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Show A READERjDF BOOKS. ' 3y Aidis Dunbar. "I say, Miss Laney t" "Well?" "Lea cross-barre- 'Y Baskett's down there He ays "Bays what? Speak out. can't you, Pavyf The' ain't nothln' wrong, U Wre?" Mlsa Dent's black eyes gleamed at him In sharp Questioning over the edgo of her spectacled. 'faia't that II says be'f come after you. An' you promised you'd go If nothln came to prevent, tt'a blowin awful hard, tonight, too!" Davy's protest was only partly muffled by his sleeve. "You sit right there till I call down to him. An' don't you be talkln' so loud about it. Davy Carey, I wouldn't have Len hear you for nothln.' Rising fro in her splint rocklug chair, Mls3 Laney limped briskly across to the low door at the bead of the "keepln room" stairs.- "You down there, Lett? . Hannah's not sick. Is she?" "No," came up the deep voice of the farmer, "but she says she can't hev Duply's things ready in time, no way, 'less you come as you said. How quick1 can you be ready? It's blowin' up a gale." For a moment the llttlo lame dressmaker stood In the shadow of her door, her lips set firmly. Outside the window of her cozy gable room tha wind was whistling stormily, though it was only October From the shop below came tho steady, cheery of the shoemaker's hammer. By leaning forward, from where she stood 6he could see the first fire of the season glazing and snapping in her low Franklin stove and a fold of her new black capo against the red table cover. Half an hour's work would finish Ait, rtady for tomorrow's outing. lmost she hesitated; but on the top step of the back stairs sat a diseon-ctCat- e ffnall boy, who (knew Miss Laney Dent too well to have any douot as to her "ultlmate'declslon. A promise given, even one Implied, was ab luto with "'Dout half an hour, Lcn," he heard her call. "If you're goin" to the post rice first, tec If my Journal has corn, an bring it along." That was Davy stolo ruefully down ir,t the kitchen, while Miss Laney went back to lay the cap away la a drawer, and put together her sowing materials in the brown linen bag that hung on the bedpost Mla Lanoy Dent was no "kin" to the Careys; lut ever since coming In Hillbury fron over SatteTTllle way she had renred the small front room above tho cobbler's shop where 'Llsha Carey resol-'- d and patched word toon and shoes Tor half the countryside. When she was cot away, at work, she cooked her simple meals there, on liny oil stove, often exchanging savory bits with the bard working mother down stairs, whos only outlook on the world waa through the rows of potted plants on her kitchen window Ills. Uut Miss Laney. going from cottage to farmhouse, as word came that tb was needed, tewing, mending, caking over old coats and binding Cayei cdM, had wider resources. She exulted In secret over her love for "read-in'and tcldcm came home without some new-olvolume, to be read In delightful matches, between buttonhole .J long seams. There was no question In her mini as she tat tu Lea BiikaU's wagos. dapiBg the brown Keen tag and listening to ihi gale that was stripping tb4 apple Vmt on each side of tb bumpy road. Go, ahe must even tbvugb the engagement to help Han nab had cordtcd of a silent nod of. 6fFnt to a vaue remark of Deulaii fiankett'a. "I aint never failed no oa )eV she itotightas the oilcloth wig oa top brit:-- l tgalntt low f waring bcn h s at tb-- turn of the up hill road, "aa' I ain't going to begin Cow. Fer-tait won't t fair tomorrow, stool-frame- and puttln'-D-f w cuffs oa her plaid waist, an' contrivjn' some sort o' yoke aa' sleeve top to her white muslin, where she scorched 'em with a hot iron. She'll be wan tin' to woar 'em when she gets back to the 'cademy. Young things like her hav not much faculty 'bout flxln' clothe and' makln' over." "Young thligs had ought to be learning then," snapped Miss Laney, jerking the needle through the brown binding. "But there." softening, "It's oil in the. bringin' up. Beuly's gettln' her schoolln' an' the Lord knows the'j nothln' like It' pushing her thlmbld tighter on the thin, worn, sallow finger, '"F I'd bad her ohances, books to read, an' that!" "Deuly's not much on readla' here at home," remarked the other. "The' a book she took for a prize, las' year, for algebry, an' the pages wasn't never cut" "What was it?" demanded Miss Laney, losing all her indifference at onco, but sewing faster man ever. "Oh.t Jes po'try stuff. If it 'd been hynms, now I like a good solemn hymn, myself, o' Sundays But this "had a 6ort o' pretty red blndin', if Timmy hadn't spilled the footbath over it, and faded all the colorm. "Where is it?" Miss Laney'a needle flew aa though possesed, and her sallow cheeks Gushed. Never before bad she heard of this book, though she could have itiven you a list of all the reading mutter to bo had in a circle of twelve miles. 'Tropin' tne leg o' the spare bed, where the caslor come out," returned Hannah. "You didn't want to 6ee it, did you?" "If I could." began Miss Laney, "i was countla' cn gettln' somethla' in tbo way of a po'try book, and teachiu Davy pieces. He speaks real nice." "Well, If FJeuly gets back an' don't mind, you might as well have it, right d 'W - tap-tappin- g fcc-- r. fir-a- out" d ' nodded briskly. "I ll give you a food' full day, Hannah, an we'll get ter things all ed before she comes back to supper Now 'bout your gettln'. that purple delaine. . X see a real tasty piece at Jot-ba. Lacy'B l?st time I was to SatUr-villeand 'twas wide enough to A few minutes later, when the purple delaine iiad been decided on to the very Tiu.Tiber of the spool cf thread that was to match it, Hannah had gone dewu stairs. Miss Lane sprang up and limped quietly Into the spare room. Sure enough, there It wa. under the leg of the mahogaa four poster Led. A thick little volume loo which accounted for its being pu. to uch use, but the back, unfortunately was hidden, and no amount of pulling and tucg'cg could stir it Dut "po'try"!! Her heart tbrlllsJ. at the thought as sae tiptoed back to her work, and "po'try" sang In her brain as she searched among tlu ftsgments of plaid silk to find something that would do for new cuff "The ain't rxne big enough!" she ax plained to Hannah, on her return. "How'd it do to make 'em of littla strips, and feather stitch In between I saw soma like that once, and they were real well dookin and stylish. Twa Teeny Tarret'e cousin Marthy bad 'em done so, over Satterville way. "Cut that !1 take to end o work." demurred Mrs. Basket!. "Well, If he' pleaed. it'll be all iV-it,returned Mls Dent, with diplomacy. Fit keep 'em tor the laft Miss Laney cut" obliged. I got It, rikht here. It dont seem right to put a book to work like that." "What yo' want the bed moved this time o' night for?' asked the farmer. "I ain't got time. 1 got to drive you down to Hillbury." "It's that old po'try book," explained hlB wife. "I told her 'twaa them, an' she wants it to read." "Why.d you want that?" laughed Beulah. "You c'd ha' had it long ago, for all me. "Han't much. Get it out, pa." "'Twouldn't take long," said Miss Laney. She had worked so hard for il that the bare thought of waiting brought a queer and unaccustomed' little lump into her throat "Some other time. S lnog, 'a you know it's there. It can't get away," temporized Len. Then a brilliant idea came to Miss Laney. "It's only three miles Into Hillbury. 'N if you'll get the book out for me, '111 wo lk in. I'd jes' as soon. I've been sittln al day, an' the's moonlight." The wrinkled hands were actually trembling, as Len's broad shoulders raised the heavy weight Miss Laney bent and swiftly substituted the piece of wood for the red book. Hannah and Beulah watching her with indulgent toleration of her peculiarities, as she turned the leaves, stiff from the lor "Why, that's " she broke oft sudw up. "Oh, 'twas just den., a name o' scneone I knew. Well, I'm dretful 'bliged to you, Len. An' any time you want anything fixed, Beuly. you'll let me do somethia' for you. for this. Good night" Quickly the twisted little figure plodded down the hill, caring nothing at all for the cpinlon of the three who stood on the prch, watching her. It might be dark before she reached Hillbury, she was not afraid. All ber thoughts was to reach the turn of the road before the golden light of the af' terglow had faded. There,, where they could' nojlonger see her. 6he tat down on the bank at the roadside, and opened the book again. Here were words of a king "roving the tiackless realms of there "rose Elaine and glldea ' through the fields." "An to tt .nk I never knew before where It couie from." she whispered. "Why, that's my name la there,' as plain! It come from that ! I know it slow-movin- g Lyon-esse.- " Square Acre, - the square acre is minds of your the interesting readers. That it cannot be squared has been known for more than a century, and there are plenty of other things in the same condition. Most notably tho circle. A more interesting question is the amount of land contained iu an acre. Originally the word acre was usnu to designate any plowed Hold, without implying a quantity, until Edward ill s rclgn. and Professor Birkbeok. la Ins "Historical Sketch of the Distnbiuiou of Land in England," says: "The term acre was probably applied to as much land as the Saxou team of eight oxen couid plow in a day, and this was found to be two 'high bacKs' of a furlong in length. This block of land, therefore, became the nonaal acre. The width of the one strip including the iurrow was about eleveu yarda, yards; cf tho two, twenty-twof a furlong. Mr. Eyton baa pointed out that the acre was a llut-aas well as a superficial measure, autl equal to four poles, or twenty-twyards, the width of an acre whtu U g sides were, according to custom, a in length." . Just why the length of the fuitow suould have bad a customary leaUl oi forty rods I cauuot understand. Ilia words "according to custom" vhons it was no legal enactmeut, and burlv a short iurrow for a gaug ol eight oxe:i must have taken up as much time iu turning them at the ends as in plowing tCi: iurrow, and accounts lor the saia.l amount done. The reason why the land wa3 plowed in these narrow strips was supposed to be for drainage purposes. A rig is the modern name for them. When the gebur Icalled villeins by the Normans) became of age he vai given a "yard," which consisted of tea acres of plow land, ten acres of meadow and pasture on the common ior catr tie. He also got a yoke or oxeu, a sow and six sheep, and as rest he had to work two days a week on the lands of his superior, in plowing the land fuur geburs had one plow in common.-- ' We have improved since then. Gtorga Wilson, In the Kansas City Journal. o oue-tent- d any-way.- " ntt cr easy-goln- ? b-- o-- n ree bt-e- la9 and r St , l k ;-- K " l , ."-V..wt vs -f i J 1 X - t l TX f f.ir-lon- The Year's Apple Crop. It is an Interesting fact to note that the apple crop in New York Etate- this year is expected to be the largest in the history of the state, and the fact is more interesting when it .13 learned, that seven of Chicago's largest apple operators held a meeting recently ond - with-scorn- half-dolla- r 1 rc-mar- much-vivaci- ty - Hps p Pelvic Catarrh- - Found Quick Relief In a Few Days. ness o " tar,-tallyin- g Pretty Girl Suffered From Nervou h formed an Ironclal agreement that they did!" In the growing moonlight a would not pay over l per barrel for And in New York state. quaint little figure, trudging along 'apples I a barrel pact Is the forerunJ The down the hill, she opened the hook ner of what will, inside if a week, Ina third time, for the mere sake of see- clude heaviest' the operators In the ing the prin ed pages inside. "SaUei This country. price means from 40 to ville!" exclaimed Miss Laney, 50 a net for the cents barrel "What's a county fair, whe'a Barrels cost 35 to 38 cents, andgrower. when the's books."' to ths and. delivering picking, packing station arc included, it leaves the farmThe Dcmestic Partner. for his fruit er less than a This question is often asked: Is a . Journal. Albany man's wife to be regarded, on the bust-ces- s side, as a partner with Individual Years" In Cradle. Twenty-Eigh- t rights as well as JolLt liabilities; as a ha3 There died In Stockerau, just sauried official, acticg under orders, of 23 years, a and with little or no responsibility; or Bavaria, at the age Maria dwarf. Schumann, who passed as a mendic int? In one or the other c whole fa in tte cradle where, she her these positi. ns a wife must necessarily lept her first sleep 2S years ago. stand, and r. is Ju&t a3 well that i. to the of her death this stranpo should be c. early understood from the creatureday prestrved the belghth and outset wcicii of them ahe Is to fill, general appearance of an infant tf a a writer in an English news few months, but her Intellect was piper. normally developed and nothing As a partner in the domestic firm she could have been odder than to hear mutt have an equal right to draw bcr this In the cradle talk like tiny baby bare of the profits, even though Ibi an adult "vith and other partner keeps the books and haj stent" The noon hour came and west, and the money passing through his hands. Supposing, however, the husband H the day was toward dusk, but Beulah not to be convinced of the strict jusfinitn Miss came not Leu Laney and of this theory, the wife has a tice row of extra a last t1 the culls with In reserve. fancy Utch!ng, and sewed them Into strong pica ''When wife asks me for money, in loose threads t'aoa, picked up all the 1 to says one husband. it give her," frsm Ike neat rag carpet, packed ter have to ask Tor wile ahould the 77ty linen Wag, slipped into the adjoining what is aire, iy due her? A man earns room f r ono more glimpse of the his he will cot have to as' treasure, then went down to acd wages; his emp'orer can entertain no fee supper. ' ' of 'g!vtng." ' Don't yon suppose w might shift lag Only long and patient observation that Wofc c:l and pit a chunk cf can enable any mere man to under wood to ho. 1 up th9 bedpost?'' she land tbe continual and unjust humilia-tlasked M al aUxx! wiping the cup suffered uy multitudes of admirable over. "I'm strong women when tne nrJ the pinching and contriving n you'd 1'iltk. But the and patient enduring they will ucd-rg- o day was bright and Hannah s ck bcr bead In discon and cool. Just the day for a because oi this perpetual ordeal aging fashion. "Tain't worth whils "asking" tbHr husbands lor money. tlwant Jaunt and even an .n The husbacu Hannah fom ! it bard to get Miss Lf trying. H'a too terribly hefty may be the best nature ! re come!" fsartin. V.'hy they tneri4 man over relative the living; the wife nay know lb; i t.oj to taT hfard whpp'.3 ah As p and k, thy purple de!af.. cf fTven calmer asking means receiving; .but thjt . av moment Ja'ef the door open?-:," and which acnoys her is the atking itself. whf-that cri?rgetic little person the to tew Miss met its Laney In many cases the money is given ac sent Ktnpel for 1 that U bad Is over S3 ycart an "My grandfather "allowance;" but in that case tbe Beulah, terse!! free ty cr!?r to ' ' ' are Len?" "Ycm yew, po ain't old." tired, word one is which Implie stiil favrr go to the county fair. Yoxi ought to get blm a bicycle." tha given and received; it la cot an "allow"Tain t as If 'twa things neen sh orged. "If youH Jes' move t bo's could in the room, bei pare ance" properly speaking, but is simply "Why?" ftt!n',M eip:a:m?d Hannah, calmly. "To help him make a ceatury." blork o' wood under, I'd be her share of the Income. tark "U'a tlaSia Hat brown waTla' ski ,' SADIE ROBINSON. observe I Btill NERVOUSNESS AND WEAKNESS CURED BR PE-RU-N- A. : Miss Sadio Ribinson, 4 Rand Maiden. Mass., writes: ,f street "Peruna wes recommended to me about a year ago as an excellent rem edy for the troubles peculiar to our sex. and as I found that all that was said outbid rr.edicino was true. I am pleased to triors it. "I began utlng it - about seven months jgo for weakness and ner from overwork and vousncs3, sleeplessness, and found that .in few days I began to grow strong, my Increased and I began to sleep better, consequently my nervousness passed awa and the weakness in ths pelvic organs soon disappeared and I have been well and strong ever since." Address Dr. S. B. Ilartman. President of the Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O..' for frco medical advice. All correspondence strictly confidential . ed an-peti- . CtA33 OF'POISON NEW EATER3. Dr. Wiley to Continue Experiments on the- - Effect of Adulterated Food. Dr. Wiley, the chief 'chemist of the Agricultural Department, will resume his experiments on the effects of adulterated food with a class of twelve "poison eaters," on Nov. 1. Tho experiments wijl continue . eig't months, during whl:h time the twelve young men will .be. fed at Government expense with good wholesome food, to which at rta'.el Intervals capsules of - adulterants wiil.be secreted. Nearly all of last yeir class of poison eaters, found the lxvax and acli diet so agreeable that they have again Volunteered for f he new exbo-rac- lc periment, notwithstanding tho pre- liminary "report that the effects of th mineral was more or less deleterious Other applications have Increased the number of volunteers to' nearly thirty and more are expected aa soon as tbe announcement is made that the government's free boarding bouse Is to resume operations. Only twehe boarder am wanted, however, and they will be carefully selected CrDin.tbe list .of anpMcants on the basis ,cf physical perfection and teeuotaiism the latier nol from any particular prejudice against the of strong drink, but solely because of If tendency to disarrange tbe calculations of the effects of th"! adulterants. For that'reaon tbe man who If accustomed 'f6 taking strong drink, even will be barred from the experiments. ' A "new lot of adulterants will b tried on thi4 winter's class. They bavd not all been decided upon yet but will Include fromalih "mostly In presorvlaj aniline dyes used la milk, two coloring food products Cotably tbt cmpleyel ao:give tbe yellow tint tc buMr, .'saccharine, also made from coal tar, anl used to sweeten Jellies, fruiu fir-.,-, and one p,hrr. poFib! copper, tp which peas, beans and fiber can t el vgdablca. are indebted their bright grtcn color. mod-jralely- of-th- lt It cjsJjj nothing to te',1 a. woman ihtf, the Is. pretty, and why not make tbta happy? . Coed for burns fir'5 ronracce. |