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1X1 PRESS; VOUJMEXXI. FRANKLIN, N. C., ..WEDNESDAY.' DECEMIJER'19. 190G. NUMBER 51. FRANKLIN THE CARCAISONNsU 'I'm growing oldt Just thresscrtrs year, - In wet or dry, In dust and mlr I've sweated, never vetting near -.- FuMiment of my heart's denies, . . Ah! well, I tea that bliss below 'Tla Heavan's will to srant to nonet Harvest and vintage come and so,. ,. , I've never got to Carcassonne! "The town I've glanced at many a day. You see It from yon mountain chain; -. But five long leagues It lies away, ' Ten long leagues there and buck again, Ah! if the vintage promised fair. But grapes won't rlpcD without sun, And gen lie showers to make them twnlli I shall not get to Carcassonne! "You'd think 't was always Sunday there, So fine, 'Us said, are folks bedlght, 811k hats, frock coats, the bourgeois wear, Their demoiselles walk out In white. Two Generals with their stars you see, And towers outtopplng Babylon. A Bishop, too ah, ine! ah, me! I've never been to Carcassonne! A Lawyer's Love Affair. , By Ashmore Russan. Mr. Alfred Marshall, of the firm or Colne, Valley & Marshall, solicitors of the Supreme Court, had rlseiv from a clerkship to be Junior partner tn that well known firm by Industry, ability and discretion particularly the last. During three years or so he had been writing letters periodically and quite automatically to a Mrs. Mayiord, al ways very much the same thing: "Madam We are Instructed by our client, Mrs. Fairfax, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to Inform you that she sees no reason to recon sider the decision she came to at the time of your marriage. We are yours truly, "Colne, Valley & Marshall." The first instructions had been re ceived a long time ago. Since then, at Intervals of about three months, letters addressed to Mrs. Fairfax had been forwarded to the firm, with the brief Intimation: "Please acknowledge as before." Nobody In the office had ever troubled to lead those long, close ly written sheets, or, If seme Inquisi tive clerk perused them, he said noth ing about the fact. Certainly Mr. Mar shall bad never read more than the signatures. Having carried out his in structions, which were definite, Mr. Marshall added each letter as it came to the bundle kept In a drawer of his desk, tied the red tape In a neat bow, replaced the packet, and thought no more about It. But this was not to continue. A day arrived when having penned the usual formal acknowledgement of lengthy epistle and signed it for the firm, his attention was drawn to the name, which he had written me chanically at least half a Bcore of times before. ? "Mayiord Mayiord?" he reflected. "It would be a coincidence If she were the little widow I met at the Bag leys', 'St. Anne's Grove, Streatbam.' It was at Streatham, of course. Won der if she's the same? Really I should very ,much like to know." Impelled by curiosity, or something stronger, Mr. Marshall brought out the packet of Mrs. iaylord's letters and read every one of them. ' They were written by a daughter to her mother, craving forgiveness In terms that would have melted the heart of a grindstone, If it had one. "Oh, my mother;" one of them ran, "if I could only be a child again! If I could only kneel at your feet and feel your kiss of forgiveness on my brow, as I used to do in the days that seem so very, very long ago! Oh, If you would only see me, let me touch your hand, I should be so happy! All the world would be so bright. Every night, every morning, I pray that 1 may be for given. Mother, dn forgive your daugh ter." Mr. Marshall tore the reply be had written into very small pieces and wrote another: . ' "Madam We are instructed by our client, Mrs. Fairfax, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to state that she sees no reason to reconsider the decision she came to at the time of your marriage. If, however, you v. lll be so good as to call at this office and ask for Mr. Marshall, that gentle man will be pleased to see you." ' Punctually at 9.30 next morning the Junior partner was In his place. At 10 o'clock the commissionaire brought in a card. ,. "Mrs. -Mayiord, sir, to see you. By appointment, fue says." One glance at the slight figure in deep mourning was enough. She was the widow he had met at the Bag ley's., The recognition was mutual. "We have met. before," she said. "1 ' did not know you we're Mr, Marshall of this firm. , ; v . ; "Too see I am Alfred Marshall of the stony-hearted firm of Colne, Val ley A Marshall. Believe me. I never felt ashamed of It before. ' I asked you to call. Mrs; Mayiord ? - , "Has my mother forgiven me?" she Interrupted, the pretty face lighting up with a smile which the junior partner thought adorable. "I hope she will," be answered. 1 .eked, you to call because I wished to show you something." Opening the packet he took put a couple of papers and handed them to ber. "Those are the Instructions upon which we have been acting for about three years. You see they are signed 'Letltia Fairfax.' Is that your mother's handwriting?" Mrs. Mayiord rose Involuntarily; the papers fell from, ber trembling bands. ; "No no!" she' exclaimed. .. ; -'"That's why I'm ashamed of this Irm, not excluding the junior partner," aaltf Mr. Marshall, picking up the let ters. ;.-''";". ,r;1-:.v: , "But why whst does It mean?" V "That we cnght to have siiajjrted It before. We ought 'to hare knowd that 'no mother could resist such ap peals.. That no member of the firm hai) ever read the pathetic letters b- dirt not think it necessary or, desirable to tell her. . "Do you know who. wrote the I nut r net ion tt" he went on. " "Yon will s the signature differs." "I have "no idea," she answered, agi tatedly. '.'The signature seems to be an Imitation of my mother's." " "No doubt It li," Mr. Marshall pans "Yes. truly did our cure call Pride the besetting sin of man I Ambition brought on Adam's fall, And snaring wishes are my buna. Yet could I only steal away V Before the winter has begun, , . . If once I'd been to Carcassonne! -. I'd die contented any day, , .,''.. "Mon Dleul mon bleu! forgive say prayer, . I'm but a poor presumptuous fool. We build fine castles in the air, ' When gray as when new breeched at , school. My wife with our flnt-born, Algnan, Have even Journeyed to Narbonne, My grandson has seen Porplgnan, I've never been to Carcassonne! (i -Bo sighed a peasant of Llmoul, A worthy neighbor, bent and worn, "Jlo, friend," quoth I. "I'll go with you. We'll sally forth to-morrow morn. And, true enough, away wo hied. ,, Hut when our goal was almostwon, God rest hfs soul! the good man died Jie never got to Carcassonne! -From the French of Nadaud. ed. The whole duty of a Junior part ner in a firm of solicitors unfolded it self before him professional secrecy, the lawyer's eleventh commandment and one of the most sacred. A glance at the pitiable little figure helped him to break It. "I drafted your mother's will," he said. "It was a long time ago; but I remember that you are not left any thing. Do you know the name of your mother's sole legatee?" No." 'Are you acquainted with John Ed ward Strangeways?" "He is my ccusln," she answered; the cause of all my sorrow. My moth er desired our marriage. I did not love him, and I I " 'I know," be Interrupted. "I am very very glad of that." "Why?" She could not help asking the question. 'Because John Edward Strangeways Is In the most robust health," said the Junior partner, enigmatically. "This firm owes you reparation. In your last letter to your mother you asked her to help you " "Yes; I am very poor." "Well, I am going to do what I can. If 1 find you a suitable post, will yoil accept It?" "I shall be very, very grateful," she rejoined. "I have been trying so long to get something to do, without suc cess. People say I am tto delicate. But I am quite strong." "Please consider yourself my client," he said, as they shook hands, "and promise mc that you will always take your lawyer's advice," II. Mrs. Fairfax dwelt In Saxbridge. She was not the only client of Messrs. Colne, Valley & Marshall In that sleepy little town. There was another, a ris ing young doctor and old school chum of the junior partner's Jack Johnston. Two days after the lawyer's Interview with Mrs. Mayiord he paid a visit to Ills eld school-fellow. It was remarkable how soon tha Junior partner ascertained that Dr. Johnston's most profitable patient was a Mrs. Fairfax, who was very III, worrying herself Into the grave owing lo the undutiful conduct of her daugh ter, who had married against her wish aud now refused to be reconciled. He asked question after question, until he finally learned that the doctor Was seeking a nurse for her. Mr. Marshall was also greatly Inter ested in Mrs. Fairfax's heir, Mr. Strangeways, described by the doctor as "a bad lot," but so attentive to his aunt that he called every morning. Af ter that had been elicited the lawyer gave a little information himself. "Oh, by the way," he said, "yoir pa tient, Mrs. Fairfax, Is a client of ours. I know the very nurse for her, a lady In every sense of the word. Shall I send her down?" "I wish you would," said the doctor. "But if she's a friend of yours, yon had better tell her the old lady Is very hard to please." "I'll do that. You needn't let Strangeways know that I'm sending anybody." "Not I, - Don't like him well enough to tell htm anything." III. The lady whom Mr. Marshall Bent down to nurse Mrs. Fairfax arrived in the sleepy little town closely veiled. She; bore a letter of Introduction tb Dr. Johnston, comparatively a newcomer In the village of Saxbridge, so he called in the village to present it. As the lawyer's letter concluded with a re quest,, ''if you will, be so good as to accompany Mrs. Clare to Green Park, Introduce, her to" Mrs. Fairfax and see she is well received, I shall be very greatly obliged," the doctor Immedi ately put on his hat - "I am afraid you, "are not going to have a very easy time of it," he went on, "nor a very pleasant one. Mrs. Fairfax Is really 111 and very Irritable. If she takes to you you mi'jht try your hand at bringing about a reconciliation between ber and her daughter. I be lieve that would do her more good than all the drugs in my surgery." "If she will let me I will try," said the nurse, with some agitation. "Does the daughter 'object to a reconcilia tion?" , ; . . '. I t "go r'rangways says; : you , won't imo oiranijeways, ana I aon t think he'll like you. But If he makes things unpleasant tell me, and I'll put my old churn Alfred Marshall on his track." By this time they bad reached the mansion, which stood at the center of a park. They were met at the door by the housekeeper, a motherly woman, at .sight of whom Mrs. Clare shrank hack. But the thick veil was sufficient disguise for the moment. ' "This is the nurse," said the doctor. "Mrs, Brown Mrs. Clare. 1 hope you will get on well together." "I am Sure we shall," said the nurse, holding out her hand, .But Mrs, Brown did not take it. She glanced, in a be wildered way, from the nurse to the doctor; then, as if mistrusting her earn, muttered, "It can't be," and led the way upstairs. " . Dr. Johnston walked gently up to the old lady, smoothed ber pillow, and poke cheerfully. "This Is better," ae said. "We shall get along all right now. I can see the new medicine Is doing you good,. I am so glad you suggested a change,'1 "That's coming," said the Invalid, feebly. "I won't have a grand funeral, doctor. Who's the young woman?". ; "The nurse Mr. Marshall sent down, Mrs. Clare," ' "Tell her to lift her veil. I w.ant, to see her face," With trembling bands the nurse obeyed. .' ' ' "Clare at last!' It was almost a shriek, but not unjoyful. "Mother dear mother!" cried the nurse, and fell on her knees at the bed side. "Great GGalen!" muttered the doctor to himself. "This Is! Just like Alfred Marshall." Then he did a very thoughtful thing. He hurried ts the telegraph office and wired to the law yer: "Better take another day off. I think you will be wauted." The Junior partner caught the next express, taking with him the instruc tions his firm had received and all Mrs. Clare Maylord's pathetic letters. He reached Saxbridge in good time to turn the writer of the Instructions, Mr. Strangeways, out of the house, and to odd a codicil to Mrs. Fairfax's will, which he had also brought. The co dicil was comprehensive. It revoked everything that went before It. A couple of months later Mrs. Mar shall asked her husband a question. "When I - called to see yon at your office you said you were very, very glad that I did not love Mr. Strange ways and so could not marry him. What were yon thinking of?" "Oh, I was just looking ahead," said the junior partner. "If you had obey ed your mother, you wouldn't have been a widow then and my wife now." Tit-Bits. QUAINT AND CURIOU8. The output of brass in the United States for 1905 was 300,000,000 pounds. Germans, 'and not the Irish, consume tho greater quantity of potatoes, the average annual consumption being five hundred pounds per capita. One of the choicest delicacies in Ja maica is a huge, white worm found In the heart of the .cabbage palm. It tastes, when cooked, like almonds. There are no orphanages In Aus tralia. Every child not supported by parents becomes a ward of the state, Is placed In a private family and provided with board and clothes until the fourteenth birthday, Peter the Great made a wife and em press of a girl who had been a servant In the house of a Lutheran minister at Mbrlflriburg; Sir Henry Parkes, Wil liam Cabbett and Thomas Coutts, the millionaire banker, all chose maids of all work for their life partners, and Sir Gervalse Clifton, the historian of Ja maica, had no fewer than seven wives, each of whom had been in his own ser vice. Prof. Wllhelm Wundt, the famous German psychologist, tells of teach ing a clog to jump over a stick. One day the professor commanded his dog to jump, but held out no stick. At first the dog seemed surprised, and on repeated ordering to jump he barked. At last he sprang Into the air and barked very vigorously, as If to com plain of the absurd and ridiculous command to jump when no stick was held out. Some one learned In the history of words gtve3 some Instances of what changes the Ime of uniformity has wrought in the substance of bpeech. The original English form of "cherry," which comes from "cerise," was "cherls." It was mistaken for a plural so "cherry" was manufactured for a singular. Exactly so has "pea"(come Into being as a false singular obtained from the supposed plural and true singular "pease." "Sherry" for "sher ris" is another case, and "shay" for "chaise," "Chinee" from "Chinese" and "corps" from "corpse' are others In vul gar speech. Similarly "riches" is real ly a singular, of which "richesses" was the old plural. A collector of evidence on the sub ject maintains learnedly that the golf ball is the most perverse of human Institutions. Here Is a list of strange lies noted by a follower of the an cient same: In another player's pock et, where It had dropped after traveling two hundred yards; In a cow'b mouth; on the roof uf a clubhouse; behind the glass protecting a painting hanging on a cottage wall;, In a dumb of daisies, which it so resembled that It was not found for an hour. When It fell In the cow's mouth the frigbteued animal galloped 276 yards nearer the hole, and then restored -the ball to its owner. He promptly claimed to have driven It 397 yards and the right to play It from where it -lay. V She Merely Wanted Bill. A dear old lady, who had never left her' native village before decided last summer to pay a flytng visit to Ports mouth to see her son, a sailor. The excursion train landed ber at the har bor station. Wandering down to tbe pontoon in a dazed fashion, she was hustled into a boat by an entertaining boatman, and before she had recov ered from (her: astonishment found herself by the side of the Victory. Looking up In awe at the imposing old hulk, .she spied, it' sailor's face beaming at her from a porthole. - Im mediately . lignt dawned on her pus sled brain and she yelled out; "Is this the navy 7" N . 1 Yes, mum," was the a(jgetlc reply. . .. ."Then tell our Bill I wants 'i:a," she commanded. '' ,.. "Your .Bill?",, wonderlngly queried tbe tar. .,,-. . "Yes, my- Bill he's In the navy," was the lucid reply. Duudee Adver tiser. Nurse's Mistake. 5 N Young MotherDo yon think baby looks most like me or li la papa? .j , Nurse Like you, muni. Mr. "Jen kins Is a mighty handsome man. Advertisement Wanted: A compe tent and well-msnnerad nurse. Ally Bloper. " ' . . GARDEN, FARM and CROPS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ;;r-'" UP-TO-DATE AGRICULTURIST Economy on the" Farm. James J. Hill, president of tho Great Northern railroad, In a recent address to farmers at ' tho Minnesota State Fair, deplored the fact that so many farmers are not keeping their land up to Its standard of fertility and pro ductiveness, While the manufacturer is practicing economy at every turn and converting all his by-products into marketable commodities, thereby in creasing the earning capacity of his plant, the farmer, he says, has not been keeping pace with modern busi ness methods. This is shown by the fact, that land, which once yielded 30 bushels of wheat per acre, now yields a scant 10 bushel return for all the labor expended. Mr. Hill urged the Minnesota farmers to adopt the busi ness plans of the merchants and manu facturers, and bring their lund into tbe highest producing condition, and place agriculture to the fore front of tbe nation's business. Advantages of the Silo. Hon. R. M. Washburn, state dairy commissioner of Missouri, gives the following summary of the advantages of the silo: t. Silage keeps your stock thrifty and growing all winter. 2. It produces fat beef more cheap ly than does dry feed. 3. 'I enables cows to produce milk and butter more economically. 4. Silage is more conveniently handled than dry fodder. 5. The silo prevents waste of corn stalks, which contain about onc-thlrd the food value of the entire crop. 6. There are no aggravating corn stalks In the manure when slluge Is fed. 7. The silo will make palatable food of stuff that would not otherwise be eaten. 8. It enables a larger number of animals to be maintained on a given number of acres.. 9. It enables the farmer to preserve food which matures nt a rainy time cjf the year, when drying would be next to impossible. 10. In the south, where thu rainy season destroys the exposed fodder, he silo will be found Invaluable. Best Stock Is Cheapest. All favor tbe practice of economy; it Is part of the business of life. True economy comes In practice here. Sup pose two cows are In the market, cost ing $20 and $50, respectively, and the question Is which to buy, we should consider what each cow will do. If the 120 cow makes $30 worth of but ter, and the $50 cow makes $75 in a given time, why Isn't the latter by far the more economical? The cheap cow will consume as much as the higher priced. In Malno the farmers are losing more In this matter than else where. The quality of a farm animal determines In a measure the profit of the farm. It is not necessary to breed pure thproughbred animals but those which will yield their product at a profit. Another point: Is It economy to use a cheap bred or scrub sire of the pure bred for double the cost? I think the latter cheaper in the end. Our stock Interests grow poorer every year. I can see a decrease In the quality and value of our farm animals. When stock Is high buyers take the best to send to Brighton and we do busi ness with the rest. We must retro grade, for It Is impossible to advance In quality uudcr such conditions. George Plummer, Penobscot County, Me., In Boston Cultivator. The Crtam Line. When milk or cream is furnished that has been pasteurized to secure a more healthful and better keeping article, customers often complain that it has been skimmed, because the cream line, ordinarily so noticeable, Is either Indistinct or entirely absent. They also complain that pasteurized cream is not as rich as claimed, for, as all who have had experience know, It Is much thinner than raw cream. In both these cases the customers' com plaint Is groundless; bnt the fact re mains that many milk producers have loBt good customers through Ignorance of these effects of pasteurization, and there is great need- for the spread of information to Increase the demand tor tbe more wholesome products, 'At creameries,' where tho mixed mijk from many dairies Is handled, there is a strong demand for, the compulsory pasteurization of skim-milk, as ... the dairymen are coming to realize tho danger of Infecting their stock through feeding mixed milk that bas not been pasteurized. It would thus seem that the health of choice livestock Is more' carefully guarded than tha health Of human beings. Under present condi tion pasteurization Is a necessity for tbe common good.. .'Perhaps Is tbe not distant future the conditions surround ing milk production, will no far im prove as to render pasteurization un necessary. Farming. ; ' - --.' Silage for Beef Cattle. " In Ihe past few years of tests at feeding silage to beef cattle It bas come to be well understood that as a part of the dally ration silage is most profitable tor this purpose. Fed along wltb corn and other concentrated foods the succulent tjuullty of silage keeps cattle In fine healthy condition. : Tbe economic -value of It IS readily under stood when It Is remembered that Over 40 percent of the corn crop Is In the blades and stalks when presedved In the silo. The latest experience In feed ing silage is that some dry roughage along with concentrates Ihould be fed also. An old cattle feeder who has lately put up a silo tells us that he has found that silage comes as near as possible for winter feed to green pasture grass as can be supplied, and that It supplies the pine of grass in Winter in keeping his canie n prims, healthy conditions He attributes this result to the succulent quality of the silage, which seems, be says, to en able the cattle to belter digest and assimilate the dry foods or tho other part of the daily ration. A large number of silos have btwo constructed this season to store corn Bllage for general cattle feedlrg, beef cattle, as well as dairy cows, and an unusual acreage of corn crop will be cut and stored In the silos this season. The time is near for this, as the corn Is ready when the ears begin to glazf and harden. Indiana Farmer. Fall Care of Livestock. During the months of fall, livestock need. extra care, If the condition re sulting from summer's pastures Is to be maintained. ' Perhaps October Is the most trying period. At this time the pastures begin to fall in those sup plies of nutrimont necessary for either feeding or growing livestock, and some additional food should be provided. For this purpose such crops as rape and roots (turnips, etc.), are useful. A few loads scattered dally in the pas tures will aid materially In keeping the grass condition In cattle In the case of cattle being fed for beef, a good plan, where practicable, Is to bring them into a home grass lot and feed some roots on the ground or Corn from a nearby corn patch. The addi tion of a light ration of cottonseed meal, mixed with some chopped hay and fed In troughs, will be found bene ficial In firming up and bringing tho heef cattle to the barns In good shape for finishing on winter iced. During the fall months young stock of all kinds should be allowed a light feed of grain, and, If possible, should he sheltered-from tho fall rains and all, sudden changes of temperature. A little extra attention to comfort and feeding goes a Ion;; way In keeping up the summer condition until safely housed In winter quarters. Farm horses should also receive their share of attention and be put In good condition after their hard work in harvesting and securing the crops. Late in the fall a few clean, washed potatoes will form a welcome addition to their food, and later on some ruta bagas, cooked and mixed with a llttlo steamed barley and chopped liny and fed once or twice a week nt night, will make a comforting change of diet. Ex tra care of tho horse In careful feed ing and thorough grooming during the shedding period will be well repaid in his Improved appearand- and con dition throughout the wlutcr. All stables and barns should be overhauled for possible leakage in roofs or defects In ventilation or wa ter supply, and all needed repairs com pleted In good time. A liberal use of lime In whitewashing thc Interior will not only clean and purify the winter quarters, but will make them moro healthful and comfortable for the live stock during their long Confinement through the winter months. T. A. Wil Hams in the Boston Cultivator. From Shepherd's Note Book. Weeds and sheep don't get along to gether. Water and shade are vory important at this season. Don't allow your sheep to drink from stagnant pools. Don't use a ram lamb while a good yearling Is available. Where sheep are fed heavily, variety Is the Bplce of life. Our this month's wool markets are worthy of careful study. To sell or not to sell, Is the question with the wool grower. You can afford to attend to both form and fleece these days. Don't forget that water is half tbs sheep's living In summer. Tbe Dorset is worthy of more ad vertising than he's getting. . The successful shepherd is the One that carefully cares for the little things in every department. There are two kinds of dogs, the one is the friend of the shepherd, the other the enemy of the- sheep. Do animals think?. This Is a ques tion that Is attracting much attention In agricultual Journals at present." Do you think that sheep think, when you put them Into the dipping vat, that It Is tor their good, even after they have .experienced the soothing effect follow ing the destruction of a crop of ticks with which their bodies may have been Infested?, If so, why do they" struggle ' to escape such a dipping? Sheep re spond to the rattle of the grain pall and start at the bark' of a dog for hy? ....... : . ,.; ' There is nothing better tor sheep than a woods pasture. If it Is free from noxious woeds, which sheep will eat If perrajtted. The grass in yonr woods is almost invariably Kentucky blue grass, than which there is no other grass better in the world. ' It will be safe to cut out all the laurels Which sheep will eat and this Is poisonous. The pasture may he Improved by sow ing a mixture of other grasses such as do well under shade,' as Kentucky, blue grass, red top, orchard grass and white clover. This will make a pas ture that cannot be excelled.. It-will be desirable to divide the lot into two.i or even three parts, so that each may be used In rotation.. Sheep will do better thus provided with a change. It will be an improvement to sow several kinds of- grasses, such as do well. In the shatla, as those mentioned, using five pounds of seed of, each, to the acre. There' will be no necessity to plow the laud, the' seed sown on the surface will very soon occupy the land American Cultivator. , , 6low Starvation. Prospective Tehaiitrisa'' this a healthy neighborhood, -landlord T Landlord Health) ! I should say so! In the last 10 years there have been only two deaths the doctor and the druggist, Fllesende Ulaetter. A RETURN TO NATURE. HOW SOME WOMEN SOLVED THE VACATION PROBLEM. . oace and Quiet for the. Tired Work ers, Who Dislike a Crowd or Social Obligations The Small- Farm Ex periment and Its 8uccess Rational Rest Periods at 8mall Cost ' "We are to have a variation this year in our progrumee of discussion of tbe difficulties and miseries of va cation time for unattached women kind." The speaker was hostess of a small dinner party which Is an an nual function of the first week in Sep tember. It Is Ironically called the "Re turn to Nature Club," as It celebrates the return of various business women to their field of work In New York. "This year emphasizes for most of us the Increasing difficulty of finding a place where we can have comparative quiet, decent food, and the freedom of old clothes. Each year we trnvel far ther afield In search of such simple conditions as these. The country ho tels of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, not to mention New York, arc either over-run with trolleyltes or have become inns fre quented by motorists. The farm houses where a few boarders were taken have been enlarged and 'Improved,' and consider twenty or thirty boarders a small private family in numbers. As for the farmer's wife who will take a couple of ladies to board, do we not know from bitter experience what that r.i'tns; wretched food, canned vege tal'k.s, beds or torment In hardness, insects of every variety, and a candle or evil smelling little lamp that pre vents the solace of reading to forgot the day's miseries? "No wonder we endure the fatigues of constant travel either at homo or In Europe In order to have a change f Bcene, If we have nothing else. Why, I know of several women who have gone to board for months In a sani tarium for a vacation. Just because there was good food, baths, excellent service, and, above all, quiet and peace from fellow boarders. All of these advantages at the price of con Ailing to the doctor in charge of the placo that you had discovered you had a nervous system! Women's Vacation Problem. "The vacation problem which a tired business woman faces each year has enough discouragements lo mako her resolve to ignore every rule of com mon sense. There is' a small army of such women, occupying positions of great responsibility and Btraln, mental and physical. No, we do not want to Join sister Mury or brother John and their families and have a long, hap py month In the country, where they have taken a house for the summer. Family tn any form does not hold the elements of change and rest which we seek. Neither do we wish to go and visit a friend, no matter how near and dear, for visiting has Us obliga tions for the guest that the fondest friendship cannot materially change It Is not crankiness or old maldlsh ness, but self-preservation. Men, mar ried or single, can manage It, nnd do so. For the unattached wofnan who wishes to enjoy peace and rest from the fatigues of dally life, be it busi ness or social, difficulties of every sort confront her. "All of this is but a discouraging re minder of our misfortune. You shall now hear how the problem bas been solved by some of our fellow sufferers. I was asked by a friend, a teacher, tf I would enre to spend a month on her farm in the New England hills. "The country Is beautiful and Invites walk ing, wheeling, or driving,' she pleaded. 'You will have a good bed, good food, your breakfast In your own room, five other women will be your fellow guests, each one a woman of affairs, entirely competent to find occupation and recreation without making the smallest claim on the another. You will pay me the sum of $8 a week, rendering you quite independent of any claim on my part as your hostess. The place Is seven miles from a rail way, and there are five houses. In a radius of as many miles.' "Needless to say I accepted thank fully. I found a comfortable bouse with a huge-barn as. an appendage. Tbe barn was unique; It had been completely transformed Into the chief living place. The great central part was a living room, with a huge fire place; galleries ran round tbe upper part, and off of them were bedrooms furnished in the slmplet manger, but the essentials most comfortable. . The effect was that of a big ship. Before the fire was a table, with Its bright lights and heap of magazines and re cent books. Three or four well-lighted tables for writing or reading stood apart from the central gathering place, There was an equally convenient place to read or write In your own room, which you could have either in the barn or In - the house. Meals were served In the house, except breakfast, which was served in -your room. There were two servants, and a maur who camo from a. nearby fanner's for a day's work as needed. - The guests carried out the shipboard Idea also in the independence and comradeship characteristic of fellow passenger. I never spent a pleasanter, more restful time in my life, and that was the unanimous verdict, . . , , A Sample "Farm." '' :' .. "This place ha i been In .possession ot my friend for five years. . It com prised sixty acres of land, some mead ow, an orchard, uoaslderable woodland and aif excellent stream and. spring for the water supply." It was an old place, and In common wltb hundreds of others In that region, bad boen sold because the younger generation could, not make as good a living on these stony lands as they could elsewhere. My friend bad paid $1,500 for it, and had spent about $500 in the five yeara In changes and Improvements. She did not' pretend to work It. as a farm. The meadow aad orchard yielded a smalt yearly sum frotu a neighboring farmer, who worked on shares. . A vegetable nnd flower garden "wag planted In early spring by hired local labor. No horse or cow was kept, since milk and cream could be bought and a horse hired when wanted from pme neighbor or from the village llv arr stWe four miles awav; Provisions were purchased in quantity in the city at the beginning of the season. : The nearest store wis two miles away. Rural delivery took care of the mall at the door, and a dally nCsspaper was available by noon from New York or Boston. The , two servants were brought from the city, for it is quite out of tbe question to secure, bouse servants in the country. As a result of this one woman's oxperlment there were seven other summer homes in the neighborhood, variations of the Idea, and they have every one satisfac torily demonstrated that a woman can maintain a real home In' Ideal sur roundings at an annual cost not ex ceeding what she has spent vainly seeking the, ordinary necessities of a rational rest, 8ome 8uccessfl Experiments. "One woman, an artist, bought a cottage with a small barn and two acres of land, near the little village, for $H00. Her brtrn has been trans formed into a studio. She can always rent her place if she does not wish to use It. and that Is true of every one of these places. One place was bought for $750 by three women who use It at different periods during the summer, Two families each own large places which they have Improved ex tensively, but the lirst cost was in each case small. "Three friends bought adjoining farms and this necessitated putting a resident farmer In one of the houses In order that the milk supply might be available. They have horses and chickens, and the usual farm products by this method, and in addition havu all of the butter nnd eggs they use in the winter sent to them from tho farm. In this cn:e there is considerably more revenue from their places, since they use all the products the year round. The servant problem has always been the. greatest obstacle and expense, but as each new vacation home has been added to the list the .difficulties have grown less, since there is thus more companionship for the city servants from the various households. "I made a point of informing myself fully c;f the pros nnd con. of this de parture for women, and I unhesitat ingly say, 'fro th,,'.i and do likewise.' No matter how llmito-l your purse you will find a way, and the gain in health and mental regeneration will return your Investment in actual cash through the increased earning capao Ity." New York Post. WEALTH IN BUNCHES. New Orleans Is Larg-st Banana and Cocoanut Port. New Orleans, already famed r.s a fruit port, will this yrar Import ap proximately 10,000,1)00 bunches of ban anas. Thus will she more firmly estab lish her .claim to the distinction of be ing the largest banana port in the world, and thus will conclusive evi dence of continued and remarkable growth of tho tropical fruit trade be furnished. The recelptB this year bid fair to exceed those, of any' previous year, and conservative estimates now place the total at 1,000,000 bunches morr than the total receipts or 1904, and 0,000,000 bivtches greater than thone of 1005. Practically tho same applies to co coanuts, another large item of Import at Now Orleans. Vessels in the fruit trade will bring into this port from Central American points this year ap proximately 80,000,000 cocoanuts, more than have ever before been brought here, the records showing that the in crease over the next largest year will be something like 10,000,000 coconuts. In few branches of Us trade has the port of New Orleans shown a more marked tendency to continue to grow, and fc.r that reason great things are expected of the tropical fruit trade during the next twelve months. With a fleet of fruit vessels made up of 40 steamers operating in and out of here, there Is every reason to believe that the present growth will continue, even despite adverse conditions, drawbacks and competition. In 1905 the total receipts of bananas amounted to 7,000,000 bunches the same vessels bringing approximately 60,000, 000 cocoanuts froin points in Central America. During the previous year about 9.000,000 bunches of bananas and 70,000,000 cocoanuts were brought into New OrleanB, the decrease In 1005 be ing due to the severe quarantine re strictions which prevailed and which resulted in the business being diverted to other ports. These strict quarantine regulations, tt is said, compose . the greatest drawback to the business, and. If In the course ot time science can em ploy methods that will enable the fruit Importers to carry cn their busi ness without delay, New Orleans will in a 'period ot five years double its business from Central America. This meanB that If In the next few -years a system ot quarantine that will prevent fruit vessels to move to and fro more freely, is adopted, New Orleans, already the largest banana port In the world, will Import five years from now more than 20,000,000 bunches ot bananas each year, provided, ot course, tbe present rate of Increase continues. New Or leans Times-Democrat, I ' .. - ' ' ... Bird Criminals. v ' A subject which has exercised me this Summer has been as to what bird It Is with a bill -seemingly smaller than ( a Jay's which plunders others' nests,, breaking and sucking the eggs. .In one small piece of hedge I found one blackbird's and two thrushes' nests all treated In the same way, the three showing among them the wreck age of 11 eggs all similarly pierced and emptied. The missel thrush has been suspected of the offence and in this case I should suppose It to be the missel thrust If. -it were not that a pair of 'butcher birds "nested In the same hedge. It Is perhapB unjust to suspect the butcher bird on no better evidence than lis mere proximity to the scene of the crime nnd it niny be questioned If tbe strike would dare to rifle the nest of either a blackbird or a thrush. . ,A si'sscstion which I have not seen made and which' 1 throw out only as a possibility Is that the culprit Is no burglar but neither more, than less than one of the .parent t birds themsclves.From Country Life! Less than one-half the miners of Europa belonj to unions. . THE COAL-TAR LBMON -Ms ' A pure ftod comm'sjtlon In Chlcajro -ccnttv itiFRuctpd a lem.-m nto bouKtit of stock, and found It to contain neltiiT ler.ion. butlur, nor suspir. The principal -Inxrcdti-uia wure . vnviuus forms of coal tnr and sliicoae. News Jtoms.) Tboy'r making cotton clothps from wool Au.i Iron things .from wood; They're nutkinir goodies out of scraps And n'tsiy things- from good: They're 'tiirklnfr parer thln;s from fagf. And money out of "skv"; I3et this Is sure the worst as yet A coal-tar lemon plo! They're nmkinir com In from kerosens . And- pearl from oltvo oil; They're iniililnpr BeUtiiin hares of cats : And syrup out of soil: They're making buckwheat cakes from paste And pumice-stone O my V But this Is sure the time to kick A coal-tar lemon pie! They're nnklnir clothlnir out of glass . And butter out of urease: While innplc sugar maile from sand -t Is commoner than Keese; They make from scraps and chlckio bones Most terrapin you buy; 1 But anything we'll stand except ( A coal-tar lemon pie! Baltimore American Tbe possibilities of life diminish as our knowledge grows. Puck. Every man worries many women and every woman worries some man. Chicago News. The only Becrct society which has managed to keep its alms bidden is Humanity. Puck. Men arc so naturally wicked that they have no use for a parrot unless it swears. Atchison Globe. - : The man In office nowadays who has never been suspected Is indeed a fit subject for suspicion. Judge. "She is going to marry him to re form him." "Why don't she reform him first?" "Oh! he'd have too much sense to get married then." Chicago Journal. Mr. Poctlcus This poem will set the world ablate! Mrs. Poetlcus Well, you'd better practice with It on the kitchen fire we're out of klndflng. Cleveland Leader. Tbe secretary I find that your prop erty in Swampville cost you $4 a foot, sir. What price are you willing to sell it for? The rich vlctlin-Oh, I'll let it go for $2 a gallon. Life. "So your daughter has become a boIo ist?" "Necessarily," answered Mr. Cumrox, wearily. "Perhaps I ought to be thankful that she Isn't a trio or a quartet. Washington Star. "Mister." "Well!" said the drug gist. "Maw wants to know if a porous plaster for a week ike it, will you exchange II totith . brush? ' MinneapoUs-ri, "Why did ybw leave-yen r lasrpla. asked the lady of the house. "The,.. quarreled too much, mum," said the cook. "About what?" "Ginerally the cooking, mum." Milwaukee Sentinel. Miss Pasuay You weren't at the ball last nij;ht. Miss Pert No; were you? Miss Passay Yes, and .lack Dasher said 1 was the youngest looking girl there. Mls-s Pert I didn't know It . was a masquerade. Houston Post Sentimental youth (to partner, shak en by a passing tremor) Oh, I hope you don't feel cold? She Not at all, thanks. Only "The gray goose walking over my 'grave." Sentimental youth (with effusion)-Happy goose. Punch. "Which would you rather be, a leg- . lslator or an author?" "A legislator,", answered the bright young man. "The j products of his mind enjoy the dignity of resting in a pigeonhole Instead of .. being ruthlessly consigned to tbe waste -basket." Washington Star. Of Heroic Proportions If Taft's mantle were to fall on me," began the little man, "I'd" "Yes' said his wife "1 know what would happen." "What's ,. that?" "Why you'd feel Just like you . did when you went to the circus and the tent collapsed." Philadelphia. Ledger. Ragged Richard De woman Up tf dat house Insulted me. Tattered , Thomas How wuz dat? Ragged Rich- ard She ask'd me ef I wauzn't one uv dem guys wot wrlteB poetry. Tattered Thomas Dat settles It. 1 Dere ain't nuthin' left for .youse t' do but git a hair cut Chicago Daily News. "What I want," said the constituent, "Is a nice, easy position." "My friend,"' answered Senator Sorghum, "give up-I that idea.' When an easy position is discovered, so many people are after It that a man has to fight 10 hours a day to get It and 12 hours a day to hold on to It." Washington Star. ' ,' Cholly Yaas, Reginald : discharged that man of his. ;: You see, someone called at Reggie's apawtment the other . mawnlng and the fellah told the callah that Reggie was taking a bath! Blane man And wasn't he taking a bath -Cholly Most certainly not! He was . taking ' a "tubbing." Philadelphia Press. , - ' The Evil and the Cure. - r The weary mother had finished set ting the batch of dough to rise In the kitchen and was resting herselfJa the parlor .when the alienee was disturb ed by her six-year-old son who came running upstairs, ., crying, . "Mamma, mamma, there's a mouse jumped Into your bread pan!" " ' : ' "Did you take him out?" frantically cried the goud housewife. "No'ra, but t done Just as good; 1 threw the cat In an' she's diggtn' after him to beat the band! "-'New England Orocer. .." '. . . - J, L Mental Limitations. "Your honor," Buld the arrested chauffeur, "I tiled to warn the hiaif- but the horn would not work," "Then Why did you not slacken speed rather than rtin him down?" : : A light seemed to dawn upon the prisoner. .';. - "Oee!" he said, "that's one on me, I never thoimht of that." rhllndel. pliln Ledger. Be content now If ever, for you wl never get all you want, ' ' : 1
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