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lips and faint lightning played in his

eyes.
81 had no idea. Mollie." he spoke in a
surprised tone. that you could be 30
unreasonable and perverse."
"You mean you didn't know I could
be so sensible and %farseeing," she re-
turned, with q defiant smile.
Jerome s to his feet. He ran his
long fingers through his soft chestnut
hair. then pulled his hat down hard
on his head. He gazed absently toward
a cornf1eld a hundred yards away, in
which a man was blowing, and a fine.
buxom young woman was cutting
weeds from the corn rows after him.
The man halted, turned toward the
woman, uttered some banter, then
playfully picked up a clod and threw
it at her. She lodged the clod, gayly
cackling, and then playfully lifted the
menacing hoe toward him.
Mollie caught the idylic picture, and,
looking up at Jerome with a meaning
expression, exclaimed:
Happy young married folk!"
But the suggested picture of mutual
help was lost on Jerome at that mo-
ment. He was a typical young south
erner Of the old school-one of those
who contemplate women through chiv-
alric ideals only. A woman, according
to his doctrine, is a genius or inspira-
ton for man. but she, her sacred self,
must not achieve.
when do you leave?" he asked in
a sad voice.
Next Monday"
$50 do l."
Mollie went to a medical school in
New York. Where Jerome went was
not known. He left lone behind
whom he cared to inform.
Mollie graduated and temporarily
hung out her Single in her native
town, an unwise thing to do always.
People who had known her always as
"sweet little Mollie" couldn't speak
of her as CDR. Mollie" without laugh
To-
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Or. Mo||ie.
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON

E by JAMES NOEA JOI1ANO0A>s
Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. COZ
In the town Of Emmonsville there
dwelt a young girl who had resolved 10
become a physician. Strange to relate
she was very beautiful; stranger still,
she was not one of those new women
that would have looked so much pet
ter in masculine toys, and still strahs-
er, she was very much in love WIN q
handsome, lovable, young man. 'et-
ONE Boucher, and had already prom
ised to marry him.
Now this young man was a lawyer
of great promise, but little present
achievement. He was not in a posltlon
to undertake a dual responsibility at
the present, and, during the interim
Miss Mollie Dalton couldn't see any
great good sense in being UNEMPLOYED
While her jerome vas struggling up
the hill she believed it almost wicked
that she should watch him, nanos
folded, in the valley of idleness.
But Jerome could not bear the
thought of her being a doctor, n ne
told her we'll of it. as they sat together
on the soft turf, beneath the a Oh
a great beech one August afternoon.
"Mollie Darling" said Jerome, MS
fine eyes brimming with lovelight,
,"how could 1 bear to hear you called
DR.. Mollie? Oh, I couldn't, and shall
not! Please get that notion ou OF
that pretty head. Such a notion, long
continued, will disfigure you, dear. II
you keep nourishing that scientinc 1oea
it will drain all the sources OF your
beauty. Oh, you look like a doctor
you little nosegay Of feminine sweet
ness! 1 tell you, though. you can
transform and disflgure yourself. The
mind can knead the body into most
any shape it sees fit. By their looks
We know what people are.
"If you persist in your determine
ton, the dimples Of your cheek Will
Lsink, spread and deepen into concavi-
ties. Your golden, glossy hair Wall
wsar of short, and get straight, dry
and pale as wheat stubble in dog days.
Your plump lips, red and warm now,
will get ironed down thin and tucked
III at lU0 COIuSESe 4OuA AoSSs
fine and Greek, will get a hump on
itself, and sharp and hooked at the
end like a 'hawk-billed' knife. Your ex-
pressive blue eyes will lose their ador-
able softness and luminosity and Will
become sharp, penetrating, analytic.
scientific. Oh! how could bear It!
Mollie's sweet blue eye becomes the
doctors scientific eye!"
During this disquisition "Mollie Oar
fling" gazed at him with face sparkling
with smiles, but beneath those smiles.
like q back wall. frowned a stern reso-
luton. Jerome saw this. and looked
discouraged.
Jerome" she responded in q quiet.
decided voice. my mind is fully made
up. I'm going to be something and
know something in my own right. I
have got rid Of all those false notions
respecting. woman's sphere. Woman
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It's back. Il bears a strong resem
hlance to the common cucumber bug.
It is. however as a general thing, a
slightly larger insect.
vIsooxen II Mll,c.


Viscogen is the latest milk adulter-
ant discovered by the Minnesota
dairy and food department. says
Dairy Record. For some time
the department kept getting. samples.
Of milk apparently above the legal.
standard, which, on being tested. were
found to be far below. The cause raj
q mystery until. by q shrewd piece Of.
detective work. the reason was dis
covered and a sample Of viscogen was
obtained. The stun Is a syrup COM
posed Of sugar, lime and water, about
the color Of water, and is used chiefly
to make the milk appear richer than
It really Isl When yiscogen Is placed
in milk or cream the Tactic acid turns
the lime IN the fluid into q white,
thick substance, which, assimilating
with the milk, gives It an appearance
and taste Of great richness. 1t is pos
sible through its use to. palm OF upon
customers milk and cream which is
far below standard. Viscogen is 10
little known that the practice among
dairymen Is very limited; In fact, It
has only been found in cream sold BY
one concern.
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eral, welcoming West, and located in
a booming mining town.
Her single attracted little attention,
but her beautiful face and figure did
from the first. Before a week passed
she had begun to get patients. and,
what was better, fees were paid in adj
vance, and usually double the amount
Of the charge. Before two weeks went
by she was getting calls hourly. A
novel fact SOC began to dawn on her,
however, that was disturbing. She
began to discover that nearly all her
patients were handsome young men.
and that If they were diseased at all
the complaints were SO deep as to BAT
fe her powers of discovery. Was she
a failure in diagnosis?
A young man would come in COM
planning of heart trouble. He would
lie down on a sofa and a long examin-
alton with s~tethoscope would ensue.
The heart pulsations, except for a little
nervous excitement, which the patient
rather than she could have accounted
for, was all she would find. Cases Of
monotonous similarity were multiply
ing and her professional pride and dig
nifty were suffering. Some young gem
tlemen would insist on a second exam
ination, and when she would sternly
assure them that there was only func-
tional excitement at most they would
not be satisfied.
All these experiences set her to
thinking. and quietly investigating.
She soon learned that in nearly every
instance her would-be heart patients
were single men! Ker landlady still
further enlightened her one day by re-
marking: you pirty little thing. you!
Jest as long as you remain as pirty as
you are now, heart trouble is goin'
to be owful in these parts! It'll take
the form Of Jealous heartaches among
all the gals!"
Poor little doctor!
She felt so shamed and Inundated
she didn't know what to do. To have
her noble profession turned into q SUBJ
tect Of mockery and burlesque and
she herself made ridiculous she could
not bear much longer. Only her need
to do something for her daily bread
kept her from tearing that sign from
the door and flying back East.
one day she was sitting In her once
sadly Illuminating when her door;
opened and . tall, hne looking, bearded
man entered.
us this DR.. Dalton's omce?" he
asked with an embarrassed hitch IL
hi1 voice. .@ 3
81 presume you saw the sign she
replied. hardly looking up.
Anthem! Well. I want to get my
eyes examined,
She cast q reluctant professional
glance 1t his eyss, and replied:
There nothing tho matter with
your eyes, Sir" y Il
He stared at her d~urabfoundeds
Well, 4 must ray youS sre I strange
lkindSof doctor! # u
kind probably that You won't
care to patro1ize.,, returned the doc
stor. not: deigningSa look.
S.1sa Dr.. Dalton, I'VE rot plenty >
money; yon hold syonresf out =
adoctoe. ! AinltstNthat 5ouAlook into
and UNDERGRADUATES 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRi-
oUlTURIsTs.
-hsome Up-to-Date Hin About Guilt
walton Of = Soil and Yields
Thereof-Horticulture, viticulture and
Horticulture.
HortIcultural ob,erv.tlo,.,

Charles Hirschinger tells the Farm
-ers' Review that the best way to cut
surplus runners from strawberry
plants Is to use a plow with a rolling
He goes over his strawberry
nelds several times after the plants
nave ceased to fruit, each time cutting
the runners and cultivating the
ground between the rows of straw5er-
" plants. Keeping the plants we'll
cultivated in the fall helps them to
1orm large root systems and ENSURES
strong plants in the spring. The fall
growth and development has very
much to do with the power to bear a
the following year.
Discussing the use Of fertilizers on
strawberries, A. L. Hatch suggests to.
writer the more extensive use Of
wood ashes. The man that has a
strawberry patch covering four square
rods can use a bushel of ashes to adj
vantage. It should, however. be ap-
piled at two different times, about a
week apart. The first application
should be made after growth starts in
the spring and the second application
q week later. MI. Hatch believes that
the ashes do good not by the amount
9 potash and other chemicals they
contribute to the soil. but by oper-
ating on the nitrates in the soil and
making them available for plant food.
This view Of 1t will doubtless not be
readily accepted. In the use Of ashes
1t must be taken into consideration
that they vary greatly as to their
make up, some woods giving an ash
having three times the potash con-
tanned in others. The soft woods are
quite generally deficient in potash.
and their ash is therefore Of little
value.
In the planting Of plum pits care
should be taken that they are not too
dry. as dry and shriveled kernels are
OF no value. This fact explains the
cause Of many failures in the planting
OF these pits. From the time the pits
are separated from the pulp they
should be kept slightly moist, just
enough to prevent the drying out
process from acting. Some men think
1t best to break the shells to liberate
the kernels, but this is unnecessary,
as, II the pits are left out of doors all
winter they will start to grow very
early in the spring.
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act as some protection. In the illus
tration, "b" shows the last few joints
Of the abdomen Of the larva, magnit1ed
and viewed, not in profile, but from
above. The vent Of the larva, as will
be seen from this last figure, is stu
ated on the upper surface OF the last
joint, so that its excrement naturally
falls upon its back, and by successive
discharges is pushed forward towards
it head, till the whole upper surface
Of the insect is covered with 1t. There;
are several other larvae. feeding upon
other plants, that commonly
cloaks Of this strange material.
The perfect beetle Is of a pale vel
low color, with, three black stripes on
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-28
Te.tlmony for Bronze Grass.

1eStt"Ouy ZOE 1trOln0 ST8Sk 5
In a report on Australian Bronze
grass (Bromus Inermis), as grown on.
the Station farm. Prof. Ladd of the
North Dakota Station, says:
Bronze grass, as grown on the Col
lege farm, contains twice as much nj
'%trogenous matter-protein-as is
found in the average Timothy hay for
the whole United States. Bronze hay
contains 6 per cent more protein than
is found in the native. prairie grass
hay as shown by u analysis above.
In fact the results above indicate
bronze hay to contain nearly as much
protein as the average for red clover
hay. Judging from the chemical anal
ysis this hay has q feed value ssupe-
rior to any other hay produced in the
state, while the experiments show 1t
to be a surer hay or pasture crop
than timothy, especially for dry sea-
sons or in regions of low rainfall"
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winter Essd.

HLEg ntELE AsNMNa
It is too early to decide what will be
the cheapest combination Of feeds for
winter. The shortage will be In rough
ness There IS enough straw In Kan.
'sas to supply roughness for every an
imal in the state, and with many
stockmen straw will be the feed to use.
Farmers usually feed from 20 to 30
pounds Of hay or fodder q head per day
to stock cattle. Very much less may
be fed IL a proper grain ration is used.
In 1888 . milk man in Manhattan
wintered his entire herd Of dairy cows
without a pound Of sroughness, and he
sold milk all winter. The cows were
fed all the grain they wanted and in
the spring were strong, but they
looked gaunt and rough. It always
pays to feed a little roughness. The
writer has brought cattle through the
winter in good condition on three to
i've pounds Of hay per head a day,
feeding grain. Bran or wheat will
take the place of nearly all the rough
ness and can be mixed with cotton
seed, gluten, germ oil or linseed meals,
oats, corn or Kafir-corn, which ever
is cheapest and make a good ration at
a reasonable cost. Wheat is worth
about as much pound for pound as
corn. and middlings are worth more
as G hog feed. Fattening hogs fed all
the alfalfa or clo-er hay they will eat
will fatten On much less grain than
without hay. Sorghum hay Is good
for hogs. A few winters ago some
farmers in northwestern Kansas car
ried their stock hogs through the
winter on alfalfa hay alone. Stock
hogs fed twice daily all the alfalfa.
clover or sorghum hay they will eat
will require much less than the usual
amount Of grain. Hogs should be fed
sufficient rough feed SO that they will
need to eat the leaves only.-H. M.
Cottrell, Kansas Experiment Station.
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Cow Peas In Wisconsin.

LI4e. F - rN
It has been believed, that the COW
pea could not be matured as far norta
as northern Illinois and southern Wis
consin. Hitherto the men that grew
Cow peas have made a practice Of pur-
chasing their seed from the states
south Of the Ohio. It being recognized.
that the COW pea is q southern plant.
Here and there in the states farther
north men have asserted that they
had matured the COW pea, but as they
produced no proof Of their success in.
the way Of seed the general public has
paid no attention to their claims. But
the Wisconsin Experiment station has
settled the matter, at least 80 far as
this year is concerned.
At the station named q considerable
area has been devoted to the COW pea.
and the crop has been perfect. The
writer saw.the plots August % and 3d.
The lack Of water was not apparent In.
the least, and It is hard to imagine a
more perfect stand even with an
abundance Of rain. The seed had been
planted in rows thirty inches apart and
the growth of the plants had. very
nearly obliterated the spaces between.
the rows. Each stalk stood upright
and bore an immense wealth Of broad
leaves. Professor Moore, who accom-
panied the writer. said: dig down
here for Ave feet and you will md the
ground perfectly dry, and Il is . mar
vel how the plants have continued to,
nrow anparently without any moisture
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on It's leaves. The Iarva
may be distinguished
from all other insects
that prey upon the potato
plant by its habit Of COW
'ering itself with its OWL
excrement, which is
.oreenish in cnl0r md may
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8 hsEI "a
aI1s1Ih !.

easy road runs smoothly down
To Halfway Town;
everything that's but begun,
And everything that's never done.
lust rolls aside and. one by one.
Goes into Halfway Town.
H%alf-hnished walls are tumbling down
In Halfway Town.
Half-flnished streets are always line
With half-done work Of every kind;
And all the world just lags behind
In dreary Halfway Town.
Keep straight along, and don't look down
Toward Halfway Town.
They say, If every should try
To keep on moving, brisk and spry,
We should discover, by and by,
There's be no Halfway Town.
Youths Companion.
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rhreA-L,ned I.at Beetle.

The Three-Lined Leaf-Beetle .(Lema
trilineata) attacks the potato plant,
both the larvae and the beetles feeding
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I'm eastern poulterer5 MARKS with
punch each early laEyying pullets n the
swebS ofS hearSS4 . 3 laShes begins
laydnE. md only snlchSaTes axedfort the
siayin9 snock. spNdllets are
considered csullllsssal adsimarklsst &
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Cow Logic.

ELHsE.nLn -arLENmH -ET.Z 10y SET IS. 80 EL--
Scrub stock would soon disappear II
there were no scrub Gairymen.
It is better to pull four teats thar
eight for the same amount Of milk.
The worst obstacle to success in
dairy processes is dirt; the next worst
is. dirt, and the third is dirt;
Contentment Is not always better
than wealth. 1t 10 better to make
money with good cows than to be CON
tented with poor ones.
Use the best bull attainable if His
progeny is to be raised. Who would
expect a good crop Of corn II he used
half-flled nubbins for seed?-Holstein-
Friesian Register.
During the last few years we have
heard a great deal about the "Ashy
favor In butter imported into Eng
land from Australia We have come
to look upon the trouble as some
thing belonging only to the other side
Of the world. The Investigators in
Australia have been unable to locate
the cause Of the trouble, while the
jokers have suggested that the dairy
lei stop feeding fish to their cows.
But now we hear Of the trouble in this
country. The Geneva starlon recently
had q case Of the kind to investigate.
This peculiar smell, as though the
milk had set in a close room with q
barrel Of not-too-fresh 1sh, was brought
RI tho a~tfanffnn NJ the I hactArinloQist
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-10
TWO HUSBANDS IN ONE CELL
The DusIzy wife Not Much Impressed
hN Her Predicnment.

Beaufort, S. c., Jan. 9.-AHce Gadsden,
Thomas Gedsden and George Green, all
negroes, were brought here last night and
lodged in the county jail George Green
the prosecuting witness, alleges that on
or about Dec. 20 last he married Alice
who claimed her name was Alice Smith,
and took her TO his home near Hardee-
vile, S. c. Things ran along smoothly I'M
til last Monday, when Thomas Gadsden
the woman's lawful husband. arrived at
his mother-in-law' home in the same
neigh borhood in which the newly welded
pair were enjoying their honeymoon. The
brides mother sent for her TO come to
her house, and under the impression that
his mother-in-law was Ill, Green consent
ed to allow Alice to go home for the day
She went, and the first person she en-
dountered upon her arrival under the ma
ternal roof was her irate bona fide hus-
band Green. as soon as he learned of
the turn affairs had taken, swore out a
warrant, charging the woman with big
amy, and the trio was promptly arrested
The Womans two husbands occupy the
same cell in the county jail and appear to
be on friendly terms, while Alice does
not appear to think she has done anything
wrong and defends her act by alleging
that she presumed Thomas to be dead.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-10
BRUNSWICK'S COMMERCE.
Interesting Report Filed by statis-
fician Johnnensen.

Brunswick, Ca, Jan. 9-Secretary Ogs
has filed for reference in the Board of
Trade rooms the statistics Of the port of
Brunswick for 1909 as reported by Capt.
Otto Johanensen. official statistician OF
the Board Of Trade. From the report have
been gathered the following interesting
figures which tell the story of Bruins
wicR's commercial progress in hattering
terms. In foreign exports there were 1853
vessels carrying outward bound cargoes,
which had a total registered tonnage of
ll51l. The total value of these cargoes
was $66S5,275 The imports from foreign
and domestic ports were valued at 1854,
81. giving a grand total of foreign bust
ness for the year OF $5,259,644.
In domestic shipments there were 466
vessels engaged with a total registered
tonnage Of SS2. 10i. the value of their car
goes being s.. s54, so; making a grand to-
tai OF business as follows: Foreign ship
ments, Sc. GS5 49, Imports. foreign and do
mestic, Ss514.5Tl; domestic shipments, 49,
45i,5Si. Grand total, s24,7 4,03S.
A comparative statement of the year
preceding and this, shows what a large
Increase the year brought to Bruins wick S
trade, and this fact Is set forth in the fol-
lowing figures For 1900 the value of ex-
ports and imports were $24, IA, 038; for 1893
the value of exports and imports were
81, 375, 4S6, making a gain for 1900 of $685.,
$50. The disbursements for 1900 were
1901. $50, while the number OF crews on
boa I'd the vessels here during that period
were 7,264 persons. The deepest draught
over the bar coming in was p $40 feet
while the deepest draught over the bar
going out was q feet The greatest sur
Drise TO those moi accustomed TO figuring
on the business will be shown in the fig
ures which tell of the vast commerce in
woods cut in various articles for build
ing and other purposes. and the figures
are even startling to those who are not
accustomed to handling large quantities
of timber. The figures show that during
1900 there were shipped from the port Of
Brunswick alone the enormous total Of
279. $3.50 superficial feet Of lumber tim
Der, shingles slaves, laths, crossties, and
this was divided as follows: Lumber, 1885,
10000 feet; timber, Il ,S37 600 feet; shingles,
1856 900 feet; slaves, 5000 feet laths, 49,
$40 feet; crossties, 81, s54 469 feet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-10
The Benufort Court.

Beaufort. S. c., Jan. 9.-The criminal
docket in the Court of General Sessions
was exhausted late yesterday afternoon.
and the jury panels were discharged until
next Monday, when the civil business viii
be taken up. Lucinda Ladson was con-
victed of burglarizing the store OF Burk-
meyer at Port Royal, last September and
was sentenced TO two years in the peni-
Tertiary at hard labor. John Mack, con-
victed Of a similar crime. got 1--WE years. a
recommendation to the mercy of the court
alone saving him from a life sentence.
James Riley, negro warden of Beau
fort, who was serving as "A petit Juror.
was called UP just before court adjourned
and severely lecturcd by Judge Buchanan.
The fellow had the audacity to immediate
iy precede his honor into court. putting %
cigar almost into the latter's face. The
Judge told him that had he been q white
man be would have locked him up. but
that rs he was "a negro and knew no bet
ter, he would excuse him with The severe
rcprlmand.