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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-08-25, Page 6MfY •N `j' �A If 'P A �a�iL N E �� � tl I 1 PRES ,� T -DAV ROMANCE ' BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY you knowThe, girls always have confidencesto exchange do an oeea sion like this. Scarborough had r'orgotten ab out the letter, which he still held unopen- ed in his hand. He open'ed`.it now. It was from the uncle whom Scott had christened Croesus. •' "My Dear Horace," it began.' "As from the letter of yours which I re- ceived this morning, I gather that you still consider that my opinion is of ����"""`�"-'•-� impoitanee Ill give it to you straight CHAPTER XXIV.—(Cont'd). I father,' but Scarborough has orderer away. It's 'this -if you meet 'a good: "Perhaps he did. He didn't say 50 otherwise." woman and love her, Marry her, if She to mDavise, though." "My dear boy," said Mr. loves you m return, There's' a lot of "The uncle took over the whole in- ; heartily, "if what Muriel has to say humbug preacher now -a -days about terest when Mona's father retired. to me is that she and you want my the folly of marrying, if you haven't He died three months ago; he was a l consent to an engagement—why are this much or that much' ayear—the bachelor, and Mona is his heiress.) You blushing, Muriel?—I shall be just exact sum varies according tcrthe so- She is a rich woman, richer than ever ' as glad to hear the news from hercial position of the preacher -on . she was before my father took her inheritance." Scarborough whistled. lips as from yours. Bute' he added which to keep the house going: That's nonsense. I%larry on noth'ng a year if that is your income, and if you are both young and healthy,, and if you "Good old Mona!" he said, laughing aversion, said Varney. love each other. Then put your heads "I'm glad. But I dont see why she "Is ?„together and find a wayof makingthe blushed." she?" asked Mr. Davis, with a g "She loves Montague, and she wants pretence at surprise. "Then I am nothing e seothe11rof four and figures. for him to ask her to marry him, He half afraid you will have to look forward Y process, did so once before, and took hiswords to a very long engagement. Muriel's the wife until you have the four fig back because he found out that she opinions about men are, as you know, ures to keep her on, the chances are had some money. She thinks that if the result of long and deep study on that you will find that one of two he were to learn about this he would the subject of man's iniquities; con- things has happened; either a better 11sequently she is just a trifle obsti- and balder man than you has stepped in and taken the prize from you,: or you have outgrown the power of lov- ing. For love, Horace, the real thing, the thing that poets sing of, comes to. a man only when he is young; but if he gives it a proper welcome then, it will stay with him when he is old; if he does not, it flies, and it never comes back. There is many a niiddle- aged man in London .now—prosper- silly, "it can't be that of course, be- cause she doesn't approve of you." "She is going to try to conquer her (1E11DWAR»SBURG) never as ger at ail. I "So we are to keep quiet about it?" • nate in sticking to them.o She is my said Scarborough. ' All right, I won't , daughter, so perhaps 1 oughtn't to say give her away I think she is a splen- so; but no doubt you've noticed it did girl, and Val ii., in spite o£ his ; yourself. She'll take a long time to eccentricities, is almost as good a fel- learn to like you, I'm afraid. low as she thinks him. But do you Muriel carne and wound her arms approve of the match?' 1 round her father's meek and kissed "Of course I do," said Elsa, "She j h` "Don't be worried, dad," she said, loves him What else matters?" "It won't take me long to learn to like Scarborough did not answer; but " ous, contented, perhaps, and very like - he stole a glance at the girl who had Phil. ly married to a woman whom he pla- iven that as her philosophy of love Sure? asked her father, smiling. g p p "You don't mean to tell me that my cidly loves—and, yet he missed the and marriage; and he remembered the ;daughter is going to abandon ocher- supreme joy of life, missed it lire- words, in case he should have to quote ' • ;rot prejudice „r;+l,r,,,t a. struggle? trievably, because he had not the grit to snatch it when it came. A man is apt to think that because he holds himself in hand, and will not ask a woman to share his early struggles, he is doing ssomething noble; but the real truth is that he is merely doing something selfish. The joy is in the fight, the winning battle against the world, for there are persons in the whole world whom you love best; but. do you think that joy is an exclusive-, ly made prerogative? The woman, if them presently against the speaker r- __ .. 1 Ilow do you know you will learn so herself ! easily to like him?' They rode the rest of the way in, „ „ silence, giving all their attention to i Because I love him now. keeping up a good pace At the gate) With flaming cheeks, and a laugh of the Casa Davis they were met by that was almost a sob, she ran from Muriel's father and Scott, who had the 'room, and Elsa followed her. Mr. ridden over from Riberira Grande. {Davis turned to the three men. Scott put a letter into Scarborough's j was antleme slighttlqui quiver in his voice as theree hand without speaking, and Mr. Davis 1_0.k soe, "if you had no more pressing was waving a slip of shining paper in • j business to attend to than the love the air I affairs of my foolish little -girl, I "Is that the photograph?" asked , would ask you to stay to -night and she loves you, can fight as bravely, as Scarborough eagerly. drink bumpers to her future happ- joyously, as you. What right have Yes, Read it bless; for I think that I have secured . You to deny her the chance of the The words which they ab knew a capital fellow for my son-in-law, battle? stood out white from the broownwn back- i and that my daughter will have a ground of the paper, but between __ good husband: Phil, my boy; I hope _ them there tivere now other, words. that you and she will be very happy faint, but still legible. together, and I think you will. Bat, "Diamond cache, Blue lake . feet if you will profit by her father's ex - N. of dripping wen."nperience, don't give wayto her crot- "Where is the Blue Lake?" asked bets too often. Stand up to her now Varney. and then or she won't leave you in "At Sete Cidades," said Davis. possession of a single op "And that is the road that Monts- 6nion, that gue said those two had taken! By You can call your own. There, boy, Jove!" said Varney excitedly. "Or as off with you to your post!Where is Val B., himself would say, Jumping his post, by the way, Scarborough?" Jehosha.phat, sir! We shall have to Somewhere along the coast oppo- site the `"Ring -Rock," said Scarbor- hurry!" oogh. "All right, off you go. But Phil—I don't know what you young people have found out to -clay, so I don't know whether your duty to -night involves danger or not—but if the choice is offered to you between 'letting the diamonds go and risking your life to get them, think of my little girl and let them go. Mr. Scarborough, I ask for both your duty and mine in the you to back me up in this." instrument room to be taken for us. "I shall be all right," said Varney, You promised that I should be in at before Scarborough could answer. the death, you know, so I made Mason "But how long am I to stick down and the Pathriot volunteer to see our work through." "Good. Then Phil, will you go to the coast. I think Montague was right, and that if they find the dia- monds they'll try to get away at once. Find out where Gillies' boat is lying and keep an eye on her. If you see Boning your duty to get it.' them trying to escape, stop them if "But if there is danger—" Varney you can; we shan't be far behind, I began, doubtfully. hope, and will come to your help. If "I don't purpose to let my daughter you can't stop them, follow them in share it, of course," said Mr. Davis, Miss Carrington's boat, find out the "You young people have been far too name of the ship that picks them up, busy. I suppose to have had time to and we'll cable to the American ports, observe the fact that the island of and have them stopped when they try San Miguel has suffered to -day from to land. Scott and I will go to Sete an earthquake. I hear that a new Citadel." islet has been suddenly formed in the "What about us?" asked Elsa. sea near the Ring -Rock, and as it pro - "Muriel and I claim to be included in bably will disappear again in a few your arrangements." days, I want to see it. That's why "Then 1 arrange that you shall both Muriel and I will be in. the neighbor - stay here," said Scarborough at once. hood of your sentry -beat to-morow." "Our work may not be of 'a kind that Varney said no more, but set of: at you ought to share." once; and when he had gone, Davis Elsa''s upper lip tightened with the said to Scarborough line of obstinacy that Scarborough "I have to thank you for giving me hacl ,seen more than oncebefore. the chance of making that young "I shall go with you and Mr. Scott man's acquaintance. Ile possesses to Sete Cidades," she said quietly, and the excellent combination of high he knew that it was useless to argue spirits and sound common-sense. He Anther. is a fine fellow, and I like him im- "Very well," he said. "And Miss mensely. I shall give my daughter to Davis ? ' him with perfect trust that he will f, "Oh,' Varney eut in, "Miss Davis make her happy, and that's a great won't be available. She and 1 hada thing for a father to be able to say talk oil our way back from Fumes, now -a -days, Now won't you read your 'and as the subject was rather an inx- letter? Scott rode over with it from portant one, she will Stay and tell her Ribeira Grande on the °bailee of meet - father,' but Scarborough has ordered lug you here, and I gathered that he the proper arrangement, 2IL know," he thought it was important. You need added, bilVning to Mr, Days. "I ought not grudge a minute or two. Miss to be the one to stay to, rutile to "Silver Gloss" has been doing perfect starching in .Canadian homes, for nearly 60 years. In one pound packages and six pound fancy enamelled tins. Tt1E CANAII'JAT ©ARCH MO"NTREAI, CAPDINAL, BRANTFORD, FORT' WILLIAM. Makers o) "Croton Brand ' and "Lily White" Corn Syrups, and Benson's Corn Starch. 235 If a drill is used and the seed is of good vitality, as little as three pecks may be sufficient if the soil is fertile. It is best to use a• grain drill,- but good results can be secured by broad - pasting the seed and harrowing it in. „Three varieties of buckwheat are commonly grown—Japanese, Silver Mull and Common. Grey, the first two since the general demand has become being the most generally used. Jap- insistent for tender and juicy cuts of anese has a dark -colored seed, while meat that are reasonable in size. Such ;the Silver Hull has a smaller seed, quality and guantity combined can - glossy or silvery in appearance. These not be economically supplied by the two varieties are of about equal value, 1,800 steer, both on account of his ;when yields are considered. huge size because an animal of such a Because of its plantfood require- weight takes extra time to become ments and the exceedingly short sea - properly handled "could be grown with profit on many more farms. lVIedium-Sized Young Fat Steer. The possibility to mature early is the quality that is being more and more desired in cattle, by feeders, CHAPTER XXV. "Now, Horace," said Varney, "dis- pose your forces. We all put our- selves under your orders. What are we to do?" Scarborough turned to Scott. "Are you free to join hi?" he asked. "Yes," said Scott. "I've arranged there, Horace?" Mr. Davis laughed. "He wants to hasten back to his wooing!" he said: "I'll drive Muriel over to see you to -morrow, Phil, and you and she can have an hour to- gether without the necessity of aban- (To be continued). ON THE FARM Growing Buckwheat. son of growth, manure has not been found satisfactory as a fertilizer for buckwheat.' Fresh manure contains a larger percentage of nitrogen than it does of phosphoric acid, just the reverse, of what buckwheat needs. For most profitable results on stony and sandy soils under normal condi- tions about 200 to 800 pounds of a •fertilizer containing one to two per - tent ammonia, ten to twelve percent ready for the butcher, with the result that the flavor and j uiciness of the meat is not in accordance with the taste of the majority of consumers. Feeders nowadays are best satis- fied with the animal of reasonable size that will turn the .feed consumed into a satisfactory beef carcass, in the shortest possible time. Few steers over 1,400 lbs., .can be dealt with by the brads at the present and the indications are that the big fel- phosphoric acid and two to four per lows will never come back into popu- cent potash should be applied at time laxity, so as to compete with the of seeding. On loam or other soils handy weights or prime medium sized Buckwheat is the least common of the grains.. Probably because of the fact that it has been overshadowed by other crops more universally grown, buckwheat has, until recently, been given but little attention by experi- ment, stations and consequently the crop has been quite frequently grown in a very haphazard way. Buck- wheat has been called a "poor land" crop. It is true that buckwheat will frequently produce a profitable crop onland too poor to produce either oats or rye profitably, but it will do still better if given good treatment. In fact, the New York Experiment Sta- tion finds that "buckwheat when grown on poor land responds well to moderate dressings of even low grade fertilizer and many farmers who 'do nob use fertilizer on other crops find it profitable to purchase it for buck- wheat." uck- wheat " Soil Requirements. Buckwheat is well suited to light well -drained soils, such as sandy and, silt loams. It needs but little lime, growing well in acid soils without lune, where alfalfa and red clover could not succeed, The plant seems' unusually active in taking plantfood from poor and rocky soils. It needs alarger proportion of phosphoric acid and potash than of nitrogen, since large growth of straw is not desired so much as profuse bloom and early filling of seeds. rich in organic matter, use less am- monia. Buckwheat, unlike other grains never straightens up after it once falls. Potash makes the stalks strong and prevents lodging. Under present abnormal conditions a fertili- zer analyzing about one percent of ammonia, eight percent phosphoric acid and one percent potash may be substituted or the potash may be omitted entirely in which case the phosphoric acid should be increased somewhat. One grower says, "I like to raise buckwheat because it is the only grain for which I can buy fertilizer on a 90 -day note and pay for it out of the crop it makes.' Buckwheat blooms for three weeks. r longer, and the,,., grain ripens as unevenly., This often causes quite a loss during a wet harvest season or feeding on their own farms., ars ti,o from early frosts. Phosphoric acid best herds of pure breds of the beef causes grain to form and hastens ma- breeds are fairly well distributed turity, hence an available supply of throughout the province; the quality this plantfood hastens ripening, thus of these animals being proved by preventing loss from early frosts and their success in the show rings at the exposure ordinarily caused during wet Western fairs that have been held seasons while waiting for all the this Summer. The actual breed grain to ripen. The farmer does not need expen- sive machinery'for harvesting the buckwheat crop. An old-haehioned by the conditions under which he cradle, although it requires hard la- ' farms, but the primary object of each bor, does the harvesting well. The one should be to use a pure bred bull drop reaper, however, is one of the of a beef breed, and one that is a most satisfactory machines for har- vesting. Cutting is begun as soon as Good milking possibilities in the the first blossoms have disappeared, beef cows is being more considered or often just before the first frost is than formerly, but this quality can expected. Buckwheat will mature only be expected in a small degree on its seed in a few days, if, after cut their part if the production is com- pared with that of the pure dairy breeds, yet it is a point of great im- portance to the small breeder who does not expect to obtain fancy prices for all his animals. A beef cow can be considered a good milker if she will raise two calves and this per- formance should satisfy her owners as it is the means of saving labor, and the calves, for beef purposes will be better than if raised by hand. When to Plant. Under the most favorable condi- tion's, buckwheat will mature in 10 weeks, bub the average time is about 12 weeks. It does best when seeded late, but is very sensitive to cold and is killed by the first heavy frost. The aim should be to bring the crop to maturity just before frost. In the latitude of southern New York this means that the crop should be plant- ed, about the first week in July. Buckwheat should be sown on land prepared as for corn. It is an 'excel- lent crop to sow where corn has been planted, but where a stand has not been secured. Best results are ob- tained where the land is plowed early, but fairly good results can be obtain- ed by sowing immediately after plow- ing if the land is well prepared. Buckwheat is usually seeded at the Carrington won't be ready ,just yet, rate of three to five pecks per acre. SNEEZE, BUT DON'T BLAME ME aAYi Ii animals. Breeders of beef cattle are working into the hands of the feeders, in pro- ducing bulls bred on such fine lines that when they are mated with fair- ly well bred cows, they will produce symmetrical and fairly fine boned ani- mals capable of putting on good meat quickly, and on the right parts of the body. This good breeding in the bulls is largely repsonsible for *the ability of the progeny to put on flesh possible pound of flesh, and,. to car- ry out this principle to the best ad- vantage he must do the feeding from start to finish himself, in face for the sake of the greatest ccaiwn:, the feeder should be ;he bre?.lsr of tIe animals that he intends to fatten. Farmers of Ontario have great cp- porbunities to breed good cattle icr CITY PEOPLE SUFFER MOST FROM HAY FEVER. Caused Nearly Always From Rag. weed Pollen, Seldom . From • Goldenrod. Exhaustive investigation and re- search has convinced us that the hay fever victim has one thing to be thank- ful hank ful : for—he never need be afraid to hit the hay. The only plant, weed, or , vegetable which never has been con- victed of causing pollinosis, which is Greek for hay fever, is the hay itself. Anything else that grows in yon va- cant lot, from Rumex obtusifolius, or as it is called, dock, to Plantago lan- ceolate, which is a mean uppish way of saying plantain, may account for your particular case of "autumnal catarrh," or, if you prefer, "hyperaes- thetic rhinitis," but never, never timo- thy or clover hay, writes Dr. William Brady, in the New York Sun.' About one per cent• of the popula- tion of cities have hay fever. Most of these cases come in August and Sep- tember, but some cases develop in early summer—the so-called " rose • cold," which generally 1.s not caused by rose pollen. Hay fever symptoms, in the milder cases, resemble those of ordinary coryza or "cold in the head." Indeed, the' disease may be mistaken for a "cold." There is sneezing, block • - ing of the nostrils from swelling of mucous membrane, serious or watery running of the nose, itching of the inner corners of the eyes, and slight elevation of temperature at the onset and a tendency to subnor- mal temperature later. There usually is considerable general depression, due to the subnormal temperature and difficulty of breathing through the nose, •especially when lying down. In some cases asthmatic trouble occom- panies the attack. The development of the epidemic when hay was harvested each year led to the suspicion thathay pollen was a cause. The fact, is, however, that ragweed (ambrosia) is the cause in the majority of cases, and the more conspicuous golden rod is to blame for a very small proportion of the cases. Ragweed to Blame. Ragweed will grow any old place, where nothing in particular is grown. It comes in two sizes—trial size and hospital size. The trial size or come mon ragweed is a low, mean, ordinary - looking weed that infests the byways of civilization. It has ragged, this leaves and spikes of homely gree2"u-.'- flowers at the ends of the branches. The weed loves to spring up in fields where a crop of wheat, rye, or oats recently has been cut, and usually grows two or three feet high. The pot - len of ragweed is as light as smoke and flies for a considerable distance on the wind. It Is so abundant during the ripening of the flowers that it will stain the clothing of a. person walking Chosen the beef cattle raiser can osen by through the Held a yellow color. That be largely a matter of his own pre- the ragweed pollen is the.specifio trated in any case by freeing some ference, governed to a great extent cause of hay fever may be demons - ting, the crop is left in loose bundles where they are dropped from the cradle or reaper. It should then be set up in small shocks and tied near the top with some strands of the straw bent upward from the sides of the shocq. The cut buckwheat is usually left in the field in the shocks until threshing time, when it is drawn he and threshed either with the flail or by machinery. The farmer need generally have no fear of this crop being damaged by either insect enecies or fungous dis- eases, as the buckwheat plant is but little affected by either. It is an ex- cellent erop for destroying weeds and for renovating and putting the soil in fine mellow condition, and when The War and Finance., First Traveller—"This ere's rible war, Bill." Second ditto—"Yrs, What's price o' beer now?" a ter - the BLACK WHITE �jfli6 10)7 �t aI II ,i Illlll��„, �. ',"< l I� ICU ►l��fiNl Oaf "� 14111111 111111 11��111 .,, i f- KEEP YOUR :SHOES NEAT F. F. DALLEY CO. OF CANADA. LTA.; HAMILTON, CANADA harvested pollen in. the room with the patient. It will bring on the symp- toms at once at any time of year if it is truly the cause. Various other plants than ragweed may produce pollinosis in certain cases. A popular idea is that hay fever may be avoided by going to a high ele- vation, as in the mountains. This is only relatively true. Ragweed and other hay fever producing plants are uncommon above an altitude of G,0O0. feet, but in mountain resorts of or- dinary elevation such plants abound and hay fever is frequent. City folks suffer more frequently than country folks. The explanation for this is unquestionably a matter of acquired or inherited immunity— the country resident being exposed from infancy and the city resident be- ing exposed only upon rare occasions. Hard to Cure. The pollen does not produce the characteristic irritation. The symp- toms of hay fever come on within \,a few moments after the patient has been exposed, as in driving past a field or walking along a street where rag- weed may be growing. The treatment of hay fever is a thing the profesion never boasts about. Cures aro none too many. Op- erations on minor irregularities in the nose and throat are seldom, if ever, effective. Sprays, douches, salves, powders, and internal remedies have their place and Help to render the at- tack endurable, but do not cure. A sea voyage; of course, is an ideal remedy. Hypodermic • doses of ragweed and goldenrod pollen have been used with good effect. ' A thorough cleansing of the nasal passages with simple normal salt so- lution (teaspoonful of salt in a pin of boiled water), or with boric acid solution (a tablespoonful of bowdered' boric acid dissolved in half a pint of boiled water), or with one of the 'various alkaline antiseptic solutiouti considerably diluted with warm water, is Helpful. This mast be done re- gularly night anti morning. Prom deep water to deep water.,the Panama Canal is fifty miles in length. 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