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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-12-13, Page 3 (2)eto Eel itt34VeS art ittautiiete eigh te- Lee V, itanrIcr nlo,y t -a0 (WV 0 65 11:S coItzviztkott's :1 L: )13 11,(11 r.tat he Loci :caff4. 'Ilya, is, howi:vcr. ieviArileo _or any Ottor mild ouilliy Lic!f3 t.c%t -rergtnrl;„ "if you Ivoled !PFs iihe I shonK Dave i-ettrm eltan-o vhat Fin aro &hiving at Tito cptery EceinS Gialy to renew and leepen the etheies trihulatitia. lie falls 3ociz into hie former attitude. "You will hold tile white Wonder of dear Juiliot's hand liegratins. not go" (with a midden wad etarilleg ebange of toe°, springing off the iied lie becomes aware, that his friend te malting for tbe tioor„ unable to beer those rhapsodies, whose fun 1• ii' to their hearer the utterer little eon- jee,tures). "I'll tell yen 1 lel ettplaire 'Why ere you in such a deuce of a burry ? I cannot go to Cortese because I have just beard, from my mother that elle is to arrive to -clay. She will be here in another bour." —Jim's fingers are already on the door - handle, but this piece of news arrests him. "'tour mother? I did not know that she was coigitg abreedei 'Nwritore did Ile ' "It must hav,e bean a very sudden thought 1" , "Very 1" "What a delightful surprise for you le "Delightful 1" There is so luetlerovs a discrepancy „between the adjective and the acceet, with. which it is rendered that .Jim bursts into a bitter laugh, "She would be flattered if she could see Your elation at the prospect of meeting here" Brig's blood rushes up under his clear smooth skin at his friend% jeer, but he answers, with some eternity "I do 001 think you have any right to imply that I etre not always glad to see my mother; I do not deny that, if it had been equally convenient to her, I had renter she should have come twenty- four hours later:" Jim feels ashamedeof himself, though. being an Anglo-Saxon, he has far too much false shame to confess it directly, and what he means for an amende, when it comes, is of an oblique nature. "I think far the best hien will be. to put off the excursion altogether; I 0311 sure that I am not particularly keen eboet The indignant red has rapidly died out of 13yog's face; his placability being only to be surpassed by his elowness,to take offence. "Is it possible?" he asks, in a tone of stupefaction.; then, with a Sudden tardy recollection of the rosy fetters in which 'his friend is held by another lady; he adds-e"But, of course, you are, not--) was forgetting!" - Jim 'winces. "As it is your party you had better send up a note at once to the Piazza d'Azeglio." "No, do not let us both throw them over 1" cries Byng, eagerly. "Heaven knows it was hard enough to persuade them to eacept in the first Instance. ' If ,you go we shall at all events keep our corhmunications open; and you—You", will say something to her for nie ?" "What kind of sernething?" inquires the older mane carpingly. "Am I to. tell her only What a fine fellow you are in general, or anything more circumstan- tial?" "Tell her," begins Byng, in a tapt voice; but apparently .the sight of hie companion, who has somewhat ostenta- tiously pulled out a note -book and pen - oil, and assumed the patient air of one about to write to dictation, dries the stream • of his young eloquence; "tell he —nothing," . "'Nothing speaks our grief rike to 0, speak nothing!. replies Jim, leaving the-reern With this quotation on his lips, rather hastily, fax feienrd.teet tee other should change hi rns , +04-0+04 04.0+04 -0+04 -04 -0 -e -Q-0+0-4-04-0+0+0+0+0+-01-04-0+ , CHAPTER XII. lies. ICvtitia, ells etiramaly airiir tobjetneevittn; i "A. merry going out bringeth often it te-0°‘eviiettin elizeTeasnolet, Inde,ekeeto do her justice—for any one in particular, but with a Wi$0 forethought for the noel- deetts ana possibilitie.s o life. Since, on this occasion, his zweetheart shows no inclination to draw him away into the dining -room dor a teteta-tete, Jim hes • to take the bull by the toerns, and rush into his subject In a more public man- ner than he had intended. But the one deelre to et it over outbalaheee all minor considerations. - "Amelia," he begins Suddenly, and even to himself Ills voice sounde die - mournful return home; d a Joyful tevenin g makes mealy times a ead morn- ing." The return drive, as it is quicker, be- Ingiall down bill, so is it, a nioro silent one .than that to the villa had been. Byng indeed is as gaily willing to be *fondled by Cecilia as he was ein his way up; but there le, earnixture of maidenly reserve and Sub4ender reproach in her manner which mekes their relations soinewhat strained. The afternoon's pleasuring has had a jading effect upon Amebas spirits, as, afteV, having been leourteous and abrupt, "ehall you wept sucked dry on ehe subject of Sybillit's tee this afternoon ei - Maladies, and afterwards at 01100 shaken 'The moment that the words are out of off by her female acquaintance, she has his alioutit it strikes him that the, form into which he hen thrown his question is more them elecessarily untenderet She stops in the patting of `Syleilites smart pillows, and perhaps there is something a little abrupt too in her monosyllable • "Why ?" e , "Becatiee"—standing before, the fire - pleat, with his beck to the three women, and throwing the words over his shoul- der, "because if you do not, Byng and I were thinking of going to pertose." There is a pause. He hears that Ce - cilia's needlehave stopped clicking; her work has dropped Into her lap.In he another moment swill have proposed to come too. "With the Le Merchants," he goes on, shooting out the teleful words like bullets; "a relic carree." ' Still silence behind him. He cannot ifio en staling for evereat the billets of wood of the unlit fire, He has to turn eound and /ace his companions., The only onc. of them whose pleasure or dis- pleasure in his announceinextt he at all heeds--Amelia.—is. Stooping over Sybil - la, rearranging in a high, picturesque tier behind etie e Invalid's long back, 'three cushions, taxed her face is almost entirelyn hidden from iiini by „he,r atti- tude. ' "Or course If It is In the least Incon- venient, if you have made any ether ,plans for me—if, In fact, you wanteme,t1 he continues in a tone that is at once apologetic and dogged'. • "But I do not," cride she at last, and with a distinct laugh in her voice, a laugh into whoeeequality he is not anto, ious too, curiously to inquire. "You must . not t, be so conceited as to think that I 'alvvays want you! . In point of feet you could -not have hit upon a day that tufted me better: 1. am really ra- ther ' 'theme to -day, as they say in Yorkshire. tee have quite a hundred It le not ex,aeny a question, yet her things to do, and lather wants me to great shallow orbs do notheeent to be help himto carreet the ,etroofs of his going to leave his bee, until lie makes sermon,' the sermon, he peenclied at Mr, some response. Ile ,forens himself to itioffaes churchon the Holy Innocents' Day. He been asked to publish it— es not that, flattering? Poor father, I that they are not going out just now." believe he will. end by being a popular 1 ' "And why- are not they, pray 2" in. preacher—he . feet" (laughing 'again), quires. Cecilia, in an injured voice, as if "the wholetlamily Is going up in the the retirement from the world of the world 1" two ladies in question were a personal There is such a forced mirth An her Injury to herself; "they are not in tone that Jim feels much more guiltily mourning, all their gowns are colored uncomfortable than, lf eine had treated ones, and they do not look as if they*" him to hysterics or sulks. Nor does his had bad , health—perhaps, however" satisfaction with himself increase when, (after a -Moment's tthotrghtful Attempt to upon his rising to depart, she runs out find a solutione-teperhaps, however, • or the room after bine, to say, to bime they may have sernething—one never while her homely face twitches against knows—people have such 'unexpected her will, how much she hopes that he tliseasee nowadays—hysteria ...perhaps or will enjoy, hiniself; how perfectly happy lite." ' ' she shall be' without him; and how At this ingenious suggestion Jim is eagerly she shall look forward to hear; conscious of a 'writhing motion passing ing all about it from him to -marrow. over tee stalevart form of Byng beside "It will be almost better than going to him. In his own train, if there Is room Certoaa hersee," she ends. for anything but the desire . to evade But against tete unnatural altitude Of Amelites eyes, is a. dim sense of relief this Jest flight of .abnegation nature re - at a suggestion so grotesquely wide of volts, and becoming conscious of .a the Mark as that made by the younger break in her voice, she hastily retreats Miss Wilson. In° perfect .innocence of and gets back Into the salon, in time to , the °effect produced upon her comport- see Cecilia 'shaking hex, elaborate head Ions by her bright hypothesis, Cecilia and to hear her remarking with slow . goes on to reritind her sister of the par- emphasis, "Mark- my words 1 There is tiller case Of a Very handsome girl whom sorrtething odd about those people, and they had once reek -Med ' among their it is not hysteria!" acquaintance, and who was periodically . With spirits sensibiy worsened by his .beitig found by her. family with -her head interview, Burgoyne returns to the Mi - under the fender. But Amelia rises but nerve, anti, mounting to Dynes bed - faintly to the reminiscence, and the re- room, finds that young gentleman mainder of the drive is accomplished in stretched . upon his bed, gloom in his a general silence.. ' usually jocund eye, and an open letter The next day is the one which had lying on the floor beside him. But Jirn been 'fixed upon for the expedition to is far too preoccupied to notice° anyt Certosa. It was only with a very large body's gloom but hie own. admixture of worn:Mond in his prospee- "I came to ask at what hour we are to live pleasure that, Jim had' ever looked set off this afternoon?" he says with a forward to ',this party, but now he an- 'sort of flat moroeenese in his tonee ticipates it with absolute dread, flow "We, Indeed I" rejoins the other with can he face Elizabeth and her mother a groan, and rolling over With a sort of with that 0011110118 phrase of the "serew. petulance On the bed, disheveling the loose" - still ringing iii his ears? He neatly -smoothed pillow by burrowing his feels a traitor towards them, in that he" rained head in it --"we 1" ' bast however 'unwillingly, overheard There is such a beararent woe in the it. To add to hie Mental'uneasiness is accent with which the last monosyllable tbe fact of his having us. yet not, broken le pronoUneed that for a moment Burt to Arnelia,"his inteneons with regard to goyne has no other idea but filet his the dieeesal of his afternoon. Amelia's young friend too has become aware of eyes have for years had the habit Of the "screw "ewe," has heard, perhaps, covertly watching him to exicad his in detail, that story front before whose wishes almost before they rose, -but in ominous opening, he lame:elf had fled. their gaze yesterday lie had, unless The thought sends his heart into his Misled by his ,guilty conscience, detected throat, co as to render hint incapable of it new quality, a qualify of ajar01 and asking an .explanation Of the other% enlighteinnent. Ile will get over the ,ailliction. * . tomintinication of his picot) of news as "We !" repeate Llyng for the third early in the day tie naay be; eo, having time" and very indistinctly, as "net now finished breakfast before leyng bas lying entirely on his face. put iri life, as ustial, tardy op- "Why do you go on ettying ewe' in that rearm -lee, he takes hie haelY idiotic way?" asks Sim at last, recover - way to the Anglo-American. He ing his voicetarecovering it only to enn finds the family there in a more plaeid eloy it in indenting the younger maree frame of nilinl than that which they had accenie, in a manner which displaye presented on one or two of hie recent tame exaeperation Matt natural talent visits. eiybilitt is ,expecting bete doctor, for mimicry. It le not a politely worded on which occasion elle always likes to inquiry, but it has the desired emu of have a more lacy Coverlet than ueetal eieting as e tonie on him at eilioni it threwn over het' lilitteuel feet; a greater aimed, malting WM 'not only roii over tfil(ireence of pink ribbons about her once again, but ttetually sit up, thin throat, and a dieentilitin of pole of "Wily do I 6fty eve?' repeate ite. his Mutat her wan head. Amelia, tie- young eyeeeloolting lamentably out. Wan leve niel longetuffering tie tieutti, in under the frill ot lee tumbled hair—ebet weld, Is moving Wend ilk patient pee. eauee. it is not wei it is you! yen erne Itediore of her vain and tiresome w not been fortunate enough io ineet:with any one else to exchange talk with, and has sat in disconsolate yetepatient, lone- liness on a stone bench, afraid to stir from the spot where he had left her, lest SW might miss her lover, of Whom, however, she has unaccountably seen nothing until when the Angelus, te ring - Ing, and the shadows spreading, he has eorne to give her curt notice, with half - everted fees, that the flacre is at the door. In point of fact he has been too conscious of the disorder of his features to dare to expose them sooner than he , earl help to her fond Scrutiny. He would giveanything to be able to sit beside, instead of opposite to her during their drive home, as a prOfne is a much lees. tell -talo and more governable thing -than a efull face, and he is 'painfully con - riotous that as often tte she imagines she can do it without being detected by him, stie is stealing looks of inquiring tmxiely at him. Ile tries to pet her off iheesoent by spasroodic comments upon the entertainment that they have just heltted; and she does her best to ,keep up the ball of conversation, since she sees that it is 'his wish. But. in vain. Each forced remark falls stilt -born, lead- ing to nothing.- It is Cecilia Who at Iiist succeeds in giving a fillip to the languid talkie •-•• ."I did net know that Mrs. Roche was a cousin of your beauty, Mise .Le Mar- chant," .she ,says, suddenly, growing tired of her pensive attitude, aud ad- dressing herself to Jim., . He starts guiltily. "Did net you?" Ile must leek odd; for . even Ceeilia% large and preoccupied tow eyes rest upon him with an expression of our - prise, e1. wonder why she.was not there to- do so. "I tiederstoixi Miss Le Merchant to say CHAPTER Xill. It is five o'clochnthe hour fixed for the 'expedition to Certosa, and in the entre- sol of 12 Ills, Piazza d'Azeglio, Mrs. and Miss Le Merchant are sitting—hatted„ gloved, and entiout-ctie-ed—in expecte: Hon of the arrival of their double escort. Elizabeth's atternoon eas, so far, not been a lazy one, as her little cousin Bertie and his dog have' again beer, good enough tea pay ,her a lengthy visit. and the former has insisted, upon a repe- tition of them usical perihrinance of tie other day, though with truncated rites Without the powerful aid of Byng, Etna. belle has found it a (ash coneiderabli beyond her strength to hold a largt collie poised on his hind. legs, ,ore, niusic-sbool. Ile has jumped, down re peatedly, rend now lies an his back—an attitude in, whieli experience has taught him he is less attackable than in any other—sawing the air with his fore- paws, and lifting hislip in a depreca- ting grin. "Where is Mr. Byng?" Dries elertie fretfully, baulked iti his efforts to inalcc his wily victim resume the pernpentlicu- tar. "I want Mr. Itlyng 1 *Why does not Mr. flying:come?" 'Perhaps if you went to the window." suggests Mrs. Le Merchant, in that pe. 'lenity •coaxing voice in which we art 'vont to address a tiresome child on c visit, instead of the bufiet which wt Should bestow upon it were it a. resident —"perlia.pe if you went to the window and loolced out, you would cee him corning round the corner of the Plazza.' The suggestion is at onee accepted. and the child, balancingthis fidgety body on a chair, arid eraning his neck over the window -ledge, is obtaining serlit precee of information tie to the passers- by to his 'literals within the room. Pre- teently he shrieks out in triumph tee hind Ile is hist corning into eight 1, Ile is walking so east 1 ,No 19 ti °moment later, evith a changed arid (Ifs - gusted note, at; a nearer view correets tlie first impressiona-Pit is not he at, all It is only the other one "Only the other one 1", It Is quiteilil pWriible that the sound of the 01111(18 vette ,can reach &awn to the open pier- tal of N. ie His, at which hint now errived, and it, alSo certain that nei- ther of the ladlee whom he hag Corte to vein WI likely to evord their surpritt tit hie liteeteg arrived alone 'Leith the iranit brutality Which is cerifined to the utter- ancee of infancy; anti eeti es he preGents himself, announeed bv AMA- niety name, ie titian eetieeicitie, as if eft heti oweecatti fee Leers .,,,i;cro)titig 01? "cit3y tho /INT oho!' for,o can W.`:3 Dillio MI 11;p to lvtint. "Vatcro, is Me. Ilyrtg? 1 v. -ant Mr. etene, Why has It/A come? EXza. efft, wortf3 hire 'Van 5" At thie laDt elau-43 LaPgoyne is cm- (.-21ons up; a 61avii', hot itl$14 1l5ing to la faco, &al pully to it, I artly t0 avoid. 4ecinf5 'what tee effeet of his care- mintination maw tee upon her 161' W110211 it 19 IMPRIitt, he stoops over Me child, a:i. itre7sing his answer to bhp "Mr. "twig is very spiv, very iseeey indeed, but he cannot 'come."' "Cannot come I Why cannot he come?" "Because he has gone to meet ids mammy," replies Jim', trying to epeak in a light and playful voice; "she is to ar- rive unexpectedly in Floreete to -day ; no good boy would leave his mammy when site had come nil the way from England to see bitn, wouid bee" But to tees iustian end copy-boolt generality the young gentleman ad- dressed is too angry to reply. "It is a great disappointment to Beth; he bid me tell you what figreat disapt pointment 11 te- to bine V $ays Jim, turn', ing to tile two ladies, end 'looking apolo- getically from one to the (Aimee Elizabeth's head is averted, but on tier mother's features he sees, or lancies" he sees, slight evidences of a feeling not unlike relief, "It is not of the least consequence," she, says, elieerfully, "we can go any -.other day jest as well." Buegoyne's heart Milks. In these hest sentences he too surely traces signs of the evasion and would-betretrogade nature which has all along characterized Mrs. Le Murchent% relation with him. it has seemed to him teat he bait been looking' forward to the 'expedition eVith sensations of alrnest unmixed :dread, and yet now that he seenis to be going • to be delivered from It, what he exper- iences certainly does not emee ender the head.of elation. ' "You wish to give up the excursion then ?" he 'estie, In ti tone which he hon- • estly hies to 'make as neutral and deer - less as he can. "Well, r thought so—we thought so did not we, •Elizabeth?" The person . thus addressed lifts her head. and all over -her features he, eagerly ecanningthem, sees Written a warm acquiescence in her motherly de- cision, an 'acquiescence which, as her eyes meet his—hie, in which his- disap- pointment is. Written a good deal more plainly than hetes aware---clianges and sweetly into indecisten. "I do not know," she answers, her ,gentle look clouded tt little and yet kindly interrogating hiee ann. Bur- goyne is want* to burden himself ,with us; and Berne must play at being a grown-up gentleman, and help, to take careof us! Bertie, will you play at be- ing a grown-up gentlemn TO , To this proposition'Berne assents ,warmly, end begins thrasonicelly. tO re- count to inattentivo. ears the 'high and • singular deeds withewhich he will cele - 'bride his aartval at matueity. But, as Mrs. Le March/oat puts a strenuous veto upon,Iiis adoption of escort: and as his nurse -appears ,at the same juncture to fetch him, he and his dog are presently removed, and the other three set off without him. (TO he continued), ENGLISH WORDS IN FRENCH. Paris Paper Publishes, a List 'of Words Which the French Have Adopted. A matter of interest to many *students of French has been taken up by the Paris Matin in the objection it makes tO thd increasing number of English, words incorpmeted into colloquial Freneh. This new but mild and natihe forni of English invasion has led to the publica- tion of a list of. wordswhich have be - emit) more than "acclimated" and naturalized by general use in .France. Many refer to sports and sporting, and in this group of words adopted from the English intoe'Fretich are turf, trotting, Tattersaill, racer, ihaiden, milord, car- riage and gentleman, rider. The technit eat Frenchdefinition of yechting must impress Englishmen as „ingenious Sport dont le yacht est hinstrument. English drinks have no great V0g116 in Prance, but the Frerieh have adopted seyeralof the English: words which tinguislt them: gin, punch arid grog. They have adopted also the words light -weight, lawn. tennis, Irish stew, home, handicap, 'ale (biere blonde et iegere), "all right," cocktail (which the 'French papers define as American, not English), bridge and bridge whist, Meek syetein, ballast; blackleg, event, dining car, destrOyer, drag (mail eoach), dandy, covert coat, commodore, tull hand (poker), Ilyer, feittherweiehte five o'clock, fashion, hunter, jockey, club, lteepsalce, knickerbockers, lunch, met °edam, mutton chop, outlaw, outrider, haddock, pedigree, pickles, porter, pud- ding, quick beginner, receboree, raglan (overcoat), rocking etrair, roast beef, eandwich, self --made num sitecking, sleeping car, sns ob. team. tilester, toast, topweight, tranawee, trolley, truck, tun- nel, tub, walkover, wharf, waterproof and vbiskey. Some -of the English words adopted into the Freech lane •guage came by way of the United Stetee, And one of these is the word "Millie of which In Paris this, original description ,is given "An English word to which Americans have given a particular. It Ls used in the American game of poker to designate the position of a player who eeeks to di's- eofirage the toritintiatice in the game Of his adverseries and to induce them to disregard the ehance to recoup their leases 16 add to their winnings b,y The Freed' explanation of the Origin of the word "lynch" is as follows; "An Arnerietut ctiStom ctdied after Colonel Lynch, who authorized a crowd b seize a criminal and to try arid exe- cute him on the epee." A Freneli verb has been formed from, lyncli, the Verb lynelier, i.e., to exeetite witholit the forme of authority Of laW: fide weird lute settreely been atiOpted in Freneh, but golf, grouse, garden party and gentletnan have been. eateene0-4,....ea AbOut the only different% between family jar and to. fatnlik, raw la that dog, )(ott will have her all to ,rourbelf i" ths hard -featured pomessor 01 tki No Jis ttuks moo*, ee Direct From the Gardens Tilt Purest and Cleanest Green Tea on Earth. Delicious and Economical in us* Lead paoksts enlyi MIAMI MIMI TM. itio, 500 and So par 4-1-+++++++4-fittlieffteleff++ $ About the Farm VENTILATION IN WINTER. I am inclined to thInic the subjett of ventilation in winter is often given less attention than is required for best re- svuignsor, nAndpiegveu:igagyporroduteliteionoodeekTaittlindds sYsteMetieventilation Is an Indispensable :teeter in securing these desirable ties.The princheles of ventilation are castle. understood by remembering that warm air rises, and that it is neeessary to admit fresh air at the bottom of tbe roorri without allowing too free escape, tahteteheeinttePri thtbeehevnasrmtogi ttineeded 1 3r st re- sults in eggs. Necessary as is warmth, iresh air ranks first, in importance, for unless, ventilation is gead; the blood will net be properly oxygenated and the bird will consequently get out of con- dition. I have kept hens in cold, open quarters and. by gooil 'methods ...of feeding had them lay well during colde.st weather, simple because they .bed abundance pure air.It ventilation is perfect, many, losses will be avoided and the vigor 41 the fowls increased, and they will be in condition to help overcome faults in feeding end menagement; whereas, 11 11 18 not, the birds will be eilbjected to foul, viteeted air for long. periods of nine, Even if *welt provided for other- wise, they wee become debiltated. The eggs from such lairds may prove a great disappointment when wanted for hatch- ing purposes.. ' • Many are the pians for ventilation, but owing to. Tinnily construction, fre- quently fail 'to work • well in *dice. When I built my new poultry house, enti!dting flues were purposely omit. ted. I am careful to begin 'aright in the foll by not housing ,the birds close- ly' too soon, and eallow my fowls their freedom all winter as togoing out or not, es they Prefer. When the .weather is severe anti they incline to stay in, close the house,. but see that 11 is well aired every day and the air thoroughly ebanpd. f plan to air the houses while the birds are exercising in clean, deep lit- ter for their whole grain. I keep them a tittle hungry, never allow them their fill except at night, then they eat with appetite and are ready to work with a will. If the hens are descendants ef a healthy, good laying strain, and have been rigbey raised and well 'managed,. they, win givea good account of (been - selves in eggs. e HOG NOTES. A sow can rear two litters of pigs a year as well as one, one it is surely a loss when this is not done. A. dry, clean bed is one of the secrets ot success in the management of pigs. Give t the fattening pigs full rations now and final rounding up will not take so much grain. Doe not overfeed the stoie hogs. , The fattening pigs should, not take, too much exercise. Yet close penning ie not deeirable. When kept In smell lots the foulness of the yard and pen Is avoided; the pigs are le.ss liableeto dis- ease in the free open "air and on fresh green food. A comfortable shed in which the hogs are protected from the storms is en ecouomical addition to the pasture. This shed need not be expensive, if it is only dryiight atid well Ventilated. When the animals are foreed to stay out 11 the storms' all day and sleep ln a cold, wet bed at night, they win not do ev,e11. An animalmeet be ornfor- tetble betere the best gains can be Ina. lized. Separate -the most forward pip for the early market; crowd them along to Make room' for the next best, until all are gone. IMPROVING MEADOW -LANDS. M. F. Atnes gives his way of improv log meadowtlande: At sal itrooars. Late this fall I would go over thi,. fielde very thoroughly wail a light haed reeve not cutting deep, but breaking tine surface roots. In the winter 1 would prepare a fertilizer very nearly of the: followine formula: 100 pounds of nitride of soda,,6400 pounds of dry tankage, 300 pounds of nauriate of potash, 1,20n pounds, 01' acid phosphate. Mix these thoroughly and there will be a fertilizt er of about 2 per cent. nitrogen ate per cent, phoephorlee acid, 7% per cent. potash, well adapted to grass on a strong loam, as I think this ehould le to hose given fair does for two years without fertilizer. If the ;soil were Mucky and lead a fair proportion of vegetable it might be well to pet 100 pounds more of the potash eat's, or if light and sandy 100 pounds more of tankage to the ton, ree timing the acid phosphate by the $41114 amount. In the spring, as early as he can go Over the land, harrow again and sow about 400 pounds ol mixture to the acre. Then sow ten pounds .of red clover seed, four pounds Alsike er criroson clover, fifteen pounds of .oie chard grass, ten pounds tall oat gra,Se to the acre and brush in the whole. LIVE STOCK NOTES:'' Coarse Feeder for Sheep. ---For winter feeding, clover hay, pea straw, corn and fodder, oat hay, oat straw and, millett are admirable coarse feeds. Their, value, d based theupqouanntiptyalaetaatebinli,teis asto„Qiuntiui the e °stake therdtaerg ivenlife!out of sheep Taste; -ex- than, anything else in the world. Try to get them under cover 'every time cold rains or heavy' falls of. -snow „come on. • Oats for Horses—There is no grain se safe for home feeding as oats, the ant. mal- rarely being seriously, injured It by accident or otherwise"an over seep'', it given. Unless the horse is hard pressed for time or has poor teeth, oats should be fed 'whole. Musty oats 'should ttipavelgindedth lae perches in poult'rythetisee stair-fashion—one above' the other — an old custom. • Why they should be arranged in that mannerno one knows. The fowls want to roost on the 'highest point, evelle -there is plenty of settee n the lower 'places. If all the perches are Ibuilt the same distance from the floor, there will be no crowding, and tete fowls will be morecomfortable, we believe that, the Working hen should have three good square Meals a day, or •have the means el -evicted where- by she can secure what she needs to her heart's content, Just the same as the hard-working mane or horse. To be able to ' do the best the body must bave suitable nourishment euppiled large quantities, and in a palatable fern'. The cow and sheep are animals, like the hen, that give„,a profit to the farm- er in the shape of a product of their bodies and not of labor. When doing their best and placed in natural condi- Cons, both tattle and Sheep spend the enure day eating, and drinking. In this , way the body is fed all day. • WAX BATTLESHIPS. Comearatively few know that by the British tAdmiraltyS orders perfecte''nee- dela are made, in parallin-wax of every new battleshie beforenthis laid down, end these models are tested in a tank. ehe models are from 1211„ to 241e long, the tank being eoeit1 long ande20ft. wide. The models are made of WaX be- cause it is a material whieh does not absorb water- or change its weight, so that alterations can be .erigily made, and the material can be melted up and used again. ' The American navalauthorities' a)so have models of all their hulls con- structed, but these are Much more ela- borate than the hritish, being formed o white pine, and 'Med With rudders, .false keels, propeller shafts, and all etceteras. At Bangor City Council meeting a councillor said that the corporation ceinetery was in such an ideal condition as to make the living wish to be among the dead. It • Nursing baby? . lit's a heavy strain on mother., fler system is called upon to supply nourishment for two. A " Some fonll of nourisheent that will. it* easily taken up b mother's system ijs needed. Scott° a Emulsion contains the)* igreetest possible amount of notaislki, mint in easily digested hon. Mother and baby are wooded*u�y helped by its use.