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The Brussels Post, 1901-5-16, Page 7THE WHITE ROSE. 1#3CtaaaeSettl=tAeleleteetAPolrel CHA.PTER, XVIIL-egontineed. 1 Sir Karl oame again; and be looked MAYthing Mit Pleaeed a1 ileolne de Ferree there, Me Wee not ember raesed, tor Oe knew of nettling that need erabarinse, him, He bad alway acted in a etrageaferivard manner and it wag not ills fault if other peo- PM Were dinerelit, Ite hoolc tined tie* with Doloree ; and then' witb Lola; end presently he, poked la be Might gee Kathleen-rthe , preemies o the child would placm them all More at theer mete be thouglite What sur prieed him was that Lola would as Mime euele an kr of confidential hi timucy with him. Ile did his best in c11. csourteoue manner to cinch it, be ita vain ; ehe would eater to hie let- ters, she would make ,fregnent elle 'ion, to tbeir frieedsale, She spoke repeatedly of fais lowing come to Beaulieu Cast on this return to Eng- land, and in some ahadowy intangible ;memoir he laLd. elaim to him, He Rae quite at a loss how to prevent all HMV, In everything she eke there wad so much truth that he could not deny Lt, yet the ligbt ix evhieh she made it appear was false. ; . 'At Mat he became annoyed. Ile mad to himeelf that elle must be trying to vex bine He had come over to talk to Dolores', and be could hardly get a word with her. From something Loin ead %aid, he learned that the evas to be Lady Itheeworth'a guest for a eveek, and he resolved that he world run un th London and stay there that Neck. He would tied do pleaerre in 'letting Deepieg Hume while Vole was there.. Eta oeuld not talk at his ease to Its mistress ; besides whiebahe could not endure, in teepresence or Do- lores, the air of contidentlat intizfl- oey that Lola assumed toward him. •"1 am going up to London to -mor- row, and shall be abeent for a week," eo remarked. The face of one lady darkened, and that of the other 'brightened. Lola \yes .vexeci that her aoheme was bafeled, while Dolores had not felt very cow. fortable, and did not wish to have the interview repeated in Lola'a• pros- ence. She sow now how matters stood between them. It was Lola who car- ed for tear Karl, and eot Sir Karl for her. Lady Rhyaworth and Sir Karl had 110 opportwaity of exeltanging a word. Lola fired one parting ehot at the handsome young Baronet. "You are going to London," she said ; "will you write to me from there as 'yea did from Paris ?" He f alt rather than 'eaw that the meet moist eyes of Dolores were axed. I ull upon biraeoired be answered gen- tly— Noe I am ,afraid IhaUhve mo time foe, "hi there anything I can do for 'oil" " No. If you will not write, you shall not do anything else. Lady Rhys - :worth, do you not think it very un- kind of titmi He wxote to nie from Friniee and Italy, yet . will not have time to timed one line from London." " Sir Karl could never be unkind to you or any etc else," replied Dolores; and liereeYee rested in sweetest trued on his ems. • " You have a far higher opinion of him than I buve," said Lola. " A week'absence defers from the long absence of years," said Lady Blyeevorth. "It' may 'be just possible that ih one evekt ho would h'ave mith- ing to ;my." " Can I not see you tor one mo- ment, Dolores ?" whispered Sir Karl. "It is not possible," she answered. "I cannot leave my guest." Ile muttered something which made Doloree smile; she wive re:raid that it was a strong expletive. But the ex - Pression of bis faco amused her most. evas Net that of an impetuous, lat- patiek schoolboy. Iola looked up • 'Rave you any buelnees or secrets to discuss ?" sho said, " Am I de trap ?" Certainly not," reptted Dolores. "I 'do not believe Sir Karl could keep a accret, even if he had one. A pleas. any journey to 'London, Sir Karl," she added, "and a sate return!" . Lola Went up to him and Mad, in O low bus— "1)5 aura to write to me if you do kind time." "I feel sure that I shall not have time," he replied, with which ungrae Moue words he bade her adieu. , rger,-.3ti4itr$411;Z$44P41 There wag leo eeitisting 11.10 pleading, espeeially when be raised little Kath- leen in hte egret( And tole her net to oteitgetleeiog "rnittnent" until elle had "You love me, Kathleen do you riot ?" he cried, Tbe little resehtel face nestled on 1 hie breast as the child answered "Yes.o Yorur own little aiteehter gives you s to Me, Doloeete Term meat not he uruel, 11 le iiot aet though I bad only juet learned to love yeti, Remernbee my yeare of feithful, bopeless love, eay ' Yea,' e See wits weispering aomothing to him, with, bar arms round Itie nock and 1,11erlt.eautiful face taddeo 01111 1ootie11 - " What is 11 you are Baying t" he eried, in utter atitoniabraent, You t are what, eetelorea? Say the worde teotlei liXoylloaarremafrgiritleyeliet hoe:au:Lica eof1 - Even ehould km take ionbrage 41 MY ',5,a_nrriD;fte, I'v]ii!)? 110 right to 7011;What,v'AYa4cieuenicildtiehht ee bd: aong;o3r?Dw1103-1 lore, you ere a fianciful, nervous wo- man, I believe) What could she do to you t" " T cannot tell why I am afraid of her; but I do know; that, cm I am Bit- ting here quite haPPe With you, the thought of her frightens rae. When I look forward to the time when I shall be with you, the tbought of Lela darken e it." " How Orange I" he murmured., "1:1 Le tiot eo strange," said Lady Rhyaworth in a voice full of emotion "Do not think me wanting in delicacy If1 flay that lam quite euro that she love's you." Her sweet face flesh- ed, hotly aft thougbi Rale had been con- feesing some great transgreesion of her awn. The more I think of it," elm continued, "tbe more mire I an that I am right. While you were away from frame ehe had many of- fers of marriage, all of the kind that the teazle callsgood, but she would not accept any of them. I remember how people wondered. 1 am sure now that it was for ;your flake, Karl. She was quite a difeerent girl .when tthe heard that you were comisag bonae. Whether elle had any auspicion that you cared for me I cannot tell; but sbe has always epoken et yoe to me as though you belonged to her." " You did not believe it f" lie said cmiekly. " No, I did not, because you had told me the truth about it; but I am very sorry for her, and I am fright - =ed." e • • • R._ ' The three naonthe which Sir Karl bad ttaid ho would wait were ended, and be had once Atka laid Ids heart at tba feet of bolero.. This time there were no reproaches, no regrets, With her arras round hie neck, her flotvere like face near ble own, ahe told him the trath—liow well she had loved him and him alone --told lam the whole story of her engagement an& the canoe of it, and bow bee heart through all had been hie. But gall ,was mingled with her oup happineae, lor in the background Doloree arm en her mind's oyo the stately form of Lola do hems, look- ing like an avenging angel, with dead- ly hate and revenge stanaped on her liandsome features. 1 CHAPTER XIX. Sir Karl :tvanted Dolores' to neeeTY AIM at %Helene:el her that her period oe mourning had 'been Ieng enough to tentiefy the Most scruple- loue and excieting, lee titled, plead- ed ; even brought clowe little Kra/I- tem) and told iter to kik "memma" to bo land to hint. At Obrietmae Lord Rhygworth 'wee connect to take pee- taattle,e'l i Deoping neret, rf she would bitt say, " Yes," he woOld at tame cionntiettee making the teceseato Preperatioos at Scarsdale; mare if he did not oare to have their erigege- Ment antooticea, it ehonid be kept a profound aeeret until two or three egeeka before the weadilig took Islam. You need not fear," he replied. But he could not help owning to himself that the situation was awk- ward. He ought not to f eel angry with any one for showing him great affection, but be wished with all his heart that Lola was anarriecl and safe- ly away. He tould mot bear to see his darling's face clouded even by this shadmr.• You must Cheer up, Doloree. All will be well." be said.; " there ig 0.0 ocutee for fear. As for deferring our weddbag tor that, it would be utter nonsense. Our marriage will at oeme put tin end to tll unplecteantness. Say Christmas, Wm a darling, and forget Lola," .The eweet eyes leaked up with trust and confidelace into his face. . "Did you ever, When you Chit be- came acquainted 'with her, flirt with her without any thougbt of love?" site veered. " No ; I pledge teen ray -word that t never del. Before I loved you and every thought of my heart hiraa COM- oentrated on you, 130115 Perhaps give en, to adrairing every pretty girl I 'saw. I could not help it," acknow- ledged the handsome Young fellow, blushing for hie weakness; "and Imay have admired her. But I was ota eny guard, Doloree, teem the first mo- ment I saw that she WAS kind enough to take any interreet in me. I have never mieled her in any eespeet— neither by word nor look. You believe me, do pm bat?" • "Yea, implicitly. I see no motive for eeception. If you had wished to marry her, you eould have done so. My faith and treat in you are per- fect, Karl." In the troubled after -brace those ward% " My faith and trust in you are perfect, Karl," came to her again and again ; they peened bee heart with their memoriee and stood before her in lettere of fire." "You rank nee for yourself, Dol- ores," 00, eontinued, "that our wed - ring will put a atop at once to all this kind of thing,. Now look at tne with yotir eweeteat smile. Say 'Yes,' and lot me have tne infinite bappi- rieas of beginning to prepare Scare - dale for you," She wbispered the word; and, ever any man felt grateful to Heaven, felt hie heart thrill with bappiness, it wee Sir Karl Allaemora. Sir Karl and Dolores both thought it beet todreep ;strict silence concern- ing tbe coming event. In the heart of Lady Rbyeworth there was 0 great fear of Lola, dread of any scenes with her, of any unplensantness. Indeed this period of her life, which ought to hove been the brightest and hap- piest, waa Wooded by the thought of Lola. Time after time, mho lamented that they had ever been friends or acquaintancety, again and again she " wlehed that km had never seen the 0 girl or beard her name. There had h been nothing but trouble mince theY beeatne acquainted. Doloree thought that, if Abe could but live het life d over again, how eatitioue ehe \mild b, be before the trade even what the world can. a friend. The eeoret of her engagement was t, well kept foe a tine, The redeeoree tiOrl and reeurniehing of Scarsdale ex- ea Cited lie Weide% It had long want- r ea doing, and it feet:7.1,4 Imtural P tbat Six Kael about& erabellielf 1,‘.te mansion on hie ratern, and after so ,e° Itteg alisonte, But the news got n ivied at length through the Mame°. , then 01: the old Squire, Flo, was de- eee lighted that hie beautiful Doleree was e' to bo els happy 41 bet. Spealtiog ot her one aay to an halt:Pato irked o of here, said that alio lied corked e e off the two best prime in the neigh., borhood. Title remark awakened the 0, eisitor'e 03110011)', further legittriee were Made, and then the Whole ate au' mete to ligat. (leaked/ Six` KArl Wee in leve wall ale deealeter, It haPPOOMI tbet ltrAtitiene de Fere TAB bed driven oeer melte a oali afre, Marianna ; axle, Whee plie en - tared dra wing -rem of that lade, the newte wee being Olecueeed. Lady F141(1011 wait pregent, $lm wee eInd of heart ea a rule, and tieldoen said tettured thiege ; !Jut even the ead weecee lodignant at the leeernaatioe that Ledy ethyewarth wee to marry Sir Kul, She bee two claughters of her own, Alia ehe felt it rather bard that Doloree ;Mould have <tarried off the two moat ellgible men In the neighborhood, Lord Rhyswortb Oho had not gendged her. It was a good match for the glel who Nut no moth. .rotoobp or ilee e tsklerMtlleseintotioateimrali rhtteed vt : But it waa herely possible to feel so well dieposed wlaen Six Kul, wbo woald bave me eo excellent a bus- hbanamidgif. ter ono of her own daugbtere was Olken oaptive by the Ranee fat; Madame de Ferrite heard the news With tbe etmoat oonatertation and dis- tram Lola bad never spoken to her of Sir Karl se a lover, but madame had found out the truth from her daughter' face on the eight o bis return, and Mae felt ours that she had given the whole love of her heart to tbe young Baronet. What could she do or hay ? Madame's heart was filled with ugautterable pain. elle had nev- er thought that Lola would be ealled upon to auffer—that brilliant, beau tiful girl, whole laugh wee like the sound a silver bells. She felt the keenest pity for her chilcl. She would tell her herself; no otte elee should be a witnees to ber sorrow, no one else should know that she had given her love unsought. 'All the pleasture of bet visit **was over for Madame ; she teak no further lattereat in the goesip that was go- ing on around. Pale and troubled, she rose to go home ; When She had departed, Lady den aLd, laughbag— "Mademoiaelle Lola will be „vexed at the peeve. 1 have alwaye faled she had a liking for Oir Karla' Madame drove eome, her heart fill- ed with frief for ber claughtee. "I would rather have to tell her anything than this," She tedd to her- self. "If she loves him, as I fear she doe, it will almost kill hex." !When Lola flaw her mother's face, she knew that something terrible had happened. She sprang to meet ber, °X'Y'thg—at is the matter, mamma f Why do you look No sad?" But madame was aikaid to tell her. "I am tired, my dear, It is a fa- tlguing drive, and the weather is very warm and oppressive." "ely dearest mamma, it is not the weather that makes you look so un- happy. Have you had bad newe from France ?" "No. I am not quite sure, Lola, whether I have hearn d bad ova or not; you must decide. When Sia Karl ealled he first OM his return to Eng- land, and I gam, how delighted you wke at big coming, X fancied that there wag nomething between oau,that it might hare been far ble sake you had sent 00 many of your lovers away, and that troll Med him. Was I right, Lola 9" "Quito right, mamma. I should have said nothing about it, unease you had apoken first, But the real truth IS—Why should I disguise it t—that I love him with my whole heart." She did not blush Or avert her face; she ahowed ;none of the sweet natur- al theme that a girl teels when she speaks first to her hnother of her love affaire. The beautiful face had grotith perfeotly white. "'feared so," said madanae. "I have heare something about him which I hope and pray may not be true." What ia itt" as' sked Lela, eager'. She went up to her mother, laid her handa upon her ohoulders, and look- ed straight into her face. "Tell me what it ie. I ean hear anything but suspense. Is he Ill? If 80,1 will go to hira. No one ha a More right than I have." . - "It le not that," replied madame; it is something quite different. He la well and bappy—too haPPY, if all I hear be true. He is supposed," falter- ed madame --"remember, Lola, that not one word may be true—he is supposed to be on the point of marriage." , To Bo Cootinued. IN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD • • QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S eERVANTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE - Her Majesty Personally superintends Sixty Housemaids ands Big Company of cookie—Follows tho Example ot Queen Victoria. Chle of Queen Alexandra's most im- portant occupations is the govern- ment of her new household, 30)11011number$ just under one thousand persons. Queen Victoria was in every sense mistress and head of her household. All housekeeping questioes were gettled by the royal Mistress herself, who personally or- dered the trteals, and even kept an eye on the household linen, the smallest detail of domestic economy not being regarded as beneath )lirtv notice, To Ulla atoletu/nees wag tie the fact that the Queert'e Wag onsadered the best regulated bout°. °lel in the entire kingdom. Tee new Queen will not kill* het emeetic duties, although they may e hi a degree irksome and worry - ng No servant is ever dieruissed from he palaces, ahd to this is attributed he freedom of gossip aboutreyal do- estie arrangetamite. When a mar- iage occur% the couple are usually reveled with a Metall post, carrying vith it repidenee. Most of the royal dgcs 00 oecuplad be eouplee Who ave gerved royalty for 'Matte yeere, The only additieee to the royal otteehold game the time a 15siiry nt, are two hteam apparaaus mein will hardly be oreclited that eVeii OW it le the Lord Steward who still rams the fires to be laid, but the ord Ohemberlain elone who eat auee thent to be lighted; A servant n receipt of ;COD a year erreogee all thle-ebet tete otherge-n 'tarot aiel eeeofeil lareP—Ilehter—at 4 eiattrY of A'400 a Yeer Ranh, aro required to liget them, as well as the lamps, while/ it Meets 442 to have the table toed by tave fenkleuariel, When °Motel title ill table (Woken, Thole golet clettg is to lar the ainree eloth, and tale that the platee, (lithos and cutlery ere felely, get forth. The salary oe the chief butler, whet looke atter tee wine, 14 te0D0 a you, Tame are eixty housereaide ot Whideer, and the late Qreeei knew the rAartre ct eitch end ear gimlet line dtaY, Going into an 'unwed room upon one aeoegion, alee notteed a cabs Met that had not been dilated that day, She promptly wrote the royal autograph in the duet, cuid beneath it the name of the peetkular maid while° duty It was to duet the• room, IN THE Krrolitgx, - The kitoliee le ruled over by 4 chef, who eatery is 47139 a year, Under the chef are tour muter cooks, wee° are on duty 4botit it fortnight at a lame. Theo tbexe Are two, aseletant Awoke, two roaatieg Cooks, About six- teen apprenileee, Oelf a dozen kitohee maids, two yeomee of the kitchen, and" the olerk of the kitohen, tvho keeps the accounts and does the OELTV- Ing. Be eeceiven 4300 a year, The confectioners get 4300 and 4250 each. The chef has a small romp set apart on one side of the kitchen; the °there work in the one room, and ono ean imagine that the entire emerge with Its mingled noieee, the rush of emit, the hum ot voices, the Matter of pots and. pansy the many differ- ent adore that rise it e cloud to the cok rooe, ie like another edition of Walpurgisnacht. At the moment when dinner is being served there is a constant stream of stalwart part- teymen bringing in the grand, gol- den dishes, tueeens and sauee boats, Out at apother door flock the foot- men bearing the genie disbes, dainti- ly dressed and served. The functionary who receives the lowest salary ge the ratecatcher. Ile raust eke out an existence on 475 a year. He is the only servant whose salary is provided outside the civil list, and every session the House a COMM011e, in committee of supply, coneider this vote and gravely aes cede to Lt. 1.4Eif ON THE FARM. t SOIL CULTIVATION, It M fortunate thet the early tit - lege which 10needed to gave moisthre wa,rm tied dry the sole and develop t ,t14 food also Londe be cause ale earlier gernienatien of weed seeds, 'thee making it poeeible to kW <me or *003'?cootie of weede before the field 15 Planted. The fist etterriog oe the soil oftet so ranch warms it teat weed anode near the surface quickly sprout so that .fittIng geonea, evexofor oats, tenet enough elapsee before the oats are sowed to Jet the weeds get a eat- flie)snbelart 40 that the etirring of the eobl with the drill or seeder killi many end tiles is especially tone if the Held is gone over with a light har- row 24 to 36 hours after eeeding. To a carelese &server this statement may aneeax entree., sewing to the fact thet the weeds aire 110t yet op ao as to show; bat if the,eeeds have elerout- ed the,y kill very eagy by the drying of the soil, because they beve no root auxface to adhere to the troll and keep them aleve when exposed to the dry - ling wind and sun. It most be kept in mind that a heavy growth of weeds on a soil be- fore the 0114) Ohialted teeds to i re - dace tbe itramediatel,y a-vailable ter - Wily by taking o.,p the soluble salts, by drying ent the fields and reducing the rate at whieli plant food in the form of nitrates is developed. It is a caat w use true thhen the weeds decay, the plant food may be retun- ed, but the danger is that theyt will not decay quiekly enough to became available as soon as needed by the cave), especially if the ceop is vented late and the geewth of weeds has been TIte royal washing costs Z2,000 yearly, and 10 done at a picturesque building near Richmond Park, called the Royal Laundry. The linen is ear- ried to and from the laundry in cedar boxes, bearing brass plates inscribed with the different flambe' for ex- ample; "Tbe King, 1"; "Tbe Queen 2"; "Princess Victoria," etc, The boxes carrying the household linen are marked with the initials of the pal- ace, as "AV. C." or "B. P." Primrose soap, sligbtly scented, and quite free from alkaliea, is need, and is ex- tremely costly. Queen Alexandra's body linen exquisitely fine and ttleverely plain, and she never wears a Helmet petticoat after it has been washed. COST OP THE HOUSEHOLD. The royal household costs in the aggregate £132,000 a year in ealaeles, while an average of R172,000 a year is paid to -"the butcher, the baker and the candlestiokmaker," and the other tradespeople weo feed the inenabrs of the household. The ultra private apartment0 of Queen Alexandre at Windsor, whicb is the official roaideriee, consists of four roorassetbe audience chamber, the sitting room, bedroom and dress - 105 room. They are on the first floor of that portion of the pestle known as the Victoria Tower, and are ap- proached from without by a secluded portico, wbere the Queen may enter her carriage unobserved by any one except those in immediate attendance. The suit a rooms is entered through two large double cleave of oak, pinked out with gold and panelled in Gothic style. A 009)'l lilt, upholstered 00 crimson, conveys the Queen from the portmo up to her tomes. In the audience roam wait those with whona it le her wish to speak, either on rnattere of business or pleasure. Her sitting room, which faces south, is of great height. From O eide oriel window is a fine view of the Long Walk, the Home Park and tee Great Park. There is a magnificent marble mantel and a fire -place, in which M burned noth- ing but beech loge. In a cabinet in Gail room are kept the sixty leather-bound volumes or mitaloguee in which is the inventory of all the furnishings of Windsor Castle—china, glass, silver, draperies and furniture of the 700 aPartmeraa. This inventory was made by order of Queen Victoria, and in emordance with her bluer. Like a good house- wife the Queee was fully aware of the individual merit and the places lettere they ought to be kept, of hundreds of her possessions, although there were, of course, thousands of whicii she had no reckoning. The most °ostler dieter service in the world is at Windsor Castle. 11 15 of solid gold and valued at 4800,000. Of the numerous servioes of pike and china, but three are ever in use. In the crimson drawing room is kept a magnifieent collection of china. NOT QUITE WHAT SITE MEANT. .A. very stout lady, while out Walk- ing in a certain part of Edinburgh, came to a gateway, which appeared to be the entranoe to a private road. Not being certain, however, she asked Dee of two message boys who were :tending at the entrance whether Oho could get thrteigh the gateway or not, The hey looked her up and dowe ad across, then, winking to his friend, he replied; I (Rena ken, missies, but think ye miela try, 110 saw a horse and mart gong through a wee while aillee, THREE 'WINTERS—NO SUMMER. Tele year the Duke and Duehess at Cornwall 10111 Keck, three 'winters, but 00 suiatmer, They will have first a sprleg, then so then a win- ter., A tew. daye cieotaer spring, end thee ctetunin again, Their Nettie tei—ospecially that part between Fremantle and Natttl—will be exeep- tlenally eever*, though tbe visit to Ottoirithis keeps them ;aorta of the ordinary rattle, r tee—, A cubic foot of Marble weigbe 160 1139,, so 14 oubie ftmake a ton, Worth £4. Italy exporte 11;0,000, tons the medlea—Wax-ft thee' is his official ay heavy; Weed seeds do not all germinate at once, owl while the stirring of the soil kills some of them it places others under suitable. conditions to germin- ate. 001 tbis account harrowing a piece of mann or potatoes juet after planting an,d again after they are up is the best mut cheapest means a in- suring perfectly cleah rows. The broad, light, tilting, spike -tooth har- row iselhe best tool for this work and when righlty used ie reey efficient. The teeth slionkl be. fairly cloze to- gether, ea tbat all the soil is stirred, but Only to a slight depth Aftea the earn la me otherwise the corn plants will be torn out. After the corn is up, the beet time to harrow is just after dinner, when the sail is warm end evogaration is rapid. Under these conditioas the plants are more flexible and do not break off an they may in tbe colder part cee the day. It sometimes happens' that a heavy rain follows planting so closely tbat the first harrowing must ba delayed long enougli for the son to dry out. easel like this xequire the closest watchfulnees ea the harxow should staxt-at the earlieet possible moment. If -this is net done the soil will draw together about the plants so closely that if it is stirred about them it will ofteu adbeee so firmly as to break them off. There M always a stage atter a robe when the soil will easily work up fine and the tendeney is to wait too tang. Those Who bay° not made it a earetul study will be mu:prised to see how soon after a rain a ligh.t barrow may' be used Ithallow without injuring, the soil, and how much more efficient it is thetn titan when used later on aeon which tends ta become hard and stiff after rain. After the harrowing stage hes been paseed, a same positive tool is needed which can stir the soil thoroughly to a greater depth. The best tool fax tntertillage bee a ouffielentnumber of teeth 1 1-2 to 2 iiiebee Wide to thoroughly stir the aOil to a depth of about three inches. The eotrunon-, est mietake made in cultivatingcorn is in nob working erase enoagh to the row the first time through the field, There should be so .inueli freedom of motion in the gangs of teeth that with a slight effort they natty be brought together or separated very goickly and the IWO gangs of the two - 110180 eultioator should be held so closely together tbat without throw - keg mach earth tho surface in the row is completely covered. The teeth shaald be sot so as to xuaa Little deeper in ehe centre of the row where the roots tire farther below the surface and where tile mulch needs to be deepex ma account of tbe great- er evaporation there. As the corn becomes oklor the depth of miter -titian should be de- eireasod elighile aud the distance from the rOW made a tittle greater in order to avoid root pruning. eultevetiort Who broad shovels ore used for general work, several bad offeets xesult. In the seeond piece the surface es left so rough that the mulch de.voloped Is less effective es such anti 10000 of the soil is thrown out of use in the ridges where it be- comes too dry to allow net:rates to *form well en it. Besides this whet reline follow the cultivation, a large percent of water is absorbed by the ridges wbkh lose it quiekly by evaporation and teem it contribute but little toevar,d the growtb a the erop, beeause the roots aro all below and capillary action will not oonveY netrotee whith may be developed there downward, because on ttecount of evapo.netion, th.e motion te in the oppesite direction. The ridges often' tend to conceetrate themselves ma of reach of the roots much of the nitrate which aro farina deeper in ate feromed, In loceleties wbeee the fields ere eot stony and the soil is heavy; col- tivatore with rigid teeth do better work, been:tete they rail ateadily at a more teneforin depth, The spring eultteator allows the teeth to bend beeirWard Whet a havd tgea of soil is etenek, pessiag over the spot Without penetrating as deeply ae it Des.. 1103 1,e4v)in. tho wegle detie oink at joet the place where eltoirotigh stirring le pion needed, Th°2hcrli1c41;4tl nu01 vereveltaee1eunattees, /4,totopmeot wheoordefifeleaott rtef,e Iewonmaeolian"iell; be true alea thee tee field will lieee gOilig over 48 eoen after rains aa the eoil will perbeit provided tbe rale hem been teeny enough tO destroy tm oelosmreulic(b.welue gilte5.011001311)'lf p:yrt taao otoilltt tIvais oe ofteoa ea once pee week, be- ettelee while the sell is wet, frogileet cultivation not only tutees moliture, labinitrtiate lettio,sttheoossotilieloole erevewtorolientiall mop meet derive it nierogen supply.. Wben the emesen is dry and well developed dry make two or three Ankles deep hum been formed, there will be little gained by eultIvating, 11 the field la free teem wed. , Go the other band, la 10Mardiis tiale the dry portion of the muleb is not more lean 1 to 1 1-2 in deen it Lege be mode enmeth mare efficient to pay for at:tether eultivation. It most be renacmhered that mulches teed to be- come lose and less effective by eend- keg, the naoistose ereeping weeds throngle the ea, causing it to draw and become more compact. There le otten anotber reaeon for goeno over the field with the culti- Intone or eveo when a good mulch ex - tete and thee are no weeds. The evaporation af water from the soil re- sult% en oonoeutaating right at the surfeeeele seluble teats bald in the soil wat x, and as the soil water forms most rapidly near the surface, these are especially liable to gather where they are entirely out of reach of tbe roots. But to go over the field with the cultivatoe, stirring the ,soil to a depth of thece inehes will throw trona of this motet valuable plant food down where it can again be dissolved by the soil water and the roota thus Revere It. It is because of this need that the very stellate eultivatioo 18 dneoopt aiss leifkleeleytiivoe bees. that three Molt, Meet farmers are farailiar with the fact that after the meddle of July corn roots throw up eltort fingers in- to the top soil, reaching almost to the eurface. Thee is to take advantage of the nitrates and soluble salts whkh ere concentrated there by capillarity. The dews of night and the ligbt atun- 11151 desselve these sane and then tbe .roots are able to procure them. TO oaltivate the field after this condition has developed will destroy these roots and thus prevent the crop from utilizing tbe plant food concentrated in this way. HIGHEST STATUE IN EUROPE ---e It es to he Found in seotiand and is a Work of Art, There M to be seen at Golspie, in the county of Sutherland, it Avork of art, completed on September 16, 1881l, whioh le believed to be the higheet statue in Europe. This is a monu- ment to the memory oi the then re- cently deceased Duke of Sutherland, by subscriptions among els tenantry. HM Grace was respected and beloved in no ordinary degree in a country which he did so much to improve, and when he was gathered, ripe in years and in honors, to sleep with his fathers, the feeling of the people sine- ultaneously burst forth, and it monu- ment in commemoration of the vir- tues of their late friend and benefac- tor wag resolved upon. It might have been geld in the words of ,tbe poet: "A mightier monument command The mountainof their native land." For itis impossible to look from the summit of one of those eminences without recognizing some mark of the judgment and patriotism whieb have converted sterile moors and stagnant fens into a widespvead poem of cultivation and beauty. The grati- tude of the tenantry, bowever, prompted setae visible token of their feelings, and the result is equally honourable to the dead and. to the liv- ing. The Site selected was the sum- mit of a mountain, called Benxraggie, about 1,400 ft above the level et the sea. A quarry of hard red sandstone was found on the spot, and from this the stones were eroavated to form the pedestal, which is exactly. 76 FT. IN HEIGHT. The shape is octagonal tor 27 ft, and at tee termination, forming a base for the statue, it is 9 It. Thetask of the masons have been no enviable one, toiling et the huge blocks of Atone on the solitary height of sueli a IUD, or even when resting in their temporary huts, To erown this magnificent pedestal a statue of equally gigantic proportions was created. A model ot the figure was moulded by Chantrey, bearing an ad- mirable likeness of the duke, in an erect attitude, tie if standing to speak, arrayed in the toga or .gown. This statue is 80 ft. in height, mak- ing with the pedestal an elevation of 106 ft, and forming a couspieuous landmark far and near, by ee30 and land, on both sides oe the :Moray Firth. The profile of the 00013150- ance is distinguisbed at a consider- able distence an the road. Tbe stone of which the statue is composed is found at Bora, ana is of a drab col - aur, \vetch gradually whitens on ex. ensure. .The entire statue is cone- poeed of about thirty pieces, fastened together tvith copper clamps and plugs. Each division was conveyed to the hill by a machine oonstrueleci for the purpose. Although the mode el of Cbitetrey ie only 4 ft in height, amid tbe Mettle is 30 ft., every line mad teeture has beet preserved by the most micact measevemera, and by mechanical prooessea which impose 13. check 00 each, and eecure certainty to the whole. Tim execution of this work wee ietrusteci. to Sir Francis Chantrey and Me. Theakkene, who also tonstrueMd the monument to the Duke of Setberkeed, at Trentham, te Staffordelare. Irisb abd Scotch settlers ill the Argentine possess 83 million keeling, against 12 million posseseed by Ger. mans, Ercischmen, and Italians. CHEAT RIMLIRARL $9167lla 41301,IT TIM YASTNESO O Q11144,80$ LITERATURV,, Nailve leowonapers Alevolong nrid Venerable Pekin Vezetie lea* lied to Waken VD. We are eel proad of the national brary kr:need ot the British Illuseum that we complacently refer to 11 00 b- 1135 the largest library in tile world, with the possible exoeption ot tee Pemba, remarke a writer irt l'ear,son's Weekly, This can hardly be so, for the vastness ot Chinese literature can be gathered trona the digest of the published catalogue, ranging from the twelfth to the seventeenth cc/attar, Thee gigantie eneyelopeeAia oonsiets of 5,000 pages. A eopy of thle work cae be seen at the British litu,setum the authorities of which regard it aa 'one a their choicest treaeure% But the vast quantity of literature embraeed in this truly poloesal vele tone bee one great commanding feat-, tele which Angto-Stixoe writing Melee for whereas the works written in our tongue are only understood by our, rime, the boole langaage 00 Ghtna unAerstood by tbe educated, not only, of the tvhole Cbinese Empire, but et Japan, Lo -Chao, alandsteria, and Coahin-China; that is to say, the book of Mina is read by nearly halt the population of the world. Though the Chinese are practically destitute of newspapers and Peritel- teals they Oa% boaat the Week news. - papers in the world. Of all newspapera the Pekin Gazette till recently, was the motet etupid, the information it contained being con- fined to imperial effusiona of the most teumpery deserlptioo. • NEWSPAPERS ADVANCING. Dureng the last year or so there have not been wareeing signs that the intellectual torpor inlo which Chinn for ceeitu.ries has been plunged is slowly passing trway. The stage*. tion of die interior and remote pro - Times is ee protound 05 tree, but native sheets are blossoming into ex- istence in Shanghai and Hong Kong with sach rapidity that to -day the Chinese of thee* parts boast ef fire daivctilyY, wnbe,iilsystP4t9he're 6'1veeakllly Inidthgmonttbitlier native peripdicals are rapidly increas- ing both ih numbers and circulation'. Tbe emcees of these native prints bas been so great that the aged Pekin G.tbaiszetategedbasprbiemetnbsetilragrendor pourbilviasialie•yae in three editions. The first edition, called the King' Paou is printed on yellow paper and constitutethe official Gazette of the Empire, The second edition, the Meng -Peon, Commercial Tournal, 18 also printed oo yellow paper and con- tains inforrmation relating to trade. The tined edition, the Pitau-Paou is publkhed for the delectation of pro- vincial readers, and is printed on red paper. Life le Mina, especial/y out tlae big citiee, being phenomenally dull one would have thought that the authorities, to relieve the tedium, would have brightened the pages of the third edition with some lively readings. Oh, dear, no. The third edition e.onsists solely of extracte trate the first two issues. Of the native papers the Shan -Pao or Shanghai Gazette ....11111.65 first with? a loca/ circulation 0030,000 copies. .11.11 the a.rticks are written by oativest and the vigour with which torture is demeenced and abuses laid bare is quite remarkable. So great is the power wielded by this journal that provincial governors sooner than in- cur its displeasure will revoke ad 130- jUat sentence. As showing how irapossible It is to eliminate ISOM the human mind the desire to progress, the Shan -Pao, at the time ween the Kaiping mines were opened up, printed a number of leading autieles, in whish the advant- ages of using coal as well ag the ehjeo- tions to con/earning this fuel, were most ably and thormeghly diecussed. One of the meet striking of the many articles dealin,g with social sube Jake whieb bave appeared from time to time in tbis jou.rnal dealt with the question of Female Education, The writer, a netive, not only ad- vocated the highest forut of educe.. tion for women, but stated ha the Meet uncompromising manner that if China were to hold her own against the world she most discard her pre. emit attitude towards the ideas ot the outex world. The editor, iL is said, waited in fear and trean.bling next day for the ap- pearance of a howling mob, but the waive population wore not stirred. The Shan -Pao is now recognized as euela a factor in the national life tliat report says et is regularly perused by, the Dowager -Empress. One of the most extraordinary of the °Vella] publications is the Ime instal Almaelack. When it was dia- covered that even the Chinese found some of the etatemente in this re. ruarkable book too runch for their di- gestion, the Manderins songlit the acle vice of some Oesaits. Permiseion was given, after ranch laesitation, to revise t00 astranomical part of the work, bet they were sterely enjoined 1104 to tanzer with the table at lucky arA unlecky days. The fallowing ere guotations froni the Book of Riteet 'In th.e therd month mice," it saye "are transformed into pigeons and ralabOWO are filet seen," "In the sixth month puss decomposes and produces glow weenie," Tble is mei too .good, but it is nothing to the wonder& at the tenth nvonth, "Pheakiants glee to eea and aro tra.nee foemed into oyelers, and • rainbcoee 05T100'ule'; a rerearkable people. 11)18)1 HX CO ---ULD DO. look at my desk; ise't 11 in safl diaorder? Perbape eon are oraineted Lor'time/ Thitt's so; it I lied 011105 (1,010 I (meld make it, look waren than it deee how.