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t QUICK RESULTS FROM APPLICATION OF LIME Deaf and Dumb and Blind At Seventeen or , Seventy Unless Adds Formed In Soli By Decoy of Humus They May Accumulate Sufficiently to Retard Growth of Plants By PAUL CALVIN ANDERSON Dy Jeanne 0. Loizeaux (Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Press.) When tho tldo is out nt Palm Bench hundreds of liotol guests walk, up and down tho hard, wet sands. Others speed up nnd down In their au tos. Others, still, sit on hired chairs and gazu out seaward and Imagine (hoy can hear the songs of mor maids. On a certain day In the present twentieth century Philip Glllett wob among tlioso who walked. Ho was n young man nt tho beach with his mother nnd Bister, nnd his occupation when nt homo In Now York wub pro paring himself for architecture. Ho did that mostly by looking nt one or two skyscrapers a day from tho out Bldo nnd spending $500 per wcok al lowed by his father. It was his fa ther who had Insisted that the young man take up architecture. There never had been an architect In the Olllett family, and ho wanted one. Ho had a manor houso, and ho wanted a hennery built, and he wanted to point to it after It was finished and say: "A Glllott did that!" On this particular day Philip Glllett had toothache and ho set out to walk It off. His sister had told him to hold a wad of cotton saturated with pop permlnt essonco in his mouth, nnd to keep hlu mouth shut. He thought a good deal of his sister, and he was obeying her. Toothncho affects a person pecu liarly particularly a man. it gives him what Is known as a grouch. Ho wants to stnnd on the beach and sco a dentist drown in the sea. Ho isn't to blame, but everybody else Is. And what mado young Mr. Glllett crosser still was tho fact that ho had to chow cotton and keep his mouth shut It was not dignified. It was taking un due advnntago of a fellow. , Among those who motored that day tvero Miss Edna Iilalr and Miss Kitty Wnldron, girl chums. They wore In Resorted to More Peppermint, Miss Kitty's auto, nnd she was run ning it herself. After getting out of tho crowd, nnd bonding up the shore, they saw a young man half a mile ahead of them. Ho was scuffing along on the hard track and was In their path. Tho honk! honk! was sounded, but he pnid no attention. Ho wanted to be run over and have that aching tooth smashed out. The autmobile passed him within two feet and in splto of himself he gave a Jump nnd swallowed the peppermint-soaked wad of cotton. He then hnd to produce more cotton and more peppormlnt for his aching tooth. Mr. Glllctt's walk had extended two miles when ho sat down on a hum mock and resorted to moro pepper mint. His Bister was right; It began to hnvo a soothing effect! He began to feel glad that he was alive nnd away from tho snow heaps of New York city. Just then he caught sight of the auto returning. As It drew near, he saw that Miss Edna Blair was passably good looking and that Miss Kitty Waldron wns moro bo. Tho auto was aiming to pass him within a few feet, but that was all right. He reasoned that the girls desired a near er view of the, young man, whom they had bo frightened, and he was right about It. They didn't seem to seo him, of course, but that was false pretense - And after that fate stepped In. The auto was exactly opposite Philip to nn inch, and exnetly six feet and ono Inch and a half away, when n front tiro exploded with n bang. Two young Indies ocreamed. The auto ran wild until half burled In tho sand. The young man was blown over on his bnck by the concussion and swal lowed his wad of cotton for tho sec ond time in an hour. Ho would have been less than hu man If he hadn't arisen with a face as red an paint and cross all the way through. He grabbed for his hat and might have gono running over the sand dunes had not a sweet and plain tive voice reached his cars: "Oh, sir, please do help us! We havo bursted a tiro!" Yes, he would help. As a gentlo man he must do so; but hf made up his mind to do no more. That is, ho wouldn't speak a word to thoso girls. They, had fed him on cotton, bo to peak, and ho would havo his revenge. He advanced and raised his hat. Thon he Inspected tho tire. "I hope you wero not hit by one of the flying pieces," satd Miss Kitty In her most Ingrutlatlng manuer. No reply. "Will wo havo to walk back to tho hotel?" No answer. "You seo wo havo a sparo tiro hero." No answer. Mr. Glllett owned an auto himself. In fact, his mother nnd sister werd down tho bench In It at that vory moment. He knew all about tires. Ho took the jack from Its place, nnd without motioning the girls to de scend he went at It and hnd the tiro replaced inside of 12 minutes. Ho might have dona It In ten except for overhearing such observations us: "Say, Edna, ho must bo donf." "Yes, deaf as an old tin pnn."" "And hp haHii't spoken n word. Do you think he's nlso dumb?" "Ho looks it." "Poor young man! It's Just nwful! Ilo'e got considerable style about him." "Oh, I don't know. Wasn't It fun ny to see him go over on his back. If his hat hadn't blown off he'd havo swallowed It!" "Hush, you bad girl! I'll tell you what ho Is. Ho's n professor In some deaf and dumb school. And he owns an auto, too. Seo how handy he Is. I wish we hadn't frightened him so." "If we hnd scared him, worse, ho might havo got his voice and hearing bnck. Think what it would bo to mar ry a deaf nnd dumb man! Are you going to thank him?" "Not In words, but I'll Just look my thanks." As Mr. Glllett finished and stood back and raised his hat tho thanks wero duly looked and the auto whizzed along. He followed at a slow pace. The toothache was all gono, but ho had been humiliated. He had been rande to Jump aside like a kan garoo; he had been blown flat on bis back; he had been made to swal low wads of cottori; he hud utmost been called names to his very face. No wonder he wouldn't speak to his sister for an hour after getting back to the hotel, and that his mother luld her muternal hand on his locks and said: "Philip, I hopo you won't go Into a decllno, as your grandfather did at this very place." There is fate and there Is revenge. Fate had come revenge hnd . to wait a day or two. Then the sister came running to Philip. "Oh, Phil!" she exclaimed; "l'vo met Just tho nicest girl you ever saw! She's (stopping ut tho Iloyul. I've In vited her to take u spin in the au to, and you are to bo chauffeur. I want you to meet her." As the aching tooth had gone out of business and tho world looked rosy again, Philip consented, though en tirely to please tho sister. They dif fered on the girl question. It was only when they had rolled around to the hotel and picked up their passenger that Mr. Philip Gll lott would havo swallowed a wholo roll of cotton batting hnd tt been hnndy. She wns the girl of the other auto tho girl who hnd looked her thnnks Miss Kitty Wuldron! Mr. Glllett tried to say things, and Miss Waldron did likewise, nnd the sister sat there and wondered If both of them had toothache. And when they got back at last and Mr. Glllett assisted Miss Waldron up the steps of tho veranda, she turned to him to say: "Sir, have you any explanations to muke?" "I have, nnd will call this evening to make them;"' The explanations must havo proven satisfactory, as an nuto ride became a thing of dnlly occurrence thereaft er, and the season hud not yet closod when Miss Glllett put her nrms around her brother's neck and mur mured: '"Oh, Phil, I'm so glad so glad! I Just hoped you two would take each other, and now you have!" A Spanking Chair. Although the whipping post Is a thing of tho past, the principle In re vised and modern form nnd Judicious ly applied Is expected to work won ders in enforcing good behavior upon Borne of tho worst offenders brought beforo tho Juvenile court. A "spanking chair" has been sot up In the basement of the Juvenile home nt Columbus, 0 and Ellsha Senrls was tho first to occupy It. Ho prom ised to bo good for all time when ho had been given a good "dressing," and ho wns Instructed to relate his experi ence to other lads who have an Incli nation to ho very, very naughty. .Tho Juvenllo court paddle consists of n long leather strap, wide and heavy, and It Is bound with felt, bo thnt tho edges will not cut or bruise the flesh. Tho pnddlo "stings right," but leaves no marks, and is much morn humane than n switch or a slip per and moro effective Out Lawyers Muit Live. It is Impossible to see the long BcrollB In which every contract Is In cluded, with all tholr nppondageB of seals and attestations, without won derlng at the depravity of those be ings of promise by such formal and public evidences. Johnson. New Style of Lime and (Dy W. H. F.LLRTT. Virginia Agricul tural Kxperltnont Htatfon.) Whon plnnts or tho roinutns of crops decay In the boII, certnln acids nro formed, especially humtc ncld, from tho decay of humus. , Unless less theso acids are neutralized by a "base," such as lime, they mny ac cumulate In sufficient quantity to be come harmful to tho growth of certnln kinds of plnnts. Most cultivated soils are slightly acid and this condition Is fnvorublo for tho growth of most crops. Uut plants excrete from their roots sufficient, acids to BecUre this condition, usually, so the aim should be to keep the soil In a neutral or slightly alkallno condition. This enn be dona by the uso of lime. It Is only when a sail becomes very acid that crops do not thrive. Muck and pent soils, which are made almost wholly by the decay of plants, are nearly nlwuyo acid. Hut, strange as It mny seem, some of the most ncld soils of the United States are upland soils. This Is bccausoAhe rocks from which theso soils were made contained very little of tho "bases." nnd therefore tho nclds formed by tho decay of plants grown upon tneso soils are not neutralized. Sandy soils, especially soils dorlvcd from granite, snndstonc, slates and shades, are qulto likely to bo more or less acid. An application of llmo to an acid soli gives Immediate nnd marked results, because It makes tho soil "sweet," and favorable for the growth of crops. Quick or burnt llmo, If not bought already pulverized by machinery (which Is desirable), must be slacked hernro application. It should be water-slacked, not ntr-slacked. Although air-slacked lime may not bo used, It must be remembered that alr-slaklng means that part of the quicklime Is Changed Into the slower-acting car bonate of lime, hence a larger quan tity of it must bo applied than nf wa-er-slakcd quicklime. If It is old air ilaked lime. It Ib nearly nil carbonate, and no moro valuable than ground limestone, hence twlco as much shinild be used as of fresh water-slaked llmo. One of the best ways of applying quicklime Is to put It In n fow largo MAKE HOUSE In reply to a query ns to tho proba ble cost of a building suitable for shel tering 1,000 hens, F. K. Elford of tho Mncdonald College, St. Anno do Hdlle vue. Que., makes the following reply: Much depends on the stylo of build ing erected. A long building suitable should bo erected for, nt tho most, $2.00 per hen capacity.' Thero are some buildings In Southern Ontnrln that cost a little over ono dollar per heu, while there aro many buildings costing from $5 to $10. As to whether continuous houses or tho colony sys tem Is the hotter depends on local con ditions. Whoro there Is sufficient land to uso the colony system I think It Is much superior to tho long house sys tem, though It may cost a llttlo mora to provide accommodation. Tho col-' ony system has tho advantage In spreading out tho hens. It Is, there fore, easier to keep them healthy; the land Is kept sweet and much feed that would otherwlso go to wasto on an ordinary farm Is utilized. One can go Into tho poultry business with col ony houses with less Initial cost, as each year sufficient numbor of houses can be put up to nccommodatn the In creasing Hock. The colony Iiousob used hero nt Mac dnnnld Cqllego might answer for or dinary purposes but a cheaper houso, r-yIJpZ: 'H K IB CZ " ZD hi 1 E TT" ZZB dj (EL- 1 c zz zzsfta Fertilizer Dla trlbuter. piles In tho flold nnd slako It with wa ter. About flvo gallons of water should bo poured over each bushel of llmo when It Is emptied upon tho pile, nnd the whole pllo should then be covorcd with moist soil. After n few days practically nil of the llmo in tho pllo will bo line enough to spread easily, cither In n grain drill with fertilizer attachment, or n llmo nnd fertilizer spreader. It should bo screened first, unless tho distributor has a screen. When a llmo sprcador Is not avail able tho burnt llmo mny bo placed In 25 piles, of ono bushel each, on each aero (when tho application Is ono ton per acre). These piles may bo cither water-slaked or they may bo covered with moist soli to a depth of thrco of three to four Inches. In n fow dayB the llmo will bo sufficiently powdered and can bo Bpreud with a shovel. Quicklime may nlso bo alr-slakod by exposing It In plies to tho air; but nlr slaked llmo Is not as valuable as water-slaked lime, nnd Is usually lumpy nnd hard to apply. A manuro spread or can also be used for distributing lime If tho bottom of- tho spreader Is covored with chaff beforo being filled with llmo. Qulckltmo that has been pulverized by mnchlnery Is now on the market. This form of llmo should como Into more common use, as It 1b much moro convenient to uso thnn lump quick llmo. It can bo used In tho distributer, manure sproader, or drill, without previous treatment. Ilut be sure It Is fresh, und not at ull air slaked. Ono great advantage of the ground limestone or ground shells IsUhat It, Is already In n condition to npply from tho wagon, or In a llmo sprendor, fer tilizer distributer, manuro spreader, grain drill, or spread from piles with a shovel. It Is also less disagreeable to apply, as It has none of tho burn ing, caustic properties which mako quicklime so disagreeable to handle. Ground Hmostone, however, does not distribute ns readily from a llmo sprcador as slaked lime, bolng much heavier. It Is perhaps best applied by hand from piles. A pllo of 100 pounds each, 33 feet apurt each way, will mako an application of two tons per aero. FOR 1000 HENS I. ., one that Is moro open, such ns u cotton front, might bo worked to nd vantage' In that more moderate ell mate. Wo aro using two houses here, one a llttlo cheaper than tho other und mora suitable for tho orchard work, or where houses would bo set under or alongside trees. With thu high prlco of llrst-clnss lumber thnt we uso nnd high labor our most ex pensive house coat about $2 per hen; tho loss oxpenslvo one a llttlo over $1.C0. Each houso of 8x12 feet uc commodates 25 henB and n suitable numbor of males In tho winter time; In the Bummer wo put tho hens from three houses Into two. Demand for Heifers. The demand for promising heifers of oven grado stock Is very great. In nil cases, u good profit can bo made from cnlves by feeding thorn skim milk and selling them for veal. Tho extrn weight put on them In finishing them for veal represents as much or more gain ns can bo socured by feed Ing the sktm-mllk to pigs. Gathering Nitrogen, All plants take nitrogen from the soli, but only legumes can take tt from tho air, Dent and trembling, Grandma Simp- Bon hold her coarso, gray Bhnwl moro closely from tho rough Mnrch wlndl nnd trudged nlong In tho slush, search' Ing ov'ory Inch of tho way for tho llt tlo folded paper she had dropped. It was late twilight and her eyes, wero dim. Dcsldcs, she wns afraid to go homo Liz, hor daughter-ln-lnw, was nono too gentlo. "I thought I wns holdln' It tight," she said aloud, childishly, "but when 1 got to tho store, It was gone. What'll I do?" A step behind her mado hor step aside whoever It wub would want to pass. Hut old man Host did not pass. Ho stopped to peer kindly. Into tho wrinkled fnco this was tho widow of his dead comrade "Did you lose something, MnryT Aaln't It pretty raw for you to bo out with your rheumntlz?" He stopped nnd leaned on his cane, a bluff, brisk, kindly man a fow years hor senior. Ho lived n few houses farther nlonff on tho humblo street: ho owned his neat, sallor-llko homo, nnd was ac counted rich becauso of his small pension, and becauso ho paid no rent that burden of tho poor. Ho had seen little of Mary Simpson since she went o llvd with hor son, John. Liz John's wife wub slattern ly nnd tho children noisy, which tho old mnn could not endure He seldom went thero; but now ho saw trouble, a thing thnt called for help. "Did you, p'raps, find n pnpor?' Grandma Simpson naked, tremblingly. "Liz sent mo to tho storo with John'B pay-check for tho wook Bho wub ufrald to trust tho children and, somehow I lost It. I dasscn't go homo without It, Wtlllnm. I thought I was a-holdlng It tight, but It's gono." "Well, nln't that too bad?And In thla Mnrch wind, It must havo blown off. It's too wot to hunt for It and too dark! I'll toll you what you do you go home; and I'll turn out and hunt for It ut first light for you. You toll 'cm I will nnd It'll bo all right." Sho shook her head, and ho Bnw on hor chock tho bitter, scanty tonrs of tho old. Ho know what go and lono- lines" wero, nnd tried to comfort her. "You'll get your death o' cold out here, and p'rhnps It'll bo found and returned In tho mornln' folkB Is hon est about hero." "It won't bo found," sho answered gloomily, i'W 'Id rather dlo 'n liear what LIz'H say! John nln't homo nn' sho'B tired nn' cross. Sho'B got too much to do nn' I'm n burden even without losln' monoy for 'em. An' It docs seem, though I hnto coinplalnln', ns If I never could stand hor slack housceopln' nn' tho children's noise. An' thero nln't a corner I can call my own nnywhoro. Couldn't you go back with mo nn' toll them it might have happened to anyone?" The old man turned Immediately. "Of course I'M gol No wait. You come on to my houso and I'll stir up tho flro nnd you can stny thero and mnko Borne tea for youraolf, nnd I'll go nlong and tell them. Would thut bo ensler? I know how It la to bo blamed for lo3ln' things! I'll tell them I found you huntln' for It n'nd you had ono o' them spoils with your hend nnd I took you to my houso. And when John gets homo from town, ho can como nfter you." Grundmn Simpson, brightening at thought of temporary freedom, fol lowed him without a word. Ho led her Into tho trim, three-roomed houso with tho garden behind, whoro ho hud flow ers In summer. Ho lit n bright, kero neno lamp, stirred up the flro In tho kitchen stove nnd put on tho kettle "You got you somo tea while I'm gono. What did Liz want from tho store? You can tell mo nnd I'll get It und take It to her. Say Mary why not7 Yes; lot mo mnko It good! It's Ilfteen dollars, ain't It? I can's well as not!1' Ho stopped, a now thought In his head. His heart wns pore. All year, ho had been saving to visit his daughter In Denver; nnd Just today she had written him that hor husband's people had como and could ho wait till next summer for his visit? 'loo letter was kind, but It hurt. He would ubo some of tho money to help Mary out. , "They needn't to know about tho chock at all, unless It's found David would have done as much for mo," ho snld of her dead husband. "Wo was always friends. What did Liz wnnt?" Unbellovlng Joy lit tho old womnn'a fuco. Tidy and trim ns a girl In hor clenn gray calico, Bho took off hor shawl nnd warmed her hands at tho fire. "You'ro a good man, William I Sho wanted somo sugar und potatoes, and bncon nnd two loaves of bread. I can bnko lovely bread, but sho won't lot me! my children nover ato ba ker's trade! I'll get your uupper whllo you'ro gono," The old mnn departed, and grand ma, reveling In tho, clean nnd quiet of tho llttlo place, began with, her old quickness, to go tho simple meal. Sho put potutocs to bnko In tho oven, found some bnked beans to warm up, and a bit of steak to fry at the last mlnuto, and mado ready to brew tho tea. Sho spread tho red und whlto cloth nnd set tho tnblo dulntlly Liz Just slapped things on, nnyway, But she put on only ono plato and cup if ho should nsk hor to stay, sho could uoo another, Tho neighbors might talk If sho remained, but her soul longed for a long, leisurely meal, and a talk with somo ono her own ago. without- tho Interruption of the children, or tho half-contemptuous lis tening of Liz. Wllllnm. Dost had gono to school with her nnd David- When she hnd dono nil .thnt sho saw to do, sho smoothed hor poor pin mage with tho alacrity of a bird, nnil sat down to wnlL with her foot on tho hearth. Sho would not drink ten till ho came What would ho hnvo to Bay? Would tho chock bo found? Sho tried not to worry. When sho had waited what sho thought was nn age, nnd had at Inst put tho, meat on to cook, sho henrd his step on tho Wnlk. Ho looked nbout n moment, then walked to tho cup board for nnother plate, cup, knlto, fork nnd spoon. Ho put them on tho tnblo. "You'll have to stny to supper," ho snld from tho sink, whoro ho wna wnHhlng his hands. "I lert word for John to como fotch you. I gue'ss I bungled tho Job somo. I took "tho things nnd tho monoy, nnd told my llttlo stories, but Liz wna conBldcrnblo riled. Seems sho sent Miry to tho storo to Boo whnt como of you,nml you must a dropped tho chock ln there, for they round it on tho floor. Liz snld 1 wns Intorforln' nnd Jnwed some, but I stuck to It that you had n spell and I guess oho believes that much." . Grundmn wns dlshlne lin thn nnnn. .tlzlng meal nud Liz' wrath was not so ciose that It worried hor at tho mo mont. At least an hour or so of peace was hers, and Bho would enjoy it to thn fullest. Sho mndo tho tea and tho two snt down to oat guess porhnps yqu bettor stny horo for always, I moan, Mary. Thoro'B enough for two, and 1 like a tidy woman llko you nbout There's too many in thnt houso I don't seo how you'vo atood It so long and too fow In this. You como ovor hero Just to oven things up!" "John wouldn't llko It how could I?" sho Btnmmorcd, with tho porvers- uoss or woman, nt sovontoon or sev enty, refusing to undorBtnnd. ir you married me John rmitrin't nay nothln'. could ho? Hn'n n frnnil enough son, but. ho's nt work, und you rcnny navo to llvo with his wife bo Bides, you know I ntwava liitoij .. Mnry, from n mlto of a girl up, nnd uvun ns uaviu's wlfo an' nil. Ho wouldn't mind my lookln' nfter you, nnd it can't bo dono uny othor wny ub I can see Can It?" Mnry Simpson Bhook hor head; then Bho began to cry softly Into her npron. Ho roso nnd putted her Bhoulder. "You needn't thenvMnry? You go homo with John and Monday mornln I'll got a llcenso nnu i'renclior Cottroll nnd you can slip over hero about nnnn nml tun'll bo married and no ono can help L wnni no you say?" Tho old lady dropped hor npron nnd looked up nt him. "I I bellcvo I'd llko It real well, William. My llttlo ponBlom would help out Bomo nnd l'vo ulways wanted n llttlo garden and never had ono slnco David died. It seems too good to bo true" Wllllnm Dest went bnck to his plnco at tho tnblo, content, nnd sho poured him another cup of ten. Then, sud denly, sho put her upron to her eyes ngaln, "What In tunket nils you, woman?" ho asked, anxiously. , ' "I I ain't flt," she Bnlrfed. i "You you'ro good's gold l'vo known you nil your born llfo, wom an!" Ho waited for hor to explain. "I mean that I ain't got a thing flt to bo mnrrlod In!" Even old mun Hest could not re frain a laugh at that. "You'ro all alike you women! You boat old White's cattlo! I bot ISvo cried for n whlto silk dresa to bo mar rled In. Finish your Btippor, womnn, nnd I'll got my mother's black silk n ..i. . . . uni u nun uii us i. iii uiu corner Micro. It's good ns now nnd you cuu tnko a iuck ur Buiiiouung in h, fatlier brought It homo from sea, and It was tho finest dress In tho vlllago In Its time Sho nover woro It to speak of. t was too good. How's that?" Then John knocked nnd entered, kindly, but rough, and took his moth er homo. And Grandma Simpson didn't enro In the lenst what her daughter-ln-lnw might say she could onduro anything till Monday. Congregation on Strike. The unusual sccno of a congrega tion on Btrlko was witnessed at n Dumbarton (Scotland) pariah church recently. Owing to tho minister's financial difficulties and his refusal to resign, tho congrcgntlon unanimously ngreed to abstain from attondlng serv ices during tho present ministry. At this eorvlco tho other Sunday fore noon there wns a total congregation of only 12, Including tho orgnnlst, bcadlo, and minister's family. At tho evening service only half a dozen per sons entered the church. Disgusted Hen Quito Task. Mauch Chunk, Pa. A dcBortlon in tho poultry yard of Victor P. Miller, tho Uowmanstown landlord, ban spoiled his chuncos of obtaining moro than two goslings from flvo eggs put under n hen. A gander preempted tho first gosling hatched, and when tho hen went to coax hor youngstor back n Wyandotto rooster captured her nest, und hatched out a socond gos ling. Tho hen then abandoned tho ubsL