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,THE GREAT MAGICIAN; $Vbat 5pell lies on the street to day? I found it dull not long ago; ICow these old houses, dim and gray, Seem bright. with a mysterious glow iAnd even the sober trees look gay That once I called "a gloomy row." A then I longed; for sunnv fields, Where bud and bell fresh leaves unfold; But now the joy this pavement yields Is quite as much as heart can hold: Think you some great magician wields His wand, transmuting stone to gold? 8veel heart, you know the reason why .Such witchery hani?s about the placer. From one small window all to high There shyly leans a flower-like face, That smiles to see me loiter by, Though time the tyrant runs apace. And be the morning dark or fair, r I carry to my daily toil A vin'- t,-at snmes from f.ves and hair, u inch neither. rain nor wind 'can spoil; And to tne . grime ful citv'bcar iv. . .luiius iu(, iianguv can siain or soil. Y Oh! hannr he who flinsi mrv inl-r. lf"ari-sunhiue int mart or mill; " .Ami happv she who tortus sake Can sm!c behind the 4uunbiest: sill; Thft wot; d its wiser head may shake, Uu hoove's the true magician still. 2?. 3Iithcson, in Chambers .Journal. iJSJ &1t U David's GKoice By FLORA STEWART EMORY. tOC AVID IIORTOX bad come Vj to Spriugfield because the rates uau wsuea it so. ine fates were in the form of n eccentric aunt, who left a large estate to David m the condition that be marry one auy oneof Springfield's fair daughters. At first David had rebelled.. He said he would never step foot in the pokey little village. Theu be coiicluded to spend the summer there. Sitting' on the bote! porch he espied a vision in frills and ruffles. "Who is that?" be asked the clerk, interested at . once. And who wouldn't have been? For the lady was dressed in the dain tiest of white lawns, ami wore a btpr pkture bat, from under the brim of which she glanced almost mischievous ly at him.- "Ob, that is Mrs. Vernon," was the answer. v Theclerk lifted his bat in re sponse to a bewildering smile of greet ing. . 1 "Hang it all!" David thought. "1 never did see a woman I could love that wasn't already married." He ate lus supper with relish, thinking all the while of the fact that be never saw an attractive single girl in bis life. Going out on the porch again, bis at tention .was aires teil by the sight of another charming young woman. In stantly he forgot about the picture hat he looked fair and: square and 'way deep into a pair of the tenderest blue eyes imaginable. "Who is that?" be asked quickly. "Why, that's Mrs. Hurd." Again David's heart sank. lie wondered why married women were allowed to go around loose, in pink airy gowns and soft lace. Four different girls passed during the evening. "Uncommonly ugly and dowdy,"" David thought, bitterly. Our girls aren't much, but our wid ows are our pride," the garrulous clerk volunteered. "And who are the widows?" David asked, wearily. "Mrs. Vernon and Mrs. Hurd," came the answer. 'Hurray!" David exclaimed "A1 beautiful sunset. I am very enthusias- vtic about sunsets." The clerk looked "puzzled. It was all a matter of taste which tvas the prettier. Both were charming each in her own particular wy. But it must not be imagined the ladies -were at all alike. Mrs. Vernon was plump, inclined to stoutness, with' rosy cheeks, brown Lair and sparkling eyes. She was from a hardy German stock and rose, at 4 in the morning to accomplish a big day's work, if the oecasionxlemanded it. No matter how hard she worked lier eyes lost none of their luster nor her smile, its brilliancy. Mrs. Hurd was petite, decidedly small, in. fact, with yellow hair and great blue eyes eyes as innocent as a child's, but full of pathos born of years. Contrary to Mrs. Vernon, Mrs. Hard was delicate. If she- swept the house, then she must buy baker's bread jthat day and lie down awhile in the after noon. All night, brown and blue eyes haunt ed David's dreams. With the morning came a determination to meet the blue eyes first. He did. The' acquaintance ripened rapidly. It became a courtship before Mrs. Hurd realized it. "I love him, dear," she confided to her friend. "I think I was wrong about second marriages; you see, a woman needs soine one to lean on. I am so tired standing alone." "You know best," Mrs. Vernon an swered, kissing her fondly. "I some times think that way myself." One evening David asked his sweet heart to take Iiiru to call on Mrs. Ver non. "I hej;r she, is the best houso ' keeper in Springfield," he saki, tbought lessly. Mrs. Hurd hastily Aviped the "dust from a chair. : . Mrs. Vernon was delighted to see thehtfind insisted upon making "lemon-, ado and bringing out some cake. "I always have cake on hand," she, ex l!ain, when David complimented it. " Mrs. Hurd picked at her dress ner - .vously and choked on a piece of frost In. Twice David had taken tea at her ,. house and she had bought cake. She " felt her walls were falling, but she was , too .in st to blame her friend. Goh.'S home David had a great deal to say about how nice everything looked at Mrs. Vernon's. Next morning Mrs. Hurd rose very early and gave the house a. thorough cleaning from top to bottom. When David came at 10 o'clock for her to go driving she could scarcely move. Her eyes had dark rings under them, and the corners of her month drooped piti fully. "I cannot go, David." she said, wistfully. Seeing his disappointment, she added: "Why not ask Mrs. Vernon this morning?" "All right, Nellie, I will," he an swered, brightening. She had hoped he would say "no." The next morning it was the same. Mrs. Hurd was not dressed to go driv ing, and. Mrs. Vernon was asked in her place. " ,. .. So it went on, Mrs. Hurd working harder and harder, but there was no David to compliment the spotless house or eat the rich cake. - David hardly realized he was neg lecting his sweetheart until Mrs. Ver non reminded him. She saw that her friend was grieving, and she fell, too, a dangerous sentiment for the hand some David growing in her own heart. CThere were so many dishes and quite a pile of ironing. Mrs. Hurd looked at her morning's work helplessly. "I guess I am getting, more worth less every day," she sighed. "I didn't use to try to do so much." An un conscious smile hovered around her lips contradictory to the ; teardrops that glistened on her long lashes. "He won't be here to-day; he wasn't here yesterday; I wish he Lad never come" she was going to say, "into my life," when a man's voice interrupt ed her. "Who?". David asked. She turned quickly. She wondered how much or the monologue he had heard. "The doctor," she answered. "He was here this morning and tried to frighten me about my heart." VAren t you going to ask me to sit down?" David asked. "No, not here; you should not have come to the side door." "I didn't, dear, until I had rung the bell three times without receiving an answer." Mrs. II urd laughed nervouslv. "I I thought aren't you going to take Mrs. Vernop driving?" 1 Her pale face flushed. Her lips began to tremble. Oh, David, what must you think of me crying like a big baby! ricase go away for a while." David did not obey? the. pleading voice; instead he took her slight form in his arms and kissed away the tears. "I came for a definite answer to-day, Nellie, Are you willing to trust your-, self in my keeping forever?" Still holding her he commenced to sing. His soft, mellow tones soothed her: "Last night the nightingale Avoke me. Last night when all was still." , She stretched out her arms joyously. "For, oh, the bird was singing, was , singing ' Was singing, of you of you." - David did not tell her of his great wealth until the next day. "And 1 can have help? Some one to to- " "To what?" David asked. "To keep the house as clean as Mrs. Vernon's," she burst out, burying her face on his shoulder. , "Wait and see," he answered, thank ful anew for his aunt's bank account and peculiar will. "We'll Import a chef if you want one." The American Queen. Hi Dox and the Train. Persons waiting for trains at the IJoion Station last night witnessed an amusing incident in the cab stand and had a laugh at the expense of J. P. Sparker, of Squirrel Hill, who missed his train because his big greyhound re fused to stay at home -when his mas ter departed. The owner of the dog ar rived at the station in a cab and in tended to take the 9 o'clock train East, but on jumping out of the cab with' his grips, he was greeted by the dog, which jumped about and barked on seeing him. The owner of the dog was stumped, as he could not take the animal along and did not have time to return home with it and get his train. The dog, innocent of the trouble he had made by following the cab from home, tried to be playful, but his master was angry. While the crowd. laughed the owner concluded to take a later i train and, bundling the dog into the vehicle, ordered the driver to co back "to Squirrel Hill, Pittsburg Gazette. . '; .... Remarkable Fox. A: mounted, freak foxr owned by L. R. Nelson, of Winchester, N. H., killed In January of this year, resembles the cross, silver and woods gray fox, but is nofe like any of them; it has the large black spot on fore shoulder about six inches square like the cross fox; and chest, belly, tall and under parts of sides are black with silver tipped, the sides and hips are black under the m-ominent gray. The only red on it is down the spine from kidneys to tail. The tail is tipped with white, the ears are four inches long. The fox stands seventeen and one-half inches high and weighed twelve and three-quarter pounds. It has been pronounced Dy the hest ludees of fur to be altogether .'iffr,t ft.nm th wnnds ffrav or the rsa fnr The hair is longer ana coarser than any of them. Forest and Stream. Belter Still. A man recently Jeft his umbrella in the stand in the hall of a provincial hotel with a card bearing the follow ing inscription attached to it: "This umbrella belongs to a man who can deal a blow of 250 pounds' weight. He will be back in ten minutes," says Home Note. - - V On returning to seek bis property he found in its place a card thus inscribed: This card was left here by a man vtrhrt rim run ten miles an hour. HO will not beackl" - Doesn't Apply to America. One cannot lielp " regretting the ten dency- of feminine fashions to once again become masculine. . One fears a little lest the leather that is to be a feature of feminine fashions this au tumn, and the headgear that has sprung from the masculine bowler and the old "Jarvis" beavers, and the walk ing sticks which, like cigarette cases. are now popular gifts for girls, will not rob us of our pretty fal-lals and our daintiness. Ambrosia, in the World. ! New Style of Candy Pull. An amusing little entertainment which girl readers will enjoy is a new style of candy pull in which-rid- dles founded on the names of different sweets, and not the molasses dainty itself, plays the leading role. : Invite the girls Uo "a new-fashioned candy pull," inserting a clause in the note, urging everybody to come in old clothes, and with aprons, as an old- fashioned candy pulling bee is to follow the riddle game. Prepare in advance as many plain white cards cut from a sheet of paste board as you have received accept ances. On each card write a set of riddles founded on different, sugar plums. Washington Times. Fine American Seaimtregiei. Few people know much about Amer ican women who are fine seamstresses, but there are many of them who eke out an income by this work if they do not support themselves entirely by it. One lovely lingerie waist made by one of these women is of the finest and sheerest material, with fine hem stitched tucks set in at the top, yoke deep, and between the rows of the finest French knots. There is some thing inexpressibly dainty about this waist, which is more like a baby s gar ment than a woman's. The Americau- made waists are not. sold in lots, and "prices are not reduced as in other va rieties of the hand-made waists. These latter, even those which come from abroad are anything but well made or well finished on the inside, though ranging in price from $20 up. TVoman Superiority. ' Professor Chamberlain, of Clark Uni versity, has figured out that women have a whole lot more ability than men. Following is his little list: "As an actor she has greater ability and f J ... ,A I- ' . mote lrequenuy snows u. is jiu- ticcably better in adaptability. She is much more charitable in money mat ters. Under reasonable opportunities she is more gifted at diplomacy. She has srreater crenius in politics. She more commonly has executive ability. er hearing is more acute. Her im agination H greater. Her intuitions e zreater. Her memory is hetrer. Her patience is greater. Her percep tions are more rapid. She has greater religious devotion. Her instinct for sacrifice is greater. Sue bears pain more neroicauy. ner symparuy is greater. She has greater tact. She has more acute taste. She has greater vitality.; She has more fluency in the lower forms of speech." Pittsburg Ga zette. - (Sold Gauze and Hand Work. Hand embroideries are seen on semi- tailored costumes in the form of vests. collars and cuffs, etc., done in silk of several shades of the costume color or in harmonizing tones. These embroid eries are done on silk, satin, broadcloth and gold gauze.heavily embroidered in shaded material used for the purpose. One costume in a rich plum showed a vest effect made on the lines of stoles of this gold gauze heavily embroidered in shades of purple ranging from a faint violet to a deep plum. Gold ana black silk threads were interwoven with these, and thq.short box coat alsa showed a touch of black in the broad militarv braids which trimmed the seams and edges. , , ; , , .'';. Gold gauze is one of the new trim ming ideas, not only in costumes, but in milMnery as well. It comes in ribbon form, ranging in width from one to live and six inches, and is extremely soft, and nliable. being capable of the most graceful adjustment. Indianap olis News. . A Woman ltailroad Tretldent. Mrs. Mary S. Hoi laday, who made herself President of the W7illiamsville, Greenville and St. Louis Railroad be cause, although she was a director the manager of the railroad refused to give her a pass, sold the road for $1,000,000, received the money and returned to so ciety. Until she sold the road,; Mrs. Holladay was the only woman railroad President in the United States, prob- ably in the! world. The Williamsville, firopnvillA and St. Louis Road, though only sixty miles long, is one of the best feeders in Southern Missouri. A purchasing syndicate headed by John s. T.onff. Kansas City. Mo., succeeded Mrs. Holladay- at the helm. The $1. 000,000 .was paid to Mrs. ' Holladay ..-at- the National Bant of commerce, in at Louis, Mo. 'l guess I have made more money in the last ten months than any woman in America," she said. "I liked being at the head of a big enterprise all right, but it hardens a woman, and hf drons out of society. I will move to St. Louis now and return to society. itn-.o tnoo mo m nftpr the Presidency t nmrin't hnvp a nass while I was n director. So I bought the road and made myself President. 'Then I had alt the passes I wanted." Milwaukee Wisconsin. ' The Child's Footwear. Writing of "The Child's Dress," in; the Delineator, Dr. Grace Peckham Murray Jbiiis a word of advice in regard, to shoes.-: She says: V As soon as the skirts are shortened. children arrive at the dignity of wear ing shoe?. The first ones should be very soft and loose. They are to be had as pioccasins and 1 ankle ties, as well as f in the shape ' of diminutive shoes with very soft soles. The latter should t6 thicker when the time comes for the child to walk. Children's shoes should have bi-oad sole;; and should be formed very carefully so as not to deform the feet. They are made with out heels, for children - do not wear heels until they are nine or ten years old, and then extremely low. Children often suffer from weak ankles. If such be the case, t)ieir feet should be bathed and rubbed with salt water every, day. They wfll be helped by the wearing of shoes the ankles of which' have been made stiff by pieces of steel which are held infplaee by means of little pock ets maoje for the purpose in the lining of the shoe. Shoes are made especially for children who ,toe in, or for those who arc bowlegged, and for children who have flat feet. The necessary thickcnhg of the bottom of the shoe- which paries in position and amount of leater according to the trouble to be remediedjvis placed inside the shoe and dosnot show at all on the outside of the boot. Care should be taken in fitting 'stockings to see that they are not too short-or too small, as they will crampjand deform the foot. Children are usually so hard on stockings that they do not have time to outgrow them, and .the ' possibility of it should be kept in mind. Knee-caps made of leather are excellent to .prevent rapid weariifg out of the stockings at the knees, f . ' ; The More Useful Sex. J Som interesting biological ami socio logical facts have lately been pub-, lishedf about women which are calcu--lated Mo exalt the ostensibly weaker sex in its own eyes and also in those ' of men. We-have previously pointed out the conclusion reached by certain scientists that the average life of Vomipi "should, and oinder normal cir cumstances would, exceed slightly the average life of man in respect of dura tion. Vj Now comes an English biolo gist; Sir. T. H. Montgomery, who, after a general review of the data pre sented by the anatomy and evolution of various invertebrate and vertebrate animals, maintains that the male is less developed and more embryonic thanjthe female. Sp far athe inver tebrates and the lower vertebrates, are concerned, t" female is clearly super ior. 4 WTien, within this field of obser vation, one sex is found to be rudi mentary in comparison with the other, it is pointed out that this is almost always the male. In size, the female is usually the superior. Sometimes the "jbentral nervous system is more highly specialized in the female, while, as alrule, the internal reproductive ap paratus is more complex. In those case? where the male seems, at the firstf glance, superior, the difference turns out to be mainly in unimportant morphological characters. " - Many species of Insects seem to get on alto gether without males for at least a generation. The unmated queen bee, for instance, will lay fertile? eggs, which, however, produce only drones. It Is well known that the working beo- ' ' . . . i? is ine proauci oi a union ueiweeu u drope and a queen bee. From the fe male aphis (plant-louse) on a rose-bush will- proceed several generations of offspring before the intervention of a mae is required. It appears, then, that-Ton certain planes of organic ex istence there is no question of woman's rlglVts: Nature herself has assigned to the male a role altogether secondary or IcVsual Harper's Weekly. :t -. or A blouse, in the palest pink, had embroidery applied like a yoke of edg ing. . Some of the newest coats show a good deal of fulness below the waist line. Exquisite scarfs are about some of them heavy with embroidery, others the lightest, most diaphanous bits of gossamer silk In the world. One delectable petticoat of straw-col- orpd taffeta is embroidered writh flower bdskets spilling their pink and blue blbssoms among the lace frills at the foot. . : A blouse should never look like the top of a gown worn with a stray skirt, and that is exactly what the surplice separate waist looks like and wby it. does not "take." iOne, blouse has tie-ends apparently hanging from the attached collar. But ai closer, examination proves that they ure inset in the blouse; joined with the inevitable herring-bone. ; Among -blouses, there's an. exquisite ope made of the palest of blue batiste, with a tiny dragon harmlessly Mllu l . .. ... stretched out on each side of the yoke. The xvork is Japanese in its .finest and J most delicate stfie. SOUTHERN FARM TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, '.;"; t Will It Pay? f; W. H. R. Jackson, Tenn., writes: I have some shoats that would weigh about 100 pounds gross that I can get four and a quarter cents for and have corn that I can get sixty cents for. I have a Japanee clover pasture. "Which would pay best: To, sell now or feed for six or eight weeks when I can prob ably get six cents or more net. Would itkbe best to grind, the corn? What is the best ration to brood sows with pigs one month old? Answer: If yon have good growing shoats and are quite , sure of getting six cents a pound" for them in the course of six or eight weeks, there- is no reason why you should not feed corn at sixty cents .a bushel to them at a small profit. If the price of pork drop and you could not get more than five cents a pound,, it would pay 3Tou best to sell the corn and the hogs. Of course by selling the hogs now you take no risk from the feeding, but four and a quarter cents is a low price for pork, and as you. say you have good pasture there is no reason why the hogs should not make a gain of a pound to a pound and a half per day, on clover and a ration of corn or corn, and bran, though it is not so essentoal to feed bran' when they are on a green crop. As a rule with a fair price for pork, which six, cents .would certainly be, it is best to finish the animals on the farm and get the top market price rather than to go to the expense of selling the hogs and corn separately. Then, if you feed the corn at home, you keep the chief part of the fertil izing elements contained " therein on your land and that is a considerable advantage, more sometimes than we credit it with. It would not be necessary to grind the corn for the hogs unless it is .-par ticularly old ana hard. They will sheiT it for themselves, and if it is this year's crop digest it quite . thoroughly be cause it is comparatively soft.' Brood .sows with pigs one month old can be fed to advantage on a mixture of one-third corn, one-third oats, bar ley and bran, f and one-third middlings. A combination of corn and uran, or bran and middlings, or corn . and1 mid dlings will prove satisfactory; pro vided the sows have the run of a good nasturc. and you can be guided in the purchase of the foodstuffs largely by the market price, if you nave au skim milk available let the sow nave, what she will consume, but do not al low her to gorge herself, and feed her several pounds of meal per day, ac cording to her condition and the draft which the pigs make on her.-Knox- ville Journal andribune. Cotton Seed and Meal. The cotton seed problem is now be fore the cotton growers. - fenaii mey sell to the oil mills for cash, or ex change for meal, or keep on the farm? They will do one or the other. What is best? Consider 'some of the facts rrinneeted with seed and their pro ducts. The following figures are ap proximately correct: A ton of seed, CG 2-3 Dusneis, wi yield : '; '-' ; 740 pounds of meal. 300 pounds of oil. 000 pounds 'of hulls. . J '' 40 pounds of linters. 20 pounds of waste. . . . The cashvalue of these products at the mill, where the meal shows seven per cent.: nitrogen,, is about $22.00. Wrhen the mill pays seventy-five cents a hundred pounds for seed It . has a $12.00 margin to work on. Suppose the farmer should exchange his ton of seed for meal. How much should he receive? The usual price of meal at this season is about $22.00 a ton cash equal to the value of the products of one ton of .seed. At that rate he would receive 1360 pounds of meal for his ton of seed. Is that a profitable trade, or not? The hauling both ways is worth $2.00. -' 1 A ton of cotton seed contains J V;.- 76 pounds of ammonia. ; 25.4 pounds of phosphoric , add.', 23.4 pounds of "potash. V L . . i -The commercial value of that at- a port is $13.25 The experience of many good farmers is that seed used as a fertilizer- are more satisfactory than the. meal, or commercial fertilizer. The commercial value of the plant food in one bushel of cotton seed "Is twenty -one cents. Should the farmer sell at that price he will lose his haulhig and trouble. He will lose if he sells his seed for less, than: twenty-five cents a bushel, In exchanging for meal he should get at ' least loOJ. pounds for one ton of seed. ' No farmer, can. afford to sell his seed for cash with the expectation of buying commercial fertilizer on time in the spring. - j Chemists will teH you that the seed are worth as much as food for cattle ajj the meal. The mistake that most farmers make is that they give too much seed. By, feeding the seed to cattle and saving all the manure the greatest benefit is derived. Let farm- . Pointed Paragraphs. A girl's skirts will always stay much hrdli-Pdssi rohruhrdlhrdladltt down much more easily if. she is alvful thin. ": ' . - There would be a lot of money for t -everybody "if it was like colds or ty I pnojd fevcr. " , " . . .. , . . I. A mn pnn bnve TnenHs almost R long as his money lasts unless he lends it to them. , , flOTES. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. ers test the value of seed and meal for wheat. Use-thirty bushels of seed on one acre, and the same value in ineai or commercial fertilizer on another acre, and see which is better. Charie Petty, Spartanburg Co., S. C. - - : . Food Value of Alfalfa. - ' - ' Alfalfa will enable a farmer to cut down his feed bills. It is a great sub; , stitute for bran, offal and; other mill feeds." It is the best feed for the dairy, for all kinds of young "stock. Hogs winter well on it, with but little grain. The following is a summary of a most interesting test by the "Stale ISxperl-:, ' ment Station in . feeding alfalfa - to cows: ';'" " '.''-;. ' v'. . 1 The cost of producing miHc and ; butter can be greatly reduced by re-, placing part of the concentrates in the daily, ration of the cow with some roughness rich in protein such as alf alfa or cowpea hay. . 2 A ton of alfalfa or pea hay. can bo produced at a cost of S3 to $3 per ton. 4 whereas wheat bran costs $20 to $23. As a yield of 'from two to three tons of pea hay and from three to five tons of alfalfa can be obtained from an acre -of land, it is to see the great advantage - the utilization of such roughness, la the place of wheat bran, gives - the dairyman. . ' k . 1 . ' 3 In substituting alfalfa hay for wheat bran it will be best in practice to allow one and one-half of alfalfa to ; each pound of wheat bran,, and if the alfalfa is fed in a finely chopped condi- . ; tion the results will prove more satis factory. :; " - - :'iV";'f 4r-When alfalfa was fed under the most favorable conditions a gallon of milk was obtained for. 5.7 cents and. a pound of butter for 10.4 cents. When pea hay was fed the lowest cost of a gallon of milk was 5.2 cents, and a " pound of butter was 9.4 cents. In lo calities where pea hay grows well it ' -can be utilized to replace wheat .bran, -and in sections where alfalfa can be : grown it can be substituted for pea hay 4 with satisfaction. v 5 These results, covering two years' ' tests with different sets of cows, fur nish proof that certain forms of rough- ness rich in digestible protein can bd substituted with satisfaction for the . more . expensive concentrates, and should lend- encouragement to dairy farms. G. W Koiner, Commissioner.' of Agriculture, Richmond, Va. ' Pertinent Question For Fatmcri, How much do you?suppose it costs v you a year to repair your wagons and your harness on account of bad roads? , How much does it cost you a year for shoes and clothing that are ruined by . your children wading through the mud . to school? How much does it cost you a year for medicine to cure your chil-', ; dren's colds contracted in wadhig through the mud to school and church?" How much of a damage a year to you Is the mud that prevents your children from attending school, or damage to them, rather, in the loss of en educa tion? How much damage to you is our , bad roads in preventing your reaching 1 market with your produce? You are perfectly willing to spend plenty of money in the buying of reapers and mowers, and other farm machinery. ou are, willing. to purchase fine car- iages and harness. -At the price pota.t :oes are to-day one. load would be the verage farmer's tax for ten years for roads would be good and you could . vote to rescind the law if you wanted to, and you would have good roads and no tax for thirty or forty years, the bal- : ance of your life. II. A., in Southern Cultivator. . IeaTiac Clorer WitJi Too Much Top. J. A. L., Tazewell, Va., writes: "I have a fine clover lot and the roots are full of nodules. The. second growth is heavy, and my purpose is to let it fall on the ground. Will this smother out and kill the clover for next crop?) Is the fact that this land is well suited to clover any" assurance that It is also in oculated for the successful growth of alfalfa?" . . vh - - - ' It is not advisable to let second crop clover remain on the land during thft fall and winter, as it is almost certain J tosmotber mit the crop. It. would be . better for you to cut it for seed and thresh and feed the straw and chaff to . sheep and lambs during the' winter. . They will do well on it, and there will then be little danger of smothering out the stand. .The fact that the roots of . your red clover plants show a large number of nodules is not, an insurance that the soil is inoculated for alfalfa. It seems that there is some specific dif ference between the, bacteria which in oculate red clover and alfalfa, and so far as we know at the present, time the one will not act favorably on'the. roots of another plant. IC would therefore be wise and expedient for you to pro- vide special inoculation if you intend to sow. this land to alfalfa.--Answer by; Professor Soule. - ' ' Only 1400 Russian pilgrims went to Jerusalem this year. ' , Sparklers. "Of course. Tommy said the Sun day school teacher, you 'd like to be an angei, woman i youi ' ' j. w eii-er-yes 'm, 1 , replied Tominay, " but I'd like to wait till I can be a fuft grown angel with7 gray WHiskers." Phila delphia Press. When you ask a girl for her photo graph it is a sign she is going to have a new one taKecr thai win not iook like her if she is proud of it. ::
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