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TTLE M AKE-BEIiIEVE
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A CHILD s OF
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CHAPTER X.
Continued.
"If I'd been yer own brother no. I
..never want to be that If Td been yer
sweetheart as, you was going to git
married "to; jer couldn't bare done
more for me than yer did. Ton regu
larly kept me for I1 don't know bow
many days; yer come to hifi-4ate at
night and give me grub, and all that
time yer never peached on me. What
did yer do it for 2" -. ,.,, , . ...
"I did it out of pity," she answered.
"Pity!" he exclaimed. "But that was
no good. You couldn't make nothink
ontof pity." ' $ ' - ; ' ' '
"I didn't want to make nothink out
of it," she said. "All as I thought of
was doing yer a. good turn."
"And all that I thought of was that
you wouldn't ha' done what you did
do if you hadn't cared for me a bit."
"I do care for you a little," she said,
earnestly, "but not in the way you
jtvant No, don't-look like, that or yon
will make me cry. See here, Foxey, I t
hold yer to yer word, yer know. Yer
promised me to get a honest living.
You'll go on doing It, wont yer? Yer
wont turn bad again?" .
"I don't know what I'll do," he said,
as he turned to' leave her "Do yer
think I care what becomes of me
now?-' . ; . .
He was out of sight before she could
eay another word.
Her eyes were red when she re-entered
the room- in which she had left
Saranne. for she had not been able to
Juppress her tears as she walked home.
But she did not tell Saranne what
fcade her cry, and Saranne did "not
press her, being too full of delightful
anticipations of the coming holiday.
. CHAPTER XL .
From Light to Darkness i
"Wally."
"Yes, dad."
Tve been thinking lately that the
sunshine of - life is very unequally
spread. Some bask in it from birth to
death, while others are condemned to
.walk in shadow the whole of . their
days.. Doubtless it is for some wise
purpose that the Great Disposer of
event3 has so ordained, but there are;
times when one is inclined I say it
reverently to doubt the wisdom of it
Perhaps it is also ordained that these
disturbing reflections should come to
us when we see stretched before us the
valley of Eternal Light."
"We disagree so seldom, dad, that I
am not so sure whether it is distressing
or not to hit upon a subject in which
our ideas do not run - in. the same
grove. You are ' growing melancholy
again, and by so doing are breaking
the contract we entered into $o look
only on the bright side. Not "that I
have the slightest notion, dad, except
in a general way, why you should al
low yourself to relapse into sadness. I
have a very strong disposition not to
allow it, and to oyder you just as if
our positions were reversed, as if I
were your father and you my son in
stantly to put on a more cheerful hab
it. Now I have something to say upon
the theme you have started, and which
apparently has suggested itself to you
by the sight ,of Little Make-Believe
and Saranne in the garden there gath
ering the pease for dinner." .
"It was partly suggested by those
tworWally, and partly also by what is
In my mind concerning ourselves."
"Concerning you and me, dad?"
"Yes, Wally. Go on, I love to hear
you talk." I travel back to the days of
your childhood, and. reflect. upon the
joy your innocent, artless little, ways
brought to iiie. The contrast between
you as yon were then and you. as you
are now for do you know, "Wally, that
within even the last few days a great
change seems to have come over you?
the contrast between the child and
the man my child and my man is a
source of the most surprising delight
-to me; a delight, my boy, which has its
deep anxieties, too."
"I can imagine it, dad, though I
cannot reciprocate your feelings in
what I experience by the change which
has come over you. It is true that,
to myself as well as to you, a change
seems to have come over me, a change
I can hardly describe; but I think
that In a very short time I have grown
much older; years seem to have taken
the place of days. I know that I have
not lost your confidence."
"No, Wally, no; never think that.?:
"I don't think4 it, dad; if I did -I
should -not be able to hid my grief
from yon. And I know, that, some time !
or other, you wui connae in we, cu.
give me an insight into the sorrow
which weighs upon yqu. Bear this in
mind, dad; I have been schooling my
self, and I am prepared for news that
is not entirely good, for were it soI.
should, before to-day, have been a par
ticipator in it Putting ourselves .out
of the question, can you, in your whole
' experience, find two human creatures
who have been more thoroughly con
demned to walk in shadow your own
words, dad than Little Make-Believe
end Saranne?" .
"X, Wally, 1 don't think I can; nay,
I am sure I cannot." . r . - - -
"Look at them now, dad.- Are they
in shadow?" "
"To all appearance they are in full
snnlightrbody and soul."
VOL. XXVIII,
THE SLUMS, i
"Dad, don't you see how, In this, ad
mission not drawn-from fancy, but
from reality you have destroyed your
own argument? It pains me more
than I can express to see that, what
ever your sorrov may be, you are dis
posed to be led from the paths of sun
shine in which you and I have walked
alt our lives." Say that a cloud is
hanging over us, shall that blot out
light from the world, shall it cause us
to love each other less, shall it not
make strong instead of weak?
There, dad, I have brought tears into
your eyes. Forgive me, dad,''
"They are tears of joy. Wally. You
have taught me a lesson. I thank God
for it, and for giving me you." , ;
- ,
Time passed with' Little Make-Believe
and Saranne as it passes in a
dream.' , . ;
Not for a- few days, but for many
weeks, did they abide in the country
with Mr. Deepdale and Walter.
They were willing enough and would
have been content to have remained
forever with friends so faithful.
When in the early morning they
heard the singing of the birds outside
their window they could scarcely be
lieve they were awake, and were often
afraid to move lest the sweet sounds
should suddenly change into the harsh
cries of the Clare Market coster
monger. -r
The trees bending down . with the
weight of finit, the ripening and the
cutting of the corn, the fragrant per
fume which rose from hedge and field,
even from the commonest roadsides,
after the rain, the glorious-'sunrises
which they were not too Indolent to
rise ty see, the flaming sunsets which
tipped the branches of the distant
trees and shone in distant windows
with fiery, ruby . glow, the wheeling
and the cawingiof the rooks as they
returned to their nests, the little water
fall which fed the brook in which Wal
ter and . his father" fished these and
numberless other instances of nature'3
summer beauty filled their souls not
only with wonder, but with worship.
Their wonder and their worship grew
when Walter took them to the seaside,
and they saw for the first time the
boats and the ships coming and going,
and the great ocean which stretched
as Walter told them, to other lands
in which people dwelt thousands and
thousands of miles away. 4
Was it possible that the world could
be so beautiful?
The squalor, the privations, the mis;
ery, the hourly struggle of their lives
had vanished, and they breathed the
air of Lotos land.
:- In more senses -than one was this
true.
For wnat Saranne, being very beau
tiful in her springtime in which a
beauty- lies no painter's brush can
catch should have failed to make an
impression upon Walter was scarcely
possible.
He saw her now in a new light; in a
pretty soft dress, with a healthy color
In her cheeks, with sparkles in her
eyes.
And there was a certain refinement
In her which had no room to show it
self in their squalid home in Clare
Market; she was even ladylike the
very reverse of Little Make-Believe,
whom nothing outwardly could refine.
It is written that love makes no dis
tinctions; nobles have stooped to coun
try maids, kings to peasants; wider
gulfs have been bridged than that
which up till now had divided Saranne
from Walter.
When heart commingles with heart in
Innocence and honor, youth being there
to favor the conjunction, it is easy to
divine what will occur.
It occurred to Saranne and Walter,
and they yielded to the spell,of the en
chanter whose presence bestows on all
surrounding things a glory they.Jiever
before possessed.
It is a song whose pictured Images
are mirrored in the midday's clouds, in
the night's shadows, in the bosom of
running water, t '
The breeze whispers it, the birds sing
it; it Is heard in the drowsy murmur
of the woods.
Through all ages It has been sung
by mortals below, by angels above. .
It was heard on the first day by the
first man and woman, and. shall be
heard until the last, ever carrying with
it, when it Is pure, a sweet and chas
tening influence. - '
? For not alone ln joy does it make it
self known; it "reigns in sorrow also,
when death has taken a dear one from
us, and the mantle then it wears is
such as the angels wear. - -
In their rambles through field and
wood, in their idlings by the water's
side, in their excursions here and there
to gather flowers, to visit poor cottages,
one of Little - Make-Believe's chief
pleasures, to see how the hops were
getting on, to pick blackberries, to wit
ness country sports Saranne and Wal
ter were invariably together, Little
Make-Believe Invariably a little apart.
. It was not premeditated; it happened
so naturally and was accepted.
When missing her which was not
always the case they turned and
called to her, she Joined them, with
smiles on her lips and in her eyes, but
otherwise she lingered In the back
ground, occupied with her dream.?.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1506. NO. 26.
Strange that sne, who In her secret
soul loved Walter with all the strength
of which her nature was capable, with
a love which In no wise weakened that
she bore her sister strange that she
should be blind to what was passing
between Walter and Saranne.
Stranger still that, for the first time
since ; she had taken ' upon herself a
'mo'ther's duty toy a'-sister but little
younger1 than hopself, she should be so
engrossed by a secret affection of her
own as not to perceive a. newer and
more pregnant meaning In Saranne'a
every word and look.
But only for a little while was the
veil before her eyes.
Mr. Deepdale being absent In Lon
don; whither he had 'been lately 'very
often called, Walter and the sisters had
a long, tiring happy day. . ;
They went out as soon as breakfast
was over and rode for a dozen miles in
the carrler'scart to a cathedral town.
After visiting the cathedral :and par
ticipating in the service they walked
by devious tracks to another part of
the-country for the purpose of dining
In a small, old-fashioned inn where an
excellent cold meal was daily spread
fortravelers.w y . r,! ! 1
They dined In the upper room of the
Inn which had only one slory to 3t
from the windows of-which a wonder
ful landscape of Kentish hill and glade
could be seen.
Then, being urged thereto by the
landlord who infoxuned them that they
had plenty of time, and that they had
only to be back by 4 o'clock to catch
a 'coach which would set them down
within 'a mile of their, village they
walked two miles farther by other de
vious tracks, to seo a famous tree
called the Sisters, which was said to be
not less thau a thousand year's old.
They went, and dallying on the road
andnn the fields, allowed the afternoon
to slip' by without a thought of home,
Then suddenly Walter cried: "
"By Jove, it's 4 o'clock! We must
run if we want to catch the cpach!"
They ran, laughing and almost
breathless to the inn, where they
learned that the coach badbeen gone
a good half hour, after waiting for
them for several minutes.
And then Waiter said:
"By Jove, what's to be done?"
"I don't know!" laughed Little Make
Believe. ,
"And I don't know!" laughed Sar
anne. '
They were not in the least disturbed.
They had full confidence in Walter and
had not the smallest doubt of his power
to overcome even superhuman difficul
ties. - He questioned the" landlord as
to the possibility of obtaining a con
veyance. It was not possible, the
landlord said. . ' : ?
A horse? Why, yes they could man
age a horse, said the landlord. But he
could not see this with a doubtful
look at the girls how that would get
them out of the difiiculty: ,
"No more can I," said Walter, mer
rily. "Three of us could certainly not
ride on one horse." - - '
Tney all laughed gayly at the idea.
"Shank's pony," suggested the laud
lord, ""and step out."
"There's nothing else for it," said
Walter. "Come, girls, we must walk."
And oft! they set on a : fourteen mile
walk at nearly 5 in the afternoon.
For the first two-miles it was delight-'
ful; then fatigue began toTmake it
self felt; they stopped to rest; walked
on again; lagged; stopped to rest again
and again," and again, till Saranne
said wearily: .
"It's no use; I can't go any farther."
"Oh, but you must,", said Walter,
positively. - s
Twenty or thirty yards farther on
Walter looked at her solicitously. She
shook her head. ".
"I really dont think I can do it."
"Then, by Jover he said, "I shall
have to carry you; for it mus.t be
done."
Without more ado he lifted her in his
arms and carried her awhile; but al
though her arm was wound his neck,
and her face almost,. nay, sometimes
quite, touched his what else could tyj
expected ou such rough and uneven
roads? it was beyond his strength to
carry her far, and he was presently,
compelled to set her down.
"It will be a case," be said, "of the
children in the woqcls. I wish we could
find some blackberries." '
Little Make-Believe had been hunting
for some, and she called out that the
hedge where she was standing" was
full of them. :
They joined her immediately. -
"The worst of it 'is," said Walter,
putting some of the ripest berries iuto
Saranne's mouth, ."that the story isn't
a bit of good without a wicked uncle."
He called out very loud: ,
iWill a wicked uncle oblige us by
appearing?" c
"Or a bear?" cried Saranne. r:
"Or a prince?" cried Little Make-Believe.
"Or a fairy with a glass coach?"
"Meanwhile," said Wajter, 'until
something does come we'll go .on eat
ing blackberries. Here's a fine bunch,
Saranne." ' r :
So these three careless happy people
lingered by the roadside an4 gathered
berries while the evening shadows
were gathering around thejn. ' i ' : -
Fortunately something did come; and
they were not left to their own de
vices. ' . ' .". f ' ''
They heard the jolting of a cart over
the road they had traveled. , .
"Here's the glass, coach,'; said Sar
anne; "Make-Believe is always right"
Presently the cart came into View.
"I'm in luck," said the driver, pulling
up in , front of them; "the landlord
down yonder told me I stood a good
chance of catching you if I hurried.
You look precious tired. "I can take
yon six or eight miles if you care to
ride." v -Ty ' r '
There was no question about that,
aufl a bargain was soon struck..
; To be Continued.) - ;
Brave Annabel Lou..
Annabel Lou is only two, . , -
And one can't tell that is, rery well - -
What Annabel Jxu Is going to do - , ,i
Annabel Lou is afraid of a mouse, .
Or a dog or a bird or a fly. or a cat ; . .
But she's not afraid to stroke' the fur ' J
Of a. great, big fox, and give It a -pat, 7?
And pull its tail, and handle Its claws, '
And put her hand in its open jaws.
Annabel Lou is only two, --f -
And one can't tell that is, very well
What Annabel Lou is going to. tfo. tu;: fi
But perhaps I' should say, to'Xe quite-fair,1
That claws and fnr and tail and head , 1
Are not exactly-as fcrst they grew,
And are harmless quite, for the fox Js
; dead, ..--;,
And it hangs round the neck indeed, 'tis
true , ! ti i h -, -.-t
Of the beautiful mama of Annabel Loti;
Clara Odell Lyon, In St Nicholas. ?
Conundrums. - ;
What black ' thing'' enlightens the
world? Ink. " ' '
How do bees dispose of their hon
ey? They cell it.--- - .
What game do the waves play at?
Pitch and toss.
What soup would cannibals prefer?
A broth of a boy. , . , . t
What is the oldest " lunatic on rec
ord? Time, out of mind . .
Name something " with two heads
and one body. " A barrel. '
What sort of men are always above
board? Chessmen. ' '.'"'"
What coat is finished without but
tons and put on wet? A coat of
paint. t '
What is a muff? ' Something that
holds a lady's hand -and doesn't
squeeze it.
When is a clock oil the stair dan
gerous? When it runs down and
strikes one. ,
Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, and Baby
Bigger, which of this interesting fam
ily is the biggest, and why the big
gest? Baby Bigger, because he is a
little Bigger. v ' '
V The Pancake Woman.
Children in cities are well acquaint
ed with the waffle-man, but a traveler
through Japan describes his equiva
lent, who appears as a pancake worn-,
an. He says;
"One of the delis at.;' of thV chil-'
dren in , Japan is the pancake wom
an, who, with her little brazier and its
copper frying pan,' offers great attrac
tion to the urchins who gather round
her stall. ; : :
"She is usually found on the corner
of the streets nearest the schools;
and, when the boys and girls clatter
out with their wooden clogs and
satchels, of books, what, more, wel1
come sight than' the pancake woman
waiting on the corner for them! With
a bowlful of delicious batter, d ladle,
and a Cake turner, she is ready for
the onslaught. ' ' - r
; "Her withered smile and wheedling
tones Craw the hungry crowd as . well
as the crisp smell of a sample pan
cake baked 'on the griddle.? t r
Ir a: small coin worth one-tenth
of a cent a blissful child . may fry
and turn his own cakes and eat them
fresh from the griddle as he frys
them. Happy is he who comes with
.'. ttringful of cash hv his kimono
sleeve, and who can fry and eat to
his heart's content."-' y-
' Topsy-Turvy China. 4
' China, as seen with' our eyes, is gro
tesque. She' is. the antipodes' of . all
the rest of the world. She seems the
jpside down of everything. The needle
in ; her ' compass points to the. south:
she says west-north instead of north
west, r She enjoys , her fireworks In
the daytim?.5, Her ladies ' use wheel
barrows when they are making calls.
They drive' cows instead of horses.
The necks of their prisoners are put
in the stocks. Their Surname comes
firsty as Roosevelt-Theodore. : , They
mount their horses from . the right
side, i The old men, fly;, kites, ,wnUe
the small ; boys ( sit ? demurely j and
watch them.. . They keep on their hats
as a sign of respect , Their crimson
visiting cards must' be a. burjlen to
them if they do much calling, as they
are four feet long and about ' two
wMa" Thirrinkt.S are drawn W men.
their carriages by sails. They never
drink milk; and their .mourning color
is white or! nale blue. Their young
women," no matter how beautiful they
may be, according to Chinese,, ideas,
are slaves, while the old.. mother of
grown sons and the . wrinkled grand
mothers are queens and the most re
spected and beloved members of the
household:' ' Even y'the4- emperor's
mother ranks -higher -than; he does.
When a son is fortunate enough to re
ceive an honorable decoration, he
brines it to '.his mother, who . wears
it for him. Amourette M. Beecher,
in Sunset Magazine. a , ' '
' Trr! Melbourne said: "YouAff men
should never5 hear any other language
than this: "You have your own 'way
to make, and it depends upon, your
own exertions whether you succeed
or fail.'" Anv observer, -knows that
the boy whohas his life planned for
him, and the , rough places made
smooth without 'any exertion on his
nqrt. ' is apt to be indolent; discon
tented and incompetent. :u This is the
kind o4 boy, when fortune fails him,
who takes up, the idea that the 'world
owes him a living,? and waits f or his
supposed :: inheritance... ' There are
times. ;in .the life, of both boys and
men. when they think if they had the
rhance they ; could do great, things.
Tho way to havo J. he. chance is to
make ; ity Opportunity does not come
torus heralded by trumpet and drum,
and.' greatness is seldom thrust upon
us, though men have achieved success
through influential friends, or, by the
pushing of great talents; hut-the ma
jority achieve it by, a combination of
poverty," ambition, hard work and de
terminatloni',;..'1?he: hard "road' Is the
sure road,' and strength of mind as of
muscle; ' is only i to be had ; by persist
ent exercise and 'steady training. The
true. meaning of success is not-to ac
cumulate .wealth or gain the applause
of . the i multitude the majority 5 of
whom shout onl y , because they, hear
the shouting of others. ...A truly great
man . wishes to stand pre-eminent for
something higher and better J than
money or notoriety; One to be really
successful la the 'higher meaning of
the word, must be a 'hard, earnest
Avorker, and must expect to take the
knocks and buffetings he is sure to
get from meaner, envious spirits. Mo
dest - merit is not necessarily over
looked, but merit, to -be recognized,
and hence to gain - the reward it de
serves, must exert itself to find it; it
must not fail through inactivity, neg
lect 6T opportunity' or-untrained abil
ities. It must 'not- hold, back to be
sought, but should "let its light
shine," and ' hold itself ready " at all
times to make the most of whatever
advancement ccmes in its way. For
ward and impudent men are not pre
fered above retiring merit but it of
ten happens ths.t men of inferior abil
ities are prompt and active in grasp
ing opportunities, where superior
merit holds itself . in the back
ground. "A barking dog is often more
useful tha.na sleeping lion," and his
presence is surely better known.--The
Commoner. - -'
Betty's Bargain.
"Everv time I want to so anywhere
I have to play with Ned," said Betty,
nuttingi her little brother in his go-
cart rather crossly. "The. other girls
can go to pick flowers this morning,'
but I must amuse a tiresome baby all
the time.", ..... , ,'
"It would be very nice not to have
a little " brother." said ' mamma.
thoughtfully. "You could go where
you pleased an tne time, ana a iew
lir.tlfr- chores would not .'count." "" :
"Wouldri't; it?" said Betty, with' a
smile. y ' ' 1 --f; - ".!' -.
f'Just think of the good-times Nell
and Grace have. I wouldn't have to
leave .my new story , book so often
and : hunt playthings for Ned if he
belonged to some one else.''' ,i . r
: 'I'll buy him if he. is for sale," said
Mrs. Turner, who was coming up the
walk;' "How much do you ask for
him?" ' ( i " -' '"
"A dollar," said Betty. .- And to her
great surprise the visitor took out a
fat purse and gave her a big silver
piece.-- ' -"i ' ' I - rr
. : "Run along with- the girls and spend
your money c.s you please,"; said Ned's
new , mamma, as she took . the baby
out. of the go-cart, "I think I have
made a good bargain." y ? . .
. "I'll get same oranges and candy
and popcorn," thought " Betty as" she
hurried after her friends. "They are,
not going very fast, and I can catch
up after I get the things. They'll
be surprised, I guess, to see what I
bring to the picnic.".. 1 ;
r-The man at the store gave her a
ismall basket; and, when she went
away With it filled with good things,
she had only half her money . left. "I'll
save this much, to buy the -little cart
for Neddie." she said to herself as
she ran down the street; "He wants
it so bad;" . ; :t
"Where did you get all these nice
things?" asked the girls when they
spread their -dinners" on the big rock
in the wools. ' ' y -
"Mrs. Turner i gave ' me : a dollar,"
said Betty, "and I spent half of it"
; "Gave you r a - whole dollar? What
for?'y i . tt . j '-JJ
- "I I sold the, baby," stammered
Betty, . getting red in the' face. J
"Sold , Neddie yf or a dollar ; ' My
mamma would have "given you ten
times that much if ' she " had known
you' Wanted to" get rid of him. What
did vbu want, the dollar for?" ;
"I wanted to buy Neddie a cart
and--"-'- ri'- i ' a; -: :
"But -your can't-get him; a cart
when i he don't belong to you," said
Grace. "I always thought you. ought
to be the best girl in the world be
cause , you had such", a dear baby to
play with, and J here you sold; him
for a dolltr." : ""'"' ; y
- "Do you. think" .began Nell,-br.t
ftpttv -was running home as fast afe
she could go.7 The goodies were left.
on the big rock, and all she cared tor
was to buy; back the dear little broth
er. - ' ' '". ' V'f
"If you'll only sell him back to tne,"
she gasped. laying the - warm piec
of money in Mrs.. Turner's hand. ".Ill
earn lots and lots of dollars to, pay
you. . I don't .know what made me so
wicked." a;ivy H--tu::i
"Well, if you are, sure, you ,want
him, I suppose.rilshave; to. give him
back: 8.id Mrs. "Turner with ' a
smile.' "He is a little darling; and-1
am not surprised ' to have you come
after him." , . V- Ki -,'
4 "Mrs. ' Turner said I made a good
bargain but I think it was very bad,
mamma," said Betty.-r1 hope Neddie
will never find out how near he came
to being Ned Turner instead of Ned
Brown." Hilda Richmond , United
Presbyterjan.
J'i
To Construct a Corn Brace.
- To nake a firm support for stacked
corn in the field, one " helper, took a
rope five feet long and fastened a ring
in one end and a snap In -the other
end. Taking two stacks in adjoining
rows, put the rope around them; snap
the snap into the ring at one side of
the stock; then cut the corn and set
it against this. When the shock was
filled, he pulled the rope out by tak
ing hold of the snaps.. Adjust the rope
half : way up the stalk. This make3 a
very firm stand to husk from F. L.
Risley in the Epitomist.
Hog Philosophy.
A symmetrically developed hog Is
the profitable porker.
A runty pig may be properly de
fined as one that -eats its head off
about three or four times a year.
The hog pen is the logical ' banking
Institution on the farm, and the farm
er can draw on his account any day
in the year. -
Everlastingly at It is the successful
hogman's motto. You can't make the
most of the pigs and slight them, for
one single day. "
- The State fairs are the best educa.
tors we have for the rank and file of
hog growers.. They set higher ideals
for men to work toward.
The high grade hogs now found
on the average farm trace through
the best and purest ancestry known
to the hog breeding world.
Don't worry about feeding the sou
till the" litter is a day or two old, at
least, and then go slow. Feed some
thing light and cooling. . ,
There is a better margin for profit
in a well-fed litter of pigs than may
be found in any ' other like invest
ment of money on-lhe farm.
k Breed for Quality.
'''it has- been said that the poorest
horse to breed is the little horse of
the .draft type. But with the trotting
stock the case is entirely different,
for; both siae and quality are hard to
obtain in the standard-bred horse. It
is difficult to get much size without
sacrificing quality. The tendency now
is to breed more for quality than was
true for many years when all shapes
sizes and colors went, Just so the
horse had a standard record. It Is
not tnie that the large horse goes as
fast, and stands training better than
the smaller animal. Some of the big
horses go very fast, but as a rule
they are : "band-box", horses suitable
for the show ring, of trotting exhibi
tion miles. As a rule the great horses,
the kind that can win a race or two
every meet during the entire season,
go Into winter quarters sound, and
keep it up year after year, are of the
George Wilkes and Lou Dilion types,
and weigh S00 to 1000 pounds. This
is the class of horses that render the
greatest service for physicians, livery
men and others who require horses oi
great endurance. The large horses
have to carry too much weight; their
feet and legs cannot stand the contin
uous fast driving and hard work all
their lives and keep sound, equal to
the 800 or 950 poundIorgans. Farm
ers' Home Journal.
Currant Cutting
A little foresight is worth money,
especially in setting out currant bush
es. Cuttings from currant bushes are
so easily propagated that there is small
sense in paying nurserymen the com
paratively high prices demanded for
better varieties when it is within the
capacity of even the most amateur
fruit grower to raise his own currant
bushes. Of rourse it takes more time
to raise them than it does to buy
them, but it costs less. With cur
rants as well as with most other pro
ductions it costs no more additional
labor or money to care for and pro
duce a good Vafiety than it does a com
mon One. With a start to, a dozen
bushes of Fay's Prolific, the writer
has raised 200 fine bushes from Cut
tings made from the original fwilve.
The year after, planting these twelve
furnished, by severe pruning, 120 "cut
tings, and of these over . 100 lived and
produced bushes. The second year
excellent results were obtained by. cut
ting new wood late in August and Im
mediately planting 'in moist ground,
a practice which does no seem gen
eral. It can be strongly recommended.
This new wood gave immediate and
good growtlj and got finely establish
ed roots before winter. They ( were
planted in nursery rows a foot apart,
sfcc Inches in the row, , in good rich
ground, and they wintered nicely with
out loss, straw and leaves being fused
as mulch protection. In spring these
cutting had .a long lead over those
which - had , been . stored away In the
cellar; they had the advantage of al
most a third' of a season's growth.
Three years from the August cutting,
under good conditions, currants will
yield well. In planting the cuttings
care should be taken to select well
drained ground in which an excess ot
water will not stand and freeze around
them. Y. M. I in Indiana Farmer.
Cribbing of the Grain.
1 The ' shocks of, corn and fodder do
not' alf stand up alike. " While a good
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number. will settle and stand perfectly
straight, there are always shocks here
and there that twist or fall down. II t
these shocks are 'permitted to: remain
until the field of corn is. gathered, the
fodder will likely be entirely ruined.
Such shocks will not turn rain and .
a. few showers will make the fodder
worthless., Even the corn. may,, bo
badly damaged in the down or twisted
shock. Haul in such 'shocks as soon
as possible, when they are dry. If
they cannot be hauled in, then reshocjc
them In the field. After considerable
time and labor have been" spent in har
vesting the fodder, It is certainly not '
wise to lose even a small percent of it
that might easily.be hauled in. It is
hot likely that shocks standing strafsht
one month after harvest' will - twist
enough to damage by rains until, they
are sufficiently, dry to shred or haul
to the barn. As soon as possible the
fodder should -be in the dry: ; A wet
fall very seriously injures the feeding
value of cornfodder. Oftentimes Octo-ber-and
November are good months for
shredding and when December comc,
rains early hinder the work; . . ;
More attention must be, given to
corn not entirely out of the sap' thau
to dry corn. Usually such corn has a
sappy cob and if thrown In a heap the
silks and shelled corn in , the . centre
of the heap prevent proper ventilation
and fermentation sets in. In this way
the corn may be badly damaged. ; A
tight crib is more likely to have corn
heat and damage than an open one.
The V-shaped trough with pigeonholes
iu it H a good ventolater. These
troughs are made to fit crosswise in
the crib at Irregular intervals, espe
cially near the place of filling the crib.
This permits the free circulation of air
through the heap. If troughs, are not
used ordinary fence rails crossed oc
casionally will permit "air to pass
through. ,'."'
Where shredding is. practiced 'the
shelled corn Is difficult to handle be
cause of . its : tendency. to heat. It
must be made free of cut stalks and
dirt. Then If not too sappy it may
be spread and stirred two or. three
times. - Then it will dry. W. B. An
derson in the Indianapolis News.
Dairy Cows Loose in Shed.
Prof. Fraser, of the Illinois station,
says in Circular: No. 93$ .The plan of
allowing dairy cows to run loose In a
shed looked so reasonable,' and' thost.
dairymen who had -tried it reported
so favorable concerning .the .results
obtained, that it was decided to put th
method Into actual operation. Accord
ingly a shed 30x68 feet ndjacent to
the dairy barn was. arranged for. the
purpose; mangers were built on each
side, and the two bull pens were rc-
ained at the corners. ' This shed is a
one-story building with windows and
doors ou both sides, thus affording ex
cellent ventilation. Twenty-two cows
have been cared for in tnis manner
with most satisfactory results. From
the experience at the university, th
past two years it has been found that
the cows keep much cleaner than when
stabled and that the milking stable is
in a more sanitary condition, conse
quently it is easier to produce clean
milk. By this method there is- le3a
difficulty In providing" cows with an
abundance of fresh air they are more
vigorous and healthy and have better
appetites than when kept in the sta
ble. Since they can move about and
get exercise they will not suffer In
cold weather If the temperature Is
somewhat lower than In the' ordinary
Stable. Labor fs saved as tho shed
can be bedded much more easily and
juickly than can stalls; there is lit
tle stable cleantng to be done and
the manure Is hauled directly Xroni
ihe shed to the field at any time mos
convenient and when least damage i
done the land by tramping. Anothei
advantage is the saving' of fertility
much more compl$tely. Many barn
do not have cement floors and so tber
is more or less waste of the liquid por
tion of the manure. Since, land is be '
coming eo high priced no farmer can
afford to allow any fertility to be wast
ed, and by this method all the liquiJ
is saved, as it Is absorbed by the
bedding. If only enough bedding 18
used to keep the cows, clean they, tramp
the manure so thoroughly that It doea
not beat to make the air impure. If
manure is hauled directly (ram the sta
ble to the field there is a considerable
portion of the year when it must be
allowed- to accumulate ' la the' yard
where it will Jeaoh badly, or It must
be hauled ontx the land when it is-so
we( and soft that much Injury is done
by ; tramping; this is especially true
on clay soiLWeekly Witness. -
, .Where it Belonged.
An amateur authoress who had sub
mitted a story to a magazine waited
for several weeks without 1 hearing
from, the editor concerning It. Final
ly she sent him a noto requesting an
earlv decision, because as she said,
she "had other irons in the fire."
bnorlly niter came, the editor's re-
piy: y
"Bear Madam, 1 have read your
storv, i-nd I should advise you to put
It with ; the other Jroaa." Harper'a
Weekli.