THE CASTLE OF WOMAN'S FAITHFULNESS. x A Ballad. "Whorover fJprman flonps nro fimj? Ct'itnan ln;i it mid ;-rm:iii tonfTU', l known tli ninth- proud nnti tall '1'liut "W'uniun! i-aitlilulnt.b" they cull. Und, lilco Its nnmo, 'tin built of rock 'J o Htanil for iiy tin t inix-st whoi-ii, Hut, softening Itn ftein rtiMtsu. This lea viiil liku ltu ivy Kiowa: SVhen tltno wna young and men wero bravo JVnd knlKhtR did liold thn word they guve, And Indira were hh truu hh lair, A mighty German burg ntuud tho re. Apnlnst It rodo ft rmst of Btrcl, Whose U-adcr, ktnw frm h'ad to heel, AVaa KalHcr Konrnd, fair of lame, lho first of llohciiHtuufen nume. Then sword and nx denU stroke on rtrokp, On cusigiM1. Htout Jhikt-s ulaHlud und brokf, On hiini-fmif?M liHd nt of mm. U'ho Kuisur Btoud, his light well "won. i 13ut dearly purchased was bis land, Ills men lay d'ud on vrry band, His faithful men lay in their hlnwl. Then iiworu In rayo the Kaiser guod: 'All for who In von rnstle flKht fthall perlfth, h they eluirl or knight; In blood of my own men Ih writ The doom of those who wanted It "As klnc, I Blay the trnt'trnus rare; As kulk'ht. I nlve-the ladles Kiare; Their treasures may they take, whnteVr Upon their own backs they can bear." The Kaiser spake, the women heard; "Now sacred la his knightly word That lite and treasure us aec.nds: Upon our bucks bear wo our lords! The onstle pato nwunp open wide. Then clambi-rcd flown tin mountainside The women nt the kind's behest. Kuch bore the one shu loved the best, Thn warriors lauuhed, but pompiered foe Should not esraiii- their nmjfr so; l)nke Frledrh h swor In bitter mood, ".Now ftlny thnn all, the treaclTrous brood!" And propped his hilt; then Knnrad speke; "lie dies who would my promise break! Tiie ladies and thHr lords ko lift-: A Kaiser's word shall sacred be." Of obVn times, wh-n men wore bravo And knights lid liold the word they tfuvo, And ladles were as true tm fair, This ancient buiff duth witness bear. By? Charlton Lawrence Ktlholm, In Vouth's Companion, t Uje Curl That Strayed. By Grace R. Dwelley. Edna Brayton's hair fell in a tu multuous shower over her shoulders and out the window and tempted Sid ney Crowthers until he snipped Just one tiny strand, feeling sure she would never miss it, and striving to excuse himself with the assurance that any other fellow would have done the same thing in his plnce. The day had been a tiresome one because people could not choose their own best company. The party had lett the hotel at Pasadena early in the morning In automobiles and had strag gled up to the Inn one by one around Vlth the roads and clouds of dust en veloped the suffering tourists. Edna Brayton end Mrs. Peele, with a chauffeur and Mrs. Pecle's young son, were nearing the inn just as a tire burst, and at the same time a sicken ing odor and a thick cloud of smoke testified to trouble on the gasoline tank. The women Jumped from their ecats with terrified abruptness, the boy iollowmg excitedly, it was an over la a few moments, except that Edna and her chaperon looked as If they tad been powdered with coal dust. They decided to wait at the Inn un til the damage had been repaired. Sidney Crowthers held up his auto to wait for them, because his was the only one not loaded. Because he could not have Miss Brayton with him on this trip he had resolutely refused to bore himself with any one else. Miss Ztrayton, aware of this fact, chuckled to herself and felt that it was a good thing for him not to have his own way. But Fate said otherwise. While ho at in the adjoining reception room and read to while away the time, Ed na Brayton was sitting close to an open window trying to dry the long golden hair that streamed over her shoulders, for she wanted to keep her shirtwaist fresh. So an errant breeze played with it and gave promise of a brisk drying, when suddenly a little golden strand flaunted itself past the window where Sidney Crowthers sat Impatiently waiting. -Taunting, beckoning. It came and went, until he was exhaust ed fighting the temptation. Then he cut the tiny lock, and what he did with it before placing it in his pock et, no one ever knew.' About an hour later Sidney, Crow thers received a little note, whl(?h the boy said called for no reply. ' "My dear Mr. Crowthers," it read, -"I thought you were a gentleman, but I know now that you are a thief. Do not seek to question me, for your own conscience should tell you why all pos sible relations should cease from now on." ' It was a "pale gray shadow of an Imp that had reluctantly penned that note, for Edna Brayton had held her breath while the rascal cut the t-ny golden curl, had felt the thrill go straight to her heart from hi3 hand, and longed to feel it again. But she fcieant to teach him a lesson on pre sumption. He had always been Just a little too confident of his own charms eviderftly he thought he had only to desire a thing, and, by hook or crook, it would be his. So Sidney sat in glum thought and whistled the word "possible" ringing In his brain with a knell of alternate despair and hope.. Then it might have been possible, If he bad bided bis time, Tor ber to care for him and tell him so! Helgho, but he was always putting his foot to it! What could he possibly sny to mend the breach and restors himself to favor? The Ink bottle rested on the little desk In the coiner, quiescent, sugges tive. Helpless, lif)i)'t;s, with tho tiny golden etui burning its way to the core of his heart and filling It with long ing for the imatt iilnuble. Sidney Crowthers shook hla own black head till the curia thereon danced defiantly, and, bernllug lils broad shoulders to his unaccustomed' task, he wrote thus: "My Dear Miss Brayton It takes a thief to catch a thief. You stole my henrt first, and now you have stolen all I had to live for my last vestige of hope. Again, I say It tulios a thief to catch a thief, and you can't have that blessed little curl until you give me back my hope that you hive so meanly taken away." Ho dispatched the note nnd then paced the floor like a caged tiger. "Any fellow would have done It if he had any spunk," lie said to the imp In the ink bottle. Five, ten and fifteen minutes passed, while Edna Drayton puffed and pinned the golden hair to a semblance of or der, and then threw on her traveling clothes, and stole out of the door to the room nearby where she heard those heavy. Impatient steps. She stepped Inside the room slowly and noiselessly. When she got quite close she suddenly pinned his arms to his sides with her little hands and said, tremulously, "I've come for my curl, If you please." Hut she never got It, find Sidney Ac quired title to all the rest of her gold en head. Boston Post. PARTNERSHIP COW. Eill Took Milk, While Brother Had to FurniGh Fodder. "If my brother Bill nln't the best hand nt a dicker in the hull State 'f Maine I'll give hh better tho halt o' the cow he stuck mo with," declared Jerry Bell yesterday, "He's the slick est thing llvin' and I'm jest as proud of him as though 't was someone else he stuck." Then Jerry told about the cow. He and Bill own a farm together, sharing stock, buildings and piofits half and half. The agreements are all on paper, the documents having been drawn up by Bill. Being a business man by in stinct, Bill insisted on having every thing In writing, so Jerry didn't pay particular attention when he was asked to sign a half agreement In a fine Hol steln cow recently, purchased from the general fund. "I noticed Bill kept the critters' milk apart and sold the butter separate, but I didn't think nothtn' on't till it come to settlin'," said Jerry. "When Bill put all the maney in hla pocket I says, 'where's my share?' 'Why, you owe me money,' says brother.' 'I do, how's that?' says I. 'Why, you bought the front end o' the cow an' I bought the mllkin' end,' says he, 'so havin' fed her out o' fodder we both own you owe me for half on't. I didn't make a cow's innards so I ain't to blame If your fodder goes Into my end and makes milk.' 'I didn't buy no such end, says I, but sure enough there it was In the contract. "That mndo me turrible proud o' Bill, but I Jest had t' have my share in his end of the cow, so I gets a law yer nnd sues. Bill set up the con tract for proof o' the bargain, but my lawyer was a smart feller, and he set up that I didn't know what I was slgn ta 'Well,' says Bill, 'he ortcr looked, havin' lived off and on with me these thutty year. He might ha' knowed he'd got skinned.' But the Jedge woidn't have it and made Bill settle. "Before the case was come to court Bill went in to feed the cow some of our hay, when a dawg of ourn nipped her in the hind legs. Seeln' she co'ldn't git at the dawg she gored Bill. That got him all het up, and he sued me for damages 'cause it was my end that done it I said the ol' cow wo'ldn't ha' touched him if it hadn't been for our dawg, and I guessed it was a much his end of the dawg as 't was mine. I guess the Jedje thought so, too, for he told me to take bis suit and git out. "I tell ye Bill's a mighty smart one when it comes to dickerln', an' I'm mighty proud of him, durned if I ain't. PlaBter Rocker (Me.) correspondent of the New York World. Vandal at Shelley's Grave. A correspondent who visited the Protestant cemetery at Rome the other day reports an act of silly vandalism at Shelley's grave. "As we wander er about," says the correspondent, "we saw for about half an hour a young man tourist sitting on Shelley's grave, carefully occupied in cutting the mar ble with a sharp Instrument. "We thought he was restoring the lettering, but, coming to his side, we found that he had cut his own name (which I will not give), 'New Zealand, April, 1907. I love thee,' close to the Inscription on the flat white marble surface. He had then soaked with ink his own work, leaving the disgraceful fruits of his vandalism for all who visit this Interesting place." How any pro fessing admirer of Shelly could be guilty of such conduct passes belief. British Weekly. Refuses to be Suppressed. Since its reappearance in Belgrade ten days ago the Journal Otatsblna has been confiscated four times. Its editor, Captain Novokavitch, has been sen tenced to a month's Imprisonment; tho printers have been locked up on vari ous charges, and the office boy expelled to Zemlin. In spite of these little dif ficulties the paper continues to appear daily. London Standard. Raphael's portrait of the brother ot Pope Leo X., dated 154 4, has been sold for $106,000, a record price In the Ber lin art world. now-- ise of wiusn -J ttsj r cj. JiND THE TENDENCIES OF ITS BE' VELOPMENT. y Whitciavu Ticid, Embassador to Great Britain. HE result of It nil Is nn English prelate and 9 T i noblest offspring is tho last." What, in the final analysis, in nclo tho success? for who shall say the splendid growth will survive, It' what made It bo lout? Well, first of all, It was (1111:11!, an must successes are, by character, America, In tho milking, was' Intelligent, moral, rellijlous and ro llKously devoted to tho education of children. It wan des perately dirtiest. It Was alert and Industrious almost without a class that only arnusts Itself. It was passionately attached to thn personal rights of Englishmen. It had an Inborn respect for authority am! revert nco for law. Its ancestors had been used to representative Institutions for centuries, and It was thoroughly trained in parliamentary government. And next the success was inado by circumstance. The Inefficient were sifted out those left were a picked class. They wero alone, In a wild but fertile und, as it seemed, boundless land. Opportunities opened on every hand; the tlmo, like the climate, was elo'jtrlc, and there was an absolute freedom from Individual initiative. It is not sure that such a success could be won now; It is, not stiro that such a government as tii'.'y foiindtMl could be carried on now, If that character were niateiiully changed. . Is It even suro that the success could bo maintained, If thosa circumstances. woro materially altered, and particularly If that fecund freedom of Individual Initiative should bo de stroyed, by the collertlvbit or socialist tendencies of tho times. But such a catastrophe Is not to bo thought of. Whutever may bo tho wild speculations of the hour, whatever the temporary variations from the historic course, no vessel that carries tho Knli.sli-spc'nklng races has lost. Ufi chart, on none has tho compass gone, hopelessly astray. Tho old headlights still burn. In spired by ths same traditions, lid by thn same Instincts, these races In e.lther hemisphere, In whatever zone, on whatever continent or Island, will surely In the end hold fast to those ancient characteristics of a strong, frco people, and so keep secure their place in the van ot human progress. Sin in the Ey Winifred Clack. L'UUE M'KENZIE CLET - ;0 drunk and disorderlies 9 4w.ln ....Dn t.l ,.,., J nidi nitcn nuuiu ;iuiinD im .... in o""1 .v. .. weeks nnd then bring them Into court to report. Last week J the fifty reported; and not one of them bad taken a drink since tho change of food. T ri.wwl. Unn T.w1n UUUH lUU, HUdbC world did you carry it negligent wives thut they must buy good food for their husbands, but who on earth cooked It when It was bought? The average American woman knows as much about good cooking as a FIJI islander knows about Omar Khayyam. Americans ought to know more about cooking than any other nation on earth. Intelligent Americans do. They have learned how to cook the ragout from Europe, the spaghetti from Italy, the frljoles from Mexico, the roast beef from England, soups from Germany and the art of broiling meats from our own good American cooks; but the ordinary, every day woman who gets her own husband's dinner In this land of freedom Is a heathen and a Uoth nnd a Vandal, and everything else that is ignorant and stupid and stubborn when It comes to cooking. Any woman who fries steaks or chops ought to expect her husband to drink or to take morphine or to set the house on fire, or to do anything des perate that happens to come into his head. The every day American woman spends more money on her table In one day than a French or a German or an Italian woman would spend in a week, and she feeds her family not one-half as well as any of these other women feed theirs. Wrhat's the matter with the great American housekeeper that she's too busy or too lazy or too conceited to go to work and learn something about her business the nice, clean, sensible, kindly, honest fine business of cooking? jZ? 7 ? S f( S71j T Many Delusions Intimately Related to This Unappreciated Law. c ' Qi Cy Edward HERE are two kinds of light waves emitted from all ob jects; color and white waves. Whenever a source of light, as the sun, strikes an object, part of that light Is absorbed and part reflected thrown back. The latter represents obiect's "luminosity." The color-blind are never blind to T H I this form of light. A mirror reflects almost all the light II that falls upon it. Pollbhed silver reflects 92 percent of per- 'I pendicular rays. Broken surfaces split up such light, and so appear dark. The more luminous an object, the more Intense in Its effect upon the retina, just as two horns affect the ear more keenly than one. The more intense or stimulating a light, the quicker Is the retina exhausted. It becomes temporarily paralyzed In the cones of Buch a color. Look at the sun, then look away, and you will still see the sun; but Its color appears a pale blue, which Is tho farthest contrast to the yellow-orange of the sun. It Is the complementary color. The light of the sun is bo intense thnt it quickly exhausts the yellow-orange cones, leaving those farthest from it (blue, the "complementary" of yellow) least exhausted, henoe this after-image of the sun looks blue (actually a pale greenish blue). A mother was sewing a scarlet gown held In the sunlight by the window. Turning to her child, playing on the floor, sho shrieked, believing It was dy ing. She saw no red in Us face, which made it appear corpselike. Visions, witch-making, religious hysteria, pseudo-Instanity and the attribution of su pernatural power are intimately related to this unappreciated law of "altar. Images." The Century. ? "Slavery, Bv Archbishop William H. O'Connell. HEN inordinate greed for wealth presses the laborer beyond endurance, and when the dignity of labor is ignored and Its Just titles to respect passed unnoticed, then work be comes slavery, and slavery is the mother of revolt If with increased wealth, if with prosperity which floods the land as if God were showering bis blessings upon the nation, hand in band went a corresponding generous response to the higher duties imposed by better conditions, w I all would yet be well. But when men'B hearts grow only harder, when the blessings of heaven fall on stony ground, thorns and thistles grow instead of wholesome grain. The dangers which sr now confronting us and which, if men do not harve a care, will assume alarming proportions are in reality nothing new; they are but the repetition of the evils in paganism which Christ came to haal. '- Ths lessening of labor and the Increase of wages will never in themselves settle the eternal rest of humanity. ' The blame is not with any one class. The fault is general and is daily Increasing.. x a ; tho marvel of modern hlBtnry, It was "Time's scholar who said of It, Frying Pan LAND of Chicago discharged fifty not long ago on the condition that I., tn r,,.l thnm rrnrwl IViflfl friP tWfl Mrtr fMnllnrirl htif tlAV In thn viliiuiiu, vub ... out? It was all very well to tell the " Jl. Jiyers. rm, Mother of What Is a Good Cow? A good cow In one, irrespective of breed, that puys her owner a net profit. The cow that produces a profit can not always be distinguished from one that does not, by external appearance. Signs of good cows many times fall. l.ookn, In a cow, at least, are some times deceiving. The value of a cow is not told E.mply by the anion nt of milk the gives for a given period or the richness of that itiiHt. We must know the cast of keeping as well as the production of tho cow to determine her vuiue. Farmers' Home Journal. Hints on Lawn-Sowing. Get tho very best grade of lawn mix ture for seeding, and u:ie It liberally. I believe in thick sowing. This way you are not obliged to wait a year for a good sward, t-ow the seed on a very still day, If you want an even "catch." I would advls'i sowing from one side, and then cross-sowl;ig. It Is a good plan to k6w Just bcfoie a r::!n, If pos sible, us this will l.micd the r.eed In the soil and prevent it from being blown away. If tho sra-cn Is a dry one It Is well to roll or beat ilown the soil after s.iwini; to lrnke It compact enough to reiula moisture until gem ination can lake place. Outing Mag azine. Tcct Aje of Fowls. A roosters' ae Is determined by tho size of his spurs. If they are long ho Is "antique." If there Is a email but ton on the ankle where the spurs comn later he Is a young bird. - Iiui ks are Invariably Judged by the under lip of the bill. If a dressed duck will sustain Its weight by Its under bill, "lay It back and try another,'.' for there la no telling how old It Is; certainly too old to be real tender. But If the bill snaps easi ly It is a young bird. Gobblers are told by their spurs, the same as roos ters, the age of a hen turkey being de termined by the length of its beard, says the Trl-State Farmer. Aside from the test applied to ducks there Is one infallible rule which can be applied with safety in all cases. The back part of the breast bone can be bent eas ily In a young fowl. If It is sharp and hard and refuses to yield to pres sure from your thumb It is an old bird. The Best Soils. Soils made up of a nearly equal pro portion of clay, or fine silt and sand, and sand are the best. They allow the rain and water to slowly go downward, and they have many pores, which carry the water downward with a power greater than the force of gravitation. These soils do not allow the water to percolate to so great a depth that It can neither be reached by the roots of field crops, which go downward to a depth of from three to seven feet, nor rise to the roots by the same capil lary power which helped carry it down and held it from going further. These soils are usually in good condition very soon after a wet period, because they can absorb a great deal of mois ture and carry It down so that the surface It dry enough for tillage. Such soils are also excellent in dry weather. because they have a large supply of water stored up which can be used by the plant when needed. Weekly Wit ness. Riches In Corn Stalks. Prof. Wiley, of the Department of Agriculture, says that inasmuch as every 100 pounds of corn stalks will yield six and a half pounds of abso lute alcohol It is obvious that the ig norant agriculturist has been allowing an enormous amount of wealth to go to waste. Say that one acre will yield from ten to twelve tons of grain stalks, or about 20,000 pounds, and you have a quan tity of raw material that woll produce 1300 pounds of absolnte alcorhol, or 216 gallons. Alcohol at the present time is worth 40 cents a gallon. Ground In a wet condition and dried corn stalks may be kept indefinitely, and are ready at any time for con version Into alcohol. Prof. Wiley tays that the alcohol derivable from the corn stalks that now go to waste in this country would not only drive all the machinery In our factories, but would furnish the requisite power for all railroads and steamboats, run all our automobiles, beat and illuminate all of our houses and light the streets of every city in' the Union. Farmers' Home Journal. - Never Buy a Cheap Ram. Never buy a cheap ram just because he Is cheap. He will prove dear, even If given to you. Get a strong ram, a yearling cr a two-year-o!d. A ram is half the 'flock, and so a very cheap plan for improvement. While you are selecting and secur ing your rom, place the ewes In a fresh pasture, a plot of rape or give them a few oats that they may be gain ing rapidly for a few days before and while you are breeding them. This is considered a means to secure a large percentage of Iambs. Another detail in this connection Is to see that they are properly tagged. It the flock Is large, do not torn the ram la to wear himself out uselessly; the last of the Iamb crop will have to pay for it If you do. Let him In an hour twice a day, nnd feed him well. To bring the ewes Into winter quar ters in strong condition Is important, and they should not be exposed to the cold rains. Their wool Is partly grown and they dry out slowly In these short days and tho effect Is deteriorat ing. Let thorn have a shelter, and as cold weather approaches let them have some roughfijo that they may gradually change from grass to winter rations. Homer Hitchcock. Grafting In Apple Orchards. The old oi. 'hard can be very much helped by graftlr.;? and fertilization. The best time to gruft Is in tho early spring, and preparations should be commenced as norm as the buds have Bwelled a little, by tho last of March or first of April. The scion should be cut, tied In bundles and placed la some cool, damp place, such as tho cellar bottom. tirii::ia are merely the last ycar'a growth of some trees, the kind yo'i wlali to propagate. It Is important that tho trca selected should be vlgnious and bear apples of a good fclze and color. As soon as It is warm enough for, wax to work well, usually In April, you can begin to gr,ift. If there should come an occasional cold day you can place your wax la a pall of warm water to soften It. If the tree Is large enough to con tain more than one stub, look It over carefully and decide what limbs to graft and what to remove, that the tree may be well balanced. The branches - need thinning out somewhat to let the sunlight in, but too many must not be removed at once or the tree will be removed at the roots and not do to well, though It may seem all right for a time. Tne branches should be s;Tl " smoothly close to the body of the tree so the wound will heal quickly. After the tree has been trimmed and you have decided what branches to graft, saw off the stub smoothly with a sharp, fine-toothed saw, split with the graft ing knife and wedge open. Select a scion in proportion to the size of the stub and cut oft a piece large enough to contain three buds. Some grafters use only two, but It is better to have three, as often the lower bud set one-eighth of an Inch Into the bark and covered with wax will live, when the others are devoured by in sects. Next sharpen the lower end of the Brian somewhat like a wedge, but with the outer edge wider than the inner, so it will fit tightly into one cleft in the stub. Then set the sharpened scion Into the cleft so that the inside bark of the scion will match the Inside bark at the stub. If the stub Is large it is better to get two scions, cutting out one the second year if both live. Now cover the stub with wax and your tree is grafted. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Farm Notes. Sheep are very efficient aid3 in mak ing clean pastures by keeping down many kinds of weeds. Cockerels with spurs are classed as old fowls In market Market them before the spurs make much growth. Young trees should not be trimmed too liberally, as too much foliage tak en from the tree 'weakens its feeding power. There is no objection to selling No. i 2 fruit if it is so marked. But to sell No. 2 fruit as No. 1 is where the . trouble Is. Whenever root grafting is used In! the winter the plants should not beget out in the spring unless the grafts h'ave grown together. Every poultryman should lay ii a supply at alfalfa and clover for his fowls during the winter. Green feed is as essential as grain. ' Corn Is low In price some years in certain localities, tl is possible that next season there may be but half a crop, but the excess over that required for consumption may bring good prices. Farmers who have too much grain on hand, with prices ruling low, should endeavor to increase the number ot animals on the farm la order to convert the corn into something more saiabie Crowded. A man who was doing his best to convince" the world at large, and hin- seir in part.cutar, taat be was per fectly 'sober tried to purchase a thea tre seat and. was told that there wis enly standing room. He bought in admission ticket and made another one of the crowd standing up in back watching the show. After a few minutes he retunej t the window and gravely han jed ove another dollar. "Gimme 'notler stani ing ticket, ne saii thickly. I war. more room to see." Bohemian. Sarcastic. "Are there ever any really sur things at the race track?" aske the curious woman. . "Yes," answered young Mrs. Ton kins. "My husband is one of thent.' Washington Star. jl, A
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