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L yyfJ l mtmk f A? luuLU CHAPTER III. Continued.! "Your husband was a selfish mail." 'Then I tun a selfish womaa." return td Mm. Drew "you will bear. The very aext day after my faintuess at tbe opera ae offered leave me at borne. There was a great dinner party at General BomelsMly's. I could hardly believe in y good fortune. 1 exerted myself to be right and lively till be bad gone; then 1 went to bed. How thankful I wait! It rag like a reprieve! Bat I see now how Tung I lian to give way to ptiss.ug seu lation of weakness. Hi going out alone W to biK rejoining his bachelor friends, hi old fast Ht't. These reproached him with having an invisible wife, a useless eouiiiuuki:. as single men will rally their Harried friends. He assumed the charac ter of the arclcss husband, the mau who Bad mmie n marriage de con Venn nee, and bad merely been keeping up appearances. Weil, bin boon companions took him at is word. There were the old racketiugs orgies. "Then he began to have a craze for theater join?. As I begun to recover my strength. I asked him to take me to see to nee" Mrs. Drew shivered" a new ai tress people were raving about. That very night fie brought me a box for the theater. I think I never admire.) .;,. thing or ar.ybody so nmch as I did tbat woman. She was delicate and small, but her majesty of movement, her grate, her passion, the deep, grave sweetness of her Voice, accounted for all the public enthu siasm. One of my husUmd's friends, who tame into the box aud devoted himself to me with a curious sort of apologetic re spect, jmxnred me. while Reginald wag out f the box, that it Was a settled fact that Miss Elvin would shortly become I Miches f Perth. Ten days later my infatuated husband eloped with Miss Eivin, the ac tress." "I have come to tell you," staid the ree-! tor, "tbat the man yon excuse with such Mtreordinary generosity a man who' broke his marriage vow as lightly 'as he would nnn a thread a man who ruined two women for a pawing whim is dead." aid the rector. "Heaven is just! You,: the injured one, are safe from the bitter future which awaits the wretched woman who tempted your husband." "What!" Mrs. Drew looked at him with piercing inquiry. "Tell me ail. 1 cau bear itindeed I can." The rector hesitated. He bad not in tended to place the woman's letter in the ; bands of Captain Drew's lawful wife. ! But he had felt so tndig-tmtit while Li!-! .linn v.nn defending her dead hnS and'al in Jin4 felt a species of impatient won der how it wajs tbat good-for-nothing fel lows, without a etmxekEice, whUmt a truce of moral stamina, were loved, pet ted, forgiven, and after death apotheosiz ed by their womenfolk, while honest and food meu were so often worried, tensed, subbed, and, wbeu goue. considered n food riddance that bis courage suddenly! rose. ana. before be quite realized the step he had taken, he had silently banded Mrs. Drew her rival's letter. , inai win explain all. be sail!: then. 111.,...,.,,. t. , . .. .V"" wmiveti away trom l.il- o.i HiotLiug our at rue window. It seemed an age that be listened n rlie ' rnstiing of flic flimsy letter paper. Mrs. Irew ii!tt be reading the letter again and again. - "This is most important." she said. "It la terrible! What will they dt starve? Oh, Air. Kan-sou. he can never for one moment have expected this have dream ed of his dying! It is so horrible!" she aid, lowering her voice and laying her baud upon his sleeve. "Yoa understand? It seems so unuaiural that Lilith should are a brother and sisters his children. Botmine! And those toor things why, 1 at their stepmother! Yet I am not--oh. what a confusion!" "My dear, pray do not let us disgne e ourselves by such a discussion," put in the rector, in dismay. "Tiiey hi. ve not the lines sbbciow or a claim tipn vou1 M.. i r . , . r . tiitsitr aim isnuiae) liati Sarah -" upon 'Ktrjp! said Mrs. Drew decidedly. "That T-ible story could not hrve been told after the life of the Master. 1 have UTen alter turn. 1 hare to follow Him in y poor itttie way through anguish ""at. j.ui we aw (it serve to Buffer, and He did not. Oh. Mr. Kaw- ou. aon t flunk r should not enjor hnt iog those people! That very fact 'is the reason I must watch my conduct tonard uieia as i would watch a suspected per- i am not gotnp to n tow t-.., r t... wit nun wrong-ueHfleu yes, wrong-head-( ed." saitl the rector, surprised, ami still f , ' 'O oisiuny. 1 oil must do nothing 'f rithtmt consulting me, ami probably your ' HtUvt. ,. . .....i... . .....j .urs. i irew. Oh. m I.iliti.' Itn lll.l.. ..! ... I mur no.- SHOWS areauia Jim, Jlr. Itawson. I have -v ,-m,w' " "i"""-H to lniiii anoui m-r fath aV nor do I intend to; but I intend to place the sitnatlon before her; and I tell V P ' '" be K"iJ,'d by her impressions. prejudiced. Don't deny it; yon 'mt be; your duty as my trustee is to see t St I am righted. Hut Lilithh. she NCI a simple upright soul! She goes f .might on through olistaeles. if onlv slie i' iJ Justified. There Is ber step iu tbe LOh opened tbe door, shut it. and then C"Vd there iu her riding- habit. T5a rertor gave a side glance at . C "ft aroBdertng how she would ' T i ' 9 AU ant wait lnn Mrs. 0en , ' L,Jh, dear, the rector has come to . that one of onr dearest relatives. "twrUiire. is dead," she said slowly. i Jliey bare do claim whatever uikiti i, . aaotber. Lilith," began the rector i- "Jrtfjf. "And I have been preaching to t I Jf ttet abe mnat really not be quixotic, , ft 4wer beaefits upon unworthy per ,1, -V : " .' ;, 3M tbtw people no one to belp to " traiT" abe asked the rector. Iu uihrmt rajr which people so C.4 la "that ugly girl, t 93u H my business to ffjft wctor. "Nor win l responsible persons to prevent your moth er from wii mdering her savings, a 1 see (she has a mind to do." Then he Jook bin leave, feeling, as be rode borne, that if ever a man 'in. I bun gled over a delicate piece of business he was that man. -Mcanwl.iie Mrs. Drew had delicately placed the situation at least, in part be fore her daughter. Were it her plain duty to help h-r husband's children, th-ir scheme of going to London must Ite given up. There would lie a sacriliee. Prenk- ing the contract wilh the owner of the London bouse would bring compensation to him an well as the loss of the pre mium paid. Hut there would still be the remainder of Mrs. Drew's savings, and these would go to help the unfortunate family. I.iiith asked no quetio ,s; but sue entirely approved tier mother s gener osity. -as tor my visit to town, that can wait,'" she" said cheerfully. "1 dare say it is nil for the bn-t. This next year's stuny of nature mat belp me on mure than all the other years put together. 1 nave re:t Inieiy tbat. 1 have seen more in nature than I ever saw before tbat my eyes are just beginning to open. Other studies can wait." And she gallantly supported her moth er's sarrilieial pians. The girl clung to duty as to a rock. She w rote a note to the ret tor, informing him of the determina tion her mother and she had come to. hut the clercyioitn resolved that J.iiiih'a gen erosity should not prevent her completing her studies in London. CIIAPTKK IV. The rotor had two si.vters living in a quaint purt tf Ioi:ilon .Mrs. Ijtw. who bail married her husband, now an in linn old gentleman, lute in life, and Mrs. llac doiiald, a idow' with one son. Mrs. Law was the lady of the house, and to Mr. Law the rector wrote to in quire whether any lady of her acquaint ance would consent to take charge of Lilith Ir"w for a few months. "You may have seen the death of Cap tain lrew in the papers," he wrote. "This dues not make any pecuniary difference to Mrs. Irew, vbo bus money in her own right, and is Squire Ware's sole heiress; but it puis an end to Mrs. lirew's taking a bouse in town." The rector did not hint that his sisters mii'lit like t6 invite Lilith; but he thought there was just a possibility that it might occur to them to do so. And. as the days went t.n and no reply to his letter arriv ed, he augured weil from the de!ny. One morning came a letter from Mrs. Muctlonald. She excused "dear Judith's" silence. Mr. Law had one of his severe attacks, and Mrs. Law had enough to do to nurse him. "We have been deeply interested in your young friend," wrote Mrs. Macdon abl "es ei iaiiy dear Judith, who used to paint flowers so beautifully. Judith thinks Miss lrew very young to handle the brush-she will doubtless have to uiul rgo severe training with the pencil. How I""1' ooj v... ever, in any ase. Judith says that, if p,,or, dear Mrs. !rew will trust her daugfi ter to us, she will do every thing in her power to direct and counsel her." It was a li'autiful July day when Mr. Rawson ttiok his godchild to Iondon. On reaching their destination Lilith was driven through the London streets, Mr. Haw son at her side, in old Mr. Ijiw's brougham. The busy crowds bustling this way and thnt. so many men frowning and solemn, so many talking, a few, a very few, smil ing, whs the n:t,it exciting sight to Lilith. She felt as if all these vere her brothers, children of their common mother Nature, who urged them on, on in their different ( :hs, all leading-whither? She was going to work, to struggle: i t why, and for what end? Her philoso phizing was over. After the coachman had carefully driven them through num berless narrow streets, they rolled into a quiet square. The horse trotted gallant ly up to his master's door. A quiet sMf. While Mr. Kawson alieHted and kins kf.' at the old-fashioned, dark-green t'n.,r v. '.in the quaint brass knocker. i.:i'ilj is-eiteij out of the Iro'igham windo w. I.iiith vvits kissed and embraced by two ladies in caps: then she found herseif In a square hall, which reminded her of home, with its old oaken furniture, black and white marble flooring, and the giant clock tii king solemnly in the corner. l.'p the wtdc, simllow staircase, past the bron.l window w at with its dark blue cushions at either end, one of the ladies let) Lilith gently, almost apologetieaily. There was an open book upon the brotid seat under the stained glass window, Lilith's conductor stopped short, pounc ed upon and witb som- dilaculty pocket ed the tiny but bulky volume. '"ibis is my boy Wiilie," she whispered to Lilith: "it is so lucky I saw it. My sister, Mrs. . Law" looking bark "his aunt, yon know, objects to untidiness, also to isoetry at least, wild poetry. Of course I don't mean Longfellow's 'Psalm of Life.' and some of Sir Walter Scott'a bal lads, and .Schiller, and 'Irt Memoriam': but she does not think wild poetry good for young people, you know." Lflith gave a quick look around. Mr. Kawson and Mrs. Law were slowly as cending the staircase, talking earnestly in a low voice. Hbe gave a short, sneering little grim ace. She often made those npe-like grim aces without knowing it. Mrs. Macdon ald stared In dismay at tbe tall, dark girl with the strange, angry eyes snd the nn- kempt mass of frizzly hair. She was still more In dismay when the unconventional creature wild: Then Sirs. Law and I shall never et nn that is clear. I might aa well get into the carriage, drive back to tbe sta tion, and be off home again." "My my dear." summered the startled Mrs. Macdonald, "pray consider here they are! Of course you are agitated, leaving home and your dear mother, and all that. My dear, It, doesn't matter one bit what jom my to me, yon know, aa I always tell WWie and yon are young like Willie. But you must be careful witb dear Judith Mrs. Law. you know she may nay a queen that the him nl.i) beeu n.oi.g us nuiif early (hil.ll: "A queer soil of uecu." e "I. thought Li inh, as she uoLted ills. Ian ft nrinkled fio-e. shining little eyes and tirm mouto. '"Mie reminds me of a prvtu gate." Judith Mrs. I-aw l.;u ;eiicd lo catch sight of Liiifh's strange tat, distorted by a lo.ik of di.'rut anu disaiinroval. and her expression sctti.d into tteram-ss as she told herself she itoe.ld never like that girl she believed she wss destined to be a worse trouble to her than her ucphew tliie. JiowevVr. Mr. Kawson smoothed mat ters by asking Lilith whether she would not like to see Mr. Law before she went to her rooii:; and I.iiith. whose strong' f.t-ling was that holiest one of a!!, pity, or compassion. rave such a h'frty "Yes" that Mrs. Macdonxld felt relieved, and be::P!i to b' j. Hmf idt-ir young guest's getsd r- "lire 'o-.:i! be fouud almost to bal- at; e h-r e-..:Tie;ty. Sir. Lav.-, an .!! msi with a fair, with ereij f;; e. long '.vbi-e hair which rested on his Indian dressing gvtn. and a s'Pccn U-nrd. pas sitiitig in ;Kh-b.ick'-,i nrra ehr.br. propped and su; ; :ri -il by cushions. He gi've Lilith an intent glance through bis sitacles. He mv. som-thing alsjut her v hii b reminded (,ju of the trfipits. " 'ur y:t:r:g friend ;::'.s, perhaps. nen to In! he asked, with a leasing smile to La iis n. "1'on't lat;gh. He always asks every one that when he first sees them," said Mrs. l.aw sharply to Lilith. As sharply replying. "I laugh?" she went up to the ..Id man and said, her young, clear voice barely raised: "Not yet: but I hope to go. It must be a magnificent --oiiniry." The old man's fate, which had the quaint beauty f B certain type of old age, grew rati ant, "Mugnifi'cnt ';" he repeated, trembling ly sinking into his chair. "What a coun try whi;t a country it was! Ah. the Urit ish ting has hrotight Isw. perhaps: but never again can the splendor I what it as!" Then be held forth about the native princes, their glory, their retinues, their gorgeous palaces, bis visits to them, when at parting they would throw a jeweled chain hung with rubies and emeralds around his neck, as if those priceless gems were lierries plucked from the trees, lie was waxing more enthusiastic, and was fsio commencing to toil stories of the or.giU of some of the jeweled scabbard on bis table, when his careful wife, who had been surveying the gri.un with her juick-. restless little eyes, as a watchful cat might survey a distant group of mice, slopped her husband' discourse without much ceremony. "Take Lily not Lily? oh. thank you. Hugh! Lilith to her risim, Marv. my dear." she said lo her meekly obeying sister. Meanwhile her sharp enrs tmd distinct ly heard Lilith say to her brother. Mr. l;a wson: tit- reminds me of the little (Jlassmsn. I shall paint him as the little (Jlassmars standing on a knoll; his beard nud hair are like spun grass, and will come out so vteil against the dark trunks of the forest i trees. I CIIAPTKK V. Mrs. Drew w rote to her daughter cheer ily, pkiyi U!:y, with an underlying serious ness-. he followed the rector's advice. "Degia at this strict drawing school," die a rote. "If you End you are doing no good there, you can always make a change and study einev, hi re." Lilith felt brighter after her mother's letter. Next morning she began her stu dent life at an art school. When she hut the hall d.Kr nt Prince's Square at starting there was Willie Mae- ilonnld waiting for her outside. Willi quietly informed her that he intended to escort her to and fro daily. "My hours at the Deed Office are ten till four," he said; "yours are nine till five at .i -1.....I. i ... . -. .. ,. toe scij'wii, i run manage u well, it was quite a relief to Aunt Judith; she was groaning about Priscli'u's wasted hours." Those waiks iu the fresh morning were delightful to Lilith: the air in tbe squares seemed cold and pure, almost country like. Willie was buoyant; he had a bright brain, ami his laik was, if chiefly "eoui-mon-sir.ktcal," clever and reasonable; it put Lilith into a suitable humor for her drudgery. This was extremely trying to the ambitious, idealistic girl: she who had had her freedom absolutely was taenia !iy a prisoner. This was the routine she went through daily. The old porter who opened the school door checked the minute of her ar rival by the . lock in the hall, and wit nessed her signature of the same in a huge book. Then she passed through Into the elementary students' clonk room. He- reft of clonk ami bonnet, she went up the great stone staircases to the attics. It was such a dreary placethose attic nil thrown into one low-ceiled rooDi, where she worked. How could the Beautiful be studied here? While she was wondering. Miss JveII, a teacher, was arranging Lilith's work at the portion of the long desk as signed to her. There was a glazed card with some trace lines' hung against the rail above the desk, and on the desk was Lilith's drawing board, with a- fresh, white sheet of drawing paper pinned upon if. This sheet bad been pinned on by kind Miss Ix-vcII's own fair hands, while Lil- r.n was glancing around at the many quiet, ugly, uncouth figures working away at the desks in silence. Lilith set herself to her straight lines. P.y luncheon time she had succeeded in drawing a few inches. At the end of the day the inches were rubbed out. Lilith went from tbe school fiercely. Willie Macdonald, who determinedly Insisted upon her telling her first experience to him during their walk home, had hard work to pacify her. She grew more con tented and less wretched when he gave ber a humorous account of his first dsy at the I teed Office; when be had miiile her laugh, he took her home. The next day Lilith's hand was more obedient; Miss Icve encouraged her. The day after, just before tbe luncheon hour. Miss !vell came in. Lilith bad finished ber curiously infantine task bold ly; there were some fiue. bold lines upon the pa.er. Lilith's heart beat faster a Miss Level! came up; she expected that these would be her first snd last "lines" she would be promoted to "curves." "My dear," whispered Miss Levell, "tbat will never do quite Incorrect. Hee here and here" pointing to tbe shiny card and to Lilith's drawing alternately "you have not ascertained your distance right ly; you must take a fresh sheet and begin again." Lilith waa alone and furious. First (be paced the empty room in a rage, and then aa idea came to ber. Hbe took up bar draw tboee rejected penciled lines in so clever, no remarks! I and. seeing he Rood they were, if not eiaetiy tike the copy, she resolved "I will give them some straight linej and tht u guod-by come what may, good- byr She sat down, scrawled "The Palace f Straight Lines" at the top of the paper, and then made a bold sketch of the school. i the exterior on one side of the paper and the interior on the other They were tine sketches with her own firm artist touch. The one lit of spit was a portrait --all in linet! of Miss Le vi II, who us looking out of window, pointing rigidly to the inscription aboTe Py the tune she bad finished this and had signed her nrn:e in full her head wa hot with imssion: she went quietly to the cloak riK.iu. dressed and strode out. Lilith bud been crying passionately; but she met Willie with js-rfect self-control. She told him everything, unit he had still enough of the schonHw.y clement in his rompositi, n to enjoy a mutiny, and Lil ith's hebavior today was certainly mu tinous. "Your mother must be told." he said; but he persuaded Lilith not to write her he!f. "I will tell my mother ail about it," he said: "our mothers will understand e't h other. You see it will be painful to rs. Iirew to hear that you Hiid the school are at loggerheads already." Mrs. MacdotniM wrote. Her answer was the appearance of Lilith's mother up on the scene. She came to the Prime's Hquare house as unobtrusively as any'cos iial n:orni::g visitor. She was Introduced to Willie before she bud time lo hear Lilith's ;nry. Then they sat side by sido on the big sofa in Lilith's lcd chamber, the rough dark head rg.'tinst the smooth fair one. and I.iiith told her woes. Then Mrs. Hrew put on her bonnet and drove off to the drawing school. Miss Level! was astonished to bud that tiiis sweet-faced, gentle lady was Lilith's mother. "We think your daughter so extremely wild," said Miss Level!. "Of course she has imagination find facility of execution: hut of what use are these without rigid training?" "Certainly very little." Mrs. Hrew said. Then the two holies talked over the .natter, and Lilith was forgiven, and re instated for as long as she conformed to rules. (To be continued.) , An Macn "i Painter. An eiulneut American artist, who Is ii never forgotten the lesson he learned from Sir Frederick Lciglitoti In his youth. Lelghlon was llien a briliattt an I fascinating .voting painter, whose future was still before him. He was at work upon an Italian landscape, or upon a picture with an Italian bat kgrouml. In that back ground he was anxious to Introduce an olive tree. He remembered a tree which he had seen Iu the south of Italy, ami remembered it quite distinctly enough to i ('produce It. but he was not content to trust bis memory. The American artist remembers how Ie!gbttm came Into a cafe In Kome oa his way to southern Italy, milking the long journey from Kngbind for the ex press purpose of studying tbat olive tree and of taking home an exact sketch of II, and he. remembers also how, four or five weeks later, tbe ar dent young KtigHriimmi, brilliant, en thusiastic, versatile, but with a capac ity for taking pains, reappeared with a wonderful sketch of the olive tree, upon which he had spent days of un broken observation and work. From this little incident the American ntu dent learned a lesson, which he never forgot, and which went fur to secure the success which came to him later In life. The story illustrates the great quality which lies behind all real suc cess, alike for the man of genius and tbe man of talent. Outlook. A Itittlc SnrprlS" for the Parson. A clergyman, who was very particu lar about bis personal appearance, went to preach In a country parish. Finding there was no glass In the vestry, and fearing his hair might not be quite as smooth as It, should be, he asked the clerk If he could get him a glass. The man was gone some minutes, but at length returned and produced a parcel very my seriously from under his arm. To the astonishment of the clergyman, when it was opened It contained a bot tle of whisky, with water mid a tum bler. "You mustn't let on about It, mister," said tbe clerk, "for I got It as a great favor, an' I shouldn't ha' got it at all, beln' church hours, If I hadn't a-sa!d It was for you." Tlt lllis. Children's Rooks. One of the cleverest of the womnn writers of Lnglnnd. Miss Ketham Ed ward, has uttered some wise words concerning modern Juvenile literature. She said the other day that she got her own education from nn old copy of Shakspeare, nnd she added: "I disap prove of children's Isioks. I had few In my ow n childhood, and rend only the English classics, and found them enter taining enough. The present fashion of writing story Ixsilts specially for children Is. I think, a mistake. It tends to weaken their taste for literature, and when they grow older they are not able to appreciate the best forms of literary style," Cremation In Paris. Cremation Is becoming lucreaslnelr popular In Paris, and tbe crematorium creeled at the cemetery of I'ere J. chaise has already been found lo be too small. The latter somewhat resem hies the Campo Santo of Genoa, and will contain 10,000 receptacles for ashes. These niches are closed with slabs of marble, on which the Inscrip tions may lie cut. Mne;ulnr Itequeau An old man, named George Russel, who died In Aberdeen lately, has left property valued at 13,000, The Inter est Is to be distributed yearly among Cte policemen and scavengers of the city, Id recognition of kindness dona by a local constable to the testator s later fifty .roars ago. It's snrprfslnf bow Ifooraot jlr! ran be at tlmca. The all know what a kiss nn aitav bat tbey always Isalat o baring It repeated. saasaaasassjsasaaaassssssaasassMsasssMssssss asa-a II J ilj'. -?'irO 1 w MJm Rome If are Itlrds. We have many kinds of fowls de scribed In the American Standard, but tve have not exhausted the world's stock by nuy mcius. Here are two kinds which are remarkable 'for their, protest) ueucss. The Su'.tans are all fuss ami feathers, and the military style of un; cock a Ueail-ilress Is amusing along OtJI.PE.' I'AllfAH. with the air of importance put on by this bird. The golden Pad tins have an unbalanced look, which throws doubts I on lll,'lr business abilities, Indeed we would put our faith on the Tnnisvl- vanla heu, whose attention seems to be jiven. to worms and Its fjvotitt? grub, r;l,i!"'r ,' "-v '1:li'11 ll hve to beauty. The Sii!t;i!H are pure while; slt.lAA Fowls. the I'.Tdims are laced or spangled with golden yellow and black and white, and the Transylvania have bare red-skinned necks and brown plumage on the bod y . Novel Hclf-tiosine Gate. An Invention ha recently been pat ented by Dr. Peyton B. Green, of Wythevllle, Ya., iu which a simple and Ingenious device la provided for closing a gate automatically. Heftyriug to the accompanying en graving, It will be observed "it, on the top bar of the gate, a roller Is Journaled which Is engaged by an Inclined rod fulcrumed at its lower end on a fixed support set at a proper distance from the hinge-posL A weight is held on the rod ami can be fastened lu any desired position by means of a set screw. To prevent the rod from leaving the roller when opening and dosing the gate, the bracket in which the roller Is journuled la provided with a loop. When the gale is swung open the free end of the rod travels over the friction roller aud nssumes nearly a vertical position. As soon as the gate is releas ed, the weight of the rod pressing against the roller closes the gate. P.y St I.K--,()SIX (I ATE. changing the position of the welj, the gate can be closed with more 'ess force. Feed Corn. Select the Seed corn while the stalks are standing In the field Much can be done by selection. Over VV) bushels of corn were raised on an acre In Nel son County, Va., by a former mermVr of Congress by selection of seed. Kome stalks contained from five to seven ears,, and grew to a height of fourteen feet This may appear remarkable, and may not Im repeated,,but It shows that in order to secure the largest yields the seed corn must be selected every Tear until the variety Is made better. Turnips Growing; After Frost. The turnip crop is so bardy that light fronts not only do not kill the leaves, but possibly by destroying weed that hare before Interfered with their growth, tbey seem often to make tbe turnips grow faster. Tbe roota some times double in site after an early frost followed by warm, molat weather. There Is also an Improvement In tbe quality of turnips after freezing weath er, and It Is usually a mistake to bar-v.-st i he crop until tba anrfaca soil Id tba OcJd baa once been (rosea. Feet HMkla Whutber a roan taO all hla Ufa be a fast or slow busbar tfapamk vury aneb miOTtotagta M laaiwvtalaw it mm V (1 :'''-'''(; A ", .-A'i! . - '', ', ! . .. '..j. , i. . v ..J..'''' i ,'. i i.i i",' 'J j, c.- r --jri. , 1 'ry5': til r .V '-;;J S . "' ,-. v f ,,i i V c:- and eflsy, at-d dors n t try to huk fast, he will cert this habit so fixed that try as he may he will nrt get rid of It Vet the hunker m ist avoid all nervotisnc-ss. That may make hhn win to work fast, but he will make many fa!s" motions, nnd the work will go on much slower than It locks. The fastf-st buskers say the secret of this work Is to have wtrong hands, thumbs' and tinker, and to tnaJie every motion tell. Vt'fiininit the Colt. A spring colt ought to be weaned, be fore the past u if s have been destroyed by front. At the same time It should be used to taking a little grain twice a C;l y wbie , ,,,, nin!ng at nasture. j Tm, oat US of mr,; the b; t grain for j cohgi as also fl)r ,,, m,rse u ,,,., not take much oats or meal to keep a young colt thriftily growing during its first wiaier. If oats aud corn are ground together, without the cob. ami some wheat bran is added, it will. In niost cases, make a butter ration fed with cut hay than could be got from feeding oatH alone. No com and cob nical should be fed to young colts, or, in fact, to any young animal. The cub Is extremely hard to digis:, and at least for all young arock has not enough nu trition to compensate for the danger from using it. full the loan ii re Heap. Salt In the manure hetips will prove beneficial. As kaiuit contains a largo proportion of salt aud also a percent age of crude sulphate of poiash. It may be mixed with the manure by turning tin; heap over, care being taken that all portion of the manure be sprinkled with the kaiuit. It. prevents loss of ammonia to a certain extent, and adds potash to the, manure, while salt at tracts moisture and serves as nil aitl to prevent ."lire ranging" of Hie manure. Whenever manure is turned over Che course materials should be placed In the center In order that they may bo more quickly decomposed. (irope Vin In I'cr.c? Corners. A gn at many fences are of no use aa barriers, b-a,;se tln-y surround lots that are never pastured. It was op one such that years ago trying to train a gr.i; we saw a farmer vine an l make a trellis of It. Of itirs" nil the work of cultivating the vine which wait planted In the corner of aa old worm ft nee had to be d.,ne by hau l w ith spinlc ami hoe. lint l!m experiment succeeded until the fence rotted under the mass of vhiew which covered It. Then the farmer was obliged to bu.id a ttellls for his vine, which he might but ter have done at first.- Exchange. Corn Meal vs. Miorls for l-rrdlng Vtzn Experiments at the Indiana station to determine the comparative value of pure corn meal and a ration consisting of equal parts of corn mitil and shorts showed that there was practically no difference In the two food when used for fattening pork. The corn meal used cost (15 cent per lw pounds and the shorts 70 cents. Good (, nerosry Cow. Princess May XII., Imported 4 year old Guernsey cow, owned by 'j. N. Greenshlelds. Danville, Que., won first prize at the New England State Fair, aud first at the Industrial Fair, Cutworm Remedy. Cutworms can not be exterminated In one season. An excellent plan Is to plow the hind very early in the spring about ft Inches or more deep, leaving tbe land unbartwed (rough), so as to permit the frost to enter. The cutworm can endure frost, but If brought to the surface stieco.iibs to dampness and al ternate freezing and thawing of the land. Liiml so treated for two or three years, and kept In cultivation, will 1? cleared of them.- Pennsylvania Uee onl. fare of lice. Feed only the best of granulated su gnr for winter provisions. Poor feed Is unhealthy and will result In loss. Feed sparingly nt Hint In order that the queen may occupy the center comb with brood, and then lucreajte the qtmu. illy. A worker boe In hatched In twenty one days from the time the egg Is laid. Queens In sixteen, ami drones In twen. ty-four days. It Is a good plan at this time to re queen every colony that baa In any way a defedlve queen. Arrangements must be made so that the bee can pass from one comb to another without going around in order to secure food In winter. Tbe beat plan to make etrong colonies Is by good feeding, Tbe next beat plan Is to unite all weak colonies In good eaaon. Tbe objections to uniting swarms dim Ing tbe day la Unit It tends to produce robbing and ca nnea tb baea united to war among Ibemwlvca. In any colony tbat during tba montb of Beptomber la found queeoleta, a bar ing queen should be introduced, aa It hi v aatn w urpeiia upon uajr Naatsw taa fmm k. i..