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Show Eventful FERTILITY AND MOISTURE NECESSARY FOR CELERY Man May Be Allowed to Fix Time !" The littlest Boy and Santa Claus Sand to Clay, Pro-May Be Grown On Any Soil from Made Are Other vlded Conditions Right How to Raise. By HELEN OLDFIELD and hatchet-faced- , always nimbly slipped In and elbowed out the "a " "Did I get in througu the culm-bleyrepeated Santa Claua; and thea he opened his mouth in a sllen laugh. "YeB, I dumb down the chime Hey," he ald. "You say chimbley" and I aay'chlnv By ley;' but Edwin L. Sabin (Copyright.) P"""""USTOM ordains that the brida shall name the wedding day, I as with but, many another ordinanaee of custom, her so doing ia much more in form than in fact, a I polite fiction to which one defers while knowing it to be fiction. The truth Yfc every is that no woman who obeys the convention of her sex can set P mo aate oi her marriage until sue is duly importunea ny ner prospective bridegroom to do so. She may delay her wedding day without good and sufficient reason, she may hang back with maidenly timidity, or Bhe may suffer herself to be, as it were, swept off her feet and rushed into matrimony by the passionate haste of her lover, but never, no never, must any woman, however much in love she may be, manifest eagerness to be married ; such haste only ia a degree less reprehensible upon her part than it would be for her to propose marriage to the man of her choice, in place of waiting for him to take the initia tive; neither is permissible to a girl. Recently it seriously has been proposed to amend the marriage laws of Bome states by the provision that no persons Bhall be allowed to marry unless they previously have been acquainted for six months. No one who knows anything about the matter can doubt that if such a law were pos sible it greatly would diminish the matrimonial misery between couples, much of which ia due to hasty marriages. Jt doubtless is sad for faithful lovers whose marriage indefinitely is postponed for a cause beyond their control, but they at least have the mutual satisfaction of patient love and endurance. It is far sadder for a woman to feel that her youth ia passing, her freshness fading, her faith and courage slowly failing, while she waits for the man to whom she is engaged, whom she loves and he makes no sign. He, perhaps, may flatter himself that she rather would be engaged to him than married to any other man, but if so his fault only is the greater for making such selfish exactions of one who loves him so well. Perhaps it never occurs to him what may be said of his treatment of her. The woman is deserving of sympathy, but she gets only ridicule. "How she does hang on to him!" and "He doesn't care much for her, but she can't see itl" are remarks which the idle and of both sexes level at the woman who is who is denied the right to demand her but waiting, due. At it 1 jT 1 i , - V . , - A. ft 1 I ng up Celery may do grown on any soil uom sand to clay, provided other conditions are made right Success la largely a matter of fertility and moisture. Fertility Is maintained by the use of cover crops, mine manure, and commercial fertilizers, writes Paul Work in Rural New Yorker. Crimson clover and r. are the standard crops, with the latter preferred. The clover Is of value as a nitrogen gatherer, but unless It can be sown earlier than is possible on farmed land, aud Intensively the gain does not cover the extra cost of seed. Rye has the advantage of a greater bulk of humus aud an assured stand. Seed for the early crop should be sown in flats about March 1. Earlier sowings show a marked tendency to run to seed, and there is little advantage in marketing before August 1. humus-m- aking high-price- A marked distinction exists between the literature of the ancients and that of There was a time when a few characters fixed upon stone or terra cotta recorded passing events, and these, through the flood of centuries, have triumphed over the process of decay, bringing to us information regarding nations and dynasties long since ceancd. In later yet ancient the nianuKript rolls, written by hand trnn rilcd by the same process, and CEETINC JOHN F. By tiitM Amriua Crinlul ttswtt formed the lilirari-s- of scholar. This system in various forms continued until the pri'oitive printing prcs gave greater ties for di.rn!in knowlcdp making Itooks more common and carrying then made education to hnn.hler homos, The evoIution-lxr- n newspnjw-fi a like tender in a simple form; but, r.t its appearance plant springing from a fertile field, it has been nourished and favored until in more mature form it reaches, or should reach every home. A few years ao the small weekly ncwfpajr and the annual almanac , and preserved fur future reference; but with were read, a few glance at the voluminous dailies and we might my the leading feature arc taken and the latest newspaper is consigned to the waste banket. Il would Iw folly to preserve papers aloiindit)jj national and transient news and other matters with advertisement, fcarcc deserving a serious thought; yet, how often it is that wc vainly endeavor to revive the recollection of something read, and almost forgotten, yet indistinctly floating in the horizon of thought, a record of which eould'have been preserved by a clipping pasted in a scrap look or by a condensed synopsis entered in a blank took kept for that purpose. ' The scrap look, edited with discrimination, together with a paragraph book in which matters of importance and interest are briefly recorded, should find a place in each home library. However valuable these may be, brevity and precision should I be the leading features, lc they also become too voluminous for practical use. d r'j- - ed Uses and Features of the Scrap Book for Blanching Celery. Arranging Board V. to-la- y. then be sown without danger from the chemical. The seedlings are trans planted to -f- lats and then to cold frames, though tbey are not so rigor oualy hardened as cabbage plants. A full ton of a high grade fertilizer, run ning about six per cent of nitrogen, eight of phosphoric acid, and ten of potash, Is applied to each acre. The fertilizer should be put on lust before the plants are set, about the middle of May. The distances are 33 Inches be tween rows, and seven Inches In the row. Qreat care should be taken to avoid setting the plants too deep, as the crown is partly covered and the plant seriously stunted, usually ruined. A row planted by a careless worker monument to his la a eonsnicuoua memory throughout the season. The water problem is a very serious matter, and especially In growing celery. There la hardly a year when drought does not curtail the crop. Ir rlgation Is the only remedy. Leaf spot or celery blight Is the most ser. ious pest. It can be held In check by faithful applications of Uordeaux mix lure. ninnehlng celery In hot waether la not so eniiily accomplished as in the fall. Soli at this season affords most favorable conditions for rust. Instead boards are of this method. used. Only good lumber Is purchased oleata are nailed on to prevent split ting, and the boards are as well cared for aa hotbed sash, far better thaa many a gardener carea for them L... v. ' ' ' " - orvlri - slv to seven - . nunirAu .Ifusii .1 'ifilr ,;- - fr to-da- y, r 1 ft s dark-eye- d Educate Collie Tbff Collie pup. like tx-e- tx-e- 1 Pup. the child. If"Well, I was kinder foolln' around when you come in," confessed Santa Claus; "but I reckon I'm through. Them other chairs are your ma's aa' pa's. I take It?" "Yes; mamma's is the rocker and papa' la the other," Informed the Lit tlest Boy, hurriedly. "Did you bring me a red wagon and a silver napkin-rin- g ?" "Aren't they there?" queried Santa - Claus. "May I look?" asked the Little eagerly. "Sure," grunted S?nta Claus, with bis favorite word. Tbe Littlest Boy was not slow ia taking advantage of that permission. In a twinkling he was at the chair, and, oblivious to tbe rustling that ha was producing, was burrowing amidol Boy, Its contest. He did not have to burrow to flna the red wagon. Its two front wheals) were sticking straight up against tha chair's back! Jubilated the Littles turning with sparkling eyes. "Will Its sides fold over?" "You bet!" assured Santa Claus. "Just bushels and bushels of thanka. Santa Claus," purled the Littlest Boy. rapturously. "I hope it's bigger thaa Is it?" my Cousin James" ia! "Sure!" said Banta Claus. "Now, about the ring?. Ain't it there?" "1 don't see It?" replied the Littlest Oooo-ee!- " mrmm Boy, rummaging. Mebbe it's In in vrr j rr, jrM' i 1 J- - Vs TV "Hellol" Said Santa Claus. ome particu tood out before him, h'i gave an ecstatic wrigl? and a lew blinks cxlra. (Ih, the red wanon! And the silver napkin-ring- ! Supposing he got them It did not seem to him po both: sil'le that ho could exist without either, and yet and yet he mustn't ex act too much. If ho nilht take one peep Into the library just one tiny peep to find out whether or not Santa Claus had look. At Intervals, a lary alluring fancy mut wen. He the stockln s, sug gested Santa Claus. And It was! a beautiful, shiny, sli ver napkin ring. "Oooooo-eee!gurgled the Littlest Boy, unwrapping It. "I bet It's tho very solldes' kind!" "Leuime see," demanded Santa Claua. "That' what I intended It to he, anyhow, an' I hope I ain't mada no mistake." "Yes, It' solid, all right enough." ho said, welching It In hi hand, while the Littlest Boy watched him, anxiously. "But don't you think that that there wagon an' this here ring, both togeiher. are too much for a kid like you?" "I don't know," responded the Littlest Boy, abashed. "I've tried to be I've picked up klndlln' awful good. and went on errands and brushed my and and gone down cellar after dark, and and nnd I've hardly ever cried when I got hurt!" eem to me," persisted "Still. Santa Claus, gazing at tbe h!ny ring in hi finger, "that a wagon alone 1 good enough for one kid. beside all them other things you've got In yon chair and sock. I dunno but what I'll take thl an' give it somer else." Well," agreed Ibe Littlest Boy, gravely, "if If you can find some lit to have it tle boy who ought more'n me, then you can can take It; and p'raps nest Christmas " "God!" roared the Biggest Boy. Ilk an angry lion, leaping through tbe li brary doorway. With a slam up sped the window; with an oath, out whirled Santa Claus. You've scared Santa Claus! You've scared Santa Clans!" walled the Lit tlest Boy, in despair. I have, have I!" exclaimed the Big gest Boy, gathering tbe waller Into hi " ""wv ,V felt that he ought not to yield be thoroughly educated. A child that to this temptation; and he sighed bard i not educated is simply a back num- and twisted. But even In the midst ber and ba no standing In the better of hi truggle he did yield, for first society circle, so the Scotch Collie hi disobedient right foot atole from that Is not educated up In the proper beneath the blue coverlet, and next line is little benefit to hi master. his disobedient left foot; and in a The Scotch Collie I almost. If not moment all of him, nveloned In hi a susceptible to an educalong, pink flannel night gown, was tion or training as the child. the doormoving resolutely toward way. At the landing the stair turned sharply. The Littlest Boy also turned with them to continue hi Journey. Now there ahead of blm was the monitor clock, ataring him la the face, and ticking loud reproval. From the library, off the ball, came the reminiswith which cent glow of the grate-firtbe Christina eve had been celebrated. Down sped tbe Littlest Boy, boldly ignoring the astonished clock, down Of course. In estimating the sur- the remaining flight, and across tbe face required for a given number of square ball, whose rug were soft and On the threshold of tbe fowl a great deal depend upon the comforting. luxuriance of growth of the plant. library he stopped short, frightened The soil must tut well prepared and at what be bad done. He bad caught Santa Claua! rich, the run must be located to receive ample aunltaht. In event of a Aye, there wa Santa Clan, bend protracted drought they must be wa- ing over tbe big chair, which, the tered with a hose, and lastly the seed Littlest Boy glimpsed, was overflow must be sown thick!y.The hen walk Ing with package and thing. around on the top of the wire and I do not know but that tbe littlest keep the plants cut off as smoothly Ioy would have beat courteous re a would be done by a lawn mower. treat (although, of course, his farther curiosity was simply tremendous) bad Disadvantage of Gilt. not Santa I lau suddenly glanced up A gilt will usually farrow about a and descried him a small, pink fig many pie aa en ared sow, but she I ure, made still pinker by the glowing In the library usually not more than half grown and coals, framed, wide-eyenot In proper condition to farrow, so door-case- . her tig come much smaller and shu "Hellol" said Santa Claus, not mov ha developed no motherly Instinct or Ing. milk flow; consequently H Is about "Hello! responded the Littlest Boy two week before her pig get to "1 didn't know you were here." where the aged sow' litter were when "Didn't you?" remarked Janta Clans, they were born. straightening "P a"1 e'owly stepping backward. tbe Littlest Boy, "Did Keep No," Plowing. While the weather I nice and the you gct In through the chlmleyf In good condition, get out with During his whole Ufa that Is, evw some of the since he could talk tbe Littlest Boy the team and plow and oat and corn ground broken. It will hd beer frying to say "chimney;" j that "U" being so slim help matter along next spring. it, GRASS RUNS FOR CHICKENS There is a groat international fair going on in San Antonio and it would orwn the rye of people of this region if they could go thore and viw the magnificent exhibits from Old Mevico. As familiar as I am with the products of my adoptod country, I confens that the scope and quality of the thing shown amazed me. Thore was rubber from the forests of Tabasco, hicle from fJucrcrra, pineapples and other tropical fniits from By DAVID L StUT Vera Cruz, orange and lomons from Chili peppers and beneqnen from Yucatan, pulque from the valley of Mexico and scores of other product of the earth, not to speak of the gold re from Hurango, the silver from Zaratecas, opals from Qutretaro and lead, . iron, zinc and coal from a flozen states. i r f of drawn wora irom the zarapes guaa vanenje, The specm-enfrom the looms of Ieon and Guanjuafo, the fine pottpry, feather work end hand embroidery from many communities were oi swh artistic merit and beauty as to cause the thousands of women visitors from the United Stales to break into rapturous exclamations. They had no idea of the beautiful things that the clever hands of sis'en aro?s the l!io Grande can fashion. their men of our country were also deeply inereVl in looking at Business mfton good from Mexican mills as good as any made in the I'nifed Stales; at silk fabrics fine as the orient furnishes; at beer as good as Beland trinkets that wtr quite a good m if they gium makes and at tools brand boasted a German . Typical Bunch Ready for Market. Fotne troubl Is experienced with damping off. Ivwp data and careful waterlr"? are Important factors In avoiding this difficulty. Of recent aown In year the refil has n n bed, (he soil of whirh ha a quart of terillzed. For this purpo formalin I m!x4 with a barret of water, and a gallon of this liquid applied to eaeb cubic foot of soil. After two weeks It I dug over, and seed may arm. "And be took my ring." farther la mented the Littlest Boy. "He did, did he!" repeated tbe lion the Biggest Boy In a comthat "Never mind; we'll miserating growl. get another " "But I told him be might. If tbere'a some other little boy who'd ought tc have It more," explained tbe Littlest Boy, truthfully. 'Maybe he'll bring I, e have had three ye firs' experience; ith the system of green feeding here described and know what 1 am talking about. To the poultry ke.p-f- t who I obliged to wonorulxe space, th green food problem I most vexation, bat Ir. CJeorre W. Little, the pheasant fancier. oled the problem ben h Invented grass run, write Judd in Ornr Dr. A. II. Tbelp Farmer. These are frame foirr feet wide, 13 feet long, made wltb hemlock board six Inebe wide, standiig upon edge, Ihe top being covered with one lech mesh cblrfcen wire. Beneath this frame crimson clover, oata, wheat and rye are sown. The wire, wblcb 1 six Inches above the ground, protect the young, grow-l- t until they p through g plant wire, when the fowl begin plfk-I- t g off the end of the top leave. other-dostreThey cannot get at the foot or the plants, which to gtow with Increasing vieor throughout the season. MyexpeTienct has with over 10 .f rins Harn-ti.ift de ar.d Lakenrf fs that proied oueht to hare fmr sqtare fct and other a lird. while Favero'ie aree breel need si or seven fet ach. 1 y con-tinn- he e one next Christmas." Here the Biggest Boy shot tha treacherous window; and with tbe Big gest Girl, who by this time bad arrived and was bugging and kissing the Littlest Boy's two rosy fet, a they bung down Inside tbe Biggest me Boy's arm, close accompanying, carried him upstairs to bed. What do you think! Evidently Santa C1k.ua repented, or else he bad only ben Joking, or els be could find no other little boy who wa more worthy; for, after all, at daylight there wa discovered, lying on tbe mat before ped, that very same the side-dooIt Is true, not In fine tissue paper, but In coarse brown paper. However, upon the paper wa r, tcrawled. ring-wrap- In lines: ragged but unmistakable "for tbe kid "8ANTY CLAWS." of Self Satisfaction. That was a frightfaly sermon tbe minister preached tf,ect j, aura gt Bays ea- Hoy, s tri-iail- is Mexico Making Rapid Industrial Strides p1 . Whan th tllant the board are net beside them and tautened In place uith FlamiM made from a piece of heavy wire about 10 Inches long, am! bent to a little less than a rlpht angle two inches from each end. Pairs of row are selected at Interval over the In till field for tho first blanching. are opened and labo way wagon-wayfron: Ik uaTcd In moving the board require row to row. The process from 10 clays to two week, according to weather condhlon. When read) market, the celery 1 dug with rades and stripped of outnlde leav In the field. It I hauled to a aiieu. trimmed, washed with a hone, bunched, and acrubbed. The root Is cut to a four-aidewedge and thre or four stalk ere lied at top and bottom Into a fiat bunth. s Dk-k- - - -- . arm-chai- i In...r in m . nnann are 12 Inches high, I jk?-rio- ds re-re- 1 HE GREAT hall clock, stationed opposite the foot of the stair, struck two. From his bed the Littlest tioy listened with a sense of awe. Never before had he heard It strike so late an hour. Once, Indeed, he had heard It strike ten. but usually It had struck eight and when next he was awake It was striking six and morning had come. The Littlest Hoy lay and listened. The house was Impressively still. The only sound audible were the stately ticking of the monitor clock below, and the regular breathing of the Big gest Boy and the Biggest Girl In the room adjoining. The Littlest Boy's eyes were wide open and gazing Into the velvet black When ness close above his face. he had gone to bed It bad been Christ mas eve. He was not fully certain as to the Una of demarkatlon. but It oc curred to him that now It was Christ mas day! Then ha began to blink and think. He wondered If Santa Claus had down come yet. Before the grate-nre- , In the library, were ranged three tor the Biggest chairs; a rocking-chai- r Girl, a straight-backed- , ordinary chair for the Biggest Boy, and a huge, roomy r for himself. In addition, be had hung up his stockings to the mantel. He tried to picture to himself how, If Santa Claus had been and gone, that chair and those stockings must father says my chlmneley U right," Informed thw Littlest Boy. "You don't mean It!" returned Sant Claus, who, having backed to the wln dow looking upon the side porch, now. with his hand behind him, was deftly sliding it up. Please don't go, Santa Claus, be sought the Littlest Boy. "We'll tal real low, ao nobody'U hear. That lay It you're not In too big a hurry to stay," he added, politely. "Sure," responded Santa Claus. "It's almost empty, isn't it!" assert ed the Littlest Boy. "But I a pons you've lots more up In the balloon. Had you got all through with ma? My chair is the middle one there. and these are my stockings in front oi ch I I ' morning, IVille Why, an didn't notice It wi IoT,g. iinus-iall- JJell ew I Ion Of course not; you had no hat. |
