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was on mems lips when they gathered
together and talked of old England's
glory and of her gallant sons; when
they told how English soldiers fought
and died, with the strength of lions,
the bravery OF heroes, they always
mentioned the brave Colonel Raoul
Laureston.
He was not wealthy, but he was the
younger son OF the younger branch of
the house Of Caraven; he had no great
patrimony; his whole fortune amount
ed to about five thousand pounds. But
he was a soldier, born and bred; he
could never have been anything else.
He was as brave as lion; he knew not
fear.
He was knighted for his bravery;
and then, as though fortune did not
know how TO lavish favors upon him,
he succeeded to large fortune, left to
him by a comparative stranger. his
godfather. But the brave soldier new
er quite recovered from a terrible
wound he had received in battle. The
slightest effort, the least exertion,
brought on an attack OF illness that
was always dangerous. And across
his brow, just over the right temple,
was a deep red scar, left there by the
bayonet of a foe. He was sent to
France and to Italy. 1t seemed as
though his military career was ended.
1t had been terrible grief to him to
give up his profession and live abroad.
He said to his doctors
while l have life l shall hope; the
health and strength l have lost may
return to mel may hold a sword
again. Heaven is kind"
But for the last four years he had
been at Nice, and had grown weaker;
and great longing had come over him
to see England again. IF must die, "
he said, "let me die there" And, see
ing that the inconsistencies was a bar
to his recovery, the doctors allowed
him to return. 1t was strange-the
journey did him good-he was strong
er when he reached London than he
had been for some time. Then he
wrote to the only relative he had, Lord
Caraven, asking If he should, as usual,
make his home with him. He had not
heard of the earl's marriage-Lord
Caraven never wrote letter unless he
was compelled to do so-and Sir Raoul
had not read the notice of it in the
English newspapers. Had he known
of the marriage, he would never have
dreamed of going to his kinsman's
home
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times be required before the vine re-
turns to its normal condition.
(3) A plant that is carrying less
fruit than II is capable of maturing
generally produces very heavy foliage
and an excess of wood. This may prob
ably be explained by the superstition
that the energies of the plant are d.
rected almost entirely to vegetive ac-
tivity.
lD The most difficult and important
feature of grape pruning is to be able
10 judge of the kind and amount OF
wood which should be allowed to re-
main upon the plant. This amount is
dependent upon soil, variety, climate.
character OF the season. and to linn
tied extent upon the method of train
ing. The paramount Importance OF
having properly balanced top and
root system is most fully realized by
American vineyardists of long expe-
rience. Years of study, especially the
study of the variety of grape AMI Of
the soil upon which 1t Is growing, are
brought to bear upon each indivi lual
vine when 1t is pruned, and in no di-
rection can the skill e the vineyardlst
be more clearly demonstrated than n
questions regarding the amount and
kind of bearing wood that is allo~ |
to remain. No rule-of-thumb will COW
er living and sensitive organism for
the grapevine; in pruning judgment
must be exercised at almost every step
But it is fortunate that considerable
variation may be allowed without Sc
rious consequences or the profitable
culture of the grape would indeed be a
hopeless task. Yet the less the reliance
placed upon this allowed yG..--Ion the
better will be the vine.
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Training Grape Vines.

e. G. Lodeman, Department of Agri-
culture Report: Training, on the other
hand. is almost wholly a matter of
convenience. 1t does not affect the
strength of the vine or the value of
the crop in any essential particular.
The training Of vine refers to the dis
posal or arrangement of the various
parts of the vine after pruning has
taken place. The method of training
adapted determines the operator to
leave certain growths in certain posi-
tions, not because more or better fruit
is expected, but for the reason, per-
haps, that the fruit may be harvested
with greater ease, that a laborious OPP
Grafton may be wholly dispensed with,
or that there may be less danger to the
maturing crop from winds or other nat
ural agencies. The method of training
adopted by a vineyardist is largely the
result Of personal preference or of ed
ucation, although soil and variety are
important factors in the selection OF a
system. The health and vigor of the
vine are rarely affected by the method
in which 1t is trained. and although
some system of training must be adopt
ed in every vineyard. still altogether
too much weight has been laid by most
horticultural writer's upon the peculiar
merits of the various systems, while the
actually ruinous effects Of bad pruning
have not always been sufficiently en-
phasized. A vine properly trained is
desirable, but a properly pruned vine
is essential to the highest success. The
importance OF this subject necessitates
a somewhat detailed statement of the
principles which are vitality connected
with the proper pruning of the vine.
These principles serve also as the foun-
dation for all systems of training, and
they can not be ignored without more
or less injury to the plants.
ID The amount of fruit which vine
can bear and mature in highest perfec-
ton is limited; when this limit is ex-
ceeded the fruit deteriorates.
(2) Upon the fruit the effect of over
production is to reduce the size of the
berries and Of the clusters, ano prob
ably also to impair the quality; the
vine makes a poor growth. the foliage
is small and the vigor of the plant is
generally reduced. When a vine has
been allowed to overbear, especially
when 1t is young, years may some
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she replied, wIon sfsury; but, as
nothing could possibly make what you
call home more unhappy for me, and
tho coming Of a stranger, who may
prove friend, will be some little COM
fort, I say, unhesitatingly, Yes.
He looked at her half sadly.
Are you really unhappy-really not
happy?" he asked.
IF living where no friendly face
ever smiles on me, where no friendly
voice ever reaches my ear where no
one cares for me or takes the least
interest in me, be happiness, then
must be very happy" she said, bitterly.
"Is 1t so bad as that?" he asked
and there was shadow Of pain in his
face.
1T Is worse" she replied. Only a
few short weeks since her heart would
have beaten fast with happiness to
hear words spoken so kindly; now she
turned away, and from her heart to her
lips rose the unspoken prayer, "Heav-
en- help me, for am beginning to hate
him!"
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whom 1 like better than Raoul. Yet
he gives himself great airs with me.
He is-you will laugh when you hear
the is my master-at least used to
be in years gone by. But what
wanted to tell you is this-he Is COM
ing back to England, and he has al
ways made his home at my house; ne
has never lived anywhere but at Hal
by House or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
l hope never will"
She looked up at him wonderingly.
II understand But what has that
to do with me?'
He looked somewhat confused.
After all, you are the mistress OF
the house, the chatelaine, and I should
not like to ask anyone to make their
home with us who would be at all
now let me see how to express myself
diplomatically-who would be displeas-
ing to you"
Thank YOU" she said, briefly.
AFTER ALL home-whether 1t be hap
by or miserable-is always home, and
I should not like to make yours really
uncomfortable. II you say that Sir
Raoul will be in your way at all,
will not ask him-if you think you will
be happy with him as without him,
then I shall be pleased to see him In
his old place."
Il thank you for your consideration.
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Ito be Continued.)
RIO GRANDE TACTICS.
River which Makes Life Miserable for
DwelIers on Its Banks.

Dwellers Its Banks.
1.-THE Rio Granue can practice
more eccentric lodges than any other
stream l know Of" said Mr.. Joseph
Copeland of Laredo, Texas, to a Wash
ington Post man. Its navigable uses
are almost nil, owing to the numerous
sandbars that obstruct the channel,
and it isn't deep enough to interfere
to any extent with smugglers, who
carry on a lively trade between the
two republics. 1t is when a big fresh
ct comes along tnat the Rio Grande is
really in its glory and shows to best
advantage. 1t will take a strip OF
Texas territory and land it over on the
Mexican side or put greaser soil I'M
der the protecting wing of the stars
and stripes 9th the greatest impair
TALLY. 1t plays no favorites, that
transferring real estate from one gov
eminent to another. Last summer It
played a trick on the United States
garrison at Fort Ringgold. The SOL
diers get their drinking water from It.,
but heavy rain came along and when
the flood subsidized the channel was
away out of its old bed and the pipes
were left high and dry 200 feet away
from any moisture. Then dispatches
were sent on to Washington and the
damage was repaired at considerable
expense. Hardly had the works been
put in condition again when here
comes another rise, and once more
the stream left Ringgold in the lvrch
for it's water supply. At this the COM
handing officer waxed wroth, and sent
letter begging that the post be
abandoned Life was too short. he
said, to waste u trying to accommo-
date ones self to a river that was r.
able to change base every time a hard
rain descended and rather than to be
subject to the vagarles OF the Rio
Grande he preferred to move. The
war department, however, concluded
to give 1t one more trial, and the post
Is still there"
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165S0 S'I M 81 HS {
HE QSOREKS DAUGHTER.
BY CHARLOTTE NJ. BRAEfE.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

Y CHARLOTTE NJ. BRAEFE.

lection between them, still 1t was not
often that they had angry words.
1t was the close of the afternoon
when he came in, and went at once in
search of her.
"Hildred," he said, IT have come to
apologize to you-to beg your pardon
for my want of civility yesterday. 1
am afraid that l lost my temper"
She bowed with cold pollteness.
Now, Hildred," he cried, II will not
be put off with a ceremonious bow.
Do you know that the fact Of quarrel
ing and making friends with you
again makes me feel that we ought to
be on the best Of terms? Do not bow
to me; say that you accept my apol-
ogy!"
II accept It," she replied, "and beg
your pardon if have displeased you"
THAT is satisfactory. Now l have
to tell you that you were right and
that / was wrong. Captain Fame is
cheat and rogue. l won hundred
pounds from him last evening. have
returned it today would not soil my
fingers with his money. What the
duchess told you was quite true-he
was detected cheating at cards. long
farewell to Captain Fame! He was
not worth quarreling about, was he,
Hildred?"
NO" she replied, and something
Of happiness, to which she had long
been stranger, sprang up in her
heart because he spoke so kindly to
her.
For day or two after that little in
cident matters were more pleasant be-
tween them. Then the old indifference
came back, and the young wife's
misery with It,
May was drawing to a close, when
Lord Caraven one evening received a
letter which appeared to give him the
keenest delight. He read 1t, and then
went with it to his wife.
Mildred, here is good news; but
am too hasty-perhaps you will not
think it good news"
''If it pleases you so much 1 shall"
she replied, gently.
You have heard me speak Of my
cousin, Sir Raoul Laureston, the hero
of a hundred fights?'"
NO" replied Hildred. 81 have new
er even heard his name"
THAT seems strange" said the earl.
Not at ALL" she replied, quietly.
you forget that you have never spo-
ken of your family to me at all.
do not know the name of a single rel
alive that you have"
He looked incredulously at her.
81 am very careless" he said, "but
did not think that / was so bad as
that. l will make amends now by
telling you about Sir Raoul Laures-
ton"
"Raoul," repeated Hildred. as he
no, he can not be a Frenchman, Lord
Caraven, If he is a relative of yours. "
"No, but the name has puzzled many
people. His mother was a French la
dy, of noble birth, and one of her an
cestors, named Raoul de Courcelles,
distinguished himself greatly in the
French wars; it was her fancy to name
the boz after him."
Hildred repeated the word "Raoul."
81 like the name, Lord Caraven," she
said, slowly.
And l like the man." he told her.
81 do not know any one in the world
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HE name or Raoul
L ure 8 I n was
known throughout
the land; he had
proved himself to
be a hero. 1t was
not merely in the
government dis
patches and news
paper paragraphs
[ h at h e W a 8
praised; his name
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ONEc EfCIIOYS


Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste. and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, it's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 80
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FlG SYRUP co.
SAN ERAK9iSoo. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ~. NEW YORK. III
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There is as much greatness OF mind in ac-
knowledging good turn as in doing it,
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-11

Two bottles OF Piso's Cure for Consumption
cured me of a bad lung trouble.-Mrs. j. Nichols,
Princeton, Ind, March 26 1925.
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The silence OF the gas meter Is golden-to the
stockholders of the company.
What do We live for If 1t is not TO make life
less difficult 70 each other?
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Don't Tobacco spi, and Smoke Your Life away

TO quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor take MOTTO
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. zoe. or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free Address
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An old bachelor says that woman's change
OF mind is an example Of an effect without p
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Why is womans husband less dear
to her than her husbands wife?
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Canada ThistIeS.

Any reader of The Farmers Review
that can answer the question will
oblige G. L. Having several patches of
these plants in pasture of two hun
dred acres, We know those thistles to
be rich in sugar; cut, too, within the
spring cattle prefer them as fodder bet
ter than rank grass. We have known
field mice to climb the main stem, to
eat the seed in its capsules. Thistles
and grass growing together cut with a
scythe in moving will make excellent
hay for cows, increasing their flow OF
milk; that produces sweet butter. The
dry spines being sharp, are very disa-
greeable to bare hands. When stacked
in large barns the saccharine matter
sweats vigorously and sometimes fires
the stacks by spontaneous combustion.
II the sod containing thistles is then
broken by blowing, planted with pota-
toes for two seasons thistles are de-
stroyed. In Great Britain many per-
sons use them for edible green's, before
cabbage comes.
RICHARD BAKER. JR.
Monument to the Potato.-A curious
monument has been discovered in the
dense underground of the so-called
Brandhai, in the Upper Hartz. 1t is a
granite block, about feet high, resting
on stone pedestal, and on an iron tab
let attached to it is the following in
scription: Here, in the year 1747, the
first trials were made with the cultiva-
ton of the potato" TIE German peas
ant at the time did not take kindly to
the potato plant on Introduction to the
country. 1t had, however. great friend
in the king. Frederick H., who was con-
vinced OF its value, but who was obliged
to use forcible measures to get the peo-
pie of Pomerania and Silesia to plant
it.-EX.
Why is a woman's husband less dear
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No matter how high man may fly he's got TO
come down TO earth occasionally for board and
lodging
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SPRAYING FRUIT TREES.

The question OF spraying fruit trees to pre-
vent the depredations OF insect pests ana
fungus diseases is no longer an experiment.
but necessity.
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-11

Our readers will do well to write VIM Stahl
6l6 Ii St. Quincy. H., and get his catalogue
describing twentv-one styles of Spraying Out
for the asking and contains much valuable
information
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-11
CHAPTER XVIII.

ILDRED," 8 a | d
Lord raw e n,
Captain Fame will
dine with us this
evening. Try to
get some one else
to meet him.
She was in the
library, busily en-
gagged in writing
lette rs to st.
Roche. and her
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Blood HumorS
Spring is the Cleansing Sea on
Don't Neglect Your Health
You Need to Take Hoods SarsR.
parilla Now.

PdfttId NOWs
Spring Is the season for cleansing ana
renewing. Everywhere accumulations
OF waste are being removed and prepara-
tions for the new life OF another season are
being made. This is the time for cleans
ing your blood with Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Winter has left the blood impure.
Spring Humors, Boils, pimples, erup-
tions, and that tired feeling are the results.
Hoods Sarsaparilla expels all impurities
from the blood and makes it rich ana
nourishing. 1t builds up the nervous
system, creates an appetite, gives sweet,
refreshing sleep and renewed energy and
vigor. 1t cures all spring humors, boils,
pimples and eruptions.
Hoods s pali1ia
Is Americas Greatest Medicine 81; six for 50.
Prepared by C. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Hoods Pills are .ne o ony Ps 10 axe
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CHAPTER XIX.

EY- HE name of Raoul
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-29

IF we go into the orld-nation bust
ness we shall have to learn how to
acquire an occasional stray island with
becoming etiquette. We seize an island
as we celebrate a fourth of July-pOst-
ers, brass band, and big procession.
We intend to grab Wake Island in the
Pacific Ocean, and we let the whole
world know our intention and the
method of seizure. Nations that are
old in the acquiring racket grab an
island, plant their flag and say nothing
about the grab until some other nation
comes along on quest of acquisition.
Don't let us cackle until we have laid
the egg, but let US initiate the provid
ent law and cackle after the trans
acton.
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GOVERNMENT ownership of tele-
graph and telephone lines will now be
given working test, and the expert
ment will be watched with interest.
The Spanish authorities in Porto Rico
have turned over to the United States
government all the lines in the island,
and if our country can operate those
lines at moderate expense there will
be some ground to assume that the
experiment can be made in the United
States. Great Britain has made the
experiment with moderate degree of
success, but the greater extent of our
territory makes the conditions different.
Porto Rico, however, will show if we
can operate a government line success
fully, and may influence the question of
government ownership of the telephone,
telegraph and railway lines.
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Churchmen to Raise $500. 600.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 28-The
Methodist Episcopal church of In
diana, through a committee composed
of two ministers, two laymen and the
presiding elder of each district, is
meeting here to discuss methods for
raising the Indiana part of the $780,
100000 twentieth Century Fund for
the Methodist church in the United
States. Indiana's part, estimated at
$500 900, is to be used in the endow-
ment of the colleges in the state sup
ported by the church.
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Thinks America Will Yield.

Berlin, Dec 29-Count Klinckow-
stroem, a prominent member of the
extremist agrarian protectionist party,
in a recent speech asserted that DR..
Won Holleben, the German ambassador
to the United States, when asked what
the probable attitude of the Americans
would be toward the German meat
inspection law, replied: 'FThey are
very sensitive to petty annoyances, but
if a solid law is passed it will inspire
respect, and they will submit to it.
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g UNKIssED Kisses. Poem by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Illustrations by
Lieut. Hobson, q. S. N.

TRULY we are in the expansion
business One Thomas Watson, SON
in law of Claus Spreckles, the sugar
king, claims that he owns one half of
the town of Carlisle, England, and he
is going abroad to advance his claims.
Probably England, inasmuch as she is
at present inclined to give us whatever
we demand, will listen to Watson's
modest request and give him half a
town. All that we ask is that she will
reserve this gift to Mr.. Watson until
next Christmas and send it to him
through Santa Claus.
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ARE WITHOUT A CLEW,
Detectives Mystif1ed by the Bank Rob-
berry at Lima, Ohio.

berry at Lima, Ohio.
Lima, O., Dec. 28-Nothing definite
has been discovered relative to the
mysterious robbery of the American
National bank, although the time has
been devoted to examination and in
vestigation.
Expert safe men from Cincinnati and
Cleveland, after careful examination
Of the vaults, have as yet no explana-
ton to offer, further than that the
job must have been done by some one
familiar with the time lock combina-
ton.
The president of the Atlas National
bank of Cincinnati said, as the COM
binations have not been changed since
the failure Of a former bank, it was
possible that outsiders who may
have been familiar with the combina-
ton secreted themselves in the vault
and manipulated the locks, vaults and
contents at their leisure. This is one
Of the explanations offered by the safe
and lock experts.
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SOME sensible and influential people,

SOME sensible and influential people,
it is said, are Directing TO the policy of
expansion, and are predicting dire
disaster for our government if we
venture TO assume the control OF colo
ynies. We quote the old saying, eff
some sensible people had been listened
to we should still have been eating
acorns," and we grant that there never
was any change proposed that some
sensible people did not oppose its
adoption. We cannot see, however,
what great danger threatens us in
expansion. We have been expanding
since we began our history as a nation,
and it surely cannot do us any harm to
take larger dose of the medicine that
has made our life. 1t will take men
and money" say the DIRECTORS, to
carry out an expansion policy" We
grant it, but we have the men and the
money and we can use them to no
better purpose than to develop the
commercial power of this nation.