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Athsrstone, who trusted hei
and who, in bar last letter, had m id:
“ I f I had not so much faith la Guy I
should be Jealous of one who hah aa many
opportunities for stealing hia heart from
me, but I trust you. Maddy Clyde. You
would not do a thing to harm me, I a n
sura, and to lorn Guy sow, after these ,
years of cruel waiting, would kill me."
Going to the table ahe opened her port-
folio, the gift of Guy, aod with her gold
pen, also hia gift, wrote to him what thé
neighbors were saying, and (hat he must
coma there do more; at least only o n « !
in a great while, because If* he did, she
èould not aee him. Than, when thia was
written, she went down to Uncle Joseph,
who waa calling for bar, and aat by
him aa usual, singing to him the songs
he loved ao well, and which this night
planned him especially, because the volet
which mnfi them waa so plaintive, ao full
of woe. Would he never go to deep, or
the hand which held here ao firmly relax
its hold? Never, it seemed to Maddy,
who sat and sang, while the night-bird on
▼ a lio mi C e-0|» > s lle a .
a distant tree, awakened by the low eong,
Sir Horace Plunkett, member o f the
uttered a responsive note, and the hours I British house o f parliament, •fjio has
crept on to midnight. Human nature been in this coontry recently, said In
could endure no more, and when the craay an address to agricultural students
man mid to her, "N ew sing o f Him who
that there waa “ not a single county,
died, on Calvary," Maddy’s answer was a
gasping cry aa ahe fell fainting on the not a pariah. In Ireland where the
farmers are not completely revolution
pillow.
“ It was only a nervous haadache,” ahe lxlng the entire business o f farm ing by
mid to the frightened Flora, who came Introducing co-operative methods.” And
at Uncle Joseph's call, and helped her It might be added that there Is scarce­
youag mistress up to bed. “ She would be ly a farm ing district In the United
better In the morning, and she would Staten where more benefits canoot be
rather be aloim'
realised by s closer co-operation o f (he
So Flora left her there, but went often
farmers. Th e farm ers are understand
to her door, until assured by the low
Ing each other better each year and
breathing sound that Maddy waa sleep­
a rt coming doner together in a ll mat
ing at last.
“ I cant see him. Flora.” Maddy said, ters which pertain to their mutual In­
when the latter came up with the mes­ terests, bat there are still greater poasl
sage that Mr. Remington waa there with buttles ahead. Describing the 000 co­
his buggy, and asked if a little ride would operative organisations o f peasants In
not do her good. “ I can’t aae him, but Ireland which be was Instrumental In
give him this," and she placed in Flora's establishing fo r the purpose o f compe­
hand the note, baptised with ao many tition with commercial Industries, forc­
tears sad prayers, and the contents o f ing out m iddlem en,. compelling rail
which made Guy furious— not at bar, but
roads to provide better facilities, and
at the neighbors, the Inquisitive, envious,
dictating more favorable legislation to
meddlesome neighbors, who had dared to
talk o f him, or to breathe a auspicious parliament, done: “Th e first thing was
C H A P T H R X V I I I . — (Continued.)
and the early buds of spring were coming
How chatty and social be n % trying up by the cottage door, the neighbors
f* cheer Maddjr np end make her forget began to talk of the change which had
that each a thing as death had so Intel} cosw over the young girl, once ao full of
found entrance there; talking of Jennie, life and health, but now ao languid and
of Aikenside, o f the pleasant little time pul*- Still Maddy was not unhappy, nor
they would hare during the vacation, and was the discipline too severe, for by it She
of the neat term at school, when Middy
learned nt Inst the great object Of life
as one of the graduating class, would not learned to take her troubles and cares to
he kept in as strictly as heretofore, but On# who helped her bear them ao cheer­
allowed to aee more of the city. Maddy fully that those who pitied her most never
felt as if she should die for the pain dreamed how heavy was her burden, no
tugging at her heart, while she listened to patiently and sweetly she bore It. Occa­
him and knew thdt the pictures he was sionally there came to her letters from
drawing were not for her. Her place the doctor, but latterly they gave her
* S f there; and after the breakfast was leas pleasure than pain, for aa sure aa
ever and Flora had cleared the dishes she read one of his kind, friendly mes­
stray, she shut the door, so that they sages o f sympathy and remembrance, the
might be alone, and then standing before Tempter whispered to her that though
f>tiy, she told him of her resolution, beg­ she did not love him as she ought to love
ging o f him to help her and not make it her husband, yet a life with him was fpr
harder to bear by devising means fpr preferable to the life she was living, and
her to escape what she frit to be an im­ the receipt o f one of hla letters always
perative duty. Ouy had expected some­ garr her a pang which lasted until Guy
thing like this and was prepared, as he came down to see her, when it usually
thought, to combat all her arguments 1 ’ disappeared. Agnes was now at Aiken
so when she had finished, he replied that side, and thus Maddy frequently had Jes­
af course he did not wish to interfere sie at the cottage, but Agnes never came,
with her duty, but there might be a ques­ and Maddy little guessed how often the
tion as to what really was her duty, and proud woman cried herself to sleep after
It seemed to him he was better able to listening to Jennie’s recital of all Maddy
Judge of that than herself. It was not had to do for the craay man, and how pa­
right for her to bury hersrif there wfcil^ tiently she did It. ’ Ha had taken n
her education was unfinished, when an fancy that Maddy must tell him stories
other could do as well. , Her superior o f Sarah, describing her ns she was now.
talents were given to her to improve, and not as she used to be when he knew her,
how could «he approve them jjp Hi
but J »w . "W hat is she now? How does
dale; besides her grandfather did not
she look? What does she wear? .Tell
pert her to stny. Gay had talked with me. tell me r be would plead, until Had
him while she was asleep, A a i the matter dy. forced to tall him something, and
was all arrnaged; a
hairing distinctly in her mind but one
was to be
word against Maddy Clyde. He would *°
nestle arrangements, and if it seemed
Sarah might be, told him of Agnes R<
he would make them sorry for it ; education which extended Into every
tlrable, two should he procured ; anything ington, and Uncle Joseph, listening with
they should taka back every word; and belnch o f the industry, teaching the
to leave Maddy free.
parted lips and hushed breath, would
“ And grandpa consented to thia will whisper softly, “ Yea, that’s Sarah, beau­ they should beg Maddy's forgiveness for farmer, fo r Instance, to purchase every
thing he requires, Implements and ma­
(n g ly r Maddy said, feeling a throb or tiful Sarah; but tell me—«does she ever the pain they had ceased.
A ll this, and much more, Guy thought, chinery, o f the very best quality. They
pleasure at thoughts o f release.
But think o f me, or of that time in the or­
tiny could not answer that the grand chard when I wove the apple blossoms in as with Maddy’s note in hia hand, ha combined to consign in bulk and dis­
walked up and down the sitting room, rag­
•ether consented willingly.
her hair, where the diamonds are now?
tribute their gooda in the m arket Th ey
“ He thinks It best. When he comes She loved me then; she told me ao. Does ing like a young Uon, and threatening combined to raise working capital for
sack you can ask him yourself.” he said. she know hOw sick, sad sorry.'and foolish vengeance upon everybody. He must aee their operations. They combined to
her; he would see her; and ao fo r the
A t thia point Grandpa Markham came I am?— how the aching In my poor, aim
own breeding animale. They did Just
m, and to him Goy appealed nt once to pie brain is all for her, and how yon, next half-hour Flora waa the bearer of
ritten messages to and from Maddy’s what you are doing here, brought sci­
know ifc he were not willing for Maddy Maddy. are doing for me what it la her
room; messages of earnest entreaty on the ence Into- farm ing by getting It Into the
to return to school.
place to do? Had I a voice,” and the
“ 1 said she might if she thought best,' crasy man now grew excited, as, raising one hand, and of firm denial on the other. schools Th ey had tha same system o f
Instruction and experimentation sup­
was the reply, spoken so sadly that Mad- himself in bed, he gesticulated wildly, A t last Maddy w rote:
I f you care for me in tbe least, or foi plied by your governm ent”
dy’s anas were nt knee twined around “ had I a voice to reach her. I ’d cry shame
the old man’s neck, while she said to on her. to let you do her work, let you my respect, leave me, and do not cooaa
X *W V s H v f r m i Tobacco.
again until I aend for you. I am not
wear out your young life and fresh, bright
A new variety o f tobaccq, valuable
“T e ll me honestly which you prefer. beauty all away for me, whom she ruin­ insenaible to your kindness. * I feel It
a ll; but the world is nearer right than for cigar wrapping, was first raised in
I'd like ao much to go to school, but I ed.”
you suppose. >It does not look well for Connecticut from seed brought from
am not sore I should be happy there,
The voice he craved, or the echo of It, yon to corns here ao much, and, I prefer
knowing how lonely you were here nt
Florida and which
did reach her, for Jessie hsd been pres
that you should not. Justice to Lucy re­
home. Say, grandpa, w h i c h would you
o r i g i n a l l y came
ent when the fancy first seised him to quire# that you stay away.”
rather now, honor bright?” and Maddy
from Sumatra. A f­
hear of Sarah, and in the shadowy twi­
That ended i t That roused up Guy’s
tried to apeak playfully,
though
her
light she told her toother nil, dwelling pride, and writing back:
ter very careful and
heart-beats were almost audible as she
most upon the touching sadness of his
satisfactory
tests
You shall be obeyed. Good-by," bn
-waited for the answer.
face when he said, “ Does she know how sprang into his buggy, and Maddy, listen­
results
have
proved
Grandpa could not deceive. He want­
sick and sorry 1 am?”
ing, with head and heart throbbing alike,
beyond a doubt the
ed his darling sorely, and he wanted her
The pillow which Agnes pressed that heard him as he drove furiously away.
value o f thia vari­
to he happy, he mid.
Perhaps they
tight was wet with tears, while in her
Those were long, dreary days which
-would gpt on just ns Well without her.
ety
for
growing
icart was planted a germ of gratitude followed, and bat fog her grandfather’s
When Mr. Guy was talking it looked ns
commercially,
to­
and respect for the young girl doing her increasing feebleness Maddy would almost
i f they might, he made it nil so plain,
gether with the fact
work for her. A ll that she could do Par have died. Anxiety for him, however,
but the sight o f Maddy was a comfort.
that tbe seed comes
Maddy without going directly to her, aha kept her from dwelling too much upon
She was all he had left.
Maybe he
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THE
PLANT.
true to type year
did. devising many articles of comfort, herself, but the excitement
and tha care
shouldn’t live long to pester her, and if
sending her fruit and flowers, the last wore upon' her mdiy, robbing her ¡y e of » « e r year when aaved under bog. The
%e didn't wouldn't she a 1 Ways feel better
new book, or whatever else she thought its luster and her cheek of its remaining name Uncle 8am Sumatra was given
fo r having stayed with her grandpa?”
might please her, and always finding a bloom, making even Mrs. Noah cry when to thia variety. I t is a cigar wrapper
He looked very pale and thin, and his
willing messenger in Guy. He waa mis­ abe came one day with Jessie to see how variety o f tobacco and adapted fo r
hair was white as snow. lie could uoi
erable, and managed when at home to they were getting on.
growing under shade In tbe cigar wrap-
live many cyeara, and turning resolutely
make others so around him. The sight of
Maddy was glad to see her, and for a
producing regions
The plants
from Guy, who, so long aa be held be
Maddy bearing her burden so uncomplain­
tima cried softly on her bosom, while
an average height o f about eight
eyes, controlled her, Maddy m io ;
ingly almost maddened him.
Had she Mrs.
tfc «
V
c o k 'a
t a a s a kept
Ir a n i r*r\m
n o n V with
W ith
Nash’s
tears
company
‘T v e chosen once for all.
I ’ll stay
fretted or complained he could bear it hers. Not a word was said of Guy, ex­ feet at the time o f maturity, and they
with graadpa till he dies,” and with a
better, he said., but he did not aee the cept when Jessie told her he wah in Bos­ bear an average o f about twenty-six
convulsive nob she clung tightly to bis
necessity for her to lose all her spirit or ton, and it v p stupid at borne without leaves before topping. Tbe cured leaves
nfcefc, aa If fearful that without such hold
interest in everything and everybody. He him.
w ill
average about
her resolution would give way.
smothered his impatience, and determin­
Inches
la
With more than her ordinary discretion, sixteen
I t was in vain that Guy strove to
ing to help her all he could, rode down Flora kept to herself what had passed width
by
twenty
change Maddy’s resolution.
She was
to Honedale every day, instead of twice
when Gay was last there, so M rs Noah Inches In length, al­
wholly decided, and late iu the afternoon
a week, as he hyd done before.
knew nothing except what he had told though tbe else varies
he rode back to Aikenside. a disappointed
Attentions so marked could not fail
her, and what ahe read in Maddy’s white,
man. with, however, the feeling that
to be commented upon; and while poor, suffering face. This last was enough to according to field and
Maddy had done right, and that he re­
cultural
conditions
unsuspecting Maddy waa deriving so much
excite all her pity, sad ahe treated the
spected her nil the more for withstanding
comfort from his daily visits, deeming young girl with the moat motherly kind­ Tbe yield o f the crops
•he temptation.
that day very lon g, which did not bring ness staying all night, and 1 herself tak­ o f this variety is high,
him to her, the Honedale gossips, of whom ing care of grandpa, who waa now too ill being as much ss
C H A P T E R X IX .
there were many, were busy with her
1,600 pounds o f cured
th e le af .
It was arranged that Flora should tor affairs, talking them over at their numer­ to oft np. There seemed to be no disease
tobacco to the acre under favorable
preying
upon
him,
nothing
save
old
age,
the present nt least redtaM at the cottage, ous tea-drinkings, discussing them in the
and Maddy accepted the kindness grate­ streets, and finally at a quilting, where and the loss of one who for mors than condttihns Tbe percentage o f the best
fully. She had become ^ much accus­ they met in solemn conclave, deciding forty years had shared all hia joy and grades o f wrapper In these crops Is
tomed to b e ii* cared for by Guy that she that, “ for a girl like Maddy Clyde it did sorrow. He could not llvs without her, correspondíngly high.— Exchange.
almost leaked upon it as a matter of not loo> so well to have so much to do and one night three weeks after Guy’a
T a l n a a f B eet l i t a r P r o * e a t s .
course, and did not think of what ««hers with that young Remington, who, every­ dismissal, he said to Maddy, as ahe was
Home Idea o f tbe magnitude o f the
might possibly my, bot when, in as deli­ body knew, was engaged to somebody iu about to leava h im :
‘Sit with me, darling, for a little while. beet auger Industry In the United
cate a manner as possible. Guy suggested Kngland.”
If yon are not too tired. Your grand States dan he given by estimating tbe
furnishing the cottage in better style, even
Tbe wife of Farmer Green, Maddy’s
proposing to modernize it entirely in the warmest friend in Honedale, did her best mother seems near me to-night, and so j ya]ue g f ¿he beets sold by the growers
f actorjea and o f the refined
spring, Maddy objected at once. They to defend her against the attacks of those does Alice, your mother. Maybe I I I be ^ ^
them
m before another day. I bop.
bope I
piaoed
e_
w ire already indebted to him for more whose remarks abe well knew were caused with tU
placed QQ
on ^
the market
market by
by tbe
tbe fa
fac­
than they could ever pay, she said, and more by envy than any personal dislfky to may If God is willing, and there’s much tories last year.
would say to you.”
she would not suffer it. So Guy submit­ Maddy! who used to be so much of a pet
I f w e assume that the average price
(T o be continued.)
ted, though it grated upon his sense of until her superior advantages separated
paid for beets In 1906 was $3 per ton,
the beautiful and refined terribly, to see her in a measure from them. Good Mrs.
■toeapad T w K i. d . o f Deatfc.
tha total vain « o f the 4.236,112 tons o f
Maddy amid ao humble surroundings. Green was sorely tried. Without in the
“ I f I have got to be killed, lt’a the beets harvested Is $21,180,500, I f we
Tw ice a week, and sometimes oftener. he least blaming Maddy, she, too, bad been
rods down to Honedale, and Maddy felt troubled at tbe frequency of Guy’a visits lightning route fo r mine, every time,’’ ratlmate the value o f the sugar at 4%
that without these visits life would hard­ to tbe cottage. Accordingly, next day ahe declares Michael Chlsham, who was canto per pound, tha 907.224,000 pounds
ly have been endurable.
started for the cottage, which Guy had knocked o ff a roof by a shock from a o f sugar manufactured were worth
During the vacation Jessie spent a part just left, and this, la her opinion, ac* high-power wire. “ Never knew what ff48J528,080.
Probably
the
assumed
of the time wKh her, but Agnes irso- -ounted for the bright color In Maddy’s -struck me. Thera waa a bas-x-s-x, like price* both fo r beets and fo r sugar may
lateiy resisted nil Guy's entreaties that cheeks and the sparkle lu her eye. Guy you hear In a planing mill, only dreamy be a trifle below those actually receiv­
she would at least call once on Maddy. had /been there, bringing and leaving a
e d sweet like pretty music.
Then l ed, but these figures are sufflcteutly
who had expressed a wish to see her, and
Id of sunshine, but, alas! hia chances
seemed
to
be
having
a
delightful
sail, accurate to Indicate the magnitude o f
who, on account "of her grandfather’s for coming ever again aa he bad done
fcaalth, and the childishness with which were fearfully small, when, at the cloae Than I woke up In the hospital with t i * Industry,
Uncle Joseph clung to her. could not well of Mrs. Green’s well-meant visit, Maddy my burned hands done up, and they
n i p e a l a w G r o m T assato aa .
come up to Aikenside. Agnes would not lay on her bed. her white, frightened face told me 1 bad fallen o ff the"*gas-housc
Often when frost cornea there are
go down, neither would she give other buried in the pillows, and herself half roof.”
many tomatoes on the vines that are
i sascr for her obstinacy than the appar­ wishing she had died before the laat hour
Chlsham had a remarkable escape nearly ta ll grown, but that have not
ently foolish one that she did not wish to bad come, with the terrible awakening It
from tw o kinds o f death. He end a yet ripened enough to send to m arket
sae the crasy man. Still she did not ob­ bad brought; awakening to tbe fact that
companion
were sent to make repairs I have picked such tomatoes and put
ject to Jessie’s going aa often as she liked, of alii living beings. Guy Remington was
and she sent by her many little delicacies the one she loved the best— the on« with­ on the gas-house roof In Bangor, Me. them in a cool, dark place to ripen
from the larder at Aikenside, some for out whose presence It seamed to her ahe Chlsham knew that there were hlgh- slowly and sent them to market when
grandpa, hut most for Uncle Joseph, who could not live, but without watch ahe now power w ire* on the roof, and to keep 0 t% e supply bad run low and prices rail
prised highly everything coming from knew she must.
his comrade out o f danger /took the high, says a w riter In New England
“ the ms dam,” and sent back to her more
What was life worth without Guy. risky end o f tbe Job. He made a Blip Homestead. But for home use a bet
than one strangely worded message which apd why h*d she been thrown so much and touched a w ire carrying 12,000 tar w ay fa to pick tbe smaller ouea
made the proud woman's eyes overflow
hi* w a y ; why permitted to lova him v o lts
Instantly he wes seen to fall, from tbs vines and then hang up the
when sure that no one could sea her. But as ahe knew ahe did. if she must lose htaa
roll down the roof to the other, nearly branch In the - cellar, darkening the
thia kind o f intercourse came to an end
? Maddy could not c r y ; there was a
at last. The vacation was over. Jemie tightness about her eyes, and a keen, cut­ flat, and bound tbe nee to ^ h e ground. windows and keeping tbe place cool.
had gone back to school, and Maddy be­ ting pain about her heart aa abe tried to H e was picked up nnconsciou* hut ral­ T h ey w ill ripen slowly, and one may
gan In saber earnest the new life before! way for strength to do what was right— lied In a abort time, and except fo r Indulge in rip * tomatoes in January,
strength to can Guy Remington from her bad bums on his hands waa uninjured. whan those grown In a hotboua* and
doth, wearisome days to heart, whan It was a ala far him to he;
not as large or any batter flavor era
Spain Is tbs sunniest of all the ■ » sailing at 28 cents a pound or mors.
fba long, .cold winter
naked to be forgiven far the
aha had aaw lttlagij dona to Laay
T ry i t
UATTXJMVAXJ TALI a c i m
at la D s a g s r s u Bvon A tla s l a -
asavsl at Patoaa Fangs.
Another
common
misconception
which la apt to laad to serloua acci­
dents la the belief that a rattler la pan­
dered perfectly harmless, so that It
ran be bandied with, impunity, by the
fem oral o f Its poison fa n gs
These
fangs, two in number, are situated In
the upper Jiyr and 11a flat, except when
wh“ th£jr!r
w ta te r t..
One o f the simplest ways o f keeping «w e t
tbm c r t n t o t t t o l J r a « * -
cabbage la to store, In an orchard <*r presses
P°
* an
• od **Jeeta
some sheltered ¡»lace, often ’ alorfgslcle the venom through mlnuto openlng. 1.
a fence which has been made tight by th,m- In ■trlklug Its prey ( or w t-
a liberal use o f straw. Tbe cabbage. « « charm tha aetpent may employ to
era stored with their sterna on aqd are
Its victim within « « / reach U re­
placed head down and aa cloae together 11» H * » the venom to give the coup
a . possible. T w o or three tie r, are
^ a c e ) . them fangs m q o ft M la
often made, tbe heads o f the aecond broken, and nature baa provided a (M l
tie r being placed between atom, o f the -upply o f reserve w eapon* which Ua
lower, and so on. the pUes being m ad. dormant In the gu m * and, which within
o f any width and length desired. The ( two weeks w ill develop and replace tha
whole la covered with leaves m lt grass I 'njured fang.
hay or straw and a little soil, rail*.
An acquaintance who returned from
brush or litter. Small unsalable beads a hunting trip with tw enty-fir* fttil-
when stored In this way In Novem be* grown rattlers In a box kept them la
Will continue to develop during winter hla office fo r two months, confined be­
and frequently sell as well aa‘ any In hind a coarse-mas bad w ire scree*. Ha
February.
Small quantities may be bandied them most carelessly, aa he
stored by plowlng-out two or three fu r­ had extracted the poison fangs, but
rows ten or twelve Inches deep on a when shown that each o f them had de­
well drained site and placing the beads veloped a perfect pair o f new ones
with their stems up aa clone together there wga a sudden rise In the local
aa possible. Some prefer to lay them snake mortality. One was preserved
but one or two thick,'' while otbera w ill and sent to tbe Bronx Zoo, where It
pile them up tw o tft two and a half shortly afterw ard gave birth to a large
feet high, bringing them to a point litter o f young ones, which could easily
T b f pile la then covered with straw, have crawled through tbe screen be­
salt grass bay or a thin layer o f atraw hind which the mother had bees kept.
and then several Inches o f soli. They As each o f them possessed the poison
are stored before freexllg, and when apparatus In tall commission and was
the soil covering them la froaen It may without the power to rattle, they would
be covered with strawy manure or any hare been even more dangerous thaa
other litter to keep the aoil froaen un \dult snakes.
Professional snakebandleffff are often
til the cabbages are needed for sale.
Ignorant o f this power to quickly re-
_ _ Biaetvta m e . » * « « * .
Electricity has been applied t o toco-
batlon by Otto Schnlt* an electrician
o f Straasburg, and Is the result o f three
years o f experimentation. Tbe appara­
tus la rnlde fo r SO, 100 or 200 e g g * and
la designed to ohvjate tbe difficulties
connected with the ordinary form o f
Incubator. The nyinlpulation o f the ap­
paratus la very simple, and Its mainte­
nance depends only upon an uninter­
rupted supply o f electricity.
An automatic attachment keeps the
temperature within one-tenth o f a de­
gree o f the normal temperature o f 'in ­
cubation. The degree o f saturation o f
the air Is kept in tbe same manner.
Under
ordinary condition* ninety
chickens can be counted on out o f 100
Incubated. Tbe quantity o f elec-
tlclty required la very pnall, fo r an In­
cubator holding fifty e g g * ten to twen­
ty Matts being sufficient, depending
upon the temperature o f tha onto* air.
For raising the chickens a fter they
are hatched, an electric “ m o th e r"‘ has
been devised. Th e upper part is de­
voted to tbe freshly batched chickens,
while the lower part la arranged ao
that the chicks cab tan around on the
ground and at the same time find beat
and protection when they deslro. The
electric Incubator baa already proven
very successful.
T e st l i d s
at Ram a. .
P1* *
f i “ « » P»aeeeed by ra ttie r* and
ign a ra n c* gays Outing, lad I f f k-
serious accident to one o f them at Boa-
tock’a, at Coney Island, last year. H *
was badly bitten and narrowly escaped
death, hla recovery being attributed to
the generous amount o f whisky which
was Immediately administered to him.
which Illustrates another mistaken
idea. I t Is a pity to shatter a pleasant
Illusion, bat alcohol, except In very
small doaea, la harmful rather than
beneficial aa an antidote to snakoAtta
poison.
a m atter o f fact, although the
symptoms o f rattlesnake poisoning are
most painful and alarming, an adult
rarely dies from the bite o f the va rie­
ty common in tbe North. T b»diam on d-
backs o f the Sdutb attain a much larger
else, and consequently Inject more ven­
om. and their b it« Is proportionately
mors dangerous
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THE BALM 07 8ILEHCK.
I l I F i l l I I I I M I M I M I M Iff
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Tha young woman beside whom Mr*.
Lamson seated herself w ith a Jounce
smiled at the newcqmar, but had a *
time to *m ek. “ M y land.” said. Mrs.
1 Jim son. “ If I won’t thankful whan I
aaw yon aa I cams into this e a r l
Thinks I, ‘ A t least I ’ll have five min­
utes- peace’— that’s all tbs time I rids
In this car before I make any next
ehangu
“ I t ’s perfectly ridiculous having to
change, anyway, Just to ride a few
Mocks. But goodness m e! I ’ve forget
my transfer, and I couldn’t walk tha
distance, so I ought not to complain.
M y ankles w o n t bear me up on tbe aide-
The Department o f Agriculture in
order to aid farmers to determine fo r
themselves without much trouble the
germination vaine o f seeds has issued
a abort bulletin on tbe subject. A very
simple apparatus for sprouting seeds
is described. It consists o f a shallow
basis In which is placed a Small flat o f
porous clay. Tbe seeds, after having
been soaked, are laid between tw o w * Ikg ,lnc* 1 took on all thia extra
sheets o f moist blotting paper or flan- 1
nel. A pane o f glass covers the dish, I "T b * rntmm I * « »
f i » d to m
which should be kept In a temperature , * ou ° * rour* * * 10
— *■ toa-
o f about 70 degrees.
Atmosphere o f i
w keen riding with that Dobbs
an ordinary living room la suitable | f j woin* n
I'd e c la r e I never heard
the ipparatus is left Dear a atove at i ” 10*1 * talker In all my daya! I couldn’t
n igh t Several kinds o f seeds'may be * * ,n * wopd
And If ahe
tested at once at a trifling coat Th e “ ,d anythln* - turouldn’t be ao bud. but
bulletin cautions the farm er against aha doean’t.
docsn t. Just maunders on about
tbs weather and her rheumatism.
extremes o f heat or moisture.
“ Now w e all know tbe weather Isn’t
anything w e can h elp ; we’ ve Just got to
F e r m i e r T o asts Vrlth C o r a .
bear It, however bad ’t t * and, as I tall
Fertiliser tests with corn In Virginia
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show d ea rly that plowing under
W* ™ * * * trU1 ° f ° ° r * *
tlenca thia year If ever we had. No
leguminous crops Is a highly beneficial
spring, and then Jumping right Into
practice and that where this Is fol­
beat when we were all unprepared.
lowed only moderate amounts o f fertil­
And rain I Well, tbera’e no nee dwell­
ity w ill be necessary to give Increased
ing on It, as I say.
yields. When vegetable matter Is lack­
“ And whan yon com* to rheumatism.
ing, however, heavy afcipllcatlona o f fe r­
It was real cheeky fo r her to tall m *
tiliser teem advisable.— Andrew M.
her symptoms— that’s what *twaa—
Soule.
anybody that’s endurad what I b a r*
right In my own fam ily 1 I wish you
Farsi Glcaalags.
There la nonstandard fo r Judging tbs could see Joalah’a knuckle* I tell him
guinea fowl. They should, however, be I don’ t see what he w ill do If t b ^ - keep
o f uniform shape, great activity and on. And he has It so In the back o f
reasonably good producers o f eggs. hie neck and hla elbow s I ’ve robbed
Th eir entire egg crop Is produced In him and ra tte d him till I ’ve been about
dead. And do you know, day before
summer.
Bitter Cream comes from keeping yesterday I had a sharp pain shoot
cream too long from cows that have right through my elbow, and ^ eaid to
been milked since early laat spring. It myself— Mercy, thia it where I change 1
Is best to churn every few days, even Good-by, dear! I ’m really rested. Just
riding this llttl* way with yon. Good-
thauhg there Is only a small churning
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on hand.
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R * r * l F a a a la g .
In totting out the new fru it trees be
On
tbalr
way to Parts recently. K in g
cure and leava plenty o f apace between
them. You must make allowance foe Haakon and Queen Maud, o f Norway,
Thar
tbe growth o f tbe yean . Crowded trees passed through Copenhagen.
Interfere with one another and have were received at the railw ay atatioa
their fruit bearing possibilities checked. by King Frederick, K in g Haakon's
father. A courtier who was present
The potato atordroom must be dark,
•Mis what tbe monarchs said.
cool, well ventilated and dry.
There
“ W ell, Haakon.” said K in g Freder­
should be a double floor beneath where
ick, “ how do you Ilk* being a king?"
large quantities are piled together.
" I would rather aak you,"
There should also be opportunities fo r
Haakon.
‘T v e
been a king lc
ventlatlon at the w a ll* and ^at Inter­
than you."
vals through the pH*.
Thia waa quite true. Predert<* o f
A good condition powder, to be fed in Denmark succeeded to tbe throne upon
limited quantities to the brood sow, la the ^ t h o f hla father. King Christian,
composed o f a teaspoonful each o f cop- | ^ January 29, 1906, but Haakoo waa
p ara* aulphur and a h alf cupfol o f oil electee) king o f Norway by the Storth-
meal. O lve one* each day for each sow in. on N ovem ber'18. 1906.
weighing 260 pound*. It la needless to
W# never we our way clear to par
say that all tonics should ha given only
, eight dollars for an umbrella, either.
the animal la oat of condition.
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