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Mynheer Joe f*Y ST. QE0RQE JUTHBORHC. M forward to ud tktn turn wbo smiles coldly, as s? youf Lord Carmor Ws uftst to Turkey. He wae bur. I believe, A csrelsss > Called to. wipe the Made, sad It sot that I hats to pert do kere not the ellghtest tie Ifrlrai, who holds tm either hand. that Is sfofued? the test sad asjr be my friend, by the Mood of e rn take the ssme blade Since a faded to teach the Russian with It. we'll see what Joasthsa con do. Hold It for dhe. Mr. CMass." ? Xe one makes say remark, though asuiUj the baron Is fam lag, while Mh Mr. Grtmee sad Bandy chuckle at the wards of the traveler. It is pat nr thst Myaheer Joe has paged the *mke-up of his antagonist to s dot. snd srfli be able to. take care of him. principals In the contemplated ? proceed to fmslnetu. Coats and ire restored. Joe arranges bis ?tthe jnst as In the gymnasium, plse *-g the footholds over bis shoes, tight : n belt around his waist, and faq up both sleeves. ?erves his movements ' thst shows Itself m>on i fsce. He discovers that his Amer sntagoulst knows more than be g'm him crrdlt for, snd perhaps for t|e irst time the startling thought Joshes throigli his brain tbat tbls nai nay be a revelation to biin. tale practical eye takes in tbe won tlerflri wilst of Mynheer Joe and tbc aaputi forearm. These points give premise of astonishing supple sword phj If In the possession of a mnster. The baron fee la concern?something ttet never bothered him before when ?beat to enter a little affair of tbls for the duello has been a pa's Hue to the Russlsn, feeling that be sraa a sure winner from tbe start. Both nvs, now ready. ~%beir seconds place them, and as "there is reslly no advantage in tbc ftemd, this, requires little effort. *t)ne moment before we begin!" It Is Mr. Grimes who speaks, snd all mjpum are at once turned upon him. *LK as understand the conditions of tWs sffa'r. Will the gentlemen's Msskht be Mtlafled with first blood, or Is It to be a duel to tbe death?** baron opens hts mouth to de r the latter, remembering tlfe 1 put upon him when the wine was dashed fato hts fsce. Just then Mo eyeu rest upon the countenance of the American. What Is It In Myn fceer Joe's looks that causes a spasm So pass through tbe frsme of tbe duel ist? He hsrdly knows himself, save Mist far perhaps tbe first time In bis life he bss had as undeniable twinge first disabling wound will sat hff me," says the baron, coldly, se cretly meaning that when be himself gtvee this It shall be tbe coup de 41 ace through his foeman's heart Mynheer Joe inclines his head. "What the Russlsn says suits me. 1 sm ready for any conditions." be re asarfesu "It fo understood, gentlemen, a dis abling wound brings tbe little affair So a termlaation, and we, tbc seconds, are to be the Judges. Are you ready lor business?* cells Mr. Grimes. Bstli swordsmen sssnme favorite positions aad make affirmative re sponses. Mr. Grimes nods his head la tbe Frenchman. "Beginr culls that worthy, sharply. Hardly has the world left bis lips this the swordblades kiss with a staging sound, snd tbe extraordinary duel among the hills of Mokkatara has luai. It Is tbe baron who assaults: he Is eager to discover tbe mettle of Ms satapsulst sad throws some fire ?ate his attack, though not forgetting lo keep Ms gusrd Intact, and rstaln asms reserve. The spectators group sround, snd prepare to witness one of tbe most astonishing scenes thst ever took place Mss the hank of the historical Nile/ It dees aet take an experienced anoedaaiaa long to lesrn thst be has aat g fbsmaa worthy of hla steel, snd an 0Mar hays beea at It tea seconds lbs Kusalaa sllows a look of surprise la be seen apsa his fsce. This Is suceceded by sn expression ?f terrible .ferocity. He hss discovered tte caliber of bis sntsgonlst, nod Is asses than evsr determined to kill him tta aad there. Fortunately, tbe ob thls solicitude hss something sbaat this mstter himself, and Its with no uncertain sound, psrhsps a minute or so, the and writhe and twist snakes. Then tbe agile _ bsck beyond res rb. He ma felled la a Is Irst attampt What m ha sndssvor to accomplish now? He kaews bettor thsn to display sny " sf alarm. On the contrary, be apoa his Hps snd ap A gala hs advances, to adopt an en tirely aew system of tactics, which the Amsrlcsa meets ss becomes tbe Ca write pupil sf Monsieur Duval, tbe a sword master of all Pari* boron Is amssed to find that of Ms llttls tricks Is met In rapid order. He gains no advantage. If were furrounded by ojvnllhofsteel M WM'iNlffrippuwt ly ftwte th* oaalaaght ef kit antagon ist ? Oa his put; the AnertaM ateHa U?t mtw hn to Mt om who could wield the blade with such power and ?kill aa thla Russian duellist He la kept Imwj repelling attack*, a ad when he finds aa opportunity to make a lance on hla own account It la met and parried by the deTer work of the bar on. Mr. Crimea looka on and smiles; he tklaka he can afford to. knowing well "nat a aurprlae *111 yet entne upon the Russian. Aa for the French cap tain, he rube hla hands together In great glee; aucb a apectacle aa thla ap peala to everythlag that la martial In hla composition. He forgets that two men are battling for life, and only sees the msrvelous skill brought to bear in manipulating the swords. All the while fervid exclamations escape him. as If he cannot keep his feeling* under control; be-la like a kettle of boiling water?when the heat .reaches a certain stage he buhblee over. "Bncre: Look at that lunge! Mag neetlclent! And the return? Char mant! It Is worth losing a night's sleep to gaae upon such lovely play. Mon ami, observe tbe blades kiss and twine about each other, lly friend has met a noble adversary. Mon Dleu Such coolness, such wonderful arms, I have not seen In all my life. 1 am proud to say Americans are the friends of the French. But It Is one great pity?he must go dotvn. The baron tlijew them all out?his arm Is made of steel. I trust It will only be a Iwb wound. Tarbleu! I should hate to see that brave man die/' Thus he mutters and exclaims In starts, as he watches the fierce en gagement. Mr. Grimes hears him. Mr. (Crimes does not share his apprehen sion one lota. He simply utters In tbe Frenchman's car the one word: "Waitr Meanwhile the second bout between Ihe two men has proven as fruitless as the first. Aa If through mutual consent they spring back to recover themselves. "Time!'* says the Frenchman. They rest upon their swords, and during this brief interval keen eyes are upon them. The French captain contrasts the two. ' He has declared that the baron. In the past, has won more than one victory because of his wonderful endurance, which has en abled him to wear his antagonist out To his surprise, he now discovers that the nudainn uas put forth such tre mendous force In the attempt to beat down Joe's guard, that he shows more signs of exhaustion than his aniagen lst. What does Mynheer Joe do, as If to Rhow his contempt for the man against whom be Is pitted, but take a cigar and place It. unlighted, betweeu his teeth. The baron's eyes flash llgh?i'ln~s when ke sees this act. He realizes that the mistake of his life has come upon him. When Mynheer Joe en tered Cairo the Russian's star begin to decline. It is now going down with a rush. "Ready r he cries, raising his sword. The American meets him half way, and for the third time the weapons clash together. Now the baron ex hausts his repetory of curious strokes and tricks, hoping to discover some weak point about the other's defense. In this he signally falls. A* yet he has feu no twinge of fear, trusting Ijl his ?wn skill to defend himself. If It comes to the worst, the duel can be called a draw, and he sucks consolation out of that fact, while not omitting to keep a close watch for the opening he still hopes to discover. A new phase In the duel Is about to take place, what Mr. Grimes has been so anxiously awaiting. He wonders why Mynheer Joe delays so long, and can only lay It to that strange feeling of flne humor which causes a cat to play with a mouse. It comes at last Joe springs back a pace, pnsses his sword from bis right hand to hit left, and Is at tbe Russian like a tlper. His trenchant blade flashes before the baron's eyes, and a crj of wonder and dismay Is forced from the latter's Hps, when he realises a new arm Is matched against his wearied one; thnt the marvelous attack must now be met In a different manner than be fore, since It proceeds from the left shoulder. Mr.- Grimes hears a groan beside him. It is tbe French officer, who realises that the day is lost to Ula cause. Tbe baron Is game. Ha battles des perately to save himself, Mr. Grimes notes the sallow hue that hss crept over the msn's face, and h? knows the duel Is already decided. For tbe flrst time perhaps In his life, tbe Rus ?Isn feels the cold clutch of fear at his heart. Once a man allows this feeling to come over him In a duel, his chances sre gone. At the same time, over-confidence Is Just about as fatal to success. The only safe coarse It a line between, captions and wide awake, ready to do his best and leave the rest. It becomes apparent thnt the'baron weakens. His defense Is no longer the msrvelous one he put up while Mynheer Joe continued the right-hand movement. These flashes from the nncoutb side dassle him. He has never been drilled to meet the attack of a left-handed swordsman, and finds his brain unable to successfully cope with the new problems thus sudden ly presented for solution. The baron Is lost. He. might still save himself by ppripclnjr bo<Jt and sullenly, refill in a ST**"* MM1** ** rtSf" the aatad 4% mm***; U*bm race that would mi tbaa appear ? coward. So ho battlee as. dolnghie brat ta meat tba attacks of his for. Ha na longer hopro to aasaatt la tarn?bla arm la too tin*.(or that. He Buffers excruciating pala every time ha Drakes a more JBere tha* atoca ca? Sf reheet Joe. If ha chooses. drive hie Made through the body of hie foe. He leta ?he ohancea sup by; perhape the time may come whea be wlU regret thla mercy, bat he does aot like to hare the blood of a white taaa on hie band* At last the opportunity he looks for comes; there le a quick moTeiaeat. a sudden cry, and the sword of the American protrudee through the right arm of the baron at the ehoulder. Lord Carmorgnn has been a ranged with 'the weapon ha handled la ratal CHAPTER XV. . na asaoa is sArianao. With snother quick movement the Americaa withdraws his sword sad stepa back a pace to avoid any pun labment. but the baron la ta no coo dltlon to deal such. He etaka back, snd only that the French captain ?prlnge forward and catchca th? baron ta his arma he must fall ta a heap. There le no sign of fainting, only exhauatlon. He atanda there, euatalned in part by his second, looking at the first maa ta all the world who has proved h.'a master, and the gleam ot those eyee can be termed nothing leas then diabolical. Mynheer Joe leans on his sword and coolly surreys his sntsgonlsL Then he calla for a match snd spplles It tc the cigar which he has held between Ills teeth all thla while. It Is evident that he has no fear of the future. The tableau renin ins unbroken foi perhaps n full minute. "Timer* says Mr. Grimes clearly. Mynheer Joe, still' smoking calmly, elevates his sword. The plucky baron mnkes 'a move to follow suit, when his second, the French captain, throws himself between. "Mon Dieu! You would not finish this affair with murder, comrades? It was agreed that a disabling wound would end it. See, my principal has no longer any arm. What served hlin so well Is now almost as useless as a dead member. You will call It quits, or I shall offer myself his substitute!" he cries with commendable enthusi f?Hui and pluck, since he knows he Is no mntc^ for the Yankee. "On onj condition," returns Mr. Grimes, who also produces and lights a cigar, while the irrepressible San dy is scribbling away for dear life in shot (hand at the rate of a thousand words a minute, more or less. ?"Name It, monsieur." "Tlie baron provoked this due! fty an Insult ins allusion to the American ling. It has had ? trial by arms, and the decision rests sgalnst him. Let him frank'y apologise, not to my friend ouly but to Americans every* where, and I am sure Mynheer Joe will be satisfied as well as myself,* The proposition Is reasonable. "Pnrbleu! I see no reason why It should not be done In common justice, since 'It bin been decreed that my principal was In the wrong. It waa a grand sight though; a superb spectacle that will haunt me always. What any you, monsieur le baron?do you withdraw your nllusloc to the flag utuler which this gentleman serves?" The Russian smiled. "I am compelled to. since I declared that It covered only cowards, for he bus proven very plainly that I made r mistake. Mynheer Joe knows my allusion was made only to provoke him to a meeting, so that I need re tract my words no further than this." "You have baM the meeting; are you satisfied, baron?" asks Joe himself. "For the present, yes;" returns the other, between his teeth, "but this does not end It, my American friend No man has ever yet run across my path and lived. Your time will come!" "No man up to now has ever worst ed you In a duel, Russia, but you met your mnt'-h here. Take care it Is not your life that Is snuffed out like a candle. We Americans shoot to kill when we engage with wolves or tig ers," says Mr. Grimes. ITo be Gontlnued.1 ?NAILS FOND OF MUSIC. vrsnen Nationalist Has Discovers^ Thsfr Peculiarity. A German scientist recently pointed >ut that snails are sble to draw lm nense weights, and now a French nat irallst claima th%t there are few, If any, animals wbM have a higher ap preciation of music man snails. This aaturallst is M. 8. Jourdaln, and his rlews on the aobject are expressed at length In a paoer which he has ad Jressed to the French Biologies! so siety. Pisco sow snails on s pone it glass, he says, you will fn<? that aa they move ov?r it they wll? make musical souide similar to thost which a person can produce by wet Ung his fingers sad then rubbing 1? around a glass tunider. Complete alra he points out, hs'e boon played or tumblers In tbls wsr, snd he expressei the opinion thst quite ss good re suits can be obtained by using snail* instead ot fingers. Golfing Fast At the recent Oxford and Cam bridge match at Woking one of th? competitors?C. H. Alison of Oxford landed his ball on the top of the club house In approaching to the home green. One might have Imagined that this would have been out of bounds, but the player was allowed to get a ladder and play the ball from the top of the house. What Is more to the point, he made a gr*nd ??*<?nwr? holed out In fir* The Neeesaarlee of Life, The average man will oie for want of air In five minutes; for want of water In a week; for want of sleep U td*n ilava Agrici Wtat in yoo raMBfrMttle tori It b* milk and bstMT, MM ?th? dairy yoo want Jffpqrak Ownasv* jr Holsteln; if for the beef market VM Waal Short Horna, Polled Angus vHwMi Arran?these names to rait yourself. r*>tiw R|gb To decide whether eggs **? fertile sr not hold them between the thumb and forefinger, with oae end' toward the thumb and finger. In a horizontal position, ha ring a strong light In front ef you. The unfertfBsed egge will have a dear appearance, both upper and lower sides being the same. The fertilised eggs will have a clear ap pearance at the lower side, while the opper side will exhibit a dark or cloudy appearance. Vmlttw te TnHrtlw. Do not be tempted to abandon the old rellsble varieties of vegetables for novelties, bat first tost the novelties as experiments. Some of them nisy be excellent, bnt all varietlee depend for success .upon climate and soli. It Is never safe to make a complete chsnge In any kind of crop by substituting a new for an old. Some so-called novel ties are old varieties under new names. The best variety Is the one that has been tested and found suitable for the farm upon which It la grown. Seven years ago I built my first com. blned hotbed, coldframe and winter storage pit. It is the ohly successful combination I know for such uses. When converted Into a storage pit, the sash Is replaced by a door in the end, makes access possible without disturb ing any part of covering. It may be from three to five feet high at outalde, or eaves. Excavntion Is msde to bring the top of outer post about twelve inches above ground lev el. Make bottom two or three inches lower in centre for drain, with two Inch tile. Use best hardwood posts, not leas than five by six iuches, long TVA* OF HOTBED. enough to be set below bed level two and a half or three feet. It is to be permanent, and only sound, long tast ing timber should be used (or walls, and even these should be heavily painted or covered with pitch. Use boards or plank outside ns well as ln alde of line of posts, providing dead nlr space, and protecting Inside wall. All, except side walls, 1* of portable con struction to allow taking down for driving or backing team In while fill ing or removing dirt, manure or stored crops. Use a four by four inch ridge pole, as shown at A. to support two by four Inch rafters, held together by heavy bent wire at B. Place two by four Inch centre uprights every six feet, resting on flat stone or plank. Nail one by one Inch strip in the cen tre of each rafter for a sash guide. To prevent wind penetrating or lifting sash use ridge board on top, and a book and eye at bottom of each sash.?ltcg. Btubbs, in Farm and Home. Karpberrr Cnltar*. It costs more to grow red rasp berries than It does to grow black raspberries. Red raspberries should sell for nearly twice the price of the black. If the market will not pay higher prices for the red varietlcR than for the black it will not pay to grow the red raspberry, but in most localities red raspberries are iu active demand at high prices. I advise growers of small fruits to bsve at least a moderate sized plantation of red raspberries. They are not dim cult to grow, and are an attractive fruit to offer In connection with other small fruits you are selling. Red raspberries should be planted in rows six feet apart, with the plants three feet apart in the row. These plants can be cultivated both ways for a time. When properly cultivated they will bear fruit a lon? time, much longer In fact than will the black raspberry. Cutbbert, London, Shaffer and Col umbian are prominent red raspberries. Orowlai ?( Cor*. One of the best ways of killing the weeds in the corn field Is to destroy tbem before the corn comes up, am1, .we make It a practice to run the weed ?r lightly over the seeded ground if there Is the sllghtsst promise thst the ?oil 1s likely to be weedy. Another round of the weeder Just before the corn shows through will take out a lot of the weeds and not Injure the corn In the least, but leave less work for the cultivator to do In its first rounds, which is as soon as the rows can be fairly defined. It is true, this first and subsequent cultivating would kill off the weeds, but not 'so certainly as by the plan Indicated. If the soil Is fairly rich and the seed bed well prepared for a good variety, this plan of early and constant cultivation, as long as the corn can be worked, will give one crop which will amply repay for the labor involved. Whfle corn is grown by nearly- all farmers, there are t few little points like the above which, IT put In operation, yield auch results as to upset any Ideas that we know all there la to know about raising corn. As f Wh??t Orowlng. There seems to be a general opinion that wheat production has greatly fall* an off in aectlons located outside the great wheat belts, snd while this Is so In some States, and partlculsrly so With some individuals, statistics show that the falling off Is not so great ss Ob tte othei Land tkvt tn ladlvttwl fiwwi wk ?w flood wheat raisers who hart glTtt ?P tMr (amt ihint entirely to othfi crop?, diaply hccaass tttj do not foe obi# to cioapo? with tbo groat wheal ocethMH of tk^Wot It Is doaMId it this Is good pettey. for whllo tho (km may frtqawtly be nxd to better advantage. there la tl ways a market la any section for a .crop at flood wheal, aad always net for a small crop oa the firm. Then, too. wheat la oae of the beet crops tc oae la a rotation, having a value to the ooll tn thlo respect oo groat that It woald pay to grow It even if the oak wao comparatively limited. If It could not be aoid at a fair price It has con slderablo feeding value, particularly where ponltry Is kept Do not cot onl the wheat entirely until you have In vestlgated Its value oa jour farm. Indianapolis News. Ia)?<7 to frill Ttn by Mire. The Horticultural 8ection of the Iowa Experiment Station is In receipt of numerous reports from various sec tlons of the State conveying the lnfor matlon that during the period las! winter In which the ground was cov ered with snow, many fruit trees wer< badly girdled by field mice. 8uch trees. If left unattended, are very likely tc die. The majority of them, however, may be saved by covering the injured portion with eartb. The growing lay* er which lies Just beneath the bark will form a new layer of bark if it It kept moist by bauklng up with eartb for two or three Inches above the gir died portion. The earth should be firm ly tamped about the stem and paint taken to sec that it la not separateJ by the tree swaying in the wind. Another effective method of treat ment. which Is more trouble, but sur er, perhaps, is to wrap the wound with broad strips of cloth coated with graft ing wax. The wax Is made by boiling together four parts resin, two parts beeswax, one part tallow. To make this work effective, the wound should not be allowed to be come dried out. and no time should be lost iu covering the girdled portion. Id cases where the Injury has not been tio severe, this treatment may also rrove effective in saving trees injured by ruubits.?Indiana Farmer." Hot Ciiolrra?A Preventive. Some time ago 1 heard a friend won* dor if there was such a thing as a specific for hog cholera. > Immediately there came to me a vision from long ago, of two gentlemen sitting 011 the broad veranda of a Southern farm house, one. my uncle, with whom I lived, the other a planter from Missis sippi. The foreman of the plantation had just reported the death of ten more fat hogs from cholera, and my uncle bad remarked to his visitor that he had already lost more than fifty hr?gs from that disease, and added that the time would soon come when bog raising would be a lost industry in the South because of it. The visitor re garded him attentively for a minute and then snld slowly and impressive ly, "There Is not the slightest need of hogs dying cC cholera. While I know of no cure for the disease, I do know a certain preventive, which I have used on my plantation for years, and urged upon my neighbors, but its very simplicity prevents its general adop* tlon." "What is it?" asked my uucle, eagerly. "Its simplicity will not de ter me from its use, I assure you." "It is simply tar," replied the visitor. "I have a quantity of pine tar run. and three tlmee o week 1 have each ear of corn given them liberally smeared with It. They root it about a little at first, but they win finally eat It, and I have never had a case of cholera since I began to use It." From that time It was used on my uncle's plantation, with the best result.?Miso M. Ek Lowuitn. In The Kpitomlst. Ho*i For Meat* For hogs we prefer the Poland-flit* nas. While they do not produce as farge litters as some other breeds, they are large hogs and of a dignified appenrnnce. For meat, feed bone and muscle producing food until about six months old and give them a steady shove then and fatten on corn and sometimes mush. For meat, we often kill some of the old sows. These we fatten in the same manner. Do not feed your sow for at least twelve hours before killing; longer Is better. When ready to kill, go quietly to the pen with rifle in hand and shoot the nnl ma I. To knock it in the head is a brutal method and is fast being done away with. Bleed It quickly. Take It to your barrel or vat and place It In the same. Pour the water, which must be boiling hot, over the bog and scald well. Rake away the hair and then scrape. When this Is done, bang A HANGER FOR BOOS. the hog on a hanger like the one in the cut. Place the hog on the book B and then lift it np on the lever A. Place the lege against the fence or other sta. tionary object Take out the entrails, etc., and wash off by dashing water over It After it has cooled cut it up and place in the storeroom to cool un* til the next day. Tiro daya are better. Then apply salt and let It stand for another day or two. Then put It down In salt In barrels or boxes. When It has thoroughly takCA the salt take It up and smoke It either with hickory chips or the liquid preparation. We hare tried both, and they are both sat* Isfactory. Use whichever you wish. The condensed smoke Is, I think, per* fectly harmless ?Ml jsr tri Correspond* ant Okla PLANTING FRUIT TREB8. Fruit trees planted on the north dde of htgli, hilly growJ are mth Known to utterly rail on account of lamas* done f*om freezing. GARB OF FLOWER8. If flowers do not mature well the; nay bo made to. In many cases, by >laclng half an Inch of powdered char ?oal on the earth In the pot. A solu Ion of white hellebore In water ma) >ften be used to a great advantage lo teatroytng the Insects that Infest so nany flowering plants. FORKED FRUIT TREES. The forked apple or pear tree soonet >r later comes to ruin by splitting of -.he forks. When the tree Is rtrat trans. >lantecl It is the time to remedy this. 3ut off one of the branches of the 'orks, usually the smaller one. with s imooth, sloping cut. and If the cut If arge cover vitb a good oil palut or xrlth grafting wax. EARLY CULTIVATION. Few people appreciate the value of ?arly cultivation of the soil about 'ruit trees, plants and vines. Nearly til the growth of trees is made in the lrst few weeks and months of spring ind* summer. If cultivation li not tifen at thla critical period the trees will be stunted In growth no matter low much cultivation is given in July. August and September. Just as soon . is the gronnd Is dry enough to work licely in the spring cultivation should >egln among all kiuds of small and arge fruits. If this early cultivation a not given the ground is liable to be come so hard it is exceedingly difficult to get It into good condition, but if cultivation is begun early when the ?oii is a little moist the earth is easily broken up and kept fine throughout the season. CARE OF NEWLY SET TRElva. A11 who set trees recognize the im portance of having them make a strong. heulthy growth (luring the tirst summer that they may lately pass through the first winter. Particularly is this uecescary in sections where the ninters are severe. Of vital import ince is the conservation of the mois ture in the soil. It is of little use to pour water ou the surface of the soil about the trees, for. if the soil is at ill of a clay texture, the sun will so Sake it that little of the moisture will jet to the roots of the trees. One of the best plans is to keep the surface soil loosened until after a Irenchlng rain, and then, before the >uu has a chance to hake the surface soil. place a mulch of hay or straw loout the tree, putting it on several Inches deep and extending for two or three feet about the tree. This will ronserve the moisture in the soil. Of course, the best plan of all is to carry >u the su nmer cultivation of the sur face soil between ihe rows, thus ob taining the dust mulch; even then the tnulch of hay or straw can be used to advantage clpse to the trees. THINNING FRUIT. ? Undoubtedly it does pay to thin peaches. Because of the inclination >f many varieties to grow In clusters. * is almost impossible for an of the fruit to attain a marketable size, so that thinning usually pay#. Whether 't will pay to thin other fruit Is a mat ter which must be determined by ?very grower for himself. In the ex perience of the writer, it has been found that when the fruit goes to a market paying a good price, it will pay to thin the fruit at least to the extent >f shaking the tree to dislodge the fruit that will drop anyway, and then sending a lot of small boys through the trees to thin wherever it seems as If it could he done to advantage. Of course, the lads will have to work under the direction of some one who knows, and the work should not be too finely carried on; that Is, the thinning should be done only in cases where two or more fruits arc so close togeth er that none of them will likely ma ture. This sort of thinning will gen erally pay, but it is a matter of much doubt if anything more will be found profitable, except, as stated, with peaches, and possibly with plums.?In. ilianapolis News. FRUIT PACKAGES. Everything points to a general adop tion of the box as the package to bo used by orcl.ardists the coining sea son. and apples of good quality will be packed in them to the exclusion of barrels, especially where a discrimin ating market is being catered to. The berry basket of the season is made of paper, and It is sold at a price which greatly reduces the loss of the grower, which has been quite a sum on this Item. The crate of paper is also shown, but it looks too light, and is still an ex periment. A few grape baskets of pa per are also on the market, but offer the same objection as the berry crates. A start along the right road has been made, however, and fruit growers will be glad to encourage manufacturers. A point which all fVult growers should bear in mind Is that the city resident has little room for storage, ?nd hence will pay much higher prices In proportion for good fruit in small packages than ordinary fruit in large packages. They will also pay more for I dozen fresh eggs neatly packed in a clean box than they will for the same number, more or less soiled, taken from a bushel basket. Try It, and fou'll see It Is so. Tw? Ksp?rt?ficM. In an advertising periodical Is report ed the experience of two men as per sonally known to the writer of the wy port. One went Into the fancy poultry business, but did not advertise. Even tually he grew discouraged from lack of buyers and gave up the business. A hundred miles away another man went into the same business, but ad vertised In a number of leading news papers. He is still at it ou a large scale, still advertises and is a rich man. Raaikd? Tiipli Anwl. HE people of the Booth ip> peer to be greet]j aroused on the question of highway Improvement. The roads of the South are, on the wiioie, worse than those of any other section. There are several reasons for this, smong which may be mentioned unfavorable climatic conditions snd scarcity of road building materials. To these may be added the fact that the South has hardly as yet fully recovered from the devastating effecfs of the Civ il War, and the population and wraith per capita are less In proportion to the mileage of roads than in most North* era States. But the public spirited citizens of the South are enthusiastic advocates of better roads, notwithstanding these obstscles. In many counties of North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas bond? have been issued and many miles of flrst-clsss roads constructed. If there is anything worse than a clay road, it is one of sand. But. ap ptrfntlj, by accident it was discovered a few years ago that sand and clay thoroughly mixed in proper propor tions makes an excellent road. As a result of this discovery, a large mileage of sand-clay roads has been coustruet ed In North and South Carolina, and some In other States. Two advantages of this kind of road are cheapness of construction and abundance of ma* terial. In many coast counties in the South shells sre used for making roads, and they prove an excellent substitute for crushed stone. In southern Alabama and Louisiana may be found some stretches of shell road that arc as Hue as any In the country. It Is a matter of surprise to some that the sentiment for national aid to road improvement should bo so strong In the South. The strength of that sentiment is shown by the fact that the pioneer advocates of that plau in both houses of Congress are from tho South?Representative Brownlow, of Tennessee, and Senator Latimer, of South Carolina. The Legislature of Tennessee was the first to memorialize Congress to make an appropriation for road improvement. At the recent meeting before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, a Northern Senator tried to quizz a goo J roads committeeman from South Caro lina by asking if the people of his State "had overcome the prejudice which used to prevail there against Government interference in local af fairs." The answer he received was: "Yes, we are getting broad minded down there." was greeted with ap plause. The fact is. that the South has been aroused by stern necessity. The farmers of the South want the help of the Government in improving their roads, because they need it badly, and because, like farmers in all sections, they think they are entitled to a larg er share in the direct benciits of Gov ernment appropriation than they have hcretotare received.?Atlanta Journal. Rranltt Talk*. Winthrop E. Scarrltt was chosen make a public statement, defining the attitude of New Tork business men toward Improved highways. h0 says. "The civilization of a people may l>(* measured by their transportation facil ities and the condition of their public highways. The pioneer had no roa?ls that were worthy of the name. After more than a century and a quarter of existence, this country still has thou sands of miles of public highway that are a disgrace to civilization. "America is a country of extremes. Congress has spent uncounted millions on rivers and harbors, while, on the other hand, for more than half a cen tury she hns spent practically nothing for roads. How absurd this is when you consider that probably there in one hundred times as much travel on land as there Is on water. Steam rail ways have he;'ii encouraged. The Gov. eminent has subsidized ships. "How ludicrous. If not pathetic, has been the attitude toward good roads, notwithstanding the rapid growth of the ITuitcd States and our boasted pro* gress in civilisation. It costs Just as much to carry a ton of farm produce on a wagon to-day as it did before the war?namely, at least twenty cents p >r ton per mile. While almost every sub ject under the sun hns received consid. era Hon at thr* hands of the Govern ment, the roads have been left to lan guish. "In a few of the Eastern States? notably New Jersey. Connecticut, Mas. sarliusotts and New Yor.:?the good road movement has been substantially aided by the States themselves. Enough has been done In these States to demonstrate absolutely the signifi cance and value to any community of a system of good highways." " C#nil Clay RoaHi." A sandy road is had In dry weather and only tolerable after a rain. A clay road is fair in dry weather if not rutted too badly, but in wet weather drops the wagon wheel to the hub. They have a way in the South of com* blnlng sand and clay in making a road good In all weathers, continues the New York World. The sand and clay must be thoroughly mixed so that all the particles come in contact with each other; then the snnd keeps the clay dry and the clay gives the mixture an element of solidity. Some of tbeso mixed roads, nicely rolled, have last ed for five years without deterioration. It wouldn't be so easy in New York to build roads on this principle. Frost Is fatal. The roadbed must be dug out below the frost line, and tho trench filled with the mixed sand and clay and the result Is to last. H?<1 ft Cat Oat. An exchange tells the following story of modern surgery: An old lady, who went to the city to visit her daughter, was met at the door by a servant who ?aid that the daughter had gone down town to have a kimona cut out. The old lady sank fainting into the nearest chair and tearfully asked what hot* pltal she had been takes t*> ?"*???