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Fran arrive at Hamilton Gr?iiry'n
home In LHtleburg, but ilnds him absent
conducting the choir at a camp meetlnir.
Bhc repairs thither In eenrch of lilm,
laughs during the service mid la antted to
leave. Abbott Ashton, superintendent of
schools, escort" Krnn from tho tent.
CHAPTER III. Continued.
Tho young man was astonished.
"Didn't you bco hltn In tho tent, lead
ing tho cholr7"
"Ho has a houso In town," Fran
said timidly. "I don't want to bother
him while ho la In his religion. I
want to wait for him at his houao.
Oh," she added earnestly, "If you
would only show mo tho way."
Just as If oho did not know tho
way I
Abbott Ashton was now completely
at her mercy. "So you know Brother
Gregory, do you?" he asked, as ho
led her ovor tho stiles and down the
wagon-road.
"Nover saw him In ray llfo," Fran
replied casually. Sho knew how to
say It prohibitively, but nlie purposoly
loft tho bars down, to find out If tho
young man was whnt sho hoped.
And ho was. Ho did not ask a
question. Thoy sought the grass.
grown path bordering tho dusty road;
as they ascended the hill that shut
, out a view of tho village, to their earn
camo the sprightly Twentieth Century
hymn. What chango had como over
Ashton that the song now seomod as
strangely out of keeping an had tho
peacefulness of tho April night, when
ho first loft tho tent? Ho folt tho
prick of remorso because In the midst
of nature, ho bad bo soon forgotten
about souls,
Fran caught the air and softly sang
"Wo reap what wo sow "
"Don't!" ho reproved hor. "Child,
that means nothing to you."
"Yes, It does, too," sho returned,
rather Impudently. She continued to
sing and hum until tho last noto was
smothered In her little noso. Then he
spoke: "However It moanB a differ
ent thing to mo from what it means
to the choir."
He Rooked at her curiously, "How
different?",, ho smiled,
"To mo, It means that we really do
reap what wo sow, and that If you've
dono something very wrong In tho
put ugh! Bettor look out trouble's
coming. That's what tho song moans
to me."
"And will you kindly toll me what It
means to tho choir?"
"Yes, I tell you what it means to
tho choir. It means sitting on bonches
and singing, after a sermon; nnd it
means a tent, and a groat ovangollst
and a celebrated soloist and then go
ing homo to act as If it wasn't no."
Abbott was not only astonished, but
pained. Suddenly he had lost "No
'body's llttlo girl." to bo confronted by
n elflHh spirit of mischief. Ho asked
with constraint, "Did this critical at
titude mako you laugh out, In tho
tent?"
"I wouldn't toll you why I laughed,"
Fran declared, "for a thousand dol
lar!. And I'vo Boon more than that
In my day."
They walked on. Ho was sllont, she
impenetrable. At last sho said, In a
changed voice, "My name's Fran.
"What's yours?"
Ho laughed boyishly. "Mlno's Ab
bott" His manner mado her laugh Hympa
thotically. It was JuBt the manner sho
liked best guy, frank, nnd a little
mischievous. "Abbott?" alio repented;
'w-ll In dial all7"
"Ashton In tho balance; Abbott
Ashton. And youra?"
"Tho rest of mine 1b Nonparoil
funny name, isn't it! Fran Nonpa
reil. It mcana Fran, the mall type;
or Fran who's unlike everybody olau;
or Oh, there nro lota of meanings to
mo, Somo find ono, some niiothur.
como never understand."
It was because Abbott Ashton was
touohed that ho ttoko lightly:
"What a vory young Nonparoil to
bo wandorlng about tho world, all by
yourself!"
Sho wiib grateful for his raillery.
"How young do you think?"
"Lot mo soo. Hum! You are only
nbout-" She laughed mirthfully at
his air of preposterous wisdom.
"About thlrteou fourteen, yes, you
are mora thun fl-I-lftoon, moro than
. . . But take off that enormous hat,
little Nonparoil. There's no use guoss-
Two Eccentric Englishmen Who Prac
ticed Self-Denlal Through Many
Year of Their Lives.
Tho most persistent faster of nil
time was probably Itogor Crabb, who
lived In tho tlmo of tho common
wealth. In ordor to carry out his ldoas most
effoctually ho sold off his stock in
trade, dlstritutcd tho proceeds among
tho poor and took tip his residence in
u. hut near Ickonham, whore ho lived
on throe farthings a week.
"Instead of strong drinks and
wines," says tho eccentric Roger, "I
give tho old man a cup of water and
Instead of roast mutton and rabbit I
glvn him broth thickened with bran
and pudding mado with bran and
turnip leaves chopped together."
Vigorous health was tho result, says
the London Chronicle, but his absten
tion from food was regarded with
such suspicion that on ono occasion
ho narrowly escaped being burnod
dive as a wizard.
Another famous heroit who man-
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Ing In tho dnrk when tho moon's
shining."
Fran was glcoful. "All right," sho
cried In ono of hor childish tones,
shrill, fresh, vibratory with tho mu
sic of lnnoccnco.
By this time thoy had reached tho
foot-bridge that spanned tho deep ra
vino. Hero the wagon-road mado Its
crossing of a tiny stream, by slipping
under tho foot-bridge, some fifteen
feet below. On tho loft lay Btraggling
Llttlcburg with its four or flvo hun
dred houses, faintly twinkling, and bo
yond tho meadows on tho right, a
frlngo of woods started up as If It did
not belong thoro, but had come to bo
seen, while nbovo tho woods swung
tho big moon with Fran on tho foot
brldgo to shine for. i
Frnn's hat dangled Idly In hor hand
as sho drew herself with backward
movement upon tho railing. Tho moon
light was full upon hor face; bo was
tho young man's gaze. Ono of hor
feet found, nfter leisurely oxploratlon,
a downslnntlug board upon the odgo
of which sho pressed her heel for sup
port. Tho other foot swayed to and
fro above tho flooring, while a llttlo
hand on either side of her gripped tho
top rail.
"Horo I am," sho said, shaking back
rebellious hair,
Abbott Ashton studlod hor with
grave deliberation It 1b doubtful If ho
had ovor before so thoroughly en
joyed his duties as usher. Ho pro
n6unccd Judicially, "You aro older
than you look."
"Yes," Fran explained, "my expe
rience accounts for that. I've had
lots."
Abbott's lingering here beneath tho
moon whon ho should havo been hur
rying back to tho tent, showed how
unequally tho good things of llfo ox
.porlonco, for Instance aro divided,
"You are sixteen," ho hazarded, con
scious of a strange exhilaration.
Fran dodgod tho Ishuc behind a
smllo "And I don't think you aro bo
awfully old."
Abbott was brought to hlmBolf with
a" Jolt that throw him hard upon solf
coiisclousnoss. "I am auporlntondont
of tho public school." The very sound
"Goodness!" Cried Fran, "Does It Hurt
That Bad?"
of thu words rang as a warning, and
ho became preternnturnlly solemn.
"Qoodnoscl" cried Fran, consldor
lug hlH gravo mouth and thoughful
oyoa, "does it hurt thut bad?"
Abbott Binilod. All tho same, tho
position of superintendent must not
bo bartered away for tho transitory
pleasure of u boot-brldgu. "Wo hnd
butter hurry, If you please," ho said
gravely.
"I am fo nfrnld of you," murmured
Friiu. "Hut I know tho mooting will
lust u long Hum yet. I'd imto to lmvp
to wait long at Mr. Gregory's with
that disagreeable lady who Isn't Mrs
Gregory."
Abbott was Btartlod. Why did sho
thuB designate Mr. Gregory's secre
tary? Ho looked koenly at Fran but
Bho only Bald plaintively:
"Can't wo stny horo?"
Ho was disturbed and porploxed It
was as If a fitting shadow fiom somo
unformed cloiwl nt nirmoht..,,!,,, v....
iallen upon tho ovory-day world out of
aged to roduco dlot to very simple
proportions Was Jamns T.nrnu with
whom many of ub aro doubtless
familiar as Mr. Mopes In Charloa
DlckonB' "Tom Tiddler's Ground"
Lucas lived mainly upon broad and
penny buns, though to theso were
addod at Union eggs and herrings and
gin. A basket slung from tho roof
out of roach of tho rats served hlra as
a lardor, and ho abjured washing, all
furniture und clothes, wrapping him
self in an old blanket.
A generosity with gin mado him tho
friend of all tho tramps in tho king
dom and eventually ho had to employ
two nrmed watchmen to protect him
from their attentions. A hermit with
a bodyguard Is something of a para
dox. Actor's Triumph.
In 1846 tho Boulovard du Tsmplo
waa the heart of tho theatrical world
of Paris. In tho ten thoaters that
lined that comparatively short tbor
oughfaro Bo much blood was shod on
tho fltago overy evening at the popular
plays that it waft known as tho Boule
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his subconsciousness. Why did 1Mb
stranger speak of Mlto Oraco Nolr as
the "lady who Isn't Mrs. Gregory?"
The young man at times had caught
himself thinking of her in Just that
way.
School superintendents do not enjoy
being mystified. "Kenlly," Abbott de
clared abruptly, "I must go back to
tho meeting."
Fran hud heard enough about 1j1b
leaving her. She denldpd to stop that
once and for all. "If you go back,
I go, tool" she Bald conclusively. Sho
gavo him a look to show that sho
meant it, then became all humility,
"Pleano don't be cross with little
Nonpareil," she coaxed. "I'lcaso don't
want to go back to that meeting.
I'Iobbo don't want to leavo mo. You
aro so learned nnd old nnd so strong
you don't care why a llttlo girl
laughs."
Fran tilted her head oldowlnc, and
tho glanco of her eyes proved Irresist
ible. "But toll mo about Mr. Greg
ory," she pleaded, "and don't mind my
ways. Ever slnco mother died I've
found nothing in this world but love
that wiib for somebody else, and
trouble that was for mo."
Tho pathetic cadonco of tho slender
throated tones moved Abbott moro
thun ho carod to show.
"If you're In trouble," he exclaimed,
"you'vo Bought tho right helper in Mr.
Gregory. He'B tho richest man In the
county, yot lives so simply, so fru
gally thoy keep few servants and
all because ho wants to do good with
his money- I think Mr. Gregory Is ono
of tho boBt men that evor lived."
Fran asked with simplicity, "Great
church worker?"
"He's as good as he Is rich. He
never misses a service. I can't glvo
tho tlmo to it that ho dooB to tho
church, I mean; I havo tho ambition
to hold, ono day, a chair at Yalo or
Harvard that means to teach In a
university" he broke off, in explana
tion. "You boo," with a deprecatory
smllo, "I want to mako myself felt in
tho world."
Fran's oyos shone with an unspoken
"Hurrah!" and as ho mot hor gazo, ho
folt a thrill of pleosuro from tho Im
pression that ho was what she want
ed him lo be.
Fran allowod his soul to batho a
while In divlno oyo-beams'of flattering
approval, then gavo him a llttlo Btlng
to bring him to" llfo. "You nro pretty
old, not to bo mnrriod," sho remnrked.
"I hopo you won't find somo woman to
put an end to your high Intentions,
but men generally do. Mon fall In
lovo, and when thoy finally pull them
selves out, thoy'vo lost sight of tho
shore thoy were hcadod for."
A slight color atolo to Abbott's face.
In fact, ho was rathor hard hit. This
wandering child was no doubt a witch.
Ho looked In thu direction of tho tont,
as If to escape tho weaving of her
magic. But he only said, "That sounds
or practical."
"Yes," hald Fran, wondering who
"tho woman" was, "if you can't be
practical, thero's no ubo to bo. Well,
1 can soo you now, at tho head of
somo university you'll mako it, be
cause you'ro so much llko mo. Why,
when thoy first began teaching mo to
food Good gracious! What am I
talking about?" Sho hurriod on. as
If to covor her confusion. "But I
havont got as far in bookH as you
have, bo I'm not rollclous."
"Books aren't religion," ho rrmon
ntratud, thou ndded with unnecessary
gentleness, "Little Nonpareil! What
an Idea!"
"Yes, books are," retortod Fran,
shaking back hor hair, swinging hor
foot, and twisting her body Impatient
ly. "That's tho only kind of religion
I know anything about Just books.
Jimt doctrines, what you ought to be
lieve and how you ought to act all
nlcoly prlntrd and bound between cov
ers. Did you over moot any religion
outside of a book, moving up and
down, going about In tho opon?"
Ho answered In perfect confidence,
"Mr. Gregory llvos hlB religion dally
tho kind that helps pooplo, that makes
tho unfortunate happy."
Fran was not hopeful. "Well, I've
como all tho way from Now York tn
I soo him. 1 hone ho can mnkn mn
Tho audience became no imHBinmitn.
ly devoted to some of tho characters
Interpreted for their pleosuro tliat
thoy sometimes showed quite flerco
hostility to tho actors who had to take
parts Inimical to them. One night,
for InBtanco, Brland. who had repre
seated Hudson Lowo in a scene on the
island of Saint Helena when Napoleon
wbb Imprisoned thoro, waB Belied by
bouio roughs as he left tho theater
and flung Into tho basin of the
Chateau d'Eau. This quite dollghted
him, and ho gloatod over it as a
triumph whon ho was tolllug tie tragi
comic incident tho noxt day. From
tho Bookman.
Where He Shone.
Tho prleonor waa chargod with lar
ceny and a lawyor of dubious reputa
tion was defending him.
"I submit, gentlemen of tho Jury,"
shouted tho lawyor, "that tho facts dls.
closed do not constituto larceny, aU
though I will concede that tho district
attornoy is usually u bettor Judge of
stealing than am I!"
"BUt U leBB BUCCaimflll nilHllnnl
wa tho dliiconcorting reply. Judge.'
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I happy. I'm certainly unfortunate
I enough. I'vo got nil the elements ho
needB to work on."
"From New York!" He considered
tho delicate form, tho youthful face,
und whistled. "Will you please tell
me whore your homo ie, Nonpareil?".
Sho waved hor arm Inclusively.
"America. I wish it wero concentrat
ed In somo spot, but it's Just sprend
out thin under the Stars nnd Stripes.
My country's about all 1 havo." Sho
broke off with a catch in her voice
sho trlod to laugh, but It was no uso.
Suddenly It cume to Abbott Ashton
that he understood tho languago of
moon, watching woods, meadow-lands,
oven the gathering rain-clouds; all
spoko of tho universal brotherhood of
man with nature; a brotherhood In
cluding the most ambitious superin
tendent of schools and a homeless
Nonpareil; a brotherhood to bo con
firmed by tho clasping of sincere
handB. There was danger In such a
confirmation, for it carried Abbott be
yond tho limits that mark a superin
tendent's confines.
As he stood on tho bridge, holding
Fran's hand in a warm and sympa
thetic pressure, ho was not unlike one
on picket-service who slips over the
trenches to hold friendly parley with
the enemy. Abbott did not know thero
was any danger in thin brotherly
handclasp; but that waB because he
could not seo a fleshy and elderly lady
slowly coming down tho hill. As su
perintendent, ho should doubtless havo
considered his responBlbilltles to the
public; ho did consider them when the
lady, breathless and severe, ap
proached tho bridge, whilo every
pound of her nmplo form cast Its
weight upon tho seal of her disapprov
ing, low-voiced and significant, "Good
evening, Professor Ashton."
Fran whistled.
Thoi lady hoard, but sho swept on
without once glancing back. There
was in her none of that saline ten
dency that mado of Lot a widower;
the lady desired to see no moro.
Fran oponod hor oyes at Abbott to
their widest extont, as she demurely
"Good Evening, Professor Ashton."
asked, "How cold 1b It? My ther
mometer Is frozen."
The young man did not betray un
enslncss, though ho was really
alarmed, for his knowledge of the
fleshy lady enabled him to foresoo
gathering cl&uds moro sinister than
thoso overhead. The obvious thing
to bo done -was to release tho slondor
hand; ho did eo rathor hastily.
"Have I got you into troublo?" Fran
aaked, with her olflah laugh. "If so,
wo'll be neighbors, for thut's whore I
11 vo. Who was she?"
"MIbb Sapphlra Clinton,' ho an
swered aB, by a common lmpulso, they
bogan walking toward Hamilton Greg
ory's house. "Bob Clinton's sister,
and my landlady " Tho moro Abbott
thought of his adventure, tho darker
It grow; before they reached their des
tination It had become a deep gray.
"Do you mean tho 'Brother Clinton'
that couldn't got 'through'?"
"Yos . . . He's the chairman of
tho School Board
APRIL FOOL JOKE, ALL RIGHT
Grocer, His Wife, and Unknown
"8ucker" All Mixed Up In Pecu-
liar Little Comedy.
"Oh, no, thero won't bo any divorce,"
said tho grocer "Wlfo and I won't
speak to oach other for tho next threo
months, and then wo'll begin to got
friendly again, You seo, I had chaugod
small bills for a fifty, and whon I
wont homo that night wlfo wanted a
new dress. I told hor I couldn't afford
it, aa I had had o bad fifty passed on
me, and whon sho doubtod I showed
her tho bill. Sho took my word for
It and said sho'd wait."
"That waB good for hor," said the
listener.
"So It was, but you wait a minute.
I shoved tho bill Into my vest pocket
and thought no moro of It 'till noxt
morning April Fool morning. Tho
bill was gone and I humpod for tho
house like n cyclono. Had sho seen
it? Sho had. She had found it on
the bedroom floor. Thank heaven."
"That was lucky."
"And then aho told me that bcl
fWtt.
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"Ah!" murmured Fran comprehend
lngly. At Gregory's gate, sho said,
"Now you run back to tho tent and
I'll beard tho Hon by mysolf. I know
It lias sharp teeth, but I guess it won't
blto me. "Do you try to get back to
tho tent before tho meeting's ovor.
Show yourself there. Parade up and
down the aisles."
Ho laughed heartily, all tho sorrier
for her because he found himself In
irouble.
"It was fun while It lasted, wasn't
it!" Fran exclaimed, with a sudden
gurgle.
"Part of it was," ho admitted
"Good-by, then, little Nonpareil."
Ho hold out his hand.
"No, sir!" cried Fran, clasping her
hands behind her. "That's what got
you Into trouble. Good-by. Run for
it!"
CHAPTER IV.
The Vvornan Who Was Not Mrs. Greg
ory. Hardly had Abbott Ashton disap
peared down the village vista of moon
light and shadow-patches, before
Fran's mood changed. Instead of
seeking to carry out her threat of
bearding the Hon In the den, she sank
down on tho porch-Bteps, gathered her
knees In her arms, and stared straight
beforo her. "
Though of skillful resources, of im
pregnable resolution, Fran could bo
dpspondent to the bluest degree; and
though competent at the clash, alio
often found herself purpling on tho
eve of tho crisis. The moment had
como to test hor fighting qualities, yet
she drooped despondently.
Hamilton Gregory was coming
through tho gate. As ho halted In sur
prise, a black shadow rose slowly,
wearily. He, llttlo dreaming that he
was confronted by a shadow from tho
past, saw in her only tho girl who
had been publicly expelled from the
tent.
The choir-leader had expected his
home-coming to be crowned by a
vision very different. Ho camo up
the walk slowly, not knowing what to
say. Sho waited, outwardly calm, In
wardly gathering power. White-hot
action from Fran, when tho iron was
to be welded. Out of tho deepening
shadows her will leaped keen as a
blade.
' Sho addressed him, "Good evening,
Mr. Gregory."
Ho halted When he spoke, his tone
expressed not only a goneral disap
proval of all girls who wander away
from their homes in tho night, but an
especial ropugnnnco to ono who could
laugh during religious services. "Do
you want to speak to me, child?"
"Yea." Tho word was almost a
whisper Tho sound of his voice had
weakened hor.
"What do you want?" Ho stepped
up on tho porch. Tho moon had van
lBhed behind tho rising masses of
storm-clouds, not to appear again, but
tho light through the glass door re
vealed his pootlc features. Flashes of
lightning as yet faint but rapid In re
currence, showed his beauty as that
of a young man. Fran remained sl
lont, moved more than she could havo
thought possible. He stared Intently,
but under that preposterous hat sho
was practically Invisible, save as a
black shadow. Ho added again, with
growing impatience, "What do you
want?"
His unfriendliness gavo hor the spur
she needed. "I want u homo," 8he
said decidedly.
Hamilton Gregory was eeriouBly dis
turbed. However- ov1l-dlsposod, tho
wair should not bo left to wander aim
lessly about tho Btreot. Of the threo
hotole In Llttloburg, lw cheapest waa
not ovorly particular 'Ho would take
her there. "Do you mean to tell mo,"
ho temporized, "that you, nro abso
lutely alone?"
Fran's tonu was llttlo hard, not
because she felt bitter, but lest she
betray too great feeling. "Absolutely
alone In tho worlft.-
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To Be Rigidly Exact.
Hegstaff I lion you aro doing some
writing for ono of tho popular maga
zines. Percollum Thut's slightly exng
gerated; I haven't boon uble to got my
stuff Into any but tho or unpopular
ones yet
It was a counterfeit, and being ts It
was April Fool's day, she had taken
it out to Uio sidewalk and then
wntched a man picking It up. Sho
was laughing at his foelings whon he
hound himself stung."
"And you told hor aho had flung
away fifty gold dollars?"
"Yos, and that her mother must
go, nnd tho hired girl must go, and
we'd havo to mako a pound a butter
do ut for a week, and a hundred other
thing. I Jumped up and down. I
swore I smashed things."
"And then?"
"Oh, sho Just called me a fool and
lot it go at that, and I guess she's
riBht." Exchange.
Coffins Many Centuries Old.
Two tiny cofflnB have rocontiy been
found in tho monastic burial ground
of Peterborough, Northampton, Eng
land, and havo been placed in Peter
borough cathedral. They nro sold to
be tho coffins of the twin children of
King Canute, who wore drowned In
Whittlesey Moro as thoy were cross
ing to bo educated at Peterborough
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Interesting Pointers on Garden
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Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters Garden and Plant Pests
Dwarf Tomatoes Flower
Bed Notes.
By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.
Practically all of tho domestic gar
den pestB can bo killed without dif
ficulty by the proper treatmont. Yot
few people seem to realize this and
everywhero we seo plants and houso
flowers Struggling for nxldtnn nnrt
supporting a host of parasites when!
JUBt a llttlo Intelligent treatment
would turn theso plants from sickly
weaklings into hardy producers. Some
of tho commonest pests, together with
tho proper treatment to eliminate
them, follow:
Aphis, or green lice, Is a parasite
about ono-half the size of tho head of
a pin green In color and shows but
little activity. They aro found partic
ularly on the cucurbits, that is, the
vines of the cucumber family, and on
all sorts of houso plants. If ants are
present on your outside plants, look
otiyt for these green lice. They aro
sometimes called ant's-cows, for tho
ants seem to tend them, stroking them
with their feelers, when tho Aphis
gives out it sweet secretion, of which
tho ant's are fond. The treatment for
green lice Is tobacco tea. which Is
readily mado by boiling tobacco Btema
in water. Spray tho plants with a
spray gun threo or four times at two
or threo day Intervals.
Ited Spider. Tho red spider is a llt
tlo red bug. It moves rapidly ovor
the plants. Merely a spraying with
tobacco tea or plain, clear water will
get rid of this pest. Its size Is about!
the samo as the green lice.
Striped Beetle. The striped beetle
Is one-eighth of an Inch long and tho
fact that It can fly makes It a danger
to any garden. It is found in the soil
at the bane of the stems of the cu
curbits. It klll3 the young vines But,
after tho vines begin to send off run
ners they aro safe from this pest.
The treatment Is powdered white
helllbore scattered around tho hills
and on the plants, or tho plants can
be sprayed with water and the helle
bore dusted on, or a suspension solu
tion may be made and tho plants
sprayed. Another treatment Is air
slacked lime In suspension solution, or
cow manure plastered over tho ground
near tho vines.
Cut Worms may attack any plant in
the garden, cutting it off under tho
ground. They havo a special liking
for peas and beans. If young, tender
plants die quickly, or you find that tho
plants from seed are not appearing
above ground, look out for cut worms.
Mix ono pound of bran with enough
water to make a dough; add a table
spoonful of some sirup and another
tablespoonful of white arsenic; mix
well and scatter a little about the
plants. Tho cut worms will eat this
and die.
Potato Bugs. This familiar pest
can bo quickly gotten rid of by spray
ing tho potato plants with a suspen
sion solution of Paris green. Spray
two or three times to kill the young.
Paris green contains arsenic, and In
using this or the whlto arsenic, care
should be used, as it is exceedingly
poisonous.
Tomato Worms. If you And your
tomato plants are losing their leaves,
look out for theso worms. They are
anywhere from threo to six inches in
length and as large as three-fourths of
an Inch In diameter. It is seldom that
more than two or three appear in tho
garden at ono time, and they are
quickly killed by hand.
For Cabbago Worms, dust tho plants
with powdered hellebore beforo tho
heads form. Lator dust the hollobore
on tho outsldo leaves as the worms
appear.
A llttlo attention to getting rid of
garden pests will well repay in the
Increased production of the garden.
Dwarf Tomatoes.
TomatoeB ore ono of, if not tho
most, popular summer vegetables.
This world-wido favorite Is of com
paratively recent uso as an edible. It
was originally cultivated for Its deco
rative features only, the fruit bolug
called "Love Apples," and people con
sidering them to be poisonous. This
singular error wm probably due to
the fact that tomatoes belong to tho
"Nightshade" family, several of whoso
members aro deadly poison to human
beings.
Tho popularity of tomatoes Is due
largely to tho great varloty of ways In
which they can be prepared for tho
tablo. No other vegetable can bo eat
en raw or cooked in such a variety of
forms. No other vegetable haB wider
range of growth, Is easier to grow,
or produces more from tho land.
Tomatoes wero originally divided
Into the treo and bush classes, after
their manner of growth. About 60
years ago a French market gardener
noticed a sturdy low-growing tomato
bush in a Hold of ordinary vines. We
say bush advisedly, bocauso it had n
short, strong stalk and stood right up,
holding its branches and fruit off tho
ground.
From his original plant "sport" has
boon developed a groat variety of
dwarf tomatoes. This peculiar occur
rence has never re-occurred, and If
this humble gardener had not pre
served his remarkable plant, the
world would bo without a raco of
contmorclal tomatoes that bids fair
to put tho largor sorts out of busi
ness, so far as tho largo grower is
concerned. Wo have long beou famil
iar with tomatoes which are dwarf as
to the size of the fruit and they need
not bo considered seriously.
Tho new dwarf has full-Blzod fruit
of ttfe very best qunllty, and while
each plant bears fower tomatoes, the
dwarf will produce a great many
more tomatoes from a given area
than will the larger bushes, because
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It spreads less and may be planted
closer together. Whoro the largo
varieties will go about 2,700 tc tho
acre, planted four feet apart, and will
yield about 450 bushels of good fruit,
tho Giant Dwarf may bo planted 2
by 3 foot apart, nearly 6,000 plants
to tho aero, and haB frequently yield
ed COO bushelB.
Even If this wero to bo overlooked
entirely, tho fact that tho dwarf to
mato plant does not havo to bo tied
or stnked up, makes it much bettor
for both tho small garden nnd the
market garden. The fruit Is naturally
kept off the ground and ripens with
out rotting in tho attempt. Handlo
them Just as you havo handled tho
largo varieties and plant them closer
together and forget about the stakes.
The Giant Dwarf is tho most com
mon dwarf variety In this country
nnd we advise you to try a few plants
this year or next. Thorough cultiva
tion is necessary, as with any other
tomato, and you must break up tho
surface after every rain. Another ex
cellent forcing plan ts to sink a bot
tomless tin can In tho ground by each
plant and pour liquid fertilizer, or
oven plain water, Into it twlco weekly.
Laying Out Flower Beds.
Why do people plant flowers In
beds? Everyone does It, nnd thero la
hardly one In a hundred that knowB
why thoy plant them In beda lnatead
of singly nnd scattered or somo other
way. They do It because everybody
else does It.
Planting flowers is a good deal llko
growing whiskers In some ways. Right
after tho Civil war every man grow
a full beard, because so many of tho
returning heroes had beards through
necessity that they made whiskers
fashionable.
That's why wo plant flowers in beds.
Because tho other follow did, and still
does. But fortunately there aro mighty
good underlying reasons for so doing,
whether wo understand them or not
In the first plao, tho horbaceous or
soft stemmed plants usually look bet
tor In lnasBes, lines or other groups. A
largo or continuous masB of color
makes a strong impression upon the ob
server where a few scattered blooms
would bo Ignored. A single soldier is
unnoticed, but the marching of a reg
iment thrills the very soul. So It is
with flowers, and this cumulative ef
fect is tho biggest reason for massing
them together.
Perhaps the only other immediate al
ternative would bo to scatter them
about over tho lawn as thoy occur in
nature a group of blue here, a slnglo
pink there, etc. This Is all very well
for tho yard that Is kept In a wild
state, but It will never do for tho fin
ished city or suburban lot. Unmakes
a fair, smooth lawn impossible nnd
tho combination of natural flower ar
rangements and polished gardening ac
cessories spoils tho effect of each one.
As far as possible, the beds should
bo kept at tho outer odges of tho lawn
to avoid cutting It up and making it
look small. The old-fashioned, formal
beds round, Bquaro, star-shaped, dia
mond or crescent are not In good
taste now, and the lines of the beds
should bo Irregular, although clearly
detlnod. This applies to every walk
borders, to a lesser degree, although
we personally llko a straight lined bed
near a straight lined walk.
If it is necessary to place small bedB
out In tho lawn, tho round or oval bed
is probably tho best in form and it
should contain lowflowers, bo as not
to hldo the landscape back of it.
Beds should bo dug deep, thorough
ly fertilized and pulverized, and the
edges cut clean and smooth with an
edging tool. Tho earth should bo gen
tly crowned from tho edges to tho cen
ter, to provide drainage. Do not plant
the flowers so close to the grass as to
interfere with clipping tho grass at
the edge of the lawn about the bed.
How Turks Captured Gallipot!.
Galllpoll, where tho severo fighting
occurred between the Bulgarians and
tho Turks, became the possession of
tho latter in a manner that recalls the
Biblical description of tlio fall of
Jericho. This happened nearly a cen
tury beforo tho capture of Constanti
nople so that Galllpoll, or aB the an
cients called it Calllpolls, tho Beauti
ful City, was ono of the Turks' tlrst
European acquisitions.
Invited over to Europe by Christians
to "take part in tholr quarrols, tho
Turks crossed the Dardanelles and
seized the Castle of Tzympe. Then in
1358 camo a terrific earthquake, which
shattered tho cities of Thrace. Tho
walls of Galllpoll foil down, the In
habitants deserted the place, and tho
Turks marched In over the ruins and
stayed there, In spite of tho remon
Btrances of the Emperor Cantacu
zenus. Tho Sultan Orkhan replied
that ProvIq"rnce had opened tho city
to his soldiers, and ho could not bo
guilty of the Impiety of disregarding
such a manifestation of tho Divlno
will.
Cement Floor.
In making cement hog floors, it is
advlsnblo to arrange a slat frame or
woven wire device in ono corner wheu
placing a bow in tho house at farrow
ing time. Tho frame should rest flat
on tho floor, being higher on tho outer
edge than In the middle, to prevent
the nesting from being scattered
about and to guard tho pigs crawling
off onto the cold floor nnd chilling
a very common occurrence unless
something la done to prevent it.
Kill Prairie Wolves.
Pralrlo wolves aro becomlug so nu
merou in eastern Washington and
destroying so many small pigs and
poultry that farmers aro forming
hunting clubs to destroy them. One
farmer near Palouso, Wash., lost 17
pigs in ono night, all of which wero
destroyed by wolveB.
Sign of Carelessness.
Whenovor you seo a lot of chickens
roosting on tho farm machinery lying
around unprotected tn the fence cor
ner you may be auro that the owner
will havo a hard tlmo getting hlB note
renewed at the bank.
Select One Dairy Breed.
It is better to select one dairy
breed than It la to try to comblno
tho good points of all.
Command Big Prices.
Well-matched teams are the ones
that command tho big prices.
