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girl had never been to Lake
THE before and it was hardly
her fault that she Irretrievably in
jured her social standing before she
had been at Horicon Ferry two hours
Grace Wright was an actress who had
entered the theatrical profession as a
chorus girl She had now reached the
rank of an ingenue in one of the popu
lar theaters
Everybody at Horicon Ferry goes to
the landing to inquire for mail and to
eee what manner of people are going
up the lake The morning and evening
steamer arrivals are the two incidents
of the day and John Treadwell was as
curious as the rest of the little colony
which dwelt on the point of land which
juts out into the upper lake He was
holding a flaring red parasol over the
bead of his richest aunt when he saw
Grace Wright hastening over the gang
plank Before he could beat a retreat
fthe girl had nodded to him and he was
compelled to acknowledge her saluta
tion with a perfunctory dip of his hat
The next moment the girl had givci
her baggage to a porter thereby pro
claiming her intention of beceming a
guest of Horicon Ferrys one hotel
I did not know said Miss Jemimah
Pettingill sister of John Treadwells
mother recently deceased that you
had any acquaintances among the ho
tel people
Well replied the young man ner
vously twisting his mustache a fellow
who is a reporter on a New York news
paper as I am is bound to meet a few
persons who are not eligible to the ham
let set at Horicon Ferry
1 trust nephew said Miss Pettia
gill that you will remember thai it is
decidedly improper to mingle your bus
iness and social acquaintances She is
rather handsome too Has her moth
er with her Evidently makes some
pretense to respectability
Aunt Jeremiah said the young
man the young woman is a member
of Mr Paysous company She is a
girl of sterling character She has been
on the stage almost from childhood
From that day John Treadwell had
no peace of mind at Lake George He
was at Horicon landing principally be
cause Iiis aunt had told him to come
imtrmrrauuraTiy because the familv of
his fiancee Agues Shell on had a cot
tage there ne thought rather guiltily
of the evenings when he had called on
Grace Wright and of the talks they
had had upon literature and the upllii
ing of the stage from its present
lowfui plight They had read the same
book and had spent many an afternoon
it the picture galleries That wis in
the days when he was struggling for
bare existence upon a paper whose
principal stock in trade consisted of
niggardly pay to its reporters He was
lad in those days when the weekly
payday arrived and brought with it
the blessed assurance that he might
iiavc breast of veal with green neas
for at least one dinner of the week
Then somebody discovered that he
could write and he found himself upon
a paper whe his weekly space bills
ran abovt the three figure mark and
he was haied by that proudest of Park
Row titles a good man Then be fell
into the good graces of his aunt Jemi
mah That meant receptions and af
ternoon teas and an introduction hnu
one of the smart sets of Nov York
That is how he met Agnes Shellon
She thought that his life was so inter
estiug and 4so fascinating and he
nvho had almost forgotten the days
when he was a drudge and a pak
Jioise never told her anything to the
contrary She had money enough for
itwo He saw his opportunity and
availed himself of it They were en
gaged
Grace Wright saw him once or twice
after his rise in fortune It was very
easy for him to tell her that he could
lind no time to call upon her for men
are under the beck and call of a
city editor have little time that they
may call own She saw him for
the first time in months at the landing
at Horicon Ferry
The principal occupation of the so
called society element at Horicon
Xianding consisted in making life unen
durable to the majority of those who
came there There were three distinct
estates the hotel set the Justin set
and the Hamlet set Anybody who had
either owned or rented a cottage for
three years in succession was entitled
to the rank ofHamIeteer He had
the right to snug anybody who came
within sight of the little cluster of cot
tages at the end of the point There
was also an overgrown country farm
house not far from the Hamlet kept
by the venerable Mrs Justin A few
r1 ft a for- of these who stopped
at were recognized by the
Hamleteers Those who stopped at the
hotel were considered beneath social
recognition They belonged to a class
that never came to Horicon Ferry for
more than one year
After the strictest sect of Hamleteers
-was Miss Jemimah rettingill a cot
tager It was her pride that in all the
ten years she had been coming to Lake
JGeorge no hotel guest had ever dark
ened her threshold By right of senior
jily she was the social law giver of
icon Ferry and Grace Wright had not
been at the hotel more iiian days
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authority One of the Hamleteers who
had once seen the young woman in a
minor Shakspearean role insisted up
on inviting the girl to give an open air
reading There was a brief shr rp
struggle and the project was aban
doned
Grace Wright and her mother were
permitted to go their own way They
did not seem even to be aware of the
fact that they had been socially ostra
cised They cared not for Hamleteers
the Justin set nor the guests of the
hotel A young dry goods clerk who
was spending a weeks vacation at the
Ferry smiled upon the young woman
but received a look which was a Sibe
rian winter Grace Wright spent her
days in rowing her mother about
among the islands of the lake There
is an amiable tradition that in this body
of water there are 3G3 islands one for
every day in the year In leap year
so the story goes an additional island
appears which is again lost to view on
the last day of December There were
islands enough for everybody and the
mother and daughter managed to steer
clear of the aristocracy of Horicon
Ferry
John Treadwell saw the two occa
sionally and greeted them by touching
the rim of his hat It is the unwritten
law at Horicon Ferry that a Ham-
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liead turned to the crescent of boats
and bowed He hurled the torch into
the center of the giant tinderbox and
turned to go But his foot caught upon
a root and he lurched forward In try
ing to save himself he half turned then
fell upon the rock From the top of
the pbe of timbers burst a blinding
flood of light Beneath its glare those
who sat in the half June ofc boats could
see that a thin stream of biood was
trickling down from the right temple
of the man who lay stretched upon the
rock
Why doesnt somebody pull out to
the rock yelled a voice far back in the
semi circle
Why dont you do it yourself
came the response in half a dozen keys
A light shallop shot out from the
landing near the hotel Some one close
ly wrapped in a cloak dragged the
prostrate form into the boat and slow
ly rowed out of the zone of blistering
heat
It seems strange to me remarked
the dramatic critic of the Daily Har
binger to the night editor of the Morn
ing Rainbow who had joined him at a
late supper in a restaurant that news
paper men have such a predilection for
marrying actresses I suppose that we
shall be hearing of Treadwells seeking
a divorce sometime within the next six
months He was married this evening
to Grace Wright who used to be at
Paysons
Well said the night editor from
what I know about it that divorce
wont come very soon She saved his
life at Lake George last summer De
troit Free Press
Municipal Monopolies in Germany
Among the odd things about official
life in Germany are the monopolies that
are granted for all sorts of business
People have the exclusive privilege of
doing things here that everybody else
has the right to do without permission
in other countries For example
DRAGGED THE PROSTRATE FORM INTO THE BOAT
leteer must be greeted by removing the
hat and describing with it a considera
ble arc one of the Justin set may be
greeted by raising the hat and a guest
of the hotel is to be ignored and
snubbed Treadwells salute was a fee
ble compromise
You neednt trouble yourself to
speak to me any longer said the girl to
him one day I think that I can adapt
myself to the present situation I sup
pose that if I had gone to Justins you
might have treated me with ordinary
civility
In her heart she said I can hardly
blame him He has a career before
Mm If I loved him less I would have
married him when he asked me two
years ago
There was one day in the calendar
when all differences of social standing
were forgotten That was Dove Rock
Day On that day the great rock
which rose from the middle of the bay
near Horicon was piled high
with driftwood it was the funeral pyre
of the season which -was gone The
material for the conflagration was
gathered from the islands and from the
wooded shore The Hamleteers the
boarders at Justins and the guests at
the hotel all joined in transporting the
supplies for the last spectacle of the
declining year
John Treadwell that year was master
of ceremonies directing the move
ments of the navy of transports which
all day long was busy conveying logs
and packing boxes to the rock In the
center of the pile were trunks of giant
trees placed on end and held in place
by smaller logs In the center was a
pocket filled with light kindling wood
covered with pitch and tar This was
the mine from which was to ascend a
tongue of flame Hamlet and hotel
viewed Dove Rock with pride when he
work of the bonfire builders was done
The night was falling when from the
point a flotilla of boats swept towards
the rock There was a clanking of row
lock chains and the oars rattled against
cedar sheathed hulls Craft which for
weeks had been dodging each other
were moored side by side The slow
beating of the oars kept the half moon
of boats from drifting toward the rock
A single boat shot out from the swing
ing group and grated upon the edge of
Dove Rock A gleam of light shone
from beneath the shelter of a cap then
the flame from a torch flared high in
the air John Treadwell his face 11
lumuitd b Uic jsl c re aiove ils
ney sweeping is a monopoly and the
man who controls it has to be paid for
sweeping your chimney twice a year
whether he sweeps it or not You maj
employ somebody else or you may not
have your chimney swept at all but he
and he alone has the legal right to dc
the business and he will call upon yot
every spring and every autumn for his
fees He never does any work him
self He is an important and usually
a wealthy individual and in Nurem
berg is said to enjoy a revenue of 7- i
300 a year from his privilege but out
of this total he is compelled to pay a
gang of boys who do the sweeping foi
him
The number of drug stores in every
town is limited by law one to every
1000 of population and they have to
pay a heavy license to the city There
fore they charge high prices for pre
scriptions and si rich
One of the restrictions upon the drug
business and it is an excellent pro
visionrequires all drugs and medi
cines intended for use internajly to be
put up in round bottles All drugs and
chemicals which are not used internal
ly as medicines must be placed in hex
agonal bottles Thus it is impossible
for any man who is in his right mind
to poison himself by mistake Berlin
Letter to Chicago Record
The Jabberwock
Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borrogroves
And the inoniegraths outgrave
He took this vorpal blade in hand
Long time his maxem foo he sought
So rested he neath the tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought
And as in uffish thought he stood
The Jabberwock with eyes aflame
Came writhing through the tnlgy wood
And burbled as he came
One two one two and through and1
through
nis vorpal blade went snicker snack
He left it dead and with its head
He came gullumphing back
And hast thou slain the jubjub bird
Come to my arms my beamish boy
Oh frabjous day Calloo Gallay
He chortled in his joy
Lewis Carroll
Abbreviation
A little Quakeress so quaint
So modest and so sweet
She looked a veritable st
While walking down the st
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ME FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OF INTERESTTO FARM
ER AND HOUSEWIFE
Hood Management and Care Required
to Secure Profits in Butter Making
Fruit Trees Should Be Set Out
Early in the Sprinpr Farm Notes
Profit and Loss in Cows
It takes pretty good management In
fediug and care of stock and in han
dling the milk to secure fair profits on
the butter made even from the better
grades of cows But no management
however skillful and scientific no ra
tion however well balanced can make
the production of butter from a very
large number of the cows as Ave find
them on average farms profitable at
all Many a great many of the cows
in the country do not fully pay for their
keep That is a deplorable fact and
from the study of station and other
reports I find that there are many such
unprofitable cows even among those
that are considered of good blood and
among the thoroughbreds In a table
published by the North Carolina Ex
periment Station for instance I find
the results of experiments in keeping
sixteen cows in 1S9G Half of these
cows gave a net profit of from 452 to
3930 a cow while the other lialf gave
a net loss ranging from 92 cents to
15SG a cow The value of the butter
was estimated at 23 cents a pound At
the prices which a large number of
farmers receive for their butter almost
all these cows would bave given a net
loss This shows the great need for
weeding out our dairies We keep far
too many unprofitable cows The bulle
tin says on this point
From the above notes and the tables
showing condensed record of the cows
on the experiment farm it will appear
plain to every reader that there are
some cows in this herd that do not pay
for their food This has been apparent
for some time but some have not been
culled out before the end of the years
record in order to give time after the
trouble from epizootic abortion was
over for cows to resume a normal flow
of milk thus avoiding hasty judgment
and consequently erroneous work A
strong example in this line of feeding
at cost should set farmers to thinking
and weighing feed and milk and using
the Babcock tester in earnest Farm
and Fireside
Setting Out Trees in Sprlnjr
When trees are to be set out in the
spring it is quite an item to get the
work done as early as possible When
it can be done everything should be
made ready so that at the first favora
ble opportunity the planting may be
doue Trees never should be set out
when the ground is frozen or too wet
to readily work into good condition
While trees may grow when property
eared for if set out late in the spring
trees set out earlier will nearly always
do better In many cases the ground
may be plowed during the winter and
If needed a good dressing of manure
given The orchard can be carefully
planned out and a stake set where each
tree is to be planted While it is al
ways advisable to label each tree it is
also a good plan to make a plan of the
orchard on paper so that in case the
label on the tree gets lost the variety
can readily be identified Having this
work done in advance will help matters
materially in getting the planting done
in good season In a well drained or
porous soil in many cases the holes for
the trees may be dug thus saving still
more time but in a stiff clay or hard
pan soil this may not always be advisa
ble as the holes may hold water and
delay rather than help in early plant
ing
In planning the orchard give the trees
plenty of room Better have the trees
a little too far apart than to have them
crowded Bunch varieties that is
plant all of one variety close together
rather than scatter early medium and
late varieties promiscuously through
the orchard For a family orchard a
large number of varieties is needed in
order to secure a supply all through
the year and for all purposes In a
commercial orchard winter apples pay
best and four or five kinds will be suffi
cient Trees like seed cost and so
far as can be the planting should be
done under the most favorable condi
tions for securing a good growth X
J Shepherd in Farmers Voice
New Varieties of Potatoes
From three to five years are required
to develop seeding potatoes As the
tendency of potatoes after a few years
of cultivation is to deteriorate it be
comes necessary to have new varieties
to take their place Most of the kinds
cultivated twenty years ago are now
superseded by recent varieties The in
troduction of the early rose marked a
new era in potato culture Recent intro
ductions of value are New Queen Ear
ly Essex Carman No 1 Carman No 3
Banner Somerset and Enormous
Early varieties of potatoes are desir
able to escape the beetle and the blight
Two other advantages in an early crop
are that the price of potatoes is much
higher than later in the season and the
land can be used for a second crop of
celery or late cabbage I also plant
squashes every third row and get
about as large a yield as if no other
crop had preceded it Maine Farmer
The Bacon Type of Hog
Good judges say it is difficult to dis
tinguish between bacon hogs on foot
fed in the Canadian method or in that
of this country but that the difference
in the meat after slaughtering is quite
distinct to any one The Canadian hog
fed on ground peas barley rye and
shorts makes leaner bacon which sells
in England about 4 cents higher per
pound than the corn fed bacon of the
United States The time will come
when reliable feeders of our country
will establish a reputation for their
hogs that will give them an advantage
in price nearly if not quite as large as
that given to the Canadian feeder
Corn feeding will continue just as
j tainly as corn producing -will continue
and wherever corn is raised it will go
into hogs but the other feeds with
which the Canadians obtain such su
perior results can also be produced
here and made as profitable in many
localities as to feeders in that coun
try The difference in qualities of dif
ferent bacons it Is now generally con
ceded is the result of feeding quite as
much as it is the result of breeding and
there will be an increase in the num
ber of those who will discriminate in
favor of what is coming to be known
as the bacon type and when they
know that they are getting what they
want will be willing to pay the differ
ence in price for it Texas Stock and
Farm Journal
The Subsoiling Question
Sub soiling has always been more or
less of a bugbear to American farmers
In fact there are many localities in
which it would not be a very easy mni
ter to find a sub soil plow if you wish
ed to see or borrow one The beet sugar
and sugar beet agitation has naw
brought the subject to the front The
capitalists who are ready to put their
money into expensive sugar factories
insist on it that the beet growers sub
soil their land before engaging in beet
culture It is well known and the ex
perience of European beet sugar mak
ers and beet growers testifies that su
gar beets are very sensitive to the in
fluence of deficiency in moisture and
under adverse conditions in this respect
will fail to develop the percentage of
saccharine matter that is absolutely
necessary for fullest success in sugar
making The main root and the root
fibers must have a chance to reach well
down into a stratum of perpetual mois
ture and this necessity has led to the
practice of sub soiling beet lauds Of
course where the sugar beet is thus
benefited other crops will reap some
benefit also and indeed there are a
large proportion of our soils which it
would pay as well to subsoil whether
we grow sugar beets or other crops
Farm and Fireside
A New Milk Process
A process has been invented in
France for the sterilization of all fer
mentable liquids by means of compress
ed oxygen The liquids in a closed ves
sel are subjected to a current of gase
ous oxygen proportioned in volume to
the quality and quantity of liquid to
be sterilized The inventor claims that
by this process milk can be kept indefi
nitely lie is enabled to prepare a very
healthful and agreeable drink cham
pagnized milk The milk must first
be skimmed Then the necessary sweet
ening and the desired flavor added The
whole is placed in a closed vessel and
sterilized by a current of oxygen gas
then champagnized by the introduc
tion of the necessary amount of car
bonic acid gas The result is a re
freshing healthful drink which keeps
fresh indefinitely Portland Tran
script
Care of Milk Cans
Much has been written about the im
portance of neatness and care in all
the details of milking and getting milk
ready for market Now this advice is
right in its proper place But those
who have had experience for many
years understand ail thisr and with per
haps a few exceptions observe the
care necessary to furnish milk clean
and all right If each milk can was
at once rinsed after the milk is poured
out which would be but very little
work it would be much better than to
neglect it and let the milk sour and
dry on the inside of the can Will the
peddlers see that this is done Let
each one who has anything to do with
the milk from first to last do his part
well and the consumer can be assured
of a good and clean article Maine
Farmer
Weeds Alonpr Highways
The great hotbeds of weeds in a com
munity is the roadside The number
of weeds grown along the roads and
which are permitted to scatter their
seeds far and wide is enormous The
duty of destroying these weeds seems
to be that of the farmer but he will not
work on the- ontside of his fence as long
as he is busy on the other side and he
therefore spends more time in
weeds on his farm during the grow
ing season than would be neeessary if
he kept down the weens along the road
But such work will be useless unless all
farmers are interested as a single
thriftless individual may undo the ef
forts of many It is a fit subject for
discussion in farmers meetings and
State laws should make roadside weed
killing compulsory
Prolificacy of Fowls
It is very easy among a lot of fowls
to decide which will be tine best lay
ers It is always the hen that has a
red comb and that gets up tho earliest
even in cold weather When- a hen is
moping and dumpish she will not lay
many eggs and those she does lay
while they may be all right while fresh
for eating are worth little or nothing
for setting If the eggs for setting
were always chosen from fowls that
were themselves active and vigorous
the greatest possible improvement in
the prolificacj of fowls wouLd be made
at no expense whatever
Protecting Trees from Mice
When there is snow in orchards mice
are liable to do much damage unless
pretty close watch is kept Wherever
a mouse has been working set a trap
and catch him when he comes again
A bit of toasted cheese wilL tempthim
from apple bark every time If the
tree is badly girdled cut grafts from
the limbs of the same trees and insert
them in both the upper and lower
tlons of bark around the cut so that a
union may be effected Both will gow
together
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels cleanses the sys
tem effectually dispels colds head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known
Syrup of Fig3 is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute
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Value of Cetl ar
Every land owner -with cedar among
his limber would do- welL to see that
none of it is cut down to- Tv aste for it
is a wood that is iu great demand and
the piice is likely to advance rapidly
says a lumber merchant Florida has
made millious of dollars- out of its
cedar and other States can and will
follow suit for the number of pencils
manufactured Is getting greater ever
year and this is the only kind of woou s
that can be used with any prospect of
success in the process More than halt
the wood cut for pencils is shipped to
Germany where more than half the
worlds supply is actually turned out
and both Franco and England also take
large quantities The pencil manufac
turing interest is easy to control there
being less than thirty manufacturers
in the entire world Four or five yeat1
ago there was a lead pencil trust but
finally one member broke away and
then prices were slashed in -competition
More cedar wood is being exported each
year however
Where Policemen Are Kept
Japan has a police force modelled
something after the French system In
various places throughout Tokio them
are small kobanchos which are some
thing like the English sentinel boxes
but larger
Three men are attached to each box
daily One remains inside resting
while another stands at the door and
the third patrols a beat and returns at
regular intervals to the box Stations
are changed every eight hours After
twenty four hours work the three po
licemen are given the same length ot
time to rest and three other imm are
sent to the box
During their off days the nnen ar
employed in taking a census making
reports regarding the condition ot
streets bridges embankments drains
and cemeaeries
They also report weddings births
deaths theatrical performances and
the presence of suspicious people
Hi3 Cloven Breath
She was a bride of only three short
months but she had her troubles and
naturally made a confidante of her
mother
My dear child said the mother if
you would have neither eyes nor ears
when your husband comes home late
from the club yon might be happier
xemaps so answered the ytomg
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