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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1908-11-26, Page 6 (2)' • ,C7-7 • Nt"44.‘tX:),A;44.4-4;:..41L'54 ttrA. tilt' *At, Yti' fate Yt)U1 de realize raiit 1itm io you Iwer, but if -c..ou swish to. obtais • anytkieg it all, you must ho mere • lid. As it is, I am, teltised 'that heve not long to lise, eta is it wis therefore, to drive toe to despera- tioat Think I" "Aekroyd felt the the battle was won; he had sked ontiderably., ;nor* than he finally inteuded to 110^ CePt. 'I have- explained my position explic.itly. You nut increase your g1. ';. 6 S t must mee nether. '"Heaven only loaows how I get it, but I vii I give you ten thou- . er. "It that is SO, I am sorry for yo Thing*will have to take th COUrSe,, "The Earl turned to his desk 4 took up the statement that he h prepared for Joel. • 74.! '"1anno pug 6 -You. am ra 113 in debt and _don't know yshi way to turn for money." Ackroyd looked .at the figure and his fate fel' as he realized the meaning. For a moment he thou g that hits-licipe-WaS doomedsto disa pointment, and fury filled hearts 441. can't help -your troubles," saki fiercelyt,"I've my own to co skier; This paper. may contain true statement of your affairs h that doesn't affect me. If you 'ha not got it, you can borrow it ca,si enough. Your Jewish friend Joe would lend it you for the askin • I suppose that is the only reaso you are so friendly with him. Th Joel Josephs of this, world are n usually received by people. lik yourself unless there is somethin tchind ,its" The Earl looked at th, dower ssbich vont/tined jeer* cheque; • Should he eacrifice that What would happen if he were to refuse to give. the man anythiligl The money that he had obtained that morning, he felt he had paid for by 'his interview with his eon. No Re must pay. Ackroyd meant busi- ness, and anything better than that his act of treachery should become known. - - "Name your minimum," he ,said curly. He had made up his mind to the saerifiee, and he wished to get it over as soon as possible. • filen the most you can pay at anees" Ackroyd tusked eagerly. "Twenty-five thou/send pounds." • Ackroyd's heart beat wildly at the amount. It would do. "It is a bargain," he cried hast- ily. • The Earl produced Joel's cheque from the drawer, and taking up his • pen slowly wrote his mime on the hack. pet1. hossaid . • for titrostreneth-watslea •• ing . Ackroyd. el/tithed 'et the cheque and laughed gleefully when he saw the mime of the drawer. Lord WhIverholine seized the let- ters in his hands, carefully examin- ed them, and placed them in. his pocket for subsequent destruction. • CHAPTER_ VI. u. eir nd ad ch ir ht his he n- ut ve •• tittle 4144. 0 =%s .ake. Offence nYthing say. r..sur you th speak entirely for your goods f .ssuseo, yoursfather'," Joel ed.- ded hastily. "I ani not 459 ofteu'dod, Mrs josephs hut I wish yoo would tell me it w'hat you are hinting." • "I !MVO not your father's per- mission to diseues the matter with you, but I certaialy thiak you ought to know- that, spesulates a good al."east e said ' stng quic that he followed your ethic pi financial matters." hag done an • --tsgslait , cover& to -day he has been plunging on „his °sin Initiative, end with rather disastrous reoults." This informat;on cave 'forecastle food for thought, and he at once Awaited to thesconclusion that here IsSts " 04 It, 4 4 4, 4 heettrotsooportit ^ sleso 'pa iLd lain iforosa es'iien thei -hriuglog- Je t had revivi et.1 .1,tatt_.‘ s -u have uaU love: tis * the St041 ' st- • et / lu i , altTowe s al, ority of we ave their and it moy geuers ally be addue , pounds, shillings and 'pence,' but be recoonize4 that Ifareeastio Wa* ono of' thesininor- ity. He 'watched them searefully a they . Conversed. Rshet:oh Wa3 bright and a imated, and Joel could lia see the lev -lillit in her eyes. No, this way not 'merely a young maitre fanoy, but . a. wonisaris passion. llaruast1e bore his. , are f th 1itlesss „, and xt could be readily €ien that Ins thoughts were far away- . Joel idly coming to the 4- 0 -,:take 0 16. o This only added to his tletermitas ton that the marriage should take place. Not for 4 moment did he eonsider whether it would be for his daughter's happiness to xnarry anjin whis di tr° thoroughlir into the t s father. Ethel reth,er but was by no means wealthy, and it hts father's affair* were serious-. h hould have , he could bringi ts about by any means in hit pow - r. Ile. would prefer that it should e done quietlo -and that there h ainliarrassed it Would delay their rnarriago If this was the tense of his oo- position there %MS a hope that it mighte-he overcome, for of all ills leek' of money is the one that that ia easigetsciveiatioliet leas/ the least traees henind it. "I -thinit that I am quite an fait with, your father's affairs. If he were to die at ailte present moment, lic would leave 4 Considerable has Wills behind hum. Tell would sue- t) (Ted to the estates, and of course ot the, property would he free from auy claim by your- father's creditors. But, perhaps, as a matter of bon g or. you would consider Yourself ohliged to oettle.`iiiii .should- naturally pay_ every- thing -that my father 'owed," Hart/ - castle promptly rejoined. "I thought. you would look at it from that point of view," ,loel re- plied' with quickly concealed tri- umPh. "It is only what one would, expect from a man of your chatac- ter. I am very sorry toshave to be the hearer of news that mud na- turally cause Jou a.tleal of worry. - I have known you for some time, and if I may he permitted to eay et:), I have a great liking for you.' "'That is very kind, Mr. Jo- sepluts" Ilarecastle said heartily. "Your future ought to be a bril- liant one. The only thing you lack is raoney." ".A. most impo. rtant thing," Itare- eastle Pitt • "Yes, but one that can he aes 8 iltistred," Joel broke in quickly. ,0.0 thought it woo -limo- to com tss'' -close quarters. • "I wonder you have never ma he., c,00tatreed imsetly,s_ o Wealth, atones But if yo Atka, • J(00 Josephs hacreonfidencein his own ahility to bring this marriage tostssuccessfulstermmations.and , determined to tackle Lord Har - castle. "No time like the present,! VMS the Mate; and he soon follows , ed Ritrocastle to his 'room. "I hope I am not bothering yeti," Lt remarked, and took an *ranch/dr, 'without wititintt for anf t,'Perhaps you know 'that your fa- ther confides in me to a great el- - ttnt." f liareeestle looked up quickly, wohdered; if by any ehence t was /mere et tlie reason ottlit Earl's opmssition to his marriage with Ethel rethertton. Although Ise had wished to be alone he thought if wise to hear what' his visitor had to eay, in the hope that - le might, throw tome lied son the euh'eet diet WM 00111410g Mtn. 01 have understood," he swered politelts "And I am Fur that year assistance must be of gt eat servise. to bins" Joel. ensiled grimly and though ei the eltetioe that he Lad drawn tt'at warning. , • "Do sou know enything hout his mean' financially t" he tit kc4. • v't evil sty that 1 do. Ile makes sen 4)11(1%10(4N Which is zffid- t 1 a. try. tireats Ire hu elwasis a! tio aff,tire to himtelf, but from, -71rC rtetntly, 1 think he sre would he ta, need for th removal of g g matter. The Earl must, he the lever. Un- slouhtedl Ilareettatle held his fa- ther in great affection, but Joel ame „to, the eonclueioo thet there would he a limit to his obedience. Hc was now ittelined to think that there might he some truth in the • reported engagement to Ethel Fetherston. "If it is eo, mut be trok off," he 'mid grimly to himself. Lord Rarecastle rose lazily a suggested a stroll, on the terrac Rebekah looked up expectantly, b no one moved. "You go, Rebekah," Mrs. Gol berg said kindly, and the .giri a -corapanied liarecastle with a pl tura. that was very evhlent. Joel„ Joseph* anti his slater we alone. "Rebekah is very much in hive Mrs'. Goldberg said with a dote/ sigh.' --- "Atrasehe shall marry him," Jo taid fiercely. She shooher-head. . "1 do not think that he in lov with hers"? she replied decisively. "That makes no difference. have made up my mind that -the shall marry, and I get my way the long ru!-C" ' - "You are wonderfol man Joe but it will he difficult. Lord'Ilase castle is not a puppet." ."But he shall dance to my fring," he replied firmly, \ "Be -certain that you dosnot mak 1 wes Minded.) A , • nite with oxygen. Thia to oglit doitio;to 'thoi earth, iii bhe And tht,47Sit.S4-tir*.into niu wih aciti*Or Posisti* Or some other I exit. seetnit e t is a ,ov hat the world, An England etposts _ IIY, has escaped starvation only hy the akin of its teeth. In feet, Lad it net been for the investi- gation of the pkapies on a plant, 043 worst might have happened. All have heard of the experiments now going on in England And elves where with the "nitri ng bac- teris." Examining the toots ot beaus, peas, and clover. a ecienti- Re man found that tee little Om - 1 * at the baser of the 3 V.A1128644111i1-' 4 he also fou cl that these microbes have the p er 'to tact- nitrogen from the 'r and ive it to the a longs , ours*, is here, w *cr.* the wtrog tais ; 1,1 t , itsofi wh egetalde body end' h Chjli tti nourish pleat!. Wheu, therefoe, sthe nittureisetores thews iges of running out, teientifi,e men tot about the task of making manures-sthat is, of forging the nt- trogen of the air et unite witirsome other 'body; and, alter much hard labor, their efforts, westatedat ,• the beginning of the article, have been crowned with complete ouc- ceus• In this way the world has been 'laved from famine. But it WAS a close shave, for if scieuce had been twenty or thirty years late etarv r P (=0.•• R 0 recess anuritig is now a VAC.. Cems and farmets in ,many coma- , tries buy these microbes, packed in cotton -wool, and spread them . on the ground as manure. SAVED FROM isTARVATION. ottitrtalissitittff t 4, 4. ere hat twenty-five y ars ago it IA as known to scientific meti that there wa$ every chance of the world's food *upply being so reduc- ed before they grew Old that half the people of Europe and America his loves in the ha dlin of the it hash of matters. It is general' better to leave this kind of -thin to work out its -own salvation. ave-4.-Aread„ Presentiment -the rouble- will comesif—yOusmeddl u would die of starvation. It was all 4 question of manure for the land. As everyone knows the land can grow practically no- thing withcest its allowance of ma- nure—neither wheat for bread., nor clover to produce beef and mutton, nor potatoes, turnips, fruit, nor Rowers,' Long ago, when people were temp:wady y few, the ;manure st the farmyard rufficed... Ilut to many years pastthe supply of th valuable- conirnoclity -has been only drop in the bucket of wast th land emends. Fortunately' a great store of gu- ano was discovered in Peru.. But the population increased, and the' guano began to give out. There W&5 .no way of ienewing- it, and, the farmer was faced with bank- ruptey, when another discovery saved him. That is the fact that One of the by-products of gas menus facture, mluphate, of anunoniassis an excellentsultstitote for farms yard ,manure.. THEY WANTED MORE. But the population continued to grow. More and more food was re- quired. The sulphate of ammonia began to fill short of. the land's needs. The supplycould not be increased. And 60 famine again Wined ahead. , Then, in the providential die - every tn Chili a the nitrate of odium, or Chili saltpetre. But resit as the store of nitrate is, ,t4t became evident that it could not s last welly years. No other natural 's source of manure is known to ex- ist, and it- eeemed that t1925sthisi rade .11 4 . w rs. •a 1r t4 1.411 I I You can believe every word an honest gambler tells you—but the difficulty lies in finding one. saitsUathensiAielts- --iirthessittiMf form temperature lust above freez- ingspoint. - "Aud why," the 'teacher _asked "should we hold the aged in re. epeeti" "'Cause it is mostly the old men that has all the moneys's Tommy .attswered, and the teacher wasn't able to offer any better reas 8011. , MTS. Brown 41 have such a love- iy present for rayhushand 1" , Mrs. i Smith—"What s it t" Mrs. Brown—"A pair of slippers. Won't he be .pleseed I" Mrs. Smith -- "Yes. What do you expert to get from him?" Mrs. Brown -440h, nothing much—a diamond ring, I suppose, or a new silk dress. "/ presume.," said the lodger, icily, at the conclusion of the little dispute with his landlady; "I pre - stone thatyou will allow me take my belongings away. withxner• "I 401 *arm" was the toy reply, "hut your other collar has not yet come home, from the laundry.' - Widew—"Well, Mr. Brief, have you read the will?" Brief — but I can't make anything out cf it." Heirs—"Let's have it paten - tett. A will that a lawyer can't make Anything out of is a blessing." •••••••••••womor "See here, landlord," said an angry tenant, after he had signed the contract for a year "this house is full of sewer -gas.", "Yes; that's what I told you." "Told me?" "Yes., You asked me if there was gas in every room, and 1 mid there wag." ectuld 414 your " atil'ecii6usss one 1 ' have. tui intention of meddling, whore riches 1st* would be 41. a as you, esti' its , That, is if. Matters py solution of the difficulty." - , go as wish tlxeut, to." "One cannot always order one * 4,atick to your own line. You affections," Ilareesstle said etddlY- don't attsd never will understand' "Quito tric, ettite true,'" Joel women." raid "hastily. "I undergtend, that, '4.k * sat understanding of wornen it but I had hoped that you had forms- not a necessity in thie ease. It is ed an attaeliment that -Would he ill with men that I must :deal; and I every way suitabli.". flatter myself, that / knows their . "I do not wish to he ride, Mr. weak points-" said grimly. Jose*. hut you Must please• un- "Look at eethem:,4 Cloidherg. derstanii that this is * 31114 t - osisot-ettre :stir dhectetsitt the so,sti. "They,indeed • , make *fine couple." *out moment": ' -' "Hello! .wro &mg) the Doi "At foo any financial difficulty, I: -Joisitor. . Who, is, the maw? , I am :4.Please say meant Perhatti ,cried With animation. , Whit You tutve iiilteadY' (Oa Ine II" litely„ As Ackroyd apPreselied them. given much food foe thought. In, st feet sure. that t haat tti6 Aoki. fa day or itNito° I ma_ ..Y. Pe, 171141)11,bt,A410 sure of your 1104,14114utallels?° ' 1 to giVil yo0 nri atnnuert"* in"Cetill " *legal i' ACkterl Ufa told I shall then be ' very owl 0 your 1,,,tom Afraid, that ."rou i:, hot wittencet” the :wound up with iC Otago of 440,4 forti Can't it,, .,.. sv i, „, ( • ,,/ . I know yOu.. "/ L - i erect', rose sts he apoges An roe Is Joseph's" ,. 1 the two ' en returned to. the hall, tite Joel Jetephii't AcIc- Jel wee not satisfied with the r a with a'vell-teltned idit led, that. Ifittecast10 Wad' know, ation. -said with a, liestisto the 'Cerritos. • convinced that I know bim„" Joel you baste said more t 411 enough. ouow vu 40 ea he. sad, po. r0 suit of the konversAtioti, but, he *As t the Barre difficulties, and he in. Loped that theliintiflust. he let fill indeed pie sea to make 6 might hear fruit. weir *Amiens aintance," Arkroyd saitl it o know if the rad had already ugi tr sit t ar y, maize, potatoes,. and, even, beef and mutton, Milk, butters and cheese would he reduced to sottle-. thing like one-third of the present produce., Of course, long before that time there would, be scarcity, high prices, ,hunger, and perhaps it World-wide war for the poitteionoit of the titrats Mines. " That was the catastrophe Hutt, threstened the world no* has it boon Avertedt "This one of the inost. ;marvellous stories in thet whole Of, *ciente, In the toe around 'tut' an "rogteenn."Yit-'4111114sit•o*fatili'eaIled co.: astir of this gas, and it is *so abun-11 dent. that no: les* than 3,000 tone' of it Itoet over every etre of ground. It *meet ,imsocialitt body Only the greatest forte at the command the the/mitt Make it`combine with other elements. And as loons u it '#g wedded it ';16ete blox its power to ,Ett 440.3: T1t is r /oh *del, 44. dynamite nibtog 'Of • it* th,* Op ityto SEPARATELIU Aip. itro*en to live. in plaut.s. hest, ;wheels of .otbet sotto s in the Notts get i Out soil. When doe* the roael;ed to his ton th* 1 is blarriAge with Ileheltah, an tad hut Utite gone to se4 bim uot'ASeertAined that he Imo Lill engaged with his vititor., ley found that tea was boo ied in the And to Joel's de. giL littretaatle at Once took* t tside fleheksh. Ilyery little at sidted to the commons f hope caused hint keen pka- ure. Thelsoiug sitieb peeticani th was h* for hi 041' "Yo ig tell me your Danes SiSiae *r, he answered Pford y, for he bad tto wish to help 3r0e out of hie difficulty. When be had vs cashed the chisq** he Id, it would not matter, but in .sneattime It* **et It* tairetul. SiutlairssOinglitir,11' /Oa said Zia* I ns bld 4063 a soil get its nitrogen t Now, 'Although there are 44,000 on* of oittlitert loverevery, etre, neither gent *or intimel tett get on. go:* *414 of it front the ats moopheres bootee* it exists Uwe, alone,. It is these what the the n lets *all 'Ire*" nitrogen. In orckr may, mike *se i "Aftertaking three bottles a your wondertill our baby was cntfrely well and needed no ore 1 IflOflthl of age she hed t pounds.* *had t Yoard mu MRS. 'SOITK trie, J 1r *avecl this ors 1 • r • • o, ! • iSttsr r Statile and tiat,*,.st • , ter iran whiiitth ork and poultry, sell& only flv or ten r er cent. of the fertilizing ms grechents which were required ta produce the hey attol graia tend roots upon whieh his stock are fed. The man who sells whole milk sells About twenty-five per cent of the • fertilizing ingredients contained in. thefodder raised on the Wm-, matt raising steers telle from five per cent, to ten per ce.lt„ In these TAUS then, as well as in the car of sehing ..pork, poultry, horses, etc. the s not removed off the s• five per cent; of the terti e grediento which enter into the, osition of the fodder consumed. to„ or barley, or wheat and outliner prodocto are sold, for in these etas EA tile farmer hauls off his farm. every single pound of fertilizing in- gredients which enter into the corn. position of these fodders. . . v. *7;;".• tl 91! - barnyard- anuref available, or chemical fertilizer, or with the -aid .of the latter, to grow - green crops and plough them under then the soil would be fairly treat- ed. This treatment is, however seldom meted out. Of the crops - commonly sold from the farm, Iray is, by far, the most exacting. ton of timothy hay, for ' example, Fontams ,o3.2 pounds of nitrogen; 10.f pounds ofphosphoric told and ii, pounds of potash. To buy these fertilizing ingredients in the form of fertilizers would cost at the rate sf 20 cents * pound for nitrogen; 7 cents a pound for phosphoric Acid end -5 cents a pound for potash, $0.05 per ten. In addition there is -the value of the vegetable mat- ter, or humus contained in the tim- othy. Setting thie aside, however, . itisevidentsthat the man who tells, hay at from $S to $10 per ton re- ceives a very snialt margin over anct above the value of hay as a ferti- lizer. With such A /small margin, he is not likely to return Much fexo Wiser to the land. 11, instead of this Alie farmer wer to feed thisoles- it* IsAY to stock of any 'Sid it must los esvident that the resit are entire- ly chaneect,,.so much so- that, even it- no extra returns were received through this latter operation, it - would pay better than to continue - selling crude products off the farm, for the one method means fertility roaintained, and the other, run out 14;1117 ease is not serious with the man who sells potatoes, for wit* earili bushel of potatoes sold off the fa,rue-there is sent away 0.7 casts wort% of fertilizer. If, therefore, a man receives 40 cents a bushel fer his potatoes,. the -margin between the selling price and the value of fertilizer removed is several times larger than in the case of timothy. 'The terinerscattistherefore,safford o ftrt1ij potato tiel fainett y applying to them before, ttnd erhs,ps after, the crop is removed, at least as much fertilizing ingredt- tat/ AS OW crop will extract- the eon. With each bushel of oats a farmer itella 17 tents worth of . fertiiirin3. ingredients,. If he res velvet from 40 to 50 cents. per bush. e for his oato he, in turn, can 'af- ford to return to the although le often - does, not, u much ferti- lizer its the crop' removes. In vit.. s ue of their extra price, oats need though they usua4 arcs be as exacting on the spit as nay. okiog over theta etatements, one • nnot but notice that, unless the tutor receives $15 or more so.ton for hay the crop it, by far, the grettist robber of fertility grown 0111* provinseie ands yet; this is the 'crop that in, many section* i* ,the rdost freely told. Is it to he . woOdered.thet we often hear° out, fatal 4ald, (poor egridultu condition , There is only one •vstio for4thio kind of egricultur d at i*, k. if It is.ncessary stock or rather i Istoek keep us—it is, at /east, equ, • ally important that thit live stock_ whether it be tattle!, hors's* sheep, wine or poultry, he of the bet u*lity, for there is stock that via e money for the owner. It turioils trait of human na, that many who On tunbnon to hiir first- ciao* ttecic ad1, under , the *trete of C.ircts ; PAY * fairly Urge I rude to those anima *rice of feed they on 11 not Suels pro daises of As 'Jerseys • ; hire,, 1,4 — • • '•• Itit2Alttik.ZItinfitilitasi=iilliglintteretiitile11112110512114.011.161211M111,102,thlartigtatittliet 10 N.• •0...V 4, 4 = 1 '