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CHAlTI.It X. (Contlnunl.)
Bho stood liefore him trembling; some
thlntr. too, nwolco In her also thnt vague
something which from the very first his
presence had shadowed forth In her.
"Answer nip. Kitten. Do you under
stand mo?" he cried, eagerly; for now
that he had spoken, n hot, Impetuous
lover could ho more impatient. "Do you
loro me. child ? I)o you love me?"
"What Is love)" she murmured, below
her breath.
"It Is llfo and delight; It Is happiness.
Kitten: It Is what you woro longing for.
child."
"Is it hapclnc-M?" she asked, dreamily,
looking awny from him. Was this indeed
tho answer to the great mystery which
tho wisest men on earth had been unable
to fathom I "Are you sure, quite sure,
that It is happiness?" sho repeated.
"Yes: Is It not what yon wanted your
ielf? That I should stay with you al
ways; only that would not giro you con
tent always unless you were one with
me. part of my life, part of my very
relf. To understand perfect happiness
Ton must lovo me, and you must bo my
wife."
She looked up straight into his eyes.
"And you?" she itnlil. trembling. "Do
you lovo me. you? Is It perfect happi
ness for you, too?"
Something In the Intense earnestness
cf her wonderful eyes cut him through
for one moment like a knife; for half a
second he could not meet her look al
most winced before her.
"Are you sure, quite sure," she said
again, "that you, too you have, this
wonderful thing, this lovo which you tell
me about? Is It to make you happy as
well? Or Is it only for pity, and because
I spoke Ignorantly and foolishly, not
knowing what I said?
"Kitten, dearest Kitten I" h cried, tak
ing her soft face between both bis hands,
ami at his touch the blood rushed once
more In a tlame to her checks. "Why
should you say that; why should I not
love you. child?"
Why. indeedl Perhaps for one swift
hour he believed it himself, her strange
Questionings, her persistent doubtful
ness, the curious blending of shrewdness
and of Innocence which was the oddest
part of the remarkable creature's char
acter, fanned the flame within him, and
Increased, as opposition Invariably does,
his longing to take her to himself, until
in very truth he told himself that he did
indeed love her.
"Who could help loving you, my fairy
aueen?" he cried. "Do you think because
I am so much older than you are that I
am blind and darif and cold to your love
liness aud your sweetness? I cannot love
von as a father. Kitten; that lovo has
gone from your life forever, but I can
make It up to you, my sweetest, fur I
can love you as a lover and a husband,
and I can teach you, Kitten I can teach
rou how to love me back again."
One of her rare sweet smiles stole into
her face, hovering tint at the corners of
lier mouth and then spreading like sun
shine to her grave, still eyes, till they
were lit up by a strange, unusual light,
then slowly they sank before blm.
"I think I have learned that already,"
sho whispered, "better oh, yes, far bet
ter than you can teach me."
That was Kitten Laybourne'a wooing.
And by aud by, when the September
days were already drawing to a close,
very quietly, with no wedding guests and
no wedding festivities, with but the vil
lage doctor to give her away, and with
onlr a small crowd of village iKr n
witnesses. In her black dress and fonnet,
with old Keziah behind her to hold her
cloves, and the parson who had christ
ened her to read the service over her,
Catherine Klizabeth Kaybourne was mar
ried to Hrlan Desmond lu tho little vil
lage church In which she bad sat every
Sunday of her life, and passed out of
its porch a serious-faced but happy
bride, along the path across the church
yard, where her young mother loy at rest
after the short fever of her happy life.
The clergyman kissed her and wished her
Joy, the doctor grasped her hands and
blessed her, the school children scattered
autumn flowers under her feet. And
then she stepped into a carriage laden
with luggage which waited for her at the
church gate, and was driven away on her
new life straight from the church to the
station.
CHAPTKH XI.
"Good gracious, wonders will never
ceasel Felicia, I shall faint! Hold me
or fetch my salts battle!"
The speaker flung down the paper and
threw herself back In her chair with a
gesture of mock, despair. She sat upon
the balcony In a low straw chair with
n red and white striped awning over
her head. The little seaside town, with
Its dead-alive streets and Its empty es
planade, Iny absolutely silent In the calm
of the midday dinner hour, beneath the
windows of the hotel. Ttie sea, calm as
a duck pond, stretched away to heaven
in a great brazwt sheet beyond the edge
of the cliffs tluy Ashing smacks, brown
or white-sailed, rested motionless upon
its lireozeloM bosom. A law struggling
parties of nurses and llttio children came
lugglngly up from the sands below, pat
tering homo on stout littlo stoeklngless
leg to their midday dinners. There was
iiothiug else to look ut, no other evi
dence of llfo in the primitive little York
ahlre watering place, nothing but that
pleco of news lu the pages of the Morn
ing Post which had caused Gertrude
Talbot to dash down tho offending puper
with a violence which summoned her
companion from the cool shadlness of the
hotel sitting room behind her,
"What on earth has happened?" ex
claimed Felicia Grantley, stepping out
through tho French window on to the
balcony.
"What on earth has not happened?"
cried Mrs. Talbot. "I am broken heart
cil! Head that. Hrlan Desmond Is mar
ried!" Felicia laughed. "What on emotional
woman you are, Gertrude! How much
of nil this agitation is real, and how
much of it sham? Even If Mr. Desmond
In married, I don't see what It matters
to you you've got ft husband. Let us
seo who the lady Is."
She picked up the paper aud began
studying the anouncvmciit herself.
"Iaybounio l.ayhouriiol Where have
I heard that name?" murmured Felicia
to herself. "And they woro married at
Frlerly. Tho Into I'rof. liaybourttc's
only daughter. Why, of course, It must
be tho aamo girl. Oh, poor, poor Hoy!"
nud she, too, dashed down the paper Im
patiently. "Hoy being the schoolboy cousin they
wanted you to marry?" Inquired Ger
trude. "Hut why poor Hoy? And what
can he have to do with llrlau Desmond's
marriage?"
"Oh, never mind, never mind," replied
Felicia, almost angrily, retreating sud
denly back into the room behind her.
She was genuinely sorry, and angry, too
with the girl who perhaps had broken
her faith to Hoy to marry Desmond.
Hut Hoy's lovo affairs did not Interest
Mrs. Talbot; sho was thinking of other
things.
"Then I suppose he married her either
out of pity or because he did not know
what else to do with her. Mark my
words, Felicia, that marriage will be nu
unhappy one."
"I don't seo how you can tell that."
"Vcs, because Hrlan Desmond does
not love her! ho has had a past, that
man, a grand passion lu his life, which
is by no means dead. I don't kumv
what It Is, but It Is certain that little
Miss Laybourne has nothing to do with
it. Hrlan Desmond's llfo Is not over
yet; ho Is a long way from tho blessed
condition of callous ludlffereuco to the
reopening of an old wound that Is the
nearest approach to happiness for which
some of us can ever hope. You will see
that he will live to break his wife's
heart yet if she loves him nud to wish
himself dead aud burled, too."
Gertrude Talbot flung back her hand
some head and laughed, showing all her
white teeth and flourishing about her
hands with a free, careless abandon of
action, till all tho rows of little gold
bangles on her wrlsta Jingled merrily
upon her hands.
"What are we going to do to-day, my
dear?" she cried gayly. "This dead
alive place Is becoming almost too much
for my strength of mind; the sands are
Infested with babies and the cliffs are
hot and blazing. What possible enter
tainment can you suggest for the day
for a woman of Intelligent aspirations
and a temperament that positively col
lapses without the stimulus of novelty
and excitement?"
"I am at my wits' ends. Suppose wc
send for the waiter?" suggested Felicia.
Tho bell was rung, and the waiter
shortly appeared:
"Waiter," saUl Mrs. Talbot, "we want
something to do; bow do people as a
rule amuse themselves when they come
down here to stay, when they are tired
of looking at tlm sea and of sitting on
the beach?"
Thus appealed to, Caleb Griggs
scratched bis herd, pushed out bis lower
Up and pondered deeply.
"Ah, yes!" he exclaimed suddenly;
"there Is a house, a One house, too
not an old house but a very nice place
with a good park. It's a long way from
here, certainly a good ten mile or more
but then the horse could be put up for
an hour, while the ladles walked about
the park, and the family Is away, so that
no doubt thn housekeeper could be in
duced to show two ladies over It, ami if
they wpuid like to take their lunch In
a basket
"The very thing! the very thing!" cried
Mrs. Talbot, excitedly; "we will go there.
What Is the name of this plaee, and who
does It belong to?"
"It's called Keppingtou Hall, ma'am,
and It belongs to a family of the name
of Desmond. The present owner he ain't
becu there much; but I did hear as how
ho was lately married, and Is to bring
his lady home soon."
Gertrude glaneed at l-cllcla significant
ly.
"Order the fly at once," she said to
the man, "and we will go and put our
things on. It really Is a wonderful piece
of luck; of all places on earth Hrlan
Desmond's house Is the one I most wish
to Inspect just now, and I had no idea
it was within reach of Smackton. I al
ways think there must be somo reason
why be never goes there; ho succeeded
bis uncle, you know, three years ago.
There was a horrible railway accident to
tho Flying Dutchman, you remember, I
daresay. Lots of people were smashed,
and old Mr. Desmond nml iiotu Ills sons
were killed: It was awful, of course, for
them, but a capital thing for Hrlan, who
was poor as a rat before that; but it has
always passed my comprehension why
be has never lived at tins place; periiaps
we shall hear something from the house
keeper, I shall tip her well and see If
we can pick up anything."
CIIAITHIt XII.
Kepplngton Hall stood half way up
upon tho southern slope of a range of
round-topped moorland hills that frown
ed gloomily down upon it from nbove,
and flat-terraced gardens, well laid out
aud well kept surrounding It; but upon
the slopes above the solid white stone
building, the trees became sparser und
were more stunted lu form and height,
till at last they melted away altogether
among heather und clumps of grey rock
Into tho sterner landscape of the moors
overhead.
Tho woman at the lodge, upon Mrs.
Talbot's request that they might be per
mitted to go over tho houso itnd to oat
their luncheon lu some corner of the
park, had returned a bewildered answer
that they hud better Inquire up nt the
house of Mrs. Suc-curdun, the housekeep
er. They drovo up to the door, tho flyman
got lumberlngly down from his box and
rang the bell; It clanged loudly and jar
ringly out into tho silence. Then they
waited.
In a tew minutes a lady mado her ap
pearance, a very tall, upright old woman,
In a whlto cap tied under her chin, aud
with spectacles on her nose. Mrs. Tal
bot began her story over again; they had
driven over from Smackton; might they
be allowed to see the house and to eat
thslr luncheon somewhere In the park?
Mrs. Huccurdcit looked suspicious and
doubtful; tourists wero her dolestntlon. ,
"Mr. Desmond Is n friend of mine,"
added Gertrude; "I nm sura ho would
allow inc."
"Of course, ma'am, that makes n itif-,
ferenco," replied Mrs. Succiirdcn more
graciously; "not thnt there's much to ho
seen, nud tho house, has been so long
empty still, If you would care to see It,
Indies "
Thp Indies did euro to seo It, nud
promptly descended. As Mrs, Siiccurden
had told them, there was little or noth
ing to bo seen lu the Interior of Kep
plngton Hull. Thorn were hnndsomo
suites f rooms opening nno out of tho
other, a few family portraits of doubtful
merit, a good deal of old china stored
away behind glass doorod onblnots lu
such heaps thnt It could hardly be seen.
and miscellaneous furniture that was. old
fashioned without being lu any way
be.uittful.
"This 'was Mr. Hrlnn's own room."
said Mrs. Siieciirden; "the only time hit
stayed here he lived here entirely. Ho
was hero for three weeks after his poor
uncle's funeral, ami that Is all tho time
ho ins ever stayed nt Keppingtou since
he became is master. And then the
old woman sighed. "HI., dear! It's a
sad lions now. when one comes to re-
member tho past, when nil tho young
ones wore about and there was nolo and
laughter from morning till night; but It's
no wonder he hates It now, tutor follow,
" ,,,Im",Iw!"
by does he hate It, Mrs. Succor-
In 1 ?1 n V I!''! ,rU";i I I v V .
And then bellcla at the window asked
a question, too. "Is that the church
down thoro mining the trees?" Arrange n Double row or nests six root
"Yes. mls," replied the housekeeper, to"" one end of the house nud place
"that Is the chtireh. aud that yonder Is drop boards on thrill, so thnt thu eggs
the gable of tho vicarage. Ah! and thnt may bo giitlieri-d from the nlleywiiy,
Is n changed house, too. nowadays! a w,leli In the six-foot space, between tho
stranger there with a sickly wife and a ,,, wn ,, , ., ,. At ,,,,
tribe of noisy chldren-so dlffereu . , f t,l.wny ,,,, n ,,,,,. ,
Meanwhile Gertrude loaned her elbow',, , . ., ..
upon the mantel shelf; before her was ,,mt ,,, W mn' RTI without
a picture frame of dark wood with closed
doors shut to with a tiny glided key.
Something, sho knew not what, made
her suddenly Inquisitive concerning this
frame. She glanced round; Mrs, Huc-
curdcu and Felicia stood with their backs
to her, looking out of windows; she turn
ed the tiny key quickly nud opened its
doors, liefore her was a painted minia
ture of a young girl In n riding habit
wpnrlnc nil nlil-faahlutiml felt bat with
a bird's wing at the side; the face was!
exceedingly beautiful, tho eyes large aud
dark, the features regular, tho lips full
and very sweet, aud hnlr too was dark, I
and the figure appeared to be tall and
perfectly symmetrical.
"That Is Miss Gray," said the voh-o
of the housekeeper behind her. Ger
trude started and shut to the little dour
almost guiltily.
Hut before they left the little r study.
Felicia lingering behind had time to
.I.. .. na .-v lolilalA iiLa.italiilUS
"Do you think." she whispere.1 to
Gcrtrmle while ther walte.1 at the open
doorway that led Into the gardens, when
Mrs. Siiccurden had gone lit quest of the
man who was to take her plaeo as
cicerone; "do you think that there Is a
Mr. Siiccurden about, Gertrude?"
"Impossible to say why?"
"lU-causo somebody has been sitting In
,,r.Jl TL, I f a
"TSfS. -lie" th"
that room, I am co
n-M t&i. Iittii If I 11.1 mil
newspaper on the floor? and a pen In the
Inkstand was wet. and the blotting book
was awry. and. oh, my dear, didn't you
notice the strongest smell of smoke?"
Well. I thought I did, certainly. ery'ii,, .i,lt rorr whlto Mexican nnd
likely some man servant, who approprl
ates his master's sitting room. Hush,
here comes the old lady. When do you
expect Mr. Desmond and his bride back,
Mrs. Succurdeu?"
"I doubt if Mr. Hrlan will ever bring
her here to this house, ma'am, and lu
any case they are abroad for a year, I
hear. If you will walk out Into thn gar
den, ladles, the head gardener will meet
you outside.
(To be continued.)
I'ooIIiik ll'e Moon Man.
As they sat out on the old lawn she
looked uwny to the slimmer skies.
"Wouldn't It be nice," sho ventured.
"If the sklo were ever clear?"
"Of course not," replied tho roman
tic youiiK man. "Whnt chnnco would
Cuphl lmvc If there wuro no clouda to
hide the moon iiiuu'm face, occasion
ally?" And the maiden blushed nud said
she did not euro If tin; whole sky wai
overcast.
Mutter of Iliislnes.
"I hear tho Widow Catchum Is to be
married ngaln," said the undertaker
wife, "nnd for tho fifth time, too. It's
perfecUy Bcundaloua don't you think
no?"
"Yon must oxcuso me, my dear," re
piled her hUHb.ind, "but It would hard
ly bo right for mo to say nnythliu
against Mrs. Ciilchem. Sho Is ono of
my boat customer."
I'eciillur Theory,
"Uncle ItufiiH," said the mnn who
tnkuH nu IntentHt In everybody, "what
la your Idwt of emancipation?"
"Well, nub," wiih tho niiNwer, "somo
of tlcni farm hntids wasn't wtniln' dur
anlt. nn' 'mancipation woro jes' n
p'llto way of tellln' 'cm dnt do whlto
folks
board
wouldi! bo 'simnslblo for dolr
nn' kcop no loiiKKr." VVuhIiIiib
ton Stur.
Cutue for Pride.
NnggHby Hmlloy certainly hna ren
soiiH to bo proud of hla wife.
Mrn. NiiKKHby Why do yon think
80?
Nnggsby Sho doesn't iirhiuiio tho
I(Kik of n mnrtyr or try to change tho
Hiibjet-t when ho nttompta to tell a
funny Btory.
Hnltnble Hyiioiiy-n.
Wcao' Wnlkor Wot do youso t'lnlt
uv mo corporations, Tatters?
Tired Tnttore Wot corporations?
Weary Walker Mo hIioqh. I calls
'cm corporations, 'cntiso doy ain't got
no Holes.
HurprUt-d,
"Ella gets her beautiful complexion
from her mother."
"Ib her mother a chemist?" Clovo
laud Plain Dealer.
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A l.orue Poultry House.
As it rule, n poultry liutisu Intended
to hold llfty or more birds Is quite nu
expensive proposition, for usually 11 Is
doMlgiied with nil milliner of fixings
which are costly without being lrll-'-
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" "" B'"ily desirable, nil while
C0S,H U10l' t0 l"tUl two smaller ones,
It will pny lu the, long run by reason
of n lower mortality iimong tho fowls,
tho ease by which they may bo dean-
wi nn,l tbo added i-oiufort lu tho limn-
,,r r temperature. In response to n
, f mll!l ,,f considerable also
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lu 'Hmenslons bo lllx'.'O feet, with six
fight-foot posts, front nud back,
respectively. I'ovor tho roof Hint ihle
with tnrtvd paper or shingle tho roof
if preferred. Ilnvo four windows on
'I'" eolith sldo. ono east nml mm west
. Wn,ov. Dlvhlo this In two pnrts with
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'"m" "I1 '''kIXooii Inoho from tho floor.
t.A fob itit't.iiir iiut'Mr.
U - nterlng tho house where the fowls
I nt0 eonKrv).((M. 0n top of the nent
I boxes, or rather nltovv thoni, tho roosts
' ,m' nrrnngiil with a wide iMianl under
. Hiem to cntcli Hie iiroipings.
lUrlr .'irn l'r" ll-l
If you linva a kooiI market, early
wect corn Is n paying crop, writes nu
Iowa farmer. It can be planted thick
and nu enormous number of ears
Krowit to the acre, I have Had ns high
IJOOO dozen can, to the acre, and It
generally sells at 8 cents to 12 cent n
dozen. While, the Intter sorts nro
much bigger nud sweeter ears, they do
not. n it rule, pay its well ns tho ear-
Hnrly Minnesota. They will bo done
nnd off tho ground by tho Inst part of
July, and you enn get another crop In
nfter It. I generally drill sorghum In
between the rows when I lay It Dy,
and by the time the corn Is picked nud
th,. fodder cut off the sorghum Is knee
high, nnd by fall will make seventl
tons of the finest of feed for horses
or cattle. We grow nil our fodder for
the horses that way, lu early sweet
com and early peas.
I'nrltlnir Afilra fur Iti'Hirt.
Importers In llnglnml say Hint ap
ples for that country should be (tacked
iih tight as H)sslble ami be iiudmnng
cd by frost. The Canadian minister of
agriculture has given notice of Inten
tion to favor n resolution to nmeud thn
net respecting the packing of various
commodities so nn to provide that
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The different purta of the floor ns shown above may be modified to stilt
conditions. It la essential that thu noil below should bo solid ho iih to give a
ilrm bed. Thu first layer of concrete consist of about three Inches of mixed
gravel and cement on which Is placed nu upper layer of half nu Inch made of
Hand nud cement. Itullotln, Illinois Kxperiiueutnl Stations.
w,Ml n,,,,,.s r pnckwl lu Cumuli, for
Lxort fr selling by tho box.thoy ahull
Im nnckrd In good and strong box
en of seasoned wood, the Insldo dlineu
hIoiih of which hIiiiII not be loss than
10 Inches In depth, 11 Inches lu width
nud 20 Inches In length, representing
ns far u posslblo 2,200 cubic Inches.
Provision la nlso iniitlo for n penalty
of 2.1 cents on each box of apples not
pneked lu accordance with this regula
tion. W. H. Holloway, Consul, Hall
fax. Charcoal Mixture for lings.
Tako n I no bushels of charcoal, eight
pounds of suit, two qtiarta of air slack
ed lime, a bushel of wood ashen; crush
chnrcoul nnd mix all thoroughly, Wet
this mlxturo with warm water Into
which ono nnd n qunrter pounds of cop
perns has been dissolved, and put
this In scpnrnto troughs for hogs to
feed upon freely,- Tho above la a tlmo
tested method of focdlng charcoal,
Ume, salt, ashes and copperas.
The Isrlf-SuoUhiK '"'
It In not nocosKitry to nliiise n eot
for thla hint Imlilt. Hlmply it" "l"iit
lueitkliiu off Hut Imlilt lu it noiihIIiIo
iimimer, wliloli la lomllly tlono wiin u
Utile euro nml with tho help of tho de
vice here iIomtIImmI, TitUo it HtroiiK
smooth si kit nhotit tlnoo nml ono-hiilf
feet Ioiik mid lit one end of It fusion it
ting. Hiioldo n atriip itroiuid the noclt
of (lie cow mid fiiNleu n sliort sirup
tlirotiKli the ring on the oitil of thu
xlli'k or polo with tho other end
through the neck sirup,
Aboiit eight Inches from the end of
I lie polo, the end opposite the one ill
which tho ling bus boon Inserted, huro
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nm niK HKi.KstiKi.io ow.
nu linger hole nud through thla run n
strong luinl twlue or lenther and tie It
securely to n strap fastened around
the body of the eotv Just beyond Its
front legs. It will bo noticed that
while this device will prevent the cow
from sucking herself It Is it safe nt-
titchment nud If arranged ns directed
It will be almost luiNisslblo for the
cow to Injure herself with either end
of the pole, The lllustnitloit shows
the Idea clearly.
Ilnlaliisy Hip llneon llif.
Outside of whnt Is known as the
ctirn belt, fanners will innko more
money lu hog raising by putting ani
mals mi the market of moderate
weight, tliitu by the heavy weights
tMileh hnvr long been wi iMipuhir. 'I ho
streak of lean mul fat hog Is the most
proiltnble one today, but to raise sin-h
mi milmal requires n radical deart
tire from the old methods of close pens
nml an nliuoit exclusive corn diet.
Onto, Imrley. skint milk and plenty of
good pasture during the summer ou
ter very largely Into the make-up of
the bacon ling. Some corn is fed, but
mainly at the finishing off period, Hie
mis In dependence being plaeis! on the
other grains with the Htstiirc. In the
case of the latW good pasture must
be supplied. It will not do to turn
the hogs on any worn-out stripe of
grass land. The pasture of mixed
grasses must be good nml the results
will bo better If n range of rape Is,
used by way of variety. Then let the,
hogs follow the harvest In the fall.
particularly lu the corn tlrld, and they
will pick tip nearly nil the com they
should have during the period of
growth.
I'niir I'rril fur llorf.
Sometimes It seems ns If poor or
damaged food may bit given fowls and
pigs without Injury If It Is skillfully
mixed with thu better quality, al
though tJium Is n risk In this sort of
feeding. Tho horse on the other hand
Hoes not seem to lie mile 10 tako ins .
shnro of damaged fecil, and tho feed
ing of It generally results In n bad
stomach or bowel trouble. These or
gans of the horse nro much more sen
hlttvo nml delicate than generally sup -
jMMied nnd great care should therefore,
be used In feeding. Poor hay Is nn-1
other bad thing for horses, and It is
nlso pixir Hillcy to attetiipt to carry
n honw very far on hay. whether good
or Mxir, nnd water, fecillng small
(iiantltles of grn'ln. Heyond all doubt
oats are the host of nny grain for
horses, but It Is quite as good mlcy
to funilNlt variety to the horses ns to
the other stock on the farm, but rank-
lug sure Hint the animal has one feed
dally of tlrst-class oats, ami that oats
form one of the grains In one of the
mixtures of tho day. I.et all of tho
fo.ai be first-class. Including the liny.
TOR STAllLf.
and thu horso will thrlvo on It and
really cat less than of tho poor food.
liooil YIH.I of Wlini.
r.. t... r.. , .. .
in, ,v r ,, i .. '.' '"' I,nnr
bi.Hl.ola of wheat grown from nineteen
nt-res, nu uverag.. of thlrty-ilvo bush
ela tier ncru. Mr. Gordon turns tuider
h.-.- ,.,, .....s iinuging up iuh land,
mid ho also uses friuic .
, , . . .. ' ii"
shows what Indiana ho can bo mado
io 'iroiiiicn wueit hum plan or lirltlKliitf
up tho land Is used.
irtntlnn ilintn Itiirif iliAf -..
,,; 7 .; rz" z:.r ': :. r.o.r".K?rt
" e " n.iiuii.u iii imor
In the henhoiisa or inmn ol,..n.,.i
nlace. Feed retrular ami nnM Z. 1 ,.
Hotter keep them n little hungry than
to over feed.-Oranjr9 Judd Farmer
-"--- "-- wv I11I1I-II.
From experience I hao Ycarn.i that ' ;..vU. SZ "So L ? Z S'"' "l I
wo can have wlntor eggH If we work n .?. V , . .-"""""W, f,,r lr- ( 1
little for them. The'hons must have w ' ? ' h ,'S "STx ", 1
exercise and Hint Is best obtained hv !',r. "V.... "... " '" bVUtt ',l', .r 1
,"Sffi.JKU"r u ill -7 mir
A'rlt'.r LiA.l j. 4 I
-:3MSj;l
- "JfPfeT
(OTlllr
Disorder nlloiullng the proshleiitlnl
(niiipitlKii In C'iiIhi lina led lliiiiightfvl
peoplu to n cniisldcrtttluii of tho jmwr
f w United Slates to provenUi i'o-
mm.l of the i-oiiiIIHoiih of uitflfoliy
(mt prevailed In the Island (lining llm
hint yours of Spuulsli rule. It Is re
called that this coiiiili-y Intorfeied In
the affair of Culm seven yenra ngo
In order to put ti stop to disorder mid
misrule, which produced such eoiiill
tlons iih brought Infectious dlsense to
our Southern porta nud required tho
constant UkIIiiiioo of the unvy to pre
vent (host) porlM from being used nu
the Iimno for llllbiistetlug operations.
Culm wiin nccupli-d by American
troops, nml Comki'o ordeitHl Hint they
should not withdraw nil n ukuh iiioniit
I. . , M, i1H1i ..,, ,aill
tion which should give to the I'ultoil
states tho right to "Intervene for tho
iniiliitouuiiro of n Kovoriiinent nilo-
qtmto for the protection of lire, prop,
erty mid Individual liberty." The On
wu constitution given this right to thn
Fnltcd States, nud It In Ht III further
seemed by n treaty duly rallilnl ami
proclaimed. The certainty that thla
goteriimeut would Intervene in ease of
grave and widespread disorder hnx
had n salutary effect on the I'libait
IHilltUiitus trHluiHl lit the nielliiMU of
the old revolutionists. If they stit-cccd
In holding tliouisoHi-N lu check during
the polltlenl chiivhm which rlosss with
the presidential election on Dei I they
will have advanced fur III the arts of
Mlf governtuein. Hut. says the Votith'a
Companion, r tH. Dulled States Is
eompolletl to lutommo to put hii end to
,)m mH,-BnreN eausel by a iHaonlerlv
neighbor, the t'ulwiis will
is,
o mil ci
only
themselves to blnliio for th
uiie.
The I'rrHiidenl's forthcoming niesssgs
la a matter of iimrwii to IImc intir-
ests that have reastiu to believe they
h III lm dealt with. Among those who
show greatest ronrern are the rallrtad
rormraHons of the country, because of
the President's known attitude toward
rates ami relates Already these cor
(Mirations have begun to assemble
strong lobby. Among other Interested
imrtles are the great trusts of thn
country whose concern extends lu two
directions: First, toward the I'resl-
dent's enforcement of existing lawj
ami second, toward his vslhte recom
mendation of tariff revision. The pro
tected Interests, alarmed by the stand
taken by the Massachusetts Hepubtl
cans, fear that recommendations will
lx mnde which will bring tip the wliola 'kj
tnrltf lllli-stliill. 'I'liKil tlii.rn nl-i, f tin III. j V
siirnnee nimaulos, which fear off
suggestion of Federal regulation aud
control. Oiher Interests may be cited
'HS being extremely anxious regarding
the I'rrsldi-nt's forthcoming message,
but these are the more ImiNirlatit
One reason why all such Interests nro
more anxious than they would other
wise be Is bicnuse President Hoosevelt
has nn further ihiIHIchI ambitions.
This Idea regarding the matters nhnvn
cited leads to the conclusion that
whatever rerntnHiottdalioun are limits
in bis forthcoming measage wilt look
to radical lejjlslsllmi; that Is, radical
In the estimation of tlHwe luterestisl.
.. j.
, U ,,'" "H, ""' Hepresentn.
rM r",,lr, WHsbltMtton to atlcml
'" "PPrwirhliiK s.hMi of t'ongresi
"wy, w" '"""'"'I'"-! ' trnusfor-
!,m,,n1n '" '" lU All the Hue.
nnV U?'" W,,,IM'', """ "" '"
' apparatus to prevent thn
mmk Ui "' rl"oes going tha
M'r,','K wn"- .'!' "I'I"T IM.rllo.i
of the rotunda has been cleaned ami
painted, ami ttio "steamboat iwlut" if
the sandstone walls has been complete.
I) Hi-raped away, ret eating the beauti
ful rod-brown color ami stratlllcallou
of thu walls. The rotunda now remind
one of tho Inteilor of a Greek temple.
The color of the walls, the graining oi
Htrntlllcittlou of the stone linrmonlis
with tho historical wlutliigs above,
white In plan- of the old gas Jets (hern
have been Installed I.IKK) Incaliilescetit
electric lights. Old nml obsolete plumb
lug has been replaced with mi up to.
date system mid the whole building
has received n thorough washing und
scrubbing from lop to bottom.
A singular slate of things has como
nbotit lu Alabama. Senator Morgun'a
term oxplrca lu 1007. Ho will bo tueu
(If living) 8.1 yuara old. Senator Pet
tils' term expires In IPO!). Ho will Im
then (If living) nearly KS youra old.
Alaliamii Is on tho quadrennial phut;
nfler next your' legislature (hero
""
won't bo miotlior until 11110. Next
',,,,r'M l"Kl"lture, therofore, will hnvo
utora. Ah fur aa known ( oral Mor
gnu nnd Genera Huh doslro ami ex
poet re-election. SiiipoHo they nro ro
elected. At tho nml of their new term It1
,,. . i ,i ... ."""'.
in iiHijr inu unit iiiiiu) tiei oral .vine
K will bo Si) mid General Pet ,,- m
' i. jt
Kleelriellv Is lii li Z. ...
rv ,,, ( ,,y,
iesi ny me iiepnrimeut of Agrlcul
i'"i h.,.
theory (lint tint
L-nnvHi of
h I '"
vegetable mutter, which
Himdnwii, will coiilluiio
t(mK"M Mt Hiiiulnwii,
l.u,...,l. il. ..!.!. i IS .... .
'V , . . ", .' , ' , "U'"U
,,K,,.t H m.ip,.llMl to '"1'"" the nut
ural developing powers of thu plants.
iit'Liiiiiii iiijiiiiiiico. -inn oxpor iiientH
ri