HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-5-31, Page 2Lady l igh, ),w ith a gesture of fatigue' his nook with a half laugh, in is 'it
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0 sighs clean on at a.tad xuoeaans her ooeu as at onoe apo recognazos the absura'ty
psa on to do. the'time, hoihina loath,1 of her sushioions, she joins merrilyeho complies, L ani very glzacl it is nett so l he
"It is the tenniva s at
y of my t+od !torah of beingealuoated by a zo,val
ding day," she says, � • s'
CI1APTEIt Ifl.--(Continued.)
" Indeed, it will not be so difficult a
task. Bollo is a dear little feltow, and
think he will grow up a noble man,
wit for the high station he is destined
to kill."
But Lady Leigh is gone, It is the
.first time since elle bite given up the
world that she has permitted. herself
to talk on the subject which drove her
into retirement, and she .finds she cane
not bear it yet; the old wound still
urates at a touch. Rollo runs after her,
end Colonel Dare is left alone.
More than ever he is attracted 'to-
ward this woman, who had evidently
suffered much before she became so
bitter. She had looked so lovely, too,
i her ruffled calm, with her big, trou-
hled eyes and tremulous lips; so that,
guilty as he feels in' having; deceived
her, he cannot quite ° regret what he
leas done. For' such woman men have
al'd, gone. mad, or committed tar worse
=aims than this of his.
Besides, he eau make atonement, Sure-
ly, if he devotes himself to the educa-
tion of her boy,'caring for him' as no
;were hireling.; could; the wrong done.•
-win iibd be so great;' tdrea'dy the child
is growing stronger and less dreamy,
-cow that he has a new interest in life,
What had you;been saying to my
Mede to;make her`'ory so this after-
noon ?" asks Tabitha,sternly, when she
brings in dinner that evening, stand-
biag before the tutor, gaunt and grim.
"" Lady Leigh l Was she crying ?
"Of course :she was, or'I would no
itsys mentioned it. But there—don'
rash yourself; I dare say'it was none
ef your doing "—a little;mollified by
bis evident distress.
"Indeed, I hope not. Heaven knows,
h would net willingly add to' her suf-
The -words are so low she does not
heir them,
"Likely enough she was worrying
alma the boy," she goes on, musingly
She turns to the sideboard to cut
geme,bread, and so does not notice the
undue excitement he is betraying. Then
ss she comes back to the table, she sees
tier the first time hew pale her is, and,
with the privilege of an old servant,
comments upon it at once.
" You are not looking well yourself,'
:'lair,°•• she says, with some concern.'
"It is nothing. ` I have a little head-
.sons, perhaps. Want of fresh air, I
sempose," he answers lightly.
There's the park. Why don't you
walk- out sometimes"?"
""Would Lady Leigh care. about that?
trisere would always' be the chance of
mar greeting, and I' do not wish to be
ui annoyance to her."
":L forgot that," says Tabitha, but in-
wardly resolved to speak to her lady on
the subject at once.
Colonel Dare is just putting down the
amp preparatory to retiring' for the
eight, when the good-natured but.
blunt -spoken woman servant puts her
lead in at the door.
"My lady hopes you will walk in the
'grounds as often as you feel inclined,
and there's a library downstairs, if you
vara to go sometimes."
The tenor gives a pleased smile as
the door°choses behind her. No long-
er shut up' in his own suite of rooms,
"ha niay possibly, by a little maneuv-
ering, manage to see her again.' This
`concession gained, it will depend upon
iaamseif whether he wins the' day or
Poems it by the very means he has adopt -
:eel to succeed. The deceit which has
,elven hint so much pain may in the
end .cause his greater discomfiture.
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Fe -HAI -TER, IV.
„' ft is some days, before Colonel Dare
cas Lady Leigh again. Whether it
ftsethat she; guesses; at what time he
wino'out, and. so avoids him, or whe-
ther she has ;ceased to care for out-
door exercise, it is. difficult to .de-
terusine, but certain it is, that 'neith-
er La
eith-er'in the park nor on the stairs does
Ira meet her. -
Not the less does he think of her,
lava -ever,' and Rollo forms a strong link
between them,' the little: fellow repeat
nag to each what the other has said. in
,'aiad1dash ignorance of the interest that
,Fe -.R'„,k% least takes in the recital. '
It i, data:meg' when chance borings
scPem together le -anise' The t it or is
;walking up and dowit- I - "ire the
Riotsa, looking a little Ovist y� at the
window, where a subdued light is shin
Ting, as he smokes his after-dinner
i =.arette.•
,'lis gaze' is still directed upward,
when a slight shock runs through his
rrna ,e, and. he finds that Lady `Leigh'
;ie.: almost in his arms. Coming sud-
denly round the corner of the house,'
,she had not seen him' until too late.
for so `elderly and staid -looking a
mean, he is singularly confused by this
encounter, and by the half -amused
asnarkle that `flickers on her lips as'she
,a6twhat it is which so attracts his
+nisiz+�.
Hasti•1y flinging away the cigarette,
l: raises his hat and. murmurs same
cua.rteculate apology.
'"2ou. were looking at the stars, Mr,
Dam?"'
?"'
Yes, was looking at the stars."
Lady Leigh smiles a little conscious-
re't ;. she is too beautiful not to know of
liter" beauty, and to guess at least a part
ea. his presumption, yet too gracious
scrir to forgive it.'.
She has wrapped a shawl round her
iad;'cooae out directly her solitary meal
ani^cndiefit
In the Clear moonlight Colonel Dare
unr note the soft, silken' robe, the ;glit-
Oit-
a -ea- of jewels, and .the gleam of the
snow-white throat and arms. In spite
of sorrow, even of despair, she has re
}mined sufficient womanliness to love
pretty, things for their own••sake, and.
to cern to look well even if there is no
ones to admire her.
"What a lovely night!" she says
aigbing.
Colonel. Dare acquiesces, - and, turn-
ing round, walks by her side.
Tabitha tells me that you have.
l ori keeping in all this time for fear
sf annoying me,". she says again, pres-
ently ; " I am very • sorry that you
mould have done so,"
"Is it a (also report, then, that re
;presents you as being wedded to se
nlusion, so averse to meeting----"
'
"No; it is true. Mr. Dare, i:f you:
:new my story, youwoulit not wonder
beat I should hate all men for the sake
ono."
no ' does not answer, being amazed
u,t trio audacity of his own question
and the wernith of her reply ; but,
aome�how, she deems to know his silence
re from sympathy, not coldness, and
ioes not, resent it.
They have come to' a rustic seat
highness 3 1 x e s nt1y, in a highness would be too muoh even for
dreamy volae, only hall aloud. "it is' my little Lord Leigh.
nearly seven years :since 1 canto to this
gloomy` prison,
'You do not like the place," he asks,
in some surprise;
"Other places are worse, Here at
least I ata ;,free from the insults of
pitying contempt and curiosity,,"
"And you fled here an your trou-
ble?" he hazards, half doubtfully, as
though fearing to give her pain.
"Yes, it : was the first time I had
seen my husband's hone. Leigh Dark
was too dull a retreat for him -even
—even during our honeymoon. Ile
had, not been here since he w as a boy.
He lett his mother to die' alone,
Always impulsive in words or deeds,
Lady Leigh's lips are :opened now by
the Unexpected encounter her confi-
dente is won by the tutors gentle voice
ancl; evident admiration for herself, and
Perhaps not a little by the half -clerical
garb be ' has adopted—women are so
prone to religious` influence—besides,
to -night the past seems so near that
she feels she must speak. She goes on
after: a pause.
I was nineteen when I married, poi-
haps younger than 'my years, and be-
fore T, had' been a wife three months
r`ay":husband. told me, with oruel can-
dor, that he had never loved me, only
married me from pique. With equal
frankness, he informed me' of the name
of the woman for whom alone he cared,
and half begged, half commanded`ine to
invite her to our house. But why do
I tell you all this!"
"Because you know I sympathize,
and because it is good sometimes to un-
burden one's heart, lest it should be-
come' over -full and break."
The shawl has fallen back from her
head in her excitement, and the moon-
light streams over her uncovered hair,
encircling it like a halo. Her eyes are
glittering and hard, but she smiles a
smile so bitter sweet that it is more
pitiful than tears.
"If my heart had been breakable it
would have broken long ago," she -an-
swers sadly. " I was too hardened from
the first. Six months after our mar-
riage we were separated; .he` to follow
up the attachment to, which he had. so
long been ,a slave, and I to wander
about the Continent- striving in vain.
to'bide Thyself from the sight of men.
Nearly every town ;I visited :contained
somebody I had known before. The
hest -informed' and least censorious pit-
ied me as the woman' whose husband
had left her without a given reason;
others, not so merciful, condemned me.
as a faithless !rife -for my case had not
come before the public, and where there
is mystery the woman is always blam-
ed. Ohl it was very, very hard to
bear.' •
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You have indeed suffered," he whis-
pers gently, and it is well that his eyes
are hidden by spectacles, for they are
burning with an indignation which
might have betrayed his secret.
The worst was yet to come. It' was
at Rome. In the papers I had seen that
she was there with her husband, al-
ways admired and sought after. And
further down the Column I read of
Lord Leigh's presence in the city. I
meant to leave at onoe, but that same
afternoon I met them driving. He lift-
ed his hat with a !defiant, mocking
smile,: and she -cut me dead; I, the in-
nocent, injured wife, and she, the guil-
ty woman, only countenanced' by the
world because her husband was still
with her, blind or callous' to what
should have been his shame. I could
bear no more then. That night my ehild
was born, and directlyI could travel,
I came to Leigh Park, and have never
left it since.
" Yes, I guess what you would say
society no longer blames me ; it knows
all the truth at last.When my husband
died so suddenly he had not prepared
for death, and papers left undestroyed
had rendered further concealment of
his sins impossible. A reaction set in,
and I was besieged with letters and
earcls of condolence, but can you won-
der that I did noteasaheln trenete ,i orld
which had onp'reatedme so ill ? My
parents st-
when
hays"e
itha 7
and me 1" he answers rapidly. "For
dead; I was an orphan
arried, and in ail my life I
know none true friend—Tab
tiollo's sake, Lady Leigh, count me, toe.'
would do much to serve you.
" You _are very good," is the .rather
tiff reply, as Lady Leigh suddenly
awakens to a sense of her indiscretion
n having said so much to a mere out-
i:der.
" Or very presuming,—which i" he.
sks, a little sadly.
She is at once repentant, feeling that
t may seem as though she had twitted
im with his position as dependent in
er .house.
No, I -mean what I say. It: has not
eon my lot to meet with :so much
indness .that I can afford to refuse it
hen offered."
" Even; from hie," bitterly.
Least of all from , you. You have
eon so good tp Kollo ; that alone should
ake me grateful,"
I did ndt ask your gratitude, Lady
eigh, only your friendship. Taking
are of Rollo has been a very pleasant
sk."
And he is looking so well now, so
-ell and strong. Before you, came he
s getting sensitive and delicate, im-
erious, too, as all women -bred child-
ren will, not now--"
The mother's words fail her in des -
thing all that her boy has become
nder his new guardianship, how manly
nd yet 'gentle, how intelligent; hut
ways ready for; play, or to listen to
ose stories which the tutor often
lis him in the twilight.
" Then ,your ladyship is satisfiedwith
e.'
"Quite," is the cordial "reply, and She
ids, out. her ,hand.
Then suddenly it strikes her how sel-
m he addresses her by that title; not
at :he is disrespectful ever, only in
pendent, and perhaps unconsciously
caking, as though they were equals,
V employer and employed. ;
Who are you 1" she asks quickly,
Lb a scarcely -defined saispicion which'
c tries to dispel by o; 'point-blank
estion, •
four lailyshiP's humble servant,
rd Leigh's tater."
She looks at bin's, searchingly, but
ly Meets the blank glare of the 'dark
ue spectacle and.a quaint, quizioaal
tie on the thin lipe. '
At the. idea that he is daring to
e, her delicate eyebrows come togeth-
in ,h darkling frown, and seeing she
crfgry, he hastens to apologize.
' *r'orgive me if, :1 read your thoughts
was amused by them. It could not;
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"° And you do not regret taking inc
wilbout testimonials and. with no pre-
vious experience 1"
`" No; ]shall ueycr regret that;," she
answers kindly.
"I hope ,not,"
And then, half ;avond.ering:at< the
gravity of the "response—a gravity
so much greater than is necessary for
the occasion, she rises slowly from her.
scat and,, with at little nod of fare-
'cIl, leaves bran' there.
For a long time he remains motion-
less, thinking of their meeting and of
the confidence she has placed in him.
`If only he might tell her of his love
a lova at first sight that subsequent
events hare strengthened—and' prove
to her' that all is not -over, because the:
beginning of her life was se sad! He
loves her no less because she has been
scathed by suffering ; 'the purest' gold
is that tried' by :fire,, and sorrow has
only helped to make her what she is:
"A perfect woman,nobly planned
To warn, to comi _t'kiidecommand."
LadvtiLeigh runs lightly upstairs to
her room, and when she divests herself
of her shawl, smiles at' the reflection
she meets: in the mirror. She has.not
failed to see the conquest she has made,
and is amused that her admirer should
he so old, so ugly.
She cannot heflp feeling a little grat-
ified vanity at the thought that she has
not, lost all power to charm.`Ofi course
it is only an elderly tutor, unworthy
of her in every way ; but still—but'
still, if it were not for those, hideous
glasses, he would not be so very ill.
looking, and even with them his appear-'
ante is distinguished and much above
his position.
If there really .be a Cupid, god of
love, surely he must laugh in his sleeve
at the'turn things are taking. If only
the ungainly form of . the' tutor is to
keep these two from love, his task will
not be too ;difficult a 'one. Women do
not always insist upon beauty in their,
lovers -witness Titania's passion', for
the weaver -and propinquity is. a man's
strongest,peint.
CHAPTER V .
"Mother," says' little Rollo, a„ few
days later, "don't you': think Mr.' Dare
talks like a soldier ?”
"How can you tell, child? You have
never even seen 'a soldier."
"No, but you have told me about
grandpa,` and read to' me, about', them
in books. And mother; he is so brave,
and,has such wonderful stories of the
war—that' dreadful mutiny.in India,
you know."
" Was he there, then?"
""I don't know -perhaps he was -he
has been everywhere, "Ishould think,"
replies Rollo proudly.
Be has very exalted ideas about the
powers of his tutor and would not be
surprised at any proof of his prowess.
Then Lady Leigh' remembers the deep
scar on his cheek,: and wonders if ;.
could possibly be a saber cut. A. sol-
dier's daughter herself—her father died
a hero's death at Balaklava—she; still
has a deep veneration for all sons of
Mars, even the meanest of them, and
of this man she feels sure that what-
ever he has done in the world has been
done thoroughly. •
At first she resolv,es to question him
herself upon the subject, and then na-
tural delicacy makes her hesitate. Per-
haps he does not wish hiS antecedents
to be known, and surely she should. be
the last to wish to peer irtto the past
of any one when her own has been so
dark and gloomy I
Still conjecture cannot but be rife,
and often she finds herself wonder-
ing whether he was in the Crimea, per-
haps even at Balaklava, itself at her
father's side, and whether it was as
officer or comnaon soldier he fought.
He looks old. enough to have been there,
and yet his voice is so young, Altogeth
or, it is a mystery, and one that ab-
sorbs her more than is at all. sa,tisfatere
tory. Her pride rebels against thp.fiti-
curree -t
"It all comes from' having, been sahut
mia here so long that the most trivial
incident assumes gigantic, propoetions.
It is not interest in the mon, but a
woman's natural curiosity which nes
been too much repressed."
This is what she tells herself, but she
ft is easter to deceive others than to
deceive one's self. Besides she has sen
him oftener of late, and. the convietion
has grown Upon her tthat he has not
always been what he is now. Some time
ine his life it has been his to command
and not to obey. If so, how his pres-
ent life must gall him. In some house-
holds he would not feel it so much—
happy households whom misery hira not
made bitter, and who would have treat-
ed him as one of themselves. But she
—hating all men as she does, awl de-
spising 'them's° thoroughly --how -ean
she be more than merely civil, coldly
" Mother !" cries little Rollo again,
breaking into her reverie.
"Is Mr 'Dare an thin lik t
father was r
"No—no a thousand times nor,'
" How is he different?" he continues
That women are not always alike he
knows, for- between Tabitha and his
mother, for instance, there is nof the
slightest resemblance ; but of men he
has sieen so little that it can be nature
ally supposed he might fancy they
would be all cast in the same mold.
The mother 'is silent for a moment.
How can she tell her Sen the fault of
her husband—his father ?
" Your father was a very handsome
man," she says, 'then, and with almost
Ancl' so is Mr. Dare. He looks ever
so ,handsome, , sometimes, when his
, glasses fall off and you can see his eyes.
He has beautiful eyes; mother." ,
She smiles at his enthusiasm,
" Your father was a young man, Rol -
"Mr, Dare is not old, only his hair.'
Lady Leigh laughs, but had the tu-
tor been there he would have trembled
at the boy's clear sightedness.
Children often see more than their
NV(Ser elders, and 'Rollo has been the
only one to discover the incongruit3r of
the long, iroti-gray hair in juxtapo-
sition to the still yoling ram But then
be hae seen him without his spectacles
and. on them Colonel Dare has depend-
ed chiefly for the success of his dis-
"Was he good?" is the boy's next
question, w Oa irrepressible curiosity,
The subject, is so seldem broached,
arta he has had so fe-w opportianities
of learning anething of his father, or
his taetos and favorite parsnite.
'1'0 be Centinuecl F
PRIESTS OF APIS.
.tiecxet. Out,
The priests of aecient Egypt liad a
very (31114)16 method of imposing. upon
the precitility of the people,. They were
acenainted, with meny laws Of
pintsies, and did not hesitate to °m-
atey them to inystify 'the people,
'When rferOsetie Cfreeki 'Who invented
the first Slob I-Undid:n(1i was Writing -
his book on natural lawsnhe includ-
ed a drawing of the temple clears,
W11(0.1 NV01.0 Opntd (IS if by magic by
the Egyptian priests. 'The alGar
stood outside of the tenaple itself, cowl
it was by utilizing this altar that
the doors of the temple opened,
as if by the ilavirsible touch -el thc
Lew tke DeOrt"3 of the Tethp:le: of Split Were
god Apis, and. the faithful weee
plete. thein warship'. How this was
gram.' Beneath the altat was s the
whole machinery., When the' fire wad
lighted on the. altar,- it warmed the
air in 'the tube. runnieg, down to the
expansion of the -heated. air forced
the' water 'into the, curved tube XLM,
traosferring some' of it to the' vessel
X. This' vesSel was suependeda by al
chain, and es it filled withewatee the
weight pelted on the 'cliain, which
Was wrapped round pivots 'that move
ed the doors Open. When the sacri-
fice was all over and the fiee was
quenched on the' altar, the
Of it cooled, the water poured back
into, the vesSel IL emptying X,' and
the weight :seen at the eXtrenie right
hand of the drawing pulled the piVots
ro-Linci So as to 'close the doers 'a,.gainn
Of courae, none but tlf*e,priest knew
anything ,about the medianism by:
which this marvellous °tinning- and
closing nf the doors was accomplishs
ech, and it must have seemed a mir-
acle..to. the gaping- ceowd of Wor-
shippers. r
NEW DUKE -OF ARGYLLE.
ceeds 1.0 the Title.
The Marquis of Lorne, who now be-
comes the new Duke of Argylle ou
the death of his lathes., is one of the.
few nobles in Britain allied to the
royal family. But the Marquis, or,
Leather, the ,Duke, is very high -bred.
Elie mother was a daughter of the
gi•eat puke of Sutherland. In 1871
the then Marquis of Lorne was wed,-
ded -with Princess Louise, the fourth
daughter of Queen Victoria- 'Inhe
ceremonn was performed in Windsor
2c,71:111. A41:1G1'LLN'E'.74..'
Castle by thee bishpp: of' London,. as-
sisted` by. two .other bishops , of the
state church, Like his celebrated
father, the new Duke is .a learned
man and. fond of writing, He is the
author .of a number of historical and.
political works, and he has published
two volumes of poetry of ra eery mere
itorious ordeM Politically he has
not been overactive. ,Ife has served
.fetv years, in Parlianaent, and was
honored with the Vice-eoYaltY of Can-
ada. in succession to Lord Dufferfin
He is 55 'years old.
at San nts'eg rnst.
Thehe was, published in London 'pa-
pers of May.j.; a; latter froth .Sez•geant,
Darker, who is belieyed 'to' be one of
thcise. just 'decorated With the .Victor-
ia Cress,, describing the *Sanna's Post
disaster. I -Ie. said:,
."In galloping from tire spruit, my
gun was overturned, and every horse
was shot. I got up with No., 4 gun
and remained three beers under , the
Most terrible, fire. In., five minntes I
had- lost tWo complete detachinents
and only' Gunner Lodge and ,myself
were left to work two guns, he at,
one and I attthe Other, We remain-
ed at the t-wo glInS, loading, ' laying
and , tiring by oureelves, and hrought
both guns out, of action. by ourselves..
'We. have beee recbmmended for the
Victoria. Cross.''
notstopianffee insisters..
Tile only adVe.nlage pt using sin-
gle eyes is in saving seed, era us-
uaily i1 is done ae a big,. Inss in tile
crop, WO always plant whole pota-
toes C(11, lOng(.11,svise, so Petal, '041ell
pieeelins half of the seed ond fie
tne stem end eyes. 1Ve lily our
Seal poen tope in thin layers on. a ,Ory
Odor, Fan a light airy room. If they
shrivel )1, doee mit rim ttee ae
we want" talent to make a short,
ABQUT
Wheal Thor° tigid y.
ani living in a connty tluit grows
more beati$ than any other of its size
in the world, or at least in the LTnited.
States, "anti, having, worked in. bean-
.lields for the last 25 years; I am quite
sure that I "know beans" at least
whee thren earl I inn willing to
•
,Says a New York correspoudent of The
Beans have yiekled as high as 40
bushels per acre in this dounty, but
only under the most fayoreble condi-
tions and on ilati very best lancl, The
cost to grow One acre, froin $10 to
$12, not counting any fertilizers oe
are marrows, mediums and Peas. P
will yield live or slie. buoliele more t
mareows in tile field tinder
same conditions. We nerer have
trouble, here abhut gathering Pea vi
after the pulleeil' the beane are proi
1Y taken care - of before harvesti
Peas take the lead by far and marro
next in the riumher of acres plant
litifteenorfrObpshels are a good aver
crop. The best yield in thiS county
1899 was 20 bushels per acre, wh
was extra good conOidering the c
season, while some -fields went as 1
as three to five bushels ou account
being planted yerat late guly 8-12) a
the dry weather. I Would not plant
fore June 1 or after June 20 if cou
possibly;kelp it.
There are two ways to plant beans.
One IS with -a planter, two rows.at a'
time, rows 2S inches apart and about
12 inches inYthe roW (a few plant rows
20 ineheS apart), planting three peeks
per acre. The seCond and best way is
with an 11 hoed drill, planting three
rows at a time, 28 inches apart and
putting in about one bushel of. seed per
bor of- one luau, which You Must -has
with all ordinary plantere. D'arme
;will have no trouble usIng a drill -
they will first thoroughly fit the
ground, and a drill will always pi
beans in moist dirt, if there is an
which is a great advantage- in a di
season to get all to start itt once.
your ground is a little rough, feasten
weight to each drill hoe that beans ru
through, an ,old plow point, or an
' weight that -is handy. salt Our be
farmers drill their beans, as It is taste
and better.
results from fertilizing beans, and a
they are our standard gvain crop her
manure is the thing. Our bes
farmers draw manure as soon pos
sible after it is made, spreading from
sleigh or Wagon as fast as drawn. I
am quite sure that the best way to in-
sure a: good beau crop is M draw all
manure on to your inea.clow in winter,
if possible, and plow just as soon ae
possible in the -spring, working, your
ground thoroughly before planting time
to kill all sveeds that may start. By'
plowing early and working ground of-
ten you eau hold moisture enough to
Our. buyers elways 'pay for quality.
'Fodder brings about $5 per load; this
easou it is $8 per ton. It is good for
any ono to feed that alone; once a day
will do. Horses svill rarely, if ever,
ouch the belna foclder.
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Salsify, or 03:riter Pinot.
The amount of salsify, or vegetable
oyster plant, grown appears to he,in-
creasingssand it is said.to bring remu-
nerative prices.' Alr: Al Dickens Of,the
Kansas station tells that it is easily
grown, cnItivated-and easily stored for
winter use. The seeds are sometimes
planted with a drill, but on account of
beinm eo sharply curved at the ends' it
is rather difficult to obtain an even dis-
tribution in thie,,way unless they are
planted thickly, to be thinnet later on,
or the seeds may be dropped from four
to Six inches apart in the first place.:
The sail should be rich, but, with well
rotted manure worked deep and thor-
oughly, the -roots haying a tendency
to braneh Nliller0 fresh manure is ap7
plied. The plants should be cultivated
hs parsnips are. They are very hardy,
are not affected by frost and may be
Fleft in the ground all winter without
harm. But to,have the roOts.ready for
use they should be dug in the fall and
'stored away in soil or sand where the
teMperature is low. ' If exposed to the
air, the -roots become shriveled aud
;tasteless anel are without, value.
Amearengus mixt,
haVe 'net learned that sulphur
hao been suCeessfolly, used as a remedy
wish culture seem, to enable asparagus
to withstand to considerable extent
the ravages, of the rust, and sach varie
pri) ving.to be more resistant than °tin'
ors to the rufrit, theY, have a .powdery
Skin Or cuticle which, does not nioiSten
readiiy and ,eneOunig6 infection from
the rust spores:
Sap is piaced 'in store tank in sugar
house, From titts it rnnS 111(0, a beat;
taa,k 'made' of • 'galvanized :iron'
Itroupti the furiMeet Pipe, heating- it to
the bailing pointh -This tank fields 72
gni
the
10118, .1 he; mpe from tile store 1 0111;
ivOrs (Ile 'Cold San 10 the'bottoin of ,
ifeat,er tank, end it in drawn (int Lit
.1.1111 flea; in (Tea eing the carfaeity. Of 1
SHEEP FEEDING RACK,
De-viee with, Soule Feittureta That
Are Out of the oreinney.
Some of the ordinary feeding racks
for sheep have varioue faults. The
sheep run their heads and necks clear
into ..the fodder, which causes chaff.
and the 'Me to lodge in the weol
which is a sernius objection, part/alit
larly with horned sheep, and much
harm may result. $ornetimes eheep get
into the habit of juinping into the
racks; lambs nearly always do so—lie
on the" hay and befoul it. These find
other drawbeeks brought out the enek
here described. by a 1"al'm and Fire -
inches high, similar M construction to
the old ecidlug rack, except timt the
sides ancl ends are tight, for the sheep
are expected to feed from the top in.
The intereeting part of the rack is Its
cover birch i t
lowing Manlier; Lay Sir
board lengthwise centrally upeil the
rack, having it rept ou the ' ends of
same. Crosswise to this nail on eliort
pieces of board six inches Wide and
just long' enough to rest, on the sides
T without projecting. Space these beards
will be about right for aVerage sheep.
They should also be tapered down to
2ae inches at each- end, and be sure not
to have any sharp ler ragged edges
about theth, nor anywhere else about
the rack; have.everything,smooth. It
will take 11 crosspieces *for a 16 foot
rack, and such a one will accommodate
This cover, as so far described, ls to
be hinged CO' the rack by means' of -
three T hinges, so it may be easily' ea&
FEEDING RACK FOR SEEEP.,
ed and lowered when itF is desired to
1111 the rack with hay or fodder. A
ipiece-of small rope or clothesline is "-to be
'fastened to the middle erbsOpiece of the
mayor just opposite the hinge. This is
run over a little pulley fastened' to a.
joist above. A, snap or hook should be
fastened to the other end of the rope
and a small ring tied into the rope at
the proper place, so the cover may be
secured in an upright position when
tilling themack, by catching the snap
into theming,
This cover is not yet quite completed.
Some means must be provided to pre-
vent sheep from jumping upon the
rack. This is aceoniplished by setting ,
up* three standards 18 or 20 inches high,
tt,
one at each end of the coyer and one `
in the center, and they may be braded
as shown in the illustration. To these
is nailed another fence board, and then
the, feeding reek is complete. -
The Sire of Seed.
The size of seed bears directly upon
the crop produced. It also tends to tn-
fluence the strain for good or evil
dependent upon the size of seed select-
ed. -Lt is claimed that almost without
exception the largest and heaviest. seed
tend to produce the largest and -most
vigorous plants. The lighter seed, may
germinate, but the seedling is so weak
as to succumb to any sudden change in
weather conditions. Experinaduts are
reported as showing the manifest su-
periorit3e of -large, heavy seed pver the
smaller light oneS, in the case of rack
ishes, amber cane, Kaffir e0V11, barley,
oatsesweet peas, winter vetcb and rye.
A. series of experiments with rye geaea,
seed in GermanY showed that the num-
ber ofseed capable of producing plants
increased with the increased weight
of the individual seed.
'Fr. Yale' will. be the first university in
the Country to .establish a school Of „
forestry-. The new school will be start- .
ed next fall. -
According to the best estiMares,
there are about 10 000 000 acees of . land
in" the five..states borderingrithe gulf of
Mekice well Salted ,to rice eultiVatiOn-
The amount which can be irrigated- by
acres, mid aSalre.steresultearequiree rota-
tion' of crops, only one-halrntlieet
amoant, or '1,500,000 acres, World he. iff's
rice at any one .
According to the report of Statisti-
cian Hyde, there reniained in the farm- ,
000 bnaliels or wheat, 773,700,000 buele
'els of corn and 200 000 000 bush-
els of oats. And these figures repre-
sent respectively 29 per cent, 37.2 per
hent rand 30.5 per cent of last year's ,
wheat, nern and oats crops,, compar- ,
ed with 29.3 per eent, 41.0 per cent and '
'38.7 ,per cent of the crops for 1808, re-
maining in - the farmers' hands on
.14.1areh 1.
Entornologist J. 13. Smith of New Jet,
sey states that arsenate of lead,,musf.
be used in larner proportion than other
1vvben used at 1110 rate of two pounds'
to 1.0,0 gallons of water it May be ein.7,,„,
ployed with entire safety "to the '
and as an insecticide 17111 then ettaa,
perris- green or, London purple us64;',"
1be ra,te of one pound 'to 125 gall4S.
"C,hons," for which there is read:Y.1
6, C. 01 export purposes ere made -
troll] the 'elver grade armiee by "chein ,
ping the whole.frnite into eoarse pieces '
,,Be sure Vent., Spranitin for/little' 1
.ight itnfl. then fellow it closely,
luta well !orator
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