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--,- . 3 A. .. -. - -J Wi . -- - t ... - r--. -'i. Sv . 1 ssssV H rv .:- . :':- 'saw- . Sx . - - ; - m " -. ft -.-..." .... ssksssm B . ,. . "' ""sns"w "."-"""-.".. ' sa. .. -'. " . "sVsv K uss'a""-'"""""""'"""ak sn sT-l K"l -'." . .. fsr. ' """H'hssr x. . . P -.. if --; -:.- K .: -': " k ... H v" A FOOL FOR LOVE '; Iy lTtANCB LYNDC AUTHOR Of "THt O ATT IRS.- "ira." ''"- .v:. v. " -...;. -.' . '.-.CHAPTER m.-CoHtinie4 V.-' . ...'" ''WThyl my dear'-Virginia- the- Ideaf rbii don't know in the least;whatyou -.""; .-V-"""-.nffe "talking about.. I have "been, read-..-.".."v :" -.-. - ins.ipjthe papers about- these -right-of- " J . " :l -ay troubles: and .they J, are-perfectly -.I-"::V--.I.:..tfirrnK2er -One "reporf'-'said. '.they ' were ;..V''"-V"?"rftirbgah6-laboring jnten. and another ". :;:J-jiUf the milit'ia'mlght haveto-be'caned :-"-'-. -.Vr -:-". ""'' .". ' - vX:i;f.'-veii; what or it" 'said .Virginia vith all- itie'.hardihood of youth, and -mfentw ledge. "It's something. like a burning 'bnilding: one. doesn't- want to '' .'. -.: Ve;b.aVd-hearfea and rejoice over other I ;. -,."t-"6?9ll?"-s misfortunes; but then, if it. .1". . '-"-- A . -. .. Sti. ' . .;.--,-." ;.;t.nas;.io. .qurn; onn woum -line w ;'. ':'::r'-ttere"tq.-5ee" " - -' y-.;"--v--E'Jjss-:-Bessie put a stray lock ot Jhe ':-r.::7i:iixn"jiair up under it proper comb. ..-.'...... .-vv 'Fm sure J prerer.Cajilornia ana iuc -.: i.:fatige groves and peace." she assertea. :;::j?fait you, Cousin -pilly?" ;.-;.f.5 "..y juat. MT.-Caivert -vvouitt nave repiitai -..5?n aiatter for this history; since ai .- '.----7ii-Jis. ' precis'e. jnonient the rajah came .V:'.-;":::Ti'i.V"coruscuting,'' as Virginia put it. "-.-. -p"-r..- .:'UoOi bis -Jate encounter- with, the -su-"? ' -.: J'-- ': erlatendent's chief clerk. :i "l:i":l!.-V:-?CJiye..tiiero the word to go, Jastrow; .:. ;'--;; -..'iaatf.jlerspet out "Of . heah," he com- V-s'5:V::uiandeW:'And when .the secretary had S-7v.n't5hed'th"e Rajah made his explann- ...:-Vi---"-:--tjiBs-ioialland sundry. "I've been .'':..': jVr.p'bifged;"tn -a tnanijeh to' change ouh :"''&.? '-r- ;r ifloerarjti .-XnotheU .-company is trying .v--:v.:;tufautt.nis"u'p inlQutz Creek canyon, --V-Si":V-'iyjiad-I. am -In a meashuh compelled to " : ' ci-:::b:rn;ihe ground. We shall be delayed -. - . ""--.- --.-. --.- : - . -. ... - ... "fcy J.. utrnmicmt Bk fi -- . . -:- -.''-.y..amx. a.fe-w:-days, Jllope; at mewow rocK-riDoea guicn auorawg an iuuu--??'.: 'Mlyiookr untilVthe first-snowstorm comes; ferent right-DMray'lbr two' railroads." i: f-".:.;-:'--Vid?"inthe meaitima, California won't "Ftor one." she corrected, in a quick . locomotives had. "stormed 'onward' and' upwara.'from-theyalley.of the Grand; through -black -'defiles and-around the shrugged, -shoulders .'of the. mignty peaks- to' .find .a rasting-piace in . the white-robed dawn on -the siding at Ar-' fentine.. The:lfjMt pc aleepera, .Vir ginia, had awakened .when .the special was' passing through! Carbonate; and drawing the berth curtain she had lain -for hours watching the solemn proces sion of cliffs and Teaks wheeling in stately and orderly array against the inky background of sky. Now. in the steel-blue dawn, she was or thought she was the first; member of the par-" ty to dress, and steal out upon the railed platform to look abroad, upon the wondrous scene .in the -canyon. But' her reverie, trance-like in Its wordless enthusiasm, was presently broken by a" voice behind her the voice, namely, of Mr. Arthur Jastrow. "What a 'howling wilderness, to be sure, isn't itr said the secretary, twirling his eye-glasses by the cord and looking, as he felt, interminably bored. "No, indeed; anything but that." he retorted, warmly. "It is grander than anything I ever imagined. I wish there were a piano in the car. . It makes me fairly ache to set it in some form of expression, and music is the only form' I know." - "I'm glad if it doesn't" bore you." he rejoined, willing to agree with her for the sake of prolonging the interview. "But. to me it Is nothing more than a dreary wilderness, as I say; a barren. .' tuaia-way." . " pcVJjinia "linked armswith Bessie the ;.--nTien-Jiaired'When the wheels began "vto'iarn,. - '.. '.'V'B1 nw ntt.f oh said. "Ijet's CO out ..i.""v:r;"9a.'-t!:'nlatfor,;B and see tne la8t ot '."-r-.-JC It was?-while they were clinging to "V'-taKhandrail and looking "back upon yZ '. ''. Vf-:the iumbleof railway activities out of E':v-i!".::-wul5hi'ney h& Just emerge the :;-.. "-'VfvKftSeuiarr gaining headway; overtook " -'-.?-" '"-'U''V-'wiifiTher iHoi-iner traia runnlne smooth- V.y 5.v7-.X'?,ri1"'a Vack Para,el to tnat uPn .V.X.rV;.rh 'the. private-car was speeding. It . ; -t;v :?.:'"-" Tite' the narrow-gaiige mountain con-'-. .-.-!-T".--"".r.2.petipnvpC the-Utah line, and Winton "?:':'-:.T.v--VtuI Adams were on the rear platform ):;'J -V.CbfT'ihiB-.last. c.ar- ,5o it chanced that the .!. --:.?-..X';lVf "Or 'of. them. were presently waving I ' "Cr?A- "r"-.yMr "adieux across the wind.-blown in ..:?. Vr-1 lranace: iln themvdst of It. or rather O.''lgajnerjhg. speed -.as -the lighter of the '.'"&.-,'. twd..'-'traifis.forgeiI ahead, the' Rajah I ". .7-" -'f7?;--i-"'c'43idUt..tb jiglit :his cigar. ..' -J. i IJtr-UUUiv '1U iie nurc Muicau vi lire ;'...ijtfeajfftiatiorms at'.a "glance, and when f' --tite-slower'tra'in.was left behind asked -;- .j-iqaeKtiori -of. Virginia. :'-.vj.v)-i.-Ah-J7WiIsnt"one'"of - those two the ""- "-'.iiii"iti-"-inrlnn"n--Jwho .culled on vou -.5- -i, . -"" - " T " -C- - i---55fehday.:afterBoon. my ?deah?" .y.:.:'.;A'--X.V;-"..Virginia "adaiKted it. :."."iVr:i-V''-;..yvcojiid -oii t'aveh,- hie with " his Morton P. -Adams, of Bos- dnd:.hls -frieqd the young ----'--"-.''V!getemah""''who";1aid his hand 4o ouh L- :.::L.Yii 'jVphrw -and .pin Ihg. ensine on the track ?i.:.llaVt:qigh"eJ'. ' ..... I-"V. '. .' :-'-.'"Her. is :Mf.:.Wihtm a an' artist. I ."?-:,Cjv;:irtVev: 3t-Jeast. lhar'ls what l gath " :.--J:".y-;.iy.rea;froni" "what- Mr. -Adams said or ".-''Vsv '":.;":.;r"Mri"'Somer.viile Darra.h laughed, a ,'ji2.'-C-x-'-Biow-'-HtleJia.uh-deep in his throat. - -. .--- :iJ-:".i.'""Bress.-:3'b.ur; innocent so"u he .a plc- ---.".Vjv'vK-pmled?" .Not "in a thousand jf .o'":ryyjis-.:"deah-Vlrginia. He is a rail-. . - ltu Uldll.'duu.n lifrui wu vut- ai turn. upflash of loyalty for her kin. The secretary shifted his gaze from the mountains to the maiden and smiled. She "was exceedingly good to look past the car aad the dovecot sta tion, shading-her' eyes to shut oat-th snow-bllak from the sun-fired peaks. '"Why, they are "soldiers!" .she ex-, claimed. "At least, some-of them have gnaa on their shoulders; .And see they are forming In line!'? - The secretary adjusted .his eye-; cUns'wi " -"By Jove!" yott are riaht"; the? hare arafed the track force. The new. chief of construction doesn't .mean to take any chances of betas; shaken loose by force; Here they come.'" The end' of -track' of the new line was diagonally across the creek from the Rosemary's berth and ..a short pistol 'shot farther down stream. " But to advance-.it to a point opposite the private car, and to gain the altitude of the high embankment directly across' from the station, the.he'w-line.. turned short ont of-the main .canyon at the mouth of the intersecting gorge, de scribing a long, U-shaped curve 'around the head of the lateral ravine, and doubling back upon itself to reenter the .canyon proper at the higher ele vation. The curve which was the -beginning of this U-shaped. loop was the morn.-, ing's scene of action, and- he"-4Jtah track layers, 200 strong, moved to-the front in orderly array, with armed guards .as bankers for the hand-car load of rail: which the men were push ing up. the grade. . Jastrow darted into the car, and- a moment later his place on the observa tion platform was taken by a wrath ful Industry colonel fresh from his dressing-room so fresh, Indeed, that he was coatless, hatless, .and collarless, and with the dripping bath sponge clutched like a missile to hurl at the impudent invaders on the opposite side of the canyon. "Hah! wouldn't wait until a man conld get Into his clothes!" he rasped, apostrophizing the Utah's new chief of construction. "Jastrow! Faveh me instantly? seh! Hustle up to the camp there and turn out the constable, town marshal, or whatever he is. Tell him I have a writ for him to serve. Run. seh!" The secretary appeared and. disap peared like a-marionette .when the string has been jerked by a vigorous hand, and Virginia smiled this with out prejudice to a very acute appre ciation of the grave possibilities which were preparing themselves. But hav ing her share of the militant quality --.MaA iMiwaiHsMBaiss ( -raHassssmfl - Zl -. -1 L.tvJTiL, T ' Jkasssssssr-e .. . i-rsa - I if .,.?.- L-!n7il "cr-.J-- - ': ': v. --'-" '3i?e7" '-:. -'-i-:'---- -r rHe.ii Mr '""J-Xi 'ton "v f " ' ' .- N. sssBfew 4 t asssssssW. A" l asssBsBEfi(liil vHbbbbbbbL' sbbbW VvllisBBBBBBNlflPkVJ-f'' aSBsBBBBBBBBA MVlfc33MyK aSBBBBBBBBBsV'PaSBBBBBBBBBm GjOsBBHassB-''ssihBBBlSalBWasK .-raBmr 'J, -. BssK3ap,n'"st. s?ISffiss?E7r BTBTBWav"avp7V5v ok look upou high-bred, queenly and lust now with the line Are or enthu- - "' :0-"Veft.nit-. with' the name-again; Win- a' to quicken her pulses and to l-..0:-'-v.-"';'".''-:vA;.V:,iM:nir v" " send-the rare flush to neck and cheek. -. t -. -; j-. -..jj. - . .-.,-:. i'-Vfi'-vl" 'or'Wiuton Mr. John Winton." ::.v. :;. ?-d;deVil! gritted the Rajah, smlt-j READING THE WARRANT. fc)3"."the.luuiil-rai! "with biS clenched fi$L l: -yiibl-1 teg your pahddn. my deahs -.-.-."-."-;,.":.'" Tfm'eah-sip oj-.thfr tongue." And then. ! """".".: ": "-to'-itie. ftill-'aifi'sa'vaKely. "By heaven. l .'.v' .--Jiope'that.jrain will fly-the track andi .-v. --y jBitch-hKn:oetote.e.Ver ne comes witnini V-- '1- - .'-AfioUnw.. -i J e?f - rf th WArL In i ... Ai, -.-yiHfMU6Vu,'nrku " " "" -1 - ..':: "rs-:":;"--:iQ8''tjWCreek canyon!"-".";r".V:.-;Vhy7"Uncle..niervrtie vin- ':"irt!?"'"iH,,tl'a' "Who is he. ; .:v-Tinn"-. what 'has He .done?" .f""-x"-'-":'-":J:: r'iiejs Misteh "John " Wfuton. as you ... . -;v- -' lutuiiuuu .ra l ..v. . v, .iw. .....- "'v."!iaraihie'sl'cpnstriiiringengineers in thlsl -.""" :'' ' V- '; entia'h'."coTiatTy-.-atul "thehardest man in J Z "!." ." . . i Jastrow. the cold-eyed, the business. automaton' set to go off with a click at Mr. SomerVUle Darrah's touch, had ambitions not automatic. Some day he meant to put the world of business under foot as a conqueror, standing triumphant on the apex of that pyra mid of success which the Mr. Somer- iville Darrahs wereso successfully up- rearing. When that day should come, there would need to be an establish ment, a menage, a queen for the king dom' of success. Summing her up for the hundredth time since the begin ning of the westward flight, he thought Miss Carteret would fill the require ments passing well. But this was a divagation, and he .' : -.-:'XW;";aD; ,nen Tr IO aown. n pulled himself hack to the askings of ..y--mnxyyraynRmzn.sno ne is. tUe momenU afreeing ::-:- VAad.tt:s.iot'What-heS done, my deah .. ',"'.'. -:;.-.'.Virginia'. :tX what, he "is going to do.. :.V.W-'f .:?Yf"lc"'t:.'ge't.hini'kiIled up put of ouh -' j "". -'". -rv'jfay-."-'-' but Here.'SIr- Darrah saw the" .!".""-""'":'-':";r'ing' .t'rror"ln two pairs of eyes, --".-:":---'.:.-'vaaiI..-reaHzing that he. w?ks committing .v;-5-"--'"'WnseHe bpfore-.-an-'unsympathetie an- . .' -a:'-- "'.difeacer.beat a .hasty retreat to his .'..'". zi:'-- v""itro.h"gjiold.-ai th'e other end. of the .-. --Kosemary . , -.l ;.,' jVjelli;-. said the flaxen-haired Bes-'- ' si'eV "caticheing' her ..brea.th. But Vir-- " --.--r..-:.':cidn"A".:laqied-'" -: i '- ""- :l' .::l.'m'gldd'.rm'not Mri W LbW. -',---aud: -.'..:- U in'ton." she' :i-...v:-. ":"..,- -' --r-.HAfrrER iv. .-"": "" -'.'-Xinrnins in-the hichest .h'ishlands of ""."-' .:"-t'la'-Roc'fcies: a-mornrBe'-clear. cold and --:; " ?"" tse'with"'. a" bell-like quality in the- -. l;"-.,:"--.-'fro4iyairJoVmak'e" the crac'king of a : .':."':-. " - "'siuiw-iaden-;fir :houg"h- resound like a. -;-;- '" .' '.p.i"nbrshdt,..'i?tor"Oehve'rand the dwell " -;""" -v .".'..-' ers.Ton tne-.eas.tern plain the sun Is- an ,V -;' ;:":kouK.high";".but the -hamlet mining --"-""." '-;campof..Argentiae,'With its dovecote ? v; ;."". " railway station and two-pronged sid .'.' the -canyon shadow. In a scanty widening of the .'"Jcanyon a few hundred' yards below the ' station .-a graders- camp of rude slab -.' ' shelters is turning but its horde -ot '. wild-looking. '. Italians; and ba 'a ' '. crooked spur track fronting the saaa , .-.ties "blue" wood smoke is curling .lazily .-.upward from the kitchen car -of-a construction-train. .- All night 16ng the Rosemary, drawn freeing with' her again without reference to his private con victions. "For one. I should, have said." .he amended. "We mean to have it that .way, though, an unprejudiced onlooker might OieVJoolish- enough Jo say that there is, a pretty good present pros pect of two."- BHt -iss-'-Carteret was in a 'contra-. dlctoTy-'Woodr Moreover, she was a woman, -and, the way to. a woman's -confidence does not lie. through the "heutral-" country -of easy compliance. "If you won't take the other..side,. I will" she said. ""There will "be two." . "Jastrow 'acquiesced a second time. 'I "shouldn't wonder! Our compet itor's road. ocema 'to'nevonly a ques-tion-'of. time a "very, short time, judg ing 'from the.nasahef of men turning ont in'the traQk ganjg down yonder." Virginia 'leaned ever, the .railing to .. fruit Jov'cd'.o'f boyba!-Hthe old Sirs recalling. . When wood-grapes were purpling- and brown nuts were falling! .When wiW. ualy faces were carved la it skin Glaring but through the dark .with a " candle within! ' . When we laughed 'round the corn-heap with heart all in tune. Our chair a broad 'pumpkin our lantern the moon. Telling tales' of the fairy who traveled like steam. In a pumpkin-shell coach, with two rats. for her team! Ah! on' Thanksgiving day. when from east and from west. From north, aad from south .come .-the pilgrim "and guest. v When the gray-haired New Englander- sees 'round his board The old-broken ...links of ' affection re- stored; When the care wearjed, man seeks his mother once more. And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lip and what bright ens the eye, What calls .back the past, like the rich Pumpkin Pie! Whittier.. JJHBsTSWfU so stsralr 4mm Wjjft DAIRY NOTES. To have your cows milk long, milk them clean. Uneven, salting and working makes streaky butter. Keep the farm separator clean, in side and outside; Do not keep over small batches of skim milk. Feed it while It Is sweet. When the butter sticks to the work er, the latter was sot scalded proper-, ly. Rub It with salt and scald again. There is no longer any question that the earlier the calf Is taken from Its mother, the easier it will be to teach It to drink. It don't pay to keep cows for a side Issue. Get the best and make dairy ing a business just like any' branch of farm work. In the successful dairy, kindness to inimals, careful attention to cleanli ness and the comforts of the cow are sure to be found. In order to make a success of rais ing 'the calf-on skim milk, the condi tion of the milk must be uniformly sweet. Nothing, perhaps, will contri bute more to produce scours in calves than to feed sweet milk one da)' aad sour milk "the next." Interest ;on -a note runs night and day. and never stops. until the-' note is paid.,. Give the -dairy cow the right kind' of. feed. and while you sleep she will be turning, into butter fat .'worth four -times as much, as the feed, and have it. all ready when you get "up in the morning. ' meeting perhaps .none has received so little attention as Uis subject and' yet it 'is one of great, importance. Many farmers have not even thought of it;' some have given It considerable study and attention, and have learned to know the value of it. . Not more. land, but'-better farming. The farmer has .many hard problems to solve -at 'the present time, and es pecially, the 'young fanner or beginner.- Oh many farms' the-soil is de pleted of its vegetable deposits or humus -through the old system .of farming. Our p'roduce 'from the ex hausted .soil has to compete with the products. of the-'new 'countries- with their virgin soil, and with the west, where the land. Is -cheap and fertile. We are all ' clamoring after more acres, when th'e object In many cases should be better, and more "Intensive farming." Very few of us are so for tunately situated that we can add more acres, but nearly all of us can increase the producing- capacity of our land by improved and advanced methods of farming, thereby enrich ing the soil so that In some cases double the amount of crops can be grown from the same farm. This is worth a great deal more than addi tional land. Among the many things that can help us are -"catch crops." There is no definite time for sowing them. They may be sown at any time, or with other crops in the sum mer season. Nor is there any partic ular kind of crop. Any -crop that is suited to the particular -time of sow ing will be satisfactory. Where the land Is in good . heart, clean and plenty -of vegetable deposit (humus)' clover, mixed with grass, ranks very high. If the season is favorable it will give an abundance of fall pas ture, and in many cases with the roots aad tops, will put as much back into the ground as the grain crop takes out of the land. In nearly all .cases the fertilising value of the stalks Is worth much more than the seed cost. ' I THE VINES rOfi HOT (PLACES. The grant, scarcity of eoapetest fsfssl wtisj- the "last few.'yesa hast- fntrodacad "the els at of oos atoxlfriato tWpidtoiBi of pfossctkNi la.osneciaur true is cases waero the Issjlownsr'ts sonwwhat advanced In years, asaTApAase'ofAhla tool able t-t Jj3 ' Xmfs--. Soma Veritas on.Wi rtlat ar te-tobo V tte year as iitsaeon and the hSJSJlTw'Trrr'.a,W"lM,.m Fitan-weCM Vernaer.tad the temptation to leave the farm, to retire to.iasctive-lilehr the linage or town, and thus .be free from' the anxieties that are more or less-closely associ ated with the tasks of. production. . However, a .study of the lives of those who leave- the farm aa the years advance does not Impress one with the, wisdom of solving the problem in this way. in old-age new friend ships aanof be formed that will take the place of the oM-time friends aad neighbors, while to be removed from the scenes of a lifetime of activity Is iu leave a voia in tne anections tnat cannot be :'rep!aced by the superficial 'joys, that' characterize -town or. city To .our way of thinking, the 'solu tion of the difficulty lies in securing more help for the performance' of the active duties. 'while -the. duty of di recting them alone falls to the-ngiag. one. Thls-VIll keep the mind 'active, and the spirit young, so' that the. indi vidual grows old peacefully, enjoys his years to the very end and in truth pro-, longs that day when. the duties of. life shall come to an' end. '-The happiest aged people that -we. know are those' who have spent 'their childhood, and. manhood, as well., as the days of ad van'cing.years. on" the farm. - There. the atmosphere Is ' pure, friends, remain. steadfast, nature's power of reju-. venescence is experienced in .the. full est degree, and it is our-opinion that there is where the 'final leave-taking should occur. CaRIFORTHX POULTRY. which made her uncle what he is, she stood her ground. "Aren't you afraid you will take cold. Uncle Somerville?" she asked, archly; and the Rajah came suddenly to a sense of his Incompleteness and went In to finish his ablutions against the opening of the battle' actual. At first Virginia thought she. would follow him. When Mercury Jastrow should return with the officer of the law there would be trouble of some sort, and the woman in her shrank from the witnessing of- it. But at the same instant the blood of the fighting Carterets asserted itself and she re solved to stay. "I wonder what uncle hopes to' be able to do?" she mused. "Will a little town constable with a bit of signed paper from some justice of the peace be mighty enough to stop all that fu rious activity over there? It's more than incredible." From that she fell to watching the activity and the orderly purpose of It A length of steel; with men clustering like bees upon it, would slide from its place on the hand-car to -fall with a frosty clang on the cross ties. In stantly the hammermen would pounce upon -it. One would fall upon hands' and knees to "sight" kit into place;' two others would .slide the squeaking 'track gauge along its inner -'edge; ..a quar tette, ' working like the component parts of. a faultless mechanism, would tap .the fixing spikes into .the wood; and then at a signal a dozen of the heavy pointed hammers swung aloft and a rhythmic volley of resounding blows clamped the rail Into perma-. nence on its wooden bed. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The average- fanner takes but little interest in the 'care of 'poultry, the work"falling on the wife andchildren. and. In so many instances, they work at n-gaeat disadransagfcIt isxaally wonderful how welVhey'Bucceed5The chicken house should be made so It can be kept, clean- easllyV no' matter what its shape or dimensions. If you cannot,, or .do not, keep it clean,, it is 3f but little use. ' Where good -gravel is handy one made, of cement and gravel Is cheap,. warm' and easily kept clean. The wall above ground "need not be thick; six parts' clean sand or gravel- to 'one "part good cement smoothed on the inside, ni'akes an "ever lasting wall and easily kept -free of lice. Four to six Inches is plenty for anv. cement wall not over eight feet high. All poultry houses should have a southern exposure for winter. Use the breeds you like best. They all have their advantages, but get the best and try to Improve on them; they eat no more and bring you lots more money than the mongrel. Always put up some clover hay for your chickens to feed on when the snow is on the ground; they will eat lots of it if they canget it. and it helps to make egga at a time when eggs are valuable. It takes the place of the green food they get in summer. WHEN TO BUT TBEXS. LINCOLN'S NOBILITY, ""He that is slow to anger,". says the' stiir'lies in th'e .steel blue depths 1 proverb, .."is .better than the mighty. and he that ruleth'his spirit than ne that tsketh a. city." Great as was his self-control, in other. matters, nowhere did M.-.. Lincoln's slowness to anger -and-nobility of spirit show Itself more ..r " . .-by "thV speediest of mpusUis-climb"sg J in-chier of. the army and -savy.-of .the of the civil war. He had. been elected president. Congress had .-given him power -far exceeding that which any president had ever, "exercised before. As president he was also 'commander- United States. By proclamation he tcouId call forth great armies; and he could order those' armies' to go wher ever he chose to send, them; but even he had no .power to "make generals with the genius and the training necessary to lead -them instantly 'to success. He' than in his dealings -with the generals t had to work with the materials at hand, and one by one he tried .the men who teemed best fitted for. the ' task, giving each his fullest trust and every aid in his power. They were as eager for victory and as earnest of purpose as himself" " Patronize the nursery, local or oth erwise, that gives you the very best stock for the money; and don't object to paying a good price for a first-class tree, and don't buy from an agent send direct to the-nursery. Buy of only well-established nurseries that have a good local and favorable na tional reputation. When apple trees or any other kind of fruit trees are planted the planter wants to be sure he is not making a mistake; wants to know that he is planting trees that are true to name, of good vigor and that, will do. their; part if he, will do his. We do not advise discrimination against the local nurseryman if he has good goods, fair prices -and honest methods of selling, and if in your lo cality the nurseryman tries to serve his customers faithfully, gives them .what they pay for and knows how to grow first-class stock, then do busi ness with him. ST BEAD XANUmE TJT FALL. If the manure is spread upon the soil, the more rain it receives the better it is distributed through the soil. Manure drawn out in the fall does more good. than. if left until mid winter, and the latter Is better than' leaving- it until spring. Unless the land is absolutely overflown with wa ter, the manure Is not washed away. A safe and economical plan Is to haul out and scatter the mamirs as fast as it is made. One man makes money with sheep a whole lot of it and right beside him another does not. There 'may be many reasons for this, but one of them frequently is that the first knows sow to work up tojgood advantage much coarse feed, fodder snd waste which otherwise - would bring but little, if anything, and the other has little or no faculty for doing this. ' A sheep can make good use of good food, snt a judicious breeder can convert much waste sad. poor stun into mosey with them. . FOULTSVT NOTES. The hen will keep the family while the hog is raising the mortgage. If' your poultry house needs clean ing and renovating to-day. do 'it to day; dd' not put it oft- until to-morrow. - i- ' Shade in the poultry yard is an ab solute necessity, and It will pay well to have the "yard full .of fruit trees.- Free range on 'the farm assists growing stock'tbprodu'ee bone, mus cle and health. ,but 'when they are to; be fattened for .the' market they should be closely confined. Soft food for -poultry Is all right; but no 'more should Jbe fe4 at .a time than they'wil'eat up dealt"" If "any Is left it will get stale' and sour and fill with disease germs.-' Much is said' about disinfecting and deodorizing the, hen .house. "For this purpose- nothing 'is better than dry earth:, it. Is always, handy; cheap and effective. -, Don't allow. 'your' poultry to drink stale, dirty tr -stagnant water unless you want them- to.-suffer from- dis ease. That kind . of' water causes more disease among sw'lne than all other things combined;' and It will do, the same thing with poultry. Pure." clean water in which ,a-few drops .of spirits of camphor are added, will keep the poultry healthy and often correct slight bowel trouble and pre vent cholera. As one rides through the country he will often see on the farm several breeds of poultry running together. Farmers and all others should re member that the more breeds of poultry they keep the greater the amount of labor involved. It will be much better for them 'to keep only one breed at a time unless they are in the poultry business. Select the. one you like. best; and then stick to that breed. A DAY'S OBSERVATION. DAISY NOTES. Labor-saving machinery in the dairy will lessen the work, but will not lessen the care necessary. Avoid metals about butter, the salt in the butter will often cause rust and stain the butter, while metallic- rust is often polsono:.j. . The winter board is the. most costly and it will-cost but little more to board the cow well enough to- make winter dairying profitable. If the growing heifer is to become a .good cow It is very important that during the growth she should be fed as though she were a good cow. To keep, feed and milk a scrub cow is more or less a waste of a man's time, while to keep a scrub man to milk and care for a good milk cow Is a waste of a good cow's time. The winter months afford an oppor tunity, not only for saving the manure but for- applying it direct to the land. There never will be any more manur- lal value in It than when it Is taken direct from the barn, and unless It Is stored in a manure' shed it will de teriorate very fast in value by the wasting of the liquid parts which, in deed, possess those properties that we are usually more short on. viz., "phosphoric acid and potash. It should be the aim of every thoughtful farm er to see how much manure can- be made' on -his farm' the coming winter, and apply it directly to- those portions of his farm that need it most, and not. see how easily It can be gotten out of his way." This is 'a good .month to arrange for next year's growth of strawberries and blackberries. The fruit next sea: son will be grown upon the canes which are now growing. Select the thriftiest of these growing canes, cut the dry stalks snd the canes that fruit ed the past season; leave three or four cases In each hill. By this system of pruning the best plants will be se cured, which will mean better fruit next .summer. Not long ago. I passed a farm ea which farm operations are 'carried on. quite, extensively," requiring ' a- large complement of -Implements to do .the work. The tools ' had been ' brought -in from the .fields, but the only shelter they had was the blue'-dome' of heav en. " They- stood .In -'the. yard, aad were a dilapidated looking outfit -The own-, era are what we might call rich in chattels and lands and maybe -can -afford -to leave their implements- thus' exposed to the weather. However, a friend, of mine in making ah .address before a farmers institute -came. vary, near hitting the nail on the head when he remarked that a man who can af ford to buy good implements can also afford' to shelter them from 'sun d storm. Certainly a poor man cannot' afford to- leave his implements lying in the fields, or about the yards, I am cognizant of the fact' that our -Implements of to-day do not take near ly as much dstnagc from exposure as they-did a few years ago. wnen wood entered very largely Into their con struction. I even heard one- man argue before' a- farmers' Institute Jthat inasmuch as implements are made ex clusively of steel aad iron, it is cheap er to leave them out from one year's end to another than to provide shelter for them.- His statement did not meet with the approval which he-may-have expected. There are in my locality some splendid tool houses. One of the best I know of Is fitted with a row of grain bins along one side, leaving 'am-: pie room on the other -side for all the 'tools on the farm, with driveway between. Such a house is desirable,' but not essential. Do not leave tools out because you cannot have such a one. A cheap shed built alongside of barn or crib will answer the purpose. The westers and southern sMs'sf a building is a rather trying pssttlss far sny kind of plant, especially a vine. tat some there-are which sseaa feri--sMe salamanders is their ability m stand unscathed such a so Among these Indoors aud-Ost : meads certain of 'the mo notably. Ipomees pandurata. , which at said to be able to withstand a year's' drought without' lajnry. The foliage is attractive, and it bears as immense -quantity of .creamy white lowers of ' . thick, waxy texturel .Once estshhshed . . it covers ss immense amount of space . aad for this reason should be gives . liberal room when plastla'g '. ' Another vine which thrives is 'hot, sunny situations is the- Cobsea scan dens. .This;. while not hardy,' being '. started'.each'-spriag from seed- sown in -. house, of hotbed, is so rapid a grower . -that 'it' will covet quite as much-space '. as a perennial vine.- 'When- grown .on a stonewall or oa. trees . the . tendrils. . .cling to anything within reach. .' -. . .. The blossoms' are' large asd gloxiaia- j like' and '-change .-in - color from "the greenish white of the-newly opened ; fldw.er: through' shades. of lavender; . mauye 'and purple 'as; the towers' de-'" ..yefcfp,- 'ending. at last. In the deepest.. . .wineere he flower fades. ..:' ' When .the -period of-bloom Js over'. the -Sowers fall,.:so.tlt.""the'r$; are. ". never-any-withered -ones on .the Vine." -. When grown on porches' or wood it ". should be provided with twine or "wire . . netting for support."-It should be well'... watered in hot. dry weather. 'but dur-".-ing damp' weather should not receive ""-' any water. An occasional. drink "of " liquid manure. during.. tW blooming '---.period will -be of benefit,;' "'....;.- '.If desired its 'roots may be taken up " in- the-fall and wlat'ered oyer in the.-.- conservatory or . -greenhouse,' where -they" will -continue' 'in' bloom durlng.theV '; - winter aad may. be planted oat- again .V during summer.- The "seeds of. the coboea "are "much; addicted, to decay . .'"and 4n: planting .they .should be placed": .in the soil edgeways' anil kept -only '... moderately -moist:- - .'"'.-" WHAT TO. TAKE TO A PICNIC. And Hew-te Pack. Se Foe Will .Net - ttiiaav- PROFITS OF COTTONWOOD Tllf- BEs At a late meeting of the North western Horticultural society of Iowa a gentleman of good reputation made the following statement with refer ence to the profits of timber culture on the western prairies. Tweaiy years ago he planted a row of cotton word slips four feet apart half a 'mile long along the highway fronting his farm. The trees grew tall and thrifty and as they attained large size drew upon his farm field adjoining for a width of. three rods,- occupying, thus about three acres of land. Last, fall and winter all but oae hundred of the trees were cut and from them was made 32.000 feet of board measure of serviceable lumber and 250 cords- of wood. The lumber sold for $1 per thousand and the wood was worth 12.25 per cord, or a cash value for the timber grown on these- three 1 acres of $1,042. or $347.50 per acre, or. aa annual income of '$17.37 .per acre for each of the 20 years. It should be stated In this connection that these trees grew, upon. the loose soil of the Missouri slope, s soli where the cotton wood tree finds 'Its most perfect development.- and we do not believe- the above record could be duplicated upon - .the average prairie soils of the west Gradually apple growers are get ting down to a uniform apple barrel; a barrel that holds three bushels. Hitherto the lack of uniformity in the barrels has caused ' much dissatisfac tion -among buyers as wen as among honest apple sellers. The -dishonest man has no particular objection-, to a barrel that is short in capacity. One result is that the market 'quotations based on -barrels give no real Idea' of the true state of the market. The standard barrel measures 17A Inches across the bead,- is 284 laches high' and has .a circumference of -54 -inches around the " bulge.- Ultimately the bushel box will; we 'believe, drive out the barrel. It can .be more certainly measured and can be packed with less loss of space. The. barrel has the. . advantage of ' being of such shape that it 'can never be packed in aay manner so as to prevent a circu lation of air. Whenever, a farmer -contemplatiag planting an orchard is in doubt as to what varieties to plant, what kinds are adapted to his particular locality, about the best thisg for him to do is to ssk his experiment station for ad vice, is to pleat' Jonathan, Wiaesap, Missouri, pipia. Grimes Golden, JBen Davis, Jeanett and Roman stem. These seldom disappoint, for they are old .reliable, varieties that Tsars Ibeea tried everywhere. -Deviled "egg go; well with. cold meat ..: when-they. have not;" been.. used .'in ' salad;, plain hard boiled, eggs' are in-'., different eating, and these' will repay..' the little trouble it. take to' prepare ;. them. Cut In two; remove '.the yolk'"-", and- mash It -with' salt '.and pepper 'and .' a little dry' mustard;--wet witha HU .'' tie vinegar, and replace, pressing the". -. - two halves' together i roll each' egg la'. ' parafln-paper. -, ;',.. If-there'are no-ol.ives 'in. your salad-;' take a bottle. of these,' but. pour 'off the:"1 . brine- and 'rinse' them, putting- them dry-.ln-tbe bottle and corking 'them.' !"' Pimentos." little .mangoes, 'chowchpw. and all the different.'reli.shek-taste-bet--; ' ter.tban usual -in -the open air,.-but.'-" -one or two' kinds are enough to takel "v- The sandwiches for- the' picnic" should be made of 'something nottca"' dry; directs n contributor .to the Chi'' cago 'Tribune. Lettuce spread : with"-.; .French, dressing 'or mayonnaise' will :'-;. come' out' perfectly moist, and fresh.' Boned sardines, .wet with Jerapp juice.' ' finely.' chopped, cucumbe re with'.French". dressing, thin bread and butter;' brown of white, spread with. caviare," .cream. cheese mixed' with whipped 'cream, choped -watercress and simple' bread; ". and butter- spread with mayonnaise --x or tartare sauce are all ' delightfully - appetizing. Sweet sandwiches 'always;-? seem out of place at a picnic, .but-'.if you wisha few; make them .with' or-.; ange marmalade or raspberry jam;;-' using only a little for fear they -may' ?-' become wet with the juice..' A freezer of ice cream always -is .a . . refreshing last course at a picnic, in- -; 'congruous as it--may seem.. Peach:-- surprise is something of a novelty,' -nnd It is a good time in the year' to :; -, offer' it. Peel, cut up. and mash .'the." peaches, to a pulp, and sweeten them- - well. Then to a quart of these take---" the whites of five-eggs, aad 'turn them'. In without beating: Freeze solid, re--' move the dasher,-" pack the :firuit. down smoothly,-and cover the freezer, with' 'ice. and' salt. There- is,no:danger of . the- ice melting, in the transportation.. ,. - Give Baby Freedom: -Baby, when, placed' upon his ; back -C-upon a rug. will soon -show mamma bis own ideas about, athletics. -If his;'. clothing is not too tight he will-wave. -' his little legs and 'arms' in. the air : and kick and. sprawl la great delight'.' This Is, excellent for, the. muscles,- aad - "";. baby will show his' appreciation of it by- his evident pleasure" in the little -' gymnastics he performs. For the;- : first two or thre years of baby's life' a morning warm bath " is - given by ' -many wise, mothers!. The' child .should .' be fed about half aa hour before the. " bath.' The temperature -should he. 95 ".; degres Fahrenheit in winter and about 90 degrees Fahrenheit -fa ' summer; Use a bath thermometer' for'estlmat-- ' Ing the temperature, since' it is-disV" cult "otherwise to" gauge" .It with ae- curacy. - .-'.'' : -t , Feminine Economy. " . When a man buys 'an expensive hat ' and wears it: out, that is the end .of the' story. A woman's hat. though; ' Is a serial which runs indefinitely.. ' The pretty" plumes which '-graced ..last J '"".;' year's, creation as white, appear on ' this season's of another hue aad .will ' run .the gamut of .-colors until they-.':--reach .black. The flowers, the ribbons." ' - the laces, the velvet,-even .the'gossa-.- ' raer 'shapes., do service again under "-;."-expert manipulation. Take. too. those' " monster sleeves overwhich. mere men;.'".' guffawed so loudly: ''When the .fall -. for them was over their- fair wearers. ..) just took' 'this surplus material -and.'-'. made extra' waists of it This is set., all. With aa art which .savers pf the. "' mysterious, they took those towing; '. sleeves of the' fashion of a year or ss - .' ago, -and, turning them .upside. down..-. made them into the prevailing Cleveland Plain Dealer. . (rscsntisns... Doseleigh Why do yon isslst'asom the new pastor helsg a fat man? Deacon Broadslsle- Because fat men are- generally short-wisdad,--Stray Stories. . . I . i : -l jig i ii i i . . xxwwgqQf. i'r jjuj"-j saw . -j -