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C H A P T E R XV .—-(Continued.)
Ala* (or G uy! be could not b r ilm be
aeerd i d i k t when, tarniag her bead away
fa r a moment while she prayed (or
strength, Maddy'a aniwer came, “ I can
not, Gay, I cannot. I acknowledge the
lore which baa stolen upon me. I know
not bow, bat I cannot do this wrong to
Lncy. Away from me yon will lore bar
again. Too moat. Head this, Gay, then
say iff yon can desert her.”
She placed Lucy’s letter in bis band,
and Gay read It. with a heart which ached
te its very core. It was cruel to deceive
that gentle, trusting girl writing so loving
ly o f him, bat to lose Maddy was to his
undisciplined nature more dreadful still,
and casting the letter aside be pleaded
again, this time with the energy of de
spair, for be read his fate in Middy’ s
face, and when her lips a second time
confirmed her first reply, while she ap
pealed to bis eense of honor, of justice, of
right, and told him he could and must for
get her. he knew there was no hope, and,
man though he was, bowed his head upon
Maddy'* hands and wept atormily. mighty,
choking sobs, which shook his frame, and
seemed to break up the very fountains
e f his life. Then to Maddy there came
a terrible temptation. Was it right for
two who loved as they did to live their
lives apart)— right in her to force on Guy
the fulfillment of vows he coaid not lit
erally keep? As mental struggles are al
ways the more severe, so Maddy'a took all
her strength away, and for many min
utes she lay so white and still that Guy
rousad himself to care for bar, thinking
o f nothing except to make her better.
It was a long time ere that interview
ended, hut when .it did there was on Mad
dy'a face a peaceful expression which
only the sense of having done right at the
cost of a fearful sacrifice could give, while
Guy’s bore traces of a great and crush
ing sorrow as he went out from Maddy'a
presence and felt (hat to him she was loot
forever. He had promised her he would
do right; had said he would marry Lucy,
being to her what a husband should be;
had listened while she talked o f another
world where they neither marry nor are
given hi marriage, and where It would
not be sinful for them to love each other,
and as she talked her face had shone like
the face of an angel.
* For many days after that Gay kept his
roam, saying he was sick, and refusing
to see anyone save Jessie and Mrs. Noah,
the latter o f whom guessed In part what
had happened, and Imputing to him far
more credit than he deserved, petted and
pitied and cared for him until he grew
weary o f it, and said to her savagely:
“ You needn’t think me so good, for I am
not. I wanted Maddy Clyde, and told her
so, bat she refused me and made me prom
ts » to marry Lu cy; so I'm going to do
that very thing—going te England in a
few weeks, or as soon as Maddy is bet
ter. and before the sun o f this year sets
I »Kail Ke a married man.”
p 'After this all Mrs. Noah’s sympathy
was in favor of Maddy, the good lady
making more than one pilgrimage to
Honedale, where she expended all her ar
guments trying to make Maddy revoke
her decision; bat Maddy was firm in
what she deemed right, and as her health
began slowly to improve, and there was
no longer an excuse for Guy to tarry, he
gave oat in the neighborhood that he was
at last to bs married, and started for
England tbe latter part of October, as
unhappy and unwilling a bridegroom, it
he, as aver went after s bride.
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CHAPTER X X I
Maddy never knew how she lived
through those bright, autumnal
days,
when the gorgeous beauty o f decaying
nature seemed so cruelly to mock her an
guish. A t last there came to her three
letters, one from Lucy, one from the doc
tor, and one from Guy himself. Lucy’s
she opened first, reading of the sweet
girl’ s great happiness in seeing her darl
ing hoy again, of her sorrow to find hin^.
¿o thin and pale, and changed In all save
bis extreme kindness to her, his careful
study of her wants, and evident anxiety
to please her in every respect. On this
Lncy dwelt until Maddy’s heart seemed
to leap np and almost turn over In Its
easing, so fiercely it throbbed and ached
with anguish.
The doctor’s next was opened, and
Maddy read with blinding tears that
which for a moment increased her pain
and sent to her bleeding heart an added
pang o f disappointment, or a sense of
wrong done to her, she could not tell
which. I>r. Holbrook Was to be married
the same day with Lucy, and to Lucy’s
sister, Margaret.
“ Maggie, I call her," be wrote, “ be
cause that name is ao much like my first
love, Maddy, who thought I was too old
to be bar husband, and so made me very
wretched for a time, until I met and knew
Margaret Atberstone. I have told her
o f yon, Maddy; I would not marry her
without, and »he seems willing to tnke
me ss I sm. We shall come home with
Chiy, who la tbe mere wreck of what be
waa when I last saw him. He ha* told
me, Maddy, all about it, and though I
doubly respect you now, I cannot any
that I think you did quite right. Better
that one should suffer than two, and
Lucy’s is a nature which will forget far
sooner than yours or Guy’s I pity you
all.”
This almost killed Maddy; she did not
love tbs doctor, but the knowledge that
bs was to marry another added to her
misery, while what be said of her decis
ion was the climax of the whole. Had
bar sacrifice been for nothing? Would it
have been better If she had not sent
Ouy away? It was anguish unspeakable
to believe so, and the shadowy woods
never echoed to ao bitter a cry of pain as
that with which aba laid her bead ea the
ground, and for a brief moment wished
that she m i g h t / I s ,,
There was Guy’s letter yet to read, and
with n Hot leas Indifference she opened It,
storting ss there dropped Into her lap a
small carts 4a visit», a perf*
o f O w f , who seat It, ha said,
wished her n have as mnch of
X
m»
would make Mm happier to know Sha
could sometimes look at him. just as he
should gase upon her dear picture after It
waa a sin to love the original. And (U s
was all the direct rsfersnee he made to
tbe pasty except where he spoke o f Lacy,
telling how happy the was, and how If
anything could reconcile him to his fa ts
It waa the knowing how pore and good
and loving was the wife he was getting.
Then he wrote of the doctor sad Mar
garet, whom he described aa a dsshii__
brilliant girl, tbe veriest tsaas and Madcap
in the world, and the exact opposite of
This letter, so calm, ao cheerful In Its
tone, had a quieting effect on Maddy,-who
read it twice, and then placing it in her
b°to«n. started for the cottage, meeting on
the way with Flora, who was seeking for
her in great alarm. Uncle Joseph had
had a fit, she said, and fallen upon the
floor, cutting his forehead badly against
the sharp point o f the stove. Hurrying
an, Maddy found that what Flora had
said waa true, and sent immediately for
the physician, who came at ones but
shook his head doubtfully aa he examined
his patient. There were all the symp
toms o f fever, ha said, bidding Maddy
prepare for the worst. Nothing in the
form o f trouble could particularly affect
Maddy now, and perhaps it eras wisely
ordered that Uncle Joeeph’e illness should
take her thoughts from herself. From the
very first he refused to take his medicine»
from anyone mve her or Jessie, whs
with her mother’s permission, stayed alto
gether at the cottage, and who, as Guy’s
sister, was a great comfort to Maddy.
As the fever increased, and Unlle Jo
seph grew more and more delirious, his
cries for Sarah wera heart-reading, mak
ing Jessie weep bitterly as she said to
Maddy:
“ I f I knew where this Sarah was I ’d
go miles on foot to find bar and bring
her to him.”
Something like this Jessie said to her
mother when she went far n day to Aik-
enside, asking her in conclusion i f she
thought Sarah would go.
“ Perhaps," and Agnes brushed abstract
edly her long, flowing hair, winding it
around her jeweled fingers, and then let
ting the soft curls fall across her' snowy
arms.
“ Where do you suppose she is?” was
Jessie’s next question; but if Agnes knew
she did not answer, except by reminding
her little daughter that it was past bar
bedtime.
The next morning Agnes’ eyas were
very red, as if she. had been wakeful the
entire night, while her white face folly
warranted the headache she professed to
have.
“ Jessie,” she mid, as they aat together
at their breakfast, “ I am going to Hone-
dale to-day, going to see Maddy, and shall
leas* yon here.”
*
Agnes was not the same woman Whom
we first knew. A ll hope o f the doctor had
long since been given up, and ss Jessie
grew older the mother nature was strong
er within her, subduing her selfishness,
and making her far more gentle and con
siderate for others than she had been be
fore.
T o Maddy she was exceedingly
kind, and never more so in manner than
now, when they sat together talking in
the humble kitchen at the cottage.
“ You look tired and sick," she said.
“ Your cares have been too much for ope
not yet strong. I will sit by him till he
wakes, and yon go to bed.”
*
Very gladly Maddy accepted the offered
relief, and utterly worn out with her con
stant vigils/ she was soon sleeping sound
ly in her own room, while Flora,.in the
little shed, or back room of tbe house,
was busy with her ironing. Tipis there
was none to follow Agnes ss M , went
slowly into the sick room where Uncle
Joseph lay, his thin face upturned to the
light and his lips occasionally moving as
he mattered in his sleep. There was a
strange contrast between that wasted im
becile and ■ that proud, queenly women,
bnt she could remember s time when in
her childish estimation be was the embodi
ment of every manly beauty, and the
knowledge that he loved her, his sister’s
little hired girl, filled her with pride and
vanity. A great change had come to them
both since thoee days, and Agnes, watch
ing him and smothering back the pain
which arose to her lips at sight o f him.
felt that for the fearfnl change in him
she was answerable. Intellectual, talent
ed, admired and sought by all he had
been once; he waa a mere wreck now, and
Agnes’ breath came in short, quick gasps,
ss glancing furtively around to see that
no one was near, she laid her hand upon
his forehead, and parting his thin hair,
said, pityingly: "Poor Joseph.”
The touch awoke him, and starting op
be stared wildly at her, while some mem
ory of tbe pest seemed to be struggling
through the misty clouds, obscuring bis
mental vision.
“ Who are you, lady? Who, with ere#
sod hair like hers?”
“ I ’ m the ‘ madam’ from Aikensidv,"
Agnes said, quits loudly, ss Flora pdssed
the door. Then when she was gone she
added, softly: “ I ’m Harsh— Sarah Agnes
Morris.”
U seemejl for a moment to burst upau
him in its full reality, and to her djrffijr
day Agues would never forget the look
upon hi* face, the smile of perfect happi
ness breaking through the rain of tears,
the love, the tenderness mingled with dis
trust, which that look betokened as he
continued gating at her, but said to her
not a word. Again her hand rested on. his
forehead, and taking it now in his he held
it to the light, laughing insanely at Its
soft whiteness; then touching tbe costly
diamonds which flashed upon him the
rainbow hues, he said: "W here’s that lit
tle ring I bought for yqp?”
She had «ntiripated title, and took from
her pocket a plain gold ring, kept anti!
that day where no one could find It, and
bolding it up to him, said: “ Hers it Is.
Do you remember It?”
“ te e , yea,” and his lips began to quiver
with n grieved, injured expression. “ Ha
could give yon diamonds and I couldn’t.
That’s why yon left me. wasn't It. .
— why you wrote that letter which
my head into two? It’s ached so ever
since, and I ’ ve mi seed yon ao oasch.
Sarah ! They put ms la a cell where
ctaay people ware— oh! so many—and
they said that I was mad, whoa I was
: “ kv ’ . > 4
only wanting you. I ’m not mad now, am
I. darling?”
His arm was around her neck, and he
drew her down until his lips touched hers.
*
suffered it. She could not
return the kiss, hut sha did not turn away
•W W V N / y V W N ,
from hi
him, and she let him caress her hair,
I
n
H a n r N ttig .
sad wind it round his fingers, whispering'
Every year the uue o f lea Incr eases.
“ This is like Sarah’s— you're Sarah, are
It is not merely s luxury, hut becomes
you not?"
“ Yas, I sm Sarah,” she would answer, a necessity in soon as Its value Is
whits the smile so painful to ass would known by experience. Ice in the dairy
again break over his face ns ha told how Is almost Indispensable fo r bolding
much he had missed her, and naked i f she milk and cream at a proper tempera
had? not coma to stay till ha died.
ture.
“ There’s something wrong,” he said.
Ice should be cut w ith a saw into
“ somebody dead, and seems as If anme-
bedy else wanted te die— as If Maddy blocks o f regular else, so that they w ill
died ever since the Lord Governor went pack solidly Into the Ice house without
leaving spaces between them. A regu
sway. ( Do yon know Governor Guy?”
“ I am Ma stepmother,” Agnes replied, lar cross-cut saw with one handle-re
whereupon Uncle Joseph laughed an long moved w ill answer the purpose.
and loud that Maddy awoke, and, alarm
The Ice derrick Is convenient and
ed by the noise, came down to see what safer to use fo r liftin g the cakes from
was the matter.
the water and hoisting into the wag-
Agnss did not hear her, sad as she
reached the doorway, she started at the
strange position of the parties— Uncle
Joseph stilt smoothing the curie which
drooped over him, and Agnss saying to
hhn: “ Yon heard his name was Rearing-
ton, Mid yon not—James Remington?”
Like a sadden revelation it cams agon
Maddy, and she tufned to leave, when
Agnes, lifting her heed, celled her to come
in.' She did so, and standing at the oppo
site side o f the bed, she said, question-
ingiy: “ You are Sarah Morris r*
For a moment the eyelids quivered, then
the neck arched proudly, aa If it wow a
thing o f which she was not ashamed, sad
Agnes answered: “ Yas, I was Sarah Ag
icx
nes Morris; once for three months your
grandmother’s hired giri, and afterward
Una tw o - strong
adopted by a lady who gave ms what edu on or sleigh box.
cation I possess, together with that taste white oak pete* to make th*,- derrick
for high life which prompted me to jilt and sweep. T b e upright, B, may be
your Uncle Joseph when a ricner man cut from any strong piece o f lumber,
than he offerpd himself to ms.”
or made up by spiking together two
That was all she said— all that Maddy pieces o f 2x4 studding. I t should be
ever knew of her history, as it was never
12 to 15 feet tong and well braced at
referred to again except that evening,
the
base, aa shown In the sketch. The
when Agnes said to her. pleadingly:
Neither Gay nor Jessie nor anyone need bottom should be smooth in order to
slide freely over the ice.
know'what I have told you.”
The sweep, C, should be about 16
‘T h e y shall not,” waa Maddy’s reply ,
and from that moment the past, ao far aa feet long, or over, with a rope attach
Agnes waa concerned, was a scaled page ' ed to each end. The sweep Is pivoted
to both. With this bond of confidence on top - o f the upright, B, from one-
between them, Agnes felt herself strata » -1 quarter to one-third projecting over,
iy drawn toward Maddy, while, i f it w are' where the ice tongs are attached. The
possible, something of her olden love eras'
remaining portion, with the rope, D.
renewed for tbs helpleas man who clang '
attached gives plenty o f leverage for
to her now instead o f Maddy, refualta to
let her g o ; neither had Agnes any dispo -1 liftin g the heavy cakes.
A fte r a “ season” o f' cutting Ice, the
sition to leave him. 8 he should stay to
the last, ao she said; and rim did, taking two le e m A proceed to lift out end
Maddy'a place, and by her faithfulness load up. One seises the tonga and
and care winning golden laurels in the catches onto the floating cakes, w hile
opinion o f the neighbors, who marveled at the other man presides at the rope, D.
first to see so gay a lady at Uncle Joseph’s The alelgh should be In tbe handiest
bedslcto attributing it all to her frissid - 1
position to swing the sweep around
Ship for Maddy, just as they attributed
and laud the cake o f ice into the box.
his calling her Sarah to a crasy freak. I
She did resemble Sarah Morris a very lit-1 T b e combination style o f Ice-house
tie, they said; and in Maddy’s presence represented In the illustration la not
they sometimes wondered where Sarah the beet fo r all purposes, yet has some
The aides
waa, repeating strange things which they features to recommend I t
had heard of her; but Maddy kept the o f tbe building are nine feet above the
secret from everyone, so that even Jessie ground and the height o f tl)e dairy
never suspected why her mother stayed seven feet. Th e outside w ails o f the
day after day at the cottage, watching ice-house are made o f two-inch planks,
and waiting until the last day of Joseph’s
ten inches wide, set u prigh t with Inch
life.
and a h alf planks nailed on the Inside.
She was alone with him then, on that
Maddy never knew what passed between They are w eather boarded on the out-
*|
L
'OR i N l !R
them. She had left them together for an
hoar, while she did some errands; and
when she returned Agnes met her at the
door, and with a blanched cheek, whis
pered : “ He is dead; he died in my arms,
blessing yon and me; do you hear, bless
ing ms! Surely my sin is now forgiven?”
A*
C H A P T E R X X II.
There was a fresh grave made in the
churchyard aiid another chair vacant at
the cottage, when Maddy was at last
alone
Unfettered by care and anxiety
for sick ones, her aching heart was free
COMBINED DA IB Y AJTD ICX HOUSE.
to go out after the loved ones over the
sea, go to the elm-shaded mansion she had
heard described so often, and where now ride and filled with »pent tan bark or
two brides were busy with their prepara-. Other dry non-conducting materiel. T b e
tions for the bridal hurrying on so fast, partition w ail between the dairy and
Since the letter read in tbe smoky Oct®- the Ice-house and between tbe -cool
her woods, Maddy had not heard from mom and the lee-bo use is half the
Guy directly, though Lncy had written thickness and not filled, thus form ing
since, a few brief lines, tailing how happy cloaed „ , p , paee, between the s tu d s .-
she was, how strong she was growing, and M
how mnch like himself Gay w a v becom-
Ing. Guy had l e f t ' no orders for any
P re n te tw P o r k .
changes to be made st Aikenside; but
W hy do not the farmers put up mom
Agnes, who was largely Imbued with
a love of bustre and rypair, had insist
' e l 'o f their pork, cum It and sell It in tbo
that st I - a at the suite of rooms intended summer? This would bring more profit
for the bride should be thoroughly re no- ' than marketing the bog to the butcher,
rated with new paper and paint, carpet# I Th e American Agriculturist has made
and furniture. This plan Mrs. Nook op* „ careful estim ate o f the waste in
poeed. for she guessed bow little Guy |]aughtering hogs at home, which shows
would rare for the change; but Agnes was
^ ^
wJ„ ^ profltaWe to thé pork
resolved, and she had gTrat faith i*
_ .
*
„
Maddy’s taste, she insisted that eh* ” daer* ^ ake *
weighing at borne
should go to Aikenside and pass her * » pounds, on a basis o f a h-ceat mar-
judgement upon the improvements. U h «L live weight. Ita value 1s $10. I f
would do her good, she’ said— little dream- fat, the hog loses about 20 per cen t or
ing how much it cost Maddy to comply to pounds, leaving 160 pounds edible
with her wishes, or bow fearfully th*'portion. Approxim ately the dressing
poor, crushed heart ached, ss Maddy went ! w m be ; T w o hams. 30 pounds ; tw o
through the handsome rooms fitted up for J sboulders, 24 pounds ; four stripe ba-
Guy’s young bride; but Mrs. Noah P ” ’**' Ipon 28 pounds; spare ribs, bead, feet
ed it to!U_Pitring so mnch t h e w bite-fared
35 pounds, leaving Shout
rirl who«*» deep mourning robes told ths
of dear one. b , deafh, but gave no « « P ° « rKU to T “ T * ? *
^
7 “!
token of that great loss, tenfold worse meats to be smoked w ill increase about
10 per cent in weight In the pickle,
than death.
,
hut lose about the same as tbe dress
(T o bs continued.)
ing weight. T h e follow ing are very
Conservative prices fo r a country-dress
A ll I t Am ounts To.
14
“ T p e wise folks began unusually early ed bog: T h irty pounds ham. at
cents, $4.20; 28 pounds bacon, at 15
th(s year.”
cents, $4.20; 24 pounds shonider, at 9
“ Began what?”
“ Advising people to do th eir shop cento. $2.16; 45 pounds lard o r sausage,
ping early.” — New Orleans Tftneu-Den> at 12 V» cents $5.60; 25 pounds back
bone. ta *re ribs, etc., at 6 cents, $1 HO;
oyrat.
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•nap fat, about 25 cents; total, $17.91;
N o Prttrato Chotoo.
net o f beg, $10; profit, $7.91.
“ I suppose you had hardship* In thé
old days, grandpopT’
Wmrmmr • h o w l* A d v ertise.
’Hardships I Many a time I got up
Th e average farm er to too backward
and walked four blocks to borrow a about advertising bla products. One’s
book from a Carnegie library
New j county paper ought to be used mom aa
Orleans Tlm ee-Ôem ocrat
Ian advertising medium. I t helps tbe
-------------------------------
editor and publisher
make a better
on.
flob o— D ot’« all
fa* m e auto.
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aaf i U T
B ird* that are to be marketed should
be penned ten days before killing and
well fed. Withhold aU food fo r twenty-
four bourn previous to killing, hut give
plenty o f clean water. Fu ll crops In
ju re the appearance qpd are liable to
sour, and whan this does occur corre
spondingly lower prices must be accept
ed than obtainable for choice stock.
K ill by bleeding In the month, hang
V W k A ^ ^ W V V
the bird by the feet until properly bled.
Th
e
Signal
Corps o f the W ar Depart
L eave head and feet on and do not te-
move Intestines or crop. F or scalding ment has mode public specifications tor
fotala, the w ater should be as near the the construction o f a dirigible balloon
boiling point aa possible without boil- to be ueett ln a series o f testa a t Fort
tog— 160 to ITS degrees Fahrenheit; M yer next spring. Proposals fo r fu r
pick tye lega dry before scalding; hold nishing the balloon w ill be opened at
by the head and lags and Immerse and the department pn Jan. IB n e x t The
lift np and down live or six tim es; If balloon Is to consist o f a gas bag o f
the head la immersed It turns the color silk, to be covered with an alnmlnnua
o f the comb and given the «yes a preparation. The material fo r the bug
shrunken
appearance,
which
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J u n i f r u with
w ib U w
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w i ill
l l bu
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and
hydrogen
which
It w
dealers to look on them with snap I- Inflated w ill be furnished by the gov
d o n ; the f»eth ers and pin feathers em inen t Tbe dimensions and shape of
should then be removed immediately, tbe bag w ill be left to the bidders, ex
white, the body Is warm, vary cleanly cept that tbe length u J u t not exceed
and without breaking the akin; then 120 fe e t I t must be designed to carry
“ plump” by dipping ten seconds in wa tw o persona having a combined weight
ter, nearly or quite boiling, end then o f 850 pounds; also s t least 100 pound*
Immediately into Ice-cold water. The o f ballast. A speed o f twenty miles ss
shaping o f poultry la a very Important hoar In still s ir Is desired, end the
point and well worth tbe extra trou scheme o f ascending, descending and
ble. The bird should be litld on ita maintaining equilibrium most be based
back on a ta b le; tbe legs are drawn on shifting weights, movable planes or
up against the sides o f the breast, ae some method which w ill not neeessK
though the bird were roosting; the tote balancing or changing o f poritloa
kin gs are also folded
against
tbe by tbe aeronaut
Tbe balloon must
body. Then, w hile In this position, a have all the fittings necessary fo r Boo
damp cloth Is wrapped' tightly about ocBsf ul and continuous flights. I t w ill
the carcass and fastened. Leave on u bs accepted only after s tria l flight to
board to drain until the animal heat he held at F o ri M yer next taring.
la all out o f the body. Pack In boxes
holding about 100 pounds and lined
In a recent address s t N sw York
with manlla or straw paper. Be sure
C ity Francis E. Leupp, commissioner of
to pack snugly, so as to precent mov
Indian affairs, took occasion to reply to
ing about in any way.
some o f the criticisms that have bees
Turkeys should be handled In the
made regarding the treatment o f tbs
same way. except that they should al
Indians by* his bureau. H e outlined
ways be dry-picked.— E. K . P „ in Coun
the present policy o f the government as
try Gentlemen.
that o f absorbing the Indian Into the
white man’s civilisation, thus reversing
B e rry C s l l a r a
tbe old policy o f assisting him In hi*
An authority says that so an acra
ardent desire o f keeping as separata
o f rich, cultivated land $500 w orth o f
from tbe white man aa be possibly
berries may be grown, and that an acre
could. H e expressed tbe opinion that
should produce at the rate e f 200 Tinuti
tbe final solution o f the problem would
eta.
be reached by Intermarriage. H e de-
Causes fo r a short crop m ay he laid
fertu-
■crtbed the success o f tbe government
at the door o f land deficient In
In making the Indian w o r k ; even th*
lty or plant food. Such land . . .
have composted manure applied and ' Utes, be said, were now working on th*
turned under and top dress
Ashes railroads and helping to build up the
should also be broadcasted. Another country o f which they were a p a r t The
reason is Improper preparation o f the commissioner said It waa true that
soil.
Plow deeply *ud harrow until about 86 par cent o f the Indians that
fine, light and mellow. Again, them to went to Indian schools, such aa Car-
a poor crop when varieties are planted I
and other*' and want back to the
that are not adapted to that particular r***rT a a ° D* w * » «
*«*«r »«verted to
kind o f soil and climate. Thin can ha 1 the blanket But their children started
determined either by tbe success o f aw ay ahead o f where their parents did.
neighboring fan ners o f that locality, s » that tbe schooling waa by no moan*
or by testing a limited number o f wasted.
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plants. Failu re often comes from set
An unusual view o f tbe arm y t e
ting poor plants; only hardy, vigorous
plants should be purchased. Carriage lately been presented In a complaint
ly setting out plants w ill also cans* a over the decrease In strength o f the
shortage. They should not be exposed coast a rtillery regiments. . T b e Tenth
to the sun o r wind before setting. Company, fo r instance. Which mustered
When put out tbe roots should be w ell ( a hundred and ooe men In 1900, waa
spread and fine d irt firmed around able to get out only fourteen In th*
them.
I ranks te October. T h e explanation ofr
Using Imperfect fertilisers Is anoth-j fared Is that the men In the coast artll-
er canoe. There Is a aex In plants. \ lery receive training In some branch ot
P istilla te« (fem a le) must have etaml- j mechanics, and can get employment
nates (m a le) set with them to insure outside at goad Wages. One officer 1 »
good crops Cultivation most not be struct ed hie company in the art o f tel*
neglected.
Th e ground at all times ephone repairing, and made the men
must be fine, mellow and free from so efficient that' the telephone company
"reed".
I in the neighboring city offered them
Both frost and drought am enemies sixty and seventy dollars a month, and
o f a good crop, and the moat difficult in some cases bought the discharge o l
to overcome. B erry fields w fil cultl- th e man. so that they m ight begin work
vatfed are several degrees warm er than before their enlistment expired. I f the
uncultivated fields, therefore lees lie- arm y can train Ita men as effectively
ble to damage by fron t Retain mulch- ! as thin, It ought to be a pretty good
ing as late as possible on strawberries school.
In spring.
I f there are not forty-eight star.,
S e le c tin g D a i r y C o w s.
eu the flag within a year or tw o it
W hile there may be no Infallible rule
w ill aot be fo r lack o f effort on the
by which a man can be govorned in se
part o f Arizona and New Mexico. A
lecting a high-class dairy cow, there
convention o f delegates from every
are many points that w ill assist and If
carefully considered w ill prevent dis part o f New Mexico adopted resolu
appointment as a rale. Remember that tions tbe other day demanding the ad
a cow is a machine and la Intended to mission o f the territory as a State.
change the different products an which T b e governor o f Arizona has reported
■he Is fed into something o f more value. that the statehood sentiment in that
There are tw o distinct types o f these territory la stronger than ever before.
machines. One manufactures or con B ills were Introduced in the Senate on
verts feed into b eef; the other Into tb e first working-day o f the session o f
milk. There Is a very decided and pro Concrete, providing fo r the creation
nounced difference la the type o f tbe o f tw o new States out o f the territo
As the effort* to pass a join t
animal that makes beef and tbe one ries.
which manufactures milk. .In the dairy statehood bill has been abandoned, it
type we have an animal that to angu la now necessary fo r the tw o territo
lar, thin, somewhat loose-jointed and ries to convince Congress that they are
with prominent bofeee. She to wedge- worthy to be admitted to the fam ily o f
shaped from the front, w ith a lean States.
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bead, moderately long face ellgbtly
According
to
Terence
J . P ow d erlj.
dished and a general contented exprea-
■lcm o f the features. T b e muzzle la formerly grand master o f tbe Knights
o t Labor and now c° n? ect* d w,lth tb *
governm ent Bureau ^ Immigration, e ^
tonslve railroad building in Italy, th *
««»r o a c h o t the prezldentlal election
and acare b* a<Jllnea ,n
newspapers.
j « « id* fro,n the An «“ «»!*1 flurr*. ar* th*
I«*nses t o r tbe present exodus o f alie ns
from the United 8 tptes.
“ No alarm
nead
ie,t becan** o f th® ebb *n
tide," be «ays. “ There Is more w ork
to do In this country than there ever
waa before; there* Is a necessity fo r
men and women to do It, and the first
months o f tbe next year w ill aee a re
A s t fc n u
B a rth W o rm s.
turn o f silent, who w ill be able to find
From recent experiments it la can
remunerative employment In this coun
tain thatyearth worms are responsible 7
fo r conveying the spore* and anthrax try-”
from various bnrled carcasses to the
surface o f tbe earth and that bringing
The W ar Department has publisher
about a reinfection. Th is process o f » general order o f the President requir
reinfection wae urged by M. Louis Pas ing every field officer to make each year
teur, but without suocese.
practice marches o f three ‘ consecutive
large, mouth large, nostrils wide end
open, a clear, full bright eye, a broad,
fu ll and high forehead, ears medium
size, fine texture, covered w ith
fine
hair and orange'yellow Inside. Th e neck
Is thin, moderately long, w ith little er
no dewlap, and the throat to clean.
W ide space between tbe jaw *,
tbe
withers lean and aharp, the shonider*
lean end oblique and the chest deep
and wide, which In d ica te vigor and
constitution.— Field and Farm.
days o f » o t lees than thirty miles each.
In hla order the President aaya It I*
There are some crops that w in not
Just aa much tbe duty o f army officer*
follow eaeh other, nor w ill they follow
“to
pursue snch habit* aa w ill maintain
certain other crops, while, on the oth
a
physical
condition fit fo r active ser
er band, there are some that w ill grow
ye a r a fter year on the tam e lead sa d vice as to cultivate their minds fo r tb *
intellectual duties o f
their
pro-
also follow any other a m »
Cron R otation.