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CHAPTER XL him again) The thought seemed to
drive all the happiness out of her
heart, and she leaned back and drew
the shawl round her as if the night
had suddenly become cold.
The carriage had reached tho top
of the hill and was going down on
1 t f ward
1
h other side,and she be or
t e
0 U
upon which
look at the gate uI o 1
Cyril Burne had been sitting, when
she saw something white Olt from a
E NEIN 01 SNT[1GFi
OR
THE STEWARD'S SON
The footman, having brought in the
tea equippage, had retired, and
though the room was as superbly de-
corated
o-corated and furnished as the draw-
ing -room at the Court, it seemed al-
most as homely and simple as the
little parlor at Cliff Cottage.
Listening to Lord Ferndale's cheer-
ful, unaffected talk, Norah thought
n ieLrully how much nicer it would be tree and cross the road, It was an
owl and its screech startled her a
little.
It seemed to have startled rho
horses a great deal, for she felt the
carriage swerve, come to a standstill
for a second, then rush forward so
sharply as to jerk her on to the front
seat. With a smile she picked herself
up, but the smile vanished and a
vague alarm fell upon her as she
souls who had made so much of her, saw the hedges and trees flying past
sat down and sang the first thing the window at racing pace.
that came into her head. Has any one ever yet been able to
It is not at all probable that describe all the phases by which an
Torah would have made a fortune on accident progresses to the final celes-
tite operatic stage, but she had a tropho?
sweet voice that, though it had been Norah knew and realized nothing
carefully trained, was as natural as more until she experienced a jar, as
a bird's, and as it filled the room, if the wheels had caught upon some -
softly lighted by the rose -shaded thing and felt the carriage sway and
candles, Lord Ferndale looked at his fall over; but as site fell with it she
wife with a mixture of surprise and was conscious of hearing, amici the
admiration. stamping and snorting of the fright -
"What a dear, clever girl it is," ened horses and tho voice of the
n i rnurod Lady Ferndale. coachman, the sound of another
"A rose in June!" quoted Lord voice.
Ferndale, in a low voice, "If any- If she faulted, it must have been
thing can melt Arrowdale's heart,
she will!"
"You sing very beautifully, Lady
Norah," he said. "You must give
us oue or two more; remember, it Is
a treat to us."
will 11 singlong
nsns you
sold Norah, simply, and she sag
again. Then Lady Ferndale found a
eriet, and discovered, with delight,
that their two voices blended to-
gether perfectly.
"Oh, my dear, 1f you only belong -
rel to mel" she exclaimed involun-
tarily, with a sigh, as she stooped to
Lis; her,
Was it no wonder that Norah's
eyes grow moist with tears of happi-
ness and gratitude or that when the
footman announced that the carriage
was waiting she should start with
dismay?
Lord Ferndale went out of the
worm, and returned, hearing in his port her.
own hand a decanter of wino, and "I don't think I have broken any -
insisted upon torah's drinking a thing," she said, her color coming
glass, and going,. "No, I am sure I have
"Better obey, dear," said Lady
Ferndale smilingly, "ho is a dreadful
tyrant, and fearfully obstinate." -
When Norah had got her things on
and. Lady Ferndale had wrapped the
soft shawl round her, "making me
into a parcel post bundle," as Norah
larghingly declared, a maid came for-
ward in her bonnet and cloak.
•'1'11 send her with you, dear,"
said Lady Ferndale, but Norah show- please, not to thick of mei The
ed that she could be as obstinate as horses—"
Lord Ferndale, and point-blank re- He paid not the slightest regard
fused tho escort. until ha had assured himself that sho
"Why, what could happen to me in could walk without pain, then she
a close carriage between here and the heard him draw a breath and inure
Court, dear Lady Ferndale?" she mur, "'thank God!" with fervent
said. "Please don't send her! I
1r hor father were a little less stately
d formal,
'You refused to sing for us the
other night, Lady Norah.'
"But I will sing now."
Ile was going to follow her and
open the piano for her, but Lady
Ferndale motioned to him to remain
where he was, and Norah, without a
trace of self-consciousness, and only
the desire to please these two loving
only for a moment or so, for
without any appreciable Interval she
saw the uppermost door of the over-
turned carriage wrenched open and
felt a man's strong arm round her.
The next moment she was in the
road, the arms stillg
encircling her,
and, looking up, she met Cyril.
I3urne's eyes looking into hers with
alarm and anxiety—and something
else that even in that moment
brought the blood mantling to her
cheek.
"Are—aro you hurt?"
"No—no, I think riot!"
"Are you sure? Ah, you can't
tell!" ho exclaimed.
"l'm not hurt, I'm sure."
"Don't movel" he implored her.
"Please, please don't move!" And,
his strong arm wound round her, and
seemed unconsciously to lift her off
her feet, so completely did it sup -
not! Oh, please, don't mind me; the
p'ior horses!"
"Never mind the horses!" he said,
almost curtly. "hold on to my arm
and walk just three steps; no more,
mind!„
"I haven't even broken my leg,"
site said, forcing a laugh. "And I
don't see how I could have clone! I
am not in the least hurt—and do,
shall not like to come again if I give
cue so much trouble! You wouldn't
send her if—if I were your daugh-
ter," she added shyly.
hur•ah's right!' exclaimed Lady
Ferndale. "But, mind, we tako you
at ;t our word, and you aro just to
curse to us as if you were our daugh-
ter. That's a bargain, my child."
"1'in witness to it," said Lord
Ferndale.
They both went to the carriage
solemnity.
"Sit down and rest; quite still,
please!" he said.
"Yes," obediently.
She looked up for a second and
met his oyes, still full of the deepest
anxiety, then lowered hors suddenly,
and welched hien under her long
lashes as he hurried to the side of
the coachman.
One horse was standing quivering
10 over limb, but the other was still
lying in the road, apparently Max -
end Lady Ferndale seemed. as she trieably jumbled up with the harness.
held her in her arms and kissed her, Sho noticed that he seemed to Lake
as if sho could scarcely bring herself int all tho details of the situation
to part with her, and the last Norah with instant promptitude, and she
saw of them they wore standing arm- watched him, still under half -lowered
lids, as he took out a claepknife mid
cut the trace, and gently, but firmly
got the struggling, panting horse on
ie—a0 on the stops waving their
bands at her.
Norah looked out at the night—the
ninon was rising, a great yellow orb, to his feet.
above the hilltops—her whole being The coachman and footman stood
thrilling. like some sensitive musical for a second eyeing the wreck and
instrument, her heart melting under wiping their perspiring foreheads;
the influence of the lovable couple the footman's bat was gone and his
she hand just left. For a time she coat torn,
leaned back in the luxurious car- "Are you hurt in any way?" do -
liege and recalled their kindness to mantled Cyril Burne.
her and forgot all else; but suddenly, "No, sir; thank you, But her lady-
almost, with a shock, she found that ship?"
her thoughts had strayed and that
they wandered to 5010 0110 else, and
sire found herself thinking of Cyril
Burnet
1t seemed ungrateful to bp':tow a
single thought upon any arm but "Yes, sir, I don't know what my
these two, and she tried to drive master and mistress would have done
him from her mind, but looking out if anything had happened to hor:"
of Lhe window she saw that they His voice shook "I've been in his
were ascending the hill on tho other lordship's service for twenty years,
side of which Lady Ferndale had sir, and this is my first accident—to
stopped to speak to him, and back speak of; but," he looked at the
he came again, wreck with dismay, "it's au awful
Would he accept Lady Fend 1 's one.
And it would have boon a deal
invitation and leave Santlelgh? liow worse," he added with respectful
quickly Lady Ferndale had taken to eartnoesness, "11 if, hadn't bean for
you, sir, catching them as you did.
It's a mercy you wasn't got down
under 'em and kicked to bite."
"Never mind that. Let us see what
damage is done," and iso wont and'
examined the carriage.
"Tho Wheol's broke, sir," announc-
ed the footman,
"And thep of ' gone us g n like meta -
wood," sold tho coachman, laic tel
u t r 'P t
t
y
"T' afraidit's im '
os. i take
her ladyship home," nhe Ia:dded, re-
luctantly,
"It is net very far to the Court.
I will see Lady Norah safely home."
"'Thank you, sir."
"Well, then, " said Cyril, for the
two men Still Seamed shaken and con-
fused, "if you ere sure yon and the
footman are uninjured, you had bet-
tor lend the horses to the village and
leave him here by the carriage until
"1 think -I hope—she is all right,"
replied Cyril.
Thank Cod for that, sir!"
"Amon 1" responded Cyril, almost
inaudibly.
him? S'es, he was a gentleman,
though he might only bo an artist,
poor and unknown. If he left Sante
]nigh she would, perhaps, never see
Hump
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be terrible anxious if we're lato, sad
fancy as accident hoe happened—
Which it has.'+
Cyril nodded, and taking an enve-
lope from his pocket, wrote oa the
blank side in rather shaky characters
for there 11118 t. funny feeling. to his
arms
"Lady Norah is quite safe and un-
hurt, and will have reached the
Court before you get this. The
coachman was not in any way in
fault. Cyril Ierne."
lie read this to the men, and they
touched thrix' hats gratefully.
"Thank you, sir," said the coach-
man. "It's very good of you to
speak up for us, but you haven't
said that you risked your own life
stopping---"
"Never mind that," said Cyril,
"Thera is no need to mention that;
I'm all right, Here, let us drag some
of the wreck further out of the
road," and he wont -to help them,
but he stopped suddenly, and his
face grew momentarily pale.
"Never mind," he said; "tile foot-
man will see that no ono runs into
it."
IIe took the one earringo lamp that
WAS still burning and examined the
horses with a practised eye.
"Not much damage done, wonderful
to say," he said, cheerfully, "but the
sooner you and they are home, the
bettor, flood -night,"
Then he went back to Norah. Sho
had obeyed him so implicitly that
she seemed to have been motionless.
She looked up as ho approached her
with a question on her lips, for she
had heard nothing of the conversa-
tion between him and the mon; but
the simple "Well?" would not come,
"It is all right," ho said, an811101'-
ing the look, "Neither of them is
hurt, and the horses seem very little
the worse, barring the fright. It has
been a wonderful escape. And you?"
His eyes wandered over her anxious-
ly.
"I have come off better even than
the horses," she said, "for I am not
oven frightened."
".And you can walk?" he asked.
"011, yes,"
"I ant afraid you will have to
walk to the Court," ho said, reluc-
tantly, "unless I leave you in charge1
of the footman and bring some kind
of conveyance from the village; it is
not very far,"
"Oh, no, no," ,she said, quickly. "I
can walk home quite easily, and
would not give you so much trouble'
for the world."
"It would not give me trouble," I
he said, quietly. "But ill news fifes
apace, and the earl might hear of
the accident, and be alarmed on
your account,"
"Yes, yes,• site assented at once,
"I will walk, please."
"You must take my arm," ho
said.
She put her hand on his arm, then
drew back with a sudden color, and
her oyes dropped as sho saki:
"But—but I need not trouble you
to come all that way."
"You cannot go alone," he said.
"If you will not lot me go with you,
there is only ono other way; I will
stay by the carriage and send the
footman with you."
She caught her lip in her teeth,
and stood irresolute for a space
while one could count ton, then sho
looked up at him.
"if you will be so kind," she said.
Ito thought that she meant him
to send the footman, and turned, a
little sigh escaping him, but Norah
said quite innooentl,':
"Will you tell him, please, that I
will send ]rim any help if bo wants
it?"
"Yes, yes," ho said, and Ica gavo
the message to the footman and was
buck in an instant.
"You must take my arm," he said,
and though he tried to speak in a
matter-of-fact voice, there was a sus-
piciously joyous thrill in it.
Norah would have declined, but it
seemed to her that it would only
emphasize the situation, and once
more she put her hand upon his arm.
She olid not notice that he had given
her the right one, instead of tho loft.
For a minute or two they wero sil-
ent as they made their way along
the lane felled with tho perfume of a
summer's night, Above them the
inoon slowly sailed upward, a thrush
sang sleepily somewhere - in the
hedge, and the bats whirled through
the silver light,
Norah 1w0S still trembling a little,
but, as she had said, sho was not
frightened, It was not fear that
caused her heart to boat so fast that
it almost scorned to her as if ho
must !tear it,
The silence at last grew tangible,
almost embarrassing, and suddenly
Norah almost stopped.
"Lady Ferndale!" she said, in a
tone of remorse. "She will think
that it hi worse that it is, and I
forgot tosend her a message,"
"That's all right," he said. "I
wrote a lino or two saying you wore
safe, and sent it by the coachman,"
"You seem to have thought of
everything."
"That 1158 not much to think of,
Lady Norah."
"And yet I forgot It," she breath-
ed, with self-reproach,
"Oh, don't blame yourself," ho
said, "Why, the shook alone was
enough to drive everything out of
your head. I think you have behav-
ed wonderfully."
"How strange that you should
have been there!" she said, "You
sew it ell—or didn't you? I mean
the horses first took fright?"
"Yes, 1 was watching the owl, and
saw it go swooping across tho road
In front of then. I thought they
would be startler!. It"—tho color
flashed into ilio face foe a
moment
—
"it was rather strange 1 being
there," He could not toll her' that
he had returned to the spot where
he had seen her in the afternoon,
ht dream of,11
that he mig a no or In the
gloaming., and perhaps get a glimpse
of her on hor way back to the
Court, "I'm, rather fond of moon-
ing about in the evening, I am so
glad 1 happened to he there."
"So am 1—so Were we all," She
corrector) herself, "What made the,
horses stop?" she asked, innocently.
rr caught ther)
"The carriage Ca g It im t 1k n
you ran help to got it a.11 away:" of a tree tool the 11ea' hose foil,"
"Yes, :ole, ' he said; "but rd better ho ropliod, simply. "The nation=
was not to blame; no ono could have
hold thorn from the box."
"Poor m00," she said. "You will
be Able to tell Lady Ferndale how
it all happened, and that they were
not to blame?"
"Yes, it will bo an enure for call-
ing ell Lady Fer'ndale,"
All, yes; you µ•ill like her• to
1(1(1(311."
"You have spent a 111111119 evening?'
ho asked, and his voice was VI/111 d
by sympathy; the touch of her hand,
the sound of !ler voice was thrilling
through him, !ler very nearness to
hint was casting a glamor over him,
so that it seemed nhnost impossible
to speak any words than "I love
you! I love you!"
"Ah, yes," said Norah; there never
were such lovable people, never! At
least," she sighed softly, "I have
met so few people, and never any
who were so kind to mo,"
"Kind to you! How could they
help it?'t
The warmth, v rmilt and something more
thanwarmth. tho subdued passion in
his tone sent the blood to her Paco,
and she was silent for a moment;
then suddenly she stopped.
"Look, there is a glow worm!" she
exclaimed with girlish eagerness, and
in a low voice, as if she feared to
startle It,
"Yes," ho said at once; "would you
like to have it? I will get it for
you," and ho went forward and care-
fully picked it up. "There it is,"
he said, holding it in the palm of
his hand. "It is not so pretty as
its light, and even that vanishes in
any other. See," and ho held it in
the fall rays of the moon.
She bent forward, so near that the
red -brown hair almost touched his
lips, HIis breath cacao fast, and he
stood still as a stone—but, ahl how
unlike a stone with that fast boat-
ing heart!—and Norah, entirely ab-
sorbed in the curious Insect, touched
it with hor forefinger.
"I don't quite like it," she said,
drawing back her finger and looking
up at him with a smile and a little
feminine shudder which he thought
surely the most charring gesture he
had ever imagined. "No, 1 nm euro
I don't like It," and she laughed.
"Then good-bye, glowworm," ho
said. "Poor thing, I pity you!" he
added, inaudibly, as ho laid it on
the grass; "to be disliked by herl"
"I dare say he is immensely re-
lieved,
e-
Ii ved said Norah..
"Ali he didn't know
w when he WAS
well. off " he aid.
Norah movedforward, and instinc-
tively laid her hand on his arm
again,
She had crossed. round to the other
side of him while she had been
examining tho glowworm, and it was
his left arm that sho now touched,
and lightly as she touched it, she
reit a faint shudder run through him,
Her hand flew from his arm, and
she stopped and looked at him.
The moon was shining full upon his
face, and she saw that he had gone
deathly Rale, and that he had caught
his tinder lipin his teeth.
Sho stood for a moment, her face;
going from red to white, then the
red fled, and the white alone re-
mained.
"You aro hurt," she breathed, and
there seemed to bo almost a sob in
the simple words,
(To bo Continued),
WORLD FAMOUS MUTINIES.
Recent Russian Mutiny Has Many
Parallels.
The only exact parallel to the re-
cent mutiny aboard the Kniaz Pot-
emkin is the mutiny at the Nora in
1797, when the North Sea Fleet of
the British Navy rt trotted and threat-
ened London for a fortnight.
The ringleader of this 'nuttily,
Rieha•d Porker, or the President of
the "Floating Republic," as he
styled himself, wan eventually cap-
tured and hanged from the yardarm
of his vessel. A few other men were
executed or Rogge 1, but tho majority
of the mutineers atoned by fighting
valiantly and defeating the Dutch off
Camperdown,
Between 1891 and 1895 there were
several insurrections in the Brazilian
Navy. in site tate mute -leers success-
fully obtained tho resignation of
President ronsesa, who had incurred
their disploasurti; but another. which
commenced 101 September., 189;1, was
far more seriatim, It was started by
the revolt of three cruisers under
iAclmii•al Custodlo do 111 11 against
military government, and, until
stopped ' by foreign admirals, ' he
poured tots of shot into Rio ole
Janeh'o.
A week later the bombardment of
Rio' was recommenced, many being
killed, and thousands . of dollars
worth of property being shattered.
Do Mello next turned his attention
to Nictboroy, and having now a fleet
of six warships besides other vessels,
soon captured the arsenal.
Throughout the following year
there were occasional bombardments
of Rio De Janeiro and Nictheroy,
and eventually the mutinous admiral
organised a government in the State
of Parana, 'which he tired of throe
months afterwards. De Moll° and lois
squadron surrendered to the 'Argon -
Mee Republic at lluenos Ayres as
political refugees, and his ships were
given up to the Brazilian Minister.
u u n:
Nor must the m Li of ierolas
s 1
Y
against tho Peruvian Government be
overbooked, (lotting about 8,000
men /trolled 1111n, Plcroia1, intention I
was to establish a southern coufeel-
cracy, and for this purpose he nailed
away with the Hilmar, en i•01101511,
Iiut as he attacked Pettish motile
Alpe he very quickly had our Ad-
miral Do Yfotwey after him, who,
with IIIfS Shait and Amethyst,
t
soon compelled tho automat' to SCa
k
refuge in Limn and surrender,
In 1801 the Chiliad. Navy revolted
Against rho President, while the
Army remained faithful to hien, and
Valparaiso and many coast towns
were blockaded.
flhnitaely, during the Freech 11c-
vohitton thele Were several monthl-
ies amongst, the seamen; and of the
many revolutions which have time
and again didtubod the Argentine
Ropubtie, letoOt ono o1Vern have
been iestignir;cd by diose in 00111man0
of her Navy,
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0\ THE FAA
61�
ROOTS OF PLANTS,
Tho body of a plant is divided in-
to throe parts; or, rather, plants
have three sots of organs by means of
which they secure nourishment from
the soil and from the air and so
combine those food elements as to
build up the perfect plant, These
aro the roots, the stem including the
branches and the leaves. For the
present wo will only consider the
roots, leaving the remaining organs
for discussion in a future article.
The roots serve the purpose of
"hold -fasts," They hold the plant
firmly in the soil and aro also the
means by which plant food is secur-
ed from the soil. The roots also
servo as storehouses for reserve
plant food. In ordinary language
all the ports of a plant that aro
undergroundareregarded as roots,
This is not, strictly speaking, cor-
rect. As art example, the tuber of
the potato is not properly n root,
although it grows underground, but
is a modified stem, since it contains
a nuceleus of a new plant for every
eye or bud found on it. These oyes,
if given a chance to develop, are
rias which grow
contain c 6
found to c
s
into complete plant roots, sterns,
leaves and tubers that are used to
propagate the potato again. Tho
tuber contains sufficient stored -up
plant food to give the young plants
a start until they are sufficiently de-
veloped to secure their food from
the earth old from the air. The
turnip is another familiar example of
AN UNDERGROUND STEM.
Tho enlarged part of the turnip is
not properly n root, hut, as it bears
leaves. it is clearly a inodified stem
where a large supply of stored -up
food is provided for tho future, use
of tho plant. The long, slender,
fibrous ports, that connect the bulb
with the earth, are the true roots of
the plant, Roots originate from
within the tissue of the plant and
force their way out through the
rind. The extreme tip of tate root
and itn branches is furnished with
a root cap of dead tissue. No root
proper produces leaves or flowers.
Roots and their branches have many
forms. Those different forums are duo
to many causes. The competition
with other roots, the conditions un-
der which they have to grow, and
many other things combine to cause
variation. The roots aro the only
means by which a plant can Secure
-
its mineral food, Be soil water and
its nitrogen supply from. the soil.,
whleh ee necessary for the develop-
ment of the plant. The roots act as
absorbents, and, in order that they
may do their work well, tho soil is
filled with very small roots not lar-
ger than a hair. Those are covered
with yet smaller root hairs, that are
in maty cases hardly discernible to
the naked ey-o. These root hairs
may be seen 00 a rapidly growing
Young oat plant if examined care-
fully.
aro-fully. Only the small roots aro ab-
sorbents of plant food. The larger
ones carry the liquid food absorbed
by thrlsma.11er ones to the stem. See -
lug tho important work that ' the
roots have to perform in the life and
growth of the plant, it is obvious
that our cultivation of crops should
be such as will aid thein in penetrat-
ing the soil. No roots should be
broken nor in any way injured, as
this cuts v0 the sunpply of fond from
the plant and also creates Wernicke
that will require the expenditure of
energy by the entire plant to heal.
The cultivation should bo 511011 a8
will aid the roots to secure a. sta-
ndout amount of oxygen. It :hound
prevent the loss of molstera fro.n
evaporation as much INS possible by
providing a dirt mulch. Tho soil
should not be allowed to crust over,
but, in breaking the crust, the culti-
vator should not be allowed to go
so.doep to
INJURasE THE ROOTS,
of the plants. 'Thio practice of pill-
ing up dirt about the plants is a
bad one; level cultivation is much
better, shine hitting up will cause
water to collect in puddles when a
hard rain reruns, aid on hillside land
it Will -start washes. If it stubs in:
to the soil iu peddles a fine sedi-
ment will forte on the surface and
cause it to crust over. This cruet
shuts out the air from the roots,
which causes suffocation for the
want of oxygen. Weeds should not
11,1 permitted to come in competition
with the roots of cultivated plants
for valuable plaint food. The grow-
in9 tweeds rob the soil of both avail-
able fertility and of moisture. There
not usually o f either fertil-
ityn) ay mr ono 1
ity or moisture in the soil than !8
needed by the ' crop, and the weeds
aro hal'd1er than cultivated plants.
They are rho Worst of robbers, since
they stool. food from the hungry
e'ops, No ,ono cal export a heavy
crop of grain and of weeds, both on
the Memo land at the sane time, The
fertilizations shott1d bo such las will
encourage the rents (0 extend out.
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1�( Complete t frSH�S'; t7 U he
and to a I u a 1 t,! n f t
soil, 1t fertilizer l8 pal: ill elle hill
only, as t5 practised by while farm -
ors, the roots will be inclinca to
keep near the eh:host feeding ground,
They will not extend out in all dir-
ections in n1 n search of food;but 1the
e
fertilizer is distributed all through
the soil they will go out in soareh
of 1t and will gather up any avail-
able natural fertility. This le read-
ily soon by placing some stable ma-
nure some distance from a growing
plant, and, after a few weeks, exam-
ining the difference in root develop-
ment under and near the manure,
and also some distance from the
manure on the other stele of the
plant. The soil where 1:horn is no
manure will contain but few roots,
while that colder the manure will bo
full of small roots attracted by tho
moisture and plant food from the
mature. Fertilizer should be dis-
tributed all through the soil, so as
to encourage the roots to search
every nook and corner for plant
food,
PHILOSOPHY OF CURING CLOVER
Green clover, cut 18110x1 in full
bloom and one-third of the heads aro
turning brown, contains about 70
per cont. of water, Well -cured clover
hay cut at the period mentioned
contains about 20 per cent. of water.
It is, therefore, clear that in order
to mance two tons of well -cured
clover hay, we must cut about four
tons of green clover; or, stating the
same facts in other words, if we
Imrvest two tons of clover hay per
acre, we must evaporate two tons of
w t r from the fresh material be-
fore
o -fore
it is ready to bo put in the
mow or in the stack as cured for-
age. The problem before the farmer
is to get rid of these two tons of
water in the shortest space of time.
In order to grow four tons of green
clover there Is required approxi-
mately 1,400 tons of water, Every
bit of this water must ho taken up
by the roots and evaporated through
the leaves of the plants, as this is
the normal course of plant clevelop-
ment. The leaves are the breathiug
organs of the plant, and they prac-
tically evaporate all the water that
passes through it. Our readers may
say, "What bearing has this ques-
tion upon the ntalcittg of clover
hay?" 1 he reply is that the most
effective way of drying clover or
any Other green plait 1s to keep the
leaves after cutting in normal condi-
tion as long as possible. When the
clover crop is cut tho supply of
water from below is cut off; but
while the leaves aro still fresh the
breathing pores remota active and
continuo to throw off water. For
that reason wo prefer to cut clover
late in the afternoon, when the atm
18 near the horizon. so that the
leaves will keep from wilting too
rapidly and remain in a condition to
evaporate moisture during the night,
The following morning, as 50on as
the dew is off, if a tedder is at: hand,
this is an exurodingly good imple-
ment to be used to lighten the clov-
er in the swath so as to permit free
circulation of air. Along about
eleven or twelve o'clock the same
day the, redder may be used a second
time, and in' the afternoon, If the
weather 'permits, the clover may be
raked and hauled to the barn. Iiut'
don't haul clover after tho dew be-
gins le- fall. When the eon begins
to go down clover at once talents up
large quantities of wator. This may
not bo apparent to the eye, but it
is manifest to the person who is
handling it with the fork.
II; is easier to tell about rnalcing
good clover hay than it is to make
it. Tho method mentioned will make
good hay, provided the weather is
favorable; but if It rains, then is
"a nigger in the fence." In a sea-
son when the weather is not settled
and this method cannot ho used, it
is a good method to cock tie hay
111 tho afternoon of the second day
after cutting; or, if the cutting is
done early in the morning, it may
be cocked late 1n the afternoon and
allowed to remain in cocks for sev-
eral days until cured.
The fact of the matter is, however,
that Well -cured clover hay, When feel
in connection with corn, is pound for.
pound equal to two-thirds its weight
of bran. 11 this fact wore fully rea-
lized by farmers generally, morn at-.
taiitiol would be paid to methods of
curing.
TOP Or TII17 PIL E,
When an English bishop was
recent-
ly staying at an American hotel i hn
colored waiter was more than usual-
ly attentive.
"Pleasant day, governor," ho re-
marked, affably,
"Vis, my friend, a nice (lay; but I
an not a governor," replied the
bishop,
After a while the waiter" remarked,
"Make a long slay, general?"
",Ole, 110; only a few days. But
then rn T (31111 not ag ran roe "
c was tho
answer,
Soon tho waiter ventured to tray,
"Splendid country this, commodore;
don't you think so?"
"011, yrs; but 1 amt not a; eiemmo-
dore, cities.")
"Bless me, Ilion, master, what is
you?" aeleed the tvai_ter, in art age
grieved tone,
"1'1n nrniv n 31i:Mop, my keyed; I'm
bishop of it—."-
"('onldn'i spot ,o•nu 'erectly, Si',"
M1I„ t.
1,,.= ,rrnrt and trul3lbt' rrsnculsn
"but 1 inn w p,.n 8 811 1141 1,1' rho pile
(31)11 .1 Lr1 ,, s;..”
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAP.
NEWS BY MAIL A130UT 301
BULL AND EIS'PEOPLE..
Occurrences in the Land. ¶bb
Reigns Supremo In the Cerro•
$leroial World,
Dr. Artltur Lathhtn assorts th
tuberculosis is responsible for 10,0
deaths yearly in London.
Radium is now soiling in Lond
at the rate of 41178,000 per Cala
the highest point yet reached.
Maidenhead and Swansea have i
died to black out betting news frc
newspapers in the public libraries
A monograph of Nelson is bei.
prepared under the direetlon of 't
Admiralty authorities, and will
published in the summer.
Presbyterian Church of I7nglal
Synod on tho 411 ult., by a majurl
approved a motion in favor of a
vista edition of "Church Praise.",
Tho most Out- f- ho-w1y village
England Is said to bo that of F
leyoun-Pitton. This truly rue
spot is over 80 miles from the no
est railway station.
The honorary freedom of the L
don Cardmakers' Company has b
conferred upon air. Andrew Crone!
in recognition of his efforts in t
cause of education.
At tho 117th anniversgry of t
establishment of the Royal Iltason
Institution for Girls hi Londou r
cently it was stated that the Su
scriptions amounted to £2.4:,297.
The late Sir Robert Jardine, Ina
onet, left £1,000 to John Osborn
the well-known Jockey and traine
who in the sixties scored success
for Lhe colors of the late Baronet.
As a step to superstitious voyager
at sea, the Cunard Company have d.
tcrmined to eliminate the number 1
from their staterooms in all new vac
sols. This system has already bee
adopted of the Caronia, end will ,ti
ply to the two turbine mail steamer
on the stocks.
At this moment the total of th
army reserve is between 70,000 an
80,000, very much what it was
the outbreak of the Boer tear, bu
there were 130,000 more then in 11
mil 3115 reserve,
Further reductions in tho preson
exorbitant telegraph rates between
India and England arc in conte 1pla
tion. At present riff 1
tho to is ha
a cro
1111ar word lprivate
p o on mos
sages and one shilling for press tele
grams,
Owing to the fact that there is i
gang of London burglars who Apoi
cializo in the robbing of churches, the
authorities of Westminster Cathedra
have introduced an Irish terrier inti
tho building, whose duty it is t
guard the place at night.
The Rev. Dr, Donald Macleod, lot
of London, is in South Africa. Th
main object of his visit is to Bathe
funds towards the restoration o
Iona Cathodral, but ho is also ac
quaiuting himself with the needs o
the colonial church.
While tho carriage of a quarter o
wheat from Kettering to Leicester
27 miles is Ss. Sd., the same quant
tdty', a correspondent points out, i.
carried from Now York to L ivorpoo
for 10 1-2d, Twenty yea's ago th
cost was 45. per quarter.
The estate of the late Dowager
Duchess of Aborcorn, who dies n
Coates Castle, Pulborough, on Marcl
81st, and who lived In five reigns
left 210 descendants, elle was gen
erally described as the "mother o
the Peerage," has been sworn at jus
over £24,000.
—v
OUR 00101111, QUR1RI:1T WANTS TC
I{NOW—
What is the germ of a German bald
What cawses the rook to caw?
Can a metolow-lark about on th
land?
Who knows what the cross -cut saw'
Does a window, ever fool a pane
At the sight of a hard mill -trace?
While the fish -balls out with might
and main,
And the boot -tongue wags apace
Who does the tree -bough down to
pray?
Is drilling an awful bore?
Can you mond with glue the break o
clay?
Does a railway sleeper snore?
What makes the wagon -wheel s(
Lived.?
Are teeth stuck in with gun?
Can a High Church curate not b'
hired?
Why is Jamaica rine?
Is cloth sola cheap at a cutter's
sail?
Clan you drive a sial'boaed tack?
Arn bucket -shop keepers always pale?
One you call a pet boot -jack?
How is it a dyer lives to dye
When he clearly dyes to live?
Aro there lots of plums in a printer'
pie?
Can no ono an answer give?
ROCK IIRWN TEMPLES.
Tho oldest architectural ruble in,
the world aro believed to be the,
rock -cut temples at Ipsambool, on the
!aft bank of the Nilo, hi Niia. '1'110
largest of these ancient temples con-
tains cloven apartments hewn out of
solid 5Lona. The 1019051 single stono
used in this work 10 0110 which feigns,
a verandah -like projjectnml alarm. ono,
side of 1.110 maid temple. It is 117
foot long, 52 feet broad, end 17—onq�
a0U(111111 says nine—feet thick, .i
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"Because Why?" quot•doci the wave.
"Because," answered the beach, "you
have 1110 to fell back on When you
go broke."_
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