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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1899)
A UAUFORUIA GIRL. A Continued Story. SYNOPSIS. Tl story opens up with Sir Roydon " '." ou" Diinwg expert, in Caiifur aia, Khera be had been sent by an KiihHti aynditate to develup milling properly In Uie discharge of bla Uuiies at Dead mans Uunh be had Ihe misfortune lo break hie leg, and during tin bliiesa la cruu ior in a rougn eu,uaiters tabm by mmm Marvel and lu. son Lance. LiUc, the old man a niece, la also a member of Ihe '" a lainiiy. air Koy, Impreaaed by . " 141 geiineas, talla In love "er aim propunea, but ahe, realizing tns difference in iheir poalllona. refuses nia offer. Alter hia recovery he fooluniy eahtbiia a large mm of muney which be aariied in hn bell. Tina aroused Lauee a cupidity and ha druga Sir Hoy with ihe Intention of robbing him. Lilac overnar a piana and succeeds In arousing it Hoy from bfa In nor. nein him m,,ui.. his horse and accompanies him alone the u-an. una nnany yield, to ma perauasion m iiinuj nun upon ma return rrom a pro Boeed Drosvectln lr:n tn N:vt Amt. Ing in Han J-iam laco he placea her in the ia hi iajor binmoti and bla daughter, English people traveling In the weei, and arrangements are made that ahe shall ac company them to Kngland to make the ac quaintance of Sir Itoy'a aristocratic mottl es- aurvig urn enforced absence. CHAPTER XXIII. mac, dear, I want to speak with you. Can you give me a moment T" A fortnight had passed since the meeting between the Callfurnlan girl nd Mark at the railway station at Liverpool, a fortnight during which Lilac had felt happier than she thought It possible to be without Roy. For Mrs. Mowbray, a dear old lady, with one of the most kindly and sympathetic of faces and the most beautiful of sil very hair, was. as her son had said, quite different from Lady Garth, and be did all she could to make the girl forget that she was among strangers. Lilac could not help thinking how differently she might have acted had Roy's mother been like her; but It was best, of course, that she should know In which direction the baronet's Inter ests really lay. and she felt no resent ment against his mother for having shown it to her so plainly. Although: Mrs. Mowbray, on the other hand, had not said so In so many words. It was quite clear that she wanted Lilac for a daughter-in-law. Lilac put down the newspaper with its columns of vacant situations of all sorts, and crossed the room to take a eat by the old lady's side. "Well my dear, have you found the Ituatlon you want?" she asked tak ing the girl's hand In her own; and becoming very hopeless as to getting anything to do by which she could sup port herself and every day was laying her under greater obligations to Mark. "No, Mrs. Mowbray, I have not found It yer, or, rather, I have found a good many, but they all require quallflca- If I were you I would not go away j would surely be rather uncomfortable Perhaps she will change her Just yet. mind." "She has been saying something to you?" he questioned, excitedly. The old lady shook her head. "No; I have been saying something to her. If Lilac Is the girl I take her for, I think H will make her alter her decision." She spoke very hopefully. Meanwhile Lilac sat and pondered, wondering what she ought to do. It was impossible for her to go on enjoy. Ing the hospitality of the Mowbraya and giving nothing In return. At the end of an hour she retired to her room and dressed herself for traveling. Then she went In search of Mrs. Mowbray, who was rather startled by the sight. You are going out, dear?" she asked. "Yes I am going on a Journey." "You will let Mark accompany you? she said, anxiously. "It will only be safe while that rufflan-llke cousin of yours is at large. I am sorry that you did not appear against him and have him sent to prison. Mark thinks that he saw him this morning, watching the house. You had better let Mark ccompany you." "I Bhould be glad If he would see me to the station, then; but I must make my Journey alone. When I come back, I will give you the decision that you asked me for." "You are going to Delverton, then?" said the quick-witted old lady. And Lilac nodded. "To see Sir Roydon Garth?" "No; I want to see Lady Garth his mother If I can." "Very well, dear. And you will give Mark his answer when you return." Mrs. Mowbray said no more, but she went In search of her son, to warn him not to speak of his fove to Llluc on their way to the station, or to press her for permission to accompany her any farther. "Tonight, when she returnB, I think that she will promise to marrv you, she said; and Mark, who had rarely found his mother at fault, derived fresh hope from the prophecy. Lilac had a very definite Idea as to what her purpose was in visiting Del verton, but she had only the most hazy Ideas as to how Bhe was to achieve it without meeting Roy, the very thought of which was enouKh to set her trem bllng. Although she had told herself again and again that all chance of her marrying Hoy was past, she could not conquer the idea that, after all, she mlghth ave made a mltuke, and that Roy's love for her might be as true as hers for him. It was to kill this laat flicker of hope that she had determined to visit the hall and see Lady Garth. Bvangellne tlons that I have never possessed. 1 Lhe oared nut m(t.t any more lnan Slr do nntknow what there is that I am ( H()Vdun himself, but she knew that with 'or" Lady Garth she would stand In no dan- "I think dear, that you are more fit g(.r of breaking down and revealing the to be mistress of a house like this than ! , u ht,.y, r;'., ,i, h anything else." said the elder lady; and Lilac reddened but did not reply. "Mark has said nothing to you about It, has he," asked his mother, "since the evening that he came here with you?" Lilac shook her head. "He has been very kind," Bhe said. His mother returned enthusiastically: "He always Is. He will never bother you again about his love until you five him permission. But I cannot keep Bllent." she went on. "You see I em an old woman, my dear, and I have only my son lo live for; and It pains me very much to see the unhapplness that he will not admit but which he cannot hide frnm me. Lilac, dear, why to you not make him happy?" The girl's eyes had filled with tears. "I cannot, Mrs, Mowbray. It would J be wrong to him when I cannot give ' him my love. That la all that I think ! of." I "Is that all? Are you quite sure?" "Quite sure, Mrs. Mowbray." "Then why will you not take the opinion of an old woman who as seen a great deal more of life than you have, ' dear? Mark has told me as much of your love-story as you have Imparted to him, and I think It would be best for your own happiness, dear Lilac, as well as my boy's, If you became his wife. No don't Interrupt me! I have been thinking the question over very deeply, and my experience teaches me that you would grow to love your hus band In time, and be very much hap pier than if you lived out your life en tirely alone, as you think of doing." "I was not thinking of my own hap piness," said Lilac, "but of Mark's; nd I do not see how it can make him happier to give him my hand without jny heart. It would be doing him an Injury." "It might be If he did not love you, dear," said the old lady sagaciously "but while you remain unmarried he will never be able to forget you or reconcile himself to your refusal; and It will spoil his whole life, I am afraid. Take my word for It that you would be right In marrying him," "But, Mra. Mowbray," cried Lilac, when the old lady Interrupted her. "Do not. answer me now, dear, but think It over. Remember that I ought to be good Judge of anything that concerns my boy s happiness." Aa she spoke she pressed a kiss upon the girl's forehead, and then rose to leave the room before Lilac could ralBe a protest against her arguments. In the adjoining room Mrs. Mowbray found Mark marching restlessly back wards and forwards. "I cannot stand this any longer, mother miner' he said, with determina tion In his musical voice, "I thought that 1 wil stronger than 1 am. It maddens me to see her every day and not be able to make her love me! 1 hall go abroad again. Tou will look after her for me, won't your' "Of course, dear. I feel towards her a though ahe were mr daughter; but. so anxious to disguise. Even If she did, Lady Garth could be trusted to keep the secret which, if revealed, might make her son hesitate about fulfill ing her fondest hopes by marrying Evangeline. She would question Lady Garth and learn what had happened Blnce her de parture from the Hall whether the baronet had gratefully accepted the surrender of her love, or whether, after all, he had shown that his love was very deep. If the latter was the case, her ladyship could hardly fall lo tell her, for the aristocratic old woman's first and foremost thought was most assuredly her son's happiness. Lilac herself was so truthful and honest that she could not Imagine that Lady Garth might deceive her to serve her own purpose; though possibly It was some dim suspicion which made the girl de termine to Interview Lady Garth per sonally instead of trusting to a letter, in spite of the difficulty of doing so without risking the meeting with Roy which she dreaded. When she reached the Hall she walked up to the stone steps at the en trance to the house with a quickly beating heart and an excitement that was halp hope and half fear. She was wondering whether she would be for tunate enough to find her ladyship alone, when an exclamation behind her made her turn, and she saw Lady Garth herself coming toward her from the garden. The way In which the old lady has tened forward made Lilac think that the was anxious to welcome her, until she caught sight of her ladyship's face, which expressed nothing but consterna tion. To Lilac's astonishment, she hurried past her without even a word, to open the door noiselessly and beck on her Into the house with' every sign of secrecy. "Come upstairs to my room, Lilac," she suld, speaking for the first time when they were In the hall, where as yet no servant had appeared In an swer to the girl's timid knock. "We shall have no fear of Interruption there." I The old lady scarcely seemed to breathe until the door of her dressing- j room was closed behind them. Then she shook hands with her guest and explained. "I left Roy In the garden talking to Evangeline," she said, wish them to see you. for you both to meet so soon, especial. Iy now that he is engaged to his cous. in! Rut tell me about yourself now that you are here. You are not mar ried yet to this Mr. Mowbray eh?" She raised her gold pince-nez as she spoke and surveyed the girl critically. Lilac's fate was quite pale, and her lips were tightly compressed as she answered. "We are to be married soon. I am staying with his mother In Liver pool." "And she Is pleased to have you as a daughter-in-law?" "Very pleased. Lady Garth." "That is most gratifying, then," said her ladyship, with a sigh of content ment. "The whole turn of affairs is very satisfactory. Is It not?" "Very satisfactory," said poor Lilac through her white lips. "But you have not told me the object of your visit?" Lady Garth went on; and Lilac hesitated for a few mo ments. Then she said, speaking quite calmly; "I simply wished to ascertain before taking any final step, that Sir Roydon's happiness would not suffer. It is un necessary to keep up any disguise with you. Lady Garth, and I think you un derstand already that I did not consult my own happiness in going away." "I guessed something of the truth, dear, and admired you for it. Of course it was much nobler of you to consider my son's and Evangeline's happiness before your own. I think that it was altogether for the best, and I am glad to know that you are still to make a marriage which I under stand will be a very good one for you." "Although I am breaking my heart over it," said Ulac coldly. I came here to ask you, Lady Garth, whether my sacrifice hag really given happiness to the man I love. You say that he is already engaged to his cousin?" She looked (straight Into hrr compan ion's eyes, and her ladyship flushed a little. She turned her head aside to escape the girl's scrutiny, and looked down Into the garden, where she saw something which encouraged her to speak the truth. "I was not right, perhaps, In say ing that they were actually engaged," she said, turning to face Lilac again; "but I have no doubt that they will be shortly. Just before your arrival my son Informed me o" his intention to ask Evangeline to be his wife. See they are in the garden together now, and I expect he is carrying his purpose into effect." As she spoke. Lady Garth drew the girl to the window, and there, half hidden behind the curtain. Lilac looked down upon a sight that for a moment took away all power of movement. The baronet and his cousin were walking slowly across the lawn, Roydon look ing very pale and weak after his ill ness, and leaning heavily on Evangel ine's arm, but talking to her with great earnestness. Suddenly, as she looked. Evangeline turned, and, throwing her arms around the sick man's neck, kissed him on either cheek. A deep sigh of relief from her com panion recalled Lilac to a remembrance of where Bhe was, and she turned away t once. "Is that enough?" said Lady Garth, with a smile of satisfaction which she could not conceal. Ulac bowed. "Will you help me to leave the house without being seen by anybody. please?" she paid, calmly still, although she wondered how she could think or speak at all. "I should not like them to hear from the servants that I hud been here." "Of course not, dear," said her lady ship, whose grnclousness and friend liness Increased as her fears grew less. "I will take you through the drawing room, and nobody will be the wlwer, I am glad that you came, and I shall always feel a great admiration for you. Lilac." Her ladyship advanced as though to kiss her, but Lilac drew away, and held out her hand. "Thank you for assisting me, Lady Garth," she said. "Everything, as you Bay, Is very satisfactory." Her voice trembled a little as she spoke, In spite of the restraint she was placing upon herself to remain calm; and fearing that the girl might break down before she left the hall, her ladyship led the way at once noise lessly down the broad staircase, thro' the drawing room where Evangeline had sung so hopelessly of her "Robin Adair," through one of the tall French windows Into the garden, and so by a narrow garden-path almost to the gate of the drive. (To be continued.) FARM MLANi)L Trade the pup for a pig. Do not feed corn to colts. How to make little chicks grow feed them. Plant bush lima beans-nuisance. poles are a Give your son daughter, too. a trade and your When the cherry blooms garden seeds. plant the National extravagance and debt turn farmers Into serfs. A drinker is usually a shirker, thinker Is usually a good worker. What does the farm cat have that no other animal has? Kittens. potatoes can not be retarded otheiwUt, keep them In the Ice house or refrig erator. But In a cool, dark cellar po tatoes should not sprout before it wl.l do to plant them. There is some differ ence in varieties. Some show little dis position to sprout. A good fence Is a remedy for breachy cattle and prevents neighborhood quarrels. It is swindling your wife and family trying to get milk from a poorly fed cow. The music of interest-bearing notes is pleasant only when the Interest comes your way. BREEDING UP. The various breeds of live stock that have bti-n improved along special lines and established so they reproduce their kind, have all been the result of sur rounding the animals with Improved conditions, giving them improved man agement, favorable to the ends desired, and then taking special pains to select the best in carrying on further breed ing operations. It is possible to do this by staring with scrubs, for that is the way it was originally done, but H is not practical to do it in this way be cause men's lives are too short to spend them thus and wait many yearf. fur results, when no necessity for it exit .s. Under present conditions the way to breed up the farmers' flocks and herds is to obtain pure bred males and Treatment of the seed is qt;a simple and quite effective. Several fungicide are effective for the puipuue, among them being formaline and corrosive sublimate. The latter has been longest in use and is easily employed. Take two and a quarter ounces of corrosive sublimate and In a wooden vessel ml It with two gallons of hot water; let it stand over night and then In a bar rel with a wooden faucet at the bot tom mix it with thirteen gallons of watpr. Put the seed potatoes in a gun ny sack and immerse them in thl solu tion for about an hour and a half. The corrosive sublimate solution can bo used repeatedly. It is highly poisonous and it must not be placed in metal vessels. The corrosive sublimate can be bought at any drug store for abouf fifteen cents an ounce. If this course be pursued the potato planter will have seed clean and free from scab, and if, in addition to this, he uses for his potato crop ground on which potatoes have not been recently grown the crop will be free from scab. It is not worth while, however, to treat use no other, and then only the best ( lhe geed and then plant lt , Broun(, that can be afforded. tha, wag use(J for potatoe8 tne TVlout With the advantages that the farm- year and produced a crop BnowlnK sign, ers and breeders of today have over the . of 8cabi for tne spores ,ive ov tn, original improvers of breeds, it is a wlnt anl, wi fat- thpmaiv. If you don't want your seed potatoes to sprout before you are ready, spread them out. a gin wno wouidn t harm a mouse will murder a song In a most heartless manner. Wring the neck of the dog that wor rles tne cows. It will save feed of both cow and dog. Happiness is like a kitten's tall lt is difficult to catch, but there Is lots of fun chasing It. How can you tell whether your farm pays a loss or profit unless you keep accounts accurately. A good coat of paint covers a multl tude of sins. There Is no deceit in put ting your best foot out first. If your horse Is out of condition have a qualified person examine his teeth Perhaps he Is starving because he can grind his feed. The man who Is continually changing from cows to sheep and again from sheep to cows, will complain there no money in farming. A coarse, intemperate, brutal man should never be tolerated on a farm He should work In the shops and deal with Inanimate things. Rub a gall with stove blacking or plumbago if you must work the horse and can not give it time to heal. It seems to work wonders. 'it does really no good to "blow up1 people. It hurts them but little and does you no good. Save your wind You may need It to blow yourself up "Many a mickle makes a muckle." A hundred big ears of corn make a bush el. If one Is lost or wasted your meas ure Is short. Look after the little waste There are many men who would help Jto hang a horse thief, who continually work horses with torturing collars and half rations. The small pig will make the big hog. The small calf will make a big steer. The small germ In the grain of corn will make the large stalk. The greatest men are those who "despise not the day of small things." If the work harness be not all in order, don't start out until you have made It so. More than half of the run aways which take place are due to worn-out and rotten pieces of harness. It Isn't a good thing to churn the milk before getting It out of the udder. Better let the cows walk to and from pacture, and so Instruct the boy. matter of some surprise that the op portunlty Is not universally embraced. It would seem that with the marked difference in the value of Improved and unimproved stock the importance of growing the former only would be ob vious, and yet there are a vast num ber of grade males used in the country from which no good results need be ex pected. Even with the advantages of improved blood the farmers' work in grading up is not without difficulty. When pure bred stock is used on both sides good progeny does not always re sult. In every crop of calves, for ex ample, there are "tops" and "culls," and the same will be true when a pure bred male Is used for grading up. It will even be true to a greater extent, perhaps, because the influence of the scrub dam must be overcome. The man who is grading up, therefore, must not expect too much. Not all the heifer calves got by a dairy breed bull will make good dairy cows, alhtough the use of such a bull renders the pro duction of good cows much more prob able and more frequent. The same principle governs if beef animals are the objects sought, and the breeder who has planned for continuous im provement should adopt the breeders' bethods so far as they are applicable, and especially the principle of selection. On the female side the best cows, the best sows, the best ewes, the best marea, etc., should be retained for fu ture use and the inferior ones culled out and marketed. A celebrated Eng lish breeder of dogs was asked how It came that he got such good ones. His reply was that he "bred a great many and hanged a great many." Something of this kind must be done by every breeder, whether he be laboring to im prove a pure bred herd or whether he i be a farmer who is striving to grade up and make each year's crop of young stuff a little better than the last. A prominent cause of slow progress Is that selection Is not close enough and that not enough culling Is done. Homestead. the new crop as soon as tt appears.- Homestead. SELECTING OF SEED. All farmers should carefully select the grain that is to be used for spring sowing. It is not enough that the seed be free from weeds, although this, of course, Is essential. Beyond this, how ever, pains should be taken to winnow out all the light, shrunken stuff, with about as strong a blast as the fanning mill Is capable of producing. The dif ference in the yield between plump and shrunken seed is much greater than is generally imagined. In one experiment with spring wheat, continued for five years, It was found that plump, selected. seed gave an increased yield of 23 per cent by measure and an increase of 6.4 pounds In weight per measured bushel over shrunken seed. This Is a differ ence worth taking1 a great deal of pains in order that the farmer may have it in his favor. In a four years' test of bar ley, conducted along similar lines, plump seed gave an increased yield of 19 per cent over shrunken grain. As the shrunken grain is mainly caused by weak straw, rust and the like, there Is the further advantage attending the se lection of plump seed, that these faults, weaknesses and diseases are less likely to be propagated. On every account, therefore, It will pay the farmer to blow out of his seed grain everything that a blast will remove. Shrunken grain is a great deal better as a food for the poul try or for the stock than it is to put la the ground for reproductive purposes. Plan now for quantities of soiling crops for the cows. Do not fear of getting too much, for if lt Is not used green it can be cured and used moBt profitably In that condition. Let the man who loves heifers and Is gentle and quiet milk the young things for the first few months. It Is best to be patient and not get the heifer ex cited. Many a good one has been spoil, ed by Injudicious treatment after the first calf. The accompanying little story, pub lished In an eastern educational Jour nal, la said to have been written by a boy In the west, one of a class of chil dren of six or eight years old, who had been requested by their teacher to write a story, they to select a subject and their compositions not be changed by their teacher, but to be read before the children's parents exactly as writ ten. This Is one of the number sub mitted. And the writer Is expected to become a great story writer: A poor "and did not young man fell In love with the daugh- Although my te' ' a rl''n 'adv Vt'n keP' randy son Is reconciled to your departure"- '"""."i"" ? . Lilac's heart sank "still It would be disturbing for him to see you before he has quite recovered from his Ill ness. He has had so much anxiety and worry that following so soon upon his accident, It has made him quite III, and he Is up for the first time to day. But what Is the object of your v'slt, Lilac? Of course, It Is very kind of you to call and let me know how you re getting on; but do you not think that It Is little Injudicious Just at present? After the sort of half-en-gavement that existed between yow, It because he had not money enough to buy furniture. A wicked man offered lo give the young man 2f it he would be come a drunkard. The young man wanted the money very much, so he could marry the rich candy lady's daughter, but when he got to the saloon he turned to the wicked man and said; "I will not become a drunkard even for great riches. Get thee behind me, Sa tan," On his way home he found a pocketbook containing a million dollars In gold; then the young lady consented to marry him. They had a beautiful wedding and the next day they had twins. Thus you see that "Virtus has Its own reward." If you waken some cold morning and find your garden plants covered with frost, get out your watering pot filled with cold water and sprinkle every one that Is likely to be Injured. Be sure you do the sprinkling before the sun ,ets up and melts the frost. Don't try to make too long days at first this spring. The horses, the men and the boys will come In tired enough to sleep, of you do not try to keep them at It too long to begin with. See that the chores are all done before dark. I never like working around a barn by lantern. SEED POTATOES. It is encouraging to note that pro gressive farmers are paying greater attention to the importance of the se- ection of seed for crops of all kinds that shall be more perfect in every re- pect. In planting cereals, clover and the like, greater pains are taken not only to see that It is free from weed seed, that that the seed itself shall be plump, heavy and vigorous, with a high germinating percentage when tested. Seed corn is more carefully selected and preserved, and at all points there is larger practical recognition of the truth that, "As ye sow, so also shall ye reap." The time is at hand when those who plant potatoes are making up their minds as to the seed to be used, and here, too, the necessity for careful se lection is as great as with other crops. The variety being determined upon, it is Important that the seed shall be sound and firm, and that this may be so lt is essential that the tubers shall not have exhausted their vigor and sus tenance by sprouting. Just now when the weather is beginning to warm up rapidly potatoes that have been kept in cellars will have a decided tendency to sprout. The two conditions that encourage sprouting are heat and light. The cellar may have been cold enough during tbe winter to prevent sprouting, but as it begins to warm up with the opening of sprng, the eyes be gin to sprout and the long, chlorophyll- less sprouts begin to push out In the direction from which the strongest light comes. This makes the potato soft. CORN AS FOOD. Prof. E. Davenport, professor of ag- rlculture, University of Illinois, says: "We are often told that corn flour la deficient in pritein, and that the con sumer must increase his ration or else suffer for nitrogen with which to re pair his body. As a matter of fact, there is but slight difference in the amount of nitrogen as between wheat and corn, and from the best calculations that can be made lt would seem that a diet of clear corn furnished something like twice the amount of digestible ni trogen that the body actually makes use of. The difference between the protein of wheat and that of corn is more of character than of amount. "Wheat is not the one standard food that God made purposely according to a definite formula as food for His peo ple. It is one of the best food grains and corn is another. Rice is another, and though it contains less than half the protein of corn, it has proved aa acceptable food to many races." QUEEN CELLS. In the whole matter of queen rearing, there seems to be an extravagance strangely at variance with the usual thrifty economy of the busy occupants of the hive, writes Dr. C. C. Miller la the National Stockman. When a single young queen is desired, five, ten, or forty, are reared, only that all but one may be killed as soon as mature. Food is given in such abundance that a sur plus Is left that the young queen coul not consume, while to the young worker is carefully measured out the exact ration that it needs with not an iota remaining. Generally, it is a good mark to bars a queen cell well covered with deep In dentations. Sometimes you may find a cell quite smooth, having none of these indentations. The chances are that It' contains not a queen but a drone. Not that the workers will deliberately maka the mistake of trying to rear a king la- lacking substance and unfit either for I 8teacl of a queen, but if they are queen. seed or for the table, and with seed potatoes It is important that the con ditions which Induce sprouting be pre vented. It Is a well known fact that potatoes "run out' 'rapidly as compared with other seeds. While still remain ing potatoes they lose their varietal characteristics, and this Is probably due as much to the fact that the seed It is better to provide the cows with plenty of water than to put water Into the milk. If vou should call tha men who do the latter bv their rlrht names ' tubcrs have been PermUfd to sprout you would have but few friends arnonw milkmen. less and have nothing but drone eggs or drone larvae, the poor things will do tha best they can by trying to rear a queen from a larvae that can only turn out a drone, although usually, if not always, it dies in the cell. These queen cells that have been built up with so much labor and ex pense of material will in a few days ba torn down. Not entirely. The base ot It Is so easy for us to say, "If I was that man, I would do so different from what he, Is doing," and yet If one would put himself In the other man's place he might not do any different, but he might sleep better and digest his food better, perhaps, when be came to his real self sgaln. increasingly weakened crop, as to any other cause. One does not have to watch seed po tatoes to see that they are free from Do you want to grow a good eroa at nice potatoes In your garden? Then at war af aarouted ased. If year aeaa year after year gradually producing an i each will be left, a queen cell cup aa lt is called. You will find more or less of these cups In almost any hive. A good many of them have never been any thing more than cups, for the bees weed seeds, In the ordinary acceptance to delight In making Just that of the term, but In the case of seed 1 much of a start toward queen rearing potatoes there Is an analogous evil that , wnn there seems to be no Intention af Is quite as bad. The spores of several R'ng farther, fungous plants are too often planted with the potato unless it Is desired to produce an Increasingly scabby crop, So far aa the aeed Is concerned It la not I difficult to clean It from scab spores so 1 that tt will roda clean crop. Wa And a good garden cultivates aaa of the most economical Implements ao the farm, but to uee It te the east ad vantage everything bsbm he r'latig la long rows.