uttered next died on hia lipe as he noticed the strange look of excitement and anxiety on the doctor's face. “ What is it?” he H m m d y H o n « - M « 4 * T o o l. asked. “ Are all your patienta dead?*’ A ll grow er« o f blackberries and rasp “ Guy,” and the doctor came cloeeiy to berries know that one o f the moat dis him, whispering huskily, “ you and I are agreeable Job« o f the aeastfh 1« the cut murderers in the Bret degree. Yes; and ting out o f the old canes on the plants both deaerve to be hung. Do you n o f these fields. Tbe easiest way o f do ber that Madeline Clyde whom you in sulted with your logic and Latin verbs? ing this work is to use a sharp tool o f She’d set her heart on that certificate. some kind so arranged that the operat She wanted the money, not for new gowns or may stand upright and work. T b e and fooleries, mind, but to help her old tool Illustrated may be readily made by grandfather pay bis debts. His place is any handy man, and w ill do the work mortgaged. I don’t understand it ; but required quite as effectually as n more he asked some old hunka to lend him the expensive tool. money, and the miserly rascal, whoever Take tbe handle from a worn-out be was, refused. 1 wish I had it. I ’d shovel or fork and have the black give it to him out and out. But that’* nothing to do with the girl— Maddy, they smith attach to It tbe end o f an old call her. The disappointment killed her, scythe blade or, If one hae no blade of.> , tbe blacksmith can fashion and she is dying— and keeps talking of this kind1 that confounded examination. I tell you, one from old scrape that he may have Gny, my inward parts get terribly mixed at amall expense. H ave this blade fas- up when I bear her talk, and my heart thqmpe like a trip-hammer. That’s the reason I have not been up to Aikenside. I wouldn’t leave Maddy so long as there was hope. I did not tell them this morn ing. I couldn’t make that poor couple feel wofae than they are feeling; but when I looked at ber tossing from aide to aide and picking at the bedclothes, I knew it would soon be over— that when I saw her again the poor little arms would be still enough and the bright eyes shut forever. Guy, I couldn’ t see her die— I don’t like to see anybody die, but ber, Maddy, of all others— and so I came away. I f you stay long enough, you'll hear the bell toll, I reckon. Thorn la none at Honedale church, which they at tend. They are Episcopalians, you see, TOOL r o a BERRY GROWER. and so they’ll come up here maybe. I hope I shall be deafer than an adder.” Here the doctor stopped, wholly out of tened to tbe handle In the manner breath, while Guy for a moment sat with shown in the cut, and when w orking out speaking a single word. Jeesie, in among the canes o f tbe berry bushes bis hearing, had told her mother what use It In the way illustrated. the sick girl in the doctor’s office had This tool w ill be found extrem ely id about being poor and wanting-the handy fo r ’this sort o f pruning any money for grandpa, while Mrs. Noah had where on the farm.. I t w ill work quite given him a rather exaggerated account well fo r cutting out suckers In tbe or of Mr. Markham's v is it; but ha had not chard aa In the berry row. I f the canes associated the two together until now, are quite tall a straight handle may be when be saw the whole, and almost as much as the doctor himself regretted the attached to tbe blade so that one may part he had had in Maddy’s Ulneas and have It o f any desired length. Such a tool costa but little, and If one has a her grandfather's distress. “ Doc,” he said, laying his hand on the considerable area In berry plants It doctor's arm, “ I am that old bunks, the ▼111 pay to have several tools made. miserly rascal who refused the money. T ---- T I met the old man going home that day, and he asked me for help. You say the “ Beans” is the title o f a recent farm place must be sold. It never ahall, never. ers’ bulletin, by Professor Corbett,' the I ’ll see to that, and you must aava the well-known horticulturist o f ths United girl.” States Department o f Agriculture. “ I can’t, Guy. I ’ ve done all I can. Beans belong to one o f the most Impor and now, if ahe lives, it will bo wholly tant fam ilies o f economic plants with owing to the prayers of that old saint of a grandfather says for ber. I never which man -has to deal— that o f le thought much o f these things until I gumes. Th e bean fam ishes food fo r heard him pray; hot that she should live both man and and beast, and at the anyway, but that, i f i j were right, Maddy same time increases tbe fe rtility o f I t is, therefore, an impor might not die. Gay, there'« something the soli. in such a prayer as that. It’ s more pow tant crop, both in farm rotation and erful than all my medicine swallowed at In market garden work. Tbe new bul one grand gulp.” > letin treats fa irly o f Its cultivation, Guy didn’t know very much »bout care and use. praying then, and so he did not respond, Professor Wlaneko, o f Purdue Expe but he thought of Lucy Atherstone, wboaa life waa one hymn of prayer and praisa, riment Station, has Just Issued an In and be wished she could know of Maddy, teresting bulletin on soy beans, cow and join her petitions with those of ths peas and other forage crops. T b e cul grandfather. Starting suddenly from hia ture o f cow peas and soy beans Is be chair, he exclaimed, ,“ I am gong down coming Important w ith many farmers, there. It will look queerly, too, to go aa they make good forage crops and at alone. Ah, I have it 1 I'll drive beck to tbe same time add fe rtility to the soil. Aikenside for Jessie, who has talked SO They belong to tbe legumes, and the much o f the girl that her lady mother; coat o f producing la about the same aa forgetting th it she was once a teacher, la fo r com, w hile their food value com disgusted.” pares very favorably with corn. Sev (T o be continued.) eral other classes o f forage plants are described In the bulletin. Saltoa Sea Not a B oob . 'W W V N A A A A /V One o f the weather bureau experts in Washington, Professor A lfre d J. Henry, has given a black eye to the w idely prevalent belief that evapora tion from tbe Saltou sea accounts fo r the remarkably heavy rainfall In A ri zona during tt)e greater part o f the last tw o years, says the N ew York T rib une. He calls attention to the fact that tbe downpour really began about three months before there was any serious Inundation o f southern California from the Cblorado and then says that tb e excess above the normal precipitation throughout the territory In 1005 repre sents a volume o f w ater tw elve time* as great as that which accumulated In the Salton basin. C le v e r le k e a e . “ My new play Is sure to make a hit»“ 1 said the popular actress. “ It gives me an opportunity to display twenty new g o w n »” " M y ! ” exclaimed her friend. “ HoW many acta?” “ Only four, bnt In one o f them tbe scene la at tbe dressmaker’s.” — Catholle Standard and Times. T a Faataartsa M ilk . Pasteurizing milk Is s very simple process, tbe operator to be careful o f the temperature, however, which la very Im portant When milk la boiled the natural flavor Is destroyed, and some persons object to i t Milk is also Injured to a certain extent by boiling. To Pastuerlze milk, procure long- necked bottle, which must be scrupu lously clea n ; pour In the milk and ping tbe tops w ith cotton wool, which ex cludes all germs. Place the bottles In a deep pan or other vessel and heat to a temperature o f 158 degrees, using a thermometer. I f the temperature reach es 160 degrees the milk w ill have the odor o f being boiled. Keep the milk heated fo r half an hour. Tbe cot ton stoppers need not reihoved nn- til the milk Is desired fo r use.* Th e bottles containing the milk may be placed In a refrigerator or some cool receptacle. Milk so prepared can be kept fo r tw o or three days. To sterilize m ilk It must be boiled, hence Pasteu risation is a different process. P o a ltr y . A careful observer o f poaltry needs W h a t H e PeareA. no better sign o f its condition than to “ Miss Paasay asked Charlie Dunno I f watch ths comb. A bright red comb I had any engagement Thursday n igh t shows that the ben o r male la healthy And Charlie, without thinking, said be and vigorous, and i f a hen, ahe w ill was sore I hadn't any.” probably be a good layer. A fte r tbe "W h a t do you fear?” egg stipfty baa failed tbe comb w ill ” 1 feel almost certain ahe means te generally lose It* color. In cold weath Invite me to one o f those card partis« er fow ls w ith large combs mate bare where they play alleged bridge.” - - extra warm quarters, as they are very Cleveland Plain Dealer. easily frozen. It la frozen combs more often than anything else that makea HaA T o lfl th e T r u t h .’ Leghorn » and Minorca« poor w inter “ I thought you said Hargous hod a layers. A s their names imply, they are Mg fam ily?” natives o f warm climates, as. Indeed, " H e has.” most fow ls era. They very rarely get “ Why, he told me that bs had only Into as warm quarters In w inter as one child— a daughter.” , they coaid find anywhere in ths coun “ Yes. She weighs about 228 pounds, tries where they had their original and bis w ife could fill a Job as fa t lady Horn*. In almost any museum.” — Chicago Reo ■ m K M fU f. ord Herald. A cellar is a good piece to keep been Now Y ork C ity has 8,118 acres off (m t I f sheltered from the winds and fgnd } q cwDitef l i i enoogh to b v j exposed to the ten, a strong colony (Tin fls w e ll out «< d o o r » * the dead off tha city for 180 yearn S h r .d d r d S te v e * . F or w inter feeding o f stock animats this makes one o f tbs finest feeds on the farm. The modern husking and shredding machinery does excellent work, aud tta man-eating proclivities have been largely eliminated. An or dinary threshing machine can be made to do good shredding, but tbe grain Is not left In the best condition. Ths greatest drawback in tbe use o f both busker and thresher Is that they re quire a large force o f men and teams, hence tbe work la quite expensive. Perhape the cheapest corn burtdng is done with tbe little old busking peg. But (t is almost impossible to feed long stover without considerable waste, and tbs refuse ataiks are a nuisance when it cornea to handling tbe manure. These difficulties may be overcome by running the handhuaked stover through a com mon cutter and shredder. This work can usually be done without employing much. I f any outside help. In case « erything la hired, tbe cost.of tbs work, added to that o f hand-hurting and put ting o f ths corn and stover In crib and mow o r stack may equal or seen exceed the expense o f machine hurtling and •hredding. This la a point fo r each to decide from his own standpoint— A gri cultural Epltom tat \A /W /N /W V ^^W ‘ "H ia eyes seemed glued to my every movement.” “ Yes? Th at’s a sign that he’s stuck on you.” "A re you married?” “ Yep.” . “ A re you happy?” “ Didn’t I Just tell you I was m arried?"— Houston P o s t “ Papa, Is a fro g fish or an animal?” " Y e a ! Now ran out and play and g iv e me a chance to reed my paper." " I waa one o f those saved in that terrlbls wreck.” “ H ow did yon es cape?" " I changed my mind at tbe last minute and took another train.” "Y e a ; It was hard lack. He fe ll in lore with her at first sig h t bought a fifty-trip ticket and was refused on hia second v la lt ’’—-Browning's Magazine. L ittle W illie — W hat is joy. pa? P a — Joy, my son, la the peculiar feeling experienced by tbe man who counts his money and finds more than he expect ed.— Chicago News. M other— W hat’s tbs matter. Joseph ine? Josephine— Lolo hurt me. Mother — H ow ? Josephine— I went to hit him on the head and he dodged me and I C a a a e e a lt t e a • « C r o p s . A bulletin o f tbe Minnesota Experi banged my hand against the wall. ment Station discusses tbs composition “ D id yon get home before the storm an d characteristics o f the more common broke last night?” asked this first club farm crops, as a lfa lfa , clover, peas, man. “ O f course," replied the other. rape, corn fodder, timothy, millet, etc. “ Th e storm never breaks at my bouse In connection with the composition until I get home.” — Philadelphia Press. o f some o f the crops the protein con Dicky— Your dad always goes to tent o f the seed is considered. In the sleep in church. Georgey— My dad has case o f clover, a lfa lfa , peas, beans and a right to go to sleep in church, i f he rape two distinct types o f seed are wants to. H e gives more to the preach shown to recur, one o f high and the er than any other man in tbe congre Other o f low protein content, and the gation. relationship o f tbe physical character Exam iner (to medical student)— istics o f the seeds to the chemical com N ow let ns take appendicitis. On w hat position is noted. Th e larger protein grounds should yon decide that an im content o f tbe seed la considered aa a mediate operation was necessary. Med possible factor In tbe production o f fo r ical Student— On the financial condi age crops o f high nutritive value. Tbe tion o f tbs patien t quality o f tbe forage In live-stock feed Towns— I understood you to call ing is o f great importance,, because by Mrs. Rownder a widow, but (jer hus the use o f more concentrated nitroge nous forage rations can be prepared band la Ifvlng. Browns— Oh. y e s ; she’s requiring smaller amounts o f grains what you might call a “ dub w id o w ;" and milled products. Tbe result is a she’s a woman who has a late hus band.— Philadelphia P r e s » ' m aterial financial saving o f stock. H a w to Sava Itapa. In spite o f the extensive development and nse o f com harvesting machinery the fact remains that much corn is still cut by hand. Th erefore the ac companying sketch recently sent to the N ew England Homested by a reader w ill prove o f Interest H e has figured out that If the plan outlined Is follow ed a sixty-four hill shock, or «took, o f corn can be cut at a minimum number o f steps. T b e cir cles In the center represent tbe four hills tied together or between which the shock la b u ilt A fte r tbe founda tion fo r tbe shock is reedy the « « n goes to No. 1 and cuts in tbe direction *~ -m Ó O o B—ga o o 6 fi é t f — -Js É <7 « ^4-* tér ••••áf v 0 )---•»*•• <s ••• w CUTTIHO A SHOCK ©W COB1T. o f tbe numbers until be reaches No. & A fte r placing his arm fnl In tbe shock he begins at No. 9 and cuts to No. 16 again depositing his load and contlnn- Ing the operation In ths w ay the hills are numbered until the shock la com pleted. It w ill be noted that In addi tion to saving steps this plan grin go the cutter near the shock with his heav iest load, or when his arm Is full o f corn. B rs lt fro m lo o k . I t Is donbtfnl If there is any kind ot fruit that w ill come strictly true to va riety when grown from seed, aa there la f tendency to deviate from the orig inal. One may secure something supe rior or tbe fru it may revert back to some undesirable kind. I t , la a alow and uncertain process. Chestnuts may be grafted when 1 year old. The nuts are usually placed In the ground In rows, 6 Inches deep, early In the spring or late In the full, billing over them If In tbe fa ll, and uncovering in the spring. They are very unreliable In germinating and prefer a sandy loam. The Euro^eln varieties are larger than tbe native! Th e native chestnuts vary greatly, no two trees producing nuts exactly alike In size, flavor, e ta Tbe foreign varieties are grafted on the American sto ck » Trees grown from American nuts can not bs depended upon fo r quality o f product A P aaeafal Baa. Beehives on every front porch, giv ing each fam ily a supply o f delicious honey dose at hand, w hile at the same time tbs bees w ill Inculcate their 1 « » son o f Industry, a n a possibility, fo r tbe Department o f Agriculture has suc ceeded In Importing from abroad what may be termed a peaceful bee, which finds our fickle cllmats to Its liking. Th e newcomer Is known as tbs Cau casian bee. T b s name Is derived from Its native locality, and is emphaslasd by habits o f Ufa which rank It distinct ly aa ths w hite m aifs bee. I t Is civil ised, dignified and hlgb-tonsd. I t rushes with- reluctance Into anything that smacks off w arfare, having. In place o f the belligerent Instincts o f others o f Its doss, a prA lsposltloa Is arbitration. f Inquisitive Acquaintance— H ave yon er thought what you would do I f your gas bag should collapse w hile yon w ere h alf a mile or more up in tbe air? J>arlng Aeronaut— Often, I should start at once fo r terra firms by the shortest possible route. “ From the grammatical standpoin t" aald the fa ir maid w ith tbe lo fty fore head, “ which do yon consider co rrect 1 had rather go borne’ or ’ I would rather go hom er ” “ Neither,” prompt ly responded the young man. “ I ’d much rather stay here.’’— A n s w e r» So yon qnlt smoking because she asked yon to?” aald tbe yonth with tbe clamshell cap. “ Y e » ” answered the lad w ith tbe turned np trousers.” “ And then?” “Then she went walking w ith a man who smoked a pipe, because she said It kept aw ay m osqultoe»” — Wash ington Star. A prominent society women told her butler to tell all visitors that she waa not at borne. A t night, when enumer ating the persona who had called d a r ing the day, t)e mentioned tbe lady's sister, when his mistress exclaim ed: “ I told you, man, that I was always at home for my sister! You ought to have shown her In.” N ext day tbe lady went out to make a few calls and during her absence her sister came to the house. “ Is your mistress at home?” she asked the butler. ” Y e » madam," * waa the reply. Th e lady looked every where for her sister. She said to the bu tler: “ My sister must have gone out, fo r I cannot find her.” “ Yes. madam, she has gone out, but she told me last night that she was always at home to you.” — Philadelphia Record. B ro a s k t ta Term s. In the Drayton household It Is said that the father o f the fam ily baa a w ay o f presenting alternatives to his children that never falls to bring them Into line. I wish yon would speak to Bobby,” said M r » Drayton one n igh t “ I ’ve told him to take his medicine and then jum p into bed. and he won't do It. He just hops round, and says be doesn't want to take the medicine and be doesn’t want to go to bed !”• Mr. Drayton stepped to the door o f Bobby’s room, and stood there, tall, grace and Impressive. Bobby,” be said, firmly, " I f you don’t take yonr medicine at once and then Jump Into bed, you w ill be put to bed, do yon bear me, put to bed, without having your medicine at all I” Upon which Bobby, alarmed and con fused, swallowed hia alloted portion and meekly retired for the n igh t W k y S afety Matckea S trik e mm Class, There are two reasons why ordinary safety matches can be struck on smooth glaan Th e head o f tbe safety match is composed o f a mixture o f sulphide o f antimony, chlorate o f pot assium and powdered glasn A com paratively small Increase o f tempera ture w ill cause this to ignite. Now, ya a s Is a bad conductor o f b e a t and the rapid passage o f tbe substance over it raises the temperature o f that substance sufficiently fo r that purpose. When the glass Is rough the friction crumbles away ths loosely combined m ixture before the temperature rises to the point o f Ignition; hence, given tha composition o f ths match head, the two circumstances which answer tbe question are the comparative smooth ness o f tbe glass and Its imperfect con ductivity o f h eat B o b s mss would rather taka a whip- ping than tak* a d a r »
