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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-9-27, Page 24 COMM THRO' THE RYE BY HELEN I. leBTSIERS. (coNT.NuED.) "I cannot I say, slowly; "it ie all too sudden. I do not forigve you; would you leave itle tell a lie? A.ntl. you seem to lesve fergotten what lies between- us --how eau there be any shadow of friendship between ite?" "I do net ask for frleedehip," she seys, baok lawn the pillows. Hew pale and lost and lovely she looks! No Wonder Paul fouud, it In his heart to piVY nor juet now. "Do you know," she says, opening her eyes, "that et is yoa who should as for- giveness of me, not 1 of you? Paul was mine fleet, do not forget that, and he alight neve beeu mine again, it you had not bewitched him; if I stole him from yon last, you stole him from me first. How did you maim him love you.so well?" she cries, with a low wail; "whether with you or away from you, it was always the serne—you were the very apple of his eye. Men are not ueually so faithful to the ab- sent, or so cold to a beautiful woman who loves them. And all these years that I have been his wife he has never spoken one word to me, save before sarvauts—never toothed my hands in commonest friendly greeting. I came behind him once and put my arms around Ins neck; he started up—you h ould have seen his face, there was murder in. he left me without a word—and for all of this I haw ta thank you, Helen Adair! Oh I it is pleasant to steal into his room, like a thief, in • the dead of night, an1 hear him ory, 'Nell! Nene over and over again, and toss his outstretched arms into the air; often as I have watohed and listened, I never yet beard him whisper, ‘Siliva 1'" doep pity wells up from my heart as I look down on this passionate, sinful wo- man, between whose lips the fruits of evil- doing have turned to such bitter dust and ashes. Has not God punished her heavily enough for me to forego ney little impotent condemnation?. "If I had known how it would be I never would have tricked him into marry- ing me—never. I thought that if I was his wife I should regain all my old empire over him; no man ever withstood rae yet. My one heart's desire was to make him love me again, then I should have known happiness at last. Happitiess! good. God( though 1 have alwayshated the very name of Death, I shall not be sorry when he calls sne; only I dread the old, narrow bondage, and the thought of the blind - worms creeping over ray breast—pah! "Will you give me some of that medi- cine? I sent that fussy doctor away; he was no good, and I know the proper reme- dies. Thank you. told them just now to send my—" "Mammal mammal" says a gentle little voice outside the door which opens softly, and on the threshold stands Paul's son, and Silvia's. A. breathless calm binds me hand and foot as he stands still for a moment, heseitating, then comes on his little unsteady feet, straight across the room to my side, looking up into my face with Paul's own proud, wilful, beautiful brown eyes. And still I do not stir, until, perplexed, he lifts a tiny, dimpled hand and slips it inside mine—and the clinging baby fingers touch some strange, till now unknown chords deep in my heart— I tremble, and a passion of new born love, fierce regeet and bitter pain shakes melike reed, and I bow my head low over the in- nocent, ebeldish face. Nay, Silvia, it is you who nave conquered. not I. To this unsoiled treasure, "fresh from God," you are mother, not L Through all my years of misery, I have never once felt the loss of my loyer as I feel it now, while any arms close around his son. "You like children?" says Silvia, as the boy slips away trom me and clambers over the be; "I never did." "Pitty mamma!" says the child, pulling at her loose hair, "piety mamma!" but he does not kiss her or lay his face against hers nor does she hold out her arms to him. Silvia spoke the truth, she has no mother -instinct whatever. "And do you not love him?" I ask. "No. I might have, perhaps,•if he had been any link betvreen nae and his father, but he was the one erovvning misdemeanor for which my husband never forgave me. was told he went on like a madman -when he heard it. I never loved but one person in my life, and that was Paul." "Was there over such a shameless wo- xnan?" I say to snyself, looking at her. The deathly pallor bas left her face, her breathing is quieter, and the bluish tint of her lips is replaced by a tinge of color. I look at the child; they make a beautiful pair. Ile has his father's eyes, his mother's skin, her golden bair, his father's mouth and chin, with a haughty trick of bolding his head, that brings Paul before sny eyes. Father and son, son and father, how my heart aches for you both l—the consolation that the one might afford the other, the love the other might give the one. , Some- how the touch of the little hands has smoothed all the resentment and unforgiv- bigness out of my heart. I could not, if I would, speak such words to his mother as I did awhile ago. "I feel better now," she says, wearily; "I shall not die this time, at any rate. Tell me now, once for ail, will you forgive me?" "Ye I will forgive you," ("for the child's sake," I added to myself.) "You will?" she cries, sitting up; "you are net pretending?" "Why should I?" I ask, steadily; "are you?" "Not" she says, dropping her eyes; "only I did not think :my woman living could be so noble, And you will speak to me when I meet you; you will come to see raeS" "We are not likely to meet, and I will not come to see you, Friends we cannot bo; no, nor acquaintances." "Then your forgiven ss is an empty form of words," she says, falling back; "I need not have praised you for it. Shall I tell you why you extend to me the form of for- giveness and not the spirit?" she asks, lifting herself upon her elbow. "Stall tell yen why you will not come here? Be- cause you are afraid of your own heart." There is an instant's silence, in which Satan vshispers, "What! Acknowledge your own weakness and his?" and nay good. angel cries, "Confess it, and be not led into temptation ;" than I answer coldly: "You are mistaken, terra Vashor; I am no snore likely to forget that he is year hus- band than he is to forget what is due to inc. No, Tam. not afraid to meet bins." "Then sometimes, not often, perhaps, but sometimes you will come here? You will. not keep up an op.en Welty?" "Sometimes t" I sayeagainst My better Instincts; them looking ,suddenly into her face, "Silvia, are youhquite certain that wbatevet of sin and sratiferfetge there has been in your past, you rime mean fairly and honestly by hie and ye= husband? Is theta any fresh plotting of wiekedness •in yeee heart?" ' Doter a dying vssetriall Weave:plots?" the from mils:). "Is there any farther herrn that 1 eau work you, him, ex* neyeelf? Your heart is not a soft one, Helen. Adair," Ear a minute I stand musing, and the and pulle at uty dress; he is tired of the quiet room, and wants to go Away. " Wade takes to you," she says, looking at him; "though he never liked stran- gers." The ohmage in her voice brings ine bank to commonplaces, "Is that his name? I am going now. Good,by." - She stretches out ber thin hand and lays it in mine; a queer sometime runs through me as I look down at in—the hand that worked my life's misery so deftly and well. "You have promised," she says; "(IQ that lie Great Britain we ore supposed . to not forgot. You Lave promised to mine be three females against every male? No here sometimes and see me and. Wattle." wonder men think so much of themselves; "I shall not forget." no wonder It is considered more honorable She °loses her eyes, and, as we pass out in a yam% woman to possesa as betrothed of the room, I parthe to look at her, thinkher lord, ever so pockmarked, broken- ing that she looks more lils.e a dead wo- winded, weak-kneed, soft-breined a titan, man than a living one, In the corridor than none at all! And Fate, with her un - outside several servants are standing. ' fair fashion of lumping her favors, has a "That's Miss Adair," says one of them, bad kneels of giving two or three lovers to In a very low voice, as I pass; "her as oue girl who wants none of them, and. master's so sweet on." DeVer a one to another girl who vvorild say Have we any secrets from the detectives thank you. for any little 111alln1kill. ' who eat our salt, take our wages, and do heattie trots along ler my"Dolly seems to be amusing herself very our bidding? well," says George; and I look across to side, the nurse follows, at the foot of the stairs we meet Paul Vasher. CHAPTER X. Time, four o'olook. Scene, a level sweep of velvet smooth lawn before The Towers she is looking up, half shyly, half pleasant - upon which are peeing up tutd down and ' ly, at a very tall, good-lookingyoung man, sitting about some sixty or seventy man I whom one would, at a moderate guess, and women of every size, make, age and.1 suppose to be a trifle shorter than Chang. appearance), and. among them in festive 1 "He is a giant," I say, looking at the raiment, like unto the rest. are—oh, won -1 mane' not Dolly. "Why, he must be near der of wonders !—Dolly and I, sitting one • eight foot." on either side of Mrs. Skipworth. That i "Not quite," says George; "In foot, he lady, as a delicate compliment to the de -1 is only six feet four and a half. He is roaring heat of the day, wears a hemsens 1 Molyneux of the Fifty." colored silk gown, that makes one glow 1 "I wish they would stand up; I should freshly every time one looks at her. , like to see what they look like together," "You here?" exolaims a young man, I I say with interest. "Dolly was measured who is walking slowly by, hut has now I yesterday, and she is exactly four feet stopped short to stare at us. "Nell! el•ever°" • Dolly!" 1 "And she will bowl him over like a "Did you ever see us before?" I ask, 1 rdnee"those little bitsln," says George; rather tartly, "do you take us for 1 of women always bewitch these big men." ghosts?" ( "They would look very 0100 11 they went "Not exactly," he says, recovering him- to a fancy dress bell; he as Tom Thumb, self, "only I did not expect to see you and she as the Kentucky giantess, would. they not? But I do hope that he will not He shakes hands with Mrs. Shipworth, be falling in love with Dolly." and looks about for a chair, but, as the "Why not?" supply of seats by no means comes up to "Because," 1 say thoughfully, "I have the demand, after a little search he ;somas a plan in isle, head about Dolly; I have back. inade up in my mind whom I should like "Would you not rather stroll about than her t° marry'" sit still, Nell?" "And who may that be? I did not know "I think I would." that Dolly had ever seen anybody 1" "'Will you come, Dolly?" "George," I say, lowering my voice, But Dolly, bearing in mind the excel].- "will you promise not to be angry with ent lines that set forth that "two is oom- me?" patty, three is trumpery" declines the "Don't try me too far." honor, so we depart without her. "Well, then, don't you think Dolly is a "May I ask why you looked so as- little like me, George?" tonished just now when you saw nee" I "Not a bit! No one would ever know ask; "is there anything so very exTraor- you were sisters 1" dinary in our coraing here, pray?" "Oh I" I say, disappointedly. "Don't "Nothing!" he says, coldly; "only you you think, though, that on the whole. had not told nse you wore coming, that blue eyes 81:0 prettier than green ones, and was all." 1 rosy cheeks than pale ones?" "And how could I tell you, when I have , "To some people's taste they matobe." not seen you for three whole days? I will 1 "But not to yours?" tell you the truth," I say, suddenly, my voice failing; "1 hate being here; I hate "Oh I" I say again, dismally. it, but I could not get out of it. Mr. " You have not told me yet what youare Tasher asked the governor to let us come going to make mo aengry about?" without my knowing anything about it, "I ean't tell you," I say, slowly, "Yes, of course, and. papa said 'Yes,' and told ns "Yes, I will, though ; I only thought, he had accepted the invitation, Dolly de- George," (this in a prodigious hurry), (tiered she would not come, she is a good "that—for she is very sweet, you knoW, hater; mother got out of it in some won- and a hundred times as pretty as ever 1 derful manner, but all our maneuvers was—that perhaps, after a bit, you might were unavailing, and, here we are." get to like her as well as you did. ine?" "It was a pity your father never knew "Did? Was there ever any past tense in the truth," says George; "it seems alto- ray love for you? You remind me, Nell," gether wrong that you should be the guest he goes on, looking at me with half -sad, of a wornan who played you so vile a half -bitter eyes, "of a story I onoe heard part." of a man who proposed for a young lady "Hush!" 1 whispered, as his voice rises to her hither, and, on finding her to be al - in his excitement, for we are in the crowd ready engaged, the suitor said he was not now, "and take care"—for with his head at all particular, any one of her sisters lifted skyward, and his thoughts busily engaged, he is taking no heed to his steps, which are eneroaching on the train of a lady before us, who looks as though she had seized Fashion forcibly by the nose, and wrested a costume from her, so biz- zarre and outrageous and. eye -offending are its properties. If it be true that the test of a perfect toilet is that one does not know of what it is composed, although phy Is Metalled with sateething snoreof bitter than it was three years ago. A tat man and a lean Woman vaoete tbeir chairs, so George and I promptly sit delve on them and look ebont us. Several promising flirt:01one are in full sering; sevorol linos aro being throwrs out by dex. terms maidens to entice into their nets certain comely fish; there is ts buzz of eon- versatiou, a Matter of fans, above whiels rises, sweet and olear, the music of the band hidden hi the trees away to the left. In the assemblage tile female sox, as usual, preponderates largely, and beholdiug the number of pettiooats as set against the infrequency of the lavender end gray legs, I feel slightly snubbed and rather Mall, for is it not 40 unpleasant reflection where she sits, soft and round And fresh as the pink roses tbat lie half on her brown hair, half on her white lace bonnet. Dolly has exquisite blue eyes, and out of there would do just as well; it didn't matter a pin to him which he married. Do you think I am so accommodating? There never was but one girl in the world that I wanted, and as I can't get her I'll have nobody." "Dolly would never forigve me if she knew what then done," I say, my cheeks crimson with vexation, "and I have wounded you too. I am very sorry, Silvia and I rarely speak to each other en any sujcet save the child; he is a link eetweou us, and she knows it, but I think she often wonders with a oertnin pitying Hoorn at my love forlsine Very rarely bave I °moved her doom always against my will, but bound by the swamis° Intone her on the dav PAU1 fetched me to her side, and be thought her dying. Well, she looks strong enongh to.day, and sometimes I wonder if it was all a trick from the very beginning; and yet the illness maid not be a peetense " "We :we going to the rose -garden," she says tapping her husband lightly on the sbonlder with her fan, as WO paSSWhore he stands talking to some gentlemen; "will you take care of Miss Adele" Plis Moe is very dieris as bejoins me, his wife and. George walking on ahead, He does not speak, neither do I; them' nor sl- ime is often more clangorous than words, I say, lamely enough, "that the party is a pleasant one." "Or enther, that you bare been Very pleasantly engaged," he says, with a sud- den, swift, jealous giallo:tout of his brown eyes that makes my cheeks paler than ever. I do not answer, and in another minute we are in Silvia's rose -garden. "I always was so fond of roses," I say, nervously, as I lift my face out of a great gelclen splendor, with a breath as sweet as its own fairness. "Some people like lilies best, but I do not; they hare only one scent, only one face always, and the rose has so Inany l" "If you were dying," he says, "and had to ;Moose the flowers to be laid in your coffin, which veould you have?" "Roses! I should like to be smothered in them! Don't you think dead people • know the flowers are there, and smell them? I am sure I should. What made you think of my dying? You forgot that I was al- ways a coward about that." "I had not forgoteu—but a strange thought was passing through my mind -- of how some people get their flowers in life and. some 10 death, and of how oursed is the man who causes the life's flower of an- other to wither." "Only," I say, "gently, "it is God who sends the blight, reroan." Hook round, Silvia and. George have vanished; there is no one here but Paul and I. "You will allow me to give you a bunch of your favorites," he says. "Another time, perhaps. We will follow the others now." • "No, I will pick them this minute," he says; and while I stand a little apart, he gathers me a great, glorious bouquet of yellow, crimson, gold, and scarlet. Clear- ing the thorns from the stalks, he gives it to me and goes away, returning shortly with one snow-white stainless rose that has no fleek or flaw to dim its absolute purity. "Will you we .r this one?" he says; and I take it from his hand and fasten it with my brooch against my throat. "They are very lovely," I say, looking down on my roses. "We will take them and show them to Dolly." "Nell," he says,"Noll I are you growing at last to care for that yellow -haired lover of yours?" "Hush 1" I say, bottling up my hand and listening. A smile breaks over my face as a 0 rtain sound that I know well enough by now is heard in the distance— a scatter of little hurrying feet, a naughty little laugh of mischievous glee—and in another minute Wattle appears before us. his curls tmnbled, his cheeks flushed, and the skirt of his frock full of daisies. "Lallie I Larne !" he calls out, and down we go on the grass side by side to make our daisy -chain; not the first we have made together by any means. The nurse, seeing that he is with me, goes away. His father does not turn on his heel and go away as he did that first time he saw us together (shall I ever forget his face when he caught sight of us?) he stands looking down on us—on the rapt, intent face of the child, as he hands nee daisy after daisy, on my hands as I thread them. As I look up from the son to the father, the extraor- dinary resemblance bovsteen the two faces strikes nse with fresh surprise "You love him" says Paul. "Yes, I love him " Does he guess, I wonder, that I love his child above almost all things on earth? "If you had been his mother," says 'Paul, jealously, "you would have loved him be,ter than your husband." "Shaeld I?" one is chstincely aware that the person in George;" and, _forgetting the people all I bow my head aver the child that he it looks charming, then are those here pre_ about us, I put my pale yellow hand into raay not see ray face; careless and imps. sent found seriously wanting, for the dress his straw-eolored one, and give it a friend- tient as I have been with children all my and the manner of it strike the beholder ly squeeze; he holds mine for a moment, life, does he not know why I love his son first, the wearer of it after. then I dra, v it away, and, looking up, see so passionately, so deeply? , The daisy- , "Do o men never have any hanker- Paul Vasher standing before us. chain is round Wattle's nark nawand he is ings after your lost doublet, hose, velvet "I hope you are not feeling dull, Miss nearly throttling me with his kisses and eloalss and other smart trappings, George? Adair?" he says:and, cold as are our ways vigorously clinging arms. Gently I sot I should if I were a man. Now, I have no and looks to each other always now, his him down and whisper something in his doubt that blue would be as becoming to voice steikes me like an unexpected douoh ear, giving him e little pu ;h, he hesitates some of you as 1 would be fatal to others; that some particular color sets you off as well as it does particular women, and that the very ugliest of you might be furbished up into something uncommon -looking or picturesque." "1 can't say it ever bothers me," says George laughing; "but there is one thing I should like to have hack, and that Is the good. old days when a pretty woman was a pretty woman, and every one knew it, and a plain one was a plain one. and every one knew that; and the line between Madam Beauty and Madame Ugly was drawn hard and fa.st. It is all very different now. The plaizi women make themselves such ex- celleet imitations of their lovely sisters with their dyed hair, painted cheeks, and artificial charms, that it is not always easy to separate the snake believes from the really handsome people—in fact, the only difference between them at a distance is that the former wear veils and the latter do nat. Our grandfathers were not ob- liged to look close into a woman's face to find out whether she was beautiful or only pretending to be; they gave hearty, honest adrairation to the lass with ropes of yellow hair, and the skin of cream and roses, and kindly pity to the one who possessed but scant popper -and -salt looks and a sallow skin." "Well done!" I say, with much aston- ishment as he pauses for laok of breath. "I had no idea you were such an acute ob- server, Mr.George. There is a good deal of truth in what you say, though and there is a ghastly mixture of false and real beauty about; but for all that there is some contented uglieees wandering about the face of the earth, making, no attempt at Whitening itself." "Mrs. Bareacres is smacking her lips over something," says George. "Another reputation demolished, no doubt. Those old women ate perfect emporiums of soan- dal and venom, out of which a story, re- dounding to the discredit of every one present, may be fished at a moment's not- ice 1" • 41 wander what mine is," I my, laughs 'Heaver: grant that they may never haven chance of. making you the subject of their talk!" says the young man sober- ly—so soberly that I stare at him for a moment irs Mendes. He wed not to be so grave and thoughtful, or think so serious - Asks, bitterly, as the turns away hereon ,Iy about people and things. His philoso- of ice-cold water. 4. Not at all, thank you, Mr.Vasher " He moves away among his guests, and George and I look after him silently; be- tween us Paul's name is never spoken. Dolly goes by with her tail cavalier, giv- tender voice; and, no hand being held out ing me a sauoy, sidelong look of triumph. She just reaches his elbow. Smiles follow to greet him, he clasps his arms round Paul's knees. Paul stoops and unclasps them as they pass, but they are so taken them without a word. setting him aside, up with each other that they do not see n them. .As the assemblage ebbs to and fro,ot roughly or hastily, but inexorably. A piteous droop comes about the baby lips, scraps of con versation 00100 to aur ears. "Pity Adair quarrels so confoundedly with 1 and puckers up the baby brow, as Wattle everybody," issues from a knot of nen stands alone, in disgrace, as he thinks (a s ohild can not reason, ,but it knows when discussing the people present (apparently), it is slighted and the tender little heart is "for he has the prettiest family of daugh- ters I ever saw." grieved); then. he runs across to me, and hides his head in my breast. Poor, little desolate son! how many repulses have you not had from him before you could under- stand his ways so well? "God forgive youl" I whisper to Paul, a moment, this little son of not yet three years old, who is worse than fatherless, motherless, then (for he is as brave as he is beautiful) he goes with his little, short, unsteady steps to his father. "Papal papa!" he say, in his ohildish, And a niieute later I hear a woman's voioe exclaim, "That Helen Adair? Im- possible I How she has gone off, poor thing t" George's eyes meet mine, and "Hags!" cried George In a fury. wi th burning anger, as I lift Wattle in my "I should. like to knock all their spiteful ugly arms and press m7 cheek against his, and heads together l" so I carry him away through the blooming " m 1 so very much altered, hetanie?,, ;fragrant alleys, and leave Paul standing in the naidst of his rose -garden alone. CHAPTER XL "George!" I say, in a muffled voice. "Yes I" he answers in another, "Supposing somebody comes and site down on us?" "A little MOTO or less could not make snitch difference!" "I wish we had not let them do it. Does not your nose tickle horribly?" "Rather, That's your fifteenth sneeze, Nel'V" " es, you ought to condole with me over them, as the ancients did, with each other when they were oonvulsed in like manner." "I would if it prevented the repeti- tion." wonder when Dolly and &when will come back. Supposing they forget us alto- ge'b'llWerrshould become Meat for pitch- forks." I ask, with a sharp pang. "I never was very pretty, you know; ana If people say that, I must have gtown absolutely ugly." "You are altered," he says, scanning my face with his holiest, tender eyes; "but you have lost none of your good looks; to sne you aro always sweet and lovely, Nell. You are very pale now, and yea do not senile a bit as you used to do, but I don't think you neecl be afraid of growing ugly, Nell." "I don't see how I could go off 1" X say, laughing, "for that presupposes the pos- session of more than ordinary good looks at S01110 period or other of my existence, and I never was anything to speak of, ex- cept to you, and—" 1 stop. "Have you seen my roses?" asks Silvia coming up to sis—beautiful Silvia, in a robe that is all gleaming yellow and blood - red knots of ribbon among her latos. "No, not yet." "Then will yon dome now, and Mr. Tempest?' "I shall be most happy," he says, stiff - )' Silvia Is his neighbor's wife; ho cannot refuse to be her guest without folks won- derIng why so he comes, but between the pair there le a steady, ettong dislike, "Have you seen Wattle?" sho asks, att They should be cold and nutist when but - we are Caning away; "/ heard him calls ing Mit for you just now." ter 10 packed in them. (TO BE CONTINUED) Butter tubs or jars, before used, even if neve, should be studded Out With boiling water, or be subjeoted to a bot steain blast, and then Immersed in col d water, NEW BORDEAUX NI1XTURE, At a meeting of the National Agricul- tural sooiety of France ten improved Bor- clemex mixture was suggested with the ob- ject of removing certain obit:Mims to the one naky so largely used in this country, 11 has the advantage over the old mixture In being loss injurious to foliage,less liable to be washed away by rains, and loss liable to thoke the nozzle of the spraying ma- chine. The new formula Is as follows: .Quicklime, 4 pounds 6 ounces; molasses, 4 pounds 6 (MIMS; SUlphOte ot copper, 4 pounds 6 ounces; water 22 gallons, The essential difference between the new and old formulas is the mesenfie of the ' mo- lasses, which has a areater ipfluence than would at Met be expected. '` The method of mixing is to add the molasses to 18 gallons of water, then sleek the lime and ad. 4 and a half gallons of water to form a milk of lime. Pour this slowly into the sweetened water, stirring briskly in order to mix intimately. Next, in . a third (wooden )vessel dissolve the bluestone and pour tine into the previous mixture, stir- ring well. In this blending of materialS chemical changes are taking place. When the milk of lime and the sweetened solution are intim etely mixed together, theu the saccharate of Hine is formed. Next, when to this is added the solution of sulphate of oopper, a double decomposi- tion takes place; sulphate of lime is form- ed on the one hand and soluble sacoharate of copper on the other. This gancllarate of enpper is only forinee in presence of an ex- cess IJf lime, and its :ormation is indicated by the mixture assuming a beautiful greenish tinge. Thne the mixture is ren- dered alkaline, and the tiold is neutralized by the lime. When. and Row to Transplant. Roses may be lifted with safety between November and May. In digging them, I would be careful to get all the roots pos sible without bruising them; shorten with O sharp knife all the large mats, but pre- serve earef ally the fibers. In making a new bed, I would select a good, deep loam, if possible, without either sand or gravel, ou land that is drained, naturally or other- wise, where any surplus moisture 'will quickly disappear. The bed should be thoroughly dug up at a depth of 12 inches or more, and a generous quantity of de- cayed cow dung thoroughly incorporated with it. In this prepared bed plant the roses. I prefer roses on their own roots, and to do the planting in April ; but it may be done in the fall. The roots should be spread out naturally, and the bushes planted a little deeper than they ivere be - tote. The soil should be carefully pressed firm with the feet. After planting they should receive a good soaking with watex ; they will then need no more until spring. If the planting be done in the fall, it is 0 good plan to prune them partially, to within about 10 inches above ground. Just before frost, they may be protected by being earthed up with soil, and then cover- ed with coarse manure or leaves. As soon as it is safe to do so, uncover in spring and. prune all branohes hack to about three good eye's. As soon as the foliage appears, they would be benefited by being sprayed daily during dry weather, and during drought, they should be occasionally given a thorough good soaking of water. It will now be time to look out for any insects that may appear, and when the foliage is wet, I would frequently dust with helle- bore and tobacco dust alternately, and would use a small insect powder bellows in case the regular gerrier. bellows are not at hand. The above directions do not ap- nits to climbing roses or those grown in reeenhouses for winter flowering. Oakwoodds, R.I. W. ed. E. Shade Trees. Farm NOWS notices the fact that the fashion of setting shade trees is becoming almost universal audit is one that should be encouraged, for they are both picturesque and useful, and add much to the appear - aim of a nosne. When this is being done, though, care shoulci be taken notto set the trees where they will be in the way at some future time. When se; dug trees, try to imagine how they will look when full grown and then you can easily determine where they should stand. The primary object of a shade tree is, of course, the cool shade they provide, but this is sornethlug that can be easily over done. We know of more than one house that is shaded until it is gloomy, and that is not the object of shade about a house. As sunshine is the greatest and best dieinfectant and deodor- izer the trees should be set so as to allow the sun to strike every part of the house and shine into every window that itecould reach if the trees were not there. Again, the trees should be set in places where they will never interfere with views from the windows of the homfa unless there may be some that it is desirable to use the trees as a screen to hide. In such cases, evergreen trees make tbe best living screens for they are there the year through. Too many trees in a, yard is not as had as none, but they spoil the effect. We have many nat- ural trees that make perfect shade trees, and the nerseries furnish many ornament- al sorts that look well in a steed. Set shade trees by all means, but do not set them so as to keep sunshine from the h011Se, and spoil your outlook. The great majority of hardy perennial flowers aro natives of wooas or grassy places where the earth is shaded from the hot slimmer suns. When they are rem oved to open bordersthey suffer seriously from saintlier heat. It is, therefore, good prao- tice, in these open sunny situations, do have the ground mulehed--that is to say, covered with something like decayed loaves or half -rotted straw, or anything that Will prevent the scorching rays of the sun on the oath. Herbeeeous plants do not dare so much for bright sun as they do for cool soil at the roots. For the same reason, A 10050, open soil is better for grow ing herb- aceous plants than soil of a heavier charac- ter, bemuse, having more air spaces, it is oceiler, In short, it ie tool soil snore than shade that herbaceous plants require. The greedy fruit -grower hesitates to thin his apples, pears, peaches or similar fruits, looking only to quantity as his reward; bat tho edible quality of the fruit of the over bearing tree is never good. Those who have the coinage to thin fruits in the early stage, of growth not only get larger and finer fruit, but also fruit of bettor quality. In the pear tree one who tries the experitnent will.be surprised to find how vastly superior in quality is it pear from a tree in whieh a large number were thin- ned while the fruit Was still yourlin 'ithe propet Mine to oommence thihning is as soon as the fruit oonseleueee to swell, A PORTABLE ROW OF HENS! NEM* Where het fifteen Or twenty hens ars kept, and no regularly constructed hen- house Is at hand, a seriee of nests so made from light material that:they can be reads ily moved abont as desired, will be found O valuable acquisition. The manner of oonstruoting these nests is shown in the illustration, Five or six, or even as many as eight nests may be thus grouped. The nest space, r, is one foot wide at the bot- tom ; the front board is six inches wide; the open space betvveen this and the roof board, a, is eight inches wide, the roof board being about fifteen inches in width, An alighting or stopping board, x, is six inebes Wide, leering an inch space between that and the front of the nests, for refuse to pees throagle The hatagers, s, s, may be of any strew*s' material, and hung upon spikes, driven mitt the proper place and in a MOO slanting direction. The bottom, front, baok and cover may be made from wells seasoned half-inch stuff, the divisions being from one inch material, to better hold the nails. The stepping board should be loceted about one foot from the ground or floor, that the hens may easily jumpem 'to it This row of nests may be changed. from the inside to the outside of a build- ing, or placed where most convenient. Where nests are located singly and some distance apart, the laying hen will occupy the nest with another—espeoially if both are in the habit of dropping their eggs in that identical nest. By this system of grouping, when they reach the stepping board, or walk, and find one nest occupied, they pass on to another, without molesting the occupant. Another point in favor of portable nests Is that they are readily taken down, and every part can be thor- oughly cleaned or whitewashed, which is not practicable where the nosts are nailed In position, as a part of the building. Those who have tried this plan of group- ing nests find it extremely convenienteind praotical. Live Stock Notes. Feed the pigs regularly. This is the first thing in feeding for profit, The farm that does not support a flock of poultry is not managed to the best pur- pose. Well bred pigs that are kept growing are ready for the market all the time. Scrub hogs do not begin to got fat until they have got age on them. The Chicago Live Stook Record says of the hog market: "It is evident there is no shortage of marketable hogs in the coun- try, and we look for only steady rates through a. good, healthy trade, with the best aemand ()entering in the good light and mixed weights.' The majority of farmers keep too many horses for the work they have to do, too many cows for their dairy product, too many hogs for the pork they have to put in the barrel and too many hens for the value of the eggs and poultry they have to sell. Are not these reasons enough why so many cannot make farming pay? If they can lessen the expense of keeping a large stook and yet get the same product there will be a profit instead of a loss on all their farming operations. The work on a harvesting machine is more severe on the shoulders of a horse be- cause the tongue of the machine will dis- turb the collar and make it press on a new place. The best wash for such a sore when it is formed is salt and -water in which some alum has been dissolved. On no ac- count put grease of any kind on the sore. This softens the skin and makes the break larger. Make two thin but broad pads for the collar, one just above and the other be- low the sore. This will make the cellar press on a different place, but these pads should be watched and replaced if they get out of place or form in bunches. When- ever a horse has been galled the team must be stopped frequently aua backed, so as to allow the collar to ease its pressure on the shoinder. Ibis much easier to keep a horse from galling than it is to Imre him while still continuing to work him. But if the collar is eased several times during each fore and afternoon, end is removed entire- ly while the horse is eating during the noon hour, a tougher skin can be built up. It would be better though to hire another horse, and let the one whose shoulder is sbre have entire rest for a few days, rub• bing it frequently with the salt water and alum solution to make the hide tough. It Is really a way of tanning the hide. Bedding for Varna Animals. A great variety of bedding -materials are employed in different localities, and each farmer will of course, select for his own use such of these as are the cheapest and most available. In lumber distriets,where sawnsells abound, farmers And cheap bed- ding in the sawdust and shavings that are produeed in so large quanitites. Sawdust makes clean, tidy bedding, but the im- pression is quite strong among farmers that its effect upon the soil is not desir- able. Certainly it decays very slowly. The common beach sand near the, seashore pos- sesses, when dry, good absorbing power, and affoeds a comfortable 'bed for stook. It is, howtiver, very heavy to handle, and its application, in the manure, to land al- ready too sandy as is much of the land bordering upon the sea coastis not a good practice. Meadow and salt hay, and the straw of our. small grains,supply excellent • bedding, and by their Stems,' return a large amount of hum us to the soil. Their use should be supplemented by the employ- ment of some dry material, such as leant dust, sifted coal ethos, or, land piaster,' so that all the gases and liquid manure may be saved. It is a simple matter for every fatmer to lay by a supply of dr e absorb- ents. By stirring the soil frequently .over a small area, the eatth rapidly dries oat, and becomes dust under the heat of a stun- iner's sun. All that is left to do is to gather the dry material and dere it in a dry place. livery asitunin our shade and fovest trees shed their 'leaves, a wealth of the best of bedding, that, having absorbed manurial substances, decay into the best of manure. If yea have a Spate poultry yard now is the time to sow mite:soh clover in it. Crimson clover will furnish excellent win- ter pasturage for poultry, and will prevent the yard from both:ening muddy and dis- egreeable during the thawing or warm gpolis of wiAter when thete is snow on the grounds. The Delavvere talsed tesed ir classed as the best.