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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, S. C. The Froueli universities are malting na effort to attract to Franco the American students who now go in such numbers to Germany to bo "finished off." Attorncy-Geucral Molouoy of Illinois, has decided that women can bo legally appointed township treasurers if they bo properly qualified. This is a new ruling and of importance throughout the State. The German Empire is as thrifty as its people, and shows a surplus of about $3,000,000 over tho estimates, and this after as much more lias been spent for the reduction of tho national debt. This is a very different story from what the French Republic or tho American republic can tell, adds the ^iew York Independent. A Solomon han risen iu judgment in Germany,who declares that hotel proprietors nro responsible for valuables ntolon from their lodgers' rooms, in epito of tlio placards posted iu tho rooms disowning responsibility. Especially in the case of foreigners, who cannot reud Gorman, tho proprietor must take pains to specially inform them that he limits his liability. Tho decision was given in a Berlin court. Nausea's exploit in passing tho eighty-sixth parallel is pronounced by members of tho British Royal Goographical Society as one of tho most marvelous achievements in tho records of Arciic adventure. Tho Frnm did not reach tho track of tho Jeanetto and could not escape from the westerly drift of Siberia. With a few more dogs it is believed that Nunseu might have arrived at the L'ole aud returned. 1 hero is nothing like going abroad for tho nows. A writer in tho London Church Review says that it is "a viiKKnn in nun r roucmc'j churches, and in other parts of America, for people to "get up and stretch themselves, and even take a turn outwide, after the fashion of the theatre between the nets." The writer thinks that "if we (Knglisb) would adopt Home of these sensible ways our churches might he generally filled even in spite of the hot weather." Tho wheel must ere long pass Into general uso as an article of utility,predicts the New York Times. In serving purposes of pleasure alone, it seems to find its narrowest field. Tho clerk, tho mechanic, tho farmer, each must adopt it as a means of transit to tho office, the shop, the "jolf'and tho village stores. This means an increasing demand for better surfaces to ride on, ho that wo shall yet see tho farmer joining not only the clerk and mechanic,but the tradesman, the professional man, and tho capitalist who rule, in )>ehalf of cycle paths alongside tho old highways. i liere is no New Lnglattd monopoly in the mnunfacturo of fine shoos, although tliut was practically the condition a few years ago, when that section madtj ninety percent of tho women's shoes in America. Now tho manufacture of these shoos is distributed West as far as Chicago and South to Ciociuuati ami Baltimore. It is claimed by the Philadelphia Ledger that tho finest footwear for women is made in that city, while Newark, N. J., is the centre for all tin1 line men's shoes made in the country. Western manufacturers make heavier ami more durable shoes. Tho shoes are plump ami strong, with more sole leather than v rhaps needful, but they aro a little too coarse for tho L ist. Lastem manufacturers have so systematized tho business 'hat oven tho different weights of solo leather are finelv graded, not an ounce inure than is necessary being used in any class of shoe. (his loin-iun>u> Mint's iiitvt"* v iy largely become n thin^ ??t tin: past. ('..mpnre I with tlio number s.?'.d tin; perei;ntn;?o ol Hhoen lim it; t ? <>r 1 r .s irititiil? ??iinuliy Miiul!. 'lli-! enanjie has coiuc about within tin; iast tweiitv years.and whereas t'oriii'-rly tin; i/rades of sboea or the finished materials tut making them were nearly altogether imported, theceuditio ns use rewned. It is mid by a j?r<?ni: m-ut Philadelphia tirni that there is ten times the (;i :i111y of Jiue k i 1 leuther e\|> >lted tVif is imported, ami tlie export tr.i to hi !iiit; alines is aisti l> Mini!!:1 a iaetot* in the rommitreial nor! I. Tim liiie->t from t'nraei , Him/,!, ami S..ith Anieiiei f-r< i;> j illy were formerly hIii|i|> I I *r ?:i , w h -re t ii y wi re tanned and li*i:s:? ?i, .m l limn r>;? ahipped to 1 ins e >nni iy. I'd jimi tue jkius are shipped here direct. A Lady OF 1SY CMNTf ANY tiiucs we' ilis-<*| euHBCil it after the | r yj JkT7 ~W weary day was over, j Yj, 0 anil tbo morrow; promised bat another as weary. Wo saw ? V L-l j before us vacation, ?nd Arcailiu. Tommie said you could find it on a wheel; anil tinally he persuaded me. My persuasion was complete the third day out. To be sure, wo had not yet found Arcadia, but wo had tho flavor of tome good health already, and wero hopeful that when wo least expfcetod it wo should cross tho boundary. The . road had gainod our spirits. And so feeling fit, and our hearts attuned to Bimplo, natural thiugs, wc ? rode into that bosky wood which was to bo the scono of our first misadventure. Tho road was smooth and promiseful, through tho branches at our right was the glimmer of a lake, where Tommie said wo might loaf comfortably for an hour with our pipes. So we left qtir steeds by the roadside and went down by that shore, stretching ourselves out for comfortable contem- 1 plation. An hour must have passed whon Tommie grippod my arm. "Look, Flotcher, there in tho road." T /~11 1 1.:. 1 a luiiuneu uIB ejroii, nuu HHW UV our wheels, a bit of sunlight on her face, a most charming young woman, wearing one of those walking costumes that are now the most admirable achievement of tho modisto. She was young, I say, and blond; and alio was smiling to herself and looking our wheels over. Ouo she raised, and beforo we oven fancied it, vaulted iu tho saddle as easily as any boy, tearing around a curve aud out of our ken. "Well, I'll be hanged," said Tommie. "I hope she'll bring it back," said I. "Particularly as it's my wheel," | said Tominie. But in the road we could see no traco of her; she had j vanished. "Got on yours and catch her," said Tom mie. "Oh, Hho'll bring it back. She wasn't?" "Yes, eho was?" "A geutloman of tho road?" "No, a lady?times have changed," said Tommie, ruofully. "Well, I'm aftor her, Fletch." And he, too, was around tho carve on my wheel, leaving mo laughing and mourning. But in five minntes he* was back, hot and irritable. "Thero are three forks of the road just beyond. How in thunder am I to know which she took?" "Try your luck." "It's bad enough," said he. "I can't afford another wheel this year." "I think," said I, "that she's just playing a trick." "It's rather near a theft." said Tommie. "Confound you, it wasn't your machine." "No," said I, lighting a cigarette. "We'd better walk on. She's gone; the wheel is?well, perhaps it's pawned by this time." "You think you're funny," quoth Tommie. "Ride on, and I'll walk." "No," said I, "we'll both walk. Hut she was a mighty pretty?" "Thief." "Now, Tommie, you don't know that." said I. "Well," said he, "haven't I the evidences of my senses?" "They sometimes lie," said I, for I I saw ho was not pleased ; it wasn't my whoel, and, of course, I could philosophize moro easily thau he. We took the most hopeful turn at the three roads, sinco our map refused to be ox- j plicit; and presently wo came upon a rustic in boots. "Did you see a woman riding a man's wheel?" "I swan," said the rustic. "I should remark," said Tommie ; I "she stole my wheel." "You don't say," said the rustic. "Where does this road lead?" "Nowhere," s kid the rustic. "Don't yon live here?" a.-ked Tom. \ j "Since J was born," said the rustic. ; i "Then where the deuce will this { i road bring us to?" 1 asked impatiently, t "That depends on where yo'r go- ! in'," remarked the rustic practically. I i "Oh, dear," said Toiutnic. "I've a! notion to pound this fool." The rustic looked I Tightened and | retreated. ! "We want to go anywhere? to liml tho stolen wheel," said I. "This 'ere road goes to Arcadia," said he. I A female Dick Turpiu ! Arcadia! 1 We opened our eyes. "It's ft queer untne that Menvale calls this place," snid the rustic. "It's round that tlinr turn." We loft him, de.spairiug of getting ; anything more lucid from him, but it a]>peared that at least we had reached Arealia. f began to laugh, when Tommy said irritably, "Shut up." About the turn we eanio on a road lending from ours between high gftt<5 posts; and there on a grassy bank; was onr ladv of the r >ad. I stepped | back erubnrra-sed. She was laughing ] to herself. Ves, she whs undeniable ' pretty, % And a- we pa .sc.l she began thjti Road. . . 1 >N ItOSS. " ~ II to biug iu a voice that probably was not a good ono by oinmon standard ; c but bore-in the wood, singing to her- v self, it seemed singularly delightful. 1 clutched Tommio and held him back, f Sine no mom ditties, sing no more, . Of dumps so dull and heavy, j The fraud of inon was over so, . 1 Since summer llrst was leafv. * til..] -f ?? ?: " m ,iui> ui ifuui?ut ttuiu xomuiie, ; stepping forward, oap in hand; as least bo rcmombered so much of hit mannors. Tho singer startod and drew herself up. "Sir!" said she, like tho affronted lady in tho play. "I beg your pardon," said Tommio. "That was a very prgtty song." "What is that to you, sir! It's Shnkospeare." ' t "Excuse me," said Tommie; "wo havo had*a mishap. My whoel has f been stolen." "Stolen!" sho cried in a crimson glow. "Down by the lake?" "Yes, down by the lake," said the malicious Tommie. "Oh,"she cried, "howcan I explain? j There'it is. I thought it was Fred's. t 1 thought Fred and Harry left them j( there." , t "It's no matter," said I. "I'm i sorry. 'It was a natural mistake." a She looked at mo with a world of t thanks in the bluo eyes. Did I tell ? you before they were bine? Tommy t calmly walked'to his wheel. r "I am glad you did it," he said, t "because it has given me a chance to t know you." ' j: "You're atrocious," -she Saul; and q turned aud tied up the road behind the 1 gateway. I "Tommie," said I, "you're a cad." I Toiumio leaned on his wheel and I whistled. p "Wasn't she jolly?" he said.- "I'll 1 follow." t "You are not gotng to do anything i of tbo kind," I cried. But he .is al- t ways stubborn, and it ended by me ,t following him. "a The road lod from the wood into a ] broad sunny lawn, which was domi- c nated by a great stone house, where a t man was just stepping into a high dog- t cart. "Why," said Tommie,/*U$t's Whar- I ton." . ^ t At the moment Wharton saw us. "Well, I declare," he cried, coming * forward. * "She didn't lie," said Tommie. "He ' is the Harry of the Harry and Fred i probably." t "Did you think she did?" 1 cried t tiercely ; but Tommie was explaining to Wharton that we had lost our way a and Wharton was insisting on the a hospitality of the Merivale house. 1 which ho had rented for the summer, j he explained, and Tommie ifras accept- | ing while I stood speechless. At the moment our lady of the road camo out of the house and blushed at the ' sight of us, and looked as if she wanted nothing so much as to take to her heels. Wharton presented us. 4_'Miss 1 Rose Burton," Tommie had the audacity to say, "we've met be/ores". t "You'hnve," said Wharton. "I don't remember," she said, giv- ? ing Tommie a glance that would have 'J troubled me, but only seemed to delight him. Bat she rewarded me by turning and extending her hand and t saying in a loiV voice, "I don't see t why your friend is so odious about \ that mistake." t "I don't know, I'm sure," I said, t Mrs. Wharton just then appeared and i I had her?I don't, meau Mrs. Whar- 8 ton?u.nite to myself?an opportunity t I tried to deserve. I began to believe ? that Arcadia was all the poets have 8 claimed for it.- I told Per that I knew i it was a mistake from the first; and, r to bo frank, I didu't try very hard to 1 defend Tomuiio's churlishness. I told her sho had rather startled me when I 1 saw her mount Tommie's wheel like ? "liiKe ii r>oy, sue interposed. ? "Ob, I dou't know," said 1. f "How Harry and Fred " "And Fred?" I paid, beginning to * suspect every man. "Oh, he's my brother. How they'd * laugh, I was going to say. Hut a joke i is with liiin who laughs last? with your friend, I think." i "Ho thought you Dick Turpin disguised," I said, trying to tuako his s ease a hit worse. "He might have known," she said, i as if inueh provoked. \ "Yes, ho might," I assented. Yet in strict fairness I felt called on 1 to let him know my perfidy; and that night, us we sal smoking and review- t ing tlio day's advontnres, I said: "She thinks you insutlerable, Tom- t mie." , i "She told you that already?" "Why, yes," 1 replio 1 with rather n I self-conscious air! fl "I say, Fletch, I believo tliero will I tin niftPft fnn it, 11iu li/?iu? u>~~ ~ ? ... vuin UUU.U (UilU UU IUU roarl. f ilon't holiovo wo cau have t another mlventuru?like?" i "Lil.o getting your wheel stolen, i Do you want another?" ".sue'rt hi. mousing girl,'' Bftid Tern* mie iuv sunt, 'jueiitiy. . J? Yes, sho is," I agroed. "But? ( ou see you've offended her." 'And you haven't?" *Oh, I don't know. T said from the rat you would get your wheol back ? ."And jflii told her that, and that J wis ted bOB was a tliiof."*> ' "Well,-4b," I admitted.>"1 believo did." "And you think she will like you ' ny bettor for running me down?" he skod as sarcastically as ho could. "Who said I wanted her to liko mo?" "Your manner?you eonccitod ass.'' < "Yoi\ar3 the conceited ass, Toiuicie ; or you tliiuk you have made au irnircssion." "Wnll nnir fhnf. v.>11 111011t11111 it. I iope I may have." * . . * '*An?l that I hadn't?" "Well, yos," Tommie answered lonestly, You think yon can by being disigreeablc." 'Look here, Flctch,'let's solve for myselves that moot question, which vay will make the more impression on \ girl liko that?flattery or brutal rankness. "We may break lior heart," said I, 'osolved that I, not he, should do tho breakage. "She'll look out lor that," Tommie laid. * "Or sho may break ours," 1 comnented. "We'll risk that,'.' said Tommie. "Wo may end by didliking eaoh )thex," I went oh. * * ; "Oh, if I lose, I'll not hold it against rou," said Tommie. "But I may against yon," I said. "Such, a Tom-boy sort of a girl, oo!" said Tammie. "I think you wrong her. I have ound some fine qualities?" "Oh, you have. Well, you're a quick ne," lie retorted. Thoso dear people who formerly ived in Arcadia successfully eliminaed pain and jealousy ond rivalry?at east judging from their own accounts ; hey doubtless lied a bit about it. For 1 n my own experience I am boiind to ay that there may be drawbacks, evon o Arcadia. My consciousness of a law in the place began when I saw f bat Tommie was absorbing rather too ] nuoh of her attention. I felt at first , hat she was but leading him on, and l hen I began to have somo grave huh- \ >ioions, which, in the light of subae- > ( [uent experience, may indeed have 1 )een foundod ou mere jealousy. Yes, , will say I was jealous. I thought in j icginning this veracious account that j might woll leave the solution un- . fiven?'1 iko the famous riddle of the adv and the tiger. Of our two sysems of tactics, which was the more ikely to win with a girl like Iiose Buron? If Tommie at times had tho beter, there were other -.lays when- I leemed to be moro in her favor. Once ' socueed him of using my flatteries, >f not pjaving fair, when ho retorted hat I had known him long enough to rust him. "You never can trust even your own >est friend when there's a woman in hecace." ' ."Fletcher," said Tommie gravely at his, "that ancient saying is gospel ruth." Frdda that moment I felt that it was , lot a fair tost case ; but, indeed, I'had , inded by not caring a fig about the { est. I wanted to win. _ I Now. one day the ?Hniax of theditn- , ition was reached in thiswise: I heard | he had gone wheeling by herself. , fhat, of course, was a chance. 1 pro- ( >ared to follow, when who should ap- I, >ear but Tomtuie. I "Which way?" he Asked. "I was thiukiug of* following, hem?" , , ... "88 was I," he said. "It's ridiculous for us both to follow J ier," I observed. "Ifes, it is; but I'm not inclined to . urn back, foY?" "Nor I," said Tommie, quietly. 'It's fair to leave it to the wheels, fhe one who overtakes her firet?" "All right," naid I. And then began that contest ' vhich a cortain Tartar tribe conduct j noro regularly?a chase for a woman. Jp and down hill we scorched ; now I lefore?now Tommie. Btjt it was >fteuer "Tommy before than I. He Irew away from mo, until in sheer ipite at my luck and him, I gavo it lp, dismounted and wandered drearily i mough into' tho woods and threw my- I iel/ down ; and then fell to luughing, i , vhen I heard voices?her's and Tom- , j nie'rf. I declare I couldn't avoid i . learing them. j "Ah, I havo boon chasing a thief," j io was saying. ' | "Will you never stop teasing me?" j. the cried. That remark seined to | ihow that he had been playing fair j ifter all. j ; "Will you keep my heart which you |. itolo?" j "That's a very silly speech,' she j | iaid. I thought so, too. "Besides, ( t was a wheel," sho added. "No, it was the other essential to n 1 , nan's comfort. "Well, if you'll liavo it so," she ( laid. ( A? for mo, I turned away. They | , lidn't notice mp. In the evening I , renturod to say to her : j , "Ah, ' I've beeu congratulating j rornmie." "He told yon?" she said, turning:, rory red. . ' I ( ."Ah, yes," I fibbed. "You know I < , bought you thought him.? woll, i , -athor disagreeable?" j 1 "I did?at first. But, you know I 1 icliovo that was the reason T thought. 10 much about him that ? " .Sho mused in confusion. "Then it's truo that] you can make nore of an impression on a girl by be- | ng disngreeablo to her than by llaiior- j . ng her?" "Oh, I don't know," sho said. I dou't believe she did?Ne.v York ton. AGRICULTURAL IWICS OFINTKRKST RRLATIVB TO FAR31 AND GAKDUN. TO BVTTKR MAKKKS. Don't wrap up your sweet-6centod, prettily printed butter in old rags, suggestive of wornout slieots and pillowcases, for it oftou hinders the salo of tho best of butter. I liko to pur-^aae my butter wrapped in nice, clean wbito papor. 1 notice that tho butter at our country stores, from tho creamery, sells for twenty-fivo cents, while farmers' butter will bring only fifteen. One farmer, hereabouts, has taken tho hint, and wraps up his butter in tho same nice, clean way, und gots twenty-livo conts for it, too? proving'that many farmers' complaints aro duo to a carelessness and n lack of neatness on their part. 'Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," and much of tho comfort anil hnntiinnca nf I ~- -1 - vi idiuIUCO UC" pcnd on good bntter, for bntter comes next to broad.?Now York Times. I'En CENT OF FAT IN* CREAM. In answer to tho inquiry of a subscriber as to what per cent of butter fat there should bo in cream aa it ?otnes from tho soparator to obtain tho best results in churning, tho folowing answer in Hoard's Dairyman ia i very good ono: From thirty to hirty-fivo percent., provided you can ccuro tho proper churning temperature. Rich cream requires a lower empcrature for churning, and when this can bo had gives not only a smaller per cent, of fat in the buttermilk, jut also loss buttermilk, which is a louble gain. It is somotimcs difficult to get tho required temperature in tumraor, and in such cases it is better to tnko a cream with less fat in it. For thirty por cent, crentn tho temperature should not be abovo tifty-nvo legrees when tho butter broaka, and jay fifty degrees or less at starting? lopendent somewhat on tho tomperrv;ure of tho churning room. STRONG SUPPORT FOR BERRY BUSHES. Wiro is very commonly used as a / % V . . ,I1IV, I LIU u.-vnub Ullllirc l/l IIS UCllOIJ 111 I arevcnting tho ravages of parasitic fungi has bceu I>nt little studied and | ib still only iui perfectly understood. In this bulletin an attempt is made to i present a summary of our present : knowledge ou the subject, and with I this end in view all literature relating | to the amount of copper nocessnry to j iill fungi and algae has been collected ind briolly summarized. .' Tho questions cousidered are dis-' sussed under the following heads: (1) Jhemical composition of liordcaux ' mixture; ('-) physical nature, cause of : setting; (' )) conditions governing the I Adherence of the mixture and the solu- i liility of copper ; (4) amounts of cop- j per 111 solution necessary to lull fungi ind other cryptograms; (."?) stage of development of parasitic l'ungi when voted on, und how entrance to tlio host plant ih prevented ; (0) hypothesis us j to tlio action of copper in poisoning fungi," i A SIMI'UK TUCK PROTECTOR. Tho cut shows ft simple hut effective i method of supporting young trees, es- ! pecinlly where u large orchard is set. ' In such case, tho saving of u little In- j bor ftt caeli tree amounts to a grout , ilonl in the enso of tho whole orchard. 1 Tlio trunk of tho treo rests in the angle between three slakes, and is >upi>un iut rttspuerry ana uinckberry Dushee, this being stretched tightly ilong stout stakes, the end stakes Doing of necessity very stout and very Srrnly bracod. But this does not suffice to keep thokwiro stiflly in place. Where wires are stretchod along each ?ido of a row already, they eau be mado much moro efficient by tying them together with cross wires every ten feet, or so. This pulls thorn tusurroivr ron nr.nuY hushes. pother aud keeps tho busheB upright md in place. Whero thero is no support at present uud support is to bo uiven the bushes, the plau shown in tho diagram can be followed to advantage. Ijigbt wooden strips of inchiquare stuff aro held up by stakes of i the samo material .ird rigiilly attached I to each other by cross wires. These :ross wires are tho most importaut part of the whole, for they aro constantly pulling tho bushes up into :1oko quarters?tho onu thiug for i ivhioh supports are desired.?New England Homestead. bordeaux mixture. Tho Un'ted States Depurlmeut of Igricnlturo has issued, from tho Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, Bulletin No. i>, by Walter r. Swingle, which treats technically af tho chemistry, physical properties ind toxic effects ot Bordeaux mixture an fungi and algae. The bulletin is intended not only to record tho results of investigations, nut also to suggest lines of work that might profitably be taken up by experiment stations nud other similar mstitutions. While technical iu its j nature tho bulletin contains many inggestions of practical value. It <hows that tho chemistry, as well as tho structuro of Bordeaux mixture, may bo materially changed by tho method of bringing together tbo ingredients, nu.l suggests necessary modifications of former directions for ; preparing the fungicide. Tho author says: "Notwithstanding ; tho widespread use of Bordeaux mix- i 1 41. 4 4 r 1 held tbcro by a strip of cloth used as a string. Tho cloth is twisted about so as to hnvo a fold of it between the trunk and the stakes, to prevent chafing. Tho stakes aro bound together by a bit of wire. Tho cloth will stretch and loosen sufTlciontly, so that tho growing trunk of tho trco will not bebunnd at all. A largo orchard cau TV.EF. rr.OTKCTOR. bo stakod out in this wnv with very little labor, and the rosult will prove very satisfactory, as overy one of the threo stakes acts as a braco?something that cannot bo said of such ns aro driven about the tree perpendicularly. ?American Farmer. i nr.. iiimuAir.u rAUM. v What is the best thing to grow on an trrigatod farm? is a question often asked but very seldom satisfactorily answered. The usual advico is to grow what thero is tho most money in. Sometimes there is a rngefor peaches, at other times for alfalfa, with the usual result that whatever ciop is popularly bolieved to be tho most profitable is usually overdono and the markets glutted with an over supply. If a man is a working farmer and understands his business, says a writer in tho Irrigation Age, 1 believe there is always most rncuey in raising what is consumed in the family, and herciu lies tho first advantage of having a farm uudor irrigation. It will always insure food for tho furmer's family, however small the farm be. Tho first consideration, therefore, should bo to seo that the family is supplied with flour, fruit and vegetable?. Wheat may not be profitable as u market crop if grown on a small scale, but _. better raise it yourself than pay ono elso to do it for you. Besides,0 you probably save freight or hauling uud tho profits of two or tliroo merchants Tho eatno may bo said of corn, which has the advantage of being raised tho same vear after wlmat in many irrigated counties of tbo South. The fodder will also make very useful feed for stock if a corresponding proportion of alfalfa is fed with it. Alfalfa is a crop that Hhould never be omitted on an irrigated farm. It will supply inoro food for bogs, cows, horses and poultry to the aero thun anything I know of, aud is a sure cropper with plenty of water. With the crops already mentioned a farmer should insure a regular supply of eggs, milk, butter; poultry and bacon, and have something left over to sell. But 1 am aware that this advice, although perfectly sound, will not satisfy tho average farmer, who is always hankeriug after something that there is money in. Well, ou this point 1 think it good policy to^row that which cannot bo successfully growu without irrigation. In my experience thoso are the crops which usually pay tho best in tho long run. This is wont makes alfalfa such a paying crop. On no food can bacon and milk be so ckoaply raised, aud if were not for till fact that it cannot be grown without irri- / gat ion, no farm in tho world would bo without its allnlla held. Celery nnd strawberries are two other cheap crops which, except in a lew favored localities, do much better with irrigation than without. Several strawberry growers iu the Mast have male up tlioir inni.iu ?!...? ........ ...1.. . ?MU?( v *? ?i ui'xu luc mill" full is excessive, artificial irrigation is uecossarv to insure regular crops and they are pulling up windmills and other dovicea lor pumping water, f loiiovo the day is not distant when very few strawberry growers will risk the loss of their crops by droughts and they must necessarily go to a great expense if they have to pump the water. This expense is saved on the farm furnished with water from a canal. A good principle to follow in business is always to stick to some lino in which you have special advantages. Don't do what, every fool can do. D.? not be led away with the idea that there is a fortune in lemons, or in almond--, or 111 olives. L'hc natural law of supply and demand tends to reduce the profits on all crops to a level, and what to day looks the most nrnfit able will to-morrow lie tho most unprofitable. Hut ?row what you avo best situated air.I lilted for aud you will hardly over mako a mistake. A tier Twenty Years. Something more than twenty years agoa man living in I'eekhatn,Knglaml, Mwallawed a sovereign, i'lio other day ho died'and tho autopsy produced the coin, which had been imbedded in the left bronchial tube and had caused id tie inconvenience. The iuau mod 'from heart disease.