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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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in
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bolding shaft, 2 feet 10
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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.
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