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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-4-1, Page 2DR JACKS WIFE. Br ST, GEORGE BATIII3ORNE. CHAP' 'ER I. Night has just Fettled over the city and harbor of Valpraiso, the greatest seaport the OhlIlan coast ---an Oetober zig— wheu * hoet from. the elailian war vessel elnews nit aietageide the lauding known es the Mott One man only springs out, mad leis netimee heseen the atelier rather than the Ohne th tteueltest republic soorti, America, has recently been mental In the theme-, of civil war, anti the beaten gevernenut leader, Belem - vane uas ted over the mountains. His fate le Milt nave:Ain, and a close watch. Is nes ;Est in ell seeport teswas for the fugitive president, who is believed to perry with hint wennerfal treasure in ?re eines; g nue "Beenze nenhe. Senor nolenel," sings out Um clnonicer. in the stern-shees.s of the been 1tte men eekere resoends--lits vssiee and Wen -nein inerao hie nine-wenn-- 1feet nett °in!&ie3,1$ ::°I.4.,Fe3el pen., itt the bet wee, wen '7 reit,- ?mod inns eta:tees to nt ea tee wiauing side wieen ti termoontee. Sr. -mines; na tee ire -I, he pewee; tato the ete, aienng neenne fez a ceratin einessee, se; tnateet e.'24-eS an Menne- = tee letieeres this !elms is a twiny pet et' -sr ,s of war vessels, besides ere note easement, eVelsi ships Are in the nensets, eta nandeele et milers on thole- Zenist- mane tiling, liveln Antong others SAW Ins elian n-arr.bro Yaultee tars from *ht. s•rtiser Beltireore, now in port. aleuee newel frowns whenever be eight ; sne of uncle Sanns blue-jecnets, nor, tie.% the nenority of his countrymeu, han conetived an IntenSe hatred for ati Unntetee, will puffed up with the re- cent etetortee, behaves valiant fain with bar pawerful lattereofewar can even lay the Tinissee Statee nailer teibute. At the cerner a tile lightee Piaza Healright be cmines te a et4p-4 figure adveatiei out of the sbadow to greet bine s neure of wag:line-onbUk, colostal ern possessing the unmistakable et' a litnem, :Mere are many Eng - Lennon la Chile here the money from tne, tsght itheed aeress the sea con - teen' ractit of tne Itelustries. nenderon. ice: are a little late," re - Invite Ms Breen, sanewbae petorieblise 13 nil sea At la', it matter -he will net he nen; ter en :74. We bavs- b1 gene lea earee is in Oils hands, v.% atie" ren ras eeti;er, os if proud en CiniS 37, a enteenee. hie meet ea▪ ateefate teleraza. les aeliers were • areer T.v.401+1 tell hew 449 e a trFe3iflorte Wenn!. • nse inning battle. of ittsuse neve him ea 3,17i,V.ts•',se.I waved his sword nrier ti eine eage Teen to detele a yob:. P ire in nte if I erecter leet sangnine tleet rea :; -iee. end Fame dealinge °C7,1, ea ° VI:e"° el teer•-•elf°, 14 ill league tv0:1 net itee len Intienei North, has atinee el tee eneneta ;het plotted his ruin f err at eerie* out the pro- 'Ot htereentlit hiez to Chili at this a Ile ;lave:1 s,A1 not be satielled setvet letz,ret 117.,3 Wla,3143 Lt nes IA been etzeompleet • V el seeere,e me. Lord Raeltett; thelehe y stere ineineible; a born Ann ee,t Bennet priee boxer who had never nee, hie uteine," • ease tettil net meet Dieter Jack, my ds.ve gun I it tee $een S(M13 ,a his wale -m,1 s nnell as 1 bate ninneet. nen? elan wo will settle our tau an et 2", 204° gainers, but for the pre nit I en. eut ei work in the dark anttne him." len et ann-you aeair,:.-hle wife!" "Me Llear eereel, I woennier,ed her beinet ever n. w stint a men Enlisted as .1 tee. Leezze. Then I lest her -was t tlz entit the fever at Paris -took me six le nethe te3 neterate." igt, hombre. and * iat jive? vets Deetor Jack's wife 'alien I saw her again. I was furious, natent. elzerienee hien-theereet better of 'it -zeal Lzid -env to await the turn of th 3 tile. that eames to every matt who tee peteenea. It hie taken eeveral years, Vie Inez:tie ha e finally givers me the .013.111!'.31 aneed. Be cemes to Chili on a reeree talelAt011e-to save the fortune he has inetelsel here -Avis net-fez:ironies hine agettnet hie wishes, for she is brave, de- voted I an already here; Englislunen are in favor with the Chilians, while Amerieans are hated. I am in luck. I lay ate plans, and here in old Valparaiso Doetoe Seek will meet his Waterloo." C ter...umbel what a mind for schem- ing I ita proud to serve you, to be your ally. But what do I inhale -that abom- inable smoke -see, it proceeds from that livens hugging yonder post within ear- shot We may be overheard." "Bahl it is the odor of a wretched oigarette-some Chilton lad lounging in the plaza; we talk in English; it is Greek to laim, never fear. Axe you ready for our little programme?" "Yel,11 mean our argument under the litly'e window at the fonda-yes, I have it in my mind, and will early my part. Experience has taught me that all tvoraen are jealous, and I must believe Doctor nestles wife is no exeeption to the general rule." "Ale" says the Briton, with a oh.uckle, "she has good. mason for jealousy; ette levee this man; I will cause her first to hate ' ' • "And then?" •"By Jove! I shall marry his widow in the end. Trust me, my boy, for that." ' "Do we go now?" "A.t once, colonel. Remember, 1 shell eppear very angry; an English gentlenaaza Its easily aroused. by such miserable treaehery on the part of a contemptible lansibarecl." "Of course -et is natural. You say glee • site mina at her open window?'? "Yes, for herhusbann his had to be 'way leant of the time, and owing to the suited state of the populace since the sepiame of the bit• he does not wish her abused utatteeded." "Take my tura, niilord. Now we shall rowed to the foncla." ,elae two eann.te,r across the plazae eater lightlag cigars, the small Again that leas beerehugging the post near by, seises, and irstead of a Milian youth liggve% to be a little man sporting attnir voey agoaizing though diminutive. eeettlreagy whiskers a. cnookered eat, • a tremendous 'bane, •. with an apens fer a haesile, whioh the owner svhenever be has occasion for deep Ws 7V. NA kat glItis kt.; cawn't quite understand it, you know. nomething told me Lord Rackett was up to mischief, so I kept out of Ids sigh• t and, followed him here. One thing I've tweeted that pleases me -they're ie Van, pereiso-I'll soon be able - to give Jaen the message I've carried over the sea, By Jove!: I must patter after this peir of clucks, you know, and see wbat they mean to do. Wretcbee cigarette -abomin- able odor -I'll wipe one the insult in gore, pan mall, I will," Thereupon the little man's slender legs fairly Uy as he hastens to overtake those whose couversation a peculiar freak of fortune has allowed him to be. The hotel looms up-cmite a fair -look - g building for Valparaiso. Already the pair &seed seem to hare opened up a warm tliscussion-men generally raise their voices when they beeome heated in argue:smut-and as seems quite natural, they oome to a pause close to the walls t g the foede, as a hotel is known in all Spanish mutinies. Nos more than ten feet above the side- walk time is an open window; through this a stilt light escapes as thougb a amp were turned law; and as the voices of the men sound upon the night air, the flut- ter of a white shawl or some similar fend- ine garment miglat be noticed in tient quars.er. say it is a burning shame, colonel; Inn a stogie man neeself, bet I have no patience with a sceutlrel who would de- rive his wife, leave her at some hotel, and go off to flirt with a praty girl who has caught Ids eye." "Beial they're pretty much aline, mi- lord, these beuedicts; I've no doubt tilos eelaor Eras' wife believee bint to be per- , tectiou. hien are deceivere even you knew," lauglas the Chiliaus. "Jove I've a notion to lind out where his wife is and. tell her of his treachery; yes, prove It, if nee'1 be, by tentag her 50 eee bine in the conipany of the lovely Senorita Alerilla de los Vegos." "Cospital man, she would not go," "Thou I shall horsewhip him OA the plaza. I tell Ton I once knew this liely and worshiped ber, Colonel Garcia, and. my honest British blood boils at her husband's cowardly act" "Go slow, ray impetuous British lion. baVe heard of the "Yankee, and Doctor Jaele. has the reputation, of one who fears neither man nor doll. You are brave, but even that =lett not save you in an manometer," "An English geutleraan neverlets suck houglot eoufound nine Win or low, it would melte no difference; in the service lady whom be respects he would is life. You are sure you saw him with the autiful and tvealtby senorita wbo so near trapping 33alroace.da before bis ecret SNOW" • "1 will stake my life on it -he kissed hand and boned the lover. I can :Illy Memo the Yankee, or Dios, for halt the men in aU Valparaixo would thrtugh fire and good at the nod of . pretty head." nehl 1 nes colonel, you, too, are in love." "Nombre, 1 adtnie the soft inapearb- :re %Seen 1 8.1.W this accursed Ito:Ikea nne faro': in her eyes, and receive the eves of love dun I would give my right level te Lave bestewed upon nay humble -ele1 statapee bis face on nay brain, and Ins name when she uttered. it." awe fiercely the dashing Chili= says his, as though he meow every word. "Tell mo what she said." ".1.11 1 heard, and it was enough to feleVO late a heart -flutter, too, was, `To the • Doetor Jack -she shall not come Letween." "eiteee! quite enough, I declare." "What was that -I thought I heard a low cry." "Nozesense, matt, there is so much con - ;elision arourel Valparaiso now, with sail- ers swarming the streets and soldiers from our vietorious army marching in squads, that all ananuer of sounds may :melte the ear. Let's find a (plot nook in a neighboring cello, where we can talk n en thine over and arrange our plan, By envoi it's a blasted shame. An Euglish- men tawn't stand by and see ening like title dono. Doctor nnek bas got to give up bis new idol-" "Or 1 shall make his wife a widow soan," grates the Ere -eating colonel. Then, area in arm, the twosaunter on, as though their halt bas beet an accident. In the window above a feminine figure is erouched-every word. has reached the etas of that faithful wife, but beyond the one low, involuntary my that escaped her at the cruel words repeated by the heartless Chili= soldier of fortune she has given no evidence that the conversa- tion thus accidentally held in front of the Valparaiso fonda, and under her win- dow, is of a oharacter to sear itself with letters of fire upon her brain. One minute later the light flashes up in the apartments occupied by the rioh American, Doctor Evans, and his charm- ing wife. Sixty seconds more, and there sounds a sudden knock upon the hall deer. "Enter," calls the voice of the lady, in Spanish, bus she does not turn her head nor desist in her search through the trunk for something. Througla the doorway steps the little man we have seen upon the plaza; the bright light reveals the wonderful pattern of his garments, anceltis generally dudish but ridiculous attire even to the insig- nificant little Dundivary appendages on either side of his face, which countenance it must be confessed usually boasts of a dull, vacant expression, possibly studied. As this epeoimen of the Anglotaania craze, in New York, stands there, one hand held out toward Doctor jack's wife in greeting, the other feebly caressing the left tuft of yellow down upon his off obeek, while bis cane is tucked under bis arm, the woman at the trunk, who lave tossed all manner of garnaents aside in her exolted search, gives utterance to a 'I have found it, and now to wring a confession from the lips of the scoundrel." She turns as the speaks. "By Jove! a revolver it is. Good gwa- deals, Avis, don't you weoognize nae- duse take these whiskers! It's me -your own cousin-" "Levey!" The revolver drops upon the floor, luckily without exploding, and in another minute the small man finds; himself aotually embraced by another fellow's ,wife. "Thank God you are here; just when I need you most, cousin. I am in a ()mei position, and without a soul in this city to help me," she vales, as she blushingly releases her small relative and sinks into a chair. Then she rapidly repeats what hag been seed beneath her winnow. "I know -the air is full of danger to you and yours in Valparaiso. I must see Zarok. as soon as possible; I bring him. a =wrap of importance from Quito - hunted for you in Santiago, chased you 13.49e9tly j)lace. But you nave your inirek nat on -what do you letend doing --make your husband. confess?" in a joking sort of way. Her blue eyes snap sparks of fires -- "If you bad mat come, Cousin Larry, be nve minima some one wooed have been bunting for a Colonel Leon Garcia, and before the hour that miserable chin ian °facer would be on his knees, looking into the muzzle of this pretty toy, and. confessing the truth to Doctor Jack's wife," ORAPTER II At 5ust the thee the boat front the Onilian gunboat lands alongside the Ifole'a man leaves the fonua that Val- pamiso is proud of, and. beads luta the city proper. A visitor from one of the capitals of Europe or the States inigbt turn up his nose at the idea of Valparaiso being called a great city, for there are lacking Juane' of the eleznents that enterprise has made common in the civilized world, but it should be taken into consideration that Chili is in reality a Spanish country, through the widest awake of all our South American neighbors, and that they do not take as readily to the wonderful advauces of the age as some other =elms. Besides, Chili has just suffered the agon- ies of a terrible civil war, and emerges 'with an added luster to her diadem; all she wants uow is a little time to recover, and then watch her advance with giant strides. Thus it may be accounted for that in- etead of gashing electric lights, stun us we are accustomed to seeing, even in utast of our small towns along the railroads, Valparaiso, recently the seat of battle, is dimly lighted with flariug gas lamps. Doetor Jack thinks lune of this as be leaves the hotel and strikes for the muter of the city; be bas delved into malty a quaint city of Europe, and in his travels has seen so mutat that is odd and belongs to a past age that with a traveler's ex- perience his philosophy is to tele all things as he finds them% and de the best possible. Once he turns, to wave his handker- chief to the figure in the window of the hotel and receive an answering salute, "Ga bless the deer girl, mutters Doctor Jack; "it's a beastly shame that she Should be compelled to endure what bas come upon as iu this warencited counter, but Avis would not allow ins M mil alone, and everything depended on my coining. Well, it looks as though the bite -gest success of tuy life had attended itee, mid in a maple of days moth well take the steamer, sail for California, and put in, the winter en our lovely place near Monterey. "I am more than curious to know what the writer of this note has to say coneerning tbe secret nxission that brougitt me to Obill-the vague bints thrown out do not satiny me. It may be he has news 01 impeetanee to connnunicate, or sti the other hand this little business me,y4 turn • trap. Doctor Jack comes prepared witb gold to buy this secret 11 11 Is worthy of a price, and wins cold lead to meet treachery." Thus meditating, tbe American trav- erses a narrow cello where the draught of sea. air causes the lieetts to flare, and fantastic, shadows to creep over the pave- ments like weird phantoms. Valparaiso, like all seaport, always has its quota of rough characters, and at this particular time is boiling over with ele- ments succeeding the late war -soldier adventurers spending the spoils they bare piened up, sailors deserting their shim and numerous rogues from the country flocking to the scene of Balmaceda's overthrow, as though expecting to and the treasure of the late goveriunent open the streets. Doctor Jack seeks no quarrel, thougb ever ready to defend hieuself against all comers. Ho knows the antipathy that exists In the Claillan mind at present against Anaericans, and hosv quick these natives are to spot a Yankee on sight - hence, he pulls the soft hat he wears far- ther over his eyes as be pushes along the dismal looking calle. Doctor jack can talk Spanish fairly well, and If asked a question may even reply in a tone that would cause no sus- picion to arise concerning his right to the streets of Valparaiso. Better a little deception of this sort than a. silly out- break that must betray his identity and cause a small riot in the city. His residence in the country bas been such as to make it profitable for him to imitate the natives in the matter of dress and habits as much as possible. The Chilians do not differ greatly from our own methods -the habiliments of a gen- tleman are much the same as we see every day, but in a few things they have their own oddities, and these are enough to mark a native in the street from a foreigner, just as we spot an Englishman on Broadway. The wisdom of Doctor Jack's policy is presently made manifest. At a certain point of the calle two vagabonds, who wear remnants of soldiers' uniforms, though this does not prove that they have ever marched under the Chili= flag, suddenly confronts the American pedestrian and demand his money. Their appeal is not one of charity, for the outstretched hand holds something in its grasp that glitters like steel. Now, Doctor Jack has never been nig- gardly in his dealings with the needy; his 'hand and pocket -book are always open to the appeals of want, but there is something in his nature that invariably protests against having the hand of a footpad thrust into his purse and seize upon the contents: (TOM CONTMITEn.) Fertilizing Orchards. It is hard to get the soil too rich or too full of vegetable matter for the best . production of vegetables. With fruits the case is different. To secure the best results on thin land orchards must be fertilized, but it must be done with care and • judgment, as explained in The Farmees' Review. Excessive applica- tions of stable manure or other nitroge- nous fertilizer should always be avoided, especially after trees reach bearing age. Such applioatioes induce a rank, sappy growth that makes pear trees much roore liable to blight and will surely cause destructive rotting of the stone fruits. With apples there is less danger, and they may safely be fertilized quite heavily. Excessive woed growth is, however, slaver deeirable in a bearing orohatd of any kind. inhe trees shoold be carefully watched and be given such treatment as wilL give a crop of well developed fruit and at the same time a moderate growth of well matured wood. The /eaVes should always be of a dark rich green, for pinched yellow foliage indicates starvation. TWIN CARDEN CORN FODDER. throdding and r ceding It -A, Westera Ilan Best:tamed. Eaoh season brings improvements to the corn buskers and fodder cutters Whiell are of •especial value Where the season is short and farmers eau afford the machinery. nu some sections shred- diug has been doe with the common small grain thrasher. A Npusas coutrib- utor to the Ohio Farmer tells that, as a shredder, the thrasber used with all of the cylinder spikes and two half rewe el concave spikes is a decided success, doing the work rapidly and well -in fact, nand) more of a success than as a sbeller and cleaner of the grain, width Usually is left somewhat broken and not clean enough for market, though in good condition for feeding purposes. If, how- ever, the grouud has been wet and, is frozen when the thrashing is done, caus- ing the earth to adhere to the stalks, a considerable quantity of lumps of frozen earth about the size of corn kernels will be found, in the grain. If the corn is dry when thrashed, • there will be no difficulty in keeping the grain in bin and the stover in lerge qnantities in mow or ataok. Dry aus humus are favorable to this work; there- fore the huskers and shredders would be better adapted to that and other sections where the season is comparatively short and the autunan moist. The authority just quoted also writes; Ear corn can be sefely stored in large quantities when to damp that if shelled and piled up it would certainly be lost, As before Stated, the fodder must be dry A FEEDING RAO& When it is thrashed, for damp stover is a great material to develop beat when shredded anti stored in large quantities. ,A. little of the natural juice remaining withiu the stalk is not nearly so bad as outside moisture from rain or dew, The westom plan is to run the shredded sto- ver direetly into large reeks in the feed yards, where two or three men mow it away, just as they would mow or stark straw from the machine, being careful to keep the center fall and well tramped so it will turn water perfectly. A. rack 10 by 32 feet should hold a good day's tbrasbing, or about 12 acres of ordinary fodder,without making the rack very bigh. Racks are made by setting posts in the ground and nailing on fencing, be- ginning Lour or five feet from the ground and running them as high as necessary. To keep the thing from spreading, the sides are tied together by putting wires across and twisting them together with a stick to tighten them, Around the rack a =auger is constructed with fenc- ing boards and posts for the cattle to eat out of. The sketch herewith will serve to show the principle of constructing. It shows a srunll rack which is very Con- venient for feeding straw or hay in the yard, as well as for fodder, when it is made on a larger scale. The lowor part of the manger, below the opening for heads of cattle to pass through, should be boarded or tight for feeding fodder. The railing hbove the opening should be a strong pole or a hard wood 2 by 4. Chemical Study of the Potato. T. L. Watson, assistant chemist at the Virginia station at Blacksburg, in a bulletin on the Irish potato, considers the potato from a chemical points of view and.compares tubers growu in dif- ferent states. .A brief resume of the most important facts are: First. -The ratio existing between the specific gravity and sterols is not a fixed one, which is clearly shown, espe- cially in the comparison of the average of the Connecticut grown varieties with that of the other states. Connecticut shows a lower specifio gravity and a higher percentage of staroh by about 2 per cent than the Virginia grown va- rieties. Second. -The value of the potato, be- ing reckoned from its table use, based upon the amount of starcia contained, is very nearly the same -i e., approxi- mately the same for the three districts -northern, western and southern. The difference is slightly in favor of the northern growu varieties. Third. -That the starch content va- ries for variety and locality. Fourth. -That some varieties require more plant food than others, other oon- &dons being the same. A !foisting Crime. Ohio Farmer not long ago illustrated a crane used in some sections for haul- ing in corn shocks, it being much easier than to handle with a fork. Twenty to 30 shocks are hauled at a load and husked in the barn. It also saves fodder. For the post of the crane take a 4 by 4 inch piece, 12 feet long. The arra is 3 FOE geaseneceANDEIATYLING VODDEn. by 8 inoheS, 3 feet long and braced as you BOO. The post is fastened by bolting two planks to it, one above aad one below, making a 4 inch hole in the upper plank and a 2 inch hole below, to prevent it from dropping down. For the hoister take two pulley, a double one above and single one below, with n 75 foot vane. MOSS OACKE0 PASTURE. .-- Lrour Plans Suggested by Which It May Be Toned 1113. "How to tone up amass backed stony pasture," was the subject of letters from several progressive men to Rural New Yorker. (4, Al. Clark, writing from Connecticut, advised stirring the most np. He uses for this purpose a steel frame, reversible, cutaway harrow, with special heavy dies 5 feet long, which can be bandied by two horses. Witi that machine be entirely destroys the moss and secures a nesv growth of such grass as he may desire to plant. He has found it useless to put eonunercial fer- tilisers on this class of laud without onl- tivation. E(e says that it will pay, bow - ever, to use yard manure or commercial fertilizers and use them liberally, and it pays to clear the land from rocks, H. 3. Wheeler, Rbode Ieland station, advises breaking up the land and giving it a good dressing with lime, supple- mented with potash, phosphorie acid and nitrogen. That is what has been done on several acres of the experiment •station farm at 1014st-on on light, sandy loam. Ou a heavier. Olayey piece of land, which was practically a bed of moss,. by the use of lime a magnificent crop of beets has been growu, where *without it it was impossible to grow them, and the land Where the clover was sown in the spring as perfeetly covered with as fine a tand as one could wish to see. -Open the plot beside it, which receivtd the same treatment -that as, the 6a mo eultivetion and mauuriug with potash, phosphorie acid and nitrogen -with the exeeptiou of the lime, 11101114Se 04111Q ill abundantly, and the clover gradually turned yellow and disappeared. The ex- periraenter may be frightened at the first cost of lizue aucl phosphoric) acid, but the writer believes that after the first year the amount of fertilizer required to keep the soil iu condition will probably be very small, so that in the course of the first eight or ten years the net cost for tbe entire time will not be so greet as to preclude profit, provided there he -moisture enough to support the grass crop. Professor j, P. Roberts of Cornell sta- tion, N. 17„ advises 20 to 40 bushels of properly slaked lime applied early in the spring and 1 pound of white clover, 1 of zed clover and 12 to 15 pounds of timothy seed per acre, In addition ap- ply 100 to LA pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. With a common spike tome harrow :warily tbe ground until the sur - fare, is thoroughly broken up :mil the Fell aerated; theta roll. Inilese the land he extremely dry aud t1a islants fail ter want of moietere, this treatment ehouin result in covering too in the couree of oue or two year with a luirly sod. From the Storrs Connecticut station 0. S. Phelps advises, in eatez plowing and cultivating is uot deeired , as fellows tiso 400 or 500 pounds of fine ground raw or steamed bone and 500 or Coe pounds per acre of air slaked lime, both to be applied this fall. As early in the spring as the snow is gone from the field sow at the rate per acre of 5 pounds of red clover, 5 pounds of cleaned sniall redtop (Rhode Island Bent) and le pounds of lieutucky blue grass. If the soil be moist at the time and immedi- ately after sowing the seed, a .cousidera- ble part of itwill grow, even though no effort be naade to incorporate it with the Banter Stores For Bees. 'When natural stores are found lacking 50 the brood chamber, the best substitute is a sirup made of granulated sugar, Which should be fed iu the autumn as CLOD) WIRE NETTING A SIIITABLB PERCOIATOE rapidly as the bees oan manipulate it and store it away. If several pounds be given at a time --placed iu a shallow vessel, with straw or silver floats in the top story of the colony to be fed, just at nightfall -it will be stored away quick- ly, so that in a week at most the full *inter stores will be completed. Tbe bees will seal hover better if fed slowly at last -that is, enter the main feeding. Sirup made by percolation of colcl wa- ter through a mass of sugar and then through some porous Material, as cot- ton, i wbat is called a completely sat- urated solution, says The Farmer's Ad- vocate, which, in this eonneotiou,oalls attention to a good sort of percolator taken frets a manual of instruetion on agriculture itsued by the department of agriculture. Buckwheat. honey is now much used fer feeding, as it answers as well as white honey and is worth only about two-thirds as much per pound. A Famous silo. A New York exchange reports as fol- lows on Governor Morton's silo at El- lerslie farm: Tbis year • tile corn crop covered 200 acres, in four or five lots, the largest being 91 acres. It was out by a patent harveeter, which divides the stalks and ties them with string. The bandies are carried to the barn on Wag01.1S, 01.1t up by is machine which handles one ton in two minutes and car- ried by elevators into three silos 40 feet deep, to suppiy 325 cattle during the winter. Tho cutter is run by steam, the harvester by horsepower. Eighteen teams were employed and 43 hands, in- cluding 20 leaders, 18 teamsters, 8 eux- ?owlets, 1 boy to hold horses at cutter and 1 weighmaster. nd: A CRIPPLED SHADOW. THE REX 11,MAE LE STATEMENT OP . A.S. DAVIS OE TTTTOISIA. Stricken With Ithounlathon„ no Wasted to .Puitt• Strichou• Sioulevo,BootolA A1.44 rt,11.4 mut • St re n gth. • PrOOt upon proof accumuletes that De. Williams' Pink Pills is the :gre.ateet medical:discovery 'of tbe 19th century, gallr;:liteft1111 piaQitlic'eNieVtitgOWStr Wreldae again substantiates the claire that they cure when other medicines fail, "Eilatning that I 'ain a living Mafia, Mem of the: woudeeful daring proper-, ties of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, J, deem it my ditty as a grateful man to give my testimony for the :aia of such as are aillieted 4$ I Was. I am a resident of the Village of Vittoria, Oat.. an, have lived in the town or neighbor- hood all my life and am therefore well known and what 1 say can be easily proved. Titres years ago 1 was striein, t with and partially paralyzed, by rheumatism, and after being under the neve ef two physieians 1 was given up to die. 1 wasted to a human skel- eton; Mulling more than a crippled, shadow, I lost the use of my Masi entirelyand food Was given me by se spoon. Life wa-s not .Wertla Whig MA such an existone e was indeed miserabin, • Thus I awaited the :end to come --an end of human suffering toe awful to depict. As a last resort 1 was per- suaded. by my friends to t - medical treatment in the General IllloSpital in TOrOlItO, 0.114 after spending several weeks there came home dishearton.ed and even worse than before. While writhing in the pangs of pain, discaur- aged and ready to die. 1 heard. of Dr.. Pink Pills and of the mar- vellous cures they effected. While doubting that they *mild cure me 1 was prevailed upon to take them. The effect was mart °lions. For two long years. I had not .enjoyed asingle rest and. 1 then slept a sweet Sleep whichseemed 1.110 heaven to me. 1 revrved, could eat and gradually grew stronger and as 1 .gained strength my hope of living increased. 1 have taken fortpona boxes, which may seem large quantity to some, but be it re- membered 1 had taken many times their value itt other medicines- and had been declared incurable by doctors. The result as 1 am now able toundergo hard physical exercise, All ray large circle of friend's and acquaintance's welcomed me back in their midst and life seems real again. The fact in be- vond all question chat Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a lett and. only medicine proved succ.essful i•n reaching the germs of My diSeaSO and. saved me from a. life of nti:wry and pain,_ Again. say as a gratemi man that I conmot too strongly recommend this remark- able medicine to all follow being who are aftlicted with this, terrible malady. J et NS DAVIS, The above testimony is signed in Pr6Sellell °Lit:env WEns'rzu IntIrenie. teat Object. The great object of the gospel, so far as this world is concerned, is to bring men battle to this state of society, lost by the fall. They are estranged from God by MA - tura and "not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Christ reconciles men to God, and then all is prepared for obedience to the law of Goa, and society will be remodeled and sanctified. Till this reconciliation takes plaae we never need expect honest obedience, no matter how good the law might be. The man who rises no higher than the will of the people for his moral guidance will fall far below what he should. be. The "view of the world are the men who have sworn fealty to the throne of God. in all things. There never was, and never will be, a universal panacea, ia one remedy, for all ills to which flesh is heir -the very nature of many curatives being such that were the germs of other and differently seated diseases rooted in the system of the patient -what would relieve one ill in turn would aggravate the other. We have, however, in Quinine Wine, When obtainable in a sound unadulterated state, a remedy for many and grevious ills. By its gradual and judicious use, this frailest systems are led into convalescence and strength, by the influence which Qui- nine exerts on Nature's own restoreetives. It relieves the drooping spirits of those with whom a chronic -state of morbid des- pondency and lack of interest in life is a disease, and, by tranquilizing the nerves, disposes to sound and refreshing sleep-, imparts vigor to the action of 'the blood whichebeing stimulated, courses through- out the veins, strengthening the healthy animal functions of the system, thereby making activity a necessary result, strengthening the frame, and giving life to the digestive organs, which naturally demand increased substance -result, im- proved appetite. Northrop & Lyman of Toronto, have given to the public their superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate, and, gauged by the opinion of scientists, this wine approaches nearest perfection of any in the market. All druggists sellit. Blue Blood. The origin of the term "blue blood" is most suggestive. After the black Moors were driven out, of Spain, the aristocracy of Spain was held to consist of those who traced their lineage back" to the time be- fore the Moorish conquest. These people were whiter than those who had been mixed with Moorish, blend. The veins upon their white hands were blue, while the blood of the masses, contaminated by the Moorish infusion, showed black upon • their hands and faces. So the white Spaniardaof the old race came to declare that their blood was "blue," while that of the common people was black. The phrase passed to Inane°, tvhere it' had no such significance and was, in fact, quite arbitrary, and thence it came to England and Ameeicat-Chicago Timesnlerald. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, ete. Icoseee ire Stock. Lady (to dog fanciet)-What kinds of dogs do you hate Inc sale ?" Dog Fancier -Scotch terriers, Chinese pugs, French poodles and English setters. Lady -Have you any of those Ocean Greyhounds that I have read about I' Proved Ms Afrootion. She -Would you incur it tetrible risk tor the sake of proving that you love mo? .....1zaci you to marry MO