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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-3-9, Page 6BETWEEN TWO LOVES. BT PrettertA. AL cret.T. 'Continued-) • She looked up tu wouilee. Come away," he repeate4; ede net •stoul there in the attune -ht. , I ---T eau- eot 1:ear it." - • She was too .gentle and patient to ask bite why. She .thought he was inetahle with long. illness suet great pain. etee on-ssed the little room :mil cam. met to. him. She had a %wee, simple fish - ton of spealring to hen. ae thousth he -trete a steer child reessiehrg humoritee He was Ashamed of himeeef wiwn 170, found hew it soothed and coiner:tett "You must tahe this, dear." be wased eaywhen be Nr.is disiselined for • h.e es:indictee or roofs. • She !sad a. pretty fashion of tilting lea hand and etroiting et until he eenveltel. *the wa.s nee a ung "welter web a eurfeeing ehild--alwaye Sweet. always teeder au sl patient, allra,)'S cornett -gee ef hiw. arwaye thinking of hhe. grew at !stet to rely entrrety Mem tete hie lientitne so acestserated to her, teat ler was uneasy when she Wee away fterin elm; no one, mild do ate -teem etr Idea dee Patsy; ze oue eistsiel malre steth bee% ereh tea, mach seep: and ielise. -owb. tt wits time ler tem to ter. It. evetni eneel. by his seer: teteg eweet, atestee tatio .tb, Lhe hires end the siowers. telexing tem to eat erti etitee D.sisy never tee tre r ten, Ira that it eeen -d egg gee for her heeling. ire 17Le4 n h .:sr her nee; ter t,we Wan Very Kneen set t :ter; it etetted him. Thee. when he grow L Thee he:M.—when the.pMn in some deege keened, tend bre [stead grew cheenee seamed something Lig, oteepe it. He had grewn resiemeal to his fate; the Kweet*ss and br.ginuees of len vent 4::31 --wee tk, liT11:: bat ditty reit-leis:el Net that Ise considered he ha.I any Itteelier lire of duty marked test err rt,L1: It ee heti sie seeete that reetterel kv-7133-rit. I:e had tertantry the: rer 41e:tea It, treteg- aeurro Deer Nearest! hotv tree :es faee Wireld lusec. been teed , I %ten teten true to hiet—Itel ..esrt [home ewe entre-read dety er t'eereet ihe harodetteentel. Weet eneeel T. in that eahr. iresve „tt el" e.I ntleteree—eriest weetid .!:ot Leese ente rare': e his tureletroa leave beigens come he . 1:43,1? It was nil ev tr. a' 4 , gere tem retteinet Ise meet t.:1133. them then one ee se:et-get le -tees wart erettoe. Th s. ere -o drt titit0r 41V...11:S talehl I. Cite r.471;;;,A: he Auld • N. gere; esesel :en nay to btu - et tent lie weuel live lee life bury end wee, hetnee,in anenter world meet hes Net levet fie teasel not etnu- rt iseesele as other permle. by hoeing to feel its venality what he bad o -t 7.11 te ie • et w en over the hen. 'risen. viten Ise coils) no tenger emigre he theteees, wonid can Delete au.1 fleet-. le the ehersu of her zw.-et, pure heel:dee nonisi bastes to lens. Hew tretny. weary hoer% of pain she eneteei tied weed awatd thew many tontine of genthesess trnd patience see pre tied to hese withetzt knowing is: Jim teeny tireery nights and (Leary days sem ems like an angel ot light be hie bedside! Then, when the wort of his illnees eves mimed, and he could take more in - in ulett was misting. he aseeti hese to read to him; ;me Itaiey, with putreled look on her fair Ne*, broueht tint the Illttst eurli•ms core gen ever 1,e. Bo el—not one n' latent, in i,ense •ot tire word, reseleble. 'es thine no lamely here—no means of gt4t:11g hooks?" he tisktsl, hd'imay; vest is tete hn"nen u.Nrdt round lit.,r0 Made lionkS Of tee trees :Ind thele," she feneeel, "for there seemed tie ether." "We will coon remedy that." said Sir Clesion. "Will you write for use?" The rem& of the said lagers came in the settee of two boxes. one filled with the woeis of the beet aathere of the , dee, uteret he prtseeted to Dente; the mere, a hog from eludiees, with, a well- oetscted assettment. • Dresy ',sated op in bewildeind amaze. "Iter met" she eale—"all thee botke foe mei It eamtot be pretehle." Tier deeght wes unbounded. "But. Mr. Clif- ton," she saki. "it is Estee a valeab'e toneent, how an I take it teem your "hem deeerve more than r can ever glee you, Daisy," he replied, languidly. "Tertik What you have done for tan" After that the dreary houre. were all ended. Daisy was an iestitiable reader; • there were tilnes when eie ereest elso:e etighte in reading to him when pain tnade hint restless and sleeplets. the never seemed to the; her fair fate would flush, her eyes grow bright, and ehe would net cease until her voice Thu - ed her, and frhe could read no mora. reset woraing—she had rise.n early— the btought fresh, fragrant flowers into this room; &he had enade it the very picture of smattress, opened the window, end the perfumed morning air, musical with dm soug of birds, had rushed in. • She bad made some tea, and then sat down to read to him; he bad not slept an night with the intensity of bis Train. .She read, in that soft, cootng voice of • hers, some of Owen Aferectities poem, .aid It seemed to him .that he was listening to a stroin of sweetest mutio. Suddenly, the room was tilled with a terreat flocet of .goidert light—the sun hod srieen, and the window faced the cost. iteeisy raised hereyes, and in the glow - Eng beauty- of the heavens she forgot fr one lament what she Ives reading. 'Hee looked at her sweet face. "hieh.at are you thinking of, Daisy?" asked - Sir Ellinten. She glencedi at him erith those pure. . militia eyes, . Chet bad in them more .of ;leaven then of earth, "..t Wise thinking" she said, "tune fut- . 17erenk tai life .has been since yots earne nere.. I knew wile or these thlage, ex - ret by instinct" ."Itten (mev . little of- what Daisy?' , 'he. 'ettketer gentle. "Dittle. :of -real • beenty--/ Mean, dint X did not letoW hew it Wee eet inter "steerage 1 could feet •It... ueeil to go t out,: to .watch the • sun riseto leek at eitee dew on elie genes, to tisten to the• Urd. 1 liked . to be nee t the greet ereee' -when :the need .stirred theni; I • need be Mimed arid ., the clouds S.. .b ret .1., • • ,etid net .quite underetterse whe—rtovr.:eou •itsitte enadetit nfl clear." • . • • • . • . pooy.r-: "Hoer .heve " ...Vette)* it :clime?" "By the books yea have given tnet" she replied, "and br all the strange, beautiful things you have told me. did not know—I hardly knew what etry was, and I bad no idea of such gaud stories, as I eave been rending to tom It seeme to tne that I have been e'p—it least, that xny tnLnd bad been tee ep—until you carnet and now it will never he the same again." "'Net eren whoa. I am gone. Daleer Ile did not know why be asked her the et:intern; he saw a shadow of pain eonse into her clear eyes. "'We will not talk abeet diet," she heel, "You cannot go until rem are well. and you are not well yet." "I give ,you a great deal of trouble, Daisy; you will he pleased when I gee' *dee:melte she repeated; "oh. no. Mr. t tea. Wizen you go, It will be, as Ali ugh the sun bad see.» -nem would miss me, then, Daisy? Intl, I way thauk: tleaveu some one -en% fur me. I shall net be friendless e bile you live, Daisy." Sho looked at, him in sheer weeder. "thiendihss; h'ou nerer can be that. Yeti may not Iteve wife er mother to ieve you, bat you are. not friendlese: eott are so geed, so kind, se bonnee, umny must /ore you." -1 fear not. Daisy." he said, sadiy; and eite wondered at the pain in hie veeeta eleity must love himhehe who hal so weeny- felled in the else hennhal woman who was the whole wo:1,1 hins—the minis sensed salsa ist a meekery, Then Daisy resumed her leedieg: but Six terntou ht' !est in thought. When he was able to wale elowle them rme room to another, me eprerg was term:hue then it became tine of hie grim:est pleasures to 7.0 tato the ;velem. whole every swcnt Llower thnt the resets end loved Seetiled to grow. th Daiee's help he could reachthe gahtloa chair; and there he would sit watch ng the ,r-eates, golden, blue and white; watehing Ilse snowdrops, the purple v., nth sweet spring flowers of every hue. !clotting so and, SO heart-kW:en. nest elte. Ersse tauchtel with magas- elem. weedd say: "Itefeet ge to the poor geutleumu, and try so eheer No thought ot danger for ber deugh- ter over came netees the simple wee m .ns mind. Ile was a stentientent her riled a daughter et the peopiet th lee between them the great bride,* of lerre„ :and even. in the mother's fence, that was never crossed. Then Daisy would go to him sit ten'a hr his side. soothe him, talk to It ,g the fiewers, of the Sweet Spring-- 61'Pb of anytlung that came first into her mind. Sir Clinton had known many !miter, ''men of birth and culture, pellebed, elegant, aeeoutplished; he had always hewn pleasure itt tile% conversation ot re. fined and well-bred women; but tide was eomethine new to bine Daisy semetimes ntatie roietaltest in gramme; tbere was a slight trace of pravincialism Itt her accent, but her thoughts were pure and beautitul as the written word& of poets. It was the first thne that the deer, pure mind of a young girl had been un- folded to hita; her reverence, her perity of thonght, and weed, her simpliehy, the innate beauty of her Ideas—all fillett him with admiration. So, wutehing the changing skies, the flowers, the green, springing leaves, they sat, talking in a drealne, ha if in:retie-el strain of a hun- ,dred things, forgetting the bridge be — tweet: them; but Sir ("Upton never for one moment forgot Laxly ;slily, and life was never the same <again for Dalt? Erne, pain; he had lived apart from all who knew him that he might forget her; he had sworn to himself, over en4 over again, that his love was dead—slain, by her oldness and her cruelty, her shame. ful pride; be had believed that he was 'lead to an emotion; Tee as be read this, hie love so long repressed, his auger so long kept down, rose in a hot, pas- sionate -torrent, sweeping everything be. fere hint. He was like one bereft of his meson; that mighty love be believed dead had surged areein through heart and soul, bad filled his whole being, hod woke every pulse to the burning stiug of passion. It bad mastered hint again, Standing there with his tight hand nest ed to curse her, he could hare kissed the Mead at her feet He bad nerer loved her more nradly, more wildly, than now, when he knew that she was going to marry another. Ile loved, yet hated Ind; he cursed, yet blessed her; he was mod with anger, yet mad with love. He woe to be pitied if ever man was. At one moment he thought it was easier to day her than to know the was reaBy janther maws wire, men be laughed. himself to score. Why should he care? 1—he had ailreU her up of his own tree "%Yea could it matter to birnh— [ sae was faise as Judas. He believed that she had always iatended to uutn7 the duke; she had orsity est) hit an Meet of dime, she hatl ouly tritlee with him, Noire his heart. (hewn him meet fvr pastime; she had marred his life ter her owe ansusement Then wont(' e, ate a awife, sudden revulsion. Per - thee he had been so blame; he had been jealous. hasty. She was est lovas, so gnegful, it was no wentler that men admired her. Ile was tern with die- reet emotions—love. jealousy. anger twayed him alternately. Titer' he said te' himself how ite reit he was, that the past Was buried: all his emotion was waste, his love WtIS dead. Lady Mae was less to him than any other woman, and why gi iere over ber? The overory of her, as Le had seen her lost, temier the light of the lamps, her white le.nes rased, to reereee itim her be-su- ms:1 face all glowi ti; with pride and S(,' rs, the light of her eyes, the gleam of her envie., the elleete of her gotten% leer. all dazetieg eimerhow imperiallr tale; how royelly beautiful; but how twee'', how cold to him! Should he Eve, ani see her Make that hated gral happy her love? Should Le Lye to see her another man's wife-,. she whom he lovest vetts so leleal a level A fierce and hot innutise came over him, the irepolee that leads men to mintier. In that upreme moment of arsgssish and desp dr. it would have hared ill with the, Duke at Itoseetum had be been near. "It had all beers learned," he said to binetelte "to win her from him—the Vars, the eitarades, they had all been arranged for that one purpose, Of theme it was only postural a great heiress should more a duke." Then mune the reaetion, alwnys so terrible to bear. Ile had lost her, for all time and all eternity—she wee lost to him; Lost to bitul never again, -while tete sun slinue or the sea relled—neven while the blue heorens stretched out above hint, would she, the woman be loved so dearly, be anything to him agssini He had looked in ber face, held her hand, for the last time. Loet to Lim! And as the words went home to IsIste with a mighte pang such me he had never known before, a terrible cry came from bis lips, ond he sank, al- most fainting, in his chair. Daisy heard it, and hastened to him, He was lying beck in his chair; his fa -re was white as death. great (trope on his brow; his bands had fallen by his side. Daisy ran to him, with a little cry; she thought it was some terrible pbyeical pain—perhaps that be had injured his ankle—that le bad hurt himself. Ile had always been an object of solici- tude to her; she had tended him as, yenrs ago, she tended the wounded birds she found in the woods. She knelt down by ins side. ""What is the nutter, dear?" asked Da:sy. "I heard you cry out. You hare hurt your ankle—you have done something to hurt. yourself. What is it r The pure, sweet face bending over him, the tender eyre raining down deep- est pity and compassion on him, the kindly voice soothing as though he we a grieving touebed bim as he lead never been touahed before. He laid his head on Dnisy's shoutder, and wept passionate, bitter tears—tears that did not ehnme his mamboed. A new, etninge dignity seented to fall over Daisy. It was a man weeping those bitter tears, weeping with dean - drawn, passionute sobs, that shnok his whole frame. She knew all words were useless, but she knelt by him in mute, sweet symenthy, until the eassiou of his grief abated. She saw then that it was itt physical pain, as she hnd believed at first—men do not cry for that: the cause of his tears was anger, harder to be;irs..e showed her sympathy by kneeling there in silence, waiting for him to event:: then, at last, he raised his head. "Dstiey," be said, gently,"I am asham- ed of myself. I had a vent trouble once, you know, wizen yon found me, and that trouble came home to me to - nig -ht. It forced me to shed the first tears I have shed since it happenee." She made no reply, save by stroking his band, wondering much in her own mind what bad brought his sorrow. so forcibly before thim to -night [TO BIG CONTDIVED.) W.IMMINIM1411/1•II• CHAPTER XV. 8111 CLINTON'S =SOLVE. One fine spring day Sir Clinton felt hetter; the sun shone warmly; the snow and the mei of winter were pasted and gene; the herds were beginning to bed titter netts; the leaves were sr:rine-tag fresh and green; all nature was bright- ening mutter the influence of the thane:. Sir Clinton felt better; for the filet tint*, that morning he had walked a few Fieps :done; tbe doctor had told him that in o few weeks he would be aide to travel—to co where he liked. Even with the crushing weight of his sorrov en him, the sweet sexing day did its work—he was better. It seemed so long since he had heard any news of the outer world: no one knew where he was; he had not sent his addrees to any one; he had prefeered betneng the shock of his illness and the shock of his grief alone. He did won- der at times what had happened in that outer world, wberdat he bad once play- ed so preminent a part; he felt some little desire to know what was goieg on. it seemed to him ulmost as though he had been desul. He did not know what ministers were in or out; he had not heard any news of any kind. whe- ther there was peace or war, prosperity or adversity, and souse human interest awoke in his heart at last. Mrs. Erne was going to send to the county town for things that were need- ed, end he asked her .to get some papers, 'riting down the names. If Mrs. Erne had been less simple, the roust have known from the nnznes of thoee papers that' Sir Clinton belonged to the ex- clusive class of society. They came; it was evening then, and Daisy had trimmed the Isaanps in the lit- tle eerier. "Shall I read them to yon, Afr. Clif- ten?" she asked, "or will you read your- self. He thnnked her, but preferred read- ing to einuelf, and Daisy left him alotne. He opened thee:tapers with a zest that was new to eine "Poor old world!" be thought to him- eelf; "nothing gives me such a good idea, of it as being out of it tor a time." There it was, "Political' Intelligence." n. leading article on Russia, letters on different matters, of publie interest, news of high life. Sir Clinton brenth- ed a deep Mph of relief as he read; after all, it was something to belong to this wicked, weary, brilliant world. Sudden- ly his attention woe caught by a peen, graph in one corner—"A.pprone,hing lelataittge in High Lite." It said very briefly, but long enougb for him, that a mo.rringe was rungred as being about to take 'settee between' tbe beautiful, ac- complished ready May Trevlyn and, the Duke of leosecarn. He had been lying for many months on a 'sick bed; be had been almost at the gates of death' trans weakness. and South Australia's :Now Governor. Lord. Tennyson's appointment to the Governorship of South Australia appeals to the imagination of all who support the idea of Imperial Federation. It is suggestive, not so ixsuok because he is the untried son of the late Poet Laureate, as because his father was so ardent an advocate of closer relations between the colonies and the Mother Country. The first Lord Tennyson WaS deeply attached to Mr Gladstone personally, but politic- ally he was not a Gladstoman. He loved the man, but not the politician. As Poet Laurente, he -missed no opportunity of inculcating the moral that the future, not only of the English race, but, in some measure, of the world, depends on the readiness of tho various members of the British. Empire to stand shoulder to shoulder in all eirctunetanoes. If the Governor -elect of South Australia has not inherited his father's gift for song, he has imbibed to the full his father's tinperial enthuslasne—Saturday Review. THE GLASS OF FASHION. The latest thing in hair ornaments is black lace Views embroidered with pearls. Hosiery is growing decidedly more frisky. Plana black stocknags, once so universally fa.vore& have no place in the uer to date woman's -wardrobe. A heavy corded ribbon, enabellished vseth broeaded bowknots in a contrast- ing eelot is unach in vogue for the stocks finished at the neck with a long bow A new fad in Frencii jewelry is a fleaible chain of gold with a pearl set in each end. This is wonnd around the necktie and tied in a bow as if it were ribbou. The hats most in evidence in the day- time are the fur trimmed velvettoques, ornamented with violets or some of the dark. rich red shades in flowers WhiCh are so fasitiortable this season. Long lace sleeves are still worn in evening gowns. but the elbow sleeve is more and more favored as the season advances. Rouse gowns and theater 'waists are fitted with this sort of sleeve and dressy evening gowns as well - A new idea itt sleeves for your cloth gown is an absehately tight fitting, sleeve of velvet and a short oversieeve of cloth falling from the shoulder near- ly to the elbow. It is quite as plain as the one underneath, but looser to show that it is separate, and trimmed with fur. The now straw bats for spring are in the silk and crinoline effecta in wide plaits. which are mounted like velvet on a tulle and wire frame. Flowers and narrow ruches of chiffon are the prom. ised triunniugs for the toques, which, are to be somewhat entailer itt size and trimmed high on one side. We are threatened with real Shawls again if rumor is correct. Crape shawle with Persian borders and fringed, edges are the special kinds revived. Silk shawls in scarf shape are here again, and anything itt the way of a, Japanese shawl ISTeCOUThiettafdrorsmanner wear when sort. clinging things make charm- ing VnlillS.—New York Sun. THE HORSE REVIEW. In France the rewrite racing distance is 4,000 xne.ers. about 2lic =ilea Ed Grerf3, is eaid to have driven 80 winning beats in 2;10 or hotter Jest year. Greenhorn, 2:17X, is one of the ernelte on the snow path at Lawrence. Maes. It is claimed that William Penn, 2 :0714, is the faetest trotter ever con- signed to a public sale. Zlr. C. W. Marks, owner of Joe Putt -Jaen, feeds his horses with carrots with their grain during the winter. weanling filly by Fuchsia, the greatest of the Freech sires of trotters. was recently grald for 12,000 francs. Trainer and Driver William Weeks, who has been for eeveral years in France, is shortly to return to the Unit- ed States. The 2 -year-old trotting record in Aus- tralia is now 2 :59, with standing start, made by a colt sired by Osterley, out of a native bred dam. A back pacing gelding named Hornet, who took a record of 2 :211.1 in Penn- eylvania last season. has been identified as Judge Holt, 2 steel. The French riders of trotters had an association of their own, but the so- ciety which governs French trotting racing judiciously legislated it out of existence. Mr. W. P. Anglin has decided that he will not campaign his young stal- lion Gregory the Great in 1899. He is by Wilkes Boy and a full brother to Nellie A, 2.13. Billy Burns, by Bobby Hume, Is be- ing trained by Frank Hedrick, South Solon, 0., and is said to be one of the best prospects for extreme speed for the coming season. A remarkable instance of inbreeding is the case of Mont Leaf, 2.2734. lie is by Gold Leaf, 2.1034, whose dam was by New York. His grandam was by Metropolis, son of New York, and his third dam, Wild Rose, was by New York.—T-arf, Field and Farm. ITEMS OF INTEREST. An "unofficial- intimation from Os- borne prevented the sale by public auc- tion of the gold beaded malacca cane with which Queen Victmia was struck in 1850. The Florentine excavations at Fiesole have now uncovered nearly the whole of the torthern pre -Roman walls. Val- uable finds of coins and other objects have been made. The largest cab rank is situated in London—namely, at Waterloo station. It is a quarter of a mile in length. More than 1,000 cabs have been called in the course of 24 hours. A Frenchman recently left 3,000 francs to be given to the roan who was the father of the largest family in Par- is. The award was made to a shoe- maker named Vendenbruck, who is the father of seven sons and seven daugh- ters. Paris' city countil is going to give prizes yearly to the architects and the constructors of the six handsomest houses erected during the year. ' e owners will be exempted from half the betterment assessments. Fifty-two isets of plans have been handed in for the first competition. which is for houses built last year. Oil to calm the waves was used on an unusually large scale during the re- cent gales in the English channel. The water breaking over Folkestone pier made it difficult for steamers to enter the port till some one thaught of pour- ing a few gallons of oil into the har- bor, when the seas immediately became asumetb- FARNioREND inEwg;/ FILLING THE ICEHOUSE, A New wrinietee-Itow to Sore Tim0 When It Is Most -Valuable. If the ieehouse has been constructed on the bank of a creek, river or other large stream of water it may be filled by drawing the ice directly from the water into the bouee by steam or borea- l:amen or, if built on a small scale, the ice may he hauled by wagon and, in warty instances, run into tbe impost near the top by simply esing a skid, after drawing to a point bigher than the house. I have seen icehouses located iu the barnyard, or near to it and filled by drawing on to the bare floor and plash- ing the ice off at the height of the wag- on bed, from witiola point it would run fa at the top of the icehouse and then have a drop of 15 feet to the bottom. This makes a very conveuient way of getting ice in, and if the barnyard and its enrromadinge are what they should be the locetion is to be recommended titer than advised against. With four or five Mama of sawdust in the bottom and all openings closed, the filling is a simple matter and con - Wets in placing the ice as compactly as poseible, building it up solid against the outside wall. I am Aware that fame will say this is wrong and that it should be placed three or four inches from the wali and this space rammed with saw - duet. Thie, it ie true, is a correct prin. eiple, but it is certainly falee economy. If it is Ailed close to the wall, much time will he raved when time is an im- portant item, anti soon after epriug (name up this space will be found ready and may be fined and packed with sawdust on a wet day wben time itt less valuable than at Mug time. The ice all in, care should be taken to eve that it is covered from a foot to 18 iueltes deep over the entire salaam 4 very earefol examination should be made to be certuin that no air enters runlet the ice, mid it should he excluded as nearly as possible from all around. for it is an air current rather than warm weather that melts ice. Professor J. whose ad- vice, es expreseed in The Natinual Steekinan and Farmer, is here given, says itt conelueion that in building aud Mug icehouses tbe same object should be sought after as in building it silo— tamely, the excluaion of air. Tbe same principle in taking out ice applioa ia taking out ensilage --namely, make it a rule to oxpoee rue :test yossible mance. ..“.1•10*111011••••••••• Unell In Fertilizer Anrityela- The terms ueed to express the result& of analysitt are eelf explanutory for the roost part. Attention is oiled, however, by the Neva York station to "wuter soluble" phosphoria acid and nitrogen. Mile manufacturers are required to guarantee only tbe amount of available phosphoric acid (water soluble plus re- verted or citrate soluble), yet it seems desirable that consumers should know what proportion of the available is wa ter soluble. The amounts of available phosphoritt acid being win' one would choose 11 preference a fertilizer cone tabling the larger amount of water solu- ble phosphoric amid. The water soluble nitrogen inoludee nitrogen present in the form of ammonia salts and eitrates together with that present in small amounts of soluble or- ganic matter. it thould not be inferred that water soluble nitrogen is of more value than the rest. It is, of course, more readily available so far as it consists of ni- trates, but it must be remembered that nitrogen in thisform leaches and is lost to plants more readily than nitrogen in other forms. The Cost of Protein in Peed. An importnnt point in the purchase of feeds is th select those which furnish the protein the cbeapest. This is the eubstance desired more than any other when the feeds aro purchased for the purpose of enriching tbe rations made from home grown produce. While it is impossible to obtain feeds *which do not contain more or less of the other com- pounds, fat and carbohydrates, the pur- chase is virtually the purchase of pro- tein, and thus, other things being equal, the one containing the largest amount of this compound is the one most useful for the purpose. Feeds that are extretne- ly rich in protein, however, require to be used with care in order that the ani- mal may not in any way be injured. In stalling attention to these points the New Jersey station says that of four kinds—viz, cottonseed meal, gluten meal, linseed meal and gluten feed—the gluten feeds may be fed in larger anaounts without danger of injury than the others. Tbe Chicago gluten, the cottonseed and linseed meals should be used in rations for dairy cows in quan- tities not to exceed two or three pounds per date Doesn't Pay to 'Winter Tieks. In our experience with sheep we have learned long ago that it pays big to dip all our sheep stook—rams, ewes and !USN—both spring and fall, says a writer in The National SW0111331111. For about seven years we used a homemade wooden tank vvhich we had lined with tin. This tank was suitable for holding 100 gallons of dip and in it we dipped by baud all our sheep and lambs mostly twice a year, When at several times we omitted the fall dipping on account of press of work and apparent lack of time, we were almost invariably at greater expense of tune, labor and dip when we realized that we must dip. ley reference to our journal it is found we dipped abeep Deo. 2, Dec. 8, Jan. 13 and )darob 6. Those dipped in March were year - lingo and were first shorn, then dipped and dried in the sun and were 'After- ward housed in warm stables and a few of the thin ones were blanketed with juneysacks. Oi one thing I am certain, iI does itt pay to winter ticks. DYNAMITE ON THE FARM. A Quick Way to Clear Groand and Prepare Holes Vo!- Planting- Trees. Those who for years farm land that is thiekly spotted with stumps and stenett Certainly do not know the value of dynamite in cleariug the ground of therre obstruotions. Dynamite is thought by many to be very dangerous to bandies, hut in the hands of one veto is anyway Careful there is very little danger. The writer bas used it in many ways, ouch as blasting stumps, stones, nigger heads and wells, using it under water, and has never bad an accident. I would not hesitate to recommend any one to nee it if sober and careful. It can be purchased at from 10 to 20 cents per pound, and a ball pound is sufAeient to blast a large stump or stone. In blowing out a large stump, one that is thormagialy rooted and fast, take a long auger that will make a 1% inch hole. Bore well under the center of stump, take a pound stick of dynamite and cut in two in the middle, Itlaelt Cap on end of fuse and tighten vritle nippers, realm a hole in the center of etick of dynamite and place cap end of filet) in sante end, Be sure to make fast so it will not slip out. Out fuse so it will come out of hole about six or eight inches Above ground. With a broom handle force the dynamite to the bottom of hole and tramp with tine dirt until hole is full and solid. Thee light the fuse and step out of the Way a entficieut distance for safety and "let her go." Probably this vvill only split the eterap and blow the dirt out from under it, and if auother °barge is needed re- peat it, but in ease the bottom dirt le well blown out and stamp split let it alone uutil the stump dries through and little oil and Are will fix it. Blow out atone and nigger heads in the sante manner,. Should the stone be too large to bandle p/ace a small stick of dynamite ou top and cover with diet aud let her go, as the force of the dyua- raite is as etron down as up and will split a large nigger head to pieces. Ifind for making holes to eet out fruit trees en heavy clay ground that blow- ing out a bole with dynamite is the best way we eau tic it, as it thoroughle opens the soil and gives the yours reote a chance to take hold, writes J. 14 Van Doren in TheFarm, Field and Fireside. On the other side Of the subject, a writer in Rural NeW Yorker advises a correspo»deut, if he must blast, that it Would be decidedly wiser, uuless he can get an expert dynamite man to do it, to use a high grade black blasting powder. He thinks the only safe advice for those nufamitiar with dynamite is to Inmate it through the Angers of another. Potato Crates. Potato wattle are something ever/ farrier needs and which be can make for himself on rainy days or in the win- ter after the following plan, given by Farm, Field and Fireside: Common laths are suitable for the slats. Tbecornertshould be hard wood. ? <er .=zete. etre C.- 1 -....-----.....r......"::------ — 7.1' i.<-- ..--!-. -<--- --.----- r---..,-----"-- I.A ,-- , t. , "--t---r_:-.`"3- "t--..7-.. Slag VIEW OP POTATO MATH. Threepenny fine nails are the right size. The side slats are 1034 inches. The bot- tom slats should be nailed to the under- side of tbe second side slat. The end slats are nailed on last, with their aide flush with the outside of the side slats. When empty, place one endwise in- side of two others. They are handy in storing potatoes in the cellar, as they can be corded from floor to ceiling, and so occupy only a small A oor space. Angoras and Hog Cholera. A group of breeders at the Omaha show, informally discussing the live stock interests, brought up the subject of Angora goats in their relation to the fartn. All admitted that they are ex- .cellent for clearing land, keeping down brush, etc. A novel theory advanced was to the effect that where Atmore goats and swine run together in pasture the hogs remain free from cholera, this being observed as a fact for a long series of years, while hogs on adjoining farms were afflicted with this dread disease. The bit of experience was recognized as possibly aceidental, although something worth further thought and observation. .Angora breeding has long been a matter of some interest in our New England hill towns.—New England Homestead. Agricultural Brevities. The Geneva (N. Y.) etation has pub- lished ite report of aualyses of mummer- oial fertilizers for 1898, which oontaina matter of much interest to farmers. A Country Gentleman correspondent differa from the opinion that "little peaches" is a disease. He has examined many little peaches and found that not one of the pits contained a kernel. He concludes that owing to wine unfavor- able climatic condition the blossoms, were not properly fertilized, and as there was no seed to ripen there was no growth to the peach, The Ontario station claims that vere heavy manuring is 'wasteful and that a common mistake made in applying ma- nure is to give a small part of the farm n very heavy coating and leave the re- mainder without any. To keep seed corn keep it in a cold, dry place—the colder it is the better. It is beat and moisture that spoil the germ. It swells and shrinks back, 1 bave kept my seed corn for years in a cool, dry cellar. It never fails, but grows quicker and better than that that is dried bard. The cellar is the only place) that Leonid ever keep evergreen sweet ;torn and have it all grow, says a Faroe , Field and Fireside oorreopondent.