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fthile a pur.',. be tickles ciir.e il.ru hniu uiiil trees timiast!.-,,,! en..-.--., . , ,.- .-atue i clear, dulcet treble of ,..., n . . - th. t ,r. .! the earth and tin- of water luilit.ic intu a . loin ...! Til. .ell ... tilth. Iiul.tifitii? nllt Bl'hIii nn It. u .. I., h.!!ki .l...,l..u ., i... .1 . ' 1. t . . . I ...... ....... w i in i.uuy j-mtiia garden, tw a:r wast 'heniaht fragrui.t i:h scent uf flowers-great bed i r-"V'rr '"'""'" '' "l" !" m.M of .!.j..a turned fnmtlr. their colors aoft of pam than pc-ce in Iter I.ert. The year , eu .1 into delicate lentral tin's b the that a dying v. i-h . i lj WMind of tb. j f,J:, light. The U-tiutv of ti e n'ace ... . .ir .,r- in. m hit liic ; rm uivo.-nt-ti t,y tbe Itennty of (he niirht nun she PKP.nl to rt-i k.ui up tliat Bight. Tier had been a dinner nartv at the I MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM ER N1 HOUS-WIFE. CHAPTER XXI.-tContinucd.) That old-world room auited her w ith its aaeilotr too and ita gleam of hrinht i-ol-r. What mark had her pain left Iwliind It? At first aight none. But when she turned her bead to amile at I Inlcte a kind f shadow could be aeeu iii ber eye; not diimietsa, but a shadow. It was the trace of teara they had shed. Qtit-n Kh- er they ued to call her. Queen hjtther w in troth, for had she not come into ker woman's heritage of sorrow been triple-crowned by lore, paiD and loss, the World's great masters? If yoo go off in that temper." she said Dulcie, "we shall never know where to Cud you. You might even venture as far a Squire Dene's attain." "Xo fear of that shrujreing her shoul ders disdainfully. "Squire Itene is a koor; every one about here i a boor, I think, except" penitently "your father, you know. I dou't iuclude biui." Kstber looked up at that. "Are you tired of us, then?" No, but I am of myself," remorsefully. "Well, go off, then, and see if the sun cannot burn your 'tantrums' out of you." "l don t think that it will." Dulde went down the steps and across the long paved yard, a listless little figure enough in all that brightness. Two of the hoys were playing in one corner, and they ran shouting after her, but Dulcie would one of them. She opened the big gate nd stepped out on to the bare, unshel tered h:gh road. It was awfully hot; she felt her cheeks growiug red; her eyes Winked, as the glare beat down npon her. Straight before her was the high green hedge of the orchard. It would be cool in there, she knew, and, without wailing to fo round by the gate, she scrambled up the bank and flung herself down on the tber side with the agility of a schoolboy. How delicious it was! The loaded bouglis f great pear trees hung over her: the air was full of the scent of fruit and flowers. 8he could hear the trickle of the little twain that flowed at the bottom of the rchard. It was the tiniest of streams, bat it made a refreshing music that sultry AiiKurft day as it sang over ils lied "in little sharps and trebles." Flinging herself down under one of the trees, Dulcie stretched her arms above her head and gave herself up to dreaming. As he lay there, her small head half buried In the lush grass, her face upturned, the uutaine came through the "leaves, and icaerea on the gold baud round ber! Sue swept acrof the r.x-m and sat down at the piano. But it was too hot for her to play. Then she went to the wimkiw and wt it wide ii)n-n. leauina her body out. as she half kueit. ha!f sal, on the window leilpp. Hush came and stood he-iiile her, put ting his band on her shoulder, am) actu ally drawing her in,v Ixfore she knew what he was about. "You need not risk a tumble, Misi I- Tesque, in order to show me how unwel come my company is to you. (hie ginnoe at your race this afternoon told me all that was iit-cn-wary on that point, I as sure you. Jn an instant she was ashamed of her self. Without another word she realized how rude and awkward the awkward ncss troubled her most she had len. I IK'S your pardon.' she said, in her quick, eager way, and looking up at him ' but I did not mean to Ite rude to you, I am very sorry." ' lie slii: bad his hand on ber shoulder, DHt she did not set in to notice that. "For what are you sorry?" I-or seeming to" blushing and stam mering "to treat you with incivilitv: "You need not le sorry for that. 1 want do civility from yon." Mie turned pale, and ber eyes fell. He had not forgiven her: he still looked noon her with contempt, or worse than that. perhaps, Ix-causc of her past faults. "Oh. if I could only tell him all," she thought, ami the tears were in her ce, "he would surely not be quite so hard on me as this." His hand had fallen from her shoulder, find he had taken two or three step away from her side; then he came back. "Y'ou can I sorry, it seems, for a mere breach of good manners, but you never think of being sorry for me." "For you!" lifting her eyes to his face luminous, wistful eyes, that smote him through. Could it be that she did not understand? Something ki her face made hi m think so. "Child," he cried, passionately, as he looked down at her, "are you blind? Don't you know I love you V" Then he repented having said if. Her face grew as white as the lace rullie at her throat, am) her lips parted. "Me! You love me? Oh, you do not! You are mocking me;" and site drew back from him in her sudden terror. He knew that she was crying, though j lie com. I not we ber face where she stood. throat, and on ber curlv h.tir K,. ,i, ! f,ir inside the room the shadows were ever moved. She hod no fear for ber l,w"S rapidly. complexion, and she had a Southern love f heat. "I do wish he was not eoming," she said te herself, half aloud. "I would rather aneet any one in the world than him." Her heart was sore that day, and she felt restless. Hugh Fleming was coming, for the first time siu.-e her stay there, to the Holm Farm ami h half ,!ro,u,i v,i. Tlsit. She bad never seen him since tht I mere, then-! Don t cry gna wine fiercely at his thick mustache. "I have no wish to hurt you. I dure say I'm a brute, but even brutes have their f"e!ins;K. you know" sarcastically. "I'll keep them in better order In future, however.' There was no auswpr; but she had dropped her hands, and was looking m him. Yoo must forjrive me for obtruding rening in Batten, tms poor love of nune upon you. "I ten you what it is. Dulcie." she nitid ! He to'k 8 tu al,,) ifvri l'Ji? to herself, w ith a laugh, crushing the wild thyme in her restless lingers. "yu had better get back to town. This quiet life doesn't suit yon. It mi-ht eiid it, an at tack of softening of the braiu; for you have no heart, you knotv, not an atom, to tic affected." The sunlight grew hotter and hotter, and the bright eyes closed. Somewhere a mong the trees a thrush was singing, as if ii were (training its little throat for joy. Bbe could hear the shrill whoops of the young Durrani a. as they tumbled over aach other in the farm yard. "Dulcie! Dr.l.ie! Dnlcie!" She sprang to her feet and put ber fin gers to her ears. "I am here! What do you want? Yoj awve made me deaf, I declare." "Not quite, I hope." This was not one of the "little savages." Flushed up to the curls of her hair. Dulcie turned, and found iiereelf within a yard of Hugh Fleming. Lewis Durrant clung to ne nanti: yellow-haired Johnny to the ther. It seemed n miracle bow he kept his balance with these two clinging and twisting about his legs. i "They told me that they knew exactly here to find you," Hugh said, looking at Vf, She was miserably conscious of his look. "She knew, as well as if she had seen her elf In the glass, that her cheeks were red, nd her hair rough, and her dress grass atained and tumbled. And it was all the ftnlt of those horrible boys. Sjje felt as If she hated them at that moment worse than ever. ' "l hope 1 have not disturbed yon," rery rTely. , "Oh, no, not at all! I was just thinking f going in, only I felt too lazy." Mm eanght np ber hat and mode ber ray toward the bouse, not going over the , laslf thla time, however. He walked be Vhte her, and th boya, rough as youn atrirvera, tumbled about them both, and toaoa the place ring with their squabbles asj laughter. They had not much to say ! aaeh other. Dnlcie's tongue teemed Had, and Hugh Fleming waa strangely ajvwt Bather waa waiting at the door tar tfens. Tea la ready, Dnlcie! Ton will bare ly have time to change your dress." "Oh, doa't wait for me," waa Dnlcie's mgrariona rejoinder. "The sun baa mad - - A a l f kl-b V -l--n Or at all." Bgh riemiag tamed and walked Into C atttteg iwsjm. Bather followed bin. TW tea waa half over bafpra Dalcit aaasW her apewaranct. Bh came la rery ratotly, and ailppad lata corner by Mr. varraat, aa dmar aa nnn. After tea Vi Danaa toft tfeeaa, ad Bather went fmmttm hum mMi dattea aa miL Hagfe ! tea aid a frlcasi to maka ant Ja (hate haaaaJy way. S, aa the - fafitof, balafe fMad kwradf t taaaa with Hagh Fsmtog. ., triatotiykwr Mart fai i 4i w trl ,W aeil aad) ator jXM WWA kU faea to the nga( u H waa, gaaf kla hnwd bach raa- room, sluuiblhig over thnirs and tables more than once iu lil passage. At last he came to a bait by her. She had not etir i reiJ at all. "G.mdy, Miss Levt-sque. You hRve , had so many lovers that you can afford ; to forget me unnmg the crowd. It w u s a meaii, lit tic stab, which she : m'rght well have resented. But she dirj not ti si ut it. She just- lifted ber head and I looked at him. I "Why do you say good by?" 'Because I am going awav." With terrified haste Dulcie nut out her hand. ih;s man must not leave her like !':. She felt as if she should die if he !. Her lonely, loving little heart yearn- toward him so! "Don't go!" she panted, the sweet roice broken. "Oh, Hugh. I will not live with out jou! I I love you, I'm afraid!" CHATTER XXII. On New Year's eve there was a dinner party at A obey lands. The grand recep tion room were thronged; the whole place biHr.(-d with light and echoed with music. All the great folk for miles around were there, and some who could not be called great folk at all. Among these lat ter were Mrs. Hardinge and Esther. i nere were a rew nanosome women there, very many pretty and charming ones; but not one so beautiful as Esther Durraut that night. Julian Carre, the center of a group of officers from Maidstone, stood in one of the doorwaya, watching ber, among the rest. She was dancing with Lord Harvey at the time, and as slie passed (be saw him and bowed with a smile. "Who is she, Carre?" young Lord Pe ters asked him. Julian Carre frowned and then smiled. To-night she it Miss Durrant, and a nobody. Heaven only knows what (be may be before thia time neit year." -Ah, amitten there! Kb?" "Smitten! No" with a anddea dark flush. "I hate and abhor beautiful wom an. If ever lam auch a fool as to marry, I (ball pick the plainest girl in town." There waa a faint laugh at that; bat Julian Carre' t odd tnste in a wife waa not to interesting to them aa waa thia new beauty. To them, at lesat, (be waa arw, and In quite a fresh style, too. Talk went on, half chaff, half earneat, and Bather, quite unconscious of it all, danced more and listened to more pretty epeecbea than (be ever bad done in her Ufa before. The dancing waa at iu height when Lord Harvey aiad kla way to her. The bella art beginning to ring out the aid car, hiiaa Darrant; would you not Ub to com away oat of thla crnah aad aaaaa, aad Itotca to them?" . Cm waa toaiing the (train of (II thla tm ajaamd eidtaoaeat, aad aaid, "Tea," glad ly. Ha tact her toto the Horary, which waa ajaJta eaapty and oaly half lighted ap. Am tksry atood la on of the deep window a tm eaaki aa right aeroaa the dark gar feat atdJ laarrta to what the traaa af tb knbbary atood black aad gannt. It had ban Craaatag hard all day, aad bow wwbagksaiagtofaU. Light aa Wiiat would the new year bring to her? -More pain.' Scarceiy. I tt-r h.arl ft-it too dead, as it was. for that to lie proba ble. W hat could it bring, then? Nothing better than qnict and forget fulness! Tears rolled in her eyes a she loid herself this, Lord Harvey, nat' hlug her, saw this idiade on Nt fai-e. His own was grave and set. and. if Ksrher had looked at him then, she would iierhaps have read bis secret. Vis Durr-'.nt." he said, after a while. "it ii not wholly to I'.steo to the U-lltt that 1 liroiight you here. I want you to lin'i-u to rite." "Yts." she said, simply, lifting her face to look at him. "What is it you have to te!! n-e?" "Now yon puzzV me. I have so much to tell that I don't know how to lcgin. Perhaps I bad better condeuse it all into one little sentence I love you so dearly tiint I want you to Ik- my wife. She tried to answer him, but the words would not come; and her heart-throbs scented I. Miller in tier ears than the bells themselves, ringing out in the frosty night. . Dun t answer me now" laying his strong band over ber little, cold lingers. 1 know ail you would say. You do not love me at present, I am (,uite aware; but in time you might, ticrhHtis" wistfuliv "Yon would try. I think, if I could on-ly make ymi . nhsi your love wouid 1 to uie. nhat it would do for me. No. no. Kther said, quickly, drawing b:fk from him, ami trembling nervously. I like you very, very much, but I shall never love any one again. I dare not. He smiled grimly. 'So I thought myself once! Yet, see, lo-mgtit 1 love you.' "You think so, Iy.rd HarveyT "No. I am sure of it " She had nothing to say to thnt. She wished, with n!' her heart, that she couM go sway, or that some one would come in, and interrupt him in bis odd, almost cold wooing. "Listen to rne, Esther!" coming mar er, and laying h.s bawl on her writ with close, masterful pressure. "If I would let you, you would rear a ghost, a shadow out of the past, lietween your heart and this living love of mine. But I will not ivi juu no n. ror your own sake, quite apart from mine, I will not. You are strong in your sorrow now, and yon think you could live your life without love; but you could no more do it than" smiling. and drawing her closer to htm "1 could live my life without you. I ara not afraid w . u mis lancy. j gnow yoti better than yoti know yourself, and in that verv knowledge lies tr.y claim to you. Whilt you were another man's, and not free to chouse, I crushed down my love and was quiet. You are free now, ion are to Is? won, and I will win vou. She heard him almost with dismav vet there was an undercurrent of thankful ness M-iting in toward him in her heart all the time. He loved her! She felt cer tain of it somehow in siiite of her uew- iKirn cynicism, and the certainty comfort ed ber: it soothed her pride, which Percy Statih'--.e"s dt rsion had wounded cruel ly. Th. iifh he was nothing to her, and never would lie. of courw, yet it p least"? her to know thai this man loved her, her only, and not Dulcie. "nor another!" "u".. -U41U17 prop, among wnom Lether Durrant, whom Clare bad insist on being invited, had found herself stranded. Site was finite thankful wdien the dini.cr a la Busse was ended. She had leen sitting next to a deaf old baro net. who shouted at her as if she were hard of heariug. too, and never seemed to catch anything she said in reply. On her other side had been a formidable looking young lady in diairlomis ami luces, who had simply ignored her. and whom she loid ht-:ir l asking her partner quite audl My, "Who she was? No one seems to know her." In the drawing room it wat better. Nobody seemed to notice her much but Clare, and of course it was lonely; but still preferable to that int'-rmiiiable din ner. She waiked across the lawn till she came to the fountain. By the margin there was a rustic bench. As she sat there, white aud is; ill, looking a pale ghost of a woman iu her soft, shining evening dres, someone came quickly down one of the sMe paths toward her. It was Lord Harvey. Esther, looking up and seeing him there, felt her face growing hot. Of all men, he w as the last she would have cared to see just then, if site could have had her wish. "Clare told me she had seen vou go Into the garden, hut I hurdiy lelievcd her. What could you have been thinking of to come out like this?" "It was so warm, and I waa tired of being iiid.mrs'Vgaihering up her train. and preparing to go back. One would think you were tired of your life to see the way you risk it." hhe walked aenms the giuss beside him. Once when she lifted her face to aiwwer him, he saw that it was troubled. She tried to talk as usual, but she could not. The shadow of pain in her ryes broke down nis self-control. He never quite knew what he said, and perhaps Esther could not have told if she had ls-eit asked. She only knew that he loved her still, that he vrns telling her so jn terse, rugged sen tences that had the ring of a strong al most fierce love in them. He saw the rapid rise and fall of the (lower on her breast; he felt the restless trembling of the bands he held, ajid a kind of anguish came over him, lest his rajihncfs had helped to turn her heart (til! more it way from hiin. But, when she lift ed her head and looked at him, all his fears tied. He knew then that she loved him, and that he would not need to teach her that sweetest of all esrth's lessons. Thia stately "Queen Esther," whom so long he had worshiped afar off, was his owu at last! (The end.) Valne aad Cost of Fodder aa Feci De pends tTpon Its slanavenient - Ama tcur Knr .-ery for Aniuuls beu Weeds May Be KiUed. Managing the Fodder. The value aud cost of fodder aa a feed for atock durii.g (he winter d-J-petida largely upon the stase at which It is cut, the curing aud the manner of atorlng. If allowed to get too rire and then la put In rather small shocks aud allowed tu stand out In all kinds of weainer untu ws'tea lor reea, it is j quest lonn hie if the vnlue of the feed i-vuri-u win pay tut- cosi oi culling , ajid hauling. But If cut In pood season, I properly handled during the curing out, ! and Is properly stored away. It makes a cheap, wholesome feed for all kinds of stock. The cutting should begin as soon as the grains begin to harden well. Where any considerable acreage Is to be bar-, vested it will be economical to use a corn harvester. When It can be done, the best plan of management Is to cut and put up iu reasonably small shocks, I as the fodder will cure out more rapid-: ly and the corn will be ready to shock out and crib easier than If put up In large shocks, and If saved with the least loss It Is best to get the corn cribbed aud the fodder stored away as early as possible. But where the fod der Is to be li ft standing In the field until wanted to feed to the stock, It will be better to put up in good sized shocks, as In this way there will be a less per cent exposed to wind, sun and tonus. As soon as well cured, husk out the corn, throwing directly Into the Heavy tar oils, fn-ed of their to) at I la as weil ns their tl.h k tarry coi stltuenia, biicIi a are now olTe-etl iu the market lii.dcr the mine of cnrliollueum. ar , prcft tu' h to paints and tara. (B. EV I'eriimv, circular 20. Division of For estry, t" nited States Department of Ag rtciilt tire.) These oils penetrate and act us an' Is ptics, usually killing tbe fungi or at lt-iist retarding their actlin and di'vehpnicnt. Tin y are applied with brush or else as baths, usually and preferably hot. They can not replace pniuls w here the looks of the materlala an- to be improved. Charring asslata merely as an Insitlaror. separating the wood from the ground, and as fungi cm not cat their way through charcoal they are prevented from entering. Gen erally, however, the process developa large cracks, and thus exposes tbe In terior to the attacks of tbe fungi. Orange Judd Fanner. Dipping rheep for Ticks. Tbe Injury Inflicted by tbe sbeep tick nKin the flocks can only )e roughly es timated. Ticks do not cause death di rectly nor Injure the wool, but cause untold torment by their biting and wan dering about over the body. This saps the vigor of the old sheep, retards th growth of tbe lambs, and makes both susceptible to disease, fhe tick la a wlnglchs (ly alsitit a quarter of an Inch long, having a large, strong, reddish gray 1ki!.v, and six legs. The most op portune time for killing ticks Is Just after shearing, as the ease of handling and the cost of dip Is reduced to tbe minimum. Nearly all the ticks will leave the sheep for the lambs, so thnt the work will be very effective If only the lamlrn are dipped. It Is better, however, to dip )oth old ajid young. The sheep should be examined care fully alKut thnee weeks after dipping mid If any eggs escape defruet!on tbj sheep should lie redlpped. The appar atus necessary may consist of only wagon, tie the fodder Into convenient i a box or barrel. Into which the animal bundles, and store as much as possible ' may be submerged, and a table upon under shelter. What can not be stored under shelter should be stacked up convenient to the feed lots. Fodder will keep In a better condition with a much better per cent of loss If managed in . this way than If in shocks In the field, i Another very good way of managing, and especially so If the corn Is to be ! which they nmy be nllowed to drain. On the w hole It is more economical and satisfactory to use some of rhe good sheep dips offered ujam the market. Thi-se dips usually contain arsenic, ex tract of tobacco, or products obtained from cresote or tar as the destroying ai-ont. As the latter dips are effective ground before feeding. Is to run the ' and less dangerous In the hands of The Apricots of Toledo. In the Century there Is an article on Toledo, the Imperial (it.v of Spain," written by Stephen Bonsai. Mr. Bon sai says: "As we climb the hill it is well to recall what the clgiirrales arc- While the Archbishop Bodiigo claims corn fodder through a threshing ma chine, loosing the concave some In or der to feed through faster, and rick up the fodder. The sUick will eat more of the stalk If put up In this way than If kept whole. Good fodder kept in a good condition is almost equal in feed ing value to good hay, but this may be greatly lessened by careless manage ment Globe-Democrat. Fracture of Hones When a ahcep breaks a leg, the usual j recourse is the butcher s knife, but j with valuable brcodlug stock this Is often unnecessary economy, for treat ment Is noMsible ii a n-lth ml.... ...... 11 their Introduction Into T.iledan life for an,maJ. M,mt Kh,.r,,.,.,u ' ttii. Ci.tln H Iu innr.. thurt 1!l-..l. !, i .. . . ' "J - ....... ..... .j iu r is anv txitie oiti..r t hun ih,. i.,.i . ...u llll' tl-l CII.U'TER XX11I. "Happy is (he bride that the sun shines on,' says li e proverb. If it be so. tlit'Ti Dulcie t-iiouiii have Ut-n happy. The night lif'fore the wedding day the sky bad been cloudy and t'ni-atei)int wjih a tiiful w ind blow ins:. Bet the wedding morning daw ned clear and bright. As Esther Dor- rn:it luiK-d Dulcie with her dressing, the i;n streamed into the room with almost tbe warmth of summer. "I am so thankful it is fine, Etty" step ping aside to view the effect of ber square train. "Do ymi ki (,w, if it had ls-en a wet day, I should have felt it was an omen T' "1 don't believe in omens, Dulcie." Yet even as Either spoke she remember ed that this self-same Dulcie ha.J foretold ill-ltick for her (he day she would try ou her wedding dress. Ah, the "ill-luck" had louche.) her with its Might long lfore the dress was tried on! And who knew that so nell as Dulcie herself? A thrill of bit terness pierced Esther' heart as she thought of it. but she said nothing. "I do believe in them, though" loftily ; "and I take this bright sunshine as a good' omen for me. What an exquisite little bride she made Her dress of shining silk, the ear!s at her throat, the lacea that floated like "fairy-webs" about her, were only so many settings to the sweet, glad, shy face, At she awept up the aisle, Hugh Fleming. waiting for her at tbe altar rails, felt his heart (well with love and pride. That this woman had chosen him filled him with deep joy and wonder. "Ob, Etty!" Dulcie cried, in ( sudden burst of nervous excitement, as the clung about her friend t neck at parting, "tay you nope I shall be happy." Esther stooied down to the little thing. tnd kissed her, teara la ber eyes, though (he wat smiling. "I do hope yon may be happy, dear, aa bappy aa life can make yon." "Ah." Dulcie (ighed, pres(ing ber little gloved nanda together, "I know yoo mean it all, but but perbapa, if you knew t- erything, you would not car whether 1 were bappy or not." Tbey were (landing In the empty din ing room, Esther in her bridesmaid's dress of white, Dnlcie superb in a pearl-gray costume of Tel vet and feathers two bean- tiful women women who lored each oth er, yet at that moment H teemed aa If a abade were coming between them. Dul cie taw Eatbera lace grow stem and haughty aa (he watched her. Then Es ther put out her bMls and looked bar friend in the faea frankly. I do know all, Dnlcie. It hurt ma cru elly, but I forgave you. How do I know that In yonr place I thonld not bar baan weaker than you were!" You are aa angel," Dulcie cried. "Ton alwaya went one. He knew It, too" mora aoftly. "Ht loved yoa beat la kla heart I know." Eatbar beard bar aad alabai: cad If at that BBomaat aba ranttabfrad aaa ataa wba. larad bar. aad bar aalr. wba aball woadar at Mf Tbe twtihrht af a Joly algit waa talllag over Abbey la aaa. Tbera were aa atara aa rat: only the falat iwfccttea af tha eaaeet to brigbtaa aba aky. rraaj Briar- we owe tuem to the blessed Moors, like almost everything else that is de sirable in Spain. For centuries and generations they have btcti the Apu liao forms to which the poets and phi losophers of Spniu have withdrawn from tin? annoyances of the world to enjoy their Faicrian wine and fl?s. As we approach still nearer we (in. I them e uelow the knee and back, no matter how vuiu- ! able the animal may le, but here again we say don i kill, but endeavor to pro cure union of the bone. Where the fracture Is low down, and the bono comparatively straight, the work of the amateur surgeon Is sim pie. Have an attendant secure the .most people they are to be preferred. The following Is highly recommended and may be prcpan-d by any one: To bacco leaves, Mi pounds; snlphur, 10 pounds: water, I'm gallons. The to bacco Is steeped for an hour and a half, (lie h-aves are strained off and the sulphur itgain boiled for an hour. Keep well stirred and use while warm. In diana Experiment Station. to be little vine-clad summer-houses, ' akin In of tbt the miHintniil sloiea. other legs, then cast tue pat lent, bring the broken Icir Into iu.rf.i..n,. i simplicity of architecture to D(mi,kll, ,th . ,' the hnerta of Seville and the carm:n;mi4nll)uInli,Hj wiI1 br, lbe .iiiiainnra inns, t.rou km aootit , t.nUu i i.t.. . i vra inn, tfi..iiiuu. ii everyriiing they peep out i. from behind trellises of running vines, j drMBlni Iliay be a F In an atmosphere sweet with the fra- . fore w ,irk(,n ,., ' . grance of the wild jasmine and the rose; and the cooing of the doves, the cotes of which surmount the little atal nya. or watch-tower, of each eignrral. a fore leg broken below the knee, use but one splint arid wrap It well with cotton batting. I'lace It behind the leg Instead of at one side or In front, and hold It in tilace hr n few himn ,.t is sj-.nl.olIe of the pea. -e and plenty ! clrth bandllKe. Be( tbat tIu? Mld fce and contentment which here prevail. ,,iit . ...,i . ,., . . ... , . .... f-fniit. iic ncu cuvi-ieu wun natung, While the eignrrales have not the In-! th ,flk(. .m, .,,, ,,.. numerable fountains of the Hevllle ! parh( ban"d wh,h be'lMUlfjht , huerta, or the inexhaustible supply of a . ft ur. i,..,.,. ;, .u.l,u' u,u B,'in4 11 we" m w-at'T . . ,.., uu. ui ; amJ at onw bInd u aroumI b , .Sierra Nevada, which gives an arctic i R1,nt ,, .,., 4 freshness to the Granada carmen, they I ,om ,,,.., ',., are always delightfully cool and pleas- j ,n(, go on , a , , ' Iteration Is completed by a cheese ant, while Toledo lielow Is steaming and sl.zllng In tbe torrid heat Tbe gardens are planted with fig and al mond trees, and, above all, with apri cots, the beloved niech-mech, which the Saracen brought with him from out of lbe East You may have eaten the melon of Valence, the peach of Aragon; but until yoo have eaten tbe Apricot In a Toledan clgarral you will hav lived Ignorant of luscious fruit" Tricycle Caba a Hnt cess. Berlin haa started tbe tricycle cab, or "Heydt" cycle, so named after Ita Inventor. The machine la a "rear ateercr," and between tbe two front wheels la a comfortably cushioned aeat for the passenger, while tbe driver works tbe machine from the rear. The new system of locomotion baa met with much favor, and COO of these tri cycle cabs are now In use In the Ger man capital, London Chronicle. Cheap Burglar Alarm. A neat and cheap burglar alarm which will not fall, consists of a rub ber bulb, to wblcb la attached a tuba with a whistle at the outer end, tha air being exhausted from tbe bulb, Tbe tut la then sbat la tbe crack of the door, and, being released wbea tbe door la opened, blewa tbe wblatle. cloth bandage applied Immediately while the plaster Is wet. The ready-prepared bandage la much nicer to handle and more satisfactory In every way than plnster of parls In bulk prepared at time of use, and an other advantage Is that it Is put up In a tin bo aud may be kept at hand for an emergency any length of time without losing Ita virtue, which cannot be said of plaster, which la apt to be found useless Just when most required. In adjusting splints to a leg broken Juet above the knee It Is necessary to make the whole leg rigid, hence the splint should extend from fbe ground np, and all hollows between It and tbe leg should be well filled with batting before applying the plaster bandage. American Wool and Cotton Reporter. Tbe Preservation of Wood. Never apply paint or any other coat ing to green or unseasoned timber. If the wood Is not well dried, the coat will baaten decay. Oil paints are used to Work the PoM. The object of tillage Is to secure tlx proper nrrang.tiiient of soil particles with relation to each o;b-r. The sir ring of the soil Is very lvm-nVfaJ in the destruction of weeds, but any system tbat wiil keep the soil In the best phy sical condition will ais k -cp down the weeds. 8oIl temperature can bo con siderably influenced by phys'cnl con d'tlo: 8. Tbe water lioMIn cupacl'y or ftcli;y with which water an move through the so 1 and cons qivntly the supply of plant f od which may lie car- j ried to the roots of the crop, the I amount t.f water tnken to the surface a:.d evaporated, are governwl largely by the a rjn.'e t.ent of the particle. The free acc.ss of air can l secured in sufheeut qiiatitt.es, supplying the nocess-irjr amount of oxygen, and the soil cau ! placed In such a condi tion of fineness us to allow the perfM root development. The importance of these pointa makes It necessary to giv a great deal of attention to the prep aration of the seed bed. Sou:h Dakota Evp.-rlmental Station. I.'isn of New Rwiirtnt. ' Every lie keeper who rell.-s on gath ering bis swanns of b.t-s after they have escaped from the hive knows that, despite Ws beat efforts, some of the lurgt-Ht and earliest of bis awanna take to the woods, and become tha common property, by law, of whoever cun find them. Rut if the bee keeper be a.-tlve, he can, after finding Wthlch di rection the swann Is going, follow as fiint as be can and locate ita new resi dence. In such case tie swarm is no longer a wild one, but belongs to the owner of the bees from wlilch It come. It Is usual In the fall to stupefy these bees with mnoke, taking the honey out of the tree. "We have known bee keep ers to take up all of the stupefied bees they can find, being sure to secure the queen, put all together In a hire wltb some honey for winbT feed, aad have a new swarm In their apiary next spring. But usually these wild bees are not very successful. Probably those of them which remember their previous life mode the mistake when gulng out to secure honey of trying to find their old home In tbe wood- American Cultivator. Good ttaaaon. DImpleton Do on know, old man, I don't spend aa much money now aa I did before I waa married. Von Bluraer How's that? -"Well, I don't bare It to aprad. Brooklya Life. LiqaM Alp. A tablespoonful of liquid air poured ob a fluid ounce of wbtakjr will freeae It at once Into flat seal. As ga afmt of destruction, liquid air la aBona-ouo. 17 powarfaJ; bat aa aaafaj at-Jaat bag feaoa foaad tor K m at Propagating Mountain Ash. Tbe mountain aah can be propagated by seeds, but they are very slow to start The berries should be ntheti Increase the durability by protecting! ,nd mixed with soli and left out ex tbe wood against molature. An exposed posed to tins weather for about a year unpalnted board becomea gray and fua- j before planting. If mixed with an!) cy, warps and checks, tbe nails rust out, aad area If It Is not expoaed to rain, damp air, (team, etc, occaalon similar mischief. For coating, coal tar, wltb or with out sand or plaster, and pitch, aapaclaJ ly If mixed wltb oil of turpentine aad applied hot, tbua penetrating mora deeply, answers best A mixture at three parts coal tar and one part oav salted grease, to prevent tbe tar from drying until It haa time to fill tha minute porea, Is recommended. One barrel of coal tar, coating 3 or 94, will var tOO poata. Both tar aad a0 palat haa tha disadvantage that tbey get aa Mra covers. If tha wood hag gay ahaaea to get meat before Pflfntlag, Cbar ara kaxafal laataad af mg-aj. and placed In a box with cracka hi It, so that water can pass thro ugh, the pox can De sunk to iu edge or a lit Us below In tbe ground and left out during winter and until the ensuing fall. Then tha soil containing tbe berrlea can be taken out and spread on the floor ta partially dry, ao that It can be rubbeg ti rough A alert that will separate II from too seed. Tha aapgratloa of tha aeed U not abaolutaly necessary, and oil and seeds together may be aowa In a drill, coTerlr about ao Inch dean. The young planta will appear la lbs aprrng And eai bo taken np and toon And roots abortoaad and tranaaptaated Into nursery rowa to be grown aa ntfl ready for flaal re-moral Vickg Maga,