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V ) V • r; y }<. •' Jjv: ' i - i ?•; "!•& ' ' IP •% - • . h.t r-?v 'W " - ' t#1'-:'V . Ar rREDEmc s. ismMjy „ AUTHOR or "THE illWlXR ĴriMKTTinfQX'lX ILLUSTRATIONS BY nAY WA£T=T<& COFY7UCNT 1*09 0? THE BOBBJ-MERRILL CO. ' 84 SYNOPSIS. "&} J,. '>SfcM P F" .y %H"' > /» ' OomtesM SUse, daughter of the govern­ or of tTie "Mount, hits chance encounter With a peasant boy. The "Mount," a small rock-fconnd Island, stood In vast bay on the northwestern coast of France, and durinsr the time of Louis XVI. was a gov­ ernment stronghold. Develops that tha peasant hoy was the son of Selpneur De­ saurac, nob3err<an. Young Desanrae deter­ mines to secure an education and become ft gentleman, sees tho governor's daugh­ ter depart for Paris. I^ady'Kllse returns wter seven years' schooling', and enter­ tains many nobles. Her Ladyship danceo With strange fisherman, snd a tall to arms is made in an effort to capture a mysterious I>e Seigneur Notr, He escapes, liady Elise is cautfht In the "Grand tide. The Black Seigneur rescues and tier to his retreat. Elise discovers that her savior was the boy with the nsn. 8anchez, the Seigneur's servant, IB ar­ rested and brought before the governor. Ladv Elise has Sanche* set free. Seig­ neur and a priest at the "Cockles. San­ chez tells Desaurac that Lady Eltse be­ trayed him, but is not believed. The Seigneur plans to release prisoners at the Mount Lady Elise pleads with her fath­ er to spare the lives of condemned Pr'®- Oners. Disguised as a peasant Lady Elise mingles with the people and hears •ome startling facts. A mysterious Mountebank starts a riot. He is arrested and locked up after making cloae obser­ vations of the citadel, and is afterwards alirrmoned before the governor s daugh­ ter The governor enters the room during •he interview with the Mountebank. As a miserable buffoon, the Mountebank Is re­ leased by order of the governor. De­ saurac overpowers guard and dons sol­ dier's uniform. The Seigneur successfully Basses guards and finds the Great Wheel." Jacques, the jailer, forced to tread the wheel and bring up enemies of the governor. The Black Seiftneur liber­ ates the prisoners. The Seigneur again Wade prisoner. The Marquis de Beau- ^rlllers visits the Mount. The ladies and nobles inspect the dungeons. Elise visits the Seigneur. Lady Elise engages Na­ nette. daughter of Pierre Laroche. friend Of the Black Seigneur, as maid. Nanette plans the release of the Black Seigneur. The Marquis and Lady Elise ride into an «mbush. Lady Elise Is held as hostage. IPrisoners are exchanged. My Lady for the Seigneur. The people storm the Mount r and the Black Seigneur tries to save Elise. Sanchez kills the governor: the ®lack Sejgneur rescues Elise. Desaurac Oarries Ladv Elise through the fighting »ob to safety. The Black Seigneur hears how Lady Elise went knowingly and will­ ingly as hostage to save him. CHAPTER XXXIV.--(Continued.) Pierre shook bis head. "No, mon capitaine! She will have none of 'them. And you had heard her: 'A great wrong waa unintentionally,' she pcoented the word, 'done the Seigneur t pesaurac by my father, which has , .'iow been set right!' *It has,' I aa- * fenied, and would have urged further our proposal, when she stopped me. ' fSpeak no more of this matter!' 'Twas ill she said; but--you should have v iieen her faoe, and how her eyes ehone!" The young man, looking down, made BO answer. "An you are not satis- lied," continued Pierre, "broach the question to my lady, yourself." "I?" A look, half bitter, crossed the other's dark faoe. "Her father's enemy! Through whose servant, all Iter misfortunes came about! To re­ vive anew what must so often pass in tier mind?" "Well, well; no doubt you know best, and, certes, now you remind me," she did turn cold and distant when I spoke of your coming. But let idle prejudices enter into practical con­ cerns--it's on a par--of all improvi­ dence! Why, 'twas not long ago, she brought me a jewel or two; Marie, It seems, had foresight enough to snatch them before fleeing from the Mount, and begged me to take them for our kindness, she said; which I did, seeing she would not have it oth­ erwise--nor let herself be regarded as one who could not pay. But to busi- . neBS, mon capitaine!" And thereafter, for some time, they, or rather, Pierre, talked; the others. * save the Marquis, returned to the ship, and only Nanette, busy putting every­ thing to rights, lingered in the room. At length, after papers had been signed and changed hands, the con­ versation of the host began to wane; frequently had he sipped from a bottle of liqueur at hiB elbow and now found timself nodding; leaned back more comfortably in the great chair and suf­ fered his head to fall. The clock ticked out the seconds; the young man con­ tinued to sit motionless. " 'A mon beau'--" Nanette's voice, lightly humming, caused him to look up; with the old mocking expression on her face, the inn-keeper's daughter paused near his chair. "It was kind of you, mon capitaine, to bring my lady her Marquis!" A* she spoke, she looked toward the gar­ den. "Why not?" he asked steadily. "The passport and orders were correct." "Were they, indeed?" she said, tap­ ping the floor with her foot. "You remain with us a few days; or, as of old, must we be content with a brief visit?" she went on. ^ "We leave tomorrow." . "Tomorrow?" The girl's eyes wore a tentative expression. "Late?" "Early!" "Oh; In that case, perhaps I shan't have time," Nanette paused; looked at her father; old Pierre's slumbers were not to be broken. "For what?" asked the Black Seign­ eur shortly. "To tell you something!*' "Why not--now?" "You--are inquisitive?" -No!" "Even if it were about--" she looked, toward the door that led to the gar­ den. "The Lady Elise?" he said quickly. "Oh. you are interested? *A mon beau'--" a moment she hummed. "You do not urge me?" "Wherefore," laconically, "when you have made up your mind to tell!" "You are right!" She threw back ber head. "I have made up my mind! How well you understand women! Almost as well,", she laughed mock­ ingly, "as a ship!" He made no re­ sponse. "When you thanked me once, mon capitaine, for all it pleased you to say I did for you, you may remember," her voice was defiant, "I did not once gainsay you!" More curiously he re­ garded her. "Perhaps it pleased me," her hand on her hip, "to be thought such a fine heroine. But now," her tone grew a little fierce, "I am tired of hearing people say: 'Nanette risked so much!' 'Nanette did this!--did that!'--when it was Bhe who risked-- did it all, one might say." "She? What do you mean?" The black eyes probed hers now with sud­ den, fieroe questioning. "That 'twas the Lady Elise saved you. Went knowingly--willingly--as hostage--" "The Lady Elise!" he cried, an abrupt glow on the dark face. Nanette's eyes noted and fell, but she went on hurriedly: "She knew of the ambush in the forest; saw part of the note I dropped on the beach--it was brought to her by my aunt who warned her." And in a quiek rush of words, as if desirous to be done with it, Nanette told all that had transpired at the Mount. Incredulously, eagerly, he listened; dhe Went to the Mantel; Took From It a Candle. when, however, she had finished, he said nothing; sat like a man bewil­ dered. "Well?" said the girl impatiently. Still he looked down. "Well?" she re­ peated, so sharply old Pierre stirred; lifted his head. "Eh, my dear?" She went to the mantel; took from it a candle. "Seigneur finds you such poor com­ pany," she said, "be desires a light to retire!" The dawn smote the heavens with fiery lashes of red; from the east the wind began to blow harder, and on the sea the waves responded with a more forcible sweep. At a window in the inn, the Black Seigneur a moment looked out on the gay flowers and the sea and the worn grim face of the cliff; then left his room and made his way downstairs. No one was yet, ap­ parently, astir; an hour or so must elapse ere the time set for departure, and, pending the turn of the tide and adieu to old Pierre, the young man stepped into the garden, through the gate, and, turning into a rocky palh, strode out over the cliffs. The island was small; its walks limited, and soon, despite a number of difficulties in the way he had chosen, he found himself at its end--the verge of a great rock that projected out over the blue, sul­ len sea. For some moments he stood, there, listening to the sounds in cav­ erns below, watching the snow-capped waves, the ever-shifting spots on a vast map, and then, shaking off his reverie, started to return. "A brisk wind to take us back to France," he said to himself; but his thoughts were not of possible April storms, or of his ship. His eyes, bright, yet perplexed, as If from some problem whose solution he had not yet found, were bent downward, only to be raised where the path demanded his closer attention. As he looked up, he became suddenly aware of the fig­ ure of a girl, who approached from the opposite direction. A quick glint sprang to the young man's eyes, and, pausing, be waited; watched- At that point, the way ran over a rock, almost eaten through by the hungry sea, and she had already started to cross when he first saw her. The path was not dangerous; nor was it easy; only It called for certainty and assurance on the part of the one that elected to take it. My lady's light footstep was sure; although the wind swept rather sharply there, she held herself with confident poise, while from the brown eyes shone a clear, steady light "1 saw you leave the inn," she said, drawing near the comparatively shel­ tered spot, where he stood, "and know­ ing you would soon sail, followed. There is something I wanted to say, and--and felt I should have no other chance to tell you!" Had she read what was passing in his brain, she would not have faced him, so confident; but, ignorant of what he had learned, the cause of varying lights in his dark eyes, the tender play of emotion on his strong features, Bhe broached her subject with steadfastness of purpose. "You went away so suddenly the last time. I had no opportunity, It en, to thank you for that you did; and so, I do now--thank you, I mean! Also," a touch of prouder constraint in her tone, "I appreciate your ovei> generous proposal through Pierre La­ roche; although, of course," her fig­ ure very straight, "I could not--it was impossible--to entertain it. But I am glad you were able to prove. You will understand--and," my lady ended quickly, "I thank you!" He looked at her long. "It is I who am in your debt!" "You?" Her brows lifted. "Yes." "I--don't think I quite understand." In spite of herself and her resolution, the proud eyes seemed to shrink from a nameless something in his gaze. "Nor I! Nanette was talking with me last night!" "Nanette!" In words, direct, unequivocal, lie told her what he had learned; and al­ though my lady laughed, as at some­ thing absurd, and strove to maintain an unvarying mien, his eyes chal­ lenged evasion; demanded truth! At that moment the space where they stood seemed, perhaps, too small; to hem her very closely in--too closely-- as, drawing back, she touched the hard rocky wall! "Why ?" Still endeavoring to regard him as if the charge could only be pre­ posterous, too unreasonable to an­ swer, she was, nevertheless, conscious of the flame on her faoe--tacit refuta­ tion of the denials in her eyes! "Why?" she repeated. "f hat is Just what I was asking my­ self when I saw you, my Lady." "And, of course, knowing there could be no--that it was too senseless --" The words she was searching for failed her; she looked toward the path over the neck of rock, but he con­ tinued to stand between it and her. "I have heard the story in all Its de­ tails; all that passed at the Mount, i'tUMtts ~5s tbers. And," In­ stead of having undermined his belief, she felt she had only strengthened it, "I am sure you went to the Monastery Si. Ranulphe, knowing--" "You are sure!" she interrupted quickly. "It wasn't long ago you were sura It was I who betrayed you, and--" "I was wrong, then; but," "his eyes continued to meet hers, "I am not wrong now." Behind her, my lady's hand closed hard on the rock. "Deny it!" his voice went on. "In so many words!" "Why should I?" She caught her breath quickly. "I denied something to you once- and you did not believe." "I'll believe you now!" "I .should feel very much Sattered, I am snre; but after--" A spark of de­ fiance began to gleam in her eyes.. "You are sure one moment, and not, the next! You are ready to believe, or not to believe!" More certain now, she lifted her head; she, whose assur­ ance and wit had never failed her at court, would not be pnt to confusion by him! His answer was unexpected; to her; to himself. Perhaps it was the peas­ ant--the untamed half-peasant--in his blood that caused it; that made a sud­ den, unceremonious act, his reply! He caught both her hands: drew her to him. He knew she could never care for him--she, the beautiful lady! But he forgot himself for tHfe moment; thought only of what she had done; her courage, her fineness, her delicate loveliness! Her life for his. To pay a fancied debt, perhaps? And all the while he had thought-- Self-reproach; es fell from his Hps; were followed by bolder, more daring words. All he would have said the night on the beach, when he had borne her from the fiery rock to the ship, now burst from him; all he had felt when he, had held her in his arms--motionless, unresisting, the still, white face up­ turned, offering Itself freely to his gaze! At the neck of the rock, beneath his feet, the waves thundered; near them. hor. Had aot fato decreed--bitterly--«» idxe should look upon him only as an enemy? It might be, in time, she would condone his presumption, when his presenoe would no longer vex herl He was going one way; she, another, soon, with-- "You--you are mistaken, Monfleur!* My lady's tone was tremulous.: * "Mistaken f -ivj "The--Marquis de Beauvillers ieft last night on a fishing bark." "Left!" abruptly . he wheeled. "Why?" She did not answer. "Yoo mean?" Before the sudden swift ques­ tion that shone from his eyes, hem fell. "Speak!" He seised her hand; his dark, eager face was near hers now. "You have sent him away? He wi!' never return?" She lifted her head; answered not In words; but a ,new light in her eyes met the flash of his. "My Lady!"'he cried, bewildered for the moment at what that glanoe re­ vealed. An Instant she seemed once more striving to combat him, when,, drawing her gently toward him, he bent lower; kissed softly her Ups. "Is it, then, true--" "You find It so hard to believe?" "That you love me? That I seem no longer your enemy?" "My en^my? You? Who risked so much--saved my life!. Ah, no, no! Do you not remember," Softly, "lie, too said--'Forget!'" "I only remember I have long loved you! For me have you ever been the princess--who dwelt in the clouds--In a palace, enchanted--" Her face changed. "That saddens you! For­ give me!" "It seeihs like a dream--that life, then! All made up of lightness and gaiety; courtiers and fine masques, until--" Beneath the bright gold of her hair, my lady's brow knit. "Until?" "Nay; I know not until--just when! Only, for long, I seem to have lived in a world, unreal and false. Last night, when in the garden, I felt stilled. This marriage! Arranged--for what^.2" She made a quick gesture. "The words RAISIN8 QUEEN BEES His Dark, Eager Face Was Near Hers Now. wild birds circled, wheeled and were 1 borne on by the Btrong breath of the wind. Had he spoken; what had he said? A gradual consciousness of the beating of the sea smoLj his senses, as with rhythmical regularity it krose. He listened; slowly in his eyes that light that demanded--claimed, as it were, its own--was replaced by an­ other; his hands released hers. My lady made no sound; her proud lips trembled. Very pale, she leaned back. So Bilenoe lengthened. "Pardon, my Lady!" he said at last, very humbly. It had not occurred to me my secret was not safe; that I, master of ships and men, should not be master of my­ self! But I had not expected to be alone with your Ladyship, and," a shadow of a smile crossed the strong, reckless faoe, "your Ladyship can weigh the provocation! If the excuse will not ^erve, I have none other to offer. Certainly, will I retract noth­ ing. What's said, is said, and--no lies will unsay it!" He looked at the water; the tide was nearly in; he turned. She would never see him again, for which she would be very glad, since the sight of him must always have b_©en hateful to Guanacos of the Andes M:' 11*5 U Texas Ranchmen Seeking Information "With a View to Domesticating the Animals. The day is not fkr gone when that historic farmer, on beholding the cir­ cus giraffe for the first time, ex­ claimed, "There ain't no such animal!" And the day also may not be far dis­ tant when more animals now seen only in menageries will be Introduced into certain parts of America. Os­ triches onoe were a curiosity with the great tent shows. Now there are os­ trich farms all over the west. An at­ tempt was once made to introduce the oauacl In Uu» iii™L Aineiicau places of Arizona and New Mexico. An attempt also was once made to train monkeys to pick prunes, but this lat­ ter venture was a chattering farce. Now comes the Dally Consular Re­ ports with a story to the effect that Texas ranchmen are seeking addi­ tional information concerning guana in the Andes from central Peru to Cape Horn. These animals are very shy and hunters capture them with difficulty. They may be tamed if tak­ en when young, and Consul Winslow at Valparaiso, Chile, sees no reason why they could not be successfully raised in certain sections of the Unit­ ed States. Guanacos are said "to feed upon the pungent herbage of the Pata- gonlan deserts, as well as upon the bitter grasses of the Pampas, And fur­ nish to the wandering natives their principal flesh food and the only skins useful for clothing or tent making, except those of the rheas. Over a Targe pm-t of their habitat none but salt water is to be bad, which they drink readily." Guanacos are about a than the average sheep about the same. There price for the animal, as few have been domesticated. They must be picked third taller and weigh is no fixed where from $6 to $20 gold each. Guanaco rugs are prized very highly and cost $16 to $25 gold, according to size, quality of the hair, etc. A r 6x9 feet is worth $20. The Oriental Dancer. Charles Frohman, at a dinner at the Metropolitan club In New York, con demned a certain outrageously im­ modest Oriental dancer. "She must have a nasty mind," Mr. Frohman said, "to dance like that" "Oh, don't be too hard on her," «i|d a playwright. "She may not under­ stand, you know. Consider how young she is." "I deny," said Mr. Frohman, "that she's as young as you imply; but I'm bound to admit that, even though mat ycrung, she's certainly a stripling.? • Peeling Oranges. Pour boiling water on oranges and let them stand in it five minutes. Then when you peel them you will find the bitter and Indigestible white lining will come off came--had to come--though they hurt my lord's pride; touched his vanity! Nothing deeper! It was gone., Be­ sides--" My lady stopped. "Go on!" he urged, his voice eager. "That is all. At least, all I would acknowledge to myself, then." "And now?" His arm tightened; he held my lady close. "Now?" Her lips lifted; though silent, made answer in the abandonment of the mo­ ment, tho past and all its vicissitudes vanished; only the present held them --the present and the future, beautiful as the horizon, how rosy and glowing beneath the warm touch of the dawn. The tide came in and the tide went out. "Mon capitaine must have changed his mind," said old Pierre at the inn. And he gazed toward a ship, stranded on the s&nds of the harbo*. ^ (THE END.) The Contrary Effect. "There Is one thing queer about Bib- bles." -- "What is that?" "He shows most dry humor when he's drinking." b Power of the Human Eye ( *- Distance at Which Recognition of,a Person May Be Considered Reliable* " V ^ • How often we say "I ./recognized him" sometimes at distances that make us doubtful, flow the German government has made scientific in­ vestigations showing the distance at which this recognition may be consid­ ered reliable. According to their re­ port, a man with good eyes will recog­ nize a person seen once before at a distance not greatly exceeding 82 feet. An intimate acquaintance may be recognized nt from one hundred and sixty to three 11umIi-o«1 and" twen­ ty "feet; and a very dear, friend or relative up to five hundred feet. The rifleman can discern the dif­ ferent parts of bis adversary's body, and every decided movement at about three hundred feet, and a movement of the legs'or arms up to a little more . -- clean with the skin. ^ up wherever they can be found, at This enables you1 to easily slice ft!" I than twice that distance. At alx hun- whatever the owner may chargs, say-1 chill for breakfast^ idred yards a moving nun Is a mare creeping blur on the landscape, and at eight hundred yards ".ny move­ ments of the arms or legs. are no longer visible. Of course, there are averages such j^s the jurist must recognize in weigh- *fng the evidence of witnessed, and the military leader in noting the posi tion of his antagonist and the outside limit of effective rifle and pistol fire. Then, there are exceptions to these rules. Hunters, sea,coast dwel­ lers, prairie cattlemen and farmer* whose sight, unweakened by civilized life and trained by constant exercise of "lone: Right." will oftnn nearly double the averages given. »So, too, the clearer air of the elevated prairies and table lands certainly doubles the power of the human eye. --Joe Chappie's News Letter. Feeder*, toy Artificial Produce Any Number# Every Hive Has Three Kinds of " In­ sects, Workers, Drones and the Queen and These Come From Two Kinde of Egge. America leads the world in the pro­ duction of queen bees. One Ohio man alone rearo about 3,500 every year and sells them in every part of the world. While it is seueruiiy supposed that the most profitable bees are raised in Italy, the truth is that the finest speci­ mens of Italian queens are produced in America. The scientific bee breeder has found a way to outwit bee colonies in their natural method of producing queens and can n#w produce as many of these royal insects as can fee disposed of. In their natural oondition bees will permit only one queen in a hive, but feeders, by feeding artificial muceli, are able to produce any number. Every hive has three kinds of bees, workers, drones and the queen, and these are produced from two kinds of eggs. Unfertilized eggs produce noth­ ing but drones while the fertilized egg will produce either a worker or a queen, depending on whether the larvae is fed on royal jelly preserved for queens or upon the cominon food which makes the workers. The larvae produced in a queen's cell is fed the royal jelly, and develops all the qualities of the queen. Here Lltuary Education. - true end of a literanjr ^Odnca- tlon is to make a man* and not u en­ cyclopaedia. A Well-Arranged Apiary. is where the breeder's aklll comes in. He makes a queen cell of wax about the size of an acorn and so skillfully is this done that the bees are de- delved. Into each of these cells he places a larvae and the workers, not knowing any difference, promptly proceed to feed it with the foyal food. After she has eaten of this for six days she re­ fuses any more and the cell is then sealed up. In this way a breeder may s£art a hundred queens in a single cell, but he must be careful to re­ move the frame from the hive into in Incubator and observe the greatest care in separating the queens as they are hatched out. Bach one is placed in separate quar­ ters in a hive and given a bodyguard of about 25 workers, who attend to her every want. When full grown she is placed in a little wire cage *rith her attendants and shipped by mail to any distance. The queen bee lives about four years and produces, when she is work­ ing full time, from 1,500 to 3,000 eggs per day. Placed in a cell of the most vicious black bees a hive bred queen will, in a short time, transform the colony into a happy family of gentle, ftard working Italians, as the workers live only about 40 days. When the queen bee becomes old 'and incapacitated she is supplanted by a new queen, although she is allowed to live in the hive until she dies. She is managed and her wishes are con­ trolled by her attendants and if she refuses to obey her instructions she 1b quickly stung to death. TIMELY NOTES OF FLOWERS TESTING ICE CREAM FOR FAT ip aives||£i Aim to Have Something New Every Year--Sensitive Plant is Very In* teresting in Its Habits., Mass the different varltles of a sin­ gle flower and the effect is more pleas­ ing than when made up of a dozen varieties. On the lawn as in the vase, popular taste has been trained to ad­ mire the harmony of unity. Soak seeds of cypress vine for a few hours in hot water just before plant­ ing. The hard'seeds of the canna may need a bit of filing ere the germ can push its way out; but care should be taken not to injure it in the process. Poppies will perpetuate themselves by self-sown seed. Aim to have something new every year, but not a high priced novelty. The sensitive plant IB handsome and intensely interesting in its habits. If you have never grown it, try it for the children. Study its queer habits, and you will alwayB find it entertaining. The Japanese morning glory is slow­ er in attaining the blooming slse than the old fashioned flower, yet its larger aize and clear colors make amends for slower maturity. Vermont Experiment Station „ Method That Will Prove Satisfac­ tory and Reasonably Accurate. '•> • ^ "Carefully weigh 18 gralna of a well^^ melted (but not overheated) and mixed ^ sample of ice cream into a 30 per cent. -V;-.y cream bottle. To this, add four or five- c. c. of lukewarm water. Now add or->^ $ dinary sulphuric acid, a little at a.^%| time, thoroughly mixing the fluids with-1 • each addition. Little more than half^--' - and seldom as much aB two-thirds thef1;V- usual amount of acid is required;, and's^v not more than one-half of this amount^ ; ̂ should be used at the outset, and some' > little time should be allowed for it act. If the color is not yet that of^H* strong coffee, add a little more acid,|^:^ shake and pause for a time. If still the color IB too light, add yet more[v£>; acid. In this way the color is built. % up to the desired point. When the:r,":^ contents of the bottle have assumed al-"-:/y.l most the desired amber color, add four^>",r or five c. c. of cool water to check the 'V further action of thQ acid. The test^^ is thereafter conducted as would be an^v'-J ordinary cream test, care being taken? that the machine does not become loot' hot during whirling. If this carefully followed, particularly la theJi;^ matier of the slow and gradual addi-^ ^" tlon of the acid, the fat should appear'?^! in the neck of the test bottle of af:^: clear, light brown color and distinct from the solution below. When this distinct, clean-cut condition has been obtained, the tester may feel sure, pro­ vided the work haB been in other re­ spects carried out In accord with the j ' well understood details of the Bab- . cock method, that the results will be reasonably accurate."--Vermont fix- periment Station, Bulletin 166. EXPANSION OF OUR FARMING Great Economic Question Is to Get Away Completely From 8mall Yields and Crop Falltirea. "(py*WALTBSR B. I-.BtJTZ.) I belf6ve that the time has tjofiwpy-f when more capital in the form of emf'.^ ployed labor, fertilizers, farm ma&; chinery, animals' food and more ex­ tensive intensive tillage can be sue? cessfully applied to our farming. The, great economic question is not smal^'l fafms or more acres, but the complete^ i> getting away from sniall yields and" crop failures. Not only more acres tilled, but each acre tilled far better. Any system of crop growing is on a safer foundation when the bulk of the field crops are fed to the live stockl „ and the resulting manure saved an^ J applied to the fields with as little lost^ ; , as possible. Pursuing this course anc| "... buying fertilizers to encourage th«^; growth of highly organized .truck an<^#, market crops enables us 10 expan<§ our farming. ^ ^ WINDOW SILLS OF C0NCRETI Many Odd Jobs Around Farm May B iPerformed by Handy Man--Essen- , tl*J« for First-Class Work. ... A- '" •• ."ItBy J. W. GRIFFIN.} All {faces of the rotten wood Ot the old sill should be removed and? the dust and dry mortar brushed out- before the form IB put in place. Thera), should be an inch piece nailed arounc^ the edge or the form, in line with; where the edge of the sill IB to be.; This holds the board an inch away from the wall and which gives the required extention to the sill. The' inside form, that inside of the room, this should be half inch above the one on tho outside; this will give tha fall necessary to keep the rain and snow from leaking into the room. The concrete should not come up on the window frames to any consider- able distance, as the wood will swell Selecting Seed Corn. I want to suggest that when we are selecting seed corn it is highly im­ portant to remember that the stalk that beaVs an ear pretty well down la best, because most of the nutritious succulent portion of the plant Is above the ear of corn. A plant that bears the ears high up on the stalk seldom grqws to that perfection as does one lower down.--N. H. B. Habits of Geeee. If sexes are equal geese pair. The laying season usually opens in Febru­ ary. Young ganders make better breeders than do young geese. As a rule geese are free from disease. Old geese are more reliable and lay more eggs than do young geese. Geese live longer than do any of odr domes­ tic poultry. ' Wateh the Chicks. Weteh the condition of the young clilcifcbB". If thry arc for lice, especially the large gray louse found on the head of the chick. A drop of sweet oil will soon end his career. Replacing Old Sills With Concrete. from dampness and crack the sill. The ends of the frame, if necessary, should be cut off just where the top of the sill is wanted. The gravel used in making sills should not be too coarse, and It should be perfectly free of clay or other earth. The sand should be sharp and coarse. A mix­ ture of five parts sand and gravel to one part cement makes a good stone-like sill. In putting up the form for the sill, it Is well to see that it is well braced as any little slip in the form, would make quite an ugly jot of It. • Many jobs may- be done around the place with concrete, by the hands man. But always keep in mind, cleai sand and gravel, clear water free oi grease, are necessary if you would make first-class job. Propagating Berrfea. Red raspberries are propagated by suckers which come up around the old plants. These may be taken up In the autumn, heeled In during the winter and set out In a permanent bed th« next spring. Black raspberries and dewberries are propagated by layering. The tipe of the canes are bent over to the ground and covered with dirt to s depth of about four inchea as soon aa tre fruiting season is past. ' Cultivation Important. Thorough cultivation is one of the necessary things to. lymlng pay. '??•' Ready for .Next Year. * Select a piece of ground large enough for garden purposes close tc the house, haul plenty of well-rotted manure on it, and, not later than Oc< tober, plow it. Any time between now and spring a chicken-tight fenc« can be put around it and it will b« | ready for the earliest haVe a large garden, one side oi wUiefc is put in early vegetables one year and' the next it is put to late varieties and | thus there is a change.--L. M. 8. Preparing Cream. The main point in preparing cream I tor churning is to have propei I acidity and temperature. A/