Walkerton Independent, Volume 25, Number 7, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 September 1899 — Page 2

at. GUaie; why. *l^ tr^ it is « great "orrow StoSfeAx brotoM we feet*.” «ke 945,1 S^wtsav?" he asked. "You have right to eonw to me. if I can help SS» W way.” ~ , WMr trouble » your going. S‘ r C-™ 1 'SMpml last sight * might be years be -~fi returned; w it soY' ’W'lttee every reaeon for thinking so. •jik " answered, slowly. *"#hal is my sorrow," she said, clasping w^sadi and looking up to him with a iSEfct in her eyes, "that is my sorCyril, and there can be no great ar sto that that for me. - ’ Wm she was gUent. listening to a'bhd. perehed on a swaying toafjb jest above her, and. in one momBMH, it seemed to her that hours pass- «£; still the bird was stuffing, and he had Mt maswered. Then be spoke, slowly W am sorry for it. Gladie. hut I do not tflito todarataud. Why should it be so? Why should my going away and not re tnrniag trouble you?" A ariat like unshed tears gathered in tor be« itlful eyes. "Why do flowers die when the light >f toe wan has gone from them?” she ask •d. “Why do the birds cease to sing summer leaves them? Why do ^jMtoAiawithout warmth?” Id® not quite understand." he more .slowly ^^Mtec§ae»e I do not know hoe to ’■ ' .***" bare no (n-tin.’ t mi’ ’ » - answered, and then ■ ^“^S^ifew minutes there na- a ■ them. ^Was^he saw that she mu>t speak ’ toss* ^Muiy. or not apeak at all. but real trouble would have bewt^we here to see you—l know—oh. Sir <s^l!— though leaving East wold is a> waking to you, it is death to me to see ytotgo. because I—s care for you." ®c words would have angered him. •to&en by one who was Lenore’s friend, frat that tor voice broke and her lips <bl»u ii*t then be was touched and sorry la* tor He laid his hand kindly on hers. “Ton care for me. Gladie! I am sorry , , lar that, dear child.” “Hove you better than my life.” she-] •aH. “Poor child. Listen. Gladie. I cannot tow you, dear, because 1 have given all । the love of my heart and life, and I can j ■st recall it.” ““Have yoa given it in vain?" she ask “Ro, nob quite in vain; but it was all. gives to one who can never be anything to me.” She looked from him. over the tops of 1 the tall trees, over the purple woods, then ( atowly het eyes came back to his sace 1 again. “And your love?” she said. “I haive buried it,” he answered. “I am a strong man. and may lire for many years, but there will never be a ques-' non of love for me; no woman's fair face will brighten my heart or my home, n wsman's soft hand lie in mine, no wom■■’s sweet voice make music to my oars. I shall be alone in life—-and in death.” Her face flushed hotly as she turned >» him again. "You have no love to give,” she said; i. > . ’.. . , • ■ • t . w«aK.» j... . • io have ™ tfrreswtoß—let me love you.” Bur with a grave, kindly look, he said: j “Son must forget me, Gladte. 1 am towij that you have given even a thought !to&e; forget me.” ’ She rose hurriedly from her seat; her 1 toads trembled, her lips quivered, her tore burned with the fire of passion and toMMuliution. “T have said too much.” she said; "I tore stayed too long. I would take back wiy wards if I could—l repent of having ■tiered them. You have humiliated me; if 1 live I—l will be revenged!” “Ray. Gladie. why should yon be an-1 gry* Love must always be the most | pleasant offering that one can receive—! I thank you for yours.” “Ton thank me with one hand, while 1 with 'the other you repulse me. I will i to wvea^ed upon you.- Sir Cyril Leslie Temon. if 1 live!” He took her hand again in his own. “Do not be angry with me.” he said; ~<r are parting for years- do not let it to m anger.” “Sionw day.” she said, "I may meet this woman whom you love. If I ever ! to ” w He glanced at her half in wonder; it ' mly occurred to him in that moment that ' ••to did not know to whom his great love । been given, and that it was just as ; oral. He answered her very gravely. ■ml then held out his hand in farewell to ler. * “ttnodrby, Gladie: think of me as kindly as you can—kindly as 1 shall always i toad of you.” *1 shall remember you,” she answered, •» rhe man who darkened my life. If toaven ever puts power into my hands, I atoll nse it.” I < CTHPTVR VHI Twn rears ha<l pa ,vu »iu v lui day at Barton x< S < EagiLn t. A.-■ ■f h's -iMHites; his larg :i .• .. , 10«Mm<aTiag-. his intr. s" ianns. U was seldom that any ton him—n-'t above three tim<- .i ' Hr never mentioned himself; h- n> e: •llndcd to bis health, Lis trav<d-. his tevs were a dry registry of things to ©•■ne tenants to be arrnng'-d for. lea-. - ♦r, b.- given or refused, shares to b< tougbi an! - Id. He never alluded t< •toy future, to any hope >r plans, and >ben Lenore Chandos saw how com^Mely ho Lai] H> have b<>p»- or bi ghtne>, m .i« .v% Rfe i . . wr» pity f or j liln Thore « - little ef.an.- I’ -er Grey. . Moul, rm >• . a . i. > •, ir 1 l?<a, his daught* ' > < ' S ha »'i4> r r-Mm. lai C.-uu- - St. J ir bul. as •yet. V 4 * * 4 t t. “ 11' "O e

• ••'. *• t- ••• w rv, । /Tr r Wulmw a Si I |||. i> ■ gW-- - . ... — ■ •• • • e they kept * ouriage, a few well-trained servants; they had visitors and enjoyed life altogether. Austin had a little study, opening on to the garden, a pretty room, lined with books, with a neat writing table, good pictures and everything that could help him to study; here he read and wrote poems that were fast bringing his name into good repute. Every one who visited them went away saying what a very happy and united family . they were. Into thia very pretty paradise of con tent the peevish, foolish face of Elsa Grey broke one moruing, like a vision of ill omen; she was followed by madame, bland, suave and smiling. “I ought to complain of you. Mrs. Chandos," she said to Ignore; "you never either visit me or ask me to visit you." Lenore, dimly conscious that, in her own mind, there was a great dislike to thia girl, said something about her late trouble—mourning for Mr. Grey and her fears of mtrndiag Elsa continued: "If Mr. Chandos is at home and not busy, we should like to see him. Madr> »me nad some ,>f his poems yesterday. ! and saui »ue would give an^ thing to know him." 5 “I am sure Mr t Cbaudoa will lie much * pleased," saai Limoro She rang the bell and ’■• nt rhe servant * who auswewd It to lok sos her 1 u-ban i. She knew that in all prpb- dit.v Ihwould be near what was owed the south ' wall, that was a beautiful wall in the I garden farcing the south, on which grew • all kinds of lusctoiis ftuit. Austin looked ar w^h a half impatient I expression when be saw Elsa Grot: - lie ' was no favorite of hik, either; then Lim naturally sweet temper rame to the rescue. and he held uut^u* hand to her with some cordial words of greeting. "I thought you had ail forgotten rue.” she said. "You have not l>een what any one would call either good fnemla or good neighbut*-” "I am afraid net. Miw Grey; but we will do better," he said. "The fact is, 1 am afraid we have l»‘en selfishly engro- - ed in our own happiness." Lenore's face flushed crimson - she knew best what had engrossed her. Over that noble, beautiful face came uu expression that Mme. St. Jour alone was able to understand, and she said to herself in one moment: "This girl d<»cs not love her husbandno matte; why she married him, 1 nm sure she does not love him; there is a mystery underneath it all." Then El-a introduced madame to Aus tin. who lik<"d her at um e when she Imgan to speak of his px-ms as though she knew them by heart. "I was s<> pleased." she said “when Miss Grey fold me that you were a friend of hers." but Elsa interrupted her. "I said that Mr. Chandos had been a friend of mine, not that he was one now, madame.” Austin laughed. "Thou that was very cruel of you, M;ss Grey, I am your friend now as much as i ever I was." "When will you bring Mrs. Chandos to spend a whole Jay at Moulesmere?" she । asked. "Now 1 have put vour friends},ip ’to the tost Will v ■ ;a . J , ’vr. . But Miss Grey was too quick f r him. "You must not muko your visit dopeni dent upon Mrs. Chandos. Every man I above all, every !>oet—ought to’ have a j will of bis own. Madame warns to talk ।to you about your books. I’eopie s a r । that no man is a prophet in his own f country, so I suppose no r^t is h > n ored i in his own home.” The terrible amount of ill-breeding in i this speech startled oven Mme. St. Jour j Ignore could hardly refrain from me glance of lofty contempt. Austin laughied good-naturedly; he took his wife's I white hand in his and kissed it. "1 think no man is so highly honored : in any house as I in mine,” he said. The expression of Miss Grey's face in j that moment was not good to s<s\ It is my fancy, I suppose," she sr id shortly. • "You seem quite unused to < ,u I pliments.” "My wife appreciates, she does nocompliment.” he answered; and to himself ue adued: "Was it possible that his unde had ever believed he could marrv any one so utterly foolish?” . Mi»s (>rcy was nut quite pleased; she । had intended to make him see a great difference between his wife and her-df to show him that she iiuderst 1 and in’ preeiated him when his wif,.. p.-rhap-failed to do so. She was discom-.-rteP ' r seemed to her that on his face she rea.i admiration, and even adoration for t’o beautiful Lenore. The day was arran-ed for the visit, and Miss Grey had hardh left the bouse before she turned to madame. "What do you think of them?” she . cried, eagerly. "Tell me, what do'yon think ‘f Madame’s face assumed a solemn expression. She gave a shrug of the shoul- ’ decs. j “I would rather you did not ask me. 1 ■-. z ” cho , ’ ’ ./’■ ” ’ > 1 •ike. an .' i Jlln ‘juit,/ How very v Qn ^- J.jq E J >a “ • ;. r ! t .*? \ " ~ l r the " ”dt It ■ sho wb,be<! evil, v ; poet's toautiful wife. CH AI “1 ER ix i tMk . :♦ w ... • in ■no । Ik. g if a man whoso who. : ear- w.s bound up in his own wife it wn . nxmy prevailed. 1., note bad' earm'd h‘‘r I 1.-s.Mm^ -he uatehed now. not nly h-r "■ >ao ' ''' r -^'‘"*'l her husband's 1 ’ok in; py ,he next : fully md happi v tv. ’he ’he '* rm. ITe bright, I arn 4 • u;i -i :t ‘ ■ ..‘ ihflil j , r<l

being followed—a feeling that some ona was watching her from behind the trees. Mrs. Audley said she had probably tired herself, and that it was but her fancy. Gladie listened with a strange, intent look upon her face. Ixmore tried to laugh when she saw her mother was startled, yet she justified herself. "It seems t<^ me. really, mafrma. that I heart! mysterious footsteps; and you know that group of Scotch firs—l am quite certain that I saw the gleaming of two bright eyes shine on me from there as I passed by.” She did not know that Gladie glided i.'Uselessly from the room when she heard that. Austin came in and was next to hear that his beautiful young wife had been nervous ami frightened. They forgot the occurrence in a few minutes. The next day. the sixth of July, a date always remembered in that county, dawned on them. It was heralded, like every other day, by the brightest song of the birds, by delicious rose clouds in a pearly sky, by an odor of rosea and lilies, by a thrilling of the green leaves, a great stirring of the lime-boughs— a new gleam on land and sea. a whisper in the wind, a ripple over all the sweet singing brooks, and a great wash of the ebbing tide. It woke Austin, the poet, whose vivid fancy took sudden fire; it woke Lenore, whose first thought was. might its beam warm and gladden the heart of the wanderer, who seemed as though he would know his home no more. An hour later they all sat round the pretty, cheerful breakfast table, and Mrs. Audley made some remark about the beauty of the day. Austin stood up then —he was leaning with his shoulder against the mantelpiece, looking carelessly over some letters that he held in his hands. "Is there any news of Cyril to-day?” asked Mrs Audley; and the answer wast "No, not a Une." "Where was he when you heard fr>mM him last?" she continued; looked at his pocketbook. I “1 can hardly tru»+— said; "the I >t place he wrote to< \jV _ was San Giacomo, in the Mauritius. I have heard nothing since then.” A quiet, fathomless smile cam« over the dark, beautiful fno- of Gladie Beaton—a smile that no one could understand. It whs mere curiosity that caused Mrs. Audley to add "VVI at is the date of the last letter, Austin ?” He answered: "The tenth of June.” That same evening they sat down to dinner, all four, talking of a future that wa< never to be Austin was more cheerful than usual. If disgust and unrest were to l»e read on any face, it was on Gladie'w. ”1 am going to 5... old Jane Thompson after dinner, Mrs. Audley.” she said, “if you think I can be spared Her son Is with his regiment in India, and she wants n long letter written to him. 1 have promiasl to do it." ”1 shall lie much pleased for you to show the poor woman a kindness, Gladie,” snid Mrs kudlcy; and over the d irk face came a gleam of s. mething that looked like relief. iTo be continued I They Settled the Bet. The stre- t car was Iwhlnd time and was six-vding down the street to make it up. So the motommn grated his teeth and the conductor swore softly under his breath when an old man, vvidciuly from th" country, was dis covered on the wrong side of the croaalug ahead, wildly waving an ancient umbrella on the other side of tbs stn-ct was another party from the country franti< ally flourishing an old larjM't bag The nioturnmn brought the ear to n sudden -top on the further side of the street, and tl.e conductor junip-M off and grabbed the countryman by the arui. "Come, get on her "• fi. 'U.^^K-d. ary engine run oit of , oal: ' "Hurry up. there," lie bawleil at the other party, who was walking leisurely across the street. ’ Say." drawled out the first -ountryman; "we don’t care anything about rid.n on your kyars. Me an' IJge gut ter argufyin'. an’ I N-t Lige a sack o f peanuts that these yere kyars stopped at the off side of the -treet, an' Lige bet that they stopped on the mgh side, so we jes' got out here to see which had to pay for them i^annts Say. if you will walk down to that thar peanut stand on the next corner I'll give ye half of the peanuts that Lige has got to buy. an' you'll Lev the fun of watchin' Ligo bile, for he hates like fun to lose a bet." The conductor had -noi zh streng-b left to signal the ear to go ahead, and the ear went on. What the conductor said to rhe motormaa and wbat the motormau said to the conductor, is a matter oi private history.—Detroit Free Press. Lemembored Their Partin Navy famil'es are used to separations. A middle-aged officer of ’he navy left Washington three years ago for a cruise । n the China station. (in the evening that’m loft his wife herself 1 if'-pared an e'-p '-ially dainty dinner for him. the I "1 of fare w'ndiag up with si raw lurry shortcake. Orly half the shortcake could be eaten by the family, so heartily had they partaken of the other viands, and the officer said to his wife: "You can just pm the remaining half of that shortcake in the refrigerator and we’ll have it to-mor-row." He forgot for the moment that he was going away that night. His wife went down to the station with b’m and among the final - " gave i. n, was un inn* r itive coin ’ ;:ivi »• s ■ .or trimin -d as soon ’ S: : Francis,-o. The absent-mindedly, jiermltted his to _-r<>w : r long. a I '■ Washington about ten ■ ■ a a 11,^1-nce of « month Emu (; •■...• y ars. H:s wife met b- m at the nation. After ihe'r first salutation sh»- <aid to him, smiling: I observed rhat you obey, d orders ;r d had your hair cut.” 's, my dear, rallied the oliicer, "and did yon save me that bit of strawb. rry shortcake?"—Washington Post Sleep and Heat Pi o-.t ra t imis. Ihe first essential for enduring hot i W- at! ,-? Spehs is to get plenty of sb-ep. | 11 «‘rv u,- Hit nl Hutimritv for 1 - a*, mem ihai heat i»rcsirations ar. due much more to the exhaustion j i. -ident to Insufficient sleep on snecessiv.» hot nights than to the actual intens ty nf th" daily heat. Anything that deprives us of our sleep ought to be shuuned during tin h -med season. • Ues In labor, an< ti ere is Uo 't but through toiL„ j V\ "mid I hillips.

1 J I J isnji uej noj( sjnj ui aweN ! J I # I bis-- ® "jbj ’aiUOD Ol ' ‘p?nsnun os jjiß I ™° u . And wi 96£$ UJOJj rough, pauSisaQ ajot„, a i wicked Ana dp air.XJ ‘JdAPdg . CJ aso - , „ toX'spondent Forgone JQ cast ■je harvest „ . LUO JI n tide. But the t* 1 > MOU prophetic And Ut, “ r, ‘ a talc, a^e ^ UV 3uj its sil.-m the skii inched up ,u And the ram^\ U W flood u Cjj| 1 • MCa, |n a soak ne with del is turned grveti And now you UlOJb the TW/s -ru. 11:11 hc ^OVxery Wnr, ,1 -*■ S' eUWI P. St h . KI OJ ^^icr of butter‘sSutMS V/f Vl3^thc old-sash gives the beat quantity O s butte 1 ’ — . g. n reel I he r -"v 3 ! L— -“ 4 -sew[i^\^ ~i i Fl<? B

great fault of :bc d^K--bor of operating jasfiFhurn Is the laexerted force of the* y much of the on account of no iS®W‘ a ’ or I"'Ltf ta a* In the crank sdh ncry to u :’’ze and 2. dn»h churns In •' bis. 1 - tre con v»»rf **4l int <»

ire ronvvrreu into ‘ritk churns. In he device shown u i Fig. 1 an cHI fq^cy wheel c.iu >e used for the fly . vh"el. Ai) the Ir »n r©rk. such as the ■rank shaft, bear ng*, pitman, etc., tin be mad" bj tny blacksmith at A small expense.

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farmer will be abt 7h« framework any • The two po.r. ua^l F ,nake blm-lf. ■ imed not tw very larj tb ” ,!evt ^‘ Just wide enough to F Or be * VJ bD! to turn inside of tbel*™” 1 ,be which th.- 'H-«rmg^ j nv<? *“PP«rt» on ' figure an Iron tb jp’’ 1D ,he ’ found on an oldc^J 1 1 1 us , * ’is adapted to a am, 1 U »” J - 11 ] in American Agrt-u 1 ’ b;: J. G A , . . > n<> m ▼ with 1 There is much w.^B in K to pi. kup fruit m 3 mu , ;p that th(ir ex. I us! x-e diet. The L g wifi bo »n learn to eat only the rlpT*.,^ fruit b .. n ( . that which is worm* This fruit enn j lie sold or dried. aml] |f forwd to do u the hog will eat tbe| wormv fnrl , be fore the worm But to make this really eeonomh-a* gome grain anil milk should Lie givenl t 0 hogs in addj . tion to their fruit diet! rhls will mak „ j the young pigs grow .* nd wln stren p th . . n t.i<.. <i gestion for excluslx’e corn

feeding that will con#, when they are put up to be fattened EnUr C ement7f|; ud Barns . It Is quite a common | practlpp to bu , ld low. shed-roofed addi* ons to the gldps of barns when it is <*l^ to Bpcurp i more room. This give! tbe dpsirpd ad . dition of ground floor J space but dopg not secure added s« orage roof tbat I could be secured as w<j as Qot and a . almost no added jos J wprp tJj? add ,_ ENEA san -I^SS. ” tions made accOlUOh put? hp lan Bn ^ gested In the c»S BUR -tjjo )s tended down ovisaj J . tj on with m a break, umkim^am -u^ook::ig build ing aud 9 w serviceable I; ~.oiS ' rbr ' ’lj** ; •- ors or ■>,.. ~.l dwaliih »P™ S of the old bar more added storage ei^lTc'ty. " esd ® Amony ins After beans have blorat best to work among-thcKjOßUo, , ciaHv jf the weath. r and soiiX Z^UO ) oUq . should be no cultlvaT thp Hence the early eultivaj^" , . : should be thorough, so ^p* on ° " ‘ them to ripen before the A a , them. It is not best to -u ? olher land that is very rich i.^» aot beans ou plant food, because sue* nitrogenous ways very weedy. SoiL^p land is a fertility with a dressing® of moderate and potash will make * phosphate < rop. while on the richeJ^^B £ ooJ Unun the mineral fertilizer. the'^Bland without , a large growth of haulm Avill be only -7 “And leaves. < tic timbers for Tickled cueiimbers are ^^■pkte^. ami the small ones are ^K)ld b - v fmred. Ilem-e elose pie^K'Uerally pre qmnt ph-Kin-. so as to^Hing and tretr<>m growing ( ~ o urge, ii^Hferevent any sectile Inigo (Tons. ;<on^Bfeecessa r.v *o astia^ cucumber w^*times, bow|■|l hide under

the leaves until it has almost ripened its seeds. It is astonishing bow this lessens the yield of the vine. Yet it is not to be wondered at, for the perfection of seed in almost aJI plants exhausts their vitality very rapklly. The cucumber vines should be handled carefully so as not to loosen the roots which some of them send into the soil from the joints. These are great helps to the vine. ls the vine is turned up to see what is under it some of these side rootlets will be destroyed - - Worm Insecticide, ' I PSts of the cabbage family are best I controlled by the use of the’folio wing I insecticide: Pulverized resin, five । inmnds; concentrated lye, one pound; | hsh oil. one pint; water, five gallons. I Make this Imo a stock solution by plac- . mg the oil, resin and one gallon of hot ; water In an Iron kettle, heating until the resin is softened. After this add the concentrated lye carefully and stir i Hie mixture thoroughly. Add four , more gallons of water and boil the j whole mass until the mixture will unite ( with cold water, making a clear, am- • bcr-eolored mixture. This mixture should make live gallons of stock solu1 tion. When this is used. F. a. Sirrlue, of the Geneva experiment station, adI vises preparing It by combining one gallon of the stock solution with six-

teen gallons of water, three gallons milk of lime aud one quarter pound of Paris green. The water, resin and milk of lime are combined, after which the Varis green is add«sl. In every case where this mixture is properly applied good results were obtained. Wnterimj I’lants. Sl n e plants, to thr ve us they should. . i‘ , 'jmre much mure water than others, i aud on this account, if the best growth more or less warring will be m < - r «ary. But If watering is uvcr—n- y if any considerable amount of benefit lx ms-ured. It Is very essential that It be thorough. One or two thorough soakings of the soil a week around the r< ots will lx- of much more real lamefit to the I growing plants than a d:*!ly sprinkling on the surface One of ihe best plans of watering a larger proportion of plants is to work the soil Into a good tilth, drawing the earth away from the plant to some extent, then put on water sufficient to thoroughly wet the soil nnd throw over this a thin layer of fine soil This acts as a mulch and lessens evaporation, and a large amount of lienefit is derived and she work needn’t be nqwated so often. In nearly all cases where watering Is commenced it w ill have to Ih» kept up until there is a good rain. Farmer’s Voice. Skan Gnllau

The natives of Foula, one of the Shetland I*lands. make a bu<tn ss of roaring sksu gulls in order to rid the Island <>f the eaghw that commit so many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone diffs that skirt the nortbw.stern coast became a favorite haunt of the eagles, ami In this Inaccessible S’”! they increased so rapidly that they bsume a terror to the farmers aud fisberinon who dwell on this Isolated spot. The akau gulls are also strong and tierce, and the Inveterate so" of th* eagle. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so th" inhabitants of Foula hit upon the novel plan of feeding and caring for skatl gulls, which, though formidable to th*-tr feathered enemies, are very peaceable aud docile when brought !n contact with man. w hurthnrn C

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church, Man. Winner of first prize in aged cow class at the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition. V irg : ni < Hnmß and Bacon, It W. .Tones, of Surry County, Va„ in a long article on the above subject, recapitulates the essential points as follows 1. To hawe really good bacon, we must start with the pig. ami feed for flesh and muscle, and not alone for fat. (2i Spring pigs killed in Deceml>er or January make the cheapest pork. (3) Very large hogs are not the best for first-class bacon. <4> Sah the meat with dry salt, ami not in brine. (5) From four to six weeks is long enough for meat to lie in salt (*>■ To prevent skippers, apply borax to the meat, when it is washed to be hung (7) Smoke to a bright ginger bread <’olor, with oak or hickory wood. (Si iho smokehouse is the Pest ami propel place for keeping bacon during summer. (9) The smokehouse should be cool and dark, ml kept chain. (10) Beware of imitation bacon. When to Set Out st rn wherries. When the eond tions will admit Xugtist is one Os Ihe best IHI t'-:IJ Vb. ’ I to set out strawberry plants If a g< -'G . tune a fair crop of fruit may be secured next spring. As with all crops, the soil should be prepared in good tilth and care taken in setting out the plants in order that a good growth -sjjay be secured. On this account it rarely pays to attempt to grow the plants if the soil is very dry. as there is not a sufficient supply of moisture. Then if the soil is dry. more work 1’ necessary to secure a fine tilth. But with the soil in a good tilth and sufficient moisture iu the soil to induce a good growth, setting iu August will give good results. t learinu Fence Corners. After haying and harvest have been finished, it is well to go around the fields ami cut down weeds next to the fence that the mower and reaper could not reach. Since farmers have got out of the habit of swinging the scythe, fem e corners grow up with shrubs and weeds that no good farmers would nllow and which soon grow an ay fiom the fence and take the fertility from crops for some distam e into the field. Enough weeds are allowed to go to seed in some fem e corners to seed tne entire farm. Beer in Bavaria. Ba-aria with a population of 5,818,- । 500, spends ^4,809, ÜbO a year on beer.

A STARTLING OBJECT LESSON. How a Mexican Alcalde Learned Some Os the niflieulties of Railroading. 1 be old Southwestern engineer was ' telling tales ol by-gone days down in Mexico and dwelling upon the Mexican’s ignorance of railroading. "Once, rn-ar Victoria,” said ho, “we were loaded heavily with iron, aud we hit the usual drunken Mexican asleep on the track. Them folks used to think a roadbed better’n a wool mattress. It was down grade and around a curve, ami we were going ata fair clip, and, ’ though we had air brakes, we couldn’t hold up In time. We ground him up, ■ and at \ letoria. ten miles further on, | xv e did:, t have any better sense than to , report it. Os course, the train was side- i tracked and we were put in jail. Next day we were hauled up before the alcalde. He was a iittle, dried up man. with mahogany skin and snow-white mus- । tache. It bristled fiercely, but 1 noticed । that his eye twinkled a good deal and i 1 sorter cottoned to him right away. 1 We mid him that we couldn’t stop the

tiaiu in the time alloxx-ed us, and it was the truth. He said, through an inter- 1 preter. oi course: "‘l’ve heard all this before. Five of my people have been killed by trains in ; six mouths mid I h;ivv hi the train crews go. They said they couldn’t stop. I’m going to si'o about this. Your tr , n . Ison the sidetrack, coupled ami loaded. We'll lire up and go back t. the plm-e where you killed \ ieeutc. WeTl run down at the same speed \\ hen you <-ome near to the curve you must try hard to stop, j will go in the cab with you.’ “Well, we tlrod up and went back three miles beyond the death spot. I bun we started forward again. Os course it was not my bnsmess to run

tiH> slowly. 1 v mted to show the ' akulib tat stopping u tin < l U . j. , sctdieil was an iuipossiltiUty. Old '.fit ! । was h quick »ug.ut. tml tushie of two miles, it Lnsng i down grade, we were doing a two-minute clip. We tt". k tlie urve at forty miles an hour. The alcalde hail never in his life lieeu on a train, ami he was leaning out of the cab window, waving his big straw bat and

shouting ’Viva! Viva! As we sighted the s]»ot where Vicente had le'en pulverized the airbrakes went on like the damp of death. 1 was thrown to the fIiMM- of the cub myself. As for the alcalde, he shot through the window like a rocket, turned six somersaults and lit on his back in the sand thirty feet away. The train ground to a standstill, yards beyond the bloodstained ties. He came limping up, brushing the sand out of his w hite hair. I romember that his mustache was all bent down on one side. He looked up at me and said simply. ’Valga me Dios!’ which is about equivalent to ’Dern my buttons!' We went back to town; he discharged us all ami Invited us to dinner with him. We stayed and pulled out that evening. Everybody ran pretty much on his own schedule in them times.”

XX lienee Gutta Percha Comes. The tree from which gutta percha is obtained grows in Borneo, and in other Islands of the Indian Archipelago, says the Philadelphia Times. It is very large, but the wood is spongy, and of little use as timber. The leaves grow on long stalks, aud are green above and of a bright yellow ismeath. The flowers are small ami grow in pretty tufts in the axils of the leaves, each on a separate stalk or stem. To obtain the gutta percha of com- । meree, the finest trees are cut down, | and im isious are made in the bark; a in..;.,. Jul ”• • ions, and Is r.--. r v''d by Itttio 'roughs t m.iUe o>r th,it purpose. IX hen t.iu juice has hardened to a certain extent it ia kneaded into cakes and exported. I he cakes are of a reddish brown color and are full of irregular pores. Before, however, the cakes are ready for use they have to undergo some pri puratiou. They are first sliced into very thin shavings and then pla<-ed iu a •'tearing" machine, which revolves in a trough of hot water. The machines tears th' shavings into small pieces, and the hot water washes them thoroughly. These pieces are then made into cakes and the cakes are rolled several times between heated cylinders to free them from any air or water that they may contain, and to make them uniform in texture. Again tlu y are rolled In'tween heated relicts and thus made into sheets of various thi<^>ty‘sses for use, or formed into rods. «mter pipes or any other shapes w hich may be desired. Whale in Shrimp Xet. A small bottle-nosed whale 11 feet long ami G feet in circumference has been captured off the Essex coast, and is now to be seen on the beach at Southend. It was surprised near the shore b\ some local fishermen, who managed to take it by tangling it up in an old shrimp net. Its vitality was so great that it !A d for fifty hours a for aptun The ti-a of tackling a ton of lively whale with a shrimp net does not ti the h a.- . o jus-s- its captors, who, says mn I spomlent. "would go I a-■ wirh : ah im h rope." < , . । ti j buuday. In the old Bnrdllau town ot Bahia fireworks form a part of the regular Sunday ceremonies. The town has a number of churches, and they fiercely compete for patronage. First the great deep-toned bells remind the ' townspeople that Sui Pay is com •. Then the crash of tireworks reminds them that their attendance at sori ice is earnestly desired So every Sunday morning aud evening witnesses a small Fourth of .Inly celebration from an American standpoint it the pi.." eld town Os I al th. Crowded Eondon \t this time in London (here art' hting 400,00 b people in one oei < home-.. Os that .mmber 1.000 ar.- lb ing eight or more in cm> room, •.t.l'uo at mug .even or more in one root iai i 'oo ) <i X o- more in ou room Tn Scotland one third of the entire population by<in oim room Imines Seventy nabobs own one half of th- wlwh' land ot Scotland and obtained it by fraud "Xo Boom to 1-ivc" is the title of a book on ; the subject. World’s Coal Fields. The total area of the coal fields m the world is es’iivated at 47kSW square i miles. <

Wiw Canning Peas and Corn, /* Gather the peas wheh young and tender, and proceed at once to prepare । them for the cans. Shell, wash in ■ cold water, then scald by pouring over 1 boiling water; drain, pack in cans, I shaking down well. Fill to the brim I with cold water, adjust the rings and put the covers on loosely. Place a small I plate or saucer iu a kettle with a flat ; bottom, to prevent contact; then put in the cans, separating them from each other with a folded cloth. Fill । the kettle not quite to the top of the i cans with cold water; beat to the boiling point and boil three hours, adding

boiling water as that in the kettle evaporates. The kettle should be covered from the first. At the end of three hours screw down the covers tightly (do not in any ease remove them from the cans), and boil half an hour longer; ; then remove from the water, and as | they cool give the covers an occasional . turn. To can green corn, use the corn i when it is quite tender. With a sharp , knife cut it carefully from the cob. ; pack in glass cans, pressing it down hard, then proceed precisely according t to the directions given for jieas. but i boil one hour at the least, instead of half an hour. The Pesky House Fly. With that pestilential fellow, the ■ Uouseily, looking in at every window.

ainilug greedily at eacb dish before ■ I K»w>’ wings ,ver baby’s soft । when juit ie.iHtlng for dreammud, aud aioa; - ivt uamw shat • for the “aerial diilu-■<>•• ’. tiou,” the housewife groans in spirit and longs unutterably for the flyproof bouse of that distinguished physician, novelist and poet. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Failing that, eternal vigilance directed toward garbage pails, kitchen sinks, cesspools or neglected overripe fruit will do much toward lessening the attractions of your home for those winged carriers of disease. Flies have an unsual capacity for smelling, and bad odors are a drawing Card for them. In Maine many housewives fortify their homes by window gardens of geraniums and calceolarias, a pleasant device that they declare efficacious against the intrusion of tiles. Oil of lavender is also objectionable, aud gilded picture frames rubbed with that will remain unspecked. Flour < best. A flour barrel is always In the way. Get rid of it. Make a chest of matched lumber with one end open, all other sides being closed. Stand It on end, open end up, and fasten it with hinges to floor on outer side. Build a cupboard over the place where you intend to have the chest, the side walls of cupboard extending to the floor. The chest should fit snugly under walls of cupboard, so no dust will get into the flour. Have a handle to pull chest out with; also nail a strap to each side and to the wall, to prevent its tipping over and spilling the flour. It should be painted same as ceiling, aud can be made as । \irge as you wish. It is a very handy I contrivance, because it mu t J -ely' K >ets t rta -r th o flour barrel, but makes more

( cupboard rfloin. L quid Yeast. Boil a large handful of hops tied in & cloth and also boil six large potatoes » in another vessel. When done, mash smoothly and add one pint of flour rubbed to a paste, turn this into the water the potatoes were boiled in. and let come to a boil, stirring all the time. Now add the hop water, two tablespoonfuls of salt, one cup of white sugar, and set away to cool. When milk warm add one cup of baker’s /east or four yeast cakes previously soaked in warm water. Scald the vessel each time it is made with saleratus water; it will keep from four to six weeks.—Mrs. G. T. Prop Cakes. Sift two half pints of flour with one I teaspoonful of baking powder. Stir । half cupful of butter with six tablespoonfuls powdered sugar to a light, white cream, add three eggs, one at a time, stirring a few minutes between each addition, add alternately the flour | and one-half cupful of finely chopped 1 nuts, either almonds or walnuts; drop with a spoon small portions into buti tered tins, two inches apart, brush ’il m ,w with beaten egg and bake ~ : m .nm hot oven.—Brooklyn Eagle. Bow to Fxtingiiish Fire, !'ak<- pounds of common salt and 10 pounds of sal ammoniac (muriate of : ,mia, to lie bad of any drugaistk^ f When dissolved it •an be bottled and kept ia e.; h ii‘om in the house, to be i-ed in an <: a rgeney. Iu case of a fire occurring, one or two bottles should be immediately thrown with force into the : burning place so as to break them; the fire will certainly be extinguished. Green orn ^oup. One pint grated corn. 1 quart sweet milk, 1 pint hot water. 1 heaping teaspoon flour, 2 tablespoons butter, slice of onion, salt and pepper to taste. Cook tin' corn in the water half an hour, let i the milk and onion come to a boil; mix j Hour butter and a few spoons of the ; milk smooth, stir into the milk and vook ten minutes Take out onion, add j corn and serve at once. Pottle Iniprovemetit. An improved bottle tor holding and measuring medio m - etc., lias 'be m-V-r.e.r of th neck ground, with the sr pper . f hollow glass ground around the outside to fit the bottle, the interior of the stopper being used as a graduated measure. While r>aunderinM. A clean ai ron worn -while hanging out the clot In -, a clean basket, clothesline ami iiins are all essentials if the laundress desires to keep her clothes clean. Baked Corn. 'ilirff* pin*.s vs scr:ip<*<l corn. 1 cup rich sweet milk, 1 tablespoon butter, pepper ano -alt to taste. Bake uns oc. 4fie.uaUy slirtiug it.