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SUNS I know the wiole crowd of young fellows, Who travel the run through our town, And some are all laughin' and smilin', While others are robed in a frown But the one that does business. I notice, No matter what may be his line. Is the man who pours out with each measure A 'bonus" of bubbling sunshine. ni not much for readin' nor learnin, Nor convin' wisdom from books: I ain't stuck on new fads nor fashions. -Nor wearin' tight shoes for their looks; Just jamming your house full of money tav bee to this age a good sign. But f~ 'ieve in the old fashioned doeir'ine Of inag your heart with sunshine. By PROFESS( Author of "We ho HE door of the doctor's : q house was closed almost 'Io noiselessly. and John Breen went slowly down the short OW fligh t of steps, his grayish counternance working wvith fury. -A guinea for proscribing more rest and nourishment. plus a bottle of drug gist's filth:" he muttered. "What on earth possessed me to consult him?" Rleaching 'Le pavement he Legan to wvalk swiftly, but a throbbing behind the old scar on his temple compelled him to slacken his pace. "I suppose it was that that made me take fright," he said to himself. "I never used to have headaches. If I'm not better by to-morrow i'll take his prescription to the chemist, though I believe it's all n6nsense." A hansom driver hailed him inviting ly. but he shook his head impatiently, and quickened his steps in spite of the <lull throbing that caused him to halt close his eyes. It was a chilly evening. and as he turned from the quiet street into the busy thoroughfare sleet began to fall, but instead of taking a 'bus he set out to walk the two miles that lay between him and his place of abode. He arrived at his door wet and shiv ering. His home was an old fashioned. neg lected looking building in the neighbor hood of Russell Square, and he was the sole occupant. A charwoman came for an hour every morning and made a pretence of cleaning up generally, al though her -work consis'ted chiefly in repmoving the ashes of the parlor grate (in winter) and washing the iishes which the master had soiled the previous day. He, placed both in the , i. for she was not admitted to the r-.rlor. John Breen did his own cook ing such as it was, at the sitting room fire and his bed consisted of the sofa and a traveling rug in the same apart ment. The other rooms, eight in num Ler., of the house were unfurnished. On entering the hall, which echoed his steps, he locked and bolted the door wit enceeding care, and maal .'..S'oY to the parlor situaTear on ~The same floor. It was necessary to unlock the parlor door, and having done so he en terced and locked it again behind him. The inside of the door was covered with sheet iron and fitted with heavy bolts fitting into sockets at top and bot tom. The fire, under a layer of dross, gowedi faintly, and was slow to ignite the spill of paper that he presente~be tween the bars, When he did procure a light he applied it to a candle on the mantelpiece, and in its glimmer he be .lild his face in the dirty mirror., "Yes." he muttered, "if I'm not better by to-morrow I'll go to the chemist. -1 can't afford to be ill. I'm glad I didn't :;o to a doctor close at hand. He might have found out who I was and insisted on attending me. How my head does sehe" He sat down in' the "worn out easy chair and inserted a few slips of wood between the lars of the grate. Small flames pierced the blanket of dross, and prespntly he set a little kettle on the hotidst part. "Aecud of tea will pull me together." He rose and crossed the room to a bookeane void of books, From a lower &helf de took a loaf of bread and a cut -cheese, also a plate and knife, and catried them to the table close to the side of the easy chair, Then suddenly he began to smile and rub his hands softly. The window shutters, iron bound like the door, were closed and bolted, but he went over .nnd examined them and drew the faded curtains together. After that he peered into all the corners and un der the sofa, smiling and fingering sma:-thing in his hip pocket. John 1Erc was not a timid man; he was mer-ely careful. Wheni he was q~uite satisfied that I:s vas alone he went back~ to his ensy chair', and, stretching out his right iiad. opened the panelling at the side of i:e fireplace, disclosing the door of .a small but appareihiy deep and su p:'eey strong .safe. Inserting a C aple of keys, he manipulated them I;:tii the locks yielded and the stout door swung open. The safe was p~acked with little bags of gold, par -eil of notes and bundles of negotiable securities. The latter papers repre sented John .Breen's capital-his father's legacy to him-the notes and gold the interest, less his tri~ting ex penses, of nearly thirty years. The investments were as safe as the na tion's credit, and the owner had never sought to alter them j>r others bring ing a larger return. The stream of gold from them may not have satisfied him with its bulk, but at least it was steady, and he loved to mark on a calendar the days on which he would present his coupons with the certainty of receiving the value printed thereon. This very day he had collected the interest represented by certain cou po::s. and now he brought from his breast a dark soft leather bag and poured the tinklinig contents on the table-one hundred and twenty-five pounds. He began to count thr, sovereigns. Lbut somehow when he camne t twenty seven he could not proceed. He tried again with the sam result His head ached more than ' er., but hie made another attempt--an failed. HINE. The world has gone mad over gainin' The prea'-rzrs are carpin' at trusts - The rich ain't content with the centre They grab and fight for the crusts The palacc is dark, damp and dingy. Where shasows and ghost-iears iatwne; While the dot of the poor, humble peasant Is bright with the rays of sunshine. Would I barter the light f.>r the darkness? Would I 'give up my life for your gold. Would I sae'crifice precept and manhood At the altars where honors are sold? No. still let me live irre and simple, And practice His teaching divine, To fill one sad heart. dark with sorrow. With the blessings and light of sunshine. -Kenneth Bruce, m Four-Track News. )R J. J. BELL, Macgreegor." "I wi3h the kettle would boil," he sighed, lying back wearily. "A cup of tea will make me right." But when: the kettle boiled at last he paid no attention. The throbbing. which for some minutes had been almost unbearable, had abruptly ceased, and a sense of peace had de scended upon John Breen. His eyes closed. he lay unconscious, his hard f-atures wonderfully soft ened. St.ngely enough be dressed well, and as he lay there 'n the poor light of the candle and the increasing glow of the fire, which failed to make clear the poverty and wretchedness of his surroundings. he might have been taken for a well to do and rather handsome elderly gentleman enjoying a nap. The kettle was dry and ruined, the fire was almost out, and the candle was within an inch of its socket, when John Breen came back to life aga .n. He sat up fecbly and looked curiously about him. - He felt no pain, but he was greatly puzzled. An expression of disgust dawned upon his face when his eyes caught sight of the bread :-:d cheese, but being dasperately hungry he cut a piece of the former and ate a por tion. He w-as chilly, too, and felt a craving for hot food. Then he beheld his wealth. He be gan to tremble violently, and tears rolled down his cheeks. Awe stricken, he whispered to him self: "And I might have nied to night. I might have died and no one, not even myself, have been the better for my having lived." He took the notes, the bags of gold and the documents from the safe, laid them in a hcap at his feet, and began to reckon his future. It wa: easily done, for each bag was stamped with "f500O," .while each bundle of securi ties had a slip of paper attached bear ing its approximate value. 'Besides, he found no difficulty in counting now. The grand total came to a few hun are anl(L ou1d Over eighty thousand 'I must leave this accursed'houe" at once," he said, suddenly. "I must lose no time or I may be too late." Within an hour he left the house in a cab with a couple of ancient port manteaus. In his pocket he carried a letter addressed to his charwoman, and containing instructions for her not to call until notified to do so. which he intended to post at the first oppor tunity. The letter also containedi ten five pound notes. It was past midnight wh-en he reached the large hotel in Northum berland avenue--the name of which had somehow occurred to him as he stepped into the cab-but he mianaged to get a fairly good supper before retiring. He slept little, for he had many plans to make for the morrow. Still, he arose in the morning with nothing worse than a feeling of tired ness, which, however, seemed to affect his memory rather strangely. For instance, he could not remember where he had come from the previous night; as the day wore on he was oc casionally perplexed regarding other matters of the past. The bunch of complicated keys in his pocket puzzled him, and when he happened upon Ithe doctor's prescription in another pocket he could not recollect the visit to t' - hvsician. Most of all, the re volv"- i his hip pocket troubled him. He dicL not know what to do with it, and he was afraid to unload it lest it 'be discharged. For the time being he decided to lock it in a drawer in his bedroom. He spent the fornoon in studying the newspapers, and in the afternoon he paid a visit to the poorest Quarters of the East End, returning, with a white and troubled face, to play with his dinner and to spend the evening locked in his room. A few days later people began to call upon him-prosperous looking gentle-I men and fine ladies-and earniest con versations took plaec ini the elegant sitting room lie had engaged in addi tion to his badroom. Other : ien and women, pinched and sad, began to watch for his coming to their miserable dwellings. And nearly three months went past. One evening toward the end of May Mr. Breen gave a little dinner party in his private sitting room. Ten ladies and gentlemen. all keenly interested in philanthropic work, were present. and even those of them who were high in the land treated their gentle faced Zost with unfeigned respect and seemed to regard him with sincere af fection as well as admiration. '. though the weather had unexpectedly -become oppressively hot the spirits of the guests did not su~er Cdepression. Only the host appeared somewhat wearied when, the dinner itself being over, the time came for hir-' to ex plain a new scheme of charity which he had lately been deeply considering, and which all present were cager to hear about. "I1 must ask you to parden miy leav int: you for a moment, my friends." he said, suddenly. "I find I have left my notes on the scheme in my room," With a word of tha~nks for the per mission readily granted, and a pleasant smile to all, Mr. Breen left the room. "He is a wonderful man." remarked countess. -Is it really the case that te has gi-:en forty thousand pwunds to he children's hospital in White -iapel':" -IIe handed the money to us yester l)y," said an old man, with kindly winkling eyes. "And it was only a irst installment. he assuret ml. But 1 has made so many maguitieent gifts ecently that one fears he must son xhaust himself. Truly it was Provi lence that a!!owed John Breen to be ome a rich man." "He ought to be Sir John at least." aid a pretty v-oman. "though I fancy ie would scorn a title." Meantime Mr. Breen was~ in his >edroom. searching for the slips of laper on which he had set down the letails of his scheme. He could not remember where he iad put them. Drawer after drawer ie tried without success. As he drew )pen the last drawer a vivid flash of ightning lit up the chamber-he had ot thought it necessary to switch on he electrict light, as he had sufficient ight with the open door-and almost mmediately a terrific peal crashed >verhead. John Breen's fingers closed on some hing in the drawer, and presently a ook of amazement overspread his ountenance. The philanthropists waited in vain or his reappearance. S * * S * * * Drenched to the skin, he sat in his raggled evening clotLes. staring at the empty safe, a creature of .itter lespair. He had a faint glimmering that he had given away his wealth, but to whom he could not remember. He tried very hard to remember. The glimmering went out, and he :ould not remember anything at all. He only knew that he had no money eft. No money left? He searched his pockets and found a few notes, sover igns and some change. Thirty pounds Ddd. Also a revolver. * * * * . * * The surgeon who examined him fterward directed a colleague's atten tion to a sear on his right temple. "Yes," said the colleague, "it might have something to do with the case, though he must have got the smash a long time ago." He referred, of course, to the case of suicide. But which was the real .John Breen -the miser or the philanthropist? Black and White. The largest plant in the world is probably a species of seaweed, which aften attains a length of 300 feet. The stemns are dried and used as ropes by the South Sea Islanders. The exhilaration from the ozone is misleading it appears, and the gas is now classed with those that are pox sonous and is to be used with due -------..--...,-..-an "foots on the Ifer by workers with electric machines. Three human lungs-one white, one black and one gray-form an instruc tive exhibit in an Edinburgh museum. he first came from an Esquimaux, who breathed the pure air of the Arctic regions; the second, from a coal miner, who inhaled much coal dust, the third, from a town dweiler, kept in city dust and smoke. Large masses of amber have recently been discovered in cretaceous strata >n Staten Island, now the borough of Richmond of the city of New York. he deposits are being commercially worked. It is thought that some of this amber may be the product of se uoin trees that grew on the Atlantic 2ast in cretaceous time. An Italian scientist has invented a ovel substitute for irrigation. He ases the fruit of the Barbary nopal, a ig tree which bears figs' that are ex ellent reservoirs of moisture. In the spring the scientist digs a ditch about the foot of the tr.e he desires to pro :eet from the coming drought and this iitch is filled with figs cut into thick ieces. A dense layer is made and eaten down. The mucilaginous pulp, yovered with earth, stores up much moisture, which it: gives off gradually. In drowning acc'idents where expert swimmers suddenly lose all control of heir powers, the usual explanation of :ramps is beginning to be looked- upon is insufficient. It has been noticed :hat persons having disease of the mid ile ear, who have already shown symptoms of vertigo, are especially [able to such accidents. and as the semi-irculr canals are the organs of irection, it is suggested that even a slight hemorrhage in this delicate structure from a blow by the waves would result in utTer helplessness. Pronit-Sharing Farming. The system of sharing farm protits was initiated by M1r. E. W. Hussey. a arge estate owner of Scotney Castle. Every year the hands are called to ether and e-ach receives a share of the profits made on the year's working f the farms. OJn the last occasion of the profit-sharing each man received 13.13, while a youith's share a mounted t, $S.75. In cases where several mem bers of a family are engaged on a farm sums approaching $4S.C6 have been taken home. All the employes on Mir. Hussey's Lamberhurst estate now take such a keen interest in their work that they exhibit no inclination whatever to mi rate to the towns.-London Daily Mail. The Shah's Dwarf. An Ostend e'orrespondent s:ays a good deal of interest is being evinced there in a member of the Shah's suite, a dwarf, wvho always accompanies the Shah when he drives out. It is stated that the Persian soveregn believes the little man to be "luckyv." and for this reason has him perpetually in his suite. The most costly tomb in existence is MORE LIVES LOST Another Fatal Railway Wreck Leaves Death in its Wake 15 DIE IN CRASI OR BY FIRE Massachusetts' Worst Train Disaster in Many Years Occurs When Sun day Night Express. Frora Boston on Boston & Maine Crashes Into Rear of a Local. Lincoln, Mass. Special.--Tlie most disastrous railroad wreck in this State for many years oceurred at S:15 D>elock Sunday night at Kaker's BridZe station, a mile and a hal west i>f Lincoln, on the main line of the Fitehburg division of the Boston & :ainc Railroad. The regular Sinday xpress., which left Boston at 7.45 )'clock for Montrecl ,in the Rutland system, crashed into the rear of a lo t-al train which started from Boston at 7.15 for points on the main line and lie Marlboro branch. At least 35 persons were killed out right burned to death or suffocated. and 30 or more were seriiously injured M:ny passengers sustained minurcuts, bruises and burns The wreck was primarily due to thick weather, which apparently ob seured signals set by the forward train, which, at the time of the dis aster, was standing in front of Bak er's Bridge station. The Montriea train, drawn by two locomotives and consisting also of nine ears crashed into the rear of the Marlboro branch local. demolishing the two rear cars. All of the passengers killed and seriously injured were in these. The passengers lived in Concord, West Ac ton, Maynard, Hudson, Marlboro and several smaller towns in the Asabet Valley. None of the passengers on the Montreal train were seriously hurt but the engineer and fireman of the leading locomotive were killed. The wreckage caught fire and some of the passengers were incarcerated. Few persons live in the vicinity of Baker's Bridge station and no fire de partment was available, so that the flames practically burned themselves out. Uninjured passengers and an um ber of train hands, assisted by villaz ers. went to the aid of the injured and many persons were rescued. A special train with doctors was sent from Boston at 9.35 o'clock. and reached here in half an hour. Many doctors from Waliham and other places in this sectior. were sent to the scene in carriage and by other trains. Bank Clearings for the Week. New York. Special.--The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at a number of the principal cities for the week ended Nov. 24, with the percentage of in crease and decrease as compared with the correspoiuding week last year. Sevnty-two other citie s are included in the'totals: New York $2.024.77.73, increase 15.9: Chigcao $218.713.490, increase 33.3; Boston $153.966,S99, increase 21.0; Philadelphia $15)0.689.060, in rease 36.7: New~ Orleans $26,840.940. increase :37.7; Louisville $12.559.206. increase31.6; Memphis $7.8:38.792, in erease 25.5; Richmond $5.412.95 de crease 5.7: Atlanta $4. 657.161, in rease 36.9: Nashville $3.6S1.:370, in crease 3S.3: Norfolk $2.457.426. in rease 29.5: Augusta, Ga., $2.589).622. increase 71.9: Knoxville $1 .421.S11. inrease 26.0: Charleston, S. C.. $1. 702.436. increase 40.7: Chattanooga $1 .315.895, increase 75.1; Jackson ville. Fla., $1.297.0S9, increase 76.7: Macon $647.443. increase 72.5: Say vannahi $7,059.930. increase 67.1. Total United States $3.091.63S.741. increase 20.5; outside New York $1, 066,S51,56S, increase 30.6. Big Lumber Deal. Nashville, Special. - A Bristol. Tenn.. dispatch says: J. W Wilkin son of Bristol has closed a deal for 17,000,000 feet of lumber and timber in North Carolina. The land lies along the Southern railroad near Asheville. The amount reported to be involved in the deal is ahalf mil lion dollars. Heresy Trial of Dr. Bradley. Newman. Ga.. Special.-At the metini2 of the North Georgia Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. here Bishoip W. W. IUimiaun appointedl a comm~tittee to mn vestate eba'res o eeyazis Rev. H. S. Bradlcv. D. D.. of Atlanta. Taese chiarges were pr:ef(.e redb Rev. h.N nw r Atlait. Tecmi tee appointed by isop Du~ncan is composed ot D r. C. WV. Byrd. of Ana usta, Ga.: Dr. Luke G. .Jidic.on. of Rome. anid R1ev. .J. A. Sharp, 0of Dahi oneza. Gross Boodle Case. Little Rock. Ark.. Special.--The. laislat ive boodile cases were brought to trial here. The case of Senator A. T. Gross is the first one on the calendar. Both the tSate and defend ants have accunmulated a muonumrent al mass of evidence for the fight, which is expected to be one of the bitterest lgislative battles ever wag~ed in the St ate. After the Drug Stores. Wash ingto n. Speci.-Drug stores that sell anyv of the well-known al holic to::ies which though advertised ais mnedieinies for diseases are compos ed hiefly of: distilled spirits. must take out federal license as retails rum ellers after April 1st, 190)6. Such was a dlecision of thle C.ommissioner f Internal llRvnue who also gave no tiee hat ma~nufacturers would be re uired to take out li':ense after the frst of the year. LTAES FOR HO Prince Louis Ends His Visit to United States HIE ENJOYED HIS TRIP GREATLY Cheering Crowds Witnesses Depar ture of British Squadron From New York and Its Commander is Made to Write His Name in Many Al bums and Pose For Many Pictures. New York, Special.-About 200 sailors from the British squadron commanded by Prince Louis of Bat tenberg were missing from their ships when the squadron made ready to sail Monday. Several of those who had overstayed their leave were turned away when they tried to board their ships. As it was within a few hour's of the fleet's sailing time when they made their belated appearance, the officers treated them as deserters, re fusing to let them step aboard. Iany of the rejected sailors wept. Their uniforms in some cases had been taken from them in Bowery resorts and they had spent all their money before returning to their ships. Many of them immediately applied to the immigration authorities for their return to England. Before sailing Prince Louis paid an official farewell visit to Admiral Evans on board the battleship Maine. As the Prince and his party left this ship the American sailors cheered him. A big crowd, including many who had met the Prince in New York, gathered at the Cunard Line dock; where the flagship Drake was moored, to witness the departure of the Prince. The Prince wrote his name in a hun dred autograph albums and posed for twenty or more pictures. Finally the bugle sounded for the visitors to go ashore and the Drake was towed into the stream while the throng on the wharf and the British sailors on the Drake gave each other a farewell cheer. Explosion in Vault. Columbia, S. C., Special.-As the re sult of an explosion of gas in his office here Monday. Captain Wade Hampton Cobb, probate judge, lies dying at the Columbia hospital. He had started to open the vault in his office and struck a match to see the combination. The gas fixture had been leaking, and the explosion which followed threw Mr. Cobb across the office with great vio lence. He was very nearly dead when picked up. The office was wrecked and the force of the explosion tore the door off its hinges and smashed all the glass in the court house. 128 Lost in.Channel Wreck. London, By Cable-One hiindred and twenty-eight persons lost their lives in the wreck of the London & Southwestern Railway Company's steamer Hilda off the northern coast of France Saturday night, according to an official estimate given out by the officers of fhe company. This death .roll includes 21 saloon passen gers, S0 French' onion sellers and 27 of the crew. $16,000,000 For Calnal Work. Washington. Special.-An estimate of $16,000,000 'for continuing the work on the Panama Canal has been sent to the Treasury Department from the War Department to be sent to Con gress. The estimate of sixteen mil lion dollars is for expenditure up to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. Against Greene and Gaynor. Savannah, Ga., Special.--Two addi tional indictments charging embezzle ment and receiving the money of the United States that was alleged to have been embezzled by ex-Captamn Ober in M. Carter. were returned in the Federal Court against Benjaamin D. Greene. John F. Gaynor,. Ed. H. Gay nor, William L. Gaynor and Michael A. Connely 39 Die in Fire. Glasgow, By Cable.-The most ter rible fire that has occurred in Great Britain for many years broke out here Sunday ill a cheap lodging house for men in Watson street and resulted in the loss of 39 lives and the severe in. jury of many persons. Missing Man~l's Body Found. Nashville. Special.-The body of P. . Con nor. agedl 30. a carpenter, wvhc dsappeard from his honme a fortnight ao. was found on an island in thr. riv r. I is supposed to have wandered into the river during an attack of de Half of City Destroyed and 600 Sol diers Killed. Toyko, By Cable.-An eye witness of the recent riot at Vladivostok, who has arrived at Nagaski, reports that nearly half of the city was burned and that 600 of the garrison were killed. that the jail was thrown open and thb General Kappek is missing. The damage is estimated at $25,000,000. Soldiers from Harbin are reported tc have joined the rioters. High Prices For Mules. Nashville. Special-According to re ports -reeivedI at the omfee of the com missioner of a-zrieulture. prices bems reeived by Tennessee stoekmnan foi mules this year are better thani evei before. A Maury countain sold sia for $1,220. A Marshall county deale2 reently received $125 each for a herd of eihitv-two. Another party in the same couty refused $160 a head foi S1 a larebncih. SOUTHERN : TOPIC4 OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT What the .oung Farmer May Do. There are many opportunities for ed acated agriculturists in the Sonth. There is a chance in almost every town or city for the d-velopment of the dairy industry. The cow is one of the most profitable machines on the farm. Milk can be sold for twenty-five to thirty-five cents per gallon; butter from twenty to thirty-five cents per pound. A cow yieiding 5000 pounds per annum, would produce 588 gallons of milk, which at thirty cents per gal Ion would be $176. A cow can be kept for from $35 to $50. If this proposi tion were made to a man by a "get rich quick" concern be would lose no time in making the investment. Then there is a chance to produce the seeds of corn and wheat in great quantity through the adoption of the simple principles of selection and plant breeding. Thousands of dollars an nually go out of the State for the pur chase of seeds of these cereals at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.00 per bushel, whereas, corn ordinarily brings 40 cents and wheat 75 cents. Why not. produce more grass and clover seed? Why not produce seed of the vetch whieh does well here as a winter cover crop, and of the soy bean, etc.? These are but three or four of the many money making industries that are open to the progressive agricul turist of the South to-day. There never was a time when there was a better chance to make money from the intelligent application of business principles to the production of dairy and beef products, to the growing of horses and mules, to the development of the poultry industry, which is still in its infancy, and to the breeding of seed of high quality for use by South ern farmers. Who will be the first to see these good things and to reap the rich harvest which awaits the in dustrious farmers? As to the future of the farm there can be no question. Look at the con dition which has grown up in Europe because of the ancient systems of land tenure which prevented the aver age citizen from owning a piece of ground, making every tenant a peas ant of some landlord. In America un til the present time many men have been interested in manufacturing plants, buildiig railroads, steel fur naces, iron furnaces, etc. A period of leisure will come, a time when the output of factories will offset con sumption. Then there will be mil lions to invest in something; will it not be natural for these men to turn to the country and to Invest in lands? Will the time not come when there will be many landed estates in Amer ica? Will the farmer who tills the soil who, is the most important factor in the welfare of the country give up his land? Surely not, and yet the sign of the times would seem to indicate it, for the wild desire on the part of many seems to be to go -to the city and to dispossess themselves of the land. Will it not be better for them to keep close to it and to maintain their indep ndence through living on it, rather than to suffer the pangs and indignities that have come to the peas antry of Europe? The cost of living, as already mentioned, is increasing in America; the demand for all farm products is very great. There never was a time when the intelligent farm er could earn a larger revenue. There never was a time when land could be bought -for less in many sections of the South than to-day, and there never was a time when a man bad a bettel' chance to make wealth from the soil. Young men, possess yourselves of the land and the inalienable rights of citizenship. Lime Burnt Tobacco as FeriIzer. R. C., Danville, Va., writes: Please advise me if lime should be applied on the land before I fallow in the peas or if it can be put in as well with the plow? I would also like to know the manurial value of burnt tobacco.' It is not so badly burnt but is wet. Answer: Lime should never be plowed under, as it sinks rapidly into the soil under the most favorable con ditions. Plow under your pea vines and get the land ready for seeding and then scatter the lime over the surface by means of a manure spreader. To keep it from running out too rapidly you can put pome straw or other rough material in the bottom of the spreader. Then harrow it lightly. It is best as a rule to apply lime in the fall, but of course it is also well to have a crop follow it as it may derive as much ben efit from it as possible and fix the plant food in the soil which the lime may free and prevent its being leached out by the violent winter mains. You might put a light seeding of oats or barley or wheat on the land this fall and seed to grass in the spring and cut whatever ceral you sow for hay in* the early dough stage so it will not draw all the water out of the soil and leave it dry and at harvest time. Many stands of grass are destroyed because the rip Bridal Lore. A January bride will be a prudent housekeeper and very good temper A February bride will be a humane and affectionate wife and tender mother-. A March bride will be a frivolous chatterbox, somewhat given: to quar reling. An April bride will be inconsis tant, not very intelljigent. but fairly good looking. A May bride will be handsome, ami able, and likely to be happy. A June bride will be impetuous and generous.* A Julv bride will be handsome and smart. but a trifle quick-tempered. An August bride will be amiable and practical. A September bride will be discreet, afbea nd uch liked. 'ARM fIOTES. 6R, STOCKMAN AND yRUCi G.9 WER. ening crop of grain exhausts the sol so completely of both moisture and plant food that the grass does noi have a fair chance. It woula n ra'her late to sow grass this fall at the time men tioned. thougn in a -favorable season it might do all right. It is better in my judgment to wait now until next spring. No doubt you refer to the burned leaves of the tobacco plant. A ton -of tobacco contains about 200 pounds of ash, something like fifty pounds of nitrogen, and thirteen to fourteen pounds of phosphoric acid. and eighty one pounds of potash. The burning of the leaves would result in the de struction of practically all the nitro gen, but the phosphoric acid and pot ash will be intact except where injured by leaching with water thrown on the ashes during the fire. This probably would not amOunt to much, however, if the tobacco was well mois tened, as it doubtless was. Tobacco ashes would thus supply you with a cheap source of potash if you can buy them right, and a small amount of phosphoric acid, but you would ob tain practically no nitrogen from their use. If you can get them reasonably. it should pay you to haul them and scatter them on the land for the sake of the potash you would get. You should not use more than wenty-five to fifty bushels of lime per acre and not oftener than from three to five years. Fifty bushels is not a heavy application, and should give you good results. Twenty-five bushels, applied in two applications, with two years intervening, will probably prove more effective than a single application of fifty bushels.-Professor Soule. How and When to Seed Alfalfas R. A. W., Parnassus. writes: When Is the best time of the year to sow al falfa? Will alfalfa grow in stiff red clay? Answer: Alfalfa should be sown now as soon as it is possible to get the ground in condition. The land should be broken to a depth of about eight inches, provided of course that you have broken it at least six inches be fore. It would not be well to take a soil that has been worked shallow for a number of years and break it up deeply all at once. Then, it would be well to subsoil the land if it is a heavy red soil; if of a sandy nature subsoil ing it is not necessary. Apply sixteen per cent. acid phosphate at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds per acre together with fifty to 100 pounds of muriate of potash. If the land I:; deficient in vegetable matter, make an application of about seventy-Sve pounds of nitrate of soda to the alfalfa after it has come up and a similar application next. spring. You might also top-dress the alfalfa with a good coating of well rot ted farmyard manure. Alfalfa is a del icate plant when first seeded. Fal seeding is an advantage because it. gives it a chance to establish itself before the weeds choke it out as they often (0 -rrom wp~-eo Mang. Alalfa should be frequently clipped if it turns yellow and not allowed to go into the. winter with too much top or it mgt. smother out. Sow at least twenty pounds of good, clean seed and it i often advisable to inoculate. This may be accomplished through the use of ar tificial culture or through the use of soil from an oil field. At least 100 pounds of soil should be mixed with the seed to be sown on each acre of land. Alfalfa may be put in the grain drills or sown broadcast and cover with a harrow. You cannot prepare the land too carefully and heavy fertiliza tion is necessary on most of your soils. Alfalfa is a vigorous feeding plant and must be well supplied with the various forms of plant food or it will not give satisfactory results. It may seemn rather a serious undertaking to obtain a stand of it, but if you succeed with it you will find it one of the most val uable crops you have ever grown on your farm and you will be well re paid for the labor, effort and money ex pended in securing it. It makes excel lent hay and can be cut two to fo.ugt times a year under favorable condi tions. Alfalfa as a rule does not do well on very still heavy red clay laud as it is so tenacious that the roots cannot eas ily establish themselves in the soil, and its power to establish itself in the soil being based on the vigorous de velopment~ of its roots, it frequently withers away and dies in the coure of two or three years in such land-. However, if these lands were well sub soiled and underdrained, it would no doubt frequently grow with success in the future where it has failed in the past. Ferplexity of Isaac. - Newton had just discovered why the apple fell. "But."' we persisted. "can you tell us what makes a person's iace fall in a novel? Herewith science had to confess it sei Deaten by literature. Tointed Paragraphs. An October bride will be pretty, co-. ~quettish. loving and jealous. A November bride will be liberal, kind, but of a wild disposition. A December bride will be well pro portioned, fond of novelty, entertain ing, but extravagant. Don't pour secrets into a man's ears unless you have control -of his Itonue. ignorance loves to wear borrowed plumes and sit in the same pew with When a doctor encounters an ail ment that puzzles him he blames it on a microbe. When a man is long on energy and short on the ability to use it he is to Ibe pited. A woman usually knows her 'hus-j band is a liar, but she wants him to be truthful about it. Even hunger isn't an infallible cure