OUTWAHDI BY W. 7. CAVEROff. The sun's high and the moon'i high; The bay's a crescent of blue. The Bhips of the world go by without, But the great hill-gules stand round about, ' And only the waves come through. The town sleeps nnd the bay sleeps; Tangled ami golden brown, The seaweed drifts on a dreaming sen, .Where anchored boat rock lazily. As the wave lap, up and dowu. The night cornea and the wind comes; Landward (he white crest ride. Hark to the voice in the wind that cries. As it, drifts like bird 'twixt the sea and the skies. "There i one that will go with the tide!" The dawn's here and the dsy'i here! The wind ebbs out, and the sea. The mists roll back and the hills are plain, Hut the great sea-gate are narrow in vain, 1 1 l. 1 I Ik Ma From "Toems." His Western Cousins. Horatio King Vantine Meets the "Three Most Charm ing Things That Ever Happened." (Wrt ROSE, In Cleveland Plain-Dealer.) "Sincerely yours, Horatio King Van tine." Then he made a formal acknowl eedgement of the Invitation of the hostess, and called a messenger boy. "Jane and Ann and Susan!" he muttered as the boy turned away. Sir?" said the boy. "Nothing. replied Horatio. At 6 o'clock he presented himself at the substantial home on West Eighty-sixth street. As the maid opened the door he heard a gust of hastily-checked laughter. The maid took his card and his hat and coat, and ushered him into the little re ception room. Here the hostess, with a delightfully cordial manner, met him and bade him welcome. "Your cousins will be down In a moment or two," she explained. "If they were not so mischievous they would be more prompt. I understand you have never met them?" No, Horatio had never met them. "I think you will be surprised." Horatio felt sure of it. "They are charmingly unaffected." This, of course, was a neat way of character izing their disregard of decorum. "I've known them since they were lit tle girls. Ah, I think they are com ing!" Horatio thought so too. There was a scramble and a wild clatter on the stairs, and three young women rushed 1 from Seneca: There is no doubt that Horatio King Vantine took himself seriously. He was a Boston youth, well edu cated, well mannered, his family was one of the oldest, and his prospects were excellent. When he left Har vard be was called to New York and given a fine opening in his Uncle John Steele Arlington's Importing house. There he was making the most of the opportunity. Into this regular and well ordered life a bombshell suddenly dropped. It took the form of a letter that was laid ob his desk by the office mes senger. Horatio read the letter through, and then read It through again. "Our dear cousin," it began, "we want to know you and know you right away. Aunt Emiline Glover wrote to vs that you. were in New York, and we've been looking for you ever since. We are your second cousins, you know, Jane and Ann and Susan Wal lace. Your father and our mother were first cousins, and that's what gives us a claim on you. At first we thought we would come - down and atorm your office, and while Jane grappled your uncle, Ann and Susan would kidnap you. But. then we re membered that while that might do In wild and woolly Oregon that's Where we hall from it wouldn't be strictly proper in Noo Yawk, don't you know. So we are going to be painfully formal and awfully prim, and give you the high handshake In the moat easterly fashion. If you please, cousin, we want you to come up to our present abiding place and take tea with ub to-morrow evening, and afterward you are to escort us to a little reception to which we are privileged to bring a young man friend. We are viBlting with a dear friend and neighbor from Oregon who moved to New York several years ago. She joins us in the invitation, as you will find when you read her note. As you are quite sure to know nothing about us, perhaps it would be well, to relieve your anxiety by explaining .that we are neither maiden ladies nor kindergartners. Jane ad mits she Is twenty-two, Ann is twenty and Susan is eighteen. Other par ticulars will be furnished on application.- And now, our dear and only cousin, we are Just perishing to meet you! They tell us you are awfully nice so you may rest assured that we are strongly prejudiced In your favor. Till to-morrow evening, then. Affectionately, Jane, Ann, Susan." Horatio picked up the note that had lipped from between the pages. It was an endorsement of his couslmi' Invitation, penned by tnelr hostess a nicely worded note, that came from a home In an excellent residence sec tion. Horatio drew a long breath. Here was something he never before had encountered. His relatives were few in number and most of them were residents of the old home town In New England. He dimly remembered to have heard of the cousin of his father's who had gone. West when only a boy, but he had fancied that this spirit of adventure war looked upon as out of harmony with the staid and "dignified traditions of the family. He was sure he had not heard his father's cousin mentioned since he himself was a boy. And now these wild Western girls had, swooped down ou him from the Oregonian wilds and claimed relationship with him in the most familiar terms, and forcibly taken possession of him, leav ing no chance for escape. Jane and Ann and Susan! What would his aristocratic old, uncle, his mother's only brother, think of these hoydenB! But he mustn't be permitted to see them. There was no reason why he should know of their presence. If he learned they were In New York he would In sist upon having them to luncheon. Jane and Ann and Susan! Well, he would accept the Invita tion. There was no way oit of that. At least. It would be better to meet them than to offer a trumped up ex cuse and stay away. If he didn't go to the tea they would be sure to hunt him up at the counting room. He would meet them and it they proved positively Insupportable be would have his uncle send him on a trade extension trip to Rio de Janeiro. Jan and Ann and Susan! He opened a drawer and drew out a sheet of paper. "I wonder why Western people ever war created?" he softly growled. It was a frigid little sou that he ent the three girls. Correctly phrased and neatly penned, it was as lacking In cordiality as a Vermont . snowbank. It was polite and tame and distant. H was pleased to learn that his cousins ware In the city, and he was pleased to accept their Invita tion to tea on the twenty-fourth, and equally pleased to accompany them to the subsequent reeeptlo And he closed the conventional mlsslT w:t, Every time anything Is said that re minds her of Oregon she gets home sick and cries. She wants to go back there to her tame bear and her crop eared burro." "It's no such thing," said Susan, sharply. "I'm going to give my bear away." "Susan," suid Jane, In a deep tone, "remember where you are, miss. Look at Cousin Horatio and see how shocked he Is." They all looked at Cousin Horatio, who appeared very uncomfortable. He felt that he must say something. "I'm afraid," he remarked, "that you haven't Been enough of New York l.to offset your Western prejudices." "I think we have," said Susan, promptly. "We were on top of the Metropolitan tower." , "You are not a real New Yorker, are you, cousin?" Jane demanded. "I was born near Boston," Horatio answered. "I came to New York four years ago." "Im glad of that," said Ann. "I'm glad you are not a real New Yorker. New Yorkers are so cold and offish, and so lacking In everything genial and friendly." Horatio remembered his letter with a little twinge, and his face flushed. He wished he hadn't sent it. He wished he had hurried out of town instead of consenting to meet these dreadful Westerners. But before he could reply the vol uble Jane came to his relief. "Have you been abroad, cousin?" she asked. "Once for a brief stay," he an swered. "We have been to Japan twice," said Susan, "and three times to the Philippines, and twice to Honolulu. You must get Jane to dance the Jubajam for you. She does it aw fully well, only you have to take all the furniture out of the room." "Why, Susan!" cried Ann. There was a sudden laugh from the hostess. They all looked at her. "Excuse me," she said with a lit tle effort. "I was JuBt faintly won dering how that dance could be done In a Harlem flat." Even Horatio was forced to smile, but it was a painful effort. He was never more uncomfortable In his life. His Western cousins with their dread ful hair and flaunting ribbons were fully as uncultured as he anticipated. It was an unsatisfactory repast. And there was all the evening at the re ception ahead of him! But at last the tea came to an end. They went back to the reception room, but the three girls paused in th doorway. "You must excuse us for a little while, cousin," said Jane. "We have to do some extra fixing up, you know." "Paint and feathers," added Ann. The Future Life. At the funeral of the late William M. Lallan, the well-known publisher of The Sun and art critic, at Lawrence, L. 1., a number of selections from the Scriptures of religions were read by the minister. ids nev. ur, x nomas n. oncer. Among them were the following ' HE comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. In some resepects I have lost what I have had; in others, I still retain what I have -lost. It is an ill construction of Providence to reflect only upon my friend's being taken away, without any regard to the benefit of his being once given me. Let us therefore make the best of our frlendB while we have them. He that has lost a friend has more cause of joy that he once had him than of grief that he is taken away. That which is past we are sure of. It is impossible to make it not to have been. ci s.:'. into the room and shook Horatio's hand vigorously and greeted him ef fusively, and wound up by Joining hands: and circling about him in time to a barbaric chant. They they stopped breathless' and laughed mer rily. "That makes you one of the tribe, cousin," cried the tallest girl. "It's the Pawnee adoption song at least it's all we know of It. Isn't he chic, girls?" f They laughed again. "This Is Jane, cousin," said the other girls. Then Jane and SuBan in troduced Ann, and Ann and Jane in troduced Susan. And they shook hands again, and tea being announced by the maid the three girls with much laughter drew Horatio to the dining room. It was not until they were Beated at the table that Horatio had time to look at his cousins. His first im pression was that he bad never seen such hair. Jane wore curls that draped her face, Ann bad pulled her heavy tresses over her forehead and ears, and Susan Susan was the youngest had the most disordered coiffure Horatio thought he had ever seen. As far as the faces of the girls were concerned, he didn't feel quali fied to Judge all he could see was their hair. He was dimly conscious that the girls were not tastefully dressed, at least there was a flaunting of bright ribbons ou their gowns that he didn't tike. "Ever West, cousin?" Jane sudden ly demanded. "WeBt of Hoboken?" Ann added. "No," Horatio admitted. "Noo Yawkera never dare go West," said Susan, who had a funny little lisp. "They might like it too well."' "We have planned to take you home with us," said Jane. "We want you to see the country Just as God made it." ,. ' "You can't see any of it here," chimed in Ann. "There's nothing In New. York but rocks and elevators and skyscrapers and subways and "Say," cried Susan, "wouldn't the folks round up when they saw us leading. Horatio down the trail!" "Susan!" cried Jane. "You mustn't mind Susan, cousin. She's as wild as a SI wash colt." Horatio stirred himself uneasily. "Then you don't like New York?" he managed to return. - We like New York well enough," said Jane, "but of cours It Isn't like the Bkloory bottoms." And then Susan unexpectedly be gan to sob. - - , "Stop that, sis." said Ann, severely. She turned to Horatio. "Susan U such a silly little gooao, eoiuhk "And beads and red blankets," cried Susan. And then they trooped up the stairs with much laughter, the Irrepressible Susan bringing up the rear with a few sharp "ylp-ylps" and a prolonged whoop. A little later the hostess, who seemed ill at ease, excused herself on the plea that the girls might need her, and followed them to the upper floor. It was not a pleasant quarter of an hour for Horatio, but It finally ended and he heard the girls coming down. They wore long wraps and hoods, and he could not discern the changes they might have made in their costumes. "Hope you didn't, find the wait long?" said Jane. "We are considered quick dress ers," added Ann. Susan giggled. "Susan!" cried Jane, warnlngly, Horatio took his hat and coat. "And may I ask where we are go ing?" he said. "We are going to Colonel Abner Stow's home," Jane replied. "Colonel Abner Stow!" repeated Horatio. "The railway man?" "Yes. He was our father's partner for twenty years. The reception is Just for us, you know, and not a big affair at all. The colonel's house is only a block away. We can walk." Horatio didn't say much during that brief walk. He was glad the girls were going to the home of an old friend and a Western man at that. Aud the very eminent captain of finance had been their father's part ner? He wished to know more about them. The colonel and his wife met the little party at the doorway aud gave fiem a warm greeting. "Don't wait for the glrlB, my boy," be said to Horatio in his bluff way. "Come right down and talk with me." So Horatio hurried down and the colonel shook hands with him again. "You're a lucky lad," he said. "You've got the three finest girls on the Pacific Coast In tow to-night. Oh, I've known them since they were kid dles. They're dearer to their father than his eyes. There's nothing money would buy that be hasn't lavished on them, and they are as fine ladies as their niother and 1 couldn't say more." And then Horatio heard a rustle be hind him and there stood bis three cousins. He gave a little gasp. What they wor be didn't know, but it was something filmy and fas cinating, and their hair waa beautiful to behold. It was a magic trans formation, and be gasped again. "The thsoe Western graces," cried the colonel. "Dare you say which Is the fairest, my boy? Jane has the poise, and Ann the eyes, and Susan is my heart's delight." The three girls playfully shook their heRds at the gallant host. And when they looked at Horatio he knew he was flushing to the very roots of his hair. A little later he found himself alone with Jane. She suddenly smiled. "Cousin," she said, "did you write that letter with an Icicle?" He flushed again. "Jane," ho answered, and it was wonderful what a nice sound the name had suddenly assumed, "I was ' a fool and a snob. But you paid me for it in very bitter medicine." "It was just the medicine you ex pected to take?" laughed Jane. "And you don't entirely disapprove of us?" "Disapprove!" cried the young man. "Why, you are the three most charming things that ever happened. I couldn't be more proud of you! Will you . be my uncle's guests at luncheon to-morrow?" Jane laughed. "If you think he will approve of us," sho answered. "We are abso lutely dependent on our only New York relative, you know." And the glance she gave Horatio thrilled him through. Cows and What Thry Kurn. The returns from cows, when ex pressed In dollars and cents, stand out much more vividly than they do when expressed in pounds of milk and butter fat. Therefore, If every dairyman would keep a yearly record of the amount of milk and butter fat produced by his Individual cows, and from this calculate, according to this table, the profit or loss on the Indi viduals, he would be astonished at the wide variation in earning capacity of the different cows In his own herd and the results would be ot untold value (o him. Illinois Fanners' Institute. SOCIETY AND - THE OPERA. In Harper's Bazar, Ralph Pulitzer, son of the great editor of the New York World, continues to hammer New York society with the relentless brilliancy shown in his December ar ticle In the same periodical. Among other things he says, discussing the opera : "The dinner being leisurely com pleted, the hoBtess remarks dubiously to her husband that she supposes the men might perhaps smoke their cig ars on the way to the opera. This is probably more from a kindly desire to free the women from one another's society in the drawing-room than from any desire to reach the opera earlier, but the men always acquiesce, and pile into one carriage or auto mobile and with their cigars and cig arettes, while the ladles enjoy one another's company In another vehicle. "They quickly reach the opera, and walk up one flight ot stairs, to the distant muffled murmurs of the or chestra and an occasional high note from one of the singers, loud enough to force Its way out to them. These solitary and sudden notes, robbed of all musical quality by the inaudibil ity of their context, sound as If some sublimated butcher shop within were being operated to slow music. But one of the guests, at some unusually penetrating scream, is sure to breathe 'Ah!' (as she hastens her steps up the stairs); 'Ah!' In tones ot tender and preposterous appreciation. Why she does it she could not herself ex plain, for she has not the least inten tion of listening to the music when she reaches the box. It is probably done from the same instinct that would make her honestly declare, it questioned, that she was devoted to music or to children, although she might not know a fugue In one from a whooping cough out of the other. A curious traditional attribute ot her sex, this devotion to music and chil dren, which she still feels it seemly to subscribe to in theory." WORDS OP WISDOM. Some girls are adorable, and so mo merely pompadourable. Some men rise In the world and others are merely stilted. To keep the pot boiling It isn't necessary to have mouey to burn. Many a man who wants the earth merely succeeds in having mud thrown at him. Love may bo heaven born, but Pla tonic affection was the Invention of the devil. Even the man who Is well reared may get to the front. Wise is the mun who Is too sharp tp be a bore. All things are more apt to come to those who don't wait for them. The man who needs a rest cure should have thought of that before he got married. Almost any one can tell us how we might have succeeded after we have failed. Faith will move mountains, and sometimes it even putB up a bluff. It makes a fellow hot to think what a cold, cruel world this is. Opportunity seldom calls when we are all dressed and waiting for it. The best thing about being a fail ure Is that you have plenty of com pany. A nervous woman's Illness Is fre quently due to the fact that the doc tor needs the money. From "Mus ings of the Gentle Cynic," In the No York Times. Fifty Year Ago in 'happqua. Horace, Greeley was the first presi dent ot our Village Improvement So ciety. I have the minutes. Alonzo Dolczene kept the hotel. Joshua Baney was the harness maker. Samuel Allen was tanner, and also kept a nursery; sold the Baldwin apple tree for six cents apiece. Henry Miller ran a magic lantern show and made fancy rocking chairs. Samuel Halght made fur hats for the elderly Quakers. I thiak that Francis M. Carpenter was Supervisor. Anyway. 1 drove Horace Greeley over to Carle's corner every year for fourteen years to vote for him. That's all be seemed to come up to election for. Every old QusJmr in this section kept a cider mill. All tae stone walls In this section were built on pork, cider and five shillings a day, from sunrise to sundown. Westchester Msgaslne. Germany is freely Imitating Ameri can patterns in the manufacture of farm Implements and machinery, though American harvesters still pro domlnaU. ' Sheep-Killing Dorm. It Is announced that a Missouri farmer litis contrived a method of disposing of dogs which are prowling about of nights after sheep. He built in his pasture a square pen of logs and roofed It, but left a big hole in the middle in which he suspended part of a sheep. Nearly every morn ing when he went to the pen he found one or more dogs In there, which he quietly put out of business. In the course of the winter he caught about forty dogs and didn't lose any more sheep. Moreover, he kept on good terms with his neighbors, which is a hard thing to do if you shoot their dogs and go about bragging about it. The Turkey Industry. Blackhead among turkeys has come bo near to working eitinctlon ot the "national bird" In New Eng land and elsewhere that an extended investigation of the cause of the dis ease Is being made by such scientists as Dr. Theobald Smith and Dr. E. E. Tyzzer, ot the Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Philip Hadley, of the State Experimental Station, ot Rhode Island. A similar disease has of late spread to game birds, such as par tridges and quail, and the Massachu setts fish and game commission is prosecuting an investigation in this special line. When the disease attacks a turkey or game bird, there is no hope, say the scientists. The cause has brought forth a variety ot opinion, the most forcible being that the common Eng lish sparrow carries the organism which affects the larger birds. Pertinent Pointers. If your flock ot poultry shows per sistent lack of thrift and robust health, the best thing to do is to change stock. You will not accom plish much otherwise. When a fel low gets on the wrong track, the best thing is usually to back out and start entirely new. No wonder the poultry business is growing each year. There are more than 6000 poultry shows being held annually in the United States and Canada, each one ot which is a val uable bureau for the dissemination of poultry lore and the chicken fever. Cabbage is one of the most popular winter green foods for fowls. It Is easily grown, easily kept, and easily fed, and the fowls seem never to tire of it. A good way to feed it is to sus pend a head in the air by sticking It on a nail in the wall, muking the fowls jump a few Inches in order to reach It. Fumigate the hen house often enough to destroy all germs and ver min. It also pays to use a good dis infectant frequently nnd freely around the houses and yards. Disin fecting and fumigation are two Im portant matters and should receive more attention than they do. The Importance of exercise for poul try might well be placed subordinate only to good housing and feeding. But a writer in anagricultural month ly pertinently remarks that "scratch ing to get a minute's peace from mites and other pests Is not the right kind of exercise." The truth Is ob vious. Give the fowls plenty of encour agement to scratch for their graiu feed by keeping a portion ot each pen deeply bedded with leaves or straw. There is nothing like it tor promoting thrift and contentment among a flock of fowls In the winter, and it Is also a great aid towards getting fertile, hatchable eggs. Keep Belter Coivs, As cities Increase in population there is an annual expansion in the demand for dairy products. The mere fact that in 190S there was an In crease ot 520,000 milch cows report ed in the United States Indicates a wonderful broadening ot the dairy Industry. Railway transportation fa cilities are Improved, traffic rates are more reasonable and the city supply of milk and dairy products is et tending farther into the country, says Drovers' Journal. Where help can be obtained to op erate the dairy milk production Is one of the best paying branches of animal husbandry. The farmers op erating their holdings with milch cows are enabled to market all the roughsgo and grain produced on the farm In milk, butter, cream or cheese. The dairy industry Is especially adapted to build up and increase the fertility ot the farm. It Is popular among farmers, because the farmer realises a monthly Income on his In vestment. As a rule dairymen are thrifty and prosperous agriculturists. The profits ot dairy husbandry all depend on the productive ability of the cows. Unquestionably many cows are la dairy herds that do not more than pay the expense; of keep, leaving no profit to the dairyman. If the farmer hail f 10,000 to loan be would prefer to Invest It In sis per cent, first mortgages Instead of loan ing the money without Interest. The farmer sells bis hay, grain and rough ass tkJough the products of uir cows, and If the revenue only equals the cost of production there is no profit in the industry. He Is losing the Interest on his investment and re alizes no profit on his capital If the expense of operating his dairy is not less than the gross receipts of the dairy products. The profits In the dairy Industry are measured by the average produc tion of the cows. One animal will produce 3000 pounds of milk In a sea son, and another cow 8000 pounds, which, sold at $1 per 100 pounds, would represent a difference of $50 in the annual Income between the two cows. If the smnller producer only paid for her feed and attendance the larger milker would net the own er a profit of $50. A herd of twenty mediocre cows may only produce op erating expenses, while a dairy of twenty good cows would yield a net profit of $1000. It is to the advan tage of the dairyman In every partic ular to weed out Ills poor cows and replace them with profitable producers. PENNSYLVANIA lii'Nt Mun Assaulted. Chester. With his clothing torn In tatters and with blood trickling down his face from lacerations on his head, Peter Howker appeared be fore Alderman Holt, and bad war rants sworn out for William Bor neskl and Michael Ordosky, who wero later In the .lay taken Into custody and given a hearing. Howker testified that be was best man to the bridegroom at a wedding In the western section of the city and during the reception that followed the defendants without provocation grabbed hold of him and dragged him from the sitting room to thn street. They kicked him repeat elly and when he wss ejected from the house his coat and vest were in shreds and he was half blinded from thn blood. At the lsst moment Howker. through the intervention of friends, agreed to settle the case, providing his alleged assailants paid the costs, which was done. How Pen nuts (irow. "Do you know how peanuts grow?' asked Mr. Joseph I). Warren, of Rich mond, Va., in a recent interview. "I have found few persons of the North nnd West who caii answer that ques tion. Some Bay on a vine, some on a bush, some on a tree, and some In the ground, like potatoes. "The peculiar thing about a peanut Is that It grows in two ways on a bush and like a potato. The first step in the process Is the planting of a Blngle peanut. From that a bush grows, lying close to the ground. A branch stretches out close to the earth, and sends up into the air, shoots on which are little yellow flowers, like buttercups. Directly beneath these flowers, growing straight downward, small, sharp pointed shootB appear, like thorns. They are called "pegs," and grow back into the ground. It is at the end of these 'pegs' that the peanuts are found." Forest reports declare that within a few years there will not be a single chestnut tree within twenty miles of New York City. A fungous disease Is killing them, and Is reported as spreading in all directions. The elimination of the chestnut would be a serious loss to timber resources, for chestnut wood is valuable. The esthetic loss of this noble tree would also be lamentable. With it would go the joys of chestnutting, one of the most delightful pursuits asso ciated with the first froBts of au tumn. These excursions of old will always hold delightful place in all reminiscences of youth. Indiana Farmer. riilltl Saves Sister. Chester. A cellnlolj baby's rattlo wss the cause of Klsie Taylor, thol-yeur-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Tavlor, being burned. Thn infant was playing with thn rattlo on the floor near the fitting room Stove when she struck the plaything against the hot grate. In an instant the ratt'e took fire, igniting th hllil's clothing. The infant's screams were heard by her 5-year-old sister, Mary, who, with rare presence of mini, carried the child to the kitchen sink and held her beneath the spigot, extin guishing the flames. Both children escaped with slight burns. Acquit Woman; Fine Man. . . Kaston. Acquittal of the accused and the punishment of the principal witness by a fine of $50 and costs was the satisfactory ending of a sen sational case in court here. Mrs. Anna M. Bannon caused the arrest of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Alice Bannon, on charges of miscon duct with William K. Shaffer, of Bethlehem, admittedly employed by the prosex-ulor to obtain evidence against the wife. Shaffer swore he accomplished his mission. The jury, despite fhis, acquitted Mrs. Bannon nnd put the costs on her mother-in law. Shaffer was then arrnsted an.l on his own admission fined $5u and costs. The Cultivation of Corn. From my observations I am con vinced that this latter-day machinery for "shallow cultivation" is not. In the majority of Instances, on the cor rect principle; at any rate in this lat itude. With the present improved soil conditions we have, by under draining, clover, etc., the low average of twenty-five bushels per acre as reported for all the States' is most deplorable. Even the forty bushels credited to Indiana this year, which is above the actual facts, is not more than half what it should be. We should plant deeper, and after the first and second plowing, with small shovels, go straight down along side the plants. After this the object should be to keep out, leaving the roots undisturbed. There are only two methods by which this can be done properly. One Is by tho use of lurger shovels in order to throw the dirt over to the corn; the other ex treme shallow cultivation, with drag or harrow, circumstances to govern the mutter according to conditions of soil, season and time of doing it. However, under most conditions I find the larger shovel the belter, as it throws the soil up over the roots to nourish and fully mature a crop ot ears. In "ye olden time" the corn ground was furrowed out with a large shovel plow, or maybe a little mold board, corn dropped down in the bot tom of the furrow, covered with the hoe, drag or "straddle bug," and cul tivated with larger shovels on the plow or cultivator. And it took a hard wind to throw down the corn In those days, and needless to say ears hung over the rows, long and hard as stove wood. The writer can re call as a boy, taking one year as an Instance, In 3000 bushels he ralBed there wasn't a bushel basketful of nubbins to feed a cow. Indeed I had to break the ears over the doorslll of the old log crib to get It small enough to feed. Let us get down to common sense In the matter by procuring a planter (or adjusting the latter devices for attaching to the ordinary ones in use) that has the feuders, or pairs of discs set before the runners of the planter, making a furrow of sufficient depth for the seed, but not necessa rily covering deeper than it should be, or would be without them. There Is reason, yes, true science in the at tachments where such planters are to be used, as the discs cut looser and throw up and out the soil In the dif ferent grades, mingling together as It falls over the corn as the runners pass through. This method, properly applied, would work a revolution in corn growing. I. M. Miller, la the Indiana Farmer. Trio Held l or Robbery. Norriatown. On a charge of high way robbery, James Jamison, Waller Potts and Antonio Demott were held without ball by Magistrate Harry. Jen Thomas, cabinetmaker at the pvotestory at Fatland, identified the men as his assailants. He said the men met him and stole $27 and his watch. Pricc-s Ih-op At Pottsville. Pottsvllle. As the result of thn agitation against hlgth food prices there has been a marked reductiou here. Meat has fallen from four to six cents a pound and butter from five to ten cents a pound. Eggs are seven cents cheaper. Dealers say in creased sales make their profits larger than when higher prices wer charged. ltolilM'in Chloroform Family. Tamaqua. After gaining an en trance to the home through a rear window, robbers chloroformed fht family of James Derby, and took $27 In cash, but left behind all the val uable articles of Jowelry which wer strewn about the rooms. Held For Highway Ttubhcry. I Chester. Harry Ryan wss held for court by Magistrate) Stockman in ! the sum of $600 on the r'-nrge ef I highway robbery. He Is charged I jointly with Loudor Turner with as i saultlng and robbing John McKnight at Third and Reaney Streets. M I Knight was felled by a blow on the . head, and his clothing rilled of rnon ey and valuables. Man Blinded By Asphalt. Chester. Stephen Deniby, who Is employed on tho repairs being made to Market Street, was tearing up the si) eel esphultum with a pick when one of the flying piec es struck him In the eye. Blinded by the shock an.l blood, Demby was taken to tlie Cheater Hospital. It iti feared h will lose tho sight of the eye. Full Down Stairway. Cheater. That trouble does not I always come singly waa again illns j l rated in the case of Mrs. Charles ! Creamer, whose h unban 1 was burled about two weeks ago. Mrs. Creamer, who is an aged woman, was on ber way to the bathroom when sho trip I ped and plunged headlong down the I rear stairway, sustaining serious in juries, aunougn no Douew were broken. Short Crop of Widowers. There are not enough men to go around here ot late, which accounts for the change of sentiment regard ing widowers; Formerly when they married again very soon It was an Outrage: now It is a Duty. Atchi son Globe. ' Say 0,000 Do Not Pay TaxcM. Reading. Investigation made by tho Finance Committee of tho Head ing School Board has revealed the fart that there are about 6,000 voters of the city who are not paying school tax. It is figured that this number would be enough to pay the salaries of ten teachers for a year. If col lodions can be made from the 6.00. there Is no question that four mllU will be sufficient. Guardian Of Town Cannon Dies. i Easton. Napoleon Potler, an olJ soldier and Grand Army men, widely known throughout the Lehigh Valley, died, aged 80 years. His father. Augustus Potior, was one of the early settlers ot this community. For manr yean after tho war Mr. Potler hnd charge of the town'a cannon on Ml. Jefferson, which was fired In celebra tion of all national holidays. Moitso Btarts Finn. Colllngdale. Starting probably In a lounge on the Brat floor by U nibbling of a moose on a match whicH had worked It way la between the springs, the resident) of Councilman F. H. Benson, of Colllngdale. was badly damaged by Br. A New York restaurant keeper has his nam appear on all apples ho serves by having paper stencils past ed on them before they ripen, the letters showing green on tbs cSfcor wlie red skins.
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