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The Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-27, Page 4DR. JACK'S WIFE By ST. GEORGE RATLIBORNE. GONTZIISD. "Pernaps at one titne I eaight riot have beeze.eatirely indiffertine to it, but two things make suele a choice impossible new. In the Orst place, I am a wife,and win,. I have seen under the mask you Wed. to ear 1 knew your true nature, evital death would be preferable to rooting wielt. one eo vele. ' oaeers at her words, awl, when -tarry bravely puts in 3, sentence. <lashes his imad ileto the face of the little man, aleneet knocking his front teeth eV. "That wa$ brave of you. How I despise is Man who can strike • one not ble teatelan enelaitine, -We, bitterly. -lea hire keep quiet. eon. .1 wilenet allow wenn to sting antor but fam his =aurae tn; tetet the big, }3riten .esieueted. Larry has learned wisdom, and keeps hie reeve, :Ile sente tines his brain is busy with xraue thoughts. To autwit tine. eaoundrel .new . Larry weehl give years of his life, or anything hepoSsessed anti eberiebete. ...Se they prereed in the direetion of the; ware?. neseh to the sarprise of the dude. Ba worrien over the preletteu of how he eau ger word To .14Leit. It leeks exceeding- ; ly deck 6..e. theta, bur is =tare is hope- . and he cons.atedy expects sometheng favorable to vital up. • I Thi meriesity is aroused wlieti they come in sight of the weter,uui tbe glees. , t0724 zkt oneek arnies ta the pollee of dee- tieralten le^fate them. Milord elia.fes be ; eause the boat -lee eepteete leo tad bere. IS itt sight. "The fellow 1ms plenty of time to reacit the plitee—perheps bee ;have or below ---etrate. sgetzer hunt. Gomez aud Jaen riamilia with the prienuere. On your . hives eto wit let ihein go." Nihile tee rag hune for the boat, .nteue, who !olds a wiened leaking wee- . 'pen in Lend, elle grasp; Lerry'e eineneleiner, -ei.- M'ad e'4'.2ie to the dude's ear te enaigar:— "enetena eenr erg Jwan. isriete is ha not?' "joireette etr eta" rerurne Larry, in the Sante zind orsw a- gins to eirteve aweite.i cenee "Ile wouni rewerd peor davil ot a Chilnua eel -eels en tester:4s if X enteeld ha inetrunteael Oct witeee"- "Mau, he woniti lien:0 your fortune. et.el nepende or: an; leaving this piece by enetennee Let ree g -s KO that 1 *nay kneel: 4IVOr the Inalz into the water, aud I will t-ron'lls't., yen anything, on see Abut yen heve t '^ no:, 1 a ual not do that. Efe eseettle bear 11Vbi) WaS ti) Minh%1 fear the Wir.4 . poked wonin is thentind ro".44/ Sartello, if hie line pays the Filen:yen •' awnat tbpia pr; Floe. thene" IU thav Engle-hue:hi retain wen. "Yea Pave ennetn-peiwn?" "Ins. "Write, a tine vei tide wentlerful Dnetor Zack. nay 'truce the hearer finly.' Then tell tile Where 1 n.ey Orel hint. 1 sball seat on a neeeeaai. ny my employer when leavee in the Ines.. I will bring your trivial, lean." "Heaven be praleen muttere the Little znan. With fevorielt hen% ht tike. • out an envelepe—a. lance'. On the beek of the aper he writes as well as the lack of gbr, &awe:— "Trust the hearer. We are in milord's -hands on edge of harbor, waiting for heat." Then be signs hie name. There is no need. to say "eome quieltly." for Doctor Jack will fly as ' though he had wings when he receivea this message. "Conceal that—go to the place where we were captured—he will come," the Neer Yorker says, hastily pushing the ; note in his hand. -"And ana reward, SenOr. Remember, I take my life into any hands." "A thousand. reels, you say?" "Surely it is worth it." "Yes. and more. Put your hand into this pocket and remove the purse. One- • third of what Tem ask is in it—sinne one -else woulti get it preec ally, any-how— better the num who is lily friend.' They come. seller." - "Juan, yeat will eit what you promise?" "se eerier; I awe Lint one for a past •offense. ;emu- day euen may pay in full. he:tidos. i i' aclarece of a life -time to Inane a feriune. Yes, I will bring your leooter ..h.e.e here." The arrive] te tie. others preeents fur- • ther cenversatiee, I.,ut Larry fuels better. Given some time and he believes all must be well. From the growls of the Englishman it . is evident that thee have not found the boat which they see; but as luck will have it, even at this moment it heaves :in sight. This raollilles milord, who hails the two mett 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 thne, after which the Chili= hurries away. Larry- has a thought or two in connection with this same Juan that does not give him the greatest pleasure in the world, but just at present he is engaged with other matters. The boat holds them all comfortably, and fortunately the harbor is stirred by int: violent noravester such as kicks -up -such a sea in this rather dangerous place. . Avis has said nothing. She controls laer 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. !Tier association with jack Evans has given her even more qualities of bravery that:. nature bee -kneed The two menwho row the boat are . sailors. Larry pays attention and discovers that .teaey are British • tars, They show the - greatest respect for the nobleman, and ;this, with their neat ninform, gives Lawry ;an idea that sends a cold shudder •though „his frame. • • .31e. conceives -a hoerilele • fancy that •gives promise of being a truth. This rich. Englithrean probably has a .yaoht. an - Sabered in the harbor. When • they . are .aboard anenee Will be heaved, and every- thing at Valparaiso left lehliind. At their !leisure:they can per:aped. to .hang • him to yard-aenie or toss- himoverboard. . - • Thee dune feels desperate. . 'Already he .. Jean see thatnitlines of a vessel ahead. 15 , Ai While he is in this -Hstrain. that fortane . needdenly. throws a chance in his way to • otieleaet oreate.a di.sturbatice. .Efe.- finds a .•large creek in She bottom- . of She boat /under, a -time* and oelrely -pulls it Out. • ITtig -teener--ett once- ruslpei into :the boat which being overloaded, airaost imme- diately bogies to sink. Shouts ring oat on the night air, and in another moment She boat goes down, leaving them ail struggling in the salty waters of Weil- paraiso harbor. CHA.PTER The situation is a dramatic one, and hes been brought about $o suddenly that there is no time to prepare for it. Hence all are plunged into the water, Larry Kennedy bas expeeted suck an event. and. is prepared. AB the others, being taken by surprise, flounder aboue as though they tire so many porpoises, for ever) good swimmers may he tanew. uo- , wares. Arne le In the water, battling bravely for her life when Larry assists her. He has seized upon one of the oars dropped , by the otilor who bad tad. it In his rbarga alai this ?ea thrusts into her had. yelling out 1,1:aye words in her ear. "Elght hard for it. Avis, dear Avis. I did it ro .save you," is what he cries. ; "Did what?" she splutters, for the , water somehow manages to splash into .! her mouth. °Palled the big plugout of the aottone of tite heat. Head that way—the shore lies there. Tell me if you get tired our. Cousin Lam is here to suprort you. ReeU?a brave heart, and think on : jack. Witte Larty—that head of yours con- , taius the elements that go to make up a . statesman At the mention of Jaelete name Aons seems to receive new life, jilet as he knew she would. p An extraordinarily good swimmer, Avis would have made for the shore line a fish °lily that her dress Madera her ; progress. She can,' with the aid of the oar lavp alleat, but that is almost the ezteut it - Larry, paddling along ether side, casts au occeelonal glanee behind. The liglete of the cite' beckon them on, while in their rear signs of a eenunotioe, are not belting. for the men ilountler in the . water. and the voice of the Inetieliiiou is heard roaring out comma:eine, (*ailing upan those en the wssel to lower halts fead come to the reseue. euurse, with the first miteay the Ine tenorte alive with Failorst and already a, ample of lents have been eirop- r1,171zr.i teeing ernalily manneel, leirry ireptet ranch from Om friendly narlaeas tern thine., gives him much werry—the title in etrang at this point, arel ewe:dens ta eerr.7 them past the re nee tend out to se.4--into the surf that renntle upen the legeh beyend. He can inel that its it,V'S, is hard to resist, and. itnaws it wilt to a tess-up as to whether they reeeb the point, or ore swept past. Now the reseuere have arrivedupon thee seene. nut the epleslaiug men are lifted cut of the water. The beat did not sink when relieved of the weight that was in la but as a waterlogged craft, tioated, anowieg the whole of them a eballee to hold on and remain above tbe surface. Renee none were drowned. eee seen as milerti sees the last one pieletel uphe stars an inquiry:— "What happened? Were we run inter be nem:nal:a evil only one sailor can an - •\o, sir. I award water rushing in thratigh the iiiittene and while 1 hung en tho beat I ha:tat-hatted. Some fellow thawed lie. plug, :aid as it was extra big She at mann' "Who $at over the plug, Jenson?" "Thar queer little eliap, my lord." "I seen him cat:Amain° down just 'before eve took the pluriste, my lord," &dares the other sailor, eaterlo, for they fear it =V be put down as aegligence on their part. The other givee a tremendous oath. "That settles it. Larry Kennedy Is at the bottom of this. Therefore he has not drowned.. They are making off. Give me that lantern. Return to the yacht with those shivering rats, and the sunken boat. Somme plenty of lights, and. como back in force, eoareh every yard between her and the point. By Jovel she shall not escape me." Thus is the bull -log pertinacity shown In this British subject. Be will hang on to the last. The hoat shoots forward, im- pelled by the swift strokes of the rowers, and in the bow crouches the dripping tigure of milord, holding a lantern in one hand and shielding his eyes from its direct rays with the other, as he scans the surface of the water for signs of the fugitives. He is a shrewd fellow, this Lord Hac- kett. and does not earch at random, but notices the play of the tide, and gives a deo- caleulatiou as to where Larry and. his charge must have drifted while en- deavoring to make the shore. Oren they pass the swimmers, just out of range, and fail to discover them for which Larry is thankful. He still has hopes of making the tongue of land, and even if this fails it inight be better to be swept out to death than fall into the hands of their enemy. If the worst cane, Larry would call out, believing half a loaf is better than 210 bread, and that there must always be a chance 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 aoross the line which Larry is endeavoring to make for the point. It is just as well, for A.vis cannot hold out much longer, and already the dude realizes that only a strong swimmer could battle suecessfuly 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 -hark 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 Hackett calls upon his men to pull all together with a. will, just as though he fears that the fugitives will again elude his 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 mate she has learned to hate and fear. The English- man teases an overeoat brought trom the yacht to one of hns men, who wraps it .around the wet figure of Avis. She is grateful for this kindness, and thardes the man sweetly, , "Give way fur the yacht!" says Lord Rack,ett, placing thelantern under a seat, so that its light will no longer dazzle the men's eyes.. "But, milord—" "Well, Bailey," with a yawn. "The man who is in the water, sin--" onteavethiiithere Wa artginedada" "He will be mable to get to shore, milord." "Wliat the duse do I care. Be is in the water by bis own choice. Gave is all this trouble, confound him. Now, I hope bee satisfied. Pull for theyacht, Captain Bailey, "Lord. Hackett, I beg that you will not desert my cousin," Avis forces herself to say, but she gets poor satisfaction. "Be made bis bed, Let him lie in it. For the yacht, my hearties," is his re- sponse. No naore is said, and the boat speedily leaires the epot venere tha fugitives have been than& If the Brit= expects Ram Kennedy to tamely submit to such a cruel fate, he certainly counts without his host. The little New Yorker cares to continue hie existertee about as well as the next one, and will make a determined. night agaiust Imola a decree. To remain where he es means tleath in the breakers along shore outside the barbor, or should be in some way escape this, he must drift out to sea, and perhaps become the prey of some hungry shark. No, thank you, Knelt a destiny has no charms. in the eyes of Larry. Be is ready to fight again for his life. Thanks to bisquiek Intelleet, he !sable to see a chance immediately, Tito boat swings past hint in the darkness, ac ally humping his head in its passage. Larry puts out a hand and. catches hold of the rudder, to which be cliags with tenacious grip, and is thus towed along as the beat, urged bythe powerful strokes of the niflors. heads toward the yacht, on which can be seen a brignt beacon. in- teuded 50 sereas a guide. The rudder not being used, no OM dis. covers the preeence of the little New Yornen who holds on with the tenacity of Ms species, and although einiost bele - drowned at times, manages to keep his position until the nicht is reaebed, nen, fearing dineovexy, he leaves leis' place and swims ening the side of the vessel, until lie reaeitee the bow, where he finds Prot of all a place to rest, bang- ing on to a rope that daugies from deck, and aleo a chane to boardebe crate wben tie^ time le at beret Ali stein beetele - quiet On board the 11/ Ito that rhea: to ber &teller it), the nareer of Tilly:Iran.% ..e.vie his been wizen iu charge by tbe wife of the eartain, who is on board—a Enelint woman, wbo fears Lerd linenett :leen as araeh as she does n.:1i. At any rate, she supplies dry teethes to Drente* Jack's wife, aloe is in sad reel of suela attention after bethg nearly half an Weir in the water. There is no newentent made with re - wird to getting, the yacht under way. Perbape a Leen. of 'wind may account for MS, or some other re;ISOU tbat originates in the owner's brain. He relies a great deal open the pro- tection afforded by tbe Britisli Union Jack witich flies from bis vessel. That flug /els led many a forlorn hope, Won Inany a great victory, and °filmes sbield- ed persecuted people. for back a 15 Is tbe strong arm of the Euglish people. Lamy Kennedy grows tired of hanging there in the how. and he makes up his mind he would like to go aboard tbe ex -aft. True, be bas no invitation, and if discovered is apt to be treated rougbly, perhaps tossed overheard, but this pros- pect does net alarm him. He proceeds to investigate his position and learn bow it may he bettered. Five minutes later he is seated on the chain of the left bower tmehor, which is not 50 use, the ebain untliare a loop that hangs half-wtsy to the water, Rere Larry renutins some time in order that bis clothes may drip. The sounds are drowned in the gurgle and splesh of the outgoing tide against the bow and sides of the yacht. At length, wben he feels tlutt he has, in a measure, dried out, Larry proceeds to Ills next anove, which, of course, Is to crawl on board. Be has one hope—that Juan will lInd Doctor Jack and bring him upon the scene. Once this man reaches the yttent, he -will raise a terrible row, and woe to him who tries to stand between an infuriated husband and his own, What Larry fears, most of all, is that the wind may come up and the vessel get away. It will rain all bis hopes and plats, and be finally crawls aboard in the hope of being able to prevent such a catastrophe. CHAPTER XVL At the moment when Larry crawls over the bow of the yacht it happens that no one is near. A light or two burn in their respective places, but the deck is in darkness. Back toward. tbe stern Larry can see several small bits of fire that glow peri- odically. These he knows are cigars, and It is evident that Lord Hackett and others are seated there enjoying them- selves. Lang does not care to remain on deok any longer than be can help, as the risk of detection is great. Besides the one he seeks to benefit must be in the cabin. Be has been on yachts before now, and knows how to get below. It is only a question of avoiding any. sailor raen who may be on deck. Be creeps along cauti- ously, holding his very breath at tines, discovery seems so near, but favored by fortune manages to reach security under the deck. The yacht is elegantly fitted out, and Larry, wildhas 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, tries 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 So the intense satisfaction of his cousin, but before a word ca,n 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 curls himeelf up back of the chair. There are times when it is a positive advantage tlo be small, as he realizes just at this mo- ment. Some one enters the cabin. He can hear the party moving about, and vena taring to make an observation. discovers —milord. Larry regrets that he is unarmed, and he next glance he gives around the wails in search of some weapon, for he Wes . . • this mark and means to come between bine arid his prisoner. Lord Rachett walks up and down the cabin a nember of times. Then he opens a closet in a corner, and takes out a de - center, from whlote selecting a bottle, be fills a glass, makes a movement with. his head toward the door of the state- room as though drinking th the health of the fair occupant and gulps the liquor (To an COlientilenon A STRANGE MONSTER., Below Oround and Neves, Weithoo Light to Air. That an aunnal may live nearly two hundred feet below the surface of the earth without a bit of suushine or the smallest opening for the admittance of fresh air seems an incredible thing in- deed, but Cornell University has just received scientitio proof that snob a tbina 50 possible, reports the lenge York Herald': The proof, too, is conclusive, for it is the possession of the animal itself and a earn, ful and accurate deseription of its manner of living and the niethoci of its capture. The animal referred to is a apecies of the salamander, but it Is iamb different from the little red lizardlikeauthials th,at are often found in rand puddles after a hard rain. Indeetl, it could not live for any length of time in the open light and air like the salamanders with which we are acquainted. The bottom of an arta- slate well 181 feet deep, which was recent- ly bored at San Alarcos, Tex., seems to be the only place where the lietle crea,tura hes been able to exist; at least, the only place where it leas over been towed. The three Speeinania 0 this *ooderfui little animal. which bus been cluistened with the sciontlile name of Typblomologe —the nanie seems as strange as the aui- nuel—were given to the 'Cornell Univers- ity tiuseum by Hector von Bayer, arebn ten and engineer of the United States Fieh Commisssion, It is said that only six of the firedog Imo ewe 'won ' teese Tee TveilLosteleeib. hue all come irsen the same artesian • well. As it hes several reculiar eltareet- • erlsties heretofore entirely 'unknown TO scientists to have exited In livina MAX ant- xlw typbbnualoge is the most im- portant and interesting ot all the remark- able tailed batraehiana. !I 'Elie illustration gives the reader a good. g idea of the appearance of the animal in a general way, but a close examination : shows the most striking pecularitles. Its + skin is pure *white in colon and there is no caterval eye whatever. Its legs are unusually long for such a small ; the proportion being greater Minims ever before been known among tailed batra- I ehians. Not only do the ilngers and toes, as the digits may be called, differ in length, but the legs themselves vary AS much as two millimeters in the same animal. Strange, too. Dr. Wilder bas ectucluded, after considering the well developed, thin, swimming tall, that I these legs, slender and elongated as they are, ceased to servo the animal in locomo- tion in its strange abode, but that in the inky darkness of the subterrateau waters they served as feelers. Thus the typhlo- reologe is anether excellent proof to scientists ot tbe adaptability of nature to its surroundings. The technical name of Typhloneologe Rathbundi Stejneger has been given the anhnaL A NORTHERN MIRAGE. The Strange Experience of a Traveler In Winnipeg. There was a railroad collision in Eng - lead. recently, after which the eignalratin who was brought to book for it assorted that be was sure the train had passed wbioh afterward came up and caused the damage. Apropos of which statement a correspondent sends the London Daily News this extract from a letter he had. received from his son in 'Winnipeg: Arrived at Shanawan, my companion kindly offered to stay with me till the train came, but I sent him off and took toy stand on the track with nothing more substantial than a telegraph pole to shelter me from the icy blast. When 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 the loose snow that tbe wind raised from the prairie driving past me in sheets, thought it about as desolate a picture as I have ever set eyes on. As luck would, have it, the train was late, and 1 bad fifty minutes in which to enjoy myself alone. I was never so abjectly cold as when that train eventually came. I was rewarded by seeing a curious atmospheric phenomenon that I used to read of as tantalizing weary travelers in the Sahara, and that, I am told, is common here under 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 me pick up my bag and bop off the track in double- quick time. Then I waved my handker- ohief for it to stop, and suddenly I noticed that it had stopped about fifty yards off. I began to charge tip the track so as to get on board, when it mysteri- ously and suddenly disappeared. A few minutes later I save it again only this time off thhe track, and running along the prairie. It gave me quite an eerie feeling, and I began to think that the cold had got into ray head, and I cast superstitions glances round me to see if there were awe more trains frolicking about in the snow, and suddenly I be- thought me of wbet I had beard about the mirage. When I saw distinctly that She train had stopped, it must have been at Lasam, nearest station, about nine or Won 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 sayieg spiteful things. For in- stance, when she happened to say that a murderer had been sentenced to 20 years in Sing Sing ho remarked: "Well, be is in good luck." "How so?" ."He will have a quiet time of it until he gets out, and then he will be too old to Inarry."—Harlero Lite. Good Timepiece. Tough Customer—How much can I get on this gold watch? Pawnbroker (in a whisper)—My friend, If a policeman sees you with that watch you will get about two yeaes. 1 veill give you f on it. —Chicago Tribune. eARLY MEI,„(M„ now They nave Been Satisfactorily Grown .on One Saadi Verso, A Niagara comity (N. Y.) cOrreepoud- eat of Aniericau Gardening, who has been successfully welting up a trade in the Emerald Gera enelons, tells hew be grows them: Our early melons are started about April i5 50 cold frames., %Ye have boxes about four inches square, without bot- toms, and usually after taking a crop of early cabbage plants out of the cold /Mines We will fill the beds with these boxes, then fill the boxes with sifted compost, plane the Feeds on these, rover lightly and put the sash ma We have beea partioular to do the planting on the 15th of April so AS to have them neither too early nor too late. When She plants appear, we then totwo plants to eech hill. It is necessary to ventilate carefully on warm days, as the plants are easily injured by getting the frame too het. About June 1 the boxes are taken up, put into flats, thorougbly soaked and taken to the Aeld. The, plants are taken out of the boxes by setting a piece of 4 by 4 scantling On end and slipping the box tIOWn the scantling, thus pushing the plants- with ndhering soil out of the box and carefully setting them in the cavities prepared for them and packing themoist, rich dirt ,olose about them. In this way they scarcely feel the trans - far and will be far ahead of those plant. ed outside. Besides, if the pietas lire large ctiough, they will ,he out of dew, ger of the etriped hugs, while they will literally eat up these coining up in the open ground, often in one day, if they are not closely 'coked after. For a crop of Cienis in the open ground we will hereafter sow the seeds 50 drills instead of planting iu • hills. eousidetably morn seed is ueedcd this way, but the bugs do not stand nearly as gold a vhauee to carry their work: ef destruction. to a 6elcceesful end. far if they eat half the plants there Will be enough left yet, aud they eau easily . be thinned with a hoe, leaving the bt,st plants. The 61ein is a short growing kind anyway and eau be plumed, eieKr than other varieties. Wtt have the re,ws four feet apart and hills about thew feet apart in rows, 1.•11.1•1••••.••••1•1! The San Jose Scale, Professor Slingerland is reported b. The Country Lientleman as expressing the opinion before the Western New York Iforticultural society that the rell- utation this insect has gained as the most dangerous of all ineeet pi sts ris s from the fact that we did not know, neither do we 110W, how to get at the insect most effectively; so thus far it has been =Wye series of experimental tests to determine \Odell is the best in- seciticide, and, as all fruit growers know, such experiments result in many failures. Again, ill the east the insect in nearly every cavilled fall sway, with practically no other enemies to check it for three years before the war of ex- termination was begun. This is an ex- ceediugly izuportant pbase of the.situa- tiou 'which many zealous experimenters seem to overlook when they find thein - 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 the same freedom as the San Jose scale has bad to breed tmohecked, and, be thought, 15 would be an equally difficult task to exterminate them. An Excellent Japanese Plum. The Chabot plum, also known as the Bailey, Chase and Yellow Japan, is, according to Professor L. H. Bailey, deserving of neuch praise. The tree is a strong upright grower, productive, and the fruit is handsine, very firm and of CHABOT MIMS. good quality. In general appearance the fruit is much 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. 15 to 25. • There seem to be two things passing as Chase, the other one being an earlier plum and perhaps identical with Dougl las. Professor Bailey can detect no dif- ference between Chabot, Bailey, Chase and Yellow Japan, and the same also passes as Hattonkin, but Chabot, being .the oldest name, must hold. Best 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), Poiated Pip. ka (Oldenburg type), Lievland Raspber- ry, Switzer (late summer), Sintbrisk Fall --Golden White, Ostrekoff, An- tonovka, Longfield (or Good Peasant), Hibetnal (or Roraaa, or Cross). Winter—Arablea, Royal Table. The trouble in buying stock of Rine sian varieties is that one can never be sure by the natue given what he is get- ting. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. kgsSoN IX, SnOtnel0 QUARTER, INTER! NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 29. rut of tho Leese, Math. wrvi, 1140. Memory Verses, 26-28-000den Text, car. xl. 26 --Commentary hy the Dew. D. M. Stearn.. [Oopyriglit, 1e9s. by D, M. Stearns.] 17, "Now the first day of the feast of unleavened, bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, Where wilt Thou that we prepare for Thee to eat the pass - over?" This was Of All passorers the greatest, fer it was the last, the consume- matiou and fulfillment of all that bad ever been. Ile said concerniug this one, "I have heartily desired to eat this passover with you before 1 suffer" (Luke xx, 15, =Orgill). And lie also added that it would hare a fulfillment in the kingdom of Gotl, The first passover was in connection with tbe deliverance of Israel from Egypt. The mill future fulfillment will be ne conneo: tion with a far greater deliverance of Is rael, so limb greater that the teriner Shall no; seem worth mentioning (Jer. xvi, 14, li;xxiii„ 7, 8). May the "AVbere wilt thou?" of tbe disciples, with the "Mat wilt thou?" of Paul (Ants LV, 6) be ever oar attitude to 18. .And lie said, eo into the tiger to each a maxi, and eay unto Mw, Tbe Mas- ter saitia, My time is at band; I Will keep the passover et thy house with My clis- eiples," In Luke xxii, 10, we learn heen they would huugw the 11011Se and find OW TO011. They would meet A man beerang a pitcher at Water, and following him they would find the bouee. 19. "And the disciples did as Jesuit nati appointed them, and they niede ready the passevor." In Luke xx, 13, it is written thet they went and found as lie had -mid uuto them. So it was also in the neuter f the ass' colt (Luke ;six, 82); they found even es kle had said unto them, Ie joint iv, GO, the lean believed the word OM Jesue hod sgiku unreblnu, and lie went his way, autl the A.I.1110 hhows tbeli 50 fouud just as Jeetis teal staid. 20. "Now, 'alma the even was come, Ile sat dowia with the twelve." It would be interesting to consider the preparations which they made end the eignilicance a reeafeeler ibtLit toLteilte ni =Vila tQatliethteizeifeeastot la E. ail, and sliow bow the Lamb, kept four day* and then elm, a iamb without blemish; the bitthr bean the unleavened bread, the eprinkled blood, aro all so full of Signilleanea as typinal of Christ our Passover sueriticed for us (I eor. v, 7). 21. "And ae they did eat be said, Ver fly 1 say Mite eau, that oue of you shall betray me." There were only 30, the in- aermost oircle of Ills followers, and yet lie says "one of you." Bat it was no sun, prise to Him, for Jesus know from the be - Mailing who they were that believed 2)0i and win) should betray Ilhu. 22, "And they were. exceeding &MOW. ful, and began every one of thorn to say unto Him, Lord, is it I?" No Ida had Efe ever given them of tbe true character of Judas, and well bad Judas coneealed from them whet he really was, Intend et suspecting any one they each ask, "Lord, 50 ie I?" Wbat a wonderful Saviour to have such a ono In Ilia company all that time and never tell the others. 23, "And Ile answered and said, Ere that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the sante sitail betray Me." John sill, 26, says that Jesus dipped the sop end gave it to Judas Iscariot. When those who have beez our Wends, 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 He was treated we must ex- pect "al to bto Son of Man goeth as It is San of of Enna. But woe mato that Man by whom the Son of Man Is betrayed. It bad been good for tbat man if be bad not been born." It was all foreseen and fore- known, even as the apostles said concern- ing the treatment of our Lord by Herod and Pontius Pilate, and tho 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 tho least lessen their guilt, His knowing that it would he done did not compel them to do it. Unless there is an indiscribably fearful future for the de- spisers of our Lord, Ills words ionic verse have no significance; but see Job xxxvi, 18 25R. e`vgiiIax,niJ8. iiclas, which betrayed Him, answered and said, Master, is it IP Be said unto him, Thou bast euld." Accord- ing to John xill, en 30, Jesus also said, "Tbat thou demo do quickly." Am.% Judas 'vvent immediately out, and it was night. And it is still night with nim who be- trayed his Master, the blackness of dark- ness forever, and there is no escape. 26. "And as they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said: Take, eat. This is My body." The passover being fulfilled, or about to be, but not for the national benefit of Israel at that time because they knew not the thno of their visitation and would not have their Mes- siah. He institutes a new erdinance, to continue till Be shall cola° again. 27, 28. "And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, 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." Mon He said, "I am the door," or "I am the true vine," or "I am the bread of life," He certainly would not suppose that anyonewould think that nie was an aduandoor 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 blooti 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 Fathet's kingdom." Luke xxii, 18, says, "Until the kingdom of God sball come." In Luke xxii, 29, 80, He speaks of His own kiagdom and of the apostles eating and drinking at His table . In His kingdom and sitting on thrones judging the 10 tribes of Israel. From I Cor. xv, 24-28, 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 Meat He said that Efe had given to His people the glory which the Father had given Him, and that Be was desirous to show it to us. In Rev. xx, 6, it is said we obeli reign a thousand years, and in Rev. xxi, 6, that we shall reign forever and ever. As in last -lesson, so again 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 ot the Lamb? 80. "And when they had sung an hymn they went out into the Mount of Olives." Then followed Gethsemane, where.He left the eigbt, and afterward the three, and went alone.