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: A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD 2 BY MARGARET LEE. Aurnon or DIVORCE, A BROOKLYN BACHELOR, Lomnsn & \Vira' WWW/v4 CHAPTER I. Some years ago. one of the most beautiful places in the neighborhood of Great [Barrington was owned and 09- oupied by Mr. Robert Minturn and his family. As a rule. this household was an example of domestic concord and happiness. An easy income exercised one common source of anxiety. and the judicious mingling of common-sense _ and philosophy in conducting the or- l dinary affairs of life prevented the ‘ growth of minor annoyances. The house was large, irregularly built. and the very perfection of com~ fort. Mr. Minturn had a theory. and also the means of putting it into prac- tice. He believed in individuality and the opportunities for its growth. He had his own rooms. his favorite _ pur- suits. and every requisite for their_en- joymeut. His mother had her Wing. where she ruled as she pleased, and his daughter. was mistress of the main building and of herself. Mr. Miaturn would. point to trees as illustrating the truth of his reason- ing. Those that had room to develop and expand equally were perfect in form. beautifully balanced. and e_x- quisitely graceful; those that grew in the dense depths of the forest were but poor specimens of their kind. Lacking space, forced to seek light in spite of it. they were irregular, crooked, stunt- ed. and often grotesque. So, to the full extent of his ability. he protected the sacredness of individuality in the members of his own family. One afternoon in J une. soon_ after the arrival of the mail. the ladies of the household became conscious of the fact that something had occurred to disturb the equilibrium of its owner. Mrs. Minturn had taken her knitting to the shaded corner of the side porch. and her granddaughter was sauntering about the garden, examining the buds 3n. the rose trees. ; . “He has had bad news, dear." said Hrs. Minturn. "But what could it be about. grand- ma? Money, perhaps. I don't think he would keep it to himself if it were only a loss of money." 1 “Oh. no. lBesides. he wouldn't go off by himself to worry over a. sum of money. He would come and share the news with us. Suppose you go to him. at 2" p The "pet" looked at her grandmother and then at the windows of her father’s study. . "lBetter waitl He’ll take us into his confidence after a while. He could. not keep a secret from us.” “Maybe old Mr. Pounce is dead." “Daddy wouldn't run away from us for that." . “No; I don't suppose that any one will cry after poor Tom Pounce." I “How could any one miss himâ€"a mis- er who never does a kindness tom. hu- man being. and threatens to leave his millions to public charities and let h.s relatives struggle along for existence?" Mrs. Mintu‘rn sighed and grew air Iorbed. Presently the girl approached, and bent to kiss her. "Grandma, you always look unutter- able things when old Mr. Pounce is mentioned. I suppose he was one of your admirers ?" “Yes, he once asked me to marry him." ' - . "But you never liked him? lou couldn’t have cared for a man with his disposition."- "1 preferred your grandfather. love. But I often think that a good woman who could have loved him would have influenced him and altered his life. Hasn't some one discovered that a wo- man always has a kind thought for the man who proved that he appreciated her i” I "Who could help loving you? I know you were beautiful. Was he rich then f" -. “Oh. no. love. No one was very rich fifty years ago. He had his business, and. I think. was better established in, it than your grandfather was in his.‘ But we were all very well-to-do. as we sad to say. I don't think that people laid so much stress upon money when I g was young. Character was the great. thing. tl‘he young men expected ‘tol learn and labor truly to get their liv-I ing.“ as the catechism says. and the! young women were glad to marry them and take care of them uni their oarn- ‘ ings. \Ve. Lived by faith then. If a man was upright and industrious, the; future looked cheerful and the present: was fully enjoyed. \thn l was young life was full. and broad and deep. A man and woman lmd to be all-in-all to each other. The outside resources that ‘ exist now were unknown then. Home meant mutual love. confidence. sympa~ thy." 7 "Poor Mr. Pounce! \Vhen he could not have you I suppose he made up his mind not to marry. and he devoted himself to money-getting. No wonder he has plenty of it. after fifty years 0 f hard work. Why. daddy says that he is in his office as promptly as any of the clerks." . "Yes. his heart is in his business. See. here comes your fath‘r.” "Yes; now we’ll hear the latest." Mr. Minturn had thrown open aside door of his wing. and now approached, holding an open letter. lie was a tall, fair man with fine fea- tures. and a smile like a school-boy. "What do you suppose Martha liver- ett wants me to do i" . "$he was always ready with strange proymiitions. Has she found a wife .or you i That was one of her pet wheun‘fi." “Dom she want you to stand for. i‘ongress. daddy f" _ "Guess again: but you would never imagine what she entrcats of me. It seems that Larry has failed in mathemg Mics. and he will be given another ex“! aminati--n in the fall. 1 might as well A ~~ candid with you. Now. she thinks) t 1 can coach him. being a professor of _mathematics; and no doubt I could. Still. there are draw-backs. He is to board at GreatlBarrington and spend as much tune with me every day as I care to give "Is he a. junior 3” asked Mrs. Min- turn. "Yes. and well up in everything else. §he says she will die of a broken heart if he doesn’t graduate with honors." “It would be an immense kindness on your part, daddy. If her son doesn‘t A graduate she will feel the disappoint- ment all her life." “It would be a keen sorrow to a. proud woman like her. Her husband is a halo man. I don’t knowâ€"I've thought over it until I am too ner- vous to be sensible.” . “Robert. how is it that she writes to you 9 She has ignored us for years.” "I know it! Oh. well, mother, that is the way of the world. You. see. Everett came in for a fortune, and money is like wings. Martha had to soar. She has travelled and made regi- ments of new friends. No doubt. tra- velling has interfered with Larry’s education. You can’t leave loop-holes in mathematics. You see. when she is in sore need she turns to the old ‘friend whom she feels she can trust." "Oh, let him come, daddyl It will only be for the summer. and we always have visitors. How can one more make much difference 'l" "That is very true. pet.” "lBegsides, boys are so jolly! He can help us with our games and pitnics. He can’t study all day.” “Let me see, motherâ€"how old is this Larry? You must know." “Why, he was in frocks when you were married, Rob 1” "Nonsense!" "There isn’t any nonsense about it! He is twenty-three or four.” "No wonder his mother is in earnest!" Mr. Minturn folded the letter. put it carefully in his pocket, and proceeded to fill a. pipe and smoke it. His daugh- ter went off to inspect her plants, and his mother took up her knitting. The question was‘ evidently more perplex- lid. Miss Minturnf” ing than ever. Presently his mother noticed that he was watching his daughter. She was a tall girl, slight, and beautifully formed. Her hair was gleaming like burnished bronze in the sunshine ; and at intervals a little, unâ€" conscious, musical laugh escaped her as she bent and discovered an unsus- pected blossom in the old-fashioned clumps of green. ' "I wouldn‘t let that consideration trouble me, Robert. You know she has always been a favorite with her young companions, and she meets strangers constantly. I think she is too sensible. And then. she is natur- ally reserved." "I know that. Her reserve is her charm. If I only knew something about. him i” . “He comes of nice people. I knew his grandsu'ents on both sides. If the world hasn't hurt him, he ought to be very admirable. Martha has been ne- glectful of late; but, as you say, money enlarges the field. She has to follow where it leads her.” "I haven't thought of her vagaries. She is excusable. I am not fanciful. I don’t invite presentimen‘ts. I simply feel than". I should refuse; and yet I can offer no reason whatever for doing so. Why. the country is overstocked with experts in mathematics. them would be only too delighted to help him through.” “If the thing worries you. refuse at Any one ofl about. it. I can telegraph m the mommg." 1 CHAPTER II. About dusk on the next afternonn a tall, muscular young man in navy nine opened Mr. Mlnturn's gate and saun- tered across the lawn. glancing at the broad front porch. with its array of empty easy-chairs. The doors and win- dows ware up 'n. and the sound of noises reached him coming from the direction of the garden at the side of the house. As he apprmched the steps, Mr. Min- lurn turned the angle of the house ‘and came forward with outstretched hands. “I should know you anywhere! You are so like your mother. Come this way; my mother will be delighted to see you. So you got my message promptly ?" "Yes, and I didn't lose amoment." . "That was right. Mother, would you know-â€"---â€"" "Yes, indeed." Mrs. Minturn was holding out her hands and smiling: "He resembles his grandfather." "I don't remember hi. ; but I can see his mother in his eyes. This in( my daughter, Everett; my Hardy Rose, I call her, because she is always bloom- ing as you see. winter and. summer." Rose laughed merrily, and put out l her hand. _"I am so glad you came." “It is like coming home." said Ever- ett. frankly. "How good of you all to make me so welcome 1" "It very nice to have thelpleasure,” said Mr. Miniurn. feeling the charm of ,Iivereit's manner ani the winn'ng. loy- gish smile that seemed to beautify his lfeatures as if by magic. ‘ “You are just in time for tea. I hope you are old-fashioned enough to enjoy a cup with us.” ' "I am a perfect antique in that particular. My den is known as the teaâ€"room.” Having touched on the tOpic. Everett went on with an account of histcollege life. and discussed his standing and dis- al.iliLi-es with simplicity and earnest- ness. Rose listened attentively, and imechanically did the honors of the table without losing a word of the conversation. “If I start toâ€"morrow morning at the very foundation, and work indefatâ€" ligably. I ought to pull through in ZSeptember. \Vhat do you think. Mr. lMintum 2” “I agree with you, provided, always, [that the mentality is present. There gis a kind of deficiency, you know, that 'lstudy cannot supply." I "I have thought of that; but I feel sure that I have the capacity if lI can command the training. You see, II was doing Well in my studies. when mother concluded to go abroad. I think the change did me good in lots .of ways. I was inclined to be delicate; [but we two went from place to place, gavoiding cold weather and living in the lopen. and I grew like a young lion. I ihad good tutors from time to time. anl I am up all right in whrt Istu fed .with them. The joke is that they all 'shirked mathematics, mud to graduate astant to graduate, a man must be. up tip the exactsciences. I did for-awhile lcontemplate giving up the effort. and fgoing right into the. office. Mother IS so completely out up about it. You I can't reason with her at all. She says "the Everetts must be deteriorating Imerntally’ if I can't do what my father did before me. So. for her sake, I'm willing to turn schoolâ€"ltoy this summer, and I don’t know how to thank you {for agreeing to help me." "Succeed. my dear fellow. and Ishall be amply repaid for what I may dofrfor you. How early can you get here in, the morning?" “At any hour that you may appoint. I can have. my breakfast at six, they Etell me." l "That's good. By halfâ€"past seven we can commence work." “Dear me!” ejaculated Mrs. Minturn; "'you are in earnest.” i "You will be all lines and curves and laughs by lunch-lime," said Rose, her once. \Ve are not under any obliga- beaming eyes meeting Everett's. tions to the Everetts." "I think you are right, mother, I’ll answer this at once. and get it; off my mind." “Daddyâ€"come here! Tell me what this is! I never insect l” ' “I suppose. you are at home in Eucâ€" A Happy Household gal 2 Rose glanced at her father. "I never got beyond thethreshold.” "That is a sore point with my daughâ€" saw such a lovely ter. People are apt to think that mathematics must run in the family. Mr. Minturn obeyed implicitly. and The fact is. I knew that Rose could not stood in admiration before a largelgraduate without; sacrificing some of night-moth of the most exquisite shades of green. "It is beautiful," he said. abstractedly. “Such a combination of colors! See. its spots are black and pink.” "The green is opalescent. I hope no collector is about.” "Oh. no; the beauty is safe in this garden.” ‘ As she spoke, she met her father's eyes and felt their intensity of mean- ing. He. put his arm about her. "Daddyâ€"you're going to let Mr. Everett come?" "\Yhyr. "Because it will be doing akindness. â€"You know. that is your principle,â€" never to leave a kindness undone where it is possible. to do it." “But. my darling. the young fellow can find other teachers." "Not like you, daddy. things clear." “1 wish I could make this problem clear to myself." She smiled sympa- thetically. "Is there an unknown daddy?" "Precisely." Ho (:13th The sound was so unus- ual from him that his daughter glanc- ed ilayfully at him. imitated him. and laughed merrily. "l‘he idea of any such questions troubling ytu! Nonsensel Let him come. It will be so nice to set his mother's mind a: rest. And then. if he passes his examination in the fall, you will feel as if the summer has been well spent." "What an interest you take in this young fellow.” "Because he has been disappointed, and because grandma says that she knew his parents and grandparents. I think we should take an interest in him." Mr. Minturn laughed in spite of his doubts. "It will be, for his own sake. so far as I am «ulcerâ€"nod. dearâ€"simply be- You make quantity. iher strength. soIexertcd my authority. and Rose has no diploma. I console myself wilh the comforting reflection that she has never had a pain or an ache that she can remember, and I [am satisfied." “She should have a diploma for that!" cried Everett. with admiration in his. eyes and voice. "\Vn. may live to see. colleges found- ed whnre eff ate for phy ical perfection will take the. place of menial cultiva- tion. I shouldn't Object. to letting you try for honor: in suchaschool." “Oh. daddy! You are an anarchrnn- ism. You should have been a Greek. centuries ago." "I'm content. “M can copy the wis- Idom of any ace. you see. and add it to the. advantages of our own. Isnv. first be healthy. then study thorough- ly to your own limits. The truth is. Everett. I am wholly opposed to our present theory and practice of educa- tion. and I am thankful to say thatI came, to my sense: in time: to rave my child from its ruinous effects. This mental cramming has the same results as over-eating. The brain is weakened. The diploma gained. the reaction sets in. The mind is exhausted. enfeebled. Its proper. gradual. full development ‘is no longer possible. The attempt to ldo the work of twenty years in four ’has rendered the entire scheme abor- tive. ’Why. look about you and see for yourself the outcome of our boasted system of free schools and endowed colleges. \Ve have clever men and women. but no great ones. Educa- tion stops with the certificate setting forth that its owner knows just so much. having passed successfully on examination limited to the knowledge of the men who drew up thehuestlons to be answered. Our bright boys and girls are mentally destroyed by this rmess. They are like plants forced nto one magnificent mass of bloom ‘lhat kills them." To Be Continued. canse I like young people. I'll think HINTS FOR THE FARMER. WWW LONG KEEPING .BUII'I'ER. . A correspondent has this to say about making batten that will keep a long time without deteriorat- ing in flavor: ’ I want to give the methods of some dairies that are today and have been for more than twentyâ€"five years year after year, making and selling for prices from five cents to ten cents above highest quotations. First of all, they have good, healthy cows that have pure food, pure water and pure air. They are run in pastures that are kelpt as free as possible from weeds. Their stables are light, roomy and well ventilated. The cows are never worried by either men or dogs. They are fed, milked and handled in all ways with the strictest regularity as to hours, and by the same persons, especially as to being milked. The milk is never allowed to stand in stableâ€"or any other place where there might be objectionable odorsâ€"until it cools to the temperature of the stable. The milk is strained‘ through wire and cloth strainers into the pans or cream- ery or separator, whichever method of creaming is used. Most of those who have successfully made thiskind of keeping butter use the gravity process of creaming. Still the method of creaming matters but little, provided you get the right qual- ityof cream and can ripen it to per- fection. They skim their milk just as soon as the milk shows the ’least acidity. The cream is churned in about forty-eight hours after being taken from the milk. As regards tempera.- ture, as much as possible the milk from the gravity process in kept at from sixty degrees to seventy degrees. So also is the cream after beingaaken from the milk. Generally speaking, the cream from the milk handled in this way is what would be called If-orty to fortyâ€"live per cent. creamâ€"that is, 2 1-4 to Z 1-25 pounds of this cream 'will make a pound of finished butter. C.eam of thi. quality or uld necesarily be quite free from other matter than butter fat as compared with cream of which it takes four to four and. one- half pounds for a. pound of butter. 'l‘he cream is churned at a. temper.- ature ranging from fiftyâ€"eight degrees to sixtyâ€"two degrees, as the tempera- ture of the air may be at time and. place of churning. When the cream begins to show a. general form in the churn, especially with the heaviest per cent. or" cream, some well water of about sixty degrees temperature is put into the churn. As soon as the butter globules .‘form into size like small shot or grains of wheat thd'but- termilk is run off and the butter is washed with water at not far from sixty degrees temperature. After wa.-hing an; dra ninar as dry as poli lo the butter is taken from the churn, weighed and put on butter worker ready to be salted. The quan- tity of salt runs from one to one and a. quarter ounces per pound of butter, as customers may desire. When the salt is thoroughly worked into the butter it is rolled. into large lump and after being well covered with a. linen cloth dampened so as to exclude the air as much as posaibls, it is left for four or five hours. when, it receives another slight Working and is packed or stamp- ed into pound prints. sci rapid is its growth in early spring that it is usually high enough to be ploughed under by the time corn-plant- ing must be done. Farmers who have grown rye know that rye covers the ground and provides late pasturage for stock when other green food is scarce. and. it also gives the early green food after winter is past. Crimson clover will keep pace with rye in that: respect. being the first to push ahead in spring and provide early green food should it be required. but the main object in growing crimson clover should. be that of turning it under. as it is more valu- able for that purpose than any other crop in comparison with the coat. and period of time during which such a crop is secured. Ih'ery piece of land that contains no crop should be seeded down to crimson clover. Failures have resulted with crimson clover even when the conditions were apparently favorable, but one of the errors info which farmers fall was that of seeding it down too late in the yeqr. This was due to the extravammt claims made in its favor. lit is safe to admit that farmers have had fairly good cram of crimson clover aftersow- ing the seed on corn land after the corn was "laid by," but as a rule? lthe weeds, birds. and other drawbacks do not promise good results under such methods. The proper time to seed crimson clover is just as soon as the dry portion of the: summer is over. It is better to seed about the first of August than to delay toalater time, and the ground should be ploughed and carefully borrowed. .the seed to be brushed. in. using the same quantity of seed as of red clover. If theeeeding is properly done there will bea fair start, and the field will be uniform. The plants will become well rooted. be- fore winter and will have made suffi- cient growth before cold weather sets in to prevent being thrown up by frost. Early in the spring. if the clover has started well. it will be fairly under way before other plants have recovered from their torpidity. reaching the blooming stage before the land is ready for corn. and will almost tempt the farmer to out it. instead of using. it as a ,soi ingcrnp. After sowing the seed it will 'be an advantage to apply wood ashes on the landi or llime. and lime will also be of assistance if applied to the land in the spring after the crop is ploughed under. INSECTICIDE FOR PLANTS. Cosmos. a French scientific review, says thataSouth American farmer has recently made an accidental discovery of great value to gardeners and flor- ists. It was to the effect that leaves of the tomato plant will drive. insects away fromo [her plants. He covered away from other plants. Ile covaered shrubs he wished to protect from the sun and from small insects, and was delighted to find that the latter clear- ed out as soon as they got ’the odor of the tomato leaves. He then extended the same treat- ment to an entire row of young peach trees. and his success was complete. To render the process more simple he tried a. decoction of the fresh tomato leaves (Hill. spray on other trees and shrubs, and found that he had a perâ€" fectly effective weapon which cost practically nothing. He also found a spray of the same kind would keep flies off his horses. - A Carpenter’s Story. So much for the method of making. STRICKEN WITH LA GRIPPE' FOL' Now as to packing. when wanted in large packages, the best package I have ever yet used is a. first wall made white oak package. These should be well soaked in brine forlsev~ eral days before Leing used. The butâ€" LOWED BY RHEUMATISM. Claws Sim'cred a Great Deal and for Two Rlonflm “'ns lfnablc lo Work â€"- Dr. “'lliluma’ l'lnk l‘llls Restored Ills Health. ter is put into these packages iir-quan- From the Reporter. Palmerston. (int- iities that will make a. layer not far from two inches in thickness. this layer is firmly pressed down in the package. a sprinkling of salt is put on the buLter and another layer of butter put on until the package is full. When filled. a. piece of muslin placed over the butter and a layer of salt on top of the muslin. The salt is dampened and well placed against sides of package. Sometimes the salt will need moistening a second time. A smooth stone or piece of plank islaid over the package and it is left inthis shape until it is shipped. When a package is opened for use, a muslin sack the size of the. package should’nc made that will hold salt to thetqnanti- ity of one-half inch thickness. This can be. put on top of the butter and kept am“ the luiter is all used out. To get the butter from the. package, in good shape a V shaped piece may first be taken fromalayer. and than you can cut out any shape on size you like. Great care must be taken at all times when butter is taken from a package to see that the bag of saltis put back in good shape, and you are safe against having tainted butter. .__.. CRIMSON CLOVER. The value of crimson clover is not as a food for stock, but as a. crop tobe ploughed under in the Spring. derives a large share of its niirogen from the atmosphere through the agency of minute organisms. and as nitrogen is the most costly fertilizer that the farmer must procure. the use of crimson clover is a cheap mode of adding fertility to the soil. It «wont the ground in the winter and prevents loss of soluble plant food that would be carried away by rains and sncm‘s on bare soil; hence it not only adds nitrogen to the soil, but prevents the loss of that existing therein. and Clover l There is not a better known man in “thn x Palmerston. than Mr. Jae. Skim, who i for the. past twenty-four years has foi- flnwed the trade of carpentry in the itown. Mr. Skea, who is a native of l the Orkney Islands. is now sixty-six lyears of age and is halo and hearty. 3 Afew years ago he was attacked with ‘grip, which left in its wake acute rheumatism. For two months he was unable to work and suffered a great deal from this dread disease. lie nle several kinds of linimcnts, but to no avail. ilaving read in the papers of the wonderful cures effected by Dy, .\\'ii!inms' l’ink Villa for l’aie People he decided to try them. lie took one box and was surprised at the effect. He took a second and finally a Hard. . when he found that his old cnclliy was {about routed. To a importer repre- 'Bcntative, who called upon him at lns residence to find out if the reported cure. was correct, Mr. F-kea said: “i was greatly surprisedat the result of taking a (‘Ullpll‘ of boxes. I suffered fearfuliy, but they mule a new man of me, and fixed me right up. I now- Itako them every spring and fall to guard against colds and grip. 'llv-y an. the, only thing that does me any from. Mr. Campbell or Mr. 'l'lmm will tell you that i wouldn’t be without Dr. “'illiainI-i' i’ink l’ills for anything. They are the best [mull- cim- in the world. Though I am up in gyoears. my iu'alfh is good and lam ‘riuht as a dollar. I attribute it to the luse of fill-nu Pills. 1 recommended them to Mr. William Beanie. ('nrpcn- ’llZ-f' foreman on the G. N. W. who had :also been troubled with xlivumalhrn 'and they figuredin o'ffM'led a cum In his case." _ , Dr. “'illiams‘ Pink Pills cure. by [(0- ing to the root of the Macaw. 'l‘lmy renew and build up the blood. ' and Islrengthrn the nerves. thus driving ldi-ea~e from the system. Avoid Imi- tazions by insisting that every box you _purchase is enclosed m a wrapping bearing the full trad.- mark. "llt. “Il- liams' i’ink Pills fur Pale I’w'piu." ‘ l .u. 9‘ . . .. a I ’ .V...._......_. b..- -m ...â€"_.-_--- .. .__ ._ .. - w - . .. .amr" imp-Ra: 1."; ‘ ‘