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Show judge BlacManis Heroic Momeut , BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON. , (Copyright, 1902, by Dally Story Pub. C I have been Bpending a bit of the the rest, pooled his little stock of torrid season with ray friend Judge money with all be could borrow, and Thomas Marshall Blackenbam of set up a store. Alas! twas a bootless Creek, Kentucky. venture, for Flossie Blake not only After dinner the Judge led the never entered the store, but Indigway to the broad veranda. The Judge nantly sent back a dress pattern ponderously seated himself in a shriek- bought there by her father (and which threw his Stevens had selected) with the dispiring rustic rocking-chair- , fat right leg across the left, pushed iting message that there was no backward and rested a chunky list in the family who could ap(that held the handle of a palm leaf) propriately wear it. on the center of his protuberant girth. During this ridiculous contest of Soon through the heated silence would-b- e lovers. I, Judge Biackenham, came the Imperious voice of Mrs. to be, maintained a Judicious silence. But 1 was actively using the faculties Blackenham: Do all that over again, my lady! 1 that subsequently put the Judicial robe saw you souse a plate In the water, on my shoulders. I was analysing the turn It over a time or two, give it a situation drawing intelligent deducslap and a swipe with the drying rag tions from the failures of others. I and dismiss It. Dp it all over again." made noiseless, but exhaustive inqulr- Thats tough on Lillie, hot as it Is, but there is no help for it, spoke the Ty-ga- rt to-da- y ne-gre- ss her Judge in smiling sympathy; mother would never abate one Jot or tittle of her stringent housewifery exactions." What a wonderfully lucky man you are. Judge, I said, with the frank In your wife freedom of intimacy. the beautiful and practical have met in harmonious union. How could you, with your careless habits, ever win a woman of such punctilious preciseness?" The Judge rolled his sunset face over toward me. He affected indignation. "What do you mean, suh? While probably 1 am no prise beauty now, I was the Lochinvar of this state. I was the glass of gallantry, the beau ideal, tbe tossing blossom of Kentucky chilvalry, suh! Twas her was a lucky woman, suh; yes, suh, though at one time, suh, she didnt have the propah appreciation of it, probably. "She was the reverse of practical, too, when she was young, suh. She had gone to school at Iiexington a' few terms, and when she returned her lib tie brown head fairly swarmed with romantic ideas. A dishrag in her white hands then would have Beemed defilement Though rich in all the alluring grace of manner and physical attributes of perfect femininity, she seemed to possess no Inclination for the sterner Bex. We young fellows in the community who aspired to hold on a level with hers were greatly nonplused at her frigid bearing. We couldn't believe she was a born Her glowing lips, her cheeks, her sparkling blue eyes, her form filling all the rules of perfect symmetry, her step light as if she trod an unpalpable substance, all conspired to resent such a charge. But she gave scant attention to us, I he.j man-hate- r. pink-mantle- d tell you. Tom Baker bought a span of fine bay horses and a buggy to macth. Every day he would dash by her house, his grand steeds smiting the hard road with rapid, ringing hoofs, his buggy wheels richly humming, the black top catching and throwing sunlight at every motion. 'Twas all vanity and vexation. She scarcely gave liis showy equipage a glance, or if she did deign a look it was to wonder why a young man of his lean means should incur so much expense to advertise himself a fool. He soon sold his rig at half price and left for Frankfort, where he is now a popular saloonkeeper. "Milt Turner bought a suit of clothe dolon a credit worth seventy-fiv- e lars. The next Sunday when he thought she was badly in need of his company home, she told him her pa was all the company she required. Ho is now a restaurant keeper in Chicago. "John De Laney, knowing her to be a church member, thought the short cut to her heart was the ministerial fettV watch the grateful Indy besought him to take, but. later on who knows? The old, old story, possibly. gold Well, suh, I staid away long enough to let tbat story sink into tbe heart of tbe beautiful Flossie, and prepare for me a haven, of welcome and favor. When I returned I demeaned myself m becomes a modest hero, unassuming, but with a quiet dignity that bespeaks t'.ie importance of the man on whom it Bits. When I met Flossie at church there was no ice on her, no suh. She bowed to me, Bmiled. trembled a little while her eyes emitted sparks that flew upward from a very warm heart. She took a proffered arm and leaned on it with that air of delicious dependence so grateful to tbe, heart of the true hero. After we had been married about two weeka I told her about my ruse. She gazed at me a long time, her expression a compound of mirth, astonishment and mock contempt. Finally, she made a motion as if throwing something away. There, now! she exclaimed, knitting her brow. No more romance As for you, Mr. reading for me. Blackenham, I want you to study law Your genius must nave scope. As for me, to the science of plain, practical housekeeping, I hereby dedicate my days. WAS NOT WORKING WITHOUT PAY. How Ono Hoy Doellaod to lilow Qla Bottto. end Make Thinking to please the visitors who come to look round his works, a cer- i tain glass manufacturer allows them all to try their skill at an experiment which tbe majority of bottle-makiu- g, them are very eager to undertake. It is only necessary to blow through a specially prepared pipe, and a bottle or glass In its smooth state can bo produced by a mere cbild. Some hundreds of school board boys were in the works the other day, and one youngster refused to put bis "There, now! she exclaimed, knit- only He stood to the mouth ting her brow, "No more romance in hands his with there bis pockets, for me! comical a with othera the watching ies into the habits and secret tastes of air of contempt. trw anomalous beauty. 1 finally learnIts a rare fine dodge, he remarked ed she was an unquenchable reader of to his bosom companion, as they left heroic literature. I went to town an.l works together, but the old rascal tbe woman learned who from the secretly didnt take me in by it. kept the book store, the titles of all didnt you have a go at the d Why constitnat novels those tuted her daily mental and emotional pipe? queried tbe other, is astonishfeed, and I bought them. Day and ment. was the I wasnt such a fool, night I would lie cn my couch and Dont ou Eee bis read novels. Dark, handsome chaps scornful rejoinder. rushed through the pages, scattering little game? You chaps hare been heroic deeds at every turn and cor- cracking your cheeks and wakting ner. your breath all the afternoon, and I now had the key that I was sure you've blown as many bottles as a would unlock the door of her indifferman can. turn out in a week. Talk ence. I would be a novel hero, and about saving labor! Wby, he'll make wouldnt be long about it. his fortune in a year If he goes on I had a cousin living in Kansas like this. City, and thither 1 went .on a two months visit. rat rp a good "Blair." While there I contrived, on paper, The Alexander AlUaon, Jr., Rev. to become a hero of the first water. I went to a job printer with a piece of pastor of the Southwesiein' Presbyterian church, in a recent sermon on tbe newspaper, blank on one side. I next day mailed a clipping to the subject of "Lying, illustrated his text local paper of my home county. 1 with numerous stories, and one of didn't forget to inclose a crisp ten these Bhow'ed how, even In church, a dollar bill, and a request that the edi- mans false pride sometimes leads tor should publish the clipping and him to prevarication. A young man say nothing about how he had come took his best girl to church and, when by it. Heroes must be modest, you the time for "collection came round, know. He was a personal friend of rather ostentatiously displayed a $5 mine, and I knew I could trust him. gold piece. Presuming upon the enWell, the next issue of the East Ken- gagement to marry that had been tucky Deadshot hud the following ar- made by her, the young lady placed ticle, topped with fireworks headlines: a restraining .tand upon the arm of her fiance. Why, don't be so extraDARING DEED vagant, George, she exclaimed. Oh, that's nothing, I always give Of That Gallant Knight of Modern Chiv$5 when I go to a strange church. alry, Just then the deacon came with lae TIIOS. MARSHAL!, BLACKENHAM. plate, and George dropped a coin. A Lewis County Youth Becomes the Everything seemed favorable, and the llt-rof th- - Ilnur in Kansas young man beamed with a sense of City. Mo. generosity. Then the minister made From the Kansas City Journal. 1 chivannouncements for the week, and Kentucky, the limue of modern In weur her the (mother gm to alry. hascrown concluded with the wholly unexpected In the and of glory bristling announcement of the day's collection. jiersoii of Thus. Marshall Blackenham of Lewis County. The collection said he, Lust evening, while Mrs. Ella Edwards, a wealthy mill young widow of was $3.75. Koulhworlh street, was going home from George hadn't much to say all the a t oll she was n t u;mn hy three masked robbers. At the jiluee where the misto his fancee's home. way creants come iiui;i her there Is a long distance hriwcin the street lamps, ami Is a most favorable Inealiiv fur the perdeeds. Mrs. EdInmniK Harcopliscai. petrationwasof villainous within a h!o k of her home wards The niosL remarkable specimen of mid never aiilicipul. d any foul play, as site was used to traversing that part of 1'tinic art which has ever come to the street in the early evening. All nl light was discovered recently at Caronre. when ii'ieut midway between the lamps, the three men sprang out and thago by 1. Delattre, a seized her. One threw a elnuk over her she bail uttered a archaeologist, which is fashioned of head, but net as if he had white marble and beautifully ornaInstantly,hold piercing scream. Kentuckrisen from the earth, tile That it ian sprang like a lion nrnong I hem. Right mented with engravings. he his with Herculean laiiled ami left served at one time as the tomb of lists. There was a terrible struggle as sonio Carthaginian ruler all obtainthe three fnoliuids were powerful men. indiiunted ny tlielr resistance the Ken- able evidence tends to show. never tuckian fought them M. Heron de Vi lie fosse gave a yielding an inch. Two fell as though Minillrii liy sledge hammers. The third graphic account of this discovery at turned In an endeavor to escape, but the last meeting of the French came to a sudden halt with a bullet in Ills left leg. Thu noise of tne shot Academy of Inscriptions and brought policemen to the spot. All three and maintained that it was by of Hie HsanilunlH were arrested. One of them Is Crihlier Dnniley, a veteran far the most notable specimen of anfoul pud. who has nerved several terms, and Is regarded ns a dangerous man to cient Carthaginian art which has yet tackle. Another of the beautiful trio Is been found. " Brunson, wanted badly In It was while excavating In the ork and Philadelphia for safe New several Punic cracking, lie hits murdered necropolis npar the hill of Saint who have attempted to arrest him. Monica that P. Delatre came acrosa Is who last The third Bully" Adams, entire sheriff's posse this royal tomb. As to its future desyear cleared nut anhim. trying to rapture tination various rumors are afloat, but The lady lost nothing except her consciousness. Her pockethook, containing It is most likely that It will be removthree hundred dollars, her gold watch mid diamond necklace wore Jolted from ed to some French museum. the hands of the robbers when Col. Rlaeki'liliams might v lists landed. C.'oI. Idleness Is the inrubator of a great liluekeiiliam. ilk'- all heroes. Is a if exmodest ttinii. and acts as If lie many small sins. ceedingly were not uware he had done anything Who is he who dares say all he out of the ordinary. In the meantime, his deed is Ihe heme of uni versa praise. thinks. Col. Blarkenhani r fused to blow-pip- e. high-Bpice- lu-iil- to-da- y, well-kno- shigle-lmuile- Belles-Lette- "What do you wear, suh? path. Accordingly he went co Cincinnati. and for six months gorged his mind on theology. He returned with a smooth face, an affectedly meek, but wltha, superior clerical smile, a black cont and a nicely gotten up parson voice. He made an appointment to preach, but lo! though (he house was jammed by a curious throng, the only one he would hnvs given a cuss to exhort, was promlie in now a highly inently absent, esteeiMd gambler of New York. Jin Stevens, more practical than long-taile- d, Cross-eyisl- V nffl-ce- rs - I I uccepl rs ferent months of the year, whidh was as follows: January (gallons), ); February, G,.SSO,OOU; Match, 7,960, INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR 000; April, T.SC'J.OUO; My, 8.420, U00;: RURAL READERS. Au.Tune, 8.910.00); July, 9,400,000; gust, 8,020.000; September, 8.070,000; How SarrcMful Tanners 0wrsta YhU October, 8,300.000; Noiember, 8.010.-0JDecember, 7,730,00c. The smallDepartment of Ilia Farm A est supply was iu February, and in IliuU u to tko Caro uf I.lv blutik that month the supply of cream aud 1uultry. And condensed milk was also the finallest, being 242.OU0 gallons. The CuruLh Indian asm's. greatest consumption of milk was In From the Farmers' Review: Our ex- July, as was also the consumption of perience with the Cornish Indians cream and condensed milk, which covers almost two years, and in thut reached 601. 0C0 gallons, more than time we have made a very careful twice the amount consumed in Februstudy of them In every particular be- ary. The figures are interesting as ing a constant breeder. I think 1 showing the relative amounts conhave given them trial enough to be sumed, which will probably be found able to answer for them from a prac- to correspond with the milk supply of tical and a fancy standpoint. I must all of our large cities. The very large confess that at first I was prejudiced amount used in July is due to tbe great against them, yet they have gradually demand for Ices of various kinds and to some extent to the more rapid won favor with me, until they now occupy the front row as an spoiling of milk In summer time. fowl. If one Is raising practical poulWorm" try only, surely he finds all he expects Tarkay in the CorniBh Indian. They are very From the Farmers Review: 1 have d written to several agricultural and hardy, good layers of large eggs, and are the best table poultry papers asking for information fowl that can be found The In regard to Intestinal worms in turhens are good sli.'rs, very gentle and keys. In every instance I have had careful mothers, and tbe males are no a courteous reply, but almost devoid more pugnacious than the Brahmas, of practical points. Iast summer 1 Plymouth Rocks, or Wyandottes. In lost half of a flock of 80 young turkeys one particular they are like the Amerfrom three to five months old from ican Indian willing to hunt for their Intestinal worms. By giving areca living, and will find most of it if nut I managed to Bavc the rest, but l given free range; yet they are easily they were so Btunted that they at maturity and did not fatten yarded and bear confinement very well. As a market fowl they have no readily. They had the run of a farm peer, being very quick In maturing, of 240 acres. My turkeys this year with plump bodies, nice yellow skin, will of necessity have the same runs. and legs, and are as large as the Ply- Will you please answer the following mouth Rocks and Wyandottes. questions hy number, as all to whom From a fancy standpoint they are I have written answer onlv one: 1. Do you know ol any powder on truly a gentlemans fowl, being very stylish with erect carriage, broad the market (except Blakes which was shoulders, strong legs, set well apart, not effectual) which may be fed to two they command the attention of any- weeks old turkeys as a preventive? body. As to the females they are 2. Does areea nut stunt the growth? when properly bred, and of the proper IMease do not reeomntend turpentine, color, which is for ground color, a nut for they will neither rink the water brown, with each feather evenly laced nor eat more than one mouthful of with two rows of narrow black, a won- food containing it. The treatment recder to behold. We know of no fowl ommended in reply to my last letter that will come as near filling all the required the "dosing Individually of requirements for the farm and fancier, the entire flock, four dayB in the week as the Cornish Indian, and we are oft- occasionally." I have studied governen asked why are they growing bo ment bulletins, poultry bookR, and evpopular? and for an answer we tell erything I can find, and as all are them that, embodied In them, we find agreed that the worm eggs live from all that recommends any fowl to the year to year in the ground, and none farmer, the market poultryman and give a remedy simply enough adminthe fancier. Frank II. Thomas, Mor- istered to be practical, I am almost In despair of raising any turkeys heregan County, Illinois. after. L. L. Phelps. AM) POULTRY. 7,560,-DIM- 0; 1 1 brown-shelle- . to-da- y. were-smal- Spring Cara of Ka a a We urge our readers that hare bad From Farmers Review: I have been trying to find timo to write you experience with the above mentioned an article on spring care of sheep for trouble to send in their suggestions. a long time, but I have never found The case is a difficult one, and the that time and spring Is right on us usual remedies seem to be ineffective. and I will have to give you just a few To Sail tn City or Creamery. points. Plenty of good feed and exerThe milk Bupply of New York durcise with protection from had storms ing February of this year was about bring Bheep through the winter in 7,200,000 gallons, against 6,880,000 In good condition, and tbat Is the proper the month last year. preparation to a successful crop or This corresponding Is an Increase of over 200.000 gallambs. Give the ewes the right kind of a chance and they will do their lons. This increase was made in the d face of a short and feed part. Do not stop the dry feed too was made? It llow payBy supply, for soon, it will be some time before tbe grass has sufficient nutriment In ing more for milk. The average price the producers in February, 1901, it to keep the sheep healthy and paid was 2.75 cents per quart. During Febstrong. Many flockmasters think that ruary, 1902, it was 3.25 cents per quart, sheep must necessarily go back in con- an lf increase of cent a quart dition for some time after grass comes, 1b safe to say It Without this increase, but not so If the dry feed is not milk could amount of that extra the stopped too soon. No pasture field is never have been obtained. As the d complete without a rape out cities must reach grow great they patch in it, well manured every other further for their milk muBt and supply, year, and a temporary ienee around increase the price they pay for it it, so that the cheep can not get at It This fact always militates against the until the middle of June. Plow the Of the two ways of disposcreamery. sow ground and rape as soon as warm of liis milk the creamery is gening weather comes, so that oats could be to the farmmost the erally profitable sowed. Sheep can never do their best unless a constant supply of salt and er not at once, hut in the long run. When a farmer sends his whole milk Shear to pure water is afforded them. the cities, the manurlal value in It early, but keep them out of cold never gets back to the farm. When rains Watch afterward. the spring man sends his milk to the creamery a ewes closely at lambin time; it will and gets hack his skim milk, he can pay, for many a lamb c.nd often a ewe out of that skim milk veal, is saved. Max Chapman, Union Coun- produce Men meat and eggs. pork, poultry, ty Ohio. should take this into account when figuring milk prices. Raising Turkey", From Farmers Review: My methSlow Srr'l of Hairy Koowlr ilcr, od of raising turkeys is to first fix good lit reading tlm foreign exchanges places for the hen to oest In, an old one Is struck with the slow spread of barrel laid down on side, or big box dairy knowledge. We have been makupside down with a good, big opening ing silage in this country for more inside, with some brush thrown ewer than twenty-fiv- e years. In Victoria, In fixing BUth Australia, silage has been made hy and around them. places you arc most sure to get them the leading dairymen for more than to nest in them. Then you arc not twenty years. One or the best of bothered with crows taking eggs. If them has made 20) tons every winter cold. I gather the eggs, and when hen and has wintered 10 cows on it, and wants to sit I give her 15 to 18 eggs. lie has done It for twenty years withWhen she has hatched I put her in a out failure. Yet the New Zealarge coop or pen so she cant get out. land papers are urging their readers and let the little turkeys run out and to inwstigale the silage question and In at their plcasuru. I keep hen In for arc telling their readers that they are two weeks anl feed little ones some twenty years behind the times. They inllk with light bread soaked In It. are proposing that the government call with some millet seed. Then if a conference, give i.he farmers free weather Is good I turn hen out and passes on the railroads to attend It, feed about the same till they are large and Import for speakers dairymen in enough to eatch grasshoppers, then Australia or other parts that have they will take care of themselves. A. made silage successfully. But the New Z. Copeland, Vermilion County, IlliZealanders are not the only peoplo nois. that are behind in tlielr appreciation of the silo. In the great state of IlliNew York'" Milk Supply, nois there are few silos despite the It required about 77,000.000 gallons fart that just across the border In of milk to supply the city of New York Wisconsin are whole counties dotted over with silos, and where the money during 1901, and an additional of gallons of cream and condensed returns have hern very great and the milk. It is Interesting to note the Increase of wealth due to the silos variation in the milk used in the dif enormous. high-price- one-ha- good-size- to-d- av |