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tf .w;ir;v.-ii,: r.vM-n-' :lin PRESS, - THE VOLUME XXI. FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1906. 'NUMBER 31. FRANK WHAT'S What's the ww of crying? The sun will ililne sxatn. ' What's the us of sighing? Life. Isn't whnlly ruin. You will not always have to stand The cold old world's abuse; Boms day you'll got the uppor hand Bo what's the use? tt LADY FAY. Lady Fay Ferciilce looked In at the big north window. Her slight, silk clad shoulders shivered with a delight ful excitement. Sho tapped at the French window, and laughed. It was a pretty accomplishment; It suggested spontaneity rather than practice. The man within, frowning ovor an easel and sucking at an empty pipe, started. .HaDM-Xojsdand threw the win dow open. " "Lady Fay, by all that's wonderful!" lis said. "Frank Derwent, by all that's ! You see, I know my Sheridan." She ttepped in daintily, a very little figure uirageously frilled nnd frounced. "Shall we establish u new 'School for Bcandal'? If wo only could! But nowadays scandal requires no school. I knew you wore here. You long to "ask me how but you ctm't get a word In edgeways. My maid. She recog nized you In tho village after ten. Really, maids have so many oppor tunities. They arc allowed out by themselves until ton once every week. And if they smile at the butler tho privilege Is extended. 1 should go about grinning at him always. She Bald, 'The piysterlous artist, Mr. Jones, at The Den, Is Mr. Derwent.' Don't frown. No "one else knows." "But a woman and a secret" "That's unworthy of you. Don't you know that we only tell secrets when they are to the disadvantage of other females? And I wanted to keep this, and Ellse wants to keep her place. Why do I want to keep this secret? Oh the country gives me primitive im pressions that It Is improper. I come to see you In a studio horribly untidy place, Frank alone. And you are here Incognito. It s thrilling and dear Lady Jane have 1 told you 1 am stay ing with tho HollingtonB? I am, it s my penance for a season wickedly de lightful; my doctor said, 'You're run down' (which sounds like something to do with a motor car, which is absurd), go and be as dull as you can be.' So naturally I thought of dear Ijidy Jano. I've been a thorn In her flesh she has so much that one has to be a huge thorn to be at all Impressive and now ahe has her reward. She will be shocked! Think of it, Frank! Isn't It Cranfordish? Shocked! She will sermonize, and I shnll he nippatitrrrtrH - fcseh nr fcncnnfiirTnlir conscience and her droll, evil thinking heart will rejoice!" ''But I am your cousin," Frank Der went interposed. Ho was a tall lazy looking man, young to be an Associate, old enough to be Interesting. Many people said that he was handsome, some that ho was ugly, a difference of opinion which invariably suggests dan ger. "When was cousin diip a bar to scan dal? Don't you want to know why 1 have come?" "No." "Why not? That's a horrid remark." Bhe pouted plcturesucly. "I know." He looked at her stead ily, half quizzically, nnd she looked away. Her hair, as light as spun silk, had brought a memory of sun into the studio. "You don't!" she said, hastily. "We naturally gravitate toward each 'other. In other bodies It Is called the law of attraction." Ho gave the sen tence a caressing finish. A smile flick ered over her face. "Ever since you came out we havo obeyed the law. You have confessed to mo as many of your Bins as you iiuuiu irui-iuirci. i ubid Invented as many pocradllloes as my ' Imagination could compass to match your 'confessions. Each time you have been engaged I havo . been the first to experience orsoiaiion. now many times have you broken my heart? You have even criticised my work frankly. IhhVI. .1 f hflua miarrallcl T CI 7 naunt, ouu ....... i. . . . .. I 1. ...... nwns .. f WW. 1. ' ' W1LU yJU vici w nvjirv. ' "Yes, we've been chums, good chums lor a long time, sue suiu, pausing 111 front of the easel. "Don't you find painting monotonous, Frank? You are shocked. But I 'should get bo tired of canvas and oils smell like a garage. Wihy don't you do things like Max? He's much funnier. I am suro his caricatures are lovely when you know who they are. Did I tell you Lady Jane won t auow me out aioner "But" - " "Oh, I 'started with a girl. She's staying with Lady Jane, too. She (the . girl, not Lady Jane) has a passion for . views one of those extraordinary be ' lngs who go to Davos Platz for the ' mmm anrl tint tnhfi.ffDntn. T tf.1 .1 , ber the view from tho Beacon Is love ly it Is, isn't It? It ought to be, it's " such a steep hill. She went at It sagerly and I came on." Bhe made one or two lunges with her parasol at a canvas standing with Its face against the wall. Derwent moved It out of reach. "Then, when you go bock alone Lady Jane" ' , "Oh, no. The girl will come on here. : I am afraid she thinks you are a wom an. I said I was going to see a friend." "She does not know you very well." "No," Lady Fay acknowledged ,very frankly. "Bhe never would."? "Then we may be Interrupted at any moment?" ' "Yes and when Lady Jane knows that you are here Bhe Is scan dalized at the. idea of your painting. Bhe says there is no excuse for a man In Burke doing such a thing, : that Jezebel painted, and we all know.what happened to ber. Bo I shall not be able to see you again down here." -Bhe really was very pretty. Der went moved slowly over to the couch on which she sat. "Van It occurred to you, Fay, .that -,.( v wntit to f enr-h other THE OBIf What's the use of moaning? it will not alter minus. What's the use of groaning? Hencatn misfortunes sunt gs? Perhaps you'll bo Bn ace some day, Though now you are a deuce; But no One makes complaining pay. Bo what's the use? Los Angeles Times. By WALTER E. OROQAN. one has to go in search of the other? It It Is a wasto of time." "There Is the expectation." "There is always the danger of a rainy day." "Or a sunny day. The sun Is terrl blo this afternoon, aqd I freckle so easily. But I don't see how we can obviate the difficulty. You couldn't set up a studio at our place. Thore Is the question of models and mother loathB the Bind of paint. We always go to Monte when the painters eoae." "No, Orosvenor Square is out of the question. There Is only one way." She scratched meaningless ciphers on the floor with the point of fcer para sol, watching the operation Intently. "Don't you think the 'only way" is always well, heroic?" 1 "Every one has prophesied It," he suggested. She really was attractive and, after all, it would bo eminently prudent and practical. It seemed In cumbent upon an Associate to be mar lied. Much can be done In tho interest of art by an interested wife, who Is not artless. Dinners open doors." A lifted cheek showed an added glow In Its coolness. "It would be ra n them to to make them U. On them" the other hund, . She paused "It certainly w pliment to their intelligence at dnce btle and delightful." "And later Lady Jane would be glad. I feel that I owe Lady Jam much. She has been my skeleton at the feast ro long. It Is refreshing to be famil iar with one's skeleton." "But she she hates me!" Dcrwsnt remonstrated. "Yes. She has always prophesied a bad end for me. Think of her delight In the contemplation of an end out marching her imagination. Don't frown. It really is a beautiful trait In my character. I am being unselfish. Is that the wrong word? I always do sny the wrong thing on these occa sions. Never believe that experience teaches, Frank. Experience, when var ied, muddles, nut it does seem hope less, doesn't it? Everybody has expect ed It for ages and the worst of it is that 1 can't quite disHke yey-" "No, that Is U3peies3 no one can. '"t "have never seen enough of you to discover your worst faults mat may lie remedied. Oh, if it is. Frank, If. seeing so much of you the Lollerts will insist upon lending us their coun try house. I know, they offer it every time I grow to dislike you" "I think It will be Impossible." he said. "But In any ease we need never see too much of each other. Of course I could never see too much of you cela r. suns dire but for your own romfort I suggest calling to recollec tion the married couples we know. They are never bored with each other's society the occasional times when they meet must ever keep their fresh ness. There is not one circle in Lon don, there are several; there Is not one country house, but several; rmt one yacht, but many. 1 really think I speak for your consolation that 'C need never meet except possibly at our own functions and er Christmas Day. I throw In the latter as a sop to popular sentiment." "You arc bo considerate, Frank. You undersiand more than nny man I know. Whether you are considerate for me or for yourself I am not quite sure." She spoke a little wistfully, which lie did not notice. "As long as the end is reached I hardly seo that that matters," ho said, cheerfully. And I suppose we have reached a real, definite, decisive end?" "Yes or a beginning. There is al ways a haziness about these matters." Then we have decided. It muBt bo diamonds, Frank. I never accept any thing else half-hoop, of course. You had better get a few down to choose from. That Is what I generally prefer. And you must bo very, very attentive to me while we are engaged." "I Insist upon a short engagement. And you will dismiss your cavaliers." All of them, Frank?" I think all. 1 have a, sympathetic heart, and I really could not bear to seo them." 'Thcro arc sacrifices!" Sho sighed, nnd then lifted smiling Hps to him. A tap at the window startlod them. 1 "Go round to tho door, Sydney!" Lady Fay called out promptly, without turning round. "There's always some thing wrong with tho catch of a French window. How like a woman who is fond of views to come blundering at a window like that!" she added, as she heard footsteps retreat toward the door. "Sydney?" Derwent Inquired eagerly. He had not noticed U,e face of the woman at the' window. 'The girl, you know. Oh, yes, it Is an absurd name. But appropriate." "Sydney Egmont?" "Yes." Her voice had a surprised cadence. "Do you know her?" . "1 did I saw a great deal of her at one time.". Derwent spoke In a con strained manner, yet there was a strange note in his tones. She looked up at him quickly, - : ,; i; ; ; "Ah!" she said, and then mused for a while. "Can't you order tea? We shall not want It, really housekeeper's lea is terrible. But I think I bad bet ter explain. Ton see, naturally she will be surprised at finding that you are not a woman." " ' He jumped at the chance of escape quite eagerly, M iAdy Fay smiled a llttlo forlornly at his retreating back. She smiled again," but quitp brightly, however, when Miss Egmont entered. "You are nlone. Fay?" Miss Egmont demanded. She U wt't'e. I ?Jv thcr h ird urn i false projfjl If we estall 111 suggestivtlf ould be a (Tin hi fay notice Mat quickly. "Yea Isn't It stupid? I waited for you an eternity. I do hope you found all the trees and fields and things lovely to look at?" "You were with a man?" "I I am afraid so, Sydney. It gen erally happens to be a man. I really don't know why coincidence, I sup pose. Frank has gone to order tea, but I told htm distinctly that we should not drink It." "Frank!" "My cousin, Frank Derwent He ls.a lucky man he was made an Associate a few months ago and now" She broke off and wattod. "Then I am to understand" Miss Egmont murmured, perfunctorily. "How dear of you to guess! I'm afraid It Is foolish of me, but every one said It would happen. I suppose It will be In the autumn that will mean mshing off to town and Paris at once." "I I am very glad, Fay," Miss Eg mond said, unenthusiastically. "I hope you will be very happy." "Of course, there Is always a chance. And I love shopping. Mother doesn't It tires her. I believe she is unique." Lady Fay watched her friend under her eyelashes. "Sut Fay are y'3-!!YJ5r serious?" Miss Egmont demanded. "I sincerely hope not. Only the mid dle class are serious. It's what they eat, I think. I am told their cooking Is atrocious, owing to the Education acts. I can't tell why it should be, but It is." A door opened and Frank Derwent entered very stiffly. "Oh, Frank," said Lady Fay, "this Is Miss Egmont. She wants to con gratulate you. I think she said you knew her?" "Some time ago. I dare say Miss Egmont hardly remembers me." Ho spoke as stiffly as he held himself. She gave him one quick glance. Tho little color left In her cheeks fled. "Mr. Derwent, I believe?" His stiff ness appeared to be communicated to her. "I think we met" "Thrco years ngo. There was a river" "Ah, yes. I have some recollection of the river. You were painting, I think?" He bit his Hp. Her elaborate Indefl niteness piqued him. Ijidy Fay sat .watching both under the screen of a charming detachment. "I was painting." Derwent assured her. 'A was not my only occupation. I was drcawing of more important things." "Really! It's so long ago." The in difference was a triflo too obvious. "Three yenis!" cried Lady Fay, shuddering, "in eternity! Time is a fiiu,,o,;i i uin always Killing v htm, and all tie while! hajire knowledge thajrTJlBfflrthe ta- - ' Ihas found that time obliteratcrsvapVislons," Derwent de clared, with unnecessary pique. "Time's one redeeming feature," Miss Egmont said, with conviction. "Wo nre growing morbid," Lady Fay declared. "It is hardly a compliment to Frank's work. I told him he wasn't amusing, Sydney. He won't do nice black and white caricatures like Max he won't even do portraits, which is nearly the same thing. Don't you ever do portraits, Frank?" "I tried once it was never finished It was not a success." He was look ing at Miss Egmont, not at Lady Fay. "The beauty of portrait painting Is that when the sitter Is aggrieved all his or her friends rlso up and call the pic ture lifelike." I,ady Fay sold, sagely. She rose and wandered around the studio a gay little figure like a stray ing butterfly. "Why Is this canvas turned with Its face to the wall? Is It?" Sho looked, raising eyebrows, at Derwent. "I believe It Is and I shall be horribly shocked." She pick ed It up. "Don't touch It!" Derwent cried, striding forward. He was to late to prevent her seolng it. A half finished study of a woman's face smiled out of the canvas. The woman's face had tho features of Sydnoy Egmont. "This Is three years old, Frank?" she said quietly. "Yes." "Why didn't you finish it?" "The sitter went away." "Why did the sitter go away, Syd ney?" Miss Egmont, twisting a glove, looking out of the window at the broad sunlight and biting a tremulous Hp, gave a shrug of the shoulders that was meant to -convey indifference and was merely pathetic. Lady Fay smiled a llttlo wry smile at her friend's back. Men were un observant animals, so Frank did not count. Besides, people in love, what did they ever see? Her left hand went straying to her left side. Her friends unanimously held that though charm ing she was heartless. Yet undoubted ly there was a pain there; a throb, a catch, what you will, but certainly a pain. "And you let her go, Frank? Why? It it really is not a bad attempt." She looked at the' canvas quizzically, and under cover of her little band again pressed ber side. "She she did not care to finish It" He found phrases bard of making. "She allowed mo 'to .commence and then went away." Evidently, it was not the unfinished portrait that rank led. He was watching tbe effect of bis words upon the Impassive back. There was a light, bait hopeful, In his eyes, that Lady Fay had never before seen. "I should never have missed tt if I had not seen," she whispered to herself. "1 shall always miss it now "What a silly reason! If Bhe had not cared he wouldn't have gone away. Oh, don't tell me. I know. I have had quite an extensive experience of such matters. You bardly remember now I'm sura I am very hazy about all mine. Of course I've had so many quarrels and when there is only one It make a difference But you don't know you're just two children quar relling about something you are neither clear what, and sulking In twd absurd, uncomfortable corners.. - Frank, you look diabolical when yon frown." Der went turned away angrily, "Bui I'm glad I taw you like that; If It bad ! come afterwnrds It would have been a t shock. Like marrying a prince nn ' finding him turned Into the beast. Yo . nil'dt saiile at him, Sydney, cncriu agtngly anything to alter bis expres sion." "But Fay" Miss Egmont was unable to keep joy entirely absent from her voice. "My dear child, I'm a sportswoman not a poacher. He's your bird. Of course, I'm glad to be able to acftl Frank to my list though brief, it counts one. I believe you think well, absurd things. I have discovered that Frank can be serious. Just Imagine a butterfly being unequally yoked to a tortoise! Quite absurd. And we were agreeably and mutually accepting each other to be rid of each other at least, we found out how very little we need see of each other. And now I've chat tered away all the awkwardness, haven't I? and Frank completes the dozen, and I'm off to sing. comic songs to hymn tunes for the horrlflcatlon of Lady Jane!" Half an hour afterwards Frank Der went, looking absurdly happy, said, "Pshaw! Lady Fay! She has no feel ing at all shallow, quite shallow." "I wonder!" mused Miss Egmont. Black and White. CHILDREN'8 PARTY IN JAPAN, Dress of the Attendants Hojv They Are Received JLntgraned.. It may be interesting to know how a Japanese children's party is con ducted. Formal invitations In honor of the house cfilld are sent out. At 3 p. m. the guests arrive, frequently attended by servants. The house child receives them at tho top of the house steps, says a writer In Junior Toilettes, and con ducts each to the reception room. The hair of the house child Is drawn back, raised in front and gathered Into a double loop in which scarlet crapo Is twisted. Her face and throat aro whitened, the paint terminating In three points at tho back of the neck, from which all the short hnlrs havo been caremully extracted with pinc ers. Her lips are slightly touched with red paint, and her faco looks like that of a cheap doll. She wears a blue flowered kimono with sleeves touching the ground, n bluo girdle lined with scarlet, and a fold of the scarlet crape lies between her painted neck and her kimono. On her tiny feet she wears white tnbi (socks of cotton cloth), with a sep arate place for the groat toe, so as to allow tho sonrlct covered thongs of the finely lacquered clogs to pass. be tween It nnd the smaller toes. All children are dressed about alike, looking llko a lot of unlmated dolls. They are met by the house child with formal, graceful bows. She and her mother squat before each guost and present tea and swept JtW).t.son lncojiRirti 'titiy are disposed of they pluy very quiet and polite games. One of their plays Is most amusing. It consists of one child feigning ill ness and another playing the doctor. The pomposity and gravity of the lat ter and the distress and weakness of the former are most successfully Imi tated. Unfortunately the doctor kills his patient, who counterfeits the death sleep very effectively with her whitened face; then follows the fu neral and mourning. Before the guests leave tea and sweetmeats are again served, and as It is neither etiquette to refuse them nor to leave anything behind that one has once taken, several of the small ladles slip the residue Into their ca pacious sleeves. Labor In Barbados. The island of Barbados in tho Brit ish West Indies, familiarly known as Little Britain, Is one of the most densely populated areas In the world, said by some to surpass even Belgium In this respect. Tho constructors of the Panama canal are endeavoring now to get laborers rom the British West Indies and their efforts have been concentrated largely upon Ja maica and Barbados. These .taids upon labor In Barbados are now de veloping a scarcity of labor even there and this Is referred to In a re cent IsBue of the Barbados Globe In which It adverts to the fact that the scarcity of men, as cano cutters has led to the employment of women for cutting cane. This Is regarded as rather an exceptional condition, and yet tho editor says tho fact that wo men should be asked to labor (ike men Is not an innovation of which Barbados should feel In the least ashamed. He sayR, further, that the cost st which sugar should be manu factured at the present day suggests the employment of women laborers as fsr as practicable and hopes that the advent of the central factories with labor-saving devices will econo mize human labor to so great an ex tent as to lessen the demand for it Louisiana Planter. A Spell of Sickness. A physician having a large practice among the poor of Chicago recently re ceived A communication from the mother of a child, asking that he come at once to the youngster, who, as was explained, had "a very bad cold." After he had attended to tbe needs of other patients, the doctor made his. way to the lodgings of the woman who had sent the note. To his utter astonishment the child was suffering with a complaint utterly1 distinct from "a bad cold." .."Can't you see," he Impatiently demanded of the woman, "that your child is down with the measles? What on earth did you mean by writing me that ba had 'a bad coldr" .!-;.-'....'. After a moment's hesitation, the wo man explained In a sheepish way: "To tell you the truth, doctor, I didn't know how to spell measles." Harper's Weekly. , ' . If Marriage Had Been a Fallur. If marriage had boon a failure this civilization would not be here. So many men are brave after the event ;' ' , Many compensations come In lif that are not Included la our pay. i One of the very, best remedies for unpleasant conversation Is , to . step talking. : Sometimes we send a thief to catc' a thief that robbed a thief. , The golden calf will always be w . . 1i'pd, though It wear the tall of n turnkey or the ears of sn sss. A:0 " l;in Illustrated !?! .In. ' FUN ON THE PARTY W1KK LONELY FARMERS' WIVES BE GUILE THE HOURS WITH PHONE CHATS. How One Telephone was Gradually Moved from Hen House to Barn and Then to the Kitchen Sowing Circle on the Wire Weather Re ports Useful. "I never realized what a henpecked race we American husbands were until I began to canvass for telephones In the rural districts," said an agent for a "fanners' telephone" company to the Aurora (111.) correspondent of tho New York Telegram. "It's the farmer's wife every time who decides whether an Instrument shall go In or not, and I have to make arguments accordingly, if she says 'no,' that set tles It. The farmer will have nothing more to do with me unless she changes her mind,' which she frequently does when her neighbor, Mrs. Jones, a half milo down the road tells her what a 'solid comfort' her telephone has been. "To tell the truth, I depend greatly on the neighbors who have put in 'phones to plead for me. They can thTnTjl",? 'Juflre'advantages to be de rived in fifteen minutes than I could conjure in a fortnight. And sometimes a farmer's wife will advise her hus band to put in a 'phone for no other reason than that she doesn't want her dearest enemy to get ahead of her. But for the most part we have to meet tho objection of extravagance when we approach the lady of the house, for these women have learned to count their pennies carefully, and they are horrified at tho Idea of put ting as much money into 'a thing to talk through' as It would take to re shlnglo the barn. Once tho telephone goes In, however, It Is the wlfo who sees that the uIIIb are paid promptly, and would give up her precious egg money rather than be without one again. "I know of only one case where a farmer put in a telephone In spite of his wife. He argued and argued, but she was obdurate. Finally sho said: 'He'll Just have to put It In the hen house, for when we married we agreed that he was to have charge of every thing outdoors and I of everything indoors. I uln't going to have a tele phone always ringing In my house. Henry says the telephone will help him In his business, and if that is so he can have It In the henhouse and attend to It Mrnsclf.' So the bell jangled merrlJy amid the crows of the roosters aVd tho cackle of tho hens for rnonNi ."whenJf was moved was almo She said apologetically that its ring was 'so sort o' choerful that she hated to have it wasted on the cows and horses In the barn." "The president of- a Bewlng circle found a new use for her 'phone one stormy day. The weather was too severe to hold the regular business meeting, so she called the women up, for they were all subscribers, and the meeting was held over tho 'phone, each member holding a receiver to her ear and concurring or dissenting, as suited her. "One of those pleasantly garrulous women confided to me that her hus band's taciturnity had always been a thorn In her flesh. 'Those long, silent evenings with him used to drive me nearly wild,' she said, 'but now I call up my daughter Maria, or the minis ter's wife, or my nephew Tim, and discuss all the news of theday. I save up all my telephone talk until after supper, so I can make the even ing pass pleasantly.' "Tho practical ways In which the farmers' wives use tho 'phone and trolley are numberless. For Instance, last summer I called on a thrifty housewife who was preparing to can some cherries. She telphoned to her daughter that she was having them pickled, and If her daughter wanted to do her canning that day she'd send along a mess of cherries by the next trolley. Tho daughter did, and put her syrup on to boll at once. For a nickel the next trolley car brought the cherries, snd the daughter had ber canning all done before dinner. "In one town the wife, as usual, decided that a 'phone should go In, but in the entire year It was not used once. Consequently, the man who went out to renew the. contracts thought It hopeless to ask these peo ple to renew. But his proposition to take it out was met Indignantly. 'Well, I guess you don't take It out' said the farmer's wife. 'We wouldn't know how to do without It' The 'con tract was renewed, but the mystery remained unsolved until a few weeks later, when the stork paid a visit to the farmer's bouse. -Then the fre quent walling of an infant, heard by other subscribers talking on the line, explained that the people bad got their fun out of the telephone, not by talking themselves, but by hearing others talk. " "Funny thing happened in a town where there was a long string of tele phones. A woman at the lower end of the town telephoned her neighbor that a mad dog was coming up tbe road to ward the neighbor's house, and he de clared be would kill the beast before It could get further. ' But he was so eager to bear tho particulars that the dog. got past before be was ready for tt Accordingly he telephoned to hla next neighbor, where the same thing happened, until it bad about evei one on that entire line yelling 'mad dog' over the' 'phone, and meanwhile the animal vanished utterly. - "A minister's wlfo In a gossipy, humdrum.vlllage rather suffered from the rural telephone, I'm afraid. The minister was new and this was bis first parish. His wife was a young, gay, fun-lovtng peruon, who liked to go to town as often as possible. Ac cordingly, she was put down as friv olous said 'leetle too lively by the sis tors In tbe church, who set out to make life t little hwe Joyous for her in the way some- women haws. Tey took turns calling up the house and asking for her, and invariably she was out! Sometimes they would call up as late' as one o'clock, and express dis may when the minister explained r '-.ir fii'terliirly that she lii'l dc elded to atop In town all Jght with some old School friends. It ended In the young couple going away, for they couldn't stand this telephone com ment, so to speak. "Sometimes there are rather warm lights over the. 'phones when one sub scriber uses It a little too long. I know of one case where a woman, in sisted on giving the crochet pattern of a tidy over the telephone, the wo man at the other end requiring her son to hold the receiver to her ear while she -crocheted according to di rections. The other subscribers were getting so hot that the operator at the switchboard had to butt in and call the tidy off. Those two women were so mad that they threatened to havo their instruments taken out, and said It was for Just such things as that they had consented to a 'phone In the first place. Of course, number less recipes fly over the wire In tho country, but, far from resenting it, the other subscribers run to the in struments when they get wind that a recipe Is in process of dictation, and they all calmly copy it down. "Borne smart Alecks who drove out from the city and tried to bulldoze a Bhrewd farmer's wlfo have the tele phone to thank for their failure. ,JJtH 1 WWJntelE tojy Borne eggs, and they sr.sured heT41la' eBgB nad dropped several cents that i'iIJ,4. pe city. The woman was puzzled1 to" know why, for at that particular sea son of the year eggs were no drug on tho market. Thes mart Alecks claim ed they knew what they were talking about, for hadn't they Just come from the city? The woman Just skipped into the house and telephoned to a large produce store and came back with the information that not only had tho eggs not fallen off, but they had gone up two cents. So the smartles had to pay a little extra for their trickery. "Tho custom of tho telcphono com panies of calling up tho subscribers every morning and giving them the correct time Is much appreciated by the farmers' wives, for country clocks generally keep ragtime. The weath er reports that are given to the sub scribers every day are much appreci ated by the women, for often on theso reports depends whether they'll make a trip Into town or not or whether -tho church picnic will be held or not. INDIAN LOBBYISTS. Aborigines in Close Touch With Na tional Legislation. "The greatest politicians In tho country," declares a Western Con gressman, "are tho Indians. Maybe It will surprise you to bo told that Tobahljta comfortable majority of tea flre ghts or her citizens. They vote, and most of tho citizens among them pay taxes. "Uncle Sam still administers trusts for them, or 1ms placed conditions on the title to their lands, or by other means has maintained himself In the position of guardian to poor I. For generations the Indians have been acquainting themselves with the varied possibilities of Uncle Sam's espionage " there aro any ways of extracting money from the Treasury that the Indian don't know I'd like to be shown; and I have two tribes of them In my district." The advocates of Independent vot ing should study the Indian. He Is the most independent voter on the continent, and is always "agin the guv-ment." There Is no lobbyist who knows his business better than the Indian. He understands the staying powers of the public official. His virtue Is sticking everlastingly at It. Turn him away from the doors of the committee room today and he will come up to morrow. The Indian vote is too Independent, and the Indian's reasoning processes too inscrutable for any white poli tician to understand. The first-term candidate for Congress Is altogether likely to get the "Indian vote" in his district. If he goes and makes some speeches In grandiloquent language they don't understand and Incidental ly assures them that he beKaves in the justice of their various claims against Uncle Sam he Is safe. The Indian knows more about the doings at Washington than any new Congressman can possibly know. He understands all the methods of bun coing the Indian department; they have been handed down to him by tradition. He can't be fooled. He sends his delegations to the city of the Great Father at pretty regular In tervals, and they keep him In touch with all the -new developments In the Delsartean movements of the graft process. Washington Letter to Phil adelphia Press. . . A Diplomatic Diner. During General Sherman's residence In New York he was In great demand tor dinners, and seldom refused to go forth and do battle with his diges tion. A lady once asked' him how he managed to attend so many eleborate dinners without committing "gastro nomic suicide." His biographers give the old warrior's answer: "I do not fouch fifteen percent of the dinners I go to," said the generaL "I go to see tbe diners and enjoy their en joyment which I never could do If 1 was foolish enough to treat my stom ach disrespectfully. You see. It has been too stanch friend to neglect. ' I eat to live, and I am satisfied with the plainest kind of food. Then I take great pahia to give hunger a show, and while. I believe most thor oughly in the value of regular meals and rest, I have learned to go through a dining-room without eating a morsel, without being detected and without hurting the feelings of the hostess." Indeed, Sherman confined himself to the simplest dishes, - and never touched champagne or heavy wlnea. Charges. t ' "Look here!" cried the station i who hsd lust moved into new aus ters, "this bill 6f yours Is extortloi," ate. It's an outrageous charge Ju for moving things," . "0! I don't know" replied the r: tor, "It ain't as high m your charei fr;r stationery tbines " Phlludcl;'!. P:-.s 8hould bo Remembered. Upon Inquiry It will be found that In a majority of the counties In the different states that not as many sheep are kept as the fields of the county might accommodate, and in nine cases out of ten the reason that is given is that there Is a need of better and more stringent laws, or the lark of en forcement of such laws as are In effect. Until sheep receive full and effectual official protection from dogs there cun never be any hope that the farmers will keep them In as great number as would otherwise be possible. Sheep are pretty sure to enrich any com munity, and the quicker the authorlti realize this fact, and act timj ter.-NewtTTuie: Hogs Should Have Ashes. In an address before a meeting of stockmen and farmers at Madison. Wisconsin, Prof. Henry, author of "Feeds and Feeding," in speaking of the necessity for feeding wood ashes to hogs, referred to an experiment con ducted by himself in which he found that it required 629 pounds of corn meal to mako 100 pounds gain when the ashes were not fed as compared with 491 pounds when they were fed. He recommended that ashes be kept where hogs can have access to them at all times. He also recommended the feeding of clover and alfalfa hay to bred sows anil boars, explaining that what these need is a filler rather than a fattener, and for this 'purpose ho especially recommended alfalfa hay where it can be grown. Corn Planted at Different Depths. Prof. Zavltz, of the Ontario Agricul tural College, has during the last five years conducted experiments by plant ing corn 1-2 Inch, 1 Inch. 1 1-2 inches, 3 inches and 4 Inches l-.elow the sur face. The experiment was conducted In duplicate each year, and the land was cultivated on the level throughout. As the average results of the ten dif ferent tests made In the five years, wo have obtained the following yields per acre: 1-2 Inch: 11 tons total crop, 2.4 tons ears; 1 Inch: 14.3 tons total crop, 2.5 tons ears; 1 1-2 Inches: 13.4 tons lstoucmfrs; aim 4 Inches: 12.fi tons total crop, 1.9 tons ears. From these results it will be seen thnt the pre.itest yield of both total crop and ears per acre was ob tained from planting at a depth of 2 inches upon soil which might be termed an average clay loam. Fish for Poultry. In preparing fish for fowls we pre fer to chop them up raw, add a very little salt and pepper and feed In small quantities in connection with grain and vegetables; but for young chicks It is advisable to boll before feeding and simply open the fish down tho line of the back bone, leaving to the chicks Jhe rest of the task. This food should be given to layers spar ingly, or we may perceive a fishy smell about the eggs, especially if the fish Is fed raw. All who can will do well to try this diet for their flocks, and note Kb effect on egg production. We have always marked a decided in crease in the rate of laying following an allowance of fish fed In moderate quantities. There are hundreds of our readers who live near or on rivers or lakes. or the seashore, where they can get considerable offal fish, such as are either too small to market oT are cast out as unfit to be sold. Hundreds of bushels of these fish are annually used for manure, either composted or plowed in- direct. In this connection they are very good, though many a basketful coub' be put to better ac count by feeding them to your fowls; snd they are very fond of this diet, though care must be taken not to feed It exclusively, for it may cause extreme laxity. Massachusetts Plough- To Revive Old Trees. The following from the Rural World ought to be of Interest, as well as val ue, to those of our readers who owq trees, especially If such trees have ap parently outlived their usefulness: A horticulturist of Maryland has, after several years of experimenting, discovered a way to revive old fruit trees and keep them in bearingcon dition long after their supposed stage ei usefulness has passed. As the cause of decay in a tree is its inabil ity to carry the' sap to all. of Its branches, heading the Li ce lessens the area to be traversed, tbe amount of top to be removed varying according to the farmer's judgment Bone dust and ashes must then be administered as a fertilizer, the one In the autumn and the other In the spring. It Is necessary to Introduce the bone dust through holes In the ground near the roots of the tree, while the ashes may be sprinkled over the top surface of the earth. The ashes leach and will not wash down. A question naturally arise as to bow far from the body ot the tree the boles for the fertiliser must run. Tbe scientist says you must tie a cord about the body of the tree so closely that It will turn freely, leaving one free end. Witl this loose snd describe a circle all or eight' feet from the hole of the tree. Lengthen the line for each circle, continuing un til the last circle is sixteen or eigh teen feet from the, tree. Make holes about tour Inches deep and. . a foot apart on each circle, and put about a gill of bone dust In each bole. The remedy' ts sure to revive old trees,' In creasing thslr bearing and lengthening their lives for many years. Improving Fruit Trees. ; "We slmll never b ali'e to control the scale or protect our trees from tho ravages of the gypsy moth while we allow our trees to grow high. The day of high trees Is gone by. We ought to try to make the boughs grow low and spread out and expand. Where ever constant spraying Is necessary to be done this is the only practicable way." The speaker was George T. Powell, who lectured at the American Institute recently on "Pdunlng of Shrubs and Roses." "Grafting," said Mr. Powell, in the beginning of his lectu "-""7 "IT Hfff rrsnTl and nractlsed 2000 B. C, but there is great virtue In it, because the principle can be used to so many hr dh sh shrdluuu used In so many ways. If one pur chases a property containing a number of undesirable trees, these can be al tered through grafting to bear decid edly choice varieties. There is no oth er way to do this, for seedlings tend to revert to tho primitive type, so that with apples, for Instance, one can never be sure that the apple will not bo a crab. There Is no certainty to it. "Budding should always bo done at tho last of the growing season, prcf erably in August, when the sap is flow ing freely. A year hence these buds will produce fine fruit." Here Mr. Powell displayed a three-year-old peach tree wh! h. he said, had been budded a year ago last fall. A bulge about four inches from the root showed where I he bud had been graft ed into the seedling foundation. "If this tree had not been budded," said Mr. Powell, "it would have beei likely to produce clingstones or any vtirii'y of peach the seed Is capable of producing. l"i,r changing the top of a tree I prefer huddiug to grafting. This tree,'' and he selected another from his collection of speci mens, "ought to be ' grafted anyway. It Is a H"n Davis apple, the popular apple of the season, to lie found on all the fruit stands on account of its beau tiful red skin, but it Is dry and un satisfactory.'' After cutting a little slash In the bark he slipped In a bud of a su perior variety with a little of the wood out of which it had grown KiuLjuilled the. edges ofibe bark togtw". iy'"b int?i. -rain w,nre Dim wnn raffia to pull them still nearer to gether. -As soon us it was seen that the bud wbs going to grow, he said the tree should be cut of from that point. One reason why so much of tbe bud ding and grafting was unsuccessful was that tbe people allowed the original tree to remain three or four inches uuuv uie Kinim nun uiiiir., mtv:i;i ui sacrificing Just above the budding. New York Tribune Farmer. Meat and Milk. When dual-purpose cows are men tioned Borne few men have a mental spasm. If In a meeting, they talk back and say there Is no such thing as hav ing a cow that can produce a paying quantity of milk nnd at the same time raise a steer that will be acceptable as beef. The common saying is "beef cows for beef, milk cows for milk, and butter cows for butter." True, there are three classes of cows, each of which contains specimens that are par ex cellence in one line and of llttlo con sequence In any other. But when you go to analyze these classes and make your specific charges against the breeds In each, you meet warm opposition." For Instance, the beef class contains the Shorthorns, and there are many - owners who would boast of their abil ity as milk and butter producers. Then In the milk class may be mentioned the Holstelns, but when you claim they have no butter capacity a tremendous lot of facts are thrown in your face to show that they do produce great but ter yields. Then the recent beef dem onstrations have shown this breed to be excellent beef animals. If you claim that Jerseys or Guernseys are butter breeds only, the admirers of these soon , show that they also prouffce large quantities of milk and. do very well at thfi-irioekv ' It Is bard to find breeders of any one of these so-called special purpose breeds who will admit that their breed Is good for nothing but one thing, either beef, milk or butter. I mi fniw mi inn in murn fMiriiimmn Id the minds of farmers who have never given the dairy business a seri ous thought until, for some reason, they determine to pay more attention to their cows. Then they get all muddled up on the breed question. They are advised this way and that until they start for evarywnere nuu kci uuwuurv.. . i u i they say that it doeBn't pay to read. The price ot land and the closing ot the epen range bas forced cattle raisers to consider the cow from the dual purpose standpoint It no longer pays to keep a cow for the calf alone. Combining beef and milk has been a benefit to the Western farmer. Tho transition caused some disturbance In the quality of butter, but as the cattle feeders get a better knowledge of t1 dairy business, quality vill Impr There Is no use to talk speclal-P" ' dairy cows or specialized tittAr the majority of Western fa if. yet. Bo long as the prejudft"'xUii against the dairy animal for beef, the Western farmer will make better prof its from a combination of milk and beet with the common, or dual pur pose cows of the corn belt. Specialized dairying will come as fast as' tho knowledge ot dairying will warrant. Intelligence must lead the way. Forc ing unwelcome truths upon a people never i tucw uiui-u gwu. ncu u. Sibley, In "Successful Farming." . . JIJ tft.AM m..mW .1 T.- , , Lutheranlsm is the state religion of both countries and tho rulers nut: t be menilu-vc s( that faith.