The Athena press., July 24, 1908, Image 2

THE WEB OF LIFE.
A pitiful piece of patches and shreds
But stay your passionate grieving
It It late to pick up the broken threads
And change the pattern of wearing?
The warp was dyed in the wool and
drawn
To the loom without your willing:
L'ut the shuttle that flies from dawn to
dawn
Carries the thread of your filling.
Ihe fabric of life by which you are
known
la not, perhaps, of your choosing ;
But the matter which gives It light and
tone
Is the color you are using.
Over the dingy ancestral dyes,
Over and under, and over,
The gold of your Bhuttle tints as It flies
The blemish It may not cover.
Forward and onward ; you may not pause,
In your own work disbelieving,
For still by the force of its unseen laws
The loom goes on with its weaving.
And your inmost thought is caught in the
snare
By a law that no man knoweth ;
And your purpose, be it false or fair,
Shows In the web as it growetih.
Well for you and well for us all, sweet
friend,
When, at last, our shuttles falter,
If the weavers beginning where we end
Find naught in the pattern to alter.
Youth's Companion.
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Mr. MnntflPu's
O v
? ? Marriage
Robert Montagu walked slowly down
the quiet country road, lie was within
a few mllus of the great metropolis, but
In this peaceful Hertfordshire village
he felt a thousand miles from the bub
of the universe. And yet he hud but
lately returned from a very distant
country the western part of Canada
where things hud prospered exceeding
ly with him. lie hud, in short, come
home with his pile a rich man at lust,
and hud returned to the old country
for a well-eumiid rest, with an idea at
the back of his busy mind that it might
be very pleasant to settle down at home
if he could find someone to settle
down with!
He looked about him with Interest as
he made his wiiy down the deserted
rood, which he remembered so well,
many, many years ago; huh wueu ne
came In sight of a square, ugly white
house standing on a little eminence, ap
proached by a handsome carriage drive
and surrounded with prosperous look
ing outbuildings and a big garden, he
slackened bis pace a little. .
So this was where Adela was living.
Things hod gone well with her and her
stockbroker husband evidently. How
would they receive him? He glanced
down at his clothes, which though neat
were by no means new. His heart
yearned for a little affection; he had
lived so long without It. Adela had a
string of children; perhaps some of
them might take him to their hearts,
though if they resembled Adela, his el
der sister well, she had never cared
for him.
The gay strains of the newest waltz
floated' up to the top story of the Hen
derson abode und penetrated to the
schoolroom, where, In rather a dlsmnl
light and beside a very poor fire, Mar
garet Verney was trying to concentrate
her attention on a' book which lay on
her lap. Hut it was" not easy to read
with that seductive music filling the air,
and almost unconsciously her foot bent
time softly to the delightful rhythm
which she loved so well. If only she
could have Joined the dancers ! A smile
touched Margaret Verney's pretty lips
sfls Bhe thought of the past not so very
far from her when sho had danced
and done nil the things girls love, and
had not known a core or any anxiety.
Well, that was all changed now. She
had to fight her way in the world.
Perhaps she was not tho only unhap
py person in that house, for, from what
she hud heard one of the girls say
about their newly arrived uncle, it was
very evident thnt he was by no means
a welcome guest.
"Imagine him coming now of nil
times," Amy hud said, In her high fret
ful voleo, "bringing disgrace on us -all,
and making Arthur think what queer
relations we have! He must be kept in
the background ns much ns possible."
And the sharp words had reached the
uncle's ears; Margaret Verney hud
caught sight of him at that moment,
and she knew the hitter speech had
stung him. A great pity and sense of
comradeship seized her at that moment,
and the smile with which she had
looked at him was perhaps the only
welcome he had received.
The fire biassed up with pleasant
burst of flames, and Margaret Verney
lost In her own dreams, gazing Into
the heart of the fire did not hear the
door open quietly, ami she startled vio
lently when a hand touched her softly
and a vole said, with a familiar ae
!ent ;
"Moping all alone, Miss Verney?
That's too bad. You ought to he daue
tug with the rest."
The girl got up with a little shudder
of dislike as her eyes fell on the tall,
good-looking young man who had stolen
In upon her. She cordially disliked her
employer's nephew, who had chosen ou
more than one occasion to pester her
with his unwelcome and lusoleut atten
tions, but young Henderson was quite
Impervious to snubs. '
"I have told you before, Mr. Hender
son, that I will not be pestered with
your insulting attentions. If you do
not immediately leave the schoolroom
I shall summon assistance."
The man colored darkly, and before
Margaret was quite aware of his Inten
tion he had seized her In his arms.
"You'll keep your distance, you young
cur," said a quiet voice, and a strong
band flung him aside with astounding
ease, while Margaret Verney drew a
long breath of relief.
"He didn't hurt you?" asked Mon
tagu, turning to her.
"No, thank you so much. I I "
"And you'd better clear out," said
Montagu wheeling ' round and facing
the infuriatyd young man, "unless you
wish to be horsewhipped. Get out!"
"And leave the field clear for you,
eh? Well, I wish Miss Verney Joy of
the returned prodigal the beggar man
from Canada," muttered Henderson,
maliciously; but he went out of the
room all the same.
"Does he annoy you often?" asked
Montagu sharply. "Because if so I will
lodge a complaint with my sister."
"Well, it Is not the first time Mr,
Henderson has tried to annoy me," she
confessed; "but please, Mr. Montagu,
don't trouble about It. He will be leav
ing In a few days, and then it will be
all right."
"And you don't Join the rest down
stairs?" he 8sked suddenly, after a
short silence. . ,
"Oh, no ; I have other things to do."
"And you're happy?"
"Well as a rule, yes. Of course, one
has dreams "
"Yes. We all have dreams," he said ;
"some of us realize them some don't.
What are your dreams. Miss Verney "
"To get back my old home. It Is in
the market now; we were obliged to
sell the place when my father died
leaving me and my sister almost penni
less. That Is why I am here, and I
long so for the wild moorland of my
native Yorkshire and the free country
life."
"I see. And I can understand. Where
was your home exactly? You and I
should be friends. Miss Verney, for we
are both rather In the same boat. No
body seems to want me much."
That was the pleasantest evening
Margaret Verney had known since her
coming into the Henderson household,
"what are youb dreams?"
and a friendship sprang up in that
short hour between her and the beggar
mnn uncle us the children called the
newly returned relative which time
would only cement. And to Montagu
hluiself some new and altogether de
lightful thing had come into his life
during thnt short hour.
He was very busy for some weeks
after that, but he managed to see a
good deal of Marguret Verney. And all
the time his plans were maturing and
the property on which Miss Verney's
eorly youth had been spent the home
she loved so well passed secretly and
quietly into the hands of the latest mil
lionaire. And then, when everything
was quite ready, he asked Margaret
Verney to be his wife.
"You don't know much about me,
perhaps," he said ruefully, "but I can
promise you a happy life, sheltered
and cared for. I love you dearly I
will be good to you always if you can
only care a little, when I care so much.
Would you be content to marry a poor
man, Margaret?"
"If I loved him I would," she said,
very low.
"And you care Just a little?" he
said eagerly.
"Oh, 1 care so much," she whispered.
Tho rest was silence.
They were married very quietly a
few weeks later. And later in the-day
the newly married couple set off on
their Journey to Yorkshire.
"We will visit the vicinity of your
old home," Montagu said to his wife,
and It was with a strangely fluttering
heart that in the warm summer even
ing the girl found herself alighting at
the familiar little station.
A handsome motor with a couple of
men In dark livery stood in the station
yard, and Margaret, to her amazement,
found herself being hurried Into it,
while her modest luggage was put Into
a luggage cart. In charge of a smart
groom.
"But where are we going?" she asked
In amazement, as the car glided swiftly
away to where Hallenby Hall reared
its gray mass from out of a sheltering
plantation facing the limitless sea.
"We are going home," said Monta
gu, tenderly. "Are you glad my own?"
"But I don't understand," she said,
faintly. "I thought you were a poor
man, and "
"Well, my sister and her . .family
made the same mistake," said Montagu,
quietly. "You see, they took it all for
granted and so did you I had my
own reasons for not wishing to unde
ceive them for the present, and ner
we are at home, Margaret."
And that was how Margaret Mon
tagu came back to her old home. Loo
don Tit-Bits.
INITIATING A SENATOR.
Pngre Shows Illm Hovr to Get Around
the Capitol Quickly.
There are many ways in which the
new Senator learns when he gets past
the Vice President's desk, and one of
the most fruitful and unreserved
sources of Information Is the Senate
page, says the Washington Jlerald.
The Seuate page is an Institution
without a parallel. The dozen or so
young Americans who enjoy the honor
of running errands for the solons are
bright and by no means backward, and
they are phllanthroplcally ready at
any moment to Impart information to
the new Senator. .
The new member of the Florida dele
gation, Senator Milton, who was' sworn
In recently, took a lesson from one of
the youthful Mercuries that day, ac
companied with an actual demonstra
tion of its effect.
Mr. Milton found his way about lunch
time to an elevator, Intending to re
fresh the Inner man In the dining room
down In the basement. When he reach
ed the shaft a sprightly young Amer
ican In blue serge Norfolk Jacket and
a pair of bloomer trousers stood there.
The boy Immediately started In to get
acquainted. Delicately Imparting th
Information that he knew the Senato.
was a "new one," the page proceeded
to show him how to ring for an ele
vator. "You see." he said, "three rings
means that a Senator wants the lift,
and that he don't have to wait long,
either. No matter who or how many
may be In the car, the elevator man
starts for, the Senator's floor and takes
him up or down, wherever he wants to
go. Then he iets the other people off
where they want to go. See this way."
Three rings Jingled through the cor
ridor and the elevator was there, with
half a dozen passengers.
"We want to go down," said the
page, with a familiar flourish of his
head toward his protege. And In they
stepped Senator and page and down
they went.
IN NELL G WYNNE'S OLD HOME.
Lady Churchill Penning Her Re
mlnlscences at Salisbury Hall.
Mrs. George Cornwallis West, for
merly Lady Randolph Churchill, prac
tically lives the life of a recluse at the
present time in Salisbury Hall, St. Al
bans, where she is completing her re
miniscences, which began some months
ago in the Century Magazine. The
splendor of the beautiful house In
which this literary work is being car
ried on must be seen to be appreciated.
The last home of Nell Gwynne, the
place is crowded with Interests and as
sociations of King Charles' favorite.
Outwardly the residence Is much the
same as It was in the olden days. Its
walls are closely covered with creeper
and the lawns and drive and doorways
are unpretentious as one approaches
from the road, says the New York
World.
Within the house everything Is in
direct contrast to the simple exterior.
Hail and stairs are paneled with some
remarkable tapestries which Nell
Gwynne left. The drawing room, din
ing room and bed rooms are paneled
with brocades which Mrs. West picked
up In Italy and Paris. These fabrics
are all old and In thorough accord with
the low ceilings and old-world air of
the house itself.
Mrs. West's own bathroom Is the
finest of its kind In England. To make
H she threw two large bedrooms into
one. The floor Is covered with rose
pink carpet specially woven of double
texture and softness. Tlaln pink satin
walls harmonize with the floor cover
ing and mezzotints of great rarity are
hung at Intervals all round. In the
center of the carpet three marble steps
descend into a white marble bath,
which is kept covered. No faucets,
pipes or things of that kind are to be
seen, as they are manipulated from
the floor below. Around the bath glass
shelves are fitted. Beneath them crys
tal bowls for soaps extend right round
three sides. The shelf Is covered with
crystal bottles with pomades, essences
and sweet oils to perfume the bath,
and, above all, rows of crystal covered
boxes filled with gigantic powder ptiffi
and sweet-smelling powders.
Talk that Sella Well.
They were a group in the St. Fran
cis lobby talking Rawhide prospects, !
says the San Francisco Chronicle. j
"Let's go up to Bonneau's room,"
suggested one of the gathering. "Too
many people down here listening fo
everything we say."
"And you claim to be a Nevada min
ing man?" asked Frank Bonneau, in a
low voice. "Talk like this means sales, j
man. We stay right here as long as'
there are Interested listeners."
Then, resuming his normal voice, he
laughed and continued: "Well, right
after he made that lucky strike he
flashed a new suit which was a wonder.
He had hoofed it out to Nevada with
out a bean. Now look what he's worth.
Front of a saloon one day a fool prac-
ttcal Joker slipped up behind and light
ed his celluloid collar. Jury brought
In 'Justifiable homicide' and he gave
the Joker's family a cool $50,000, which
was big money for them, but nothing
for him, with his rock running $000 to .
the ton."
Even a cheap young man may cost
his parents a lot of money.
It's a wise dentist who knows hi
own teeth.
Quality of Seeds.
As the result of tests of alfalfa, red
clover and grass seeds secured In the
open market Chief Galloway of the
bureau of plants Indusry makes a re
port that is certainly of Interest to
farmers.
Red Clover. Of the 1,217 samples of
red clover seed secured 405, or one
third, contained seed of dodder, 424
contained traces of yellow trefoil seed,
and 135 bore evidence of having orig
inated in Chile.
Alfulfa. Of the 399 samples of al
falfa seed secured 191, or about one
half, contained seed of dodder, 135
contained a trace of .yellow trefoil
seed, 120 contained a trace of sweet
clover seed, and 10 contained a trace
of bur clwver seed.
Bromus Inermis. Of the 55 samples
of Bromus Inermis seed obtained 15
contained seed of cheat, or chess, 28
contained from 2 to 3 per cent of seed
of the wheat grasses, several con
tained seed of meadow fescue and one
contained more than 24 per cent of
meadow fescue and rye grass seed to
gether. Kentucky Blue Grass. Of the 429
samples of Kentucky blue grass seed
obtained only 8 were found to be free
from any trace of Canada blue grass.
In most of these samples the trace of
Canada blue grass found was imma
ture seed, showing that It was harv
ested with the Kentucky blue grass
seed. The seeds of the two plants not
ripening at the same time, It is Im
probable that mature seed of Canada
blue grass would be harvested with
Kentucky blue grass seed. In 110
samples, however, Canada blue grass
seed was found in quantities exceed
ing 5 per cent, 32 pf these being Can
ada blue grass seed misbranded as
Kentucky blue grass seed.
The Potato Dag.
The potato bug, or Colorado potato
beetle, passes the winter in the ma-
FARM-BUILDING
PLAN OF A PIGGERY.
The above diagram shows a cross section of a piggery building thirty-four
feet wide, which may be of any desired length. The foundation is of Btoue,
but may be built of concrete to be in keeping with the floor and the piers,
which are concrete. The floor is In two layers, the lower three inches being
comprised of coarsa gravel seven parts and cement one part, the upper inch
being mixed three parts sharp sand to one of cement The alley running
throughout the ceuter of the building Is six feet wide, with a crowned floor
one-half Inch higher in the center, to Insure Its being kept perfectly dry.
The floors of the pens are given a fall of two inches from the alley to the
outer doors.
The partitions are constructed of one and a quarter-Inch boards cut Into
three-foot lengths. These are placed In an upright position, the bottom ends
resting on a two-by-four and the tops capped with similar material. The loft
above is about eight feet highat top posts and furnishes an abundance of
room for storage of straw, crates, crate materials, etc. No meal feed should
be stored here, as it Is likely to become contaminated.
The Illustration shows the ropes and pulleys by which the doors and
ventilators are opened and closed from the feeding alleys. On the right side
the door and ventilator are open; on the left side closed.
ture form. As soon as the potatoes
are up these bugs begin feeding and
laying eggs on the young leaves. The
young that haft-h from these eggs, as
well ns the next brood, are the ones
that do the damage. Therefore, It is
necessary that treatment should be be
gun as soon as the young beetles ap
pear on the vines. Dust the plants
while the dew Is on, with a mixture
made of 1 pound Paris green to 10
pounds of slaked lime or cheap flour.
Another good method is to spray the
plants with a composition of 2 ounces
of Paris green in 50 gallons of Bor
deaux mixture, spraying the Vines two
or three times. For this purpose the
Bordeaux mixture should be made out
of 3 pounds of bluestone and 5 pounds
of lime to 50 gallons of water. This
mixture will not only kill the beetle,
but also prevent the early blight from
destroying the leaves and stems of the
vines.
Farm Notes.
When the wheels get so dry that
they rattle, hnve the tires properly set;
do not try to chink up the spokes.
With all classes of stock the value of
the feed is the same, whether It is sup
plied to the scrawnies or the best of
thoroughbreds.
Teams that have been partially Idle
for some time should come Into work
again gradually and their shoulders
bathed with salt water.
The cutworm Is the larvae of a
moth; the worm Is of a brown color,
fat and sluggish, about an inch long,
and feeds only during the night
For bumble-foot in poultry jalnt the
corn liberally with tincture of Iodine
daily for a week. If this is done In
the early stages the corn can be spread.
If given before the hogs get past
the eating and drinking stage, the fol
lowing Is claimed to be an infallible
cure for hog cholera : To a barrel of
good slop add one pint of Venetian red
and one pint of kerosene oil. Mix well.
The first rule for getting a good
profit from poultry Is to get the chicks
hatched early.'aud the next Is to keep
those chicks growing so fast that they
will reach laying maturity before the
commencement of cold weather.
The garden should contain most or
all of the common medicinal and flavor
ing herbs. Most of these can be grown
with very little trouble, and the herb
plat should include such useful plants
as sage, hoarhound, caraway, saffron,
pennyroyal, tansy and others that wlV
suggest themselves.
Three Horse Doubletree.
A doubletree attachment to binder
or sulky plow can be made according
to the plan shown. The dimension?
can be varied slightly to accommodate
horses of different sizes.
Seed Germination.
It requires from 20 to 30 days for
asparagus seed to germinate; beans,
5 to 10 days; borecole, broc-coli, Brus
sels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower,
5 to 12. days; carrots, 14 to 21 days;
celery, 14 to 20 days; corn salad, 14
days ; corn, 8 to 14 days ; cress, curled,
3 to 5 days; cress, water, 12 to 14
days; cucumbers, 5 to 10 days; egg
plant, 8 trf 20 days; endive, 3 to 7
days; lettuce, 3 to 5 days; melons,
cantaloupes, 5 to 10 days; melons,
water, 8 to 15 days; mustard, 8 to 6
days ; onions, 7 to 14 days ; parsley, 20
to 30 days ; parnips, 8 to 14 days ; peas,
5 to 10 days ; pepper, 8 to 20 days.
Wood Ashes.
Ashes made from hard wood are
more valuable than those made from
soft wood. It Is claimed that some
ashes from soft wood have not enough
value to make It worth while to bother
with them. It has also been discovered
that the value is largely governed by
the part of the tree from which the
ashes are made. It is declared by
CONSTRUCTION.
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CAHTM.
chemists that the ashes of young twigs
are of more value than the ash of
the trunk of the tree, while the ash
of the leaves Is still more valuable.
Raising- Rhnbarb.
Rhubarb requires a deep and very
fertile soil. The great secret of suc
cess In raising It is high manuring. It
Is a gross feeder, and requires a lib
eral application of manure every year.
A grower whose small patch produces
rhubarb of enormous size explains his
success from his practice of throwing
soapsuds over the ground on washing
days. He had sold $30 worth from a
patch of two and one-half rods In s
single season.
Creameries and Factories.
There are now in Minnesota 825
creameries and seventy-six cheese fac
tories in actual operation, nearly all of
them being operated and owned by the
farmers, using the same system of
bookkeeping that Is given In the short
course In the dairy school, and every
creamery In the state is using the Bab
cock milk test and is making first class
butter. President Northrup of Minne
sota University.
Garden Gleanings.
To make the garden soil warm drain
off all the surface'water possible. Us
underdralns and overdralns.
The best way to 'secure Tery early
plants is to start them in the seed box
or hotbed, then transplant to two-inch
flower pots as soon as the seedlings are
large enough.
Don't work the garden and truck
patch while the ground is wet In the
haste of starting an early crop.-. Notn
lng is gained, but much is lost, In work
Ins wet soils
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1471 Edward, Prince of Wales, son of
Henry VI.- of England, killed at th
battle of Tewkesbury.
505 The principle of the appropriation
act adopted by the Commonwealth
and definitely established.
1747 William - of Nassau appointed
Stadtholder of the Netherlands.
1776 Rhode Island declared Itself fre
of Great Britain, the first of the
thirteen American colonies to take
such action.
1779 Norfolk, Va., occupied by the Brit
ish. ' ,
1794 U. S. Postoffice Department estab
lished by Congress.
1799 Bonaparte defeated at St. Jean
D'Acre. . . . Seringapatam taken by
the British and the empire of flyrier
All extinguished by the death of
his son, Sultan Tippoo Sahib.
1804 Dutch surrendered the island of
Surinam to the British. ,
1800 Robert Morris, the financier of tha
American revolution, died in Phila
delphia. 1813 Americans evacuated York, Can
ada, after setting fire to the city.
1814 Oswego, N. Y., taken by a com
bined force of British and Canadian
troops.
"820 Ex-Empress Eugenie of Franco
born in Granada.
1828 Test act repealed by the British
Parliament.
1840 Many lives and much property lost
by tornado in Adams ,pounty, Mis
sissippi. 1846 Gen. Taylor, Im command of the
- army of occupation in Texas, march
ed to the relief of Fort Brown.
1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, Vice
. President of the United States, born.
1853 The Geneva, the first Atlantic
steamer at Quebec, arrived at that
port.
1854 Sultan of Turkey gave a banquet
in honor of Emperor Napoleon.
1857 The Indian mutineers seized Delhi.
1858 Minnesota admitted to statehood. -1804
Battle of the Wilderness began...
The . Danes defeafed the Allies in a
naval battle off Heligoland.
1865 Last fight in the Civil War at Pal
metto Ranche, Texas. 'V .
18C8 Argument in the impeachment
trial of President Johnson closed.
1876 The ironclad ship. ' Isnieraire
launched.
1885 Battle at Batoche.
1880 Six policemen killed by anarchists
in the Haymarket riots in Chicago.
1900 Peary discovered the northern
coast of Greenland.
1902 Revolutionists in San Domingo de
posed President Jiminez.
1904 The Japanese captured Fengwang
cheng, the Russians retreating with
out giving battle. '
1905 More than a score of lives lost in
a tornado near Marquette, Kan.
1906 The Dominion government took
over the defenses at Esquimault.
1907 Ernest W. Huffcut, legal adviser
to the Governor of New York, cbm-v.
mitted suicide Gen. Kuroki of
Japan and the Duke of Abruzzi vis
ited Washington.
Roseben, once a peerless sprinter, vu
badly beaten at the Aqueduct track in
his first start this season.
The two Cornell four-oared shells
crashed into each other on the river and
both were put out of commission. ;
There seems to be every probability
that an English lawn tennis team will
play in America during the coming sum
mer. Many turfmen believe that a hard fisrht
j will be made n the Tennessee Legisla
i ture next winter to repeal the anti-pool
celling laws.
The farmers at Ames, in their track
squad, are developing some men in the
weight events who may make a showing
n the conference meet in Chicago.
Tom Jones leads the first basemen of
the American League with .991 ; Williams
leads the second basemen with 1000;
Lord leads the third basemen with 1000,
and Wagner of Boston the shortstops
vith 100O.
Notwithstanding the anti-race track
laws enacted in the last Legislature in
Tennessee, Montgomery Park and Bill
ings Park, respectively, the homes for run
ning and trotting horses at Memphis, will
remain open as homes for the horses.
Indiana university is to have another
world's champion if present prospects
prove a suecess. "Long John" Miller,
tha varsity high jumper, bids fair to win
as much fame as Le Roy Samse, who be
came the world's champion pole vaulter
while a student there two years ago. Mil
ler recently cleared the bar in the h'aO
lamp at 6 feet 2 inches,
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