The Exeter Advocate, 1898-3-18, Page 6SAINTS.
• 'sine., dear saints, ea present, yet so Lar,
1 cannot touch you with my band or trace
Tlteuspect of your strength, your faith, yottt
grace!
Between us he the years. the gulf, the bar;
But, as one tracks the starlight to the star
And finds no dark nor name forsaken space
To fret the beauty of its burning face
Because the splendor swallows blot and scar,
Bo time has framed, you with an aureole
Afore circle rounded than your age foreknew,
Nofrailty now oan quench that fire of soul,'
The things ye wilted and did not, those ye
do;
The gifts he strove for, in my' sight are true.
Your perfect parts have made perfection
whole,
,-Edward Cancroft:7,efroy, Front Nis Life and.
Poems.
AN ISLAND RADIANCE..
An old traveler who, as special cor-
respondent, story writer and theatrical.
manager, has visited nearly every part
of the globe, iu the person of 3. Charles
Davis, is now here for the purpose of
paving the way for J. Cheever Goodwin
and Woolson Morse's musical comedy,
"Lost, Stayed or Stolen," He thus de-
scribes one of the odd corners of the
world:
Probably the quaintest and most in.-
terestiug island that dots the waters of
the world is what was kuowu uutil aft-
er the last English victory over the
French as the Isle de France, It is Mau-
ritius, French in everything butgovern-
ment, which is English.
Mauritius is the home o£ rouaanee and
veritable gold mine for the story teller
and novel writer. It istlte eeeue of good
Old Father St. Pierre's "Paul and Vir-
ginia,," and the visitor be Port Louis,
the metropolis and principal seaport,
who would attempt to leave the islaud
without driving out .and visiting the
grave of Paul and Virginia would be
considered an unromantic, unsympa-
thetio heathen, It is situated in a peace
lel valley and reaohed by a short drive
front the capital.
This little island is one of the most
cosmopolitan places in existence.
French, English, German, Spanish,
Italian and a few American merchants
are esu ;aged iu business in the bazaars
along the water front, while Africans,
Malays, Persians, the natives of Mada-
gascar, coolies from the Malabar coast,
Moors from the strait of teibraltar and
the natives of upper India elbow eaoh
other in the market places, and one'
hears the language of every land in a
baif dozeu Meeks.
The superstitions of every couutry
and the weird talus growing, out of the
traditions of all lands► have been
brought to the island, taken root and
grown to .tee observed by the lower
classes of all nations, and consequently
the island has become the favorite hunt-
ing ground of the story teller in search
of geuuiue novelty, particularly in the
weird and any. teriaus ve:iu. Beene and
Rice ubtaiatel the story of "`My little
Girl" from .Mauritius. It was here that
the story of the "Cern de .Mere" had its
birth. Hero the legend of the euchauted
caverns yenning for the reception of
shipwrecked bailors, with their two
gates, oue leading to the celestial em
pire and the other to hades, is repeated
and beliav4'd, and those who cross tne
island to its northern: and most iuhabit-
ed shore can see two great openings,
the bottom of each being below the Iovw
water mark and the top being high
enough to admit the rigging of a sail-
ing vessel, awaiting for !aim to choose
which way he will go, but with no
guidepost or trademark to assist him.
in his choice.
Although the governmeut of Mauri-
tius is Ent,lish the official language is
French, and in order to travel without
inconvenience one must speak it well,
but in order to get at the weird and.
mysterious it is necessary to have an
interpreter who is en East Indianand
who appreciates the value of getting at
the bottom of a subject after baring
once entered into it. While returning
from a visit to the famous gardens of
Curpepe I halted at a little refreshment
house, and in conversation with the
proprietor discovered tbat he wan not
only an old resident, but a man well
versed in the folklore of the island and
one wbo would talk if allowed to.
It is needless to say that I allowed
him to, and while we were enjoying
some really delicious Manilla cheroots
under the shade of a great banyan tree,
just back of his house, be told me tbe
following story:
Shortly after it became impossible
for many members of the old French
nobility to live comfortably in la belle
Frauc:e a country nobleman, accom-
panied only by the young and beautiful
daughter, left the mother country be-
hind and arrived at Port Louis with lit-
tle excepting the family jewels, plate
and honor. The father and daughter
brought with them an old priest who
had been lunette's instructor and al-
most constant companion since the
child's dying mother confided her while
but a toddling infant to the good old
man's care. With a few house servants
the count set up a modest establishment
on the northern part of the island, pur-
chased a small plantation and began the
oultrration of sugar eau*, why is i
prin oipal industry of the country.
Maier the fostering care of her father,
the priest and the old family servants
Ninette grew to womanhood without
having often crossed the boundary lines
of the little plantation on which they
lived. Her favorite recreation was read-
ing, and she indulged this education of
pastime in a bowerlike nook on the very
face of the cliff overhanging the oc:eau.
Here she would spend the delightfully
balmy afternoons watching the xtatire
craf t either going to sea, sailing away
inte the bine distance until their lateen
wile looked like the wings of a flock of
sea gulls or coming up out of the blue
waters of the Indian ocean and growing
Jaeger and more distinct :until the songs:
of the native sailors could, be :distinctly
heard in her cliff top nook.
She reached the age. of 19 when ohe
morning she encountered a yonugstran-
ger in the person of the son of a wealthy
Planter who lined many miles over the
outer' side of the mountain and who,
white pursuing his favorite pastime .of
mooting red winged partridges, bad
scaled the cliff and, followiug bite dogs,
almost stumbled: into Dinette's retreat:
The young man, atter apologizing, with-
drew hastily, but hisdogs, enjoying the
caresses of the timid but delighted girl,.
refused to answer his call, and he was
obliged to return to induce them to fel-
low him.
From this incident there grew an *e-
quaintauce as carefully conducted as
the strictest rules of the old. French
fancily conduct would presorille. And
one morning the count was somewhat
surprised to receive a visit from, the
young luau's father and mother, who
had driven from the extreme end of the
island for the purpose of introducing
themselves and requestiug permission
for their son to pay his addresses to Ni-
nette, The motherless child was intro-
duced to the woman who desired to be
her mother -at -law and her husband.
Family history and family matters
were discussed at length, and the plant-
er and his wife did not depart until the
desired consent had been obtained. Aft-
er this the young couple were betroth-
ed, the engagernent duly announced,
and at the expiration of nearly a year
the date of the marriage set and made
public, when one day Ninette, while
reading in her favorite nook, wag over-
taken by one of those ,fierce storms for
which the island is faunous, and in at-
tempting to regain the top of the hill
slipped and fell down through the tan-
gled underbrnab, cut and scarred by
jagged rocks, to the sands below. .Here
she was found by friends, who were
alarmed at the storm and her absence
andstarted out to search for her,
She was carried home almost lifeless,
and for several days hovered between
life and death, until the vigor of youtlz.
enabled leer to recover deficiently to
'understand the terrible accident that
bad befallen bar. Her once beautiful
features were ao out and scarred that
after one horrified look into a hand mir-
ror the poor girl turned away, Reit for
her father and announced her intention
of entering a consent as soon as shaves
well enough to do so.
The almost distracted lover bad rid-
den over from his mountain bonne day
after day to inquire after her condition,
His parents had. sada repeated calls,
and kind hearted strangers hitherto ex-
cluded frau the count's domain by the
cold, exclusive disposition of its owner
now came and offered sympathy and as
sittance daily. .As soon as the attending
physician decided that Ninette bad
sufficiently recovered to be able to bear
an interview with her lover without se
ritius results the almost frantic young
man presented himself, only to be tear-
fully iuforuned by the old count that bit
daughter desired him to convey her un-
dyiug love with every assurauce that it
would remain unchanged until death,
but that as thefearful accident that she
had met with bad disfigured her so that
she was confident she could not .survive
Ilenri's expression of horror when be
looked upon her poor mutilated features
she would beg him to remember her as
he saw her last, and that she would ever
cherish his memory in the convent re-
treat that she desired to be convoyed to
as soon as her health would permit.
Sadly and silently the young man.
took his departure, to return two days'
later, when he carne instead of on horse -1
back, as was his wont, in the clumsy!
old family carriage, from which be war
assisted to alight by a favorite servant,
when be said to the astonished count:`,
"Take me to your daughter. Tell beri
that the changes in her features I can
never know. She will always be as
sweet and beautiful to me as when I',
saw her last. I shall never see her
again, but cannot live without her so-
ciety. Take me to her. She will see no
looks of horror, for I am blind."
Henri, after leaving the count's door,
had ridden to his own home, taken a
last Iook at the scene tbat be bad loved{
since boyhood, and then summoned aj
Hindoo fakir, and after a long consulta-
tion submitted to a painful operation
that deprived him of his sight forever.
The devotion that could not exist out-
side the atmosphere of mystery and su-
perstition that hangs heavily over the
little island was rewarded, and the de-
scendants of Henri and Ninette now
live in the beautiful little valley back1
of the capital and tell of the veiled wo-
mau who conducted the blind planter
over bis estate, and who was his guides
and compel. on until both were laid to�,
rest near the scene of their first meet-
ing, where a marble tablet set in the1
side of the cliff marks the spot and!
makes it almost sacred to the residents)
of the island.
I returned to the city, and it was sev-
eral days before I was able to complete-
ly shake off the indescribable impres-
sion caused by what the old innkeeper''.
stoutly asserted was a true story ofthe
love of Heed and Ninette.—San Fran-
cisco Chronicle.
His Own Idea.
It is said that General Crittenden used
to tell with great glee a story of the re-
ply once made to him by bis son, then
a little boy of 8 or 9 years.
A day or two after the battle of
Chickamauga the little fellow went into
camp. The general rode during the bat-
tle a horse which went by the name of
John Jay, a great favorite with bis!
small son. The child showed great de-
light at seeing bis father again, but at',
last, in the inidst,of .a vigorous hug, he
asked suddenly:
"Papa, where is John Jay?"
"Oh," said his father gravely, "your
horse behaved; very badly clueing the
fight. Ile insisted, like a coward,_ oh
taking me to the rear."
The boy looked at him searchingly
for an instant, Then his eyes gleamed,
and he held. up a remonstrant; little fin-
ger, pointing it at leis parent.
".Papa," said he severely, '"I know
john Jay would never have done that of
his own will. It must have been your
work."
"There spend to be nothing for me
to say," the general usually remarked
in conclusion, "and consequently 1 for-
bore to argue the matter."—Zouth'a
Co3npanion,
MULGTINC THE. COMPANY.
now W yb ck .Thought. the Retiroad Com•
Pear to. Ttroo and M.4. It Settle,.
understand,x" said the railroad at-
torney to Farmer Waybacltr, who bad
lateen injured in a recent wreck on the
.road, "that you .had your collar bone
broken, your aim dislocated, one of
your flngere mashed off, your head
bruised"—
"An about half the skin scraped off
ray body," pat in: the farmer, "mat
countin the ticket terSntitbville, which
I lost an which cost ane X9,08."
"Levant to say," Vent on the lawyer,
"that say company bus been felly ae-
quainted 'with the extent .of your in-
juries and would be willing to consider
any reasonable offer in the way of com-
promising the case,"
"Oh, I ain't no hog," observed the
farmer,, "but I can't git over the idea
that it's worth somethiu ter a railroad
company ter grind a hall settlement in-
ter hamburg steak, an I intend ter melt
'em pay fer it if I haf ter go ter the su-
preme court,"
"The company is willing to dowhat-
ever is right," said the attorney.
"Theo, dad blame 'eve, les "eau give
acne heap toy ticket ter Smitbviliel"
cried the farmer. "That'swhat i went,
an that's what I'm goin ter have,"
When the almost fainting lawyer bad
left the house, the farmer earned to his
wife and jabbing her in the ribs so as
to attract her attention observed. with
* chuckle: {'Aid ye see bow I brought
that ole case ter tinge? Reckon he'd:. 'sa'
wanted my farm if he'd 'a' !mowed
that when that train jumped the track
I socked one uv ray feet through a big
*1.0 looking glass in the vestertaar.le,."---
New York Sunday doaarnal,
lttetrecttve Grindtoge
The auitaister, witls hie little aoa
Charlet;, waas calling on an old pari
loner who poured her troubles into Iain
sympathizing; ear, ending with the re-
mark, "I've had my nose held tothe
grindstone for aQ years."
Charlie, who bad been looking in-
tently at the old lady, instantly re.
A DESPERATE FEUD.
The Ohl M.n Tell. the Stranger All
Aboat et.
"If ye don't want thet yere bead of
yourn blown pin= off, ye'd better sit
move on,"
I was eating my lunch by the road-
side, and at this abrupt announcement
turned uty bead and discovered a long
rifle protruding from a clump of bushes
that were growing near the roadway.
I made baste to get out of the way,
and making why way towhere the party
stood asked the meaning of it all.
"Hist!" cried the party with the
gran as be cocked the weapon- "Year
be comes."
I glanced down the road and discov-
ered a man auconseioasly approaching
the ambush.
"Good heavens!" I gasped. "Do you
mean to commit murder?"=
"Ye keep thet year trap of yourn
*Met." hissed tbe man, "or I'll pepper
ye. s,
Frozen to the spot with horror at the
tragedy to be enacted before nay very
eyes, wishing to warn the man. ap-
proaching to his doom and yet not dar-
ing to, # closed my eyes and waited with.
a chill at my heart for the report of the
ride.
It did not coque. The party in tbe
road went by whistling, and opening
my eyes I discovered the old man with
the ride making silent zuotiona of dis-
gust.
"Stranger," said the old Man ureal.
"Chia year is a feud,"
"And you were after ilia blood?"
"Tiset's hit, I want buckets of blood,
I'm after pore, I want ter lay right
down an waailaaw in bit. Tiaia year feud
has bin rwmin :fer over ±ilk years, an hit
groove more bitter every year. Hit start-
ed lea Nor' Caroling, an we tore up the
Ea thew so tbet the neighbors made us.
git out 'cause we wa4 distreyin the
Pearce of the neighborhood, so we Nina
out year ter Valiforny ter fight bit out,'"
"How did it start?" I awaked,
"Waal, old Slaiuks---tlaet's bim goin
down the road ya?tder stepped on MY
dawg'a !hail. an then I t reW a dead
RET OF OUR WAR SCARES.
A Pretty Foot
Goes a Long Way
Y
But what is the use of a pretty
foot, in this country in the winter
time, if you do not have a perfect
fitting Rubber or Overshoe.
Now, this may be news to you,
but you will, find it to be a fact
there is only one make of Rub-
bers and Overshoes, in this coup
try, that are right up-to-date in
t .rant to see "Granby" on tlt4 fit, finish, quality and durability
bottom then 1 know what l aa, and they are the
von -
Granby Lubbers
and 0VERS.U'QRS
light, comfortable. Extrathick at ball and heel,
"GRANBY RUBBERS WEAR, LPA IRON."
HOTi3EDS ON THE FARM,
Dteettone In Poen Por the Couatraa*
tion of Taa>•atble Demes,
4a the construction and management
of a hotted, though a matter of general
garden information, is not well under-
stood by roost fanners it may not be out
of place to give at this time these direc-
/ions regarding their construction from
the Denver Field and Farm:
The moat important item of erpause
will be the sashes. While a single frame
of two sashes can be made to serve a
very useful purpose as a hotbed, four
more mixes to accompany these as cold
frames would answer a very much bet,
ter purpose, and many large rami#les,
once accustomed to such gardening.
world find a dozen sashes a pact of their
equipment that they 'would not again die
without, The usual size of such sashes is
6 by 8 feet, holding three rows of 10 by
1 12 ineh glass, tlx lights to the row,
Double strength glass of A grade will
be found the most prot!tablo to use in
the long run, as it does not break as
eadily as the lighter and cheap r
ades. Pine stock 13-6 inches thick
dressed gives the best weight,
be ttilea 03a inches wide, ;uhf!
rails 4 inches. No cross re0uutin, s
d, but two bars 3 ee inches wid:t
length of the sash. These, with
the stilesand top rail, aro rabbeted one-
fourth inchwidoantl one•half inch deep
to receive the glass, wbieb laps like
abingles and the lowes:t light projects
over the lower rail, which is ouly one
inch tbiek.
In pinning the sashes the holes sbouldl
bo bored from the underside not quite
through, so as not to allow the leaking
of water from above. Through the mid -
Moot the stiles and bars a,fivc-sixteenth
inch iron stay rod is run just beneath
the glass for the double purpose of pre-
venting spreadiug and the ,sagging of
the bars. The lights of glass should be
firmly set, with large points and a short;
brad at each lower corner to keep them
from slipping down and then well put-
tied. One of these sashes complete weighs
45 pounds, and it is believed that it will
lad laenough longer than a cheaply made
one to well repay the extra cost. The
frames to support the sashes may be made
movable, 6 feet square, or fixed in rows
to suit the demand.
A good movable frame is made of oue
inch stuff, 10 inches high in front and
18 at the back, strengthened at the cov-
ers with pieces of 2 by 4 scantling.
This gives a slope of eight inobes to the
south for the sashes. The sides should be
made the thickness of the sash higher
than the front and back, wit a cleat ou
each side flush with the front and back,
on which the sash will rest. A four
inch piece of board through the middle
of the frame, where the sashes meet, is
dovetailed into the front and back so
that it can be readily removed for filling
or sowing and then be put in place as a
slide for the sashes to move upon. A four
inch strip should be nailed across the
back from side to side and even with
the top of the sides of the frame. A
stationary row of frames may be built
in a similar way of any rough lumber
at hand that can be made tight enough.
Senator: "Now, whsle 1 yait 'Wart Wart art' tiree thaw, you walrrn
the stook ticker."
...How Torii Wer14.
marked, " Well, it hasn't worn the mole
on the end of it off yet."—Harper's
Bazar.
Thoughtful,
"There," said the dentist compla-
aentiy, "I have made one man perfectly
happy,,,
"Who is he?"
"The free silver advocate who was
just here. Ile won't give np his theo-
ries, so in order to please him I fired
him up with 16 silver fillings and one
of gold. "—Washington Star.
Declined Witt; Thanks.
Mr. Old boy—Miss Younger—Clara—
from our first meeting I have loved you,
May I hope that you will return my
love?
Miss Younger—Certainly, Mr. Old -
boy. I'll return it with pleasure. I
haven't any earthly use for it. —Chicago
News.
Not Inconsistent.
"I'm afraid of yon," said Mies Kit-
tish to Mr. Callow saucily.
"That's stwange," replied Mr. Cal-
low. "A few minutes ago you—aw—
said that you were afwaid of nothing,
doncher know."
"Well, what of that?"—Detroit Free
Press.
Willie's Hecatomb.
Mamma -How 'did you get 'y your
clothes so badly torn?
WllIie--Tryin 5' keep a .little boy
from bein licked.
Mamma—That was a brave deed.
Who was the bey?
Willie --Me. —Up to Date.
;:iK+gt�'kAYYrcG$w,.r;r✓fM.31
oat down his well; then he heaved a
rook at my aback, an then I slapped one
of bis brats; then he tied a knot in my
oow's tail, an then I stuck a pitchfork
in his old bog; then he kicked a hole in
one of my pumpkins, an I evened up
things by throwiu oue of his hens in the
zanja, an so bit went a-growin bitterer
an bitterer every day until now nothin
but blood kin wipe hit out."
"So you laid for him?"
"Thet's bit. An ye saw how he funk-
ed, gol drat him! No one but a dratted
coward would hev left his dawg at
home."
"Then you were after his dog?"
"Ye bet! I wuz goin ter hev thet
dawg's blood or die in the attempt."
At this point a yellow cur came yelp-
ing down the road and crouched at his
feet.
"Look at him!" yelled the old man
as he danced wildly around. "Look at
him! He's gone an kicked my dawg!
Thet settles bit! This yere feud has got
ter be fought out to the bitter end!"
He thrust a shell into his gun and
shouldered it.
"See here," said I, taking hold of
him and trying to detain him, "don't
be rash!"
"Let me go!" he howled. "Let me
go! This yere insult has got ter be
wiped out with blood, I tell ye1•Jump-
in coyotes, I'm goin right up ter his
shack -yes, sir! I'm goin right np there
an make faces at his ole woman!"
As there has been no report of any
sudden deaths in the San Dimas district
the fend must still be going on.—New
York Sunday World.
Fur Gotham to Solve.
"How is it possible for half a dozen
different papers to be solely responsible
for every creditable thing that happens
or is done in this world?"
"It isn't."
"Yes, itis too. You just read the.
New York papers and see if it isn't."',
She. Was a Chicago' GHrL
"You will marry a tall, dark gentle-
man," said the fortune teller, examin-
ing the lines in the fair hand.
"That doesn't help the any," de-
spairingly replied the lovely blond who
had called to consult her. "All six of
them are tail, dark gentlemen."—Chi-
t°ago Trzbune,
Maple Sugar.
At the sugar makers' convention at
St. Albans, "At What Price Can Maple
Sugar Be Produced at a Profit?" was a
topio which brought out much interest-
ing discussion. led by G. 11. Soule of Fair-
field, as reported in The New England
Homestead. He thought it a difficult
question, as the expenses of preparation,
etc., were as great in a poor season as
in a good one, thus making the expense
per pound of sugar more in the first in-
stance. He advised buying only the best
apparatus, believing it cheapest in the
end. Results of his figuring made 5
Dents per pound a conservative estimate
of the cost of production. Through later
discussion the opinion was brought out
that owiug to existing ,conditions in
different localities it is possible for
some sugar makers to turn off the prod-
not at less than others could possibly
do. C.. H. Abell of Enoaburg Fallssaid
that from his own practical experience
it is necessary for producers to get at
least 7g cents in order to secure a fair
return for investment. He advocated a
national law to protect the pure product..
Tiamie Culture.
The Coiled states department of ag-
riculture is giving due attention to dig
oovering the possibilities of ramie cul-
ture. It is believed and so reported by
the o:cials of the fiber investigation
f iVislon ` that "there is a great future
for ramie as a vaduabie textile for lob,
rice of all kinds, for wearing I#pperet,
fix carpets end for decorative instil,
The main trouble seezus to be the iuve--
tion of a ramie gin which will saooess,
..fully decorticate the :liber, The chief of
the :Aber investigation division says
that Qat= Was never of great value nor
zr supe:riorwealth ?mincer until the in-
vendee et a sucaessfal cotton gin. He.
grediets for retuie a greater and mors
lststiZzg nareer in the oommeroial world
when a aaccesefal taulie gi,u shall be
p1aaed upon the market,
The Trsuch. System.
Tice trench system in the culture of
potatoes, wnioh Rural New Yorker luta
been calling attention to since about
1888, is still opposed by that autbority,
10:dab aaye in euuaming years of export.
enoo.
We have been taught by these ox ext'
Wants that no one May say at justwbat
depth potatoes should be panted; that
no one may say what the size of the
treed should be; that no one may say
into how much or what kinds of full.
inter he should use, and this because the
sesame vary, But this one thing we
have learned --viz, that let the season
lee what it may, let the soil bo what it
may, the trench system is helpful in.
fthe way of securing a larger product.
1San+arint Noy Sime.
Bop vine roots aro very apt to be
thrown out by alternate freezing and
thawing. Tho root is hardy, and scarce-
ly any amount of freezing will kill it,
unless it is alternated with enough
warm weather to loosen the soil around
the roots before the next freeze conies.
This fact suggests the natural and most
effeotivo way of manuring hops, Here
is 'what American Cultivator says on
the subject:
Throw a forkful of manure over the
hill --better after it has been frozen than
before. If this is done before the gen-
eral freeze up, it is likely the soil will
remain frozen ail winter muter it. Hops
thus wrapped in frozen soil will, be
ready to start with the first warm
weather, which will be before hops left
exposed all winter can begin to grow.
It is the protection rather than fertility
which the manure furnishes that gives
the hops most benefit. But the manure
does good later on, when it is thrown
off the hill and mixed with the soil in
the annual thinning of hop roots, which
they must have to grow thriftily. It is
often said that commercial nitrates are
better than, or at least as good, as sta-
ble manure. But they cannot be to the
hop grower or to any who uses manure
as protection for plants or fruit trees
rather than as a fertilizer.
riling a Saw.
Every one who files a crosscut saw
ought to know how to prevent the
screeching ••oise when the rakers are
filed. I fit 'nine in the manner shown
in the illust.'ation. It takes time to file
openings, B B, in the rakers, but it pays,
as it saves lots of time when one wants
to put a saw in order in a few minutes.
To make these openings file on an angle
slightly upward from eacb side of the
saw, and the harsh noise is prevented.
Now when dressing the fakers squarely
POINTS IN FILING A SAW.
across, or horizontally, the "screech-
ing" may be prevented by simply hold-
ing a light piece of iron on the opposite
side of the raker, or, better still, a thin
strip of iron (one-eighth of an inch thick
and three incheslong), with ahole _large
enough to admit the raker, placed over
the railer, and gently pressed down ou
while the filing is done.
The foregoing is from the pen of a
contributor to the Ohio Farmer.
Mushrooms In the Greenhouse.
A bulletin from the New York sta-
tion gives this information :After the
mushroom beds begun to bear tbey were
watered twice a week with nitrate of
soda dissolved in water at the rate of
an ounce to a gallon of water. It was
applied in a fine spray in sufacient
quantities to moisten but not to soak
the surface of the bed.
The same authority recommends in
raising mushrooms in greenhouses to
wait about two weeks or until the spawn
begins to spread through the manure,
before coating the beds with loam.
To the'Uninitiated.
Think not he is some foreigner
Gose to our shores to scoff,
Because he uses language strang.-.
Ne's merely talking golf.
-^Wusbingto Silo.`