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! Landing, who proceeded Id say. that SUPS OF THE TONGUE. I
Meadow Brook
BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Author of " Tempest and Sunshine," "Lena
Rivurs„" "That English Orphans."
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Now among my ether misfortunes I
numbered that of "looking old as the
hills." so I didn't rare particularly
for what they raid. though it aW: k
me u rather singular that Mrs..Lan-
eing should thus discus rite in my
presence; but this thought wee lost in
the more absorbing one as to who the
Ada could be of whom she had spok-
en. Feasibly it was Ada. Montrose,
though 1 ardently hoped to the eon•
Crary, for well 1 knew there was no
happiness for me where -she was.
Thinking it would be on • par with
the questions put to me. I wax on the
point of asking who .Ida was. when
we were summoned to .supper, v:bielb
concreted mostly et broiiied chicken .
strong coffee, toed milk. egg bread.
and hoecakes. t1-1 except the row of
sables who grouped themse
around the table. and the feather
whcee efforts to keep awake am
me so much that 1 almost forgot
eat. We were nearly through when li
handeoine mulatto boy 'entered and
handed a ; •ter to his mistress. which
she imtxte.; Italy opened, holding it so
that the lidless could he read by Flab
bent, who. after spelling •i{ vitt. ex-
claimed. "That's from Uncle Dick, 1
know!"
Is he ening home?" naked. Joe
tries dropping her knife and fork, while
even Line. whq seldom evinced much
interest in anything. roused..up and
repeated the question which Jiggle
had asked.
Yee. He ie in New Yerk now,
said Mrs. Lansing, "and will be here
in a week."
"Good!" exclaimed Halbert.
"OD I'm right glad." .said Jessie.,
while Lina asked if Ada was with
him.
"No," returned Mrs. Lansing "She
1. still in Paris with her cousin, and
• will not return until autumn."
"I'm glad of that," said Lina. to
which Ilal rejoined, "And 'en ani I.
Elbe's so proud and stuck am. 1 can't
bear her.
"Children, children," spoke Met.
Lansing, rather sternly, at the same
Mane rising from: the table.
It was not yet sunset; and as coon
as we were again assembled upon the
piazza. Halbert and Jessie, who were
never still. asked permission to "run
up to Units Dick'R, and teff the -
Tants Ke was coming home."
Mrs. Lansing made no abjection;
and then they proposed than t should
accompany them. Fooling that a walk
world do me good, I-turned-Weards
Mrs. Lansing. for her sneent. 1t was
given. of course; •M.t had- I -known-
r better 1 ehorrid have detected •
Shade of displeasure on her feige.
"You had better go too," said she
lo Una; but Lina was too listless and
indolent, and so we went without her,
little Jessie holding. my Land. end
jumping instead o(• walking. .
"Eva's' mighty lazy," said she, at
last; "don't you think SO!" 'r
"Who's lazy?" i asked; and she
replied --
"'Thar. 1 done 'forgot again. and
ealled her Eva. Her name is' •Evati-
geffne, and we used To call her Eva.
until mother read a bad book that
had little Eva in it, and then she
Balled her Lina."
Iwan't a bad book. neither." ex-
: elaimed Halbert, stopping suddenly;
"Uncle Dick said 'twan't ; hilt it
made mother mad, 1 tell you, and now
when she gets sarin' he calls her Mrs.
8t. Clare.
I needed no one to tell me that it
was "Unete Tom," to which he refer-
red, but I-aaid nothing except to chide
the children for their negro language.
"I know we talk awful," said Jet'lie,
brushing .bar curie from her eyes,
"Uncle Dietl ftaye-de do, biuf1 meeu
to tears better. i don't talk half like
I used to."
I could -cwt -tele smiling in spite of
myeelf upon the little' armature bound-
ing and friaking at my rade. Uncle
Dick eccare.t to be her oracle. and
after looking around to make sure that
no one heard me, 1 *eked "who he
wast"
"Why, he's Uncle Dick," said she;
"the &estate, uncle in the world;'
while Halbert, added, "He's got a
heap 01 money. ton; and nnre, when
ma thonght I was asleep. 1 heard her
tell Linn, that if he didn't get mor-
ried it would be divided between us,
and f should have the moat, 'cause
I'm named after him, Richard Hal-
bert Delafield Lansing, and they eall
me Hal, for short. 1 told Unele Dick
what mother said. and i tell yon, he
looked blatker'n a nigger; and some-
how, after that he took to ri.lin' and
foolin' with Ada, wonderfully."
As get everything with nes was mm-
paratively conjecture. i did not know
positively that the Uncle Diek of the
children was the 'dark man". of
Lee; hut the anew., to my next ques-
tion would decide it, and half trem-
bling Was it puts"oho is__Itt u_ dg,,e
What is her other nssne
"Ada Mentroi e, and she lives with
ns. Uncle Dick is her guardian_," said
HalberT, throwing "it of of dirt el the
negro boy who accompanied us. end
who returned the ycnmc gentleman's
salute with interest.
I was satisfied, and did not wish
to hear any more. 1 should meet hire
again, and tinged as my temperament
in with a love Of the Marvellous. I
could not help believing Chet Pro-
vidence had led me there Ity thin
time we had reached "Sunny !tank,"
as it was vary appropriately called,
and never before had i seen no lovely
• spot. The grounds, whirl were very
minions. were surr.nmd-.1 on all,
Rides by a hedge of the beautiful
Cherokee rose. an.l, unlike those of
Cedar t;roye. were laid ort with per-
fect tame and order 31r IMIafield, am
T afterwards learned, had .spent much
lime at the North, and in the az-
ranpwent 01 his nouee and grrunta.
he had not only Imitated, but far sur-
passed the style of the country ^eats
which are so often found within a
few mules of our eastern rifler. For
this he was in • measure indebted
to Dame Nature, who at the South
scatters her favors with a tagish hand,
sometimes beautifying an adorning
objects fax letter than the utmost
skill of man could do. The gate at the
entrance of Sunny Bank was a huge
wooden structure, having for its posts
two immense oak trees, around whose
trunks the graceful ivy twined, and
then hung in fanciful festoons from
several of the lower branches.
As I had supposed. the -house itself
stood upon a slight elevatinn, and the
stalk which led up to it was bordered
on either side by the mock orange,
whoa. boughs. meeting overhead,
formed an effectual screen from the
rays of the sun. The building, though
fashioned in the urns style as that of
fxneiug;-war-'rrnch-t,rwer -and
had about it, a tar moire atyiieh air.
Much of the furnitt•te had •been
brought trop `'•,w York, Halbert said:
eddiig that. J..'1 the -floors were cov-
ered with multi a in the summer, and
elegant Turkey . •rpets in the winter:"
In the rear of. the hoose were the
cabins of the ncgroe., who were.
lounging idly •bs, some on the
ground;' genre in qopts ice; an rc same
stretched at hill length upon the back
of theiassa evidently p evy e nyoyinR the
cool evening . breese. At sight of ue,
they roused on *little; trod -when Hal -
beak after announcing that 1 was Miss
Let, the new governess, further in-
formed them that their nlaatcr was
coming home iuJ Sew ,lays, they in-
stantly gathered round ase, evincing
so much- joy as- ter tnntifh then wirer
had heretofore looked upon a southern
slaveholder as a tyraut greatly dread-
ed by his vassals.
"Yew must liken `Mr. ilrlaf old were
rnueh," 1 ventured to remark to one
old Indy, w'hoee hair was while as
wool
"Like 1ia;.,`e israntr' aaat� bite
rolling up her eyes. 'Lor' Mese you.
boas, like don'ts begin to 'sprees it.
Why. 1 fairly worships hint; for did'nt
l tend him oh. n lie wit; a nussin'
baby? and hain't ((,hese old Arlin: toted
him nterr•'n a million- of miles:•"
Here her v ou'a.-u as druwred lay the
oilier'. all of whom ended itt declare
mg -trier e r • mase r In
Georgy." This did Hot, in cuuree, tend
in any way es_ skippinisb the interest
which t tele in tilt i ter; an . ere
i ea= aware of :t. 1 found .my.ee:: nn-
ticipati[yt his . _h_'Luul ,- ulmwet.
anxin:1,4y a.. • ih,. Ileyn/es Ihelll •sly Or:.
It -wee dark-.+hem-weretuned t' -•der
Grove; and a.. ti:••re w•a• 0111 p81.s` in
the parlor, i were •;mamediately to my
neon. 1•had not L•eu thele long, how-
ever, 'when a servant was sent hp,
:eying. that "Mira. hawing wished me
to conte down and play."
Thin was art ordeal which 1 greatly
dreaded: for, flip - what 1 had seen
of Mrs. Lansing. I knew she would
critieiee my performance closely; and
fearing inabi1iry to aegnit myself at
all creditably, 1 trembled violently ns
1 deseeniled to the trnrlor. which Wail
nearly hill of visitors.'
"Mian lee, ladies," said Mrs. Lose
ing, at the same time motioning to-
wards the musie-stool es the seat 1
was expected. to occupy.
There wee a filiii 'before me eyes as
1 took iny post and nervously turned
over the leaves of a music -book;
which, by the way. was wrong side
up. though 1 didn't know it then: 1
have heard much of stage fright. and
sure am 1 that clever did poor mortal
'suffer -more from an attark of that na-
ture than did 1 during the few mo -
menet that 1 sat there, trying 10 re-
call something familiar, something
wit -Misr T'coiiT.T play. At larif;-
wh'en the patience of the eompany
seemed nearly exhausted. I (Melted
eft at random, playing parts of two
or three different tunes. changing the
key as many times, using the loud
pedal when i should have used the
non, And at last ending with the ntnst
horrid discord to which my ears ever
listened. The audience were, un-
dotabtedly, thunderstruck, for, they
';poke not tor the spare of. a minute;
and, with a feeling of desperation. 1
wahs sbmrt--tn nifty!--w-:ver'owf aR^et;
hoping thereby to retrieve niy charae-
tor, when Mee. Leming swirl, in n
cold. wareMtie voice, "That will In
Mian Lee; we are perfeetly' eatiafied."
TheT;Turntne m a haut]1ty ionkiwr
yeunLLdy--whosistit-_bye-lite -wirrdotr_
she continued: "Hemp, Mimi Pnrler;
you certainly can't rehire to favor ns,
now:"
With a very enneequentinl air. for
which I could not' Mame her, Mhos
Porter took my place. and, without
any apparent effort, killed my p :sr
performance outright; for she ei-cut-
ed adm- irably some of the -.luust..liil
eult music. When she had finished.
the ladies roue to go. Mrs. Lansinft
following them
1iitI,Ir_(1 knnn siiP .iidi someth
about "her being humbugged "again."
When she returned to the room. 1
etshw g-Rtane. n1 her fnr'c widish was
very red, and indicative of anything
hut good -will towards me. 1 felt the
hot. tears rising, hut when, with a
bang. Rhe Honed the piano; and turn-
ing towards me, demanded "how long
T had taken muaie lessons," 1 foreed
them hack. and apawered promptly,
"five yuartere."
"Only five quarters I" site repeated,
in evident amusement. "Why. Lina
has taken three years, and Rhe
wouldn't eoneider )iereelt competent
to teach, even were she poor, and ob-
liged to do so."
The latter part rat this s eeeh T' did
not fancy; for even it a person era
poor, and ublieed to work, they do not
often like to be taunted with it; at
least. I didn't, but 1 couldn't help
saa.elr 1 was at the meter of Mrs.
"she had often been deceived by Nor- _—
them teachers, who thought to palm Even the Dignified English Cutler Can
themselvea off for better scholars than tee Astray at limes.
they really were; and now she had al-
most come to the conclusion that they A little "'may 'wutea u.w gurt
were not so well educated as the ma- luunu its way news toe A1/•tutac cruor
jority of Southern girls.° an hnitisu country twtw iwa.,t ul tun
"I, et least; never intended to de- receut .up utaue uy a re:w 4144 .tet-
eeive you," said I; "i told you in my von. butler in iervrug Ins m..atrr, a
letter that I was not an aeconipliab-- dui'e, et the lunetwuu aerie. --trued.
ed musician, and still you consented rcipecuul and asswuour, ua pruuuriel
to employ me." a dish eith the ntituuauug query:
Here 1 broke down entirely. and "Cold grace, your grouser"
wept passionately, telling • her, in The slap is so obviously • natural
broken sentences, that "however mor- one that doubtless the tale hi true.
tify-ing it would be. I was willing tO Thus far it is tiro unchalfeuged ar
go back. it she wished it." uew, although probably by' the time
At this point, little Janie. who all it has made the full round of the preen
the time had been present, came to somebody will diituver that in its
my aide, and winding her mans around original forts it was" -ad Athenian
my neck, said. "You cha'n't go home. ••chestnut'^,in the days of Socntei.
We like you, Hal slid me, and you to anecdote which at least belongs
cha'n't gra-shall she. Hal?" to the same family used to b.• lauJh-
name, which he warmly defeenn my
Thu. appealed to, Hal took my id over in early Victorian drawing
r.lr,ms.
!either his mother "she made every .Among the royalties, groat am lit -
governess cry, and told them they rte who came to London for the young
didn't know anything. when they did. .,ueYn's coronation there wu a „r„
for Uncle Dick said so. and he knew; lain antral,dried up,, gry haired.
and that. as for musie, Miss lee play-
ed.
lay bright eyed. brisk little"ol.l reigning
ed. a heap !tetter than Lina, boeauee Prince of tiny
rhe played something stew- aonwl6jag 1 n to an y.
He was
he never heard before." tnrnway cousin to an Irish duke.
whose estates in Indeed he toadied"Nor any one else," muttered litre. before returning.'. For his entertein-
Iansing, while Hal , tinned, "Uncle went $ village eldebratiou was ar-
t)iek nay^, the beat teachers some- gel nd dances, and
times don't play at all, and Miss Iwo
:ha'r't go home.'• •
Very faintly, i repeated my willing-
ness to •10 Po. if Mre. Lansing thought
best; to which rhe replied. "I will
deal fairly with you, Miss Tee. i ant
disappointed in your musical abilities,
ewer• -U J iw
other things. I shall be obliged .W dis-
miss you ; but for a few days I will
keep you my trial:'• -
:'Uncle Dict won't let yen Fiend her
away. 1 know," raid Hal; and this, i
am inclined to thin., determined her
upon getting rid of me before his re-
turn.
Still I was ostensibly Inion trial, ante
whoever has -been in • similar situa-
tion. will readil • understand that I
could not, of course, do myself justice.
With Mn. iansing'repr•ing eyes-eoo-
ttuualry u +on me. I yea tiered u
though I were holt-witted; and by the
close of the sec cud slay. 1 myself be-
gan to doubt the soundness of my
mind, • wonderigg iv'by the folks at
home had nater discovered my stu-
pidity. Continual excitement kept my
cheeks in u constaitt• glow, while the
remainder of my Ince wasrquite pale,
and sever.! tin;::, in tjfiteir mot:her'a
roseAce, the children fold
p Inc 'how
handsome 1 war!" This annoyed her
-and on the morning of the thin)
dha informed me that she would
do _em oxpeus csa back to Masaa-
chuactte, where f could telt them I
wax too young,to suit her; adding,
that f alight as well go the next morn-
ing,. This was h death -blow to my
hopes ; and so violent was the abaci,
that f could not even weep. Hal and
'cook stere furious,declaring 1 should
not when I .00nvineed- them
tat i mulct, they insisted upon my
teaching that daly, at all events.
.To this I and m AIL
Lansing had now no object in winch-
ing Inc, she abserlte.t herself from the
fearing me to do
nsequence was,
ultie' awoke
which, for
1 to have
e; while
differ-
ac::.,.4-r. i, entire{
a• 1 pleased Tao,
that my benumb -4
again t-. life, o • .r'thin.
the Inst ten r1.t:.'. 1 .-ee
err. car,• h'tc.% to
r aid noticed ho
('RJ Hg CUNTINfJBDI
ranged, with es'.
especially Irish jigs . id clog dances.
The gay old prince 'ns delighted.
He came himself of • ma ' famous for
its dancing. He still sres„ed a
goal eve, n quirk ear and a fight foot.
That same evening in the gra, hall of
the castle, to the whistling .1 his
imet's Bon, tie ends/Leered. to
some of the feats he had seen.
The duke's solemn English bu r
was present, and his honest at au
unroyal entice was reflected in his
eyes. The prince wr.. ived it and.
shooting a sudden forefinger at him.
demanded imperiously: "Eh! Tell me,
!roethen, what "i think of my dancing!'
Discreet r,.d dignified, but flurried
inwardly, the butler's manner was
perfect, but his tongue
ed
him.
He answered: '
"Your rooyal spryness is eerlainly
igh " t t tv Te • toxRPAIIM M711.
There was a shout of laughter. and greenhouse an the same amount of
the duke, with assumed anger, cried cart that is gh (-rrnuiuma,
atirnly: "What' Do you dareto in- datum
xinuate that the prince is elevated and other house p rots au abundant
that Itis_xitaacity�as ares to any othCt supply of fresh v'ege, b
good .pirita than his own'' all the whiter long.
- Before such an accusation the pool "1 have a three -quartet spau greeu-
butler's last remnant of coreposure house eighteen feet long. t Is divided
'line ado', -and. turaiatgv wildly. with in the middle of a glare i tiuu for
clamed hdy, from. e to tore. a of controlling the mperu-
his Ware, tie prntested earnestly: lu
'No, 1
annever, air. yohiur royalhighnPas gtr:+) "In one a,mpartment I raise
reps; nes 1 never, air, your ice'" toes and string beaus along with
King Edward's Pet flog. and other Bowen requlrtug a w
e Leed Cassa.. house. The second compartme 1.
whThich wire accanpanieaaira King!ox-terrier Ipdward + i almost exclusively devoted to v . ta-
rrearly all nix travels, and whore bles, though 1 usually try to ore a
tar in graven words proclaims: "1 am sew carnatluna ou head fur be sake
Casio. 1 belong to the King," joined of their blossoms and perfu
Hi. Majesty's entourage five years "Almost every variety o vegetable
ngo..-per-tne--dcatb of hwlrtkabratarl that grows in our gardens .•ay be aoc-
ppmedtcessor Jack. He had hardly cesatnlly raised in theetliouse ex-
b:•en a week in ithe Royal Household cepting green corn, n. eggplant
wrtceh'lio-teettiwe lFdrubbing from nu and much subtropkal ants. When It
irritable old lady in Paris, where the comes to money returns, tomatoes and
King win visiting. Caesar, whi,c
roaming' the Tuberless Gardens, "went lettuce are lo greatest demand during
tar" the old lady's French pa.,dlc. the cold months and fetch almost any
whirs:• owner sharply retaliated with Price that set] ch io ae to ask.
her umbrella. "it is the King's dog!" "Last winter 1 sold a dozen tuwatoea
evelainwel it horrified official. 'The. for a dosen debars. Tbcy were nice.
King's dog. is its" retorted the pep- smooth .rottenest of a beautiful c'lur.
pry old lady, flourishing her wenpun but not large. They were bought by
more fsmciously than ever. "Then a family vehose country home Is near
eo winch the worse for the Ring'" mine and Who were giving a luncbcou.
and frewb tomatoes were about the
World's Champion Budget -Maker. nicest and moat expenaive salad to be
Fay an?
Garden
THE HOME GREENHOUSE.
Easy to Have Fresh Vegetables In
Winter.
"The old sea that only the extreme-
ly rich can afford to have fresh vege-
tables during the winter months Is a
mistake," declared a woman who has
supplied her family with fresh vege-
tables for the last four winters and
has sold enough besides to pay ull the
expenses of heating and working her
greenhouse. , "With only au ordinary
no Paster of the Pantomime. Hon. W. S. Fielding, the Minister
Many u chorus girl has had cause �^ Finance, who recently pcid A visit
to bless the name of Mr. William to Poria, is the champion budget -mak-
Forbes, `the Pastor of the Panto- er th,e world, since he has twelve
mime," as be has been called. Lie is auccraRiy. Canadian budgets to his
credit.
one of -the sew miaaioners who devote These budgets are not of mere-
one
all their time to condnctin ly !neat importance, Int Mr. Fielding
evangelistic work amongst theatriee� is the ruthbr of the Preference Bud
employee, moreespedally chorus .get of 11197, s tui it is possible that
aerie For twenty--DAve yew Mr. financial polio, may have very w
Forbes has done this. not only in this developments. 'tier. Fielding, y
°outstry, but also in Canada and the
rway, is a aelt•ma man, and
United 8 • man. w The heart_ tour yew ego was enemies a
breaking este 'es whic he tells of bel- el'trk in, the ofee rat The
let -girls in diatrese-stranded in pro- Cn
hroices
vincial towns or starving in London .
garrets "Pante fins d died a Autumn Not
few yenta eras:," writesmy onean, "I Gave Most tree, are better' planted In
been a ehorua lady. I have had a bit- spring. but It Is often a good idea to
'To•t atruagle-not a friend fifth'. -earl*. buy in fall and heel In wellan as to
a�nnightanu no thhoThames Embank -me. I was out all have them ready for early plaoting b
ment. For. God's' sake help me." And ejThe anera s
yet there ars gills willing to leave P gas tops should be cot off
good homes and situations for the girt- and Iurnedbefothe ripened gees!'
ter of tinsel and footlights. acntters. Som.' ro persons destroy the
-----need bearing planta entirely. it 1s a
Cobs For Kindling.good Idea to cover the plants with
FInt, provide a large substantial dry s'ontoe manure before winter to be dog
goods box. Place In a wooed shed and Into the edit In sprfog. This prevents
fill It with old cobs. Ser•ond, take nnv deep freeeting.
Merritt holding about two and n half ► furnace heated eviler M a pear
or three quarts. Fill that about a gnnr-
place to keep moat vexetablelt end
ter full with kerosene oil and bang on fnlltp' 13y packing to send, which may
he
rHy.tinier
alibi
to �
a stout nail conveniently near the large Prinkled with water occasionally.
drying effects of the air may be
nrtlally overeeme, and the produce
cepa better.
Hedges ordinarily require from four
In your stove, lay your large wood ran to fl -e yearn to become attractive and
the cobs and touch cobs off with' n actor, while a rough atone or concrete
luatch. You will soon have a roaring wall may be well covered with Icy In
hot fire. Nor need you entertain any two Remmers. Ampelopala, or Boston
fern abgat 1t not going, for the cube ley, Is undoubtedly tbe best suited for
hare absorbed some of the oil and will Ills purpose, being a very rapid grow-
hare
a half hour or more ',ebb !n er and absolutely hardy, floarlabtng
tense beat. Even green wood may be
under the most unfavorable conditions. la Only nce�,ry to jar the sines ere
sued if baked In oven fceolejohour or Ito its shiny leaves are not injured by.the--°ry day or so, and tn. ponese_wUI
dirt and i111 the adtumn turn `Toa bred etnelenUy.
sight
the fire Is allowed to go out the Ilnnt orange and scarlet fine. Them tin
sight before. But eserybody knows "When the vlreca grow leo freely 1
that green wood tin not as catty to kin- no better time In the year than ear- Prune them thoroughly. In some In -
die na seaaone.l wood. The good wire ly October to set out new plants, whirl' abhnceanemI prefer the one am system
nlwaya appreciates a supply of dry gives them a chances to get well rooted of Pruning, tying to an upright wire.
fnel, before the cold weather overtakes The temperature of my tomato house
Of course when you take any cobs them. Tbe young plants may be par- In between (ill and 75 dear,'"
chased of any nursery at 15 rents each, "retests a person tray et
th rrl the
oat of the pall others most he put In to
n very °r $10 per hundred. When planting atring !cane grown under giant
take their places. in this wry
they ahonld be sat fifteen feet apart. telly does not know how delicious a
valnnlrle supply of exretlent kindling
1s nlwaye on hand, and you nlwnys Springla suet'a Dory edition and ''vmmon vegetable can be. I Lase
there are n antsy tbing , which found the Early the most
know exactly where to find it. It you
have no cobs, any miller is usually must be done at once on the eenntry derlrahie sariety for growing In the
glad to let you have them for enrryin i pine. that It la wise to do en much gfeenhonee. It L extremely racy to
Them away, or at the most a miller will wO fn the fall et ribs yssar s, possible grow, does not respire a very rich
I harge you only 25 rents for n two In the way M bntidrag, fencing. grad. *oft end compiles the apace it short
hone double wagon lox Mad, and Ing and getting rtaslfl, yperallyi time, usually from'*tx to eight weeks.
simre it Is only necessary to use Rix I . "In the folder half M my green -
cubs to inert one Bre they will last , "('an Yon t.,, the difference tp-' boon the tempenstere range, from
long litre. Reside., they are vers t.w•een an ezg ani n , sbbagc?" asked' 50 to 05 degrees. Lettaee, eenlltnw.r
Mindy no muss or dirt, already epllt young Mr. Hedger. "1 can," re- and MAlahes worths three vegetables
end ready for nee. apc1nd.d Mr, Kanter "1 have bsten an wbkb are to be ked tbere every day
the. public platform for ten yewrw." Iketlwlrghout tM retainer."
Then 9B the pail with cobs, stand—
Ing each on end so that the ends will '
be enbmerged In the oil. in the morn -
Inn take six robs from the pall. pia
bad.
"That was during the first week les
mber, end those tomato planta
b . already been b.ertng a month.
roped', managed tomato plants can
fely be depended on to bear from
November to June.ul
"The plants shod be put on the
benches in the greenhouse In rather
poor soil, as blossoms set much sooner
In it than in rich earth. When tbe
first crop is well on, manure should
be added and the applleation contin-
ued all the winter and spring to In-
duce new growth with fresh blossoms
and fruit.
"Daring the Bret two montba 1t 1s
necessary to fertilise the Nonparty; by
applying the pollen with a camel's hair
brush. When_ the plants get older It
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FALL PLOWING. A PENAL SETTLEMEN+
Facilitates Work In the Spring and
Improves Seed Bed.
White little detlulte Investigation has
(peen carried on to determine the rela-
tive value of spring and fall plowing,
ret cue practice on mat. of our west-
ern ranches 1s to get as much as pos-
sible of the land to be seeder! In the
spring plowed during the fall. Tbts
foresight Is considered especially ea -
senile! In breaking uew ground. Of
r•ourse In the arid region of the country
It Is dlfllcult to plow In the fall, and
some farmers leave the work until
spring In order that the land may be
plowed much more easily after the
snows and spring toles. One advan-
tage Iu (all plowing is that It opens up
the soli rind admits the moisture foil
the fall and spring rains and wloter
snows more easily.
In some eases, however, quite as
grad results are gained from leaving
the stubble on the ground throughout
the winter. A long stubble tends to
'prevent the snow from blowing acid
amomulates considerable moisture lu
the sell. Our spud and beet fleldi are
dug up so much that they du nat Hoed
nntumn plowing, and such fields are
ale -eye In the best tiltb In the sprlug.
One distinct advantage In fair plowing
is that it facilitates work In the Rpring
et, ! tends to better preparation of the
seed led at that time.
If large Wrens must be plowed In the
spring the work la crowded and not
enoergh-attention is given try way of -
preparing the seed bed. Our spring!
Lary, tend frequently It Is quite late
before farming operations can begin
It in therefore a d Wed advautaae to
have the ground owed In the fall 111
order that It may be worked up rapid•
ty iu the ,pet with the disks nail
hutl�^ed�__Aiso er ndrantage ter fall
plowing Is tin It affords a good mean':
of dispoaing t tbe manure. .ts soon
as the gra le cut and when it to
Anti:line 1 shtick immure may be dI*-
tributel ver the field and as ,ups es
the tlu• ling le done can be plowed
melee.
The pr.t•Ipitatiun of the suvreedlsg
u beats down the wll aneorses
ten n to bring about decomposition In
th manure It the manure 1s left and
eel under lu the spring It tre-
ueutly Iles les strawy bunches and Iu-
terfemi with the rise of moisture
later. ' The observations Iu many sec-
tions ludicate that the very best way
to dispose of manure Is to get It es
the ground and plow It down In the
all. Our modern traction plows and
e Introduction of the disk plow have
• much to gimp/1'y fall and winter
g 1n this country. It frequently
that we have a good tofu ur a
after which the plowing
e quite readily.
du
1,1,)
ex•ru
enoiest
ran ,be d
Th Waugh Mum.
For many years the cureulio and va-
rious other pes10 made the culture of
the plum prictic ly nnprodtabte In
a CLusTsla or 11/•001111/•0011 MAINS
America. off late years, however, the
insects destructive to this admirable
fruit bare become less plentiful, and
now there have beep Introduced so
many kinds that are proof against the
ravages of the plague that the plum
In fast resuming its original Impor-
tance as a garden and orchard fruit
Plum culture has already reached a
high stage of development nn the Pa -
eine coast, and Mace the new varie-
ties from Japan made their appear..
nnre the number of growers all over
the coutse
fry has increased greatly.
The modern plum Is a great Improve-
ment over the old fashioned fruit of
a half century ago. Solar. of tbe
hybrids recently brought to pnhllc no-
tice by American growers bid fair to,•
beome prime favorites. 'mong the
most promising of the .• • • Wangh,
a Owl' which has ate,,. ;L. test re-
markably well and 1. In every respect
a desirable acquisition.
Saving Waste Land.
Thi' people of Denmark are fait ro-
elairnbug their waste land by the labor
of reinviele in Jutland there 1s a
tartar andetekpM territory of ninon
larr'n WRstc eov14e11 with a tough.
heathy rimier/growth. The government
acts the prisoners at work breaking up
the tough airier* and putting it into
Shape for farming. Even then the land
in at first of very low grade, and It 1R
given away to settlers who care to
take possession.
Through their efforts many farms
have begun to dot the Jutland land-
erap., end tires are seen where for-
merly wens unbroken astrwtches of bar-
ren land. Many acres of good grain
'Paring land have been built up by the
patient toll of the Danish settlers.
The exp..rlmeng may be valnahle
Milt for other coemtrlesr doting the
present drvtod of hard times, whist
seems to be almost worldwide In its
extent. The greet number rat enem-
ploy:ase•welt aertheiconwtets might be
en trews* and mein usmf mischief fa
INTERESTING TALES OF A CON-
VICT ISLAND.
New Caledonia, Soweto Be Delivered
From its prison Taint, 1s • Fam-
ous Resort For Tourists -Strange
Sto ass Told of French Prisoners -
Mut.' ars Are Said to Make the
Beet Domestic Servants.
New Caledonia, the beautiful island
in the Pacific which the French au-
thorities use as a penal settlement,
will shortly be free of this taint. The
convict prisons are les be transferred
to Devil's Island, and other French
possessions in that neighborhood
Although New Caledonia is et least
a thousand 'miles from Australia, and
well away from the boten track of
the tourist, it 1. the hlopy hunting -
ground of .many Auatrali•ns by res.
sun o1 ata .beautiful climate and
picturesque sfenery, and the globe-
trotter is a instiller figure there. The
late Lord Dunmore, the famous sports-
man, hunter. adventurer, and Chris-
tian Scientist, spent some months in
the 'island inspecting some property
en behalf of a 'Wall -known explora-
tion syndicate No aa- struck with
the number n1 sten attend In grey
dries, who were tieing; as rr'rynnta,
and, making Inquiries. was inform d
.!hal they were eogy '1.a hired out ty
the authontiee.
tm one oeeailun be was Informed
lo a French wercbant, all' where
house he was 'keying. that lnittifer-
er- ms(pally made_very {heal servants,
and that settlers preferred' it possible,
to hire a murderer Than-the•ordinary
cn tui nal
"It -Penia :t strange th4* to sa)•."
said hi, heart •Tint TT i e: To-
n e who s ' nM • a bn I.
murderer rl. er r I !lies aIh
own 1e usually guillotined, and rally.
those are spared whose eases ahoy.
extenuating eirrtslnetaneea. The wore' "
type of there nen 1m tont to I/evil':
I.` std; the better type -comes hers .
- men who. perhaps. have killed
faithlesw wives in one trrnbie, over -
wtwlnstn sesunaext .4 paws -ion, and--,
their after -life is one long act of re-
ururse. Ws hail one man here who e;,
killed hie daughter le save her from -
it fife of 'Mame. Men like this- you
tautest class with" the brutes who.kill
their benefactors or harmlee.x, in-
offensive people.'.
This accounts lug the very peculiar
fact of un' large household having
three murderers in its and of ser-
vants.. But this excites nu comment
in ata island when nearly everyone
has "done something " the only ex.
(option being the gooier and u cis!
clan., and a few visitors.
-Then 'n -hide number of £eua-
kas oh the glaud-hoe big nten who
are simply gown -ftp chi(dreo. Lord_'_e•
Dunmore and ii,trteod made a royale
up awntry to see st trite of KansbM.
who were amus• thetn..elves lltf
riding on • • merrye.rr,Snd. --'!heir ,._
chief. a tall: stately of i it sfQ-
rent pn,porltone, Hr rt, gravely
*etching his mew enjoy themselves.
Lord Manioc'', companion walked
up to- this chief. and, poiitting.Olt
the earl, end: "He big ehief''
The Kaneko looked critically at
Lord Dunmore'. splendid Agores site!••
stag eaeh of the .•sovunty-(our neltei
of height. •Th.•n he said that at.
though The, earl was a -good firm M
a. man. he was not Imre of his rink.
.tt that mordent Lord Dunmore stroll
d along. looked fixedly at the Ken-
. and then for • joke. took out
glass eye. hid it in the pain of
and glared with one eye
snaky native. Thep he rapid-
hia hand serves his face.
the eye.
o savvy thate' acid the
big chief'"
tbe native in awe.
that. He eangusn-
t leant, that Is as
ion as may be
hi
his
at the
ly a
and rep
Ranaka
onlooker. -
No," reify'
no sa
aro big chief!"
near the regi ex
given
:Me of Lord Dun 'a employes
had a funny experien up -country.
He decided not -to Watt , the boat
but to etrike inland, and Peet a
certain mine.
A. Kanakas do not este m • for
ordinary esirreney, he was ad sed
to take nett a lot of Jewi' harps ••d
mouth -organs, which he could easi
exchange fnr food. But, to his (ba-
guet when he arrived at hie destina-
tion, he found that a rival prospector
hal wet nut two dare before him with
a similar stock, and had ewamped
the market. He had to buy fruit and -
chickens at exorbitant prime by
prnmiesory notes nn a certain firm,
which all New Caledonian natives
will take, and this was aggravated b
the fact that every glade through
which he paned during the next
three days was ringing with the joy-
ful noise of Jewa' harps and month -
organ..
Shortly before his departure from
the island ford 1)ummnre gave a ball,
which in nn. reimeet was the strang-
est ever given it was held in a
large gal vanired -iron warehouse.
draped with flags, and fitted out as
a ballroom. here two hundred men
ast
nd women et to dance to the
Maine Al a epl.ndid band, dreamed
in the grey uniform of the evrnvict.
Every member of the nrcheatra was
still "doing time." Below' the band-
stand sal a group of warders with
loaded revelers% in their belts, all
ready to "draw" on the band, if the
eouvicts misbehaved.
He Inherited It.
"George, I was terribly shocked
to -day to hear our little Jimmie tell
Baby Augusta to go to blames. Where
do you suppose he could possibly
have learned to use such a dreadful
expreeeion?"
"How the blames should I kaowl"
What He Ordered.
Guest (in cheap reetaur•nt)-bee
here, waiter, 1 thought I told you to
bring me a strong eup of coffee.
Waiter -Well, writ's d. matter wad
dot oup? tense couldn't break it
wad an sae.
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