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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-3-12, Page 2�1t by selecting the bent you prefer. Africa i ! L t h,.M1 Rr in the I U�ER AN AFRIC SU THE BRUSSELS POST. MA.Boo 12, 1897 down by the sea -shore Italy where you stand a few Hundred ee n mountains, France then England; and, of tbe volcano. and A mannou�btt toe top ha eY ' can see the town from here—Come hernu mbaPy away, he said, "No more, vegetables g it all The accommodation at tee yenta vv There hang iL all my, dear boys ;While I stay in Isola, Haug of the humblest descrLPtion; but the cried,, in agood-humoured angry tone, Fraser, I hope they don't put it among place was cleanly, the hostess was aL- How can a man be happy with a load proud f d bt?" the orange -trees." is the b Honored by those sh Dlghy lisisne , "Possibly 1 y of the d you are not?" said Vessel. dry - CHAPTER I, --(Continued.) i along, , , _ Digby seized his friend's arm. "Come 1y Na, and yes. Of course, tui e etables CiH1AP1T4R II. ,as in my garden with my ahtld, i , he of bele, and she vvas evidently e termed ° e d but bis eyes wore dir- WH not? This of sing to her unfre C wed t the pardon. debris of mummies, the remains the illustrious strangers, who had come Yes" eantmued Redgrave; I've been made of the dust from the main islandthe so cauYirundedly unlucky. Toa specula - old dwellers here, to the (Lust of q The h house. tive,perhapelbutI came outhore twenty tf the earth, re The homely dinner was dso veed,bad, the salts here are talc- cooking declared o cr notso verybad,years ago as a apeman, sir 1 will no the earth; and a stubborn Susses man, sir; en up by plant 1Lfe by Nature's won- pf°wile l nd the magnificent et 1 from be beaten, But I've got hold of the ceded the open avindonv a banquet in in right thing at last." dexful chemistry" self. "And what's that?" "I say, don't preach science: "Yes," said Fraser ; "I'd have braved Sulphur, sir, I'm vverkiug up that Digby, "Came must g0said a worse voyage to see what Pee seen at the top of the mountain• k up shall "Yes, we must go on now," to -say ' Fraser thoughtfully; eget Yue shall Digby, •who was toying with an or- see the Place, if you'll comp—Ah+,here's aend explore these eaves. nage which he had begun to peel, and Nelly, We Haver vent but d to import ve a have to come a take back a few per- then lett untasted, looked up sharply, P T should like to and his face flushed a Tittle as he ex- guitar rightly, ' be verundget a singsay if e shall fent skulls:' wand_ claimed; 'Yes; wasn't she lovely?" petition "Do yowisme to sing, father?" For the next two Hours they I was talking about the scenery,`; said the girl, colouring slightly as she on through scenes of surpassing said Fraser cneldly. eyed began to_fell his pipe as he gazed out tired." they my soar, if you are not too loveliness, through folloscenes the faint track Digby turned impatiently away, and 'net Digby's earnestga the mountains till over the flat roofs of the houses among " Oh, rm." she said hastily ; and she which led them over whish the leafy rrowns of stately G crossed the room to reach down a gui- they could see the sea on the other '1110 arose. of the little island, as they began Don't turn dike that, Tour,.' said tar hangingby its ribbon from a nail descend. Fraser was always busy Lee and lava; Fraser, after a few moments' silence; in the wall, shipping fragments of pun and he rose to lay his hand upon His night in IsoThe two la,and,attractivenasf the fort - picking rare plants, end making a young companion's shoulder. place bad proved with its wondrous P at the lit- Turn like what?" I wouldn't, vegetation, gorge, hill, and orator, Red - godly collection for study Had "Huffy, my dear Foot'. tle yenta or hostel whereenea nab- Tam ;1 Bt's be sensible. You must not give's pretty half -English villa seemed taken up their quarters, k be so inflammable. • We have come to be the spot which drew them to it deal darted out across the ver- to admire the beauties of Nature and reed in penetrand ating. the dayswould ut-01- be bit suddenly to collet in the, one a reed parts of the felon an dant path they pun THE E 1 .L' R Y•.o SWILL FOR HOGS. Meet men attach to much value to swill as a pig feed, and pity Loa little attention to the quality and manner of feeding, writes a correspondent. We once attended a fair -where one of the exhibitors of swine bad tirade ar- rangements with the proprletor of the leading hotel of the town to bo fua'nisir- ed with the swill and kitchen wastes for Iris hogs during the fair, The barrels in which it -was tiled to the fair grounds were typical swill bar- rels, black and grease and filth. Ties contents were so sour that they had begun to decay, and nature's scaveng- ers, the wexme, were at work trying to correct the evil condition of the con•• pound; yet the men thought it prime hog feed. The crowds end exeitement on the grounds kept the buzzards away. Possibly there may yet be farmers who Mee acres of p;mteadaw had been seeded properly it would bo just $100 in my pocket this your'," The amount of clover and grates seed sown par Imre varies. Some think four quarts of Timothy seed and three or four of clover sufficient. One good farmer sows "three to four quarte," and "not much Timotby, on a farm, if you want to live on it." Anothear,says be cannot seed clover satisfactorily with less than five quarts per acro. Clever send is usually dear, and that inclines to scrimping'• The practice of tba beet farmers hereabouts seems to be to sow not less than an pounds per acre of clover acid about four quarts oC Tim- othy. The usual implement for sowing seed here is the fiddle bow" seeder. But whether Ibis seeder, or a wheelbar- row seeder, or a crank seeder, or hand sowingis used, the method of securing even distribution is the same for all. In the first place carefully mix the clover and grass Beed in a tub or box. To insure even mixing requires care and time. Mix only a small quantity at a time, taking the proper proportion of each kind of seed. Then givethe entire lot a thorough mixing. weigh the seed and measure it. Also get a tin pail or basin holding from f the least visit- s d d adding an sued. ed of the Canaries. You must not try e- y "Rather disappointing Place as to t work up a romance by taking, a to Eraser's collection ; thea they would ane," said Digby. "Few birds, too. tansy to the first pretty Spanishmaid-1 wLlere,, tired their odark dark -eyed to the little aehed glace With 50 you see." and as he landlady bad prepared a substantial I say, I expected Co see the p on Digby flushed more , Leeply, . canaries as yellow as gold singing gazed up in his companions face, sober meal after which there would be ch000- every bough.—Psi I"' quite Horace Fraser could not ung late endu'IioL•a gar f 11 owed to e•walk up Be caught his companion's arm, and marking what a frank handsome y olden rays of the westering sun bath- English society when we uneasy,gon." L - they both stopped short tot listen ite to Englishman he looked there, with the to Redgrave's? He will not see much a sweet pure voice singing rng, his countenance in its glow. Fraser ahvays of some Spanish ditty, the notes ring- Digby's eyes for the moment looked tated and seemed on the point of refus- ingout melodious and clear, though lips directlbut"Allmile came right, Horace," he to his ggo,but tille it becameinvariably almost by matter ssaid. "I am an awful donkey. I know' of course to find father and daugh- theunher hies hidden among the trees the through which the path led. but that es WOOL face evidently ysin ter ntantheg prioklly-Pears, Redgra be - me "There's one of your Canary birds,'' ; and then seeing her evidently one of directly had left hertseemed to raise after that emyhbile.p andtrHelen watching wiitth a sadness of said Fraser in a. WhiSper ; awl ng the know that gentleman expression in her eyes which seemed to ow night by night. have a barrel containing such stuff In their back door yard from which they occasionally—when they thins of it— feed their hogs end then they wonder why their hogs sometimes die, or that their family has the Lever. Every swill reoeptaele sbould be emptied at least once a day. And then if the vessel is not scalded occasiunaly it will sour in twenty-four hours' time• It is our practice during the summer mouths to empty the buckets or barrel every ev- ening. By doing Ibis the accumula- tions of the day are all fed inn the ev- ening, and nothing mole goes into the vessels till the next morning. This swill is not fed as it comes from (hese vessels, but is poured over dry mill feed. In case there is more acidity about it than is desirable, 111e dry feed neu- tralizes it, This is fed to the shines that are weaned, and are gleaning in the rye field. We would nut seed the kitchen slop to sows suckling, nor their after there was a rustle yon Hone do you n bushes, which were thrust aside; and had just left her 1 the picture "Eh? Oh, 01 course ! I bouldn't F•a n.li over, Digby stud enthra.--.- before him, as a beautiful girl of about nineteen bounded d h ehfromravrook ledge above the Pa' hat banging by its string from her crea0Y throat, and her sun -browned face turn- ing crimson at the sight of the strong - for her to pass, ers, who in •• g laden with flowers, which she ethea open- ought' to see and how tacit get a gb fore Gently been gathering Right, Let's go once, know, could Ii—There ; 1 and I'll return to my duty like a man. —Let's have a look at to -day's collect- ing; and to -morrow I'll swallow my repugnance, and we'll do some of your ghoulish ethnology in the mummy caves, eh 1" in the cool And to -night, let's go up and call on Mr. Redgrave. I want him to ive us a few hints abort what we, ings among the trees• you see?" "Horace, old fellow, did y }whispered Digby, his eyes sparkling with excitement. • "Yes:" was the quiet reply "Why, you old ascetic l" cried Digby' Better than sitting in that stufty "An angel. Violet eyes—brown hair— 13-Se"B nom, Tom."' a complexion of which Belgravia might131esa yen, my son, for bringing me boast. I did not think the Spaniards h•ere," cried Digby merrily.—"Cheerful kind of growth to tumble among," he had it in them." added, pointing to the prickly -pears es,'" said Fraser slowly. "Some of which abounded on one side of the liar- F^ir hair. tiding sunset].•' The walk was delightful, the western side of the island being glorious in the glow of radiance in which it was bathed, while the sea and the islands around seemed glorified by colors that were almost beyond belief. the old race possessed that Mary's Philip was lair." "But did Hou notice her moth1— Fraser, don't talk of such a vision of beauty as if she were a natural -history specimen.' the first pretty woman you see. CM yesterday, yes were grumbling out their plainness, and saying that though then women here bed lovely eyes, they moustaches—they ought to row rocky ,path they were asce, , the other side being furnished with an abundance of ragged -leaved bananas. There's a house in that nook yonder," said Fraser ; "that must be it." "And this chap coming is our man, for a shilling:" said Digby. as a tall, sturdy, middle-aged personage came to- ward them smoking a buge cigar. fin Englishman. by the way ha keeps his hands m his pockets.' "Hush!" :whispered Fraser, as the man approached; and then, addressing him in Spanish, he asked to be directed to Senor Redgrave's house. "Suppose you ask me in English, sir," said the other bluffly. "You are Mr. Fraser, I presume; and this is Mr. Dig- byl—Glad to see you, gentlemen. 1 had your letter, and was coming down to the yenta to hunt you up. Dont often sae a countryman here; so, be- fore we say any more," he added, after warmly shaking hands, "I'11 give orders Lor your traps to be fetched up here, and you can make the your home wbile you stay." But 11'raser would not hear of it, "We area in capital quarters," he said; "and will not impose on yam—Rut if ,you wi11 have us, we'll Dome up pretty tre- quently for a chat." "You shall do as you like, gentle- men.—In here, Please " "By George]" cried Digby involun- tarily, as they passed through a gate into a lovely villa -garden, "what a paradise l" "Wll, "'Well, don't go on like that about had mens to the right, I shave.—'This way— to he added, for the road 11011 sud- denly forked. \� ell, ane is beautiful," "And— Dried Digby,. "I wonder who she is," A Spanish human.probability, whom, innever ar • sant Fraser will never ase again," went, on for hall had they Half an hour in a silence winch was broken by Fraser.he said "Going wrong, evidently," he " eco the "this can't be the way town:" \Well,. I thought we were going up hill again." "Ought to have taken the other turn- ing." 'Phis, was so evident, that they turn- ed book, spoot }here theytheir teps,had diveolose rged, then the spot they cams suddenly upon at all, hand- some, well-dressed man,who started and looked at them curiously. "-Will the senor direct us shto Lhe toThee haughtyid raser in searohin6Pa look gave place to a winnings smile, and tithe stranger volubly , 1 the Eget road, and then said laughing Y lish: But do you understand me' 1" Yes, I Pefthsos wish mySpanishwer agoda your English." Then, punctilious words were ex:- changed, and the stranger passed on. Do you believe in first lanc ng bank, Horace ?" said Digby,. and then uttering an impatient excla- mation. No—What's she matter 1•aftex us." "That fellow was looking after him, "Well, you were looking or you would your first impressions 1" you. don't by Y I don t like the look of that felloc:, "Insular prejudice "Don't' care what iit I ns;; 1 don't like him, and I m s Who, Horace, look in front was the Not twenty yardsand as fele they had so lately mat ; Digby drew at1enilma to her presence, he stopped end hastilye picked up a L her of flowers such c s dent ter e despondent which her p and • in carry g. she had drop- ped. suggested that pea. For see was walking slowly on ewith herface buried 111 her d send chief, evidently sobbing as they followed, she let others of the flowers " she Eraser hastily, as he caught his companion caby the arm. he., to see if Digby did not finish his e tlioocle, for ,the girl had evidently Ire ring eack at rsh 'whisper. She tgurned, g him'nu in nightn affrighted 11e tearful fate, e La.ee, she darted down u s ul-track, and 'WAR 'haG do you think of that?" cried Dtipy excitedlysail{ i A, Spanish woodland romance," Fraserdrl_„ What do you thin about t, Teta "Thee 1 should like to go after that benughhtty-laoknnli Slanrecons.—Sbe11 and m what( it all gr Then there would be more chocolate with the there,ut scenlofthe orangerous blossomr4 evening, around, and the boom• of the great At- lantic billows, softened by the distance, coming up like a bass murmur from far below. Delicious dreamy evenings, with, sea, sky, and shadows of the coming night, and the slowly developing stars, all tending to give an indefinable some- tbing to the place, which seemed to hold the visitors as in a thrall. It had been so nigbt after night, with the only drawback to the plea- sure in the presence of Senor Ramon, uvea seemed to be quite at home at the villa, and polite and friendly, to a degree; but whose warmth, never seem- ed to tkaw the two Englishmen. This night, Ramon was absent athis home, a quarter of a league on the other side of the little • port ; and as soon as the guitar ,strings had been tuned, Helen sang first one and then another of the old ballads of home, the room growing darker, and the faces of those present more distinct, till sud- denly Redgrave started up as his child's oto of),the guitar vibrating in the frad, the - grant air. Room's ,too hot," said Redgrave huskly—"Come and have a walk round, Fraser." "Poor papa l" said Helen, raising as he left tbo room, followed by Fraser with unwilling step. ' Is anything wrong?" said Digby, laying iris hand upon the guitar, as if in protest. "It was my mother'shefavoriterioosing said Helen sadly. it. I remember, the air, end found the words one day in her desk. I sang ib to him one evening as a surprise, and his emotion frightened me; but ever since he makes me sing it whenever I take down the guitar. He says it brings him back the past ; but IL always makes him sad." There was a few moments' silence, embarrassing to, both. Dibgy had words rising to his lips which Ise lunged to speak; but he checked them, felt that he bad no right. To be noncmued. WHAT UNCI SWM N Ai ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. l4eIghboriy interest in tits Doings—Metter, of Moment and llrth Gathered from His Daily Record• Eu enc Monroe, of Lyme? Conn„ fir- ed into a flock of wild ducks, near Pov- erty Island, and with a single shot kill- ed fifteen birds. A lobster 40 inches long, and 17 inches round, weighing 19 1-2 pounds, was re- cently caught 1n a smelt weir in South Bay, Eastport, Maine. The election winnings of a Madison, Ky., man --a hat and a butcher knife were exchanged for a horse, and the horse he sold later for 41.50. Two cows, two pigs, eighteen hens, a greyhound pup, and a bull were giv- en to an agent by en Abilene, Kan., farmer, for a cabinet organ. A Chinaman advertises in newspapers of the City of Mexico a first class lAm- erican restaurant where fresh oysters- will ysters will be supplied whenever called Los. Two Kentuckians in a contest for the iampionehip of the Cumberland Moun- tains at horseshoe pitching continued play for three days and were tied then. two to four quarts and careful), meas- ure and weigh the amount of seed it holds. This can be easily done by counting bow many struck measurefuls will fill a half bushel. Next calculate out how many rods wide it takes of the to sow on an aora Then in sowing keep careful tally with pencil and paper the number of measures full you empty in- to your seeder. In the next place find out how many rods wide it takes of the field you are sowing to make an acro. If from the drill you know the umb- er of acres in the field this is easy to find. Bat if you are in doubt as to the width of the field or as to the number of acres in it, the safest way] is to make a rod pole and measure. .,It may take time and seem "fussy," but "judge not by appearances," and remember you are working to insure the best crop pos- sible. Suppose there are five acres in yottr field, and you know that it is twenty rods wide. That gives one acre to every four rods. Suppose you have fifty quarts of seed to sow. Then ev- ery four rods wide must have twelve quarts, two rode with six quarte, one rod wide three quarts. By thus keep- ing tally of the ground sown and of every measure of seed put into the seeder it is comparatively easy to reg- ulate ide amount sown exactly, pigs, unless it is fed twiees a day. We would fear the acidity that is sure to be found when fed only once in twenty- four hours. The value of svill of course, can only be rutted by what it "Well, pretty tidy. You see, every- thing rushes into growth here with lit- tle trouble, I am a, bit proud of my home, and make it as English as I eau. It was my poor dead wife's favorite Owe, the garden," Ile raised his hat slightly as he uttered the last words, and a silence fell upon the group. Forgive me," said the host the next moment, as he looked in the eyes of his two visitors. 'You ere English- men, and can sympathise with one who hag lost a dear companion out here in a strange land. But there, 'that's fourteen years ago, gentlemen," be said sheerly • "and I'm not quite alone. —Here, Neily 1" he cried; "where are you? Visitors from home, my clear. The sun was low novo, and it turn- ed the porch, covered with 13ougaiuvile leas and a lovely scarlet geranium, in- to a frame of gold, into which suddenly stepped, as it wore out of the inner darkness, the picture wanting to COM - plate the scene. "My daughter Helen, gentlemen," said their host; and both the visitors stood speechless, Digby even spellbound. For there before him, winning in her. beauty, stood the lady of the semi -tropic wood, whose sweet notes he had heard, and wham he had seen in smiles and tears; while, as he gazed at her, the s bar eyes look of vvalcomo in Y bright hL 0 g s if was a one of sin and it �d ie, n cunt,p changed across air est n dark shadow, had lacca a her. It was no seeming. The edge of the sun was kissing the western wave, and the, tell dark shadow of a man w,18 cast across her as a click of the the gold, malting from e3 to ea a day, gate was beard, while Me. itedgravo but ninny newcomers or ten1er1601 have any kind.. "CTnevenlyy sown seed makes 1 and send Ln rather a had to content themselves with 05 cents en uneven stand. It cast astmi mach hanco turned sharply cnnsLraneri tone at volae: "Ah, Senor to $1 a clay, sjlaces asdthoseethat6arercovered, and Stamon, and brae?" Digby Bee anile leaser turned sharply, 's the is han notch ag certain ee] n toyield It the 58030 of Helen Redgrave s A hOIN1 CR. cell on five fat ma if t sea . The Spanish gentlemanthei this can he s troubled. face nd war coming encounteredhe is composed of, and not by volume. 11 has not been very long since we heard some one speak of feeding it as a means at Lhedpig,rreneming to digestive the lace'this ns of point above chat of the development of the other parts of the system. We have seen pigs summered an watery swill and grass, that looked more like pots with legs on them than like well developed thrifty pigs. We do not Tike the idea of making swillers out of a lot of pigs. in the summer season, when the grass is luxuriant, we do not believe It is t the pigs' advantage to feed thein sol- id food to them in a too highly diluted state. A large quantity of skimmed milk can be fed to them in suite am - ousts, sweet as they will consume, be- fore leaving the trough, without in- jury. But when the feeder undertakes to compound a drink from several kinds of ground grains he cannot expect to get it as near correct, or as easily di- gesbed as skimmed milk, hence he should go slow. ,a We used to put a bushel and a half of mill feed m a barrel, and add twenty or more gal- lons of water. This made a swill that the pigs could swill down till they were so full that they were unosnfnrtable- large a proportion have long of waters was thated f no benefit; that its use gave us unneces- sary labor in handling it, and taxed the system of the pigs without an adequate return. The accumulations of swill about the house should be fed out xeg- ularly cud, before they get sour. Any- one knows that the feeding value of these is very irregular, and when the pigs have only this and grass, their ration is too changeable for thrift. 1n our feeding of these wastes, we aim to make their value regular by adding mill feeds, depending much more en the ground feed than on the swill. The lean swill, and its recepiz e, to ill ill barrel, has never been suggestive of cleanliness, end we believe if we can get away from it, it will be a step in pigse ro eanerbt rrand sweeterof food. the William H. Manson, the sailor who carried Farragut ashore on his book at Lim siege of New Orleans, died at his home in York, Met the last of T1va- uary. To while away the time until the spring work begins, farmers in the vi- cinity of Marling, Ala„ are to hold weekly horse swapping conventions there on Saturdays- Mo At Taberville, St, Claire county, a barn 60 by ,100 feet: has been built, 30,000 feet of timber and 70,000 shingles being used in putting it up. It is the largest in the county, y Sam Cravbalmy as feassttttcould make hiim as happy him on a recent Saturday night when he got three 'coons and four pailfuls of honey from one tree, EGGS FOR HATCHING. To have good eggs for hatching, eith- er in en incubator or under a hen, we must first of ell have good, healthy, vigorous stook to produce the eggs, and to all who contemplate buying eggs for hatching, we will say, be sure and, find out just how the fowls ars kept that lay the eggs, and what condition they are in. One very vital point s to see that too many cooks are not kept; especially is this the case where all the fowls run together, if each has his own yard and hens is not so important, Where too many coats run with the same flock of hens the eggs are never good for hatching, fax more deformed chicks will be matched from such eggs than any other kind. Exact rules can not be given, of GOLD IN THE SASKATCHEWAN. neriorts Nov Ara That the IlIg River in the Northwest Is very 11rea. A party of miners from the United States prospected the bars in the Sas- katchewan river, near Edmonton last Oatoher, taking a few bushels of sand from different places and from the tail- ings which had been left by miners who had used the primitive methods of washing the gold. It is now reported that the prospectors have discovered, by treating the samples by the most improved methods, they are very teen in fine gold, assaying, it is claimed, as high as $200 a ton. A Chicago syn- dicate has been formed to furnish ma - Au Emporia woman who, tiring of a enue,ician, had immolated dy pe, (UeChristian delO- sion that in that way only could her children escape being poisoned, In the last twenty-five years,• as in- dicated by life -insurance statistics, the average life of woman has increased from forty-two years to forty-six years, an increase of over nine per cent, In Vanceburg, liy is a man 35 years old who hes three families, He WOO divorced one afternoon recently from his third wife, and he was married to a fourth on the following evening. An Iowan has invented a macbine, which he hopes to have in operation by the next harvest season, for cutting corn and separating the ears and stalks at the rate of fifteen acres a day. Sugar beets are to be planted ie. Summit county, 0„ next summer, as an experiment. If the beets yield 12 par. cent. of sugar, capital is ready to es- tablish the beet sugar industry there. While skating Charles E. flow of Bur- lington, Vt., captured a gull. He took it borne and found that it would eat the food of ordinary domesticated birds, and seemed not averse to becoming a pet. One of the lawyer members of the Montana Legislature at Helena, requir- utte ing of sworn gal verification p pe ti oalleyd him lie and had the oath administered by tele- phone. Near Lakewood, Ni..,•there is a fer- ret farm, where these useful animals are raised. Their chief service is to capture rats in dwellings and store- houses. Last year 2,000 ferrets were raised on the farm. course, but approximately, the follow- ing may be considered about tde right mating: Leghorn, Spanish, Hamburg, ane good' cook, tenotn t letwenty s a thanB1fifteen months old for best results. Plymouth Hooks. ten bens with one cock. All the large, heavy breeds, iaoluding Brah- mas and all the Cochin family, five to eight hens with ane cook, ' '1'o get a first-class hatch eggs must never be allowed to get dirty; there is but little choke between a washed egg and a dirty one, and you are not sure of a first-class hatch with either kind, although the washed ones, if the wash- ing is done with clear water, stand the beet• chance. Some claim there is nothiug so good for a nest as -clean sharp sand, for two reasons; it soon cleans hoe off of hens, and eggs can never get dirty on clean sand,. nothing can come off the sand that will stop the poxes of the shell. Eggs for hatching should always be carefully gathered twice a day, and 5.5 fast as laid in cold weather; should be kept In a cool plane where it is neither dry nor damp—thnL is, damp enough damp enough to mildew or mol d any- thing. A good cellar where the tem- perature is from 40 degrees to 50 de- grees is a good place; near 40 degrees the best. -- FARM NOTES. SOWING GRASS AND CLOVER SEED. The latter part of March and first part of April is the time for doing this work. Some sow earlier, but others ob- ject to this fax the reason that if warm rains (Ghee the clover may sprout and then be killed by late frosts. Those who fever' early sowing, says a writer, contend that• this will happen oaily once in a number of years, and that on the whole early sowing is better in that the repeated freezing and thawing works the seed into the soil end in- sures its making thrifty growth when dry weather comes. This get- ting the seed into the soil s the main point t be kept in view in selecting the time far sowing. If the seed is sown, on hard, dry ground, it will have sinal] chance fax growth. But if a day can Le selected when a light March frost has "honeycombed" the surface of the soil, and if the seed is all sown before the sun thaws out the frost, most of it is certain to get euffioient covering. In some soils this covering of the seed may be better attained by waiting until the ground is thoroughly dried out. This is the ease with some 1Lght, black soils. Some think it nec- essary to SOW tiro seed on a light fall of snow. The only advantage there seems t be in this is that the sower's guide treks in the sneer servo as a g in distributing the sped evenly. This matter of knowing how to Lake a given quantity of seed arta sowing it on a given arms et land evenly is one of the most Lmportfrnt points in sowing seed of (bluer), to work the sand, and Edmon- ton is looking forward to a sharp of the mining boom, The first record of. gold having been found in the North Saskatchewan as credited to Dr. Hun- ter, who made Edmonton his headquar- ters between 1858 and this summer of 1859. From that date straggling ad- venturers Lorded their way up the riv- er, and, with rude tin plates, bored with small holes which answered for a "griz- zly,' made amounts varying from e7 to 310 a daywishing gold from the then the num- ber h r. S river. bars t the z area nolle lucre • has inn lucre 0 ofm br annually arta or a Iiia until last year about on, more men spent the spring and fall months, when the water was lowest, washing the golden sand. Yet, as is shown by the recent assay, they, could only save a very small proportion of Arizona people have been for nearly a month felicitating themselves upon their ol'rmata, birds having been report- ed as building their nests on Jan. 13 at Safford, and buds having begun to swell soon afterward. In the neighbourhood of Wahoo11eb., the Russian thistle is no longer inveigh- ed against, the cattle having detected in it a staple food supply i and the lave intended to encourage its extermina- tion bas been repealed. Having summoned his friends and neighbors to an outdoor beef roast, a Greenbury Point, Md., doctor, after his beef had been praieed, infortm.ed his guests that he had fed them on an eight -month-old colt to dispel preju- dice. A citizen of Surfeits, Va., has offered a factory site free to any one who will establish a manufacturing industry there, and one of the inducements held mor- alsout by a local cit the peopletare er sequalledthae hinfew other pinions." If one would succeed intelligently he must go to some trouble and expense to get the use of the best sires, and meet not stand u a few dollars extra for their use. In severely cold weather, exon though the day be bright, coves will give bet- ter returns if turned out only in the middle o£ the day, and when it is stormy, only t water, then housed and properly fed. Dairymen should carefully watoh the teats of their cows, and if any soreness is detected, attend to it at once, A little timely attention will soon re- move the trouble, give ease to the cow, and save the milker time in milking, A good quality of woo, cannot be+ ob- tained from sheep whleh are allowed to grew poor two or three times a year, and are to good =Milton only when the season is favorable; m foot, failure is the price of neglect more often than we think, Take good care that the pigs have a CIIAVTI'1II III, "Yes, my dear sirs cannot Conceive a more delightful climate. Winter le uo1mowvnj and you can suit your taste Processional strong men have equals in various respects in private life. 11 is asserted of Alonzo Lowe of Green- field, reen- 0 h sl horses clearthe has of the grounted d and that he can shoulder a10ne and carry a bar- rel of sugar. Fire starting on an upstairs hearth in the home of United States Marshal Jamas McKay, at Tampa, .Fla., burned through the floor at 2 acme and sev- ered the cord of a picture, the fell of which aroused the family, who sought burglars and found the flee. Careful pommel 01 Western records shoves that the South does not monop- aitze odd names. '.l'liis is evident from the divorce in Missouri of Book Siger- flip and the marriage in Enemas of Pete Juggersnap. At Carthage, Mo., Miss Trott is secretary of the Keep Pace Club. The receipt ole; a large sum to he de- voted to the needs of any destitute fam- ily of the town, led to a diligent inves- tigation by a charitable institution of it sufficient supply of salt, ashes and chill- Morgantown W. Ve., with the result 0 coal; 'keep it in a box under sheets testa dishing the fact that there was not where they can help taieanee;vcs, and in the town or adjacent country a fain - never let the supply entirely run out, i1y so poor that it needed the money. There is TM danger of them eating too Taking a hint from a Louisiana drum- mucb, for their own cravings will m0as- titer, a Tampa, li'1a., proprietor of a ire that, shooting range where business had be - The sacking pigs may be growing come slack because people were tired of nicely, but de not; (Moat yourself with firing at a negro's head, bad a naw with a false Idea of the profits unigess you target made representing Weyler v L. lemma odi- She Lhe, bull's-eye over the hear • �Ln Lhc mother, b • also observing are • 1 sympathizers Lh 18e1'6 may be fulling oft as fast as her taro ately Cubans and then y pa germ is gaining. Give her the best Mod swatmecl about his plane farming in obtainable to keep up both Dealt and line to await their turn at the rifles. flow of milk. t Some of. the exoltable ones offered a• By proper can and management the bonus to bo allowed to stab it ands to. calf raised by hand will develop just Leat the effigy with clubs, ns rapidly as Lf 11 glad 111" with 1.he Tian Olin, a 10-year-oVi boy who bei oow, and it s vary certtut that it will cause of an accident is compelled to oast much Tess, to not let it run with uveal• two wooden legs, lives high up Ken - the cow at ail li'oecl at the start now In the Cumbcrlancl Mountains of T en- mllk only, and feed often, stover let it Lucky, near the Via'ginia line. Having overload only., eleinaeb. , beard that forest fires wore doing great damage on the other side of the range, he climbed 'le a peak and saw One ,len the tettels of the flames was a cabin where two aged. sisters and their blind brother lived. .Although not fit for travelling over a mtyunLain path he made the best of his way to them hitoli- ed. their horse t0 av sled, and got thonr all away safely. The fine roaetad the cabin 'that night., e1 wows There Ls nothing more prodtoelive 0 Pllggor -I always pay as I go. cul oC any site, Though the even die- profanity than t.o mi1.15 Ir hard -milking Dickson—No wonder;', then, that pee- tr;bul.ton of 11 given amount, of seed an 1emv, especially if slice Ls a kieicot its the ppie are unwilling to acrommodate you. a, given arca 1s a oomparatively easy hard minter is apt to be. ]farmers Why, I always hoop mY• tailor et least mat ter, yet very few seem to know how who pray that they ,be net led into one suit of clothes behind, and then, to go to. eek to do it. Referring .to temptation ought 10 give, morn oars to whoa I pay him, in addition to allow- an insufficient quantity of seed per acre the kind of cows they keefor their rng me a good sttf discount, he ion- and to uneven sowing I hearc1 a gond boys and hired men to Malk, It is a %a box al et 8,118. Youre farmer 'vvho had 1)0115111 land recently pretty 'serious, Wetness putting tempta.- too in gruntOS for gg . " - tion to swear ha other peoples way, tit this .world, say the other day. If that ttvouty tea innocent y