St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 July 1896 — Page 7

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l—i'll \ r i’KK 1. A steep gray "all of limestone. polished like marble in some parts by the wash of rhe waves; a smooth pavement of seasand forming the Hour of the irregular horseshoe of the bay; to the north a jutting rocky headhind, weed-draped ami wild; to the south a caverned cliff, scooped into fantastic grottoes by the impact of many thousand tides; :n front a dark blueline, where the summer sea seemed to lie asleep. Such was the scene. It was a pretty spot enough. The Norsemen who had drawn up their pirate galleys there of old had called the place B*«Odin's Horseshoe, It lay convenient for the purpose of their forays, since there , was a gentle slope at one point, leadhig to a cleft in the towering cliff wail. Up i which a broad p ith, almost a road, grive I easy access to the fertile country inland. Just above h gb.-uater mark, seated on , a fragment of rock, reading, was a young ; woman, neatly attired, tin empty child's , carriage beside her, and a child's form discernible at some little distance, play- J ing among the loose sand-heaps ami shallow pools haunted by tiny crabs and starfish left behind by the ebb-tide, that lay between her and the black promontory that stretched grimly out to seaward. The novel which the girl was rending was to ail appearance a deeply interesting one. sima* she seldom loan I time to throw i a cursory glance at her charge, now straying ami playing afar off among tin' pools and the rocks, while as regarded the signs of the weather sho was utterly blind and heedless. The day was fine. Yet the wind had freshened. The: • was a dark- I ling line to seaward, that, to experienced 1 eyes, boded mischief. But sometimes such warnings are thrown away. The wind gained strength: so did the tide. The cbm i-bank crept stealthily on. Hoarser and louder grew the noise of the waves; the great sea was coming in with swifter, longer strides than were common. Little of all this recked the girl, foo much absorbed in the sorrows of .an imaginary her >it:e to heed the anger *f th” coming s' >rm. Higher nnd higher, like a wratof ;1 snake up reared, rose the foamy ere-, s of each pellucid wave. Louder grew the moan of the breeze, hoarser rhe suiden splash of the breakers. Yet she re 1 on complacently. Further ami further yet. the tiny figure had strayed away from th- side of the careless attendant. Still unobserved, unnoticed. the richly-dr* -s.-d child strayed on, nearer, ever near* r to the tumultuous sea. The distance rap:diy lessened. The tide came on. swift a.a I s.-fng, hk- aa attacking army flushed with vice”.**. At last the girl who had been reading . so long up«>n the solitary snore lifted her ' head, and let the Iwok she had b en ho! I ing drop upon her knee. What had soared her was a sound, terrible and sudden almost as the trumi>et call of aa au agmg *ngel. Ihe noise came from the right hand, where the cliffs approached nm*t closely to the sen. Thes wh* hax. b ird the tide break into St. (; ■ ide \ ('ave M -|. Hom forget the hoar>o. hollow roar with which, through fissure and cranny high above, the tortured air is f reed oik of the grotto by the rush of hurrying water. The waves had reached it now. and hence the clamor and confused medley of sound, as if of human vote s crying aloud in due extremity of terror or of pain. For an instant or 'wo thgirl sKin ! stupidly at the sudden turmoil of s-a and storm, but then a thought o* • irred to her that stung her to the quick, and in . moment she was on her feet. “The child! the chi!<U” she exclaimed, with white lips, as she dart'd .orwnrd. The footprints guided her to a broad and shallow pool. Beyond there was a belt of small pebbles that bof no mark, but far away the true- -s were again dimly visible. half effaced by the water that had oozed through the low-lying sand. Hurrying forward in breathless haste, as if to meet the fast-advancing sea. sho reachoil the place where ye: the footmarks could tic .seen, and with haggard eyes gazed around. But she .■ mid see nothing but the white wave. rolling in. leaping hungrily around, as if inter;’ m prey. The child? where, where was the child? The girl was not bra." be- >ml the average of 1.-r - -x an! her ’’.ass. but now her nerves were strung to an unusual tension, and she pressed on where many a stout-hearted man would have quailed. Behind lay safety; in front was the terri--I>le M. On m- > -. . • There were the > ny f > >•-• ps ever and anon as a guide, straying, wandering, d< vious. but ilways trending t .ward ■ bleak? storm-sAept ho’ii.m l ti *; jutted forth to sea. There, in f; •:?, was the promontory, like a great bin* k xa’,l. shutting out all view es the coast toward the north—hard to Ie climbed by a bold and strong ma::; Inae • -Md”. d -.br. to a woman or a chii 1. A giant now could not have rounded the p* int. Bn: there had been a tongue dry >iml long ago vis Lie beyond the. black st mes. and even the tottering -:• ; -of he lb ss infamy might then have :: -ab .-d what was b*yond the compa-- I irthly strength and daring. All uncon-i lr. -s (if the imminence of danger, the seeker pressed on. There was something tou.fhing in the girl’s utter abnegation of fear. as. wi’h ’ splashing water bathing her feet, ami the shrill cry of rhe wild ~*a-:m'v s : inglng in Hr ears, sho tracked the lift 1 ■ footprints . . her lost charge. Site w:s km-c-leep in the rush of frothy, bubbling whiten* -s. and struggled hard to mak” le-r way t nvard where, on a dry patch of high-lying sand slope, the little footmarks might yet be In came the tide liken mill race. The water deepened rapidly, and the girl reeled. threw up her arms, and made a despairing effort to scramble up the sand bank. A great wave cime rolling in. and sho was torn away from her foothold, and washed, helpless as a dead leaf upon a

y river’s current, into the foamy reflux of 1 the billow. No doubt she cried aloud, t but the harsh, complaining shriek of the hovering sea-gull, the howl of the gale, and the roar of the waves drowned her feeble voice as she was swept away amid the breakers. h CHAI’TEH 11. "Northward ho! Hurrah! Drink r about, mates! Here's luck!” bawled out a ' rough voice, ns a rough man half rose to 1 his sea-booted feet, and nourished aloft a tin pannikin. "Ami here’s to the eaptain, with three times three and a cheer over!” i "Hark to Lincolnshire Bill!" echoed half a dozen more. “Captain Obadinh I Jedsou and his luck!" And up went six, or more than six, tnugs ' and tin pannikins to the lips of their respective owners; but there wAs no cheer- । lug, perhaps because in deeper mid more ringing tones, a pouerful voice struck in: "Drink my health, lads and lasses, if I •ye think tit. only be solwr and sparing i*i * your cups, since we have a long march 1 la-fore tw, and work on the morrow. But ‘ i drink not to juek. if ym love me, ns cou- 1 - pled with my name. How often am 1 to ‘ te’.l you that Inck, ns you ignorantly call ! ii, Is of another world, not this? that it 1 is lent as a loan, not given ns n gift and * that, if rashly boasted of or unthnnb ally * taken, it is as the fairy gold we’ve m st o f | 1 us heard tell of when we were bairns in ’ > the ingle-ucok, ami. like fairy gold, will • turn to dnsf ami withered ivy leases on 1 our ha mis?" The spenker a man of almost gigantic ’ I height, but gaunt ami lean uas standing j • erect beside the ernekiing tire of thorns j and wreck wood, and thus formed the ■ •’ central figure of ns strange a group as 1 ever Salvator R" i drew. Th.-re were ■ ' i six ren or seventeen of them in all, men | ! 1 and woinen, scattered In attitudes more or i ’ i less pietun-sque am >ng a cluster of dry sand hills, overgrown with red*. ju»t ' above high-water mark, and n little to 1 the northward of a headland of I ‘ >lrap«»d mekM that thrust itself Isddly for ! ; ward into the sea. quite intercepting any I prospect of th” shore that lay b> yond. In s w parts of England such a »•? ”f 1 wayfarers would have is-cn a living p«z ; z!e, liable to the gravest suspicions; but ! ’ from Twee I to Lowestoft, const guards i men and polu-o km w them for mulling I worse than (>b-i L.ih Je.R .;i‘ gi*g >f y-t ' r hunters. No gang on the Y ”k«’) i n- <• >»t n.i« : quite s<> fatuous or so promts rnu« n« that which hail- 1 Obadiah J<-d n» its < ip i tain; and, indeed, its prosperity was larg. ! ly due to hi* extra >rdina-y skill, or. ' was generally averred, t » h s r- . arka!-'•• ’ 1 good fortune "W h>, wh - tl ..w!” ’ll >w . . •here, mates?" “And nil te.,!" i ' "Just a* if dropped fr.i ■ the m ~<n"' The object of (h« -r .'ommetits nm s tiny, a very !1..y r:< l.ly drv»»< 1, who ’ stood at the edge of the natural • • hol'ow, within which the jet ImnK rs s>- < I their wild bivosac, and c.xx< I with gr< >! ! ' solemn eyes it the *• nig.- g- . .. b. . « S. ld ’Ci, p- :hs •*. ba-, th. <• ‘ ; । In autiful child than thi«. ns h<-stood «on 1 . deringly, with h * dark br >un hair f i ' ; g in heavy curls, and with »m h i fa. c a* ! is more oft a seen on .» pa.nt r, .a, vn* than in r« nl life. it s just a fa ry .■ f!“ mut*. i 1 a ( 1 Northumbrian, who had not shaken •" I i the Hord.-r siiiH-rst it ion* of h; ' i "More like <me of th- a.g , • / ■ henvon!" indignantly rejolm-I he w • uaa ’ , : with tin* yellow turban knoti-d a mml ■ ' her sleek dark hair. “Saw < . a . . - ' a fairer bit of a bairn th igl and what | ‘ brings the pretty darling here nlone. so I ■ near the cruel sea, ami a s:..rm .uming ; on, too?" "Fence all!” s. ; . 1 •; . jpta 3 of h, gang, an 1. stalking < >wly to th* high, -t j part of the ridge, shaded hi* L eyeami l >k a long - irvey ,>f the sa 1-. an 1 of a narrow and difficult path that 1 d m zigzag fashion up to th” eliff N . .g i;of human presence could be detected any I where. Nothing • c.ild is- m u'n-rly ■ ;■ : alone than the child s.-emed to be. Yk ; Ihe showed no sign of fear. High alov. ‘ - him stoou the towering form of the cap ' tain of the jet hunters, looking down, w ith ■ unusual softness in les dark <y. it the ! little intruder on his biv uiac. Fnnsnally , soft, too, w is Dbadiah Jed.- -n’s d<--p v >ice ' . as he said gently, "Y ::ig ma.-t r my dear will you come with me away ou: ‘ of the rain?" The child Io «k< 1 up doubtfully, nnd for ? a im>meut st* tm*l about ;« , ;y. But Obadinh, gaunt ami wild to !0,,g upon, had yet one of tho-e faces that children ! instinctiveiv contide In. so the N»y clasped his tiny wh-.- • : g -i- arm > i the lean ' '. brown . n.- and p»rm ued h-m-elf to be 1 li;c, whe.e all the t i iib. r* . f the band I " "Belongs t.> gentlefolks If < \-r a bairn ■ did!" "More li -e a lord, whi- ■ ! I clothes, nil' those L’arh -- eye- es his, like . a lion’s." "How came he her”, th • igh on the | sands, by himselff' wa- a vry g-m-r ! qu-stion. and the c/m-ry was -:u- win .11 was ea-ier t > ask than to rep’y with 11 grave sort of voml-r, as if it j W‘-re -".rpri* :*g :!r • a m. in of Obadiah | .1. hon’s stat ire ■ hould be ignorant of so ■ "it > they call y.ci notiung but Don, my I dear?" inquire] the captain, softly and patiently "no other name, I mean," ho explained. The child shook his beautiful head, on which the hr.wn curls glistened silken. ■ “Always Don.” he made answer. I . "But is it a Chiistian mime, or else a - I surname?" asked the woman with the i yellow kerchief twisted round her sleek ■ j head. - i “Sometimes Master Don," he answered, - i half petulantly. "Nurse says that; papi 1 ’ never. I want to go home.” And then lie 1 i began to sob, ami it was necessary to 1 i soothe and comfort him. 1 , Then he seemed to be tired, and hun-

T^T^Trhaps; nnd Kezinh, the woman wkh the yellow handkerchief tied turbanwise around her head, drew him underneath the rough screen of tarpiiu >“• £ brought on a platter some of h. ।«• g food from the gypsy caldron and, oth some trouble, coaxed him U which he grew drowsy, and y rush-covered side of the sand-mi. asfi< ), whH<‘ a council was hold to dohberate "M»„r ",'awild «•<- were hazarded as to the manner in w l Kh this little waif of the Yorkshire >ea l yuh 1.,^ ..ome to be in the neighborhood of the bivouac. gbTiyrvdi to; once suggested; but this was laugh, d ""The boy hadn’t a wet thread upon him.” said one of the most experience d . the gang. “N’o, no; there s been guikU '""Guilery!” echoed the woman, horrified, but with a pleasant sort of Imnoi. ■ 1 sort of guilery, when it’s about a bairn like this, Measter Saunders.' Monster Saunders, who wa* esteemed among the hunters of jet as an oia. ‘ second only to the captain, nodded ms head solemnly. “There’s cheatpry o' more sorts than one.” was his mysterious verdict; "ami it's not the first time babies have got smothered in Towers o’ London; nor yet young innocents that stood between somebody and broad lands and gold guineas been put out o’ the way like this, comrades." After this oracular remark the sleeping child was eyed, especially by the women, with even more of wondering interest and of respectful curiosity than Is'forc. But .-till no progress was made toward solving the knotty point of his immediate dis-po-al. At last Obadiah Jedson knocked out the ashes of his pipe, rose to his feet, nnd strctchevl out his lengthy arm, with much the air and beating of some grim, preaching corporal of CromwoU’s scarletcoated cuirassiers. “Lads and lassies,” commems-.l the captain, "many's the time ami oft that it has twen bortie in upon me to chide the s'waker of idle words eomvrning the thing that ye, in your simplicity, call luck, ami mainly w l-en, in your g »•> I will tow ard your old leader, you linked it with mention of me- of me! ns if n p »>r, miserable, blinded worm, that i* less than the least, had power to heal or hurt, or c.-sld it *ure go.sl seasons nnd a well stocked cupboard. But one thing i do know, that when what • you cal! luck, nnd what the R*<tuans of old ’ time k«”w by the grander name of the Diva Fortuna. k:-> k* nt the do >r, it boles HI for those who linger to lift the latch | ami fling open th” Imus” to the gn We ' will tak” thi* child with us: be «hail cat ( of our br.- id and drink of our cup; and so, | with heaven's help, shall never the meal • of meat nor th.- horn of a!” fall 10 H« re's i my niece. Kc-ia. that's a widow, a* you ' know, and hs* had ho rn» of her own. an I knows the way* of children, to care for the hot little one when th *” hand* ar” busy with pick and shot I; and in the long winter evening* I ran trarh him a bit of I up-hill mad of Bf” now. mv *. g t . r* ami wrtbv. ml ho!” They set forth on their northward । march, climbing in Indian file the strep ' m l difficult path which nscrmlßl the cliff. | . s : . k | ff r’* t» ih th- pt n. ' .»! up the rear, brrdfnlly carryit-g 'he Iw.y in | hi« hug” arm*, half sheltered fr«m the I‘r g * > be ted frw 1 . b■me , i-ig Obadiah In .king •mliingh dow n up'n I T1 : t lio- Imrnikr »f the safety Wh’.L The atu|” mlou* gnmlh of bhyrthjg since the "snf(*ty” and the pnettniatlc j tire were Inv-nted * IIInMnVe I I.) A statement whieh mm--* from L.m.lou. industri’-u U to U- held. U gin lng nnd * Cvnthiulng .hiring Maj. June. July and I \ : Ht fl •• L>m . ami th- Frit; vof I W alt s arc til” p.T.nms of trn- 4 xh’ld lion, and the < ham;, in i- H J Law son. who tw.-nty y. ir- ago originated | versa! nsr. and known a* the ,f>-n ' । Last year a kanquet giv. 1 t . Mr. i lawm.ii by the mayor of >ventry and j by the chief firm* of ex de manufaern- . er- of the .*»unirr, at wl-.e-h he was presented a testimonial ('ongratulatiOg* 1 him upon l>elng the orig.mil Inventor of the chain (L iving - ifviy . ami .1 magniti nt g bl wan . w - let t with i ;;.. .s a -otiv. nlr. The Bley ling News -ay that, timak- to Mr Liw-m - Invention. over marhiti. s are turned out annually by British manu* factun-rs. and an equal number or more ■ ■ • many, an lit < ar. In* justly chimed that Mr. Law- >ll has j>la< - d -..metMng like Sso,»s-o,< 00 in if. pockets of cycle manulacttirvi s, . I merchants. Iron feint ders. wire drawers, rubber works and the leather trades. \fr. Jam-in was n<k>' I !mw he < to to y e ty. ami in- lav.-ghiugly p > I to .. I a** 11 wiinn Ito 1 Ie a bicycle as well | 8 t<> -a me. 1 may say that my slmrt b-- have made my fortnuo." So the popular safety is the mneo oe of one -mall man to . .mstrum. n >t “a bi.-yeh-built fm- tw but a ’machine to ae.-mn-m< l it- his own diminutive pn.portlons. New Ymk Press. W hut He Was Wat.ng I'or. "Why il >n‘t you go to work?” she asked. •Madam." replied M'-.-n lering Mik”. • I'ui v airin' me turn. In tb- crowded condition which prevails in everv bran.-h of industry in this her.* con.r Ps j_ <d civilization, ir man ln-z goiter do some bangin' armin' waitin' fu r a va . i-aney which tits his tastes -n' capabil;. ties." "What ere you waiting for?" "1 hear thes.' millionaires talkin' in tiio newspapers 'bout the terrii>]o responsibilities of wealth an' the disappointments that cluster around whut the world calls success. I’m waitin' fur one of 'em ter git tired o' tile trouble of countin' 'is money." It never hurts truth any to be slapped in the face.

TOPICS FOR FARMERS A ° E Z™ ENT PREPAnED fob I OUR RURAL FRIENDS. C "h.? r ’ W# Cond ‘tion of Affairs in he Jarmlng Industry is KeportedUln Ks “ B " i! ‘ Not K «ep-Valueof * e “‘•••row us a Cultivator. Tha C i , “V U .“ ,, “ f ,he , ’“ r ««crR. me- t statLs ^' al report of the depart-e-it of agriculture Indicates a rather favorable condition of affairs in the farming industry. The exhibit knows the number of head of live stock n an. 1, 18U5, and again on the cortsponding date of the present year. Veiy kind of live stock shows a very ntarkod decrease during the year. As between the two exhibits there Is a decrease of -l.s per cent, in the number of horses, 2.3 per cent. In mules, ~-2 per cent, in milch cows, G.G per cent, in oxen and other cattle, 1)4 per cent, in sheep and 3 pen cent. In swiuo, or a decrease of over 2s per cent, in the number of live stock iu the country in a single year. Wltb-^the exception of horse* and mules the stock named is all In farmers' hands, and constitutes not only a very eonsidevabl' part of their wealth, but Is one of their chief means of accumulating property, while they are Important in maintaining the fertility of the soil and the production of the farm. Not only does the report show a decrease iu the number of animals, but a shrinkage in the value of all except cattle and sheep, which average .1 little, but not much, higher. As a rule, surplus of grain, such as there has been In t,he northwestern States the last year, m ikes the price of stock flrtn, because It Is more profitable to feed grain to sto-k than to sdl it at the low prices that abundant harvests generaHy create But the indications are that owing to hard times and low prices of grain fanner* hive had to i dispose of such co aim • lit! - AS could , bo most readily ex -hanged for money > I to enable them to pay their d’bn and • * taxes. Th” show ng of the d‘partmont doe* not give a v ry flattering indication lof agricultural prosperity, nnd with ; out prosperity among farmers nnd proI due r* th’T” * in be no very s able c.mdltlon of l»u* m-* generally. 1' r«y I g V. ]M N.*t Kr”nIn laying .’own eggs f.«r winter use , ! care should be taken to s-e that they ’ ar” perfectly cb-an. The *fi”il is p«>r ou« an.l th” ndm* of nny filth attach'ed to ;t rri ,kh penetrate |o the In I tor'.or and b gin the pr w«’*s of decnm ■ posit >n 1: is Imp > -* bl” to k* op eggs | many n. mtbs sml have them exactly illk >fr *h eggs Th” evapor.-H. >n from I !hpww f ”-7n -^ng |th” egg in lw” water Be all wnt”’ oxrept ’tMt wbh h has b””U jUM b filed i I con’La* s m,” al? racking egtf* in f Milt wtl? A « !*'* ■ ■ Fq* ! . . .* • , • J c»ti*t £ th Hnr row. T 0 i> . f r no a d m..»t .* f - *cl k : r-g of wl.it used to Iw bw l . .q * Ki-ii the .mnow He 1 I ■ -g nd after j tin* '* g gr*’W • Ii < lof t’;. l it ”W »• ”.l l hav - i .1 . ' I Labor. lU«rk *•. White ♦heir chaff - I.M- - r llinu nat of t.* • Iw'mtecat. 'lb * * uot tin-', h>v .-r lof al! k i ds. W.- haxe- n w h:.e cm ' | llutt would w” gii o ' tia a fexx pmind : as mm b per bush 1 a- barley, uni Lb -h. 1 wsm .< -' ht"! - . barley Im an! It *’J • kin 1 flm >. ’ Os UHtn sboulll l‘Hjk 10. •* UOt A j plan to t”--1 ■ '- r.. I. •*p .ally If they ar” of the rough, bcanb d kind The ground oat will be dig -t.s| bettor, t ami in any event is lr sk will 1” s ■ broken up tn grinding that it will a! I i perfect digestion. ::t- <ad . • r -ven:;ng It, as wbi:c on• * 1 -I • Crossing Brnhui is a id Legh tii-. The first cross of Braht; .m Leg horns mak”* a x •’ farnien*' u*c. 1i • y at” ^* I layer-* * «nd are more hrtrdy than the pur" L”gI horns am! are also 1 '• er f the 5 ’ : *l ' ■ But t:.” .TOKS mus- u ’• mterbred or i It will inh- rii th” px»r p- n s of both ; strain — . I it.* ;* — *■!* :I*l alx • * be pure hr. 1 fowl . e .f >li” Brali ; ma er Leghorn. a> : t:g n.s wh;*-h : stylo of fowl is best mH; M to • m aims. Whore th- re - poor range and restricted .jii ir'crs ;i *■ Brah ma fowl- xvill do !>**-'. I.* ghorns m* an active bi”’d. ami w H not do w 11 when c!*' ’ly ■ >';tit> ■ I The Time to Ptoxx Orch -.rd*. “Plow before th” '’.ii*'s are out” ;s ' the advice gem rail) g;ven by our agri- ; cultural ex. lmnges. 'Hint all w.dl enough f.-r tie. s Hint are :n full bear- . lug ami past tin ir prim*'. Such tie*-* Ul N*d all the vimlity they can eomaml to perfect their crops. Flowing wh le the tree is dormant d* s not seriously injure it if the plow is m>t run deeply near the tree. The cutting oti ot small roots is easily replaced when the growing season begins. But if the roots are cut badly after the leaves are out th*' tree cannot supply sap as fast as the leaves exhale it, ami there is a consequent check in growth. This is for young trees that are making too much wood growth is just what Is needed. It used to be said by farmers that the buckwheat :rop was the best for young

orchards. The plowing for that Is dona , in midsummer, and one or two years or such treatment will always induce the formation of fruit buds, and bring r h °,?r e lU ’° bearln «- TMs l^blt of unit bearing once formed is continued, unless insects or blight cause the fruit to fall after it is set, and the blight is very largely prevented by liberal use of mineral manures. • -"xiU Turnips Arc Exhaustive. J urnips are often sown on land that has borne a crop of corn or potatoes pith the idea that they will grow after fiost has killed the main crop, ami that thus some profit may be got without cost. But this overlooks the fact that turnips are a very exhaustive crop, especially of phosphate. In Eaglan-.l phosphate Is mainly used In growing turnips which are fed off by sheep" and their plant food is thus returned to ihe soil almost immediately. In this way the land is put in good condition for a wheat crop. Here whore the turnip crops is always removed. l*s effect is to make the soil poorer for the crop that follows it. Clcanlnat L.and with Buckwheat. The quick growth of buckwheat, amt Its broad leaf completely shading the grounJ, tits It to suppress most of tha annua* woods. It has oven been said to kill the Canada thistle, but this Is more prolmMy due to plowing the thlstlet under in June as preparation for the buckv.^ieat than the crop which followed. But there is a bettor reason for the Ih'lief that growing buckwheat clean* the land of wire worms and lib sects that destroy vegetation. Thera Is tm bisect that wll eat either the root or stalk of buckwheat, and sowing it on any piece of land for two years will kill the w’re worms by furnishing nothing for thtni to ear. Strunhcn Wheat for Poultry. The tory best use of shrunken xvheat, । some nf which will be found In every crop, lx as food Cor poultry. The grain being shrunken. Is deli* lent in starch, but It has all the greater pro|>ortfon of gluter, which is the chief element of | th” egg. xx Rile 'he outside husks or j bran I- nich in phosphate, which helps jto nuke the egg shell. The poultry ! dealer can usually buy shrunken wheat nt a Icw.t price than th*' perfect grain, while for feeding fowl it is really better f*n being shrunken. Ke”p Only flood Cow*. Hood Judges of cows are careful id j the ripen 1 'ure. They a ” eeonomlrnl 1 and pkx a fair j re c for a . hoi. «• animal r:rh*’' than to immr th«* extravagance •if f<- ding on? that does no. pay. The rule i-ax. am-’ng oxi '-ricm'” 1 dairymen *t”l* . no • *w that xx ill not produce at leant !:• hundf 1 pounds of butter 11 ar. St; ’> .a >w may cost more th *’i • I -a: tgc -:nn nsiuilix paid, but *!* will gix • m*> : protit In one yent I* * n n•' * •■• * will in 1w: c that i • . >d of 'fm*’. I’.'or, fr »tn X’«ik.- tho r. J‘ -rx- -. 'v'tthl k"”p mor*' b*-c« than ’’ ■ y 1 > If th* x d d Als;k" clover ” : ■ ••* > ' -> vn 1 hts tl.” a,|- ■ • * ■■ 1 '-u ’’t 1 1 ’ ‘**’l’. 41i.1t '3 . * ivU'iiu nv? h er the < omti ’ e I' ttiak s t i gh' Immy quite •* - » ■ ' I f; u ■ • xx i ” * lover, and • e'r” - n*o ”. aav f.i |i;:c to bl ts<om. :» t.i’ ” M • a * w a whi ” clover In . 1 ” . f drotiglr. l‘-x l utrng some ' -.i* *:- .■ !* * ■ ’ . .m ■- mo bbw--'in V • xx ii- i !• bl >om.s m ly be !>■ *’ri I and this make ill ■ honey- ;>• »•!" :u *”;is >n leng-T. X n Ir r ••; it >* • iliti t. 1 * it: It: -I. i: g ttion or poml irriga- • >!i »; "'.'y • ■’;* kmt of irrigation can • r ’ ■ :■*'.!• to ansW'T the purpose .'*.: : a • : i l tra* : < giound on » 1: 11 I soakit)” j*:s: in rhe • . ./ .1 t.: • I * ■•• • n ;. .lx Mowe: s in Ji.i <T Aug I here can be 110 qlli'Sti but that even so small a 1!< e of • 1 * . : !*I as ths WOllkl 1 arm Note*. I'H f -or t -. t. of M "’ugin staCorn af'-'f a .'.ireful s’iniy of ;iie sub•cu • .* :!y r c; an mis broom • uu mili”t f r poor so;!-, it Is Inferior • ;; any * h* r cops on g • *<l s.but • ■- *-; lallx suited : > I *>r soils. 1: - amis drought well. 1: is th” Libor in: !- the most exP’T.’ivc •• -m on a farm. I* is much cl :;■ r to iiavc a good man nt high . c a who can hamlle th*' maximum m ml •• of c xx s. than to have a cheap > 1.1 ill v, Im can *! > > nly half as much ; wo;k. A g > I f.i-m hand who mi I<Ts •’! Ids i” - saves time am! la If you <! - •• > full ma" ■ I row of .- »! \. ! ■•* 1 ■; - : ■\ ’ - • ;. \v ■: !< the !I i 1:- :*. th rmv xx .1 a i. so as :o kll tie' x .* '. an*! g.a-;. ami tlvn go ,d>■p on -a a <ide with .1 * nltivator. api ply ng 1 rrliz r liberally, s • ns to have ll '* plant food ready for the runners ihM may be sen: cut by the parent i ViHt’S. '! !;.• •'Hi! *': I’urc of th” -Ml regulates ;ht> mooth of 'he (Top*. Tim farmer . .; not regulate the temper iture of the atmosphere. bn: he can infim'nee •!i;t of the soil'by eiil:;x a 1 ;on. The । ci • ance of air carries warmth and re--1 de.’es th” water in the soil, thus pre- . pa-ing tii*' plan: food for use by rhe ; ro< Is of the plants. t'oosfbt'rrii’s ami currants are th” 1 n.St mgleeti'd of all fruits, receiving 1 bul little cult;vation, yet they pay 1 wa 1 wh- n made speciiil:;*•.<. ’1 lit' bushes Deed trimming ami careful protection from weeds ami grass, ami should ren’ive an a Imm la nee of manure or fertll zer, which will induce them to prodi'i’c more ami better fruit. If a burdock, at any stage of growth, is cut'below the surface of the ground aiM a handful of salt thrown on the cCt sut face it completely destroys ir. The moisture from the cut dissolves tl'.e salt, and this. In turn, helps to rot the root, so that no sprout from it Is possible. The earlier this is done the less trouble It will be to cut the root below the surface. t

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant,lnteresting,and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Be Found—A Learned am’* Concise Re viexx- of the Same. ■ • Lesson for July 12. Golden Text.—“ David went on and grexx’ groat, and the Lord God of hosts was xvith him.”—2 Sam. 5: 10. David, King Over Ail Isr(i”l, is the subject of this lesson—2 Sam. 5: 1-12. Shortly after the anointing of David by the men of Judah at Hebron, the armies of Abner nnd Davi*] met in battle at Gibeon, north of Jerusalem, and David won (2: 12 17). In hi* Hight, Abner in selfdefense, killed Asahel, David's nephew, who persisted in pursuing him. The two brothi'rs of the slain man. .Joab, David’s efiief general, ami Ahishai, voxved vengeance on Abner. They postponed their revenge, however nnd returned to Hebron (2: IS-32). A long warfare folloxved, in xvhieh David siendily gained. Abner, foreseeing defeat of his plans to make Ishbosheth the aetunl ruler of the land, made a qnarril about a woman the occasion of breaking off fils relation wiih Ish boshetl* and iiuuw<Jhitelj' mad* overt tires to David for a ti-ausfer of his forces (3: G-121. David aeeopfetl the proposition, after having demanded ami secured the return of Michal. Saul's daughter, who had been his xvit’e. but was now married to another (3: 13 Iti; -ee 1 Sani. 2.’>; -ill. Abner came to Hebron, wax cotirtcously received, anil promis.'d to bring the armies of Israel to David's siamlani; but on bis way back to the north, he was rcralhal by a false message from tiio deceitful Joab, and trea. liorously murdered at Hebron. David ilizelaiined al] comnlieity in this foul deed (3: 2lb3’.D. The final act in the tragedy was the murder of Ish-bosheth by txxo of his own chieftains. They paid fk>r tiie crim*' xvith tlieir lives (I: 1-12). t-ii-gyestions for Study. 1. Reviexv chapters 2-1, ami read the lesson carefully. 2. Bead the parallel account in 1 Chron. 11: I '■>. 11: 1. 2. Not*' differem-*’*. Also r- JI ti:*' catalogue of the warriors of Israel who came to Hebron in 1 Chron. 12: 23 U». 3. A study of the topography of Jerusalem ami its mivirons will aid in the unilerstamling of this lesson. Read the article : 1 Smith’s Bible 1 >ietionnry, the En-ey.-bqwdi.i Britannica, or other work of refe’-em-o. Study also the history of Jeru- - ili’m a- indicate 1 in Josh. IS: 2S. Jud. 1 : s; 1 ; 21 ; Josh. 15: till. Hx pin natcry. “Then ” \ **ty shortly after the death of Ish-boCio:h. His murder loft Israel without ex en a nominal ruler, Mephibos.'th. t n*' * *n of J*mnthan, being but a boy. Ybm r s •leatli ha*l b ft the nation without n defe: *l«t again*- the Philistines. Hence t h -y h .1 I'vo urgent reasons fur seeking th.” !•'•” •timi *f David. -"All the tribes ■ : 1-r i -l:’’ According to the catalogue a 11 ('hr. 12: 23-37, t’mre were v.pw*- Is f 35* 1.1 zHi warriors xvh*> came from i: .' :xx ixe tribe*. Th** large round imml<er* 'here ; xe;i are doubtless in'*m l *1 to,, ili. i * tlm it xxas'T great popular 1. *v« net)’ "Thy bone nnd thy flesh:” S •* * ;*m. 15; Jud. P: 2. N' * tic thro” rein assigned for the ।•' ■~n D xtd. "Th” Lord said to ■ ’ ..*:” J(x h* servant Samuel. Since I>* : l h i i been king over Judah, knowl- * Ig** of t *■ i arly anointing at the bands of Sammi had probably become more xx b'-pre.id "Tlmii shah feed my people;" The figure of a slu'plierd as applied to a ruler very ancient; it is found In th*' old Babyh.nian inscriptions, ami is common also in Ilomcr. "A ]* *_ie." A charter defining ti>e • ; । of king ami people; see 1 Sam. 10: 25. ,\ 1? g t 1 the statement hero, the removal : • Jcrnsilem followed immediately aft* r th** anointing. (‘■•inpar*'vi-rst s 0-10 with 1 Chr. 11:4-9. Jer :* dem:" Tim city itself lay in the t: ■ if Benjamin, just avr th** northern *.* r **f Jml.ili. It hal never been fully • .a ; i -:’ 1 by :he children of Israel during the three centuries since their entrance o.io I’amian. The Jebusites still held the ci .i ! I. on th** eastern hiil where the temp ■ wa- afterxx ar 1 bniit, xvhieh is probably xvhat ►* nvant by tin 1 “stronghold of Zion.” Men of Judah ami Beniamin lived on the lower ground o the north. Jerusalem xvns an ancient city, though it does not * *mo into the history of Israel until comparatively late. As Hebron was well fitta d for the capital of Judah, so Jerusalem was admirably suited to be the capital of the whole nat! n. I- was practically the ci'utor of th*' land, situated on the 1. L ■ of high ground that runs from north to - ii. A- afm ii’' 'it was uneqnaled; d •;> ravines surrounded it on the west, south a.**l cast, only the north being open to a":i k except at immense risk to the hostile army. <»n that side it xvas defend* I by th*' Mi'b), a strong fort al- . ..I*- ; x . 1: will bi* ri'inenibered . ■ " i h■ - .of. ■ buxa I<U», fi, ! ; ; I . mpl'c«'nmiYhl^xrfrTTgrifTe TtbmlW " army under Titus, in the first century of *,.;:• era. and how it xvas fiimllx- taken by str:: ey* m. Tim topography of Jerusalem !- >:ill in - >me * onfmm;., -ome holding that “the cuy of Dav 1” was on the western hill, ethers Liat it was on the southern part **f the eas;*’r:i, munely, the temple mount. Teachi he Hints. 1. Hom Da'. d readied the throne. It c* -• the lives of a great general and a king - * >.,n. hut David had no hand in their cruel murder. W i k.-1 men wrought violent ,*.' ds ;k. I rim I.'U-d overruled their crime- a d l d h - —rx ant safely. 2. "Tim 1 d said utr • thee;" All honest men respect a man *livine:.v cabl'd if '1- 'ife proves : !:e g*'nitlueuess of the call; s:;eh men are in demand everywhere as le nlers. in tim ehiirdi and out of it. 3. All barriers lull before the Lord's anoinicl. -1. Notiiing > > foolish as foolish boast5. The H dy City was a transformed heathen fortnes. So the Christian storms the height* <>f evil, casts out “the blind ami tlie lame, and plains a palace there for th*' King. (>. Verse 12: Enlightened humility the safeguard of favored men. David perceived that th*' Lord, not the army, had made him uing; and that he had done this for the people's sake—not for David’s sake. Noblesse oblige. Fresh lettuce eaten at night will euro Insomnia.