THE POBTEST.
k Story of tho Inner Vision of thi j
Highlanders, Commonly Called j
the Second Sight.
Rj GE01U1K MACDONALD,
ciiaiv.
I.APV AI.K'K.
Wlii'ii Urn Iwll rang for dinner. I
Innnagiat in tlinl my way In llm draw
ing-room. where were assembled l.mly
Hilton, her only daughter, n girl "f
about Id. and llm I wo hoy*, my pupils,
laid} lllllon would liavo lireti pleasant.
I’ould slm luvo hoon ns natural as nil"
wlslmd in a11|n-ai'. Slio received mo with
somo ' I1 't'l'oo of kind lions: hut llm half
i in'dinlliy of Imr muntior toward mo
was mid, ally foundod on I lit* Impilsh
nhloiiosn of Hn> gull between tin. t
know al nnoo that wo should novor ho
frlonds; iInit slm would novor comp
dow n from tho lofty tableland upon
which sho walked; mid that If. after
being yi.irs In lho liotiso, I should Imp
pon to ho dying, slm would solid the
housekeeper lo son mo. All right, no
doiiht: | only say that It was so. She
till rod need ino to my pupils lino open
eyed. manly Kngllslt hoys, with sonm
tliliig a little overhearing in their man
tier, which speedily disappeared In
ilmli' relation to mo. laird llilton was
not at homo, laidy Hilton led tho way
to the dining room; tho oldor hoy gave
Ills arm lo Ids slstor, and I was ah nil
to follow with tho younger, when from
one of the deep hay windows gilded
out st;|| in w hile, the same llgure which
had passed tile upon tin- lawn. 1 start
mi, and drew hack. With a slight l>nw,
she preceded me, and followed the oth
ers down the groat si.tin'.iso. Seated
ill lahlo. 1 hail leisure lo make my jh
servutloiis iiiioii them all. hut most of
my glances found their way to the lady
who, twice that day had affected me
like an apparition.
•sue wns an,tut twom.v years of age;
rather ;i?the 111111«t!-• height, and
rutlii-r slight In funn; her complexion
White rut lift- tlmii ji:i|e. lor face 1><<
lllg "Illy loss w title tlmii I lie deep mttrb
ly whiteness ef tier uniK. (ter eyes
Were In rare, ;unl lull of liijiilil night n
night throbbing wiili the light of'In
visible stars, Her imir seemed raven
black. and in quantity profuse. The
exp.a vs!.in ef her fare, however. yell
‘■Ftill.v partook inure id' vagueness than
any i'Mher diaraeterlslie. I.ady lid
ten eulied her Unity Alive; unit she nev
er addressed J.ndy Hilton but In the
wiiiii- i t re.'imnluus style.
I a fter ward learned, from the old
house keeper, that lallly Alice's posi
tion in tin- family was a very peculiar
one. Distantly connected with I.ord
Hilton's family on (lie mother’s side,
site was the daughter of the late laird
* <>!elidnrroeh, and step-daughter to
I.atly Hilton, who had become I.nd.v
lliltoti within n year after l.ord (ihui
dumn-h's death. I,nd.v Alice, then
unite a child, hail accompanied her
stepmother, to whom she was moder
ately attached, and who hud been al
lowed to retain undisputed possession
of her. She had no near relatives, else
the fortune t afterward found to oe
nt her disposal would have moused
contending claims to the right of guard
ianship.
Allhough she was In many respects
kindly treated by her stepmother, cer
tain peculiarities tended to her isola
timi from the family pursuits and
pleasures. I.ady Alice had no accom
plishments. She could neither spell
her own language, nor oven read it
aloud. Yet she delighted in reading to
herself, though for the most part hool.s
which Mrs. Wilson characterized ns
very odd. Her voice when she spoke
had a quite Indescribable music in It;
ye! she neither sang nor played. Her
habitual motion was more like a
rhythmical gliding than an ordinary
walk, yet she could not dance. Mrs
■ 'Wilson hinted at other and more
serious iHvnllarltles. which site either
could not or would not describe; al
ways shaking her head gravely and
sadly, and becoming quite silent,’ wit m
I pressed for further explanation; so
that, at last. I gave up all attempts to
arrive at an understanding of the mys
tery by her means.
fft': ’I’here was something to me exceed
ingly touching in the solitariness of this
girl: for no one spoke to Iter ns If she
were like other people, or If any hearti
ness Were possible between them. IV.-.
hups no one could have felt quite at
home with her hut a mother, whose
heart had been one with tiers from a
season tong anterior to the development
of any repulsive oddity, lint her posi
tion was one of peculiar isolation. for
no one really approached her individ
ual being; and Unit she should be un
aware or this loneliness seemed to tie
saddest ef all.
-Mi'.T masing arrangements for enm
meming work in the morning, l took
my leave. ami retired to my own room.
Intent upon carrying out with moro
minuteness tlio survey 1 Imd already
rfr commenced: several cupboards In the
wall, and one or two doors, apparently
of elosets. had especially attracted my
attention. Strange was its hark as I
entered—as of a room hollowed out of
the past, for a memorial of dead times
Thi> tiro had sunk low, and lav smol
* doriug beneath the white ashes, like
the life of the world beneath the suow'
or tile heart of a man lieueath eold ami
way thoughts. 1 lighted the candle
which stood upon the table, but the
room, instead of being brightened.
. looked blacker than before, for the
light revealed Its essential blackness.
With the candle in m.v hand. 1 pro
ceeded to open the various cupboards
and elosets. At tirst I found nothing
remarkable about any of them. The
latter were finite empty, except the last
1 came to. which was a pi.ve of very
M.‘ old elaborate tapestry banging at the
back ef It. Idfliug this up I saw what
seemed at first to be panels, eorrt'
sponding to those which formed the
room: blit, on looking more closely. I ;
'discoverer that this back of the oliwet j
% was. er bad been, a door. There was]
nothing unusual In this, especially in j
such a:’, old house, but the discovery'
roused In tne a strong desire to know !
■w oat lay behind the eld door. I found
that it was secured only by an ordin
ary belt, from which the handle had
been removed. Soothing my con
science with the reflection that I had a
right to know what sort of a place had ;
communication ivith my room. I sue- j
cecilcd by the help of my deer knife,
In forcing back lIn' rusty Isilt; nn«I
though, from tin1 stiffness of Hit* hinges
I dreaded n crack, they yielded at last
with unly a creak.
Till* opening door revealed n large
hall, empty mti-iiy, navi* «>( dust anil
cobwebs, wlilrli festooned It In all
quarters, ami gave It an appearance of
uti ii t tern !>!• ■ desolation. Tim now
faiulllar feeling that 1 had won tho
|ilai-o Iwforo, lllli'tl my tiiltul tin* first
inonioiit. and passed away the noxt. A
liroad right angled stalroasi', with tnns
slvo balusters. rotto from tlio middle of
tho hall. Tho stalronso oottld not liavo
originally belonged to tho anolont wins
which I had observed on my llrst ap
proach, being much more modern; hut
I was convinced, from the observations
I had made ns to the situation of the
room, that I was bordering ti|sui, if
not within, tho oldest portion of the
Idle. In sudden horror lost I should
hoar a light footfall upon tho awful
stair, I withdrew hurriedly, and. hav
ing ttoetired Isdh tho doors, betook my
self to my bed room, In whose dingy
four-post bed, with Its earving and
plumes reminding me of a bourse, I
Was soon ensconeed among the snow
iest. linen, with the sweet and elenu
odor of lavender.
I made no use of my discovered door
although | always Intended doing so,
oHpeelnlly after, in talking iitsnit the
building with I,aily Illlton, I found
that I was at perfect liberty to make
what excursions I pleased Into the de
serted portions.
.'ly pupils turned out to lie teaehahle,
and therefore my oeeuputlou was
pleasant. Their sister freipiently eatne
to me for help, as there happened to
he .Inst then an interregnum of gover
nesses; soon she settled Into a regular
pupil.
After It few weeks I.ord Illlton re
turned. Though my room was so far
from the great hull, I heard the clunk
of his spurs mi the pavement.
lie reeelveil me with some nppear
"hee of Interest, whleh Immediately
stltTcned and froze. Iteglnniug to
clinke hands with me as If he meant It
lie Instantly dropped my hand as If it
had slung hint. Ills nobility was of
that sort which stands in constant
need of repair. Like a weakly const hi
*"tion it retptlivd keeping up, ami bis
lordship could mil bo said to neglect il;
for be seemed to had Ills principal em
ployment in administering continuous
'loses of obsequiousness lo his own
pride.
I II.M lI-.li V,
Till'. 1.IIIUAUY.
Olio ilny, n wools nftor tils nrrlvnl.
I.'h'iI Hilton gave ii (llnnor parly to
sumo of Ills neighbors amt tenant's. I 1
onloroil lIn* drawing-mom rnllior into,
mill saw that, though there wore ninfiv
Kitesls not ono was talking to Lady
Alloo. Slio appeared. liowovor, nlto
Kothor iinoonsolous of neglect. Pres
onlly (llnnor was aniimiucod. and the
company niarslialod tlionisi'lvos. ami
took tlioir way to tlio dining room.
I.ndy Alloo was loft unaltomlod, the
quests taking tlioir ono from tlio boliav
lor of tin'll- ontortalnors. I vontnri'd to
P> ti|* to lior. and offor lior mv arm.
Slio mado mo a haughty bow nnd
passod on lioforo mo nnaooompanlod. I
oonld not liolp feeling hurt at tills,
and I think slio saw It; lmt It mado mi
dllToronoo in lior behavior, except that
she avoided everything that might oo
enslon mo tlio olmnoo of offering my
sorvloi's.
Nor did I sol any further with Lady
Milton. Her manner and smile re
mnlnoil precisely the same as on our
llrsl interview. She did not oven show
any Interest in the fact that her daugh
tor. Lady Lucy, had joined her broth
era In the school room. I had an on
comfortable feeling that the latter was
like her mother, and was not to be
trusted.
The neglected library was open to
me at all hours; and in it I often took
refuge from the dreariness of unsym
pathetic society. I was never admitted
within tlu' magic circle of the famiU
Interests and enjoyments. if there
was such a circle. Lady Alice and I
certainly stood outside of It; but
whether even then It had any real in
side to It, I doubted much.
In the library I found companions
more to my not'd. But even there tliev
were not easy to lltid; for the 1 looks
were in great confusion. I could dis
cover no catalogue, nor could I hear of
the existence of such a useless luxury
One morning at breakfast, therefore !
I asked Lord Hilton If 1 might arrange i
and catalogue the books during mv I
leisure hours. He rent led:— ‘ !
"Do anything you like with them '
Mr. t'amphell, except destroy them." I
One day 1 had sent a servant to ask i
Mrs. Wilson to route to me. I im,l
taken down all the hooks from a hpi,. |
erto undisturbed corner, and had seat '
ed myself oa a heap of them, no doubt
a very Impersonation of the genius of:
the place; for while I waited for tlie
housekeeper. I was consuming a nmr
set of an ancient metrical romance. I
After waiting for some time I glanced i
toward the door, for I had begun to i
get impatient for the entrauce of my
helper. To my surprise, there stood1
l.ady Alice, her eyes fixed upon me
with an expression I could not under- i
stand. Iler face Instantly altered to
its ttsunl look of Indifference, dashed
with the least possible degree of scorn,
as she turned and walked slowly away.
1 rose involuntarily. An old cavalry1
sword, which I had just taken down
from the wall, and had placed leaning
against the books from which 1 now
rose, fell with a clash to the floor. 1
started: for it was a sound that always
startled me: and. stooping. 1 lifted tiie i
weapon. Hut what was my surprise!
when 1 raised my head, to see once
more the face of Lady Alice staring in
at the door! yet not the same fact', for
it had changed in the moment that had :
passed. It was pale with fear.not
fright: and her great black eyes were
staring beyond me as if she saw some
thing through the wall of the room.
Once more her face altered to the for
mer scornful indifference and she van
ished. Keen of hearing as 1 was. 1
had never yet heard the footsteps of
l.ady Alice.
One night I was sitting in my room,
devouring an old romance which I had
brought from the library. It was late.
The tire blazed brightly, but the can
dles were nearly burned out, and 1
grow sleepy over the volume, romance
as it was.
Suddenly I found myself on my feet,
listening with an agony of attention.
Whether I heard anything. I could
not tell: hut I felt ns if 1 had. Yes; I
was sure of it. Far away, somewhere
In tin* labyrinthine |il|n, I hmmt n j
fiilnt cry. I>rlveil hy some secret l.n
I'lilse. | flew, without a moment's re
tleetlnn, to Hie closet floor, lifted tin*
tapestry within, unfastened the second
ilnor, mill hIihkI in tlio great waate
echoing hull, nriiifl the touched, light
aufl ghostly, of the cobwebs net uflout
In the eddies occasioned by my sinlih .1
entriiiice.
I ntnrled, and my heart swelled; for
I saw a movement somewhere—I could
neither tell where nor of wluit; I was
only aware of motion. I stood In the
lirst shadow, and gazed, hut saw noth
ing. I sped iicrosH the light to the
next shadow, aud stood again, looking
with fearful fixedness of gaze toward
the fur end of the eorridor. Suddenly
a while form glliuufered and vanished.
I crossed to the next shadow. Again a
glimmer aud vanishing, hut nearer.
Nerving myself to the utmost, I ceased
the stealthiness of my movements, and
went forward slowly and steadily. A
(all form, apparently of a woman,
dressed in a long white robe, appeared
In one of the streams of light, threw
its arms over its head, gave a wild cry
which, notwithstanding its wildness
and force, had a mtillled sound, ns if
many folds, either of mailer or s|iace
intervened and fell at full length
along the moonlight. Amidst the thrill
of ngon.v which shook me tit lint ery. 1
rushed forward, and, kneeling beside
the prostrate ligurc, discovered tluu
unearthly as was the scream which
had preceded her fall. It was the Lady
Alice. I saw the fact in a moment;
the Lady Alice was a somnambulist.
Startled hy the noise of my advance,
she had awaked; and the usual terror
ami fainting had followed.
She was cold and motionless as
dentil. What was to he done? If l
called the Itrolmblllty Wits that no one
would hear me; or If any one should
hear lint I need not follow the course
of my thought, as I tried in vain to re
vive the poor girl. Surttee it to say,
that both for her sake and my own, 1
could not face the chance of being
found, I11 the dead of night, hy common
minded domestics, in such a situation.
1 was kneeling by her side, not know
ing wind to do, when a horror, us front
the presence of death suddenly recog
nized. fell upon me. I thought she
must, he dead. Hut at the same mo
ment 1 heard, or seemed to hear (Mow
should 1 know which?! the rapid gallop
of a horse, and the clank of a loose
shoe.
In the agony of fear I caught her up
In my arms, and, carrying iter on my
arms, as one carries a sleeping child,
hurried back through the eorridor.
Iler lutlr, which was loose, trailed 6tt
the ground; and as I fled I trampled
011 it and stumbled. She mouticd; and
lit that Instant the gallop ceased. I
lifted her itp across my shoulder, and
carried her more easily. Mow 1 found
my way to the stairs I cannot tell; I
know that 1 groped about for some
time, like one In n dream with a
ghost in Ills arms. At last I reached
It, aud, descending, crossed the hall,
and entered my room. There I placed
Lady Alice upon an old couch, secured
the doors and began to breathe and
think. The lirst thing was to get her
warm, for she wits as cold its the dead.
I covered her with my plaid and ray
drcslng gown, pulled the couch before
the tire, and considered what to do
next.
ciiArmt vi.
THE KIUST' WAKINti
While I hesitated. Nature hud her
own way, and, with a deep-drawn sigh,
Lady Alioe opened her eyes. Never
shall I forge! tlie look of mingled be
wilderment. alarm and shame, with
whieli her great eyes met mine. lint,
in a moment, this expression elianged
Jo that of anger. Her dark eyes
Unshed with light; and a cloud of ro
seate wrath grew in her face, till it
glowed with the opuipie red of a ca
mellia. She had almost started from
the couch, when, apparently discover
ing tin* Uttsnitnbloness of her dress,
site cheeked her Impetuosity, and re
mained leaning on her elbow. Over
come by her anger, her beany, and my
own confusion. I knelt before her, mi
able to speak or to withdraw my eyes
from iters. After a moment's pause,
site began to question me like a queeti'
and I to reply like a culprit.
“How did 1 come here?”
"I carried you.”
“Where did you And me. pray?"
Her lip curled with ten times the
usual scorn.
"in tiie old house, in a long corridor.”
iTO HR CONTI M ED.)
MANNA EATERS.
Tl»< People or Arabln anti Pi-mu Make It
I rnm Ttinmrlsk Itranehen.
Ill some of the eastern countries. no
tably Arabia ami IVrsia. a manna an
sworins closely to that mentioned in
tii” soriptnros Is still naturally pro
duced in oonsiilorahlo quantity, says
Hood Housekeeping. It comes from
tile tomlor branches of tin* tamarisk,
ami is known to tho Persians by tbo
nanio of "tamarisk lionoy." It consists
of tear-like drops, which exude In eon
soqtiouoo of tho puncture of an insoct
during tho months of .luno and .lulv.
In tho cool of tho morning It is found
sollditlod. and the congealed tears may
bo shaken from tho limbs. That, ill
fact, is one of tho methods of gathering
manna. Herodotus alludes to tho same
nutritious product, so that there is 10
doubt it has boon known in those re
gions from tho earliest ages. It is easy
to see how it might bo produced iii
wonderful quantities without any spoo
ial manifestation of the supernatural.
It is a sweetish substance, pleasant ;o
the taste and highly nutritious.
Some students of the Hilile have sup
IHised the manna there mentioned to
have been a fungous growth: but while
the explanation would bo a natural
one. the modification which it would
require is an unnecessary one. There
are numerous interesting things, never
theless. about the various kinds of fun
gi. which modern experimentation has
decided to be edible: and not only that,
but highly palatable and nutritive.
What country lioy of an imaginative !
nature but has frolicked in mimic war- j
fare with imaginary foes, getting the I
smoke for his artillery and infantry
from the numerous puff-balls which a
eonviont pasture afforded, while his
own lung power furnished the "crash
and roar and cheer" for the inspiring
contest! Yet science lias demonstrated
that those very puff-balls were once
good to eat—in fact, capable of fuflush
ing the most dainty refreshment
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Rome l'p to Date Hint. About C'ultlM*
lion of the Noil mod Yield. Thereof—
lfortleuliure* Viticulture and Flori
culture.
Foot Funrtiire In IIor.cn.
One of the most common caused of
lameness is puncture of the sole of the
foot. It is caused by the animal step
ping on a nail or other sharp object.
The puncture Is most likely to occur in
the neighborhood of the frog, or where
the tole and wall of the foot join, but
it may occur in any part of the sole.
When the nail comes in contact with
the horn of the sole it is likely toglnnce
until it meets the projection of the
wall or the softer rough frog; hence
the greater frequency of puncture in
these localities.
NY W PTOSIS.
Since the nail usually pulls out, and
the horn springs back to its former
position so as to close the opening the
nail made, there is sometimes difficulty
in locating exactly the seat of the
wound. As a result of this many an
unimnl has been made to stand on a
lame foot by a stille shoe having been
put on the well foot. Locating this
sort of lameness in the stifle
joint is a common but inex
cusable error, as the action re
sulting from lameness in the two parts
is entirely different. The so called
“gravel" which is said to enter the sole
of the foot and then “work out" at the
heel is usually the “working out" of
the pus or the matter resulting from a
Oat Culture at Ch»«npaIfo.
In Bulletin No. 34 of the Illinois
Agricultural Experiment Station is
given a report of the experiments tried
in oat culture on the Station farm at
Champaign. The average yield of
forty-eight plats was at rate of (12.3
bushels per acre, the largest yield be
ing 75 and the smallest 40.8 bu. per
acre; five plats yielding less than 50
bu. and seven over 70 bu. each per
acre. The oats on ouch of twenty-four
plats weighed over thestandard weight
of 32 lbs per bushel; those on twenty
plats, less than 32 lbs per bushel.
Seventeen varieties were tested. Fif
teen of these, twelve of which were
selected from a much larger number
because of good yields in former years,
were grown on duplicate plats. t\ hile
the land was apparently unusually
uniform in quality, the difference in
yield of plats of the same variety was
marked in a number of cases; in one
case being over 12 bu. per acre. The
best yielding varieties were: Texas
Rust i’roof, 74 bn. peraere; Texas Red,
08.2 bu.; New Dakota Cray, 07.3 bu.;
Calgary Cray, 07.0 bu.; New Red
Rust Proof, 07.1 bu.; American
Banner, 04.4 bu.; Breen Mountain,
04.4 bu.; Pringles Progress, 04.3 bu. In
trials for five years the best yielding
varieties have stood in following order:
Pringles Progress, Texas Ilust Proo{,
New Dakota Cray, New Red Rust
Proof, American Banner, Improved
American. Calgary Cray has been
grown two seasons. It ranked third
among fifty-nine varieties in 1892.
Three plats were sown with different
mixtures of varieties and three with
the productof different mixturesgrown
in 181)2. Each mixture gave a slightly
larger and each product of mixture a
slightly lower yield than the average
or the varieties used in making mix
I of tho Cincinnati Horticultural'''
j stated at one of the meetiJ?
I years ago, that his choice of
t was a Seckel that had dropr*J
night. Hut house ripening j, “
able even for this. Many ^5
have been raised from the SeckL
I'oote'a Seckel and others—but
equal to the parent. I.ast b«
least; in this very unfavorable va
the tree fruits. Seckel is tb,
variety (except Tyson) that hast
crop. Most of the other sortj
nothing. In planting even a fen
for family use, the Seckel shoal
be overlooked.
Fancy Farming.
It is not difficult for ,
to raise good crops if b(
money enough. A rich
can walk out of the city and i»
year put ten thousand dollars’ wot
expense upon a poor farm
can make a soil if he has »
enough. But wheat that sells fo,
bushel will cost at least 83; anij
for 50 cents will have cost $2.' m
hard to get good crops if profit j,,
account. A rich man plays »j
farm as children do with dolls j
ing up to suit his fancy, and quit,
different as to expense or profit
his fancy and not his pocket fti
farms for. Such men are not use
They employ many hands. They
a. great many experiments whichi
ing farmers can not afford to try.]
show what can be done. And Ai
can farmers, although they wifi
imitate, will do better than that—i
will take hints in this thing and |
and by gradual improvement they
raise their own style of fanning
degrees. Every township ought'tol
one gentleman farmer who aim
show what soil can be made to do,
his case it mav not be remuneral
HACKNEY
STALLION, - P. (K'52), AN ENGLISH PRIZE WINNER.—FARMERS’ REVIEW.
nail puncture or a bruise. If an animal
becomes suddenly and severely lame
and there be no evidence of anything'
in any other part of the leg. such as
swelling, heat and pain upon pressure,
it is always well to look for puncture
in the foot. If the animal stands with
the lame foot extended and when walk
ing places the lame foot well forward
and brings the well foot up to it, the
evidence of puncture is still stronger.
To examine the foot properly the shoe
should be removed. It is not sufficient
to merely scrape the bottom of the foot
clean, for if the nail has pulled out and
the horn sprung back in position, all
trace of its entrance may have been
obliterated. To examine the foot
properly a pair of large pincers or a
hammer is necessary. The former is
the better, as by compressing the hoof
the exact spot may be found, while
tapping the sole with a hammer may
cause the animal to evince pain, even
though the tapping is not directly over
the injury; but with a little care the
spot may be definitely located with
either instrument. If the injury is of
a few days' standing additional heat in
the hoof and perhaps slight swelling
in the pastern may also be present.
TKKATMKNT.
When the point of the puncture has
been ascertained the horn should be
pared out so as to leave an opening for
the escape of all matter. This opening
need not be larger than an ordinarv
sized lead pencil. The practice of burning
out this hole with a hot iron or by the
use of caustics is very objectionable
and useless. A solution of carbolic
acid (one part of acid to twenty-five of
water) may be used to wash the wound,
af the animal be kept in a clean place,
Ind the wound washed once a day
with the same solution, a rapid recov
ery is usually the result. In cases
where the lameness is severe, a poul
tice of wheat bran or linseed meal may
be applied for a day or two, but should
not be kept up for a longer period.
In those cases where the lameness
subsides, but luxuriant granulations of
‘■proud flesh" spring up and till the
opening in the horn, they may be tut
down by a hot iron to a point level
with the inner or deeper surface of the
horny sole. Then the cavity should be
tilled with balsam of fir. a pad of cot
ton placed over it. and over all m piece
of good firm leather, which may be held
in place by a shoe. The main point in
the treatment of nail puncture of the
foot is to give free exit to all matter
that may collect, and keep the part as
;lean as possible. If this be done, the
matter will not be compelled to work
out at the heels, and no separation or
loss of hoof will occur.
lures. Two plats were rolled after be
ing1 sown. Each gave an average yield.
Two plats were drilled, the quantity of
seed being less than where the seed
was sown broadcast. The yield of each
was much below the average. For the
first time since the station was estab
lished in 1888 early sown oats were in
jured by the frost. In a series of four
years slightly the largest yields came
from sowing near the last of March.
The average yield of straw was 3,.‘114
lbs. per acre. The largest yield was
4,54',; the smallest 2,295 lbs. per bushel.
The Seckel P«»ar.
Many years ago, when “Dutch
Jacob” (as he was called.) a Philadel
phia cattle dealer, returned from his
shooting excursion early in the fall, he
is said to have tegaled his friends wit*
. . , - 1 j LiieiaiL, no
is said to have tegaled his friends with
pears that were a marvel of excellence,
but the locality of whose growth he
would never disclose. Subsequently,
the Holland hand Co., which owned'a
considerable tract south of the citv of
fered it for sale in parcels, and J aeob se
cured the ground on which his favorite
pear tree stood, a strip near the I)ela
waie. this was considerably over 100
years ago. Whether he called the
pear by any particular name is
not known but in time's chang
es the land and tree came into
the possession of a Mr. Seckel, who
introduced the remarkable fruit, and it
received his name. This is condensed
frnh aTt;m )o" nino s large work on
fruits Bishop White-long since de
tfoT ti inff-fm;nUhed the infor™
not inn * °ngmal tree 'vas standing
nfet ,rcg n“ “d may be ret' A nice
picture of it may be seen in one of the
cultural' afthe.Pennsylvania state agri
cultural association, published a few
years ago. The Seckel has been w dm
ly distributed ami has shown itself
climate Variations of soil and
T ie r,^ PS' tha" a,,y other ^nd.
a ,niIT, a f0CKl sto<:k>' grower, and
, ' ,, ancl abundant bearer. It can
5 f ■to ** wholly frce
but l!> ls “ore nearly so than
an> other pear tree among the well
c'E°a ““ f°r Cach Purpose H om
warket Position in the
off he ^ be«omes larger by taking
smaU-nmT^atntStwhrUit 'Vhc“
a mind to do ft-' , when one has
size is often full m such eases the
Ven ke b^4oafsoS;rf
ripened in
well ripened on the tree. A member
But, take the country through. tfc
direct effect will be remunerative 1
very mistakes will be useful. Amia
is often (although rarely reportedia
instructive than a success. But it
not every farmer who can affori
dear a school master. This class
fancy farmers have done a wontt
good to the agricultural class in
particular respect, that is, in the'
tribution of improved live stock. 1
haps in thousands of piacfs
our country, improved breeds
horses, cows, sheep, swine
poultry have been introduced thru
the generous or lavish **!
diture of money in the purchaseo*
best breeding stock by the so <*
fancy farmers, and by this means t
have been in the course of time. •
tributed in the immediate ne:?'1
hood, and to this day are bearing
that is beyond estimate, in the J
they have bestowed upon the com
at large.—F. Ii. Hooper in ^
Be view.
Tub Irrigation Movement.'-Tw!
gat-ion movement is accumulate
tremendous impetus, which isTS
not alone in the west, hut thrt*
out tlie country. The work of
ization and agitation, through nat^
inter-state, state and county **#
lions, will go forward with re#'
energy from now until the next p
international congress assemble
Albuquerque, New Mexico, in tbe
tumn of 189-3. That this xnovem®
the hope of prosperity for milho®
that it will safeguard our instil
with a new bulwark of liberty, i*
form of small landed proprietors.
confident expectation of western *
Their appeal is to patriotism a®1
best spirit of humanity. They &**
build to the credit of their coonW
the good of their race, to the
God. ‘_
Fed the Raisins to Animai.s.-y 1
and cattle feeding upon
other dried fruits’* are reported *•’
consul in Smyrna to have been
a common sight in that part
sultan's dominions. This is
the continued low values of Pr04?
the European markets, which _
case of many staple product
Turkey have gone from bad to
Of these are raisins, which PriB^
through the action of the .
tariff, have become so deprec^
value that, unless some nc"
can be found, the cultivation
vine in Turkey will, according
consul, have to be discern ^
North British Agriculturist,^ D
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