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CHAPTER VII.
He refuses , to stay te afternoon
tea, however. Having waited until
four o'clock, presumably on the
chance of seeing the young woman
who has been meted out to Mut as a
bride, lie rises abruptly.
"I fear there is no chance of my,
seeing your sister to -day?"
"I'm afraid not," says Diana with
hesitation. "But if you wait for tea
--" she hesitates again. What she
Was going to say or hint was, that
if he did wait, perhaps Hilaty, might
then have come in from her supposed
walk. But the hergoerisy is too
rinech for her. 'And yet, would it
liana been a, lie? If he does stay,
most undoubtedly he will see her face
to :glee.
"Thanks-, I'm afraid I can't stay
any •longer," says Ker a littlo stiffly,
to her intense relief. He looks at
her for a moment., and then says
shortly, "Have you a photograph of
"A. pliotogranki of Hilary" Diana's
tone is faint. The ground seems t�
have opened up beneath her feet. She
casts a. terrified glance round her,
to the tables, the ceibinet, the chim-
ney -piece. If those should be one of
Hilary's here, and he should notice
tho likeness!
A wave of thankfulness sweeps over
her as she sees that the little stands
on whichRilary used to smile, and
look grave, and ponder over impossi-
ble baskets of flowers, have all been
carefully removed.
"I think I ought to have one,"
says she uncertainly. "Upstairs,
perhaps. If you will forgive .me
moment—"
"Certainly," says Ker, who is
looking at her with some surprise.
Her evident discomposure has struck
him. What kind of girl is this Hil-
ary Burroughs? What mystery sur-
rounds her? Yet Mrs. Dyson -Moore,
when he had questioned her cautious-
ly. had assured him she was pretty,
charming, and all the rest of it.
Diana leaves the room hurriedly,
glad of a chance of arranging her
thoughts and her next he, as she
tells herself somewhat bitterly. Hil-
ary had no right to lead her into
this sort of thing. Why, if the
children only knew! Good gracious 1
it would. demoralize them forever.
They would read her lectures for the
future!
Kee, left to his own. resources,
moves mechanically toward the win-
dow. Why should Mrs. Clifford re-
fuse to let him see a photograph of
her sister? Is she ugly? Nobody,
could take Mrs. Dyson -Moore's opine
ion of any one. She would proba-
bly call you ugly if you were pretty.,
just for spite, or pretty. if you were
—11 soli were-- What a strange -
looking parlormaid. She's pretty,
if you like! Odd he hadn't thought
much about that last night, but he
had remembered her when he had Seen
her again. Where on earth had Mrs.
Clifford picked her Up? He could
swear she was never born a parlor -
maid.
And, by Jove! There she is!
There she is indeed! Out there in
the garden, just where the shrubber-
ies begin; with her charming head in
delicate relief against the green of
the laurels behind it, with her lips
epart, and her oyes smiling—and her
Man tucked in the most unmistakably
confidential fashion into the arm of
—her master!
Kee stares, as if disbelieving his
own senses. Is that Clifford, or ono
of the men? A groom, perhaps. There
is, however, no mistaking Jim Clif-
ford, the strong, kind, manly face,
the broad shoulders, the goodly
length of limb.
"Good Heavens! If hisewhe were to
see him now," says Ker, in a horri-
fied tone. Involuntarily lie glances
toward the door! If sho should coin°
back, and by some ill chance go to
the window and look outand-----
Ile looks .out cigain himself hue -
Tho "guilty pair," as he has
already designated them, are now
fast disappearing through the shrub-
bery. The last glance he gets of
them tells btra that they are both
convulsed with laughter.
Ile :has had " but a short acquain-
tame with Clifford, certainly, yet in
that time he had Maimed to regard
him as an essentially honest man;
a thoroughly good fellow. So meal
for appearances. -Never will he
trust in them again. He Would
liave staked his life. an Clifford's pro-
bity, yet here he is holding a clan-
destine meeting with his own parlor -
meld, in his oant grounds! What a
despicable hypocrite! Ker had notic-
ed one or two little toucheS between
him and his with at luncheon, that
had seemeri to betray a thorough
understandirse between them -'-a thor-
ough and. lasting affection; clad now,
what is he to think ef those.delicate
'`toucliei'?
He remembers now that there had
been. ether "touches" too, by no
means "clelleateo" apparently. That
sudden up-spricging ot Ciiffordo
'help her open that bottle of
His tone when Ite did so : 6 on.
1'11 do- it!" It was a low tone, but
familiar, terribly familiar.
Low, of comse, for fear us vile
should hear him. It suggested a
coefidential secret exietirig between
thou! A secret! Was it a criminal
secret? shrubberies says "yes'
to this.
N6 doubt the assignation there had
!been arranged beforehand. This
woulcl accotint for Clifford's with-
drawal from the drawing -room half
. ago. 13o had mutterecl
something to his wife on going, some
thing abont a visit to one of the
farms—but of course he was bound
to make some excuse, to give an ex -
Planation, however vague, for his go-
ing.
Of course he knew that this would
be a safe opportunity to meet that
—that—beautiful
Kee would have liked to apply
some had epithet here to the parlor -
maid; but somehow it does not come
to him. It all ,S41'07p S Qa strongly
Of a low intrigue, that that word
strikes upou his brain, but it seems
impassible to connect the word in-
trigue with her. Her face rises be-
fore him—the oyes so clear—the brow
so open—the lovely, happy, lips.
And yet, this evidence! .
He pulls himself together angrily !
Certainly something ought to be
done! Diana should be told! But
then, who is to tell her? Kee, with
a sudden pang, acknowledges that it
would be impossible for him to
draw upon the parlormaid.
At this instant Diana returns.
"I'm so sorry," says she calmly.
"But there is no photogenpli of 1-1,11-•
ary to give you."
This Is an ambiguous sentence. It
might mean artethingl "No photo-
graph to give him." She evidently
means to coavey the idea that there
is not one to give, But to It'er,
now, with his suspicions thoroughly
awakened, it convoys only the
thought that there may be many,
but not for him to see.
He expresses a polite regret, says
,good-bye to Ms hostess, and having
been accompanied by her to the door
in the friendliest fashion, leaves the
house.
He has hardly gone one step be-
yond the hall -door when. Hilary
thrusts her eharming head out of the
dining -room door.
CHAPTER
"ITe's gone?" questing -is She. .
"Thank Heaven! 01, Hilary, what
a day we've had!"
"And by no means 'cheap,' Says
Hilary, who really is hopelessly friv-
olous.
No indeed! All I've suffer-
ed! I wouldn't do it again for any-
thing. Hilary, I've counted them
up, and I think I told him four Se-
cided lies. And the worst 6f it is.
thinks he suspects something."
"What, makes vou think that ?
Nonsense, Di! There was nothing.
I'rn sure I think I was the best par-
lormaid you have had fah. years."
"Still I'ni sere be has found out
something. Ills manner was quite
ay czern
Sk
a
DS ases
Which Torture 011011:ken are Soon EntireEy
Cured by the Use of
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Especially during the teething per -
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disease,' Which cause the keenest suf-
fering to themselves, as well as anx-
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There is no treatment so successful
eiS Dr. Chase's Ointment, arid as ecz-
ema always tends to become dinette
and laet for years, prompt cure is of
the utmost importaace.
Mr. C. Wiley, who Is employed as
cooper by the Keenetly & Davis Mill-
ing Company, Lincls•ay, Ont., states:
"1 Med Dr. Chase's Ointment for
eczema on my little girl some few
year$ ago, and soon brought eteout a
thorough and permanent wee. She
had suffered for Considerable titre),
and though we tried a great many
remeclies, Dr. Cliese'S Ointment teas
the only preperatfot to prove ef-
feetive. I cannot spud< too highly
of Dr, Chase's Ointment, as it cer-
tainly eiletted a prompt, and pennant.
ent, cure hi this ease."
Mn, Wine KlieRnergie, farmer, Mr,
'Forest, Ont., states:— "I find that
Dr. Chase's Ointment is the best
othing I•ever used for chafing, itching
Sitig.tand burns and Sores of all kinde.
It heals them, up very quickly', and
I believe that there is no better
ointment to be obtained than Dr.
Chase's. We have found it invalu-
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house."
Any mother who once becomes ac-
quainted with the merits of Dr.
Ch:ase's Ointment would not think of
being without it in the house, Where
there is et baby or small children it
is of Sadly value as a, means of cur-
ing skin irritations end eruptions
eliding and all sorts of burns and
801.08,,
Dr. Chase's Ointment, GO cents a
bOx, at all dealers, or Echeitineon
Bates & Company, Toronto. To pro-
tect you against imitatiells, tile por-
trait mad elenatiire of Dr. A. W.
Cliaae, the feenous receipt book ail:
that, ale 011 every' bon.
changed beforelie left, A. little
Stiff, and he kept lookieg at me in
the etrengest way -• lie aelted for
your Pllotoetraph. ' , :
"Yes. For your photiegrela It
was quite naturals Why shouldn't
he• ask for it? But When he clid, 1 as-
sure you my heart sank. I thought,
I should have fainted, but ,providen-
tially $01.110 one had remeved you,"
"Don't talk as if :you were an
'Irish Invincible,' " says Hilary
with reproach. "1 lioPe I shan't be
removed in their way. .As a feet
I took all my photos' out of the
room myself. It occurred to me
thet he might see one of them."
"How you thinle of things!" Says
Diane with admiration. "Neverthe-
less," 'descending .once more into the
lowest depths, "when he weet away
he left us full of suspicions." :
"Is that all he left us?" says Mt
ary with a disgusted' air. 8he
glances round her andeat thie mom-
ent her eyc,s fall upon the umbrella
stand. "You have wronged Min,"
cries she, "The noble creatures! I
knew he would leave us something
•worth having. Behold his etick!"
There it is! A good, serviceable -
looking stick of cherry -Wood, with a
thin band of silver round the neck
, of it. .
"How could he have forgotten it?"
liays Diana. ":Did you ever hear of
a man forgetting his Stick before?
His gloves if you like, or—"
"His head?"
'`Noneense. I'Te is going away for
a week, and will want it: I sup-
pose I had better send it over to
the Dyson -Moores'."
"Why, he can't be gcme beyond the
t gate' yet," says Hilary. "I'll run
Iafter him with IL"
"Hilary, 'don't! No. you Mustn't 1
'Besides he mast be gene .quite be-
yond the gate by this tnno. And be-
,
sides--''
1 ,
"I'll chance it 1" says' Hilary. She
catches up the stick, darts like a
modern Atalanta through the . door-
way, and is gone up the avenue be-
fore Diana has lime to collect an-
other argument. —
She would probably not have over-
taken him, however, but for the
fact that, finding his hand empty,
and therefore awkward, he had dis-
covered the loss of his stick and was
returning for it.
Just as he comes to the clump of
rhododendrons that hide the house
from view, he pees a charming, lithe
figure running toward him.. Such a
figure. Not of fun certainly -e -though
fun is quick in it, especially in the
eyes and mouth, if vei/ed. A. lovely
thing she seems to him, all life, and
that at its sweetest—with. her soft
heie: flying loosely round Tier brow
and her lips a little parted..
"Your stick, sir;". cries she demure-
ly, as she comes rip to him. He had
stopped. on seeing her, as if studying
the strange charms that belong to
this strangest of all stiang.o parlor -
maids. .
"Thank you," says Rer. • He takes
the , stick mechanically, as if not
thinking .of it, and then says sud-
denly : think it was you Who
gaS% Inc that glass of water Mit
night."
His tone is cold, even severe.
"Yes, sir," returns the maid re-
spectfully. "An:d it was you," with
little glance at him from under the
•lang lashes, "who gave me"—hesita-
tingly and fumbling in her pocket—
/ . • 9
She has brought out the memor-
:able florin., and is now holding it up
' between her thumb and forefinger.
"Well?" says Ker.
"I have been thinking, sir," gazing
' with evident sadness at the florin,
"that a glass of water is not Worth
two —shillings.
An idiotic sense' of gladness sud-
denly overcomes Ker. :After all—
even in spite of that scene in the
shrubberies—she must be a good
girl, an honest girl, one whose Con-
science forbids her to take more than
her due. Such extreme delicacy of
conscience is not common with her -
class. lIer class! He is aroused
from his reveries by the good girl.
"Will you take it back, sir?". She
.is holding out the florin to him.
"Nonsense!" says Ker, eolaing
furiouity.
"Then I may keep ft?"
"Of course," frowning.
"Forever?"
"Forever and ever," says he, laugh-
.
ieg now in spite of himself.
"Well, I shall," says the counter-
feit Bridget. "If only," with a sen-
timental sigh, and downcast eyes,
"to eemember!"
"To remember what?"
"Ah! never mind."
"Bat I de mind," says Kee, who
Jas somehow forgotten for the Mo-
ment that monstrous episode in the
shrubberies.
"I'in sorry for that," placidly.
"Well," -with a respectful smite, 'I.
shall Raep it, sir, anyway—forever."
"Did any one ever keep a tWo-
shilling
piece forever?" asks Key'
with some amuseineat. • •
"I shall!" says Bridget sweetly,
"I'll make a 11 010 in it, and hang it
round my neck." „
"That's very goad of you," says'
Ker. "1 shall like to think X was
the giver of it."
All at once he pulls himself to-
gether. Memory has supplied hint
with a picture 1 Once again he sees
thie girt—this sfrem—with, her arm in,
Clifford's, and her face uplifted to
his in evident eonfidence. ITe• can
niftiest' hoer .the light laughter with
Whicli she and he ilisapPeared late
the shubbery. He can ahnost hear
too, he tells himself, with: a,. return
of his fotmer indignatien, the weep-
ing of poeire pretty, faithful, Diana,
when, the truth, as eventually no
doubt it will :be, 18laid bare to her,
"Look here," Saye be stonier; turo-
leg to the. "siren," -"I think 1 saw
You jest pow, out theta" pointing
lil the direction of the lattrei-walke,
"Me, sire" •
`'Yee, eein,"
''Perhaps 1 Wee gathering /enrol;
leaves, sir, for cook to. put in the
milke"
you Were not says Kee
ghostly, "you were talking to—your
lnaster!"
. She groWS crimson—so crimson, so
undeniably meherrassed, Unit Kra'
fei.the, Seeonet feels hie heart atop
beatiage Yet why s1ioul Uotop?
She ifti gailtel This hot blush: must
bo one of shame, And, yet to 14)1511
at all, i$ not tliet a sign of grime?
It horrifle$ him to fled presently
that he i$ aeon at this Met hour
striving to ,coadone the 'culprit's
feta.
a fadie Hilary is eompletely
taken aback by his ettitele. She had
not anticipated it.. When laugh:Ms,
With Jim over the absurd situations
at luncheon it had not occurred to
either her or hita Unit they could be
seen from the drawingeroola windOW.
They had thought ef Kee as . being
eagased with Diana. Hilary had
really runout to get eente -
inurel-
bea to put into the •millt: that is
to make the children's eice for supe
per, and .had there inet Jim..on his
way' to the fated that lay beyond
the mill over thole. ' They could not
resist a hurried laugh Over the lun-
cheon, enci so had ljecaeedisceyeeed.
Her emberriteement; after st mom-
ent, gives Way to other feelhigs.
Having run lightly in her rabid over
the fect$ of the case, as they must
seem to Ker, an overpoWering Sense
of mirth makealier its -slave. What
had he thought? that she Wa 8 Hirtime
with Jine—poor old Jim—behirld the
mistress' ba,ck?
It seems too fenny for anything,.
With a view to having Mir &mese-
ment, she palls out her liendker-
ehief and buries her face M it, To
Ner it seems • that she is crying
through fear; no doubt, he tells hint -
sell , contemptuously.: IT,. feels no
pity for her; that absolute untruth
about the picking of the laurel-leavee
for the cook hasdisgusted him. It
was too ready a lie! He watches her
as she stands with the handkerchief
pressed against her eyes. A• very
pretty handkerchief of the very gnest
cambric. ' -
"Poor Diana's, Of course," lie tells
hhaself.
At this moment "Bridget" glances
at hint froin behind her shield.
"I hope you won't tell the 'mistress
sir," says she in woebegone tepee.
"I? Why, should 1 toll her?" says
Ker indignantly. "What I think so
scandalous is, that there should be
anything to tell her."
-
"Yes, sir." . .
She has gone behind, the handker-
chief again, and her shoulders are
shaking. Evidently she is .crying
hard.
"To me," says Ker, a little soften -
by this evidence of centrition,
"your mistress seems botli good lend,
kind."
"Oh, yes; she is, sir' she is indeed.
You can't think how kind."
"Then I think it abominable of
you," spoken sternly, "to betray her
in that sort of way."
"I won't do it,again, sir. Iwon't,
indeed!"
Her voice is quite stifled .now. She
is plainly in floods of tears. Ker
begins to feel quite sorry for the
poor, misguided girl. NO doubt
Clifford is greatly in fatilt; This
pretty creature has only wanted .one
word from a friend...a real friend—to
show her the iniquity of her Ways,
and waken •her to a. sense- of her -fit--
gratitude toward a kind mistress:
"I'in glad to hear you say that,"
says he, "and--" He pauses. Some-
how Diana's sad fete recurs to him
How is She to be defended
against a bad husband, and this so
evidently easily -led girl ? "I wish,"
says 4e inipulsively, "that you woud
try to be a goad girl."
"I'll try," says Bridget, who now
seems suffocating.
"That's right," says' Km' heartily.
"And you won't tell misses, sir?".
"Yoe know that," says lie a little
stiffly. Is she only 'desirous, after
all, of getting off scot-free Her face,
now open to his inspection, the haad-
ker chief having been lowered, helps
to this idea. It is juet as it was
before it went behind the flag of ills-.
tress, lovely, bright, pale -pink.
"I'd like to shake hands With you
over that, sir.',' •
The lovely parlor -maid holds out
her hand to him and perforce he
feels that he must take it. •
What a very white delicate hand !
He looks at it as it lies• within his
own.
".Never does a steolte of Work if
she can help it evidently, Leaves all
to poor Diana," decides he.
He 'rests Ms eyes on hers.
"It seems to me, Bridget, that you
are not a very inclusteious
says he austerely.
"Bat why, sir 2"
"Your bands. Look at your
hands."
Bidget looks at them. She
spreads theme abroad, indeed, its if
examining the Offending members
with great, interest.
"Are they too white, sir?'" asks she
.at lest. •
"Much too white."
"Yoe," thoughtfully, "would like
them to be brown?" She hold
them up before Ker's eyes. They
look pale as paper in the sunlight.
"I don't knove What I want," says
Ker. anerily. He tures upon his
heel, and leaves her,
(To be Continued,
QUITE HONEST.
"Boy," shouted the grocer to e
,teoutli whose actions looked suspici-
otis, "didn't I see you peeket . an
apple from that barrel?".
"No, sir."
"Look out! You are acting .very
sefspieiously. I was Watching you."
"Yes, Imme you were, and that's
the reason I resisted the temptci-
tion."
'Theology is a map and not a coun-
try, .
To -day's Worry ie the result of
yesterday'e ,neglect, .
Only the weak have thee to W Orry.
Meditation is the molcl of charac-
ter.
Te prove to roe th:tt "Or.
Chage's Ointmeni in a certain
end ainelete cure for tech
and. every form of itchieg.
bl been te n pretending
1116 illaretift1.0rtroi.a have eiterneteed it. See r es,
intent dale' erne, 0511 aqk your 0 ci,1414
torn w tat.D00y r,100,c Y00 00,n ur-le it etnct
(0t vot trio0.6y back if not (:O 11. GOe a bON:, at
II (1004 01 or Eati.‘. 'ti,5; ow, BAT Es &Crneenonto,
*rg, Vhase's Oiritmcnt
FOR FA
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MERS 71:
Saammalao 'and ProriVible
titilltltrofs9orithe BUSY Tillers
= begin the culture of my potato
erop before it ha,s broken ground,
writes Mr. R. M. 'Winans. With a
spike -tooth harrow, weighted down
if neceesary, 1 go over the field
lengthwise of the rows after the soil
P1 warm aod the weeds start, sad
most of the Slotatoes have sprouted.
This is the first stop in leveling down
the ridges: I follint, this in two or
three days by using the same tool at
a slight angle across the rows and
again about the same interval cross-
wise. Where it is desirable to force
the growth of the vine or the soil is
Iftegii:ig in available nitrogen, I apply
three or four days after this last
harrowing, nitrate of soda at the
rete of 150 pounds per acreThis
is scattered in a. broad strip directly
over the row. Then the fourth and
last harrowing is made lengthwise of
the rows. This leaves the field fair-
ly level et a time when the potatoes
have all .appeared above geotio,c1.
I find it neceseary to use a horse
Weeder two and freguently three
times, in rapid successien, to kill the
Millions of starting weeds and to
break up any light cruet that in•ay
Damn before work with the horse lioe
is begun. Following this cultivation,
in a few days the horee hoe is equipp-
ed with hoes placed point forward.
and down, back out and at a slight
angles; to "draw earth away froin tlie
row, with frame of cultivator set
close together. Attach the large hoe
or shovel or rear centre standard to
fill up furrbw left by hoe in drawing
soil from plants. In this way the
soil is completely turned and aerated
along the row near and even among
the roots, going deep enough to
BURY THE HOE STEELS,
if possible, ancl close enough to fair-
ly shave the plant. ' Meny of. the
lateral roots willohe exposed and re-
covered • in this close cultivation.
Sonia of them will be cut or broken
uef, as they will be in the one or two
following cultivatiOns, made with the
hoes set as above and in the same
manner, at intervals of from two to
four deg's: The last .ona of these
close cultivations is preceded by a
second application of nitrate of soda
or by dried blood at the rate of
100 to 150 potinds Per acre, applied
as above.
While criticism has been offered by
the uninitiated to this -close plant -
moving, root -cutting cultivation dye-
ing the season of early growth, I
have found it is in no - way detrimen-
tal to the growth of the plant ner
after results at maturity. On the
other hae:d, I have peeved that it is
beneficial by comnarat'ive tests made
Pc the same field where shallow, star -
away -from -the -plant culture was fol-
lowed; 'The result is an earlier ma-
turity.
I believe that cutting the lateral
roots when the plemt is young tends
to make the vertical roots more ac-
i.le-e, seeding the bulk of the feeding
rootlets down to moisture and closer
proximity to the store of conceotrat-
ad plant food, which we pet ill the
bottom of the furrow when planting
in the form of commercial fertilizer,
and also near the soluble nitrogen
furnished by the application of nu -
trate of steda, which, quickly dissolv-
ing, soon works &nen into the lower
soil. The exhaustion of plant vital-
ity in forcing feeding rootlets over
wide areas for available food is thus
materially avoided.
A IifilAVY TOP FORMATION
is encouraged early in the scaeon,
the time when the growth should be
made. This leaves all later energies
to the more rapid development and
maturity of tubers. IVIlether this
method is based on theory or the na-
tural law ot general principles in
plant growth, X know that it is sec.-
cesstul when peaetically tind careful-
ly applied.
The cultivatiens following .these
first .close-to-theerow workings are
given at Intervale orfrom three to
five days, contingent niton weather
conditions. I allow tlie cultivator to
go as "deep as poesible, keeping far-
ther from the plant at each pa.s.sage;
until, just as they conic in leloom,
the rows are hilted or banked up
with a single shogel, with large
wings attached. I sometimes eveui
use a one-horse plow for the work. I
am never afraid to throw 'up the
earth, so 1 do not eover them Kt,
tops and all.
The main value of this early p0 -
tato culture,, whic1i is epecifically di-
rected te forcing and hastening Mer-
chantable Inatm-ity, add° from see
curing an increase in yfeld, is in the
higher prices received tor 'the crop
ley. reason of its extra e.arliness,
bringing the crop on the market whet)
prWliileti
p11000
0arteal
eihig-mount of nitrate • of
soda applied may be profitably in-
creased on grounddeficient in readily
av•alletble fertility, the groever is
motioned never to apply nitrate of
soda in any considerable quantity for
et least a week before tlio final hill -
Mg up, as this tends to prolong the'
growth of top and so delay' the de-
ve,lopment -and ripening of the tuber.
The object is to fill the whole plant
system with a surplus of nitrogen
early in the season. of succulent
growth aud to iiractically cut oil the
womb/ as the creep approaelies the
time of maturity, thus quickly se -
miring. lai•ge size tuber bliet will
"ripcti" eai'ly.
PALATAI3T-E ,CLOVER HAY.
I Make clover hey becalm it 10 the
most palatable of dry routehage, and
is almost a pegfectly bale:wed ra.-
tion. Clover hay is most, pelateble
when it is fine and deem To have it
fine we must have a perfect etand,
and Milne tve have learned how nod
whoa to sow that 10 008Sr. WO all
know either from experienee or obser-
vation that a poor, WM stand .makes
coarse, unpalatable hay.
With a good stand there, will be
few Weeds and the few that do grow
the first year are clipped along with
the wheat or Oat stubble immediate-
ly after harvest, 'This gives us clean
hay the following season.
We grow clover bemuse it has near-•
ly'three tunes as much digestible pro-,
tele as timothy, Millet, or oat hay,
if cut at tho right time. Clover con-
tains most protein when the plant
is in full bloom, ain't if properly cur-
ed is then most palatable. This at
least is what our miloh cows say,
and they are excellent judges of the
value of feeds. Substitute Straw 101.•
the hay and the milk flow will •at
once be affected. •
Until we can control the rainfall
or hit upon some practical method
of putting the hey into the mow im-
mediately after it is cut, we cannot
always have the best of clover hay.
We watch the barometer and the
weather reports and when they
promise fair weather we run the
molten, the afternoon of the clay be-
fore we expect to take up the hay.
TETE NEXT MORNING
as soon as the surface of the swath
is thoroughly wilted we start the/
tedder. lt is difficult to make good
hay without the tedder, for if the
swath is not stirred the top is
burned brown or black, and the un-
der side is not cured at all: In
tons 01 water must be evaporated
from the leaves of the clover.. Wa-
ter escapes from the plant most rap-
idly as the leaves are wilting. Stir-
ring keeps all the leaves wilting. Two
or three hours before it is dry enough
to go to the barn, we rake the clov-
er into small windrows. At this
stage we lose none of the leaves or
blossoms, the most galatable part of
the plant.
ltre prefer, too, that the curing be
finished in the windrow, for then it
cures in the shade—the ideal condi-
tion for curing hay if we would pre-
serve the color and flavor. Just be-
fore the hay is dry enough so that
leaves or blossoms will be lost in
handling, we put in under cover.
, So far as possible the hay is peck-
ed evenly and closele- In a, tight mow,
never allowing it to pile up under
the hay fork. After a mow has been
filled no more hay should be put on
it until the first lot has gone
through the heating period, nor
'should it be in any way disturbed.
The barn doors are kept closed.
When we stack clover we always
Cover with boards, straw or grass to
keep off rain. We have not found
it practical to put clover in cocks to
cure, It is sometimes injured by
rain and adds somewhat to the ex --
pens° of liarvestine.
13y following &is plan we have k'
hay to feed as bright and palatable
as the day it was put MO the barn.
It is a good maintenance ration for
horses, stock cattle and sheep, and •
is next thing to green pastures for
hogs, dairy cows and poultry.
EYE EXERCISE.
How You Nay Improve the Sigini
With Practice.
The sight can be educated and exer-
cised just as truly , as the hearing,
the sense of touch, or even the leg
and arm muscles can, and the work,
which can be easily converted inte
play, should be begun very eaetee
life. Much so-called color-bliminese
P1 not a radical defect of vision at
all, but a lack of training, in Atm.
'Lion and recognition, and could have
been evoided by any forn of shriple '
half -play, half -lesson, with colored
balls or skeins of silk in early child,
hood, Matching colors is an excel-
lent lesson. It can be carried on
with silks, wools, paper, or any
other inaterial in which it is possi-
ble to get many shades with very
small gradations of color amoral
them, ltapidity of vision can be
enormously developed. Most per-
sons know the story of the conjures
whose father made him, while a
small -boy, play the game of namirq
the objects in scare shop wine,
passed at a quick walk. If one wi
try this he will be astounded at the
Wily the miming of objects seen in
the glimpse will grow with practice.
As with other forms of exercise, that
of the eye should he taken only un-
der Proper conditions. A tired,
worn-out eye should not be forced to
new tasks any more than it tired,
worn-out- body. This is why the
process cannot be started too soon,
that the eye may be insensibly train-
ed to good habits of perception.
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NOT BUILT THAT WAY.
An English tourist one clay last
summer was travelling by rail in the
north of Scotland, cticd at one of the
stations at which the train stopped
four farmers entered. 'They were all
big, burly men, and coinPletelli rifled'
up the seat 011 0110 icIe of tile cone,
pattment.
At the noel., station the door open-
ed to admit a P111 in.cliviclual, with
a girth semething like a lamp -post:
life endeavored to wedge himself in
between two of the farmers, but,
findine it a difficult operation, he
said to one of them :
"Excuse me, sir, you must sit up
a bit. Vaal seat is intended to ne-
commodate five persons, and, accord-
ing to Act of Parliament, you are
only entitled to eighteen inches of
space."
"Aye, Aye! ray Ironed," replied the
farmer, "that's a' very guid for you,
that's been built that. way, but ye
canna,' blame 3110 if I he'enci, been
construckit according to Act, o' Par4
li anion t ".
ITOW IT HAPPENED. •
Aunt Maria :—"Don't deny It, Mare
tha. I saw you; your lips and ,4sig
met just EIS I came into the ro•otre''
Marthae—''Yes, auntie; 'but it was'
all an aceident. I started to whis-
per eomething into Charley's ear at
the same moment that, lie tried to
whisper semething into my eer, and
that le how it hopped, Charley felt
as badrabout it as 7L did, I'm eureti'A