fy Younger Set
Copyrighted,
SYNOPSIS 01' PRECEDING CHAPTERS
riiAp 1-Ueturnlng from Manila. Captain
twvn formerly of the army, is welcomed
toe by h " sister. Nina Gerard, her wealthy
SSmmS Austin, and the! r mimerous t i lu
ten. Kilecn Krroll. wardof Nina and Austh .
Is part of their household. Selwin has "ffi"
divorced, without cullt on hi? part, bj -his
wife Allxe. who Is now the wire oi jbck
Ttathvc i. with whom she ran uwuy from
MwVn. H-Kllcen. who Is very fond of her
SSHSr. Gerald, despite the wnsn,
nioii'i't of her. makes friends witu nciwin
nf-Geruld ls worried about yoims KrrolVs
mlnsllne In the fast set Gerald Is employ
bv Jullu" NeVreard. a realo state operator
inalarceway. Helwyn promises Kilecn he
win look after her brother. Ho tells her
about Itoots Lansing his ar tiis - chum In
Manila, who Is coming to New ork. In the
Mile Eileen and Selwyn ride past Allxe. IV
iuin'a deceased father wus an archacol
wstfwid sh? has inherited some of his
Scholarly dualities. Helwyn helps (fcrald
tosettfe a Ambling debt and determines to
widertake his reformation. V-Allxe and
jSSwvn meet and discuss their altered rela
ys lie Is Int to Mrs. Rosamund
Vrae'Vaderof thefastset and Alljosclos
&end,iHe appeals to Allxe to he ip .him
kzep Gora d from carabllne. VI Tlio friend
Sip of Eileen and Selwyn progresses. VII
nrnmlses Selwyn he will stop Bambl-
iwr. Nrcrgard discloses to beiwyn. m o is
iSfercstedin his oUlce. a plan to control the
Btta Country club by buying up farms
essential to metmua u'dh
liJ
:ic plun
SSS1. ot anneal to SeTWyZ and he consults
Anatln who denounces rsccrcaru hi m uib
tho!is)V VII-At night tahtaigomteUmi
snowers a knock at his door. iA77inoc,?,ler
ffiTlxe . who is very unhappy with Kuthven
Snd wai tstu i talk with Selwpn. For a mo
men titr old ove flashes ut). but at the
mention of Eileen he knows that It Is past
resurm'tlc n. X-Hosamund distresses EI
by telling her society Is gossiping about
AHxe and lelwyii. Allxe gets froni Gerald,
who liu awlnifcst heavily, a promise not o
nlav aealn at her house. XI Allxe aim
ttufhvcnqonrrel over the gaming by which
bo lives and he reveals his knowledge of her
5lslt at n ght to her ex-husband's room.
Jui-Gc raid's increasing Intimacy wltti Mjcr
sard displeases Selwyn. who breaks with the
real estate man over the Slowltha matter.
Neeeard i Is trying to break Into society,
xni-llnslng Invites Selwyn to make his
mime with him In the modest house tie has
bought. Selwyn declares he will no longer
tet the past mar his chance of happiness, and
Nina declares her belief that Eileen has fallen
lu love with hini. Nina fears that Allxe.
restless and disgusted with Kuthyen. will
Sake mischief. Selwyn Is experimenting
with v haoslte. his discovery Is explosive.
XIV-Eifeeii Tasks Selwyn to remove Gerald
from Neereard's ntluence. XV-Through
KuUiven i and the Fanes. Ncergard forces
himself" little way Into society and tries to
money as well as his own. Trying to save
him. Selwyn quarrels with h ni and then up
Seals hi vain to Neergard. Uosaniund and
kuthven. lie almost kills Kuthven. whose
heart is weak, when the latter hints at a ios
rible divorcesnit. with Selwyn "respond
eut XVI-Correspondenco between Allxe
ad:..i... Un -infirm Nina's belief
that SelWV ex-wlfe is. as her late father
wns mentally unsuuiiu. ch.-iji
JSRI; :!.rnl V .nil holnshlm out financial y.
seriously impatringhis own resources. A ii
-At Sllve?sPde. the Gerards country place
Kileen declares she cares for belwyn, out
"he will not "ay that Bhe will marry Mm.
Her brother Is now turning over a new leaf.
XVHI-Kilcenand Selwyn make a "life one
SeUnperlmtswIthcw.osM
S3rvS e toPl 1P. d Eileen hasatouehof
T5SuslV. Sxii-ho reck ess ..behavior of
Allxe who has lelt uuinveii uuu in
yacht ri.lsl.es osslpfor oclety. Ninaand
her brother are now convinced of Allxe s Ir
resista tv. Selwln proposes to Kilecn, but
the sir 1 1" not sulllclently sure of herself to
iiu Bin in """. rf.hnv nirrpe to remain
Ve..S --Xx'i-Gerald'sai;
with the fast .set. ""' k 'hV S
S with NeeVg;" .' to whori he owes much
nmnl.v Viiui with Kuthven. who has accused
mime irji'iuihiiiii nun
The boy has been helping Allxe. ai aiiuoiira
final clally by Kuthven. with money borrow
ed from xVergard and Is In desperate straits.
rq ironi ."'-."" - , ",,, i,in...f nl
helwyn aius nun """"'v'vii i Vi. li In i.
Sf Neergard. Selwyn Informs Kuthven that
Allxe iSr whom Selwyn ussumes responsl
hiinv li mentally very 111. having become
chlldVsh and threatens to kill Kuthven If he
tries to cast her off.
Chapter S3 .jlI
Ha
.rfEMVYN'S lodslngs were
(I JW not Iu'IosIng In their
l 'fplfek furnishings or (lliucn-
sIons a very small bed
vfffed' roo,n in tue neiBhbor-
hood of Sixth avenue and
Washington square but
the heavy and Increasing drain on his
resources permitted nothing better
now, and, what with settling Gerald's
complications and providing two nurses
and u private suit at Clifton for Allxe
Kutbveii, bo bad been obliged to sell
a number ot securities, which reduced
his income to n liguro too absurd to
worry over.
However, the government bad at last
signified Its intention qf testing his In
vention cbuoslte and there was that
chance for better things in prospect.
Also, in, time, Gerald would probably
be able to return something of the
loans made.
Night after night, patiently per
plexed, he retraced bis errant path
way through life back to the source
of doubt and pain, and onco arrived
there ho remained, gazing with impar
tial eyes upon tho ruin two young
souls bad wrought of their twin lives.
Dreadful his duty because he knew
that ho bad never loved her, never
could love her! Dreadful doubly
dreadful for ho now knew what love
might bo, and It was not what ho had
believed It when he executed the con
tract which must bind him while life
.endured.
That she had strayed under man
made laws held guiltless could not
hatter the tie. That he, blinded by
hope, had hoped to remake a life al
ready made and had dared to mas
querade before his own soul as a man
tree to come, to go and free to love
could not alter what had been done.
Back, far back, of It all lay the death
tew pact-for better or f or worse.
And now, alone, abandoned, help
leesly sick, utterly dependent upon the
decency, UiVcbarify, the 'mercy of -tier
Segal paramour, the yo4og girl who
11
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By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS,
Author of "THB FIQHTINQ CHANCE," Etc.
1907, by Robert W. Chambers.
bad once been his wife hnd not turn
ed to him In vain.
Ik-fore the light of her shaken tulnd
bad gone out she had written hint in
coherently, practically in extremis, and,
If ho had hitherto doubted where his
duty lay, from that moment he had
no longer any doubt. And very quiet
ly, hopelessly and Irrevocably he had
crushed out of his soul the hope and
promise of the new life dawning for
him above the dead ashes of the past.
It was not easy to do. lie had not
ended it yet. He did not know bow.
There were ties to be severed, friend
ships to bo gently broken, old scenes
to be forgotten, memories to kill.
Thero was also love to be disposed of.
And he did not know how.
First of all, paramount in his hope
less trouble, the desire to save others
from pain persisted.
For that reason he had been careful
that Gerald should not know where
and how he was now obliged to live,
lest the boy suspect and understand
how much of Selwyn's little fortune It
had taken to settle his debts of "hon
or" and free him from the sinister
pressure of Necrgard's importunities.
For that reason, too, he dreaded to
havo Austin know, because If the truth
were exposed nothing in the world
could prevent a violent and final sep
aration between him and the foolish
boy who now at last was beginning to
show the flrat glimmering traces of
character and common sense.
So ho let It be understood that his
address was his club for the present,
for he also desired no scene with
Boots, whom he knew would attempt
to force him to live with blm in his
cherished and brand new house. And
even if he cared to accept and permit
Boots to place him under such obliga
tions It would only hamper htm In bis
duties, because now what remained of
his Income must be devoted to Allxe.
Even before her case had taken the
more hopeless turn he bad understood
that she could not remain at Clifton.
Such cases were neither desired nor
treated there. He understood that
And so ho had taken for her a pretty
little villa at Edgewater, with two
trained nurses to care for her and a
phaeton for her to drive.
And now sbe was installed there,
properly cared for.urrounded by every
comfort, contented; except In the black
and violent crises which still swept her
In recurrent storms Indeed, tranquil
and happy, for through the troubled
glimmer of departing reason her eyes
were already opening In the calm, un
earthly dawn of second childhood. Out
side of that dead garden of the past;
peopled by laughing phantoms of her
youth, but one single extraneous mem
ory persisted the memory of Selwyn
curiously twisted and readjusted to tho
comprehension of a child's mind, vague
at times, at times wistfully elusive and
Incoherent, but it remained always a
memory and always a happy one.
He was obliged to go to her every
three or four days. In the interim she
seemed quite satisfied and happy, busy
with the simple and pretty things she
now cared for, hut toward the third
day of his absence sbe usually became
restless, asking for him and why he
did not come. And then they telegraph
ed him, and be left everything and
went, white faced, ftern of Hp, to en
dure the most dreadful ordeal a man
may face to force the smile to his Hps
and gayety into the shrinking soul of
him and Bit with her In the pretty, sun
ny room', listening to her prattle, an
swering the childish questions, watch
ing her, seated In her rocking chair,
singing contentedly to herself and play
ing wlt'i her dolls and ribbons dress
ing them, undressing, mending, ar
ranging until the heart within him
quivered under the misery of it and he
turned to the curtained window, bands
clinching convulsively and teeth set to
force back the strangling agony in bis
throat. And the dreadful part of it all
was that ber appearance bad remained
unchanged unless, perhaps, she was
prettier, lovelier of face and figure than
ever before.
Thinking of these things now, he
leaned heavily forward, elbows on the
little table. And suddenly unbidden
before bis haunted eyes rose the white
portico of Sllvcrslde, and the green
sward glimmered, drenched In sun
Bhlne, and a slim figure In white stood
there, arms bare, tennis bat swinging
In one tanned little band.
Happily for Eileen, happily for him,
alas, love In Its full miracle had rp
malned beyond her comprehension.
That she cared for him with all her
young heart he knew; that sbe bad not
come to love him be knew too. So that
crowning misery of happiness was
spared him. Yet he knew, too, that
thero had been a chance for blm; that
her awakening had not been wholly
Impossible.
And now, leaning there, bis face
burled in his hands, hours that be
spent with her came crowding back
upon him, and In his ears her voice
echoed and echoed, and his hands trem
bled with the scented memory of feer
touch, and his soul quivered and cried
out for her.
Storm after storm swept him, and In
the tempest be abandoned reason,
blinded, stunned, crouching there with
head lowered and hi clinched bands
across hU face.
, But storms, given right of way, pass
on and over, and tempests sweep hearts
cleaner, and after a long while he lift
ed his bowed head and sat up, squar
ing his shoulders.
Presently he picked up bis pipe again,
held it a moment, then laid It aside.
Then be leaned forward, breathing
deeply, but quietly, and picked up a
pen and a sheet of paper, for the time
bad come for his letter to her, and he
was ready.
The letter he wrote was one of those
gay, cheerful, Inconsequential letters
which from the very beginning of
their occasional correspondence had
always been to her most delightful
an easy, light hearted letter, ending
In messages to all and a frank regret
that the pursuit of business and hap
piness appeared Incompatible at the
present moment.
His address, he wrote, was his club.
He sent her, be said, under separate
cover, a rather interesting pamphlet a
monograph on the symbolism displayed
by the designs In Samarkand rugs and
textiles of the Ming dynasty. And be
ended, closing with a gentle jest con
cerning bluestockings und rebellious
locks of ruddy hair.
And signed his name.
Nina and Eileen, In traveling gowns
and veils, stood on the porch at Silver
side, waiting for the depot wagon,
when Selwyn's letter was banded to
Eileen.
The girl Hushed up, then, avoiding
Nina's eyes, turned and entered the
house. Once out of sight, she swiftly
mounted to her own room and dropped,
breathless, on the bed, tearing the en
velope from end to end. And from
end to end and back again and over
again she read the letter at first in
expectancy, Hps parted, color brilliant,
then with the smile still curving her
cheeks, but less genuine now, almost
mechanical, until the smile stamped
on her stiffening lips faded and the
soft contours relaxed, and sbe lifted
her eyes, staring into space with a
wistful, questioning lift of the pure
brows.
What more bad she expected; What
more had she desired? What was she
seeking there that he had left unwrit
ten? What was she searching for of
which there was not one hint In all
these pages?
And now Nina was calling her from
the hall below, and sbe answered gay
ly and, hiding the letter In her long
glove, came down the stairs.
"I'll tell you all about the letter in
the train," she said. "He Is perfectly
well and evidently quite happy, and,
dear?"
"I want to send hlin a telegram,
May I?"
"A dozen if you wish," said Mrs,
Gerard, "only if you don't climb Into
that vehicle we'll miss the train."
So on the way to Wyossett station
Eileen sat very still, gloved hands
folded In ber lap, composing her tele-
gram to Selwyn. And once in the sta
tion, havlig It by heart already, she
wrote It rapidly:
Nina and I nre on our way to the Berk-
shires for a week. House party at the
CralES . We stay overnight In town.
E. E.
But the telegram went to his club
und waited for blm there, and mean
while another telegram arrived at bis
lodgings signed by a trained nurse,
And while Miss Enroll In the big, dis
mantled bouse lay In a holland covered
armchair waiting for him, while Nina
and Austin, reading their evening pa
pers, exchanged significant glances
from time to time, the man she await
ed sat In the living room In n little
villa at Edgewater.
"How long has she been asleep?"
asked Selwyn under his breath.
"An hour. She fretted a good deal
because you had not come. This after
noon she said she wished to drive, and
I had the phaeton brought around, but
when sho saw It she changed her
mind. I was rather afraid of an out
burstthey come sometimes from less
cause than that so I did not urge her
to go out. Sbe played on tho piano
for a long while and sang some songs
-those curious native songs she learn
ed in Manila. It seemed to soothe her.
She played with her little trifles quite
contentedly for a time, but soon began
fretting again and asking why you had
not come. She had a bad hour later,
She is quite exhausted now."
As he went out tho nurse said: "If
you wish to return to town, you may.
I think. She will
forget about you
for two or three
days, as usual
Shall I telegraph
If sho becomes
restless?"
"Yes. What
does the doctor
A say today?"
The slim nurse
looked at him
undor lovel
brows.
"Thero Is no
cbang e," sbe
"No liope, Captain
Selwyn."
said.
"No hope." It
was not even a question.
"No hope, Captain Selwyn."
He stood silent, tapping bis leg with
the stiff brim of bis hat; then wearily.
"Is there anything more I can do for
her?"
"Nothing, sir."
"Thank you."
He turned awa, bidding her good
night in a low voice.
To be Continued,
Would Urn Hsva Found GAmt
MIt niust be remembered,1' rflmarked
the observer of events and ''things,
"tnct wneh DiosecM went 'about vain
ly 'lootsuMF 'for cometklKg be cotilda'l
flafe it was bfore tmi tlma of "depart-
Bat'Ai"-ToiBefti Statesman.
PIG MAN'S EASY JOB.
Average Family Eats a Quarter Ton
of Pork In a Year.
By Professor HAItltT HAYWOOD, Dela.
ware.
That pork production Is an Important
agricultural Industry Is shown by the
fact thut In the year 1000 the average
private fnmlly ate u little over half a
ton of meat, nearly half of which wu
pork. This fact Is explained by anoth-
fr fact pigs for various reasons are
more profitable animals to rnlse than
beef steers or sheep and on this tic-
ount always have occupied and prob
ably always will occupy a prominent
place in Amerlcnn agriculture.
In the first place, pigs are more pro
lific than nny other class of farm ani
mals. They niaturo moro quickly and
can thcrcforo be turned off sooner than
any other live stock save poultry.
Again, the pig produces its meat upon
considerably less feed than any other
Vent producing animal, much of which
feed could not be used advantagcousl.v
lu any other way. A pound of pork
enn bo produced upon half the amount
of feed that Is required to produce a
pound of beef and two-thirds as much
as It requires to make a pound of unit
ton. Another point In favor of the
pig Is that the percentage of dressed
weight Is higher In pork than In cither
beef or mutton.
There Is probably no branch of ani
mal husbandry that can be taken up
with as small capital as raising pigs.
They can be kept in comparatively
large numbers In small lnclosures or
they will do well on pasture, which
furnishes part of tbelr feed; and they
ire subject to but few diseases. As
population Increases the demand for
pork will also Increase. It Is one of
our most pnlatable and nourishing
meats.
Practical experience shows that one
good man can handle quite a large
herd of hogs If he will properly ar-
ange his pasturing and feeding sys
tems. Some pasture seems essential
to success. This palls for a very
small area of tillable ground per bead.
which In course of time should become
very rich and productive from the
droppings of the animals and the grow
Ing of legumes for feed.
CEREAL NOTES.
Productive and Earliest Spring
Wheats Quality In Wheat.
For many years the experimental
farms of Canada havo pursued most
systematic, careful and extensive work
TUltKEY BED. DISIIOl'.
with cereals. This year's report con
tains tho following in regard to the
most productive varieties of spring
wheat and the earliest varieties. Ex
cluding the durum wheats, the follow
ing varieties of wheat havo shown un
usual productiveness for a series of
years on this farm (Central. Ottawai:
Preston, Pringle's Champlaln, Huron,
llcrlsson Bearded and Bishop. The
tlrst four of these are red wheats with
bearded heads. Bishop is a white
wheat and is beardless. Of the live
varieties Pringle's Champlaln Is prob
ably the best for tho production or
strong flour.
Somewhat lower In yield, but su
perior in the strength of their flour,
are lied Fern (bearded), Red Fife
(beardless) and White Fife (beardlessi.
Several very early varieties of spring
wheat are being grown on this farm,
but they are not at present recom
mended for ; Aieral cultivation. Farm
ers should re "ember that extreme ear
lluess Is frequently associated with a
rather small yield, short straw, liabili
ty to rust or some other defect to
which tho more vigorous wheats are
less subject.
Tho earliest wheats which are as yet
Included In the regular distribution of
seed grain from this farm ere Prin
gle's Champlaln, Preston, Huron, Stan
ley and Percy, These nro all some
what earlier than Red Fife. Stanley
and Percy arc beardless sorts.
Tho practical Identity of the flour
made from White Flfo wheat with that
produced from Red Flfo wheat has
been established. It has also been
shown that these two varieties produce
Dour of the very highest baking
strength.
Among the winter wheats It has been
ihown that Turkey Red yields flour of
quite remarkable strength, very little
Inferior to Red Fife.
Broml Qrats.
Brome grass i(Brotnus inermls) la tat
present of mosMmportance in the 'Da
kotas and aectloM adjoining these
states, but Is , grows to some .extent
throughout the -general region from
Kansas north 'to the Canadian bounda
ry and wkst 'to 'the 'Pacific coast. Its
taportance'in the 'timothy region i'$k
fet Very lUtJttL
NEW SHORT STORIES
Calve and the "Sups."
When the grand opera company goes
to Boston it is all the rage among
Harvard men to go on the stage as
"supes." So keen Is their desire to get
behind the footlights that on nights
when tbc big stars sing as high as $2
is paid by each "supe" for tho priv
ilege of carrying a spear, clinking a
tin cup or figuring as one of the com
ponent parts of a stage mob.
"Supes" have to be watched core
folly by those In authority behind the
scenes because they treat the whole
thing as n huge lark and are always on
tho lookout for chances to do mischief;
henco small consideration Is shown for
their feelings. Back and forth they
are hustled like sheep. They have lit
tle chance to see the show.
But they always use great ingenuity
in dodging the' dragonlike Individuals
who watch over them.
Once a "supe" succeeded In eluding
the stage managers eye when the
"WON'T 'VOU PLKASB WALK BIGHT OCT?"
time came to leave the stage. Ensconc
ing bluiself In a dark corner behind
the scenery, he listened rnptly to the
nightingale notes of Calve.
When she finished there was a
storm of applause from tho audience.
Again and again Calve came forth,
bowing her acknowledgments. Fasci
nated, the "supe" edged away from
his biding place, over nearer to the
stage, when suddenly a hand plucked
his sleeve. He turned.
Beside him stood an infuriated stage
manager.
Tho two eyed each other. Then the
stage manager, with Icy courtesy, re-
! marked:
"Won't you please walk right out,
' on the stage, behind the footlights,
and take a curtain call yourself?
Please do! Ob, I Insist!"
For the rest of tho evening that par
ticular "supe" gave little trouble.
New York Times.
j No Dead Heroes For Them.
I William Hanley, a well known Du-
i luth cruiser and tlmberman, tells a
good story of Indians and tho impor
tance of personal publicity In a red
skin. Hanley was lu charge of a big
drive on the St. Croix river, and in
the vicinity of Taylor's falls a big Jam
occurred. Among the drivers were
half n dozen Indians. They were good
men on the river and held up their
end with tho white men. One day
while inspecting the Jam Hanley
passed tho six Indians. In n spirit of
good nature ho bailed the Indians and
said:
"Break that Jam, boys, and I'll put
your names in tho paper."
"Ugh!" responded ono nfter n pause.
"Six Indians dead lu paper, but we no
eeo it." Minneapolis Journal.
He "Thlnked" Right.
Professor George Porter, principal
of tho Hallsvllle schools, has contin
ually told the pupils that they should
think twice before they speak. One
cold morning last week Professor Por
ter backed up to the stovo after hav
ing given expression to bis famous
adage when n little boy on the front
seat, after having been given permis
sion to talk, said:
"Professor Porter, I've thlnked once."
"Think again," he replied.
"I've thlnked twice," said tho young
Bter. "Then speak."
"Yes, sir. I thlnked your coattall
was a-scorchln'; now I think It Is
ablaze," replied the obedient urchin.
Hallsvllle (Qa.) News.
Cuss Word Worth a Shilling.
Herbert Gladstone says that a fel
low member of parliament Invented a
plan whereby he kept his eight or nine
year old son from repeating swear
words. Every time the little fellow
did so the father gave him a penny on
the promise not to uso the word again.
She M. P. had great faith in the pow
er of this system until ono day when
bo was chatting with half a dosen
gnoses before dinner. His home ad
tolas a golf links, and little Ous, who
had been out walking near them, burst
fnto the drawing room, his blue eyes
-faa&af with nthsctam.
'"Ob, parMpapir Ho 'criea. "Pro
se 'biarfl a ar tSWs 'fcafs 4roMa !a
rfriniSrwt HUM.
Farm and
Garden
HATCHING TIME.
Science and Art In Successful
Testing.
Egg
By VICTOR FORTIER, Ottawa.
The roadway to successful poultry
keeping is strewn with the wrecks or
effort In attempts at attaining profita
ble results without tho requisite
knowledge to do so. Just one simple
yet very Important detail egg testing
requires knowledge and practice.
The eggs must bo tested on- the fifth
or sixth day of the incubation. Where
only one or two sittings are to be test-
PIO. I EGO TESTING.
ed, this can be done by Holding the
egg In the band half closed and placing
It in front of the light of a candle.
For a larger number of eggs the test
ing Is done more quickly and more
easily by means of the egg tester,
Fig. 1.
The testing must be done in the
dark. If the egg is fertilized, the
germ should be seen very distinctly,
us in Fig. 2. If the egg Is not fertiliz
ed and Is freshly laid, it is almost quite
transparent and does not seem to con
tain any yolk. If not freshly lnld. the
yolk seems to float in the midst of the
white. If the egg Is fertilized and the
germ has not enough vitality to de
velop, the germ will bo seen surround
ed with a circle or half circle of blood.
Such eggs should be rejected.
While testing the egg must bo kept
in a horizontal position, not with one
of the ends downward before the egg
tester, A, in Fig. 1. This is sometimes
a cause of death and certainly in
creases the percentage of deaths In
the shell.
The embryo Is held In place in each
egg by two minute elastic threads, AA,
In Fig. 3. Wheu tho egg Is In a hori
zontal position, both of these threads
hold the germ lu place and net evenly
ns clastic springs. Besides, the yolk,
on the top of which the germ is float
ing, plays the part of a cushion and
deadens the shock. But if the egg is
turned with ono end downward only
ono of these elastic threads Is support
ing it. Under such circumstances tho
mere shaking of the hand of the op
erator may break It, and a living
healthy egg Is thus often returned
dead into the machine after being
tested.
When an egg is to be tested, place
toward the tester that side which did
not receive tho heat when it rested on
tho tray in the Incubator. The yolk,
being lighter than tho white, Is thus
nearest the upper wall of the egg and
consequently Is more easily seen.
After the fifteenth day nothing Is
distinguishable any more In the egg
TWO VIEWa OF AN EGO.
Fig. 2, fertilized egg; Fig. 3, germ and
elastic threads that hold It in place.
but an opaque mass, quite dark, with
a very transparent portion at the top
toward the thick end. This Is the air
space, which at tho end occupies near
ly one-fifth of tho whole shell.
Plant Insecticides.
Young strawberry plants of several
varieties wcro dipped In various
strengths of kcroseno llmold emulsion,
whale oil soap kerosene emulsion,
whale oil soap alone and tobacco wltb
or without wbalo oil soap. The mix
tures containing keroseno Injured tho
plants quite seriously, while thoso con
taining tobacco or whale oil soap wero
relatively harmless, according to tho
experience of Professor Close of Dela
ware. i 1
Alslks Clever.
Allsike clover (Trlfollum hybridum)
is a perennial clover whose appearance
suggests a hybrid between red and
White clovers, but It Is not a hybrid.
It will thrive op soli too wet for red
clover, but oh ordinary soil is proba
bly not to be 'so 'hlrhry 'rtcoftjmea4id.
tt'iBOutd be sown -with grasses -to ,-gtr
tho beat rsttaU.
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