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d.11.UVIER X1.1 V.
Ono would have thought that Jim had
been in tome measuro prepared for the
NA -fallen blow. both by the overheard
freeen ents of Mr. Greenock's converse-
_
lion with the Devonshire clergyman at
Florence last year ; by the aceumulatcd
evidence of there being some blight upon
lalirebetlt's ilk•; and. lastly and chiefly,
by rho ravings of Ilyng. But there is
something so different from all these,
s(: Infinitely more dreadful, in hearing
this naked statement from her own lips,
that it stuns hint as much a.4 if he had
never received any hint of that ruinous
eec►et in rho background of her life.
Having now uttered 1t, she stops.
either to pick up her own spent
t;trength or to give hint the opportunity
for name question or comment.
flu inakee neither.
"1 thought -i hopede-that you Ind
gueeset, from what Mr. Ilyng said. 1
believed that when he was not, lune
self --"
u n:-
self--"
Agetin sho Menlo; off, but still no
sound coulee front Jiirt,
"Y011 urrdcrstnrtd, of course, that that
\vas what 1 telt him. 1 wanted to tell
him the rest, but that time ho could trot
!rear it, kind tho lust litho he--he---did
rot caro to hear it."
Hie continued n)utcness must daunt
her, for she hero inakes a longer pause
titan before. Indeed, it is only tho fear
lest she should mean it for a tonal one
that enable.; hint to force out tho two
husky monosyllables
"G.) on."
She is always most eleelient, and she
now obe=ys.
"No carpe only two days after you left
us, that was why the sight of you was
so--eo painfel to us at llr'st. It was not
ycur fault, but we could not help mix-
ing you up with hurt. You remember
how wo tr•ieid 10 avoid you -how discour-
teous we were? You forgave us after-
\varde, but you must have observed IL"
'I'lto listener stakes a slight notion of
went.
"He was a llungarian, and had been
recommended to father by Sir , who,
as you know, is always so extraordinar-
ily kited to struggling artists, and who
thought highly of his talent, and wished
to get him commissions. loo was al-
most starving in London; that was one
great reason, 1 think, why father em-
ployed hien."
Even at this moment the thought darts
times Jinn's mind that ho has never
known Elizabeth oat.ns tin opportunity
of implying some praho of that father
whoso harshness toward herself he has
sd► often had an opportunity of witness-
ing.
"Ile was quite young -not more than
tventy-Utr•'e.-and he looked very ill
when ho first carte; indeed, ho was
really half starved. IL has always been
tho surest pnvpor't to iiiin ny's Heart
to he poor and sick art(1 down in the
vworidl, and nothing could have been
kinder than they )kith tvero to hint."
"And well ho repent their kindness,"
says Jin►, indignation nt last giving him
%verde.
Sho pule out her hand, as if to stop
him.
"Wait. wait 1" she says, almost au-
thoritatively; "do not abuse hire, lie
ieenied very grateful to them, and they
all ---we all- 1, t amo quitelond of hint.
\\'hen he grew strtonger, he hunted out
t4) 1►.i very lively and light-hearted--al-
stieet ns light-hearted as we."
She pauses, pulled up by n deep sigh,
at Iho reminiscence of that young gaiety,
then hurries on, as if afraid of its again
breaking in upon her narrative with
Sol' scathing ejaculation.
"Before throe weeks werde over -you
know how cheerful end easy-going we
were+ -ho wes quite one of ti, -quite as -
as h umalo as you
Jinn slim uneasily, galled by The com-
parison.
"Ile was a tong lime painting trey pie -
tun ---could not satisfy himself with the
Itkenesee-rend began it over again sev-
eral limbed. At tarot there was s,l\vays
Rdorle•►no in 1110 ro(mi with u.` when 1
ere lei hint, but by and I y, as tie became
mere 417).1 more once of us -as his pre-
sence among tit grew to he a matter of
curse --we w•'ro allowed often to be
Woe: -a -lets►."
She steps to let pans lee Frenchmen
and a F reoehwomnn of the petit L or.r-
genie cane whit ore sauntering home-
velnia, frisked about by two little: cheer -
fel curs, and with armfuls of hawthorn
yes; real English hawthorn -In their
( rdente, They look (nquiaitively, but
tiet rudely. at 1110 pole couple, end flow
11)4'y are tint of tight.
"It tens a very lino autumn. as you
may remember. and wo este! to go out
sketching together. iie was supp 0se'l
to give us eketchirg henents---Ihe chil-
(iren 0141 rile. The governess was by
%Ay 4t always dicing there, tern she was
A
sentimental creature. geriereily strt0-
hig away by herself with a retry -book,
and \•• 10.•11• \hell dly 411610.'.
Jima sees I+..v. net,'re';a,ingly. Psn%' her-
ril ty 41itft.•trit e►f rehiti•'n is the tal' as it
111.8N it:( catastrophe; but he is quite in -
eaten 1,• If iI4•Iping her.
"\\41 fe'il in love with one another"--
aleje 1 bres4luely--"iitrl tib' risked me to
mart) hill). Whitt did hie misernt)le
peel!). matter to its? Ho knee- alnio51
83 little ef the practical bts.;Ilte s of life
a: 1, an.l he was full of hope 81141 anil►i-
lie •n. Ile was cent iceeed that he had (t
fl.tun3 before him. Perhaps he had.
Nho kucws?"
Thera i4 snivel n ith the hurry ane!
/Shame end anguish et her lone such an
skint-nt (t nlln•o4t r ireetfut compass:on
as she tinal41urve-4 these last wonis, that
Jifl) S j.vitele Wrath ewak•►S. Does she,
then. 14►te him atilt In h.'r heart for
bow tnaay Is them lodging at once? l'or
Ilyng? 1'114, this unknown For h:►w
many more?
"!:vett he, high-liown as he was, 1,'n4‘w
tl.at It \tai impossible that father could
permit our mart'+3gu if we tucked his
a;itseant; but what be labored to convince
me of was, that if the thing were done
once and irrevocable, (ether would soon,
&;ting as he did on me -you know he
41.1 dole on Il►e, poor father! ---he would
scion forgive us; and 1, tiller awhile --u1)!
et was after awhile; do not think it was
at once" -with a piteous effort to miti-
gate the severity of her silent judger ---
"and I have always all my life been ter•-
rilly easily persuaded -1 gave in."
For away a dull cloud, rain -charged,
is settling over the leabyle mountains,
rubbing out their toothed ridge. Can
ahc h ild out till the end? Sho has 7101
reached the worst yet.
"Wo were soon given an opportunity.
Father edit mother \vent away for a
couple of nights upon a visit, and left
u., under t11d• nottlinal chaperone& of a
deaf old aunt of mother's, and of the
g 4: ver154-'is, who, as I have told you, wits
worse than useless. You Vow that our
railway -station was not more then a
toile 11.6111 the lodge gates; we had, then,-
fore,
herefore, no difficulty in slipping away from
the others \Odle we \were all out wulk-
irg, making our way therm, and getting
into the little branch -like line train
which caught the London express at
Exeter."
She has repeatedly put up her hand-
kerchief and passed it over her brow,
but it Ls useless. 'fie cold sweat breaks
out afresh and afresh. ,
"That journey! I did not know that
it was tido and of my Ilfe. \\'e both set
olf laughing and saying to each other
what u good joke it wigs. 'That was at
Vie beginning, but long and gong beforo
we reached London -it was not !til very
late tliat we did so -1 would have given
all the world to go back. I did not tell
hire so because 1 thought it- would hurt
him, but I have often brought since that
perhaps he was feeling the mune."
Again that touch of almost tender ruth
in hro voice makes her auditor writhe.
"\Vo went to un hotel. I think It must
have been in some very oulof-the-way
part of (ho town, probably the only one
he knew of, and at first they would not
take us in beoauso wo had no luggage;
but they consented at last. 1 heard him
telling the landlady that I was his sister.
1 suppose she did not believe it us she
looked very oddly at toe. I did not
understand) why she should; but 1t made
Inc feel very wretched --50 wretched that
1 could scarcely swallow a mouthful of
the supper ho ordered. I do not think
that 110 had much more appetite 11uin I;
hilt wo tried very hard to laugh and keep
up eaoh other's spirits. They gave 1110
a very dismal bedroom -1 can ace it
new"---shuddering-"and as I had no
change of clothes 1 lily all right outside
my bed. 1t look a great deal to keep
toe awake 111 those days, rind, wretched
113 1 WAS, i slept a good deal. Tho iwxt
n'orning i awoke, feeling inure chdwrful.
\\'e should 140 married in the forenoon,
return 17.1110 in the afternoon. to spring
4)111. surprise upon ilio children and
I'rattlln, and Int ready to receive and
be par14)ned by father and mother on
their return to-n►•drrew. 11 had not oc-
curred to either of us that there would
l'' the slightest difficulty it pursuing
this course. We had decided upon at
once inquiring the mune and address of
the, clergyman in tvhoee parish the holrl
was --going together to ask for an inter-
view, ane! beg 111111 10 11111.7y us at once.
We had a %alone( idea that :t license
might. be needed. but r•elitei upon the
clergyman oleo t;► Infernt ria where that
might bo got. In one respect our plans
lied to lee at owe) uloxdilied. \\'hen 1
came down I foiiiwl that theme was such
• dense fog that he would not herr of
my venturing out into 1t, particularly. he
said. 8s my slaying behind '.oukl entuil
no delay; since, when he had obtained
Pie license and engaged the clergyman,
he wol.ld, of course, at once ronin heck
to fetch 711e to church. 1 gave in, thouggti
1 had rather havo gene with hint anti
14 light my way thr)ugti the fog anti
stayed behind, ak,r►e in that dreary sit-
t7)►gt-room. i wits there nearly all day
1►y myself 1111111 late in the afternoon.
The fog was iter thick !hat 1 could! 114)1 deo
n fingers length 1►eyon4l the window,
n..r even across the room. 1 glad neither
beak nor w'►rk. 1 had nothing to d4) but
wink up 01141 d.,te, n by the flickering light
of the had gas. 3vhl.h WA 4 burning an
eta)-, and look at a wretched lime eat
n ucuba In a pet, Sometimes 1 went out
0.1 the landing 141 sate if there Were any
signs of his return. 1 11041 dome this for
Ilre fiftieth limo. when et 141.'1 1 saw
hint 11lnn.gh the gas and the fog. ewe -
Ing up the stitittxise. I could 11411 trait
1!11 tie hadl reached) toe, but called out
over the hannkster.3, 'Weld? Wein* pits
only answer WAS a sort of sign to me to
g i hack into the l'oo,n; but 1 did not
understand it at first. Not until I saw
mining up the stairs too. a 111)1*" behind
him, the face of -of -that clergyman
you S8W at certesa--our clergyman
whom we iesed to make fun of. Oh, why
did we?"
She t'reaks oil. with a low mons. hut
at once reslimes as it she could not trust
herself t4 pa.tae :
"AA moon as 1 caught sight of him 1
ran hack; but it WAS low late. 1 knew
that he had recognized me. 1 4Io not, to
this .lay, understand how he c0Il)0 10 16.0
in that outof•Iho-way plat.'; whether 11
wee a most unfortunnto c.oi eidenec, or
whether he ha.t seen its in the train or at
l'addington. anti tracked its there. i ran
beck, as 1 have said. inti the room; lett1
1 did not really ttlintl niud) his having
seen roe; it wonIel all Ir eXptained 5')
soon. And 1 wits t00 muelt leskcn tip elth
the hitter disappointment in store for
m., to give hum there than a priming
1
thought. Of curse, )'o'► will understand
that it \3'415 1)•,1 in 11144 power of hely
yeti )nnan 14.) marry tea, as neither 4f us
l�+ttt thrid ul thio parish for the rcqulsite
thio beforehand, nor exlull we 1* nt.r-
ried at a registry office, as our lumen had
net been entered in the registrar's book
for int) legal Niue. I think 1 should huve
broken d4►vn altogether when i heard
this if I had not had to comfort lima.
11 was 80 ovet•\t h•'lin ed with trio (wi-
thal
entthal t should thtlth 1l was hie fault --that
110 had net done his beet. !leaven
grows 1 had no 61.011 Kurd thought of
)tint! Although we censultedl together all
that mein lg, anti till talo into tho night.
ee 0011141 114)1. hit 111)011 any expedient.
Ile had been told vaguely that the Settle!'
marriage law differ-edl from the English.
and that in Edinburgh we might be mar-
ried at once.. But We 1)4)61 IlOt enough
tatoncy to nuke u, their% our whole stock
would only jest buy an ordinary license.
keep us ono day more at tho hotel, and
lako us home third-class. \\•tial should
we do? \Vo did not evert try to laugh
that evening -that last evening !"
In her voice is the rutile echo of some
pitying sounw that had before offended
him; but his interest is now too strung
up for hits to notice it :
"1 did not onco close my cyd14 that
night, and when I canto down next
morning I had made up my mind to
bed him to let nie go hotuo and ask
father to flake everything right. 1 had
such Contldenco that father could set
everything right. When 1 carne into the
sitting -r(a)nt 1►e was not there. 1 waited
foe him, and after a while the 1►reakfast
was -brought up; but still he did not
conte. 1 waited 00. It seemed to 0reodd
that, at such a crisis, when we were
both so miserable, he, should bo able to
oversleep himself. 1 cin afraid" -with un
iceent of most Reegretful roinor•se-"that 1
•cti.t think hardly of hint that. I looked
.1 I,hle clock; 111ad been down an hour.
1 rang for the waiter, and asked him to
go and tell the t e ntleman this. Ile was
s•) long in coming back that 1 lest pa-
tience, and went out into the passage.
1 saw a Iltt.k group of people gathered
reand a door some way down it. They
seemed to be whispering and speaking
excitedly, and one chambermaid wits
crying.' In an instant I was among
them, through then, in the res)ni. It
was his bedroom. Ile was lying half on
half off the bed. Ile had evidently not
undressed all night, and had taken oft
nothing but his coat. Before they could
slop ine -1 believe Mail, they humanely
tried -f had caught a glimpse of his
face, and had heard someone, as if at a
great distunee off, pponounce the weird
'dead'! 'Then everything went away. 1
believe I crashed do)vn like a log, as
Mr. Byng did. When next 1 came to
myself mummy Nye.; leaning over me.
The people in the hotel had fo1a141 a la -
tee: 11) Illy pocket, with my addreSS, and
had telegraphed for her and father.
They took nae house. I do not remember
anything about that, but so 1 was told
afterwards, as 1 was also told that he
had died of deep sealed heart -disease.
aggravated by his anxiety about ate. 1
have never brought good -luck to any one
that had to do with 111e 1'
Sho is crying quietly now. is it her
talo or her tears that have softened
Jinn's heart ? i to no longer grudges her
that tribute to the lover of her youth.
"For 110 first few days atter 1 crone
home I did not feel anything at all, and
1 ,env nobody but naanuny. At the end
o; a week she came to ole, and told 1110
that 1 nlltst pall myself together, for
that my father 1vishodl m0 to go with
hint 10 an agricultt.ral meeting at Exe-
ter, 1\ hick wo wet e ala ays in the habit
of attending. She 514:(1 that there wore
reports about nee in the county, \thtr,11
nothing but my appearing in public
would contradict. Sho said she knew
how hard it woe for roe, hal !hal she
knew, lode, that i would try to make the
effort for their sakes. For their mikes!"
--in a heart -wrung vo eo--"was not it
thu least 1 could do, for their sakes ? 1
got up; my legs felt as it they did not
belong to 7ne. She dressed me herself -
darling rnainntyl-unto site tied on my
veil, and --put some neige on my
cheeks! Think of mammy roteging tiny -
one! if you remember, we 111111 sante
charades while you were with us, and
had bought some mono for Mem. And
11,4.11 site took me down to father, said
we trent--he and 1."
1l. r breath lens grenvm shorter. and her
narrtnUve more disjointed; but site peer-
seve 4'. Is not she near the end?
"\\'u went- and we walkori about
an4)ng lite shortliortts-- 0nd the prize
pcullry-and the tenni-father and 1 --
end we n►M a great many people wh.un
we knew-Ihe whole county \t as there -
led We were tan late. Oler rentor had
leen before 11.3 with them -and wit 0110
(►; 111.911 WARM speak to 1110! And then
w e ‘vent hone. Oh, pd,or father!"
She has cover tt her lace with her
transparent hands. Tho emotion that
she woirl•l not permit herself for herself
hr1;.lnesten'+l her al the revollecUon of
that falher:a nt•n,ente'nl and agony.
"Ile ells (pude right ---ht nes quite
natural that 111 should 1101 n114)w Inc to
bye nt hone', after that. ile mid 1 1117151
110i hlight the chit(14,'6)'4 11ve'4s-- 4,1111 t trot
stand) ui the' lighl of the (ahem. So 1
‘vas gent awn), 10 live with some old
friends of mummy's -two kine! 1eidl !attics
--\t 1111 'hien' she lead been at school ;
and they were t cry g xxt 141 115', and 1
lived with them until, a`t Mirin►n and
B(.sl ‘‘..re merrie'a, frillier thought 1
a1.11141 nut den anyone any mere harm,
81d ho let ole come 11011e again. 'There!
1111 14 all"
Sho stops, her talo ended. sighing with
Ind' inexpr edible relief of that lifted
load. Speech from hien now would 141
11.' interrl.ptime-would 1►e kindly. ra-
ther. and welc'nrne. )'e't he still stares
blankly before him. \\why has rale told
hint that painful tale? Is it that he may
carry a more lenient judgment of her
through the rest of his life',--t11,tt life 14)
he (Melly severed from hers? Or L4 it
with w111e )I4) 4) that that told tele may
keep him forever beeidle her: Sho 414,(:3
riot love him. she loves ftyng. Bid, ay
h •
113.4 often 1011 hinttk'hf, she 14 not of
t1' stuff of whi^-Ir groat c. i,lanei.'s are
nmat1.'. Anil, ailed Ilyng luta hersaken
her. 33)7 "1 has iiia pliant cre'dttile. fled
minim made 53) clinging nt:•l 4.ir(•tim-
',lances s•► lonely, lett t4) Ihro v her lee-
drIle round) except hire? She (tors hot
live hint, and yet in the depth of hie
heart he kne •o that, if he wished it, to'
e..711.1 niake 1),•1. love 1)1)71. S11n11 11e WWI
it! Shall 1 •• s1,1y-stay to 1)113(' tt.e.de
e equisite • • fret-tva»h(•dl, and yet
laugghiugg, riot. lung ler lii.. lightest wish;
That tripping step kreeping time to hits Up
ttw bilks and through tl)e %alleys of life;
that delicate sympathy, soaring with his
highest thoughts, end yet playing with
bus lightest fancies? Shull he?
Elizabeth i.; looking down u15)11 the
a.s►1Mutels, stooping to etroko, its if it
were a sentient thing, a great plumy
plant, like a bort of glorified fennel, cut
•►! whose U'ithery• breast a puissant
st;t'rttlt rises, from which an wifitmiliur
newer is pusllimgr. \\'hat a fascumation
there is in this alien vegetation, in which
every shut calyx holds a delightful se -
Shall
Shall he? For himiself, he believes 114,1.
stein' implicitly, feeling. indeed, with a
•'idoek of mixed surprise umd rerilorse,
what a past want of faith in her is evk-
(lowed by his unspeakable relief at its
being; no worse a one. But who else
will believe it? And rho more penetrat-
ingly sweet, the more poignantly (tear
she is to hits, t.it43 \Sharper l0 111111 will
be 1110 l►guny of the eye averted) from
her, 1110 suspicious tyhisper, or the con-
lo_nipt)eous smile. Is hie heart stout
enough, i3 his courage high enough, to
support an•J uphold i►er through her
tile's long tx,nitin:ely ? Dares he under -
lake that hard tusk'? Dares he?
Elizabeth i4 never one apt to take of-
fence, or she might resent his delay in
making 1111y observation on her ended
story. Probably she divine that tyhut-
c0er• may be rho cauof his
slowness,
11 is �er tat111y 1101 wans0t of c,iiotlon.
At length his tardy speech makes it -
sell heard.
"I do not know how -I 111100 n•,1 \Verbs
strong enough with which to thank you
In telring; 11e."
"I did not want only friend 10 go away
ttneinking more hardly of 1110 than ito
need," she ans\t ens with a peen*, smell
sn►ik',
This is ono of the bitteereit cups to
which her lips have ever been set in the
canine!, of her salt biter)'.
His next sentence is almost inaudible.
"I could not weil think much better of
you than 1 have done all along."
lie knows, without seeing it, that her
11 6111hling handl makes a half -motion 10
g(. out to hire at those kind-sowuking
words, but it is drawn back again be-
fore the action has passed iuuctt beyond
the :stage of a project.
Tho wind hue omen. \\'illi !tow al-
most disagreeable a .strength does the
sharp and pungent smell of the innunre-
(-Tablc asphoddels assail the nostril. The
lielttt grows lower. Dares be? Iias he
the steady selfless valor that will be
needed to light through many years by
the side of this forlorn creature against
an enemy uglier -and, oh! how much
more potent! -than any of the fierce for-
est creatures in contest with 'Rich he
has so often lightly perilled his lite?
Dares he? Ile has never been lacking
in self -reliance -been, perhaps, too little
tole to blanch ut the obstacles strewn in
his life -path. Is he going to blench
new? \V,i'-ther it be to his credit or his
shame, the answer does not come all at
once. Dares 110? 'l'he response comes
at last ---sones slowly, collies solemnly,
ye' Co(1)e3 certainly ;
eyme
Ile ran never again laugh at Ityng for
hie teats. for ho is undoubtedly crying
himself now.
"Elizabeth! Elizaliethl"-1)c cannot get
ft:rther than that at first -"you -you are
the worst -used woman in oho world !
sand I-1 have not the least desire to see
tho Escurial 1"
(The End;
4
A PRiNCESS OF \11'T11,4.
Stepposed 1.1 !hive Haub the Life 01 Cap-
tain 10111) Smith.
l'rince\4.S 1'ocahoetles, the ;led Indian
girl whose skeleton was supixised to
have been unearthed the other day et
Gravesend. England, recently, might
well Is christened the Princess •►f Myths.
For of all .the many romantic stories
that have gathered, in the courso 4,f
i10 yours, about her name, scarce ono
has any foundation in fact.
She tt8.3 not even n princess. il'r
father. I'uwhnlan, WAS merely a sub -
(11101 of a small and roving band of
ytivn go's.
The most romantic reported episode
in her career was when she was 5111) -
posed 14) have saved froth death at the
slake the famous Captain John Smith.
l.;- interposing her own lei/1y between
'hat nt the white captive and his would-
be executioners. But This (story was in-
venl.od by Smith Ogler the appearance
c.1 leieahentae in England.
Neither is ti true that she• offered her
Hand 10 Smith in innrring.'. she tuns,
in feat, already married 10 the chief e t
a neighboring tribe, trvn, w11o111 elle
was treacherously stolen by a certain
S'r►nuel Arpin!. As a r:insen), seven
while captives. with 801110 rnttskMS,
SCS. and other goods, were sent 11110
1'4' English camp, according to agree-
ment.
Argon kept both the rensern and the
girl, and presently. growing tired If
her, gave her to one John ik►lfeo, who
1.nd her baptized it the name of Ile -
Won. alter' rds going Through a form
of marriage with her. Rolfe took her
;c England in 1x16. tett she only lived
until the year tollewingg, dying of con-
sumption at Gravesend on board the
vessel that was to have conveyed her
to iter native land.
In i endon she was known as the
beautiful savage." But La Belle Seine
age Yard. off Ludgate hill, was not
called alter her, despite all assertions
:o the contrary. Neither was ehe in •e-
n'ity beautiful, but a very ordinary look -
int, girl indeed.
"1)e ar.'st," he `rnurntured, "do you
lave ,,,4' )01?" A low soh a as her an-
swer. "Answer. de'nr. Do you love
71.4 yet'" "Yes, ('.eeorgee, i love you; but
)•<ur grammar Is rotten!"
"i)on't whip your children," said the
th.' reheat educational expert to the
nm4:r)' pother of twiny per•niciouely w-
ere olkvo beme114':. "Adopt the ral;41) t -
eel neeler•n fuelled , and you will fiat
tl.eir raped development along the high-
est mental and moral lines r.(rnarka•ble."
"There ain't n -gem' to 153 114) machine -
reek, prodigies in lhia family," answer -
c') 11re prect!4'nl parent, firmly. ns she
r•ochosi ter her slipper. "pini a•bringi-
in' up these acre children by hand."
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CORN lIAl1\'I:"4INC.
The sib is undoubeldly becoming the
popular Canadian method of taring for
the corn crop, but in many eases good
farmers who neike a 4ypeeitlty of rear-
ing corn primarily for 'the) Fars, con-
-tame to dry -cure the stalks. In loth
methods Itrir►d culling is rapidly being
superseded by the improved corn har-
k ester. An interesting bulletin on this
F ebje'C1 has been prepared by P. J. Zito
£)'ee, an expert i11 farm mechanics, c;f
The U. S. Department of Agriculture.
rteg;inning 'illi the old corn hook, he
trace, the evolution of modern harvest-
ing machinery down to the present.
;iguR 5 out the cost of different methods
with their comparative eaavantag(s, and
c:ruws therefrom► the following coiclu-
sicns: ,
Summarizing the comparative returns
per acre of husking corn Iron '.•!t.' field,
4e! cutting; and feeding from stock, and
of culling and shredding by etlne va:n-
me. methods, ill is found that the, net
value of the crcp is $17.93 for husking
!iy hand and leaving the stalks standing
in the field. This is obtained by ed-
iting to the net value of the corn 4,.5
cents per acre for the stalks and sub -
it acting the cost of husking by -hand.
By allowing 2. cents J5'r• acre as 11141
.v I ue of t1),,' fodder in held where a corn
steelier (1t machine for picking khe cars
:•1i the stalks in the field instead of 1 y
;.and) is tided, and adding lilts to the
Del value of the corn and subtracting
r�i.80 per acre for picking whit the ma-
/•itine, we derive the net value of the
crop of $17.81 for this method of harv-
`,ling, which indicates a small loss per
acro as a result of using ►the corn pricker.
The net value of Ilse Crop by feeding
the stalks Tole ($23.18 for hand husk-
ing,, $23.50 for harvesting with large
r:achines, and $23.62 for shall ma-
chines) is obtained by laking the norm
value of the corn and fodder and sub-
tracting the costs of cutting and husk-
ing by hand, cutting with sled har•yes-
i.t and husking by handl, and cutting
with corn shocker anti husking by
hand.
'I'11e net value of the crop by utilizing
111.fodder in the shredded form ($24.-
64 for hand harvesting, 825.15 for har-
t eating with large nnae•hiiies, and $20.-
11 with small machines) is obtained by
pssirnring a greater value of shredded
,fodder over whole cornstalks of 33 per
cent., adding this value of the fodder
:u tho value of 'the corn, and snbtract-
iiig the various costs of cutting, •liusk-
ine and shred,ling the corn by the vari-
ous hand and machine methods.
Conclusions. -The farmer who would
ecercure the- full value of Itis corn crop
should secure the fodder with as much
cure as tie gives his clover hay, liar-
est'ng it at the proper period, and not
ul1owing it to become ruined by rale
or frost. By the use of the proper mu-
clenery for harvesting the corn crop,
It e farmer may considerably increase
The net income from his crop over hand
methods (►f harvesting the tears and
toasting the stalks, and still allow (1111
price for the use of the different, ma-
chines,
There is a limit beyond which it :s
not profitable for a fanner to invest in
cd 4,n -harvesting machinery. and the
amount of work to be dill,,) by the m1t-
M'1111ne each year stimuli be carefully con-
csidoredl before a purchase is made.
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LiVE STOCK NOTES.
Don't feorgg4t that as the pasturage
foils grain or other food should be fed
111 corresponding ding rtnnount.
'I'h1rl there ivill always he a (tertian.]
.1 r good pork h unquestionrabk'. For
economy. both to the buyer and seller,
them is nu meat which surpasses port:.
:111 fine flavor and the smell ratio ;►f
%caste in t1)•' hog commend it to lovers
r f merit in spite 4f the ancient preju-
tiiee respecting swine's flesh.
When pigs are fed milk freely, corn-
t.eeal may be fed ars 1)1e grain ration,
;giving one pound of areal to each eight
t't ands of milk. Ground stats or wheat
middlings are also eeeellent for I►igge,
fed in sante relation to 11111k. The selec-
tion should depend partly upie►n costs.
ea 111e pigs grow older, the pr•opor•tiln
4)1 grain to milk may 15' gradually irt-
(108ied. The 14401 (.w,dl deity must le
determined by the appetite end 04)n(11 -
Don of the nninnnls. Either sweet or
sour milk may t.4, fed to younger piggy.
There ore many kinds of improvident
feeding. In the fleet place. alp feeding
ter arable tarins is tmpeovident which
keeps "fie animals standing; still at any
period of development. All feeding lid
1lnprovident, bec+u,10 inonnsl.lerale,
which gives the animals a badly ban
(meet ration. All reeding on the farm
;s improvident that plates 1)0107e ani -
mets ill -cured fodder that ought to have
been well cured. All feeding ids im-
uprovident that places food before an -
elle s in such a way that much of 11 1.4
L-ahle to be 14'ft uneaten. and all feeding
is improvident which forces fie nniul►sl
1arong so rapidly or which tries bo force
it 111118, so that much food iw wasted
tw cnutio it Ls not Cully utilized in the
reeding process.
FARM NOTES.
A dwelling to be healthful should
have rout only a wein-drained (eller, b7)\
the ground which lies against or 141
rear eche wail of the house :shout(' 1)0
thoroughly (11010e1.
Oilr• expscrhne'nt stetlons are doing ,n
great '.vork and Ntt' Canner s1i011:d! rca-
l:fe• 1 Ill appreciate t1113 furl. Irl• teat\
c r opposing the usurer of slient►i1 re-
seesr.:lt there oarried out, they should 160
at least willing 'to be convinced, which
rneny of thou are not at the prawn'
lime.
With lime and the plowing in of sod
every four or five years, heiny clay may
dx• brvuk=ht to the cwndilion of a friable
loam, not at once, but after two or
i4;rrn mentions. Of routs.'. it is always
(0 bo understood that, the use of limo
is in 110 stns.) a substitute for 41anure.
lett it is a help to it, 111411:01g it mora
quickiy available for the cr*)ps, and
thus increasing dile products as one c 1
its most valuable effects.
There is no tillable seil that is whol-
ly de ?tiluto of veg,11elable matter. 'Tito
thornugh cultivation which lifts the soil
es it mellows it introduces air ).y sen-;
rt:'a'ting the particles of soil, aild leav-{
it►g none spiUCre for still 41)7' to rest ipe
Au under the soil in contact with veg;e-
10h10 !nailer is ?kelt decomposed. Not
only does its oxygen unite with the vee
g4 table nialt r. but 8011)0 of its intro-,
gen is 111S() set free, and, in 111e dark -1
neer in contact with decomposing vee
g•"tation, it supplies a ceeiain degree cf,
nitr'►g,en4)u.4 fertility in available form,
which is that of a nitrate?. Any miter -
:11 that readily unites with nitrogen 1s
pretty sure to do so in the soil that con-
tains vegetable matter and is frequently
cultivated.
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MUSLIN g3T:1111.t•: WINDOWS.
1•:3perinient to Provide tinter Ventila-
tion fur Cottle.
The experiment of using muslin cur-
laitas iii place of window glass, \vhteh
has proved: v) successful in poultry
lx.uses all over the country, is 11-1W tie-
ing extended to dairy barns.
Experiments have shown that even
in 1110 coldest weather 111(.' tempernturo
of the stable is lowered only Iwo or
throe (degrees by the use of Theis' cur -
I8111 windows, while the barns actually
have seemed very inueh warmer. This
result is due to the fact that the air
is kept dry.
Where this 1)11111 has boon adopted
1111' cattle have shown Less evidence of
suffering from the cold, and the atAend-
ants have admitted that the barns have
been more comfortable places in 'hi01i4
to work than when the glass windows
were in use. 11is lite excess of mlois-
tt•ro in the air which causes the feeling,
of dampness and chill which prevails,
in many dairy barns. Although the
ot..sitlo air is able to pass through the
muslin, it is almoet impossible for any
cue standing titre feet attxiy to detect'
Ps entrance.
I; is possible that the introduction of,
a system of this kind will do much to
prevent lto spread of hrberculo;is
among cattle. 1'oultrynien have found
that whereas under the old system 41
using glass windows and kenning Iho
l.c use as warm as possible, fowls were
frequently afflicted with colds and shrnt-
'.3r troubles, where the muslin curtain
s; stent bus been adopted the birds aro
much in'ro free Itx)111 such complaints
and it is expected by advocates of the
11"w system that there will be similar
iM ne'flcent results In tete caso of dairy
colt!.'.
t)I'Iti\r; .% Tllt'NIWIISTORM.
Most liatifgt•rnu, :11)d Safest Plates to h^
During Its Occurrence.
Most of us Elul' the danger of stand-
ing; under trees in a Ihunder,torml, but
science hakes us further and proves Chet
oak trees are more dangerous than
beech trees, owing, probably, to the
!ergo amount of oil contained in the lat-
ter. Elms, too, should be avoided 41.4 far
ns possible, for they are also sp.'cinlly
susceptible 10 the effee s of lightning,,
readily collecting the electricity and at-
tracting the spark, the treat of tvhi••h
volatilrzts the sap, expands the air int'
the vessels, and rends the tree to pieces,
killing those sheltering bene,elh its
Uranehes. On the other hand, it i, im-
pd.rlant 10 remember that. while a soli-
tary tree is n dangerous shelter, a \300(1
is perfectly safe if one 0001(14 a part
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where any trod) novena high above its
n(•ig 1 burs,
\\'limo n4' house 14 convenient a
\voedlen she.! is T.r►bably safer than any
other shelter, but not it sheep. cattle, ,,r
horses aro irere. All animals celled
ol•'ctricity in tt1oir neighixortexst, from
to\vanls which the spark is attracted.
The same remark applies: to cr►Wds of
human beings, and if several persons
are together out of delete- it its better to
scatter and seek separate shelter.
Indoors it is not, c f course. n,lvianble
l41 sit in (los.' prv►rftnily 11 111.' 11rey►laes
during a thunderstorm, or in 8 room in
which a telegraph or teeleptN>ne in�(It•u-
merit is inslalledi. At the Same. time',
tiler,• Ls no necessity to Ixr.111111' agit:11041
011(1 alarmed, And rush (11)07)1 removing
eny steel arlieles whid•tt may 1►e e'p os.'d,
such es knives or setssere. for it".In....
Such precnuli)ns have prtictirally nd)
effect in preventing lightning; sbio'ks.
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? 1ETA 1'I bOi4S 1110\1 X11'1'.11.5.
"It is 05x•.1 ansizing," said n l0' tal-
ler ggi3t, "how the \world relies • 11 711e-
tal:: ter its metaphors and Al ilk s.
'Them, an orator Ls silver -tui gii.',I,
An explorer is bronzed by Africnit
sun A resolute :ha) hes an iron tell..
A slugger) itnoves with leaden feel. An
ostrich has n copper -lined! stomach. .\
ir.illienaire has tin. A ewitdler is as
sllpp. ry as quicksilver. A borrower
111 .% leas'.."
1: kis.ing is n crime 11 1111131 l:e a ca.
I nal one.
That hacking cough continues
Because your system is exhausted and
your powers of resistance weakened.
Take Scoff.: Etmule.rlon.
It builds up and strengthens your entire system."
It contains Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites so
prepared that it is easy to take and easy to digests,'
AU. DRUGGLrrs r 00.. AND $1.00