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ra addressed , me, and I sprang trp
and stood in his room. The ship had
Tepidly drifted down and was already
within a hundred or a ,hundred and
fifty ya,rds, The manin the rigging
eliouted: "If you -would boaxd its, take
to your oars. Be speedy,or you will
fall short."
CHAPTER "VIII.
OF OUR RECEPTION ON THE SPA.NISH
"
I saw that this was the ease, and
likewise feared that he might be of
that cruel or indifferent sort that
would leave us in the lurch if we failed.
'Wherefore I let fall the talk with him
and hurriedly told the others how the
rnatter stood. The ship was not dead to
indward, but in the course she was
now traveling stood to pass us about
40 or 10 yards to the south, and it was
to cover this gap that we must row.
We fell to it, though it was but a poor
piece of work, the raft being so clumsy,
and at last drew pretty nigh the ship's
bow. It was rising and, falling at great
heights above us, but a seaman ap-
peared on the boltsprit, and at the
right moment cast us a line. I caught
It and made it fast, and we quickly
warped as near as we dared to the
lofty side. The bulwark above us was
aaosv black with heads, and a claak fel-
low in a kind of Dutch rig raised him-
self on the rail, and from there direct-
ed us how to proceed. The fore chains
were too nearly under the towering
hoese of a foredeckto serve our turn,
and the captain seemed too indifferent
to p-ut over a ladder, wherefore we
-were presently dravvn along till we
were near amidships, where, indeed, we
might make shift to scramble up. This
we did, first tying on 011r backs such
airticles of value as we cared to pre-
serve, and when we were over the side
the raf t was cast adrift. We then put
down our burdens, and with no little
interest and anxiety fetched a look
about us. ---
I may have been a bit confuraga for
a moment, for I final got eneetecLig that
eticks in my_ddinemeeyedia that arse
g1antBIitTareeently I bring back a
V.ido-Wded deck 11110St of the faces being
dark, and some persons in handsome
attire standing a little way from_ the
companiOtt, and for general surrouod-
` rings a short, flush waist of the ship,
poop and foredeck like little castles,
and overhead, a great but not overneat
and shipmanlike spread of spars and
sails. Immediately a tall, dark naan
rotig,h. brown clothes, a wide, flapping
at and Flemish boots pushed out of
the press, and I recognized the person
who had held the truin.pet.
"If you please, Senor Captain," said
I, stepping to the front and touching
s:ny hat, "we three are escaped from
tlie English ship Indostry, which was
scuttled and sunk." From here Iwent
on and gave ,hine the other chief out-
lines of our story. He listened without
conament, and when I had finished
made a sign to one of his officers and
ordered the ship put upon her course.
le then turned back to us, and from
his cold and rather stern ex -pression I
was not expecting a very agreeable or
hospitable answer, when there was
tome stir in the crowd, and those„in
front stepping- aside a tall and stately
looking gentleman came deliberately
forward. He was, as one would guess,
about five-and-filty years of age, and
was comely in the face, but thin.,
though sturdy and upright in figure.
is dress was uncommonly rich, ,and
was the moat showy alld striking Iliad
seen up to tbat time.
I bowed low, some -se -hat impreesecI by
is elegance, and waited with an airbf
deference for him to speak. I doubted
not he was some rich grandee, and very
likely the owner of the ship and cargo.
Ile looked at me coldly. vet with some
man, and her mistness was to covey
a cargo of ,English elethe and small
wares to Havana, and fetch sugar,
spices and the like thither. Our cap-
tain can give you more of this mat-
ter."
"And where, think you, went your
escaping mutineers?" he inquired,
without pause.
This disconcerted me a bit, but I felt
it best to out with the tenth.
"To join that scoundrel Morgan, if
our guess is not greatly at fault," I
let go boldly. ---
He smiled Inc grim fashion.
"Aye, senor, snoli was my thought of
the artatter. Tlaey have gone to join
that child of perdition, doubtless, and
somegood Spanish blood may be shed
in consequence. What think you," he
went on, looking an me fixedly, "shall
I not be doing my sovereign and ths
church a service if I endeavor to dis-
charge a small measure of this debt ?"
I began to thiele that we had fallen
out of the frying pan into the fire, for
I was at no loss to guess what he
meant. laravertheless I was resolved
not to quail, and, indeed, it was pos-
sible he might be only trying me. I
collected myself, therefore, and an-
swered him.
"A debt, your lordship, should be
paid by the debtor, and not by laim who
has no part in it. The Spanish blood
you speak of was not shed by me or by
my comrades. We abhor piracy and
every such lawless doing."
The hiclalg,o nodded., but I could not
see that Thad produced any measur-
able impression on him. It was an
anxious 1110111ent, and I discerned that
my companions had detected some-
thing amiss and come closer, though_ I
could not then give heed to them.
"Well, senor," .he replied, at last,
"there is reason in what you say, and
I am not disposed to deal with 3-ou
harshly. "-711,,e4.pja 16 JOOk
ha-rtialLeci again, and my spirits sank—
cannet forget that you are English-
men. 11 you yourselves have done my
countrymen no harm, neither had the
Spaniards of Puerto Rico and Mara-
caibo done the English harm. Your
lives are safe, but emu have forfeite_d
"Tots have forfeited yaw libertF."
ssatiosity, and after a brief glance irt
lney companion, aidSin choice Spanish:
"Who are you, senor, and how did
you come upon the raft?"
I repeated what I had told the cap-
tain, though with eoine enlargement.
As I proceeded I saw his brow datken,
espegially at tile mention that we were
'I grieve', senor, to find that -yoti and
your friendbelong to that nation of
heretics and robbets," he said in a
eevere voice., "Pray, Upon what busi-
tese was your ship, and vvha.t was eha
doing iti these waters?"
I perceived the dangerous thing that
?Wee in lila mind, and suffered no delay
ifs% answering.
"Wily, our lordehip," I replied (1
lapped, t title to him at a venture),
owed arid th.le Rretently saw Vera,*
teltip Was a peaeeful merehats
ne, Fass. .
the ssools himself. Ire had been sitting
on a box, with his elbows on hie knees,
oa le some manner bowedforwarcl, tuna
epee up as we stopped andloolsed alerts
ly at us. [le was a little fellow, in-
clined to be pursy, and near all his
figurewas hidden by a long white
apron. lais face, however, coming out
in the 120.111cS a 4 ehert pipe. I dis-
covered that he had light hair, which
is not eomnion amonee the Spaniel', and
this made me notice him a little snore
than I should otherwise have done,
Ile came ont from his place, seeing us
halt, and made a little civil gesture,
upon which 1 bowed gravely ancl gave
him good morning.
9.1eunos dies," he responded, and
then, to my great surprise, softly
acldecl: "But gude inariaing in the
auld tongue, if sae ye'll hae it."
He took out his pipe as he spoke and
croesecl over to us.
"What, a Sandy!" I cried, delighted,
"and what is he doing here?"
I seized his hand and gave it a most
cordial grip, ae did also my compan-
ions, "C4ae a bit cautiously," he whis-
pered, with a meaning nod toward the
forecastle.. "Ye ruauna seem ower -
pleased. You'll find this a pleasant
Fhip," he added in Spanish, "and able
all weathers. I take it yonder is
where you are to sling your ham.-
anocks."
aly companions caught the point he
would make, which was to avoid the
jealousy or suspicion of- the boat-
swain, and they did not interrupt,
while I returned a suitable answer.
"Peteetion to sling your hammocks
;Imo," he swiftly whispered, aa 1 eilded.
"Likewise say bawldly that ye need a
Soickle rest, and wad hae a bit drink
and a sup."
I nodded and asked aloud for a pipe.
"aline is broken," I said in Spanish,
"and you know what a eearaan is vvIth-
nut his clay."
"I am to ask the boatswain to grant
es a little time below," I whispered to
sny companion. Feign overcooling
weariness as we pass out."
With this I signed to my companions
to follow, and returned to the fore-
e, eied S'eas'
THE BELGIAN HARE.
Now o craze In the Sotithweet,
Raised In Preference to Cilicheim.
In. southern California, tvhere Usa
hare has beconie a craze as per-
vasive as the tamous tauten tulip nia-
.
nia, all sortsof fancy prices are being
paid for ehoice strains of iniported Bel-
giau hares, says the New York Herald,
in which appears the following:
Many men and women, too, in the
southwest are breeding Belgian haeies
for marltet. As a food product, fetch-.
Mg, 8 cents a pound, there is great
profit in raising hares. The flesh of the
imported Belgian hares is White
and nearly as tender as froa' legs, or
chicken. The original Belgian 'hares
were much coarser in fiber and the
meat was reddish. After the felemisb
hares were crossed with the red rabbits
of England an excellent edible was
promptly thrown on the 13rItish market.
Hares are now the pooe man's turkey
and beefsteak, too, and "jugged" elare
is as common on the other side as
baked beans in New England.
The pelts of the Belgian hares are
useful for a variety. of purposes, par-
ticularly foe hats. Careful attention to
their ,coats has led to the Production of
fine, fleecy pelts, and an additional
,eource of revenue for the breeders has
been secured.,
These inaported Belgian hares are ex-
tremely prolffic. Commonly 11 litters
of young, of two to, a dozen each, are
born each year to a doe. A pair of
hares will live for six or eight years.
They are hardy and thrive well in al-
most any part of this country. They
are easily reared. Their provender is
plentiful and inexpensive, -consisting
chiefly of White oats, lettuce, carrotff
and green food generally. They are
pestle. The boatswain had lighted his very cleanly in their habite and subject
own pipe and was sitting on one of the o few a men s.
In the west many fa,milles raise Bel-
gian hazes in preference to chickens.
These hares do not burrow, so no deep
set fences are needed. They are re-
markably tame and will eat from the
band of a stranger readily. In conse-
quence they have become great pets
with children. A pair may be bought
as low as 50 cents ,and a child of 10
can raise them frim infancy. They
men's boxes, firing away in ;leisurely
puffs.. ,
I made heavily along, to lain,' eaag-
gerating my real weariness, and are-
,
ferred My request.
"Aye, if you like," he replied, care-
lessly. ``Yoncler in that corner you
, ,
will find three hammocks. Sling them
and afterward take your bite. Aye,
and have a turn with the pipe. A eea-
you will be fitter for the
man iS naught withouthis elereasana-e spAsynehd„ful as the tradi-
'-riloal wild hare of Englailde blit are
---T-iranasad him and trao9eated the not suitable for coursing or hunting.,
talk to nay COm-oven_ _tons. ,n
nea.,.. Though much larger and heavier: -
We were not long, saving that we than the ordinary harp and with Ion -
dared not mend our pace too suddenly, ger legs, they do not scamper with the
in slinging the haroMocks and d4spos- zest of the wild species. They are fast
ing of our few effects. sprinters, however, as their only de -
It was now the beginning of the first tense is their speed, but _they do not
your liberty, and on your arrival at dog watch, and none of the men were
Boilable, and we hastened to begin our
confab with the cook. We asked him
first What had brought him on a Span-
ish ship, for we Britons, are not often
i'found on such, and in answer he gave
,ue a brief but consietent story of ship-
ping from a Scotch port and in a smart
blow falling overboard, to be ,picked
Sip just in the nick of time by a Span-
iish coaster. She carried him to Mele-
e he said, his original port being Car-
tagena, and from there he had been
worse would it have been had we fallen
Panama will be sold as slaves. Yon In the forecastle- The time ware-aease
may go forward for the present and
serve with the crew."
He nodded to signify that he had con.
chided, and, with the same stately pre-
cision as at first, passed in among the
crowd and made his way out of sight,
I was in a measure dumfounded, and
stood wbere he had left me, trying to
grasp the full purport of what had be-
fallen. Cast into slavery, and by the
people of a Christian nation! What
among the heathen Algerines?
glad to ship on the Pilanca,. His story
I wa9
30.ded, we fe to questioning him on
aroused from this overwhelmed state
by the voice of Mr. Tyra, and, turning
about, acquainted both him and the
captain with what had paseed.
"Slaves to the dons, is it?" said Sel-
linger, when I had finished. "A mid-,
dling hard port to steer into, after all
that has befallen us! The greasy lob -
scourers! I hope we shall matage to
put a.trick or two upon them before we
are done. To think of such tallow -heads
making slaves of free-born English -
name!"
We had time for only a few words
further, for soon one of the officersa-i
the boatswain, as I presently discov-
ered—came along aucl -ordered us to
pick up our things and _follow him te
pur present snrroundings. What was
the Pilancaeand who were these fine
people she carried?
"Aweel, the Pilanca is neething buil
a common sort of merchantman," he
answered, "and her trade is maist
times betwixt Havana and the strait,
but just noo she is a special charterer
free the king. She is carrying Don
Serez de 'Guzman, governor of Panes
ma, to Chagre, and the auld noble ydi
elavered wi' is the man."
"But now a word as to our own state
• •
pa:nay," I began. "Or, first, I should
be thankful for a better grip of your
name.'
"It'll be a cordial to hear ye speakete
these loons canna," he answered, with
the forecastle. This we accordingly did b t
0 is sniff. ."It's Donald Mae Ivrach, frae
I carrying the supercargo's
Clagvarloch." '
he tried to dissuade me. On theWay Then, friend Donald," I went on,
took some thought of the people abatis
,ii l'what think Von of our prospects? Are
I
me, not having till now observed them they not something dubious?
"I canna say nae," he answered, his
with particularity, and found that mosti countenance sobering. "Ye are like
save a few in armor, who seemed to
to be ser'd wi' no sweet sauce ance ye
be professional. soldiers, belonged to
the ship's company, the passengers not reach Pena rna."
"Let it rest so," said Mr. Tym. "And
numbering above a score. Of these the '
now another question: Who are all
greater part were dressed in a rather
ich sort, though not comparable
these other bravely dressed people?
tto
staaaeledso,n, and about one-fourth sa lunaiet:viesrlealloehba:ebt lEahwe:lieyna janBrdge, v.sleo, ,finNO eaWily1C:?13% u' tsaidw,,e
I got below, asal in great weariness
put down Mr. Tyhese the governor's lesady—the auld
m's box and fetched a
dame air the dour look and the bit
glance around, By degrees, as I be- whielsers—though it's DO sure ye wad
came accustomed to the duskiness, I eee them, eitber, along wi' the man-
made out the features of the place. tilla, and eie like—and for anither grit
It was low for the bigness of the
ship, and was furniened after a very
tine, Don Luis Denise°, a count by title'
poor and rough sort, The bunks and nnd rich in laud au'd ge-wd' but flia''' in
hainmocke were old and fit to drop
body. alai an ill tyke to look upon. He
i . s the governor's sonan-law, and isnot
apart, none of the timbers or work of
the ship were smoothed except by lo be envied, they say, sic a dell's ane
the ca ilia is hole ieddyship. ,,vreatig the
triction of use. and a mere clilaniclatea , En -
the cook's quarters. Luckily the 1 ence served as a bulkhead to pare oft
!there are Don Lopez Caetillo Don
rique de Cavodilla, and Don Leou de
smells of the place, 111 as ,t116y were— Cruzon. They are hidalgos, and friends
o' the gove.rnor, and three Izmir proud,
for all was disordered and dirty—were
preceese auld cocks ye'll gae far t
not of the worst, for at this time both
a windward and a leeward port stood
partly open' and tile Passage of the lima.°
.•
vie were very well satisfied with this
description ana indeed, soineevh t sin'
email breeze through setved to sweep ' ' - a '
out the chiafest of the odors.. felted, especially in view of the tempt -
We did not oome by a
ing smells from the coolter Mac
d. 1 1-
goo 0101,11
Ivrach hastily inverted another box,
edge of -the place instantly, for it was
somewhat dimly lighted, the port on hunted UP three pannileins, witli
, a
the larboard side being closed and that epoonswhich he pla.ceci won it, nd
upon the starboard standing scarce two l'°ured out the mess from tile P01. It
iweaee Upon -the hook, but upon peer_ Proved 10 be a delicious union stew,
We lost no time inlroving\it, which 1
Ing about a bit at firet 011e feature and
Will say now plea -sad my my Olate more
then another came out.
We had taken two or three steps for: than. anything -1 ever retnem her of eat -
ward, and I -Was casting a glanoe in ng, and iii this wise I conthued—be-
the direction of the cook's furnace,
lig to Vsnit before my conepanions--
When an objet nearly coneealed by it Lill tile Pet wa8 empty' '
aulleoal
CORN FO
Soft, Pliant, Green—now to Handle
It Prom Field to //aria,
WO watch our corn and try to cut 11
ns SOOE an the grail' is glazed and the
sialhs slow a liehter color below the
eon This is one particular Part of the
business. If you "stake a failure here,
you cannot VOCON'er from it. Corn eau
be ctli, estich greener than one might
think who has pot tvied it, and if the
shocks are ilOt made too large the fod-
der will be away in the front rank,
says a correspondent of Rural NOW
Yorker, who also tells "just how" to
do all this:
We put from 25 to 35 hills in each
shock, owing, to size of corn. Too
small, some will say, but wait and
see. We first use one hill and an arm-
ful df stalks with a good band around
them for a starter. We are veky par-
ticular to stand the corn evenly around
this hill until the shock is completed
and finish with two good, strong dou-
ble beads, binding rather low down.
Very few hired men or their employ-
ers know how to put up a shock of
corn sp that it will stand until late in
the season and not fall down. I have
observed many fields where large num-
bers of the shocks. were down before
being cut one week. My father and I
ha -ye put up eight acres ourselves, and
not six shocks fell down or uubound.
Our Main crop being potatoes,- the
colds Is of necessity left in the field' un-
til late in the season and becomes thor-
oughly cured, only the outside of the
shocks being touched by the weather.
'If the corn was to be husked earlier in
the field, part of the bleaching from
turning the shocks inside out can be
obviated by putting the stalks up In
very large shocks of from 25 to 30
bundles and binding, with pumpkin
vines or a band made of two or three
lengths of stalks. When we are ready
to begin husking, we put the 10 foot
flat rack on the low wheeled, wide tire
wagon. The shocks having been set
in straight rows one way, we drive be-
tween two rows and are ready for busi-
ness. If the fall has been dry and the
stalks are brittle, we aim to draw in
the morning, when they are soft and
pliable frem the night air.
After cutting the hills under shocks
enough for a load, rebinding where
necessary, we are ready to begin our
load. We have no Man on the wagon.
Two men with forks, standing side by
side at thesameshock, raise it eaSily
and place it on the wagon; then one
from the opposite side, and so on al-
ternately, ,laying in tiers around the
wagon until a load is obtaiued. It Is
then hauled to the barna the horses
ealelveja straight up to the center of the
doors, tile ahbeste-earale-d-freAethe load
and piled in tiers across the barn floor
as- high as two men can lift, witiisene
mala on Use tier to tread down. The
floor is filled In this way, leaving only
:room to begin huskitig. The stalks
are put directly into the mow and re-
main until taken out to be run through
the cutter and crusher. 'When the corn
Is drawn M the manner described, the
shocks come out to be husked in per-
fect shape and form, the stalks are
soft and pleasant to handle, and cold
or warm, in cloud or sunshine, we pre-
fer to husk on the barn floor. No need
to turn the cows in. the cornfield to pick
up the litter. There is none there.
But this method of basking cannot be
practiced early in the season.
burrow or double, as the wild ones do,
through their subterranean galleries.
The largest animal dealer in this
city says: "These bares breed se rapidly
and cost so little to raise that some of
those first in the field must be making
money. ,
"The Belgian hare meat is a cross
between venison' and mutton. In Ger-
many hares have been an article of
food for a long time. They cook them
with port or sherry, and the dish is fit
to set before a IllIng.
"Many people think hares and rab-
bits are one and the same thing. These
Belgian hares are big feline* weigh-
ing seven or eight pounds. Those who
have eaten rabbit stew do not know
how -much better Belgian hare ie."
shosv him that much respect thoureh
b* Ountluteeeti
TENDER LITTLE ATTENTIONS THAT
SHOULD ENDURE AFTER MARRIAGE.
Turnip Sowing. „
To be valuable either for the kitchen
or for stock 'turnips should be grown
quickly. This mean S good soil and
plenty of moisture. Good soil does not
quite mean rich sail, though richness is
an important element. More impor-
tant, however, is good tilth, produced
by frequent previous stirring. This is
the reason that turnips do well on po-
tato ground from which early potatoes
have been removed.
In the cool moist climate of the
l3ritish Isles turialps are ueually SOWD
In spring. Elere, with our much higher
summer teraperature, it is best to de-
fer the sowing until July or August.
This leaves but a short season for
growth, and hence ethe necessity for
the beee conditions of soil.
Some of the best kinds for kitchen
are White Egg and Purple Top Strap
Leaf, the former rather preferable.
Cloudy weather is most desirable for
sowing. In hot sunshine the seed is
often injured so that it fails to ger-
nainate. A good time is immediately
after a shower which has not left the
soil too wet to work well. Immediate-
ly before a rain is,a good time, if the
rain does not fail to come, but if the
rain is too heavy the seed is liable to
be washed out of place.
Care is required in order to ae old
the common error of having the plaists
so raiinerous as to crowd' each other.
The Iftany Busiiiese /dun Who WUIS
Reminded by Some Old lf,o-ve net-
t rs—lirnin"kia
en Sualt.temotnYoelrirpallet:'D-a:eanelc
Moro eiut.
When r.fliackerey first saw that a men-
ailmeut had Iftiocked the wife to
whom he was most devoted, he sadly but
bravely took up the burden of caeing for
her, trusting this task to no one less lov-
ing than himself, and years later, when
It became necessary to put her under the
care of trained attendants, he wrote tide
to a friend: "Thbugh my rnarria,ge was a
wreck, I would do it °ter again; for, be-
hold, love is the crown and conipletion of
all earthly good."
'Wagner and his second wile were
sweeehearts always. When the great man
died, aline. Wagner cut off her beautiful
hair and made a pillow of it for his coffin.
He liad admired it iu life, and it was her
last gift to him death.
We tell these romances, and others like
them, over and over again, and the world
never grows tired of hearing them. The
romance of fiction stops at the chapter
that eads, "And they married and lived
happy Over after." The cynic says this le
far enough to carry the story; that 'be-
yond that there would be litEe of ro-
mance to relate. And the cynic draws
his conclusion from the lives of everyday
The Sheep Hurdle.
No well regulated sheep farm is com-
plete in all of its appointments without
the burdle. This portable fence Is an
Indispensable factor ln the aucceesful
and economical handling of the flock on
men a'nd women. We resent, usually,
what the cynic has to say upon this sub-
ject, and yet in the bottom pf our hearts
we know there is much of truth in his
saying,
Old letters will tell tales. This is one
that a bunch of letters told not long ago.
She is is very charming matron, the wo-
man who owns the bunch of letters, and
something more than a dozen wedding
anniversaries has she set her dinner ta.-
ble prettily to celebrate. The matt in
the case is a busy.- business man, albeit
naost devoted to his family—so the neigh-
bors tell me, and neighbors have a way
of knowing all about such thinge. Ile
was a most devoted lover, too—this the _
letters tell. Sometimes in the long ago,
when by any chalice he was out of town,
he wrote to his sweetheart long letters.
It mattered not .if he sent her two a
PANEL OF HURDLE FEnE,
a small farm or where the system of
mixed husbandry is practiced. Many
opportunities will be presented during
the year where it can be used advan-
tageously in diiiding pastures or for
confining sheep upon certain portions
of a field. It will be found Invalnable
as a quick method for constructing
pens, either large or Small, at shearing
time or' for docking, tagging or dip-
ping. In the winter seaeoa these bus
dies are a great convenience for inclos-
ing feeding yards, lots for exercise and
small plats for subdivisions of the
_
flock.
In the figure is shown a view of the
hurdle in place, with a pair of sup-
ports. The panel is macle of four 1 by
3 Inch plank 12 feet long, crossed by
three pieces of the seine size and three
feet long, one being placed in the mid
die and the others six inches from the
ends. The spaces between the planks,
beginning at the bottom, are 6, 8 and
As soon as the seed is sown it should 10 lanes, The i?reeee weld, erg cress.
be lightly covered 'with a rake or by ed for the supports are 4 feet long awl
drawing brush over time surface.—Na- 1 by 3 inches in size. The sill is of
tional Stockman. by 6 'itch stuff, the lower edge being
3 feet 5S/2 inches long and the upper,3
It the Garden. feet 101/, inches long, with a, notch ee
While the farnser has been buSY with She middle 2 inches deep and 21/2 inches
his haying and harvesting the garden wide for the ends of the panels to teat
has probably been more or less isegle2t- in, The braces should extend an (rich
ed Weeds grow very fast during J'ilY or more below the sill to prevent the
and August,aS the warmth indlloosi e. hurdle supportst'
le fomrserves
ohold
pa
In uhsoeeaucb .osf
rapid deconiposition of vegetable mihti
ter and its eeuversion into the ""51 web as to join together the ends of
stimulating .f ay-0117,er, ammonia. l'he two succeeding panels. To prevent the
early 'garden 1m8 had its day,'end the fence from being blown over a stake
ianeteedl atfotebreeavtiloywpeedasifanodnieyotttiottokcesel,ieiiiii ,teobe\tvaheleahe tdheeivieltulrualleiotsitmeytvii(dn'Vbe50wfiereet,
d
from being overgrown With Weeds. down,
Early In August is not tocalate to set
celery, wbich is all the better for alala,
hag a quicic growth. Tile early cehsry
set a month or more ago should neve
cart!) drawn around it, tnkIng eare not
to let the soil get between the giowing
• f4tall°' as 11 will cause ruStp, adviset an
day, they were always long and brim
full of the most endearing terms. These
his sweetheart read over and over again
and treaeured and treasures them still,
The man said, not long ago that it could
not be possible that any time in his life
he could have put 60 many foolish noth-
ings on paper, But this is getting ahead
of my story. • a,
Well, with this buneh of Jove letters
there is another package i0. quite com-
metcial looking envelopes and Of later
date.' Not one of them contains. more
than .25 words, so the owner, of them
declares. Once she reminded the -writer
of them that this was a fact, nd he
said "Well nay dear there is never any-
thing- tosewrite'aliOnt when one' isagway
on a business. trip." And nt ,waelhe
that the charming Matron brought for ti
those long, loving netters—written venset
avhile the sender was on "business tribe,'
—and it was thee the man declare& be
had never penned such noaSense in 'estis.
life and vowed that the little wife ha
saved a lot Of "goalie other fellow's let-,
ters:" -There was a hearty laugh over it
all, and the busy businese Man said that
he had been sadly lacking in loverlike
ways, he was afraid, 'since his honey-
moon and forthwith suggested a trip to
the best theater in town for the even-
ing. Late in the afternoon a messenger
brought a box of flowers to the door ---
just as a messenger used to years ago.
The busy business man made a flying
ten) mit of town the other day, and while
he was gone, back there came to his home
address one of the dearest of love letters,
which a certain little lady,' who always
wears dainty gray gowns, ,blushed 'o -ver
like a girl and quickly went to her desk
to answer.. As she seseecl• the lace on the
ruffles of one of her little daughter's
white frocks that afternoon she hummed ,
softly to herself a sweet little song that
she remembered she "used to sing when
a girl"—she still looks like a girl, which
gees to prove that she has always beeu
happy' in her married life. But the ten-
der little attentions, it is just as wen to
have them renewed, isn't it? A woman
Is not a bit spoiled by beingenade love to
all her life.
And all this reminds me of how indif-
ferent we grow toward even the best lov-
ed in our home circles. It is not that we
love them little that we seldom give any
outward and visible sign of, our devotion, „
but that from day to day we think—if we
think of it at alle-that at some, other
time will we be more patient and tender
toward Harry or Dieli Or Bessie; that
one cannOthe expected to think ot all the
smaller things when one is so busy and,
cares and responsibilities crowd, so fast
one upon the other. But it takesno moesi
time, my dear, to be tender than it dia‘r
to be indifferent or impatient.
The romances of life Unit are wdrth
while live through shade as well as sun-
shine:- 'T -driini-,`-iizOu that when life
runs on smoothly withnot pps,and doWnss
there are fewer ocCaO5l6 :for one to
speak impatiently and wear abecoming
frowns, and it is for fear that „ust such
things may happen that either a n or
woman may find it worth while, to
quite Certain that his or her romance le
something more than just a sutinner day
dream. It takes love, atal real love, to',
stand the gloom of gray days. The cynic
is quite given,'ou know, to telling of the
unhappy ending of tbe more than one
sUmnier day romance that be has known.
But I hope the girls that I know will riot.
listen to the cynic. I hope they will bet-
ter employ their time in listening to the
lifelong romatates,of,such as Aline. Wag-
'ner and the clever and devoted Thack-
:tray, who admitted that his min -stage had
been a wreck, but that "101,Q IS the croiva
and completion of all ealithly geod."---
Margaret Hannis in St. Louis Republic
exeha
Sugar beet experiments for Ohio gave
an uneven etand of beets and rather
tnientiefactory rasulis with 'inlay
growers in 1899, It is seas:rested that
very early i)Iiinting, in Mameh and ear-
Aeirit, InIght result In a much better
, . •
• "An Ordinary DatchNvannna."•
°nee, not many years ago, a little riti
was brought to the table of the queen ed,
Windsor. The eiteen did something it
eating which the little girl had been la
structcd by her parents not to
table. Immediately the child cried ont(
"Oh, you ought not to do that! It is bad
table manners!" The kindeet lady tvh4
evet sat upon a throne replied, "Yoe
must pasdon tue, my dear, for you kride
I am Only no ordinary lanichwolnatal
This was- a eut direct et the mother el
the little girl, svho W119 OeUellt and had
nittde a remark et like tenor.—Net
INA" Prellik