The Exeter Advocate, 1897-4-22, Page 6•
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THE WIND'S SONG.
tt, wale's that blow across the sea,
What is the story that yon bring?
Leaves clap their hands ea every tree.
And birds about their branches sing.
You sing to flowers and trees and birds.
Your sea songs over all the land.
Could you not stay and whisper words
A little child might understandt
The roses nod to hear you sing; -
But, though, I listen all the day,
You never tell me anything
Of father's thee so far away.
—Gabriel Sateen New York Tribunes
the baok way and aren't half awake and
don't even have e collar ose."
"Now, idiss May, how unkind!"
"Isn't it true?"
"I always have my collar OIL" Ile told
a future truth. After this he Would weal
a collar.
"I hate lazy people."
"Oh, Miss May, how unaindl You don't
bate me, I hope." His eyes were on the
pink ribbon that fluttered from her belt.
He took hold of it and wound it aroune
his finger, getting gradually nearer to her.
"I do, if you are lazy."
"How eau I prove to you that lain not?"
jii ee "That's easy enough."
A WIFE'S SISTER "Do tell me how."
"Just prove it,"
,"By rising early and letting you sri
me?" ,Artny wives generally have unniarried ,
ell—yes.
sisters. These sisters always come out to "1 shall do so tomorrow."
visit them, aad the rest goes by itself, "But I always go for a ride before break
Mrs. Lorrilard bad an unmarried sister. fast."
She was very attraetive. She Was far more "May I not join you?"
attractive than Mrs. Lorrilard could have . "If you like. 1 don't oare." Which is
been. The girl's name was Spencer—May feminine for caring very much indeed.
Spencer. ;She was 18 years old, if you took So Dr, Randolph rode with Miss Spen.
her word for it, and sbe was blond and cer the next morniug, and he breakfasted
pink and white and plump. She came at the Lorrilardsa and be sat on the Loa
from some place in Ohio, and she visited ',nerds' porch to watch guard mountiag.
the lanailards at Stanton, which is in New and then lie played tennis with Miss Spell.
Mexi, 100 miles from the railroad, across ! cer, and when it was too hot to do that
Dead Man's valley—there is always a Dead any longer they sat together on the porch
Man's valley—and some steep hills and a again, shaded by the crowsfoot and morn.
lava bed a mile wide. If you hare never Ing glory eines, and read aloud by turns.
seen a lava bed, you cannot appreciate They parted for luncheon, but immediate.
that. You might try to imagine the ocean V afterwtred they met again in the Lorra
lashed into fury by a simoom, thou faney lards' sitting room to practice the maudo.
its great waves and billows and swells [ lin and guitar, Randolph dined with the
changed suddenly to dark gray brown- Lorrilards, and then he and Miss Spencer
stone at the height of the storm, and you walked up and down the line until taps,
may form a vague idea of what the lava and after taps they sat on the poroh once
bed between Fort Stanton and the railroad
is like.
It frightened Miss Spencer badly. The
ambulance went slipping, and sliding, and
more and talked in undertones.
Occasionally the Roche boy made a third,
and though he was far from welcome he
never guessed It.
coasting, and thumping, ane bounding Now it may seem incredible, but it is
over the one passable part in a way that true, that though this weut on without a
only an umbalence. conducted by a driver pause for ten solid mouths Randolph still
who bas spent his life on eialzona and New modestly doubted if he were loved and
Mexico roads could possibly stand. It put dared not voice bis passion. Mrs. Lorri,
all the laws of centripetal force and. of lard began to think that she bad done
equilibrium at naught. It and the four
mules were laws unto themselves.
Miss Spencer was not accustomed to
that sort of thing, She stood it as long as
she could, and then she told Major Roche,
in whose charge she was traveling, that
quite all that the family could expect of
her, and she grew hopeless and weary,
moreover, of boarding free two hungry
young people. She told Miss Spencer as
gently as possible that she might go the
next time the ambulance went over tc
she meant to get out and walk. She had Cartbage, which was the =Abroad station.
bothered the major a good deal elle:tidy, Miss Spencer told Randolph shewas going
and beeves gettlag tired, so he did not say —and wept. And Randolph consoled her
anything, but simply told the driver to from afar and actually thought she was
"slow up" and let Miss .Spencer get out weeping at leaving her little nephew and
niece and her sister. There are men like
that.
The ambulanee went a week later tr.
carry Maier itoehe and Teddy Roche to tin
its brake serceching shrilly. -And as it dis- railroad. Teddy was offered it position itt
appatred, sower Inas 1.'st to sightin a great - Tu l and was going to take it. The ma -
hallow. staalliaass up 0 sumeth • jor lad ,eovernment business at Cartbage.
faes, Live, Miss Spencer alt herself Tbe road i .ri braneh. It joins
abandoned Mihail in a New Mexico d„,s; r4.. the main lire (if the sa„ T. and S. F. at a
under tint; tk rri I:le itildsummer sa M.9. b suet, n adasl tan Antonio. The major
heee was eery, sae..elan/a parelling. weirld eb Tan the young woman to Car -
shy was 113:0 la 3 la.!. glia,s. site avonder;:d tittnie: il!otse she would go to the main
wily, %visa, t'„lava vais ii. nougl; ta trial tae•t! and Toody to the main
burn 1r i ;: 31,role:ih tb it 1:, anti %%or.% Only Tecate- and May 4,onipr'i.
she, s it tail net Lail-, or geese a ;ft. eat mised. 'Ilea h treat to Socorro, which
kilt; 1•44(•:-.414.4(.. 4414' 4:4V41.1 1: is 4,7i Tjat' 14,441.11 lino, a. very liti le northeast
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37a, paa; LO nue call Old ri1iired. ; a •
yet 1.101.1isiim 'is peeillier tla. sere ea. 10
wha is bark east, eisitleg her family. ilia
differs avo10 the real article only in Ilea
he is ineligible. He wits devoted to Miss
Silencer, but he did not count. There wee
also the contract surgeon. Of course he
was only a contract surgeon. Still Inc was
tail and blond and had a beguiling south-
ern drawl. He fell in love with Miss Spen-
cer.
But the exciting part of the story hinges
on Major Ruche's sea. He was 20, and he
was no use on meth. He was just a boy
and never would be anything more. Ile
had failed in everything he bad ever un-
dertaken. He couldn't even dance, and he
was afraid of a three foot acequia when he
rode. He depended on his papa for every-
thing, and he thought he knew women
through and througb. Probably Provi-
dence sent Miss Spencer to show him that
he didn't. But the ways of _Providence are
inscrutable, and I can't be sure.
Well, the contract surgeon fell in love
with Miss Spencer;s but, like Viola, he
never told his love. Now, as the bachelor
was hidden, Miss Spencer couldn't fall in
love with hini; and no one could have fall-
en in love with Teddy Roche, so she re-
ciprocated the contract surgeon's passion.
His name was Randolph—Custis Ran-
dolph, to match his nice blue eyes and his
(alarming drawl. His courtship was of the
eternally on band sort. The life of a gar-
rison offers even greater advantages for
this that that of a southern town. Hewas
with Miss Spencer from guard mounting
until long after taps. But Miss Spencer
pined to seeanore of him. • -
"Mr. Randolph; I believe you're lazy.",
"Oh, now—Miss May—Why? That isn't
kind." He gazed at the flag on the flag-
staff tenderly and dwelt musically on eack,
'word,
"Because." • '
• "It is the privilege of a lady to give that
reason." His eyes sought the tennis came;
in tender, blue abstractedness.
"Well, 1 know you are."
• "Won't you have pity on me -and tell
• imeWhy?" • : , -•
•
"Because you never are np until almost.
-
guard monist."
"Oh, -aeith,- yes, 1 aim I go over to the
• •
hospital cit sick call, you know." • •
"Why don't 1 ever see you then?"
"Perhape you hate not alsenYoueself."
always ip at reveille." . •
"No I Goodnees, Why an earth do YOU do.
. bat"- . • .
"I believe you go over to the hospital
by berself.
She fell behind after a moment, and. the
ambulance went relentlessly on, creaking.,
flapping its canvas, chinking its chains,.
ENGLAND IN AFRICA.
Savage 1.1stricts Recently Subdued. by
Officers.
The British empire steadily grows
bigger in Africa.
Bida, capital oity of Nupe, oue of the
smaller Mohammedan states of the Mid-
dle Niger, has been captured by the
forces of the British Royal Niger com-
pany. Tho company has appealed, to
arms, not on its on account, but in aid
of the Nupes against the tyranimus emir.
The company has a treaty with the
emir which for an aunual subsidy of
$10,000 gives thein unusual commercial
advantages and the freest access to the
country. The emir has kept his agree-
ment, but has treated his own sabjeots
cruelly.
Nupe, says the Illustrated „American,
pays annual tribute in thousands of
slaves to the sultan of Sokoto, head of
the Fulah power. The ninny slave raids
upon his wholesale confiscation of their
"aria tOy 11•114.41:ci10. Teddy end I got
maeried in aeaaaeand joined taedear 010
major again in Carthr.,tt-e the same day."
"How delightful!" Randolph repeated
weakly.
"Well, Teddy seemed to think so, but
the dear, swcet old major didn't. Any-
way, you knew, he was so horrid about
my shoes on the Bad Lands that day." She
smiled demurely.
And that was all any one ever knew
about it. --Gwendolen Overton in .Argo-
naut.
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CONQUERED BY GREAT MUTAIN.
lands, have reduced the country to a piti-
able condition.
In ram the Royal Niger company pro-
tested, and at last decided to use force
against the emir. Five hundred, Raussa,
armed and drilled in methods of modem
warfare, advanced into the anterior under
the leadership of British °Meets. They
met and defeated P.0,000 Fulah of the
emir at Bida, and the city, of 90,000
population, surrendered. The oppressed
people are rallying, to the support of the
company, and, a marked change will re-
sult
If the sultan of Sokoto takes up the
quarrel the power of the British nation
alone can cope with him. 'With his terri-
tory of 200,000 square miles, and his
Some Good Advice.
First shine brightly in your own circle;
then if you can be promoted it will be
done. Help others all the time. 1)0 what
your parents would have you do. Strive
to please thein. Do little acts of kindness,
and they will never be forgotten. Try to
brighten some one's life every day. Re-
member that we will reap that which we
sow. Therefore do or say something that
will cheer up seine weary soul. Don't sit
and dream the golden hours away. Be up
and doing. Do that which your conscience
says is right. If you are more gifted than
your friends, don't hold yourself aloof
from them. The Lord did not lavish tal-
ents upon us to use the wrong way. Look
over other people's shortcomings if you
would have them pass yours unnoticed.
Keep your heart right and do as it dictates,
Remember that a clear conscience is a
grand thing. Be innocent. You know
"innocence is the best armor," some one
has said. Be content with your lot what-
ever it may be. If the Lord sees fit for
you to move in a hig,her sphere, he will
promote you. Don't let prosperity make
you arrogant and hateful. If you do, you
certainly will have a downfall. Be char-
itable. Charity consists in giving and for-
giving. You may not have much to give,
but you can forgive your enemies and love
them, which will be heaping coals of Ere
on their heads. There is something good
and noble about everybody if you would
notice closely. Sometimes we are so prej-
udiced against a person that we don't see
anything good about him. Have a brigbt
=elle and a kind word for everybody, and
you will be repaid tenfold.—.Junior.
They Broke.
Customer -1 don't see how anybody can
handle a big stock.of glass like this with-
out doing a lot of breaking.
Persuasive • Salesnian—They can't,
ma'am. Two firms broke all to pieces
-eying to handle this lot. That's why w
an sell it so cheap. --Chicago Tribune.
INDIA SILK
The cheapoessf
et' Labor esthe Country
anA
One of the most dangerous influences
which has counted. against the success of
the silk industry in India is the diseases
among the worms, The Indian Govern-
ment haarecently placed at the head of
the subject a native who had been. trebled
for his work in England and France and
who has already accomplished much
among the natives toward breaking
down their ola aversion to modern inno-
vations, says the Chicago News.
An entirely new set of eggs has been
introduced in many places, perfectly free
from the taint of the old diseases, and
as a consequence there is already a de-
cided advance in the produot. The species
ev
of orms presenm
t ost successfully
bred is one which develops more rapidly
than does the usual kind, and they de -
mewl as food the mulberry leaf in a de-
cidedly early stage. As a consequence
there are fields after fields of mulberryshrabs,
shrubs, which are harvested at an early
stage, much as grain is out.
It is. of coarse, the extreme cheapness
of labor which gives India such an ad-
vantage over Blest other silk -producing
countries. At present there is little wel-
come for modern machinery and the
primitive methods which have been fol-
lowed for ages are still in general use.
Most of the rearing is done by the
natives in their homes, while the wild
tussar cocoons are collected by the San-
tals—the great hunting and jungle tribe
of Bengal—who go out with a largo
=non= of superstition and with many
strange observances to gather their har-
vest. The tussar cocoons are subjected to
a chemical bath before they -are given
the same treatment as the cultivated
varieties. During the drying processes
the c000ns are spread out in immense
trays made of plaited palm -leaves, and
the sight is one of extreme brillianoy,
especially when the gayly clad natives
flutter also= la the golden, sunlight,
with the sparkling blue sky bending
above them.
The weaving of the silk from the
steamed cocoons is one of the most
pictdresque processes in preparing the
commodity for the market. Tho crude
wooden appliance on which the silk is
wound is generally in charge of a man
and a W011.18.11, 01' a man and a boy; the
man sits on his heels on a lon,e raised
stone bench before a bath ba which the
cocoons are kept moist, while the fine
silk threads pass through his lingers to
the instrument before him, -which the boy
—or woman—keeps in constant rotation.
It is remarkable to see with what skill
the workers recognize the slightest differ-
ence in thickness -()f the threads, putting
well-traineti soldiery, drawn from a each on its own skein with an accuracy
population of ;141.010o.000, no European which is 11111)0SSilllt. except to the men
nation has heretoeire slime an eagerness and weinen who have devoted their lives
to quarrel with itzu. , to the Work,
British eepanelon of trade and of poll -
deal power naives along prirellel line.
What the Th -it -.-h aouth .african eompany
failed to do in I he Transvaal ties lioyai
Nigor vontlaitt„,. tatty -twat anpllsh in tin!
We!,,t era
r°..1'1. tItili, tier- 1114y
9114 r Paul Kro IN anti aloaeleks 10 tlik.
1:1t111 in.nt Mem.
Rune,.,} 7:.*•,A0r(11,0 in Life.
"Tat. eaa, in laet night's
papas if it 1"qNvill 10 Leiner paid
:;;;i" 1,1„ilevirt la,. of o sit
;; 111,—;,1,.; •do2;:ea•,:it," said t!:!.!
01113 111 !,.eve 1.n. i.an 10.01,11-1, of the CHI:,
0!•1, 4 la 1 ra,
the., , la la a: ;!,,,!!, leo„ wh'n tae ea''
aaaaae1 aut waa
au 0,0 aeetelieeie aerial aileertailer
ionesese. ie '11, In 1,,v -
Ing las ,44Y4 1144,y., .41 41 1.4.'7J 1.01; of
j).004'," s 1;; C.t, ,t, Th. y
11:1 4.4 ;hat f the sna.II i.oy
oh'' is 01, anat .ywhere, and wile
iiniardiatoly. Ube
;-!11 0)1,111 ;,0 1. Wh.-n 0;'. linnoon
Ipooly 44 t 3iy cennard 1 :le raan,,,y,
and andiast 1! a ;tree', he turnip to the
stid '1 iltank ye, any
man."11en ma hang the look of diemay
in the. T3410.4.• 01aa4 eountenanve, lie felt
in his name poeliet and 11500,1 out a
Nan, withal leamed to the liaaer of
his 'wealth. SI11 :he coin represented—
wbat (1) you t!irika"
"Five doltors.'
"A dollar." •
"A bali dt Mar. -
"A quart.,,r ; dollar."
"Just half of that. It was an old Span-
ish coln that we used to call ninepence
in NOV and that you called a
shilling in New York. 10 other words,
it was 12 2 cents which Alexander Dun-
can, the millionaire of Providence, paid
to the honest boy who found and re-
turned to him $300."—Utica Observer.
A. Beautiful Bluff.
Mrs. Broker—aly dear, do you suppose
it is possible for a young man, almost
any man, to sit alongside of a beautiful
creature all day long, watching her
pretty fingers toying with a typewriting
machine, without falling in love with
her?
Mr. Broker (suddenly becoming ab-
sorbed in a newspaper) -0h, he might,
if she was pretty; but I never saw a
pretty typewriter girl yet.
"What! I saw a typewriter girl at
your office who could--"
"That red-haired thing?"
"Red haired! She has the loveliest,
sunniest tresses I ever gazed on."
"Don't know who you can mean. My
typewriter girl has ugly red hair, not
beautiful black locks, like yours, my
dear; and her eyes instead of being such
a charming, soulful, black -brown, like
yours, are watery gray."
"They are divinely blue."
"And her mouth doesn't look as if it
were made of anything but pie."
"I—I thought she had the mouth of a
cherub.''
"And I do hate pug noses,"
"Queer. I—bad an idea that it was
Grecian."
"Besides, I can't bear these tiny, bony,
rail -fence women." (Resumes reading. )
Mrs. Broker (aside)—She has the face
of a Madonna and the form of a sylph!
but, bless his fond, foolish heart, he
hasn't ayes for 001000 but me.
Use or spiasbors.
Splashers are useful, but rarely orna-
mental furnishings. In a certaia summer
home, however, the clever mistress has
made her most decorative effects with
these affairs. Above each toilet stand
hangs a slender brass rod, On which is
shirred rather full a sweep of dotted
muslin or scirro, curtain. The drapery
falls to the floor and extends out beyond
the stand sufiiciently far to form a back-
ground for the jar. The pole is suspend-
ed by a picture wire from a decorative
brass nail, or in some of the rooms from
the picture inoLding, and the airy effect
of -these splasher curtains is quite a fea-
ture of the home. They are easily laund-
ered and are put on suildciently full to
afford ample protection.
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i'AI'.0 11 1, 11'1; TI) CAXADA.
HOMEMADE WINDMILL.
Recommended by a Nebraskan Who Has
Used It With Success.
A farmer of Overton, Neb., calls at-
tention to a homeraade windmill by an
illustrated description in Rural New
Yorker. He says:
We are located on the Platte river
bottom, which here is about nine miles
wide. A more fertile country does not ex-
ist. The great drawback is lack of rain-
fall some seasons. That is being over-
come in this (Dawson) county by irri-
gation. Mauy miles of ditch are now in
P4..r,.eent ion of Solok. rs.
While I:twlisilni,•n ;'.i';1 and laughed
at thole lc irat's wierar, r,lip
at Wei 'Celiac 14.115 grip upon their poekets,
eastern potentates were treating their
subjewe as only deepots can for diaing
to indulge itt the Feankieh novelty. In
Persia, whore but reeently jealous strife
raged for sole possession of the tobacco
trade, Abbas I., of dread memory, cut off
the lips of those who smoked, and the
noses of any who ventured to snuff. On
one ocrosion, he threw an unfortunate
man whom he diseoverea selling tobacco,
into a fire, along with his goods. Yet, by
and by, this demon of cruelty himself
was enthralled by Nicotine's charms and
became one of her most forvena devotees.
The Turks, under Annuath 'IV., were
similarly punished for infringing his
edict against smoking. Sir Edward
Sandys, of Pontofrac, in his travels in
1610, bears testimony of similar acts of
cruelty by Mohammed IV. During his
stays in Constantinople, he witnessed the
punishment of a sturdy Turk who had been
caught solacing the burden of life with
the vapor of his new-found joy. Short-
lived, however, was his happiness; he
was dragged before the tribunal and
condemned to the torture of having a
hole pierced through the cartilage of his
nose and a pipe inserted therein. Then,
in order to render the punishment more
impressive to the multitude, he was
seated on the back of an ass with his
facie to the city, while criers proclaimed
his offense and its merited punishment
according to the law of the sultan. Not
less cruel were the barbarities inflicted
upon Russian subjects, who, under Caw
Michael Fedorowitz, were puhlkay
knouted for using tobacco in any formes
in some instances their nostrils being
split open. If guilty of a second offense,
death alone could wipe out the crime.
The ambassadors of the duke of Holstein,
who visited Moscow in 1634, relate that
they were eye -witnesses of a public ex-
hibition of this kind, when eight men
and one woman were punished with the
knout for selling tobacco and brandy. By
way of palliating this Russian atrocity,
they were informed that houses in Mos-
' cow had been set on fire by smokers fall-
ing asleep and dropping 'their lighted
pipes.
A King and His Crown.
The sovereign who makes use of his
crown most frequently is that most sim-
ple, unaffected, and democratic of all
monarchs of Europe, King Oscar of
Sweden, who dons it each time that he
opens Parliament at Stockholm or at
Christiania.
It scarcely adds to his appearance, for
it comes down too far over his nose, and
Somewhat gives ono the impression of a
Derby hat worn on the back of the head
and pulled down over the ears. Indeed,
it is only the King's majestic stature and
dignified bearing that preserves him from
looking ridiculous when ho has got it
upon his head.
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A "GO DEVIL" WINDMILL,
successful operation. Some windmill
plants are also doing good service en a
small scale. Wo use sand points driven
to the depth of 10 to 24 feet, where we
get an endless supply of water. Wind-
mills may be turned on and run the
year round, and never affect the water
supply.
A great many in this part of the
country use homemade windmills, of
which I send a drawing.
An old. buggy axle is used for the
shaZt, which is set in boxes at the top
of the tower, which is a square box.
Our prevailing 'winds are north and
south, so the mill is set to face that
v It will run with any wind except
N. ay.
0 direct side wind. The cost of such a
mill is about :7;30, and answers the same
purpose as a high pri!!!ed mill. By using
large tanks or reservoirs, water inties be
obtained for irrigating small areas at
very little outlay of inonay, 11.' 'melee
this auviers.
In 101 explanatory nolo littl editor ef
the jaaraal itliaael says: lqa:ieferai
windmill 111;14•ii nr '140ileVir in ;-..1.•!1'• -
part ofthe west. As 1111 1 be RAM fr(la
the pitautk, it -IS 11 WitiMat ttYil
bOt 10111 sol. firmly 4,e the ground. 01.,
"wiretraisr 14.2".1044.10 11.144-4( an Old 11-
(51 V1ii111
11.--:!!, 01141 is set on the lee:
to that the upper aerfeee is capes,
whiae the teals of the box protect the •
lower parts. The -wind, ',lotting oat::
tho top .la' box, turns ib;' wheel ovrt
tind ovor, shiott the blades outsitle of 11. -
lox ure tin.; only ones that feel the
winch"
POTATO CULTURE.
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Aroostook Methods Explained by a mane
Farxner--Price Possibilities.
There is a vast difference between the .
manner of cultivating potatoes in Maine
from that practiced in the older sections
of the country. A correspondent writing
in The New England Homestead frora
Aroostook county tells all about this
difference. Here is what he 'writes con-
cerning the subject:
Most of the seed is planted with a
planter and soon after the plants appear
in sight the horse hoe is started and
about an inch of soil is thrown over the
young plants. The object of this is to
kill millions of weeds which have start-
ed. It also breaks the crust and coin-
enenoes to form the hill or ridge, as all
potatoes are raised in drills.
If the seed was covered with the horse
hoe, just before the plants break ground
a pole about 12 feet long, with a chain
fastened to each end, and forming a
loop back of the pole, is drawn length -
'wise of the rows by a horse attached to
the middle of the pole* It will sweep
four rows at a dine and remove an inch
or two of soil from the tops of the rows,
which, together with the small weeds
which may have started, is brushed be-
tween the rows. Then in a few days the
horse hoe is used and a little dirt put
over the potatoes. The cultivator is
kept runniug.
In this Way work of keeping the
weeds down is reduced to a minimum.
Of course the machine drops the seed,
but if covered with a horse hoe they
must be dropped. by hand, and in doing
it many farmers and their sons have be-
come very expert. A half bushel basket
is slung by a strap around the neck and
under the loft arm, With the left hand
in the basket and used in passing the
Seed to the right baud, the seed is de-
posited in the row in almost a steady
stream,
The Homestead, while reporting
plenty of old potatoes itt sight, in con-
templating price possibilities during
the remainder of the crop year, says:
"It must not be forgotten that farmers
in many sections are feeding potatoes
to live stack very liberally. Further-
more, that with the adveut of warm
Spring weather more or less rot in stored
stacks is diseernible. In a ward, while
the outlook is not bright for any early
material advance it is not impossible
that supplies may become exhausted
Sooner than suggested by all classes of
testimony. ''
Svmrtning Posts.
Take a pole or post belies in diam-
eter 07141 8 1.'t!1 loug. About: 10 inclve
from the et miler end bore two leave
through at sight angles to One atiother,
with an inch (0'
a three-quarter
bit. Have page!
to project out
from those about
a foot. On top of
the post tie a
bench of rags or
cotton, and over
all draw tightly
a dark cloth or
stocking, and tie
it securely. This
will induce the
bees to settle
upon it when
they come out.
'One or more of
eeee- these swarming
posts are set
about the hives,
WARRING POST FOR say 20 at
BEES. away. They
should be set into the ground about 2
feet. After the swarm has settled, set a
hive upon the peg% and they will go
into it, according to Farm and Fireside.
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Beekeeping at the North.
Stimulative spring feeding to start
brood rearing preparatory to gathering
the white honey flaw has proved posi-
tively injurious at the Vermont station,
which reports that such feeding should
not bo allowed until enough young bees
have hatched in the hives to maintain
the heat of the colopy. Should it become
necessary to feed, the advice is to place
combs of honey or filled with sugar sirup
in the brood chamber where the bees
can have access to them. Any manage -
anent that will cause bees to become
active during cool, windy weather is
liable to bring about spring dwindling,
Which is very demoralizing in lessening
the working force necessary to preserve
the welfare of the colony until the
young bees, with greater vitality, are
able to supply the hive. After the
weather is settled and warm stimulative
feeding may often prove beneficial, par-
ticularly if there promises to be a sow:l-
ily of honey in the field.
Strawberries in New York.
In 1896 over 100 varieties of straw-
berries were grown at the Geneva (N.
Y.) station. Of the varieties which
fruited there for the first time in 1806,
Bissel, Earliest, Enormous, Thompson
No. 101, Tubbs • and William Belt ate!
considered especially promising. Bos-
tonian, Marshall, Marston and Tennes-
see have been fruited two seasons and
are recommended as worthy of testing.
:Sew Extra Early Potato.
The Bowe, for which extra claims
are made, was '1 with other early
variotios tested on The Rural grounds
to show whether any of: the now 1)0ta-
'far 0.11;t4E eereao,
tl'x"it ware T4'417.1Y 4!.allor than 23:e Early
(331:dit, :Prom this trial, 104 ri'';‘,!rti'd itt
ilf.:1';.1 N. \'11 Yorker, "it -ails csti-
iinited 13; ,e Is ittj, :net ten
days teneier taen'ea., Chita Ire eleale is
nearly 111"YEI•Vt4.0113. i11.1 quality excellent."
Stilii;ttliectiing to
ILTO 'Alai! a its farmer
writo,; to Tic „ra ltesteatit
usua-fl; so:0, rv.-n tto. rav-ing. My
rule is 10 Iola viands ca. NVC.0t',n clover,
18 to 10 quarts of herd's grits.; and a
bushel by lawns:ar13. of uncle:moll north-
ern red top per acre, and soioct tines this
is not enough. Experience has taught
me that if we would reap bonntifully
We nmst sow beuutifully. I think that a
piece heavily seeded down and the soil
eil Mimi with grass roots will stand
the dry weather better than one that is
lightly seeded. Part of my hind is. a
clay subsoil and part sandy and grav-
elly. I have the best success by putting
on a good coat of barnyard manure,
using from 2a; to 8 bushels of oats per
acre and -sowing with grass. seed as de-,
scribed above.
Fertilizers on Corn and. Rye.
Co-operative experiments with ferti-
lizers on corn were carried out on three
farms in the state, and the results in
two cases are reported, in which the
yields were larger whore either muriate
of potash or nitrate of soda was applied.
At the station the yield of rye where
barnyard manure or complete commer-
cial fertilizers were employed was in-
creased, and white mustard sown July
31, after the rye, made the largest
growth on plats that had previously re-
ceived applications of phosphates.
Haphazard Jottings.
It is stated that pearl millets are too
late to mature seed at the Massachusetts
station.
The New Hudson Valley Horticultural
society starts with 150 members and fair
prospect of a successful career.
A market gardener, writing from
Wew Haven to The New England Home -
Stead, says: "The Southport g -lobe is
the onion in demand in this section, be
ing ohaiky white, free from cloudiness
and a good keeper. This is the only ve,
riety that will meet the requirements of
the markets,"
Rural New Yoaker says, "If lime is
to be applied to grass land, it is better
to do it quite early in the spring before
the grass has striated."
It is a common practice in the Con-
necticut valley to apply from 800 to 600
pounds of air slaked lime with other to-
bacco fertilizers a few weeks before
planting.
A Boston gardener reports good re-
sults from the use of nitrate of soda on
rhubarb. When spread along the rows
early in the spring, it helps to an enor-
mous yield.
The maple sugar industry in Vermont
grows larger every year. This year
promises to exceed all others in output.
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