BY THCtR OKKOB.

I »«ii«r«d baccar Is tb« •'

Hmc aiway* old orvKtalDic hrtQB, *o l bald to tboM vbois bo nUbt moot Bit bat vUh rocnd. araooj brtm.

lit bat «Uh ta—bd. *rao<

'o bob—1*0 miakt; moa—aasa by— P*o boaorad toadera of tha tons Oaao too. a dama of repot* hl<b — Bach paaaad tbo bouear vHh a frowa.

Bat (till tbo banar Mas a war.

With awkward mualu In •■aoh word; bod through tbo t>alans« uf mat day tha tbrea that rhaottaic acho hoard.

' la* atralna

f thlaaa that t

Tbay board, and l

b» tnrmortoa of thing* that Tli- wardar ballad them, and told H..w all who an to rad mu.t bo known By goodly daoda—by dead, of gold— By h-lpful aetlona all tholr ownTha honored man arplalaad that they Had Rl»«a of tholr earthly wealth To help their fellowa on tbo way To knowledge. pe»e-tuln***, and health. Tb- woman told of rtalu mad-. The enBorlng - nd |->or to greet411 three told how the world bad laid ft* laureled tribute* at their feet. 4 cop of water to a child 1» mow than all the pawing show." gar turned to take hU way

: °“V

with b roar of laushter. He had erl decUp thought of aomethlng that wag exceedingly funny. • John Oardner. be you otfl Of yohr hesdT" aaid Jonaa, half angrily. But the fanner'a word* burned In hli brain long after be bad parted with his friend and neighbor. And that crenlng be put on bla beat eult and went orer to call on Jennie

De: ring.

An hour before midnight they were bitting alone In the kitchen, for the old folk* had gone to bed In a moat accommodating manner. "Did you know my birthday wa» next week. Jenale?” aaid Jonaa. aud denly. He waa anting aa near her ai he dared when he asked the que*Uon Suddenly Jennie giggled in a moat

unaccountable

Jonaa?" she aaked. with

3 way. rant a

blithi

Jidaj prese a St of laui

■resent

.tigh-

ter that bordered on hysterica Jonaa looked at her with some sur prise, but when be answered her he was In desperate earnest. •1 want a wife!" he said, boldly, and then blushed as red aa a poppy. 'That's what I mean!” aaid Jennie ■till hoyering on hysterica “Do you want a wife for a birthday present?" Jonas caught bis breath and looked at her sharply. Had she turned mind reader, or was 4t only a chance qnea

4SS

choice beef Is one that is not only fat, but also wall supplied with lean. Tallow often secures the . rise at fat stock shows In preference to moat that Is Intimately Interspersed with lean and fat. Weight does not always indicate quality of flesh.

a hot tors i early, i

eader, c

Ion?

I Jonas Wilkins' Birtndaj \

Present

A SHORT STORY.

| By L. W. 8. “Certainly Jonas must have a birthday present! Now the question la, what shall It be?" said black-eyed May “Just think! He'll be 35 years old, and has never had one. except when he was a little boy, almost too young to remember!" she added, sympatheti-

cally.

"Did ho say that?" asked Jennie Deering, with a curious blush. "Yes. he told Uncle John so" said Mary, quickly, "and. when Uncle repeated k to me. I just decided that he should have a present this year, sure." “Lefa send him something that Is useful! An old bachelor needs so many

a clock." said Jennie, but again May frowned upon the sehslble suggestion. “No, indeed! That won’t do. Jonas has uo end of clocks and needs no more. Let's give him somethin# that he would never dream of getting for

himself."

"Oh. girls!" broke In Sallle Green,

with a ringing laugh.

’ thing

in name ureen, 'Tve though of

> very thing! Let’s give Jonas a

fe for his birtl

se t

allege 1

i wife without some

rthday present! He has

erythlng else that he needs, and : know he la altogether too timid aver secure a wife without some

ststanco!"

"Won't he resent it?" asked the girls, timidly, but May checked them

imperiously.

"Certainly not. if she is the one' What man would? The hln-; is to see that she is In every worthy of him. for Jonas Is really endld fellow, ^ven If he is b&shJonss shall have a wife for his

bir'jday. that much Is settled! Now.

Who shal

present

! right e only

a er.lendl

> If he Is bash-

ihall s t her?'

she be. and how will ’

The throe girls sat for a moment In ■Hence; then suddenly May waa struck with a bright idea. The other girls stared at her In breathless amazement when she told them what it was. "Why. May Gardner, you must be enmy!” they cried simultaneously. “Not a bit of It." cald May stoutly. “Now. see here, girls, be sensible. Here we are. getting older and older every day. and not a man In the village that Is marriageable except Jonaa Now, we all like him. you know we do; but, if we wait for him to propose, well all die old maids, and that would be awful. .All Jonaa needs is a little en-

couragement. and no one will ever j g,

know that we used our Influence for'

each other!"

- And. finally, her n „ possibly by the aid of a tender sent meat existing toward Jonas In tl hearts of both the blushing maidens.

ra'd «

But Jennie waa desperately In earnest. as well as Jonaa She had to fulfill her part toward securing the combination wife and present "May Gardner or Sallle Green would marry you. I am sure. They are both nice girls, and "you're hound to like them." She blurted out the words tc the most astonishing way. and thee finished by bursting into a fit of crying "But I don't want Sallle Green or May Gardner! I want you. or nobody for my wife!” Jonaa said bravely. The sight of her tears had made him bold, and be

; her hands

proi thei

happlm

mad." she said over and

town, onion seed genni-

natas slowly, and weeds and grass get the start of the young plants. It baa been found that by sowing the seeds In lotbed and aUrting the ooiooa be■pring they may be transplanted the same aa la done with ordinary "•eta;" they can then be cultivated and tha weeds and grass kept down. Thoee who hare tried the method claim that tt requires leas labor than to thin out the surplus plants when the seed la sown on the open ground, while the crop also cornea earlier. For a small patch "onion Bela" of the pre-

preferred.

vlous year should be p A Valuable Adjunct silage la valuable aa a

meant of

_ _ affi them green, succulent material nothing but the Arf matter can be had. For that reason, If for no other. It la a valuable adjunct to the crops used for food. The farmer who has no ensilage, but who has laid In a crop if Inangels, sugar beets, turnips, carols or potatoes, will find himself for.unate now. There la no diBculty in leading roots If they are properly itored. Roots are Injured more by heat than by cold. Freezing is not dangerous If they are not ^hawed too rod denly. By keeping them at an even temperature they will last until late In the spring.

And before 12 o'clock she was hir imlsed wife, and when he left bet

only one cloud upon bet , go'’ ttrmvm a^d' gardeners have a •The girls will be aw ^ 1I J r ! compost heap for providing fine ma-

t>u : nure to flower plants and tender vege-

am going to girt birthday."—New

mas a wife for hir York Newa

t Is simply fresh ma-

in or any ■ in a fine

SOME QUEER PETS.

Naturalist Who Photographs AH

Snakes and Toads.

An obaenre naturajjst is C. F. Millet of Main street. East Orange. HU In-

terest runs to the clas within 18 months he

photography as an adjunct to his stud es, and has made some extraordinary

successes in getting portraits of hir

indcors wsdealei

gives him little time afield,

he is not so chained to business that

restleas pets Miller Is a ne him little time

and out.

ir. whose business > afield, but be U

npoat

■ nure mixed with muck, absorbent material that [ condition. The heap Is kept under i cover, and If a large supply of materl1 al has been selected, making a bulky | heap, soapsuds and urine are thrown upon the mass It must be worked over! so as to secure the decomposition of all the matt rials, and if it heats too much more dry dirt must be added. If the farmer would treat all the manure made on his farm as so muck compost there would be a great saving of plant food. The mechanical value of compost U Its fine mechanical condition and Its careful handling under ah el ter.

he Is unable to make bis escape t< Watcbung mountains, back of Orange at Intervals, and he makes good use of his Infrequent opportunities. Noth-

>pportti pe bis

Igniflcant to engross bis attention The opening of a bud. the emergence of a dragon fly from the larva, the fight between a wasp and a spider, and a thousand other Incidents of the life of lower creatures are objects of study for him; but bis favorite theme seemr to be collecting queer pets and study Ing them at home. Mr. Miller Is an enthusiast upon the subject of snakes, and Invariably has at least a dozen of the harmless kinds comfortably quar tered In cages In one room d! hi* house, besides keeping up a fine fresh water aquarium and little domicile* for toads, frogs and turtles* He ha* photographed all of bis peculiar peU.

and It

is easy for the amateur pbotog rapher to understand what ar amount of patience and Hnpatience enters intc the task of catching two toads talking or gazing Icvtngly Into each other'* eyes. Just as the exposure la made one of the toads blinks and the other starts a game of leap frog. Then a Is spoiled and another must be ready. There Is no use of cuss i, for the toads do not understand language any better than they

1 hit

railed. sentl-

you'd oughter ! TyinY’ aaid "Unc

marryln'."

tortly : : betwi

portent agreement between the three

youns ladles.

“1 s'pose so." aaid Jonaa, absently. With a Uttle blush. " ’Pears to me you'd better be lookin' around." continued the old farmer, ss indifferently as possible. "Your #5th birthday is cornin’ and you’ve be'n half your life without a wife.

Inkin’.’

“That’s so.” said Jonas, a bale mournfully. ’There ain’t much fun asettin' alone o’ evcnln's. but I’m used to It.” he added, despondently. "Pshaw! There ain't no sech thing as glttln’ used tew it! it ain’t nafral!” jald Uncle John, stoutly.

"What’ll I do?"

lably.

girls around

fiey

don’t you know.” a he glanced slyly at Jonaa. “Tliey wouldn't have me." aaid Joins. with a decided abate of his head. "There's three of that would"— began the old fanner, but checked himself abruptly. He had come very near betraying his pretty niece’s secret. “Just you ask ’em" he finished abruptly, but with an encouraging smile. "Which one’ll I ask?" queried Jonaa. “Aft ’em all'" aaid the old tanner.

’’ aaked Jonaa, aheep-

plate made

words,

rough language any

soft words. Mr. Miller has bad ibles between -the shutter and the

reduce a

toad

I Used plate, and the difficulty

when he essayed to

■ated when be essay* the two toads. Another

the common tree toad (Hyla or), was a better sitter, and n

the

I to pit of his

Pets BlCOl

i eye a

His I

vers!

never bat

exposure was

though the approach of a fly might have made a lightning change in It Hia tree tcad has been in captivity fot

a little more than a year,

freedom of the

;htnlng change in been in captivity ar, and has the

ireeuuui w uit> room.'with a little tank to retire into when, dry- It is inter eating to see him spring from the win dow alll and stick to the glass pans aa he nails a fly with his glutinous tongue. When bla owner’s hand la ex tended, be will release his hold, and drop upon It. or will Jump from the table or shelf upen Mr. Miller’e sboul der or hand when called.—Forest and

Stream.

Opposed t« Street Ripping. According to a London • paper o

the favt

Paviora' Company look with die ror upon the bad habit of tearing up London streets, though the prac rice might seem to make work for

them.

In the Interest of public BtOil have decided to offer prizes

30 guln ' “

to be ao

tfi

itlmates of cost, upon t

joct of bulldlsg subways under the streets of London for the mains, pit and cables now laid In tha subsoil The three enetasers will be I

!idse*

of public utility they offer prises of 130

guineas. 30 guineas and 20 guineas for tbs three best essays, to bs accompanied by the neceaary drawings and estimates of cost, upon the

to the minds of most formers Is one that Will last for an ordinary lifetime, with occasional reseeding*. While there is no doubt but what this plan of reseeding will improve many

them In good shape

pastures and keep

for many years, there comee a time the life of most of them when the weeds crowd out the grass and the

pesti the ;

ti any to be

and from two to four pounds of seed

will be required. The specs rows should be kept free from

weeds and when the plants are three or four Inches high they should be thlnaed out so that they wttl stand

ly ra for i

four I aned c

15 inches apart,

rill be neces or cultivated

strong enough to overcome any weed growth. After this no care Is necessary until fall harvest. Under this sort of cultivation It is possible to grow from 600 to 1000 bushels on as acre, according to the condition of tbs aoiL Carrots and turnips can be seal raised on the same plan, although general feeding the mangels are,

perhaps, more desirable. Does It Pay to Fertilize?

One of the argument* against heavy fertilizing of the soil le that the crop does not always pay for the fertiliter and labor. It is argued that to fertilizs for a corn crop, for example. In a heavy way. would not be profitable fot the reason that the crop would have to be a phenomenal one to bring In iugh to pay for fertilizer and labor the average price for which corn sella This is undoubtedly true If II Is assumed that all obtainable from lb* itment of fertilizer and labor le the one crop, but we hare no right eume this, for, as a matter of full one-balf of the cost of th«

tact, full one-balf of the cost fertilizer, provided it la tftav Ulixer which the corn does not use. and which will be left In the soib for the benefit of following cropa Of course, this result would not obtain If the fertilizing was but sufficient to carry the crop, in which case, of course the expense of getting the crop would correspondingly small, as would

the crop itself.

fertilize not only for

bare spots noticed which do not seem to take kindly to even the seeds of white clover and the application of fertiliser before reseeding doee not seem to Improve the situation. When this Is found to be the case with

permanent pasture thei

but one thing to do and that to plow It up and put It In the best possible condition for reseeding to blue grass or some mixture suited to the section and for permanent pasture. Sometimes this plowing may he delayed for a time and the pasture partly rejuvenated by running over it a heavy

Ing up a A Range for Poultry. While there le no doubt but what poultry can be raised in confinement and that they will lay a fair number of eggs, there Is no question but what It will pay to have a grass run for them In connection with the general yard. According to the number of fowls, the run should be large or ■mall, but it should be large enough so that the fowls can not eat- the grass down too dose, nor soil It too much with their droppings. Unless the grass plot is very small It will pay to divide U into two parts so that the fowls may have one part for a wt*k while the

eon la dry these grass plots should be kept watered so that the growth may be kept up all summer, practically giving fowls all the green food they need. If poultrymeu will start these grass plots for. the uss of confined fowls, and start them as early in the spring as possible, they will find a decided Improvement in the egg supply as the season advances, to say nothing of the improved health of the fowls. It will pay to top-dress these grass plots if they are not in the beet of condltloo so as to get the best poarible

growth.

Rost Crops for Stock. There is not a farmer in business bnt who can readily spare an acr two of ground on which to grow root cropa . If he has any number of heads of stock be will find that he can not grow anything on the farm to greater profit than the email area named into root cropa Maugel wurseU among the assiest of the root , crops will grow on any

to grwt and they 1

[ the soil Is prep stir prepared, ted bed should be desp and hart several times after thorough Seeds should be drilled In

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benefit of the crop, but for one up- j building of (he soil as well, It Is certainly more profitable than fertiUzing Just enough to get the crop ol fair proportions. Working In this :

Is too close to the danger 1

enough fertilizer to secure i

■ line,

r just I

for in the effort to apply only j

the crop |

we are likely to flail abort and draw j

ivily on tl r in the e

Feeding Small Chicks. If the young chick la stunted during * first weeks of growth It li absoluter Impossible to get It back Into shape t an expense that wlU be warranted y the price at which the chick will ell later. This being the case there la nothing more Important than propei feeding from the time the chickens are hatched. While several plans ol feeding are used by different succeaseedera, the following method Is one of the best and usually brings success: During the first two days after hatching feed the chicks wheat bread moistened with ,mllk. giving them this mixture every two or three hours and in small quantities. Foi the next week the chicks are given Johnny cake, which la made with corn meal and milk and baked in the oven so that it trill crumble nicely. A better cake is made of five parts of corn teal, one part of wheat middlings ad one-half part of beef scrap, the whole mixed with sour milk and steamed thoroughly. When cool feed this cake three times a day. alternating with three feeds of cracked wheat fed In the litter on the floor. This gives the chicks six feeds s day. Foi the next six weeks the chicks are fed three times a day with Johnny cake and after that period are put on the same food as the hens, except that the corn heat given them should be crack This method of feeding wilt start the chicks off in good shape and they

they

will be strong and thrifty when are put on regular rations and be ready for the range, where they will

thrive wonderfully.

Cultivation of Young Forest Treet. After the young plants appear above ground cultivations should be about once a week the season through; Late in October or early In November thee* seedlings should be cut under, pulled, counted and tied In bundles of 50 oi 100, and buried entirely In earth until the following spring. It is well also to mulch the winter beds wherein th* seedlings are buried so that they may not dry out during winter. In planting, a convenient method, after thoroughly preparing the ground. Is to mark as tor com 4x4 feet reqikr Ing, when planted at this distance 3723 trees per acre. Hils Is a convenient width for cultivating. In th* planting of 7.000.000 forest seedling* I have found the average expense of cultivating from year to year until the trees were large enough to car* for themaelves, to be *3-60 per year pet acre. In planning the amount of ground to select for the growing of of forest seedlings, a full stand of ash

i 33 H 10.000 I

woulc BMN

rider 60J100 to 80.000. black and honey locust 60.000 to 76,000. with the distance ss the farmer would naturally grow them, using his ordinary farm machinery for cultivating. r^-vi «o«i end eroner cultiva tion. the black locust the first season a^o-Iq attain a bight oi worn i« Inches to 4 feet, honey locust 8 to 15, Soft maple 12 to SO. ash 8 to 15 and rarely M. black walnut 13 to 24. Rus«i*n mulberry 8 or 10 to 34, and elm 8 to 30 inches. The mom suitable and convenient seedling trass for forest or windbreak planting are good yea--lings from 10 to 12 or 16 Inches high. Three are planted readily behjnd a spade and are large enough to be seen gad to follow the rows in cultivating.

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