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l':17"UNVer'S gravely, 4nd her face grows
vales-
as elle speaks.
"Pelt, mother, let me see his plc-
lat se.
Slowly, as if muoh against her will,
and yet obligee to comply with his re-,
'Vent, Lady Leigh leaves the ramie, and
eItsr ten minutes' absence, returns with
a ease in her hand.
The boy ahnost snatehea it away from
her,, so eager is he to gaze upon his fa-
ther's portrait, but when be has open-
ed the ease and looked for a moment
be returns it with a gesture of dis-
appointment, offering no remark,
"Well, Rollo, seaaat do you think. of
'him?" asks his mother, timidly,
" t think he looks cross. I think
would rather have Sir, Dare."
• Hush!" says Lady Leigh.
So, stern is the rebuke conveyed. ha
!Sleet single monosyllable that the boy
ateps abashed, and his eyes fill with
tears. Before they have time to all,
his mother catches him in her arms
end kisses him. passionately, half sob-
bing the while.
"Rollo, Rollo, my darling, I did not
mean to be unkind."
se stranger might have smiled at her
leaff-abassernent, and at the gracious
pardon accorded by the young auto-
erat, who is already beginning to know
his power, but she herself sees nothing
e idieulous in it. Is he not her eit—
her king in sylaom all her hopes are
e entered, the only interest and love of
bizir lamely Itfe?
"Never mind mother," says the boy,
anagnetaimously—"never mind1 did -
..a% cry, you know, and now let's have
n gams together."
Ana so mother and son are soon' en-
gaged in a romp which has the effect
eff tatany baniehing the serious 0011-
"WC.47S,SISialat they have had from the boy's
?made and from his m.other's, too, for
is -time.
Colonel Dare is on his way to the lib -
:sang when the sound of soft laughter
ansd Reello's shrill cry of delight arrests
lin steps. As he .lingers, longing, yet
=et daring to join them, the door of
tiss rdom where they are is burst open,
and Rollo comes out, his face crimson
with, excitement and pleasure.
"We are having such games, Mr.
• Dare," he calls out, gayly, flinging his
1./ittiTe arnas round him, and looking up
tete! his face with a gleesome smile.
Tee tutor stoops and strokes his ruf-
..2ed hair caressingly.
What are you playing, my boy ?"
"Shy widow.'
et strange smile passes the tutor's face
eat the answer he receives, but he makes
• sea comment and Rollo goes on."
• Mother is 'shy widow,' of course,
aamrit'i 1 keep going oehind her chair, look-
• ing different every time, but she won't
'nave any of us," he concludes, triumph-
antly, proud that his mother should
5.e se difficult to please.
•""Then, then, how are you going in
cers
"T. think I'll put an anti-macassar
nessam-y- head, and then she won't know
tsciso, it is."
It she can't seemour face she cer-
deinly won't have you."
rent but," says the boy, with a self-
with her, Wer8 She luelined to merry.
When next they meet, he averts his
eaes, half exmecting eeproof, or at
least, some token o displeasure, but
,sho only says a few commonplace \vords
anti passes oi. leavinghim etill eonfus-
ed. awl sileat. Women are always SO
muck more self-possessea in stleh eases
than men.
Soon, by nminal and tacit consent,
the subject is forgotten or at least
ignored, and they became 'You good
friends—better than Lady Leigh could
have believed she would ever be with
any Man again.
or some weeks past workmen have
been busy constructing a small Swiss
summer -house in the grounds, the
young lord's latest freak, and now at
last it is cempleted, and ail three have
gone out to see the finishing touches
put to it., Rollo is in ecstacies,
" ft is all my very own, you know
and n9 one can come in unless r ask
them" he observes with quiet setis-
faetion, the first taste of proprietorship
Proring very sweet.
"You will have to give a house
warming," laughs Lady Leigh.
" What's that?"
Lady Leigh explains and her son
takes up the idea in huge delight. He
will have a tea party that very after-
noon; his mother ancl tutor are to be
the guests, and Tabitha shall help him
to plaa the feast. They—the guests—
are to know nothing about it until they
'come and find the dainties prepared.
"Come at five o'clock exactly," says
Rollo peremptorily, having no idea of
being kept too long on the tip -toe of
expectation, besides not liking to run
the risk or the tea getting colci and the
raise spoiling by a too close adherence
to the rules of society. I3oylike, he
has no sympathy with fashionable un -
punctuality.
All day long he keeps running back-
ward and, forward between the kitchen
and the summer -house, " on hospitable
thoughts intent." Lessons are suspend-
ed, and the tutor spends an idle morn-
ing in the library, reading the papers
and speculating upon the changes that
will have taken place before he goes
out again into the world.
Does he intend to remain here so long
as his services are required in the false
character he has assumed, or shall he
avow himself and. trust to her gener-
osity to forgive? Nay, shall he avow
more—shall he tell her of the love that
has grown up in his heart extinguish-
ing all else, a,ncl would he have a chance
of success?
• He starts from his seat and walks up
and down the room in uncontrollable.
agitation, when suddenly, at the low
French window, he sees sonaething that
arrests his steps and makes hina invol-
untarily look around to see if any one
else is near.
It is the Heathen Chinee, his face
pressed against the Flass the better
to peer in ancl with such a grin of
amusement on his face that Colonel
Dare shudders and wonders to what
all this will lead. Far better that he
should. have confessed all himself than
be discovered like a common imposter.
" Come in; what do you want ?" he
says, gruffly, throwing the window op-
en and almost dragging the young dan-
dy in out of sight.
But the Heathen Chirtee only grins
the more, and lifting his glass, adjusts
it to his eye.
"I only wantecl to see how Colonel
,
Dare acted schoolmaster. By Jove( it
seems to suit you well, and. apparently
tecesttdent smule, "the next time I shall you are not much troubled. with your
fate ill as my very own self, and then pupil!"
la 'know she'll have me!" " The boy has a holiday to -day," ex -
has dragged the tutor with him plains Colonel Dare,. stiffly.
timacs, another room, and. is looking ev-
. .
anywhere for means of disguise when
" And all other days as well, I sup-
pose. What lessons do you give when
entaidenly an idea strikes him, you do teach him, Dare—extracts from
"nh-Zr. Dare, you go in this tittle, and. the Army and Navy or the Army, List
sTi93 go in aftersvard," itself undiluted?" goes on Mr. Meade,
The- tutor starts. He would most cer- banteringly, having the general and
aaaittely hare refused had a moment been not altogether unfounded. idea, that son
-tar-So-area him for thought, but Rollo, in cliers can only talk an the one subject.
tis eagerness, has hurried him away "What is the good. of all this fooling,
egain, and before he hardly knows Graver? It can't be much amusement
exaseee- he is—in such a whirl is his to you, and it only imperils my situ-
mileen—the boy has pushed him into , ation here. Why did you come?"
inky Leigh's presence. "Because it's such a capital joke. Ha,
Tits, room is turned upside down. Rol- I ha, ha How does the man hater take to
So hes 'lately received. a book froni Lon- 1 the 'elderly gentleman with quiet
:Son full of all sorts of games and, as habits?"
'lie bias no other playfellow, his mother "Hush, Graver 1 I tell you.I am as-
&beim :loins in the games with him, and , hamed Of the part I have played. Let
ae-ceight has almost been carried into the subject drop."
eneinuesiasm herself by her boy's evi- 1 "Ashamed! Why it's the best joke
.aeret nalig,ht. I ever heard in my life I"
'algae:, she is getting tired; she bas "Then you n est have been singular-
neers playine a very one-sided puss-ia- ly unfortunate. In your experience,"
elen-corner, hunt the slipper and blind.' curtly.
ressaa'n huff, slid has had some, difficulty "What. do you mean ?"
:ea beeping up with the agility of her "I mean that i e was neither a very
mast As, a rest, she had proposed a brilliant nor a very creditable thing
ezatee game.. • to make a lady the subject of a bet,
ISbn seated. in the centre of the nor to enter her house under such false
TM, her hack to the cloor, and her pretenses."
Stead 'tali: turned, evith an arch sr/lila; "Nonserise, reta.n; you are looking at
-se enteror is in her hand, and she does it too glooraily by far. She'll he the first
net seitov the tutor is there until she to forgive you tvhen it comes out—svo-
Acme Isis features reflected in it. He has men always forgive faults committed
teem prepeiled along so rapidly by his for their sake," he anstvers, shrewdly.
07:•.'ine•17,Citzd pupil that his spectacles "She will hardly forgive me for mak-
have forward, and for the first ing her a jest—a by -word in the county;
!time Lady Leigh gazes straig,ht into and that is what it will be; when this
bui erne- without a mask of glass before story becomes known."
As Rollo had said earlier in the "Why should it be known ?"
Eventing, they were undoubtedly beau- "It is already known, I suppose; or
niassi eyes, but it is not that she no- ,you would not be here."
ra..w ; it is their expression, so full Graver Meade. lays his hand on the
af: seassSonate a.dmiration—or is it love? colonel's shoulder, and looks' etead-
aaase starts to her feet and confronts fastly in his eyes.
Asaun- ont even as he met her glance he "I swear solemnly," he says, "that
• fan..e-o now careless he had beers and in I nave never told a, single soul."
resseesent had pushed the saeetasles "Iinty do you know. yourself 1"
:back te their place. eryny, bless you„ guessed at eees
iLittl'a Lord Leigh claps his hands saw you were in earnest and. so 'with
Lis. child/sib delight. drew directly."
• "She has chosen you, Mr. Dare I—she colonel Dere smiles a little at the
'iltete chosen you I" he exclaims. -so, is ied air with which sit is ir13'-
'13aTt Colonel Dare only bows low be- plied that had Graver not withdrawn
"l.b1:0; tkie woman who is looking as in- his chance would have been nil.
illismasst as an outraged queen. "Go now, there's a good fellow!" he
/ "I beg your pardon," he says humb- says, imploringly. "If youf are seen it
had no right to intrude. I-1 will awaken
.tergot myself." t saw you—"
IsusPicion. If Lady Leigh
And Ira good truth he has forgotten "There she is I" exclaims the Heathen
reimseIa—forgotten the part he has to Chinas excitedly, and rushing to the
iplayi, and the respect due to the lady window.
ideete whom be receives his income of By chance, she raises her eyes and
•2124.1,' a -year. It is with almost abject sees aim
:ND'S '..ence that he terns and makes his
glom:nit up," declares Colonel, Dare,
tame !tames her presence.
Lady I.,eig s more vexed w tit h „
than svith him because she can- ; IsTv, iylay should it be?" question -
ems test really angry at +.,ailat oe would Meade drawlingly, wi easy-,
lin term his " impertinent pre- , frora st'sisecloes OS she Pas8118 ouit
811e, of course hos not or sight. "It'll do you all the good. in
,
dec.elv.ed, by tha indignation ho woeld to Id her know yOti. havo
ai,3surnE d. to hide senSe .of fPand who goes to s, deeellt, t'91.161'
CHAPTER VI.
, sides it iss not a case, sirppose; et
'no followers allowed'?" .
The other does not answer, and Mr.
Meade goes on
leigh has wisely decided. ig-1 "By ,Toivel she's a fine woman.
the tutor's offense—in fact, she don't wonder at your not wishing to
.tescireely knowies how to allude to it leave." ,
viihout less of dignity, seeing that be "l svi.sh you'd go I" ejacula,tes Cel-
este .:13,senes gain'ry in expression, than onel Dame crossly.
7iCi.,"St.0 deed. She. cannot (bring her Seeing that lie is really in earnest
,pricie to confess what it wad she caw and lie patience thoroughly eAlintusterl,
2lor a moment glowing in his eyes—he the Honorehle Graver Meade departs
e. sehootmaster, she the widow of with a good-natured grin and tl,e un-
. neer, herself of noble blood, ,and so sealsen telief tied hed he ehosen to
bree to all his sex—even those mem- enter the lists he'would certainly have;
es of it who would be fit to mate been 6u,ccesofuL
"Dare's a goed fellow, but no eort
or a lady's men," he says to Islusselfe
complacently, es svalks to tiao Pass'.
gates, , where a hired. fly is waiting.
"Still, he may Win the clay—for svant
of wortbier rival." ,
ea ee:eLlfle::1: five
aosy, theicicalf,$) vteiee'llelluiliovotelils: Ye goesthnotto, io.gn:at
ttng
lileS
forth, a. fresh breeze has sprung up,
and it is so delightful that he paus-
es before et -Aching the summer -house
and bares Lis forehead to it.
Little Rollo, ;nits out his head and
waves him away—the preparations are
net yet uompleted. At that moment
too, Lady neign (mines the house,
and Colonel. Dare goes bacic. to meet
her.
n te r t aim me n t not r eady
are to wait,:he beetles, smiling, and
feeling a etrange pleasure in thus
linking her nanie with his.
"1 thenght I was very penctual; my
watch lastest be ,wrong," she answers,
drewieg it from her belt. "See—it is
five o'clock exactly."
Colonel Bare consults his and shows
it to her.
"1 think !yours must be wrong; lad-
ies' watches generally are, age they
not? By.mine we are still ten minutes
before the hour." •
"Mallat a lovely watch!"
She has sat down on the o rustic
seat where once before they set to-
gether in the Moonlight, ,and now
stretches Out her hand for the bend -
some old heirloom' which Colonel Dare
tnstantly regrets bringing to light.
That it was his mother's last gift is
his only reason for wearing anything
so remarkable and so cumbersome. Ile
loosens the clia,in and gives, the watch
to her svithout a word.
"I never saw, anything so quaint be-
fore, Mr. Dare. Did you buy it abroad?
It looks like foreign workmanship."
"I dare say it carn.e from abroad in
the first instance, but cannot say for
certain. It belonged to an ancestor of
mine. I believe." • !
"An anceestoeSt sne ecnoes, in some-
pownlh-iseadot.f dtrheect,nernuaseu,nrepsns tsehastcamirczelhyt 13coensinici:
"Yes. Even a tutor, you know, lies
parents and grandparents, though he
cannot alwaytegive them a name, much
less boast about them," is the bitter
reply.•s
He ca,nnot but be nettled at the fact
that she takes it for .granted he is
beneath. her in every way, although he
would not. for a moment risk discovery
by laving it otherwise.
"And the crest is that of your fans-
ily ?" she goes on; uncomfortably, feel-
ing her mistake, but not liking to make
it worse by apologizing. .
Deeply Bet in the thick embossed gold,
in delicate colored ena,mele are his
quarterengs and crest, beneath them a
scroll with. the haughty motto,' "Dare
all." Her former suspicions grow
strnnger as she reads it, -
"The name is the same,* certainly,"
he answers evasively, slipping the
watch bat() his pocket.
"The motto ie more fitted for a sold-
ier than a, schola,r," she rero.arks, look-
ing ,searchingly into" bis eyes.
"1 trust courage is not confined to
'one class alone. Can you not ima,gine
that ethers as well as soldiers might
be willin,o; to dare anything to. gain
their cauSe ?"
• She changes the subjent cmiekly, half
divining his meaning, made clearer by
the emphasis with which he speaks.
"Lou had a visitor this morning ?"
"A friend?"
"Er—a patron," he answers confus-
edly, and. with. a humility that is ra-
ther -overacted.
The clear grave eyes are still look-
ing straight into' his, and he feels- as-
hamed of the duplicity he is practic-
ing on her; but one step leads to an-
other, one falsehood. to more deceit,
and he cannot well go back now.
He 'is relieved when Rollo comes out
to tell them tea, is rea,dy, and hur-
ries them away.
Lord Leigh well mak-e a good host
when he becomes a man, It is eery
pretty to see him. 'now doing the"hon-
ors of his impronaptu feast, his eyes
dancing and his che,eks glowing as he
runs from. one to the other trying to
tempt them with the dainties he has
prepared. Tabitha forgets to make
therself useftil, so busy is she watching
sh,e-r young master and listening to his
prattling talk.
It is a pretty; home-liker, scene, the
mother so proud and happy in her son's
delight and the faithful old servant
looking as Pleased. as they. It is a thou-
sand pities that the grim old profes-
sor is not more in accordance -with the
scene, a thousand pities that one so
lovely as Lady Leigh should. only have
so unlovable a lover, if lover he can be
c,allecl whose feelings are still closely,
lacked as a secret within his breast.
She herself peenas to regret nothing,
She is leaning back in a low lounging
claim the soft folds of her muslin
gown Synag lightly on the ground, and
a delicate china tea -cup in her hand.
Colonel Dare often thinks of her as
• he saw her then her haughtiness all
submerged, in the love she bear, her
child, her eyes half dim with tender
tears, marl on her lips so sweet a smile
that she might he a girl commeneing
life, instead tof a woma,n whom sorrow
has made 'unutterably bitter and 'so
sore at heart that at times she has only
one wish—to end it.
Soon the pretty tea table is partly
dismantled and. in disorder. Great
raids have been' na.ade on the glosving
heaps of strawberries, raspberries, and
red and white currants. while somaof
the huge hunches of cake Which Rollo
had cut, judging other people's appe-
tites by his own, have also disappeared.
Tabithe, has been dismissed. with her
apron full of the sweetmeats see has
helped to make, and Colonen Dare, tie -1
ing from his seat, goes and stands be-
side Lady Leigh.
"How still it is I"
"Too still. An evening like tnis
always gives me a presentinaent of
ill "
tale slight tremor in her voice.
I -le, looks dosvn some surprise at
"What could happen to you here?
You, a,re aeisay tram the world, andniat-
er entereets /mist necessarily he so
few,"
•
"Yes, .1 know,"' she answers, hastily;
"b t
u. one cannot aliways be respon-
sible for One's foolish thoughts,"
The single sellable is said with such
tragic; ernalmais Unit slie is obliged' to
laugh, and Rollo, juMaing on to her
' Isnee 'to ask her what the joke is, turns
I the conversation.
I They linger chatting until it grows
dash:, and than go, leaving Itollo be-
' hind. Together they stroll away to the
i house in eaten— silence, through which
eartairt sweetness is stealine. 4.1, the
, door they part, Lads Leigh holding out
; her band and !smiling a graeions fare-
well.
To be Continued.t
SPRAYING NOTES.
•priet and Timely Instructions From
the Cornell Station,
The San Jose Scale can be controlled
in a plagtation by 20 per cent kero.
sane and, water mixture when the
plant is thoroughly sprayed. Early
spring or late fall spraying is prefera-
ble, but the material may be „applied
when the plant is in full leaf if the day
Is sunshiny.,
Only on sunshiny days should sprays
of kerosene and water be used.
Compared with fumigation on grow.
Ing trees, spraying is cheaper, simpler
and perhaps equally effective in the
long run. Nurserymen will find fumi-
gation better adapted to their needs
than spraying. On growing plants,
however, ;it is attended With difficulty
because Of the necessity Of providing
tents.
Arsenite of lime Is equal if not su-
perior to peels green in insecticidal
value. The reduced price will 'coin -
mend it. Arsenite of lime can be made
at home.
Bordeaux mixture is liable to injure
the, foliage of the Japanese plums, but
no better ftmgicicle for spraying this
class of fruit is now known. To avoid
Injury use a very dilute mixture.
Varieties Of fruit differ in their Sus-
ceptibility to injury from sprays.
Unless lime is added, a simple solu-
tion of copper sulphate as strong as
four ounces per barrel cannot be used
without injury to the foliage of many
fruit trees.
Currant Culture Condensed.'
Currants are easily grown; a clay soli
that is rich and moist, not wet. is to' be
preferred—they give best results in
shady situations; hence are excellent
to set in orchards.
Five by four feet is the distance
most generally used.
Clean and thorough cultivation is
very necessary to produce the largest
sized feult.
They are gross feeders and appre-
ciate liberal dressing. A majority of
growers use yard manure.
Remove all old canes and weak
shoots in order to give A succession of
strong, new shoots.
Mulching with either coarse mate-
rial or Cm duet mulch is quite neces-
sary, during the hot season particular -
Insects and diseases, while compara-
tively easy to check, absolutely require
attention.
•
Hardy Roses.
The following roses are recommend-
ed in American Gardening as all good
and hardY for Colorado, 'although any
rose is the better for some protection
during winter. Red and crimson:
Prince Camille de Rohan, Ulrich Brun-
ner, John Hopper, General Jacque-
minot, Marshall P. Wilder, Eugene
Furst, Glory of the Brussels Exposi-
stion. The last Is a comparatively new
rose, but is an excellent one. Pink:
Mrs. John Laing, Summer Queen,
Anne de Diesbach, La Heine, Magna
Charta, White: alme. Plantier, Mabel
Morrison. Yellow: Persian Yellow.
Hardy with protection: La France,
American 13eality, Captain Christy,
Baroness Rothschild. This does not
by any means exhaust the list of good
roses.
e
Bullied Pansy and Other Novelties.
The pansy illustrated bas been in-
troduced under the name of Ruffled
Giant and also of Masterpiece. 'Its
novelty consists chiefly of a variation
of form. According to one descrip-
tion, the flo-wers are large and borne
on strong stems well above the foliage.
The predominating colors are •indigo,
violet, crimson, heliotrope, century, ter-
ra, cotta, white, etc. The plants aro
. , ,
vtgotous and thrive even during dry
summer weather.
A second novelty is the climbing nas-
turtium Caprice. The gorgeous flowere
are large, borne on long steme aud
TUE BITEFLED PANSY.
have such a delicate, crinkled, silky
texture that they are specially suitable
for cutting. • -
A novelty of recent year, Margue-
• rite centaurea, has been compared
with the white carnation, ut le mote
beautiful graceful lerges than the
average carnation and "more lasthig.
It stieceeds in any good garden soil,
and seed cm] be sown from March to
June.
In C0113111ellth on seed •novelties 10
Farm mad Ranch, from which these,
notes are made, the author farther
mentions ihe interesting fact that the
dwarf and the bash ssveet peas both
bloomed wen and flourished during ex-
ceptionally dey weather in 1809. I -Ie
thinics that 'svith thoh'other amid qual-
ities, and, having proved to be drought
reSiSterS, they should become popular
• In the west and southweet.
A HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER,
Kausas ilealet1 SiMple And Salagfae"
tory Arrivngentelt.
Tne day for euttin,g corn by hand is
almost past. There are a number of
macSines on the market, but we nave
not fouud one more satisfactory than a
homemade cutter we have beea nSines
The sled is made with runners 0 feet
long and 21/s feet wide. The platform
Is Glade of inch boards and extends in
inches on the right or knife side, The
sled is an easy load for one horee. The
whifiletreee are attached to the hon
rod 0, rig. 1. The sled is also fitted
with shafts. These can be made of
any light timber. Straight poles are
what we use. l3ere a hole througn one
end to pass the rod 0 through. `I'llese
are to prevent the horse from backing
into the knife.
The knife A is about two feet hr
length and is securely bolted to the
sled at each end. It can be made of
an old plowshare or a heavY scythe,
or a blacksmith can make one. The
ease in cattlng lies in getting this knife
011 the sled at the right slant, The
front end ehould be bolted to the 2 by
4 brace, B, shown by dotted lines; the
other, 13 limbos out from the names to
the other brace,, D. The outer end
should lee a trifle the higher and the
edge of the knife turned up a little-, so
that the weight,of the sled Neill hell)
cut the corn. box, E, fastened on,
serves as a seat for the one cetting the
corn. The horse should be gentle aucl
will need little attention, as it walks In
the cora row. As the stalks are Cat off
ex.4
re*
A SLED FOR CUTTING CORN.
they fall back into the arms of the
operator, who holds them until he has
an arhaful, then stops Ills horse and
carries the' stalks to the nearest shock
or lay them in piles to set up later.
This Machine, like all fodder cutters,
is a dangerous thing for men and
beast, and too much care cannot be
used in workingnround it. The device
at Fig. 2 is used as a safeguard when
the machine. is not in use. It is made
of it 2 by 6 plank three feet long. Holes
are bored in the sled platform at P and
H. Insert pins in the 2 by 4 plank and
in the holes in the platform, and the
knife will be covered so that nothing
can come in contact with the edge,
says a Kansas farmer, who, describes
this cutter in the Ohio Farmer.
Save the Cornstalks. .
It iS said that scene people get
wealthon what other people waste.
The Farni, Field 'and Fireside finds
this saying particularly applicable to
Canners in the matter of fodder sav-
ing, and -it remarks:
Every one knows that cornstalks are
rich in nutrition. They are particularly
good for dairy stock and are profitable
for cattle Of all kinds and ages and for
sheep. But how common a fault it is
to let this nutritive fodder be wasted!,
Sometimes it is left too long in the
field. The fall rains come on and the
lowee ends become saturated,' heavy,
tasteless, valueless. It is worse yet if
they be left till .too late in the season
and the leaves become stripped oE by
ahe winds and scattered and many of
the stocks trodden into the soil.
Of course, the best practice is to pat
the cornstalks unsler good shelter in
sheds or barns. The next be.f.t thing is
to stack them. Every farmer knows
how to do this with butts outward and
the stack so built as to shed 'the rain.
A. stake in the middle is a good plan.
Care should be bad to have the corn-
stalks dry and to clo tbe stacking on a
dry sunshiny dant and the sooner the
stocks are cared for after harvest-
ing the corn the better. All these cau-
tions • will seem useless to a careful
farmer, but 'natty „Inindreds of our
farmers never find time to care for the
cornstalks till too late in the fall 'or
even till the snow flies.
News and Notes.
The sentiment against the ;kale or
P000 seed is growing.as
The depastment of agrieniture is said
to be engaged in the attempt to impart
to Connecticut tobacco the flavor and
aroma of Cuban or Florida leaf
through improved methods of fermen-
tation.
The phrase "tillftge is manure" may
be classed as one of the "half truths."
From reeent ex,perlineuts it, appears
!that the reason tillage seeins to be
manure is that it enables the plant to
utilize completely the fertility that is
in the soil, particularly potash and
phospheric acid, but if this procces 10
carried on indefinitely without applies, -
OM of any kind of ITIGUIlre it Will ren-
der the laud hopelessly barren.
BoSton market or white seeded ten -
nes al le a popular lettuce for fore -
Inc
• As* soon , as onion bulbs attain full
size aud the tops tern brcee ithey
Should be pulleca, thrown into windrows
and allowed to Cure' Col' ten or More
days, or if there is danger frOm rain
I he curing should be done in open
shId s or on the bilA door, ,Pxcess of
either sunshine or fein 18 likely to im
jure the bulbs. 'TIuo most common
isrocesses of wintering the 0111008 are
fat -testing the bulbs and keeping, tinim1 In
this state all theIviniter and stoierig
them in dry nisarI inersis Where. the tem -
Pere true) can lenetinuilned jest above
the .frenzing went,
ward- at had no dostruetive effects
MATRON AND MA1D.
Moe. Minnie Mteldern Fiske has joined
the autivielsection society itt New York.
The widow of Benjamin Wood and
her sister and damslt tor have assumed
entire control of the New York Danz
News aud will hereafter edit and pub-
lish 11.
Mrs. Frances 1\1. Wolcott has secured
an absolute divorce from Senator Ed-
ward 0: Wolcott on the ground of deser-
tion. No evidence was introduced for
the defense.
mite A. L. Vrooman Wood of Minne-
apolis has been appoieted juege of the
decorated china to be exhibited at the
Paris exposition by the National League
of Mineral Painters. The selection oe
Mrs. Wood was made by Commissioner
General Peek,
Miss Eva Hooper of London is now on
her way to Australia, where she is to or-
ganize the kindergarten work in the pub-
lic sehools of Victoria and to give kinder-
garten training, Miss Hooper recently
spent about a year in this country, study-
ing the schools.
Mrs, Humphry Ward suggests the es-
tablishment in every town of Great Brit-
ain of an organization to studg Christian
dogma and Christian history with the aid
of such books as Harnack's "History of
Dogma" and Schurer's "The Jewish Peo-
ple In the Time of Christ."
Mrs. Alexander Capperton, who died in.
Kirkhill, Scotland, the other day, was
one of the few links connecting the pres-
ent with the time. of Sir Walter Scott.
he mitered his Service wheu id and was
with hini when he died and 'received a
lock of his hair from 'Mrs. Lockhart.
A woman has been appointed assignee
of the savings bank at Fliusdnle, N H
by the supreme court. She is Miss Cora
4, Wellman, who has occupied the posi-
tion of treriSurer of the institution, hew -
Ing suceeedel her father Sho was rec.
Ornmended for appointment by the incor-
,
Roraima of the bank.
• The Duchesse d'Orleans, who is now
making a cruise in the Mediterranean on
her fine yacht Maroussia, is a very clever
draftswoman, and a daily amusement of
hers is the designing and execution of
dainty liftle menu cards feamthe! day's
use. She never fails to produce these
cards, whether at home or on the sea.
A new aspirant for legal honors is Mrs.
Catherine V. Waite, a wesMrn woman,
71 years olcl, who will soon go to Denver
and establish a law office there, with her
husband ftS a partner. Mrs. Waite is
the owner of large tracts of land, ninny
horses and a block of real estate in Chi-
cano. I-Ier husband was,,at one time a
judge in Idaho.
Lady' Dundonald, whose husband, the
earl, has been distinguishing himself with
Buller in Natal, got into a quarrel with
the town authorities or Aborgele, Wales,
recently over land needed to, widen a
roa.c1 passing through the chief attraction
of the place, an avenue of old sycamores
on her lend. On the town council's
threatening to acquire the land needed
by condemnation the countess had 'all the
old trees 'cut down.
THE DOMIN1E.
It is announced in Boston that Bishop
Lawrence of Massachusetts is to give 11
new dormitory to Harvard.
Bishop Charles Edward Cheney of
Christ Reformed Episcopal church of
Chicago recently celebrated the Sortieth
anniversary of his pastorate.
The Rev. Dr. Edward P. Goodwin, for
33 years pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church of Chicago, has resigned on
account of advancing age and ill health:
Dr. Goodwin is the dean of the clergy of
Chicago for continuous service with one
church.
The Rev. Henry J. Callis, the pastor of
the African Zion church of Syracuse,
was born a slave. He is a Hampton
graduate, has studied law, once declined
a nomination for member of the Vir-
gine legislature and siuce his entrance to
the ministry has stumped the Pacific
coast as a McKinley campaign orator.
A black bishop of the Anglican church
was recently consecrated at Lambeth.
The Right Rev. James Johnson, assistant
bishop of western equatorial Africa,- is
a Sierra Leone negro whose parents were
rescued slaves from the Yoruba country.
His station will be Benin. Durham uni-
versity has made him an honorary A. M.
THE MAN WITH TI -1E GAVEL—
HOW would Hon. Richard P. Leary of
Guam do for a vice presidential .candi-
date?—Washington Post.
The office of vice president of the .Unit-
ed States is one of great dignity and im-
portance, To preside over the American
senate is itself a work of great responsi-
bility and honor. ---Cincinnati Enquirer.
The man selected for -the second place
on a national ticket should be ,the equal
of the man at the head, if, enact. the --
prevailing circumntances, it is possible
to find two men of equal availability.—
Exchange.
General Fred Grant tells one interview -
en in the Philippines that hens not a can-
didate'for a vice presidential nomination
and is doing uothing td secure it, but that) ,
camuld tam such a nomination, "just ass-Sis,
any other man naturally would."—Pnil-
adelphia Ledger.
TZ5WINi P 1 C
Omaha's auditorium is all ready save
for inclosing it and putting on the roof.—
Omaha World-IIerald.
Chicago is having more trouble with
her river than Buller had with the Tuge-
la.—St. Louis GlobaDenaocritt.
The National Editorial association has
decided to meet et Buffalo next year. It
Is only fair to add that Buffalo decided
some time in advance that they sheuld
meet there.—Albany Argus.
The loyal Kansas City newspapers in-
digeantly deny the stories about deter.
tioeate hotel charges, but the enterpris-
ing ICansas City merchants are not ad-
vertising convention accommodations as
bargain features.--Xillwaukee Sentinel.
Brr6,oF sciLNcE.
De Mach -of Berlin has made a new
alloy of magnesium and aluminium, pr0.
clueing a compound like brass, white 08
silver and can be turned ancl bored.
The weight of all the air on the glolpe
tnauld be eleven, and two-thirds trillion
pounds if no deductions bad to be made
for space filled by mountains and land
above sea level.
Blasting with liquid air at Vienna has
led m i he conclusion that to be effective
the liquid ahoud lie used within ra' min-
utes. Inter leaver:Ilion. As tried after
a., beers, when 11;11f of 1 had been esain