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Exeter Advocate, 1904-10-20, Page 6. '1.nriPINTril.P11P411444.W.."1.0.19WiTimiVirirMITRIMPtiratraT--1.3.3-r1 'TIP ,),..,i4.1TV173r,Tibranq 0 f i4 0 rcc , .1.' -, .. ., • • te OR, A riTIDNIOIIT CALL li Lwarva&n,,5qmarigurm,,,,,,„ ,,,,,,,,,,,,„,......,,,,DAFm.liEamm, CHAPTER XIX. give you a certincate with pleasure The blinds were all down at Long- at once— ge110 elr„„sg,, a new desolation. seem_ "Youewould like to see My Sister( eel to be added to. the gloom of the Enid suggested. plate. Oat in the villuge it had by The quivering anxietyewas in her some means 'become known that them VeS again, the strained look on her was somebody dead in the house, face.. Walker was discreetly silent either madam herself or one of those asto what he had heard about that beautiful young ladies whoin nobody bloodhound, but he had he - no means had mer „Fen, Children. loitering forgotten it. about the great lodge -gates regarded "Not the /east occasion, I assure Williams with respectful awe and Di. youl" he said, • feraently. "Your ses- Walkov with euribsity, -The doctor tev 'and practically .passed away wheiii was the link connecting the ;Grange I last saw her. There are times when—er—you see-liiet Maley there is no eacessity." ' "Ala Henson is terribly faetidious about these things." "Then he shall be satisfied. I shall tell /inn that I hivee—er—seen• the body. And I have, you know. In these. matters a medical Juan. cannot With the outside world. To add to the gloom of. it all the bell over the stables clieleed mourn- fully, The noise made "I'Vealker quite, nerveine as he walked up the drive by Williams's side. Not for a pen- sion would he have dared approach the home alone. Williams, in tbe doges need nOt he Tonored for a day or two, at the expiration of which time he would look in agaia. Once the rand WAS retlehed i e'arcity Walk - took oil' his hat and wiped, the beetle from hie foeehead, "What a house,'' lie muttered. '1What a lire to lead, Thank good - nese •I wed not go there again ebe- fore Saturday; IX anybody Were to °free me a mead glass of brandy with ° a little soda now I should feel temp- ted to break dirough ny vele and tirtak it." Meanwhile the loeg, terror of the day dragged on inside the tweet,. The servants crept about the place ea tipto0,. the hideoue bell, clanged out, Mrs. Henson paced wearily tie and dawn the drawing -room, singing and muttering to herself, until Enid waS fain to fly or break down anti yell hysterically. It was one Or alierfewe et Ilenson's worst days. The death or Christiana, seemed to affect her terribly. Enid •had watch- ed her in terror. More than once, and doubtless longer bre, - she was fearful that the fteuil thread 1 The first thing is selecting the would snap—tno east faint glimmer, treee. Doubtless we have all at of reason go Out for ever. And yet! Some 'time in life had the" experience it that inferior articles are 'clear at .anY et Helmet the truth— In the fleet Price. 1 knOW or nothing to. which Margar-1 would be madness to tell place she would not have understood that is more applicable than the aP- and on the •other hall '. she might Pio treo. hatre comprehended enough to betray I prefer e,earliner trees, both a.pple to Reginald Henson, As it was, her and p,each. The apple is then a grier was obvious and eincere enough, straight switch free' from limbs and The whole thing was refinedly cruel, but really -th.ere. was no help for it. And things had gone on splendidly. Henson was powerless to' interfere seediest end most dilapidated rusty bp too...careful. . 4 you will PrOvide and the doctor was satisfied-- Once brack, had ii, fc,Ce of cleanest m 1 a a an- • , . - she had put her hand to the plough' ma with pen and ink---" PLANTING AN' ORCHARD The first thing is selecting a good location I would recommend aigh. grounds and well drained says Mr. A. Rees, 1 think old ground free fi•om forest roots is prererable fax Planting apple trees. The decaying roots have a teadeney to induce --dis- eases of the roots of the trees and in a short time 013 tree dies. The land should be in a high state of cultivation capable of producing any good crop. The ground should be broken as deep as possible; subsoil- ing would be -better, enabling the roots to Penetrate deep in the ground, giving the tree a firmer hold choly. , "Thank you very muela Will you Enid's quick brain saw her through. "But why that confound— Why come this WaY' 'Please?" But she would have been hard put to do they ring that boll?",. Walker ask- ed, irritably, room. Mrs. Henson, \Taring Som help .of the blood- . e-•aoee without .the ' thing faded and dishevelled in the hound. Now he could see her way Walkei lollowed into the drawing- it to eeeeeeo Raison. =leo Ids -ewe "Madam ordered, it, sir," Williams way ot a, mourntui,- dress, NVan croon- sun farther. .Sha waited nervous/7 replied. "She's queerer than ever. Ing some dirge at the piano. • Her roe a ring fr0131 the lodge -gates to is mistrese, She don't say much, white hair was streaming loose15' the house, and about tone o'clock it but Miss Christiana's death is a. over her &minders; there was -a• va- came. The 'undertaker , was at the great shock to her. She. ordered the cant stare in her eyes. The intim- settle ss aiOng , ter an escort' to the. hell to be tolled, end she carried on der s . might have been statues for all Grange. awful when Miss Enid tried to sten the heed she took of them. Present.- Enid passea her tongue over a. it." ly the discordant Music ceased and Pair of dry lips. The critical =- thing doubtless represepting sYln- down the room. . . . . Walker murmured vaguely s°1110- she began to pace noiselessly up .up aud ment was at handIf she could get through the next hour she was safe. pat/lye If not—but there, must be no "if -And my other patient, Williams?" not," she 'told herself. The under- lie asked. "How is he eating along? taker came, sauve, quiet, respectful, Really, you ought to keep those der better control. It's a but he dropped back from the bed - dogs unroom door as he saw two gleaming dreadful business altogether. Fancy 0 man of Mr. Henson's high charac- amber eyes regarding hirn menacing- . ly. ter and gentle disposition being at - '"Another one gone," she murmur- ed; "the best -beloved. - It is always the best -beloved that dies, and the one '‘NtO hate that ie left. ; Take all iliose coaches away, send the guests back home. Why • do they come chattering and feasting- here? She shall be drawn by four Week horses to Churchfield in the dead of the night. and there laid in the family vault." "Mrs. Henson's residence," Enid explained, ia a. whisper. it is some fifteen miles away. She has made up her mind that my sister shall be taken away as she says—to-morrow night. Is this paper all. that is ne- cessary for the—you understand? I he creeps into the house and lies bee have telephoned to the undertaker m fore her bedroom door, and when Mr. Brighton." Walker hastened to, assare the girl that what little further formality was required he would see to him- self.. All he desired now was to visit Henson and get out of the tacked by a. savage dog in the very "The dog loved my sieter," Enid ex-plained, quietly. "But he has house! I hope the hound .is securely found his way to her room, and he kennelled." refuses to move. He fancies that we "Well, he isn't, sir," Williams said, have done something with her. Oh, with just the glint of a grin on his no, I couldn't poison hinit And it dry features. And it wasn't alto- would be a dreadful thing if there weber Rollo's fault. That dog was were to be wey-thing aestruggle so devoted to Miss Christiana as you here. Coine,Rollo never see. And he got to know as Evfdently the dog had learned his the poor young lady was dying. So lesson well. He wagged his great tail, but refused to inove. Ttio un- dertaker took a couple of steps for- ward and Rollo's crest. rose. There was a flash of • white teeth and a growl. At the end or half an hour no progress ha.d been made. "There's Only one thing for it. Williams suggested, in is rusty voice. "We can get the doe away for •ten minutes at midnight's. He likes a run. then, and bring the . other clogs to fetch him, like." ' "My time is very valuable just now," the undertaker suggested, humbly. "Then you had better measure me - Henson comes along the dog takes it in his 'ead as he wants to go in there. And now Rollo's got inside; and nobody except Miss Enid dare' go mar. I pity that there under- taker when he comes.' house as soou as possible. As he Walker. shuddered slightly. Long- hurried from. the drawing -room, he dean Grange was a fearful place for beard Mrs. Henson crooning and the nerves. Nothing of the routine muttering, he saw 'the vacant glare or the decorous ever happened there. in her eyes, and vaguely wondered The fees were high and the remunara- how soon lie should have another pa - tion prompt, or Walker would have tient here. • handen °e'er his patient cheerfully to Reginald Henson sat propped up in somebody else. Not for a moment his bed white and exhausted. Be - JAPAN TEAS DOOMED" By the superior article, CEYLON NATURAL GREEN TEA. No adulteration, of cloulale strength and absolutely pure. Sold in sealed lead packets the same as the famous "SALADA” Black teas. 33y ex. Grocers. limbs have a tendency to rtin down, In like manner the rooting of , lay: cut so as to have the bud above. ors can be hastened by cutting away That will elevate thorn, vice versa. the bark on one side and exposing I prefer low heading for inany leas- the cambium to the soil so that a oils. The limbs are a protection to callus is formed. The tree pruned the tree from the stunmer's sun and in a year or so, have a better the winter's cold, rendering it less root development than if planted we - liable to be shaken by the winds and pruned:, After the tree is set the maldng the gathering of freit much top stould be cut back proportionate - easier. The old proverb "a stitch ly with the root. „ The lack of. =t- in time saves pine" is applicable _to ting back the top , of the tree in pruning and caring for trees. Go transplanting causes the tlrying out over your orchard occasionally in the and death of many trees tha,t might spring and summer and rub off all otherwise live, surplus sprouts. It will be an (1(1 - can be easi,Uv taken up without mute - vantage to the tree, leaving 33.0 hating the i•oots. See that your trees are healthy, free from disease wounds to heal. One ,hour's work and straight bodied. A crooked tree then '.'.ill he "'nal* to a day next is an eyesore to start with and oft- sy"40' I think it best not to trim fruit tunes if planted the bark is liable spurs too fai• up the limbs, as that to blister at the crook, should the brings the weight itoo much on the crook be to the southwest from the summer's sun. The wound gradually ends el the limbs, causing them t° bi-eak. An orchard should be cunt- epreads until the tree dim. As to yated until it .is five -years old, .1 the time of planting, circumstances - no not think it advisable to culti- shotild largely control us. We usually vate later than the middle of July. have more time in the fall for plant - Too. late cultivation stimulates Mg and the ground is in better con- dition. SPRING AND FALL PLANTING. Spring planting is all right -under favorable circumstances, but we often have the extremes either too Wet or dry. Should the season be wet, planting must be 'delayed until the trees have started foliage and fibrous roots, thus giving them A setback if not killing them. - On the other hand, should the season be dry, the ground is porousdrim out rapidly and the tree dies from lack of mois- ture. ' All things considered I would re- commend .fall planting.- It is true they must he protected from the rab- bits. • The ehsiest and cheapest pro- tection I know of is a thin, box lath coiled --around the tree. Trees should be planted ° about 2 inches deeper than they grew in the nursery. All mutilated. roots should be cut oft sinboth so as to heal as quickly as possible. The hole should be dug large enough: in setting the tree so aS to piece the roots in their natur- al position, allowing them. to extend In all directions so as to brace the tree. As to the 'distance trees Should be planted, that will depend upon the varieties of apples'. Ben Davis, Wine- gar), Rolm Beauty; late varieties of, apples should not be planted less than 30 feet apart. Earlier varieties may be planted closer. Always' set the tree leaning a little to the southwest as the prevailing winds cons: from that direction in the summer and rill have a tendency to lean the tree - if planted straight. When the or - did be imagine that 'Williams wag yond doubt he had had a terrible " i 1 t 1 lavg•hing at him. Well, he need net shock and fright, and the0r flaming red and deitdly white to the droop , said Enad, turning a. face a iso u e y chard is planted with yearling apple see the body, which was a comfort. his eyelids told of shattered nerves, speaker. zts I have previously mention - With a perfectly easy conscience he There was a thick white bandage "Ie is a dreadful, ghastly tercirsi business altogether; but I cannot would decide .on the hieght of could give a certificate of death. And round his throat, his kit shoulder 3ose heading the trees. lide iblfy thintik of ia.nky otIsleti;uNgVgaiYe. a o any ling i e a, hTheree aims when it can be easily done in if only somebody would stop that was stripped tightly. .He spoke with Uniformity should be one of our hideous bell! Someone was singing difficulty. is abhon•ent. And the dog's fidelity quietly in the drawing -room, and the "Do we feel era, better this' morn- is so touching. My sister and 1 shaping the tree. Take a pleasure nzusic seemed to be strangely bizarre ing?" Walker asked, cheerfully. Were exactly. alike, except that , she and cut trees bac ..k to seme ht g , hi m and out of place. "No, we don't," said Heves ensoe, with es fairer then me." care being taken to cut near a bud Inside it seemed like a veritable a total absence of his usual gracious- ‘T1 e d rtaker s understood " to so wound will heal readily. Should it be cut some distance from the house of the dead—the shadm ow of nese of anner. "We feel confound- i .-un a ' w a demur slightly on professional bud, the part above the bud perishes tragedy loomed everywhere. The dust edlelweak, and sick, and dizzy. EveTY 1 d it was verv irrersular and grot n. s. . and is liable to injure the tree -When rose in clouds frotn the floor as the time I drop off to Sleep I wake Withk .' • • - t' not in the least la1t e.y o glee sa is - the buds have started, go over your - servants paseed to and fro. The Y a start ancl a feeling that that in-' factiontrees carefully and rub off surplus avers all clad in black, and shuffled fernal dog is smothering ine, Has "What does it. matter?" Enid cried, •spiu s with the thumb Care should U000511'. , as if conscious that their the brute been shot yet?" Sh ti Ione .. passionately. e was. ac ng z be taken to so start limbs as to clothes did not belong to them. Enid ``I don't fancy se; in fact, he ie' - ' . - the less magnificent] because her 7 . have the tree well balanced. I pre-: came out into the hall to meet tho still at his post upstairs d th ' a an ere- • - net es were quivering like inu-n -- fer a number of limbs coining out dore.or, Fier race seemed terribly fore---". . , . strings. "When I am dead you can i t. e rom tunk oe tree to a fork; it white ana drawn; there ty-as some- "9.-hdrefore you lia,ve not seen the ai " h ' nee me m a ditch , for all I ewemakes a stronger' tree .. thing in her eyes that suggested an- body of my poet, dear cousin.?" We ; are a strange family and do . AND BETTER BALANCED xiety more than grief. • "Otherwise I. could have given no strange thines. 'Pile question. of eate ' ' • • - • isfaction neec no bo ier you... a, e It is necessary to cut limbs . back "I suppose you have come princi- certificate," Walker said: witli digni- • • 'el t • tl • T k air, my- measure and send the coffin home for awhile so as ,to have short, Pally to see Mr. Henson?" see said . ty. "If I ha.ve , eatisfied payselre But iner y. sist--" and the requirements of the raw , to -morrow, ad nwe will manage to Stocky, stout limbs. Should , the -No occasion to intrude upon yourwhy, then, every -body is satisfio ed, I d the rest. Then, to -morrow night '''''''''''''''''''""'"'''''"'"‘"'""'"'"'''''''''''''"'"'""'"'-es, . grief for a moment, Miss ktenson,,.... , have seen the body." you will have a four -horse hearse Walker said, quietly. "As / have Teelimcally the little doctor told you before,ethere was very little spoke the truth. Henson muttered hope for your sister from the first. something that sounded like an apo - T1 was a melancholy satisfaction to logy. Walker smiled graciously and no to find iny diagnosis confirmed suggested that rest and a plain cfiet in every detail by eo eminent an an- were all that his patient needed. thority as Dr. Hatherly Bell. I will Rest was the great thing. The ban - New Power and Strength for E,sery Organ of the !Body in the Use of DR. CHASE'S NE VE FOOD flood "cligestioe, ruddy complexion, eplenditi circulation, clear brain, steady nerves, pound., zestful sleep., better health and reater strength or mind arid body is what you may ex- pect from the use of De, Chase's Nerve Food. Not in atiy myetericeis waY; hut from the hard fact that Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is compeeed or the.ele- relents al nature which go to 'form new, red corpueeles in tha'1)100cf, or, 111 other words, make the blood elch Jo the nutritive principle which cre- ates 3101'1fe fOra-4110 pOWCP whieh runs the I110Chi11C17 of the body. WITH THE VITALITY OF THE BODY THUS,BROUGHT TO HIGH' WATER IvrAltX WEAICNESS AND DISEASE GIVE PLACE TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS, Impaired diseetion, irregular na- tion of the feminine organiem, Watik,.• 310,501 of heart, lungs or other bodily Oran, ,Paine and, aehee and all the annoying etelseruencils of Weak PerveS and blood disappear becanee a the cause of their existence is re- moVect 1 By 'rioting your increase in weight you can prove that new, firm flesh' and tissue -are being added lar this ' great restorative. • MRS..13, A, LOYNES, Nurse, Phil- ipsburg, Que., writes :—"I was -, all 1 ran clown sled could eot , do ,my own work. Fe•erything I ate macle me sick. In nursing others 31 had soon the good results 'of'De. Chase'e Nerve rood and resolved to •try it.: As a restd t 01 this tree lancet 31 havO gal ne ed ten potiade, de my own work alone and feel lWa oi oiitiivly difl'er- ('111 verse 0 1 hue e received so much •henefit lane itris medicine that," am glad to recennnentl it to Whets. :1 1•ttve a copy of Die ChaSe's Receipt 'Book and would not pert with, 11. for $50 it I eoeld not get another," Test the es t 1101 d inai y llllbifltiding POWnl' of DT. UNISO'R Noria hood. 50 001110 0. boa', at an dealers, or Ed- pumeon, Bates S't Co., 'Termite. The pertreit and signature of Dr. A. W. Cheer!, the famous esecipt book au. - their, are on every bOX, here at seven o'clock and drive the coffin to Churchfield Church, where yell will be expected. After that your Work will be finished." , the bewilclere.d young man respond- ed that -things should be meetly as the lady required. He had seen many strange and wild things in his time, hut none so strange and weird as this. It was all utterly irregular of COnMe, but people after all had a right to demand what they paid for. Enid watched the demure young man in blade down tlie corridor, and then everything seemed to be envel- oped in a dense purple mist, the world was spinning under her feet, there was a geeat noise like the ruah or mighty waters in her brain. With great effort she threw off the week - nese end came to hei•self trembling reom head to foot. "Courege," she inerrourecl, "couee age. This life bas told on me moke tintri 1 thought. With Chris's 0x 111)11)10 befere Inc f must not • break down now.' ' (To be Continued.) , • AGE AND MUSCLE, Careful investigatiom have proved' that the niumles, as well as other otgans of the body., have their stages of development tied decline. Tests of the stvength of several thoesands of people have been made by the nse of a dynamometer (strength Measurer), and the following. are given as' the average figures of 00 wioto l'ace• ',the lifting power of A youth of sev- enteen is 280 Pa In his twentieth year this inereasee to 320 lb.,41111 in hxs thii•tieth aaci lliirteafirst yeitee It leeches its beighi, 356 lb. At the end• of the tlii ty-first year the streegth begina 10 decline.' "By the fort i eth e•eLlb it has decree sod 81b, , and this elimination continuee at a slightlyeincreasoner rate until the fiftieth 'Year is reached, when the figure is 8301 b. A leer is period the strength fails more and More rapidly, ,7 AbOill CORIS Don't think you are justi- fied in being laid up with a cold half the winter merely because it's the season when everybody is supposed to have colds. At ,first a cold may not amount to much but it is likely to hang on long enough to give you troubleif it is not stopped with Scoff's Emuisiona These cold that hang on weaken the throat and lungs and make the way easy for pneumonia and perhaps con- sumption. It is just as well to reduce the chance as much as possible. Scott's Emulsion soothes, heals and cures a cold and does it quickly— that's a, good point to re- member. vaiddril6WIWN•roalr(tte.. growth and early cold we.ather is liable to damage the tree by the jury returned the verdict of "death 'Wood not being matured. from. starvaaion" 'or death acceler "- After live years •of cultivation the ated by privation," gives particulare trees ehould have the lull benefit opf of thirty-nine Ruch cases—a very the ground, sowing to cloVer and small total compared with the thou -. sands of struggling creatures who cowpeas to maintain the fertility of grazing the clover and pee" making Quite a -profit may be fight On silently froth. day to day the soil. made by runmeg hogs•an an .orchard, the land more fertile and it is an ad- vantage to have faulty fruit, eaten up, thus destroying many insects. Manure or fertilizer if used should be well scattered around the tree. The fibrous roots will talc -6 up the strength. •' Should it be piled around the tree the fibrous roots will not leave the tree. I do not think it ad- visable to sow grass in an orchard. A tree sod -bound, seldom ainounts to anything. The cultivation of an orchard, especially plowing it, is like - should be leveled down. La I-owi PInfirmary, where he , died thirty hours „ it 1 the street and taken to Paddington • • ler to .hill up around the tree and an orchard care should be taken to bark trees or plow too deep. T not later. Early. in. .the clay application - had been made on his behalf to thee -- IN MODERN BABYLON. Starvation in the Midst of Lon; • don's Plenty. • • The greatness and • gaiety of Lon- don is sadly contrasted' by the squa- lid misery and starvation of thou- sands -of ita inhabitants. • A Home Office return of the num- ber of cases in the county of Lon- don last year in which a coroner's against poverty and starvation. The following are a few of the cases pab- lislied: A homeless tramp was found ill on a seat opposite Temple Gardens, and • taken by the police to Bearyard In- .firmary. In spite of every care, anct attention he • died, five days later, from epilepsy accelerated by expo - SUM, No application had been made , by this man at any time for paro- chial relief or admittance to a work- house. A bank clerk, of Paddington, fifty- five years of age, was found ill •ire NIL think one of the best tools with which to cultivate an orchard is a cutaway harrow. WINTERING CALVES. The best feed we have ever used for calves, considering the money Value, is bright, sweet corn fodder, stored in the early falleunder shelter, writes Geo. A. Groom. We tut our corn just as soon as possible after the shock on the ear is 'dry, but while the blades are yet green. 'When it is cured sufficiently to keep in a crib not tasted food for two days.• He it is husked and the fodder . tied m never rallied, and died the next day huge bundles with binder twine. This from syncope accelerated by exposure. -- method of handling facilitates the hauling and feeding very materially. Twenty calves have been wintered ess, relieving officer, who issued an urgent - order on the medical officer, to visit him. The man declined the officer's offer of medical aid, or admission to the infirmary, and the landlord sub- sequently turned him. into the street, His• death was due mainly to self n. eglect and want of food. lames Ouston, a Marylebone labor,' er, was found lying in St. John's. wood -road on a• cold and windyt night, and was taken to the infirm- ary in a police ambulance. He had Isaac John Newton, a homeless la- borer, sixty-two yea,ra old, we alnaost exclusively on such roughne found dying in Squirries-street, Bethnal - with only enough good mixecl hay to green, and was. taken to the hafirrn- ary, w. here ho. died from sYneoPe and keep up their appetites, They con - chrome alcoholism. A married sinned about 150 shocks, worth 121- cents each, and one ton of bay, esti_ daughter stated at the inquest that meted at $12making a total of she .had advised him to go into the $30.75 worth of feed. This is equi- . workhoese, but he replied that he valent to $1.50 per head for the en- would rather die in the gutter. tire winter, which I consider very Thomas Nelson, a homeless lire- cheapr The feeding is done in a; wood seller, was found dying in Old - long, inclosed shed during snow l street, E.C., in utter wrecic. He was storms or rain, and the calves coineltaken to the inflienary, where he died through With niCe, sleek coats of of gangrene and deetitutioo. hair, ready to take on flesh rapidly, when turned on grass in April. By keeping the calves inclosed we save about ten loads of manure, which pays well for the trouble of a wretched condition. 'Doctole said feeding. Many farmers winter their that she had not come ender. treat - cattle In the fields. 'Itis is a mis- ment early 'enough to effect a cure ', ' Mice. Not om only froa business She was entirely friendless and alone standpointbut also from a 1101111.210 no one knew eR, anything ref her: She (110(1 121 the infirmary trio days after, admission One of the most distressing cases recorded is the following: "Man un- known, found in a lumber warehouse at Spitalfields. Body much eaten by on the faien, we wonder why it has rats; about forty years of age. Died not received more attention. To get of pneumonia and heart -failure, due . the best rmulta it should be cut just to exposure and stareation." before or at the time that it begins to blessona and the it will start to grow again very readily, and an other crop is at hand on a short A locel railwey' colt. West has an • time. For'solling; the patch Can be imenviable 'reptitation for slowness, cut over four or five times during the and many jokes are cracked at its summer. 1.3y beginning zit 'one side expense.' Not 'long ago a .leumorist and cutting ',what is needed each day, it takes foin• or five weeks to cot was tra':teliIng 031 this line' When tick e 1 -con cc tor ca Me to examine ,over the patch, by the time the la,st a tickets, the humorist inquired:— of the first crop is 'cut, .where , the the • • first is Cut there will be another crop "ri°es this l'ailalaY 00101)1103'' allow ready to cut again. To avoid having passengers•to give advice if they give some get too ripe at 'first cutting, the it in 0. respeetful manner?" • first should be out While very young The colleetor, suspecting fen at. his and gveen. After the firet thne over own. expense, replied hi gruff tones, it will be reaching the. proper stage "T suppose it does." Jessie Newson, described as a wid- ow, 88 years old, a hquieless flower- . seller, was found lying on the foot- way of Butler -street, Spitalfields, in point of view. tamers, be consid- erate and shelter your stock. :ALFALFA FOR SOILING. When we consider the many good reasons why'alialla should be grown IN THE WRONG° PLACE. 'when the time that it is needed we "'Well, then, cellector,answered rives. As it ie relished ancl eaten the humorist, and lie winked at his so greedily by a,1 kinds of stock, it 'fellow -passengers, "it occurred to ine can be cut and cured as haystored as we were coming along, that it And fed when needed. We do not would be well to detach tbe cow - know of any crop that Win hill) iSh so catcher from the front of the engine much good reed ie one season as al- and ex it on to the rear of the fella. It is rich in protein and fed trein " "Why that?" demanded the collee alone is worth as much as other clover and a moderate .amotint of wheat bran,' TI1ANSPLA.NTING TREES. $ince countless mothers are lost it cutting off 'Itirge roots ie, digging trees, it is a good practice to eat the larger roots with a spade the fall previous to taking •up. This causes the tree to send out nearev the trunk a stroog growth of • fine recite wbieh will . be- taken up with the trae Wfien it is dog, MI ctried and dead roots should .be cut back with a knife till living tissue is ex- pesed, When the clean -mit, living ende are exposed to the moist 8011 I they quickly callus over aod give out new roots "Well, you see,'' explained the 'humorist, "we are not likely to ov- ertake a cow; but what's to prevent a COW 110111 strolling into this com- partment and biting a passenger?" • Teacher—"So Caught you eat. )i ing „Wets, have X?", Sarorny--"No,et mune I wasn't 'eating them. I was ,jest keepieg them in mouth i1-,. stead of Iny Pocket—they're eticky.!" Ite-on—"Do yoe believe it's true that all the wood' loves a lOver'P' Tom—"1,1o; not s1nc 1 had a) inter- vieW with your father'