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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-12-13, Page 210••• [Copyright age, by D. Appl . Co STELLO. ewe tic Co.Ali rights reseryiul.} Pradey talked a little with Fhibbert. Presently he went up to see for hum - elf. At the mastheasahe stopped and leveled his glass. "There sprine-,s up a light," I said. pointing to the now fast -rising crest of the hill. As I spoke two or three more glim- mers appeared, but lower. down. The short tropic sunset was now over, and comparative darkness was at hand. We stirred not tack mar sheetndaut hcid eturdily on, and at last the out- lines of the castle were clear to the un- assisted_ eye. First Pradey and then the lookouts came down, and Phibbert went aft, and he and the captain talked briefly together. The wind now abated a lit- tle as the light failed, and our speed proportionally slackened. "I fear he stands fair to fall into a trap," said I, uneasily, to my compan- ions. "Will he still hold on?" "I think not much farther," said Mr. • Tym, but he spoke with no great tone of confidence. • A half mile, it might be more, and then Pradey called Phibbert and gave an order. • The lieutenant leaped upon a gun. "Ready at the braces!" he roared. The men rushed to obey. The cap- tain then signed to the helmsman, and as soon as he had shouted "Helm's a -lee!" the lieutenant, followed with the other orders and the ship rode gracefully round. At the right mo- ment the yards were ordered, and speedily we were sawing up and down, very comfortably hove to. • "Ali, look yom:ier!" exclaimed Mac Ivrach, suddenly. He pointed to a spot a little to the east of the hill. There, In a kind of clear space brought out by n glinting streak of the failing night, I saw a small boat. It was moving sea- ward, and was already nearly abreast of the ship. "We should tell the captain," I said. "Maybe that will be what he seeks." "Vera weel," answered the cook., - He stepped toward the poop accerd- ingly, but at that moment Pre dey him- self made The.discovery. "Boat!" he sang out, wheeling sharp- ly round. "Master phibbert, get way on the ihip!" , eentA.,..ennlamane,,,snifit an old buceaneer, neai• me. "It is the very chance tbe captain was tarrying for." It seemed so, indeed, and again I be- gan to tbink I had underrated Pra,- dey's sagacity. In a moment the ship • was ready to come about, The head sheets were let go, the braces were handled in their turn and the forward yards came round. The other orders were quickly com- pleted. The ship's head rode gallant- ly round, and she was laid fairly for the chase. The wind was too light for Ulrich speed, and as the boat had n good start and her haven was near the re- sult must at first be doubtful. "I'll have her if I ground the ship," growled Pradey. He hung over the rail as he spoke and pulled a pistol from his belt. "Boat ahoy!" shouted Pradey. He 'make in Spanish. "Board the ship!" bawled back one of the men. - "lam going to luff. Feteh np by me." "Yes, senor," answered the same voice. As the ship came into the wind the boat approached the quarter. "What news ashore?" asked Pradey, hurriedly. "Why, senor, the English have taken the castle," answered the man. At this we all broke into a great shout. "Tne governor and many soldiers were killed," went on the. man, "and all of las eoor people terribly frightened." "Enough!" c ecl Pradey. irapati eta- ly. "To the braces, men! MaraftterPIWW. best, lay our course for the castle." At last Pradey gave the word and once more the Black Ila.glo was fetched into the wind. A cable had been pre- pared to slip, and one of the anchors was immediately let go. Sail was clewed up but not furled, anclwhen GM- sarurition had been served out to the men and all the cannon prepared for instant use we were in case either to fight or to fly. We were near enough to the castle by this time, so that a shot from one of its heavy guns might reach us, bu-b otherwise there was no present risk. • Everything had been managed, as , quietly aepossible and there was no 'hint, frOM any sign on shore, that we lied been perceived. Pradey spbke to the first lieutenant, and one of the quarter boats -was low- ered. "Take her, lieutenant, pick two men for a crew, and see what you can learn," said Pracicy, briefly. "Aye, aye, sir," answered Phibbert. "If all is well fire two successive pis,- tol shots; if we have been cheated, once" purfniecl Pradey. Phibbert again aseented, and hastily picked out his men and got away, We watched them anxiously as long as we could see them, which Wii$ only a few moments, as they speedily entered the shadc les of the river's mouth and un- der the dark foot of thcmountain. It was again a time of trained wailing, but net for long, as, much before I ewes expecting anything, a sharp, report, lane then another came (Mt of the ob- scurity. The men broke into a tremendous cheer, and instantly the decks awoke to lile. The question was settled. The castle was ow's. CHAPTER XII. • OF THINGS ASRORE. Every One was speedily in the 'shrouds or hanging over the bulwarks, eo eager were all to get the first word of the news. A • light can-te lifting- and sinking toward us, -and we perceived that Phib- bert had set off a lanthorn. Pradey thereupon hung two answeriMe. Belts over the stern. Iu a moment we made out the dusky shape of the. boat and the indistinct, swaying figures of the v I and before us was the dark, atrong mountain, almost, fetching the eye to a little giddiness and yet' pleasantly steadfaet, while breaking ',Way to the right was the refreshing green of the the, forest. • We made no talk for a bit, the other* of the crew wishing epeedilY on ern leaving us, and it was only when the last of them were disappearing in the gatewaY of the lower forts that we finally atarted Above this fort, was communication by a steep path with a still more com- plete defense, good walls and bastions being here, and finally was the sharp, sudden rise of the great rock itself. At thee point we could not but wonder at the desperate valor of Brodely's men, for from here to the sununit the only regular ascent was by a flight of aarrow, rock -hewn stairs, and the chance for piecing scaling ladders was of the worst and riskiest. Yet up here they bad won their way. and the frag- ments of some of the ladders, and move than that—a stain of blood here and there still remained as witnesses to it! At tne top of the stairs was'a, large, square building that we afterward 4 men at, the oars. Then the light shot ly up, and we saw Phibbert on his :feet11en4enteuy,h,..e.: Aoldine it. "A -11—s well!" be cried 'as the boat nee_ broke out into our light "The castle is ours."' other cheer, and several excitable ones cut two or three steps of a dance. Phibbert ancl his beaten en came gayly up the side, and were immediately beset with a multitude of questions. "Now, sir," said Phibbert, turning to Pradey and touching his headpiece, "I have the honor to report. Capt. Brodely, with 300 mc -n, holds the castle. The governor and most of his com- mand arc dead, and we have captured above 50 cannon; six or eight pipes of muskets, the value of n4,000 or 4 3,000 in treasure, and a goodly store of pro- visions." "Excellent!" cried Pradey in high good humor. "And St. Catherine's? Since Brodely is here, I trow the chief remained there--vvhich is to say, he took, it?" , "He did, indeed, sir," answered Phib-' bert, "but hens not in a way to remain thee elo ng. Brod ely ha,d di sp ateheeli the news to him, ana he must soon come." This hapPy conclusion of the matter relieved Mr. Tyne Mac Ivrach and rne quite as much as it did the rest of the ship's company. The fact is- our per- sonal aims were not only thereby furthered, but we felt some little pa- triotic pride as well. Lastly, we could, riot forget thateet was cowardly Span- isn'haildi`nliat had run poor Capt. Sen ling,er to the yardarm! We did not wait for light the next, morning, but a little past three hastily dre,ssed and came Oa deck. The wind had hauled round, blowing very gently now from the shore, and we caught the • faint land scents, sweet after the long voyage, a,nd were well pleased. to part for a little with. the salt, briny tang. Presently the east yellowed and the aea began to glitter, and as we- turned landward a light fog or vapor split away and the embattled top of the mountain 'broke through. The morning watch 'begin to wash down the decks, as usual, but with many delays and long looks at the ahore, and while they were still at work first one .and then another of the watch below appeared. Pradey and Phibbert soon came out, and by the time the sun had. his rim fairly above the water three-fourths of the whole company were on deck. Not to dwell needlessly on details, we brought safely in, towing with a' barge, after one tack, and soon an- chored in a little rearward cove. While we were fetching by the castle men ran out to ,look at es, and, ,the news noon spreading, the ramparts, were presently shining with armored fig- ures, wbo gave us a hearty 'cheer of welcome. We found other ships in the berth, lying just in the river edge of it, and their decks were also speedily manned and a volley of questions and congratulations poured out. Pradey answered all brieflybut good- naturedly, but enea,nwhile gave his ehief attention to one, Capt. De Bon - yard, from whom he was learning the chief facts of the siege and taking of the castle. It seemed, that the place was defended by above 300 Spaniards not counting servants and slaves, and that a tnost stubborn fight was made. Capt. 13rodely began the attack with a force of 400, but at noon on the third day, when the corps du geed was final- ly carried, his available command numbered only 230. The Spaniards were nearly all killed, the resolute old governor with the rest, and the unhurt remnantmana7ed to descend on the eteep landward'. side and escape. The wounde,c1 and the greater part of the women were left be.bind. This was all concluded about noon, two days since, manodrgna'ons.d bad fcrthwith been sent to As soon as we were at our berth and all put in order Pradey called for the gig and was set ashore. He was gone eomewhat less than an hour, and when he return.ed rejoiced us all with the news that we could have shore leave. Secure as the ship was, it was deemed unnecessary to re- serve a guard, so that Pradey Mmself, with the eteward, were the only ones finally left behind. 'It was a gladsome sensation when I n TT ally stepped mat upon the solid quay, and I think that Mr. Tym and Mac Iv. rach were In accord with me. The morning was not yet Tar advanced, and it was but moderately svartn, the air was pure arid the sky nearly cloudless ,P /417(( ea-- The Boarciards had destroyed tlie bridge. f mend was designsd to holcl irtilitary stores, and from here a, straight walk lea to a narrow, deep chasm, the ca,sti,e Itself lying on the °thee side. There Lad been a bridge here, but the Span- iards, in their final dafense, ha,d de- stroyeci it, and na its place was now a , rude affair of planks partly supported by guys. On the° other side was a icincl of barbican, and then the wall of the cast,le proper. The structure was of ao great size, rising merely in a small 11 ower or keep, aucl thence stretching i out in two short, low wings. By this Lime the sun was pouring clown fierce- ly, and, as we had explored the great- er part of the place, we concluded to seelc a more comfortable spot, and ac- cordingly descmuled the hill a gain. The excursion had afforded us much pleasure, besides letting us into the knowledge of things that it was profit- able for us to knovv. More than all, perhaps, it gave us the assurance of Mac desperate and seemingly resistless 'valor of our present comrades. It was not long after we had re- turned to the bottom of the hill that we met five or' six of -the garrison, and , nelth theen a sturdy middle-aged man wo, 1 turned out to be the hero,othe late battle, 'Capt. Brodely. He was busy just then in giving some orders about the strengthening of the breast- works, and we merel3r got a short nod from him in exchange for our salute, though this proved to be but tile be,gin- ning of our acquainta.n.ce. I can now compass the erents of two weeks or more into a very brief space. My com- panions and I passed most of the time ashore, and though we did not seent to slight our shipmates, took care to have as little of their rouel and iirrac•-• ceptable company as possible. But these sma,11 things soon passed out of our thoughts, for one morning Capt. Morgan's fleet was sighted; In a moment ,tli ere was the liveliest sort of stir and excitement Flans were talcen. from the -ships and hoisted on the castle and forts, and the guns vvere made ready to fire salutes. Everyone furbished up his a,riris and harness, and the ships were cleaned and made trig., M first the wind was contrary, blA filially one °raft and then anotheil beat its way in, and before nightfall all hmaitched the mouth of the river. Here a rather serious misfortune haps pened, for, what with our rejoicing and their own pleasure and tumult, • the people of the first four of the ships steered upon the dangerous sunken, rock and their crafts were wrecked. The north wind eeming on to brow completed the mishap, and it was only by consider lale-exesetion theatsislleilie men and co tents of the ships were landed, the essels themselves being hopelessly wrecked. At last Capt. Morgan himself stepped on shore, hav- ing till now stuck to his ship, and ab s once our men broke out in a °Teat cheer, and, rushing down, caught hina up and placed him on their shouldera and bore him up to the castle. My companions and I fell into the walce of the crowd and continued on to the castle, where at last the panting and shouting buccaneers set Morgan clown. At the sante time a final salute of all the cannon about the place was let off. Morgan removed his headpiece. giving a flourish of acknowledgment, and in a. few words tha.niced the com- pany for this cordial display and -as- su ranee ceat coned ence, _ There was nothing more of note dono that day, and I saw no more of Morgan, though I was once or twice again on the mountain. In the morn- ing orders wore given to build up filo barricades, and all the crews weeee mustered and set to work. We found the chief's design was to make this a strong place, that we might have a haven of refuge in ease things went wrong at Panama. To be Mutilated: Then the men thundered out -into an.- • ADVICE WORTH A QUARTER. - An advertiser proposed to reveal for 25 cents an easy way for any young lady to keep her hands nice and soft,, A budding damsel sent the cash d received this advice : "Seek your h nds in dishwater three times a day, t bile mother rents. • c 2 o WHERE IS THE POTASH? The weet Great Agricultural reel, lent, According to a Scientist. "Where is the potash of the United tato?" asked Dr. Lecleyard Atkineon of the scientists recently gathered in convention at Columbia university,, • New -York. "The world now depends 101' its entire eupply Upall 1.1. single mine In Saxony, •and yet there should be vast deposits of that mineral in the al kaline arid salt plains of this country. Where are they? It is die duty of geol- ogists to find them. When they are dieeovered the ,geologiets who find them will confer a greater bleseing upon this country then they would by un earthing ail the gold and silver in the -world." A. few years ago Sir William Crookes ,startled the world by the prediction that at no distant date the world's sup- ply of uitrogen available for the growth, of wheat would be exhausted, and crops could no longer be produced. "Pea vine" farmer, hoveever, have Very quietly solved that problem by growing leguininoes crops, Which accumulate in their roots nitrogen froni the air, and thus earich the land where they are grown preparatory to other crops. "The great reservoir of the atmosphere is now available in combination tenth phosphates and potash to maintain the perpetual fertility of the sell," accord- ing to Dr. Atkinson. Phoephate has already been found in large quantity in. the coast lands of South Carolina, Florida and Georgia and in Tennessee. Potash is now the problem_ that agriculture must face. All the potash of the world is now sup- plieel by a mine at Seassfurt, Saxony, Germany. This was discovered by aeci1ien1 While salt was being bored for. Dr. -atlurison says ;this history may be repeated in the west. He thinks potash ahouicl be fund by deep bor- ings in the neighborhood of those sitrings of ,the west, which contain so much potassium that ranchers have to keep their cattle from drinking the wa- ters. It may also be found in the re- gion extending from West Virginia to the arid lands of New Mexico and Ari- zona. Stigtir fleet Dayectigations. COaclusions from investigations by J. D. T.owar of Michigan: Subsoil plowing practiced immediate- ly before eovelng the beets, owing, per- haps, to -the severe drought which fol- lowed, resulted in the complete loss of the °rola • ' • Coarse manure applied some two months before sowing the beets result- ed in increased yield and beets of a normal percentage of sugar. Carefully prepared home mixed fer- tilizer -gave nigher yields and better beets than stable manure. Niteate af soda alone- ed increase in yield, but, in combina- tion with other eleanents, generally in- creased the yield, with a normal per cent of sugar. every case nitrate of soda gave higher yield, -than aulphate of ammo- nia. Wood ashes and salt increased the yield of beets slightly. One ton of air slaked lime per acre increased slightly the yield of beets on the uplands without affecting the per- centage -of sugar. On muck land one ton of air slaked lime per acre in corabinatioe with oth- er fertilizers decreased the tonnage 11 per cent and reduced the sugar con- tent from . . p cent. When lime was applied alone on muck land, increased applications increased the tonnage of beets, but decreased the percentage, of sugar. •. Early planting gave larger yields and slightly higher percentage of sug- ar. Clay loam soil produced the largest tonnage and the highest percentage of sugar, follovred by other soils in the order below, except that the tonnage on muck is next to clay loam—sandy loam, sand, clay, muck. During the past season there was a slight falling off in sugar content of growing beets from Oct. 19 to Nov. 23. oe. A Sagitefraiin It ofteu happens that the farmei* wishes to blow up a stump or a rock or other thing and is at a loss for a safe fuse. A train of gunpowder is too quick and other things too slow, all more or less linemtain and dangerous, says a Farm Journal correspondent, who therefore sugaests the following: In a pint or more of water dissolve as much saltpeter as the water vvill take up. Then thoroughly soak some can- dle wicking (common white twine will do) in it. Dry it in the sun or at least not over a fire. This fuse when lighted will not go out if dry, but will thin steadily and slowly. Its rate of Mim- ing may be tested by timing a foot of, It. All made in one solution will burn at the same rate. Alfalfa In Ohio, J. E. Wing, who has done naore than any other vvriter to encourage farmers in Ohio to grow or at least try alfalfa. says that on average soils and with average treatnaent it is haferior to red clover. It requires very rich soil and to be sown after danger of frost is past on well plowed and well prepared land, either alone or with a very light seeding of oats Or a seeding of barley ,andt covered by using a heavy roller. It should be mown three times the first year to make It thrifty. If sown in ..oats, those should he cut for hay as Soon as headed and the alfalfa be mow. ed and let lie twice more. Lie also ad vlees trying it only in a small way 01 first to see If one's soil is suited to Se -- Ohio Farmer. QUEEN OF MISSOURI. liltatile,a Record Surprises Leven Those AVIA° Thiel& They KikeW Her. The Missouri hen is a larger thing than the Missouri cow or Missouri horse, or even Are Missouri mule—lar- ger Indeed than all the live stock in the state. She is larger than all the possible in- mates ,of the barnyards and all the grain and other farm produce which are grown in this great state. Paean she is bigger'in a commercial way—in the matter of dollars and cents. - I don't ,suppose that one citizen of the state out of 50,000 realizes the im- portance of the hen. In the gathering of the statistics for my annual report on. the Industries of the state I learned that even the farmers who raise the 1, hen do not realize her importance as a: comparative wealth prod-tic:ea Brietly stated, the -facts are that Queen Chickabiddy and her product overtop in valuation all the horses, mules, sheep, oats, rye, grass seed, cane seed, castor beans, cotton seed, tobacco, hay and straw by over $50,000. And the lien iS going to do better than that in Missouri. All my infornia- tion shows that the industry of raising poultry has had a remaricable boom Within the last two years anti that the percentage of increase for next year will be proportionate. In 1889 the figures of the railroad and 'express companies showed that 160,988,710 pounds Of poultry were shipped by the alissonri counties. That meant an increase of 36,907,443 pounds or over one-fifth in the dressed poultry business alone. afiesouri last year snipped 34,875,0-10 dozens ofeggs,. Adding the value of eggs to that of the dead chicken Chows that during the year the state secured $12,091,048.54 from the poultry raising business.—Thomas Ie. Riney, State La- bor Commissioner, in St. Louis Post - Dispatch. Squabs and tate Squab Market. Brown's Bettered Watereseion. Colonel George W. 2.1,nder.son, a man of splendid genius and rare oratoereal gifte, Was el:limping for Greeley and Brown down in southwest Missouri. One night In the of his Speech sin old fellow arse in the back of the 11°,147;oeleautledl 8,Sindd:erson, is it true that Governor. Brown was so drunk at that Yale alumni dinires that he buttered his watermelon?" Colonel Anderson' reared back on his pastern joints, straightened himself to his 6 feet 2 and with a lion's, roar an.. severed: "Yes, it is true that Governor Brown buttered his •watermelon at the Yale •, alumni dinner, and I am happy to in- form you that that is the only way in • which watermelons are eaten in polite c)A-etileldt:Yeson's happy retort Was greeted with a shout of laughter and a roar of applau,ee by his auditors His inter- rogator sat down disecafited, and that was the last ever hertra -of the story of the buttered watermelon --all of which goes to demonstrate the value Danton's famous motto: "L'audacel L'audace! Toujotws laud:tee!" Colonel Anderaon was a wonderful stumper. He was most emphatically „ a rough diamond. In the rough and tumble, catch -as -you -can style of debat- ing be never had a suPerlor in MN- .gouri, which is saying a gredt cleat. Ile' was an adept in the use of every spe- cies of oratorical weapon.—Champ Squabs have ceased to be merely a dainty for invalids and a luxury for the rich. The increase in the demand during the past few years has been wonderful. We eat five times as many as we did ten years ago. This is tire reason: Game of all kinde, such as snipe, plover and partridge, has grown scarcer every year. So squabs have come into favor, and the prices have become lower. It is im- possible to know just how many squabs we eat Imre in New York city. The amount is tacluded in the 500,000 pounds of poultry and game vvhicli we consume daily. ; What Rhode Island is to the turkey New 'jersey is to tl3e squab. The best and largest white squabs in the New Yoik markets come from western and southern New Jersey* and are called Ithiladelpliia squabs. A few come froni the west. Like poultry in the markets here, they are never sold drawn—with1 the entrails removed. They eitiiirct not be considered fresh. • The average weight of one dozen ' squabs is seven pounds. A dozen birds of the premiuin clans often weigh eight pounds, sometimes nine pounds, and will bring $4. The average price'', for the best class is $3 a dozen.. The best buyers are private tearties,! who take so many pair a week regular- ly the year round. Then come the ho- tels and fine restaurants. Tne restau- rants whicIr give table d'hote dinners`, at $1 or $1.25 each generally pay...$2 a dozen for their squabs. A lower:, price is paid If possible, as every cent' on tbe weal counts, so finely is the; average made up on each plate. Some- times they can find squabs to their liking at $1.75 a dozen and very rarely for $1.50. Dark squabs are bought.; You cannot tell the difference between1 the dark and the white squabs in soups, and pigeon pies. The light meat is worth one-third more than the dark meat. Put into the same dozen are the small wbite squabs of undersize.— New York Herald. *, Wouldiet Sell the ilonse. The house in syhieh Joan of A.rc was born is still faithfully preserved in pious veneration at Domremy, where it is looked upon almost in the light of a shrine. Passersby invariably cross themselves and utter a prayer for pro- tection as tbey go by. • The story goes that a rich and eccen, tric Englishman tried bard to buy the place in 1837. It was at that time the property of a farmer named Girardin. _ The Englishmen offered to let him name his own price, but the old man held firm. "No, no. uo," he cried. "I would not sell it even to a Frenchman, much less to a foreigner and especially all Englishman. People here would call me a traitor and a coward were I to part with the house from which Joan of Are set out to serve France." The Englishman convinced hline,e,l,f that further bargaining was useless money of the French than of tiled:Inge street, he said: "Gleardin, tbe king bas lish, therefore has he conimanded; mei your house to an Englislinnin. He de- sires to reward you, but not in coin. He' knoWs that you no more want the learned tha.t you lilive refused to sell the whole village, assembled in the asked to speak with Girardin. Before and went his way. Soon after an officer from the kin,g's household arrived in the village and to present you with the cross of thetnie gion of Honor." , Plan. - Queen Catherine obtained pi a -f France, and, in 1543, an act Was pa ed: "That no person shall put to sa any planes but only such as shall ilia double headed and have the beads sOld- ered fast to the shank of the pinnes, well smoothed, the shank well shapen, the points well round filed, canted and sharpened." CODA Ap, • At this time most, pins were made of brass, but many were also .made of Iron, with a brass surface. France sent a large nunaber of pins to England until about the year 1626. , In this year elle John Tilsby started pinmaking in Gloucestershire. Se sue- gensful was his venture that he soon bad 1;500 persons working. These pins. made at Stroud were.held :in high re-,,, pute. In 1636 pintnakers combined and founded a corporation. -The, indristry ham, the latter becoming the chief center. In 1775 prizes were offeredfor the first native made pins and needles Pins fetched .enortnous prices. - daatat Ont." . Vary from 31/2 inches in lengtb "Standard bred poultry on the farm" to the small, gilt entomologists' pin; - Is well represented in this picture, a 4,500 weighing about an ounce.—Good 2,,_ was carried on at Bristol and Birming- In Carolina and during the war in 181 fine specimen of the photographees Words. art. Here is a White Wyandotte moeh- A Lucid Decision er with her 19 "babes," a sight and a • A correspondent, referring to a recent possession to make a "lover of potiltry" article in Law Notes on "The Gram- mar of the Courts," calls attention to the following hucid decision of' Sir John Taylor Coleridge in the case of Turley against Thomas, 8 C. and 103,.34 E. C. L. 312: "It has been st gested as a doubt by the learned cciti• ` sel for the defendant whether the rule dof the road applies to saddle horses or only to carriages. Now I have no doubt that. it does."—Law Notes. 17 • f14'' \V` (4‘ eSP out of every woman In the land and nearly every man.' This 'ideal photo is the result of ,an hour. of patient wait- ing on the part of Mr. W. E. Viltner, a photographer at Crown point, Incl. The hen arid her chicks are, the proper* ty of I. Howland & Sou, poultrymen, at Crown Point. — Reliable Poultry journal. ' An A ecidelit. Little B having been pturieheii for naisife-ha r, nic to the other end t of the room, crying. • he ed to view her re -pentane her tmgaged in making fa "Why, Bessie," said 1 "how can you do so?" " "Oh, inammar answeriiid h girl "I was trying to S111116' at y lily face slipped."—LondonAnswet Still Free., After two solid hours of maootilil h and tininterruption she thouglit sli "I admit tbat you Inc ,thE s-tveriteet"-,— ' "Yes, go on," she whispered. "But the doctor' has forbidden r st-vects," he added. Ancl the senSitive lemon eetirerl he. , Value or Millet Seed. 1 If it gill of millet seed and a quart of corn could be C01111)0,1.0(.1 in some man- ner, it would be found that name eggs i would result from feeding the indict seed than from the corn. Not that 1 there is more nutrition in the seed but hind ,it clout because the hens would quickly pleld up the corn and would be eompelledt to were: for eacb of the tiny seeds pro- cured. OM.) tablespoonful of millet seed ; scattened over a piece of ground or in litter will induce the hens to seek for food, and the exercise of so doing will I promote their !lentil), give them geed appetites and Mere:see the egg produce 'dolt ef every ben in alto /dock. An ,• astronomer ,4eclares 'that. Jupiter is in the' state, that our earth .wers 34s' 000.002 sealer ago, .ThoSe.-.wha can, re, • 1 .1 1' 34 Coo 060 inenHer c years u • . , de vs Len rl whmt this means. man eau Walk a thill, w Vtoutt.n)ov, leg I ll)1,*Q ..• .ge NCWS..,