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STOJAN * . SINGER, frMA1RT DILLINGIR SYNOP81S. J her, and her heart became brave Agatha Redmond. opera singer, startingl for an auto drive In New York, finds a stranger sent as her chauffeur. Leavin the car she goes into the park to read the Wli of an old friend of her mother. Who has left her property. There she is aeooosted by a stranger, who follows her to the auto, climbs In and chloroforms her. Jame Hambleton of Lynn, Mass.. witnesses the abduction of Agatha Ited mond. Hambleton sees Agatha forcibly taken aboard a yacht. He secures a tug and when near the yacht drops over board. Aleck Van Camp. friend of Hlam bleton, had an appointment with him. Not meeting Hambleton. he makes a call upon ýM SMadame and Miss Mtlanie Hey ner. He proposes to the latter and is re fhsed. The three arrange a roast trip on Va Camp' yacht, the Sea Jull Hambleton wakes up on boaird the Jeanne mDArm the yacht on which is Agatha Redmond. His clothes and money belt have been taken from him. Hie meets a man who introduces himself as Monsieur Chatelard. who is Agatha's abductor. They fight, but are Interrupted by the sInking of the vessel. Jimmy and Agatha ane both abandoned by the crew, who take to the boats. Jimmy and Agatha rwim for hours and finally reach snore n a thoroughly exhausted condition. Re covering slglhtly. the pair find tIanl, tihe chauffeur who uassted In Agatha's ab duction. He agrees to help them. Jim is delirious and on the verge of death. Hand goes for help. CHAPTER XI.-Cntlnued. They were near the bayberry bush. though entirely out from its proteo tion. As the drizzling rain settled down thicker and thicker about them. Agatha tried again. Slowly she soased James to his knees, and slowly sde helped him creep, as she had crept toward him in the night, along the stonea and up into the sheltered cor mer under the bayberry. It was only a lttle better than the 'open, and it had taken such prodigies of strength to get there! Agatha made a pillow for James' hbead and sat by him, looking earnestly at his fushed face: and from her heart she sighed, "Ah, dear mana it was too hard! It was too hard!" It was a long and weary wait for help, though help of a most efficient hind was on the way. Agatha had been looking and listetnlng toward the upper wood, whither Hand had disap. peared. She had even called, from time to time, on the chanee that she sould help to guide the assisting back to the cove. At last, as she Sfor a reply to her call, she heard another sound that set her weon daring; It was the p-p-peter-peter of a motor boat. She oooked out over the emali expanse of ocean that was vlsi Me to her, but could s nothing. Nev. etheless the boat was approaching, as . pu ag proclaimed. It grew more and more distinct, and presently a streag votes shouted "Ahoy! Are you fire?" rTs times the sheet eams. Agatha ;-,;J . ,trapt a ler heads end an wetl with a eal on trio notes, clear sad streag. Afl'rlght!" came back; aId them "Call again! We can't find yal" And so she called again and agei, though thre were tears in her ras and a lump in her throat tor very relief and Joy. When her eyes clem$ , she saw the boat, and watched whb it anchored well off the rooks; then two men pat ashore in a row "And where are our patients " came a deep voles from the rocks. "This way, str. I think mademo! sel has lmoved the camp up under the tres," was the reply, unmistaka hb the vrles of Mr. Hand. Aad ther they found Agatha, kneel ing by James and trying to coax him to hifeet. "Qulck. they have come! Oe will be cared for now, you will be Wel again" she was saylng. She saw Rand approach and heard him say: "This way, Doctor Thayer. The gea teman is up here under the trees." and then, for the first time in all the lng erdeal, Agatha's nerves broke and her threat filed with sobs. As the ex ~heneur cams near, she reached a hand up to him, while with the other e covered her weeping eyes i shams. "Oh, 'm so glad you've come! rI es glad you've como!" she tried to say, ut t was only a whisper through her sobs. 'Tm sorry I was gone so long." said aEd toachin her timdlr on the I"Tell the dotr to take care o him," e begged the ainteat o rles; sad the she rept away, thailag to hie her naves until she sead come to heself again. But bad bDollowed her to the niche In the mh wher e fle d, covered her with mething bi and warm, ad before e knew tt he had made he drin a ep that was oeemartin and good Thea lbe gave her food in little bits em a basket, and sweet water out of a btti. Agatha's saoul revived with * Too Elaborate a System I Mr. plieglhaseu's idea of Poetal cards Hewever, Worked Very Well for a Time. MI. Splegelhbauss found It hard to rsember at home certain things he had thought of in business hours, and onvesely matters that occurred to him at aight would escape his mind befoe he reached the office next moramhg. After trying various un meesetal methods of memory culti Yates, he hit on the plan of writing postal eards to himself and address 'tog them to the other place from .whleh ever he happened to be in at the moment Thus the last mail woul brinlg to the house one or more auds with such a memo. scrawled iapsm It: "Remind Mrs. 8. to give east to cleaner." and vice versa sriet mail downtown would re him: "ee J. T. W. In re. thou tm aumbrella canes." a dmo this served the purpose, is precise sad mraew her, and her heart became brave again, though she still felt as if she could never move from her hard, damp resting place among the rocks. "You stay there, please, Mademol selle." adjured Mr. Hand. "When we get the boat ready I'll come for you." Then, standing by her in his submis sive way, he added a thought of his own: "It's very hard, Mademoiselle, to see you cry!" "I'm not crying," shrieked Agatha, though her voice was muffled in her arms. "Very well. Mademoiselle," acqui esced the polite Hand, and departed. Two men could not have been found who were better fitted for managing a relief expedition than Hand and Doc tor Thayer. Agatha found herself, after an unknown period of time, sit ting safe under the canvas awning of the launch, protected by a generous cloak, comforted with food and stimu lant, and relieved of the pressing anxi ety that had flied the Fast Soers in the cove. She had, in the end, been quite un able to help; but the immediate need for her help was past.. Doctor Thayer, coming with his satchel of medicines, had at. frat given his whole attention to James, examining him quickly and skilfully as he lay where Agatha had left him. Later he came to Agatha with a few questions, which she an swered clearly; but James, left alone, immediately showed such a tendency to wander around, following the hallu cinations of his brain, that the doctor decided that he must have a sedative before he could be taken away. The needle, that friend of man in pain, was brought into use; and presently they were able to leave the cove. Doctor Thayer and Mr. Hand carried James to the rowboat, and the engineer, who had stayed in the launch, helped them lift him into 'the larger boat. "No more walking at present for this man!" said the doctor. They were puffing briskly over the water, with the tiny rowboat from the Jeanne D'Arc and the boat belonging to the launch cutting a long broken furrow behind them. Mr. Hand was minding the engine, while the engineer and owner of the launch, Little Simon --so-called probably because he was big-stood 'forward, handling the wheel. Jim was lying on some blan kets and oilskins on the floor of the boat, the doctor sitting beside him on a crackerbox. Agatha. feeling useless and powerless to help, sat on the nat rew, uncomfortable seat at the side, watching the movements of the doc tor. She was unable to tell whether doubt or hope prevailed in his ruaged countenance. At last she ventured her question; but before replying Doctor Thayer looked up at her keenly, as if to judge how much of the truth she would be able to bear. "The hemorrhage was caused by the strain," he said at last, slowly. "It is bad enough, with this fever. If his constitution is sound, he may pull through." Not very encouraging, but Agatha extracted the best from it "Oh. I'm so thankful!" she exclaimed. Doctor Thayer looked at her, a deep interest showing in his grim old face. While she looked at James, he studied her, as if some unusual characteristic claimed his attention, but he made no comment Doctor Thayer was short in stature, massively built, with the head and trunk of some ancient Vulcan. His heavy, large features had a rugged no bility, like that of the mountains. His faue was smooth-shaven, ruddy-brown, and deeply marked with lines of care; but most salient of all his features was the massively molded chin and jaw. His lips, too, were thick and full, without giving the least impres sion of grossness; and when he was thinking, he had a habit of thrusting his under Jaw slightly forward, which made him look much feroer than he ever felt Thin white hair covered his temples and grew in a straggling tringe around the back of his head, apon which he wore a broad-brimmed soit black hat Doctor Thayer would have been no ticeable, a man of distinction, any. where; and yet here he was, with his worn satchel and his old-fashioned clothlee, traveling year after year over the eaountry-side to the relief of fatr mere and fishermen. He knew his science, too. It never occurred to him to doubt whether his sphere was large enough for him. "I haven't foand out yet where we are, or to what place we are going. nla mind began to anticipate and work more and more in advance, so that on a Monday night he would mail a card from home saying: "Be sure to send card from omce tomor row to remind yourself of dinner en gagement Tuesday." Then he got to Jotting down appointments on postal cards a whole week ahead, sending other cards to warn himself when to drop them in the letter box. and final ly his nhrassed brain refused to work any longer on such a strain. One evening his wife ked him whether he had thought ý ttend to the season tickets for the opera, and he rerlfed with a sheepish attempt at laughter: "I suppose that was on the pile of cards on my desk this morn ing. I saw the postman bring them, but I forgot to turn them over and se what they said." Unused Doors. With slight trouble and small ex pease an umsed door may be most Will you tell me, air? asked Agatha' "You came ashore near Ram's Head, one of the worst reefs on the coast of Maine; and we're heading now for Charlesport; that's over yonder, be yond that next point," Doctor Thayer answered. After a moment he added: "I know nothing about your mis fortunes, but I assume that you cap sized in some pesky boat or other. When you get good and ready, you can tell me all about it. In the mean time, what is your name, young wom an?" The doctor turned his searching blue eyes toward Agatha again, a courteous but eager inquiry under neath his brusque manner. "It is a strange story, Doctor Thay er," said Agatha somewhat reluctant re ly; "but some time you shall hear it. Le I must tell it to somebody, for I need ip help. My name is Agatha Redmond, and I am from New York; and this 1- gentleman is James Hambleton of e Lynn-so he told me. He risked his life to save mine, after we had aban s- doned the ship." is "I don't doubt it," said Doctor o Thayer gruffly. "Some blind dash in to the future is the privilege of youth. ., That's why it's all recklessness and tr foolishness." Agatha looked at him keenly, struck i- by some subtle irony in his voice. "I think it is what you yourself would d have done, sir," she said. a The doctor thrust out his chin in - his disconcerting way, and gave not f, the least smile; but his small blue t- eyes twinkled. of "My business is to see just where is I'm going and to know exactly what 1- I'm doing," was the dry answer. He - turned a watchful look toward James, a lying still there between them; then he knelt down, putting an ear over 1- the patient's heart. d "All right!" he assured her as he r, came up. "But we never know how 5, those organs are going to act." Sat n isfying himself further in regard to I d James, he waited some time before d he addressed Agatha again. Then he a said, very deliberately: "The ocean is 1- a savage enemy. My brother Hercu a, les used to quote that old Greek phil- I F osopher who said, 'Praise the sea, but a- keep on land.' And sometimes I think r he was right." e Agatha's tired mind had been try e Ing to form some plan for their fu a ture movements. She was uneasily Y aware that she would soon have to I r decide to do something; and, of a course, she ought to get back to New 0 York as soon as possible. But she n could not leave James Hambleton, 0 her friend and rescuer, nor did she I 5 wish to. She was pondering the ques tion as the doctor spoke; then sud- i e denly, at his words, a curtain of mem e ory snapped up. "My brother Her I cales" and "Charlesport!" n She leaned forward, looking earnest s ly into the doctor's face. "Oh, tell ' r me," she cried impulsively, "is it poe alsible that you knew Hercules Thay- I s er? That he was your brother? And e are we in the neighborhood of Ilion.' "Yes--yes-yes," assented the do- ' s tor, nodding to each of her questions I n in turn; "and I thought it was you, I s Agatha Shaw's girl, from the first. But you should have come down by s land!" he dictated grimly. d "Oh, I didn't intend to come down C r at all," cried Agatha; "either by land d Sor water! At least not yet!" Doctor Thayer's jaw shot out and d his eyes shone, but not with humor t r this time. He looked distinctly Irri- C D tated. "But my dear Miss Agatha 4 a Redmond, where did you intend to ! go?" t a Agatha couldn't, by any force of s t will, keep her voice from stammering, t s as she answered: "I wasn't g-going t 3 anywhere. I was k-kidnapped!" I Doctor Thayer looked sternly at I a her, then reached toward his medicine t u chest. "My dear young woman-" E r (Why is it that when a person is par- 5 Sticularly out of temper, he is con- I S strained to say My Dear Bo and So?) ' S"My dear young woman," said Doctor I C Thayer, "that's all right, but you must I 0 take a few drops of this solation. And let me feel your palse." a S"Indeed, doctor, it is all so, just as t II say," interrupted Agatha. "I'm not e 5 feverish or out of my head, not the Sleast bit. I can't tell you the whole t 5 story now; rm too tired-" c r, "Yes, that's so, my dear child!" u Ssaid the doctor, but in such an evi- 1 5 dent tone of yielding to a delirious t I person, that he nearly threw her Into t Ia fever with anger. But on the whole, t SAgatha was too tired to mind. He 1 B took her hand, felt of her pulse, and E I slowly shook his head; but what he a h had to say, if he had anything, was Snecessarily postponed. The launch r a was putting into the harbor of i I Charlesport. I L. Even on the dull day of their a I rival, Charlesport was a pleasant look- t ing place, stretching up a steep hill a Sbeyond the ribbon of street that bor I F dered its harbor. FIsh-houns and t 5 small docks stood out here and there, I I and one larger dock marked the fatu I C thest point of land. A great derrick I - stood by one wharf, with piles of , a granite block near by. a . Little Blmon was ealling directiouns t a back to Hand at the engine as they < chuagged past fishing smacks and moo-r. e lnag poles, past lobster-pot buoys and i a little bag-lighthouse, threading their Sadvantageously converted into a book case by having a carpenter set up a verticeal board on each side of the Sdoor-Jamb and upon these boards-to I the saving of the door-frame itself Snail the cross-piece upon which the Sbook-shelves are to rest. Then have a your woodwork painted or stained to Smatch the door behind it, and hang a Scurtain of canton flannel, denim, or a Smore ornamental and servicable ma Sterial from a rod fastened just inside I the door-jambs. If the recess be good and deep; If shallow, as the door-set Stings are apt to be in our newer houses, have the rod fastened across 1 the outside of the door-recess A door thus treated wil accomodate a Ssurprising number of books. I I SWouldn't Do. t a "Here's some nice fresh lobsters, -mm." I "No fresh lobsters for me. Have 1 i yea some that are not fresh?" It "Why, mm, everybody Insists as havings fresh lobster" I "My sister Is visitin at our hole and sh*e ms fresh Iobte giave her 1 •aDpfs." way into the harbor and up to the dock. Agatha appealed to the doctor [ with great earnestness. "Surely, Doctor Thayer, It is a Providence that we came in just here. where people will know me and will help me. I need shelter for a little while, and care for my sick friend here. Where can we go?" Doctor Thayer cast a judicial eye over the landscape, while he held his hat up into the breeze. "It's going to clear; it'll be a fine afternoon," said he. Then deliberately: "Why don't you go up to the old red house? Sallie Kingsbury's there keeping it, just as she did when Hercules was alive; waiting for you or the lawyer or some body to turn her out. I guess. And it's only five miles by the good road. You couldn't go to any of these sailor shacks down here, and the big sum mer hotel over yonder isn't any place for a sick man, let alone a lady with out her trunk." Agatha looked in amazement at the doctor. "Go to the old red house to stay?" "Why not? If you're Agatha Red mond, it's yours, isn't It? And I guess nobody's going to dispute your being Agatha Shaw's daughter, look ing as you do. The house is big enough for all creation; and, besides, they've been on pins and needles wait ing for you to come, or write, or do something." The doctor gave a grim chuckle. "Hercules surprised them all some, by his will. But they'll all be glad to see you, I guess, unless it is Sister Susan. She was always pretty hard on Hercules; and she didn't ap prove of the will-thought the house ought to go to the Foundling Asylum." Agatha looked as if she saw the gates of Eden opened to her. "But could I really go there? Would it be all right? I've not even seen the law yer." There was no need of answers to her questions; she knew already that the old red house would receive her, would be a refuge for herself and for James, who needed a refuge so sorely. The doctor was already making his plans. "I'll drive this man here," in dicating James, "and he'll need some one to nurse him for a while, too. You can go up in one of Simon Nash's wagons; and I'll get a nurse up there as soon as I can." The launch had tied up to the larger dock, and Hand and Little Si mon had been waiting some minutes while Agatha and the doctor con ferred together. Now, as Agatha hesl tated, the businesslike Hand was at her elbow. "I can help you, Made moiselle, if you will let me. I have 1 had some experience with sick men." Agatha looked at him with grateful eyes, only half realizing what it was he was offering. The doctor did not wait, but immediately took the ar rangement for granted. He began giv ing orders in the tone of a man who knows just what he wants done, and I knows also that he will be obeyed. I "You stay here, Mr. Hand, and help I with this gentleman; and Little Si- 4 mon, here, you go up to your father's livery stable and harness up, quick as I you can. Then drive up to my place and get the boy to bring my buggy I down here, with the white horse. i Quick, you understand? Tell them the doctor's waiting." Agatha sat in the launch while the l doctor's orders were carried out. Lit- 1 tie Simon was off getting the vehi cles; Doctor Thayer had run up the 4 dock to the village street on some 4 errand, saying he would be back by the time the carriages were there; 1 and Hand was walking up and down I the dock, keeping a watchful eye on the launch. James was lying in the I sheltered corner of the boat, ominous- I ly quiet. His eyes were closed, and I his face had grown ghastly in his ill- 1 ness. Tears came to Agatha's eyes I as she looked at him, seeing how I much worse his condition was than when he had talked with her, almost happily, in the night. She herselft felt miserably tired and ill; and as she waited, she had the sensation one sometimes has in waiting for a train; 1 that the waiting would go on for a ever, would never end. The weather changed, as the doo. I tor had prophelsied, and the rain I ceased. Fresh gusts of wind from the I sea blew clouads of fog and mist in land, while the surface of the water turned from gray to green, from green to blue. The wind, blowing against the receding tide, tossed the foam i back toward the land in fantastie 1 plames. Agatha, looking out over the sea, which now began to sparkle in the I light, longed in her heart to take the return of the sunshine as an omen of I good. It warmed and cheered her, a body and soubaL 4 As her eyes turned from the sea to the village tossed up beyond its high- I est tides, she searched, though in vaain, for some spot which she could Iden tify with the memories of her child- 1 hood. 8he must have seen Charles port in some one of her numerous vis- I its to Illon as a child; but though she recalled vividly many of her experl enoes, they were in no way sugges tive of this tiny antiquarian village, or of the rocky hllside stretching off to ward the horizon. A narrow road wound athwart the hill, leading into the country beyond. It was steep and U d." Record of Criminal Lives SRecord of Criminal Lives Book Which Would Be Condemned Today Read by Men and Women a Few Generations Ago. L One of the scarce books which has I to be sold at an approaching auction sale in this city bears this fascinat ing title: "The LUves of the Most Re I markable Criminals, Who Have Been Condemned and Executed; for Murder. Highway, HouseBreakers, Street Rob berles, Coining or Other Offenses; from 1720 to the Present Time." The I "present time" referred to tn this ti tle was only the year 1736, so that the whole period covered by these thrilling and numerous criminal lives was only 15 years. It must have been a great time for criminals, for i between the covers of the book are the stories of Jack Sheppard, Kennedy I the Pirate. Jonathan. Wild, Mrs. Grit fin, Edward Baraworth William Bar. i wick and several other quite cele r brated crtiminals. Cheer up! Those were woe times than oars for arrim D rugged, and finally it curved over the r distant fields. But the old red house was the talls B man that brought back to her mind the familiar picture. She wondered I if it lay over the hill beyond that B rugged road. She closed her eyes I and saw the green fields, the mighty balm-of-gilead tree, the lilac bushes, 9 and the dull red walls of the house standing back from the village street, z not far fr 'm the white-steepled church. She could see it all, plainly. The t thought came to her suddenly that it was home. It was the first realization she had of old Hercules Thayer's kindness. It was home for her who had else been homeless. She hugged the thought in thankfulness. "Now, Miss Agatha Redmond, if r you will come-" The eternity had ended; and time, with its swift procession of hours and days, had begun again. CHAPTER XII. Seeing the Rainbow. A few days on a yacht, with a calm sea and suncooled weather, may be something like a century of bliss for a pair of lovers, if they happen to have taken the lucky hour. The con ventions of yacht life allow a com panionship from dawn till dark, if they choose to have It: there is a limited amount of outside distraction; if the girl be an outdoor lass, she looks all the sweeter for the wind rumpling her hair; and on shipboard, If anywhere, mental resourcefulness and good temper achieve their full re ward. Aleck had been more crafty than he knew when he carried Melanie and Madame Reynier off on the Sea Gull. Almost at the last moment Mr. Cham berlain had joined them, Aleck's lik Ing for the man and his Instinct of hospitality overcoming his desire for something as near as possible to a solitude a deux with Melanie. They could not have had a better companion. Mr. Chamberlain was nothing less than perfect In his posi tion as companion and guest. He en Joyed Madame Reynler's grand duch ess manners, and spared himself -no trouble to entertain both Madame Rey nier and Melanie. He was a hearty admirer, it not a suitor of the young er woman; but certain it was, that, if he ever had entertained personal hopes in regard to her, he buried them in the depths of his heart by the end of their first day on the Sea Gull. He understood Aleck's position with regard to Melanie without being told, and instantly brought all his loy alty and courtesy into his friend's service. Madame Reynier had an interest in seeing the smaller towns and cities of America; "something besides the show places," she said. So they made visits ashore here and there, though not many. As they grew to feel more at home on the yacht, the more re luctant they were to spend their time on land. Why have dust and noise and elbowing people, when they might be cutting through the blue waters with the wind fresh in their faces? The weather was perfect; the thrall of the sea was upon them. The roses came into Melanie's cheeks and she forgot all about the professional advice which she had been at such pains to procure In New York. There was happiness in her eyes when she looked on her lover, even though she had repulsed him. As for Mr. Chamberlain, he breathed the very air of content. Madame Rey nier, with her inscrutable grand man ner, confessed that she had never be fore been able precisely to locate Bos ton, and now that she had seen it, she felt much better. Even Aleck's lean bulk seemed to expand and oaurish in the atmosphere of happiness about him. His sudden venture was a suc cess, beyond a doubt. The party had merry hours, many others full of a quiet pleasure, none that were heavy or uneasy. If Aleck's outer man prospered in this unexpected excursion, it can only be said that his spiritual self flowered with a new and hitherto un known beauty. It was a late flower ing, possibly-though what are thirty four years to Infnity?-but there was in it a rlchness and delicacy which was its own distinction and won its own reward. Melanie's words, spoken in their long interview in the New York home, had contained an element of truth. There was a poignant sincerity in her saying, "You do not love me enough," which touched Aleck to the center of his being. He was not niggardly by nature; and had he given stintingly of his affection to this woman who was to him the best? His whole na taure shrank from such a role, even while he dimly perceived that he had been guilty of acting It. If he had been small in his gtift of love, tt was because he had been the dupe of his theories; he had forsworn gallantry toward women, and had unwittingly east aside warmth of affection also. (TO BB CONTTIUED.) A Great Help. The poet's tuask would be as hard As any ever see, If cruel fate forbade the bard To use the phrase "I ween." finality-and those were the days, toe, when men and women were hanged for burglary, counterfeiting, sheep stealing, and even poaching and smug. I gling. An odd thing about that time, too was that hundreds of books were print. ed which contained full and harrow. Sinug details of murder and robbery, and that almost everybody, including clergymen and delicate ladies, read these books eagerly as fast as they I came out. The oldest public libraries ir New England contain, in the book t collections which were spread before the youth of the community, many p such criminal lives.-New York MaU. Pdlitical Styles. "Who's going to head the local ticket?" "The boys want a change." "Yes, I know. We've been having Sa Judge and a colonel. I suppose this year's styles call for a professor and a sureeon. hery" SPRAY FOR PRODUCTION OF GOOD FRUIT , (J -- -. ... .. -" - . . , Bordeaux May Often Be Made Cheaply and Easily by Using a Pond for Water Supply and Mixing the Materials fn Barrclb The orchardist has at his command a variety of miaterials suited to the1 Sdifferent insects and diseases which e he has to combat. It is essential f.r r results In spraying that the material , used be selected with intelligence and _ with a definite foreknohledge of the i. Lest to be controlled. Certain class -s f of spray materials are useful for the, fungous diseases and ce.rtain othe.r; for the insect pests. Some disteases. such as peach yellows. and some irn sects. such as borers. cannot be reached by sprays. With other In sects and diseases, such as curculto. fire blight and black kn:ot. sprayin:. though helpful, i; not sutlicii.nt. and must be supptlrnente.d by certain r chard practicees, such as jarring, thirn I ning the fruit. thorough and syste matie pruning, etc.. such practices being based accurately upon a fair!y comprehensive knowledge of the pest in question. As a matter of fact, however, tho practical operations of spraying are reduced to a relatively simple basis. r We have the lime-sulphur washes and oil sprays for t1* scales. We have, the Itordeaux mixture for fungi and arsenate of lead for chewing insects. The Biordeaux and arsenate combine to form one double-purpose spray which will accomplish most of our summer spraying. Arsenate of lead is undoubtedly the best form of arsenic for spraying pur poses. It does not ha'e the tendency to burn foliage, common to other arsenicals. For most purposes it should be used at the rate of two or three pounds for each fifty gallons of I spray. Arsenate of lead usually comes In the form of a white paste. This must be worked up with water slowly till º thin enough to dilute easily, when it r may be mixed with water or Bordeaux for spraying. Paris green is used at the rate of i six to eight ounces to each fifty gal I Ions of spray materials. It should be mixed with a small quantity of water i first. If used without Bordeaux mix ture, two to three pounds of lime should be slaked and added to each pound of Paris green to counteract the leaf-burning effect of straight Paris green and water. Kerosene emulsion is a well-known TO MAKE STANCHION DEVICES Detailed Istructions and Illustration Will Enable Any Man to Arrange Convenient Bars. To make the closing device take a number of blocks one inch thick and four inches long; bore a half inch hole through them edgewise, nail one i to each of the stanchions. and one i to each post forming the other side of i the stanchion. t Take a three-eighths Inch tope. put It through the hole in the stanchion I No. 1 and tie a knot; pull it through the block on the first post and meas ure to the next stanchion, tie another knot and pull through block, and so on to as many stanchlons" as you have. The stanchions should all be Stanchion Devices. closed before tying the knots. If you get the knots tight, one pull will close every stanchlon. STo make the opening device, fasten a ring in each latch and another a few inches above and half way be tween the rings og the latches. Take strong twine and fasten .at the end No. 2 and then draw it through the latch ring and then the next ring above it, and so on to the end of the row. One pull will open or close any one of them the same as without the strings on them. Rearing Ducks. The duck is one of those creatures that can.be reared without water, but ducks will be more profitable and do better where they are allowed to fol low out the lines laid down by nature.i Selecting Hatching Eggs. Great care should be exercised that breed(ing stock, young chicks or eggs for hatching be secured from flocks Swhich are free from white diarrhoea infection. SGood Vegetables. SGolden Bantam. sweet corn. Swiss p chard, Golden sef-blanching cel-ry, purple eggplant, Kohl Rabi, White Japan muskmelon. Sweet Hear water melon are all vegetables that are I worth trying. Gravel for Fowls. Sarp gravel should always be sup plied to fowls that are kept in con finement y tne mareriais in Barrtls reue.dy f,,r -eft !:,,died 1 .inseC Di. ,0lt one pior:nId hard laul irv ..cap in ,tne gallon of ta 4r If the ' iter is hard. adg a : l I,, -l -aee. to .often it. •\ goct d U : ,rui.:; shual b*- thick and c'reamy ad ! lirorll u, .-itency. No free kro-vn. ýL aouhlb l t, at out on stand,1':lt 1\ !.. (-Id th-. mtixture curdles k se ur i-u l i ;isa ih he diluted %!'- three, ,r foi," ti:,'s its vtluiiit' ( f hot ewater hb.fore lh!iting with cold watir to spr-ay t r, nith. IUse on gallon of t.,c ,~'-k s'!iitioI Ito from ten to tw(sC ;iallons oi f wa. ter. A superior kerosene emulsion may he made' by using whal, oil eroap lu ilace of tihe' con ,non lanilry soap. The' shale-oil soap hlas s,,lie. special inse(ctic(ldal prolp rt il s. of I:s owin. l.ime'-sulplhur crash I1ua either be made at home or b,,ucht prepared. This or any spray for San Jose scale is applied while the trees are dormant. Some brands of ready prepared oil sprays for San Jose scale do very good work. Bordeaux mixture is the most gen erally used fungicide we have.. The copper sulphate or blue' vitriol is the active fungicidal agent. while' the lime is added to prevent the burning of the foliage. The usual formula is: Fis pounds lime and fifty gallons of water. Many prefer to nodify this formula by reducing the quantity of blue stone one pound and Increasing the linme one pound. The secret of success is to put together as dilute solutions as possible. If a barrel ufifty gallons) of the Bordeaux is to be made. use three vessels in the making. Put 25 gallons of water in the barrel. I)ilute the blue-stone solution containing 5 pounds to 1214 gallons. Dilute 5 pounds slaked lime likewise, then dip alternately from each solution Into the 50-gallon barrel. Don't mix concentrated solutions. If this is done, with the idea of dilut ing to spraying strength later, the mixture curdles, and a thick, heavy precipitate is formed which settles as rapidly that it is impossible to do a good job of spraying. A properly made Bordeaux should remain for half as hour with almost no perceptible set. tling. When putting the spray mtix ture into the tank, always strain care fully. For peaches use at not over half strength. BILUON BACTERIA IN A WEEK Their Functions Are Peculiar and Wonderfully Interesting as Well as Quite Profitable. (BIy COL. HENRY EXALL. Texas I_ dustrial Congress.) As soon as the roots of a legumi nous crop begin to grow, if the soil is sweet-that is, does not lack lime tiny bacteria, so small that it takes a powerful glass to see them, attach themselves to the roots of the pea or other leguminous crop and start to housekeeping, building a little nodule as It is called. It takes only about twenty minutes to complete the growth of one of these entities, but they do not die. They simply divide themselves into two, each starting a new nodule or adding to the one as ready begun, and dividing again i twenty minutes and so on. ad Inlnt um, multiplying at such a wonderful rate that it has been estimated that if there was one in good condltion here a week ago, there are a billlles now. These little houses, or nodules grow into great hives until soon they are as large as walnuts on the roots of the plants. Their functions are peculiar and wonderfully Interestilg as well as profitable. The air, as you know, is four-.tit nitrogen. Nitrogen is the most e pensive fertilizer that you buy and it is positively essential to plant life Now, these little entities suck air late the earth and aerate the soil. It is Just as necessary for a plant to have air as It Is for an animal to breathe It. They therefore do the splendid service of bringing the air into the soil, and in bringing it in they digest the nitrogen that is In the air and coa vert it into mineral nitrates that are soluble in water and immediately available for plant food. It is esti mated that under favorable conditions where an acre of land is well Inocula ed the bacteria will bring $20 worth o nitrogen to the acre within the year; that is. it would cost $20 and mar to buy and put upon the land the ntt' Ken that these little entitles have drawn from the atmosphere Into the soil. Soil for T ables. Soils that are hea ily manured h' cabbage, lettuce, celery and othL crops will not need very much manare the following year when planted with tomatoes, peppers and root crops, - pecially if a fair amount of commeP cial fertilizer Is used. Unpopular Farming. "Scientific farming" is unpopular be cause it Is misunderstood and oftes misapplied. tlet it is so simple sad so easy to learn that the wonder in that it is not more used Market Fowls Early. There is more profit In getting the fowls to market early. Prices are bet i ter, and then there is a saving i"