By Order of the Czar
A Story of Russian Power
3 UARCUS & AS TL A XX
niAITEIl XXIV.
After this I wend my way to tha ehop
f certain Jeweler, "Under do lin
den," and purchase the smallest wedding
ring he hit, and keeper, In the selec
tion of wblch I am to fsetldlous chat It
bat grown quit dusk when 1 leave the
tremlna with tba two rings la my
pocket
Mr. OougVe room la lighted op. I fan
see tha f aaeller with Its five lights from
tha street fur tha blinds ara Dot drawn.
1 take my aland under oua of tboee dingy
llmetreea which lend to tha etreat lia
Dams, keeplug those windows la my aya.
"Maruacha will be dull. Uft til alone
o lonf with tha old man," I muw, Ml
have never been ao lone away from hr.
At thla moment aha la watching tba door,
listening fur tny atop, and growing amy
moment mora amloua and remorseful.
Her form appears at ona of tha win
dowa. Bhe encloses ber faro with her
two hands, and peers out, a dark outllna
against tha light Her festuree ara hid
den from mi; would that I could read
tharat Now I begin to pace np and down
and turn over In my utlnd how I ahall
comport mysetf when at leugth Ms
rnacha and I ara together and alnna. I
ara atudluly polite taciturn, calm, re
algnixl. yvt melsncholy withal. I maka
no allusion to our dtagreemeut of tha
ntornlug, tut confine my ronverastlon to
tba besuty of Ilia araulng and my ap
proaching departure. I propose that to
morrow, being our laat day together, wa
ahould spend part of It In seeking for hrr
a suitable lodging, aa of course aha can
not remain at Hoaen'a after 1 am gone.
To abow how antlraly elurere I am, t
will auggmt a aultablo locality. And
what will Maruacha say? How art? 1
thrill with rapturoua anticipation aa I re
call tha fiuala of anothar difference wa
bad. A eerie of etwhsntlng pictures
rise before ma. My enjoyment of tha
concluding erene la Intense. In that airy
vision aha U murmuring tearful sslf-reproaches,
with bar anna about my sack,
which I repeatedly Interrupt with my II pi
to here, whan 1 fall plump! from tha
realm of my awaai tmaglulnga to tba
duety lima avenue wire "Hotel London
before ma, at ona of whose wlndowa
tanda Maruscha, In bar bat, and draw
tng on bar gloves. She la prapaiing to
leave tha hotel alone.
In a faw atrldaa 1 am acroaa tba atrrat
and mounting tha etept. In a faw me
inanta 1 am knocking at Mr. Oough'a
titling room door.
"Coma In!" aounda tba old man's pip
ing treble, and 1 enter.
.Maruarba turna toward ma and I had
almoet fallen out of my role at tha neat
It la only by Inatantly removing my re
gard from her and concentrating It and
my attention on Mr. dough that I am
enabled to check my rising emotlona.
Yat I atlll aeem to tea ouly that pathetic
face of misery with Ita wlJe, blue ayaa
blurred with teera.
"Wall, alrr I eiclalm with bard cheer
fulness, "How bate you dona since I
left yoa thla morning T" I go forward
to bla couch In my profeaalooal capacity
and faal bla pulae.
"Oh, I aay; Mother!" ba an a pa tape
tlantly, anatchlng away bla band. "Leave
my putaa alona. It a aa regular aa lock
work, atwaya la, alwaya waa never va
rlea! Where bara you bean all thla
timet There's Molly, poor laaa, been
crying bar ayea out about you! Mora
fool aha, 1 tell barl Thought you'd gona
off with another woman, or made away
with yourself."
I hear a low, half-etlfled contradiction
of thla latter atatemrnt from Maruacha;
yet I atlll delennluodly avoid looking In
Ler direction.
"If you had given It a thought, Mr.
Gough, my absence waa easily account
ed for. I have naturally many arrange
ments to make before wa leave."
"Fiddlesticks!" he plpea routcmptuoua
ly, "Don't ttilnk to deceive mo. 1 know
all about It; ll'a temper."
lie doubtleaa sees tha burning wrath
mounting to my face, for ha puta op bla
hand and quickly addat
"Wall, well, don't flame op! Ill aay
no mora. It's not my concern. And
now gat yoa gone, ehe'e waiting for you.
Good night, both. I know you ara dying
to klaa and maka frlende."
Really thla old Englishman's Impu
dence la beyond a Joke. "81r " I be
gan. "Coma, coma," ba Interposes, aa If
aoothlng a vexed child. "I know how
matters atand, and you're a bit milled,
as you're Ilka to ba. But I've been tak
ing her In hand for you, and It'a all
right I told her aha had been a bad
lima, and aha promlaod to maka amend.
You'll find ber aa tractable aa a pet lamb,
ao don't you go for to ba too hard on her.
And If aha do kick over the tracea a bit
at Brat, lot ber bava ber fling. She'll
spin aloug grand when once you have
got ber broken to harneaat" Tha audac
ity of the remark robe ma of tha power
of apeech.
My first clear perception after Ita ut
terance lit how la Maruacha affected
by It? I direct toward ber a look of
awful curloelty. To my amazement aha
hreaka Into a ahort, hyaterlcal laugh. Her
face la auffuaed with a vivid crlniaoti
fhiih. Her llpa quiver with tha conflict
ing emotlona of grief and amuaemont, yet
not a touch of anger. Sha atepa quickly
,np to the old man and glvea htm her
' hand.
"Good night; aleop well, you moat
dreadful man!" aha 'f altera, and atlll that
dubious flickering of mirth playa about
her mouth. And as sha hurriea to the
' door, I am fain to hold my peace and fol
low her, only beatowlng on Mr. Uouku
a parting look which I hope conveys with
It eonie suggestion of my unuttered sud
unutterable Indignation.
On my way to the door I hear a pe
culiar, auatalned nolae which proceeds,
I can only imagine, from the throat of
Mr, Gough. It reminds me of the cackle
of a hen. I have, however, do time to
consider Its meaning, for I have over
taken Maruscha, aud we descend to the
street together. I atalk along by her
side, and during a considerable time
there Is alienee between us. Gradually
Mnruscha'a breathing becomes affected.
Bhe breathes short and fast, her hand
goes to her side, and at length she halts.
"Vladimir! I pray thee go not ao fast,"
aha gaapa, aud teara are Is ber voice.
11 am not well."
Where 1 get the moral etrength to
rtatet thla pathetic appeal I know not.
but 1 am enabled to reply with Jut aa
much concern aa a brother might ahow
to a alater under similar circumstances.
'Not well, Maruecha? I am sorry to
bear It Yet I am not enrprlsed. The
atmosphere In Mr, Gough's room was
moat oppreaalve. Perhaps tbou wilt ac
cept the aupport of my arm? I pray
thee!"
Bhe fcenltatee a moment whilst I bold
It stiffly toward ber, then aha takea It.
It la ae If a fluttering bird had descended
and waa u witling on my arm. The long
ing to prena It rlonely to my besrt Is al
most Irresistible: the arnsatlon of that
timid touch thrills mt to pain, yet 1 lei
It lie there aa If my arm were a eeusele
limb of wood.
Maruscha beavea a deep elxh. Wa
proceed for some little way in silence un
til I prepare to lead her acroaa the wide
street to enter the Hteiu-Ktrasse on the
opposite side. Then she srresfs me.
"Vlsdlmlr, I think a little torn in the
air would revive me," she eaye. "IV
less unleas thou wotildst prefer"
"Hy no means, Maruscha. And It 1
ludeed happy thought. The evening
Is lovely and tha walk will do thee good.
How art thou affected. MsniM-baT la
It thy beadr
A rasping sob escspes her. "Yes.
Vlsdlmlr; my head sud, aud oh, Ylad-
tjlr! "
The hand on my arm la Instantly
strained to my heart. No longer ran I
bear the fierce restraint and ere I am
aware my favorite pet name for he
rushes to my lips.
"My sweet dove!"
And I deliberately enclose ber little
trembling hand In my disengaged one.
There Is another long alienee. I know
ahe cenuot speak now, she la furtively
and allently getting rid of aome tears
I lead bar on and on until, for the sec
ond time to-day, the dark, dense trees
of the "Thlergerten" are at one aide of
me. We are alone her, and I venture
to carry the Imprisoned bsud to my lips.
Ae Maruacha offers no resistance, I kiss
It softly many times, Presently I whis
pert
Is thy head very had. my own?"
"Yea oo It la not my bead at all. If
la it la oh, I have been ao nilrah!e'.
And I have something to' aay!" She
makee the confession In a sort of desper
ate gush. "Mr. Gough baa been talking
to me, Vladimir. 1 told him everything
He eaya I am a bed laaa." She attempts
a little laugh, which end a In a eob. I
give ber an encouraging aoueete. "Ha
la quite right that la what 1 am."
"Thou art perfection!" I whisper.
And, indeed, I think It Perfectly chsrra
Ing to me now in retrospect la thla morn
ing's episode, since It bas given to me
this draught of absolute bliss.
"He baa fully explained all to me,
Vladimir, how needful hove Imperative
It la that thou ahouldat ahouldst marry
before going to England, ami we owe ait
much to Mr. Gough that It seems abso
lutely wicked not to consider bis wishes;
and bo aaya that be would be very much
disappointed In me if I were to refuse, ao
I agreed. She hesltstes and droops,
then mskes another effort. "He has
promised offered to wslt three daye
aud the day after to-morrow and oh.
Vladimir, It Is so soon!"
I halt and catch her on my breast.
"Tell me that I understand aright?"
I aay In agitated tone. "The day after
to-morrow thou haat promised to become
my wlfaF
The anawer cornea tremulously and
ahy.
"If thou wilt take me, Vladimir."
a e e
It la the same evculng. We have gone
through the form of taking supper, nud
Rosen, with a lovers tsct and aympathy
has left os aole posaessors of bis sitting
room. We ara seated together in very
close proximity on the aofa. I taka from
my pocket a tiny cardboard box, and
from It, the rings. Maruacha goes Into
raptures at the eight of the keeper. I
aingle out the third alender finger of her
left hand, and try them both on. They
fit exactly.
"It la a lucky omen, Maruacha !" I ob
serve, aa ahe alta looking down at them
with a wistful smile. "Notwithstanding
that I had no measure, they are a per
fect fit"
A audden thought seems to strike her.
Bhe looks up wonderlngly Into my face.
"Haat thou bought them to-day f she
Interrogatea.
"Yea, Maruacha, to-day!"
Her counteuance falls.
"Ah, thou knewest all the time that
I must yield! she aaya, and there la dis
appointment and a touch of bitterness in
her tones. "I am but a poor weak
thing."
I tell a white lie yea, It is a white
one for It spreads brightness over Ma
ruacha a fair face again. .
"Nay, I dared not even hope! How
could IT But I thought I might aa well
have the wedding ring by me against a
future day. There seemed a sort of mel
ancholy cousolntlon In carrying about
with me the golden symbol of thy troth.
Bhe laughs, well pleased.
"Thou foolish boy!" she cries, resting
her bright head on the very breast pocket
wherein lies our marringe license. And 1
loave her In blissful Ignorance of its
presence there.
After thla there falls on aa a alienee
and a deep solemnity, I ran read In
Maruscha'a pure featurea that ahe shares
my feeling of awe at the wonder and
magnitude of our happiness. Full well
we know that It falls not to the lot of
man to enjoy for long a bliss without
alloy, and this may not endure. Yet
uow-f-now it la oura!
We look Into each other'a eyes, the
tears tremble In Maruscha a, like drop
of dew In blue forget-me-not stars. Bhe
sighs.
"Vlsdlmlr, we are too happy!" ahe
breathes at length.
I clasp her to me in a close embrace,
for my heart almost mlsglvea me at her
worda. Then I feel her soft arma about
my neck, and, aa In a flash, my future
, Ilea revealed to we.' A pleaslug, auxlous
fife, with Its harass cares and errowe.
with Ita storms and Its snnshlue, lis dls
islstEecta aad Its trturrr. and st
my side mr loving and helpful Maruscha
my beloved wife, aud 1 fvl strung aad
confident
"Nsver fesr, MsnisrhsT I cry. "We
msy not alwsya he like Adam and Eve
In the Gardeu of K.lro, yet 1 am eot
dismsyed, for when we go hence, we go
together. And we will work txeir
under a free heaven and In the light of
day, for the Valley of the Kbsdow Us
bshlud os."
(The end.)
WHEN WRONGFULLY ACCU31D.
Advice of Lawyer hat to V L'ader
the Clri-Nwetaeree.
The one pre-rmlucnt thing for a per-
oon fslscly accusal of murder, bur
glary, arson, theft or an other of the
grave offense which constitute a fel
ony, write a lawyer, ia to preserve an
unbroken alienee In the presence of his
sccuecra, after he baa aakl to them;
Gentlemen. I sni not guilty. Now
erl for my lawyer, aa the law ex
plicitly wunlrra you to do."
"Hut that Is the course generally
pursued by a guilty man. Am I, an
Innocent man. to assume a similar
role?" aome one may ask.
It la the only safe wa to act; It la
the course the law Itself prcucrlfoea. In
effect, the law any a to the accused:
No human being on the face of the
earth baa an right whatsoever to
question on In relation to an crime
you ma or nm not have committed.
No officer of the law, whether be bo
policeman or Judge, has. the allghtest
K-lutlllM of right to endeavor to moke
you m something that will tend to
Incriminate you, or to lead the crimi
nal authorities to draw the Inference
that you have ao eit:nrslml yourself.
You have one ItidUputaLle right from
the time you are accused until the
charge against you Is finally disused
of you need not answer a single ques
tion put to you by anybody; you need
not make alnftle statement one wa
or another in relation to the offense
with which ou an? charged."
Yet it Is common practice for the po
lice the moment they hare made an
arrest In a felon rase, particular If
It he murder, to put the suspect
through what bas popularly come to be
known aa "the third degree." The man
la dragged before a half doxen or more
high officiate, resplendent In the uni
form and badges allowed them by the
law; be la seated In their midst, aud
the tower threateningly over him aa
be Is mercilessly quizzed and subtle
and hypothetical questions are put to
blm In an attempt to make him ao com
mit himself that the inquisitors csn
any: "Aha, we have caught the mur
derer. Heboid In us great detectives.
to ferret out the criminal so soon after
the commission of the crime!"
The police have even gone so far ss
to suddenly confront the suspect with
the Instrument with which the murder
waa committed, or the victim's blood
riot h Ing, and In not a few Instances
with the mutilated corpse Itself. This
the bare done In the hope that. the
suspect brought unexpectedly before
something linked with the crime, will
give some evidence of hie guilt through
shock, at least enough for the purpose
of basing formal charges against him.
Indeed the police are not alwaya care
ful to Inform a suspect of bla legal
right not to answer an question that
may he put to him If he does not cart
to do ao; and frequently, after he has
been so instructed in a none too Im
pressive manner, the poor man la lih
erally browbeaten Into making replies
to his Inquisitors questional.
When your lawyer comes in response
to your summons, proceed to tell him
everything. Do not mnke the mistake
of hiding anything from him. hay
hare your life to him. even though yon
expose your family skeletons thereby,
If he deema It necesanry for bla guid
ance. Answer all of his questions
fully and without evasion, and' give
him all the assistance you possibly
con.
A lawyer has to depend largely or av
moat solely iion his client for the
scheme of defense; and that client
who conceals this thing or that may be
sealing bis own doom, Innocent though
he be.
Old IUitery Dock Found.
Workmen engaged in excavating th
subwsy loop at Whitehall atreet un
covered part of a wharf, which the
oldest Inhabitants of thnt section say
was built by Commodore Cornelius
Vsnderbllt for the steamboats which
used to ply betweeu the Battery and
Stnton Island, according to the New
lork Tost
Diggers first struck wood about sev
en feet below the surface, and, al
though the excavating continued for
several hours, not all of the dock wns
brought to light The planking used
for the floor Is of onk, 4x12 .Inches
and apparently in aa good condition
as when it was laid, requiring a good
ax and a strong man to make nu Im
presslon on it. The stringers, run
nlng lengthwise, are of yellow pine
and are also In an excellent state of
preservation. .
The line of the subway Is across
the old pier, fifty to seventy-flve feet
back from the present shore Hue,
which Is all "made ground." Captain
Fobb, who has been with the Staten
Island Ferry Company for forty-one
years, said that he has no recollection
of the pier, remarking as he looked at
It that it was too ancient for him. An
aged passerby declared that as a boy
he remembered the dock, but his rec
ollection was very indifferent. The
workmen also found an American
copper cent, dated 1S03, Just above the
plnuklng of the dock, while nearby
was an English hnlfpenny piece, dated
1755. An old cannon ball, bearing the
English coat-of-nrms and an arrow,
was also dug up.
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A rine T-bte Kol.
For some years tlie old t.ugllsh game
fowl af England bus been coming to
the front We much lu print sbo it
the revlvsl of the old English game.
This fowl occupies a foremost place
as table poultry. They are most dell
rate and fine flavored fowls, a well
known fact to those who have feasted
on what we call pit game. In fact It
la said tbst they outrank the pheas
ants In delicacy when served on the
table. They grow very fast and are
always plump and ready for the spit
any time after they are six weeks old.
The colon bred are black breasted
reds, brown breasted reds, duckwlng.
blue reds, piles, black, white and span
gles, the lutter the most popular. As
shown by the Illustration, these fowls
are beautifully built and free from
the long shanks of our standard i;ames.
OI.D ENGLISH OAWES-
IPA50LED.
They have full, plump breasts and
longer bodies than our. exhibition
gnmea. In fact, they are the same as
our pit games, only they are bred to
exhibition form and color and not for
the pit Country Geutleman.
Care for the Dost EtIU
The Rural New Yorker says: The
only cure for the dog evil Is a law re
quiring the owner of one male dog to
pay a mall aum for a metal tag, with
the name aud address of the owner
and the date, placing a practically pro
hibitory tax on additional dogs and
female doga. making It the duty of the
proper officers to kill all dogs not tag
ged. When a dog Is killed while wor
rying sheep or other domestic animals
or fowls, the tag would show the own
er and recourse could be had for dam
ages done. A law something like this
was on the statute books of Indiana
several years ago and worked well;
the revenues from that source' were
trebled, aud the dog population de
creased two-thirds, bnt for some rea
son It wss repealed. If a majority
of farmers could be Induced to put a
auMll - flock of sheep on their farms
sentiment would soon be molded to
back such a law. Now the dog owners
are in the majority and sentiment
trends the other way. The same com
plaint ma be made In most sections
of the country.
Practical 6heep Bara.
The plan shown is Intended for a
sheep barn, although It would answer
equally well for cattle, and la arranged
In such a manner that hay is stored
A 1500 BAR.
over the hiis at the sides, and this
pace la filled directly from a wagon
driven through the center alley.
The apace at each Bide of the alley
Is divided up into separate pens by
the feed racks and each pen baa a sep
arate window and door. This gives
ARRANGEMENT OF THE BARN.
plenty of light and permits egress to
yards outside. While this barn Is ouly
ten feet at the side, It gives ample
storage for hay and a large amount of
room without any waste space. The
cost will not exceed $500.
Draft Colts on the Farm.
Grooming is all important. The colts
should be well cleaned twice a day.
Before breakfast they should be thor
oughly brushed, the currycomb not be
ing used too freely, especially in the
summer when the hair Is short After
the day's work is done and the team
ster has had his supper the horses
will bo dry then they should receive
their second cleaning. Be sure to re
move all the sweat and dirt and leave
the horses in shape to take a comfort
able night's rest, The manes and tails
should be well brushed, and, above
all things, do npjj.cut pjf .any of the
mane or forelock. The mane is some
times cat off under the collar and
bridle and doea not look ao bad when
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Hume with full tuaiiea? DreruVrs' Gazette.
Te Prevent Pmnt ia Wheat.
Wheat should not be sowed without
hclug first treated if It has any indica
tions of having been epoed to smut.
The trouble van be obviate! by d!j
plug the seed wheat In a solution t!at
Is sure to prove effe-tlve. Bmut la car
ried over from year to year on the
seed wheat The mode of treatment
la aa follows: Dlsnolre one ikmiihI of
copper sulphate In twenty-four gal
lons of water. Hoak the seed In this
solution for twelve hours, after which
It should be drained -off. Then the
seed should be soaked for ten minutes
In lime water made by slaking one
pound of lime in ten gallons of water.
The seed should then be dried ss soon
as possible. Care ahould then be taken
that the seed wheat la not eateu by
chickens or other stock, as the sulphate
Is a deadly poison. It !s the exiri
ence of farmers that land that bore
smutty wheat the previous year will
not bear amutty wheat If the seed Is
proerly treated, the smut spores in the
ground having been all killed by the
cold weather.
TroUt ia Bwloe,
A young, thrifty, growing hog will
turn grain luto money quicker than
any other kind of farm stock. Every
farmer w ho has not sn etteuslve range
fog his hogs should sow rye to give
them a green winter feed. Itake up all
the corncobs, burn them, and when in
the form of bright coals, throw water
on them, thus making charcoal for the
hogs. A little salt may be added. Try
to feed young hoga regularly; never
feed late, eseclally the evening meal.
Watch the hogs closely to see If their
digestion la good, for If they are not
healthy they will not thrive well. To
get your bogs ready fur market they
should be on full feed of corn; but
sfter they are as fat as they can be
without detraction froni their comfort,
nut them on the market at once, for
they are unsafe to keep, because hogs
fattened on the corn diet are very ten
der and cannot atand any abuse or dis
ease. The bogs keDt for breeding pur-
loses should never be put on corn diet
bnt require feed that baa more bone
and muscle-producing quality. Keep a
few more good brood sowar they will
prove to be the ' best Investment on
the farm before another year ia gone.
Don't waste good corn by feeding it to
hogs in the mud. Your hogs will be
C05YWUUTT HOO-SCALDUa OUTFIT.
worth the extra, cost of a feeding
trough. Try keeping an account with
your hogs; charge them "with every
thing they eat and give them credit
for everything they bring in, and yoa
will be anrprlsod to see bow much bet
ter they pa than any other animal on
the farm. All kinds of stock sre a
source of profit on a good farm. And
the farmer who thinks he can leave off
stock growing is sure to find bis mis
take. The pasture must be utilized
and fertility of the farm maintained.
Agriculture Epltomlst
Whitewashing; the Trees,
Whitewash may often be applied to
fruit trees, especially apple trees, to
good advantage. For this purpose the
brine may be slaked in the usual man
ner with cold water, though hot water
Is preferable for that purpose. By add
ing some 8klmmllk to the wash It. can
be made to adhere better to the bark.
To make It adhere still better.-some
people add a thin solution of glue to
the wash. This whitewash should be
of such a consistency as to be easily
applied with a spray pump, and the
application should be made in the
spring. It aids In keeping off fungous
diseases and Insect pests.
How to Revive Meadows.
Where meadows show Indications of
falllug, give an application of manure
this winter, leaving it on the surface.
in the spring apply fifty pounds of
nitrate of soda. 100 pounds of sulphate
of potash and 200 pounds of acidulated
phosphate rock. This should be done
l.i April, the bare places to be seeded
with seeds of a variety of grasses.
Keep me came on until tne grass
makes considerable growth.
Fin Feathers,
Do not expect eggs when the hens
are moulting.
if the fowls be stinted In food they
cannot lay up material for eggs.
Aside from the question of eggs a
warm quarters Is a great saving of
feed.
Chickens that are. of a marketable
size Ruould be fattened now as soon as
possible.
In having food constantly before
fowls the great risk run is of having
them too rat v
Ten days after the hens are cooped
up wltn a cocnerei tne eggs will hatch
true to the mating.
From this on chicks cannot be ex
pected to grow very rapidly unless
particularly well housed and fed.
Kerosene on the roosts prevents lice
on the fowls. An ounce of kerosene
is worth more than a pound of lice.
The purity of one bird is not Im
proved for breeding purposes by being
bred to another of a different breed.
Now Is the time to store a good lot
of dry earth. None Is better than drain
ed and dried peat or muck, and none
will absorb more gas and liquid.
NOW C0RELES3 APPLE.
After Tears of K.r xrlmnt a New
KUU l'rult Ha fctcn tTodnct l.
The corelea apple liaf leen pro
duced and It Is full of possibilities..
The new fruit la regarded aa "the
world'a greatest discovery hi horticul
ture." says a writer In the Nineteenth
Centnry and After, and In fruit grow
ing circles is called "the wonder of the
age."
Ita flavor Is beyond queftlon. If It
proves a a large as Its rivals trees pro
ducing the new wonder, which Is a
winter variety, will be planted by tho
million in the commercial fruit fields
at borne aud abroad. There Is little
likelihood of Its Impeding the profita
ble sale of ordinary apples of high
grade.
The new apple, which la both core
less and seedless, was Introduced by
an old fruit raiser. For twelve year
he experimented to obtain the fruit
The tree Is described ss blossom
less, the only thing resembling a blos
som being a small cluster of tiny
green leavea which grow around the
newly formed apple and abelter It Be
ing devoid of bloasoms, It Is claimed
that the fruit offers no effective hiding
place In which the cod! In moth may
lay Its eggs, which it usually does In
J the open eye of the fruit. Moreover,
tnere is notning to tear from rrostt
The color of the new apple is red,
dotted with yellow on the skin. As
with the seedless orange, so with the
seedless apple, a slightly hardened
substance makes Its appearance at the
navel end. But this can be obliterated
by culture. The originator of the core
les apple states that the further "we
get from the original five trees the
larger and better the fruits become In
every way."
Apple culture is more Important
even than orange culture: In the Uni
ted States there are 200.000.000 apple
trees In bearing, from which 230,000,
000 bushels of fruit are annually har
vested. In ten years these three will
give a yield of 400.000,000 bushels. -
At the present time the apple con-'
sumption of the United States Is eighty
pounds a head of the population a year.
By bushel measure the American ap
ple crop la four times greater than the
entire wheat yield of Great Britain
and Ireland.
Billion of apple trees are grown in
the orchards of the world, and millions
of them are still being planted each
year. The apple Imports of Great
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and 6,000.000 hundredweight In ad
dition, the writer estimates the census
of our spple trees at 20,000,000.
There are now 2,000 of these core-
less spple trees available tor propaga
tion to supply the orchards of the
world. It la estimated that by 1906
2,500,000 of these trees will be pat up
on the market
The Spencer apple Is not the first
seedless apple that has been grown.
During the last alxty years about half
a dozen such claimants have made
their appearance. But In no Instance
was It found possible to . reproduce
trees from them which would bear
seedleas apples.
Though no blossom is st any time
visible on the Spencer seedless apple
trees, when budded or grafted they In
sure trees that will produce corelesa
apples. They are great bearers, and
crop freely In any country where1 -the
ordinary apple tree will fruit
Id 1826 Abbe D,. Dnpuy, professor
of natural history at Auch, drew atten
tion to the Bon Chretien d'Auch pear,
which produced fruit without 6eeds,
though when removed to another lo
cality the seeds reappeared In the fruit
in the usual way. This fact up to
that period had led the fruit-tree dis
tributers to treat the pear In one local
ity as the'Bon Chretlu d'Aneh and in
another district ts the Winter Bon
Chretln. But the Spencer apple re
mains seedless In any soil. '
The coreless apple will produce as
great a sensation when brought before
the public as the seedless orange did a
few years ago. The orange ia a lux
ury; the aromatic apple haa become an
absolute necessity. "
Chinese Food.
A German epicure comes to the res
cue of the Chinese in -regard to' their
alleged habit of eating rotten eggs.
The eggs, he says, are simply pre
served In lime until they get a con
sistency like that of hard butter, and
they taste somewhat like lobster. He
declares them one of the choicest deli
cacies he has ever eaten.- He thinks
there are no better cooka ln the world
than the Chinese. When he went to
live among them his friends predicted
he would starve, but he had a good
time, and gained weight more than
he wanted to. New York Tribune.
Soothed to Heat.
The story is told of a man whose
wife had arranged an "authors' even
ing," and persuaded her reluctant hus
band to remain at home aud help her
receive the fifty guests wuo were asked
to partake of this Intellectual feast
The first author was dull enough, but
the second was still duller. The rooms
were Intolerably warm, and on pre
tense of letting in some cool air, the
unfortunate host escaped to the hall,
where he found the footman comfort
ably asleep on the carved oak settee.
"Wake up!" he said, sternly, In the
man's ear, "wake up, I say! Yon must
have been listening at the keyhole!"
Kitchener's Way.
One of the London dallies tells' the
following characteristic story of Lord
Kitchener. "On one occasion the Gov
ernor of Natal wired to the Commander-in-chief,
My ministers and
myself consider we should be "vouch
safed further news.' Thla was Kitch
ener's reply; , 'I do not agree with
either you or your ministers. K.' "