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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,
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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
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