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PATIENCE WITH THE LIVING. ;
Sect friend, when tlum anil I arc
gOHQ
Beyond earth's weary labor,
When small shall lw our need of grace
From corarado or from neighbor;
Passed all tho strife, the toll, the care.
And dono with all tho sighing
What tender ruth shall we have
gulncd,
Alas! by simply dying?
Thou lips too chary of their praiso
Will toll our merits over.
And eyes too swift our faults to seo
Shall no defect discover;
Then hamls that would not lift a stone,
Where HtoncH were thick to cumber
Our stoop hill path, will scatter llowcrs
Aibovo our pillowed slumber.
Swoot frlond, perchance tooth thou
und L
Ilro Love la past forgiving,
Should tnhu tho earnest lesson home--
Me patient with the living;
Today'o' ropressed robuke may savo
Our blinding tears tomorrow,
Thon patient c'on when keenest edge
May whet a nameless sorrow!
'Tla easy to fco gentle when
Death's Bllcnco shames our clamor,
And easy to discern the best
Through memory's mystic glamor;
Hut wise it woro for theo and me,
Era 1ove Is past forgiving,
To take the tender lesson rjomc
Do patient with tho living
Boston Watchman.
An Impetuous Greeting.
a vasn of watrr for the llowcrs and n
glass dish for tho fruit and candles.
Unlet waH at length restored, nnd
Mr. Suyw.ird returned to "Ills paper.
Mrs. Jamie to her patchwork und Miss
Stowart to her rtiitful attitude. Sud
denly she laushed softly.
"I was thlnklntt of something that
happened stveiul years ago," sho ex
plained, Hi) Mrs. Jamie looked at ber
inquiringly. "It was when I was In
my teens and before I went to Normul
school. I used to have ever so many
May basket! anil 1 took great pride In
never letting any one who hung them
escape without getting caught. Well,
one night there came an unmistak
able May basket knock. I rushed to
the door, opened It und dashed out
right Into a strange man's arms. 1
almost knocked him over and I was
so confused that 1 ran back Into the
house without asking him what he
wanted. It was probably soma one
who had lost his way, or else perhaps
a tramp. At any rute he did not
knock'ugain, nnd I can't wonder nt
It."
Mr. Suywurd'a paper did not move,
but behind Its shelter ho was smiling
and there was a sparkle In his eyes.
Tho warm sprlnjc duys grew Into
warm summer ones and the last day
of school had come. Sayward was
helping Miss Stewart decorato the
Echoolroom,
"Doesn't It make you feel bad," he
asked, "this last day, or arc you glad
to got away from the noisy little
wretches?"
"This Is my first year," she answer
ed, "and I am not used to It yet, so 1
am afraid 1 shall cry a little this af
ternoon." "I shall not feel so bad till tomor
row," he said with meaning, but she
went on without noticing.
"1 shall be glad to get homo again,
of course. My homo Is In a lovoly
place In the country. Perhaps you
have been by It on your wheel. .It Is
out In South Wytham on the turn
pike. I would like to have you call
It would
Cotton Cultivation in Egypt.
' of the stop ladder.
' lie ramc down hastily and his face
, grew suddenly serious.
' "Alice," he said earnestly, "I love
you. Do you suppose you cculd mar
j ly me?"
i Of course It was very midden, but
Alice was one who knew her own
mind, so after a moment's reflection
j sho told him tint she supposed sho
coma.
The next day ho went with her to
the station, and as they waited for
her train sho said to him ahyly, "And
; you think you will come out on your
Along a deserted country road one
iork night In May, a solitary wayfarer
was leading a dUabled bicycle. He
oamo to a place where two roads
crossed, and paused undecided. do
glanced about In the gloom and found
that he v.s near a house. "I'll ask
there," ho said, nnd walking up to the
Uoor, knocked boldly.
Hardly had his knuckles left tho
pauol, when tho door burst open and out and see mo sometime.
a young person in a dark skirt and j be a plonsant ride, and any one can
light waist hurled herself upon him. tell you where .Tared Stewart lives,"
Tho force of the blow caused him to i "I'd like to come first rate," he said,
stagger backward. Involuntarily he , "und I will on one condition."
clasped her close In his arms while he "What Is that?" sho iiBiicd. looking
regained his equilibrium, then he re- up at him where he stood ou the top
leased her.
"Oh, oh. oh!" she gaseped. "I
thought It was a May-nnskct." Then,
as suddenly as she had eomo, she dart
ed Into the house and the door went
o with a bang behind her.
The man picked up his bicycle from
tho ground where he had laid it and
want back to tho corners. Here he
Stood meditating. He looked In all
four directions, then glanced at the
house and shook his head. 'I guess
I'll take my chances on the road," he
kald, and started down tho southern
one.
As he
tho uhaiu
ft teeth soun
ue.ss, he cogitated thus
,, 'I have Just made a most Interest
ing discovery. How by accident we
.sometimes stumble on these sclontlllc
facts. Now, If 1 had not punctured
my tiro Just as dark was coming on,
and thon lost my way, 1 never should
iiuvu known that during the month or
May tho houses In country places are
to many catapults.. You have merely
to knock on tho door and a beautiful
young lady will be shot Into your
arms, instead of Into a net, as they do
it at the circus."
Mrs, Jameson's was considered a
very pleasant place to board, and va
tinnclna worn waited for oanerly
tlioso who know of Uie quiet nnd I cign riots now In progress in China.
er peaceful dwelling, mo development oi tins leaiuro or
wont along, the clinking of wheel and see me?
! as it passed over tho sproek- "ther thlnk, f ' h" a,d
sounding plainly in the still- , " e f. 1 forSot t,aak-.w,
., ,., .,.., was that condition you spoke off
hat
"Condition? Oh, yes, I know. That
you would let me greet you us I did
tho last time I was there."
"The last time?"
"Yes, don't you remember? one
night in May, and you said, 'Oh, oh,
oh, 1 thought It was a May-basket!'"
Sho looked at him with wide eyes.
"Was that you?" she cried joyously.
"I'm so glad it wasn't any one else!"
Susan Drown Dobbins in Portland
Transcript.
IIhIIwbji ami TaUeraplm In Chin.
I Telegraphs and railways appear to
by i be among the causes of the antl-for-
aoniellkonessa of her peaceful
Sho never would have moro than four
boarders nt a time, so It did not aeem
Jlke a regular boarding house.
"I can't take rare of more than
that number," she often said, "ir I
had moro Pd be obliged to keep a girl
and that won't do. I get along very
well with what help Jamie can give
mo about dishes and on wash days."
Thla habit of calling her husband
"Jamie" lod to the boarders calling her
-Mrs. Jamie."
it was a day In September, and the
aewcat hoarder sat looking across
Mrs. Jnmle'a tablo at the oldest board
er.. Sho waa the new school teacher
her predecessor In both school and
boarding place had been married tho
previous oumruer -and he was a young
bachelor whoso work was In a down
town law olBca. She thought that ho
had a good faco, and ho thought there
was eometliing strangely fumillar
about hur voice, though at tho same
time ho was sure that he never had
heard thoso tones before.
As tho weeks and months went by,
a friendly llklag grew between these
two. Hi ok felt free to call on the
other for any Uttlu help that was need
ed, and many and long woro the dis
cussions iodvlgod In by them.
During Uo short Christmas and
spring vacations the oldest boarder
missed tho newest one, and when
school days began again there was a
uotlceahla rise in his spirits.
Ono evonlng in May these two nnd
Mrs. Jnmlo were In the sitting- room,
Mrs. Jamlo sewing patchwork, Mr
Sayward looking at the evening pa
per and Miss Stewart resting In a big
ohalr, her hands lying idly on Its arms.
Thero carao n ring at tho door-bell
Mid Mrs. Jamie went to answer it.
In an Instant she appeared again car
rying something in her hand. "It's a
May basket for you, Miss Stewart,"
Hiio cried oxcltedly. Sayward sprang
to his foot and rushed from the mom,
3Jlss Stewart following after.
It wna a very dark night and the
children who had hung the basket
really did ot wish to bo caught, so
after a vain search and a frultlrss
ftuhaso the two came back unsucconn-
ful.
"What a beautiful basket!" cried
MIsb Stewart, und Mrs. Jamie brought
modern enterprise In China is des
cribed In considerable detail in a re
cent publication of the treasury bureau
of statist les, entitled "Commercial
China in 1890." it shows that tho tolo
graph systom of China included in
1899 about il.OOO miles of lino In opera
tion, and that the railroad system In
cluded 3C0 miles of road in active op
eration nnd over 3,000 mlle3 projected.
The telegraph systom connected all of
the capitals of tho province with the
national capital, Pekin, and in turn
connected with the Itiirtsian trans-Siberian
telegraph line and the ocean
cables; but It appears from the recent
reports that these lines have in many
cases beon destroyed by the antl-for-elgn
mobs and nrmles.
The railways thus far constructed
belong to tho Chinese government and
were constructed under Its control and
direction aud at Its expanse. They
connect Pokln, the capital, with Tien
tsin, which lies at the head of tho gulf
of Pechlll and Is the seaport of Pekin,
while other lines run northwardly
from Tlontsln to Shinhnlkwan and
tlll others extend southwardly from
Pekin as far as Paotlng, the capital of
the province of Chili, in which Pekin
is located. From that point southward
a railway was being constructed In
189B by Belgian capital, though It was
Biispectcd that Russian Influence and
porhaps Russian capital woro asso
ciated In this work, This lino was cx:
pected to extend to Hankow, which
may be described as the Chicago of
China, being Its bout and largest and
most prosperous Inland commercial
city, located BOO miles up the Yangtse
Klang from Shanghai, which lies at
the mouth of that river. Hankow Is a
city of nearly 1,000,000 Inhabitants
and It was exported that tho Iielglan
line would connect Pekin, which lies
well at the north, with Hankow, lo
cnted near tho center.
Thl subject Is treated at length In
Hullctln No. 4a of tho ofilce of experi
ment stations. All of tho cotton pio
ducod In lCgypt Is grown under Irriga
tion. Very little inin falls in tho N'lle
delta from tho time cotton seed Is
planted In March until tho last picking
In Novomber. Tho temperature rises
from an nverago maximum of 73 de
grees Fahrenheit In March to an aver
age maximum of nearly 03 dogrccs In
August, declining to about 74 degrees
In Novomber. The averago minimum
tnmnnrntiires nro about 2G degrees low
er. The air Is excoedlngly dry during
the entire year, and especially tiurinb
the early growth of cotton. Tho rela
tlvo humidity Incroas-s frjm May to
November, but never bocomes as great
as that In the cotton belt of tho United
States. The earliest anil bast pickings
become successively poorer as tho
moisture Increases and tho boat do
cllnea. Tho Irrigating wnter Is uudor a
control limited only by tho supply.
Flooding the lands while the cotton Ib
maturing Increases the molstviro in tno
atmosphero from tho abundnnt evap
oration. The soil temperature nt this
tlmo is from 80 degrees to SG degrees,
and tho conditions are such as to lu
duco rapid development 'n vegetable
growth.
The soils whore all of tho best cot
ton Is produced aro clay loams pro
duced by alluvial deposit from the
ovorllow of tho Nllo. They arc rich In
fertility from tho Nile deposits, and
their quality Is further Improved by
tho oxtenslvo growth of Egyptian
clover, uddlng nltrog-m and humus.
Phosphoric acid and potash nrc usual
ly present In sufficient quantities and
nro not applied In tho form of com
mercial fcrtUlzars. Umo and mag
nesia aro also prcsent'ln tho soils. Ni
trogenous manures aro generally found
moat beneficial, especially whore cot
ton and sugar cano nro grown to the
exclusion of clover nnd other legumi
nous crops.
Cotton usually follows clover In a
rotation of crops. The Inml Is plowed
and stirred to a depth of about thir
teen inchos, giving a deep, mellow Beed
bed. The surface Ib made compact and
firm by a plank drawn over It like n
harrow, tho driver standing on tlie
plank giving suillclent weight to crush
lumps aud level uneven places. A
level, even surface Is essential for
good results In Irrigated land. Ridges
about thirty-five Inches apart aro made
with a plow, and the seeds, after soak
ing twenty-four hours in water to has
ten germination, arc planted In hills
fourteen to twenty Inches apart on tho
aides of these ridges. Tho cotton Is
thinned to two plants In a hill and
hoed usually three times, being wa
tered after each hoeing. After the
third hoeing It Is watered at Intervals
of twelvo to fifteen days, until tho
tlmo of tho first picking, about the last
of August, and It Is watered again aft
er the first aud second pickings. If
tho produci.on of Egyptian cotton Is to
succeed on a commercial scalo in the
United Stntes It must bo lu tho gulf
coast region, whero the crop will havo
to withstand tho conditions of uncer
tain rains, perhaps supplemented with
lrrlgatlou, or In the irrigated landB of
the Southwest. In the former region
cotton cultivation Is well established
and labor Is comparatively cheap. In
the regions where Irrigation Is prac
ticed, farmers and laborers alike are
generally unused to tho cultivation of
cotton on a large scalo, wages are gen
erally higher than In the cotton belt,
require less hand labor than Is In
volved In the "chopping," hoeing and
picking of cotton. Tho most promis
ing means for the successful produc
tion of Egyptian cotton in this country
appears to be either In developing im
proved hnrdy and productive varieties
that will withstand tho conditions In
tho gulf coast region, particularly its
western part, or in devising methods
of culture In the Irrigated lands that
will require less hand labor. It will
bo necessary In olthor case to keep up
a continual selection of seeds In order
that the quality of tho fiber may bo
kgpt up to tho highest possible stand
ard.
top snll to one side, taklim out enough
of tho hard-pan to a depth of at leaat
two feet below the normal mirfacc or
level of the land In the girden. nnd
lmvo tho bottom surface sloping to
the side where the main path or walk
Is to be. Then put in, carefully laid
together, a layer of refuse or old brick,
or Bomo such unite! Ml, to the depth of
about eight Inches, then tilling In tho
crevices with small stone or clinkers.
Put on top of this a two-Inch depth of
coarse gravel, clinks or cinders, then
roll thlH with a garden roller, as you
would for making a path, or, If surh
drainage material cannot ho easily
had, then lay two-Inch ordinary drain
tllo In lines two feel apart hiuI till In
between the tile with tho same mate
rial na mentioned above coarse grav
el, sand, or ashes, to n depth of eight
or ten Inches. After this put on a
layer of turfy sod grassy side down
ward. Put on top of this good garden
loam to tho dopth of " about llftcen
Inches, using partly the soil thnt has
been removed from tho top before,
draining. Then fork or spade luto this
the beforo mentioned quantity and
quality of manure and jour border Is
ready for planting.
Birds That Died of Grief.
I)wilri inl Fulfilment.
A biographical Hketch of Mr. Her
mann 11. Kohlsnat. proprietor of tho
Tlmcs-llcrald of Chicago, pictures him
na a poor hoy on an Illinois farm, and
Inter, when twelvo years old, us a "car
rier" for tho Chicago Tribune, worn
lug from daybreak until school-time.
One wintry morning tho slight little
fellow icnchod home very much ex
hausted after his stnigttlo with a big
bundle of papers amid snowdrifts and
contrary winds.
"Never mind, Hermann," said his
mother encouragingly, "you will not
havo to carry newspapers all your
life."
"No, mother," replied the slip of a
boy, "1 lntond to iwn a big newbpapor
of my own some day."
A few years after young Koiusaai
became a cbbIi boy, earning $2 a week.
"Then," he said, "I wit down and
thought It all out. I perceived that It
did not matter how much ono enmed,
It was necensary to save something all
the tlmo or one could never bo any
thing but an employee. Even when I
ourned only 12 a week a certain pat
of It was put aidde for future use."
From cash boy to traveling sales
man, from salesmnn to proprietor,
were tho next Bteps In tho career of
thlo typical American. At tho age of
fnrfv lm attained his ambition, tho
ownership of a great newspaper. Years ,
had Intervened between ilcslre aim
fulfilment; but It Is worth remember
ing that tho Times-Herald was poten
tially hlB on tho day when he decided
on tho purpose or his life and began
to save his money.
The Irony of Yut.
When Louis Philippe was King of
tho French, he ocnt to St. Ilctona for
the ashes of the great Napoleon that
they might rest In tho cxqulslto shrine
which Is now one of tho wonders of
ParlB. Tho tomb at St. Helena waa
left empty.
Under tho second emplro the govern
ment, fearing thut It wbb falling Into
decay, bought tho ground round tho
tomb for ?3,000, aud tho British Gov
ernment presented to herHlster Em
pire tho adjoining lnnds of Longwood.
which had been rented by a farmer.
The French repaired tho house and
placed an old officer, who had fought
under Napoleon at Waterloo, with two
subalterns In charge, so that tho "Sou
venir du grand Empcreur do la patrlo"
might be fittingly preserved. The of
cer and one subaltern died. The
third Frenchman, left alone, married
an Englishwoman. He now lives thero
with seven daughtera, not ono of them
cun speak a word of their father's
tongue, and Htlll more horrible to re
late, he has thought I'. to adorn tho
favorite sitting-room of the vanquish
ed hero of Waterloo with French and
Ilrltlsh flags Intertwined. O, shado of
Napoleon, hatred of the EngllBh nice
made bitter thy dying hours; it was
well that thou couldst not foresee how
Fate should mock thy memory.--Ex.
The following, which appears In Mr.
Aiittell'n Addresi to the Huston Public
Schools, allows very clearly how sen
sitive even birds arc
"To show how this power of the
voice extends through the whole ani
mal creation, 1 will soy that 1 know
one of the best ladles lu Massachusetts,
who lives within llvo miles of this
school-house. She had, a few years
ago, n beautiful canary bird which she
dearly loed. anil to which sho had
never spoken nu unkind word lu her
life.
"One Sunday tho church organist
was away, and sho slopped after
church to play the organ for tho Sunday-school.
"In consequence, of ,thls tho dlnnor
had to bo put off an..hojir, and wjujn
she got home her good husband was
very hungry, and as the girls may
find out soino time, when 'husbands
get very hungry they sometimes get
crosus, and he spoke to ber unkindly.
"The things were put on and they
sat down In alienee at tho table, and
pretently tho bird began to chirp nt
her as It alwayH had to attract her at
tention. To sbamo her husband for
having spoken m, bIio turned to the
bird, ami for tho first tlmo In her life
spoko to It In a most violent and nugry
tone. In less than live mlnuleii theio
was a HutterliiK In tho cage. Sho
hprang to the cage- the bird was dead.
"When 1 was at New Orleans, win
ter before last, Mrs, Hendricks, the
wife of the late Vlro-Presldont of tho
United States, came there. And she
calif that she once killed a mocking
bird In the same way. It annoyed her
by loud singing. To stop It she spoke
In a violent tone, and pretended to
throw something at It, and within live
uMiiutcM It was dead."
The present German tariff on
canned fruits, preserves and sauces Is
so inordinately high as to nlmost shut
out this line of American goods.
M'ich of the heavy cako and bread Is
tho result of the oven door bolng slam
med when closed. Shut the door as
gently us possible.
rrrluc u i;i Ilt'if.
According to Henry A. Slebrecht, lu
a bulletin on roses, thero should be at
least eighteen Inches depth of good,
rich soil in tho bed or bordor, which
should be well trenched to the full
depth and roughly but well ridged up.
No attempt should bo mado at level
ing or making it fine. It possible this
trenching may bo done in the autumn,
Just before tho frost. If. howevor, tho
garden Is not prepared until spring,
the trenching and ridging up should
be dono as early as lo posslblo to work
tho ground. The soil should He at
least two weeks In that condition,
when It should bo levolod and receive
a heavy dressing of well-rotted stable
manure.
If tho land be of an open and sandy
nature, barnyard manure will answer.
If the land be extremely light and
sandy, then sheep or cow manure is
much better; and If, on tho other
hand, It should be very cold and heavy
land, then well-rotted horse manure
Is the host This should bo spread
over the ground In quantity of about
a ton or large load to every 200 square
feet, and thoroughly spaded or forked
In. After this the ground should bo
well raked and tho soil made very
level and fine.
Tho great essontlal for making rose
beds or borders Is proper and ample
drainage, Should the ground be of a
stubborn, stiff clay nature, with per
haps a strata of hardpan benrath the
(op Boll, then tho whole area slMuld
be artificially and thoroughly drained
and the bods or bordorB proporly
formod; and might bo dona in tho
following manner: Remove ail tho
H re I pen.
A Peach Mousse This velvety
crtam can be made a very perfect dish
for either luncheon or dinner. Pre
pare a dozen large ripe peaches, re
inovo the Btones, reduce them to a
pulp and then strnln. Sonk ono tca
sj)oonful of gelatin In cold water, dis
solve It In a tablespoonfiil of hot wa
ter and add to tho peach pulp. Then
set tho whole ou Ice to become cold.
Sweeten one pint of cream whipped
to a Btlff froth, then fold In tho peach
pulp and pour Into a mold. Cover
tightly and puck In Ice for threo hours.
Peach Souffle When ieachcs are In
seabon don't forget a Bouffle. To make
this to perfection para ripe peaches of
good quality, chop them in a wooden
bowl, with a silver knife and strain.
To every pint of tho Juice nllow ono
pint of water, six eggs and one pound
of sugar. Beat the eggs until light,
then add them to tho other ingredients
and cook tho whole in a double boiler
until it becomes as thick as soft cus
tard. Strain, set tho dish In a pan or
cold water und beat the mixture con
tinuously until it becomes cold.
Freeze and servo with cream slightly
sweetened and flavored with peach.
Cntlim r-ml Nut (Inn. I fnr Nnln.
The Texas station for two years car
ried on experiments to ancertaln to
what extent, If any, cottonseed and Its
meal could be profitably used na a
food for swine. Tho following Is tho
subetance of conclusions arrived at by
Professor George W. CurtUi, the sta
tion dlroctor:
After two years' succeswlve tests In
feeding cottonseed to hogs with defin
ite aim In view, and nftor practical at
tempts to use these products In a sim
ilar manner for tho past ten years, wo
do not hesitate to express our cnndld
opinion that there Is no profit what
ever in feeding cottonseed in any
form, or cottonseed oil, to hogs of any
age. to tnose wno nave trieu u care
fully, and have taken pains to note
oxactly what their hogs woro doing,
this statement will not bo at all Bur
prising. It Ib a fact which no amount
of theory can overcome, that It Is prac
tically Impossible to prepare cotton
hced or cottiuiBeed meal In any man
ner bo that hogB will eat It greedily.
As a rule they ent fairly well for two
or three, sometimes six or eight days,
but they soon tiro of It nnd refimo to
cat moro thnn Just BUfllcleut to uatlsfy
hunger. It la not disputed that cot
tonseed, or cottonseed meal, Is rich In
food elements that fact Is well
known; but ft is also known to prac
tical feeders that no animal can give
best return for food ronsumed unless
his nppotlto bo whotte.d, and himself
bo urged thereby to heaviest eating
coiiHlstent with a healthy Btate of ani
mal digestion and assimilation. This,
wo claim cannot be dono with cot
tontced, or meal, and our conclusions
In tne matter, bused on work at this
station for n number of yearH, are sup
ported by tho views of otner feeders
who know whereof they speak. . .
Not all tho animals die, but the mor
tality 13 large. The dying uniformly
become sick and die within six to
eight weeks from the flrat feeding.
The first Blgn of Hlckness, appearing
In from alx to eight weeks nfter cot
tonseed meal Is added to the ration,
Is a moping dullness of the animal,
with loss of appotlte and tendency to
He apart Within the course of twelve
to tblrty-slx hours, often within short
er time, the animal becomes restless;
staggering In his gait; breathing la
bored and spasmodic; bare skin show
ing reddish inflammation; sight de
fective, and both tho nervous nnd
muscular systems feeble and abnormal
In action. Tho fatal cases all bIiow
"thumps" spasmodic breathing; and
In many Instances the nnlmal will turn
In ono direction only, following a fence
or building wall so closely as to strike
his none against projections in a vain
endeavor to push outward In that one
direction which he tries to take. If
no fence or building Intercept him he
may travel In a circle large or Bmall,
according to the mildness or neutenes
of the malndy In his particular easy.
When exhausted by his efforts the anl
"Ilom-Hile" Alml.
A little country girl went to tho city
for a visit and whllo thoro was taxon.
to tho park to see tho animals. As they
passed around sho was told that "this
ono came from South Amorla, that
ono from Africa, another from Asia,"
and so on until sho looked wonder
lngly up In hor companion's face and
Innocently Inquired: "Don't you havo
any home-mado animals hero?"
"And you would spend It, too."
(Matrlct, hut whero good work wa;
dono tho yield was almost trebln that
obtained by slipshod farming tlm
heasons are not nil to blnino for our
poor ci ops.
"This crop Is often brought Into dis
repute by the way tho seed la put
luto the ground, but more often by tho
manner of harvesting. Thero aro a
numbor of ways to plant; each has
some uilvanlagcs. If ono wlnhcs to Hat
he should be sure and doublo-Hst, or
plow nnd then list, using ten to fif
teen pounds of seed per acre, aud keep
thoroughly cultivated. For hay. plow;
then follow closely with harrow nnd
drill, using ono bushel of Beed per
aero. If preferred, need ran be plant
ed with a com planter: It In not so
eiiHlIy washed out hb the llstod seed,
and can bo sooner cultivated. Tho
need can bo taken oft with a header,
and stock turned Into dispose of cano
left standing. This Is a profltnblo and
economical way of harvesting.
To cut up the main crop wo havo
fouud that com harvesters do good
work; tho bound forage 1b vastly eas
ier to handle, nnd saves n great deal
of waste. Harvested in this way, It
should not bo ricked like othor bound,
feed, but ricked butts outward. When
readyl to into lond on a low wagon,
butts Inward, and with a hay-knlfo or
rross-rtit saw cut tho heada off, and
thereby uavo Inith seed and foddor.
For liny, cut tho drilled cane iih
Boon as the seed Ib In tho dough, and
rako Into windrows within twenty
four hours. Hefore another mm nets
havo It In cocks of 1,000 to 2,000
pounds well topped out.
As to variation, nothing has been
found to equal Uioko chouon as su
perior several years ago. In 1R98-119
much work was dono at Medlclnu
Lodge by tho government and prlvnto
persons, and all experiment confirm
ed tho fact that Folger's. Column nnd
Collier Btlll held position as tho very
beat for early, medium and lato canes.
Amber Ib the best iib an extra early
or catch crop, and for northern lati
tudes Is desirable. Seeds of these ran
be had from tho department of agri
culture at Washington, which sends
out enough to give a good i.tart for
need. Nothing lu tho lino of sorghum
enn equal these; thoy represent yeurs
of labor and a vast amount of money.
Whother tho cause of tho evident Im
provement Is acclimation of tho va
rieties or selection of seed or both,
the fact remains that wo can grow
increased tonnage anil Biiperlor qual
ity year by year.
Colllor l a general favorite; horses
show a Btrong preference for 11, and
sheep men say that Collier Is tho iMMt
for their purpose, tho stalks being
soft as well iib sweot. It Is, how
ever, a poor seeder, and where
grain Is wanted, and for hogs in win
ter, wo always use Colmnn, the thick,
sweet BtalkB and large weed heads be
ing greedily eaten by hogs, big and
little.
After many trials, we have found
thnt. planting from a peck to one-half
bushel of fceod per aero, and cutting up
whon seed was lu dough, gavo tho
most palatable food, Such setdlng
makes fine-stalked, hoavy-follaged and
yet vory sweet enne, and In n dry
Benson it Htauds tho dry weather murh
belter than that sown broadcast. Tho
past winter I saw a plain lustnnco of
what the anluials liked. Wo hwvC '
a home corral two milch cown and
several heifers and calves; for nome
weeks wo fed them Kaflr-rorn. norgh-um-hay
aud corn-foddor; then brought
In some of this thickly listed sorghum,
nnd at once noticed how they rellnhed
the change; but tho fun began when
we went hnck to tho cane-hay and
Kafir. Old "Dobs" led tho rebellion,
und every heifer followed suit, und
for a gonulno group of sulky cattlo I'll
back that bunch; then we got more of
what they wanted, and they nt once
showed what a greedy crowd they
could bo.
To raiso seed, get tho best; then do
not plant moro than three pounds per
acre, and two pounds Ib hotter.
We like a good crop of Kafir-corn,
and grow somo each year, yet In dry
bensoiiH we find the sweet sorghums
far aud away tho better crop. Thoy
stand dry weather longer, and quality
of tho forage Is not only not Injured
thereby but tho hugar content Is high
er lu dry seasons than lu wet; also,
the fodder Is bettor relished by stock;
whllo Kallr-corn grows vory hard and
woody, and Is relatively nu cxponnlvu
feed when ho large n proportion Is
wasted. Aa a grain-producer Kafir
corn fnr excels tho sweet sorghum. ,
After ten years' experience I havo
not found a superior or more econ
omical feed for Htock than theso. As
(Iry-weafhur-reslsting plants, and for
tho quality and quantity of feed pro
duced, the sweet Horghunis stand with
out a rival -always excepting alfalfa.
A ,liiimir.i Iihh oritur 1'iuuocr Women.
fjif.nl rnmllHnhu nfinri ii'.ttA ..,.
rani drops down Hiiddenly- sometimes thirtlt, of tho Interest of a plot or story,
flat upon the belly, sometimes drop- ( The chief ftaturo of 'I he Choir In-
plng on bis haunches with his fore- i vlHlble, by .luu iw l-we Allen, in tho
legs well apart to keep from falling
over almost always with the evidenco
of more or less ncute Internal pain,
At death n quantity of bloody foam
exudes from mouth and nostrils.
HorEhnm fnr Forage.
Mary Best of Medicine Ixjdge, Bnr
ber county, Kansas, who has probably
been as closely In touch with and aa
Intelligently observant of the sacchar
Ino sorghums' for both sugar nnd foraga
as any person living, writes, under
dato of March 12, 1900, to Secretary
F. D. Coburn of tho Kansas Board of
Agriculture, saying:
"The provalltng opinion throughout
this region BeemH to bo that sorghum
will grow anywhero; well, that's a
fact, but tho best results aro obtained
from better work and a good deal less
trust In providence. Too much care
cannot bo given tho preparation of
tho ground. The year 180'J waa a very
poor season for all forago crops lu our
heroic nature til thu American woman
pioneer. Sho tilled the field and often
bullt'tho blockhouse. She fought tho
wolf and tho Indian. To Americana,
no explanation is necessary In respect
to theso wonderful historical charac
ters. Such, however, Is not tho case
with forelguoiB. Decently TheCholr
Invisible was translated Into Japan
ese. Among tho drat to read tho book
wos a distinguished historian of Osaka,
who said in conversation with an
American diplomat:
"It Is a rather good picture of farm
life."
Tho dlplomnte icpllrri: "I think it
Is moro than that. It takes groat
courage for a woman to bo a plonoor
and lend that kind of n life."
Tho Japanese scholar nodded, be
nignly, an he answered: "That mny be
bo with somo of your women, but It is
not bo .with ours. They always work
lu tho fields and do It as a matter of
'Instinct."
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