THE SPINNERS.
.Women, O Women, 0 Women. 0 Women,
that sing ai ye weep ana ye weave,
Will ye rede ma the rede of the aong that
ye aing and the rune of the rope that
ye reeve?
Of a thread of the hair of a love that !
dead and a hair of a love that will he
-Popt weave and ye reeve ere the curtol
eax cleave; but whereof do ye strand,
ye three?
Oh, Eld is the name of the aong that we
aing, and the staves are of Sorrow
and Sleep;
And Weird is the name of the rope that wc
reeve aa wo labor and skelloch and
weep;
Of Hate with a strand, and with Love of a
strand, of the hair of your hcverila
twain
So we reeve aa we sing; and we hind them
with Dole that shall be till ye slum
ber again!
James E. Richardson, in The Reader.
No matter what trouble Katherlne
got Into she was sure to find some
way to get out of it. From the time
Bhe had been a wee bit of a girl, her
mother reached the conclusion that
there was no use worrying over Kath
erlne. The child seemed to have the
(acuity of always "landing on her
, feet." And this was true, except
'once upon a time," when she did
' not.
One afternoon Katherlne was left
alone In the house. That Is, no one
was nearer than the kitchen, where
Delia was busily Ironing. Kather
lne's mother had gone to pay some
calls In the neighborhood. She had
wanted her daughter to go with her,
but this young lady had refused.
"What is there for a child to do?"
ehe argued. "She can't play about,
because it Isn't ladylike. She can't
talk because it is ladylike (at least
ladles do a good deal of talking). I
get very tired sitting on a stiff, high,
uncomfortable chair and being told
that I have grown a great deal and
am getting to look more like some
body every day I live."
Mother laughed and said she
thought there was a good deal of
truth In what Katherlne said. She
advised her to stay at home and
finish the story book she had gotten
a week before on her birthday.
Katherlne was delighted. The
etory was fascinating. It was about
a little boy named Charles, whose
father was "the King of England.
.Two parties were fighting for the
possession of the throne, Charles' fa
ther and his uncle. During the con
test the king hid his son away at a
friend's house, fearing that his en
emies might steal the boy. The prince
was very lonesome. He was not al
lowed to talk to anyone or see any
person but an old servant who
brought htm his meals.
He had already been three weeks
In this prison room when one day
something happened. Ho had grown
tired of watching the sun as it poured
through the high latticed windows,
and of hearing the happy voices of
the harvesters singing outside. They
were happy because they were free
and this thought made the prince
more miserable than ever.
The room In which the boy was Im
prisoned was called the Cedar Room.
It was paneled chalr-hlgh with wood,
while above this were carved figures.
These represented the gods and god
desses which the ancient Greeks and
Romans worshiped long ago. Some
of them amused the little boy, while
others annoyed him equally. Among
the first class was Jupiter, who was
hurling lightning from his throne.
Vulcan, too, was Interesting, for he
was hammering away on his anvil
looking like a very giant In his mas
sive strength.
Charles took the greatest dislike to
the goddess Minerva. This famous
person had a remarkably ugly nose.
When the artist first carved her out
of the prectouB marble her nose was
a thing of the greatest beauty,
straight and prominent. This promi
nent feature had no doubt brought it
to Its final state of ugllnesB, for be
cause it was so prominent It had
gotten chipped off and was now
worn off as flat as the nose of some
princess of Ethiopia.
Every time Charles looked at Ma
Sam Minerva he grew very angry.
When he had decided that the most
offending portion of Minerva was her
nose, the Prince of Wales made up
his royal mind what he would do.
Seising his toy bow and setting his
lips tight, he said: "I won't put up
with her nose any longer; I'll gee If
' I can't hit It."
"Whizz!" went the string. Charles
saw that he had hit the nose and the
panel began of Its own accord to
slowly turn as if it were swung on a
pivot It only took a minute more
for Charles to discover that behind
this panel a secret passage was re
vealed, and following It the young
prince was son on his way out of his
bondage.
Katherlne had Just gotten this far
In her book when she heard the voice
of her chum beneath her window.
She opened the sash, thrust out her
curly head and a pleasant chat fol
lowed between the two girls. Kath
arine's curls were her most pleasant
feature, Just as Minerva's nose had
.been ber most unpleasant. They were
long and yellow, and no doubt looked
so pretty In the golden sunshine that
some mischievous fairy could not re
sist the temptation to play a trick.
What this was Katherlne did not dis
cover until the "good by" of her
friend had died away in the distance.
' Down came the window and Kath
erlne turned to pick up her book and
f Two Prisoners, f
a By Mlntrva Spencer Handy. 3
learn what had happened further
In the life of the prince. She had
not turned more than a few Inches
when she discovered that she, like
him, was a prisoner even as he had
been. Her longest curl had caught
In the hinge of the shutter, and the
tightly closed window made her
doubly a prisoner.
"What shall I do?" cried the terri
fied child. "I can't make Delia hear
In tho kitchen and mother won't be
homo before five. Thero Is nothing
for me to do but to stay all those
hours in this cramped position. 1
am worse oft than Charles, for he
could move around his room, while I
get a dreadful yank every time I try
to move. This is ever so much worse
than making calls, but then mother
has often told me that we do not ap
preciate our blessings until they have
flown away. It I only had a bow and
arrow, or even a pair of scissors;
wouldn't I cut off this curl quicker
than I could say Jack Robinson!"
Patience was not one of Kathcr
lne's virtues. Perhaps you are think
ing that wisdom', or even what Is
called common sense, was also sadly
lacking In her. Instead of doing a
little quiet thinking, she worried her
self until the tears came and finally
her head began to ache with her fran
tic efforts to free herself from the
shutter. Her whole condition was
most miserable when her mother
found her on her knees several hours
later.
When the situation was explained
to her, what do you suppose she did.
Instead of crying over tho unfortun
ate Katherlne as Katherlne expected
her to do, she burst into a loud and
hearty laugh. Katherlne was sur
prised and hurt that mother should
show herself so unsympathetic, when
her position was cruel enough to
melt a heart of stone.
"You foolish child," begnn her
mother. "Here you have been tor
turing yourself this whole long after
noon, when all you had to do was
to raise the window, release your
hair from the shutter, when you
would have been as free as Charles
was when he found the secret pas
sago." Katherlne was In the fifth grade
at school and had always been re
garded as a bright little girl. Where
had her faculty of "landing on her
feet" vanished? When she realized
how foolish she had been, she decid
ed the best thing she could do was
to Join In the fieneral laugh at her
own expense. Philadelphia Press.
A Ilriglit, Frothy Tragedy.
. "What I want," Francis Wilson
told nn amateur dramatist, "Is a
bright,, frothy tragedy something
crisp and snappy."
"How do you mean?" asked the
would-be author, slightly puzzled.
"Can you give me an idea?"'
"Oh, yes," said Wilson. "Here's
one. Just a little thing In one act,
you know.
"When the curtain goes up two
persons are discovered on a sofa,
one a pretty young woman, the other
a nice-looking young man. They em
brace. Neither says a word. Then
a door opens at the back, and a com
mercial traveler enters. He wears
an overcoat and carries an umbrella.
You can tell at once 'by his manner
that he Is the husband of the young
woman, At least that would be the
natural inference of every discrimi
nating playgoer.
' The husband takes off his coat,
draws a revolver, and In the midst
of the silent embrace of hero and
heroine, fires.
"The young woman falls dead.
"He fires again. The young man
falls dead.
"Then the murderer comes for
ward, puts on a pair of eyeglasses,
and proceeds to contemplate his san
guinary work.
"'Great heavens!' he exclaims, 'I
am on the wrong floor.' " .Under the
Spreading Chestnut Tree, In Every
body's. Ants to Exterminate Rabbits.
The most curious plan yet pro
posed for combating the rabbit pest
In Australia Is the employment of
ants, which was recently advocated
by the Journal of the Department of
Agrlculturo for Western Australia.
As Is known generally, the rabbit
has multiplied in parts of Australia
almost beyond man's comprehension,
so that it Is difficult to raise many
crops, and resort must be had to
rabbit-proof fencing, poison-batting,
etc. It is now proposed to Introduce
from South America a red ant which
Is not afraid to attack living animals,
especially the very joung. Just how
largo a number of these ants are
under observation in their native
habitat for the purpose of establish
ing their feeding habits so that no
mistake will be made in their Intro
duction Is nc known. Tho ant ap
pears to be un especially equipped
enemy of the rabbit, since Its sub
terranean habits will make it easy
to enter the rabbits' burrows and at
tack the young "bunnies," which, it
Is asserted, it can kill in twenty-four
hours.
Generous Act Rewarded.
An undertaker named Roberts, at
Waltharcstow, England, several years
ago buried, at his own expense, the
bodies of a friendless woman and
child who had been murdered, rather
than see them laid In a padper's
grave. He has Just received $25,
000, bequeathed him by an old
gentleman who had admired his act
Countries ef One Crop.'
Burmah-. Is one of the world's
single-crop t countries, t baBing her
prosperity on - rice, as .Hawaii does
on sugar, and the Philippines do on
hemp. ' ''
SCIENCE
AND
INDUSTRY
The theory that the germs of tu
berculosis get into tho human sys
tem chiefly through the medium of
cow's milk is discounted in Japan,
where such milk is practically un
known, while the mortality from tu
berculosis is nevertheless very great,
being In Toklo about one-fifth of the
total number of deaths. -
Science has shown that during the
life of an organism there is a con
stant breaking down of the complex
substance of the body, associated with
an equally constant upbuilding,
whereby waste is repaired, growth
rendered possible, and the production
of new individuals mado practicable.
Without such chemical disintegra
tion, or death," tho energy neces
sary for carrying on the life-process
would not be forthcoming. Hence
the absolute truth of the statement
that death Is necessary to life.
Mosquitoes are found to prefer
negroes to whites, a black dog to a
white one, and a dark-colored resting
placo. Careful tests have been ex
tended to great numbers of anophees,
showing that they choose colors in
the order of dark blue, dark red,
brown, red, black, gray and violet,
and that azure, ochre and white are
distasteful nnd yellow extremely so.
Confirming these results on 150 mos
quitoes, a Swiss malaria expert has
found that three-fourths settle on
dark colors.
Novel experiments by Prof. A. Du
rlg have proved that, while nlcohol
Is theoretically a food, Its efficiency
is so small that half a gallon would
be required to run the human ma
chine for a day's mountain climbing.
It diminished the amount of work
performed by tho body per minute
about one-sixth.
The preservation of wood with
sulphur, applied In liquid form, is
gaining special favor In -Germany.
The material completely fills the cell
spaces In the fibre, and at moderate
tomperaturcs it la - little affected by
water, nclds and nlkallne solutions,
though it oxidizes readily at high
temperatures. Poplar is best adapted
for this treatment, results with oak
and pine being less satisfactory.
When the chemist inserts a small
Jet of flaming hydrogen into a vessel
of liquid oxygen the hydrogen con
tinues to burn, giving off snow In
stead of smoke. The snow is formed
by the Instantaneous freezing of the
water created by the combination of
the burning hydrogen with the oxy
gen Inclosing It. When liquid air is
cooled until it becomes semi-solid it
Is found that the oxygen may. bo
drawn out of the mass by means of a
magnet, leaving a Jelly of pure nitro
gen. The Largest Cave in the West.
Two gold-prospectors recently dls
covered in the Santa Susanna Moun
tains, about fifty miles from Los An
geles, Cal., the largest and most re
markable cave In western America,
While looking for Indications of
gold, they found an opening which
they entered. The opening led to
a great cavern, consisting Of many
passages, some of them wide, but
most of they narrow and lofty. The
passages lead Into great halls, some
containing an acre, studded with sta
lagmites and stalactites, In some
cases so thickly that it is difficult
to get through. The walls of one of
these halls are covered with rude
drawings, some almost obliterated,
but others still clear. The drawings
represent Incidents of the chase,
showing Indians on foot, pursuing
bear, deer and other animals. One
wall-painting shows the bear pursu
ing the hunter. The work Is done
with a soft, red stone, much used
by the Indiani for that purpose.
Scientific American.
Deep Sea Lobsters.
A Maine fisherman, believing that
there are Just as. many lobster.) as
ever, set his pole away out on Cash's
Banks, in the path of ocean steam
ships, and when he hauled them
found 2500 splendid specimens, none
less than ten Inches and moht of them
nearer fifteen and twenty. It Is his
theory that various causes may have
driven the crustaceans away from the
shore, but that there are still plenty
of them If one can ascertain their
whereabouts. His views will un
doubtedly prompt other fishermen to
act along similar lines in setting
their pots, and it is to be hoped that
the pessimistic views so frequently
expressed of late will be disproved.
Kennebec Journal.
In Doubt.
In Egyptian hyeroglyphics a physi
cian is represented by a picture of a
duck. Philologists are not agreed
whether this mean that the physi
cian in question was looked upon as
a quack or that he was considered a
favorite among the fair sex.
English Government.
A Mohammedan ' army school
master has addressed a loyal appeal
to the native army in India pointing
out that as soon as common sense Is
exercised the accusations against the
Indian government fall to tho ground.
Was Mars Talking to Us 7
By CHARLES TORQUET.
Strange things are happening.
For some time past toward midnight
the receivers of the wireless telegraph
stations have registered, and for a
long period at a time, the signal
three dots, which is persistently ro
peated. It has boen proved, after In
vestigation, that from no earthly
station has such a messago been sent
at such a time. What, then, is this
mystorlous calf? These throe dots
singularly recall inreo ponua ui ugni
which were observed on the planet
Mars In 1901.
Midnight. Tap-tap-tap! Tap-tap-
tap! Tap-tap-tap! Three sharp lit
tle knocks, short and hurrlod, sound
Insistently In the vast silence of the
Marcbnl station. The sleeping em
ployes are awakened with a start,
and, frightened and vaguely anxious,
they look at each other.
"Did you hear it? It Is beginning
again. What Is It, and who on earth
can be sending It?"
"Don't you know your Morse al
phabet? Three short dashes mean
S. Will that receiver never stop
Bounding S . . . S . . . S
. , . . S when no one knows
why it is repeating It? It gets on
one's nerves listen!"
Tap-tap-tap! Tap-tap-tap! "Yes,
It is true, but what can we do?
Every night this happens at midnight.
Aa long as 8 is being telegraphed,
tho receiver will register it. When
they have had enough of it they will
stop."
But in the loneliness of their sta
tions so lost and solitary at the end
of the promontory, the employes at
tho wireless telegraph station feel, In
tho oppressive silence of tho desorted
night, those painful shivers which
the black wing of mystery sends
creeping up the back as it flies near
For several days past these three taps
have been obstinately repeated. In
aulrlcs have been made at all the
stations in the world. No one has
sent forth such a message. Some one
Is. telegraphing, but not from this
world. It must be, then, that the
message conies from somewhere be
yond. What is this obstinate little
voice that calls to us in tho darkness
across the cold immensity of sidereal
space?
Th'ree dots? Walt a moment why
in 1892 and again in 1901 the ob
servers of the heavens were talking
about three dots. During thoso two
years, through the most powerful
telescopes, a trlanglo mado of three
luminous dots was distinguishable on
the planet Mars, small to our sight,
but In reality Immense, a trlanglo
whose sides measured several hun
dred kilometres In length. These lu
minous spots stood out In dazzling
whiteness against the blood-red back
ground of Mars. Metropolitan Maga
zine.
John Bull's Brend-Baskct.
Estimating ah annual increnso of
twenty per cent, for several yenrs In
the acreage under wheat, an estimate
fully attained by the actual conditions
of 1904, 1906 and 1906, we have a
total acreage of 8,580,000 In 1910,
which, at an average yield of twenty
hiinhela to the acre, would give a crop
of 171,600,000 bushels. This is about
the amount annually Imported by
Great Britain, and it does not seem
unreasonable to assume that Canada
may soon be able to feed the Mother
Country. Of course not all the wheat
can be exported. Beside the item of
finmn ennsumntion a crowing fea
ture, with the expansion of city life
there is an amount needed lor seed
ing, requiring on the average a bushel
and a half to every acre cultivated
Wa shnll not. therefore, have 171.-
nnn.noo bushels to export as soon as
that amount is harvested, but each
year the golden stream of wheat
flows wider and swifter and deeper
rinwn tn the lakes, and the develop
ment of only one or two additional
years would cover the shortage. Thus
it will hn seen that the day when
western Canada has fully earned Its
title of John Bull s bread-basket is
not remote. From "John Bull'i
Bread-Basket," by Herbert Vander
hoof, in the Metropolitan Magazine.
Valuable African Tree.
One of the striking results of the
gradual settlement of hitherto un
civilized parts of the world by white
races is the discovery of many new
vegetable products capable of con
siderable commercial development.
Among these attention has recently
been called to a tree named the
karlte, which abounds In French
West Africa, and is found even as
far as the sources of the Nile. It
produces eatable fruit, containing
herd-shelled seeds, which are lined
with a fatty substance, used by the
natives as butter. The tree does not
grow in forests, but in open, park
like expanses, and in gardens. In
addition to the fatty substance of the
seeds, which, it Is thought, may find
uses in commerce, the sap of tho
karlte coagulates into a kind of gum,
not resembling rubber, but which
nevertheless may prove of Impor
tance. Youth's Companion.
Costly Outlay in Cable.
There are Bald to be at present
250,000 miles of cable in all at the
bottom of the sea, representing
$250,000,000. This works out at
about $1000 per mile to make and
lay. ...
t'nelo Allen. '
"nnpo In n wtilln inM T'nrlfl
- ' i
Allen Sparks, "you meet a man who
Is so busy talking about the 'higher
life,' the 'universal brotherhood of
man,' and the 'general uplift' that
he never has time -to change his
locks."
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a a rciiT a isiir
n bt.ii i n mab a)
From "The Revolutionizing Trol
ley," by Alexander Hume Ford, In
the Metropolitan Magazine: New
Jersey Is now ready to adopt the
Western system of Pullman sleepers,
buffet, and even freight cars on her
trolley aystom, which means that New
York City Is to have an entirely new
service; one that will bring more
than half of New Jersey within the
reach of hundreds of thousands who
have never before dared hope for
country homes near the great metrop
olis. From New York to Philadel
phia and return" by trolley occupies
ten hours and costs two dollars,' or
a fraction over a cent a mile. This
rate will probably be lowered when
the through cars are In operation
from Fulton Street and Herald
Square to the City Hall In Philadel
phia. At present the most pleasant
trip is by trolley to Trenton, fare
eighty cents, and down the Delaware
Rlvor by steamer to the City of Broth
erly Love. From Philadelphia to
Atlantic City the through direct line
of railway has been electrified so
that New York to Atlantic City la al
ready a possibility, via Philadelphia.
From Jersey City there Is a direct
trolley line to Asbury Park, Ocean
Grove and beyond. In time this will
also be extended to Atlantic City and
Cape May. In fact, Jersey Is becom
ing grldlroned with trolley lines, and
with the promised adoption of the
Western system, who knows but that
by next summer theatre-goers may
not roll Into their bunks at Times
Square, to be awakened by the car
porter a few hours later before their
own doors In some distant Jersey
town or even in staid, quiet Philadel
phia. AVISE WORDS.
Time is money to everybody but a
loafer.
After he dines tho dyspeptis
whines.
Even a good argument la nine-
tenths wind.
Wise men cultivate the art of tak
ing things easy.
It takes a smart man to draw a
salary for loafing.
Cracking a Joke does not necessari
ly impair its value.
A man's reputation is no better
for being guilt edged.
Few men bewail the loss of an
other man's money.
Lots of men and things seem easy
till you try to do them.
Every time a girl falls In love she
wonders if it will take.
If a girl Is willing to marry she
should tell her popper so.
When a man alms at nothing he
seldom misses his target.
Better a word in season than an
hour's lecture out of season.
Courtship Is the first step and mat
rimony Is the rest of the flight.
Too often the error of a minute
becomes the sorrow of a lifetime.
No small boy minds catching any
disease during the school term.
Most commonly a woman argues
the same way she gets off a car.
A girl hasn't much faith in a mir
ror that tells her that she is ugly.
It sometimes happens that a fresh
guy Is mistaken for a man of nerve.
. Revenge may be sweet, but seek
ing it Is apt to sour one's disposition.
'Occasionally a man gets oft the
water wagon and climbs on the band
wagon.
When you face misfortune it is
time to turn your back on discour
agement.
When a man gets religion he has
to go to work and build up a new
reputation.
When a woman doesn't know her
own mind it is time she sought an
Introduction.
But the average man isn't so anx
ious to bet on a sure thing as those
behind the game are to have him.
From "Pointed Paragraphs," In the
Chicago News.
A New Metal.
A new metal called momel, which
is expected to cause something of
a stir In the Industrial world, is being
produced at the works of the Cana
dian Copper Company at Sudbury,
Ontario.
It consists Ot a compound of cop
per, nickel. Iron and one or twother
minerals which are found In the dis
trict, and its Importance lies in the
fact that It Is much less costly Jthan
nickel, Is less liable to rust, and will
serve all the purposes that are Served
by that metal In the Industrial
world.
The new metal is said to be of
equal ductile strength with nickel
and to possess all Its other essential
qualities, but it is not claimed that
it would serve the purpose of nickel
steel, which is used as armor plate.
From the American Metal Worker.
Rice Food For Millions.
Rice, which Is the world's leading
cereal. Is also the leading crop culti
vated In the Philippines. In Asia
rice constitutes fully one-half the
food supply of the population.
A Borough of Spinsters.
There aro 38,804 unmarried
women in the city of Westminster.
Why not face the situation and call
the place "Westspinster?" London
Bystander. '
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THE ROSE PREFERRED.
Reports from the Department el
Agriculture show that in preferred
flowers the rose heads the list, and
the amount expended in the United
States tor these flowers in a recent
year was $6,000,000. .
USE OF MANURE. ' !
Manure In the garden Is a proliflo
source ot weeds. If the manure pile
Is well composted kalnlt is one ot
the best- mediums, preventing as it
does the escape of the nitrogen in the
manure, while losing none ot its own
potash then the weed seeds will
be killed by thousands and the man
ure Itself will be more readily avail
able as plant food. Indiana Farmer.
KEEP FLOWERS CUT.
Vlncas and hibiscus bloom mors
freely If not allowed to seed, while
coleus should not even be allowed to
bloom. Sweet peas must on no ac
count be permitted to seed unless
grown for the purpose. Seed may,
be gathered from the thnubergta,
maurandya, adlumla, common morn
ing glory, and holly-hock without risk
of deterioration or harm to the vine.
Autlrrblnums suffer severely from
seed-bearing, while rlcinus, lantanaa
and salvias may be allowed to seed
freely. Ageratums look rusty when
ripening seed, and it pays to go over
them frequently with the shears.
This will keep them fresh and full.
Washington Star.
1
PERENNIAL CORNFLOWER.
The best known forms of the
perennial cornflower are of quite
easy cultivation In common garden
soil, particularly those belonging to
the mountain cornflower (C. mon
tana), which soon form large spread
ing tufts in the boarder. In some
respects forms of C. montana are not
quite good enough for the select
hardy plant border, but In shrubbery;
and such like places they are of ser
vice. Of this type there are many
varieties, the typical kind . having
blue flower heads, with alba, white;
rubra, red; sulphurea, sulphur col
ored, and others. Of these the most
ornamental are C. montana alba and
C. m. rubra. Not only are the plants
easily raised from seed, but estab
lished examples may be increased
freely by division. All the C. mon
tana section flowers In June, or there
abouts. Indianapolis News.
TERRACES.
Terraces may be desirable for two
reasons to hold a very steep slope
or to afford an architectural base to
a building. It Is rarely necessary
to make a terrace in a lawn. Even
if the lawn is very steep it Is better
to make a gradual slope than to cut
the area In two with a terrace. The
terrace makes a place look smaller,
It is hard to make and to keep in
order, the grass Is difficult to cut
with a lawn-mower, and unless the
sod Is very dense, the upper part
tends to wash off with the rains and
the foot to fill In.
Nature does not have abrupt banks
unless they are made of rock. If
It Is necessary to terrace a lawn to
hold it the terrace would better be
at one side rather than in the middle.
In that case it is possible to obtain a
good breadth of lawn. If the terrace
is at the outer side ot the lawn next
the street a perpendicular, masonry
retaining wall may be constructed.
If on the Inner side, It may be placed
close to the building and made to
appear as part of the architecture,
practically the base of the building.
If this Is done there should be a
balustrade around the edge of the
terrace, if possible, to give it an arch
itectural air, and the descent from
the terrace to the lawn should be
made by means of steps.
Terraces look best near buildings
with many strong horizontal lines.
es.
ell
They do not lend themselves so well
to buildings in the Gothic rtyle.
Indianapolis News.
FINISHING CELERY.
The time to begin earthing up Is
at the approach ot the cool weather,
about the fir it of September. The
first earthing up is called "hand
ling," the soil being first drawn up
against the plant with the hoe, and
then further drawn closer around
each plant with the hand. Hand
ling brings stalks together, keeping
them upright. Later, more soil is
drawn against the row by the plow
hoe, or celery hiller. The final earth
ing Is commonly done with a spade,
where small lots are grown, but can
be done with a celery hiller.
The soil should be carried nearly
to the top ot the plant, so that only,
the leaves show, as In the illustra
tion. The best way to keep celery In the
winter Is to store It in a deep trench.
In the same position as when grow
ing, the plants being crowded closely,
together, the tops above the ground,
and covered with litter enough to
prevent freezing. Your soil where
the trench Is dug should be dry, and
dug not more than a foot wide, and
as deep as the plants require. No
earth is put on the roots la tn
tli a.
trench,' and nothing but litter on to
if Hi
I. A. L., in the American Cu
vator.
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