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A Romance f the Daniih Ctmqucrt.
y 0T7IL1E A. UUEMCJUMTZ.
of Tha Tknf f Lief the lacky.
Copyrufht. 193. ay A. C McCXTJRG Jk CO.
CHAPTER XI.
upon some
.morning it
ror a time he iay as stark and rigid
as thouzh death nad already c'osed
about him. The zuard-room seemed
to become a funeral chamber, with
a mas of horennz sh-dow-. for a
The first nail. The fire helfJ nn funeral f-inurv; .
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Hew the Pates Cheated Randalin.
After that nisht the deep-set win
dows of Ivarsdale Tower looked .ut
imm
Slant--.
meadow beyond the foot-bridge, when
the thne-srore farmer-soldiers came
loyallv to rh'-ir leader's aid. Though
Kendred of Hazelford marched brave
ly at their head, they were practi
caUy uncaptained. with any kind of
"."weapon in their hands and no kind
, ot armor over their homespun. What
change had they azamst sixty pu-ked
varrcurs. ied by the fien-est hief of
a rare of chiertains They met. and
there was a moment of clash and of
. ?:an?or. a moment or awiul eommo- j rose to his feet "The smoke makes
.-tron. and when th whirling dust-j my wits heavy. Methinks I will go
clGdds settled, rhe only homespun up into the a:r a while '
that -as. moving vas that which was Ke took a step toward the door.
fiyfng. -sped bv Danish arrows All ' but halted when the red-cloaked page.
. liie-" re-sr of rhe day th Tower wm- who had been stretched near him on
daws looked out upon a litter of the bench, started up as though pre
. . lroa heaps here and there, a white ' parinz to accompany him.
, of the starvinz men who wanned
themselves in its heat broke the si
lence as dismally as the voices of
mourners.
3ut the Lord of Ivarsdale said
steadily. "Not so. good friend: and it
hurts my pnde sorely that you should
speak as if I were still of no import-
, alee in my father's faou.-e. That
which I called myself lord of. it be
hooved me to rule over. If ever I
' get out of this" checkinz himself, he
Below, in the dense blackness of ;
face -upturned, or a scarf -end fiutrer
" sax in the autumn wind.
"VLH- with h-ipless misery the
Lord of Ivarsdale would have charzed
The. BeTerker with his handful of
;" arm7 servants u the old cmht had
; "i.jt restrained him almost by force;
,- when lie stnt his breath :n railing
" "-"4 everything berw.-n earth and -ky
-""" "It- fe the fully of ir that maddens
me." Jie crieu over anu over, "the
"'." "needless folly' Had I but used my
."'- mind to think with, instead of to plan
" leasts I am rnoveii u dash my
' "brains out ben I remember it"'
- "Nay fr - my judzment thai was
Jackinz." .l ir ard aui nitterl I
was an old io hat i-ounl not lt-arn
a nev trv-k I shoulr have cn that
the old wav- no nnzr avail. The
fault -va 13.:- ' H: wrinkled old
faf !-, -.l. !iar.aT-! a h -elfre- ,
"Stay where you are. lad. These
fasts from sleep w.l parch youryounz
brains I so up to the platform be
cause I would rather walk than rest.
but do you remain here by the tire
and try to catch a drowsiness from
its heat."
But the paze advanced with the old
wilful shake of his curly head. "I
also would rather walk, if you please."
As he looked at him. compassion
came into the Ethehnz's race The
hollownes of their -ockets made the
boy's lara- eyes look larzer. and his
f'ever-llush trebled their brightness.
Seoert. -aid with a poor attempt at a
smile. "Little did I rhinn that my hos
pitality would eve.- produce such a
.niet. Poor younzhnz You would
ufter have crept cut To your coun
'rvmen a I oad- you. '
Azain the .JarK had shook obsti-
you will remember oar feLowiktp
even to -
Bc Scbert's kaad silenced the
tremaloma Iip. "He more, jaang
ling! I adjure yoo by your gentle
ness." he whispered unsteadily. "You
owe me no such love; and it makes
my helplessness a thousandfold mere
bitter Say co more. little comrade:
if yon would not turn my heart into
a woman's when it has need to be of
ftint. Sit yon here on the ledge the
while that I take one more turn. You
will net? Then come with me, and
we will make the round together, and
apply our wits once more to the rid
dle L'ntil swords have put an end ;
io uie. t .-man .jioi cease to oeneve i
rafr. wran tavtta contrttrattons
ny new Ideaa that readers ot tola -
rhu fnr-aT in o.i i ..,..-..,. I wo aid b nleased to aaswer correspond-
.. .w.v. k.xju. i m deslra Information oh subjects
his eholesa cry. From still deeper J discussed. Address M. J. Wracg: "Waa-
in the dark, where the Danish camp- J '1
rlres zlowed. a harp-note floated up
on the wind with a fragment of wild OWARF FRUIT TREES.
sonz. But it was many a long mo-
men; before the silence that hovered a orchards of the present day
over the doomed Tower was broken ' a America, a zood, genuine dwarf
by any sound but the measured tramp P1" or apple is a curiosity, and there
or" the sentinels. ' ire hundreds of wide awake farmer
i To be continued.) 10( fruit men who never saw one m
' their lives, says the Country Gentle-
OVERSIGHT THAT WAS FATAL. 3"2-
The reason for the neglect of the
Ccnvivial Gentleman's Mistake Shat- j dwarfs is not far to seek. They fce
tered Beautiful "Huff." Iona distinctively to the European sys-
There is a man up on Capitol hill '. tern of horticulture and are quite out
wfco suns with a number cf old col- J aide the American system. In other
!eze chums two or three times a year, words, they belong ro the fruit zar
and usually after one of these sup- den and not in the orchard. In this
pers he Is rit to roost with borled ! country we are concerned with fruit
owls. The last gathering of the clan oniy on tne large scale. Yet, with the
was ahour a fortnight age. and before present significant increase of inter
Mr well, we'll call him Jenks et I est in suuurhan :nTair iith rh nrw-
az r a nirrracurc
Forgot tie Color
out for it he promised Mrs. Jenks sol
emnly that no matter what the others
did. he would drinu nothing but
charged water and lemonade. Mr.
ent rapid extension of the garden cult
among those who work in town, and
who live at least in the edges of the
city, there is bound to be a revival of
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walking very carefully and sedately.
Mrs. Jenks was awake, and she
turned up the gas as he came in.
"Are you sure you didn t drink tco
much?" she asked.
"You hurt me when you speak like '
that.' said Mr. Jenks. somewhat in-
distinctly. "I had only two small
drinks."
Mrs JenKs lay back on her pillow,
regarding him. L'nder her gaze he
wa most careful to bestow all his
b iongings to their proper places. His '
1 tr-ehnzs were hurt, and he was deter
mined to -.how his wife now unjust ;
ner suspicions were He was stand
ing at the stationary washstanu in
the corner of the room when she
i spoke azain and it as not so much
the matter as the manner of her
wordr- ihat cut
"Charles." -ce said, "you might as '
well stop trying to light the hot water
faucet. That's the third match you've
wasted. ' Washington Post.
HIS GREATNESS NOT VISIBLE.
useful business of dwarfing trees
At the present the pear is the only
fruit grown to any extent in the dwarf
form. A few growers have orchards
of dwarf pear trees reaching commer
cial proportions. These are most nu
merous in southern Michigan. An
other and more considerable number
of pear growers have been planting
new orcharus of standard trees with
dwarf pears as "fillers. That is they
use rows of dwarf pear trees between
the standards, with a view of getting
several crops from the former and cut
ting them out before the standard
trees needed all the space. Apples
are still occasionally grown as dwarfs,
though we have never heard of a sin
gle instance in which they have beeu
planted lor commercial purposes.
Other trees, such as plums, peaches
apricots and cherries are almost total
ly unknown as dwarf. J
The dwarf fruit is secured by a com- '
bination of two processes propaga- I
lion and pruning. The tree is first pro
pagated upon some slow growing mot.
which tends to dwarf it that is. to
"stunt it" ami then it is pruned back
severely, and not allowed to fill a
great space. This second part the
pruninz is quite essential with many
DIFFERENCE.
Tkere is a difference between the
farmer who is a farmer by chance and
the-farmer who is a farmer by choice.
The former is generally a man deco
rated, so to speak, from head to foot
with mortgages and judgments: while
the latter is a man who despises
debts, and whose original capital,
maybe, consisted of only a wondrous
store of energy and cool judzment
the greatest factors in the matter of
fortune-building on or off the farm.
No matter what industry engages
the attention of a man. he must, by
the nature of things, be interested in
his work to be successful. To be in
terested means to have same choice
at least in the avocation he pursues.
The usual difference between farmers
by chance and farmers by choice is
well illustrated by a man sleeping
and awake.
To the farmer who has made farm
ing his choice, every day has a bright
outlook. When he gazes upon a field
being prepared for seeding, he does
not see drouth and disaster awaiting
the growing crop, but instead, he sees
a vision of waving grain and grass.
When he looks upon the rich and gol
den harvest. like a true husbandman,
he sees at a glance only joyous pros
perity, the ripened fruits of his earn
est and heroic labor.
Farming is to-day the world's great
est industry, and it will be a bright
day for agriculture when the slow
and sleeping mortal who farms by
chance is awakened to realize his op
portunities. In June at the close of
the 1302-i:; term of the Northwestern
University, there were graduated six-
KEEP GOOD COWS.
About nooa Tuesday, while the vet
erans were being fed. a scene was en
acted that illustrates better than any
thing else could the fact that the
veterans have gathered in reunion
without reserve.
with the inpouring throng comes
two old darkies, clad in gray uniform
and wearing Confederate badges.
They were both old men. and assisted
their feeble steps with sticks. As
, they came down the long aisles they
j looked searchinsly about, and finally
It is just as essential to keep good I haIte,i at tae en,J- apparently having
cows as any other animal. No man "ik''1 to amI wnac tae? sought,
can afford to keep poor cows, and es-' There were several vacant places
pecially the poor mac. If a rich man J an'1 one of tae o!tl fellows touched an
wants to waste his monev in poor ' oJ,t veteran on the arm and said:
cows it is not quite so bad. but a poor "Excuse me. mister, but is they a
man must know better, or he cannot ' P'ace here for colored men?"
expect much profit. In order to make The old soldier turned around, saw
headway the poor man must keep am-. lbe dark faces looking at him. ran his
mals and use feed that will make the e" quickly over the gray uniforms,
largest nrodt. You cannot afford to ani blurted out
keep a single cow that does not make "- sirce they ain't, but by G
"Oh. you waiter! Give these men
all they can eat!" "Where's that
coffee boy at? Here, give those
darkies some coffee and get 'em some
buttermilk." "Give them darkies
plenty to eat. boys, and if there ain't
enough to go round leave me out
'Jteati ot them."
It was a little thing, yet it was
touching beyond expression. The old
negroes, showed their appreciation and
thu older one. George Pratt, said:
"I was with the Twenty-fo'th Ala
bama an my master was my captain.
We fought through moa of the war.
and when he was dead I wouldn't be
lieve it. an I called at him four or
five times ami shook him. but he was
sho dead. I kept right on with the
war. and I tell you all I'm heap
prouder that I was a 'Federate sol
dier than I am 'bout anything else I
ever did in my life. I knowed 'hat
the war was about because my mars
ter told mo. and I didn't have to so
you a profit. Be pracrical and busi- if you all ain't zood enough to eat My folks and my people was on one
1 .2 1 . .1.. 1-.?. ... .-.. 1 J ,
sine ail wie lauttees a uu i uuuer.
an' I jest took up for my own people.
"The white men in my place all
Teati me well, and when the 'Feder
ate veterans has any doin's they get
me in them. Tm only a nigger, but
they tells me I ain't a nigger when
ness-iiite and apply the only aure test. w"ia wnite folks I am t soing to eat
Keep a book in which to enter on one no nioh myelf. You all eat right
side all milk, cream and butter, here by me. an' if any white man
whether consumed by the family or makes a fuss I'll take care of him."
sold. They are worth in your family A dozen old "rebs." attracted by the
exactly what you would have to pay ' talk, turned around and joined with
for them if you had no cows. On the lirst white veteran. The old
the other sule enter the feed con- darkies were made to eat while their reunion times and decorations comes
siimed. whether purchased or raised ' white friends busied themselves by j around. I'm a "Federate veteran then.
on your farm. The hay or com fed ' shouting to the waiters such com- j an by G ' gentlemen. I'm proud of
is worth on your farm the market rnands as , it " Nashville American.
price. less cost of delivering to mar
ket. This test, even if conducted for
a hort time, will show you facts and
not what you guess about it. Some
people refuse to spend money for the
best feed for their cows. This is poor
economy, because it is simply an in
vestment which will bring good re
turns. In selecting choice dairy cows .
if the richest milk is wanted, keep the
Jerseys, if both butter and milk are many items of very special interest,
wanted, keep the Ayreshire, but if a All readers of the clouded annals of
j The Origin of Smallpox
The literary as well as the patho
logic history of smallpox presents
large quantity of milk is wanted for
the manufacture of cheese, then ttie
Holsteins must have first place. But,
however, in either case always select
the best. Suppose you pay S.'H) for a
noor cow. and come out even at the
teen young men who have made farm- . en,l ot the year. Suppose you pay SHO
ing tneir choice a greater nuniuer
than declared for any other pursuit.
Advancement is continually being
the "Middle Ages" are acquainted with
the fact that Arabian writers were for
many centuries the recognizee apos
tles of philosophy and physical science
including the sundry departments
of medicine and surgery to the vari-
made in the farming industry, and it
will progress still further so long as
there is an increase in the farmers
who farm by choice.
'? I
"Ycu will never have a lady w ife. Lorti! We shall die together!
Ethelmz hasn'y re
proach that th
canted.
"Now I bethink me. I am wronz.
and it is no one fault. It comes of
the corse that 'ie ovr the Island.
Was there not something rotten in all
English palisades it would never have
nateiv Rather would I starve with
vou than f-ast wnh rhem. I go not
our till vou go. '
Something seemed to come into the
young man's throat as he was about
to speak, for he swallowed hard and
was silent. Putnnz an arm about the
English Nobleman Evidently Dis
played No Sign of Rank
Sir R Farrant tells a good story
apropos of the late Lord Rowton's
personal concern in the comfort of
the houses which bear his name. They rees. and some inexperienced garden
had been hanzinz pictures at the t ers aave earned serious disappoint
K'nz's Cross house "all the morn- nt through its neglect.
nz. and wantmz to nnisn m tne me nrst problem, then, is the selec
i afternoon went tor luncheon to a tion of the dwarfing stock. In rhe
I r.izhboring public house. case of the pear this is nearly always
'We found tne place very busy, but 4 the quin.-e. The quince root grows
were able to go ome bread and , much slower than the pear root, and
cheesi . The hairmaid was very talk-' when a pear scion is nut on a quince
ative, and had much to say about the stock it is simply starved or stunted
large Rowton house that was to be into the dwarf form. In a similar way I
opened m a day or two. the Paradise apple, which was origi- '
" 'Have you seen it?' she asked. nally a dwarf wild apple of Europe, is '
" 'Yes.' I replied. ' used as a dwarfing stock for apples, j
"Then she launched forth in loud The plum is usuallv said to be
The senile row looftnl aiily round.
H-r fac- -uiTus-d with sham:
Fur ail thf ills which now .tboiimt,
I'm ."ure I'm not to blamt-.
The milk takes n an azure tint.
lt tate bflle.- its name;
The cram i but .1 pa.-olnu hint.
But I am not to blame.
And when I am set forth as beef.
The prices they proclaim
Become a source of general grief.
But I am not to biame.
For I have simply done my best
Ami trietl no crooked same;
The human beinzs liil the rest.
Ani I am not to blame.
happened that the pirates zot their ;ienijer riziire. he drw it to his side.
FARM IMPROVEMENTS.
for a rirst-class cow. and at the emf ,ls nations of western Europe. And
of the year she can show you a prodt 1 il is to oae ot these. Abu Bekker Mo
ot 5:'i. If you keep cows for profit hammed ben Zechariah 1A. D. 330
jut figure this over carefullv. It re- '-. the eariest and most original of
quires just as good business qualities
to be a successful dairyman as it
does to be successful in any other
business. If you don't think s you
had better quit the busniess.
but long lived," and in rational there
peutics. by his recommendation of the
practice of the game of chess as a
cure for melancholia. The antiquity
of smallpox is. as might well be ex
pected, lost in the mist of ages, but
the definite statement has been mad
by Arab historians that it first ap
peared in the Abyssinian army or
Abraha at the siege of Mecca in th
course of the so-called "elephant war"
of A. D. .""o'J (or 571). The legend is
given as follows by one of their best
historians. Tahari' "Thereupon came
rhe birds of the sea in Hocks, every
all the great Moslem physicians, that 1 one with three stones in the claws
medical science and medical literature j two. and m the beak one; and they
are indebted for the tirst recocnition t threw the stones upon them. Wherever
of smallpox as a distinct disease, and one of the stones struck there aro-e
us tirst description in written Ian- an evil wound, and pustules all over
guage. This venerable authority is . At that time the smallpox first appear
generally known to posterity as ed and the bitter trees. The stoaes
Rhazes. a name which he derived undid them wholly Thereafter Gol
rrom Rai. the place of his birth. His 1 sent a torrent which carried them
original description of this formidable away and swept them into the sea."
disease has been made familiar to Even one of the elephants, having
I have a few thoughts in mind
about farm improvements which I am
going to write, as it may be of some
benefit to others. In the first place
tco many farmers practice too close
zrazing of the pasture lands. The
hot sun of summer bakes the surface
of the ground, killing the grass roots;
this followed by the winds and frosts
of winter not only ruins the pasture.
We notice our lumber deal-r has
stocked up extensively ou catalpa
p:ts. He has a whole raft of them
in the yard, and they are all good
ones Catalpa makes a post that is
no slouch. It almost comes up to th English inquirers through the medium ventured within the sacred incloaure.
Osage orange in lasting qualities. ani of Dr. Greenhill's translation. In ad- was struck by a stone and fell a vic
iT. will hold staples much better. We j ditiou to his observations on disease ' tim to the smallpox. Among the bit
believe Catalpa wood will make the proper, the powers of observation of ' ter plants which also appeared at that
bulk of the fence posts of the prairib , Rhazes. a name which he derived ' date for th first time the rue and
states in years to come. Catalpas are strated by such items of information 1 colcynth are especially mentioned.
certainly amazinz trees to grow, espe-' as "A man with Iarzc ears is stupid. t American Medicine
cially for a tree that grows such good
wood.
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES.
If the farmers of the South knew
the great feeding value of this plant
in connection with swine raising it
would soon become one of the leading
crops on every farm where hozs are
Egg Many Centuries Old
arst fcothold But e have shaken
orr the -pell, and they have net mas
tered is yet To-nizht w will try ro
zet a messenzer out ro my kinsman
in Yorkshire and another ro mv turn
er's tnend .n Essex
The nx day and for many days
thereafter the Tower windows stared
out like expectant eyes. But no de
Iiverinz bands ever came over the
hills to reward their watching. From
the moment that he was "swallowed by
the outer darkness, the messenzer
for Yorkshire was as lost to their
.sight as thouzh he had plunzed into
."the ocean. And a week later the man
.ho had b'en ent to Essex crept
and -so rhey left the room and began
to climb rhe stairs.
As -oon as rhe curtain fell at their
heels a ririinz musuness came to
rheir nostrils, and a .-hill that was
like rhe flat of a knife-blade pressed
against their fceeks Th-y drew j Floods
breath hankfully when rhey had come !
up into the swet freshness of the i
nizht air. Flashinz on the weapons
of the pacinz -enrineis. a glory of
silver moonlizht lay Uke a visible si
lence over the parapets In the wark
ness below a -ea of forest trees was
murmurinz and splashmz at the pass
:nz of a winn. Yet deeper down in
rhe dark zlowed rhe fires of the Dan-
Whther the prehistoric egg found
in Arizona and now in the possession
but impoverishes the soil. Grass land r raised either for home supply or mar of the University of California is
that is too closely pastured will re-' ket. They should be planted d early i.oim.Oih) or :!.00 ujj years old is a
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praises of Lord Rowton. dwarfed bv working it on Myrobolan iam tne moi3Cure IC receiveu. rorcing , in tne spring as potatoes, and m nar- question that has puzzled the scien-
" -This is Lord Rowton.' 1 4 said. ' stock, but'as a matter of fact, nearly a more abuaaat growth. The prac- Iy the same manner and vaneiies of ti:,rs at rne UQiVersitv for a long time.
cointing to him all plums in this part of the country nce Qt Pouring mea.iows alter bar- j soil. Plow deep, so that a zood root Uter thf. tQ um,m,i
-Get out" she exclaimed, with are now worked on that stock, yet , ,ves ro uany sreat extent, will be a bed is provided. Cut the tubers a ( ae mKh
gr-at disgust, and then went on- with they are erown as standards. In this i oss. m nei: oa; croP " h?- you would potatoes, using your own " - . ,:" nrfTi
.. . . - . it snoiiui ne tne aim or everv rarmer iui.mnnf ir cmi -ira in rii-Tr..o.i " 4 j ...,.- .. .- - - .....
ase it is .1 mnrrer nr nmninr upn j....,-... ... .. ,-v... .... -..,-..- ... ..
stocks as the sand cherry are much c have the 'soil in better ic)a,iitiion
, more effective in dwarfing the plum.
, and it is possible that they will come
, into use for that purpose. The cher-
TOWN SITE IS TO BE MOVED. ( ry is said to be dwarfed on Mahaleb
stances, which this inquiry proves to
be organic.
This egg was found by a prospector
eekinz for gold on the banks of the
Gila river in Arizona. The prospector
turned it over to G. A. Helmore. a
mining man of San Francisco, and Mr
Helmore has loaned it to the universi
ty for study and description. Other
her work, casting a glance our way
f-oni time to time, much to the anuse
p.ient of Lord Rowton.'" London Answers.
stock, but this statement stands just 1
Cause Residents of Forty where stands the one about plums on
after a succession of crops than when
the ground is first broken. This may
be done by not sellinz off the hay
and grain, but feeding it on the farm
thereby returning to the soil in the
j prehistoric eggs have been found, but
potato raiser. Plant a little thinnt l " scientists at tne university are ; none so vaiuaoie as tnis. 1 nose tounti
than potatoes, as the plants zrow tall ' UI"ab'e o determine whether the ejrg m New Zealand are of birds-that laid
was lam in tne quaternary penoc ot o-zzs ot unusual thickness ana.
tiw earth's formation or later Now j srrenzth. Th ezgs of the tertiary
the quaternary period is anywhere I period from uverzne France, are
from l.il'irtOrto to 2..100 00 years, some I mere shells filled with hardened mud.
and rhrov out long branches. Culti
vate ds you do your corn, layjnz by
when the atalks zer tco tall ro .work
over without breakinz. Thev are har
shape of manure the equivalent of I vested as potatoes, if the tubers arc
Whenever fences are to be stored. If for hoz food the ani-
scientists holding for th one and j
some for the other, but this offspring
Mil Wh. to ;! Mioher Ground. ' u,mhnun ...i- .....' i . .., I cna prouueeu
Plans are being formed for moving 1 mav be made by buddin- on Mahaleb , reuired- aad ot" whatever kind, they J mals may be turned into the field to ; "f ta iovl famiIy mar bti ai,i to b,i , amoving wh:
the town site of Forty Mile. Wash., to Ju JZZn : bv -Metn- shouII b weU ke Xotflia ives ot out the tubers as needed. ' between 1.000 ow and 2JW0....W years , broken The
. . . 1 -t. . t ;t? " .1 farm :i "ninwlnmn" intiAiniwu or aze. i orizmal comn
nizner zrouna. wnere me pice m-mg. but the pruning is the zreater . "7 . fr 7
not be menaced by spring floods. The j part oi g business The peach mav t 1uicker taaa bad fences. It is no sizn ft -a often remarked of city people
deluge which coursed over Forty be worked on anv species o( plum j of improvement to see the fence cor- that every one or them wears signs
Mi'e eariv in May was worse than and the Dlum toc na! a tendencv to ! ners ne1 Wlth bners an,i bll3hes an(i I a bing hurried, careworn, anxious
usual The entire town was covered ' rf.arf rh inn The nme rhin- ,, tne rails scattered about an taking and that it shows itself in their very
the room of some valuable crop.
back with a dejection that foretold 1 wh camp red eyes of the dragon
his ill success The ealdorman was thar would rise re lonz and crush 1 rhe stocks of goods and buildings
taxed, mizh' and mam to protect his
own lands. He regretted it. o his
innermost vitals, bur These were days
when each must stand or fall for him-
The same thinz can
with drutwood and huge icebergs ana 1 h rf.-m.i nMrh tha nnrionr a.,,. r
Tn.r ivorii rirried rhrnu-'h the ides .u u 1 ' - I 1 " . "u " i Board fences saz over, with the posts
logs were carried taroua me -ran , tjjese can De maiie into dwarr.s bv cut- . . . .
nr- rhi EY.rrv m!1p hnrel. Damage to ; .j u,. a foot or more above the boards.
.j. vv- ... ... v - , LJUii UtUl.
ot aze.
The conjectures over the years of
the egg are contained in a bulletin
just issued at the university by Prof.
William Conger Morgan and Miss Ma-
When found the Tallmon egg waa
enclosed in a matrix of solid rock, in
which the specimen wa
shell has retained lu
1 original composition and miscroscopic
nature. The chemical analysis show
that it does not differ from the tfcell
of a wild goose ezg. and a thin Mo
tion develops that it is of the sam
them under his iron claws.
After they had wice made the
round without speakinz. rhe page said
cirav-ly '"I heard what Brithwald
self Ke could only -end his sympa- 'old vou about the bread. lord. What
thy and th counsel to hold out un
fiinchinzly in The hope that some
fortune of war would call the besieg
ers away
When he heard that. Father Inzulph
forgot his robes to indulge in a curse
"Do-s he think we have possession
of the widow ble-sed oil-cmse" If
the larder had not been crocked tor
a week's feasting, we must needs
have b-en starved under ere this
How much lonzer can we endure.
even at one meal a day"" Ke sizhed
as he drew his belt '.a another notch.
When the oezinn:ng of the Wine
Month came, the bitterest sight that
the Tower windows zave out upon
was the band of forazers that every
morning went iorth from the Danish
camprires. Every noon they return
ed, amid a taunting racket, with arm
fuls of aieskins. back-loads of salted
meats, and bags bulginz with the
Bread which they had forred the ter
rorized farm-women mto bakinz for
them. "They have the ingenuity of
fiends." Father Inzulph was wont to
groan after eacn of rhese spectacles.
At last the r:me arrived when it
looked as thouzht rhese visions were
to he the only zlimpses of food vouch
safed to them.
"Bread for one more meal, and the
last ale-cask has been broached." the
steward answered m a very faint
voice when Morcard put the nizhtly
question.
Because it was not possible for the
old xan's face to record more misery,
the light of the gnard-rocm fire over
which he crouched showed no change
whatever in his expression.
It was the young lord, who sat be
side him. that answered. After a
pause he said gently "Go and try to
get some sleep. At least you can
dream of food."
"I have done no otherwise for a sen-
wi'.l overtake us when hat is gone?
Shall w i-harze them, so that we
ay die rizhnnz"" When the Etheling
did not answer immediately his com
panion looked up at him with loving
reproach. "You forzet that vou need
j -im rtT 1; ria s!.i.,.,.j l-l.-.- T,
have "vpn said rhar you found pleas-
amounteir to 31i).)i0.
The Northern Commercial
com-
! walk and action. There is a restless
worn look about the eye. lines are m
, the face, and the hair is prematureh
wnicn. 11 put rnat mucn ueeper in .rav t ;5aj, tn-,j. as ., DHOOt
Most persons seem to jump at the . rhe -mnml mf-rhr hive m-mV 1 crm-.i? 7u ' " 1 . ,- .'
M,n,,10i,, ry,r w.h ,. ' . iae -roua'- nii-nt nave maae a good . they are nervously active ami dissatis
conclusion .hat hen the tree is Ienct?. The posIS o( a wire tt.nw , fl , Th . ti bti ,
-""-'- v- ....... ..j m...mi. .- 4 pniTUT nnr nti rnn nr anurr nnf tnuv ' j t
, ... ....... ..w .., .... i-. ... .,v . .. ut cuumry netjcie.
rion Clover Tallmon. his assistant. stnicture as that exhibited by a sim-
There are some interesting data in
the bulletin, and thy concern the an
tiquity of the ezg. Their value is also
important as a determining factor in
proving rhe orizm of bituminous sub-
ilar section from a hen's ejjg- It Is
the opinion of the investigators that
the specimen belonged to an aquatic
bird, probably one of the cormorant
type. San Francisco Call.
fected. If the tree is made smaller,
they think the fruit would naturally
be smaller, too. In fact the reverse is
should be well braced with each wire
drawn tight.
n-..re -riri -inii nrher concerns had !
to pile their goods on high shelves
and counters. Some of them were
placed on rafts and carried to higher
ground. Everybody fled to the hills
ni.i .?i.inr fhara aeami n nr. war-1
-r in the warehouses stood six feet,!8'0 t0 ePIain tnI is the ca3-
J and at any rate there is not space
"The new town site, as laid out. willjnere r? e,ss wn?' 3tlCtt is the
conceal norhmz from me. dear lord. I I be on much higher ground. Probahly I ecerai iniin-
a new name will be selected because ! They are highly useful for small
of the confusion of the present name vards on town or suburban lots, where
'.ire in reilinz me your mind " , with Ftrty Mile river
.--'-. Mb..... noj lilltZIA ItUlU LUC I i
reii cloak to touch the thin cheek' Something Hard to Buy. 1 into bearing at once. When a man , FEEDING VALUE OF CLOVhR IN
caressingly I should be extremely' The late Pat Gleason. former mayor j rents rhe premises he lives on. and! THE OAIRY.
unzrateful were I to say less, dear ' of Long Island City, was a fond and ; moves every two or three years, as a i
lad. There is a man's courage in your I indulzent father. Nothing was ever i large part of our population unhap- J Few fully appreciate the feeding
boy s body and I think a woman ' denied h:s daughter Jessie that money ' pily does, he cannot wait ten years for I value ot this plant. It contains the
could not be more faithful in her love could provide. The mayor was not a big tree of Northern Spy or Twenty- i elements of growth and milk in the
well versed in foreign languages how- Ounce to get down to business. A . right proportion. When corn is worth
true. The fruit is usually made 1 After aJ1 there is more in the train
larger. Perhaps it Would be FmOOS- : in- nl- a .In,.- rhun in rhi hri.1 nn,
of the most useful and intelligent dogs
we have ever known have been of
mongrel breeds, but from their puppy
hood were carefully trained for cer
tain lines of work. There is a point
here in the fact that the same rule
space is crowded, and where it is i applies to boys as well as dogs,
especially desirable that trees come I
Kuman nature is
Very much the same the world over
The cure for it is ro zive up the idea
of zettinz rich, and to be content with
making a zood. ordinary Iivinz.
FARM NOTES.
New Words for "America"
Air
Kow Are you cold that you
shiver o? Pull
cloak about vou
the corner of my
But the paze cast it off impatient-
ever. and upon hearing an account dwarf tree is a curious, interesting and , forty cents a bushel the protein that
ead of a society boll- of whom it I entertaininz object, anyway, and every ' is contained in a ton of good clover
was written she had a je ne sals quoL t well regulated family ought to have ' hay should be worth from 112 to $1.1
!y "No. no. it is nothing, no more
i about her which rendered her a most t three or four merely as playthings. 1 When timothy hay is worth six dol-
a " I T... . t
than that one of those men out there ' cnarmmz person, sain io .uisa -, uatl appies may oe piantea as ciose
mav have walked across the spot thar ! 1- 1 l- M six r"eec aDart- but Dears aad
is to be my zrave Sooner would I i ' -oyl aad Set one of taose most other dwarf trees require at
hite mv roninie nflTrhan mwminr vm, ! things. There's nothing any of them I least ten feet.
r- .- 1
I isk you
speech."
Azam a
came into
not ro let ir hinder your
kind of affectionate pity
zirls can wear about them that you
can't buV New York Times.
the young noble's face.
Pull the beans and other garden
stuff when ripe. If allowed to remain
on the ground there will be unneces-
1 a riui ugicsun.
t ...,.. ...-in.1.. aArtnifOil A4rh ! Cfl.T? mm .....1 .. - :;. .. .. .
. !.-- Aumau ul ! nu.i. .. -i aaic, auu- asLe luilcs waul.
"Does it mean so much to you to hear ; r .tn a Pifr. ' ,. art ,lerT '
l-UU A-W- .-. ...-.- w ,
that you have been faithful in your
service?"
"Ir means so much to me" the
boy repeated softly; and if the man's
ear had not been far afield, he might
have devined the secret of the green
runic only from the tenderness of the
low voice. But when his mind came
back to his companion again, the lad
was lookinz at him with a little milo
touching the curves of his wistful '
mouth.
"Do you know why this mishap
which has occurred to you seems
great luck for me? 3ecanse other
wise it is not likely that you would
have found out how true a friend I
the other day and said she wanted a .
GOOO MANAGEMENT.
painting a certain size. ,
"I have just what you want." ".he , There is as much in the farm man
dealer assured her and he showed ! ager as there is in the farm. X poor
her a genuine Troyon of the size ie- ( farm with a good manager is worth
sired, a beautiful animal painting. j more than a good farm with a poor
The woman looked at it for a tew manager, but the best combination L
minutes and shook her head. i a- good tarm and a good manager. A
lars. clover hay is worth almost twice
as much. It contains one-half more
milk-making material than millet hay.
and instead of exhausting the soil
like timothy or millet, it builds it up
by- taking nitrogen from the atmos
phere and brings to the surface soil
potash and phosphoric acid from the
subsoil.
The best way to keen the boy on
the farm is to let him own something.
Give him a couple of pigs. They may
be the m-ans of making farm life
enjoyable to him.
For -cratches on hordes take sul
phur, saltpeter and zinger. equal pans ;
of the three, and lard enough to make '
a salve. Wash legs clean once a day '
with air slacked lime, and apply the
salve. ,
In almost every case of viclousness
in a horse, the horse has contracted ,
the vice from man. In cases ot in
herited vice, it is the fault of the ,
man if it has not been cured. Vicious
associations corrupt horses as well as
man.
Hogs need a clean bed as much as
people do. Especially should dirty
sleeping places be avoided. Hozs
suffer from inhaling dust as much as '
men or women or children" do. Dis
ease floats on the air and dust Is the
vehicle by which it reaches its destination.
night, the man signed, as he nnmed t could be. If it had haDoened thar I
away to snatch the tongs frcirs a serf had gone with Rothgar s messenger
who was spending an unnecessary ; that night, you would have remem
fagot upon the fire. At any other bered me only as one who could en
time he would have shouted at him. terrain you when it was your wish to
but it was little loud talking that was laugh. But now. siace "it has been
done within the walls these days. j allowed me to endure sufferinz with
When they were left alone, the old yon and to share your mind when it
:l- Thrill1 hlTlCI hillr rnrt fttn w., K........M.. .... 1 ;
mass uiu.Eie.3i, uu uve 51 v en ae a
ctiiht threw himself back upon the
bench and covered his face with, his
nxantle. "I have outlived my useful
ness. he moaned. "I have lived to
feriag ruin on the house that has shel
tered me. What guilt I lie under:
place in your heart. And to-morrow,
when we go forth together, ani the
Dane slays me with, you- becaaae it
will be opes to him then that for your
sake I have become unfaithful to air.
'It won't do." she said. "I want tais
picture for my drawing room."
"Well?" questioned the dealer, who
saw no reason for the rejection so far
farmer must be kind to his stock and
understand them thoroughly He
must also "know how" and "do it"
when the time comes. He pushes, his
When some whippersnapper of a
clerk is promoted to a l"0o position
in some government department, it is
considered of sufficient importance to
become part of an Associated Press
report and be published in all the
daily papers, but when a bricklayer or
stonecutter or carpenter cleans up as
much or more in a year nothing is
thought of it.
A.1 bai olumbta ?nntl
Our w"U beloved 'ami'
Whose na tmfur!el
In majesty anil mlifht
Calls with itj starry !iht
To all lii) Niv- the Riht,
Throtizhour the world'
Hark: From Atlantic dhore.
To wbrr- Pacirtc roan
In ceurfeied boom.
From nrver-meltlnz snow.
To where the orange ,tu.
And idles and the rose
Forever bloom.
!. hrurd the tnimpllnt? hum
Of thronzintf poprs come
To faiil- with. thr-.
Thy bounillei plains to till.
Draw wealth from -very hill
And myriad cities nil
With industry
AH' All. thy chiidn-n trie;
Whatever climes rhey kne'j
For Fatherlands.
To the. their Mother niw.
In loyal iov- thry bow
And pledge with Joyous .-
Their hearu a.zd hands.
Thus Nature muveo apac
Buildinsf a mlxhty ra-
But just betran
Ta iorzn h-r Utest born
merica
I
The -ined orama and brawn
From ,111 the nations drawn
she binis tn one.
Oh. Fatli-r of all zood
Grant that with mlnifim b!cio4
And tjlendin -iouI.
P-rretln: N.itur'- ari.
Earn nation may lm?rt
It. noblest trait of heart
To erown rh- whole.
Th- love .it ;.;, and truth.
Valor, with senile rath
Evr combined; 7;
Honor without a r!aw.
J us tie-, and r-verent 14
if or order throned on Law
In dr-prt mind.
Brlntf in m- A4e of Gold. j
"Vhrn m that perfect mould
VII mfn are rin.
U hos- pattern form & jnown
In nim who itanda a,une.
Th- Man .f M'S-mr own
tTr-at "Vashlnton '
And .n thu- Ior:oti3 hours.
V h-n from their thrones all puvr
or Wrony arr burled.
'numDia atlll on hia
I'piirt thy stm to iky
;jdd w of Llberty
LiKhtin 'tf World'
From Advanc- ah-tj of the C-ar.r.ztl-tit
ilaifazin-
as the drawing room was concerned.' rork: don't push him. He must be
-Ycu couldn't have a cow in the i
drawing room, ycu know."
And that ended it-
Indicated by Eggs.
Nat Goodwin told a little one the
other night which was new to hi3
hearers and appreciated by some who
had encountered hard luck and many
missiles in their barnstorming days.
"I dropped in on a grocer in a small
town out West." said Goodwin, "and
in the course of a chat I asked him:
""Are there any amuseKemt in
tows to-night?'
"Saonldn.'t woader, he replied.
Tve been selling 'nawful lot of old
eggs to-day.'"
economical, though not stingy, in
feeding, aad must know how to care
fcr implements. These and many
mo' make the successful small or
larse farmer.
The horticultural features of the
Wbrid3 Fair in' St, Louis will be one
of the wonders of the age. The ex
hibit for this department has been al
lotted a space of four acresv and the
pyramids of apples, piled is perfect
order, will farm pictures of marvelous
attraction. Those fortunate enough
to see the great collections win under
stand something about what is meant
by having "apples of gold aet in pic
tures of sflTer."
NOTE THIS.
Go to the country where man lives
close to nature's heart; study him
as he there meets the problems of
life, and you will find literature which
is realistic in the best and truest
sense. Men of the country are to our
national life what the steel frame is
to our mighty stone or brick struc
tures when the crisis comes that
shakes the nation to it3 foundation.
It is the loyal hearts and clear brains
of the country folks which save it
from destruction. ("an McClaren)
Ser. John Watson.
Give a cold shoulder to the men whe
claim to doctor fruit trees. A few
vears ago a fellow down east set a
fad going. He said it would make
fruit fair and perfect to bore a hole
into the tree trunk and put in a spoon-
Courage of the Czars
sense along with what they da? Be
cause working the brain is the hardest
work ot all?
Hogs win eat almost anything, but
that is br reason why they should be
given filthy and unwholesome food.
If it be true that the present czar
ful of sulnhur and nlti? ir tin fihr of Russia is lacking m courage, at
as well plug a fence post' Why do least his ancestors Jxave shown bra
some folk3 not use a little common very at critical times. Alexander L.
the enlightened opponent of Napoleon,
was a brave-soldier At Austerlitz the
emperor exhibited hign courage. He
placed himself at the head of the
fourth column ot the allied army and
constantly remained with the infantry
during the whole of the sanguinary
conflict. When the fortune of the day
turned to the side of the French the
efforts of Alexander were most con-
picuous. Three times, at the head of
KEEP THE WAGON WELL
PAINTEO.
ten-
Well painted implements are
erally accepted signs of thrifty farm
ing. A dollar's worth of raw linseed
oil and color will answer to cover
the running part of a wagon. Have .
plenty of shed room, with closed his guards, he charged the enemy and
front, and raise the wheels away ' by his galaatry not only- secured the
from the damp earth when the wag
ons are stored for any great length ot
time.
Public office nowadays rarely hunts
a man. The office can't break away
from the politicians, but never had
the 'offices more need to find me x,
retreat of the remainder of the allied
army, but recaptured the greater part
of the Russian artillery.
Nicholas L. at the moment of his ac
cession, was called upon to face a
formidable military revolt in Sr
Petersburg in favor of the abdicated
heir. Coestantine. On the first day of
his reign he encountered a detach
ment of insurgents. "Gcvi day my
children. he cri ed. "Hurrah: Ccn
stantlne'' replied the soldiers. "You
have mistaken your road. said Nicn
Iaa. coldly, pointing in another direc
tion "that Is the way to join the trai
tors." Later in the day the emperor
openly defied the mutineers in fronc
of his palace, till finally, no peaceable
efforts being of avail, he ordered th
regiments which were faithful to him
to dre. The revolt was soon sup
pressed. Alexander II. was. to quote Archi
bald Forbes, who saw much of him oa
active service, "a man of real, al
though quiet and undemonstrative
pluck." Before the final tragedy he
twice faced attempted assassiaatioa
with great courage. His death. VElt
due to his refusal, to leave the spec
where anarchists had made a talrd
ineffectual attack on him. Watte fee-
lingered another bomb
and he was killed.
