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nlonff the sky. The wind was blowing 
the mists away. Little, by little the light 
gained. Then the man looked at his hand 
and, as he feared, it was stained red. The 
light grew, and lie finally gained the 
courage to look out of that window. The 
post, as ho feared, was covered with blood. 
There was the mark of a blow from an ax 
still visible. Just back from the corner 
was a stnali house. Inside of it a rooster 
was crowing and half a dozen hens were 
coming out fir tin' day's wanderings. In 
I lie door of a small cook house in the back 
yard a fat emored woman was picking a 
‘Plymouth Rock chicken. The deaf man 
glanced once more at the house post and 
saw on the ground beside it the gray head 
of a rooster! It was a thoughtful man 
who washed his hands and glanced about 
the room. The revolver, still lay on the 
chair where he had placed it. lie had 
evidently felt on the wrong side of the 
lied for it. There was the candle and 
there wore the matches, untouched. Near 
at hand was a box of toothpick s, half of 
i hem broken in pieces, with scratches on 
the box. 
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The deaf man sat out in the “gallery” 
watching the sun rise and thinking of 
many strange things while he waited for 
breakfast. Finally the landlord ap¬ 
peared : 
“I hope, sir, you rested well! I feared 
you might he disturbed. Wo wanted to 
give you a taste of fried chicken. Georgia 
style,* so the negro killed one this morning. 
I hope it did not disturb you, sir!” 
II. W. c% 
Storing Cabbage 
I have an acre of Danish P.all Head 
cabbage and wish to store until the mar¬ 
ket is better. Can you give me directions 
for burying heads in field? Should the 
plants he nulled or cut? If the Winter 
is mild will the cabbage rot? K. o. r. 
Oneonta, N. Y. 
Heads of late cabbage may be stored 
either with or without the stumps. A 
simple yet very satisfactory method is to 
pull the cabbage, stumps and all, and 
place them in a long pit, heads down, as 
Cabbage Storage in Small Pit. l ig. 610 
shown in Fig. TuO. A few cabbages can 
he removed at a time without disturbing 
the rest. The storing should be done 
just before severe weather .sets in. Where 
a number of tons are to he stored a pit. 
as shown in Fig. . r >71 will prove the most 
satisfactory. The heads arc trimmed, 
and a well-drained location is selected for 
the pit. Make a shallow excavation, and 
line with straw, leaves or cornstalks. 
Then place the cabbage in a conical pile 
mi the lining. Cover the cabbage with 
the same material used Tor lining the bot¬ 
tom of the pit and cover with dirt. The 
lining should extend through the dirt at 
the top to give proper ventilation, and 
in extreme weather a hoard may bo placed 
storage Pit for Large Quantity. Fig. oil 
over this opening. Cabbage can stand a 
slight freeze, and if the weather gets ex¬ 
tremely cold a layer of manure, cun be 
thrown over the dirt. A number of small 
pits are better than large ones, as a 
whole pit can he emptied on opening. 
Drains should he dug at the sides of any 
type of pit. as standing water is detri¬ 
mental to any stored crop. T. u.T. 
Saving an Injured Peach Tree 
In my garden is a very large peach 
tree, which a windstorm split into two 
parts. It was laden with unripe fruit, 
which fortunately ripened as the tree 
rested on the ground. Would it he pos¬ 
sible to take scions (fruit very line) and 
root-graft this tree, to get new tree and 
fruit from the grafts earlier than from 
young trees from a nursery? (I. '• tt. 
Connecticut. 
There are three methods which might 
he followed: First, the pencil tree which 
is split in two could he drawn together 
with a block and fall, and then held to¬ 
gether by a holt put through tin upper 
part of the trunk, and nu additional 
brace six or eight feet from the ground, 
putting Hcrew-eyes into two of the main 
limbs, and connecting them either with 
wire or a light chain. This repair work 
to he done only if the tree is not too badly 
broken. Second, hllds could he taken 
from healthy twigs of this year's growth 
and budded into one-year peach trees, or 
a better way would he, if the tree will 
keep alive until next Summer, to bud 
into one-year seedling stock. One ot the 
nearby nurserymen would grow them at 
a reasonable cost. Third, root-gratting 
might be successful, but as far as my 
knowledge grows, pencil trees are not 
root-grafted. 8. u. u. 
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