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YEARS.
('HATTER 1II.
Marie Serafinne lived near the
small hamlet .'f Pine Cliffs, en the
fbhenandoalh It it er.
Though her father and her mo-
ther had long passel) to the spirit
world, she could nut be called an
orphan, for she was tenderly cared
for by her aged grandmother.
They were very poor and lived in
a hut of one ream with a loft above
it. a shed behind it, and it rude
fence enclosing a little bit of a gar-
den around it ;—just so much land
A, lay in the hollow under the lofty
',belting cliff that overhung the riv-
er at that point, seeming ready to
topple down and crush t he little hut
like an eggshell.
But as the eheli•iug cliff had over -
}lung the river for thousands of
years without falling, its great pro-
tecting roof was trusted as a safe
*heifer rather than feared as a pos-
eibte danger.
Here Marie and her granny lived.
Here they cultivated their small
garden, kept a cow, and raised
poultry
From these resources, garden,
row and poultry -yard, t hey got
fresh vegetables and fruit, intik,
butter and eggs enough for their
omit consumption, besides having
a large surplus for sale, which
Marie took in every day to the vil-
lage and sold to the hotel during
the whole of the summer season,
whe'i the tillage was full of tour-
\\itlh the price of this produce
)Mario bought tea and sugar, flour
and salt, and also other simple nec-
essaries such as they could not raise
or their own little place.
The summer was their busy and
profitable season. But it needed
strict economy to enable them to
lay up a little each summer for the
coming winter. For in the winter
their only source of revenue was
from the woolen socks and mittens
which they knit and sold to the
villagers.
Marie Seralinne was n favorite in
the village, and, indeed, in the
whole neighborhood -"welcome in
hall and hut."
AN loved the gentle girl. ilut
meta especially-childreu loved her,
for she loved children.
Often when in sunlrncr she would
return home front the village and
bi ing empty buckets and a half fill -
(d purse, her granny, counting the
money with the asarice of age,
would say to her:
"Why. Marie. you took nut ten
quarts of milk at ten cents a quart,
And her you hate brought Ine emp-
Iy pails and only ninety cents.''
-Well. but granny. 1 met Emma
and Willy, and they .asked me fur
milk and I gave them each a
drink:*
And then CI sanity Thompson
would groan and declare it .was the
French blood of her father, and it
was a pity her own only "darter"
had "mlarried of a Frenehman.''
One time. returning with empty
bassets. Marie would be arraigned
with:
"Dear. dear me: Didn't 1 sen.(
bun out with fifteen quarts of rasp•
erries at five cents a quart, .I.ed
here teen have brought me only six-
ty -fete cents. Where's the ether
ten
"(cranny. I met Sissy and Nelly
and fanny. and I gate each of 'em
a handful of berries. I couldn't
help it, grana» :•'
Another time:
"How is thin. Marie ; 1 sent you
AIMINEIMMINOW
.
the hetet. and to get the tanner t.,
CLAM' and take away the body of
poor Meeley.
And s}ie succeeded iu beth mis-
sions.
Alter this Marie worked harder
than ever, for she found washing
Iand ironing more laborious than
nti!king and butter making, while it
w as not quite so profitable.
Yet :Marie 'would net. for this
• cast c, let her pour e!d granny sot
fer for the want of any of her ac-
- customed comforts. She bought
milk and butter ecough for their
simple meals from a neighboring
farmer.
And now iter busy life for a few
days kept her thuughts from dwel-
ling on the dark, handsome face
that bad made sueh an impression
on her imagination, especially as
she had not seen that face since it
first glowed upon her.
But. one day, about a week after
that first accidental meeting, sho
%Neat to the village to carry a bas-
ket of clean clothes, and she was
returning with a basket heavily
laden with soiled linen, when, feel-
ing great fatigue, she laid down her
burden fur a moment, and sat down
to rest in the wood.
She threw off her lent to cool her
head, and as she did so she saw
-What a mother she will make,
seine day :' said her poor neigh-
bors.
"What an excellent nurse she
would be; what a treasuec in a
household of children!" said iier
rich neighbors.
But. Marie's chance of being hap-
py in the position of either mother
or nurse seemed very remote.
1t is true that many of the young
farmers of the neighborhood were
struck by her rare beauty, but part-
ly because she was always so busily
at work cultivating her garden,
feeding her poultry, milking her
(cafe, or carrying fruitand vege-
tables, milk, butter, and eggs to
the village, that she had no time for the first time, a young man
to listen to them; partly because, seated on a rock near by, with a
when she did play, she played with portfolio on his times and a pencil
children only. so that she seemed in his hand.
to be still hut a child herself ; and At. the same moment that she per -
partly, also, because she was so ex- ceived hint, he also looked up.
tremely shy, none of her young dis- And etch strangely blended emo-
tant admirers ever approached her tions of delight and dread, she re -
with words of love. cognized the dark handsome stran-
But, ah ! there came a time when 1 ger she had seen at the hotel.
the child -woman loved "with a love She quietly put on her hat, took
that was her doom." ur her heavy basket and arose to
One bright summer morning she go.
went, as usual, to the village ho "Pray do not leave. If 1 disturb
tel with a basket of fruit, to offer you I will nlyeelf move off," said
for sale to the visitors there. the young elan rising.
It was a simple, country place, "Oh, no, no, you do not disturb
and ladies and gentlemen, nurses' me, but I was afraid -1 was
and children, were gathered upon afradd—" site stopped and blushed.
the front porch enjoying the morn- "Afraid 1" echoed the young man
,ing air and the magnificent moon- • with eta interest he could not con-
tain scenery before them. teal.
Marie, who went in and out the "Afraid 1 might be intruding on
house like any pet kitten, stepped you. I mean to say," added Marie
on the porch, as usual, and passed looking down.
"If there be an intruder, it is
certainly myself. 1 am a trespasser
here on your native soil, and if you
among the ladies. offering her fruit.
While doing so, she overheard u
voice murmur :
"What (t be'ntif ill face! Just leave on my account 1 shall take
my idea of the Virgin before too it as a rebuke," said the stranger
annunciation, while she was sten gravely'.
an unconecioua child in Judea! vh The simple girl did not more than
serve that pure, white forehead, half understand h'.m, but she gath-
w-ith its aureole of golden curls lik,'erect enough of his meaning to en -
a halo around it ; those clean. able her to auswer
1•right-blue eyes, full of soft splen- "You i101e as much right, here as
dor; that perfect mouth." 1 have, for 1 have no more than the
Marie had no suspicion that the. birds. The Lord lets us all come.''
speaker was talking of her; out "Will you sit down then tied rest
she involuntarily turned around, as you meant to e'o1 If you don't,
and as she did so, she met the gaze I will go away," said the stranger,
of a pair of large, dark eyes fixe••: gathering up his portfolio and pen-
in adoration upon her face. ails.
Marie blushed deeply. and ave:•t For all reply. Marie put down
ed her head. And soon She took her her has!s,et and resumed her seat,
basket and moved from the spot. and sat there blushing and 1rernb-
But she carried with her a vision ,,f ling—half pleased and half fright -
a fine dark Nee, shaded with silk ened.
en black curls and moustache, anal And the artist resumed his seat,
lighted by a pair of large. soft, re -opened his portfolio, and recom-
deeply shaded black eyes. menced his work.
And without suspicion of rong He worked on in silence for a kw
r danger, she thought of that fine minutes and then loe,ked around at
dark face with innocent delight. his quiet compirnion, and met her
As she walked home with her cusp- eyes fixed in childlike wonder and
ty basket, she wondered who the admiration upon himself.
owner was, whether he was a vial- Shc colored deeply and turned
tor at the hotel, and how long he away her head in confusion.
was going to stay. and if she should Thr artist smiled, not without
ever see him again. And then, with satisfaction.
a slight feeling of pain fur which "Yon are wondering what i am
she could not account. site tried to doing'•' he said quietly, to reassure
guess which of those ri'1,. happy. her. "Well. Tittle daughter of Eve,
handsomely dressed lady visitors it 1 will satisfy ybur curiosity. 1 am
was whom he thought to be as bean- sketching from nature. I ant tnak-
tiful as the blessed Virgin! • ing a picture. I swill %show it to you
So deep was her reverie. t)iat she' and you shall tell me what you think
reached home before she was o' it, for 1 know you will be a corn -
aware. indeed. she alight have prteut and honest critic."
passed the little gate. and gone on. 1n-1 he arose. and touk the sketch
itmemo-ion sly. had she not heard iiou1 his portfolio, and came and
cries of distress which immediatelyput in into her Hands.
arrested her steps. She looked at hint in a seed sur -
Thinking only of her granny then, prise, then fixed her eyes upon the
she turned hastily into the garden, sketch. and then raised them to the
and renewed the sound of the (•ries. scene fr•,m w hich it was taken.
it It'd her through the lint into "Now (10 you like it !" he enquir-
the back shed, where she (mind the cd. taking the scat by her side.
nut with a peck et sugar pears. and eh! woman uttering loud inmenta• "It is beautiful! -she murmured.
here you have brought back only 1 times. It is magical. 1 wish 1 could (to
the price of three ttnartera Of a 1 ll:irie had scarcely time to ark it
peck what the matter was when the old Then she stopped and flushed,
' (►, (ir8u11y : there eat,.le.lny and eeman exclaimed: rend taking up her basket. she ad -
Ally 1111(1 Minnie and ida saw the • •Oh, Marie! Moolev • is dead! ded :
pears. and 1 gate thein some: It %inlet is dead: And (low• w(• tvo "1 11111st go now."
se natural for children to lute ;hall die: shall starve to death. -What. do I drive yeti away after
fruit, grana% . And if tett had only - -Hew did it happen 1" (altered all
IrelI (Len :1 putt ing tLr.irCelt- little the girl in well-founded fee r, for "Oh no; bud 1 must go now,
teeth into the Pears. Y"11.41 a telt indeed the cow was half their liv- please. I must carry this basket of
as if tent en's paid ing. (1(thes home.'.
-No. 1 't,uldn't, neither : 1 dun t "Oh. she fell uses• the cliff ' She "What '. thin heavy basket 1 you
sea:' it at all: And no more netIld fell over the cliff: She missed her eel faint by the way ! Let nlecarry
Beta. onit for your father's French footing. and fell over the cliff and it for stet," he said. lifting it up(In
bleed! Pity- »our mother esti mar- leeks. her 'leek. and (lied at once: 1.i, arm.
lied of a ).alasette French ,ehl I ..vie. look at het • cried the &feel ''Oh, no. tie. p!•'ase: indeed, in -
e t ! Mind, now. it's gulag to be the w.,man, ,ebbing and wringing her dced 1 wuuld rather you wuu{da't :
is his help. Hc•r confidence was en-O+OIP°
tirely uun.
He walked by her bide', convers-
ing pleasantly on such topics as
carne by the way.
1 ani told that there is a very
picturesque scene along this road,
that has never yet been sketched.
It is u tuck sheltie's' far oter the
river, and having at its base and
under the shadow of its shelf a
small cottage melt a garden. 1)o
you know where it is t'' he enquir-
ed as they walked on.
"Yes. sir; it is our rock and our
cottage and garden that you mean.
The rock is called the Anvil. from
its shape, which is just like that of
a hla:•ksrnith's anvil, reaching far
forward and having a teat top. We
live under it," anseered Marie.
":1h ! indeed! Then we are on
our way there now."
"\\'e aro very near it, sir."
"How near 1" enquired the young
than anxiously, as if he were not at
al! desirous to shorten the distance,
but quite the reverse.
"About a quarter of a mile, air."
"Ah!" he said, and slackened his
steps, walking very slowly.
During that walk, the artist man-
aged to become possessed not only
o[ the girl's full confidence, but al-
so of her whole history, even down
to the calamity of the cow's death.
death.
When they came in sight of the
hut under the cliff, the artist broke
out into enthusiastic praise of the
beauty of the scone. "I roust cer-
tainly sketch this, Marie," he said
—"Will you permit me to come here
every clay and sit upon that bank A cold draught all night is as dao
there a.nd work until I finish the grrous as roosting in Inc open air;
picture 1" he softly enquired. , corn fodder set np aroul:d the a ind-
"Oh, yes, sir ; certainly. ('hat fest Fete. of a ben house Mill make
is, I mean, 1 have got no right to it habitable.
stop you. The place is free to you As for the reef, if no water drips
us it is to all, sir." - directly on the roosts, and holes
The artist was not quite satisfied are not large enough kr the hens
with this reply, so he enquired far- to fly through, it will do.
they. .
'13ut, shall I be in any way dis-
turbing you, :starlet"
"Oh, no, sir ; no indeed," she an-
swered earnestly.
They had now reached the gate
of the cottage and Marie Iospitab-
ly invited her companion to come
in and sec her granny.
But the artist thanked her and
declined the invitation.
Ifo sot down the basket, lifter
his hat and bowed to her as if she
had been a princess. and turned
and left the spot.
Marie stood transfixed, gazing af-
ter his receding form, until he sud-
denly turned and looked back,
when meeting 'his eyes, she started
with some confusion and hurried
into the hut.
First she threw off her hat and
went into the back shed and put the
soiled linen iu soak. to be washed
the next day, and then site went
into the one room of tIt hut, where
her granny was nodding over her
knitting. She sat down beside her
and told her all about the artist
she had met on the road, and about
his wanting to paint the cottage,
and cspeeially about his kindness in
bringing home her heavy basket,
even to the oottago gate.
"That's all well enough for a nig
matt to gin a lift for a little gal. But
if he wants to draw off a pietcr of
our hottse, he's got to pay for it.
Poor folks like us, as has lost our
cow too, can't afford to gite away
cveryt)l ng, even to the .very me-
ter of our house," grumbled the
dame.
"Oh! granny : You would never
want to take the gentleman's mon-
ey for that said Marie, feeling
deeply ashamed.
"I would then: And I will too,
before he gets a (•hateti:e to steal the
Pieter ellen it. for nothing! Let
him up with it indeed!" growled
the old w•(nlan.
Marie made no further answer;
but meekly went about her little
household duties. hanging the tea-
kettle over the fire and setting the
table for supper.
(To be continued.)
On the Farm
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WINTER (•ABF: O1' POULTRY
Keeping fowls oxer winter costs
money. Nothing should be kept
that, does not pav its debts with
interest. At the fall roundup make
a thorough sorting. !:very fowl
should stand squarely upon strong,
well-developed legs, whose scales
are clear and di.;tinct. overlapping
each other neatly. Next in i111-
portanee is the head. which should Defensive Means Employed .Against
be rather small with a cutupact Ip$1ets,
cotnb of clear, healthy rose color,
a firm beak and bright eyes. Writing of the Italian catchfly in
Though much more rare, there his essay, "Tho Intelligence of the
are defects in the oudv to be looked Flowers,'' Maurice Maeterlinck,
after, such as crooked backs, clog- the Belgian poet and philosopher,
ged oil -glands, etc. The too num- shows how this simple little white
erous males. and the late pallets) flown goes kith seemingly ititelli.
that will eat all winter and then gent thought about the business of
help flood the markets with nine- its own preservation. Apparently
cent eggs in the spring. should be very timorous, very susceptible, to
sorted (Jilt. if there i= a swelled avoid the visits of importunate and
head or a consumptive have tt indelicate insects the Silene hasten ti
killed immediately. It is the more furnishes its stalks with glandular
merciful way. hairs, when ce oozes 0 viscid fluid
With a flu'k of sturdy, healthy in which the parasites are caught
fowls, not too numerous for their with such success that the peasants
quarters, poultry keeping is usual- of the south use the plant as a fly -
It successful; but to bring best re- catcher in their (louses.
tints toting earn is needed. Loving Certain kinds of catchtlies, more-
ls used advisedly. over, have ingeniously simplified
Be careful of the roosting places. the system. Dreading the ants in
particular, they discovered that it
was enough, in cider to prevent
them from passing. to place a wide
viscid ring tinder the node of each
stalk. This is exactly what our
gardeners do when they draw a cir-
cle of tar or other sticky substance
round the trunks of the apple -trees
to stop the ascent of the caterpil•
Most important of all --teed and lars.
water, water and feed continually. In a popular work. "Les Plantes
Feed with a liberal but judicious Originates," Mons. Henri toupin
hand as great a variety as possible, examines some of the defensive
but regularly. means employed by plants. Some
A good ration is to feed whole c•f these weapons are quaint and
wheat one morning and on the next startling.
a warm mash of table scraps, meat, Monsieur Lothelier. a student at
cooked vegetables or anything ob- the Sorbonne, has made a number
taiiable mixed up with hot water of interesting experiments with
and meal into a thick mash, w-tt• thorn., resulting in the conclusion
should be carefully seasoned with that shade and damp tend to sup -
pepper and salt. This is a handy press the prickly parts of the
way to feed a few red peppers oc- plants.
easionally or poultry food, for a On the other hand. whenever the'
tonic. place in which it grows is dry and
Fiery night, half an hour before burned by the sun, the plant brist-
sunset, give a good ration of corn les and multiplies its spikes, as if
heated until some of the kernels it felt that, being almost the sole
arc brown. survivor among the rocks or in the es.
The fowls should have fresh era• hot sand, it is called upon to make
tet or milk slightly warmed twice a r1 mighty effort to redouble its de -
day and plenty of cracked aft( tenses against au enemy that no
ground earth and bone, beside hay- lunger has a choice of victims to
ing water -slacked lime by thein all prey upon. It is a remarkable feet,
the time, moreover, that, when cultivated by
If some snowy morning. the man, most of the thorny plants
zephyrs are rather rough as you go gradually lay aside their weapons,
forth broom in hand to sweep chins leaving the care of their safety to
en paths. it may be some comfort the supernatural protector who has
to remember that business is busi- adopted them in his fenced
ness, and thet profit and pains tak- grounds.
ing go hand in hand. Among the plats that have ceased
to defend themsclvea the most
striking case is that of the lettuce.
"In its wild state." says Mon-
sieur Coupon. "if we break a stalk
or a leaf. we tee a white juice ex-
ude from it, the latex. a substance
formed of different matters which
vigorously defend the plant against
the assaults of the slugs. On the
other hand. in the cultivated spec-
cs derived from the former, the la-
tex is almost mi.,sing, for which
reason the plant. to the despair of
the gardeners, is no longer able to
resist, and allows the slags to eat
lit."
it is nescrtheless right. comrrents
Maeterlinck. to add that latex ii
rarely las•'.ing except in the y4..ug
plants, ehr ea` it becomes quite
abundant when the lettuce begins
to "cabbage." and when it tuns
to seed. Now it is especially at the
cunllneneemont cif its life. at the
pudding of its first tender leaves,
that the plant deeds to defend it-
self. One is inclined to think that
the c•ultitate•] lettuce loses its
head a little, so to speak. and that
it no longer knows exactly where
it stalids.
('etrtlain plants. among otters the
Boraginaceae, supply the place of
thorns with very hard bristles.
Others, such as the nettle. add poi-
son. °others, the geranium. the
mint. the rue, steep themselves in
powerful odors to keep off the ant-
ras.
i1,1 the strangest. are those which
defend 1hem'elses mechanically.
Monsieur Maeterlinck mentions
only the horsetail. which surrounds
itself with a vertable armour of
microscopic silicae. Moreeser, al-
most all the (Jran ineae. in erste.-
to
rder
to discourage the gathering of slugs
and snails, acid lime to their tis -
1110a.
on the farm as in the city, but •
men are able to save more of them,
and at the end of the month or
tear, the farm hand often has more
mouey than had he been working
i,► the city. Probably a reason why
there is such an apparent antipa-
thy to working on t -.e farm is the
false opinion teen entertain that
farm labor is degrading. At t
present day, when farm work is
performed by machinery largely,
and business methods obtain to a.
great extent, there is no ground
for such a thought. A more logi-
cal reason is perhaps the usually
long hours for labor on the farm.
PLANT INTELLIGENCE. ‘e
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Malice always nliscontrues.
Long prayers often hide wrong
practice•
Formation is always better than
reformation.
No man tan save men without,
suffering with men.
It is hard work glowing saints
in the soil of the pit.
You can pleasure any 11)81's
Oration by his perspiration.
No man has n large mission eh •
neglects the little tninistries.
Religious fortns easily be:utile cas-
kets in which faith is buried.
This is n godless world whcn(•Ver
the ditinc is all in the past tense
ruin an »•til: Y•su can't .ray no to hands. she pleaded trembling. When a mita is ethically wabbly
n.,11ed►: Andyou'd gist aa n» )4111r incl she led Marie Ilselt the "Child. 1 hese a little sister at le is usually theologically rigid.
wary feet. if any bods tante,' them.' hack door of the shed. and alilong the nle just about your age. And 1 Ileal prayers and real mountain♦
and go MI(•relte•he. all sour life:' base of the cliff, until they cache to carry all her burdens. It w4,111(1 always put a pick in your hand.
1'I II Ras strongly put. but it was the -pet ''here the 110(15 mf the cow Rite ole pain to see her carrying You wwill not help t he man who
(.oasis, (true et Slater i 1,, anything heat y. .ted it gives m e le )nuking to you by looking at
�.•r.lfinnt`.
self !lad no Pia"' 1n he, Marie knelt down end tenderly pain now l., hear »uu speak mf car le loo lf.
soul. It 1114 til!c•d wi:!1 tilt "• s ( qtr„k(d the fare of her poor dumb vying this. \'oil tort!(' not wish to (lrcatness of (+arivter rises in
rather'+. 1.. -sac vthrrs harps'' "•:t-. r •..Id. and sew that she wa•s dead give any one, eaten toe. Pain. would willingness to make small begin -
with her. to he ter'. happy: t„ ser in(i^r11. you'.' pings.
ethers mise re lee it 1-. tlth her. l'i •'I)„11't cry. clear I;"a11s)5 ' l nl "Oh. m•:” There's nothing a lazy man e.• -
hr 5 er» mi -0r 111e. .1i d alta knew i sorry for poor Muoley : het don't "'then let me carry this for yon. j(.e, better than designing "Rus;
1, tuber 11:11.1,:I r-`. 11•, ether 1111•' 1 tee ibe afraid; we shall net st1,4e! .\11(1 see how strong 1 and in (•nal- sign..
( ` 1 kers• they want another leen. pari -on to you'.' The worst feels are Dinar a 1
1:10 in the inllnr.••1 J,.'. ,11d H!,i.1 if (12,',: it the hetet, al:d i Can take .1nd a.) ':vying he earl -net the (las- worship a find in the hone re le, ,
tees et cle!di••n •!• •• lee .ie •' 4 •'.t e1 ea-hirg en,ngl• to rank• up for kee to the rock where he had leit
ins him.
IA', alt.) is) the', •... 1-.itT.1'II the 1. -s of the mill: sed hotter.” his drawing n1,►teriltls, and set if Seine men use the beam in ih'1r
s'1(' •. _1,?er•"I i:.,.' .-t•', emit si'.e -111' said cheerful'). a,- she helped (loan there elide lie strapped his eye to pick out the mete In t 1'!r
4 1:':1 El't"' t'e'nt. 1 the .1:1111)` beck 1,, tee 1111t. eertfltlltl 1m his shelil(ler,. fife, I tether's.
it •t•ws fr•.sn 1i,i- tied ••f florae .1n(1 that salve afternoonMarie lei took tip her basket and 1,l tined Tin marc neasl!re the.a 0)0,83 iti¢ the morn perfrtt will the nee)
1, r 11.,s1.,11:tr:A. 4.1» lite t kneull ande 1,r'lt 1)a(k t•t Inc tTag•' 4,0 a 41,11111e her. •(,IIliel•!('-5 by the entente of soq.t., Act.
I.,, t t. f 4 rrnnd---t4 engage wash;ng frotn Site mad no further resistance tl.ey make. ! Tbo Mages may not be so higf,
TELLING AGE OF ('ArrLf.
At twelve months,. an animal
should have its milk (calf) incisors
in ))lace.
Fifteen month. At this age the
central pair of incisors (milk tc-
may be replaced by a pair of per-
manent incisors (pincers), these be-
ing through the gums, but not in
wear.
Flighteen months. The middy
pair of central inciters nt this age
should be fully U. and in wear,
tut the next pair (first intermed-
iary) not yet through the gums.
Twenty-four months. The mount
at this age will show two nivel
(permanent broad) incisors, fully
up and in wear.
Thirty months generally shows
six broad permanent incisors, the
middle and first intermediary fully
up and in wear. 'file next pair
(second intermediate ) well up but
not in use.
Thirty-six months shows three
pairs of broad teeth. which should
he fully up and in wear, and the
corner milk teeth may be shedding
with 'he corner permanents just
appearing through the gum.
Thins -nine months. Three pairs
of bread teeth mill he fully up and
in wear: the earner teeth (incisors)
throng%) the gnus are notin wear.
FARM
NOTES.
Keep the. churning -room 8s dear
Gtr degrees as possible. Never till
the churn more than half full of
cream. Churn at medium speed.
Always ore a thermumoter, and in
summer churn at f,o degree..
Of the absolute necessity of pot-
ash for plant food there can he nn
doubt. it is essential to the life of
plants. and there seems to he no
end its ifs con)binafjong with other
component part-. of the soil. which
are thus dissol'('41 and made assi-
milable.
It would be folly for any farmer
te attempt to manufacture arid
phosphate or (lisselve hone fertiliz-
er nt home. The snaking of high-
grade commercial fertilizer is
Ittlsiness requiring technical train-
ing. and for ..Ile eh,. knows neth•
ing sibeet it, failure will almost
certainly scent!. Befcre the hones
are treated. thea should he ground
%Pry fame. and the finer the grind.
DIFFER ENT.
"Mrs. Jones is different (rem
wortu'n."
"How do you make that out 1 '
''1 was intitee{ up there to din-
ner the other night, and she didn't
once, apologize for the meal she
was 'tee ing.'
A NEW WRINKLE:.
"Thar's a sign up there, daddy,
what says: 'Don't blur out the
'Well, who blotted it out 1 1
jest hitit a lick with my britches
ail' 1 hain't seen othin' es 11
mum.'"