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. . "1 1 I 'Ill I m Ml F . .1 I :! I ": n t I HB-l-- WICKLY'S WOODS By II. CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) Ho fnr then from nn ocular Inspection being nn essential In n love affair, the very opposite Is probably true. Along with thu full confession of this fnct to herself, enmc Komcthlni: like a feeling of resentment nt the whole conduct of thin man Mason. Thnt he hml foolishly permitted him self to full In love with her was so very tOnin n case thnt everybody hml seen It long ngol It wns certnlnly not her fault! No, Indeed, nobody could say thnt of her! Not even the long-tongued gossip of Sandtown! True, too. thnt he hnd displayed some magnificent qualities of strong. cilm manhood In the fnee of thnt awful peril of the storm. She could not deny tlmt. title hml no dcire to subtract from Ms rcnl ilccrt In the least. Hut tlien, was not thl'. like hi new nml wide phlloso- Iihy of himinnlty, a rellevlloii from hl superior officer? He hml told her thnt his strange new philosophy wns also entertained by lrof. Huntley. And this hnd contributed much to give It a Mainline In her estimation, lint lmd he told her th whole truth? No, she knew he hnd not. If ho hnd been frank nnd honest, he would hnve wild that he hnd Imhlticd these opinion from Prof. Huntley. And If no. win not that splendid display of prnctlcal knowl edge, xklll nnd courage the re-uilt of lrof. Huntley'a training? Undoubtedly she hnd been badly used by Mr. Mason. He hnd Mood persist ently between her and the perfect man thnt she had learned to loTe o quickly. He had misrepresented her to him either directly or by a culpable alienee thnt through a baso Jealousy refused to put ber before him in her proper light. He wa a mean fellow that Mason. And althouch her obligation to him most compel her to a formal recognition of him when they should meet again on Monday, yet she was resolved to throw no much coldness Into her manner that he could not fall to see that she was through with him, and that he wai a very thin article, too! And when Monday came nnd went without him. nnd without rumor of Hunt ley, she grew even more bitter. If this fellow continued to keep Prof. Huntley nway, ahe shouldn't even speak to him. She would briug matters to a crisis by refusing to acknowledge his first saluta tion upon his return. Then when he should demand an ex planation, as she knew he would demand It she would boldly charge him with his perfidious conduct In keeping Mr. Hunt ley away, upon whatever ground he should choose to put It. From Lissy herself, the condemnation of Mason seemed to spread everywhere to her great sHrprbr ami to grow steadily and In an arithmetical ratio all through the week.x Day after day inquiry revealed little things that looked lmd for Masan. The first flatter of anxiety as to his fate had resolved Itself on the ascertainment of the fact that he had taken the train for the city on that very Saturday evening aftrr the storm. Thnt anxiety was not at all an evi dence of any good quality In Mr. Mason. He himself had mM to her. In one of lib philosophic mood, that this vast hu man Interest In a human life was an in Mlact common to all oWerred animal life even cattle ran about wildly ami paw ed the earth at the smell ef the split ldoed of one of the herd. And that. too. ahbosMC the slain beast might If alive, be set ap-m and gored liy each separate beast of the herd, with the acqaleaceece. or the perfect imllOr eaee f aW the other. The Insatiable tleeire to penetrate the myeteries of all the vmleMt deaths, was the answer to the universal animal la rtmet of fair play m-rst strongly de veloped In the Saxon. Hoosier peeple. They were known to have taken sudden and terrible voageaac upon the mur derer of a man confessedly of vi-ry little account to anybody. Hut be had had a life! And this It vii that had aronsed the whole popu lace to demand who bad taken it? So that wb'n the safety ef Mr. Mason had Ixx-n settled by the train dispatcher at the little station a mile from the vil lage, the defense ef Mr. Masoa withdrew and Jollied the prosecution. CHAPTUlt VII. Aa day after day, and even week af ter week went by without iWwgs from Mr. Masan he went down t the very lowest plane la the eotlmaUoa ef all Sandtowu. "I tell ynh, Sqsar, blame If I ever liked that feller Msws. nohow, purtlek- ler, said "Coon" Ite-JdVn. aa "Coonr! Ileddrn, the wealthiest laud ewaer of Field county, was familiarly or more for ma liy called. The whole Redden family were visiting at "Squire" Wlckly's on that Saturday evening two or three weeks after the storm and the disappearance. "He tried his level lest to argy me down at the Hoard uv Trade walr Balkan but the urnerriest klne a ganibtun. lllamefe didn't! That was that same Sat'dy evenun. I.laay, at you un him get cotch In the hur-kun, up en the big woods, you reckleleek?" turning to look Mralghl at Ml Wkkly. who was bow .really Interested in the ktud flow of the otd Hooster's "halr-raugue." a he him itelf termed It. "Hy gum! he uuvver Moppl to say good-by ur how-dy-do, but ha upa uu he goes afiyuu dowu to the Hank. Un thurrrckly he comes atlyuu nut, un away he went to the tell-irraft off us. a walkun so fast yub could a play ed seb-um-up awu his coat-tails, Squar! Uu the next I h-yurn uv 'im, ho taken the tralu fur Chicago 'thotit stoppun to rottlo a lot a littio bills rouu about h'yur nt I know ur myself." There was a great deal more of the aauio roaring fire of shrewd, hatMigmor ius comments and observations upon Mr. Mason. I.ly( fully aware that she vio lated uo rulo of Sandtown etiquette wcut up atnlra to bed In her own little hot room, wheu she tired of the "hair raitBiic," and waa soon WlssfHlly uneon m'Iihu of tho weight that Ngan to drag nt lier hlthorto buoyant and merry heart. It might have bceu thu whistle of the I """"WMM"'M,""w'MMM""Tr jHp"niiJ E5Z W, TAYLOR midnight train tlmt awoke her. She did not know. There wns no striking of clocks, and there wns not sulllclent light fiom the wide open south gnblo window to ennlilo her to see the hands of her watch, nnd so she could not mnke out thnt It wns tho rovcrhemtliig ronr of the train from the distant city thnt broke her rest Into imcqunl segment. lier bed wns drawn out In front of the open window so that the cool soft night brccic coming "out of the wood nnd across the brortd river could lave her hot fmv In It refreshing while mid ripples. Whntover hnd awakened her, she Iy tlero looking out Into the shndy stn'et n little bit dimmed with a aumiuer night's fog. She wns sure then that she was fully nwnke. nnd thnt she saw In the rwid, not sixty feet nway, Mr. Will Mn son wnlklng slowly toward the river, nnd having bin fnce turned over hi right shoulder nnd his head thrown bnck Just far enough to nllow him to tlx hi eye upon thnt window, that he knew wns the window of her Ivcdroom. Ho passed on; nnd she was so ntixlou to know, more of this lonely walk of hi, because hi very presence seemed to as sure the re-estnbllidimciit of n sort of rtimmiinlcntlou .with the hero of her theam Huntley Ihnt she nroe and glided to the side of the window farthest from the pedestrian. She had to ere In front of the open window, and she thought there wns some danger that he might see the glimmer of her long, white nlghtdre, ngnlnst the blnck background of tho dark room. Sinking down upon her knee and doubling back till she ant upon her small, bnre feet, nnd forward till an elbow rest ed upon the low sill of the window, she looked out and snw him standing with his face turned directly toward her. Her henrt leaped hnnt against the soft, pliant walls of her little chest, aud she drew back Into the darkness. In an Instant she peeped out to be horrified at the spectacle of a glgnntic black figure, hnlf enveloped In the thick er fog toward the river, and seeming to undulate threateningly, and to elongate In an upward direction, a some of the make-believe giants of the circus and the farce are seen to do. Then, while she lay there In n froseti horror of fascinated, wide-eyed gating, the huge specter dimmed and vanished. How she got back to bed, and what brought her mother running to her room, she only knew from her. Mrs. Wickly lay down, taking her frightened daughter In her arm, as she was In the habit of doing yet at time, and endeavored to reassure her .by tell ing her that It wns simply the climax of some hideous dream. Her father com ing In. more deliberately sat by the win dow ami told her that this was simply a phenomenon of the fog an unusual one. to be sure. In all Its details, but clearly explicable upon maxims ef physical sci ence. For instance, the uudulatory metloH ami the elongation of the specter In a vertical direction, were visual phenom ena. The mit eond'allnc the feet of the man concealed all the ground altom hlra. and thus left no object within the range of vision for comparative measure ments, sueh as the eye makes automat ically every Instant. The undulating movement upward was thi pulsating or wavelike advance of the fog bank toward her, thus putting th gradually disappearing body ami head at farther and farther distance, a wore ami more of the foreground was en eroached upon hy the advancing fee bank That might all I cd physical science, tmt she bad seen something that frightened her horribly. Ami she felt that some dreadful misfortune was com ing upon her. she couldn't imagine what. The bright sunlight of the next day did mere te explain away the specter than all the physical science that all Sandtown possessed. All Sandtown, however, got bint of the story In sonic unaccountable way, nml told It with much multifarious. Ingenious aad original additions, amendments nnd substitutions, so that it get out that a "hant" was a walkun the "Overeoat Head" aa the strictly ex-urban portion ef the continuation of Main street hud been called from a time so remote that It was lost In legendary incertitude. CHAITKH VIII. Hlght I" the middle of the red-hot h of July the light, want-mixed sand ef the Overcoat Itoad was in the shim mering air all day long, whitening the dark coats ef the sweating horses that drew all sorts of vehicles ahmg it at all bears of the day and night, and bid ing the cby green of wild hemp and Jlimvoa leaves under a dull veil of gray. The whilom school boy of Sandtown was baking his back of a lurid brown aa far dewn on his shoulders as the cool, clear water of the Wabash would permit. All at once a vast buzx of wonder changed Into wrath throughout all Sand town. far up ami dewn the mellow dis tance of the river, and out upon all the lanes and "wagon tracks" that were trib utary to the Overcoat Itoad. To these who bad not heard the news by reason of temporary abeeice, rnshed everybody, to I- the first to communicate the stunning intelligence that the Sand-tow-n Farmers' Hank had closed ita doors. There was im ntcapade of a cashier. Nobody had gone to Canada with th fundi of the bank In his satchel. If any body bad gone to Canada, It Is safe to my that Field county, from Sandtown to Hedfoot Pond, and from tho Wabash to the end oi the Overcoat Itoad, would have taken its "weapuns," and have gone Into the Dominion after the culprit, with no other writ of extradition than a rope. No! no! Mister Cashier! You may go fiom the effete "Hast" to Canada with poor people' money in your pocket, with safety, nut by ail the Coonrod Heddens of the Wabash country it won't be healthy for you to run away from Hoo irferdom with that sort of luggage in your hand. "I wouldn't k-yur a blame fur what I lost myself, fellers, but step and theak uv the people at haint get nethtin a-tall left I Nat the wrappuas ur thur little Ifingtr, by guml Un they balut one a the bnnk company nt hnltit plum busted, uutherl You sea wo wns nil n delun en wheat to-g-yuthcr, un nil nt unco thn bottom dmpt plum mitim utl Uu thnt left tirso nil llntter'n uu Hitter. Hut thnt hnlnt tho wust uv ut, nuther. I seo Hilly Hllor this mornuii, un ho tells me nt all tho bnnlc'n klntter'l Is hilt by one n thnm blnme rnllroml compntilo. Un thur scheme Is to sell uyertheug right slnp dnd when they hnlnt it dollar nt we kin git n holt uv, tu buy In uothuii with, by guml" And now enme Hilly Hller, M. 0.. n fresh, rosy-cheeked young gentleman, wllh ; grent show of Inumlorvd linen In the way of big stiff cuff, "dog collar," white tie, nud nil urnntiiouted with mas sive gold sleeve button, gold studs nml diamond pin, nnd nil other appointment on n corresponding ciilt of iimuuluVom'c. The whole Sandtown district gloried In Hilly Hller'a line raiment, a If It were the Individual property of each nnd ev ery voter that "worked" for Hilly all day nt the poll on the occasion of orteh hiio cvcdlng coiigrowitoiml election. - "Hello. Hilly! Har yuh. Hilly! When't yuh git in, Hilly? Purt.v warm, hain't ut, Hilly? Mnke you sweat, don't ut, Hlllyt Out hot under the dlar balut nt. Hilly T These nud hundred of other formulas of salutation, together with a disjoint ing hand slinking, wnlt upon the popu lar Hilly Hller. nnd he I at once In thn center of the crowd of people who nro blocking up the Overcoat Itoad Immedi ately between the Sandtown Farmers' Hank building nnd the court house, to that extent thnt team still coming through the cloud of dut nloug thnt Hip ulnr thoroughfnre. ns well ns tenuis com ing up the river road, were obliged to turn out of the wny, which they did very cheerfully, when It wn known that Hilly Hller wns back from Washington on pur poe to help his friends in tills extrem ity. "Now. imys," said Hilly In a loud. Jolly, good-iinturcd ohv. and taking oil hie shiny sllk.hat to permit the thorough mopping of hi rosy, smooth, fat face, "I'm a gn-un down with Coonrixl, h-yur, fur dinner, un when we git back we'll go un see whilt these railroad fellers Is try- uu to steal from yuh. Uu If It's too big fur uu to pack off In n hurry, we'll mnke them sweat awhile Instead of us." This speech wn followed by n gleeful roar of applauding laughter from the whole crowd, which, with much Inter change of knowing comments on Hilly tiller's shrewdness nnd ability to cope with tho very smartest of the railroad rascals, nnd their own shrewd foresight In electing such a Congressman ns Hilly Hller broke up lu little groups to dis cuss the situation. "Hilly." sahl Coonrod Heddcn, as the two drove past Squire Wlekly's hou mi their way to the big white frame man sion of the old farmer "right there Is the man un the g'yurl at's iMitit the wust hurt over this hank business uv airry one uv urse feller. Weekly's mighty nigh plum, slap, dab rarun rraty. Un I low the g-yurl halnt much letter. Smartest nml (turti-est g-yurl roun h-yur, too! Hlame pity fur um." "How much do they lose?" nkcd Hilly Hller. a he preMred to light a cigar, without showing anylnterest In the men tal nmdltion of the jHtttents. "O nut much fur's the 'mount's gut anythenc to dn with ut. Hut hit all ami a little more, meleby. They was two rooggijt yuh see. mi the g'yurl ltd gut HHfT saved to pay um off. I'm when she went, she fiuu three uv um slid a two! The Squire's tryun to git that for tune at lie low hes beired, nnd bed thmle in a third moggljl right plum slap, dab on top a the .ruther two! Uu yu see that fclrrttM the Ian up deep at luther eouM tech lxKtom, by gum. The Ian' haint wuih tnore'n half ur nt. I'd a iMHicht it In myself, ef bit ud a hjefl ; anywhnr Utah worth ut. Hut shoti!" and Gnwnrod Heddett looked down mix! kicked the toe f bis Iwwtt hopelessly atmimit the arm f the dashboard. "What did Wirkly do wllh the imnwy? He mut a rut a thu.iii ur . dhin't he?" Mkrd Hilly Hilrr. chewing the tttl of lie lighted ciaar. ami watching (' nl ItmideM tmt of the corner uf his larve wbhih eye. "O, ym can't uuvver tell wbut feller does with money, 'hatnway Thode ut away, Ink as nut. ll-yaiiW he Into the honse with Usih wn-mrnt fnhVrin 'im! Shouldn't wmVr ef they'd le trou ble there. Hilly! He's mighty nigh plum) slap ilali eraty. liy gumr (To Im- emllnued.l MOSl FAMOUS OF PEARLS. Named Hie Tutcnier and In I'oosva- ion of the hhuli of I'cralu. The most famous pearl In nil tho world Is owned by the shall of Pflrsla and called the Tnveiiler. It wns nam ih! for the celebrutvd traveler of thnt name and was Hold to tho slinh's an cftora by hltn for M,()(r). To-luy It I prolMbly worth more ttuin &, UX). A wither eastern king, the Isnmii of Muscat, lws In his collection u pwirl worth $Htr.,(ssj, utdjihliig twolvo and a half curat. Tlie ilsytlglit can bu iuk'H thriMieli It. PrlHcs VoiisouiMitTs DutMt km U womlerfutly beuinlfiil. It was Hrxt heunl of in HR.il, when GoorgllMlH ChImIm sohl It to Philip of Spain for 5KS0.0U0. The mhj'm jiearl is worth ?S(,(sXJ. It Iium iIoscoikUhI In a regular course to tho I nen inbuilt of the throne from oih of the ewrllest IHIMS, WllO tlOCHIIIO iosseitMNl of It lu a manner which Imm not been told. Those are nil of the truly celebrated pearls. Hut there are rouiarknblo poarl noeklflccs which linrc nn onor inous vhIik1. They are usually Hindu up, poari after poarl bWn aildeil to the set, ami ItHidliiK Jcwelora uro con atantly on the wntcli to tut-urc moro to add to lite chain. Pink pearls are not an valuable aa clthur the black or the white. Qm-on Victoria had u uiH-klace of pink pourli which I worth fvHO.WX) and the down Ker empress of fJonnuny hml ono of thirty-two poarl s which would ejislly ell for $12T.,0u0. The women of the Itotlivclilld family have gems of this sort which far exceed In value those owned by royalty. Ilaroneai Gustavo De Hothachtld pos.sessea one made up of five rows of pearls which Is val ued at 1200.000. Demand In China for Japanese can vas shoes, fans, ehlmt and antimony is Increasing since the preut Far Bast war began. m j"r"',r' " , -W4S2??3ffliatffii An I vcrlual luu Post. A cnrriMiniiiiliMit In u farm I'xi'lmtmo gives the following inetliod of iniiUlUB nn overlrtMtlng posts A Is n I'tilile lH Ivlxl feet illlotl with i-olililo stones IX till Portland tcmiMit. nlmllt H llll'llf of tlu tup beltitf strong u Miwl for walk. Post 11 Is It Inclu's km pipi'. well KiilriiiilRiMl, Willi sorovv cap on top at 1), and abort plceu of rod 0 tlinuiBli hole In lower end. and top end also lias aHndi '' ' fclvo top end of i-lncli liraco Ohl 13, winen una short doulilo bend nt lop a ahowii, so as to hold llrmly when lit position shown. For gate post, I two Ui-lnch rtnl bnioe drawn nt top so cud will KVKHt.Anti.io ioar. enter the J-tm?h pole, and place tho braco on other side of post, forming brace Instead of tension brace In the other style. Possibly a smaller cube of cement might bold, but I wIsluM to mako sure, so used feet cube. I havo four of these posts, which Imve been In use nearly four year and they show no Indication of moving or of deterioration. The materials cost mo about $3 cadi, which some tuny con sider expensive, but for roadway or other places where a post wilt always be needed, they are not expensive, when durability Is considered, for they may well bo called everlasting. Huitur and Totturcn, The proposal being made to secure the reduction of the duty on Philippine sugar ami tobacco promises to bring on another tight similar to the sugar war over CiiImii reciprocity. It Is pro- poe! ifiw to lower the tariff on sugar ami tobacco coming from thn Philip pines 2n per cent, although It Is nn- dersti! that Secretary Taft proposes to continue n light from session to ses sion of Congress until free Philippine sugnr and IoImicco are secured. In this connection it Is Interesting to know the groat and varle-l develop ment which s golnic on In beet sugar affair, In fact, n strong argument which the beet sugar iple advance why Philippine sugar pnsltictlnn sliould Hot be unduly stimtilntol Is that If the licet sugar Industry Is giv en n reasonable period, say of teti year, tfie Industry will l ii)ti such n basis where It van stand alone. No less an authority than Secretary Wil son himself Is credited with this ln llef ami the statement that It will lie (MMthle to priMluee beet sugar In this country at - ctHtU a mtiml. Useful I'olulo Cnsrrrr. When we plant (Mitabies we furrow Willi a plow drawn by two horses. When the furrow are made there are ridges in half of the saee and Hie other half aro level (Fig. 71, When covering we use what we call a scrap er. ( See FIk "I- It is made of a plank, tongue, handle ami several bruces and Uilts. The length of the plank sliould be about twice the dis tance between the rows. The plank should have a strap of Iron at the bottom lu front for a cutting edge ami 'pzmz POTATO COVMIKH. to prevent wear, says n correspondent of Ohio Farmer. The tongue should be fastened to the plunk at right an gles, and securely braced. The han dles, which may be taken from nn old plow or walking cultivator, should also be fastened and braced to tho plank. We let each horse walk In a furrow, but It la better to use a long doubletree and ueckyoko or shafts and but one horse, so the potatoes do not get moved and tramped. The scraper carries some ground ahead of It, which It pulverizes. It may be used to scrape the barnyard If tho ground is smooth. The Hltlinsr Hen, Kgga' Intended for early sitting should be gathered nt least twice a day and kept where there will bu no danger of chilling. Hens that want to alt early In the spring are apt to be rather unreliable aud should bo al lowed to becomo thoroughly started over a nest of china eggs before be ing intrusted with a valuablo sitting. When a hen really means business, her skin feels hot and feverish, and she usually sheds a few feathers from the bream. Knrly sittings Bhould not be moro than the hen can very easily cover, eleven or twelve being bettor than a larger number for hens of average size. Uulld up the nut with ,. -f.fr, i-i, ,r u V VI1I. 0 'Mf w. - 0-c -viBB" plenty of atrnvr, filling with cliafT to nmku u Hiuoothcr aiiifiu'i), nnd aco tlmt the curve towtml tlm liotlom Is Mtiootli, ho Unit Ilia eggs roll easily nud cannot work Into cnritora, tlood Income from Ileus, In a prim nrllclu In n Philadelphia, paper, 11, F. Iakt, of West Virginia, tells how he makes I,(MX) a year from -I(K) hens. The houses are simple, the vlluiatii not being severe. They are 10x10 feet, facing the smith, dlvhbil Into four compartments, two roosting rooms and two scro Idling rooma, after tho usual lihin. each house IioIiil- used for fifty to slxty-tl o fowls, Kmi-Ii house. Is expected to pay a piiillt above cot of food of $100. The food Is wheat, oats, bran, cut clover ami drv blood or beef meal, with plenty of sharp grit, plenty of water, mid the lice kept In chock. The stock Is kept up by Incubator and setting hens are nlso used, In short, the success of this establishment seem to be the re suit of adopting the thorough golint Northern method In nn especially fa vorable climate. Mills for Apple llrcbnrds. When there are hllis and a clay soil the condition are suitable for the raising of apples. In the southern part of Illinois and Indiana the laud Is admirably adapted to the raising of apples, and as yet Is but little used for that purose. The apple tree seems to want ulr drainage. The draluase In the soil is better on the hill than tu the alleys, and this I su advantage that the apple lice ap preciates. There Is n difference In trees aa to the amount of nlr thnt must come to their toot to permit them to grow, as in evident lu the fnct that some trees will die If their root are In water, white other grow best In wnmp where the water cover t'.elr roots at all times. The apple tlee la never a swamp hiring tree. It prefers the dry land, where lla root can get air a well as water St. l4uils Hepuhltc. AVI.oW.ooi Milk. In a bulletin uf (tie Connecticut Storra station W. A. Stocking, Jr., re ports the results of comparative stud ies or the sanitary condition of milk drawn lu open and covered pall. Two imlls were used In these experiment. One was a regular open pall; the oth er was a pall with a cover uf special design. An Illus tration of the nt-rov'N:'' MU.KrAti. ter is here ghen. It Is an ordinary milk pall with a closely fitting cover, which ha an opening near one side, Into which Is soldered a funnel four Inches In diameter having a wire gauxe of tine mesh soldered across the bottom. This funnel extends slightly above and below the cover and !oh somewhat toward the side of the ,1s 1 1. Another funnel, which Is loose, tits tn side of the first one. When the imll Is to lie used n few layers of clean cheesecloth nrc placet across the open ing of the lower funnel and the too funnel Is pushed In to bold the rhecse lioth In position. The whole appar atus Is simple In stricture ami can he easily cleaned Hy the le of the rv ered (Mil an average of l per cent of the total number or itacierta nml 4! , per cent of the acid producing bacteria j were excluded from the fresh nillW. I OimmI I'rlc for I'rodiirr, From price quoled at Pan ma tfeere Is a ehataee for truck growers within roach of the line of the proposed ea fial. Apple are selling for lit cent ouch, lettuce 36 emits a head ml cab I bag JI..V) apiece. Chickens ami eggs ! are selling nt high price ami hoard j costs from x.1 to ?. a nay in tne Pel ter class hotels, Oarilen Hints. Study the seed catalogues, Sow peus a soon as the ground csn be worked. Now will you be good and test your seeds? Cherries aud plums should be among the trees grafted earliest. An "earliest green eating owleu" Is one of the new things of 100.1. "Trimming time" the milder days of late winter and early spring. "Prime when the knife Is sharp,' but never when the wmsl Is froscn. Lettuce aud radish seis) cull go Into the ground as soon us the surface can be scratched. Plowing the garden wheu the ground I wet makes bad work. Hot ter u good Jub n few dsya delayed. 1'u mi Nolrs, Spring trimmed tree produce tho most suckers. Wasteful feeding may mean too much or too little. Farming Is ixxir business when the farming Is poor. One way to Increase the profits In farming is to reduce tho cost of pro duction. The early killed Is the easy killed weed and the weed that robs the crop the least. Hut few plants will thrive In a wet soil. A good drain Is sometimes better than manure. it Is tho vigor and not the size of tho seed potato thnt determines the also of the product and the amount of the crop. With the majority of fruits the aim should he for a fow line, large, smooth and plump specimens rather than for many small ours. , Plunta to bo kept In pots or tubs nnd needing mora sun, should be given a largor alio Just as the frWh growth Is about to bo made, generally early la tho spring. T THCWECKLY IllM less!! Ono Hundred Years Aijo. Snow mid Ice untile nil road be tween Switzerland and Italy Impassa ble. Five thousand negio nolillera were enlisted to serve III the lsswnnl 11 and. With the closing of the Highlit Con uress the olltlciil life of Annul lltirr it us ed. Thomas Jefferson was lii'iiiKiirntcd for thn second time President of Hi" United States. MliiuewitM, east of the .Mississippi, was made n part of .Michigan territory. The mouth of the Cuyahoga fiver, where the city of Cleveland now stands, was made a purl of entry on Uke Krle. Nine French gittilwiats, attempting to get Into Hrest, were capt ircd by llrll Isli frlgtte. Scventy-flvo Ycr Ago. Hroad riots occurred In Liverpool, Tho French Chamber of Peera nnd Deputies met lit Paris. The "Hook of Mormon," written by Solomon Spautdliig was published In New York. William Crnnm established hi fam ous ahlpyanl nt Philadelphia. The Indiana State road from Imm Michigan to Mail Won, on the Ohm, wns begun. Abraham l.lnroln's father looted with tils faintly from I lulls nn tn Murou county, 111. The first regular news ImvsI to Inter rept packet ships fnr foreign Intelli gence was put in eommUslou In New York. fifty Year Age. 1'lro destroyed the quarantine station at Statcn Island. The government hospital for the In sane of the army ami navy at Union town was opened. The law excluding from the Califor nia courts negro ami I ml Ian ctldenca was amended by mbllng Cliln President Pierce vetoed the French siilnttoii bill, ami It failed In tho House of the requisite vote to pass over tile eto. Tlw IIimim of Hoproseniatlves ivcolv rsl President Plerer' velo of the enn steamer Nil ami atleniptml to pass It over the veto, but failed lUtlAcalmns of Hie treaty of alli ance between Sardinia nml the Hi-stern jMwer were enhaucl Minimis transttilttett lo other got eminent thn declaration of war against llnsaia The first Mnm Are engine built for the elty of HoeUm was Mhihitml In llalllmofe. rorty Ycnra Ago. Abraham- MiicwIn was Inaugurated President for the sml lime Col. II, M. Amler hi. one of the al leged conspirator from Chicago, on trial before court martial at Cincin nati, committed ftNk-ld. The Treasury Department nqiorteil that seventeen itatUinal iMiiks. with a capital of $IUSil,lssj, were authorized during the week. Confederate deorler to the Union lines nt HkliHiond brought report of Hie capture of WayHmtboni by Sheri dan. (Jnv. Oglesb.v of Illinois Issued a pnM-lanmtlou urging the cltlseus to re shiimI lu tilling a doHcleiicy of 1I.0U0 In the Stale's quoin of teoop. Keporti from Washlnicloii, I). C, stated that !!.' dtrlera from the ConfaHlerate Hihhi hid reported aud taken the oath of alleglam'e within a mouth. Forty of Umm were ottlcers. thirty Years Ago. Fifty live wen mst by the burning of a factorr In (lOttniiburg, Sweden. The Forty-third CongmMs adjourned after putting n damper on the force bill. Of an original population of 52,000 In one district In Asia Minor, '..'0,000 lmd dl(l of the famine thou prevailing. The German government Issued a de cree prohibiting the Importation of American (iota toes. A bill to admit Colorado as a State wan approved, nud a similar measure concerning New Mexico wns defeated in Congress. A snow storm with a precipitation ranging from two to eight Inches oc curred Hlong the Ohio river. The Poie ordered Hie Austrian bish ops to comply wllli the civil law re quiring reports to be made to tho Slato of the roster of priesthood. It was taken as un unusually conciliatory move Twenty Yoara Ago, President Clevvhtiid signed tho order placing (Jon. Grant ou the retired list with pay.