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Thou haet eorred for the dmae I could l-ut dkedalu; Hul my |irom In loaa Shall be par! of UiT ealu. — Harper'* Weekly.

j 108 1)10 w 01 I Mm ► When Thomai Dcrlcu-Malnwarlug. acu<t ii, and fairly well off. went to (•an* on a visit of leisure, ho met eo many Englishmen who called them•elres Smith-Brown or Brown-Jaoee that he calmly rat out the hyphen and Tailed himself Dering. It was the family name anyhow, the Main waring tag haring been tacked on with a golden hammer, and be did uotweei and the worse for shortening his signature. In Paris be foregathered with Guillaume Henri Francois Ste. Marie d'Aurergne, who had name enough for both of them. Henri, aa he preferred to be called, was a graduate of the Ecole Polytc-h-alque. and. haring money and a desire to be easy, had bought himself out of the army through one of those processes peculiar to the republic of Rochefort. Together these youngsters explored the city from the Bols de Boulogne to the Bourse, from the Bourse to placu more respectable and more virtuous Among other pleasures to which Henri with the superfluity of title Inducted bis Virginian friend was a sails The master of the place was a "wary, cool old sworder." who had served his time In Africa, in China and in rain endearor to stem the onward rush of Chians from beyond the Rhine By the looks of him he might, too. hare served some of his time in the galleys, but he knew his business, which was fenging. and be took an es- 1 pecial fancy lo Dering. "Ahl" he would say, smirking villainously and sending In a high thrust ; In cane that flickered past the ear like a snake's tongue. '1t Is you. mon- I aleur. who have the true fencing form I •—not too tall, not too broad—and the J eye and the wrist. After all t^at Is it | •—the eye and the wrist. The riposte : with tingle disengage! TouChe.' Bon! | bon!'' Dering learned most of the finesses of a fine art. won first honor in a great “assault." fought a trifling duel or two. ; and took ship at Havre on a little trip to America. Henri was sot there to | bid him good-by. for the. reason that , his relatives from Marseilles had come to town, taken him away, and shut : him up to meditate. La Gascogne reached New York on f the 25th of April. 1»98, and Dering j found the town wild with excitement. , Congress had In effect declared war i against Spain. He had known, of course, that such a thing was possible, but In his life as a boulcrardlor bad paid little attention to it. i Now. however, he was in an atmosphere of grim earnest. The cointry had arisen like s slumbering giant and yawned and stretched its arms. Ttie male De rings had always been fighters. and that was one of the reasons why the present representative of the line joined the first regiment which was sent out. ' It Is true thst this regiment got no farther than Florida, but that was only because the fun was over too soon, it' is true also that a part of It was sent to Havana when hostilities closed and Dering wss among the lucky ones. There be did provost duty In a town which badly needed provosting for a few days, and then simmered down Into flatness. The life, however, suited him well enough. The restaurants were reasonably good, the nights were endurable, there was much of picturesqueness on view thst he had little to do. In a few weeks this* little became nothing at all. As a natural consequence be got Into mischief. Rosa Villareal, daughter of a Spanish merchant, walked round and round the plaza while the band played, was escorted only by her duenna, beraelf bot more than JO and still susceptible. j Private 'Tom" Dering. walking round the plaza in an opposite direction. got several glances Into coquet! la h eyes. There were other walks on the plazas, then an exchange of notes, then a deposit of small coin Into the palm of the she-dragon. then bUseful loremaking. i This lasted a week. Going to the .tryst Dering saw bis loved one duennaed as usual. With the women, however. was a slender, pale man of SO, With a black Vandyke, beard and heavily penciled eyebrows. Being of the prompt eqhool. Dering lifted his hat and asked the honor of •tootling Senortu Villareal. This fieretd aa Introduction. > of the i de 811jrera. direct from Spain, la a little While Senor de BUvera took hlmaeif off. scowling. Then the trembling Rosa went on to sty that he was a lover favored by her father, come out from Spain to hurry his wooing: that dfcs feared she would be forced Into ; that she bated bias. ’• only.

"Tour glove said, pointedly, "are of the color your hair, which Is the color of your courage, which Is yellow." Next Instant he staggered back with a broad red mark on hit cheek, bowed and said: "The senor will give aatlafactlon—

IIverm's called in half an hour and was referred to Corporal Francis Hardy, also an Bngltabman A meeting was arranged for at sunrise next morning at a spot five miles from the city, oa the beach. Only the seconds and principals were to be pres-

ent

The affair was conducted, of course 'with the utmost secrecy. Dering and his friend reached the spot Just at daylight. They found it to be greasy level and well suited to the purpose Near It was a heavy clump of mimosas and other tropic growth* SI Ivors and bia second. Sebastian Escobedo, arrived within 10 minute^ The drivers of the cals were ordered to stay a quarter-mils distant. The men bowed will-, punctiliousness and stripped to their shirt sleeves. The rapiers were measured and the principals placed feeing each other.

Escobedo called:

‘ En garde!" and the dual began Dering found- at once that he was engaged with a swordsman of the first rises. The Spaniard was as active aa a cat. had a wrist of steel, and there »a» a look In his black eyes which meant murder. His first act was to iunge, leap back and circle swiftly to the right, the intention being to bring the risen sun Into his opponent's eyes. Confident of bis skill. During calmly faced toward the light, and sent nil against Sllvera'e bladejtflh a h. Then the bgtUe—iflEs on In

Gripe Culture.

For grene vlnee the bee^ mulch and nanure 1 have ever triad is old chip manure, chips and all. I pile them tround my vines before the ground Is '.hawed out. making the pile throe or !our Inches deep, and letting it lie j •here unUl It gels thoroughly worked sway by rain and other cause*. It en- | riches the grond and also holds moist- j ire. In addition to keeping the ground i •ram thawing oaf early. I keen the , ■rines welt pruned and after the fruit \ a about half grown. I c*tt part of the ! eaves and some of the young shoots | >ff to. keep them f-om mildewing, i ‘also nothing but Concord and by this process I have obtalceff a rood crop •vury season for the last 15 years.—A. /■ Wright In the Epttomlst. ,

Feeding the Sheep.

Sheep raisers will agree that the ra- j Jons for sheep require to be more varied than ration* for any othe- farm | inlmals; more than thl*. sheep seem I .o require more frequent changes than ! >ther animals as well as a greater porJoo of succulent food. This ms; - be t revelation to most farmers, but the ’act remains that sheep fed largely on j fry grains are quickly In trouble and when sheep get off their feet It means l decided reduction In the quality of j

wool.

If the ewes are with lamb they will especially need succulent food and the

clash. Then the J»alile--v

earnest

Lunge, parr.- and riposte, feint, guard and lone- followed Incessantly. The clicking of Uie rapiers a dozen yards away would have sounded like the rattle of ra^tan'U Neither man altered his position or gave back an

Inch.

Escobedo bowed to Hardy, smiled, and said: "Plainly it is a battle a l ootrence." Hardy, a young band at such work, did not answer. His soul eras In the

fray.

Suddenly Dering stepped in a half foot, changed from carte to tierce, halfcut. disengaged, and Inngpd with the speed at light. SUvuca parried, but InBufflclcutly. A fleck of blood showed through the shirt above his riba. Escobedo struck down the swords. "It is nothing—nothing!" Silvers said, pant!ugly. "I* to to the death. Is it not 7“ •To the death!" Dering said grim

iy-

Escobedo, shrugging his shoulders, stepped back, and once more the blades rasped along each 1 other. fnU the Englishman s eyes there came now lust of bat fie and the desire to sley. He pressed his foeman steadily back. Around the slender form, with the spot red upon it. his blade "writhed and flickered like a flame. - Twice It was within taslf an Inch of the breastbone, twice It drew blood from the right arm. once It scarred the cheek. Eilvere wss fast' weakening. Drops of sweat hung upon his yellow forehead and ran down Into hto black eyebrow*. His breath came In gasps; each successive lunge was slower, each party more wild. Dering smiled «nS lunged. Not nntil some kindly wile or friend presses down his Uds j In blindness will he be nearer death than at that moment. The Spaniard dropped to both knees and thrust upward with all hit force. It was "Tancred's blow,” loot barred In honorable dueling.- There was a shivering, splintering ring, and his repler fell In fragments, broken against the other man's hilt. For a moment Dering hung poised his. before him. Then he said. "Faugh!" spat in disgust, and turned" towrads Hardy. Escobedo stepped forward, launched a string of vituperative Spanish and tweaked Silvers* beard. That gentleman. still on his knees, seemed glad to be alive. At the moment there was a rustic in the undergrowth and Roaa Villareal came flying, love and fear in her dark eyes, her red lips pale. She passed Dering like a fawn and threw" herself headlong upon the neck of the Spaniard. "Would they murder him. my love, my darling!" she cried. Then, jerking herself upright, ahe pointed a small, quiverou* at Dering and hissed: - "Gringo, assassin, go!"

“Old man," Hardy asked, as the cab rolled toward the c4ty._ "where on earth did you learn that perry?" Dering stared vacantly oat of the window Finally, after a very long pause, he said: “1 thing HI get back —Illustrated B«*.

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•of the most important matters in ioa Ufa of an apple tree. o». for that matter. of aav fruit tree In the south, is that It should be baadad low In order to protect the trunk from the sun and to make the tree lea* liable to be blown over. Then. too. a low-headed tree Is an easier one to gather the fruit from- Bnt when thn trees atari a head in the nursery. It 1s formed at various heights, and always too high, for the nurseryman knows thst people want tali trees, and he therefore done not head them low. When one of these two or three year trees U pleated. it Is very hard to start the bead properly where It should have been started, for If cat back heavily at that time the buds start Irregularly from the older wood. All thl* means that fruit trees of any kind ghould be planted In the orchard at one year from the bud or graft. The stem I* then a mere shoo! full of young buds, and can b« headed back to any desired height Orchard writers ip the north commonly advise the pruning of all the side branches at transplanting, but to let the central stem remain, and to take the b-a-chcs from this This may be best where the winter spows are heavy, brt here an open and roundheaded tree I* far better Planting then ore rear, or what the nurserymen call "maiden" trees, the bead can be made to start Just where wanted, giving an orchard of uniform charac

ter.

In this climate It Is well to start all fruit ireo tops st twooty inches from the ground. With s long, bare stem ex nosed to the sun. there Is almost certain to be damage to the bark on the southwest side, and If the stem is tall It I* hard to prevent this till the top shade* It. But with a stem of 20 Inches s simple shingle stuck on the southwest aide will be ample protec tlon. and in one season the top will make growth enough to shade the stem from the sun. There is another advantage In planting yearling trees, and thl* l* thst the nurseryman can afford to sell them for lens than half the money he would have to have for three year trees, ard the freight Is much lighter and the la boy of planting less. Of conns, these little trees will need more careful cultivation, and mar be rrr over by careless ploughmen. But any one who plants fruit trees should not only know how to treat them, but should look after them carefully, and ngt trust to Ignorant hands. Some object to lowheaded trees that they cannot get under them In cultivation But thl* to rot neees sary The feeding roots of a tree extend out a* far o- further than the i branches above. Hence, if the soli bei yond the branches Is wsll cultivated tt I wlll be sufficient In the case of any tree.—North Carolina Ex pet meet Sta-

tion Bnlietin. Poultry Notes.

The hen with the frozen comb Is a

non-producer.

Select eggs from the best layers and hardiest bens for hatching. Hang blankets over the poultry house windows on extreme cold nights In making up an egg ration, do not forget a liberal allowance of sunshine The hen cannot manufacture eggs when she I* feeding lice with her life

blood.

A dull, sunken eye in a fowl denotes defective nutritive power and lack of i constitution and vigor. | Change the litter In the scratching j abed occasionally, and the fowls will \ work better and be healthier. Prevent disease by keeping the pool try boose clean, dry and properly ven tilated. and supplying pore, nutritious

food.

One of the great secrets of success in the poultry business to In doing the little things at Just the time when they need to be done. If tanners would keep, strict sc counts with their fowls they would be surprised at the profit derived in pro portion to the can Hal Invested. In order to get a strain of blood established. it is nst only necessary tc breed In Hite, bnt to select and breed the choicest standard birds each year Soaking whole grain by pouring boiling water over It and allowing It to remain tor 24 hours, will cause It to swell and prove an acceptable change for the fowls. Birds that have been fed heavily during the early winter to get them In show condition will probably not be ao quick to lay aa those that have

The breeder who pursues hto work In r systematic manner la the one who gains the greatest measure of success Select the breeding birds with a dell cite aim. If you want heavy layers, ascertain which are your beat layers and breed them only.

Senses of Reptiles. £n Austrian doctor has lately pub llabed the results of hto observation upon the special senses of animals, especially upon the sense of reptiles. He concludes that these are capable of going directly towards water, which appear* to attract them, even at long distance*. Light acts upon them, independently of heat. Their

NEWS 0F NEW JERSEY Thl LaUst *i»liiip OuaSFna U (her tk Suit.

A Le Roy Mailer, h»» resigned »s * member of the Sea Isle City Board of Heslth. Charles Bridget, of Holly Beach, ha* been appointed a commissioner ol The resident* of Annandale arc jubilant over the pro*pect» of the reopening of manganese mines by Pennsylvania capitalist* A number of suipicious character* have been »een around Pedricktown of late and resident* do not feel in an agreeable mood toward* them. The Woodatown fire company J»ai put the age limit fi^ncmberthip at «■ years, but those of that age at pre *ent in the company will be retained Fire Chief Thorn** Savage ha* been re-elected. The Hunterdon County-Board ol Freeholder* will give a public hear ing to the quettion of building a mac adam road from Flemington to Flem ington Junction on Thunday. May iq The Lebanon Telephone Company has extended its line* from White bouse to North Branch, at which point long distance connection will be made The governmem will build a cement bulkhead around the lighthouse Sea l*le City. Sea Isle City Council has granted the gas company an extension of six month* to begin work on their plant A certificate of incorporation ha* been filed in tbe Burlington county clerk's office by the Uscipipc Associa tion, of Burlington, being an orgamza tion of the employe* of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company for the maintenance of n benefit fund for member* injured in tbe pursuit of their occupation. The Board of Governors i» as follows William G. Wise, William H. Lynn. F. Wilbur Roger*, F. M. B. Femmorr. Martin Horan, John Horner and Frank W. Willey. Fish hawks have been catching carp from the privatd'pond of W. R Wii Uamson. of Lower A flows vGame Warden Edward Davis, of Salem, will patrol hit territory in the Delaware tiiis spring in the naptha launch of the New Jersey Fish Commissioners. This boat carries a pow criul searchlight. Washington Camp, No. 6t. P. O S A., sent a detention to the Board oi Education and requested that thr American flag be displayed every school day at the different school building* in Woodbury, in accordance with tbe law. The birth pf a second pair of twim srithin fourteen months at the home of Frank Haraill. Trenton, has beer, the cause of endless embarrassment lb'another Frank Hamit!, who is also a resident of Trenton. Friend* ol tbe latter tfaink he is the happy father and keep calling him by telephone to extend congratulations The St. Louis Fair managers have offered a prize for the largest blown bottle exhibited, and Ammel Stanger, John Path and Marcus Kprtz, of the Scbetterville factory, expea to bring this prize to Millville. These men have made a bottle that holds to£ gallons and stands several feet high Jt is the largest bottle ever blown in tbe United State*. William Surran a former blower of MiDviUe, ten years ago blew a forty-five-gallon carboy that was the largest up to that time. Fifty men and boys had a fierce fight with a forest fire near Vineland. v.-nRh burned over twenty acres of woods at Weat Avenue and Garden Road, belonging to Louis Tasso, and threatened large timber owned by Charles Dondero. Valuable timber on sixty acre* of land belonging to Sharp Brother* near Foreat Grove, also wa* burned this afternoon. A branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association will be organized at Trenton this week. It is proposed to lease a country home for the Summer, where working girls may spend vacations at nominal expense.

' Opsn Omr.

Cat gumma wad Maid | A wonderful __ tentiou of evory one who yesterday psssod up or down BghU street an Iho west side between Locust and Spruce. Poasy was pure white. She wa* standiag upon the step railing <4 a house which was Jnst high enough to enable her to reach the electric button with her paw. She manipulated this so vigorously thst tbe door was soon opened by a servant, who picked pussy up. took her In her arias entered the bonne and closed the door. It was the sentiment of mil who witnessed tbe trick that Maria, ot whatever her name might be. was o bright eat.—Philadelphia Evening

booming Beslans. "That lobbyist seems to have a good deal of money to spend." remarked the first councilman "Yes." replied the other, “he's working for an ordmatu c to allow automibles unlimited speed " "Ah ! in the interest of the auto club i" "No, the undertakers' trust " Seed Corn A Kansas City small boy was j zsked by hi* school teacher to use "seed corn” in a sentence "When I wa* out in the country last summer." *xid the youngster. u l seed cornstalks tn a field "

TALKING-THROUGH THE ’PHONE Practical Suggestions Offered os Proper Method of Transmission. To bn a good telephone talker 1^ something of an art, bnt in these dayi it should, by all means, be cultivate* as niuch as any of tbe methods a polite conversation. The first reqnls Ite is the proper pose. In all cases tbi transmitter should be as nearly verti cal as possible..with the voice funne so adjusted that It is on a level wlU tbe lips when the head U in tbe ordi nary arched position of conversation Then the Upa should be held about an Inch away from the funnel ant directly opposite Up center. Th« speaker ahonld talk in a tone sllghtl) above the ordinary conversations pitch, about in the same stay as if he were speaking to a person across tbs room. Bnt, more than all, care should be taken to talk,slowly and to articulau with the greatest distinctness, to be deliberate on what one saya. and U make ample pause at the end of eacl sentence. The telephone Is each t time saver that one even over a tot line need not be unduly worried it l in too much of a hurry to fln On the contrary, time and anaoy anee lor one’s sell and one's corre •pondest will be saved by talkinj •lowly and allowing a little time fot ** 1 reception of the Idees that i to transmit. Nothing cat

tsry Parkdale Tonis Club, CMcago, from cxpoioice advises all young girt* who have pains and sickness peculiar to their sex, la use Lydta E. Plakhan’s Vege-

How many beautiful young girls <Wvclop late wore. Uatlaaa and hnpslaM women, aimply because auficieut att«*. ttoo has not besa paid to their physical

rjtzza it budding Into

pain, an^young girl* Jostbi _ womanhood should bs eagwfniiy gwidoG physically as wall as aaoreUy. Aaothsw Miss Hannah F„ Menhon. CM-

ling* wood, aaya:

“ I thought I would write and toll always thin and dslieate. sad so weak that 1 sosUd hardly do anything. Mew-

Vigretabto

Compound and jegan to fas! bettor right away. I cooMnued ite aaa, mod am oow well aacTstrong, aaad aasm- ' Lydia E. PtokbW. Vegetable

Here Twin and Triplet Habit.

Washington, has been reduced to pov*rty by the multitude of his childrea. Be Is the father of three sets of twins md oas set of triplets. Wineberger's wife gave birth to reins Feb. It. Tbs husband was ■eft at horns to care for the three little girls who were born July 25, 190L Wlneberger wa- born in Bavaria, and came to this county 21 years ago, and to Washington 14 years ago. He has been married -tirice. his wives being sisters. By his first wife he had two set* eg twins, all boys; the eldest pair are now 12 years old and the second 4- They are going to schooTin Norristown. Pa-, and are supported by hto brother-in-law. By his second wife he has one pah of twins, and the triplets are girts bot one. Wlneberger Is a small weighing about 115 pounds, and his wives weighed leas than 90 pounds each.—New York World.

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