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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-7-27, Page 3WEEDS. We cell there weeds, the while, with slender an- gers, Earth's wounds and scam they seek to cover o'er. OM sterile sands, where scarce the raindrop lin- kV grow and blossom by the briny shore. Ka esll he weedsDid we their form but study We many t ecret might unfolded find, Bach tiny plant fulfills its heaven taught II11331011 And beans the impress of immortal mind. We call them weeds, the white their use hidden Might work a nation's weal, nation's woe, fiend lo' each waated frame the balm of heal. int And cause the blood with youth's quick pulse to VOW. Weeds, yet they bold in bonds the mighty ocean. Their elender threads bind firm the sandy shore. Nitric& may sink amid its wild commotion; These humble weeds ae'er their -woes give And who shall say the feeblest thought avails not To bind the shifting sands upon life's beach? Verne heart may treasure what we've long forgot, The faintest word some soul with power may IftliL014. ,-.1few Orteens Picayune. 04i041041.0*0*()*0*0*0*0*0*(:)*CMC) I The Major's Reward. 0,i 0 0 * How A Soldier Who Had Saved His * zrueo Lire Was Mensembered 0 tbe Hour et Need. 0 Vi*O*0*Oti•0itO*0*Osioiroii3O*0*0 The great battle of Torgau was at Its height The Ale was thick with hot. Stifling sraolte, end the cannonade =tide the Yery earth tremble as eel - =tin after column of blue coated Pres - elan eoldiers came sweeping forte from the wood that seeltered teem emu] the aming mouths a 400 eannou welch thundered Incessantly against the wood held by the Prussians and against every living thing that issued from It Twiee the aeettilauts had foreed their way through tee peitiug sime and twice they had beeri driven back with geyere loss atter a desperate conalct, In the madhurly burly aud confusion of that terrible struggle tbe two armies had got so completely mingled together teat not * few Prussian sad Austrian regiments had fairly deluged plaees, and when the third attack began it w as no easy matter for the Prussian olumn of assault to matte out where the key of the enemy's position lay or welch way they must turn in order to strike it. But just then appeared out of the thick of the smoke a small, lean, sick. looking old man, In a. soiled and threadbare uniform, it the sight of whom and at the Nomad of the few abort, clear orders that he uttered eyerything seemed to errange Itself at once as If by magic. And well might It be so; for this queer little fellow was azo other than the King of Prussia him. elf. Frederick the Great, who had al- ready sent la name throughout the whole world as the greatest soldier of is time. Just then, however, a body of Aus- trian, grenadiers showed themselves 'through the rolliug smoke at a short distance and began to pour a heavy Ire of musketry upon the Prussians and their leader. Two mien fell wound- od beside the king, and his own sleeve was tern by a bullet "Your majesty Is tn danger here," said a Prussian officer, valuting him respectfully. "Will you lot be pleased le move farther back?" Frederick was just about to refuse, Itor he cared little what risk he ran pro- videhis presence could do anything to turn the fortune of the battle. But before he had time to speak the officer (who had placed himself In front of the king, apparently to shield bim from the lying bullets with his own body) fell to the ground as if struck by lightning. Frederick stooped over him with a look et concern, for he saw that the breast of the fallen man's uniform bad been pierced by a bullet and naturally concluded that he must be either killed sr mortally wounded. But, to his no small amazement, the aupposed dead an suddenly rose from the earth, to all appearances quite uninjured, and etook out of his clothes a flattened mus - tot ball, which had been stopped by -the metal cover of a miniature that he evore In his breast. eI shall keep this," said he, holding out the shapeless piece of lead, "in re- etembrance of your majesty." "You shall have something better than that to remember me by, my brave fellow," answered the king kind- ly. "You have saved my life, and you obeli not find me ungrateful. What is your name?" The officer told It. Frederick repeat- ed it twice to himself, as if to fix it wore surely In his memory, and then he "Very good; I will not forget you. If we both live through this night's work, _you shall, be promoted. And now let -each of us go to his duty." And on the following morning, when gbe battle was won and the Austrian array in full retreat, King Frederick evade good his promise. I3ut, unhappily, the brave officer's geed fortune went no further than thee Two years later the war came to an and, and Frederick, with his treasury .empty and his whole kingdom lying wasted and ruined around hien, was train to devote every penny that he emulcl raise to the putt:mg of matters to Tier= again. As a. matter of course every branch of public expenditure had to be cut -down to the very lowest point. Among other economies the army was reduced by a good many thousand men, and ,the sudden disbanding of so many reg - !meets at once was a heavy blow to hundreds of officers Who unexpectedly found themselves cast upon the world elm their old age with no occupation, no Ircuilley In their pockets and no visible aewity of getting any. Amen the countlees sufferers be this measure was poor Major Tapfermeen, the hero of Torgau, who, with three wounds, chronic rheumatism and al- most as little money as he bad tea years before, found it no easy raatter to "make both ends meet." One by one he had to part with all the little knicelcpacks which be had treasured up so long—the silver lrenintt ed pistols presented to him by junior officers of his regiment, the fleidglass which he had used during bis last cam- paign and the ivory handled hunting knife whicla had been given to hilD by an Austrian prisoner to whom he had shown setae kindness. Even hia watce had to be sold at lest. But, although in this sore strait, he could not bring himself to part with the chalu whice had been a gift to him from his wtfe not long before her death. There was still, however, one latipe left for the poor old man. Meet Fred- erice was now back again in hie palaee at Potsdam, near 13erlia; and, having by this time begun to get the affairs of his kingdom into some sort of order again, he was not So overwhelmingly busy as he had been before. Perhaps some help might be got from him, and, at all eveute, it was worth While to try. Tapferma.nres first Idea was to draw up a memoriat stating his ease and send it to Frederiek himself; but he then reinembered tint ie would ;lave to ass througk several hands before reiteiting the king Aud might possibly lever reacla bira at all. In any case he could not aderd to welt long for an aeswer, being, almost down to bis last eently as it was, so be finally determin- ed, to present himself At the palace and eee what would become of it The very neet morning, accordingly, the major smartened up his worn end faded unifori . as well al he could, and concealed the absence of hi $ wateia by axing Oa° chain in it$ mat place and keeping it there by attaching to one end of it the memorable "flattened bul- let" of Torgau, which he had preserved as a souvenir ever ;duce,. Then, tek- lug his stick in his band, ho set out for rotsdam. Fte had to do the whole nine miles en foot, the hire of a horse beene far be- yond bis means, poor tellow, and when he reached the palace lie was heated and covered with dust and altogether a very strange figure to appear at a king's levee, ad the scornful, glauces of the smart officials plainly told bine Among these there was one mean and malicious fellow, Elugo von Wake- nttz by name, who held the post of chamberlain of the palace, and, being mortally jealoue ot every one whom the king seemed inclined to favor, and more especially of Frederick's old offi- cers, always did his best to keep there away from the royal ,presence. rt bap- pened by ill luck that just as Major Tafpermann opened hie uniform to ad- just his chain (which he had got out of place In the course of this long march), the chamberlain, looking down from one of the windows, saw what be was about. The courtier's quick eye detected at a glance that the chain had a bullet in- stead of a watch attached to it, and, far from pitying the old warrior's poverty, as any true man would have done, this spiteful rogue at once resolved to get rid of him by putting him to open shame before the whole assembled company. .And It really seemed as if circum- stances themselves had conspired to aid his cruel project, for when the king inade his appearance his tirst remark Was; "My watch must surely be wroug, for I had no idea that it was anywhere near my hour for receiving visitors. Wakenitz, wbat says your watch?" "Most unfortunately, your majesty, mine has just stopped," enswered the chamberlain. "But I see this worthy officer here (glancing at Major Tapfer- mann) has brought his along with him, and he will doubtless be able to tell y -our majesty the true hour." The spiteful tone and look of the speakee did not escape the shrewd king; but, before he could make any comment, the stout old major, drawing - himself up proudly, answered Freder- ick's Inquiring glance by holding up the useless watch chain and the flat- tened musket ball which hung to it so that every one could see them. At the sight of the flattened bullet and the sound of the old warrior's voice the recollection of his rescuer en the field of Torgau flashed back upon the king's memory in a moment, and one glance at the brave old man's threadbare dress and at the malicious grin upon the face of the chamberlain sufficed to tell him the whole story. "Here Is a watch for you, my old comrade, which will tell you the right time," said Frederick, taking oft his own watch and banding it to the ma- jor, "and that you may have a chance of using it in my service I give you a place in my household from this day forth, and as for you, you rascal," he added, casting a terrible look at the discomfited chamberlain, "since you are mean enough to insult an old man who has fougbt bravely for his king and country, get out of my sight, and never show your face here again!"— From the German. Very Sad. A lady writing from Victoria, Brit- ish Columbia, to a friend in Detroit•re- lates an amusing and at the same time pathetic story of her Japanese "help," Frank. Going Into• the kitchen, she found him at the Windowwith a far- away, sad and ,distressed look on his little brown face. Being human and wishing, if possible, to be of service to him, she ventured to inquire the CSUSO of his distress, saying, "What's the trouble, Frank?" to which he mourn- fully made answer, with increasing emphasis as he neared the end of` his "I am just thinking, Mrs. Hunt; I have no money, no sweetheart and no bicycle. I am very sad."—Detroit Free Press. THE GILA MONSTER. TWO NOW Victims et Its Rite Land Color to the Story of Mil Paillimons Nature. Two quak death e during the bets 30 days front, bites ef gee monsters in Ariz- ona—one of a miner, Michael Doherty, at the Columbine mine, near Casa Grande, end another of a railroad section )aborer, Edward B. Graham, at Aztec. -- have gone far to settle the opinion of roany skeptics in the desert regioneot the southwest eoneerning the deadliness of the poison in the Oa monster's Pita There is probably no more mooted sub- ject among the old-thne plainsmen in tee Territories than that of the mortality re- sulting front the kiln monster's bite, The death of Edward P. Graham, re- sulting from tee bite of a gila monster, was so characteristic of nearly all deaths from the same cause, that it is worth narrating. The young man was bir,teux at 10 o'clock in the morning, while he was =long the most:mite chaparral, grubbing root a fer fuel. The reptile fastened its jawa on the wrist of his left hand and clung there until Graham knocked the reptile** head into jelly witb a stone. Ten minutes later the venom began to manifest itself in pains, welch increased each mon:lent until the etricken man screamed in agony. Two Goinpaniona beard his cries and joined elm. One of the mea ran six miles to tbe railroad station to get whisky and annnonia. Wei= the arltidOtea reached Orabent he was iniconscieus, aria his arm had mol- ten thrice jt e normal size, end, was Mare- tue blue-biaok. Theo was at 11,30, awe la Spite of a pint ot whlekey forced down hie threat, he died at. 2.80 p.i».. never having recovered coneciotioneee The upper part of his body swelled out of all propertiou to its normal form, lied the left arm became a Meetly black. The gila moutter mite its name from the ene River, whieu Rows -through the heart of Southern Arizona tato the Color- ado. The Pima, Yuma, Apaelie and Marl- copati Indiana et the vonthwest, who have little fear of the tete of a Mexican centipede or a rattlesualre, will hunt a ;its monster cautiously to ite deatb, and will ever go many miles to reit the come try of one of these reptile; welch they regard as the mott to be dreaded of any. thing that crAwle Among tbe Cocepatis at Lower Call. ferule the tribal beliet is that the most fearful vengeanoe thee may come to the spirit bodies of bait Indians, after this life is to be bitten, by a red gila monster that roams, unseen by mortal eyes, over the adobe plains waiting to snap at the red -skinned wages Inimical to the great spirit chief. Tbe reptile Is a oombitustIon of tbe basilisk of India and Java, and the corn - /11011 eattlesualte of this country. It bas a counterpart in a reptile found in the lava beds of the Hawaii= Islands. Many settlers in Arizona call the reptiles "rat- tlesnake-lizarde," but it bas a more hideous and startling appeeranee than a rattlesnake, and or that retteon the soldierprobably gave it the name of monster. It is about 18 inebee in length. and In girth about the size of a boy's artu. Its THE GILA MONSTER. tail is one-third of the body, and it has a mottled or stiped skin in reddish yel- low and dark brown. Its mouth is similar in shape to that of an alligator, and ite little black eyes have the sleepy appearance of those of the alligator family. It weighs from three to five pounds. The gila monster has four stubby legs, shaped and placed like those of a lizard, but it has none of the rapidity of motion of the latter. It is never found in darnp, cool spots, but in the hottest sand, or on the dryest sun -baked soil. Rattlesnakes do not stay in the heat that the gila monster enjoys. and it is doubtful if even a salaxnander could stand a daily temperature of 135 degrees for hours, which the Arizona gila monster grows fat on daring mid -summer weeks. It lives with rattlesnakes and eubsists like the snakes. The head of the gila monster is much like thais of a small boa constrictor, and the teeth are in double rows, thick and very sharp. When the reptile bites—it never springs or strikes at its victim, but just simply bites—it means business, for the grasp of the jaws is something marvellous. Anything once oaught be- tween those two double YOWN of teeth is Iteld as if in a vise -like steel trap. The Indians have a saying that a genuine gila monster will not release a piece of flesh between its jaws until the big spirit in the mountains causes a thunder, even if it takes all eummer. The Maricopah Indians do not attempt to release a member of their tribe who has been bitten by a gila monster from the dreadful little jaws, and it is gener- ally believed that they end the sufferings of any hapless victim among themselves by a deadly blow on the head. They say they know no oure for the poison of the reptiles. When attacked the gila monster re- treats about half its length and crouches close to the ground, rearing head and neck in a fierce manner, while a black, forked tongue over an inch in length darts swiftly out of a mouth abnormally wide and cavernous. At the same time it emita a hiss, and a, creaking noise, which is made by scraping either its claws, which are pointed and sharp, or the rough scales of its body upon the stones or gravel beneath it. If this demonstration fails to repulse the aggressor the gila monster will not hesitate, when thoroughly angered, to make a snap at a foe. be Itman or beast. A taxiderraist at Tucson. Aria, who bas dissected many of these lizards, says he has been unable to find where the venom, which they undoubtedly inject into the wounds they produce, comes from. In poisonous snakes it exudes from sacs above the fangs, but in the gila monster the olosest investigation has failed to show any such glands connect- ed with the teeth. Undoubtedly it is the saliva of the liz- ard, lubricating its sharp incisors, that produces she chemical change In the blood. For that reason it is believed that in the ealtvary glands the venom will be found, but that is the extent of what Is known of the gila inonseuer dangerous gewer. HEL,LEN KEL.LEIVe SENSE QF TOUCH. it rartly Serves tile Deaf and mind Girl io Place of Ears EVIO. "The delicacy of Helen Keller's sense of touch is certainly keen, but it keen- ness bas uaquestionably been developed from a merely interne' foundation." wrttes Joseph Edgar Chamberlin, of Helen Keller, the deaf end blind prodigy, in The ',tidies" Home Journal. "She 'hearse as she exproseee it—thet Is, feels —a footfall on he floor of thit room, and distieguithea footfalls which differ merk- edly one front another. Last summer, When she was taking her exercise one day by walking up apd dowa the ver- anda, I was seated in a °blab near the door, and A little child, barely a year old bue able to wale freely, oeme walk- ing lightly out upou tb veranda. Helen stopped at once, and coining up to me and touching ety lips asked, "Is Marion here?' I anewered 'rear' lielete smiled and said thought I felt a soft =emcee She Is parteultiely sensitive to musical, vilaratious. Sbe is fond of holding ear bawls agaiust a piano ween it is being played, and taw fare shows ken pleasure while she is thus occupied. She diet tiuguishes between high chords and low chord e atrece on a piano, but ber sense of feeling does not distinguish between melee and minor chords nee between ooncordeut and diseerdarat sounds. It is to be borne in mind that the has no re- naeinder of hearing wilatever, the drums of her ears being ruptured. "A great deal has been said and wette ten about her power of reeognizipg people by the Mitch Of the hand. She certainly deee recognize all her frieude readily hy shakirig the hand, and sometimes recog- nizes at a second rueetime, and some time afterward, a person whom abe baa met but once before. I terve studied this apoomplisemeut of bees a good deal, arid aw convinted that she recognizes her acquaintances not by the feeling of the hand, lett by the slight individual or obarecteriatio movement or MOVQ111011t$ Ot etteh person." THE SOY AND HIS TRADE. te, Sheuid Real* UI, Apprentleesislp est as to he Through When Twestr.Oae. "Seventeen is the preferable age of going to a trade, but in teeny cares 16 is not toe young. nor 18 too old," writes Barton Cheyney, m The Ladies' Home Journal "But, all amailittone being favorable. It is Well tor a boy to arrange his apprenticeship so that be can finish his trAtiti by tbe time be is 21. One of the edvantages of gain to a trade early Is that it allows the lad time to make a chauge thould he discover that he has =edo a mistake in chanting his vocation, and there is no infallible method or rule that ten be followed in order that such miatakes c,an be avoided. But the best course to pursue is for the lad to fully atiquaint hinoielf with the detalle of the trades to whicb he may Incline before he makes a seleotion. This can be easily done at the expense only of little ob- eervattort and inquiry. Then the matter of natural aptitude MU be considered— and it Is a RUM important factor—so that the lad can avoid going into any- thing for welch be has no especial fit - peso. It is asarrted that every one Is ad- apted for mome one thing better than any. thing else, and the boy should strive to discover what that one thing is. It would be a great mistime for a lad without a natural bent for mechanics to attempt to learn the machinist's trade, and the chanoes would be against each a boy's proper advancement, for one's best work and development are the outcome of being congenially employed." No Persoual Liberty to Do Wrens*. Even in the wilderness, a hundred, miles from the nearest savage tribe, and beyond all range of civil law, the reveller cannot indulge in impurity with impun- ity. Even there, for his own good, his liberty is enoireled with law—the law of God. written In bis body, a law from which be cannot escape. Even there, "Wbatsoever ri rnan soweth, that shall he also reap," For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption. Even in the solitude of the wilderness the tippler shall find that he who sows an act reaps a tendency, and he Who sows a tendency =ape a habit, and he who sows a habit reaps a character, and he who sows a character reaps a destiny. Nowhere in all God's universe is there personal liberty to do wrong with impun- ity. The only true personal liberty is liberty to choose between various ways of doing right.—W. F. Crafts. Fels H• Was Strong. A brilliant young man, 30 years ago, was beginning to form the habit of in- dulgence in the wine cup. He knew that other men were drunkards, but he felt that he himself was strong and would never be anything but clear-eyed and strong of nerve and arm of flesh. The years went by. He has had honor and position. He bas become a drunkard with it all, and his honors have been for noth- ing. Whisky and wine have done for him what they have done for all the rest and what they will do for all who are foolish enough to be deceived by them. If he could, he would deter young men from following in his footsteps, but he will not influence thexn. They will think of bit simply as an old drunkard, ar.d say that he was a, fool not to have controlled himself a little; and they will follow him en toeleath. Sadden -5".r Him. Poor Stammerten (who stutters like a oornpopper, but who can sing passably) —Mumeeura Miss Th-thu Thirtysmith— Mum-mum-Maud—I lul-lul-lul—I lul-lul- lul—I lul-lul-lul— Miss Maud Thirtysmith (egging him on gently)—Well, Mr. Stammerton? Poor Stanamerton (sanding his slippery traok)—Mum-inum-Maud, dud -dud -darl- ing, I lul-lul—I love you dud -devotedly. Will you mum-mum—oh, darling; will you mum-mum-mum— Miss Thirtysmith (desperately)—Sing it, Charles. Poor Stammerton (lifting up lois voice in Hong)—My dar-r-ling; 1 1-o-o-o-ove you. Will yo-o-o-otx mar-ry me -e -e -e? Miss Thirtysmith—Oh, Charles, this is mo—so sudden. She Remembers the Stocks. There is an old wonian in Lincolnshire who can recall being placed in sexls. rier name is Mrs. Mary Smith, but she Is familiarly known ea "Grannie Hub tote " She celebrated her 102nd birthday recently, and is proud of her pipe. Largest Library Of Smallest Books. The largest library ot small books in the world belongs to a Yrenchntan, who boasts tbat he ean peek 700 of his pooket seitione i� a Angle portmentesu. LA RopiNEss IN MILK, 11,14at Mxieertusento Have Shawn et Cornell IInlverelty- The dairy divisiim of tbe agricultural experiment station at Cornell university receetly issued a bulletin on "Ropinese Iu Milk and Cream," which was writ- ten by Archibeld R. Ward, who gum- marizes the ;subject as follows: Ropiness is a fault of milk Willeit does not necessarily depend for its cane upon the health of the cows. It is said to be caused by any one cif several dif- ferent species of bacteria. Maya found bacillus lactis viscosus to be the cause of viscid milk in two different =venter - BACILLUS LA07I5 lea In the two outbreaks investigated the trouble Was found to be caused by the use cf milk nteesile which had pot beep sufficiently scaided. The bacteria, remaining in caps which bad previously contained viscid milk„ were able to sur- vive the teething aud remain alive to infect new quantities a milk, Greater care in scalding 'utensils brought the trouble to an end. All 'mall ntemills were innnereed in boiling water for three niiputes, and the larger Cane Were filled to the brim with scalding water. which was allowed to remain for the same length a time. .A. thorough inves- tigation o the sources from which the bacteria might have entered the milk at the stables and of :mums eleewhere failed to reveal the presence of bacilles lactis viscosna. Nevertheless there is reason to suspect that during waren weather these particular bacteria get into the milk front water. The importance of thorough scalding of yeesels which have once contained ropy milk is urged upon the consumer as well as the dealer. Bacteria may readily be transferred from running wa- ter to milk by the agency of mud, which, drying upon the udder, may be dislodged during milking. Milk utensils which have been ueed for containing water should be scalded before using again for milk. The apparent purity of water used about a creamery gives ao assurance that it is free from bacteria. Cora For cows. Corn alone, even when at its hest, is not a perfect ration for milk cows. But corn nearly ripe or cut while in the milky stage of the grain is best. In sweet corn this milky stage lasts longer, especially with the large eared and large stalked late varieties. Tbe stalks of sweet corn are also better, because, generally, much sweeter than stalks of other corn at the same stage of growth. It is true SOMe grain will be needed to balance this extra carbonaceous nutri- tion, but we believe it good policy to make the ensilage as good as possible. Sweet corn has the baba of producing two or more ears of corn per stalk, and it will probably produce more grain as well as a sweeter and richer stalk when planted thickly than will any other va- riety. Besides, the weight of the large varieties of sweet corn, aside from its superior quality, makes these profitable kinds to grow for putting into the silo. When preparing fodder for the silo to make milk in winter, it is the interest of the farrner to put the best material he can in it, so as to make sure of the best results.—Boston Cultivator. Cure For warty Udder.. I notice that in your last issue a querist signing himself "Drogheda" asks for your advice with regard to the removal of large, rough warts from the teats of one of his cows. The remedy which you prestribe—dressing with lunar caustic—will undotibtedly effect the desired object. But if you will al- low me to say so I think your corre- spondent will find it an improvement upon the plap which you recommend if, after smearing his fingers with cas- tor oil, he draws the warted teats gen- tly every day for a fete weeks and then rubs the udder with a little of the oil, so that it will run down along the teats. In this way he will find that the warts can be completely got rid of with- out any burning. of the teats or any pain to the cow. No one who has not tried it can form an idea of the effect witich castor oil has when externally applied on the mammary glands and the teats.—Farmers' Gazette, Ireland. World's Largest Creamery. "The saying 'When the cows come home' means something to Obadiah Seeds of Illinois," said a citizen of that state. "It requires the coming home of 120,000 cows to eupply the milk with which he makes his annual output of butter. He made and sold 14,000,000 pounds of butter last year and received $2,500,000 for it. Of course be didn't stand and agitate the churn dasher that thrashed all that but- ter out, but tbe employees of the 160 creameries that he owns and controls managed to churn it. Obadiah Sands is the largest butter producer in the world, and 12 years ago he began with one small creamery. Now it requires 20 car- load, or more than 600 tons, of salt to salt the butter he turns out every year and 6,000 farms to support the cows that furnish the milk. Obadiah Sands Is only a hayseed citizen, but he is doing Oita well. "--New 'York $un. MAPLE ;SUGAR MAKING. lavapovatore and How' to Airs*" **at enter Trouble. Tbere are several gotta evaporators ole the market. Acconljpg to a peotninent Verne:pat sugar Maker, whit tells in the Ohio Farmer about sugar making la hit; state, those that admit ,4:f shallow boiling are decidedly beat. On thie and, some other points be says: With but few teees and extreme care perhaps as good sugar care he mede wit); the common pan as with the evaporator. but the pan for boiling is a back num- ber in the best Vermont sugar camps. Bxperience has. cenvinced me that the deeet flavored and lighteet colored ma- ple sugar or sirup cannot be made with centinued deep boiling. The sap in my evaporator is regulated to boil at a depth of 134 inches, The sirup is Ira ished in the sirup compartment at the back end of the evaporator, which is 14 feet long. In drdelltnie" the sirup *Ls compartment is separated from the reef; of the machine by a gate. Thie enable toe to take off a sirup of uniform den- sity of about 218 clegreea Thie wi give 11 pounds pet of eireip to the gal-: lea and cause the preeipitatiou of raa- late of lime, which is commouly called niter or sugar sand, TWa produet is a serious trouble tie, all good sugar makers in this state . (nothing Uoaehles the poor sugar makee hut the low price), and different methods are ba nee to get rid of it. Some try to settle it out, but the beet and meet eeouomical way is to nee a eOnieal ebaped felt strainer. If the precipita- tion is what it should be. this will take out all of the "lime" and leave the sirup as clear as oil. But, as every augur maker knows, removing the "lime" from the sirup is tlae emalleet part of the trouble. The worst feature ia its adiaerence to the evaporator, and if milted to accumulate during an entire day's boiling it will seriously injure both the flavor and the color of the berate : and diminiele the boiling eapacity of the sirup pan. The only safe way and the beet in the *aid is to remove the lime from the f sirup pan or compartment after each drawing of the sirup. With my Waiter - rater this is easily and quickly done by removing a mall eap on the heating . trough which extexide aroun41 the evap- orator and letting a little cold eap into the sirup compartment, when the small Amount of lime gathered is rubbed o, at once with a wooden paddle, the sap is dipped to the front end, of the evap- orator, the gate raised, and the finishing , process goes on 83 before. As the fire is , not ehanged the boiling goes steadily ? forward in the main part of the evape- ; rator. Any evaporator can be used , this way by attaching a small law to one of the storage tanks or by having a' pailful of cold sap to throw in as soon as the sirup is ail taken off. With me there is nob so much lime , in the first as in the later rune of sap. Melte acid ha sap is of the same nature , as tbe mile acid in apples, and in the'i process of boiling a caeraical change , takes place between this substance and the lime, forming a new product, ina- late of lime, here incorrectly called ni- ter. This change, orprecipitation, does not take place until the sirup has reach- ; ed the density of about 218 degrees F., or 11 pounds to the gallon. At this, point the small wbite crystals begin to appear and, being slightly heavier i than the sirup, they settle on the bot- I tom of the evaporator, and the heat ce- ments them together, forming a very hard, crusty substance Continued agi- tation of the sirup at this tints, rubbing the bottom of the pan or evaporator with a wide wooden paddle, will pre- vent the crystals settling eo MtlCh and . -will save some trouble. I like to put, the sirup up as soon as possible after it, comes from the evaporator. If put up , hot in tin cans or bottles and sealed up at once, sugar crystals will rarely fornm. even at a density of 12 pounds to the gallon. 1.• A Simple Hotbed. The simplest kind of a hadbed and one generally lased, as sketched by the Ohio Farmer, is 6 feet wide by 6 feet long, taking two three foot sashes td coy- ' er it. The sash should slope toward the ; south. While hotbeds are often made ' of waste lumber, they will be more eat -1 isfactory if constructed of lumber that is 1 ea inches thick, carefully framed to- I gether and painted. In order to give the sash proper pitch to the south one side of the bed should be made six inches/' wider. When planks of the width of 1.a. inchee are used, this can be readily asa HOOP ORDINARY HOTBED. cnred by sawing a strip three inches I wide from the edge of one and nailing it to the edge of the other. In this way we secure a plank nine inches wide (marked B) for the south side of the bed, while that of the north side (A) will have a width of 15 inches. The ends should be cut six feet long, and the proper slope can be given them by sawing off a tri- angular strip from one end and nailing it upon one and of the other pieces, as ; at C. D is a 1 by 3 inch strip nailed on ; to the plank, which holds the sash tight together. About Growing Large Potatoes., A Washington state correspondent of The A merican Agriculturist is convinc- ed front his experiments that it will pay to thin potatoes to me stalk ID a place and so ''°eve all the strength and mois- ture of the land to those that remain. He says: It naight be well to cut out all eyes of the potatoes when planted except such as are desired to grow and so save the trouble of thinning oat the field to some extent. There is no profit in growing a large erop of potatoes un- less they are of merchantable siee. The largest potatoes are always found where tha lanai stud Wonted stalks row. „