The Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-27, Page 2DR JACK'S WIFE
BY ST. GEORGE R.A.THBOR\E.
Cognate:D,
"Perhaps at one time I Might not have
been entirely indifferent, •toe it, but two
things make suede a cleave impossible
now. In the first pea, gee- I am a wife, and
again, I l:ave se=en under the meek yore '
used to wear. I know your true nature,
• nand death would be preferable to mating
with oats so vile."
- He snits at Iter wards, and, when
Lawry bravely puts is .fi s>,n£enCA. 'cashes
j<is nand irate the ewe o f the tittle rine,
Rimost knct,king t: e >.e.= teeth Q.
"meat weak brat .:t yore aunty; Idespise
a arten. tete t-^^ net hes
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r
ettiatesa wen tx' set
a > teettie
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tx. a lar: t,t stl D .
e axed. e - ':e;' eed.t,'. "I r est
taelk.teatie . 1„. big•,,, 1 ti
Van ,::. a. ra,el,P•rWhen
let' st . vt t,.w i 1 ct.;a
frertt,e�.
eHave ea le erkktad4i.tt.:3tl.cattle;'
man.
Witfeeetith la,> ,at, out ati
entaletteetei g,, t: e ten tine iket. % of the
parer he weate•5 well :as the luck csf
light ala:est :--
Trust the tearer, Its” are in Hall«ant`s •
halide tan edge kg. h:arleeei', waiting for
,boat."
Th n ire, eig±ne 1. , n•ttrie.
There is no nett te'i Fray "twine
quit—ale." ea Dater Jack will fly as
thnus;la he lied winge wlhten he receives
this mt et:tee
e Ct tn' eel that--r.-t tea the place where
we were captured—ix' will come," the
New Yorker saya hastily pushing the
note in his hand,
"Ariel my reward, tenor. Remember, I.
flake nes iife inert any ]ha ntle."
"A th'tux.nd reale. you say?"
"tautly it is v rth it."
"Yes. a.rti mere Put your baser} into
this peeket and rent at the tattyee. Ones -
third of wear yen ask is in it manes eras
else A. eke. i I' tremit may. It eve •
-
bet ee tine• men wet. ie tm,. friend.'
"They .bre. ..t. „ •
:71::41; 1,r4/2211."
;. I him tar a Mit,
o?1a ra :• t c n vete toe :'r ital.
lie .e.. L a ,a rase•-",.ae• t+3
Y • .. law al erring war -
1; t tie., .
ii • areat: .• -there prerents fur --
the tee:. verse t i ,,:.. t Iter,, is 1-_ test.
G;Sen .ear",e time :.area he believes all must
be, well.
Front the growls eat the Enr}i iiman it
ie evident that they have not funnel the
beat whieh they sea• •, : but as tuck will
have it, even at this moment it heaves
in sight.
This mollifies milted, who hails the
two men in the craft, directing them
where to pull up on the little beach.
Then he directs several of his followers
to enter, leading the prisoners. With Juan
he remains in consultation a short time,
after wbich the C itilian hurries away.
Larry has a thought or two in connection
• -with this sante Juan that does not give
frim the greatest pleasure in the world,
but just at present he is engaged with
other natters.
The boat holds them all comfortably,
-and. fortunately the harbor is stirred by
no violent floras -ester such as kicks up
such a sea in this rather dangerous place.
Avis has said nothing. She controls
leer feelings in a wonderful way, though
of necessity alarmed at the situation.
Some of her sex would be sobbing. She
chances to be made of sterner material.
Tler association with Jack Evans has
given -her even more qualities of bravery
than nature bestovgp:d.
The two men who row the boat are
sailors.
Larry pays attention and discovers that
they are British tars. They show the
,greatest respect for the nobleman, and
.this, with their neat uniform, gives Larry
Asn idea that sends a oold shudder
:through his frame. ,
He conceives • a •horrible fancy that
gives promise of..being a•trtrth. This rich
Englishman probably has • a yacht an-
chored in the harbor. When they are
aboard anchor will be heaved, • and every-
thing at Valparaiso left behind. At their
leisure they can proceed to hang him to
a yard -arm, or toss him overboard:
The dude feels desperate. Already he
,eau •see the outlines of a vessel ahead. It
as while he is in this strain that fortune
suddenly throws a ohance in his way to
;at least create a disturbance. He finds a
'large cork is the bottom of the beat
/under a thwart, and calmly pulls it out.
;'he water at once rushes into the boat
which being overloaded, almost imme-
diately begins to sink. Shouts ring out
on the night air, and in another moment
the boat goes down, leaving them all
struggling in the salty waters of 'al-
paraiso harbor.
CHAPTER XV.
The situation is a• dramatio one, and
has• been brought ahour se suddenly that
there i, no tithe to prepare for it.
Hence all are plunged into the water.
Larry Kennedy bas expected such an
event. and is prepared. All the others,
being. taken by surprise, fleaudeer atom
as Clough they are so many perpo.eee, for
even geed swimmers near be taaken un -
awe res.
Avtie in the water, battling bravely
`er her life when Larry assists her. He
hat 57i mien en • oe the gars er•epgaeci
i -y the eller wh lied had it in Ms
pee-, r teener:a into leer •
Gl erki : in her ear. '
eia'.:r _evis. I
y
-uet. rs. ter the .
:v.. tet , a ._ ,. ,.,s *.-:.... a tka el l:tela into
.. • ' rat of th> l:titt(r:a
L` 5771y-.1shc'e
t_ r:. .. , s t -t- title! tart.
:1i11`1.1`r: ythti. '
K,a;' -,;:gra Bras.' betert, and think of
i• tat,7 Larre—teaet heed of y,atir3 Con.
reen et:agnate riekt -.3 tz make up a:
eeeee -teaateare, At tee t:.: ttai , . f .Iutt.-i'a
ratett eevie stienttr twere ne'w lice, just
tot • .eew et es r,
swimmer, is
Attie
r, :.est -7 a fer tate clikkre like
a, _.. •°' ekeer t.e.ee alae„ hit.a•.'rs her ;:
te.y. b eer. t, ae. at - a elle oar ..-t P,..h". L...1 .aln'.eer. t::c'�extent
1 .... .. '..i' _e ,at her "`i&- e:asts
.. gar:,.. The netts
71,-111 .;n. 'a salt>� its
:are. net
' rat?•: r in the
,r . i --h lion
4G:,. -'t9 "st £-. :','L," the
,tall
ta").
c tE,
tea fiek telly
Lir;;
the
.etente lie twin '
,.:-1 t,a reette, :a:^tl
case e-wieet. peat.
:.., a.t :rel`:mate:'d eaten the
,.. G,1%i neat i,• crated
, ., - eti •• Ade .:l-- --at tial net Baal.
:t,. ^ -eerste - the t e.nht that wets in:
.es :ae w'. -
;•'aa ea -aft, fleeted..
a. ° .5.e K:. : a.* them 3 eh- nt� e' to
atataAwait ret .err .,.. wo the surfaces.
latae-,klatte-,k n. ite were ,I' %totted.
,te -: - --tt a. nee keta. the tact keno.
b 3 'Ail he . c t...an inegatiryr
aea :athlete -4i Were we ran into
ttatt. ., wee site etre, .:hi1•er van an -
**ha. ear. I. a. -:w4 water ra,,hing; in
t,.e z.. th at, tet re,. anti avhi/e, 1 Ihun;r a+n
t t is 3 ., .t 1 it:w ;..,t•'+1, eaktei fellow
tletwal rte :eua... ,e& it;+ it 'SW extra big
• a t.:" t. at ,eta„ ..
•ti .,e ::tt ...tar ti. • plat:, Jet -wont"
"Tiker gnaw little epic}l, nay Lad."
"1 :,•.:, ,urge a i tt:tin dt'.wn ju t.i fare
wr'
t;,'41i. thy tlritrtt„e , thsy Imd.' dt•,-1are
the u'iitr mri.ar. , =arty, ter they fear it
rat ay be put damn as negligence on their
part.
'Thr' other ,rives a tremendous oath.
". That stacks it. Larry Kennedy is at
the Le.-,ttona of this. Therefore he has not
drowned. They are retaking off. (Rye rare
that. lantern. Return to the yacht with.
the -.e shivering rase, and the sunken
beat. aet'rard 'plenty of liglite. and come
back in flute, a,'aaeh every yard between
her and the point. 13y Jove1 she shall
neat esealre nue"
Thus is the bull -dog pertinacity shown
in this British sue:asset. Be will hang on
to the I act The Meat shoots forward. im-
pelled by the swift-trokes of the rowers,
mei in the leer t•rouehes the dripping
meant ,af nrileal, Brading u lantern In one
haat and sleeltiatta his eyes from its
dei' -et a.*yS.'Witlr the t,thtr, as he oceans
the surface of the waiter for signs of the
f u` -it i a•;,..
1•l.- is ashrewd fellocr, this Lord Rac-
ket, and tire•. et,. eareh at random. but
iketitas rhe. play re the tide. and gives a
ea at e Jl ul :tietu e,e to where Lko-ri' and
has er..ar_e neatct• hi:. drifted while en -
de T;e,:ie o raise a the �hUre.
e rn t, they pest, the et imntere. just out
of maga and fail to d -cover diene, for
wheal Larry is thankful. He still has
loges of making the tongue of land, and
even if this fails it might be better to be
swept out to Beath than fall into the
hands of their enemy. If the worst came,
Larry would call out, believing half a
loaf is better than no bread, and that
there must always be a chane of Jack's
arrival.
The boat has turned again. Once more
it heads in their direction, with that
gigantic figure looming up in the bow,
waving the lantern and shouting direc-
tions.
This time fate leads them across the
line which Larry is endeavoring to make
for the point. It is just as well, for Avis
cannot hold out much longer, and already
the dude realizes that only a strong
swimmer could battle successfuly against
that current which insidiously but surely
drags them toward the surf.
With a certain amount of calmness,
then, he awaits the discovery. One might
look for something on the same com-
placency in a stoical red man of the for-
est going to his fate, and in his little
birch -bark canoe nearing the awful brink
of Niagara.
It comes at last, for the sharp eyes of
the man who crouches in the bow of the
boat discover him. There is a cry of
triumph, and Lord Rackett calls upon
his men to pull all together with a will,
just as though he fears that the fugitives
will again elude bis vision.
So the boat comes alongside and Larry
reaches Avis 'toward them, signifying
that he would have her taken in before
they pay any attention to him. Thus
Doctor Jack's wife once more finds her-
self in the power of the man she has
learned to hate and fear, The English-
xnan tosses an overdoat. brought from the
yacht to one of his' men, •who wraps it
around the wet :figure of Avis. She is
grateful for this kindness, and thanks the
man sweetly.
"Give way fur the yacht t"- says Lord
Raokett, placing the lantern under a seat,
so that its •light will no longer dazzle the
men's eyes.
"But, milord--" -
"Weil,
Bailey,"'.with .a yawn.
"The man who is in the water, • sir-" pf
• "Item. 144 tb.ere. We ass -lowed." •
"He will be usable to get to shore,
,
"What the duse do I care. Ile is in the
water by his own choice. Gave us all
this trouble, confound. him. Now, I hope
he's satis#ied. Pull for the yaoht, Captain
Bailey,
"Lord Beckett, I beg that you will not
desert my cousin," Avis forces herself to
say, but she gets poor satisfaction. -
"Ile made his bed. Let him lie in it.
For the yacht, my hearties," is his re-
sponse.
No more is said, and the boat speedily
leaties the spot where the fugitives have
been found.
If the Briton expects le airy Kennedy
to tamely submit to such a cruel fate, ha
certainly counts without his host. The
little New Yorker carts to .continue bis
existence about as well as the next one,
and will make a determined fight against
such a dae-rec To mn.ain where lie is
means death in time itreaak4 rs along shore
outsiate the harbor, er should he in some
sway estaye tide, he musttsift out to sea,
etre p_ It. ,ee i e'ccan(' tae prey of sortie
ii:Lngrti sb ork.
N.+ thank you, ouch o. destiny bas no
elk:trete in ala. t yv's of L:erry. Ho is ready
to trrht again foe 1e, iief'.
Tit:seeps to hie dial -1> intellect, he is able'
ter kat.a chance imin':- ately. the boat
swing- past him in the darkness, aettl-i
any bumping his head in its pas_saget i
13rrs puts Out a hand and catches hold.
ar the rudder. tsa eviaihrit he clings with a:
tenacious grip. and is thus towed along.
as the boat, urged d by the powerfaal strokes
of the sailors heads toward. the yaebt, oa
which can be seen a bright beacon in •
-
tended to serve as a guide.
The rudder net Iritis; used, no one des-
coves tee pretence of the little ',hew
Yorker, e- wire hchitte on with the tenacity
of hie ept.wiee, and although almost htalf-
tlre,wra' l at tiine e, guanases to keep leis
petition until the viola is reached.
Then, fe:srinr die -every, he leaves his
plate. and serines 1' -33'* the side of the -
yew!, until he r::sera-s th+> beau, where
h'. lit.'s Caret of all a plate to rest, hong `
intr ort toe as rape ti ::t dangles front deck,
anti alt.,' as :: an a b!, atYk the craft when
the t..., . at
- ,ate e'r on board the
t'"' -- el tf .-..e-. * , lrt>r aallcin l' in
Ac, '::is e0-0.1 -:;1.''h as: tempi by the
wee. at t:' tetta. LT et, i4 on board—at
1-.' .a . u u, who fear:.
lake girt :::'•tt. . .4rnita,•Ih a, she does
;.s:.' .,t;. At - r!',,F:', =bo saltl+tier, er:'
to Ise, ler .as'•at't wife, who le in
+t: to ``: of sakeii ;AN e>Ttt¢ara after tieing,
nekkey bail an i3-aw in the ¶rated:
1; a is ::'> m,o., ud1'nt thta:de with re -
i tie gettitle.`, the ycae'ht under way.
Hafertea}^ ct bele ter wind may account for
tlai., :pa' -rine- other reeson that originates
in the t,av nrr's t r:aiaa,
He renes a seta tient Menu the pro, '
t ri. ra :h:f, rd.,d ly the British 'Union'
Jeaen whieh ftL', from his vessel. That
flea ;atail h-1 sunny :t forlorn hope, Won:
tetany a great vie -t -ry, and oft/ales shield-
eel Ia,eree'eutedd p:•c,lel fear back of It is the'
arena arts of tiro l:ngtielh people.
Larry NO1114'dy grow tired of hanging
there in the how, and he makes up Ids
retinal b'- would tiler• to go aboard the
emit. True. he luke no invitation. and if
dis'"•tee ae a is apt tee It,' treated roughly, •
jarlutike terssed overboard, but this pros-
pect doers not el arnr hint.
Ire- proceeds to invt.tigete his position
and Yarn brew it may IFt' bettered. hive:
minute.: later her is .+same on the chain of
the left hewer ani her, which is not in i
Use* /he chain mabin-' a loop that autr,As,
half• -way to the water.
Here I.:arry rt'ni:tins scnnetime in order
that his trlothes may drip. The sounds
are drowned in the gurgle and splash of
the outgoing tide aiminst the bow and
shies of the yacht.
At length, when be feels that be has,
in a measure, dried out, Larry proceeds
to his next move, which, of course, is to
craw} on board. He has one hope --that
Juan will find Doctor Jack and bring
hint. upon the scene. Once this ma,n
reaches the yaebt, he will raise a terrible
row, and woo to hint who tries to stand
between au infuriated husband and his
own.
What Larry fears, most of ail, is that
the wind may cone up and the vessel
get away. It will ruin all his hopes and
plans, and he finally crawls aboard in the
hope of being able to prevent suck a
catastrophe.
CHAPTER XVI.
At the moment when Larry Drawls
over the bow of the yacht it happens
that no ono is near. A light or two burn
in their wept ctive places, but the deck
is in darkness.
Back toward the stern Larry can see
several small bits of fire that glow peri-
odically. These he knows are cigars, and
it is evident that Lord Beckett and
others are seated there enjoying them-
selves.
Larry does not care to remain on dock
any longer than he can help, as the risk
of detection is great. Besides, the one he
seeks to benefit must be in the cabin.
He has been on yachts before now, and
knows how to get below. It is only a
question of avoiding any sailor men who
may be on deck. He creeps along cauti-
ously, holding his very breath at times,
discovery seems so near, but favored by
fortune manages to reach security under
the deck.
The yaoht is elegantly fitted out, and
Larry, who. has an eye for the beautiful,
casts a glance of appreciation around him.
There are two state -rooms connecting
with the cabin'
and also superior accom-
modations for the captain of the craft.
What Larry. now wishes to discover is the
room Avis occupies.
Undoubtedly it will be locked. He
looks at the doors and sees a key in each,
trios the nearest and discovers it fast.
This decides him. Gently he knocks, but
at first no notice is taken of his effort.
Finally he unlocks the door, and gives
a sharp rap upon the panel, following
it up by immediately secreting himself
behind an easy -chair that happens to be
near by.
The result proves the wisdom of his
maneuvers, for hardly has he crouched
there before the stateroom door opens,
and a head appears. •-
It belongs to Doctor Jack's wife.
Larry, delighted, at once shows himself
to the intense satisfaction of has cousin,
but before a word can be said, heavy steps
are heard drawing near. The dude makes
a quick gesture, and Avis in• obedience
closes the door. - - - -
At the same time Larry drops and purls
himself up back of the chair.. There are•
times when it is a positive advantage to
be small, as he. realizes just at this. mo -
went.
Some one enters the cabin. He can
hear the party moving about, and von-
turing to make an observation discovers
—milord. -
Larry regrets that he is unarmed, and
the next glance he gives around the walls
it in search of some weapon, fer ixe Ames
this man, and means to come between
him and his prisoner.
Lord Beckett walks up and down the
cabin a number of times, Then he opens
a closet in a corner, and takes out a de-
canter, from wh'ioh. selecting a bottle,
he fills a glass, makes a movement with
his hand toward the door of the state-
room as though drinking to the health
of the fair occupant and gulps the liquor
down.
(TO as CO.ITAWuED.)
° A STRANGE MONSTER,° -
et Lives Below Ground :incl Needs atetthee!
Light Nor Asir.
That an animal may live nearly two
hundred feet below the surface of the-
earth
heearth without a bit of sunsbine or the
smallest opening for the admittance of
fresh air seems an incredible thing in-
deed, but Carrrell University has just
received eeicutifie proof that sueli a thing
i. poeeible, reports rhe New York Herald.
she proof, too, is conclusive, for it is the
pe session of the animal itself and a care.
ful and accurate description of its manner
of living and the method of its capture.
The animal referred to is a ePeeies of
she salamander, but it is much ditIerent
train the little reel lizardiikeaninials that
are often found in mud puddles after a
hard rain. Indeed, it could not live for
any length of time in the open light and
air like the salamanders with which we
are amino:Mtaci. Tire bottom of an arte-
sian well 1131 feet deep, which was recent-
ly bored at San Marcos, Tex., seems to
be the only place where the little creature
has been able to exist; at least, the onlay
place where it hes ever been found.
The three speoituens of this ivoaderfut
little animal" whieh bas been christened
with the scientific name of Tyyphioeuologo
..the name se®tus as strange as the ani-
mal—were given to the Cornell Univers.
ay Museum by Hector von Bayer, archi-
tet't and engineer of the Uultod Status
Fi-h taannai-.cion.
It is seat} that only Rix of the specie.
2. it's , ,...y, t.. ,,.rr .,.. ,,.ur .A.t, i:,,,,40
'rue el'eliLwrolina..
h:rv," all e'Orrrt Mini the seine aarteelan
well. As it has several r:al peculiar eh:ar.aet-
er . riee herrte:afore entirely unknown to
tetientiste to hate e'xi;tact in living ani.
reals, the typihletmole,ge is the neat Itaa-
ptrrt:Int and irate -resting of all the remark•
tattle tailed batr eehions.
The illustration gives thoreader a •.raced
idea of the appearance of the animal in a
general way, but :t close examination
shows the most striking perularities. Its
ekin is inure white in color, and there Is
110 external eye whatever. Its legs are
unusually long for such a small animal,
they proportion lacing greater than has ever
i;ef,re been known anion; tailed Natra-
ehiatns. Not only do the lingers anti tees,
Ass the digits may be oaIied, dieter in
length, but the lege themselves vary as
uteeit as two millimeters in the same
surineel. Strange, too. Dr. Wilder has
eencluded, after considering tate well
developed. thin. swimming tail, that
the'ee legs, slender and elongated as they
are, ceased to serve tho animal In locomo-
^ ion in its strange attexlo, but that in the
inky darkness of the subterranean waters
they served as feelers. Thus the typblo-
nholoe is anpther excellent proof to
selentasts of the adaptability of nature to
its surroundings.
The technleal name of Typhlotnologe
Rathbundi, Stejneger has bean given the
animal.
A NORTHERN MIRAGE.
The Strange Experience of a Traveler
in Winnipeg.
There was a railroad collision in Eng-
land recently, after whieh the signalman
who was brought to book for it asserted
that he was sure the train had passed
whieh afterward oanae up and caused the
damage. Apropos of which statement, a
oorrespondent sends the Loudon Baily
News this extract from a letter he had
received from bis son in Winnipeg:
Arrived at Shanawan, my companion
kindly offered to stay with me till the
train came, but I sent hire off and took
my stand on the track with nothing
more substantial than a telegraph pole
to shelter me from the icy blast. Wiron I
was left alone—sky overcast, curious
kind of mist in the air, the two farm-
houses mentioned above out of sight, the
wind howling around me, and tho loose
snow tbat the wind raised from the
prairie driving past me in sheets, I
thought it about as desolate a picture as
I have ever set eyes on. As luck would
have it, the train was late, and I had
Iifty minutes in which to enjoy myself
alone. I was never so abjectly oold as
when that train eventually came. I was
rewarded by seeing a curious atmospheric
pbenomenon that I used to read of as
tantalizing weary travelers in the Sahara,
and that. I am told, is common here
ander certain conditions, viz., the mir-
age. At least fifteen minutes before the
train arrived I saw it suddenly leap into
sight in a way that made nae pink up my
bag and hop oil the track in double-
quick time. Then I waved my handker-
chief for it to stop, and suddenly I
noticed that it nad stopped about fifty
yards off. I began to charge up the traok
so as to gat on board, when it mysteri-
ously and suddenly disappeared. A few
minutes later I saw It again, only this
time off the track, and running along
the prairie.. It gave me quite an eerie
feeling, and I began to think that the
cold bad got into my head, and I cast
superstitious glances round me to see if
there were any more trains frolicking
about in the snow, and suddenly I bo -
thought me of what I had heard about
the mirage. When I saw distinctly that
the train had stopped, it must have been
at Lasam, nearest station, about nine or
ten miles up the line.
A Silver Lining.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper do not get along
well together. She is not to blame, for he
is always saying spiteful things. For in-
stance, when she happened to say that a
murderer had been sentenced to 20 years
in Sing Sing he remarked:
"Well, be is In goad luck."
"How so?"
"He will have a quiet tinge of it until
be gets out, and then be will be too old to
marry."—Harlem Life.
Good. Timepiece.
Tough Customer—Row muoh can I get
en this gold watch? -
Pawnbroker (in a whisper)—My friend,
if -a policeman sees you with that watch.
you will get about two years. I will give
you $7 on: it.—Chicago Tribune.`
FRU IT of t!RS
EARLY MELONS.
How They nave Ween Satisfactorily Grown
on one entail ]Farm.
A Niagara county (N. Y.) correspond-
ent of Americau Gardening, who has
been successfully wonting up a trade in
the Emerald Geln melons, tells how be
grows theutt
Our early melons are started about
April lir in cold {fames. We have boxes
about four inches square, -without bot-
toms, and usually after taking tt crop
of early eabtroye plants out of wire cold
/games we will 1111 the Meds with these
boxes, then 1111 the boxes -vitli sifted
compost, plant the seeds on these, cover
lightly and put the sash en. We have
been particular to do the planting on
the lath of April so as to bave theta
neither too early nor too late. Wbt-ti
the -plants appear. we tate, to two plants
to each hill. It is necessary to ventilate
carefully an warm days, as the plants
are easily injured by getting the frame
too het.
About June 1 the boxes are taken. up.
put into fiats, thoroughly soaked and
taken to the field. The plants are tel*est
out of the boxes by setting a piece of 4
by 4 scantling on -end and slipping the
box don the scanning, thus pushing
the plaits with adhering soil out of the
box and carefully a ettiug theist its the
cavities prepared for them and packing
the moist . rich dirt close about them.
In this way they scaret:'ly reel the trans -
for and will be far ahead of those plant-
ed (Weide. leeidt`a, if the plants tore
large t iteugb, they will be uut of dun -
ger cif the striped Lugs, while they will
literally cat up Haase coiniug up in the I
open g nitenel, erftt.n in tine day, it Haig
are nut flt'stly harked after,
kor a creep of thins in the opera
ground we will ilereaftt-r row the s 'tent.
i a drills tnete asci c.;f slanting in bill>.
Consitu-i:iIly uaore evil/ is nettitdi in
this way, taut the bugs do not et:tiacl
nearly as ;'neat a eheni'u to teary their
work taf de rtrut>tion to a saucer'=sfnl end.
for if rbc} test halt' the plants there will
be enthugh left yet, and thee' can easily
be thinned with a hue, leaving the heist
plants. The <-lean is a short growing
kind anyway stud can be r,lauttd clear
than other varieties. Wu have the rews
four feet apart and bills about dace
feet apart in rows.
The tint► JascrSeale.
Professor t- liugerltand is reported ity
The Country eleititneaau as expreesing
the opinion before the Western Nee'
York Llertieultural society that the rep-
utatien this insect Las gained as the
most dangerous of all ineee•t pests rises
front the fact that we did not know,
neither do we now, how to get tet the
insect most effectively; so thus far it
has been nutinIy a series of experimental
tests to determine which is the best ita-
seetioide, and, tis all fruit growers
know, such experiments result in many
failures. Again, in the fast the insect
in nearly every case had full sway, with
practically no other enemies to check it
for three years before the war of ex-
termination was begun, This is an ex-
ceedingly important phase of the,situa-
tion which many zealous experimenters
seem to overlook when they find the in-
sect is not exterminated -with three or
four attacks of the spray. The fact is
the size of the job has not been fully
realized. Allow any one of several well
known pests to have tbe same freedom
as the San Jose scale has had to breed
unchecked, and, he thought, it would be
an equally difficult task to exterminate
them.
An Excellent Japanese Plum.
The Chabot plum, also known as the
Bailey, Obese and Yellow Japan, is,
according to Professor L. 13. Bailey,
deserving of much praise. The tree is a
strong upright grower, productive, and
the fruit is handsme, very firm and of
CHABOT PLAMs,
good quality. In general appearance the
fruit is muoh like Burbank, but it is
more pointed and from one to three
weeks later, and the tree, which is an
upright grower, is very different. Last
year it ripened at the Cornell (N. Y.)
station from Sept. 16 to 25.
There seem to be two things passing
as Chase, the other one being an earlier
plum and perhaps identical -with Doug-
las. Professor Bailey can detect no dif-
ference between Obabot, Bailey, Chase
and Yellow Japan, and the same also
passes as Hattonkin, but Chabot, being
.the oldest name, must hold.
Beat Ten Russian Apples.
The Dominion horticulturist of Cana-
da who has had long and intimate ex-
perience with the many varieties of
Russian apples is credited with the
following list of the best ten of these:
Summer—Yellow Transparent, or
Thaler (Charlottenthaler), Pointed Pip-
ka (Oldenburg type), Lievland Raspber.
ry, Switzer (late summer), Simbrisk
No. 9.
Pall—Golden White, Ostrekoff, An-
tonovka, Longfield (or Good Peasant),
Hibernal (or Emma, or Cross).
Winter—Arabka, Royal Table.
The trouble in buying stock of •Rua
Sian varieties is that one can never be
sure by the 'name given what he is get-
ting.
THE SUNDAY SOMA..
LESSON IX, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 29.
Text of the Lesson, math. xavl, 11-30.
3 eutory verses, 26.28—Golden Text, I
Cor. zi, g6—Oommerttary by the Rev. D.
M, Stearns.
[Copyright, 1S98, by ]?. M. Stearns.]
17, t"Now the first day of the feast of
unleavened bread the disciples came to
Jesus, saying unto Hint, Where wilt Thou
that we prepare for Time to eat the pass -
over?" This was of all passovers the
greatest, fee it was the last, the eousum-
matiou and fulfillment of all thatbad ever
been. Ho said concerning this one, "I
have heartily desired to eat this passover
with you before I sutler" (Luke xx, 15,
targ1ta). And :lloaisoadded Haat it would
have a fulfillment in the kingdom of God.
The first passorer was in connection with
the deliverance of Israel frons Egypt. Tho
still. future fulfillment will be in connec-
tion witb a far greater deliverance of Is-
rael, so much greater that the former shall
not seem worth mentioning (Jer, eel, 14,
lit; a.xiii, 7, 8). May the "TTlaere wilt
thou?" of the disciples, with the "What
wilt thou?" of Paul (Acts ix, 8) be ever
our attitude to Mina
18. "And Ile said, Go into the city to
such a man, and say unto him, The Dias.
ter saith, Aly time is at baud;. I will keep
the passaver at thy house with My die.
ciples." In Luke exit, 10, we learn how
they would know the house and find the
titan, Tihute a
pitcher of weyaterwo, anldtixneet followairaing bethusring theya
would find the house.
19. "And the disciples did as Jesus lead
appointed there, Arid they made ready the
paasuvor." In Luke x; 13, It Is written
that they went and found as He bad said
unto them. So it was alto itt the matter
of the ass' colt (Luka six, 82); they found
even as Ifo had saki unto thou. In John
iv, 110, the luau believed the word that
Jtesue had speht•n uuta hint, and ho went
bis way, and the re:jtnel alums that hs
found ,just as Jeus lir.=1 said.
20. "New, Mlhen the even was come,
Ile sat down with the twelve." It would be
intaree:tug to consider the preparations
which they made and the signilicauce of
each item. Let the teacher take time to
refer back to the Ina itutiun of the feast
Irk Ex. zii, and show how the Lauth, kept
four day and thea elite u lamb without
blehnieh; the hitter hetlte, the unie:evened
bread, the spa}nit,lerd blood, are all so full
of significance as typical of Christ our
Passover sacriftved for us (I Cor. v, 7).
21. "And as they did eat }to staid, Ver
fly I say unto yuu, that one of you shall
betray ane." There were only 12, the ins
nermost Wrote of alis followers, and yet
lie says "one of you." But it was no sur.
prise to Him, for Jesus knew from the be.
ginning who they were that believed not
and who should betray Ilitu.
213, "And they were, exceeding sorrow-
ful, and began every one of them to say
auto Him, Lord, is it I?" No hint bad.
Lie ever given then of the true elmraotoz
of Judas, and well hail Judas concealed
from them what he really was. Instead of;
suspecting any ono they each ask, "Lord,
is it I?" What a wonderful Saviour to
havo such a ono iu The company all that
time and never tell the others.
23. "And Ile answered and said, Be
that dippeth his band with Me in the dish,
the same shall betray Me." John xlii, 26,
says that Jesus dipped the sop andgave it
to Judas Iscariot. When those who have
been our friends, or at least have professed
to be our friends, turn against us and be-
come our enemies, it is a most trying
thing, but it is blessed fellowship with
Jesus, for as Iia was treated we must ex-
pect to be.
24. "The Son of Man gooth as it is writ-
ten of Hint. But woe unto that man by
whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It
had been good for that man if he bad not
been born," It was all foreseen and fore-
known, even as tbo apostles said concern-
ing tbe treatment of our Lord. by Herod
and Pontius Pilate, and the gentiles, and
the people of Israel, they only did what
God's hand and counsel determined before
to be done (Acts iv, 27, 28), but that did
not. in the least lessen their guilt. His
knowing that it would be done did not
compel thorn to do it. Unless there is an
indiscribably fearful future for the de-
spisers of our Lord, His words in this verse
have no significance; but see Job asxvi,
18; Rev. xsi, 8. -
25. "Then Judas, which betrayed Him,
answered and said, Blaster, is it 1? He
said unto him, Thou bast said," Accord-
ing to John xiii, 27, 30, Jesus also said,
"That thou doest, do quickly." And Judas
wont immediately out, and it was night,
.And it is still night with him who be-
trayed his Master, the blackness of dark-
ness forever, and there is no escape.
28. "And as they were eating Jesus took
bread and blessed it, and brake it, and
gave it to the disoiples, and said: Take,
eat. This is My body." Tho passover
being fulfilled, or about to be, but not for
the national benefit of Israel at that time
because tbey knew not the time of their
visitation and would not have their Mes-
siah. He institutes a new grdinanoe, to
continuo till He shall comp again.
27, 28. "And He took the cup and gave
thanks, and gave it to there, saying, Drink
ye all of it, for this is My blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins." When He said, "I am
the door," or "I am the true vine," or "I
ant the bread of life," He certainly would
not suppose that any onewould think that
He was an adtual"door or vine, and so here
it is beyond thought that He would have
us consider the bread and wine as His
actual body and blood, but they represent
His body given for us to the death on the
cross and His blood poured out for us.
29. "But I say unto you, I will 'not
drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine
until that day when I drink it new with
you in My Fathel•'s kingdom." Luke
xxii, 18, says, "Until the kingdom of (sod
shall come." In Luke axle, 29, 80, He
speaks of His omen kingdom and of the
apostles eating and drinking at His table
in Ilia kingdom and sitting on thrones
judging the 12 tribes of Israel. From I
Cor. xv, 84-28, it seems that His kingdom
shall precede that of God the Father, and
yet we shall probably find that both are
one in different stages. On that same
night He said that He had given to His
people the glory -which the Father -had
given Him, and that. He was desirous to
show it to us. In Rev. xx, 6, it is said we
shall reign a thousand years, and in ale -v.
xxl, 5, that we shall reign forever and .
ever. As in last -lesson, soagain we re-
joice that we shall be "ever .with the
Lord," and then we shall fully know. Are -
we . heartily one with. Him now in . His.
great desire to gather out`His bride and
hasten the marriage of the Lamb?
80. "And when they had sung an hymn
they went out: into the Mount of Olives."
Then followed Gethsemane, whexe'He left
the eight, and afterward the three, and
wait alone.