The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, October 27, 1904, Image 2
The Bad Queen Bes&
Mi m iiumiIIhh dim, ttatrf,
ta which Qmm
?t A* did with the amorous
to the an>is*>
diinit, of her
*tth
m. 36MC *"rTT
Mm abo uW flnnti ibkuos cor uq.
?Ighlng, hngaliMm, ard drawing htm
WNB2Wi?
mat only hor lover. Irat the keenest
politicians la Europe: and yet. with
?or private correspondence now be
tsv as. we see thai the whole oomedy
was a lie. so far as *she was con
earned; and that la what seemed her
anuinefts of ntter aeff-abandonment la
her lore she eras coolly calculating
how to wriggle.oat of ber compromise
while leaving her saltor In the mire.
Wlieu at MBgth ?he poor lad was ca
lohd ists leaving England with the
fslflllment of his marriage still de
ferred. the qaeea traveled to Grave
with him to m? him thirty ??
the way. for he tearfully resisted priic
to the teat moment. la (dp?d grief
et leering **her husband." as she
celled him, she wept end veiled at the
parties: bet an eyewitness of the
scene Mis ?s that as sooa es her per
sistent lovers heck Was turned she
sought the privacy of her chamber,
not to Indulge In her grief, hot to
dance for very joy at having got rid
of htm ao easily ; end scoffed at hie
simplicity to hla own false aenrant
tflmler. When later It oerred her
political purpose to extort terma from
the king of France by again pretend*
2ng fcer Intention immediately to
marry hla brother, she celled down
curses upon her own -head In audi ap
palling language if she did not (n*flll
her promise this time thst so sea
toned a vessel as the elderly French
smbasssdor declared that It made bis
blood ran cold; and aolld old Cecil
himself, who wss deeper in the plot
thsn say one. whispered In swestrk.-k*
en tores to Lsdjr Stafford that if the
queen fa'led to keep thla pledge surely
Gol would send hor to hell for such
blasphemy."?Martin Hume in Har*
tor's.
Mixed tbe Speeches Up
?he Rlohaoid lfews-Lender In
Inu the Springfield Republican that
Patrick Henry's famous argument In
tto so-called parsons' cause, which so
shocked Her. James Maury's counscl.
Ater Lyons, that he cried out. "The
gentleman has spoken treason and I
am astonished that your worships can
tear It without emotion or any mark
of dissatisfaction." wss not made In
BL John's church. Richmond. In 1775.
tat In Hanover Court House In 1763.
Henry won his cause, and when the
??sort adjourned the delighted people
carried him around the court ja.nl on
Choir shoulders. Parson Maury shared
lawyer Lyons's opinion that treason
had been spoken to the_Jurors. lie
wrote not long afterwm|M Rev. John
Camm that It w^plaln^Hlck Henry
thought "the res road To popularity
fsere Is to trample under foot the In
terests of religion, the rights of the
Church and the prerogative of the
Crown;~ and the indignant Frcder
icksrille parson added an emphatic
expression of his conviction that aucli
conduct "manifestly tends to draw the
people of these plantations from ..heir
allegiance to the King." There was
talk for * while of prosecuting Henry,
tut nothing came of It.
Two year* later, in 17?5 and In the
louse of burgesses at Williamsburg,
he made his speech on the stamp act
(he "If this be treason, make the most
o* it!" speech. August 12. that year.
Ppv. William Robinson, commissary
for Virginia, reported to the Bishop
of London: "He blazed out in a vio
lent speech against tko authority of
parliament and the king, comparing
Iiir majesty to a Tarquln. a Caesar
and a Charles tho First, aud not spar
ing Insinuations that be wished an
other Cromwell would-arise."
Tho St. John's church speech
(March, 1775) was the "Give mo lib*
erty or give me death!" speech
Where Aloney is Made
Birmingham. England, has a mint
.srhlch, In addition to turning out mll
Dons of English coins, docs more in
<be way of supplying foreign govern
hwnU with coin than any other j
Money-making establishment la the
world.
- A few days ago it shipped the first
installment of a huge Egyptian order
for 10,000.000 plasters. The consign
jswnt weighed five tons,, was con
veyed In sixty cases, and valued at
4|15,000.000. For well over a contury
Birmingham has taken tho lead In
Ibis literal kind of money-making. As
Car back as 1797 one firm coined un
der contract for the British govern
ment 4,000 tons of copper coin, val
ued at about $4,000,000. Among the
countries and governments which
feave gone time after time to Blrmlng
Jural for their money are India, Tunis,
Canada, Turkey. China, Hongkong,
Haiti, 8arawak, Tuscany, Venezuela
and Chile.
In some Instances, notably In that
of China, tho coins were not mado in
Birmingham. As a matter of fact, no
Cbineso coin has, so far as Is known,
ever been made outside tho Celestial
empire. The pride and prejudice of
tho Chinese have to bo humored, so
the firm sent out a complete plant
with men to operate it, and tho coins
wero struck In China. No fewer than
eight separate plants have been sent
out to China In this way.
For tho new kingdom of Italy the
same thing was done In 1862, 1,000
tons of "blanks" being shipped to
furnish the raw material. Again. Id
Marseilles, when tho re-cstablishment*
of the empire under Napoleon III.
rendered nocessary a new copper coin
age, 750 tons of metal were in this
way turned into money on French
soil.
A Pledge of Constancy
st. as the (MinlnR pigeon wines Its
wld?. uiMrrtnx way.
As the dawn streaks the Bant at morn*
inr. and the twilight follows day.
'Aa the breath In the stair's rod nostrils
speaks of the wood-sequesiered pool.
Where tho fearful huntsman's chuso bo
lone, by the water clcar and oool:
ft. as tbe trembling Needle knows
the north, and the craft cruise true,
the love in say heart shall falter not.
but always follow you.
8|>rlng,
ye the birds} They know the Hp
and up from the Southland ft.
ye tbe crass grow green again; not
faithful mere than If
qu'7sr of sap In the tree's tare limbs
by the Skin s rayed messengers
Of Lave npstlrrod. as the thought of
thee the sap of my paaslon stirs;
And the blush of the rose at the kiss of
spring shall follow not more true
Than the blush of my love that falters
?Mi bat always follows you.
Sweet, as the nwallow finds lis neat and
the robin tlndB a hour.
A* tho worn child turns to Its mother'*
breast when the way Is drear and
lent;.
As tho ejroa of age feast hungrily on
youth that Is spent and oped;
As Life shnll drift llko a river on to ths
Ocean of tho Dead;
As season shall follow season, aad tho
? swing of the stars bo true,
80 the love In my heart shall falter not,
but always follow you.
Sweet, as the bono of Heaven springs^
unsown, in the souls of men;
As the seed shall burst with the germ of
life snd the grain grow ripe again;
As the tide shall rise on the beatsn
beach In tho sweep of the restless
sea;
As the hungering heart shall find Its own
and the prisoned soul be free;
As Heaven shall ope at the word of
God and the promises be true,
80 the lovo In my neart shall faltsr not,
but always follow you.
?J. W. Foley In Nsw Y<
York Times.
Weakness of tbe Czar
(Shortly after the present war had
%egun a nnmber of dignitaries and
officials gathered round Gen. Kuropat
kits one day Ud asked him how things
srsrs going on. With a mcJIelons twin*
fck la his eye the war minister re
plied: "Uke yourselves, I know only
what to published. The war Is Alex
Mi's buslnoss, not mine." When three
Ministers Implored the csar to eraeo
ate Manchuria and safeguard the peace
?f the world, he answered: "I shall
keep the peaoe and my own counsel as
well." To ono of the gran' dukes who,
on the day before the rupture with
Japan, raguoly hinted at the possibil
ity of war, the emperor said: "Leave
that to mo. Japan will never light
My reign will be an era of poace to
the end."
The following comments are made
we the csar's conduct of public bust
dom by ? high Russian official: lift
Is over struggling with phantoms,
fighting with windmills, conversing
with salats or consulting the spirits
of tho doad. But of th? means at band
for helping his people or letting them
help tbemselTcs he never avails him
self. Books ho has long ago ceaaea
to road, and sound advice he Is in
capable of listening to. His ministers
he receive* with groat formality and
dismisses with hsughty condescen
sion. They arc ofton kept in the
dark about mattois which it behooves
them to know thoroughly and early.
In his study ho is generally busy
signing replies to addresses of loyslty,
or writing comments on tho various
reports prosentod by ministers, gov*
ernors snd oilier officials. Ho Is en
couraged by his courtiers to beiiovo
that all those replies and comments
are prlcoless.?Chicago News.
The Newa of the Day.
Thirty-four years ago Franco was
Wed by the government of the notion
al defence, which consisted of twelve of
the beat known members of the Opposi
tion under the Rmplto. Among them
>irere such famoua name* as Leon Oam
feotta Julea Simon, Jules i-'avre and Oen.
Trochu. Bloven of t^o twelve are dead
now and moat of them are forgotten.
.The last aurvlvor la Henri Rochefort,
Who la hla time has been Journalist,
<000Wet, member of the Government and
Odds and Ends.
The present Secretary of War, whose
dignliy equals that of any Judge on tbo
Supreme flench, Is known as "BID"
Taft to all IiIr Intimates. In his case
the nickname would seem to bo a token
of goneral good will a>id friendly feel*
ing.
John Welsh, the man who fired the
first shot under Dewey In the battle of
Manilla, is at present In Milwaukee on
recruiting serrlce. He was with Orldley
In Japan when he died and took hit last
message to his wife la Brla, Pa.
I f
CHAPTER V. |
Continued.
She stopped him by ttklag his hand.
She left It Oiled?filled with her own,
well-worn purse, containing such slen- {
der savings from thf proceeds of the
poultry yard and dairy as were legltl*
'mately hers to give. Daphne's bus*
band must not'go awsy from .them In
anger, nor feci hurt by her offering.
It was a little loan that. If his cash
ran short, might prove useful, and that
"he could return when things were look*,
lng brighter. She wished him all sue*
cess; was confident he would meet
with work If be sought for It In ear*
?nest, and?and. meantime, would lie
promise to 'write home faithfully, for
{Daphne's sake?
Well, reader, for a moment Barry
Chester hesltsted. To accept Aunt
|IosIe's money was an action that, even
to his conscience. I suppose, bore an
unpleasant resemblance to the robbery
of a child. At all events, he hesitated.
Then?the good moment passed; he
thrust the purse sway Into his pocket;
'muttered tsome Incoherent words abont
pride, about 111 fortune, about speedy
repayment, snd. without looking into
Annt Hosle's face, was gone.
It was probably tbe most foolish ac
tion of Henrietta Vanslttart's life; yet
?wus It one of the follies thst bare a !
sweet taste in tbe memory. In tbe '
[dark days to come this was the so!l
'tnry moment, ont of her whole inter- J
course with Barry Chester, to which
Aunt Hosle could look back unpalned.
With her ready promptness at distill
ing the soul of goodness ont of things
evil, she rcmeml>ered. not that Chester
accepted, but that he hesitated to ac
cept her gift, and from this frail prom
ise argued that self-respect, that honor,
m'.ghl have come to light still In that
lost heart.
"If life had been kinder to him?'
This wus an unfailing apolosy of Aunt
Hosie's for ill-doers virtually past the
nale ?f r.oolosy. "We women, whose
portion lies in sheltered plaees. know :
so little of the fleece temptation that a I
man has to withstand. If life had been '
kinder to him!"
Life pressed with piteous harshness
.p.non Daphne from that day forward.
>7o tidings of B#"ry Chester reached
Flef-dc-!a-I!?lne for more than a fort
night; and lortr before the expiration
cf that time the Import of his abrupt
departure had become matter of com
p-.on talk even cniong the wor'.d of
fshcr-folk In Querncc Day. He had
f'own. not from Ills wife alone, hut
from his debt*, of honor and otherwise.
"In short." so. tardily, he wrote to
Danhne. "his return to the islands
was impo?-ei?>l?\ She might write. If
there could he any good?he fal!cd to
see It?In such n correspondence. Let
ters went to a certain address. Lon
don, would he forwarded to h'm. But
b > must beg her not to look for con
Mant replies. If anything In tl:c slmne
??f improved ivoney prospects befell
him he would let her know fast
^itougli." And not one word of affec
tion. of rcuret at leaving hnr. of in
quietude about her state. The letter
tulsiit as well have been written to |
Miss Th"0'V>ra. to one of bis creditors,
to any inditT"rent man or woman on I
errth as to h?r whose love followed i
him nicht and day. whose thoughts |
Were o"e praver for him. whose pros
nccts. for evil or for hapnln'-ss, were
hound po Irrevocably with his until
lieth should set them apart!
ITer heart was crushed; her faith
fulness stood th? shock bravely. Poor
Barry was an Idle correspondent, just
that. As soon as there was clia?rle?
news to co'rmun'cate his letters would
grow lonr"-. and?she, oh. s'ic would
e-re ho?*s?!f pprforce. of this foo'lvh
habit of fretting over their separation.
r*'d he content. As }o the stories set
pttoat about hint by wicked toncni^s.
Daphne believed none of them. When
his P'-osuccts brlrrhtened his creditors
wovld be nald. of course. A noor two
or three h.undred What was
this to a man of Barry's talents. Bar
I rv's resources? Give him time to look
about him for employment, time to set
going I he Interest of his frlenrt*. nnd
all would come right. Meanwhile
Meanwhile, when the earl? clouds
of cherry and hawthorn lay white uoon
the billables. l'sul opened his bh'eeyes
uoon the world. Daphne, as I have
said, had stood up resolutely at first.
H*r heroism ended now. With pbysl
?al weakness came reaction froin the
moral tension of sll the past nnhaopy,
s eepless weeks, and 'twas lonjc before
the doctors could pronounce, er Aunt
Dosle believe her to be ont of danjrer.
She spok? of her husband In her de
lirium onlv, not asking for his pres
ence: she locked with dull, unwelcom
ing eyes upon the child. Alas! and
worse was to come. When, at last.
h?r pale 11ns did murmur Barry Ches
ter's name, with what resnor.se must
she he met? IIow could It he broken
to her. faintly strussrllng/back from
11'" stillness of the dark valley to the
rrin and $!are of living, that he had
deserted her forever; that the tiny
baby who lav tv>on lior breast tVns
worse than fatherle;
Twice only had Mr. Chester written
during Daphne's lllt.es*. [n the Ilrst
letter acknowledging, without vote or
consent, tbe p.ews of tils son's birih,
lu second coolly announcing his
own departure for America. !?!:< at
tempts at flndlnu work in Knil-nnT.
I'"* '" ? " ** '" ?*'. in'-r-tii Ihnt
lie tboaght could bo relied upon?all
had proved empty/ At the present uiu
rM*. a(t?r poyUgjM* passage money
to New York (where he would most
Ukely starve), ht stood without a Im
pound note In tho world. Useless for
Daphne to dreact or further corre-.
VoedencSL Thf masriage had bren a
**?eir?this was how Mr. Cheslcr ex
pressed himself?o -sell" for both of
than. Let It be forgotten! He hoped
that ahe possessed sufficient Christian
charity to forgive him an? paiii he
?Ight have caused her. and that she
would trouble herself no more about
hla exlatence. lie was starting for
America under a fictitious nsme: any
efforts msde with a view to tracing
him must therefore be labor In vain.
The past was past and done with. The
best thing "tor both of them was to I
embark on a new life that should blot'
out the errors of the old one. I
In fewer words, be had abandoned !
her and her child forever.
Daphne bore the blow with a quiet*:
* that, for a girl of her age and i
temperament, boded no quick recov
ery. Amid the tumult of thoughts
that thronged her brain. tho one. per
haps. which stood forth the clearest?
the Impossibility of her. Daphne Ches
ter. having done with happiness. Nine
teen years old and the sun shining
Into the hearts of spring's first roses,
the birds chanting np and down'the
Innes? there was. literally, as yet *no
place In the existing fabric of her
thoughts'* for the realization of her
own despair. It needed time?time,
whom the superficial name llealer!
the slow engraver and nerpetuator of
grief In human hearts?to teach lier to
b*? wretched. The Initiation over, the
A. B. C of suffering mastered, she was
no inapt or laggard scholar for tho
future. I
In marrying Harry Chester she had
Invested her all?or she believed so; I
and are not our beliefs the sternest
facts we know? In losing him. her j
docket was struck. She was bank
rupt.
Aunt ITosle. with love-born keenness
of Insight. saw that the poor child's
wound was likely to fare best if left to
Nature's curing, and when they were*'
ulor.c together?by n!o*?e 1 mean, of
course, with little r*uul?the name of i
Barry Chester drowned gradually Into
disuse. But Miss Theodora, with sur
face sympathies?sympathies for the
crying outward disgrace, not for tho |
stifled Inward groan?was far from
approving or practicing such reticence.
Theodora was ail for heroic treatment
'n the iuoi':il ailments of others, tin?
blacksmith's hand of iron rather than
the surgeon's hand of steel. Theodora,
during Daohne's illness, had exercised
her conscience by writing a kind of
circular letter to such of Mr. Chester's
relations as she had knowledge of (in
cluding. r rather believe, the War
wickshire Stamers). and had accumu
lated facts that she considered It a
sacrcd duty to lay before the girl In
her hour of darkness. "Pacts that
will at least show you. child, what
Kind of a man you waste your regrets
upon."
"Barry Chester comes of a doomed
Siock." go. in an unrighc feminine
uand. wrote one of Miss' Theodora's
nnknown correspondents, a Chester
herself by marriage, smarting, possi
bly. under wrongs that infused gall
into her ink. "His father was worth
less, his grandfather worthless. The
boy was born, us every Chester must
be. to a hostess inheritance of evil.
AUho:vjh I do r.ot know Mrs. Barry
Chester,"* the writer ended. "I tell her
honestly that I congratulate her on
her good fortune in linving seen her
husband for the last time. From fath
er to son the Cliesiers have brought
shame and desolation to the heart of
every woman who has loved them. It
will be so to the end."
Facts with a vengeance, these.
Facts, each of whose written syllables
seems to Daphne's seul to look up at
her with cruel human eyes, and whose
influence sank, like the stain of so-ne
dark poison tlower, through all the
yet unopened pages of her young life.
"Born to r. hopeless inheritance of
evil," even n? tho babe. Just begin
ning to smile np in her face, must be!
Rhe felt hers l'. and. what was desrer
than herself. :be child, to be in the
grasp of Inc orable law, marked-out
victims of n< sslty. If she had grad*.
uated In the very newest school of
scientific Calvinism, bad llsteued to
the last "hi;.? teaching" of Bile, phos
phorus and .'/^spalr, her morbid sense
of slavery to circumstance could
scarce have been profonnder. And the
other worl<";y utterances of plo-is
friends?pov ?ricss. like a'.l seemly
phrases tip ilfylng nothing, against
the shoek 01 any great crisis?the Job
like consols; ,:is of the elder Miss Van
sittarts. evciything save the Influence
of Annt Hoslt-'s healthy, upward-look
ing spirit, tended to sink her more
helplessly in the slough of fatalism:
the most dreary creed, however
learned, J owerer formulated, that
ever serv.d to render human life nn
sweet.
The. r~ < opened, fell from their
ntalks; ; a rang harvest songs as
heart w! . then shone harvest moons
ns sllvr >s of old. And then tho
woods i.v.l from red to dun. the c)?UI
November rales begun to swcef> up
from the A'lautil; and Daphne, wan
deling r.lone under the gray skies by
uovumor Terrell, of Georgia, has
on his staff Col. J. 8. Ralne, wbo Is a
?tickler for the respect due the State
Rxccutlvo and members of his family.
This was shown the other day at St.
Louis, where the Governor and
party aro visiting the Fslr. Col. Ralne
knocked down a camel driver In tho
streets of Jerusalem because the drlvor
refused to permit Mrs. Terrell to dis
mount when she discovered that ahe did
not like to ride. The blow brought re
sults. The camel was stopped and
forced to kneel] while the wile of the
Oorerqer dlstnc^usted.
Emperor William, In Axing the court*
of study for Princes August William.
Oscar and Joachim, h?s prescribed a
course of comprehensive lecturea on
commercial subjects. These will em
brace railway progress and problems
In the United States.
8beflleld Ingalls. eon of the late Sen
ator John J. Ingalls. sgaln haa been
named for tbe Kansas legislature from
th? 3rd Representative Dlstrlot by tbe
Republican committee In Atchlaon. He
wac named by the committee aeveral
months ago, hut there waa some talk to
the effect that the aomlnstion waa sot
regular Mi to formally vltMrew.
rhlch
u the BbremWk lifelkrtt of Mr ho-j
1BC.
Had Chester lived, her onhappiness.
however acute, most, with the pros*
nm of time, hove become checkered,
j Berry Cheater, IWhc. most Infallibly
here weoted money, lofellihly hare
fallen back upon the Uin Vaosittarta
for help: and Daphne, thirsting to foe
give ma any terms, wooli. you mj bo
sure, have relented over the very first
letter that Implied reconciliation and
asked for feormtsna.
. But no each opportunity came to her.
Within a year of their separation
Mr. Chester died, miserably as he had
lived. In London?the Uttle project of
starving In America proved a fiction
with which he had staved off the dla
tasteful nece?slty of working for
bread in England. A few persona)
trifles of no value wore sent to the
ladles of Flef-de-Ia-Relne by the keep
er of the lodging house lu which bo
died. a!ra a doctor's and other bills
all of which, the poor gentleman as*
sured her. his relations wonld nuke It
point of honor to pay. Not one mes
sage of contrition or of love?not a re
membrance of the woman Whose harv
p.ncss he had wrecked, or of his child!
Oive likes, at least In fable., to think
of the most purposeless of human lives
as rounded off Into something of har
mony by the approach of death. The
Inheritance of evil rested on Barry
Chester to the ctul. Without a thought
beyond the groveling satisfaction of
the hour he had lived out his term of
human animation, and dying breathed
uot a word to release one heart that
loved him from Its legacy of desola
tion.
This wrs why h?r face, amid Its
pure lines and coloring, wore the un
expectnnt look of age. Tills Is how
her accoimt with the world cauic to
be closed at two-and-twenty.
CHAPTER VI.
Clue-Stockings a la Mo^Tc.
That civilized men. with all his re>
rources, cannot attain to a new sensa
tion was a truth guessed at by think
ers Fouie time before exhausted young
gentlemen of the nineteenth century
bad reduced It to a maxim.
Still, without making pretence to
such an anachronism as absolute new
ness. the relative position of Sir John
Severn? and Mrs. Chester must. 1
think, he admitted to contain some un
wonted element:! of originality.
For a young and beautiful woman,
modest as she is beautiful, to sink at
i jour feet and in the tirst hour of ac
quaintance cover your hand* with
j kisses is nn experience that. I make
bold to say. falls uot to the lot of one
man out of a million, and as .recards
1 that millionth?well, unless he be a
Very hardened cynic Indeed, let him
look to it narrowly that he become
not on the instant a slave!
Sir John Severne is tlve-and-twenty,
I less of a cynic than some lads who
I have not left off their Eton jackets,
and with a heart, up to the present
tluio. untouched by passion?yes. al
though he signs himself the most de
voted of Clementina llardcastle. and
for three years past has worn Clem
entina's portrait against his waistcoat.
So. when on. the day succeeding
Paul's llshing expedition the young fel
low finds himself again approaching
Mrs. Chester's presence, sot's her, a'ar
off. quit the baud of workers in tho
l:ay Held, and walk unabashed toward
him. her hand outstretched, the frank
est smile of welcome 011 her lips?
when this moment comes, young Sev
erne. to his surprise, discovers the
meaning of the word "shyness" for tho
first time in his life, and colors.
"I was beginning to think the lanes
were playing you false again, or?or
that you had gone away to England
without remembering us." Thus she
greets him. her round, soft face, with
its linlo of pale gold, its full-loading
hazel eyes, seeming as the face of ono
of Raphael's virgins, in Severn's sight.
"And I wanted so much to thank you
t^rioutdy for your great goodness. I
could not sleep last night for thinking
how cold, how poor my words must
have sounded; but indeed," her volco
sinking in a way that threatens tears,
"I was too wild with terror to know
exactly what I said or did."
Happily for Mr John, who can feel
quickly enough?too quickly, perhaps
ill situations where 'twere wisest to
feel nothing, yet possesses the true
British incapacity for uttering graceful
sentiments at the fitting moment. Paul
just now runs up beside his motner;
Paul with Ills clothing reduced to a
minimum, his tattered straw hat a
few degrees more tattered than yes
terday, his sunburnt Hurlllo face
aglow with excitement.
"Hullo, Musslcu I'Ang'las." he cries.
All the neatly framed thanksgiving
speech that Daphne has laboriously
taught him forgotten. "Allons done!"
Holding out his hand, patronizingly, if
Sir John. "Allons Jouer a 'pousse m?
J'qnaral' avec les babonlns!"
And In five minutes' time Severn!
finds himself among a crowd of glrU
and children, now pulled this way. noW
that, through the mazes of catch mei
that-cntch-can, whllo Paul, sturdll*
grasping his hand, shrieks aloud wltn
triumph over every fresh Instance In
which Mussieu l'Ang'iaz shows his Ig
norance of the game.
All throughout the neighborhood of
Flef-de-ln-Heine the farming Is strictly,
co-operative, the Ideas as to paid laboi
held by these peasant lords of the soil
being pretty much on a level wltli
those of small English farmers of ^
hundred years ago.
To be Continued.
The co-at of tiio pension roll Is
$1.75 a year for every man, woman
and child in tho United States.
Queer EnplTsh Court Decision*.
A new act of false teeth wan award
??rt last May as damages to a Clapton
'oachman who had bitten upon a small
chble which had somehow got Into a
-teak-pyddlng hrt was eating at a cof
'ee shop, and broken anil strained tho
?et of teeth he was lining; while "tho
Irst and second pick of the next Utter
if pups" was the amount of damage*
?ravely entered for a Plalstow dog
fancier who had hml a little troublo
with another of the craft as to the
disposal of some pedigree fox terri
er*.
\ ,
Hare you a workshop In which to
repair tools? Whittle trees, hoe handle*
and (he like shopld be repaired rainy
days and uot left until tbe busy time
when they are needed most.
Tho Wftd im *
. Kow Is the time Is raise your crop
it weed aeed for next year. Ho great
IVout ef care Is fteedtd to seflUre a
large crop but you trill bote to huatle
next year in order to keep down tbc.r |
progeny.
?lata a Seat ?Im Saw*
Feed tbe sowa that nave summer
pigs slops ratlier than too much grain,
and don't encourage tbe ptga to eatj
much corn yet. Give them siop. But
don't feed sour slop. We've told you
that before.
Patting StrmwUwrlee.
Autumn Is uot considered as good
a time for setting strawberries as tbe
spriug, but there is a word to ue aa.d.
If tbe ground Is ready and there is
time to set them they will get estab-.
lisbed before cold weather. Next
spriug Ihey will be ready to grow
and ?.1I1 get a good start before the
new beds are set. They will bear a
small crop If allowed to do so, but It is J
better to pick off the blossoms and i
let the streugth of tbe pisnt go to the |
new growth. A grest difficulty Is the)
fall drouth. If the ground Is molat the |
plants should grow well enough.?Na
tional Fruit Grower.
A Omri Wait*.
"One of the,most universal wastes on
the farm/' said the late Colonel J. H.
Brigbam, Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture, "arises from the practice of
keeplug acrub stork, which Is likely
to occasion loss mther than profit. Co
Incident with this is the common waste
resulting fi-oui careless feeding and
lack of proper shelter for and atten
tion to farm stock. Tbe neglect of
probably the majority of farmers to
keep close account of the various de
tails of farm expense nud production
results In farmers continuing to raise |
this scrub stock whereas they would
otherwise weed it out without delay."
t'runtnic Cumati.
The fruit is borne on both old and
new wood, but the best fruit Is pro-1
duced by one, two and three-yenr-o:<l
canes. After throe years of age the
old wood should bo cut out, leaving
from four to eight stems of varying
ages not exceeding three years. No
wood over three years of age should be
kept, as It then bccomes hollow and
rough barked, and harbors, worms. In
fleet eggs and fungous spores. To de
stroy these the old wood should al
ways be cut out, gathered and burnetl
Immediately after removal, and not
left lying around, as Is sometimes done.
The old idea of training the currant
In the form of a tree is not now con
sidered profitable, but rather the plant
Is allowed to sucker, and send up many
steins, the number being limited as
above described.?N. K. llomestcad, in
the Mirror and Farmer.
Hoi Cliolera.
1 think calomel u sure cure If given
In time for hog cholera. I do not know
the minimum dose that will cure, nor
do I know whether It will salivate or
uot. 1 have not salivated any.
Last year 1 had three sows and one
Ittter of small pigs. 1 put ubout one
fourth teaspoouful calomel In wheat
bread, three pieces; two sows ate and
got well; one refused and died. .1 car
ried the pigs about seventy-five yards
to a chicken coop. They would neither
kick, blink their eyes, nor squeal. 1
gave each About as much as two doses
for a growu person. They staggered
back and all got well. I think a good
plan to give calomel (say to a dozen
hogs) shell three or four ears of corn,
pour a little sorghum syrup on each
grain, sprinkle the calomel on, stir
so as to get the calomel as evenly
through as possible; then feed. 1 liave
cured hogs several times in this way.
Hoping your readers will profit l>y n?.v
experience, I am, respectfully, J. \V.
Jones, in Home and Farm.
Cte*n Nett?.
A flltliy nest Is an eyesore In many
a hen house. To obviate this a mova
ble box, one that Is easy of access,
but cannot be roosted upon, should be
1 used. The cut gives sucli a one and
has been found by constant use for
I
, I ? ? ?
years 10 bp ahead of nil others. They
can bo made In two sect Ions, hut in that
case a w>lkl partition should be In
the centre to prevent hens Hulitlng
and breaking eggs.?W. U. German, In
The Epitouilst.
A Ooml Pre*?? ?*?!?#.
In giving the readers of this depart
ment the beifcflt of the method most
used for the preservation of prrs, It in
done with the hope that tl;e okkh thus
preserved will be lined at home, or. If
?old, sold strictly on their merit*. It Is
the selling of preserved ejrgs as "strict
ly fresh" that has ruined the poultry
business of more than one mnn. If one
has strictly fresh eggs Hint ho can
guarantee In midwinter, fell them as
such and demand the highest price.
If the ettgs offered are preserved, s:iy
so. The beat cgR preservative now
known is water jriass, or, In other
words, a solution of silicate of sodium
procurable at any drug store. I'ut tne
solution In an earthen vessel, add
nine times Its bulk of water, and put
in It a* many eggs as the somtlon will
?ever. Then place a cover over the
vessel and place It In a cool sella*.
Eggs preserved now la the manner
described will keep In good cot dltiou
for seven or eight months. It la nec
essary that the eggs be perfectly fresh
when they are pnt In the preserving
fluid, or they will not keep as long
as stated.
| t \ ?
, Tsmh m Wiw?.
Ia ilae casea out of tea when thrush
occurs It Is duo to the horse standing
In tilth, so that the prevention of the
trouble is plain to be seen. Investiga
tion will prove that the majority of
the how? afflicted with thrush are
heavily fed and given little exercise,
and, as stated, stand In filth. While
there sre many honest differences or
opinion as to what material constitute*
the best floor for a horse, It Is certain
that the floor must be kept reasonably
elenn or the animal will contract dis
ease of some kind. The best treat
ment for thrush is to cleanse the foot
thoroughly, soaking It well in water a*
hot as the horse will stsnd. If neces
sary, and then place calomel lu all the
crevices of the frog, covering it with
oakum to hold It in place; this .dressing
mnst be. changed dally.
Place the horse in a large box stall
and provide a heavy bed of straw so
that there 'will be a sort of cushion for
the feet at all times. While the horse
Is In the stall and not fit to exercise a
great deal, cut the rations down, beins
careful that the animal has sufficient
variety to keep the bowels In good
condition. As soon ss the animal can
be given exercise It should he taken
out of doors several times a day. The
dressing should be faithfully applied
until the discharge of matter ceascs.
A Grlml tono Frmme.
A correspondiMit has drawn an ont
llne of what he lias done with an old
wheel that had passed its nscfuluess
on the road, and he says: "1 there
fore made a grindstone frame of it.
and It works so well that If 1 could
not procure another money would not
buy It. In const ruction it is very sim
ple. Anybody handy with tools can
? BICYCLK (SHJND8TONX*
make It. The seat ia two-inch chest
nut plank. You will notice that the
sent plank has a nock (that Is so the
less can use font pedals). The sprocket,
of the bark bicycle wheel C Is on the
axle of the grindstone. A is the
sprocket as It belongs on the wheel
chain to connect with the grindston*
sprocket; B the frame Inserted in the
scat, a one-Inch hole being bored it*
the same; 1) a single leg to prevent
It from being front heavy; K ft foot
pedal, connected with the front leg it*
connection F to pedal bar <3, both
made of hard wood one by two inches.
?>*? Hay.
Farmers who Intend making oat bay
should keep carefill watch on the crop
that It does not become too mature.
For bay, oats should be harvested
when the grain is in the dongh stage,
not when ripe enough to thresh. When
cut at this time there will be no dan
ger of losing any of the gvain, aa It
wlM not shell, and the qnali y or straw
will also be worth much more as n
feed. The stems and leaves of the
plant can all be saved and they will
cure into very good feed for almost any,
class of stock. Of course If the crop
is intended for eecd or grain, it shonld
not be harvested until thoroughly ma
tured. It should be remembered, how
ever, that a day or two of nice grow
ing weather will make n great differ
ence in the condition of any crop, cs
peeinlly when near maturity. For
this reason we say, keep close tab upon
them, and no matter what tlipy are
to be harvested for, endeavor to do
the cutting at just the right period.
Weather conditions may sometimes in
terfere with one's harvest, and that, of
course, cannot very well be helped,
but as far as pogsiMe every farmer
should make It a point to have all con
ditions under his control and then
see that everything Is done exactly oo
time. Every year there are many dol
lars' worth of crops lost by neglect in
harvesting them at just the right time.
Overripe crops, especially grains, are
alway's bandied with great loss, even
at the best. Be on time, and by so do
ing save pounds of roughage feed when
in prime condition and every bushel of
grain when mature, and when It wil)
cost the least to harvest.?Farmer'*
Guide,
Farm Hint a.
A cross-bred animal should never b*
chosen as a breeder.
There Is no single breed that pos
sesses only good qualities. 4
Nothing so surely Impoverishes tb#
farm as the selling of hay.
With improved stork, to insure su<>
cess, must come improved treatment ?
Any kind of live stock will depre*
elate In vulne when cut short iu their
rations.
Always sift coal ashes before putting
them In the dust box for the uso of
poultry.
In hot weather especially, horses sub
ject to colic should be handled with
great care. t
All things considered the best place
to put manure is on a freshly plowed
soil. Haul out as fast as made.
A little care In the matter of water
ing atid feeding horses will prevent
much sickness and consequent loss.
In breeding, other things being
equal, the more vigorous animal tends
to Impress Itself upon the progeny.
It Is much easier to tell how a thing4
should he done than it is to demon
strate the advantages of a plun by,
experiment. w
rubllc revenue of Great Britain
tho quarter ended June 30 was flfc,
4R-20 below ths sauie quarter las!
year. '