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vi BB . - , Mistress Rosemary Allyn By MILL-ICENT E. MANN Copyright. 1801. by CHAPTER XIV. My Rose. I found that night had fallen during y talk with his Majesty. I bad "brought with me no linkman, and I Immediately set about getting: that most necessary attendant. Not a dif ficult task, for numbers of them came clamoring about me as soon as I set foot outside of Whitehall. There crowds of Iinkmen oft awaited the belated petitioner at court. My high spirits were In the ascend ant. 1 felt fey. Was not good for tune kissing me? I was apt to halloo before I was out of the woods, in other words, to be too sanguine in the affairs of life. That day I let my gayety be seen; it ran away with me. I engaged all the Iinkmen. who pre sented themselves for hire. As we went down the streets dors were opened, maids threw up windows and questions were asked as to the reason Uk such an illumination whether it was a wedding or a funeral, or some great man's entrance Into town. The inon entered into the fun and treaded with a military Mop. keeping rank, without a smile upon their grimy fat-os. And .so we marched along with the solemnity befitting a state funwal. which no doubt was the grandest event these fellows had ever leen railed up to participate in. When I reached the house where Mistress Rosemary Allyn stayed, I threw a handful of coins among the nn-n it dissipated every trace of .solemnity. Such a scampering, push ing and pommeling as ensued it was amusing--I could not help laughing till my sides ached. The man who came oft victorious, most of the coins it. his brawny fij-t. was a sturdy fel low and worthy of his hire. Him I ensnsed to attend me. The rest I paid and dismissed. I was told by the lackey upon being admitted that Mistress Allyn was alone and would see me. I was ush ered at once into her presence. She v.as lovelier than ever! I thought -ivhat ould lie the beauty of Lady Fel ton although the toast of the town as compared with Mistress Allyn as liken one roe to another. She re tched me none too graciously, but that was ever my mistress way. "You come in grand state, sir," she said. "Could I come to see you in state too grand?" I inquired. "Why not come in cap and bells?" she asked. "That part would not suit my com plexion." I retorted with a shrug. Hr eyes twinkled, and I saw the dimples play hide and seek about her mouth. "I Jiko not brawling in front of the house," she demurred. Evidently the window facing the street had not been without its occupant "1 beg your pardon for that." said 1. 'Who shall say what a wo "The lioy will out sometimes In spite cf me." 1 seated myself beside her on the rouch. saying. "With your permis sion?" "Mistress Gwyn informs me that you have in our keeping a slip of paper that belongs to me." 1 said. "And If I say yes?" she questioned. "1 would request it of you." I re plied. "Ah! you would make use of it to force the lady?" she asked jealously. "Xot so." I answered quickly; "I would present it to her with my best wishes, and advie her to give it and herself at the same time to 'Cousin Kaoul.' " I smiled as I mimicked the lady of my heart. She queried softly: "You give her to him? Do you not know she is an heiress, besides being the toast of Ixmdon? And that little paper won from her fortune would hold good?" "I know all that and yet I say, may he be happy." I went on. "It seems I must settle a difficult ques tion for him. He hangs with equal amorousness over two roses undecid ed which one to pluck, poor fellow!" I let a little sarcasm rinc in my voice. "Now I am not so constructed. I know my own sweet rose! She has thorns! 1 have felt them! But what care I as she give herself into my keeping, she may prick my heart's blood and it please my lady." I looked with de sire at Mistress Rosemary Allyn. The color flouted itself in her face. "I understand not your similes," she murmured. "No?" I questioned. "I will put it plainer. In all this garden of beauti ful women there is only one I desire my queen rose sweet Rosemary Allyn." "Would you not better, sir. be off with the old love first?" she asked. "I think you know the story love played no part in it." I said severely. '"The part we men played was not admirable I assure you I would have returned the paper to Lord Felton that night, had I not been so incensed at Raoul Dwight's remarks. Will you .not listen to my love, Rosemary?" I pleaded. "I would wait sir." she said, "until that little paper Is no more women are fickle. Lady Felton may refuse "to give you your freedom." "Set your mind at rest on that . point," said I. "I have not even seen .tier she may know nothing of the pa- per I assure you she wants no such unworthy & lover as I am. .She has all .London to choose from. '"Who- shall -say what a woman cwants?" -she muttered. Then: "I am . actidieus enough, sir. to wish to wait LCCAS - LINCOLNr CO. until you are free; until that paper is out of your hands into the hands of the lady mentioned in it given up freely by the man who won it." "Then shall you wait but twenty minutes, ere I am back again," I cried starting up. "Ah. you are in a hurry." she said. "At last your appetite is whetted by a desire to see the fair Lady Felton." and she sighed. Men have many pockets in their clothes where they 3tore away numer ous little articles of small value or use, while women without one manage to secrete and successfully, too. any thing they wish among the frills of their bodice. Out of such a hiding place Rosemary took the paper I had lost at Castle Grout and handed it to me. "You know it is not so I would fain linger," I said, and I looked longingly at her lips. "Still," I straightened myself, "disagreeable things are soon er over for being done quickly. Au re voir." I bent over her hand and kissed it although her ruby lips were so near. I was sorely .tempted, but I overcame myself and hurried from her presence CHAPTER XV. Lady Felton. I walked down the street which sep arated the fronts of the two estates; Lady Dwight's and Lord Felton's. A narrow alley divided the kitchen gar dens in the rear. A few houses faced the intervening streets. It had been dark when I entered the Bow street mansion, it was darker now. My linkman, who rejoiced in the sym phonic name of Pat, walked ahead. I hugged the wall and kept my eyes open. We met a dandy coming from or go ing to some grand function he was so gorgeously attired and bewigged. His servant accompanied him lighting the way. The usual tussle took place be tween the men as soon as they met, eacli trying to jostle the other from the wall. If the fellows were quar relsome their masters were not less so. The fop came at me with his sword. He was quick, but I was quicker, and ere I had parried his two thrusts I sent his sword spinning. When he felt it leave his hand much against his wish, he lurched forward to regain it. uneffectually. however. In doing so, he slipped upon the slimy street, and came cheek by jowl to an undesired acquaintance with it. Pale blue satin with much soilure on knee and sleeve was not a pleasant sight to contemplate, nor was the derisive hissing of the victorious linkman, a pleasant sound to hear. The man's impotency overpowered him, and lie burst out swearing like a buccaneer; swearing alike at his ser vant and at me. From the voice I recognized. "Cous- man wants?" she muttered. in Raoul." Never again "Cousin Raoul." but brother Raoul. I thought bitterly. There was nothing in my possession I would not have parted with cheerfully at that moment not to have had that encounter, and only hoped the light had been too dim for him to see who his antagonist was. I walked off so hurriedly in my sur prise and wish not to be recognized that no doubt he thought I was run ning away. I desired neither an en counter with swords to the death, nor yet was I ready for explanations; and I knew if his sharp eyes detected who had bested him. it must mean one or the other. I did not look back until I was far down the street; then I saw that the light of the linkman still flitted about like a will-o'-wisp as he made "search for his master's sword. It was hardly the time for explana tions, and under the circumstances I did not think my newly found brother would take kindly to them. I would call upon his mother to-morrow be fore the hour set for the duel, and re quest his presence, when I should tell her and I prayed heaven to give me in the telling a flrent tongue the rea son why Lord Waters had deserted and then divorced her. How she would take it I let myself not dwell upon that, only I hoped for my father's sake in the gentle spirit of forgive ness. As for Sir Raoul Dwlght. he no doubt would find the pill hard to swallow, but I trusted that after I had seen Lady Felton she would notify him of her release, and it would pave the way for an easier interview. I rang the knocker of this most pretentious mansion, which I had oft looked at with interest, and wondered whether I should ever have a nearer acquaintance with it or Its occupants. A lackey inhered me into a drawing room of magnificent proportions. Then he retired to see if milady would re ceive me. The lady was capricious and kept me waiting. At first my thoughts dwelling as they did upon my encoun ter with Sir Raoul Dwight and my prospective meeting, were not pleasant ones. I had not yet gotten into the way of thinking of him as a brother: fate had given me a hard rub there, but I should do my level best to ex tend to him all, the good will I was capable of. How he would receive it well The time dragged whilst my thoughts were with him, it seemed as if Lady Felton were keeping me hours. so I turned my attention to more at tractive thoughts, sweet Rosemary and her bewitching ways! At last the lacker entered and said I was to folio-- vti. He led me Tip a flight of stairs I surmised -to my lady's bower, and so it proved. The room was dim ly lighted with wax candles and the air was heavy with pertume. Lady Felton sat in state at the far end of the boudoir, as became a great lady and great beauty. She held a hand screen before her face. .1 smiled and thought, milady fears her beauty will overcome me; no doubt she will gradually unfold its splendor to my profane eyes. She was small, dainty, and most sumptuously attired in a shimmering gown, reckless of the many yards of lace with which it was covered. This I noticed as I bowed low before her. I expected but a cold greeting; I got none. So I spoke: "I have to make a most humble apology to you. Lady Felton, and ask that you will accept of this bit of paper." I held out to her the paper won from her father. "Sir. you are late in both your apology and in the yielding up of that paper," she said scornfully. I like a woman to be low-keyed. There was as much difference in the voices of the two women, the one I loved and the one fortune intended I should marry, as in the scent of two flowers. (To be continued.) HOW JAPANESE RULE WORKS. Formosa, Once Island of Pirates, Is Now Progressive Place. The "taking over" of Formosa by Japan after the Chinese war has turned an island of pirates and her mits into a progressive community, with a trade of $11,000,000 in the first half of 1304. Half this trade is with Japan, an in crease of 11 per cent; half with the rest of the world, an increase of 3 per cenL The imports into Formosa from the United States, as reported by Consul Fisher, according to the New York World, amounted to $290,734, an in crease over those of the same period of 1903 of 13 per cent. The United States furnishes practically all the flour and 89 per cent 'of kerosene oil imported into the island. The prin cipal items of import from the United States, were: Kerosene oil, $184,507; flour. $68,132: engines and machiner $13,415; ginseng. $10,497; railway ma terials. $2,251: iron and steel, $1,754; paraffin wax, $1,429; all other articles, $3,749. Tombstone. Arizona, Well Named. The people familiar with the history of Tombstone. Ariz., are inclined to believe that there is something In a name. Tombstone in 1S7S became the center of attraction in Arizona to the pioneer prospectors when the first mines were opened up at that point. The population quickly increased to over 6,000 and it became the center of mining activity in the Southwest. The last census gave the population as 400. The mines'are worked out and the population has drifted away to more prosperous camps. Therefore the town has indeed come to merit its name, for it marks the burial soot of many blasted hopes. Many another Western mining Town has had the same history, though few have so aptly told it to the world in their titles. A Perfect Face. In a perfect face every feature should boar a certain fixed proportion to every other feature. Take, for ex ample, the relation between the width of the eyes and the width of the face. The width of the face should be equal to five eyes. The distance be tween the eyes should be exactly equal to one eye. Another important relation is that between the eyes and the mouth. The width of the eyes should be equal to two-thirds that of the mouth. The nose should be equal in length to the height of the fore head, of a regular shape and precisely defined outline. The forehead should be equal in height to the length of the nose and of that part of the face be low it. Foreheads are high or low. round or square, flat or convex. A smooth, rounded, slightly convex forehead Is the most beautiful, but the higher, broader and fuller it is. all things be ing equal, the greater the capacity and strength of mind. Ill Natured. Capt. W. H. Brownson. the superin tendent of the Annapolis Naval acad emy, was talking about an ill-natured man. "He is as ill-natured." Capt. Brown son said, "as George Tobin of Lyons. "Lyons-is a town of New York state. I was born there, and I remember George Tobin from my earliest years. He was certainly crabbed. "Here is a sample of his disposi tion: "He was walking, one beautiful, sun ny day in April, over the fields and in his walk he met a young and pretty girl. " 'Good morning. Mr. Tobin,' she said. 'A lovely day. isn't '.V "George scowled at her. "Who's findin fault with the day. he growled. 'You'd pick a quarrel with a stone wall." " Salt Lake Tribune. Choate's Pretty Compliment. Joseph H. Choate. who is soon to be succeeded by Whitelaw Reid as min ister to the court of St. James, has es tablished a reputation in England for always saying the right thing at the right time. This facility was demon strated at a London banquet where, as is more often the case over there than here, the gallery of the hall was filled with women. Mr. Choate arose to make his first speech as ambassa dor. Looking about him. or rather above him. he began with: "Now I know what the scripture phrase means when it Is written. TLiu madest man a little lower than the angels." " Willing to Help Him Out. After the doctor had examined the patient and the man's wife wanted to know the nature of the illness the conscientious physician said: "Your husband's condition is such that it will take some time to differ entiate the symptoms to arrive at an accurate conception of the malady from which he is suffering. The treatment must be symptomatic. I must first make a diagnosis." "I hope you can make it of calico," remarked the woman, "for I haven't a piece of flannel in the house." King Edward is "Chesty.". One of King Edward's dusky sub jects who attended the coronation has written a book recording bis impres sions in which the following descrip tion ot the king s worth quoting: "He has a magnificent chest, which he throws out like a lion; his voice mils from It l'ke that of a lion, as Is th cvtstom with princes." EMM -aBL-.v BSSSSSSft-BSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSSV BSMt - -UBf " . A. V IVUllllllll f M S TmW Mr. Wragg invites contributions of any new Ideas that readers of this ae partment may wish to present, ana would be pleased to answer correspond ents desiring information on 8Die discussed. Address M. J. Wragg. 300 Good Block. Des Moines. Iowa. THE FARMER'S HOTBED. The usefulness of a hotbed in get ting early raddish and lettuce for the tUrie before they can be had from the open garden and in starting cab bage and other plants for transplant ing to the garden or field is so great when compared with the small cost of making it that no fanner can afford going without one. We made a new one last week be cause the one we have used for years had to be moved. The sash we had by us is 4x7 feet. We took four bits of 2x4 stuff, about eighteen inches long for the corners of the frame, two old planks; twelve inches wide were used for the sides, then we nailed some pieces of old board in the in s!de of the corner pieces for the ends, so that the outside of the plank would be flush with the edges of the sash when it was put on. We then took two pieces of six-inch fence boards to complete the sides. The south ends were rested on the plank and the north ends raised three inches, so that there could be enough pitch to the sash to shed water nicely and help the effect of the slanting rays of the sun. To close the crack made by this procedure we tacked a four-inch strip on the inside of each side and our frame was finished. To complte the hotbed, we spaded up the ground within the trame, put in several inches of fresh horse ma nure, tramped it down and covered it with four or five inches of nice soil into which had been mixed some well rotted manure. This was rakeu up rice and fine, the sash put on and when the bed was warmed up it was ready for the seed. If the hotbed can be put where the soil is good, six inches or so can be saved in depth of frame and the soil for the seed bed he had right at hand by throwing our top soil inclosed ia the frame. Our hotbed is located on a cold clay soil, hence the soil for seed bed was obtained elsewhere. After a'hotbed is once established it may be renewed from year to year by your throwing out six inches of the top soil each spring, putting in fresh horse manure and replacing the top soil, which will contain enough of what was fresh manure the pre vious spring to make it in good shape for the seed hed when lined and nicely raked off. We would not think of going with out a hotbed and believe there are thousands of farmers who would not if they would build one and use it for a time. In some cases liquid manure can be nsed to advantage in securing a bet ter growth of plants. In using, care must be taken not to have it too strong. In applying stir the soil well around the plant and then apply the manure much the same as watering, but taking care not to allow any to j,et on the foliage or stems of the plants. A good way to make it is to fill an old barrel one-third full of ma nure and then fill up with water. Let stand a day or two, stirring occasion ally. Pour off the water and then weaken as desired. It is better to ap ply two or three times, two or three days apart than to give the same amount in a single application. When quick results are desired, liquid ma nuring may be done to advantage. NEST EGG PHILOSOPHY. It is not merely superstition that makes the farmer's wife leave a nest egg in the nest, nor a mere whim of the old hen that causes her to be more likely to lay an egg where she finds one already. It is only the survival of a habit founded on good reasons an inherited instinct. In the wild state it would be a foolish hen that, having had her eggs eaten by a fox, would keep right on laying in the same place, thus keeping the fox in eggs all sum mer. Perhaps if the fox had been as sly as he is said to be he would have left a nest egg, too, and she might not have noticed, for. as one nest egg seems to satisfy a hen. perhaps she can only count one. The hens that did not hunt a new nest when they found their eggs were all gone failed to perpetuate themselves they were not fit, and all nature is founded on the great law of "the survival of the fittest." The wise hen straightway sought a new and safer place in which to lay her eggs. So make some nests of clean soft hay, where the hens can hide, and put in a nest egg. and see if you do not find another be side it. Don't break a colt only train it. Gain its confidence by uniform kind ness and gentleness. Then work patiently to make it under stand what you require of it. A single harsh word or blow may undo the work of months. The mothers and daughters are interested in this. PLANNING THE FARM GARDEN. Of course everyone cannot have an ideal location for a garden, a south and east slope, but select the best' site possible near the house. I once saw a garden at least half a mile from the farm buildings, and although it was a ptetty fairly kept garden, I fear that many a meal was eaten without fresh vegetables, simply because it was too far to go 'for them. E. H. D. writes: "The process of treating oats for smut, which you rec ommended to me last spring, was very successful. I could only find here and there a smutty head. A field along side not treated was very smutty. I am safe in saying I had the cleanest field in the neighborhood." The treat ment "was simply sprinkling the seed with an ounce of formalin to a gallon of water until thoroughly , wetted, working over and shoveling into a pile to stand for Jbrty-elght hours, then spreading out are drying. Some people zver get enough laiOv'ng until they get too much. of CCiL4I?l ani .mm, ni CARE OF TREES RECEIVED FROM NURSERY. Whether purchased direct from the growers or ordered through agents, care should be taken that the roots ot the trees are not exposed to the ac tion of the sun and dry winds. The practice of many farmes of placing the bundles in their wagons and driv ing home without taking any pains to cover them to prevent the drying of the roots has undoubtedly caused the loss of thousands of nursery trees. Wet straw and blankets should al ways be provided when notice has been received that the agent from whom the trees have been ordered is to make a delivery, and. as soon as possible, the trees should be either planted or heeled in. When received in the fall, unless one has a cellar, where the temperature can be kept just amove the freezing point, in which they may be placed with their roots in the soil, it will be desirable to heel in the trees in some well drained spot, where there will be no danger from standing water. A trench should be dug a foot or so in uepth and about three feet wide. In which the trees should be placed with the tops inclined toward the south at an angle of about twenty-five or thirty degrees from the horizontal. The bundles should be opened and the soil thorougnly worked, among the roots and pressed about them. It is always advisable to have the trunk and greater rart of the branches cov ered, especially in the case of peach and other tender fruits, and whenever fruits have not been thoroughly ripen ed. It is a good plan to use ever green boughs to break the sun's rays and prevent the alternate freezingand thawing, as well as the rapid thawing of the trees after a severe cold spell. One of the perennial questions that come to us is in regard to the neces sity, or value, of placing a large flat stone under an apple tree when plant ed in the orchard. We always an swer this by saying that our best or chardists do not practice it, and that we know of many acres of productive and healthy trees that have been grown without any such process. We do not think that there is any harm in placing a small stone under a tree, and it is barely possible that there may be some advantage in it, but for ourselves we certainly would go through no such trouble. TO HANDLE BARB WIRE. Wire fence is the fence of the pres ent day and likely to be for some years to come. A farmer often wishes to move a string of barb wire fence to some other place. To do so is a job that tries the patience and cuts the hands. Iet me tell you how to handle it and have no more trouble. Take the spool on which the wire was origi nally rolled, run a good, strong, smooth stick through it and drive a wedge in firmly at one end to keep the spool from turning on stick; now fix a crank firmly to one end of your stick and fasten one end of wire to the spool. Two men take hold of the stick, the right-hand man holding the stick with his left hand, and turning the crank with his right hand. Walk right along and -ou will be surprised how easily and rapidly you can take up wire. A little different form of spool and a crank on each end will take up woven wire the same as barb. Two men will each buy a harvester of the same kind. At the end of a few years one is worn out and the other is in good order. These ma chines have been put to about the same use. but not the same care and management. It is barely possible that all machines may not be alike, even when from the same factory. Longevity will often come through good care and proper treatment of a machine. It is more than a matter of oil. They should never be strained nor made to do more than their capa city warrants, and they should be pro tected from the elements. EARLY CHICKENS. If you have no incubator and wish early chickens, do not try to make the old hen cover all the eggs possible during these cold days. Ten eggs un der the hen that would be given thir teen or more in April or May will likely give better results than more. If it is desired to set some eggs early they must be gathered before they get chilled, so if you have not a good warm henhouse, you better visit it two or three times a day and take in such eggs as are warm and use them for hatching. When the chicks are hatched see that they ha-e a dry, warm place free from draughts; but do not house them on a plank or cement floor with no covering. A slight dressing of sand, soil or sifted hard coal ashes will make a good carpet for them. Early chickens cost more than those hatched in May, but they usually sell for more, so it's half a dozen of one and six of the other. But you can have early chickens without any In cubator. Apple growing needs the same scientific application to make the busi ness a success as is required to make a success of the business of stock breeding. FERTILIZERS ON FARMS. "That the fertilizer trade has grown to enormous proportions is shown by the figures given for the year 1899. In that year the total expenditure for fertilizers in the United States was $54,783,757, or about $10 per farm. This was about 1.2 per cent of the value. of all farm products. The out lay for fertilizers increased 42 per cent in the decade 1890 to-1900. Sugar farms spent an average of $180 for fertilizers. For some other classes of farms the figures, were: Nurseries, $69; florists' establishments. $51; veg etable farms. $38; tobacco farms $27; fruit fanes. 22; rice farms. $13; cof fee, cotton and dairy farms, $11; hay farms. $6; stock farms. $5." You can judge better of the reflne raent of a family by a glance Into .Its 'Inlr.g room than into its parlor. GARDEN Vi SPRING WORK ON A FRUIT FARM. Pruning can now be done on warm days, and remember never to trim trees when the wood Is frozen. A good time to do this work is along toward spring when the snow is go ing off. When we have cold nights and warm days, we can go about on the crust and trim the trees, and It is easy then to gather up the cuttings. Standard pears and cherry trees should be cat back but little if any, cutting out such branches only as aro crowding or those that cross each other. Apples should be looked over each year, cutting out enough of the top to let the sun's light in. Dwarf pears, plums and peaches should be cut back severely each year. At least one-half (and better, two-thirds) of the past year's growth should be taken off. Do not be afraid to cut these back as above. I have practiced it for years and get far better results in both tree and fruit than do my neighbors, who prune' but little. Your trees, when thus cut back grow stocky and will support their load of fruit without propping and herein lies the secret of having no "off years" of fruit. In planting out your berrv patch plant as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. Get plants as near home as possible. Raspberry and blackberry roots start vey early in the spring, and must therefore be handled with care so as not to break the sprouts that start. If plants are bcught at the nursery they will have a foot or more of the cane on them, but these are left on only for con venience in handling, and should be cut off after the plants are set. II lett on. the plant will make an effort to produce fruit the first season, which it should not be allowed to do foi by so doing it will weaken the new growth and injure the season's crop of berries. Do not make the mis take of setting your plants too close. Give them plenty of room for full development of plant and fruit. We feed when we give the farm animals proper shelter. It is a sign of bad farming, of farming sure to re sult unprofitable, to see, as one some times does, beasts shivering in a fence corner during the bitter blasts of winter without a bite to eat. Were such farming to pay it would be put ting a premium on cruelty. SPRING TREE PLANTING. It will soon be tree planting time again, and we would like to offer a srggestion about tree planting around the home lot. Please do not set the tices out on regular lines, squares and the like. The only trees set in rows should be those bordering the street, and those in the orchard. The best model for tree planting for home embellishment is to he found in the native forests or, rather, in the open ings at the edge of the timber nat ural and artistic combinations of for est tree, shrub and vine, with an in terval of crass meadow between. Find some pretty spot of this sort, and study the way nature has arranged the trees and shrubs. Don't get the trees too near the house. They seem all right when young and do no harm, but they soon grow, and then jou see the mistake you have made, and rarely can there be found a man with courage enough to lay the ax to the root of the hand some and thrifty tree which he has himself planted. Nothing so' spoils the front yard or lawn as a couple of evergreens set twenty feet distant from the house. Evergreens are all right, but they should grow alone and be grouped with other deciduous trees to give a fine effect. Do not. as soon as the first warm spring day comes, turn the cows out of their comfortable stable, and allow them to fill themselves with frost bitten grass. It will only fill them; not feed them; then, too, it is a very unhealthy filling. A MAP OF THE ORCHARD. Several years after planting an orchard it is not unlikely that the farmer, unless be has taken proper precautions, will be unable to dis tinguish one variety from another ex cept, of course, where there is a wide difference in the habits of growth and color of bark of the trees. And it is well that the fruit grower should know the name of every tree in bis orchard. Several methods are em ployed for this purpose. Many or chardists use labels, but they fade out and if attached by string are often lost, while wire fastenings work Into the wood. A convenient plan is to make out a rough map of the orchard with good paper and ink, showing lo cation of all varieties, with age, date of planting, name of nursery and other useful notes. If such a map is kept with the same care as other valuable papers, it will prove a great help. Trees girdled by either mice or tab bits may be saved by paring the wound and covering with grafting wax. Earth should then be heaped up against the tree. POULTRY NOTES. Corn is a heating diet well fitted for the hens' supper on a cold, windy yarch night. Oats sown as soon as the ground can be worked afford early pasture. Use seed liberally. Lettuce is one of the best early gieens for supplying shut-in flocks. A small bed in the garden will yield a largo amount. Dust setting hens with pyrethrum powder twice or three times before the eggs hatch and there will be no lice on the chicks. March is the month that shows to the thoughtful poultry keeper the value of sunny sheds and windbreaks. Do you have them? Spring is the best time to trans plant hedge plants. The first pruning can be done in September, when the tops should be cut four feet from the ground. This first pruning, however, can just as well be deferred until March. Better roads, taxes. but mind, no higher S0Sssfe SOCKS AS GOOD AS MONEY. Their Convenient Use in Backwoods Games of Chance. Ole Oleson. a "lumberjack." walked into town the other day carrying 1. 750 pairs of gloves and mittens, 1.175 pairs of socks and eighty-three pounds of tobacco. He offered the goods for sale at about one-fourth of their value and was arrested on suspicion. He pro tested to the police that he came into session of the goods honestly. When pressed he declared that he von the articles at poker in the lumber woods. Oleson said he had been in the woods many months. The lumberjacks received no money while la the woods, but were expected to wait until they returned to town for their pay. At the company "store" in the woods the men could get such articles as they desired, however, having them charged against their time. Accordingly the men used merchandise Instead -of checks In their games. Oleson said he played In good luck, and in one game where socks were the stakes, he won 1.175 pairs of the hos iery on three aces. The other man held a trio of kings. In a game for mittens. Oleson said, the limit was high, and in three hours of play be had mittens enough to sup ply a regiment of soldiers. His story sounded reasonable and he was released to go and "cash in his checks." Ashland (Wis.) Cor. Minne apolis Tribune. BOARD WAS NOT HARMED. Experiment Showed Candle Would Not Penetrate Plank. To the Editor of the Sun: Sir Some one in the columns of the Sun said he shot a candle through a pine board one inch thick, and the Sun advised those who were skeptical to make the experiment for themselves Acting on the suggestion. I took my old Queen Anne and put about five fingers of the best powder in her and then a candle, and as all the boards out or doors have about nine feet of snow on top of them. I took the bot tom board of my bunk in the camp and stuck it in the snow about seven fathoms distant and fired. When I got to the target I found the candle had struck all rtaht. but it had not even dinted the board and was flattened out flatter than my pocketbook after 1 had bought my winter's rum. I came to the conclusion that some one was telling the Sun some damn lies. However. I did not lose the candle alt ether. I scraped it off the board and took it back into the camp and fried pancakes with it for my supper. A Lover of Truth. Herring Cove. N. S.. Feb. 17. New York Sun. An Unpromising Field. Mr. Yipsley was just on the poi..t of leaving his house for his place of busi ness down town, when there came a ring at the front door bell. He open ed the door. A canvasser stood out side. "I beg your pardon." said tht can vasser, "but I'd like to show you a sample of our improved talking ma chine. It makes a good present." "I don't think I care to see it," re plied Mr. Yipsley. "You are not interested in Ulkine machines, perhaps." ventured the other. "I can't say that, either. But I have one already. Talks all day long. Nev er needs winding up. Never runs dewn." At this moment a high-pitched toicc from somewhere at the top of the staircase broke into the conversation. "It isn't so!" exclaimed the person with-the high-pitched voice. "It isn't so: But I've got a growling machine that runs whenever it's in the house!' Youth's Companion. Joke Carried Too Far. "This artificial limb business Is et ting to be something wonderful," said George Moore, of the GUsey house. "When a man can wiggle the fingers ol an artificial hand it is uncanny. Practical jokes of terrible effect are possible with the artificial limb, and the victim is such in the true sense of the'word. "A man came in here not long ago and walked up to the clerk and in a friendly way reached across the count er to shake hands. Then he wheeled away and left his hand in the grip ol the clerk. "The clerk fainted actually faint ed, although he realized. I believe, that the hand he held was but an artificial one. The man who wore it had de vised a scheme by which he might throw it off b pressing a spring. The delight he took in the joke ceased when his victim collapsed." New York Telegraph. Made It Plain to Murphy. "Joe," said Mr. Murphy to h.J friend, Mr. McFlynn, "the paper says tnere's a superfluity in the labor mar ket. Now, phwat in the name av Saint Pathrick is a superfluity?" "A superfluity," said Joe, musingly, "is a kind of a too much that could be done without at laste, so I've always understood." "Is thot It, now?" said Mr. Murphy, a fine inflection of sarcasm in his tones. "Sure, your meaning's as clear as mud itself. Can't you make it a bit plainer for an old pal ?" "I don't know as I can." said Mr. McFlynn. "But stay." he added, as a brilliant suggestion entered his mind. "A superfluity, me bhoy. is a good dale the same thing as a feller's puttin' on a necktie when he wears a full beard." Wiliowwood. I sat with Love uion a woodslc! well. Leaning across the wat-r. I and h; Nor evr did he siw.-ak nor look at me. But touched his lute, whoreln was audible The certain secret thinj? he had to tell; Only our mlrror'd eye3 met silently In the low wave; and that sound came to be The passionate voice I knew, and my tears fell. And at their fall, his eyes beneath drew hers" And with' his foot and with his wlng- feathers He swept the sjiring that water'd my heart's drought Then thj dark riji'es spread to waving hair. And as I stoop'd. her own lips rising there Bubbled with brimming kisses at my mouth. Dante Gabriel KossettL Had Watched Her Mamma. A prominent society woman who is very blonde has a small daughter, aged 4, of an equally fair type. Frances is fond of watching her moth er's toilette, and that she has profited by the secrets of the dressing table and the frequent use of a pencil was proved at luncheon a few days ago. Said a doting aunt: "It's too bad Frances' eyebrows and lashes are not dark. She would be a beautiful child." "Huh!" exclaimed the precocious youngster. "I guess they'll be dark hea I am big enough to write 'era J 'ike mamma does." New York Times. ' Father of Thirty-Eight. According to the Vienna Tageblatt. the wife of Joseph Stroer of Barring ton. Bohemia, has just presented her husband with his thirty-eighth child. Stroer is seventy-one years old, has been thrice married. Good Drink for Invalids. Orange juice served with the beats white of an egg is palatable and far tlcularly good when the digestion is) extremely weak. It Is also gives) to" those who are convalescing fever cases. The Little Things. Life is made up. not of great flees or duties, but of little things, which smiles and kindnesses a small obligations, given habitually, what win and preserve the heart secure 'comfort. Net Always Successful. "When a cat runs after her tail.1' remarked the observer of events and things, "she does not always at tain the end she seeks." Yoakerv Statesman. N Lang Time Needed to Roast Bultock. Although roasted whole for twelve? hours over coke fires, a bullock, cut up and distributed among 500 poor people at Sunderland. England was found to be still uncooked. Really Meant to Die. During a murder trial at Praguv the prisoner became suddenly unwell and later confessed that he had at tempted suicide by swallowing three) large needles and twenty boot-buttons. First Bomb Outrage. The first bomb outrage occurred o Christmas eve. 1800. when Salnt-Na jant tried to kill Napoleon. More than) 130 people were injured by the em plosion. ''Farther of All Devils." The Fiji islanders discovered in the first motor car to invade their priati tive home "the father of all devils." Hides of Cow and Horse. A cow's hide produces thirty-flve pounds of leather, and that of a horse about eighteen pounds. More Boys Than Girls. The average birthrate for Europe shows that for every 100 girls 106 boys are born. An Ex-Sheriff Talks. Scott City. Kan.. March 20th (Sps cial.) Almost every newspaper tells of cures of the most deadly of kidney diseases by Dodd's Kidney Pills Bright's Disease. Diabetes. Rheums? tism and Bladder troubles. In fact any disease that is of the kidneys or caua ed by disordered kidneys is readily cured by this great American remedy But it is in curing the earlier stages of kidney complaint that Dodd's Kid ney Pills aro doing their greatea vork. They are preventing thousands of cases of Bright's disease and othe deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis ease when it first shows Us presence in the body. Speaking of this work Ex-Sherll James Scott of Scott County, says: "I have used eight boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and must say that they are just the thing for Kidney Diseasa We have tried many kidney medicines but Dodd's Kidney Pills are the besl of all." Easily Explained. "Why. Mary, how did you break that pretty plate?" exclaimed tht mother of a pretty four-year-old to he daughter. "Why. I'll show you. mam ma, it was just like this." and taking up another bit of china from the tabl she gave a practical demonstration by letting it dash into a thousand pieces on the hardwood floor of the dining room. Child's Appeal to Satan. Dean Pigou tells in his new book ol anecdotes the story of the little girt who was much upset by a maiden aunt, and posted in a hole in the gar den a letter in these terms: "Deal Mr. Satan Will you kindly come and take away Aunt Jane? She is a very fussy person and does worry me so Yours affectionately, Alice." Fines a Dead Man. A man arrested in Sinapore, Bet gal, died before his case could b heard, but the local magistrate never theless tried and convicted and fined the dead man, ami then ordered the heirs, bis nephews, to pay the Una The High Court has reversed the judg? ment. The Ideal Maid. Oh, do not paint her charms to met I know that she is fair; I know her lips might tempt the bee. and her form's beyond compare. Such natural gifts I do not prize, my heart the cannot win; the girl I love has squinty eyes but her father's got ths tin. THE SIMPLE LIFE. Ways That Are Pleasant and Paths That Are Peace. It is the simple life that gives length of days, serenity of mind and body and tranquillity of sou!. Simple hopes and ambitions, bound ed by the desire to do good to one's neighbors, simple pleasures, habits. food and drink. Men die long before their time be cause they try to crowd too much Into their experiences they climb too high and fall too bard. A wise woman writes of the good that a simple diet has done her: VI have been using Grape-Nuts for about six months. I began rather spar ingly, until I acquired such a Ukiag for It that for the last three months I have depended upon It almost en tirely for my diet, eating nothing else whatever, but Grape-Nuts for break fast and supper, and I believe I could eat it for dinner with fruit and be sat- ' isfied without other food, and feel much better end have more strength to do my housework. "When I began the use of Grape Nuts I was thin and weak, my muscles were so soft that I was not able to do any work. I weighed only 108 pounds. Nothing that I ate did me any good. I was going down hill rapidly, was nervous and miserable, with no ambi tion for anything. My condition Im proved rapidly after I began to eat Grape-Nuts food. It made me feel like a new woman; my muscles got solid, my figure rounded out. -ray weight Increased to 126 pounds in a few weeks, my nerves grew steady and my mind better and clearer. My friends tell me they haven't seen ma look so well for years. "I consider Grape-Nuts tae best flsod on the market, and shall never g back to meats and white bread again.' Nam given by Postum Co., Battls). Creek. Mich. There's a reason.. Look hi each" peg: for the' Uttl to WeUvOls.?- - m M M M i tfti - ?: rl .! . I -X . mc. s- L .- j -.. --." j- V-;
