OUT IN THE SUNSHINE.
Let's sorter Rit out In the unshir. nn' breathe the free n!r ns It blown;
There's comfort enough in the urchin firr nil of our troublci nn' woea;
Out in the joy o' the wenther free nit the light o' the dny
Iet' sorter git out in the sunshine an' walk in the sunshiny way.
T.et's eorter git out in the sunshine an think that we're blest in the light:
Kiss hands to our troubles an' tell 'em a world full o' troubles ain't riitlit;
The river is fthis a-singin' a mighty sweet song as it goes;
There's armsful o happiness hidin' in places where nobody knowsl
The worlds full o benuty an' blessin'j though Sorrow seems havin her way
The tears that we shed at her hidilin' are kissed by the angels away;
The harvests are ripe for the reapin' an' green is the pathway an' bright
To the souls that are out in the sunshine an' goin' the way o' the light!
THE. PRICE 5HEL PAID.
By EMMA PIATT GUYTON.
Xenil Edmonston stepped on to
the railway platform Just as Burke
Rodney, accompanied by his wife and
Uttle son, drove up. Unobserved, but
curiously, Edmonston watched Mrs.
Rodney as, after kissing the boy ten
derly, unassisted by her husband, she
climbed out of the carriage.
"We'll come for you to-night, mam
ma!" called the child.
The husband, however, gave only a
surly grunt to her cheerful response,
first to the lad, then to him.
"dood-by, sweetheart! Qood-by,
Burke!"
"The brute!" muttered Edmonston,
nd drew farther back upon the plat
form, that she might not feel humil
iated by the Immediate knowledge
that he had witnessed the singular
parting.
It was not till she had purchased
beritlcket and stepped out on to the
platform to await the coming train
that Edmonston ventured to approach
her. The flush which her husband's
boorish reply and manner had caused
still suffused her face, but she ad
vanced with a smile and an out
stretched hand to greet him.
Xenll Edmonston was known for
his brotherly kindness and devotion
to all women, but It was with more
than his accustomed chivalry that he
took into both his own the hand that
Helen Rodney- offered. Her face
paled slightly-, and he felt the hand
he so warmly grasped tremble as he
said:
"It is a long time since we last met,
Helen. How have you been?"
There was a world of tenderness In
the voice that questioned. Sympathy
Is the open sesame to the gates of
long pent up emotion. Poor, patient,
suffering Helen Rodney could not
withstand It. The tears flooded her
syes till they blinded her sight. The
thunder of the approaching train
rang In her ears, but above it all the
whispered words:
"Forgive me," from Xenll Edmons
ton, sounded like the music of earlier,
happier years. '
Carefully shielding her from ob
servation, he handed her into a pri
vate compartment of a parlor car,
and with a word of excuse, left her to
find the porter.
Dominated as she was by a series
of ernotlona of which self commisera
tion was not the least, the tact and
gentleness of the man appealed most
forcibly to her gratitude and sense of
admiration. When, later, he returned
and took a seat beside her, she turned
her eyes bravely to his as she said:
"I am very glad of this meeting,
Xenll, though you have discovered
the skeleton In my closet."
"I suspected Its existence long ago;
for public gossip, though not remark
able for its veracity, is not without
some foundation in truth. So, Helen,
I have longed to see you and learn the
facts from your own lips. I resolved,
however, not' to plan nor force a
meeting, but calmly to await fate's
own good time. I was sure it would
come. Do you remember our last
rendezvous, before your engagement
to Rodney was publicly announced?
As I told you then I tell you now
sooner or later our lives must run to
gether. You laughed at the idea,
though you half recognized your deep
er love for me.. I saw that you must
learn your lesson by experience,
which meant marriage with Rodney,
with whom you were dazzled. Infatu
ated, and thought yourself irrevoc
ably in love. I knew you better than
you knew yourself. Helen, dearest.
though a cruel one, is not the lesson
learned? Are you not ready to cast
off the degrading shackles that bind
you and come to me?"
A startled, frightened look came
Into her eyes, but the indignation she
should have telt was absent, although
she drew herself slightly away from
him.
"There, Helen, don't misunderstand
me! I am neither a libertine nor a
scoundrel, as you know, and being a
lawyer, shall abide by legal measures.
To put the matter nlalnlv and nar.
haps bluntly, I want your permission
ootam a .divorce for you from
disposition of the boy. The utter In
harmony of their natures was becom
ing more apparent daily. Often her
very presence seemed not only to irri
tate but Infuriate him. He was an
open admirer of other women. In
her opinion such a marriage was only
a mockery, and had it not been for
the boy, she would have terminated
it long before. Her own disposition
was becoming erratic, and at times a
rebelliousness against her lot took ab
solute possession of her.
Now, at a time when her domestic
troubles seemed to have reached a
climax, Love came and whispered to
her the old, sweet strain. The feel
ing she thought dead leaped again to
life. Could she, dared she, face the
scandal that such a separation would
create? And Philip what of him?
This thought caused her to gasp for
breath as she asked
"What would It all mean for for
Philip?"
"You should have the boy, If pos
sible: if not, you would probably be
permitted to have him with you occa
sionally. That would be much better
for him than the scenes he must con
stantly be. forced to witness between
his father and mother."
"Ah, yes, yes! It is killing me and
ruining him. I will consider the mat
ter and then let you know. You re
turn to-night, do you not?"
"Yes; I have important business
which will require my attention the
sired. It was sent In a characteristic
little note which read simply;
"I have decided to place my case In
your hands and trust my future to
your care. HELEN."
Without delay Edmonston re
paired to Mr. Rodney, whom he found
alone and at leisure. A cool greet
ing was exchanged between the two
men, and then the lawyer launched
Into the object of his visit. He stated
his case clearly and concisely. The
love he had borne Helen for years
previous to her marriage, the sympa
thy he had felt at the unhapplnera of
her wedded life, which was public,
talk, his desire to make her his wife,
if Rodney would permit a quiet di
vorce without contest, was told In a
straightforward, manly way.
To say that Rodney Was dazed, be
wildered, at the proposition Is but a
mild way of stating his mental condi
tion. He was speechless for a mo
ment, during which time every ves
tige of color disappeared from his
face. Then he asked:
"Helen knows of this?"
"Yes"
"And it Is her wish to leave me?"
"Yes."
Rodney's eyes burned with anger
as he dellebrately replied:
"I am not a man to hold any wo
man against her will. If, as you
think, you can make this one happy,
take her and welcome; but not the
boy. She will never be allowed In
tercourse with Philip, and he shall
not be allowed to recognize her as
his mother. She shall be an outcast
to him. Do you understand?"
"But this Is doing her a grave In
justice, Mr. Rodney. The whole
world knows she Is an unloved
wife "
"As I am an unloved husband.
Does your world know that, too?
Helen has always held herself above
me. Let her go her high and holy
way I wish you Joy of her!"
He turned shortly to his desk.
'iThat Is all. Good-day."
Edmonston was forced to leave
without further attempt at argument.
Indeed, he felt It useless to try to re
voke Rodney's decision; and In his
heart he could not blame the man for
clinging to his son. It would be a
terrible blow to Helen to learn she
entire day. I presume you are up for must lose her boy, and It was with
C
)fealer gaqqorj's Joules $or Jsjapfuj lOiqe.
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j l uiiucv luy idiuci aiiu inu Liter. J
?. LJl "Take no thought for the morrow and don't J
worry. Z
; "Work, work, work with hands, feet, legs, and brain.
'. "Learn to sing, no matter how miserably.
X "Sing and laugh and keep on a-keepin' on." '.
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to
Burke Rodney on the ground of cru
lty. I then deBlre to make you my
wife according to civil law, as you are
now in the sight of a higher, but gen
erally unrecognized one that of
God."
His voice thrilled her with an Inde
scribable tenderness as he pronounced
the last words. She knew all he said
was true. Seven years before they
Bad been sweethearts. There bad
been no definite engagement, but a
tacit understanding existed "between
them that some day they would be
husband and wife.
Xenll was a struggling young law
yer then, Just out from college. Burke
Rodney came between them with the
Clamour of his wealth, and the volup
tuous, Impetuous nature that made
what he desired immediately bis own.
In less than Blx months from their
meeting Helen became bis wife, and
repented at leisure. A year after
marriage a child was born, the little
Philip, and in him jhe had her only
comfort and happiness.
The Impetuosity she had once
ken for an evidence of love seemed
now wild recklessness that termin
ated In the most jsasslonate outburst's
of temper If she' brassed her hus
band's will, however unintentionally.
It she expressed a desire that did
not aocord with his mood, he burst
upon ber with vloiont and- abusive
language. The presence uf the boy
was no restraint, and Helen reached
point where she felt a tragedy was
Imminent. Such scenes between them
shopping. I will meet you, however,
at the train to-night."
It was a peculiar day for Helen
Rodney. Amid the ruBh and tumult
of the city, thoughts of Philip, Burke,
and home dissensions, mingled curi
ously with dry goods, millinery, love,
and Xenll Edmonston.
At last the day was over, and once
again she and Xenll were together.
Even now his presence seemed to hef
a comfort and protection.
"Well, what la the decision?" he
gravely queried.
"I cannot decide immediately.
Give me time, Xenil."
"As much as you like, Helena but
I see the end. Therefore, will you
not allow me to call occasionally,
simply as a friend?"
She gave him her hand in consent.
He pressed it deferentially to his lips,
then carefully arranged some pillows
for ber to rest upon, and taking a
newspaper from his pocket com
menced to read; and bo, in silence,
they made the short Journey home.
The weeks that followed seemed in
terminably long to Helen, and her
moods and methods of reasoning were
various. For hours at a time she
would consider the proposed meas
ures from a strictly orthodox and
conventional point of view, until a
species of Insanity seemed to possess
her. This would be followed by a
rebellious mood which for a woman
Is particularly dangerous; for It temp
tation comes to her at such a moment,
she may in desperation yield to it.
Fortunately, Xenll Edmonston was
not the man to take advantage of
such moments. He intended she
should make the decision for herself
with what deliberation she should de
sire, and in a natural frame of mind.
Then, whatever occurred, she could
not censure either herself or him.
At these periods of mental Insur
rection, Helen felt like immediate
and open rebellion against those reg
ulations and customs of society
which some Inherent but pristine
sense, dominated as unnatural and
false. Yet she knew that she was
still thrall to a heritage of social
! claims and obligations. She despised
herself that this was so, and won
dered It she would ever become suf
ficiently strong to break what she
felt to be a degrading bondage.
Perhaps the narrowness of those
with whom she came in dally contact
Irritated her to constant self-analysis,
so that she seemed an inhabitant
of a world apart.
It was only the occasional visits of
Xenll EdmonBton that partially re
stored her to the humanity about ber.
He was In no wise a part of it, but
It was doubtless) the kinship that ex
isted between tbem that made her, in
his presence, feel less Isolated.
Perhaps her husband suspected
what was going on In her mind. At
all events, he had never "been so
frankly brutal. There were times
when she feared personal violence.
Once she said to him, in desperation:
"Rodney, I believe you hate me.
Let us go our separate ways.' Bet me
free!'" '(.'.'
For years she remembered the ter
rible. scene that ensued the man's
coarse accusations and Insults. In
horror she fled from him. And this
ruffian waa the father of her childj
If the day should come whan Philip
trod In the steps of his aire, she felt
her heart would break,
A long, miserable year dragged by.
Then Helen became desperate, aud
would at leant rulu the character and gave Edincuston tb answer ha d-
many misgivings he proceeded on his
way to her. Would she not" endure
anything rather than a separation
from Philip? Would not the mother
love in this extremity rise supreme
over that of the woman for her
lover? It had seemed that her affec
tion was deeper than that of most
mothers, for in her almost Intolerable
matrimonial life, Philip had been the
only object for the expenditure of her
love.
Great, then, was Edmonston's sur
prise at the calmness with which she
listened and her evident preparation
for the result of the interview.
"I knew he would strike me
through Philip," she said. "I know
his cruel nature. I am prepared to
accept the condition. Philip, if he
lives to become a man, will leave me
some day for another woman.' It is
nature's law. Have I not seen scores
of sorrowing mothers hunger for a
crumb of a son's love, thrown without
reserve at the feet of a stranger?
The day will come when I shall be
alone in my suffering, Rodney haes
me, Philip will forget. I have de
cided. Take me, Xenil!"
By a subtle chain of reasoning she
had thought the matter out to the
end, and the decision at which she
arrived was as unalterable ak the law
of the Medes and Persians.
Before her husband returned -that
night Helen was on ber way to the
adjoining city, where she lived quiet,
ly until her divorce was .obtained,
when she was married to Xenil Ed
monston. But In spite of his now
wide Influence and wealth, she was
completely ignored by the society In
which she had formerly reigned as
queen. Women, mothers particular
ly, do not readily forgive child deser
tion; In spite of Rodney's well known
cruelty to ber, public sympathy was
entirely with him and the boy. Be
fore the expiration of a year after she
became Mrs. Edmonston, Xenll was
forced to sell, at a sacrifice, bis large
and , lucrative practice, and move
away.
Only once was the name of bis
mother mentioned between Philip and
his father. Several years later, when
the lad had reached an understanding
age, Rodney related to h!m the story
at Helen's desertion, coloring the
facts to suit himself. He listened in
silence, with flushing face, kissed bis
father tenderly and walked quietly
out of the room. Truly he bad in
herited all of his mother's reserve
and decision.
- The story reached Helen's ears,
and when, a few years later, she met
Philip now almost a man upon the
streets of the city In which she lived,
he passed her coldly and without
recognition. However, she was aware
be knew she was his mother,
Xenll Edmonston waa always kind
ness aud devotion Itself to bis beauti
ful 'wife. And she? Did bis love
compensate her for the social ostra
cism, and, more than all, for the loss
of her boy, with bis respect and love?
Helen ever remained silent on the
subject; so who can tell? Waver ley
Magazine.
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Suggestion on Etiquette, i
Special care Is necessary In' eat
ing fruit so that It may be done in as
delicate a way as possible. Pears and
peaches should be peeled with a silver
knife, cut in quarters and the pieces
taken up in the fingers, but If the
fruit Is very Juicy it would best be
eaten with a fork. Plums are taken
up In the fingers and eaten without
taking the Btone in the mouth.
Oranges are cut crosswise with a fruit
knife, and the sections taken out with
an orange spoon or an ordinary tea
spoon. After eating fruit the tips of
the fingers should be dipped in a fin
ger bowl. The moistened fingers of
one hand may be touched lightly to
the Hps. The napkin is then used to
dry the fingers and lips. One should
not lean over a finger bowl. Mrs.
Samuel Armstrong, in the Boston
Post.
Suffrage Wouldn't Help, She Soys.
Grace Falkner, one of the most
prominent workers of the Pennsylva
nia Association Opposed to Woman's
Suffrage, has been making speeches
In various parts of Pennsylvania
against votes for women. "Women
do not want the vote," Is her argu
ment. "The women who would vote,
should this privilege be granted to
them, are those who would do as their
husbands or the local political leader
dictated. A good looking, soft
tongued politician easily could get all
the women mill workers from a dozen
mills to vote the way he wished. As
for economic freedom, the average
worklngman would be glad to have
his wife have as much of this as pos
sible, for then his responsibilities
would grow less and hers greater.
Suffrage will not abolish child labor
nor will It close saloons." New York
Press.
Tribe of Pocahontas Remains.
The announcement that a monu
ment costing 53000 will be con
structed soon in memory of Poca-
full almost to overflowing when It
had six women In it and took every
feminine heart because of Its dainty
"fixings."
"Am I not?" answered Its owner.
"Our house is pretty and effective and
lovely for entertaining. But its big
hall and parlor. Its almost-as-blg din
ing room, all three opening into each
other and making up the whole first
floor, didn't give me a single cozy
nook. All of It was fine for receiv
ing formal visits and for giving din
ner parties, but when It came to chat
ting with friends like all of you, that
first floor never worked at all. I am
a woman who hates to sit In her bed
room. I felt I must have a place real
ly, entirely and solely my own. But
how to make one I didn't see until I
was'off on that trip.
"It doesn't matter what city we
were In, but we staid three days at
a most splendiferous hotel. On the
Becond day I came across, by pure
chance, this dear brass teakettle. I
couldn't let It go, and I won't tell you
how much I paid for It. As I walked
out of the store, Just hugging the ket
tle to me, I had an Inspiration. I'd
noticed an electric Iron in my hotel
room. I'd have a cup of tea.
"So I bought some tea, and then I
hurried up to the room. It was then
about 4 o'clock, and hubby was some,
where, selling some man about a mill
ion dollars' worth of machinery. I
knew he wouldn't get back till six.
I'd have my little tea party all by my
lonesome; I was just hungry for tea.
"I took the electric Iron and turned
it on its bnck in a soap dish. I filled
the tea kettle, put it on the iron that
was upside down, and in no time at
all I had water boiling. My, and oh,
my; that tea was good!
"I don't need to tell any of you
girls how quickly a woman's mind
works sometimes. Before 'my man'
got In and he really had sold a big,
big bill I'd planned this room all
out. It Just came to me, and now
Isn't it the finest, most convenient
S B r,y'Kj, lJt& sal
Grass-Fed ISeef
Professor Herbert- W. Mumford.
who spent six months of last year In
vestigating cattle conditions In Ar
gentina, S. A., says that very fine
herds of cattle are produced In Ar
gentina without a mouthful of grain.
These cattle are fed simply grass and
alfalfa and were never in a Btable.
He saw breeding cattle in ettra
flesh on alfalfa pasture, one cow In
particular showing actual rolls of fat
on her rump, and yet she had never
tasted anything else but alfalfa from
her birth.
Grass-fed mutton has gone from
Argentina to London market too fat
to sell. On one ranch of 100,000
acres there are 18, COO cattle, 10,000
sheep and 2000 horses all market
fat without a pound of grain. Most
of the cattle country Is flnt and level
and the climate Is Ideal for growing,
as blizzards and severe weather are
unknown.
Argentina Is a real competitor of
the United States and has during the
past three years shipped considerably
more beef to Great Britain than has
our own country. The beef can be
delivered In London from Argentina
as cheaply as it can from Chicago.
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53
Cheese and Rice. Wash the rice through several waters
to remove the flour. Put it Into boiling water slightly salted,
having two quarts of water to half a pound of rice. Let the
rice boll steadily for twenty minutes, without covering the
saucepan. When cooked, drain thoroughly, then toss it
around with a fork, holding it over the fire for a few min
utes until it is light and fluffy. Then Btlr in a quantity of
grated cheese, tossing around until the cheese is melted.
Now add a savory brown gravy. This may he left from the
roast the day before, or made from stock. Cheese and rice
is a most nourishing and appetizing dish and will serve as
the main viand of the meal.
Healthful Foods.
A successful poultry woman writes
the Indiana Farmer that onions
chopped fine and mixed with the hen's
food occasionally will promote health.
Onions are a great poultry tonic, and
they are relished by fowls old and
young. Our little fall-hatched chicks
tumble over one another to get to
their feed when onions are mixed
with It. Some folks have n good deal
of faith In the advertised egs-produc-lng
foods.
These foods are all right when fed
In right amounts, but if fed too lib
erally and too often they are apt to
cause disease. And the indiscrimin
ate use of stimulants is also to be
condemned. The first things some
people do when a hen sets out of con
dition is to pile red pepper down her
throat. And they season the hen's
feed liberally with cayenne pepper
to increase the egg yield. All stimu
lants are weakening in their efforts,
and cayenne pepper la a stimulant
and should be fed sparingly. The
best egg stimulant and health pro
moter is a variety of good, wholesome
food adapted to egg production, dry,
comfortable houses, and sanitary sur
roundings. Green's Fruit Grower.
hontas brings to light the fact that
the descendants of the tribe of which
the historic Indian girl was a member
still remain on the banks of the Pa
munkey River In the wilds of north
ern Virginia. There may be found
prototypes of the girl who saved the
life of John Smith, and there is en
acted each year a reproduction of that
incident. The Indians array them
selves .In costumes and portray the
scenes of the early times with accur
acy. These Indians take pride in liv
ing apart from other Indians and in
preserving the traditions of their
forefathers. The tepee has given
way to the lumber-built house and
the redskins have come to live much
as the palefaces do, but the legends
of their ancestors are repeated with
reverence, and the Indians try to live
up to them. The tribe has 110 mem
bers. New York Press.
Human Nature and Its Changes.
"Say, Jen," said Katie, the bru
nette, with white sidecombs in her
hair, "I see Mamie has bleached her
hair again. Ain't It terrible?"
"Yes, perfectly awful! " replied Jen
nie. "She asked me If I would do
It it I were she, and I said, 'Yes.'
Don't she look perfectly dreadful
and It's getting streaked already. You
could tell In a minute It was bleached,
the roots are so dark."
"Sure. I noticed that!" responded
Katie. "And, say, did you see the
rag of a dress she bad on yesterday?
And It's fit gracious! Looked per
fectly dreadful, didn't It?"
"Perfectly dreadful," echoed Jen
nie. "Well, she wanted a pattern, and
I gave ber the one of that dark blue
silk I had three years ago," said
Katie.
"You did?"
Yes. I did."
Oh!"
And the hat she was wearing,"
continued Katie. 'Did you get your
optics on that?"
"Yes."
Perfect sight, waWt It?" f
Where did she get it?"
Oh, down at the Moody's. I
helped ber pick It out," was Katie's
reply. "Why why here comes
Mamie now," she continued. - 'Hello,
Mamie, you dear, sweet thing. How
nice you look too darling for any
thing!" "Yes, indeed," added Jennie. You
do look perfectly charming. Say,
let's all go Into Huyler's and get some
soda."
And the three friends walked away
together. New York Times.
place you can possibly imagine! I let
hubby In here sometimes, though I
generally 'shoo' him out. This is a
woman's rcom, never to be profaned
by cigar or pipe smoke, unless, oh,
well, I do let him come in and smoke,
late In the evening. But I always
open the windows very wide the next
morning, and keep them open at least
a solid hour.
"An electric iron on Its back was
only an expedient, of course. I hunted
around the city until I found this
darling little electric heater. That's
the only part of the 'plant,' girls.
You see this table here. Well, In a
moment I can whip away the heater,
hitch on an iron instead I keep one
handy right in the table drawer
and there I am all ready to press out
any little things that I feel I'd better
not truBt to Mary or Susie. I really
do a lot of ironing up here, and it's
a delight.
"I had this music cabinet down
stairs. I really didn't need It there.
It comes In Ideally up here. I've con
verted it Into a sort of little china
closet, you see. for my own private
stock of tea things. Of course, I've
gradually picked up these cups. The
tea service itself's an heirloom. My
grandmother used It.
"You've already seen my tins of
biscuits and sweet crackers in my
cabinet, and I'll have you notice that
these little tea packets contain nine
different sorts of tea. Sometimes I
like to drink one kind, sometimes an
other. I can make tea to suit every
one's mood and taste, Including my
own. I tell you, girls, I'm getting to
be a great connoisseur in tea drink
ing. "As you see, I can make tea almoBt
without getting up. It's the most
I 'comfy' way. I never have to bother
to call a maid when I want a cup.
Sometimes a cup is very delicious late
at night.
' "There's sugar always ready here,
in this quaint Uttle Japanese covered
bowl, and about the middle of each
afternoon it is a part of Susie's regu
lar work to bring up this tiny, tiny
pitcher of milk and one lemon sliced,
and put them away In my cabinet.
Then I'm ready for any visitors; that
is, any one of my very best friends
like you. We can be 'chummy' up
here, as we couldn't possibly be down
stairs. We can tell each other se
crets that are real secrets.
"No, I won't eall It a boudoir. It's
a girl's den. Hubby bas bis own Just
across the ball. He gives me pres
ents for mine, and I give him pres
ents for bis." Newark Call.
Charcoal For Young Chicks.
There is nothing better for bowel
trouble in little chicks than freshly
burned charcoal, says a writer In Col
man's Rural World. The charcoal
grains are also excellent, and are
said to be efficacious in roup. The
greatest problem with little rhickH In
brooders is bowel trouble, which
irises from several causes chilling,
too much heut, crowding, lack of ex
ercise and a wrong diet. If charcoal
Is pulverized every dny and mixed
with the food the bowel trouble
quickly disappears, provided other
faults are remedied. Charcoal is a
corrective and not a medicine.
It absorbs gunes and promotes di
gestion of the food. It Is most eflica
c.'ons when freshly prepared, for
w hen allowed 'to stand it absorbs
odors r.nd gases from the atmosphere
which partially destroy its healthful
qualities. It may be fed In any quan.
tity for the fowla will not ure too
much of it, but for larger birds It
should be placed in boxes and put
where they may have access to it. Of
course it must be renewed often If
used In this manner. For little
chicks, wnicn need it at once, It
should be mixed in their food in small
quantities until some effect is seen,
and then the quantity moderated to
a regular proportion each day. For
the brooder chicks it will be found
one of the best regulators known.
anrc
trial conditions. No one doubts that
B trade revival is at hand and when
the dinner-pail brigade Is recruited to
Its full strength, the moderate supply
of beef that reached Western markets
during the first half of the current
year would fall far short of meeting
killers' needs. From January to the
middle of August Chicago's receipts
of cattle averaged a dally shortage of
about 1200 head compared with the
same period of 1908. Unless the
signs of the times are awry a similar
deficiency In supply during the first
half of 1910 will develop something
akin to a famine.
Cattle will be fed because the
feeder is equipped for making beef.
Is wedded to the business and has no
disposition to let his plant remain
Idle. He realizes the handicaps he
labored tinder this year and that
elimination of two of them, an exces
sive feed bill and a narrow market,
is more than probable. Has feed con
sumption In the United States during
the first half of 1909 been equal to
that of the present the accumulation
of heavy steers In feedlots, held buck
In the vain hope of nursing the mar
ket would have been Impossible.
Timothy or Clover.
It Is a constant surprise to us to
receive so many inquiries as to the
comparative values of clover and
timothy as soil builders. Clover Is a
soil builder, but timothy Is nothing
of the kind. In fact, timothy, partic
ularly when ripened for seed, is as
distinctly a soil robber as any of the
grains. It as much a surface feeder,
and gets as little from the air, which
is practically nothing.
Clover is Just the reverse of all
this. It goes deep Into the subsoils,
feeds considerably from the air, and
adds certain nourishments to the soil,
which are entirely foreign to timo
thy. Turned under, clover ndds far
more to the soil than timothy, larcely
for the same reasons that alfalfa
does. When we divide crops into
their two classes, soil builders and
soil robbers, timothy goes in with the
grains, while clover most surely
ranks high among the soil builders.
As u hay or pasture timothy bal
ances up well with clover and for this
and other reasons is very often sown
with clover, but not because It in any
way takes Its place in building nn the
soil's fertility. On some soils clover
seems to do better after a dense
green timothy vnd has been turned
under and well rotted. Almost any
crop will follow such treatment and
do better than it would on land from
which only grain crops had previous
ly been tnken. The effect of the tim
othy, however. Is largely mechanical,
adding slightly to the humus, n;.d a
little to the flora or root binding. As
an enriihment of the soil It has dope
little. Some of the very poorest lands
of northern Minnesota have been
made po by growing tinutiiy for "-d
and hay, the hitter j;oin? to the lum-
1 her camps without r .'"timing anything
to the soil but a fc .-y de-ay !:r,j
roots when the scd had to h" re
newed. Growing timothy occasional
ly vith grain crops Is mechanically
I better for the soil tlir.n constant :;rain
growing, and If fed to stock and re
turned as r.'.nntii-e is vcrv '--!!t
better. Pakoia Fa: ii'.e::
A Smooth One. '
HYou say he was brought up In a
refining atmosphere?" -
"Yes; an a boy be Jived In the oil
disMcts of Pennsylvania."
It lu estimated that more than four
thousand cars will be required to
market this year's (1,000,000 peach
crop of Georgia.
Calls It a Girts' Den.
"It was a hotel room that showed
me bow," said the wife of the Junior
partner, as she proudly gathered to
gether six of ber best friends late one
afternoon In the new "housewife
den" on the second floor of her sub
urban home, and made tea for them
without calling the maid. "Honestly,
It was. I'd never have thought of It
If I hadn't gone on that business trip
two months ago with Nat."
"You certainly are cosy here," re
marked one of the girl visitors envi
ously, as she glanced around the little
loom on the second floor that
i
Variant Spellings.
Among variant spellings' of names
perhaps the most remarkable Instance
occurs In a deed of the year It 78,
relating to the property of the Ra
leigh family. It bears the signatures
of Raleigh, senior, snd his two sons,
of whom one bas special interest as
being the earliest known signature of
1 Sir Walter. By the father the name
1 I- ..Ulan "naloffh " bv th ldr sitn
"Rawlegh" and by Sir Walter It Is
written "Rauleygh," By Queen Ellxa.
both It was written "Rawley," as then
pronounced. It also appeared lu hit
lifetime as "Rawlye." -London
Chronicle. '
Preparing For Market.
The cream of the profit in the poul
try business is often sacrificed by a
careless method of preparing products
for the market. Live birds should
be carefully sorted as to age and Bex,
and the crates as much as possible
made up of those of the same quality.
The profit from dressed poultry Is de
cided largely by the maimer in which
It Is prepared and packed for market.
Provision dealers are so anxious to
secure the most attractive looking
poultry that many of the larger
houses send out printed Instructions
as to killing and nnrklne. Tlir,l in
be killed should have no food for
from twelve to twenty-four hours and
no water for eight hours before kill
ing. Hang by the feet; insert a
Sharp knife in the mouth and rut the
vein at the back of the throat; then
run the point of the knife through the
roof of the mouth toward the brain.
Instant paralysis and loosening of
the feathers follows. If dry picking
Is practiced it is easily done at this
time, before bleeding stops. After
the bird Is thoroughly cooled It may
be packed in ice. It It be scalded be
fore picking, Immerse three or four
times in water nearly boiling and pick
quickly, taking care not to break the
skin. Plump by plunging in nearly
boiling water ten seconds, then in ice
water fifteen minutes, then pack in
Ice. If It be sold dry, bang up and
dry thoroughly. Packing box or bar
rel should be lined with clean, im
printed paper, and If Ice is UBed pack
tightly with alternate layers of Ice
and fowl, using Ice on the top and
bottom. As much as three to live
cents a pound difference in the price
paid for poultry It made on the
ground of salable appearance.
Farmers' Union Guide.
Boet Cattle Famine.
Referring to the outlook for beef
cattle In the coming year, snd to pos
sible forty cents corn on account of
the big yield this season, the Breed
ers' Ob let te says;
Forty-cent corn, commonly ex
pected, would send a lot nf cattle to
the feed-lot. Feeders, everywhere
are more cheerful than a tw mont lis
ago. They have been through a sc
nan of axceusive production cost n.'.d
contracted consumption Hue t icdus-
Ab )'it r.tittcn ':M;ivr.
If tlie ml:!: is phi.-c 1 'ti t!' -eilru
or cave wheiv there arc docayia veg
etables or fruit, it wlil quickly ab
sorb the odors from them. Siclt
places ate entirely unfit for the stor
age of milk. The dairyman should
have u building, set apart from the
barns and other places from which
objectionable odors miht come, for
the exclusive use of the dairy. This
building need not be very laree, but
must be constructed so that it can
easily be kept clean and cool. A ce
ment floor should be laid, as it is the
easiest to dean, Is rool and dors not
rot from moisture. If the walU are
built of stone, brick or concrete, so
much the better, for such walls keep
out the heat.
The roof construction should be
such that it will effectually turn the
heat of the sun. If the roof is not of
concrete it should be built double, bo
that nil air current wlil pass holween
the upper and lower parts. Walls and
ceilings should be rovered with ce
ment plaster, whether wood or stone
is used in their construction. This
finish. If properly put on, Is easy to
clean and does not readily become af
fected with mold or decay.
Provision must be made for an
abundance of water, and the pumpin?
arrangement must be such that the
fresh water from the well or spring
will flow through the dairy house. It
should run Into a tank built dees
enough to allow tlut complete sub
merging of the milk and rream cans.
The tank should have sufficient width
and length to hold all that It may be
necessary to UBe. A tank built up of
concrete and finished with a cement
surface is the most economical In the
long run, and is much more satisfac
tory. Provision must be made for
draining it out for the purpose of
cleaning. Wooden tanks are usually
a source of trouble from leaks and
decay. Iron tanks do not last long
because they become rusty. E. II.
Webster, Director of Kansas Uxperl
ment Station
A Kneeling Proposition.
"Pony" Moore, the once famous
minstrel, Is dead at the age of eighty.
He was one of the Inst of his kind.
"Moore," said a veteran Chicago
manager, "used to make up his own
jokes. Once when be played hv he
had his toes run over and limped 011
that night with a foot that resem
bled a white pillow.
" 'Ah's ex tendsh-hoord as Llta
Johnsing.' he said to the audience
with a chuckle. v 'Yo' l:now 'bout
Lisa? Young Calhoun White, he scs
to her, proposlu';
i'"W'harfo' yo' make a fa? Hire
dat when I propose, Uin Johnsin?""
Well. Csl," auY4 LUn, "Ah''
kain't lv yo' offah pro pah coac d
eratioii le.is'n yo' takes yo' knee n.f .
u.nh co'n." ' .N'w York Tribuaj.