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Hour after hour wore on and Mrs.
Spencer stood in. the doorway calling
loudly Nellie's name, when several .of the
searehors returned.
Like wild -fire the news'spreed through
the village that Nellie, too, was gone,
and before morning the entire population
was up in arms and searohing for the
Missing ones.
Six months passed rapidly away, and
]firs. Spencer, now but a shadow of her
former self, sat quietly sewing in the
vino -clad poroh, It, was early spring,
and the walks were soft and spongy, so
that she did not hear an approaching
step until a man's form suddenly appeal:
ed before her, She raised her tear -dim-
med eyes and looked at hien as his shadow
fell across the porch, then staggering to
her feet she cried ant brokenly "Oh,
Carl ! Carl ! where have you been, and
*hat has become of niy darling child?"
Tenderly the young man led her
through the door and into the pleasant
parlor. Ho was weak and trembling like
a child, but his voice was steady as le
answered briefly : "I have been lying in
a hospital fur mouths, sick almost unto
death, but Nellie ! Tell me of Nellie 1
What do you mean by asking mo what
has become of your child?"
In feeble words Mrs. Spencer told him
of Nellie's disappearance, beginning with
his own absence on their wedding night
and all the details of eheir weary search.
For answer Carl drew a slip of paper from
his pocket : "I was hurt in the collision
ten miles above here on the day we were
to be married. Here is the account, but
in some way my name was never printed.
I have been in the hospital since then,
but unconscious from an injury to my
brain, and when I did awake to my sur-
roundings—" here he drew another scrap
of paper from his pocket—"I found this
in my morning's mail," and he held the
slip before the mother's eyes.
MIs. Spencer snatched it from his hand'
"Married ! My Nellie married, and to
Luke Fernley ! It is a lie ! A prepos-
terous lie ! The child was nearly mad
over your non-appearance, and only ran
out on. the lawn a moment for the air,
when Luke Fernley must have kidnapped
her."
" Then this marriage 'notice is all a
blind !" Carl answered furiously, as he
rose to his feet, "Helms stolen her from
us and hidden her away, but I will fend
her sooner or later, and then, as God is
my witness, ho shall suffer for his fiendish
knavery !"
FROM DRAM ITSELF.
It was Nellie Sponeor's wedding day,
and as she stood for a moment just out-
side the shaded porch of her father's home
it was quite apparent to passers by that
she was 'by far the happiest maiden in the
village.
The unfortunate thing about it was
that Luke Fernley happened to be the
only passerby at that time, and Luko
Fernley was the last person in the vil-
lage that eared to witness Nellie's happi-
ness.
Luke had been Carl's rival for many
months, and now, for the thousandth
time, Nellie congratulated herself that
she had chosen Carl rather than this
dark-browed fellow who was just now
coming up the path with a scowl upon
his face that would have alarmed her
greatly had she not felt so safe in the
coming protection of a husband.
" Good morning, Luke," she said pleas-
antly, trying to ignore the angry Taw and
speak exactly as she would to any of her
village acquaintances.
But Luke Fernley did not return her
greeting. He stood looking clown at her
beneath the shadow of the vines, -while
all the bitter resentment of his heart
seemed oozing from his features.
" So this is your wedding day," he said
at ,last, and it seemed to Nellie that his
dark face grew ashen as he spoke the dis-
agreeable words so slowly.
" Yes, it is my wedding day and I am
very happy," Nellie answered bravely.
Then she extended her dimpled hand in
an impulse of real friendliness.
" Will you not shake hands and wish
ene joy. Luke ? I know it is hard for you
if you really love me," she continued
frankly, "but it is not my fault that I
love Carl the best, and I should be so
glad to be your friend."
" That you can never be !" the man re-
sponded angrily. "It is everything, or
nothing, with men like me."
" Then you must yield to the inevit-
able," she said with a little nervous laugh
as she turned abruptly to walk away.
In an instant Luke caught her by the
arm. " Is it inevitable ?" he asked
hoarsely. "You are not married yet, and
if anything should happen"—
" Nothing will happen," Nellie an-
swered. quickly ; :`Carl is to be here at
half -past two and we are to be married at
five, so if you still refuse to be my friend
I must bid you good morning," and she
turned with great dignity and entered
the house.
" What a beautiful temper Luke Fern-
ley has," she said to her mother as she
met her in the hall. Then, after a mo-
ment's thought, she continued anxiously,
"I am so sorry that I told him what time
Carl was expected ! He may meet him
and try to pick a quarrel."
And get soundly punished for his
pains," her mother added. quietly. '
Nellie laughed. " You are right,
mother. Carl can take care of himself
and me too, I fancy." Then she ran up
to her room to try on her wedding slip
pers, and Luke Fernley's dark, revenge-
ful face faded from her mind. entirely.
Half -past two came and Carl did not
appear; three and even four o'clock pass-
ed by, the guests were coming thick and
fast, and. Nellie, decked in all the finery
of her bridal robes, stood white and
trembling at the window.
Luke Fernley's words, "if anything
should happen," were ringing in her ears,
and, at the last moment, even as the
clock was striking five, she burst excited-
ly into the little parlor, where all the
guests were sitting in anxious expectancy,
and cried out in frenzy, "It is all Luke
Fernley's doings 1 I told him what time
Carl was to arrive and he has met him
and killed him. perhaps !"
ea Then she stopped stock still, for there
on a chair directly before her eyes Luke
Fernley sat among the guests, as amiable
and harmless in appearance as any of
them there.
Hours after, when they had calmed her
a little, Nellie arose and laid her bridal
robes away, and, although she was nearly
frantic in her grief, she followed her
mother about the house or waited. with
tearless, aching ayes, at the window for
somo news of Carl.
Two weeks passed by and then a clew
was found : A man living just at the
border of the woods and the road Ieading
from the depot to the village remembered
that he had seen two men pass by his
house on that particular day who seemed
to be in fierce dispute. He described
Luke Fernley accurately, but the other
wason the opposite side, and as ho gave
them` a passing glance he was not positive
whether h was Carl or not. But this
clew, together with Nellie's mild words
on the all -eventful day was considered
ample evidence that Luke was the guilty
party.
A searching party was organized once
more, but this time, strangely enongh,
Luke Fernley, who before had been one of
the foremost volunteers, was nowhere to
be found.
They left, the house with Nellie's father
at early dusk to search the village quietly
for both the victim and the supposed as-
sassin, and: after they had gone Nellie
drew a shawl about her head end ran out
upon the lawn to quiet her nervous agita-
tion.
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somebhillg that drove all thought of ever
reburrning to hor parents forever from her
mind.
Luko had stumbled in and fallen upon
the floor in a. heavy, drunken slumber
after What seemed to her a furious strug-
gle in the hall with her equally intoxicat-
ed watehor, and she had slipped the bolt
none too soon to keep the other from
entering, to resume the squabble in hor
small apartment,
"He has money and I must have it,"
she heard the pian mutter over and over
as he pounded on the door for admittance.
Then an idea suddenly eceurred. to her,
Would she dare go through her husband's
pockets and see if it was true what the
roan was saying ? She thought it over
for a moment and then went and put on
her hat and coat, to be he readiness in
case she should succeed.
Then she began to fumble in her hus-
band's pockets. The fust thing that she
touched was a paper, 'and drawing it
forth she opened it carefully and spread
it across her knees.
Instantly the blood left her cheek and
lips and her heart almost ceased its beat-
ing. She reedit hurriedly, almost breath-
lessly ; then clutching it in her hands
tore it in atoms and scattered them upon
the floor.
The paper was nothing more or less
than a letter he had written to some low -
lived pal, in which he told of his mock
marriage to horself and his plan to pres-
ently desert her for another. She was al-
most beside herself with shame. For
three years she had lived in dreadful
misery, consoled only by the thought that
she was lawfully his wife, and now, on
top of all her grief, came this announce-
ment of her life's dishonor.
Where should she go ? What could
she do ? Her original intention flitted
back into her brain. "Yes, it was true ;
there was a goodly roll of bills in his in-
ner jacket, stolen, probably, but she did
not care for that. She selected two and
put them in hor purse, the rest she hid
safely in her bosom. Then she went to
the door, and, without unbolting, called
to the man outside :
" I.f I will give you some money will
you let nee out ?" she asked coaxingly.
There was a half stupid reply and she
slipped the bolt and stepped out into the
hall. "Here !" she said, tossing a bill at
the wretch's foot. "He may have more
about him—go in and see," and as the
man hurried with drunken alacrity to
act on her suggestion Nellie fieri from the
place and did not lessen her speed until
she was safe in one of the uptown streets.
It was perfectly true that Nellie had
married Luke Fernley. She had awoke
the morning after her walk upon the
lawn, only to find herself in a cheap hotel
in New York City; with Luke Fernley
standing over her and -with two strange
men loafing carelessly about the room as
though they wore quite accustomed to
such horrible transactions. In vain she
begged and pleaded for release. She was
powerless in their hands, and when she
realized the full extent of her degradation
she yielded her consent to the marriage
as a last and only resort to keep her pride
and honor.
She knew nothing definite about the
service only that the two brutal looking
men were present, and that Luke took
her immediately after to a wretchedtene-
ment. where the squallor and filth of her
surroundings nearly drove her frantic at
the start.
As days and weeks passed by she tried
every way to mail a letter to her father,
but Luke watched her like a keeper when
he was present, and whenever he was
away she soon discovered that one of the
brutal bullies who officiated as a witness
at her marriage was outside the door to
refuse her egress.
She was a prisoner in her wretched
home, but in many respects Luke trested
her with much consideration. He gave
her sufficient wholesome food and seemed
to delight in arraying her in pleasing
gionnonts. He took her with him all
about the city, to theatres and other
places of pleasure, but not one meve of
hers escaped his eyes, and Nellie knew
that she was helpless. If she had not
been confident that. Carl was des
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could never have endured her sorroaa, and
even now when she thought of her
er'e grief the torture seemed almost un-
bearable.
The hideousness of her position seemed
to benumb her senses for a time,
the years went by a now terror cam
her, Luke was beginning to drink heavi-
ly, and all. he had was made upon the
gaming table. When he was dru
abused her shamefully, and it was usual-
ly at these times that there was no
to eat in the house, and the ago
desperation was added to her other hor-
rors.
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Three years passed by, and the dimples
had fled from Nellie's cheeks. She was
pale and thin from want and care, and
now that Luke was so perfectly degraded
she dared not hope for anything better.
The man outside the door leered at her
insultingly when he brought Luke in,
and Inore than once he had tried the door
during her husband's absence, but found
it securely barricaded. She understood
the change in his demeanor perfectly.
Luke was unable to give hint money now,
and the few drinks that he obtained for
guarding her prison were not enough to
satisfy his ambitions.
If she could only get around him during
one of Luke's drunken stupors she would
be safe, for she knew the city perfectly
now, and yet, if she were freer where could
she go ?
She was morbidly sensitive about her
wretched life, and one day she discovered
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ask this question t "-Whatever made you
take up the study of medicine, darling ?"
end Carl answered with a glance of
tenderness into her happy faoe : r'I am
sure I don't know, sweetheart, unless it
was to rescue you,"
Georgy Ann's Revenge.
Qld, Miele Lazarus sat in the chimney
corner. His gnarled, rheumatic hands
were idle, but he kept one little oily eye
on his grandson, who labored unwillingly
at the polishing of the breakfast service,
and the other on the brace of plump bens
Dorcas was browning so temptingly in
th.e fireplace.
Old Lazarus had long ago outlived his
usefulness, but his "white folks" gave
him bed and board for whatever slight
service he might perform about thehouse
and grounds;
When the sun shone and the weather
was fine Lazarus bustled about officiously,
interfering among the servants, pleasing
himself with the idea that he was order-
ing their work, but when the sky was
laden and the wind carried a cutting
frost in its breath, the old fellow hugged
close to the kitchen Ingle nook, whore he
lectured Dorcas about the proper season-
ing of a gravy or the best method of pre-
paring the fish or game.
Where should she go ? She, a disgrac-
ed and wretched woman. She had no
home, no friends, and only this roll of
bills between her and starvation. And
then the longing for death and peace
came so violently upon her that she was
surprised for a moment that she had not
thought of it before.
A moment later she emerged from a
druggist's shop with a small bottle of
poison clasped closely in her hand, and
-with a look of almost happiness upon her
face, walked swiftly along untilshe came
to the morgue. There was an old man
in charge of the horrible place, and the
familiar smell of liquor as ho came up to
her only strengthened her resolution.
" I I ani looking for somebody," she
said timidly.
The man nodded and turned away.
"Look where you please," he said gruffly,
and in another moment he had disappear-
ed 'behind a thin partition.
For a few moments Nellie groped
around among the discolored bodies, see-
ing nothing in their ghastly faces but the
appearance of a perfect rest, and when,
suddenly, a sound of heavy breathing
came to her from behind the partition,
she knew the guard had fallen asleep and
the time had come for her to act.
Softly and determinedly she laid her-
self down upon one of the marble slabs,
then lifted the bottle to her lips, and
drained the contents to the dregs. There
was the sound of the river splashing be-
low her as she lay, and in a few moments
her eyes had closed and the morgue had
received, apparently, a very willing sub-
ject.
It was :nearly an hone- before "Dead
Jack.," as the students called him, was
aroused from his slumbers by the en-
trance of two physicians.
"Anything new to -day?" one of them
called out as he glanced hastily along the
line.
But the other bad not waited to ask any
questions, He was a pals, studious -look-
ing man whose sad face was usually so
composed that now, as he suddenly halt-
ed in the narrow space, his companion
was surprised and even alarmed to notice
its appearance. The sad, brown eyes
were dilated with horror. His chest heav-
ed convulsively, and as his companion
sprang hastily to his side he pointed with
one trembling had to where Nellie lay, so
'pale and silent on the marble,
" My God ! It is Nellie 1" Inc said, bre-
ltenly. Then he summoned all his
strength, and, bending forward, touched
her hand. "Hurry, doctor ! For God's
sake hutr.,y with some liquor !" he almost
shrieked as he felt her pulse, and then
like ane to whom science .is hut a slave
to work a master's bidding, he set aboub
restoring her to consciousness. Six
mouths later Car' and. Nellie were mar-
ried in her mother's home. Luke Fern-
ley had been foetid dead upon the day of
Nellie's escape, and., although there was
scant congratulation in the fact, still. ib
was proven beyond a doubb that Nellie
had been his lawful wife during all that
period of inoaneeration.
It was not until after they had been
married some time that Nellie thought to
Dorcas was his granddaughter, and al-
though the old man did not hesitate to
enforce his ideas with a billet of light
wood or the hickory staff he always car-
ried,
arried, the cook always followed her own
tastes or the rather vague directions of
her mistress. At such times, when an
unusually good dinner was in prospect,
old Lazarus would melt into genial retro-
spect, detailing gossip that would have
been news to his dead and gone "old
mars." Sometimes he would praise Dor-
cas, though in a rather limited degree,
on her culinary excellence.
"You is a tol'able cook, honey, but of
cose yo' ant nothin' lak yo grannie.
'Taint toe be 'spected. Dey ant no cooks
lak de cook was befo' de'niancipation,
lakwise day ant no white folks lak day
used toe be. Dar war al' Mars Bob what's
done dead an' gone ter glory too long 'go
ter talk 'bout. He was a sho'nuff mar-
ster, tho' he didn't know when ter put the
stopper in de jug, but I'spects dat are
jes' natehuilly runs in dor blood, kase dar
was young Mars Bob, long 'fo' he big
enough to go con'tin', sleep wid de jim-
myjohn under he. haid. Den when de
stopper was outen of mars' jug de whip
was los''kase the white folks never let no
overseer beat up his niggers. When or
mars whop. he whop ter hurt, but dar
warn't no tying toe the whippin' pee' fer
ev'y time a nigger fergit. Dar was big
Ben. He was de wussest nigger of mars
ever bad. Dat nigger lie so he couldn't
believe hesolf when he tell the trufe, an'
'ould steal from his wife an' chillun
when he warn't stealiui' from o1' mars,
jes' ter keep he's hand in.
"But of mars ketch up wid 'im one
fine day, but he didn't do hit hesef. Dar
was Georgy -Ann, Big Ben's woman. She
war yeller, jes lak a dry gourd, an' Ben
he war black lak de pots. Georgy -Ann,
she git fractious, and Ben he whop 'er
twel he tired wid de mewl whip, an' dat
mek Georgy -Ann mad, an' she 'low she
gwine tell ol' mars what she know.
01' mars he was a clearin' up de new
ground and Big Bon was a drivin' de
mewls and a sellin' de wood in de town.
Ben he haul de wood all right, but he
'ant fetch back de money lak he orter.
He tell ol' mars dis lie, an' dat lie, an'
ol' mars jess lay low and wait, but he 'ant
nebber kotchecl do Big Ben yit.
",Den. Ben he whop Georgy -Ann lak I
done tole ye, an.' she get mad an' low ter
of mars.
" ' 01' mars, sah, if yo' wants ter ketch
up with dab nigger, Ben, yo' get in de of
corn house 'long 'bout dark Sat' d'ynight.
He de evussest no 'count nigger yo' is
got, an' I gwine put 'im down of Gaud
spar meh.'
"Georgy -Ann she warn't none o' of
mars. Bob's niggers. She b'long ter Miss
Jinny's sister, Mars Bob's brudder's wife,
an.' dee mak dee niggers marry in de fam-
bly, an' when Georgy -Ann tell ol' mars
he 'low:
"'What Bon done ter yo', Georgy -
Ann? I 'low Ben one do besee niggers on
de plantation. He a mighty pearl, good-
lookin' nigger, Georgy -Ann. What for
you gwine put him down ? Doan he mek
a good hlisban' ?'
"Georgy -Ann she 'low : ' I ant gwine
hab 110 nigger for husban' what can't tell
d&ffence betwixt a' ooman and de mewl.
He took an' whop moh wid dat mewl
whip for jess nothin', an' I gwine see he
gits what he 'serves fer hit; if I lives.'
" Georgy -Ann ant mind de whoppin',
she jess wanter gib shed o' Ben, anyhow,
']case she one took a shine ter a big yel-
ler nigger. what Mars Dunn, Mara Bob's
bruclder, done bought, an' she 'low of she
toil on Ben Mars Bob he sell 'ire down de
ribber. Mars 13ob he sent Georgy -Ann
'long back, an' come Sat'd'y he hide in
de corn house. Mars Bob he wait, an'
wait. De corn hit was pow'ful musty,
an' Mars Bob's foots mos' froze. Bini.eby
hit begin ter git dark, an' when Ben ant
oome yit, Mars Bob, he falls ter cussen.
Ile a pow'ful eusscr, Mars Bob is, S111110
cuss Georgy -Ann, he cuss 13en, he miss
do corn and de rats what mek de corn.
must. Don Mars Bob get,right inad an,'
cuss hese'f, when pita -pat, clink-a•1.i.nlc,
de mewls was a comin' down de road, an'
big Ben a-ridin an' a siegin' half he so
happy.
" When he gib 'ter de corn house he:stop
de Mewls an' cub his oys up.an' down do
read,rbut ho ant see nobody; so Inc git
down an' creep inter de Corn house. He
ant gwine loose no time, so he jess take
out de money what he gib fer do wood an'
set down on de goo', Den lie 'low : Tis -
eller fer mo,' an' he put one piece dot side
for him, ail' den he '10w gin ' Dissber
for marster,' an' he put piece on t'other
side for lviars Bob, 11e 'low twel he done
pub hit all down but one piece : ' Dissher
fer me, an' disler marster, dis fer me an'
dis fer marster.' Den he look at de dol-
lah in he Hand, an' he 'low ter hesof
' What I gwine do wid dissher ? Marster
got much as I is. What 1 gwine clo wid
hit ?' 'While he was a sottin' a lookin'
atde dollah, Mars Bob lie creep outen do
corn an' he 'low
" Put it in mel pile, Ben, 1 fends de
mewls.'
"Dey was a whippin' dat night on do
plantation, an' in de mawnin' dar was
one niggah anissin'.
"Hit was big Ben.
" Den Mars Bob he rode over ter Mars
Dunn's plantation an' git de little houn's,
an' Mars Bob, Mars Dunn, some mo'
white Hien, an' Laz'rus, dat's me, started
to tree dat nigger. I tell ye he made us
trubble. He had done put tuppentine on
he foots, and dat mek de dawgs sneeze.
He walk in de stable ^ an' in mos' of do
oabins in de quarter, toe mix de scent,
an' den he crumb a tree 'bout five miles
from home, drapped inter de erik, an'
waded up do water for mos' a mile.
"But dat nigger couldn't fool dem
dawgs nohow. Dee knew'im too good.
Dee joss hunted twel dee find hit agin,
an' bir eby dee start out an' go a loapin'
straight ter whardat nigger lie.
" Hit was night, an' Ben had done mek
a fire in de aige o' de swamp, an' was a
lyin' on de ground a snoozlin' away, an'
didn't hoar dem dawgs as dee come froo
de woods. He jes keep on sloepin', an'
dem hounds jes wailer all over 'irn, kase
deo know'im well'nuif, an' lick he face
an.' San's, 'cause dem fool houns allus
does de folk, dee know ? Bimeby Ben he
wake up an' forgit he done run away, he
dot glad to see the dawgs. Den ho see
Mars Bob, an' he 'low: ' Bless mel soul,
dar's Mars Bob, I dealer !' Mars Bob he
'low : ' Yas, Ben, I gwine tek yo' back
ter Georgy -Ann an' de ehillun. Wanter
go ?' Ben he reckon lil bit, don he 'low
' Yes, sah, I gwine back, an' gwine stay
when I gits dar, she's I bawn.' "
Lazarus' little oily eyes blinked dream-
ily at the glowing coals. His wide, livid
underlip hung loosely and the firelight
glinted 011 his bald old pate. He was
back in the land of yesterday, living over
scenes in the past that to him were life
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indeed..
"No, chile," he concluded. ' c You kin
cook tol'ably well, but taint toe be'spect-
ed yo' kin projick wid de pobs same lak
yo' gramma."
TRE FARM AND GARDEN,
AMATEURS IN T1[E a &RDEN.
Notes of Interest to the Flower, Fruit
and Vegetable Grower, and Talks on
Trees and Shrubs.
undiluted solution can be kept in glass-
stoppered bottles for somo time. The
strength of ammonia water generally
found at drug stores is 20 degrees Baume,
This will answer as well as the 22 or 26
degrees whioh are generally recommend
ed, but more of it will be required to clie-
solve the eopper, about one pint being
necessary for each ounce of the ear -
Imitate,
MODIL'ITAn EAU Cees (STE.
From the fact that copper carbonate as
sold on the market is rather costly, it will
be better to manufacture it, if much is to
be used. For this take
Copper sulphate
•Formulas.
Having frequently been asked for the
different formulas recommended for spray-
ing the various fruits, flowers and vege-
tables, we publish the same to -day; all
interested aro advised to preserve them
as they will certainly become useful and
niay save many dollars to the users, The
ingredients can be procured at any drug
store.
BORDEAUX MLTTURE.
Copper sulphate 4 lbs.
Fresh lime (unslaked) .. 3 lbs.
Water 32 gals.
For all fungus diseases of plants, such
as mildews, rusts, rots and blights, in
which either the pores or the body of the
fungus itself is exposed to its action.
Place 6 gallons of water in a tub 03?
barrel and hang in it 4 pounds of pulver-
ized copper sulphate, in a burlap or other
coarse sack. Slake the lime, adding water
only as fast as it takes it up, and pour
together. Before using, dilute to 62 gal-
lons. Enough lime should be added to
neutralize the free acid, as, if this is not
done, it will injure the foliage. To test
this, get five cents worth of fsrro-cyanicle
of potassium (yellow prussiate of potash)
ata drug store, and place in a small
bottle of water. Add a few drops of this
solution to the Bordeaux, before it is
dilated, and if it turns it brown the lime
is deficient, and more lime should be ad-
ded until the ferro-cyanide has no effect.
When much Bordeaux is used it is an
excellent plan to make up a stock solu-
tion, which can be diluted as used, pro-
ceeding as follows: Dissolve 40 pounds
of copper sulphate in 40 gallons of water,
and in a box slake 40 or 50 pounds of
lime. This can bo kept as long as one
desires. When needed, measure out four
gallons of copper sulphate solution and
add somo of the slaked lime until no
change in color can be produced by the
test given above. The mixture will then
be ready for use when diluted. The
strength of Bordeaux can be varied to a
considerable degree. The above formula
is about as strong as we care to use at
any time, and after the second applica-
tion, it is our custom to reduce it by us-
ing 40, 50 and 60 gallons of water .for the
four pounds of copper sulphate ancl three
of lime. This can be done with n0 ap-
parent loss in the efficacy of the Bordeaux
when the fungi are not particularly
troublesome, and when several applies,
tions are to be made at frequent inter-
vals. If tle lime is fresh. and a ,proper
amount is added after it 'has been care-
fully slaked, there is no danger of burn-
ink• the foliage with Bordeaux mixture,
It is, moreover, one of the least expensive
of the fungicides, and if strained through
two thicknesses of burlap before being
placed in the 'barrel from which it is
ptimpcd, it will not clog bhe.nozzle. Et is
generally conceded to bre the most effect
nal of all the fungicides, its efileieuey
being clue in part,no doubt, to the fact
that the lime sticks it quite securely to
the foliage, so that it is not readily
washed. oft
aeleioNiAOAL eenunek CARBONATE,
Copper catbonato,1 oz.
Ammonia, enough to dissolve the copper.
Water.: ..... 12 gals.
Dissolve the copper carbonate in the
ammonia, and dilute before using. The
2 113s,
Soda carbonate (sal soda).... , —4 lbs.
Dissolve these separately in about two
gallons of wateri pour together and stir
thoroughly. A precipitate of oopper ear-
bonate will form and sulphate of soda
will remain in solution. The water can
be poured off and the precipitate dried
and kept indefinitely. From the above
quantity of copper sulphate and soda car
bonate, about one pound of dried carbon-
ate of copper will be obtained.. It is often
used without drying, however, by adding
enough ammonia water to 'dissolve the
copper carbonate, and diluting to forty
gallons. It is then known as modified
eau celeste.
POTASSIUM SULPHATE.
Potassium. sulphide (liver of sul-
phur)
Water. . 10 gals.
This solution is valuable to use for
gooseberry mildew, as it in no way dis-
colors the fruit, and it is quite harmless.
COPPER, SULPHATE. SOLUTION,
Copper sulphate ......... . .... 1 lb.
Water 25 gals.
For use before the buds open, the above
solution is easy to prepare and to apply.
It should nob be applied to any plant
after the leaves burst, as it will burn the
foliage. Its action is equal to Bordeaux
mixture, but it does not seem as lasting.
Like Bordeaux mixture, the last four
preparations are for the destruction of
fungus diseases, and they should not be
relied upon to destroy insects.
PARIS GREEN.
Paris green 11b.
Water 250 gals..
Upon most plants this can be used with-
out
ithout Injury to the foliage up to July 1.
Late in the season, or if the spraying is
repeated frequently, one pound of lime
should be added to neutralize the free
acid. Lime should always be used when
Paris green is applied to peaches, and it
is safer to use it when plums, cherries,
grapes, pears, and in fact all kinds of
plants are sprayed. It is best to combine
the Paris green, whenever, practicable,
with Bordeaux mixture, as all caustic
action will be prevented, and the effect
of neither material will be lessened, but
on the contrary increased, while the two.
applications can be made at once without
extra labor. If this combination is made,
add one ounce of Paris green to each fif-
teen gallons of Bordeaux mixture. Paris
green es less likely to burn the foliage
than London purple, and hence is prefer-
able. Either may be applied in a powder-
form, combined with plaster, at the rate
of one pound to one hundred pounds of
plaster. It is also of some value as a
fungicide; it is said to destroy insects
that bite and chew the foliage of fruit.
HELLEBORE.
Fresh white hellebore 1 oz,
Water 5 gals.
Dissolve and apply, for insects that
chew, particularly the currant worm and
the cabbage worm.
PYRETHRUM OR BUHACII.
Pure french pyrethrum 1
Water 5 g
Apply the same as hellebore. It
also he applied dry with bellows, and i
efficient against many sucking nisoo
such as plant lice.
ecE tosm in 17:1IULSION.
Soft soap 1 qt.
Kerosene 1 pt.
Water 6 qts.
Warm the soap until it becomes liqui-
fied, remove from near the fire, add the
kerosene and agitate rapidly with a force
pump, for five to tenminutes, until it
becomes a homogeneous creamy mass,
from which the kerosene will not sepa-
rate on standing. Dilute with water so
that the kerosene will be one -fifteenth of
the entire mixture. If properly prepared
it can be used with safety upon nearly
all plants, except squashes, melons, cu-
cumbers and others of the squash family.
A remedy for all sucking insects, and for
others with soft bodies, with which. it can
be brought in contact. A hard soap
emulsion can be made by dissolving two
ounces of hard soap in boiling water, and
using it instead of the soft soap.
CAUTIONS.
Do not mix the copper preparations in
iron or tin, always use wood, brass or
earthen vessels. The valves, cylinder,
piston, etc., of the pumps should also be
of brass.
Do not add Paris green to ammonia
containing compounds or sulphate of cop-
per solution; always use lime or Bor
deaux,
,Never spray with arsonites while the
trees are in blossom, as the bees will be
poisoned; they are necessary to fertilize
the flowers.
Never leave any of the poisons where
the children or animals of any kind can
get hold of them. Label theta distinctly,
and pot them away carefully as soon as
through using them. •
Study carefully the nature of the in-
sect or disease, and select the remedy that
is most likely to destroy it without dan-
ger of injuring the plants.
Do not spray with arsonites or copper
compounds within three weeks of the
time the sprayed portions are to be eaten.
'While there would be no danger of fatal
effects resulting, it is best not to run any
risk. Bordeaux mixture and other lime
compounds should not be used upon
rough or full-grown fruits, even as late
as that bime. Not only does the lime dig -
figure the fruit, but the amount of copper
is large:
A. Full MownBBud.
She—She was very precocious as a
child.
He --She has not outgrown it. She
says she is nineteen, and she has craw's
feet about her oyes."
Tho Burden of Riches,
Hungry Higgins ---Don't yon wish yeti
was each enough to 'wear diamonds?
Weary Wa.tlkins--Can't say that x do.
DI you wear diamonds you got to wear
good clothes, and if yott wear •' ood clothes
you got to keep shaved up arra washed.
The Earl of Lovelace, who died recent-
ly at theadvanced ago of 88, was not
only the husband of By -eon's only child,
but he was a direct descendant of Henry
Vitt and Lady'Catheriiie Grey.
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