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....... /H K E N S IB E ■T C IIA P T E R X X I I.—i(Continued.) Maddy w u rind of the racking bead- »ehe which kept her In her bed the whole e f the nent dag. glad o f any ezcnee to stay 'awag from the familg, talking— all but Mr*. Noah —of Oug, and what wae transpiring In England. They had failed <o remember the difference In the long! tude of the two place«; but Maddg forgot nothing, and when the clock «truck four, ehe called Mr*. Noah to her*and whis pered. faintly: “ They were to be married at eight In Hie evening. Allowing for poaaible delay*, it’a over before this, and Oug la loot forever P Mrs. Noah had no conaolatiab to offer, ind only proved the hot, feverish hands, while Maddg turned her face to the wall and did not speak again, except to whisper Incoherently as she half slumbered, half woke: “ Did Guy think of ipe when he prom ised to love her, and can he see how mis erable I am?” Maddg eras indeed passing through deep water*, and that night, the fourth of De cember, the longest, the dreariest she ever knew, could never be forgotten. Once past, the worst was over, and as the rarest metal is purified by fire, so Maddg came from the dreadful ordeal strengthened for what was before her. Both Agnes and Mrs. Npah noticed the strangely beautiful expression of her face when she 'came down to the breakfast room, while Jessie, as she kissed her pale cheek, whispered: “ You look as if you had been with angels.” Guy was not expected with his bride for two weeks or more, and as the Bhy* dragged on Maddg felt that the waiting for him was more intolerable than the her intention of going home. 8h e ___ not dressed to meet Mrs. Remington, she ■aid, shuddering aa for the first time she pronounced a name which the servants had frequently used, and which Jarred on her ear every time she heard h. She was not dressed appropriately to meet an English lady. Flora o f course would stay, she said, aa it was natural she should, to greet her new mistress; but she; must go, and she bade Charlie Green bring around the buggy. One long, end, wistful look at Guy’s and Lucy’s home, and Maddy followed Charlie to the buggy waiting for her, bidding him drive rupidly, as there was every indication of a coming storm. The gray, wintry afternoon was draw ing to a dose, and the December night was shutting down upon tks Honedale hills in sleety ruin, when the cottage was reached, and Maddy, passing up the nar row, slippery walk, entered the cold, dreary room, where there was neither fire nor light, nor friendly voice to greet her. No sound save the ticking of the clock; no welcome aave the purring of the house cat, who came crawling at her feet as she knelt before the stove and tried to kindle the fire. Charlie Green had of fered to go in and do thia for her, aa in deed he had offered to return and stay all night, but she had declined, preferring to be alone, and with stiffened fingers she laid the kindlings Fl<frn had prepared, and thgn applying the match, watched the bine flame as it gradually licked up the smoke and burst Into a cheerful blase. “ I shall feel better when it’e warm,” she said, crouching over the fire, and shiv ering with mors than bodily cold. There was a kind of namelees terror stealing over her as she sat thinking of the year ago when the Inmates o f three and impatient, aba could not remain quiet graves across the meadow were there be ly at the cottage— while at Alkenside, neath that very roof where she now sat a km. she longed to return again to her home, and in this way the time wore on, “ IT strike a light,” she said, rising to until the anniversary of that day when her feet and trying not to glance at the she had come from New York and found shadowy corners filling her with fear. Guy waiting for her at the station. To The lamp was found, and its friendly stay that day in the house so rlfa with beams soon dispersed the darkness from memories of the dead was impossible, and the corners and the fear from Maddy’s Flora was surprised :ind delighted to hear heart, but it could not. drive from her that both were going up to Aikenside in mind thoughts of what might at that mo the vehicle hired o f Earner Green, whose ment be transpiring at Aikenside. I f the son officiated as driver. It was nearly bride and groom came at all that night, noon when they reached their destination, she knew they must have been there for meeting at the gate with Flora’s brother an hour or more, end in ^ancy ehe saw the Tom . who said to them: tired, but happy, Lucy, as up in her pleas “ W e’ve beard from Mr. Guy; Hie ship ant room she made her toilet for dinner, la in ; they’ll be here sure to-night, and with Guy standing by and looking on just Mrs. Noah is turnin’ things upside down as be had a right to do. Did he smile with the dinner.” approvingly upon his young wife? Did Leaning hack in the buggy, Maddg felt his eye, when It rested on her, light np fo r a moment as if she were dying. Never, with the same expression she had seen until then, had she realised how, all the so often when it looked at her? Did be while, she had been clinging to an inde commend her taste and say his little finable hope, a presentiment that some wife was beautiful, as he kissed her fair, thing might yet occur to spare her from white cheek, or waa there a cloud upon a long lifetime o f pain, such as lay be his handsome face, a shadow on hia heart, fore her if Guy were really lost; but the heavy with thoughts o f her, and would he babble had burst, leaving her nothing to rather it were Maddy there in the bridal hope, nothing to din g to, nothing but room? I f vo, his burden waa hard indeed, Mack despair; and half bewildered she but not so bard aa hers, and kneeling on received the noisy greeting of Jessie, who the floor, poor Maddy laid her head in the mat her at the door and dragged her into chair, and, 'mid piteous moans, asked God the -drawing room, decorated with flowers to help them both to bear their lot. from Hie hothouse, told her to guess who The prayer ended, Maddy still sat upon was coming. the floor, while over her pale face the “ I know; Tom told me; Guy. is coming lamplight faintly flickered, showing the with Lucy,” Maddy answered, and reliev dark lines beneath her eyes and the tears ing herself from Jessie, she turned to stains on her cheek. Without, the storm Agnes, asking where Mrs. Noah was and still was raging, and the wintry rain, min i f she might go to her. gled with sleet and snow, beat piteously “ Oh, Maddy, child. I’ m sorry you’ ve against the curtained windows, while the come to-day,” Mrs. Noah said, as she wind howled mournfully aa i f khook the chafed Maddy’s cold hands, and leading door and sweeping past the cottage went her to the fire, made her sit down. ecreaining over the hill. Bnt Maddy heard “ I did not know It, or I should have nothing o f the tumult. She had brought stayed away,” Maddy replied; “ I shall a pillow, from the bedroom, and placing not stay, as it ia. I cannot see them to it upon the chair, sat down again upon day. Charlie will drive me back before the floor and rested her bead upon it. the train is due; but what did he say? She did not even know that her pet cat And how is Lucy?” had crept ip beside her, purring content “ He did not mention her. There’s the edly and occasionally licking her hair, dispatch,” and Mrs. Noah handed to Mad much less did she hear above the storm dy the telegram received that morning, the swift tread of horses’ feet as some and which was simply as follow s: one came dashing down the road, the rider “ The steamer is here. Shall be at sta pausing an instant as he caught a glimpse tion at five o'clock p. m. of the cottage lamp and then hurrying ^ “ G U Y R E M IN G T O N ,” on to the public house beyond, where the Twice Maddy read It over, experienc hostler frowned moodily at being called ing much the same feeling she would have out to care for a stranger’s horse, the experienced had it been her death warrant stranger meanwhile turning back afoot she was reading. to where the cottage lamp shone, a bea “ A t five o’clock. I must go before that,” con light through the inky darkness. The she said, sighing as she remembered how, stranger reached the little gate and, un one year ago that day, she was traveling doing the fastening, went hurrying up the over the_ very route where Guy was now walk, bis step upon the agackling snow traveling* with his bride. Did he think catching Maddy's ear at last and making o f it? Think of his long waiting at the her wonder who could be coming there depot, or of that memorable ride, the on such a night as this. It was probably events of which grew more and more dis Charlie Green, she said, and with a feel tinct in her memory, making her cheeks ing of impatience at being intruded upon burn even now as she recalled his many she arose to her feet just as the door acts of tender care. turned upon its hinges, letting in a pow Laying the telegram on the table, she erful draught of wind, which extinguished went with Mrs. Noab through the rooms, the lamp and left her in total darkness. warmed and made ready for the bride, lin But it did not matter. Maddy had gering longest in Lucy’s, which the bridal «u g h t s sound, a peculiar cough, which decorations and the bright fire biasing in froxe the blood in her veina and made her the grate made singularly inviting. As quake with terror quite as much as if the yet, there were no flowers there, and footsteps hurrying toward her bad been Maddy claimed the privilege of arranging the footsteps of the dead, instead of be thenf for this room herself. Agnes bad longing, as she knew they did, to Gu y, almost stripped the conservatory; but Remington— Guy, who, with garments sat Maddy found enough to form a most taste urated with rain, felt for her in the dark ful bouquet, which she placed upon a ness, found her where from faintness she marble dressing table; then within a slip had crouched again beside the chair, drew o f paper which she folded across the top, her closely to him, in a passionate!] almost she wrote: "Welcome to the bride.” painful, hug, and said, oh ! so tenderly ; “ They both will recognise my handwrit “ Maddy, my darling, my own 1 We in g; they'll know I ’ve been here,” the will never be parted again ” thought, as with one long, last look at the room, she iralked away. > C H A PTE R X X III. They were laying the table for dinneia Hours had gone by, and the clock hands now, and with a kind of dissy, uncertain feeling, Maddy watched the servants har pointed to twelve, ere Maddy compelled rying to and fro, bringing out the choicest herself to bear the story Guy bad come china, and the glittering silver, in honor to tall. Hhe had thrust him from her at o f the bride. Comparatively, it was not drat, speaking to him of Lucy, his wife, long since a little, frightened, homesick and Guy had answered her back: " I have girl, she first sat down with Guy at that no wife— I never had one. Lory is in table, from which the proud Agnes would heaven.” and that was all Maddy knew bavu banished her; but it seemed to her until the great shock had spent itself an age, so much o f happiness and pain In tears and sobs, which became almost had come to her since then. There was convulsions aa she tried to realise the fact , a place for her there now, a place near that Lucy Atheratone was dead; tha(*the G u y; hut she Should not fill It. She bridal robe about which she had written, and she astonished Agnes with girlish frankness, proved to be her JraaU, just aa they were going to shroud, and that her head that aigbt was toilet, by announcing not pillowed on Gay’s arm, bat was rest ....... ............................. fng under English turf and beaaath aa English A y . Hhe could listen at last, bat her breath came in pantiug gaspa; while Guy told her how, on the very morning o f the bridal, Isicy had greeted him With her usual bright amile, appearing and looking better than he had before seen her look since be reached her mother's home; how for an hour they sat together alone ia a little room sacred to her, because years before it was there be confessed his love. Seated on a low Ottoman, with her golden head lying on his lap, aha had that morning told him, In her artlras way, how much she loved him, and how hard it sometimes was to make her lova for the F a ttin g v » I l i a « * creature second to her love for t4* Cre- tU n y mak, tha mistake o f • t o r ; told kirn she was not faultless, and _____ asked that when he found hoV erring *? ° o i T T l and weak she was. he would bear with bar A: , W ,n A ™ . frailties a. she would bear with hla; A f f r l ^ t a r i s t A t th l. sta g , there la talked with hhn, too, of Maddy Clyde, » 1,r* » r percentage o f ywater, and the confessing in a »oft, low tone, how once when taken out has a large or twice a pang of jealousy had wrung amount o f add, leaa starch and auger her heart when she read hia praises o f hi* 1 and hence la leaa nutritious. Corn pupil. Rut she had conquered that; she 1 planted In drills with stalks eight to had prayed it all away; and b o w next ten Inches apart w ill mature a good to her own sister, she loved Maddy Clyde, proportion o f Other words, too were spoken— words of H arvesting should not begin until guileless, pure affection, too aacrad even ih for Guy to breathe to Maddy: and then a" pa“ In* r° a" t‘ ng Lucy had left him her hart-bounding atep and be* ln, to *}***■ the season echoing through the hall and up the wind- *• •*CeptlonaIly dry the stalks and ing stairs down which she never came I ' eaTe* w ill remain green, but too ma- agaln alive, for when Guy next looked ture Or dry corn la more liable to upon her she was lying white as a water mold. This may be found in spots lily, her neck and dress and golden hair around the aldea or more generally ■talned with the pale red life current over the allow herever the air has gain oosing from her livid lips. A blood vessel ed accesa to cause the fungous growth. had been suddenly ruptured, the physi Th is condition may be improved by cian aaid, and for her, the fair, young tramping the m aterial carefu lly In the bride, there was. no hope. They told her silo, adding w ater by sprinkling with the must die, for the mother would have them tell her. Once, for a few momenta, a hose, or i f thla ta not avalable di there rested on her face a fearfully fright rect a stream o f w ater into the blower ened look; such aa a harmless bird might or elevator sufficient to saturate the wear when suddenly caught in a soar«. cut fodder. Thla moisture assists the But that aoon passed away as from be material to settle and acts as a anal neath the closed eyelids the great tears to keep out the air. came gushing, and the stained lips whis There should be labor and pered fa in tly: “ God knowa beat. Poor enough to keep the cutter running Guy i-—break it gently to him.” steadily. Nothing is gained by cutting A t this point In the story Gay brokt down entirely, sobbing as only strong men s large amount o f corn beforehand, hauling and piling near the machine can sob. “ Maddy.” he said, “1 felt like a heart to be handled over again. Aim to har less wretch— a most consummate hypo vest at the least expense a ton. This standing by Lucy’s side, I mat w ill b a a c c nmpHaher t a a f ollows : the fond, pitying glance of her bine eye*, hand cutting is practiced, cut and hand and suffered her poor little hand td part directly to the man loading, not throw my hair aa she tried to comfort even ing on the ground in bundles, which though every word she uttered was Short w ill require an extra handling. Let ening her life ; tried to comfort me, the each load come to the table o f the ma wretch who was there so unwillingly, and chine in turn, handling the corn direct who at thia prospect of release hardly ly to the feeder. I f the corn is long knew at first, whether he was more aorry than pleased. You may well start from and heavy an extra man Is needed on me in horror, Maddy. I was just the the table to assist Pow er should be ample and in pro wretch I describe; but I overcame it, Maddy. and heaven is my witness that no portion to the else o f the cutter. Th e thought of you intruded itself upon me blower is replacing the elevator ma afterward as I stood by my dying Lacy— chine, economising space and largely gentle, patient, loving to the last. I saw doing aw ay with the stopping o f an how good, how sweet she was, and some entire crew to repair the elevator. I f thing of the old love, the boy love, came the corn Is heavy and the stalk larg* back to me, aa I held her in my arms, cutting in h alf inch to one inch pieces where she wished to be. I would have w ill have the tendency to partially saved her if I could; and when I called her ‘my darling Lacy,’ they were not idle shred the stalk, and there w ill be no words. I kissed her many times far my butts refused by the animals. Teh material in the silo should be self, and once, Maddy, for yon. 8he told me to. She whispered: ’ Kiss me, Guy, kept level and well trampled, especial for Maddy Clyde. Tell her I ’d rather she ly around the sides o f the alio, and It should take my place than anybody else pays to have sufficient help fo r this — rather my Guy should call her wife— work. W here considerable silage la for I know she will not be jealous If you put up It pays to have a corn harvast- sometimes talk of your dead Lacy, sad I know she will help lead my boy to that blessed home where sorrow never cornea.’ That was the last she ever spoke, and when the sun went down death had claim ed my bride. * She died in my arms, Mad dy. I saw her buried from my sight, and then, Maddy, I started borne; thoughts o f you and thoughts o f Lucy blended equal ly together until Aikenside waa reached. I talked with Mrs. Noah; I heard all of you there was to tell, and then I talked with Agnes, who was not greatly surpris ed, and did not oppose my coming her# to-night. I could not remain there, knowing you were alone. In the bridal chamber I found your bouquet, with its ’ Welcome to the bride.’ Maddy, you must be that bride. Lucy sanctioned it, and the doctor, too, for I told him all. Hia own wedding was. o f course, deferred,, and he did not come home with me, but he « i d : T e ll Maddy not to wait. Life ia too short to waste any happiness. Site has my blessing.’ And, Maddy, it must be so. Aikenside needs a mistress; yon are all alone. Yon ara mine— mine for n u o r a t h e suo. ever.” The storm had died away, and the er and binder, which economizes hand moonbeams stealing through the window labor. The accompanyln- Illustration told that morning was breaking, but shows part o f the outfit used at the neither Guy nor Maddy heeded the lapao N ew Jersey experiment station In fill of time. TTieirs was a sad kind of hap ing the allo fo r fa ll and winter feed. piness a* they talked together, and could Th e source o f power fo r running the Lucy have listened to them she would have felt satisfied that she was not for- •Bitter and blower ia a gasoline engine. gotten. One long, bright curl, cut from her bead by his own hand, was all them was left of her to Guy, save the hal lowed memories of her purity and good ness— memories which would yet mold tko proud, impulsive Guy into the earnest, consistent Christian which Lucy in her life had desired that he should bp, and which Maddy rejoiced to see him.’’' (T h e End.) A v o id in g ; W n etn e. Th e first great lesson to be learned la to avoid waste. W aste has been the cprse o f agriculture. W hy pay taxes on land that la not farm ed? W hy only h a lf cultivate the fields and so waste both land and labor W hy waste time and capital in raising Inferior antnials? W h y ' waste money In buying what should be raised on the farm ? W hy waste energy In trying to do more than H e ld l a R e s e r v e . Peppery Colonel (a t the club card any one man can do right? On many ta b le)— Good heavens, s ir ! Haven’t farm s there la waste in a thousand ways, and no wonder that to some you got a black suit? The small Irrepressible Bub— Yes, s ir ; but I ’m “ farm ing doea not pay.” saving It fo r your funeral. — Londo* details most be looked after, and no farm should be larger than wbat can Punch. be properly attended ta A D eed One. “ Apparently,” aald Hubbubs, “tbS T :34 la late thla morning.” “ Worse than that,” replied the sta tton agent. “ I ’m afraid It’s the ‘lata lamented 7 :34.’ There’s been a wreck up the road.” — Philadelphia Press. B eat O r e f i l e s W e i. Th e follow in g la claimed to b# the best graftin g wax, by an old orchard- lst who la ys Me has tried a great many ; T o four pounds o f rosin and one o f beeswax add one pint o f linseed e l l ; put in an iron pot. heat slowly and m ix ; poor Into cold w ater and pull He K new . ” 8ay. paw,” queried little Tommy ■uitll it assumes a light color. W ork •«to sticks, and put Into a cool place Toddle«, “ what Is the bone o f contaa u t i l wanted. Some prefer linseed oil tlo o r to animal fa t fo r gra ftin g wax. “ Th e Jawbone, my son,” answered tks old man, with a aide glance at bis w lfg M m * n fo r th e O s H m . L et the barnyard manure fo r the gar H is L i t e r a r y B e n t. den be well rotted If It ie desired to cul The Maid— Young Bprlgga, the podi; tivate it Into the soil early in the Is aw fu lly round shonldered, l n ’ t hat spring; hat if coarse, green manure nas Th e Man— Y e s ; tbat’a bla literary to be used, scatter broadcast daring the b ea t winter, and rake np or mulch part o f It before plants are set In *>r!ng. O f I t ia estimated that there are 2,801% bourse, this applies to ground O u t has 000 dogs in G reat Britain. ■ m b plowed the past falL • i t s fa r P n K r r , “ Bran (a an excel loot food for poul try In all stages o f growth aa well as fo r laying bena. One great point la Its fa vo r la Its cheapness. It ooutalna a larger proportion o f lime than any other food at the price, add lime la essential to growth o f bone, muscles and feather«, as well as the formation o f shells fo r eggs. Lim e which Is found In food fo r ootne reason 1« much more easily assimilated than in the form o f oyster shell and. the like. W heat la a most excellent poultry food, hut the high price prohibits many from using It freely. Bran and clo ver used In connection w ith oats w ill produce aa good results. Clover an^ a lfa lfa are rich In lime and should ha had at all times In the green state when poaaible and In the form o f well- cured hay the rest o f the year. Cut a lfa lfa and bran may be fad In the form o f a mash. Skim milk la an Ideal thing to moisten It with. Fowls, how ever, w ill consume quantities o f bran dry fed from a self-feeder and they eat a lfa lfa or clover hay freely from the stack or m an ger., ' “ Bran may be used mixed with the cut grain n the self-feeder and per haps this la the most convenient form o f all In which to use If. “ Some o f the most valuable food properties contained In the wheat are le ft In the bran and Its food ralue for poultry la not fn lly appreciated by many poultry raiser* or w e would see more o f them using’ it In the ration. I f you feed bran, clover and a lfa lfa you need on oyster shell and very little cut bone or lean meat. In fact a flock w ill get on and yield lots o f eggs wtth- ou any attempt to furnish meat i f the bran and a lfa lfa ia fed.“ — Poultry Topics. O vcnkM (o r Horse* undoubtedly require an over shoe when the ground Is snowy and coated w ith Ice as much so aa the average human be- ing. — Drivers,— al though anxious to protect horses from Injury by falling; have been unable to procure practi cal and satlsfac- t o r y overshoes. Those made o f rub- ber prevent the horse from dtp- STBAFS ON HOOT. ping, bnt they wear out no quickly their coat is prohibitive. In the illustration la shown one which fitted to serve the purpose. fltl a Massachusetts man. It ia made along sim ilar lines to the “ gripper” chain placed on automobile ties. Th e tread ia formed o f a num ber o f metallic links. When the over shoe, is adjusted on the foot the links intervene between the hoof and the ground, affording a firm grip. This overshoe need not necessarily be worn on the horse all the time, bnt In case o f andden freese can be quickly ad justed In position and removed when desired. DC WEEKLY (v s / v ^ y w v s A / v 125*— The Alhambra, a famous Moorish palace near Granada, founded by Mohammed I. 1651— First school opened in New Eng land for instruction of Indian chil dren. \ 1781— First issue o f the South Carolina Qesette* at Charleston. 1750— George Waehington married to Martha Cnatia. 1765— Stamp act passed the British P a r liament 1775— First provincial assembly of Sooth Carolina met at Charleston. ,1777— Elisabethtown, N. J „ evacuated by the British. 1778— Lafayette railed from Boston to aid Franc» in her war with Eng land. 1781— French attack on Jersey. 1788— First national election held in tho United States. 1791— Vermont adopted the Constitution. 1783— First balloon ascension In Amer ica made by Francois Blanchard. 1800— Cape at flonH H/i|« t«k «ii h f the English. . . . Public funeral in Loo- don to Lord Nelson. 1808— Congress urged drastic measures to enforce embargo act. 1811— New Orleans militia called oat ta suppress negro Insurrection. 1815— British defeated at battle o f New Orleans. 1816— Safety lamp. Invented by 81r Humphrey Davy, first used in coal T mine. . n— —-7 1820— Large part o f Savannah, Os., de stroyed by j fire. 1840— Henry D. Gilpin o f Pennsylvania’ became Attorney General of United States. 1848— Insurrection at Messina. 1852— Laval university at Quebec o p «» ed. 1858— The Victoria nugget, weighing 28 pounds, sent by Australia as a pres ent to Quean Victoria. 1861— Jefferson Davis of Mississippi spoke in justification of secession... Mississippi seceded from the Union. 1868—The Alabama sank the United States steamer Uatteras. 1867— Movement to impeach President Johnson began In the House. B a s a lt o f C o ra B n c S I a s . 1870— Postcards first introduced into From numerous experiments made England. , in Wisconsin there has been developed 1872— Congress arranged to iasue 1 emit a strain o f white dent corn which postal cards. • grows on a very short, thick-aet stalk, 1874— Statue o f the prince consort on- and which matures a good-sized ear, veiled in London by the Prince o f and the ears run remarkably uniform. Wales. Th e growth centers In the ear rather 1883— United 8tates Senate passed a than in producing a big stalk at the presidential succession bill. expense o f a small ear. A fte r four 1888— Many livea lost in terrific snow years o f careful, persistent work, there storm in the Northwest. are numerous corn fields In Southern 1801— International monetary conference and Central Wisconsin which w ill i met at Washington. yield 60 to 80 bushels per acre, a n d ' 1883— Last spike driven in Great Nqrth- 100 bushels have been reported several era extension to the Pacific coast. times. $uch results coming from a State which s few years ago was con w * u * F i r s t t a K a r r s t. sidered out o f the corn belt demon An Egyptian papyrus over 2,000 yeart strate what corn breeding w ill accom old, which has been brought to the Toledo plish when carried on along sensible (O h io) Museum of A rt with other an tiquities, is found to be of exceptional im lines. portance, as it establishes the date of tho reign o f a Pharaoh hitherto unknown and C lo v e r a o 4 P o M e r . Clover and corn furnish a fodder throws light on the condition of woman ration that can not easily be improved in the fourth century, B. C. The name upon fo r d airy cows. T w o factors of the writer who signs thia papyrus ia should be taken into account when de found on another documenut in Strasburg university, which bears a definite date, termining the amount o f grain to feed. consequently hia reference to tht Pharaoh One Is the extent to which clover o r , Kahabbasha places the reign of that Pha a lfa lfa is fed, and the second to the raoh in the year 341 B. C. It also con production o f the cow. Th e rule with firma the statement o f the Greek historia a some Is to feed one pound o f grain for Diodorus, of the first century B. G„ ray every three pounds o f milk produced. ing that women were «sore important in When clover or a lfa lfa form a large the social scale of Egypt than men and part o f the ration it would seem rea that they formerly dictated terms in mar sonable to suppose that a less quantity riage. Since Diodorus no evidence had o f grain would suffice than the amounts Seen found substantiating hia statement. named. ____• N e w D I m i m o f H a n « . t A new and destructive disease of horse» C k w p F e r t lllla g . gome o f the best farm s la the feast —new, that is, to thia continent— baa have been prougbt to the highest de been discovered in western Pennsylvania. It is epiaootic lymphangitis, and the State gree o f fe r t ilit y by the use o f c lo ver,■ veterinary department ia taking every pos lime spd manure. Th e fanners who sible means to stamp out the disease be have accomplished such results have fore It has caused great loan to horse aimed to save every pound o f manure, owners throughout the State. and also to preserve it In the beat Thia disease haa been known for a long manner. Lim e la used extensively by time in India, China, Japan and the those who know that Htne is an essen Philippine Islands, and more recently in- tial Ingredient o f plants, and also be South Africa. From South Africa it waa cause It lo excellent for. Increasing tbs carried, after the Boer war, to England clover crop. Clover enriches the land and Inland, where the British Board o f Agriculture haa been combating It active by promoting the supply o f nitrogen in ly for several years. When or by what the soil, hence lime and clover make agency It reached Pennsylvania haa not an excellent combination. been discovered. About 40 hones deemed incurable have W l r * > W l s l l * g M s e h la e . been destroyed. The others are In quar The fram e o f this wire-winding ma antine. The disease is a dangerous on# chine is constructed o f 2x4 lumber, f and hard to combat. feet by 2 feet 5 Inches. Standards fo r la e M M o* P a r o lin g B ora. The Society for the Prevention o f Cruelty to Children at New York re ports that 80 per cent of the 1,487"boys and girls accused of various offenses and paroled during 1907 have mended their vaya. __________________ in » ..« bolding shaft, 2 feet 10 « for holding w ire spool li 3 foot 6 Inches long with crank. For wheals, swill- c - «* wheels w ill d a T h e F a lla res a f 1807. Dun's Agency reports a total of 11,728 commercial failures during 1907, rapre 1167,885,225 of iadebtednera de fau|t(Hit u compared with 10,682 failnras year and 1118,201,514 la the pr liabilities. i V