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veyed TO him II his driver is i'll tempered
or unsympathetic he catches the spirit.
The horse has superior strength. but the
man has superior intellect, and by INTEL
lect man must conquer brute force. Su-
per1or brute force can never he v~anquished
by hardness or cruel measures, but only by
diplomacy and gentle firmness.
'Ideas concerning he education Of a
horse have completely changed within the
OF punishment is entirely dispensed with in
the best training schools of the present day,
and instead OF rough and brutal measures
kindness, hrmness and great patience are
the means employed.
Aside from the fact that the thorough
bred 10 a better stopper and more beauti-
fully formed than the horse of common
breed, there 10 the greatest difference in
their temperament and dispositions. 1
have generally found that we'll bred horses
give trouble in harness h underlined
horses, n the difference is manifest in the
shape OF the head and appearance.
In the thoroughbred there is greater
width between the eyes, the brow Is high
and prominent and the expression of the
face high bred and intelligent. The head
of tho common breed shows a stupid aspect
and small brain.
The one horse will be quick TO compre-
hen what is required Of him and will appre-
ciate any effort made in his behalf 10 brighten
and educate him, while the other will be-
slow TO understand. almost indifferent TO
the kindness of his master and apt when too
much indulged 70 return ~treachery for good
Attempt TO abuse or use the whip unon
the former and you will arouse all the hot
temper derived from his ancestors. In the
contest which ensues between his master
and himself he will win or terminate the
strife by his own death, Apply the whip TO
the common horse; il will generally keep him
-The eyes arc an important feature in
Judging a we'll bred horse. They are large
and bright and clear with n suppressed fire
and energy. If small and set close together,
no matter what splendid qualities he may
have, he is sure TO possess some faint OF
inferior blood.
THE mouth Of the thoroughbred is large,
amiable in expression n strong Tho
ears are also significant. being small, thin
and delicate with the tips inclining toward
n another. -
you may Judge a fine horse by the width
and expansion OF his ~noetrils. which traits
in an animal usually denote an active.
alert temperament. Upon the least ex-
element the nostrils expand and culver.
The legs and feet OF thoroughbreds are
delicate and we'll shaped.
Having selected a young horse or four
year-old with the qualifications just men
toned IL a thoroughbred, and II not a
thoroughbred one that possesses these quail
fcations as nearly as possible. the training
should begin. Infinite tact and patience
are required and he should never be C
with a whip. =,
Il nave known good trainers to spend
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Still. oven those who are tho most pas
sionate believers in Shakespeare. and who.
like sensitive Swinburne, would weep and
a to SEQ his tomb disturbed, agree that
the time will certainly arrive when a shame
ful deed will be pcrpetrated in Holy Trinity
under the p~retence OF serving the ends OF
truth.
For a few moro years perhaps Shake
speare will lie in the mysterious peace that
the curse and blessing his epitaph have
won for him. but his enemies are increasing
and working to the end that they may
successfully defy his wishes. One and all
they now persistently profess the belief.
as did poor mad Miss Bacon. that the
evidence needed to brand him an impostor
and reveal the real authorship Of tho plays,
poems and sonnetslies in that grave.
A school OF his detractors ven go 90
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Perhaps In the course Of time there may
be In over supply. but l don't % for 10
in my day.
Coffee planting is not a work that many
people rush into, because to most beginners
Ave years seems a long time to wait for your
first paying crop. Most people wish TO
put their money In something that will
give quicker eturns.
AS for buying q ready to wear coffee
plantation, we'll. they are hard to get. l
don't know Of good one on the market.
II l did I would gladly take the money I
lave invested In railroads and Governments
bonds out and put II into 1t.
AS q business for women, II is lik every
thing else. all depends onthe woman. While
many women might not care to 60 to Mexico
to give it a trial, I q see no reason why
a woman shouldn't make a good living asa
coffee broker.
-In almost every other field there seem
to be women acting as middlemen between
the producer and the consumer. Person
ally I should him very favorably Of selling
crop through a woman. Being a New
England woman, I believe in every woman
making the most Of her life. At the same
time I would not employ a pima II she
did not do her work as we'll as a man
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poets grave and that one was frustrated
only last spring.
This latest indignity was perpetrated
about the time when the birthday festival
at Stratford was in full swing. Somebody
then discovered that the cement about the
edges Of the craven slab had been carefully
Clipped way and that putty had been
forced into it's place.
From this it was concluded that some
enemy TO Shakespeare had put done half
the work OF removing the slab. and that
later the vandal would return to scrape
out the substitute for cement and easily.
with a crowbar shift the stone. There
upon il was recalled that twenty-five years
ago a similar trick had beer discovered
Just in time.
Singularly discreet have been the rectors
of Holy Trinity. Then as now no hue and
cry was raised. A whisper OF the truth
got about at Oxford and so leaked out,
to cause a deal Of angry and uneasy com
ment. hut as IL was evident the marauders
had got no further in their work than re-
moving the cement the story Of the dis
covery escaped the newspapers.
1t is said at Oxford though that when
news Of the tampering with Shakespeare s
grave got to the ears OF Algernon Charles
S~winburne hat sensitive poet burst into a
passion OF tears. Under the inspiration
OF his indignation he dashed off a sonnet
and a corking good one it was too. for,
when warmed to the task. Swinburne Is a
master hand at verbal vitriol He pro-
duced fourteen lines of gorgeous rhyming
curses calculated to scar the souls OF the
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far as 10 announce that Shakespeare is not
buried under the slab bearing the anathe-
matizing stanza. At any rate they say
his name is not on the slab, and it is only
tradition, not any positive or accredited
authority. that states that the fiagstone
covers the body of the poet.
This branch Of doubling Thomases in
clines to the belief that the stone protects
a chest holding precious papers only. The
maj Shakespeare. il is maintained. Is buried
somewhere else in the old church.
They argue this with an ingenuity that
would excite the envy Of the traditional
Philadelphia lawyer, and gleefully add that
the present Duke Of 81. Adams is known to
possess a manuscript copy of The Two
Gentlemen OF Verona" written out and
signed by Lord Bacon. This valuable
document. 1t is confidently asserted. will
some day come into the market, and then
In a cipher on the back Of one OF the manu-
script sheets will be found an inventory
OF the contents Of the chest buried in the
chancel Of Strstford's church.
In view Of all these facts 1t 10 scarcely
surprising that the true Shakespearian
worshipper. are troubled, but the cause OF
their greatest anxiety they see in the rapid
lnCredse IN EngidnO Oh a sCnOOI OF men ana
women believers in the poet who, goaded
by the denisls Of their poets enemies. arc
inclined TO countenanoe a scheme for the
elimination of his almost sacred bones.
Thus and only thus, say some Of the ex-
ssperated adherents Of the great William,
can his imperial superiority be proved and
the present shadow be removed from his
name and fame.
OF course the wiser and more sobersided
believers hold that the tomb contains a
mans body falling peacefully to dust and
nothing more. But the question is. how long
can this element Of temperate and rever-
entail admirers prevail against those who
are passionately and sensational lily for or
against and who would willingly tear open
the one unviolated grave OF surprising
greatness in order to satisfy fanatical fancies
worthy only of hotheaded and unrea son-
able children.
Even Gladstone was at one moment
swayed by the foolish impassioned argu-
ment of a Shakespearian adherent to adj
nit that it might be well to xplore the
tomb. On the strength of this feeling he
stopped one day at Stratford and went into
the church. Hat in hand he read the cpl
taph over in his finest tones. When he had
stayed silent a moment, gazing down or
that fat slab. he shook his head and turned
t~houghtfully away.
After all" he said gravely, Il was wrong
I know now that had I any hand in troubling
Shakespeare l should feel his curse an q
never forgive myself for committing the
greatest sacrilege Of modern times"
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temperate tablelands is called by the
natives arabica, and is much like mocha.
It is easily affected by the weather and 10
neither as thrifty nor as prolific as the
hot country variety. which resembles Java
coffee.
'As my farm is in Vera Cruz it is this hot
country coffee hat I cultivate and INC
most about. 1t is best propagated by seed,
which are planted in beds under cultivated
trees.
Tho coffee plant seldom blossoms before
it's third year. At that time it's foliage is a
vivid green, the blooms and subsequent
berries growing along the stems in clusters.
The blooms are more like jasmine blossoms
than any flower here and sweeter. more
The coffee berry is at first a glossy.
green. then brown and finally adarkcrimson.
Picking. which must always be done by
hand, il q slow and tedious process. as each
berry must be picked separately and
picker carries suspended around his
neck As a rule, the coffee pickers In
Mexico are peon women and children.
The pay 10 rs cents in Mexican money,
which amounts to about IL cents in United
States currency, for each basket or bag of
AT present about the only problem
that the cofee planter OF Mexico has TO face
is that Of labor. The Mexican poems are
very much like the American negro, and
WIuic pcOplc lIOtu tuo oOutucfu- OIdtoo
find them easy enough TO get on with. those
who have lived In the North, especially in
New England, are harder to please.
While the peon will only work when he
feels like il he requires hat you treat him
with the utmost consideration and dignity.
They are the most independent people in
the world and are always suspicious OF
the ~gringos. as they call all white people.
The peon may be without a place 20 lay bis
head and half starving. but he will not
work for a gringo he diskkes.
Some Of the largest coffee planters are
solving this problem by importing Chinese
coolies. The Celestial by reason Of his
energy, industry and eagernees TO save
money 10 about as satisfactory a servant as
could be asked. Perfectly content TO work
year in and year out with never a day OF
or a holiday TO celebrate. he is as cheap
as the peon n has no exalted ideas OF his
own dignity.
From ali I have read and heard l fancy
that life on the large Mexican coffee plan
tations to-day is very much like the lie on
the old Southern cotton plantations before
the civil war. While we are isolated and at
certain seasons there 10 much Of hard work.
for the greater part Of the time there is
plenty OF leisure.
The Mexicans are fond Of dancing,
and hen my three chilren are at home
from school there are generally several
dances each week on my drying floor. In
the daytime when the place is not occu-
pied by coffee beans there Is always a game
Of tennis going on.
AS the demand for Mexican coffee In the
United States 10 still far ahead Of the SUD-
ply. I have never experienced any trouble
In disposing Of my crop at a good figure.
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SECRETS OF GOOD DRYING
MRS. JOHN GERKEN TALKS OF
TIE THOROUGHBREDS WAYS.

Advice From Q Famous woman whip on
Choosing and Training . HOrso-Pa-
tlence and sympathy Instead OF tho
whip Needed why Horses Go Wrong.
Mrs. John Gerken, ono Of the most famous
woman whips in America. has decided to
devote her time in future to breeding nne
borses at her country home on Long Island
instead Of exhibiting at horse shows. Her
sill As a horsewoman may be judged from
The fact that she recently w ffty-six
blue ribbons In three consecutive weeks.
Mrs. Gerken has always bought and trained
her own horses. She has driven ever since
Se was old enough 70 hold the lines. In
spanking the other day about the principles
OF good norsemanship she said:
A good horse Is very difficult TO find.
especially u good saddle horse. The best
ud safest way Is TO buy a colt from one OF
the celebra ted breeding farms. You can
ake a well shaped f~our-year-old OF good
breed and teach him yourself. or have him
aught the gaits and movements required.
This Is especially necessary II n desires
asood saddle horse.
Great care should be taken In the selection
oiateacher for II the colts temper Is spoiled
oy injudcious treatment he will be COM
pietely ruined. II is we'll in any event TO
slperlntend the colts education and be
sure that be is treated neither too indul-
gently nor cruelty.
istudy my horses-I study their tempera-
merits, their dispositions, in order to con-
uol the!a. The same treatment Is not
aoapte1 10 all horses.
First o. all I win their confidence and
Meeucn. do not permit any n else 20
onve them. for the least thing will ruin a
morse forever. 7: is very easy to get a horse
70 Tie habit 81 shying or baking. or to make
MN run away.
An Impatient or cruel driver will fire.
q1entiy develop these habits in a horse.
mich are generally tho result OF
"ess and fear in the animal. There must
oe perIect harmony between the horse and
ns master. In that way only Gun no be
mddr 10 10 his uttermost. II there Is bad
'eeing hetween them he will become mulish
ana frequently vicious.
nora" Is an extremely sensitive animal.
p"'ost more SO than an ordinary mortal.
meHeeAaal IN a way gifted with divine instinct.
A4nl' aI1ver 10 nervous IL is at once CON-
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A WOMAN COFFEE PLANTER
MRS. BAIRD TELLS OF HER Sue
CESS IN MEXICO.

Drawn Thither by the Hope Of Helping .
Consumptive Husband, She Drifted Into
the Business and Found It Profitable
|. Life on the Mexico plantation.
MY coffee plantation is one Of the best
managed in Mexico. so l have been told.'
admitted Mrs. Jane P. Baird OF Vera Cruz.
Mexico, when questioned by a reporter.
Il am my own manager. supervisor and
saleswoman.
Eighteen years ago I was a girl In Massa-
chusetts and knowing that the man / loved
had consumption I married him. IL wasn't
considered as dangerous in those days as
it is now, but still had / known that 1
would catch the disease the next day I
should have married him.
soon after the birth OF our first child I
persuaded him to give up his place in the
factory and go South. We went TO Texas,
near Galveston.
we were there for a year, when an old
doctor told me that If I would take my
husband to Mexico and make him work
and exercise out of doors he would live
much longer even IL he didn't get entirely
we'll. My husband had got 10 the melan-
choly stage and it was pretty hard to make
him believe there was anything TO look
forward 20.
I'VE had two children then. and M was
only three months old. but / the w
couldn't afford 20 put of IL departure.
We spent about twenty months going from
one place to another, trying to find some
place that would suit my husband.
I'VE reached Vera Cruz finally. There
we found a small farm a few miles from
the city that suited US and we started to
raise coffee.
"A few Of our plants bore in their third
year. The next year we had coffee 70 sell.
but because there was only a few dozen
pounds we had TO lose about half h profit
by disposing Of it to a large coffee planter,
who shipped il to Now York
Such an arrangement suited neither
my husband nor me. We determined TO go
into the business sufficiently to make 1t
pay. Ten years from the time vi moved
into our little farm we shipped Dur first
coffee direct to this market. My husband
died three years g and since then I have
conducted the business.
There are two varieties OF coffee raised
In Mexico. That which thrives best on the
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Strange Requests.

FROM He Grdnd MuDdStne.
In his will Stephen Swain OF the parish OF ST.
Olave. Southwark. gave TO John Abbot and
Mary, his wife. sixpenoe each. TO buy for
each Of them q halter, for fear the sheriffs
should not be provided"
John Aylett Stow loft the sum Of Ave euineas
for the purchase OF the picture OF a viper bit
ing the hand Of his reecter. TO be- presented TO
an eminent K. {. as a reminder Of his in
gratitude and insolence."
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Troubles OF a Truthful woman.

FROM the LuuIes ftfW.
IL Is no exaggeratiop to say that a more or
less truthful woman Is looked upon with grave
suspicion. What Is more. nobody believes her.
II she quite truthfully pronounces her age
to be ~. everybody at once says then she must
be at least %. while II she should ever be
cajoled into admitting the number OF proposals
she had In her youth 1: will only confirm ths
popular impression that, she had been very
lucky TO catch a husband at all.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-03-13

There was not one of Mr. Beal's
family who did not try to devise a sys-
tenn of memories for him. from his
wife down to his youngest daughter-in-
law, but none of the systems proved
satisfactory. 1t was his wife's idea to
tie strings on Mr.. BeaPs fingers, and
one afternoon he appeared before his
youngest daughter-in-law with the
thumb Of his left hand wound about
with yellow cord.
"Will you give me a cup Of tea, Ma
rian, so l shall have strength enough
to go home and confess can't remem-
Der what this thumb was tied up fOr?"
he asked ruefully. ''I'm getting worse
and worse, and l presume my wife is
about discouraged with me-" .s
"Why, Father Beal," said the pretty
daughtef-in-law compassionately, your
thumb is all red. You just let me unite
that cord and battle it with alcohol and
water"
"Oh, it's all rightv' cried Mr.. Beal
joyfully. "That was what 1 was to get.
1 remember now-alcohol for the chat
ing dishv'-Youths Companion.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-03-13
Dogs and Fleas.

1 have tried all sorts of soaps and So
buttons for killing feas on dogs, with
the result that the dogs die first. Now,
heas are as much part of dog as
ticks are of a COW. But, Of course, there
must not be too many feas on the fam
lily pet-just enough to keep it well
tickled and to prevent it from becom-
ing too phlegmatic. There seems to be
but one cure, and it comes from the
land of feas-India. The Hindoos use
a crude oil emulsion, which consists Of
80 per cent Of crude petroleum mixed
with 20 per cent Of whale oil soap.
This combination forms a jelly which
mixes freely with water, A per cent
solution is used. At 10 per cent it kills
feas with perfect certainty. ANY ami
NAL washed with it will be relieved Of
the insects. 1t can be applied to walls,
ceilings and floors by means of gar
den sprayer.-New York Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-03-13
OUVENrkh.

James Nichols of Vernon has bought
of S Rawitser of New York the build.
ing site and water privilege near the
railroad station. Included in the
sale are thirteen acres of land, on
which stand two old houses. Years
ago on this site large wooden mill
stood, but was burned to the ground.
Mr.. Nichols, with his two brothers,
Edward and George, of Manchester,
intend to form a company for the
manufacture of binders board. Just
as soon as the snow goes away prepa-
rations for the erection of a mill will
be begun. The company plans to
erect a one-machine mill. and then if
the business warrants it to increase
the plant later. Edward Nichols will
superintend the building of the mill.
The Nichols family have been in the
paper making business for over %
years. At present James N. Nichols
conducts the general store at Vernon
Depot. His father, who is a veteran
paper maker, lives with him. Ed
ward Nichols is a competent mill
wright, and will have full charge of
installing the new plant. George
Nichols has a wide experience in pa
per making. Frank Nichols, another
brother, is a paper maker. Before
moving to Vernon James N. Nichols
resided in Willimantic.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-03-13

The famous Liberty bell, which has
been much exhibited and written about,
was originally cast in London, for the
English government restricted the in
dustries in the American colonies to
such an extent that there was no place
on this side of the Atlantic where such
a bell could be made The bells weight
was 1850 pounds. 1t arrived in Philadel-
phia in 1852. When hung up and being
tried for sound, cit was cracked by a
stroke Of the clapper without any other
violence" 1t was recast in Philadel-
phia and this prophetic motto in
scribed: 4,...
Proclaim liberty throughout the land
and to all the Inhabitants thereof"
When the British threatened the city
this bell, together with those belonging
to Christ church and st. Peters, eleven
in all, were taken to Allentown, Pa,
to prevent their falling into the hands
of the enemies. When the war ended
the bell was hung again in the place
whence & had rung out the news Of the
Declara yn of Independence.
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COuldn't Help 1t.

A well known Allegheny clergyman
recently spoke at a religious service in
the penitentiary in Woods Run. He
noticed that one of the convicts seem
ed extraordinarily impressed. After
the service he sought him out and con-
tinued the good work by remarking:
''My friend, hope you will profit by
my remarks just now and become a
new man." - .~
Indeed l WILL" was the cheerful re-
ply "In fact, promise to you that I
will never commit another crime, but
will lead an exemplary life to my dy-
ing day"
II am very glad to hear you say
that" said the clergyman, "but are you
certain you will be able to keep the
promiseT' .... IT,
ooh, yes," said the convict; I'm in
Jail for life."-Harper's Weekly.