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Exeter Times, 1897-3-4, Page 6THE EXETER TIMES LEGAL. , DIOXSON,Bstrrister, Soli. • eitor or. Supreme Court, Notary Public, Conveyancer, Commissioner, &a Money to Goan. °Meet u anson'sBlook, Exeter, ID H. 00.I.JLINS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer,Etc. the terrible tragedy which had sadden- ed the whole voyage, was on the look- out for the little island of Sombrero. There was scarcely a breath of wind upon the waters, the breeze which hud brought them along right merrily for some days was gradually dying away, the heavens looked sultry and scorch- ing, the sun seemed ready to burn up the decks, the sails flapped lazily against the masts, the wind not hav- ing sufficient strength to fill them. The brig for hours scarcely obeyed the helm, MEDICAL and presently swung round, wholly un - heedful of the efforts of the man at DP. WICKETT, M.B.TORONTO UNI- the wheel, There was a dead calm, KRSITY, M. D. C.11. Toanto Vetiver- Nothing is more unpleasant than a ship sity. Cface--01nditon. Out. at sea in a calm. The waves are never still, and the vessel, uninfluenc- ed by the sails, rolls and pitches in the most fearful manner. Now she rises on a wave, and plunges headlong down it;. then she catches a mountain bil- low on her broadside, which sends her yards almost dipping in the waves,while the masts seem ready to be torn from their sockets with the violence of the shaking. A dead calm, with a heavy sea on, will do more injury to a ves- sel than even a storm. Captain Montrose was aloft. with Josh, whose powers of vision were remark- able; Sir Reginald stood beside the pale and mourning Eleanor; Henry Pos- tans walked the deck with gloomy brow; while the other passengers stood or sat about, holding on to belaying - pins and ropes. Not a word was spok- en. All were waiting for the long pro- mised cry of land, and even more im- patiently still for a breath of wind to fill the sails and send them on their way. The Commonwealth officer, who, by the way, had dropped, if he had ever EXETER. Oki'T. adopted, the peculiar phraseology of his party, spoke an occasional word in a whisper to _Eleanor, who seldom answer- ed except by a nod. She dwelt in sil- THE LONE STAR MAPPER IV. from wave to wave like a stone cast The captain of the Royal Charley had along the smooth surface of a lake. Its decks never were washed by the tem - made up his mind to sight land off pest, for it rose light as the very ocean Porto -Rico, and about a fortnight after foam, and looked as if it could have T EXETER, - ON. OFFIGE Over O'Neil's Bank. ELLIOT At ELLIOT, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, ConveyaDeers &c, &c. 113 -Money to Loan at Lowest Rates of Interest. OFFICE, - MAIN- STREET, EXBTER. Reneall every Thursday. B. V. 201,1,20T. FREDERICK Kramer. Kraer. a•••••••11.1•11MIEMEMINIMBIONNINII iiits.RoLuNstc AMOS. Jueeparate Offices. Residence same as former. ly, Andrew st. 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"Stand by your guns!" thundered Captain Montrose; 'take aim at the rascal's deck !" "Not a shot, as ye love your lives!" cried Sir Re.ginald, suddenly leaping upon the bulwarks just as the schoon- er's head, turned round toward the bows of the brig. Every eye on board both vessels was nowt fixed on the mysterious stranger, who, holding by the main -rigging with his left hand, unfolded a small flag in his right, and waved it aloft. It was a milk -white banner with a single red star in the centre. A frantic shout of joy instantly burst from the decks of the beautiful schoon- er, which began pulling toward the brig with even greater rapidity than before. "What orders, sir ?" presently shout. one from the deck of the Lone Star, touching his hat as he spoke, and bring- ing the Lone Star to a stand -still. "Send Williams on board," replied the stranger, who then resumed his posi- tion on the deck of the Royal Charley. "Ay, ay, sir," continued the man from the other deck, and next min- ute a shrill whistle was heard, a slight bustle became visible, and then a long, narrow, eight -oared cutter was launch- ed and manned. once on the dreadful fate which had befallen her father, Vague, wild, and strange suspicions floated through her brain. That her father had, been mur- dered was quite evident. Then came the fatal question, asked, in a terri- fied whisper, by whom? and it can- not be denied that the thoughts of Eleanor Bowen fell upon her two suit- ors. Her suspicions, however, took neither body nor shape; they floated dreamily through the mind, and, un- able to fix any thing real or substan- tial upon either, she said nothing. Had, however, a searching investigator have pried into her most secret thoughts, it would in all probability have been found that the bias of her mind was against her cousin. Sail oh!" suddenly exclaimed Josh in a loud voice; and then he added, "Yes, sail oh I yah I" "Where away ?" asked the captain from the main -top gallant sail yard, while Sir Reginald moved rapidly to- ward the after -mast main -shroud and looked out. " Two points on de starboard bow, massa," answered the mulatto, who was on the foretopsail yard. Is she moving ?" "Comin' along like fun," replied the black; "she got long lege." The captain eagerly pointed his long glass in the direction designated by the mulatto. Sir Reginald quietly assum- ed his position alongside of Eleanor, and the passengers were all attention. A sail at sea after a long voyage is an event. Scarcely had Captain Montrose caught sight of the craft first seen by the negro, than he came down from aloft, and calling Sir Reginald and his offi- cers on one side, proceeded to hold council. He was certain, he said, that the vessel bearing down upon them was a pirate, a buccaneer. Her moving along with sweeps at a rapid rate showed that she was well manned, and he proceeded to ask advice as to what should be done. All hands were gen- eral in their first idea, and Captain Montrose, accordingly, had all sails closely furled, which might render them almost invisible except to good glasses. Sir Reginald said little. He leaned against the stern, where they stood, and listened. "What say you?" cried the skipper, suddenly addressing him, after all the others had spoken. "Let the drum beat to quarters, and let passengers and crew prepare to fight like men." The tone of the Commonwealth so, din er was electrifying and his wishes were at once orders. The drum beat to quarters, the fearful intelligence run through the ship that a pirate was close at hand, and all save the women. eegerly prepared for defence. Eleanor expressed a wish, however, to remain on deck until the last, moment, and on a sign from Sir Reginald, the skip- per complied. The bustle was prodigious for a while. The guns were uncovered and loaded, muskets, swords, pikes, a.nd cutlasses were brought on deck, and all proceed- ed to arm themselves. Not a man showed any sigh of flinching save Henry Postans, who shrank from the weapons offered him, and walked the deck in still moodier silence than usual. On came the strange vessel, and be- fore everything was quite ready, it was clearly visible from the deck. From that moment its advance Was rapid 'to- ward the motionless brig. The splash- ing sweeps could soon be distinguished dipping with tremendous rapidity in- to the water, and then the shape and form of the supposed pirate became dis- tinct. All stood watching its advance -with intense anxiety. Every man was at his post, and ready tor the fray; and yet when the schooner came with- in a few hundred yards, all stood in mute admiration. It was more like an elegant pleasure -boat than a pirate craft. Nothing could be lighter, more gracious, or more supple. It was a per- fect) miniature of the most splendid forms of naval architecture, and seem- ed as if built for a model, and not for use. Ill was almost a,erian in its move- ments, as if it had been the work of a marine retry, A picturesque eye would have thought that a dolphin had lent its quick and elegant form for the careen. Light as the sea -gulls that fltited around it, there was no breeze so gentle but what moved it. No mat- ter how rough the sea, it cared not for it. When another veseel was laboring heavily in the trough of the Decisions Regarding Newspapers. 1—Any parson who takes a paper regularly from the post office, whether directed in his name or another's, or wheti es he has sub- scribed or not, is responsible for payment. 2—I2 a pereOn orders his paper discontinued he must pay all arrears or the publisher rosy continue to send it until the payment is made, and then collece the whole emeunt, whether the paper is I s,keu trom the office or not. 3—in suits for subscriptions, the suit may be Instituted in the place shore the paper ie pub- liehed, although the subscriber may resideer harieds of trines away. —Tbeaourts have decided that refusing to take rieweparsere or periodicals from the post office, orremovingend leaving them encened sea or weS breaking amidships on the for, is prima tante evidence of intentiohal curling topeof a wave the cutter seem - 'rand. ea to choose its own way, and to eleata a low, anxious ton, "it is very soon, after so fatal an event, to speak of mar- riage or love; but before I leave this ship my fate must be decided. If you hearken to my prayer, and accept my hand, my fortune, and the name of Lae dy Woolaston, I shall return to Eng- land. at once, and the interest of ray friends will save me from any thing but an order to reside in the country; but if you refuse me, I join my merry rovers, and for the rest of my life be- come a skimmer of the seas, a bucca- neer—if you will, a pirate." "Sir Reginald," replied Eleanor bit- terly, "my father has been dead but twenty days, and would you have me speak of, marriage?" "Eleanor. dear Eleanor! you have to decide a question of life and death to me. I ask not to have you fix a per- iod for our union; I ask only hope for the future." "Sir Reginald, is there not ringing in any ears the fearful accusation brought against you. ler my cousin?" "And you do believe" — "Oh, "Oh, no!" cried the young lady with all the deep touching confidence of a woman's heart, and speaking in a rich, full voice, that left no ground for mis- take "Oh. no! But what would the world say of nee accepting the address- es of one accused of murdering my fa- ther? Sir Reginald,. ask me no more until this question is at rest, and the nese ssin is discovered. Then, believe me, Eleanor Bowen will not refuse the protection and home of a man she can- not help loving." "That word is enough," said the free- booter, "and on that promise shall now live. It seems that just as I was returning to my wild life, after a brief absence, fortune has thrown in my way a gleam of sunshine, which I cannot but eagerly catch at. Be my wife, dearest Eleanor, and you will make me once more a useful member of society; and I shall forget in your company the broils and wars which have so long stained the fair face of England," "I have said much, Reginald," replied Elcareer—"too much perhaps, under the circumstances; ask no more of me," The countenance of the Ironside lit up with a smile of joy and confidence. The word Reginald, without the sir, was to him sufficient. He asked—be wished for no more. They remained, however, in conversation on other top- ics for hours, and ceased only when summoned to the evening meal. They sat side by side; and the captain of the Lone Star interested both her and the whole company by his vivid narratives of adventure by sea and land. There was at first a certain degree of stiff- ness on the part of the passengers to- ward the renowned pirate of the Gulf; but his urbanity of manner, his elo- quent and elegant language, soon chained their attention, which then could not be taken off. He so frank- ly explained his peculiar piratical op- erations, conducted with a view chief- ly to the persecution of England's hereditary foes, the Spaniards, that his companions ended by approving instead of disapproving his proceedings. Henry Postans alone held wholly aloof from him. In the mind and character of this young man a terri- ble and fearful change had been work- ed. All his quiet and good-natured gayety was gone, and it was impossible for the dullest observer not to be aware that he was devoured not only by deep grief, but by remorse of some kind. He had for _days ceased all in- tercourse with his cousin, and never looked at Sir Reginald without a glance which was either a scowl or a look of terror. No one ever spoke to him, and as the end of the journey drew near every man avoided him, for the same fearful suspicion pervaded all minds. (To be Continued.) Every man on board the Royal Char- ley stood transfixed with astonishment. Their surprise was so great, that they no longer thoue,ht of defence. Cap- tain Montrose stood speechless, with knit: brow and clenched fists; Eleanor gazed wildly at the stranger'and Hen- ry Postans advanced fiercely toward him. He trembled with passion. "Bloody-minded pirate!" said the young man menacingly, "we are in your power, but. nevertheless do I ac - cure you of the murder of my uncle." "Every man in this vessel, replied Sir Reginald calmly and coldly, is free, and when I have given orders to my men to keep in the same waters, I shall go my way with yott; and if you will, you can accuse me before the governor of Jamaica. Freebooter I am but not bloody-minded. I wage war on Spaniards only, except when a vessel of Charles Stuart comes in my way, and then I avoid her not. Accuse me not, young man," he added, in a sol- emn and earnest tone; "rather look into your own heart, and ask if that be stainless." Henry Postans stepped back, pale as death, .his face actually blanched with horror. "I—I accused !"—Ple said no more, but hurried away to the opposite side of the ship, and resumed both his moody silence and his walk along the deck. "Boat alongside, sir," said the man at the gangway. Sir Reginald immediately .made signs for the officer in the cutter to come on deck alone—an clang instantly obey- ed. Williams was a weather-beaten tar of about fifty, in an elegant uni- form, and with a look of honesty and respectability not often seen on board the vessels of the brethren of the coast. But he of the Lone Star was no common pirate. The sailor advanc- ed toward his officer, and for five min- utes they spoke together in whispers. Then the buccaneer turned away, and without addreesing a word to any one on deck, went down the side, entered his boat, and pulled away. A few minutes later a light breeze arose'scarcely sufficient, however, to urge the brig along. The schooner, on the contrary, spread its milk -white sails, thin, to all appearance, as sheet- ing, and away she sped. over the waters like a graceful swan, in the direction of the land. CRAFTER, V. Captain Montrose as soon as all his sails were loosened, his helm once more governing the brig, advanced res- pectfully toward Sir Reginald, and cor- dially thanked him. He said that the fortunes of himself and family were wholly in the Royal Charley—that had she been captured, and sent to Turtle Island, he had been a ruined man. Thn- der the circumstances, he owed, he said, an eternal debt of gratitude to the ex - Commonwealth officer. The captain of the Lone Star, after receiving these thanks in public, drew the skipper and Eleanor on one side, despite the visible reluctance of the latter, and leaning against the bul- warks, briefly addressed them. He ex- plained that, deprived of active employ- ment by the fall of Richard Cromwell, and violently opposed to the existing government, he yet could not live without something to excite and move his mind. Hie and some of his party had, he said, conceived the notion of founding a small independent common- wealth on the Spanish Main, and had been some time recruit ing among their scattered forces for the purpose. In the mean time, he being wealthy, had bought a vessel,. picked a crew, and spent two years search of a fitting place to commence operations. He ne- cessarily came in constant contact with Spanish ships, and never avoided a fight. He, however never attacked English merchantmen, and the Lone Star had only 'come across their path by orders. They were directed to lie across the Mona passage, and board every vessel in search of himself, or news of him, if unfortunately he had been discov- ered in England. "And have you still this scheme in your head?" said Captain Montrosei while Eleanor looked curiously at him. "That wholly depends upon circum- stances," replied Sir Reginald. "There is one thing would make me ask leave to live quietly in England, quit all my ambitious hopes, and become once more the English baronet,lord of the man- or, and perhaps knight of the shire; but that rests not with myself." Eleanor turned away toward the sea to hide her extreme confusion, for des- pite her intense mental suffering, she could not 'resist the influence of the tyrant passion; and Captain Montrose, after a significant pressure of the hand left them together. Henry Postans stood still and gazed at them from a distance. "Miss Bowen," said the freebooter in A STATESMAN'S WAGER. PRACTICAL FARMING. HOW TO SET FENCE POSTS. Of late years there has been much written as to how to sat posts, that is, whether they will last longer if set the reverse of theicr growth, with the tore end in the ground, or if set in the ground as they grew, with the butt end down, writei a practical farmer. There appears to be a diversity of opin- ion on this subject, and, I have learn- ed in my fifty years' of practical farm line that the only way of knowing facts upon disputed points of farm work (and that which is of more value than -all philosophical readons that can be pro- duced) is by practical tests. The past fall I took down over 200 rods of board fence which had been standing twen- ty-five years. In taking down this fence I found that nine out of every ten of the locust posts that were sound enough to be reset, were the Posts set the reverse of the way they grew, that is, they were set top end in the ground; the next soundest were the round posts regardless of their size. I think their soundness should be attributed to the Row Lord Randolph Churchill Sprinted Across Westminster Bridge. The late Lord Randolph Churchill was scarcely less famous as a wit and joker than as a statesman. His col- leagues in the house of commons were oftentimes the victims of his pranks, and many a good story in which Randy figures as the hero is still told in the lobbies. One night while Lord Randolph was conversing -with several friends in the cafe attached to the house, a question arose as to the time it would take a pedestrian to cross 'Westminster bridge. Different opinions were expressed, but no two of the disputants were able to • agree.. At length Lord Randolph, who had been a silent auditor of the dis- cussion offered to wager that he could cross fro mthe Middlesex to the Surrey side of the bridge while "Big Ben," the great bell in the clock tower of the parliament buildings, was striking the four quarters and the hour of 12. The wager was accepted by one of the mem- bers of the company, and it was ar- ranged that at the hour named wit- nesses should be stationed at each end of the bridge to watch the perfermance. A few minutes before midnight a select party of ;well-known members were seen to emerge from a little door near the speaker's quarters in the parliament buildings, and stalk sedate- ly across the bridge. At the farther end the party paused, and was soon surrounded by a curious throng. Sev- eral other distinguished legislators soon afterwards appeared and politely requested passersby to keep to the left. Just as 'Big Ben" began to strike the first quarter, the lithe figure of a man, wearing a top bat, and evening clothes was seen to leap out of a lit- tle group o f men on the Middlesex side. Some waggish friend raised the cry of "Stop, thief!" and in a jiffy half a score of wondering men and boys were fast on the heels of the doughty sprint- er. A policeman hearing the cry and observing the fleeing man, started in pursuit. As "Big Ben" continued to clang the pace grew hotter and hotter. One by one the pursuers began to fall away, but the big policeman hung grimly to his task. When the center of the bridge was reached the quarters had been rung and the great bell had al- ready begun to strike the hour. A cheer arose from the watchers on the Surrey side, and Lord Randolph, who had until then been running up an in- cline, now had the descent in his fev- er. A few moments later the panting policeman came upon his man, sur- rounded by admixing friends. "What's op?" stuttered the breath- less and bewildered bobby. "Two strokes to spare!" puffed the victorious lend Randolph. The officer stared, blushed, apologiz- ed, wiped his !now and went his way. The knowing just what to sell and just when to sell is 'often the difference between success and. failure. It is no use feeding a, lot of chicke that are of no use only for the pot t sell them and use the money to buy feed for the rest. The principal ingredients of eggs are lime, nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Green bones, which have been hitherto thrown away, are the best and cheap- est egg making material extant; and this is because bones are rich in albu- men, phosphate of lime and phosphoric acid. In short actual waste may be con- verted into eggs conemancling a high price. It you allow a draught of air to flow over your fowls at night, the probabil- ity will be that you will find their heads and eyes swollen in the morning, he first thing to do is to remove the cause by stopping up the cracks or the ventilator hole at the top of the poul- try house. he best remedy is to an- oint the head and eyes with a few drops of a mixture of one part of spir- its turpentine and four parts sweet oik ROOT PRUNING. If trees planted six or eight years are making long, sappy shoots and showing very few flowers and less fruit, don't cut back the wood, but as soon simple fact that the end, set in the as the frost is out of the ground, cut ground was round, and kept the water out of the center of the post, It is a fact well known to all careful observ- ers that the limbs of trees grow ward out of the body of the tree, and the grain of the wood, is more open where the limbs protrude, leaving the grain or the wood more open where there are knots. When a limb is cut or broken off, or when it begins to decay, water enters and thus bolds dampness; there being no outlet when the post is set in the ground as it grew (butt end down) the water has to re- main in the post until evaporated by the heat of the sun, It is a known fact that dampness makes timber de- cay unless kept under water so as to exclude the am Timber kept dry and free from dampness does not decay, and this is the reason that pests last long- er if set with the top end in the ground so that where there are knot -holes or any open spaces in the posts the wa- ter can run out, thus keeping the post dryer than when set with the butt end ha the ground. In my fifty years of experiments I have learned another fact: That, posts, especially oak cut in the fall and, winter months before the sap begins to ascend, will last much longer than when cut later in the season when full of sap. By set- ting posts before they are seasoned, es- pecIally oak, they will last longer than if allowed to season before being set. Some persons may doubt this last state- ment, but front my own experiments I know this to be true. STEAMSHIP FOR INVALIDS. One of the steamship 'companies of England has ordered a steamship to be built for the "sole USB of invalids." • a narrow trench around the tree, about two feet inside the circumference of the branches, cutting oft all roots and smoothing with a knife the ends of the large ones. On the younger trees en- courage the main branches to extend; the nearer they come to the horizontal line the better. Do not shorten them in, for on the tips of them first sam- ples are often obtained, and they make fine weights to keep the leaders down. BEST COWS FOR FARIVLERS. Personal experience teaches us that the best cow for the farmer who either sells butter to private customers or sends his milk to the creamery is the Jersey. . . The thoroughbred Holstein gives a greater flow of milk than does the small -framed Jersey beside her, but but when it comes to the test in val- ue points, the Jersey is far ahead Milk carried to the creamery by the man who makes milk -hauling his bus- iness is paid for, to him., by weight. At twelve and one-half cents per hundred- weight, his bill for hauling, at the, end of each month, makes serious inroads into the profits of the farmer from his cows, provided he keeps the breed of animals giving an abundant flow of milk, but not so rich in butter fats as that of the Jersey and kindred breeds. In many localities there are farmers who keep a number of cows, and some one of the family makes it his business to haul the milk from the farm to the oreamery. It is but little more trouble to take, also, the cans of milk from sev- eral neighboring farms, and this he does for a consideration., Provided the cows were all good Jer- seys, the expense of milk -hauling would be much lessened, and the outcome of butter test at the creamery much greater.; The smaller cow, of the two, natural- ly consumes less food, and it is the 'na- ture of the, smaller cow to convert her food into milk and butter fats rather than into flesh, We believe, then, the Jersey to be the cow par excel- lence for the farmer who patronizes the creamery., ROT1A,TICYN. After the season's work is over, the corn gathered and the stock properly provided for, it is a 'good plan to look over the past season's work, and also to plan for the future. A careful review of the past may show Where a mistake lone been made that can be with a lit- tle planning, avoided in the future. Generally, with the average farmer, the growing of a variety of crops in a good system of rotation and feeding them out to different kinds of stock not only affords a better opportunity for profit, but also enables the farm-, or to maintain the fertility of his farm - better than is usually possible when a speciality is made af one or two crops. It divides the labor of the year and distributes it more evenly; gives more regular employment the year round, both for the men and teams, reducing in this way the number of teams and the amount of hired help necessary to properly run the faatme So far as is possible the rotation should, be planned so that, one crop will follow another as closely as possi- ble and. in the selection the character RAISING PEACH TREES. The usual treatment of peach pits in nurseries is to bed them: out over win- ter and let the frost act on them, but this is not absolutely necessary. The pits may be planted m spring, provid- ed they have been preserved properly. They may be planted where the trees are expected to remain, but it is bet- ter to sow them in nursery rows first and then transplant the trees after they have been budded, GOOD ADVICE, Little Elmer Wag Tearful er impending Disaster and Uncle Rob Comforted "What is the matter, young fellow?" asked jolly Uncle Bob of little Elmer, who was looking decidedly sad and un- comfortable. "I—I am kinder scared," confessed the little lad, apprehensively. "I stayed away from Sabbath school yesterday and went skating, and grandma has been telling me about the little boys who got drowned for doing so, and— and I don't know what is going to hap- pen to me." "Look here, Chummy I" rallied the uncle, who had been a boy once on a time and still clearl.sr remembered boy- hood's joys and temptations: "let me tell you sometning. Once there were two brothers, one of whom was a good man with. a high, white brow, and the other a person of loose habits, upon whom there were no restraining strings. One Sunday the good brother took his neatly shaven upper lip and his prayer book and walked decorously to church, and the bad brother pulled on his easy old boots, put a bottle of something red in his pocket, shoul- dered his gun, whistled to his rascally dog, and went tramping off into the woods. Now, what do you suppose hap- pened?" "Why—why," faltered little Elmer, "I guess his gun exploded and put his eyes out, or else a tree fell down and killed him and his dog !" "No. A fierce thunderstorm came up, and the lightning struck the church and killed the good brother where he sat. Away off where the bad brother was, in the depths of the forest, drinking his red stuff in peace and comfort, and rapidly filling his game - bag with squirrels, it did not even rain. You are dutiful and respectful to your father and mother because you love them, and not because they will kill you if you arc not; and you should go to Sabbath school because it is right, and not because you fear that some terrible calamity will come upon you if you don't." SODA WATER PUTS OUT A FIRE, An improvised fire department pre- vented a serious conflagration in Iola, Kan., the other day. When the alarm vvas given a confectioner near the scene of the fire seized a heavily charge ed soda water cylinder, threw it on a wheelbarrow, and rushed to the .bnild- where the fire was getting in its work. Plunging into the thickest of the flames he turned the stop cock, and soon had the fire under control. ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT. There are too many people, said the man who had .just refused the petition of a mendicant. It is appalling. to see hove many people are unwilling to work for What they get. Quite right! Quite right. I approve your sentiments thoroughly. And by the way,' now that we've met I might as well tell you that I have 'practic- ally secured that position. for you. It's a seneeure, with a good salary, and I =et seer you're to be congratulated! Dominion notes in circulation at the of the soil, the conditions under which end of January were $21,929,208, an in - the work moist be done and the mar- crease of $196,995 for Use month. kets must be considered, as well as the It is said that Dr. Nansen, the Nor - kind of plant food required to grow wegtaia explorer is much annoyed when them. So fax as is possible, plants that lenseee himself referred to as a Swede. require the same proportions of the principle elements s'hould not follow not follow one another., All reasonable care should be taken to maintain the fertility, as a good., rich soil is one of the essentials necee- fogy to the growing of a good crop.,' With a variety of stock the feediUg can be dome to a better advantage, more economically and with lessswastes both with the feed and with the stock, and in making the farm most profitable every item that will lessen the veahte or cost will help to increase ; the pro- POULTRY NOTES.. 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