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THE SCHOOL HOUSE. Oli. tunkf Oh* M'litMilhuuiH* !..*nnlifiil Uv hill ami |ilalii >ud m**’ Dc-llxbt wllhlu and bloom wllUoul - Floturr and Uowtn- and In-r, For 1 hr Ikiv» and Rlrl*. whllr llfr idiall And wliriTvrr f heir »lrp» may fan*. Will n*in<*nilH*r «bo lovely, joyon» jilaii*, < >r On* houv forlorn and bare. And Oie lore Uiry Kilned, and Ibc pre-

eepla beard.

And tile patriot Bonn tbey anns. W»i la* trraaured *OU If the »im»I war

dear

III the day* When life wa» young. ].. [ the ciielder-roM* and the lllae bloom

In treCxnoe by the-d(Hir.

And the turf lx- R r r , ■ ,, the path* be-

lli the elm for It' regal idiadr. ie pine for it* bough* Of balm, a with It* luatrou* leave*. He ju'inlne. hy the palm;

To turn life * »miy to gold. Thin muhe the »eboolhou*e iH-autffi By h 11 mid jdnin and »en, For the M-leedi* *hapliif. year by*ye;

< A TREAT 4

BERTIE.

I've always kept it out of your i tea. /' said Wli* Kdltli. affecting to j totter beneath the weight of a large | brown leather 'bound book, "but 1 . suppose—now you'll have to make the actpialntaure of all the sisters and | ert’-sins and aunts. Albums are sup- ' l.osed to be o*tt of style. I know, but I 1 think families will-always have thten | No. I don't require your support, thank i yon. ' Just sit down there quietly and i l*ehave yourself while 1 show them | to you—and don't make any stupid | comments. ! said 'behave yours*lf.'' •‘That isn't misbehaving." said the ; prospective member of the family "I'd like to know what you call lx.' ; ‘‘‘Very nice, as far as It went." - j "Don't. Bertie. Now look here. Bertie Here's pa and ma U> begin with. They're recent, of course. I don’t like j uias expression very well; she looks so serious. Fa's all right." "Good likeness, both of 'em.’' "This." said Miss Edith, turning the (•age. "Is Ruth when she was a. little bit of a thing. I think she's ninr.'.'s.

don't you?"

"Awfully cunning."

"And that one on the opposite side ! Is Jim when he was a baby. Jle seems to be surprised about something." "I'd neverjhave recognized him 't's the first time I^ter sxw him withou*. his pipe. I'm surprised, too. Where

do you come In?"

"Never mind about me. That's Grandma Brown. You never saw her, _ but she's likely to come here for a visit T in the spring. YohH have to mind j

your Ps and Q* then, sir."

■'She does not look very venomous." "Bertie: Well. I should say she ! didn't She's the sweetest, loveliest 1 old thing that ever was. She used io j pet me to death when I was a little j

girl."

"I'd like to know how she could help |

“Goose"'

"Yon know that I am sorry- that I i didn't know you then."

"When?"

•'When you were a little girl. I J seem to have lost such a. lot of time." j "You didn't lose any time after ydu |

did know me."

"Well. I knew a good thing when 1 ‘ ’saw it. Never mind: I won't lose any j

more time if I can help it."

"i expect yoqjl stay down at your ,

club four nights out of every week. "You've got another guess coming." j

-Bertie:"

"Sweetness." "Are you quite perfectly, absolutely , Bure that—that you do?" "I'm perfectly, absolutely, sure that If 1 don't nobody in the world ever did or ever will. Are you aure?" "Oh. I think maybe I do--a little."

"Edith:"

"Nttw. Bertie, atop: Yes. -I’m sure, you know I am Bertie. Aunt Martha s looking at you' There! I wanted to show you that album and yon don't seem Interested' one bit." "Who’s this?" asked the young man. "I told you that was Aunt Martha. The other Is Uncle Henry. They treed to be. quite wealthy, but Uncle Henry lost bis money in some investment and now ne seems to have changed a great deal.. He won't work any more, and Aunt Martha Just supports him. Of course, that't a family secret, but 1 wouldn't keep anything from you.” "And I've never kept anything from

you."

"Are you sure?” "Quite sure We'll Just tell each other everything, won't we. darling?" Tm sure I wouldn't hide a thought from you ' "Nor I from you. I think that’s where some couples make a mistake— not telling things to each other. We won't be like thal. will we?" "1 don't s*e how people can II they truly love eAch other." "I don't, either." "Perhaps—I don't think people de

cafe

What an* you musiua iue us* >uu«. for. Edith?". . .. •'What friends?” "Why—tr—I don't Just tall to mind. Why. Edith, you don't suppose it wtt* anything like this, do ycxi? No. Nobody 1 ever cared two pins about. 11 I had I'd tell jt)u directly." "You are positive?" '•Quite positive. You see, I don't even recollect who it wax." "Oh. 1 didn’t suppose It was an) body, really. I was Just Joking. Bertie, doesn't it seem strange?"

"What?"

"Eight months ago we didn't kno* each other at all and now here we are

sitting here—engaged."

"It seems too good to be true to me sometimes When I think of It—and how something might have happened and l might never have seen-you! I

| wax thinking of going to St. Lout*

. I "Bertie, suppose you bad:"

! ">Tou would probably have found

some one elae you liked."

"I wouldn't have done anything ol

the kind."

j "Don't yd'i think you woul^." | • "J know I wouldn't. Why didn't 1 | ever had say bod v | liked before? Do you think you would have found sotm

one else?"

“I'm quite certain i wouldn't Nobody I could have cared for as ! care for you. No. I guess It was ail flxed up beforehand. We were Just cut out for ca~h other, darling. I don't believe It would have made any difference If 1 had gone to St. Louis. I'd have met you some bow. I——" There was an abrupt start as a matronly looking lady entered the room. ••Well." she exclaimed. ' what are you two young people doing hero in the

dark ?"

"I was showing Bertie the photograph album, mamma." said Edith. "H'm-m:" said the matronly looking lady. "It didn't look much like that to me."—Chicago News. FORCING PLANTS BY FIRE. An Experiment That Some Horticulturailct Would Do Well to Make. A curious phenomenon connected .wltn tnc forcing of flowers under soaowVpt exceptional circumstances was observed not long ago by M. J

Jolly. ' \

On t>? second of September last, a large fin* broke .out In the village of Chaussee-sur-Mame. between Chalons and Vltry-lt-Francois, and deatroyed a large part of the village. Thy fire, urged by the wind, spread as far as It was possible, and consumed the last bouser. on tne side toward the country. It also attacked th#'neighboring trees forming part of a large pear and apple orchard, and. reduced the two rows entirely to ashes. The three following rows, protected by the first, and the distance, remained standing although considerably damaged and bady scorched. The Injury done to the sixth row was’ naturally not so great. A goodly n'fhab'er of branches, nevertheless, were scorched and un able to resist tne heat, while the re mainder subsequently exhibited a peculiar phenomenon, vis., a second flowering. This began at tne end of Sep "tember. and In October all the branches of the trees except those, that had been scorched were covered with blossoms, as In the month of May. tac ones most heavily laden with flowers being those that bad been most exposed to the action of the heat. That is. not all. In another direction the fire had ceased In the vicinity ol some lilac bushes, and these, as well as some plum trees, flowered anew, the lilacs In particular being covered with blos-

soms.

It is to be remarked that the conflagration lasted but four hours at ths most, and there Is i here fore nothing here that resembles an ordinary fore In'g. Ail the species that blossomed are those whose buds for the following year arc formed In the month of August. Now the facts gatberoA by M. Jolly, an eye witneaa, seem to show that It is possible for a momentary but strong action of heat to produce a second flowering. Does this exert a local influence, a certain desslcation of the organs of the trees? It U possible: and we have seen that a pre vious desiccation Is necessary for forcing. Just as it Is. according to Geard for the parthcnogcneUc development of certain eggs. At all events, the fact might and ought to serve as a starting point for experiments from which might be derived practical hints for . the forcing of fruit* and flowers. With early varieties, It might be possible to obtain two crops, the regular one In the spring and a sup plcmentary one la the fall, provided strong heat were employed, although for a short time, as soon as the budr are formed. This would be more eco nomical than the present methods since the heat necessary for the devel opment of the flowers and fruit would J>e furnished, not by coal, but by Dame Nature. Some horticulturist or ama teur would do well to make t io experl ment —Scientific American.

Nicknames for flritlsh Warships. (From the London Dally Telegraph.) "Jack" likes a name which rollr easily off the tongue, short, handy and open to familiar alteration. The

HINTS

Charcoal for Poultry. The habit of mixing grit, ahell or charcoal in writh 'the mash food Is detrimental to the fowl*. It la very wrong. Indeed, to either cloj un the crop or‘ overload the gltxard with those necessities, the supplying of which the fowls know very much more about than w® do. The grit box should hang against the wall and always have four compartments: one for griL one for shell, •me for charcoal, and the other to be used for rat’d o- rraveL It Is not necessary to 'eed powders cr condiments of any kind to healthy poultry that is proparly housed, cared for and fed. When they need anything In the way of a condiment, a mixture of equal parts of cayenne stepper. ground ginger, clovei and niltplre Is good, about a teaspoonful In the mash for each dozen fowls ^s lce a week Is sufficient.—Commercial Poul-

try.

Treating Potatoes. Some fa-mers have the Idea firmly flxed in their minds that stable manure ought not to to uted in growing potatoes. the (.la!in being that it causcH the • cab which is ■ a destrocilve. This Is not correct, for if thhe fungus Is in the teed potato rie scab will appear no matter what .sort of fertilizer Is used in growing the crop. The cnly way at all roriafu of avoiding scab In the potato crop is to treat the seed tubers need, tmd this should always be done regardless of where tho seed comes from. You may contemplate , using seed that you feel certalnj* Tree from the form of tl^«ccA*r^5ut it will bo safer to treat^lSe seed. Buy some comtnerlcal formalin, and 'to car'; ore-half nint o f It add fifteen .Tallons of water. Then soak the seed tubers in the •fixture for two or even three hours. Do this before planting and you w‘l| <bc -easonab!;- sure cf having the crop free from scab. Alfalfa In Orchards. A number of correspondenis who are interested lu alfalfa have asked if it would not be a valuable crop for the orchard. The experience of the writer has been limited In this direction, but. to far «s It goes, it is in accord with that of others who have tried it and Is decidedly ara'nst the use of alfalfE In rie orcha-d. Two things about alfalfa should be remembered. First. It roots deeply and hence Its roots would be likely to rob the soli of fertility needed by the trees. Second, as the roots would not afford any food for 'he tree unt'l plowed unler, the deep plowing would of necessity Injure the tree roots. Try alfalfa by all means, but try It in the open field, preparing the need bed early and thoroughly and sowing eight quarts nf^ seed an acre. Sometimes a nurse orop is grown with it—usually timothy— and when this Is done the seeding of timothy should be light, not more than c-ie a.-d one-hal' or two quarts to the acre. The growth may be light the first year, but It will Improve.—Indianapolis News. How to Get Better Fruit. At the present time much talk prerails among horticulturists In regard to improvement by selection, says American Cultivator. It is not Improbable that in the near future they will be offering pedigree scions Mr sale. While selection Is all right and Important, snap Judgements arc to be avoided. 'A few years ago a nleghbor of mine rnnd on a farm on the border of a medow a tree bearing extra fine Porter” apples. The next spring he look scions from that tree and asked me to graft them upon a Porter tree atandon his .own grounds.. I expressed to him a doubt as to their being any better when grown on his tree than that tree was growing. But be claimed that It was o diffej^nt feind of Porter; was dead sure of It. in Tact I grafted Us tree, and while doing It' I cut scions from the tr^e and grafted them Into a branch In the top of the tree, and when I had finished the Job-I told him wnat I had done, and told him that If. when the grafts commenced to bear, be could tell me which grafts came from that tree. I would pay him back the money that he had paid me for doing the work. In dne time the grafts fraitedf and be was unable to distinguish one from another by any difference In slxe or quality of fruit. This case ol selection did not meet expectation. The Farmer Boy and Girl. In these two centres the hope of the farm, of agriculture, of civilisation; for clrillzation, the crystalIxatlon of morality and virtue into higher manI and womanhood, must be a product of ihe farm. That rural society, therefore, which does -not take the boy and girl Into account, is but cultivating the shallow surface of the present, and must not expect a crop of future

Can there be a farmer in.all this land that can look with indifference the growing boys and girls of

plars T Squity and progress greater than ill* charm which yawns between grandfatber and Tether's day. Can the farmer boy and girl sigh for something else In .the brilllanc® of the dawn wUch is breaking? Can the shop with Its eras less grind amid poisoned breath* and aching brain, ran so called business, with lu never-ending struggle and constant fears, can the city with its merciless din and faul abysses of sin, bar/* any attraction for the boy and girl of the farm? The heart which has be-'. In happy unison with Ihe sorg of blrts, the eye which baa feasted on the sparkling dew and the smiling flowers, the soul which has been refreshed and filled with the un folding glories of nature, aa seen on the farm, wlnnoi long for the harsh sounds, the en:e! sights and the dwarfed environment of the city.— Commercial Poultry. Growing Asparagus. A grower of asparagus write*: Firfu of all. ! have to say that If I had a piece of warci. sandy, well-drained loam available for the purpose, I would think the best time to start an asparagus patch Is now. at once, with out more delay than necessary to h<* cure a lot of good plants. Usually I, would prefer to grow my own plant* and grow them In good, rich loam, and properly pushed and thinned, in ordet to get good, large, one-year-old plants, which 1 think are far better than th(' average rod cf two-year-old planU that one can buy. By looking around one may be able ' to gei good plants in the fall, and 1 would no*, wait until spring, although I that is alto a good time to set plants j The early buyer catches the big plants usually, which is one reason more why ; It is better to start the patch in the

I fall.

| I make the ground very rich; in fact, j It caonoi be made too rich. I give i caclj plant olc-ty of room, rot lest* than « dozen square feet. I plant ( them deep, so the-* a shallow running j plow will not lujure the crown, i To renew an old plantation, plow It ! over shallow, applying manure or any t good -commercial vegetable or potato | manure containing a good percentage i of potash. Any of our standard varlej tics may be used. Palmetto reems more liable than j others to ntmlat the rust attacks. Ct> ' lumbtan Mammoth White Is good, j * If you wish to raise your own plants next year. #ow the seed thinly In drills, the drills being a foot or fourteen Inches span, by har^ or with the garden drill. Do this early' In the spring, while the ground Is qnlte moist. The seeds s-e la-ge and herd and inquire a good deal of moisture to germinate In a dry time the seed mag be soaked for a few hours In hot water. It will then aprout muchjnpre prqmpi ly. Clipping a corner of the hard shell off each seed will serve to hasten the process of germination.—N. Y. Farmer. Ksep Good Cows. U is Just as essential to keep good cows as any other animal. No man can afford to keep poor cows, and especially the poor man. If a rich man wants to waste his monyy In poor cows it Is not quite so had. but a poor man must know better, or he cannot expect much profit In order to make head way the poor man must keep animals anJ use feed that will make the largest profit. You cannot afford to keep a alngle cow that docs not make you a profit. *Be practical and busi-ness-like and apply the only sure test Keep £ book in which to enter on one side all milk, cream and butter, whether consumed by the family or sold. They are worth in your family exactly what you would have to pay for them 11 you had no cows. On the other side enter the feed consumed, whether purchased or raised on your farm. The hay or corn fed is worth on your farm the market price, less cost of delivering to market. Thfc test, even if conducted for a short time, will show you facts and not what you guess about It. Some people refuse to spend money for the b<ret feed for their cows. This Is poor economy, because It is simply an Investment which will bring good returns. In selecting choice dairy cows. If the richest milk Is wanted, keep the Jerseys: If both butter and milk are wanted, keep the Ayrshire, but If large quantity of milk Is wanted for the manufacture of cheese, then the Holatelns must have first place. But, however, la either case always select .the best Suppose you pay 130 for a poor cow and come out even at ^he end of the year. Suppose you pay 160 for a firstclass cow. and at the end of the year she ert show you a profit of $30. If you keep cows for profit Just figure this over carefully. It requires Just as good business qualities to be a successful dairyman rs It does to be successful In any other business. If you don't th'nk so you had better quit the business.—E- U Morris In the BpL. Poultry Points. An excellent wash for swelled head Is quinine dissolved In water. Irregular feeding Is apt to cause a derangement of the digestive organs. The poultryman who is continually In ths-

Biliousness

Burial of Sir Walter Scott. (t was a blesk and stormy au'.ums day. with an Impenetrable gray skj frowning over a lowering landscape when the mile-long funeral proce* alon set forth from Abbot-ford. With one common voice of woe the ooro nach of a nation wailed over the hill* the sad gray land^>eln£ all in kfcplni: with the nodding of black plumes and Ihe slow pace of the horses, says s writer In the Hook-Ix>vcr. The road traversed on bis last long Journej had been one of Scott’s favorite drives and the moat pathetic incident tjf all was the pause of (be cortege on tb» brow of Bomer&ide Hill. The horse> that drew bis lifeless body were th« carriage horses, and not knowing tbeit master was dead, (bey slopped ol theii own accord at the- spot where Petci Mstheson had always drawn them up that Sir Waiter, from where he sat might look down and enjoy his favor Ite view. Every mourner noticed tho unexpected pause and the eyes of tlu grown men filled with Involuntary tears when they learned the reason Thus they buried Sir Walter Scott; and Caledonia, stern and wild, re ceived Into her arms her marreiou well-loved child. Richmond (Ind.) Trades CounciL composed ol delegates from 15 local Tadc unions, has voted to aflil'sle jvith the State Federation of Labor

Sslzer'a New National (l*u • >ld*d ia 1003 in Mki>. 240 b« ; in M->.. Zii i.a ; ia N. D., 310 bu , snd in 3u o;h.r SUtw i-o» l£0 to 300 bu. per ..tv. Now 'lu. Oat '« generally grown in IKK will add mi.lioas of bushels to the yield *nd imllem. of dollars to the tanner s purse. Try- i« lor IKK. Lorgot Seed PoUto sod AU1H.1 C'l*ver growers in America [A.C.L i BsUer'. Spelu. Besrdbv. Hor'.ev H Builder Cora. Macaroni Wheat. Pes Oat. , Billion Dollar Gras* snd Ewrbe*! I sties ere money makers for yoo. Mr. Funner, JITST SESD THIS SOTICV AXO ISc, in stamps to John A. Falser Feed t-'o.. fA Crptar, Wis., snd receive in return their big catalog and lot* of farm seed ,, nip.es. Great Britai*iw-. uj. nearly eight 1 on* of cardboard year!) in Jic form of postal card*. The Tourist and the Porter. Ac English tourist stopping at ths Filth Avenue Hotel was discussing the relative merits of British and American railway service the otfce! evening, when he suddenly sprang the following clincher on h'.s cU-Atlsntio "I tell you. though, there's one point you folks are behind In. and that ia the lack of consideration shown white passengers in haring them pass in spection by an African Why. the Idea o. such treatment Is an insult to any gentleman. "A few day* ago. when boarding your famous Empire State Express train. I was chagrined, to put it mild ly. to be asked by s liveried colored man to show my ticket to him. 1 sub sequent!)- learned that this same In dividual is nothing but a train waiter. Such a thing could not happen la tar country."—New York Press. Good Fishing Pond. William Parker of Whitman. Maas., spent a day on Hobart pond, near the pumping station, and caught some thing like half a ton of hornpouta. Four large barrels of the flsb were sent by freight that night to a Boston dealer. The pond is swarming with fish which come to the spot near ths pumping station to get air. and ar easily caught.—Exchange.

gives some helpful Her letter is but one

Miss M. Cartledge advice to young girls, of thousands which prove that nothing is so - ' helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “Deak Mrs. Pikkbam:—I cannot praise Lydia B. Plnkam’a Vegetable Compound too highly, for it is. the only medicine I ever tried which cured me. I suffered much from my first menstrual period, I felt so weak and dizzy at tunes' I could not pursue my studies with the usual interest My thoughts became sluggish, I had headaches, backaches and sinking spells, also pains in .the nek and lower limbs. In fact, I was sick ail over. “Finally, after many other remedies had been tried, we were advised to get Lydia B. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound, and I am pleased to say that after taking it only two weeks, a wonderful change for the better took place, and m a short time I was in perfect health. I felt buoyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I am indeed -*"* to tell my experience with Lydia B. Pink ham’s Vegetable Bound, for it made a different girl of me. Yours very truly.

for Wonsan's iSscS^every nature. toubk women who are in to write her for free a

Mrs. Plnkham, Lynn, Maas.

Hrs. Estes, of New York City, says:

•• Dess Mas. PmHAM: —I write to you because I believe all youu* girts ought to know bow much good your medicine will do them. .1 did drese making for years before I was married, and If It bad not been for Lydia B. PtnkXam*s Vegetable Compound. I do not believe I eould bare stood the rtraln. There la a6 other work that la sack a strain oo the system. Oh. bow mr book need to ache from the bending over l I would feei es though I would bass to scream out from the oain. and the sitting still made me ao

! to scream oat from the pain, and the sitting still mat and weak, and my bead throbbed like an eu?n«. lav wk. I was so worn out Thm I was irregular, and 1