NICE LITTLE GIRL.
ECONOMICAL FORMS OF
IRRIGATING DRY ORCHARDS
Beneath the Parasol
Agricultural Wealth of Western Arid Regions Discovered
by Poor Men Who Wero Compelled to
Mnko Lands Productive.
By DOROTHY BLACKMORE
AMUSING MEMORY CARD GAME
Played With Two Packs of Paste
boards, With Cards to Each Player
Must Remember Prophecies.
This is a memory game and very
amusing. It la played with two packs
of cards of any sort, but thoy must bo
rxactly alike. Ono pack Is laid In a
heap, face down, In the middle of tho
(able. Tho other puck is distributed
to tho players, who lay them, face up
ward, in rows. Each player should
have not more than 12 cards, as it is
Lard to remember more than that
Any ono can bogln by giving either
n nronhecy or a characteristic thus:
"Who will Inherit a fortune insldo or
a year?" or, "Who will bo the first In
tho room to wear false tooth?" at tho
Ftimo tlmo turning up a card from tho
center pile.
Whoever has tho card matching
this tnkes It, lays it face down on top
of the card drawn from the pile, say
Ing; "1 will bo the first to wear falso
teeth," or whatever the prophecy may
have -been.
The next in turn gives a character
istic, "Who has tho worst temper?"
or "Who Is tho most unsolflsh?" turn
ing up another card from the pile.
This is matched In tho samo way, and
the process continues around tho
circle until all the cards are matched.
Then the memory test comes. Every
player In turn tries to remembor and
repeut all tho prophecies and char
acteristics that have fallen to his or
her share, giving them aloud as rapid
ly as possible. He Is allowed for de
liberation on any ono only the time
while ten is being slowly counted, or
ten seconds by the watch. Tho ono re
membering the most Is Uie winner.
BLACKSMITH WAS HONEST ONE
Would Not Take Advantage of Farmer
Wha had Figured Inaccurately
How He Did It.
A farmer took flvo pieces of chain
of three links each to a blacksmith
(sSS SS)
Pieces to be Welded.
find Inquired the cost of woldlng them
into orx; chain.
The blacksmith remarked; "I charge
Ave cents to cut a link and flvo cents
to weld a ljnk."
"Then, as you will have to make
four cuts and four welds the chargo
will bo 40 cent?" Bald tho farmer.
tea) ts; v-y
Honest Way of Figuring
"No, no," repfled the man of
the
sinewy arms. "I only mako
It 30
cents."
How did the blacksmith work this
out? See the Illustration for the so
luttou.
AIRSHIPS BOOM KITE TRADE
In France Makers of Toys Are Pros
perlng Clever With Bamboo
Frames of Tight Silk.
"We are not taking tho Interest In
flight that wo should," said an aviator.
"France, where tho WrlghtB aro estab
lished, to our shame, leads the world
in nearonautlcs, and in consequence
the French kite business has grown
like nn 111 weed.
"Kltcmakers have sprung up every
where In France. Their llttlo shops
are full of blue bamboo poles, bolts of
scarlet silk and blue muslin, and In
show cases He folded kites that aro as
big, outspread, aB an aeroplane.
"In studying the air, ono must begin
with tho kite, as in studying mathe
matics ono must begin with arithme
tic.
"The French kltemaker is prosper
ing nowadays, and clever he Is, too.
with, his bamboo frames and curving
planes of tight stretched silk.
HIS GAME.
There's n wonderful, funny game I play,
Anil you may If you wish;
I'm the One and Only Original
Orent Monster Halhtub Fish! '
Nurse Bays it really seems
As If Hint bath held oceans and floods
And waterfalls, seas and streams.
J splash and roar and snort and kick
And howl and spout and buck,
Till nurse thinks If she's left alive
Shu has the greatest luck,
J lint try a bit of the gume yourself.
The things you need are few:
A waterproof nurse, a great big bath,
Strong lungs and a muscle or two.
He Was Willing.
A very small boy, to whom cako
was an unknown quantity, was per
mitted to havo as a special favor a
crumb of his greataunt's famous old
fashioned fruit cako.
He swallowod the crumb with roll ah
and naked for more.
His mother gave htm a very small
piece, "There, dear," sho said, kind
ly. "I won't glvo you very much of
It."
"Oh, I don't mind how much you
give mo, mother dear," he answered
promptly. "I llko It."
"I hate a nice new frock;
I'd rather not bo clean;
I want to piny some more;
I think it's awful mean
To' linvo to be dressed up;
I'll cry out both my eyes;
1 want to go outdoors
And make some more mud pies!"
SOME SLIPS OF SCHOOLBOYS
"Howlers" Which Invariably Raise
Hearty Laugh and Contain
Some Unconscious Humor.
Tho schoolboy "howler" is always
popular. Tho following selections
from n large number which wero sent
in for a prize competition nrranged
by tho "University Correspondent"
are excellent oxampies or tno mis
takes which pupils perpetrate:
Women's suffrage is tho stato of
'suffering to which thoy tyere born.
Thu curth is an obsolete spheroid.
Lord Kalelgh was tho first man to
see the Invisible Armada.
Shakespeare founded "As You Llko
It" on a book previously written by
Sir Oliver Lodge.
Tennyson wrote "In Memorandum."
King Edwnrd IV. had no claim by
geological right to tho English throne
George Eliot left n wlfo and clill
drcn to mourn his gonll.
Tho capital of ItusBia Is St. Peters
burg on the Duma.
Tho test act of 1073 was passed to
keep Roman Catholics out of public
houses.
Henry I. died pf eating palfreys.
Louis XVI. was gelatlned during tho
French revolution.
Tho Rhine is bourded by wooden
mountains.
Gender shows whother a man 1b
masculine, feminine or neuter.
James I. died from argue.
An angle is a triangle -with only two
sides.
Geometry teaches us how to blsex
angels.
Parallel lines are the same distance
all the way, and do not meet unless
you bend them.
Tho whale Is an amphibious an I
mal because it lives on land and dies
In tho water.
A parallelogram 1b a figure mad
of four parallel straight lines.
Horsepower is tho distance one
horse can carry a pound of water in
an hour.
The magnesium salt In the sea ere
ntes the effervescence when tho tide
comes in. .
If the air contains more than 100
per cent, of carbolic acid it 1b very In
jurlous to health.
Gravitation Is that which If there
were none wo should all fly away.
Martin Harvey Invented tho clrcu
lation of the blood.
A deacon Is the lowest kind
Christian.
The' isles of Greeco wero always
quarreling as to which was the birth
place of Homer; Chaos has the most
right to claim him.
USEFUL BOX FDR FISHHOOKS
So Simple In Construction Tht Any
One Can Put One Together
Keep Lines In Condition.
Every fisherman knows how annoy
ing It Is to find tho gut linos of his
fishhooks dried into all sorts of an
gles, ns happens when they are wrap
pod wet around n plcco of card or
board. To prevent this a New Jersey
man has Invented a case for tho hooka
which not only keeps tho guts moist,
bdt keeps each hook separate, and tho
desired ono may quickly be selected
without having to untangle It from tho
Each Hook Kept Separate.
rest. This hook box Is so simple In
construction that nny angler may
make ono for himself. Take an or
dinary tin tobacco box, preferably a
flat ono, and divide It Into three com
partments by Inserting two wooden
strips with slots along tho top. In
the center compartment, which should
be as wide as the other two com
blned, place some material which will
hold molsturo for a long time and
have a strip of tho samo material
fastened to tho lid. Tho hooks should
then bo laid away with the guts
stretched out on tho moistening pad
and the metal extending Into the side
compartments.
ryr..t. -
Basin Method
(fly HAMl'ICL FOIITIUR.)
The agricultural wealth of that
tast region lying west of tho Missouri
river wna first mado known by mon
wlfo wero poor In worldly goods, but
rich In those physical and mental en
dowments which go to make up the
best type of citizenship. Their poverty,
unfortunately compelled them to mako
U80 of the cheapest methods in render
ing the arid lands productive. Water
was led from tho nearest stream In n
plow furrow and the Irrigator in wet
feet tried to spread It over tho flold
by use of a shovel. Thu Bmalt and
cheap equipment, consisting of n
walking .jdow and shovel, has given
placo to a largo number of Imple
ments, and tho simple, laborious man
ner of applying water has been broad
ened out into more than a half dozen
standard methods, yet In studying the
latest improvements it is evident that
many of them aro mere makeshifts
and that much remains to be dona bo
fore tho water of western streams Is
efficiently and economically appllled
to nrtd lands.
Ono of the popular forms of irriga
ting orchard trees in the arid regions
Is called the basin method, which Is
POINTS ABOUT
Cutter Bar
Tho cutter-bar sometimes gets out
of Mno with tho pitman, causing tho
machine to run hard. This may also
result in breaking tho sickle near the
slckle-bcad at A as shown in the
drawing Dy the proper adjustment
upon the lino B, where the cutter-bar
hinges, this bar may be brought Into
line with the pitman, and It should
never do worked when oul of truo.
writes A. P. Johnson In Farm, Stock
and Home. Tho proper lineup Is
shown in ' the drawing.
It tho guards become bent up or
down tho sickle cannot work smooth
ly upon tho wearing surface of the
guards, and the sections do not He
down upon the ledger plates. Thu
guards, which aro mado of soft iron,
should bo hammered buck Into posi
tion. To do this best, use an ordi
nary hammer and raise the bar to
road position, tapping lightly upon tlio
point of the guard.
Sometimes the ledger plates become
worn, and need replaclnfl and often
tho clips nbovo tho slcklo bind It
moro or less. This pressure may bo
removed by n leather washer or bush
ing.
TYPE BREEDING
OF HORSES
Animals in lcw Generations Be
come So Mucli Alike Tlmt
Ctirloatis Would Aver
use About Sumo.
(Ry J. F. I'AYNK Colorado Agricul
tural College.)
During my 14 years' residence In
eastern Colorado I have seen many
horso ranches, and havo usually found
several types of stallions running on
the samo range or in the same pas
ture. One ranchman of my acquaintance
has Black I'erchoron, Coach and
Clydesdale stallions. These stallions
wero all good of their kind, but they
were used Indiscriminately. The re
suit was that after eight years of
such breeding It was impossible m
find a team of perfectly matchiAl
horses among u herd of 250 horses,
Had matched stallions of either
the breeds been used, many matchdd
teams could havo been round, and tile
profits could have been materially I
creased.
Breeders of range cattle hav
found that they can sell their youn
steers with greator case and proft
,lf they have been bred to a typ
Thus the All. cattle were once
. n I
of Irrigating.
In all essential features vory much
like
the check method of irrigating,
a field of alfalfa. Orchards aro pro
pared for irrigation by tho basin
method by forming ridges of tho looso
oarth midway betweon tho rows of
trees in both directions, Thoso ridges
aro made with ordinary walking
plows by throwing Up two furrows
or else by n rldger. When Iho top
boII Is light and free from weeds only
tho rldger is required, but in mora
'compact, soils and on boIIb covered
with weeds thb surfneo should first
bo disked. This method Is well ad
apted to tho warmer portions of Cat
lfornla, Texas, Arizona, and Now
Mexico, whero tho winter Irrigation
of orchards la becoming fixed prac
ttso. Water Is then abundant and
largo quantities can bo applied when
the land Is thus formed Into small
compartments.
Begin With Few Birds.
A beginner In tho poultry bUBlnoss
will find It more profitable to begin
with n few good birds. Ho can then
Increase his fowls as ho learns moro
about the care and management of
fowls.
CUTTER BAR
Dxamlno tho bar to seo that it Is not
bent. Often a flight bond in tho bar
is responsible for broken tickles and
heavy diaft without them being
thought of. Tho blacksmith can
straighten it for you, but the writer's
experience with such work has not
been wholly satisfactory. Unless tho
work has been carefully done tho torn
per will be drawn from portions of tho
bar, and It will soon again get out of
alignment. On the whole the cheaper
way is to order a noyr bar.
Tho divider should be so adjusted
that it will not catch on tho ground
when turning tho corners or when
backing to clear the bar of somo ob
struotlon; and tho mainspring stiff
enough so that It Will help the foot to
lift tho bar, but not stiff enough to
mako it jump when running.
System In 8trawborrlet.
Set a good solid stake, at tho end of
every row of strawberries, giving in
plain letters the narro of tho kind in
tho row. But do not havo the stakes
so high that they will bo knocked over
by the whlflle-treo when you nro culti
vating.
uniform that ono could cut 60 out
of n trail herd uud they would bo
practically llko any other CO in
the herd. Thoso cnttle wero bred to
a typo so long that buyers could
know what thoy were getting.
It should bo tho samo with horses
bred at ,6!d established horso ranches,
if bredi to a type for a gfew genera
lions tho horses would bo so much
carloads would average
about the same and matched teams
would bo common
Scours In Calves.
Scours Is n disease caused by Indl
stlon and generally comes from
feeding too much dry feed without
imntigo. rut tno calf on a grain ra-
lAlon and feed a bran mash every day
lifor a week. Turnips and other roots
are also good In cases of this kind.
For cattle a small doBO of castor oil
about two ounces, combined with art
ounco of laudanum given In a llttlo
linseed gruel Is a good remedy.
Ducks Free From Disease,
Ducks never havo chojera, roup or
gapes. Thoy lay moro eggs which
hatch better than hen's eggs. And
thoy can be made to attain a weight
of five pounds In ten weeks. But
to secure the mott profitable results
one of tho better breeds should be
kept.
A
I 1
To tho group of plcasuro scokerB
spending tho Easter holidays at the
sunny, southorn beach, the girl with
tho parasol was a mystery. Sho and
her parasol wero as inseparable as t
tho Siamese twins, and, by clover ma
neuvering, she managed always to
placo tho sun-shndo between herself
and any curlbus passer-by who sought
to glanco at her face.
Sho was beautifully gowned, nt all
times, and her parasol nover failed to
be a harmonious part of her toilette.
If she walked forth on tho board walk
in tho morning In a tailored linen suit,
her parasol would be of linen to corre
spond; if she drove In tho afternoon
in a fluffy frock of dainty material,
her parasol would bo rb fluffy and
dainty.
Young Tom Martinson, who was ta
king advantage of tho Easter festivi
ties to got a needed chango at the sea
side, wub not the IcaBt Interested of
thoso who observed tho girl with the
parasol. Ho hnd been nttractcd to her
on tho morning of his arrival as sho
walked beforo him on tho board walk.
Tho grnce of hcr cnrrlng0 nlm tho
spotless whlto linen In which sho wnB
gowned from head to foot had caught
his attention, and ho bad hastoned to
overtake hcr. But If ho had hoped to
get a gllmpso of hor faco in passing,
he was disappointed. As ho nenred
her, sho had, with apparent uncon
sciousness, drawn tho parasol around
her shoulder until it entirely shaded
hcr faco.
Tho following morning as ho gal
loped along tho brldla path that ran
parallel with tho boulevard by tho sea
he caught sight of hcr sitting erect,
her coachman boBldo hor, In her trap.
As Inconspicuously as possible for
Tom Martinson was nothing if not
well-bred ho mnnnged to spur his
pony to unwonted nntlcs in order to
meet tho young woman faco to face.
But, by anothor unfortunato coinci
dence, the girl at that moment found
that tho sun was lit hor eyes and that
hor parasol was a ncccoBary shade.
Tho next move on the part of Mr.
Martinson was to learn tho girl's
namo. It was sura to bo on tno regis
ter and ho had discovered that hor
apartments wero on tho samo floor aB
his own. But thero was little to bo
gained by knowing that Dorothy
Conant was the name sho had placed
on tho hotel book and that oho lived
In a largo western city, tho namo of
which was so badly ccrtbblod that ho
was certain tho inuld had dono it.
Thero seemed to bo no way in
which ho could find out who the girl
was and learn her reasons for keep
ing horselt bo mysteriously ulono.
And this very mystery was ono of tho
things that atractcd him most strong
ly to her. He bad mado up his mind
that aho was pretty of faco If not, In
deed, beautiful. And ho thought ho
had made one moro discovery; ho bo
lleved sho sung,
This last deduction had boon made
by reason of his having heard a glorl
ous voice emanating from tho end of
tho corridor In which were her apart
mcntB. To make suro of this last
piece of ovldenco against tho Illusive
girl, Tom Martinson determined to
spend tho evening on tho veranda that
belonged equally to him and to hor
tho upper porch that ran around tho
second floor of tho hotel and from
which French windows opened to tho
suites on that floor. Perhaps, since,
so far as' ho could learn, .tho girl nover
left her rooms In the evening, she
would spend her tlmo singing,
After dinner ho betook himself to
tho veranda and drew a chair as uoar
the windows ho believed to be hers
aB ins conscience would pormit. it
was the night beforo Easter and the
air in the southern town was ns
balmy as a night In June in tho north
ern climate. Martinson lighted his
clgnr, elevated his foot and lookod
out across tho water just beginning
to be silvered by tho rising moon.
Presently ho heard notes from n
piano. At first, tho player ran light
ly over tho keys ns If she wero won
dering whnt to play, Then sho broko
definitely into a preludo of n 'solo
from 8talnor'B "Crucifixon." Tho
man, without, turned toward tho
windows from which tho sound came.
How appropriate, thought Martin
son, was tho muslo to tho season,
But then, had he stopped to realize
it, how exquisitely in harmony was I
everything tho girl did.
Ho lis
tened and sho ran from ono part to
another of tho wonderful "Crucifix
ion," until MnrtlnBon longed, more
than over, to know hor.
After awhile tho singer "within be
gan, softly, to sing a llttlo sentiment
al song, and as the simple wordB met
his car thero was wonder in the man's
mind, Was it only that his mind had
dwelt so constantly on tho mysterious
girl that she seomed familiarly close
to him at this moment, or Ho
listened Intently! No, sho did linger
over the vowels and slur her r's as
could no girl from tho pnrt of tho
world from which sho was registered
in the hotol book. And yot tho girl
of whom this voice this very song
reminded Martinson, could not sing a
nolo.
Ho put this Idea from him ns ab
surd. Tho girl inside could not bo
Bho; sho was too mysterious. That
other girl sho wns almost a memory
now had been surrounded by a very
conventional family; sho had boon
pretty, but hor clothoB, though fash
ionable, had contained no distinctive
note. She hnd played tho piano and
had been an entertaining companion,
but she would have paled into inslg
tilflcnnco by comparison with this gtrj
of the parasol. And yet Martinson
had bolleved then that ho loved her,
although, deep In his heart, ho hadt
foil that sho did not fulfil his Ideal.
Martinson sat on tho balcony un
til long nftor tho volco had ceased
singing. He heard tho blinda being
drawn In tho various apartments
about him. Ho had seen tho moon'
rlso to her glorious height and cast
shimmering beams across tho restless
water beyond. Ho had consumed the
cigars In his caBO and he had but
toned his coat moro ' closely about
htm, for tho air had grown chilly.
And In all that tlmo he thought only
of the girl with tho volco tho glr
with thu parasol.
Since sho sang Enster music, Mar
tlnson thought, next morning, that
she might go to church, and though
he had dropped from tho habit In tho
last fow years, ho sought out a llt
tlo church and entered therein. In
church, ho realized die could not hid
her fnco with a parasol.
He wns ushered, well up toward tho
front of tho quiet llttlo worshiping
placo and tho choir had not yot
taken its place. Ho watched the
beautiful women, In their Easter
frocks and bonnets, como in, In little
groups or singly, and tako thelt
places. Ills early teaching forbnda.
htm to turn when ho hoard a feminine,
rustlo of skirts behind him, but, In.
stlnctlvoly, ho folt that Bho knelt bo
hind him, hcr hat almost touching hla
shoulder. As sho arose, quietly, the
most subtlo fragranco of rosea wns
wnfted to him. Hobos! It was nn
other renilndor of tho girl who wn
now a memory.
Whon Bhc joined in tho hymns ho
know it was sho, for thore was thd,
samo volco that hnd hold him on tho
balcony for so long, tho night before,
Sho was bo closo behind him, and yet
ho could not seo hcr had never aeon
her fnco. Ho had an almost uncon-
tollable impulso to turn and face her.
Ho heard llttlo of tho sermon tho
old minister hnd praparod with such
care, and ho wondered, irreverently,
why it was nocessary to proach such
long sermons.
When tho choir had sung .tho re
cessional hymn and tho good old min
ister had given his final blessing to
tho congregation, Tom Martinson
turned to leavo tho church- nmldst the
bund-shaklngs of the llttlo groups
about him, but tho girl had already
turned her back and was threading
her way toward the door whenco the
sun streamed In. Martinson followed,
Tho girl with tho parasol strolled
down the lano toward tho water.
Suddenly, the thing Tom Martinson
least expected happenod. Tho girl
with tho parasol turned about and
waited for him, hor faco wreathed in
smiles, a restless dimple in her cheek.
"Hurry, Tom," sho said, "If you
want to walk beneath my parasoh"
Tho .man, was,.,))CBd,o lyjr In an In
stant, staring wonder-eyed ' at ner
"Itosemary Lawton," ho crlod. 'Mfou?"
She nodded saucily. "I," sho con
firmed. "After four yearn?" he gasped
"And with all ithlB mystory! I I'm
at a loss for words with which to
chldo and question you," ho said,
lamely.
, "Then don't," sho advised him
"I'll tell you perhaps."
"But how did you 4a It any why?"
"A womnn can do anything she
likes wllh a man."
"Obviously," ho ngrood, pointedly,
"This Is the second tlmo -you've hud
me nt your foot, Itosemary."
Sho pointed an accusing finger nt
him. "Tho second tlmo was neces
sary, sho explained. "I did not ful
fil your Ideal then, tho first tlmo. I
could not sing then. I've been study
ing In Ocrmnny for three years "
"With marvelous results," ho Inter
ruptcd.
"I knew you wnnted mo to sing
wished you had loved a girl who could
sing. Also," sho ran on, nn be
walked besldo her, "I .knew I wan n
llttlo too- conventional vory-dny, na
it were for you. You told uto ones
that you liked nn olement of mystery
that it was attractive in a girl, I
well, you'vo boon mystified, haven't
youT"
Tho young man admitted that h
had been.
"Then, 1 had n second renson foi
ray parasol," sho laughed, as sh
looked up Into the pink glow of thu
Bun-Bhude. "My dlmplo wasn't en
tirely honied "
"What?" cried Tom Martinson, his
eyes fixed on tho dainty, Indented
cheek upturned to him.
"You always admired Helen
Miller's dimple bo well, I had ono
made In Paris, for you. Do you like,
it?" .
"I ndore it!"
"And that's nil," sho admitted;
"except that when Clarice wrote me
that you wero to spend tho Enster
holidays here, I thought it would bo
my opportunity to make you fall In
love with mo all over again. Isn'.t
that a dreadful confession to mako?"
But whether or not Tom Martinson
considered It dreadful, ho told tho an
swer ouly to her; and tho guests ul
thu hotol were amazed, as nt a soven
dayB' wonder, whon they saw tho rays
terlouB paraBol girl and Tom Martin
son strolling leisurely toward them
entirely engrossed In each other.