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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1898-11-24, Page 7LA CRAIVSHAY my W. A. MA&(:HMuDIT. RR veered home as incident co- d which excited bim almost *- metro), bad ridden very bard and fan a the greater part of the distance, K relief in the violent exercise, lane unlike his usual habit, with. thought for the horse that carried but when be bad reached nearly be noticed that his bores was mach distressed, and be drew rein o it, allowiug It le walk. Then osd it bed gone lame, and, dis- wg, be felt to the boots std I t stone. bre be remounted he stood a min - two on the turf by the side of the to le, the laboring, panting beast to breath. Then, himself feeling he walked along • abort distanos s turf, glad of the change from tddle. reached in this way the outskirts s Ash Tree wood, the boundary 1 he estates in that direction, and was surprised to bear what sound- s the matting of light footsteps /n rod. It was late, near midnight 1{, and no one had 40 right to be d at such Inn hour. ,bably some rascal was out poach- * tbougbt, and at another time be i have welcomed the idea of • tas- te DOW be wan too fall of real le to be worried by any much incident as the theft of a bead o of game. mopped. however, and listened fly, and se the moon was shining tlr at the moment be drew oao- y under the branches of a dark res whose dude was wide enough proal both bimaelf and his horse. Ker on the oppuaite aide of the 'rem the wood, and be did not like :es it lest tete sound of the horse's n the bard groaud or the glare moonlight should reveal bis e. Le listened be distinguished that +deteps were abort and quick, it seemed to bim that tbe rustling • leaves as the person walked was ,woos, aa though caused by ■ wo- 1 dean, bat. was sem.41fbs/Jt e el any little signs of the kind. ram clear, however, that the parson ratting in bis direction, and then membered that just .t the spot was • very rarely used footpath, lg to the road from an untenanted to which was now falling into de - minute later his apecnlatione were rest s dight gap in the bodge where nth emerged was nearly tilled up e rank Ialurlance of the hedge th, end Sir Jaffray sew the briers branches thrust caationaly aside woman's hooded figure All the She paused an instant, as though abs. e face was bidden completely e bade of the bood which covered the , but the figure was perfectly well to to the man who was now watch - nth breathlese interest was his wife! that instant his borne, • very high' led and nervous animal. took fright s woman's figure and with a sport 11 commenced to plunge and Rem- and, the baronet's hands being en - ed with the bridle, his effort. to the animal impeded him oom- Iy, and, to hie infinite annoyance, onld not free himself from the ring, excited hors for some 000ald- e time. ole! Lola1 It is I, Jaffrey! Wait!" lied, fearful lest ahs ahoald take and rush away in ignorance of he was. soon as he could possibly extricate elf from the reins he let the borne 1 Lola had disappeared. ran serosa the gap in the bedge, standing on the threshold of the , called her name loudly and wait - 1 the echo of it same beck from 1M •Put pointe, seeming to mock him. en be ran at the utmost speed he use breech a plats along the path the wood, pausing now and then II te Lola by name and to li.1.s ✓ sound of a word or • footstep. 1 the plate might bare twee the of the dead and the figure be had a ghost for all the sound or sign of .e oould find. sently he returned along the path. red S get his )terse, ride on Io the leaked along a short distance. on the fart le and then crane back and have plane searched, and as he reached gap in the hedge again be saw a 111 white object on the graand- b piebed it up, and it ccRAnned bis Ston and deepened the mystery kh baffled him so utterly. I was a handkerchief belonging to wife, and as he held it ep in the Pt moonlight he could teethe name b eidrted in blank in large old Eng - 1 letters sexes cue corner, "Lola." CHAPTER XII. yule Mete Mil I I*IIIYI env's rear' Nothing rattle of Air Jaffray's dlamv- ! is Ash Tree wood to help in anrae- at the Fatale Be had ii°t had the wood se rebsd kilt outvoted bimkjt with seueb- 1 it Hale i! area *Men Re was Nrll1lag that tie dktsatary of Lole'a wit 0°eteet /maid be made in the f rd. the e eervanh, LW-rflwdbne• that wrier wsslnllt tiring thea[ M tits plans witb- iI with! thelpfl its to Molt hs not ip t rittOg till ft was at kast elear that Lola did est mean of her own will to return. Ho reokoued, moreover, [bat as she bad not left the Imwedtate nigbbca hood of the infante t1 would not be difil- eult le And her wbeuever It should prove uecessmry to search systematically. When the morning caws and he bad been home about a couple of hours, be begun to expect with feverish imps- tieplsetgthe arrival of the psivate detect- ive to tom be bud teJegraphed. Ile wauted to feel that the matter was is skilled hands. When the reply to bis telegram ar- rived, it was to the effect that Mr. (iifford would start for Walcote at the earliest moment and would arrive about midday. Feeling bis anztety in solus degree lessened by this fact, Sir Jaffray went out to make tnquirics about the move- ments of Pierre Tunisia and to End him and drag from bim the truth as to whether he had anvlsloonnection with Lola's flight. �� ��++ But there was not • soul anywhere who mold give the remotest or faintest help in tracing the Frenchman. Ha might have vanished completely off the face of the earth at the moment of hie leavipg the manor lodge gates so ut- terly bad all trace of bim disappeared. The servants who, in obedience to 81r Jaffray's order, had turned him out of lbs plans said that be walked stray in the direction of the village, and that they bad watched bim till a bend in the road had bidden him, and after that they bad seen nothing whatever of him. As to the clothes which be bad left at the manor, be bad said that be would seud for them either the same day or the uezt, but no sort of menage had been received. The man had thus vanished, leaving no trace behind him, nor was there seemingly any one who had set eyes on him after he had left the manor. A little before noon Mr. Gifford ar- rived, and in • very buriueulike, shrewd way absorbed the circumstances as Sir Jaffrey told them. Tbe latter. half unconsciously, made the story as favorable as possible to- ward Lola, and his listener soon asci this. "Excuse me, Sir Jaffray," he said, Interposing at one point, "but it fa ab- solutely necvsary Hutt you should tell me everything. I want from you every fact you have observed and every Cir- ce/eateries that I. connected With On cane, whether you think it does or does not affect it. Speak quite unreservedly, please, or call in some other help." " Yon can quartioe me as you please, ' Sir Jaffray answered, "and 000scioasly 1 will not keep back a word." And question bim the man certainly did, bat the fullest story of the facts did not seem to help them far. "It is • strange case, Sir Jaffray, a very strange one," was •11 the verdict Mr. Gifford would give .t the end of the interview. "Yon don't anticipate any foul play anywhere?" Here is my wife's letter,"Le an- swered, pointing to 1t "Hut for that I should certainly have dreaded it. This, however, points clearly to the fact that she left me voluntarily, though why I can't for my life understand." "You say the wood has not been searched except by you, and in the dark too?„ "Vo. I did nothing until you came." "1e4 ati.Llast yeses onsets it was your wife who came opt of the place and stood in that hedge gap?" "As certain as that I was on the other aide of the road" "Humph! Well," he said after a pause of thought, "I'll go and look round s bit, so as to get my bearing& I'd rather be alone, please," he added when Bir Jaffray rose to go with him, and he went. When he had gone. Sir Jaffrey went up to his mother and told her the prog- ress of matters and the absolute impos- sibility of finding any trace of M. Tur- rian's movements. Then he oeopied himself in sexing Mrs. De Witt away and was not satisfied and did not leave her until he had seen her being driven away to the station. After that be was nettles, and miser- able, longing for something to do and fretting impatiently at enforced inactiv- ity until in the afternoon, to his im- mense relief, Beryl Leyoester came. She was looking worn and anxious with her parsing, but was in higher •pint; because her father had rallied mud was mach better. 8he had heard nothing of what had happened at the roomer boos, having been nut up close in the sickroom, and she had come over to carry a stage fur- ther the task which her knowledge about Lola bad imposed on her. Sir Jaffrey welcomed her cordially. She was just the cool headed, resource- ful counselor he wanted, whose ready woman'■ wit would probably do M much to help him in unraveling this problem of a woman's acts as any one els. "Von are more welcome today, Beryl, than any woman I could poseihly see save one," he •aid, "and who that is you'll poem readil7 enough if you know the 111`011." The girl fimthed very slightly at the Worur, ter old time's make. "What new.? Yon look as though it Were ill Dewitt" "It is the worst it cnnld be." She sew on looking chatter into his free is be Prete that be was h•ggerd and ill. "Tell me, is Lola with you at the Conrt?" "At the Court?" exclaimed Beryl, darting to eneprise. "There M no need to answer," maid Sir Jaffray despondingly. "1 bad • last faint, flickering, wild hope that. after all, abe might be with you or that you might know something Of bet'. WonM bo God yon did! She ba mime from hen, run away—tern thriven away, rather, by some means whirl) it Deifies .s .Il be nnderafand. " He poised s moment, and the smr- pris, mingled with the whirl of min. fusion which her own knowledge of the inner fact" produced in her thoughts, shocked and frightened Beryl till she ooald not trust herself to speak. Bir Jaffrey did not netine anything more thee that she was mob affected by the sews, and attar a moee't'P break be eemtlsoedt "She did not mese be dinner yester day, leaving word that ate had gone to you at L.yeeeter Ooert—y00 wrote to her in the aftmraee+n, you know, asking her—and I was goring de a sort of lea pales wino I cede to the Court fart night to see if ate was there. When 1 got bank, this Letter Was waiting for ss. a Read.tt." Hy Ave' Beryl the Wier, and the girl reed it earefelly and slowly through twit*, asd knowing what ate did the tottery gad ildartag te wbicb 11 had been writteu seemed to strike right to ber own heart. "It 1s tbe'saddert letter I have ever read, Pour Lolti!" the said as abe to-, turned It W bim uud noticed how he seemed to be eagerly expectiug some °pluton. The letter bad touched her keenly and roused to vibratiou retire chord of sym- pathy in her nature. It had, moreover, atreugtbgned a resolve she had already made—to bold ber peace absolutely as to all she knew. Lola's piteous prayer that Jaffrey might uever kuow the truth hhould be held iu absolute regard by er. Not s'wuid should pure her lips. Lola bad solved the difficulty in ber own way, and it only she and the Frenchman could disappear altogether it might be the best way out of a mase which had offered to Beryl no key. It seamed to ber that Lola, finding herself in the midst of difficulties from wbicb tbere was no escape, and which were cluing fast round her, had accept- ed the inevitable and bad aboaeu flight as the only alternative. "Can you help me with a suggestion, Beryl?" asked Sir Jaffrey after a long silence in wbicb be bad seen the girl was thinking closely. "There is evidently some influence driving ber to this deed. Have you no idea what that can be?" abe asked is reply. "None wbatever. My -mother seems to think that there may be some connec- tion with the fleet that the Frenchman, Torrian, and I bad a quarrel yesterday, and he left" And he described briefly the (arta_ Beryl listened closely. It helped to make tbe problem much clearer to her. The Frenchman had evi- dently told Lola what Beryl had told Burying his face 1n his hands, he yielded to the rush of mental puke bim, bad probably tried to force ber to join bim in some wild and reckless scheme, ■td when .be had refused bad in his exasperation attacked ber with violence. "Where is M. Tertian?" the asked. "No ane knows. He has disappeared absolutely." It seemed impossible for Beryl, know- ing all abe did, to resist the open infer- ence whlob these two facts prompted. 1t ■ ppeared as certain as anything could be now that the two bad gone away to- gether, the mat having probably forced Lola to do what he wished, possibly as • revenge for the horsewhipping. "Well?" asked the baronet after an- other long pause, as though expecting from Beryl the result of ber thought.. "I have no suggestion to offer, Jaf- frey," she answered quietly, grieved as she maw the half kindled light of ex- pectancy die out of his face, as though eztinguicbed by the deep sigh he vented. "1 am no helpless. 1 don't know where to begin to look or what to do. 1 know abe is close at hand all the time. Ob, I didn't tell yon that," be broke off, no- ticing the start she gave at the words. "I saw ber last night." And he de- scribed his meeting with ber at the Ash Tree wood. It was now Beryl's turn to be utterly perplexed. "It cannot have been Lola," she said. "It is impowaible." "Yesterday I sboald have said it was impoecible that she would ever leave the 'Melte of my roof, bat I bays a new and horrible fear, Beryl, wbicb I bave not breathed to a soul, not even to the detective who is down here. It would expiate) everything, and it makes even the letter intelligible. She has not been like herself for some time now. 8he has bad fits of moodiness and de- premiuo, to which she was haunted by dread of some terrible catastrophe which would overwhelm us all I have tried mon titan once to rally her from these when I have found her so, and gener- ally I could do it with a word or • caress. Yesterday she was like this when I was with her in the afternoon, the time abe speaks of in her letter here, and I have somehow rome to fear that in some way the scene with that French villain may have unstrung her nerves till—till the ham Wet her mental balance and bean driven to this rash and fearful act. Heaven help mel I be- lieve she is mad, Beryl." He brake down th' n at the free ut- terance of the tlonght [!tat had been forcing itself ou him, uud burying his fano in his hands he yielded h.uteelf ap helpless to the rash of mental pain that overwhelmed hint. [m re m' 71NI t D.) vvrlaht• 4111.11 a ,.,, re. set. The Uo einem Reight• and Mesaral Ant, rection le which was assented te June l:itb lens. 11 ai below 1. rantraate for the sale and delivery 01 any ,,1 she undermentioned articles, the hushsi shall be determined by weigh - 1. RINI. eigh- t.nlres a bushel by meteor le weal - ally weed upon -the weight equivalent tea bushel tieing as follows, What, sixty pounds. L me, Matti Pwtrd•• Indian Born, fiftyelspound& Rye, fifty-six poonds. Peas, sixty pounds. Barley, fattyeightpound Malt, t ., thirty-six pounds. r' ' Oats, thirty Wer pentode 'tiMe"• . Beans. sixty pounds Clover ped. sixty pounds. Timothy seed, tarty -sight gemods- Bnekwheat, tarty -41W pends Flax seed, forty tied psggis. Blot vase sed, tuna,' pis. easter beaus, forty Deands. Potatoes, turnips, narresa, parsnips end bests, sixty pounds. Osten•, arty pounds BI$omtawo real, seventy pounds. Seery person who violates any provi- nces et abet carona than be liable, far e Gen e4.nes, tea penalty e01 ezeseding twenty aro dollars, and ter 'web subse- quent *flame, sea penalty nes sleseding fifty dollars. TULIP CULTURE. %Abler nl"oeslag 1■ the House. 1-l. ,,Ilug serape 1• the Garden, The tulips are perhaps he most de- sirable of all the hardy bulbs, as the colors of the flowers are so eharwiug cud the ditkrent varieties are wt uamer- nua uud Ihl'ir culture is so easy. They ran be lied as parlor or dining room ermintentl as early as the middle of v. put, r br before by being potted in Sep- tcu.!e r or October. Pottod early in Sep- tewl,r they will generally be iu bloom by Christmas uud New Year's, and by potting uew bulbs at intervals of ten days or two weeks the [loom may be wrotiuued into April or until the ones plauted in the garden produce flowers. For blooming in the house good, rich soil cbould be selected for potting and better if it is mixed with one-half or so of perfectly decayed manure. The pots as soon as they receive the bulbs should be placed for flee or sizweeka in a 000l, dark plate— in the cellar, for instance —where the bulb" will wake roots pre- paretory to sending ujl-ie .- A as the young shoot reicher-the surface the pots are to be brought to the light and a moderate degree of warmth where the plants ,;an be watched and oared for, watering them 000asionally and giving thew any other needed attention Very little moisture beyond the damp- ness of the soil will be required until the young plants are fairly above the surface. For planting in -the open garden the season may le said to extend three mouths, bot December, especially )o - ward Christmas, is rather late, as the time for forming roots in preparation for the coming flowers is ra.her abort, and yet good suttees is sometimes had in quite late planting, but iu much cases • pretty b ivy coveriug of manure should be spread over the imrtaoe at once in orderjo exclude the frost ',bleb would reined rept Nonagon, Thegover- ing of manure some time in December is good practice, even for the balls planted iu good time. Frequently'they do well without thin, bot they will do better Any goon' garden soil is thimble for the growth of the tulip, but it may be improved by • liberal addition of well doeayed manure thoroughly mixed with the soil in digging. The bathe are to be planted about three inches deep, count- ing from the top of the bulb. The die• tante apart may he four or five incbee. In conclnsioo to tee end other direc- tions for growing tulips The National stnekman adds that tbe bulb beds re- quire esquire proper drainage in order to sae cecd. Aeproprlate, buS net ('omNlmoafarr• "Young Rrnwn I. Raking eerybndy What shall he mil hie new baby. "Better call it (halo[." "Gimlet! Why, who um heard of sack • 0.0Pt" ' Well, Wean awful little ban. "—$tray Steels. • 0.w Cana Lai,. A new calla lily, one of the prodao- tloes of Mr. Luther Burbank, the fa- mous hybridizer, is illustrated by Peter Henderson among other bulbs for ate tenon planting. Mr. Betbank's descrip- tion of it is quoted es follows: "The common calla, though always destitute of any odor. unless it he a faint one of muriatic acid or a toadstool, has still won its way into universal public favor. In Ihe new calla, Fragrance. which is use of many tboaeaud seedlings of Lit- tle (:em. we have not only a moot charming flower, produced in • profu- sion uever before surpassed, if equaled, and a week or two earlier, but also with 700 yaw CALLA, FRAGRANCE. a genuine, sweet, lasting fragrance all its own, taii-sinifier to the fragrance of violets' or lilies. Tbe plants are of me- dium ease, compact in growth and mul- tiply with great tepidity, growing and blooming ptofnsely under any ordinary treatment The foliage is unique, being handsomely fluted. Fragrance is a seed- ling of Little Gem, but grows nearly twine its As in all its parts, making it about half way in size between Gem and the old standard calla (grows in best 000ditions 1h to 18 inches high). It is earlier by a week or two in starting to bloom than others and prodones flow- ers mare profanely than any other sella." The Lasker Worm. The canker worn has in some sesPonr lone much harm to apple trees, and when its ravages have been unchecked for two or three years it hM even killed the trees. There are two kinds of oankor worms—ane form deposits its eggs dur- ing October and November Spon the twigs of the apple trees, while the other appeare during warm spells in late win- ter and early spring. The female moths are wingless, and as they have pasted their pupal form in tbe ground tbeonly way *hay con reach the branches is by crawling ap the' trnnks of the trees. Some endeavor to trap the moths as Hely awsand the trees by platting tends of paper about the trunk and smearing them with printers' ink or tar. Others ose various other hands and trope, but to be effectual they most he applied be- fore the moths amnend the tree tend most he kept in a condition to met as a bar tier whenever the ground is not fr'oren from October to May. As this Is • seri- ous teak and as, even at the best, some of the insects may evade the traps, the trinclpal relIanne is upon persona spray lig with arsenites. A Frigid C.mbtaw. "There's the roldes/ deal yet," snap pal the hardware dealer to h1s bead alerk. "What'. that?" "They're getting np a refrigerator trust."—Detroit Free Prow.. "aperaoon. Arima. "Ma, pre ain't got contp'ny for din- gier. „ "Nn, little Tom." "Well, what make ynn '[irk you, little fing.t out when you drink tea?"— CbMago Record. MAKING CIDcR. Plata pirertlon. Far Keeping 11 Sweet For I/slaking 1' , To • oorrespwdeud askingi.bow te make cider Bo res to prevent vine.* ter - mentation after the alooholio fet'ments- tiou has run its course the Iowa Home - stud replier as knows: The cider shut d le msde with a good mill and press and the juice expressed through clean cloths, so that it shall be era:an:ably pure and free from visible (ragrpents of apple. All the v,sselr and utensils ailed must be free front noun nese, odtnese, souruess mud dirt. Toe cider should be fermented in betroth; or kegs, completely tilled, and the place where the ferweutation goes on should have a temperature steadily maintained uol higher than 65 to 70 degrees. When the juice has been fermented k "dryness," wbicb weans "bard"—that 1s, when all the .aooharine matter bei been hat and the cider has become tart without being touched by the vinegar taste—further fermentation must be stopped. This is done by sulphurizatioq. Have made a sheet iron tube six trachea. long and just small enough to go inti the bunghole and suspended by three wins to a long, tapering bung. Let the sides of the tube be puuehed toll ore small boles to permit the escape of the wither 1ssle4'tt•fiike'• sMSl• -gyp a Jive-oo.l dotolbia-tabs pad follow it with a tablespoonful•of solpbur. Insert in the bunghole of the barrel and haus it within, closing the bole with the bung. The barrel should have previous. ly beeu made perfectly clean and rinses with cold water. The gas will the[ condense on the inside of the barrel. Then rack the cider off into this barrel. A piece of rubber tube long enough tc make a siphon is a good thing to rack with. The barrel mast be filled and kep: fall to within an inch of the bong auc examined three or four timesduriug the first 24 hours after racking, to see that no further fermentation occurs, anc daily thereafter until it is clarified. L fermentation recommences, it eau bade, tected by holding the ear to the bong hole, when a low hissing sound of ilio Durstiug gas babbles will be beard. 01 by holding • lighted match to the bung bole, which will be immediatey ist guirhed by carbonic acid gas. It frit happens, another barrel must be sal• phnrized ae before, and the cider racked ayatn..; After tw9 or,tltree repetitious__ of this process fermentafld' Pfil1 eeaee, cider will become quiet and it will be- gin to settle itself clear. Ale soon as tbt lees have settleiito the bottom it, multi be tacked again without disturbing the lees. Then it is ready to clarify, but nc attempt most be made to clarify it until all fermentation has ceased. This is done with Ssingles, gelatin or the whiter o1 perfectly fresh eggs. A pert of the °idea is taken out of the barrel and the Clari- fier mixed thoroughly with it and thew retanned and the cider stirred. It is then racked agaiu into clean, sulphorized barrels titled to within au inch of the bung and must be kept so. If the cider ie to be kept in wood during the ensuing season, the inside of the barrel,. must be coated with hot beeswax or rosin. They must also.he mitered In a 0001 place and bunged airtight with a bang that exp teude out so that it can be removed with amt pounding the stave& It mast be ex- amined from time to time to weewbeth• er any vinegar smell is present or any white barn to forming on the madame. If thio is the ester, it must be racked again into • ealpnurized barrel.•nd the barrels mast be kept constantly full. When it is to be used, it must not be used from the barrel. Instead it most be bottled, for if used from the barrel, by 'the time it was half used np the nit that had taken the place of the cider re- moved would destroy the remainder. What has been said as to the neces- sity for keeping the barrels fall at all stages will suggeelt the necessity for set- ting amide a portion of the fermented, clarified cider to use for the purpose from time to time. It may be kept in tightly corked bottles or a fall keg, and fermentation in 1t mn.t have been stop- ped, or to add it to the barrel cider will again start fermentation in the whole. 77.7," -47,4 FARM BRILLS, What Farmers Nr wheat Kaskt.es For Grinding Grate at Heise. The Rural New Yorker gives expres- sion to tbe ideas entertuiued by some of the faruter§ in regard to grinding grain with individpal tarot wills as tallows: Mart fanners who have hough[ snob mill. agree that they save money by owning them. They sure the miller', toll, the cat of stoning to and trait[ the mill and can Utilize stormy day' when othere fie there would be Jittle tc do. They all seen[ to agree that it pay, to griud the feed for most kinds of stock. Even iu the weed, where cora on the ear is so largely ted, and sheer' are followed l:y hogs iu the pasture, all dinners now agree that it pep; to grind. With regard to pewees. there seems to be a wide dfverrity of opittiou. A great raauy ferule's are naingthe sorrap power and are apparently well satisfied with it. °there prefer the treuri powers, chiefly for the reason that they occupy les room, are more easily put under shelter and give a little more power than the aweepe. Many farmers are ueiug wind power toruu their grinding Mille Thi' seenis to give fair eatisfactleo when pains are taken to work enough teed ahead to last while the wind doer not' blow. Steam or gasoline power, however, L titch more ssELdactory 101 the larger mills. With regard to the 110 of milh need, the majority of correspondents ap pear to be pang small sweep mina m crusher& These grind an average of It or 12 boatels an hoar and of course do not give as flue a feed as the larger and more powerful burr mills. Some farm erp with these sweep mills follow the putt of grinding twice. First they grind their corn, eob and al), and theme* this chop through the recood time, mixed with oats or rye, thus making s fair feed, which gives better rerulu than very course chop The beet work of course is dime with the larger mills, but in order to make them profitable one must have a larger amount of grail) to be ground more probably thau aver age farmers can expect to feed during the year. One great advantage to frivol of the sweep or tread powers is the fact fka tt farmer- can bitch bis horse tt then[ at once_ and start up the still without delay, while with steam 001 stderrLble time is necee'ary before the mill will start. e Itfbetnnce of the matter .eems tt' *that a grinding still pays good in teres[ when a farmer bat 1,000 or mon bushels of grain to feed. The cheat sweep cru'hers or grinders are certainly giving fair wat,sfsction. Oroea Arsralte. In combating the willow beetle and in the treatment of other insects of sim- ilar character the agricultural dation at Geneva, N. Y., has found green ar- 'suite a substitute for paras green and possessed of Koine qualities which make it more desirable than the latter. "It ie fully as poisonous as the eerie green, to cheaper and is a fine, impalpable powder instead of being crystalline, which cameo it to remain in suspension much better than does the paris green. For iliie reason a much more even and sat isfactory di.tribatioo of the poison can be attained. It should be used with lime, as is paris green, to prevent burn- ing the foliage." Mews and Retell. If the ensilage corn 1. treated, get it into the silo as quickly as possible. The ',talkie will be dry and bard. As they are out into the nib) use plenty of water with them, says Rural New Yorker. It seem" firmly established by expert• menta at the Geneva (N. Y.) station that resin lime mixture and parts green thoroughly and carefully applied when plant. are one-third grown and again just before the beads are formed will almost wholly prevent damage to late cabbage and cauliflower from cabbage worms and "loopen. " According to Dr. Salmon, if "beet owners ail over the country will (lir regularly and thoroughly there is in; reason why scab cannot be totally eradi• opted. The danger 0f 'spontaneous comber tiro in hay Beem. greatest during Sep. timber and October. After that the bay has got through heating morally. Indian conn 10 practically the muter nt s11 the a nimercial alcohols, enlogut spirits, high wines and other ale,' oii. prdnet. [mule an the United Stater The distillation of high wines, oriinge. Ipirite and alcohols is a great fudusirc %mantrong suunally stoat 15,0(40.0ot bushels of indise corn. c �1. R, to Dote. He—Yon remember Cupid used to le pictured going about with a quiver tall of arrows? Sbe—Ob, yes, I remember distinctly. "Well, now he goes about with a bag fall cf golf ant kr."—Yonkers State's• man. Why Sbe Wres. florin. he 'trims her hands. Doubtless semi, eerie* reader may want 1,, know a by site tbeold do that. 1t ase bur u.e .fro Maldn't help it. 'Itiro were relight In a patent elntbes t b,a;.t-r ilia was aeiug,—Vbieavo Post. Fall Piercing of Small Fralts. I have been quite successful in plant- ing lanting raspberries in the fall. These should not be planted until October, and [ber the wotlt may be done any time before the ground freezes. Dig your plants it you have them of your own, oat the canes back to 8 or 12 inches and the mots to about the same length. Plow furrows for the red varieties about air feet apart and six inches deep. Set the plants about three feet apart in the for row, enlarging it somewhat with the hoe and spreading the roots out, and oovering them with fine soil, then al once place a mulch of manure around each plant. 1 have for years set rasp � berriervoci W .-in ebks-wiy'iu the fall, and not one plant in 100 bar died. When Betting these planta in the fall, the main thing isthe mulch around them[, then the freezing end thawing of the ground in the winter will not heave them out These directions, with a little modifi- cation, apply to plantiug grapes, cur rants and gooaeberriea if yen have plants grown from cuttings which were set in nursery rows last spring. In planting grapes, the rowa should be eight to ten feet apart and the vinen six to eight feet apart in the rows, according to the variety. 1t im not quite as safe to plant grapevines in the fall as in the spring, but they will usually live in dry soils. The aaoceseful planting of the small fruit trees, such as plums and cherries, depends on the condition of the moil. 11 it is not well drained—so well that there is no danger of water standing nn It—the planting bad better be deferred until spring. (lenerallyin well drained soils, if mnlcbing is attended to, it 1. safe to plant nearly all of the 'tinsel' fruits in the fall, and Rotten eaves val- uable time in the spring, says W. H Jenkins in Ohio Farmer. 1 1 Cures Coughs, Colds, Lung and Bronchial Affections that other remedies w"on't touch. Mr. Trios.). SMITH, Caledonia, Ont., writes: "A year ago I had a very severe cold which settled in my lung% and in my throat, so that 1 couIdrearcely speak louder than a whisper. I tried several medicines, but got no relief until 1 used one and a bait bottles of Norway Pine Syrup, wbicb com- pletely cured me." 25c. a bottle or five for $t.00. s MECHANICi' INITZTOTIre leODRRICA i1ECHAATC01'-TWlYtrTi W. LIBRARY AND READING 800M, era of East street and Square tusetalra). open from 1 to a r..., and treaty to >0 rib ABOUT 20110 VOL'S •IN 'LIBRARY. Leading Daily. Weekly Parton i,rGeon Pil MEMBERSHIP TI('KD'r ONLY 01.00 Granting tree use '1 Library and Reuling F Application for membership rceelred Librarian. in $. WI.B.•HNS. Secretary. Sodertch. March lr 11105. 11 R. UAMILTON, Librarian HOPE DEFERRED. /. Tbo.ght Ib#-J.Oge Woos Meer. but said KToe Sola. He stn. I before the police bilge'with a little *tulle of contempt on his rade. Ile wee a hard one, there could be me question about that. I1fs clothes {ashy, of load-dhesks Iiia phase wstgt patent leather, hie linen striped with tank bars running crosswise, and hie vee: as low out enough to expose a diamond that must have weighed .t least three• earata, s roapantoa Name b the one he woes oh Ilse little finger of his right hand. The man stool so that the light of the morning sun as it shone through the high window would strike that diamond in hie shirt front. And he stroked his trinok mustache with his right hand, the letter to awe the judge with 51s diamond ring. But his honor didn't awe worth a cent. Obviously the ratan was a gambler, not one of the quiet, sedate and polished gam- blers who are gamblers because they wore born that way, but n specimen of the cheap class, the "tin horn" variety. The judge listened to the officer's story. The mac bad been arrested as the result of a rata - "What is your btIMMI.7" halted the judge. "I follow the rases," was the reply. "Are you a gambler?" "Yes, sir:" "Well, we don't want any more of your class around this city than is nceessury. I find you 410." The man looked ap with a smile on his face and, going down In his trousers pock - -.,.se. pulled eat a vett ear bills that [oust havesnevrl knehes In diameter. ".budge," he said, •'you're easy." The judge shot him a quick glance ■nd replied: "Why don't you wait until I'm through? And 30 days." The gambler's face fell. He forgot the diamond in his shirt front and the rine on his finger and turned in the shadow. Then they took hint back down stairs. And the courtroom loafers had to be celled to order.• - Clever is Winter. "We are !are that clover grows more or less all through the winter," say/ Rural New Yorker. "Moat of thi, growth is below ground. The root. ot orlmson clover in particular will make a very perceptible growth between No vember and March. Sod ground also re tains and absorbs the nitrates which art formed in the soil during hot weather. and left noosed by the summer orope. A large part of the waste of nitrogen in drainage waters occurs during October and November on bare ground. On our own light moil, we would not )Slow a good clover sod in the full. The author ities do not agree as to the limit t which clover will accumulate nitrogen The matter bee not been tally etudiod out, but on ordinary soils we ere not likely to overdo the matter of clover seeding." Howey in the Dew York [Markets. California honey is rent to this city in considerable quantities every year, bot Oita smarm the crop in that state it almost a total failure. It docs not nom( in combs, but in extracted and pot or in jars. It tastes mach the same as the eastern homey and sells for about the same price. Anions bas stepped in 0 warmly the California shortage in New York this fall, but the honey from that region is not particularly good!, It if likely to have a rather sharp bitter tinge. Extracted bony in jars ale - tones from the south, and that made from orange bloaaoma 1s considered pat Ocularly fin. .It 1s probably the most expensive bone; sold. —New York Tell. IMO. Magus la Atm In mune parts of Asia 1t is thundered Immodest for a woman to thaw the ends of her fingers, while among Mohammed MO womra of Arabia, who are closely veiled, exposing the heck of the neck in an emergency is held to be a monb greater breach of decorum th.n dl,plar ing the faoa.—Boston Traveler. "eager folks," eald Uncle Ehsn, "twakea ysr fink 0b a era* hose. try gallop" tell dey's not 0b bref, hut dry nehhot alts nwhar." -- Waihington Star. What abe Feared. "So you believe In this new woman business sufficiently to send your daugh- ter away to college, do 1 Aren't you afraid that she will conitinionse knowing more than you dot" The old lady thought It over for a min- ' ole before replying. Then she said: "No. not exactly. I will cordons, how- ever, that I am somewhat afraid she will oome back thinking she knows more than any of us." Incidentally it may be mentioned that there was • world of meaning In the em- phasis she put on theword "thinking."— Chicago Post Hzpe.etve. Finn Crook—Say, Bill, what did, 4 Watch cost Ter? Second Ditto --Three months on de la. land.—New York Journal. aaerl•eed ea Patriotism's Altar. Reuben Rallfenne—My opinion is that as fnrmers suffered more from this here war than any other oleos of people in the wintry. Henry Hoeoorn—Ob, I donna se they have! Reuben Rallfence—Dunno as they bowl Why, look; here, Honk. Every since Squire Rusty, down at the Corners, began ter 01 the daily paper crops bain't been half 'tended to anywhere In this hull county. could Row a 1.11115. The English Family Bernd has the bellowing: "The members at a New York rowing elnb ones found thalami's.' a man short in a boat's mew. A strange. stood by abs landing stage sad wee hailed by the eozswain, ' stay, mister, eats you row?" "A little," replied the stranger. 1'►e., the answer came trona the oox,wals, "if yon like so take se ate we'll ouch yen up the stream." "Don't mind if you take it .lesety. " The .11.n - g er took the mat offered .nd did his fan share et the work. The eoa.wal•, an• willing to let the new appear Ion sadly satI. ed, gave the word .o quieten the stroke, and tee men reepnuded .dmfs• • hly. At the end of the afternoon, the eaptain said, as the ere. stepped oat d the haat, " You get ea very well, sie i1 you nems dawn again, we'll give yes another lesson." "Th..ks," replied the N ranwer, "I'll be very plead. it yen IN 1N have a line 1'11 be sure le tame," and be handed the captain • nerd which re - sated the fact that Pm .granger was n ether than the them eh.mpian smiles Hanlan. " When eenfrontsl with the ■rustle yeti- Warder esWarder AId. Ronlan Iar-nle.Ily replied. 'Yes, it happened just like that, bot It wee in Saes Trouts* "—Mail awe Bemire, eserecor