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' ... ';:rV ' . in io t' ! I -i". A If p4 " ' CHAPTER XXIII. Xuttie was carried away to Cowe, where he! father had been persuaded to recur to his old favorite sport of yachting. She would have rather liked this if Clar ence Fane, a favorite acquaintance of her father, had not been there, too, aud con tinually haunting them. She bad been distrustful of him ever since Annaple's warning, and it became a continual worry to the motherless girl to decide whether his civil attentions really meant anything, or whether she were only foolish and ridic ulous in not accepting them as freely aud simply as before. When Xuttie went back to London she wad warned that Mark's little sun. Hilly, had the whooping cough, rendering them unaDDroachable all the winter, so i ml sl.e could only hear of them through Mr. but- j ton, whom she continued to see (Ci-anti- I a.Uy whenever there was anything to com- uiuuicate. Mr. Fgretnont rather l:U'-d ! him, and on meeting him in the street, j would as!i kirn casually in to dinner, or to i make up a rubber, or play piquet, lor lie1 excelled in these arts, aud still u. ;e in j chess, and in evening with Mr. Liufiiu , was quite a red-letter time with .ut.w. ! Ir (rave her aa indefinable seuse of safety j and protection. In the spring Mr. Egremont win laid ! ni) with the worst rheumatic attac- be had yet had, n Usejtieiictr of yielding to the imperious will of his sou, who had in sisted on staadine in a bleak corner to see thi; Life Ouards pass by. On this occa sion Xuttie did not prove herself the heaven born nurse that the true heroine ouht to be, but was eMnoiieiy frightened, and altogether dependent on (iregorio, who kai ' 11 about the symptoms, ami when to scud for the doctor and a nurse. Oregorio felt himself in the ascendant, as he certainly was at present; but he be CHine much less gracious when he heard that Mrs. Wiliiati) Esrewotit might be ex pect ed. There was a lease to he signed and, as soon as might be, Mr. Bulfineb, :e Redcastle solicitor, brought it up. atid had to be entertained at luncheon. While he was waiting in the drawing room for Mr. Egremont to be made ready for him, he looked with deep interest on the little heir, whom Ursula presently led off to the oth er end ef the room to the hoard of down stair toys: tnd an elaborate camp was under construction, when by the fireside, thecanoness inquired in a low confidential tone. "May I ask whether you came about a will?" "So. Mrs. Egremont. I wish I were. It is only about the lease of Spicueycotes Farm." , "Then there is none?" "Xone that 1 ato aware of. Xone has ver beeu drawn up by us. Indeed, I was wishing that some influence could be brought to beat which might show the ex pediency of milking some arrangement. Any melancholy event is. I trust, far dis tant, but contingencies should be pro- rided for." "Exactly so. He is recovering now, but these attacks always leave effects on the heart, and at his age. with bis habits, no one knows what may happen. Of course it would not make much difference to the boy." "Xo. ihe Court of Chancery would ap point the most suitable natural guard ian." "But." said Mrs. Egremont. "I am afraid that the personal propi rty when tiivided would not be much of a provision for her." "You are right. The investments are unfortunately and disproportionately small." "She ought either to have them all. or there should be a charge on the estate." said the canoness decisively. "If possi ble, he mast tie made to move." "Oh, don't!" cried Xuttie. jumping up from the lloor. "lie mustn't be upset on any account." "My dear, 1 had no notion that yon heard as!" exclaimed her aunt. "I thought Alwyn was making too much noise with bis sold 'era." "I beg your pardon," said Xuttie: "per haps I nf'ould have spoken sootitr. but in deed be must not be worried and disturb ed," she uddvd, somewhat fiercely. "Don't be afraid, my dear," said her aunt. "Mr. Bultiui-h knows that your father is in no condition to have such mut ters brought before him." "Certainly," said the old lawyer, po iiiely; "and we will trust that Miss Egre Biont's prospects may soon come forward on a more auspicious occasion. Xuttie thought she had defended her patient sulucietitly, but she found she had been mistaken, for when her aunt had left them, some days later, her father be gan: "We are well quit of her. Those troublesome, dictaloria! women always get worse when they are left widows taking upon them to say what their dear hus bands would have said, forsooth." "Aunt Jane was very kind to mo." said Ursula, uot In the least fcoowing what he mat thinking of. "To you. Ay, I should think so. taking tipoo her to lecture me about securiug a provision for you." "Oh, 1 hoped " "What '(" he broke In. "Yon knew of it! Ton set her on, I suppose." "Oh! no, no, father. She and Mr. Bul flnch began about it, not meaning me to hear about a will, I mean and I told them I wasn't going to hare you worried, and I thought I had stopped It altogether." "8top a woman bent on her duly? But 70a are a good girl, and shall come to no loaa when we hare to make your marriage settlement." "Ton won't hare to do that, father!" "What do yon keep that poor fellow CUrrace Fan dangling in attendance on tvt lof V 1 dM'tt I'm sure I don't want him. 1 twU to anjrtbhif to keep biro at a dla-taarr "How now! I thought your grace con descended to hiui more than to anyone el.se." "1 don't dislike him unless he l:as tij.-.t in his head; out as to marrying l.l'.u'. Oh li p" uch a note of horror that it elicited a little laugh. "So hot against him, are we? Who is it, then' Not the umbrella fellow ''" "Father! how can yon?" she cried, with a burning Hush of indignation, "lb 'hy he! He has always been a sort of uncle, ever since I was a little girl." "Oh. yes. adopted uncles are very de vout whec young ladies rush out to morn ing pray-rs at unearthly hours " "Fattier!" with her voice trembling. "I assure you he doesn't I mean he always j: fs to St. Michael s. lui-.ess he has any thing particular to say to me." "Oh, yes, 1 n mi.TsT ii liii," and Mr. I'gre nioiit indulged in a hearty liuigh, vvb.ch .-ilmo-if drove poor Xuttie beside herself. "Indeed indeed." she (s'nrimiered. in her (uii'tin'oa and suppressed wrath; "it is nothing of that sort. He is a regular old bachelor he always was." "At what age do men become old bach elors: For he seems to r.c about the age of poor C'larry, whom you seem to view as a bugbear." "1 wish you would not think of such things, tarKr: I have not the slightest u- teutions of leaving you and dear little Wynnie! .Nothing sbnild tempt me!" "Xofhing? Then you may as well be j on your guard. Miss Egretuotit. or we shal! 1 have pleadings that yon have eiiconra ged them church and world or both, may be. ou pious folk take your little diversions aud flirtations just like your poor sisters whom you shake your heads at, tuner , guessing how (Jrtgorio and I have looked out i.f you and your adopted uncle parad- j ing the street." I "I wish (iregorio would mind his own business, and not put such things In your head!" burst out Xuttie. At which Mr. Egremont laughed longer and louder than ever. I'oor Xuttie! If was a terrible discom fiture, not only for the moment, but a no tion had been planted in Ii-r mind that seemed cruel, almost profane, and yet which would not be dismissed, and made her heart leap with strange bounds at the wild thought, "Could it be true'" then sink again with shame at her own pre sumptuous folly in entertaining such a thought for a moment. Yet whenever she actually encountered i Mr. Durton tier habitual comfort and re- ! liance on h:tn revived, and dispelled all the embarrassment which at other times she expected to feel in his presence. CHAPTER XXIV. . Though it was the Derby day, Mr. Eg remont's racing days were over, and he only took bis daughter with hiw in quest of some spectacles he wanted, as those which Xuttie hail lirought him did not suit. When they came back, Xuttie mounted to the nursery, but no little brother met her on the stairs, and she found nurse in deep displeasure with her subordinate. "I sent him out with Ellen to play in the garden at Springfield, and swim his ship, where he couldn't come to no harm," said nurse: "being that my foot is that bad I can't walk The length of the street: and what does the girl do but lets that there Oregorio take the dear child and go goodness knows where without her." "I'm sure, ma'am," said the girl, cry ing, "I would never have done it, but Mr. (iregorio said as how 'twas his papa' wish. I think he paid he'd take him tc the Serpentine to sail his ship." There was bitii r feud between nurse and valet, and Xuttie could have exchang ed with her many a lament, but she con tented herself with saying, "I wish he would let Master Alwyn alone. It is high time they should come in." . As dressing time came on, aud still neither Oregorio nor Alwyn appeared, Mr. Egremont became impatient, and declar ed that the valet had no business to keep the child out so long: indeed, he would sooner have taken alarm but for Xuttie' manifest agony of anxiety, starting and rushing to listen at every ring at the bell, or sound of wheels near at hand. At last, at eight o'clock, there was a peal of the servants' bell, and the footman who an swered it turned round to the anxious crowd: "Mr. (iregorio! He just asked if the child was home, am went off like lightning." "The villain! He's lost him!" shrieked nurse, with a wild scream. "Kun after him, James! Catch him up!" suggested the bufler at the same moment. "Make him tell where he saw him last!" James was uot a genius, but the hull Imy, an alert young fellow, had already dashed down the steps in pursuit, and came up with the valet so as to delay him fill the otiier servants stood round, and (iregorio turned back with them, pale, breathless, evidently terribly dismayed and unwilling to face his master, who stood at the top of the steps, white with alarm and wrath. "Sir," cried Oregorio, with a stammer ing of mixed languages, "I have been searchine everywhere! I was going to give notice to the police." "Where did you lose him?" demanded Mr. Egreiiii.nt, in a hoarse voice, uch as Xuttie had never heard, "In the park, near the bridge over the Serpentine. 1 was spui'dng for a few moments to a friend, l'arker, he seeks too. Fear not, sir, 1 shall find him." "Find him, you scoundrel, or never dare to see me again! IWe borne with your in solence long, and now you've brought them to a height Go, 1 sny, find my boy!" exclaimed Mr, Egremont, with a fierce oath and passionate gesture, and Ore gorio vanished again. "Brinf tne carriage no, call a cab," commanded Mr. Egremont, snatching up hiabat "Who Is tbia Parker?" ! Th KTvanf heKAted. hni the btitler a:d Be tie.iev.d the unu lo lw i Incud t)f rpSori etiij.'eed at one ? the clubs. Xuttie me 'i ii u ii .If Iw-pTBlng her fath-r not to ( iir';o.a lu r. '.lew upstairs to put on her hat, a ad l uti.ltr down at full siiet-d, found llut Mr Huttoti, passinc by and Seeing the a do. r and the terrified ser vants i,n the steps, had turned to ask what was the matter, and was hearing in L'i measured ler.us f ruin Mr. Kreiiioiit how the t hil l la I l ei :i taken awiiy from Ills iii.--s- and iut ;:i the park wln'e that "amp (irej.rio ivf cli.iUerin to oiue too 1 for-turiiiliii; friend. To Xante's :re;:t teiief. Mr. Outton of fend to to w'th the father to assist in ibe nea:vh, and tue coaclu.iHii, far too au and e:;ciled to it t blx liias'.er j;o with out hiui iu a cab, contrived to bring up Lie ca, r.iU'e. Soi.ie oi lie si-rnints were or 1. -red to the Various ;,,,i;ce otlices. I'oor :i:tre. iv!i as neitrly d'stracted. sia.-icit ij a b,!i:si:oi on her own account, persuaded tin.: she s'iould see and recoK lii.e tra vs of iier d:ii-!::.a n t the scene of h.s h s. a .d '.! a iiiost raetd the carriage, w tiicli was lc.iil fur the same spot. Mtitrirlsti iiaiures hke Mr. i;,-reinont' (fill p.):ue!ii:ics be roused to ;;reat violeuc". and then pmir forth the loi:v pent-up ac- eiiunihit: 1 , i. l y indolence and iiid:.; ere;; -e, S 1 : s otiv occtiptifitiu during the rap ,! drive iva- to vituperate his valet, thi" curse of Ivs lite, he :i:J To l;,-ar him talk, ii woiild have seeiio'd as if rexorio bad bieu the tyrant who had kept him in bondage all tin se ers. fully n war? of i.is fjiiseliuod, 4ecii!.it:on sti'l other r:is calily, but as litjtibie to break th.e yoke as if he had !;.! in iruth the slave of auy thii:: but his ow n evil habit and helpless aeyuiesci'iire. They found nil the officials of the park already m'.a'e and on the alert, and quite certain A trie 'm,ib::i!y of nurse's prime dread that the boy had fallen into '' w'ater litjseeli by tifi.ione and ,e(-n irowued. i'y this t:aie Mr. i;reni"n-: .oiihe-1 so utter exhausted that .Nir. I;it ,'l: of the hope that the :ud safe i;t home to take illas! notbillS had bee:; to:j tiViiihd hi;i bey II!L,.',1 ,e fi him bu.-fc: but hear,! there. The poor tniti iiis'eable .statt- i terriiyin,' to h;- it as :n a restless, uttniau f excitement, almost us daughter as tile distress 'u:il u'.'i'an.onet) it. I Ic swallowed tilcrfui ,,, claret, but would not , a turn at nor go to Lt d; and indeed, (iregorio alone hav ing had the personal rhii! if him. hit- t.o-K y s.cepjng in h;s dress. ng room, none of the other servanfs kuew what to do for him. Mr. button agreed with f.er that it would be belter to send for his doctor, as probably he ought to have a sedative, and lie, tlier Would take the responsibility of giving il; while he himself declined he neither would iior could rest till he had his boy iig.iiii br. Erutvnlotv came r; bti!. and was very kind and tu'lpful, taking the com mand, and insisting t' -i Mr Egremont should go to bei mid ' ! dose which he uiiied. Krii'.iiln'i.i , itler. was to take tiivgorio's place. . ,.e was a pon derous tiiao. without tuac.i tact, and un used to the valet's ol'ice. "I might just as well have a rhinoceros about me." said Mr. Egremoiit, iu a lit of irritation: and if ended, Xutiie hardly knew how, in Mr. Liuttou's going upstairs to smooth mat ters". He cause down after a time and . ..!.!. . ( .... . . , . l , fc.iii.i. i aai not siiiisiieo io leave niui alone or to Uross-lbent; 1 have his content to my sleeping in the dressing room. I am just going boioe to fetch my things. Ee me hud you gone when I come back, wtli hear no more to-night. Even if j io.iud they will keep him till niuru- i.e ij ing. "Oh, Mr. burton, if 1 could pray for him: but lise turmoil seems to have driven away all such tilings! My MJy, my boy, where is he now? Who has heard bun say his little prayers'" "His lieavnjiy Father has: of that we may be secure. You will feel it iu the quiet of your own room, flood nigiif." "And I shall know you are praying, bet ter than I can," murmured Xuttie. as she returned his good night, and crept up to her chamber. CHAPTER XXV. There was no real sleep for Ursula that short sumniei night. Hue saw the early dawn, listened to the distant roil of mar ket carts, kii,1 wondered when it would be reasonable to be afoot, and ready lo hear, if aught there was to hear. At any hour after seven, surely the finder would have mercy and bring the welcome news. And just before seven she fell asleep, deep, ly. soundly, and never Woke till past eight, hot that was just enough to revive the power of bopu, aud give the sense of a uetv day. But there was no'hing to hear no news. She found Mr. Lfuttori in the dining room. He hud had to administer another iliaught to her father, and had left him i:i a Sicep which would probably lass for some lime. If-uhe would go a;id sit iu the outer room, after her breakfast, he would go out to obtain intelligence. "You must have some breakfast," she said, ringing the bell, and wistfully look in tr over the blinds; then exclaiming: "Oh, there's Mark! Has he heard anything?" and out she darted, opening the door be fore he rang. "Murk! have you found him '.'" "Ves," he tnid gravely, looking utterly amazed, as she clasped her hands, and seemed ready to fiing herself on his neck with joy. "I came because it will be a great shock to my uncle." "rtny," said Mr. button, as there n-ai a vild, horrified look iu Xuttie's eyes, "bo you mean little Alwyn?" "Little Alwyn! Xo, certainly not. What of him?" "(iregorio managed to lose him In the park yesterday," put in Mr. button. "That accounts for it, then," said Mark. "Xo, it was (iregorio himself, poor man. He was knocked down by the engine and killed on the spot, just by the station, at eleven o'clock last night Our name was found on him, and I was sent for early this morning. There was no doubt about it. so 1 fame on here at once to let my uncle know, lift e thinking ' "Oh, it is drendfull" cried Xuttie, sink ing into a chair.. "Do yon remember, rny father told him never to see his face again unless he found Alwyn?" Brondbmt immediately undertook fo go and arrange for the inquest, if his master did not require him, and this wus thought advisable, as bis services were certainly not acceptable to Mr. Egremont, Mark had thought himself likely to be detained and had provided for his absence from his place of work as clerk in a warehouse, and the awe-stricken trio were consulting together over the breakfast table, eating mechanically, from tin ery exhaustion of agitation, when the door opened, and Mr, Egremont, In his dressing gown, was among thorn, exclaiming: "i'ou are keep ing it from me." He had been awakened by the whlspen and rusbea of the excited maids, bad rung bit bell In rain, dressed himself as best he could after ao many years of dependence, and stumbled down Ii J.I, ij; liter. It ri i..n?:h.i,n lik h tn.ef to kin.w tii.il Ii- ; . :: D.'t evtiiiijiiished In Alwjn's cae. I I I i!r. I'ivniiiui uis hi a icrr treui-I Uli!lit, l.nikeri CuiiU.'I.ei, no.! IllUI.'l wr- come by ttl "!i!et's end after mi many years of intimate assoeintlon. It iti a day of notations nnd dlsap p I'ntiueuta. a sample of many that wei I to follow. There was Hot a sniitid of a b'-l! thi.t d.d Hot maks atiious hearts ! thr.'b. And oh! how msny wire spent mi j vaiii reports, on mere calls of svmpa t by Ly aeiiuailitauces whom the father and : s:sier could not see. and on noies of .u- j quiry or condolence that Xuttie had to answer. Ann.'iple i-anie and w as a creat i'e'n and support in her. I'oor nurse, oblivious of' her bad foot, or periiaos, wi'liti to urea!-: i veiiircam e o'l if as the ;iii-e of ail the misihief, had iris;sied on cot. t In uin her i search in the mortnni: under all the thorn , ins.; rhododendron where she th,ii!i.-ht th' . dear lamb might have hiib'in mid cried hi:i,olf to sleep, and at last had been brought home m a cab quite worn out an t despairing. Hut Aniiiip'e's scream :n b;:by proved to be a iiiueh better comfort er to her than any amount of reasonable argument To soothe it, to understand w bat ailed it. to find siii'r.Ide Led fur it. wits an occupation which ir pellse less iutnler'ib.e. "i ! i e le the sils- 1'he very haud- !.lig of nri in fan t would nave tiecu c(.ii geniul: ami a sickly crying utie . only to., interesting. Ten days thus passed, and Mark and Annaplc were tln:ik:ng that they ouglit to return to ordinary life, and leave the bereined ones to construct their 'life afresh under the dreadful wearing uncer tainty of their darling's fate. Still they were detained bv urgent entreaties from father and daughter, who both dreaded their departure us additional desola tion, j arid as closing the door of liope. All hands were waiting on a report from Mr. but- j ton. who was engag d in a systematic I search for the mis.sing Alwyn. j Yet when four, lite, s passed with no tidings. . eight lays had the hcarisiekiii ss grew almost more than Nuttie could bear, 'hough she siiil answered with spirit w hen her father again took to abusing the ui i 1 re! la fellow for choosing to keep all il ins on u ha lids. (To be continued I Worn in in Journalism. I si the world of modern w ildcat jour palltiiii the wom;:!i reporter lusts about four years. She brings her education, her personal attractioiis. her youth, her lilujikins. her energy, her ambition, and her ciithnsitisti) tijtbeficil)iitcr,atid the lirst year she rises rapidly. The second iiinl third years she enjoys the zenith oi' her itojiularity; with the fourth year Kilt- begins the descent, lingers nlsmt the horizon for a time, and then .she dis appears from view. Thotc Is no vocitioti to which women have filtered where disillusions, twiter laliy.e so rapidly as they do iu journal ism. The stage Is looked upou with horror by conservative people whos. knowledge of it Is. bused t-mirdy upon prejudice; but in comparing the career of the actress with that of the newspaper- woiij'iii I have no hesitation In ns scrtiiig thai the experience of the ac tress who attains muivt.s through love of l.er art and devotion to It are Inilu Irdy preferable to those of the hiicccss ful woman who finds her fidd In the modern iievsp:ipx.'r. The path of the woman between whom and the public Is the glare of the footlights U paved wirli fewer slutiildlng-biucks than that of the woman who Hecks public ap p'.uimi; through a pen Iu modern Jour nalism. She known more of personal comfort, kIii nii cts with fewer tempta tions, and she bus a Is'tter oportuni'y for cherishing the Illusions with which blie. started In life. Arena. Forgot All Ills le tters. There is. a cast of los.-s of memory through a blow on the bead Iu PitiK-' burg. Pa., which bus greatly Interested j physicians aud others of that hcctioii. It is that of a boy 7 yearn of age who ; bus forgotten his, alphabet and cauuot 1 read a word, written or printed. In every other respect lie is an bright an i ever and bis memory as good. Oolo-! her ! be was struck on the head by a ! beam ami bis ikull fractured. He wan ' not expected to live, but an effort was made to save him by removing the pressure from the brain. Pieces of the crushed skull ou the right .side were removed, and eventually lie seemed to have entirely recovered. Then it was found that be bad lost all knowledge of li tters and printid words, though he could talk as well aud as rationally as ever. 'i he theory of the physicians Is t hat ! the center of nerve force or action which controls and lias to do with word. and letters is looa" d n the right side of the brain. It lias long been l.ii juii tb.'it the right side of the body i-t controlled by the left side of the bralu, and vice versa; also that the center of speech Is In the left side of! the brain. This case In Pittsburg: seems ! to determine center. the location of another Jeweled llycglu-scs. Dolieaty eyes are now considered an opportunity for using; Jeweled eyeglass ch. A fashionable Jeweler has contrlv. oil fancy spectacles heavily mounted In j elaborately chased Uoman gold; to them is attached a long, equally elate orate gold handle. They ore then held lef ore the eyes precisely after the fash Ion of a lorgnette. Hingle eyeglasses are daintily set in all manner of pretty styles, the rim studded with jewels, the glasses them selves being oval, square or round, ac cording to the preference of the owner. Lorgnettes are massive with gold and brilliant with gems. This fad Is tak ing immensely with elderly women who wish to avoid the appearance of nge. There are to be no more slender gold bows resting upon old ladles' ears. Those will be only for the superannuat ed. He Knew the Law. Johnnie's Teacher And now, John nie, tell me what the lost command ment Is. Johnnie (a street car tourist) Pleaa don't spit oo tbe floor. Cleveland Pluludealer, m ; r : AGItlCULTUilAIi NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO FARM AND HO.V.E. THE I 1'onna Colt Karcly fiet'ovem from Ftunt-J'ond Water (jnpd for town - IiV Tcmpo-orr Fenrti Arc I'cwt "V atue of a Go id lruic: on the !"ann, n.-nir'liti - I WhutcMT li!Cf!:d i iiiil.dlit It ni.s. ii sh'oi .he full and l n.'ct :'!, )f the irr-wine; ;!:. At: a e;ii' VI d ill I ll I.. I H' ill vle'.V d dot eaoj i:n lit V 'ii, n- j, !;;;:. .i; u th" i'iirni must iw lack it ih.iy r-'-'dt i ver frm; any n .t. e iliiritig its gro, ttld In to ki-q It i S Hi ! tin- aim si: it ;iy.s in a t brif ty ;i:g caeli day uiitil dl: oil. Milt g:i lliii t UP'd. tin fully iiiiitureii. jf he youa.' '-till is Kt'.iiitis) ,-it iuiy period ' f Its growth, the IT' -ft Is Mire tu f'd- otv, and it cr.uiiot be hvitihiiic without ; .'Mia fi.od iiinl can-, greatly (''i' ! uf what have I'cctl required in keep it iti roiiMaiitly growing rntnljt:.:i. In ifuct, tlie bailees arc ilmt it neti r wli! ! recover ji.od lie what it might have jlieeti. It may grow to be n c!l devid jopfl lmrs", but It would have been illmt much better hud it sulTered no j 'heck in its grot ill. llroi dors' Cn- '.elte. Pnnitpj 'or Wuierin'.T ' ow. So much Is said nlaiitt the need of pure water for rows that must piKiple Lave come to the .'tic)iw!m tb.'it silid water is always objectionable. It min is' near hirtt? cities, where- various kinds of refuse get Into it. atid mi also may flic spring water of Midi hx-ulit ics be no,, tiled with typhoid an if or germs. r,ut away from large cities or villages the pond water as found on many farms Is as pure as that which fomes from springs. Cows will drink , If, even if the water bo muddied, rather t!.:in the water freshly drawn from spring or well. The reason Is liccaus" in summer lie wat r is warmer. If ; allowed, covs will wado into such ImiikIs, letting the water cover the r i udders, 'ibis is very refreshing to : them in a hot (lav, hut Is best done ; win-re there Is a running; stream, so as : by exisistire to the air by Its motion to keep the water fresh. Mulch I'nlrr I!ffrini Tre'. j Almost all kinds of fruit trcs suffer j late in the summer for lack of water. ! The best way to keep moisture In the soil is to thoroughly muldi It wiih straw, (tit grass or anything that will j present tin open, dry surface. If noth ing else can be procured cultivate a little loose soil under the trees as far - as the roots extend. Many p-opJc do , not think of loose soil as a muldi, but It is one or the best. It is for this tea son that an orchard in bearing ought ; always to be niltiviiied rather than ; kept in grass. In cultivated Soil every 1 little shower sinks down when.' it will j help the roots. Put if tin- surface 1st ; left bard and uncultivated, even (be j heavy rains. If llicre Is n sleep descent, may run off on the surface and do little g'Mid. There Is tin especial flood of moisture while (he fruit and its seeds , are being formed, for this rcipiires pot ; ash which cannot be used by roots until It Is dissolved by wafer In the soil. Til Votne of a Grind Sprints, j A spring; ef pure water on any farm adds at least a hundred dollars to its value, find If near n city it Is worth 1 much more, often such springs can i lie found in hillsides by digging six or 1 eight feet, especially if the soil shows ( springy places during winter and , spring, if the spring In higher than the bouse It can lie conducted J rit tne ' kitchen by force of gravity, and th" , water can be turned off or on as the 1'ousewife may desire. There ar" I doubtless hundreds, and possibly thou sands, or lat ins w licre tin- ii 'si pure water can be conducted into the house ut slight expense. If the water lias to lie lifted a hydraulic ram will force the water up hill. This costs somewhat more, but it will generally pay. Nature tin lies. We cannot but fed that an element ary knowledge of plant growth and of other processes of nature will some time 1' considered a natural part of the education ef all Iwiys and girls In the country, and this not simply be- cause It will make them more success- ful farmers or fruit growers or truck raisers, but bocm e as a matter of mental discipline 11 Is an excellent schooling for an.vlwxly, ledplng to train the mind to habits of observation which can be used In any Held of life, and giving n knowledge of fads and processed which will furnish pleasure lt!' entertainment In all after life, eteti If it Is not made directly profitable in work on the farm or the garden. den and Forest, (Jur- Fet-'l for (Swine, Bows and shoals should have rings put Into their noses, and then turned th' or, lul1''1- T1"'l' will eat up all the wormy fruit, and the fruit and grass will kep them In growing condi tion. Feed millfeed slop night and morning, and give them plenty of clean water to drink, (ilve the hogs and pigs once a week a mixture of wood ashes Cumberland coal or anthracite will answer If it Is broken tip line and n little sulphur. This Is an excellent appetizer. It also purifies du blood. If the pigs must Is; kept up, keep their pens ami yards very clean; whitewash Inside and out, and feet I grass, oats and jieas, or corn fodder, once a day. Do not feed corn during the summ t. Temporary Keiirca Kent, Every year tbe amount of Interior fences Is lessening, and it In not, us Is generally thought, because fencing ma terial Is growing scarcer. In fact, the greater cheapness of Iron makes the woven-wlre fence really cheaper, con sidering their permanence, than many of tbe old-time lencea which cost so much labor to put up. But the woven wlre fence ha a. still greater advan- t , - In the fact tb.it it csti tie easily till-., n down i -id set up again. Ith a f-v iuudici: rods of lids feriei, n ot in r ! 1 c,o',; maw Hni would lie needed t i.;:j f-ifi.1. I in!, r a pel liiuivnt iciiov, hvcii em! us ( 'a itiida tbist'e litel .ll;n-k ,"l':i-s will tind ii secure bi'Me, f,'ol.l tviilch ti l cliil i i at ioil call ti'sdodge tiii In. I'rvv I! 'cts V. ere Imp-'v Jt is by Mioees.ive pIit!ll;lH.s of beet m-i .! tiot.i tin- plants tt hidi show ed the greater-1 I ei'-eui.'igv of s .Veet, tbi t tile j.i.ioiiut ef M.cdiitiiie matter in the i t l.-.s bet n im ii-;. scd ffotu eight per cent, from tie- -st up I" fotiiix'U aim t ten igiii.'fli per cent., as some of t 111 imp! n ed French v:;t'iet ics have shown. ilmorlti, a I'i'r i.eu .scd growir, took tin in eAperiements. It might be supposed that In testing the 1 is it would thereafter be impossible to Use such beets for plaining. Put Vilmoriii was very careful in testing to only scoop oiit a small part of 'be bulb, numbii ing cadi 'specimen, aud when the test of cadi was completed, 'electing those biets for seed which yielded ibe ridmst juices. I'titler this toailoi'i.t, however, tbe beft.t became less productive than in those vsirl-ties grown under natural conditions. Pos sibly also it cannot be expected that beets j idding such high percentages of sweet should grow so large as do the varieties whose sap is not thus over laden and can therefore flow more easily. Ami yet it may not be any banter for nature to change the car bonic adi gas absorbed through the beet lcivi s sweet than it Is into starch, each being different forms of the same chemical substance, carlsin. tocV in Ifainy Weather, t'to'-k i:t pasture in summer often suf fer more from cold In wet weather than ti'i-y do from the cold of winter. The constant evaporation of moisture which Is hastened by the warmth gen erated by the lsidy chills the skill, and givs ilie animal what Is known as eoiil, bet Is te.il'y Internal fever. Milch cows niiil tlios, heavy wiih young suf- fT most, as to y cannot so well run , around and thus keep their blood rdrcu 1 luting. Mvery farmer has noticed that i after ra lu has fallen all day the milk y ield shrinks if the cow has been ex posed to the wet. For this reason a shed It) th" pasture field may In- it good lilt estiiient. potter Still is ll to get the cows up to the barnyard under shelter and cut some grass for them, giving a bran mash to increase the nutrition. Wet grass In field or cut does not have the proportion of nutriment to its bulk that the same grass has In dry weather with tmly its own natural juices In it. A Cheap, tiooi Silo. A rood silo can lie built cheaply and easily by the exercii-eof a little thought and Ingenuity. If possible, construct it in any of the farm buildings, for it will then cost not more than ."o cents per Inn of ensilage. (Jet j.l! the height you can, rather than diameter. If jmi already have a large silo and you are troubled with mold over the top before you get a layer fed oil, divide it with rough lumbir, ami so have two. Try to get at least twenty-four feet in height. Figure "tl a cubic foot per day for each cow or steer to be fed. In building outside of n buihllrg It is need ful to have tbe silo double and large iu space as a protection against frost. Frost will get iii through one thickness, s in the i use of matched lumber silo, better use a rough hemlock, two thiok-iiosh-r. v.ltli waterproof building paper lict ween.- Agriculturist. ( are of (Irani Irilln. The grain drill Is much too expensive aii Implement to be left to rust by m-g-lt et in caring for It. The fertilizer iil'ills are especially liable to this in Jiny. because ths-y have held some acids which cannot help rusting what ever lion they come In contact Willi. While in use the friction prevents rtlst formation, but If phosphate Is left iu the drill over night some injury must result. Worse still happens If the drill Is left out of doors to lie wet and rust ed by rains. We have known careful farmers who kept grain drills in good condition twelve to lifteeii years. Put they kept them under cover, and al ways greased the pans most exposed to rust before putting away. Millet for rtitwornot. Aside from Its feeding value, mi'ld Is a very useful crop for clearing thii ground of cutworms. A few years ago the agricultural exis-riment station of South bakota sent out questions con corning the cutworms, one of wid h follows: Will a crop such as millet, which the worms do not like, and which effectually chokes out nil other growth, leave the ground free f-otn worms iu the fall' Out of sixty hi utters received, only one rt ixirtod that worms had followed a thrifty crop of millet. All the others reported that corn a ft it millet stoisl the U-st chancy of Iwlng unmolested by wire worms Agriculturist. Farm ote. The burdock, considered a nuisance In this country, has lieeu cultivated as an article of food In Japan for centu ries. The roots, leaves rind tender shoots are cooked and eaten, and the annual value of the burdock crop Ii said to lie about fKS'OOO. June and July are the months for digging the peach free Ixirer out. of the minks. This work may Is- done with out Injury to the trees, aud Is very nec essary. The method Is to cut Into the opening made by the borer or Insert wire, tint care should lie used that th work is done so ns to insure the de struction of the borer, A good tnllcli cow has broad hind quarters and thin foreshoulders, thin and deep neck, oliiled withers, head jointed Istween the horns, flat and llne-lK.ned legs and flue hair. Choos one with udders well forward, wld nport and large enough to be easllj grasped. A mcdlurn-sled cow will give more milk In proportion to Um food she eats. ( 4 It i j i It m ' t '