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T Tnr nnnnr nr 1 int riiuur ur I ' IHE PUOOIi. "That lias ahvnys been my opinion or, nt least, always since I stopped letting mamiM form my opinions for nie," .snld a distinctly pleasing feminine voice behind him. Colton turned casually around from the desk liy the wall, whero ho was writing his usual prist of Sunday letters, not so much because the hotel stationery Is both excellent and In expensive, as because his own room was lonely, to see who tha speaker might be. The great room was filled with men and a few women, seated at the small tables drinking and chat, ting, while the waiters moved silent ly about, well groomed products of the tipping system. The tnblo a few- feet from Colton's elbow was now oc cupied by a wholly clinrmlng girl Bnd a young man who Colton Instant ly decided was unworthy of her. In the first place he was a touch too Rood looking, and In the second place Ills clothes fitted Ills figure too well, so Colton thought, for a man evident ly in bis senior year in Divinity. Colton turned hack to his dosk, not to write, but to listen. "I'm glad to hear yon say so," the student said, continuing the conver sation begun b'tuie entering the room, "I've found lots of girls, up-to-date girlH, Ion, who didn't agree with ine. Hut what will you have to drink?" "Lemonade," said the girl. "Oh, try a cocktail," urged lier Companion. "No, thank you," tOie ansvered, with that peculiar half laugh those who know women are aware Is the expression of finality. Colton mentally scored one for the Kill, while her companion, calling a waiter, ordered a lemoiiado and n Scotch, "Yes," the man continued, "I hnve always snld that It was unjust and Billy in a country so universally re spectful to women as ours, to deny a girl the opportunity of ninklng chance acquaintances, say during a long, tire some railway trip, or something of that sort. If a girl is coming alone from Cleveland to New York on a Pullman car, and If there Is a young man near her, evidently a gentleman and of her social position, why on earth isn't it all right for her to ac cept his offers to make her more comfortable and to pass away the dismal time of the journey in conver sation pleasant ior both ot them? I can see no harm In It." "Nor I," said the girl. "I have al ways thought that, as I told you. If one has common sense, such things nn be managed all right. The trou 1, e la, girls put our theory Into prac i J w tov "'ung, when they don't know t' .id, and get scared Into prlm- "Now, If they'd only wait till they are grown up and sensible like you," Bald the- man, with what Colton de cided was undue effusiveness, "how much more delightful a time they could have, with something of the freedom in getting fresh viewpoints from strangers a man enjoyB." Colton stole another look at the girl. Yes, she was decidedly charm ing. He began to wish he were a hypnotist and could make the man ask; her on what day and train she would return to Cleveland. Just then she glanced at him. He turned back quickly. Could it be possible? No, he told himself; on the train, per haps, but not here while her caller was with her; it was his only hope of reading fulfilment into what was not there. As the dramatist said, there Ib a limit to all vanity, even that ot a Harvard man. "Again, haven't you been forced to wait alone sometimes for a long while In a place where It was not .wholly pleasant for a girl to be with out an escort?" continued the young .woman's companion. "Such Bltua tlonB are bound to occur. Now, would It not be more pleasant for you It a nice man, perhaps seeing your em barrassing position, spoke to you, to feel free to accept his friendliness in the spirit intended, and to chat with llm to pass away the tedious wait?" "I should feel quite free to talk with him," said the girl, "if be be haved himself." "And it he didn't you girls have always a way of artistically turning us down," said her companion, with a "worldly snigger" (so Colton men tally tagged his laugh). . "Rather!" said the girl. "But I'll tell you what makes me angry, the man went on. "That Is to have a girl, when she has met a man in this fashion, and found him per fectly presentable, introduce him to her friends as 'Mr. So-and-So, whom I met at the beach,' or otherwise In vent a lie to cover up what needs no covering. Kven from a worldly point ot view, lying is to be Indulged In as rarely as posslbfer Besides a girl, though she needn't go out ot her way to stick up for her principle, shouldn't hack down from it when when " - "When she's caught with the goods," laughed the girl, "Let me help you out with a lay phrase. No, you are quite right. I've known girls to do Just what you say. It's a touch of their fenilnino timidity that causes them to do it. Of course, as a matter ot fact, they don't need to make any explanation, one way or the other, when they introduce a chance ac quaintance." "I'm glad to see wo agree so thor oughly," snld the man. Colton turned, for ho did not llko tho tone. "The flirt!" Colton muttered, and dropped a book from the desk with a loud noise. It had tho desired effect, for the man straightened up. His cigar was burned out, and bo remarked to the girl: "If you'll excuse me, I'll get a fresh cigar. I know the kind I want, but I've forgotten the name, so I cannot order from the waiter. You don't mind being alone a minute, do you?" "Certainly not," Bhe said. "I shouldn't think she would," thought Colton, as he watched her companion go out of the room. I'ive, ten minutes, passed, and he did not return. Colton stolo a look at the girl. She was Bitting alone nt tho table, looking about her nervous ly, for the room was now filled al most entirely with thirsty men. Fif teen minutes passed, and two largo specimens of the West entered, port ly and red faced as the Indirect result of fortunate mining speculations. They npproached ber table, the only one with vacant chairs. Her ner vousness Increased. She looked em- bnrrassed and very lonely. Should he or should he not? Colton debated. Wasn't the game worth the candle, any way or rather tho snuffer? Just then she glanced at him again, The Westerners were almost there. He decided. "Pardon me," he said, "but when a girl is forced to wait alone In a place where it is not wholly pleuBnnt to be without an escort " 'You have good ears," she inter rupted, coolly. "Then you acknowledge that they have not deceived me," he replied, sitting down, for the Westerners had turned away. "They have not," the girl said, "but the conversation you took the liberty of overhearing, like the chair you are sitting in, wns not meant for you." "True," returned Colton, "nor was the chair reserved for those broad, departing backs from Colorado, If I mistake not." "Thank you for that," Bald the girl, softening a bit. "I should thank you for that. But you have done your duty now they have gone." "Oh, no, my duty is not done they may return!" said Colton. "But so may my escort," the girl said hurriedly. " A touch of feminine timidity.' " Colton smiled. "And you know you two agree so well," he added, mock ingly. The girl acknowledged the touch by shitting ground. "But I haven't time to find out if you are presentable," she said. "My ancestors came over in the Mayflower," Colton answered meekly, "Oh, everybody's did ;iiat!" said she. "Your point," laughed Colton. "But my name 1b Standlsh. That should pass me. " "I can hardly believe you," the girl retorted. "You would never need a John Alden." Then they both laughed. And from a mutual laugh there Is no return. Presently the student came back, and started to ask pardon for his delay. The girl interrupted. "Let me Introduce to you," Bhe said, pausing to watch Colton's face, "my friend, Mr. Standlsh, whom I met last summer in the White Mountains. Isn't it too bad that he's got to run right away to moke a horrid, call? Mr. Addington, Mr. Standlsh."' Colton braced to the shock, and said blandly: "I am delighted to meet you, Mr. Addington. I wish you had been with us last summer at the Crawford House." "The Crawford House," exclaimed Addington. "I thought Miss Bates alwajB went to Bethlehem." Colton backed off and gathered up his letter. "Perhaps it was Bethlehem," he said, looking straight into the girl's face. "One meets so many girls in a summer it is hard to keep them dif ferentiated." Then he went on his way. Not long after he might have been seen in his lonely room writing to his college chum on the unholy Joy of having the last word. New York Times. His Offense. Jones "Green bought a second hand automobile three weeks ago, and he has been arrested six times in it." Smith "For exceeding the Bpeed limit?" Jones "No; for obstructing the street." Pittsburg Dispatch. True. Western woman holds that large feet are evidence of great brains. Maybe. But it's no place to carry them. New York Herald. PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT Orchard and Garden. A bruised apple is a spoiled apple. Look all the ladders over before you begin to pick fruit. Rounds can be mended easier than limbs. If the strawberry bed isn't "clean as a whistle" when It goes Into winter quarters thlB fall, you won't, whistle very loudly over your berries next June. Fruit Btones for sowing should be washed clean and placed in boxes of damp sand until wanted. It is very essential to keep the stones moist from gathering to sowing time. Planting may be done In lute fall or early spring. Currants and gooseberries may be pruned as soon bb the leaves full. Or the work can be left until early spring. Cut back one-third of this year's growth, and thin out surplus, diseased or unthrifty shoots. Old bushes may have two-thirds of the present year's growth removed. Do not prune tho new canes of raspber ries and blackberries until spring; the old caneB should have been cut out long ago. It is too early to prune grapevines. Picking apples: It Is best not to pick winter fruit during very wurm days. Ho the work before 10 o'clock In the morning, or wait until a cooler day. More hints: Never pick fruit while it Is wet, nor pack It while it Is warm. Some careful growers pick their orchards more than once, gath ering the fruit as soon as It is well colored, leaving the poorly colored and immature fruits until they have become well colored. Pick apples with the stems on. Keep the sun away from picked fruit. Fruit keeps and ripens best In a cool, dark place If you store fruit In a cellar or storage room, keep the windows open nights and shut them during the daytime; thus you can get the temperature down and keep It so until winter comes. From Farm. Journal. Horseshoeing. Every farmer should endeavor to learn something about the science of horseshoeing. Much of the poor ser vices rendered by some of our horses Is due to poor shoeing. In Borne local ities are men practicing the business ot farriers that never have really learned their trade. In that business as In all others, there are bunglers that would not be able to correctly shoe a horse If they knew how. It is the testimony of many horsemen that good horses have been made lame repeatedly by being wrongly Bhod. The great mass of farmers do not know when their horses are cor rectly shod. This knowledge is nec essary and Is beginning to be more general than it was. Our agricultural colleges are doing a good work in sending out graduates that have taken a course in the science of horse shoeing. The horse can be no better than his feet, and the best horse in the world can be ruined by having his feet ruined. Think of a horse having to work all day on hard soli with feet lamed by mlsproperly fitted shoes, This Is not only cruelty to the animal but It Is a Iosb to the owner. Many a horse to rendered useless la supposed to have Borne other kind of trouble, and Is dosed with liniments to take out the supposed soreness In some other part of his limbs. It Is first necessary for the farmer to be able to diagnose the trouble. Many a horse has been doctored for weeks before it has been discovered that bis shoes were the cbubo of all Ills troubles. Bo Regular. Be regular ia doing farm work especially what pertains to live stock. One gets his work done better and more surely, and the stock thrives more when one's habits am regular Irregular hours for feeding poultry manes a aecrease in the egg produc tion. Chickens can tell when their feeding time arrives as well as the ponltryman, if he has a clock before him. They worry when the feeding hour is delayed. Don't milk earlier or later one day thau another. By lying in bed Sun day morning, Instead Of milking at the usual time, the production was reduced Monday morning two pounds a cow in one test, besides a reduction Sunday evening. The digestive system of animals turns food to better account when the feeding is done regularly. Regu larity means economy. Regularity brings system and sys tem brings efficiency. Regularity and system can be overdone; but it does not happen one time to hundreds of cases in which a lack ot system and regularity causes loss. The only solution of our labor problem is to carve our plantations up Into small farms and Bell them off to industrious white men on easy terms, and then make Improved ma chinery taxe the place ot the negro. And we are fast coming to this! Lands aie now producing several times th crops they did at the close the war. The Southern Farmer. DIVERSIFIED FARMING itxtmmtmttxn Give Horse a Cham to Breathe. A filmier. Tllowlnit with three horses hitched abreast, noticed that the middle horse became tired and ex hausted long before his mates. As the animal was the equal In every way of the other two, he was puzzled as to the causes ot this horse's not being able to stand the same amount nf junrV Hb finally observed, how ever, that as they drew the plow along, the three horses held tneir nnui rlnso tnirethpr. With the result that the middle horse was compelled to breathe the expired air irom hb fnilnwn. Tho farmer then nroduced a long "Jockey" stick, which he fastened with staps to the bits ot the outside horses. The device worked perfectly; for, given hlt ilghtful share of good, fresh air, the middle horse WAR able to do the same amount ot work, and with no greater fatigue than his fellows. Many persons are lllfo tho mlililln horse: thev do not get their rightful share of fresh, pure air, and this is wliy mey are not bdib to perform as much work. Farm Journal. The Poultry Yard. Fat, heavy hens that spend too much time in the corn crib, eating with the hogs, are In danger of dy ing suddenly with apoplexy. Clean the coops thoroughly before you put them away. Get them under cover, too, If you can. They will last so much longer. Two parts lurd and one part tur pentine will often cure "limber neck" if the afflicted bird is discovered In time and the remedy given promptly. Ducks Intended for breeding should be separated from those Intended for market. It will be an advantage if they can have plenty of range and Bwlmming water. We cut hay Into about one-Inch lengths, and pour enough hot water on It nearly to cover. Allow it to stand over night, and feed In the morning. Feed about three times a week during winter. Fron Farm Journal. Orchard. The best way to sell fruit Is straight to the man who wants It. If you cannot do this, then a relia ble middleman Is next best. Winter has not much work for the orchard, but orchardlsts can plan for the days to come, and the planning is just as essential as anything they can do. If we could see all the bugs and worms that the frost puts out of the way every winter, it would help us to bear cold weather with better grace. If we plow late, we give Jack Frost a good lift in his work. That makes it easier for him to reach down and get hold of the pests that nake us bo much trouble. From Farm Journal. A Noble Calling. Teach your children that agricul ture is the noblest of callings and that those who perform no labor, mental or physical, are parasites upon pro ductive Boclcty they are leeches, hu man tapeworms, Whomsoever Is un willing to pay for his keep and prefers to "sponge upon others" Is unfair yea, dishonest, for strict honesty re quires that we render an equivalent for what we receive. The miserable commercial way of striving to get something for nothing, of seeking to beat somebody in a trade, is wrong In principle and demoralizing in prac tice. The more you reflect upon this, the more It will be Impressed upon you as a vital truth. The Ideal Home. A house that doesn't mean more to a family than a barn does to cattle a mere place to eat and sleep Is no true home, It will not have much ot an influence to keep the boys on the farm. The farmer and hl tamiw deserve homelike homes, and can in most cases have them. Large size Is not necessary to make a home home. llko. I'se Drains. The most important element that goes to the making of large crop yields is the farmers' brains. To at tain uniform success in farming re quires broader and more practical knowledge, more enterprise and sound Judgment than is possessed by, the average merchant or hanker. Keep Cotton Off tle Ground. Cotton left on the armtmi nr m, i- the weather will lose in weight and quality, and consequently in price. The cost for covering It under a shed will be more than met by its Improved condition at selllne time. cotton in the dry. South For Dairyman. The secret of lleg in two things cheap feeds and proper feeding. Grass Is the great aid in this matter and for this reason the South should lead In dairying. Cities, Air Over Large Towns Mak,, fsli Aold and Destroys th, mm,, nana vutoj ji 8 0itt able whether it may not bo rPlc4 toy copper for roofing purposes aJ: Cassler's Magazine. Experiment. a Beifln testing laboratory are sail to nave shown that in an atmosphtI! loaded with sulphuric acid and steam lino lost eleven times as much is copper. Copper is not eleven times th price of sino as a rule, and it ffi be employed in much thinner sheet Thin sine on roofs five miles tn,a Ofearing Cross has been known to come toadly perforated In twenty k. twenty-five years. This is the wek. neas of zinc; It rots In little spots' which let In water freely and are not easy to find. Copper appear to wate much more evenly, but slowly. Lead appears to have an ladennitt life, and It is often a cheap meuj per weight, but it weighs much per unit of area. If used as thin u ilnj is used by he cheap builder It woull cost little more and Its Ufa would be vsry much greater. Zinc li quit, unsuitable for city roofing owing to Its easy solubility by acid rain. Sales of 150,000,000 worth of m. tomoblles In New York City la t ynt make a remarkable showing for to industry still in lt Infancy, thinks the NeflV York World. They in dentally throw light on tha Increased perils of street traffic, the expansion of the volume of city noises and otb r results of motor-car prosperity. London's fire brigade costs 1,42V 000. THE STORY OP THE PEANUT SHELLS. As everyone knows, C. W. Post, of Battle Creek, Michigan, Is not only I maker of breakfast foods, but he l strong Individualist, who believes that the trades-unions are a menac to the liberty of the country. Believing this, and being a "natural-born" scrapper for the right, at he sees it, Post, for several years past, has been engaged In a ceaseless war. fare against "the Labor Trust," ai he likes to call it. Not being able to secure free and nntrammeled expression of his opin ions on this subject through the regu lar reading pages of the newspapers he has bought advertising space for this purpose, Just as he is accustomed to for the telling of his Postum "story," and he has thus spent hun dreds of thousands of dollars In de nouncing trades-unionism. As a result of Post's actlvltlei the people now know a whole lot about these organisations: how they are honeycombed with graft, how they obstruct the development of legiti mate business, curtail labor's output, hold up manufacturers, graft upon their own membership, and rob th public. Naturally Post is hated IT the trsdes-unlontsts, and Intensely. He employs no union labor, so they can not call out his men, and he de fies their efforts at boycotting bis pro ducts. The latest means of "getting" Post is the widespread publication of the story that a car which was re cently wrecked in transmission was found to be loaded with empty pea nut shells, which were being shipped from the South to Post's establish ment at Battle Creek. This canard probably originated with President John Fitzgerald, of the Chicago Federation of Labor, who, it is said, stated it publicly, as truth. Post comes back and gives Fitzger ald . the He direct. He denouncei Fitzgerald's statement as a deliberate falsehood, and underhanded and cowardly attempt to injure his busi ness, having not the slightest basis In fact As such an effort it must be regarded. It ia significant that this statement about "the peanut shells" Is being given wide newspaper pub licity. In the "patent Inside" of an Eastern country paper I find it, and the inference naturally Is that labor tmlonltes are insidiously spreading this He. An Institution (or ft man) which will resort to moral Intimidation and to physical force, that will destroy machinery and burn buildings, that will malm and kill if necessary to ef fects its ends, naturally would not hesitate to spread falsehood for the same purposes. We admire Post. While we have no enmity toward labor unions, so long as they are conducted in an hon est, "live-and-let-llve" kind of a way, we have bad enough of the tarred end of the stick to sympathize thor oughly with what he Is trying to do. He deserves support. A man like Post can not be killed, even with lie). They are a boomerang every time. Again we know, for hasn't this wea pon, every weapon that could be thought of, been used (and not sim ply by labor unions) to put ns out ot business, too? I am going to drink turn cups of Postum every morning from this time on, and put myself on a diet of Grape Nuts. Bully for Post! StUtortal Th American Journal ofCltnioal Utdicln. XINC ROOFS BAD IN