The Brussels Post, 1897-3-26, Page 22
'WHITE LIFE IN liERIOA ',‘,::,Tatore5.0„fr troita.';',.‘"rt.h.1,6.
°Hived,: make irtrd work of the Mission-
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THE BRUSSELS
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rules, To rely that the missionaries ;Lre
THE GOINGS ON OF
" PIONEERS ()F lasted bIv the •
e le ptt
eople Is puine
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CIVILIZATIOL" it mildry, To let enre, they Jure to
us whim there is sickeess among them
.-- or their detul must be buried, but at
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other (10106 they hinder our WUTII;
CHAPTER VI. pay a visit; and it I can assert you
with guides or tueu pray command me.
Tom Died/yes right hanil ',tenths/testae _them geogge '
a -s Beim chum to his left, she felt "Well, Tom," said Fraser, in a sad
his varves and muscles quiver with "leo as soon SA (11.eY Were aloe, "Meet
next?"
raga" A "trials eel-lea:10d a 4alutlie88 "I don't know, old fellow, and don't
COMO OYU her, and she struggled to want to know," replied Digby in e
be firm, as see told herself thee she tone of mho which contrasted strange-
ly. with the mournful speech of his
might prevent scene terrible eneounter.
Lieu
But there leas nothing or t1i6 1d•"You do not knoty?"
Tor Ramon came forward eagerly. "Ah, "I only know that I am surprLsing.
it a lY haPPY/ '
there you tire I" he exclahned. " lia emeooye,
Pleasome day? Why, W18606aro the "yes. You must Inge been. Hce.
ora
others?'" old fellow, 1. con speele to you es I .
,,e ., m me- would to a brother. I love Helen English steamer when travelling (10)1 II
"Did you not hear them . eat
Redgrave with ell my heart." the west coast of Africa. Beere nee' I can sticlety. ' ,
by roughly. They walked on in silence for some
chant and official, who came on board 1
, .
"I? lem Oh yes.; I heard Seuvr Roth time, and then Fraser said sadly: "A
b Tian This asked for an introduction to the la -
A REMARKABLE RACE.
—...., '
en ermieleite 11 ITC111304111ple
'Ili 111(Ts MIS Learned legitig 11111' Veto%
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There.
'Many strange things happen to he
tourist in Africa,'said a 00( 11 rited lady
missionary the other day, "nail a
iniesionary has a mod theme to aee
and hear it great deal, althongh he 10
not generally expected to tell mbutit it.
Nevertlaeless, it. w111 be jut as well
if a. few facts are known.
"I met with great. courtesy on the
wherever they van.
"Explorers carry Week girls with
them into the interior and bring' them
back with teem convenient. 1 know
whereof epeak and can af110111 it et
any time. Civilized natione would
felon have strieter law's if they only
knew, but it seems, 115 if they did not
tenet to know about the (MO stale or
affairs, end IC the wal facie reach the
eats of European Governments they
are queerly hushed up, and the publie
111. large loures nething alma them.
The only' eemedy foe them outrages
seems to be for white men to take
their wives with them, and through the
influence Of NI twated wumen a differ-
ent atmosphere will be found. Afri-
grave call. I missed them as I can
through the treas.—What, a delightful
evening! 1 paesed three years in Lon-
don, Mr. Ligby; but, 1 never saw such
an evening a.e this." lie chattered
away, as he stepped. to the. other 80(10
boyis alloy.—
must go no further, Toni, Let us pack 1 dies. 'ries was only natural sinee, in
Digby shook his head. 1$8l1, very f ew writhe women were to
up and go away."
" am sure it would he better for be round in those regions. We often
received. fruits and flowers and were
leighy drew a, long breath, full ot treated most kindly. After a pleas -
exultation, for the pressure of Hel-
d the mule, keeping on wahou 1 on's little fingers seemed to cling to ant voyage of KIX weeks we landed at
ing
1 his han
for the otheies reply. " You have d.
were. lust by /several white mere mis-
Mayer/Ma, in the French Congo, and,
had a splendid day, but very hot down
"that you are inter'vening between two
"Do you not eee " co/relined Reeser,
010(1(111,8 (11(11 Leaders. Surf boats 0611(1by the town. You have felt it cold up people whom Fate bas evidently mark -
the mou.ntain, Mr. Digby?" tel out for husband. and wire?" waiting to convey us to the shore, and
" Yes, very," said Digby shortly 1(11(1! 'tIi.110,1e,10."-t110 peeved! Weet bas Fate atter being 1100013' pulled to pieces by
li it?" S111110 natives who were trying to ear -
he felt Ileleu press his hand geutLy. go"no you.11.ott see (het 0008 are mak-
es if she were imploring bite me Its ing- a powerful enemy et Ramon, who ry us front the lesti to the. airy beach
beaai r has t he father at. his moiety?"
'I'll etch Ramon down (310. Of the 0(10(00)',
We were safely housed in an kenglieh
"But you could not he ve (1(1(1 tilesir- barrancoe, if he doesn't mincl what he
cold much, Miss Helen/. Mirel------------he does not 10011 you down,
TOM. n liedgraver
she said quietly. "1 don't
"Well, what about her? 1 know
think it was very celd." what. my dear old moralist is about
"Generally is. Dreg pardon, 'Mr. Dig- to say: Marriage is a serious thing
by 1 Have a cigar ?" —L have my friends to study -1 ought
onuothto .rasb.--L °eget to W11(1-1
"If I refuse ie he'll take it for a g to write home."
declaration of. W11 Ont1 I done want to "Yes; I should have said something
fight. Why should 1! poor wreteh 1' of the kind, and also wernert you to
flee from danger—and temptation."
"Th re ou. are " said. leimon. coating
"Then here we nee at. the roost.. and
I am going to gm. on ne5. 1)0)010 10!
once, my dear old model of Netsclent; but
before 1 do no, here tere my enewers
to your wernings .1 am. well off; 1
11111 my 00611 master; and .1. have 1.1f4 -
tiler father nor mother to et/nettle
Greatest anti most cogent answer of all
—Helen."
half an hour after, setting at (Wi-
nner. the insect plagues of the island,
Torn Digby was sleopmg pea:irefully and
reit nung of his :Meet young mistress;
elate Fraser W1LS mated re. OWIL
room, with his arms foldecl, gazing out
through the open window, with the
darkness; visible and mental ;theme
"Ile loves her, and-- Yes," be add-
ed, after a paineul sigh. "what won-
der, poor boy—she loves him 1(1 return.
Oli I 1 must have been mad. --I must be
mace—And thee man Ramon? Yes; he
smiled end sbowed his while teeth. I
would not trust him for moment. The
calm leas too false and treacherous. If
1 mute only get the mew boy away 1"
ei' day for the view. Did you feel the abouee crud Digby
0610111117.
round by the back of the nettle with 1116
case open, " The smeller are the best,"
" Thanks," Said teeing one.
" Le me give you a light."
A match was struck, and by its light
Digby caught a glimpse of the e'pare
lard's face, which was as tales and un-
ruffled as could be.
Then they -weal. 011. and retook their
places on either side oE the mule.
"I've been very busy, too," continu-
ed Ramon. "Tired; but was curious to
hear how you. had got on: and. yet half
afraid that the crater 11011 given way
sod swelLoweil you all up."
Digby felt tongue-tied; but Ramon
chattered. away.
"I wonder whether Senor Redgrave
will let me throw me -self upon his hos-
pitelity tele evening? I crated ou my
way up, and found that you had not
returned. I lett some fruit; and there'
was a, fragrance from the kitchenwin-
dow that was maddening to a hungry
Man. Alt I here we are." For they had
tome up to Redgrave and Eraser, who
were standing beside the. traelc.
" You, Ramval" said Redgrave, rath-
er sternly.
" Yes, my dear sir. I thought. I would
go and meet teem; but I miesed you.
3Iy dear Redgrave, I want you to give
me a bit of dinuer to -night."
" Certainly," replied Redgrave—and
he told a, polite lie; "1 shall be very
ha,PPY."
For the rest of the way Ramon did
nearly all the talking; and during the
evening his conversation was fluent:LIM
highly interesting as he engaged Fraser
in conversation about the antiquities
of the place ; smoking tripes and sip- a summons which, alter many epee
"The owner was a great- friend 01
our mission and meld not do enough
far DS. Soon WI' were seated. around
the brenkfast table. 1 toutnot dee-
erne: the excellerwe of that repast. It
would. have dune very well et
A FIRe'r-CLASS HOTEL,
and 1 SUJITMAt'd to IW an extra spread
to du Minor to the oecitelon. But I
soon found. my mistake D. WItS the
weed order or he day, and. the next.
meal surpitesee the fleet by. far.
"Little did 1 know or care who pre -
Pared these dainties, and. after getting
0000(l1 01(1 with the factotum of the
Mace, 1 could only wonder teat ;mild
all the dirt in the kitchen suet,. things
could be prepared and that 0 drunk-
en. cook meld accomplish this. One can
immerse my feelings when 1 unex-
pectedly came upon one of the wait-
ers (W(le boy) as he was licking a
dinner plate, then gave it a wipe
with his loin cloth by way of
11011818-
181(1 1, and after this returned it to
the table for the next eourse. was
nether glaa my' farewell to this
hospitable/ place, to be able to enjoy
a plain Moot 5.1' 1(10(11(0 1011110 SU 1110011
dirt. .
"We did not get away befure we
were introduced to the family of the
merchant. TWO little mulattoes were
numbed up to shake hands and. to Ides
the ludies, and a leack W0111.311 MOS
illtr011tIOSIT 10 us 113 the children's- mo-
ther, "ely W001311." ILS the Euglishman
put it. We were expected to be friend-
ly with these black. girls, who are kept
in each factory. Of course, them girls
are not to blame, since they ere often
brought to the White, men against their
tvill, the relatives receiving presents
of rum when they hire the girl out to
the trader. Whenever the traders tires
ut Isis mistress she is sent back to 'her
lewdly, and. he hires another girl. I
know of one case, where a white Iner-
am sorry to say an Ameriean,
trete to compel '
A GIRL OE TWELVE
CHAPTER VII.
A week of unalloyed lumpiness pass-
ed, during which three every evening
WAS spent at the villa. Degby grew
010131 joyous; the saddened 100IC WOS
rapidly passing away/ frum lIeleree face,
and that of her father grew pusizled,
while :Eraser's seemed. more sombre and
sad.
Ramon had fetched them to his
place again and. again, and. had alsv
begged leave to accopmany thein in
two of their expeditions, finding horses
and mules and proving himself a pol-
ished and agreeable guide, taking them
to -various points, whose marvels made.
Fraser lorge,t his OWIl trouble. 00 1101
excitement of discoveries dear to a
naturrelistee heart; while,. after these
journeys, Ramon always insisted upon
the travellers accepting his bospitality.
They had just finished dinner, and
Ramon had left them for a tittle, one
of his servants having called him away,
ping his chocolate in the most urger- gies he had obeyed, leaving the friends
fled way.
" You are making quite a collection
of our minerals, I hear," he said Ln the
oourse of the conversation.
"Yes; I have a good many."
" OE course you examined the head of
the barranco on the west side of the
mountain?"
1 "No; we have not been there yet."
"Not been! Why, my dear sir, that
is the most interesting place of the
whole. You should go there.—Ey the
Way. Redgrave, I suppose tbe nearest
way would be right across my planta-
tion ?e,
"Decidedly," said Redgrave, who
Seemed puzzled by his semen's urban-
ity.
" Yes,'" said Ramon thoughtfelly;
"that is certainly the best way. There
is en interesting mummy cave there,
too, about half -way along: but you will
certainly be delighted with the head
of the barranco. There; 1 MITA. say
good -eight. Going now, gentlemen?"
" Yes," said eraser, rising. "It is
time Nye were back."
Digby nee reluctantly; but iL was
time they lelt; so the customary ad-
dois were said, Ramon making a point
of going first, so that Digby had 1111.
opportunity to raise Helen's trembling
hand to his lips. "Good-night—my
darling," he whLepered. "I. shall tell
Mr. Redgrave all.'
Heaven protect him 1" muttered the
girl devoutly t and she stood. there al.
the door listening till her father return-
ed; and then they lingered, each slight-
ly unease, but ashamed Lo give their
fears words, and being content to lis-
ten to the voices of the guests, as they
came clearly up through the still night.
air.
Redgrave felt disposed to speak to
his chtld before retiring for the night,
hu. the remained silent.
" lelarria.ges tees made in heaven,"
he said to himself. "I feel help-
less; and perhaps Nelly berselt
may find the way out oC the difficulty,
end, somehow, I begin to like young
Digby."
The three guests of the villa went
slowly down the track toward the lit-
tle toren, With Roma chatting teem -
Wetly about the island.
"I de:melte' you Englishmen are dis-
appointed at the absence of sport," he
said, "Very different from Norfolk,
Nyhere I went on a visit when was
in England. Here we have pertridges
ta rabbits—that. is all.'
°. "We fied plenty to =use us," said
rraisee qnietlY.
"Oh be' I have Seen that, Why, you
Will lave a boateload of apecirriene.—
But Amin forget the head of the bar-
garte0 beyoeld iny plikee, It ;Will re.
together, when pushing the Jug 01 ex-
cellent French claret towards his com-
panion. Ligby, who was slightly flush-
ed exclaimed: "Taste that, my boy, and
confess that our host le a charming
fellow and. a polished gentleman,"
"Yes, I confess to these," seed Fra-
ser gravely ; awl just than Ramon re-
appeared at the door, bearing a fresh
box of cigars, 8011011 he handed to his
guests and resumed his seal.
"One of the eel's of possessing plae-
tatione," he said. "50ur men are al-
ways coming with the news of 50(8(1
disaster."
"Nothing serious, I hope?" said Dig-
by.
"No, no—a mere nothing—kind of
blight appearing.—But.. by the way,
you two have never visited the head of
that barraneo yet. Don't forget it.
When will you go1"
"When Fraser's ready.—What do you
say to to -Morrow?"
This was agreecl to, and Digby rose
vs if to leave.
"There." said Ramon; "I well not
keep you fidgeting to go; only Mega
friend 1"raser to smoke another cigar."
"Really, I don't tbink"--bega,n Lig-
by, rather petulantly.
"Do not bo angry, clear frie.nd," said
Ramon kindly. "I meant no berm
Apologies for me to my dear friend
Redgrave.—You will stay, will you not,
Fra.ser 1"
"No; I will go with him," said the
latter hastily. Them, in a hurried
confused manner, res if he were master-
ing himself., "No," he added, "I will
eV, and hove a quiet smoke and chat
with, you about the head of the bar-
ns/nee end what eve are likely to find."
"Poor boy I" said Ramon, with a gen-
tle when Digby. had gone, "Well,
he has won a charming girl. You and
1, Mr. Fraser, are getting old enough'
to put these things behind."
"Yes," said loraser gravely ; and he
sat talking to big host till quite late.
(To Be Continued.)
MAReil 20, 1897
astrommormaronnotsumenosamomoass,w1Mor*-1..r,Ir.S.
PRACTICAL ',ARMING eine. weethor he now is a summer. or
6 a winter milkee. Our 0068 Idea, 06111144
John Gould, is neminst feeding a f resit
SPRAYING FOR, FRUI'le
purpose of killing
The spraying of fruit. treee for the nble 10 reett a quantify to the cow that
iejerieres 11130015 and has been in milk severed. 113001115.
row apples, though its is not objection-
r„ng.; k. known Ito below so effiellejous ,Only a few quarts /should en fed daily
tb„L it 111 TIOW 100/(Pd 011, 0.4 01111 a the ;to a115 "'W. A Inl'inble" (101151""a
moral operations or the frull grower. ,e11,118 that something extra, tillould et-
-ways he .fed In et/emotion with the an -
As the SPUS011 iss fast approaching* when
the work of spraying will have to 1ee , tonwh.: (!:1011terl, etlyct!v°t.lie wiitil,e,L,L1111'111'snlist;
ecenmencee, a few remarks on the sule :up the food found iin '.1 lit..- Opines. HOW
jete will he in place. ;What is known :would it have resulted .10 i.have fed the
an Bordeaux mixture is composed of eexetirttselillefelleleirel'gemtueL le, 11' l'Ill,e91)185
lime, blaestone end. water. Tees led for feeding eons meal aid tsiciure °clime, kilailill.
the killing or all g•tirmei of leaf blight and half, ilumgh be bad noticed 11131;
of a fungus origin. Fur the deelrue- d'rc"PPina a't 81"8 of the 8awttuat I'd
out Gimp", Preqtdent. tt
the Vrttostioll.
Paul Kruger, the famous President:
of the Transvaal, Is it man of many re-
markable qualities, amoeg which cour-
age and meneity are fore.most. He is
now an old man bug the story of his
career, as Mr. Potiltney Bigeleve °Maio -
ed it at Pretoria shows that he began
early to be a personage. 10 is not ex-
actly a commonplace boy, for instaace,
wee/ shoots big game at seven, kills his
first lien at eleven, and serves 105
country (1(1 (1 full-tledged soldier at thir-
teen.
Thai is a part or Paal Kruger's re-
cord, however, ars it might. lead one to
geese, he was gifted with a remarkable
physique as well as Neith great abilities,
and the tales of his youthful exploits
are almcst beyond belief. De was a
peerless runner, for one thing,, :lad at.
eighteen outran a horse in a race of
seven or eight hundred yards. This
story was tuld 31r. Bigelow ,by an eye-
witness, and confirmed by the presid-
ent himself.
"On another occasion" narrates Mr.
Bigelow, "he ran a footerace against the
pick of the Kaffir chiefs. There were
large prizes cse guott cattle. IL was a
to live with him, although she, was a
:scholar in our tension stool. The 11115
5(0000115 were smarter than be and
succeeded. in keeping the gee 1106a3'
from him by adoptin-g her. tine soon
gets aocustemed to ad things,11011at-
ter a year or so we were quite used
to meeting these women and. did not
think any more about it than when
meeting any other black woman.
"The lives ot the traders seem much
alike, a little work, a good, deal of
drinking, and immorality. The climate
of Central Africa is very trying, but
the white traders ere to blame ler the
greet mortality among them. • It IS
not hard work or exposure, as in the
ease of the missionaries, that'kills them,
but rather drink and immortility. The
merages committ.ed by these uten can-
not be tole in print, but no crime is
black enough, it -seems. When the
young traders come out io Africa,
10111011115 young men brought 111) 101 eerie -
Gan homes, tto not like the life there
end every one longs for Ids engage-
ment of three years to COMO to a close
lied vows that Afritia shall never SOO
him again. .But, tiles, at the end. of
three years nearly. every young clerk
has changed his trend and is very un-
willing to return. The life sieems to in -
femme every one, aryl this is easily
explained.
'A clerk in Europe inust obey his em-
ployer end has hard work tu live, on
his scantly sitlery, but in Africa twery-
thing is changed. Tho salary is high-
er and expenses less. Board and ser-
vants are found for the clerks ten
agent may be placed. over a number of
clerks,. but he does not bother thent
much If trading goes on fairly well.
The clerk is master in his own trading
station, and does as he likes. A while
trader requires at least four to five
servants, an interpreter, 3 cook, and
at least two waiters. Sometimes a
wash is is added to the house serve:Ms. Be-
sides these, common It/borers are need-
ed, their number depending upon the
amoan of track. It is, indeed, strange
that every trader or °!!M11 needs so
meaty moments, but it 111 (0 feet. These
gentlemen are not able to lace
Lion of leaf -eating insects, Parte green Ig.erin'i„,1111.iii°,eougs eorLee'lleeelte.loueleber)101 siteerti
and water Is used. Wliten it comers to and Ibis seed nuttier red with: 1(111.111,
smoking inseets, such IIS WO oyster shell there seemed to bo a fair value 10 it.
mid on the score or succulence was,
found to be of benelet. •
and the Sall Jose sole, smuttily -leg
greasy has to be provided., The best
mixture is made or nehele oil soap and
hot water though hard laundry man
is fairly good. When the power of
these mixtures was first recognized, it
0635 the cutom to make them much
stronger than later experiments Inge,
found :accessary at the present time the
liquid for spraying is made as follows:
Four pounds of bluestone, 8 innuele of
lime and 100 gallons of water. This
mixtum is for blights. That for 'use
for tee leaf -eating insects 15 made by
adding a bat pound or lege of Paris
green to 150 gallons of water. For
sucking insects, say 2 pounds 0.11 whale
oil eoup to I gallon of hot water. 11'
not convenient to get the whale oil
seelle hard. laundry soap may be sub-
stituted, though it Is me as good for
the pnrpose.
The time to start spraying trees, whe-
ther for fungus or insects, is just its
the buds are start ing. There are spray-
ing.requisites advertised in ell leading
agneultural papers. All portime 1(0 1.111
tree should feel the 011e0ts of the spray-
ing. If for insecte, such as apple and
plum curealio, spray again just/ as the
flowers fall, then again in 'about three
or four weeks, or earlier should rains
appear to have washed off !the poisons.
For leaf blights and fungus attacks of
the fruit, such asplum end grape rot,
besides the spraying when the buds
are aboul to burst, other doses should
leilow. The, second one should be just
when the foliage is fairly expanded,
then when the fruit is first formed.
and say twice more, atintervals of
about re month. ,When foliage alone is
considered, I have found two sprayings
amide, one when the leaves were form-
ed, another (near midsummer. It is
probable that, no more than this would
be required for fruit. The Sea Jo and
other scale insects are to bN'combated
when the trees are bare of foliage. Give
one washing of the bark as mon as the
leaves fall, another in midwinter and 3
third towards spring, on badly infest-
ed trees. If but few scales are on the
trees, one washing, to be towards
sPring, will suffice, The San jure scale
is 0 formidable foe, as before noted in
these columns, and at .tbe first appear -
name of any scale, the, trees should be
washed at once, let the intruder bo San
Jose or what it may.
We may, add that 'the 'proper proper-
L(en of Paris green fluty he added to
the bluestone mixture when the one
compound will suffice for both fungus
and 'meets. This has been done with
great. success.
iollgO whole days run across country,
paw. certain well-known landmarks—
amongst others his own ,Lather's house.
Young Kruger soon distanced all com-
petitors, and when he rettelyed his la-
ther's house Ite WITS SU far ahead tha1 he
went in and had some coffee. Hie fath-
er, however, 551.1S 50 31405 11'1011 111311
for running aerose country without hie
rifle that ne eery nearly. gave his 5011
a legging. Ile made the boy take a.
right rifle with him when he ler1 to
finish his rave."
And the ted. man was right, 115 it
mewed. At S011501 the leafier runaer/s,
though they lightened 11100(1:11 1118 by
easttng /wide eatelds, meat's, toal ("N'tfl
their baugles had been lef0 liceeleesty
behind; and young Kruger, mettles gime
thing stirring, in the grass, thought he
might es wed bring an anteleme into
camp with him, havens leisure to spare
for the purpoee.
"He aimed and pulled the trigger,
but the gun missed fire; and instead
of an antelope, there bounded up a
huge lion, which had been disturbed by
the sound. The two facecl each other,
the lion glaring at. Kruger, and lie, re-
turning the. mare by the steady gaze
of his tearless eyes.
elete lion retreated a few steps; and
Kruger made as nutny steps forward;
then Kruger commenced siutely taking
one step barkward, followed by a sec-
ond, and then a third. 1 But the lion
followed every 111008 Ot Kruger, keep-
ing always the same distance. ' The
teurk was getting to be very• wearing,
not to say dangerous, particularly as
darkness WM coining on and no sign
et relief.
"Stately and cautiously Kruger pre-
pared his nneeket for a second shot. He
raised, aimed, and pulled the trigger,
but again there 060S only the snap of
the cap, and Kruger saw himself face
to face with a lion, and no weapon but
the sleek ue a useless rifle. The last
snap of the lock had so infuriated the
beast that '110 made a spring into the
air and landed close to Kruger's feet
—so close, indeed, that the earth was
thrown up into his face.
"He raised his gun to deal the anim-
a:1 a blow, but at this the lion retreat-
ed, glancing sullenly over his shoulder,
until he was about fifty yards away;
then, as though by a sudden impulse,
the beast broke into a furious ga.11op,
and disappeared over the next MIL.
"Kruger joyfully resumed his race,
and in spite of all, that had happened,
easily carried at the prize from the
Kaffir chiere." •
SAFE TIME TO RETURN.
Dewsnep (panting). I anw a (101005"
1(1.101 renting a few minutes ago, rind
O joined when, on hailing him, he
said there was a Bebe
Birtwhisile (interestedly), Well, was
it ranch of 0. scrap?
Dowsnep (disgustedly). Scrap? I didn't
see any fight. After the policeman and
bittl run along together for about, ten
minutes for nal We were worth, he slow-
ed down, and said it ought to be over
by that time, and that he thought we'd
be safe LE we went back.
"Whet is tronaneititIon, Uncle eiro1"
tioliery one day end forget he next.
"It it meet ing you hUnt n in a elie,
MAKING 011)ER VINEGAR.
First Mee a good, strong, Iron -hooped
seurrol. Next bas's good apple settee,
Cover the bungholes wit 11 mosquito net-
ting or other metered that will keep
out the flies, The bungs ought: not to
be put in, except temporarily, for at,
least. a year. Keep the vinegar barrel
in the garret or other place where Lite
air is warm and sultry. The cellar is
a bad place in *width '10 make vinegar.
To hasten fermentation oveasionelly
turn the eider out on one barrel into
another, thus exposing i1 more fully ha
the air, and by adding a gallon or
strong vinegar or a little "mother" to
each barrel. There 3131 other methods
by which the process may 131 hastened
still more, such as trickling it. through
beech chips or shavings; ,tit 'these are
hardly to be recommended, for those,
who are content to 06141 on the no -turtle
process rarely fail to find 1 heinselges
mnmllyeb
,ieli,1010tra011(11 lit.ou
rgh the high virtue
oru
THEIR. OWN BOOT8,
rater a, few months' residence in Afri-
ca. A boy is 00016018885 required for
this perpose, but more oftett this job
falls to the lot, of 'my woman.'
"Nearly all the 'Leaders, offiethes, and
explorers rule tecs natives with a roe
of Iron and commit the greatest )'fuelties, especially upon the girls end
it ILO w.onder that death of-
ten outs them off tri one of their sprees,
and nithough this happens erten, it hoe
no effect upon those Who remain. They
are a little se:lettuce until the funeral
is over, but even when returning from
thOr greve they joke about their dead
frietel and return he their regular ware
of life, The '06001AY0 of the dead man
changes Mastees of.ten before the fun1
oral. Every iteleginable vice exists
among the white people who ere the
A LITTLE TOO SMART.'
An Irishman's idea of what; consti-
tutes a successful stratagem is some-
time most amusing.
And how is year ',vire allies, the wed-
FARM..NOTES.
Mother Earth refuses to yield her
favors without a good deal ot me:deg.
0;1stec
1 itilt
-oL:isallay.sciene m
tifian to coax
1
Farmers 1160,1 more curiosity than
many seem to manifeet. takee but
slight trouble to reake a poet =oriole
examination of all creatures dying
rrret.susntitsais
unitznoe1.00
w1110aihiLses and often rich
The cheapest winter food for swine
is roots. They may not have en much
nut ri me nt 111 t hemselves, but ihoy
cause the bog to ger. more out of his
other food, just as good clover pasture
eauses the hog to get. Inure out of
grain.
'Weeds that we book upon, with espe-
cial disfavor pighave a great liking
tor. 'The oiher day we noticed a
Young SOW mele; ragweed at a rave-
nous rate. 'We do not know of any•
che.eper feed than this, There is a
good margin between torn and perk,
but a (((1)011 greaeer one between rag-
weed and poek.
Eggs for hatching to be kept mail a
sufficient number are accumulated from
one or two select hens should be put in
a cool plate but not where they wilt
become frozen. \Veep them in tissue
paper and pack them in a starch box,
between the eggs with oats.
Turn the box three times a week, iso as
to turn the eggs half! over, Kept in
this manner they should hatch if six
weeks old.
RIPENING Ole CREAM.
As the flavor of Mater comes largely
from the action of oestain germs or fer-
ments, it seems to me, says Prof. Mc-
Kay, that the right degree of acidity,
other conditions being favorable, deter-
mines the flavor of the butter. els
many of the lactic acid germs require
oxygen, stir Lhe cream. frequently. The
granular 0(1(181110.1116 111 cream: is not al-
ways a correct indication that it is
ready to churn. It is frequently in
this condition when the, acidity is very
low. From experiments at the Iowa
statical, it mems that as good butter
can be made frcan the miI'k of strippers
as from emelt cows, provided the cream
is properly ripened. It also seems that
if butter made from frozen cream is
not good the fault is not due to the
freezing, but to the excessive heat in
thawing it out. Cream ripened at a
low tempereture, and for a long time,
with but little stirring, has a bitter
taste and lacks flavor. We were en -
ailed to secure a difference or from one
to two points from the same cream div-
ided end ripened at different degrees
of acidity, and different temperatures,
regardless at the starter used. I be-
lieve that the right degree of acidity
not only governs the flavor of buttec,
but also that of cheese, under favor-
able conditions; To get uniform re-
sults eelth alkali tests, cream should be
separated so as to contain about the
same per cent of fat daily.
din' anti all? inquired Mr. Murphy of
his friend, Mr. Dolan, whose daught-
er had been married two days before.
She's well enough, exeepten' that she's
grievvin' ovver a pair of illigant 11506
kid gloves that got; lost on her that
eyentne responded Mr. Doolan. She's
feelin' bad about thine but, tree adver-
tised in the paper, and I'm thinkin'
she'll get thim batik again berme long.
They oriel Mrs. Dolan two dollars and
rorty -five cents!
A.Int you afraid wboiver got thine will
be slow to answer the advertisement1
inquired Mr. 'Murphy.
it's mesile that knew how to fix that,
returned Mr. Doolan. '1: advertised
them illigant gloves as 'an owld cot-
ton pair, barstm' away tie 1.118 seams,
and, wurrth nobody's keephel
AND HE CAN'T AFFORD CANDLES.
I seroso the bill's all asight? he said,
es he produced a roll or bills et the
office of the gas compeny.
Can't you. wad your meter? iettuir-
ed the clerk politely.
No.
It's easy to learn.
Ob, 7 don't knew, The trouble is
that the gas burner over it (bum:A give
light enough to enable me to see the
figures. u
THE GARDEN.
The margin between the possibilities
and actualities of the average farm
garden is a thing of goodly dimensions.
it is, naturally enough, a difficult
thing for the farmer to realize to what
extent of practical usefulness he may,
put a single acre of ground provided
he is willing and careful to bestow upon
it the right kind of; attention. This,
ism because at the fact that in his farm
work he looks more ,to 'general results.
11 -at when he comes down to work on
A. Scotch mtnister in Melbourne has
his male choristers artueed. in High.
land garb, and the fenuiles the MS -
tame of the "Lady of the retiree' Teo
hymus are sr.ng to the music of the
begpipee arid the ehtirell Is erowdea.
JEWELS HID IN A CHAIR
MRS. HURD CONCEALED HER VALU-
ABLES IN ITS SPRINT
Thou Sent It Amoy to ne Ilepatirott—Tlio
0(01116 eintrity Itecoverod at An VolotIo-
corer's.
Nobody outside or the members o£
Hiram Hurd's family would have sus-
pected that the big arm chair in Mrs.
Hurd's bedroom contained anything
but solid comfort.
But for come months past Buffalo
has been the scene or xnany burglaries,
Homes, Whether occupied or not, have
been entered and the premises ran-
sacked for valuables. So it was that
Mrs. Hurd, fearful of being robbed and
searching for a safe place to conceot
her jewels, found an empty space be-
neath the springs in the armchair and
placed tberein her jewel ease, the con-
tents of which she values at $5,000„
For rieverel days sbe congratulated
herself that nn safer place for the con-
oealment of her gems could have been
found, and having no occasion to wear
them, she left them in their hiding;
place.
Ite was on Friday that Mr. Hurd no-
ticed that the big armchair looked a
trifle worn and that 11 needed re-cover-
ing. He therefore ordered Jabez Lu-
ton, an upholsterer, to remove the chair
to Ms. ahop. Accordingly the chair
was delivered to an, expressman, Nvlio
carelessly loaded et upon) an uncovered
truck rued drove away.
ON ITS ARRIVAL
a. smaller scale he finds things quite
afferent. It is only recently that a
committee took upon itself to investig-
ate somewhat as to what was actually
being done on some ot 'the email tracer
farms, near one of our lerge cities, and
they reported that one farm of forty
acres yielded annually $10,000 worth of
fruits and Vegetable.% another ot six
mires yielded et1,000; another ot ninety
acres returned $20,000, and another of
twenty acres returned es8,01.10, These
figures represent good receipts, but
even after making reductions for Ler-
tilizers and other necessary expendi-
tures, the net retires ell:hough not stria -
ed, were no doubt, bandsolne. Apart,
however from the profits from. exclus-
ive treek farming, the garden, acre to
the Wm can be made an important
item in the domestic economy ot the
borne, if we take inter eonsideration all
the eepense attaching to the. purchase
of garden produce necessary to the
health, comfort and Wel beteg of the
/ FEEDING A.PPLES.
IL is a disputed thing whetherl reed,
Mg -apples to cows ia heneficeal or
hurtful, It dote Make ot little differ-
a.t the upholstering shop the ohair
was rolled into a 'reek room to await.
Rea turn to be repaired.
011 tee meantime Mrs. Beard was
blissfully unmindful of the Nyhereaboute
of the family jewels. She had seen the
chair taken from the house, but it
never occurred to her that within it
she had bidden brooches, sunbursts,
rings, and -watches containing dia-
monds, rubies, pearls and emeralds. The
night following, however, Mrs. Hurd
suddenly remembered. The next mo-
ment she had awakened her husband
and shortly afterwards the two were
being driven towards the upholsterer's.
Mr. Loton was at home.
Accompanied by Mr. and. Mrs, Hurd,
he unlocked his shop and brought outs
the armchair. Tee tipper part of the
old upholstering had been torn off by
a workman. As Mr ,Loton thrust bis
hand tinder the hanging that concealed
the springs, the silence of the anxieties
little group was almost painful. T,he
tipeolstarer's bared brought out a
small, square, plush -covered cam. 'res,
there was the easel Were the jewels
still in it. An examination of each ar-
ticle in tbe also showed that none oil
its Contents wee missing.
Then Mrs, urought oe h
THurd. ther hand -
semis little gold watch, studded with
dITLMOM1S, 15s1i1011 she had put in a fold
et the upholstering. A. search for this
revealed thee it was gone.
But the next Morning ft workman in
the shop handeul the watch to its owner,
retying that he had found i0 in the
chah• and taken it for safrAtepping,,