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CALL IT BY SOME OTHER NAME,
Say r-ot Icve re.g is your Sosoa.
Bamhy; w.ta u-dyiag itine.
It is: thoe yea ouht to csensi
Yon hav t's ct praise this fclama,
Say ot Lore alons controls you;
Ca J tt ty some other nam.
Boast not you're ft man or honor.
Nor your sotsle deeds proclaim
To ancthir. It you're leadtnr
Secretly a l.:e or shame.
Say not Honor Sis yocr fealty;
Call It by soma other rane.
Say no: that jour staster-pass!oa
It anb:t.o, heu you're a.si
Is by ev 1 tr.cks to tr.umph.
And to wla aswortbj fae.
Say sot that amb.t on moves you;
, Call it fcy some other sime.
Plead sot tfcat a sesse or da?y
Causes yes to harshly blame.
And exact a prompt obJ-eaca
O: th cruel lairs you rrm:e,
Du'y's sot the siotsj sp.nt;
Call it by some oth name.
Xare Is tender and forsiv.ns:
Honor has so part a.th shacte;
Pure astb.t-os. Christian duty.
Fin 1 in Love their vital Saste.
ir Love 0-s sot lead you rightly.
CaJ t by sste other sarze.
Jo-eph ae Po"..arO. is N. Y. Ledger.
MlRlAM.
"IsEoMiecflallsrWM
By Manda L. Crocker.
Co?THir.irr, 1SH?.
CHAPTHn xx. coNnrED.
. I could get no fanner then, for the eld
housekeeper jumped from her wicker chair
and throwing her arms arouna my neci
sobbed convulsively After her first storm
of overjoyed excrement was over she
whispered to me in low. broken accents :
As' where is the dear cbiider, plaze,
ma'am; before the holy saints, me Leddy,
Oi" 11 Sape the saycret t:il me doymg day."
f "Living with me, Peggy.'
-' "Living with you, me Leddy!" Ciarkson
had sprang to her feet and stood gasing at
me ia sheer astonishment. With yoa?
The Vargtn be praised ! "With yoa J"
All this time the broad rufiies of her cap
nodded and danced m a most picturesque
fashion, and her big blue eyes shone like
gems, so great was her pleasare and sar
prisC Whin is she coomin' back to pair old
Percy!" p'.eaded sue. drawing her chair
close to aune and sinkmg into its depths,
nearly exhausted with the momentous and
glorious news of ilirim.
"Peggy." said I. "ilimm has no idea I
will ted where -ae is: th-it is, here ia En
gland, and I have solemnly promised not to
give her location. Now. do you kaow where
I reader
No. ma'am. O: don't. Its in Ameriky, I
shutl say. bat Amenky's forninst my mess
in' an 6i don't imagiu' where the darlint 3
alivia' "
-That i right. Perry." I said. -To every
cae inquirmg abnt Miriam Fairfax yoa do
cot Snow asyLabie. Be perfectly dumb,
for Miriam expressly desires yoa and me to
be."
Oi understand, me Leddy: Oi under
stand. An" whm is she a coomis' back to
me !" cu'-tloned Peggy, wita an eye oa the
main chance
"I harcly know." I answered. "3er
health is not the best, but I should suppose
she might be able to come within a year
or so. "if she oa.y could get over her being
banished from Ee-.therleigh I believe she
would bo sure to come."
Oh! whm you go heme plead with her
for me; tell her that Peggy's heart is just
bhreakin' to behold the oight ov her swate
self once mere. But what was it, me Leddy,
that Miriam sent to pair old Peggy for J You
have a missage for me."
"Peggv. she wants Ler portrait from the
gallery"'
" She made no reply for some minutes and I
was beg.naiug to th.nk she meant to deny
me after all But presently she tamed to
ward me a face I never shall forget.
If the young mistnress manes to iver
room back.whywud she be afthur havia'
the porthrait1"' queried she. bracing up.
"An why cu".dn"t he wait until she cooms
herself Seems strauce loike to me old
head."
Perry had struck the chord vibratine a
flse note, sad she half dtrasted me.
True enough, if sue intended to ccme back
toHeaiher.eighnhyseud me for the pict
ure. The o.d housekeeper rocked back and
forth nervously, rest-essiy. and kept watch
ing me out of the corners of those bine
eves covertly. I must make a random shot
if nothing more or Peggy Ciarkson woald
loon begm to believe that I was aa im
postor. Pecsrv." said I. '-it may be that the grief
;f lesinz her husbind and little innocent
sen will kid her before she can return. I
believe that it is grieviu? that is killing her
anyway, instead of d.sease. She has the
portrait of Arthar and the baby, but has
aAXt) WHT COtXSS'TSHB WAIT J" SAID PTGGT.
net her own. and doabtless she desires to
have them all together. I do not know
whether she thinks she will ever be able to
return or not. I dreaded always to mention
it, aad she might not want me to cither;
she is so sad. Peggy, so sad."
'Och boon I" wailed Peggy. 4-an' it's dyin?
she'll be in that far-away counthry, an' it's
me that'll niver set eyes on me darlint ony
more, ony more!"
"As long as there is life there is hope,
Ciarkson." I veatared, cheerfally.
"Oa, yis; but whin there's notmachof
avthar to depiad ca its therrible."
""Well, Pegy," I said, hopefally, "when I
go home I shall tell her jast how yoa feel;
how happy voa would be to welcome her
back to Heatherleiga, and I verily believe
she'll come, for she remembers how yoa
used to love her."
"Arrah! and this ye caa hev the potr
thrait, ma'am; yis. me Leddy, ye can ake
the swate, proud face from the gallery. od
carry me old weary heart's blissing with, it
t Miriam."
I presume I sever felt so fully relieved is
By life; so glad that I sight featU my
premise made on the spur of the moment,
and which I had dreaded to carry oat ever
since I set foot en English soiL
But that was gotten along with. I Trent
over to Peggy and kissed her withered
check. "Miriam will be so glad, so thank
ful to you, I know. Her pale face will
brighten. I an sure, and you will be glad,
too. that yoa have given her happiness, if
only for a day."
'An' it's roightye are, ma'am; it's roizht
ye are. Peggy Clarksoa wouldn't be mane
eaaff to wrong the swate lady oa the foot
sthooi, not her. But I do belave the ntas
thar's spirit will be therrible angry if that
porthrait laves the HaH," she added, drop
ping her voice to a whisper and making the
sign of the cross en the snowy folds of her
vasdyke.
"Pooh I I doa't believe that Sir Rupert
caa know any thing of it," I && lightly.
"An' ye niver moinde, ma'am, wain he
ccoms in the midnoight to do pinance. and
goes a walkin' an' a walkia ov the great
house, he'll miss the porthrait, or Peggy is
a fooL"
"Do yoa really believe that his spirit is
here ever!"' I asked, earnestly, looking
straight into those great, blue eyes.
"I know it, ma'am," she replied with un
mistakable emphasis; and I gave in.
WelL I suppose it is." I said. "Won't yoa
go through the hall with me. Pegsy, some
night and let me hear htm walu! I'd very
much like to hear him; indeed. I woald."
She looked at me ia wild-eyed silence.
CHAPTES xxt.
'Aa' it's moizhty strange what koiad ov
folks ye Americans are, ony way. Oi
reckon as ye're so indipindint the other
soide the wather that ye're not afraid o'
the spirits, or the dead, or the divil his
selfl" "You are right in that. Peggy; we are not
standing in particular fear of anyone but
Gsd."
'An' Oi ruther guess some ov Tem don't
sthand in quakia' fear o' Him, not by aa
overly soight."
I could not help smiling at the earnest
ness of the old housekeeper and the near
ness cf her shrewd guess to the facts of
the case. But 1 said :" "Well, will yoa go
with me, Peggy, to and Sir Rupert in the
central hall some n.ght before I go home?"
And she promised me she woald.
It happened on a rather sullen, gusty
night that Peggy and I chose to investigate
the ghost story, or rather. I chese, for
Clarssoa did not choose, save only for the
sake of her promise.
With the recital of Sir Rupert's roaminjr
about the central hall doing penance ring
ing in my ears and burning in my soul I
waited, in company with Pegy and AnciL
in the deep silence for the spirit to "walk."
Ciarkson. all in a shiver of fright and ex
citement, declared that I had taken "the
very komde ov a notr'nt on which the
snirit wad be most loikely to give us a fair
show."
I drew mv wraps about me iathe dense
shadows, and Ciarkson clung to me like a
frightened child as we entered the central
hall, and cur footsteps echoed hollow and
strangc.y as we proceeded.
Had it not been for my overruling desire
of experiencing a genuine spirit visit and
my moroid love of adventure with the mys
terious, I should have given up the project
at the outset because of the old housekeep
er's increasing timidity But I could not
bring myself to say: -Let as give it up,"
and so we pnxreeded.
Sj crouching low on the lower steps of
the great oaken staircase we waited pa
tiently for some demonstration of Sir Ru
pert. " The ha.1 lamps, which had not been
lighted since the dead master lay, so cold
and rigid, in the adjoining room, were light
ed, aad. burning low. cast more of gloom
than cheerfulness around a3- The witch
ing hour approached; the shadows hung
heavily folded in the corners, and seemed
to clmg to the molderirg balustrade like
dense curtams of crap!. Peggy was grow
ing uneasy, and. too nervous to converse,
sat shivering on the edge of the steps,
white-faced and alert.
Ancil leaned agamst the polished railing
and listened witn the air of a martyr.
Doubtless thev were both martyrs to a
fooLsh freak, and I. relenting, was on the
point of saving "cuits." whea something
arrested my attention. I was conscious of
a stealthy movement in the corridor above,
and it seemed to me I felt, rather than hzcnl,
the manifestation, if such an expression is
allowable. Peggy he.d her breath, and, put
ting her ringer en her lip, signified: "Si
lence: listenl"
A sound as of some one walking wearily
about with murned step came to our ears at
intervals, and 1 fancied Sir Rupert was
resting between marches. This continued
for some timl
Back and forth through the corridor
went the weary, painful march of unseen
feet, with the moments of rest sandwiched
in at regular intervals.
"A very methodical ghost." I said to
Peggy. "Hush 1" she whispered, and 1 shut
up like a clam.
I Then a weary sigh ficated down the long
i staircase, and I felt rather uncomfortable
to think the plot was thickening so last in
favor of Sir Rupert.
Surely my theory was ia danger already
of being exploded by the persistent spirit.
But while we listened the manifestations
grew fainter and fainter, as if disgusted
with the fruitless tramp, tramp, and the
sound of footsteps had cied out altogether
when the soft, indistinct tread as of some
one in their stockinged feet was plainly
heard on the landing just above as. and I
fancied a sort of murmured whispering
seemed very near as.
This was more than Peggy and Ancil had
contracted for and their precipitate flight
was something wonderful to behold. They
rushed from the foot of the staircase across
to the side entrance through which we
came in; mere tney pausea in tne open
doorway, Pe
beckonins frantically for
tv
me to roLiow. l toaowea ner, seeing inas
such a terror had seized them. And in
fact I, myself, began to feel -creepy" and
imagined" I could hear the repentant con
fession of the hapless old man in my wake.
Pausing at the passage-way, I instantly
regained my self -pos session and signified
mv intention of retumingto the foot of the
st ircase. Peggy remonstrated, and finally
said that if I -must jiae ban's with the
spirit." why, 1 mast go alone, as she should
not return.
"All right, Peggy," I said; "wait for me
here, will you!"
"AnT faith Oi will if the masthnr doa't be
fur gittia' afthur me too airnestly," she
replied, shivering with fear and excitement
I was in for the whole manifestation, and
if I should pause now from some squeamish
notion of danger I should always regretmy
having done so.
The open passage-way made a very cold
draught, connecting the outdoor current
of raw night air with the one formed ia the
stairway, and T felt rather uncomfortable;
so wrapping my loose cloak about my chilly
form I retraced my steps, and leaning
against a column midway of the ball I wait
ed farther developmeata.
"Pshaw!" I said, feeling ashamed of our
iaeiorioos retreat, and began taking myself
to task, mentally, for so doing, whea the
indistinct footfalls came oa down-stairs. I
strained every nerTO to catch every sound.
euireg that rwny aaM someta
about the master's falling to the foot of the
stain.
The Iamos burned dimmer, and I was
conscious of a presence other than mortal
My heart gave a stifled throb ana seemea
to stand stilL and I found myself foolishly
asking: "Wnere ami!" Presently I saw, or
seemed to see, aa object moving about ia
the extreme end of the halL Slowly and
hesitatingly the indistinct shape seemed to
be hunting something. The soft footfalls
I heard plainly, now again, and my eyes
riveted on the" moving object of shadowy
existence. I followed its constantly-changing
positions, now standing, now crouching
low, as if weary, with a strange feeling of
fascination I am not able to describe.
It seemed to me that I lost my individu
ality; I was really myself no longer. I felt
that I was also a shadow being, like the one
I was gaxasg at so fixedly; a sort of ob
scare, vapory body, full of life, however,
aad sympathy. I thought with wonderful
rapiditv somehow, and felt myself merging
into the shadow at the foot of the staircase.
It was not Sir Rupert. I had forgotten
him; but :t was myself my other self
from away off from the spirit land, and I
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was weary. The burthen of my thoughts
seemed to be such a sad. hopeless ques
tioning. Why for me was there no rest,
no repose, when I needed it so much!
There was such a restraint on me, invis
ible, but such a galling restraint as would
drive a mortal maa mad to endure. And
my situation was plainly mapped out be
fore me, and I knew the replies to every
question I might ask before I could ask
them.
Oh! what aa existence. There was no
undoingwhatIhaddoae.no getting out of
this wretched groove of useless regret. Pin
ioned bv an unseen power, I felt taat 1 was
doomed to wander forever back and forth
the length of my enslaving, invisible chains.
Always going and so weary, but never ex
hausted. 1 felt that this was my terrible, endless '
punishment of soul ageny for something
which I had done and for which there was
now no repentance, and in my deep despair
I attered a low, piteous cry.
The sound of my voice had broken tne
awful spell which the apparition had thrown
over me, and I found myse J standing before .
the door of the fateful drawing-room. How
I managed to get there I can not say. as I
was not conscious of having made a single j
sten ia any direction while in my strange
state of sympathetic sorrow, and finally my
own soal weariness.
Although I did not remember of having
made a move, I had been drawn the half
length of the great central iiaU by the power
of the weird, fascinating object, which faded
instantly at my unearthly cry, leaving me
my individuality once more.
At tais juncure au n'"k .
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scicus of the fact that the object had gone
into the drawing-room, and I felt impelled ,
to follow it. The morbid curiosity was t
again seiziugmeandldeterminedtoopen the ,
great door. I had forgotten Peggy under
the strange influence of this midnight expe-1
r.ence, and boldly reached for the key in its ,
brass ring on the walL
But as I touched the key a cold. icy. shiv
ering sensation went over me, and I stayed
my eager hand. The lamps burned brighter
now and and well, where was I!
A noise behind me caused me to tarn
quickly and. half alarmed, I noticed that
Peggy and Ancil were standing in the passage-way.
How very long they have been
standing there. I thought: then came the
half-awake sensation, and I realized that
they were waiting for me.
When they saw me looking at them they
called to me to "ccom away from there."
At sight of their familiar faces I started
and awoke, shaking off the lethal charm, to
realize where I really was. As the knowl
edge came to me, instantly I became terri
fied, and rushing across the hall fell faint
ing in Peggy's arms.
Whea I came to my senses once more I
was lying on the low settee ia the sorvants'
quarters and the housekeeper was mop
ping my forehead alternately with camphor
and water, and moaning as if her heart
were broken.
I opened my eyes languidly, and looked
up at the dear old soul bending over me. A
haif-fnghteued exclamation of joy burst
from her lips.
-An', me Leddy, an' it's yer own swate
self that isn't ded yet. Oi'm glad Oi got
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,h,.v iiuui lUdl. aM-M kfum' -'- -
spirits kilt ye."
"How long was I in there alone!" I asked,
the whole of the seasitional experience
flashing vividly across my mind.
"Oh! jista miait. Oi thought yer was
coming away ence from the divtlish whus
perin's. but ye went roight along a gropin
about like samtnin' stark chrazy, an' not a
moindin' a warrad Oi said to yez."
It was evident they had seen nothing, so
I kept my uncanny vision to myself. Only a
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Fears. ' I remembered the awful feeling otZJg"S12&
minute, reggv said, and it seemed to me
helpless dessair that had possession of me
in that minate, and could not help but think
what mast be the pamshment in the next
world if one is allowed such aa expeneace
as caly an insight. I was sure I had ex
perienced a part of Sir Rupert's punish
ment, somehow.
I closed my eyes wearily and thought of
Daate. Had he such insights as I had ex
perienced! The depths of despair, with
just strength enough to endure and never
become entirely exhausted, coupled with
the desperate knowledge that it was too
late ! too late 1 1 am fully satisfied with my
adventure, and shall hereafter be slow to
condemn any plausible ghost-story coming
to my ken.
I lay so long with closed eyes and motion
less form that the old housekeeper came
and bent over me until I felt her breath on
my cheek.
"An she's worried out and gone to slape,
she is," murmured she, turning away; but
I could not have "slept for love nor money.
II my repose satisfied Peggy, I felt willing
to keep up the feigned sleeping process ia
order that I might think I could do that
with wonderful distinctness, bat as for
sleep, it was far from se.
"It's near raorniaV' I heard Peggy sy.
"aa' she'll s'.h full well the rest "o' the
oigktBere."-
So, suiting her actions to her plans, she
covered me with a blanket, palled a little at
the pillow nnder my head, perhaps to see if
I was yet alive, and reckoned to Ancil that
they "moight as well go to bed. if they
couldn't shut ther cies for the first wink o'
slape."
That r.iffht's errxsriecre left me in a verv
nervous state, and it was days before 1 felt,
like Richard, mvself again. Peggy did not t
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add to my comfort, either, by remarking
each morning: "An how white aad 'fraid
lookin' ye are, to be sure."
Bat, as time settles all things earthly, it I
settled my nerves at last, and I began to 1
speak of going back to Cousm GadvS. ual,
cottage. Peggy'sblankfaceandkearty4-i
murs kept me several days longer at A
Hall than I had intended to stay, however,
After all, I am glad now that she kept me, '
on one pretext and another, as long as she
did, for thereby I was enabled to meet a '
friend of Miriam's and perhaps add to her
happiness on my return. And this is how
it happened. I was walking ia the park
alone oae morning while Peggy was on
household duties intent, when I espied a
gentleman walking slowly along a hedge
not far from me. I was wondering who he
was to have gotten into the inclosure with
out lief, when he looked up aad ia my di
rection. Seeing that I was watching him he came
forward, and, removing hj hat with ex
ceeding grace, introduced himself a Allan j
.rercivai, nepcew 01 me aeceaseu oir x.u
pert, and cousin to Miriam Percival Fairfax.
"Did I ever hear of Miriam! Did I know
of her voyage to America, aad just where
she was living nowl" were two questions
asked almost ia a breath. The first oae I
had scarcely answered by a mere
moassvliable when the next came, as if it
had been kept waiting for years to make
itself known.
1 remembered that Miriam had spoken so
warmly, eloquently of this Allan Percival
that I did not hesitate in talking confidenti
ally to him. Indeed I had thought some
times when she was speaking of her Lcn- 1
don visit and his illness that in time to
come Allan might find his affection re
turned. I wondered if I had better tell him
she was living with me: then I thougr.t I
should wait a moment and let him speak. 1
"Don't be afraid cf me; I knew Miriam
went to America, or at least intended to
make the voyage some months since," he
said, respectfully, in a most musical voice, '
and with those "wonderful eyes bent be- t
seechingly on me. "She intended to go to
a place called Bay View to reside with a
lady friead." he coatiaued, "in order to get
away from sight and sound of this
accarsed place." and he looked around, ,
while his handsome face grew dark with 1
angry sorrow.
CHArTEK XXH.
"She told me in secret." he said, present
ly, looking up with a sigh: "out as you
seem to know of her whereabouts also, I pre
sume 1 am not betraying my coasia to
stranger or enemy!"'
He paused and his look of inquiry melted
all the reserve I was tryin? to muster, so I
said: "I may as well tell you, then, see
ing you know her plans, that I am that lady
friend and that Miriam lives with me at
Bav View."
"Oh! at last I have heard directly from
her!" he exclaimed, almost beside himself
with joy. Then he came forward and gave
ne his hand and said he was "glad to see
Miriam's friend.
I knew that before he spoke, for the glad
ness was written all over his fine face in
happy smiles, unmistakably.
fTO BE CONTINUED. I
NIGHT AND MORNING.
Each Day Briop Freb. Chances, Hopes
mad FoMihiliUes.
The great Indian Rajah Moatja, it is said,
xuc .rc
1 b(it 0e son, to whse education he gave
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boy might be fitted for his high place.
Among his devices for the wise training of
his son was the placing near him an old
fan whose only duty was to say to the
Prince, whenever he was enjoying any
pleasure keenly: -The day hath but twelve
hours." When the lad. on the otner hand,
i was sick or ia trouble, he chaaged the
l warning to: "The night is bat twelve hours
long."
Yoang readers may think that they, too,
like the Indian Prince, have mentors in the
middle-aged or old people aboat tem.
1 Every healthy, happy boy or girl looks apon
the delight of the moment as eternal, and it
is better that they should do so. Why should
the athlete, straining to win the race, be
paralyzed with the specter of himself as a
decrepit old man! What boy, struggling
for college honors on commencement day,
would persevere if he really believed that
day of triumph to be only twelve hours
long, and that behind it lay "oblivion!
Faith in the immortality of their success
is the mainspring of action in every one of
the courageous, high-spirited boys and girls
who read these words. But they would be
wise if they could borrow half of the ex
perience of age, aad know how short-lived
are the worries, the defeats and pains
which seem intolerable to them now. "The
mosquito which stings you," says the Sioux
proverb, will be dead to-morrow." The
poor lad struggling through college in a
crowd of wealthy classmates fancies the
mortifications and humiliations which he
endures will last as long as life itself. He
forgets how swiftlv in this country social
condition, change. In twenty years not a
n !n .; iliaa nmhlKlfT ttiTI efirH TTOM I
Ua44 AAA U WtlMJ JtUWWWtJ WW M fr I1UV.4W
he does to-day. Each man will have found
his place for himself.
There are among oar readers, too, many
plain, unattractive girls, who find them
selves neglected while their prettier com
panions are admired and courted. Their
suffering is not a thing to smile at; it is
real and sharp
They are at the age to
which beauty and grace are fitting, and they
have neither wisdom nor experience to
bear disappointment ooolly. But they should
eyes, which will tell in the long run. The
verdict of a ball-room does not decide their
fate for life.
The night, however dark, is bat twelve
hours long; with each morning come fresh
chances and, possibilities for all of us.
Youth's Companion.
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A. Quivering Tree.
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Front or Macedonia caurcn m wiamoia
County. Georgia, is l , ,f kel, H;
Two men had accompanied a woman to
charch and after she had entered the edifice
they quarreled about her and one cut the
other to death. The murderer escaped and
ever since every limb, small or large, oa the
tree trembles as if in fear or as a suffering
ynimai would quiver. This occurs when
cot a breath of air is stirring. Ko negro ia
ocalled haunted spot alone at mgaV
Prominent gentlemea, say they have noticed
the phenomenon, bwt no explanation el it
has ever been volunteered,
a si
Cassis, it is said, feaa tad fourteea ey
doses in six vear.
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
MANURE.
The Best Method or Matin?. Sarins aad
Applyias It.
It is an all-important point in the
saving of manure, savs the Ohio Farmer,
to use e-noagh bedding to absorb all of
tne liquid manure.
the greatest waste
for there is where
of manure occars.
Tna crtliti m-i?n t rfd-x-lTT f!ivnr?i.r,tfi?-
I bat a large part of the liquid maaure is
allowed to 20 to waste.
aad often be-
nme the value of it is not properly
understood. Of late there has been so
on sn.
. , inelli-en' farmer
la" airaos. every m.euigxn. tarmer
understands its value. I was more fully
impressed with its value when I took
up an old stable tioor a tew years ago.
utere were two or three loads of worn
out straw, chat? and dried manare, all of
it so dry and light it was ditScalt to
load on account of the wiad blowing it
away; to all appearance it was not
worth much more than so much chaff.
We were top-dressing wheat with stable
manure at the time. We spread this
manure oa the same field, bat not near
as thick, and the wheat thus manured
was almost twice as heavy, and the
grass where it was applied always lodged
jon
it was in meadow. Since
then I have doubled my etTorts in trying
to save all the liquid manure.
I think straw aad chatT a little the
nicest for bedding, when it can be had.
as they are drier and generally more
convenient: but leaves, muck, sawdust
and shavings will answer the same pur
pose. Yards where stock is allowed to
run hould be as small as possible, not to
crowd the stock too much, and then the
manure will not be washed so much by
the rain and will be easier to gather.
Where stock is allowed to run to a stack
ia the yard, the litter around the stack
should be kept spread over the yard and
kept as near level as possible, aad if
aay thiag. have the lowest spot in the
center. I think it a good plan to allow
hogs to run ia the yard, as they will
keep it from getting trampod so hard,
end the straw will rot faster.
Is will surprise those who have never
tried this plan to see the amount of
straw that caa be worked into manure.
Ia this connection I should like to call
the attention of farmers who keep sheep
to the importance of keeping them well
bodded with clean straw. I am quite
sure that the benefit from the manure
can be nearly doubled aad the only
trouble will be to keep the stables
cleaned often, so as not to let the ma
nure ferment, as it would be unhealthy
for tho sheep. The common practice is
to let sheep run without any bedding at
all and never clean the stables until
they want to use the manure; then they
have to use a pickaxe or spade to dig
the manure up. and it comes out in great
chunks, diracult to spread evenly. If
they were kept bedded and the stables
cleaned, the manure would be as easy to
spread as other manure, aad there would
be double the amouat of it.
It is a good plan to have the stable
floors as nearly water-tight as possible,
ia order to keep the liquid part of the
manure where it can be absorbed by the
tx.-dding or dipped up and turned over
the pile.
RaLtlnic Grape Tines.
Kaisia? the plaats from seed is em
ployed only by skilled cultivators for
originating new varieties. Some varie
ties are easily raised from cuttings, but
the easiest and most certain way for
novices is by layers, represented by Fig.
2. A branch of the preceding years
FIG.
growth is beat down as represented, and
covered with soil thrte inches deep, or a
strong shoot of the present season's
rarly growth is ns&i in the same way.
Roots are thrown out as represented, and
FIG. 2.
before winter it is detached and taken
up. forming the two plants in Fig. 2.
This is the simplest and easiest way to
increase the plants on a small scale.
Cuttings for out-door work are made
seven or eight inches long, each with
two or more buds (Fig. 3). They are
FIG
placed in a sloping position in the soil,
which is compactly pressed, the upper
bud just above the soiL Cover the sur-
face wita a layer o:
Countrv Gentleman.
fine ma nure.
Cattlns Off the Combs.
It has long been a practice among
game breeders to cut off the combs and
wattles of the males. It is not believed
to be a cruel process, but of that we are
not so sure, as the removal of any por
tion of the body is attended with pain to
a certain extent. Leghorn breeders are
considering the advisability of cutting-
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oti the combs in order to avoid the effects
of the frost & -,-inter, which cuts off the
" combs slowly and paiafnUy. The one is
I" not safe to cut off the combs
j aao- wattles of old birds, as they bleed
very profusely, loung birds (males and
females) may be dubbed" whea four
months old. or as soon as the comb is
well developed. Use a sharp shears or
razor. A very sharp knife will an
swer. Cut off the wattles first and then
I tJJe c00 " " parts with cold
alna water. The solution of alum
should be as strong as possible, and tie
parts well saturated with it. Our advice
is not to cut at all if it can be avoided,
aad subject the large comb breeds eml j
to the process. Farm and Fireside
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FIELD GATES.
t ci..tn!i! ft Mad Stroae aad
Iceablc Kathr Taaa Showy.
My attention has been drawn to this
matter by seeing how some farmers, re
puted to be wealthy, have permitted tha
carpenter to make a gate fancy instead
of usefuL In soil closely underlaid bj
thin stones, when the soil or clay has
been dug through, the first stratum of
rock may with a sledge be so shattered
that a large hole can be excavated sim
ply by picking oat the fragments. With
a crowbar or drill the next stratam may
be broken up aad the hole will be deep
bough to receive the post, which should
not be less than seven feet long (better
longer yet) aad at least six inches
square; the hole to receive it should be
about one foot square
Now nail on the lower end a piece of
board two inches thick and ten inches
square. This will serve to protect the
post aad will aachor it. projecting three
or four inches each side from under the
FIELD GATE.
post. By tramping in the soil and frag
ments of stone the post will retain its
position and sooa become quite rigid.
Then oa top nail another square board
very slightly slanted, so as to protect
the post from rain aad sun. It is sup
posed that the hinges and posts bav
been adapted to each other.
The gates should be light, perfectly
balanced aad of darable wood- Its
structure is importaat. and herein is the
point of failure, if aay.
One brace should extend diagonally
from the heel of the gate to the appe;
free corner of the nose of the frame,
being bolted or nailed with wrought
nails and clinched to each cross-raiL If
so braced the sag or dragging of the
gate will be very slow to manifest it
self. Sometimes fine gates have pieces
crossing at right angles about the
middle of the gate, but they are quite
unnecessary and are harmfuL as they
add weight with bat little increase of
strength. By the tightness of the con
struction some firmness is at first found,
but soon lost, aad in a few months the
gate sags and the carpenter artist is
blamed. Every brace should rest ia the
direction of its length. Whea a second
strip, diagonal from the 'middle of the
gate down to the lower free corner, is at
tached, it only resists ia the direction of
its width. The gate is A B C D. A
brace (C A) should be firmly attached
to the cross strips with a doable strip at
Ad, ia which oae latch may hang.
Under the corner D a caster-roller
may be placed with a piece in tho
ground for this wheel to travel upon.
With this there is no probability of the
gate sagging as long as the wood does
not give way from decay.
Wiateriar; Cabbage leBrl"
The usual method practiced by mar
ket gardeners, aad which is at the same
time the most satisfactory and simple,
is to plow out a double furrow, goiag
forward aad back in the same place.
This will make a track safficiently wide
for three rows, oae oa either sida and
one in the center, the latter resting on
the other two, the heads sinking about
one-half their depth between the for
mer. They shoald be placed roots down
aad at the angle a head would naturally
lie when pulled up aad laid upon its
side. The heads should be taken up
after a frost, aad before severe freezing
commences. After the heads are in
trenched, have them exposed as long as
they are safe from freezing, then cover
to about the depth of three inches with
soil, without straw or any other prora
tion. This is best done by running th
plow on either side of the row. aai
throwing the furrow over them.
This will be sufficient until there is a
prospect that winter Ls to set in in ear
nest, then cover at least a foot with earth,
aad leave them for the wiater. It is
better to put ia a wisp of straw ia every
thirty feet of trench for ventilation, in
case of a mild wiater. After they are
well frozea in. say frost in the covering
to the depth of three or four iacues, the
trench may be protected against further
freezing by a covering of straw or
stalks, ia order to permit of the heads
being taken out as wanted for use. For
seed purposes this precaution is unnec
essary. Cabbages to keep well through the
winter should be stored away before
they have fully completed their growth.
They then keep on growing during the
winter, and in the spring will be much
larger than when put away, and far
more healthy. Last spring we too!
heads from the trenches more than three
times the size they were when putawaj,
perfectly sound and tender, while many
of the matured heads rotted. Americas
Agriculturist.
An 111 triad.
While bee-keepers at the No? atV
agitating for legislation against the
spraying of fruit trees with arsenites
during the blossoming season as a pro
tection against fruit-injuring insects,
sportsmen at the South appear to have
an equally valid cause for legislation
against the use of paris green by cotton
planters for the destruction of the cotton
worm. Complaints come from maay
quarters that the liberal use of thi
arsenita has been playing havoc with
the game birds, which fed upon the
poisoned worms, of which they are very
fond. Partridges and prairie chickens,
which were verj numerou ia many
regions, have, it is said, beem nearly all
destroyed. Whole flocks having been
found dead in maay places. There is
danger that unless the worms are saved
from the poison the sportsman's occu
pation will soon be gone in wide areas
Just as it's aa ill wind that blows no
body good, it's a good wind that blows
mobody ilL
All plants that are set out in tho fall
for a permanent patch, such as raspber
ries, blackberries, etc, should fee cmt
back to within six inches of the roots.
Caaes that are left oa will te Qt o d
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