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t:ITAI*fI:R VIII. fee the !way descended apparenty, to
un into rise agalu beyond the hook. otlibeI
Alcrnrdln te, what had green another step ortrr o Comforftn a Level
a cesium Dishy rutted Helen and her brush•ivooiolclasalide alld so he uttered a
father by the innate which com>nai>aled way; a
n11e p w ild ory, anti snatched at t110 .oekY
the steep track, and another delightfulsid.s to save hinlsolf. Vain effort, for
evening, all too short, was spent.'Su- j end loo d g had
dgt en ity a each leer
sic, talk of England, the life there, what seemed to be a terrible d, nice ,
all had their turn, and then name the heavily far below, oneen
time to go, Helen walking beneath t.lte• He was conleial1 of an agonizing
dust, of a sickening stupefying ;Heel -
1
-
great mellow stars down with her i`'- 1 sensation of pain, then et, a:gifting
tor to the gate, for the last goo n • nest, and then all was darkness.
-that farewell which takes so mann I Ilnw long he layy their stunned Ile.
times to say, and way here prolonged could not tell; but he seemod to slrug-
'll Iied�rave's voice was beard. !gee into dierarn,lLo�fintittbataalliilt�as
till b feverish
to • g, papa," cried the ,0 : as she darkness and mental confusion, What
clungto Digbp's hand. Thin :net go," it all meant was a mystery; for his
"to tine 11A.rrat1Cu I:0- head was thick and heavy, and mem-
elle whispered,
lnorrow ?" refused to give bun back the re -
"yes; in good Cute."
' or
collection of his walk and sudden loll.
But he realised at last'- that he wits
"1 shall see you at night?" I awake, and that he was lying upon
"Of course." i what seemed to be fragments of sticks;
rill take care. I bare aim as be groped
oabout
beotouhed
"And you •something' which s
hearer that some of these glsces ata for the moment., before he could grasp
very dangerous." ' wbat it was he held.
recoiled, he fortered Ids ; his path chasms might be yawning
"Ttike care : f our sake." he I a era of horrort Still. there was the. mol tn:rrent. of
ed Once mo g d 1 t " finger and thump had p,as e • l fpr sn fere himself to rise, e
whisper bony orbits and he knew , l" in to 11•till. slowly onil enutaous y
d grasped • lite c u•ee ton from 1
�--_ the ressilt that, after about an hour's
yo s really
CHAPTER i3.
:ut out come ;hut n. short distance, he suddenly
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and at hist --.long after he had fallen
-he felt that he could hear no inure, SOME HINTS ABOUT GROWING AND
and all was blank,
MARKETING.
Cii'<1 PTT 1i Z. '--
Digby's awakening from has st1.W
was stranger and mere wild than itis
rerove'v wont the stunning fell,, 1i•
was lieu= before he could gt, iri>) 11 .lett ,
leo was. and then he found hlulself lying 1'1 potatoes profitably in !England has
upon the sort (lust, ',se silif that Ile aroused a spirit of enquiry amot.g mar-
contd hardly move an inch'he la list -Ikea gnn•dettet:, until fruit gpuners, relit"
ening
dark hopingan for
;and y . methods of ^rowin ' the
ening and for the repel which � liar' to the best growing
did not roue, trying to be cool and plants, packing the fruit. and the best
thine: nett some means of escape, and t vuree;Iee to eultirnto fur this special
still telling hilaself that he had ex- purpose, 'the. following notes are pra-
aggerat•ed, anti that Helen was sate; roared with a view of briefly ariswer-
this was but an accident. [
As lu lav there, longing to rise, fined ing these questions.
breading the pain that followed every
movement, he became conscious that RAISIN(' l.'h=!N'1:9.
the air was coot and pleasant and re- The summer season of Ontario and
fresbing to his burnln brow. Chert,
by slow degrees it struck him that the Quebec is not long enough to admit
wind came in a soft steady (urreut on et the profitable mitiv0(ian. of tome-
one
o
one cheek; and by-and-by, reason sug- (d>e0 without the aid ut a greenhouse,
gested to him that this cool current hot bed, or window box in starting the
o1 air avast come from some opening
plants in sprang,
far away in the great cavern., 1 Soil for wend Boxes. -The soil should
I u shivered et first at the meta of
plunging Iarthe.r into the darkness, not, he too rich.',. mellow loner of good
.or how, did he know where his falter -
mg sups might lend him, rand wlullll. tenl1ty, with
sand
ofiheadded
hollo Lbl pro-
vne ex -
an ten of one-fifth
duce stronger and healthier plants than
will the leaf mould .one frequently
meets with in the soil of window boxes.
if a greenhouse is available, the seed
may be sown about the middle of 3Ltreh,
or a month earlier it the plants are
house, wishing that 11e b (Iy caught sight of 0 pain greenish r, y intended to servo the cleu.auds of the
alone, so as to hove a companion buck 1 of-murtulitvt he Mapped hisrhandstlto light, and his heart seamed to give a home market,. A high temperature, 05
o 11
along the
!al .#oht, l'raltt, Dlorl1I'UII r1>1 et. 100 Cell
grill 1$'pet'ln>e>i 11>1 Farm.
The pussitelley of market hag Canadian
Tee; for y - •s d into two ; be-
lle
ar> -nig 1 that the o 1- e • e-
. skull.
tonging unrulwith
the• �w••ls�•a h it Caine,anal
He ran oft, to masterI yect he had us ri i• t' - f which in
to stay , Helen
water an uneasy lowl feeling. the
1 r what wa r 5
ab heart Heletl returned , I wry to the <l11 progression over
dark loth, .where it w' 11 111 i his throbbil1Z blah, and shrank rarcher i bound.
r> • as enemy Le ,o and farther away,feeling as of Itis lea- The rest tans easy. Ten =legates' t degrees degrees'
to 3S degrees ill the tiny and
,v
*or 1 t80
'me lbs Haus t•agre.ss over the dust g g
b &a fa.. soil was tottering, and tot a ( - (,1U
harm, cad di- !mastery of his mud trod gone. But hips to the opening, n rift in the roe!:
She cast un1' the fault h elf -'this terrible sensation passed nw+ay aslovergrown with hanging creepers; and
rectly, and with good muse,
for Dee, �qulckly as it lead male, and he stamp ptsiping these aside, len found himself
b' reached the vents about the same rat ono o1 Ills Leet me' re raga. tzgng etlt of 151101. was liko a roughly
S
s Nraeer returnee! from hi: late) Ile shrank away' tor1 chokingdust.! drt broken lnatural
face of theth1lrilralncno.
time a
stay with Lemon ; and atter a short , which
h a cloud of panic t How Lu a p, he could not
• • t1': :laws. they, � is hicli h<rrrif.ecl him again. But, this which seemed to go down hundreds of
chat aver their Motto 1 1>, .. served to make hum recover hes. feet below'. u t 1
will produce large, querulent, but ten-
der plants. A too low temperature will
produce stunted weaklings. Neither
class is desirable, It is better, however
to have the temperature slightly too
warm, than too cold, in coasideratiun
of the nature of the plant. Soto the
seed. thinly, in rows six incites apart,
pressing the soil firmly over the. rows.
An ounce contains 5,000 to 10,000 seeds.
Tia seedlings should be transplanted
at least twice before setting theta in
the open field. This treatment gives
strong, stocky plants, 11 grown in the
greenhouse, the seedlings should he
"pricked" into " flats" (shallow buxeel
soon after the true leaves appear', set-
ting deem two to three inches apart
each way. from these " flats" the
plants are removed when they begin to
crowd each other to the cold frame, or
hot bed, setting them six to eight. in-
ches apart each way, or further if the
plants are large. By the middle -or in
a backward season -the last week of
May (in ibis section) they will have
made large, stocky plants and are rea-
dy to plant in the field. The sashes or
other cover's used to protect the frames
should be kept off t he frames to harden
them, for some time previous to set -
Ling the plants out.
When the seed is sown directly in
the hot led, this should be done early
in .lpril. A strong. even heart is de-
sirable, such as may be secures. from a
two -foot bed of horse immure. Sow the
seed in four or five inches of soil, after
the heat of the bed has subsided to
75 degrees. Additional cold frames
should be provided for the reception of
the 0181>1s when they are removed from
both went to bed.
The sun was streaming into Dig1y's in
a utterore darkness, ias ehes seemed to
500
roam when he awoke the neat mornit(1 I they. had skhe Vied woeks back, when he
ine
with the sen5atlun open him it had drawn maser', attention io the
was very late ; tinct on springing of I climbing figure lvhichh he'hnnlafl with
t las to find a piece of note. 11,ards encountered ascrept
wh.lch wee written: 1 of the ancient mummy eaves," he said, pl tt e so seizing the stoutest creeper
mriet«I le I. ;a ; asci as he stood there i tall. g iv i
It was dull and lee w•uid b e
fitful puffs, which swept the leaves
,aside. as he stood there for a time, ask-
ing himself What ha should do. He was
in no trim for climbing up such a place
this; bet would it be possible to get
of bed i h(5 Iwistet' It seemedi n risk; but anylhin was
paper lying on bats dressing -table, on i 1 must have fallen, I.hea, into one n
d ginner' than staying in that ]1 creeper so soundly I trying to speak aloud and coo y, began. es descend;
"You were sleeping j i words ds come for the muaten; within his reach, he g after
would not reakf'1> you. 1 have anti' on. though bis r and. d,osly going down about n hundred
Bat your br'eskiust, and follow at your i S`r rely and amended excited and and. to his !:real delight, found,
He paused again, and wiped the dank feet from creeper to creeper, that the
leisure" J " reeky side of the humane.) grew less
DigLy dressed under a feeling u an- � perspiration °There," perpeuct+cu •u• and ass and f 1 P ' par tion from his Brow.
" There, 1 I 1 1 less so till
d' 1 tion He h said 1 m better d• there was no ,angel, only l ss
f ` g
the trip, for Inc had seen enough ed, for it was cut badly, and n tarots on peeler, up right and left, there were
t cof se--\\• at s awkward.
noyanca at his friend's c eser •if
thief- es, at must 1,0i1'n. hlee ins
ocularly want to 3001 p . un fait the back of etas head, and wine,- dement of a stupe, ,which landed ham
did not par t. at last by u trickling.
stream; while,
of tin islan'l and would far rather
have gone up to Redgrare's; but 1'ra-
ser's start alone macre hint immediately
feel an intense longing to he off ; and
consequent')- he quite upset hie Spau-
isb landlady by his hurried and
scanty meal.
"Too Lad of Horace," h. grumbled
to himself as he set off up the moun-
tain track to where it diverged, and
the path led to Ramon's plantations,
with the house away 10 the left in a
beautiful nook which commanded a
view of the distant islands.
For a mou'n't he hesitated as to
whether Inc should walk down to Ra-
mon's for a chat before starting; and
he hesitated agate after guing a few
yards; but finally be stepped out boldly
with. the hot sun pouring down; and
es Inc went on, a careworn face was
slowly raised from out of a clump of
semi -tropical renege, and Fraser stood
well concealed, watohing him till Inc
passed out of sight. Then, after a
cautious look round, he sank back into
Ids place of concealment, and the birds
that had flitted away returned, the
stillness around being unbroken, save
when the love deep murmur of the surf
arose from far below.
"Too bad of old Horace," said Digby,
as be strode along; past Renton's plan -
an;
tations till the wild country' beg
and recognizing various places he had
passed before, the young explorer soon
reached the spot where the track lead-
ing to the barranco commenced -a patld
growing fainter and fainter, and mere
obliterated by the abundant growth,
till it gradually became a mere shelf;
on the mountain side. The dense tan-
gle at first sloped down to his left,
and up to his right, but grew more and
almost perpendicular! w there 1of tvolan
alcanio
rook out 0t which (Inc shrubby growth
and ferns spread out, and formed a
the su• n whileta fou awayeon phis from
there was a profound drop, the rock
egad) going perpc'ndiculerty, down, and
in places the shelf along which he pass-
ed quite overhung the verdure gorge.
And so it continued for quite a couple
of hours, during which he went on
and on along the shelf, whose abundant
growth hid. the danger of the way;.
for it was only at trues that lo, obtain-
ed a glimpse of the depths below-, where
down Pre alanche wn eleovefandawept the ee bad crashed
es
awaV.
lie's right ; it is a. glorious walk,"
cried Digin• enthusiastically;•"only, it
seems so stupid to be enjoying it all
alone"
e'er another hour he went on, won-
dering that he had seen no traces left
by his friend, but mon forgetting this
in the fresh glories of the overshad-
owed pat",a, and the lamely glints of
sunshine in the zigzagging tunnel or
ferns and creepers, which literally
seemed to flow down in cascades of
growing leafage from the wail on bis
right,
Mature must have made this path,"
he said to himself ; "and it. can only
be, seldom trod, 1,eads to nowhere, of
course, end-- hill° 1 here's the one•
For, at a sudden turn, after !passing
an angle of the rock, he round himself
face to fare with a huge mass of stone,
which had evidently lately slipped from
a few feet above the track, and eon1-
warm streak was trickling dawn
neck,
"That's soon doctored;" he muttered,
as be felded and !pound a handkerchief
about his brow, "Now then•;. how far
have I fallen., and how am Ito get
out?"
He began to move about cautiously,
looking up the while in search of the
opening through which he bad come;
but for some minutes he looked in vain.
At last though, he saw a dim light far
above hint., not the sky or the open-
ing through which Inc had fallen, but
a faintly reflected gleam, which feebly
showed something block above his head;
and at last he reached the conclusion
that the opening down w11ic1> he had
dropped was not straight, but sloped
to and fro in a rough zigzag.
1" muttered. "S"et
"How horrible , be mu rt.
what a blessing!" he added. "11 the
fall had been sheer, .I must have been
killed."
By cautious progression he at last
found the side, but not until Inc had
gone in two other directions, whieh
seemed to lead him farther into the
bowels of the mountain.
This discovery di dnot seem to help
him, for, as he passed his hands over
the rough vesicular lava, which wee
in place as sharp as when it had cooled
down after some eruption hundreds of
years before, he found that it seemed
to curve over like a dome above his
head; and though Inc followed it for
some distance, he could find no place
where there was the faintest poesibil117
of his climbing up to the day.
"Ahoy I eraser 1" Inc shouted aloud,
and then paused aghast., for bis voice
seemed to pass echoing hollowly away.
giving him an idea of the vastness of
the place in which he was confined.
And now for a few moments bis for-
mer sensation of horror attacked him,
as he felt that he might possibly nee.=
13t able to extricate himself from the
trap into which he had fallen, and that
Ile might go on wandering amongst
the horrors by which Inc was surround-
ed until Inc died of exhaustion -boort.
Again he mastered his wandering
mind, and spoke Mond in a reassuring
Lone, "1 am not surrounded by hor-
rors," be said calmly. 'That which is
here ought to alarm no man or well-
balanced intellect, It is known that
I have come than way, by the people
at the Inn— No: I did not tell tbem.
But lfraser knew i wits coming, and he
will searol. fur me. Ramon knew 1 was
coming here, and I have nothing to
do but sit and wait till I hear voices;
and then a shout will do the rest. liar -
ace cannot be long."
"Good beavers I" he ejaculated at -
ter a pause, "suppose the poor fellow
sbould trend upon the broken place
and fall! -No fear. It was covered
when I carne along. It is all open
tow'."
He leaned against the sidle of the
cave, thinking of his misfortune, and
listening for step or voice to break
1:bo terrible silence around him; but
all was perfectly still; and think !low
he would, he could not keep back an or,-
rasional shudder at the idea of passing
a night where he was.
"Couldn't be darker than day," he
said with a laugh to restore his mile-
age.; and then he began to think about
Helen, a bright subject, which lasted
bum for long enough, till the increas-
ineg pain and stiffness of his injuries
turned the current of his thoughts to
his rival; and then like a flash, 0 sne-
picion ensue to ham: "Wbat did Her -
ace may 2 -The Ma11 was treacherous and
(alse. I Great heaven, have I fallen into
his trap?"
ile tried to argue the thought away;
but' the idea way only, strengthened,
linnet had been en anxious for him to
pletel.y blocked the tray.
That's awkward," he said thought- 1 come there -for both of them. :Che
fully, ,'Ton gee() to get over. -Ne path had evidently been alterorl,
that's it: He smiled at he saw that to I by accident or design, Was it
the left of the large. block the green , design, and the contriver's idea to rid
growth had been trampler! data[., the .himself of two mein be detested et one
shelf being wide enough for any one : stroke? --No' the thought was too bor-
t() pass round, though the gorge yeemed'riblte,, nndl Inc would tot harbour it.
there to, he almost dark, so 1111e11 PPI Vain effort: it grew the stronger;
was it with this tops of the trees which . and as the time sped on, and the hurt
bristled from its 'side. I produced a feverish sensation of hair -
"The old boy has been round Nero' delirium, Digby found himself fully bee
toe one, title morning. First time I've +'loving that Raman had contrived this
seen his marks. -DIY word Inc hay hemi , pitfall; that there was no escape; and
chippping away here," Inc added, as len ; ghat freed from his preeenne, the
looked et the broken fragments of . treacherous ; naniard would renew his
stone in the newly made curve of the advances to Helen.
path;. The agony increased, and with the
Without a mamen1.'s hesitation ire mental suffering came te wild feverish'
Stepped down, then took another step horror, which grew upon him til' lilt
the reek: sides of the ravtne, and above
them, the dull gray sky, with one tiny
orange speck lar ahead.
Theft lie grasped the idea that it was
early morning -before sunrise, and
that be must havo passed the night
in a feverish slumber in that dreadful
place,
The next step was 00.57. He knew
that it he followed the little stream,
sootier of later it would lead him to
the seashore; and after slaking his
thirst at one of the pools, Inc bathed his
feverish temples and set off refreshed.
Somehow, he. couid not tbink about:
Helen. He felt as if he dared not.
Ito oould only dwell upon the fact that
a pitfall hod been prepared for him,
end he teeveted to ca11 Ramon to ac-
count. Then, too, he wanted to know
where Fre ter was 1 why ho had nod
ootne to his help, and why he had gone
Mr before him.
Strnnge problems these for an injur-
ed man to solve, and the only result of
his attetnpts was lor his head to grow'
more confused.
It was :a long and, painful journey;
and the sun had risen hours before
Digby had crept out on to (Inc black
sands, where quite a gape was blowing,
as (Inc great Atlantic billows came
rolling in. Then he, 'made his way
wand to the little inn.
The landlady gazed at him in hor-
ror, and began talking to him volubly
in Spanish, to whioh Digby could not
reply.
The senor -Senor Fraser?" he said;
but the woman only shook her head;
and he was an the point of starting off,
when Redgrave came learriedly to the
dour to ask if eraser and he 'pad re-
turned,
Ah, you. are here!" cried Redgrave.
excitedly,
eraser? Why es arell this
hurtmean?
Helen?"
"Yes -Helen t" 'grasped Digby ex-
citedly. Hear is she?"
"Gone!" cried Redgrave, with a
,fierce vindictiveness in his tones which
made the young ratan gaze at him
wonderingly.
"Gone 7' panted Digby, catching
sharply at the table, for everything
seemed to be wbinling round.
yes. Yum do not know? How is it
y'du aro hurt like this?"
Don't question Inc. A fall, (I3ut
Helen ? Ramon ?"
No," said Redgrave, sadly• "he
swears he knows nothing."
"It as riot true," cried Digby fiercely.
"It is his work. 'He platuned to mur-
der me, and Inc has taken her aw•a y."
Redgrave stood gtazdng nt him wild-
ly for a long space; e and then gripped
him by the arm. Ccu10," he said
laconically ; and almost ready to fall
with bodily weakness, but with his
agonising thoughts spurring him on,
Digby thrust los arm through Red -
grave's and walked with him step for
step.
I11 a feta minutes he saw whither he
•ryas being led; and ten mtant:es later,
with his (heart shaking. lower, Red-
grave was going down the path which
lei to Racoon's house.
YrJa will not find him," groaned
Digby ; but! Redgrave, whose face look-
ed stony in hie dispate, .Wade no reply,
strecle on to the door and knocked.
A quiet -Molting Spanish servant ans-
wered the summons.
(To Be Continued.)
oath plant of a mixture or muriate of
potus!> m' wood ashes and of nitrate or
soda, M0riate. of potash. 1011 pounds,
or -wood 0slic 1,000 pounds, and nit rid e
oC soda, 200 puululs per neve may elm'
exalt). he used with advantage, This
Mixt tire only heel be applied by float -
tering it . around each plant before hlll-
t1l'i'aining,-ln field culture, it does not
pay to train. tomato plants to sttlke4
or trellises. This system belongs to the
garden of the amateur and may there
11e pr avtised .vRh economy as to spire
and satisfaction as to general results.
In the field, some attention should be
given towards seeming a proper dis-
position of the naturally $10'awlai.g
branches, to prevent too much inter-
lacing and to seeare their proper dis-
tribution.
is-
tribution.
PICKING AND PACIIINC1.
Peaking for the Ileum Miorket,-1>iek
the fruit when fully coloured, being
careful to avoid bruising it. Discard
all i11-shapen or blemished specimens,
The fruit should lie carried in baskets,
to the sorting abet!. and then carefully
peeked in the shippting baskets or Peek -
ages. Place the fruit In the basket
r r a>w n wards, leg Ing
such specuuens as age soiled, n ill
the package with a 'smooth face."
Strong baskets -veneer is better than
the splint -.should be used, and these
coveted with a, stout frame -like cover
made of the veneer trimming mater-
ial, but centered with leno, so teat the
fruit may be readily inspeoted.
Packing for Foreign hfarket,-T1 the
fruit. is intended for the European mar-
ket, it should be picked when fully
graven and just beginning to change
colour, -if it is to be forwarded in t110r-
oughly refrigerated compartments.
Pertly coloured specimens forwarded
last year to Liverpool, with imperfect
lee refrigeration, arrived in an over-
ripe and unsatisfactory condition. if
shipped by ordinary freight, which may
be Successfully done with moderately
cool compartments and good ventila-
tion, the fruit shoeld be packed when
fully developed, hat when yet green in
colour and Wel l " gen red," All fruit
should be carefully graded ns to size
and with due regard to its charnovels-
A PHIL 2, 187
JUDGE HOKE, OF SANDY BEND
"This year Court 110in' open," said
Judge Iluke, of Sandy Bend, as he felt
behind hips to see if his guns were
handy -"this yore ('purl Nein' open
and the (11(111805 of Justice befit' reedy
for bizness, 1 will call (1n+' rasa of Les
Hung, the wall -eyed heathen who i,>
charged 1111 11 Moulin' a pickax from the
camp of Jim Robinson. Thar' ain't.
tin7 need of lawyers or witnesses, fur
1 new the critter myself as he cum to
town with the tool. on his shoulder. Wo
rip" not gain' to ex why 11e stole it,ka. s
that ain't our bizmiess. Jen. no/Anson
saw hint V, item be picked it up and
fired three slants alter latae anal never
teebed a hear. In one way this Court
feels that she oiler let that heathen
go his way to pay off .1i:u1 fur bein'sitlt
a, poor shot, and in another she can't
furgit that theta heathens bey cum
tlith the stens eel I most' to this itentry to eat with chop-
fi is it gooks, work fur a dollar a day, and
bust up our religious iustitushuus. ll's
jest passible time the (Titter mistook
that p'ekax for a utovv1 or a bag of
flour, but that can't count in his fa-
vour. It\•hy 11e didn't hide the: tool is
nuIhey' to this Court nor the statoots
of this territory. (Wbal we hey got
to look at at.' the faot that he stole It,
and that Jim. Robinson hacl the (;all
to tum to me wheal 1 was bossy in my
Red Dog saloon, and .holler fur a war-
ramte,"
1 wanted to go aecordie to law,"
explained the plaintiff as he stood up.
'Wall, ye went that way,, Jim, and
1'(1 give ye plenty of it. Leo Hung,
du.ru yer hide, I'm gain' to fine ye $20.
Thee would be purty steep fur a white
man, but it's my douty 10 crush the
heathen whenever I gins a show. Jinn,
you not only had three shots at the
Chinaman, but missed him every, time,
(1.1tee velour when mature. award; um l and then bothered me for an hour.
the seed rows. Trs,uoplant. twice. It pos-
sible, before setting in the field.
In Window Boxes, -Fairly good plants
may be grown in boxes of soil, or in
flower pots placed in well lighted
rooms; but owing to the fluctuations
of the temperature of the dwelling
house and the lack al light, the Plants
are often "drawn," stunted or other-
wise injured. When any considerable
numt>er,of plants to required a hot bed
should be employed. The remarks made
above on transplanting from the seed
rows apply with equal force whether
in the hotnbed.portintn the the dwellingbouisse.
FIELD CULTURE,
Boil. -It is a mistake to plant toma-
toes =poor soil. It is true that nevem.
and somewhat might soil will produce
better plants and earlier fruit than a
heavy clay, but a large crop of smooth,
well grown tomatoes need not he ex-
pected ioltecl. Poor soils,oil is produce leariny, but
small, and often badly shaped and
much wrinkled tomatoes. Sandy or light
clay 1oxms, well drained, end well man-
ured give the best results,
Preparing the Ground. -Plough deep-
ly in the fall. In the spring apply 211
tons to 30 tons of barn -yard manure to
the more, plough again and harrow
smooth two or three weeks before plant-
ing time. Harrow again just before
marking out the rows, to destroy the
first crop or went:s.
Setting the Plants -It is better to
set the plants in rows 558 feet apart
than 1x4 feet apart each way, as the
wider space facilitates the work of cul-
tivatingthe plants nd of picking the
fruit. .a
lanting will be expedited if a
light furrow ds opened in the. line of
each row.
Planting, -Before lifting the plants
out of the bozos or frames, the soil in
which they are growing should be thor-
oughly watered, so that it .will be
sat-
urated to the depth of the lower ex-
tremities of the roots of the plants. A
few hours after this Is done tete plants
may be taken up tvi111 a ball of earth
about the roots of each, by using a
sharp trowel, or a spade, if they are
far enough apart to allow of the use
of the latter Implement. The plants
should then he placed in carrying boxes,
translet'ted to the field in a cart, or
wheelbarrow and set in the fresbly
furrows. When planted, the ball of
earth should be about an inch below
the surface, anti the soil firmly pressed Zn summer tirnn, Bald alar loud-vnieed
:With &loll 0 sore throat, ha can't thaw
about the lover riots. About I.hrem mann in the street
00.1), yo7.i tlaauld,tobaoker. I3i:31 Choate, who led tion
thousand plants are required to set each drink also coldest vaster and keep all n and furnished the rope
acre, when planted 5xd feet apart, If. ga lI X , is retro,
badly ',Town and the Mains are. tali and your ttiables you are n doctor? soil the
but' this Court fails that eu did rho
vel>drt tog, 11 4 set in a summer best; he could under the aarstout antes.
of coy- lad nest to fan, The raise 'peered to be a stout one,
an ca dealer.
. tenet 1'o0. bad got through kickln' when
he left, Tema Wharton had suffered
anti events jestice, butt I can't see lvher'
purplish red 'varieties sltoulcl not la
TO PREVENT WR:INK.t.E$.
Some girls have a very bad habit of
knitting their brows and making grim -
awe, which habits, as well as that of
screwing up the face when laughing,
will of course induce wrinkles. Cave dl the shun c pe i ��y h•
thorn up it the bad, and at all events, Bring the proeunmbent stem a with soil N,oa Madam; i l l r
coanl:hem the bad effects by smooth r g p
ting them out. so that it may strikes root, ----
--Shallow and
packet. together Irl the same ease,
PACKAG ES.
Light, strong wooden ventilated cases
are recommended.. A. case of the di-
mensions given below will hold, about
20 lbs. of medium sleet! tannatues in two
rows -or layers -about four dozen to-
matoes deep, The layers should be sep-
arated by a sheet of stiff cardboard, -
You'll hay to cum down with the costs
in this ease, wbiuh is about $10, an if
ye don't pay up afore night i won't
mists you 1 '1•hat settles that case.
"We now hey afore us the case of
Joe Parker versus 'lank Scott, and bhe
lawyers ueedn't crowd to the front to
do any 10 1in'. Joe had a mining
claims on Paradise Frill, and as he was
lyin' in leis shanty the other night
mighty nigh deed with cage, in walks
unless each HIP)
is wrapped ut tis- Hank and see the claiot just sutra him
sue cr light printers' p11per,-even wi111 and he's goin' to jump i1, lle pious up
this precaution. the cardboard tevisioct the sufferiti rue, :and terrine hien ou,
will be found usoful. To prevent the and dumps bila dcrtvu 011 the rucks, and
fruit from shn.king, place a toyer of ,then takes full poosession, and begins
clean " excelsior•" over the fruit before
nailing down the cover.
Tile words ' Canatlutn Tomatoes,"
should 1>e branded upon the ends of
each case. The name and the address
of 1 be grower shoulil appear printed on
a sheet within,
Dimensions of Case Outside. -Length
22 inches; width 10 inches i depth,5 1-0
inches, 11 sbould be provided with a
po.rtaion placed crosswise in the middle.
The boxes should be made of planer!
Imbibes, bass -wood, preferably, with
bored holes in the ends, or slits along
the corners to give ventilation. Boards
of the following t hicknesses may be used
in the construction of this box. Ends
and partition 5-8 inoh; sides, top and
bottom 3-8 inch. Ventilation may be
provided for, by using slightly narrower
side pieces than called for by the depth
of the box -say 4 3-4 inches. '711e top
and bottom pieces, should come flush
to the corners, This would leave a nar-
row ventilating slit at each corner with-
out weakening the ease to any extent.
VARIETIES,
if it is intended to ship the fruit to
distant points, medium sized, smooth,
solid varieties should be grown. Most
of the extra early kinds are inclined
to be rough or wrinkled. Among those
that seen best suited for export pur-
poses, as tested .here, are:-Longkeep-
er (Thorhurn), Stone (Livingstone Fav-
ourite (Livingston), Liberty 11e11 and
Cook's favourite, Dw:nrt Champion is
n smooth, desirable sort, but not very
productive.
FOUND HIS SON.
to sing religious hymns, Joe, to tied
up with ewer, bat 110• tuts 11ro gnus to
ties. Does Inc use 'em' !lues he ax
Providence lu relieve him of that eerie
tar ten seconds, wine) he kin fill flank
Scott full o' lead. Nut. a bit of it!
He jests elites bis eyes, and cries lute
to baby its thank lugs, hien out. An
hour later his colic 1s• gone, but does
he shoot?? DM'S he make an effort.
to recover ltis owe? Ile don't. Ile
walks three miles on a mighty dark
night to rout ace out, and demand jeo-
Lice. lira shall hey it. Ile at' limed
thirty and costs! 4lank Scott, stand
tip. Nobody btu a duffer would take
edrentage of a men bent double with
the miner's colic, and 1 shall fine ye
$10, and further advise ye to spend
&beuut the same amount. at, my salami
to -day, 1.0 sorter squat' eerseif. I
don't say that 1'01 0gin• claim-jumpin''
when it's a :quer' jump, but: teat was
0 mean trick o' yours, 'to walk in on
a suflerin' man. What. nos ye achin'
to say, Pete holden?"
"1 retuned to say, Your Honour,"
began the lawyer; ' 1 wanted to 007
that my client" -
"Ye waft got no client!" interrupted'
the Judge, "end if tear is any mare
remarks, .1'11 fine ye fat. contempt sot
court! That ends this r,'ose.
"Che neat( case pn d.he docket pre-
sents peeealier staraunlstances. This
yere Court, who is ea Court when he is
out of court and all the time, was
a-ridiu' out to Big Bar the other (157'y
cat his cayuse, when be •nwets up with
a Chinaman wire had found a twenty
ounce nugget. When t.h.is court had
hefted that nugget, and was sure it:
was !solid steer, he suggested to the
heathen his willingness to exchange his
•-- cayuse for it. 1 don't go fur to sey
that the boss was hardly with it, 11111
Inc was a legal horse, so to speak, anti,
that heathen could Have flung on a
heap of style iw the saddle. 'He'd lie
the only heathen in the saddle fun u,
hundred miles around. Did it, strike,
bilin that way? Not any1 • Ile jest
drawed his head down between his
ehaalders and suddenly lost his speech.
As this yore Court feels that 11e knows
what's good fur Chtnnmen his got off
his ceyuse and laid hands on that
heathen to git the nugget (away. Will
it be believed, yore in' this nineteenth
century, that the wall -eyed scut of a
gas kicked this Court on the Woos, and
kicked him o1 the chine ' 3)101 ams
tee case, and while this Court was
temporarily disabled the heathen got.
moray. It's a ease of contempt of court,
tend a mighty bad one. IC has token
us four days to find the Chinymen,
and, what's wttss, lie's hid the nug-
get. If 0 court can't Maintain its
dignity, then Iles r10 court at all. The
verdict is gailly, and aha Chineenan
must posy a fine at $60 and $23 ousts.
The constable will tie him to the stove-
pipe, tend keep hams thus till he squares
u7"This last caro shows that what
they calls civilization is knoakin' the
spots off t11ie kentry, Tom Wharton;,
hogoes over to Dead. Man's Valley, and
steal a hoes. lee gets 11011 way back
when Inc es overtaken by a crowd, and
bung to a limb. After the ;crowd has
gone, the rope breaks, and Tom MIMS
to life, Land Drawls away. Two days
1p 10.Ler lie comes to me„ and whines fur
Snaretan and his long lost sou left joy- jestiee. IIe wants the leader, of the
fully for New ti.ork on Wednesday, in gang arrested, \\"hat furl Fur not
t:e.nding to sail at ont'.e for their Lon-
don !tome,
Taken From a Terertte( Cdn'eraes:s- Ills
Father Scavuhed Europe anti ,taaertea.
One of the brightest and best liked
pupils of the Belvidere N.J., Seminary.
left en Wednesday with his father. He
was the nine-year-old son of A. J. Sec
ratan, a wealthy business man of Lon-
don, Bngland. and his discovery there
by.his father ended. a search which last-
ed nearly a year, and covered parts of
Europe, the United States and Canada.
The !dory told by lair, Secret= in-
cludes some interesting features. Fre
placed the bay last summer In the care
of a governess in Toronto, Canada, his
wife's infatuation for certain spiritual -
Lets having led to an estraugment be-
tween them. By some means, he ways,
his wife secured possession of elle boy,
unit gave him in charge to a woman
friend named Price, who brought him
to Belvidere and placed him In Miss
Bush's seminary.
The little fellow was well liked, and
no unusual restrictions were pleat=
upon his movements, lie knew hisfatl>.-
er's London addretis, and persuaded
some person to comununicate with him,
The father was delighted to learn the
boy's whereabouts, and sleeted for Am-
erica at once. Tee engaged a lawyer
immediately upon his unreal, and neg-
otiations were opened for the surren-
der of the child. After consulting'with
her counsel, !Miss Bush gave up her pee
'1 upon payment of his bills, and Mr.
READY FO'f3, OB1)1.1118.
purvi,din' a stouter rope. Tom was
reg'lal•17 hung, Ile suffered all the
palms attd pangs of it,e end if (that bad
been a, propel, rope, nes feels that he
would hev bin tetvcrltn' around tin et,
better land to -day, instead o't suffortn'
Cultivation. leve.1 orl-
I SHYNESS, titration should be given for a month The singular pedlshmeltffoe
e pian to isin pget
ticit ,itis tea a wealme. Biel
A%U4 X after setting out. It is than advisable in Hungary is to compo body 1
Cameo-\4hy cion''; Mr. Gilgal and go at rich the moulding wings to the live with Troth wives m ono house. might offer to take him out and bang
;t11 these turn • slight Ihim over again,, but that wouldn't be
Viiss Perkasie get married?
C'atwker-•-Shyeess nn both sides.
hove do you snake that out ?
She is a, shy little, thing by nature
and he is shy of rash.
OR. Ci7I' I'R,T'SCnvATTON
oultivatnr and r
furrow to the p10013s. The operation of.
hitting. Ls finished. by staking with a
hos, about caoh plant, a broad sloping
mound. two or three incites in limpet,
Thos trill tend. to distribute the fruit
, allowable under the statoots. The in -
The Czar of Russel, has ono set of tent teas to hang him, a and he was
fifty horses, all pure white, veldt blue hung, and be must that. fore consider.
eyes, They are beautiful creatures, himself dead. If he don't, then the
but dent, as .white animals with blue owner of the hose kin bring aolvil ac-
p.>I • p 1. vines and)( shedding rain will, to eyes ttlways are. Those )vltita horses tion (gin )nm. .Cho costs (n this case
P some extent, leasee the tendency to rot, ruse, used in show,• precessions 011 stele at. sawn (lalla08, .which will be divided
And , o) havo the, impudence oyto ,say ( 1 occasions, and, like (,Iueen Victoria's between aloe plaintiff and defendant,
Met de jimmy sed 1 1 you was into
After cultivairtg,ted
the level s It should d fccas
breaking into lie atdtivatod as long as it is possible famous �aream colored lwrses, are and if the per Hey got good boss sohso
intended #1> he used in rat g , to do so without injury to the plants. never sold frotn the Imperial stables, they'll shrike hands a.nd faller the par-
hausos2 snub rho .7udga. If growth Is unsatisfactory it may be When,past use they are shot and bur- eersst0t0 00ross L.hr+ crock, and treat the
OC. lo>' b it stn t, said
the wanderer,
It is fee breakin' out 0' freight cats. sitmulated, by a light hpplbcation to led with thio ceremony, uratvd. SHat&oll-adjourn tHa aotlrt