HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-6-17, Page 6the valiant Lord Hackett, who hides be-
e 4° WIFE' ,:ind inast and urges them on, It would
take neve than ten pouudsto make most
• men rush on certain death.
By n. GKO1iele.1 RATHBORN.La •, Jack laughs as he sees how well he
:las accomplished his purpose. The time
Doctor Jack pokes his head aut, and Is ripe now to finish his work.
leeks aloft. He sees no signs of &sager Not another second thould be lost.
bout Ii s quite rossible that all the elirles Smith still maintains his clutch,
men are employed in getting up anchor erm it is:, telling, neon him terribly.
and atteudiog to the umuerous. -duties The hreeze freshens, and the yacht,
ensheeh aWn nvolves. with a ptrettons of her sails set, das.hes.
Tinde.r these eireurastanc.es it would '• rimosigh the water like a thing of life,
Mem that they stand a how at least ". !ragging bath boats behind.
;leek, the athlete that he he twists h f einrse. there is danger of swamps
1007 ehreetgla the wiedow, and stonang ewe The Mil= rushes along the sides,
with hie feet on the silt. Ss able to look and even splbes over at times. .A.Tie sirs
upen the clerk. .- Item. eal-7nt ,yet reeolute. Her eyes axe
.As far as 4,.an see everything is , !sent neon the fetnre dinging te the
eawateeet ti ;10 ;41:in.??,3t: Vf their entesto etern of the yaeht. so that she has little
prise. He leedi down te epatie thoree thoteee fee cle. peril tte her own position.
• Thee tegert. now teakes a move art if ,
"leteke see le V,M11t.z hk'td of a his week in the letuteter above might be
rate „to ruU a e, ;-te, leee ore:, iteto 7s. :tad AN:A bite. her. breath when she
en „reel bee up mathae the istetet.'" FT:tn." Sr.a...-,P dawn.
Texan eeteerelemtie just what . is 'Is ie leo feat ht. has before Mn—
¼t lane end witheete wasting evere:Feitet eendeinetate make it diMenle
tine, :1'..'elves ',eat a lenzierne Leoatic. es-te. ihettee- Jaek fern...meet',
acceneteieh wee.: he sea; mat to do trota 1"- as ts a re quirk eye, steady nervee, and
that. event. he il5S hely es,7"-tely atee hentl. He is eminently qualifisse
outeltle. and with leis foot reatthee -..net of : eta:ea:a with cendittems thee would
the pattaerse deo: ety fei•eit men. •
'Loa tee teem is de:oared oet, watze teres, 11,'72:1i.illtOWE3 he finds the
Deo:or Seek. ie. etes voitalt. tihave. leirke hrove rioX:611 neater hien. Words tetee fie- •
dem e inte aft ta eaezeleite 4-afethi upon ewe es_ ter it at es-es:nett a plan of acelea
ehe vaieee elehie.;.
"ehaey, Jaele," eve'.
A iniet.tie. enet now might cane:a a ter -
.1,F etteee or esszernetam ei",es ,eseeter woe yieeeea rain arm Nebo
eta reline the yeelit. whieli is. reermeates g:ee ic'e:Ing gr,211°1 see:tee-se.
es it helt si <iL2;,4•4 reel -aired a quetee aperecettee
AiIife: teetta re a the next reve. aed eeiewee teas ea:vet:en he pot, and Ibis
Joie: Les the iet-e, mew. tet his renal. what eeTT7.ee 'Cm ntiestent se far as bA ,t5 CAA-
A.Vis rea tie:a:eta te levee oar.: eee .
.bira fee elets hettave what he lie 'we hfeleeelf Trels.U. Net who is
v;let! -et-et...ea. to ties bow. The weight
eneene ette:
"Shell I tt'y to inalee the transfer, ;ere e an theta the Texan, 1 -at he
jaeees s wit she aelie. ereeetate therlislike geitsP linen The
eeee.. Ihette, 1,470 nee an Foe ate.:.t voiee ot Heeter
can. tee 1 ant utatisie ti leave ram mete. emee :ham s him that the latter is sae
Evert tiew 1 !her they teeseeet one in tee eatt,
tre.a,s." raterne the thecter, enominee for Then he sieeraes he lets the rope test
the moment. Intel 411,F areelfl.i Ircea`0it by a stritighe
He ;eel eel -4 a re lament tet,AW, ami La, 3 eemeekeley swot
L:nr,,Wq re-seati.e eitteugh the teeen : eherttheet, teerneeseeed water desiarte,
wineew with the ere nert she ueneley fraw, while it montentartly
elispeies.' He Laei -eir &e'er her reitehe I'heee" eiet them.
ing the 17eat i !see -7, tsr Herise Sieeow e te a, veva new veva au
and Leery aleevee-eozh of them eau he - :Fee is et eitr lieciA edge of a
deptsa het on ill tl..• eiteagen- le -Fe s; the tecinter, to disc -wee
What ereriatee ea..eiee oemetlette arena. eh' 7:: te 3%tht. D3f.T11"
tiQa eetee ef the seiteen 7%"" : ",iee ef the Texan! lie bee a
cre.m ,a)t. aml the glimmering
th9-;;;Q:,..h•-r etre of the nietl, still hee: :I. te,- ittien wind= shows that
otheee eet the. &Sete ely.en at this rim:meta: ies fOr the tueftitae ahead.
the reeehieet reme leave hem dragged H- ii ebeinee, for it is neves-
out ef ite leeel, fee thee ;Faller heeine el • seer thee lc -leer shouldedt Zee at the
gently TreTehe'a the wattle The pre; ee thee when eretunting.a. wave. The
wind only tomes: in flaws, anti at preset= • r rani on deck keve ILWAveircd 'their
te n way tabu. svite Thee are evesa now ativemeing to
reeteee, a few lean:awe mem awe the the tell, es the steerstean Calls out the
riane of ties An:cream% =nit sucetteel; ':1tteitthin of tilTaire. lewd Hackett, to
but -it bealus to look, eteeeey. eteteae 0313 eeme,up mania the background of
emasse eeeverd the stern. eces the white eall.
-tan figmes, and knows this ta be the What 'Itro Davtor jack and his friends.
enemy of the Feat. They hens gweemplished the tuatu pare of
Whether Lerd Hackett Saspet.ts the ibeir heave, aud but oue strobe um re -
Utah, or is only ceneng at to make a
general Rimy of Chimes in that quarter, ,
it dees not neater -ode) result will be the :
Knee—discovery.
It cannot W so Jack presumes
he might as well meek the in la Ms
own hentie, end *tart the fun. He waits
a little, ue every wend counts now.
Once Avis -is in the heat, Lam can :
swing over. and. Mile Jaek will remain.
When 'passes the Rubicon, the quick
slash of a knife will tree them frora the ;
yaelit. •
The breeze begins to puff up a little-,
more the pity, end no doubt Melte will
bave need ot all his pnwers to hold the
row -boat steady.
One glance lilt gives back of him,
and thie shows that progress is, being:
rnade—Avis15 juee in the aet of paseine
luta the boat—in a few seconds she will
be safe.
Small though this spaee of time may
appear. arflit eventean cotwiled into
ft-. History repeats itself in proving this
fact.
Lard Reckon ad-rat:cm His step even
quitecene, as delimit suspielime fly into
his Orain. Ile hue come about far enough
Doeme Jitek think, as he elevates his
arm.
The next moment the Englishman
tittet7san unelaniation of sudden astonish-
reent a ht naktt4 cliecovery. Then
amnia a teih Unmet at hie feet, accom-
panied 1,e- ties (meek Intonation of a
Yankee revolver. lie. Mad aernally burns
his Ladehip's ear as it speede by. Just as
Dector .1.e.et has intended it should, when
toele teat sudden elm.
Thinking, he has been hit, and at least
conics wry close to tieeth, the Englishman
whirls on his heel and .dashes *forward,
at the same time shriking at the top of
his voleet—
"This waY! They escape by the stern!
Bring the yacht to! Send her off on the
wind! We'll swamp the boat! We'll
drown them all!"
Fortunately the man who now clutches
the wheel and holds fast to it, keeps his
senses, or these contradictory orders
might have resulted in disaster on board.
Another atlance Doctor Jack shoots over
his shoulder as he clings there. standing
like a rock between the one he hives and
danger. This shows him how far matters
have progressed.
Avis is safe in theboat. She makes her
way back to the stern, even while he
looks. Larry has succeeded in dropping
-over the back of the Texan, and just
saves himself from going overboard, as
they are beginning to cut through the
water with some speed.
This shows Doctor Jack that the time
has come for him to aot. He can see sev-
eral 'menrashing toward the stern in re-
sponse to the shouts of Lord Hazlett,
and his first thought is to keep them
hack.
It would be difficult to explain what
ideas flash through his mind in that
second of time. Perhaps he even conceives
that they xaight fire upon the receding
boat. Men in a rage will do many things
-that their better judgement warns them
-egains•b.
To prevent this is his firet thought. He
even has the means itt his hand, and will
not hesitate to employ it.
Withal:it attempting - to take aim, he
. begins to discharge the remainiag thane -
:hers of bis revolver. One, two; three,
lour, five shots in rapid Order like the
pifisations of a heart -quickened by excite -
anent, for the weapon is of a new model,
the hammer being thrown into position
ere -the, discharge is made.
• Sualenfusilade coming from one quar-
ter -is' enough te demoralize the stoutest
• 'leeartaand even these stoutleritish sailors
'453,tad, to eneh forWard itt the teeth of
• what seeree to be' a , .storna-• Of fire and
Etieh 'Mari -believes • his conirades are
being Mowed down on either side of. hipie
'arid , that his .• turn wITI &wee •• next
.- Renee; 'ehe'ecieling..of Menem alarm' that
asweepe Over •them. • As ie petted with a
eorniaot •ftapulse they throw ' theeeselvee
elven the .deek. ain gre: theAouts
maine he given.
The knife lies on the cable. Jaek's eye
heaps ort the watch for his chauce. It
eethee, anti The nmeeular arm that eau
seed a blow out from the shoulder like
that ef a eteam sledge -hammer presses
the steel downevard.
There is an electrie shock, a Whip -like
enap :Is the stout painter parts, a shout
from the dtak of the flylug yaeht, and
then the hat- rolls there in a sea of foam.
Already the Texan has hold of the oars,
and they fall just in time to steady the
craft perlutpe to prevent a capsize.
Liles a Flying Dutehman the yacht
vanislwe frnra view. All that can be seen
ie the light from the cabin window, look-
ing an eye of lire over the waves, and
growing, rapidly more distant and. India.
linen
CHAPTER XXI.
The Panama mile early in the morn-
ing. with lair little party of fouar
r abod.
It leeke ;is though, they have left all
dangers behind at V..i; ambit, and their
future seems aa, fair as the glad October
morning' that 4.•roots them as they steam
stet the Ienifed States cruiser Baltimore
and the Chilian men-of-war in the har-
em., headieg for the open sea.
Iftere are niany paseengers on board, it
nnitilea refueees havin,g been received
from the Baltimore just previous to sail-
inte to Li. landed in Peru. All that the
( 'Mien authorities partieularle- eare
ao
eut is that Balmaceda and his great
tretteure do not leave the counely. True,
seraage reports of the late President's
death have d
come from the snow-cappe
Amite:, aeries which he is said to have
fled teward Delivia. hut it is hard to
couvince thc.ee people that the Dictator,
likened unto Louis Napoleon in their
lesee7, ie dead.
Our friends have little desire to mingle
with the crowd, and keep pretty much to
themselves. During the first day Doctor
deck rnakes a discovery that gives him
:Anne uneasiness.
He has enemies on board the steaener.
Men who seek to regain that which he
has carried away from Chili, and who
are inembers of the secret society of the
nitrate mines. He recognizes them, sees
the ugly looks they give him, and knows
that all danger has not been left behind
at Chili.
These men are sworn to follow him, to
outwit the American, and either wrest
Lis possession from him, or have his life
—a pleasant prospect, indeed, for Doctor
Jack.
Doctor Jack is treated ti another sur-
prise at noon, and. it comes from his wife.
They have lingered at the dinner -table,
being both good sailors, while a number
of passengers are already in the grasp of
the wretched mal de raer.
Jack leaves his wife chatting yvith a
Spanish lady, the wife of one of Balmas
cod's former ministers, wbile he goes on
deck for it smoke.
In ten minutes she rejoins him, and,
to his surprise, he notes an anxious,
troubled look upon her fair face.
"Why, Avis, dear, you do not feel
well?" he asks, quickly and tenderly.
"It is sickness of the mind, then, not
the body, Jack, for you know the motion
of the grand old ocean never affects me."
"Something troubles you, Avis—tell
me what it is—nothing • serious, I hope?"
She siniles now.
"You may laugh at me, jack; but I
have a presentiment of dark days ahead.
Of course, my sex gives me the privilege
oe such a feeling. You men say it comes
from a fit of the blues. Never mind. All
I know is that the presence of that fas-
cinating creature on board the Panama
troubles nie."'
Doctor jack starts and looks grave;
,"Avis, you don't mean the Senorita
Maxilla?" .
She nods her head and looks solemn.
"It may be only a coincidence that
causes her to be on bolted this steamer,
4 great many people find it healthy to
leave Chili just now, and she may have
been on the losing side."
But, Avis eaunot be convinced; she sees
some dark design ill the presence of this.
Chilton beauty who would. take her Jack
from the oue whet loves him with all her
life.
"How comes it you discovered her
presence when no one else has seen. her?"
he asks. presently.
"By litere accident. knew them was
lady in state -room 2,3„ for the minister's
wifts told nu. so. Chancing to be passing
when, the stewardess was opening, the
door, to carry in some toast and. a cup of -
tea. my eyes fell upon a face 1 shall ever
remember as the most beautiful as well
as the most claneerous 1 1I4ATO ever seen.
Marina de los Vegos it was. I believe her
preeentse on heard tete steamer is no :lc
eident, but eart of a c.?..p laid oleo,
Daetor &wk is seezetly wo
self. but for the sa e of los ...le be i 4"
firinWS to melte liceet to the whale t.ft
Thus the aftera.son peeses and nig la
comes. Tee secittnen. plows her wey
thecugh phameoreeetsat ems, every Cis p
.seeeeitee wet molten silver as it tots
ar9n t Meek surface.
leteter Jack and his wife promenatie
the deck until a late hour, when At is
gees ta her state -ream feeling drone:.
Iler litteleard wishes to szooke .anot
• cigar ere turniant iu, and setsletug a retii, -
spot ft:dole-est to deep thought.
et etep helurel ceuees him to turn hie
head.
"Jack!" says a voleen
"Pin here, Kirke," recognizing the
dark teeure.
• "Thought I saw you eme7 this way.
e-er Seee
TEE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON MO SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 19,
Text or the Lesson, math. eevitt, seem
memory verses, 1.8.30-0014ext. Text,
Bev, 1, 18—Commeetary by eite lee*, x,.
M. steams.
Copyright. Me, by P. M. Stearns.l
8. "Alai they departed quickly from the
sepulcher with fear and great joy. -and did
run to bring Ille .diseiples word." no
women who in lave, but mot in faith, had
come to auoint a dead Christ find the tomb
open and empty, the stone rolled hack
from the door and an angel sitting upon
it who speaks to then; with the result
stated in this first verse of our lessen.
Angels know when we seek Jesus, mid
they are glad (verse 5 and Luke xv,
like their Lord, would dispel our
Mare. It is very helpful to tualte a special
etudy of the "fear nois" from Gem xv, 1,
onwerd. Having believed, we areto "go
milekly and tell" and the burden of one
preaehing is to be that Owlet is risen and
is, therefore, theone who fulalls all Seri -
9. "And as tleey went to tell His disci -
pies, behold, Jesus suet them, sayieg, AU
hail. ,And they senile aud bekl Him by
the feet and warenmed Hue,' It is writ'
ren in Ise. lxiv, l, "Tbou meetest bim
that rejoieetle and. worketh righteousness."
A 11Weearlier itt 1nnrnitt,, He had met
want a. few lnumites ehet with you. Ua dalene end bad dried her tears
"(Iced! "Whet better plate than tie -
could ,you find. -Sit down, my tie:m*111.w-
Rave a weedt"
tomeattas. Itne done smoking for 10-
Wght. Heeer
tor, 1 hav:lade dietevery."
dater, turns and eyee him lu the petet.
liar light from the Southern Cotes mai
such heavenly bettliest as eltance to
upon thttm.
"Indeed! 'What Is it like?"
otreele, are raeeengers on beard, not
trangere to you, 1. reekon."
"tte—you have Frrn her, too," remark-
Jacu, with ur leugh, tor he dues not fe tr
the beautiful Chili:en half tte much
dove Avis.
"Here I don't eatelt on quite."
"Den't you mean our handsome Chil-
iau teseese—the woman who S4.1.3
thing in Jack Evans that strikes bee
filmy t what' manner of man she
tedratees—In a wordM
, Senorita arillae"
"You dent mean theee uhtemdt"
zit Ibis summer Is free to all
who- ewe pay etsr iterammodations. Ate.
has seen her "
"Well. I can easily believe it sines tee
rest of the gene are here."
"Now, it's my turn to ask your mean-
ing."
answered. We have as fellow -
passengers Lord Hackett Plempton—"
Confusion
"And Colonel Loon Garcia, the Ile."
eater of the victorious Chillers Arnie."
Doctor Jack smoke.; in silence for a
minute, but his thoughts are busy.
"This looks bad. I thought we'd give
them all the slip; but, by Jove, our en a
mies go with us. It may make a differ -
Once in my plans."
"Dangerous crossing Panama with
sub a gang at your heels, ready to do
anything in order to accomplish their
end,"
"Still I must reach New York in time.
A. vast iutereet demands my presenee
there ut it certain day. I shall, Invitees.
have to keep on board the steamer un 11
California ie ontehed, and then cross the
Continent by rail," musingly.
"Not it bad idea—much preferable to
crossing at lemma. I believe. at Aspin-
wall you would be murdered without
fail."
"Ah! you know considerable about the
canal. I believe you had some conneetien
there."
"Yes. I'm something of it civil en-
gineer, ond worked a year on the ditch.
Of all the hard places on earth, cumin eul
nie to the towns ut either end of the
isthmus. With such. forces working
against you, Hector Jack, and the ele-
ments their gold can buy up on the
istlimu.e, it would be suicide for you to
try the passe:to11
"Tell nits. When and how did you dis-
cover that these men were on board?"
"A short time ago—two figures passed
me as I leaned over the rail—it was dark,
and they probably failed to notice me. 1
thought a voice 1 /weed sounded familiar,
when I soon learned the truth."
.7Coula you tell what they talked.
about!'"
"lea enough to decide, but it had
some reference to you."
These things combined cause Doctorm
Jack to believe the fas have trouble iu
store for an individual about his size.
He can grapple with difficulties as well
as the nezt man,and does not lose that
admirable self-possession that has long
been his heritage.
Kirke, the Texan rover, who has led. it
wild life in many climes, is really more
concerned over the matter than Jack.
"We must keep our eyes open, com-
rade. These rascally pirates mean us
harm," he says.
"Come, Kirke, I never knew you. to
worry or flinch before."
"I'm thinking of your wife, jack,"
quietly.
The doctor bites his lip.
, "You may be sure she is on my mind.
old friend. There are three of us. Surely
we should be able to protect her; and we
will, mark me," with the ring of steel
in his low spoken words..
"Turn around. You can just get a
glimpse of the two men up yonder, out-
lined against the heavens."
"I see them, and recognize milord's
flowing side whiskers. At onco Larry's
envy and destation," returns Jack, in a
whisper.
The figures above vanish presently, but
leave a peculiar influence behind, which
Rieke in. his odd fashion likens to the
odor of sulphur. At any rate, their pres-
ence on board the steamer is suggestive
of evil.
Jack grows quite uneasy, end soon
tosses his oigax overboard as though it
has lost its flavor.
"Good night, Kirke. See you later."
Truth to tell, he fears lest something
might happen to Avis with these ele-
ments around.
Another day dawns and all is well.
Doctor jack looks in vain for the two
men. They prefer to avoid him at pres-
ent, though sooner or later he is bound
to come upon them.
It is evident that the Epglishme,n has
abandoned his' yacht, at Valparaiso in
order to follow the man he hates and tbe
wonaan he adores. This alcete stanaps his
motives as full of yemon. .
The worst, may be. expected from a
man who could thus. make sacrill
fices i
order to accomplish his end.
- -So the day passes. A pleasant day, too,
which. is enjoyed by the travelers.
Again et is night
(To .be continued.)
„
ary g
and given her A message for the discieles,
but liedid not allow her to touch Him be.
calve He had not ascended to Hie Father
(John xx, 17). But now 110 allows these
women to hold Him by the leer, so that
He must have ascended and returned slime
meeting Mary. I cloulo Not that Ile Iraq
everaeceuding and returning all those 40
days until Ins visible aseensioe, since
which time lie bas not yet retuned, but
He will, anti it may be AQOU (AM 1, 8, 11),
10. "Thep said Jesus =IQ them, Be
not afraid; go tell Zdy brethren, that they
go into Galilee, and there shall tbey see
Me." The angel said, "Feer not; go and
tell; Ho wale( before you into Galilee," and
now Jesus Biinseif says just the Fame,
If our message as His messengers is in
strict accordanee with Ris word, without
adding unto or diminishing aught from it
(Reut. iv, .2), we reed have no fear but
that He will indorse 11 all, but bow we
will be ashemed (I John ii, 28), if we have
iu the least altered or diminished His
word through fear of man or for any veto
eon wiuttever. Let us, like Samuel, be-
lieve and tell (were whit, that, Illte him,
we may be establishedas the Lord's roeseengers (I Sam. ill, 18-21). Believing all
things that aro written in the law and in
the prophets, let our unwavering attitude
toward all Seripture ever bo "I believe
God that it shall be even as it was told
me" (Acts =ell, 2$).
11, 10. "This saying is commonly re-
ported among the Jews until this day."
That is the saying that His disciples came
by piglet and stole Him away, wbich was
it lie that the soldiers were paid to tell.
It is still true that some people will lie
and do even worse if they aro paid for it,
for the devil has a great many children,
and lying is part of tbeir business mad a
badge of his service. Ho is a liar and the
father of it (John vill, 44), but he would
have us believe that God is it liar (Gen. iii,
4; ll, 17; I John v, 10). It may bring a
little money just for the present end pos-
sibly enable ono to do a little mare busi-
ness for a timo if we are willing to lie
and practice deceit as many do, but tbe
end of such is the devil's portion which is
the lake of fire and the torment forever
and ever.
16. "Then the 11 disciples went away
into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus
had appointed them." He bad said, "After
I am risen again, I will go before you into
Galilee" (Muth. reel, 82), and it woult
seem that He had designated some specie
mountain where He would meet them.
They will tell us some tia,y what mountain
it was, and we may also then know why
He preferred to meet them in Galileo, but
one great and precious lesson for us is
that He a1r ays does just what Ho says He
will do.
17. "And when they saw 'Him they
worshiped Hine but some doubted." Be
has nowhere told us that all will believe,
but, on the contrary, bas plainly taught
us in the parable of the sower the various
results of the seed sowing. In the parable
of the tares Be has further tauglit us that
not all the grain in the field will be true
wheat. There came a time in His own
ministry when many went back and
walked no more with Him (John vi, 66);
but He was not discouraged, is not now,
nor ever will be (Ise. xlii, 4), and if we
are "workers together with Him" there is
no room for us ever to be discouraged.
Until He come it will be, according to
Acts xxviii, 24, "Some believed and some
believed not," but He shall see of the
travail of His soul and shall be satisfied.
18. "And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto Me
in heaven and in earth." To John on
Patnios He said: "Fear not, I aro the first
andthe last. I am Be that liveth and was
dead, and behold I am alive for evermore,
amen, and have the keys of hell and of
death" (Rev. 1, 17, 18). Tbrough Jere-
miah He said: "Behold, I am the Lord,
the God of all flesh. Is there anything too
bard for Me?" (Jer. xxxii, 17). When in
response to His question, "Whom shall I
send and who will go for us?" we are led
to reply: "Here am I. Send mei" (Isle
vi, 8), then our only responsibility is to
go cheerfully where Be send us, do just
what He tells us and speak faithfully and
lovingly His messages, sure that He will
not fail to accomplish all His pleasure (Isa.
lv, 11).
19. "Go 'Ye therefore and teach all nee
tions, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost." These are the three wbo in Isa.
vi, 8, say, "Who will go for us?" When
we go for there, we may and should al-
ways find strong consolation in the blessed
essurance that God is for us, Christ is for
us, the Spirit is for us (Rom. vile 31, 34,
26). What we are to teach is simply stated
In Luke =iv, 47; Acts xiii, 88, 89, etc.
20. "Teaching thein to observe ell thing
whatsoever I have commanded you, and,
Jo, I am vvith you alway, even unto the
end of the world. Amen." It is therefore
necessary to know all tbat Christ taught
or we cannot teach the all things here re-
ferred to. To teach people how to be saved
is but a small portion of what Christ
taught, for He tanght from all the Scrip-
tures the things concerning Himself and
told them they were foolish if they did not
believe all the prophets had spoken (Luke
EXIT, 25-27). Only those can fully enjoy
the presence of Christ all the clays vibe
are iu sympathy with Hun in Ilis great
desire to give the gospel to every creature.
Tbat this world will and by -being scant
Way annihilated is nut taught in the Boolt
(II Pet. iii, 13), but this age will end and
another, and Perhaps anothe.r, ere the MAI
earth. See IL V,, margin.
-
A .1:),HORRING
Bow to 111a1e a g.incl .of Cage .That Has
Even Welt weeted—Ineeettees For Ese,
A cage to' be used itt dehorniug cattle
and which can be easily transported by
Wagon and set down at any convenient
place at the openiug of it shed or end of
lano is illustrated and described in
The National Stockman and rarraer:
Dinaeusions.—Six feet long, 6 feet
high, 33.; feet wide at top iu front and,
43-. feet wide at top at back end; hottoni
er foottoard 1 foot wide. with 7 .eleats
1% inches thick, 1 foot long, nailed
across it ta keep cattle from slipping;
footboard 2 inches thick and rests on
three 2 by 4 inch crossrieces 4 feet long.
To these are bolted upright pieces 7 ,
feet long and 2 by 4 inches fax milers for
Sides of cage. Across the top of cage
are used two strips 1 by 4 inches for
each set of uprights, bolted one on eaele
side of upright. Tbe made of tins
frame is boarded up with inch plank of
convenient widtbs. The lower 234 feet
should be close enough to prevent ani -
Male putting their feet through the
cracks.
On left side, 3.34 feet from batten),
Should he used a board it foot wide and
tt feet longer then the cage. In this
CAGE FOR 10.110RNI1O,
bore two iuch holes four inches from
aides of beard. Through these put
a piece of rope and tie au outside. This
loop is put over the animal's nose and
drawn tight by the use of a handspike,
An upright lever is used to catch hack
of the head and draw it to the left side
of cage. Thisupright should be a strong
9 by 4 inch, 9 feet long, bolted to bat -
tom cross piece near the right side, the
upper end slippiug beck and forth be-
tween the crosspieces thathold the tops
of the two frout uprights in place. This
lever is thrown to the right when open
for the animal to enter. AS soon as the
head passes it is pushed to the left side
and fastened as tight as required by it
small iron pin slipped through the
crosspieces at top back of it.
As soon as the head is fastened a
handspike is slipped through the cage
back of tbe animal and another over
the neck to hold the bead down. Mese
remain in place usually without hold-
ing, the operator standing in front
while taking off the horns. The small-
est animals having hems up to a bull
weighing 1,830 pounds have been de -
horned in this sized cage. Animals
weighing up to 1,200 pounds pass right
throagh the cage when the holding lever
is thrown back against the right side.
Cows heavy in calf and larger animals
back out of cage. The maker of this
cage has remodeled it three times to get
it as described and has used it nine
years.
Tomato Experiments.
Summary of results obtained at the
Maryland experiment station:
The varieties giving the largest early
yields are Early Ruby, Potato Leaf,
Prize Taker, Autocrat and Canada Vic-
tor.
The best varieties for main orop truck-
ing are Paragon, Prize Taker, Perfec-
tion, World's Fair and Climax.
The best varieties for the canning
trade are Royal Red, Queen, Stone,
Paragon and Matchless.
The best variety for late market or
family use is the Buckeye State.
The use of the bordeaux solution
proved an effectual means of holding
the tomato leaf blight in check.
In 1896 spraying with bordeaux so-
lution four times produced with 86 va-
rieties an average increase in yield of
2.5 tons per acre of marketable fruit.
In 1897 spraying with bordeaux solu-
tion three times produced svith 19 vari-
eties an average increase in yield of 2.2
tons per acre of marketable fruit.
Some varieties are more susceptible
to the blight than others. In 1896 all
but one variety and in 1897 all but
three varieties gave an increased crop
of ripe fruit as a result of spraying
with bordeaux solution, and all of the
varieties showed an increase when the
amount of green tomatoes at the end of
the season is added.
The increase in crop as a result of
spraying ranged from a quarter of a
ton to six thns in 1896 and from a quar-
ter to 4eet tons in 1897.
How'to Test Soils For Acid.
A correspondent of Rural New York-
er who believes in sweetening acid soils
by the use of anslaked lime tells how
he knows when his soil needs lime:
"1 test it with blue litmus paper,
which can be had at drug stores. Fill
a small bowl half full of soil from
different places in the field, add enough
water to make a stiff paste and let it
stand 15 minutes. Don't handle the pa-
per when wet with the fingers. With a
table fork push a strip of litmus paper 1
by 3 inches into the soil and let it stand
four minutes, then with the fork take
it out, rinse off the mud from the paper
and dry it. If after drying the paper
stays red there is evidence that the soil
seeds lime. The redder the paper the
more lime the soil needs. If the paper
on becoming dry turns back quite blue,
then the soil does not neecl linae."
awi
11-1t.„LLLJ ..011,(4.
One CAM° of roor Quality an seed Corn.
Selecting Seed From 'Um Fla.
That the success or failure of the
corn crop is every year much more
largely depeadent on the seed planted
than on any other One factor is afdrined
by The American Cultivator. which ex-
presses the folicwini opinions in regard,
to the best seed corn;
Last year was not reckoned it good
0A6 for corn over a large part of the
eouutry. It has been found that la ev-
ery year of general corn failure is aPt
to be followed by it second year of at
least partial failure on account of the
poor quality of seed corn, which the de.
ficient crop always produces. This is
more noticeable ite the western states,
where the slow maturing Dent varieties
of corn are mostly grown. Dent, or
horse tooth corn, is slow to dry Out, even
when its seed is matured. Its seed is
apt to bo still quite darap when the
freezing of winter opens the cells in the
germ of the grain and diminishes, if it
does not entirely destroy, its vitality.
The Flint varieties of corn ripen earlier,
and as the graius are also much smaller,
they can dry out thoroughly before
freezing weather sets in.
Where Dent corn is grown in the east
farmers understand that its largo ears
and thick cob take a long time to dry
cut, so they give it estra care, and this
corn herewith such treatment is as sure
to grow as any. We grew it western
Dent corn several years iu a northern
state, and never found it season when
any of it failed to grow.
The best time to cut corn fax seed is
as soon after all its grain has glazed as
possible. All that the root will give to
the stalk or grain has then been stored
in 0116 Or the other. 1! ern from the
root, the stalk will furnish the starch
to the ear Quite as well as if it still
was on the root, and there is no danger
that an early frost will iueure the leaves
Mid stalks, and thereby injure the grain.
After a few days standing on the stalk
iu stooks the ears may be stripped ofr
and hung up by the husks to dry. The
warmer the air up to 120 degrees that
these partly husked ears are exposed to
the better and quicker the seed grain
will dry out. There is nothing better
than fruit evaporators fax this purpose,
ran at it temperature of 100 to 120 de-
grees and exposed to a free current of
So fax as possible seed corn should be
used which has been Subjeoted to some
of this treatment. Avoid coru that was
left in the field until winter,- and there
exposed to much cold and wet. If yon
are obliged to take seed corn from it bin,
take sowe part where it has been dri-
est, and whore the ears have not been
exposed to rains or to be covered by
snows. Even if well dried out, seed corn
when exposed to wet will absorb enough
to injure the seed if severe freeziug
comes afterward.
Cereal Exports.
A report of the department of agri-
culture states that cereals that were ex-
ported in greatly increased quantities
during the past year tomeet foreign de-
ficiences were oats and barley, Ship-
ments of oats were made to the extent
of 85,006,786 bushels, valued at $8,•
756,201, us compared with 13,012,500
bushels, valued at $8,497,611, in the
year precediog, while the exports of
barley during the same period increased
from 73080,331 bushels to 20,080,301
bushels in quantity, aud from $8,100,-
311 to $7,646,384 in value. The ex-
ports of rye, while much less important,
also show a notable gain, having ad-
vanced from 988,460 bushels, valued at
$445,075, fax 1896 to 8,560,271 bushels,
valued at $3,667,505 fax 1807. Prior to
last year our shipments of buckwheat
were not large enough to be considered
worthy of separate mention in the offi-
cial accounts of our export trade, but in
1897 they assumed more importance and
were stated at 1,677,102 bushels, with
a value of $678,959.
The Bean Anthracnose.
It is important to know that the fruit
rot of the melons is the same as the
bean pod spot—first, for the treatment
that has proved effective in the one
case will be quite likely to check the
disease in the other; secondly, it may
be wise not to follow melons with beans
or vice versa when the first crop has
been quite badly infested. In other
words, while the two crops are very dif-
ferent it may be well fax the trucker to
so plan his system of rotation as to not
have two crops come in succession that
are victims to the same enemy. The
writer has sometimes noticed cucum-
bers badly anthracnosed that were
growing upon land previously in beans
and which were ruined by the pod
spot. As a remedy there is nothing
known that is better than bordeaux
mixture.—B. D. Halsted in Amerioau
Gardening.
News and Notes.
"European methods of pruning grape-
vines—keeping them short and the stook
a mere stump—are not adapted to our
freer growing varieties," says a writer
in Country Gentleman.
According to official statistics, cora-
paring 1896 and 1897, the value of
fruits sent abroad advanced from $5,-
585,788 in the former year to $7,613,-
500 in the latter, while that of oilcake
and oil cake meal increased from $7,-
949,647 to $9,611,044, and that of cot-
tonseed oil from $5,476,510 to $6,897,-
861.
There is no farm complete without an
orchard and all kinds of fruit, from the
strawberry up to the apple.
Removing and burning asparagus
tops in the f.all is recommended by the
New Jersey station for overcoming the
new asparagus rust.
A New York fruit dealer, quoted by
The Rural New Yorker, says of our
common outdoor grapes that are best
liked: "Concord leads all the others,
and next comes Niagara. There is little
call for other kinds except the Ca-
tawba."