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She gave more tlaan a thought M go-
ing en the stage—alwaYe a woman's
first instinct iu times of stress—but
When she heard a there being 1,100
semis on the hooka of one theater and
1,500 on the promise list of another she
was discouraged from any hope of ne-
in that direction, She thought of
trying literature, and she did writ a
little story which elle smiled and cried
over and copied out many times and
loved dearly. But she sent her baatling
out into the hard world, and she never
saw or heard of it again! She wondered
whether she could start a better clam
imbed for small children; bert, again,
although she felt herself competent
enough to teach, coramon sense stepped
In and asked: "How are you going to
aurnish a house? How are you going to
live during the first quarrerr Will your
mother ewer consent to tear herself
away from her 'dee? "bowneina „Acacia
'V iIIa 2" And the answer 44-h.11PetSitaes
eunh as showed the utter hopelessnenes,
of attempting any such scheme as a t
way out of her prment difficulties. The
want of experience, the want of capital,
the drag that her invalid mother must
always be upon her movements, these
disadvantages always came home to her
when she thought out some fresh
scherae for earning a living.
"If I had only myself to consider, I
txmld go and be a scullery maid," she
maid to herself passionately, forgetting,
girl, that a schoolte,e.cher would
of but little use in kitchen or scul-
lery.
So the days went by peacefully and
uneventfully enough, in perfect content
on Mrs. Hamilton's part, in feverish
unrest for Mary. Auden each one dark-
ened into night she felt that she was
one day nearer to a terrible alternative,
to a meeting- with the man who had
invorn to protect her against all possible
troubles, but who /aed outraged her
womanhood and broken down every
&red of respect and gratitude which she
might, nay would, have felt for him,
She felt more and more as each morn-
ing rose that she was fast approaching•
the time when she must either submit
to the vilest degradation of herself or
ose her mother thrust out in her feeble-
Shefound her mother Wing senseless upon
the floor.
liess to face a cold world in which ther
etas• not so much as the barest provision
for her( It was a terrible situation, a
reel alternative, yet it was the natural
outcome of a marriage entered into
without the one great amalgamating
But time goes on. Be the need ever
in, great, there are no Joshuas novvadays
,to bid the sun standstill in the heavens,
and so time flits on with noiseless and
ninth:se step. The summer faded, au-
tumn drew on, winter wae nigh at hand,
said Mary Conway had found no resting
place, no coign of vantage, no protec-
tion against the humiliation that loom -
ad before her.
Her last effort was to go round the
treat dress shops in the west end. but
each one found sierne fault and would
have none of her. One told her that
'errant of •experience was an insuperable
objection, another that they never took
young ladies into the showrooms with-
out a handsome premium; a third com-
plained that she was not tall enough, a
fourth that she looked delicate, a fifth
that she was too shy in manner. So she
went home wearied in mind and body
alike, with one more avenne closed to
Am one raore hope gone. And when she,
with a word of explanation upon her
Lips, opened the drawing room door it
Was to find her mother lying senseless
*pot the floor and in her stiffened lin-
gual an evening paper tightly clutched.
CHAPTER V
SIIIPwaRcK.
Mary Conway forgot in an instant all
the weariness and heartsickness which
had possessed her when she entered the
house. She cast but ono glance at the
helplees figuee lying on the hearth rug,
then ran to the bll and pulled at it
hard, an eagoe peal sneh as brought the
two maidservants runnine,, in to see
what was amise.
"Mouncey—toy mother! How long
has she been left?" Mrs. Conway gasp.,
Mouncey with a scared face knelt
down on the other side of the tincon-
eciowe woman, "Lor', ma'am," she
toad in trembling tones, "it'a not ten
.etttee Sincei
onI carried tea n. I came
twiee, and Mrs. Hamilton said she'd
rather wait for yore and at last Foster
made the buns hot, and I brought tea in
Withant sayiag anything. And Mrs.
Hatailtote she says, 'Why, Mouncey,'
She gays, you do spoil me.' ,And I say
to Alr., Lot' mums will be
• .14 -
vexed if you go an,y longer past your
teatime.And then she says. 'There's
tiae newsboy. I'd like a paper, Mouncey.
So I went out and got one, and I give it
to her and—why, poor lady, sho's over
had any tea at alit"
"We must get her up to bed at
once," said Mary anxiously "Can we
carry her among us?"
"Ler', yes, ma'am," answered
Mouncey promptly "A little bit of a
thing like her! Here, Foster, take hex.
feet. I'll tlik-e her head. No, ma'am;
We earl do better just the two of as."
She was right, and Mrs, Hamilton,
who wee very sniall and slight, 'svas
soon safely laid upon her own bed.
"I'd better fetch elle doctor, ma'am?'
ateked Fosteu
noa, yes, yes, at once! We must get
her into bed, Mouncey."
"Yes, ma'am, but there's no need to
hurry. Poor lady! Pna afraid it will
make very little difference to her!"
"Hush-sh!" cried Mary fearfully.
"Nay, ma'am; she hears nothing. If
I was you, I would just cover her over
With the eider quilt till the doctor has
men her. Anyway I wouldn't undress
her till the fire has bnrned up. I was
just coming up M light it."
She covered the old lady with the
warm, gay colored quilt as she spoke,
and taking, after the manner of house-
maids. a box of matchee from her
pocket set light to the fire, which Soon
burned up cheerfully, caMiug a bright
glow over the pretty room.
"I'll fetch you a cup of tea now,
rnahenti," she remarked, "for I'm sure
On lieeti it."
The protest which instinctively rose
her lips died away under a newborn
✓ alleation of Jeer intense weariness. "I
al very, very tired, Mouncey," she
ea a helplessly.
le good natured girl drew her into
a ch 4r by the fire. "Sit here, ma'am,
anti „II bring your tea. You can't do
anything for the poor lady, and you
may want all your strength for later
on.,,
She sped away, returning in a very
abort time with the tea tray, on whic/a
were a pot of fresh tea and a covered
plate of hot buns, which had been On
the stove awaiting the•naistress' return.
These she arranged on a little table by
the fireside and then poured out the tea
and held the inviting little cakes that
Mary might take one.
In truth Mary was too tired to refuse
such ministrations, which were doubly
welcome just then, and Mouncey fairly
stood over her until she had eaten
enough to satisfy her 'sense of what
was necessary and right. Then she
'went down stairs, leaving her mistress
sitting in the big armchair wondering
what the end of it all would be.
"Poor mother!" her thoughts ran.
"Poor, poor mother! Are you going
this time, and have I naade the sacrifice
for nothing? No, not for nothing, for I
shall always be able to say, 'The end of
her life was peace.' "
She rose restlessly from her chair and
went to the side of the bed, where she
stood looking down npon the drawn,
gray face already so deathlike in the
immobility of unconsciousness. "I
wonder what caused her to have an at-
tack?" Mary said to herself. "She was
so bright and well this morning. Could
there have been anything in tbat paper ?
Where is it? What did Mouncey do
with it?"
She looked about for it, but without
success, and then she remembered that
possibly it was still in her mother's
hand.. So it proved to be, and Mary was
obliged to tear the sheet a little in or-
der to release it from that viselike grip,
A glance was sufficient to tell the
cause of Mrs. Hamilton's seizure. As
she smoothed the crumpled page her
eye caught the heading of the latest tel-
egraphic news—"Reported loss of the
ocean liner Arikhama, with over 300
lines!"
Mary Conway was still staring wild-
ly at the paper when Mouncey came in
with the doctor in her wake. "What
is it?" she asked, seeing the horror on
her young mistress' face.
"Oh, Mouncey—the paper—the news
—my poor mother!" was all that Mary
could say ere exhausted nature gave
way under the strain and she dropped
to the ground as dead to all sound and
feeling as the poor lady stretched upon
the bed.
"Dear, dear, dear," said the doctor,
"but this is a pretty kettle of fish!
Dear, dear, a bad seizure this time! I
was afraid it might happen before long.
My good girl, is there bad news in that
paper?"
"Lor', sir—master's ship—loss of the
Arikhama with 800 souls. That's mas-
ter's ship—he's the captain! Oh, ney
poor raissis, my poor, poor missis I"
"Good heavens! Are you sure?"
"See here, sir—oh, it's true enough!
Oh, my poor, poor miss's!"
"Well, help me to get her off the
floor. In her case it's no more than a
einaple faint. Yes, in that chair; undo
her gown—a few drops of brandy.
There, there, my dear lady, you'll be
all right now."
"What has happened?" asked Mary,
struggling up. but sinking back again as
her head began to swim. "Oh, I re-
meroberl It doesn't matter about me,
doctor, but my mother—she is very ill.
The shock was too tench for her. Do at-
tend to her, please."
"Ifyeti will lie still the maid and I
will attend to Alm- Hamilton," said the
doctor soothingly. "Little or nothing
to be done, ' ' he murmured to Mouncey,
aa they turned to the bed. "She is not
likely to live the night out. She must
be got to bed, of Course. What strength
have you ?"
Ob, I'm very strong, sir replied
Mouncey, in a matter of feet tone.
"No, no; I mean how many of you
are there?'
"Me tincl cook, sir."
"What ie she like?"
"As stroeg and sensible a young wo-
man as you could evieh to see in a day's
march, sir," replied Mouncey prompt-
ly, "and'll do anything in the world for
th
"That's good. If Mrs. Flanailton
gees there nmst be a nurse got in, of
course, but for touight there will be lite
tie or nothing to do, only she roust not
be left. I'll help you to get her into
bed.
"We can manage, sir."
"It is not so easy as youthink, Be-
sides, f'd like to eee her safely into bed
before 1 leave,"
The desired end was soon accomplish-
ed under the skilled hands of the doc-
tor and the willing ones of Mouncey.
Then the doctor wrote down a few sim-
ple instructions and went, proniisiag to
look in again the last thing.
"Mrs. Conway," he said gently to
Mary, "I must beg of you to try to eat
your dinner. You have had a great
double shock, and you will need all
your reserve of strength. I have given
your maid all instructions. There is
little, :Almost nothing, to be done while
your mother continues in this state."
He went away then, and Mary sat
down again in the big chair. The cook
was btisy with the dinner, and Moun-
cey, after clearing up some imaginary
litter, disappeared with the tray, prom-
ising to come back in a few minutes
So she was left alone with her dying
mother and the knowledge of her own
widowbood, left alone to face the fact
that she was practically free; that all
the horror and wretchedness which had
but a few hours before lain directly
"I did not know it," said Mary.
facing her had suddenly been removed.
The tears gashed out from her sad eyes
as she realized how this had conte
about; but, although she wept, the
sense of relief was there, involuntary,
yet very, very strong.
Ie was a wretched night which fol-
lowed. Mary honestly tried to eat the
dainty little dinner which Foster served
to her, while Mouncey mounted guard
in the sick chamber. BAUt all the time
the sound of rushing ters was in her
ears and the vision 6f drowned faces
before her eyes, and he turned 'oath-
ingly from tlaelonelynneal, which would
have been thoroutly enjoyed by the
poor soul up stai fast drifting into
eternity.
The pretense of dinner over, she crept
back again to the sickroom, sending
the two maids down to supper and stay-
ing alone to keep the watch by the dy-
ing beloved for whom she had worked
so hard and suffered so much, to watch
the outward passage of that frail and
feeble little bark which would leave
her tossing to and fro upon the ocean
of life with none to counsel or guide.
It was a terrible night, and it was
followed by a etill more terrible day.
Mary received from the owners of the
great ship full confirmation of the news
which the newspaper had taken to
them in the first instance.
There was not the smallest doubt
that the large vessel was gone, that she
was many fathoms under water. There
was little or no dOubt that Captain
Conway had gone down with her, and,
so far as was known, only five persons
of all her goodly company had lived to
tell the tale of her disastrous end. Two
of these were passengers, two were or-
dinary sailors, the fifth was the ship's
purser; all the rest of the 800 souls
who had sailed aboard of her had found
a watery grave and wortld be seen no
more.
All through the long hours of watch-
ing and saspense did Mary Conway try
to battle down the overwhelming sense
of relief which had taken possession of
her. She cared not, did not feel the
very smallest grief for the husband who
had forgotten his manhood and her
womanhood alike, but she hated herself
for not feeling it Her heart was torn
In twain. One half was singing a Leman
of thankfulness for deliverance; 'the
other was bursting with a sense of her
own impotence and helplessness to avert
the sword then hanging above the head
of her sick mother as the sword of
Damocles bung suspended by a single
hair
She was glad in her heart that her
care and anxiety for her mother world
naturally account for the absence of
any exhibition of great or noisy grief
for her husband. The doctor spoke of
the loss of the Arikhama once or twice,
and Mouncey broils -lit her the latest de-
tails that were published in the papers,
but Mrs. Hamilton was during those
first few days the object of paramount
interest. Captain Conway was gonel
All the love or loathing in the world
could not affect him any more. For him
all was over; be had already passed
among the things that have been and
shall be no more. But Mrs. Hamilton
was still alive and Mill needed the most
minute care and the closest attention.
She was, in spite of that terrible tragedy
of the sea, the most important person
of that small household.
In health she did not improve. At
tithes faint flashes of understanding
came back, but they were only feeble
and flickering effoets of the clouded
brain to re-establish its mastery of What
was going on around her. If sbe knew
any one definitely, it was Mary, but of
that, even, they were none of them very
certain. The nurse who was in charge
said positively that Mrs, Hamilton
knew no one. Monncey, on the other
hand, insisted that she had seen the poor
ladys yes follow the mistress as she
moved away from the bed. This, bow -
ever, was a atiestion wiaich tip one tould
decide positively, but in discussing it
the onlookers, all houg,1) it is prover
bial that oulook ere Sec' DIOSt of the ganiO,
never realized dint in anxiety for her
mother Mrs. Conway suffered no grief
for her husband
On the Mural day after the coming
of the news Mary received a visit from
two gentlemen One was the managieg
director of the company to which the
Arikhama had belonged; the other was
by bini introduced as the lawyer to the
company.
"Yon are perhaps," said Mr. Law-
son, the /managing director, "not aware,
Mrs. Conway, that your husband made
a will three days before the Arikhama
sailed from London."
"I did not know it," said Mary.
"Such, however. was the case," he
faiid suavely, "and, moreover, his last
instructions were that should anything
happen during either of these voyages
Mr. Mannington" --indicating his com-
panion by a gesture--"shonid at once
seek you out and make you acquainted
with as little delay as possible with his
last wishes with regard to the property
he had to leave."
aro as coNgierren.)
Genius.
"Genius," said the Billville citizen, "is
not confined to time or place. Look at
that boy yonder, ter instance. fle wuz
tryin to 'break' a young mule to harness
when the ereetur th-owed him into the
top of a pine saplin, but no sooner did he
land than he grabbed it possum what wile
roostin thar, slid down the tree with him,
an now the old lady's cookin that possum
fer dinner."—Atlanta Coustitution,
To Keep the cook.
Mrs. Hiram (eleen—I bought one of
those old fashioned mottoes at a great
bargain today.
Mr. Hiram Offen—For goodness' sake!
Yoe dou't mean to say you're going to
hang net sort of thing On Ottr walls?
Mrs. Hiram Offen--Oh, this is for the
kitehen, It reads, "A Riffling Stone
Gathers No Moss,"—Philadelphia Press.
March of Civilisation.
The educated Indign, fresh from Car-
lisle, had returned to visit the tribe of his
fathers,
in silence as the braves sat around the
wood fire in the center of the tepee the
calumet was passed to him.
"Individual pipes, please," he said.—
Chicago Tribune.
Without Regard to Expellee.
The king assembles the royal archi-
tects.
"13uild me a temple," he commands,
"so costly that no smoker will ever be
told that he might have owned It had he
let tobacco alone?"
Ah, this was aiming high indeed! But
when was true art ever known to falter?
—Detroit Journal.
CHILDRENaS FASHIONS.
Elaborate Styles For Very Little
People.
Fashion is as dictatorial in the realm of
the children's wal drobe as in that of wo-
men. She demands that little girls be to
a great extent miniature copies of their
mammas in attire, and not only mature
styles but rich materials are .employed.
Bias and circular skirts, long, straight
sacks with little directoire capes and
collars, fur, cloth, silk and velvet are as
much for little as for big girls. Not that
such a system of dressing children is in
GIRL'S DRESS.
the best taste, for the extreme type of
fashion never is in the best taste. The
most refined mothers usually clothe their
little people very simply instead of over
powering them with finery.
Greenaway hats, which are much like
those of the direetoire style, are used for
little girls. They have a rippled brim bor.
dered with fur. Gainsborough and Reyn-
olds hats, with lifted brims trimmed
with plumes, are another variety much
liked, but too tnature and theatrical to be
really suitable for a child.
The picture shows ta party dress for n
little girl 8 years old. It is of pale pink
crepe de chine, and the skirt 's trimmed
With a narrow band of guipure insertion
shrtulating a tunic. The bodice, full in
front, has it large polarize, collar of crepe
de chine trimmed with two bands of in
eertion and bordered with fringe. There
Is no high collar. The sleeves, of elbow
length., are terminated by bands and bows
of pink silk, and the scarf belt, which is
fringed and tied at the side, is of pink
silk. ' JUDIO CHOLLET,
The Glazier's Friend.
"The door is open!" cried the owner of
the house adjoining the fire. "You need
not smash the window!"
"Sir," cried the ftyreninn of the fire
company, sending his ex through the
glees, "we know our buainessi"—Philse
delphia North American.
Agent,
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FARMERS' CLUBS.
A Typical Club—P vogro mme of Me
inas—The social side.
Probably one of the LUOSi IllteVeSti
read valuable of the educaticnial
social movements in a eural commu
ty is the farmers' club. It is one
those unobtrusive but powerful iutI
ewes which will ID a few years lea
a distinct, ware upon tbe people a
neighborhood where It is introdue
Where a first class tam:let's' club is
a firm basis you may expect to find
exceptionally thrifty, prosperous a
happy class of country people.
The farmers' club movement has m
with inuch favor In hlichigan, whe
there is a state association of the
clubs. Tbe secretary, A. 13. Cook, h
just given 111 The National Stettin
a description of their present Oh
tion, some points of which follow:
The first club was established
least 20 years ago, but it is within t
last ten years that the movement Pro
ex' began, and It Is since the organiz
don of the state association six yea
ago that the phenomenal growth will
has attracted national atteutiou h
taken place.
Your readers may very properly as
"What is this farmers' club?" and
will describe a typical Michigan clu
Twenty families Is the average size
the clubs. These families are witho
exception the progressive farmers
the neigbborhood. Wben we say fern
lies, we mean It. Every one from th
aged grandsire to the helpless babe
welcomecl at every part of the wee
Ing. The club meets mice a mont
ima at the botnee Of members 10 rote
Con. In the winter the meeting" las
all day, or from 10 a. tn. until half pa
4 p. ni., and dinner Is provided by th
hostess. In the summer menthe th
meetiugs are held in the afternoon
ly, and a supper is provided by di
ones who enteiaalu. In some of ou
clubs the refreshments are provide
on tlie picnic dinner plan—that Is, elm
member provides some part of the din
ner or supper. thus dividing the wor
but in a majority of clubs the ladle
prefer to take entire cbarge once 1
about two years and then be entirel
free tbe rest of the tine°.
The programmes of the meetings ar
prepared by two committees. On
committee is appointed by the Mat
association, and it prepares a list 0
subjects, one for each month. Thes
subjects are assigned to members o
the clubs by a committee appointed
the club. Thus every month every on
of our 300 or more clubs are dIscussIn
the same subject. For instance, In Oc-
tober every club discussed our new
etate tax commission. Other state as
sociation topics have been "The Tor
rens System of Land Transfers," "Ou
Agricultural College," "Free Rura
Mail Delivery," and so forth. The corn
taittee already referred to, which I
appointed by the club, assigns subjects
to some, select readings, etc., to others
and its report is read at the meeting
receding the one at which this pro
ramme is to be rendered, thus giving
mple notice to those on the pro-
ramme. A music committee sees tha
usic is provided. Tis system pro
ides an educational and attractive
rogramme entertaining alike to young
rid old and freely participated in by
Il ages of' both Saxe&
Business matters are freely discuss
d, and in our own club we have often
urchased clover seed and binder twine
s a club at quite a reduction from the
rice to individuals. Thus far, how -
ver, the matter of co-operative buying
as not been pushed by the state asso-
iation.
Practical farm matters are given a
rominent place on the programme
nd great benefit derived from the in-
rchange of ideas.
One of the best features of the meet -
g. however, is the social feature. We
now how little of a social nature conies
to cur lives on the farm. Tbe club
ay is se day of society. Old &Iona -
hips are cemented and new friend-
bips are formed, and the initial step
taken toward a closer union among
ur farnaers. We see what a good lot
neighbore we have, and suspicion
nd distrust give place to mutual re-
ard and confidence.
So as a result of our club meeting
e bave a day of pleasure and Intel-
etual anti financial profit for all the
embers of every family and all at
ry small expense end at nd sacrifice
time needed In sleep and not a min-
e in the face of temptation to evil.
it any wonder when so much good is
culeated ill an institution that suc-
ss and progress should mark Its path -
ay? Its record of 200 clubs In six
ars with not oue cent paicl to or -
!liners or officers, which is the Miclai-
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Shrinkage of Gilain and Roots.
Oct. 19, 1898, the lowa axperinaent
station put 7,000 pounds of corn in' a
crib of about the usual size, or 131/e
feet long and 7y2 feet wide. Thia corn
was weighed once a week for the
year. \Aline tho shrinkage was mit
regular from week to week, owing
probably to variation of 'moisture in
the air, they found that in the first
three tnonths it shrank 030 pounds, or
9 per cent. In the second threeenonths
there was a further loss of 390 poundS,
from April 19 to July 19 a shrinkage
of 220 pounds, and from July until Oc-
tober it sheank 190 pounds, making a
total loss of 1,430 pounds, or a little
more than ,20 per cent on the first
weight. Farmers who 'store grain or
roots over winter to obtain higher
prices often think they gale by so do-
ing, when they really lose money, be-
sides labor of handling. Most roots
shrink 15 to 20 per cent in weight dine
Ing the winter of five months,- or froin.
harvesting to aortas sales.
CIDER VINEGAR.
Good Results Prom Running' Per.
located elder Through is Generatoe.
For pure cider vinegar no mature tap-,
pies are considered too poor. In experi-
ment station work reported by the dee
partineut of agriculture vinegir mak-
ing in the ordinary way, by allowIngo
the eider to ternient at will in eosins,
without controlling the surroundlus.
conditions, gave results that were far
trona profitable. By regulating tho
temperature and adding vinegar nanah-
er and cultures of acetic acid ferment'
fairly good vinegar was secured, but
Sae process was slow and wasteful. By
(nixing equal parts of fermented alder
and old vinegar the process of ferrneo-
tation was greatly hastened, but the'
method cannot be followed without o'
large stock of old vinegar on hand.
Very good results were secured by
using a vinegar generator in whieb the -
cider passed slowly through a masa a,
shavings, where It was thoroughly atm
ated and fermentation thus hastent&
The generator consisted of a 4 by
foot wooden wooden tank filled with beech
shavings, provided with holes near the
bottom for the admission of air and fit-
ted one foot from the top with a wood-
en disk perforated to allow the en-
trance of the cider, which was distrib-
uted evenly over It by means of et.
dumper. The. vinegar was drawn from
the tank by means of a siphon of ale=
tubing inserted in a bole near the bot-
tom. The temperature 01 the ferment-
ing eider in the mass of shavings war
controlled by regulating the supply of
air, some of the air holes being ehut
off when the temperature rose too'higb
and opened when it fell too low.
In order to acidify the shavings ard.
start the process of fermentation, the
generator was cliarged with strong
vinegar and again with vinegar In
which some concentrated grape juice
was dissolved. The stock solution, a
mixture of weak vinegar and fer-
mented cider, was then run through
the generator at the rate of 20 gallone
per day (24 hours). The resulting prod-
uct was a very good vinegar, ranging
from 4,05 to 5.87 per cent acid. A
mixture of half vinegar and half fresh,
cider failed to produce good vinegar
without being run through the genera-
tor twice. Better results were obtaineta
by allowing the cider to ferment fOr
some time in casks before running Pe
through tlee generator.
The temperature within the genera,
tor two feet from the bottom ranged
from 88 degrees to 100 degrees: The
higher temperature caused a. lose of a)l-
cohol and lowered the acidity of the -
product. Temperatures below 00 de.
grees did not give good results. The-
optinanin is thought to be about 06 de-
grees.
Apple Packer or Press.
A. correspondent sends to the (able
Farmer a drawing of an apple packer,
made by a home blacksmith, which he
A BARIUM PRESS.
patterned very much after those in use'
in localities where apples are exten-
sively grown, packed and shipped.
Fig. A shows its construction and B'
a barrel with the head pressed in ready.
for driving the hoops down.
'Killing 'Weeds by Spraying.
Killing weeds by spraying is a recent;
Interesting departure in farm practice.
The American dintivator says it is now
authoritatively announced that a 2 per
cent solution of sulphate of copper or
an 8 per cent soletion of sulphate, of'
iron Is strong enough to kill any char -
lock (or wild mustard) plant well
drenched with it and that the aincinna
to be used may vary from 40 gallonie
per acre where there Is but little char -
lock to 70 gallons where It is abundant.
It is better to increase the araount used
than to make either solution stronger.
Oats and other crops amongsvhich the
charlock was growing were ea tittle at-
fected by the spraying, more by the-.
copper solution than by the iron solu-
tion, the growth seeming to be chenkeal
a little, but quickly recovered ani6,
seemed to take on a darker green afteie
a
5.
cr ng ant as is so iv
stood more or less deought. Farther
west moisture has been generously dis-
tributed. Ohio will have a good many
onions."
The styli of cabbage most in de-
naand, according to The Rural New
Yorker, is of the flat Dutch type, flat
heads, but thick and Solid.' The larger
part 01' the supplies hi the New Ydrk
market are of this type.
It is said that ninny of the abandon-
ed farms of alassachueetts catalogued
for sale by the state board of agricul-
ture in 1897 have been withdrawn be'
their owners, and, in spite of some tip
parent deeline of population in the ktilt
town, the outlook for agriculture lo
cheerful. Fewer field crops are grovel.
but fodder crops and the silo, Increain
ed. dairying, poultry farming and mar -
het gardening are bringing !theta'
Wastage in, farm 'prospects,