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KITTY'S
By Author of
CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.)
"Well, John homo nguln? Mny I
como In?" asked n quick, clear, do
cIbIvo voice j and ncroRH tho room camo
with ii self-assured air a lndy who I
knew nt onco must he John's sinter.
3hu took no notice of me; hut she nut
out her largo, ungloved hand cordially
to John, nnd looked at him with n
stralKht, frank, friendly glanco that
somehow mado nio like her, and mado
mo forglvo her for her slighting
thought!! of "girls."
"This Is my wife, Carrie," said John,
ns I rose with a scorched faco from my
lowly scat. "Kitty, this Is my sister."
Sho did not kiss mo. Hut sho look
my hand with a firm ..'.up that was
not unfriendly, nnd iho looked straight
and keenly nt mu, iviia an Interested,
wondering, slightly humorous look.
Her eyes were Ilka John's, with tho
samo capacity for sternness and gon
tlonoss, hut they were more humorous
oyoa thnn John's or peoplo said to.
She was n lino womnn, tall, massively
inndn, hut well proportioned, and not
without a certain stately dignity. Her
hair, Just turning gray, was brushed
hack from her faco, leaving her wldo
brow bare.
Sho mado a few romarks to mo In a
half-kindly, half-perfunctory tone,
then took pity on my shyness, or felt
that sho had dono hor duty, nnd ad
dressed herself to John. Hut every
now and then, whllo sho talked to him,
her eyes fell upon mo and I read hor
thoughts In thorn. "Whnt could John
have scon In her?" thoy said. "What
could havo Induced him to marry
her?"
"You havo novor asked mo for Lucia,
John," sho said presently in n tono of
accusation.
"I havo been going to ask you. How
Is shoT"
"I don't know how sho la I don't
inow what Is tho matter with her.
She's In a ponslve mood. Sho won't
rouso herself. Sho Is worried. Sho
AS I KNELT THERE
Bays sho must sco you. You must como
and seo hor, John."
"Yon. I want to bco her," said John
In n. thoughtful tone.
"Sho sent half a dozen messages to
you. Dut you had hotter como sho
can'dollvcr thorn In portion."
H CHAPTER IX.
John was looking before htm, away
from his sister, Into tlto lire, with a
Botnowhat abstracted glance.
"How did Bhe boor leaving her old
homo?" ho asked presently In a mus
ing tono.
"Boar It? Thero waB nothing to
"boar. It wns novor homo K hor. Brlt
tany was always u foreign homo to
Lva sho novor got over hor feeling
of loneliness. There was not a day, 1
bollovo, buf that sho longed for Lon
don; sho usod to toll mo that sho
dreamed at night of tho llgh'fl nnd tho
roar of tho Loudon streets sho awoke
to tho sllenca of our country life, and
tho stlllncB oppressed hor, weighed
upon .hor spirits. Sho was homesick
tor ton years If that la poslblo."
John was looking beforo htm with a
sorrowful, contemplative glance.
"Sho regretted hor marriage?" ho
said aftor n moment.
"Sho could not regret It. It wns In
evitable." "3ha thought so."
''It was oo."
"There," said John, qulatly, "wo
ohaII always differ."
Thero was u minute's sllenco; wlion
convocation begnn again It drifted to
othor topics. John Joined but llttlo In
It; his slstnr turned her attention onco
moro to mo and began to sound tho
shallows of my knowledge, tho depths
of my Ignorance. In ten minutes alio
bad dlsrovored all that I had not rend,
ult the fundauioutal subjects on which
I had not thought; she had found out
that my knowlciUo of art was nil, of
If
HUSBAND
"Hetty' Etc
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music superficial, of Htcraturo superfi
cial and school-glrllsh. I had never In
my life felt myself so entirely unin
formed. Ilut, If my questioner gradually un
veiled my Ignorance, It struck me now
nnd then than sho looked at mo moro
humorously thnn scornfully tho while,
and with more kindliness.
Sho stayed for an hour; then sho
roso to go. John went slowly with her
from tho room.
I breathed moro freely as tho door
closed. Left alone, I strolled slowly
ncross tho room to tho window, parted
tho curtains nnd stood looking out.
Tho sky, which had been overcast,
hail grown clearer by now; It was star
lit. I opened tho window nnd knelt
down, my nrms on the nil). How qulot
It was! Now nnd then a footstep
passed I heard It ndvanco and heard
It slowly dlo awny; now and than tho
distant murmur of the streots scorned
for n moment to grow moro distinct,
then seemed fnr away again,
As I knelt there, n door openod slow
ly; n clear voice (struck my car.
"Sho Is such a child, John! I know
sho was young but so young! I don't
npprovo of your marriage I toll you
frankly."
"You told mo that beforo, In your
letters. Thoy did not surprlso mo. I
knew you would not approve."
"I had hoped no, don't Interrupt
me, let mo say It, John I had hoped,
now thnt Lucia wns frco again, that you
and sho at last might both bo happy."
"That subject Is threadbare, Carrie.
Why discuss It any moro?"
"No" with an linpntlont llttlo sigh
"It In usolosB to discuss It now. But
what Induced you, John?"
"I wrote and told you what Induced
me."
"Uut wns It n sudden thought?"
"Not very sudden. Tho thought first
enmo to mo, I own, a good many years
A DOOIl OPENED.
ago. Hnlf a dozen years ago I began
to consider whether I might not one
day induce hor to bo my wife I did
not often think of It but now and
then tho Idoa would recur to mo."
"Uut half a dozen years ugo, 'John,
you could not have been In love with
hor."
"No."
A moment's pause. Then In n clear,
rogrotful voice-
"Tho old story again! John, what a
non you hnvo boon! Is thero a single
debt of our fathor's that you havo not
left uncleared? Your llfo has boon ono
long act of reparation, and this Is tho
last of all! Ho madu that poor child a
paupor and you could not forget. Yes,
I know thnt that was It! I said It to
Lucia, but sho know It too. Oh, It 1b
hard, John hard upon you!"
"nut you mistake," said John's gravo
volco, oven, qulot, deeply serious tho
volco that thrilled mo whero I knolt
"My first thought lung ago, very long
ago wns what you say, a thought of
reparation. Uut I did what at that
tlnio I did not think of doing. I fell
In lovo with Kitty fell honestly In
lovo with hor."
"Bocnuso you wlBhed."
"Tho wish may havo had somotAIng
to do with It mny not havo had. I
cannot say."
"Do yui think such lovo Is trust
worthy, John? Will It wear, do you
think, a llfotlmo?"
"I hopo BO."
"So do I from my heart. Shall I
glvo you my frank opinion?"
"Do."
"I think you ought to husband that
lovo of yours with all your energy.
Sevonteon nnd thlrty-flvo havo not
many common Interests. If you havo
any common Interests, cherish them,
John nnd shut nil othor Interests out.
Don't bo voxod with mo. Thero Is one
thing moro J w.nt to say."
"Say It."
"I nm not very fond, ns 70U know, of
girlish simplicity, but thero was some
thing In thnt llttlo wlfo of yours that
touched me. I asked you to como and
sco Lucia, but I ask you now not to
come."
"Not come? Why notr'
"Thero nro manifold reasons why
not You know them as well as I.
Kitty Is an unformed pretty girl no
moro. Lucia Is a woman beautiful,
Cultured, clover, moro thnn clovor
nnd tho woman, John, whom you pas
slonntcly loved!"
I had knelt as ono spellbound, had
listened In n breathless, tremulous way,
with no dcflnlto thought that I was lis
tening, with only ono cngcr, overmas
tering wish to hear John convlnco mo
onco ngaln that ho loved me, that ho
loved mo for Iovo'b sake, not for plty'3
sake, or Aunt June's sake, or anyone's
sake, but Just for his own sake, for
pure, reasonless, passlonato need of
loving mo. I had longed to hear thla
sweet ussuruncc. nnd Instead I had
heard what had I heard?
I roso from mv knees hurrlodlv In .1
dazed and dizzy way.
"I say. dorft como." continued Mm
full, clear volco In n warnlnir tone. "I
nny what I think Is kindest, John. Put
tho question to yourself can you trust
yourself to como?"
I did not hoar John's answer. I
ould not hear It. I dared not. I moved
away from the window, and went back
o my old placo besldo tho henrtb. nnd
stood looking down Into tho flro.
I'rcscntly tho houso-door shut, nnd
John's stop camo back through tho
tiny hall. In unothor minute hn Rtniifl
besldo me.
"You nro lookinn tired. Klttv." ho
said In a half-inquiring tono.
I turned my fnco toward him nnd
tried to laugh cheerily. Tho laugh
was n most mirthless ono. I wna r.nn-
scions thnt his oyes woro observing mo
n nn anxious, questioning way. I
must say somothlng I could not think
of u thing to say.
"Do you think tho glrln will come?'
asked him with encerncsB. "I wish
tho glrlB would come; don't you?"
"lou wnnt tho girls?" ho askod.
My volco had trembled: I folt that I
must nccount for tho tremor in It. nnd
for tho tears with which my eyes had
suddenly grown dim.
I want them dreadfully," I cried
'oh, dreadfully!"
(To bo continued.)
THE DOG IN THE MANGER. El
Sinn Who Carrion Thin l'ullcr Into Mur-
rluuo Duaerves Wnrat l'liulahment.
Between u falllnir nn In tho
rlago rate, an lucrenso of divorces nnd
other lnmentablo circumstances, nny-
ming nnectlng tho wedded stain be
comes not only n matter of curious In
terest, but also of deep solicitude. Thus
a now dancer thnt hns rnnm th
surfaco in a recent Washington suit
cans lor uuo consideration. In this In
stance a young womnn whoso hnmi wn
sought for by qulto n number of cundl-
uatcs, cnoso whom sho thought tho
most acceptable, and in duo timo tho
twain wero mado ono. Alighting nt tho
siauon, mo nusunnd told his aston
ished brldo that ho did not wnnt a
who, and had only mnrricd hnr lm-
causo ho could not enduro tho Idea or
anybody clso possessing her. Ho then
disappeared. Flvo weeks havo slnco
passed and sho has neither heard of
nor scon him. Consequently sho wants
a divorce on tho ground of desertion.
It Is hard, of course, to always grado
tno punisnnient to lit tho crime, but It
would seem thnt an affair nf thin nimr.
actor calls for exceptional treatment.
A groom who could thus carry tho dog-
ln-tlie-manger prlnciplo Into tho Insti
tution of marr ago Is nltocothnr sr ln-
concclvablo a reprobato thnt no Bched-
ulo of sinners In tho criminal codes Is
likely to Include him. Besides, na tn
nfillctlng an adequato penalty, It Is
not prounuio tnat no can bo got at. In
such n Btnto of affairs tho only thing
that scorns advisable Is to grant tho
lady's application for dlvorco with n
genorous rcauiness tnat may tend to
clvo her a hotter onlnlon of mnn in
general In case sho should think of
venturing on giving nny of them nn
other chance. Philadelphia Times.
Homo Uiiulnt IlvcoriU.
Somo singularly quaint records hav
Just been discovered In tho parochial
rcglstors at Footllcld, near Marlbor
ough, tho narao of tho parish church of
which pluco dates from tho clovonth
century. Ono of tho earliest entries
dcclpherablo is as follows: "1G82, tho
!!d of December, burled Itobort Water
man, kyllcd with a tree." In ICO'J, "a
poro man whoso namo 1b unknown," Is
montloned ns having died In n "doggo
kennel;" while In 1C12 It Is stated that
"on Tuesday tho ono and twentieth of
July, wns horo entombed tho body of
tho Itlght Hon. Edward Lord Beau
chnmpc, who deceased at week." Thlu
was a son of Lord Bcauchump, who so
crotly married tho Lndy Arabella
Stuart In tho rotgn of James I., and
wns Imprisoned In tho Tower for thus
wedding a lady of royal descent with
out tho king's consent. In 1C75 a
"pooro travelling mnn" was burled;
und In 1708 a note Is appended to tho
registration of tho marrlogo of John
Perkins and Mnry Overs, stating that
thoy "mado a rudo disturbance and
abused yo peoplo coming out of thi
church!"
Uo of Wnato Vroiluuta.
Tho utilization of wnsto products in
suro to increase ovory yoar. Almond
oil Is to bo mado from peach nnd apri
cot piiB. wnotner this is to bo used
for flavoring purposes or In cosmotlci
Is not yot stated.
If lovo weren't so catching n dlscaso
It would probably bo a lot less curabla
FAEM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Bome Dp-to-Date HlnU About Cul
tivation of the Soil and Yield
T'ureof Horticulture, Viticulture anil
"floriculture.
Itattlebox.
The Latin namo of this weed fa
Crotalarla saglttalls. It Is popularly
known as Rattlewced and wild pea. A
government bulletin has this to say
of It: .It Is n hairy annual three to
eighteen Inches high, with almplo un
divided leaves ono to two inches long
nnd small yellow pca-llko flowers ap
pearing in July. Tho soed podB aro
about an Inch long when maturo and
aro nearly black. They aro much In-
' Ttatllobox (Crotalarirt tnjillttlU) a.
wlolo plant 1 b, croas section of accil pod
both nno-tliird natural alto,
flatcd, and, as tho walls aro stiff and
thin and very resonant, they mako ex
cellent miniature rattles when tho
seeds havo become dotached from their
fastenings lnsldo tho pod. Tho rattle
box Is natlvo In low sandy soils from
tho Atlantic westward to Minnesota
and custom Kansas. It Is nl30 found
In Now Mexico. It is common in Con
necticut, Now Jersey nnd North Car
olina, nnd in somo years is very abund
ant in bottom lands nlong tho valley
of tho Missouri, In South Dakota and
Iowa.
Tho . poisonous constituent Is un
known, but it resides both In tho
leaves nnd In tho seeds. Horses, nnd
sometimes cattle, aro killed by eat
ing grass mixed with tho plant. They
nro not poisoned so often by eating
tho plant in tho fields. Public atten
tion was first called to tho poisonous
naturo of tho rattlobox by Dr. Stalker
of Iowa, who, In 1884, whllo investi
gating tho cause of "bottom disease,"
then prevalent among horses in Iowa,
was led to believe that it wa3 mostly
If not altogether, attrlbutablo to this
plant. Experiments wero mado that
proved tho supposition to bo correct.
Tho porcentngo of rattlobox in
meadow hay will bo much reduced If
tho fields nro burnea oyer when tho
seeds maturo tho preceding summer.
Tho growth of perennial grasses will
not bs materially affected thereby.
Kceplnc; SqusHlica In Winter.
From Farmers' Review: It Is a
common complaint of people who grow
squashes for winter consumption that
tho fruits will not keop for nny length
of timo after removal from tho field to
tho vogetablo collar. Sometimes thlB
troublo may bo In tho choice of varie
ties, but this seems to bo seldom tho
case, slnco even tho old rellablo Hub
bard Is complained of as much as tho
rest. Generally tho fault rests with
tho grower, who, busy with othor do
talls, allows his "hardy" vegetables to
Ho In tho field long after they should
bo in tho collar; grumbling, when ho
docs remove them, becauso theso un
wieldy things must bo loft "until It's
'most too cold to work outdoors."
From our experience and observation
wo think It safo to say that a frost
that will kill a melon, pumpkin or
squash vino will nlso havo somo harm
ful effect upon tho fruit It bears, par
ticularly If tho squashes or melons or
pumpkins aro not fully rlpo. At any
rate wo find that these frult3 when re
moved from tho vino to tho cellar be
foro a vlne-kllllng frost hn3 touched
them will keep better than thoso al
lowed to remain after tho plants havo
been killed. In many cases Immature
specimens, It not too young, nnd If
gathered beforo tho frost, will keep
better than rlpo ones gathered nfter
ward. Wo havo found that gathering all tho
fruits at ono timo nnd Bortlug them
according to their stage of ripeness Is
tho best plan. Tho fully rlpo ones aro
stori t onco; tho Immaturo ones laid
together In a sunny placo whero thoy
can bo covered at night and exposed
during tho day. Thoy aro allowed to
remain hero until tho approach of
sovero wenther, when thoy nro taken
to tho cellar. Hero wo put them In
tho warmest place, provided It bo dry,
and nllow them to continue riponlng.
Our homo supply, principally Imma
ture specimens, Is stored nround tho
furnace, a brlcked-up affair that Is not
very warm at any time, but Is wurraor
than tho rest of tho cellar. Wo uso
tho ripest first and thus prolong tho
season. Of courso thero 13 such a
thing as gathering thoso fruits too
young. In such case3 thoy will rot In
splto ot anything. It tho rind bo soft
thero will bo no uso trying to ripen the
squash, but tho grower will know at
a
Just what point ho may pick with rea
sonable prospects of success In ripen
ing. This stage varies to somo extent
with tho different varieties.
M. a. ICAIN3.
The ItoiMlater,
An authority on horses thus de
scribes tho roadster:
A typical roadster should stand from
fifteen to sixteen hands high, weigh
close about 1,100 pounds, bo sound and
Btraight In ovory way, havo a good,
solid color, a level head, bold and reso
lute, capablo nnd willing to road
twclvo miles an hour or 100 miles ln
ten hours, and when put upon his
speed will show a 2:30 gait or there
abouts, 'lie should not only bo ablo
but willing to do whatever Is asked ot
him, and this without resort to spur,
boot or whip. Such an animal, raw
ing along without paddling or Btrad
dllng, Is In-great demand, provided ho
has been properly educated nnd
abounds in nervous energy. Form,
size, color, symmetry nnd substnnco
nro essentials In the mako-up of a typ
ical roadster, but they do not always
Insuro tho road horse. To theso must
bo added n certain Individuality that
Is always tho result ot intelligent
breeding. It manifests itself in what
wo term nervous energy, the Inherited
ability to got up nnd get there. It Is
truo that no class of horses aro so
difficult to breed up to a high standard
of exccllcnco n3 the roadster. Wo can
not produce him from animals that
hav only Individual merit to recom
mend them. They must bo descend
ants of families noted for tholr extraor
dinary qualifications along thla lino.
To breed tho drift horse, bIzo nnd
soundness nro tho main points to bo
taken Into consideration; In breeding
tho raco horso everything Is sacrificed
for speed; but In producing tho road
ster wo must look well to every point
of exccllcnco thnt Is to bo found In tho
mnke-up of nil other classes of good
horses.
The Full Wcli-Worm.
The Latin namo ot this worm la
Hyphantrla cunea. Tho Colorado Ex
periment Station gives tho following
description of this Insect: This Is a
yellowish or brownish caterpillar with
a black head, that forms a largo looso
web or tent In a groat variety of trees,
beginning to nppenr about tho first of
July and continuing through tho sum
mer. Tho larvae aro rather sparsely
covered with long hairs that aro whit
ish or yellowish In color, with occa
sional black ones for vnrlcty. This In
sect Is readily distinguished from tho
Tent caterpillar In hnblts, as tho larvao
of tho Fall web-worm form a very
looso tent with which they Inclose tho
leaves upon whlch.they feed, and thoy
do not appear until tho Tent caterpil
lars havo nearly or qulto disappeared.
In tho illustration "a" and "b" aro full
grown larvao showing light and dark
forms: "c" is tho chrysalis; "d" Is the
moth, showing dark spots. All are
somo enlarged. Tho lines show tho
nctual length. Usually tho moths aro
entirely white.
Remedies. If tho webs nro noticed
when small ,thoy should bo cut out
nnd tho larvao destroyed. If tho web
has become large, enclosing many
branches ot the tree, It may bo better
to burn out tho web with a torch.
Whero thero is no danger of poison
ing fruit, Paris green may bo sprayed
or dusted upon tho foliage immediately
surrounding tho web. Theso leaves will
soon bo enclosed for food nnd tho
worms eating them will die.
Arsenical Poisoning of Potato
Leaves. In mnny sections whero Paris
green In water Is upplled to potatoes
Injuries nro produced which can not
be distinguished from early blight by
any ordinary examination. It fre
quently happens, thereforo, that far
mers aro led to bellovo that tholr po
latoeo ure affected with early blight
and other diseases when tho trouble
hns been brought on by themselves
through tho Improper uso of Paris
green. Injuries resulting from tho uso
of this substance are very apt to occur
whero Ilea beetles have caton tho foli
age. Tho nrscnlc uttacks tho tissues
at such points, nnd ns n result moro
or les3 clrculnr brown spots nro pro
duced, having for tholr centers tho
holes eaten out by tho flea beetles.
droon Bono and Animal Meal. Ex
periments that havo bson mndo show
very conclusively that iho choapest
and best foods aro thoso that Induco
tho hens to lay, and that reduced bono
nnd nnlmnl meal aro moro valuablo
considering tho resultB thorofrom than
bus been supposed, although such foods
havo rauked high as'egg-produclng ma
terials. As less than one-third tho
quantity of nnlmij meal Is required
compared with corn, the cost is even
less than for corn, with tho dlfferenco
that corn Is not Bufllclent, whllo ani
mal meal Is more corrpleto. Ex.
The Tent Caterpillar.
In connection with this article wo
Illustrate tho Tent Caterpillar, so woll
known to many ot our horticulturists.
As every farmer that has a small or
chard Is likely to meet this insect In
his orchard It is well to have his pic
ture At this timo of year thoro is
no likelihood of finding tho worm In
his tent, but the oggs may bo found on
tho trees during fall and winter.
Theso eggs should bo cut off tho
branches and burned. Tho gathering
of tho eggs is nn easy matter. Run
a knlfo down through tho brncolet of
eggs and tho whole can be taken In
tact from tho twig. In tho Illustration
"a" and "b" show two full-grown
worms on tho outsldo of tho tent; "c"
Is an egg-mass with tho gummy cover
ing removed; "d" Is n cocoon contain
ing tho moth. At tho top of tho cut
U tho moth.
Tho worms hatch out in tho spring
nnd by Juno nro covering tho trees
with their tents. Tho wny to fight
them nt that timo is to gather and
burn tho tonts. Somo fight them by
having torches fastoned on long poles
which they plnco under the nests. An
other wny is to havo a pair of shears
rigged on a polo with a string run
ning to ono of tho handles of tho
shears and through a ring on tho polo.
By this means tho whole branch that
holds tho tent Is cut off Just below tho
tent, Tho tent Is then burned or tho
Insects drowned. This cutting or
burning should be dono In tho early
morning or in tho evening when tho
worms nro In tholr nests. Tho worms
havo disappeared by the first of July,
having gono Into tho chrysnlls state.
Tho sclontlcflc nnmo of this Insect Is
Cllslocampa fragllis.
l'liintluir Cheatnnt Tree.
Thrro years ago I came Into posses
sion of practically nn abandoned farm,
150 acres In chestnut nnd plno and 100
In tillage, with many hillsides and
places which could pot bo cultivated.
I wished to get trees growing on theso
places; how to mako them grow from
tho seed I did not know, nor could I
find nny ono who did; so I went to
work planting chestnuts In different
wnys, to bco which would succeed,
writes a contributor to Country Gcn
tlemnn. 1 first took a six-tined fork, forced
It Into tho turf two inches deep nnd
say four Inches forward, throw a chest
nut under and drew out my fork. I
saw that ono mnn was working at n
disadvantage, so calling n man, I did
tho lifting of tho turf and ho throw
tho chestnuts. Tho result wns that
every chestnut grow, and thoy aro now
two foot high. I then plowed a half
ucro, dropped n chestnut every two
stops nnd stepped upon It. Not ono
of the chestnuts grow. I plowed a fur
row on another piece, every four feet,
dropped a chestnut every four feet on
tho edgo of furrow, and back-furrowed
against this. Not twenty trees stnrted
on tho whole piece; those which did
start wero whero they woro covered
lightly and naturo'a conditions woro
compiled with. It Is so Blmplo and
quick to plant n soed with man and
fork, that I shall do moro of It In tho
future.
Shoulder Lameness In Horses.
"How can I locato shoulder lamoness?"
writes a Nebraska reader. Whon a' '
horso la really lamo In his shoulder ho
will drag tho foot on that sldo and
will glvo It an outward fling as ho
steps, says Rural World. Ono of tho
most practical methods of locating
shoulder lameness that tho writer re
members of soelng practiced wns that
adopted by Wado Cary, formor chlof
of pollco of Council Bluffs, la. That
party put a horso over a bar twelvo
to fourteen Inches high, and In ovory
caso ot shouldor lameness It was noar
ly imposslblo for tho horso to negoti
ate tho step.
Consider This Sow. Do not bo In a
hurry to condemn a sow that had a
largo litter nnd lost tho larger portion
of them. Tlio fault mny bo with your
self. You may not havo provided a
proper nest with fenders nnd a shallow
bed of short straw to keop tho" pigs
from being crushed. You may havo
overfed your bow so that In her fever
ish delirium sho destroyed her young.
Sho mny havo been exposed to nolso
nnd oxcltomout nnd Injured her litter
in her anxloty to protect them. Ex.
A French naturalist assorts that If
tho world should become blrdless man
would not Inhabit it after nine years'
time, In splto of all tho sprays and
poisons that could bo manufactured
for tho destruction of Insects. Tho
bugs nnd slugs would simply oat un
our orchards and crops.Phlladelnhla
Record.
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