The Signal, 1898-12-8, Page 3iir CRAWS1111.
By W. A. YAIt&HMOUNT.
etas are Tied, eer'talaly right," ex-
claimed Bit Jaffrey. "Let us go to her
mora tad put it there."
They went up without saying any-
thing more. sod after searching in-
sger-tuslly among Lola's jewels for the
eco,elet they put Beryl's among them.
What 'ball we do about the 'mother,
Affray?" asked Beryl wbeu they bad
looked up the jewels.
"I will not tell her more than is
pnenary; but, if there is to be any real
trouble through this, of course she will
love to be told. I am afraid for ba t
sad she will feel it the more keenly
and brood on it so much because she is
June.
"My father is maob better. If you
bks, 1 will stay with ber tonight and
pooch of tomorrow, but I must drive
back first and tell paps."
"Yea will tape one great load off my
Moulders it you will," said Sir Jaffrey,
taezpre•slbly thankful to her.
"1 will go to Ler now," said thettri
quietly, "end will tell her all that need
be told and as gradually as possible."
They bad reached the bottom of the
staircase. The baronet stood in the
great hall, Beryl being two or three
step above bim, with her hand ou the
balustrade, in the act of turning back
to so to Ldy Walcute.
"Your presence in the bottle is a
great comfort, Beryl," said the bar-
onet "I can't thank you yet as I
would."
"I am sorry for all the trouble that
las coot to you, Jaffrey," she answer-
ed, pausing to look down on him. "If
I can help you, of roerse you know I
will. There is no need for any mention
of thanks between such old friends."
At that moment there wu a eommo-
nam in the ball, and Mr. Clifford en-
tered, followed by a police inspector.
"Here 1. Sir Jaffray himself, Mr.
Wrderbaes," mid the private detective.
"The inspector would like to oro yea,
sit, about ibis most distreuiag sffait"'
"If it'000nvenieut, Sir Jaffrey," add-
ed the inspector.
"Oertaialy, inspector, certainly," ren
plied the baronet. "Come into the
stuebs,•,r And.--orie ntkaseelf.f'ethe
interview, be led the way, followed by
the two mss, while Beryl went on
slowly up stars.
As she looked at them across the hall
Mr. Gifford, wbo wee the last of the
three, turned for a second and shrugged
leu ehoelders and lifted bis hands with
ages' ire which she read to mean that
something serious had happened.
Then, full of disquiet, she went a
e Lady W aloote's room.
CHA1BTHR xxL
WYL'a alese,
Before going into her dear old friend's
rooms Beryl walked up and down the
lung, broad oorridor for some minutes,
plunged in the deepest thought
She was half bewildered by the ra-
pidity with which thew terrible events
were crowding one upon the other, and
It seemed to ber almost impossible that
baralytwo days bad passed since she
had bad the interview with Pierre Tor-
oth wbicb appeared to bave precipitated
all the trouble that had followed.
Out of the ehaosof vide -nee and myc-
tory and death It we' with the greaten'
dimeulty that the could evolve any
.hereat plass and idem.
Holding the secret key to Lola's mo-
tions and ber connection with the
Frenchman, Beryl did not for the mo-
ment believe in Sir Ja fray's theory of
madness. Whatever the might be, Lola
was no more mad than Beryl herself.
Yet the girl shuddered at the alterna-
tive belief which this necessitated.
She recalled the story whiob Pierre
Taman bad told at the dinner table
and the incident wbicb be bad after-
ward denied—that Lola bed in troth
thought and sought to kill him by
stamping on his hands when he bong
helpless clinging to the rock ledge at her
feet.
If "be oould do that—
If she wu mad, it wu only in the
sense of being goaded to momentary
madames of passion in which she might
have driven this dagger into her perm-
eseor'e heart, es she bad before crushed
lis fingers in her paroxysm.
It was an awful deed; but, knowing
the man, Beryl could not bring herself
to say it was at .11 an impossible thing
for Lola to have done, and ber feeling
for the nnfortunite victim of this vil-
lain's cruel cunning was much more
that d pity than of oen.ure.
Nor did her pity atop short at the
eommi..ion of the crime.
If the could have gone to ber now
and helped her, Beryl felt that she
would do so cbeerfnlly. It was a fear-
some deed to have wrought, but Lola
had been driven to bay.
Beryl had been glad thus to hate an
opportunity of fendiug off .ome of the
.utrpiciou which bad threatened her,
and she vowed to do all she could to
help her in airy wry.
The sin had been grievous, but the
pnnishment had been awift to follow
and terrible to bear, and an far as lay
1n her power Beryl vowed that she
would lighten rather than increase it.
The question was, however, *here
Lola had fled. It was clear that eh.
most have gone aw'ily daring the night
after she bad beau even by lair Juflret,_ -
Her course up to that time wee plain
enengh to Beryl. The Frenchman had
manifestly begun to torment her in con
sequence of his failure to get Beryl her-
self out of the way. In the middle of
the 'Mervin; between the tori Bir
Jeffrey had appeared and turned the
Frenchman out Of the hoose. Then he
bad written to Lola to meet him, and
she, fearing possibly some violence or
maybe moved by a desire for re-
venge, had takes her dagger with het.
Tkey bad met by the cottage, end 1s a
moment of passion she had 'tabbed bim
and killed bum. Then, when making
off, the had tried to leave the wond mud
heel bees frightened by the appearance
of Sir Jaffray.
Owing to his trouble with the restive
kers, be had bees usable to follow her
at area, aud site bed thus blddes and
aaa.ged to evade hist, .lipping mit d
tie wood to the darknssa and away
pnrhsbIy to sole railway static. That
wee the saaMsat mason of the ecadsoe
whieh to div Jaffrey had seemed like
the planter and purposeless wanderings
of a lunette.
Beryl's heart bled ...b. thought of
west Lala moat Imes suffered during
Om sight sad rinse the moosat of the
terrible deed ley the wall d lbs rnind
ansae hi Aub Tate weed.
?M et went is b Iiplp 'meeds ea -
decided bow muob to tell bar of all that
bad happened.
The old lady welcomed her warmly.
She loved the girl, and now In the time
of the sorrow and trouble wbicb bad
fallen on the house she was infinitely
glad of the oomfort of her peeseaoe.
"This is • .ad house, Beryl," the
said after she had kissed her and made
her bring • stool and sit clow by her
knees. "1 bave been sitting 'Joao bens
thinking till my poor brain reels and is
dimly with it all. flow sh Jaffray now?
Where is be? He has been like one dis-
tracted. Oh, Beryl, bow could she treat
him so?"
"There is much that we cannot yet
understand, dear," answered Beryl
soothiugly. "Do you know Jaffray'.
thoughts? He fear. that Lola has for
the time gone out of ber mind."
"No; It is not that," said the old
lady decisivaly. " You don't think tbat,
I am acre. She has deceived him. She
is bad, Beryl—bad to the core. She
Domes of a bad stock sod u bad hermit.
That Frenchman is mixed up in Ibis in
acme way. 1 never liked him—always
suspected him, with his handsome face
and his lying tongue."
"She loved Jaffray," began Beryl,
wheu Lady Walcote bunt in bitterly:
"Yes, as Delilah loved team'sou or
Jatlrtisera-and as mete"used to love
the fools she turned to owiue. Women
dou't elope from those they lore and
with thous tbey bate, do they? Non-
sense, child! When you've lived as long
in the world as I have, you'll learn to
know fal.ebood when you see it and
hes wbeu you hear them. She never
loved Jaffray, never."
"No; you are quite wrong," •sneered
Beryl in a firm, clear tone, "and home
day you'll be the first to own it."
"I dm't see why you should take her
Part."
"Tbady will come when you will
do the same, dear," suawered Beryl
sweetly, smiling aud stroking the chi
woman's hand, "for I have paver known
a heart In trouble to tarn to you for sym-
pathy in vain."
"I have no sympathy for the woman
wbo wrongs and shames my son," wan
Abe angry reply.
' "You have no strength to close your
heart against the plaint of genuine and
desolate misery."
Lady• Walcote shoo ber bead and
guide as if to reply again sternly, but,
meeting Beryl's eyes, said notbiug and
wpbout$ bSreelf with, unspoken as-
seetioa of her sternum.
"You must banish allthat hardness,"
said Beryl after • pa "and collect
all your strength of • durance. There
is more trouble than even this flight o2
Sir Jaffray's wife. This Frenchman
wbo left yesterday is dead—died end-
denly under circum' which- bug -
gest that be was kill by violence."
"Is there no end to scandal which
that man brings 'poo s all?" exclaim-
ed Lady Walcote, wringing her bands.
"How did it happen? Tell me."
Beryl told as much the caw w she
thought necessary and parried tbe geese
tions which Lady Walcote put to her.
aud she was still oocr led thus when a
servant knocked at the door and maid
tbag elle: Jaflr'ay w to see - her is
the library.
With Sir Jaffray matters had reaebed
• point that seemed to promise an ugly
crisis.
The local inspector was • man of
some surface fir, vcduess, and as he was
very anxious w tiud au oppnrtouity d
helping forward hieown promotion uffff
thought be could ase in this ease one
that might help him he was resolved to
make a mach of it u possible. At the
same time he had all an English police-
man's respect for • baronet of mach
wealth and influence u Sir Jaffray
Walcote.
"I have come to ask you, Sir Jaffray,
whether you can give me any informa-
tion u to this unfortunate affair. I be-
lieve you identify the deceased man."
"Oh, yes. He to M. Pierre Turrian,
a Frenchman or a Swiss, I think—a
masician—wbo hu been staying in this
country in pureoit of some musical ob-
ject and for the last two day' has been
stopping here in the ma::or. Be left
yesterday suddenly."
"Can you tell rue why be left?"
"I had words with bim and told him
to go."
"Carl you tell me what the qnarrel
was about?"
"I can, it necessary, but it was
purely private matter."
"I abonld like to know."
"Very well, then; I will consider
about telling you."
The inspector received the •newer
with • bow.
"Do you know of any one wbo knew
him at all, and wbo might under any
circum.tanoes have a grudge against
him?"
"No, of no one. I should think I wait
u bot against him u any one could
be," said Bir Jaffray, with • grim
smile. "I horsewhipped him yesterday.
I may say that I returned home in time
to Oud him inmalting my wife, and. in
fact, saaniting her, end I hor.ewhipprd
him aud turned him out of the bonne.
That is the whole matter."
"Will it be convenient for me to see
Lady Waleote pre'ently?"
' o, I am sorry to say. Foe the pres-
ent it is impos'ible. She has left the
;event."
"L ft the manor!" echoed the in-
spector in manifest snrpri.e. "ilei yen
m.au in what Renee do you toren
left?" be irked, ebauging the form of
his gneattnn.
"I mean only that she hu left the
manor and that for the moment I do
not know where she is."
Inspector Borderham eouesaled the
impression which this fact made epos
him rot *Moping over W netebook and
making an elaborate nate.
"Thi* i* very sevprieing intelligence
Sir Jaffray." les said at length.
"It S* a Very painful Let. ludpeetor,'
replied the baronet.
'Will you tell me ander whet cir-
cumstances she 1dittand whether vac
connect the fart ;Limy with—w iii
the man who e
"Certainly I AO " asswered Rir
Jeffrey promptly aud ly. "1 saran
..y today exactly w are tl4/..rrmn
"tenon which bate to he, leaving
the manor—f shall able to do so in
a day or two, tri but I ash cer-
tain there can be mere onnnr•etion
than that rat a oar( in time,•
"Did id ber ladyship leave before et
after this M. Turri
"Atter. She did sA nntil the ear
ly evening{, heavies w that oh* was
going to lwysastev 11 was um*
k
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n
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circumstances
d
the
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orf
P
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cubed
do not attach any belief to tt �. l.,tever "
"Will you WI me what were the re -
lithium between her ladysbip and this
French gentleman? Were theyourdial?"
"On the contrary, my wife objected
very strongly.. to his Dowing to the
eI do not know. air. I don't rand my
mtstrws' letters."
bowie, aud, to my infinite regret, it ws
by my wish and iuvitutiou aud qu,t.
agatuat ber wish that be came to stay
here."
"Who saw bleu_ lase wbeu be left
here?"
"Two servant'. I told them to tort
-him off the yeeml ea"
(Jen/ see them?"
In reply'Sir Jaffray rang the bell, am
the two men were suutm..Led aud qu.r
Butted by the inspector and then Brut
away.
"Could you tell me how Lady Wal
cote was dressed when abs left ber.:''
was the next question.
"No, I cannot. I did not ase her att-
er about 4 o'clock in the afteruoou, bot
ber maid nisi have even ber, and, is
you like, you can see her and gnest.ei
her."
Ile rang the bell and scut for her, Lie
when the came she could throw no light
on tbe matter of dreamt.
"1 did not see my lady after I gale
her the letter which was brought tet
her."
"What letter was that?" cried the in-
spector sharply.
I do not know, sir. I don't rend my
sei.trees' letters. I know Do more than
that I think it was the letter ooutniut:d
inthe envelope which I found in her
ladyships room in the evening and ewer
10 this gentleupan, ' pointing to Mr.
Gifford.
'Very well; that will do. Thant
rdeOtre "MktM etegip stun
ber.
When she bad gone, he ..rued to Mr.
Gifford.
"What envelope is that? You didn't
tell me."
"Didn't I? Well, that was stupid! 1
meant to. She gave me an envelope ad
dressed in an ordinary band and wiel
oohing in it, god I tore it up, thiukie, pounds with ordinary fir untreated suet•
withnothing of tt." Be, told the he well This is an increase of 2,706 pounds of
with all the air of ■stupid man whi bay per, acre as the result of inoculation.
has been caught committing • blonder The oast of tn000lattos, rasing oi•
and thinks to face it out doggedly. tomb] as above, was at thereto of $2.21
"You made s bal blunder when you
did that, Mr. Gifford," maid the in-
.prctor severely. "You should leave
these thin to, those who are able ti
uudcretand what isimportant and what
is unt." -- - .
"That's all very well, inspector," re-
torted Mr. Gifford, with well acts.'.
warmth, "but perhaps I know as much
abcnt the importance of little things a.
any one else. It it bad been the letter
itself, 4'11 itis. .1..e.t. might be worth
-.e:netitineve.knt neteossa a provincial
inspector of police could make much ot
an empty envelope addressed, in far as
I recall, in a.ledy's hand. However, if
you choose to think I've done wrcul,
do it and welcome." .',nd he sneered as
if in somewhat contemptuous indiffer-
ence to the insjx"tar's opinion.
"There wets a letter addressed to my
wife on that afternoon in a lady's
band," said Sir Jaffray. "I myself'
gave it to her. It was from Mise Beryl
Lsyeester, and I believe I beard my
wife my that in it Miss Leyoester asked
her to go over to nee her at the Court.
Mime Leycester is iu the manor now,
Mr. Borderham, it you would like to
ter her."
"1 should," the latter said, and then
Beryl was scut for
While they were waiting the inspect-
or took from his pocket a small panel
and opened it, and Mr. Clifford began
to feel much keener interest than -fir
a had yet telt, becausebe knew that 4t
oonained the dagger which be had de-
scribed and the remaining portion n'
the gold filigree bracelet of which hu
himself bad found the pendant.
[To am mit't'INLiD.)
•
SOIL INOCULATION.
leformetlea an a •.W..t Jul Now
rrumlaest IN Agriculture.
In bulletin No. 90 of the Alabama
station on experiments witb oats and
bairj vetch Professor J. F. Duggar pre
gents in his usual clear and concise style
iuforniation of value to all who are in-
terested—and wbo is not? -1r. the Im-
portant matter of soil iuoonlatiun as a
memos of increasing the power of le-
gumes to appropriate nitrogen from the
air. 'rbc detailed description of lbs ex-
petimrutm affords, useful, psautical IDE
gestious to farmers and • subject of
thought out of the ordinary, but uu•
donbtedly profitable. Following is a
partial summary of Professor Duglar's
report:
Clover, vetch and similar legominoul
planta are able to draw much of their
nitrogen from the air when enlarge-
ments called tubercles or nodules are
found onelmee-soots. -Tey are unable tr
do this or to etof8 up fertililty-whewta
bercles are abeent.
In order for tubercles to develop ens.
Milo genus or bacteria must be present
in the soil or seed or come in contact
with the young rootlets. In the regiont
wbe�'e the clovers, vetch, alfalfa, els.,
are extensively grown these germs be-
come generally distributed in the moil
of the entire region. In a number oI
localities in Alabama, where these
legumes are not grown to any great ex -
•tent, these germs are absent from some
soils or present in insufficient number•.
Inoculation is the process of supply-
ing these germs either by mattering in
a field sono of the germ laden soil !rpm
a field where theme rarely grown legumes
have borne tubercles,ar by the use oI
the prepared material culled nitragin.
• Nitragin is a concentrated germ for
'Hirer contaiuing myriads of germ*
which are able to cause tbe Rrowth of
tubercles on the roots of certain lege-
minims dr soil improving plants. Botb
nitragin end germ lathe earth west
very profitably nted in our experiments.
Crim.oD clover inocplated with clo-
ver nitragln afforded a crop of 4,065
yotr i of bay per there': whiteli:tdisary
or untreated seed gave—including many
accidentally inoculated plants—only 761
pounds of bay. This is a gain of al
least 3,296 paned' of hay per acre at
the result of Inoculation.
Seed of hairy vetch inoculated with
vetch nitragiu produced hay at the rats
of 8,270 pounds per acre, against 664
pone of -lite builder. We would urge,
hoe -ever, that exhibitors wbo supply
giulr own coops make them roomy
enough for the birds to be ulyfortablu
In. Nothing Is so oertain to mike the
birds appear at a dtaadvatl as too
close quarters.
We 'could make a frame inch
staff-- the ends, back aud to Yg cov-
ered with stout .ervicuable , the
szHIIITIos COOP.
floor being of halt inch matched boards
and the front being made of half inch
soda set into top and bottom of frame
354 inches alert, excepting that tbe two
or three center rods are sot into a slid-'
bedpiece at bottom and pats-ap
through the top fr•uterytivtng acoeaa to
the interior. The bedpiece of the gate
should slide upon the rods on each aide.
Short rods are set in the front, upon
wbicb to suspend cups for food and wa-
ter. A cortaiu for the front, to be let
down at night, and in daytime be rolled
up as in the illustration, adds- to the
neatens of the structure, and orna-
mental brass headed tacke to secure the
deck elide, eta., itnpfbve the appear-
ance. The rods in front look best if
round, although eight omen rids are
very neat. Many owners of private
coops keep them IIetltly painted'
PHARAOH AT clime
How He Played the Game Wit'
His Household.
FOCR THOUSAND TEARS AI.(
Clone and Eggs.
In eellh'.g eggs ■t market price the
question of profit hinges ou the coat of
the production of the eggs. The keepers
of pure bred poultry—that is, the fan-
cier wbo raises only fancy stock and
who gets from $1 to $5 a sitting for his
eggs and the same figures for hie fowls
—ham no need to count the costae-elose-
ly In the production of his stook, as the
prices obtained aro sufficient to cover
even extravagant outlay and to leave s
good margin of profit. With the mar-
telerrin wavers-it-tlrgafted4dfasemie%
mast bring his bill of expenses low
order to realise shy profit in eggs. In
this connection we would suggest the
free nee of one -of the modern inventions
for the poultry yard—the lone cutter,
not the dry bone crusher, but the green
bone cotter—aud the liberal use of green
cut bone in feeding the laying stock.
With the writer, green bones, fresh
from the butcher, are obtainable at 50
oents per 100 pounds, and their value as
food in the production of eggs is worth
from 3 to 6 cents a pound. In fact, in
per acre, leaviug • large profit. fresh cut bone we find the best and
In an earlier experiment bete batty cheapest egg food that we can buy.
vetch wee iniacullted with soil from a•
old vetch field without expense excepti
small -item for labor. This home grown
-luaculating material effected an increasl
of 2,808 pounds of hay per acre.
A field once inoculated, whether nat.
n
introduction •t the Game late 1:n -
rope and Amerlea—Varloas 'U :r•
of Plaiting Is DIgrreal Countries.
N.mer.o Names Ivor the Game.
The parlor game of draughts, or checkers
as 1t 1s called In Anterloa, le much loon
popular than chess. While less intellect 'I.,:
and making fewer demands upon the ren
ironing powers than the letter, it 1s et ill a
aolentlllc game and demands close aft. n
Sion and mental effort, but not to such un
extent u to rob It of pleasure even t'
those not inclined to severe study or seri
Qua effort tli«
A. a mental recreation aol pastime
game of draughts has perhare no equal. Wr
would never for • moment think of plan•
-
•
set.
Grimly.
kat
ltd
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trusses--
aetfl•ee
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weed
Batt
time helms dinner. The awe had bee"
gene eases bourn "
"Rd there bees NOT eewlmanieatl0n
betws.n lie Frenchman sad her lady.
ship?"
Nene M my ksswledga. There has
been epee !blare to that sliest, hat i
RAMA INDIANS.
.There is certainly a good margin of
profit in selling eggs at market prices
srben the bens are fed plenty of fresh
tut clean bone. Of course it must not
be feed exclusively, but it may, we be-
lieve, constitute one-tbird of the feed
aridly or artificially, remainstuoonlated given the bens without any bad effects.
for years. Too much bane will canoe dysentery or
As a general rule, each divieion in bowel trouble, but with the oomiug elf
cooler or cold weather the bens can eat
a great deal of it to advantage. The oat
bone is cheap, and it stimulates laying
wonderfully. We believe that every
person who ie prdduciog eggs for market
should utilize an hen food tbs;chwp
and wboleeomo bones that can be had
at any butcher shop.—IL B. Geer' in
Agricultural Epitomiat.
BILIOUS
" Last summer I
was troubled with
Sick lieadacheand
Biliousness, and could not sleep
at night. I tried several doctors
but to no effect, and got com-
pletely discouraged. At last 1
saw an advertisement telling about
Burdock Blood Bitters. My hus-
band induced me to try if, and to-
day I am using the
third bottle, and can
truly bay it has done
me a wonderful
amount of good. 1 feel better
than 1 have for years, and am con-
fident I owe my restored health to
D. B. B." MRS. EDWARD
BECK, Riverside, N.B.
B.B. B. is the hest remedy Tor
Biliousness, Con'tipatiolt, Sick
Headaches, Coated Tongue, Liver
Complaint, Jaundice,
Scrofula, Blood
Humors, and all
Diseases of the
Stomach, Liver, Kid-
neys and Bowels.
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log a chessboard on the parlor table as a
means of pleasantly passing the tittle on 0
long winter evening, but with checkers it
Ls entirely different Parents and ohlldret
sen equally enjoy the game, the worried
and weary find relief and rest while ah
sorbed in It, and the sick for • time forget
their allweuts while studying Its move
mens.
Unless in the clue of those whole con
stltuthru of mind and whose prnctle. DESTINY AND DUTY.
Would demand the more complicate) and
anlentlflc game checkers would beJnvaln
able to the iuentally troubled. When the
mind has become overtaxed by conateunto
application to business or by being occu-
pied by one set of questions, all efforts to
obtain rest by a complete suspension of
business and abstention from thinking
may be In vain. The wind persists in act
log autont:rticallj, and even In sleep.
when possible to obtain 11, the menta'
mccbaoism_ may he kept se working that
dreams may be of maob a aha hew ley ti
be almost aa exhausting as oar waking
thoughts.
A nearly certaintrpeolfio In such cases t-
Gtalt .mumsytlia"-ssrts,j , yc.,.i 1 ,..,..a,tilstkat Also4—and we've gd
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The Boston Harald publisher the fal-
lowing original and unique dbes:tallies
from the pen of "Col. Yellowstone Yell:"
From °reenlan's toy mountains p'
Manila's coral strand, the pore benighted
heathen calls away to beat the band
They're hohin' ter be civilized in every
heathen land. an' we've goiter have as
*rely fer'tbe job. Thw'-itentbeee are r.
oallln' to our noble Christian moo.
A merles with all the rest has got to see
a pace, and for our surplus proluc s we
genus of leguminous plant has its own
specific or adapted germ.
Nitragin is very perishable, eepcclal
ly in wenn weather, and this maycauet
frequent failure iu using it
Natural agencies are constantly a1
work lipreading root tubercle bacteria
and inoculating soils. If given sufficient
time (several years) most legumes will
probably develop tubercles without hell
from man. Artificial ioocolation bring[.
quicker encore in the culture of rarely
grown legumes.
Inoculated hairy vetch yielded dight
ly less dry material in the above gronnd
portion and a oonriderably smaller
weight of roots than nearly mature rye.
However the inoculated vetch cop
Mined in both tops and toots a much
higher peroentage of the valuable ele
went, nitrogen, than did rye and elo
more than did noninoculated vetch
plants.
These C.sadlae Aberlgle•• Are K".plag
'Wall Abreast •f th. Time..
A large delegation of Indians from the
Rama Renee's recently attended the an
neal pow waw of their brothers of the
Sougog Heesrve. The Indians and their
squaws went in canoes and en bl.ycles.
Of the water waft there were a total of
22 In eommleafon among the visitors. A
brother and slsar of the Hama }reserve
attended who rode the dl.tenoe on a
tandem bicycle A newspaper representa-
tive who was present say. tho pow-
wow, which extended over several days,
was wnnd.rfnlly suooeseful Incidental
`o the prooesdinge was held a public tea.
A program was Darted out which wall
szreptlonally gond, many Indian speak
ers giving capital addressee. The musical
selections were rendered with greet a+te.
Una Indian gentleman dM some aeton
lvbing feats In balancing, among them
sura -ng a beycle upside down and hal
anoint It by she saddle on his whin. The
5.61.5• beetbsen are keeping well abr.sst
of the tlmes, M was evidenced by the
style at ant quality of their dreee. 7 here
were ots e a number of bl.vctes brought
to the meeting. the young eyrllets adopt•
Ing the :rotation eyeing onetnme.
Harvesting Willows.
Osier" should be cat the first year,
even it no valuable material aura be
got, a000rding to ■n authority on
osier culture. It tbe cutting is delayed
until the second year, branching take,
place sod less valuable material is ob-
tained. They should he cnt in tbe sec-
ond and third years also, but if there 1l
a good demand for hoop poles they
should be left uncut the trmrth year te
grow for hoop poles, reaching suffloiert
size for that pnrpose in from two te
tour years. If there is no demand fot
hoop poles, continue the yearly cuttings
until the growth becomeee too slim fon
basket porpoises, which to generally
from 10 to 15 years, when the osier
bolts must be renewed. The cutting of
rods ehnuld Its done Boring the winter,
from Nev. 1 to March 1. Cut as near
the ground as possible. Tie in bondlec
ten inches in diameter, and keep theta
bundles in running water, standing up
right, four inches of the butte ander
water until small leave* or sprouts ep
pear, when they will be ready to peel,
the nap having started.
Th. Spirit of wl.ehl•f.
Now am the days and nlghte of been
blowers sad Seek o' lanterns. and the
small boy a making free with superfluous
seem. Nystrlmre sounds terrify the
occupant* of henries. The batt Is pound
with unconscionable force, or the door U
thumped with something like In weight
a • catapult. hot when inquiry Is made
Into three Ibinge. no one Is to be swan or
heard anywhere. except that away down
tier introit tin horns are tooting, and a
great alfa is making over some mlse►lef
err ether. Then the good man of the
bones, or the gond lady, either, cseles
down •tall to eemfwrt.
Rosh. what was that? Homebody
tapping on the window. Rut no one is
there, and erste there Is a resolution
that she wind has been playing pranks. iI
le only after sevum sesays that the whit-
ed fink Mek 1s discovered, Tautened to the
Window and operated by • email Troy In
rpo.aessten of the string emus the street
Ther' Is an e.rtnees and weirdness
' brut It all. But it Is se little menet for
the youth, who are all mystery la the day
nese, bee at night tendsaveas to where
Mer. to • elutes nollectlee of cabbages,
peva/Mao and ether Ivapemena. Then
the resets MILL
to divert tiro attenelon by a chaoge'hf .s ~ ter have an army—ter the job. The hem
oupetlon or by playing checkers or wan.
other game that would engage the mime
without exhausting 11. In the sickroom
when the patient has become con eater,. t.
this or other games would have In uv.st
instances a much greater effect 10 rest"r
Ing strength then all the drugs In tin
pharmaor•pn's.
The game of checkers b generally sup
posed to be older than chess and prrbabl3
suggested the latter. It Is known to hear
been played In'Egypt 4,000 years ago, but
bow long prior to then It 1s impossible to
tell. Frau tho monumental painting.
it appears to have been c.nnm9n to tb.
time of the earlier Pharaohs, and wan
played as now with pieces, all of which
on the same hoard were alike in Mu ami
form, though on different boards the}
varied. The kind used by King Itamesr.
II, about 1:100 11. C., who Is represented or
the walls of his prance at Thebes playlro.
at draught* with the I.dlw of his house
bold, rest'mhlel small ninepins and Welt.
to have been 154 tnebee high, on a clrcu
lar base half an loch In diameter. 11 if
uncertain how the F.gyptlnna played the
game, though from the position of some
of the pieces In the paintings 1t wnnld
appear as If they played 1t very touch n"
we do today. The modern Egyptians, who
use pieces similar to threw used by the t-
old limo predecessors, piny the game as 1t
is genentlly played In Europe and Amer
Ice.
The game of draughts made its appelir
anon In Europe about 400 years ago, when
there was touch Intercourse between
southern Europe and the Egyptian ports
It has been popular ever since, and, whip•
obese has been the pastime of the few,
draughts has oounted 11. votaries by the
thousand. Of course It 1s impossible to
determine the degree of scientific porter
tion with which the game has been played
during the 4,000 years of 1a existenec
One thing is moderately certain, however
that during that entire period It oould nut
have been played with greater skill that,
has been shown by reeent player. The
Scottish player of the game known as tile
"Herd Liddle"and others played It with
such absolute perfection that It would t..
impossible to conceive of its being done
better.
In France draughts Is known as "1e jen
de dames," in Italy as "dame" and In
Germany as '•damon." In England the
white equates are played upon, but In
Scotland and America the black squares
are generally selected. In Polish draughts,
•
form of the pante played not only In Po-
land, but In other para of the continent
of Europe, and 000estonally in England
and America, the pieces are moved for
ward, as In the English variety of the
game, but in taking they move like the
king In the English gone, either beu-k
ward or forward. The kings In the Poll -b
game -have the privilege of passing v••
several squares at once, and even over t h.
whole length of the diagonal when to
pieces obstruct the move.
(NEIL MACDONALD.
aklppiag Live Rawls.
1 have wen lately, as I have seen and
omemibted upon year after year, during
the shipping for many years put, large
numbei-sof crates of live poultry tent in
by express, the crates weighing twice as
much as necessary. Many times they
convict simply ot a box made out of
lumber •1 least an inch thick, the top
oovered with elate or narrow pieoes of
board, the latter often twice as thick as
u eeesssry. These coops should be made
just as light as possible to answer the
purpose. The .bottom should be tight,
■ II the rest slatted, and the narrower
the elate the better. Lath makes the
beet material. The coops should not be
so large that two men cannot handle
them readily and easily, as this insures
more careful handling. It is better if a
slatted partition ie put through the mid-
dle, aa Ole divides the fowls, putting
fewer together and keeps them from all
sliding into Doe end of the coop in •
heap if the coop is tipped up on end.
Many fowls are suffocated because of
proper precautions not being token.
Food and water should lee provided,
and the coops should not be overcrowd -
d. Great lose moults from overlooking
the latter precaution. The fowls should
be graded also, the best grades being
put together and chick,' and fowls pack-
ed separately. Don't pay heavy express
charges on boxes made of such thick,
heavy lumber.—Rural New Yorker.
Cold trams Ma.sgemeat.
One of the principal aim. with re
geed to sold treats' now should IA, ac
cording to An,'erican Gardening, to cap
oentrate all the eon heat po*.ible b3
clotting up early, espenially thane con
pining crepe which we are finites, tr
posh on to maturity. Freedom of air
mutt, of ooar.e, be given during the
day on all imitable ooc•sions. It is *
mistake to tbink that matters man be
hastened by giving sir only in limited
quantities during the day and running
up the heat to an abnormally high de-
gree. This would mane too greet ■
differenoe between the night and day
temperatareiand healthy growthwoold
thereby be retarded in plane of beim
Induced.
COOPS}FOR SHOW.
0011T0111/111 M.t►.d et Exblblflag
realtry at Fairs.
We have several regnnaa for direc-
tions for building coops for exhibiting
fowls st fairs and shows, says Farm
Poultry, and give an ilin.tratinn rat each
a coop. The ille.tration explains Itself
on well that but little by way of explane
tion 1. neeriaary. This coop is 80 Inches
btgh, 80 inches aide and 14 inches
deep, lot tbess dimensions are by no
means tfhltgattxy, se owes *re rosin i?
various shwa, in nit the taste and par -
Goad Llvl.g la roat/rr.
There may not be any very large for•
tunes to be made in poultry raining, but
there in a handsome living for any one
who ban the love for the pursuit, the
ability to raise and care for stock and a
.maTToapltalTo start with. These three
things must go hand in hand. Separate-
ly they cannot bring .00(.'ess.—E. O.
looses brennutrr tieatiemen.
Delete! gsgg}r.tfwa.
"No," said the consln-from the far
wart, "we can't burn wood in our part
of the chantry. Timber's too snaroe."
"I've beard that charoo.l makes a
bot fire," said her eastern eousin. "Don't
they dig any in your neighborbood?"—
Chicago Ttibnoe.
Just se Bloat.
Flint—I am a plain, blunt man, Mies
Brisk, and have no time for soft menti.
mentalities. Will you be my wife?
Mand Ilriek-1 am not half so plain
as you are, Mr. Flint, but just as blunt.
Not—(jdd' and Enda Ire
then in the peaceful paths of !mesio
must be led. At present he's too volatile
and light as to his dead. The only way
to keep him down 's ter 811 him up with
lead—and we've gutter have an army fee
the job. Then It's "rise up Wlllyoss
Riley now and Dome along weth me."
We're gnin' to bring 'em blemin's,and ♦N
set their pore souls free. 'They're only
yeller niggers, an, they ll soon be op a
tree—but we've gutter have an army fee
the dpblS., -
The pore' benighted heathen now s•
CLrletian,. peace enjoys. We'll 'dermas
'sm 11k• they do at Virden, Illlnola, ce
down in Carollny, whore we hang 'out,
sten and eon, Just ter elevate the stand-
ard ot,the moo. The Malaya of the Ph1K
Ierpeene haln't got no genes at all. They
wantter rule their place therneelv.s-1
shudder at there gall! We've goiter 11U
'•m off to droves, to make the rest sing
small, and ter elevate the standard of
the rare. They're so Noosed in their
pride that of the truth were known,
they'd likely ask ot.r dovernnient to leave
'ens ell alone. 'lire heathen in their blind-
ness now bow clown to stook and stone;
but we'll elevaes the standard of their
mos. They've potter learn there lessons
in a mighty bitter school. They've gutter
crawl an' grovel under white men's
noble rob. We've gutter tread '.m to ib'
mud, ter keep cur tempers cool and tee
elevate the standard of the race.
The onward march of destiny no nig-
ger crowd can stay. The Anglo -Fazes
race must git Its three square meals •
day. We'll take their lends and make 'em
work and their we'll sheet "Hooray!"
an' thus we'll spread th' gospel far aa'
wide. Weil rale' 100,000 men ter fight
'em 1n their swamps, io lie at night is
jungles with their fever ridden damp',
an' tho' we'll lose 10,000 there from
wouane or chorea cramp,, we'll spread
ih' blessed gospel far an' wide Altbe' 1
ha'w's been to church for nigh on sed
year, It makes me feel pious just te
think of the ldssr (1 saw one firm will .
send out there 10,000 quarts of beer) d
bow we'll spread the gospel far an' wide.
I'd write you more, but 1 have got •
little "data" at 8. We're goln• to hang •
nigger politician to • tree.
So I will close this letter on Um mare►
of destiny and the way to spread the gam
pal tar an' wide.
A Matrimonial Rae.
"Now you are mine for life!" ex-
claimed the bnppy hrielegronm after the
neremnnv. "The chitin hu been forged."
"1 nm a victim of an mullein chain,
am I?" repllt d the bride joyously.—
Detroit Free Proms
!hr Ksew.
The Annt The a -.v to vein a man 14
to tvlk about what he ie most interested
In.
The Nisch--t)h! Aiont himself —
7inetanati goon ire.
Ewrct of etaletlm,
William O Anderson, the physical sit
rector of the fate gymnasium, has cont
plated n study of the effects on the hut ,.,
system of the different kinds of opals
For years I)r. Andorran hes Mien weighing
athletics before aud after their efforts en
the track and field. Ile has found that
the veteran athlete loses far leas In weight
In a cont.at than a beginner who has not
reached the point whore he has control
of his nerves. Clapp, the pole vaulter, for
example, only lost s halt pound in the
course et as entire •ttrnoun's perform
snots when tee broke the world's record
One of the hlg Yale rushers on the hot
hall eleven always loses four pounds In r.
hard game. The Meet fatiguing still. 11.
exerotae•Is with the dumbbell and the In
than club, In which a very aniall ammo.
d ttetaa.ts destroyed. Anderson'. tenet e
alone nerve to emphaslre the value o�
training on the nervous system.
Moat nem..
The present preference for light guns ip
only a return to a oxindltlon of affairs that
was In existence many years ago, lief,.
the f Otratuet Ion of the breechloader. Mut
tie loaders, of light weight and of 1:
garage barrels. were the favorite weapons
No Deager.
Mr. Spriggitt. (looking over the p•
per)—More tremble in Newfoundland
over the fleherise dispute. I hope they
won't let loose the dogs of war.
Mr.. spriggine—Newfnnndland dogs
don't bile.—raw York Weekly
Why a• Attended a T 1.
Our Wsieh friends are pretty sharp,
ants a learned judge has Jost been nisei
"bad" by one. Summoned as • juror at
the •mune, he asked the permission ed
the judge to erten. himself on the
ground the, he was very anxloua to at-
tend a funeral. It was not until after the _...
judge I.ad granted the request that he
learned from the sheriff that the appli-
cant was an undertaker.—Westmin.tr
Gazette.
A N
Mr. Jason—This here W. ▪ (7. T. G. N
the cold water ps'nple, ain't they?
Mrs. Janna—Why. of couree.
"Then what act. ley, al 1 gettio
into bot water OAR enmeehfn or otter
ter?"
A it Ire of sir..
To prevent fire. where three and ehlta-
neys pas' through Intlamnnbls prrtltfotre
water jackets of tin or light metal are
pored around the opening.. the solder at
the pock..e melting fn,the hest and df►
eh:.rging the fluid on the tire.
Proud ..f 1..
Mrs. iboore—Arem' t you •ehamedt
People all over town are saying yen Ma
drink enough far then. nr roue men.
Mr. Booze—That's envy. my deer;
pure envy.
peon■ Maa'• $e t Tel.sd.
Because she U 111. mother.
Because she Is his wife.
Because without her he would be rude,
rough and ungodly.
Hseause she ead with him codon pals
quietly and meet joy gladly.
Beeson she la patient will, Nm is w-
ean, endnrea tils fretfulness and "tam
there" him.
Benanee she teaches him the vda* le
gentle word., et kindly (bought and d
ooaslderatlen.
Heesuse on ber brut he nae shed team
.t repentant», and be Is never reminded
of them afterwards.
*wife la Ills Mao.
A gentleman advertised for • stark whin
u nit' bear confinement and who had bean
smote years In bis last place. He was aur
mitred by • person who bad been fear •
number of years a prisoner 1r. Newgar
Wens, sad who therefore pommawad asst
Of the required gnall8sstlons.—Oue,11►.
Oats.
Pott
Its
Weak
aid
Norms
,)r, Ward's Bleed mad Nerve Pills.
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