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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-12-7, Page 2********************* ** i Miss *-.. Miss Caprice itc * *.g. * ** Metiotir Met* By St. Oeo. nathborne. **IF** ***** Be shouts tothe driver to slaeltert the pato, het evidently the fellow Mils to bear. Then be puts bis head out of the window -and onee more .elevatee hie • butthe oattle :of tbe plunging .. vehicle, together. with the poise meat, by the shiver itimeetf, as be shouts at 14s.eteeds like o crezzy Bedoein, combin*. deadett ail other sounds. At any. rate there ia no result.. •aolzu has by nate Marie become exch.- • they ere mottrating a little eleven:0o. end •teameratily their pace. is red:Iced. ootte at the top and a loeg slant nest teemeat. doyen • vasten Satey zateet go azt lightrateg speed. .It is now or never. nle is lemma to etort this mad CO eittst time It he bas to Ctirab to the ehe.sweetug etetiene aad toes the ofL wimle thes inotentes beeeem him teis Mee leates. Lela eat whet all mete au tees - n the wae luerettem tIte . Mame% Tama Le seizes ram ortuttow feame, in- tot:Sing to get total of seateehteg atom* wItiea eteme ete futtere-M, meve tie imam tom irate:mete:mg moment tbat Met expo:me evemt meter.e. .tinzerse le a teattame treezeutitees sheen., tney striae ottee easmete; elottese nem Vett weteeta, u swaying or the Comb. iememiimele Calla ono WA, Quo af4e, st, Oleo! Igo come off. tinuty are wreciern among. the bine, d a touseitgebte &maitre from Al - g ere, the lights of. vale1). int:maze tbe imezveme beyend, ttIs etty tom injuretlt" calls ot Jetta, with seem. ans-lete in bis voice, for.tite enema. lute twee gehe vetione. Tleey are all ja eeafaSed heap la the eorner tact te clown, end the feesor le. the first to maw' out 'Mee comes Lade Pea, eo4ted„ but. thank lie:even, uninjured. 'They leap Str Intettel out, He neap* erourea, teeniest las Tent tem, eTitil man. flog a natie es ewes the beavem ot men et, ea meeastees. read heraug t:IA pain re,243 is notiateg sertens. Aunt fetveu came vet:eine. 8,7,4 there Is heard no semi frem her. Tait =t- e lly wilts:ors melee meg* to bave been ntteetv lanstted. "'Ohl Is elite &eel? exeInitus. the youree girl. with horror In ber volce, Peeler ftliteago ana the profemor cam atoot Gwen cut. Ifra9t 110C. I that% tam bes only fainted,. Cen you litt one of the ch• ions feern .the wreettrleady lanthezrel we will ptuee hex upon it here?" She shows iremealate animation in - Stead of going ilit4 i13-6terhni, es many girls would do untler the circumstances, • Pod dies M. tlet exteet twf ber 'lieu.; Aunt Gwen is ,soon in a COTO- tortable poeition. and the dotter StAffts to brim; bet to, for he believes slte has SWO(TIZed. This he c000 aeeompliethes, and When te able te declare she is not in pain, only amity loorem up by the shock. be feele filet it is thee he turuv,LI his at- tenton to another quarter. They are in a bad fix, wateked seve- ral miles loon their deetination. nairituess has new set in. Joint ristm from Ms lames end tatres In the sittetiem. It is evident that emmething zaust be tame in enter. Mutt tatty ewebe resents' from titer me. pieesamt pesition. Wheze• ore alootepaa and the driver? Beth of them ,have 'mernisbed in the most niysterious manner. Who, tem. will stemizt ene OS the panting borses and ride hae t Ilirhadeen for emcees.? "L ee me go:" saes Sir Litrol, 5thgzer- Ing ferwera. rota -el.:tithing an olive Ew for soppert. Jnatz s,..f.6 Lie week Mate. 4.yon nre not Szt a eteelition to go. Stay bere and premet the lallete for it is a timely plato. mei there may be wild Moine:is in these weette. Who know?" Veith wItien weree the yeentr. Ameri- can terews hinitelf tn the !lease's heck rand urgesthe animel name over the road they heve .tramelea. fellowed by the atetious eye of Leib- Ruth. "You 8,re mistaken. The miserable vehicle has broken down," he says. "Ciel! is zat all?" "Alll Confouud your impudence, and isn't it enough when two ladies are al- most killed outright by the accident? All! when 'we've betn rattled about like dry peas in a pod, until there's bardly a square inch of me that doesn't ache. tell ,you, monsieur, whet yen ore to am and in a dused hurry, too, Ostler out another etaem and Hy to the scene of the wreek without delay." "Begat.: if I only had et vehicle," he groans. "You shall find nee of some sort in- side of five mint:tee and go neitlt Ime te the scene to remelts my friendonne take them to safety, or you must take the centeemencese" anti in nis exeitement Jhngtowers moo the dapper Gaul an. - "I the latter aentally trembles with epalettioa. estop!. I have zink of something'. Zere is one old veldele in ze shed. laid up for repairs. By careful handling it weula do." *Meted: Get horses bitched to it: we onset lose no time. To the rescue. teLms !tear Cans. Ladies hove been hurt notet be mkea to the 44ty as am:mem as poseibloS' 1,tbe Ciau! is exeitable by nature. and tiateties eenze co' Joim's eurteus ea- thumatem, epelatee to hie ft -at, eed is (Mt the 4.4111.'e deer aim a shot, eizertitiae tezirentigible meters to the game, dy Arnim who hare robed the stem.> ettee zneacreat Of. a note, ca- lm; tae veMett lam a yeeng emayee 71 ea Eng reettc that, front. ne har- m -me they re egeier ae, bbott to the age nee. Jahn, etelito they matte eueli peer emiway. V) itttd IgS 4t$Siit. and nnnor his direction the tob omeatetteL (eel matte. even worse than tbe t.le.d one. ie lotent.tht out, atel the se jeim o d erremsed to it, and, tter seine samezzity about the liar - .s has asem mitestma they are If. is of moiredanger nem the amt. ,etetoreplot will bappen to them. the rsaerst eery ts great, anti jean lgoelles rIo t:ns himself. Thus, Itattgeh the darnuees, they oro- etom go-eine:1y nearing the stone of the daszeter. 'Intet tearer time. core,e, the mom Johan, feitre ;tram. though he wounl fald h bent t ve gooti reemme for them. sires- they net oely upen the ' 4s tbat love leen Zet MU by the littee Isreeete agent who sits net side*11. kat 11:•t• and hats ort for Otter Inet, tee Mee entuertus hk mtpassive west as they prztels etzd tete. A tree leesro Jelin rermentizes a meek eitel. Met premerm rIt verthreer. lieest. lige wrest:ea St net 41st !if% ea pen9 itt is n.r.qe aul ma, to pleree the circle that Lee line a pall aromal. . bat- at bie sugeostana tentem 7.1a. ent et vourse *las is ot utte 1.. Itioai as yet. "Witat le thee em. up on tbe hfll- i4e?' ash.Ielm., as he !mare apeculi. ar reautel, "Nlorethetr PA worry; he ilea], be Zat &elm reseal jeekal or hyena; %es' ver arouse! :ett values and do much rnieehisof. I 11:1Vi. St{n eem me,*seli carry off one steppe' This is net very ple:zsant intelligence, but John is tzew engaged in teeing to ettree the gloene :zed lolieves he sees some object that may prove to be the vreelted etage. He singe Ont WW1 a nail: "Ale therm resefeesert" Net a reply. oily %that seetus to he an ocem is Mine 1.aelt frent the hill-sitie. Taen jellies heart stands still wins n el:dame f, to, ne he Imagines that seme terrible thiug lete eteurred. II.• raiees his volee atel ealls upon Philander. When there cone e no reply to this, he nlaiZt'S use of eir JOanel's name, :zed beibees11 ferth me a the Talley seems t.• ring with the sreind. Still lemeless, tor ue mower bide him drop his fears. Now the feet is assured that some - deem seeiens bats leippened. aolizz jump:: le tile ground, desimes f meant.- whether they have ateually reach the epet where the wrecked onmileis He finds it to be true, and in another moment is stan lam upon the very place where Aunt Gwen, reclined at the time of his departneo Thme is mutt mom for speeulati 51. Any nne of 'tail a dozen things might have hapromel, me, to one who is ut- terly in tio, dark, there is no end of IVliat ism he do? One ehence there is, that -while he, Doctor Chimp', was absent, bent upon his errand of mercy and rescue, Mus- tapha may have once more appeared upon the scene, and influenced the lit- tle parte to move on in the direction of the distant city. He ,still places implicit confidence in the guide, and has strong hopes, though. the absence of the Arab at the time, of the accident is utterly unexplainable. 13y this itinie Monsieur has descend- ed from bis perch, and joins him. In his hand he carries the lantern, ready for too "What have you found, mon anal?" asks this worthy, as he arrives on the scene. "Here is the wrecked stage, but my friends have vanished. It puzzles rete to know what has become of them." "No doubt they have gone ahead, fearing that you could not cc new ve- hicle obtain. We may soon diecevea• ze truth." • "By going forward, yes; but before we do that,. perhaps I can learn som.e- thing about the direction they took." "AIM you will apply ze wonderful science of ze prairie. I have heard of It, begar, and I shall be one very glad to see ze experiment." He poses in an attitude of expecta- tion and keeps his eyes fastened mom the other who has already picked up the •laetern and bends over with the Oaten- -bon of following the trail. This soon brings them from the ruined stage to the olive tree under which they had laid Aunt 0 -wen. Arrived here he utters an exclama- tion. "This tells the story. Confusion in- deed." "What now, monsieur?" echoes the Frenchman. "See: tbe tracks ore numerous." that the gallant professor and the sol- "But they woulcl have been bad these dim hero of Zulu battlea are there- to people moved about a good deal." &Mend. therm • CHAP hR XVI. John digs his heels into the sides of the wattlel he bestrides. and urges him on with every artifice known to a jockey, and, considering the darkness, the rough nurture, of the road. and the weariness of the beast, be succeeds in getting over the ground at quite a re- ispectable rate. Thus. meeting no one en the way, he &telly burets upon the village of, Birka- deem noteh alter 'the manner of a thun- derbolt from it clear say, and de ehes up to the office of the stage line, which, as may be supposed, is managed by Franks. A Frenchmen has charge, and upon his vision there suddenly bursts a dusty figure, with hair destitute of cov- ering, and clothing awry, a figure that has leaped from a horse hathed in smeat, a figure he imagines has brok- en loose from some mad -house, yet which upon arldreesing him shows a wonderful amount of coolness. "Axe you the agent of the stage line?" is the first question fired at him. "I am Monsieur Corustans. I have ze charge of ze elegant equipage, line zat pm speak of as one stage," returns the Frenchman. "You remmeiber my PaSSing through Ilere a little While ago, bound for Al- giers?" "Parblen! zat is so1 am astoneale What for are you back en ze horse- back, tbo. Mon Dien, home ze robbers beenat it again? Ten souzaca fury, and ro oadi promise zat we have no • :more (trouble wif • At the mention, of tbe word, John experiences a sudden thin, remembering that' he has left Lady Ruth and Aunt Gwen upon the loneliest part of the road to Algiers.'bot becomes somewhat ream oared veleen it also crosses his raemory are made by other fee et --tatty men have been byre, What you onto suggestr ed—" "Mon Dieu; robbers?" as If appal- led. "That explanation. is nearer ram mark tbau enevalinn else." The prospect is ameallieg, for them, wild robbers of the desert fear neither man nor devil and when once they re- treat to their hidiug places in the moun- tains, It is next to tolly to dream of following them. John Craig Ands himself in a dnetto ma. To whom can he appeal in this, teis hour oe hita? Will the authorities do anything far him, i'et ease- the Ame- ricon or Britieh coosul rrzake a demand? Can they aecomplish aught. These mild Medoulna of the desert do not mine uetitm the juriediotion of the Dey. Ills coders would be laughed to secen, and mounted on their swift Aeabian steeds tley would mock rum effort to chase therm "Look' again, you will note that then So Sohn is deeply puzzled, and anoem rot how to turn. If the Frenehmen, weeny so bright and witty, =nowt sum meet ozomething to help him ot of this tillenuna, he will have to depend upon Mumelf alonebut lieneleur Coumane elarints his shoultlers, and professes to Le ahi t ses„. piney John begine to susPeet Is znay not have hem such an nt after all, logires to suspect a alert. The driver, what of Wm? Hie actions have been strange apt most mazy from tbe state, and Tet feels sure that if the cases Were emery investioated it would, be mind that he was not in the habit et hue tonning with ins loatle over tile ugh part of his trip. Them is so:nen:lug unusual in this, and something that demands investigm Com The man's melons were elisehn. owe to say the Rost, for just as soon us the arealelowle oveurred he had van - felled from view, Evidetztly be was in team with, some Johu is furious to thinit thee be lett the eeene of the disaster. Maly (1hl, he not let Sir ISonel go? The baronet seemed to be in earaest in Ms offer, and motor suelt eircuraston 'es— but whet uonsense after al). to think he cotild do more, 'when the vete- of them wars was evidently unr 1.1e to prevail agalust Na foes. Thus. after summing up. John is COM' reilea atinat with a groan, that he !Ub4W4' unselutely nothing about the eaSP, and is in a positiou to learn little mere. lie IS a teen of action, however, end eau me bear to are 'amides puss with- * itt least en effort to utilize tbete- they fellow the track? It is a paesibie solution, of the pro - tern, although it members to be hard 'work. 'hen, again, he thinks of his com- panion. IIow far may the Gaul b trusted? Ile has known F.reuchmen who were brave; he has a gond opinion or them as a, fighting nation, and yet this individual spettisuen may not turo out VI be it warrior. 1Vieh the hope of getting an ally. them he turns to the subject ot Ids aneiete. "Monsieur Constans." "I am here." Your words have come true. Arali ..bbers have, I fear carried off ma ;ends." ?Mien Dieu: it ees "I tun determined to rescue them." "Bravo: bravo!" clapping his hands Int the exeitement or the moraeut. • "1/he thing wmoies me." "Aln reensieur must be plabo" "It concerns you." 9,low far ean I depend on you?" At this the Frezieh agent draws his figure up with niuth ponapesity. Ile slaps one hand upon his inflated chest. "To ze death, moneleur!" "(keel! Tell me, are you armed?" "It has been my habit, among woe Arabs. zese negroes, zese ragged Kaby- • les from ze nimmtains. I would not trust my life wizout zis." Then le suddenly flourishes before John's et•ee, delighted with the spec- tacle, a genuine American bull -dog re- volver, which, judging from its appear- ance, is capable of doing considerable ee.ecution when held by a determined band. and guided with a quick eset John instantly matches it. "Hurrah:" he exclaims with es/Ahmed- :non, "we are well matched, Monsieur Constans. Let it be the old story of Lafayette and Washington." ‘`It ees glorious! Zey won ze fight. Why should not we, monsieur—" "My none is Doctor John Craig from Chicago." "I greet you zen, Monsieur Doctaire. Zis is all new business to me. Tell me what to do and I am zere." "Then we'll follow those -tracks a lit- tle and try to learn something aboet those who were here, their number, whether moun.ted or afoot, and the probable direction. they took." "Superb! I am one delighted to serve wiz aman of zat calibre. Yoe meesed ze voeartion I ziaak, Monsieur John, instead of ze doctaire you should be VA general." John knows it will not pay to stop and talk with Monsieur Construes, A • Frenchman is inclined to be voluble, and valuable tirae raay be last. So he walks on bending low in order that the lantern light may be utilized. Thus be follows the tracks some little distance, with the fie,hting Gaul sit Lis elbow, endeavoring to penetrate the darkness beyond. It is a peculiar situation, one that causes him to smile. This time he is not tracking the deer through the dense foeests of Michigan. Somewhere ahead are fierce Arab foes who have hie friends in their hands. At the same time he has a league feel - big of seam in the region of his heart, Mama, not for himself, bat concerning the tortunes oe Lady Ruth. A. month, yes, hardly more than two weeks before, John Craig aid not know there was such a being in existence. Elven when first made acquainted with her he thought her rather rueughty, according to his American notion of girls. Gradvany he has oome to know her better, has come to understand the pi- quorue character underlying what he was pleased to look upon as raid,e, and, whichsher sant must have ha.d in mind, when she gave her the, signifieant name of Miss Oap.riee, Time evemtm have rolled on uuta now. that roma in this period of suspeese, mime the girl seems to be in desperate danger, he awakens to the feet that he loves her. With Mousieur Oonstane at his vide, John has gone peehans a few bundled yards when the lighr of the 1..ntern euddenly foils upou a human ftenne ad- vaneingz an Arab, too - Sohn is about to asetune an offensive attitude when be recognzies Anustaphe Cade the guide. CHA.PTElt XVII. A startled exciametiou at Itis side cantos the young doctor to remember that he has a companion. Ile whirls around, and just in time to avert what might have turned out to be a catas- trophe, for Monsieur Coustans, seeing the figure of an Arab coming toward them, has no other idea, than that it is An enemy. Perhaps the fieret Gaul is somewhat anxious to try his firearms. At ony rate, when John so suddenly wheels upon im, mor.eieur is in the act of cowering the edvaneing Reeve, nro eg ceertmenome A SOCIAL TRAGEDY. %%ten, Curries woo It a warningt noting Soetety Men. Titere was a sound of revelry by uight, and Wiliam Jones* valeta' had gathered there in his new swell *sea mansion toe ) • and chivalry or the neighoortemd, and brigln the dariug gas and 11; emote pewer lneateleseent electrie burners shone over eerreeptious meat% mei JalaeS dandy nem. Tim festivities were fully on, aud Claude Put/utiles' eullax was at its height. Towering the full length of his ears above the assenzbled throng, Claude Pnoodles moved theamiz the crowded parlors with the earetess eatie and 4111010) that mark the habitue of the au monde. (Sometime) Soft musion voluptuous swell, though not in it with the other swells gathered under ale Billiam Jones' hospitable slate roof. was doing its best, and there was SininitalWolls CIOVelueut as the °reties- tra emblenly buret Walt wita the inspir- lug straius of -- Not Strauss. Ab. um: Soutet. Strauss felt. Sonia est. Admiring eyes followed Claude Pnom dies and his fair partner as they tripped the light gymnastie 1.....f over the waxed tioor, the envied of :ell the envious. Mirth and 111111SiO roigned. Na premouition of cowing disaster dim tithed the feast of Terpsiehore and flow of frapee, and ell went merry as a Inarriuge helm. The music dulled, "Miss Verdigris," said Claude Peon. dies fire minutes later, bowing before the acknowledged beauty of the blowout, "may I have the honor ot the nezt two steptl" "I guess so," size replied, stalling gra. clously. He bowed again, more deeply. Tben there was a sound—an appalling sound, Hie heart stnoa still. Els face turned ghastly pale, but he dld not turn otherwise. Ile backed away, instead, from the presence of Miss Verdigris. Moiety in its assembled ca- pacity opened its ranks to let him out, even as previously it hnd opened its ranks to let him in, and he faded, faded, faded from view. His dress coat, rented for the evening, had ripped up the bade—Chicago Trib- une. Those Black Feather.. "Nan, how does my hat compare with Kitty's?" "Yours looks more like a hearse com- ing around the corner than hers does." Ens 331verythinif. Agent—Yes, that Is an incubator to raise babies in. Old Lady—A great invention. But, then, it seems sad that the little tot in there should never hear its mother's soothing voice. .Agent—Oh, that's ali right. There's a phonographic attachment that sings "Rock -a -by Baby." --Chicago News. The Sheriff Outwitted. "Thank the Lord," exclaimed the old man, fervently, "the sheriff can't make no levy an sell me out today! The big mule, the brindle steer, the two cows, the seven pigs, the 15 chickens an the bale o' cotton air all on exhibition at the fair, under the perfection of the state o' Geol. gia—lli pluribus unum, an the best man wins1"—Atlanta Constitution. One of Few. Mrs. Jackson— That's Mrs. Wither- spoon over there by the piano. She is oue of our distinguished society leaders. Mrs. Johnson—What is it that distin- guishes her particularly? Mrs. Jackson—She has never had her picture in the paper.—Somerville Journal. sem Jostifi etttiono. "England persists in the contention that its motives are entirely philan- thropic." "Well," answered Oom Paul severely, "so are mine. I want to see if I can't get up a good Rbodes movement in South Afrila."---Washington Star. Keeping in Line. "Yes," he -said, "I will have to propose toltertoseigphtee" "Why ewas asked. "I haven't any other use for the en- gagement ring I 'bought on the install- ment plan."—Chicago Post. FARNsfIRELD ARUM CLOSE ROOT PRUNING. Worth Cousidering oeneseetton. With Your Fall Tree Planting. For several years a method of root priming much at VarianCe with coin- :n=1y accepted methods has been etrougly advocated in certain quarter& A timely discussion of the method as tested in different states has just ap- peared in the last report of the experi- mental station worn of the agricul- tural department. From this source it Is learned that, although for some time the new VleV7 pined little credeuce, the advantages of the method over old- er ones were represented as being so great and the results claimed for it so surprising that borticulturists could not be other than interested In tests of its practicability, The method consists in cutting back a transplanted tree to practically no root at all or at most to a mere stub, shortening the top proportiouately. The tree tnus becomes to all intents aud purposes a cutting. There is nothing essentially "new" about this uaethod. Interest in it attaches to the proposi- tion tbat its possibilities in practiee, have not been fully uuderstood. Tbe advantages claimed for this method are that it gives a better tree With a root system consisting of sever- al stroug roots wincli penetrate into the moist depths of the soil aud secure- ly anchor the tree instead of spreading out near the surface. Moreover, with the root pruned to a deb, It is no loll - ger necessary to dig large holes itt transplanting. A. mere dibble hole is eullicient Tbe method has been extensively tested both north and south. Tests were made at the Maryland station on a large scale. About 1.000 trees of va- rious kinds were planted. At the end of the first season peacb trees the roots of whicb were unprurred had made a greater but less even growth than those that were pruned. Root pruned pear trees made a better growth lu aU respects than unpruned trees. In the case of apples there was little If atm difference between root pruned and un- pruned trees. Itoot pruned plums out- grew their amens. Tbe general result of the tests was very eneouraging to the advocates of close root pruning. A series of tests was made by the Georgiht station, mainly with the peach, but including also Ole apple and (sher- ry, with results Indicatiug that peach trees pruned by this method "will live and nourish In this section even in stiff clay soil and under adverse meteoro- logical conditious. This Statement may also be extended to cover apples and cherries." The Alebanta. station planted peach- es and pears on a hard, gravelly hill- side having stiff clay subsoil, with the result that at the end of the season "no increased vigor was observed in the root pruned trees: but, on the other hand, no disadvantage could be de- tected, and the conditions could bardly have been more severe," Tile New Jersey stations have also tested tbe method with satisfactory results. The method was tested at the Indi- ana station. Tbe season was considered exceptionally favorable. "The result of this experiment showed that the peaelt tree was capable, after being de - preyed of all its roots and branches, of producing a magnificent root system and a top to correspond. The dwarf pear, standard peer, German prune and Early Richmond cherry earae next in order, the latter making very little root development on the pruned trees." Not all tests, however, have resulted favorably. Of 25 apple trees planted at the Nebraska station in the spring of 1890 only 10 were living at the end of September In the same year, and very few of these showed any satisfac- tory growth or vigor. Of the check trees, some having the roots cut back only about one-half and others untrim- med, not one died. From tests made at the Missouri station with the apple it was concluded that "the injury caused by too close root pruning is one that trees do not outgrow if they do not die outright * * * The heroic pruning advised by our southern neigh- bor seems to be unadapted to our con- ditions. The mortality among our trees Is too great." irrom the results of all the trials thus far reported it is evident that species vary greatly in their ability to endure severe root pruning. Among cultivated trees, probably those which experience the least 111, effects are the peach and pear. The critics of this method have at- tributed. muck of its success to condi- tions of soil and climate. On this point the evidence is very unsatisfactory. 'Stringfellow, the most ardent advocate of the method, working at Galveston with the favoring conditions of a warm, porous soil and high annual rainfall, has obtained remarkable re- sults from close root pruning, but the Georgia and Alabama stations have al- so obtained satisfactory results under the adverse conditions of droeght and poor, hard soil. Again, nearly all elle- CeaSee were achieved in the middle and southern states. The outcome under equally Unfavorable conditions in the north might be different. In fact, at present the evidence points in that di- rection. 7Niie Never mading Lemma. ' Our forefathers reaped the frufts of fertile virgin soil with inexperienced labor. Our children are confronted tvitb the restoration of fertility. How shall it be done? I say one, means is deep plowing when practicable, and another is an application of composted manures,. Sere is your lesson, and it Is never ending—deep plowing, subsoil- ing, harrowing, drainage and irriget- tion.--Southern Cultivator. . HEAVY HORSES. lestemas For 'Which Throe May JO* Wow. • inan en t menutoa. Young draft horses of the beat tYPe that bave beeu carefully reared and Ju- diciously fed can without any digatl- yantage be broken in and put to llght worn on the land when, they are e years old, says Robert E. Turnbull in the London Live Stock Journal. From that age till they are 6 years old, whim they are ready for sale, they antral re- pay tile cost of their food by their la- bor. If a youug draft horse has the misfortone to meet wale an acctdent that mints it for town work, it may still be usefully employed on the land, whereas if a young hunter becomee un- fit for the purpose for which he Is bred leis services cannot repay the cost of keep. All experieneed farmers are agreed that, taking into account the value of the labor performed by yoUng draft =Wait SUMS HOME, horses, they can be kept to the age When all horses command the best price At n relatively lower eost titart other breeds. It is true that n ou- siderably higber price cao be obtained for a well bred weight carrying hunter or for a high class carriage Immo thau for a good draft horse, but for one man who has the necessary qualifications tet lusure success in breeding earria.ge horses of the best class there are ten, who are capable of breeding good draft home, and, except perhaps in. York- shire and in some parts of Ireland, for one termer who can breed a nest class weight carrying bunter there are 60 who eau breed good draft horses. In the long run capital invested lie wall bred Shires or Clydesdale morel; that are intelligently managed gives, as a rule, a more eertalu return than capital employed iu breediug either riding or driving horses. But if it man is a good judge of hunters. hackneys or carriage horses, and is it born breedea naturally endowed with the qualities that are, necessary for succees, eblef among which are sound juagrnent, patience and the finest powers of discrimina- tion, he may safely breed the kind of horse in which he takes the keenest in- terest, provided he has suitable land and buildings. There is no depression in the raarket for higb class hunters. The demand. , tor high class earriage horses exceeds (4i the supply, and good hackneys can be readily sold at remunerative prices. At the agricultural show at Trentham lately the Deem of Sutherland state4. that, according to figures he had re- ceived, 100,000 horses, In 'value $85,- 000,000, are annually employed in con- nection with fax hunting. The love ot sport shows no sign of dirabaishing. Mame Bituminous cola Por flogs. Slack bittneiuous coal io often rem ommended as condiment for swine, says John itl. Jamison in The National Stockman. The only reasonable ex- planation why they relish it is because their systems are out of condition.. The rough partieles when first taken into the system net as an irritant, re- sulting in a physic. While this may seem all right under oorne conditions, it is not the best way to reach this end. When allowed free access to it, their appetite for it seems to become mor- bid, and they put in most of their time eating it, and finally, instead of acting as a cathartic, it causes serious cos- tiyettess. Hogs sometimes form an ap- petite for gravel or slate as it may be found in their feeding lots, with a sure result that they lose their thrift and cease growing. The coal should not be fed to them, because the evil effects from feeding it overbalance the seem- ing good it does. Farmers sometimes clean the slack out of their coalhouses and scatter it in their feed lots and all w lotheir hogs free access to it, bet very few are so well pleased with the 't results as to make a continuous prac- tice of it. Often it is done with the view to starting hogs in a thrifty way that are out of condition., It is doubt- ful if such results are ever secured. It is much better to give a variety of feed that is easily, digested than to hope to aid digestion by feeding arti- cles that have the least possible digem tive properties. Effect of Phosphate. on Pasture. In a recent intervieev in the Ottawa (Canada) Free Press, Professor Robert- son, who has just returned from Eng- land, related the following experiment by Dr. Somerville of the Durbon (Eng- land) College of Science: "Dr. Somer- ville has been carrying on investiga- tions into the improvements of pas- tures. By a light application of Thom- as slag (containing phosphates) a three acre plot has been improved to carry twice as many sheep and yield nearly twice as much mutton per acre as the adjoining plot of three acres untreated. That Was not due to an increased yield of produce on the field, bet to an im- provement in the quality of the herb- age. When a part of each of the plots was cut as hay, there was little differ- ence in the yield per acre. The applica- tion of pbospliates bad produced a plentiful growth of white clover on a treated plot, whereas clovers were hardly visible on the other one. There had not been any sowingot clover or grass seeds on the field. It was es old, permanent pasture."