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her the past seemed page. lightly
read and turned. Had Caillette truly
said "now she belonged to the world?''
Stepping upon one Of the balconies
overlooking the valley, the duke gazed
out over the tranquil face Of nature,
his figure drawn aside from the flood
of light within. Between heaven and
earth the chateau reared its stately
pile, and far downward those twinkling
flashes represented the town; yonder
faint line. like n dark thread, the en-
circling wall Above the gate shone q
glimmer from the narrow easement OF
some officers quarters, and the testers
misgiving when they had ridden be-
Meath the portcullis into the town for
the first time recurred to him; also the
glad haste with which they had sped
away.
Memories Of dangers, Of the free and
untrammeled character Of their wan
dering, that day to day intimacy and
night to night consciousness Of her
presence haunted him. Her loyalty,
her fine sense Of comradeship, her in
herent tenderness. had been revealed
to him. Still he seemed to feel himself
the jester, In the gathering Of fools.
and she n ;ninistralissa, with dark.
deep eyes that baffled him.
The sound of voices near the window
aroused him from this field Of specula-
ton. voices that abruptly riveted his
attention and held 1.-THE kings and
JacUueline's
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
Feeding MilIet to Horses.

Caution should be observed and horses
should not be fed all they will eat of
millet hay, says DR.. Michener in Farm
Journal 'Tis better to use it in con-
junction with some other coarse'fodder.
Unsatisfactory and sometimes fatal re-
suits have followed disregard of this
rule; hence millet hay or fodder is not
favorably regarded by many farmers.
The injurious portion of millet hay
seems to be in the seed, causing under
certain conditions a sort of kidney
trouble which may be more or less
serious and which is sometimes cOmpli-
Gated with other disorders. Much of
this danger can be done away with, how
ever, by using little care to cut the
hay soon after blossoming time and be-
fore the seeds are fully mature. This
simple precaution, in connection with
wise feeding methods, should make mil
let safe and desirable addition to the
horses diet,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
Choosing a Brood Sow.

When selecting the brood sow 60 to
pen where number of gifts are kept,
and the fattest and best developed ones
will always come to the trough first,
writes a Missouri farmer in American
Agriculturist. From these select a
brood sow. The gilt selected should
come from large litter and from sow
that is good feeder, gentle and easy to
handle, for if she is gentle and kind and
good feeder she will usually be a good
mixer, a very essential point in brood
SOW. One cannot judge accurately of
the milking qualities in a gilt, but a
chunky, heavy boned, short legged sow
is not as good mixer as one with a
longer body and legs and less rounded
sides. Under all circumstances avoid
one that is wild or nervous or has low
back. The legs must be strong and
straight. The SOW must stand entirely
on her toes and show ten or twelve teats.
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NUMBER Is.

root and branch. the proud house or
Orleans. Moreover, whispered avarice
be would save the castle for himself.
stately and right royal possession.
He had. indeed. been overgenerous In
prorering t. Love, said reason. was
unstable. fitting: woman, will o tho
wisp: but castle-its noble s0lldity
would endure. At the same time pol
Icy admOnished the king that the duke
was subject of his good brother. the
emperor, and rich. powerful noble
withal. So with such grace as he could
command Francis greeted one whom
he preferred to rcsI:I ..s .;a ally ratn.
er than an enemy.
"Truly, my lord" he said, not dis
courteously. masking in cOurtly man.
ner his personal dislike for him whose
sharp criticism he once had felt In
Fools hall, ~ nimble witted jester was
lost when you resumed the dignity Of
your position. But" he added eau
.iously as sudden thought moved
him, this lady has appeared somewhat
Unexpectedly. The house Of Fricdwald
is not IN nconssquential one"
What m" - you. sire?" asked the
young man :, ne king paused.
Francis sta lied him shrewdly.
why" he replied at length hcsitat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
A Tale Of a Tub.

The two pretty American girls had
met two delightful Engrshmen on the
way across and had given cordial
invitation, warmly seconded by Their
mother to Sir Charles and his friend
to visit them ut their country home.
One day message came saying the
two men would arrive that afternoon.
The family was thrown into fever OF
excitement, and many plans of enter
taiGment for their guests were sug-
gested and abandoned. 1t was finally
decided that, as Englishmcn arS no
toriously fond 3f tub and their
guests were coming directly from the
train. they should lrst be invited TO
take n bath. After that the hostess
would rely on the inspiration OF the
moment.
The young men arrived promptly
and after some demurring were hur-
ried off TO the bathroom. In about an
hour they emerged and went imme-
diatly to thc.r, hostess. saying. we are
sorry TO leave SO soon. but we only
came to make call, and our train
leaves in fifteen minutes" Lippin-
COTS
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IcoNTIyuED.l

lnvoluntarily had they drawn rein
in the shade of tiny thicket overlook
ing the valley. Even from this slight
exercise. bowed and weary appeared
the emperor's form. The hand which
! controlled his steed trembled. but the
lines of his face spoke Of unweakened
sinew of spirit. the iron grip of will
that only death might loosen.
"The king" repeated the young man.
"He is no king of mine nor hers. To
you. sire. only owe allegiance or my
Life. at your need"
| A gentler expression softened the
cmperor's features as gleam of sun
shine forces itself into the somberest
forest depths.
I'VE have had our need" he said,
mot long since" His glance swept
the outlook below. Heaven watches
over molarchs," he added, turning a
keen satirical look on the other. 'but
| through the vigilance Of our earthly
servitors."
lie dukes response was interrupted
uy the appearance below Of Il horse
man, covered with dust, riding toward
them and urging his weary steed up
| the incline with spur and voice. DELHI
erately the monarch surveyed the new
| comer.
What make you of yonder fellow"
be said "IIe is not of the guard nor
Of the pretender's following
His housings are the color of France,
sire"
Then can make shrewd guess of
his purpose" observed the monarch.
AS he spoke the horseman drew near
er and moment later had stopped be-
fore the emperor.
"A message from the king, sire!" ex-
claimed the man. dismounting and
kneeling to present formidable look
ing document, with great disk of lead
through which silken string was
drawn.
Breaking the seal, the emperor open
ed the missive. 1T is well,' he said
at length. folding the parchment. The
king was even on his way to the cha
tsau to await our coming when he met
Caillette and received our communica-
tion Go you to the camp"-to the mes
senger-"where we shall presently re-
turn" And as the man rode away.
"The king begs we will continue our
Journey at our leisure" he added, land
announces he will receive us ut the
chateau"
"And have l your permission to re-
turn to Friedwald, sire?' asked the
other in low voice.
"AloneW
NAY; 1 would conduct the consta-
ble's daughter there to safety"
And thus needlessiy court Francis
resentment! Not yet"
The young man said no word, but
his face hardened.
Tut" said the emperor dryly, al
though not unkindly. where's fealty
now! Fine words, fine words. A slen
der chit of maid, forsooth, without
lands, without dowry. with naught
save herself"
rs she not enough, Sire!'
"Francis is more easily disarmed In
his own castle by his own hospitality
than in the battlefield" observed
Charles, without replying to this ques-
tion In field have we conquered him;
in palace hath he conquered himself
and our friendship. Therefore will you
and the maid return in our train to the
kings court"
AT your order, sire"
But the young mans voice was cold,
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lngly. there is that controversy Of the
constable of Dubrois-certain l":l -
and IL castle, long since rightly cJn;.s-
Gated"
Your majesty. there Is another cas-
tie and lands 10 spare Ia distant
country" returned the duke quickly.
"These will suffice
As you will" said the king in Il
maud our good Offices, since you have
made lis sponsor Of your fortunes
With which well covered confession
of his own defeat Francis strobe away.
As he turned. however. he caught the
smile OF the Duchesse d'Etampes AID
crossed TO her grlciously.
Your dress becomes you well. Anne
he said
She glanced down at herself demure-
ly: her lashes yelled sudden gleam
of triumph How kind of you, sire, to
notice my poor gown
Il was right" murmured Triboulet
joyfully as he saw the king and favor
ite walking together. NO one VIII
ever replace the duchess
Silent. hand in hand. the duke AMI
the joculatriX stood upon the balcony.
Below them lay the earth wrapped in
haZy light: behind them. the court.
with its glamour.
"iIave done well. Jacquclinc. TO an
.,,,.., ala. 4, ,i,,,y .,, I how. Al lupt' lp said
finally. Are you content to resign all
-iorever-here in France: To 20 with
me-
Into "A new world" she interrupted.
"Once asked you TO take me, but you
hesitatcd and were like to leave me be-
hind YOU"
But now It's l who ask" he an
swered.
"And I-who hesitate?" looking out
over the valley, where the shadow OF
q cloud crossed the land.
"Do you hesitate. Jacqueline"
She turned About her lips trembled
the old feeting smile.
what woman knows her mind, Sir
Fool? Yet IL ii were not So
"If il were not soW he said eagerly.
Her eyes became grave on sudden.
81 might believe had been OF one
mind-long."
"Jacuueine. Sweet jestress.
He caught her suddenly In his arms,
his fine young features aglow. This.
then. was the goal Of his desires.
goal of delight far, far beyond all
youthful dreams or early imaginin@s.
With dropping eyelids she stood IN lis
embrace: she. once SO proud. 80 SELF
willed. He drew her closer. kissed her
hair the rose.
She raised her head, and, sweetcr
still, hc kisSel Ter lips.
Across the valley the shadow recel-
ed. vanished In the full glory Of night
ly splcndor lay tue earth. ana "a t''s
mystic radiance iia tied up Il woi!d 'f
beauty il seemed N last they be!.c.d
their world. the light more beautifA
for the shade and the purple mists.
THE END.
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For Educating Poultrymen.
THE NEEDS OF THE RHODE ISLAND
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE LIKELY
TO BE NET.

The Rhode Island Poultry Association
recently sent q committee of eight of it
members to visit the Rhode Island Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Art
for the purpose of inspecting its poultry
plant. They found that, while the ex
| pertinent station has fair equipment
for the purposes of experimentation
with poultry, the college has practically
no equipment for the modern practica
teaching of poultry keeping.
AS q result of this visit, and after 9
careful survey of the needs of the col
lege in this respect by an expert practi-
cal poultryman, the poultry association
passed resolution stating it to be its
belief that the college should have at
least $500 in order to provide proper
facilities for instruction. The board
of managers is in hearty sympathy with
this matter, but in view of the need of a
new greenhouse, especially, voted to ask
the legislature for $1,000 for the poultry
buildings.
The six weeks poultry school does a
great deal of good, meeting tho needs OF
those who have had practical experience,
but it does not continue long enough to
give younger students sufficient practi-
cal experience to fit them for positions.
The college has scores of requests from
farm owners who want to secure the
services of practical poultrymen, but
the college has been unable thus far to
fill many of these positions simply be-
cause it has not the equipment sufficient
to train men properly.
1t is hoped that the Legislature will
see its way clear to grant appropriations
for both the greenhouse and the poultry
plant, as both of these needs are absO-
lutely necessary if the college is to in
crease it's agricultural students.-Trib-
une Farmer.
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AT a signal from the cornet, gitterns,
violas and pipes began to play, and
Francis and his august guest, accom-
panied by Queen Eleanor and the EN-
peror's sister, Marguerite Of Navarro,
entered the hall, followed by the
dauphin and Catharine de- Medici.
Diane de Poitiers, the Duchesse
dEtampes, marshal, chancellor and
others of the kings friends and coun-
selors, courtiers. poets. testers, philos-
ophers-a goodly company. such as
few monarchs could. summon ut Their
beck and call. Charles eye lighted;
even his austere nature momentarily
kindled amid that brilliant spectacle.
Francis palace of pleasure was IN III
toxicating antidote to spleen or hypo-
chondria, and when the court ladies. In
a dazzling band, appeared in the dance
led by the Duchesse dEtampes, he
openly expressed his approval.
"Ah. madam" he said to the queen
of Navarro. there is little of the mon
astery about our good brothers court.
Did your majesty expect we should
cloister you?' she answered. with
lively glance.
He gazed meditatively upon the
"Rose of Valois," or the Pearl of the
Valois," az she was sometimes called;
then Il shadow fell upon him-the fu-
tility of ambition, the emptiness OF
pleasure. In scanty attire, the Duchesse
dEtampes, with the king. flashed
before him, the former all beauty. all
grace, her little feet trampling down
care 80 lightly. Somberly he watched
her and sighed. Mentally he compared
himself to Francis. They had Travelled
the road OF life together, discarding
their youth Mt the same turn OF the
highway, yet here was his French
brother indefatigable In the pursuit or
merriment, while his own soul sang
miserere to the tune Of Francis I'D
dies. Yet, had he overheard the con-
yersation of the favorite and the king,
the emperor's moodiness would not,
perhaps, have been unmixed with a
stronger feeling.
"Sirc," the duchess was saying In her
most persuasive manner, while you
have Charles--once your keeper-in
your power, here In the chateau, you
will surely punish him for the past
and avenge yourself? You will make
him revoke the treaty Of Madrid or
shut him up In one Of Louis MIS-
oubliettes?"
81 will persuade him If l can." re-
piled the king coldly, "but never force
him. Ny honor, madam. is dearer to
me than my interests"
The favorite said no more Of cher
ished project. knowing Francis temper
and his stubbornness when crossed
She merely shrugged her white shoul-
ders and watched him closely. The
monarch had not scrupled once to
break his covenant with Charles. hold
! ins that treaties made under duress'
by force majeure. We're legally void,
while now But the king was COM
posed Of contradictions, or was her own
influence waning?
She had observed new expression
cross his countenance when In the
retinue of the emperor he had noted
the daughter of the constable. such a
tenderness as she remembered at Bay
onne when the king had looked upon
her. the duchess, for the hrst time.
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T"1 Illus 1t befell that both Robert
of Friedwald and Jacqueline
NCl accompanied the emperor to
l&s2:S the little town. the scene Of
their late adventures, and that they
who had been fool and jOculatriX rode
once more through the street they had
ne 'er expected to see again. Tie flags
were flying; cannon doomed. They ad-
yanced beneath wreaths of roses. the
way paved with flowers. Standing at
the door of his inn, the landlord drop
ped his jaw in amaZement as his
glance fell upon the jestress and her
companion behind the great emperor
himself His surprise, too. was alb
ruptly voiced by u ragged, wayworn
person not far distant in the crowd,
whose fingers had been busy about the
pockets of his neighbors; fingers when
had deft habit Of working by them
selves while his eyes were bent else
where and his lips Joined in the gener-
al acclaim; fingers which, like anten-
nae. seemed to have a special intelli-
gence Of their own. Now those long
weapons Of abstraction and appropria-
ton ceased their deft work. He be-
came all eyes.
Good lack! Who may the noble gen.
tleman behind the emperor be? he ex-
claimed. Surely tits the dukes fool"
And ride with the emperor" said
burly citizen at his elbow. "'Tis thou
who art the fool"
",rruly think so," answered the
other. 81 see. believe. but may not un-
derstand."
At that moment the dukes gaze In
passing CHANGED to rest upon the
pinched and overcurious face Of the
scamp student. A CLEAN OF recollec-
ton shone in his glance. "Gladius
gemmatusw cried the scholar, and
smile on the mobiles countenance told
him he had heard. Turning the prob
lem in his mind. the vagrant philoso-
pher forgot about pilfering and the
procession itself, when soldier touch
ed him roughly OH the shoulder.
"Are you the scamp student" SAID
the trooper.
"Now they'll hang me with these
spoils in my pockets" thought the
scholar. Bnt as bravely as might be
he replied, "rhe former I am; the lat
| ter would be-"
"rhen tie Duke Of Friedwald sent
me to give you this purse" remarked
u
the man. suitins the action to the
word. lie bade me say tits to take
the place of bit Of silver you once
did not earn" And the trooper van
ished.
"Welladayr' commented the. bury
citizen. regarding the gold pieces and
J the philosopher in wonderment Of his
Own. "You may be fool. but you
| must be an honest knaye."
At the chateau the meeting between
the two monarchs was unreservedly
cordial on both sides. They spoke
with satisfaction of the peace now ex-
isting between them and Of other mat
tiers social and political. The emperor
deplored deeply the untimely demise
of Francis son, Charles, who had
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
Under the Rose
BY FREDERIC S. ISHAM,
Author Of THE Strollers"
Copyright 1905. by the BoWEN-MERRILL COMPANY
Bv FREDERIC S. IsHAM.


caught the infection of plague while
Sleeping at Abbeville. Later the misal'
lance of the princess was cautiously
touched upon. That lady. said Francis
Eravely. to whom the gayeties Of the
court ut the present time could not
fail to be distasteful, had left the cha
teau Immediately upon her return.
Ever Of a devout mind, she had re-
paired to q convent and announced her
intention of devoting herself and her
not inconsiderabe fortune to higher
and more spiritual life. Charles, who
1T that period of his lofty estates him
self hesitated between the monastery
and the court, applaaded her resolu
ton. to which the king perfunctorily
and but half heartedly responded.
Shortly after, the emperor, fatigued
by his journey. begged leave to retire
to his apartments, whittier he went
accompanied by his brother OF
France" and followed by his attend
ants At the door Francis, with many
expressions of good will, took leave OF
his royal guest for the time being and
turning. encountered the Duke OF
Friedwald.
Francis, himself once accustomed to
assume the disguise of an archer OF
the royal guard the better to pursue
his love follies among the people, now
gaZcd curiously upon one who had be-
foOied the entire court.
You took your departure, my lord, u
said the king quietly, without waiting
for the order Of your going"
"He who enacts the fool. your maj
esty. without patent to office must
needs have good legs" replied the
young man. Elise will he have his
fingers burnt"
"Only his fingers?" returned the mon-
arch. with Il smile somewhat sardonic.
Truly" thought the other, as Fran
chs strobe away, "the king regrets the
fools escape from Notre Dame and the
fagOts."
During the next day Charles called
first for his leech and then for priest;
but, whether the former or the latter,
or both. temporarily assuaged the rest
lessness of mortal disease, that night
lie was enabled to be present ut the
character dances given III his honor
by the ladies of the court in the great
gallery of the chateau.
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Sheep Feeding.

Concentrated and stimulating foods
are unsuited to sheep. A very little
corn will do with other grains, says
Farm Journal. Oats are the best single
grain to give sheep either for fattening
them or putting breeding ewes in good
shape to have their lambs and to suckle
them. Corn makes the sheep feverish,
infiames the udders of the ewes and
makes big show of milk, which is
actually inflammation and swelling 1t
also makes the lambs weak. The fever,
ish condition dries the wool, makes it
brittle and checks its growth. Oats,
linseed meal. wheat bran and roots Is
the proper ration. The fodder should
be of good quality. Good straw with
little more grain is better than hay Of
Door quality.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-28
Pruning Fruit Trees.

Fruit trees may be pruued any time
from now until growth begins in the
spring, according to advice from the
department of agriculture. 1t may be
better to leave the pruning of the peach
until spring to avoid the necessity OF
second pruning to remove winter KILLED
parts. The apple and pear may be
pruued whenever time is plenty and the
weather favorable. Grapevines should
be pruned before the sap starts in the
spring, generally not later than Feb
ruary.-MOuntaineer.