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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1899-2-23, Page 2BETWEEN Two LOVES. OratTelA 3. 0144.1t. lhoutlintera) • "Let us hope matters can be set straight Write to hint; Mae, and tell leiat twit you are sorry. He will be here as seem as be reads tele letter." But the young beiress shook ber.beau- tifui head. "Yee do eat now all, aurrtie—te wilI never come batik to one; but send—e *teed to his tonse to see whethe la. Seed from 5 -ourself; not feet, tee Anti the amover was, that Sir Clint ten's houseteeper had received a letter telliug len the lionse Could be 'peetly elated, for her muster would, not retunt for :mute time. Miss. Lackwood asked where the let- ter was frena and the answer was that it had been posted at the Bustou Square railway teatime The two ladies looked at each other, and Miss_ le:et:wood wiped the tears from her Limity eyes. "aleaseo Nees him and comfort lean witertner he isr .s,lith bat Italy May did not dare to say "Amen." CHAPTER, XI. eet unoNG Tame. People soon tired of asking the quest tion, "Where ram 'rear Clinton Adair?" The general impressiou was that be hatl moue abroad, thtemle why he alluvia bere preserend sue lt mystery over it tto nue knew. 'late fashionable wort,/ made ttome very keen gueeees as to the truth of what bad happetted, theligh oue knew it for a eerteinty, flue titine Was quite evident—Ledy May's engage-, teteit was Intelien. She was frets—wile- eater by her wisle or by his, or froat mutual coneent, uo oim knew. It tees 1hrelten; Lode' May was free --free to be wooed aud wee. There was a great stir among the fortunahuntere, greet ideliglit lunette her adrairers. After all, ebe had a. right to please herself, awl no one knew the rights a the story. Lady May lived Iter life ea well as site elute]. dahe ow thieg epee which ehe was more t. terteut thau rimy other was saving her pride. No one must anew that she eared for his absence; to elm must %mow that she suffered pain --that she imounted for lam—that she admitted to atersett leer life was spoiled. She weat more than ever into society; she was hover alone Driving, riding, at bail. opere, or tete, one eould always see Lad" May the very queen of sod tee the auest hetatiful, the most pepular—ai- ways te he seen with a crowd of lovere sea admirers, always IterelY, imperietts, always fascinating., bright and sialhiee otts, alwa.ys the center of gayety, un - hiring in the round of pteatuna never etearma of it. \The could be:ewe that a sorrowful, aching heart was itideen underneath this radiant exterior? !Who conla have guessed all this was but atentuted. to bide the reality of a deep and hitter pain? True, there we.e times wlien tbe gayety and hilll'aney would die away from her—when. the hwely face would grow pale, the eyee dim tvith tears—when else would fang herself, with a passionete cry. on "auntiete" neck, and moan out that she wished she were dead, that her life was so fun of pain she could not bear it: and Mina Iinekwood, with kindly pati- ence, listened to her, and tried to atm - fort her. "It would all come right in tillie," ahe said, "when Sir Clinton came back. Ieney May must write to him—she nteet 'tell him .be was sorry. Ile wonid he tonly too glad to renew the engagement" Tint Lady May shook her beautiful head, and refused to be comforted. nile would never forgive me." she 'said; "it is useless thinking of it." But Miss Loekwood hoped for hAitter flange, and she made ber promise meet selennily that she would, whenever air Clinton came back, ask him to forgive her, "You did so cruelly wrong, dear," she said. "I am not reproaching you; but no man, who hed any manhood in him. could bare horue what you tried to snake tim bear." lao Lady May prom -deed that, when- ever her lover came back, she would tel him that site was sorry, and ask him to ennive her. When he came back! but that time wee long in coining. He did not seem tikeiy t� come back. The gay, bright season ended. People left town, and went to their different destinations. A summer came and passed, autumn faded into winter, and there was no news of Sir Clinton. Lady May peel/need Miss Lockwood to write 'Itastwold, and inquire if he was there. The rauever was that they had not the lent idea of his whereabouts; he had not been home for some mcmthe. 'nor did they know when to expect him. alien Miss Lockwood wrote to his bank - ere, And there came a brief reply, to the effect that they did not know Sir Clin- ton A.dairar address. Winter tets.ted; 'spring carne round agate; once more the London season was tri full life. Lady May, more beau- tiful than ever, was one more queen of that brilliant world. But there carne no vows of Sir Canton—he seemed to lbave disappeared from the face of the earth. eThe young Duke of Reeecasn seemed to think that lie had a chance now, and be never left her When it was possible Or hint to keep a place by her side. "Peopte began to look upon their engage- • meat as settled. One or two of the • ElOpers lad already announced that them* were rumorsoe a marriage be- ltweeit the Duke of Re:secant and the beautiful Lady May Trevlyn—reacling echtieb. Lady. May grew very scoenfttl,. •wet wee ton indifferent to see that it vete contradicted, • "Milan you ever marry the duke, Mayr asked Miss Loekwoort sudden- ly, one day. ' The gotten girl looked up quickly. "How cruel you are, atmliel You tamer that I have had but one love, and there is bat one man I shall ,ever Marry." . "And If he never returns?" Said Miss Lockwood, "Thera I will live single for his dear will live and the loving han, and sonither. 1 shall meat hire in au- othee Word,and he'• wall knew num :how true T. have beeu to him; how I toyed him in spite of an my faults; how repented of My pride, and tilY acorn, and m constaat suotioa, or be should go mod. my cruelty. I than zneet hiae true „eves meet theta euseaude—my Ile walked on, all uttconseions where heart free from any love but hie." "Do you realty love him so weal, May?" asked aliss Lockwood. "I never kuew how well I loved him awe1 now—until had lost him. Then it all eau* home to me, and I knew what he wee. In the dim ligat he saw -stretelung out before aina the high road. It was seined cm either tide by gselt fields and tell trees; the wield mule leered through them; the greeu boughs swayed to and fro hke • :smut arms; It I had done. My heart is with him l eemeed to tis delirious fancy that they wterever he may be." I *melted hint, as be walked rapidly' "Poor child!" etaid Mise Lockwood, ekeete. eareesieg the gulden hair with her He never asked Itineself lettere he was i tand; "poor child: it is a hard tate." going—whither his walk was. tending, "I deserve It; it is all my own fault, tie never thought how it would end, or dravethe nobleet. and best man in the tun -thing about it, All be die was to watt on tender the light of the etare, fitiying to himself that a woman's erode, had dnveu him mad! • Quite ma! Should be ever be film- Leekwoed, musingly. lam girl's whole • Q face ightened. . selt 'again? Wou1d. he ever laugb. teint br leo you think en?" she cried, emelt'. t"he an Interest la life MMin? it seem - ed to hint imposeible—tie life was all "I am so glad that you do. I hare trial. o change my whole tiature—to over, all ended. A woraan's telly bad bra.'d t be lase proud, more humble, more cone drivenn illm matt si for other. And do ',vou really nl, who thought to do sueb great tierate titteds—wbo meant to lead suelt a noble taitak I have eacceetied„ auntiet" • "I do,indeed." lite—I was stela by the faleity of * . And then Miss Lockwood began mak- """3],a,117 Mme after mile aloug the quiet Welt eg„ to heref a vivid picture of what ' road, mile •after mile, until from she ene wonld dm Iler farorite, Sir Cila, eeele hdel‘ =Id they Ow:steal fatigue, his limbs acted and world from me by my absurd pride. I deserve to suffer." eHow you bave altered!" said Mies reyezteheri. 'Men there 'would be his Steil* faherett tle• dkl mot think met or of stoppine. and so the night a batten Merriage. and there. would be ef no a:raw:lack to the feileitY of the two 'gore on. ptepte she loved beet en earth. A been.- What was that tiannthart his 'eYea? A vital piettue; • but bow was it to be re- :diennalskychifeeri;seullat alledeagolisoldn lufitubseb eausti alized? Sir Clinton did Rot return. • WAS HIS FRIEND TOO. I ooeltinc lueldeet Goiolgetielk the °aeon's Gift of a Cabin to the "'Sailor's listit.," Visa Whiten, who is well knowu for her work among sailors in England, hes /Wit had an iriterview with the Queen at Windsor, who is keenly interested in her labors tier Majesty recently gave a "eabin" to the "Sailors' lies4" at Devon - pore, and Miss Weston roamed to the. Queen instance of a sick gator, 'who, after baying been placed in the whin. esleta .f the Qoeen really gave the cabin out of bet private poeltet. Vfbea told it was tout, the Bailor sant: "I would not have believed it unless I had seen in Sne has been my Queen always. ;Now she la my friend." Men Weston says the Queen wept on bearing tbis simple story- emateeerter nentertc. No sr .trained adult znind ever thin es of the things that Waldron will say, and the annexpeatee" front them is Always bold no dread expeetancy. A fresb ex- ample was affordee the other evening in a fatuity ou Adelaide street. There was company for dinner and the platter in front of the hest contained a ilne roast ot beef. He drew the sharp carving knife aerose the ringing steel for o few times just because that is a way eervers Imam drove the fork deep lime the steamitib ee beef, described a scalping, Where waa bee Peeple wen. tired ot t• .4 of a4d. ile simaded hie eyes as holie ',tallish in the air and groteelally . mat -4 the erettetteu. Loy may tool:oil at Itthem whbegan operationsTwe Alice marbleized at did it retnel c o. an ex/mutant all (iota...tura alto knew that • be was living, bveanse Miss Loeltwooa gide? They brought to bis male the had ascertained that his banhera hail ik"telS face.ehnt gleaming in her ewies ef a raiz% proud11."1" wo . j eent tdifferent sures of neraey to him. wtta .the It Time- anetred her, 'aid) all pas, "d m the !kb, shin:ng tala of her • ; n ro thos slieee close aCtiiSi the met resulted and p„Uttql-...,.., Ora they did uot qt teetteat dres— a radaint woulau, with luminous e ' tas who stooti proud and loam what part of the world he svae et,„"Smr4t11.4 things in the pretence of his guest, but in, that the money had been sent to a ",e"aetei.""va e"ed""lid"""te'd""'v. w°,19'111 wi,t° he tram his wite with a Mita, made a ntrisian beult; but thin wbenever thr "1"4,vroee'm h s ,eret "'111 1/M`I'. grim tohe attoet be indigestibility of Ile Clinteu forwareed them walked on. turnine, his addrees, with. silk roasted hardwood, inquired whether the time- would at owe seud it to her; and sh'Ilider frem the ea'''tern sky. Then !rem out of the light. as. it vere- butcher deo ran a weodyard, dug tine with that Lady May had to be content. sewer out viciously and ordered little Teo nem bad paetsee since the niethtd ell to hunt he saw people coining- He A Winie. who bed made several attempts be NItiS turning off the third when the blade eyelet a skewer, matte a sliding upward motion and mute cue at the top with a result that the proposed elice look. ea like a frost bitteu leaf curled by the sun, l'be man could not say inteuse of that quarrel and parting—the gees- n°11' net meet them , they were aat7 to tell sametinne, to keep still or leeve tem stlal nntrained ttuawswered, "Wbere traeelez.e an the grent bighwen hal be , tbe table. His evident temper led to au wee r Clinton Adair?" would not meet tliera. Perbaes they ' eta:arms:dug slienee and little Willie ell ue ha4 g,nte ellt from her psesenee would stay him. :is these other men till saw an opening that he min DOS resIst. Itet ttieht mad with wounded pride and ntli 'sax that be was 111- He did nol" "eek has burnt be note erful," bo 5141111toh.a !WM. Wad with jealousy.. Hal W241: any one te see bira, to fA epeak % anneuntee. he thl has brave. he „talia have well:. him. to observe his baggerd 1oo1, ad." eatel eta father, wbose ea to the viver cud flung hitutelf in. To the left ity what looked hiee a geed loutaer was ceutletg tack. "How He was not weak enough, not ePWAPI large forest. He =Nr A ViaSS of trees, die she tie Ica" etiough, for that; but be awe read—the and a narrow lane %what a stile at :be "Irvin' ter pull thew skewers otth r awecruof erd of hi led there. lie went. d wen the with her Tite'lh." fihiS . the el fever his jeelaudy, uraddeues aatheu . leze ard alitrated :wee the stile: them :ark d o:It in the nentlight, he swore ro was " an"e"w Path 11.1:1!t1id e:'emeli hirtselt that he would never look ripen iead through the wea3s. It was thea the first fatet. tremble of dawa. 'Ili• her fair. false faee again—that come eitee wbat might, he would never utnew by n tbe grass end enter one nwre toll in her preseeee. Peolie iva1ves1,lheree t wnsea 'awe" stir' " ho tow lam in the street moved quielte 1'1)111'2g aada ale or two ilitat bre, ly away, beiterhie; that he was mad.' SItare a`lVentIrr"IIS limn the rest' ut- Ite raised bis letral as tbeugh appeal.' Ivrea a few faint Dales. het to I•leaven above for justice, then lie w11:1"e4 on. hs strength tai1'ir:41 ,so'll!...tatellvontt feliceitiainFte% agsiii he retatutitvtth...71e, fuahst:elue(„.0.;,..it;hst,tofaeexn:1,z.,e,t;v.zsiteuannta catelaing at the len- boughs Ps be peat Jet:rice to bint. It was the anonzed hake of the paaters-by that caused him ed,: but sever seeming' to awn egain't the trees... There was a• strange Lamb - to -telt and ask himself ohere be was • lattemliat et. was diyhvs? hake., Le.S. ill 1LS brain; he had eanoet fere man. reelenieing, with tbe inetnet ot gen 111137 he was "le:e' W ear. b"ti his tristo 11hm:ea—abet hail driven him :rtmal? class, an t11:4 011 tile arm, and asked him if lie wete well. lea 11,1",s ever -r tt1w n"th " 'lite man etarte ebaek I " affrieht aa n" dmadf tavlait alstedi tbe seime of iLp duu, haggard eyes Itaked vasteoly • . . than oece the glowing enteera sier at him. seemed suddenly to dia. down mea :meat "Weil? Yes; I am well," he replied. the tips of the trees. Smits:nee tom "What do you mean?" "People are all looking at you, sir the earth wanid seem to slip from ne- • • , - against what seemed to teim the lataen mit. h extetteLa Lis - • e easel. , ee tau Are taThem to yourself, and seem t ur ewer:team cried Sir annum, with a limb of an old tree, and he tel, w las face on the gratis. He ciatal re - wild laugh; "hint is a tante word. I am mod—a Wp111:111 bits driven me 'rand. member a feeling, almost of reten, :bet ' There, do not taunt me, do not seek to he bad bid down to tile; thee a saelee (j0t.dfl me itt I eh., 11 • r terrible twinge of pain, ie tramg to • He smoke so fiercely tbat the police- turn round, that he ehouid not de w tee mon started aside and let him pass. He Ids face on the ground, and then he na linked after bino, saying to himself: membered no more, "Ile No more. T is quite right; if ever a mae was ale birds woke and bezan mnd, he is the man." to sing; the sun shone brightly: the wild roses, the woodbines. the busy Then Sir Clinton came to hie sensee. bees began their summer dew. hut he This would never do; he must control lay, amid the grass and the fern, drirea himself. or people would really bel -'eye to death by a woman's falsity aud a him mad. He was quite close to Eus- WOTI11111'S pride. ttn Square railway station then, and How long—that he nerer blew. He he did not pause to wonder how he had A was not conscious of being found: •of walked so far in so stort a space of a fair each full of hating anieuish, landing arer him; of sweet eyes brim- ming over with tears; of little heeds trying to raise thaw of muttered words of sympathy are' sorrow—he was blind, deaf to it alt. Then, some time afterward. strong arms raised him, and he was carried away—not dead; no, he was not dead. They carried him to the pretty little cettage by the woodside, where the windowed Mrs. Erne lived, and she, standing at the cottage door, had said: "Bring him in—we will do all we can for him. Fleaven send us all friends and deliverers in the hour of our need!" He knew nothing of it all. He was carried upstairs, and laid on the little white bed, in a little white room, where the roses peeped in at the windows, and woodbines climbed round the frame—a bright, cheerful airy room, full of suer shine, and flowers, and light Kindly hands had him on the little bed; then the summer day rolled on, He could not tell at first how he be- came conscious, but he remember- ed a peculiar feeling of, warmth, cern, fort and rest, Then he opened his eyes, and saw •the pretty, white bed; the pretty, white room. He would have spoken, but that he seemed to be strick- en dumb. The next thing that he no- ticed was the open window. with its wealth of roses and woodbines; then, nem- the wiadow, the face of a young girl. Such a face ---so fair, so sweet, so holy—he had seen in the pictures of sainte—pure, meek, transparent. He •saw soft bandof tale, shining bair; blue eyes, calm as a summer's lake; a face all fair, save where the dainty rise -flush touched the cheeks and lips: It might have been the face of an angd --the old musters painted sueli. The graceful head was beat; he could not see what she was doing; then a mist canoe over hie eyes, and he saw no more. He remembered no more until he felt the gentle touth of soft, kindly heads, and he became dimly, conseinis that the young girl was kneeling be- side hinl, talking abeat him to some elle else. time. During that pause his mind was gutte tuade up. He would go at once to Eastsvold, and he would never, while he lived, go near London again. He de- cided rapidly enough what to do. "I have been ill," he said to the port- er. "I have had great trouble, and it has driven inc half mad, I am beeter now. I went to write a letter; elm) cull a cab for me, and I will go to Lon- don Bridge station." He went into the nearest hotel and wrote his letter, the letter to his house- keeper, saying that he should not re- turn to the town tease. Then he flung the deliahted porter a sovereign, and went off- in the cab. London :Bridge, surelg enough. The train far Hilton was about starting. He wouid take that. He would go home to Eastwold, and die there—he could do nothing else. He spoke so indis- tinctly that the railway officials seemed to have great difficulty in understanding "Raton! Riverton!" repeated the clerk. "I do not understand you, sir." And the onsequence of that mistake led to all the subsequent events of his life. He never looked at his ticket; he did not even hear the directions given him by the porter. He saw the open door of a first-class carriage, and he went in. Be sat like one dazed mite the train reached Riverton Junction; he did not even notice that all the peo- ple were leaving the carriages. A. port- er, looking in, said: "Riverton Junction! Change here, sir, for Nutford and Skilton." "Rivertmal" repented Sir Clinton. "I exec a. ticket for Hilton!" "You have come by the wrong train; sir! Hilton is on the other line." It was a sligent mistake; but the rest of bis life was inftuenced by. it. CHAPTER XII. s• t DAISY mane It was nearlymidnight then. the stare were shining In the sky; the night wind was ailed with odors from a thousand flowers; the wild roses. shone like pale stars le the:hedges; the song of the birds was hashed; the sweet, itoty stillness of night lay over the land; yet there was no &nue to the fevered, tortured spirit. Sir Clinton walked out of 'the great gates of the railroad sta- tion without the least idea where he was going, or what. next to do. Hie sole idea tvas that he must seek relief TO BE dONTINDED.] • ' No 'Wonder. • "How nicely' Dr. Pellets spoke of youo Uncle Jim." • "trncle is very popular with the doctors. o bas the grip every year."---Cloveland Plain Dealer. l'Oulottee. Joh. :F.,7%!AOT IT.n eery harpy in is exintry :lie. are s children caught lois,' trete et dehget asaor centnatta talega leer tercet aneeele aret seem 1eng beers' in trete:re thew ttre, lerne LVASL, tate atonitee teseme artier elteir rtnews• lite wee: setereelisted et les steee;.s.,i trneetisr'.:r.rsiee Kara rise to a, enarrai.n Wetrh r.zw- terirtsgs soeze fame . of ey,letw h.:mete a tie diteeet- wee a well, eirgated ceee tannet tv eat entlitere,,, thewietatizar tro ier retettlet late a • dee awl tee:: ;tee ezeteret ins mei:niece ran te met: :teem rate tters• ...tete, and • •mr. • • One ''.•=! ereweelrli 17.1; h reel eta- e trained wite a ;zee. an:tete re at. ear. ea....r.ev T.77. • ,Ftr . ' toical mn tte 'et Melee dtlight et.*: 'item he was '77 V Lau Seaney 1 t neat ora ttree friends, reter- - wrte • time in the testa:, tatene eze Z71.1'; sett:nee% with greetel his ell irieet: :".= notnrIntet/ whieh has beettne tatni"i.ar to the i5 35 Witty as Floret:Its riaterne. As great a ..."arel:n ;ne tie:se:hoe: Short teongh nat ae fat as nactbas, Seated on a inine A. Otlifrs .es Us. What a men gives Onn net whet he keeps, determinehis appearance in the eyes of the world. Berlin, hrightee-s. color, consist no:. in "What a thing keens, but wbat it gives era. A well-known b.w of optics teaches us that a thing is seen, not in tbe color wbicn it takes in and keens, hut In that eeler whieh 1alms; hack again. The thing that we cell ree is the one which is, in one sense. title - that is, it taltes in the lane rays and keeps them for itself, bin gives back- tee red ones in coleri Lice has kelt all the green rays and gites tack the 7e11ce.v ones, so we think le is yellow.. The object which we call black takes in every ray of light and keeps them for itself, and we Jaaeit striking)), enough seen in it the symbol of all evil. The eoject volech we call wiate keeps nothing of the tun rays but gives tbera all out again, and Vire bare seen in it tbe symbol of an good. So a mai is seen and known, not by what ho receives and keeps for himself, hut for wbat be gives forth to others. The rich man who keeps everything for himself is seen and known to be a poor, mean man. The wise man who bolds haughtily his learning to himself will, in the judgment of men, be very apt to seem a proud fool. The Raiser as it Humorist. We went up to the Kiel Yacht Club to see the presentation of prizes by His Majesty. He was in particularly jolly humor, and his epee:Alms of presentation were most bappily spoken. One prize winner, a little German officer, fully realized the importance of the ocoasion and was the more easily embarrassed when with cao in one hand and sword In the other he stood ready to reeeive his prize—a pair of /ergo vases. At the close ot the Kaiser's speeoh he handed the vases to the little.officer, who hurriedly put cap under one arm, sword tender the other and received them, whereupon the Kaiser insisted upon shaking nands in oongratulation, much to the embarrassinebt, chagrin and bliss of tbe winner and the shouts of laughter front every orm eise, led by His Majesty. The next winner Was given a liquor set and received orders not to drink front all 12 glasses alone.—Outing. Ailitturing nogg. Young pork is always best, as well as the mosteasily produced. Unless the animal hi wanted as a breeder it th not usually kept until a seer old. The breeds that mature early will make more poris at less cost at six to eight months old than will those that keep on growing two or three years and attain very heavy weights. But ft is still better to keep the eeding sow of se»ma of the waren, Tiro boned bogs and then grow litters of pigs from her when Mathi with souse of the small breeds that mature earliest The half-breeds will make !nor* pork than Will the thoroughbred& GARDEN LETTUCE, Cootooloo or 'Names—Two Varieties of Vonsual Merit. most valuable and interesting fea aure of the second part of the tenth an. Anal report of the Rhode Island station is a classification and description of the varieties of gardenlettnee. Descriptive lists of the varieties of lettuce have al- ready beem . published, but it is believed that there has been =recent classifica- tion based entirely on botanical char- acters. The kinds have been grouped as spring, suinmer and winter, and as cabbage, cutting and Cox lettuces, and aim the names arranged in alphabetic- al order. But with this disposal any change in a name of variety is sure to lead to confusion. Is this new classifi- cation the position of a kind of lettuce is approximately determined. by certain botanical characters irrespective of the uanie. The d.escriptions of kinds which closely resemble each other are placed close together so that they can be read- ily c4rapare4 and the minor differences 04LIFOHNLk, Cnnam BUTTER 'ATM& - Aoted. 411 et the descriptions have been prepared from carefully selected, well grown specimens. 4 major portion of the ilbistrations of lettuce heretofore have been quite as bad as the descrip- tion& The illustrations of the Rhode' 1,s1and classification are main13,- from photographs and therefore rich in de - tin and unquestionably accurate. Alto- gether. the plants from more than a thousand si,parate plantings of lettuce seed •sinired freta • leading seedsmen in the east, smith. north and west. and 11.1.4D from Canada. England and France, have been available for the study a this spories. From the Ott varieties described and aecerapaalied by at fine .illuetratiens mention is here znade of two attractive kimist Califernia Cream Butteri—Leavets glassy green, hlotehea wwit red and shared with red at hetet after light frestethiek. eleratitites and depressions of the lariir.a. bre ana rounded, to lilt:went • the inner leatme preatell lute falle. elate with eellSriiMinitl Itt.,intS the sitte eta tairerete eteinte where the nate at tite. end. Plaza's hietert :area ita te •iendees acres% usually faramen ahna heads atteat four neentlet ater he :teed is planted. A distinet "star:twee periterharly geed for privatt garter -se The leaves have a stronger flavor than theam of the more delicate latnas. ant to many tastes this is not • :oatteetienalil '—in fact, the leaves forin- t:1g the heais. are not Imlay excessive- ly biteee The vigorous constitution of the plants ereables them to grow luxe- riantly in soil that is not the best and in an atraosphere that is nneongental The form of the plant is like•that of the white seeded Tennis Ball, and. the two varieties appear to be nearly related, t meth are very. tine . Golden Queen.—Leaves short and broad, yellowish green, often shading to light yellow at the margins, edges smooth or with teetli only near the base, veins prominent, the lamina gen- erally being depressed between them, at least when the plants are young. Base of midrib conspicuously shortened and thick, heads rounded, hard, weight four to eight ounces, texture crisp, free from excessive bitterness, base leaves few and small, reed white. A variety of =usual tnerit, either for fteld culture or forcing. The plante grow rapidly, and when well eared for they seldom fail to hew]. Tbe heads average about the aize or a little smaller than the white seeded Tennis Ball, and, like that variety, the plants go to seed, rath- er quickly when grown in the open ground. The Golden Queen is • recora- -za,• *WI GOLDEN %rem mended for growing tinder glass, be- cause it is thought to be less subject to disease than the Boston Market, but it Is doubtful if, on the wiede, it is equal to that variety for forcing. Mow Garden vegetables liKee'p Best Nearly all our garden vegetables will keep best in the winter by being where the temperature is nearly down to the freezing point, remarks The Axnerican Cultivator, but cabbages, parsnips and onions keep well if frozen solid and put in a dark place or covered from the sunlight until the frost is out of them. They shonld not be handled wlei,le frozen. Turnips, also, are not injured by being frozen and must also be thawed out in the dark before handling, but it gives to them a sweeter taste and milder flavor, which is a recommendation to some tastes and by others May be thought a fault. We have taken tur- nips, cabbages and onions and thawed them out in cold water for immediate cooking and thought they were no worse for the freezing. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IX, FIRST QUARTER, INTER* NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 26. Tet or the Lesson, Joan vit,, WA. ter—inentoey Verses, 28-3i—Goli0em Texn.101411, et nar—cenementary Pre, pared ay the Rev. 0, M. Stearns. (Copyright, 18.99, by D. ¥ Steerage 14. "Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple end* thought." I; was the feast of tabernacles, anti Bis brethren who did not believe in Hint had In a sort of meeting way advis- to go up to the feast. His reply was, "My time is not yet mune," so they went without Rion, but He went up later, and as Re taught the Jews wondered at His knowiedge and His teaching, as He bad not been to their schools. Hie reel,' to them was, ".My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me" (verse 16). He took tor credit for Ills words or works. He sought no glory for Hionselt 23. "Tim cried Jesus in the temple as lie taught, saying. Ye both know 310, and ye know whence I MD, and I ant not come of Myself, but Ile that sent ale is true, whom ye know not." They had said, We keow tbis man wbenee ile is, but when. Christ conaeth no man knoweth whence lie is (vease 27), They knew that He Wall from Nazareth and of humble parentage, and that was all they professed to know, but If they batt been honest they would bare said, "We know that Thon tat a Witch- er come from God (John itt, 2), 29. "Hut I know Rim, for I am from Him, and He bath sent ale," Re said again, "As the Father knoweth ale, even so know I the Father" (John x, 16) and again, "No lean keoweth the Son lout the Father; neither knosyeth itey man the Fa- ther save the Son and He to whomsenver the Son will reveal Him (Math. xi, 27). In His prayer Re toad, "0 righteous Fa - titer, the world hat/131ot known Thee, but I bave known Thee, and these base known that Thom bast sent tie" (John 2'a)i 30. iben they sought to teke Rim, hut DO luau laid hands en Him beCause His hour Was not yet come." Many a tilue mould they have taken Rine, but they could toot tenet Him till the appointed thne. When they did finally take Ilion, it was because Re allowed them to, and ethen Ile tiled Re freely gave up His life. He laid 15 down of Himself; tbey could not take it from Rim (John x, 18). 31, "And many of the people believed on Rim and veld, 'When Christ cometh will He do more miracles titan these which this man bath cloud" Willie emote ho- llowed and nem believed not and many wbo professed to believe turned back and walked no more with Rim tchapter va 66) He kept steadily on bearing faithful testimony and doing the Falterer: works and wile, sure that all whom the Father gave to Ilim would come unto lihn (lamp - ter vi, 37) and thnt 14u would see of the travail o His soul and be satisfied (Isa. hill'el. 13)" The Pbarleees beard that the peo- ple murmured swat things corwerning Him, and tho Pharlseee and the chief priests sent officers to take Rion." They might linve rentembereci that n certain king of tlyria slie his best to take Elisha, but le ealn, or that Ahab did hie best to ilea Elijah, but also failed; that Senna- therib would hare taken June:alone but could not. When will the enentits of God stop imagining Vain thingsNot till the an tichrist, yet to be annul tested, is destroy- ed, and satan shut up in the pit, and even after that there shall be enemies of God until satan is finally cast into the lake of fire and the kbogdom comes. 33. "Then said Jesus unto them, Yeb a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him that sent Mo." The time was short until Bo would give Himself up and let them take Hint and Rill Him, but even in death Re would go to the Father, and after the resurrection Ho waled in Ills glorified body ascend to the Father, For more than 30 years He had willingly ab- sented Himself from His home in glory, bearing all manner of humiliation and scorn for our sakes, and soon He was to become our sin offering, bearing our sins in His own body on the cross. 34. "Ye shah seek Me and shall not find Ile, and whore I am thither ye cannot come," In chapter vita 21, He says: "I go aly way, and ye shall seek Me and shall Ole in your sins. Whither I go ye cannot cornea In verso 24 of the same chapter Ho says, "If ye believe not that I am HO, ye shall die in your sins." Now is the time to seek Him, for it is written, "Seek ye the Lord while Re may be found," and all who truly seek surely find (Ism 1; 6; .7er. xxix, 13; Math. vii, 8), but if the shiner will not yield to the seeking Sav- iour—for Ho is always seeking ever sinoe He sought Adam hiding from Him in Eden—then there is a possibility of the experience of Prov. 1,28: 'nen shall they cell upon Me, but I will notanswer. They shall seek Meetly, but they shall not find hle." 35. "Then said the hews among them- selves Whither will He go that we shall not find Ulna Will Ho go unto the dis- persed among the gentiles and teaoh the gentiles?" If they believed Him to he possessed of a devil, as they said, they could not think of Ills going to heaven to faavo then], but even if Ho should note eibly be a good loan and go to heaven surely they would find Hiea, for were they not all going that way, at least in their own opinion? Anything more than a more man they could not see Him to be and so they understood Rion, not because they would not reoeive.Hirn. 36. "What manner of saying lends that Ho said, 'Ye shall seek Me and shalt not find Me, and where I am thither ye can- not come?'" It is not strange that these unbelievers could not. understand His word, for even the disciples are heard say - hog on the eight before His crucifixion: "What is this that Re* sante' • A little while. We cannot tell what He saith" (John xvi, 18) 87, "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If atm man thirst, let him:tom unto Me and drink." Had they considered their own • Scriptures they onight have thought of Isa. lv, 1, or Jor. ii,18, or the rock that Moses smote, but they were blinded. Their. hearts were hardened, their ears heavy (Ma. vi, 10) because they would not see nor hear nor believe (Acts xxviii, 24-27). The fountain of living water was now in their 'width and yet they would not drink, for they pretence their own cisterns. In chapter 3 we learn bow to be born of water and the Spirit, in chapter 4 we learn that we may be wells of water, but bore we learn that we may be revere of water, bringing health and life wherever we go (Ezeit. xIvii, 0). Most saved people are content just to be born again, a few are vvilitag to be well, but fewer still care to be rivers. It is for ns to say how much of the Word we are to have in us (Eph. r. 18; (.ol 111. 10). 1