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Sunny Bank Farm
FLOYD L1V11SGST0N
1SMSKSS
CHAPTER V. (Continued.)
When 1 awoke neit uaoruiug 1 heard
the large raindrops putterina against the
window,- and vu pushin-g aids- the- ir
tain 1 uw that the dark, heavy clouds
betokened a dull, rainy day. lnvoluu
tarily, I thought of the old garret at
horn, where, pa such occasions, e al
ways resorted, "raising Cain generally,"
Sally said; aud when, with umbrella,
blanket shawl, aud overshoes, 1 staru-d
for school, I looked aud felt forlorn in
deed. Raining as it waa, it did not pre
rent Mrs. Ross from coining out with
tbe tablespread over her head to tell tue
that "though she never warn't an atom
particular, aud never tueaut to iuterfere
with teachers, as she knew just what it
was, she did hope I'd give Isiek the Heat,
and not be partial to George Kandall."
Whan I reached the school house I
found George transferring his books to
another part of the room, at the same
time tailing Isaac "ha could have the
disputed Mat if he wanted it" With the
right kind of training and influence Isaac
would hava been a fine boy, for there
were in his disposition many noble -.raits
of character, and when he saw how read
ily George gave tip the seat, he refused
to take it, saying "he didn't care where
be sat one place was as good as an
other." That day was loug and dreary enough.
Not mora than half the children were
there, and I found it exceedingly tire
some and monotonous sitting in that
hard, splint-bottomed chair, and telling
Emms Fitch and Sophia Brown, for the
hundredth time, that the round letter was
,"0" end the crooked one "S." The schol
ars, too, began to grow noisy, aDd to ask
me scores of useless questions, 'ilieir
lessons were half learned; and if I made
a suggestion, I wan quickly informed
that their former teacher didn't do so.
Before night homesickness began to
creep over me, and bad it not been for
the mud I should probably have footed it
to Sunny Bank. Just before school was
out, a little boy cried to go home, and
this was the one straw too many. Hast
ily dismissing the scholars, I turned to
ward the window, and my tears fell as
fast as did the rain in the early morning:.
"The schoolma'am's cry in', she is. I
saw her," circulated rapidly anions the
children, who all rushed back to ascer
tain the truth for themselves.
"I should think she would cry," said
one of the girls to her brother. "You've
acted ugly enough to make anybody cry;
and if you don't behave better tu-uior-iof,
Jim Maxwell, I'll tell mother;"
After the delivery of this speech, the
entire group moved away, leaving me
alone; and sure am I there was never a
more honiesit4 child than was the one
who, with her head lying upon the desk,
sat there weeping in that low, dirty
school room, on that dark, rainy after
noon. Where now was all the happiness
I had promised myself in teaching? Alas'
it was rapidly disappearing, and I was
just making up my mind to brave the rid
icule of Sunny Bank and give up luy
school at once, when a hand was laid
tery gently on my shoulder, and a voice
partially familiar said:
"What's the matter, Rosa?"
So Absorbed was I in my grief that
I had not heard the sound of footsie)),
and with a start of surprise I looked tip
and met the serene, handsome eyes of
Doctor Clayton. He had been to visit a
patient, and was on his way home when,
seeing the door ajar, he had come in,
hoping to find me there; "but I did not
expect this," he continued, pointing to
the tears on my cheek. "What is the
matter? Don't the scholars behave well,
r are yoit homesick?"
, At this question I began to cry so eio
lently that the doctor, after exhausting
all bis powers of persuasion, finally laid
ui hand soothingly on my rough, tangled
?nrls ere I could be" induced to stop.
Then, when I told him how disappointed
1 was, how I wished I had never tried
to teach, and how I meant to give it tip,
he talked to me so kindly, so brother
like, still keeping his hand on my slrml
tler, where it had fallen when 1 lifted up
my head, that I grew very calm, think
ing I could, stay in that gloomy room for- j
ever if he Were only there! lie was, as
I bate said before, very handsome, and
his manner was so very fascinating and
big treatment of me so much like wont I
fancied Charlie's would be, were he a
grown-up man and I a little girl, that I
began to like him very, very much, think
ing then that my feeling far him was
such as a child would entertain for a
father, for I bad heard that he was twen- j
ty-seven, and between that and thirteen
there was, in my estimation, an impassa
ble gulf.
"I wish I had my buggy here," he said
t last, "for then I could carry you !
home. You'll wet your feet, and yon
jught not to walk. Suppose you ride in
jiy lap; but no," he added, quickly,
'you'd better not, for Mrs. Thompson
uid Mother Boss would make It a ueigli
aorhood talk."
i There wss a wicked look in his eye
s he said this, and I secretly wondered
If he entertained the same opinion of
liell that he evidently did of her sis
ter. At length, shaking my band, be bid
n good-bye, telling me that the eistuin
Ihk committee had placed me and my
school in bis chsrge, and that he should
probably visit me officially on Thursday
of the following week. Like Tery fool
ish child, I witched him until torn In
Use road bid him from view, and then,
with a feeling I could not analyse, I
started for my boarding place, thinking
Unit if I gave tip my school I should wait
nmil after Thursday.
to the doorway, with her sleeves rolled
tip nbove her elbows, and her hair, as
she herself said, "at sixes and sevens,"
wss Mrs, Raw, who, after mforsaiag sr.e
that "it bad been a despat raiay day,"
afcd U 1 knew whether Daeta Clayton
hast brew to Cantata Tbss-asia'af"
: TUft waa aa mm why I stursld
btash at this oosartoo, hot I Oti. &
mf i Balaam fsetaaauey aaaasslii the
fa from aty brterragatsr, whOt wtthaot
ft aa
.., Xe dawFO
or post hat wtvat tn
mi I fWM hsya
r1" at
. t MM fcs)ft MM m St Sf4ttt MM-
" "XfJcr-irt n n&s tm tei
uuuu
"How you talk! Isick never said a
word about it!" was Mrs. Ross' exclama
tion, the blank expression of ber face
growing -still utors blank vcbeaj-tuli Jier
that he did not come until the scholars
were gone.
"You two been there all sole alone
since four o'clock? I'll give up now! I
hope Dell Thompson won't rind it out,
for she's awful slanderous; but," she
added, coming to the gate and speaking
in a whisper, "I'm blad ou't, and niebby
she'll draw iu her horns if she tinds that
some of the 'under crust,' as she calls
Vm, can be noticed by Doctor Clayton
as well as herself."
Equivocal as this compliment was, it
gra titled me; and from that moment I
felt a spirit of rivalry toward Dell
Thompson. Still I did not wish her to
know of Doctor Clayton's call, and bo I
said to Mrs. Koss, who replied:
"You needn't be an atom afeard o"
my talkin". I know too well what 'tis
to be a schoolmarm and have the hull
deestrict peekiu' at you. So if you've
anything you want kept, I'm the one;
for I can be still as the grave. Did the
doctor say anythiug about Dell? But
he didn't, I know, and 'taiu't likely be
said anything about anybody."
I replied that he talked with me about
my school, and then gs I beard the clock
strike six, 1 walked along. Looking back,
as I entered Mr. Randall's gate, I saw
Mr. Ross' old plaid shawl aud brown
bonnet disappearing over the hill as fast
as her feet could take them, but I had no
suspicion that her destination was Cup
tain Thompson's. 1 did not know the
world then as well as 1 do now, and when
the next morning I met Dell Thompson,
who stared at uie insolently, while a
haughty sneer curled her lip, I had no
idea that she was jealous of me, little
Rosa l.ee, whose denn was lighter, iind
whose tusk seemed far easier ou account
of Doctor Clayton's past and promised
visit.
Saturday night came at last, and r ry
joyfully I started home on foot, feeling
not at all burdened with the compliments
of my patrons or the esteem of my pu
pils. Oh, what a shout was raised et the
shortness of my three weeks as I entered
our sitting room! All laughed at me ex
cept toy mother. She was not disappoint
ed, and when I drew Carrie's little rock
ing chair to her side, and told her how
hard my bead was aching, she laid her
soft hand caressingly upon my brow, and
gently smoothing my short curls, bathed
my forehead in Camphor until the oain
was gone. Had there been no one pres
ent but our own family, I should proba
bly have rgjed; but owing to some un
toward circumstance, Aunt Sally Wright
was there visiting that afternoon, and ts
a teacher I felt obliged to maintain my
dignity before her prying eyes. Almost
ber first salutation to me was:
"Waal, Rosa, so you've grown old since'
you left home?"
"I don't understand what you mean,"
I answered.
"Why, I mean," said she, "that some
body told me that Mrs. Green told them,
that Major I'oud's wife told ber, that
Mary Dowries said that Nancy Uiee
heard Miss Cap'u Thompson say that you
told DiH-tor Clayton you Wiis sixteeii,""
I knew that the subject of uiy ag" had
not come up between me and the doctor,
but it wits useless to deny a story so well
authenticated, so I said hothiuir. and
Aunt Sally continued: "They do any you
thrush Vm round about right," while
mother asked "who Doctor Clayton was."
"Why, he's a young pill peddler, who's
taken a shine to Rosa, and stayed with
her alone in the school house until pitch
dark," snid Aunt Sally, her little green,
eyes twinkling with the immense satis
faction Bhe felt. ,
Ry this I knew that she had Pine
Hill as well as Sunny Rank upon her
hands, and, indeed, 'twas strange how
much Aunt Sally did manage to attend
to at om'e: for, besides keeping her sou's
wife continually fretted, and her dangh-
ter constantly quarreling with her hus
band, by her foolish interference, 'here
was scarcely a thing transpired in the
neighborhood in which she did not have
a part.
The next day was the Sabbath, and if
at church I did now and then cast a fur
tive glance at the congregation, to see if
they were looking at me bacuse I was a
"schoolma'am," it was a childish vanity
which 1 have long since forgiven. Among
the audience was our minister's young
bride, and when, after church, he intro
duced her to me, saying, "This Is Rosa,
who, I told you, was only thirteen and
teaching school," I felt quite recompiled
to my lot, and thought that after all it
was an honor to be a teacher.
CIIAl'TKR VI.
Very slowly passed the days of my
second week, for my mind was constantly
dwelling upon the Important Thursday,
which came at last, and, with rnore than
usual care, I dressed myself for school,
sporting a pale bliie-and-white muslin.
which mother said 1 must wear only en
great occasions. I at noon went down to
a clear spring in the woods, and there
gave a few smoothing touches to my toi
let. On my return to the school house I
requested one of the larger girls to sweep
the floor as clesn ss she possibly could,,
while two or three of the boys were sent
after some green boughs to hsng over the
a Indows.
"I'll bet we are going to have com
pany; I thought so this morning when I
see the schoolma'am all dressed up,"
whispered one to another.
' In a few minutes the fact tbst Doctor
Clayton waa coming was known both in
doors and out, and when I aaw how fast
John Thompson took himself home after
learning the news. I Involuntarily felt as
if some aril were impending a present
ment which proved correct, for not long
after school commenced there came a
gratis rap at the enter door, which caus
ed a great strslgbteaiag ap asseag the
eoasisrs, aad brwaght bm saataatiy ta say
fast, far I saiaaasa, of eaors. ha had
warn, west, waa asp
af bisj, I aaat a
lady, who, frawahsg
aMi tattafwWMM
"Kiss ttipnn," aaftHj aba has.
hasl mmtt fttv
laaniart aaaa
rfctt tha as.
1 1 am Mm
of her, snd now, when I saw bow digni
fied she appeared, and that there really
wss in her manuer something elegaut
and refined, I not only felt myself greatly
her inferior hilt T faneloH thai 1 kiwlor
Clayton would also observe the differ
ence between us when he saw us togeth- j
er. After offering ber the seat of honor !
the splint-bottomed chair I proceed
ed with, my duties as composedly as pos
sible. When I cast a wistful glance over
the long hill, she said: "Y'os aeera to be
constautly on the lookout. Are you ex
pecting any oue?"
Involuntarily my eyes sought hers,
but I quailed beneath their quizzical ex
pression, aud scarcely knowing what I
said, replied, "No. ma'am," repenting the
f ajtiebjuud thejiiomeutit was jittered and
half resolving to confess the truth, when
she rejoined. "Oh, I thought you were,"
while at the same moment a little girl,
who had been asleep, rolled from her
seat, bumping her head, and raising such
an outcry that for a time I forgot what
I had said, and when it again recurred to
mc I thought it waa too late to rectify
it. Slowly the afternoon dragged on,
but It brought no Doctor Clayton; nnd
when, at a quarter of four, I called up
my class of Abecedarians to read, what
with the lie and the disappointment, my
heart was so full that I could not force
back all the tears which struggled so
fiercely for egress; and when it came
Willie Randall's turn to read, two or
three large drops fell upon his chubby
hand, and, looking in my face, he culled
out in a loud, distinct voice, "You're
cryln', you be!"
This, of course, brought s laugh from
all the scholars, In which I was fain to
Join, although I felt greatly chagrined ,
that I should have betrayed so much
weakness before Iioll Thompson, who, in
referring to it when school waa out, said
"she supposed I wanted to see my moth
er or somebody!"
That night Mrs. Ross called at Mrs.
Randall's, and after sitting awhile, ask
ed me "to walk a little piece with her."
I saw there was something on her mind,
and conjecturing that It might have some
connection with me, I obeyed willingly.
Twitching my sleeve when we were out
side the gate, Mrs. Rosa asked if "it
were true that I cried because Doctor
Clayton didn't come as he promised."
"Why, what do you mean?" 1 said. To
w hich she replied by telling me that she
just ran jnto Cap'n Thompson's a minute i
or two, when, who should she tiud there '
but Doctor Clayton, and when Ilell told
him she'd been to visit the school, he
said, "Ah. indeed; I was intending to do
so myself this afternoon, but 1 wiis nee- j
essarily detained by a very sick patient."
"'That explains why she crid ro,'
said Dell, and then," continued Mrs.
Ross, "she went on to tell him how you :
loked out of the winder, and when she
asked you if you expected anybody, you
said 'So,' and then at Inst you cried right
out in the school."
"The mean thing!" I exclaimed. "Did
she tell Doctor Clayton thai?" j
"Yes. she did," answered Mrs, Ro.; ;
"and it made my blood bile to hear her
go on makin' fun of you that is, kind !
er makin fun. The doctor laughed, and
said it was too bad to disappoint you
if it affected you like that, but he couldn't
help it."
I hardly knew at which I was ost
indignant. Doctor Clayton or Dell, and
when I laid my aching head on wy pil
low, my Inst thoughts were that "if Doc
tor Clayton ever did come to the school
I'd let him know I didn't care for him
he might have Del! Thompson and wel
come:" I changed my mind, however, when,
early the next afternoon, the gentleman !
himself appeared to vindicate Ms cause. !
saying he was orry that he could not 1
have kept his appointment, adding, n he
finally relinquished my hand, "Yon had
company, though, 1 believe; and so, en
the whole, I am glad I was detained, for
1 had rather visit you alone."
Much as I now esteem Doctor Clayton,
I do not hesitate to say that he was
then a male flirt, a sM-eies of mankind
which J detest, lie was (he handsomest,
most agreeable man I had ever seen, sind
by some strange fascination, he pos'ss
ed the power of swaying me at hi will.
This he well knew, and hence the wrong
he committed ,y working upon my feel
ings. Never passed hours more agreeably
to me than did those of that afternoon.
And I even forgot that I was to go home
that night, and that in all probability
falher would come for me as soon as
schixd was out, thus preventing the quiet
talk alone with Doctor Clayton, which
I so much desired: so when, about four
o'clock, I saw the head of old Sorrel ap
pearing over the hill, my emotions were
not particularly pleasant, and I wished
I had not been so foolish as lo insist up
on going home every week. The driver,
however, proved to be Charlie, and this
In a measure consoled me, for he, 1
knew, was good at taking hints, nnd
would wait for me as long as I desired;
so I welcomed him with s tolerably good
grace, introducing him to Doctor Clay
ton, who addressed him as Mr. Ice,
thereby winning his friendship at once
and forever. "
When school was out and the scholars
gone, 1 commenced making preparations
for my departure, shutting down the win
dows and piling a way books slowly and
deliberately, while Charlie, who seemed
in no hurry, amused himself by whipping
nt the thistle-tops which grew near the
door. At last Doctor Clayton, turning
to him, ssid, "And so you bare come to
carry your sister borne, when 1 was
promising myself tbst pleasure?"
Charlie glanced at my face, aud Its ex
pression, doubtless, prompted his answer:
"You csn do so now. If you choose, for
I like to ride slone."
Of course I disclaimed against such
an arrangement, but my objections were
overruled, and almost before I knew
what I was doing, I found myself seated
in Doctor Clayton's covered buggy, with
bim at my side. Telling Charlie "not to
be surprised If he did not see ns until
sunset," he drore off in a different direc
tion from Runny Bank, remarking to me
that "It waa a fine afternoon for riding,
snd be meant to enjoy it"
I hardly know whether he bad any ob
ject in paasing Captain Thompson's; but
he certainly did so, bowing graciously
and showing his whlta teeth to Dell, who,
from a window, looked haaghtily down
upon ma. Tha eight of her naturally led
bias ta apiak of bar, aad much to say
surprise, ha askad bm haw I Uksd bar.
I avail aat aaawar truthfully aad say
"Tary wafl,-" aa 1 ropllsd that "I hardly
bar. na waa Tery laa-toafctakg, and
aha waa tary mteiKgaat aad
"Tan ara a
little girl,
Baaa," aaM ha,
thaa f bar.
aa tha
"Ob,- no," I answered, eagerly I "aha
couldn't say I was fine-looking. Nobody
ever said that."
"If I should tell yon that I thlok yon
better looking than Dell Thompsou, what
would you say?" be asked, looking under
my bonnet, while, with glowing cheeks,
I turned my head away, and replied, "I
am sure you would not mean it. 1 know
I am ugly: but I do not care so much
about it now as I used to."
(To be continued.)
HAND OF MONEY HANDLER.
Velvety Fingers Not Common Among
Men in His I.lne of Business,
"Look at my bunds." snid a man aa
he ; drifted into tile otfirt' of a Wf H
known business tuun, and as be naid
It be stretched bis fingers out to their
full length, exposing the palms of h.a
hands. The lusliles of bis bands were
very rough. That was exactly what
ho wanted lo call attention to.
"Do you aee these crusty forma
tions," he continued, "these corns nud
bunions and knots and other things of
that sort? Look at 'em." lie still
held his hands open for inspection.
"Do you know where I got 'em?" be
asked. "Spllttin' wood." answered the
man. "Not much," said the fellow
with rusty hands. "Maulln' rails,"
ventured the man again. "Nope," was
the short reply of the man with the
heavy bands. 'TuRin' a cross-cut
saw," suggested the wan as a last re
sort, but he was wrong again. "Well,
how op earth did you get 'em, then?"
be asked with a show of Impatience.
"Handlln' money," was the man's re
ply, aud be smiled at the look of dis
gust and Incredulity which spread over
the face of the man he was talking
to. "Yes, sir; I got all these corns and
bunions and knots and other rough
things which you see on my hands by
bandliug money. You see, I work for
a traction company aud have to han
dle and sort all the money of the com
pany. A great deal of the money Is
In small denominations and we handle
It lu bags nnd packages of various
sizes. There Is so much of It that a
fellow's bands soon become hard on
the inside and gradually grow Into the
knotty comlitlou which you find mine
in at tills time. You can bet that han
dling money Is not the soft and velvety
business it la generally supposed to be.
The association of soft white hands
with the business of handling money
Is dead wrong, and If any man doubts
what I say about It I simply nwk him
to step up and take a look at my
hands."
Aud the motley handler with the
rough hands ldw out ns suddenly as
ht! bad blown In.-Boston Tort.
LEGACY IN CIGAR BOX.
Twenty Years After Heath of I-sr-tee's
Uncle It Is discovered.
Ten flM gold pieces, glued to the bot
tom tit a cigar Iwx, formed tbe legacy
left to Robert C. Ilerron of HU2 Arch
street, Philadelphia, by nn uncle more
than twenty years ago, but which only
reached Hcrtou lust week. .
During all the years tbe treasure lay
undiscovered In a drawer of an old
desk and the Ilerron family were con
vinced that, though remembering all
bis oilier relatives, the uncle bad for
gotten his nephew. A few days ago,
however, some one chanced to open tbe
cigar box while rummaging through
the desk, and the nephew received bis
portion of bis uncle's fortune.
Ilerron's uncle lived at Sotitbbridge,
Mass., and at his death, twenty years
ago. left a property, which he In his
will divided as equally fl possible
among his nieces and nephews. Much
to the surprise of the family, Robert,
who bad always been a favorite with
the old man, was entirely Ignored. It
now appears that the uncle had wished
to be particularly liberal to htm and
had put away bis share in gold, which
was very scarce at that time. Afraid
to trust It to the banks, he glued the
coins to the bottom of the cigar box,
putting In a tiole saying that this was
to be Robert's share of his fortune.
It wan in this strange form, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer, that Ilerron,
after twenty years, received bis leg
acy. '
An Egg of the Great Auk.
Recently at an auction sale In Lon
don which was judiciously advertised,
an egg of the great auk was put up
which after some lively bidding waa
knocked down for $I,2W. That Is said
to be a very good price. But auk eggs
have been sold In London for ns much
ns IJ.500. The reason for these enor
nfous prices is naturally to le found
In tbe scarcity of the egg. The bird
Is extinct, and not over seventy of Its
eggs are in existence.
KleclrlcUy In Dentistry.
Electricity la taking the place of gns
and ether In dental extraction. The
current, which la of the form called
high frequency, la applied to the Jaw
where the operator desires to render
It Insensible by means of a heat appa
ratus, and the patient feels nothing
more than a alight beating of the af
fected part. This method la much
safer than gaa, cocaine and other an es
thetics. Economy of Hallways.
Tbe United States haa 200,000 miles
of railways upon which there are .1-48
employes for each 100 miles. The
cost of operating these roads with
steam power Is 1502.000.000 a year, but
to earry on the same amount of work
with men and horse would cost tbe
country 111., 500,000.
Laay.
"Perkaaie la a Tary laay nun," said
Triptttt lo Twyaat.
"la har
"Tea; b won't aroa 1st hit frtaada
work hl.n." DatroK fYaa Fraaa.
Whoa boy awaa strv f, ko
says bo piefcrd It ay a tha ttnota a
row aaa sftar iag hot soft town.
cm
' To Tr.ilu drape Vlti?.
It may be snid that there are a (W.en (
ysfrtnof grope-vlne- training !n -ustvi
all of which have their gHl qua lilies j
and each, perhaps, supt rior to nil tli- j
era under certain twidiliotis, The sys- j
tern of training from a single upright
growth is. however, admitted to be
after the most approved lines, and It
certainly gives results. The Illustration
sli ,ws bow the vine In trained In lis
ti.nl ar. It Is cut back to two strong
buds nt tbe time of planting and is
set so that the buds will be Just alwve
the surface of the ground. A slight
TKAIM.NO thk grape vine.
stake Is pressed into the ground near
the vine and the vine Is fastened to
It with cord of a waterproof kind. If
tbe trellis Is built during this first year
this cord Is run to tbe first wire (the
top onel and fastened. The vine will
make the growth about as shown in the
cut during this first year. The trellis U
an important feature of the plan. The
posts should lie set eight feet apart,
and so that they will stand ntmut six
feet: out of the ground. Two wires are
used In the jHiKltlon, as shown in the
cut. the wires being fourteen Inches
apart In training the vine for the
second year cut off all that portion
above the top wire, and as the biternl
canes grow select the strongest opposite
each wire, one on either side of the
main stalk, and train them along the
wires; this gives us two arms, so to
speak, running along each wire at the
end of the second year from planting.
The third season the fruiting buds
must lie bundled, aud It is a good pint!
to select evrVy other but! to supply the
canes iiccesfcury for tbe upright growth
from the arms. This upright growth
Is shortened in from time to time dur
ing tbe growing wesson, so nn to throw
the strength Into tbe fruiting canes.
This system of training requires labor,
but it gives most excellent results.
Temporarily Rltiifls the Horse.
It lias long been known, and put to
practical tit time after time, that to
get a horse out of a lire the l't plan
Is to blindfold blui.
and many an ani
mal has been saved
In this way which
it Was luipnestble
to remove from the
burning stable hi
any older minuter.
It Is now proposed
by a Nebraska In
ventor to a p p 1 y
TO PHKVKVl FHH.IIT
practically the same principle to con
trol fractious or vicious horses' and to
stop runaways which are ea'Vd by
the animal taking fright at Am ob
Ji'ct on the street or rftad. While the
blinder In common use on bridles pre
vents the horse from Htvliig objects
on either side, there is nothing to shut
out the view of anything approaching
which might tend to frighten the ani
mal, and It can also turn Its head If It
hears a noise; but with this new de
vice the driver or rider has only to pull
a cord lying parallel to the reins and
a bellows-like curtain Is drawn over
both eyes to shut out the sight com
pletely. Id this 'condition the animal
can only stand and tremble until the
object causing the fright has passed,
when the curtain la lifted by releasing
the cord, and the horse travels on as
before. The curtain Is housed In a
small seml-ctreular b-ather casing pass
ing over tbe animal's forehead Just
above the eyes, and the operating cords
are Inserted In the bit rings before
passing back with tbe reins.
Small Farms to Re tbe Rnle.
In the future small farms will be the
rule. More and better produces will be
raised on (10 acres than are now on VZU
acres. There are farmers today who
plant a 40-acre field Jn corn who could
take the same amount of manure they
used and put It on n 20-acre field, nnd
get a greater yield and of better qual
ity. Besides this, It will take only half
the time to plow and cultivate tbe 'M
acre field, which would further add to
the profits. What a lesson tbe market
gardeners are constantly giving to us
formefs. Why, some of them use more
barnyard manure on 2 aeres than
some farmers do on 120 acres. The
crops tbe gardeners get sre enormous,
and their land Is constantly Increasing
In fertility.
Coat of aa Acre of Htrawberrlea,
For plowing, S3; burrow lug, 13;
marking, 00 cents; plants (8,000;
average price; plants are scarce this
year. Trimming and preparing plants,
S; sotting plants. S4; cultivating with
horaa, 17.00; boalag sli times, 118;
fsrtUlaar, half ton, SIS; feur tuna of
straw, Wi, iiyhsg atoaw, SS. This
aakaa too oast shoot IMS' far tha Oral
jraar. Of aowoa too Increoss of plants
aaat ha oaai ta aot a atw had tha fol
kuwbaf yosr, which will auk tha coot
ono-foorth Ism Tha straw la worth
as ojfjeh as It oasts slat sot to tha mil
Is thsso floras wo sra sctoslly gtv
la. what It woM oast tha (amor to
hire tbe work d n by man who know
bow to do It. If the farmer does th
work himself, be does not feel tbe cot)
any more than were he putting In t
crop of potatoes. We advise aettln
tbe strawberry bed near the bulldlngi
so It can be attended to without goln
far. The usual gross sales from ai
acre of stra wIhttIcs are about fo
times the cost of tbe acre for tbe flrsj
ytar. Rural New Yorker.
Con sect iiiK Pastures by Caoseway.
It frequently becomes desirable h
have the pasture so nrranged as U
let stock pasture on both sides of
highway. The pasture Is sometime)
located on one side of the hlgbwaj
and yard and watering place on thi
other. Much time Is required to drtv
cattle back and .forth.
Tbe difficulty can be overcome In I
very convenient way. Select a plaet
where there Is a Uttie rise In tin
ground, sny from 2 to 4 feet, the mori
the better. Construct a wide ditch
from 10 to 12 feet, so It will easily ad
mlt a team to work with scraper dowi
at bottom of It. Make It from 2 ti
4 fet deep, as the natural conditio!
of ground will admit. It must be con
structed In such a way that It will bav
natural drainage at lower side, other
wise It would fill with water after verj
heavy rains and be of no practical use,
A plank bridge la built 'across tht
opening and the sides planked. U
should be made 6Mi to 0 feet high t
admit the passage of all kinds of stocl
or even horses below. The earth takei
out In digging Is used In construct!!),
the grade on each side of bridge. Thi
bridge, ss well tin grade or dump, must
be made ns wide as required by law
The deeper It Is practical to make thi
ditch, the less It will be necessary tt
dump tijHin the grade. A tight fencl
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CAI REWAT FOR BATTLE CXDER BOAD.
must be constructed from tbe pastup
on each side of the passageway closi
up to the bridge. I have seen Much l
passageway constructed on the level
prairie, but In such a Is otil
practical In every dry masons, beeauw
In a rniuy one the ditch will fill u
with water Lewis (linen, Kandiyohi
In Farm and Home.
lUets or Knsllntfe.
Corn ensilage and sugar beets wen
tested lit the Nebraska station as tt
their value as succulent feed whej
given to dairy cows. The herd was dl
vhlod Into two lots, the same as In thi
experiment for testing alfalfa and wlU
hay. The result shown by this expo
rlmeiit were a little lu favor of eusilagf
but the differonce was Very slight. II
serins to be more n question of bovi
cheaply the two succulent feeds art
produced than of their fi-eillng value
Roth foods gave good results and wen
relished by the animals.
Wool Not the W ole Thlnsr.
While the wool crop Is nn element t
be considered when estimating tin
value of the sheep it must not In
thought the w hole thing, and when thi
price of the fleece Is low do Hot tun
a way from the thick or turn them of)
the farm simply because (bat product
Is not up to what it formerly was, sayi
Wool Markets' and Nliccp. Think of tin
many other advantages to be derived
In sticking to our white fleeced friend
Agricultural Notes.
Kggplatit Is a gross feeder, but ensllj
cultivated.
Interest In the apple box grows apaei
In tbe east. ;
Rone black Is said to be good fertile
liter for parsnips.
(Jive a good, thorough cultivation be
tween the rows of struwberrli's,
Rei-ts will stand considerable cold
weather and may be planted early.
lu a cold frame or sprout hotbed It
a good place to start lima beans oa
sods. m
In butter and cheese making every
effort should be made to suppress dust
which, according to a dairy authority,
carries more Infection than any othei
source.
Recs carry pollen from one flower t
another while seeking honey. The real
benefactors are the bee keepers,. many
of whom keep bee for pleasure rathe)
than for profit. Hut for the bees many
fruit trees that blossom out full would
produce no fruit.
fiucb crops as squash, cucumbers and
melons should have all fertilizers sp
piled by broadcasting over the surfaes
of the ground. If manure Is applied M
will also give good results If worked
Into the soil, although well rotted ma
nure In the hills will assist tbe plants
si the start.
I( has been demonstrated conclusive!
ly tbst when an aulmnl Is fed on f
variety, Instead of on corn eicluslvHy.
a greater gain In weight la secured
Corn wlli excel In tbe production ol
fst, but bona and lean meat sell s
the live animal aa well as fst, rapj
growth being a gain In weight.
Preventing tha spread of fungna dlo
eases could ba accomplished bat tar bj
destroying tha branches aad vbsaa thai
ara cut away frooj trass aad haahsl
than by tha aaa of ether mithsls l
Is not susVlsat to foams tha ssiltaail
of trots affsctad with black kaot The)
shoo Id ho consigned to tha tessaa, a
no rosMd Is as aors hi tha dostiBLliss
of tha spores as fro.
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