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Show on his shoulder ami spoke to him rgsgagffiagBarassgts sharply. "Lie down, be raid, man, and listen to us. We gne you the choice. You shall have from now till Noise-Makin- g of Devices for K.A.TB LXVLVM. Ty morning to consider; after that Cost Author if "Al a Ctrl', iUrcy Etc. Money will be too late. Choose one of two alternatives: Remain just where you -Fnterei! 'Ve tl) Act of Congress in th Year 110 by Street ft are, from sheer stubbornness and die, Smltk, one of the explosions ami the animals The making of fireworks has progIn u, )s.,e of the Librunm of Congress, at Wushitutno. D. C. for die you must if you persist in ressed rapidly in America, and we are go Coating away, illuminated by a this, and in such a slow, torturing man- not now dependent upon China and flaming torch beneath similar to the ner as you cannot comprehend, or Japan for our firecrackers, our red common fire balloon. This is perhaps our wishes CHAPTER XIX. (Continued.) with that may lights and our g with Johnson, but mainly to see how comply the most remarkable design which And as Dora V.ept to her word and he bore his has et been invented in what is calldevices. affliction and to know for doubtless be painful at first, and drove or rode over every day when themselves how much better off that may even end fatally I place It all Time w as w hen a few roman candles ed aerial fireworks. the weather was pleasant and together girl of Johnson's was, since her fath- before you, holding back but with and some skyrockets furnished the The must costly piece of this set, they wandered under the pines In ers brother Lemuel he who left the ten chances to one of your recovery larger portion ot the fireworks for'tho however, is known as the Japanese a and life. long many a daring place, the color ot in- settlement years before had returned. celebration of the Fourth of July in night bombshell and is the invention Johnsons face lost its defiance and the smaller towns, but modern patri- of a Japanese workman in a large firecreasing heatih slowly tinging the Many an hour In the ide, low room it grew livid and paled to a otism does not stop at that. cheeks ot each, while Dora's cough at the works factory in New York state The tavern, or beside the door of cunning;hue. His sinister eyes were deathly town will bomb itself ranges from twelve to a citizen of grew less and less frequent and vio- an evening, Nearly every they discussed Johsons fixed on the doctors face with an out considerable money for his thirty inches in diameter. lent, and an added grace and spring condition, and freely expressed their expression of cowardly terror in them. lay At the end of Its flight it explodes showed in Dolores' step, though there doubts and views supply of fireworks, and It is not inas to his recovery His brothers fit of violent was a growing sadness upon her lips in temper he frequent that a private family will no less than seven times, actually pro- of Dr. Dunwiddies assertion could meet with spite from $30 to $75 in order to dticing every color of the rainbow in and a hunted look in the wide dark to the equal force, but Dr. contrary. While Dr. Dunwiddie, Dunwiddies voice and manner bore spend a nig Illumination on the na- the form of streamers, shooting stars, make eyes that her friends could not under- over in the town among his friends at as much weight as his words which tions stand, this woman gloried and exulted Judge Greens, also discussed Johnbirthday. Set pieces, such as comets, serpents, golden rain, para- were uttered clearly and calmly, but were formerly much prized at cele- chutes, whirligigs and spreaders. in her power to wound the girl Dora son's condition, and decided with them which the man was unused to brations in the average towns are One of these bombs forms a whole e- hearing, loved with a deeper, truer love than that It was time was done, and which therefore impressed him now quite often seen on the lawns of hibition in Itself, as the illumination she could ever give to her, and she and done speedily,something or it would be too more than private Individuals, for the American lasts fully three minutes before the they might have done otherplanned out many a subtle manner for late. wise, full of meaning add warning as workmen have learned how to make last design fades away. wounding and sending her shafts deepnor expense, DunSpare no Tho large bombs cost $fi0 apiece, were. them, and that means that thev are er into the soul of the girl who was, widdie,' urgedpains emuel Johnson, pacing they to the rare chemicals which to be more He obtained his the owing with cheaply. among lay told pillows stealover herself she and over, up and down the pleasant parlor at The day when the small boy and are used, and the amount of work ing away what rightfully belonged to Judge Greens, his hands clasped be- face turned to the wall, motionless as though he were already dead, his bis big brother had to pay ten cents a upon one, for the various comparther. hind him, his florid face and kindly bunch for crackers has long passed ments contain over 200 feet of fuse, sinewy right hand clutched the covLemuel Johnson went often to see eyes full of Joes got a won- - ering long anxiety. by. Machinery has been invented to every Inch of which has to be carehis and after brother the who him to his brother, grew civil not doctors that left, knowing through mold the paper cylinders and toad fully placed in a certain position so after a while, though at first he was the half open door Dolores, from the them with powder at the rate of 1,000 that it will not ignite , before .he surly, and resented his brothers long They can be proper time and spoil the effect. outer room, was. watching him with and more a minute. silence and neglect. Together they Fireworks dealers say that mines manufactured at about two cents a a face set as his own, her hands talked of the future, and laid many in large quantities and retail and batteries will be very popular hundred her shut clasped Ups passionately, plans to be carried out as soon as Joe this year on account of their resemclose to still the cry that rose from at a profit at five cents. was a little better. blance to volcanoes. The recent eruptThe combination of and powder found words her heart, that only in Dr. Dunwiddie stil. positively afvarious chemicals which the fireworks ions) have actually caused a boom In a new, wild, inarticulate prayer. firmed that he would recover, but that man has succeeded in mixing allows this feature of fireworks, as the peoGod, whom I know not, forgive this must needfully be vlow, and Joe a program to be given at night which ple desire tc nee the resemblance of a him. him forgive Johnson was never possessed with pavolcano in miniature. But there was not a trace of this can be kept up for three or four hours tience enough to bear quietly much if different with They can be procured In one or desired, something emotion upon her face or in her manwaiting. And as the days passed Doa dozen colors. Most of them half almost minute. One can every get ner as she stood, a day or two after, lores waited and waited, the dread' up a family celebration on the curb produce fiery scales and balls, but a window of west at the the at library fear shut in her heart, they would stone In front of the house which will new' design combines stars with the Judge Greens, the soft brown dress include not come for her father from the town. only rockets and roman balls. They have taken the place of for Dora had fitted her, falling graceThe subject of the mare vas never but candles, pinwheels, mines, bombs, the roman candle to a large extent She held back the fully around her. mentioned it had among them; devils and other things which and the ordinary piece which Is held spitting lace draperies with one arm leaning are dropped out of the house as suddenly around among the in the hands is gradually going out apt to against the casing of the large French spectators, wriggle and completely as though death had and the entire cost will of use. One reason is that It Is so a and looked like so window, picture, touched it: that day Dora gave her not be over $5. dangerous on account of the shower quiet she stood, flushed from the light cousin a sketch of the feeling regardFrom this figure the prices range of sparks falling over the person who of the sunset above. all the way up to a carload of set holds it. ing it in the town, though not one of Dora was sitting upon the ottoman The days when the patriotic citizen them understood the girl's horror of it, pieces containing a ton of powder at her feet, her delicate face raised and $10, COO. In some of the went to the fireworks dealer and pickexcepting it might be the one who costing the face to above Dora said . her. his rockets, pinwheels and ed had seen the most of her "Etd be nothin new ef ye was asham- she could sit forever at Dolores feet elaborate displays at the resorts near otherout Now York and other large cities papieces are about over. Tho firethe girl was tempted to ask ed of me. Dolores face was a per, and watch her. about it, but tho dread of bringing powder and chemicals are turned works man saves him all this trouble down something worse upc 1 hersslf derful constitution; always did have; study of which one would never tire, into sparks, flame and smoke at the by packing assortments In cases so and her father kept her sit' it to suffer sinews like steel when we were young- which one must study to understand, rate of $3,000 an hour more than the that he can buy his celebration at so sters. This illness has been heavy to which one could never fully underalone highest priced opera singer In the much a box, or, as already stated, bv the car load if desired. world charges for her services. Rut Johnson lingered along in much bring him down so. Surely there li stand. (To be continued.) The rocket wlilch whizzes Into the Suppose people In the neighborhood the same condition in spite of the in- some way of hastening his recovery, air and breaks into a stream of pend- club together and raise $250 for the terest of his friends or foes, from and we must find It- - you must find it. LIFE OF KING ALFONSO. ants or is turned into a single star evenings entertainment. They can week to week, scarcely getting better, Hes got to have a fair chance for a amid the "Ohs! in and Ahs! of the get large rockets, a dozen large like other life, place comfortable, yet growing no worse. Dr. Dunwiddie knitted his brows and looked very men, and not end it all that way. Young Monarch Becoming Popular spectators is still used, but It has mines, a half dozen imitations of a With His Subjects. been wonderfully changed in recent windmill and have the choice of three grave and puzzled many a time after Why, Its death In life over yonder The young king of Spain is daily years. It still whirrs upward in it" nr four set pieces such as July 4, his visits; he did not like the appear- Its buried in a grave large enough to ance of things; they were going crook- turn around in, but It Isnt life. No making himself more popular In San aerial flight, leaving a trail of sparks the Maltese cross, a mammoth revolvSebastian, which may be regarded as behind, but at the end of the journey ing star, "177G, and the bust of a ed; something must be done and at wonder hes lost all ambition staying the summer capital of Spain. Rising may burst into a golden shower re- hero or statesman, if they desire. The around blm once. He did not wish to arouse the there with everybody features of President Roosevelt will very early, he goes down from Mlra-me- r sembling some familiar flower. exmore duller listless and than he, in of a such minds the thought thing palace before 8 to San Sebastian Perhaps from the cen'.er falls a rain be reproduced in glittering points, Shes a of Johnson himself ot Dolores; in fact cepting of course Dolores. eyeglasses and all, not only in this he wished to keep it from Johnson body one wouldnt meet always. Joe bearh for a swim. He takes long of red, white and blue balls floating but tn the Philippines, for alcountry, in downward urtil rides the and across the gracefully they because doesnt valleys her hes more even than from his daughter, for appreciate some very large orders containing rep touch form a most earth. the Others of the withBasque country he was in suen an excitable state that incapable of judging out of such a highlands batch of comrades as hes got there. out an escort, but he is always In cluster of long, delicate lines some- resentations of the president were it went much against his recovery uniform and is accompanied by two what similar to a rainfall on a sum- sent from San Francisco to Manila with many a That Lodies a good enough sort of petulant, and two palace servants. mer day and thus they are named. several weeks ago. man an man if make ho Intelligent word that showed his brute nature anl The fashion in set designs has He takes had a great pleasure in returning The rain comes down, however, at a chance but, my powers! such cruelty. At or against Dolores and The familiar rate of from $15 to $30 a fall much changed considerably. fate his anger and spleen were direct- a life for man or woman. Where I the salutes of the peasantry. A midmore costly than the natural shower. patriotic mottoes such as Peace, to the state attends was business a and not school house day king too, born, was Dolores of no use no earthed. The most interesting feature to the Prosperity and Freedom," The Day with for the minister affairs. or in own church the and foreign my place, ly use in the world; she was without is the rocket which sends a We Celebrate, etc., are not so much even the sense of most women, and brothers child ignorant of even the Before lunch he gives audiences and boy of fiery serpents down among tn demand as formerly. The people group in rides the afternoon, again generally that was little enough. Had she been catechism or the existence of God or crowd. This year a number of prefer comic and curious ideas, but the drives his own with a boy things might have been differ- Do your best for him, Dunwiddie; now ideas In rockets have beea origi- the most popular are fire pictures of and Christina his sitcost. never Queen sisters nothmind is the Money use. were And it was not 01 ent; boys nated, one of which is called the jew- men prominent in the public eye. behind him. He takes an Interenough that this 111 luck of her being ing compared to a life worth living. ting It must be confessed that the streamer really a very beautieled In in est the Lair You on a him with show of start yachting, rowing boat ful a girl was upon him, but he must have American populace are becoming forpiece. races in In the bay and this added to the rest to be laid up strength, and Ill do the rest. Hes the of father of his country on columns of into burst The getful sparks He is already a good shot and a with not even the use of his feet or the only kin I have in the world he a golden spray, from which issue independence day, for only a few keen The theLord are and and knows sportsman. the Basques girl hands. Here he was, crippled, helpof Washington have been preto see him interested in their three balls of various colors, each ball pictures less, constantly in pain, scarcely able there isnt a man In tue world who pleased are called pendants. pared in the combinations which have what discharging ball national game, styled Juego de to, move without pain, and there was wouldnt do all he could for such, They remain In the air fully a minute. been ordered. pelota. his brother healthy, florid, a rich man, bn, Dora? Of course the set pieces are far Another new idea Is called the diawith a fine home and the comforts of mond chain, which consists of a dozen more expensive than any other kind NOTHING MUCH TO LIFT. life at his disposal. CHAPTER XX. or more links, each containing a star. of fireworks. The goddess of liberty And what reason was there that his A novelty is a compartment which and the United States coat of arms Irishman Saw Little to Struggle for contains either one large or several are among the most costly at $100 A Sudden Message. brother should have the gains and he in the Americas Cup. Man alive! exclaimed the losses? Was he not quite as deLemuel small balloons in the form of ani- each. One of the most elaborate deA crowd stood outside Tiffanys In motion with serving and capable of appreciating Johnson as he stood beside his brother mals. clowns and other comic feat- signs is a fiery see-sa'.them as he? Fate was a powerful one morning, with Dr. Dunwiddie and window at Broadway and Seventeenth ures. By an ingenious contrivance revolving Ferris wheels at the ends. master, partial, and many times cruel Dr. Grey, explaining to him a plan by street, where the Americas cup is hot air is forced into the paper by The price of this mechanism is $210. In its decrees. Life was a pretty tough which they hoped to benefit his condi- displayed In a glass case, says a New Man York exchange. same year, and it also floated over the rthing anyway, scarce worth the living. tion and hasten his recovery. The First Stars and Stripes. I wonder if this Is the real cup or To lie in that hole of a room day in, alive, Joe! exclaimed the excitable The first using of the stars and surrender of Burgoyne. !day out, was growing unbearable; little man, thrusting his hands into Just a reproduction? one lady said This flag cheered the patriots of stripes in military service was at Fort Nothing to do but watch the bit of sky his pockets, his florid face growing inquiringly to another. Stamolx, renamed Fort Schuyler, now Valley Forge the next winter; It waved land mountain through the tiny win- redder, his eyes sparkling with Indig"Real, was the reply. "Dont you Rome, New York, in 1777. August 2d at Yorktown and shared In ue rejolo-Ing- s Have you no sense at all? see the card, Americas Cup, won by of that dow, the scent of the pines stealing nation. at the close of the war. year the fort was besieged by through, or, closing his eyes, to think, Have you no pride, no common ambi- the yacht America at Cowes. Isle of the English and Indians; the brave think, think his narrow thoughts that tion to get well? To make a success Wight, England, August 28, 1851. It garrison were without a flag, but one Movement. The never got away from the mountains, of life? Would you rather lie here, has kept beautifully, hasnt it? was made in the fort. The red stripes It Is sixty years ago since the coAn Irishman came up. the smithy, the tavern, and the town, growing less and less capable of anywere of a petticoat furnished by a movement was inaugurated until he was driven nearly wild by thing, like an Indolent tramp, and "Whats that? he asked, crowding woman, the white stripes and stars operative In England by the Rochdale Equitable the thonghts that no one else ever keep on suffering straight ahead for up to the window. who an officer were supplied by gave Pioneers, a little band of weavers knew, though those who were with years maybe, when by perfect care In Thats the cup Sir Thomas is try- bis shirt for that purpose, and the (only twenty-eigh- t in number), most Ganse-voortmost nearer the truth. him this hospital, or infirmary, or what- ing to lift, a bystander answered. guessed blue wag a piece of Col. Peter of whom were Chartists, and practiThe thin face, grown pallid with ever it is. In the city something may The Irishman looked hard at the military cloak. Three women cally all of whom were also Socialists confinement, would narrow and seem be done for you, and you would be base, the chased and engraved bulgworked on tile flag, and it wa3 raised of the Owen school. Now that the coto contract, the small eyes, set deep set up like a new man ready for any ing center and the long neck with to victory, when on the 22d of August operative movement has grown to and close together, grew cruel and position and to build up as good a handle opposite duck-bil- l the redmen and the English were de- such dimensions that it can claim to lip., home as any man living? Why, great An is that the growler they're feated at the fort. possess the largest trading concern The next record of the using of tho in the world, it Is interesting to reScott, Joe Johnson, if you are my raisin all this fuss about? he asked brother and the only one Ive got, I contemptuously. Faith, I'm surprised stars and stripes Is on the first anni- call the fact that the Rochdale Pionmust say Id be ashamed to own you at Lipton. Theres plenty, better on versary of American Independence, eers commenced business on a capital If you refuse. which was celebrated at Philadelphia, of 28, collected at the outset by the other side. Charleston, S. C and other piaces, weekly contributions of 2d., which The Invalid was growing excited also. were afterward Increased to 3d. The July 4th, 1777. He struggled up to a sitting position, Suburban Foresight The banner was used at the battle Rochdale Society has now over 12,000 half reclining on his right arm, and The citizen of Drearyhurst was glared at his brother as an infuriated showing his visitor through the spa- of Brandywine, September 17th, 1777, members, and Its trading profit last 4th of the year was 34.000. animal at bay. cious garden in the rear of the house. at Germantown, October Over there, he said, pointing with Etd be nothin new ef ye was shamed o me," he cried, the veins of his cane, 13 the turnip patch. Character. Plague of Field Mice. You must be a good deal fonder of his forehead swelling like cords, his In that part of France which lies Isnt it amusing what energy and small eyes glittering like serpents. turnips than I am, commented the acumen the specialist informs the between the Loire and the Garonne "Ets no morn yeve done all yer life visitor. reader that a girls character can be there has broken out a plague of field sence yer runned away ter make yer Oh, we dont use them on the read by her eyes, her nose, the tilt of mice similar to one which devastated We raise her chin, her hand, her elbow or even the pastures in the south ot Scotland year ago. Ye left er table, his host replied. money folks ter starve fer allt yeve done them to throw at the neighbors the back of her head? I was talking a few years ago. It lias been calcufer em, tell just now when ye kem chickens. Theyre cheaper than coal. to an East End family man about this lated that their holes amount to about hyar ter gloat owver me. I may be yesterday, and he 6aid in a most em- 10,000 in the acre, and about 100,000 Would Avoid Women. thout yer style o sense, Lem John-sinacres aro affected. A commission bas phatic fashion: First Boy Do you want to go ter but I hev got ther common sense Why, I tell you It Is all bosh. You been formed by the French governt ken tell beans when I sees em. Ye heaven when yer die, like de Sunday-scho- couldnt tell anything about her char- ment to investigate the cause and maam tells yer? Second acter if you looked a girl square In cure, and some interesting experineednt make outen t ye dont know what I means wells I do, or them as Boy Nit! Dere's no fun goin ter the face. Ive been looking at one ments have been tried. Prot. Loeffler, hev lived hyar sence theys horned. places where a woman want yer to face across the table for nearly forty a well known scientific man in GerAn theys ken tellt ye left us thout go. Judge. many. proposed to inoculate the mice years and it is an enigma to me yet with the bacillus of typhus, but the cunning, the coarse mouth under the nothin an outen yer life tell jest One Advantage. disease was not. contagious and the scant mustache closed with sinister now whent aint no use; an es long Levi P. Morton Eighty Years Old. F'or hours he would lie In es Ive got breath nough left ter tellt. Is Cleveland really as slow as peomeaning. Levi P. Morton, former vice presi- jsost was considerable. the same position, scarcely moving, Ill jest say this. An I aint goin ter ple say it is? asked the Chicago man. dent of the United States, celebrated his long bands grown bony, clutching be put In no horsepital neither where Its worse, replied the Cincinnati his eightieth birthday In Paris, but Napoleons Alarm Clock. Why Borne of the resiconvulsively the bed covering. And to a feller ken stay forever, an folksd crummer. his many Wall street friends, as well Among the effects of the late Printhose who watched with eyes sharp- never know but hes dead an buried, dents of that village actually die of as his political associates, did not miss cess Mathllde, the niece of Napoleon ened with interest all these actions stead o livin locked up in a cell like old age. the opportunity to extend him their I, was found a curiously made alarm were full of meaning, and proved a crlmnal an kept thyar an never congratulations and good clock, which is said to have been hearty belet out. much that had but been guessed Mebby et do run Id thes Teething at Age of 95. wishes. At the Morton Trust Com- owned by the great conqueror, and to Mrs Polly Card of near Vernon, Mo., pany In New York city, of which he have been the secret of his fore. famly ter be shefless an no count, ability As tifne went by the men at the but I hev es good sense es ye hev, Is renewing her youth. At 95 years is president, many telegrams of con- to wake up at any moment he desired, tavern dot over their stiffness and Lem Johnslng, an I aint ter be tom- of age she Is cutting her second set gratulation from Washington and oth- which achievement had been believed of "milk teeth. She has had no natdropped lln occasionally through the fooled like a woman. er parts of the country were received. to be due to his wonderful will power. Dr. Dunwiddie ldtd his strong hand ural teeth for thirty years. days, ontl or another, to have a chat THAT GIRL of JOHNSONS FIREWORKS ARE EXPENSjV E JBAJ That uoise-mahin- 1 emotion.-fcometime- July J L Manure, Summer-Mad- e nerve-destroyin- It used to be the custom to allow the manure pile to increase in size fur half a year before using it on the fields. It was supposed that what it lost In volume it made up in quality aud that the little manure was worth more than the greater volume would have been If applied fresh. Not only was the winter manure kept till spring, but the manure that was made nightly in the was carefully piled each barnyard morning and a new pile allowed to grow till fall, and sometimes this pile was Incorporated with the new pile that began to be made when the cows were taken out of the pastures and stabled for winter. But we have learned better now. We know that sun and air are constantly warring against the accumulated fertility and that the sooner It Is brought under cover of the soil the better. The loss is especially large with the manure that accumulates in the barnyard in the summer, for the reason that the temperature is so high that all chemical changes are hastened and the moisture escaping helps to carry off the fertility, especially such as can change Into gases. So the summer-madmanure should be carted to the fields as soon as possible, at least once a week, "unless there Is a covered place that will protect It from both rain and very much air. In the barnyard if manure is to be kept In summer for any length of time It would pay to have a receptable built up with planks on each side and which may be Increased In height as the manure Increases. In this way the air can get at It only on the top, and the fertility In the lower portion will be preserved. this is a better arrangeCertainly ment than having an open pile with all sides exposed to the currents of air. The fertility locked up In this manure Is worth money, and It Bhould be husbanded as carefully as money would be. well-rotte- j j e s fault-findin- four-in-han- pigeon-shootin- - . the Fourth Much Cabbages for Sheep. There may be objections to feeding cabbages to milch cows on account ol tainting the milk, but there Is no such objections with feeding them to sheep Cabbages can be easily grown, espe dally where the soil is a heavy bul rich clay. In the dUcussion of this subject we have heard sheep men saj that they could get more money oul of their cabbages feeding them tc Ol sheep than In any other way. course that was In localities where markets were not easy to reach Where the farmer lives near a rail road and can send his cabbages tc Chicago and other big markets at lit tie cost, that way of disposing of then will be more profitable than In feed Ing them to the sheep. But It mus be remembered that where the sheej Interests are largest there are fev railroads. A large tonnage of cab bages can be grown per acre, anc many of our Bhepherds are finding thli a profitable use to make of thi The cabbage has thli ground. over most of oui advantage other green feeds that it cai be kept for months and even Into thi dead of winter If It Is properly stored This is quite an advantage over evei rape. The Canadian farmers are tak Ing advantage of this to lay In an Dually good supplies of cabbages t feed to their sheep during winter, thui keeping their sheep in rerfect condl tion as to their digestive organs. Cab bages can be grown In almost al parts of the country, and they grov best in the cooler sections, where the are most needed for winter food Their value cannot be figured ou from the tables the chemists give us for their succulence Is a valuabli thing In Itself, but this has no valu in the analysis ot the chemist High-Grad- e Mark Grafting Wood. Why will farmers keep worthless apple trees on their farms when it is perfectly easy to have all good. In an orchard of a hundred trees of mixed varieties, some will be very good and some will be very poor.' Yet we have seen such orchards stand and for twenty years bear the same old kinds of fruit with which they started. The trees that bore only cider apples at first continued to bear ciaer apples. Why do not farmers oftener graft tbeir best varieties 'of fruit onto the trees bearing the poorer varieties? Is it because they do not think about it or because they never get around to doing what they know should be done? By grafting we can in a few years have all the trees in an orchard bearing good fruit During the summer months is the time to mark grafting wood, for It is altogether probable that the quality of the fruit on differ ent branches of trees varies and that the fruitful bough. If made up Into grafts, will give better returns In fruit than the unfruitful bough. This Is the claim of some that have made' a stuily of the subject, though It must be acknowledged that no one has as ' yet probed very deeply Into the matter. Some of the varieties, like the Gano, have been propagated by merely selecting certain boughs that bore apples of a certain color and form. It would therefore be well to mark all wood that is to be used for grafting next year so tnat the orchardist may be sure to have his scions from wood that has the habit of fruit bearing. In this way some of the worthless fruit trees that are now taking up room without returning any rent for It will become valuable. Silkworm Culture. The Department of Agriculture at D. C., Is investigating Washington, the possibilities of silkworm culture in the United States. It Is hoped that It may in time be developed to such an extent as to prove of benefit to those members of families whose time Is not altogether occupied in other ways, and also to other persons in a small way as a side issue. To persons wishing to experiment, and who can furnish proper food for the worms, the Department is distributing free of charge a small quantity of silkworm eggs and also a manual of instructions. The proper food for silkworms consists of leaves from the different varieties of white mulberry tree and the Osage orange. The paper mulberry (with the fuzzy leaves) Is not suitable, nor Is the common red mulberry. As the season Is now open, applications for the eggs should be made at once, and must be accompanied by a statement as to the number and kind of mulberry trees or the amount of Osage orange which the applicant possesses; otherwise the eggs will not be sent If the variety of mulberry ts not known to the applicant, a sample of large leaves should be sent to the Department. The Department of Agriculture buys the cocoons which the worms spin, paying for them (after they have been dried (75 cents to $1 a pound, according to their quality. The work will prove an interesting pastime tor women and children who can devote to it odd minutes during the day. Account With tha Fields. There are numerous account books especially arranged for keeping account of the cost and production of the various parts of the farm. They cost but little and will be found of value to the fanner provided he can make up his mind to use them and keep his mind made up to that effect The greatest trouble with trying to keep account with each field is that the farmer neglects the Items of ex pense and receipts, after a short time. In great and small business establishments particular persons are selected to have the matter of bookkeeping In band. It found quite impossible for the man that does the buying and selling or even for the general manager to keep the books. It is there made the work of one particular person or set of persons. This will be found to be also the best way on the farm. If there Is a bright boy or girl that is interested in mathematics the farm accounts are likely to be kept. Ouierwise they are auout sure to be it is easy enougu to adneglected, vise the farmer to keep account of everything he buys and sells. It is quite another thing to point out to him any practical method of doing so, where he himself has to keep all the items of receipts and disbursements. Yet the farmer needs to know these things as certainly as the city merchant needs to know them. If the farmer himself has to keep his own accounts the only practical way for him Is to carry always in his pocket a small blank book and put down all the items of sale and purchase as soon as they occur. This book can be later "written ,up Into a larger one. It pays to keep an account with the fields. , Fertilizers Beet The wise farmer will buy only b grade fertilizers and will not caught by the cry of cheapness, one brand of a certain kind ot fe Izer sells for half what another br sells for It Is almost certain tha contains less than half of the fe izing elements to be found In other. The manufacturers would soon sell the as the grade, but are compelled to pu cheap brand on the market to e high-grad- their trade against competition. T1 are a great many people In e walk of life tnat are caught by Idea of cheapness. They seldom into the merits of an article. They it down as truth that the man is charging the high price is tr; to swindle them, and that the i that sells the cheap article is the est and friendly fellow. If people persist in looking at things in way, they must expect to get a bargain In almost every case. E daily is this so with fertilizers, wl have to pay the cost of transpor and of handling. The useless mate that Is put in to cheapen the wl product costs the farmer someth though it is of no value to his ; It coots something to mix it with material, and It costs, we have baid, the transportai high-grad- Preparing for an Orchard. Speaking of the best soil for an ap. pie orchard, L. A. Goodman said: In the preparation of the land and the distance of planting, we must be directed by the climate, the condition of the soil and the surrounding circumstances. I believe the virgin timber soil to be the best in every way. It ha9 proven such In all my experiences. Cutting this timber In August and September, burning up all the brush in October and November, plowing ud the land In December aad January, and again in March and April, have been the best courses we have ever pursued. . It pays to prepare well the land where the trees are to be planted, especially' where the trees are to stand, for not for many a year, never during the life of that orchard, can that part be plowed again. Prepare well the land, therefore, before planting. e Cnarges. lue goods generally lue cheaper goods. Whe larmer buys fertilizers he should no attention at all to the cost per but should figure out how m pounds of phosphoric acid, pot and nitrogen he is getting. Then should get as little waste mate wlt'a it as possible, that he may i on the carrying charges. uigu-price- Illinois butter Exhibit at St. Loi The butier exhibits of Illinois a Louis will le in the agricult building. Illinois dairymen or ft ers intending to make an exl must ship their butter to Chicagc June 2. The dairy butter will bi cross-plowin- three classifications: A, from 8 ti pounds of butter from milk of m herd; B, same amount from mill herd of one breed; C, not less thi one pound prints made by exhll on farm. Address all communtcat to George A. Hunt, superinten Illinois dairy exhibits, Hebron, until May 29. After that date to A Hunt. Illinois d exhih'fe xv-r- Fair. St. Louis. g There are predictions that this year again the growers of fruit will have trouble In supplying themselves with barrels in sufficient number to enable ! them to market the crop at the time it should be disposed of. |