The Brussels Post, 1901-6-27, Page 7THE WHITE ROSE,
pHA1''1'1lli IX,'IIVegOteltinued,
So Doloeea 4vitted Soaxadale before
her old friends .and neighbors know of
hear imeentime .All atter pts to trace
Lady Allamnrore /)roved uneuteenisful.
Loved I'BJryeevorth even wall left en Pee -
feet ton -Mance of Delorea3's movements
and the, lawyers who had the nanage-
nient of R1ea' affairs, merely stated, bi
am,s;ivor to eue:riee, respecting their
client, that !Lady Allananelrlti bad left
na address xvith Lbaht to give.
Helmet was livLn 'in Paris, when
she hoard brat the Ville Battu was to
let, and it ocourree, to her that Fier -
alum would he's very sui.teblc place of
wee -kenos for herr, There she would
have every eoportualty of educatieg
heir daughteee, and at the same time
would find a. haven of rest and the
happiness to be ,derived from a loyc
ly climate and beautiful scenery.
ISo to the. Villa )Bahr)!, as to a haven
of rest; ehe Gears with hex twochil-
dren and faitefulh old servant, John
Frodsham ; and there for sixteen
Years ehe lived.
But she had never grown accustom-
ed to her pain. St was.ae keen now
as of old. If ehe woke in tho middle
of the night, her 'Vast thought was
always this --why had Karl Left liar;
whom be loved, for ono whom he had
not loved ? She never grew; reconciled
to the lose—she never quite under-
stood it. One other thing was a mys-
tery to her. Sir Karl bad never
drawn any money; and she wondered
Orem what source ha derived his in-
come, and decided in her own mind
that it was merely a strong sense of
justice on hie poet that had caused
helm to leave hie money untouched for
his wife and child. T,hen ber bear tre-
belled ageinet the notice that he was
Riving on Lola a money.
Kathleen was avec twenty now, and
Gertrude a beautiful, blooming girl of
seventeen. They bad not suffered by
their mother's voluntary extle.•They
had received an excellent education
masters name: every day from Flor-
ence to insteudt them. '''hey could not
tail to imbibe every pure, high, end
holy principle from Dolores ; and
from hes they had inherited also that
high -bred grace of manner and re-
finement of taste that made her one
of the merit charming o1 women.
They moved in the highest society. Do-
lores made but one stipulation. They
might make the acquaintance of ltal-
ians, Austrians, Spaniards -people of
every and any nationality except Eng-
lish ; they were forbidden under the
strictest of penalties, over to allow
any introductions to the latter, no
matter what their rank or position
The. gurla had been to soma court
balls sad etate entertainments; they
hod been favourably noticed by the
young queen. But they knew no
Fnglieh people. They loved theirbeau-
tiful mother with an intensity of
hove. They knew little or nothing of
their family history, only that thele
mother .had had a great deal of trou-
ble im told, far-off England, the very
name of which was distasteful to her,
—and this trouble they believed to be
the death of their father; but, as she
never spoke -of it to them, they asked
her no questions. They both knew
that Kathleen was rich in her own
right, as they expressed it, she had
a beautiful estate called Deerhurst
Manor, and that Gertrude would have
only what It should please box moth-
er to glue her. They never dreamed
of asking the zeason of all this, but
accepted the fact, They knew no othe
er name that •Cliefden ; but over the
mind of the elder, Kathleen, there
came at times memurtes that 'were
Like du•ea;tns—memories of a grand
and &Lately home, of another name
which the could not reoall, and of a
Mends -ems young conn with blue eyes
who need to kiss her and her mother
too. That was tea dead father, of
course,
As the golden -haired lady with the
sweet sad Base, stood looking ovea•khe
Arno, the waves of which were slow-
ly brLmming over until they reached
bei- feat, she thought of all those long
yearts, and wondered if her peaceful
root from sorrow and shame, must on
eeeount of her dear children, Come
to an end. They would not always be
content here.
)Everything was eo peaceful and
calm. Tho crimson light was lying
now, on the slyer. Tbo same thought
recurred to icer which, like it poison -
outs snake, had .stung her every boor
of hex lite since her husband bed left
ber—"What is ,he doing eiow? Is he
standing by Lola's side, watobing
with her some scene as fair as this ?"
Sha turned from the river with a
try of pain on her lips. She felt more
Lonely than usual this evening, for
tier children had asked; for a holiday,
wed •with a good-natured Neapolitan
Comtces for their escort, had gene
to see the famous Plttt pelaoo. Dol-
ores; had wi911ed the old butler to ac-
company them be was in hor oyes,
a bodyguard in himself ; but her
daughters bad laughed so imorrtly tied
the Countess had seemed so amused
that olio had been compelled to aban-
don the idea. Frodeliiam was always
am. tho alert when there were any
English . about, and Dolores kuesv
that, lee was beginning to think
that the ebildneel were roither late
!Mien she heard the carriage stop.
Ah, What a difference theee ewect'
emelt young voices made I She !heard
them in the distance, and' her heart
boat at the sound, "My darlings I" she
said to herself.
They hastened to the ohne-wale. Do-
Mecs's fair face brightened as she
uslw..' teem, and the sadness shed out.
of her eyes', Gertrude went up to
hetr.
" Darling m
amma,"
she stied, "do hotleitis WS until You
heard what we
%eve done,"
Deform was somewhat startled,and,
heir fade paled a little; but she an-
swered (Iuletli .-'
"Ines e,
i gilt! •firx•o, my darling', that.
yen have done no wa•ong, But where
le the paunteee ?+'
She had to delve off at ones;
Meesage (Janie to her at the palmate
She }oft every possible apology and
eoanpliment for you, mamma, She lots
berets very kind to us, and we have
had a happy day l But, oh I mamma,
how fan I to tall you, what hay hap-
pened? Kathleen Says you will be.
dreadfuliyangry. I feel that, too, yet
I enonot Hoe bow, we could Possible
have avoided it," ..
"My dean Gertrude,you forget that
all this timo you ars keeping me in
suspense," her mother said, bahf swig-
ing.
They made a ala'iking grou:P,theee.
three fair women—Dolores in the fair
splendor of her lnatronhood, Kath-
leen with heir pathetic beauty, and
Gertrude,' in the 'freshest bloom of
heir girlhcod; dainty, delicate and. love-
ly.
I will tell you at once, mamma,"
she said, "and you moat promise me
not to be very angry."
CHAPTER XX1Tt.
Mather and daughter walked down
to the water's edge.
"I'd you have a long story to tell
me," said Dolce^eft, "let us ail down
hero ; these bamboo °baire are quite
inviting."
She did not feel alarmed. leer chil-
dren had not hitherto caused her any
uneaainelss. • Still it was plain that
soanothing out of the usual current
of eveinta had happened. Kathleen
had grown pale, and Gertrude rosy
red.
Mamma,:' began Gertrude, "it is
Better to tell you the truth, though
I ant afraid a great deal of mischief
her, beam ,donee. You know drat Kath-
leen and 1 have not asked you any
questions about England ; we both
knew that if tbei:.e was anything to
tell you would tall it in good time.
But, mamma, to -day far the first time
wo bare heard that there in something
Strange—" .
• Strange, Gertrude?"—and Del-
c5res's' facewas troubled.
Yea ; but, darling mamma. never
mind what comes at it. Kathleen and
I are your devoted child;ren ; Lf you
say tbat txe axe to forget this, and
never ask any v
questions about it, to
will do ho."
"I know you axe the best children
in the world," said Dotoree, "but what
he it, you have heard, my dear ?"
" You know wo went with the Coun-
teas to see the Pitti palace; and one
room in it delighted us above all oth-
ese. Some of Raphiael's most )beauti-
ful Madonnas axe there, and a lovely
'Dolorosa'—,ah, mamma, (how like your
name 1—by Pea Angelico. Kathleen
and I stood before it for u long time.
Other people were in the room, and
at last I saw a group that I felt
sure were English. Presently wo
heard the emend of their voices, lavas
right in my surmise, for they spoke
pure, beautiful Slroglish. The young
gentleman walked away to look at
n piotuire at the other aide of the
large saloon, so that he was at some
distance from hi« mother. 1 think
the had grown tined, for she sat down
in one of tha great theirs and. sigh-
ed. A few minutes afterward, she
dropped her purse, and it slid along
the polinhed floor until it cadre to my
feet. Now, Manama, In common polite-
ness, could I help picking it up 1" -
"No, my dealt," said Dolores, (gently
—"oertainly not." She had always
taught her children to be attentive
to the aged.
1 did pick it up; and as a matter
of course, handed it to the owner.
My fade fiu«hed, and I felt very un-
comfortable. S knew that oho was
English, and that you had forbidden
us toepealt in such a case, 'Madam;
I said, I think this is years.' They
were very eimple words, but the effect
upon her was something marvelous.
She. sprung up and caught .me with
both hands, with a owthat rang'
•throuigli the great saloon. But, mam-
ma, you era growing paler and ,pal-
er "
" Go, .on, my dose," said Dolores,
"neves• anind me."
"She caught ma by- both hands, and
cu•iod out, " Child, who are you, who
um you 1" She was a beautiful lady,
mutmma,—quite old, with a fine face
that had many linos on it,—not fain'
—and smooth like youre—and white
batr. When she hold me, and looked
at ane, her eyes flaehcd. 'Who are
you?' she cried. 'What is your name
—you with Karl Allanmore's face?'
That was the name, 1 am sure, mam-
ma—Karl Ailammoro."
She &topped abauptly, for with is
little ixry her mother had suddenly
buried her face in her hands.
"Mamma," began Gertrude.
" Go on .my deer," «add a faint, low
voice that elle ha,a•dly .recognized.
"'You have,—you have indeed,' she
said. 'You bove Keel .tllanmore's
face. What is your name ? Harry
coarse here." My name is Gertrude
Ci'eafdan,' 1 said, " (Metre= l' she re-
e'epeated. 'Oh, Harry, we have toned
them at lest 1" Harry, come: to me—I
have found tbcan at last 1 The young
Englishman came nip and stood look-
ing with the utmost bewildeament tat
as. 'Hairyy," s'he cried, "is it not mar-
velous ? S have found team I Is it
possLble that you do .not womanize
them?' Mamma, listen, He went up
to Kathleen raid looked at her —a long
steady ,graze ; then he said, 'I believe
thus ie my old driend and playfelldw,
ICathleen llh•yssvorth. Kathleen Shook
liar head, '1 am Kathleen Cliefdon,'
s !replied—'not Rhysworth. He
looked with a puzzled air at the lady
and than again at my sister. 'you
ore certainly ray little playfellow,
Kathleen,' ha solid.. '1 remember your
face. Your eyes .:were ahvays sad,ancl
you had dark curio an your fore-
head. "A RLygworth face,' said the
lady—'she Alavayebad it. You know,
[ferry, the dear lady gave up every-
thing, even her Immo.' Chiefdet was
her maizlen tame,' Teen she seemed
to think that pax;hope she hail spoken
t
mprudently, ..for she looked at -ma
with her quick oyes!. '1t may be,' she
said, that you know, nothing ot your
own or your Mother's history, '1
know nothing whatever,' 1 replied,
oept that hey' mother le living and
my father. is, dead„ she repeated
TAE(, -RAISING EPISODE IN Tel
ORIENT,
the, word after me. 'Dead I Oh, then be
is really )'lead, le 'his?' she asked, 'Yes,
I said. Ho has been dead ever since
I remember. My mother it a widow,'
'I undea•Stand,' '.she sale, with a deep
sigh. Then the young Englishman
°eee round to me. He bad such clear,
homcst eyes. I liked his face so much.
He held out leo hand to me,ond said,
'1s it possible that this can be baby
Gertrude,' Imagine—baby Gertrude) 1
triad to chow him that I was no baby
and to look ever his head, but I could
not. Ife ie much taller than I am.
Thee) we both began to laugh. Then
the lady spoke. ' le it possible; she
said, ' that you dear children do not
len•aw ua 1' 'I do not,' I said hastily,
Kathleen did not seem quite so sure
Your face,' She sale, 'to the lady,
'comes,, back to me as in a dream. I
have seen it before, I fan sura ; but 1
Cannel: reenember where. 1' know the
name R.lhyaworth, too: 'You must re-
member us, my dear, although you
were only four years and a half old
when it happened and your dear
mtmma left ns. S am Lady Fielden,
and 1 Jere at I'ielden Manor close to
your old home. My husband, Lord
Malden, died three years ago, and my
sem Harry decided to take me balf
round the world to cheer me. Harry
was your friend and playfellow, Kath-
leen. You stayed with me at the
Manor• for many weeks when your
mapxma was 111; and Harry proved
hie devotion to baby Gertrude by
nearly killbeg fxel• in his efforts to
amuse her. Ho hod no baby -sisters ;
they were all grown up. 'Do you not
remember the nursery and the
French bonne svbo alwaye•called you,
",my Lady Ce.teriia?"' Kathleen look-
ed Like one in a dream, mamma. At
last a light came into her eyos, 'I do
reme.'mbsr, she said. 'I remember you,
Lady rieldem—you were very kind and
iendulgent to me; and 1 am quite
Sure non, that I remember papa. I
remember some one who used to kiss
me.' She began to tremble and cry,
Lady ridden tcok her in her arms
and kissed ber, She was crying, too.
'My dear,' she said, I knew your moth-
er intimately many years ago: I have
never lovep any one more dearly than
I loved her. When she was f11, (left
my home and want to her. 7 nursed
her through a long and terrible ill -
nese, and when she even—erect she left
us quite suddenly, and without tell-
ing any one where she, was going. 1
do not reprooeh her ; but 1 loved her
so dearly that she ought to have
known I should always have been
true to her mad respected her wishes.
She should have confided, in me, even
if the had told no one else ; but she
wee sanely, troubled, and so I for-
give her. Do you know,' she went
an, 'that I have been sixteen years
trying to find you? 11 knew your
mother bad given up her title, but
I never Irnew what n,n.me she had
adcpted, so how was it possible to
dkscover leer? I always believed, that
She had gone to the South of France.'
Materna, it is like a romance ; is it all
true? Have you a title? Has our
Kathleen another Game ?"
"My dearest child," said Dolores,
" you must give inc time to think be-
fore answering,"
"I have not told pont all yet," Ger-
trude continued. "Lady Platelets bade
one deliver this message to you. (She
wished an to tell you that she thank-
ed Heaven for baying found you. that
she longed with hem whole heart and
soul to see you, but that she 're-
spected your seclusion, so entirely that
she would clo as Lean wished about it.
Sho will come here tomorrow itt noon,
and them, if it be still your wish not
to meet hex, she will go away con-
tent. Ob, Inatome, do ace her I"
" There is a etoty in our lives," said
Dolores, "which concerns ell throe of
us•, and T have thought lately that
1 should have to tell it to you at
some time. You could• ,not always live
in this fashion. Kathleen has her• own
estate at Dacrhnrst; and it is quite
Limo ehe saw the /plate, But, my chil-
dren, I have dreaded to revert to the
past. From time to time 1 have put
off all disclosure, mad now I canliot
decide." She rnesed her halide and
placed them on her temples, ns if to
steady hex thoughts. "I will sec you
again later on," she said. "Tell Ber-
rite to prepare some tea for you, and
than came down kern to me in an
hone. By that tune I thrill have de-
alded what to do."
Somewhat awed, the girls stole
away softly, and Dolo.roe knelt dowu
in the violet -studded grass, and
prayed to Heaven to bele her. Must
she toll thorn the tvltole truth or
not 4 It was not to be supposed that
they would remain at F'loreno° all
heir livee ; the time would stem come
When Kathleen, being of age, must
go to Deerhurat. Tbsy would know
the truth, :if ever they went to Eng-
land. Trite, 1,1 weld sixteen years since
it had: all happened, but it was not a
t tory that was ItL*y to be forgot -
em even in that tiYde. Their appear -
Anse
B
in ngland would ,revive iSir
Karl Allanlnoro's daughter, so like
him eu fano,, and in charm of manner,
would surely bring back the morns
ors, of her father ; and then they
would hoar the slbneneful story. They
Meet hear edit, }ler hueben l had de-
sorted her and his children, and .lead is
loft the, country, with soma ons else:
'What if Karl, was in England, and
should ever meet them, should ever
come, face to face with' the daughter
he bad deem:Led? Yet the girls hada
right to know their ow.n history, to
live their own lime, as she had lived
lows, hSe must tell them—tell them
im her own gentle fashion, so that,
while they understood the dishonor
of the sin, they ehould feel nothing
but pity am] compassion for the sin-
ner, , ,
To Be Continued.
COAL IN AUSTRALIA.
Plenty er 111, fiat boat gr Dish(tnalilr, 11
S ems.
The remark of an expert marine en-
gineer, that "not one of the mammoth
modern steamsh$ps c;utd possibly go
at full speed from Australia to Cey-
lon 1x71:1: neing any sort of coal bithe
crto discovered in Australia," hits off
the coal -mining situation is the Col-
onies to a ninety, says London En-
gineer. But 1e there is anything in
recent reports from Queensland, this
reproach is soon to ba wiped out. Mr.
Benjamin Dunstan, D,G,S,, Assistant
Government Geologist, has discover-
ed important no -called "anthracite"
seams on the Dawson and Mackenzie
in the central district, and has, it is
said, demonstrated the linel to bo
equal to the highest quality of steam
coal the world produaeo. A sample
from the seam at its outcrop gave the
following result; Moisture,2.8?; vole.
Cite hydrocarbons,, 11._5; fixed carbon,
81.87; ash!, 4.113. The seam; is eleven
fleet tbeek, and the cal, ie vary
heavy and coumpaot. Aa the ooal
oeuntry extends westerly from the
Daimon for many mites, the quan-
tity to enormous. - No other coal of
the same character has been found in
Australia, en that the deposit should
be a material factor in the develop-
ment of the Colonies, though the as -
'oration that it may become of "in-
ternational importance" seems a lit-
tle sanguane. Queensland possesses
other fields yieldim,e less valuable
fuel. 1t is estLm.ited that within the
area of the Mole -Athol coal field—
about five square milea—there are 7,•
000,000 tons of the finest quality of
Cherment coal and about 50,000,C0J
tone of aslightly inferior quality in
a leaver seam not yet mined,• to say
nothing of other seams, that may
exist
AT GREATER DEPTHS.
At present Queensland is not a great
coal producer, by reason of the re-
moteness of the beds from mister car-
riage, and last year the output wes
only 494,000 tons, an increase of 80,-
000 tons in 1800. Now South Wales is
an easy first among the,Colonial coal
pro;lucers, and a cabLa tells us that
fn 1900 line yield woes 5,507,497 tons,
an increase of 543,515 tons.
Both these figures orrnstituto easy
records,. New. South Wales supple-
ments flu home supplies of ail the
other colonies, and it exports quite
Marge quantities to the 'west ooast of
North and South America, to thePa-
ccfia end clisowhere. Japan and In.
din have injured its trade with rho
Eastern markets, but Compensation
has beim found in other directions,
and great expectations of .increased
ethe nmption at home are entertained
from the development of an iron -
manufacturing industry in the ociiony
Reel/. In Victoria good accounts aro
given of the coal niaanures of Gipps-
land, The Victorian mining rcpre-
eentative stated toward the cpfl of
Last year ]n the corium of .0 lecture
at the Imperial Im tanto that he had
proved that at several localities nvitb-
in the area of 3.000 ngnara macs of
coal -bearing rooks there u'.ere sev-
oral seams or gool black coal, rang-
ing frees, two feat to dive foot in
thickneris, and et a number of these
lot] ties - Itoruintburia, Jumbunna,
0ut,triln, Cape Paterson, ())rounds,
Berry's Creek, Bassvallay and Hazel-
wood—no loss n. quantity than 50,-
000,100 tens w,oro available for local
prostuotion. The. absence of rail-
way oomenunieation and tha dense
forest made transit almost impossi-
ble, end eonftie ting interests of
coal importers retarded development
for a taw years. But now that raii-
ways ha,d been exten;led into the men,'
there era quite half a dozen collieries
at work, employing nearly 1,000
miners and giving an annual output
of .over 250,000 tons. The total out.
pat to slate Is 1,750;000 tons, of the
val'u:a of. £1,000,000, There aro three
toe}I-defined coal -bearing areas in
Victoria—tine Gippelan(l, the Cape 01 -
way and the Wannon districts, coy.
ening an area of '7,000 %quare miles,
There are two distinct closets of coal,
the Jitrasaic Week coal Held the Ter-
tiary bralwen coal, the latter In de-
posits of enm'mone thickness. West-
ern Australia possesses coal beds at
Collie and the other places of whdah
we are likely. bo ])oar in iiia future,
hstoidco's army on. a peace footing
82,143 strong.' The military ex- cent
oil THE FARM,
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DA. rIIIY IIlj1QTT $,':
Keep the cow thrifty. A weakly
cow, however good oho may be, can
not do so Well at the pail, 11a,• can
she t1'aissm
olfspi'inglt, hor good qualities to
]ler
Cows giving bitter milk in summer
when pasturage is short are being
forced to eat some improper food.
Chnrigo the pasturage o1• )Berges°
their ratio!).
To carry liquids in an open barrel
without slopping it is necessary only
to float a 5113011 armful of 'wood 1)1
le or a barrel llcl upon the moving
surface,
In staking cottage cheese use a
teaspoonful of rennet per gallon of
milk, If the rennet bo strong, .mak
fag the cheese too bard,'' use less
next time. Mellow consistency and
plenty of salt are desirable.
Warui bran mashes and warm
water to chink the first twenty-four
(lours after calving twill often save a
cow from udder disorders and start
hor safely on her period of useful-
ness. A little hardship at this cri-
tical time often causes trouble" and
makes her less profitable through the
season, also,
The bacteria that causes all the
trouble in milk multiplies very rapid-
ly in a temperature between 00
degrees and 100 degrees, but not
below that point. Milk :should
therefore be strained and cooled as
rapidly as possible after being tele -
en from the cow to get its temper-
ature below GO degrees marl:. The
bacteria is always present, the only
thing 1,0 do is to prevent multiply-
ing which under fovorab]e circum-
stances goes on with lightning rap-
idity.
"Experience is a good teacher, but
e little slow," wisely observes a
friend. "I am anxious," he says,
"to learn how to care for cows so as
to got the largest flow of milk."
Sensible man! And it is what many
of us ought to be desirous of
learning. Nobody can make cows do
their best unless he is a student and
careful, painstaking practitioner.
No one article o1• boors will do it,
This man is going to succeed because
be is "anxious to Ieau'n," which some
of us are not.
How should the cheese factory pay
for milk? The most valuable parts
Of milk for cheese are fat and nitro-
gen compounds, including casin and
albumen. Casein only is coagulated
y rennet, bloatof the albumen
asses into the whey. Repeated
tests prove that as the pre:uctfan
f fat increases the quantity of
cheese increases, until a limit of four
er cent. of fat in the milk is reach -
d, when a portion of it begins to be
est, and the yield of cheese suffers
h
e yield of cheese is greatest when
the amount of casein equals or w-
eeds the alaoun't of fat The more
at the less casein is the rune. In
ommon factory milk, the Ott the
pills contains determines the amount
nd quality of the cheese, hence the
my Just way to pay for the milk
y ascertaining the proportion
its it contains.
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THE CODLING MOTH,
The Colorado experiment station
Ilas issued a press bulletin on th
subject of the codling moth, an
after the usual reconuneadations re
garding spraying, etc., has the fol
lowing recommendations for other
remedial preventive measures, whip
are too often overlooked as aids t
the work of spraying:
Bandages of burlap or other che
fabric placed about the trunk of th
trees from the middle of June til
September will collect largo number the larvae which gathegatherbenedtl
thein for the purpose of changing to
the pupa and then to the moth
stago. if these bands are removed
once in a week or ten days, quite a
large percentage of the worms may
be collected slid destroyed. A ban-
dage four inches •wide aud having
two of three thicknesses of cloth is
of good size and may be held in
place by means of a single carpet -
tack thrust through the overlapping
cads into the bark of the tree. A
band thus held rnny be quickly tak-
en of and replaced.
Clattering and destroying fallen
fruit, either by bund or by means of
hogs or sheep turned ietto the or-
chard will help some to keep the cod-
ling moth in check, but most of the
worms leave the apples before they
fall, After apples have lain on the
ground for three or foss clays almost
no worms can bo found in them,
Protect collar doors and windows
with screens wherever apples are kept
so that moths hatching in the cellar
cannot escape to the orchard.
Clean culture and the removal of
all rubbish in and about the or-
chard will make it more difficult for
the worms to find suitable hiding
places for the winter.
Scraping the loose bark frofromtrunk
and branches will also remove many
a safe hiding place for worms dur-
ing winter.
No one slto'rld be discouraged be-
cause ho does not meet with as com-
ploto success in tho use of the above
remedies as ho had hoped tho first
year. Ile who persistently mot in-
telligently uses them through a ser-
ies of years will be almost .certain of
a degree of success that will con-
vince him of their value,
�t114 hero, mattered ns evenly • and
eel. ;to I,u,.+,1110: it Mae be safer
though
envoi' the fertilizer a little, al -
For
1 hardly ,ever go to that
S'
F'or seed I prefer potatoes oflned-
ium to small size and do not believe
is cutting then too line, .hose
pieces are dropped about 14 in.
apart in the furrows, and covered
with a cultivator with the wings
turned in and. withwitha roller attach-
ment. Before the potatoes appear
above ground 1 go over the Piece
With a weeder, and as s000011as the.;
plants are well up start the .cultiva-
tor and run it quite often, gradually
getting considerable earth around the
plants. 1 use the hand, hoe if neces-
sary, as weeds must eat be allowed
to grow among the plants.
Some may think that a ton of
fertilizer to the acro to much to
apply all in the drills, but I want to
have enough right whel'o the roots
need it Most, for the potato is rath-
er a pool' feeder. The method of cul-
tivation is to keep the roots from
spreading aver the land too much.
I have found from experience that
we anus! apply more than the analy-
sis of the plant would seem to call
for. Ely favorite kinds are lilarly
Sunrise for early crop, and Dela-
wares for late. I prefer to get nor-
thern grown seed every spring, as it
seems to have more vitality than
seed grown and ripened in our ex-
tremely hot August weather.
HARVESTING WINTER WHEAT.
No up-to-date farmer uses anything
but a modern self -binder 01; a header
for his winter wheat harvest. Every-
one is familiar with these machines
and they are most ecnnnmiea.l where
the ground is level. In some local-
ities wheat on rough hilly ground or
on fields full o3 stumge can be more
successfully harvested by means of
the old-fashioned reaper, particular-
ly the "drop" machines. They are
liglstor and la some respects are
more easily dandled under diffi-
culties. Then, too, the old-fashion-
ed reaper will occasionally do bet-
tor work during very wet weather.
In much of the wheat growing re-
gion the ground when thoroughly
saturated with moisture is so soft
that it will not bear up a binder,
but it will a reaper. With some of
the "pony" binders this does not
hold, as they are almost if not quite
.as light as ordinary reapers. The
cradle, of coarse, has gone out of
use entirely except for opening fields,
cutting small patches where stumps
are so thick that even a romper can-
not be operated, and for Harvesting
experimental plots. The binder with
a good bundle carrier drawn by throe
good horses will cut from 15 to 25
acres a day, depending on the char-
acter of the grain, character of the
soil and tho weather. Two good
strong men can do the shocking. The
team' should be changed at least
twice meas' r,Ot•nu,c a.,,n u„,.••
should be given them every hour or
two, especially during very riot
weather.
The important point in wheat har-
vesting is to cut at the right time,
so that the maximum weight of
grain will be secured at the mini -
is mum loss from scattering. As a
01 rule wheat should be cut just as it
is getting out of the dough stage.
It will then lose but little during
shocking and stacking and will be
nature enough to produce a plump,
compact, heavy grain. Where a
e large acreage is to be cut with ono
d beerier, it will be necessary to begin
_ es little early and continue after the
_ Wheat is overripe. This should be
avoided as much as possible, for loss
e )oust necessarily ,result. Some vas-
o ieties shatter worse than others, and
it is Consequently desirable during
S
tacking to Have a hay rack with a
1P tight bottom. Much grain will be
ssaved and it is no very difficult task
to build a rack of that character,
1 If the wheat crop is threatened with
rust or chinch bugs, or if there is a
prospect of a long spell of wet wea-
ther, it is desirable to begin earlier
than usual,
PRACTICAL POTATO CULTURE,
I have found potatoes' a profitable
crop for a term of years, writes Mr,
F. W. Sargent. I select a piece of
sod land where Water does not steed
or rather where there is natural
drainage, and plow it G to 7 in deep,
using a plow with a jointer that the
edge of the furrow may be well
turned under. Tho land is harrow-
ad very thoroughly both ways, first
With a cutaway harrow, then with a
spring tooth, nuking• the soil very
Jbio to it depth of 4 tn. or mare,
Drills are then opened with a 'small
furrowing plow G in, deep and 3 ft.
between the rotes.. A }sigh -grade
brand of fertilizer containing 10 per•
actual potash is distribiltei] in
penditure is about IS5 000 000
A TERRIBLE I1EWARD.
Ile leaned heavily on trio gate. His
features were drawn and distorted
with agony, his oyes were wild and
glassy, and as each fresh paroxysm
of pain shot through Ilial he clenched
his hands and bit his IM until the
blood came.
None would )lave seen in him the
bright youth of but, an hour ago. To
(Sim it seemed ns though the houses
the trees, nod all familiar objects,
were dancing around, taunting hint
in his misery and despair. The sky
seemed to fall, and then return an
suddenly. Even, the very ground
was whirling furiously. Was he to
die like this? Would help never
c0111e?
At his feet lay a small object
which was still smouldering. It was
a cigar, which alas! he had partly
smoked.
TOO CANDID.
A lawyer who was a candidate for
a municipal office want out canvas-
sing ono clay. and knocked at a cot-
tage door, The door sons °pohed by
a woman,
Is your husihand in, Mrs. Tweedlr,?
inquired the lawyer,
No, sir, was the reply; but I know
what you want. My husband is sure
to voto for you, because you got
hint oft for stealing that ham last
weels.
No, no—alleged stealing of the
hang, corrected the lawyer.
Alleged be Mowed! was the wo-
man's smiling reply. Wove got a
bit of it loft yet. T,ennee give you
a sandwich out of it, sf1'I
THAT ENDED THE LESSON,
It was a sultry afternoon, and the
teacher of a geography class was on-
deavoring to get afew good answers
before closing tie lesson.
Now, boys,, tho word 'star' at the
end of a word means 'place of.'
Thee we have Afghanlstau, the place
of the Afghans; also llimdoostan,
the place of the Hindoos. Nov, eau
anyone give zee another example?
Yes, sirs, avid the smallest boy
proudly) I can. Umbrollastan, the.
BATTU ETA ELL►J;IANTI
CREW pit' SHIP ;VET SOUTHEB,lti
SEA LEVIATHAN.
efeester Weighed Thirteen, Tons
and Measured Forty Poet 14
Length..-Riflee anti. Zeir,ocele
ITsod by Sailors to Sill It,
Ono 02 the st1'augest son fights on
record le that which the crow of
the British war ship lead })Hely with
a sea elephant near the I"si.lklalul Is-
lands, off the sea coast of .Patagoelee
As actual proof of the tremendous
sieo of this little lusowe marine mon-
ster, its head, trunk and ribs hay¢
been sent to the ilritlsh museum in
London, whore they will be shortly
put on exhibition.
11, M. S. F'lara is a second•-elass
protected cruiser, She hasjust er-
rived at Port Stanley, in the Palk-
llad, hommnr„
desiringandIsto.ngso .ashoresaidr, orsicoarea aadegig
to bo lowered and manned.
The sea was comparatively smooth
and the boat shot rapidly along,
propelled by six stalwart blue -jack-
ets. 0n nearing the shore, however,
they saw a strange creature in the
water. What it was tk,ey did not
knosv. Ile churned and beat the
water into the whiteness of snow
within it few fathoms of the boat.
Then tale splashing and beating
ceased, and from the hissing' foam
a1'osc what seemed to be a, dark
head and trunk of
AN INFURIATED ELEPHANT.
For a second the creature glared
at the astonished boat's crew; then,
with an ear-splitting scream, interr-
ed its head, and like an arrow came
for the boat.
There was 110 time to do any-
thing, to jump or even think. Crashl
and the frail craft rose bodily in the
air, while the bruised and half -stun-
ned occupants were thrown violent -
Jot into the sea. Fortunately for
thein, the monster's attention seem-
ed exclusively riveted upon the boat,
the fragments 01 which it literally
smashed into matchwood,
Neither the commander nor his
mtheenm, seemed to know very well how
they reached land, so exhausted and
unstrung had the experience left
Returning later to the cruiser on
a shore boat, the commander deter-
mined pluclsily to organize a party
for the hunting down, and, if pos-
sible, the capture 01 their assailant,
On the following day nine boats
went forth, each containing the full
complement ' of men armed with
rifles, and among them were several
harpooners.
Advancing i11 serol -circle, the boats
drew across the small bay which had
been the scene of the previous clay's
incident. Till within fifty yards
from the shore nothing unusual oc-
curred. Then suddenly a huge black
mass rose, threateningly in a circle
of foam and quite close to the con-
tra boats. Two harpooners poised
their weapons, which in another in-
staat stuck quivering i11 the mon-
ster's body, while a shower of bul-
lets followed i11 a volley.
FIRED A'L' CLOSE', RANGE.
With an angry snort of pain, the
creature darted toward the nearest
boat, only to be met by another
deadly volley, tired at very. close
range, which ripped and tore it un-
mercifuIly. Dazed by such a recep-
tion, the monster appeared to hesi-
tate. Another volley followed, and
when the smoke cleared away there
was nothing visible on the surface
save a streaking of blood -red foam.
Whir! went the harpoon lines, while
the men sat excitedly whiting a re-
appearance of the foe.
"He's making for the snore, now,
sir," shouted one of the officers to
the commander, and the boats were
signalled to close M. For nearly
two minutes the brute remained be-
low, swimming slowly back and for-
ward; then, on reappearing, it lay
quietly, as though exhausted. The
boats approached cautiously, and
when quite close five more harpoons
wansfixed; then instantly .divid-
ing, the boats pulled rapidly ler the
shore,eretr
Now commenced a tug of wax last-
ing for nearly three hours, till at
last, weal: with struggling and loss
of blood, the huge monster was
hauled into shallow water to await
the receding tide. Not ono of the
party, from the commander down to
the little middy, but was thankful
for the rest.
In about an hour's time the tido
land gone out sufficiently, and the
battle began again, but now all the
advantego lay with the sailors. Af-
ter a vicious struggle, in which sev-
eral blur: jaclsets were severely in-
Jurecl by fragments ot rock hurled
about by the monster in its death
throes, it lay battered, silent and
motionless.
This gigantic specimen of sea life
is inacrollinns olephantinus or probe-
cideous, measuring just under forty
feet long, and weighing over thir-
teen tons, 1t has a trunk four feet
long, and a general conformation
closely resembling that of the ordin-
ary elephant, save that there are
huge fins in place of legs. It is
found only in Antarctic waters.
TFTF, WOlth' surrt,D IlIM,
A Yorl.hire nobleman once insist-
ed on lits head gisrdener teeing as an
apprentice a young lad in whom ho
was lhterested. The lad was very
lazy, and the gardener was not at
ill pleased at having such a youth
thrust upon him. Some time actor
his lordship, walking in the garden,
carne 'open his gardener, end said
Well John, how is my young
friend getting on with you?
. Oh, he's Join' tine, replied the gar -
tither with it smile; he's working
away there at the very job that
suits Hint.
I am glad to hear' that, said his
lordship. What may that be?
Chasing snails off the waffles, was
the cutting reply.
The wealth of the United Kingdom
has doubled within the last fort
years, but the Meanie e.f British g
charities has only ,iircronfcd Ili that
time by one c}uarter,