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FOILED BY HIMSELF.
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( 1 Cti'APTER L t
"Who is this letter from, Jenkins?"
"I don't know, sir. The mem who
brought iLiswelting in the frent office
for an nnswca ele,loOks like a work-
ingman dressed up in his Sunday
clothes "
"Who k here? Whom da you mean?"
asked the solicitor, almost dropping
his ksufe and fork in leis surprise.
"Who should 1 mean but Henry
Monkton, Of course'/ Canoe herein the
middle o"the afternoon, end intends
wetting till after the funeral, he says.
But he May spare himsel'the trouble,
for onythinghe'll get; I hope."
"But how did he. come to bear of,1?i
Mr, Tohn Barnett, solicitor, cut open brother's death so speedily?
the envelope carefully, es was leis not be in the newspapers tilldid o
Habit, took out the enclosure, and rev.—Mtss Ashley surely
send (him notice?"
read: • "No. she dittoes,. She's ower frieht-
1v1oredun house, ed Cor bim to do the like o' that. She's
.Eldergate, Friday, 6 a,m. keepit her room. ever Since he cane,
Dear Sir, -1 am en great trouble. ldr, or else she would hoe been wUaitingl• in
ZVlonkton v::is chere to see ye. Bat yell see e ' unei dead in Lha library the morning right enough. He met
last night about nine o'clock. The Blake the gardener by accident at the
tense of death was heart disease. Cyclol tl Lohe ndon
vs free tation thimlo eu (itis endgot
Vole come down here to -day and remain stock o' imp denote to come hers at the
ti11 after the funeral and advise me present time, when he kens brawlY
evith regard to the funeral arrange- he brother hen
showed hiDemse had
dear!
sile
1 have mo right to interfere in these lassie? Surely he would mond her to
matters, as I am no relative of Mr. his will." •
1liankton's, and 1 do not know what dead be ore be lie esed to have ras Wend? \\een ho long
to do. You Yvere always his cltief the first to discover him? \'Vas it bliss
friend as well as his legal adviser. I Ashaey?"'
am afraid ue his brother mining here ' Ay; she wus the first. Be had
when he hears or the death. 1 enclose b
Mks Ashley ,ne into wwho had been out at her
notices wrhich 1 well thank You to get tea at Sir Andrew DawSOf's, came
iaserted in the variants newspapers,— home about nine o'clock. When .she
1 send this 'letter by our gardener, went into the room, he was silting
who will bring back yuur reply.—Yours dead at his desk."
"What had his been doing? Reading
truly, or what e"
Iiettitrrine Ashley. Tse had apparently been looking
ArrBarnett appeared very much af- ower some papers and letters, for there re
ete on r Pt wus a lot 1 i about the desk
feeted on reading this (letter. "lIr' doctor believes be hadna long been
Monkton is head, Jenkins," he said. b di covered"
"Found dead in his library last night.
HOW- very sudden! He was here only
two days ago, looking as well as ever
I saw 1»m,—This letter is from Miss
Ashley. She wishes me to go to l;l-
dergate to -day; but Mr. Morganndis
coming here in a short time,
have to go out with him relative to
some business which will detain me,
I expect, till late in the afternoon, I
will not be able to get Lo Eldergate
till the six o'clock train. I have noth-
ing particularly pressing for the next
few days, have I?"
"No, sir; I don't think so."
• "Then I will be able to wait over
at ltldergate till after the funeral, as
Miss Ashley wishes, 1 will give you
a note for the man. 1 don't know
when I got such a shock,"
The note despatched, Mr. Barnett stet
down to think over mutters. Mr.
Monkton and he had been friends of
many years' duration, and having been
often at Moredun House, Mr. Barnett
was well acquainted with Miss Ash-
ley, who was orphan niece of his
friend's late wife. Mr. Monkton had
no family of his own, and bIiss Ash-
ley had lived at Moredun House for
the past ten years. Her aunt, Mrs,
greatetty end other things.
It is Lose. change as his death will mak in
deal to ask, 1 know ; but you Seo noose l—What's to become o'. that
deadw en he was is
"Nell, well. I must see after thi^gs brown hair was now sirealcecd with
in the morning. It is a little awkwardgray, but the light iu the face wasthe
Henry Monkton being bere,—Who has
e,Ionkton, bad died, afew years be -
1 ore. By the terms of Mr.1VLcnkton's
woe lemon Sir. Darned; nineseLf bad
drawn, the latter knew that he, along
with Sir Andrew Dawson, a wealthy
neighbour of Mr. Mwlkton's, was ap-
pointed an executor, and a joint guard-
ian of Miss Ashley until she should
attain the age ot twenty-one, This
she would mat reach for nearly three,
years yet; and in the interval, stone
arrangement must be come to with
reference to her.
"1 hops that brother of Monkton's
doesn't come upon the scene, for hW
is a thorougb scoundrel, if ever there
wvas one," he said to himself. "He will
give us some trouble, ill he can. How-
ever, he need not try to dispute Lhe
will; although L believe he would do
it in a minute, if he thought he had
the ghost of a chance."
Here Mr. Barnett's meditations were
interrupted by the entrance ot his
client, Mr. Morgan, who had come to
keep his appointment; and in a short
time both left the oftlae together. It
was after five ]n the afternoon when
Mr. Barnett returned.
"Confound Morgan 1" he hail to
Jenkins, wlro Mus his head-slerk, and
wbo had waited behind the others, in
rase of anything being required. "L
could not get away earlier. It will
be after ten before I get to lir, lLonk-
ton's house, for L will have to wait
till the eight o'clock train now. 1
must go home first. I shall not be
back at the office till Wednesday; but
if there should be anything particularly
*crossing, I might take a run up.—'Von
)ran let me know how things go on,
ireetkins."
Ail right, sir," answered Jenkins;
Lind then Mr. Barnett doparled.
Ho left Euston Station ate ht
o'clock en route for Eldsrgate, wlhieh
-was distant from the Metropolis about,
two hours' journey by rail. Air. Monk -
ton's carriage was in waiting atthe
station, and he wvps soon being driven
up the avenue to the bouse.
A footman wbo appeared to be Lhe
only one awake in the house, opened
the door to him. But as be entered
an old lady, whom Mr. Barnett rang -
seised as a distant cousin of Mr. Monk -
eon's met him in the ball. She was
e sturdy old Scotohwvoman, hale and
hearty, though upwards of sixty years
of age.
"Ye're very late. I was thinking ye
mightna be here the night now; and
I advised Miss Ashley to gang awa'
to her bed, and I Would look after ye
if ye came. Ye'11 be ready for some
supper, I'm kbinking.,—Come this
way into Lha dining -room.'
Mr. Barnett foillowved the loquaeiots
old lady into the room, where supper
wvas immediately brought in. e1 ane
surprised to see you Mrs. Crawford,"
he said, "I did not know you were here.
Miss Ashley did not mention you in
her Letter this morning."
Because elle didma ken 1 was com(
ing. I'm staying in Irondolr wi' my
son Peter now, and I cams down here
this morning on a visit by chance, .1
found everything at sixes and sevens,
and that puir lassies greeting like to
break her heart; so I just stayed on
till ye wetted come."
"You were quite right, I would have
been here earlier, as 1 told Miss A.sh-
ley in my letter, but I Was (letai.ned.,
But I need not keep von out of your
bed, Mrs, Crawford; i can attend In
pxyseif, I know the way to ray room,
e breve been often here before, you
know."
"011, I'm in no hurry,," said Mrs.
Crawford. She had cluuncsssd the ser-
vant, and had herself waited to attend(
to Mr. llarnett's wants. Ito had scarce -
17 begun to dousiiee to the supper,
however, when 51e euddonly bent far -
ward andd Whispecred &Insole into his
ear: "Iles bele;'
THE BRUSSELS POST.
1 Enderby's shbulders, Any lord) 1 Will
Nor King Nor Country mTo Spnetatmyooruninpgleaasu
ise Lord
Rippingdale declared with his last
breath that he died not know the lady
"My Lord Rippingdale," said the ,.,,.,s John Endeh'Uy's daughter, and he
r
king slowly and bitingly, "whatsba1l �Y aoSllogy°fou• wit pecatrvt'toonOs,}gn
tier-
be done to the Iran whom the king Sir Richard came in upon the king
deliglrteth to honor?" ne the. moment that his majesty tc-
by—
"'Were 1 Ivlordecii I could 'better retetng John ohn L"nd
or
answer that question, your majesty;' headed old man, yet hale and strong,
mad wearing the uniform of the kings
ems my lord's reply. guard. The fire of Enderby's eye was
„Perhaps my Ford Rippingdale not quenched. The king advanced to -
his majesty
n tiler Yamu are wYelc011te to our court,
could 11 fi ' for Haman the," said wards hi, and said:
Squire EnderUy, You have been
ab -
"My imugination is good, but not sent too long, You will honorIib
ns to
fifty cubits high, your majesty." twoepb a tardy justice—without a
The answer pleased the king. For pra jiceusSte adestyded ," to asaid lawv tone,
,berby, "Cfor
me
he ever turned lite into jest—his sor-justice comes too late, but for my
rows fund his joys. He rose and mo- child—"
timedtovnuds the door, and Lord "An earldom can' never come too
Rippingdale passed out just behind 13,1e—eh?" asked the king; smiling gey-
him, followed by Sir llichtirdMowhray, 'For me your majesty„ all Domes
who stole a glance at the young too late, except--" his voice sbook a
chronicler its he went. She saw him, little—"excspb the house whore I was
born,"
than recognized him, and flushed scar Charles looked at him gravely,
let, She did not dugs, however, to let "Upon my soul, Enderby,': said lie,
him conte to her. Ile understood, and "you axe is man to be envied. We
he went his way niter the king and will not ;rob you of your good revenge
on 0115' house, nor of your independ-
I,ord R.ippingdale. WIGS. But still we must leave our way.
In all the years that had passed Your daughter "—be turned lightly
since the night he had helped her towards Felicity—"if she will not
father and Slerself to escape from En- refuse me, alio cannot upon the ground
I thut you reLused wry father—she shall
derby (louse; sines he aided diem to be Countess of Enderby in her own
leaves their bidets -place on the coast right; while Mistress Felin icity no
and. escape to Ilollancl, she had never logical argument against an honor so
forgotten his last words to her, the mtirni(icently ord.tined.
laughing look of his eyes, the pressure And now for your estates, who
of his hand. Many a tune since she had holes them?" asked the Icing,
in her own mind thought or hiui as 'ford Reppingdale, your majesty;'
answered Enderby.
she had heard her father call (1110, "Yes, yes, my Lorci Hamani We
"Happy Dick elow]prayi" and the re- have already sent for him. It is long
"
menrbr•ance of his joyouts face bad been past the tine," His branv darkened.
a help to her in all her sufferings. His Sir Richard Mowbray s epp or -
ward and said:
"Your majesty, Lord Rippingdale is
beyond obedience ar reparation:" and
then heave the message of the dead
man to John Enderby.
A month later Mowbray was permit-
ted to return to court, and with him
came Jnhn Endenby and the Countess
of Enderby. When Charles was told
bow matters had gone between the
Younger two, he gave vent to a monk
indignation, and in consequence he
made Sir Richard Mowbray an earl
also, that, as he said, they might both
be at the same nearness to him; for
etiquette was tyrannical, and yet he
did not know which of them he loved
better!
As for the man so long dishonored,
Charles swore that since John :Slider-
by
anderby came not to eke king at court, the
king would go to him at Enderby. And
go he did in good temper and in great
friendship for many a year.
(The .End.)
charge of the keys of Mr.
private drawers? Miss Ashley, I pre-
sume?"
1 bas got them just now. She
Woe= fit to look after anything. t
locked up some o' the drawers mysel'
since I came."
And the papers that were on Mr.
Monkton's desk, what was done with
them?"
"They're just lying es be left; t ]nit
wu
I s feared to touch them,
them lie till ye would see thein yersel.
I suppose it will be ower late the nicht
now. Ye can put them in the sate,
if ye like, for I bus the keys here."
"11 you tight the gas in the library,
I will have a look at tbem before I
go to bed. They will lis better locked
up, at anyrate, if there are any
deeds amongst them.'
Preceded by Mrs. Crawford; Mr.
Barnett made his way to the library.
This had been his dead friends favour-
ite room. Where he spent most of his
time. The top of the desk was strewn
with letters and documents of various
kinds, among which lir. Barnett dis-
cerned a small bundle of titles, part
of those connected with the purchase
of Moredun House, He got a newspa-
per, and bundled all the paper's to-
gether.
"We will put them in the safe till
to -morrow, when 1 will look them
over," said be, "His will must be in
the safe or in one of the drawers of
this old cabinet,"
salve; there was the same alertness Inc
buoyant health in the figure and the
some row 01 laughing white teeth.
As slto stood wwatehing the depart-
ing figure elm scarcely kneel that the
queen was preparing to gu to her bed-
chamber. She became aware at it de-
finitely, by the voice of ber majesty,
„Dear me, I theohit ye would have
had his will," said Mrs. Crawford.
"When I made my Will, though gude-
uess kens I hackie much to leave, my
lawyer, Mr. Simpson, tell'd mo that
it Was Usual for lawyers to keep their
clients' wills."
"So it is; but Mr. llonkton liked
to keep his own, and his titles and
other documents also. But the will
won't be difficult to find, for I have
an idea where he kept Lt. I will go
oft to bed now. I shall see Miss Ash-
ley in the morning, and Mr. Henry
Monkton, too, 1 suppose. Sic has not
been interfering in the house in any
way since he came, has he?"
"No; he has been keepit =easel' very
quiet. He saiel ye would look after
things when ye came. Ile didna wont
to meddle wt' onytbing."
"I am glad to hear ho is so peaceably
inclined. You know the reason of his
last quarrel with his brother, I dare-
Sar?"
now snemyhai.t. petulant.
Two hours tater she was walking
alone in one of the galleries when,
hearing a gentle step behind her, she
turned and saw the king. She made
an obeisance and was unmet to move
on, when he stopped her, speaking
kindly lo her, and thanking her for the
great pleasure she tad given him that
afternoon.
"What should be done or this
k lInggsi knight of Enderby?" asked late
e saved the life of the king,"
she said; these boldly, confidently,
"Your majesty, for conscience's sake
he lost all—what eau repay himfor
his dishonored years and his ruined
home?"
"What think yen, mistress, should
be done with film? Speak freely of
the man whom the king delighteth to
honor?"
She felt the sincerity under the in-
dolent
n-
arowan Can speak fors'Hose she loke as ves.
"Your majesty, he should have tos
earldom promised him by Wolsey, o
his estntcs restored to him as he left
them."
The king Imagined dryly.
"He might refuse the large earl-
hdom, as he scorned the little knight-
"If
your majesty scoured him estates
suitable to his rank he could have no
reason to refuse. He was solicitous
tend firm then for his—his son—but
,nowt"
Her reply was as diplomatic and
suggestive as it was sincere, and
Charles loved snob talents.
"Upon my soul, dear Mistress Falk-
ingham, 1' love your cleverness," said
the king, "and I will, go further, I—"
He stooled and whispered in her ear,
but she drew back in affright and anx-
iety.
"Oh, your majesty, your majesty,"
she said, "1 had not thought—" Sha
moved on distraotedly, bort he put out
his haand and stayed her.
"Ah a, moment, ewe.etheart," he
said.
1 must go to the queen," she an -
severed hurriedly. "Oh, your majesty.
your majestyl" she repeated. "\\ ould
you ruin me?" Her eyes filled witlt
tsars. "Until the queen welcomed
me here I hove had nothing but sor-
row. I am friendless and alone;'
Na no," mid Charles, kindly, "not
"Deed dol, I ken that Henry Monk -
ton has been a neer-do-weel a' his
days, and that his brother was aye
far ower guile to bum. He paid his
debts over and ower again; and to
think that alter al', be ev'Cowild try to
rob his brother o' his ata money be-
hind his hack,—I reckon b:Lr. Monk -
ton caught him in the very act o'
THE FARM.
h'INISSHING OFT IIIILL' CATTLE,
Meir.. 'William T, Taylor, a feeder of
long experience, eleunks thee "perhaps
on general principles twelve to twenty -
our menthe is long enough to keep
a bullock profitably. As the value of
beef cattle of the same duality varies
considerably during eve= year, a well-
kept, fleshy yearling steer or heifer
will yield a mueh larger amount of
money to tlio owner al: that age tban
the same would months afterward,
with its dnereesed growth. Ileum
the advantage of keeping stock all the
time in condition, ready to take ad-
vantage of these varying circumstances.
This cannot: be done if we attempt to
follow the ancient custom of growing
before fattening and finishing our cat-
tle for the market, Rich and strong
grain need not necossariUY be fed in
quantities that would be detrimental to
later growth, should we decide to
carry our cattle beyond the LWo-year
Limit, and at the same time enough ran
be fed to hove theme ready and desira-
ble to the slaughterer and perfectly
satiefaotory to this consumer. When
the market and price and other circum-
stances demand Mager feeding, caro-
ful and judicious precautions in select-
ing stock will insure a continued
growth end improvement, to repay all
the food and care we bestow, although
wensay safely calculate that less gain,
as a rule, will come es agreater age is
attained. But as an offset to this loss,
there is generully a better dcnrandand
advancedpriee for tate more matured
bullock than there is for one of less age
and feeding. The final effort in fat'
teniogtor Lhe market need or ought not
to occupy a greatle•ngth of time. lithe
bullock bas had such attention as to in-
sure the proper and steady development
we are seeking, and such condition of
Clash has been secured as to be in fair
shape for the butcher et any time, and
an additional seasoning of fattening is
desired, one hundred to one hundred
and fifty days is long enough. Give
during this time, or as soon during
this period as wee have brought our
cattle safely to the point, all Lhe
grails of any kind that is available, that
they will consume, and pasture or oth-
er siconsume,milar feed, with the grain. The
best plan, in my experience, when fall
feeding, Ls to plane the grain in a
suitable position and allow constant
access to Be This plan requires less
labor, and the food is then partaken
at such times as the appeteee de-
mands it, in such quantity as nature
indicates. liinute details of any par-
ticular method or fancy :scheme of
feeding I have purposely avoided, for
each breeder must supply thein by
intelligent attention. .ttvery animal
disposed of In e, thin -fleshed condition
is at a loss to this producer, while by
wren mneaged work in increasing
growth and quality, it would insure
a profit. Then there wviel bs an even-
er distribution of frit and a great im-
provement in quality."
helping (tinsel' to his money out aalone' while Charles is Icing of Eng -
the safe," laud."
Tee; and after that he ordered him I am little more than an orphan
hese
here" she said, "for my father is now
THE HAIRPIN CONDEMNED.
A recent fashion in habdressing is
distinguished by les most singular and
unusual origin. It has been adopted topreserve the sanity of the fair women
who have had recourse to it. Mental
balance, as it has long been suspected
and recently strongly affirmed by phy-
sicians of repute, is almost always in-
jured and frequently utterly under-
mined by the wearing of hairpins.
And now that the truth is out, wo-
men have shown that there is at least
one absurd feminine custom w which
they are not so indissolubly bound, by
vanity that they must forever cling
to it. And the very natural wish to
retain one's reason has been the means
of abolishing the steel hairpin.
The head, argue the scientists who
out of hie house, which he, should h
done long before, But, ns you say,
be was fisc too good to him, They have
flyer' spoken enee, Were you in the
house when Henry illonkton arrived?
He did not come till the afternoon,
I think you said?"
"No; 1 woe out when he came,"
"flow is hes looking? Does he seem
sorry at hearing of his brother's
death I"
"Ile was looking kind o' strange like,
I flocht, and seemed kind o' startled
when I came into the room where be
1V0S. I don't think he had heard nee
coining till 1 opened the door, Ile
WAS civil enough, though, I drone ken
when I saw him behave sae weal. But
of course be could seorcely aet ony
oiler way and his brother lying a
corpse. P the house."
"Whore is the body? In lir, Monk -
tone; own room?"
"Yes. Miss Ashley's is next to it.
The housekeeper is sleeping wi' her in
rasa she should feel perm. Y.'ou.ng peo-
ple are aye feared( for death, ye ken.
Yer room is a' ready for ye, 11r.
onlya common soldier, your majesty,
and--„
A common soldier I" repeated
Charles a little stiffly; "they told me
he was a gentleman of England do-
ing service in Italy,"
Ply father is en your majesty's
bWsehold guard," she answered. He
was Jahn lendetiby—alasl none would
recognize him now as such,"
The king stared at her a. moment.
Yon—you—Ivlishress—you ore John
Enderby's daughter?"
Her reply was scarcely above a
whisper.
Ills only child, your majesty."
"Upon my soul Upon my soul!"
want all Charles said or a moment, arra
(:hen he added; "Why did you not
speak before?"
My father would not lee me, your
majesty. Ho is only returned to Eng-
rn
heed these few anblis, r
He is here, to--?"
"To bo near to me, your majesty."
Tho king bowed low over bei• hand.
:Mistress Enderby," said he, frankly,
"we are honored by your presence in
MAY 7, 1897
ycnr seed 11 ree1 in some of the
seed 'grmvet"s and repot mh• seedsmeru
who AmyAmyadvertise e u generally, as a
mart or volt; ally the pewee ee its own
name upon ;1 pnrkalre of sled will see
to it Lhal. IL Is a good owed,
have made a study of this matter, is
the most sertsitive portion of ;t woman's
anatomy and the one which she fre-
quently abuses the most violently. She
1s quite likely to fix upon a nerve cen-
tre as the permanent spat for doing
her coils of hair, or persistently, to
jabwith an ugly hairpin the regions
which should he kept free from the
slightest toucb. The back of the head
is one of the most sensitive of places,
yet from the time a woman first wears
long gowns until elm dies she wilfully
ignores and defies this sensiiiveuess.
When women were first confronted
with the statement of their unconscious
sinning against themselves they ask-
ed a trifle indignantly, what: could take
the place of the hairpin, if it were once
abolished. Surely it would be immes-
sible for salt-respeoting 1Wnen ot mid-
dle -age to parade the streets with
their scanty hair in pigtails. This was
admitted and for .a time the matter
did look rather dubious.
It was suggested that ail women!
might cub off their Bair and wear it
in short, loose auris, This again slid
not appeal to the dignified majority,
so the following compromise was finally
hit upon. According to this sollemo
the hate was to be combed loosely back
from the forehead pompadour style. At
the back 11: was to be arranged in a
loose yet cleverly arranged knot and
caught in place with a single two-
pronged blunt-edgtsd shell comb,
When tried, this arrangement was
found to work admirably. '.Otte absence
of steel hairpins made headaches more
and more infrequent and the daily coif-
fure a delightful and gleefully 'entice -
poled process. Ole bbo other hand the
presence of the shell comb was hardly
noticeable and contributed not at all
to the wearer's discomfort, And fili-
ally the new snelhod was found to be
more becoming titan any coiffure that
bad been devised in years, ns the illus-
tration convincingly shows, It will un-
doubtedly be ndopleil by thousands of
women who will rejoice to exclude the
steel hairpins from their boreal for.
ever,
Barnett," this place. To -morrow morning at
Thank son. I know my way, Mrs, eleven your father sbail come to us.
Crawford," he said, taking the bedroom you are still but a child in facie," and
candle from her hand ns they. stood said; "and Yet—eh?"
together in the hall, "Good -night.
asst sorry to have kept yon up so late
on my account."
(To be Continued.)
"1 am twenty-seven years old," she
answered frankly,
"Quite old Omagh to lie acountess,"
he said charmingly, and young
enough to enjoy ,the honors there-
of."
ANTS, So saying, he bowed again, and withCO\ 5Ti1P lT1e,D INF
a gene1Ona smile dismissed her. She
in case of infantile co A constipation, the went en quickly that she did not see
following is useful: One tablespoonful two genthamer almost at leer elbow as
of unbolted flour' wet with ooldwvator; she left the gallery. One of them was
Lord Rippingdale.addone.pint of loot water and bail
Me" said Iny lard, with a wieked
twenty minutes„ add, when taken up, srrrile, "a mow violet in the kings gar -
one pint of hot milk. if the stornaeh deal"
seems delicate and irritable strain out (lis companion diurned on him
the been. but in ordinary cases retain swiftly,
it. The Mile tots will not crave meat, My lard," mid he, "this is the
andit is unwise to force it. u,pan Owe, seemed time to -day vete have slandered
wvhile they are 'Miry young. The blood this lady,"
of children is seller In solid eonstitu- The other lifted his eyebrows. Dann is a good Aloe,
hot isn't raatirin 1L than at Hie acrner grocery. Grocery
cols than that, o£ adults, end es, animal "Is it a slander do„ say that the king Very good, owner prsotbace the send is too often opener
gro or partially
food increases its richness, their blood /foils a la.cty ahitrmrmg at any hour o With silt grrnl d the yhcountry
t the b ull'e eye old and inferior, and teeter your care-
rs, as it were, set on fire, and tfrn Glee- the clock Z' other day, t ful preparation of the garden, you
for must frequently be sent for to Sir Mohave elapped. him across the the £fret Lims, cental: tttford to risk any chanes
q other the fire with douse, until the cheek with his glove, "Very dev• had to ay for the buil, wwliatevrr, lb is a good p..an to order
Mother learns to regattas their diet, '1 take a pleasant duty from :phi ••ee hal he p
'd1A111\' IVISDOyt,
Wu 9eus°n shote of our most practi-
cal lessens In life from ilea wise
t'.eaeher called experience, writes Sarah
Ilentan. And it is often well for
those coming Lifter us that we have
learned them. One lesson learned was
how to make gi o totter. I had always
lived in a city, and had lin idea that
w
country butter as always good, but
Blasi this 'leas not true. I married a
farmer and my nrotlter-in-law made the
most delightful butler --sweet, and as
yellow as gold, and always the same
well -worked, perfect butter; but we bad
a relative who was very neat andcare,
ful with her milk cr'oc'ks, churn, ete,,
yet we could ni,l: eat lyes butter, My
mother said she kept her cream too
long, until it was too old, and hence
the rancid, queer taste, lily mother.
thought a great deal i•1 turas as a
disinfectant and purifyer. As milk
will absorb taints and odors more
quickly than any other liquid, sshealways wrapped early bull of butter
that she sent away into a cloth dip-
ped in a solution of borax water. And
if she shipped a uwmber of pounds in
a firkin, she rubbed the sides of the
firkin with powdered. borax. 11 helped
to keep it sweet and pure. If those
who deal largely in milk and butter
would wily adopt scalding their churns
twice a. week with hoax water, and
their crooks anclmv;l, jars,:hey woald
have less sour milk from atmospheric
changes. L know several friends, far-
mers' wives, who., make almost perfect
butter, but it stays sweet smell a short
time. It is old before it should be—
t'ystes oldand we lutve to put: 11 as-
ide. In tilts 1,1813, df khsy would wragi
the. butter up in a cloth wrung out
of borax seater before sending it to
IOW..n, they would avoid this, verbena -
The butter would taste sweet longer
and keep better. Au old German wo-
man wvho furnishes my sister with but-
ter, anti has beeu furnishing friends
hty , has h
coflothourwswrappforeutt iraroundyearsoath balla,wfirsitet
having dipped it in a strong solution
of borax water. Her butter le yeilov,
sweet and pure. if anything would
Ince convinced. us et the practical use
in this remedy, 11 would have been her
advice. Her buttermilk was also bet-
tor than others we tried: To think of
one personbringing butter to a large
city for thirty years and never a fault
found in
that time I le is a remarka-
ble record(. Every little bit of advice
is helpful, and perhaps some readers
may find it so, ---
FA.ILIt GARDENING.
Gardening is different from general
farming; for, wwhsreas, the farmer
spreads his efforts over many acres
of ianl, the gardener adopts a more
particular and intensive system of cul-
ture, to the end that be produces as
much produce upon one acre and re-
ceives as large returns from this same
area as the fernier does upon several
acres.
There are many live stack and grain
farmers in this west who should do
some gardening in connection with
their general farm wwork. This garden-
ing will is' found very satisfactory, or
it will in the first place afford a very
important home eupply of the most
acceptable food, and, in the second
place, the returns from, the sale of
good vegetables to one's neighbors
and friends, ar in the nearest town
or city, will afford a considerable item
in the effort to make farming Pei in
these dull times, when cereal markets
are ac' depressed.
Select for a garden the best piece
of land on the farm. Let it be smooth
level, and in a good stats of tillage.
1f it is near barn or stable so mueh
the better, as it well be less labor to
tlraw on the manure, and, being near
the water tank, it can be irrigated in
a dry time.
To grow good, tender, succulent veg-
etable> very Liberal quantities of rich.
manure aro to be applied, and the
soil is to be kept 111 a fairly moist con-
dition, as 111315tnre is absolutely requir-
ed to enable theplant to appropriate
the needled fertility from the sell. No
fertilizer is better or the garden
than rich, wvoll-rotted, fine horse or
cow dung's. Avoid the application of
coarse, atl'a vy Manure, as Ibis (las a
tendency to meike alt' spaces to the
soil, cut off capillary action, and cause
Ibe ground to dry out Lou rapidly.
:Do ,not lee afraid to shput, on the man -
arc, no atter' if you. Heinle your' land
shape; nevertheless, put on
ten or twelve cords of tn:nure per
acre, fpr this manure isjust what
will stunulata a rapid, ilueelc growth
of stent and leaf, tend is what makes
the sumo juicy and tender.
Repnomber that thele is little hard
labor oven in garden culture if you
but lay oat your garden rows of good
length, and place them wide enough
apart to admit. the passage between
o£ ]corse and cultivator, The horse
now does inost of the work in the gar-
den, if. one 141 but let hien.
Be sure and prepare the soil the
to best possible, for the effects of
COAL FROM TURF.
MANURING STRA\VBERRLES.
The American Cultivator notes Lha
effect of placing coarse stable manure
on strawberry beds in the fall for the
double purpose of winter protection
and enriching the soil, stating in ef-
fect that the result is a crop of weeds
to the spring tlmt nearly ruins the
;plantation. Would it not bo better.
it says, to oover the plants with some
material bulky and heavy enough to
make a mulch that winds will not
blow away, but with little or no man-
urial value, a,nd then supplement this.
toward spring with some rotted ma-
nure mixed with enough potash and
phosphate fertilizers to give the plants
the kindand amount of nutriment the
crop requires, and just when It is Most
needed? We always liked the piano(
the old farmer Who growvpotatoes large-
ly, and who every year drew and
spread a good sized load of potato Lops
over his strawberry patch. The potato
top is richer en potash them much barn-
yard manure, and the winter's fam-
ine' and thawing reduces its bulk into
tine. mould. It hobs no weed seeds.
which is more than can be said of
most stable manure. It protects the
plants just when it Is most needed,
which Ls through the coldest weather,
disappearing when spring opens, and
when the plants require all the sun-
shine they can get. Those ww-bo can
not get potato lops may use evergreen
boughs but these wrould need to be
removed when mann weather comes.
Keeping the sole moist is even more
important for the str'aw'berry crop
than is making it rich. What fertility
it needs must be given early to do
the most good to the crop. 1t will
do injury by making weeds grow, 11
its fertility cannot be used early in
the spring.Under ordinary manage-
ment,applying marine manure Le tall
or winter, most of ifs strength goes
to weeds that have to bo fought, while
before it is available this strawberries
have suffered for look of moisture end
fertility that thoroughly decomposed
manure with potash in some form
would have supplied.
-Inulhe! plan for lemming 10 account
forces of Itatltere as yet dimly under-
stood as is reported from Scandinavia
where a savitnt has discovered a meth-
od of converting turf. into coal. The
turf is placed to retorts and gradu-
ally healed to 1150 degrees. The retorts
aro there closed and the temperature
kept up for seven hours. The tar and
gas products aro thus retained in the
coat mass to the extent of 80 pee cent, n thorough wring preparation are to.
and the reselLanb is said to contain (ie b. ,seen alt tlrrough.tho period ole the
per cant, nI carbon, 6 per Dent, o grovth of the crap. Good L eg
hydrogen, 3,1 'water and 5 per cent, of first steams reduced ]elver Ln eulti
usher, '.I}orf coal gives about tills same eating the crap aftersvnrd, 5c' plow
ama1101 of heat as seconds, and has been and. horror, and drag' or roll and. liar -
tested both to I rupp'siron foundry and row. repeatedly. ''lobs drag or roller
or clemestic purposes. One thousand following the harrow is very effeettve
itilo% are sold for 1s„ the cost of pre- in brooking up the diode and making
paring it being abortrt 8s.
EXPENSIVE, SHOOTING.
the soil as fine as sand.
'?When it comms to seed buy the best
and surest, although you Mel and
jsrobahly will have to pay more for
'WONDERFUL OPERATIONS.
t •
.4. `;Inv, in it S7ro1 Wart Stewed wt;p A
1'erreet tteeovlsl'y.
.\ dtsp'vt'ch from .Berlin says;—At a
meeting hare of the Surgical Congress,
Dr. (lobe, of :I!rankfort, reported a suc-
cessful operatioa upon the human
heart, the first ease of the kind en the
history of nwrgory. Tho account of
the case its given by lar. Rohe caused
a atwn=ation among the assembled sav-
ants, who listened eagerly as the doc-
tor gave the details of the operation.
Inte4r'est was added to the description
by the ietrodection; of the patient to
the eongress, In telling of the ease
Dr. Melte said that the man had )Geta
stabbed in the heart. In the ordinary
coarse his death would have been eor-
tialn in a very, sheet time. Sipe was,
however, hurriedly conveyed to the
hospital, where Dr. Rohe was its at -
Methuen,. The doctor had him at
mute taken to the operating -room,
he, laid bare the heart, and found that
Ihe•r'e. VMS 11 wv0111r11. on the right side
of the organ. Ile sowed a the orifice
guide by the st.ahbe,r, and then applied
general treatment for arresting the
hemorrhage. The heart worked vio-
lently during 'the operation, lint, de-
spite the cmnmotiort of the organ, the
patient made good progress, and soon
recovered.
LED ASTRAY.
Sad about teal: burglar; he boll the
hewn his caeeer es a hardened arillndn-
rt. Megan,
(Hew Was 11,? w
Dile wife used to send 'ltli20 to hunt
things in hex Loft bureau drawer. , ,