JUDGE NOT.
Let us believe the best: there are enough,
you know,
Judging by what they see wronging each
other no;
Let us believe the best: there are enough
to blame,
Numbers to think the worst numberi to
brand a name.
i
Many a soul would rise out of his (lark
despair,
II there were only one just to believe and
care
Out on the losing side, daring to take his
gtnnd,
Heedless of what men say, holding a
brother's hand.
Shaftesbury Magazine.
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By 3IARV C. HOVI.I-,
It hnd been an unprecedented tri
umph for Emily Reece when she had
tepped from the ranks of the chorus
to the leading rart in the musical
comedy, and had won even the most
blase and merciless critics by her
girlish Insouciance and the sweet
ness and purity of her wonderful
Yoice. To Fred Hamilton, the stage
manager, It had been a source of
gratification and delight, for it was
be who had discovered In "Little
Em'ly" promise of a beautiful future,
and he had left no n.'one unturned
to assist her In the Journey on the
road to fame and fortune. And now
bis most cherished desire was to be
realized, for through the Influence
Of some wealthy patrons of music
and the arts the fair singer was to
head her own company as a star In an
opera which had been written for
her by the leading musician of the
day.
The plans were nearly completed
for the auspicious occasion and the
omnipresent Hamilton wag busily en
gaged in the hundred and one details
Incident to a prima donna's first ap
pearance. But there was a , force
with which the practical and prosaic
tage manager forget to reckon, in
the person of the little blind god, who
bears the name of Cupid, and who
bad sent his love-tipped arrows with
telling aim in the direction ot Emily
Reece and the impecunious but happy-go-lucky
Hugh Kelsey, a bright
young newspaper man, who "cov
ered" the Jefferson Theatre whe:
Emily sang and danced her way into
the hearts of the great army of thea
tregoers. Hamilton had looked upon the
growing attachment of the two young
people with unconcern, until one day
he was peremptorily sent for by the
brown-eyed little Blnger who calmly
Informed him that she was engaged
to Hugh, and rather hesitatingly re
marked that the marriage would take
place in the very near future.
"But, of course, the happy event
will not interfere with your debut,"
was Hamilton's reply, after he had
offered the stereotyped congratula
tions, and like a bolt from a clear
sky came the astounding reply: "I
Intend to retire from the stage for
ever when the present show is over,
for I am anxious to have a home all
my own and bake and brew for the
man I love."
Hamilton was transfixed with as
tonishment and rage, until he finally
managed to say scornfully: "Give up
your career, with your beauty and
talent, to be a household drudge for
a man without a penny? Pah! it's
preposterous; you'll regret it, see if
you don't and"
His remarks were cut short by
Emily: "you will please leave me at
once, my decision Is irrevocable;
money and fame are not everything
in this world, and you you are a
mercenary old bachelor without a
particle of sentiment."
Just then the maid announced
"Mr. Kelsey," and with outstretched
hands and a caressing smile upon
her lips Emily went to greet Hugh,
and Hamilton, filled with resentment
and chagrin at the failure of his
plans, beat a hasty retreat.
The news of the approaching np
tlals of the popular actress and the
almost unknown Hugh was heralded
far and wide, and when it becama
known that "Little Em'ly" was to
abandon the footlights for the
hearthstone it became a nine days'
wonder, but the fickle public soon
forgot her and her name was soon
hut a sweet and far-distant memory.
A year or two afterward Fred
Hamilton, tired and weary of the
8traln of bookine netrr nnH art.
..resses, good, bad and mostly indiffer
ent, shook the dust of the hot, seeth
ing city from his heels, and in a huge
touring car, with but his chauffeur
lor company, was off to "fresh fields
and pastures new," and was soon
spinning quickly along the country
Toad with the fresh, cool summer
breeze .from the green hills acting as
a balm to his unruly nerves. But
there is always a fly in the ointment,
and Just when he was in a partlcu-
. larly blissful frame of mind there
was a loud report, something snapped
and the machine stopped suddenly,
and despite the united efforts of the
men, refused to move.
To all appearances they were miles
from the nearest garage and Ham
ilton was in far from a pleasant mood
when he espied a tiny cottage in the
stlstance, standing among the trees,
,and trusting to luck that it might
boast of a telephone, walked slowly
In the direction of the bouse.
It was evidently a summer camp,
built of logs in the old-fashioned way
and showing the autistic womanly
touch in the trailing vines and masses
f bright colored ' flowers which
transformed it into a veritable bower,
f he door stood Invitingly open, and
Hamilton, standing on the threshold,
uttered a surprised exclamation aa a
girl clad In a simple, spotless linen
gown came toward him with a
"Hush, baby is asleep," and then,
"Why, it's dear old 'Hammy'." Past
grievances were forgotten by the two,
for In the mistress of the manor
Fred Hamilton, recognized the Emily
of former days in the very captivat
ing matron who welcomed him so
cordially. She told him of the glori
ous summer days spent in this syl
van retreat, which Hugh could easily
reach after his work in the city was
over, and the light of perfect happi
ness was upon her countenance and
it was hardly necessary for Hamil
ton to question her regarding the
wisdom of her choice.
After assistance was summoned
for the refractory automobile, Emily
charmingly insisted upon the stage
manager remaining for the evening
meal, and to the man accustomed to
hotel fare the simple and well-cooked
repast was like ambrosia.
"I say, old chap," said Hugh, as
he and his guest sat puffing their af
ter dinner cigar, "I stole Emily from
the glare of the spotlight, but I know
and feel sure that she is perfectly
content, although the world has lost
a singer." And Btepplng lightly
across to the tiny nursery and beck
oning silently to Hamilton, they
stood watching Emily as she sat with
Hugh, Jr.'s tiny head qufte close to
hers, and In a voice that had become
enriched and softened by the supreme
joy of motherhood, sang a quaint,
low lullaby to the rosy little cherub
In her arms. To Fred Hamilton she
looked like some old world Madonna
with the moonlight streaming In upon
her, and the scene touched a respon
sive chord in the worldly man's
heart, for he realized that all the
world's adulation and glamour were
as dead sea fruit when compared to
the perfect peace and harmony of
that little household.
And when he made his adieu ha
took Emily's hand in his and said
very solemnly: "You're a star after
all, little Emily, fn the greatest show
on earth a happy home," and step
ping into the waiting automobile, he
was off, and Bhe knew he meant It
Boston Post.
I GOVERNMENT NURSERIES I
The trees used In the National ex
periments in reforestation are grown
at eight Government nurseries in the
existing National forests out West,
The preliminary stage of forest
planting within the National forests
is now past, and several of the plant
ing stations have produced trees of
sufficient size to plant directly on the
permanent site. About 700,000 trees
were' planted during the winter and
spring of 1907.
At the nursery in the Dismal River
National forest more stock has
reached an age suitable for planting
than at the other stations. This nurs
ery contains approximately 2,500,
000 trees.
At present there are about 3,000,
000 trees for planting in the sand
hills. The species largely in use up
to this time are Western yellow pine
and jack pine. Other species, chiefly
Scotch pine, Norway pine and Doug
las fir, are being tested in the nurs
ery and in experimental plantations.
The State forests of Saxony, com
prising 450,000 acres, are in charge
of a forestry bureau at a yearly ex
pense which averages $3 for each
acre, but such is the extent and value
of the timber and other products that
the net yearly revenue averages J5.30
an acre after deducting all expenses.
The appropriation of the United
States for the bureau of forestry is
so insignificant that It amounts to a
little less than one cent for each acre.
Moody's Magazine.
Reminded Him of Home.
A New Yorker, whose boyhood had
been spent within a stone's throw of
Beacon Hill and that mighty edifice
in which the Commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts is yearly saved, was recent,
ly summoned to admire his wife's
new hat. Round and steep and bril
liantly yellow it was the "very
latest" cabriolet. The man looked at
it long and thoughtfully, and then
"That takes me back,"" he breathed.
"What do you mean?" Inquired
his puzzled wife, who had been pre
pared for sarcasms, but not sighs.
Why, the hat's the living image of
the dome of the Boston State House
if you'd only had it just a little
bigger!"
And as he made his escape she
beard him humming, "How de-ar to
my heart are the scenes of my child
hood!" New York Press.
A Promising Lad.
A Richmond man whose business
frequently takes him to the wilds of
West Virginia tells an incident illus
trating an Interesting phase of the
mountaineer character In that section.
The Richmond man was desirous
of employing for work In the region
referred to a certain Hank Waters,
and so had asked a number ot nioun.
taineers questions as to his character,
fitness for the work, etc.
"He's pretty well and favorably
known In this locality, isn't he?"
asked the Richmond man of one old
fellow never out of the mountains In
all bis Ufe.
"Well, mebbe he ain't so well
known as a lot o' others," replied the,
old chap, in an apologetic tone. "He
ain't killed nobody ylt that I knows
of, but," he added gravely, "Hank
Waters Is mighty promisln'." HarJ
per'a Weekly. . , : .
English Fears
The Bitter Experience of France Cited by
Way of Justification
By H. IV.
II. Blegmund Hubert in a letter smiles at British fears of a
German invasion and talks ot the wild panic in London In
16S3; but he need not go so far back the coast towns of
the North Atlantic States were just as panic-stricken dur
ing the Spanish-American war, though Cervera's fleet was
thousands nf nifjpa nwnv
jETZT I France neglected repeated warnings to keep her frott
I tier protected, and Germany after long secret preparation
caught her napping
was pure military aggression, except in the eyes of this military nation, whloh
is, was, and probably will be the greatest menace to universal peace until
her star shall set.
Germany is building up a wonderful home emplre,tand with her great
army she Is perfectly secure from invasion; but she has few colonies to pro
tect and has very secure seaports, so that it bard to understand her feverish
desire to build a mighty navy. It Is hardly likely that England with htff
enormous outlying possessions and her own exposed coasts can complacently
sit idle. Her very existence Is at stake. Only the Ignorant in each nation
indulge In cheap sneers at the other's expense. History In the past has
proved that in her worst hours of trouble Germany has found foes around 'her
on all sides, but never England. Germany is forging ahead now, hut her rise
to power is no more wonderful than the stupendous power gained over the
sea and In every quarter of the globe by practically the smallest country in
Europe. Of course we are trained to think the British slow, obtuse, and quite
deserving of cheap Insults commonly thrown at them, but the fact remains
that the British have opened up the entire world, while other nations stayed
at home. They have built up a foreign trade which is amazing. On their
trade routes Germany and ourselves have eagerly followed, and perhaps with
newer methods, and by avoiding their mistakes and profiting by their experi
ence we may beat them out in the end, but we have yet to oust them. And
ought we to boast too loudly when we have yet far to go?
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The-
Marvellous"
fy Eugene Wood
OU know the Handy Man, don't you? the fellow that makes
his nwn flv-Kcreens. and thev fit: that knows howto give the
Y cow castor oil, for Bhe won't take it from a spoon like a
J person; that rigs up a reel for his lawn hose Instead of
J banging it on a hook to spring a leak; that lays his own
but look how little it all cost him; that builds his own
mission furniture which has to be moved with a pry when
they sweep; that paints everything about his place that
paint will stick to; that takes his clock apart to clean it instead of sousing
the works Into gasoline the way the fellow docs that comes around to the
house; that can fix the doorbell when it won't ring, and has all the locks and
hinges on the place so that they pretty near work of themselves. You know
the Handy Man , don't you? Well, I don't like him. I repeat I don't like the
Handy Man at all. But you understand as well as I do that all my mockery
of him has been an effort to get revenge for all his mockery of me and my
thumbhandednesB. In my heart of hearts I must own up that all our present
high estate is from his handicraft.
The erected man must first have hands that could relieve the jaws from
holding things ere ever the wide-stretching mouth could shorten and contract
enough to form the sounds of Bpeech. No story writer has ever dared to
make his castaway on a desert Island as naked and empty-handed as were
our far-off ancestors when they landed on this planet, not a penny In their
pockets, and no pockets. Ready to perish were our fathers, and all the way
along, from the first finking of a flint to give It a cutting edge, to this day In
which the yielding air has finally made a solid pathway for our travel, It has
been the skilful hand that has created for us a world to live in the hand
of the Handy Man. 'Hampton's Magazine.
if
Actors Old and New
The "Palmy Days" of the Profession
Always Receding : : : : : :
Fv Charles Eattell Loomis. of New York
LD fogies of all ages (somo are not yet 21) make me tired.
You'll always find the old fogy who longs for the days when
actors could really act and when Shakespeare was ade
quately represented. Old fogies of this year of grace hark
back to the "good old days" of the lato '70's, but I remem
ber that critics who wrote In those days were In tie habit
of picking flaws In Edwin Booth himself nnd prating of the
days of his father and Macready and Forrest.
New as a matter cf fact (I llko to bo didactic this hot
Id 1
weather) those who saw the recent production ot "Twelfth Night at. the
Academy of music saw the very best Malvolio that has been seen In New
York in thirty years. I have seen at least half a dozen Malvollos, Americans,
English and one German in that time, and Edward Sothern more nearly real
ized the part than any ether.
Thirty years from now somo old fogy of that time will be mourning for the
palmy "old days of the first decade of the twentieth century, when Shakes
peare was really played," and yet I'll venture to say that each age will raiso
up its own capable actors.
For versatility there was of course ono Edwin Booth, but as great as
he may now be doing turns in some cheap East Side music hall. Not only
do we have the poor always with us, but genius is peculiar to no generation.
Perhaps the man who will mako New York remembered may to-day be crying
for bis bottle in New Zealand; but those who did not see Sothern and Mar
lowe missed a dramatic treat that in a smaller theatre would have been
almost too good to be true.
4" 4
Armageddon
, Ey Hyaclnthe Ringrose
HE word "Armageddon," which has figured so largely In
patriotic speeches and newspaper headlines recently in Bng-
Ff I land cannot be found In any of the leading dictionaries.
I ' It Is taken of course from the Apocalypse, where It la the
I I name given to the field of the final struggle between the
f I powers of good and evil.
Literally, it signifies the mountain of Megiddo, Meglddo
being a city in the great plain at the foot of Mount CarmeL
It was there that King Joslah received his death wound In
the battle against Pharaoh Necho II., King of Egypt
Lord Roscbury, Sir Edward Grey and Mr. Balfour during the past week
have prophesied that the German Ocean la shortly to be the Armageddon
where the fate of the British' Empire Is to be (Determined. It is a disquieting
fact that the leaders of both the Government and the Opposition appear to
accept aa unavoidable a coming conflict between England and Germany.
Surely we are rattling back to barbarism when two great nations of the same
race stock are, without a cause for war, preparing tp meet each other la fho
Armageddon which has been so much talked about the past week.
of Invasion
Stebbings
and descended on Furls Is a war wmcn
Handy Man"
HOK TJCXLTVRE
. STRAWBERRIES.
In strawberry culture runners that
reach beyond a reasonable limit
should be cut off.' The plants should
be cultivated at least once a.week and
after each rain an utter extermina
tion of weeds is necessary to success.
Indiaunpolis News.
PRUNE THE TREES.
All fruit trees need pruning im
mediately after planting. Make the
tops correspond with the roots.
Peaches need the most trimming
after setting; trim these to mere
switches about two feet high and
without side shoots longer than one
Inch. Farmers' Home Journal.
SAVING MELONS FROM BEETLES.
The little striped beetles that sting
the muskmelons may be successfully
combated by covering the vines with
cotton mosquito netting on frames.
Another way is ,to sprinkle a mixture
ot slaked lime and wood ashes around
the bills, both of which act as fertil
izers if used sparingly. Indianapolis
News.
PERENNIAL CROPS.
Perennial crops, like rhubarb, pars
ley and horseradish, should have a
garden of their own to keep thera out
of the way. Do not let the rhubarb
form a blossom. Horseradish is so
easy to cultivate and spreads so rap
idly that it should be kept by Itself,
otherwise it may become a nuisance.
Indianapolis News.
AMPELOPSIS ON A NORTH WALL.
The ampelopsis, or Virginian creep
er, is often recommended for planting
to cover the north wall of a house,
and the recommendation is a good
one when the proper ampelopsis Is
mentioned. This is the old-fashioned
Virginian creeper, Ampelopsis quln
quaefolla, which, although requiring
support, will give an excellent ac
count of itself on all but the most
hopeless north walls. The more pop
ular A. Veitchll, or Vitis inconstans,
seems to be quite unsulted to a north
wall. Indianapolis News.
SMALL FRUITS.
The small fruits play a very im
portant part in the economy of the
household. Inasmuch as they come at
a time when there is a scarcity of
other fruits and oftentimes of veget
ables as well. So it is very Important
that every farmer especially should
set apart a plat of ground sufficiently
large to be capable of producing all
the small fruits that the family can
possibly consume during the year.
The Blze of the plat will depend some
what upon the size of the family.
Farmers' Home Journal.
CALCIUM CYANAMIDE.
Recent European experiments indi
cate that calcium cyanamide is about
equal in agriculture value to sulphate
of ammonia. The best time to apply
it is in the fall, and whenever used
for a sowed crop It should be distrib
uted at least eight days before seed
ing and harrowed into the soil. This
fertilizer seems to be particularly
beneficial .to cereals and hoed crops,
Its action being best in a wet season.
Calcium cyanamide appears to be
more effective in nonacid, rich hu
mus or clay soils than in those con
taining sand or lime. One experi
menter recommends 'concerning Its
application that the best time is
"when the soil is wet or when there is
good prospoct of rain, and that in
any case it should be well worked
into the soil, that it may have as
much moisture as possible. Indian
apolis News.
WORK IN THE ORCHARD.
Much of the Important work on
the fruit farm must be done during
the dormant season. Just how much
of the season's work can and should
bo done in winter is a question of
economic importance to the fruit
grower. In most parts of the country
everything goes with a rush from the
time the trees leaf out in the spring
until the crop is harvested, packed
and shipped In the fall. There is fre
quently, in fact usually, a scarcity of
help during much of the growing sea
son. Tho greatest drawback to win
ter work is the cold weather and short
days. However, we have found that
men and teams working in the or
chard can accomplish about as much in
eight or nine hours when the weather
is cool as they can working ten hours
during hot weather.
A point of great Importance in win
ter work Is that the owner can usu
ally be right along with his men
about all the time, as the work is not
bo much scattered or divided as the
Bummer work.
While some advocate pruning In
June, it is seldom that we see prun
ing done at that time in active prac
tice. Occasionally a peach grower
gets bo far behind with his winter and
spring work that he Is found trim
ming trees as late as the first of
June, but it always proves more cost
ly to do the work at that time when
the foliage is oft the trees. Wounds
made in pruning trees will heal over
more quickly when the work Is done
in the .spring,- but most orchardists
paint the larger cuts when pruning,
and thus they have no trouble With
the wood checking or dying back into
the remaining wood of the .tree.
In pruning large apple trees there
is always more or less heavy work,
and by doing this late In winter we
bring the work up close to spring and
allow only a small chance for the
wood to dry out before the growth
begins. Correspondence in the Ap
jplt Specialist. -
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FORCE OF HABIT.
A poet loved a wealthy maid,
An heiress far beyond his stution,
So, with his tender muse to aid,
He wooed with fiery inspiration,
lie sent by irwul a fervent plea,
A poem couched in words that burn;
And them from force of habit, he
Enclosed a stamp for its return!
Sam S. Stinson, in Puck.
WILL ACCOMPANY HER HOME.
"I understand that Caroline is go
ing to Europe for her health."
"Indeed! When did she send it
over?" Boston Transcript.
AND THIS IS GAWF.
xne secretary "Excuse me,
sir.
but you might replace the turf.'
The Novice "But if I did I should
never get round. The Sketch.
THE REASON.
Discontented Wife "Several of the
men whom I refused when I married
you are richer than you are now."
The Husband "That's why." Il
lustrated Bits.
ATROCIOUS.
The Husband "Well, say what you
will, my dear, you'll find worse than
me in the world."
The Wife "Oh, Tom, how can you
be so bitter?" Pittsburg Observer.
"AHA! SHE CAN'T ESCAPE MUH. 1
Maude "And so your husband is
leading man at the Bowdoln Castle
Theatre. "
Belle "No, the misleading man
he's the villain." Boston Transcript.
PREPARATORY TO GETTING OFF.
Hub (arriving home from office)
"Well, dear, and how is the now cook
getting on?"
WIfey "She's getting on her
things to leave, that's how." Boston.
Transcript.
THERE, NOW!
She "If a man loves his wife aa
much as Bhe loves him, he will stop
wasting his money on cigars if she
asks him."
He "Yes, but if his wife lovca
him as much as she ought to love a
man who loves her enough to stop it
If she asks him, she won't ask him!"'
From London Opinion.
HIS FAMILY AT THE BEACH.
Doctor "The only thing the mat
ter with you, my dear sir, is lone
someness." Patient "Well, I certainly have a
sort of an 'all gone' feeling, doctor."
Boston Transcript.
A CHECKERED ANSWER.
"Hullo, mate, 'ow is it you ain't
workin'?"
"Well, it's like this: I works at a
domluo factory, and I puts on the
spots, and they're making doublet
blanks to-day!" London Opinion.
THE DIPLOMATIC SEX.
Mrs. Green "The doctors say a
good cry is healthful."
Mrs. Wise "I know it is. A good
cry gets me and the girls a month
at the seashore each year, and we
come back as hard as nails." Boston
Transcript.
STRAIGHT TIPS.
Ted "Does the Government- fish
eries commission have any difficulty
in finding waters to Btock?"
Xed "I shouldn't think so. All
they have to do is to pick out those
summer resorts that advertise good
fishlns." Judge.
DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
Teacher "Johnny, tell me somet
thing of Abraham Lincoln."
Johnny "Which version?"
Teacher "Why, what do you
mean?"
Johnny "History or magazine?" .
Cleveland Leader.
BROKE HIM.
Margie "Did you see all the sights
at the seashore?''
Jack O. Hartz "Most of 'em, I
guess."
Margie "Well, tell me what the
breakers looked like."
Jack "The two I met were both
blondes." Kansas City Times.
READY FOR THE SEASON.
' Summer Resort Proprietor "Have
last year's prices been Increased fifty
per cent, as I ordered?"
Clerk "Yes, sir."
Summer Resort Proprietor "Well.,
tow' the sea serpent out and anchor
it In front ot the hotel, and let the
eason begin." Denver Republican. '