Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 6, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 October 1905 — Page 3

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id Boy Telle the Oroceryraan Their Trip An i-T)iy S ii-Su k Lad Jlteti a Widuw L,hM His Heart and PocltetHf Appropriates, a Steamer tad Quairela with theOwuer.

i f Wim 'nitMli . I' irn.er r.a"Pi . k gun," Auilior at Peck's Bed I) Kt ... b) Jaooph J Ml ) . i ieier,u aid Um Had lo i m in bnttfc i hlnwelf M i rj Bftill ' MM r boxe I, ; ite yoe about our trip I I . II, 1 tried a dOJMB . but Um let wa so at i art f tha time Um table ip "i BM and part of Uli time top, and 1 was sii sick I ecmed ual my mind, over the rail other thin;.-. lUppoeed to b

that was l r , lit aboard, and wan going to return thanks for tlum. wbB they weft j-1 1.' 'I away from him. and M looked hurt When the gang plao wa pulled in. and UM boat b Kan to Bfheee, and gruoi and move away from up- dock, and dad iv t rowd waving hanii..) Mill and ktUghiag, and aaying !.i voyage, he though UMf NN il ggBJ it all for tilrn. and hi started iu M I ! a Bpeech, thauking hl.s follow BOUntryBMB for routing to see him off. an I proud i iii. in that Im would prove a trat rap reeentaUee of all Nttovai eouatry in l,i i travel abroad, and that he would Ml t rw to the stars and stripes wherever butane in i ir. Ii t place htm and all that rot. when the boat got so far away tiny could BOt hear ii ; n . gad then he ramc. off his per. h. an 1 a..l 'Hennery, that little impromptu deeaonet ratios to your father, on ihe eve of fektai departure f r tn bis native i ii,. I p. rhaps gave to return. OUgbl to be a deep and lasting leaaoa to you,

sea M d; Is that in IbVfl sjrk .ong ie.1 in tin fae und BBUggli Lip aud ''"'" -"h. tad kjok r..d.. and " MWU ii bmolii a, and t.y iu patteatiji in iii it h dark au K . ., , the spectator won't aoUee aaythiag, and ill hVA Ml J. :u,S you yet pule it, t he flea, und pna.j apart, and Ml BO pi haada, and alter y.u have ataod it at NAC ai you i-au you rutdi to th. pgf at,u w t s I ho I ., ., were going U JUIi.p oV, .. board, and thn stop luddea and let-er-gallagher, rtgat bafera folk,

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s tai.e., Um cake i was 1 ' .iU.se, he Iwlds more : M II so l)OW alxiut Kiv- j h. r li- ha paid for, that ' longer to ooflunani with uruaas ,vi, and swears 1 . boa a p- raofl i ia ; .- a s ii k OB the ocean, that hi will ever i , and a good ptxwpaot of

Kiltom, where you K"t to of a devil flsh. Willi leeci out .if your tender mokad halibut vatUag s share of yo'ir eorpse. owins gyphon.H of water eeatlM they are so biß i t t at -ii to Bka IB rum. ai.d iir:oised

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ACTKD likk an lndertakeb and La boa you that the estimation in bleu 1 am hel l by our people, il won't millions to you. and you caa point with jir; !e to your father.' "I BaM 'rats' and dad said he! wouMat ajoaaar if th- lioat waa full 1 of rats, and then aa ItOOd on dack, and vatihe.l the DbJlCtl d latOfaal dow l tae bay As we jas- . Btalue of I.ibirty. whi-h Frame t:a to ;he republie, on IP llo. '.- l-lan I da I started t.. BMkl a ipeccb to the paa-j MBgari, but one of the ofwafi d Up

boat tdd dad this wa no denn rat ie

I caaciU and that ehoked him off. but ii made me crawl. I otn e nc K u ,,a,j(1,j for a apeecb, and I knew a I doK In the river, with hull j u was only a mattr of time wbcn he

vottld have to fire i: off. but I t.: ..-'it wh'-n we Rot outside the bar. into the

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U ,. turns an 1 dad beld 1 rly a.-. tboUgB they v,,, , ..

wbao be got her bad, to Um Ml hair ba lU0k4l h-r face and UnobOf to her BOM, and acted an undertaki r ibu aaia't gulag 1 the r. main;; a-i away from bin,

piTing a Iii Just afore It broke

U bor of Lbaai bean ak i i, and dad bad pal I her Bbouldera, and ,i

Bigg U her. ami UM was looking luvlagjjr into dad'i eyes, and they varf talking of meet i iik agaiB la Prance ,.i a ftw week.-,, where h- u.t, , )tUil i , rent a rUlg, and dad w.i laylag n-i would be there with huh (etc, bin I open,. I thl window and Mid TM steward Is brinins around a iBBCh, and 1 have ordered two boiled pork BBBaiäwa for you twn cajiy BMTkl "Well, you'd a did. t Vni jump. Whu- there la about the id. -a of fat pork thai makes pfo,, who an tutsk sick have a r-lapse. 1 dOBt kaow, bm the woman grabbad her utnmmlx la Ixith ham!- and htfl dad a ,d ra.-hed iuto th 1 cabin yelling "ei. , -h.' or .oni" thin.; like tha'. and dad laid rijilit iiaeK ra the cbalr and MatMd tik i calf, and said be i mid kill uo dead when we got Blbore. "Ju.-;t then an BttglhilUEan came atom and told dad be better gat u out of his chair, and dai! Mdd aboa chair you talking about, and thl BMb sa.d the chair was his. and if da i dldn'i gal out of it. ba would ki k biaj out, and dad laid he hadn r had a n chance at an Kagliabjaan since- the r'v dutionarj war, and be just aan'ad) a ebanca to dean up eBOtlgb rJ:.. b mi :i for a BMI . ant dad vH up aul Mood a' "attention." and the Bagillb? man aeaatad off like pr;..' Dghter.

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Miriam Leslie

Proposal Br HARRY L Horton

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Bian lovei me. and what j- leap year for if it isn t to live tbc girls an op poi anity hi h- ii out tb m of tb Oih r 11 x who oii ! know BOW to he ! them i . . :;.i i,. , .. ) ( a! lie can i dc DOOr than rafttie, ami !) WOB't do

but, what v. i tha verdict, 1 know he ia too hon , table ever to be a word of the aaffair " en Miriam ; ilie bl I COB Ig Ud hveiy of tbii apeech, which h;ii Uli .am I.- ilii r r an ai aaUva aue. ahe i at dOWB at her desk at u-id b"san to write th" letter

R I bad planne the Bight Hr frank Wehater bad hit the She had jiarti d fTOM him wi'h B h r lips, but thl smile ha i nly lot.p anoogh tr the door Uon him and a Mi: .am lud her mom h- i " 1 tar froui

MM I war.t ou to take a.l t o i aeed tm m ;er taai ru i iy at j. u. , vatiici ae ai rj r I-, () u at i abali

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n -.. lr lala ire ibaB to i- a .lead ion n m the ,, bbb with trance lUh and aea Rfrpenta quarrel-i ' - ".er the temPr p:es In me. A tol I me that if you smoke cigari gl sa' urate, 1 wi'h niek-n. en. 1 ü are drownded. the fish will 4 you. and turn uji t h ir noses - i away and leave jrottf remains bo I tried a cigarette, and. R.wh, hut I bar m at by Bab thin Maoka r, on an ocean ateamcr. It only 1 to my 8ekne.-s. und 1 had I l i'efure. i ; .ayed some, when the boat Mood - bead and Bind u all up in the r ' MM, but a chair struck BM n the pla KjMTI ntrallBBIQBI hit Corbett. bad Um Brayat cii out of me. ..:i the lnat 3towl on her butt md and we all slid back thf whole a f the cabin, and I bronchi up! tttuW the plann, I tried to alng a

aymfl lUh ,n 1 used t. in the 'Piaco- : choir, before my voice i bBBgad, i s w h i were alive ! for MBM one to cbokl me. and I iB't sing any more "Old waa M the itattrooa when era rollinR back and forth In the and between sicknesses he i ame ami to catch me and take me into the W i room, but he got the rotllBtg habit, two and be rolled I nia'di with an who was VOjraglBg for her ' i and they got offully mixe.l up III t;.ed to rescue hr. and UBhllBd l of her ball and was raallBg her .1 right, when a man who said he r husband took dad hy the neck II I aid he must keep his hands off or i' ano!hr.'r BBBB put on beside the ne ho nad. and then they all rolled lar a sofa, and how it came out I i now. but the next morning dad s IM was bteckad, and the fellow who "ai I ne was her husband had his fi"nt t :h in.e e, out. and the a . : i . s.s lost

ocean, his ipaacb would doom up with the rest ad UM stuff, and I gMMB It did. for aftrr he lepan to be sick hi had to keep hi - mot.th shut, whlcb was a great relief to me, for I fall that he would say something that would get tins n.m'ry into trouble with ''her nati ..' a.- h re were ! - of !'..r. .f-tiers on board "I heard that J. PWpnnt Morgan was on board and I tOtd ev. ryln dy I 04 in conver-a'ion with that dad was pjorpont Morgan, an ! when peOBM begBB call him Mr. M trglA, I told dad the passengers thotlght he was Morgan, the great BBaoelar, and it tid ied dad, BBd ba never denied it. Anyway, the captain pni dad and I at his own table, and h" talld BM "Little Plerp." BBd eryb dy diactuaad great financial ei, ::nin wi'h dad. and everyhit .; would have been lovely the whole trip.

only Morgan ame am m-t us aft - r . he li id baafl MBlIck for three days.; and UMf gave bun a feat opposite us. and with two Morgans at the same ia- j ble it was a good deal like two I'r.de Toms In an I'nele Tom's Cabin show, so dad had to stay in bifl stateroom n account of 8icknes. a good deal. "Thin dad got to walking on de. k and flirtinc with the female Bgaafa j gera. Say. did you ever see an old man w li i w as stud; n hIaMdf, ami thought that eery woman who looked at him. ran curiosity, or lerause he had ai wart OB hi- Back, and watch him get baaa n aking em believe he is a you:

and Ititteny thing, who Is Irresistible? (iee. but it BMkaa nie tired. No man can mash, and in.. ' e . es and have a love scene, when he has to go to the rail every few minutes and hump hissdf with something in him that il knocking at the door of his palate, to

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I kee c;ut on da Ii was ixiwr s a si. k Kngli d fleer ruahad out and i igt collar and ma when he found what

! about, he told dad all Iba diairs wan ! private property Lilongirg to the pa ! leagaM, and for him to keep out ol j I t hm . and hi Bgologlaad to tue Kng- ! ; lishman am', they went into the saswin 1 ..ii I tiled it with h balls, a:. . da I ' beat the Kagliabmaa by driakbag two i tush balls to his one. Then dad M t Into a poker game, with ten cents ant v 1 and :.(. limit, and UM9 played al Bg f r a while until dad got tour Ja . and he MK fle dolhUTI and a Freneh-

' man rai K I bim 18,000, and dad laid BOWB his hand and sai l the game was I too rich for his blood, and when h

raaeaad in his vest pocket for money to pay for his jxiker chip hi founl that In- roll was k n- and he said he would leave bil watch for security until he could g to his stateroom an 1 IBM money, and then he found that l is watch had been pinched, and the Englishman said ba WOttld be good for It. and dad eame out in the eabtfl and wanted me to help him rtnd the WidOW, Va ise he said when she laid her read on his shoulder, to recover from her BtabBBB, he felt a fumbling around his vest, i it ! thought it WM nothing but hla stomach, hut now hi Knew she had rob! ed him. "Saj Bad and I looked all over that boat for the widow but she simply aad evaluated We landed at LtfBrpool that i fternoon. and dad waited for thl WldOW Bi 'he gam; plank, and said he woui tr.'i do a UUag tO bar. I guess not. "goBM day 1 11 tell you if dad got nil BWaajt BBd watch bad,." added ihe Had boy. giving the dog a parting kick as he v I nt out.

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Why Men Die Faat. Col. lb'iu Mardoek, . ho is a food liver himself, hasn t any sympa'bv wltt ihe high liver who goes to rack. Socalled Mf nie itBb n. wairuu.s, profeaatoaal and bUlll MB men go all 10 pieces in an hour aayi ba. And tin why and ÜM w!-.. ; f, r. " Thev know. We know Everybody knows, nnd yet i.obody cares. The world says. U t tl. dia, there are plenty I it ThaBMawbo Muffs like a pic drinks like a fl-'h and KMLtl like B hob will COlllBa The man who llvi s l'at .'.les fa-' No getting over that propoaiUoa. WhlM the one who llvrs rationally, sandy, lives long and dies slowly and peacrfully. Too many peophl n baraiag the candle at Isita rids But then wily preach, why prate, w-hv refer to it? They are not missed

' and there would be BO place for them should they come hack. --Kansas City i Journal

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r !,;, k tiair ami had to wear a silk of her arm to steady her. and she said handkerchief lied around her head the maybe they better sit down on deck real of thi- trip, and she looked like a and talk it over, so dad found a couide

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come out (he same way it went In. Dad : . , . .... . , found a widow woman who looked Acl.ptnb ty of h- Japs, back at him kind of sa sy. when he Wh-n I.rd hl In vialted Japan nnd braead up to her. and when the ship Inshited on making the tbogOl a pr. m nt

rolled and side-stepped, he t.xik hold

d girl w ho has been out to a dance "Ihe trouble With dad is that be I in t "' ;n i h He thinks be la the wlule thing nnd thinks every crowd he sees is a .b-mon- ration for him When the at NUBaf bit Now York, there wer" hundred-, of people on the k to see friends oil. and they bad Hower, M BfBMMM to the friendi. and !a I tboughl they were all for him. and ba reached for evorv bunch ot toaaa

of steamer chairs that were not in use. and they sat down near together, ami dad tirok hold of her ban I to see If ahe was m r" h. and he told me I could go and play mumblcn peg in the cabin, and I went In the cabin and

f a vacht ami aiso in.--.so-o on nrrniiK-

ing a treaty with him on behalf of Kngland, he noted the extraordinary thirst IM gBCWledge and quickness in learning which distinguish the Japanese. Within a week a raw Japanese tew had leaned how bS manage the shogun'a new yacht. The Japanese commissioners even took pains to lmltaU the , he. rs which their pMBtl gave ftf dinner when the queen's lo a th waadmnk.

thev understood that when

looked out of the window at dad and

ho v (.low Sv von wouldn't thinl; as soon as

two chair could get so Btflgg, and dad ol w, st wUh r" ,K,,,,r n ! n was l an love Bek. and so was she especially, you roar and shout after you' Tho Jiflerenci between love sb k arul , meals "

a smll las cd t i ion enteted

hai.;iy. She had enjoyed Frank a all. but it bad ended as aasaUBfictorily as had ail uhe others, in that word-, which sh believed had been almo:-t upon his Ufa many times had agalfl rMnained unsp:ken. If the man she loved wouldn't take a hint hp gtttal be glved something broatler than a hint; &r I When Miriam wnt to sloe;,, p was With the det-run nation to write a letI Otl the morrow that even a stupM . man might understand. Stränget eaough, as she aimit'ed tf. b . If. thl morning found her mlr.d nucha aged, with determination ned to take advantage of her iea;i-yar pr n gaUvea, The writer of the latter had gejai nvr in hir mind its prospective BOB t- stl a numb r of times, and. as a relUlt, her editorial revision had "boiled down' un'il it was brti f and to the point. It ran as tallou l-nr Fr Id You aave been . ratng to , m : i k vera: yars. and :r.. amppy av iaajl we hnve enjoyed have rr.ade me t;..: a how pieaaani it would he if we could go on iiendin tbrn togther te rest of

Soor i . para tu ry to str.i. , tor buiiBeai, and she no longer waited for h ink to dry, but graid ed a piece Of bkiC-Uog-paP' t . and the letter w as so. u :u bil hands. He was told that it WBI Ttaag, and that it gtUBl be jsisr.d i j bim whn on the way to his "Ui.e. Her brother's departure was tlfge ly. as Miriam had b' gun to weaken in her det rminatlon. and as she gave bim the letter she said to rereetf: "Nov.- I bavenl a chance to change my BUS 1." Shi did however, have many chasg I ?f mind through the day. which BMOMd to b r one of unusual length. BOOB Bfl t h'r brother had left she was tempt' 1 to tel phoaa to him to try to get thlettf r 1 i k from the post office, but he didn't know if that would be DO ible, and. b -, des. the request wo :M cause him to ak a good many g-ttee i ms Whlcb it would Lo awkward for ber t" anawer; and m th.' reaaaal wa n. B Tie. B) th aftrn ;on post Vblam ieBaived a letter iddreeacd In the we;;. knowB baadwritlBi of the yoaai man tv wb .tn she had proposed. Is it Bourible that he had answered io BUickljr?" she Baked herself, as she h. Id the envelope In her nand. fearing to open it. gh l.ai had a littie eper;en: e p.n wruer. ami knew that quiek return, s M .ally meant no sales, and her t Ual ,r : ;ln was that Frank had de Um 1 (h. hi t.or of being her hu band. Tint WBI I gfOrUfjtOg thought In Itself, and thl coBtlnuatlOB Of the train Of tboughl suggested by ih eogMprtaofl 3f her offer with the matins ript wa.; Bat a comforting one. gjhl had offered herself, even a sh'

had been wont to submit a story or

pocgB to an editor. Th only r latum she could get out of th C mparljoei was found in the thought thai ihe Waia'l esaattf placin:: herself on the market, as if one ed tor Fr.in'; Wd-irr by name. deriit.d Bhe Wouldn't offer herself to an dher. Vh"ti Miriam thought to look at tV r irk. rhe was engiTlaeed thit the leie'r had been poBtad B for- l'ri IM rould have received her latter. VT1I i traaihltng flngrrs. thit gutid, who had had an much rouraee a few ho ufU for" opened the envelope, nnd red as fotlows: l, Deaf Mlr'niw: f see yon no eft Iba h Meow cowardly to write wt ; mlgv. apeak! but. n'tbmrt, tv i rr w1-- lr. yOr rrrs'-nre I hnve tried tn s.iv eertalr worr'. eoumr h ale ; falJi Bte f--r utiors mnn atom baw Bet tH ' k 1 1 when I found itiyi cd by j nur II ' Hnk yea k.'w whrt bis hern In irv been ret a :nnit tlrr.e. nr1 I oc arl.t i. v ft that you ear1 for me; but tf ii havo, u hnvenerer rr.adf th lent ai'.-miit to help mo out. 1 ifeouid hnve forglvin you If Vn bad rr i 'e it enler frr me nrd sheu.d hsv baed VOU for havh'R '!', HO, nr,1 yet, after a,., dear I ;,,v you all the rpore for year . rran y renerve. i d bave atwajn eaotraati t it with the actloni of aotne of your w x, wiio sem MM r NWd t . ny; "This Ik lUdden!" f i j , ,i. i- that oii do ear" et'.'Ugh frr me. or feel that you can carr .-roesh acme dn to iv !' ire tho u;' :ian on earth, i know th.-y ell that; but rrirlvi' tr ta w at orlfina'.ttj , nn i remeMBer ,. . , rp j something artalBal al iat my i hi i . as I really mean en the da? j. i - i) ou Wttl he ir.y wife 1 aball ! ' i aiei ihaa nnybody In this or any other

m thta teftwr Ir a rmrrv. nr. 'i i i at oreo reply to my question: ii i,e my w.fr " h .eg "V. ., . an m '. thai ana wer i aball haM i'is complain of -ur haita but 1 that I rout". have the rlnht iirwor

llugi Ol BuMff l Um Mtlaf may Ud 1 write tüut I dida l g.v after ail ihcu

bi? oh why raaa't 1 too ill to gat ui Uiia Bfeorningi 1 ware bmbb ot Um VMaUogg that the poor girl asked eben the faeliaga of gebMri ware m ou;rol, a tliey were duriiiü n ariy ah the rest ui the atttrno on. the baagdgasi Which bbe had lelt tor a abort time giving way umb r tho in- - laaoo or the Ueaaght that ahe migtii ban been happy without the loa oi h.-r Mif-n -p. , ' . "Hut pi i naps then is ' a I banc. to have it, " Lbought Miriam aa once more came to bar mind that friend of mankind and womankind, the muchBbuaed and misunderstood teiephoue. . t;. would try to jp i Krank at his offtea, and il by any chance be had BOt received the letter, or had nut re,d it. U he had NMlTBd it, BBB would make him pronbM to re'urn it Uli out reading, but she realized that Ibt BOpe was a faint one, as tie re w almost no chance that the letter had not b'en recefvndi and if he had received It well, she would like to aei him leave a letter of hers unopened for more than a Bahratal And ao this contradictory wunia i went to the telephone with a weak Mo . and a faint beert, hoping against hope that Frank hau been away from UM odbca, and that (he latter had arrived iu his absence. The reply to her inquiry for Mr. Webster gave her momentary comfort, as she was Ui:d that he was out; hut when she asked further questions she learned that hhad been In the office until a few minute.-, l efore the time of her telephone call. As she hWBg np the receiver Miriam said to herself, with a aad smile, that she wished he could ban.' herself a easily. Tbl next half-hour wis one of tlu most miserable that the girl had evei spent. She again read ber lover'i letter; but Instead of finding any eon lort for her troubles the reading onlv addrd to her misery "Me thought me so modest and worn anly, and contrasted my conduct wub tha of others who were BOt so modest! But what does be think now

FRUIT TREE NOURISHMENT. KHtat Ia Taken Out of thi Ground in Crowing nnd Mitjii.-g the Irddl Tb C -rri : v fa' ion bulletlB No. 10 ou "8oil Depletion in Kopeat to 1 1. Care of Fruit Tr M shown hat the pttgt food contained io 20 '. ipe of apphs of IT Lubc 1h prr tree in : tr a per acre, when thu leavefc '.hat are formed are also taken Into UM - il.it ion. amounts to 1.137 pounds of Dltrogea, 3io ponndiopboephavteaahl and ; peaada of potaab irof. voorc es tboan that -ii years' continuous cropping with wheat, assuming an averae crop of 1 bushele per BCfB, and MMfaa pounds of straw to three bushels jf wh'-at w. il ! remove MO pounds of iitrngeB, I'll pounds of phoephorte ndd and "4 pounds of potash. We can tbua "otnpare the t. ... : . . rs' cropping of apples, after the production of treei. capable of bearini io h -r ipe ba taken large amount? of plant food from tho Oil, Ihr th.'L'O yeati cropping of apples has removed more than twksg as much nitrogen, half as u;u h again of phosphoric ucid. and three tin.es as much i'ah a the wheat crops during the jam pertod, It is evident, then, that an orchard will far n. ore rapidly deplete the fertility of the -oil than the continuous -roppi:ig in v, '..eat. Any farmer will understand Uli N Mars' continuous cropping In wheat would be bad arniito: and would re.-tilt in noil depletion How much more th-n does the oiitlnuous cropptlf in appb-s deplete the soil. Burn t he hardwood of an apple treo and you will fully understand the amout,t of potash removed from the soil in the wood olone.

FOSTERING THE WOOD LOT

Some Suggestions for the Mnnaireuient of This Valuable Adjunct of the Fnrm.

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tun m:xt n t.r-ii"t t; v.s onk UK Tilt; MUST IlIBERABUe THAT THK UIBL HAU KVi.Jl BPKNT. that he has read my letter? Modest eiiii don't BTOOCM to men. even li tne men haven c nerve enough lo propose Um BMelvea." Mil lain was still in a most, unhapp) fiame of m.ud when bar brother returned at nij;li; from husineaa, Hi had a ihaaaa-facad look aa he up proachad her. "I'M sorry, sU. after all ou said about the im port a no of ihat letter, but well, I've had Bfl awful busy day oi it, aud I forgot to post it. lice il is.' Hit arms wore around his neck iu an instant. "You dear, darling, forgetful, absent-minded brother'.' sh,- cried, as he looked at h r in amazement. ' Now mat you have torgOttOfl to post th, utter, just tergal ft not bar th.ng. lorgel that I asked you to post it!" And her brother, wh dearly lovel Mit. am. and Knew from her earnestaeai that It was important to her thr.t he should say nothing about the lal tcr. kept her secret faithliilly. !! marvded as days went hy at her BO ilnued sweetness to him. until she told htm of her engagement, and then he explained the problem to himso'f by aajrhBl that there was noth ng Ukd requited love to change a woman diBpoeittog And to this day Miriam's brother believes that her happiness In loving and being lowed saved hin from a scolding the dy he forgot to ;,ot her letter. Miriam has been married for ten yearn and In all that ti.ue has kept only i ne thing from hiv BUObBBd, that is. the dark secret of the lettn that bar brother forgoi to post. FOR HER. 1 -,r t er. what ntrrve;i he would del for her what dnr.Rrou paths prMl What valorous arnnitlotn stir Fur her' N worldly station Is too proud. The eholna p'.audlt of the towd .:, worth tho pain -tl.-ug' sharp tl pur For t.er' Ar I rati MBMM from fume's unrt. Love kBlllei anil accrrn to thrive the but, Ai d lif I sweet, sh Wttl aver, For her: ti ueh firtnre's slfr; tip stranei rew Her t-nJer woman heart and truo i ü it he plods without dmue f r bcri - aablngUM ir

Many of cur farms have wood lit! on them that are being rapidly cut over, but which would, if rightly handled, give firewood for the farm for generations to come. There is one n.isiake being made in theh-ndllng of these wood lot! lo which alter tion should bl called. That is permitting the trees to grow too far apart. The result is that the trees oranrh lnreiy and branches arc very ItiBcult to work into stove wood. II they are to be sold they must generally be add at a discount because they do not pack closely Into the wagons. The amount of lal r-r to work up such trees is so very great that there Is little profit in th Operation. What the farmer w kOtl it- bil wood lot. says ihe Farmers' ."'..'v'. w, is a str:ld.t ' ree with numerous BMll branch's. Bach a tree works up easily ir.f.) stovp woo l of any length. It pack losely on the wagon and the large trunks ntay be oaiily split by beetle and v.- le, - Th farmer that has a woo l lot that II KTowint; t(xj sparsely will do well to erh-r plant s. edl of the best kinds of fuel wood, or eneouragi th g-eviings thnt have already started. The small trees should oe encouraged to grow three or four feet apart rather than a rod apart.

TO EUD AND CRAFT WALNUTS Tho Methods Used by Two Horticulturists with Satisfactory Results. Referring to grafting English wal n'tt on Iliack walnut, writes a corregnondent of the Rural New Yorker, I WOttld say I did it auccessfully last prlns. The BtOCk was a one-yeai

THK HgTHOO nr GRAFTING. e!!in:: Tongne-nraft was the a yl" used I have tried top-urafting la.ger traps, but without success. I have b en told that topitrai UBg proved sue-e-'sfui BjBBf Mooreetoargt N. j. v'an anyone In that vicinity give us a report?

In re j. Kay J. Kay

BM to this question Mm. flgySI Take a small lath on say-?: Take a small limb on

it. flrdla it around with a bud in it, then go to P.laek walnut tree and girdle it where yon want to inst-rt the BO 1 Now remove the hark and fit the burk from the F.n;.J.-h walnut neatly Into the stock; ti" It Bp with a string until you find the ans have united. HM BBd will be dormant till next spring. The diagram explains the process.

An Orrhard Windbreak. Were I to pot out BBathOC orchard with clear MffTHtSdingl, I should certainly surround the plat with a In dge and inside of this aeveral rows of treos of some value aside from shad an i wradbroah pufpoaaa. I would give tho hi dgo one or two yours' art. Thil shelter belt protects trom winds and frot-. and will prove a blessing in many ways. I live on the prairlea of southwestern Kansns. explains the writer in Farm and Home, nnd BUr prevailing BUBMBOf winds on.e from the south; In winter from the north, so a BOtCOtloa from BtthCf ilaCtiOO is advisable.

N iw is the time tu mow thi weedy astiij.