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Copyright, by Sthkht & Smith, New York.
CHAPTE " XV. (Continued.)
He hurried over to the table, upon
which he laid a couple of bank notes,
and tearing a sheet of paper from his
vade mecum. wrote upon it these
words:
“Accept this from a friend. Hope
for brighter things in the future—
trust in God."
A movement on the part of Mazette
warned him it was time to be gone—
he only lingered long enough to pin
the money and the note to the table
and then walked hastily down the
stairs.
Once outside the marquis walked to
ward the Strand with a swinging
stride—he seemed to have thrown off
some of the cynical moodiness that
had marked his intercourse with all
men since striking Liondon.
Finally he drew up at a shop almost
in the shadow of St. Clement's church,
in a neighborhood famous for its lit
erary and artistic atmosphere.
Over the door was the sign of Duval,
sacred to many who had handled
brush or crayon in the world’s me
tropolis.
M. Duval saw a prospective purchas
er, and of course, was all smiles.
Miniatures—certainly, he always kept
them in stock and had the means of
reproducing any photograph at short
notice.
He watched the customer separate
half a dozen of the little paintings on
ivory from the rest, and marveled at
the ease with which he had thus pick
ed out all the works of one brush.
“These are the only decent ones you
have. Tell me how much for the lot,”
he said, quietly.
Mr. Duval named a price far in ex
cess of their intrinsic value, judging
that he must have been blind to their
merits, and was immediately cursing
himself under his breath for not hav
ing added on a third more, for the
marauis carelessly threw the amount
down.
“This artist pleases me, sir. I
would like to have a dozen family por
traits done by the same brush. For
each of these I shall pay five pounds to
the artist and your commission of one
pound. Is that a bargain, M. Duval?”
The dealer snatched at it eagerly.
Consider it settled, then. Now, I
am an expert at this work. It is evi
dent to me the artist is a lady.”
“Monsieur is quite correct,” bowing
low and rubbing his hands together
with pleasure.
"Very good. There is no need of
paper between us—a nudum factum is
quite sufficient. But, my dear Mon
sieur Duval, remember, they must be
by the same brush.”
“By to-morrow, monsieur, I shall
hand you in a package of family pic
tures which I wish to add to my collec
tion of miniatures. I shall also leave
the money here, knowing you to be an
honest man. to be paid to the artist,
as fast as she completes each ivory.”
“Mon Dieu; it is one great pleasure.
Would that there were more custom
ers like you, m’sieur. It would then
ba a happiness to be in trade,” said the
flattered and delighted dealer in pic
tures.
The marquis took his leave, filled
with a sensation of having started the
ball rolling, nor was it until he had
gone that M. Duval thought to recall
the fact that he had failed to ask his
princely customer's name.
BOOK THREE.
The Modern Monte Crlsto.
Two weeks more sufficed to make
the Marquis of Montezuma famous in
London. Every day new accounts of
astonishing features connected with
his life appeared ir. the papers.
Naturally the Marquis was the most
nought after man in all London.
Bushels of invitations poured in
upon him over which his secretaries
were busy all day, their labor being
usually a polite note, declining the
honor on account of pressing engage
ments.
The Marquis accepted a few invita
tions, and these generally took him
to the clubs, though the season was so
late few notables could be met with
there.
Captain Livermore had forced the
Hon. Prentice Langford to keep his
word—he had early made the acquaint
ance of the American Midas, and they
reached the friendly stage of inter
course that is marked by a game be
tween gentlemen, but somehow, for the
first time in his life, the genial cap
tain found luck run harshly, and, in
stead of handling some of the wonder
ful wealth of the nabob, he was strip
ped of all the ready cash he had at
hand.
Certain of retrieving his fortunes,
he played time after time. Finally he
staked his all on a last chance. Evil
fortune followed him to the very end—
he rvas compelled to drink the dregs,
for he had lost.
Then, looking up into the face of his
opponent, he saw a sparkle in the eyes
of the Marquis, a glow of triumph that
gave him a cold chill.
Where had he seen that same look
before? Cudgel his brain as he would,
he could not remember. “I am done
for to-night, Marquis; you have won
all I possess; your luck is prodigious,”
he said, as he rose.
“Ah! indeed, you are kind to say so,
captain; but r assure you it was not
always the case. The demon of mis
fortune has had his little fling at my
doer, even as he now knocks at yours,
but you see I lived through it, and my
hour has come. Shall we enjoy any
further social play, captain? I assure
you, it is a rare pleasure for me to en
gage in this little pastime with a gen
tleman of your skill and attain
ments.”
“I hope to see you again if I am able
to scrape any part of my resources to
gether. If not, Marquis, you can be
satisfied that I am down to bed rock.
I never yield while I have a single
weapon left in my hand," he said,
grimly.
“I can well believe that, oaptain,”
and. returning Livermore’s stiff bow,
he watched the soldier saunter among
the other club members, chatting with
this one and laughing at some sally as
though nothing had occurred to dis
turb his equanimity.
The Marquis frowned.
He knew this man was absolutely
ruined, and yet his victory had been
robbed of half its sweetness because
he had failed to quench that indomit
able soldier spirit that refused to
knuckle under at misfortune’s call.
That afternoon he attended a garden
party at Lady Catherwood’s palatial
home. Here he was, as usual, the lion
of the occasion, and his hostess was
kept busy introducing him. Finally
they approached a single figure, stand
ing under a royal palm that had been
brought from the famous Catherwood
conservatory for the occasion—the fig
ure of a young woman.
Her back was toward those who ad
vanced, but he could catch the queenly
poise of her proud head. If her face
did not disappoint the anticipation
aroused by this first glance, she must
be a fit subject for an artist’s dream.
“My dear, I have succeeded in rescu
ing the Marquis, and bring him a cap
tive in my train to pay his respects
to my guest and kinswoman,” said
Lady Catherwood, blandly.'
The queenly figure turned, and in so
doing came under the soft light of a
nearby lantern.
mus tne Marquis round nimseir race
to face with a spectre of the past—
again in memory he could see this
gloriously beautiful creature gracefully
gliding about in the dance, while man
dolins and guitars struck weird chords
that served as time to her flying feet;
again he could see the gay sash tied in
a knot that ornamented one plump
shoulder, while a shining knife fast
ened by a scar’et ribbon, decorated the
other, the cold, cruel blade nestling
against her heaving bosom as she thus
invited her hot-blooded admirers to
meet in mortal combat, for the guest
of Lady Catherwood was no other
than Senorita Juanita, the belle of
Gautarica.
CnAPTEK XVI.
From Over the Sea.
The Marquis of Montezuma bowed
low. His face was as calm and unruf
fled as the summer sky; not even for
an instant did he betray the slightest
emotion, and yet the surprise must
have inwardly staggered him.
The presence of Dona Juanita here,
in England—did it portend disaster to
his long-cherished plans?
As for the haughty daughter of the
dons, she was affable enough, and
smiled while extending a dainty hand
which he was compelled to accept.
Lady Catherwood had scurried away
to look after some necessary details
connected with her duties as hostess,
for one cannot entertain and enjoy
themselves at the same time.
A silence fell upon the two.
The senorita was looking at her
companion under half-closed lids, and
he awaited what he knew was coming
—awaited it with that calmness natur
al to security.
“Senor Jack, between you and me,
there is no need of this coldness, this
secrecy. Surely you could not believe
me so blind that I did not recognize
you at the first glance,” said the girl,
suddenly laying a hand on his arm.
"I realized that and I have been
simply waiting until you might see fit
to speak. You see I admit all you
say—I am free to confess it,” was the
cool reply he made.
“Ah, Senor Jack, you are a sphinx—
I can make nothing of you. Let me
commence upon another tack. You
have declared yourself incapable of
affection, yet I have known you to
lean upon one man with such confi
dence that I am sure he occupied a
place in your heart.”
The Marquis showed signs of emo
tion at last—his wonderful reserve had
been pierced.
“Yes,” he replied, sadly.
“To this day General Barrajo has
not been seen in Gautarica,” she con
tinued.
“Poor Pedro—faithful friend,” he
muttered.
“You alone know his fate, Senor
Jack.”
“Yes, but all the world shall soon
know it, for I have had its feats of
arms blazoned upon a stone just about
to be sent over. It will be set up in
San Jose Cemetery, where his body
has lain these two years.”
“Is it possible—his death then is a
mystery—it was connected with your
own adventures?”
“True, Senorita. Together we sought
a treasure, shoulder to shoulder we
met those who would have robbed us
of our prize. We conquered, but Bar
rajo fell, bleeding in every vein. Our
written compact gave the survivor all.
His dying wish was that his body
should be removed to consecrated
ground. There he has lain under a .
stone marked only ‘Don Pedro, who |
gave his life in battle for a Friend.’
It shall be so no longer—all Gauta
riea. shall ring with the valor of his
last deed, and crowd to his grave to
do the brave old hero honor."
The Marquis for once had been
thrown oft his guard by the revival of
these never-to-be-forgotten scenes, and
as memory again brought the hero
ism of Barrajo before him his face
lighted up with an enthusiasm it had
not been allowed to disclose, lo, these
many days.
And Dona Juanita, seeing the tran
sitory change, surveyed him with kind
ling eyes.
‘‘Ah! Senor Jack, such satisfaction
is sweet to the heart of those who
have loved and been thrown aside. I
sympathize with you, and nothing
would give me greater pleasure than
to be allowed a share in your plans—
to make your interests my own. Per
haps a woman’s wit might help you to
secure a quick and terrible revenge.”
“You mean well. Dona Juanita; I
thank you for the Interest shown in
my welfare, but whatever my plans
may be, they must concern me alone.
I could not permit any one to join me
in their prosecution, least of all you,
whom I have known and respected in
other days. So I beg that you will
forget what you said, and let us hold
intercourse as friends who have met
after long separation.”
One look she gave him; it was like
the glowering stare of a tigress about
to leap; then her mood suddenly chang
ed, and she laughed in a mellow way
that had no trace of anger In it—in
times past this peculiarity had been
very manifest in her disposition—the
sudden change of front such as marks
the consummate actress and the dan
gerous woman.
Just as you say, Marquis, but I
have a rarely obstinate nature, and,
having set my mind on any object it is
hard to balk me. Here comes my de
lightful hostess and kinswoman. At
some later date 1 trust to see you
again, when we may chat over scenes
in the misty past.”
He nodded assent.
The Marquis was glad when my lady
dragged him away to another part
of the garden to meet others of her
fair guests; but he understood what
hidden meaning lay beneath the words
which the black-eyed Spanish beauty
floated after him, and which would
arise many times to haunt him:
“Au revoir, Marquis; 1 always keep
my word!”
The opportunity had come at length.
A few hasty words from his hostess
and the Marquis found himself face
to face with the woman whose false
ness to her vows had sent him, a
smooth-faced young man, an exile from
England five years before.
He had prepared for the meeting,
and not by the quiver of an eyelid
did he betray himself.
Fedora was as lovely and charming
as ever, more matronly, perhaps, but
showing no sign 01 the passage of time.
Several times the Marquis knew his
companion was looking at him intent
ly, thinking herself unobserved.
Perhaps some faint memory was
struggling for existence in her mind,
some floating straw at which she
clutched in vain.
Sooner or later doubtless she would
awaken to the discovery of his iden
tity, but when that time came the
Marquis believed he would have so
aroused the old passion that must, dur
ing these years, have lain dormant in
her heart, that she would even give
up a ruined husband, a wretched home,
and flee with him.
(To be continued.)
Hunting; with Trained Wolves.
Bert Decker, a young sportsman of
Tuscola, 111., has succeeded in taming
two wolves, and they are very valua
ble as hunters. He captured them
when young, raised them as “kittens,” :
and now, though as large as shepherd
dogs, they are quite tame and
playful. Decker says the wolves can
outrun dogs on the hunt, and are very
longwinded. Their favorite way of
catching a rabbit is to run alongside
of him, put their nose underneath Mr
Cottontail, and throw him ten or
twelve feet in the air, catching him in
their mouth as he falls. The wolves
always return to their master when
called. Decker's success has caused
other sportsmen to undertake the
training of wolves to supplant dogs in
hunting, and it is probable that wolves
will find a place in future kennels.—
Cincinnati Enquirer. ,
Counterfeiters.
There is nothing which Uncle Sam '
protects with greater care than his
currency. Because Uncle Sam's money
is good there are always people ready !
to counterfeit It, and for these people
Uncle Sam has a special body of se
cret service detectives always on the
watch. The most dangerous counter
feits are those which most closely imi- 1
tate the original, and to arrest the :
makers of dangerous counterfeits the
United States spares no efforts and no '
expense. It seems a pity that the
United States government could not
extend its surveillance of counter- '
feiters to those who counterfeit whole
some foods, reliable medicines ami
other articles necessary to the health
of the public.
Germany has 800 more physicians
than it had in 1900. The present num
ber is about 28,175.
Long nails, very wide at the top ,
and bluish in appearance, denote bad
circulation. Long-nailed men and
women are less critical and more Im
pressionable than those with short
nails.
WHO PI TS lTP FOR IT?
SYSTEMATIC MANUFACTURE OF
CUBAN SYMPATHY SENTIMENT.
Kdltora Arc Asking from What Source
Comm the Financial Backing of the
Literary Bureau That la Working
Overtime In Behalf of Foreign Sugar
and Tobacco Growers.
We have received from the editor of
i Republican daily newspaper in
Michigan the following pertinent in
juiry:
Editor The American Economist:
Whence comes all this vast quantity
of anonymous stuff on the subject of
'our duty” toward Cuba? Somebody
puts up for it, and it costs a lot of
money. Who Is it?
It would be useless to deny that a
tremendous sentiment has been work
ed up in behalf of tariff concessions on
raw sugar and tobacco from Cuba.
The term “worked up" is used advis
?dly. There is plenty of evidence of
method and design in the sympathetic
'ampaign that has been in progress for
several weeks past. The evidence as to
the origin and propagation of this
sympathetic sentiment is not so plain.
It must be inferred, since it cannot be
positively located and defined. Cer
tain it Is, however, that powerful
agencies have been employed for the
purpose, first, of convincing tne peo
ple that they owe something to Cuba,
and, second, that the payment of this
iyuainui.lVfU aiiuuiu lull IhllVIJ UJJVJU
two branches of American agricultural
Industry, the producers of cane and
beet sugar and of tobacco. It is a
curious fact that in all these pleas for
Cuban relief, all these plans for dis
charging our "just obligations" and
tor performing our "plain duty” to
ward Cuba, no one has suggested that
any portion whatsoever of the sacri
fices involved should fall upon the in
stitutions that would reap the largest
benefits therefrom in dollars and cents.
We mean the sugar trust and the to
bacco trust. That powerful monopoly,
whose surplus earnings are, as Mr.
Havemeyer testified before the indus
trial commission a year ago, so often
used for other purposes than the pay
ment of dividends, not only is not call
ed upon to bear any part of the bur
den of relieving Cuba, but stands to
realize immense profits in the opera
tion. The sugar trust is not only not
asked to contribute in the shape of a
decreased duty on refined sugar, but it
Is seriously proposed by the sympathy
generators that the sugar trust shall
be enriched by being permitted to buy
Its raw sugar from 25 to 50 per cent
less than it now pays, while preserving
Intact the price of refined sugar. We
have Mr. Havemeyer’s authority for
this statement. Less than three weeks
since the sugar trust magnate stated
publicly that any reduction that might
be made in the duty on Cuban raw
sugar would in no way affect the mar
ket price of refined sugar. The sugar
:rust occupies the curiously favored
josition of being able to say to the
lomesLic producers of cane and beet
sugar: "Heads, we win; tails, you
ose!” It is, in fact, seriously ques
Jonable whether the entire bulk of re
luction of tariff duties on Cuban raw
sugar would not go directly into the
;reasury of the sugar trust, and none
if It to the distressed planters. There
s much reason to think that this
vould be the case. In the hearing be
'ore the ways and means committee a
'ew days ago, Mr. Edwin F. Atkins
if Boston, himself a Cuban planter,
old the committee, in reply to a ques
;ion of Chairman Payne, that “a very
arge percentage of the Cuoan sugar
ndustry is owned by citizens of the
Jnited States.” Mr. Atkins urged that
he duty on Cuban sugar should be
ibolished altogether. Naturally!
The tobacco trusts occupy toward
rubam tobacco production practically
he same relation held by the sugar
rust regarding Cuban sugar. An
Vmerican syndicate and an English
syndicate own and control more than
10 per cent of the raw and manufac
tired tobacco produced in the island of
’uba. The success of these syndicates
n securing a reduction of duties on
•aw and manufactured tobacco would
iring vast profits to them, while the
mfferers would be the entire tobacco
;rowlng industry of the United States
ind a domestic manufacturing indus
ry that employs as many adult work
leople as there are inhabitants in the
sland of Cuba.
is there not a cine herein to be
ound to the secret machinery and
nanipnlation by which this tremen
lous sympathy in behalf of Cuba has
been worked up? Somebody Is doing
i vast amount of work under cover.
Who is it? Somebody is flooding the
■ountry with printed matter settling
orth the dire needs of Cuba and the
‘plain duty” of our people in that re
gard. Who is it? Somebody is send
ng through the mails tons of litera
ure calculated to cause us to remem
ber Cuba and forget our own people.
Who is it? Every editor in the United
Hates is receiving this literature In
ilmost every mail. Who sends it?
Who pays for it? Is it the spontane
>us expression of sympathetic souls, or
s it the output of the sugar trust and
;he tobacco trusts? Editors as a rule
)bject to being “worked." Is it not
ip to them to ask. Who is it?
Same Old Story.
Certain newspapers that believe in
ree trade are supporting the Babcock
novement. There is every reason why
hey should do .so. To them protection
s a fraud, a snare and a delusion, and
hey would be inconsistent in pursuing
my other course. At the same time
bther newspapers, professing Repub
lcan principles and ostensibly in fa
7or of protecting American industries,
ire also supporting Mr. Babcock's
neasure. They have no more definite
mowledge of the subject than has
been given to tbe general public
through the columns of the press, but
they have gathered the Impression in a
general way that some bloated Indus
try is oppressing some class of citi
zens and offer their assistance to the
dragon slayer. It is the same old
story. When the country was prosper
ing under the McKinley tarifT law cer
tain weak-kneed Republicans winced
every time the opprobrious epithet
"McKtnleylte" was hurled at them.
In 1892 "McKlnleyism" was supposed
to be a synonym for oppression by
robber tariff barons. Reform was de
manded, and It was forthcoming in full
measure, heaped up and running over.
Now that prosperity has been restored
and all the country is engaged In mak
ing up for the lean years, the same
demand for the tariff reform is receiv
ed with the same kind of credulity
by a certain class of newspaper writ
ers who have not the heart to defend
the principles in which they believe,
or who are secretly convinced that the
protective tarifT policy of the Republi
can party is wrong in principle, how
ever admirably it may work In prac
tice.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
What Farmen Will Think.
When the farming Interest Is once
convinced that a protective tariff is
designed simply to protect the man
ipulators of their products, and not to
protect the producers, they will lose
much of their interest in question. The
working man does not follow the rami
fications of the protective system. He
looks only at immediate results. When
the election of next year occur the
Republicans will be in an awkward
position when they are asked by the
farmer constituents why they destroy
the only protection ever granted to the
agriculturist and leave untouched the
duties upon all commodities that the
farmer has to buy—why then continue
the enormous protection afforded the
sugar refiner and at the same time
subject the sugar grower to that com
petition with cheap tropical labor and
conditions which the party has invari
ably declared to be inimical to the In
terests of the home laborer. Should
the Democrats win this battle by the
aid of Republicans who yield to tho
sugar trust, the result of the next na
tional elections may be very different
than that of 1896 and of 1900.—New
Orleans Item.
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Shall We Welcome Till! Worm?
Paine to a Home Tndnstry.
A position so extraordinary as that
taken by the senior senator from
Michigan needs a more powerful de
fense than that embodied in a plea
that one industry here at home must
be sacrificed to keep down revolution
ary spirits in the tropics. The policy
of protection is not part of the police
power of this government; nor is it
an associated charities to be drawn
on with sight drafts in favor of for
eigners against the savings of Michi
gan farmers.—Detroit Journal.
Source of Knowledge.
In view of the many curious errors
of statement contained in his various
communications on the subject of
sugar and tobacco values, exports, etc.,
there is room for the reasonable de
duction that the knowledge possessed
by Gen. Wood, military governor of
Cuba, regarding economic and trade
conditions has been chiefly derived
from the pages of materia medica.
Heartless Offspring.
The Democrats keep hopping up and
declaring that the tariff is the mother
of trusts. Now the sugar trust Is
clamoring for the removal of the tariff
on sugar. Don’t it beat thunder that
the sugar trust wants congress to kill
its mammy?—Moravian Falls (N. C.),
Yellow Jacket.
Flat Free Trade.
The reciprocity which lets in a
pound of foreign goods to supplant an
American article, whether by recipro
cal arrangement or not, is flat free
trade.—New York Press.
Rad News for Thirsty Men.
Beer drinkers will probably ‘‘view
with alarm" the present startling con
dition of the hop market in this coun
try. In the United States last sea
son's crop of hops was 150,000 bales.
Of these only 10,000 bales remain on
the coast, and the total number of
bales in New York state is not more
than 2,600. These figures include all
grades of hops, and as brewers are
not heavily stocked generally, thero is
a decided prospect of a hop famine.
New hops will not be harvested until
September.
The funny man may spring his
Joke about the brewers not needing
hops when brewing most of the beer
sold to thirsty persons in this ci'y.
but the dealers are watching the mar
ket anxiously, and are exceedingly re
luctant about making sales at the
present prices. The brewers are cor
respondingly eager to buy enough
hops to carry them through tae year
before the price is raised.
Bow Anthrax Ranched New Zealand.
Mr. J. A. Gllruth, chief government
veterinary surgeon, delivered an ad
dress on anthrax in New Zealand, at
the annual conference of the Auckland
Agricultural Societies. He said that
a few years agr» it was thought that
New Zealand was the only country free
from that disease, and he believed that
New Zealand would be free from It to
day had we not imported bones. In al)
other parts of the world the disease
was prevalent, and the annual loss ot
stock through it was very great, while
it also affected man, employes in Eu
pean woollen mills being sometimes
affected through handling the wool of
diseased sheep. As an example of the
way the disease was spread, a few
rears ago a large outbreak among the
London horses was traced to some
Russian oats which had been carried
:n a vessel along with some Infected
(kins. The disease was a dangerous
one in every way, and it was a matter
for extreme regret that it had ever
broken out in this colony. It was
:aused by a microbe, which possessed
great vitality, prolonged boiling being
required to kill it, while chemicals had
:o be applied for some time to have the
same effect. This was because the
microbe formed in its body a “spore,”
or egg, which prevented the action of
the chemical on the vital germ, and
It was because of this “spore” that
the germ remained virulent for so
long.
When he first came to the colony he
was assured there was no anthrax tn
the colony, and he was Informed that
all bones imported came from boiling
down works, where healthy animals
had been received. In August, 1895,
however, there occurred In the Waika
to a sudden and unaccountable mor
tality of cows on a certain farm. A
butcher skinned one of two animals,
hung the skins on a fence and carted
portions of the carcasses through a
field to give to Borne pigs. All these
pigs died, and the cattle that came
and licked the grass around the skins
and along the way by which the car
casses were conveyed died also. Three
men engaged In cutting up the beasts
fell ill, and all these cases were found
to be anthrax, a diagnosis of which he
received most emphatic corroboration
In Europe on his recent trip. This
would show how the disease spnatd.
Everything pointed to the introduction
of the disease by bonedust, the dis
eased animals having been feeding on
a field of turnips manured with bone
dust, and It was then decided to pre
vent the Importation of bones not sub
mitted to a temperature of 35 degrees
above boiling point
Horticultural observation*.
(From the Farmers' Review.)
Small garden seeds demand better
tilth than the larger field seeds. This
means that the garden must be worked
more thoroughly than the field previ
ous to seeding. Our grandfathers un
derstood this when they spent so much
time preparing the garden beds that
were to grow the vegetables for the
kitchen. The finer the tilth the closer
the relation of the seeds will be to the
soil.
• a •
The farmers’ garden should receive
more attention than Is usually given to
it. A half acre planted to vegetables
and fruit well cared for will pay more
money than any other acre on the
(arm. The farmers that have the best
(arm. The farmers who have the best
gardens get the most comfort out of
life. Such men not only pay much at
tention to the growing of the things
that will please the family, but they
also take more pleasure In tidying up
around the farm. This shows itself In
the planting of trees for ornament, the
construction of a lawn, and the crea
tion of a flower bed. In that man’s
family you will find vegetables, fruit
and flowers abundant, and you will find
happiness.
• • •
One of the plants most serviceable
In the farmer’s garden Is asparagus.
Once well established an asparagus bed
Is perpetual, If It is handled right after
it comes into bearing. Fifty plants
will supply an ordinary family with all
the asparagus tips they can use. The
plants should not be set closer than
18 Inches In the row, and should not
be permitted to go to seed. If the seeds
are permitted to ripen and fall on
the ground they will send up Innumer
able stalks and these make trouble In
asparagus growing. This can be pre
vented by cutting out the sprouts that
bear seeds Just before they turn yel
low. When one-year old plants are sst,
cutting for use may begin the third
season. Each day all the sprouts
should bo cut, even if some of them
have to be thrown away.
Colt Fetdlof.
No general rules can be laid down
For the feeding of colts; but, as in the
rase of the calf, it is very necessary
‘.hat proper care should be exercised
in the selection of foods. Cow's milk
may be substituted, if necessary, for
'.hat of the mare. The colt should be
aught to eat grains, any of
which may be fed to advantage; the
rhoice would depend on ruling prices.
At times, when the colts are teething,
t will be found more profitable to
warm and moisten the grain raUoa.
Say of first quality, preferably alfalfa,
ihould be fed in conjunction with the
grain, so as to properly develop the
ligestive system—M. S. Jaffa.
Fatalities Among Maryland Horses.
Investigations by the 3tate veterina
rian showed that the high death rate
imong horses in Maryland is due to
:erebro-spinal meningitis. The disease
s the result of poor food, bad drain
ige and generally insanitary environ
ueat.
A man who neve* made a fool of
limself is unable to appreciate human
lympathy.