i i .ej., :4 i'W liv is . 5, AMANCE n.tTi, MOILM ,i, '? f Wm Ah It .f';YOL.-XXVI." tHeVLliAtaUM. TREE.'. . 'k, gttm llmran lw- fellow - 1 1 . kk h tmsM lonar and vdlow. - - Although to fwn lW7 The carf may today be aeen. . .. - i j k. uti DOB nw lofH B toimtu. .tone the wUifct- wind it toiled TOit filn would loose these amber, treuea ' W Mich the twilight in sold leasee. ten m"J eummer trees u fair, . Bot none ctn rival her gold heir; Kot ereninj prlmroee tht will com. :. In June or bright chrysanthemum. Vowed to November, when the leaves Are red end ewellowa rjuit the eivte. ' " Now 'tie mid-May. and through the town Uburnura o'er her gnu green gown .makes her gold locka and fill, the tir ith the gold glimmer of her heir, 'ghorn and forawt in June 'twill be, . But now he etartde a golden tree. ;,. " Nora Hopper In Weetmlruter Geaette., t How Irnra W tort " Xhrongb Luve nnd Stratesj. py Marguerite Stabler.' : "Tom BanilO'P11 Is such a charming tellowJ" Every irl vho fcnew him and every glrl' mamratpjtted up heMwaft and joined In tbe uaral phorusSe wm the aort of man women love to love. His patrimony -yvas sufficient to make him thoroughly worth while, his 'mental depth was beyond nobodys fathoming, and even the. men who vers Inclined to leave him-alone ad mitted perforce that he was a good enough fellow, fie could do so many useful things, too wield a chafing dish or banjo, lead a german or sail a boat all with equal graee and -skill. - But the measure of bis popularity was the measure of the' plunder ha ac-' cumulated from year to year. His apartments might have rivaled a public exhibition In point of his collection of photographs. There were girls of all sorts and conditions of beauty and style; blond girls and brunette girls, stately girls and kittenish girls, tall girls and petite girls and girls In every variation of habiliment from a bathing suit to mourning weeds', varying In size from tiny miniatures, gently hinting ..tley might be enshrined. In. the watch case, to the UiWiridiwb panels that lined his walls In tiers; ami the sofa cushions, that filled every nook would bare made the fortune of a charity ' bazaar. After noting' the fact that about every thlrfTBIrt wild' gave him her picture was lndustrlsns enough or cared enough to make falra a etrsMon, Randolph, at a rough estimate, 'had fixed the number at 29r2-3 cusbMhs. Every holiday geasof a? new J)llei Mfaai started, and, as each girl perfumed tier gift with her favorite sachet; jDotblhg but the most - powerful disinfectant coald mitigate the combined, -odora .of me 20 z-3 sacnet powaers. Buch It is to be acclaimed "aidotttmrag fellow.'v But Randolph was grateful- In return bo loved them all collectively. His trou ble was that he conldTiot deduce his Ideal from the composite three times 28 2-3 to the Individual. -But -Mrs. TV Courtney Randolph was-to be a flawless creature who combined, eyaryjgraca of mind and body, and much time was pent In a diligent earoh for "that not Impossible she." This search. Indeed, threatened to rival the hobby be had ridden, or, rather, that had ridden him at a breakneck pace all his life. He had been a victim of every collecting fad people with long pockets and short wrta are heir to. But be was shrewd In bis Judgment nd hlaTlnatght Bad?, urougni mm not a few, treasures from unsuspected sources The furniture he, bad gathered nbouftilm evoked, asso' Nations of the first empire, early colo nial old Dutch and French . renals nce. Once hrj had set his heart on a piece of brie-a-brae he could brook no Iwrrler. But now, for the0rat time, Randolph waa baffled, and by a woman . ; fto r ' n t kx j Down In Mdn'terey, .In a crumbling old adobe hotneithat night once bavau been the hotne of some haughty hldal 10, but whlch-novbore only the pitiful traces of Its) early pretentions, be dls. eovered a great treasurea '. filie eld opanlsh chest of most unique design. The old adobe bouse bad been burned OUt on the Inside. lfn vino- the trull blackened and- chirred; Ubef floor wa u oare ground, baked almost Into ce- neat from generations of use; tbe-wln- ww panea were broken and boarded seep out the ram. In auch a nekety little bole stood this regal old west that might have held the court ronei of Queen Isabella.' Almost black .'" the lapse of centuries, large wugn for a wnole family's wardrobe, massive brass trappings taroUbed fl the touch of hands long ago crnm W to dust. It every aspect breathed atmosphere of romance and tradi tion. . - 5 .. i'.i'tl-'! I ' manner of Its discovery was the Bemt chance. While taking a short from the bay back to -tbtoter dolph bad stopped at a hotise that ked a little lea rllrtv than It natch. bora -. aV1 B uriUk Vft (0 ask for4 ?. drtnk !f water. vj pied through a crack. ir the r Uls marvel of the metal worker's ?y The chest, which stood several b from theaopr.iHirJpohetl by " claws, waa of cedar or mabog- tt7' M b eonM teU 0"sn "coating of dost The edges were !? 'T.eartajtf brua arabeaxjoea. a to wrought on every lock and were the crovyi and shield of wL.'1 lroo'f Jts. royal Jlneage-T woe, the woman returned with the Et2r,,eiV ,0' fonn,! n stranger 00 an nptarnsd whale- vertebra orf tbr cheat, pnUing at the brass fUiamplng the wood, examining a cd wondering at IU eicel au 'T"rT,lIon- Propping the glasa Jfwklnc "Boat, Bosar sbe ran A-' b Jarta-taaer daoftrtcr-that rT w bnrglar In tbe bonne It "a ev.i ,,' .j.,w i 4l. " "'r suspicions sufficient! if they would sell the w "nchr be asked the older u t!rkln ,he wouId prob'bly BotfcT UPM of 11 f or on t a.n.awT mother turned to ww wb ha flowed at her epeatlng la indignant tone. th. And 0,6 daughter, survey 4ek" stringer with, horrified eyes, ."Cnanter V - V IV, h. ?nrwr4 Handolpb, tttoklng ajiotnndcrtoo what he : '' meant "How muoF would fwT ul for this chest? Twentv "Vclnfo pesos!" almost screamed the wuuiuu, turning to her daughter. einte pesos I" echoed the daughter ..m wuuoui taKing her scornful Biuuce rrom the stranger's face. , "Yes, yes; $20!" repeated Bandolph, uui me least disconcerted. "Would you take $20 for this chest? It Is very wui 01 styie, yon know, but might find a use for It" The woman stood back a pace and eurveyea mm with an expression that maae even Kandolpb begin to feel trine ill at ease. The daughter lined herself up beside her mother and tried to echo the look, but her glance was remperea with an admiration Rhe could not conceal. As neither of the women seemed dis posed to break the silence Randolph vuuuuueu: -wen. say $25. That's Dig price for such an old fashioned thing, but I might elve it." iHThe old wpmaajjrptte Into a tirade of broken Spanish.-. vf J ' ''Telnte y c'taco pesos for the chest of her soul! Nuuca!" The glory was gone from her house, and she was Door. ' V Yes, and she needed the money but w.a (.uct iiuu iiuiuuvd to uer ramny Tr.nensincy nad held their heads high InvSpaln. Her father had wrought It Over here with him and paid almost tialf his shriveled fortune to get It here, Ho would not have come without It. When she had married, it had been given to her. and when Rosa was mar ried It-would, .go to her for a dowry, and so on down the line of Espendolas, as it had come. And every good Espen dola would guard It with his life if need be. "Veinte y clnco pesos! Be gone Insolente!" At last, exhausted by her outbreak of anger and calling her daughter to fol low her, she ordered him again to leave the' house, still muttering to herself, Veipte y clnco pesos, Diantre!" Rosa followed reluctautly. but not until she had bidden the handsome stranger a gracious goodby and watch ed him through a chink In the boarded window until tbe old statehouse hid Dim irom sight. The mother s rage did not cool with the disappearance of the Intruder, and If her Ire had not been so all absorbing sbe would have noted that her daughter did not echo her mood, as usual. - . After supper the girl moved the ver tebra tenderly and began to furbish tbe chest with a newborn love and re apect She polished the curved wood surface until she saw her own reflec tion? in It. She dusted and rubbed away at the carvings till the crown and- shield stood out boldly, and lastly with "patent polish" she burnished tbe heavy trappings, which, If she bad only known It, was a desecration. Another day Randolph made his way to the adobe bouse of tbe Espendolas, telling himself too much was at stake. to be deterred by an old woman and a silly girl. This time he was more for tunate. The madre was away from home, and the soft eyed Rosa bad lost her first indignation at his offer of $20. Sbe explained that her mother had often been besought by visitors to-'sell the chest There. Jiad been some artist people and some writer people who had come to Monterey and had given her" no peace about lt,,Jbut no one, she assured him, could get it. It was to be hers. He was welcome to come again to sec. It if It gave him so much pleasure, especially on Wednesdays, when she would be alone, but he must not anger ber mother again by asking ber to sell it. The transformation wrought by Ro sa's cleaning was SHCU,.n revelation that Randolph waa een thore eaanW ed"by the second sight of It. He would have embraced It, grappled it to bis soul, could he have done so. He saw It in fancy In bis own apartments in ft tapestried corner where the dusky .tones of 4 hp mahogany; and brass carv ings would suggest a nook In the Al- .hambra.., ,. That, evening Randolph related bis adventure to Miss Siriythe-Bi-owne as they atrolled down by tbe tennis courts. Miss Smythe-Browne was very sympa thetic with hlsimoqd. fot fhe apjireciat ed hls fondness for collecting. In, the moonlight bif waa very beaatUTul, and Randolph, was. beginning to wonder If. aftpr n. she was not anont as near what Mrs. T. Courtney Randolph liould be n- auv' one be eould flndV With what a queenly grace she Would preside- over his cushioned home: nut the Idea of bis apartments without this chest was now Impossible. . Again and again be went to look at It.- The little girl was always mi-re. fflnrl nnw there were two vertebra? be fore the chest so she could sit Itesiae bint and chat while be looked ana cov eted her one possession- They might have got almost any sum- from him tiaw. Flowever. all his antagonism xvna aroused by the obstinate Indlffer- r hi. two simple. Ignoraut wo- ii- n-n not to be battled. He Ui. 11- . - - wowed he would Bave It at any cost " he mused, "can- r t ririrpn and. unfortunately, can , u. . nn - . . tn ...... .....Intrnp M Ut'Mll'll. iui .hndr ima some cloud lii Ills sky. be went on philosophically as he start ed off one day toward the beacb. re calling the woeful tale bis boatman had told blm of an adorable senorlta and an unrelenting mother. . "Why don't you elope with tbe girl. plegor be asked bis gloomy boatman When they were well out from be snore. Ofc the senor does not know ber mother!" he answered. "She's the pe Inqnera at the big hotel, and"- sorrow," interrupieo '-""';'-"---. tog. for a sudden glesm of bope bad leaned lato bis mind st theacovery of their common cause. Z A woman is very much Mke one of these fishr Dlego-ahe can awmya be caughHf eoiy T?. ; Vhlt" And be smiled a superior .mue Tt the thTng. Diego did not know .bout women, T!?SZ tag how be go make hla tortnna -- - . . Segtrt and get tbe cbert out of the old woman's nano . hore Before be bad reached tbe snore aS Te nad evolved a hemHe TL-a L let the sentiment about too shrewd t0 .M ' !1" a blm and an heirloom stand between n' Se Jingling jSi Uvt r. t 1 - - . allied that Diego must not suspect an ulterior object In bis Interest Kosa was very much surprised and only half pleased when the next time she saw Randolph bis whole oouversa tion was about Diego's tuunv virtues. "And Diego Is getting so prosperous too. tic is now half ovner of a brund new fishing smack," he explained. wisely concealing the fact that he him. Beit was the other owner. He even arranged a day, during the absence-bf me peluquera. when the three of them should take a sail as far as Lover' point Everything went off exactly as It had Deen ordered, and Randolph's com piaeency knew no bounds. It tvn very comrortableto be so good. It was also very sweet to watch the hap py lovers In the prow, for Diego's suit had prospered under the Influence of the beautiful new boat. Ilanilolnh'i mind reverted to Miss Smvthe-Biov. ne. feeling that, after all "there's nothing uan su Bweci in me ns loves young dream." To be sure, lie hud, iiot seen her quite so frequently the past few days, but when the business In hand was satisfactorily settled he would fol low Diego's example and make himself the happiest of men. If he had looked to leeward Just then, he might have seen tne object of his reverie In a pass Ing yacht, shifting her parasol before ner astonished, resentful ' eves. ' at though she was bound to admit the little bpanisb girl was very pretty. When, later, Randolph asked Miss Smythe-Browne to go out with blm to try the new boat she seut him word she was indisposed and could not think of going. But Randolph's serenity was not disturbed. "How she will witn me when the chest Is reallv miner ne thought. "It Is such satisfaction that she has a fondness for these things too." And he lnnsed into ms chronic complacency. I he role of good angel suited him admirably, and he wondered why be nad never essayed to play It before. He accepted Diego's gratitude magnan imously, adding: "Never mind, mv good fellow, the wheel spins round. I may be asking a favor of you some day." And Diego's prompt "Anything, any- tning, senor, within my poor powers you may command" made Randolph feel that virtue really ought to ho Its own reward. A week after the wedding, at which he had been guest of honor, toastmas- ter and animating spirit, Randolph, after assuring Diego of his purely disinterested friendship and appre ciation of his many excellent quali ties, mnde him sole owner of the fishing smack. The poor fellow wept tears of Joy on bis gorgeous wedding waistcoat, reiterating tbe hope that he might some day be able to prove his gratitude. Realizing there Is no. time like the present, Randolph - put his protestations to the test. By the way. Diego, there Is a little thing 1 might get you to do for me,1 he said. He was thinking while be spoke what a rich adventure tills would be to tell Miss Smythe-Browne. and how she would congratulate hi npon bis shrewdness. lie hail missed her greatly these last few days, and tbe flowers be bad sent her had be promptly returned to him, but he was too busy then to find out whose blun der It was.- for blunder lie did not doubt It had lioen. Diego's honest face Ix-amed with good nature; he was anxious to he of whatever service he might to bis benefactor. There Is a sort of box your wife has an eld fashioned rnesi. you Know. Would yon care lo sell it to me?" "Oh, certainly, senor the old chest ber mother gave her? I would make you a urewnt of It it you "Oh. really. Diego.: Intcmpted nan dolpb. unable to t-oncenl bis ecstasy, really, uow, you must let me pay you what you Ihiuk It I worth. But." Dleao continued, "the senor does not understand. I would be glad n ninko von a nrvsvnt of it if I had nowu you wnntiil it. but it is wow: "What," cried Randolph-"wnat are vou saying, man' .- "V..K." ausweied Diego, at 11 loss to nnderstuud Itiiodolpli's sudden excite ment, "I sold it to MIm Smythe-Browne Testerdar. and ahe has gone. . i:inv" Itntidoluli repealed, still more diinifoiiniled. "Wben7" "She left ibis morning on tbe early train."-Argonaut ra.i af Koada. la Raw J era?. In New Jersey, the pioneer state la imnmvment of highways, much ex noHmentinE waa done In ' building roads of various wrdlhs from eight feet upward, and so some money was wasted lu getting stsni-o. nni nw 'i tern of goo roads Is advancing rapid ly, and the state leads all the other atatva In mileage. Her people Aav found Hie rout to l from $1,500 to $3,000 a mile. - auaWattaae a atakalew. A woman will forgive all ber live en emies before she will ner nnsoaous first wife. After a alrt has been through three or four love affairs ber heart geti so tender a feather would hurt It No girl appreciate we nm iidi an la rnraaed. because soe perir auuw. Just what is going w nappen ""i-- Kew xork areas. .-- .. la tmm WftM CfcaW The Artist Did I ever shave yon be fore, sir? The Victim les, once. Tbe Artlst-I don't remember your th, victim No: f suDDoee not. Irs an healed np now-Cblcago News. I laaaa Waa ClaaV. KT.t.Animaater-Now. Slngglns Minor, what were the tbwwbte that passed g,r lM,e Kewton's mind when the mlu w or . Maln, expect, b. wo. awful glad It warnt rick.-;r,Bn. ' ta iae Uaa. McJlgger He's" pretty well posted hi aodal Instltgtkxja. Isn't bet Thingumbob Tea. I beHrre he's post ed for nonpsywnr er oaf ai an clubs. If that's what ran meaav-tbllav delpbia Pressb. . ' R peeaatiaMaT : " Teacher And why s boo Id we e oearor to rtae tf aw awa effort a? , Johnny Wlae-'Cnnse tbcre'e no "feii In wbrs the slann clock will go wrong. Baltimore. American.-- ' GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JANtJARY 10, 1901. THE HOUSEHOLD. To Rid the, Bona, of Fleaa An Aattrn Cartnln Tho Neee.sarr Llaen Cloact. Fleas generally are introduced Into a house by means of pet animals. Some tunes they come as an epidemic, so to speak, no one knowing whence or bow. Infesting carpets, walls, upholstered furniture and clothing, tbe pest leaves the victim small ease of mind and' body. When present In such numbers, the safest and quickest relief lies In consulting men who make It a business to clean houses of such torments. There are many such in any large city, and to adjacent towns they are willing to go. When the trouble arises In a country bouse, tbe caretaker must wrestle with It herself. One of her most efficient aids Is a syringe, with which she squirts Into ev ery crack, every nook and cranny an emulsion of petroleum and soapsuds In equal parts. Carpets should be taken up, floors, closets, shelves and all wood work washed with carbolic soap and this treatment repeated whenever nec essary. The carpets, ruga and all pos sible draperies should be beaten, and sunned for several days when it Is not feasible to send them to be cleaned by steam. Insect powder, crumbled to bacco stalks, cedar oil, hellebore and various preparations which are sold as flea banes all fail at times, and all bave been used successfully, so there Is no harm In tryipg them, but tbe one ef fectual remedy Is the trade secret of the Insecticide firm, with perfect clean liness, vigilance and petroleum as a second best. An Aeorn Cnrtala. A writer in Woman's Life, a London publication, tells how she made a cur tain of acorns, which Is herewith Illus trated. Sbe says: We decided that we must put on a curtain to take off the bare look of the always open door which leads from our summer parlor Into the garden. There seemed no option as to tbe kind we must have, fdr Is not every one agreed that the coolest, most fly forbidding, most air admitting and most artistic article for the purpose Is the conven tional bead curtain? But here my Idea stepped In. Why should not acorns take tbe place of beads? The children literally jumped at tbe suggestion, for It was autumn, and we live on tbe edge of Epplng forest. So off the young peo ple rushed, and In about 20 minutes they returned with a basket fairly fill ed with tbe little brown berries. This early morning excursion waa the first of several similar outings, and ws THE 1COR.V CDBTA1S. quickly bad enough acorns or our pur pose. Tbe next business wss thread ing them. We procured a ball of Smooth, strong twine and an upbol sterer's needle with a point at either end. But tbe berries were very hard. Here was room for - another happy thought, and fortunately It arrived. I. We steamed the acorns, as If they bad been potatoes. The result waa excel lent, and tbe work proceeded apace. Tbe berries were threaded Into rows of. the proper length. The only thing left to be done was lo devise a heading for tbe curtain. I reini-inlxTiil a piece of brown string crochet work which bad formerly done duty aW border of an octagonal table. When measured. It Was fiwnd to fit the doorway space excellently. . The rows of muroa were fixed lo It, tbe curtain huug and tbe wbole thing declared to be a perfect success. When we make another cur tain, as we intend to do. we shall In tersperse acorns with coloreif liesds." Tka Llaea CImm-. One of tbe most neci-awary and nsefol parts of n house Is the linen closet, yet there an- bonne by the score that do not bave ou- say a Womaa'e Ufa. Where It Is Kraal hie It Is a good plan to give up a t-kiset or small room to- this purpose. The first thing la to provtds S sufficiency of sbelvin wide enough to allow of the articles tbey are to hold lying smoothly npon ihrm. Where It Is do iHawllde to give up a aiuall room to tbe limn the largest available closet should be cuoaen. In tbla ran It will befound an rxc-rifeni plan to allow one shelf to raeb room. In this closet should In- kept two large Cbesta, one for blankets- and the other for winter garments not In use. If neither room ner cloart can be given op. a wardrobe built for tbe linn"' ruld tie conven ient to most housekeepers. Aa Aajaatafcle- SaCa. For the bedrklden Invalid wb creeps oat to tbe cbmparatlrr ftwlofn or sofa life then are poaalbilltlea of great re lief in the new lofted spring conch, tbe long seat snd bead rest of srnk-fc is art fully hinged to admit of many changes In. the sick person's posHlori. It tM be adjusted to support a weak back, to raise or lower the head, ami the whole enahioord top of tbe sofa ran be lifted aff t3 slip Into a wheeled spinal their that the mtk-nt occijplf Walle Stretrbrd at fnll length. . tMhmi SarrtM 4a arntta. It In staled by ibe xr n of th de partnaeM of sgrieailure last TO yeara age, or IS ixn It eosi a inu snore than three boars' work to prodore and baureat a baajtet of wheal. At the price then ef C reals an hoar lo MMr expeaaw waa 18 cents a iMisbrl. New m boabcj of wheat at predofo ana star vest ed tor each ten mlnoies' la bee speM on It as an average, and while wagea nad cast of tbe nee of machinery are estimated ai 30 cento aa hear the cast per Irasbel la bot 1 1- ceota. . ; rrtlltUllllf "As many are losing cattle by the cornstalk plague, as It Is termed. In Nebraska," says a correspondent of f'be Prairie Farmer, "I have been care ully watching the disease at various times and have made personal exami nations of the cattle in all stages of the disease and after death, and I find by observation tbe- following facta: First, fhe feed that causes the disease Is Im mature corn that haa either been killed liy the chinch bug or tbe bot wlnda or both; second, the cattle are generally taken from a bare, pasture In a semi starved condition and are allowed to gorge themselves on fyls kind of prov ender for possibly sn hour 'morning and evening without anything to eat between times; hence the stomach Is gorged with an Indigestible lot of stuff (lrat I find by post mortem Is almost as dry as when first taken Into the stom ach and la packed Into the cells of the stomach almost as tight as If It hsd been packed with a stick and hammer. The symptoms, so far as observed, are: Tbe head la held near the ground, apd tbe animal la taken with a general at tack of trembling, followed by a com plete collapse of ths nervous system, which In turn Is soon followed by bloat ing and apasms, with tbe head drawn back and extreme difficulty in breath Ing. Just before the animal dlea the rectum la forced out of tbe natural po sition several Inches by tbe straining of tbe animal. We have not been able to find anything to cure the attack, and I am of the opinion It would be roost merciful to kill the sick stock as soon as attacked to relieve their suffering, There has been quite a heavy loss of cattle In thla section In tbe last few weeks, and most of them have been valuable cows, some losing as many aa 20 out of a single herd. Is there any remedy?" Broeaiaa" Fraaa Grai. Aalaaala. Years ago, when animals of pure breed were scarce in this country, farmers used to grow some very good cows, al though both the parents were of such mixed breeds that It would have been difficult to tell what predominated, says The American Cultivator. Why was this, and. If It was so, why do we so often Insist on tbe use of a pure bred aire Because auch animals were accidents, that did not often occur, while we desire In breeding not to take chances, but to know with a certain de gree of surety what we are to expect. Those animals of our father's daya had a atraln of pure blood In them and per haps of more than one breed, add tbey were liable to breed back to tbe best when they were from the best animals tbey could select as now we find one of so called pure breed revert back to some unknown and faraway ancestor of Inferior blood. Tbe care In selecting the best to breed from bad as much to do In determining tbe character of tbe offspring as tbe length of the pedigree. Wheat Ttela. There Is no question that the aver age yield of wheat can be largely In creased In tbla country, aaya Texas Farm and Ranch. Thirteen bushels per acre, tbe average for several favor able years, la altogether too small, as Is proved by the fact that where tests of different methods of preparation have been officially made the average haa been much larger and without a correspondingly expensive programmo of operations. Thorough preparation of the noil and good seed with proper fertilising where needed and rotation of crops are all that la required to run tbe general average up several buahela and greatly Increase the yields where tbe beat preparation and best seed are used. Wheat hi not alone In thla pos sibility, though perhaps It la the great est sufferer from neglect of all staple crops. 'S Sa4las Orasa. In tbe discussion as to seeding grass with wheat or rye tbe point Is mad that ryay usually goes on poorer soil, says The Rural New Yorker. Few farmers think of manuring aa heavily for rye aa tbey would for wheat Thus It happens that the grass seed put la with rye doe not have an equal chance With that on wheat ground. Farmers bar come to regard rye aa a "bustler,' capable of making a fair crop where wheat would fall. That Is true, but grass la not even, a baby bustler when to the cradle. With good preparation and son w think rye weald pro? a flood nurse crop, but grass does not need a nurse. In most cases we prefer to sow It alone. Deekla I Time and time again baa tbe ques tion of docking tbealls of horses been discussed, and always humanity cornea out on top. All tbe driving horses In B asaia have long tails, and the conch. man of an ordinary Russian carriage take no trouble to prevent the nine from dropping about hi horse's bind anartera. Ia spit of tbla. however, to reins rarely become entangled with the tall, and even if tbey should do so tbe horse never kick. This striking fsct I aa eloquent answer to thos wbo op hold the cruel practice of docking on the grounds that otherwise the bora la liable to A' p bis tan ever tbe rein.-? Amatican cultivator. A Witty Frefissor Jebo, tbe esalnent Oreclas scholar, once held tbe Greek professor ship In Glasgow university. By tbe ar rangement of classrooms Professor Jebo' Greek room waa Immediately beneath the classroom for rhetoric; oadnctod by rrofeasor VeUeh. The rhetoric classes attracted 300 students. bo frequently Indulged la load en- plans at tbe effort of their professor, fa of these eatborst a aectJoa of taster frets tbe eelUag ef 4he Creek room fell oo tbe head of Dr. J ebb. Looking np. be exclaimed, 1 fear my maniac win not sopport Prsfs Tattch'a emdaaloasr , r 1 lrbehVtiHt wee Chteageboy that had spent cunaldrrsbir time around a table wbo referred to bis parents aa a "spanking pa u-,"-Too ken giate- Clara Gerald, did yon see any of tbe J on Ida hut Burnt? Gerald (abarntlyy-Lffllaa. did we as I lay of the leoolda? New York freea. I ENSILAGE TOO DRY. Tklasa (tarr Farmtr Shonld Ka About Cora and the Silo. New York has bad a taste of what Is so common In the middle west dry summers. The rainfall Is not sufficient to produce a continuous supply of na tive grasses, as was formerly the case, and It Is becoming more and more evi dent, that the eastern farmer, like bis brother In the west, must turn tp ,tbe corn crop and the silo If be Is to make himself Independent of the variations lu rainfall. It would seem, after 30 years of practice and discussion, that the average farmer would be well dp In tbe theory and practice of tbe alio. It Is evident however, that such la not the case. lie seems to obey the old proverb and not cross a bridge until be comes to It Bo be makea no Inquiry as to the silo and its contents until a sudden dearth of feed for his cows brings tbe matter squarely before him In a shape that he can neither evade nor Ignore. One of the results of drought ou tbe growing corn Is that it Is less suc culent, and, although It will make a brave attempt to ripen ita seed, it Is done at the expense of tbe rest of tbe plnnt if there Is a dearth of water, The half wilted appearance of the corn during tbe hot dry days of September shows that part of the water has gone, and this Is also Indicated by the rapid ripening of the lower leaves. The suc cessful preservation of ensilage re quires that there shall be a certain re lation between the quantity of dry matter and water present In tbe com. If the corn Is put into the alio In a too Immature condition, the percentage -of water Is In excess, and there results an acetic fermentation, making the en silage sour. If, ou tbe other band, the corn Is too dry, another kind of fer mentation takes place, and the beat In tbe alio may become so great that the ensilage may become charred, If not actually burned, after the manner of the fire fang In tbe horse manure. Again, if the beat in tbe silo Is not very high, the whole mass of ensilage may mold and In this manner destroy Its feeding valne. It tbe ensilage has been put In In an Immature condition, . with too much water, there la nothing to be done, bot In case the corn was too dry and there Is danger of mold or charring some thing may be done to rectify the trou ble If It la taken In time. In all such eases tbe trouble Is caused by a waut of water In the corn. When such corn Is put into tbe silo, It should be thor oughly sprinkled -with water as It goes np tbe carrier. The addition of the water at thla stage will start the fer mentation and heating of the mass aud thus prevent tbe formation of wold, which Is a plabt requiring a low tem perature In which to flourish If too little water la used, . there may be enough heat formed both to prevent the formation of mold and also cause a sufficiently high temperature to char or brown tbe ensilage. - If enough Is added, tbe result will be a fairly good quality of ensilage. It ia not so satisfactory te add tbe water after tbe dry corn Is in the silo on account of the want of evenness In the wetting and the danger of having some parts too wet. while others are Buffering from tbe other extreme, but If an examination of tbe ensilage by digging Into tbe top layers a little way showe that no beat la forming or that there Is too much beat and the ensilage Is browning, then a generous quantity of water spread evenly over the sur face of the ensilage and allowed to run down through the mass may be tbe means of saving tbe contents of a alio In edible condition and perhaps save tbe farmer from a decided lose when roughage la as scarce as at present. If water ia added, watch fne ensilage and see bow tbe process Is going on and act accordingly, concludes a Country Gentleman correspondent, wbo ex presses tbe foregoing views. Imale aa Haaar U.Tleea. Three bandy, practical devices of widely differing application arc shown In tbe cut from Ohio Fanner.. A Is an appliance for corn shelling on a small scale. A piece of board about two feet long la narrowed down to about one Inch at one end. Near the narrow end on tbe underside, a strip of boops Iron ia naueo, witn edge of strip projecting one-eighth of an Inch and turned down slightly. Tbe cut snows the board In verted to make tbla plain. To nse tbe heller sit on board aud Craw the ear of corn op across Iron strip, using both bands. . Uow to make a useful lever for pry Ing out stones, lifting limbers, etc., la shown by B In this cut. An old horse Catn'L. ArMJascas. shoe is bested and the points hammer ed together a little cliieer than usual. The a hoe la then bolted on tbe large end of a stout pole 10 or 12 feet long. With tbe points projecting about half aa Inch. A handy little device for pull Ing cabbage, etc Is shown by C. I'ar light forked stick shoot four feel long for tbe lever snd a smaller forked tick or limb a foot long for support Lay the long stick In tbe fork of ttx- snort one and- tie together with etrln; aa Illustrated. Tack a small cleat or eroesplec on tbe foot of tbe fulcrnrr tick to prevent Ita sinking Into the ground. - Tbe forked end of tbe lever Is Upped under tbe catdiage. and prytnt down en tbe other end dta-a the wort, Thla will save a great deal of time when In use aitd eaa he .made la fivt minutes. ' MOTHER, REMEMBER TllAT do medicine cures ; it simply aaaiat nature in relieving itself of an oona (oral condition . of ' the aritcm. Worms diMrrange Sbririer's In dian ' Vermifuge kills and drives tbetn from tbe rstero. tbns reroov- in lb cause of disease. For Bale ly J. C Simmon, druggist. i On a Minnie Coufh Car, care. That la a H wee saaaa far. V ' ' i : . . - , i : ;:. . . - :' " - - HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Any one who has visited Richmond knows that one of the sight of tbe old capital of "secesh" la tbe Jefferson Davis mansion, known aa the White House of the Confederacy. It Is stately residence of tbe old southern style and filled with relics of the lost cause, well worth a visit from any ono Interested In our country's history. So, very naturally, northern lady who was visiting Richmond started out ono day to view the historic house. As she was not Very familiar .with the streets of Richmond, she stopped ' a little darky boy and asked, "Will yon please tell me the way to Jeffer son Davis' house?" . "Dunno no such puhson libln ironn yeah. What aoht o' lookln bona am itr "Why why I mean the Jefferson Davis home!" reiterated the lady, think Ing tbe boy had hot understood her. "Yain't no Mis'b Davis libra tonn dls yeah cohneb," persisted the boy. "What aoht o' favorM man' am he, missy?" . sf, Thinking that the boy, youthful and Innocent though he seemed, must be amusing himself at her expense, tbe lady gave him an Indignant glance and started to go. Tbe poor little fellow felt her displeasure and followed after. "Ia yo' right sho Mls'h Davie aln' done moved a war?" he lnaulred. "Maybe he's dead," retorted tbe lady aarcastlcaHy. "Daldl For de Lo'd's aakel" ejacu lated, tbe boy, stopping abort to won derment Tbe lady passed on, but tbe boy waa seized with a new Idea, and his shrill voice came screeching: "Say, missy I Oh, mlssyl Is yo' wantln Mls'h Davis, a white man or a nlggah ?" Detroit Free Press. Toatsar's Mistake Tbe other day Tommy's uncle crept UP behind Tommy's sister It was ber birthday and put a great big trlu Into berbalr. " Well, would you bellevo It? That girl Jumped up and smothered undo In kisses and said what a lovely diamond hatpin It wast And yet when Tommy put a tiny, teeny little pin In uncle's chair that same afternoon and uncle sat on It Well, we prefer to draw a veil over what followed. But Tommy can't un derstand now why uncle didn't kiss blm Instead of smacking blm. aa Waaaaa'a Bllaa. lira. Grimes Funny bow some mea never get over their boyishness! I heard my husband tell yours last even tog tliat he would sit s stride bis shot tar. -,..)-..- . lira. Keene Are yon sure it waa not. that be would straddle my husband's blind? Urn. Grime I think thos were the. words; but It amounts to the thing, yoB know, Boston Transcript. la a disease of the mucous membrane or Inner lining of the . nose, throat, lungs, stomach, bowels and other organs. It Is caused by a cold or suc cession of colds irritating the delicate surfaces, and Is promoted by scrofulous taints In the Wood. It Is especially dangerous In person) having a predlipotitlon. to consumption. - In these and all other catarrhal cases. Hood's SarsaparDla so thor oughly renovates the , blood and re stores strength that tt permanently cures. In fact, because of the character of the disease, and peculiar merit of the remedy, Hood's Sarsaparula Is the only common sense treatment for catarrh. Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises to cure and keeps the prom ise. No substitute lor Hood's acts Uke Hood's be", sure to get Hood's, Pyspppsia Curp Digests a tit yon eat. It artlttclaUT dhreat the food and aids Katnre In atxengtnenina; and recon structing the esnansterl digetle Or gana. It Isthela test discovered dlppstr ant ana tonic, isa otner preparation can aomvjaeh It In emclencv. It la- stantlyrellevesand permanently cores Lrrspepaia, loaigwtion,. ueartourn, Flatulenr. Boat: Stomach.- Kanaea. Sick Headache, Gastralgta, Cramps and ail other results of imperfect digestion. 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