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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-7-30, Page 2eager hope and. expectation for about LI ET n By LovE 1 half an hour, my heart bounded as Ta - LIR ‘1.1 ras came out from the house and walk - alone. A thin old gentleman walked by Or, How the Wharf Wail his side. I knew Tares the moment I saw but it was some time before I Became a Princess. felt certain that his companion was Colonel Bell, Instinctively I drew aside, screening myself behind a bramble. It was not likely that the old gentleman would des- cry me at that distance, still leas that, perceiving me, he could recognize who I was. Presently a young lady with a sunshade appeared, immediately follow- ed by a gentleman. Him I knew at the first glance to be Mr. Kavanagh by his height carriage and smart appearance. They mossee the lawn to Tares and Colonel Bell and a few minutes after ed slowly over the lawn. He was not PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ABILANGEBBNp. (CONTINUED) "Why, that is the very place he aught to avoid. Can you think of no means of communicating with him before he ar- rives here?" After a moment's consideration 1 said that it was probable he would call upon the neople who had helped me in Ber- lin, r. Hoffman and his wife. "Considering all things- Excuse sauntered away, cassappearmg beyond me, madam," he broke off, with an the shrubbery that hedged the lawn. I apologetic cough. "but your hair behind was glad when she went away, for I has Nvorked a little to one side. Con knew it must be Judith, though her sun- sidering all things, as I was about to re- shade concealed her head and face from me. While she was there only a feeling of jealousy imbitted my thoughts. When she was gone, my heart beat more calmly, and I could look down upon my dear friend with that tender sentiment which I had made the pilgrimage to in- dulge in. Mere Lucas brought out a glitttering liquor set and. a box of cigars and set them on a table before the garden seat. Even there I could hear her laugh. These and many othererifliug incidents I noticed with. untiring interest until mark," he continued, when I had re- placed the false hair. "do not you think it would. be advisea,ble to go to Berlin and, wait there with these friends until Mr. Gordon comes?" 'No," I said, "I could. not do that. I must be in England. I will write to Berlins that will answer the same pur- pose." He shook his head. doubtfully and glanced. nervously at ray treacherous knot. I, too, felt that it would be wiser to an away, but I could not reconcile melt to the idea of going so far from 1 little a I the sound of voice e startled me from Tares, even for a few weeks, a I my reverie, and looking downward I had to hope in staying near him. "May. 1 itek where I may.write to you perceived through the intervening growth a bright sueck of color. It was in case I have anything important to the sunshade I hid seen in the garden, oonualunicate?"Judith and Kavanagh were coming up "I will let you have. an address. I do through the wood by the winding path. not know yet where I shall stay, I think near Woking." "Woking. Of course you have no reason to suspect that Mr. Kavanagh might by chance go to Woking: "I know he passes through the town of the path, overgrown in parts by straggling brambles and dead. brake, I crept round the seat and dropped in the trench behind it, thinking that I should be secure there while they passed. It was not likely that they would stop to pry into the ditch at the base of the seat. They had ceased to talit but as they drew nearer and nearer I heard the sound of their footsteps. I could see nothing but the bulks and the loose growth about ing.so-.-your appearance might excete I stepped back noiselessly and looked round for a hiding place not knowing by which path to escape meeting them. A deep trench bordered the inner side occasionally; but," 'I added hastily, to allay the alarm expressed in the little solicitor's face, "the place I thought of staying at is a roadside inn quite out of the town, where he would never think of stopping." "Still, many people visit a roadside inn. You could net always stay in one room out of sight, and -excuse me say - e curntv and give rise to gossip, which me. I heard Kavanagh xclaim in ad.- would Ise hi the ingliest degree undo- sirable. I positively think. madame, that out of respect to the gentleman who has advanced this money"— "I will not go there," I said, already convinced of the folly of yielding to a merely morbid and sentimental motive. "Tell me what I ought to do, and I will do it." "Have you any idea where Mr. Kava- nagh. lives?" "At Sydenham, I think." "Ah, well, if you took a lodging at 'Stoke Newington, say, I think you would be yerfectly safe -especially if you laid aside your disguise.' I feel sure my hair had gone wrong again. "And what shall I do then?" I asked, feeling that the long period, of suspense would be intolerable without soma cc- oupation to divert my thoughts. "What should you have done at Wok- ing, madame?" Mr. Pelham asked. perti- nently. "I think I should have walked a great deal in the woods." "Unfortunately there are no woods at Stoke Newington, but there are other attractions for a lady. There are shops and -Are you fond of music?" "Music I echoed, jumping at the suggestion. "That is the very thing. I want to learn the piano." "In that case I think I can suggest the very thing that would meet all require- ments. I have a sister living there who gives lessons in pianoforte playing. She would be happy to give you boon and lodging, and thpre would be no necessity for explanations, which iniaht be requir- ed. elsewhere. I myself live at Stoke Newington, and if it is agrepeble to you -we will go at once to my sista,: .net and. arrange the affair." I accepted this offer eager l r the notion of learning music fire a ima- agination with the wildest h. . In ray ignorance I thought that ;pric- ing all day I might in a incr. L. able to play as well as Judith Bell. And. that night I took up my quarters under the roof of Miss Janet Pelham. ruts.' I have been jealous of him, since you came here, and this feeling has grown, not without navel, until it is too great to be concealed. It levees me On to this last point. I can be silent no longer -hide my passion no more. I must speak and end the torment in which I live. The Vitriol that was thrown into his eyes is nothing to the corroding venom that scare my very soul and blinds my reason when I see him take your head"— "Oh, Air. Kavanaghl" "No, no -you must hear me out now that I speak, for it may be the last time. You are all in all to Tares. You are with him every hour of the day. He loves you -you must know that." "If I knew that, I should. not. I could not, stay with him," "Tell me that again," he said eagerly, "for if you do not now that it is be- cause you do not love him." "He does not love me. If I thought it necessary to defend myself, I could tell you why." "I do not ask for explanation. It is enough for me that you say it is so, and I thank God for it. Forgive me if have offended you. You must forgive knowing how, deep my passion is by the mad lengths to which it has led rue. Look in my face -see how my hand trembles. Oh, if you knew, as one day I hope you shall know, what I have done to make you mine" He paused. as if perceiving that his passion had brought him to the edge of an abyss. "You frighten me. Let us go. You hurt my hand," Judith said in pain. "It is past. See, I am a rational be. ing again now. There, you are free to leave me if you will, but for pity's sake give me an answer now. I swear to abide by your decision, and if you bid rue g0 I will go, and you shall never see my face again. You have told me you cannot marry, but not why." "I do not know. It maybe only sell- thuent that makes it seem impossible- & feeling that I ought not to marry." "If it be only sentiment, reason will in time prevail. Take time to consider Illy offer. It is too, grave a question to be decided in one moment. Until now the idea of being my wife has not pre- sented itself to your imagination." -Indeed it has never entered my thoughts. I have regarded you always as a friend --a most generous and loyal friend -but not-not"— ''Not as a lover. No, my manner is against me. Flirtation is odious to me. Love seems to me too great a thing to be frittered away. Amen should have one passion and no more, a grand passion to winch all ends are subjected, and such a love I offer you. Think of me during the coining week not as a friena only, but as a lover, and next Suna ay let me know my fate. I ask you now only to promise that." "I promise," said Judith faintly, "'With all my soul I thank you. Rest assured that I shall not attempt to alter your decision. It shall be final. If you tell me that you cannot be my wife, I shall throw up everything on the mor row and leave England forever, Come. let us go back mere friends as we came. Your father still there -see." Judith made no answer. She may have been thinking, as doubtless Kavan- agh intended she should think, of what woul befall her father if she refused to marry. I thought it advisable to tell Mr. Pel- ham of the discovery I had made, or at least part of it, and that, I confess, not the least important part in my estima tion. An opportunity occurred that evening. Mr. Pelham had brought his sister home from church, and being induced to stay to supper with us we were left together while the precise Miss Janet was changing her churchgoing dress. "I am delighted to see you. looking so well," said he, smiling, as he seated himself opposite to me and drew off his gloves. "You look ten years younger than when I saw you last Tuesday." feel ten years Younger," I replied. Indeed I had not felt so happy and hope- ful since the day I returned to London. "I have been in the country to -day. and -and I have something to tell you." "It must be good news to have had such au effect upon you." "It is good news. Oh, better than any I have dared. to hope for!" ',said, thinking only of Judith's positive assur- ance that Tares did not love her. "I have found. out Kavanagh's motive -a motive which explains every act of villainy he has committed." "That is a very satisfactory discovery. At any rate, it is to me; for, as you may recollect, I intimated that some special purpose must have induced him to take Colonel Bell's affairs in hand." "He had a special purpose. He is in love with Mr. Bell's daughter, Judith, who was engaged to George Gordon, and to -day he has made her an offer of marriage, threatening to throw up every- thing and leave England at once if she refuses" "You don't say sof" exclaimed Mr. Pelham, regarding me in astonishment, not unmingled with perplexity. "Has Miss, Bell consented to marry Mr. Kavanagh?" "No, she is to give him a decisive claimer next Suoday." "Next Sunday -hum!" He held his head on one side and looked down on the ground exactly . like a bird, at an empty husk, and then perking up he asked, with a little hesitation, "Have you anything 'else to add?"' "No; that is all r have to tell you." He regarded the husk again, seriously this time, and twiddling his thumbs ob- served: "Well, really, I do not see any great cause for exultation over this affair, for if Miss Bell consents your friend, Mr, Gordon will lose his sweetheart, and if she refuses he may as certainlylose a considerable part of his fortune., "I was not thinking of that," I con- fessed, sobered at once by this plain statement of the position. 'But George Gordon will be back before they could be married." • unration: "Ey Jove, what a glorious view!" "This is my favorite walk. When it is fine, we come and sit here for a time," Judith answered. "A pleasant suggestion. Shall we rest a bite" I heard the rustle of Judith's skirts as she seated herself, and then Kavanagh speaking again: "Ala there's the Grange below there, and Tares with your father." "Poor papa! Even from here I notice the change in him. He used to sit so erect." -It's that detestable office. He sticks at it too close. He is there bending over Iris desk from morning till night. It is too 'much for a man of his age. Why should he? A lad at 1;3 shillings a week could do the work he does." "Happily he does not know that." "Unhappily I think he does. That blundering idiot, the accountant, made it clear to lxim that his share in the busi- ness was practically nil, and. knowing that but little persuasion is needed to make him retire." "How can he retire if he has nothing?" "He might have all he needs." "You are thinking of Tares' generous offer." "No: I know your father's character too well to believe that he would. accept any offer from Tares or from me that carries the smack of charity with it. It is only from his daughter that he could take a gift and still feel independent. You owe him still for all he has bestowed on you,' "When the trouble came last year, I gave up all I had saved. It barely cov- ered the house debts. I cannot rely on receiving to the end of papa's life the salary Tares pays me. It is more than I ought to take. I know that, but 1 have sacrificed my own little share of pride with this very hope you point to. fah, have thought of it over and over again, But how can I give papa a home when any future is so uncertain? It would be dreadful to take him away from busi- ness and, then find 1 had not enough to support him" "But your own future need not be an uncertain one. You have it in your power to offer him a home and sur- roundings as pleasant as the Grange be- low there -a home in which you might be to him what you now are to Taras." "I could do this -11" she Murmured. in a tone of bewildered surprise. Then, after a moment's pause, she exclaimed in expostulation, "Mr. Kavanagh i" "No, I cannot let this hand go until you have heard um out and J. know whether there is hope for me or not," he answered, with low and passionate firm- ness. "It is time to speak. I have been silent as long as silence was endurable - masking my feelings toward you as only one with my earnest desire could. 1, love you, Judith! I have loved you for more than a year -from the first day I met you. I loved you hopelessly until George Gordon threw away the treasure that his soul was too base to value. Since then I have built every hope upon the possibility of maleing you my wife." In that instant it flashed upon me that here was the secret motive for which we had been searching -a motive stronger than avarice. It was to rob George Gordon of his sweetheart and his fortune that we had been kidnaped. and sent to Siberia. • CHAPTER XLV. I DISeoVEtt THE FIRST CAUSE OE' KAVA- NAGH'S VILLANY. Miss Janet Pelham was the dearest lit- tle old maid that ever lived. She had the bird -like alacrity and cheerfulness 4of her brother, but with a sweet and amiable disposition which was less per- ceptible in his character because of the restraint imposed by considerations of professional etiquette maybe. But in- dulgent as her nature was, Miss Pelham could not permit me to practice scales on Sunday. Possibly she felt for her neighbors, for the walls were thin, and they certainly heard enough strumming for six days of the week to entitle them to a day's rest on the seventh. But the inaction which was a godsend to them was intolerable to me, and. so on the sec- ond Sunday I put a little parcel of pro. visions, which I had bought over night, in my pocket and left Stoke Newington at an early hour. There was but one place in the world that had any attractimiefor me, and that was Betterforcl, and with a wild feeling of freedon and hope, heightened by my love of adventure and the sense of risk ran, I took the first train from Water- loo to Woking. I was alone in the compartment when the train started, and taking advantage of this opportunity I carefully pinned on the pieces of false hair I had brought with me and put on the thick, spotted veil to complete the disguise. A very beautiful fir wood lies at the back of the Grange. It slopes down to the common, and from a path winding round. the hill, at a certain point, one ob- tains an unobstructed view of the Grange and its surrounding grounds be- low. A seat has been fixed there, for this opening commands one of the finest views in hurry, the undulating country spreading out beyond the common as far as the eye can reach. . It took me by surprise when I looked. -down and saw the Granee lying open to my observation below, °It seemed as if something more than hazardhad guided me to this- spot, must be lunch-time," I said to my- self, seeing no one in the gardenI am hungry too. Perhaps by the time I have eaten my lunch Tams will have finished lais. Then he will come out to smoke a cigar and look into that wonderful world he spoke of I sat down and ate the saiadwiches ' had brought Then, after waiting with terms he can with the company. That, I think, is fairly presumable when we bear in mind the, nature of this unmiti- gated scoundrel and. the extreme danger in which he stands 011 the other hand, if Miss Bell refuses to be his wife, we may be equally confident that he will put his threat into Practice -sell everything arid fly -the one inducement to expose himself to the risk of discovery and punisement being gone. Do you follow me?" (To 'us conuuLED) U. S. FARM EXPORTS, 1895. Four thousand dozen frogs were last year exported to France In the shape of veal about 20,000 calves went abroad in 1895. Qaba took 392,204 bushels of Indian corn, paying $26,602 for it, American game last year was exported to the value of $17,393. The American fowl was exported last year to the amount of $51,889. American flower seeds were last year exported to the value of $30,000. Asia last year called for 91,371 pounds of tobacco, and paid $9,668 for it. India last year imported. from America 8,165 barrels of flour, paying $25,854. CHAPTER XLVL PREPARING FOE POSSIBILITIES. "Oh, I cannot marry!" said Judith, her voice betraying extreme agitation. "With Gordon's infidelity fresh in. your memory the idea of marriage must have been repugnant to you," Kavanagh. replied, "For that reason I havh sub- dued the natural impulse of my heart and controlled the expression of my dearest hopes even to the extent, I fear, of seeming reserved and cold. If Gor- den were dead and had died faithful to you, I should feel that Ins memory was still a bar which respect for widowed love forbade me to pass. But the proofs of his preference for a worthless woman, of his heartless treachery toward you, must long age have extinguished every spark of affection you felt for him or I am utterly mistaken in you claraoter. No; I would rather have you refuse to be any wife for another cause, much as that other cause would strain the bonds of a dear triendship," . That other cause -I do not under- stand you quite now "I will speak plainly, though I betray my own weakness. I am jealoias of Ta Africa last year consumed, 0,037,807 pounds of American tobacco, at a cost of $182Px1o30. 0hair, for plastering and other purposes, this country last year exported $505,020. China last year imported from the United States $13,946 worth of preserved fruits and nuts, Of manufactured linseed. oil there went abroad last year 62,718 gallons, valued at $37,303. is stated that 8871,465 worth of American preserved fruits were used last year in Europe. Peas and beans went abroad last year to the extent of 242,680 bushels, valued. at $429,002. The natives of the Celestial Empire last year needed 86,144 barrels of flour, and paid $103,375. Of pickled pork the Europeans called for 52,e66,893 pounds for which they dis- bursed 84,138,400. American corn was needed by Europe to the extent of 27,691,137 bushels,valueci at $14,630,767. American hams were needed in Eu- rope to the extent of 103,494,123 pounds, valued. at 810,060, 367. The slaughter houses of this country last year exported to Europe $904,071 worth of soap grease. Asia last year imported from the United States 11,004,e69 pounds of raw cotton, and paid e806,058. China last year consumed 92,400 pounds of American meats and dairy products, valued at $12,023, It will surprise most readers to learn that this eountry last year exhorted $1,581,891 of sausage etieings. Unmanufactured wool was last year sent abrouad to the amount of 4,279,100 pounds, valued at $184,463, Last. year the farmers of this country exported 331,722 cattle,for which they received $30,603,796. Dried beef, smoked and. otherwise, was sent abroad to the amount of 821,- 873 pounds, valued at $73,369. France imported lace year from the United States 9,463,994 gallons of cotton- seed oil, paying $776,317. American corned beef was exported last year to. the amount of 62,473,325 pounds, -calmed at $3,508,230. American canned beef last year went ahroad to the amount of 64,102,263 pounds, valued at $5,730,933. "That depeads on a variety of circum- stances over which -we have no control. In the first place, we must not carat too surely upon Mr. Gordon's escape. We have to trust in the honesty of Mr. Lazarus, the good faith of Peter Shemyl, the dishonesty of a long line of officials, and at any point we may be deceived. Then, again, three weeks is a long time, and a clever rascal may do much before it expires. If Miss Bell consents, he will naturally hurry on the marriage. With a special license they might be married in a few days. If Miss Bell was engaged to Mr. Gordon only three or four months back, she would probably wish to avoid publicity and be glad to get it over as quickly as possible, The moment they are married it is pretty certain that Kavanagh will accept the terms offered by the Potteries company and decamp. taking Miss Bell with him and leaving her father to make the best AGRICULTU PL HANDY SWILL TRUCK. One Can be Made at Home at a Cost of Three Dollars. I have a home-made swill truck which I like very much. I bought mi oil barrel, knocked out one head and bored a hole opposite the bung hole and of the same size. Then, at the blacksmith's, I got two old buggy wheels with boxes in, and the iron part of a buggy axle, and had the blacksmith take a piece out of the axle and shorten it so that it meas- ured two feet nine inches between the hubs. I had the axle for two inches back of each shoulder rounded, is Being square, and shoved it through the holes in the barrel until the ends were at equal distances from the barrel; then wedged all around the axle with some soft wood, such as pine. Then I made a frame, see 2, two feet eight inches from outside to outside, in width, and which THEORIES ABOUT DREAMS. may be of any length desired. Two irons, 3, of the right length to bend around the axle, wore bolted to the frame. I next put on the wheels, and the thing was done, I can put in 11 pailfuls of swill, and if pains be taken to wedge water -tight, I can fill it three-fourths full or more. To empty, tip the barrel and pour out, as the axle turns in the wheel and frame Here is the cost - 0110 barrel at store Two wheels at 50 cents One axle mai work Two axle irons and two braces.,.. 50 Bolts, etc 30 Totalcos „ . , $3 00 I threw in the labor for a good cause. From our dooryarcl to the hogpen is 200 feet. For eight months of the year my wife was carrying out the swill, if we men folks were away.. There was an av- erage of 12 pails a day for somebody. Walking the 200 feet 19 times over, or 2.400 feet a day, in eight months, count- ing 26 days to a month, gives us 208 days. and 49.200 feet in a year. In 25 years this amounts to 12,481,000 feet, or 2,364 miles walking; at 300 Piiles a day, this would occupy nearly 79 days. In 25 years one might have to expend $15 for trucks and repairs. Anyone who carried the swill would earn about 2 cents a day. Young married man, do you, wish your wife to work for 20 cents a day and board herself, when if you have a truck standing by the door you can take it right along on your way to the barn without extra stepse-Rural New Yorker. $ 70 1 00 50 If science has dispelled such old wives' fables as that to dream of a marriage signies death, or to dream of a cat means an enemy, she has added to the subject mysteries of her own. One scientist sys- tematized these subtle premonitions to make them available for use and guid- ance. To quote his opinion: - Lively dreams are a sign of the ex- citement of nervous action. Frightful dreams are a sign of deter ruination of blood to the head. Dreams in which one imagines pain or injury to any part of the body indicate disease of that part. Dreams of distorted forms are a sign of obstruction or disease of the liver. To dream of fainting indicates a weal,: action of the heart. Gentle, pleasant dreams are a sign of a slight irritation of the head, but in ner- vous fevers often indicate the approach of a favorable crisis. Dreaming is an experience common to humanity, though it varies widely in different individuals, and in Ji few ex- ceptional cases is absolutely unknown. STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT. The Proper Stacking of Grain. Too great care can not be taken to have the stack so built as to turn the water from rainfall, In a wet season only the most carefully constructed stack will escape without damage. One of the main points is to have the stack high in the center and as solid as possible at the bottom. Some make the mistake of pil- ing the loose grain in the bottom of the stack. This will settle more rapidly than the outer layers and form a depression. The bundles will slant inward and the stack will take winter. Every bundle must slant outward, especially in the upper part of the stack. At the point where the stack begins to be taken in, an extra circle of bundles should be laid so as to make the stack higher in the center than on the outside. The mistake is often made of keeping the center too high in the lower half of the stack. When the upper half is redched there will be great danger of the sides slipping out. The center is then permitted to become more flat as the top Is reached. The bottom of the stack should be perfectly circular, otherwise a good stack can not be made. As a rule tee stack should be smaller at the base than the middle. This will have the effect of causing the outer bundles to slant downward, as they will settle faster than those in the middle. One side of the stack must not extend farther out than the other or it will lean when finished or will settle to one side and most surely take water if there is much rain. The top of the stack need not run to a very high point. Flat tope are of course to be avoided, but draw in gradually and do not run up too high. It is best to use a fork in stacking, as the operator can then avoid stepping on the two outer rows of bundles, and they will settle most in the end. The center of the stack will also be firmer and will settle least. The work will not be so difficult as when the operator uses his hand s Chicks Not Pipping the Shells. A reader requests us to discuss the cause of chicks not pipping the shells when just about to come out. He states that whenever he assisted them they in- variably died. The chicks were Light Brahmas. There are many causes, the most frequent one being that the eggs came from fat hens, the chicks from such being weak. Another cause may be insufficient warmth imparted by the hen, while there are instances when the shells are very thick and hard. Any attempt to assist such chicks usually results in loss, as it is an old maxim that any chick requiring assistance is not worth saving. The best remedy (though not always efficacious) is to have a pan of warm water ready, the temperature to be about 106 -not over 107 -degrees. Put the eggs in the warm water just before they are pipped and leave them in the water two or three minutes, placing them again under the hen quickly, so as not to chill them. They may be wiped partially dry. Be careful and not expose them to a draft of air. Home-made Soap. Soap which you can make at home is prepared as follows: Add three pounds of shell lime to five quarts of water and three pounds of common washing 'soda. Boil these together for half an hourand stand all night to clear. Draw off the lye, and add to it half at pound of com- mon resin and three and half, pounds of fat Boil for half an hour, pour into a deep tin, and when cold, out into bars. ,,When soap -making, if possible, use a brass pan. MANURES. When to APPlY Manure—Stable Manure. The practice of applying stable manure in the winter season has increased in re- cent years and many progressive farmers haul it from the stable and apply it as fast as made, experiencing little or no loss In doing so if the land is of such a nathre as not to be washed by rains or melting snow. The Ohio experiment sta- tion has given the result of manuring at different periods, which is of special in- terest in view of the still quite common unbelief in winter manuring: "Ori Feb. 19, 1894, it applied 15 tons of manure to the acre on a timothy sward, and on the 1.W: of April applied the same amount to a companion piece of timothy sward. The first crop of corn is not reported upon the bulletin giving the yield of oats for the second year's crop. It appears to have been the object of the station to test the residual effects of the manuring. The second crop stood 72.96 bushels of grain and 1915 lbs, of straw on the piece man-, used in February, and 89.84 bushels of oats and 1,865 lbs. of straw on the see - ion reinsured in April. On the duplicate plats similar results were secured, 71.95 bushels of oats and 1,797 lbs'of oat straw being taken off the lot manured in April, the oats measuring 69.53 bushels and the straw weighing 1,775 lbs. In this trial the results corresponded with the opinion of those favoring manuring in the winter. Presumably the good ef- fect of early manure was due to the first applicaticia being better washed into the ground so that the growing crop found for its roots manure more perfectly dis- tributed in the soil. "An unmanured lot accompanied the trial that gave of oats 63.37 bushels and of straw 2,012 lbs. The residual effect of the manure for two years was distinctly inauffest. The yield of oats was a large one, indicating a favorable season, so that it is probable that the true measure of residual effects of the manure was not shown, as the crop without manure ap- proached what by ninny would be termed fin ideal one when viewed from common practice." The value of stable manure is usually calculated from its contents of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash alone, with- out regard to its effect upon the soil in other direcetions. So eminent an au- thority as Dr. E. H, Jenkins writes that Its value does not wholly consist in these things. "It serves to regulate the heat and moisture, and so the nitrification in our soils -the humus producing organic mat- ter, those things which when properly rotted prevent the black mold that holds and carries water like a sponge, from be- coming hard to work and cloddy. This humus, to which no money value is at- tached, is the valuable part of the man- ure, hence it is important to have with the excreta of the cattle an adequate sup- ply of litter, and that litter serves a double use. It is not simply an article of comfort or luxury to the cow or a means of keeping her decently clean. It adds very largely to the value of the manure, decaying along with it and forming humus which serves these important uses in the soil, Bedding is not used as ranch as it should be. Wherever a black pool of dung liquor is standing in the barnyard or a constant trickle of the same liquor is running off to some water supply' there is a sign of loss, "It is quite possible by use of extra care and some outlayan the beginning for manure sheds without the purchase of extra cattle, to double the manure pro- duction of a large proportion of our farms by the free use of litter and ra- tional handling of the manure heaps. The truth of the statement is easily de- monstratcl. The belief is that on a very large number of the farms in this state that could be done without lessening the value of the manure pound for pound, as calculated from As fetilizer ingred- ients. "If manure is exposed to leaching it Is to be expected that it will lose the greater part of its value. Having protect- ed the pile from these losses the most important thing for its preeervation is to ha -re it made level and tightly packed in the heap. A heap thus made may yet lose in a half year by fermentation a quarter'of its nitrogen and a third of its organic matter. This loss af nitrogen can be wholly prevented and the loss of matter reduced to two-thirds by the use of preservatives. The two preservatives which our present knowledge seem to be the cheapest are superphosphate gypsum and kainit. For manure to be used mod- erately on heavy soils perhaps superphos- phate Fypsum is preferable; on light, sandy soil, kainit. For preserving manure there may be used from 1 to 1ee pounds of mixture of dissolved South Carolina phosphate rock and 75 parts of plaster. Of kainit the proper amount pereday and head of stock is 134 to 2 pounds." Tears are becoming to some eyes. Truth has more enemies than friends A widow's weeds may blossom as the Tose. Women over 20 and over 70 tell their ago. The hest cooks are not always the sweetest tempered wives. Caesar would have been humble with- out his night -key at 3 A. M. Sorrow adds beauty to the character when taken in broken doses. Men and women in love imagine themselves in pretty much everything else that is unrestful. The roan who thinks only of No. 1 forgets how many millions and millions there are between that and infinity WHEN AND WHAT TO READ. If you are getting lazy, read James. If you are a policy man, read Daniel. If your faith is below par, read Paul If there is no song in your heart, read David. If you are getting sordid, speak awhile with Isaiah. If you are getting weak-kneed, take a look at Elijah If you are just a little strong headed go a.nd see Moses If you are impatient, sit down quietly and have a, talk with Job. If you feel chilly, get the beloved dis ciple to punt his arms around you. If you are losing sight of the future, el ha b up to Revelations and get a glimpse of the promised land. Board Stains. Ink stains on boards may be removed Ir using either strong vinegar or ealts of lemon. Another recipe,if the above fails, is: Scour the boards with sand, wet with water in whieh a few drops of oil of vitroil are mixed,theii rinse iii sod,, Water. Another Potato Peat. Another potato nest is proving very destructive iu parts of New York state and perhaps elsewhere. The bugs are g to 1 inch long, color dead black or dark slate, bead rery shiny and small and voracious eaters. Prof. J. A. Lintner, state entomologist of New York, to whom specimens were sent, writes: This is the ash -gray blister beetle, Mac- rolrasis unicolor. They are a well-known potato pest, although by no means con- fining their depredations to this plant. From the immense number in fehich they frequently appear and their vora- cious feeding, they are at times very destructive in potato fields. Their com- ing is often quite sudden. A field may be strongly invaded by them where the pre- ceding day not one could be seen. A cor- respondent has stated that "they feed to- gether in swarms, and seldom fly in there. daytime. They will commence to feed cell one row and 'follow it clear across, and ear do not jump to adjoining rows till the ir7- ond of the patch is reached." Paris green Is probably as good an insectide as can be used for killing them. Pyrethrum, or insect powder, would act more quipkly, but it is more expensive. Dry lime dusted over the foliage would serve to protect it. They may also be driven away, aria there are those who would recom- mend the plow, in consideration of the service that the laryte of this spe.cies and of other of the blister beetles render in the destruction of the eggs of grasshop- pers, upon which they live to a large extent It has been noticed that the beet- les are often more abundant after a grasshopper year. BOW to' Pla00 a Broom. A broom when not in use should al- ways be placed in a holder to fit it. Those who wish to make one should place two large screws into the wall about two inches apart. Drop the broom between these, handle downwards. To Keep lioneY. Honey should always be kept in the dark, or it will granulate. The bees, knowing this, always work in dark hives, roofs, or trunks of trees.