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M iles Standish

In the Old Colony days. In Plymouth, the land of the Pilgrims.

To and fro In a room of his simple and primitive dwelling.

Clad in doul Ut and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather.

Strode, with a martial air. Miles Standish. the Puritan Captain.

Buried in thought he seemed, with his hands behind him. and pausing

Ever and ar.on to lehold his glitter­ing weapons of warfare.

Hanging in shining array along the walls of the chamber—

Cutlass and corselet of steel, and his trusty sword of Damascus.

Curved at the point and insciiled with its mystical Arabic sentence,

While underneath, in a corner, were fowling-piece, musket, and match­lock.

Short of stature he was. but strongly built and athletic.

Broad in the shoulders, deep-chested.with muscles and sinews of iron;

Brown as a nut was his face, but his russet beard was already

Flaked with patches of Enow, as hedges sometimes in November.

Near him was seated John Alden. his friend and household companion.

Writing with diligent speed at a table of pine by the window;

Fair-haired, azure-eyed. with delicate Saxon complexion.

Having the dew of ycuth, and the beauty thereof, as the capUves

Whom Saint Gregory saw, and ex­claimed, “ Not Ang es. but Angels.*’

Youngest of all was he of the men who came in the Mayflower.

Suddenly breaking the silence, the diligent scribe Interrupting,

Spake. In the pride of his heart. Miles Standish. the Captain of Plymouth.

“ Look at these arms.” he safd. “the warlike weapons that hang here

Burnished and bright and clean, as if for parade or .nspection!

This Is the sword of Damascus I fought with in Flanders; this * 1 breastplate.

Well I remember the day! once saved my life In a skirmish;

Here In front you can see the vary dint of the bullet

Fired point-blank at my heart by a Spanish arcabucero.

Had it not been of sheer steel, the for­gotten tones of Miles Standish

■Would at this moment be mold, In their grave in the Flemish morasses."

Thereupon answered John Alden, but looked not up from his writing;

“ Truly the breath of the Lord hath slackened the speed of the bullet; |

He In his mercy preserved you, to be our shield and our weapon!"

Still the Captain continued, unheeding the words of the stripling:

“ See. how bright they are burnished, as if in an arsenal hanging;

That is because I hare done it my­self, and not left it to others.

This he said with a smile, that danced In his eyes, as the sunbeams

P in e » on the waves of the sea, and vanish again in a moment.

Alden laughed as be wrote, and still the Captain continued:

“ Look! you can see from this window my braien howltxer planted

High on the roof of the church, a preacher who speaks to the pur­pose.

Steady, straightforward, and strong.with Irresistible logic.

Orthodox, fliishlrg conviction right into the hearts of the heathen.

Now we are ready. I think, for any assault of the Indians;

Let them come, If they like, and the sooner they try It the better—

Let them come. If they like, be It saga­more. sachem, or powwow,

Asptnet, SamoseL Corbitant. Squanto. or Tokamahaiuou! ”

Long at the window he stood, and wistful y gaied on the landscape

Washed v»l:h a co ll gray mist, the vapory breath of the east " itid.

Forest and meadow and hill, and the steel blue rlnj of the oc.ati.

Lying silent and sad In the atternoon shadows and sunshine

Over his countenance fl'tted a shadow like those on the landscape.

Gloom In 'erm lrg’ed w-|-h light; and bis voice «a s subdued with emo­tion.

Tenderness, pity, regret, as after a pause he proceed'd:

Better to hide from the Indian scoutathe graves of our people,

Lest they should count them and see how many already have perished!”

Sadly his face he averted, and strode up and down, and was thoughtful.

Fixed to the opposite wall was a shelf of books, and among them

Prominent three, distinguished alike for bulk and for binding;

UarlfTo’s Artillery Guide, and the Com­mentaries of Caesar,

Out of the Latin translated by Arthur Goldinge of London.

And. as It guarded by these, between them was standing the Bible.

Musing a moment let« e them, Mites Standish paused, as if doubtful

Which of the three he should choose tor his consolatlou and comfort.

Whether the wars of the Hebrews, th« famous campaigns ot the liotvans

Or the Artillery practice. d> signed for belligerent Christians.

Finally d » »n from Bs shelf hedrngge the ponderous Koman,

Seated him elf at the window, and opened the took, and iu silence

Turned o’er the well-worn leaves where thumb-marks thick on the margin.

Like the trample of feet, ptocalme« the ‘ attle wrs hottest

Nothing w i- h«ard in the room b>" the hurrying pen oi the stripling

Busily writing epDt’es important, ti go bv the Mayflower.

Heady to sail on the morrow, or n«'X

DIFFICULT TO EXTERMINATE _ ' INJURIOUS PLUM CURCUUO

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F igh t T h is F.nemy I f Ho Expects to l ia ise P ro f i t a b le C rop s E ach Y e a r .

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In reply to the following query: ” !have given gago plum trees that are full of bloom at present, but every year when they get about half site the plums got wormy uml fall off I would like to know if there Is any way of preventing this," the Wallace’s Far tuer makes the following reply:

A little black b##tle, which ut pres­ent Is feeding on the loin«*» and bios noma Is the cause of wormy plums which drop off. When the blossoms fall this little beetle takes round bites out of the green plums. It Is these lit­tle round bites that eauses the lop­sided and gnarly plums If the beetle Is a female. It will, In addition, make crescent shaped cuts In the green plums and Insert eggs In these cuts These eggs hatch out Into the dirty white little worm with whleh all who eat plums, cherries or |>euchcs are fa­miliar.

The only way to prevent wormy plums Is to In some way kill the beetles before they have laid their eggs This Is difficult to do. but two methods have been found which are

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that the destruction of these beetles prevented the growth «if over 13,000,- 000 worms In the fruit At any rate only about four per cent of the crop was wormy, while In surrounding or­chards alaiut f««rty per cent, was In­jured. An easier though not quite such u certain way to kill the beetles Is by spruylag with lead arsenate If the leaves ami fruit nre thoroughly covered with this poison, th<< beetles. In stH-urlng their food, lire isdsoned before they lay their eggs In brief, the method of spraying Is us follows:

Dissolve lead arsenate ut the rate of two pounds to fifty gallons of wa­ter. then spray the mixture on the irtvs so that they ure completely eov- ervil The spraying should be com­menced just bh soon as the Muss«mis fall. nn«l repeated three or four times at intervals of eight to ten days.

I’osslbly this treatment sounds like It Is more bother than It Is worth. I’er- haps It Is for the farmer who has but a few plums, cherries or peaches, but the commercial grower must light this enemy If he Is to have profitable crops esch year Of course In heavy bear­ing years there Is enough fruit for both the cureullo and the grower. In such years the cureullo may even do good by thinning out the fruit.

Plum Cureullo.

fairly satisfactory. These aro Jarring and spraying

The jarring method of beetle de­struction Is based on the fnct that the beetles “ play possum” when there is any disturbance near them Jarring Is commenced Just as the blossoms are falling, and Is repeated every day for four or live weeks, or until no more beetles are secured The method Is to place a sheet or some other con­tainer under a plum tree, and then to

\ strike the tree a quick, hard blow with a padded stick or mallet. The beetles

| fall to the sheet and may then be col­lected and destroyed. In large plum orchards time Is saved by rigging up a sheet arrangement on a sort of a wheelbarrow, or by Btr«*tchlng sheets on wooden frames In a large orchard In Georgia.where peach and plum trees w-ere Jarred sixteen times In the spring over 100,000 curculfo beetles were caught In this way. It Is estimated

DISCOVER NEW LEGUME EFFECTS

E x p e r im e n t s M a d e W i t h T l m m l i y a n d O a t s In Connection

W i t h L e g u m e C ro p a t Cornett .

gngllsh O rl’s Tragic Pats.Th# startling «see of a North Ix>n-

don (Eng.) girl who hns ehntrarted leprosy contulra elements of tragic Interest. Th# dreadful dlsi'see was contracted by ’As Vlotliii wearing, as part of a famry dress costume, s wig of eastern origin Home time ago shs went to a fancy dress balL The cos­tume. that of s Chinese lady wal pronounced perfect In every detail. Unfortunately the wig she wore was only too rral It came from the east. About n week after a strange mark appeared on her forehead and sba consulted s specialist, who found that she wns suffering front leprosy. Hha has now been remon-il to a leper col­ony. Diligent Inquiries were mads to discover the antecedents of ths wtg, and it now has been found that it had at on# Bins b««n worn by ■ leper.

RED CROSS BALL BLUE.

The blue that Is all blue Best foi washing because it makes th«' clothes clear and white, lasts longer than liquid blue and produces hotter re suits.

Avoid liquid bluing because It is only a weak solution of blue In an expenslv«« package. HKD FltOHH BALL III,DU Is sold everywhere Price, 10« . ASK Y tU ’ ll GROCER.

Esssncs of Pins Breeding.In fstnlllee well ordered there Is si*

ways one llrtn and sweet temper, which i-ontrols without seeming to die* tats. The essence of all tine breeding Is In the gift of oscillation. A man who possesses every other title to our respect besides that of courtesy. Is In danger of forfeiting them all. A rude manner renders Its owner always liable to affront. He Is nsver without dignity who avol«!s wounding the dig­nity of other*«

Her Plrst Attempt.Mr. Youngbrtda—This coffee, my

lova, l»--e r— . Mrs. Youngbrtda— I know It. dear, but I’vs boiled It over half an hour and the kernels haven’t melted ona hit.

“ Look at These Arms,” He Said.

“ Yonder there, on the hill by the Bea, : day at latest, God willing!lies buried Rose Standish; Homeward bound with the tidings ot

Beautiful rose of love, that bloomed j all that terrible winter,for me by the wayside! Letters written by Alden, and full of

She was the first to die of all who ' the name of Priscilla,came In the Mayflower! \ Full of the name and the fame of the

Green above her Is growing the field | Puritan maiden Priscilla!of wheat we have sown there. (TO BE C O N TIN U E D )

It is « 'e ll known that a lrgumlnous crop, when vigorous and abundant, ex- errlses a beneficial Influence on the soil and on succeeding crops. That a legume may b«'neflt a nonlegume grow­ing with It. by reusing the nonlegum« to contain a Inrgo quantity of nitrogen or protein, seems never to have born ascertained

Experiments have, therefore. b*-cn conducted with timothy growing with alfalfa, timothy growing with red clover and oats growing with peas by Profs. T L. Lyon and O. A Blssell, of Cornell experiment station at Ithaca. N. Y „ to determine what effects were produced. These show that the tim­othy and the oats contain more pro­tein when grown with th«- legume than when grown nlone Th# lncreaa«*d protein contents of the hay crop thus pro«luce<1 Is a matter of considerable practical Importance It Indtcates. moreover, that the nonb-gume receives during the growth of the legumo a larger supply of available nitrogen than If grown alone Other conclu­sions drawn from the experiments aro reported In bulletin No. 294. which d«> tails the work floue.

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To Lydia H. Plnkhnm’u Vegetable Compound

Pcottrllle, Mlrh.—" I want tn toH jrou how much gitoli LydiaK. Ptnkham’s V o g o t a b i « C'otn-

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ERADICATE INJURIOUS WEED

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High Degree of Devotion

The Puritan Malden, Priscilla.

Serve yourself, would you be well served, la an excellent adage;

So I take care of my arms, as you of your pens and your lnkhorn.

Then, too, there are my soldiers, my great Invincible army.

Twelve men, all equipped, having each his rest and his matchlock.

Eighteen shilling a month, together with diet and pillage,

And, like Caesar, I know the name of each of my soldiers!”

F-Jelity S iow n by V irgin ia “D arky" That Anna!» o f

History M .y Be Searched to

Match.

Dick was a nigger, just a Virginia slave nigger. When a little boy, he was scullion in the kitchen. He car­ried the wood and water for the cook, and scoured the pots and kettles, and turned the spit when the turkey was roasting, dipping and basting the gravy from the pan, and nodding In his work after the manner of all small darkles.

When the war came the carriage rested In the carriage house, the horses were taken by the Yankees, and Dick became my servant In the army of the south—a gentleman's gen­tleman, as he called himself.

No man ever bad a more faithful and devoted follower than I had In Dick. He was captured twice with me by Union forces, and each time re­fused the freedom which his capture gave him. "I don’t want to be no freer than I always has been," he said on both of these occasions. Once 1 dis­charged him for being drunk. Think of discharging a slave! It was at Chattanooga, and Dick hung around headquarters for several days and was very unhappy. Finally he came to me with a Bible In his hand and said: "I wants to swear on this that if you will take me back I will not drink a drop during the war.” He took the oath and kept It faithfully to the end, at Appomattox.

When I was captured at Rich Moun­tain I was 111, and was sent to the Federal hospital, an Immense tent. I had not fully recovered when we evac­uated our position, and wandering about the mountains in the rain for two days and two nights without food had brought on a relapse. And be­

sides enduring the exposure, we had forded the river nine times In the vain effort to avoid large bodies of the enemy's troops. The sand had got Into my boots, and when my socks were taken off, the skin came off with them. I was a pitiable object. Dick stuck to me. He was free now to go where he pleased, but he never left me. He was by my cot all day, kept off the flies from my raw and skinless feet, and did what he could to allevi­ate my sufferings. At night he crept under my cot and took his only rest on the bare ground. When I was well enough to go north with Colonel Peg-, ram, I asked Dick what he was going to do, now that he was free. He said! that he would go with me. When I told him that was Impossible, he

| said: “Well, If I can't go with you,I will go back to Mis’ Llzle” (my w ife).

When he was leaving I gave him $200 in Virginia Valley bank notes (It was before the days of Confederate money), and he walked 203 miles— by way of Staunton 150, and down the valley, a hundred and thirteen— to my home In the valley, and gave my wife 196 of the money— MaJ. A. R. H. Ran- son. Late Major of Artillery, C. 8. A., In Harper's Magazine.

Ily. but I tell them of my cno<l friend, your Vegetable Componila, and thattout \ eg«-table ( <>ru|H>tii)il there w ill he no backache aiul («earing down pains far them If they wtlltaku It as I have. I am scarcely ever with, out it In the house.

*• I w ill say aiso that I think there !g no better medicine t«> t>«> found fog young girls to build them up and mak«i them strong wnd well.daughter has taken Lydia

eldestlink.

Courh or quart« gras* Is a most ln- jurious weed in ail klnds of soll. Root stocks inust be brought to the surface

and destroyed. Ratio, buekwheat «, millet are gootl cleaning crops for late sowing.

CARE OF THECOLT IN FALL

F o u n d P r o f i t a b l e to D cg ln F e e d in g A n i m a l s a L i t t le G r a i n

b e f o r e the P a s t u r e s b e g in to D r y .

Physical Limitations.There was a very stupid play prw

seated early ln the New York season, an “adaptation” It was called by tbs author. Even the best-natured critics went away ln disgust. One newspaper! representative turned to another and ■aid: " I f tbla Jumble had been pre Isented on the other aide of the water! It would have been biased. Aa there were a lot of foreign visitors presentI wonder that It was not”

“ It rsally Is a wonder,” was the other’s rsply. “ I would like to have biased myself, but— you can’t yawn and hits at ths same time.”— Metro polltan Magazine. j

(B y T. H. W H IT E .)Young rolls should not be left out

ln the pasture until they begin to get low ln flesh. It Is much more profit- able to begin feeding them a little grain and bay along before pastures begin to dry up, to have them In readi­ness to go on dry feed later without any serious trouble.

This is too often neglected and when young colts ate brought In thin in flesh and they cannot be taken through the winter In the condition that they could have been this neglect la answerable.

In weaning the colt from the mare It should have the very best of care, as the change of conditions Is liable to cause some trouble. While on the good summer pasture the mare gave milk that was easily digested and In taking colts from milk to dry feed It Is necessary that they should receive the vsr* best of attention. They should

be properly fed In order to prevent any bowel troubles. This rule will hold good tn taking young calves through this period, and In fnct will apply to all kinds of live stock, but more especially to the young of the farm which are expected to turn In a profit for the farmer the next year.

ham's Vegetable Compound for Pain­ful |<cri<xUand Irn-guUrlly, and lib a » always helped her.

" I am I M IJ I r«‘:idy m d will: • 1 i sneak a good word f<>r the Lydia B. Finkhain’s Remedies. I fell every «uni I meet that I owe my health and haj). pinosa to these wonderful m* ilh lm «.” —Mrs. J.U. J o h nso n ,Scottvillo, Mich.. ILF.D. 8.

Lydia K Plnkhnm’s Vegetable Dorn- round, mudo from native roots nn«l herbs, contains no narcotic* or harm- fui drugs, and to-day holds the record fo r the largest number o f uctual cu rd o f lumaio «ilòtai«.s.

Big Combination,A story Is told of an American who,

visiting In Dublin, was conducted to tho cathedral which had been restored by the Guinness family of brewers, then to th# schools which they had built, and lastly to ths great brewery. “This Is really wonderful,” said ths Ysnki-o. “ You seem to run education, salvation and damnation all ln ons ahow."

Norway Spruce In Mains.Great Importance Is attached to tho

experiment of planting Norway spruce In Maine. This is the first attempt of tho kind In New England, but experi­menters believe that the future sup­ply of the denuded states may be re­placed ln thla way.

Desiccated Eggs.Pennsylvania food experts declare

that certain form* of concentrated or desiccated eggs are decomposed and unfit for human consumption and In some cases produce ptomaine poison­ing.

Buying 8tock.Before you buy foundation stock

make a close study of the breeds and their adaptability and buy the kind that are adapted to your needs. Do not buy anything that Is a sheep, simply because It la a sheep.

The Cough ofConsumptionYour doctor will tell you that fresh air and good food are the real cures for consumption. But often the cough is very hard. Hence, we suggest fh«t you ask your doctor about your taking Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. It controls the tick­ling, quiets the cough.

W • publish our formula*- Wg banish aloetici

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One of Ayer’s Pills at bedtime will cause./ .......... - win tsuan Increned flow of bile, and produce a gentle laxative effect the day following. Formula on each box. Show It to your

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doctor. He will understand at a glance. Dole, one pill a» bedtime.— bg ms J. C. A/.r o »„ Lewsll. Mass’)