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CHAPTER I.
A Knock at the Door.
Fran knocked at the front door. It
-was too dark for her to find tho boll;
liowcver, had she found It, sho would
Jiavo knocked Just tho same.
At first, no ono answered. That waa
snot surprising, slnco everybody waa
wupposed to bo at tho Union Camp
ineetlng that had boon advortlsod for
tho last two months, and that any ono
In Llttloburg should go visiting at
lialf-past eight, and cspoclally that uny
one should coma knocking at tho door
of this particular houso, was almost
Incredible.
No doubt that Is why thi young
woman who finally opened tho door
fter Fran had subjected It to a sec
ond and nioro prolongod visitation of
her small fist looked at tho strangor
with surpriso which waa, In Itself, re
proof. Tho lady In tho doorway bo
illoved herself confronted by a "camp
ot" ono of those fitting birds of outer
darkness who have no rollglon of
their own, but who nro nlways putting
that of others to the proof.
Tho volco from tho doorway waa
-cool. Impersonal, as If, by Its vory
Aloofness, It would push tho wanderer
.-away. "What do you want?"
"I want Hamilton Gregory," Fran
answered promptly, without tho
slightest trace of embarrassment.
"I'm told ho lives here."
"Mr. Gregory" offering tho namo
with its title as a palpable rebuko
"Ilvos horo, but Is not at home. What
lo you want, little girl?"
"Where Is he?" Fran asked, un
iduunte.d. "Hn Is at the ramp-meeting," tho
young woman answered reluctantly,
Irritated at opposition, and displeased
with herself for being Irritated. "What
do you want with him? I will attend
to whatever It Is. I am acquainted
with all of hln affairs I am his secre
tary "
"Whcro'a that camp-meeting? How
can I find tho place?" waB Fran's
iulck rejoinder. Sho could not ox
plain tho dislike rising within her.
Shu was too young, herself, to con
aider the other's youth an advantage,
but tho beauty of tho imperious wom
an In tho doorwaywhy did It not stir
ihnr Imagination?
Mr. Gregory's socrotary reflected
(hat, desplto its seeming Improbabil
ity, It might bo important for htm to
neo this queer creaturo who camo to
.strango doors at nlght-timo.
"If you will go straight down Hint
roud" alio pointed "and koop on for
about a mile r.ml a half, you will
eom-i to the big tnnL Mr. Gregory
will bo In tho tent, loading tho choir."
"All right." And turning her back
sn tho door, Fran Bwlftly gained the
front slops. Half-way down, she
paused, and glanced ovor hor thin
h. ':lder. Standing thus, nothing wus
o bo scon of hor but a blurred out
lino, and the ehinlng of hor oyos.
"I Cuecs," Said Fran Inscrutably,
"You're Not Mrs. Gregory."
"I guess," said Fran Inscrutably,
'youro not Mrs. Gregory,"
"No," came tho answer, with nn al
most Imperceptible change of manner
a chango as of gradual petrifaction,
"I am not Mrs. Gregory." Ami with
that thn lady, who wan not Mrs. Greg
ory, quietly but forcibly closod tho
door.
it wns aB if, with tho closing of that
door, oho would have shut Fran out
of hur llfo.
SMALL VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE
According to Legal Decisions Few
Men Need Have High Opinion of
Themselves.
Thut "human llfo Is cheap" would
appear from a study undertaken by
n well known lawyer of tho legal decl
nlnns handod down lu this country
with rcfereaco to tho "cash valuo" of
m man
It 1b estimated that at ten years
Cf ugu a boy nt tho laboring class
1s worth 12,061,42; at llttoon, J4, 203.40;
sat twenty-flvo, $5,488,03, from which
-tlmo tho docllno is steady, a man of
-.seventy, by this legnl decision scalo,
rating at only 17 13! By tho somo prac
tical method of computation ono oye
is worth $6,000; ono leg, $1C,000; two
legs. $25,000; ono arm, $10,000; one
hand, $0,000; ono linger, $1,500, and
.permanent disability, $26,000, This, it
in pointed out, la 'merely an uvcrago as
.far as decisions havo been examlnod.
It should bo added that tho esti
mates of the valuo of a man's llfo
.urn basod upon an idea not of his
vuluu to himself, but ot his valuo to
w 4T7'j X'jSj' Mmmf jijiM 9f
NSfclr his
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CHAPTER II.
A Disturbing Laugh.
The sermon wns ended, tho oxhor
tntlon was at tho point of loudest
rolco and most impassioned earnest
ness. A number of men, most of thorn
young, thronged tho footpath leading
from tho Btllos to tho tent. A few
wero smoking; all wero waiting for
tho pretty girls to como forth from
tho Christian camp. Fran pushed her
way among tho idlers with admirable
nonchalance, hor sharp elbow ready
for tho first reslstivo pair of ribs.
Tho crowd outside did not arguo a
scarcity of seats under the canvas.
Fran found a plank without a back,
looBoly disposed, and entlroly unoc
cupied. She seated herself, straight
aa an Indian, and with tho air of Do
ing vory much at onso.
Tho scene was new to hor. Moro
than n thousand villagers, ranged
along a natural declivity, looked down
upon tho platform of undressed pine.
In front of tho platform mon and
women wero kncollng on tho ground.
Somo wero bathed In tears; some
wero praying aloud; some wero talk
ing to thoso who stood, or knelt be
sldo them; somo were clasping con
vulslvo hnnds; all wero oblivious of
surroundings.
From tho hundred members of the
choir, Fran singled out tho man she
had been snoking for so many years.
It was easy enough to distinguish him
from the singers who crowded tho
plntfortn, not only by bis baton which
proclalmod tho choir-lender, but by
hln rcsemblanco to the plctuto sho had
discovered In a Now York Sunday
Supplement.
Hamilton Gregory wns clean-shaved
nxcept for a silken reddish mustacho;
his complexion was fair, his hair a
shade between red and brown, his
eyes bluo. His finely mnrkod face
and striking bearing wore stamped
with distinction and grace.
It was strange to Fran that ho did
not once glnnco In hor direction
Tnn, (hero was nothing In her ap
pearance to excite especial attention,
but she had looked forward to moot
ing him over slnco sho could remem
ber. Now that hor oyos were fast'
ened on his faco, now that they wero
so war, sheltered by a common roof,
how could ho holt) feeling her pros
cnco7 Tho choir-leader roso nnd lifted his
baton. At his back tho hundred mon
anil women obeyed tho signal, while
hymn-boukB fluttered open throughout
the congregation. Suddenly tho leador
of the choir Htnrtcd Into galvanic life.
Ho led tho song with his sweet voice,
hlu Buaylng body, his frantic baton,
his wild arms, his Imperious feet.
With all that there was of him, ho
conducted tho melodious chargo upon
the ramparts of sin nnd Indiffurouce.
If in repose Fran had thought him
singularly handsome and attractive,
sho now found lilm Inspiring. His
bluo eyes burned with exaltation while
hlB innglc voice seemed to thrill with
moro than human ecstasy.
On tho left, tho heavy bass was
singing,
"Ono thlni? wo know,
WluTevei wii go
Ve roup wliut we now,
Wo reap wlmt wo how."
While thoso words were being doled
ut at long and impresslvo Interval?,
like the tolling of a heavy bell, moro
than half a hundred soprano voices
were hastily getting in their requisite
number of half-notes, thus
"So ncntter little, snittiT little, scatter
m-titUr little.
Btnttcr little m-eils of klmlneriH."
In Bplto of tho vast volume of
Bound produced by these volcos, ns
well ah by the acoinpaniineul of two
pianos and n snnre-drum, the volco of
Hamilton Gregory, souring llute-llko
toward heaven, seemed to dart
through tho InterstlceB of "rests," to
thread Its slender way along Infinites
imal curves of silnnce. As ono list
ened, It wns tho inspired truth as ut
tered by Hamilton Grenorv that
brought the message homo to con
sclenco. Ah If one had novor beforo
boon told that ono reaps what ono
sows, uneasy tnomory started out of
tho community. Tho figures In in
('Ivldual ensos would vary gruatly
with reference to tho fnct whether or
not the person's death caused hard
ship to otlit.TH who woro dependent up
on him
Tho vnluo of a man to hlmsolf Is,
It Is further pointed out, unlmportunt
after hu is dead from a legal point
of vlow. Ills valuo to society nt largo
cannot bo considered In a cash esti
mate, Blnco that kind of valuo do
ponds upon othur than physical re
sources. Ills valuo to thoso who look
to hlin for support can alono bo esti
mated on tho material side.
Gallo-Roman Villa Unearthed.
A Gullo-Itomnn villa has boon un
oarthod lu Paris lu connection with
tho works for tho underground rail
way noar tho Luxembourg. Traces
of Roman remains aro being discov
ered In Paris moro numerously ovory
year, and tho remains of the villa just
discovered might, wo nro told, rival
thoso of somo of the llnost brought
to light In Pompeii. It Is not thq llrst
time thut this villa is spoken of, ns
parts of tho walls nnd atrium woro
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hidden places with Its whlspor of seed
sown amiss. Tears roso to many eyes,
and smothered sobs betrayed Intense
emotion.
Of those who wero not In tho IcaBt
affected, Fran was one. She saw nnd
hoard Hamilton Gregory's impassioned
earnestness, and divined his yearning
to touch many hearts; nor did sho
doubt that ho would then and there
have given his llfo to press homo upon
tho erring that they must ultimately
reap what they woro Bowing. Nover
tholess sho was altogother unmoved.
It would havo been easier for her to
laugh than to cry.
Although tho preacher had ceased
his exhortations for tho singing of
tho ovangnlistlc hymn, ho waa by no
means at the end of his resources.
Standing nt tho margin of tho plat
form, looking out on the congregation,
ho slowly moved back and forth his
magnetic arms In parallel lines. Not
ono word did he speak. Even botwoen
tho vorses, when ho might havo striv
en agnlnst the pianos and tho snare-
"Won't You Go With Me, Little Glrl7"
drum, he mnintnined his terrible si
lence. Hut as he fixed his ardent eyes
upon space, as ho moved thoae Impel
ling arms, n man would rise here, a
woman start up thoro reluctantly, or
oagerly, tho unsaved would press
their way to the group kneollng at
tho front. Prayers and groans roso
louder. Jubilant shouts of religious
victory woro moro frequent. One could
now hardly hear tho choir as it in
sisted "We reap what we now.
Wo reap what wo bow."
Suddenly tho evangelist smote his
hands together, a signal for song nnd
prayer to cease.
Having obtained a sllonco that was
brenthless ho loaned over the edge of
tho platform, nnd addressed a man
who knelt upon tho ground.
"Brother Clinton, can't you get It?"
Tho man shook his head.
"You'vo been kneeling thoro night
nftor night," tho evangelist continued;
"don't you feel thnl tho ImtA loves
you 7 Can't you feel It? Can't you
feel It now? Can't you get It? Can't
you get it now? Brother Clinton, I
want you to got through before these
revival services closo. Thoy closo
this night. I go nwny tomorrow. This
may be your Inst opportunity. I want
you to got it now. All these waiting
friends want you to got it now. All
theso praying neighbors want to see
ou got It. Can't you get through to
night? Just quietly here, without nny
exe.ltemont, without any nolso or tu
mult, JiiBt you and your soul alone to
gether Brother Clinton, can't you get
through tonight?"
Ilrother Clinton shook his head.
Fran laughed nloud.
Tho ovangollst had nlrendy turned
to Hamilton Gregoty as a signal for
tho hymn to be resumed, for some
times singing helped them "through,"
but tho sound of Irroverent laughter
chilled hlB blood. To his highly
wrought emotional nature, that pound
of mirth came as tho laughter of
(lends ovor thn tragedy of an Immortal
soul.
"Snvernl tlmos," ho cried, with whit
ened face, "theso Borvlcos havo boon
disturbed by tho ungodly." Ho point
ed an Inflexible llngor at Fran: "Yon
ier sits a little girl who should not
uncovered years ngo, when tho works
weto in progroBS for tho Luxembourg
station, but now tho entire villa haB
beon laid bare, and It Is found to havo
consisted of twenty rooms, with a
Inrgo atrium and a pUclna. It faced
In tho direction of thn Rue Gay Lus
sac and tho boulovard Saint Michel,
and uccordlng to ull appenrancos it
was the most sumptuous prlvato rosl-
denco built In PurlB during tho Gnllo
Roman period. PariB correspondence
London Telegraph.
Anti-Swear Gong.
"Please do not swenr when tho bell
rings. That is tho signal a lady la
buying something out front." This is
tho sign thut 1b stuck up in tho big
poolroom of a Virginia town, whore
tho young men aro Inclined to cubs
when thoy miss nn easy sldo-pocket
shot or "scratch" on an easy play.
In front ot tho poolroom is a magnzlno
und stationery stand, and tho ownor
found tha only way to koop both his
pool trade nnd inagazino customers
wus to stop Uio boys from swearing
when women woro near. Tho gong
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havo been nllowed In this tent unac
companied by her parents. Brethren!
Too much is at stake, at moments
like these, to shrink from heroic
measures. SouIb are here, waiting to
be saved. Let the little girl bo re
moved. Where nro tho ushers? I
hope she will go without disturbance,
but go sho shall! Now, Ilrothor Greg
ory, sing."
As tho song swept over tho wor
shipers In n wave of pleading, such
ushors ns still remained held a brief
consultation. Tho task assigned thom
did not seem Included in their proper
functions. Only one could bo found
to volunteer ns policeman, and he only
because tho evangelist's determined
eye and rigid arm had never ccaBed to
Indicate tho disturber of tho peace.
Fran was furious; her small white
faco seemed cut in stone as sho stared
at the evangelist. How could nhc have
known sho was going to laugh? Her
tumultuous emotions, Inspired by the
Bight of Hamilton Gregory, might
well have found expression in somo
other way. That Inugh had been as a
darting of " tongue-flame directed
against the armored Christian soldlor
whose faco was so spiritually beaut!-J
ful, whose volco was so eloquent.
Fran was suddenly awaro of a man
pausing Irresolutely ut tho end of the
plank that hold her erect. Without
turning her hend, sho asked in a
rather spiteful voice, "Aro you the
sheriff?"
He spoke with conciliatory persua
siveness: "Won't you go with mo,
llttlo girl?"
Fran turned impatiently to glare at
the usher.
He was a fine young fellow of per
haps twenty-four, tall and straight,
clean and wholesome. His eye were
sincere and earnest yet thoy promised
much in tho way of sunny smiles at
tho proper time and place. Ilia
mouth was frank, his forehead open,
his shoulders broad.
Fran rose as swiftly as if a giant
had lifted her to her feet. "Come on,
then," sho said In a touo tomewhat.
smothered. Sho climbed over the
"stringer" at tho end of her plank,
and marched behind tho young man
as If oblivious of devouring eyes.
As they passed the Inst polu ihat
supported a gasolene-burner, Fran
glanced up shyly from under hor
broad hat. Tho light burned red upon
the young usher's face, and thet.j was
something in tho crimson glow, or in
tho face, that mndo her feel llko cry
ing, just because or so sho fancied
It rovived tho recollection of her lone
liness. And ns sho usually did what
sho felt like doing, she cried, silently,
as sho followed the young man out be
neath tho stars.
CHAPTER III.
On the Foot-Briflge.
To tho young usher, the change of
scene was rather bewildering His
eyes were still full of t-1e light from
gasolene-burners, his cars still rang
with tho confusion of tent-noise Into
which entered tho prolonged mono
tones of Inarticulate groanlngs, nnd
the exploBlvo suddenness of seemingly
Irroverent Aniens.
Nothing just then mattered except
tho saving of souls. Having faithfully
attended tho eamp-muetlng for tlireo
weokB ho found othor Interests blot
ted out. The village as a whole hud
given Itself over to religious ecstasy.
Those who had professed their faith
loft no stone unturned In lending oth
ers to the altar, as if life could not re
Giimo its routine until the unconverted
wero brought to kneel at tho evnng
ellst's foot.
As Abbott Ashton reflected that, be
cause of this young girl with tho
mocking laugh, ho waB losing tha cli
macteric expression of the three
weeks' campaign, his displeasure
grew. Within him was an uiideuwri
thought vibration akin to surprise,
caused by tho serenity of the hushed
sky. Was It not Incongruous that tho
heavens should ho so peaceful with
their quiet star-beacons, whllo man
was oxertlng himself to tho utmost of
gesture nnd nolso to glorify tho Maker
of that calm canopy? From tho
PUCE FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS
Household Should Have Some Kind
of Cupboard Where They May
Be Kept In Safety.
Almost every medical man hns ox
perionco of somo lotion Intended for
outwnrd application being taken by
mUtuko, nnd such nccldonts will go
on happening until tho goneral pub
lic doos somothlng for Its own pro
tection. The druggist may label his
bottles over so carefuly, but to a child
tho labol convoys no moaning, and If
tho bottlo bo loft within his reach no
ono can bo surprised if an accldeut
happens.
Every houso should contain a small,
safo cuboard out of reach ot chil
dren whero bottles may be kept, for
many modlcinos which are perfectly
harmless If takon as proscribed by
tho person for whom they aro In
tended would bring about oorlouB ro
sultB If tho bottlo wero omptlod at
ono draught.
Pooplo do not reallzo what great
procautlona aro taken ly dlsponBors
at largo hospitals who havo tho ro-
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weather-stained canvas rolled
warning, not unmusically:
"We reap what we sow.
We reap what wo sow.
Above tho tldo of melody, tho voice
of tho ovangollst rose In a scream, ap
palling in Its agony "Oh, men and
women, why will you die, why will
you dlo?"
But tho sturs, looking down at tho
Bllent oarth, spoko not of death, spoko
only as stars, seeming to say, 'Hero
aro April dayB, dear old earth, balmy
springtime nnd summer harvest be
foro us! What merry nlghta wo shall
pass together I" Tho earth answered
with a sudden white smile, for tho
moon had just risen abovo tho distant
woods.
At tho stllo whero the footpath
from tha tent ended, Abbott paused.
Why should ho go further? This scof
fer, tho ono false note in the meet
ing's hnrmony, had been silenced.
"There," ho said, showing tho road.
His tone waB flnnl. It meant, "De
part." Fran spoke In n choking voice, "I'm
afraid." It was not until then, that
ho knew she had been crying, for not
once had ho looked back. That Bho
should cry, chnnged everything.
"I nm so little," Fran said plain
tlvoly, "and the world Is so large."
Abbott stood Irresolute. To tako
Fran back to tho tent would destroy
tho Influence, but it seemed Inhuman
to send her away. He temporized
rathor wenkly, "But you came hero
alono."
"But I'm not going away alone,"
Buld Fran. Hor voice was still damp,
but she had kept hor resolution dry.
In the gloom, he vulnly Bought to
discern her features. "Whose llttlo
girl are you?" ho asked, not without
an accent of gentle commiseration.
Fran, ono foot on tho first step of
the stile, looked up at him; the sud
den flaro of a torch revealed the sor
row In her eyes. "I am nobody's llttlo
glri," sho answered plaintively.
Her eyes were so largo, and so soft
and dark, that Abbott was glad she
was only a child of fourteen or fif
teen, perhaps. Her faco was so
strangely eloquent in its yearning for
something qulto beyond hia compre
hension, that ho decided, then and
there, to be her friend. Tho unsteady
light prevented definite perception of
her face. There was, in truth, nn ele
ment of charm In all he could discern
of tho girl. Possibly tho big hat
helped to conceal or nccentunto at
any rate, the effect was somewhat
elfish. As for thoso great and lumi
nously bluck eyes, ho could not for the
llfo of him have said what ho saw In
fitf
"Who's Little Girl Are You?"
them to sot his blood tingling with
a feollng of protecting tenderness. Pos
sibly It was hor trust In him. for as
ho gazud Into tho earnest eyes of
Finn, it was like looking into a clear
pool to see oneself.
"Nobody's litUu girl?" ho repoated,
Inexpressibly touched that It should
bo so. What a treusuro somobody was
denied! "Aro you aBtranger In tho
town?"
'Never been hero before," Fran an
swored mournfully.
"But why did you como?"
"I came to And Hamilton Gregory."
(TO HK CONTINUED.)
sssSff''''r'S''s
sponslblllty of dealing continually
with many powerful drugs. In most
cases all poisouB are kept In a special
cuboard, so orrauged that an electric
bell rings loudly ns soon as the door
Is opened, summoning Immediately a
"checker," without whoso presence
no dangerous drug can bo takon out.
Theso precautions, valuablo as thoy
undoubtedly are, must bo supplement
ed In tho patient's homo; it Is thoro
for tho most part that tho nccldonts
tako placo.
He Meant a Wee Nap, Not a Wee Nip.
After Charles Myors, a Mason (Mo.)
barbor, had flnlshod up tho stranger
ho raised tho chair, and his customers
head fell ovor to ono side. Tho barbor
Btralghtoued him up and shook him
a little.
"You woro asleep," said Charley,
"So I was bo 1 was," agreed tho
gentleman In tho chulr. "Well, you'll
havo to como 'round to my pluco and
tako ono on me."
"I don't drink," returned Charley.
"Neither do 1. I'm tho new preach
er at tho First Street church." Now
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Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters Window Boxes and Hang.
Ing Baskets Eradicating Weeds '
Beautifying the Yard.
By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.
A comparatively small number of
tho people In our largo cities havo
the ground available for a vegetable
gardon. A much larger numbor have
somo llttlo plot that will raise flow
ers, but tho flat dweller has nothing of
the kind.
This does not Indicate that flat
dwellers may not (havo flowers In
summer, however, as they can always
havo them In window boxes and fre
quently in porch boxes nnd hanging
baskets.
Flowers of many kinds and huos
will grow to fullest perfection In
boxes of various kinds and all they
need Is sunshine and a little careful
attention. They constitute tho chief
Joy of the summer season and no ono
should bo without them from May
until frost time.
Almost any sort of a box will do so
long as It Is deep enough for the
roots to grow In, and strong enough
to hold the earth. An excelelnt win
dow box can be made of three-quarter-Inch
lumber, one foot deep and
one foot wide, the length being regu
lator, of course, to tho sizo of the
opening in which the box Is to fit.
Tho width of the window or pore.h box
Is immaterial, but tho depth should
not be less than ten to twelve Inches.
Boro a fow three-quarter-Inch holes
in the bottom to allow for drainage
and fasten the box firmly In place,
a3 it will weigh a great deal after
being tilled.
Fill it with rich greenhouse or gar
den earth, having mixed In a quantity
of well-rotted manure. Some fine
wood ashes will assist tho blossoms
wonderfully, but coal ashes arc a
detriment. Have tho earth fine and
mollow and plant the flowers as soon
after Ailing the box p.B possible.
Tho quickest and most satisfactory
way to stock these boxes is to buy
potted plants from the florist and
transplant them. They are more
sturdy than plants grown from sped
in the boxes and thoy bloom much
earlier. Tho coBt is prohibitive in
many cases, however, and almost any
annual flowers will grow from seed
In such boxes. Where the amount of
sunsl-Jne Is limited it is almost ncces
Bary to put in plants instead of weeds.
Geraniums aro probably the most
satisfactory flowering plants for the
formal window box, and they are
very widely used. Foliage plants aro
excellent and withstand tho hot after
noon sun better than flowering plants.
Ferns do well In shaded locations.
Small plants of English Ivy, Wan
dering Jew and many of the smaller
vines aro useful for draping effects
nnd wo have seen some of the larger
growing anunnl vines, such us Wild
Cucumber, Scarlet Runner Beans and
Morning Glory, used in window boxes
with excellent results, the long, grace
ful vines, either climbing in the usual
Way or trailing down over tho side of
the box.
Hanging baskets, either fern balls,
moss baskets, or boxes, can bo hung
In any sheltered location, and thoy
nro very satisfactory. We recommend
(he use of self-watorins hanging bas
kets, as tho ordinary hanging device
Is inconvenient to handle and it must
be watered constantly.
ltemember that success with boxes
demands lots of water every day,
three times as much as you would
give the same plants in a bed.
Weeds.
Weeds havo beon aptly defined as
plants out of their proper place. Thus.
Kentucky bluo grass Is a treasure In
the lawn and a weed In the adjacent
corn field. Wo are all moro or less
familiar with what wo generally call
Weeds dandollou, pusley, quack grass,
thistles, burdock, pigweed, mullein,
milkweed, nnd many others, because
these plants are always out of place,
us far as tho ordinary back yard farm
er Is concerned.
They are easily controlled In tho
flower beds, because theso beds are
usually small In sizo, tho soil Is loose
nnd tho weeds pull out easily, and If
you wait long enough your wife will
probably get disgusted and pull thom
herself.
In the vegetable garden, it !b an en
tirely different proposition, however,
Here tho weeds start about two laps
ahead of tho earliest vegetables, hav
ing planted themselves the year be
fore In preparation for a flying start.
Tho8oll Ib firm and the anchor
themselves for tho season in a very
determined manner.
If wo assail thom early, before thoy
Hre anchored, we can win out, but they
never gtvo up tho battle and success
Is the result of constant lnbor. It's
really remarkable, too, how a man
grows weukerastho gardening soason
progresses.
Tho sun gets hotter, the hoo duller,
tho weeds moro defiant, the soil hard
er, tno mosquitoes sturt business
earlier and stay later, and It Is only
tho thought of provlous labor invested
that saves most gardens about tho
Fourth of July.
Under such discouraging conditions
It behooves us to study tho habits of
our garden weeds and attack thom In
the most effective mauner.
After plowing and pulverizing tho
ground, plant tho early crops aud let
tho weeds get a good start on tho rost
3f tho patch. Cut every ono oft below
ilia ground with a sharp hoo, Just be
foro planting later crops, As soon as
they start again cut they oft again.
Thoso that grow from perennial rent
stock, llko tho dandelion, should bo
pulled up.
When the vegetables como up, keep
thp earth between tho rows hoed at
al, times, going over tho garden alter
f.'tch rain to break up the earth's
crust and hold tho molsturo in tho
ground. Never let tho weeds get tho
Btart on you and It will not tako half
as much work to handlo your gardon
this year.
Why should we keep tho weeds out
of tho garden? Principally becauso
thoy steal wator from the vegetables,
nnd water Is tho very lit blood
of plants. Secondly, tho weeds nro all
very hearty feeders and every one in
your garden is Using upn eonslderablo
proportion of tho available plant food.
Ilomember that hoeing Is good for
both tho garden and you, tho moro
hoolng tho better, and a wheel hoo or
hand cultivator Is about tho best tool
that over was made, cspoclally la
July.
Essentials of Beautiful Yard.
Every homo Bhould bo surrounded
by a beautiful and artistic yard. Al
most all of us approclato this fact,
and it will not bear argument, but
there Is considerable divergence ot
opinion as to what can bo done to
make tho yard beautiful.
In order to assist our readers to se
cure tho most gratifying results possi
ble, we will try to outllno tho essen
tial features to be borne In mind when
plnnning landscapo gardonlng at
homo.
The ono most important feature In
planting operations is harmony. This
is tho koynoto of all beautiful scenes.
It does not mean that Wo may not
employ contrasting colors and forms,
but that these features give a pleas
ing general effect.
If your houso Is of any particular
architectural style, lot tho shape ol
your walks, roadway, flower beds,
shrubs and trees be of such a charac
ter as to carry out the lines and spirit
of the houso nB far as possible. Th
formal houso should be surrounded by
natural things of geometrical patterns
square corners, formal shaped
shrubs, straight walks, etc., lather
than the graceful forms. The bunga.
low and tho less imposing and rigid
typo of building must be treated In
a decidedly different manner, as Its
lines are moro on tho gracoful and
beautiful order, and tho lines of tho
surrounding grounds should carry out
the same Idea. Curved lines, even ot
a rathor lndeflnito character, may ba
used to advantage. Flowing shapes in
the trees and shrubs, profuse vines,
beds and banks of wild flowora and
related subjects should be adhered to
largely.
Do not attempt to mix theso two
distinct styles of landscape art. Noth
ing can be more unattractlvo than a
formal square houso set in a woodland,
unless It bo a graceful, unpretentious
country home In tho midst of an Ital
ian garden.
Tho house, while It Is not really a
part of tho yard, Is still the most Im
portant featuro of the whole scene,
from tho standpoint of tho person on
the outside. ThlR Is why we placo
such special emphasis on the appear
ance and style of tho building.
We take for granted that the impor
tance of the lawn is thoroughly under
stood. Tho arrangement of tho build
ings, walks, roads, and plantings will
determine its shape and extent, but It
ic highly essential that the ground ba
covered by a smooth, velvety turf,
where not otherwise taken up for
some specific purpose.
City front yards are usually so small
that all wo can hope to do with them
Is to keep thom covered with a good
lawn. Suburban front yards are much
more ample and aro covered by the
general principles set down for city
back yards.
Tho first caro Is to join tho houso to
to the ground In a natural and artistic
manner. The color of the hoUse has' a
good deal to do with this, and the rest
can be accomplished by a judlclbuB
uso of flower beds, vinea or shruba
near the house.
In planting for the Bmall yard, do
not put beds or shrubs in tho mlddlo
of any stretch of lawn. Keep them
either along the walk and roadway, or
around tho outer edges of tho lot, By
using taller and more distinctly color
ed and formal plants close to tho houso
and smaller and le3B prominent vari
eties farther away wo can secure an
appearauco of distance in the view
from the hous.0, and this i3 a very im
portant featuro in tho effect of any
landscape picture.
For tho small city back yard thn
house must be Ignored to a consider
able extont and tho planting is largely
ti question of tho gardener's individual
taste. Much more offectlve results
will be secured even ou tho smallest
lot, If tho fow simple rules bero given
aro carefully borne In mind.
Capital of Australian Commonwealth.
Torrltory In the Ynss-Canberra dis
trict, in Now South Wales, has been
acquired by tho commonwealth of Aus
tralia as tho site of the capital of tho
commonwealth. The territory Is ap
proximately 000 squnro miles In ex
tent, and about twelve mllos havo
been' set asldo for the purposes of the
city. It Is proposed to set asldo an
othor 100,000 acres for parks, roads,
military collcgo, and other public pur
poses outside tho city. Canberra Is
204 miles from Sydney, 42D from Mel
bourne, 912 from Adelaldo and 020
from Brisbane. It Is 123 miles from
tho sea at Jervls bay, with which ono
day It will bo connected by railway.
Architects the world over woro Invited
to submit competitive plans for the
new capital, but British architects de
clined to enter tho competition, and
tho plans of a Chicago architect wero
accepted, Tho name of tho new capi
tal city it Ib said will bo announced
on March 12, whan the governor gen
oral makes his formal proclamation ot
the foundation of the new capital.
Linseed Meal,
Coarsely ground linseed meal of
good quality has a feodlng valuo slight
ly superior to old-process cottonseed
meal, and cither ot theso feeds Is bet
ter for supplementing corn for fatten
ing cnttlo than whoat bran at current
market values. This was proved in
two experiments conducted at the Ne
braska experiment station.
Argentine Dairy Schools.
Tho Argentine government Is now
working on plans to establish echoola
of dairying In that country. Instruc
tors will be brought from England acd
Aiuotlca.
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