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CHAPTER I.
Orate': BECOMING A SEAFARING MAN.
Wida bora in the clays of the Lord
Protector, so that I was a little past my
niajority when the things that I have
in mind to relate took place. father
WEIS a sea captain, out of Portsmouth
for the Mediterranean, and was killed
by the Barbary pirates and his ship
taken a little time before I came of age,
My mother grieved sorely for him, and
only survived his loss a few months,
and my- two young brothers being then
Fut out with a reputable haberdasher,
and the little that remained of our for-
tune turned over to him for their ben-
efit, I found myself of a sudden alone
in the world, ancl brought, for the first
time, to depend upon myself for a liv-
ing, 1 had made e few voyages with
my father, and had come to be some-
thing of a seaman, though I knew
scarce anything of navigation, and this
leteowledge„ with what I gained from an
ordinary round oa schooling, stood for
all I was now to reckon on to make
my way in the world. While I was re-
flecting on my condition, and casting
about to see what I should do --for I
dicl not relish the idea of using the
sea, though that was now often in my
mind—I chanced to fall in with a cer-
tain shipmaster, Daniel Houtheviel: by
name, to whorn, after a short acquai
it-
anee, I disclosed my case, and asked his
solvice. .We were seated in the taproom
of one of the little dock inns at the
time, with a pot of old October before
us and no one -just by. The captain
took a pull at his mug, which made his
bairy throat give a great throb, and
after a little deliberation anewered:
"T should be blithe to help you, Mas-
ter Ardick., could I but get my bearings
to see. how. You know I ain an old salt-
water, with little run of things ashore.
I might come at something by broad
reckoning, but no better."
"Give me that," geoid I, eagerly. "Any-
thing is'better than beating about all
ways in the wind."
"Then how say you," he began, "to
taaing up with the sea.? I will not deny
that it is a hard life, -and I mistrust you
do not iacline to it, yet I think there be
-worse callings. Moreover, your father
followed it, and I conceive you must
Lave been born with sonae natural fit-
ness for it. These things do not out
of the blood in one generation. Hare
you, then, so much salt Nvater in your
veins as will overbear the objections?"
T hung in the wind a little, for this
was the very thing T would not have,
yet I NI -as slow to refuse. At last T an-
swered:
"I have indeed salt water in myeveins,
which ie to say I like the sea, yet I
have a scruple concerning a sailor's life,
and thus far have not learned suf-
ficient -to overcome it." .
He regarded m.e with attention evhile
I was speaking, and when I had made
an end smiled and was silent for a mo-
ment.
"Itis as I gueesed," he than went ofi to
answer. "Well, and I am willing to con-
cede you three parts right. Yet how if
there offered some opportunity for ad-
v a neeen en t—I mean with out ev al ting
half a lifetime?"
"Why, in that case," I answered, not
quite sure what he would be at, "the
natter would stand in another light."
"Look you," he said, rounding upon
me then era speaking in a brisker tone
than he had before, "I have a mind to
make you a proposition. I am in want
of a second mate. So we can agree
upon terms, what say you to the place?
It is a little better beginning than a
bare berth before the mast, with the
chance of betterment."
I could see the thing closing in upon
me, as it were, yet hardly knew how to
evade it, and, on the whole, began to
care less to do so. "Well, captain," I
finally answered, "I cannot see why I
should decline such a kindly and timely
ofTer. I agree, providing. that I am able
to fulfill all your requirements, which
I somewhat? doubt, seeing that my ex-
perience bas been but brief." '
He called for the score,'Which he in-
sisted upoe paying, arid we left the inn.
There was a good deal of coufusion
al on g the docks, for several of the king's
ships were fitting for sea, and the run=
n hag about and pulling and hauling, all
without much method or precision,
were suprising and perplexing, but at
last we reached the jetty where the cap-
tain's . boat was lying. On the way it
maidenly occurred to me that I had neg-
lected to ask a pretty important quce-
tion, evhieb was the port that the the
austry—the captain's ship—was bound
for. 1 asked it now, and learned that
it was Haaana, in the Westindiea. This
suited ree very well, as Itand never been
in those parts, and had a young fellow'e
fond news fo aovelty. We boarded the
gig, which a middle-aged sailor was
keeping, anal were soon clear of the
Jangle of shipping about the docks, and
standing into the roadstead. I sue-
pected float one of the three large yes -
eels that were at anchor some little
distance out might be the Industry, and
aceordiegly stalced the captain.
"Aye, quite right," lae anwered, point -
Ing to the easternmost of the ships.
"There she at."
There was a dazzle on the water in,
that direetion, and I could not get no
'perfect a view of her as I desired, but
alverthelass I was able to itc-Age her
chief features. She stood pretty well
out of the water (considering that she
'was loaded), and, while she had a gooct
beam, was not oyerround in the bows,
and was well ;Ind loftily sparred. She
was painted black, with a gilded streak,
and showed no break for ports, which,
indeed, ;vas not surprieing, as few mer-
chantmen at that time carried their
guns otherwise than on deck. All her
tope seemed to be provided with shields,
or ba,rrieadOes, and ou the poop and
along the bulwarks I could resolye the
outlines of several sakers and swivels.
Besides these she might carry some
heavy piece, and, in fact, I caught a
glimpse, through an open gang -port,
of a shape he a tarpaulin which could
hardly be other than a long-range gun.
The whole appeared to show that she
was fitted to fight as well as to fly,
which was passing needful in those
troublesome times. Eler burthen (as I
afterward learned) was 350 tons, and as
WC approached her, and she flashed up
her great black side, she looked even
larger. As we drew near, some heads
showed above the bulwark, and I made
out a ladder hanging over at that place.
We pulled up to it, and when wares° on
the next wave the sailor reached out a
boat -hook and steadied us to it, and
we were speedily up the side.
As I glanced about, taking in the
fashion of the deck and such arrange-
ments as had not been visible from the
water, a short, broad man, in a kind
of Dutch blouse and heavy sea boots,
cease from some place forward aud ac-
cogted the captain. I inferred that he
must be the mate, and so indeed, it:
proved, and upon being presented I
'found his name was Giles Selling,er,
arid that he hailed from Southampton.
il.e had a resolute honest -looking coun-
tenance, albeit the smallpox had pitted
!him rather severely, and I thought had
the air of a good seaman and compe-
tent officee. The captain explained the
'meaning- of my being. aboard, and said
that be doubted not I should suit thein.
well, though it might be I should halt
in SOnle things at the beginning,. Mas-
ter Sellinger received this explanation
an a way favorable to my pride. ,
We made no further delay, but re-
turned to the town, and at the hournp-
Tointed to be fetched off I was ready,
'clothes -bag in hand. The tide had
fallen since morning, and I had to walk
to the edge of the jetty before I could
espy the boat, which I then perceived at
the foot of the long flight of wet steps.
The two sailors, who were the crew,
were alone in her, and so I saw that. I
was beforehand with roy companions.
1 waited a few moments, talking with
the sailors (but not too freely, lest they
conceive me an easy sort, which would
not do), and presently I heard the voice
of the captain. The sailors pushed the
'boat more fairly to the foot of the'
stair, and directly the captain ap.
petered at the top.
"Aye, Master Ardick is here." I heard
him say back to some one behind him,
and almost with the words the person
be had addressed joined him. The'
supercargo, for such, of course, the sec-
ond man was, I found to be a nimble,
erect little gentleman, in age perhaps,'
laire-foOte-d as a rope-detnecr, awl it im-
'auediately oceurred to me that he might
be veteran seagoer, a conclusion
which was confirmed as 1 saw how cool-,
'13' he waited on the ladder till the cap-
aain was out of the way, though the
ship was rolling and pitching and send-
ing frothing flings of water up to the
very soles of ais dainty shoes. In01110-'
ment the captain had passed over the
bulwark, and Mr, Tym began to fol-
low, and it was then that 1 made a sur-
prising discovery. I had noticed that
the old fellow had kept his cloak part-
ty about him, and I had marveled at it,
as the day was so warm, but now, as he
began to climb, the wind caught the
garment and blew it out and behold,
lhe bad lost his left:hand! The sleeve
hung loose and long about ,the wrist,
and out oa the drapery—showing queer
among the lace—peeped the black turn
of an iron hook. Fie caught this over
the raags of the laddere alternating
with his right hand, and without any
difficulty mounted the tmeteady side
and swung himsell. lightly over the
bulwark. This lively breeze was a fair
one for our sails, and we mustall needs
look alive, and, walk up the aucbor and'
get the industry under canvas.
The captain mounted the poop, a
mum was sent to the tiller, and the mate
stationed himself just abaft the fore-
castle to pase the word along.
"Heave her short!" shouted the cap-
tain. "Heave her shortr" repeated the
mate, and the pawls of the windlass be-
gan to rattle.
'Loosen sail!" followed, and the men
sprang into the wigging. . Everything
was cleared to let go, and all hands,
except a risen on each yard to stay the
bunt, scampered back to the deela
"All ready aloft?" hailed the mate.
"All ready!" answered the fellows on
the yards.
"Let go!" and the ship flashed out
white, and stood clothed in the waves of
loose canvas. Then the chief topsails
were set, the yards trimmed, and the
anchor .finally brought to a head. She
steadied quickly to her work, and as
she climbed away the light canvas was
rapidly put out.
In a short time the watches were ap-
pointed, and the business of putting the
'ship in order and otherlike things of the
lbeginning of a voyage attended to, and
after that I had a little breathing space
iand slipped dowo to my cabin. I had a
Ismail berth in the aftermost part of the
utween decks, and here 1 found my
clothes -bag and other effects, and pro-
ceeded to sling a hammock (preferring
it to either of the bunks the berth con-
tained), and sat down to have a brief
‘smoke.
My smoke over, Istrolledfor a bit into
the forecastle, and then went again on
'deck, where I found the wind rather
gathering strength and quite a stiff sea
running. We .reefed the topsails, and
by that time supper was called. The
,rest of the evening passed without in-
cident. I turned in early, as ray watch
a was to be called at eight hells, and,
I iwhen the time came, crawled out
.1 mighty sleepy, but full of zeal, and so
I kept my four hours. At:daylight all
hands had to he called, is there was a
heavy wind, which was verging onlealf
a gale, and we whipped down the main-
sail and the great lateen, and before
we were done had to be sa,tisfied with
'a reefed main topsail, a bit of foresail,
and a reefed sprit -topsail.
, "Marry, but this is something bois-
terous for the narrow seas," said a
,high-pitched voice behind me, as I
;stood holding on by the lashings of the
'big gun and Watching, the turmoil.
I turned and saw the little super -
learn, who had just come out of the
icabin. He was balancing himself fear-
‘lessly on his straddled legs, a long sea -
(coat whipping about him, and his hand
,clapped upon Inc bat to keep both tha,t
and his great curly wig from blowing
away.
I "Aye, sir," I said, "this is rough
I weather for the channel." ,
"I saw worse once!" he shouted, with
"a kind of chuckle, and then immediate-
ly sucking in his lips, which I found
was a way he had.
"And how was that?" I asked, will-
ing to lorget the weather for a mo-
ment if I could.
"Why, it • was a matter of above 20
years ago," he replied. "Things so fell
out with me on that occasion that I
put to sea on a day even worse than
this in °lily a small fishing sloop."
"It was beyond accoant rash," I
commented. "It must have been a
strait, indeed, to bring you to it."
"It was to save my neck," be an-
swered, speaking this time close to my
ear, that he might talk with less strain.
"You see, it was in the days of old
Noll, and I had ventured into my na-
tive Sussex -1 had forgotten to say
that the old tyrant had set a price on
my head—and was forced to get speed-
ily out. Luckily, a fellow -royalist was
at hand ond lent me a horse; and on
that I reached the seaside and thence
boarded this fisherman, upon which /
put out, as I said."
"But the master of her," I queried,
a little puzzled by that point in the
story, "how did yon prevail on him to
take sub a risk?"
"How?. Why, to be sure, with a pis-
tol at the he,ad. He would listen no
Otherwise."
"And the crew? Had you no trouble
with them?"
"Nay. not a whit. I did but point an-
other pistol at them -1 had two hands
in those days—and they became most
tractable."
"You deserved to- escape!" I cried,
admiringly. "But what then? Did
you come to close straits before you
made the other side?"
To be Ciontinieed.
TASTE OF SHERRY,
ShetrY ONVOZ t$ Peculiar taste to
atelpaote of lime, two and a half
patinae of evataca is edded bo eaeli 1,800
patinas of grapes.
saw I waa beforehand, with my oompaniona.
60, with some gray in Isis beard, but
a good fresh skin, and dressed very
handsomely in sad -colored velvet, low -
crowned hat with feathers, yellow hose,
and high -heeled French shoes, with
blue rosettes. Inis laced was covered
,with a faehionable flowing wig, and his
broad sword -belt supported a good sub-
stantial sword with a silverthilt.
As' soon as Capt. Houthwick had put
us on our course he presented rne to
;the supereargo, giving his name as air.
Teen, and informing birn with some
tittle pride that he would find me oth-
ar than the common sort of sailor, be -
ting a nian of considerable parts, ited of
a family above the ordinary, my father
having been an owning shipmaster and
the son Of a justice of the peace, and my
Mother the daugbter of a knight.
After a somewhat tedious pull,, the
'yvind being in part contrary and quite
sea beginning to run, we drew near,
.and I got up and made ready to seize
Ithe ladder, It eva,s of rope, with wooden
'rungs, the top and bottom nusde fast,
meld preeently I succeeded In catching
lit, and drew the Too* of the boat as near
ne wise Rafe, 'The ship rose and sank
nnel churned abieut in o troublesome
faehion, but I managed to hold on, and
flrat the captain, and then Mr, Tym
Rasseclme and svtrung over to the ladder,
Ilse old superearga was am ettiads and
9h,, Jaek, dear, how yofa frighten-
, ad mei 1. ch,oa,g.ht .you Were going td
tell sate, that you had kianed 171091,0
.i.OWST311.. A .J4V.(k:13,A111)..4.
N THE OLD MAN TURNS HIS AT1 ENTION
TO NUISANCES.
and the Nubotnees Likewise learn
Their Attention to otini, with Dire-
ful coneeoneneee wor the man Who
World Rut', ThiS .intandane Sphere.
[Cepyright, 190, by C. a Lewis
\\11.1011 Bowser aloe° the other
iuorning, there 'Sena an uncertain lode
to his eyes—that is, Mrs. Bowser was
not:certain whether he was going up
street to blow up tim botcher or dowel
street to blow up the tailor. He was
moedy and silent during breakfast,
and as be made no move to leave the
tteuse after the meal Mrs. Boweer
kindly inquired if be wasn't feeling
"i'm feeling well enough," he replied,
'Unit I snail remain at home this fore-
noon. There are several little things I
want to look into and straighten out,
and one of Oxen is right at the door
uo ea"
"Do you mean that fruit peddler?"
"That's exactly whale I mean. I am
goiug to find out whether a man with
an old horse and a wabbly wagon has
any legal right to stop in front of my
house ana sliout, and yell aad shriek
ancn howl and bawl and roar like that.
Tust listen to him! By the living jingo,
but it's no wonder that we've had five
deaths on this street withiu the last
two weeks!"
"But you—you won't go and say any-
thing to ban!"
"VdoWt ll" exclaimed Mr: Bowser as
he eleneed ear leis hat tend opened tbe
The old clothes man ran across the
street, hill no ferther, and from 1113
new position be ehrleked and shouted
and yelled until he had colleeted a
crowd of half a aettaired people and
Mr. Bowser had been forced int° the
house.
h You see you can't do anything,"
caul Mrs Bowser '
"But I will do `something!" he hotly
replied. "Are all the ordinances of
thin eity made for the benefit of sucb
howling demons as that? Has a tax-
payer and property owner no rights?
If there ave ne kowa to protect me,
then I'll protect myself!"
Ont he event again, and he was just
in tinle to ellCOnnter 'a man who had
tuenecl in from Fourth street yelling:
grind -o! Bring out your knives to
"Knives to grInd-o! Knives to
itIr. Bowser walked down to Um gate.
lie looked Oho 0 dangerous man, but
the knife grinder was willing to take
chalices if he could make a nickel. He
halted his grinder on wheels and ut-
tered his yell of "Grind -o!" as if Mr.
Bowser was 40 rods away. 1 -le was
still hanging on to the "0" whets he.
was seized, and banged against the
fence, aua a yoke rang in bis ears:
"You infernal nuisance, shutum, or
I'll break your neck!" ,
The grinder abut up. He looked into
Mr. Bowserls eyes anal became afraid.
However, as he was releasea after a
minute and told to move on his cour-
age returned, and he hadn't got more
than ten feet away before he turned
and said:
"You knocka umeand banga 'me, and
I take de law on your' •
airs. Bowser opened the door and
STORMED BY MR. BOWSER.
door and hustled down the steps, NV late
the family cat and Mrs. Bowser looked
after him. .
"Strawberries! Cucumbers! Banan-
as!" yelled the peddler at tile top of
his voice and with a wave of his hand
and a nod of his head toward every
house on the block.
"Look here, you howling idiot," be-
gan Mr. Bowser as he walked up to
him, "I want to know who gave you
the legal right to murder folks with
your voice?"
"D'ye mean any shoutin?" asked the
man in considerable astonishment
"Of' course I do. I want to know if
the law gives you the right to whoop
and yell anti bellow and shriek and
groan In order to call attention to the
hog feed in your wagon. If it does,
I'll see that it's changed. If it doesn't,
I want you to quit."
"Say, olcl man," replied the peddler,
with a leer, "you must have fell out of
bed this mornin. I've been sellin "wog-
etables for five years, and you are the
first person I've 'net wbo wasn't
charmed with my woice. Better tie a
wet towel around your head and go to
bed ag'in!"
"Don't give me any impudence!"
shouted Mr. Bowser. "You may be li-
censed to cart vegetables and fruits
around, but are you licensed to set a
thousand people's nerves on edge by
your blasted howling?"
"I'm licensed to de anything I want
to, ald kicker," reprod the man, "and
if you want to raise a row about it
comeon. You look one of the sort
who'd take the bread out of a poor
man's mouth, but if you try it on une
I'll make you sorry!"
A crowd of children and peclestriaos
began to gather, and, realizing that he
would have the worat of it, Mr. Bow-
ser walked Into the house. , The ped-
dler yelled "Cucumbers!" after him,
and the children applauded, and Mrs.
Bowser said:,
"Don't you see you can't do anything
svitb ellen neen as that? They are
coming along here from daylight till
lark, and every one yells Just like this
"But it's against the law, and I know
it is!" shouted Alr. Bowser as be struck
the wall with his fist.
"Well, there's lots of things against
the law, but you can't change 'ern. If
the police permit thee° peddlers to yell
and scream, they won't stop their noise
for anything you say."
"Then P11 break some one's neck!"
Mr. Bowser went out and sat down
on the front steps. The fralt peddler
penned at him and 'slaved on, but it
was scarcely a minute before an old
clothes mien turned the CO1'ner and set
up his yell. lle had yelled about 16
times before be reached the Bowsers'
gate, and there he stopped and looked
at the man on the steps and screamed
out in agonized tones:
"01,,1d clo'l cloU Cash for old
(.10
"Move on, you, scomadAll" shouted
Mr. Bowser as he rose up.
"Old clot! 010 del I buy old do'
for cash!"
"By the iseard of Plato, but I'll have
your life if you don't move on' ex-
elaiteed Bowser Jts he clattered down
be steps, with atragedy iii moor eve,
tried 14 argue the matter with art
Bowser, but he declared he'd wet his
hands in the lifeblood of the next
nuisance who ...came along. He didn't
have over ten minutes to wait. A junk
dealer, an uinbrella mender, a ,tinker
and a popcorn man, suddenly appeared
in company, and all were yelling to
drown the notes of the band. • ,
"Old junk! Umbrellas t' mend! Fix
your pans! Fresh popcorn!" sh felted
the four at him as they waved' their
arms about.
Mrs. Bowser threw up the window to
call- out, but she was too late. Mr.
BowsEn AND THE PEDDLER.
I3,0WHer had sailed in. He upset junk
cart and junk dealer, he overturned'
popcorn cart and poPcorn dealer,' he
filled the air with old umbrellas and
tinker tools, and it was Spion &op
over agaim with Mr. Bowser in place
of the Boers. He met the enemy, and
they were his, and in five minutes he
was in poasession of the field of bat-
tle. He was cheered by the crowd
which gathered, and a dozen overen-
,
thusiasti! taxpayers insisted on a
speech. A Dean had arisen who had
taken up the cudgel for reform, and
they wanted to lettow bis policy toward
firecrackers,baseball and kiteflying,
Mr. Bowser backed up against the gate
and might have given them an out-
line, but before he could collect his or -
!dory' a fat policeman burst through
the crowd and seized hitn and said:
"You old ruffian!, But yob want to
get up a riot and disturb half the town,
do you? Cotne nlong with rne!"
Mr. Bowser was walked to the police
revert and left in the "pen" till the
judge was ready to hear his vase and
say:
"You may be a citizen and a taxpay-
er and a reformist, but you have no
right to break loose and take the law
Into your CW11 hands. I flue. yen $'20,
sir, and if you are brought here before
Inc again on the same charge I shall
feel it my duty to put you where you
can do no more barns for the next six
months!"
"Didn't I tell you how it would end?".
,asitecl Mrs. Bowser when be got home,
But he eald no word in reply. He rta
alized that 11 110 even opened his mouth
wo uld (Isola dead. M. Onan.
ANOTHER WHEAT PEST,
A AVIdte Grub Which InJures ',Wheat
by 'Wort:lea in tile StnhIL.
Wheat in weefern New York Ilea
been seriously injured the past elarlua
by a white grub that works in the
stalk. The grub apparently stalls near
the base wad bores the full length,
from the roots to the Mead, Waen full
,„
grown, it measures about half an inch
in length. 'Thee° are um mauleings oil
the body, but the head is pale brown.
I3efore changing to the pupa siege
the grub cats the stalk nearly in Loa
aa" vevy neer s 'few, f t!
pion m cc, o le
ground. It thea passes down to the
base and forms a case of thin, almost
transparent, materialin evidee tee
transformation to the pupa takes place.
hefested wheat lodges badly, but
there is a markea difference in the ap,
pearance of the fallen wheat infesteee,
with the grub and that infested with
the Hessian fly. The former beude
jut above the root and lies flat on the
politica while the latter usually bentB
at 0 point higher up on the stance The
heads ale° Lye web developed and the
leernels plump, which is not usually the
case with wheat attackeul by the
shin fly. •
',17he life history ofthis Insect has evi-
dently not been fully worked out, and
as we have not 3T1, seen 'the aault It is
impossible to determine the species.
We have the beeect under observation
and Lind that the grubs are now chang-
ing to pupa) within the stalks close to
the base.,
.Tudging from reports the insect's
well distributed in western New. YcMia
In the vicinity of Geneva some or the
Eclas have been injured serieusly.
As the grubs tire now in the straws
lust below the surface of the ground,
deep, flat ploeidng will doubtless re-
sult in crushing mealy of them and
otherwise preventing the development
of many more. Itolling the stubble
might also have some effect, alsoleurn-
Mg if practicable. Although it is not
improbable that the adult Insects will
not escape for some time, the safest
course is to apply the remedy at once,
writes V. H. Lowe of the New York'
station to Country Gentleman.
How to Stack s'oetteer.
I have stacked fodder for a number
of years and find no trouble in stride-
ing it so it will keep for two years
perf?ctly dry and as good as when
first stacked. Any one who under-
stands stacking wheat, oats or eye cats
stack fodder, as they are stacked ex-
actly the same. The knack in stack-
ing is to commence the bottoui right
and keep the middle' full. The size of
the bottom must depend on the
amount of fodder 'You wish to put in
ane stack. I always tie my fodder
into bundles in tbe field, either by ma-
chinery or by hand, which Makes ir
much easier to handle. In making a
romul stack 1 commence by throwing
bundles in the middle until, when set-
ting my fodder around the middle, the
bundles will stand ,at, about one-third
Pitch, continuing to set buudlev around'
the center until the bottom is e size
you wish ypur stacks to bel ways
keeping butts out and the mi ea.' full
as you 'carry your stack up. If the
'bundles are kept from one-third to
one-fourth- pitch, there is no doubt
but what the stack will shed snow and
rain. in topping out keep drawing
in until the 'tops of one bundle over-
lap the other, to keep. the water out.
It will not require a stake to keep 'It
in place, but I make it a rule to finish
up on the west side of my stack. A
rick is built the same way, only the
middle' is long instead of round.—Praa
rie Farmer.
American Tobacco at Paris Exposi-
flea.
The exhibit of A.merican" tobacco, en
bracing several hundred bunches, has
probably never before been equaled 111
any international exposition. The
French customs officers were asteund-
ed when they first, saw it. A'.• remiirk-
ablevariety of leaf—in size, color and'
quality—is to be found in this colfec-
Hon. Florida sends quantities of fine
Cuban tobncco not over 12 or 15 inehese
long. Porto Rico, Connecticut, south-,
ern New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
ore well represented. And from Vir-
ginia, North Carolina. Neutueley, Ten-
nessee, Wisconsin and Texas come ,
stalks that are two or three feet long.
A gOod cleal of the letter furnishes the
negro and Italiau, laborer in Ameriea
with plug and smoking tobacco. But
all of the leaf shown is suitable for ex
potation.—New York Tribuue. '
AgrieultUral
The New York Tribune 'states that ,
the "official estimate" of darreae 1:6
tPc pea crop in the A tlentie states till'
year throughthe devastating „ore `a•
pea lotiew is $11,000.000.. Three ;11'
dollars is the loss actually snetalte:
itt 1889 by the state of , Maryland
alone. Pea culture is an industry
the. Belted States.
Overploduction is eausing the n
&et gardeners of hong Island to it!
on
uciug
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A unique American exhibit at Par5
ie a cold storage room and model r
Triode; ing car.
At present the Canada thistle held
sowy C1'0111 Maine to Virginia and wee
ward to North Dakota teed elaanstai
and on the Pacific coast from, Wash
ington to northern California. Prone
the Mlasissippi to the Rockies
not plentiful enough to be tr0,nla
siocuaally fTreefromhesouthitern states ,ta
tfen
Permits :ire not required for'l
ing domesticated birds, such a�ili
ens, ducks, geese, letfinea foWl.
VOWI, pigeons or ertnartes,,
ow for natural history speclinetid?
,
;dentine collectione. Terintts !nu
)11tailled for all wild specie e otlit
audducks.
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