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Three years are an important period,
but in the middle of existence their weight
It less perceptible. They seemed to have
passed very lightly over the small phase
o f existence working itself out unheeded
by the world in the drawing»room where
we last saw Agnes Winter, and where
we now find her again.
The room as unchanged, and the Agnes
W inter dwelling therein was the same
woman. The same strong, finished grace
attended her movements, but her eyes
lacked repose. They were the eyes of
one who has waited and waited In vain.
None need search very far afield to find
such eyes as now looked ap nervously to­
ward the door at the sound of the large,
old-fashioned bell pealing in the basement.
“ Who is that?" said Agnes Winter to
beraelf. “ Who can that be?”
She rose and set one or two things in
order about the room, and after glancing
at the clock, stood motionless with her
tired eyes fixed on the door, listening in­
tently. While she stood there the door
was opened, and the maid announced:
“ Mr. Easton."
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Matthew. Mark Easton came into the
room immediately afterward. He shook
' ’bands rather awkwardly, as one sees a
man go through the ceremony whose fin-
gw * ate Injured.
' “ How do you do. Miss Winter?1
" he
said, gravely.
“ W ell," she said in a sharp, unsteady
voice, • ignoring his question, “ what news
hare you?"
“ I have no news o f the ship. Miss Win-
ter.” he replied.
“ Tell me,” she said, “ what you have
done."
“ I have," he said, “ explored every yard
o f the coast from the North Cape to the
Tana river.”
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“ And why did you stop at the Tana
river?" asked the lady, with an air of
knowing her ground.
“ I will tell you afterward,” he said:
“ when Miss Grace is with you— if— If
she does not object to my presence.”
8he drew writing materials toward her
and w rote: “ Mr. Easton is here; come at
once.” She read it aloud, and, ringing
thf bell, dispatched the note.
“ I presume,” said Easton, slowly, “ that
the admiral is still with us?”
“ Yes; he is alive and well. Helen is—
you will find her a little changed.”
He raised his eyes to her face. His
glance was as quick as ever, but his eyes
did not twinkle now ; they were grave,
and the rapidity 'of their movement, be­
ing deprived of brightness, was almost
furtive.
Then they sat waiting, until
the silence became oppressive. Suddenly
ISaston spoke with a return of the quaint,
narrative manner which she remember­
ed as characteristic.
“ One evening,” he said, “ as we were
steaming down the Baltic last week— a
dull warm evening, Tuesday, I guess— I
was standing at the stern rail with my
arms beneath my chin, when something
— fell upon my sleeve. I looked at it curi­
ously, for I had not seen such a thing for
years. It was a tear— most singular! I
feel like crying now, Miss W inter; I
should like to sit down on that low chair
in the corner there and— cry. There are
some disappointments that come like the
disappointments of childhood— when it
rained on one’s birthday and put a stop
to the picnic.”
Miss Winter said nothing. She merely
sat in her gracious, attentive attitude and
looked at him with sympathetic eyes.
“ It shows,” he continued, presently,
“ how entirely one may be mistaken in
one's own destiny. I never should have
considered myself to be the sort of per­
son into whose 'life a catastrophe was in­
tended to break.”
* Ske>still f l o w e d him to continue, and
after a pa use he took advantage of her
silence.
“ Some men." he went on, "expect te
have othex' livts qpon their consciences—
but their own lives are more or less at
equal stake, and the risk is allowed for
In their salary, or is supposed to be. I
have thirty lives set down on the debt
side of my account, and some of those
lives are chips off my own.”
“ Thirty?” questioned Miss Winter.
“ There were qply eighteen men on board
— all told.”
“ Yes ; but ’ there were others. I shall
tell you when.' Miss Grace comes. It is
not a story that one cares to relate more
often than inecessary.”
In a few moments they heard the sound
o f the front door bell. Easton rose from
his Seat. lie did not go toward the door,
but stood in the middle of the room, look­
ing rather breathlessly toward Miss W in­
ter. She it was who moved to the door,
going out to the bead of the stairs to
meet Helen.
“ Dear,” he heard her say, and her voice
was smooth and sweet, “ Mr. Easton is
here: he has come back.”
There was no answer, and a moment
later Helen Grace stood before him. As
he took the hand she stretched out to
him with an air almost of bravado, be
•aw at once the difference hinted at by
Miss Winter. It lay in the expression
o f her face, it hovered in her eyes. It is
to be seen in most ball rooms, and the
> faces carrying it are usually beautiful.
The striking chsracteristic of such wom­
en is their impregnability.
“ I am glad, Miss Grace,” Easton said,
“ that you* have done me the honor of cotn-
Ing.”
And she smiled exactly as he expected
— the hard, inscrutable “ society” smile,
which never betrays and Is never infee-'
tious. She did not, however, trust her­
self s6 far as to/ speak. There was si­
lence fo r a moment— such a silence and
•ucb a moment as leave their mark upon
the entire life. Easton breathed hard.
H e had no doubt at that time that he
was bringing to each of these women
news of the man she loved.
C H A P T E R X X V III.
“ It is a long story ” he said. “ W ill
you sit down?”
Both obeyed him so mechanically and
mo rapidly that he had no time to prepare
bis words, and he hesitated.
“ I have to tell you,” he said, “ that
there is no news o f the ship. She sailed
from London three year/ and seven
months ago.
She was sighted by the
whaler Martin on the third of May, three
a r s i s « Notes C allin g the Wicked te
Rsi
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H E roving life
seldom l i g h t s
yn tbe gold I of
life.
T b e beet time
to repent Is be-
for you commit.
It takes more
than acquittal to
l w * r « v l a g L i f t Sto ck.
make
a
clean
The best families o f horses, whether
h eart
There la noth­ thoroughbred runners or trotters, were
ing m o r e elo­ produced from a few selected ancestors,
■inbreeding being
largely
practiced.
quent than silent Industry.
Breeding close to the Messenger blood,
T b e worst pert o f any trouble la wait­
through Hambletonlan, baa certainly
ing fo r I t
Increased the speed o f our trotters, and,
There Is none o f tbe music o f heaven admitting that the instinct o f trotting
In a holy tone.
has been more firmly Impressed, yet
Only tbe amlle that la rooted bears there la a much larger proportion of
fruits of refreshing.
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failures, compared with the success at­
There’s a world o f difference between tained, i f the fact is considered that
the number o f tbe whole is many times
wishing and willing.
greater than that o f half a century
No man ever succeeded In' preaching
ago. The form o f the trotter, as well
truth by acting a lie.
as that o f the thoroughbred, shows
You lose force with men a t soon la
plainly tbe work o f lubreedlng, for
you lose faith In them.
while the spirit and will force have
T b e fiercest fighting may be but the been increased, It baa required an oc­
polishing o f the crowns.
casional Infusion o f new blood (not,
T b e world is not lighted by burning however, altogether foreign) to retain
the caudle at both ends.
the atamlna so essential to roadsters.
T b e preacher who la anxious for pop­ The thoroughbred runner o f to-day la
largely Indebted to Dtomed, Sir Archy,
ularity loses his power.
Gleucoe and Lexington for Improve­
A man’s Judgment o f others Is often
ment In endurance and speed.
an Indictment o f himself.
T b e mutton breeds o f sheep are now
Every great talent has come out of
capable o f producing specimens exceed­
many a furnace-like triaL
ing 400 pounds live weight, with also
The w orldly Christian w ill never an increase in length o f wool and
make the Christian world.
weight o f fleece, while the beet meri­
Education la alw ays deficient so long nos can shear over thirty pounds.
as it can see n terminus.
Every decade baa witnessed the
breaking
o f “records” among all classes
W ealth la a matter o f appreciation
of animals, which la the best evidence
rather than o f acquisition.
that Improvement Is rapid, much o f
Complacency la often complacently
tbe success being due to Inbreeding, a
mistaken for consecration.
system that Is unsafe unless practiced
You cannot prove your holiness by by one w h o fully understands the se­
putting your bead into heaven.
lection at tbe choicest Individuals, their
H e to whom succeea la the soul o f all adaptation to circumstances, and tbe ob­
w ill not find success in his souk
jects sought to be accomplished.
years ago, in the Greenland Sea. sine*
when there is no word of her. It is tho
opinion of all the experts whom I have
consulted that the vessel was crushed by
Ice. Her crew and her officers have per­
ished.”
“ You give us,” said Miss Winter, “ the
opinion o f others. What is your own?”
“ Mine?” he sal«L. after a pause. “ Mine
is the same. There is no reason to sup­
pose— there Is no hope whatever.”
“ But I have something else to tell you
— something which is not a matter of
conjecture. But first I must ask you to
— assure me that it goes no further. It
must be a secret sacred to ourselves, for
It is the secret of two men who— well,
who know more than we do now.”
“ O f course,” said Miss Winter.
“ O f coarse,” echoed Helen.
He went on at once, as if anxious to
show his perfect reliance in their discre­
tion.
‘ ‘.This expedition.” he said, “ was not
dispatched to discover the northeast pas­
sage. It had quite another purpose.
There is a political side to the question.
A t present the history of this generation
is not yet dry— it is like a freshly written
page, and one cannot yet determine what
will stand out upon it when ail the writ­
ing is equally developed. But there is a
huge blot, which will come out very black­
ly in the hereafter. When this century
is history, all the world will wonder why
Europe was so blind to the Internal con­
dition of its greatest. I mean Russia. 1
have given more than half my life to
this question, and Tyars— he knew a lot
about it.
Together we worked out a
scheme for aiding the escape of a num­
ber of the most gifted nihilists— men and
women— who had been exiled to Siberia,
who were dragging out a miserable felon’s
existence at the mines for no other crime
than the love of their own country. Our
Intention was not political; !t was hu­
mane. Tyars and I clubbed together and
supplied the funds. I was debarred from
going— forbidden by the doctors— please
never forget that. But Tyars was the
The blessings that nourish a living
best man for the purpose to be found
F m d t p * Glwtcm H n t
anywhere, and his subordinate officer. Os- tree work the decay o f a dead one.
Gluten feed la very valuable in tbe
The emerged tithe will do a lot to
win Grace, was evep better than Tyars !n
d a ir y ; rich In protein and something o f
his position. A rendezvous was fixed at solve the problem o f tbe submerged
which the stock are very fond, it can
the mouth of the Yana river, and a data tenth.
be profitably used i f handled rig h tly ;
was named. Three Russians were dis­
Many women forget that It takes
on
tbe other hand there is opportunity
patched from London to aid In the es­ more than a perfect house to make a
to feed it extravagantly aa w ell as
cape. They did their share. The party home.
to feed so much o f it that tbe cows
arrived at the spot fixed, but the ship—
the Argo— never reached them. I have
w ill be injured. It should be invaria­
been there. I have seen the dead bodies
bly fed with some other grain, and If
of nine men— one of whom, Sergius Pav- I
STRANGE CARGOES.
other concentrated foods are used It
loski, I knew— lying there. They seemed
Is better not to feed the gluten dally.
to be waiting for the great Assize, when
If, however, bran is used to a consid­
judgment shall be given.”
During a journey from Peking to erable extent tbe gluten feed may be
He stopped somewhat suddenly, with
a jerk, as a man stops in the narration Kalgau, In China, tbe author o f “ Round safely made a part o f tbe dally ration.
of something which has left an inefface­ About My Peking Garden” was favored W hile gluten meal Is frequently fed
able pain in his life. A fter a little pause by a most extraordinary sight, which w ith ground corn and cob meal, and
he returned to the table and slowly folded she describes as fo llow s:
fed Inexpensively In this way, we pre­
the rugged maps. The manner in which
Just as w e turned the corner by a fe r to use It with cornmeal and bran,
he did so betrayed an intimate knowledge beautiful temple, w e came upon a great abont three pounds o f gluten meal to
of each frayed corner; but the movements company o f men, carrying what seemed two pounds each o f the bran and corn-
of his fingers were stiff and awkward.
to me the most unheard-of cargo, each meal, giving, o f course, a liberal quan­
Helen was watching him.
“ And you,” she inquired gently; “ you man two eagles! A ll, men and eagles tity o f roughage. As gluten produces
alike, w ere seated upon tbe ground considerable body heat, and more when
have endured great hardships?”
He folded the maps and placed them when w e first caught sight o f them, and fed In conjunction w ith cornmeal. It
in the breast pocket of his coat.
M the men said they w ere taking tbe Is essentially, a valuable w inter feed,
“ Yes,” he answered, without meeting birds Into Mongolia to recover their bat Is best cut out o f the summer ra­
her eyes, " I have had a bad time of it.” plumage, and that they were kept In tion.
They waited, but he said nothing more. Peking fo r the purpose o f making eagle
H a a i f S a lt B o s .
That was the history of the last two
feather fan s; but other people told us
years. Presently Helen Grace rose to go.
This bandy salt box can be put up
She appeared singularly careless of de­ afterw ard that the birds were being against the abed, and cattle can get
tails. Part of the news she had learned taken to catch bares and other game aalt at w ill. T b e salt w ill he out o f
was old, the remainder was too fresh to fo r tbelr masters, and possibly also to the weather, and there w ill be no trou­
comment upon. She kissed Miss Winter, catch more eagles. Probably both stories
ble o f salting the cattle every few days.
shook bands with Matthew Mark Easton, were correct, and both agreed that the
Th
e box should be made IS Inches wide,
and quickly left the room.
whole party was to come back In De­
“ I always felt,” said Miss Winter mus­ cember. Only one very big eagle was 24 inches long, 12 Inches deep In front
ingly, "that something was being conceal­ hooded, and I'w a s able to walk In and and 16 Inches in tbe back, so that the
ed from us.”
t
lid w ill have enough fall to shut Itself
out among them and look at them close­
when released. The lid should extend
“ A t one time I thought you knew all
ly ; 'but when I asked If It were safe
four Inches over the box fo r n cow to
about it. You once warned us against
to stroke one, tbe men exclaimed In
the Russian minister.”
get hold on. A notch should be cut
8hf* thought' for some moments, recall­ horror, ‘T h e y eat flesh!”
four Inches deep In front o f the box
Presently tbe men got up and went
ing the incident.
( a ) , so that when a cow smells the
“ Yes,” she said at length, “ I remember. off, carrying their burdens, about forty
box she w ill smell salt and 'tic k her
It was the merest accident. I suspected very large eagles and forty smaller
tongue In the notch ( a ) and lick It. By
nothing.” — ,
ones. Tbe smaller birds sat each u [> od
“ Concealment,” pleaded the ‘ American, a basket dangling from the man’s shoul­
“ was absolutely necessary. It made no der pole. Each basket was apparently
difference to tbe expedition, neither add­ full o f something or other, I could not
ed to the danger nor detracted from it. see w h at; but tbe larger eagles sat on
But I did not want Miss Grace and your­
the poles at the other end, and It was
self to think that these two men had
thrown away their lives in attempting amusing to see them turning round and
such a futile achievement as the northeast balancing themselves and generally set­
passage.
They were better men than tling themselves comfortably before set­
that.”
ting off.
The men seemed not to have the
She smiled a little wearily.
“ No one will ever suspect,” she said; least anxiety lest these fierce creature*
“ for .even now that you have told me the with their powerful beaks, should each
HANDT SALT BOX.
story I can scarcely realize that it la take a nip out o f the cheek nearest
true. It sounds like some tale of by-gone them as they went along.
pushing a little harder tbe lid w ill
days; and yet we have a living proof that
raise tip and she can get enough salt,
P r o b a b ly T ru e .
it is all true that it has all happened.”
and tbe box w ill close.— Farm Prog-
‘Helen Grace------” he suggested.
W holly unintentional, but felt sharp­
rtyw.
’O f course yon knew. And did you ly by Its recipient, nevertheless, was
know about him?”
H o w to P r o n e L a r g e T re e s .
the rebuke an old colored ’’mammy”
He did not reply at once, but glanced administered the other day to her mis­
In changing tbe top o f large trees,
at her keenly.
tress, who belongs to an amazing num­ such branches only should be cut as
'I knew that he loved her,” was the ber o f clubs. T b e fam ily has a man­ w ill Insure a well-balanced top. Tw o
answer.
sion In one o f the suburbs. Th e privi­ or three years w ill be required for
“ Are yoo going to stay in England?” leged old servant does not altogether gra ftin g a large tree. It w ill not do to
she asked.
approve o f some methods o f the mod­ slaughter all the branches at once. It
" N o ;” and he offered her his hand; " l
ern woman. One day her mistress had would be liable to give a shock from
am going back to America for some years,
a dozen club friends out to luncheon which the tree would never recover.
at all events.” •
'When you come back to England,” she In her home, and tbe feast was spread ! Some o f the small side branches or
said, in rather a faint voice, “ will you on tbe porch. By and by tbe hostess ! limbs grafted should be allowed to re­
heard a lively colloquy between her main the first year, at least, and
come and see me?”
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eldest
hopeful, 7 years old, and the pruned o ff when tbe grafts have at­
“ Do you mean that. Miss Winter?”
nurse. “ You Just git down outen dat tained considerable size. I t must not
“ Yes.”
,
His quick, dancing glance was flitting tree,” said the nurse. “ You want to be Inferred that graftin g la limited to
fall out and kill yourself, do you? W ell, the apple. Tbe pear, plum and cherry
over her whole person.
‘I f I come,” he said, with a sudden you Just try it, and see what good lt'JI may be worked In the same way. N ei­
relapse into Americanism, “ I surmise It do you.
You’ mother, she dat busy ther la It necessary to w ait for the old
will be to tell you something else— some­ right now she won’ t even hab time to or new moon before cutting your scions.
thing I thought I never should tell you.” go to you’ funeral.” — New York Press. Th e precise time fo r grafting la not
She stood quit* still, a dignified, self-
material. It may be done when apples
labia»«*. _
possessed woman, but never raised her
are on the tree tbe size o f hickory nuts,
eyes.
T I s true. I am no more myself—
but an earlier time Is preferable.
“ Do you still mean It?”
That is, tbe self of long ago;
She gave a little nod. The door handle Bat I am nearer like that elf
B r i e f F o r m T o p ic « .
rattled in his grasp, as if his hand were
Than anybody that I know.
The fan n er who broke hla hoe han­
unsteady.
dle leaning on It w as leaning on tbe
“ I thought,” bs said slowly, “ that it Since I nm so much like the man
was Oswln Grace.”
Whom once I heartily admired,
w rong thing.
"N o.”
I bear with me aa best I ran.
F. G. Bartlett, o f Socorro County, N.
“ Never?" he Inquired, sharply.
Although I sometimes make me tired
M.,
recently sold 12,000 pounds of
“ Never.”
— Washington Star.
scoured wool, tbe lis t year’s clip o f
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•Then I stay.”
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Woman la tbe holiday o f man— nod his own flocks. H s claims to ha vs made
And he closed the door again.
•very man is entitled to a holiday.
IL200 off hla wool.
(T h e end.)
T o combat the fraud o f selling sheep- '
akin for real kid a demonstration w as
recently made In
Wilmington, Del.,
with a view to educating purchasers to
buy nothing but tbe real article.
A s n rule It require# quite a change
of tbe program to Induce a man to
leavo tbe cornfield to engage In other
pursuits when there are so many weeds
that need killing, but It la all right
to atop to haul off a lot o f hoga that
have been finished tor the market when
prices are right.
Ia iM ta
oa
G rass.
Numerous Inquiries hate come Into
the office o f tbe Rhode Island Experi­
ment Station regarding the cause of
tbe frothy masses on grass and other
herbaceous plants and on shrubs and
trees. Popularly this has been ascrib­
ed to frogs and snakes and named ei­
ther frog or snake spittle, aa tbe case
might be. In fact. It la due to a small
Insect belonging to tbe Hem lptera or
true bugs, which live inside tbe frottiy
mass. Commonly these Insects are call­
ed spittle Insects for obvious reasons,
snd also frog hoppers, becaue o f their
connection with tbe frothy mass which
was form erly known as frog spittle, or
because In tbelr broad, squatty ap­
pearance when mature, they reeemble
frogs to some exten t It Is not known
exactly how tbe frothy mass la pro­
duced, but It is supposed that tbe In­
sect pumps the sap out o f the plants,
and In passing It through tbe alimen­
tary canal mixes a ir with It to form
amall a ir bubbles, ’»h ere are quite a
number o f aperies found at the present
time, some living on grass, others on
shrubs, and also on trees, both ever­
green and deciduous. Moat o f the spe­
cies have their early or nymph stage
entirely within tbe protection o f the
frothy mass.
W hen adult, however,
they are found outside In the open air.
ItM k la g
A m agm rat.
The two pole stacking arrangement
here shown can be readily constructed.
The poles are leaning against the two
taut guy w ires so tbe fork hangs d i­
rectly over the load. A s tbe borne pulls
on the rope with pnlley attached M
short distance from the gronnd tbe load
o f bay on the fork la draw n up to tlie
pulley and the pulling d raw s the poles
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Carbuncle.— Keep a amall vial o f
tincture o f Iodine on band and when
a pimple or email scratch gets to burn­
ing or Itching, apply tbe tincture o f
iodine two or throe times a day. * u t
should one become thoroughly devel­
oped apply a d oth thoroughly saturat­
ed with one part carbolic arid and
two parts glycerine until the Inflamma­
tion ceeaee to burn.
Then poultice
with flaxseed meal.
Eryalpelaa.— Apply during alternate
hours o f the day and evening a mild
solution of carbolic arid In alcohol
and w ater as an evaporating lotion. 1|
la only In very exceptional cases that
tbe disease la not almost completely
under control and has disappeared with­
in forty-eight hours; but after three
days It would be extraordinary If by
this means any vestige o f tbe disease
remains. T b e strength of tbe solution
used la as follow s:
Crystkl carbolic
arid, one-half drachm ; alcohol, four
ounces; water, four ounces.
Antidotes for Polaona.— For carbolic
arid or creosote poisoning, give the
patient all tbe pure alcohol possible.
I f tbla la not at hand, vinegar and
white o f an egg may be given freely.
Uae tbe wbtte o f several egga with a
glass of vinegar or more, If possible.
This must be done qnlckly, as these
drugs are very destructive.
Apply
warmth to extremities. Give flaxseed
tea, elm tea or gruel. I f respiration
Is difficult, dashes o f cold w ater on t b e ,
chest are beneficial.
Give patient
plenty o f fresh a ir and call a doctor.
F or arsenic, fly-paper or Fow ler’s so­
lution poisoning, give mustard w ater
until the patient vomits. Also give •
few teaspoonfuls of starch mixed with
a little water. M ucilage or linseed tea.
If at hand, are valuable.
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P IA N O « SCARCE IN KANSAS.
S ix o f tfc* R i c h e » « C o a a t l M R e p o r t
No (M b la it r io r a n .
V
c o n ve nien t s ta c k in g device .
over as shown In the dotted lines so
the fork hangs over the stack when
the strip la thrown and the load dis­
charged ou tbe stack.
B sats
ta r
S h eep.
Turnips and rutabagas are probably
the boat roots fo r sheep.
Breeding
sheep, and especially lambs, should be
fed largely upon them Instead o f grain.
Thjs is a view held by the beet shep­
herds. T b e view is probably correct
and tbe practice might well be Inaugu­
rated by sheepmen.
Th e purple-top­
ped, strap-leafed turnips have general­
ly given best results. They should be
sown somewhat thick, and thinned to
four to alx Inches In a row. T b e thin­
ning can best be done when tbe drills
are made upon ridges provided fo r the
purpose. W ith these crops should be
drilled either a bit o f turnip or radish
seed. This w ill permit earlier cultiva­
tion, because these seeds come up
earlier than tbe mangels or carrots and
thus outline the row. The mammoth
Long Red and Golden Tankard man­
gels and the Mastodon carrots are
standnrd varieties.
T o C om kzt r s b b a g e H s g g « la .
F or cabbage maggot use lime or wood
ashes, or both mixed, sprinkling them
over the soil and plants. But a new
remedy used last year was made from
a very strong soapsuds, to which was
added one pint o f crude carbolic acid
to a gallon o f the boiling suds, and
the m ixture made into an emulsion by
shaking It together in a tightly covered
pall. Take this emulsion and add to
thirty times Its bulk o f water, and uae
freely around the plants.
O f course
this remedy would not be practical on
a very large area, but for those who
raise only a few cabbages It seems to
be the best plan there Is. Th e large
growers do not bother much with reme­
dies, but rely on using fresh ground
about every year to prevent attack toy
such pests.
M l l l l o a a o f F r o a c n C arcaaaaa.
According to Sir E. Montague Nelson,
says the Engineer o f London, there are
sixty large meat-freezing establish­
ments In the colonies and A rgen tin a ;
the carrying trade Is represented by
174 refrigerated steamers, with a ca­
pacity calculated at no less than 10,-
000,000 carcasses; and In England there
are 28 refrigerated stores in London
and 100 in provincial towns fo r the
storage o f meat on arrival. These dis­
tribute dally on tbe average over 28,-
000 sheep and lambs and 4,000 quarters
beef.. Tbe total Importation o f frozen
meats Into Great Britain during 190S
constated o f 84177,731 carcasses mutton
and lamb and 14271,353 quarters beef.
B *gu
C lo v e r
The completed reports o f all personal
property In the State have been made
up fo r tbe State Board o f Equalization,
which meets Monday morning. Accord­
ing to tbe returns, pianos are not worth
much, the average assessed value fta tbe
State being (34, according to the Kan­
sas City Star. There are 22.506 In­
struments. Six counties, three being
among tbe largest and richest counties
In Kansas, do not have pianos In the
homes. These counties are Bourbon.
Franklin, Sumner, Republic, Decatur
and Stanton.
There are only three
counties that have any motor care—
Grant, Sedgwick and Shawnee Coun­
ties.
Kansas la rich In cattle, tbe farm ers
and stockmen owning 2,906,987 bead.
T b e average value Is (5.25 a head. But­
ler County has the largest number, 85,-
623, and Rush County the smallest, 1,-
811. There are 117390 mules In tbe
State, with an average assessed value
o f (19.48. There are 808,148 horses
valued at (4,407308. There are 1,210,-
168 hogs valued at (2308,074, an av­
erage assessed value o f (1.99.
There are (251.062 sheep with an av­
erage value o f 84 cents. Notes assessed
at (2,776,019 are held la tbe State. In
the banks there Is (4,799,924 on de­
posit, according to the returns. Sedg­
wick County has (267,515, and W yan­
dotte County has only (62.340. Mort­
gages amounting to (4,033,923 are re­
turned for taxation. A ll o f these val­
ues are bnsed on about one-fourth o f
the actual value o f tbe property. Some
o f the.countles make tbe assessments
on one-third, some on one-fourth and
some on one-fifth the actual value. Th e
total amount , o f personal property In
the State Is (71,459,916.
N o t to B e T o k e n
Seed.
F o v ee o f H a b it .
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The clover seed business Is being
closely wstefled by agents of the De­
partment o f Agriculture. O f 521 sam­
ples of red clover obtained In the open
The ?»urse— It's a boy, sir.
market 116 samples were found to con­
Jones— W ell, Just ask him what be
tain seed of the dodder, five samples w a n t*
were adulterated with seed o f yellow
A
F in is h e d E l o n t l t a ( a t .
trifoll, a worthless plant, of which the
seed resembles the clover.
In fa c t
Farm er Honk— My nephew, who
cattle have Been made alck by eating graduated from the academy week be­
clover mixed with tbe trifoll p lan t fore la st 1* a finished elocutionist
whllo the dodder plant Is a still more
Farm er Horabeak— That so?
K ill
serious p est
him yourrelf?— Puck.
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1
L it e r a l!? .
The schoolmaster opened the dirty
looking envelope and smoothed out the
crumpled sheet o f paper. H is brows
contracted as he read the first word.
Who bad dared to Insult him thus— he,
a village schoolmaster? Th is Is what
be re a d :
"Cur, ass, you are a man o f no legs
and l wish to Inter my sun In your
skull.”
Who was Insulting him? Who had
dared to play a practical joke on h im ? ’
Then the truth slowly dawned.
He
had received some queer letters from
Illiterate parents, but this was tbe
strangest o f all. W ith a fellow master
be translated It correctly like this:
" S ir : As you are a man o f knowl­
edge. I wish to enter my son In your
school.” — Answers.