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'i irrnwffuwi i . fcxrm'?'MUJ&MUj1&s ? y crxa w, i j-y,. lie P teK. r- I-a ix k v iSki ii-t- is -rt. SYNOPSIS. Fran nrrlves at Hamilton Gregory's '? Jiomo In Llttlrbtlrff. but Hnda him absent -... -conducting the choir at a camp meeting. 1 h6repalra thither-in-search tit him, laughs during tho scrvlco and Is asked to JltflVlk- AMinffr Afttitnn anruirlnt nnrlant nt -fcw ""T-". --- .....,. ..,.... ...w .. - cnoois. escorts Fran from tho tent. Ho Tens nor uregory is a wealthy man, deeply interested in charity work, and a jMIar or tho , church. Asliloit becomes xrcatly Interested In Fran and while tak ing leave of her, holds her hand and Is aeon by Sapphlra Clinton, slater of Hob rt Clinton, chairman of tho school board. Fran tolls Oreftory she wants a homo with him. Graco -Nolr, drocory's prlvato secrotory. takes a violent dlsllko to Fran And advises her to co away at once. Ttan hints at a twenty-year-old secret, nd Gregory in agitation asks Grace to leave tho room. Fran relates the story ct how Gregory married a younp clrl nt Uprtntrfleld while attending colleco and then deserted her. Fran is the child of that marriage, drcgory hnd married his present wife three years before tho death of Fran's mother. Fran takes a liking to Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that Ftnn Is Uio daughter of a very dear friend : -who I Afttt, irran nerees to tho story. !Mrs. Grirorv lnlnt on hnr maklnff her -.noma wun tnem ana takes ..v -. . - - - . " ; her to her "Krms. Tho breach betwwn Fran s.n4 draco widens. It Is decided that Fran must go to school, CHAPTER Vlll-Contlnued. Pran'B quick oye caught the expres Ion of baffled rcachlng-forth, of un-,COrtain-'fitrivln-iftflP nvtnnathntle un. Iderstandlng. "You darling lady I" Bho -cried, clasping her hands to keep her arms from flying about tho other's jneck, "don't you be troubled about me. jBlcss your heart, I can take care of jmyself and you, tool Do you think I'd add a straw to your . . Now ;you Iwrvr me: If you want to do It, Just 2ut me in long trains with Pullman gaassxsEaieepora. for ril do whatever you Bay. sKyourwani, to pnow ppopio now tnmo I anT, Just'hoM'up your hand, and I'll crawl Into mjfeage,"' -, - The laughter of JWra. Gregory sound- a wholesome and deep-throated tho child was eo dellclously ridiculous, Como, then," she cried, with- light Hess sho had not, felt "for months, "como, crawl Into your cage I" And Bho opened her arms. With a flash of her lithe body. Fran ppttraa In her .cage, andfor a time, rest- a more, wnno tno nro in tier dark yes burned tears to all sorts of rain- txitr . rvilnm. It nnnmnd in hnr tVint nt ll ftffevp'eopIo'nrUio world, Iro. Urcs x ry- was. the last to hold her in affec tionate embrace. She cried out with a ob, as If in answer to her dark mis givings "Ob. but I want to belong to comebodyl" xou -snau ,-Deiong to moi" ex- claimed Airs. Gregory, folding her closer. ' "To you?" Fran sobbed, overcome 'ibjrthe wonderrof it- "To you, dear "heart?" With a desperato effort sho crowded back Intruding thoughts, and rew calm. looking over her shoul der at Simon Jefferson "No rooro Love Him? This la Merely a Que- Hon of Doing the Most Good." abort dresses, Mr, Simon," she called, !!you know your heart mustn't bo ox cited." "Fran!" gasped MrB. Gregory In dis may, "hush I" Jiut Simon Jefferson beamod with lsmssr;yleaure at Ike gfrl'B artlbsa Ways. IIo ltnewwliat "was bad for his heart, and Fran wasn't. Her smiles made him feel himself a monopolist in sunBhlne. Simon Jefferson might bo fifty, but ho still had a nose for roses. Old Mrs. Jefferson was present, and from her wheel-chair bright eyes road much that dull cars mlsBed. "How gay Simon is!" smiled tho mother ho was always her spoiled boy, Mrs. Gregory called through tho CHARACTER SHOWS IN FACE 'tJood Thoughts Look Out Through Kindly Eyes and Fair Pleas ant Features. Our faoos aro opon diaries, In which any ono may read tho record f how we speed our days, what wo think, tho sort ,of peoplo wo are. "When y3 say of a man that "ho has " ' flno f&ce," or of a woman that "Bho has a beautiful face," wo apeak of tho . life back ot tho face. What is a urw Indication ot this than when r.bre aee a child draw away from a first fcHapse of a person? What is often M truly condemnatory as the In stinctive remark of a child: "I don't r Wk'e her faee, mamma?" i ', Not always true, perhaps, not In wrary laataace is the child right, but jbow often to It unaeringl If wtf waste the precious passing . jjraaw la, chasing tHttterttea and flit ttag pUasure; if we grow hard and jaarrow because of dlsappolnftneats, r tbroogh alMB4alBfice, t la reg jtatered where even the child who . .arawe awafifroea us reads It "wy -M . l6i Y BY Jrflvwl 3,v trumpet, "I bollovo Fran hns given brother a fresh Interest in life." Old Mrs. Jofforson beamed upon Fran mid added her commendation: "Sho pushes mo when I want to bo pushed, and pulls mo whon I want to bo pulled." Fran clapped hor hands like a child, Indeed. "Oh, what a gay old world!" she cried. "Thero are so many peoplo In it that liko mo." Sho danced before tho old lady, then wheeled about with such energy that hor skirts threat ened to level to tho breeze. "Don't, don't!" cried Mrs. Gregory precipitately. "Fran!" "Bravo!" shouted Simon Jeffoison. "Encore I" Fran widened her fingers to push down tho rebellious dress. "If I don't put leads on me," sho said with con trition, "I'll bo floating nway. Whon I feel good, I always want to do some thing wrong It's awfully dangerous for a person to foci good, I guess. Mrs. Gregory, you say I can belong to you when I think about that, I want to dance. ... I guess you hardly know what it means for Fran to be long to a person. You're going to And out. Come on," Bho Bhoutod to Mrs. Jefferson, without using tho trumpet always a subtle compllmont to those nearly stone-deaf, "I mustn't wheel myself about, so I'm going to wheel yoti.V As sho passed with her chargo into tho garden, her mind was busy with thoughts of Graco Nolr. Belonging to Mrs. Gregory naturally suggested get ting rid of tho secretary. It would bo exceedingly difllcult. "Jlut two monthB ought to settlo her," Fran mused. In tho meantime, Graco Nolr and Gregory sat in tho library, silently turning out an immense amount of work, feeding tho hungry and consol ing the weak with stroke of pen and click of typewriter. '!AbQUlihls onHOjnumber ono hun dred forty-threo,"Graco saTd, looking up from her work as .copyist, "tho girl whoso father wouldn't acknowl edge hor . . ." "Write to tho matron to give hor good clothing and good schooling." He spoke softly. There prevailed an at mosphoro of Bubtlo tenderness; on this Island tho library blossomed lovo of mankind and devotion to lofty Ideals. Theso two mariners found themselves over surrounded by a soa of lndlfferenco; thore was not a sail In sight- "It Is a sad case," ho mur mured. "You think number ono hundred forty-Uirr& s. s'sd caso?" sho repeated, always, whon posBlblo, building hor J next Btop out of tho material furnished by her companion. "Bui uupposu bus Is an Impostor. Ho saya sho'a not his daughter, this numbor ono hundred forty-threo. Maybo iho Isn't. Would you call hor conduct sad?" Gregory took exquisite ploasuro in arguing with Grace, becauso hor so reno assumption of bolng in tho right gave to hor beautiful faco a touch of the angelic. "I should call it Impos sible." "Impossible? Do you think it'B im possible that Fratv'p deceiving you? How can you know that alio is tho daughter of your friend?" Ho grow palp. Oh, If ho could have denied Fran If ho could have Joined Graco in declaring hor an impostor! But she ponsosccd proofs so irrpfutnblo ftiat alely" lay In admitting her nlnlm, lest she provo more Uiun ho Lad al ready admitted. "I know It, abnolute ly. Sho Is tho daughter ot ono who was my most my moHt intimate friond." uraco repented wun delicate re proof "Your intlmato friend!" "I know it was wrong for him to do Bert his wife." "Wrong!" How inadequato Boomed that word from her pure Upul "But," ho faltered, "wo must make allowances. My friond married Fran's mother In Becrot becauso she was ut terly worldly frivolous a butterfly. Hor own uncle was unnblo to control hor to make her go to church. Soon aftontho marriage ho found out his mistake It broko his heart tho trag ody of It. I don't oxcuso him for go ing away to Europo " "I am glad you don't IIo was do Tho mind that generally thinks "good thoughts, truo thoughts, thoughts flt to treasure up," lopks out upon tho world through kindly oyos nnd 'fair and pleasant foaturea Tho faco of an ovll man or woman wears a malignant saturulno aspect that gives tho world a warning; of tho Inner nature. Tho eyes are moro eloquent than tho tongue in tolling othors what wo aro. Wo nover hldo from dlscornlng eyes ob much as we somotlmos think wo do. Our facos invariably toll our Btorles. Immunuo From Whipping. Doc Shaw, officially known na Capt 0, A. Shaw, waB In a romlnlscont mood down town tho other day, and his mind reverted to his equestrian trou bles when ho saw a fancy saddle horso go by, "I had a funny oxperionco with Bad dies some years 'ago," ho re marked to a friend. "I was rearing a aephew, Walter WatklnB, In addition to my own family. He was full of life and action too full, I fear, for "rNaMr i. wp-mtn iiiii i i vr ' i .&i-t-4. x vt -sa "vi mr m t WSKk 4BBBf,i Jr ft i;fe I Bl"4KIi imW V waesSaKErS FPAN JOMERECKENKDGfc.ELEIS '? ILLUSTRATIONS BV fe.ft ,-T,,., Wkis v. u-' U.YYilN true man, bul a weakling. I am giad I I havo novor been thrown with such a a degenerate. te." "But, Mies Graco," ho urged plead ingly, "do you think my friend, when ho went back to find hor and she was gone do you think ho should havo kopt on hunting? Do you think, Graco, that ho should havo remained yoked to an unbeliever, after ho realized his folly?" There was heavenly compassion In her eyes, for suddenly Bho had di vined his purposo In defending Fran's father. Ho waa thinking of his own wlfo, and of his wlfo's mother and brother how thoy had ceased to show sympathy in what he regarded ob tho essentials of life. Hor silence suggest ed that an Bite could not r.pcal: without casting reflection upon Mrs. Gregory, Bho would say nothing, and this tact was grateful to his grieved heart. "I havo boon thinking of something very strange," Graco said, with a markod effort to avoid the issue lest sho commit the Indiscretion of blam ing her employer's wlfo. "I remem ber having heard you say that when you wore a young man, you left your father's homo to llvo with a cousin In a distant town who happened to bo a teacher in a college, and that you were graduated from his college. Don't you think It marvelous, this claim of Fran, who says that her father, when a young man, went to llvo with a cousin who was a college professor, and that ho was graduated from that college? And she says that her father's father was a rich man JuBt as yourB was and that tho cousin Is dead just as yours Is." At these piercing words, Gregory bowed his head to conceal his ugita tlon.' Could It be possible that sho had guessed all and yot, In spite of all, could use that tono of kindness? It burst upon him that If he and Bho could hold this fatal secret in common, they might, in sweetest comradeship, form an alliance against fate itself. Sho persisted: "Tho account that Fran gives of hor fatHer Is really your own history. What does that show?" Ho spoke almost in a whisper. "My friond and I wero much allko." Then ho looked up swiftly to catch a look ot comprehension by surprise, if such a look woro thore. Graco smiled coolly. "But hardly Identical, I presume. Don't you see that Fran has invented hor wholo story, and that she didn't have enough imagination to koop from copying after your biographical sketch in tho newspaper? I don't believe she is ryour friends daughter. I don't bo llovo you could ever havo liked tho father of a girl Uko Fran that ho could have been your Intimate friond." "Woll " faltered Grogory. But why should ho defend Fran? "Mr. Gregory," sho asked, as If what Bho was about to say belonged to what hnd gono before, "would It greatly in convenience you for mo to Ieavo your employment?" Ho was electrified. "Graco! Incon venloncomo! would you could. . . ." "1 havo not decided not yet. Speaking of bolng yoked with unbe lievers I havo nover told you thnt Mr. Robert Clinton has wanted mo to mar ry him. As long as ho was outside of the church, of courso It was Impos sible. But now that ho is converted " "Grace!" groaned tho pallid listener. "Ho would like me to go with him to Chicago," "But you couldn't lovo Bob Clinton ho lBn't worthy of you, Grace, It's Impossible. Honvon knows I'vo had disappointments enough " He start ed up and came toward hor, his eyes glowing. "Will you make my lite a comploto failure, aftor nil?" "Lovo him?" Grace repeated calmly. "This 1b merely a question ot doing tho most good. I know nothing about lovo." "Then let mo tench you, Graco, lot" "Shall wo not dlscuBS It?" she said gontly. "That 1b best, I think. If I do cldo to marry Mr. Clinton, I will tell you oven beforo I toll him. I don't know what I shall chooso as my Lost courso." "But, Grace! What could I do without" "Shall wo Just agree to say no moro his teachers at school. At any rate, I kept missing tho skirts off my sad dlo. It waa an awful Vexation to start out .in tho country from Somervlllo and find my Baddlo stripped to ft naked tree. My hostlor convinced mo after Borao difficulty that ho was not stoallng tho leather. "Finally I found that tho youngster, Waltor, stripped tho saddlo to koop his trouaors' seat lined with a saddlo Bklrt agalust a whipping nt school. Momphts Commercial Appeal. Repartee. "My only fear In respect to woman suffrage," said Mr; Baldlbrow, "Ib Its posslblo effect upon tho public life of tho futuro. Woman's lovo of a bargain would causo hor to go In for choap statesmen." "YtsB?" said Mrs. Baldlbrow, with an Indulgent Bmllo. "Woll look at tho pllo ot Illustrious romnants you men aro still sticking to!" Whereupon Mr. Baldlbrow began to hem Uko a stump-speaker, but noth ing camo ot It Ills eloquenco was not equal to tho occasion. Harper's Weekly. ... "L-TL l riXJWO (COPYRIGHT 1912 BOBBS-MEPRILLCO.) oaswss uboul It?" eho softly interposed, "Thnt J Is wisest until my decision Is made, Wo woro talking nhout Fran do you , think this a good opportunity for Mrs. Gregory to attend services? Frnn can stay with Mrs. Jefferson." "I have no doubt," ho said, still agi tated, "that my wife would And It easy enough to go to church, If sho really wanted to go." "Mr. Gregory!" sho reproved him. "Woll," he cried, somowhat defiant ly, "don't you think Bho could go, If she wanted to?" "Well," Graco answered slowlyi "this girl will leavo her without any any excuse.'' "Oh, Miss Graco, If my wlfo were only like you I mean, about going to church!" "I consider It," sho responded, "tho most Important thing In tho world." Her emphatic tono proved her sin cerity. Tho church on Walnut street stood, for her, as tho ark; those who remained outside, at tho call of the bell, wero In danger of engulfmeut Aftor a long silence, Grace looked up from her typewriter. "Mr. Greg ory," she said pauslngly, "you are un happy." V, Nothing could havo beon owecter to him than her sympathy, except happi ness Itself. "YeB," ho admitted, with a great sigh, "I am very unhappy, but you understand mo, and that Is a little comfort. If you should marry Bob Clinton Grace, tell mo you'll not think of It again." "And you aro unhappy," said Grace, steadfastly ruling Bob Clinton out of tho discussion, "on account of Fran." Ho burst forth Impulsively "Kver since sho came to town!" Ho checked himself. "But I owe It to my friend to shelter her. She wants to stay and and she'll have to. If ehe dnmands It." "Do you owo moro to your dead friend," Grace asked, with passionate solemnity, "than to tho living God?" Ho shrank back. "But I can't send her away," ho persisted in neryous haste. "I can't. But heaven bless you, Graco, for' your dear thought of mo." "You will bless me with moro rea son," said Graco softly, "when Fran decides to go away. She'll tiro ot this house I promise it. She'll go Just wait! she'll go, as unceremoniously as sho came. Leave It to mo, Mr. Greg ory." In her earnestness she started up, and then, as If to conceal her growing resolution, sho walked swiftly to tho window as if to hold her manu script to tho light Gregory followed her. "It Bho would only go!" ho groaned. "Grace! Do you think you could? Yes, I will leavo everything to you." "She'll go," Grace repeated fixedly. Tho window at which thoy stood overlooked the garden Into which Fran had wheeled old Mrs. Jefferson. Fran, speuklug through tho ear trumpet with as much caution as deaf neBB would tolerate, said, "Dear old lady, look up nt the library window, if you please, for tho muozzln has climbed his mlnarot to call to prayerB," Very little of this reached Its desti nation muozzln wna in greet dunger of complicating matters, but the old lady caught "library window," nnd held It Bocurely. Sho looked up. Ham ilton Grogory nnd Graco Noir woro standing at tho tower window, to catch tho last rays of tho sun. Tho flag of truco between thom was only h typewritten sheet of manuscript. Grace hold tho paper obliquely toward tho west; Hamilton leaned nearer and, with his dellcato white finger, pointed out a word. Graco nodded her head In gontle acquiescence. "Amon," muttered Fran. "Now lot ovorybody Blng!" Tho choir Icador and his secretary vanished from sight "Just like tho play In Hamlet," Fran said half-aloud. "And now that tho Inside play is over, I guosa It's time for old Ham to bo doing Bomethlug.1' Mrs. Jofforson gripped tho arms of her wheel-chair and resumed her talo, nB it sho had not beon Interrupted. It was of no Interest as a story, yot pos sessed a sentimental valuo from the fact that all tho characters savo the raconteur wero dead, and possibly all but her forgotten. Fran loved to hear tho old lady cvoko tho shades of long LESSON FOR ARDENT SWAIN Startling Experience Cures Him Making Love to Maidens at Balls. of It happened at a public ball. Ho was a man of serious Intentions and numorous nttentlqns, nnd sho was rich and woddablo. Thoy sat In tho hnll under tho stairway. It was n nook for lovers. Thero was not a bouI in sight and, and ho thought his golden opportunity had arrived. Down ho flopped on his knees, and clasped her hand. "Doar ono," he whlsperod, not very loud, but loud enough, "I havo loved you with tho wholo strength nnd ardour of a man's naturo whon It is roused by all that la puro and good and lovely In woman, and I can no longer restrain my pent-up feelings. I must toll you what is in my heart and usBuro you that novor yet has woman hoard from my llpa tho se crets that aro throbbing and " Just then a rustlo was heard on tho Btalrs aboyo them, and a card fastened to a thread swune down and ago, shades who vould never again absume even the palest manifestation to mortals', when this old lady had gono to join them. ' Usually Frnn brought her back. with gentle hand, but today , sho Ut- vlnod subterfuge; tho talo was m meant to hldo Mrs. Jefferson's real feelings. Fran ventured through tho trumpet: "I wish thore was a man-secietary on this place, Instead of a woman. And lot mo toll you ono thing, dear old soldier there's going to bo a flght put up on theso grounds. I guess you ought to stay out of It. But either I or tho secretary has got to git." Fran was not unmindful of giam mar, even of rhetoric,' on occasion. Sho knew thero was no such word as "git," but sho waa seeking to Bymbol izo hor Idea in Bound. As Bho clewed hor toeth, each little pearl meeting a pearly rival, hbr "git" had something of tho force of physical ejectment Behind largo spectacle lenc, sparks flashed from Mrs. Jefferson's oyes. She sniffed battle. But her tightly compressed lips showed that sho lacked both Fran's teeth and Fran'B intrepidity. Ono steps cau tloubly at soventy-odd. Frnn comprehended. Tho old lady must not let It be suspected that sho was awaro of Gregory's need of cotton In straining ears, such as had saved Ulysses from siren voices. The pre tense ot observing no danger kopt tho fine old face uncommonly grim. "Little girls shouldn't fight," was her discreet rejoinder. Then leaning over the wnnel, she ndvanced her snow-white head to1 tho head of ooal black. "Better not stir up dragons." Fran threw back her head and laughed defiantly. "Bring on your dragons," sho cried boastfully. "There's not one of 'em I'm afraid of." Sho extended one leg and stretched forth her arm. "I'll say to the Dragon, 'Stand up' and Bho'll stand; I'll say 'Lie down' and down she'll He. I'll say 'Glf and she'll " Fran waved hor dragon to annihilation. "Goodness," tho old lady exclaimed, getting nothing of this except tho ran tomlme; thnt, however, was eloquent Sho recalled the picture of David in hor girlhood's Sunday-school book. "Aro you defying tho Man of Gath?" She broko Into a delicious smile which seeded to flood tho wrinkles of her faco with tho sunshine of many dear old easy-going years. Fran amote her forehead. "I havo a low pebbles here," she called through the trumpet. Mrs. Jefferson grasped tho other's "Bring on Your Dragons," She Said Boastfully, thin arm, and eald, with zeatful ener gy, "Let her hnvo Vm, Dnvld, lot her have 'em I" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Marine Telescope. Mako an oblong narrow box out of four pieces of quarter-Inch board about' two foot long by sixteen Inches wide, and flt a piece of clear, clean glass across one end, hold In placo by brass headed tacks, driven into tho wood and overlapping the glass, Fill all the cracks with sealing wax to keep out tho light Then plungo the glasB end two or throe inches Into tho water and look through tho open end. This film plo marine telescope Is mado on the principle of tho more elaborate glasses, through which to look at tho famous gardens under the sea near tho Cata Una Islands. Christian Herald. dangled not two Inches from tho lov or'B nose. On It wero theso porten U8 words: "I'm n bit ot n liar myself." Then tho awful truth flashed upon him, and ho fled. As ho went out of the door, sixteen girls from tho head of tho stairs sont sixteen laughs out Into tho damp night after him. Ho makes no lovo at balls now. Anesthetized Rejection Slip. Elizabeth Jordan said that with all tho manuscripts the lato Margaret E. Sangstor had occasion to return, not oiio ever carried a heartache with It Sho saw everyone who wanted to boo her, receiving all callers. Sho woo greatly Interested in young writers. And when thoy had no writing gift, tactfully Bho would set them going on in some other direction. Porhaps somo woman who had brought hor poor lit tle efforts to Mrs. Songster could bake sweetmeats, though she couldn't write. Then would Mrs, Sangstar work around among the club women she know until sho got sufficient or ders for Bweetmeats to glvo that wo man, employment Christian Herald. M YARD pein Interesting Pointers on Garden ing for the City Man or Suburbanite. WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN Advice by an Expert on Agricultural Matters Making an Ornamental Arch A Beautiful Lawn Care of House Plants. By PROF. JOHN WILtARD BOLTE. Ornamental detached arches in flow er gardons aro coming back and wo aro glad to greet them. This cordial welcome will not bo extended indis criminately, however, becauso most of tho amateur garden nrches ono occs ure us much out of harmony as Lo rado Taft's pet abhorrence a statue of a man In high hat. Don't, put an inch Iu your garden or at tho entrance to your walk be cause you like to do carpenter work. If you want an arch, study your prob lem carefully and put It where It will do the most good. Let it bo in keep ing with the surroundings or It will be a detriment rather than an Im provement In many cases tho proper placo and surroundings for an arch already ex ist, and the question Is merely ono of tho type of arch to build. Such a lo cation would bo tho entrance to a secluded garden, the end of a wall: or drive, or even tho street entrance. The landscape or garden picture is the only kind df a picture that may bo beautiful from all directions, and oven these natural scenes must be planned from ono viewpoint to get tho most satisfactory results. In planning your arch, decide first from which direction It will bo seen most frequently. If the view to be emphasized is toward the house, tho arch must be of a character o har monize with tho house. If the view is from the house, the arch should be in keeping with, the landscape about It and back of It. Tho function of the garden arch Is to locate and accentuato a gateway, a formal entrance to some entirely dif ferent scenes and surroundings. It marks a distinct boundary line, hence It Is entirely misplaced when the sur roundings on cither side of it are sim ilar in appearance. As a street en trance it will give excellent results, but only when thero Is an adjoining barrier, a hedge, a fence, or at least a clump of shrubs. Do not make- the mistake of using such an entrance In a detached manner, because In that case it Is a gateway without any pos sible purpose. Use it as an entrance to the wild fi-wer garden, from there to the for mal garden, thence to the vegetable garden, tho chicken parks, the tennis court, but always from one distinct scene to a decidedly different scene. Beautiful arches are made of rough limbs, of finished timbers, of lattice work, of poles or wire. Each has its Individual uses, but all aro governed by the same principles of artistic good taslte. In the majority of cases, prob ably, the arch should be covered with Vines, auch as ivy, honeysuckle, wood blue, climbing roses, clematis, trumpet creeper, Japanese ivy, etc. Most of us have no idea of the limit less possibilities of making our homes attractive by proper use 6f tho sim pler factors of landscape gardening, and In considering these assets the ornamental arch should not be over looked. "The Lawn in Landscape Art." If the landscape gardener had but ono feature to work with, he would most certainly choose tho lawn. It constitutes .tfio solid foundation upon which the ornamentc of tho superstruc ture are Imposed. Unobstructlvo In Itself, It Is taken for granted by the man In the streot, and its importance, aye, its very presence, is overlooked. The usefulness of a greensward in making naturo more beautiful and restful Is particularly impressed upon tho sojourner in hot or dry climates. Tako most of our own southern states for instance, and In most localities it Is practically impossible to grow good lawns, The long, hot, dry summers and the impoverished soils discourage the grass and the possessor of a flno lawn Is the proudest person on tho street Every weed is carefully re moved, the grass Is kept short and is rolled and watered with patience and regularity. Eyen then they cannot bo sure of a lawn, and this is one ot the main rea sons for tho high board fences of Dixie Land. Most every yard has Us pro tecting fence, as much to hide the nakedness of the soil as to keep out trespassers. It takes fair shoulders to wear low cut gowns nnd fences prosper most where lawns are poor, A yard without n lawn to finish It oft Is as barren of beauty as a parlor without a rug or carpet Other fea tures strike tho vision more promi nently and really impress tho observ er as being tho chief beauty of tho eceno, but tako away tho ourround lng lawn and tho artlstlo offecf will bo lowered much moro than It would bo by tho loss of any other single factor. Any comparatively homogeneous green turf will havo tho same effect, and of course the smaller tho scale of tho lot, tho finer nnd moro carefully finished tho turf must bo. How l;your lawn prospering this yoar? Wo trust that you did not for get to spray tho dandelions with sul phate of Iron before thoy went to seed, because this, was a great year for dandelions, and they produced enough seed to last them through sev en lean years. Tho plantain does not seem to be ob thick as last year, and It's a fine tlmo to cut out tho fow that remain and get rid of them for good. Their seed does not travel far, except via tho bird route. It thero Is a low spot In tho lawn that you would like to raise, or a high one that needs lowering, cut the sod into two feet by one foot strips and lift It off the spot Then cut or Dll to level the bad spot and replace ana keep It watered. Keep tho walks and drives trlmtnnd with an edge cutting tool, making the bevel cut in the Eod about two Inches wide and two Inches doop. This will make It much oar.Icr to fin ish the grass edges smoothly and it will oIbo aid somowhat in drainage. Qn of tlifRfi edge cutters Is very handy for edging flower bod3 also, nnd many peoplo use them to cut away about tree trunks, but wo do not favor tho latter plan because It breaks tho natural union of the tree trunks with the sod and looks too fussy. , House Plants in Summer. When the hot weather of summer is nt hand, wo must not permit our out-of-door activities to cau3c us to neg lect our house plants. Tho best placo for grown folks, chil dren nnd all living things during the summer is outdoors, whero tho sun shine and tho fresh air can strengthen and heal, making ready for tho next winter season; Of course, the closer to natural con ditions they aro during 'tho normal growing season, tho hotter growth tho plants will secure and tho finer plants we will havo for tho houso next win ter. When danger from lato frosts has surely passed, tako less expensive plants, tho geranium, the follago plants and others of their kind, and transplant them. Put them In good, rich, deept loamy bods If you can, or In window boxes If tho beds aro una vailable. Givo them lots of sunshine, so that the Btalks and follago will grow rank and strong. In transplanting, spade up tSo bed to a depth of at least a foot, pulverize tho soil finely, mixing In flno, well rotted stable manuro, and set tho plants in the ground half an Inch deeper than thoy wore In tho pots. Pack tho earth llrmly about them after setting. It will do no harm to remove somo of tho old earth, but the roots cannot bo pruned or broken off to any great extent, unless you prune back tho foliage to an equal extent. Wator the plants as soon as they aro set, and water thom every other day, at least doing tho watering when the sun is not hot. If it is desired to have the flowering plants bloom early and profusely, pinch off tho endB of half the branches, so that tho energy of the plant will go to the flowers'. Most people prefer to postpone tho bloom ing period until winter, hdwever, and thlscan be accomplished by pinching off the flower buds during the Bum mor, as soon as thoy appear. Tho re; suit will be a heavy growth of stalk and leaf duiing the growing season, and profuse blooms during tho winter Indoors. Tropical and semi-tropical plants, such as palms, cacti and rubber plants, usually are too expensive to risk ton the lawn, and It Is well to change the earth In their pots and placo thom in a sunny position on tho porch. Ferns, should have a cool, shady damp location-during the summer. If your plants have to be kept In the house, water frequently and beware of plant lice and red spider. Tho former attach themselves to tho stems and under the surface of tho leaves. Spray them with tobacco wator. Plain wa ter sprayed on dally will help the plant and drive the red spiders away In a very short length of time. GRINDING GRAIN FOR 'STOCK No Set Rule Can Be Given, as Con ditions Vary Soy Beans Are Preferably Fed Soaked. Tho Michigan experiment station concludes, aa a rule, stock should be allowed to do their own grinding, as the savins '.n feed is takon up by the cost or grinding. However, In some cases grinding or soaking should bo resorted to. Barley should not bo fed whole and dry. Soy beanB are preferably fed ground or soaked. Then, when it is desirable to use certain grains in mixtures with such fee'ds as cottonseed meal, or bran, middlings or other commercial ma terials, grlndlngs may bo preferable So, we can come to no strict rule about grinding grain for feeding. Usually the margin Is close; in one case a farmer may loso by not grind ing; In another ho may lose (tho cast of grinding) by grinding. Floating Factories In India. Floating factories have become au Important part ot the development of tho forest resources of India. In cer tain parts of that country the forests nro only accessible through the water courses, and the great expense of erecting land plants for the utilisation of the lumbor resources makes such a courso Impracticable. Therefore, sawmills and other manufacturing es tablishments are built on floating platforms nnd moved up tho streams as they nro needed. After the lumber is prepared in a sawmill It can be packed In a way that makes trans portation much moro economical than any system of logging. Plants for the preparation of tannin extracts have also boen established In this manner. The plants are built on flat boats, 200 feet long by 27 feet wide, capable of carrying a load of 470 tons. Must One Have Measles? Is thero still tho bollof that children must havo measles at somo time or other? I remember looking with awo at a boy of twelvo who never liad measles. For I, of ten, who had beon deliberately put to Bleep with a meas ley relative of mlno. I must "havo moasles and get them over." And really I enjoyed tho experience of be ing treated with thd'conslderatlon to which tho boy of ten was unaccus tomed, for, on my soul, I don't believe I had measles at all! But I had all tho raspberry vinegar I wanted! London Chronicle. - ' Care of the Breeding Herd. By getting tho breeding herd well conditioned when every kind of farm grown feed Is available, It Is posslblo to get them through the wlntor in good breeding and growing condition. Heifer Calves In Winter. The heifer calves that are being raised to replenish the herd should not be allowed to shift for themselves in cold weather. tno sod, pounding It down hard, A -fj n .ri V 4 M ' t . ii