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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1913)
tS'II wf(7i3i fit I hfVTs Mm $ ac SYNOPSIS. Trnn arrives at Ilamlllon Gregory's 3iomo In Llttleburjj, but finds him absent conducting thu choir at a camp moetlnR. firm rrpalrs thither In search of him, laughs during the service nnrt Is naked to leale. Abbott Aihton, raipvrlntcndcnt of school, escorts I'nn from tho tcnC. Ho tell lior Grecory Is a wealthy man, deeply Interested In charity work, nnd a pillar of tho church Aililon becomes srrcatly Intercstul In Wan ami wlitlo tak ing leavo of her, holds her hand nnd Is seen bj Stipphlra Clinton, sister of Itob crt Clinton, chairman of the school board. CHAPTER IV. Continued. Ho was Borry for her; at tho Hamo (time he wos subject to tho reaction of hlo exhausting labors an song Jeadoi. "Then," ho said, with tired .resignation, "If jou'Il follow mo, I'll tako ou where jou can spend tho might, and tomorrow, I'll try to find iyon uork" "Work!" Sho laughed. "Oh, thank you!" Her accent was that of ropu Elation. Work, Indeed 1 Ho drcv,- bscU In surprise and dls juNmsure. "You didn't understand mo," she Tcaumed. "What I want Is a homo. I don't want to follow you any whoro. ThlB Is whoro 1 want to stay." "You cannot stay hero," ho an swered with a slight smllo at tho pre sumptuous request, "but I'm willing to 3ay for a room at tho hotel " At this moment tho door was opened "by tho young woman who, somo hours earlier, nnd tesponded to Fran's knocking. Footsteps upon tho porch Jind told of Gregory's roturn. Tho lady who was not Mrs. Orogory -was so pleased to sco tho gentloman who was Mr. Gregory tlioy had not tnet sinco tho ovoning mnal that, ut first, sho was unaware of tho black -shadow; nnd Mr. Gregory, In splto of Tils perplexity, forgot tho shadow also, o cheered was ho by tho glimpse of Ills secretary as slio r.tood In the orlghtly lighted hall Such momonts bt delighted recognition arc Infinitesi mal when a third person, however shadowy, is present; yet had tho world Tjcon there, this exchange of glances must havo taken place. Fran did not understand hor very wisdom blinded her as with too great light Sho had neon so much of tho world that, on finding a tr bearing -apples, she at onco classified it as nn -applo tree To Gregory, Grace Noir waB but a charming and conscientious sympathizer In his llfo-work, tho nt mosphoro In which ho breathed freest. Ho had not breathed freely for half a -dozon hours no wonder ho wna glad lo 8eo her. To Graco Nolr, Hamilton Gregory was but a bonofnetor to man kind, a man' of lofty Ideals whom It raB a prlvllcgo to aid, and slnco alio taow that hor 'very eyes gnvo him strength, no jvohdor sho was glad to oo him ' Could Fran hnvto read their thoughts, "I Don't Want to Follow You Any where. This Is Where I Want to Stay." hn would not havq found tho slight est consciousness of any Bhado of ovil Cn their sympathetic comradeship. An ho could read only their faces, sho disliked more than over tho tall, young, and splendldlj formod, Hnoiotary, "Oh!" said Graco with restraint. dlscoorlng Fian. "Yes," Fran said with hor olflsh erallo, "back again." Just without tho portal Hamilton Grogory paused irresolutely. Ho did CALLER WAS HARD TO PLEASE Mrs. X Made Many Guesses as to Vis itor's Indenity, Until a Great Light Dawned on Her. "Miss Jennings, madam," tho maid announced. Tho vUltor was a sweet taced girl, quietly but prottlly drossod In blaclc. Sho greeted Mrs. X by name end calmly seated herself without in vitation, saying: "Will you" pardon lno while I readjust my hat, tho wind Is so very high?" The hostess vainly tried to recall her visitor. Hor name meant noth ing and hor next words threw no light on hor Identity, "I seo you havo a dear llttlo paro quod; Ib he tamo?" uho asked. The hostess, still wondering, said tho bird was quite tamo. Thou her callor began: "I suppoBO you havo heard of me, Airs. X" ' "I am afraid I bavcn,V wns tho roply, coupled with an engaging smllo to offset any suspclon of mdoness. "Then you haven't heard ef the jreat movement vo aro engaged In, i rn if t- '' Imi not know what course to pursue, bo ho ropcalfd vacantly, "I am willing to pay " Fran IntPrrupted flippantly: "I hnvo all tho money I want." Then sho passed swiftly Into tho hall, rudely brushing past tho secretary, Gregory could only follow. Ho spoke to Graco In a low voice, telling all he know of tho night wanderer. Her nttitudo onlled for explanations, but ho would havo given thorn anyway, In that low, confidential murmur. Ho did not know why It was or Rock to knov but whonovor he Bpoko to Gryice, It waB natural to uso a low tone, as If modulating his touch to Ronsltivn strings as If tho harmony resulting from tho Intorplay of their souls called for tho soft pedal. "What is to bo done?" Ornco in iulr"d Hnr nttitudo of reservo to ward Gregory which Fran's presence had Inspired, melted to potential help fulness; at tho sntno tlmo her dislike for tho girl solidified. "What do you advlso?" Gregory nsked IiIb secretary gently. Graco cuat n disdainful look nt Fran. Thrn nhc turned to her employer nnd hor dollcloiibly curved face changed most charmingly. "I think," sho ro B)ondnd with a faint shako of rubuko for Ills leniency, "that you should not nuod my advloo In this matter." Why should ho stnnd apparently helpless before thlu sninll bundle of arrogant Impudonco? Gregory turned upcm Fran with af fected harshness, "You must go." He win. nnnojed that Graco should lmag lno him weak, Fran's faco hardoned. It becamo nn nx of stone, sharpened at each ond, with njes, nose and mouth In a nar row lino of cold dofinncc. To Graco tho ncuto wedgo Of white foruhuud, gloaming its way to tho roots of tho black hair, and tho sharp chin cut ting its way down from tho tightly drawn mouth, spoke only of cunning. Bho regarded Fran ns a fox, brought to bay. Fran Bpoko with cnlm deliberation: "I am not going away." "I would iidvisu you," bald Giacc, looking down at hor from under droop ing lids, "to go at onco, for n storm Is rising.. Do ou want to bo caught In tho rain?" Fran looked up at Graco, undaunt ed. "I wnnt to speak to Mr. Greg ory. If you are tho mnjingpr of this houso, ho nnd I can go outdoors. 1 don't mind getting wot. 1'vo boon In all kinds of wenthor." Graco looked at Gregory. Hor si lences wero effoctlvo wenpons. "I have no secrots from this lady," ho said, looking Intp Grace's oyes, an Bweilng hor sllenco. "What do jou wunt to say to mo, child?" Fran shrugged hor shoulders, always looking nt Grace, while neither of the others looked nt hnr. "Very woll, then, of courso It doesn't matter to mo, but I thought It might to Ir. Grogory. Slnco ho hasn't any socrots from ou, of courso ho has told you that ono or nearly twonty oars ago " It was not tho rumble of distant thundur, but a strango exclamation from tho man that Interrupted her; It was some such cry aa human crea tures may luivo uUeied boforo tho crjHtalllzIng of recurring experiences Into tho toiniB of speech. Fran gavo quick, relentless blows: "Of couibo ho luiH told jou all about his Springfield life" "Sllenco!" shouted Qregory, quiver ing from bond to foot. '1 ho word was like un imprecation, and for a tlmo It kept hlsBlng between his locked teeth. "And of courso," Fran continued, tilting up her chin as It to drlvo In tho words, "slnco you know all of his secrots nil of thorn you havo nntu rally boon told tho most Important ono. And so ou know that when ho was boarding with bin cousin In Sprlngllold and attending tho college there, something llko twonty years ago " "Leave us!" Gregory cried, waving a lolont arm at hlu secretary, an if to swoop her beyond tho possibility of overhearing another word. '"Leave jou with her?" Graco stain-' mered, too nmnzed by his attitude to fool offended. "Yes, yes, yes! Go at onco!" Ho Wo are trjlng to Interest children ond grown peoplo, too, in Sunday school work" Mrs X thought Bho saw tho rny of light, of course, tho rector must have bent hor lsitor. "You see," Bald the girl In dulcot tones, "so many clergymen and moth ers hnvo told us how lmposslblo It wns to get tho children to como to Sunday school, becauso they found tho Ulblo so unlntorostlng " As sho spoko sho lossenod hor long coat. "Now 1 havo hero," she wont on, "something 1 should llko to show you," nnd aho drew from a pocket In tho lining a largo, black volume. At last Mrs. X understood. Hor atnlablo caller waB a book ngenL Giving Them a Chance. Hen Johnson, representative from Kentucky, Is a rpsourccful perbon. Whllo hq was presiding over a long and spirited congressional Investiga tion not long ago two of tho attorneys involved began to call each other liars In, parliamentary languago Finally one of them went almost to tho limit by Baylug: o. H-MftJOx0aBWss a. - -. l -mtm.si WW 1 1 W 1&S5C nv (II HI 1 1 l " c' -j v- , w) JOMBEECKEMSBGE ELLIS " If my$ seemed the victim of some mysterious terror. Graco compressed her full lips till they wero thinned to a whlto lino "Do jou menu forever?" "Oh, Grace I beg your pardon Mlso Grace I don't menu Unit, of touise. What could I do without ou? Nothing, nothing, Grace you uro tho soul of my work. Don't look nt mo so cmolly." "Then you Just mean," Graco said steadily, "for mo to go away for a llttlo while 7" "Only half nn hour; that's all. Only half an hour, and then como back to mo, and I will expluln." "You needn't go at nil, on my nc count," observed Fran, with n twist of hor mouth. "It's nothing to mo whether you go or stay." "Sho has learned n secret," Gregory Btammored, "that vitally affects af fects somo people somo friends of mlno. I muBt talk to hor about about that Booret, Just for a little while. Half an hour, Miss Grace, that Ib all. Thnt Is wnlly all then como back to mo. You understand that It's on necount of the secret that I ask you to leavo ub. You understand that I would noier Bond you away from mo If I had my way, don't you, Grnco7" "I undoi stand that jou want mo to 0 now,", Graco Nolr replied mire, sponslvc. Sho ascended the stall way, at each stop seeming to mount that much the higher Into an atmosphere of righteous romotoncBB. No ono who separated Gregory from hln Bccrotarj- could enjoy hW tolera tion, but Frnn nnd struck fnr below tho surface of likings nnd dlsllklngs Sho had turned back tho covering ol (oiuentlonallty to lay bnro tho quiver ing heartstrings of lifo Itself. Thoro was no tlmo to hesltntc. Tho stono ax which on other occasions might bo n laughing, olflsh faco was now held ready for battle. "Hadn't wo bettor go In n room whcie wo can talk pilvaloly?" Fuui asked. "I don't llko this hall. Thnt woman would Just un soon listen over i i banisters ub not. I've seen lots of people llko her, and I understand !xr kind " CHAPTER V. We Reap What Wo Sow. If anything could havo projudlced Hamilton Cregory against Fran's inter ests it would havo been hor Blighting allusion to tho ono who typified his moat exalted idealn as "that woman." Dut Fran wns to him nothing but an agent bringing out of tho past n so cret ho had preserved for almost twon ty years. Thin strangor know of his youthful folly, nnd she must bo pre vented from communicating It to oth ers It was from no sonso of nroused con science thnt ho hastened to lead hor to tho front room. In this crisis, some thing other than shuddorlng recoil from haunting deeds was Imporatlvo; unlovoly spoctora must bo mndo to vnnlsh. Ho tried dcsporatoly to cover his dread under a volco of harshness: "What havo you to Bay to mo?" Fran had lost tho insolent compos uru which tin) spcrotarj had Insplrod. isow thnt sho wns alono with Hamil ton Gregory, It Boomed lmposslblo to speak Sho clasped and unclasped her hands Sho opened her mouth, but her lips worn diy. Tho wind had rlson, and ns it went moaning past tho window, It boomed to npeak of tho yearning of joars passing In tho night, unsatistled. At Inst camo tho words, mutlled, trtghtenod "I knqw all about it." "All about what, child?" Ho had lost his harshness lib. olce wns al most coaxing, as it entreating tho mercy of Ignorance. Frnn gasped, "I know nil about it I know" Sho was torrllled by tho thought that perhaps eho would not bo ablo to toll him. Sho leaned heav ily upon a tablo with hand turned backward, whitening her fliigoi-tlps by thu weight throw u on thorn "About what?" ho repeated with tho caution of ono who fears. Ho could not doubt tho genuineness of hor emo tion; but ho would not accept her stutemont of Its cnuao until hu must. "Thnt statement jou mndo was falso and you mndo it knowingly." Kvoiy ono looked for n fight, whllo u poacoably Inclined congiessinan sug gested that- tho nuittor bu stricken from tho record. "I suggest," said UopresentatUo Johnson, standing up to his full holght, which Is over six foot, "that tho com uilttoo tako a Bhort rccosB bo thnt tho gentlomon involved will not bo bound by parliamentary laws In their man nor of settling tholr differences" Thoro wns no more calling of nnmes during that heurlng. Washington Star. Dluebottre Heaven. In tho American Mngazlno thoro waB nn nnuslng story entitled "Tho Honor of tho niuobottlos." Aunt Luclnda niuobottlo of Boston ran into u young mau, who UBcd a bad word. Aunt Luclnda goes on: "The young man's languago was not refined. Ho said ho'd bo damned, and that Is exactly what will happen to him, I am auro, for whatever cIbo henvon may bo, I am convinced it will not bo ulgar." (COPYQIGHT 1912 B0BB5-MERRILL CO.) "Oh," cried Fran, catching n tern pestuous breath, unevcn,iiolent, "jou know what 1 mean that!" The dew gllstoiied on his brow, but ho doggedly stood on the defensive. "You nre Indefinite," ho muttered, try ing to appear bold She knew he did not understand be causo ho would not, and now sho real ized thnt he would, If possible, deny. Frotenso and sham nlways hardoned her. "Then," she said slowly, "I will bo definite I will tel'l jou tho things It would have been better for you to tell me. Your early homo wns in New York, but jou had a couBln living In Spilngfleld, whoro there wnB a very good college. Your parents wore anx ious to get jou away fiom tho temp tations of a big city until you wero of ago. So jou wero sent to live with jour coasln and attend collego. You weie with him thieo or four years, nnd at last tho tlmo came for graduation. SJiall I go on?" He fought desperately for solf-pros-ervatlon "What Is theio in all this?" "You had married, in tho mean time," Fran said coldly; "married so cietly. That was about nineteen yours ago Khn wns only eighteen. After graduation jou wero to go to New York, brenk tho news to jour fathor, como back to Springfield for jour wife, and acknowledge her You grad uated; you wont to your fathor. Did you como back?" "My God!" groaned tho man. So Bliu knew ovorj thing; must ho admit it? "What Is nil this to you?" ho buiMt fmth. "Who mid what mo -ou, anyway and why do jou como heio with jour story? If It were true" "True I" said Fian bitterly "If you've forgotton, why not go to Springfield nnd ask the flrtt old citi zen jou meet? Or you might writo to some ono j-ou used to know, and inquire. If jou piefer, ill send for ono of jour old professors, nnd pay his expenses. They took a good deal of Intel est In tho young college stu dent who married and neglected Jo Bophino Dorry. They haven't forgot ton It, if jou have." "You don't know," ho gasped, "that there's a penalty for coming to people's houses to threaten them with supposed facts in their lives. You don't know that tho Jails nro ready to punish blackmailing, for you are only a llttlo girl and don't understand such things. I give you warning. Although you nro In short dresses " "Yes," remnrked Fran dryly, "1 thought that would be an advantage to you. It ought to mako things easier." "How nn advantage to mo? Easier? What havo I to do with you?" "I thought," Fran said coldly, "that It would bo easier for j'ou to tako mo Into tho houso as a llttlo girl than as a grown woman. You'll remember I told you I'vo como here to stay." "To stay!" he echoed, shrinking back. "You?" "Yes," sho said, all tho cooler for his attitudu of lepulslon. "I want a homo. Yes, I'm going to stay. I want to belong to somebody." Ho ct led out despcratelj', "Hut'what nra I to do? This will ruin me oh, It's true, nil jou'vo said I don't deny It. Dut I tell you, girl, you will mil) me. Is nil the work of my Hfo to bo overturned? I 3hall go mad." "No, you won't." Fran calmly ns sured him. "You'll do what ovoiy ono haq to do, Boonor or later face tho bituatlon You'ie n llttlo lato getting to It, but it was coming all tho tlmo. You can lot ine II vo hoio as an adopt ed orphan, or any way you please. Tho Important fact to mo Is that I'm going to live hero. Uut I don l want to mako It hard for jou, truly 1 don't." "Don't you'" Ho spoke not loudly, but with tiemeudous pressure of de sire. "Then, for God's, sako, go back! Go back to to whorover jou camo from. I'll pay all expenses. You shall huvo nil jou want " "All I wunt," Fran responded. "Is a homo, nnd that's something people can't buj Get used to the thought of my stnjlng here; that will make It easy." "Hasy!" ho ejaculated. "Then it's jour purpose to compel mo to give you Bholter becauso of this secret I jou mean to ruin me. I'll not bo ablo CAT ENJOYED THE COMEDY But of the Four Principals Involved, Tom Was the Only One That Had a Laugh Coming. This Ih the tale of a cat with a sense ot humor Mrs. Youngwlfo wont to un east end butcher shop tho other day When Bho entered, tho greeting was a high pitched bluiek Naturally sho shrieked, too, ond then looked to seo what tho trouble was. Mrs. Hutchur, In charge ot the shop In her husbnud'B absonse, stood on a small box. Iloforo hor stood n largo black cat, n gleam of tun In his yellow oyes and a mouso In his mouth. A moment tho tableau hold. Then tho cat w allied nwny and Mrs. Butcher Btnrtcd fearfully behind tho counter. Tho cat followed hor and dropped tho mouso at hur feet. Two screams, tho flutter of skirts, and Mrs. Butcher again was safo on tho box, and Mrs. Youngwlfo Bat on tho counter, hor foot sticking straight out, hor skirts gath ered tightly about her ankles. Tho mouse ran a foot or two and to account for you, und they will question my wife will want to know, und nnd otluys us well." "Now, now," said Fran, with Buddcn gentleness, "don't be ho exrited, don't tako It so hard. Let them question. I'll know how to keep from exposing you. Uut I do want to belong to some body, nnd ufter I'vo been hero n whllo, ni(d you begin to llko me, I'll tell jou everything. I knew tho Jo sephine Dorry that j-ou deserted ahu raised mo, and I know she loved jou to the end. Didn't you ever caro for her, not oven nt tho fltst, when you got her to keep your- marriage secret until jou could speak to j'our father face to faco? You must have loved her then. And she's tho best friend I eor had. Slnco she died I'vo wan dered nnd and I want a home." The long loneliness of years found cxprcsfeion In her eager oico nnd pleading oyes, but he was too cn grosMud with Ills own misfortunes to heed her emotion. "Didn't I go back to Spilngfleld?" ho cried out "Of couisu I did. I made iiiquliics for hor; thnt'B why I went back to find out what had become of her. I'd been gone only throe jenrs, yes, only three je.irs, but, good heavens, how I had Buffeted! I was bo changed that no body know mo." Ho paused, appalled ut thu leeolleetion. "I have always had n terrible capacity for suffering. 1 toll you, It wns my duty to go back to find her, nnd I went back. 1 would havo acknowledged her as m wife. I would havo lived with her. I'd havo done right by her, though it had killed mo. Can I bay more than that?" "I am glad jou went back." said Fran boftlj-. "Sho never know It. I am so glad that jou did even thnt." "Yes, I did go back," he said, nioio flrmlj'. "Hut she was gone 1 tell you nil this becauBo you say sho was your best filend." "A whllo ngo you naked me who I nm and wh.it " "It doesn't mnttor," he interjected "You were her friend; that is nil I caro to know. I went back to Spring field, aftor three years but sho was gone. I was told that her undo had cast her off, and bho had disappeared. It seems that sho'd made friends with n class of peoplo who were not who wero not rebpectable." Fran's eyes shone brightly. "Oh, they worq not," sho agreed, "they, wdro not at all what j'ou would call respectable. They were not relig ious," "So I was told," ho resumed, a llttlo uncertainly. "There was no way for mo to find her." "Her?" cried- Fran; "you keep on saying 'her.' Do you mean?" Ho hesitated. "She had chosen her part to live with thoso people I left "My God!" Groaned the Man. her to lead the llfo that pleased hor. Thnt's why I never went back to Sptlngflold again. I'vo taken up my llfo In in j own wnj. and loft her your friend" "Yes, call hor that," cried Fran, holding up her head. "I nm proud of that title. I glory in It. And in (his house " "I havo mado my offer," ho Inter-tuptett-decldedlj-. "I'll provide for you anywhere but in this houso." (to nn CONTINUED) Don't ask any man about his origin; you can read it in lila faco tho cat had U again, and ngnln walked awaj Mrs Butcher steppod off tho box, picked It up" and, currying her ark of lofugo with her, again tried to go bohind tho countor Again tho cat followed, and tho play was enacted ns before. It wcut on thnt way for about ten minutes, wliou tho doilvorj boy came whlbtllng In He was hailed a3 a de liverer . VHuh!" ho giunted Ho seized tho cat und east it out, the fellno Jaws still gripping her prey. Indianapolis News. Canada's Oyster Induttry. Thoro aro no oystors on tho const ot Now Huglaud, north of Capo Cod, but thoy aro numerous In cortaln parts of tho Gulf of St. Lawrnnco and ndjacont Canadian wators. Ef forts aro being mado by tho Dominion government to dovolop tho oyster Industry to much larger proportions than Its prosent comparatively small Biro. Tho next best thing to belief in God Is to sympathize with peoplo BACK YARD FMHHER Interesting Pointers on Garden ing for the City Man oi Suburbanite. WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN Advice by an Expert on Agricultural Matters Care of the Garden Raising Swcc,t Peas Hot Weather Pointers. By PROF. JOHN WILLARD DOLTE. Every man with avallablo land should mako some kind of a garden on It. About one man In three who could have a nice llttlo garden plot in tho city has one. Almost everjbody In tho suburbs has both lawn, ilowers and n vegetnble garden. The fascination of this delightful pastlmo is amplj- demonstrated by tho fact that so many peoplo make gar dens every year and yet tho majorltj of thoso gardens arc failures to a greater oi less degree. They start out beautifully, with the warm, frush mellow earth turned over from Its wintcr.'s rest, nnd tho llttlo delicate seedlings following the warm rains. Tho first crops, small things llko radishes and lettuce, deelop fairly well and the gardener puts In his late crops with grpat expectations. When the hot, dry weather of late June and early July arrives tho plants begin to shrink and shrivel. They turn brown and enter into n kind of dormant state, neither advancing nor reti eating, worthlebs as food provid ers and certainly unhandsome to view This unthrifty summer condition knocks out the most satisfactory ciops, corn, beans, tomatoes, cucum bers, etc The worst of it is that the snine thing happens to the same gar dens, year after year, nnd the best of it Is that (l need not happen at all If th.e gardener will use Ills head as much as his back, and uso both of them a good deal. Tlie two great causes of garden failures aro lack of proper cultivation and lack of avallablo plant food. In a humid climate it should never bo nec essary to water the garden if the soil is in proper condition to hold tho tint ural rainfall It needs to bo plowed deoplj-, cultivated finely, filmed down well to mako capillaiy connection be tveen the soil water below and the plant roots nbove, and then the sur face must be hoed, and hoed nnd hoed. Never let up on the hoeing A single weed will evaporate many times its own weight In aluable soil water every day If you permit the top soil to bake or a crust to furm, direct means is established foi tho soil water to eapornto and It will leave tho soil as rapidly as it would nn open dish and possibly more rap ldilj Do j'our best to keep jour gar den coveied with an Inch of fine, dry dust all tho summer through. The roots will go deep nnd tho plants will got all the water there Is Next, fertility: A garden must con tnin plant food and tho best plant food is rotten ogotable matter. Mako a compost heap in somo out-of-the-way corner or in n large box. Here throw jour stable manure, grass clip pings, loaves, waBto vegetables, hen manure, In fact, anything that will rot Keep It moist and keep flies away from it. Grass sod Ib an excel lent foundation for a compost heap and It Is extensively used by florists Use plenty of the compost on your garden, plowing It under, and be care- iui not to put in too much straw, as, that will dry out the soil. Tho com post will increase tho water-holding capacity of the soil, it will permit of better ventilation. It furnishes plant food of all kinds, it lightens a heavy soil nnd stiffens a sandy one. If jou wisli to braco up weak plants and force them this summer, fill a barrel half full of manuro and cover with water The liquid result ing is tho finest kind of quick acting fertilizer Pour it about the plants to be forced, and tho effect will be immediately peicoptiblo. Sweet Peas. No flower Ismore generally bcloicd than tho old fashioned Sweet Pea. It was dear to the hearts of our great grandmothers mid their greut-grand-mothers as well, and for no telling how many geneiutlons back of that. It belongs to n largo tnmily whose scientific name is taken from tho pe culiar butterilj'-liko torm of the blos soms. Tho garden varloties of green peas, stilng, wax, nnj, polo and lima beans and the ornnmental beans, ate Its llrst cousins Some .of our most nlunbto fiold crops, notably alfalfn, red, crimson, alslko and white clover, nro first cousins once removed, und eery wild flow or that has the butter llj blossom is moro or lca3 distantly related Really, we have immense causo to bo thankful for many membois of tho leguminous plants. As field crops thej form the finest kind of hay and pasturago, and they aro tho onlj cul tivated plants that possess tho power of transferring nltrogon from tho nlr to the soil Without them It would be prnettcallj lmposslblo to keep our soil productive In the flotnl field, this family is not bo numerously piomineut as bomo other groups, but tho Swoet I'ca makes up for nny shortngua In num bers by its rnro merit. No flower will grow bettor under as many vnrylng conditions ns thlB ono. Light soil or henvy, fertilizer or no feitlllzor, deep trench or shallow, much caro or little, It will do Its very best to bloom early and often, and It will succeed most romarkably woll. Did you oor know any persons who did not llko tho porfumo of tho Sweet 1'oa? We do not, nnu we nre sorry for thorn If there bo nny such. In variety of tintB the most fastidi ous can bo suited, ns thero nro 40 or DO different shades and mixtures to chooso from. They range from a deop pansy purple through all shades and mixtures of blue and red, to tho purest vivid whlto. Tho colors nro not mere ly surfaco colors. Thoy are deep colors that actually live. Tho proper way to grow sweet pean to their greatest perfection Ib to dig a trench a foot wide and u foot deep, aa early as possible in the spring Fill In six Inohos with rich, loose loam and plant the seed three Inches Hpnrt and onp-hnlf Inch deep nfter soak'ng thorn In wuter As oon as the kcedllngfl uie six Inches high fill In Lh earth around (hem until only to Inches of ths plant ihows Tills treatment will insure a more extensive root duvulop mont and' mor resistance to drdunht. Fill In from tlmo to, tlma until tho bottom of tho trench Is level with tho land. Furnish n support fof thu vines, olther woven wire, branches, or ft fence, and they will run up several reet. Lie suro that you pick till of tho blossoms a8 soon ns thoy ure perfect und thu plants will bloom from early summor until frost. If allowed to go to seed the plants will promptly ceaso blooming. Tho Swoet Pea might well be our national flower. May It bloom for-uver. Garden in Hot Weather. When hot weather visits ub the fata of most gardens hongs In the balance At this time, the garden needs our caro more than nt any other and wo feel less llko giving It tho necessary caro. Tho weather Is hot and the air is still, and a hammock in a shady nook looks better to father than any '!Man With the Hoe" tableau, especial, ly after a hard. daj's work. Ilemcmbor that the kind of weather that gives you a very tired feeling, makes tho weeds grow rank and bold and drlo3 tho garden soil until it Ib almost wa terproof. Probably jou feel that you don't need the exerclso noarly as much aa you did in tho spring, and probably you are right; at tho samo tlmo it will do jou good if you tako It properly, and you cannot afford to have tho garden go to pieces Just -when a llttlo j work will pull It through In grand shape. Get up half an hour earlier than usual and do your garden work then. Instead of waiting until tho tired even, tide or trying to lump it all Into a week's ond Job. A little dally work In the cool of tho early morning will send you to j-our regular bread and butter Job feeling many times better than that llttlo extra sleep would. Gono Is thnt brown taste gone tho dead alive feeling that the long sti fling summer night brings. Naturo is at her loveliest while the dew is on and half tho fun of garden ing Is getting close to naturo. Do your gardening before jou are tired out and enjoy it to the utmoet. Wo havo previously told you what to do for the weeds, which, like the poor, aro always with us. Unlike tho poor, however, they need no assist ance, but the strongest possiblo re sistance, because thoy are altogether too well able to fend for themselves. Cut off their heads, cut off their feet, burn their middles, nnd do it be fore they havo any offspring. Then start In and do It all over again, be causo they . resurrect mighty fast If given tho sllghest opportunity. Keep the soil surface in a dry, pul veilzed, weedlcss condition, and never let It harden. Pull tho weeds out of tho rows, whero the hoe cannot reach them, because they do moro harm here than between tho rows. If the garden shows lack of moist ure, it must he furnished, and tho best way to do this Is to Irrigate at night This is better than sprinkling, be cause the water soaks In deeper and evaporation is much less at night than in tho daytime. A thorough soaking onco a week is plenty and tho soli should bo cultivated the next morn ing to hold tho water. This, then, Is tho time when a soil full of manuro is appreciated. II holds moro water and does not bake, Story Jones Tells. Last year a distinguished Japanese olllclnl was in tho hands of nn enter tainment committee and was seeing tho greatness of Now York. Tho next thing to be seen was tho subway, and the rush hour of tho morning was se lected so that this observing Japaneso could seo Now York In Its most dem ocratic scramble. The party was Jammed aboard a local at Times Squaie, intending to take nn express at Grand Central Thoy wero unnblo to got out and proceeded to Four teenth street. Aftor passing Twenty third street they got beats and wore comfortable. At Fourteenth street, which is an express station, tho guldo of tho party rushed them across tho platform to an express, where thej wero again crushed together most unt comfortably The Japaneso offlclaj noticed that tho local train went on ltg way with plenty of seats unoccupied, He sntd nothing, but when they alighted at Brooklyn bridge ho saw) locals pulling In ncrosB tho platform nnd nsked the guldo to explain whv1 thoy changed in such n rush at Fourt teentli street. "Whj-," caid the New Yorker, "wo saved two minutes.' "Oh!" said the Japaneso, "and pray tell mo what wo shall 'how do with the two minutes?" Foods for Brood Sows. Brood sows should havo bulky and succulent foods Grain feeds do not furnish thoso elemonts. Hoots, vege tables and forngo bhould bo given In abundance. Value of Salt. ' Salt not only promotes digestion nnd assimilation, thus keeping the dairy herd In good health, but It Is q big factor In causing tho butter to como nt churning time Big Price for Hen, Tho piizo Missouri hen which laid 281 eggs In tho contest last year r cently bold for $800. Meaning of Ventilation. Ventilation means fresh alr draft. -not q Tonic for Hogs. Common coal Is an excellent tonlq for hogs. Make Moro Profit. More alfalfa and less high priced, feed will make moro profit. r v i A X r. i MirtM-"", -