Exeter Times, 1907-05-23, Page 2alw
A Loveless Marriagc;
A :"ATTER OF EXCHANGE.
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C:11.el TEltl XXX. flushing -'prat he has made Inc 'ewer
It was as este had said, four o'clock. myself in your eyes.,'
liiiery St. Jahn, as he reached Ike gates "That he has not! Whatet er crimes
of Vereker G,urt, heard the hour chirp- are, his, you cannot lay that to his
ed from the ele k in the old %vied tower charge."
that overloohed the gardens. "Well -there is still something," con -
Instinctively he glanced in its diene- tinted she, with a heavy sigh, and yet
lion, and from it to the open patch .,1 with a faint touch of comfort in her
ground that spread all round it. It tone. "I said 1 wished -hint --dead.
could be distinctly seen horn that part That I longed for his death. Will you
of the avenue on which he now stood,
find the tall, lute hollyhocks and glow -
Ing dahlias made a brilliant bit of col-
or against the grey ste,ncwerk of the
encient building. A light breeze was
stirring, and the Mutely hollyhocks
swayed to and fro, the dahlias bent
their heads. There was a pretty air rf
1110 and feeling alout them.
Something else was moving too. A
*fender figure dressed In white. It
went languidly. as one wearied, paus-
ing ellen, as though oppressed by cruel
thought. Ile abandoned all idea of cnl-
;n
g fortieally yat the hall door, and went
freight to the tower garden, as 11 was
ailed.
ie teas quite close to her Lekre she
1~w-nrd his step on the soft, shaven sward
rand when she did (near him, and looked
up, he was almost sorry that he ltnd
COrme.
She was looking very ill, but she grew
te.sitively ghastly as her eyes met his.
here was a tiny pleoe of black plaster
an her right temple, and a nasty, des=
et lored bruised look all around it.
She stood for a moment, and then be-
ganto tremble visibly. Her eyes fell
before his. she seemed filled with a
*tinging shame. Ile could not fail to
fico that she would gladly have blotted
led him out of her sight, that she shrank
frons him, that his presence was in
eomo way a horror to her, and as he
Iwittched her ho to!d himself that he
had never been really miserable until
]www•.
"\\ h., told you I was here?" she said,
iter voce sounding harsh and strained.
"No one. I saw you through the
free down there. if I had known--"
Ne pausod. "Of Course 1 can go away
he said.
11e turned abruptly away, hut she
put out an imploring hand.
"Oh: not like that!" she cried. "But
'-1 had told myself I could never see
x�oou again. I fad given the servants
briers to admit no one; I meant to go
away --anywhere--"
But cow hy-why?'
"Don't do that. Don't try to ignore
it P.
sn id she. "when I think -when I
remember yesterday."
"But," said he a gein, "what have I
4one that you should banish me from
your pre sence because of yesterday's
cruel work? 1 can readily understand
that all things helping you to recel it
Aust he hateful to yen; but do not, 1
iliplore you. harden your heart ngainst
e. The gross wrong you suffered at
at rnan't hands Ls not to bo lightly
lergotlen, but---"
'That! D,► you believe 1 think of
bear interrupted she. "Oh, no -no! It
*genets to me the' I have forgotten all
ut that. it is you -what I said to
you----" She turned abruptly away. as
11 unable to endure the thought that he
orae booking at ler.
"What morbid felly!" ceelninied he.
angrily. "\\'hat did you say. If you
td, 1 have forgotten !t."
You have not," said she mournfully.
•Nor have 1. Oh! that 1 could!" She
looked away from him and then hack
'gain. and finally burst nut with deep
agitation: "Believe, believe that I Was
pied yesterday. My heae-- he had hurt
1t here," nervously touching the wounil-
tld temple, "and F scarcely knew what
1 said or did. 011! surely excuses should
1M made for mei''
She locked at hlne pitifully. rind he
lr,ok her !land between loth itis Owen
and presw►d it eagerly.
"1f 1 mule only cull%inoe you," he
saki, "that there was nettling. nettling
at all. \\'hy will you disquiet yourself
Tong over 1t ngain?"
"lf you will let me speak, it w ill Io
• relief. 1 think. I know I said to you
ii)ingc that --Oh! hew it hurts air to re-
ineniler!•" She preesed the hand he
was not holding to her breast. "taut, in.
alk IA. I was distrnrted. Never a ns there
• woman iso crushed, so ever vhelmw••1.
1 cannot bar to think of it all. and yet
--1 fncy--lf i weer once to say 11 to
,r u, I should not endure such torture.
1." ---here she brneed herself as If ter a
supreme effort: "1 nskcd you to marry
we. if Franck died!"
She turned aside and rovered her fare.
\\•e•ll. what of 11? \\'h:+t was nacre
in that?" said he. trying to speak light-
ly "You knew it is the one desire of
ent1y life to marry you. to rescue you
A+cnl all the misery that seems to have
engulfed yon. Otherwise you would
O ct neve said it. ('.Irmo. forgot it. east
these irelish thoughts behind you."
"Alas!" she said. "\Vhat happy
blieiights have 1 to replaee them? And
sides. they will not le, cast aside. It
one thing mere 1 owe him," her cheek in n rather unfrreluente.l part of them.
try to believe I did not ocean that?" She
shuddered. "Nor -fro," she said. "I do
not long for it."
"I know it. If I might advise you,"
St. John could barely bring himself to !would sweep him out of his path. He had
answer, and was conscious only o1 a had many an encsny; but who had ov-
longing that the fellow would leave him trco►ne him? He would baffle St. John,
before his last remnant of self-control as he had baffled that poor devil, Black
was gone. Ile was pale and rigid with Sandy, who -
the effort to subduo himself. Ile knew A slight noise near hirn. A little, lit-
tf be once let himself go nothing could ole noise! A vague creeping sound! Slow -
come of it but scandal, in which her ly, slowly, with an awful preclence f
nsrne w•ruki infallibly be mixed up, and coming evil, he turned his head, to see
that was to be avoided at all risks. a clank, crouching figure steal through
There was, too, the knowledge that 3 the laurels near hire, to find a relent -
struggle between him and Vereker would less swarthy face mitt over his prectrate
be an unfair one. Strong and powerful forte.
RS that big, Lurly brute k ketl to lite (To be Continued.)
uncritical eye, St. John knew thrtt '•e
was so demoralized by drink !hut there
was no real strength in hirn. and that
if he, St. Jelin, finer had hirn ey the
throat he could stake hinr as n, terror
might a rat. and afterwards crusts the
life out of him. \Vtiy the devil y.611111111
the fellow leave him alone instead e f
following hirn here? Surely some de-
mon was g-ading hirn onwards to his
urldeing.
St. John walked steadily forward, tak-
ing no notice of his companion, smok-
ing his cigar, with n fierceness That
sgnve sconce slight relief to his temper.
.cit ..
t ren<! congratulate y r, said \
0eker with an evil smile, "en the time
Ing of that t•harming shrew of mine. 1
bid her go into the house and she prac-
tically refuses; you bid her go, anti
said he, gravely, "I should beg you to l+eigh prestn. she is off like a shot. She
i d t down, find restyourself.coleys yowl admirably. You should give
jr`' n and
►� ''cow
You have not yet recovered from yes-
terday's 1►nha enc' n wrinkle, any dear fellow.
excitement, If ou her huel0nnd, she is anything but sub -
Pp}' } servient; to you -pray whet are you to
Will only "
"Hush!" she lifted her linger and stood her?
motionless. es if listening. Her face it a•rnrltl he inlpns�ihle to d. srrihA 1�e
peeled again until the bruise upon the
white forehead showed almost black.
Her eyes dilated. "Ile is coming!" she
breathed quickly, painfully. 1t was hor- anyone wvhnm 1 saw 111!treatcd by a
riblet to see any one human thing soIle retrieved his cigar from be
much in dread of another. t,.yeen h;, lips incl leisurely knocked tine
St. John lifted his head, hardly be ash cuff it.
lirving, so still was the air around; but "Meaning me!" returned Vereker,
presently he saw that her instinct, with an unpleasant laugh. "Now do
sharpened by that fear she could not yea' know to me it seems that there ye
overcome nr con►'eal, %vas truer than two curs In this rase, both Milting for
hie. Vereker turned the corner and
came towards them. with the slouching,, a useless bene. It is n pity we should
!mailing gait that had grown peculiar
to him.
"Fine evening," he said,' addressing
a1. John.
"Very," said St. John. Ile affected !o
to busy with a cigar 110 had taken from
his pocket, so as to avoid shaking hands
with the contemptible brute before him. mighty strength of a fierce joy, and ret
He knew his voice was unsteady, that last !lung hirn from hint with all ieis
it was wvith difficulty he restrained hirn- f',rce.
self from catching hint by the throat 'fhe man fell with a (1 ill thud uponand shaking the very life out of him,
so he confined himself to a weird. Vet•e-
l•er, who knew very well what thestrong
interest in the cigar meant, and the al-
tered tone, half closed his eyes and
looked from St. John to his wife, and
back again wvith a slow insolent smile.
"Conte up to see Mrs. Vereker?" t:e
went on.
"Yes," curtly.
"Ah! She has been hurting herself,
you see," pointing deliberately to the
mark en C,eoil's forehead. "She must Ye leen perilously near stamping the vile were, The trial section of it has been
incelent vileness of his manner and his
meaning.
"A friend!" said St. John in a danger-
ously quiet. tone. "As 1 should be to
he at cross-purpnst s. You can take her.
my goad Si. .T ! n, and welcome. i
don't want her!"
"Yowl Scoundrel'. you villain!" cried
St John violently. He felt at lite mo-
ment mad with grief and rage. F1.-
caught Vereker by the throat, swaying
hale backwards and forwards with a
DODGING A 1tt14:1.F. ELI•:PI1A T.
Indian Official's Game of Hide and Seek
Wille a IIie Beast.
S. Al. Fna,er, Chief Conuniesioner of
Georg and re ideal of Mysoro, met with
an itthenttn•e in Coor'g !rear the Curium
border during his recent torr.
Mr. Fraser, accompanied by Air. Ilar-
ris, Assistant commissioner; ; Alr. Mc-
Carthy and Mr. Haller, were riding along
it narrow eigzng path through an alrreo't
impenetrable jungle when, says the Lon-
don Standard, he heard an elephant
moving parallel with them. Mr. etc-
(:arthy rode to tote next bend to see if
the coast was clear. At 1110 moment Mr.
McCarthy turned the bend a tucker carpo
out on the path above leim, and without
a moment's hesitation gave the usuul
<quenl and charged.
Shouting "Ride !" Mr. Nice:arthy gal-
loped down tete path, and, with this fly-
ing start, passed Mr. Fraser, who had
not got up imich pace, not fully realizing
the danger. The rest of the party dis-
appeared around the next bend. Me.
Fraser turned into an opening In tate
jungle_ only to find it a trap of impene-
trable growth on all sides. The rogue
elephant was within a few yards of the
horse's tall.
Without an instant's heaitittion, throw-
ing an arena around a tree while pealing,
1. lel the horse gallop from under him,
Zell tp the gr•oypd on all fours, flung
himself to otter side clear of the chart*in
elephant's path, and then springing to
his feet took refuge behind a larger tree
:eerie paces away.
No sooner did the elephant miss his
men than lee pulled up, turned around
and proceeded slowly to hunt for hint.
Mr. Fraser in the meantime moved
silently around the tree, keeping it be-
tween himself and the elephant. For-
tunately after some minutes the elephnt
moved off and dleappenred, Mr. Fraser
emerged from his place of concealment,
not damaged In any way. The whole
the grass, and lay there inetienless• St. party was unarmed.
John stood a moment looking dawn at
him with a hitter hatred and contempt,
and then turned on his heel and strode
tawny into the novo gathering twilight.
1Ic went quickly, not daring to trust
himself any longer witch that recumbent
figure.
Ile walked swiftly, eagerly, and by de-
grees grew calrner--even a little asham-
ed of himself. Beyond doubt tie had
thirsted for that blackguard's bled, had
r -
STEEL. PAVEMENT IN PARIS.
It is Expected to Give a Good Surface For
florins and to be Very Durable.
Paris is experimenting with the latest
thing in pr+veutent. They coil it steel
pavement, but it Is really a concrete
pavement reinforced with t► steel frame -
careful, you see! l'rn always warning life out of hirn as he lay et his feet. lied on the flue Saint -Mat tin, in front
her, but she won't take advice. I Ile took off his hat ns he went through of lire Conservatoire of Arts and Indus -
the ce1.i1 woods, and let the wind play tries,
upon his forehead. He felt entirely and The metal part of the pavement is a
deeply thnnhful That he had done no plate of perforated steel with strong
mote= te.an strike hirn to the earth. Ile isllts of steel running through it Le-
h' fled Cecil would hear nothing of il, tween the pK rforutions. Each section
and rather believed she would not, as has some resemblance le a steel har-
there was nn one to tell her except Ve- Few, only the prongs project equally e:n
r•eker, and he would probably be the each side ana they are square and blime
last to do it. The plates are arranged close together
But hew mouth more of this was there en a bed of rough concrete such as is
to be gone through? Flow often would 115041 for wood black pavement. Then a
1•e be moved thus to righteous wrath? specially prepared cement is shovelled
the saran Instant so did Mrs. Vereker.. Would the time ever come when his sa- upon them In a elft condition and
She got between the two men and raised vase longing to end that villain's pow- rammed down until it mnkes a Solid
her hand as 1t to warn her husband er to insult nntl harm that poor child mass, with the steel frame just levelled
would prove too strong for hirn, and ch evenly with the upper tips of the
he should stand out before the world prongs.
as a eornrnOn murderer? The steel prongs are so close together
tic drew his breath sharply. and his that the shoe of every horse and every
shrine spell his beauty. it doesn't he- 1 row grew damp. 11 was n terrible plc- wheel of any width must rest in part
long to 1110; I only guard and cherish, here. rand what added 10 its horror was on theta and In part on the cement. 1t
the feeling that 11 might prove true. is expected In this way to sumo a
and punish what Is my own. Mark that..
o day
's experience had taught him that highly durable, but distinctly uneven
could not altogether frust himself. surface*, orre on w•hkh horses will have
sure footing in all weathers and en
which they can secure the necessary
purehnse to pull heavy loads.
Ii will be superior to asphalt in ulti-
mate economy and to wood, both in the
better fooling That 1t affords to horses
and in the fact that it will not admit
o' dangernus rule developing. The
sample lnid Dost $,540 a square metria,
n little rrx,rc' than a square yard. but
n hen the wnrk is done on a large scale,
it is believed the price can be cut to
about $1.50. The life of such a pave.
men!. without serloun repairs is esti-
mated at ten years ns a minimum.
shouldn't w'�nder if she carne by A01110 -
thing even nastier if she refuses to lis-
ter to reason -a husband's reason."
There was something abominably ma-
lignant. eemething that looked like bru-
te.' an►useonent, in the eyes he fixed on
her.
SI. aim threw up his head and look-
ed the other full in the face. His eyes
were blazing. Vereker, w'tio had as
u -teal been drinking, laughed coarsely.
SI. John made a step forward, and at
back. He laughed again, louder this
time --and lightly, but with a danger•-
cus swiftness, threw her hand aside.
"Don't be frightened," he said, with
nn odious sneer. "1 shan't hurt him. 1
well! cried he, Ills hateful suavity drop-
ped. and a savagery hardly to be de-
scribed taking its place. "Get to the
hnllse, aomanr'
Cecl'1. a' if ten frightened. too shock-
ed. to know what to de, stood still.
"('.o!" roared lie. shaking hie fist nl
he cot j
eVell-he would wait awhile. Perhaps
he had given hirn a lesson---perhaps--
why rtlany things might happen. if
the worst came to the wnrnt. he we'll('
ask her once again 10 give herself to
her. "ho you dare to dery me, pail be- him. and If she again refused. he would
ly? what,. r)0 yovonthink your lm-er j nlroad-for ever.
can preeedt you? (no! i say, whilst And then he toll himself, as a sharp
)*011 have still n rape of character left firing sh'�t Through his bent!, that l,e
Alien -
yell. in which to delude ct'iety. (;o! e't•111r1 never leave her--roulti never aban-
don her. She had called him friend;
n' 1'11---"
"i.envc us!" sail St. John. sharply. he tweed net desert her in her sore
cntcteing her nrm and shaking her -light- need. ile would stny. however thine.e
lye M wake her from the tr,rpor into turned. ciut. and fare all rrspooncihili
whish she had fa:lrn. !ler nerves were tie` for her solo.
nc, tenger under her centre!. Sheewens
ei uctre.l. broken, 141111 inseneihle. Meantime. ' r•c•her ley prone upon the
St. Johns. v,)iee. however. hnpeel} xwnr•d, a� quirt ns if Ile, was drnel. Ile
roused her. hie lough woke her to n was n4 t s,, murk (1 nsencih1e. linw'-
fuller life: and. wile the painful start ete,. )Ls ey,•s were open. nnrl lie gazed
of eine waking from a hideeins dream.
she brushed pnst her hrisbantt and ren
towards the 11,1)50.
ail wren XX\1.
1t was the first lime Si. John had
heard him (]seely brutal to her, and a
5Ptlse of deegu,t almost choked him.
Vereker stood looking nfter his wife un-
til :,he had disappeared, a eurkrus smile
upon hie face. Then he turned to C1.
1410. wvh') 113,1 Lurie l and was walla
ing ntoruptly away without bidding the
ether the courtesy of n goclet-bye.
"what! going!" said Vereker, felltev-
leg hirn. 110 seemed amused. "Don't
1.1 ane drive you away," he said: "you
came to SM Mrs. Vereker -pray follow
her to the houses and flnieh your visit.
What! you won't? 1i00ally going,'?"
"Yes." said 5t. John. They had en-
tered 111e shrulleriee now. find were
Scott'.: Ern uleesfon strengthens enfeebled
nursing mothers by increasing their flesh and
nerve force.
It provides baby with the necessary fat
and mineral food for healthy growth.
' a' ALL DRIUOOI$Tt3t 1130o. AND 91.00.
1
JACK'S EXPLANATION.
\\'ith enemy a hitch of his 1tousers and
pulls tit hie f•orei ck in r•eep etful salute
oddly at the sky above hinr. new grow- t., Justice, Jack Collins, able seaman,
Int! grey a.= the October et -ening gegen was nnwlgntel lip to the court -room rail -
to cin -e in, it was plerieatit enough ly.. ing by a policeman on a charge of
lair there, }1e thought. on the soft grecs,
vvith his hr ivy 1itnbss tit rest, and his
(h111. 1)1i1'11111W hent! close In the rent
efirth. He fell lazy, enervated. unwil-
ling to stir. nn41 perhaps tint t.t•-,w :1
St Je tin's hail taken something out 4 f
1►'rn.
Ah' well. he could revenge it en her.
For Ihis one blow cif her cursed lover's
Me should have a score, 11 wns really
utmost a luxury to lie here, staring al
the crilnt i►ertvens. and dreaming a ut
do licic,us plans of venge.•tnce to be lew-
ereel on hie heuil of one fragile, power -
tem woman.
Ile stirred lightly, and inlighel alone)
in a soft. devilish fashion, as 110 fliwight
o' nil thine He must take care Ihnt SI.,.
Jo1i11 i►eard e01 earl' loltise nn the skin
of his fair lady. othwhijell' rnu1.l
no} be complete.Viter, Johnise tesas ek)et11-
ly very far gong', end, by n jri•licielue
tr, ntinent of him and her. there was
no doubt bad he e'eed lead him en leo
such an as-arrlt as would place the got -
lent Romeo within his power. Ile knew
how the law would look at 1t. how the
ir.jine 1 husband %voiitel Mend reit wvhfle
011d hlanieless. Oddly enough, it timer
for one moment neeerred to bun ihnt
his wife would fear' him. and gladly
accept. Gl Jelin's preftrction. Dulled
as his hrnin wee, perverted as was hie
nature. genie instinct told hide he was
safe fn trusting her to keep her tnnn-
cence at all hainrrls, and hint an un-
happy passtnn for St. john wee all that
enukd be laid to her charge.
Well, he would get the better o1 that
son). pss levee tabic yo lunar roan yet. lie
cruelty to nnin:rrls.
"ile hada pnving-stone lied to the fail
of the horse he was riding. your weir.
Mem" said the oMe•er who had arrested
tern.
"\Vhnl was that for?" sternly asked
111. magistrate.
"\\'ell. liminal, that wasn't no ern, Its.
to animals. ns the: ()Wirers says, tit all.
blurted nut nark. "i hired that bony
craft outside for a short crui a nshot•e.
Ston after getting end• r way I found
the bkx►min' old packet wouoldn't steer a
little bit. She w as all down by the bead
and tacked about the street when 1h',
wind was fair astern. Try as b would i
couldn't get steady steerage way on her.
and its she drifted to windward just a:
.,(ten as she del to leeward. 'than.
thinks I. she's too light 1'3' the stern, as
her heels were cornet.4n'ly linin' and
racing just for all the world like ciur
propellers on the ship when stie 1.'sces
on a big sea. 'She %,ants mere weight
aft.' says an old sipmate of mine that
poet, and then 1 just got hirn to help me
Ice conte 10 enc I:i'►• while 1 shipped a 11111.
hallos! aft. That's all. your vor'hip. All
shipshape find above -hoard, and no rea-
son in the world why thio blue and
brass-bnund corvette here should hove
overhauled me at all."
"Dismissed." said the jueece. neer
Jack had agr' el In jettison the lallfist
and tato the "craft" home in "tow,"
whi0,h meant lend the ancient steed back
1.) the stable.
Memory is the pre•c one has to pay
ie this world for the mistakes he makes.
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If the land to be planted is weedy and
contains witch grass,‘. preparation com-
mence the summer before the crop is
planted, by plowing In July or August
and frequently harrowing to germinate
and destroy weed seed and bring the
witch grass roots to the surface, where
exposure to the sun and air will soon
kill them, writes Mr. Fred E. Dairs.
This should be followed by such plow-
ing and harrowing as may bo necessary
to fine and mellow the soil to n good
depth before .planting the seed in the
spring. Ground so prepared will give lis
an assurance of the best returns for the
es pense and labor necessary to grow a
good crop. If we have a clover sod,
then the time of plowing does not count
so much, or perhaps a ooat of barn ma-
nure applied in the fall may do ai well.
But do not stake so excessive en appli-
cation of manure as many do, as it will
be likely 10 cause rot. Clover or ma-
nure, should enable us to reduce the ex-
pense of commercial fertilizers at least
one-half and then to further increase th_
yield 50 to 100 bushels per acre.
If you wish to raise the largest pos.
sible crop of potatoes, 500 bushels or
more per acre, you must get as Weeny
perfect hills to reach full maturity as
possible. I advise rows 2 r feet apart
and seed pieces to bo dropped 12 to 13
inches apart in the drills, using gcxel-
sized seed cut one to three eyes, and
don't forget, if planting by hand, you
retest bend your beck and nctually place
the seed pieces so they will stay put,
in rrtising :.t)U bushels per acre, make
the rows :t feet alma; place the seed
pieces le to 20 incht>S apart in the drills
and don't tnke quite so miieh pnins in
clotting seed and spacing in the drills ns
for the larger yields. Ali the other work
needs to be clone about the mane, PX -
ceps, perhaps, you could do with a little
Ices fertilizer..
The above inethnds will produce about
the results noted In a good season, if
the results of 1ny experience and otater-
vntion are correct. In using commer-
cial fertilizers wholly. one ton of the best
is not u-uaily too mu •h, one-half to he
used in the drill with the planter, or be-
fore sed is tlropp0(l. if planting by hand,
:ond in either case it should be Ihon,ugh•
1y imlixed with the soil. The r.•uunining
half. if applied for the benefit of the
1.e)tatn crop wholly. is best done by eli;-
Iributing evenly along the drills over the
covered seed nay lisle before the plants
aro up; or it may be done at time of
hoeing er lining.
if the plants lire just breaking Ihr.ough.
the fe•r•tilizer can be applied and irm►ne-
d►ntely covered with a little loose soil.
,414.1 it will do no herrn. 1f they have
Attained considerable size It must be
carefully brushed off the Waffle with a
!'rush broom or in seine similar man-
ner.
Another method w•ha'h might aid some
farrier, and especially to a wet, beck -
ward season. when 1t is at times quite
,nlpo.esihle to ill the land for machinery,
is to drill fertilizer and seed of p
-ize ;possibly small whole potatoes In
•every third furrow when plowing, and
fellow by harrowing about once a week
until plants are 5 or 1 inches high, sad
then go on with gti usual cultivation.
1 Lave secured yields of 100 bulli i r per
acre by this method on buckwheat *tb.
the Iand with the use of only S00 pounds
potato fertilizer, followed with a light
dressing of nitrate of soda and potash
at first hoeing or !tilling.
The first cultivation of the crop, if
properly planted, for the purpose of
keeping clown weeds and stirring tete
sail, can be given wvilh light harrow; a
drag made 1.►y lapping inch boards or
plunk, or a host! harrows, is sometimes
good. In my own work 1 use a harrow
from time of 'denting until plants are
5 or 6 inches high and finish wm111 a
horse hoe and weeder. Do not be afraid
to work the crop as long as a horse can
gn between the rows without injuring
the tops. Of course, care mist bo taken
not to disturb the roots of the plants
after they have set.
1 have in my own work, by following
the bast methods stere described, been
ablo to secure yields of 500 bushels and
over per acre on commercial fertilizer's
alone. Those of the best grade about
4 per cent. nitrogen and 10 per cent.
potash. I remember on one piece, my
poen called attention to tho fact that they
were getting a bushel of potatoes for
market in six paces of a single row. if
my figures are correct, this- would he
over 800 bushels per acro in ordinary
field culture. But this piece had the ad-
vantage of a coat of turn manure the
fall previous to planting.
SEEi)ING CLOVER AND TIMOTiIY.
)seed principally with 0018. sometimes
with wheat, says Mr. L. B. Rice. Most
of the land is clay loam to heavy clay
interspersed with sand and muck. Fall
plowing is tho rule, but any sand land is
so full of June grass that it gels the
start of me if fall plowed.
1 plow as tuer'ly as possible and sow a shower of rain to shelter in nut' et
immediately after. I give thorough cul- the corner turrets, and the wariness'
tivation with disk and fine-tooth lair- chance had come. 'They climbed quiet -
a.
Anti toren sow my grass seed, four ly up the winding staircase inside.
pounds timothy• two pounds clover. just McCoy. hearing thein, rushed out and
a pinch of alsike, (say, one-quarter of a swnrmeci up the srnonth coping fit the
pint, and put on 200 pounds of good end of the mol of ( block. Sliding
terlilizer per acre. If grass; seed Ls sown 1 de'wn on the other side, he fnuntl Ilia
immediately after the harrow, it will hi postte tower full of warders and t -•e -
need no covering, but if a rain has fallen yen to climb geek.
the ground should bo stirred with a One of the warders in the tower par -
light weeder, if you have one; if not., levied with hirn le, distract his attenti11n
use a fine brush. wvhile Wfirder Dennis climbed from a
More failures come from covering too w•indnw and steaitl►ily crept after the
deeply than from any other cause, un- omelet along the' coping.
less it be poor soil or pxx,r preparation (:Af''TURI:D AT LAST. ground. Remember, the rule is that
n'I seed should be covered four lien.:- its Just as Aleroy reached the high ridge
ihirkness. Another caution, do su,w• (f the roof Warder Dennis struck trite
cur oats too thick. If the ground is 1ac•avily on the back of the knees and
shaded too much the young plants wilt sprang on him ere he had time to re -
sunburn when the oats are cut. aver. The crowd be•Mw cheered the
I have the most rout le with my muckplucky warder.
land. eepeciaily that wt4e-h is wet in -1 second later warders fromthe two
spring and fall. !'lowing • an only be towers had swarmed up the ridge ant
done its summer. \\•her.: it is possible flung themselves nn the struggling man.
t•► plow early enough to sew buckwheat, 14(me mingled heap of "'hi"' wi°ith-
use! that 1.) rot the sed. '1'o eeeei npilsll frig humanity they slid dew•n the roof.
this the buckwheat shades the ground need sere brought lip against one •,t
rind keeps it (imp. Seeding lakes well the c''rner towers, %warders t�elaboring
with buckwheat, but 13 killed Iiv frost elr(:nt• wvith their stnvec.
neer cuttirtp,► the grain. lit is titer in 1 few minutesinter and \Irf'cly,
put the harrow en file stuLhle ns snort' hreeletiffed and with his legs stripped,
es possible rine igen sow to linlolliy was bundeel through n winnow into
551111 one quart e.f clover and n std' coving the tower and carried clown stairs.
o! rtlkihe, just a handful. Then go over He had icer on the reef five hours
nj;.nirt with loess seed early in ?tie
spring as the frost is coming out.
If ! wait lo MIA with oats in the
spring 1 cannot get n team on the
ground. One year 1 put the tenni on tie -
fore! the frost was all out, on March 28.
Cold weather followed for two weeks,
but 1 got a fair stand of oats and a fair
seeding of grass, but It was not satis-
factory.
4.
MUTUAL, BENEFIT.
Rolf Man : "My son, your education
bas cost flee • greet deal of money r
Youth : 1 know 1t, dad, but tl..•1' what
• let you've teamed. ter "
'MAD CONVICT'S VSCAPE
CAPTURED AI'1 ER t IE:RCE BATTLE
O‘ PRISON ItOCI'.
Au Escaped Man Belies Warders at
Wormwood Se•ruis ier Fite
flours.
There have been few stranger scenes
at \\ urniwood Sciut.s Prison, I.condon,
than that enacted on Saturday, %%ion s
C4.rlvict escaped to the roof of the pri-
bon, practically wrecked it, and, for
close on lite hours, held small array
of warders at bay. The Ulan is believ-
e! suddenly to have become meant.,
.says the London Daily Muil.
Crowds of people watched the rnarlb,,,s
mad feats on the tiles, heard him sing -
hie and shouting, and !madly saw hen
captured after are exciting struggle en
the sloping roof.
An official at the prison staled that
I the damage done to the roof is estimat-
ed at ,C)00 to ,i:ti00.
CLIMBED) RAIN SPS)U'I'.
\\'m. McCoy, C13, the arae who es-
caped to tine roof on Saturday, is t'e-
garded In the prison as a bad charac-
ter. 'Three tveeks ago he headed a vio-
lent outbreak, and he has been pun-
ished for assaulting warders. A tall,
middle-aged man, he is serving two
sentences of eighteen months for rob-
bery and five years for burglary.
On Saturday, about eleven, he was
crossing the exercise yard with other
convicts, when he made a dash from
the ranks and began to shirt up a rain-
water spout to the roof of C block.
Climbing with marvellous speed he
reached the roof before tete other con-
victs had been hurried back to their
cells. Then he gave a great shout et
joy and began crawling along the ridge
to one of the corner turrets.
Here he wrenched off a four foot
piece of lead piping, and with this es
a weapon went back along the ridge
of the steep roof, smashing the sky-
lights and shouting and singing all the -
time.
"OH, THAT \VILI. BE JOYFUL."
Having destroyed all the gliiss in tlre,
rew of skylights Atc(:ey attacked the
dernier windows on the roof. Walking
along the narrow ledge in front e ! the
windows he pushed the piece of piping
through each -of the srmull panes wvi11l
which they are filled.
Tine plan's antics on the roof were
amazing. Every moment he seemed in
danger of being dashed to pieces on
the ground below. Ile waved his cap,
(hen threw it from the roof; next he
threw his boots over, and then his pri-
ne,n badge, which fell outside the pri-
son walls. There was a rush to secure)
it, but police kept the crowd which had
gathered back.
That the Ground of the breaking glass
end his own wild cries had drawn a
big crowd to the north side of the pri-
son seemed rather inspiriting to Mc( y'.
"1 am out for the day," he shouted,
"and 1 shall never go back alive.''
Then he began to sing. "Oh, that will
be joyful," and "i wouldn't leave my lit-
1ie wooden but for you," were samples
cf the melodies.
gl'OOD ON HiS IIEAD.
By this tirne all the prisoners had
been locked in their cells, and the pri-
son officers were using all their skill
in efforts to capture McCoy.
As the warders climbed cautiously
out on the roof McCoy wrenched off
the tiles and hurled them from the
roof, yelling as each one crashed en
the ground, "That's for any (with an
oath) warder who tries to take me.'
Every time a warders head appeared n
lits whizzed past it.
Pursuit on the steep roof, up and
down which the frenzied man ran, was
impossible, so it was decided to leave
hirn alone for a time.
And so, for over three hours, McCoy
rnn al•out the roof ripping off tiles,
which he threw to the ground or heap-
ed on the copings. and smashing the
sashes of the broken windows.
Once he nctually stood on his head
in the centre of the riot, divesting
himself of his coat and shirt, presum-
ably for the sake of greater freedom
of movement. He communicated by
signs with the crowd below.
WARDER PARLEYED.
About four o'clock he was driven by
nl, but a few m.inules, and had practi•
(idly w ri elced the roof.
CO\Ir•AitATiVC COMFORT
"Do you think 301) could 1.e e'rornf.)r•
laI•le nn $I(1,00e) a ycnr?"
"yes. i i,elieve i could if Ili► people
next denr hrodn'1 mere than $9.0102101
year and ply wife knew ft"
1t is funny to hear 4 man wvb) hes jolt!
glen a nirl:le to a Mager gtaote scrip -
!Ural verses nn charily.
The value of n renege eleur eten is kat
1 + west mel., b‘ceeeez i, 1.'is then) i00
long to p• • --t4' 03