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Show cicada, some of which only exu the surface of the ground. The pupae emerge from these lerles at night and proceed to nearest upright object, upou they can climb. Soon the skiQ insect splits open and when dav o the Insect takes flight. Our fourth cut shows The Jester olden time so the story runs When the king gave s feast or a bait. With the grtat lords there, and the ladles fair. d In the banquet-hal- l, Came the fool to Jest; and, as may be gUBsetl, Thomrh hla throne wn the dullatds stool. There wn more of sense In the fool's pretense Than of wit In the monarch's rule. In tarn, ifH& Not a Victim torch-lighte- I ha a heap o troubles, , lint 1 pniiHt now ami then To think about (1 won lea 1 u t urn t tomb de colored men. Pe times don't scorn mm h harder Ian when day used to be. An' 1 has die siitivfm linn' hem triisiM am' botherin me. With his cap and bells, and In motley g.nb, Grinned the fool at the kings right hand; And he di. lined his b and sat cheek hy lowl With the fairest In all the land. When you pet a little money lien ou l.tya rnvrke at nlKht, 1 h jm o It a turnin' tule so much Uat k ejia do while folk white. To ent an' sleep In I'ornfort la a inohlem. 111 ayiee. lint 1 niiin.itni to Hoive It, An' dem trust ain botherin' me. Washington Star. And his quit s and pranks brought him coin and thanks From the neunnth and lords of state; For a worthv man Is the fesd who can Juggle sport for the wise and the great, So I come as the couit-foo- l came To the feast of the long-agAnd I'll work my hoax and X'll ciack tny Jokes, I.et the music be fast V.r slow. And It may be true, as I sav to you And as many have said I., foie: That there s moie of wit In the Jester's skit Than of sense In the wise mans lors. Found (Copyright, 1905, by Dally Story Pub, Co.) The pier was deserted when Barlow and Miss Grant came strolling up the beach from the automobile races, which had proved to be a decidedly tame diversion. Barlow bad many things he wanted to say to the girl, and be wanted to say them in a place where he could be sure they would be alone and uninterrupted. The pier looked promising. "Shall we go out?" he said, halting at the pier and addressing the girl. "Its nearly time to dress for dinner, " she demurred, consulting her watch. "Still, It does look quiet and Inviting out there. Perhaps we might go out for a few minutes." We need a few minutes rest, he laughed as they walked down the pier. They went to the end and sat down en a stringer that made a comfortable leat. The sun had gone down, and the trees of the orange grove were shapely black silhouettes against the flaming Iky. Beneath them lay a tranquil, laffron sea, shading In the distance Into duller hues of gray blue and violet. The girl leaned back against a stanchion and closed her eyeB. "Isnt it perfect?" she said. "Does a twllght like this-se- t you thinking? "It certainly does, said he, smiling Wed be poking ahout the galleries and Invading those strange odda bits of I spent one happy, happy winter In Venice when she and her mother were there." He paused. "It's to be In June as soon as she returns," he said quietly. The girl sat silently for a time, watching the saffron sea change slowly to a dull gray In the dying light Then she arose and laughed lightly. "Come, we must go back. It's getting very late, Bhe said. He arose and silently they walked together down the pier. The last red together little shops, picking up tapestry and old brasses. - versity. A few months ago L. S. Steele, an In Lawrence, was commis- abstractor sioned to make an abstract of the farm. He found the title vested In a sister of Gov. Robinson by virtue of a deed more than twenty-fivyears ago. The executors could not find any deed or other Instrument transferring the property to Gov. Robinson. For a time It seemed as if the legacy e The woman in whom the title was vested had been dead for several years. The widow of the All Bank of England notes are printed in tbe bank Itself. Six printing presses are in constant operation, the same machines printing first the particulars of value, signature, etc., and then the number of the note In consecutive order. The paper used is of very peculiar texture, being at once thin, tough and crisp; and the combination of these qualities, together with the peculiarities of the water mark, which Is distributed over the whole surface of tbe paper, forms one of the principal guaranties against Imitation. The paper, which Is manufactured exclusively at one particular mill. Is made In oblong slips, allowing just enough space for the printing of two notes, side by side. "No note, declares the Chicago Banker, "Is ever Issued a second time. When once It finds its way back to the bank to be exchanged tor coin It Is Immediately canceled, and the reader will probably be surprised to hear that the average life of a bank note, or the time during which It Is In actual circulation, is not more than What about? she asked. "Oh, lots of things, be replied. "My sine, sometimes. "Thats the way It affecta me," she aid quickly. "It seta me thinking of my sins and of Tom. "Tom? he repeated questionlngly, leaning forward a bit Yes, dear, old, prosaic Tom," she ,SWsaid, "who hasn't the temperament to Indeed, he can't enloy a twilight I dont want you to marry Tom," he enjoy much of anything but silly figburst out ures about Btocks and bonds and margins. glow was fading in the West Myriad "Your brother, Miss Grant? he little stars were peeping out of the asked. purple back above them. She shook her bead. He waited "I think, said the girl, "that our's rather Impatiently for further Infor- will be In October." mation. Barlow said nothing. He strode "Hes back there In a stuffy office," along In moody silence, his hands she went on, "slaving and saving. thrust deep Into his pockets. ""Of course you're fond of Tom? Imagine being tied to a stuffy office "He's the dearest boy that ever day In and day out, Mr. Barlow. "I've experienced the pleasure, be lived," she said with enthusiasm. said grimly. Halfway down the pier Barlow "Tom wants to get a certain amount stopped short He touched a match of money, you see," she explained to the cigar between bis teeth and carelessly, "and when he dove, he'll blew out a cloud of white smoke. He The wise old farmer and his good ask me to marry him." watched it drift away on the still air. wife were discussing the case of their "I ees, said Barlow, rather stiffly, Then he came a step nearer the girt son. The eldest son had been looking across the water to the orange Hang Tom! be growled Irrelevant- eldest himself from the family trees. absenting ly. "He'e such a dear, stupid, faithful The girl drew away, a bit fright- circle on Wednesday and Sunday she said affectionately. ened at his vehemence. ereature, evenings with suspicious regularity now these many weeks. Not only that, "You know the kind, Mr. Barlow. "What? she gasped. but oil those evenings he donned the He eyed her narrowly. Why had "Hang Tom! he repeated. the never spoken of this man before? She stood staring at him In speech- very finest of his clothes. Father remembered that In the courting etilie felt hurt. Ill treated. Up the beach less amazement. the crowds were cheering lustily as "I don't want you to marry Tom," quette of his youth Wednesday eventhe last race was finished In semi- - he burst out, "nor anyone else, for ing enlls were considered by the girl's that matter but me. I've loved you parents to mean business; also that from the flrst minute I laid eyes on staying to Sunday night supper was you and and oh, forgive me for equivalent to publishing the bans. Mother looked troubled. She conmaking such an ass of myself!" Her hands were clutching the guard- fessed she would like to know who rail of the pier, lie thought she the girl was. "I do hope she knows something shivered slightly. ahout housekeeping and Isn't a girl We must go back, at once, There who Is alwujs gadding ubnut," she was quiet force In his voice. Oh, Im sorry awfully sorry." she said wistfully, with an anxlops look sntd contritely. "I didn't know on her usually placid brow. ou ask him? aald about about " "Why dont "About Margaret?" m He laughed father, with a twinkle In his eye. "Ask hint! How .would you have harshly. "Neither did I. There Isn't There never was. any Margaret. There never will be. She was an Imagination to cover the wound your Tom tore In my heart. 1 thought 1 could hide my wounded pride and and. yes, my love, behind her. Kindly Joseph Jefferson had many griefs notice how well the expedient tss during tln earlier period of his long His flrst wife tiled In IStil career. served," he ended with bitter Irony. Silently they finished their walk and this. In connection with the faildown the pier. Silently they crossed ure of hi play, "Rip Van Wliikle," i He went to the orsnge grove and mounted the left him heartbroken. hotel steps. The orchestra at one an Frat clsco and then to, Australia. end of the piazza was pllaytng a lively While there he announced his Inteninarch. To Barlow It sounded like a tion of putting on a new play, "The Strolling up the beach. dirge. He was alrk at heart and dis- Ticket of Leave Mnn." This being the smiled lie She gusted with himself. popular designation of coin lets who grimly. darkness, He was aware of a vague sense of had been darted to Australia from should never know he was hurt, say- relief when the girl said good night England, the idea was looked upon hy way. e "It la strange where cvUlght carries at the door. To hie surprise. Instead ths public (largely of going In at once, she stood looking men) with great disapproval. Jefferone'a thoughts," he said evenly. "Twilight always carries r.e to Margaret, at him with a queer light In her eyes. son was warned, over and over again, "There la something I feel I really that the result would be disastrous, do matter where she Is. Just now she murmured and that he would he mobbed. the Is In Venice, but this magic twi- should tell you, Htlll he persisted and on the evenslowly. light takes me to her. Barlow waited silently. "Yes? said the girl with languid ing of the first production of the play "Thera wasn't-t- hat tntorest. !. there the theater was crowded with hard "I should be there with her new." Isn't" She paused and flushing character, ready to do violence to the wild he, "If It wasn't for the fact that beautifully. "Oh, there Isn't any plars. But, to their surprise ard ny affaire here won't let me get awey Tom, she cried hurriedly and fled gratification, the play turned out to 'or more than s fortnight at a time. through the door. k one In wlhh the principal char- - - care-wo- ra new-hoi- X So I inme io miu with mv rap and bells With mv Inutile and bubbles bright; And a sp 11 Id wtMctind your Jie&rtJ relict e Of hi II manifold cams a laugh fiom his golden For who (hiift ml n fill If though a humble hind; But wh hides a Joke 'ntath his somber I -- ah- ( Is an eiiemv to mankind. Then a fool I'd be and a fool remain To the !.we of tile meriy feast ; TUI the night be sped and the old day (b nd And the dawn In the darkling east. And thise wmds alone, on my chiseled rane I w on id have as my. final wage: s.ul world smiled at her antio the Bo i bllil But she wept when he left the stage! - James Ball Naylor. Deed - Lost dead governor was sure that her husband had held the title of the farm at the time of his death. A thorough search was made. Finally It occurred to one of the executors to compile a list of all of the agents Gov. Robinson had emAll of ployed during his lifetime. these agents that could be found were seen and each of them searched everywhere for the deed. Finally one of them recalled an old desk that he dealer a had sold to a second-hanThe desk was few years before. traced to a farmhouse almost adjoining the Robinson farm. The desk was searched, but the missing document was not discovered. The farmer who owned the desk was not satisfied with the search made by the lawyers who had visited him for that purpose. He took the desk apart and behind a broken panel found the missing deed The document was recorded the next day and the widow of the late Gov. Robinson Is now sure of her home during her lifetime and the University of Kansas is again secure la Its anticipation of a valuable legacy. five or six days. The returned notes are brought Into what is known as the accountants sorting office. Here they are examined by inspectors, who reject any which may be found to be counterfeit. In such a case the with the back Is debited pay-lng-i- amount. The notes come in from various banks in parcels, each parcel accompanied by a memorandum stating the number and amount of the notes contained In it. This memorandum Is marked with a certain number, and then each note in the parcel Is stamped to correspond, the stamping machine automatically registering how many are stamped, and consequently, drawing attention to any deficiency In the number of notes, as compared with that stated in the memorandum. This done, the notes are sorted according to number and date, and, after being defaced by punching out the letters indicating the value and tearing off the corner bearing the signature, are passed to the bank note library, where they are packed in boxes and preserved for possible future reference during a period of five years. Secret Ro an Mare Told liked to be asked where you were go Mother blushed and lng when you father looked contrite. "Then ask the roan mare, he suggested. "What that roan mare doel not know about the business Isn't worth knowing. You have Hiram hitch her up and give her her head, and she'll soon show you youi future daughter-in-law- . Mother adopted fathers suggestion the next day, and sure enough, ths roan mare trotted off In a way so purposeful It was almost human. She turned neither to the right nor to ths left until she had come to the end ol her accustomed route. Then she halted, aud turned to look round Into the buggy Inquiringly. The pucker disappeared from mother's blow, and she beamed upon ths roan mare as If It had been all het doing; for this was the one girl out of the whole township whom she would have selected herself ir she bad been consulted New York Press. Stories of Joe Jefferson tleket-of-leav- The Periodical Cicada. The Periodical Cicada or Locust Is due to reappear in certain sections of the Western states this where year. The only way the places sumthis found to be are likely they told is the history of mer can be by their previous appearances. As a usual thing this insect does not disappoint those that are looking for it. In May, 1902, the Farmers Review published a map showing the places where It was expected that year, where it was later found. The plaies where It appeared then are not the same as those in which the Insects are to appear this year. Relative to the brood this year, Professor S. A. Forbes, State entomologist I of Illinois, writes us as follows: inclose you an outline map of the state showing the distribution of the coming brood of the periodical Cicada, fitter, the man. was a hero Instead of a villain. The success of the piece was Immediate and J ffeiMut Was the Idol of the town. Jtffcrson used to tell an Interesting story of how his father and company we;e rescued troin it distressing nt In Springfield, 111. Arriving there they used the lust of their funds In building a small theater. There was a nllglmis revival In the town, the leaders of which not only denounced the players but persuaded the town coni ell to Imimse a heavy license upon the "unholy tailing. All the actors were In despair, when they were visited by a young who offered. In the Interest of lawyer, fair play, to have the license fee He appeared before the council. and In an eloquent speech, filled with bigic and pathos and lnterperfc it with anecdotes whlrh raised roars "f laughter, won his point. Ths law-)a- r was Abraham Lincoln, tlcket-of-leav- e pre-'licati- ii re-1'- juricliofSti M- ,l!t 0Blfx b litre comfort; and fingr , back f i am 19 t th0 .ol vas SfSSftJ'lt Vell, fciUil? jiet- " lirfSS I him. !,tonce."thei 4rordn(ull tn DJUUMB tr ,ch of - 4- ' Jemals Megatfaut wasn Cicada to her burrow (afterBiie8 i:"W trees are Injured by the Insects, which injury sometimes amount to compiet ruin. At "a Is a recent puncture, h same with wood removed to show side v lew, d cavities left eggs, by hatched insects. At the right li shown a healed trig. English sparrovs and Megastizu wasps are the chhf enemies of the Cicada. Our fifth Illustration shows one of these wasps carrying a locust to Its furrow, where it will serve for food Farmers Review. v. ths king nd. thi t!u? irbeck was he.t, wan fended it he f,W parents.' of the ipts to put. Peak wiring. a te force his efl tatapapa- - fdiothwM Si, one nmve Gilbert wm Ulan snrntc Staking Tomatoes. I think that it pays to stake matoes, though I have not made kin L', V d England Notes Bank of quietly. smBe to the face, And who Juggles with words to tell n to this world forlorn. Of a joke Fashions well and exceeding well. to- And may be right when I hold And iih thousands have held before: That theie's nuue of worth in a new Jokes liiith , Than of wit in the wise man lore. Lon a An unrecorded deed was found In an obscure corner of an old desk in Lawrence, Kan., not long ago, which Insured to the University of Kansas a valuable legacy, says the Kansas City Star. After the death of the late Gov. Charles Robinson It was found that he had followed up a number of valuable gifts made to the university during his lifetime by bequeathing to the university his valuable farm a few miles north of Lawrence. His widow was to have the farm during her life and then It was to go to the state uni- would be lost. For who brings s to- any experiments comparing staked with unstaked vines. I have, however, obtained such good results with the staking method that I can heartily recommend it to all, especially those that want to produce good ripe tomatoes la the shortest possible time. I set the vines about four feet apart and train the vines to stakes, each of which Is about five feet high. This is a good height, but not too great, as the vine should be trimmed to one or two stems. This permits the sun and air to get to all sides of the vines and the results are correspondingly or seventeen-yea- r locust, according to observations made at the time of Us previous occurrences. The counties from which it has been previously reported In this state are all those in the northern part of the state above a line running from Mercer county good. One southeast to Peoria county, and thence which thing that we avoid is rot, results when the tomatoes are to Menard, Logan, Shelby and Edgar. to lie on the ground. Then, It has been reported also from north- permitted when the vines are thick and are too, eastern Indiana, Southern Michigan, not staked I find that tomatoes are Eastern Iowa and southern Wisconfrequently missed in the picking. This sin. amounts to a considerable We publish a cut of the map sent missing item when there are many vines. us by Professor Forbes and also a When the fruit Is hanging on the number of other cuts showing some- stakes every individual fruit is in lull of of Insect. the this The thing history and is picked when it is ripe Cicada appears in the latter part of sight enough. The picking also is facilitated, and this I think will more than offset ths cost and trouble of setting the staket 1 'have more than once, when 1 was growing tomatoes by the old method, gone over the vines at picking time and here and there found half a- dozen good fruits rotted on the under side and far beyond their prime for eating. The only thing that could be done with them was to throw them away. 1 notice that where they grow tomatoes In the green houses they always stake them, as in that way only can thgy make the most out of the May or early in June. These are not area planted to tomatoes. 1 do not true locusts, as they have not biting see why the principle that is good in mouths, but suck their food through a the green houses is not good in the tube from the inside of the bark of fields. Helen Jones, Calhoun Co., 111., trees. Our second cut shows the Ci- in Farmers Review. h cada natural size. In this illustration the newly hatched larva Hardy Strains of Plants. is seen at 1; the pupa at 2, "a; "b We have not yet fully awakened to cast pupal shell; "c adult; "e" two the advantage of growing hardy eggs enlarged; 2, side view of adult of plants in contradistincfemale to show break, which may be strains discerned at "a" and the avlposltor at tion to the usual varieties. One of the means of getting hardy va"b. seems to be the use About five days after the males ap- rieties seed In the locality produced pear they begin to sing, and in eight or ten days from that time the sexes which it Is desired to grow the hardy mate. In less than a week after that plant. In the matter of clover grown time the females begin to lay their in Minnesota It has been found that in a good many cases the seed brought in from the south produced plants that in turn produced the usual number of seeds, but that the seed of such plants was so poorly filled as to be worthless, while the plants from seed produced In the same locality gave seeds that were all plump and JuU of vitality. This Is not always the case, yet If it is so part of the time, it serves to act as a signboard to point in the true direction for developing hardy plants. eggs, and ths number deposited by each female Is In the neighborhood of 00. The females Packing Apples for Export. push their ovipositors Into tbe stems of trees and shrubs Importers In England say that apand through the ovipositors Insert the ples for that country should be packed eggs. In six weeks the eggs hatch as tight as possible and be undamagand the larvae come out and fall to the ed by frost. The Canadian minister of ground. They work themselves Into agriculture has given notice of Intenthe soil, sometimes It to tion to favor a resolution to amend the a depth of ten feet. penetrating Here they feed act respecting the packing of various for ahout thirteen years, and then as commodities so as to provide that they become mature begin to work up when apples are packed in Canada for towards the surface. By the end of export for selling by the box, they the sixteenth year they the shall be packed In good and strong surface in large numbers, approach and in April boxes of seasoned wood, the Inside of the next year they construct exit dimensions of which shall not be less galleries to the surface. than 10 Inches n depth. 11 inches In Some of these galleries are shown in width and 20 Inches in length, representing ns far as possible 2,2oO cubic Inches. 1'rovlslon is also made for a penalty of 25 cents on each box of apples not packed In accordance with this regulation W. U. Holloway, Consul, Halifax. a I libretto of .pur remarke , M oattsfaet1 (siclan, thouf l a chemist, n to express i comply, sal bom civ music c H course of or wife h to attempt I with cav un smile ful .upon. Hoi her arm at and grasp r n goes Into t she that I f'nhman i f llfee one I shman. it the rej or He it tad. lie come t me vi Sing Mo." U one-fourt- Fruit for AH. It used to be said (but that waa a long time ago), that the apple was th fruit of the common people, tbe orange the fruit of the wealthy and the grape the fruit for the king. Now third cut At the left all fruits have become well-nigha lr9 Pupal galleries, a front view The orange now la about a of the orifice being had at "a" and a view cheap na the apple, and tbe of n transverse seetlon grape la at "e." 0 cheaper than either apple or orange. op of the second gallery is seen a pupa anahing its change. hlle at For home use soft frulta are more ,0 'inform At rr'1jf h suitable than hard one. 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