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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-3-14, Page 3^fir. .----•...: Pr r -M . COVTEaL1.®. [Copes -eerie lave. by D. Appleum & Co.All rlthts rc.,rvod,I — "Oh, then there is hope!" sh tingeing instantlywith colo clasping her hands. "He did spise "you?" "Nay," I answered; treinn'i'1 e cried, erty," he answered. "But it May be 1 r ` and apprehend you, You would like to be not de- speak a berth?" "It seems hasty and eager to men nb with tion it, p 1 replied, a little in de reel love and tenderness, "not • SO that." I could not find It•'in my he disclose the doubts and dubio that were oppressing me. "But yet fou speak 'heavily, said, looking at me more nar there is that in .our air — were were his words, Carlos?" "That he bid me rise' to a eta. life fit to. sue for you," I wa pressed to answer; "but even promises nothing. ',Inshort, heir tie with civility, and perhaps my deserts, but has left me wits as 'many doubts as I had at first. yt_„ "Poor Carlos!" she gently bro and to my infinite delight she laid her hand gently against my , cheek. "I perceive how it is. He has played the shrewd merchant with-you,,and`: has dealt with you in: a fashion to' avoid offense, yet to afford little hope.: But be not discourager], for if he did not came out with harshness against you he is not offendef tereh you, and that I am .sure is much. I .am now better ;heartened than I have been at any eine before, and believe that all wITA i'et come out in triumph for•us." "Dear heart," said I, with a shaking poice, and, unable to utter any more; pvords, I clapped the caressing hand! ito my lips and!with another motion; drew her unresisting to my breast. God wot never was a purer woman,' but she was no prude, and the generous blood of Spain flowed in her veins. She slipped her arms about my neck.. end put her lips to mine, and let me draw her loving weight to me, and so •we clung for' a single moment. The, shortest moment in my life. Feet began to clatter down' the com- panion stairs, and with one swift, ten- der kiss and ,"I am yours, Carlos, or if 11, not, then •the, veil l The ]Ioly One keep you! she was inside and the door closed, and I was speeding to "my cabin. I'reaehed the door just as the pee - ,son 'coming down fetched into the !range of the lamps.'. To my relief, it waselr.Tym. Never•theless,Ihadnever seen him when he was less welcome. • ' "Is't you,,'Ardick?" he.asked, a.sI paused by the door. "Why, yes, now I see it is. Colne in, for I have a thing to tell you." I felt little curiosity, for the greater matter moved me, but I passed after him 'into the berth.. Our candle lan- ;thorn had' been left burning„ and by tale glimmer of it'I saw that his look was moved and excited. A'' little sur- prised now, I dropped upon the side of my bunk, while he took the neigh - tor stool. "Well, Ardiek," he began, "to save you guessing,I will go -straight g gat to the owels of the matter. _ I have fallen weir to a great fortune." Distraught as I' was and full of the ether affair,' this,• nevertheless, gave me a start. Recollecting myself and how I ought to behave toward one who had deserved so well•of me, I caught his hand and shook it heartily. "I congratulate you, with " all my. soul," I cried. "No man in the world deserves the luck' better!" "Avast! you over -exalt " me, he Faughed. "But it is' the strangest ehing in the world. To come to the point,- then, it is Torrycorn's letter ;which has brought so muck to pass. (First, a certain cousin, that I never saw, died, and left me his entire, great o' sessions. He did it out of regard r my mother, it seems, Whom he greatly loved. While dying he wrote a `letter to Mr. Hope; his dear friend and business agent, begging that he be executor of the will, and sent the Letter to a sea captain, who° -was soon to. sail for Havana. By mistake the ' f etch went to Capt. Torrycorn, and soon after Mr. Elope himself sailed for Panama. Having considerable busi- mess .on the way he was deterred from :the first plan of his voyage,; and reached this point later than he had expected. Yet still he did arrive in -fireclse season to meet use to receive r•... 1115 Ietter, and to find at his very elbow the man the letter concerned. Shall you find` the match of all , this for strangeness and the very whim of for- tune?" "Indeed," said I, much surprised, "it passes all that I ever heard of.But what is the amount of the fortune?" "It is set ,forth in the letter to be ninety thousand pounds sterling, but may fall something short," he an; swered. "It is mainly invested•inlands about New York and in ships. It was in the business of,the'last that my cousin made his' fortune, -I mean in; the plantation trade. "It is a bit strange that I never heard of him, but then his ships plied mostly between our easterly ports and New York, and. I had no great knowledge of matters in those parts." tut here something gave Inc a little start. "Ships, then," veld 1, "will cut a considerable figure with you Do you !neap to keep them or sell them?" "That 'I can answer better' when I see them and likewise come to some determination. as to tJie other prop - bad as tion, "but the fact is-" "Say no more," he cried, clapping me �, Pp e art to: on the`` back. Lan you doubt me?" useless Why, man, • you shall be second mate of my best ship. After that mate, ani. "' she then captain. Why not? And your rowly, pay shall,start with a round sum and I What' not cheated, either, for you are worth it. Sellinger at first shall be. :our su- ion in perio'r—for I have him also in mind, to s now advance" his fortunes—and " I '' think then you could not ask for a better." eated "God' bless you!" I cried.'. "This is eyond more than -you thinki 1i near In spite of Inc the tears came into And my eyes. "Why,'Ardrick, man, you have: some ke in, thing behind r the lighter!" he said, looking at me sharply. "Nay, out with it and: relieve your mind. I Hauch doubt if you will find more sympathetic ears." "That T know," I'said, with a sob, "but, indeed, I am but a poor creature.. I think I have Iost the little courage I had. Yet• here is the matter, since you are foolish enough to consent to hear it." And with no words spared and many ilounderings andu .p u1]in s I disclosed 'r ysecret. p ] "And now," said I, at the end, "you see how the matter lies. To come speedily as may be to my ship Is only hope, and even then—who say what may intervene?" He heard me with an'inscrut face, only I thought lii,s eyes lig once or twice, and once he wasa old trick of thrusting out his lips. "Aid so," he said with an odd of precision, "that is the thing be the lighter? A stirring' enough li ;natter, too, but not calling for ni dwelling on." "Sir:" I; cried, reproachfully. "Nay, but hear me," he said, woo- ing li ed.-"Frght-and-twentyS ears 1 was young : ,dv.osinlove. .Ithou ass: sou did-, anti 'n-a^•.'i:atoxicated in same 3as7kiou. a' married alter time.' 1' was silent. I thought I' knew vv he was about to say. His marri had proved uurhappy. "In two years my wife died "he we on, his voice dropping:and rsoberin `Those two years were happier th all the time before or s�iiice, Wh It came to the last I asked Marga to thank God for me that He had giv me' the sweet loan of her. I rpromis, that I would strive to join her so day, notwithstanding my manyimpe fections, which still I mean to do, y in chief through the merits of Chri blessed be ' His name! for He mu make up my lack. And now to yo matter, which you, must think I ha strayed from. Having been in th' way happy myself; I conceive it a go and sweet thing if I migh'tmakeyou likewise, and this ,I believe Lean d I have now neither kith nor kin poor George Benther was surely th last,: as I thought>anotlierwas befo him—and it will be fitting if;I name heir.' Why not you, Ardick, whonel truth. I love? I will adopt you, an so at last I: shall have a son.;: And' no do you think your matter worth nuc dwelling on, for have we not found way to mend it? I trow nay heir an the' agent of my ships, with good ven tures of his own and what not, ma aspire to this young woman's hand If not, let me know, and. we will se whether the house' of Reg�inald'T A Blow Pram "One Winter, when things were rath- er slow in New York city, -it was just;. before John ,TL's time"—said the olcl pu- gilist, "we made up a little party and hired a hall in one of the fishing towns not far away. ' We ndvertieed a prize of $W for any one who could stay on his feet against our men for five rounds. It was safe money, although when two or three- of the boats came in at the same time we had all we could handle. "But one night 0. fellow as big as the side of a hone caste along, and we smelled trouble. We put him' up against the heaviest man in our par- ty, who, though he only tippets tee scales at 180 pounds. had two good hands and. a head that you'couldn't hurt with a piledriver. But the stran- ger was no slouch, and"at the end of .the fourth round we began to worry about the tenner. "The ring was on the stage at the front of the hall, and at the rear of the stage there were two windows. So I says to our man as I sponged his mouth, 'Work him,over to one of the windows.' "It wasn't no easy job,'but ho clid d it before time was half up, and as` the duffer backed up near the window- he got a crack in the head from behind that dumped him in a heap. That's the way we saved our ten. , "But the funny part of it is that our champeen bad caught the local guy on the jaw the same moment,, and we could never persuade him that it wasn't himself that secured the knock- out." my An Animated Parcel. Duncan Ross, the Scotch athlete brought to New York with him some years ago avaluable bull terrier, fa- mous for the blue ribbons he bad won in India. Mr. Ross lived across the, Harlem river, but his business took.. him daily to the lower past of New York. Invariably he was accompanied to his office by the bull terrier. As it was known that he always came down town on the elevated railroad, his friends wondered, knowing the'embar- go placed upon dogs, how he procured transit for the bull terrier. t Their repeated questioning finally s can persuaded him to reveal the secret, and h be invited them all to the office one evening just as he was starting for, home. He took out of his desk a stout piece. of wrapping paper and, opening :3 it out at, spread it on the floor. Then i c he whistled to the dog,- and the bull' 4 IN THE: ftLE OF JERStY. Marvelously 5aecesesfi CPurntti Peasants on a Few Acres JO To say that the peasant fart the isle of Jersey (many of who neither read nor write) are the be most scientific farmers in the sounds like a contradictory' state a very boastful one, to say the le make tlie, statement on my ow count, for I` have never heard' It s them, nor do the islanders thel.- set up any such claim. They are unconscious' of the fact as only small portion of them have eve away from home to' the extent of ing the channel that separates t laud from France or England, thein the best farmers in the wor the simple reason that they make farms produce more per acre tha other fariners I ever saw or heard The little island of Jerseyis on miles long and four to even wide. There is, however•, a res population of 55,000,' and that th land is able to support its own ins ants and feed 40,000 to 50,000 vl annually is something wonderful. when I tell you that in addition to there is exported fr.orn the island ly between $3,000,000 and $4,00 worth of farm and garden produc one will question that these is farmers deserve the distinction t have given them. Early ` potatoes and cattle are principal farm products. The'po crop alone that was shipped from island this year brought '$2,175 There are on the island all' told a 25,000 acres and of course a great of waste land' along ;the coast, so there are only about 10,000 acres of 1 worked or tilled by farmers. There 1,200 fanners, and the;average s farm, therefore, is about 8r/e acres. On an eight acre farm there will say four and a half to five acres of atoes (followed by a crop' of r ame season), an acre or acre an aif of grass, and on the balance of. farm oats'or meadow, garden buildings. The farmers pay from per acre annual rent A crop 00 bushels of early grown potatoe onsidered a good one, while a crop 00 bushels and even more is` not common. I am afraid' to tell the ;nu ger of tons of mango's that are p duced per acre, after the potato cr without additional fertilizers. How is it possible to' grow such .crops n such a small piece of land, support ch a large population and export ver $3,000,000 worth. of produce year - and at the same time increase the. ertility of the soil? I reply by;keep- g a large number of cows, for the anufacture of fancy' butter for the oeket, horses for the work and barn rd manure for the land. Incredible it may seem, on these 10,000 acres ere are owned, according to the last nsus, 11,891 head of Jerseys, 2,343 ad of horses,"to say- nothing of pigs d poultry. The farmers try some commercial rtilizers and draw tons of seaweed at is gathered on the sand when the e is out, which they spread on their adow and grass land, but their mill- et reliance is barnyard and li aid inure. I doubt if' there is a farm the island without a, liquid' manure tern, the contents of which are meed into a hogshead on a two eeled' cart and distributed on the ss and meadow. But how can they feed such ;'a num- of cattle from so small an' acreage grass land when potatoes and other ps occupy about two-thirde`or three- rths of the farm? With 14,234 head ive stock there is nearly an animal a half per acre for every, acre med. They do it by adopting a et soiling system. Only the milk s are allowed to go to pasture, and e are tethered. Beginning' at one of a field, each -cow mows her own th across it. She is moved on once wise a day, according to the size of meadow, •and makes a clean sweep everything within reach of her cr rope, which is about 12 feet The growt]i of grass is 'some - g wonderful. The cattle feed across e fields six or eight times during ason,' and even then portions of the will be cut for hay. the young things are kept in the e and fed on roots. Mangels, etc., also fed night and morning to the cows that are,,usually housed dur- lie night. thods while very primitive in' some ets have been handed down from ration to generation and are said nally - to have beet" the teachings ous monks, who were learned men TOMATO TESTS. nest srA11 Around" 'rotnetto, Notable Varieties, 1r.ariineYs, Lte, Elaborate test of many varieties of tomatoes have been made during the - past few years by American Garden- ing. The following items are taken eroru its resume of these: Last year our resuits from seventy odd varieties were that a good type of Stone was the best all round tomato, and after :anoth- er season's. labor we have no reason to modify that opinion, " Another tomato teat has established a good reputation with us after three years' test is Trucker's Favorite, It is of good size, as good shipper and of fine 'flavor, but has a pink skin, which'in some `mar- kets is a disadvantage. Royal Red makes a large, handsonne,f • ' .� nit, but in no way' equals Stone as a cropper. Earliana simply cropped itself to death. We were able to gather some veryear- ly fruits of good quality, but in inld- season and'late the fruits were not properly colored and were poor in ual- ity. The vine sets, such an enormous number of fruits that it cannot finish then. Trophy is still an acceptable fruit, not so early as Stone. Early efichigan, grown' this season for the first time, was well liked. Fruit medium in size, of high quality and the vine apparently a good yielder. A newcomer that - has found consid- erable favor purely as an'exhibition variety is Enormous. The habit of the plant is miserable. It'cannot be train- ed to a stake, and it rnakes'a very poor bush. The yield of fruit is exceedingly light, but , the few perfect;specimens obtained are simply magnificent.., In weight it averaged from' 14 to' 16 ounces and when fully ripe is a`bril- liant, deep toned red almost as though artificially polished. Quarter Century was disappointing In both yield and size, but for •1 perfection and color of what, fruits we did have we know of nothing to' equal it. The skin is almost ruby red. In Honor Bright we'hare been able to discover more good points than our ote br, acne fent on in caan stand world men t— ast. I n ac - aid of nselves quite a very r• been cross - he is - I -call Id for their n any of. ly 14 miles ident is 'is- sabit- si tors But this year - 0,000 ts no' land hat I the tato the .855. bout deal that and are ized be, Po- oots d a. the and $40 of s'is of un-' m ro op, able hted t his kind hind; the ueh ing :ago Blit thc' ac C hat age' terrier walked to the center of the pa- per and curled up in a' limp lump. Mr. Toss then produced a piece' of stout cord and made a very neat parcel of his pet' and tucked it under his arm. "I have carried this parcel ` up and :, o down town for two years," : he said,=i; se "and no one has "ever had the' faintest ' o suspicion of its animated contents. ly Clive is so well trained "that he never ( f makes a sound or,moves a muscle. I i in leave a little opening at one end of the m package, so that he has plenty of air." ' p nt Ira g.. an en ret en ed Inc et. et, st ur ve 19 od do o. e re a n' ids w: h; a, d' y e 9m The Engle and .the :Turkey. as The turkey is our greatnational bird` th instead of•the eagle, which I don't take (ce much stock in. Turkeys are good to he eat. Eagles are only fit to put as'; an stamps on coin. ;The eagle is a raven- �. ous, vicious thief. There is nothing fe brave or good about the eagle. The th eagle cannot be tamed and is of no; tid earthly use to any one anywhere at me any time or place. A hawk is braver: 'cip than the eagle. If the eagle bad the m courage in proportion to his size of the on sparrow, he would be a wonder. • It was a mistake—a sad, pitiful glut• ;,pu der—to make _the eagle our national ' we bird. And a movement- should' be put gra on foot now to place the turkey on our , coins and remove the eagle from `where bei he has no business to be. A bird so of useless should not be worshiped as the ,'cro eagle is. The turkey is a handsomer ; fou and in every way a better' bird. On.all , of 1 holiday occasions the trrkey is our and foremost fowl and furnishes the most far amount of delicious food. Thanksgiv-, stri Ing and the Christmas holidays would cow be lonesome without the turkey. thes has forgotten how: to uphold its hon or by the sword!" Long before the end of this e ilo ne which indeed to man spoke with t'h water standing in his eyes, Ihad seized his hand and with trembling Lipa had kissed it. He broke off with this, standing up and clapping on his hat. "Yet wait a little; for, after all, the business is not quite concluded. I would see Mr, Hope." He retreated out of the berth, and with feelings which you may guess, but which I cannot hope to put into words, I dropped down on the side of the bunk and awaited his return. He was gone above 20 minutes. When he came in he made a grave laow and pointed, to my hat. I laughingly and yet in a great trem- ble clapped it on, which done, he took my arni and led me out and up the companion stairs. Near the t"op he only sand: "The lady ins on deck. Why there I cannot say, unless it might be to greet a certain person. But in any event she is in my way. 7 wish to have a further talk with Tier uncle. There- fore you will oblige me by conducting her one side, and I recommend the after part of the quarter-deck, on the larboard side, which is in shadow." THE END. BEES ON THE FRUIT FARM. Every fruit ,grower'ahouid' have at least one hive of bees. It is now known that bees are essential to sae- cess in fruit, growing, and unless same one is suffidiently int crested in bees to have a number of hives, the community of fruit growers nil their expected quota of fruit lacking. end swa Called Rid Papa Down. Or t Little Willy is a bright boy and a ther - saucy boy. His apt answers have often of turned away wrath and often turned it tetli upon hire strongly.:' The other day his long e father *as reprimanding him fo%•,sorne thin misdeed, and Willy was answering very thes saucily, a' se The father became very angry and, field seizing the youngster by the collar, All said: "See here, young man, you must stabl not talk like that to me. I never gave are my; father Impudence when I was a 'milk boy." ing t Willy was not feazed at all. With a 11ie cherubic • smile he looked into papa's respe eyes and said. "But, papa, maybe your gene father didn't need it." 'Twas all off.- origi Willy escaped punishment, while papa of pi entire will fl 'to be retired to another room. 1 and whlc In Trouble. 1 broug Mrs. Turtledove -Do you know, dear, these I'm afraid Harry does not love Inc the book way he used to. sons Mrs. Kissimee—You do not mean to teach say he Is cross to you? • great Mrs. Turtledove—No, but he says w fe wants particularly fond of agriculture, h they taught the young'men ht under their influence. While pupils were kept ignorant. of all learning, they profited by the les - and experience of their learned ere. Necessity has also been a teacher for these farmers. How ed their increasing numbers and has been a problem solved by keeping the greatest number of cattle, liberal use of both:barnyatrd and liquid manure and by adopting .a strict sys- tem of soiling, concludes' the writer of the foregoing in Ohio Farmer. ( that he is bankering fora square meal; that he'll starve to deatb if ,lie does not get away from a chafing dish diet be- fore long. And he used to be so entlin- siastic over the things I cooked in the chafing dish when be came to see mei Men are so changeable! First Thought. "What• animal Is it that Id web foot- ed, Tommie? "The spider, ma'am.' — .Yonkers Statesman. A. millionaire merchant says, "My' suocess Is probably due to the fact that at night l store my ,mind mid during lesge I the day I mind my store,'-cblcago and tk Early Plowing. Briefly stated, the' advantages claim ed for early plowing; followed at Inter- vals by harrowing, are that it prevents the growth of weeds, conserves the moisture of the soil, iteepe the soil in good tilth and results in the formation of a seed bed best suited for the prompt .germination and growth of the seed. The cost of preparing the ground Is the yield of grain Is increased, i • practice Is Allailolally proiita� o HONOR BRIGHT, GROWN TO' A 6TAICE, previous records showed. It is sickly looking in growth, but its yield of me- dium sized perfect fruits compares well with any tomato grown. Its flavor Is also acceptable to many people. It takes a tremendous time to ripen, which largely accounts for its marvel- ous shipping qualities. : There is no doubt ' but that the variety can be grown in this country and successfully shipped to Europe, for if picked at the right stage it will ripen on,the voyage. Among yellow skin varieties Golden Jubilee was by far the best. For'size, color and yield no other yellow ap- proached it. Shah and Yellow Queen are so much alike that the fruits of the one may be exhibited as the other. We have very little to say on the fine points of 'earliness of the varieties that are credited with that propensity. We have about come to the conclusion that these comparative distinctions in the time of ripening amount- to but very little. In our experience, with the exception of Honor Bright and Trophy which are late, this and last season there is `very little difference in all the host. This season Stone was the first to ripen, and very large perfect fruits were gathered. In, regard to method, of cultivation and training we shall still"' bold to it that for the home garden and for ex - John and Jonathan.: A very dramatic conversation, print ed in the London Outlook, has the don• ble purpose of satirizing both the En* lish and American bent of mind and manners. The "smart Yankee is aep•, resented as coming home to his admin. - Ing town and telling in somewhat exag- gerated dialect wbat he thinks of hit cousin (Wei' the water. "Say, tell us,"said a friend, "air the English so terrible slow' and dull, after all'?" "Waal," replied the traveler, "I reek on eo. „I /sat down one night in the pare for of a little village pub. Yes; it's a public house, but they call" it 'pub la England. "There wuss the boss of the pub, the local butcher, the;local evur hi" yt nb"i..,. and there wuss myself.;' T just listened, though I can't say there wuss much to. Listen to. The talk ran like this: "'I 'ear as Ted Robinspn got the sack last week,' remarked a villager. "'Ted ;Robinson?' said the other vii• lager, deliberately puffing smoke. `Yuss; I 'ear so. Ted Robinson got the sack las' week.' "A pause. More smoke. Got the sack, ern?' "'Yuss; I'ear as 'ow 'edld. "A longer pause. " `Las' week, was it, 'e got the sa ",'elle.�ltr I as 'ow it was las' week.' "A long, long pause. " `Ahi. 1 'eard that a Friday..' "And," continued the Yankee, "not a soul among 'em smiled.. It was their reg'lar mental diet. Oh yes, I , smart! men the English are and no mistake." Chinese Criticism of Our Alphabet. The high class Chinaman, speaking through his interpreter, was givingthe eminent American visitor his impres- sions 'of the English language. "I cannot understand," be said "ho w'i anybody ever finds time to learn Take that singularly formed letter In; your alpbabet, for instance, tbe letter `g.' What an awkward and ill she r character, it is!: What is theped signifl- cance of that little curling projection at the upper end of it? I have never seen anybody who could tell me. Then, - again, when the learner has familiar- ized himself with that - letter and can recognize it at sight be learns that It is only a part of a word and that it enters into the composition of thousands of words. It' has; different pronunciations and sometimes is not pronounced at all, being entirely silent. Now, when you see one of our Chinese characters you know at once what it is.; It is a won- der to me that your people' do not dis- card the eumbersome forms of your written language and learn our simpler and more easily understood' system." The eminent American could only bow his head in humiliation and prom- ise to bring' the matter before the edu- cational authorities of his native land. Too Much For the Cab. One of the wealthiest wine mer- chants en chants in Paris 'and also one of its stoutest citizens was the hero of an epi- sode which caused much laughter in the Rue F'rincesse. M. R.,,the corpulent man, hailed a cal), which came alongside'the curb. He: opened the door and, getting a pur- chase on the railing of "cabby's" seat, tried to hoist himself in. I$ut his weight was too much for, the vehicle, which careened over and, as the sidewalk is very narrow, 'crashed into a window of a printing office.: M. ft. had meanwhile collapsed on the ground, and "cabby" by -`a miracle' lung to his uncertain perch. 'filen followed a stormy 'period. The printer came out aud wanted to have the price of his broken window, the fat man tried to get the cabby to drive` him away, and cabby refused to tale any :mice load onboard. Finally all, parties' adjourned J to the police station, where the difficult a y was straightened out, and M. R. set to work looking for another cab. Shrinking,. Once upon a time there was a Bath , in Suit which was much reprehended in that it was not modest. There was likewise at this same time also a Violet: whose modesty was_a • matter` of universal comment, "What is your system," asked the Cathing Suit, accosting the Violet, "for 1 would fain be thought': modest too?" "Why, I shrink," quoth the Violet, meaning no harm. But when the Bathing Suit shrunk in pursuance of this hint it was only rep- rehended the more and was finally cast array as being quite impossible. hibition purposes the best system t follow is a single stem trained to stake. The yield of perfect fruits ob tained in this way excels that of th ordinary style of flat or field cultui•e and, furtbermore, the fruits are Qf floer flavor all tbrough the season. The next best method is to train a double row over an inverted V shaped trellis. News and Notes. Many German cities, but especially Leipsic and Planet], in Saxony, have set aside a plot of land not far from the schools where all sorts of vegeta- bles and Plants are grown. Most of the nitrogen found in the pea, bean and lentil is in a form very useful as food. It was called by Lie- big "plant casein" on account of its general resemblance to the casein of "The demand for good apples and small fruits ip their' season is on the increase. Eating apples should be put up as attractively as oranges, lemons or peaches," remarks American Culti- forcing rhubarb which, according to petual growee, taking roily a reluctant rest during the dry California summer. It is also very hardy, and he thinks it valuable for growing under glass In cold northern regidne. Good roads are the first and most important Preliminary in securing a free rurtil delivery route Indiana eade the other states in the number slice pontos, having 287 at the be- ning of December, 1000, To Rest tier Mind. "Your little. birdie has been very, vevy ill," she wrote to the young man. "It was some sort of nervous trouble, and the doctors said I must have per- fect rest and quiet and that. I must think of nothing. And all the time, dear George, I thought constantly of • The young man read it over and then .ead it through again very slowly and ',ail it in his pocket and went out um iud thinking and thinking. He only kept thinking.—London Answers. "You nelistn't fail to cotne to church poet Sunday," said the Rev. Dr. Third- ev, "I have arranged to have tile Rev. or, elarkthirst deliver an address on eis observations in the shuns." , "Aren't yell going to preach at all?" "Oh. yes. ' I'll preach my regular see, 'non, after which Dr. 1\ tarkthiest toll you some "things that will open your eyes." Asi it !Remedy. ' WriUlt to get copies of your 'pallier' 01' a week haele" Said the visitoe to rho newspaper office. "NiTotildn't it' be better to try e por- ile plaster?" emegested the facetious