THE
PRODIGAL
JUDGE
i {Jly V4.U&HAN KESTER.
JuvsT/yvrro/YS By D.Melviu
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SYNOPSIS.
The scene nt the opening of the storv Is
laid In the library of an old worn-out
eouthern plantation, known as the Bar
ony. The place is to be sold, and its
history and that of the owners, the
Quintards. is the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw, a business man. a
stranger known as Bladen, and Bob
Yancy. a farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, a mysterious child of the old
southern family, makes his appearance.
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy. Na
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony, but the
Quintards deny any knowledge of the
boy. Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain
Murrell, a friend of the Quintards. ap
pears and asks questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when Han
nibal is kidnaped by Dave Blount. Cap
ain Murrell’s agent. Yancy overtakes
Blount, gives him a thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before Squire
Balaam, and is discharged with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. a friend of
•he Ferrises, has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell, who forces his attentions on
her, and is rescued by Bruce Carrington.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home.
Carrington takes the same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog
nizes In the boy. the grandson of an old
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judge’s
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy. who is apparently dead. Price
freaks Jail. Betty and Carrington arrive
at Belle Plain. Hannibal’s rifle discloses
some startling things to the Judge. Han
nibal and Betty meet again. Murrell ar
rives in Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less 6leep on hoard the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries in looking up
land titles. Charles Norton, a young
planter, who assists the Judge, is mys
teriously assaulted. Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton is mysteriously shot. More
light on Murrell’s plot. He plans upris
ing of negroes. Judge Price, with Hanni
bal. visits Betty, and she keeps the boy
as a companion. In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they met Bess Hicks,
daughter of the overseer, who warns
Betty of danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty, terri
fied. acts on Bess' advice, and on their
way their carriage is stopped by Slosson.
the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks’ cabin, in an
almost inaccessible spot, and there Mur
rell visits Betty and reveals his part in
the plot and his object. Betty spurns
his proffered love and the interview' Is
ended by the arrival of Ware, terrified
at possible outcome of the crime. Judge
Price, bearing of the abduction, plans ac
Vm. The Judge takes charge of the
jtuation. and search for the missing one
Is instituted. Carrington visits the judge
y % and allies are discovered. Judge Price
YvWts Colonel Fentress, where he mec*s
si Jicy and Cavendish. Becoming enraged.
>£4 fn e dashes a glass of whisky Into the
f*/ iel’s face and a duel 15 arranged. Mur
.yoi/Hllt s arrested for negro stealing and his
'•/J-*!i'e bursts. The Judge and Mahaffy
Pha)Rd*’ ■ s the coming duel. CRrrington
frantic search for Betty and the
,aj ’ Vv'nrrfogton Betty and Hanni
Pp^r'TM a ?JP9.e &un fight follows. Yancy
“hQ assists in the rescue. Bruce
1**7 jp*.ton and Betty come to an under
Wp. /fyng. The Judge receives an Import
/. *tter. Solomon Mahaffy’s last fight.
Ws duel for the Judge and is killed.
r>»««'~,.iihal proves to be Judge’s grandson.
*** and told the story of his life. Murrell s
friends attempt to free him. Judge frus
trates plans. The judge comes Into his
own and Carrington decides not to leave
Belle Plain.
CHAPTER XXXIV (Continued.)
Betty Malroy and Carrington had
ridden into Kaleigh to take leave ot
their friends. They had watched the
stage from sight, had answered the
last majestic salute the Judge had giv
en them across the swaying top of
the coach before the first turn of the
road hid it from sight, and then they
had turned their horses’ heads in the
direction of Belle Plain.
"Bruce, do you think Judge Price
will ever be able to accomplish all he
hopes to?” Betty asked when they
had left the town behind. She drew
In her horse as she spoke, and they
went forward at a walk under the
splendid arch of the forest and over a
carpet of vivid leaves.
“I reckon he will, Betty," respond
ed Carrington. Unfavorable as had
been bis original estimate ot the
Judge's character, eveats had greatly
modified it.
"He really seems quite sure, doesn't
he?" said Betty.
“There’s not a doubt in his mind."
He was still at Belle Plain, living
In what had been Ware's office, while
the Cavendishes were domiciled at
the Wg house. He had arranged with
the judge to crop a part of that hope
ful gentleman’s land the very nest
season; the fact that a lawsuit inter
vened between the judge and posses
sion seemed a trifling matter, for Car
rington had become infected with the
Judge's point of view, which did not
admit of the possibility of failure; but
he had not yet told Betty of his plans.
Time enough for that when he left
Belle Plain.
His silence concerning the future
had caused Betty much thought. She
wondered if he still intended going
south into the Purchase; she was not
sure but it was the dignified thing lor
him to do. She was thinking of this
now as they went forward over the
rustling leaves, and at ieDgth she
turned in the saddle and laced him.
“1 am going to miss Hannibal
dreadfully—yes, and the judge, and
Mr. Yancy!” she began.
"I am to be missed, too, am 1, Bet
ty?” he inquired, leaning toward her.
“You, Bruce?—Oh, I shall miss
you, too, dreadfully—but then, per
haps in five years, when you come
back—”
“Five years!” cried Carrington, but
he understood something of what was
passing in her mind, and laughed
shortly. “Five years, Betty?” he re
peated. dwelling on the numeral
Betty hesitated and looked thought
iul. Presently she stole a surrepti
tious glance at Carrington from under
her long lashes, and went on slowly,
as though she were making careful
choice of her words.
“When you come back in three
years, Bruce—”
Carrington still regarded her fixed
ly. There was a light in his black
eyes that seemed to penetrate to the
most secret recesses of her heart and
soul.
“Three years, Betty?” he repeated
again.
Betty, her eyes cast down, twisted
her rein nervously between her slim,
white fingers, but Carrington's steady
glance never left her sweet face,
framed by its halo of bright hair. She
stole another look at him from be
neath her dark lashes.
"Three years, Betty?" he prompted.
“Bruce, don't stare at me that way,
it makes me forget what I wras going
to say! When you come back—next
year—” and then she lifted her eyes
to his and he saw that they were full
of sudden tears. “Bruce, don't go
away—don't go away at all—”
Carrington slipped from the saddle
and stood at her side.
“Do you mean that. Betty?” he
asked. He took her hands loosely in
his and relentlessly considered her
crimsoned face. “I reckon it win al
ways be right hard to refuse you any
thing—here is one settler the Pur
chase will never get!” anti he laughed
softly.
“It was the Purchase—you were go
ing there!” she cried.
“No, 1 wasn't Betty: that notion
died its natural death long ago. When
and this—and this, sweetheart—and
more—and—oh, Betty! Betty!"
CHAPTER XXXV.
The End and the Beginning.
ft’hen Murrell was brought to trial
his lawyers were able to produce a
host of witnesses whose sworn testi
mony showed that so simple a thing
as perjury had no terrors for them.
His fight for liberty was waged in and
out of court with incredible bitter
ness, and, as judge and jury were
only human, the outlaw escaped with
the relatively light sentence of twelve
years’ imprisonment; he died, how
ever, before the expiration or his
term.
The judge, when he returned to
Raleigh, resumed his own name or
Turberville, and he allowed it to be
known that he would not be offended
by the prefix of General. During nis
absence he had accumulated a wealth
of evidence of undoubted authenticity,
with the result that his claim against
the Fentress estate was sustained by
the courts, ami when The Oaks with
its stock and slaves was offered tor
sale, he. as the principal creditor,
was able to buy It in.
One of his first acts after taking
possession of the property was to
have Mahaffy reinterred in the grove
of oaks below his bedroom windows,
and he marked the spot with a great
square of granite. The judge, visibly
shaken by his emotions, saw the
massive boulder go into place.
"Harsh and rugged like the nature
of him who lies beneath It—but en
during, too, as he was,” he murmured.
He turned to Yancy and Hannibal, and
added: "You will lay me beside him
when I die.”
Then when the bitter struggle came
and he was wrenched and tortured by
longings, his strength was in remem
bering his promise to the dead man,
and it was his custom to go out under
the oaks and pace to and fro beside
Mahaffy’s grave until he had gained
the mastery of himseif. Only Yancy
and Hannibal knew how tierce the
conflict was he waged, yet in the end
he won that best earned of all vic
tories, the victory over himself.
“My salvation has been a costly
thing; it was bought with the blood
of my friend.” he told Yancy.
It was Hannibal's privilege to give
Cavendish out of the vast Cjulntard
I tract such a farm as the earl had never
j dreamed of owning even in his most
j fervid moments of imagining; and he
abandoned ail idea of going to Eng
land to claim his title. At the judge’s
suggestion he named the place Earl’s
Court. He and Polly were entirely
i satisfied with their surroundings, and
| never ceased to congratulate them
| selves that they had left Lincoln coun
j ty. They felt that their friends, the
| Carringtons at Belle Plain, though un
titled people, were still of an equal
rank with themselves; while as for
the judge, they doubted if royalty It
self laid it any over him.
Mr. Yancy accepted his changed
“Oh, Betty I Betty!"
we are sure you will be sale at Belle
Pialn with just the Cavendishes, 1
am going into Raleigh to wait as best
1 can until spring." He spoke so
gravely that she asked in quick alarm.
“And then, Bruce—what?"
“And then— Oh, Betty, I'm starv
ing—" All in a moment he lilted her
slender figure in his arms, gathering
her close to him. "And then, this—
fortunes with philosophic composure.
Technically he filled the position of
overseer at The Oaks, but the Judge's
activity was so great that this posi
tion was largely a sinecure. The most
arduous work he performed was
spending his wages.
Certain trifling peculiarities sur
vived with the Judge even after he
had entered what he had once been
prone to call the Portal of Rope; for
while his charity was very great and
he lived with the splendid air of plen
ty that belonged to an older order,
it required tact, patience and per
sistence to transact business with
him; and his creditors, of whom there
were always a respectable number,
discovered that he esteemed them as
tney were aggressive and determined.
He explained to Yancy that too great
certainty detracted from the charm of
living, for, alter all, life was a game—
a gamble—he desired to be reminded
of this. Yet he was held In great re
spect for his wisdom and learning,
which was no more questioned than
his courage.
Thus surrounded by his friends,
who were devoted to him, he began
Hannibal’s education and the prepara
tion of his memoirs, intended primar
ily for the instruction of his grand
son, and which he modestly decided
to call “The History of My Own
Times,” which clearly showed the
magnificence of his mind and its out
look.
THE END.
SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Childish Mind, Groping in Darkness,
Is Craving for Information That
Is Denied It.
Every trace of useful information
is carefully concealed from the very
young child. A rattle, or at most a
rubber doll, is its only plaything. As
it grows older it is very slowly and
gradually introduced to the various
forms of the animal kingdom. Of the
mysteries of numbers and of lan
guages it has as yet no conception.
Its constant questions are for the
most part answered “humorously”
and hence Incorrectly, or they are not
answered at all. This eternal "hu
mor” is most galling of all. Why
should a human infant be such an ir
resistible joke? The lower animals
take their young seriously and train
them from the start with a very defi
nite purpose in view. Yet their pos
sibilities are infinitesimal as com
pared with those of the average baby.
And we sit calmly by and enjoy the
“humor” of childhood and insist that
the child is enjoying itself also, even
though its little soul may be thirsting
for information which is laughingly
denied it And we continue to put
off the Inevitable day when the child
will have to take life seriously and
hence, according to our tradition,
sadly.
One important point which is quite
overlooked by the upholders of the
brainless child Is the fact that non
sense and silliness are just as taxing
to the infant mind as useful informa
tion would be. It requires no more
mental effort to realize that A is A
than to grasp the extraordinary fact
that a mass of brownish softness Is
a “fuzzy ittle Teddy bear, yes it Is."
In fact, the letter A has a distinct ad
vantage. And at a more advanced
age it is certainly less puzzling to be
told that five and five make ten than
to have one’s own respectable pink
toes described as a series of pigs go
ing to market or entering into the va
rious other activities of life.—Sig
mund Spaeth in Harper's Weekly.
Graceful East Indians.
Describing the women of India, a
writer says: "Even the most withered
toil-worn hag has a dignity of carriage
and a grace of motion that the west
ern woman might envy. The 'sari' is
draped in an easy flowing style and
adjusted as it slips back with a grace
ful turn of the silver bangled arm.
the skinny legs move rythmically. and
the small feet fall with a silent and
pantherlike tread. It Is the beauty
of natural and untrammeled motion,
and says much in favor of the aboli
tion of the corset, for the Indian wo
men retain their uprightness and sup
pleness of figure till bowed with age.
"The commonest type is the coolie
woman, who undertakes all sorts of
rough work, carrying heavy burdens
on her head, and she is, perhaps, the
least attractive, for her workaday
garments are usually faded and dirty;
yet, even among this poor class of
burden bearers, we see many with
handsome straight features and supple
well proportioned figures.
“No matter how poor their gar
ments. Jewelry of some sort 13 worn;
necklaces of gold or beads, colored
glass or silver bangles and heavy sil
ver anklets.”
Poor Nobles of Italy.
Lecturing in London on an out-of
the-way tour in Central Italy, Alexan
der Keighley said he learned on good
authority that a fine medieval castle
in good preservation in one of these
Italian hill towns had been sold to
an Englishman for $195.
The poverty of the nobles in Italy
was sometimes pitiful. He found one
majestic pile inhabited by an old
woman of aristocratic family but mis
erably poor. Showing outwardly as
much as possible, of its ancient state,
the only furniture within it was a
deal table, a chair and a battered
candlestick.
In the town of Asisi. while he was
talking to a priest, some poor little
children persisted in begging, and the
priest told him they were the chil
dren of a count.
Turned Leaves of Romance
Vangy Found, as Others of Her Sex
Have Done, That Man Was
Ever Fickle.
"Will you have a cup of tea, Van
gy ?” asked Mrs. Greene, as Vangy
came in from hanging out the clothes.
"Ah don' cayah ef Ah do. Mis
Greene It right col' on de roof an'
Ah's rnos' chill to de marrer ob mah
bones. Yo's bery kin”’ as, yielding
to Mrs. Greene's suggestion, she de
posited her portly form' on a chair
near the kitchen table. "Yo’s alius
tryin’ to make a pusson comf’able.
Yo’ min’s me ob mah maw—o’ cos’
yo’ ain‘ aB ol’ as her, but yo’ like her
in yo’ mannahs. Oh. yes'm. Ah likes
sugah in mah tea. W’eneber any
body ast me ef I like sugah in mah
tea Ah t’ink ob a gamman fr’en' Ah
was ’gaged to oncet Ware he now?’
Lor, Ah dnnno, he lef de city. He
ain’ no ’count no how an’ Ah don'
cayah ef he nevab come back. Dere’s
las' aa good meat in de bash as eber
•
. I
come out ob it. Mis Greene. ‘Wot’s
his name?' honey. His name Mistah
Dobson, at dat time. He use come
'roun to mah house to take his afer
noon tea wif me an’ maw. He mighty
sweet on me den. Ah ’member one
day he come an’ maw, she po’d out a
cup o’ tea fft’ him an’ he taste it an'
den he say mos’ ’grayshatin’ like,
‘Mis Vangy, would yo’ min’ puttin’ yo’
li’les fingah in mah tea—on’y de ve’y
tip ob it?’ ‘W’ot yo’ wan' me put mah
fingah in yo’ tea fo’?’ Ah say. ’W’y,’
he say, ‘yo’ maw fo’got to put in de
sugah an’ I cayn drink tea ’less it
bery sweet’ Now days.” she con
cluded with a shake or her head, "he
wouldn’t drink his tea. Ah reckon, ef
Ah was to put mah whole han’ in.”
Villains Not All Aliens.
In a chapter of “The Librarian at
Play” Edmund Lester Pearson writes
whimsically of the change of national
ity that Is coming over the villain In
our popular fiction. Once, he says.
you had only to know that the man
who appeared at chapter three, twirl
ing his mustache and making polite
speeches, was a French count or a
Russian prince to be sure that on him
would fall the responsible post of
chief villain during the rest of the
story. If the novel were written in
America, an English lord could be
added to the list. Rut all that Is
changed. We have had novels and
plays with virtuous, even admirable,
English lords. Once or twice mem
bers of the French nobility have ap
peared in another capacity than that
of advance agent of wickedness. Mr.
Pearson protests that it is time to
call a halt or else some one will write
a book with a virtuous Russian prince
in It.—The Bookman.
Breeding Show* for Itself.
College may teach you form—con
tact may brush some things away; but
breeding, like a complexion, is more
than a surface. Unless it’s real, it
only makes one wonder what’s really
underneath. When it is assumed, it’s
bound to wear off from time to time.—
Herbert Kaufman.
Flying Powers of Birds.
The rate at which some birds can
migrate under favorable conditions is
extraordinary, and as one listens to
their plaintive cries coming from the
darkness overhead it is difficult to
realize that in a few hours these same
birds may be within the arctic circle
and a little later may be even cross
ing the pole itself. . . . Less is
known of the actual dates of the de
parture of the migratory birds In au
tumn than of those of their arrival
earlier in the year, and this for obvl
oub reasons. The way in which our
most charming songsters silently
skulk out of the country in the autumn
is very different from that in which
they make their triumphal entry In
the spring when every wood and copse
resounds with their melodies.—Wind
sor Magazine.
Beginning Life.
It is a sad thing to begin life with
low conceptions of it It may not be
possible for a young man to measure
life; but it is possible to say; “I am
resolved to put life to its noblest and
best use."—T. T. Munger.
SELECTION OF THE HEAD OF SWINE HERD
REQUIRES MOST CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
Future Usefulness and Development of Offspring Demand Thought
and Good Judgment at Mating Period—No Trouble to Se
cure Two Litters in One Year if Care Is Exercised.
Grand Champion Improved Chester White Boar.
Careful consideration must be exer
cised when selecting a boar for a herd
of sows. The future usefulness and
development of his offspring requires
thought and good judgment at the
mating period, says R. H. Stone in
National Stockman. We cannot af
ford to use a scrub or a pedigreed
runt under any consideration. Re
member there are about 2,000 pigs in
the first fen generations, and it is
essential to develop them along pro
fitable lines. One day spent at mat
ing period, regardless of distances, to
find a good pure-bred boar will ob
viate a year of disappointment.
A litter of eight good pigs from a
pure-bred boar mated with a choice
sow will require less feed, and when
grown will produce 50 pounds of
meat per pig more than scrubby ones,
thus making 400 pounds of additional
moat without additional expense. Our
experience shows that a sow that
grows eight pigs to maturity twice a
year is a more profitable sow than
one that produces more pigs and fails
to develop them.
Usually the sow has sufficient milk
for eight, and when they are allowed
to suckle six to 'fight weeks the pigs
are in prime condition to wean with
out having any setback. The sow can
generally be bred successfully on the
third day after weaning, and it is no
trouble to have her produce two lit
ters per year if you give her the
proper attention. Watch her on the
twenty-first day after breeding, and
if necessary turn her with the boar
again.
The popularity of the boar's an
cestors on both the paternal and the
maternal side, their ability to repro
duce good speciments for generations,
coupled with good individuality of
the breed represented, make his
value. He must be a strong, vigorous
fellow, active, of good size and good
disposition. Pay a price he is worth
to you, used in your herd. Any boar
is high priced regardless of what you
pay for him if he cannot make good
on a business basis from a breeder’s
standpoint.
High-priced boars with popular
ancestry in the pedigrees must com
pensate their owners by producing
for them pigs superior to former gen
erations. A boar may be sure
breeder for one person, and prove a
total failure the way another man
might feed and care for him. Never
allow him to run at large with the
sows. Have an individual pen and
yard for him.
A good herdsman appreciates his
wants at least six months ahead of
time. It is poor policy to dpfer buying
until you want a boar for immediate
use, and then take what you can get.
When you know you must renew
be on the lookout for a few months
ahead, and then you can buy one to
your satisfaction, both as to price
and individuality.
AVERAGE QUALITY
OF OUR HORSES
Mare Owners Should Appreciate
Value of Pure-Bred Stal
lions in Breeding.
(By C. YY M CAMPBELL. Kansas.)
Improvement in the average quality
of our horses rests with the mare own
ers and the sooner they come to real
ize and appreciate the value of, and to
demand the services of, good, sound,
pure-bred stallions, the more certainly
and rapidly will the general average
of our horses be improved. It is the
intensified inheritance resulting from
many generations of breeding the btst
to the best, using no outcrosses, and
always with the same ideal and pur
pose in mind, that enable the "pure
bred" to stamp his characters upon
his ofT-springs. The “grade” with two,
three or four topcrosses lacks this in
tensified inheritance of characters and
his diversified inheritance precludes
his use as a sire. These are facts, not
theories. Practical illustrations may
be seen on every hand if we will sim
ply allow ourselves to see them. As
an illustration, at a recent farm sale,
colts rising trree, Uniform in quality,
ready to do considerable work the
coming season, sold at an average of
$76 a head. Colts rising two, averaged
$46. The sires of these colts were or
dinary grade stallions whose service
fees ranged from $6 to $9. Weanlings
from the same mares but from a very
excellent pure-bred stallion standing
for $15. sold for $101, this being $25
per head more than rising three year
olds brought, due entirely to the in
fluence of a good, sound, pure bred
sire. The service of a grade or scrub
stallion is expensive even if given free
of charge. On the other hand, do not
breed to a stallion simply because he
happens to be registered.
Beware of stallions that are heredi
tarily unsound, for it is just as un
profitable to raise unsound horses as
it is to raise scrub horses. You may
ask what is meant when certain un
soundnesses are designated as heredi
tary. It means that such unsound
nesses are due primarily to a weak
ness of the part involved and that this
weakness may be in the form of one
or all of the following conditions:
poor conformation, poor quality of
tissue, or an indifferent quality of
tissue.
Grease Is Rabbit-Repellant.
It is not advisable to put axle grease
on fruit trees in order to prevent
rabbits and rodents from gnawing
them. A little grease might not do
any damage, while too much might
injure the trees. Where the climate
permits some green crop, such as
oats, rye or wheat will tempt the rab
bits. The trees can also be protected
by wrapping them with old paper,
thin boards or screens.
Largest Hog in World.
What is believed to be the largest
hog in the world is owned by J. R
Robinson, who lives near Rowling
Green, Missouri. It weighs 1.100
pounds and is nine fe$t from tip to
tip. Stockmen who have ^een it say
It has no equal.
. Sheep in Australia.
Recent official figures placed the
number of sheep in Australia and
New Zealand In excess of 117,000,
000, the greatest number in eighteen
yearn.
FEEDING SHEEP
DURING WINTER
Value of Regularity in Care of
Animals Demonstrated by
Experiments.
Sheep should be fed regularly in
the winter. In fact, as much depends
on the regularity of feeding as on the
feeding itself. Those who are famil
iar with the characteristics of sheep
know that they always become rest
less about feeding time.
The value of regular feeding has
been demonstrated by experiments
with two flocks, at a certain western
agricultural experiment station. One
was fed daily at six o'clock in the
morning and again in the evening,
while the other was fed at different
times during the day. The result was
that the flock fed regularly turned
out in a thrifty condition in t^ie fol
lowing spring, while the others were
thin and sickly.
Many of the latter flock had died
during the winter, fully eight per cent,
of the lambs had either died at birth
or made only a stunted growth. By
feeding at a set time every morning
and evening better results will be at
tained. The essentials in the wrinter
care of sheep are regular feeding,
plenty of water and salt and rough
age.
PLANTING FRUIT
SEEDS IN FALL
Will Freeze Sufficiently During
Winter to Cause Them to
Sprout in Spring.
(By W. L. HOWARD.)
Large seeds like peaches and plums
may be planted in the fall, and they
will freeze sufficiently during the win
ter to cause them to sprout readily in
the spring. Small seeds like the apple,
grape, etc., should be mixed with sand
in the fall or early winter, and placed
in a shallow', open box. The box
should be set flat on the ground on
tha north side of a building where It
will keep moist and remain there all
winter to freeze and thaw as often
as it will. The contents of the box
should never be allowed to dry out.
Very early in the spring, just as soon
as the soil in the garden will do to
work, the seeds should be planted in
rows and covered very lightly. The
seeds may be separated from the
sand with a sieve, but this is unneces
sary, as sand and all may be sown in
the row. Take car* that the seeds do
not become dry before they are plant
ed. Apple seeds begin growing very
early, so that care must be tal:en to
get them in the ground before sprout
ing begins.
Keeping Celery.
Celery may be kept well Into win
ter by taking up a good ball of earth
with the roots. Set in boxes in the
cellar and keep the roots moist.
Filter for Sewage.
Experiments in France show that
ordinary sod makes an efficient .filter
for sewage.
Horses In Paris.
The number of horses in Paris has
decreased nearly 16,000 the hurt
decade.
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Baking Made Almost Automatic
Science has done many wonderful things
In the way of lightening kitchen-work,
but possibly the most welcome of its
many achievements is the prepartion of a
baking powder that makes baking almost
automatic.
This wonderful baking powder is known
as Calumet Baking Powder.
As you perhaps know from your own
experience—baking is largely a matter of
“luck.” If your baking powder happens
to be just right, your baking will be good.
But if it varies in quality or in strength—
as so many baking powders do. your bak
ings are more than likely to be ruined.
Calumet Baking Powder puts a stop to
the dependence on "luck.” With it. all
quickly-raised foods can be made without
the slightest trouble—made pure and
wholesome and tasty. For Calumet itself
is pure in the can and in the baking—and
so uniform in quality, so carefully pre
pared. that failures are impossible. You
can judge of its purity, too, when you
know that it has been given the highest
awards at two World’s Pure Food Expo
sitions—one at Chicago in 1907 and th«
other at Paris, France, last March. Adv
JUST THAT.
*r —
Cook—A fellow spends a lot of mon
ey for Christmas presents, and what
has he to show for it?
Hook—Pawn tickets, usually.
RINGWORM ON CHILD’S FACE
Stratford, Iowa.—“Three years ago
this winter my seven-year-old son had
ringworm on the face. First it was in
small red spots which had a rough
crust on the top. When they started
they looked like little red dots and
then they got bigger, about the size
>f a bird’B egg. They had a white
rough ring around them, and grew
continually worse and soon spread
over his face and legs. The child suf
fered terrible itching and burning, so
that he could not sleep nights. He
: scratched them and they lcoked fear
| ful. He was cross when he had them,
i We used several bottles of liniment,
i but nothing helped.
“I saw where a child had a rash on
; the face and was cured by Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and I decided to
j use them. I used Cuticura Soap and
1 Ointment about one month, and they
! cured my child completely.” (Signed)
Mrs. Barbara Prim, Jan. 30, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
:hroughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”
Adv.
Frenzied Arithmetic.
Three-year-old Amy, who has a very
lively little brother, was being put
through a lesson in arithmetic by her
uncle. She had successfully added one
and one, but stuck at tw’o and one.
“Your mamma,” said her uncle,
•has two children. If she had one
more, what would that make?”
““O,” cried Amy, “that would make
my mamma cw’azy!”—Woman’s Home
companion.
Locating the Fool.
A stout old gentleman was having
trouble with the telephone. He could
hear nothing but a confused jumble
of sounds, and finally he became so
exasperated that he shouted into the
transmitter:
"Who’s the blithering fool at the
end of this line?”
“He's not at this end,” answered a
cool, feminine voice.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ot
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
In TTse For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castori*
Identified.
Doctor—Are you anaemic, Pat?
Pat—No. doctor—Irish.—Life.
All women are born free and equal
—but they don’t look it at the bathing
beach.
Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue, best bluing
value in the whole world, makes the laun
dress smile. Adv.
Every mother knows that her own
child is superior to any other child
in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the rums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain.cures wind colic,2oc a bottle.JUt
The light that lies in a woman's
eves may tell the truth.
A GOLD WAVE
causes anxiety among those who are
sickly and run down, whose blood is
impoverished, and vitality low; but
don't remain in that condition
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
wdl build you up, strengthen the
enbre system and prevent Stomach
; Ills Colds and Grippe. Try a bottle
and be convinced. Start todav
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