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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-6, Page 2JACK'S WIFE chipper, but Lary as of pre, triradip to 1 Avis. Larry already knows tne part he is the astounded doctor. to, play, and tbe doctor lias such cound- "Good heave! ray dear boy, hese you, eirie in tbe little an that be des uot been hi, a threseing machine, or engaged t think- it worth while to see him again. By ST. GEORGE RATIIBORNE. be a prize -tight?' gasps anek Evens, i Once more Doctor Jack passes through, amazed at the scarescrovr thus presented, t tbe streets a Valparaiso,iAtse7 etso evreonwdedt "Neither, deeh boy' says leerry, with t AS tb011gil QIX 4 helidaY, a ghastly grin, "I've been pawing the r the next few home, will prove whether carnal:en. wele ef Lothario-nemaking love Ite the t., fortutte means to sraile on him or net. senorita, and, by engei inade a glorious ;' Doctor Zack believes success comes to him suceese, as you can believe." — who deserves it. Ho has little reliauce on luck, though reed,o to accept ally chance CHAPTER X. . that -wanders his way, i Notielug the unruly elemerm ite the ,As Doctor Jaen surveys Cowin Larry crowd that jostles along the street, be from head to foot, he makes a mental cougratulates himself in the wisdom that calculation that if suck a condition 351, has led him to don certain garments signiacaut of sticcess beaeen belle the° .„ limb in vogue among Chillans at thie man who fails, for ehe dude is, indeedt • time, which with bis sunburned. face i , an objeet for conemiseration. end the wide brimmed ha h To not a soul, however, doea he confide the secret of where he has hidden, that treasure which he bas carried so far, and. defeuded as only a brave man emild. Who can tell whoe hoseile ears. may not be bent to catch his words? The secret must °ply be 'whispered let the tiolituee ef privacy, if spoleen at all. Larry has eanzething on his mind— this fact Doctor Jaek notices, and it causes him to watch the little xnan curl- stst the same tune he coddles n'n, allows him to pass for one of the obi- , ously. Perhaps he bas fallen in love with tion under the tone a the °tiler tnat tens eerie a yenta/aisle the beautiful senorita, to whom Doctor nine Tarry has not been quite suck a fool . This fact serves bira well later on, and. eight. As this thought flashes through though be bas undoubtedly Jaen owed his trouble on the precedieg as outward cireunastances wotinudiocyTrii eersinetu. eonsvabeeconunndtsetprkTress mails mud), Ids mind it troubles him, since the dude whehneci. byinisfertune. Evening is drawing near, when Doetor can be as etubboret as a mule once his An explenation is in order. Jack, drawn by some singular fate passes mind is made up, and. it is hoped he will Larry ie quite ready to give it be leis dowia the Calle des Arsenal d sail when they do. So Jack determines to put him on the rack, Larry knows something—that is evidene—and his megue once limbered presently discourses upon the subject uP- perinose in his tbougbts. "1 hay e weceived a lettah this 4. ns. —a communication of immense import- ance, dear bay. Tau wet:member the chawmer upon whose shoulder your bead weclined last alight. Well, she's given you up, Jaen," with a leer. "Glad. to hear it," says time werthy, heartily. "She's after new genie. Another elm bas risen above tbe barium, Sinel, by Jove! this one isn't mortgaged, eitber," pullbag at the shadowy friuge that adorns his cheeks, "Ani 1 to understand, it is you, Larry?" The small man puffs out his chest wt - he resembles a pouter pigeou. "I'm the vietini of her seeond passion CaSe of love at first sight. I faueled that she twerabled last night ethen I looked at ber—a powerful sight 0 inag- netism in that glance, dear boy," and he aceorapanies his words with a laugh, that puzelae the doctor. "And the wrote you?" be asks, suspi- ciouely. "Weed. it yourself. old cbapple—elean ease of goneuess frien the stare—poor girl." Thera ere only a few lilies:— "The Seinerite Marina de los Vegos' coutplitneute to 'nor Lawrence nedy, Eeu- bo$as.t he will eall again to -day, when she may reeeive hire in a more boseitable manner than last slight." Doeter Jack sneers ae the wording a the nom. To him it is as plain as the nose en Larry's ewe, or the eye -glass be loves te sport, The trouble may be in explaining It. Larry he's a hump of eon - cele ouc of all pe.partiou to his size. These small people are generally inclined to h* very inmereint, and Call strut about better than sie-foeters. "I'm afreld there's e trap baek of this, Lam. She may have eoneeived a sudden faney fee you, me lay. (sanded, but hate own way, and the little man can, when face to face with Colonel Leon Garcia. he pleased be quite dramatic. There is Behold, what a small thing Isindieth more to him Mau one would imagine 14 great tree The sarcastic flA4fl on Jack's first glance. face as be remembers the ridlculmie figure neon the senorita. until the aftertuxgt oecasiou makes the blood boil in the' whenrigged out in wbat he deehimedss other's He sees a amine to. make most leilling snit, with perfumed. sienna trouble, for as tad nice will have it 'sem kerchief and every hair on bis be1111 Of his henchmen bappea to be near by. piece, titts little daney of Gotham pre- mese lemma dere, hi- isbods d ID seems that he did, notventure to call ged 4 edie Seated himself at the nerY gate, which' tug, over 'with the desire eo make trouble, • on tlets previous night, wileu in conmarty dude, doctor sdedi with Avis, bent on disvoveringerel MCA- f. gun below, e gang ge yews" sailors in6 her litualiau& ha had Orland , emerge from, a cafe. They are not drunk, but inellued to be noisy, AS sailors on ' shore-leaee may always be expected to i prove, singiug snambes of songs, jonnag, i and Ian hie A ring with, the bell brought a Fer- vent, and. be was admitted to the luau slim where the seaorlta awaited him She seemed dreedfully etruct with leis appearauee, rather awed, /arty vowed, and Decor Zack coign vaeily believe it, eluce the dude in full dress Was eteougb to tate any one's breath away. They cbatted pleesautly, the senorita Sang numerous songs, and with such warmth that Larry was in the seveutle heaven of delight. He could not resist declaring leis love for We beautiful crea- ture, and en bis Imees proclaimed it. This produced. a &ADM the Chill= beauty demanded that if he adored lser bt must peeve the depth of his affection by ' reuounenig the frieudsleip of Doeter Jack and his wife and *ming wader ber tan- ner, wben he would be permitted to ; worship—et a dietaace. Larry's eyes 'work, °Rued, and be saw e snare spread for his feet. It was not 4 part, of bis game to be tripped up. If given time he might base pretended to acquiesce in artier to learn eomething the plane of the rich Cbillan beauty, but as be awl his friends exrected to sail in the morning this would notbe profitable. Mien it became evident that be was unwilling to obey her request, Slarilla descended to threats. She found an ob- stinate litilo roan in Lmey Kennedy. N othing could move him, and. ea another step was taken. The senorita clapped her hands and two native servante appeared, either of Is stroneer than led. ;ye. day in ruling whom should have Leen able to have de - the heat. and few will use yeti to further molished the dude. 'these the infuriated laer plane." woman tat upon him mueli in the roau- Lem' etette on.. eve end loots as wise ner in whieh Ow might have urged a as un c4,1 whilo ehres his comp:talon. pack of hounds after game. enall Ate Jt'; My dt.ar boy, you Larry groaned at his foollshness In don't weeny know ites I have made WO- coming without arm", but be was not the :nee e bfe stutly.Fe dealt eweatures ene to give in diet:met a desperate strug- Ines ;,, AtIn dares Reit gle. They found the tougbest little sub- nedy they have a it, . -ea. Yes, 1 ellen do ject hi the dude they had ever tackled. myself the leaser of tailing upon this Ile slipped from their grasp, dealt them chawinine senorita—she smiled at me sudden blows, scratched like a tiger eat, last niela"—enee aintott takes a fit in shrieked in their earn and gave them all suppreeshig his lauebter as he recollects tbe fight they wanted, for they were she awful looh on iarillas face, as she house servants and not soldiers used to made that wicked jah with her dagger, battle. and the agility with which Senor Larry Affairs were growing rather serious for sprang aside --"the will advance anotber Larry after a tine, and he began to fear step and allow me to kiss her hand to- he would be killed, as the senorita in day—the darling." fu rg was shrieking to her men to finish "Ana meanwhile manage to worm him, when by rare good. luck bis eyes fel your secrets out. Ah. Larry, take carer' upon hs heavy cane, which he had laid uneasily, for naueli i involvee. aside in order to better make love to the "Jerk, you've seen me in tight places. beauty. I'm no fool, if some people will imagine Upon this he pounced with the joy It. I shall have a elevah story arranged a shipwrecked mariner would feel should that will deceive the angelic cweature. land heave in sight. New energy seemed Trust me." given bine and he beat the two cowardly And Jack, remembering the past, feels servants until they howled for mercy and that for him to doubt the abilities of this fied, queer little genius is an insult—so he Then Larry bowed to the senoritd, who squeezee, his hand. no longer called for his destruction, but "Yew pardon, my boy. I might have seemed awed by his dilapidated appear. known yeu were ti e !aline to he easily mice, kissed, his finers to her, apologized deceived, and that what you attempted for kicking up such a circus in her house, would he with an eye to our suc..eess." hopcd tbey would niret again, "That's it,Jaek. 1 11.•lieve I can tarn from the scene, leaving her speculating the tablas on the senorita. While I ap- as to what an ordinary New Yorker pear to be wax -work in her hands, she might be capable of doing wizen a little will be dwopping, lentil that mey give us whipper -snapper could kick up such a a big pull. szo au retain comrade, until confusion. we meet again." This is Larry's story, though of course • "Be merciful, Larry. Don't lacerate the given y, and with other poor girl's feelinas teo dreadfully. Think embellishments. of the pangs of unrequited affection—of Probably he has learned a lesson, and a broken heart bowed down with grief, wiU not be in a hurry to again make love to a Chilian beauty. Doctor Jack chuckles there, quit it, doctor. Bang it, as this wretched specimen leaves him to do pax take me for a dreadful Don rehabilitate his form in other garment; Juan?" and Lamy rushes away with a and rub some vaseline upon the scratches grin on his monkey face --to meet the ou his face. divine senorita and engage in a little Upon the whole Larry has done well, game of deception where the keenest of and picked up several little points of in - wit will come out ahead. terest, at the expense of his best suit, Nor does Doctor jack see him again vvhieh is ruined. That seems to grieve for some hours. Indeed, the day is almost him more than any soreness of body, for spent when Larry once more shows up. he has believed himself almost invincible During the course of the hours spent in that checkered triumph of the tailor's together, Jack and Kirke Smith have art. come to a good understanding connected The adventure proves one thing—Marilla with certain matters, and their plans are has not given up her game, because foiled well arranged for the near future, though on the occasion whext she made such a of course subject to change in case of bold move. Doctor Jack would be uneasy necessity. on this score only for the fact that they Doctor Jack has managed to engage are to leave Valparaiso in a few hours. quarters on the steamer that sails north He notices a spirit of ugly unrest at dawn of the next day, and this has abroad. More than one little affair has beext done without visiting the vessel .& taken place on this afternoon between /Jailor whom he knows, belonging to the Chilian sailors and those belonging to ship Keneenew, anchored near the steam- American vessels, and. it is evident that er in the harbor, agrees to do the busi- there is bad blood between them. ness for him. Various things cause this. The Chil- As to the boat that is to wait for them ians have a foolish notion that the at a certain point near the Mole, Kirke powers at Washington favored the Bal - Smith looks out for this. Perhaps he is maceda government. The seizure of the not watched. At any rate,he finds a man Data, has had ninth to do with inflaming whom he buys body and soul—this fel- their minds, and probably the fact of low, having received such a good advance their recent victory Causes them to feel payment with rich promises for the fu- that they can insult the United States ture, is ready to do anything he is told. with impunity. If some inquisitive natives waylay him "There's trouble brewing," says Doc - later on with questions concerning his tor Jack, as he notes these things, and coming movements, and his business his experience has been extended enough with the Texan, he will have a cock -and- to make him a good judge. bull story arranged. to satisfy them, and Re Ms an a,pponitnaela at a certain threw therm off the trail. hour with Kirke Smith, who has been Thus Doctor Jack is fairly 'well satire absent from the city during the after - fled with the way things are going, noon. Larry has engaged to conduct Avis thougb a little anxious that it should be to the spot where they rendezvous. over, when he meets Larry again; the Trunks have been secretly smuggled from latter is getting out of a cab at the door the fonds, by a rear door and sent on of the betel and presents a, ridiculous ap- board the steamer. They flatter them- pearance—his clothing dusty, his hat saves that this leas been done without banged in, his face scratched, and the the 'Knowledge of hostile forces, and per - empty rim of a once glorious eye-glaes haps it may be so. (screwed into the cavity of his left optio Doctor Jack consults his watch. —.and yet above all the same old strut— "'Time I started," he says, and runs Whicb oauses a groan, however — the uziebs eintito bilge ai few last word e 'with familiar eitniteg and Larry, not quite ge • Again hard luck. A squad et Chilian sailors from the war vessels are pasebag by, perlaeps under the influence of liquor. Daring the eftethoon 4 number of rows have begun that were only smelled by the efforts of °facers belouging to the Balti- more. Thus there is bad blood, between the ewe; the hour is ripe for a Melee. , and, it only needs a spark to start It go- ing• Doctor Jaen is made aware of the fact tbat he is an object of solicitude to nu- ; meanie fellow -beings when some oue jostles him rudely. As he turns to ex- postulate another bravo Mess iuto bbu roughly on the other side. "Alma that's the game, 13 it?" gasps the Yankee, for the seemed blow hae almost taken his breath awity. Quiek to set, the American throws out his hand, and clinches hold. of the man Who has Inn given him sucli a vicioue whack wade bis elbow. Re makes one nauseular effort—the fellow goes spiniiing after his comp:mien, anti overtakes bine with such Iowa that both drop to the pavement together directly in the might of the sailors who have at this moment come together. Ono of the Chileans is struck by the heels of the last man mho goes down, In suck a fashion that be seems to imagine he has received a Lien. He turns with u roar, finds an Ameriean side him, and, as the worst indignity thee comes to him expectorates in tho face of the Yannee, wbo promptly knocks him down with as elven a blow as ever flew from the shoulder. Teat starts the fraeas, the echoes of which will rina around the world. It has been brooding all day, just as though a conspiracy bad been termed among the lower elements in Valparaiso to wipe out the prejudice entloubtedly existing against the blue -jackets of the United States Navy. The quiet street immediately Seem to all quar- ters men can be seen rushing to the spot. It passes from mouth to mouth "the 1 Yankee sailors have been attacked," mid, the enthusiasm, with which hundreds rush to the scene proves how ready they 1 are to join in the remised of mischief. Doctor Jack thus finds himself in the midst of ahowliug, fighting mob, against his will, it is true; but all bas happened so quickly that he cannot avoid the con- sequences unless he turns and runs, pwihesi, is hardly according to his prime - Of course, he is fairly able to look out for Number One under such circum- stances. Ile bas seen so much of adven- ture during the paet few yearu that there is nothing new to him in finding around him angry men striking right and left. An admirable boxer, he can deliver sledge -hammer blows, and at the same time, through hie agility, escape punish- ment. Those who run up against him have immediate occasion for regret. The Yankee sailors endeavor to keep in a bunch. They realize that their only safety lies in this system of tactics and hence whenever they come upon other detaclunents of fellow -tars from the Baltimore they join forces. It is incredible wbat a mob gathers— the streets become impassable—thousands crowd the scene, and the air is full of shouts and curses. One can believe the Americans will be torn limb from limb if they fall into the bands of these en- raged demons. They are separated again and again. Their utmost endeavors to keep in a bunch are frustrated by the very number of the mob, which surges between them. Many wounds have been received; the cowardly nature of the Chiller( rioters is shown in the fact that every stab is in the back. The cowards, numerically strong, dare not face the Yankee fists, but ply their blades at their backs. Unfortunately, relying upon the assur- ance received from the officials that American sailors would be protected from any outrage from. the rough elements that crowd the city, Captain Schley had the sailors leave even their knives on board ere giving shore -leave; but for this the brave blue-jacleets would have rendered a better account of themselves. For a quarter of an hour the fight rages. Here and there a side mob chases some unlucky tar separated from his fel- lows, bent upon doing murder. There is no question of right or wrong involved now—it is war to the knife. AU the fierce hatred engendered in Chilean hearts rises to the surface, and they hunt these Yan- kee sailors with the eagerness that niaxks the sportsman when in pursuit of game. Doctor Jack has been very ranch an- noyed to find himself thus in the midst of what he at first judges to be a drunken brawl on a large scale. Than it dawns upon his mind that there is something even more serious in •the disturbance and that a riot has •opened wheel will cost many lives. It may even extend to a naval battle in the harbor. Virho can tell? Ete has business in view, and desires to get out of this disgraceful affair as • speedily as possible; but the elements surrounding him prevent even a man of his determined character from doing what he &ewes. TO BE CONTINUED bo VARIETY IN EGGS. ;mopes xfloweing shirred, Scalloped and Curried Bggs and Egg Salad. •Even those people who have no re- igious principles concerning tee church ileservences of Lelit in many cases ap- ireciate the hygiene) valve of a radical !hang° in their menu at this season. dreat are the nutritious properties of • Ins and numerous the appetizing nethodS of preparing them, as Getal 5eueekeeping remarks, in preface to the ollosviog timely reeipes: • Baked or "shirred" eggs are delicious. $reak the eggs into well buttered egg ;ups and bake, season With pepper, salt Ind butter. Serve bard boiled eggs. ihelled, on lettuce or parsley, or on ;mall plates garnished with celery leaves, placing A tiny stalk or two bee tide each egg. For a novelty poached eggs may be terved on well buttered bob Grahana toast. Scrambled eggs are pleasingly furled ley the addition of stewed tome, - loss or corn, or a different flavoring inaY 10 Used. A little lemon juice is appetiz- sag. The number of omelets is legion, Peas, corn or tomatoes, codfish, salmon, :elery, orange?, onions, etc, all these way be used, and the omelets are often eked iustead of fried, Omelet,—Beat the yolks of 6 eggs with 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar ted a little vanilla. Now beat the svhitea and mix both parts of the eggs sagether, fry in hot butter that has not erowued and roll. It may be served with lam and have powdered auger afted sver it, Eggs may also be scalloped, Que ;method requires a layer of bread crumbs, thee one of sliced, cold, hard boiled eggs. Repeat, aud flually bake, adding pepper, salt, parsley or celery salt and a generous allowauce of butter. In place at' butter a white sauce is suitable. The eggs are sometimes scalloped With alter- aate layers of sliced mushrooms. Curried Eggs„—Slice and fry 2 sniall aniens, then add 2 cupfuls of stock and 3 tablespooufuls of curry powder. Cook few miuutes, thickeu half it pint of 'steam and cook again. Then slice 0 er 7 hard boiled eggs into the Query and simmer gently. Eggs With Musbrooms.—Cut into halves a eau of mushrooms. Stew the ' mushrooms in a little hot butter 10 or , 12 minutes, season with pepper and • salt. Next drain and place the mush- rooms in it shallow baking dish. Break • sufficient eggs to cover the top. Scatter - a few bread crumbs over these and dot • with butter. pepper and celery salt. Bake a very few minutes. Egg Salad.—A cupful of chopped cold potatoes; pour over it 3 • tahlespe011fUlS . Of bet vinegar, sassoned with white pepper, cayenne, mustard, salt and but- ter. FiVet eggs boiled hard. Slice tbe whites first and romove the yolks, Make o dresaug for the salad. Arraugo a lay- er of lettuce, add the potatoes, drained. Place tastefully the "egg rings," and over all pour the dressing. Aida 'Seed I °work. Aida work is a novelty and is special- ly recommended as work Whicla does not try the eyes. Time foundation is n very coarse canvaS material, not needing to be entirely covered by the design, as it NOVEL NEEDLEWollIt. is sufficiently decorative with small pat- terns worked as border or on any part of the ground. It is to be had in white, cretfna and various colors. The stitch is the ordi- nary cross stitch. Any putterns—sucb as are used for Russian embroidery—are applicable, as the novelty is more in the niaterials used than in the patterns or stitches. Orange and Almond Salad. The Boston Cooking Scbool Magazine gives the recipe for this new and dainty dish: Remove every particle of the white skin from sweet oranges and slice them in thin slices lengthwise of the orange. Slice blanched almonds also very thin and lengthwise of the almond. Season with oil, about 8 tablespoonfuls to a pint of oranges and nuts, sliced. When well mixed together, add one or two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, ac- cording to the acidity of the oranges, and when well mixed serve on a bed of let- tuce leaves, selecting for the purpose the tender, delicate heart leaves. Fashionable Stationery. In fashionable stationery regimental gray paper bolds its own, according to the New York Sun. Perhaps all this war talk has helped its long continued • popularity: • A better explanation is that the paper itself is so pretty. In color it is a bluish gray and in quality is heavy, with just enough tendency to roughness to make the writing appear at its best. Stamped with monogram, crest or ad- dress, in dark blue or silver, this paper it as dainty as the daintiest lady could wish for. A pale yellow paper is also very fash- ionable at present. Straw color best describes it, and it is much admired by those who go in for colored papers. The square envelope which held sway for so long has been routed by one slightly longer than it is broad and fad- tened with a long, very narrow flap cut off square or one so pointed that the ex- treme point comes almost to the bottom of the envelope, ..• tAiktiol)qiikDES CHEAP GRAIN BINS. Whey Are Simple, 'easily Maim and Con- venient In Both Barn and Stable. In tbeee."beed tinaes" it is advisable. for the farmer to utilize those things which are the most easily proeured, and especially when they are adapted to his needs. In most casesfeed eheste with toinpartmeute for different kinds of grain are ueeessary conveniences in both the barn and stable, bat often the con- struction o s.ucli a bite is it matter of MIMI MEI MEM ME=- in NM= NEM maim issmia Vialilf fintme MNE1111'1111illi 1101111111 ECONOMICAL ORAIN PINS. considerable expense and labor if the ordinary course is adhered to. With a view to assisting farmers whose bank eccounte do not permit extravagances a VOW York, correspondeut of Ohio Farm- er suggests the plan which is here de - Rioted,: The plan sketched and described by the correspoudent in question is not only perfectly eimple, but very servieeable. First obtaie the requisite number of dry goods or grocery boxes, all of the same dimeusious. Place these boxes side by Bide, then nail together with wire nails long enovgli to reach, through aud clinch. Next attach it cover to the top of the bin thus made, and your work is. done. Of eourse each box should be of size sufficient to hold all the grain of any one kind that ismst be kept ou hand, but this need not occasion any alarm, for boxes of every size and shape ram- tionable Can be procured at grocery and dry goods eteres for a merely nominal fiUM. Portable Stanchion. -Prairie Farmer originally depicted the stanchion for feeing eaIves repre- seuted in the annexed eut. It was suede and reported upou by a Missouri farmer as follows: The base or sills and the uprights are 2 by 4; the top pieces aro 1 by 6, the bottom 1 by 4. The rack for holdiug the paps is 1 by 4, and the pans eandentitege-eat—ee- , setammott ron FEEDING CALVES. aro galvanized iron 8 by 14 and about? inches deep. They rest on their rims in the rack. They eau be lifted out to be cleaned or to be filled. The stanchion 1 have made and used fax three years is 8 feet long and will accommodate six calves nicely. Of course the stanchion can. be made any desired length, but the length thut I have used is so handy that two men Call carry it about wher- ever it may need to be used. I usually place it in the gateway of a pasture and commence feeding the calves out of it when they are about a week old. With this device each calf gets its proper share and will not rob the others. Dairy Business In New England. American Cultivator says: One of the reasons why the dairy business has been unduly depressed the past few years is because in many lo- calities in this section of New England where sheep were formerly kept farm- ers bave been obliged by the low price of wool to kill off their sheep and sub- atitute cows in their place. Now that wool prices are better and likely to be better for some years to come the old industry of sheep growing and -wool production will be resumed. There has been a similar diversion of the west to dairying, not only from the sheep grow- ing industry, but front the low prices of all grains which have followed the decrease in our sheep herds. Thus is shown very clearly the interdependence of farmers in all sections of the country. 'When one industry is assailed, all other industries must suffer with it, and the whole business interests of the country will suffer so long as the farmers do. How to Detect San Jose Scale. In looking for the San Jose scale most persons will pass it by unnoticed on ac- count of its very smell size. The female scale is only about one twenty-fifth of an inch in diameter, while the male is only about one-half that size. The shape of the female is nearly circular, while the male is more elongated. The female Is sharply convex or conical in the tenter. This last character will help to distinguish it .from many of the other more common species. Its color is near- ly like the bark on which it is found. Another distinguishing character is found in the reddish discoloration of the bark immediately surrounding the scale, extending through both the outer and inner bark. These characters will enable one with an ordinary pcicket mag- nifying glass to readily detect" the pres- ence of the insect.—Professor Throop, Indiana Experiment Station. • Capacity of an Icehouse. A ton of ice contains 36 cubic feet, but as commonly packed, with allow- ance fax spaces and packing raaterial, it is usual to allow from 4e to 50 cubic feet of space to the ton. Thus ten tons would require a space nearly eight feet square and eight feet high. Houses are not commonly built smaller than 12 feet square and 12 feet high outside meas - are, because ce wastes Very fast in smaller spaces. —New England Home- stead. ABOUT UNDERDRAINING. How DraMs Are Constructed In Conneoto icut—Tile Fergus Stone Drains. The remarkable wet summer of 1897 was a forcible admonition to the farm- ers of many sectioes to drain, their lauds, and they have heeded it A Con- necticut correspondeut, writing to Coun- try Geutleman from, Hartford county, says; I do not remember a time When SO many drains were being laid as at pee. exit Farmers wit° had fields of potatoea not worth digging and tobacco only fit to be plowed ender are determined not to have another experience so costly and disagreeable. If the next season were to prove as dry as half it dozen preceding the present one, they might secure fair crops, but what the farmers waut is in- serauce against loss from the effeets of surplus water in another wet season. Tbey are acting wisely, for it isprobable that time eacreased yield of their crops during the first ensuing summer of ex- eessiverain will offset the cost of draftee age. The drains that are being conStrueted in the valley lands are almost exclusive - /,y of tile. On therocky lands away from the Conuecticut river some steals drains are beieg built. When it is an Objeet to rid the land of surface stones, it may be advisable to build stoue drains, but the additioual labor required makes a stone drain more expensive than (MO of tile under almost any cireunastances. There is some little variation in the method of making a stone drath, but the ordinery plau is to lay A row of stemea an eaoh eide at the bottom of the ditch, ver across with tat stones, place it layer of eobblestoneaon these to a depth of several inches, cover the small stones with straw or brush to prevent the those earth from fillieg the crevices and fill up the ditch with eon. Oue objection to a drain of this kind is the linbility, provided the soil et the bottom of the ditch is not of equal hard- ziess fax its entire length, that some of the fouudatiou stems will sink below the line of the rest In this case the drain is likely to be choked up. Another ob- jection is that lourrOwiug animals nia,y enter the drain and obstruct it, How- ever, a stone drain well laid on it hard- pan bottom will often relialin in posi- tion and perform good service for many years. I do not intend to say anything to discourage any farmer with an over- abundance of loose stones uponhislands front building it stone drain, Iudeed there are many situations where an open drain, with sloping sides grassed over, is very much better than none. •••••11.F••••••••,,•••••• Ben Davis Apple In 'Vermont, The Rural New Yorker says: "the= opinion it is ;mistake to plant the Ben Davis apple in Vermont Vermont can- not grow such large and highly colored nen BaVIS as they raise in Idawas, Okla - henna Mieeouri antl Atha/leas, and that's the goods thee* have to compete with. But Verreout eau grow Northern Spy and greenines, Fan:1mm aud Aretics as flue as anything in the world, and that is wliat Vermont growers ought to stick to. With the competition which now exists in the apple business, and which is bound to grow sharper and sharper every year, no One should dare go to the market with any fruit which is not the best of its kiwi. The best Ben Davis al - Ways brings a good price—inore's the pity—but we can't understand wbat use could be made of a second class Ben Davis. Of course Vermonters peak first elass Ben Davis, but they are second class nompared with the Ozark peek." Randy Contrivances. One often sees about railway freight stations an affair similar to the one shown at Fig. 1 in the cut, but not hav- ing the convenient shovel handle. The lip of iron at the bottom is placed under the edge of a heavy baxrel or box, the whole balanced over the small wheels and the whole easily wheeled away. The shovel handle makes the wheeling TWO USEFUL CONTEIVANeEs. away much easier. Such a device will be found very useful on the farm. Make it of bard wood, with wide iron trucks. At Fig. 2 is shown an improved form of device fax moving heavy bodies in the house or barn, stores being handled with special ease by the use of this lit- tle platform on very low, broad castors. The rear end is so low as almost to touch the floor. Farm Journal, which originally illustrated both these articles, says, "By tilting up the object to be moved and backing the platform in un- der it it can then be wheeled anywhere." Here and There. A Massachusetts contributor to The New England Homestead edaims that there is at least $2.50 per ton difference between home grown and baled bay. Striking figures showing the decline of farming in Connecticut are given by a Litchfield county statistician. An advancing cranberry market is ap- parent, particularly in the east. The outlook for the sheep industry is quite inviting at present, and the shep- herd feels encouraged. Mr. Charles Parry expressed the opin- ion at a farmers' institute that when farrcters realise the immense profits in cbestnut culture they will be tumbling over eaoh other to set out the groves. Can't capture Crimson Clover, eh? Why not try bribing him? He loves potash. Set Sir Muriate after him, ad- vises Rural New Yorker. An exchange says that in the south- west turnips are planted in different parts of the orchards and allowed to re- main. Rabbits and mice feed on this bait and do less damage to trees.