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ROM/NCE REALITY. By Mik Annie Edwards' v? \riii Xliy , Cantlaaed / to'IHT"1* toa ? **?*">*<? ??* , ? pun m tm atence of/Wae. Now i.""1 ?wd'>fl really yka writ# the' r^?-U#nMful !?tt?r/*ttho?t ?VM * >??gb cop/ flbt ?r?7 at*. ??*e?t correctly J*r eased rr?rr J ?? . 7^ Ch**t*. a?W? about to pro po*e dat miu Tmtdora about# to - <?*ie my oorresybadent Instead of ranr*elf r /; "^onpaapondeoi/ Oh. Hlr /w, %uow that ( ?????.? could lie that. Of c^se, if ? promised It. I wf.'l woiteto ??>?' once ? 5*/ v hoping {hat I had' a r*.n?peroas ;q6,uey. infoctatag me that 1 w, ^^57^ ,10*' ?* ^!- ^ the *???*??! i*Wpectw t-oattnwo tood; that* *?* Misses \aui>ittart desire their kind *<\tards, a A* that Paul remembers u>? ? v quite /.?a vividly, ?? the who'e, a? h % tHneftobevs the burnt almond* of ? **-?Ib FHIk. I understand." <*?uT rtil be made to remember too to life last*/* aaya Daphne se "A# fo:- letter writing? whr. I "i.Jkt not write to people for a dozen uventy yearn, but I abouid thiuk of t'si'or the same ta my heart." 'Hare t the good fortune to be In j, !',?*** ^ ?,af peo Vou know you hare. lou know." J "Jilt bra rely. without hesitation. *lie c the wovds out, "that ? shall ililak warmly of you. nud of Miss Hurdca* both now aud In the long future years to co i ho, after your marriage." ? 'or a minute or more 8ererte walks ?>.:u.'y oi in alienee. At last: "It I* i 'lU.r for you to speak calmly," he ex <*ai!n?, m ribratio<i of suddeu a.-dor ??? iiis voice. "fc'aay for you. who feel nnmng. to u*W ahont the ?i?ng future y vr1' ln which uiy life')'* to l?? mhde fetched Kay. Mrs Chester" -for has HtOi?r?ed, turned awav f10iM ?*tn; has raisej her baudp In mute de ??? ?catlort of i'W; :ivowjM ?aa; cannot ??.-?ape? ' "it ?.-? t\x? )ate in (jJe fov ^ to refuse a, i?,ten to o*e. You cnuBot b?? ignooiuf, you e:*ujioJ affect % v iarai,'.,,,; <haf? I lore you? As w??:I ray crime, ?f erim* it I.e. should *ekaom^a in piaiu speech i?e ??v? ire U<ii eacb oi'?er fit^od-i^y.?, ??-Hsy f? I.e.- ?vuo feeU uottiiaa: And ?v. (he t?<u,'? ( *:m<i<ie*s brea^i ?s to ?Ro.?.v; n?. (lie time. v??re sat.rj. or s?!f o.c .?.?;? thiuu needed. Ntic w.Mjid ffo to tnc 0f?,w OU(l of tb<k WOJ.]d 1'^ *u:Te' f > n* UAT- to minister '* * ireresi w!*lin or ca?:>i?-e. Site < ave not trust iiet self to s|>eak: iTbat <?-*eech of lie. s? but must iner.'tablv , VH lnt.? a coifesalou? And. mo red [?y 4 quit k imautse, Sererne takes her ??and druws He; toward him. and seea *c i* face. ' <fcr face t.'? we' writb tea?~:%. 'jlrs. Daphne' 'i'eM me ? tat you ace uai Indiffere ?i < Miaes yau Just <?ie brief r.:?r?i ft? i>id * good L?.v fofprer?" And tli'j-.)ji?i Htin io actu'i- woi-.l. no ?'.v eren ouuw of the i!:.. betray* befo-e anoifier miuut* .?aa fMssed Sir J.i'i i H'.M*p -ne s'J^vses h^?- ?... <-?W - ' il ia n die barest po^ihiitty vriiose be h.nl n^?TiA*Uji the pi\?w?*iit uiujient. r?Cuoueif4ou. l?<?*t his oe'n lu*a ''t shouid l?> in*i*roca< lM.r Siren t>? .? ivoman ho s.ve<*? and ? jvable; that tier face. afti??* {?ui-?u!n^ h(?u duriiif; i?v ??!>? uiotneiit oi hU wa!; *>'?2 hour.? suojiit reiuleo his imKuw >tcspless; hnally. (he brief madness of ?in explication and a (.a^f-ua lived tliougb, t'j^t he should ?rD*i f.:;t uh ?!^itlny. ina.M'y .Mig? n a.-jeasiie. pul ?i>rc out of hi.s etisience, and i<w>u hack 1'.' Daphne I'liesier from th? prosaic ?Mllis of mldrtl^ age. ?/? /uen. wedded t?* Rowena. d:> looit to tiie (!eOecca r?f their youth! All this vi?t? of personal and disappointment has. during fie last few days, grown gradually 'icarer nnd clearer before Sece/na's vision. That he should h? re won lore rot urn, that the richest cup human ! >?!?? can taste should i?e i?e?d oui to '??.m. might he drink thereof, ofl '*aphne*s hands? of tins coDiiugencjr, ??^ing in very truth no coxcotrh, lie had Merer dreamed. I don't think, renieml?eriu?: vour cn? i tngement, you ahould h?re ?:>ok<?it to ??e like this." Her face li wbite, her breaal ii??arei convulsively, ahd* forgetting every iMng but tbat the >? in pain. a ad lliut ??e i? the author of hcr.pAli, Meverne her lo a wild tmbrucc. ?My engagement," he repeat", wUh Hiowlng agitation. "A careless pvotu i ?e made yeara a:;o between a boy and :i girl Ignorant of lore and of tb-'Ui* *?lrea! Would you let tbi# we'gb i^alnat the happiness or misery or all i?\*.v Uvea?" *T would have you ke<?r? r >' ?? wlili Vii?s llardcaatle, let ic cosl u ?"iglrt," she answers him siiu^iy. "Of courae, I will *pe?U to Miss Uardcastle to-nigbt. I will giro her t-ack her freedom? a gift you may be ?ure that ahe will joyfully accept. <|apbne,", hla vob-e pinking t? a low uul pleading whUner, "you will love '??e, you will be my wife'.' 'i will* are not audi dean^rarely haul word* to pronounce. Prouuounce ttieui. :ind let ute know n* much of henven as a man can know thla able of death." Hut, by thla tin? Daphne Chester's sclf-poaacM*on bna conv* back to her. Cigars Thirty Years Old. Nehetnlah Murk*tt of East Hamp tan, Conn.. Is smoking clgara over thirty years old. They were tnade by the widow of Stephen Mitchell, who sold these cigara, hand made with Havana filler, (or 1 eent etch. In settling the estate of a deal who handled them Mr. Murkett ctnic Into possesion of a ir>x. While the cigars are hard they ?*tuoke ex ceedingly well. Tav-alerimUM of the world's people <*? north o i the equator. She realise* upon the brisk of what aa abyas aha tea ?inatarily atood. "If Mlaa Hardcaatle wtahaa jwr ea lafMWit broken off, aha wmM her ?elf be the flrat (a apeak. I have seen aa ion** af her to be aore at that Aa to her taklag back her freadaai? what waana wnU aay *ao* to aack a salt-' la? offer? Too talk of happtseaa. CooM tt aver, da you auppoae, ha bailt wa dtohoaar. ttnae -happiness on-falsor hood? Why, if 1 ware to llatoa to you mow, you. a bay carried away by a week's roaaaatic fhacy. do you believe, la the aftertlaie, you would not de aplae aae, aa I ahould deserve to be So. You are aayJng. you kaow not what, and I? I am to blame tor letting audi language be possible." "And y6u think that speaking the JtTMiM# SQtt&MQ*' keeping to the mis-, erable latter of a promise 'honor.* no matter whether the apirlt of the prom ise be broken or not?1' "I think 1 woald much sooner die than come between you and what you owe to Mlaa Hardeastle." So ahe cries, la broken accents, and still wi?h firm ness that he cannot choose but respect. "I?ong ago 1 had my ahare of hope and youth, abort though it was. 1 have nothing to look to now but my duty. If I waa a girl, unversed in suffering, selllsh through lgnorance.v there might be excuse for me. There is a time of life, come by it as we may. But 1 have done with all that. Sir Joint. 1 shall think of you, till my last hour, as my friend." MVor Paul'a sake! I know." "Not only for Paul's sake, but for your own. Toil will let me have your forgireness, will you not, full and en tire V "Korgireness between you and me? Oh. Mrs.. Chester," he exclaims pas sionately. "Now, ou this last ulgbl that we shall be together give me n moment'a taste? well. I won't say of happiness, but of what happiness might har? been! Tell me. If I bad been free. ! that you would not have rejected ?uel Ij?1 me have one? only one? kiss from your Hps." For a moment she rem a inn cold as the moonlight ifi which nbe stands. Then, suddenly. Khc takes ill? young man's hand, lifts and kisses It. "When you saved rail I. I gave you many kisses, without your asking for litem." she says eraveiy. 4,\o?v that yju ask. I give you only nue. That is how life's favors come to us." And Severn e interprets her kiss aright: be interprets it af the ver? sign and seal of a parting that shall !?? Una!. CHAPTER XIV. Siad-Kellag-Parl II.' Meanwhile a *econd love-ncem* i* being played out between widely dif ferent actors, with widely different In sult*. "We were interrupted I lie other day. my dear Ct-ni." begiu* (?o:ikIu t-'ellx. coolly possessing hiiu*?lf of Miss Hard castle'* band and drawing it wilbiu hla own? "Interrupted at : t mm ill of sitiue interest to n?e. at all even!*. 1 a in contemplating marriage." "Your taste inclining toward I .;uiy l.,vJia. if she bad no Mr. .lorulugha'ui. or toward Mr*. dp Mauley, if mi'.? had ao debt* I" "And I have been seriously review ing lb" subject from another point of view than tlint of mere p?r*unal lik ing. Such a woiuau aa Lady t.ydla Jorningbam. however uue *.cinnheretl. would not suit tne for a wife, nor Mrs. de Mauley either." *\\o':" '\Mrs. de Muuiey Kings ? raise, (hey | lell in'*, habitually; half a not-* sharp | in iier coivecceat moment*. Hut this is beside (be question. False or true, she sings. Women who sing naturally re quire musical morning*, full dress con certs, and a friend of ?he son I who plays the violoncello. I could not stand musical mornings. lull drew* concerts, and a friend of the *on" "who played I he violoncello." - ' . . "You would be jealous of your wife's (slants. As well confess it openly." "Your experience tell* yoq (bat I am of a ferociously jealous temperament, jdoes it not?" Mis* Hardcastle blushes. (nil. hap pily, tlic state of the atmosphere a,,(l UN own preoccupied mind w ye to con (Ml the weakness from Cousin Feilx. ?'Then Lady Lydla--I mention her as the type of a class? is horribly ua Pi'nciual. Sis days out of Keren, with a wife as giddy as Lady Lydla. .rou would have your ttsh overbrolled. C?f course, she doe* tbl? very well for * man like Jorninghttm. .forningham is a rich fellow, and can kee|? a choi'. au artist, equal to all emergencies. II would never suit me. For genteel dev. tltufion the domestic virtues ire a vi ; :* ! ( .A?ndltion of existence." Mr. Brouglilon enunciates this senti ment wltii solemn distinctness, like one disburdening hi* conscience of sonic ( all-Important and slowly -arrived at dogma. "You agree with me. i am sure. Clementina. For a pauper likr? mysef. the domestic virtues are indispensa ble." "I hope you will meet with them." says Miss Hardcastle, with rathe' a forced cheerfulness. "The doutetiic virtues, beauty, wealth, youth, and I widowhood are not qualifications com Monument Over Thoroughbred Bull. George M. Slaughter, a stock grow or of Rosswell, N. M.. will erect a marble monument over the grave ol Sir Bredwell, that thoroughbred which died suddenly of gastritis. He was on* of ibs finest bulls In America, tnd took first prize at th#? Omaha ex position In 1898. He was purchased it the time by Slaughter for $5,000. Mr. Slaughter refused $7,000 for tha Will. A tree grows out the Court ftousa tower at Oreenwlcfc, lad. la tto crowded highways of nfe," " -to Ik* crswdad hlikmn. ?*?" to "f* tto prtdat num I ?? laf to Mb? my tlatltoa. to wtf paraiw, to we of tto my itnMm bf-ntto that Jto ?mud FM-Ma-Mar.'v Tto toil ttot mti upon his am trembles, despite |l! Ctoentlu'i trained habit* of aelf-eontrol. Mr. BnagktN pwciedi, with eqnaa laalty: far wealth, ' I resign It. My taste*, aa you know, are anti-British. Spartan-like la their primitive frugal-, lty. ? theatre stall la the ?r later ? ** 'A theatre stall: At Flef-de-la Belae. I toper 'A rua to Moate Carlo la the spriag. i lee la summer. With aimple pleasures like thesa 1 tore beea roo ts* tad, erea aa a bachelor. Married to la pretty, gentle woman who adored me ?such a womaa, asj, as Daphne? I cou(d to satisfied with lite. We wonld ?toto a- farmhsase? all chlnts, and coa tentment. aad low-raftered ceilings ?by the sea; lire upoa mutton chops. grow our own roaes. aad " "I don't know whether you are aware of It, Mr. Brooghtoa, but the whole of this time, and- while, you -hay ebeen In rsnt upoa your own arise talk. myTfeeV hare gdt wet through. Are expeditions of this barbarous description got up with an ulterior rlew of pleasure.- 1 wonder?*' Miss Hardcastle's tone Is acrimon ious? so acrimonious that Felix Brougb ton allows her toad to slip away from beneath bis arm. and putting up ils eyeglass, looks placidly around liim lu the moonlight. It la erident that they bare wandered tolerably far from tbe track In wblch they were directed to keep. Low. (tea weed covered rocks. Interspersed witb pools, hem them In on tbree sides, while to regain the flrir. white sands of Quernec tfay a current of fresh water, twenty feet wide, at least, and more (ban aukle deen io ?Uallov?osi parr, must be forded. "I shall noi tnrn back, if yon mean that? I am wearied to death already." says Clementina? it must be : llowetl with more unreason tbau she ordinari ly displays In the conduct of life. "And I will not wade through any more wa ter. I am wet through as it is. So much for tbe delights or tbe country." To these observations Mr. Brougbton for' a minute or more offers uo re sponse. Tbea. letting fall his eyeglass and folding bis arm* with the resigna tion or h roan prepared for every exig ency of feminine caprice: "As you re fuse decisively to turn buck, my dear Clementina.* he remarks, "three other courses remain open to you. Either you will wade through the water that lies before us. or you will let me carry you across it. or you will remain where you are and be drowned by the rising iide. This much is certain." "t-et you carry me across! As if you would be guilty of Mich an exertion for any one but tbe pretty, gentle woman who adores you. the paragon who Is to convert you from Monte Carlo to mut ton chops-? Dap line! I am sure If I did what was wisest," she adds, petulantly. "I should just wait quietly where I aut for the tide to drown me. as Victor Hugo's man did in the novel." "Had Victor Hugo's inuu to ea rry any oDftV asks Cousin I'i'lis. with In terest. "you know f never read novels nl lir?t hand. Had Victor Hugo's man to carry any one. and wan she heavy';" "You had l?etter get anhore with as little inconvenience to yourself dm you can. Mr. Brnughiori. Mrs. Chester will probably hare rw^iiw' home by thi* time, aixl may he i'e^lim; anxious about jroiK '^nil perhaii* /\mi would kindly desire Sir John Sev?rne to come down lo my as*i*tancf';" "I lifted yon once. I remember. at the Zoological*. to * fe the hears, and you wer* no weight io soeak ofo^tui that *rss it great man y years ago. However, if t Hud you beyond ui.v strength I ean t?ui k?i you down ag?!n hair way across. Co-iie. ehild." Miss Hardcasiie's Maine is calcu lated at (lve fef>!. He lifts her with about as much ease as a ehild would lift a kitten, and ere she enn remon Hirate walks manfully forward. When '.hey ha vp reached the middle of the stream Mr. Krottgbton slops. "I hod ri? idea it would be fco pleas ant." he remarks looking somewhat earnestly at the delicate pale face so close to his iu the moonlight. "What is pleasant*" she asks, uugra. eiously. "Walking through muddy wa ter in thin lioots?" "No. carrying people? I mean carry ing you! Clem, that lime 1 spoke of. at (he Zoological, you put your arms around my neck. Do you recollect?" "I recollect nothing at all about It. sir: 1 believe tiie whole storj to be a ttctlou." "And when I gave you a shilling'* worth of bun? for the bears you kissed me? on my honor you did: I -wish there were bears to g?t buns for here, Clementina." "I wish yon would hare the goodness to set me down at one. M Brougb tOD." "In the ttreain'-" ''Upon the oihe.- sidi\ of cours*. And wjuld you please not look at tne so hard, if you can help it? It makes me nervous." "If we could imagine, just for the lime being, and until we calrli up with Daphne and Sir .loan, thai it was the Zoological and ten years ago. 'Cousin Felix.' you would say. 'I lore you a thousand times better than any other person in the worid." " .Miss Hardens tli? turns iifv face away sharply. She kuotvs that the blood must hare forsr.k?.? It; thai, though her voice may be under command, still her lips are trembling at every idle word I'elix Broughtou utters. To be Continued. Chestnut* are an important article or food in Italy. ONE ON THE TEACHER. Teacher (In spelling class) ? Johnny spcel "fall." Johnny ? I can't. Teacher? You can't spell that slm pie word? Why not? Johnny ? 'Cause you told me there was no auch word as fall. ? New York ?r. New British Trade Union*. Two new British unions hare Just been formed. One Is for undertaker* and the other for gardener*. SOUTHERN * FAR* * 0OTES. nun if rut PLMtrrt*. stick* mm /mo rmc* ommen. Almost all the w?M?? on poultry are ??y emphatic' la recommending that thow who krfp poeltrj oegbt to vary the feed. Wf have Jest had a little experience that ha* been, quite inter-, Mtittf. Wf h?vf lieefe feeding wheat to our poultry ror several years. Occasion ally there would he a grain of corn among the wheat and one or two old heas would rna to crab It up. but the younger ones paid eery tittle or uo at tention to them. About two weefca ago S grain dealer la lllllng an order, seat by mlstahe-rtn-n Instead of whadt. There had been de lay In getting It delivered, and when received we were entirety out of feed, and were compelled to use some of the coru. When thrown to the flock of >l?3l^K bra*, about thirty, oo^ of th*m , would pick up n grain and then drop It. In a day or two., however, they lea rood that it was good to eat. and would gobble it up as fast as It could lie thrown out to them. But ;o less than two weefca they grew tired of It. and would eat very little, tearing corn scattered sll around. lu the meantime we had procured some wheat and began to feed It to the hens again. and they weat at it raven ously. When tlie corn first camp, having nothing else, we were obliged to feed some of It to the young chickens, from three we?ks to three months old. They did not know what It was. and as it seemed too large for many of them we cracked ^ome of the corn in a large barn; mill. When this was scattered out to them they ate it much better, and before the wheat came seemed to be taking it very well. As it was con siderable extra labor to crack the corn In the mill we began feeding wheat to the younger chickens as sooo a? it , came. Within a few d/?ys we threw oat a handful of whole corn to the younger chickens, when there was wheat on the' groned. ? We ware much surprised to see them leave the wheat and begin picking up the corn very eagerly. Since then we have been feeding some whole corn to the younger chickens every day. and it Is surprising to see the youngest of ihem turn from the wheat j to eal the coro.? Florida Agriculturist. ???I V?ai Wmr >?ni?. What sort of foods would best sup-* ply the materiala to enable oar hor-e to build up lii? worn-out mustfes': At j present prices. of toad-fttuffs in most sections of XorttiT Carolina cottonaecii meal would be the best conceatrate. ov grain food. Instead of adding four , pounds of corn to the ten pounds %vc were already feeding, we ought to ha ve added twe pounds of cottonseed meal. That is, ten pounds of core ami two pounds of cottonseed meal will give ua better results, and the grain ration will cost us one^seventh less tbau fourteen pounds of corn. This, of course, only applies when the rough forage Is corn-fodder or grass bay. Or. we inifrht supply the materials ti> build up the worn-out muscles from a o.v of the other foods I put ia the same etas* with cottonseed meal. oats, wheut brae, or .pea-vine or clover bay. but on account the price we cannot af ford1 to f^sd wheat bran, especially since onfe^ and oue-fourth pound i ot pea-vine bay ate worth as much l<?r f ceding a s\on expound of wheat bra it. If wheat bran is worth per ton. iu'.s gives a value of $20 per ton to pea viue hay. We can produce it for much less. Therefore, vir.ee wo itavo said that two pounds of cottonseed meal would take the place of four po'uuds of coru in a ration made up of corn and coru-foddcr. it is apparent that either pea- vine or clover hay. or cottonseed meal should be used to 0.ii n nee tue ration of our hard-working iiiitmais that now gel corn uini corn fodder exclusively. --Ti?it Butl Vet ?rluarian. UlmpU rMdt?| llalM. The question arises bow would we feed? I cannot lay down ?nles that will be found acceptable on every farm, for conditions vary, but 1 will state tlie'way I believe the hard-work ing farm horse ought to be fed. and If this be done, it will lessen the num ber of cases of colic and iucrease tbe efflciency of our I'arm work stock. When the hard-working horse Is brought Into the stable at night, tired and worn, he should not be given any feed for half an hour. He may theu be given all the hay he' is to receive during the twenty-four hours. An hour later be should be given bis graiu. If be Is to receive fifteen pounds dnv ing tbe twenty-four hours, 41 ve htm seven pounds at night. If til's is tco much trouble, then allow tbe animal to eat bay for front one-liatf to three quarters of an liouv after being put Into the stable before feeding th.? grain. If either of these plans Is adopted, feed the horse all his hay and setea pouuds of graiu at night, four pound* of grgin in the njoruln? Odd* and End*. Thirty-four year* afo France was ruled by the Government of the- na tional defense, which oonsisted of twelve of the best known members of the opposition under the empire. Among them were such famous names ss Leon Oambetta, Jules Simon. Jules F*vre and Oen Trochu. Eleven of the twelve ara dead now and most of them are forgotten. The laat survivor 1* Henry ftoohefort, who In hi* time haa been Journalist, convict, member of the Government and Boulaaatat. The Baroness Burdett-CoutU. now over 90 years old. ie etlll In excellent health and malntaine the wonderful poise which has always been one of her leading characteristics. Like Gladstone, she is able to sleep almoet -t will and declares that In all her >ng life she haa never lost even part a night's sleep. Ham Nghl, the ex-Emperor of An. asm. who Is now residing at Algiers, will shortly marry a French lady. Mile l-aloe, daughter of a Judge of the Al glera Appeal Court. The ex-Emperor has been receiving up to now a pension from the French government of $6,000 a year. On hii< marriage It will fcf raised to |16.000, and four ponadi at noon; bit'. ?f the horse Is fed as soon as pat to stall, then, while 1 would still feed aK the hay at night, would not feed mo'-e than one-third the grain.? Talt Batter. Stats Veterinarian North Carolina Depart ment of Agriculture. Balelfh. Article* written by the Bngllah vet erinarian. Pately Bridge, are always practical and instructive. Id tlie Lon don Farm and Home he discusses the watering of a horse, about which there Is so much conflict of opinion, as fol lows: 'Wrltlhg recently* concerning s x recurrent case of colic In a gelding, "rotter.** said, "I think the driver I gives him water after his feed:'* "This suggests the common theory that when water is given to a horse after feeding, especially after the consumption of grain, the food bsrftgma'washeU out of the stomach before It haa been prop erly digested. Watering 1 torses is a subject of considerable Importance in connection with the every day manage ment of the animal, and has a distinct bearing on the dlgeatlou of Us food and the occurrence of diseases asso ciated with failure to do so. There are horse owners and responsible servants who lisve got their own ideas as to the best and proper time to water, and while a majority believe thai horses should be watered before feeding, and practice it. there are some who are equally certain that feediug should precede watering. Others there are who think It does not matter ?o that | the watering Is regular. WkMt l??d. If one has a variety of wheat that is adapted to his soil, he should plant; only best grains. There are fan mills made now that grade the wheat. Ouly the large, plump grains are left. But if ouc has no fan mill he can get alt grass seeds and small wheat out with a selve with proper meshes. He can buy the wire from a hardware store and fasten it to the bottom of a box frame. A third of the wheat may pass through, but whal is left will be heat grains. The small wheat wilt do for milling. The l?cxt way to improve wheal is to go through the ticht before cutting and .select such .bends as are oest. After, the wheat is cut they may he pulled from l tie bundle. (Set enough to make a bushel-and. run that- through a sieve. *ThiW the best seed possible' will be se emed. We saw two varieties or wheat spwn on the same.fet last year. When headed., one variety was six lo ten inches higher than the other. The short wheat may have had the advan tage In manure. II certainly had it lo yield, being nearly twice as great as the tali wheat. In improving your wheat, work for grain and not straw. Discard varieties that are warranted to grow tall on poor land. aad LImmmI Maul. The Missouri Experiment Station has Itcen making some feeding tests of coltouMvd meal and linseed tueal for duiry cows. In the report of the tests in the annual report, the station says a ton of cottonseed meal has W to more value thau a half ton of linseed meal. They say further: "When cottonseed meal can be bought, delivered to yonr railway station, at from SIS lo per ton in car lot*, as it usually cuti in the fall, the dairymen ol each community ought to club to gether and buy at least n car to pro tect themselves against a rise in the price of bran and oats, which usually occurs a?M>ut the middle or I he winter of each year. Cottonseed meal a I this price is far cheaper than bran ai Slii per Ion or oats at twenty live cents per bushel." PotattM Kor Hoc*. A subscriber wants to know whether it would pay lo feed '23-cenl potatoes to hogs. It requires about three and a half pounds of digestible matter in grain to produce a pound of pork. There are aboutten and a half pounds of digestible matter in a bushel of po tatoes; hence it should produce at least three pounds of grain. This multiplied by the price of pork would give the price obtained for a bushel of potatoes. When fed In eouncction with dry grain, potatoes, beets, swedes, maugels and other root crops prove their great est value. They art* easily masticated and require very lHtle energy in their preparation for prodncing growth than with grain, and when fed in connection with it have a good effect upon the ani mal')* system.? Coleman's Rural World. Slmirnl Ptg>. While a pig stunted in growth may apparently recover from It . ye I the probabilities are that the poor treat* ment received by the parent will show out in the offspriug. Crowd ft. The only way to make the mos^l of a well-bred pig Is to crowd !i from birth to maturity, but this must be doue iu a rational way. News of the Day. Opium smoking in French ports on the Mediterranean assumed such large proportions of Into that a law has been passed prohibiting the smoking of opl nm In all public placea In Marseilles, Toulon and other cities. A nature study museum established In a disused mortuary In St. Oeorge's in-tbe-Kast. London, oontalns a comb with 20 pounds of honey, collected mainly from the sugar cargoes In the docks by a colony ot 7.000 baaa. The Austrian Meteorological Society has received from the Kmperor of Aus tria the right to use tho letters "K. K ." equivalent to royal Imperial, be fore its name, so that its official des ignation now becomes the "K. K. Oes terrelchlsrhe Oesellschaft fur Meteoro logies So far as known, the first campaign emblem was a finger ring of coppqr. It was worn by the adherents of John Qulncy Adams in 1825, when he ran for Prealdent, and was Inscribed "John Qulncy Adains, 1825." Tin types and medallloaa were among the Insignia Um U6Q omaMCB. . . . NEW WHCTC HOUK KfTCHCM. ? On Ibf oppoelte aide or ihr kitchen are t upboanla ncvhlDg from Iter criU lug to tlie floor, the dlib -compartments with glau doors sad the lower i?rl* vouniitlni of drawers aud enclosed shelves. Tto long tibtra Manet in Ibis room: one at which the servants hare their meals?a ml Is which is set hare their meals, while the other is s plain deal table thai might W found in the kitchen of any well-to-do laboring man. That the President's family is fond of a good hash ts attested by the sise of the meat-chopping machine. An interest* lag feature of this room Is a large cir cular awing which is suspended over ths tables. From It hang cooking utensils, brass kettles, pots and pans, as bright as scouring can make them. Leading out from thi? 100:11 on the wast Is the family kitchen. It is much smaller than the other, li is furbished similarly, bnl its range, cup board, and tables are of smaller pat tern than those In the larger kltcheo. In the wall between these two rooms are two electric many-shelved dumb waiters which run from the kitchen in the butler's' pantryman the floor above, and from there to 'the cttlna-closel in" the gallery of the butler's pantry. This gallery was one of Mr. McKIoq'k happy devices for increasing space- iu ltie< old mansion. Its lack of room wan one of the most serious defects of the Whits House, and was felt as keenly in the culinary department as in a ay other portion of the house. To meet liils deficiency Mr. McKim built a gallery encircling the upper part of the but ler's pantry. AH around the gallery are glaas-covered shelves, and at both ends of It are deep shelved closets. The entire gallery, closets and shelves, is made of iron and Is fire-proof. Here the choicest and most historic or (lie Presidential china and cut 3lav* is kept.? Harper's Bazar. WORDS OF WISDOM. Philosophy is nothing bill discretion. ? Joha Selden. None so blind as thoss* tli.it will not I >ee.? Matthew Henry. They that govern tbc uh>m m.-ike t lis least uoise.? Jobu Seldeu. There's a lean fellow b?*t* ail con querors.? Thouia* Dekker. It is always good when .?? man bus two Iron* iu tbe Are. - 1" ran els Beau mont. It is a sad weakness iu its. after nil. ibai. tbe thought or a iuan'* dontb nallows blm anew to its; as if life were noi. sacred, too.? George Eliot. Diogenes belug asked. "Wbal is tbat bo??>t -w4vicb is tbe most dangerous V' ?re?lWwl: ' .'??* wiM b<N?t*, tbe Mte -xrt' a slanderer, and ot .tame boasts (bal of tbe flatterer.*' x~ \ ? The miser, starring bis brother*' body, starves also IUh own soul, and al death sball eveep out of bis great estate of iuju&tice, poor, aud naked aud miserable.? Theodore Parker. A HM>Prtptltod T?r|?*do. The Herresboffs of yacht-building fame hare Invented a torpedo convey ing and propelling system which, if successful, does away with the tor pedo-boat, and reduces the submarine In its possibilities. Tbe business of the torpedo boat Is to convey ibe tor pedo within striking distance of the battle-ship or cruiser and to discharge the torpedo. The Herresboffs propose to construct a larger torpedo thau the present standardized Whitehead, aud 1o use it just as a small wbaic-hack boat would be employed. Two ine'i wearing life-preservers set out with it from shore, or froin large vessels. and uavlgate it within striking distance of tbe enemy's craft, point it. lock the steering-gear. *Iip riff into the water and wait to be picked up. 't he torpedo thus lanuchcd with far better aim than from a tube, and with :? longer carrying range. could scarcely fail to sink Us victim. A* it is now. the per centage of torpedoes that "arrive" is but one in twelve. If a man can cross the North Atlantic iu a sixteen-foot dory, as has been done more than once, two men should he able to nnvigate ? pneumatically Hustalucd Herreshoff torpedo in come very roueh weal Iter. ? New Fighting Machines. Kverybori.v'a Magazine. Th? Browa Hun. The inventor of the new AiiiPi'N'an gun i<* a man named .1. Hamilton Brown, though the work of constritd lug this particular slx-iuch experi mental piece is Id cuarge of t.'olonel John If. lngails, retired LT. S. A., mi artillerist of high standing and repula tiou. Despite the incredulity of con temporary gun-builders. Colonel In galls and the officers with biiu w-sert that this six-inch gun will throw thirty miles a projectile weighing HK> lHs? which will pierce a six-Inch si?e^ tar get. A ten-Inch gun of this coosttuv tion, with a powder-chamber of I4.:i5n cubic inches and using "00 li?<?. of smokeless powder, would brrl :? <?()(?? lb. projectile a distance of Afty-nine miles. Increasing t bis ratio, a slxl^eu inch gun would have an extreme range of more than one hundred inilen. and equipped with such coast -defence rifles, England and France <<ou id shell each other across the Chaniie,. New Fighting Machines, Everybody'.* Mag azine. V UAf'i lUitlluHoii. A strange case of restitution t<? llie Bank of Alglera Is reported. A lady, thickly veiled, entered the premise* and naked Co speak to the chief cashier. Without raising her veil, she asked him If. twenty yearn ajio, the bank bad not lost the sum of 000, owing to the misrepresentation of one of Its euatomera. whose name she Rave. The cashier referred to tbe books and found that this was so. Without re vealing her identity the lady laid the sum of $35,1)00 In a large bundle of notes on the cashier's table and went away.? Philadelphia Record. Young Indian Marring**. The custom of marrying girls whep they are mere children of nine or ten years is Increasing rather than de creasing In Bengal and other parts of India. The resulting racial degenera tion Is becoming no obvious that law* have been paased in several regions forbidding the m*rrltgc of girls under fourteen, " - CUf NEIRKRS OFF Measare t? Redice tefreseatatiaa Of Ike Statu TIE EFFECT OF TIE PUTT BILL Ths Purpose of the Mtnurt Intro* tfucid at th? Instance of the Repub* (lean Club of New York is to Re duc? the Representation In Congress ?of Tho'os Southern Statoa Which Have Disfranchised the Negro? As oerdini to the Provisions of the Sill North Carolina Would Have Eight I no toad ?' Ten Representatives ? Senator Piatt Issues St atoms nt Con* corning the Measure. S,"cl?,? ~ SMator MM ? W York ha* ,Btro<lueed the MM. prepared nudei the direction of lv. v?? uM C,uU ot cllV of redurti ' m* *H ,ts Purpose the V Ule presentation ll# onrress of the Southern Stales that Thle? 0ChH,e<l th<S ne?ro vo.ei The measure. If enacted lu |? pi?, WO"'* '""*n lhe Men,b^. ?hip |B Congress by nineteen, accord In* to the est (mate that has been made by the Republican Club, wbtch orlcinated lt. Tlie bJU M # referred by Scnator wei* aus Th 2 V!5f" m ltl ^ on the t en ,0 negro citizen over 2t ip?r. ?? **e. classed hv liie TwAir.i. ?s Illiterates undei tbe^inn published *nent act of January it?. t<?p| i?i10 ??ch of the States men UWd ml IhJ ulr?tU, lmrKCr ,U?? H.05MT weed as the basiM for thin ad it *11 negro rotables, ,i ?... male C|t over 21) regardless of Illiteracy iiSJ <* deemed .0 be * tne same tables would be nearly twin* SSlSf n *" fi#fert ,M lh,? Wn- " re ( H1R?n?r.eI rn('e (tie notoi l ous historical fact for Congress to ?<? the'cluS * ?*0ll0t ** ^eaied. that extent ??.? D?*ro ""Urates, to the ifis ^th"^u^ei,.?t^a,x,r,ciudrt S?nn2m?n2e b,,\T ,nattei what m?v ocnomlnal provisions or their re 5C hill ??"*t!rtwlto?* or elect l< ?,i laws tbe,*oforr presents the smalt Pr*""""* ?"?" - vo,. ..???*? furllKT. m-,,|o.i,n,s,, SIX *. b* reduction should ex pand can be readily arrived a u* SJlT State In*? *1?? 10 ,es'e?l >M?d n? f?V",h ,"'e """-woulatm. <b? Of the CratiiuitM S ?*ip r?rs,"" ?- ?*'? ?u i?ui. and th? reduction \u # ??? SSwi'tao1?0 f-r's 8bau warr"?? *? direction n CU (>,er>arcd '"'d'1' tbn ?t,,s "rst meet lug alt or the' 'I'resiUerf to the repreucnlatioi) n!ant; in n,? national Republican platform ? The bill provide. for the reil.iMior. ?^u1??vcra,,on h: ua" from ? U.?- , r '""???? Al?h???. ' In " r"Jj Arka,',sr,H- 7 ?o 6; Florida to r^Mi'.r:r- o K; l o"'s'a?a v JO r,. Mississippi., X to Xortf. rur?. ???. I? ^ 8: So.,,., < Teuncssee. Ill to !? Ti ??? 11 ?, be ..evcr.il Staleu untie. r the 't'v.clftii rontuB" by ;,d,?,,K ?? . ' .a a * fo'low s. tion?nf0n "* lt^'bt>ro:,M thn ii?nviii?. n.rilp ,In,1l!rd MWHirli^, rirht 1? . s,,t,,on -? ??>at when th? right to vole ai :,,iv ,.ic, ii,.? ,a,.j In said artklo is dvuird to any or tlm na?le inhabitants 01 snf li States hiMiiie 21 years <,f ag,- ami cilisens of ! 1.5 Imlted Staler or in any way abridaefc except for participation in rebellion ?artlnn ?rt ""P" '""' or te presen tation therein shall be reduced In (be proi,o,iio" wi.i.1, 1,,.. nifmVr orDH S.,Ja" ?M'*' lo lbe number of mala citizens lm ?f age in such Mtate.'i;* and further pre. Bcrlbes m article li that *tbe r?gbt of ntizeus of ibo If., tie, | states lo Jot? d(,,,iori ?r t?v tb? United Stalcq or any state, on account servitude i?r ^roviouH condition of servitude, and whereas, the ronqic.sa Is satisfied tlial thn rli^bf or inalo ?f co,luin States being i\ StJfJ ?! '%RV an(l f"iz?'n!, of the United > elei ii??0 VOt? ,,.KO|n?' or said specified hprai H,n*'e lhr l'??PHagc of the act Jr in L"T 1 ,,u^, ,n fH(' ' hHen denied ! e, mh? I ,W*V ?'?? ^ROrl for , s?se9 not Pniui ?. . * <onf,,IHitlon of the I nited Slates, nnrt that the represen tat on or Hie States liercinarter spet i SitlltSllon' ? iK'rs"?nt to thn coiiutitulio.t. it tht'ti provides thii nrier the :ird or Man h the repres. ?iu above rrr""n S,4,,,'s hbn" ,K' tts 81"- o Tlir biH also provides "That when ever hereafter it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Countess thai Hie i lclit lu vote at th?: <?!n tiou? t>ucciOed In section 'J. article 1 1, of the eonxtltu tlon In any of the Stute* la.d specified Is no longer denied or in any wav abridged for causes not peimitted hv the constitution or the t nifd State then the number or members appoi tloned to such State in. the Mottle o' Representatives 1?> section one ot th aforesaid act of 1901. hereby amended may bo restored to slid state bv .? further amendment to the aforesaM act. This redticllon shall apply t'? next election for mem berg of the IIoum of Representatives from said la*t men tioned States In the Sixtieth Congest;. "Section 7. Unlc . . the t.eBbrtatur* of any or the specified stales whos* representation Is reduced l?y thi* ac' shall have provided before the tiip': fixed by law for the next elet lion o? Representatives therein for th4 election or Representative* h? districts, after the manner de noted In section 4 of the aforegaitl act of 1901, herein amended, thru tbr ?whole number of Representatives from such State as apportioned by the re duction hereby established shall be elected ot larft*. as provided for In salfi aforeuaid section wherein respect to casv. -where the number of Represen tatives provided for in any Stale vhuli I W lers than it was before th* chungc was directed to be made."